Even – or especially – at his silliest, he keeps the pages turning, effortlessly throwing out each character's back story, setting up cliffhangers and moments of pathos, and, when it's necessary, summoning Abbot Enomoto to kill butterflies by telepathy.
The great deeds of the past may become no more than words, and no more than words are necessary to summon a power as grand and enduring even as Quixote or Achilles.
Nadal, in his first United States Open final, was the more irresistible force: quite capable, when necessary, of summoning a higher gear than the player who will be ranked No. 2 when the new rankings are released on Tuesday.
If the party was to return to civilization it would be necessary to summon help.
Subject selection may also be handy when looking for referees for multidisciplinary research, for example, when it is necessary to summon the expertise of both geneticists and computational biologists.
The attorney will prepare the documents necessary to summon or require the appearance of parties in front of the court.
In the context of managing pressure, strain, and stress, focus is necessary because it summons the best of yourself, and lets you to glean alternatives you wouldn't have otherwise.
An Argentinian magistrate has called on Interpol – the international police organisation rather than the New York postpunk band – to use all "necessary means" to summon Justin Bieber to a Buenos Aires court.
The IRS argued that the "John Doe" summons was necessary because they had found evidence of noncompliance and underreporting among Coinbase customers - the agency just couldn't identify the exact identities and scale of the problem without more information.
Many cannot summon the necessary theological convictions, especially on demand.
There is little sign of them summoning the necessary will and courage to act.
