It was pretty straightforward, like Ms. Keaton described, so I’m relieved. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The blade was just shorter than the length of her forearm, and though it was made of a darker metal than the other knives, it was simple, straightforward, and ground very sharp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was Bigwig, straightforward and blunt as always, who broke the tension. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice carried through the room, and Reg’s words, simple and straightforward, captivated them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A straightforward statement like He didn’t intend to ruin your flower bed comes out His intention was not to ruin your flower bed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Policing Egypt was a straightforward matter of controlling its primary transportation channel, the Nile. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Using fairly straightforward tools of astronomy you can easily enough determine that the bulbs are of equal brightness and that one is, say, 50 percent more distant than the other. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He didn't sit by me in class, his workshop poems became unaccountably straightforward and affectionate, out and out love poems. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Reacting to the portrait in “a direct, straightforward fashion,” without the benefit of additional knowledge, deprives us of an understanding that is necessary for full appreciation. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On its face, the case appeared to be a straightforward challenge to Georgia’s death penalty scheme. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everything was plain and straightforward, a modern structure devoid of concealments. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

For traits such as hemophilia, this was straightforward: one hardly needed twin studies to establish heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But what had prompted this new wave was far more extraordinary than a straightforward backlash to what had gone before. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Our hope is that by a set of ten simple, straightforward laws, we can avoid the pitfalls of human fallibility. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Buckthorn—a decent, straightforward fellow if ever there was one—where would he be by ni-Frith tomorrow? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, Hamilton’s recommendation looked straightforward: All citizens who owned government securities should be reimbursed at par—that is, the full value of the government’s original promise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And what he meant was that maths wasn’t like life because in life there are no straightforward answers at the end. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The great philosopher and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood proposed a fairly straightforward technological determinism: new machines encourage new ways of thinking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It then became clear, from straightforward Greek geometry, that the stars were light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is straightforward: he had begun an experimental programme of testing and refining his theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He thought how clean she was, her hands and fingernails, and how straightforward and unlike the gigglers in the schoolyard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Equal temperament has a clear scientific/mathematical basis, is very straightforward, does not require retuning for key changes, and is unquestioningly accepted by most people. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to ask you a simple, straightforward question,” he said, “and I’d like a simple, straightforward answer. Where were you last night?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For me, it was a straightforward good thing—a potent, ground-level way to address childhood obesity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At its simplest, leitmotif is a straightforward association of a nugget of tune with a character. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Just like when Samira had paired with me for the stretches, Ms. Platt seemed to be cheering me on, happy when I finally did a straightforward punch “clean and sharp.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “I will if you really want me to. But I would much rather you leave everything just like it is. This is clean and straightforward.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It’s thus straightforward to review a region’s big mammals and to test whether the lack of mammal domestication in some regions was due to the unavailability of suitable wild species, rather than to local peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The interview is rather straightforward, but probably much more nerve-racking for non-English speakers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Columbus’ first voyage is connected in the most straightforward way with the calculations of Eratosthenes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, however, nothing was quite as straightforward as such a breezy description makes it sound. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gender lines are not as straightforward as one might believe, however. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Bear did not wish to go in any straightforward way. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fourteen fugues he did finish all start with the same relatively straightforward tune but then explore different options and techniques. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There would appear to be a straightforward solution to this puzzle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That much is pretty straightforward, but there are gray areas where the bringing and the taking aren’t so clear. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the whole point was to get rid of the boxes. That seems fairly straightforward. No?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

To hear Hollywood tell it, shooting a gun is a fairly common and straightforward act. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Given these reasonably valid assumptions, the problem of determining the relevant probability is straightforward. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One straightforward means of going about this is simply to read a few pages of a well- written book during odd spare moments one may have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty straightforward, I thought, and the great part is that I took what the author wrote about and put it in terms of my own life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

These relationships, and all the others based on mathematically straightforward ratios, are pure and perfect’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He is straightforward where his father Odin is cunning, good-natured where his father is devious. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

With the A form, the argument for a helix was never straightforward, and considerable ambiguity existed as to exactly which type of helical symmetry was present. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Typically, folk, blues, rock, marches, and Classical-era46 music is based on relatively straightforward chord progressions, but of course there are plenty of exceptions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Academics have developed complicated theories and obscure jargon in an effort to describe what is now referred to as structural racism, yet the concept is fairly straightforward. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If he’d known how this straightforward Recon assignment was going to turn out, he would probably have retired then and there. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

NOTE: This method of naming and numbering harmonics is the most straightforward and least confusing, but there are other ways of naming and numbering harmonics, and this can cause confusion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment seems pretty straightforward to us, but that is because we are used to modern physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before tackling this problem, however, we need to unpack the apparently straightforward notion of practical knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By all rights, however, such a portrait ought to be much more straightforward than this and, hence, less memorable. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can already tell that everything here is going to be straightforward and conditional, and I like that. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The pump bucket and pump handle, for example, were straightforward applications of existing technologies, and the boiler was basically a large brewer’s copper. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

An ordinary, straightforward statement like I was taller becomes quite another proposition when we insert one little word: If I were taller. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Only quite recently historians thought there was a straightforward answer to this question. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It might have been a straightforward job if the deceased had been anyone else, but he was in fact an incredibly controversial character named Girolamo Savonarola. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There was a straightforward reason for what was happening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blackberry was not one of his favorites: he preferred straightforward characters such as Bigwig, Buckthorn and Silver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, really, this makes matters much more straightforward.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a straightforward voice Luce asked from the darkness, “Which one turns you on?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The story of Galileo’s discoveries is, it seems, straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They seemed so straightforward in comparison, despite their myriad meanings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once you get the hang of it, this step is very straightforward, but it may take a while if you have a lot of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean the straightforward fear of fiery death. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Cases of straightforward murder, like Iofur’s killing of his own father, were rarer still. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He remained convinced that romantic behavior was basically monotonous and predictable, and that therefore one could write a fairly straightforward formula that would predict the collision course of any two people. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I have heard many reports from a variety of perspectives, and have gotten a sense for what is straightforward and what requires more investigation.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some writers think that simple, clear, straightforward language isn’t flashy enough, so they toss in complexities. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward example is a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Where Browning was straightforward and usually clear, Shakespeare was devious, never being quite where you wanted him to be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The teacher had the students complete some Punnett squares and then began lecturing again in a straightforward, no-nonsense style. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always been straightforward with me—more so than most of the others—but when he described the white mouse who had been given intelligence, he was as pompous and artificial as the others. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But in the case of discovery we have a straightforward paradigm case—the case from which the whole language derives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now, however, I knew that genes could crystallize; hence they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward fashion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Their straightforward, even brash demeanor, with its implicit assumption that everyone was on the same social level, enchanted him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Things don't seem to get to her. She's kind of...straightforward, I guess. But in the best way. In a way that's really smart and kind." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The reasoning is straightforward for movements of crops and livestock, which depend strongly on climate and hence on latitude. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking me up and down, as I had expected, but in a direct straightforward fashion, not maliciously like Mrs. Danvers, not with unfriendliness. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline challenged her to be intentional, to plan her work, to make a statement in each photograph, no matter how straightforward the photo might seem. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is a significant group of intellectuals, working within the same tradition as Schaffer, who claim that experiments can never be replicated in a straightforward way. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He spoke with a straightforward seriousness that made everyone fall silent. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most often the escape attempts were straightforward and totally ineffective—they tried to climb the fence. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward extension of this book will be to quantify further, and thus to establish more convincingly the role of, intercontinental differences in the four sets of factors that appear to be most important. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her responses, however harsh, were straightforward and predictable. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principle at issue was straightforward: natural facts must be replicable and reproducible if they are to count as facts at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Laws” sounds like a rather obvious thing to take into consideration—but it’s not always straightforward. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

So when you deal with an infinite number of terms in a series, even the + sign doesn’t seem so straightforward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

During the 1990s violent crime declined across the United States for a number of fairly straightforward reasons. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about poisoning Balder with mistletoe berries, but that seemed too simple and straightforward. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

This argument, on the surface, seems relatively straightforward, but there are actually many layers to it, some of which are quite problematic. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That didn’t sound like John, and she knew he was looking up at her with the straightforward look that she had always been ready to meet and answer with one as frank till now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no difficult concepts to master; the rules were all straightforward. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A maze. The third task’s really very straightforward. The Triwizard Cup will be placed in the center of the maze. The first champion to touch it will receive full marks.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tommy would recall his father being “very straightforward about it. He said, basically, ‘I have something to tell you,’ and he went from there.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As fantastical as America’s space ambitions might have seemed, sending a man into space was starting to feel like a straightforward task compared to putting black and white students together in the same Virginia classrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying that I’ve come to fight,” she says, straightforward and plain. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So you might think that determining the age of the Earth would be relatively straightforward. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The mythology within the family is that Tommy is most like his mother in personality—straightforward, rarely diplomatic, occasionally quick to anger—but I found him a mix of both his parents. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His account is simple and straightforward; Ovid’s extremely verbose—for instance, he takes a hundred lines to kill the sea serpent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm a straightforward kind of guy. What you see is what you get." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

However, if the new science is responsible, the mechanism is far from straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It also shows that Mr. Jeavons was wrong and numbers are sometimes very complicated and not very straightforward at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, there, that wasn’t so hard, was it? A straightforward compliment! Thank you.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The only ones who appeared to understand the rules were the vachettes themselves, whose instructions seemed pretty straightforward: attack, attack, attack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The formula was straightforward: women in lingerie lounging in cars. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Producing a curved mirror, however, is far from straightforward! The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was a fairly straightforward calculation: how much light does an empty cavity radiate? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—I always imagined dating someone would be pretty straightforward, once you established you liked each other, but it’s not. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The questions were fairly straightforward: “What did you see that morning at church? Where were you standing when the explosion occurred?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I just want a straightforward answer to what the Wyrdmarks are, and why they’re in the garden here, of all places.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When someone wanted sex with you, that too was much more straightforward. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I, the keyboard player, read the first note, G, I know I am meant to play the straightforward chord of G: the notes G-B-D. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed straightforward enough, but Marvin Edwards apparently forgot one thing: he wasn’t in Kansas anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My answer to the question was straightforward enough, really. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The doctors were straightforward — Progress was only progress, they said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a calculation is complete, all the user has to do is look at the final position of the stones and translate that into a number—a pretty straightforward operation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But the fact was, the way they regarded us newcomers, and Ruth in particular, was far from straightforward. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question was so straightforward, so simply put—so obvious—that I couldn’t believe none of us had asked it before. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Life is going to seem very straightforward after all this adventure,” she mused. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lily’s feelings were always straightforward, fairly simple, usually easy to resolve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, my opinion may be better than theirs, because as a layman I react to art in a direct, straightforward fashion, without having my view obstructed by a lot of complicated theories. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those issues had seemed comparatively straightforward while the Allied war effort remained primarily focused on the Nazi regime. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If Brunelleschi wanted to experiment with depth of field, why not use a vanishing-point perspective, which would have been straightforward, and indeed familiar to him? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They’d made a straightforward deal, just like the ones he made with the universe: improve your grades, and you can have a dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The straightforward amputations were flown right to Japan for treatment in the modern hospital, but the more severely wounded had to be stabilized for the trip over. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As Arnauld recognized, the question of where to draw the line between facts that were too strange to be credible and facts that were strange but stubborn was far from straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Most jockeys took a more straightforward approach: the radical diet, consisting of six hundred calories a day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question of what makes someone — or something — persuasive is a lot less straightforward than it seems. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be more straightforward—except we never talk about finding, making or decreeing facts; instead, we ‘establish facts’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But as I’ll hope to show, figures and tropes are essentially very straightforward things that happen to have Greek and Latin names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He said I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer at the end. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel could not help feeling relieved that Bigwig had brought only Silver—a quiet, straightforward fellow who had not yet really found his feet among the veterans. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward way to discover whether the Lagoa Santa people were related to modern Indians, Pena decided, would be to compare DNA from their skeletons with DNA from living Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A straightforward sentence that states rather than asks or exclaims something starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rules are pretty straightforward: an adjective is put down, like maybe “awkward,” and everyone has to throw down a noun that best fits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But in 1942, those spies were using the same straightforward ciphers over and over again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After so many years of straightforward friendship, I don’t know what these things mean. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In his usual straightforward way he told about the predicament of his warren in having no does and how he had come to look for some. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we saw was enough for Doctor Phillips even to make the identification alone without me. It was straightforward, simple. There was no trace of what I’d done. The bullet had not touched the bone.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed, from the outside, like a perfectly straightforward case of instant attraction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The message was straightforward: urge President Thieu to refuse to participate in the Paris peace talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The likeliest first objection is the most straightforward one: is the theory true? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Those epidemics involved relatively straightforward and simple things — a product and a message. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are clear, straightforward, comprehensible; they contain nothing strange, wild or laughable. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one day, as she sailed by, he caught her with a straightforward “You not gonna speak to me?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But it turns out that the actual reasons behind the more rapid development of Eurasian societies were not at all the straightforward ones that our imaginary archaeologist of 11,000 B.C. guessed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The straightforward example of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter shows that these claims are superficially plausible, but mistaken. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I understood by now that there was no straightforward way to arrange playdates at the White House or outings for the kids, but slowly we were figuring out a system. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, making a real machine from a drawing is not straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Calculus makes this relatively straightforward, but Newton deliberately avoided using calculus in his published proofs, realizing that his peers would not accept the calculations unless they were couched in familiar language. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

For example, the camp song B-I-N-G-O appears to be a relatively straightforward spelling song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

While blueprint copying and modification are the most straightforward option for transmitting technology, that option is sometimes unavailable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The steps to prevent drowning, meanwhile, are pretty straightforward: a watchful adult, a fence around the pool, a locked back door so a toddler doesn’t slip outside unnoticed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Our involvement is not that of an adversary in a straightforward game, but more like blundering into someone else’s accident. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article seemed straightforward enough, detailing how Google had managed to hire legendary technologist Louis Monier away from eBay, where he was heading advanced technology. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tone is different too—not as familiar, more straightforward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I follow this with Aibileen’s own stories, just as she wrote them, simple, straightforward. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No, she wouldn’t be, would she? Natalie was always very straightforward. Yes, we were close, your mother and I.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had never been to the headquarters of the service, and as far as she was aware, the words Oakley Street, wherever that was, meant no more than a straightforward address. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Thus Copernicanism posed a straightforward question: What sort of planet is the earth? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He thought about his actions and his adventures, and about the journey ahead of him, and it seemed to Tristran that the whole business was suddenly very small and very straightforward. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lot more straightforward—more “grown up.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accurately measuring parallax was far from easy, particularly as it required a more exact measure of time than any sixteenth-century clock could provide, but showing that there was no measurable parallax was much more straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Handcuffing the man who fled was not a straightforward matter, and apparently, as the officers worked to subdue him, in-mates gathered around to complain that the officers were being too rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing is straightforward and plain, at times even a bit rough-hewn, with no vibrato or unnatural polish, and no sense that a homogenous blend is an absolute value. Music Review: Early Mass, With Its Exoticism Intact 2010-12-10T23:35:00Z

People appear to be drawn to the control and structure it provides, in addition to its straightforward tenets: Eat. Paleo, keto, fasting, Whole 30: Why food tribes are on the rise 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

The program juxtaposed straightforward songs with open-ended improvisations. Music Review: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause 2011-03-28T23:31:42Z

Creating a moment for a would-be cult movie isn’t as straightforward as it used to be, especially a movie as gleefully devoted to violating norms and conventions as this one. “Gangs of Wasseypur”: India’s explosive crime epic may be the next “Oldboy” 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

The story is straightforward enough: a group of men getting their kit off. The Full Monty – review 2013-02-19T18:04:45Z

“Graphically, it’s very intense and straightforward, it’s immediate, and that’s what I like about it.” Che Guevara poster artist looks back on 50 revolutionary years 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Billboard: There are many straightforward rock songs on "Churchill." Childhood memories inspire new songs for Frampton 2010-03-19T21:20:00Z

Second, she did not want her film to be another straightforward condemnation of law enforcement. A film about the police and the ‘policed’ in Baltimore makes a run for the Oscars 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Pride’s music often gets pegged as nostalgic and perhaps overly dominated by straightforward songs of romantic devotion. What Country Music Owes to Charley Pride 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Compared to its emotional rigors, the role's musical demands were more straightforward. Gwyneth Paltrow: Wild in the 'Country' 2010-12-23T06:00:00Z

A piece on a Christian rock festival – which seems to augur a straightforward piece of college-educated-liberal culture tourism – sidesteps touchingly into a memoir of Sullivan's own teenage involvement with evangelical Christianity. Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America by John Jeremiah Sullivan - review 2012-07-26T07:00:06Z

Fitting in to such an enormous production isn't straightforward, but it helps that God and the Devil have become the best of friends. York Mystery Plays: God and his friend the devil 2012-08-07T17:10:55Z

These are knotty questions unlikely to offer easy, straightforward answers. Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

A straightforward, straight-talking presence, her Hanna — whose husband has died, leaving her the millions that are fought over in this Franz Lehar blockbuster 1905 operetta — has no pretensions and no illusions. Review: ‘The Merry Widow,’ Revisited at the Met 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

The landscape’s restoration history, however, has not been as straightforward. For Vulnerable Art, Help Making a Fresh Start 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

So the designs are very direct and straightforward,” she said. Clothes and Character: Colleen Atwood on 'Into the Woods' and 'Big Eyes' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Will’s brainstorming and imaginary interrogation was a brilliant example of how The Good Wife is both a straightforward network drama and formally experimental at the same time. The Good Wife Watch: Best Enemies 2013-12-02T14:30:11Z

As to how he came to be named its editor, Mr. Bowles said the story is quite straightforward: Ms. Wintour asked him. Hamish Bowles Enters The World of Interiors 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Voguing, with its exaggerated femininity, thwarts any straightforward use of gender pronouns. French and American Dance Festival, All Around New York 2014-05-06T15:05:13Z

Our divorce was yet another loss, one of a family structure that, while complicated by adoption, was still pretty straightforward for my daughter: one mommy, one daddy and one sister. Motherlode Blog: When Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses 2014-01-13T18:26:38Z

The Morgan show addresses it in James’s case with what might be called straightforward discretion, by introducing Hendrik Christian Andersen, a young sculptor for whom the 56-year-old James fell hard. Henry James, a Poohbah Who Painted With Words 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

This straightforward pizzeria in Amagansett closed permanently late last year after 50 years in business. L’Abeille, Serving French Fare With Casual Elegance, Opens in TriBeCa 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Despite being superficially straightforward, the book contains a good deal of irony and quite a few paradoxes. Mark Haddon on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Guardian book club 2013-04-13T07:00:24Z

Their criteria were straightforward and somewhat loosely defined. Two L.A.-area artists make cut for Crystal Bridges exhibit 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The birds, in their tiny portraits, are more straightforward charmers. Emily Braun’s Birds Guide Guests to Their Perches 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

“And as far as I can tell, this guy seems to be a straightforward person with a good record as a writer, intelligent, knowledgeable. Why not him?” Hitchens Biography Proceeds, Against His Widow’s Wishes 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Here the musicians spoke a straightforward, harmonically direct musical language. The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z

Misunderstandings that could be easily cleared up with a straightforward conversation are rendered into emotional stalemates — and major events on which the plot hinges. Review | At 28, Sally Rooney has been called the voice of her generation. Believe the hype. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

This week’s contest was suggested by Reader but Not a Loser Rich Strimel, and it’s straightforward enough: Write a haiku that incorporates a pun, as in the examples above from earlier Style Invitational haiku contests. Style Invitational: Punku — 5-7-5-pun 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Woven into the straightforward detective work is an ode to sisterhood. Newly Released Books 2011-06-15T22:35:38Z

From here, at least, it looks pretty straightforward. Carolyn Hax: Torn between standing up for beliefs and honoring family 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

It's that sort of narrative that's driven attention to stories about the Trayvon Martin case, which was often reduced to strong, clear characters in a straightforward conflict. Even when race takes stage, talking about it isn't easy 2012-05-07T00:23:03Z

It was simple and effective, much like the theater’s interior, with its straightforward lines and attractive blond wood. Music Review: ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Review 2011-11-14T22:14:30Z

Mr. Harnick’s skill, actors and directors say, is in writing lyrics that are deceptively straightforward. Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Busier Than Ever at 91 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

I saw a straightforward, lovingly crafted film about a great horse. 'Nazi' row engulfs Disney film about champion racehorse Secretariat 2010-10-11T11:49:00Z

It’s a straightforward question with a complicated answer. How do you cultivate a garden with soul? Hint: It doesn’t happen in a day. 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

The performance is only about 70 minutes, and it’s deceptively straightforward. The one-man musical 'The Lion' leaps to the L.A. stage with songs of regret and hope 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

When Marvel initially told him about its idea for a TV series, Stan said, “It was straightforward and sort of ambiguous at the same time.” ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Is Marvel’s Latest Double Act 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

Though he mischievously tucked a quotation from the “Marseillaise” into the opening Allegro, the “Carnival Jest From Vienna” is a straightforward five-movement suite. Music Review: Murray Perahia Plays at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-11-06T22:27:16Z

At that point, after roughly 80 minutes, the performer abandons the distancing sideshow version of the character’s early life and reads the straightforward account that he intends to present in court. Theater Review: ?James X? by Gerard Mannix Flynn - Review 2011-12-10T00:21:41Z

One was the number of people – including me – who had read advance copies of and failed to notice errors, whether straightforward typographical slips or stylistic infelicities. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z

His response was straightforward: “Let’s start a band.” | La Sera 2011-02-07T17:15:10Z

All people deserve the freedom to make their own decisions, but, as Summers shows, conforming to sexist beauty standards is hardly a straightforward choice. Girl Hunter or Girl Hunted? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

You might think that measuring the height of a building is a fairly straightforward task. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z

It’s a straightforward tale about modest people who wanted nothing more than a quiet life in the country near family and friends. ‘Tell the judge I love my wife’: The brilliant simplicity of ‘Loving’ 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Last week, Lawrence wrote a piece titled “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co‑Stars?” that was brief, straightforward and was received like a thunderbolt. Jennifer Lawrence: whip-smart and witty star who likes a good fight | Observer profile 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

Even at its most straightforward, country music is paradoxical stuff, predicated on truth-telling but shifty in its relationship to time. Perspective | Women aren’t the future of country music. They’re the present. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

For awhile, JR operated just at the outer edges of the art world, making a fairly straightforward but mostly unimpeachable kind of human interest photography that boosted empathy for his subjects. JR’s Street Gallery Comes Indoors 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

But I do wonder whether that metaphor has much more to do with the force of culture and if, fundamentally, female desire might be quite straightforward. The truth about female desire: It’s base, animalistic and ravenous 2013-06-02T00:30:00Z

I said we've got the fundamentals right: Safety, straightforward, schools, the stability of our finances, and the safety of our streets. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z

It’s hard to accept that we can’t keep their thoughts clear and their lives straightforward — about Santa, or anything else. Motherlode Blog: To Fib - or Not - About Santa Claus 2011-12-23T19:41:59Z

Similarly, far from celebrating the work of therapy as a straightforward adventure to the last frontier of a patient's psyche, the show serves up a running critique of the therapeutic process. "In Treatment's" darkest season yet 2010-10-23T23:01:00Z

The conceit is deceptively straightforward: Ivan and Ivana are twins born to a single Guadeloupean mother, and as they grow up they adore each other above all else in the world. 2 Novels by ‘Alternative Nobel’ Winner Take On Power and Its Abuses 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

But part of this was also the result of conscious choices made by Martin to be straightforward about the way a medieval society treated and perceived women. Dead Tree Alert: Veep, Women in Power and Game of Thrones? Clash of Queens 2012-03-30T16:54:53Z

Diverticulitis is usually relatively straightforward to diagnose and treat, says Spiller. Diverticulitis: the debilitating bowel disorder that’s weakening our guts 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

“The Collected Stories” reveals the arc of Machado’s career, from the straightforward love stories to the cerebral and unpredictable later works. A Master Storyteller From 19th-Century Brazil, Heir to the Greats and Entirely Sui Generis 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

But once she's allowed to breathe a little, she and Martin settle into an unlikely team, with her straightforward manner allowing her to ask questions other characters would find impossible – much to the viewers' benefit. Your next box set: The Bridge 2012-11-22T15:30:02Z

It works best with rules that are straightforward and definitive: a foot was in bounds or out; a ball crossed the goal line or didn’t. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Land of CanAan's best moments are the most straightforward: the simpler, driven Try My Best, which combines dramatic strings and tinkling piano, the ethereally beautiful Find Your Way Back or sublime instrumental Repetition. Marques Toliver: Land of CanAan – review 2013-05-16T21:20:01Z

The job, she said, isn’t nearly as straightforward, nor as glamorous, as it may sound. On ‘Downton Abbey,’ Beware the Fish Mousse 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

The novel initially appears to be a fairly straightforward description of an American childhood in the early 60s. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos - review 2012-06-29T21:55:03Z

The Pullman resident and former WSU professor's column appears in more than 200 newspapers and is known for its "timely themes, straightforward explanations and humor," says the publisher. Local Books: Two new poetry volumes, the Rock Doc and Cleopatra as a vampire 2012-04-30T21:26:07Z

The show, which honors the many women in Hudes’s maternal line, is a tender collision of scene and image, an impressionistic collage rather than a straightforward biography. ‘My Broken Language’ Review: Piecing Together a Life of Many Dialects 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

His best showcase was in the straightforward cowboy-crime drama “Longmire,” in which he gave vivid life to a sardonic, capable, eternally frustrated tribal policeman. ‘Dark Winds’ Review: Murder Most Foul in the Navajo Nation 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

The first half of Mr. Bocelli’s program was devoted to straightforward classical and opera selections. Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z

Not that the progression is entirely straightforward or uneventful. The Emerson Plays Shostakovich at Tanglewood 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

In meetings with potential contributors, Mr. Segal was straightforward about “the ask.” Martin Segal, Leading New York Cultural Figure, Dies at 96 2012-08-05T23:27:45Z

Instead of writing a straightforward memoir or handing his life story over to someone else, he did something predictably idiosyncratic. David Lynch on Michael Jackson and That Crazy Frog From ‘Twin Peaks’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Recorded in a studio in Holland, meanwhile, the two sonatas are more straightforward. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4; Sonatas No 14 (Op 27, No 2 'Moonlight') and 31 (Op 110) 2011-02-10T21:29:01Z

They are mainly straightforward, head-on shots of people who stare back at her lens without giving much away. American beauty: Vanessa Winship's photos of US life 2013-05-27T15:00:39Z

The best story in “Life Ceremony” is the most straightforward. In This Story Collection, the Dead Are Served Up Hot-Pot Style 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

Even in the eight photographic portraits in the new show, which are her most straightforward yet, she sometimes marshals visible contrivances. Influenced by Her Children, Laurie Simmons Exits Her Comfort Zone 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

This ambition may be straightforward, but it is far from simple, as will become abundantly clear if you closely monitor your responses to its unsimulated explicitness. Review: ‘Love,’ Gaspar Noé’s Romance Told Through Sex 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

A lot of the writing is just straightforward and it feels like we’re having a conversation with you. Retta on why she’s “So Close to Being the S**t, Y’all Don’t Even Know” 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Linklater’s apparent assumptions about what a movie, or a popular movie, is—active, straightforward, plain, and untroubling—work against his protagonist, who is anything but. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” Reviewed: Richard Linklater’s Narrow View of a Creator in Crisis 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

Yet, as written by committee and directed with straightforward high energy by Billy Bungeroth, “Almost Accurate” puts teeth into the caricatures surprisingly often. Second City puts sting in ‘Almost Accurate Guide to America’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

