But to him "Gatz" is a living piece of theater that thrives from tending, a play that has been adjusted subtly by Mr. Collins and the cast in response to diverse reactions from audiences in Brussels, Brisbane and Singapore, Minneapolis and Chicago, and now New York, in a sold-out run that concludes on Nov. 28.
Clinton is subtly adjusting her words here when confronted with a question about her consistency on policy positions.
As a conductor he respected the integrity of scores, at the same time subtly adjusting tempos to suit the dancers onstage.
But there's hope: Computer science doctoral student Ohad Fried has developed a new online photo-editing tool to reorient selfies, subtly adjusting pictures to appear as though they were taken from several paces away, rather than at an arm's length.
Obama began to subtly adjust his domestic strategy.
Gaspard and Jean-Paul had overhauled the vineyards, improved the drainage, and subtly adjusted the blend.
With the aid of that neuronal package, a dragonfly can track a moving target, calculate a trajectory to intercept that target and subtly adjust its path as needed.
Heading into next week's debate and into November, Bush plans to subtly adjust his message by presenting himself as someone who can "fix" a broken Washington and by focusing on national security, his advisers said.
And each of the facades, particularly those facing 31st Street and Wisconsin Avenue, are subtly adjusted with bays and setbacks so that what might have been a boring box becomes a treat for the eye and a gift to the street.
This chock-full exhibition includes posters blatantly or subtly adjusted into a form of commentary for the 1913 Armory Show, all the shows at Larry Gagosian's Los Angeles gallery and the Museum of Modern Art's recent Jackson Pollock retrospective.
From an early stage, however, a simple scenario – tourists overpower gunman – showed an extraordinary capacity to shift shape, to subtly adjust itself in sync with the expectations of competing national interests.
