Trilling saw Hyacinth as a version of Henry James, but he may have also seen him as a reflection of himself, desperately trying to stake out a "between".
That may change with this small and stylish show of works on paper in gouache, ink, and crayon, which stake out a territory between painting and drawing.
In "Can't Find My Way Home," his audacious, overstuffed cultural history of illegal drug use and abuse, Martin Torgoff wants to stake out a middle ground between those who are "dogmatically antidrug" and proponents of "personal" or "recreational" drug use.
Toothbrush sales are expected to reach $1.2 billion this year, a 20percentt increase from 1999, driven largely by manufacturers' attempts to stake out a middle ground between bargain plastic toothbrushes and their upscale, electric cousins, which often sell for $100 or more.
Mr. Eno left the group in 1973 to stake out a musical turf between pop and non-pop, a realm he would share with an increasing number of others.
The 720-snowmobile option would appear to stake out a middle ground between a federal court ruling here last December that upheld a Clinton administration plan to phase out snowmobiles in Yellowstone over three years and, on the other hand, the decision of a federal court in Wyoming two months later that allowed as many as 950 a day.
Originally appearing in a Swedish newspaper, and reprinted on his Web site under the unsubtle title "Killing Babies," the essay nevertheless attempts to stake out a subtle middle ground between Peter Singer's extreme utilitarianism and anti-abortion absolutism.
Many who attend the weekends, like Mr. Wade, hire students or local people to set up the tent, stake out their spots and store the setups between games.
"The Stake Out" is the first episode to mention the past relationship between Jerry and Elaine.
They understood by instinct, he added, that there was "territory to be staked out between the viewer's gaze" and their glossy, shallow lives.
