It injected a welcome note of realism.
His command of colloquial idiom brought a note of realism to Russian classical literature.
Another note of realism was that in the final number, Shivalingappa, rather than her vocalist, did the singing.
What is new is the note of realism, even if it involves an unimaginable amount of money.
Sounding a pianissimo note of caution, Bush said, "the progress in Iraq is fragile and reversible" – an astonishing note of realism by his standards.
Or it was the deputy prime minister's manner friendly, modest, striving for the right note of realism and defiance concerning the calamity that has befallen his party.
But at least one "true" voter, James Wallace, 43, from Manhattan, spotted a hidden note of realism in Mr. Lambert's idealistic project.
Yesterday afternoon, in the aftermath of another loss, and just before a much-needed victory, Thorn inserted a note of realism: today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow.
I ask her what she thinks he'd say to her in reply, and she sounds a note of realism at last.
I've attempted to introduce a note of realism here, in the form of composing a menu that doesn't require much effort in the morning itself.
