Word: sharpness
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...turn a relationship on its head, transform losers into winners, victims into fighters. Speaking to her friend Sébastien about her father, Lolita goes from pushover to pissed off in an instant. "I don't hate him," she says. "I just want him dead." The dialogue is tack-sharp and finely polished, but still so natural it could have floated out of any café on any street corner of Paris. Like other films Bacri and Jaoui have written together, Look at Me uses gentle satire to convey moral lessons: inner beauty trumps physical beauty, creative integrity is more...
...boat slice through the water as quickly as possible, with a course as twisted and winding as the Head of the Charles, the role of the coxswain—who steers the racing shells and maps out the general race strategy—becomes as important as ever. A sharp turn taken too gradually and the boat loses a few seconds—precious seconds that no serious competitor can afford. Make that same mistake under a bridge and your day will be over...
...Leo’s fifth album with the Pharmacists continues in the strengths of his first four: sharp hooks, relentless energy and excellent songwriting. Though there’s little innovation here, Leo manages once again to fill his sound with such sweet guitar tone that the listener is hooked from the outset. Few artists today aim for this kind of warm power-pop, and Leo shows himself as a songwriter still willing to rock out. As in all his work, such as his pre-Rx group Chisel, he shows himself as a teeth-clenched, pretension-free workhorse of indie...
...punctuated with valuable tips from Gourmet's eight test kitchens on such matters as how to properly store food (never refrigerate tomatoes, for instance - it makes them mealy and kills flavor), when to use which kind of rice, and how to remove fish skins (a paper towel and a sharp knife work best). Reichl and her team spent a year sifting through 50,000 recipes, which were retested, updated and sometimes rejected because of health concerns or changing tastes. The apricot soufflé, one of Gourmet's early signature desserts, failed the taste test until someone realized that the original...
...brand: Sharp...