This solemn, straightforward music needs flawless textures to avoid dullness, and the many excellent qualities of A Far Cry do not include that smooth tonal sheen. Music Review: A Far Cry, in the Schneider Concerts at Tishman Auditorium 2013-01-17T22:50:08Z

Or because cinema is more collaborative, so ascribing one person as the real-life basis for a character is less straightforward than in a novel, where there is a single, identifiable author? Good sex in literature: why is it so hard to find? 2013-03-06T08:00:00Z

Cultural historian Robert Thompson described Mr. Pardo’s appeal as “sincere, straightforward and old school.” Don Pardo, ‘Saturday Night Live’ announcer, dies at 96

Like all things Baseman, this will not be a straightforward doc. 'Mythical Creatures': Gary Baseman's search in 'Holocaust by Bullets' sites 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

“The Cabin in the Woods” bungles that relatively straightforward trick, partly because it wants to do a lot more than provide a dose of shrieks and giggles. Movie Review: ?The Cabin in the Woods,? by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon 2012-04-12T22:00:36Z

This cabernet is juicy and straightforward with dark fruit flavors. Here’s a $15 California cabernet that proves quality can also be budget-friendly 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

But this new version of Austen’s frequently adapted work is, in fact, a rather faithful and straightforward adaptation. This Millennial ‘Emma’ Respects Its Elders 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

These excerpts exemplify the more straightforward humor that drives that second episode and "Wealth Hoarding," two half-hours operating on the common assumption that neither Ziwe nor her guests require further introduction or explanation. With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

On “Dreams and Nightmares” he tries to have it both ways, sneaking moments of heartbreak into otherwise straightforward boast sessions. Critic’s Notebook: Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill, Rappers With Debut Albums 2012-10-28T21:48:03Z

Most straightforward is the amount of time it takes each site to process your searches. Frugal Traveler: How to Choose an Air Travel Search Site 2014-01-15T22:13:42Z

Love in Shepard's universe is never straightforward, never wholly life-enhancing; it's life-destroying, too, a struggle for power or control; a curse as well as a blessing. Sam Shepard bares his soul 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

In keeping with a novel about a writing instructor, Juska’s prose is clean and straightforward. When the Aftermath of a Shooting Is as Devastating as the Crime 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Brightly hued and straightforward in technique, the paintings in Watergate Gallery’s “Rhythm and Color in Haiti” display an affinity with French seekers of simplicity such as Matisse, Gauguin and Henri Rousseau. In the galleries: Unfinished works at Target Gallery 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The recipe was straightforward enough, but it had a few surprises built in. How I became the keeper of my mother-in-law’s spinach rice recipe 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

Were Page’s real-life journey to transition only as simple, straightforward or well received. Elliot Page, From Shame to Self-Acceptance, in Hollywood’s Glare 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

It’s an elemental component, presented on the table in as straightforward a manner as a salad or a loaf of bread. The not-so-secret truth about yogurt the rest of the world already knows 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Burke’s straightforward movie — a series of interviews with correspondents and photographers, interspersed with footage from combat zones — is well made, and for once the talking-heads format is satisfying. | 'Under Fire: Journalists in Combat': ?Under Fire: Journalists in Combat,? by Martyn Burke ? Review 2011-12-02T05:13:02Z

More and more of his charming and straightforward conversation has to do with his readiness for death. Lessons on Living a Better Life From a 109-year-old Man 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Smiley is a master storyteller, with a penchant for turning archetypal allegories into seemingly straightforward, contemporary narratives. Jane Smiley brings 'Some Luck' to readers 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Its insistence on appealing to all ages means elder gamers may find it patronisingly straightforward. iPod, iPhone & iPad games round-up 2011-07-29T23:10:46Z

His mission is straightforward, in a Hollywood sort of way: to defuse a nuclear bomb near New York Harbor and save the world. Review: ‘Blossom,’ a Puppet’s Tale of Alzheimer’s 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

With the richness of the polenta, butter and cheese, the sweetness of the shallots, the bitter grassiness of asparagus and the green freshness of peas, the choice of wine is anything but straightforward. Seeking Spring Comfort? Try This Buttery, Vegetable-Topped Polenta. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Instead of vocal-harmony chorales and canons, there are many more straightforward solo lead vocals. 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z

But I think we've made something more elevated than a straightforward slasher movie. Elijah Wood: 'Frodo's never going away' 2013-03-07T13:44:34Z

I preferred the cute and straightforward “Views of Trump, Measured as Temperatures”: Boomer women with college degrees had “cooler feelings”; boomer men without felt warmly. A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wright appreciated Ms. Perello’s straightforward, no-nonsense manner and sense of humor. They Have No Reservations (About Each Other) 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

The gifting is rarely as crude or straightforward as pay to play; there’s often no stated quid pro quo. The Dispossession of André Leon Talley 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

Chai said he wanted to avoid “the straightforward clothes-on-a-rack retail space” in favor of creating “an environment, a feeling, more of an emotional experience.” T Magazine: The Ice Age 2010-10-21T23:01:00Z

Usually it’s the music that comes across as straightforward. New Music: Albums From Neko Case, Ariana Grande, Gorguts and Chelsea Wolfe 2013-09-02T21:24:22Z

Some are straightforward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. Krasinski, Hunt, Common among in-crowd at Sundance 2011-11-30T21:49:20Z

“Swift Coin,” the album’s most driving track, feels straightforward until you note what she’s singing as a chorus: “Every mother’d eyed a better place/For to put in half a heart.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z

Without giving too much away, the film starts off in stylish yet straightforward fashion as pop singer Rumi leaves her successful band to pursue an acting career. Japan mourns anime master Satoshi Kon 2010-08-26T15:49:00Z

The images of domestic warmth are sincere and straightforward. "Sons of Anarchy" comes roaring back to TV 2011-09-06T23:07:00Z

The wine is straightforward and fruity, with aromas and flavors of Bing cherries and plums. 5 out-of-the-box bottles for summer sipping 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

By the final, American set he sang Ives’s “The Things Our Fathers Loved” with straightforward ease, giving the music a kind of luminosity, without recourse to what I might term ­capital-D Diction. World War I tribute makes a refreshing recital debut for baritone John Brancy 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The "Kids," who have been together since 1984, were never that straightforward in the televised version of their act, leaning more heavily on cultivating bizarre and easily imitable characters. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Without presenting a straightforward narrative of recovery after Maria, it considers both the unprocessed grief and the sense of relief that so many carry with them. Two New Documentaries Give Caribbean Stories the Depths They Deserve 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

"It's very straightforward," she says, "maybe too literal." T Magazine: About Face 2012-11-08T21:30:05Z

But about 20 minutes in the show began evolving from a straightforward performance into a diffuse enterprise. Music Review: Los Angeles Rap, New and Vintage, Straight Out of Brooklyn 2011-06-12T22:15:28Z

Like Ms. Sharp’s look at the Dust Bowl, “Last Man Club,” produced by the company in 2012, it is a play that bracingly refuses to be a straightforward historical treatment. Theater Review: ‘Nothing on Earth Can Hold Houdini’ at the Axis Theater 2014-03-07T03:00:01Z

There was no nonsense about her Wonder Woman; she was the kind of straightforward, unflappable hero that was all the rage at the time. My possible superhero 2011-03-28T20:30:01Z

If the messaging of Fifty Shades is complicated, Magic Mike XXL was abundantly straightforward: We are men here to please you in any way we can—serenades, gyrations or even just being a good listener. The Top 11 Moments for Women in Pop Culture in 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

What I'm not clear on is whether Claudel is deliberately trying to create a kind of decaying trash-heap prose – a prose where straightforward nouns are attacked by hideous, nonsensical growths, corrosive metaphors and similes. The Investigation by Philippe Claudel – review 2013-02-07T09:00:02Z

“When pieces are in a booth, it’s quite straightforward,” Martindale said. L.A. Art Show 2016: A sneak peek inside, plus an outsider's take on the L.A. scene 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

To the film center, the matter is straightforward: An employee exhibited serious harassing behavior and was fired. For a Revered Art House Cinema, a Season of Off Screen Turmoil 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Beyond Caring, for all the controversy it caused, remains his most straightforward book, a work of undercover reportage shot in dole offices throughout Britain. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z

That these were straightforward, old-school interpretations may be due in part to the fact that Calder is still growing into the scores. The Calder Quartet rolls along with Beethoven 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

All of this was lovely and certainly provides a fine musical distraction from the real world in Robert Longbottom’s straightforward, innocuous, not-too-hammy production. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s opera debut brings relevance to WNO 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

But don't expect a straightforward memoir from the rocker, one of the singular voices that emerged in the 1990s. PJ Harvey to publish debut book in 2015 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

Lynne Cox’s gentle, straightforward text recounts how Elizabeth, asleep in the middle of the street, is nearly de-flippered by a passing car. ‘Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas’ picture book beautifully celebrates beast and man

But rather than note his boss's inappropriateness, Jesus praised him for being "straightforward" and "honest." How did abuse get baked into the restaurant industry? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Since then, and increasingly so with each subsequent season, the show has become more of a straightforward television drama. “House of Cards” Season 4 Is Less Vulgar Than Real Politics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

Recently, however, in an effort to free himself from “straightforward representation,” Busse has been shaking things up. Dietmar Busse’s Imaginary Friends 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mesches moved from straightforward realism to a more idiosyncratic style, with surrealistic touches that infused his social panoramas with a dreamlike, often nightmarish, quality. Arnold Mesches, Artist Who Was Recorded by the F.B.I., Dies at 93 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

"Broken" opens with disjointed, tinny sounds that retreat to the background and provide a discordant twist to an otherwise catchy, straightforward chorus. Review: Depeche Mode evolves, doesn't violate past 2013-03-25T17:10:40Z

The phrase “Netflix and chill” may have morphed into a euphemism, but the meme began as a straightforward sentiment – people tend to use the platform while horizontal in the comfort of their home. Can Netflix save us from the Great Romcom Shortage of 2018? I watched 11 films to find out 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

So it would seem straightforward then, to plough what money there is into alleviating poverty and providing essential services. We must protect and reinvent our local libraries 2012-11-23T08:28:01Z

Sandel is a deceptively clear writer, making often subtle and complex philosophical ideas so straightforward that they almost appear obvious. What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel – review 2013-05-25T15:30:01Z

The story in “Vengeance” is superficially straightforward and painfully familiar. He’s a Lifer at Angola. He’s Black. Was He Falsely Convicted? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

As the Coens and co-writer Matt Charman tell the story, this begins as a straightforward question of legal principle: Every criminal suspect, guilty or not, is entitled to a competent defense. “Bridge of Spies”: Tom Hanks goes full Jimmy Stewart in Spielberg’s flawed but disturbingly timely Cold War history lesson 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Alternating between remorse and what-about-isms, he could be forthcoming and straightforward, but also slippery, refusing any suggestion that he might tone down the chaos. 6ix9ine, Rap’s Newly Freed, Chart-Topping Villain, Admits to Everything 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

An arty quartet featuring two trumpeters and two trombonists, mixing ideas from jazz, new classical and Appalachian folk, the Westerlies don’t really have the option of doing a straightforward cover of most songs. Demi Lovato’s Anguished ‘Anyone,’ and 11 More New Songs 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Travel credit cards don’t get much more straightforward than this Visa card. These Are the Best Credit and Debit Cards for Travelers 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

The Total Eclipse Cruise experience will be more straightforward for viewers — although certainly unique in its own way. Bonnie Tyler Will Sing Total Eclipse of the Heart During the Eclipse 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Early attempts at TV adaptations of notoriously unwieldy literary creations haven’t been straightforward. From Watchmen to Catch-22: can TV tackle 'unfilmable' books? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

What started as a project of straightforward interpretations quickly evolved. Bec Plexus’s New Album Is a Digital Confession Booth 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

THE appeal of child actors is deceptively straightforward: They embody innocence or the shock of its loss. The Dardennes and Philippe Falardeau on Child Actors 2012-03-09T16:30:00Z

We got so excited about that idea, which I think scared some people, because we were like, "Get this. The last episode is super simple and straightforward." "Keep Breathing" creators talk survival, not Googling solutions and that controversial ending 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

Her writing and tone are consistently bright and straightforward; her approach to character is warm and generous. Emma Straub’s New Family Saga Is Half Feel-Good, Half Fraught 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

If it’s not entirely evocative — with projections that tend to be murky — it’s at least efficient and straightforward. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

Moore’s sophisticated story raises as many questions as it answers, making the point that issues around American history, identity and injustice are neither simple nor straightforward. Magic Mountains: Novels of Appalachia From Natalie Lloyd and David Barclay Moore 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Elo is in straightforward mode here, largely eschewing the eccentric wiggles and squiggles that often permeate his movement, and creating a solid, even old-fashioned ballet-ballet. In ‘Dutch Doubles,’ 4 Choreographers, Inspired by 4 Artists 2014-04-21T12:35:07Z

The paintings are straightforward and mostly focus on the Herengracht’s “Golden Bend,” along which the most opulent buildings were constructed. Diving Into the History of Amsterdam's Canals 2010-06-20T10:00:00Z

The route to Luzia’s is a straightforward hike down a sandy road, something I was clearly capable of doing myself. The Cavalacanga Ate My Cellphone 2010-06-14T20:36:00Z

This is, for the most part, a straightforward, conventional work that is not above plying the clichés of scientific breakthrough dramas of yesteryear, right down to a “eureka” moment of unexpected inspiration. Review: Reckoning With Medical Betrayals ‘Behind the Sheet’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

"For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward," she explains. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

In Jackson, Miss., New Stage Theatre’s production is straightforward if genuinely scary, as the ghostly Marley sparked shrieks at the student matinee I saw. On eight-stop ‘Christmas Carol’ tour, varied takes on Ebenezer Scrooge 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

Geoffrey Faber was a straightforward, conventional, occasionally irritable but fundamentally decent soul whose diary, as quoted by Toby, reveals an endearing self-doubt. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

Under normal circumstances, getting a refund from an O.T.A. is a pretty straightforward process. Why Is Getting a Refund From an Online Travel Agency So Hard? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

“Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” is straightforward and cozy. Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

Put kindly, the director Ron Vignone shoots this straightforward film in a utilitarian style. ‘Two Ways Home’ Review: A Spare Family Drama Unfolds in Iowa 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

It's this same capricious society that somehow makes the standards for men baldly straightforward. As a teenager, I hated Britney Spears and decades later I'm owning up to this misogyny 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

He alternated the two piano sonatas with Prokofiev’s popular two violin sonatas, performed with the appealingly straightforward Guy Braunstein, their partnership settled and comfortable. Review: Yefim Bronfman Plays Prokofiev’s Overlooked Piano Sonatas 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

The movie works just fine as a straightforward thriller, though. Review: Daniel Radcliffe Battles Homegrown Extremists in ‘Imperium’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Needless to say, this new conflict is no more straightforward than the one he just left. | 'Cost of a Soul': A Solemn Homecoming 2011-05-19T23:29:57Z

The easy answer, by the way, is also hard, but it’s straightforward and quick and entirely within your power and it’s several years overdue: Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A friend is leaning hard, and it’s weighing heavily on this reader 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

The ingredient list is minimally fussy, the process straightforward. Vegan gravy doesn’t have to be an oxymoron, even at Thanksgiving 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Even when integration was legally mandated, she “knew that law wasn’t the only thing,” and neither was straightforward material self-interest. The Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Gets Personal in ‘On Juneteenth’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

The Wexford novels are straightforward police procedurals, but over the years they touched on the inevitable problems of the modern world, including urban sprawl, youthful rebellion, feminism and social hierarchy. Ruth Rendell, prolific British crime novelist, dies at 85 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

Goldstein showcases the continuing relevance of a classic philosopher in amusing ways and offers a more straightforward discussion of Platonic philosophy. 50 notable works of nonfiction

Branzino gets fancied up with a ring of mussels, lobster sauce and melting fennel, while gnocchi with roasted mushrooms and tendrils of arugula proves a more straightforward pleasure. Review | Bar Charley has grown up. Now, you’ll dine as well as you drink. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

Part 2 is a wandering, sometimes frustrating sequel to the very straightforward Hemingwayesque quality of Part 1. ‘Inheritance From Mother’: A must-read novel about the tangled bonds of motherhood 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Compared with some of the other categories, this is perhaps one of the more straightforward questions. The greatest films of all time: top 25 romantic movies 2010-10-16T11:00:00Z

But if “So Sad Today” attempts to preserve the essence of the Twitter account, it also adheres to the more straightforward conventions of memoir. The Hidden Vulnerabilities of @SoSadToday 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

This performance hewed to the “straightforward approach,” he said, with the choirs joining together. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

This actress portrays Lucy with a spiky, straightforward honesty. Movie Review: ‘As Cool as I Am,’ Starring Claire Danes and James Marsden 2013-06-07T01:06:31Z

Like “Jersey Boys,” “Ain’t Too Proud” rapidly follows a fairly straightforward timeline through some pretty rough terrain. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

The title of one of his most plainspoken songs, “ ‘Heroes,’ ” is suspended in a second set of quotation marks, largely to disrupt any straightforward interpretation. ‪The Beautiful Meaninglessness of David Bowie 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Yet even now, with Texas enjoying tremendous culinary experimentation, she feels “a sharp hunger for something simple and straightforward.” Smoke Signals: This July 4, go traditional with great regional side dishes

Another highlight of the evening was the spirited, straightforward interpretation of Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E flat. Music Review: The Orchestra of St. Luke?s at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-20T23:06:06Z

The film, backed by the Algerian government, was supposed to be a relatively straightforward documentary, and there was even talk of filming a drama with Paul Newman, using the war as a background. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z

New, because it’s a straightforward acknowledgment of all the intensity and heartbreak of a “first love,” one for which Ocean says he’s profoundly grateful, and a conscious refusal to put a name on it. Frank Ocean’s brave revelation 2012-07-05T18:05:00Z

It is not easy to explain in straightforward language on what grounds a mechanically manufactured stainless steel reduced-size truck rates as a work of art. A New Era for Postwar and Contemporary Art 2010-05-14T11:30:00Z

At one level, it's a reasonably straightforward satire. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z

Given the unconventional setting, director Alek Shrader, who is married to Mack, said he decided to keep the staging fairly simple and straightforward. Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

As someone who works with, and writes for, parents and teachers, I realize there is no straightforward recipe for raising a certain kind of person. Raising an Un-Trump: Don't just shield your kids from Donald Trump — use him as a teaching tool 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Funeral for a Dog's formal sophistication is there, Pletzinger explains, to serve "a very straightforward story." Thomas Pletzinger: writing the world 2011-03-15T09:58:45Z

“That these experiences were used in a work of fiction, not on merchandise or in a straightforward commercial appeal, further removes them from an appropriator’s archetypical effort to profit from Plaintiffs’ specific identities,” she writes. Sudanese Refugees Can Pursue Copyright Claims Over Reese Witherspoon Film 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

But putting them on the bodies of these universally recognizable cartoon characters wasn’t so straightforward. Homer Simpson Was Made for Fashion 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

A blue-collar dad to the starched collars of Niles and Frasier, he frequently knocked the wind out of their pretentious sails with his straightforward practicality and no-nonsense approach. John Mahoney: Frasier's 'cranky' dad was the stove at the heart of the show 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

Its aromas were pretty, its flavors clear and straightforward, of flowers and spicy red fruits, with a touch of licorice and that refreshing wash of bitterness. Different Grapes From Different Regions, All Screaming Italy 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

“Friday Night Lights” aside, it seems that other countries are more interested in serious, straightforward sports dramas than the United States. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Although we all think we know what a fork and a spoon look like, designing one is somehow far from straightforward. Design for knife: can cutlery cure disability? 2012-06-18T15:10:06Z

The first is the writing, which is simple, straightforward and often beautiful - landscapes, characters, events are all brought vividly to life. Sea of Whispers by Tim Bowler – review 2013-02-07T17:39:45Z

And in covering the repercussions of the branching cases, “A Crime on the Bayou” shows how superficially straightforward, courageous acts — like refusing to plead guilty unjustly or defending the unjustly accused — are hard. ‘A Crime on the Bayou’ Review: Race on Trial 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Unlike his previous films, with their mischievous pleasure and tender melancholy, this was straightforward and serious storytelling with only a few moments of shivery humor. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The director Keith Warner keeps things conceptually straightforward, yet focuses on the libretto’s complexities. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Now Burton is trying to revive “Reading Rainbow” via Kickstarter, and the campaign is, refreshingly, as straightforward and accessible as the aforementioned half-hour of television. LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign is everything that made “Reading Rainbow” great 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

In the end, the process was very straightforward. Navigating coronavirus restrictions in Europe requires a new set of skills. Fortunately, they are easy to acquire. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

While Rosendal is certainly no Versailles, I was struck at how beautifully the straightforward layout of greenhouses and plantings places the emphasis on individual plant types, as opposed to groupings or works of landscape design. A Garden Tour of Sweden’s Rosendal Palace 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Hulu’s “Castle Rock” differs from other King TV shows in that it is not a straightforward adaptation of any one of his stories but a kind of amalgamation of his characters, themes and settings. Stephen King Has Thoughts About Stephen King TV Shows 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

I figured it would be fairly straightforward and easy to remember, but it was an emotional and taxing process—and not one that I ever looked forward to doing. Hunter S. Thompson’s son shocker: “Hunter was surprised and pleased that I actually grew up apparently sane” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

This was felt, ironically, to be a closer reflection of life itself, for straightforward stories are a distortion – or at least a heavy re-editing – of subjective experience. The Big Music by Kirsty Gunn – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z

This is by far the easiest, most straightforward turkey roasting method. Hosting your first Thanksgiving? Don't panic – just follow this plan 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

A friend with me caught traces of '80s anti-heroes The Replacements in Dude York, which I understand in that both bands' pop songwriting is straightforward and yet bent, the delivery messed up and soulful. Catching up with Dude York at Columbia City Theater 10/14 2011-10-15T22:31:04Z

While straightforward in format, it is an opportunity to see three of the most exciting flamenco dancers working today, each with a distinct performance style. An Interrupted Conversation: The Flamenco Festival Returns 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

It’s a straightforward fight — one that may seem only interesting to drinkers, but one that truly transcends the inebriation industry. Will Walmart eat L.A.? 2012-06-26T19:39:00Z

What many consumers don’t realise is that it isn’t quite so straightforward. Is kombucha good for you? 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

Ms. Miller’s defense of her work then was straightforward: She reported what her sources told her. Review: Judith Miller’s ‘The Story: A Reporter’s Journey’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

So questions of racial tension are not as straightforward as you might think. Digested classic: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 2010-05-21T09:30:00Z

However, the future may still not be straightforward for IC Corp. Uruguay to test world’s first state-commissioned recreational cannabis 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Within these direct, straightforward stories are corridors of solitude and reflection. Alex DiFrancesco Captures the Fraught Magic of the In-Between 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

But the atmosphere doesn’t quite spring the play free, and despite a lot of high emotion, the show’s straightforward passions often sail past the mark. Chekhov’s ‘Vanya’ rides again, with uncertain feeling 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Except that the story isn’t quite so straightforward, as Mr. Shaw explains. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z

It contains prose and verse; polemic and introspection; remixed pop lyrics and pellucid memoir; straightforward narration and constellated word games. An Arab-American Poet Asks What It Means to Belong to Two Cultures, or None 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

But Harris manages to rise above, writing with straightforward honesty, humor and heart. A 'Sookie Stackhouse' junkie comes clean 2010-05-05T22:34:00Z

The rest of the Rock Hall crop varies from more straightforward — Dire Straits and the Moody Blues, which both got in on their first try — to slightly left of center. Bon Jovi Leads 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: ‘It’s About Time’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Eclipse” exists in a solemnly designed space, where the mood echoes the same order and precision of Mr. Bokaer’s uncluttered, straightforward dances. Dance Review: ‘Eclipse,’ by Jonah Bokaer and Anthony McCall, at BAM Fisher 2012-09-07T22:53:36Z

The only explanation I have is that the C.F.D.A. has nothing to gain from being straightforward. On the Runway: About That McQueen Dress 2011-01-28T17:22:01Z

The feminism of the movie is bracingly straightforward, less an ideological argument than a statement of fact. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

Occasionally there seems to be a straightforward connection between image and words. Words and images conjure new meanings in Joe Wardwell’s paintings 2013-04-25T22:44:36Z

The pair give us a few endearing glimpses of their laughter-filled married life, and Snyder sounds a note or two of ditziness, early on, but, overall, the characters’ personalities seem too straightforward. ‘Duchess of Malfi’ at Capital Fringe: A brisk tale of revenge

Leonardo experimented with every point of view for map-making: his maps range from views of mountains in deep relief, the earth tilted up for our pleasure, to straightforward plans, to unique hybrids of the two. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

The conductor closed with a straightforward reading of Elgar's "Enigma" Variations. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z

In other words, it’s trying for both slow-burning suspense and straightforward police procedural drama, but not really succeeding at either. Shades of Blue – Jennifer Lopez's cop show is a criminal waste of her talent 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

"No Good With Faces" epitomizes the downbeat beach balladry and straightforward melodic approach that best showcase Johnson's unaffected style. REVIEWS: The-Dream, Stone Temple Pilots, Sergio Mendes 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z

She is straightforward in denying the claim that Islam and the west are involved in a "clash of civilisations", castigating writers of various political persuasions who have, blatantly or inferentially, put forward this view. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z

But his book, “Death by Video Game,” is not a straightforward work of advocacy. Can playing video games kill you? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

This is a woman who has lived with nonstop admiration and a lot of sycophancy, but at the same time is a very straightforward, pragmatic, down to earth person, I suspect. Helen Mirren talks royalty and 'Doctor Who' 2013-06-10T13:19:18Z

“Recollections” at the BlackRock Center for the Arts is a straightforward view of artists over 15 years of exhibitions. Review | In the galleries: Depicting nature’s vital, ephemeral connections 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Some of the pictures are straightforward and unmanipulated, while others are arranged into intricate arrays. Review | In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

Smiley delivers a straightforward, old-fashioned tale of rural family life in changing times. Book review: ‘Some Luck,’ by Jane Smiley

Listen to Rachmaninoff's own recording of his piece, which is pretty straightforward and fast by today's relaxed standards, and you'll hear all the emotion and fantasy you would want. 26-year-old Lahav Shani makes a maximum impact at Hollywood Bowl 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

The alert performance was marred only by the violinist Davide de Ascaniis, who didn’t broaden his straightforward style to encompass the wistfulness of the work’s opening or the raptures of the Andante. Music Review: The Chelsea Music Festival Opens With a Homage 2013-06-18T19:48:56Z

“The New Jersey character — at least this part of Jersey — is straightforward, plain-spoken to the point of bluntness, though not at all unfriendly,” the poet August Kleinzahler wrote in his essay “East/West Variations.” Neighborhood Cheer: Big TVs and Flowing Taps 2010-12-23T22:35:49Z

The best strategy at the moment is to focus on the more straightforward dishes, think carefully about what gets quoted, and drink up. A new, young chef brings the drama at Mirabelle 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

The movie also exposes the ethical and moral jungle of modern society, where it's not necessarily straightforward to gauge what's right and wrong, and it does so entertainingly, at times hilariously. The eco-sex activists who want to save the world 2013-04-11T18:00:03Z

Presenting something deeply weird as entirely straightforward may be the whole point of Blunderbuss. Best albums of 2012: 40-21 2012-11-26T13:15:15Z

What about the chilling Tired Eyes, with its straightforward description of a dope-dealing vendetta that ends in bloodshed? Neil Young: 'It gets spooky 'cause we were spooked' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-10-02T14:56:48Z

