For fall, we see a movement toward refinement: well-tailored pieces, a rich palette of chocolates, burgundies, charcoals, navy and black.
He sang with lyrical ardor, yet stylistic refinement as well as impeccable French diction.
The next refinement could well come when the Supreme Court considers the health care law, probably two years down the road.
While traditional refinement is well represented in this show, the prevailing impression is one of free-wheeling creative democracy -- the mystic-populist spirit of Walt Whitman's America incarnate.
His skill and refinement, as well as his willingness to adapt, pervade this show, which is serene on the surface but less so beneath.
For me, the trouble with truth is that not only is the notion of eternal, universal truth highly questionable, but simple, local truths are subject to refinement as well.
The surprise is that Porsche has combined this level of performance with the 911's superb comfort and refinement, as well as driving dynamics that are more sporty than those of the model being replaced.
The Oslo Philharmonic's playing was superlative - every section of this great orchestra is very finely tuned indeed, and they showed that they are capable of great refinement as well as extreme virtuosity.
Degas's greatness is summarized in his ability to explore the language of art its technical and tactile complexity, its refinement as well as its implicit energy to a more extreme degree than any of his contemporaries, yet without losing sight of his subject of the human animal in its most public and private moments.
This was attributed to ferrite and carbide refinement, as well as to martensite formation during solid state processing.
