On Wednesday, in a telephone interview, Mr. Golijov broke three weeks of silence and offered a spirited defense of his methods.
Had one arrived, the first team, hiding in their dormitory, would have been spirited away by some other method.
As the author of the (to my mind) certifiable masterpiece, Remainder – a fantastically imaginative tale of obsession that also happened to be a synthesis of neo-modernist techniques pioneered by JG Ballard, the "Oulipo" school and others – McCarthy could be relied on to provide a spirited defence of his own methods.
Black's secret is that he is heading into a sharp method of opening the game for spirited play.
The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both mapped and contributed to those transformations, offering a spirited reassessment of the field's methods and terminology.
A paean to knowledge and clear thought, Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World" is a spirited defense of science and the scientific method against all comers.
But the obsessive dabbers I have met are quite the opposite, taking any opportunity to launch into a spirited soliloquy on the merits of their preferred method over any other.
His method has enabled him to produce a spirited, broad-scale saga of an American family we ought to remember.
Sitting in Eijlander's living room, Stapel mounted what Eijlander described to me as a spirited defense, highlighting his work as dean and characterizing his research methods as unusual.
Thomas Michael Lonsdalee) and his band are struggling with Prometheus Bound, and their method involves a tremendous amount of breathing and movement exercises, free-spirited improvisation and post-session analysis.
As well as unveiling his methods and giving some tips, it also looks like he's been working on a Spirited Away mix which begs the question: When's it being released?
