The murky results are generally unlovely if occasionally striking, though, like Mr. Shyamalan's decision to have most of the actors deliver most of their lines in a hush, as if they were courtiers tendering precious gifts, the low illumination does help create an air of claustrophobic intimacy.
David sent me tender, handmade gifts that served as constant reminders that his heart was never far; perhaps the most memorable of these was a pillowcase he created that featured a screen printed picture of his head sleeping on it.
According to the tale, the law had no recourse against Tatum, as he had tendered the value of his purchase and had merely accepted the change as a gift.
In backing the IRS, the Tax Court said that for the Fergusons to escape the capital gains tax, they would have had to complete their gift before the date on which more than 50% of the shares were tendered.
It provided for generous loans, outright gifts and the furnishing of American equipment, eventually amounting to some $13 billion (or about $88.5 billion in today's dollars) tendered to 16 countries over five years between 1947 and 1952.
A Browser's Delight In town, Sweet Sue's restaurant lists 22 kinds of pancakes, Gateway to Tibet sells hand-woven silks, the Tender Land gift shop offers Ethiopian processional crosses, and an assortment of vintage oddities spill from Ms. Levine's store, the Mystery Spot.
" 'It is no gift I tender,' " Marlon read, very loudly.
As our experience illustrates, the current method of tendering NHS services is a gift to financially motivated companies who have no commitment to patients and can take or leave us without penalty.
That's an extravagant claim, but the book abounds in striking details — Pound's childlike hunger for gifts of apple candy, friends' tender letters to and about him, and, especially, the hours poured into his unruly, unfinished "Cantos".
But unlike the crashing nature of hail, plums feel like tender and delicious gifts dropped from heaven.
We will continue to have to tender services – it will not be within our gift to change that.
