As ferociously percussive as Mr. Charlap can become, his most telling signature is musical punctuation that can be as delicate as the distant ting of a wind chime.
Deep-sea bottom communities harbor species that can be large, but are delicate and fragile, such as corals and sponges.
He delivered the lyrics in improvisatory flights, reveling in a voice that can be rugged or delicate, sweet or penetrating.
It has the ability to transparently display its place of origin, to age for decades and to tantalize not just with complex aromas and flavors but with a seemingly paradoxical texture that can be thick yet delicate, rich yet light.
Leave cotton candy to its own devices for a while, and the thin strands of pure sugar and food coloring implode in on themselves, leaving a crusty residue that can be either very delicate or extremely tough.
A friendly pan-Latin spot that opened last year, Esperanto serves food that can be surprisingly subtle and delicate.
Bryan Laulicht, a postdoc in MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer have now joined Karp in developing a new type of medical tape that can be removed without damaging delicate skin.
It was just indelible, and I think there's moments in visual art that are also like that; moments that can be incredibly subtle and delicate but also strong and and disorienting.
Mr. Villa sets out to prove that it can be delicate, whipping up a brandade of cod, potato and olive oil gently sparked with piri-piri, shaping it into a cake and frying it until it's crisp outside, creamy inside.
So if lifetime appointments are not optimal, is there anything else that can be done without wrecking the delicate balance of powers across branches?
