Turgenev's month of rural un-bliss has been condensed to 72 hours; the script is tighter and sharper, more pointed, a touch more painful.
Family arguments and conferences, and interactions between the boys and their friends, are staged simply and straightforwardly, yet many of these scenes, pointed and touching from the start, take off in surprising directions and come to a climax with a sudden rush of hostility or hurt.
The lower lock pins are roughly bullet-shaped, with the pointed ends touching the key, and of varying lengths.
Draw a smaller circle by placing the pencil point on the touch point and placing the pointed pivot of the compass on the visual diameter of the large circle, then carefully scribe the smaller circle.
Using a pointed probe, he touched the patient lightly on each leg, making his way from toes to thighs.
And while he kept the commentary to a minimum, in the closing minutes of the broadcast Stewart warned viewers to be on guard against "bull—" in pointed remarks that touched on the major themes (media manipulation, political cowardice) and news events (the financial crisis, Citizens United) that he's covered in his run at "The Daily Show".
The pointed corners should all touch and the open edge of the fold should face in the same direction for each petal.
Some prefer to use flat brushes to paint bigger areas, switching to a pointed brush for finishing touches.
The decision has surprised American civil libertarians and touched off a pointed debate about the need to rein in the powers of the executive branch.
The order from the judge, William H. Pauley III of Federal District Court in Manhattan, was accompanied by a series of pointed questions, some of them touching on issues that regulators and bank officials tangled over in the months leading up to the settlement.
