Speaking personally, I found it hard to stay focused after one hour; beyond the third, perception sharpened dramatically.
These perceptions are sharpened by the beginning of the opposition party's primary campaign, which, of course, accentuates the negatives.
Yet, other perceptions were sharpened: how the long hill rises from the sea in Red Hook, crests at Court Street and then rolls down to the Gowanus, where it starts its long, slow climb to Park Slope.
This was done on the assumption that the power of scent in dogs was improved by these practices since the nasal mucous membranes were cleaned, the perceptions were sharpened, and the dog would keep its nose to the ground when hunting [ 20, 21].
Here, in a poem called "On Waking in a Room and Not Knowing Where One Is", he writes of how dislocation sharpens perception: "Cities each have a kind of light, / a color even, / or a set of undertones / determined by the river or hills / as well as by the stones / of their countless buildings.
He borrowed J.L. Austin's method of 'using a sharpened awareness of words to sharpen our perception of the phenomena' (Hart 1994, v, 14).
Recent events have sharpened this perception.
It also sharpened the perception that the rules were designed to punish the arrivistes and protect the established order.
Intensifying the vividness of the cross-cultural exchange is the sheer physical diversity of the textiles: the shifting techniques and materials tend to sharpen visual perception.
After a brilliant start that seemed to have him programmed for theatrical stardom -- with a leading role in the whimsical 1966 British film "Morgan!" only sharpening that perception -- Mr. Warner had within a few years vanished from the theater.
