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But there is a fine-line between delivering preference-sensitive care, and care that is delivered simply to meet a preference.
Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D.: Treating Patients With Antibiotics M.D. Lisa Rosenbaum 2011
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But there is a fine-line between delivering preference-sensitive care, and care that is delivered simply to meet a preference.
Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D.: Treating Patients With Antibiotics M.D. Lisa Rosenbaum 2011
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Yet as daily newspapers and alt-weeklies alike cut many cartoon features -- or it simply becomes less financially viable for some cartoonists to turn to their local paper for a paycheck -- Comic Riffs wonders whether the "favorite son" or "favorite daughter" cartoonist, the fine-line laureate, is becoming an endangered species.
From Pekar to Callahan: Why a town's 'favorite son' cartoonist is good for the civic soul 2010
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There is more: fine-line ink drawings and glowing watercolors, and in later years delicate floral still life, as well as the museum's permanent, room-sized treasure, the "Fairy Electricity" murals painted by Dufy for the 1937 Paris World's Fair.
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This kind of fine-line black-and-white doesn't come off that well on screen -- I like it now but it won't really come to life until it's printed.
There's Some Kind Of Electromagnetic Energy Coming From The End Of The Tunnel Sean Craven 2009
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Each time its food-stained pages flash across the screen and we see that elegant Granjon type and those fine-line drawings made from Paul Child's photographs of Julia's step-by-step process, we remember how there never was such a cookbook before.
Comfort Foodies 2009
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This kind of fine-line black-and-white doesn't come off that well on screen -- I like it now but it won't really come to life until it's printed.
Archive 2009-07-12 Sean Craven 2009
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“I chose five of my favorite designs from past collections and illustrated them specifically for Smythson in fine-line drawings to ensure the beautiful and precise printing that is so unique to [the brand],” says the designer, who is a self-proclaimed Smythson-leather-notebook devotee.
Say Thank You in Style: Jessica Flint Flint, Jessica 2009
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Skin seems to be ageing pretty well too, touch wood - definitely doing better on the crow's-foot and fine-line front than the pale WASP types I always envied as a teenager :
Dark Roots juliette 2009
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Its side plates are covered with beautiful high-relief scroll engraving, and the oil-finished stock bears flawless fine-line checkering.
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