When combined with the delicate slaw, it's hard not to feel a little grateful for the frost.

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It was hard to get this delicate balance in emotionally intense scenes but, says Shanley, with actors of Streep and Hoffman's caliber his approach was to use a very light touch.

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His balancing act is delicate: Britain may find his integrationism hard to bear, France may resent his liberalising instinct and even Mr Monti's authority may not divert Germany from its self-defeating obsession with austerity.

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Southern Vietnamese live large compared with the agriculturally poor central Vietnamese who eat delicate, small servings, and the hard-core traditionalists in the north who adore pure flavors and eschew the sweetness and extravagant embellishment characteristic of the south.

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In this beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal, it is hard to identify the moments when a current changes course.

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But I think at the same time, he's working very, very hard behind the scenes in what is a very delicate diplomatic situation.

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The actor, writer and director, known for films such as "Meet the Parents" and "Zoolander, " has performed or created roles that strike a delicate balance between sympathetic and distasteful -- and sometimes fall too hard on one side of the line.

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Naima had already changed out of her house galabia and into the hard fabric of her black dress, a veil wrapped tightly around her head, revealing the delicate shape of her skull.

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Fleischer, a die-hard Yankee supporter who donned a team cap to announce Bush would go to the game, dodged the delicate issue of which team the president would support.

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