In Moscow, Peter Carl Fabergé set a superb standard of craftsmanship for small ornaments.
As listener, musician and BBC employee, I have seen the steady improvement in broadcast sound quality, from AM, through FM and on to the present superb standard of the best stereo broadcasts.
But it's the rubberized plastic used everywhere your hands might touch (such as for dash controls, and on the cubbies that reside both fore and aft above the cabin-dividing transmission tunnel) wedded with superb construction standards (no gaps, no overhangs in trim) that feel more high-grade Germanic than low-rent Motown.
Mr. Hinton's high standards, superb intonation and impeccable timing made him a favorite accompanist for some of the biggest names in jazz and for a wide range of performers outside jazz.
Year to date: By anyone else's standards, superb; by Taylor's mixed.
Standards are superb: baba ghanouj suffuses eggplant with smoke and garlic, while hummus ($6) transforms chickpeas into a milder-mannered, silky purée.
But to their surprise, their father, an old-school carpenter, proved a superb wrapper, setting the standards for the siblings going forward.
That day we caught 35 fish, superb fishing by any standards.
It's a superb novel by any standard and can sustain – a measure of its stature – many fulfilling re-readings.
The winner of the evening, Jazzmeia Horn, who's rendition of 'Moan' a jazz standard, was superb, was handed her scholarship check by John Burk, President of Concord Music Group who also awards the recording contract.