Bell had built an impressive reputation as a preacher; he had a conversational style and a knack for making his messages straightforward and appealing, especially to young people. A Megachurch Pastor’s Search for a More Forgiving Faith 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

Apart from the orchestral introductions the ensemble is merely a dutiful accompanist throughout, although Mr. Gilbert notes in a blog for Musical America that “playing the orchestral accompaniment in Chopin’s concertos is far from straightforward.” Music Review: A Chopin Competition Winner Collects Her Reward 2011-01-05T23:15:23Z

The ambiguity that made the first season intriguing is largely gone, replaced by straightforward psychological drama that reinforces your suspicion that the show’s strengths lay in the puzzle, not the psychology. Season 2 of ‘Mr. Robot’ Turns Inward From the Cyberworld 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

They are instead straightforward expressions produced by skilled craftspeople who are interested primarily in making the best wine they can from their part of the world, rather than tailoring a product for a presumed audience. In Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, the Gifts of Simplicity 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z

In straightforward prose, Mr. Spencer traces the long history of making wine within the eruption zone of an active volcano, and the industry’s modern incarnation as a source for gorgeous reds and savory whites. 6 Books for Thinking, Drinking and Changing the World 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Kahn acknowledged the creative limitations of the straightforward brick—of course there were many more malleable mediums—but ultimately it was the modest block he chose to explore. The Best Brick Architecture Around the World 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

The straightforward production, by Cecilia Ligorio, dealt astutely with the question of how to characterize Cortés, a figure now deplored as a brutal colonialist but revered as a hero when the opera was written. Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Breaking Bad’s fairly straightforward moral paradigm—everyone’s corrupt, or at least corruptible—uses baldness as its benchmark. Breaking bald 2012-07-24T18:30:00Z

Michael Moxham's straightforward production for New Sussex Opera offers a welcome opportunity for reassessment. Hugh the Drover ? review 2010-11-23T22:40:00Z

But the comedy, or the wit, or whatever grown-up word best describes Jackson's wry humour, combines with a deft narrative acceleration to give his story the kind of straightforward appeal that literary fiction often lacks. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z

Some books just seem especially suited for classroom teaching: "Of Mice and Men" has a straightforward plot, easily identifiable themes and is under 100 pages long. Will high school "classics" be replaced? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

But dealing with death matter of factly is not always straightforward. The final act of love: 'I knew I wanted to keep him with me' 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

In Kennedy’s case, the stakes are more straightforward. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Trammell of Fader noted that “Be Free” is not a straightforward protest song, avoiding political commentary in favor of an emotional, “fatigued” response to Mr. Brown’s death and all that it represents. J. Cole Releases an Impassioned Song About Michael Brown, ‘Be Free’ 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Payne’s play, an earlier version of which was performed as “The Art of Dying” in 2013, is structured as a competition between two possible tragedies instead of a straightforward retelling of one. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Face Death Onstage 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

The show revolves around the difficulty of discerning what a force that’s present but not present wants from you, a far cry from the perceptible, straightforward gods more character than concept. Holy joke: how God became an unlikely TV comedy staple 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Most of that was left to the imagination in the intimate confines of Jordan Hall, the conservatory’s gem of an auditorium beloved for its clear, straightforward acoustics. Review: Operas Within Operas Within Operas: A Baroque Explosion in Boston 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

Would he rather be a straightforward TV star, without the irony? David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z

Pale red and straightforward, with stony flavors of red fruits and herbs. Your Easy, No-Sweat Guide to Picking Wines for Thanksgiving 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Last week, I biked up to the Bronx Brewery in Port Morris, an industrial corner of the South Bronx that’s now also a destination for straightforward, drinkable craft beers and good, old-fashioned fun. Things to Do in New York This Weekend: Sharks in Brooklyn? You Better Believe It. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Simplified from its PC incarnations, crafting is now a more straightforward process. This week's new games 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z

Her brand has introduced a new ethos to Scandinavian women’s wear, offering pieces that are both unabashedly romantic and exquisitely finished but also relatively straightforward in their shapes. The Danish Designer Making Fanciful Dresses With a Dark Side 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Addressing your questions from the bottom up, the last one is straightforward. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How can you tell if you’re being over-criticized or overly sensitive? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

The album’s most straightforward song, “Delete Forever,” addresses the deaths of opioid addiction. Beauty Confronts Doom on Grimes’s ‘Miss Anthropocene’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Your path to acting wasn’t exactly straightforward, was it? Don Johnson: ‘I didn’t expect to live to 30, so it’s all been gravy’ 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Wilderness” is in part a straightforward true-crime ticktock, and even if you’ve read or seen “Fatal Vision” or followed other accounts of the case, it’s a dizzying, fascinating story. ‘A Wilderness of Error’ Review: Errol Morris in the Fog of Murder 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

Although the band couldn’t reproduce every flourish of the recorded versions, it performed such complex numbers as “Have One on Me” as capably as it did the comparatively straightforward “Peach Plum Pear.” Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Newman keeps it simple with straightforward suggestions on how to give and receive a compliment, how to shut down gossip, how to be a good neighbor. 2 Graphic-Style Guidebooks to Calm Kids’ Social Butterflies 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Westeros DNA can be spied in everything from straightforward historical epics such as The Last Kingdom to the weird, wild world of Sky Atlantic’s Britannia. Game of Thrones: how it dominated the decade – then lost its way 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

When something hits me emotionally, it always works instantly — whether the music is complicated, like some Art Tatum jazz piano or an old Charlie Parker bebop, or if it’s just straightforward. How ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Influenced Lenny Kravitz’s Memoir 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Had he lived, I think we would have had a much more honest, nuanced conversation about race and been more straightforward in our attempts to grapple with it and make the country better. Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

"I learned, through osmosis as well as design, much technique from Mr. Fleming's work: compactness, attention to detail, heroic though flawed characters, fast-pacing, concrete imagery and straightforward prose." Bond, James Bond, comes back for more in new novel 2010-05-27T23:02:00Z

But Forna is too subtle and knowing a writer to create a straightforward, let alone inspirational, narrative. Review | ‘Happiness’: An exquisite novel about how chance and love connect us 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Nutty browned butter adds a wonderful underlying note to an otherwise straightforward Buffalo sauce, zippy with vinegar and brown sugar. 20 Simple Sauces That Will Transform Any Meal 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

Strikingly, though, this tactic is even spilling over to more straightforward pop singer-songwriters, who are finding the audience for crispness narrower than it might once have been. Post Malone and Pop’s Single Sound 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Darby English is an uncommonly thoughtful art historian who says that interpreting a work of art is never straightforward. Darby English Joins MoMA as Consulting Curator 2014-04-02T12:00:16Z

The sketches are often straightforward — dueling anger translators, a white cop shooting black men that are holding anything at all in their hands, a conversation that disintegrates because every topic contains spoilers. In ‘Key & Peele’ Season Premiere, a Shift in Tone and Volume 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Some of the images are fairly straightforward, while others take gonzo liberties. Robert Beatty has become a one-man industry of psychedelic album art 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

These are all easy to fix, though, by ending the relationship — or, if not easy, then at least straightforward: Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A boyfriend who dumps on you needs to be dumped 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Obviously, when you are dealing with this genre, the pitfall could be to make a straightforward slasher film, a surface type movie. Kate Bosworth on the delights of playing the villain: “We wanted to turn it so the Hitchcock blonde would be the psycho rather than the victim” 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The novel’s plot is both straightforward and complex: In a Georgia driveway in 2010, Mother lies bleeding from a gunshot wound to her midsection. Review | A violent police raid leads to a casualty — and a meditation on racism in America 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

This is a more straightforward memorial tribute to Wolf, measured, even stately, without the elaborate, quick-cut indirections of the earlier piece. Art Review: Hito Steyerl Has New York Solo Debut at e-flux 2012-12-20T22:07:09Z

Several of the titles are far from straightforward novels, containing elements of memoir and historical nonfiction, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the chair of the judges, said at the news conference. French Authors Lead International Booker Prize Shortlist 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

Navigating your way around a Wire record is rarely straightforward, but Dot Dash evokes the repetition of morse code to help the song's subject – and the listener – steer a clear path through life's confusion. Readers recommend: songs about repetition ? the results 2011-03-17T16:30:02Z

If there's a more straightforward vanilla pudding recipe around, we haven't met it! 23 simple dessert recipes for Memorial Day (or all summer long) 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Unlike art, a ballooning marketplace is confined and narrow, dependent for success on straightforward popularity. 'Doug Aitken: Electric Earth': Why MOCA's big new show has too few sparks 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Their removal was straightforward, like lancing boils, say the men who run the country now. Qur'an etched in Saddam Hussein's blood poses dilemma for Iraq leaders 2010-12-19T20:30:01Z

It transforms what might otherwise be a straightforward fictionalized history into something beyond a heroes and villains binary, even though it's obvious that the writers' sympathies are firmly in the feminist movement's camp. "The patriarchy will not shift": Cate Blanchett and Uzo Aduba discuss the "Mrs. America" gut punch 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Time is a theme in the film: although it progresses in a straightforward narrative, it also moves sideways into parallel and past time from Newton's point of view. How we made: Paul Mayersberg and Tony Richmond on The Man Who Fell to Earth 2012-06-25T17:30:01Z

"But it was like a straightforward biopic on stage," she explains. Connecting with a jazz sensation 2013-07-26T23:46:30Z

In his straightforward traversal of the three-part Sinfonias, Goode’s attempts to sustain a more meditative mood for some of the minor key pieces were let down by the inelegance of his touch. Richard Goode lends a lively voice to an exuberant all-Bach piano program 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

For supporters, the fall campaign featured a straightforward message about equality and inclusiveness. Transgender bathroom panic triumphs in Houston: The Duggar-level bigotry, fearmongering and lies that set Texas back 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Once you get down a few common-sense basics, frying is in reality a straightforward task. It's almost too easy to make hot, fresh, fried onion rings 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z

This complicates a story that, on the face of it, is relatively straightforward for all its horror. Review: Fixing a Dispassionate Stare on Slavery in ‘Southern Promises’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Yet this idea of austerity in one country and opulence in the other wasn’t so straightforward, in part because the Eighty Years’ War wasn’t just about religion. Review | Buried deep in a disappointing Rembrandt and Velázquez show are two portraits that demand to be seen 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Many of the most affecting photographs are straightforward shoulder-length portraits shot outdoors against nocturnal backgrounds. Art Review: Christer Strömholm at International Center of Photography 2012-06-21T21:06:23Z

The premise is straightforward: Blanc shows us how to cook four haute cuisine dishes a week. Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets | TV review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z

But in the U.S., the question of which team will be cheered on from afar isn't entirely straightforward. Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico) 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

At first glance, the crime seemed both simple and straightforward. "I Just Killed My Dad": A closer look at the true story behind the Netflix father-son murder series 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

You paint in a figurative style that matches the straightforward title of the play. Mom’s a Corpse. Dad Looks Mad. At Least the Light Is Nice. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

It’s a straightforward enough outcome that I could end my answer with it now. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: An intense connection becomes exhausting 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

I admire beauty, both the straightforward kind—possessed by my mother—and the more subtle, magical kind that is hidden in ugliness and emerges slowly, but only to some eyes. The Looks You’re Born With and the Looks You’re Given 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

It’s her most straightforward effort to date, though maybe that’s a cloak for subversion as yet undetected. Pop Critics? Choices for Summer Concerts 2010-07-01T22:43:00Z

There are the straightforward financial considerations — your family probably can’t afford adequate shelter or nutritious food, let alone new clothes or books or educational toys. Teachers aren’t the problem 2012-09-05T11:45:00Z

The romantic artistic claim of mystical revelation is offered up as a straightforward declaration. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

It was a symbolic union, a chance to wash away any ambiguity and be reborn, together, into simple, straightforward blackness. ‘New People’ Riffs on Race and Love, With a Twist 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

There was something so soothing about the motion of the ship, the tranquility of the lounge, and the straightforward, simple, witty prose of Greene. This Week in Fiction: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

Cathrynn N. Brown found herself doing some swift damage control. still currently appears on the New Mexico legislature’s page, Bill HB206 is blazingly, insanely straightforward. Cathrynn Brown wants to abort mission 2013-01-25T15:50:00Z

If you have the right insurance, filing a claim will be pretty straightforward. Perspective | So your rental car is damaged. Now what? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Yet "Patience" follows a committed path, anchored as it is in a fairly straightforward discussion about author W.G. 'Patience (After Sebald)' evolves into its own incredible journey 2012-05-10T20:29:04Z

Again like Baker, her path from the chorus to top of the bill was not a straightforward one. Sarah Connolly: from triumph to tragedy 2013-06-21T12:01:00Z

If only the threats that loom today were so straightforward. A pilgrimage to the stark desert landscape that inspired painter Georgia O’Keeffe 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Subbing a sidecar for her tea, she remained bright-eyed, straightforward and unflaggingly upbeat, even as she talked about the trials of growing up. Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z

The 2018 series “Watergate,” directed by Charles Ferguson, mixed straightforward interviews with scenes of actors performing taped conversations between President Richard Nixon and his advisers. Perspective | Actors in documentaries used to be taboo. Now they’re the stars. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Andrews' own solos worked straightforward variations on clearly stated themes, growing in force and intensity, often finishing with him flailing his body in seeming exhaustion. Trombone Shorty no mere blowhard 2011-04-05T14:44:00Z

It's not a straightforward song to acquire, but if you've seen the movie "Rounders," you love the song. "There's an underscore of melancholy": "The Bear" producer breaks down season's best needle drops 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z

“People tend to get very rigid about what these bees require, but it’s very straightforward,” he says. A quarantine project that’s a win for you, your garden and pollinators: A bee house 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

It reminds me of early Joyce, straightforward yet showing a total mastery of prose. Elliott Carter’s Early Flops Reveal a Budding Musical Master 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

I started by asking the most straightforward questions. Snapshot: Sarah Burns and the Documentary ‘Central Park Five’ 2012-11-18T03:53:01Z

Simple, straightforward and well made, this would be a good initial foray for anyone looking to explore Riesling. 4 wines to see you through August 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

“These words are different, they are so straightforward. I told Michael I’m scared that I’m going to use the wrong tone, the wrong dialect.” Cancer Haunts a Composer’s Life and Work 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, in a more straightforward narrative story, it’s not clear where that can arise without seeming like a shtick. Ben Marcus: Jonathan Franzen’s cultural commentary is really embarrassing 2014-02-10T01:00:00Z

The Shawshank Redemption also makes you wonder why there isn’t a prison-break movie every year: underneath the straightforward tension sits a profound thrill at the subversion of the authority we spend every day honouring. I've never seen … The Shawshank Redemption 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

The most straightforward way of belonging to a tribe or nation is to be enrolled in it. Sacheen Littlefeather may have lied about her identity. Does that matter? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z

He said it was a fairly straightforward engineering job. Artist Richard Wilson hangs out 'Italian Job' bus to teeter on Bexhill pavilion 2012-07-03T17:04:42Z

Other than that, Instant Pot jam was pretty straightforward to make. The absolute best way to make jam, according to so many tests 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the PM described Carr's tax arrangements as "straightforward tax avoidance". Jimmy Carr says he regrets using Jersey tax avoidance scheme 2012-06-21T20:10:37Z

This really is chemistry in action because, in the end, the support was for Ax, whose playing was on the surface straightforward. Miguel Harth Bedoya and L.A. Phil have special chemistry 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

He said Breen “was very straightforward” and declined to send a screener to preview the film. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

But despite that connection and despite his fame, there is no Márquez museum in the city and no straightforward way to retrace the path of his youth. Love and Cartagena: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez Dreamed Here 2010-04-29T22:16:00Z

Some people wanted straightforward protest marches; others mulled subtler forms of mass demonstration learned from, among other sources, Occupy Wall Street, with its roots in street theater. The Hot List: Immigrant Movement International, in Queens 2012-06-21T21:56:19Z

“The challenge that we presented to them was, ‘Hey, can you write this where it plays funny as a straightforward sitcom but still has the Tim and Eric sensibility in it?’” On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

The rotations are determined from the early stages of an exhibit’s development, with designers and curators collaborating to make the switch as straightforward as possible. Out with the horses, in with the tigers: Why a major Japanese art exhibit is getting a makeover halfway through its run 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

One of Reed's most straightforward songs, compositionally, it was covered by a number of artists and released as a single in 1997 for the BBC's Children in Need appeal. Lou Reed: In his own words 2013-10-28T13:32:31Z

But there's something a little less straightforward at play here, too. Why the utterly uncool food on "Avenue 5" is my favorite part of the show 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Marnie” is more streamlined and straightforward, its pacing more assured and its characters more focused. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z

The opening assignment in Amy Stewart’s new novel, “Lady Cop Makes Trouble,” seems straightforward. ‘Lady Cop Makes Trouble’: A feisty heroine inspired by a real detective 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

And in December 2000, Prince Andrew hosted both Epstein and Maxwell for what he claimed was just "a straightforward shooting weekend." A closer look at Prince Andrew's friendship with Epstein and his scandal on Peacock's "Banished" doc 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

But this is a very good, straightforward Napa cabernet sauvignon, well shaped and lightly tannic, with flavors of dark fruits, earth and herbs that are unexaggerated. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Fall Edition 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

If reductionist, it also seems manageably straightforward — pay for dinner, get the girl; blow out your hair, nab the guy — and this surely accounts for much of the show’s appeal. The Mating Game 2010-10-22T22:20:00Z

Descending a cliff used to be a straightforward affair: Climb down on your own two feet, base jump or zip on a squirrel suit and take a flying leap. Colorado adds a challenging new mountain biking adventure 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

The play attracted predictable headlines about religious controversy returning to the National, but there was plainly more going on than straightforward agitprop. Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

In all this supply and demand for spot-on humor, don’t give up hope on straightforward satire, which is just as important in such times. Perspective | Trump’s long, boring speech wasn’t exactly a gift to late-night. But you work with what you’ve got. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Well, happily, they all share an agent – Addison Cresswell – with Ross, which must make booking them on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross really quite straightforward. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross to Where Are They Now? 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z

It is drawn in a straightforward pen-and-ink style but each simple drawing captures such raw emotion. A Graphic Memoir That Confronts the Weirdness Within 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

But since they’re essentially oversized game shows, competition reality shows are generally straightforward and free of complicated subtext, amusing without the grating tone of sitcoms “made for kids.” Reality TV: Bringing Families Closer Together 2011-11-09T14:22:51Z

And usually, they had a conveniently insistent and straightforward progression of notes and words that, once heard, were tattooed forever on your mind, ready to be retrieved in moments of despair. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

“This is new language, new stuff, but in some ways it’s more straightforward,” Rutter says of the Kennedy Center’s federal support. Will Republican leadership in Congress harm small but significant NEA budget?

Gone is the straightforward narrative of the old elites lifting Hitler into power. How Hitler Transformed a Democracy Into a Tyranny 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

“Results” is something of a paradox: a straightforward movie that reveals itself by stealth and indirection. Review: ‘Results’ Tracks Exertions in Matters of the Cardio 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

The ballet’s premise is straightforward — three acts, “Emeralds,” “Rubies” and “Diamonds,” each an abstract representation of its music and each costumed to match its name in vivid green, lipstick red and sparkling white. Dance Review: The Bolshoi Performs Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ in London 2013-08-14T21:10:21Z

This can include straightforward questions, like “How many Black people do you know?” and more complicated ones, like “Did your family own slaves?” Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Velásquez’s recipe is on the delicate side, and extremely straightforward. Crispy, Cheesy Arepas You Won’t Soon Forget 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Online captions are often more straightforward than those that appear in print. Open door: The corrections column co-editor on... the challenge of writing picture captions 2012-08-05T20:10:00Z

In the second of the two movements, Noseda kept the rhythms and tempo largely straightforward, with little Romantic push-and-pull, creating an appealing, plain-spoken rhetoric that, nevertheless, left the music wanting peroration. Review | Noseda returns to the NSO podium and, just in time, finds the narrative 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

House of Cards, by contrast, is so bluntly straightforward that it seems almost to be hiding something. 'House of Cards' Knows Exactly What It Is 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

The positions were familiar — flexed wrists, knees lifted in passé — as they moved with force, especially Amar Ramasar, a New York City Ballet principal who lent the ballet a straightforward purity he doesn’t always possess. Kathryn Posin’s Bulgarian Program 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

Theyare straightforward arrangements, but they signal the start of a lifelong fascination with folk music, which would generate some of Berio's greatest works. Stockhausen: Tierkreis; Piano Piece IX; Berio: Sequenza III; Four Popular Songs – review 2013-07-11T22:00:01Z

He was straightforward, plain-speaking, sometimes unpalatable, often decent, and always felt real – a rare blend around these parts. Elisabeth Mahoney on The Archers 2010-06-30T07:00:00Z

It is manifestly unbecoming to snob at such a straightforward concoction. The All-Conquering Frosé 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

The average cook-host who’s so often stumped by party menu planning will appreciate the straightforward recipes here, as well as author’s friendly writing style and party game suggestions. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

The setup is straightforward: a man, living in India, returns home to find his housemate in bed, frightened and frozen, a deadly snake beneath the sheets. Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

With me, she was uneasy with questions I thought were straightforward. The greatest role of Bill Murray’s life has been playing Bill Murray 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

In its first sequences, “Border” is shot and edited in a straightforward style that suggests a documentary. Review: Sniffing Out Guilt in a Strangely Engaging ‘Border’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

It was a slow, straightforward honest speech that is from another time. Secret life 2011-07-10T09:52:34Z

All he wanted to do was make “a straightforward riveting thriller”. Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers hope the movie is seen as being straightforward and sans agenda - an analytical history that asks the audience "to lean into their own conclusions," says Bigelow. Hunting bin Laden and history in 'Zero Dark 30' 2012-12-11T16:04:13Z

The five-page document is straightforward and simple, and many key provisions of how Jackson's estate is constructed are set out in a trust. Michael Jackson's siblings resume attack on will 2012-08-01T13:27:08Z

But Mac can also do arty British pop and straightforward American standards, though judy rowdily brought in the audience to spice up the latter. Taylor Mac offers a glorious sneak peek of his '24-Decade History of Popular Music' at Royce Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Hagedorn, in a straightforward, journalistic style, offers a reason: lack of leadership from the White House. 'The Invisible Soldiers' warns of private security forces' rise 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

But I feel like it’s pretty honest; it’s a pretty straightforward lyric about that. On ‘Vice,’ etc.: Miranda Lambert isn’t afraid to put it all out there, in music and life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

The result is the clearest, most dramatically straightforward opera of his career — and the dullest. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z

In the twentieth century, when money men wore suits all the time, styling matters were much more straightforward. Goldman Sachs, Patagonia, and the Mysteries of “Business Casual” 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

The recipes are straightforward, there are pantry and equipment lists, and cocktail formulas are organized according to spirit. Bobby Flay’s New Book Is a Solid Weeknight Guide 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

So setting up the conservation area was relatively straightforward, Kloiber told me — the island was pretty much empty. Chumbe Island, sea sanctuary 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

‘King Lear’ In Angus Jackson’s straightforward, storybook version of Shakespeare’s monumental tragedy, there’s not much doubt about what drives its title character around the bend. Theater Listings for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-23T23:45:21Z

Explaining transubstantiation in Chinese was not all that straightforward. The week ahead: Giles Fraser's guide to midnight mass – and Doctor Who 2012-12-23T22:01:01Z

When it’s simmered to tenderness, it soaks up the cooking liquid’s flavor while keeping its acerbic razor edge — just enough to slice through the fruit’s straightforward sweet-tartness and highlight the hint of flower blossoms. In This Roasted Orange Chicken, Every Part of the Fruit Shines 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

Narrated by Duane Eddy, Radio 2's music documentary about Les Paul , inventor of the revolutionary electric guitar of the same name, was straightforward to the point of old-fashioned and utterly reverential. The Trial of Qwerty; Les Paul: The Final Words of a Pioneer and Guitar Legend; Archive Hour; Farming Today 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

“It’s a lot to keep track of, with children and animals and older actors and babies, but the story itself is straightforward, and everything makes sense,” she said. The Choreographed Cacophony of ‘Ferryman’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Overall, the show's straightforward good nature and lack of pretension becomes hard to resist. That Day We Sang ? review 2011-07-07T16:00:00Z

This seems straightforward to Miss Manners, assuming that your question was not, rather, how to register your displeasure at having been excluded from cake on Day Two of the festivities. Perspective | Miss Manners: Maybe just leave a will 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s a poignantly straightforward lament for the support of a partner; the narrator repeats the title as a mantra against existentially frightening moments. The National Breathes Confidence on Trouble Will Find Me 2013-05-23T11:00:22Z

The house may be grand, but its floor plan and straightforward attitude advocates domestic democracy. A French Modernist Masterpiece, Lost and Found 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

It may not be the traditional narrative of cinema but it's actually pretty straightforward. Carlos Reygadas: in defence of Post Tenebras Lux 2013-03-14T18:00:09Z

None of this is particularly complicated, but because fashion regularly overcomplicates straightforward notions, it reads as practically revolutionary. What kind of message is fashion trying to send plus-size women? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Mr. Mallet’s video for the album’s second single, “China Girl,” was more charged, less straightforward and probably more daring as a result. How David Bowie Challenged MTV on Race 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Its central argument is a straightforward case for the virtues of smaller government and the futility of efforts to redistribute wealth. Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right 2010-09-07T22:28:00Z

In my thoughts, I don’t ever come on to plot in a straightforward way.” Barry Hannah, Darkly Comic Writer, Dies at 67 2010-03-03T16:39:00Z

Joseph Quinlan’s assertion was fairly straightforward: that he be appointed Karen’s guardian and subsequently be allowed to move forward and disconnect Karen from the ventilator and “allow her to die”. When life is a fate worse than death 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Even the film’s explicit sex scenes are shot in a straightforward manner, more informative than they are provocative or titillating. ‘The Book of Delights’ Review: A Heady Romance 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The most recent Cardi B hit, for example, is rather straightforward in its semiotic agenda, and is no less lodged in my cardio playlist as a result. Perspective | I thought classical music could stand up to anything. Now it feels more vulnerable than ever. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

“Corporate” is live action, but it had a cartoon sensibility and episodic style, and it tempered its nihilism with straightforward silliness and a kind of resigned sense of wonder. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

The novel was initially conceived as a straightforward updating of Mrs Dalloway, and there's a question as to why a novelist would set himself up for comparison with Virginia Woolf. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z

Jahn says the replication was very straightforward, and the results confirmed the original study’s findings. Saving psychology 2013-02-27T19:02:00Z

For an American movie of its time, “The Savage Innocents” is quite straightforward in its attitude toward sex, death and birth. Nicholas Ray’s Outsiders, on the Lam and Under the Gun 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

“If you look at art through the ages,” Ms. Grand added, “some will always prefer a more straightforward beauty and others something untraditional.” Athletes Redefine Feminine Beauty Ideals 2010-04-05T18:48:00Z

Wai, who wrote "High Altitude Romance II," said while "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a straightforward story, their new movie is more philosophical. HK's To shoots 2nd romance aimed at Chinese market 2011-02-10T11:01:05Z

But the basic beats of this show’s mystery plots, and the James Ellroy–like texture of its sleaze, are more straightforward than what “True Detective” is selling. The Straightforward Trashiness of “I Am the Night” 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

To an intellectual property lawyer, this will seem entirely straightforward. Will this be the Downfall of remix culture? Don't bet on it 2010-04-29T11:13:00Z

The same goes for “EST 4 Life,” the only other straightforward hip-hop song on this EP. New Music: Spiritualized Releases Seventh Album 2012-04-09T22:57:00Z

