The mustard theme is handled cleverly.
The nautical theme is handled largely by the menu, which puts soups and salads under the heading "En Route," main courses under "Voyage" and side dishes under "Side Decks".
But the two most important new directions for variation in the Classical-Romantic period were, first, toward what might be best called "ensemble variation," variations utilized as one movement in a multimovement chamber or orchestral work; and second, toward free variation, in which the theme is handled in a much freer manner than before.
Because it's a Malkmus record, these themes are handled via indirection, irony, satire, or surrealism.
Every aspect of the book — its narrative transitions, dramatic changes in pictorial scale, fluctuations of mood, interlinking of visual themes — is handled with pinpoint control.
Death and sexuality figure in the story, but those themes are handled with such wit and delicacy that "Persepolis" is more likely to inspire interesting conversations than awkward questions or uncomfortable feelings.
Disagreements (e.g. wording of themes) were handled through consensus of the analysts.
Sometimes that can overpower the clothes, but this season Bailey's delicate theme – the English Rose – was handled with an admirably light hand.
The concept of built-in decoration, which is becoming quite a theme this Paris season, was handled by Viktor & Rolf as burned-out patches where the palest pink feathers wafted like broken threads.
Each island was designed to have a definite feel and theme, while their construction was handled by separate small teams, with the content for each area held and quality-controlled by each team.
