Everything in the novel serves to detail and build its protagonist's desperation.
And so, the great writer served notice; particular details, especially where the material might lend insight into a man's character, were subject to a creative process that he himself could not describe as "history".
Still on active duty in the Marines, Sergeant Smith went on to join the Anaheim Police Department as a part-time reserve officer, riding as a second officer on patrol rounds, becoming part of the special weapons and tactics team, and serving in the detail that stood guard when the Anaheim Angels played in the World Series.
Behind every joke, comedians spend hours relentlessly taking notice of our world, paying attention to the nuances of human interaction to zero-in on one ridiculous detail, serving it up as the punchline.
He also presides over them, ensuring that his vision is executed down to the last detail, serving as director for these and other original productions (Merrily We Roll Along, Golden Child, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), as well as several of their revivals.
James Lincoln Turner of Spring Lake is the author of "Seven Superstorms of the Northeast" (Down the Shore Publishing, $32), and he serves up details of spectacular blizzards and hurricanes that date to the late 1800's.
'Versions,' Paterson says, 'are trying to be poems in their own right; while they have the original to serve as detailed ground-plan and elevation, they are trying to build themselves a robust home in a new country, in its vernacular architecture.' What this means in practice is that Paterson has done both a bit of redesigning and some firming up.
In sum, we coded 841 utterances and 532 coordinating gestures that serve as detailed descriptors of the participants' communicative behaviour.
A Life Measured In Inches serves up details on pretty much every aspects of Holmes' life.
And the chef responsible is probably the Tasting Kitchen's Casey Lane, whose restaurant after eight years still seems like an art collective that just happens to serve insanely detailed cocktails and light, clear, herb-smacked northern Italian food.
Even though no public purpose was served, the details of the Fed's $107 billion bailout of Morgan Stanley underscore the abject manner in which it had capitulated to the imperatives of crony capitalism.