Judging from a 31-minute rough cut of what the director said was an 89-minute movie, it is straightforward, if rather fawning. Book and Film on Ralph Rucci 2011-12-28T17:41:11Z

The opening also establishes a perspective that is at once straightforward and philosophically complex. ‘Il Buco’ Review: Notes From Underground 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

“The question of 3-D is a very straightforward one,” Nolan said in a recent interview. No “Dark Knight” 3D 2012-07-17T17:15:00Z

There were straightforward runway shows, like that from Frederick Anderson, streamed from empty studios and Maria Cornejo’s pragmatic wizardry shown against the bricks and stones of the city. Perspective | Designers made New York fashion week happen. Sort of.   2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

A subsequent straightforward and mostly unplugged version of “You’re the Best Thing About Me,” another new number that sounded like a spacey Donovan tune, brought things back under control. Review | No bells and whistles, no biggest hits, but U2 is still one of the best big rock bands in the world 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The books I enjoy the most, however, are straightforward nonfiction books, such as hopefully the next one on my list, which is “A Most Remarkable Creature,” by Jonathan Meiburg, on the caracara, a raptor. The 1,328-Page Novel That Captivated the Primatologist Frans de Waal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Some, like the one on Roger Bannister running the first sub-four-minute mile, are straightforward and dignified. ‘Ripley: Believe It or Not’ on PBS’s ‘American Experience’ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The lyrics are more straightforward, though no less generous with imagery. Arts & Leisure: Tom Waits?s New Album, ?Bad as Me? 2011-10-20T11:01:09Z

Mousse is not often classified as "easy," but the reality is that you're working with a pretty short ingredient list and the method is straightforward. How to make mousse, according to Food52's resident baker 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Tovey’s was fairly straightforward, Major Dix’s faster, brighter and more assertive, with some odd touches, not least a reassignment of the piccolo line to pitched percussion. Music Review: Bright Uniforms and Brasses Perk Up a Stage 2011-07-03T21:38:54Z

But the play is hardly a straightforward docudrama; rather, it’s an intricate dance of role-playing and identity confusion, exploring class hatreds and expressing an outsider’s profound sense of disaffection and existential pain. Cate Blanchett in The Maids: Star Turnoff 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The relatively straightforward interior layout — a 35,000-square-foot, column-free gallery space on top of a floor of art storage, a ground-floor lobby and three levels of underground parking — allows for an elaborate architectural narrative. Architecture Review: Not All Sweetness in a Honeycomb Museum 2011-01-11T23:24:08Z

He reached millions of readers with his straightforward prose, and a vastly larger universe of TV viewers in the ‘80s and ‘90s with his gruff but avuncular presence. RIP Roger Ebert: Movie criticism’s Great Communicator 2013-04-05T01:10:00Z

What followed was somewhat more straightforward but really no less delicious. Critic?s Notebook: In London, Stalking the New 2011-05-25T04:14:30Z

But it's not that straightforward, and certainly not in the music that Tavever has written in recent years. A guide to John Tavener's music 2013-02-19T16:15:03Z

But even the designations for some seemingly straightforward sites might be seen as resonant with contemporary politics. Park Service Names 24 Diverse National Landmarks 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Though Siegfried meets a number of perfectly eligible, straightforward women, they’re not for him. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

This straightforward method produced a meal fit for company. Juicy Fish, Crisp Potatoes and Minimal Fuss 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

Their instrumental contributions, prerecorded and played through speakers with meticulous spatial design, betray the emotions behind the straightforward singing. Review: ‘The Mutes’ Gives Voice to Musical Outsiders 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

It’s the sort of amiable, straightforward treatment we get everywhere; I’m not sure how aware of Fraser’s autism people here are, but more often than not, Italians are kind to children. He promised his son Rome. Would it deliver? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

Even if you've never baked before, this recipe calls for basic ingredients — including boxed cake mix and canned pumpkin — with straightforward instructions. Make Giada De Laurentiis’ pumpkin cupcakes with chocolate frosting, a sweet treat for fall 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

The follow-up to the acclaimed Dear Science and the first album to be released after producer David Sitek's Maximum Balloon solo project, it's billed as a more straightforward release. New music: TV On the Radio - Will Do (XXXChange dancehall mix) 2011-04-01T14:16:00Z

It’s no straightforward survey, and fittingly so: Mr. Le Roy, a former microbiologist who discovered dance well into his 20s, approaches choreography from an unusually expansive lens. Xavier Le Roy’s ‘Retrospective’ at MoMA PS1 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

He seems trustworthy and kind and open and generous and infectiously, if naïvely, exuberant about the unifying possibilities of simple, straightforward pop music. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

If the weather turns cool, straightforward stews would be wonderful. A French Bistro Favorite to Drink This Month 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The case appears quite straightforward, especially after Misumi voluntarily admits his guilt. Don't look for truth in the courtroom, Japanese thriller suggests 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Others, preferring more straightforward, recognizable patterns and vivid colors, have been critical of the design, saying the architecture isn’t Indigenous enough and should include motifs and shapes such as turtles or eagles. How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

For the many, many people whose eyes glaze over at the mere mention of agricultural policy and scientific technicalities, this straightforward film will be about as engaging as a corporate PowerPoint — with no graphics. ‘Meat the Future’ Review: The Growth of a ‘Clean Meat’ Start-Up 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

They seem straightforward but wear their weirdness lightly, often spiraling out into bizarre emotional territory by the time we've reached their end. 'Lucky Alan and Other Stories' is Lethem at his bizarre best 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

This literalism is echoed by their treatment of the tale, which is surprisingly straightforward: Beauty, at first horrified by the Beast, finally becomes aware that she truly loves him. Dance Review: A Fairy Tale, With Nudity, at Abrons Arts Center 2010-04-20T22:32:00Z

But he’s also hesitant to be too straightforward about it. Joaquin Phoenix, Mike Mills on sincerity in ‘C’mon C’mon’ 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

Slow and straightforward, the movie knows that a chess match is hardly a barnburner; but its lively young performers and their eventual triumph are easy to warm to. ‘Critical Thinking’ Review: All the Right Moves 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Having people around him willing to be straightforward and honest, even if they’re only the roasters on a soundstage for a single night, would be another. When Will Justin Bieber Have His Lady Gaga Moment? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

If you like your stories efficient and straightforward, this isn’t for you. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Little Prince’ and the Olympics 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

His sound shifted over the years, from relatively straightforward blues rock to doomed attempts to court a mainstream audience; but at its height, it reached hitherto-unimaginable heights of avant garde experimentation. Captain Beefheart: dust blows forward and dust blows back - an appreciation 2010-12-18T00:37:31Z

So when Tweedy turned to straightforward electric rock, after the band broke up, he seemed to get younger in the process. Wilco’s Music for Adulthood 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

From the excited first seeds of the idea, to the panicked Skype calls after everything had gone sideways, this straightforward but compellingly journalistic documentary makes perfect sense of how something this stupid could have happened. "Fyre" review: A compelling, all-access look inside the worst music festival of all-time 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Leader offers a considerably longer, more straightforward account, with no particular agenda, thesis or ax to grind, stuffed to the rafters with the results of his prodigious research. A comprehensive study of a Nobel laureate 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Purcell cleverly prefaces his Haydn, and Dowland his Schumann, and if his Brahms Fourth is misguided, his Beethoven Ninth is bracingly straightforward. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

All this proceeded like straightforward dance business, but the occasion was momentous. A Balanchine Muse and Star Returns to New York City Ballet 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

In a book like this Kate’s thought that “Dexter was straightforward, readable, dependable and nice” guarantees that at least one of those adjectives does not apply to him. Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z

Each episode is a discrete real-life story told mostly in English, but with big chunks in nice clear straightforward Spanish. Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness: Queer Eye star explains it all - podcasts of the week 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Rich and energetic, with depth and presence, but a bit straightforward. Chardonnay, the Oregon Way 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, in fact, the cheapest airfare is the most straightforward fare you’ll find. Use a 'Fake' Location to Get Cheaper Plane Tickets 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

This documentary, directed by Kathlyn Horan, is a straightforward chronicle of that collaboration, a reboot that worked out better than any of the participants had anticipated, yielding Tucker two Grammy Awards. ‘The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile’ Review: The Evolution of a Country Star 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

It is straightforward in style and evenhanded in tone. Paula Jones, Reconsidered 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Ms. LuPone plays the highlight reel and the blooper reel essentially in straightforward chronological order, writing of roles and rehearsals and openings and closings in a style unadorned by felicitous phrasing or sustained reflection. Books of The Times: Glory and Misery on the Way to Stardom 2010-10-07T22:52:00Z

Distilling famously complex plays with myriad plot lines and opaque language into simple, even straightforward tales was no easy task for Forced Entertainment’s six members. My kingdom for a can of beans! A radical take on the Bard in 'Table Top Shakespeare' 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

For a progressive film-maker living in America, the direction of cultural travel in recent years has not been straightforward. Gus Van Sant: 'We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

One reader commented, "The illustrations ... ably and accurately depict the full implications of the straightforward, uncomplicated text without ever becoming too emotionally difficult or overwhelming for preschoolers." Wisconsin school board member wants to ban Muppets book 'For Every Child, a Better World' 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

If Burton was ever going to direct a straightforward children’s movie, then Dumbo – the story of a freakish outsider – is clearly a more natural fit for him than, say, Cinderella. On the set of Dumbo with Tim Burton: ‘Like meeting up with your teenage boyfriend’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Maybe the straightforward, entertaining mystery that could be discerned beneath all the baroque trappings was neglected because too much attention was going to the borderland atmosphere and cultural politics. Season 2 of ‘The Bridge’ Starts on FX 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

It’s despair so gentle and straightforward that you don’t know what to think. David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Addie visits Rockport several times, and each visit, though straightforward on its surface, is an assertion of her independence in an era when women's suffrage was a contentious issue. 'The Boston Girl' by Anita Diamant is pleasant but lacks bite 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

Fortunately, the reason for this is actually pretty straightforward and is based on the mailman not wanting to get stung. Why people are finding dryer sheets in their mailboxes 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward. Felicitations 2011-02-20T00:04:06Z

House then diagnoses an unusually straightforward illness for him: periodontitis, an oral infection exacerbated by Will’s diabetes. House Recap: The Parent Trap Edition 2012-03-20T13:30:50Z

We all agreed that this straightforward dish embodies the very definition of good old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs Southern food. All-Time Favorite Cheese Grits 2011-03-21T16:20:11.270Z

Perhaps it was difficult for such an idiosyncratic history to compete with the more urgent, straightforward accounts that appeared in the nineteen-sixties. How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The narrative could not be more straightforward, as it is taken almost verbatim from a perfectly calibrated three-act play by Herb Gardner. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

As for that opening scene, Albert Hughes says the most straightforward interpretation is still the best one. Perspective | The opening scene of ‘Menace II Society’ still delivers a jolt, 25 years after the film’s release 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

But “The History of Living Forever” doesn’t proceed as a straightforward mystery. Seeking the Elixir of Life Through High School Science Class 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

The process is straightforward: One-time clients share their problems with a panel of psychologists in shifts of 30-second conversations. Around Town for Sep. 2-8 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

But anger about the choices didn’t bubble up until this week, after American Theatre magazine noted the roster in a straightforward post on its website. Manhattan Theater Club Faces Diversity Issue 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

What’s funny is that “Watchmen” is more straightforward than “The Leftovers” but will nevertheless confuse anyone who tunes in expecting a straightforward superhero tale, or even an obvious sequel to the comic. “Watchmen” is a brutally provocative reckoning of alternate history 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

Although it's an easygoing listen, Young & Sick is straightforward in acknowledging the lows that plague Van Hofwegen's relationships, often exploring solitude. Young & Sick goes from album art to an album of his own 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

After intermission, keeping to Dvorak, Mr. Hrusa offered refreshingly straightforward performances of three Slavonic Dances. Review: A Fast-Rising Czech Conductor Leads the Philharmonic 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Something straightforward, such as a press-up, is a better bet than aiming for a triathlon right off the bat. The six-pack can wait: how to set fitness goals you will actually keep 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Her next project promised to be straightforward by comparison: She would use her skills as an investigative journalist to write about somebody else — a scientist and his pathbreaking study. Investigating a Famous Study About the Line Between Sanity and Madness 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Every week, Faris welcomes a fellow comedian or cultural figure for a conversation that is always unscripted but often plays more like a humorous skit than a straightforward chat-show interview. 7 Podcasts From Familiar Faces 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

A plain orange label bespeaks a good, straightforward example of the style. The surprise about saisons

Wijaya’s brief for what came to be known as Villa Keliki was straightforward enough: “We wanted a showpiece; we wanted to impress; we wanted to pull out all the stops.” Balinese Beat 2010-06-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bloom does not write deep-dish, straightforward yarns for readers who enjoy conventional drama. ‘Lucky Us’ by Amy Bloom, a Tale of the 1940s 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Mutant abilities — telekinesis, teleportation, fire rays — are straightforward and effectively filmed. Review: When It Comes to New Marvel Shows, Skip ‘Inhumans’ and Try ‘The Gifted’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

And now we have a video for “Love on Top” that, while a bit more straightforward—the concept seems to be “Beyoncé fronts a boy band”—still features some incredible dancing. Video: Beyonc??s ?Love on Top? Has Lots of Bounce 2011-10-17T18:16:13Z

But what might seem straightforward was actually extraordinary — even, perhaps, unprecedented. An Orchestra’s Ecstatic, Once-in-a-Lifetime Birthday Party 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Mann’s baroque visual style added a noir atmosphere to otherwise fairly straightforward crime films, with their emphasis on investigative procedure. DVDs: Olive Films Releases ?Deep Library? Films on DVD 2010-07-23T20:38:00Z

Elf Power, another Elephant 6 band, opened the show with its literate, straightforward folk-rock songs. Music Review: Reunited, Neutral Milk Hotel Plays in Jersey City 2014-01-15T22:52:40Z

And could anyone expect anything but the most straightforward irony in the title? Cannes 2012: Paradise: Love ? review 2012-05-18T13:18:31Z

And it balanced newer songs with older, more straightforward, guitar-centered anthems, like “Let Down.” Review: Radiohead Revels in the Key of Dread 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

The antidote for the age of anxiety that this record proposes is relatively straightforward: to opt out of the flat and depersonalizing world of the digital rabbit hole and reinvest in IRL personal connection. Arcade Fire’s Enduring Anxiety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

What he liked about Castelli was that “it was so straightforward,” a quality shared by Stella and his work. After 20 Years, Frank Stella Returns to Ground Zero 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Softly textured, with plenty of straightforward flavors of red fruits. For Pinot Noir, Put Anderson Valley Among California’s Best 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

None of this is as straightforward as it sounds. A Lovestruck Poultry Farmer on a Journey Far From Home 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The Sopranos was too indeterminate; not a straightforward mob drama but not a mob comedy, either, although it is funny. David Chase on why he wrote The Sopranos: 'I needed help. I needed therapy' 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

He remained bracingly prolific and kept a straightforward approach. Charles Durning obituary 2012-12-25T15:24:51Z

A majestic seven-panel oil painting titled “As I Lay Dying,” by the Baltimore-based Cynthia Daignault, looks, at a glance, like a straightforward image of trees in a landscape, done in ghostly tones of gray. New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

On the surface, the message is very straightforward, but acts of interpretation don’t really stand still, and other questions soon arose. Julian Assange and the History of Celebrities Wielding Books 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Overall, “Don’t Make Me Over” gets the job done, albeit in a formulaic, straightforward fashion. ‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: A Trailblazer Gets Her Flowers 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

Even consensual sex isn’t straightforward at Litchfield, as Crazy Eyes is finding out firsthand. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: Unlucky Pennsatucky 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Her verses and choruses are neatly delineated and laced with hooks, though her concerns are rarely straightforward. Beauty Confronts Doom on Grimes’s ‘Miss Anthropocene’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

The first two hours are a fast-paced, straightforward account of Carmichael’s life up to and including her founding of the short-lived Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation, maker of the Dale. ‘The Lady and the Dale’ Review: The Con Artist and the Car 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

That, she explains, may not end up being as straightforward as some tidy political statement. Rachel Rose, Driven by Distraction, Heads to the Whitney 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

On that album Wilco opened up its music, letting noise, dissonance and other disruptions transmogrify what had been solid, straightforward roots-rock. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z

And they exemplify what has been seen as a national style of straightforward modesty. Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Fairly straightforward period drama mixes, uneasily, with thoroughly contemporary flourishes of satirical comedy and theatrical self-consciousness. Review: Taking Another Spooky Hike Up ‘Hanging Rock’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Most of the confessions are nonetheless informal and relatively straightforward. Leading writers publish bad reviews of themselves 2013-03-25T12:09:39Z

It is one of the highest amounts ever paid for one of the artist's works, but it wasn't a straightforward deal. Banksy art sale saves Bristol boys' club 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Gay has created a straightforward style and defiant voice that drive Mireille's recollections. Roxane Gay's 'An Untamed State' gives torture survivor a voice 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Classic style uses concrete words in straightforward sentences easily parsed by man’s limited brain. Talking sense 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

King’s straightforward novel of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury remains one of his most iconic tales. Stephen King: 10 More Books He Should Write Sequels To 2013-09-26T09:45:09Z

This straightforward collection, on vinyl only, reissues full albums from 1957, ’58, ’59, ’64 and ’65. Reissues: ’50s Moxie, ’60s Soul and ’90s Hip-Hop 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

With her third album, Better Than Wages, she fully embraced the indie sounds with a full roster of straightforward guitar-pop. July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z

Compared with the structural complexity of “Upper Room,” its continuous comings and goings, “Sinatra Songs” is more straightforward, yet the dancers approach it with no less daring. Review: From Twyla Tharp, the Effort and Possibilities of Dancing 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

“The straightforward cadences of King’s voice, paired with his signature sit-down-and-let-me-tell-you-a-story style, were immediately soothing,” Ruth Franklin writes in her review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

The film is a straightforward account whose performances may not be particularly memorable but are good enough to make you marvel anew at what a simultaneously bizarre and inevitable case this was. Television Review: The Psychopath Killer in Average-Guy Garb 2011-01-02T22:15:04Z

The message is outlined and repeated in tick-tack-toe squares with plenty of illustrations and humor, straightforward, with a hint of Mary Poppins’s intolerance for nonsense. Screams. Tears. Meltdowns. New Picture Books Let Bad Behavior Fly, With Just a Bit of Advice 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

But whereas no one really doubts the greatness of Wagner or Verdi, and Chopin seems universally beloved, things are not so straightforward with Liszt. Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z

South of the Border was re-edited as a political road movie with a straightforward narrative. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z

Though deceptively straightforward in its vocal lines and steady in its orchestral accompaniment, it requires great strength and purity of tone as well as the ability to convey nuance through the text. Music Review: ‘Dialogues des Carmélites,’ by Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble 2012-08-26T21:03:45Z

The answer to the first is fairly straightforward. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – review 2012-06-08T10:00:01Z

It’s simple and straightforward, with delicious fruit and a great price. Rosé all day with this refreshing California $13 pinot noir 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

It’s a straightforward documentary and a good one for those who haven’t already spent enough time with this strange, unsettling story. Review: ‘Team Foxcatcher’ Looks at a Millionaire’s Descent Into Murder 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Still, “I think the virtual circle design is a lot more straightforward, and safer overall, for pedestrians.” What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle. 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, we should also be aware that meteorites are linked with at least one major extinction: that of the dinosaurs, though the picture is not straightforward. Ted Nield: We won't go the way of the dinosaurs 2011-01-02T00:05:00Z

Even at its most straightforward, simply supplying a time, a place, and a broad idea of the merchandise—“Furniture,” “Housewares,” “150 pairs of size 8 shoes”—the stoop-sale sign illustrates the energy of the hustle. The Found Art of the Stoop-Sale Sign 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

The journey back to feeling myself again wasn't straightforward. Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

The National Anthem was notable if only because the performance by Kelly Clarkson was so straightforward. Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z

She’s straightforward about the priorities in her life, which include, very much, her family — she has two grown children and a baby granddaughter — and her opera company. Wolf Trap Opera Company: The house that Kim built 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

In an age when American individualism reigned supreme, these were straightforward stories of one man saving the day. Brawn again: why Hollywood's muscle heroes are bigger than ever 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Many women find it straightforward and rewarding, but for others it is painful and demoralising. ‘I want to give my child the best’: the race to grow human breast milk in a lab 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

It seems straightforward, but like any chore, there are always things you can learn from pros to make it a smoother, more efficient process. Mailing gifts this year? Here are tips from the pros on how to box up your items properly. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

The straightforward, emotionally grounded acting that much of “Life & Beth” requires isn’t Schumer’s strength, but Flood and Benanti give her excellent support. ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The strategy, since before last year’s Oscars, has been straightforward: To create a series of easily digestible, uncontroversial moments that show the performer to her best advantage. Lady Gaga's Oscars Will Prove She's Pop's Reigning Champion 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

"It may not be particularly straightforward," she says, "but it's normal for them." Why Cerys Matthews wants to teach the world to sing 2013-06-01T05:59:01Z

If you are intolerant of a certain amount of bewilderment, then start with the more straightforward Hirshhorn show, which serves as a concise introduction to the artist. Review | Is he or isn’t he an abstract painter? Two museums differ. 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

When I first started listening to the impeachment pods, I found most of them straightforward and rote, and “Impeachment Today” a bit much. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

To complicate things further, while Murray today continues to live on, at least a part of, the farm where he was brought up, he is far from a straightforward peasant poet. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z

If Flavia were straight, and had met an American guy who wanted to make an honest woman of her, there’s a fairly straightforward process for citizens to sponsor their foreign-born spouses for residency. My gay green card marriage 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

The script, by Tom Dugan, who also stars, is straightforward and frequently static. ‘Wiesenthal,’ a One-Man Show by Tom Dugan 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

She replaces the singer's straightforward pop backups with harmonically unsettled and sonically sophisticated orchestrations. Green Umbrella titles the concert 'Outrageous,' but is it? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

People hate me because I’m the most straightforward: I’ll knock you down. 6ix9ine, Rap’s Newly Freed, Chart-Topping Villain, Admits to Everything 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

On the one hand, “The Lips,” written and directed by Iván Fund and Santiago Loza, is a straightforward and compassionate portrait of rural hardship. | 'The Lips': A Little Lipstick Soothes Poverty?s Rawness 2011-06-12T21:08:03Z

The track’s straightforward, unadorned lyrics allowed it to quickly become a black pride anthem that promised “we won’t quit movin’ until we get what we deserve.” The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

The straightforward photos are mostly in stark black-and-white and free of text; they offer no commentary on the scenes they capture. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

“It’s not a straightforward situation, but she’s saying, Part of me is dying, too, and part of you is living. We’re all connected. We are all you, and you are all us.” Take the Ghost Train 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

But be warned: Ms Cline’s retelling is far from a straightforward fictionalisation of the murders. Mean girls 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

But this kitchen also shines at creating such straightforward pleasures as pan-fried trout, wood-roasted chicken and lamb. Madison Park Conservatory: Simple and divine pleasures at new neighborhood treasure 2011-04-07T23:47:05Z

However, if this documentary starts out like a straightforward political thriller, it gradually turns into something infinitely stranger. TV highlights 25/02/2013 2013-02-25T07:00:14Z

And Ruby’s Bar is the real deal, an essential seaside bar open till midnight on the weekends, with draft beers and straightforward cocktails served by a no-nonsense staff. Things to Do in New York This Weekend: Sharks in Brooklyn? You Better Believe It. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

There is also a rooftop spa with various saunas, a hammam, an outdoor Jacuzzi and a restaurant that serves a straightforward menu of pasta, salads and roasted meats. 8 New Hotels for Winter Enthusiasts in the U.S. and Europe 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

You may know all that: It’s part of the many terrific, straightforward, deeply researched histories and biographies I’ve read. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

“Old Times” is a straightforward, ironically poignant narrative in which a pool hustler phones an escort service from his motel and is soon greeted by his onetime high school sweetheart. ‘Hard Luck Love Song’ Review: A Glossy Take on a Gritty Tune 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

It was certainly the most straightforward of all the methods, and produced very solid specimens with a lot of flavor. The absolute best way to cook french fries, according to so many tests 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

Black cherry, thyme and a hint of sassafras — simple, straightforward and delicious. For about $20 total, these two wines deserve to be your house favorites 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The logic of the Smoke-Free Movies campaign, which seeks an R rating for almost all instances of on-screen puffing, is straightforward enough. 2010-01-22T20:27:00Z

A thematic section called “Calligraphy and Modernism” looks straightforward enough to lull you into thinking about clichéd comparisons to Western action painting. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z

Unresolved: You have responded to your mother’s behavior in a straightforward and honest way. Perspective | Ask Amy: Daughter wants distance after wedding nightmare 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

The movie does not stray beyond the borders of the modest character study, but within those parameters, it’s accomplished and impressively straightforward. ‘The Party’s Just Beginning’ Review: Loss and Love in Inverness 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Each chapter starts with a full-page panel that looks like an illuminated manuscript, with borders full of scrollwork, bunnies, dragons, jousters and heraldic crests, but the chapters themselves unfold in straightforward, artistically uncluttered, easy-to-follow style. Get Thee to Middle School! A Ren Faire Heroine Meets the Real World 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Ozon’s approach in “By the Grace of God” is not plain, but it is straightforward. ‘By the Grace of God’ Review: A Devastating Film About Survivors of Abuse 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

But it's not a put-down of the darker and more straightforward "Last Lions" to suggest "Cats" is to "Lions" what poetry is to prose. 'African Cats': fiercely entertaining ? and kid-friendly, too 2011-04-21T22:13:34Z

There's something about their straightforward approach to life that appeals to me. Valhalla Rising v Clash of the Titans: there will be blood 2010-03-18T22:05:00Z

Kaufman's adaptations of books for the screen have not always been straightforward. Charlie Kaufman to adapt Kurt Vonnegut? 2013-07-09T12:42:16Z

I don't ask her what she thinks about him, but she tells me all the same, in her straightforward way. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z

It’s possible to be straightforward about climate change with our children and protect their emotional well-being. Ways to help kids cope with — and help combat — climate change 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The black suit appeared straightforward enough: monochrome, well fitting and designed by the well-known American designer Michael Kors. Melania Trump Wears Black to the President’s Speech (and Twitter Reacts) 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

The Folds of Honor mission is clear and straightforward. Folds of Honor CEO on 'Fox & Friends': Military families are getting help this holiday season 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

People often obsess about it a bit too much, in my opinion, because no matter what you're watching or taking in, whether on mobile, iPad television, it's still a pretty straightforward story. GEITF chair Karl Warner: 'The BBC must be bold and take risks' 2013-07-07T17:29:01Z

Ms. Hamilton’s straightforward documentary skillfully interweaves reminiscences by members of the group with re-enactments of the burglary. In ‘1971,’ Stolen Files Reveal Spying on Antiwar Activists 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The visual and verbal gags still come fast, but now they’re in the context of a more earnest and straightforward style of storytelling. Review: Matt Groening Enters the Netflix Age With ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

This might seem merely facetious, but it subverts our supposedly straightforward evaluative criteria, while affectionately poking fun at American values, reminding us that bigger is not always better. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z

The novel has no straightforward moral, but it does remind readers that we can at least buoy each other up, even as the water swirls around us. The lessons "Moby Dick" has for a warming world of rising waters 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

In it, she argues that, contrary to appearances, science fiction is a mimetic discourse—that the “objects of science-fictional representation, while impossible to represent in a straightforward manner, are absolutely real.” How “The Memory Police” Makes You See 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

A food writer and a Yale doctor deliver straightforward principles to eat and live by. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From ‘The Office’ to Eating Well 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Yet they mostly come across as opaque non sequiturs, which made their relationship to the accomplished and appealing but more straightforward designs above them hard to make out. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

