And NPR's Andrew Lapin laments: "The effortless charms of Kendrick, Wilson and top-notch bit players like Brittany Snow and Adam DeVine now play second fiddle to so much shock humor and extended celebrity cameos that a 'Saturday Night Live' parody would feel redundant.... 'Pitch Perfect 2' is singing a completely different tune from the 2012 original.
The tension of the rehearsal period goes up a notch, a bit like theatre.
But there are a few ways you can take it up a notch with a bit of high-tech help, whether you're trying to impress your latest squeeze or you're just goofy for gadgets.
While casual jobs may allow you to get away with a T-shirt and jeans, it is best to not go that route, or step it up a notch with a bit dressier attire.
It's not obvious; he just steps it up a notch, there's a bit more banter, he's just a bit funnier, and I think, "Why doesn't he do this with me?" One of our biggest differences has to be our dress sense.
"You'd see people in the stores and they'd be like, 'Brendan, I opened up this package and your tear notch came a little bit undone, and then I bought another package to check it out and that one did it too.
"Sunday could be the last of the really big storms and it may just be a notch down - a bit less severe," spokeswoman Helen Chivers told BBC News.
-Graphics are the same as the 360; they might possibly notch it up a bit but that's still unknown right now.
"Driving into an indoor parking lot to scurry up backstairs to a skyway that takes you through a building of crap shops to another skyway, to another, to another, to an elevator into your little couchless room where you wait for freaks like me to tell you sob stories?" The events unfold over 24 hours, and the director, Joe Calarco, notches the tension up bit by bit.
The victory does offer some insight into the newly focused company, as well as notching up yet another bit of bad news for chipmaker Qualcomm, which has suffered a string of defeats with governing bodies across the globe, along with on-going battles with one-time allies like Apple.
Each antenna should have four notches that go a bit outside the lines of the antennae.
