Corner softening sees sharp edges smoothed-off of a structure to make it more aerodynamic, or small cutouts created on the edges of an structure to " scramble" prevailing winds and reduce the strength of the vortices they create.
When a craft project landed them in Europe and love was on the wing, maybe it was time to increase their commitment, smooth out the edges, get a good grip and take flight to keep their hearts aloft.
This wind-scoured canyon catches and holds rainfall like a barrel. Water in the desert is a rare gift and the much-trafficked reservoir is opaque with use.
They put the raw chunks in a barrel, half filled with birdshot, and then turn the barrel, and keep turning it until the rough edges are all taken off and the nuggets come out smooth and shining.
Wang was familiar with old intellectuals like her: The long years had ground away all the hardness and fierceness in their personalities, until all that was left was a gentleness like that of water.
A " nail file" (file) is a small tool, usually a flat little stick that is rubbed against the nails in order to make them smooth after you cut them, I guess.
And the claims that those researchers, when they published after Perelman, they were false claims that they were the ones, they just sanded a couple of edges.
At a period of life when the asperities of other men are softened and their angles smoothed, the disposition of this man became more and more aggressive.