“Our food’s straightforward. There’s no need for deconstructed latkes on tiny plates.” The New York Jewish deli meets the 21st century, and the results are geshmak

Still, some say his straightforward descriptions of life then are needed now more than ever. Little Sugarcoating in Cao Wenxuan’s Children’s Books 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

The plot is fairly straightforward, and neither Quirke nor his policeman colleague Hackett do much detecting, but the characters keep one's interest, and the writing, as always, is lovely. Laura Wilson's crime fiction roundup – reviews 2012-08-17T21:55:03Z

According to our reviewer, Sarah Lyall, this thriller is “high-energy … a lot to take in, told at a quick pace that never lags, and none of it is straightforward.” New in Paperback: ‘The Three Mothers’ and ‘Head Wounds’ 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

And surprisingly enough, when you’re straightforward and honest, that communicates a lot to filmmakers about where they want to be. ArtsBeat: Tribeca: This Festival Brought to You With the Help of Skype 2012-04-18T16:37:52Z

No convoluted backstory, no sardonic attitude, no pretension whatsoever: just easy, straightforward video game fun, elevated by splashy visuals, tight controls and an attention to detail that borders on perfectionism. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

The making of that distinction between scientifically established and more religious or supernatural entities is far from straightforward. ?Why won?t you answer me?? 2012-05-20T18:00:00Z

In truth, the set leans a little too heavily on old glories, and the mere two songs from new album Super Collider disguise a recent shift into more straightforward hard rock. Megadeth – review 2013-06-04T13:15:56Z

Fragrant and concentrated, with straightforward flavors of malt and grain that linger. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

This “Rheingold” is, in a way, the apotheosis of his approach to music: straightforward, deliberate, alert, unfussy, without cheap thrills, perhaps plain, even unstylish. Review: The Philharmonic Makes Wagner’s Gods Chillingly Human 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

If you're expecting a straightforward cops and robbers film, this isn't quite it, but it is a marvelous examination of American mythmaking. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'J. Edgar' 2011-11-10T14:23:09Z

But clay and a wheel, or a mold, and a kiln, is pretty straightforward.” Why Handmade Ceramics Are White Hot 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Hemingway is now a byword for straightforward, just-the-facts prose, which may explain why Elevator Repair Service has taken a relatively straightforward approach here. | 'The Select (The Sun Also Rises)': ?The Select (The Sun Also Rises)? - Review 2011-09-12T02:01:06Z

There were back-and-forth fights over figures as straightforward as Charles Dickens. Bob Dylan, a laureate sure, but by what measure a poet 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Its blissful “Cymbeline” of several years ago turned a shaggy, shadowy labyrinth of a play into an invigoratingly straightforward romp. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z

He makes a cleareyed, straightforward impression in this repertory, with a feeling more modest and self-effacing than in his slightly bolder versions of four of the sonatas on his solo debut recording, from 2016. A Sprawling Recording Focuses on Scarlatti’s Sonatas 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

In deportment and style, Arlene Hutton’s straightforward “Running” seems far from the festival’s boundary pushers and burlesques. Fringe Festival in Review 2010-08-18T21:22:00Z

At first, I found Aladag's approach to storytelling too foursquare and straightforward; every scene goes in a line from point A to point B, and there's not much ambiguity or emotional misdirection. "When We Leave": A Muslim wife breaks away 2011-01-27T01:30:00Z

He provided some very straightforward insight into what children of gay parents go through in these situations. Daddy left Mommy for Tommy, or what to do when a parent comes out as gay 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

And so it's not just a straightforward combat, it's more psychological warfare. "Cape" star James Frain reveals show's secrets 2011-01-10T01:45:50Z

Desserts are also straightforward: a chocolate fondant oozed flavour and the English and French cheeses were sufficiently interesting. Food & drink picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z

Even the history of its genesis, once thought straightforward, is riddled with confusion and mystery. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z

These tasks drill down further than what a singular recipe instruction or seemingly straightforward task might indicate. My best Thanksgiving prep trick comes from a highly unlikely source 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

But the piece possessed a straightforward sense of conviction that Maynard’s essay in the seventies had lacked. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

Though Obama’s statements are supposed to be taken sarcastically, they actually are positive, straightforward, easy to understand versions of Romney’s positions and beliefs. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

The Coen brothers said they took a more straightforward approach with this movie. ArtsBeat: Arts & Leisure Preview: 'True Grit,' Michael Jackson, Nicole Kidman and More 2010-12-10T21:16:00Z

There are many ways to remix a French 75, but here is the straightforward, simple version. How to make a perfect French 75, the gin cocktail with the welcome effervescence of sparkling wine 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Neither ironic nor straightforward, Currin’s oils on canvas are curdled and perverse, both timely and twisted. John Currin has a way with awkwardness 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

A straightforward transfer of Showstopper's Edinburgh show, it's all lickety-split smart and, supposedly, hilarious. Rewind radio: Vanessa Feltz; Music Planet; Showstopper ? review 2011-01-23T00:06:21Z

But his response when I mention this year’s Oscars, with its botched Best Picture announcement, is more straightforward. Tom McCarthy: how does Hollywood's hottest hitmaker plan to top his Oscar? 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Those two elements became eye-catching artwork that couldn’t describe the show in more straightforward, cuddly terms. Behind the Poster: 'Wombat Drool' 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

So the easiest way I can explain it is sort of the most straightforward: Is it about a woman? "I would have done it": Filmmaker on indentifying with the "How to Fix a Drug Scandal" perpetrators 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

They’ve been widely embraced by audiences usually dismissive of straightforward dance music. Music Review: Outr? Dance Music That Revels in Otherness 2011-02-06T22:39:17Z

The child actors here are all terrific, straightforward and vigorous and mercifully untouched by preciousness. | 'Matilda': ?Matilda,? by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London 2012-01-31T11:00:00Z

A pretty straightforward rip-off of The French Connection, but entertainingly paying homage to the great French gangster movie tradition. Michael Caine’s best films – ranked! 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

It's a mixture of different elements: straightforward standup, observational, a bit of politics, a bit of philosophical discourse, a bit of interaction with the audience where I try to subvert the nature of audience participation. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z

Events proceeded in straightforward linear fashion, with the novel’s narrator on hand as helpful expositionist at intermittent intervals. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z

She called it the Lost Kitchen, and tinkered there with the earliest drafts of her precise, straightforward cooking, often embellished with edible flowers and shallots macerated in vinegar. How Erin French Made a Tiny Maine Town a Dining Destination 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

The second part, designed by Maria Tregubova, is a relatively straightforward allegory, though none the less ingenious in its execution. Theater Review: ‘Opus No. 7’ From the Dmitry Krymov Lab of Moscow 2013-01-14T21:58:16Z

The answer they landed on was rather straightforward: Make furniture the old-fashioned way, at a single workshop in North Carolina. Studio Van den Akker Moves to New York’s D&D Building 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Here’s a good, straightforward riesling at an affordable price. Pair this fruity $12 riesling with takeout and a movie for a weeknight treat 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

The chat function allows you to message other participants and also receive hints — some gnomic, some straightforward — from a virtual M.C. In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Orphée, though, is a relatively straightforward chamber opera in two acts, using nine singers and a chamber orchestra to unfold the Orpheus myth as a 20th-century parable of artistic creativity. Glass: Orph?e 2010-09-30T22:00:00Z

As publishing propositions go, this one was fairly straightforward. 15 Years After ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven,’ Mitch Albom Says Who Comes Sixth 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

It's one thing to give the faithful sidekick top billing, when that sidekick is played by Johnny Depp, but the film feels constantly torn between deconstructing the legend and presenting it in a straightforward manner. Lone Ranger shot down in early reviews 2013-07-01T11:20:58Z

Even with such straightforward terrain, there were snags. A Walk From Vienna to Budapest 2010-05-22T02:41:00Z

“His are a straightforward mind and a straightforward musical style,” Virgil Thomson wrote in 1942. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

In formal terms its buildings are reserved, with straightforward geometry rather than sweeping curves or virtuosic gestures. Obama picks Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects for Chicago presidential library 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

And while his menu seems pretty straightforward, the assemblage of cookbooks in the dining room — by Thomas Keller, Charlie Trotter and Michel Bras, among others — offers a clue as to the kitchen’s ambitions. Choice Tables: Denver Chefs Head for the Garden 2010-08-25T20:52:00Z

For all that he grew up in one, being back in a theatre hasn't been straightforward. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z

But, in general, his approach is as straightforward as the network’s style and the allotted time will allow. Review: ‘White People’ Looks at a Majority in an Ever More Diverse America 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

The documentary is its best when it’s straightforward, with thoughtful talking-head interviews and interesting anecdotes. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

But its straightforward portrayal of the everyday reality of 18th- and 19th-century whaling — the harpoons, the death lances, the bleeding and vomiting, the peeling of the blubber, the decapitation — is unavoidably horrific. Television Review: Ric Burns Looks at the History of American Whaling 2010-05-09T22:27:00Z

Yet while the book's claustrophobic first-person narration is filled with ambiguities – is Changez an inspiring lecturer or terrorist, is he talking to a CIA agent or a hapless tourist? – the film is more straightforward. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z

The setup is straightforward: a man, a woman, a bench. Review: Spouses, the Antichrist, and a Shrink and Ex-Patient Meet in Summer Shorts 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

Instead, it's a very straightforward handbook. Why set it up that way? 'Not Funny Ha-Ha': Leah Hayes' graphic novel about abortion goes beyond politics 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Primarily, however, “Every Day Is Extra” is a straightforward retelling of Kerry’s life. John Kerry Recounts a Life Full of Incident (and a Few Regrets) in ‘Every Day Is Extra’ 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

Von Otter’s voice is notably straightforward; she’s able to modulate it to fit into a range of styles without a lot of fuss. Anne Sofie von Otter set to perform in D.C. in November 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Yet the effect of this wide-ranging and deep-delving approach to an apparently straightforward and conventional narrative is gloriously paradoxical: far from dispersing the movie’s dramatic arc and energies, it focusses them. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

But the process is not always straightforward, particularly when museums try to reflect the nationality of artists, and not just where they were born. Museums Rename Artworks and Artists as Ukrainian, Not Russian 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

Other performances were more straightforward, but no less illuminating. Music Review: All Guitar, and a Little Comic Relief in Unexpected Places 2011-04-24T21:48:59Z

Elizabeth Hillman from the Discovery Channel said the team would miss his "straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humour and enormous heart". 2010-02-10T17:42:00Z

It’s a straightforward, bombastic soap opera with broadly sketched characters in flashy clothes. Empire's state of mind: the new TV shows highlighting African Americans 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

In other words, “Legion” has abandoned many of its pretensions and become a more straightforward superhero story. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 3: Days of Future Past 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

On “Cruel Liars,” Shook dials back the twang and down-home shuffle of Disarmers records while retaining their rough hew and stark, straightforward lyricism. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

And the more these outlandish elements come up against the relatively straightforward casework that defines Archer: PI so far, the more ridiculous those characters will seem in contrast. Archer creator Adam Reed: 'I wouldn’t want the characters to be my friends' 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Miranda is straightforward about the fact that his musical is not precise history. A New Kind of ‘Hamilton’ Show, This Time on Lake Michigan 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Nobody sings on top of each other, it's all nice and straightforward. Why Stephen Fry loves Wagner 2010-09-23T22:13:00Z

What starts as a straightforward science fiction adventure takes on its own life as a family drama — a choice some might disagree with. New this week: ‘Sex and the City,’ Juice Wrld and Will Smith 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

He is straightforward in calling his work “visual propaganda,” though not all the political art in the show is as bluntly instrumental. Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

The choreographers opted for an approach that Mr. Sanchis described as “straightforward,” strictly linking each dancer to an instrument. Coltrane by De Keersmaeker, Freewheeling but Structure Intact 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Directed with straightforward simplicity by Farrelly, “Green Book” aimed primarily to entertain viewers with a story of racial reconciliation that, despite its softened contours, had the ring of truth. Perspective | ‘Green Book’ may not have deserved best picture, but did it deserve all the hate? 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Take away the 3-D, and this is a straightforward filming of Ms. Zambello’s straightforward staging of Bizet’s opera. | 'Carmen in 3D': A Feisty Singing Gypsy, Right There on Your Lap 2011-03-04T22:53:03Z

By contrast, the straightforward presentation of the clothes at New York Fashion Week suggests that fashion is merely a business, and clothes simply commodities. Critic?s Notebook: Does Fashion Make Good Theater? 2010-09-16T03:48:00Z

I find that mine is pretty straightforward, so I really like to tell stories that amplify voices and stories we may not have heard. In Netflix's "Found," three girls examine their identity as adoptees: "We continue to shed our skin" 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

The premise of “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s biopic, is straightforward: tell the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist known as the “father of the atomic bomb.” Who’s Who in ‘Oppenheimer’: A Guide to the Real People and Events 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

The first explanation, and to be frank the most straightforward, has to be that the men are simply better. Forward poetry prize: who got rid of the women? 2011-07-14T12:06:45Z

But, as a narrative line, illness is at least straightforward. I couldn’t finish my brother’s story 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

So far, bagel making has been surprisingly straightforward – in fact, the only hard bit is the shaping. How to make the perfect bagels 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

As for the vodka, sold mostly in Colorado, it’s straightforward, no bells and whistles. Like the Milkman, This Distiller Refills the Empties 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

But it's not quite as straightforward as that. 3D or not 3D? 2010-05-18T07:25:00Z

This synopsis makes “The Designated Mourner” seem more straightforward than it is. Wallace Shawn's 'The Designated Mourner' gets new relevance in the Trump era 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

"Our brief was exactly what it said on the tin: present British discovery in a simple, straightforward way," Hatts, now 88, told me. Design Research Unit: the firm that branded Britain 2010-10-12T14:47:00Z

The title cut has one of the most straightforward messages; essentially that life is what you make of it. Simon goes back to way old methods for new disc 2011-04-13T12:06:18Z

“Drive My Car” sneaks up on you, lulling you in with visuals that are as straightforward as the narrative is complex. ‘Drive My Car’ Review: A Director Takes Your Heart for a Spin 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

By comparison, Nielsen's Fourth Symphony seemed entirely straightforward. Prom 33: Royal Swedish PO/Oramo ? review 2011-08-09T10:05:55Z

Meanwhile, the music lurches from the atonal collage of It Said That to Lollipop Opera's relentless breakbeat to Reggie Song, the closest it comes to a straightforward pop song. Public Image Ltd: This Is Pil – review 2012-05-24T14:29:01Z

First of all, Steve James is straightforward about the fact that his movies are personal, and are meant to capture his view of people and events. Chaz Ebert and director Steve James on Roger Ebert’s legacy 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a premise reminiscent of a largely British genre of comic-fantasy sci-fi, the territory of “Doctor Who,” Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, and it carries a promise of straightforward mystery and adventure. Review: ‘Loki,’ on the Light Side of the Marvel Streaming Universe 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

The plot's pretty straightforward: an aging gangster is released from prison, and he gets a few of his buddies together for one last score. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'Tower Heist 2011-11-03T13:01:07Z

I would like to address some of these issues head-on, and in as straightforward and honest a manner as I can. Shalom Auslander on the tyranny of literary talent-spotting 2012-09-28T11:59:01Z

“It is formal in the sense that it is a straightforward presentation,” Joel said. Film: The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight 2010-12-10T19:26:00Z

Nor was it a straightforward gig; hence the theatrical title, Eclipse. Amadou and Mariam - review 2011-07-18T17:01:30Z

Ultraviolet certainly doesn't sound like the work of the salvation of female rap: if anything, it's at its least successful the closer it gets to straightforward hip-hop. Kid Sister: Ultraviolet 2010-04-29T14:30:00Z

It’s also well established that autism is genetically inheritable, though not in any straightforward way. The man who wants us to embrace autism 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

The best was the mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, focused and straightforward; even she, though, made her impact more through strength of presence than vocal opulence. Review: Verdi’s Requiem Recast as Memorial for Dmitri Hvorostovsky 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

The solutions seemed so straightforward and the impact so profound that I believed that the process would be easy,” Tingley says. Marie Kondo makes tidying look easy. These devotees hit a few bumps on the road to joy. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

Is their love of irony straightforward, or a mask for something else? The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Williams Unlike the library, the school is fairly modest and straightforward, aligned with the humanist values of the Ethical Culture Society, which I find very beautiful. Carnegie Hall and the Jewels of Midtown: Stroll the History 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

He said he wanted the movie to be straightforward. In ‘The Big Short,’ Adam McKay Uses Absurdity as His Guide 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Save for a backing gospel vocal duo that adds to the dark scenery, nothing is straightforward. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z

Along with plenty of inspiring shortcuts, there’s a straightforward recipe for potato gnocchi with asparagus, and a six-hour lamb shoulder baked with chickpeas from scratch, not quick at all. Shortcut Cooking From Jamie Oliver 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Storytelling through flashback always has the veneer of sophistication, as if any deviation from a straightforward narrative is inherently interesting. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

Gory battles are presented mostly in blunt, straightforward descriptions. ‘The Orenda’: blood and vengeance on Canada’s frontier 2014-05-07T20:15:44Z

Even in the 60s, campaigners knew that the more effective, straightforward way of ending low pay for women was to introduce a minimum wage. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z

While the facts were relatively straightforward, the aftermath soon became maddeningly complicated, as seen in “Call Her Ganda,” which followed the resulting trial and the anger it raised in the Philippines. Review: ‘Call Her Ganda’ Explores the Murder of a Transgender Woman 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

But neither is the new season a straightforward continuation of what came before. What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

The drop-waist dress and coat dress, loose-fitting and above the knee, were the story of this relatively straightforward Prada collection with a strong hint of the school uniform. On the Runway: Miuccia Prada Brings On the Dress, Innocently 2011-02-24T20:27:37Z

She enjoyed Washington’s sharpest mentors: Lamont for PR and heiress Flora Whitney, spouse of the Navy secretary, for social savoir-faire, coaching straightforward Frank into decorous Frances. The first celebrity first lady: Frances Cleveland

Look for peach and apple flavors — nothing complex, just good straightforward chard for easy sipping. For about $20 total, these two wines deserve to be your house favorites 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

The contrapuntal writing, though continually varied and inventive, adheres to straightforward practice. Alexander Melnikov Records Shostakovich Preludes 2010-07-04T02:16:00Z

“Rise of the Halfling King” is a straightforward folk tale, with the usual good and evil archetypes and the expected ending. How Did Ancient Cultures Experience Reading? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z

It is a straightforward account, illustrated with contemporary line drawings and maps. Finding the Strait of Juan de Fuca 2012-11-21T22:30:06Z

“We watched a few YouTube videos, but a majority of it was pretty straightforward,” Tabor said. Three women discovered they were dating the same man. They dumped him and went on a months-long road trip together. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Alameda’s hot-pink exterior belies the straightforward presentations of Latino and Chicano art inside, like an exhibition on Mexican equestrian culture, running through May 2. Weekend in San Antonio 2010-04-01T20:01:00Z

This Keen Company production, directed by its artistic director, Jonathan Silverstein, is pleasantly modest but almost too straightforward. ‘This Space Between Us’ Review: A Do-Gooder Faces a Chorus of Resistance 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Geffen sounds clear, clean and straightforward; there’s nothing distorted or echoing, no weird balances or flabby resonances. How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Andrew Bird: The more straightforward lyrics on his recent album, “Break It Yourself,” are a welcome step up from the oblique musings of his earlier releases. Top weekend shows: St. Vincent, Andrew Bird 2012-05-11T03:37:00Z

The story of how and why the Rock ’n Play was marketed as a safe sleeper is a depressingly straightforward tale of industry muscle and bureaucratic complicity. The Life and Death of a Wildly Popular Baby Sleeper 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Grainy and clear, mundane and epic, abstract and straightforward, the snapshots run the gamut of textures, moods and experiences. Photographer Chase Jarvis aims to make artists of us all 2010-07-19T18:58:00Z

Jatahy begins with a more or less straightforward reworking of the original before chipping way at the fourth wall to interrogate what it means to revisit "Miss Julie" from her cultural and historical vantage. 'Julia' updates 1888 classic with passionate acting, stunning staging, modern observation 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Jason Organ’s lighting was also happily straightforward, with spotlights occasionally evoking the happy business of a conventional circus tent. Dance Review: Circa, an Australian Troupe, at Jacob’s Pillow 2012-06-22T22:43:12Z

At first glance this work, in front of the Seagram Building, seems to be a straightforward fire hose wrapped around a bright-red spool. Inside Art: Schütte in Central Park, Arrechea on Park Avenue 2013-01-24T21:08:48Z

The next time this happens, be straightforward: “You realize you’re calling me ‘old’ by calling me ‘young lady,’ right? Should I Come Out to My Parents? 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

To Stannis, as we know, power is a straightforward matter of legitimacy. Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke Monster 2012-04-23T10:07:39Z

Ms. Stone, who also starred in Mr. Allen’s 2014 “Magic in the Moonlight,” said working with the director was pretty straightforward, without too many takes. Woody Allen on Philosophy, Film and Regrets Over His Amazon Deal 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The headliner was La Dispute, a straightforward band with a wider range of influences — at one point during its set, there were distinct, and unwelcome, shadows of Sublime. Review: Title Fight Trades Urgency for Depth at Webster Hall 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

The product is as delicious as it is straightforward. This ingredient makes my homemade lattes taste barista-made 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z

He was a no-baloney actor who conveyed straightforward, simply defined emotion, whether it was anger, heartbreak, lust or sympathy. Jack Klugman, Stage and Screen Actor, Is Dead at 90 2012-12-25T03:41:27Z

It can just be really straightforward – focusing your attention and fully experiencing sensations.” Mindful sex: could it put an end to unhappiness in bed? 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Despite the anthropomorphized Little House, Burton smartly avoids smarmy sentimentalism with a straightforward text and illustrations that sparkle with color and design. 'The Little House' and 'Brown Bear' chalk up big anniversaries 2012-03-24T04:14:31Z

In the first two decades of television, the family comedy, with some exceptions, was a straightforward endorsement of middle-class values and postwar ideas of normalcy. The serious side of 'The Simpsons' and 'Seinfeld' 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

It’d be nice if the “all-female reboot” were odder, less straightforward, more beautiful than the male versions—something that felt like the film equivalent of swapping a tux for a surprising Met Ball gown. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

To that end, the city now boasts a comprehensive tourism Web site and straightforward, easy-to-navigate tourist bus routes. Next Stop: In Kanazawa, Japan, Ancient Beauty Fuses With Modern Art 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z

It felt fresh and, some bathing suit chiffons aside, largely straightforward, but it did raise the question: What New York do you live in? Donna Karan, Maria Cornejo, Rodarte, Thom Browne, Vera Wang And More Show at Fashion Week 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

When it opened in 1997, Herbert Muschamp, then the architecture critic of The Times, called it “lucid, whole and completely straightforward, qualities that have not enjoyed wide favor in architecture for some time.” Rafael Viñoly, Global Architect of Landmark Buildings, Dies at 78 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

The Four Nations program, at the end, was the most straightforward, consisting of small-scale instrumental works by François Francoeur and by Georg Philipp Telemann, also in a French vein. Music Review: Sounds Both Skin Deep and Soul-Piercing 2010-09-24T21:57:00Z

Their inclusion is a savvy attempt to fully represent the seemingly boundless impact of Kruger, a loud conceptualist whose straightforward work takes on full power the more it iterates in the world. Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

A month-to-month subscription was straightforward enough through Amazon Prime, and at season’s end, he canceled. Don’t let forgotten online subscriptions rack up monthly charges. Here’s how to take control. 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

While there’s the occasional amusingly idiosyncratic section of dialogue that sounds like a series of stagily poetic non-sequiturs, much of the couple’s bonding feels straightforward and unremarkable. ‘Cicada’ Review: A New Relationship Buds as Old Wounds Reopen 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

“There are some people for whom politeness is a weakness to exploit. You have to be very firm and straightforward and stand your ground.” We live in uncivil times. Two former White House social secretaries offer a cure. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

While every play, Chinese or foreign, requires a performance permit from the relevant authorities in China, bringing a classic like “Midsummer” was relatively straightforward, Ms. Friedman said. A Most Rare Vision: Shakespeare in China 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

There are plenty of caricatures on display: the exhibition was first slated to explore the relationship between Picasso’s caricature and straightforward portraiture, said the curator, Elizabeth Cowling. Picasso’s life, portrait by portrait 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The logic is straightforward: break or “kill” an object in our world, and it crosses over into the next, where it is able to affect supernatural beings. Witch Houses of the Hudson Valley 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

My relationship to Caplan’s was not as straightforward as Mr. Ely’s, though I too loved its ambience and everything it represented: hard work, masculinity, community. When the Heart Belongs to Carhartt 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

The solemn "All the Love" features a relatively straightforward guitar-bass-drums combo, while Bush's piano work throughout is full of verve and bounce — a jaunty waltz here, matching an oompah band there — but restrained where needed. Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

Something as straightforward, for example, as pointing out the lack of evidence for a conspiracy theory would only reinforce the belief that the evidence for it was suppressed. Conspiracy craze: why 12 million Americans believe alien lizards rule us 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Directed by Mark S. Hoebee, however, this straightforward revival keeps the show’s wide-eyed yearnings intact without taking the past quarter-century of change into account — its new world now seeming older. Review: ‘Songs for a New World,’ Stuck in Another Time 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Our narrator, wearing bright yellow boots and polka-dot pants, relates an extraordinary occurrence in an appealingly straightforward fashion: “Once, just as I was taking the first bite of my popsicle, time stopped.” Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Proper was the most straightforward rockers of the night. Three emo bands fight the alienation of the online world by rocking out IRL 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

The 48-seat dining room in Alexandria retains the straightforward look of its predecessor. Review | Twin bistros in Northern Virginia put a personal spin on Indian cooking 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Even when the show is a straightforward spoof, the acuity of Binns's parody makes it heavenly. Ian D Montfort 2010-08-19T20:46:00Z

You’ll hunt in vain on both sides of the river for a straightforward geological explanation of Niagara Falls. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Niagara Falls 2011-05-26T18:29:08Z

Putting impressive visual effects at the service of a relatively straightforward, earthbound story, it has just enough nostalgic charm to invoke a more innocent era — say, mid-70s to mid-90s — of adventure filmmaking. ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Review: Godzilla vs. Kurt Russell 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

He was able to present his idea in a straightforward way, which is what I tried to do at the time — and still do. Thinking Outside Judd’s Boxes: His Legacy Still Shapes Artists 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

The narrative is sober, straightforward and presented without editorializing. Review: ‘The Choice 2016’ Lets the Chips Fall Where They May on Clinton and Trump 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

The plot, the raison d’etre for all of the driving and the blowing up and the maniacal laughter and the spray paint huffing, is straightforward enough. “Mad Max: Fury Road”: Where feminist revenge fantasy meets old school redemption quest 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Though many of the movies in the series are relatively straightforward concert documents, "Human Highway," is more of a fictional film with some musical elements. Cinefamily series celebrates Neil Young's eccentric Shakey films 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features Accompanying Val McDermid around the small seaside town where she lives in Northumbria is not a straightforward affair. Val McDermid: a life in writing 2011-08-12T21:55:20Z

She then thanked the Korean cinemagoing public for “never hesitating to gibe us straightforward opinions that made us never about to be complacent, and to keep pushing the envelope.” Parasite makes Oscars history as first foreign language film to win best picture 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Yet one of the strengths of the book is that no path is ever straightforward. Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III ? review 2011-07-29T10:43:00Z

