In fact, the standard model seemed, when it was devised, like a rest stop on a march toward something greater.
This came first in television plays - notably in Abigail's Party, his cringe-making 1970s classic of suburban ghastliness - and then in the late 80s and 90s in feature films, devised like all his work through improvisation and typified by what fans see as vivid neo-Dickensian life, and detractors dismiss as mere caricature and miserablism.
And my suspicion is that it's been purposely devised like that as a cost-saving initiative, because a CNC 1 will probably get paid a few hundred dollars more a week than what a CNS 2 would get paid.
It is one thing to devise, like Cruickshank, a machine that accurately maps the sea-bed, so that ships don't run aground and people don't drown.
They endure brain-numbing innovations that only City Hall suits can devise, like those maddening Elmo messages of a few years ago, the ones that screamed at passengers to buckle up and take their belongings.
He devised contraptions, like the Munsell Color Sphere, to choose appealing combinations of colors for manufacturers to adopt, generally in the unobtrusive tones that he liked best.
While a number of communities have devised strategies like turn restrictions and speed humps that affect all motorists, Leonia's move may be the most extreme response.
The Sumerians flourished in third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia, creating one of the earliest civilizations as they devised essentials like writing, numbers, the wheel and irrigation methods.
It is reflected in Hendrik Otto's beautifully devised dishes, like cod drizzled with basil mustard sauce, which are drawn from local ingredients but were inspired by a tropical vacation during which the chef ate plain grilled fish doused in mustard.
The restaurant's motto, however, is "Tradition eats modern". It is reflected in Hendrik Otto's beautifully devised dishes, like cod drizzled with basil mustard sauce, which are drawn from local ingredients but were inspired by a tropical vacation during which the chef ate plain grilled fish doused in mustard.
"We put them into a room," said Bruce Davis, the executive director of the academy, "and we said, 'You need to work out a system, and do it better than we've been doing it in the past.' " The system they devised worked like this: about 130 academy members across the country who are associated with the nonfiction genre were asked to help come up with a short list of 12 films, culled from 55 entries.
