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  • n  a tart spicy quality
  • n  the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting

  • What gives Speed Tribes its piquancy is the way these very modern problems play off against the vestiges of tradition.
  • The date of the speech added further piquancy: Evans addressed his audience on Guy Fawkes' Day, the anniversary of one of the earliest terror conspiracies in Britain, the failed .
  • To add piquancy to the situation, Sayuri is played by Ziyi Zhang, who followed Gong Li as Zhang Yimou's leading lady in the rapturous rural love story The Road Home and the martial .
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  • Mystery Diner visit to Taste in Downers Grove: 5 photos
    NOTE: You can use your keyboard's and arrow keys to cycle through the list. Chili Shrimp packs a wonderfully complex piquancy complemented by smokey flavors at Taste in Downers Grove. Read about our Mystery Diner's experience at http://shawurl.com/t0j.
    Oct. 2, 2013 - Huntley Farmside
Quotes

  • Leonard Feather in Forbes
    In 1979, critic Leonard Feather praised Lucien in the Los Angeles Times for his "resonant baritone, assured timber and phrasing, the West Indian piquancy of his announcements. Contemporary material works better for him than standards."
  • Mike Selvey in CricInfo.com
    Mike Selvey wrote in The Guardian that "this was indeed a true captain's innings, but with added piquancy, a leader batting not just for the esteem of his side, reduced at times during this Test to a shadow of the great team they once were, but for...

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