"This political divide has become so sharp that everything is black and white, and too many conservatives can see no redeeming value in any liberal or Democrat.
They had known he would pick apart Mr. Obama's record, but they had not expected that he would become so sharp and red-faced in asserting that Obama supporters were willing to "roll the dice" on the presidency.
Back in the present, the Simpsons are at home, where Homer explains that The Be Sharps became so popular that they were featured on merchandise, including lunch boxes, mugs, and posters.
Suddenly, whistling became sharper, leg shaking more prominent, and other sensory stimuli soon became so over-whelming that their mere presence was disorienting.
"That's why polo became so popular".
So sharp that they sting.
"These knives were so sharp that they'd cut right through and gash my fingers open.
"It wasn't real sharp in Baltimore, but everything else was so sharp that I didn't have to use it," Pettitte said of his cutter.
In 2008, when Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of "Forbidden Broadway," announced that he was bringing down the curtain on the show after 27 years and some 9,700 performances, it was taken as a sign that Broadway had become so bland that even the sharpest satirical wits could find no blood to draw.
Cameras have become so sophisticated, with sharper lenses and data-processing, that companies can analyze what shoppers are looking at, and even what their mood is.
