Ranging from the near-naturalistic to the abstract, sculpturally bold but covered with incised patterns of the utmost delicacy, they give clear evidence of why they were among the first African forms to catch the attention of the European artists (Matisse adored them), and why they continue to attract adherents in and outside Africa today.
Whether eaten alone or in company, outside or in, served with pomp or the utmost informality, they tell you a lot about the time in which they are set.
Water was being poured onto the flames, the firemen and police were doing their utmost, but they were not prepared for so overwhelming an emergency, and consequently the number of victims was so large.
I said because we have these several months before that moment comes up that we were going to do our utmost since they themselves have talked of arms reduction.
Mr. Chailly placed the massed singers' exultant peak with total certainty, and then, in a wonderful dramatic gesture, had them seem to exceed their utmost as they rose from their seats to deliver their last measures.
If the Big Three do not address usability with the utmost urgency, they will find themselves on the losing side.
Since this regime has been provided the utmost opportunities, they have plunged the entire region into all-out war.
Icons of the sport like Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Williams, Maria Sharapova and more were not only able to serve and volley with the utmost precision, they looked good doing it, too.
By my innocent (though, some might say, foolish) expression of utmost trust, they have done a good deed and I've gotten to town.
"Given the damage that has already occurred from climate change — particularly in the poorest communities of our nation and our planet — and that will certainly occur going forward, these revelations should be viewed with the utmost apprehension," they wrote.
