"I can give a really pointed answer because I am very conscious of Coach Dungy's influence in terms of how I do my job," Tomlin said, adding: "He tries to lead through service, and I do the same.
He topped the calm, unswerving beat of the Memphis band with the barbed guitar lines and aching, desperate phrases of the blues in songs like the pointed "Is It Because I'm Black".
This problem is the more pointed because the film's handling of actors is so special.
Their concern is particularly pointed because if Republicans lose control of either house of Congress, it is difficult to see what Mr. Bush could accomplish in his last two years in office.
That assertion might have felt more pointed because of what had preceded it: a surprise appearance by Lil Wayne, the New Orleans upstart who has billed himself as the "best rapper alive".
The N.Y.R.A.'s fate has become more pointed because its franchise to run the New York tracks will be extended to 2013 if video lottery terminals are running at Aqueduct by March 2004.
In the evolution of amphorae, Dr. Wachsmann said, they often began rounded and egg-shaped and shifted to pointed, because the long bottom of the brittle pottery jar better withstood the pressure of being pushed sideways.
Clinton, as she heads toward another round of primaries next Tuesday—in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware faces a version of this Catch-22, and it's particularly pointed because, more than anything else, what she has to offer as a candidate is her considerable experience.
The question of the association's fate has become more pointed because its franchise to run the prestigious New York tracks will be automatically extended to 2013 if video lottery terminals, projected to generate about $400 million for education funding in their first year, are running at Aqueduct by March 2004.
The question of the association's fate has become more pointed because its franchise to run the tracks will be automatically extended to 2013 if video lottery terminals, projected to generate about $400 million for education funding in their first year, are running at Aqueduct by March 2004.
