Ms. Saariaho's score, which speaks in a distinctive harmonic language beyond realms of tonal and atonal, is boldly episodic, alternating bursts of skittish activity and passages of delicate stirrings.
The New York Times Book Review said that "with delicate prose and stirring descriptive passages, Lewis Libby elevates a youth's narrative to the level of myth," while The Washington Post Book World called it "a small triumph of meticulous craftsmanship".
If this happens with your water, counteract this effect on delicate clothing by stirring in a spoonful of powdered borax.
There's a knock-out, spine-tingling performance of Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, which seems to linger in the air long after the words leave her mouth, while her take on Mitchell's Both Sides Now is as stirring and delicate as ever.
STIRRING RENDITION: The delicate handles of the stainless-steel Fruit Basket coffee spoons, by Sanaa for Alessi, look like stylized branches, $30 for four.
The Nobel award to Liu could upset the delicate political balance in China by stirring up a "color revolution," reintroducing chaos to China and setting it back 150 years.
His largest controversy came prior to Operation Overlord when he implied to reporters that the British and Americans, and not the Soviet Union, would dominate the post-war world, stirring tension among the already delicate alliance.
Writing in The New York Times, Manohla Dargis called "Fill the Void" "an enthralling, stirring tale" directed "with a sure, delicate touch and great intimacy".
She longed for her grandmother's natilla, the sweet, delicate custard that seemed to take an eternity of stirring in a bubbling pot.
Five days after a container ship hit a reef, clumps of oil begin washing up on New Zealand's North Island, stirring fear that the fuel could foul delicate estuaries.
When delicate particles are subjected to shear forces resulting from stirring or rapid sample flow, particles may fragment before they are measured.
