His voice is a wheeze from a perforated accordion, his body a weary reed, but he is as vital and immediate a presence in Lucky as any actor in any film. (torontofilmcritics.com)
Under California law, property will be considered to be in a person's immediate presence when it is «sufficiently within his or her physical control that he or she could keep possession of it if not prevented by force or fear.» (bajajdefense.com)
This, in the opinion of many authors, should be part of that stripping away of all that belongs to human weakness, that circumcision of the heart, which is accomplished «by the Spirit's immediate presence... Bodily fasting alone is not enough to bring aboutself - restraint and true purity; it must be accompanied by contrition, intense prayer to God, frequent meditation on the Scriptures, toil, and manual labour.» (faith.org.uk)