Certainly Aranda, the "Hammer of the Jesuits," and Olavide were what were called esprits forts ("strong spirits"; i.e., French-influenced radicals); their views gave a sharp edge to traditional regalism.
Cisco Systems reported a 25% increase in fourth quarter profits and raised its revenue forecast for the year on Tuesday boosting the technology sector and giving a sharp edge to the Nasdaq.
Rather than concerning themselves with government interventions to ensure full employment and respond to market failures, states began to focus their attention instead on the neo-liberal supply-side policies that would give a sharp edge to their competitiveness in the global knowledge economy.
A sudden flash of a vivid red coat, followed by black outfits, gave a sharper edge to the sensuality, while leather dresses with an angular swirl out at one hip seemed to be more sculpted, less clinging.
They have the ability to have a sharp edge.
But Mr. Friedman gives his defensiveness a sharp edge of intelligence capable of slicing into others as deeply as into himself, and in a remarkably deft and controlled performance, he makes Mathias a formidable adversary for the two women as well as his own worst enemy.
Wilted mustard greens gave a sharp, tangy edge to the well-browned, fresh-tasting lobster-crab cake, another refreshing starter, served with a rémoulade of tomato and togarashi (Japanese herbs).
The National were right to swoop on Tom Morris's lovely Bristol Old Vic production of Swallows and Amazons, and on one of the most original companies of the past five years: 1927, whose macabre graphic show The Animals and Children Took to the Streets sold out at BAC, will give a sharp new edge to the theatrical future.