Mr. Jacobs is exploring the late Mozart symphonies, in which his performances are sometimes surprising in their refusal to conform to the more straightforward style of either the Vienna Philharmonic or the British early-music practitioners. Ren? Jacobs?s Harmonia Mundi CDs and DVDs 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z

It's not that straightforward in English either, but we will pass on that for today. The week ahead: Giles Fraser's guide to midnight mass – and Doctor Who 2012-12-23T22:01:01Z

This straightforward writing of its own mythology as a business is startlingly effective, not just as narrative art but as marketing strategy. Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Fans of the Stewart era of The Daily Show might have hoped for a more decisive indication that the host will be returning to straightforward on-camera work. Jon Stewart's HBO Deal Is Perfect for Him—And HBO 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

From the visas to the charter flights, there is little that is straightforward about travel to Cuba for Americans. Resort and Lodging News: Airbnb in Cuba; Caribbean Villas 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

And the culture as a whole has a bit of a smug, seen-it-all attitude when it comes to both utopian idealism and the straightforward expression of emotion. Why "Glee" is the new "Rocky Horror" 2010-10-19T15:45:00Z

The film is mostly a straightforward travelogue, until the ship finally reaches New York Harbor and touches off a flurry of kaleidoscopic camerawork executed by the tabloid photographer Weegee. New on DVD: ‘This Is Cinerama’ and ‘Windjammer’ 2012-09-23T02:48:46Z

There are plenty of straightforward horror movies to choose from on TV this month. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Queens’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

But if you’re willing to forgive the absence of miracles, this “Seafarer” offers a lucid and straightforward reading of a play that seems to grow only richer with increased acquaintance. Review: Matthew Broderick Finds His Inner Satan in ‘The Seafarer’ 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

Some students play these pieces and they’re always problematic because the music seems straightforward. Virtuoso on the go: Itzhak Perlman to visit Seattle Feb. 19 2013-02-13T22:05:11Z

From the warmth of an office, it sounds straightforward enough. Through the Russian Wilderness in Search of the World’s Largest Owl 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

It presents its inventory in the most straightforward way, all of its dozens of bottles shown in a single modest-size case. Validation successful. There was an error saving this asset. Please contact System Administrator. 2011-03-24T22:20:23Z

Although complex in design and execution, operational shifts such as moving to sea freight from airfreight, are relatively straightforward. Mindful of Its Impact on the Planet, the Art World Aims for Sustainability 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

With constantly changing menus and a straightforward, seemingly effortless style, King draws in those who want to eat well, but chafe at the pretensions of New York’s high-end restaurant culture: Trending ingredients. Glugs of Olive Oil, Flurries of Cheese and Two New Menus Every Day 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Media reports of Carr's tax arrangements suggest that he is undertaking "straightforward tax avoidance", said the prime minister. Jimmy Carr tax arrangements 'morally wrong', says David Cameron 2012-06-20T15:48:08Z

How important are those ideals what’s supposed to be straightforward competition? Wimbledon’s most controversial figure this year is a dress 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

It starts with a brusque, seemingly straightforward riff, only to have that riff repeatedly sideswiped by tremolo chords. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

According to children’s book experts, the key to their longevity is the straightforward way the characters personify emotion and behavior, which helps children learn and understand themselves. These Books Stand the (Silly, Messy, Topsy-Turvy) Test of Time 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

When Jeff Daniels heard that Showtime wasn’t going to air his new miniseries “The Comey Rule” until after the presidential election, his response was straightforward: The network could forget about him promoting the project. ‘The Comey Rule’ might make you angry. The people who made it hope it serves as a lesson. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

The system, intended to limit the influx of foreigners at a time of economic and security tensions, seems straightforward enough on paper. Britain?s Conflicting Entry Rules Stymie Visiting Artists 2011-10-19T21:55:14Z

"It's a kaleidoscopic experience rather than a straightforward narrative." Tony Kushner's Angels in America: the opera 2010-03-22T21:35:00Z

But here there’s a more straightforward desire for connection and a much less postmodern quest to find someone to eat with. To Nosh or Not to Nosh: An Immigrant’s Dilemma 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Paul Tough's book is not the straightforward "grow clever children" manual it appears to be. How Children Succeed by Paul Tough – review 2013-01-21T09:00:02Z

Scratch that – I'm positive of that, given the straightforward presentation witnessed by more than 20 million prime-time viewers on Thursday, June 9. From clear scripts to big-name casting, the Jan. 6 hearings meet the standards of must-see TV 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

The weaponised pumpkin idea is symptomatic – neither straightforward nor surreal enough. Better Off Ted 2010-08-03T07:27:00Z

The wine from the clay soil was light ruby in color, with straightforward flavors of bell pepper and bing cherry — flavors familiar to fans of Virginia cabernet franc. Does the vineyard’s dirt really affect the taste of what’s in your glass? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

When Gibbs asked Rose about the set of his TV show—”What’s the deal with the table—and the black?”—Rose’s response was a straightforward one. 8 Things We Learned About Charlie Rose When Nancy Gibbs Turned the Tables on Him 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

At first, the installation reads as a straightforward exhibition with its well-lit objects in plexiglass cases, cleanly mounted photographs on the wall, and explanatory texts galore. ‘The ways love shows up in the world’: a Central District family’s history, transformed 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

Choosing from a menu is never straightforward where I'm concerned – I'm always worried I'm going to make the wrong choice, and miss out on something I'll never get the chance to try again. How to make the perfect saag paneer 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Catherine’s plan is a fairly straightforward entrapment, with Chloe as the bait. Movie Review | 'Chloe': Amanda Seyfried Goes on an Undercover Mission 2010-03-26T00:40:00Z

Even the most straightforward scenes in the new play have a dreamlike quality. Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

Returning a few months later, in midsummer, she photographed lupine and fireweed blooming from the forest floor — a straightforward but unaccountably powerful expression of renewal. Review | I used to think Ansel Adams’s photographs were boring. This exhibition changed that. 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

It’s a relic of a pre-Balanchine era of unadorned elegance, with a straightforward use of the music and the stage space. Ballet West ‘Nutcracker’ at the Kennedy Center 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The first is straightforward: Neighborhood kids who have been trapped at home during the pandemic are blowing off steam by blowing up illegal fireworks. Fireworks proliferate across U.S., but why is unclear 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

When I work," he goes on, "I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Published in 1948, the novel's straightforward story about two male lovers was virtually unheard of at the time and Vidal claimed that Prescott swore he would never review his books again. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z

This is simple, youthful and straightforward, but also rich and delicious. 5 holiday wines to keep on hand 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

The thin-sliced scallop sashimi, very fresh, practically dissolved on the tongue in a flavorful briny puddle, while our spicy tuna roll was straightforward if unexceptional. Choice Tables: Museum Restaurants: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in Paris 2010-03-12T17:06:00Z

The idea was straightforward: solicit baby photographs from parents around the world, in a sort of open casting call, so that Ms. Geddes could post them in her own Instagram stories. Anne Geddes Was the Original Baby-Picture Influencer 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

But this kind of scholarly research does not necessarily trickle out to the broader Jane-loving public, who may have a much more straightforward reading of her marital happy endings. Jane Austen Has Alt-Right Fans? Heavens to Darcy! 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

At first, Ljova was determined to pursue a straightforward career as a violist. Ljova?s Straightforward Career Has Quirky Turns 2010-08-06T17:03:00Z

The governments of most nations will bungle the most straightforward of public health messages and bury their heads in the sand as thousands die every day. Battling an Ancient Scourge 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z

Spielberg and Bell are trying to take these kids back in a time machine, to Europe deep in the 20th century, when things seemed simple and straightforward. AP Interview: Bell seeks to channel Tintin 2011-10-21T15:55:12Z

By Lee’s standard, “Straight White Men” is fairly straightforward — though she frames her play with a stagehand who plainly is not a straight white male, played here by Jeymee Semiti. ‘Straight White Men’ hits a sweet spot — and a nerve — at Studio Theatre 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

I gazed at him; could it be that straightforward? What the therapist heard: ‘What would you do if your client behaved like a dog?’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

That year they released the album Bad Moon Rising, and buried among the tales of murder and rage is Moore's straightforward love song, I Love Her All the Time. Til musical differences do us part 2011-02-10T21:29:00Z

Still, there is no mistaking this for a straightforward biography. Books of The Times: ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson 2012-07-22T21:59:58Z

It struck me as straightforward, rather than a personal history narrative, which often finds its way into cookbooks. "Hot girl food" or not — tinned fish is the best fish 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

She has rarely been one for shrinking violet types, or even straightforward romantic leads. Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

But, he added, the first inklings of Mr. Warlikowski’s mature style were already clear in those 1990s shows, particularly an enduring fascination with “perverse, unobvious, not straightforward situations, where one person inflicts pain on another.” A Director Brings Cerebral, Sexy Style to Opera Classics 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

But trendiness notwithstanding, this group is anchored firmly in the straightforward quartet world. Music Review: A String Quartet?s Nod to Debussy at Angel Orensanz Foundation 2010-03-16T21:59:00Z

“I’ve always wanted to make work that would speak to them — not over them, not around them, but straightforward to them.” In the Picture: Atlanta, Africa and the Past 2011-07-03T00:28:47Z

Forget a deluxe reissue: How about a straightforward reissue? “Sixteen Candles” is begging for the “Ferris Bueller” treatment: 13 ’80s movies crying out for reissued — or long overdue — soundtracks 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

But, in its straightforward — even bland — healthy-mindedness, this Mahler more than anything acted as a kind of peace offering after Mr. Adams’s beautifully disconcerting concerto. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

The performance was strong and straightforward, even if individual moments were never quite dazzling and the tensions, particularly in the final Adagio, were diffuse. Music Review: With Subtlety and Power, Observing Mahler?s Moment 2011-05-22T21:35:57Z

After redefining genre filmmaking with his futuristic tales "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "A Clockwork Orange," Kubrick could never make a straightforward scary movie. Decrypting Kubrick: Toronto film decodes 'The Shining' 2012-09-07T18:08:56Z

It’s always been a fairly straightforward compact when it comes to hip-hop: If you’re a white person eating off what has historically been black culture, you have a certain obligation to repay that creative debt. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

The series is less cryptic than the movie, more of a straightforward action drama, and that’s probably a good thing. ‘12 Monkeys’ and James Cole Return, on Syfy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

It was a bland, straightforward announcement, something of an anticlimax after so much presidential brinksmanship as to whether he would obey a “definitive” decision. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

It became clear to me that discussing my past was less important than simply being straightforward with them, as and when I could be, about our future. How much do your kids really need to know about your sex life? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Thanks partly to straightforward, detailed captions, the images’ communicative power and visual force are held in balance. Art Review: An Artful Environmental Impact Statement 2011-01-13T22:44:37Z

Judging instrumentalists or singers is more straightforward, because they’re physically producing sound. Elim Chan’s Flick Conducting Prize Is Rare Win for a Woman 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

“It’s quite straightforward,” said Adam Gough, Natural Retreats’ head of technical services, when asked about Nordic style. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

At first glance the chapters of this book seem like a straightforward series of magazine pieces, with Storr in the role of objective journalist driven to uncover the truth, then persuade others of his arguments. The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z

Some of the album uses straightforward ensembles — drums and electric bass and horns, say — or stranger ones, with piano, violin, pedal-steel guitar and muted trombone. Review: Ran Blake’s ‘Ghost Tones’ Connects With George Russell 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

The most straightforward images are abstractions composed from various found objects. Paul Pescador's layered images riff on consumer overload 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

“It seems straightforward, but it’s a slow process to get the consistency right,” says Sanchez. The little vegan honey company that could now gives back — to bees 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

While the storytelling and structure are quite grounded, even straightforward, the text has the heightened, often surreal quality of Lorca’s verse. Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

The tasting of straightforward, eminently quaffable brown ales provided an opportunity to try my hand at pastrami. Brown Ales May Be Unfashionable, but the Style Is Timeless 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Here’s a straightforward, good-quality sauvignon blanc with some minerally Loire character. Juicy and lively, this $14 Spanish garnacha is brimming with berries 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Otherwise it's a straightforward rescue mission that channels a similar tension to "Predator," only the monsters are human. It's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but for QAnon: Film spreading child trafficking hysteria is making bank 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

Although the Gregory Brothers also release straightforward rock albums, they see just as much artistic merit in their viral video work. YouTube auteurs remix videos into pop music hits 2010-08-21T04:20:00Z

It was clear, in his simple and straightforward statement, that he’d spent time thinking about the meaning of his words, and of his silence. Why Empire Jussie Smollett's Coming-Out Matters 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

"Busta" is by no means a straightforward biography of Buster Keaton. 'Trials of Busta Keaton' retells comedian's tale 2011-04-18T15:44:14Z

For such a straightforward narrative, it's a bit of a structural mess. Rereading Stephen King: week 15 – Christine 2013-01-30T14:40:59Z

What appears to be a straightforward relationship—I want something that I can or cannot have—branches off into hypotheticals and counterfactuals, compromise and denial and acquiescence. Sex in the Mirror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

“Blue Ridge Mountain” evoked Woody Guthrie and traditional bluegrass, and “The Junebug Waltz” recalled straightforward country of the 1950s. Music Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff at the Mercury Lounge 2012-08-27T22:09:54Z

It vexes when it leans on straightforward biography. ‘Fauci’ Review: The First Pandemic That Shaped the Good Doc 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

A seated Mr. Corbett often delivered a seemingly straightforward joke that meandered into a digressive monologue. Ronnie Corbett, One of ‘The Two Ronnies,’ Dies at 85 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

It was supposed to be straightforward: Drive north from Cape Town for a few hours until, voilà, I’m engulfed by a rainbow of flowers. Pursuits: Chasing Elusive Flowers in South Africa 2014-04-23T16:27:31Z

Still, this playfulness is rarely straightforward; it sounds, paradoxically, as though it’s been achieved through careful consideration. The Sumptuous, Sour Music of Cory Smythe 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

There was narrative trickery, but the chronology was straightforward, and, more important, the storytelling and the humor were furiously paced. Watch List: ‘Arrested Development’ on Netflix.com 2013-05-26T21:43:38Z

Francis delivers his instructions with the air of a patient and straightforward teacher, though the Japanese techniques and ingredients he describes may be unfamiliar to Western disciples. The Poodle Who Hosts a Japanese Cooking Show from Beyond the Grave 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The chords and tunings were Western, and the tunes were straightforward and symmetrical. Review: Gurrumul, an Aboriginal Singer, Makes U.S. Debut 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

The style is stripped-down, straightforward and somnolent in the classic Maxwell manner, but without — I’m sorry to report — the usual Maxwell impact. Theater Review: ?Early Plays? by O?Neill From Wooster Group at St. Ann?s 2012-02-23T05:07:20Z

For his character, the trappings of authenticity are straightforward. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Lady Gaga Pits Pop Against Authenticity 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Readers who prefer straightforward historical and biographical writing may sigh with exasperation when Laurens turns particularly philosophical, imagining, for example, an inner life for Degas’ Little Dancer. Review | A fascinating look at the girl who inspired Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ sculpture 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Improvisation proved a relatively straightforward challenge in contrast, though Connolly said swapping newly minted lines with his pint-sized co-stars still demanded he be on his toes. Connolly's 'joy' at being Outnumbered 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Some women have embraced the straightforward prettiness of the trend, adding a wicker basket and clog sandals; others have paired them with Dr. Martens or Air Force Ones and a knowing scowl. Pioneer Women Are Roaming the City 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Hanging over it all is the ghost of the late Oliver Reed, who would surely have applauded Hardy’s commitment to unbalancing even the most straightforward of scenes. Naysayers be damned! Tom Hardy's Taboo is a work of Wicker Man genius 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

It looks a straightforward homily: women without men, perhaps widows, reduced to seamstressing to keep body and soul together. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

His style of drawing was straightforward, more literal than suggestive, often depicting well-fed-looking figures in settings — business offices, restaurants, well-furnished apartments — that would ring with familiarity to upper-middle-class sophisticates. Bernard Schoenbaum, 89, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies 2010-05-18T16:19:00Z

It might seem straightforward, but the final reveal will surprise even hardcore thriller junkies. Review: Baldacci back with `Forgotten' thriller 2012-11-19T19:34:09Z

Target Margin’s cooler method renders much of the action merely silly, a risk even in straightforward productions. Review: In ‘Drunken With What,’ a Streamlined ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

But the book stands out most in how its straightforward, upbeat portrayal contrasted from its predecessors. ?The Snowy Day,? Art of Ezra Jack Keats at Jewish Museum 2011-12-08T23:38:16Z

Perrotta's book is straightforward and dry and full of quotidian detail; the speed with which normalcy returns in the wake of uncanny tragedy is one of its themes. Artful 'Leftovers' on HBO leaves viewers wanting more 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

There is also the amiability of Young’s straightforward direction. Review: A Friendship Goes ‘Back and Forth’ in Central Park 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z

And, as anyone who is convalescing knows, straightforward preparations are preferable. Three Restorative Recipes to Warm From Within 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

Helen’s was a fairly straightforward mirroring of a social trend in drama: an arms race of perfection. From Westworld to Homeland: pop culture's obsession with gaslighting 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

The book has a straightforward chronology, following Holly from her teen years into old age in 2043. In 'Bone Clocks,' David Mitchell ties his universes together 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

We see photographs taken at the beach, at night, or on Chicago’s Maxwell Street, straightforward groupings of time and place that emphasize her presence behind the camera. An amateur photographer’s compelling life’s work 2013-02-07T23:22:18Z

Keith is easier to read because he's a very straightforward, direct person. Marianne Faithfull: 'I don't think I had any choice but to be decadent' 2013-01-10T19:00:00Z

Where Williams is colorful but uncertain, Kazan is straightforward and brilliantly incisive, writing at length about exactly why a production isn’t working and what would fix it. John Lahr’s ‘Tennessee Williams’ Fleshes Out the Playwright 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

And video clips on YouTube and on designers’ Web sites promise to turn the straightforward act of getting dressed into a kind of participatory sport. Convertible Clothing Is a New Twist for the Cost-Conscious 2011-01-19T23:12:08Z

The program opened with a straightforward reading of the Concerto No. 1 in F, followed by the Concerto No. 2 in F, enhanced by vivid contributions from the flutist Sooyun Kim. Music Review: Another Merry Christmas With the ?Brandenburgs? 2010-12-20T23:03:32Z

By making something so complicated seem straightforward, Booth’s Poverty Map was also a triumph of information design. An Early Triumph in Information Design 2010-05-23T16:00:00Z

This chapter wanders from horror-movie images and effects into the kind of straightforward action that shares DNA with westerns and platoon pictures of old. Review: ‘The Purge: Election Year’ Offers a Campaign Platform of Blood Lust 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

That being said, judgment for Mendelsohn does not always pivot on straightforward appreciation/deprecation. Review | Daniel Mendelsohn’s ‘Ecstasy and Terror’ is a master class in criticism 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

But in a steel pan orchestra, much of the playing is straightforward, and there’s almost no room for improvisation. In Victor Provost’s hands, the steel pan becomes a mesmerizing ride 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The straightforward cadences of King’s voice, paired with his signature sit-down-and-let-me-tell-you-a-story style, were immediately soothing. Can’t Sleep? Let Stephen King Keep You Company 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z

The most straightforward answer is that it's a very good film, telling the well-filmed, well-acted story of a sympathetic character overcoming a daunting challenge. What The King's Speech can teach Prince William and Kate Middleton 2011-01-12T12:41:30Z

Instead of a straightforward tale about an elite warrior, it became, by necessity, a complex story about the heavy burdens a veteran carries home. Makers of 'American Sniper' press ahead to tell a tale of war and home 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

On the client side, Steves said, “We need to be very candid and straightforward” about regulations. Travel forecast 2022: Experts weigh in on pandemic-ready getaways and strategies 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

For the most adventurous historian, equal parts erudite and bold, the answer might still be to produce something grand, but nothing so overdetermined as a unifying narrative, so straightforward as a chronological story. Galloping Through History 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

The Fighter looks at first as if it is going to be a far more interesting movie than the straightforward and even rather undemanding we finally get. The Fighter ? review 2011-02-03T22:00:02Z

ON ITS FACE, the Fifth is one of Vaughan Williams’s most straightforward works, and more than debatably his most purely beautiful. Vaughan Williams: Complicated, but Not Quite Conservative 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

Still, Koppelman said they didn’t set out to make “Super Pumped” a straightforward villain origin story. In ‘Super Pumped,’ the Uber Founder Disrupts His Own Rise 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Her new book — about an influential 1973 study in which healthy volunteers feigned symptoms of mental illness to get admitted to hospitals — promised to be a more straightforward project. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

A remake of a 1966 heist caper, this was always a film that would prove highly execution-dependent, and was never going to be a straightforward sell to audiences unless the souffle cooked just right. A stable start for Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! 2012-11-27T15:39:43Z

While many people may assume that grills are pretty straightforward, they’re actually fairly complicated. The best outdoor grills for Memorial Day and the rest of summer 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

On one level, CK's a fairly straightforward observational comedian; what makes him different is the nature of the things he observes. This week's new live comedy 2013-03-16T06:00:12Z

On the surface, these first few dinners seemed to embody a straightforward set of customs. These Thanksgiving Recipes Aren’t Just Side Dishes. They’re My Memories. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Its music was generally more straightforward, though: pummeling and direct, heavy on grinding drums and horror vocals. Still Dressing Up; Growing Up, Too 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

That long poem is kind of in dialogue with some of Muldoon and some of Heaney, and while I'm not from a Catholic background, I'm not from a straightforward Protestant background either. Nick Laird: a life in writing 2013-01-04T22:55:01Z

The warnings would be straightforward, according to lawmakers. Perspective | Do airline tickets need warning labels? 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The formula seems straightforward enough, though not one that can ever be replicated, with its singular configuration of early deprivation. T Magazine: Hello Again, Norma Jeane 2011-03-01T18:40:52Z

It's straightforward, yet more interesting than at a first listening. SSO plans a romantic weekend with conductor Jun M?rkl, German classics 2010-05-05T22:17:00Z

It’s true, most of these text message conversations are pretty straightforward; they hardly require a biblical exegesis. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

On “Another Is Waiting”, the album’s lead single, the band tries their hand at their most straightforward pop song yet. The Avett Brothers’ Slick but Charming New Album 2013-10-18T09:45:18Z

That helped pave the way for more straightforward action movie heroines, often with more explicit feminist messaging, as in the recent Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel films. Feminists with a bullet: how the ageing heroine became screen gold 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

It wants to be a straightforward song-and-dance show – the problem is, this piece is anything but. Sweet Smell of Success – review 2012-11-15T17:51:58Z

Usually this fantasia is played as a straightforward dialogue between guitar and orchestra, each presenting Rodrigo’s elaborations on the Sanz pieces with equal zest. Music Review: A Classical Guitarist Making Herself Heard 2011-05-15T21:26:50Z

But while the production is straightforward, the subject matter is just ambiguous enough to up the sex appeal. Here Are the 25 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Country’s appeal also stems from the relatively straightforward lyrics and slower tempos, he said. Country Music Finds a Home Far From Home, in Kenya 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

For all of its visual extravagance, much of the music itself was straightforward — pumped-up blues songs played by musicians in wigs and fancy shoes. The Kanye-Bowie connection: “It’s songs about fame and about decadence, about this dissolute life and how you’re quite unhappy” 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Dorf, to put it in cynical terms, has figured out how to monetize a straightforward transaction between buyer and provider — the consumption of live music. Review | City Winery’s Michael Dorf looks back at his ups and downs in the music business 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

To what extent her style is a straightforward reflection of this, and to what extent it is manufactured, is not easy to tease apart. Rihanna: evolution of a style icon 2012-07-17T16:37:03Z

By contrast, the film associated with “She Brings the Rain” — one of Can’s prettiest and most straightforward ballads — sounds as if it needs a Criterion-style restoration as soon as possible. Can Was 40 Years Ahead of Its Time. A New Book Helps Us Catch Up. 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

We like straightforward narratives that get to the point; we like characters whose identities and relationships with each other are clear; we like theatricality, but in moderation. Three Kingdoms: the shape of British theatre to come? 2012-05-16T13:35:29Z

It's not that the play is bad, per se, but it's awkwardly and unnecessarily shoehorned into an otherwise straightforward narrative. Dava Sobel's curious new book on Copernicus 2011-10-26T21:58:03Z

For all its movable parts and often captivating videos, the production takes a straightforward, almost literal-minded approach to telling the story. Critic?s Notebook: Peter Gelb on Wagner?s ?Ring? Cycle at Met Opera 2012-04-03T18:45:55Z

The film is a departure from Lee’s usual approach to documenting seismic moments in African-American history, many of which he has chronicled in more straightforward documentary formats. Spike Lee: ‘Black men are still viewed as predators’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The “Better” appearance, a straightforward interview, went smoothly. Music: Nikki Janofsky Wants to Act Her Age 2010-05-07T15:58:00Z

From breakfast through dinner, this luncheonette-style restaurant and bar serves straightforward fare. O:N, From the Team Behind Her Name Is Han, Opens in NoMad 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

His writing is deceptively simple and straightforward – but it haunts you after you've finished reading it, as Chekhov does. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

The result is as straightforward an account of the sordid tedium of gang life as exists anywhere. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

But it does, unlike some of its byzantine forebears, establish a straightforward scenario and goals in its first hour. TV Tonight: Revolution 2012-09-17T12:00:09Z

Not that the work itself was straightforward – the process of extracting stem cells from embryos is difficult and there is a very limited supply of material. Look, no embryos! The future of ethical stem cells 2011-03-13T00:05:26Z

The preludes are wondrously varied in character and approach; the fugues range from seemingly straightforward contrapuntal excursions to formidably complex, hard-driving statements. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

As straightforward as the evidence was, much about the story remained unfathomable. The Repo Man; 12 Year Old Lifer: True Stories – TV review 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

"EWG’s Shopper’s Guide provides useful, straightforward guidelines for choosing both organic and conventional produce to provide children with the healthy fruits and vegetables they need, but not the pesticide load they don’t." These fruits, vegetables have highest pesticide contamination among fresh produce, study finds 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

It's a straightforward rescue mission that channels a similar tension to "Predator," only the monsters are human. It's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but for QAnon: Film spreading child trafficking hysteria is making bank 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

That way, the day of assembly is quick and straightforward — even better when the dish benefits from resting for a day or two to meld the flavors. Here’s a pot-luck dish that appeals to everyone, vegan and omnivore alike 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

As perceptive and beautifully written as its predecessor, “M Train,” for the most part, eschews the straightforward, linear storytelling of “Just Kids.” In her memoir ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith opens up about her life and loves 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Rooted in a combination of intuition and the translation of symbols, the process is relatively straightforward. A Turkish coffee reader predicted my pregnancy (and Andy Cohen’s skin cancer) 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

“He’s a big, strong guy from Omaha, straightforward, like a fullback,” Mr. Redford said. Investing in a Conspiracy of a Past Century 2011-04-10T00:51:39Z

The formula is straightforward: Culturespaces finds a structure with a notable history, like a former foundry or a bunker; renovates it; and adds offices, control rooms and a reception area. Famous Paintings Go on Show, Without a Canvas in Sight 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

That leaves us with a handful of straightforward electronic tracks. Daft Punk: Tron: Legacy ? review 2010-12-02T16:09:00Z

And okay, it’s not so much “easy” as straightforward. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A kiss is just a kiss, but secrets can be relationship poison 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

David McVicar’s grimly realistic production suits her clear, straightforward style, and she was on fire on Saturday, singing tirelessly and growing in authority as the opera went on. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Trovatore’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-10-02T22:20:47Z

