But the series is good at conveying both the stakes and the uncertainties in foreign affairs, and it's not in love with itself stylistically: it moves unobtrusively well and grows both more clear and more complex with each episode, and it never lets you forget the human cost of this war.
Instead, they would unobtrusively move in until Gallagher was close enough to place his hand over the suspect's weapon, making it impossible for him to draw it.
I was told by a member of the committee staff that when Kerry and McCain were sitting near each other on the senators' dais, Kerry would, at such moments, unobtrusively move his hand over to McCain and place it on his arm and leave it there, a quiet gesture of what was becoming absolute mutual support.
An aide lingered nearby, unobtrusively moving Obama along, while a photographer from the campaign took candid shots that would later be made available to the guests.
It hung from a strap and he looked down at its viewfinder, allowing him to film inconspicuously in public and to move both freely and unobtrusively.
This is particularly true in ballet, where lighting is mostly designed to show three-dimensional bodies moving in complex ways through space clearly and unobtrusively without intruding too much on our consciousness.
Above all, this handsomely designed, unobtrusively edited and thoughtfully acted film moves at quite a clip, reminding us what a fantastic, morally complex, eternally relevant story the book tells us of good and evil, decency and generosity, snobbery and love, of dealing with forces beyond our control, of accepting life and understanding the world.
Instead, Julian and Alex, who bought the restaurant in 1995 from another revered pair of front guys - Paul Kovi and Tom Margittai -- move from table to table every day, ensuring that service glides unobtrusively, and recognizing their "regular" clients' gastronomic foibles - and that means the entire room.
The plan was first mooted by Brailsford in late 2012 and has developed steadily and unobtrusively since then, with many of Sky's riders moving to the south of France or Monaco – which is, most notably, the home of the 2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome, and coaches Tim Kerrison and Shaun Stephens.
Self-effacingly and unobtrusively, the director gives an easy swing to this quartet's life, moving calmly from the home to the school, from the private sphere to the fraught public world of the workplace.
