As production gradually unravels amid protests over the privatisation of the region's water supply, some tense, pointed action ensues.
Will this epoch, which began on 9/11 and had a new chapter written on 7/7, end only with the apocalyptic defeat of one side or another, or will it end, as all previous terrorisms have, with unspoken concession and quiet remedy and pointed police action and the workings of time and politics?
But the press ignored the pointed Yippie action.
Brown's pointed call to action seems to have been just what CBS was looking for.
The GUI replaced the typed command lines common on previous computers with graphical icons on the screen that invoked actions when pointed to by a handheld pointing device called the mouse.
Through diplomacy and public appeals, the Vatican sought to avert a war in Iraq, and some Vatican officials have raised pointed questions about American actions there since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government.
Tell your spouse that you are going to stop responding to bad behavior aimed at unsettling you, such as pointed comments and alienating actions that you consider to be belittling, demeaning or plain rude.
Mr. Wadsworth's pointed direction keeps the action moving forward even when the music circles back, though not without occasional distractions.
The script's most controversial innovation, however, was a series of "flash forwards", inserted at pointed moments in the action, following "older" Leo's return visit to Marian.
Focusing on a counterterrorism unit, the series began filming in November 2001, and is so swift in its action, so pointed about post-9/11 threats, that it is easily the best suspense show around.
