As attested by works like "Panorama," which was over 11 feet across, and "The Age of Alexander," a 16-foot-wide canvas that he made over the course of several hours on New Year's Eve 1959 (in an emotional celebration of the recent birth of his son, Cyrus Alessandro), Mr. Twombly was fearless about spreading his often delicate notational episodes and graphic outbursts across vast surfaces.
It's a delicate balancing act and this episode showed that off perfectly.
But to Brian G. Cartwright, the SEC's general counsel at the time, the episode highlighted the delicate position in which the agency is increasingly finding itself.
Weaving two or three seemingly everyday story lines into a satisfying narrative every episode is a delicate trick, and when it doesn't work, you're left with something that feels inconsequential.
Also providing a masterclass in the art of saying one thing while you mean another were Cersei and Margaery, who spent the episode in a delicate dance of saccharine smiles and honey-tongued hatred, bidding for control of the newly empowered Tommen.
The episode comes at a delicate time, with Washington threatening to impose a new round of sanctions for what it calls Syrian support for terrorist groups.
The bombing is a particularly delicate issue because it is the deadliest episode involving German troops since World War II.
The latest episode came at a politically delicate time in South Korea, where a presidential election is due in December and the political parties are highly attuned to how a surprise North Korean move might affect the outcome.
Put up with Catherine being airlifted into every part of the narrative, and episode six is magnificent: eventful but delicate, hypertense and softened with sly humour.
But officials investigating the episode say some of the F.B.I.'s most delicate intelligence matters involving China may have been compromised, and the Justice Department has begun a review to see if there were lapses in management.
