Word: thinly
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...nation has perhaps a more decided leaning toward that part of life which falls under the head of play than has America. So it is not surprising that such a thin thread of amusement as crossword puzzles could entangle the whole people for so many months. Nor it is quite queer that the faculty of an American institution of higher learning should like its own little sport. Examinations thus continue to hold full sway in the hearts of the learned clan and an odd kind of examination at that...
...Robert Christgau once wrote of the band that he “remembers when easy listening was worth hating”—and it would seem that the duo themselves are not exempt from making this mistake. The line between ironic kitsch and muzack can be a thin one, and at times on Monday Air began to sound more like intermission than the feature presentation...
Sylvain Chomet’s film aims for a multinational texture and is largely devoid of dialogue, but nevertheless retains a distinctly French sensibility with a penchant for shrewd cultural allusions. A clubfooted widow, Madame Souza, trains her chubby grandson Champion to become a stick-thin cyclist with the help of bulky canine Bruno and her restless whistle. One day, Champion is mysteriously kidnapped, along with two of his fellow Tour de France riders, by amusingly ominous members of the French mafia. In hot pursuit, Madame Souza travels to the Dionysian metropolis Belleville, where she enlists the help...
...Harvard faculty members are stretched very thin with all sorts of commitments...I have at most three freshman advisees every year. I don’t know how it would shake out if every faculty member had a certain number of advisees,” he says. “If the resources of the University are spread too thin, then you’re not going to have those close advising relationships...
Many makeup pros are literally spray-painting their clients' faces, applying a thin layer of makeup to cover the surface with thousands of tiny dots (think ink-jet printers) that conceal flaws and don't smudge. Others are working more closely than ever with lighting directors, hiding extra lights in cabinets and other secret places on a set so actors' faces are bathed in more brightness and look softer. "I am always telling Christine, 'Keep your chin up. Stay in the light,'" says Bunch...