The perfectly balanced French-dip sandwich had just enough tender roast beef, bitingly hot horseradish, and a rich jus; the smoked-salmon appetizer set thick whorls of salmon alongside charred, crisp points of brown bread and a heap of fennel.
The songs switch off between sass and sincerity, and the sass — with crisp, pointed, slightly campy arrangements — makes the first impression with songs like "God's Gift to Women" and "I Like You Better When You're Not Around".
Davis died still protesting his innocence – as he had during the long legal battle for his life during which key witnesses tried to withdraw their evidence as Ed Pilkington, at the prison in Jackson, as Aitken was at San Quentin 51 years ago, explains here in 10 crisp points.
But proponents of the tax, which also includes a levy of about 8% on high-calorie snacks like cookies and crisps, point to promising results so far.
An hour later at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, his fourth gig that night, he refined the joke, more patiently establishing the framework as a comparison between chivalry past and present, adding a crisper point of view.
Directors and producers have helped me choose better words and make crisper points.
Start off by buying a crisp, white, point collar dress shirt.
He advertises crisps, I point out.
Although the book's protagonist does not find his voice as a professional orator until midway through his harrowing journey in a racially divided America, in Oren Jacoby's faithful but lifeless theatrical adaptation the hero often seems to be presiding at an invisible podium, providing us with crisp talking points about the cruel truths of the black experience.
