While the frustration was palpable, the tone remained respectful the entire time.
Rumours are circulating of other health problems, but few details have emerged from the presidency, which controls information about Mr Mandela.Yet there is now palpable change in tone among South Africans, who have grown weary of the media circus and the endless death watch over their beloved national hero.
When Babel Tower appeared in 1996, there was a palpable shift in tone and style; winding together large sections of an imagined fantasy novel, its trial for obscenity and Frederica's own messy divorce case, it was both fractured and self-consciously ludic, a sign that Byatt's thinking on narrative was becoming more complicated and deliberately disruptive.
And the new tone is palpable.
Among those who have watched Mr. Putin's Russia far more suspiciously, the "told you so" tone is palpable.
The one solid performance came from the baritone Vassily Gerello as Rodrigo, who, though not flawless, delivered Verdi's phrases with robust tone and palpable fervor.
Analysts said Mr. Netanyahu's unyielding tone — a palpable contrast to his chagrined reaction after a similar housing dispute during a visit to Israel by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — testified to the altered political environment in the United States.
His tone is palpable — a droning chant becomes increasingly more feverish — but what may sound like a word in a foreign language or, later in the dance, a recitation of numbers paired with a series of movement accumulations is, in actuality, meaningless.
In context, "Fred & Renee Make Love" is the best love/humiliation scene music I have ever heard it's beyond perfect for the unknowable tone and palpable fear of who or what they were as characters.
"We had such a well-oiled machine," he said, with a tone of almost palpable longing.
"Don't rely on us alone" may be an accurate and important message to send, but given Washington's recent record on fiscal negotiations, it is hardly a comforting one.Even more unnerving was the dissonance between Mr Bernanke's focus and tone, and the palpable sense of nervousness amongst the Jackson Hole attendees.
