Obsidian was also used in ritual circumcisions because of its deftness and sharpness.

Edge praised the " deftness " with which the game was able to direct the player's eyes, and the strength of Alyx as a companion, concluding, " In an interactive genre bound to the traditions of the pop-up gun and invisible hero, it simply doesn ’ t get more sophisticated than this.

Their paired pectoral fins combined with single, usually well-developed, dorsal and anal fins ; these and the prolonged anterior tube-like handle, followed by a heterocercal tail resemble features of modern fish that associated with their deftness at predation and evasion.

" Mr. Russell's qualities as a writer and thinker ... are of a high order: deftness of wit, vigor of mind and suppleness of style.

In determining the extent to which any poem is formulaic it is idle, however, to inspect nothing besides lines repeated in their entirety, for a stock of line-fragments would be sufficient to permit the poet to extemporize with deftness if they provided for prosodic needs.

Avram Davidson received the collection favorably, praising Clarke's stories saying " Few writers in the field handle science with such knowledge as to be so convincing, such deftness as never to place stumbling-blocks, and with such clarity of style as to appear to have none at all.

DiBella of Allmusic commented on " a lyrical deftness and genuine feel for the music rarely seen in the bling-conscious rap of the latter-day era ".

Gavin's stallion was in the barn and he tightened the cinches over the saddle blanket, working by touch in the darkness, comforting the animal with easy words.

`` Tact '', by its very derivation, implies that its possessor keeps in touch with other people, but the author of Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam, the wielder of the two swords, the papal sun of which the imperial moon was but a dim reflection, the peer of Caesar and vice-regent of Christ, was so high above other human beings that he had forgotten what they were like.

He recognized her because she was the one who, in a winter twilight, on the edge of camp, had once stopped him and reached down her hand to touch his fly.

It was just me and Eileen getting drunk together like we used to in the old days, and me staring at her across the table crazy to get my hands on her partly because I wanted to wring her neck because she was so ornery but mostly because she was so wonderful to touch.

There was a time when, if a man wanted to purchase a boat, it was necessary for him to be able to produce a sizeable amount of cash before he could touch the tiller or wheel.

If he was sober, which was doubtful, he'd have him get in touch with Mr. Crombie.

In any event, the extraordinary result of this injury was that he became `` psychically blind '', while at the same time, apparently, the sense of touch remained essentially intact.

( 3 ) How can we be sure that his sense of touch was not profoundly disturbed by his head injury??

It seems clear, when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in detail in connection with our second question, the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ), that he had to rely on his sense of touch much more than the usual portfolio-maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision.

And so the authors conclude: `` The conduct of the patient in his every-day life and in his work, even more than the foregoing facts ( mentioned above under 1 ), leave positively no room for doubt that the sense of touch, in the ordinary sense of the word, was unaffected ; ;

She played with style and a touch of the grand manner, and every piece she performed was especially effective in its closing measures.

That she was out for a touch was certain, but when did she get to the pitch??

In summer, the inhabitants lose touch with the sea altogether: " for all its nearness, the sea was out of bounds ; young limbs had no longer the run of its delights.

Bloch was not concerned with the effectiveness of the royal touch — he acted instead like an anthropologist in asking why people believed it and how it shaped relations between king and commoner.

It was said that "... Carnegie never wanted to see or touch these bonds that represented the fruition of his business career.

It was of similar size, was carried on poles by priests, was not allowed to touch the ground, was revered as a voice of their God, and was used as a weapon of great power, sweeping enemies aside.

Standing in the shelter of the tent -- a rejected hospital tent on which the rain now dripped, no longer drumming -- Adam watched his own hands touch the objects on the improvised counter of boards laid across two beer barrels.

The Martians have their own setup, different from ours, and as long as they need him, we can't touch him.

This is sometimes seen when a patient is asked to reach out and touch someone's finger or touch his or her own nose.

The form used in the Roman Rite included anointing of seven parts of the body while saying ( in Latin ): " Through this holy unction and His own most tender mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever sins or faults thou hast committed deliquisti by sight hearing, smell, taste, touch, walking, carnal delectation ", the last phrase corresponding to the part of the body that was touched ; however, in the words of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, " the unction of the loins is generally, if not universally, omitted in English-speaking countries, and it is of course everywhere forbidden in case of women ".

Each field in turn has imposed its own requirements on the hardware, which has evolved in response to those requirements, such as the role of the touch screen to create a more intuitive and natural user interface.

Ironically, the loss of his priesthood had allowed him to pursue a military career, as the high priest of Jupiter was not permitted to touch a horse, sleep three nights outside his own bed or one night outside Rome, or look upon an army.

Each economic phase of life implies its own political phase ; and it is impossible to touch the very basis of the present economic life-private property-without a corresponding change in the very basis of the political organization.

Specificity theory saw pain as " a specific sensation, with its own sensory apparatus independent of touch and other senses ".

For my littlest finger is thicker than my father's loins ; and your backs, which bent like reeds at my father's touch, shall break like straws at my own touch.

John Woo derived his techniques extensively from Peckinpah, adding his own touch of choreography and action concepts.

" She puts a touch of rouge on her own and on her child ’ s cheeks and then, as Suzuki does her hair, asks her, " What will they say?

The Saxons, discontented and demoralized, soon marched off to their own country, and Frederick with his Prussians fell back by Svitavy and Litomyšl to Kutná Hora in Bohemia, where he was in touch with Broglie on the one hand and ( Glatz having now surrendered ) with Silesia on the other.

An American clairvoyant by the name of Catherine Adams has written, “ My philosophy is to teach and practice spiritual freedom, which means you have your own spiritual guidance, which I can help you get in touch with.

The " Girl in the Moon " logo was originally painted in the early 1900s by an unknown artist and has since been re-painted by Nebraskan artist Mike Hagel, who added his own unique touch to it.

Most Latin American countries have given ceviche its own touch of individuality by adding its own particular garnishes.

The signals produced were detailed enough that a robot arm was able to mimic the actions of Warwick's own arm and provide a form of touch feedback again via the implant.

Hubris often indicates being out of touch with reality and overestimating one's own competence or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power.

Your body is also experienced as a duality, both as object ( you can touch your own hand ) and as your own subjectivity ( you experience being touched ).

Scholars both ancient and modern have turned to Pindar's own workhis victory odes in particularas a source of biographical information: some of the poems touch on historic events and can be accurately dated.

It is still common today for an African artist to record a salsa tune, and add their own particular regional touch to it.

In it, Fletcher Christian takes the " Lawrence " role of a man in tension with his society who in the process loses touch with his own identity.