Following the essay is a collection of archival photographs of Curtis interspersed with photographs Als took of Justin Bond, the creator of Kiki and other splendid personalities.
The effects serve sharply limned figures whose sculptural roundedness, warm flesh, splendid raiment, and distinctive personalities leap to the eye.
Splendid, but are there definite personality traits that separate card sharks from the fish?
He had a splendid physique and a magnetic personality.
On a spare, gray stage dominated by a large blond-wood table to which the actors spring from chairs lined up around the perimeter like so many soldiers on parade, Hare and his director, Nicholas Hytner, marshal with splendid rigor the facts, the personalities, and the issues at play in America's rush to war.
I learned from content women a version of femininity that is strong and tender; one that allows a splendid range of traits and personalities and emotions.
It's an evening essentially designed to showcase Bevan's splendid voice, which it does, but the band provides the right style and personality for her to spark against.
Someone at the BBC, noting this splendid achievement, decided that it would be nice to invite him to the Sports Personality of the Year awards.
There may be hotels that are more refined or have more personality, but for sheer determination to provide guests with dazzlingly efficient service and splendid accommodations, it's pretty hard to beat the Island Shangri-La.
It's an entertainment that doesn't purport to be literally faithful to Walter Isaacson's splendid biography -- rather it is an artful attempt to paint in broad but emotionally resonant brushstrokes the essence of Jobs' personality.
