It was a performance that Walter Kerr, the theater critic for The New York Times, said exemplified Ms. Freeman's talent for subtle, savage comedy.
Such calorie-laden heartiness can be welcome, especially with the onset of winter, but elsewhere Hamilton demonstrates a more interesting talent for subtle flavors and unusual combinations.
Death of a Naturalist was noted for poetry that sprang from the farming life of Heaney's youth, and its subtle communication of a physical and pastoral intensity in a language of profound and unforced simplicity.
"We realized there's subtle communication that goes on," he said.
At best, people's inability to read subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) communication cues keep them from being able to establish rapport.
Those results suggest that, in the view of our respondents, Romney displayed a talent for communication that differs substantially from the talent that Obama displayed.
It was a surprisingly unsmooth performance for a politician-celebrity who insists that the McCain campaign stifled her spirit and smothered her natural talent for communication.
His father died of war wounds when he was an infant; his mother was a charlady with no talent for communication, emotional or intellectual.
(With his background in economics and his talent for communication, he is perhaps most similar to David Dodge, Mr Carney's predecessor).
But Moore sees his career choice as a good fit for someone with broad scientific interests, a talent for communication, and a thirst for debate.
In particular, he is interested in discovering what is distinctive about the kind of self-consciousness that we humans have.... His main instrument is an exceptional talent for the kind of subtle self-examination the project demands.