If people believe that Joffrey is illegitimate–and it is starting to seem like everyone knows it, if few will say it–then his claim is straightforward. Game of Thrones Watch: There?s a New Hand in Town 2012-04-09T11:57:28Z

The grilled pork chop is straightforward, a bit dry. Officina serves up three floors of fun on the Wharf 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Choosing “Some Nights” to be the second single was not as straightforward a decision as the one to push “We Are Young” first. Fun.: The Band Behind “We Are Young” Talks About Their Newest Hit 2012-06-18T10:45:49Z

The front they present — straightforward, sometimes deceptively so — allows for ease of access on multiple levels. Critic?s Notebook: Eleanor Bauer and Boris Charmatz in Performa 11 Biennial 2011-11-09T00:01:03Z

For a more straightforward narrative, try his sprawling family epic “Leaves of the Banyan Tree.” Around the World in Books 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

At first it rises from the belly of the church as a fairly straightforward expression of Jocelin's pride and power. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z

While the details of Greedo's case are relatively straightforward, the circumstances in which the drugs and guns were discovered may not hold up under scrutiny. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Mariella replies How about: “Sorry, I’m busy”? It may sound simplistic, but it’s definitely the most straightforward solution to your dilemma; that, or not answering at all. My friends can’t stop moaning | Mariella Frostrup 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Often, he records a despair so real it seeps through the pages, while the narrative rarely pushes an image of straightforward heroism. Alive by Piers Paul Read - review 2012-10-02T11:43:14Z

We got to a point where there were over 10 people off, so it was a very straightforward decision, actually. How Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster and ‘The Music Man’ Withstood Covid 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

Then there are other Taylor works that seem remarkably straightforward, until you really look — or listen. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-22T21:52:10Z

None of these elements are presented with straightforward clarity. | 'The Really Big Once': ?Camino Real,? Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan 2010-04-19T21:52:00Z

The Japanese director Sion Sono is a known provocateur, but his 2011 “Himizu,” while jarringly violent and subject to wild shifts of tone, is more straightforward than earlier works like “Cold Fish” and “Love Exposure.” Offerings From Boutique Streaming Services 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Killjoys What is expected to be a straightforward hostage exchange takes a deadly turn when a vengeful warlord strands the Killjoys in a bombed-out, restricted city wasteland. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Teen Beach 2' on the Disney Channel 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

It’s deadly serious but also straightforward: a 10-part indictment of the United States that doesn’t pretend to be evenhanded. Television Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold’ American History, on Showtime 2012-11-11T22:45:38Z

Mr. Ocean is a versatile singer, capable of straightforward, innocuous soul, but better on soft Maxwell-esque falsettos and possessing something approaching a Sam Cooke ache when he’s reaching. Music Review: Frank Ocean at the Bowery Ballroom - Review 2011-11-29T22:17:45Z

The first is a straightforward and accessible autobiography. Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

They also resist a simple political interpretation, although they are resolutely hostile to corporate culture and straightforward narrative. Fire-Breathing Robots Bring Anarchy to a Chelsea Art Gallery 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

But the political context slips from view in much of what follows, as Albery settles into what is ultimately a straightforward psychological interpretation, albeit done with great care and restraint. Otello – review 2013-01-17T17:48:35Z

A more accurate sense of what inspires Vivadixie is given by the penultimate track, whose chorus – unusually straightforward for Linkous – repeats "It's a sad and beautiful world". My favourite album: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse 2011-08-22T10:54:28Z

Some are plus size, others comic, and some straightforward glamour girls – all unrecognisable out of costume – but beyond the pleasing reality TV formula of transformation, Drag Race is also wildly funny. RuPaul: ‘Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture’ 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

But there’s nothing deadpan or straightforward about the way Mr. Friedlander composes his pictures. Art Review: Landscapes Framed by a Chevy 2010-09-02T22:45:00Z

The book’s straightforward title undersells its playful contents. Counting the Population Has Always Been Political 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z

One user said that she thought of “hehe” as “more of an evil giggle and less of a straightforward crack-up.” Hahaha vs. Hehehe 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

The park, in Barrio Logan, one of San Diego’s oldest neighbourhoods, is not a conventional urban space, nor is its history straightforward. Beyond Comic-Con: San Diego's beaches and Pacific views are its real stars 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Bell's one serious number was Ravel's Tzigane, which he played with his customary big tone, enviable technique and straightforward phrasing that overlooked Ravelian mystique. Joshua Bell's crossovers go nowhere in L.A. Phil's Bowl opener 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

And other stuff, of course, more straightforward but hardly light. Preview: Expect goose bumps at Neil Young solo show Tuesday at the Paramount 2010-07-20T03:35:00Z

He set about proving a straightforward argument about moles. Comic Eddie Izzard, at Hollywood Bowl, generates hysterics and more 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

His persona — like his real-life personality — was straightforward: he was a good guy, who never did anything dirty or devious and who used his strength to protect the weak and to fight evil. Dara Singh, 83, Bollywood Star and Wrestler, Dies 2012-07-15T03:20:52Z

As well, since the notion of straightforward tuition hikes is often politically toxic, there is considerable appeal to using fees to make up shortfalls. College tuition’s hidden charges 2013-03-30T12:00:00Z

In all of my years of talking to people who are pretty honest and straightforward with me, I only know one person who’s gotten labiaplasty of the hundreds of performers I know. The feminist pornographer 2013-02-24T02:00:00Z

There’s nothing here as straightforward and easy to accept as super strength or mind control. Review: Marvel Moves to New Orleans for ‘Cloak & Dagger’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

“The Princess Bride” has found a special place in the pop-culture pantheon, but it was not an easy or straightforward process. “The Princess Bride,” the Movie that Won the Internet 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

Throughout his career he was guided by a straightforward credo, he said. Herbert Hardesty, Fats Domino’s Saxophonist, Dies at 91 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

But it’s also very much a financial forum, and one that shares subscribers with other, more straightforward financial forums. Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

The task looks straightforward enough, going in — nothing obvious like columns to obstruct a person’s view. Review: In ‘A Kid Like Rishi,’ Hazy Uncertainty Shrouds a Teen’s Killing 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

The company, known for humorous ads, used straightforward pitches for its new Bud Light Platinum in the game's first half. Resilient Chevy, Chrysler ads win at Super Bowl 2012-02-06T05:16:58Z

Islamabad’s rationale for supporting Afghan insurgents is straightforward and, in many ways, understandable. Books of The Times: ‘The Wrong Enemy,’ by Carlotta Gall 2014-04-09T20:24:47Z

Yorkie and Kelly’s romance isn’t easy or straightforward, not least because it takes place largely in a simulated afterlife where shoulderpads reign supreme. Battle of the Bastards to San Junipero: what was the best TV episode of 2016? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

But “Fug You,” a book of more straightforward storytelling and documentation, may be the master source. Books of The Times: ?Fug You? by Ed Sanders - Review 2012-01-11T22:18:46Z

The motorcycle leathers and trench coats with quilted leather sleeves told a pretty straightforward story, but this was not Christopher Bailey’s best collection. Burberry: Killer Heels 2010-09-22T14:00:00Z

The band plays straightforward Southern soul: three chords, blues and gospel roots, aching when it’s slow and growling and whooping when it’s fast. ArtsBeat Blog: At CMJ, a Critic's Imagination Come to Life 2011-10-21T17:45:41Z

The relationship between food and social media was once straightforward. From overnight oats to boiled eggs – is meal prep taking the joy out of eating? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Maybe the likes of Clint Eastwood, who seems intent on directing until Warner Bros prises the bullhorn from his cold dead hands, are more straightforward with themselves about their need to do the job. Why are so many directors un-retiring? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

But of all the unlikely themes to emerge from them, of all the conspiracies they propose and the outrages they cite, the strangest of all is quite straightforward: that Mrs. Clinton is a potty mouth. Review: The Anti-Clinton Brigade’s Four-Letter Word Obsession 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

She hasn't strayed from the British bistro feel, but what's important with straightforward dishes such as shepherd's pie is the quality of ingredients and precision of cooking. Food & drink picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z

Aside from this, director Richard Baron stages a straightforward period production. Rope – review 2012-06-18T10:56:10Z

But as a multitasking listener, I found the straightforward, chronological narrative easy and pleasurable to follow. A Novel About the Death Camps, Brought to Vivid Life in Audio 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

What’s more, it’s operating out of a British tradition that has been unfairly sidelined in favour of more straightforward fare. Naysayers be damned! Tom Hardy's Taboo is a work of Wicker Man genius 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

A few right-wing cable-news voices are also heard taking shots at Mister Rogers’s belief in the specialness of everyone, which they take as wishy-washy, character-sapping progressivism rather than a straightforward gloss on basic Christian teaching. Review: Take the Next Trolley to ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Dovlatov loved a particular slice of the twentieth-century American canon—Faulkner and Hemingway and Salinger—for its plainspoken honesty, straightforward language, and lack of heavy-handed moralizing. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

This show is very, very simple and I hope as accessible as a straightforward comedy. Tim Firth unveils musical This Is My Family 2013-06-18T05:41:05Z

The straightforward language of “The Perfect Nine” means this, too, could be a work for young readers, perhaps read aloud by an indulgent parent. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

While Peruvian ingredients form the base of the menu, Coya ventures away from straightforward recipes, even avoiding rice and potatoes, staples of many traditional plates, aside from a few dishes. London Develops a Peruvian Palate 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

While the novel unfolds from a variety of perspectives, the film opts for a more straightforward approach. Chiwetel Ejiofor Stars in ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Don’t let the straightforward and unpretentious mood fool you; this place takes grouper very seriously. 36 Hours in Naples, Fla. 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

When listening to the lyrics we see the chorus is fairly straightforward. The untold story behind "Strawberry Fields Forever" 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

The one thing you won’t get is a straightforward shot of yourself. View 31 images of yourself in Gary Hill’s ‘Dream Stop’ 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

But the opera doesn’t wander too far into fragmentation; its narrative is straightforward, coherent, chronological — biopic-style. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

It's conceivable I just don't care enough about the A-listers or — separate category — the Kardashians and their ilk, with their frivolous lives and publicity mongering contrivances, to enjoy a straightforward satire of them. Satirical rant against Hollywood goes over the top in 'I Met Someone' 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

By a straightforward accounting, that makes it the most popular show on TV. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z

It is a surprise, however, to find that the straightforward romantic paean is comparatively rare amongst great love poems. John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z

From a small circular driveway, you enter through a doorway cut in the middle of the most straightforward of the three concave facades. The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Kalamazoo 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

There seem to be two recurrent themes: either straightforward closure, or the handing of libraries to volunteers – which causes a lot of people no end of concern. How will the cuts affect our libraries? 2010-12-10T12:00:00Z

The approach is straightforward: Show up, sample some delicious coffee and enjoy live music. Spare Times for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

And technically fairly straightforward, too: all the show needed was a hand-held microphone, a dinner jacket and a couple of stage lights. Simon Callow's critical re-appraisal 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

It’s anything but a straightforward retelling of two lives, with the first half focused on Thomas and the second half, Beulah.  Rita Dove's collected poems should put her back in the center of the American conversation 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

If you, too, are afraid of heights, you’re likely to experience “Fall” as a straightforward horror movie instead of a thriller. ‘Fall’ Review: Things Are Looking Down 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Even in ballads as straightforward and acoustic as “A Little Bit More,” there are odd pockets of reverberation, and in the band’s more plugged-in arrangements, feedback and distortion well up alongside terse disclosures of emotion. New Music From Kathryn Calder, Buxton, Nadine Shah, East India Youth and Tal National 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

“Aftermath” wends its way through sex, love and modern art; the book also covers more straightforward political terrain like the repatriation of displaced persons and the official division of East and West in 1949. Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

This film, directed by Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin, is a pretty straightforward document of such an evening in Waters's company. No Hats, No Trainers 2010-07-17T05:45:00Z

Marni Penning narrates the book in a clear, straightforward manner, distinguishing between speakers with a medley of voices and accents, some of them seemingly of her own devising. Review | 3 great new audiobooks for your holiday weekend — and beyond 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

In addition to being a straightforward tribute to the defining frozen snack of summertime, “Pop: Everlasting” is also an homage to the pop-art practitioners who inspired Oberndorfer. Please don’t lick the colorful treats in Cory Oberndorfer’s ‘Pop:Everlasting’

Apart from its flashback storytelling, “Polar Bear” is as straightforward as these family-oriented animal documentaries come, with Keener providing a one-woman personification of the polar bears’ lives. ‘Polar Bear’ Review: On Thin Ice 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

"It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber." Comedy gold – Jo Brand's Barely Live 2013-07-12T14:09:37Z

First, you have to figure out how the riddle is asking you to think — Is this a straightforward definition? What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

If only real government officials were that straightforward. 'The Newsroom' Recap: Enter the Love Police 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

The best way to avoid a hangover might be obvious — but it's straightforward: Don't drink. Super Bowl 2022 hangover: How to manage it on Monday 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

Tirzah’s songs are atmospheric, hypnotic and rarely straightforward, but her low croon has a beckoning allure — like Sade vocals refracted through a gleaming prism. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

The reader’s question was straightforward, but pointed in several directions. How to host a wine party for serious tasting or just for fun 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Not in the instructional, recipe-book sense – I am, alas, an indifferent cook – but in prose, because of the mix of sensuality and practicality it conveys; the straightforward beauty of it. Food writing, glorious food writing 2011-07-15T11:53:01Z

“What Are Master-Pieces, and Why Are There So Few of Them?” is a straightforward title for a lecture that Stein first delivered in 1936 that is, ahem, far from straightforward. Review: Interpreting Gertrude Stein in ‘Composition ... Master-Pieces ... Identity’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

“What Would Mrs. Webb Do?” might not be the most exciting show ever at this museum, but its seemingly straightforward institutional history holds some clues about the museum’s new direction. ‘What Would Mrs. Webb Do?’ at the Museum of Arts and Design 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Please tell me, I say, that making Fantastic Beasts was more straightforward? Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

“Our Time Is Now,” which appeared at No. 7 on last week’s hardcover nonfiction list, is, according to our reviewer, “a striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory.” Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

The Santa Barbara chard is more straightforward, a bit talkative. A $13 organic red wine with verve and spirit? Pour us a glass — or two. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Marblehead, Mass., less than an hour up the coast from Boston, is one of those straightforward places where merely strolling around is the top attraction. North of Boston, a Mix of Harbor and History 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

This is the fifth anniversary of my campaign to share a gift-giving tradition that is straightforward, inexpensive and reaps boundless and lifelong rewards. Ask Amy: This year, put a ‘Book on Every Bed’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

“Mostly I feel like I did what I wanted to do, which was to be honest and straightforward and knowledgeable and present and to tell the truth,” she said. Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Nothing is straightforward, but you can see why those images might have lingered in his mind and taken on an accumulation of meanings. Perspective | In postponing Guston exhibition, the National Gallery and three other museums have made a terrible mistake 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

The case was a fairly straightforward stop-and-frisk incident near the massive New York City Housing Authority complexes along Avenue D in Manhattan. Policing the police 2012-08-29T18:11:00Z

I Love You” and “You’ve Changed”— and each was a model of austere, straightforward pathos. 2010-01-08T03:51:00Z

Companies are generally allowed to impose consistent, non-discriminatory standards for attire, and management owes employees the respect of a straightforward request and opportunity to meet those standards. Work Advice: When the manager is not around to see your contributions 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

But then, “Pound” — presumably a riff on Ms. Gomez’s beloved “Bound” — feels more like a night at a comedy club than a straightforward autobiographical solo show. Review: Marga Gomez’s ‘Pound’ Mocks Depictions of Lesbians on Film 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

It is, however, far more violent and far less straightforward. Lost Culture on Found Film 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Jenny Uglow calls her capacious and astute new biography “Mr. Lear,” which is certainly straightforward. Review | A plump, Victorian gentleman who was so very pleasant to know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

His argument was fairly straightforward and, in retrospect, perhaps its significance was the fact that he had to write it at all. No Compromises 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

In many ways, this is a straightforward exhibition. Art Review: ‘Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa’ at the Met 2013-12-05T22:23:04Z

My favorite anticucho is a more straightforward situation, grilled scallops under arugula, lime zest and a smooth Parmesan fondue. Peruvian Ceviche, Now With Plates and Chairs 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Saturday’s best stretches were in the straightforward electronic dance music, in an assortment of eras and strategies. Music Review: Governors Ball on Randalls Island 2012-06-25T22:17:41Z

On this night he led a clear, vibrant and refreshingly straightforward “Carmen.” Music Review: A Young Carmen, but Worldly Still 2011-01-06T21:02:34Z

This week’s episode is the sixth of eight in Season 5, though the beats are straightforward enough to follow even without a background in this lovely show. What You Should Watch This Weekend: Shows for Mother’s Day and Free TV 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The unloved stepchild of the Terminator franchise, this sequel eschewed the time-travel angle for a more straightforward last-ditch war between man and machine. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

"Lucky Hank" is a more straightforward comedy than "Better Call Saul" ever was, which probably aided in his decision to jump into it so soon. "We don't get to carry on forever": Bob Odenkirk's next chapter post-"Better Call Saul" and collapse 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

The chorus of nearly 100 sang with gently massed, straightforward steadiness. Music Review: Riverside Choral Society, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-24T21:59:57Z

The few times Rossini spoke about his retirement, he was straightforward. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z

The result is a straightforward, tightly plotted crime novel that retains that essential, instantly recognizable flavor that has distinguished King’s fiction for more than 40 years. ‘Mr. Mercedes,’ by Stephen King

You have to go beyond the headlines, because even though country music prides itself on straightforward storytelling, the industry has long urged silence when it comes to anything controversial. A racist slur, a groundbreaking coming out and country music’s future hanging in the balance 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

Both are little more than extended hide-and-seek sessions, though the former is a straightforward slasher, while the latter flips the formula mid-intrusion: a kind of Home Alone from hell. Don't move! The single-location movies that ramp up the tension on screen 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

A more straightforward accusation that could be made of Seven Psychopaths is that it gives its women short shrift. Seven Psychopaths: 'You can't kill dogs in Hollywood' 2012-12-01T00:01:00Z

Salman Rushdie can sometimes be a smidgen pompous, but Mayo, with his artlessly straightforward questions, managed to cajole the best out of him. A History of the World in 100 Objects; Gabby Logan; Simon Mayo Drivetime 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

This is everyday food, Italian-style: ingredients at their peak, straightforward preparations, unfussy plates, finished with a liberal splash of extra virgin olive oil. Taste the love in every bite at Beacon Hill's Bar del Corso 2011-10-20T23:01:39Z

The Vow uses the much more straightforward medical explanation of a little amnesia but the results are similar. The Vow: How Many More Movie Romances Does Rachel McAdams Have In Her? 2012-02-10T15:47:36Z

Scientists are looking at how manipulating the gut biome can help address various conditions, but Merchak points out that it's not as straightforward as it sounds. The bacteria and microbes in your gut can affect your body and mental health 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

One is intricate and surprising and beautiful; the other is straightforward and conventional and ugly. Laila Lalami explains how to procrastinate (hint: you're off to a good start) 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Certainly in Boardwalk Empire's world no one, not even Macdonald's seemingly innocent long-suffering wife, is quite as straightforward as they seem. Empire state of mind 2011-01-20T07:57:00Z

Converse wrote mostly in a deceptively straightforward folk idiom that hasn’t aged one bit. Review: A Lost Folk Musician’s Haunted Dreamland in ‘A Star Has Burnt My Eye’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

There is a common belief that this is relatively straightforward. How to spot a liar – even if he isn’t a cabinet minister 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

The smaller ones serve as straightforward pedestals for sculptures like Ms. Butterly’s, but the larger ones are multipurpose. Art Review: New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble 2011-01-06T23:24:53Z

What the failed adaptations of his books had made clear was that even in his relatively straightforward early novels his narrative techniques were a little too tricky for the movies to handle. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z

This would be a compelling plot told in a straightforward manner. Review | In Laurie Frankel’s ‘One Two Three,’ three sisters are on a mission to save their town 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Unintentionally Mr. Carney’s straightforward design is an example of what appears to be the latest industry casualty of the Internet age: album art. The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover 2011-08-12T19:14:22Z

It's a straightforward setup, but one that establishes its background, rules and mysteries with ease. Aliens vs Wizards: recreating the magic of Doctor Who 2012-10-11T11:12:21Z

A classic, timberwood ski lodge with a straightforward mountain cuisine and servers in typical Tyrolean loden dress, Edelweiss is an oasis of a lunch spot on the slopes. Five Places to Eat in the Dolomites 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

It was actually not particularly memorable, and was just a fairly straightforward rendition of their song “Don’t Wanna Know.” Best and Worst Moments of the American Music Awards 2016 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

But what seems to be a straightforward mission — find the scientist, save the world — soon becomes a time-leaping hunt for clues. '12 Monkeys' evolves into clever, fast-paced thriller 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

He continued with the straightforward melody of “Simple Gifts,” followed by “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Yo-Yo Ma Is Finding His Way Back to Nature Through Music 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

It’s also less comedic in tone than most of Ms. Shelton’s previous features, the slow, straightforward style making it appear uneventful. Review: On Parole and in Love in ‘Outside In’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

"Life appearing separately on two neighbouring worlds would suggest it is a straightforward phenomenon." Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

This was no time for a fussy order — a stiff and straightforward drink was required. Two years later, I’m still measuring life in Martini glasses 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

As the context of Straparola's retelling is the entertainment of literate people, his version of the tale is self-consciously rustic, while straightforward ribaldry has become suggestion. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z

Fortunately, when they were little, my daughters were satisfied with a straightforward, "It's a bunny, and he brings candy" explanation. Transform your leftover Easter candy into gourmet-inspired cookies 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

One of the most straightforward ways is by using citrus-infused olive oils to boost the flavor in olive oil cakes. Here's everything you need to know about making, buying and cooking with infused olive oil 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

It probably satisfies viewers who prefer straightforward explanations while blasting apart a few theories about the story's hidden profundity. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

This is one of many aspects of his life that Mr. Masters struggles to understand, and Simon doesn’t offer straightforward explanations. New Fiction From Tatiana de Rosnay, Richard Mason and Others 2012-02-22T23:06:04Z

But this rethought and more antagonistic “Monochromatic Light” strikes a new richness in New York, and it affirms how abstraction can give form to suffering and freedom in ways more straightforward expression so often cannot. Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

With chapters like “Getting Hairy,” and “Down There …,” it’s straightforward and cheerful. Motherlode Blog: Autistic and Coming (Reluctantly) of Age 2013-05-07T18:20:55Z

Oh Yeah opens with a mass of sampled voices singing the title over and over again, before resolving into more straightforward synth-pop. Bat for Lashes: The Haunted Man – review 2012-10-11T14:29:01Z

Finally, three elegant Swedish drinking glasses, which swell gently outward just below midpoint, couldn’t look more straightforward as to use, though they were conceived with a specific function in mind. Art Review: Thinking Green ? Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z

Siggi's yogurt containers embrace white spaces, muted colors and straightforward imagery, highlighting only the crucial product details. Why more food, toiletry and beauty companies are switching to minimalist package designs 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

But even with a surname like Coppola, a well-reviewed debut film under her belt and a timely topic, it wasn’t an easy or straightforward path to getting “Mainstream” made. In a new film, Gia Coppola dissects ‘Mainstream’ culture 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

Set down in a straightforward timeline, the cellphone clips began to form something understandable, if not remotely sensible. Perspective | The Jan. 6 images were already disturbing. The impeachment-trial video makes them terrifying. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

“The Play That Goes Wrong” is more straightforward: we learn very little about the actors performing “Murder at Haversham Manor,” and we don’t get to see what’s going on in the wings. “The Play That Goes Wrong” Is Quite Good 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

It’s straightforward, mellow and somewhat floral, making it a fine starter sake and excellent to serve chilled with seafood. Sake for Everyday Drinking 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Much of the criticism aimed at Season 2 was focused on the lack of a compelling mystery, but Pizzolatto was attempting something more ambitious than a straightforward whodunit. The Second Season of ‘True Detective’ Wasn’t as Bad as You Think. Here’s Why. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

There are some well-made straightforward dishes, like fresh cockles, grilled to smoky sweetness. | Choice Tables: In Bilbao, It?s Not Just the Museum 2010-10-07T02:19:00Z

Through the ensuing years, with one major boardroom battle and several straightforward acquisitions, Bernard built up what Antoine describes as “the empire.” | At Berluti, Antoine Arnault Puts Business Before Pleasure 2013-09-12T08:00:08Z

For the most part, the reporting on medical aspects of the disease has been straightforward and responsible, with many stories emphasizing the relatively low risks of infection. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard

And he won't be as straightforward as he was as "the black correspondent." Larry Wilmore relishes the challenge of replacing Stephen Colbert 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

Usually, though, the cost cutting also leads to straightforward storytelling and an overall lack of pretension. Television Review: ‘Saving Hope’ Begins Thursday on NBC 2012-06-06T22:45:35Z

What was less straightforward is that the scene was repeated, over and over, with close to 100 different men and at least one woman, whom the actress was meeting for the first time onstage. For 24 Hours Onstage, Alia Shawkat Felt Great to Feel ‘Shameless’ 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

This is a sappy, savory red, simple and straightforward, well-balanced and delicious. Ready for grilling? 5 reds and rosés will do nicely. 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Since 1955, the Hugos have been awarded through a fairly straightforward process: Members of the World Science Fiction Convention nominate and then vote on their favorites in a variety of categories. The alt-right attacks sci-fi: How the Hugo Awards got hijacked by Trumpian-style culture warriors 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

I meant to have one of those straightforward conversations where you discuss What You Want in the eventuality.” This Life: Finding the Words (or Not) to Say Goodbye 2012-12-28T16:31:40Z

Many people that I work with and help on the show really like clear, blunt, straightforward communication. We Could All Use a Jodi in Our Lives 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

At the hotel, the regimen of meals and activities is fairly straightforward. Review: In ‘The Lobster,’ Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

The plot of “Timon” is fairly straightforward: the fable of a man at two radically opposite interludes, first when he has everything, and then nothing. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Timon of Athens’ takes a rare Washington bow 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

“Lewis” was never the show that reinvented the wheel, and it’s not starting now: This is a straightforward, albeit enjoyable, police procedural. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Little Prince’ and the Olympics 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

A straightforward country ballad wherein Mills cajoles a girlfriend not to leave town. Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z

On its face “Bluebeard’s Castle” is a straightforward tale, essentially a conversation between husband and wife. The Love Story Behind Bartok?s 7 Dark Doors 2011-03-11T15:34:03Z

There’s a straightforward strategy for turning a hit musical into a long-running smash: Don’t mess with success. A Decade Later, ‘Wicked’ Continues to Be Catnip for Tweens 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Keep Christ in Christmas! This is a fairly straightforward billboard brought to us by the Knights of “ColumbusLong.” 10 most absurd right-wing Christian billboards 2014-05-06T11:00:00Z

At first glance, the forest image seems like a straightforward nude, and it’s only after a closer look that viewers will notice the fact that the woman is wearing sneakers on her hands. Torbjorn Rodland’s Puzzling Photos Are Unsettling and Arousing 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

One track, “Little Pockets/Everybody Pays Taxes,” might well be a straightforward homage. Review: Myra Melford’s ‘Snowy Egret’ Taps Into Dreams 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

Understandably enough, this claim has been derided as a pathetic attempt to accord respectability to a straightforward exercise in sensationalist depravity. A Serbian Film: when allegory gets nasty 2010-12-13T12:36:00Z

Brown ales and like-minded styles — including straightforward lagers, pilsners and porters — to name a few, are very different sorts of beers. Brown Ales May Be Unfashionable, but the Style Is Timeless 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

