At this point, in the mid-70s, that sliver of sunset from his adolescence unexpectedly returned.
Beneath that, you will find a gloopy underlay of undercooked batter, coating that sliver of squishy, textureless fish.
Pity that sliver of the New York electorate that has not decided whom to support for the United States Senate.
From the day that I first tucked that sliver of paper into my mother's change purse, she and I wrote each other clandestine notes.
Among the American elite — that sliver of Americans who have seen historic gains in wealth and income since the mid-1970s even as most Americans' real incomes have stagnated — many look for rationalizations and excuses.
Fortunately for the rest of us, that sliver of America is quickly becoming a minority itself – one that will hopefully subside into irrelevance soon, taking Trump's hate-filled campaign (and his terrible sense of humor) with it.
But, as frustrated Republicans would soon discover, that sliver of a majority was enough to halt much of their conservative legislation from ever being debated, let alone voted on, including bills on property taxes, business regulation, education, abortion and, most controversially, a ballot measure to reverse the state's distinction as one of the few to permit same-sex marriage.
This was a low point during our week-long stay outside Arzachena in rural northern Sardinia, just a Ferrari test-drive away from the chi-chi Costa Smeralda – that sliver of sparkling coastline that's a designer theme park for ostentatious wealth.
If the city goes forward with its expansion of the sewage treatment plant, that sliver of beach would no longer be accessible to the public, said Ms. Carter, who is among those trying to persuade the city to enlarge the plant on land along its eastern edge rather than its western edge.
