Loaves in various states of readiness crisscross the warehouse, being moulded, cooled, heated, shaped, sliced and packaged by various shiny bits of kit.
Immediately after preparation, slices were stored in ice-cold WE and only the most uniformly shaped slices were selected for incubation experiments.
Score into evenly shaped slices (bars).
Cut these in half to make two half-moon shaped slices, or cut again into triangles.
Simply cut an orange in half and cut half-moon shaped slices that are about 1/4" (1/2 centimeter) thick.
These partisans rely in part on obfuscation: shaping, slicing and selectively presenting data in an attempt to mislead.
I'd like a couple of examples, please, with firm data to back up your charge -- especially since Mr. Krugman regularly exposes the current administration's "shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers" rather convincingly, to my eyes.
Every inch of the long, dim store is rammed with items for cooking – baking, broiling, shaping, slicing, weighing, grating, processing – plus several I'd have trouble putting a use to.
A question: You stated that "Paul Krugman has the disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults".
In Daniel Okrent's parting shot as public editor of The New York Times, he levied a harsh charge against me: he said that I have "a disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults".
