Agreeing about the motivating effects, Diane Penrod also praised the books' blending of simple entertainment with "the qualities of highbrow literary fiction", but expressed concern about the distracting effect of the prolific merchandising that accompanies the book launches.
There are hints of suffragettes, concentration camps, anarchy, wise witches and kind butchers, and the fable as presented here is a blend of brilliantly simple visual richness and a kaleidoscope of ideas.
It is technically even more proficient, has virtually the same ingredients and bursts forth into a world that still seems ripe for its special blend of nostalgically simple story-telling and complicated technology.
It was easy to hear how the Cult's peers, like Metallica and Guns 'n' Roses (with whom Mr. Sorum worked in the late 1990's), were influenced by this blend of gut-simple noise and theatricality.
Results indicate that a small amount of anhydride modified polycaprolactone in the blend improved the physical properties of these blends over those of simple mixtures of wheat gluten and polycaprolactone.
These findings provide novel support to the notion that musical and other aesthetic emotions may generate blends of more simple affective states (Hunter et al. 2008 Barrettt et al. 2010).
Because I am doing this for a place where children and their families come for help and therapy, my painting is a blend of symbols and simple design and accessible colors.
In the case of simple blending, the liquid form of the drug was mixed with a calculated amount of carrier and coating material.
That simple blend of flavors and textures came close to the savory taste called umami.
Mr. Sherman's blend of flavors is deceptively simple and often delicious.
