Tom battled Lions and Tigers and Bears, even took on the elements.
With the evolution of his own ideas, his works began to take on the elements that characterize his mature period—natural siting, simple surfaces (slabs of concrete, immense walls of stucco), water features, the use of colour, and so on.
The show's final section, "Wind, Water and Weather," takes on the elements and is largely a contest between vigorous depictions of water, with and without ships, and a selection of figureheads, weather vanes and whirligigs, including one of a windmill and rooster by the talented outsider assemblage artist David Butler (1898-1997).
But sending Pence out to attack Hillary Clinton for her "deplorables" comment was a misstep because underneath, and in the past, Pence is the very kind of bigot to which Hillary Clinton was pointing in taking on the "racist, sexist, homophobic" and other elements among Trump's supporters.
There was also a quixotic element to taking on the gun lobby that appealed to the mayor, who relishes challenges that others view as insurmountable.
Under the scheme, Flood Re will take on the flood risk element of home insurance in return for insurers paying a premium based on the property's council tax band.
I try taking on one element at a time, but my lack of focus eventually throws me off.
Pfaff takes on the elements of the standard story one by one, mostly concentrating on statistics involving state prisons, where the majority of inmates are housed.
