As U.S. troops mount a concentrated effort to clear insurgents from Ramadi this summer, they have joined with Iraqi forces in a delicate campaign to flush fighters from a culturally sensitive haven: the city's mosques.
Along the hill line of Parc de Montjuic, the sky flushes delicate pink, then fades to indigo, then night.Back to top >>ThursdayFOR all the ticking clocks, slogans, posters and occasional demonstrations, the negotiations progress slowly, without urgency.
Without ever having laid eyes on the girl, we feel as if we, too, have savoured "the depth and passion of her earnest glance", the "spot of joy" in her cheek, and "the faint half flush" tinting the delicate skin of her throat.
"The first flush [in February] is delicate and delicious, but pretty much the plant is then stressed in Scottish conditions throughout the year," he says.
Still, such a trip requires a certain amount of fortitude, as I discovered when I set out to blaze a trail from estate to estate last March, during the "first flush" harvest, said to produce the most delicate, flavorful leaves.
Heat has a way of killing off delicate spices (and herbs), particularly if not in the first flush of youth.
He marveled at the delicate lintels over the doors, the precisely spaced nailheads set perfectly flush in the tongue-and-groove, the knotty pine paneling and the impeccable fit of the boards.
The leaves the First Flush produces are yellower in color than those that follow and more delicate in taste.
The delicate green of tree leaves in spring is remarkable and perhaps the greatest spectacle is the flush of new beech leaves that are so translucent they cast a green glow across woodland floors.
