The magma discharge never came close to that of Plinian eruptions, but it had a sustained character and duration of weeks.
As much a sustained character portrait as a novel of love and war, the book examines the choices made by such a man as Chris – diffident, cautious, responsible.
In color, Kamrowski's "sustained character" can seem a bit overbearing, as reflected in harsh hues and chiseled organic shapes that might almost be made of carved rock.
In 1950, the not unbiased Surrealist chieftain André Breton singled out Gerome Kamrowski among the young painters he encountered in New York during the war as "the one who has impressed me far the most by reason of the quality and sustained character of his research".
A complicated mixture of finding a choreographer who can sustain character development and narrative through dance over several hours; a score that can contribute to the story; and a subject that offers resonant characters and doesn't slot the work into the pastiche-historical terrain that the genre suggests.
The interactions between its members are joyless, alcohol-fuelled and destructive; the collective loyalty that sustained the characters in the earlier novels is gone.
Lacking, as they do, much of what we expect from a story – a setting, sustained narrative, characters with names – it's tempting to doubt whether "story" is even the right word for them.
In vitro gastrointestinal release test showed a perfect stability and outstanding sustained release character.
"This is a great group of guys who showed that they didn't quite live up to reputations, but we sustained our character," Valentine said.
"This project maintained and sustained the character of the city while combining all the romantic things we see in the movies, such as balconies overlooking a courtyard and hanging stairways," Mr. Hillier said.