When the National Gallery of Art hangs a painting on the wall, the process is relatively straightforward. Perspective | Who mounts those ceramic plates or small glass sculptures at the National Gallery of Art? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Michael Cragg Diagram of the Heart If I Were You Sometimes all you want on a dreary February day is comfort listening in the form of straightforward, catchy electropop. F&M playlist 2011-02-10T23:00:01Z

That may read as more complex than it is to watch; another difference is that its half-hour episodes are presented in fairly straightforward fashion. The seductive deceptions of “Homecoming”: Julia Roberts shines in Sam Esmail’s latest score 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

It is, all in all, a fairly faithful and straightforward rendition of Creep, except for a haunting banjo-and-trombone intro destined to be described as the trick Radiohead missed in their version. Guardian writers cover Creep by Radiohead 2011-03-28T13:46:10Z

“I was trying to conjure a mood as much as tell a straightforward, girl-leaves-boy story,” he continued. Keith Reid, Who Brought Poetry to Procol Harum, Dies at 76 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Originally staged at the Royal Exchange in Manchester and directed by Nick Bagnall, “Troy” delivers exactly what its title promises, a mostly straightforward account of the bloody ending of the Trojan War. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

It's a straightforward enough experience when our curiosity about real people who did monstrous things applies to individuals who conformed to the image of monsters. Making Ted Bundy a "rock star": Are we creeps for loving true crime? 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

His formula is straightforward: Eat healthy, exercise and dial back on alcohol. Five diets, one year later: Did our staffers keep off the weight? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

He describes his new TV series, a straightforward cooking show called Jamie's 30 Minute Meals, as "an antidote", and "heaven", after all his struggles to change the way we eat. 'No one understands me' 2010-10-11T07:00:00Z

The answer is never as straightforward as we might expect. New in L.A. theater: 'Herland,' 'Harvey' and the porn musical 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

He likes straightforward titles, often containing numbers, and he likes to offer compilations of his dances, juxtaposing excerpts from different pieces and different eras. | : Sept. 19 ? 25 2010-09-16T16:11:00Z

But after a couple of straightforward performances of the song — we could all sing along — the algorithm kicks in and begins to deconstruct and reassemble the song. Review: ‘Yesterday Tomorrow,’ a Meeting of Songs About Time 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It’s a less confrontational and more straightforward family drama than the director is known for. How Spike Lee Created Three Signature Visual Shots 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

That act, simple and straightforward, crystallized the joy with which Mr. Robertson consistently infuses the act of bringing new music to life. Music Review: New York Philharmonic’s Contact! Series at the Met 2012-06-10T22:10:56Z

“Our Time Is Now” is not a political memoir or a long-form résumé; rather, it is a striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory. Stacey Abrams Has a Message for You: Get Involved 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

As violent allegories of female agency, rivalry and loyalty go, “Hanna” is more straightforward, more ordinary in its genre mechanics and less fashionable in its style than “Killing Eve.” 15 Summer TV Shows We’re Looking Forward To 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Yet in this staunchly straightforward music, each song takes some memorable leap. Critics? Choice: New CDs: New music from Alejandro Escovedo, 3OH!3, Kylie Minogue 2010-07-04T21:55:00Z

In the first instance—I thought—the relationship was straightforward, but it was not. The Hungarian Despair of Magda Szabó’s “The Door” 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Clocking in at an uncharacteristically short 3:44, "Drunk Girls" is LCD's most straightforward rock song yet, with an unembarrassed "Heroes"-era Bowie guitar line, "Pump It Up" drums and a perfectly catchy low-brow refrain. LCD Soundsystem raises glass to "Drunk Girls" 2010-04-24T15:29:00Z

Writing in The Times, Mike Hale called it “a good, straightforward primer.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Love & Mercy’ and ‘The Carmichael Show’ 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

I think the latter is a more straightforward legal problem because of anti-bribery statutes and because of a statute called the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, which clearly applies to the President. Can President Trump Be Held Accountable for the Whistle-Blower Complaint? 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

Partly as a result, he intends to complete the suicide trilogy with a straightforward black comedy. John Michael McDonagh Carves His Own Niche With ‘Calvary’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

Naysayers, meanwhile, said the comet allegory was lost on those who took it literally, and questioned why Mr. McKay hadn’t been more straightforward about global warming. Don’t Just Watch: Team Behind ‘Don’t Look Up’ Urges Climate Action 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

Rosenblatt presents the play as a straightforward Tudor political thriller about the transience of earthly power. Henry VIII 2010-05-25T20:29:00Z

That test is an exhilarating moment of pure cinematic invention, which Vigalondo films with a straightforward practical exuberance and a logical cleverness. “Colossal”: A Monster Movie Hiding Ugly Romantic Passions 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

We’re talking green beans, cauliflower, broccolini, radishes, creamy butter beans and more, crisp with croutons and tossed with a straightforward roasted garlic vinaigrette. Review | Count on crisp and juicy fried chicken at the bustling new Yardbird in D.C. 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

Addiction and mental illness was being unpacked in a more straightforward way, I suppose, than in this film. Ben Foster on his role in indie hit “Leave No Trace”: Stripping down to “whatever is essent... 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

“Mercy,” a 2019 work that opened the program, was less straightforward, but this was deliberate. Review | Ronald K. Brown/Evidence rises to a spiritual level in performance at the Kennedy Center 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

In "Miss Scarlet," the code is more straightforward. "Miss Scarlet" and the case of the Victorian outsiders 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

"Biological sex is a fact of life. It is simple and straightforward, and central to how we organise our world. But now the concept of sex is being undermined." J.K. Rowling organizes boozy TERF lunch amidst protest and march for transgender rights 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

Heavily synthesized yet straightforward, the band is a glib update on retro pop. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:10:30Z

I go to a small liberal arts college where all the students live on campus and the facilities and resources are straightforward and easily accessible. Rowing for Jesus, and other activities for a Parents’ Weekend abroad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

However, her parents don’t want the girls involved, and the kidnapping isn’t as straightforward as it first appeared. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘Discovering Secrets’ 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

In Book 3, “Boyhood,” he returns to his childhood and recaps it in a fairly straightforward way, filling in the question marks that punctuate Book 1. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle’ Is a Movement 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The showrunners say it was Goldberg herself who turned Sally, who was originally conceived as a more straightforward love interest, into a person of such complexity. On ‘Barry,’ Sarah Goldberg Has Learned to Love TV 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

But “The Electric Woman” is not about a dying mother being cared for by her attentive daughter; it’s not so simple or straightforward, and it’s unabashed about its complicatedness. When a Stroke Felled Her Mother, This Author Ran Away to the Circus 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Louis C. K. took a more straightforward approach, arguing that divorce is always good news. Jen Kirkman Finds Material in the Single Life in ‘I’m Gonna Die Alone’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Simon Perry, the director of Hyperion Records, said he enjoys working with Mr. Hamelin “because he is just a straightforward guy with no airs and graces who is really fun to be around.” King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z

The Beyoncé songbook is jammed with female empowerment anthems, but this 2011 single might be the most straightforward of them all. The many ways pop culture warned us about the 2016 election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Not so fast, she continues: The answer seems straightforward: 8.2 percent. Motherlode Blog: Parenting Reading for Back to School 2011-09-06T18:00:47Z

Crosswords tug all sides of your mind, requiring you to dart from straightforward definitions to narrative logic to free association to bad dad puns, all in the same space. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Here, though, Lloyd’s doll is simple and straightforward, a classic children’s toy scaled to monumental proportions, cut from uncomplicated fabric and filled with packing peanuts. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

The straightforward structure, named Armani/Silos for the building’s origins as a 1950s Nestle granary, is yet another testament to the legendary designer’s practiced minimalism. Giorgio Armani Opens Armani/Silos, a Museum on Milan’s Via Bergognone 40 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

We discussed your death and your music, and it got us talking about numerous weighty subjects, that are not always straightforward to discuss with someone facing their own demise. David Bowie's Son Breaks Social Media Silence to Share Emotional Thank You 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

It seems pretty straightforward: Cider is the fermented juice of crushed apples. Think you know what cider is? You’re probably wrong. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

The pianist Julius Drake was both a remarkable partner and a striking contrast: attuned to every nuance of Bostridge’s delivery and playing off it with a more straightforward dramatic energy. Bostridge’s cerebral ‘Winterreise’ reaches through song to speech 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

She has strong energy, and she’s quite straightforward and passionate, like a lot of Polish people are. ArtsBeat: Tribeca: Juliette Binoche on Acting From Insecurity 2012-04-25T14:17:19Z

What's interesting about using Gangnam is that it is a song with words we don't understand, using dance moves that are very straightforward, with a lot of humor. ArtsBeat: Some Funny Dancing to Help Ai Weiwei 2012-11-23T15:47:02Z

While the Hero’s relationship to evil is relatively straightforward — he’s against it, though occasionally tempted by the corrupting perquisites of power — his relationship with women is ambiguous and almost definitively unfulfilled. FILM: Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men 2011-07-27T12:00:10Z

At least that's the theory: no one is quite sure, because masques are almost never performed, for the straightforward reason that they're more or less impossible to stage. King for a night: my first royal masque 2011-03-08T12:10:43Z

There did not seem to be a comfortable dynamic between Mr. Vengerov, playing with assured ease and a relatively straightforward tempo, and Mr. Yu. Maxim Vengerov Performs With the Philharmonic 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Isn’t the Bible pretty straightforward about gay marriage, social welfare and so on? Faith in ignorance: Politicians who quote the Bible often don’t know anything about the Bible 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

Some, such as Vikings – the first two seasons of which are available on Amazon Prime Instant Video – are straightforward historical stories but set in a similarly brutal world. Game of Thrones success has cable firms rushing to catch up 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Wolfe’s path to the MacArthur and Pulitzer was not straightforward. A MacArthur for the Composer Julia Wolfe 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Damone’s style as a lounge singer remained constant through the years: straightforward, concentrated on melody and lyrics without resorting to vocal gimmicks. Popular crooner Vic Damone dies in Florida at age 89 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

I also suffer some trepidation before religious people, in general, when discussing anything of moral substance, since it’s long been my opinion that God is the Great Obfuscator, unnecessarily complicating many otherwise straightforward humanistic matters. Don’t trust the Godless 2012-07-01T15:00:00Z

But this year, three seemingly straightforward one-person plays proved intricate, unpredictable and often astonishing. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Tensions simmered on the Nigerian side for years, and long before President Buhari’s announcement, there were hints that the process of return would not be straightforward. Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

Do note that in less straightforward cases like yours, Laura, you will need to make a good case, even if the defendant does not show up. Help! My Lost Luggage Wasn’t Delivered for 12 Days. I Want Restitution. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Even so, life hasn’t been straightforward for him. ‘The Legend of Swee’ Pea’ Review: Obstacles Put Talent to the Test 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

The pesto’s ingredients are straightforward except for the substitution of sunflower seeds for pine nuts. | A Chef in the Field: Garlic Scapes 2013-07-08T15:52:43Z

Instead, Decker and Moss approach Jackson as if she were a character in her own fiction, which is to say as an object of pity, terror, fascination and awe rather than straightforward sympathy. ‘Shirley’ Review: A Writer as Scary as Her Stories 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Cohen-Solal’s report of its invention in partnership with Georges Braque — easily the high moment of both artists’ careers — is straightforward, canonical. Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

That kept the music straightforward — a handful of chords, a steady strum, a folky melody — to carry Mr. Mangum’s avalanches of imagery. Music Review: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:50Z

The interviewees — experts and residents alike — are united and straightforward in their belief that the story of public housing is in large part the story of institutional racism and neglect. Review: When Atlanta Destroyed a Housing Project to Save It 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Innovations begin just beyond, in a gallery that was once a straightforward sampler of Italian Baroque paintings, but now has a more specific theme: Baroque Rome. Seeing the Met’s Greatest Hits as Artists Painted Them 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

A pulse with the requisite tahini, garlic and lemon: The recipe is straightforward, yet somehow the result is more grounded than the over-whipped and lemon-sharp versions often found elsewhere. Mimi’s Hummus, Spreading Its Middle Eastern Influence 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

In real life, of course, no dichotomy is so straightforward. Review | A pianist offers the shape of emotion and brilliance 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

A couple are straightforward anthology-style horror stories having little to do with gadgets or circuitry, preferring to question the morals of the main character's choices. The best new "Black Mirror" episode is a Netflix self-own that plays out our current AI nightmare 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

As the title would imply, this is a fairly straightforward song about the effects of drug use on Young's acquaintances, particularly Whitten. Neil Young: a beginner's guide 2012-10-01T16:12:28Z

It doesn’t come across as esoteric or absurdist now but plays as a surprisingly straightforward cautionary tale with unexpectedly religious over-and-undertones. ‘No Exit’: Ready for your close-up 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

"An Iranian Metamorphosis" is a masterful work: the straightforward tale of the artist's detention — and that of his editor Mehrdad Ghasemfar — woven together by moments of humor, tragedy and surreal Kafkaesque absurdity. Cartoonist Mana Neyestani speaks on his Iran imprisonment, Charlie Hebdo 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

“Whether straightforward spears and daggers or elaborately decorated shields, axes and throwing knives, iron armaments possess physical strength,” he writes. Essential Arts & Culture: Fall arts preview, 'Blue Boy' gets T.L.C. and a contemporary 'Bacchae' at the Villa 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

Instead, transform all that data into a straightforward story. How to Get Ahead by Speaking Vaguely 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

“How can Kim still be part of Jimmy’s life when he becomes Saul Goodman? It’s not straightforward. I think you get some of the answers this season, but it’s still an open book.” The Working-Woman Hero of ‘Better Call Saul’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

By one very straightforward measure, healthful eating does indeed cost more. Is nutritious food really pricier, and, if so, is that really the problem? 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

But Abe’s trajectory, and the story of “Irrational Man,” is nowhere near that straightforward. Dreading Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man”?: Joaquin Phoenix almost saves Allen’s latest older man-younger woman opus 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Getting a sense of her is not straightforward. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a blues; what could be more straightforward? Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Still, it's an interesting insertion of the fantastical in an otherwise straightforward true crime retelling. What does "The Shining" have to do with Hulu's "Candy"? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

“I’m afraid of her in a quite straightforward way — because she makes me cry.” Read It Before You See It 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

These days, he’s playing it more straightforward, mostly with main courses that summon the good old days in Rockville. Review | Everything old is new again at Addie’s 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Its story and dialogue are so straightforward and comforting that even when you think you can hear the next beat coming—and you will—the finale still comes as a cathartic surprise. Review: With Allied, the Old-School Wartime Melodrama Enters the Modern Age 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. King’s novel combined a supernatural horror story and whodunit with a straightforward portrayal of the anxieties of the writer’s life. Television Review: ?Stephen King?s Bag of Bones,? on A&E - Review 2011-12-10T00:29:04Z

This was the thought-provoking part: it was a bit of a shock — but still fascinating — to hear such dated offensiveness stated in such a straightforward way. Frugal Traveler: In Kansas, Museums, Fried Chicken and, Yes, ‘Oz’ 2013-08-07T18:58:00Z

In the category of hard-boiled action with a female protagonist, it succeeded — in contrast to other examples like “Jett,” “Briarpatch” and “Reprisal” — by virtue of being modest and straightforward, and avoiding cartoonishness. Fall TV 2021: The 31 Shows to Watch 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Instead of a straightforward biography, the show explores the trials and tribulations of Tammy Faye’s life alongside the rise of American conservatism under Ronald Reagan. Tammy Faye Bakker and Televangelism Make the Jump to the London Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Behaviour change becomes a far more straightforward matter of assembling a toolbox of tricks that, in combination, should steer you well. How to keep your resolutions (clue: it's not all about willpower) 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

The film is simple and straightforward, but it doesn’t ignore the story’s contradictory power dynamics. Perspective | ‘Green Book’ won big at the Golden Globes. Will it hold up under increased scrutiny? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

It all sounds very straightforward, until you actually start to play the game. Dreidel: A seemingly foolish game that contains the moral world in miniature 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

The first 10 tracks are all fairly simple and straightforward, with most of the artists sticking to what they do best. REVIEW: Beck Makes a Bold Move on 'Song Reader' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

It’s a brisk and straightforward history play with a plot that doesn’t do the twist. Review: Does Power Corrupt in ‘Henry V’? Absolutely 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Both types of humblebragger were rated as less likeable than straightforward braggers or complainers. Bragger or complainer: how do you share online? Quiz | Ben Ambridge 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

Inky purple in color, with sweet flavors of blackberry jam and blueberry pie, this wine is simple, straightforward and tasty. This refreshing $12 Spanish white will highlight seafood, not overshadow it 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Their straightforward, intimate rhymes about everyday “girl” topics—feelings, relationships—are insightful and familiar. The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog 2012-05-30T10:45:30Z

The answer is straightforward: I am married, and my wife loves live music. You don't love live shows: I have questions for concertgoers who record everything 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z

“But it’s important to be straightforward, so we know what’s going on and how to best help.” What is the pelvic floor and how pandemic life could be harming yours 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

On the surface, Baauer's failure to license the samples would appear to stem from some combination of naivety, laziness and stupidity, but nothing about Harlem Shake is straightforward. Harlem Shake: could it kill sampling? 2013-03-13T17:03:00Z

Lagerfeld had a reputation for obscuring even the most straightforward facts of his life, such as his year and place of birth. Karl Lagerfeld, and his problematic past, take center stage at the Met Gala 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

The pineapple wallpaper is filled with tropical fruit and looks fairly straightforward, until the solo title cards come up. Creating those wild "White Lotus" wallpapers and the hidden meanings within 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

What follows is a lean and straightforward description of what lies within that cylinder – the Rama of the title. Back to the Hugos: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke 2011-02-10T15:32:31Z

Even something as straightforward as getting drinks is fraught with the pettiness of figuring out whether the bill is split properly. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

A straightforward answer is that we judge it by what happens onstage. Arts cuts mean theatres must learn to share the stage 2010-09-30T15:27:00Z

I want to do the sensible, straightforward thing and just tell her it isn’t true, but I’m worried that she won’t believe me or I’ll get defensive and set the relationship back again.  How to fight bad gossip 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

A cremini-and-beef bourguignon bubbled its leisurely way through the hours into a hearty but straightforward stew; angel biscuits daubed with a bay-leaf-infused brown butter turned what was already a hearty meal into a feast. ‘Shroom,’ reviewed by T. Susan Chang 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Even a seemingly straightforward and potentially middle-of-the-road album of orchestral music presents challenges, said Rob Mathes, a composer and arranger who produced “Symphonicities” with Sting. Sting to Perform at the Metropolitan Opera 2010-07-12T21:43:00Z

His new “Ring” will be more straightforward and “narratively clear to a first-time buyer.” The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

They performed Parker’s “Dewey Square,” prefaced by the most straightforward kind of thanks a working musician like Mr. Sullivan, who is 83, could give. N.E.A. Jazz Masters Hail From Inside and Outside the Club 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

For years, this cramped storefront at the northern end of the D train was a straightforward Neapolitan pizzeria. From a Pizza Oven in the Bronx, Albanian Specialties 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

There are no rules and no instructions, it’s intuitive and straightforward. Dear Microsoft: Please Don't Screw Up Minecraft. Sincerely, Parents 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Everyone is living publicly all the time and yet the public image that we’re presenting to the world is rarely purely honest and straightforward. Rashida Jones and Mike Schur on Their 'Black Mirror' Episode 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

It is straightforward and a bit one-dimensional, but delicious in its upfront juiciness. Four wines to help you ease into the cold weather 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

The most persuasive and memorable parts of “C,” it turns out, are not coded, intertextual ones, but simple, straightforward passages of description. Books of The Times: War Intrudes on a Man?s Bucolic Idyll 2010-09-05T21:34:00Z

Less than a month after releasing a confusing initial trailer for this inspirational drama based on a true story, Universal and DreamWorks put out a second clip that’s more straightforward. The Best and Worst Movie Trailers From Comic-Con 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

“Bzzz,” his Fall for Dance commission, is a return to more straightforward, knock-your-socks off tap choreography for himself and six other expert hoofers. What to Fall for at Fall for Dance 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Women wear simple, bright dresses in solid colors; the men are dressed in straightforward pants and shirts in muted earth tones. Dance Review: Les Ballets de Monte Carlo at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-18T01:14:18Z

Kiarostami’s surfaces may seem puzzlingly plain, but there’s nothing straightforward about his films. What Makes Kiarostami a Modern Master? Start Here 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

For Lloyd, the answer is a straightforward feminist one: she wishes, in a small way, to redress the gender imbalance that she sees around her every day in the theatre. Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z

There was a point when I thought it would be a more straightforward “empty-nesters” story, without the involvement of a third-party love interest. This Week in Fiction: Danielle McLaughlin 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Writing in The Pittsburgh Press, Roy McHugh called it an “admirably straightforward biography” that “explains more than is possible and excuses nothing.” Marion Meade, Biographer of Dorothy Parker, Dies at 88 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

But it’s not as straightforward as it used to be. Back from the red – return of the Russian baddie 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

When asked to put into words the philosophy that runs through his comedy, his answer is straightforward. John Mulaney on Finding New Material and Why He's No Comeback Kid 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Most Americans say that they believe in the full equality of men and women — the most straightforward definition of feminism — and that they want to raise children that way. 12 groundbreaking books for young readers of all genders 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

A straightforward but memorable staging by Keith Warner is likely the only chance many will have to see this work, so its inclusion in Naxos’s catalog is a cause for celebration. A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

But the nature of that integrity is often far from straightforward. Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

While Melnikov plays with subtle nuance, his approach is basically straightforward, which is the key to his eloquence. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Few jobs in the modeling business carry anything like the weight that a booking for Calvin Klein does, and for straightforward reasons. Don’t Know This Face? Just Wait 2013-06-19T22:00:07Z

Even the straightforward parodies of classic Hindi musical numbers, in which love usually dances with the chaperonage of a chorus line, lack the comic spark to send them soaring. Theater Review: ‘Bunty Berman Presents ’ at Acorn Theater 2013-05-10T02:00:01Z

It’s still filled with some bitterness, but mostly sad, straightforward truths that hit where it hurts: “Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.” Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z

The one I lap most is the seemingly straightforward tomato and coriander “bisque,” a dark red liquid flecked with signs of more than mere tomato and coriander. Review | Head to Chennai Hoppers for some of the area’s best Indian cooking 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

You can give credit to the Piedmont High administration for taking a shot at addressing a sickening revelation in a straightforward way. A school reveals it has a “Fantasy Slut League” 2012-10-22T17:56:00Z

The individuality, the immense complexity of inner life that art conveys—including Holiday’s seemingly straightforward and instantly appreciable art—doesn’t occur in a laboratory-like isolation. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

“He wasn’t nervous. He was very charming and straightforward. He was always that persona. He was Donald Trump at all times.” ‘Game to do it all’: From TV to WWE, Trump the showman set the stage for Trump the candidate 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

This is a very straightforward but also very different way to represent “Into the Woods.” Behind the Poster: 'Into the Woods' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

She chose to keep Orpheus’s double onstage; her production is a more or less straightforward reading of the text. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Orwell’s reflections on the revolution in Spain, as told in chapter 5 of the first edition of Homage to Catalonia, are straightforward. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z

But Mr. Young’s voice was pure and precise, and his lead guitar could peal with straightforward melodies, or scrabble with frenetic intensity, or plunge to grapple with subterranean forces. Music Review: Global Citizen Festival, With Neil Young, to Combat Poverty 2012-09-30T16:23:44Z

Those in the other type, Brooks said, “believe tricks should be avoided, believe that blackness, by contemporary black definition, is straightforward and substantial, clean-lined, even spare.” Books of The Times: ‘The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010’ 2012-10-11T16:46:12Z

Most men are seeking straightforward shopping experiences to help achieve certain looks. Online Helps Increase Men’s Wear Sales 2012-06-24T18:23:11Z

In the playwright Enda Walsh’s script for the stage musical “Say It to Me Now” was a straightforward solo by the male lead, Guy, as he sought a loan from a bank manager. Spring Performance: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett Collaborate on ?Once? 2012-02-22T21:17:17Z

The questions facing ophthalmologists were straightforward: which technique is better for the patient? 15-minute laser is best treatment for glaucoma patients, says study 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

The premise is pretty straightforward Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner setup – rich white girlfriend brings her smart, learned black boyfriend upstate for a weekend to meet the parents – what could go wrong? Black History Month viewing guide: the best new releases to see in February 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

While it's certainly most straightforward to look at eras of Who through the prism of the actor who is playing the Doctor, using the show's producers as your cosmic file-dividers is perhaps more telling. Who he? 2010-03-31T11:46:00Z

The first obstacle, a big platform, was straightforward. Parkour takes jungle-gym fun to new heights 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Vocally, the division of labor is pretty straightforward: Paak rasps through his verses with unrelenting wink-wink, then Mars soars through the refrains. Review | Silk Sonic get on a nostalgic Soul Train that’s too sleek, too sanitized 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

This is a mercifully straightforward framework, gently imposed. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

To watch Swayze and Grey dance, to see the way Johnny eyes Baby with a kind of cautious affection that seems almost feline, is the most straightforward of pleasures. 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

Do you think that Tangled is a straightforward, retelling of the brothers Grimm's version of Rapunzel? Tangled: ironically ever after 2011-01-14T15:00:18Z

Using a more straightforward, less cheeky approach than in “Just My Type,” Garfield is a terrific guide. ‘On the Map’: The wonderful world of maps, from A to Z 2012-12-27T19:20:05Z

"The issue for us is straightforward and clear: The use of performers' work in this manner has obvious economic value and should be treated accordingly," a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson said. Actors seek posthumous protections after big-screen resurrections 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Rowling, and will you please come back with a straightforward answer?'” he related. This Detective Novel’s Story Doesn’t Add Up 2013-07-14T13:48:23Z

Mr. Kahane’s conducting and his pianism were clear, straightforward and unassuming, even in virtuosic passages, letting the connections between the works speak, as it were, for themselves. Jeffrey Kahane Conducts New York Philharmonic 2014-03-21T22:19:16Z

Fox will introduce more series as time goes on, some of which may move away from the relatively straightforward narrative styles of “Axe Cop” and “High School USA!” Television Review: ‘Axe Cop’ and ‘High School USA!,’ Animation Shorts on Fox 2013-07-19T21:15:01Z

“Obviously being such a successful woman on the show is meaningful to me … She played very straightforward, just being smart, just being fast on that buzzer, and I like that about her as well.” ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider’s 21st win in a row makes her the show’s winningest woman 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

The film carries a trace of the sweep of a great screen epic along with the straightforward, explanatory qualities of mass-audience TV, and is never less than absorbing. Review: In ‘Viceroy’s House,’ the Birthing Pains of Two Nations 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

But Bannon is stymied by his need to make a straightforward Palin hagiography and, even more so, by his clumsiness as a film propagandist. The Undefeated: Her Holiness Sarah Palin 2011-07-15T08:55:00Z

For their latest album, “Education, Education, Education & War,” however, they went the more straightforward route of 10 set tracks, including a rousing oath to brotherhood, “Bows & Arrows.” Pop & Rock Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

While the British sections progress as a straightforward narrative, the scenes in Australia unfold in reverse, from adult life back to childhood. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-30T09:00:01Z

In religious terms, the human narrative — birth, life, death and rebirth — has for millennia been relatively straightforward in the West. Remembrances of Lives Past 2010-08-27T20:58:00Z

They also recall the straightforward rock of a simpler era - storming through 14 tracks in just 39 minutes. Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z

Their rapport was straightforward, as was the placement of Mr. Carter’s beat, which often fell just ahead of Mr. Cobb’s. Music Review: Pee Wee Ellis All Star Band Plays at Iridium 2010-04-23T22:43:00Z

Good, straightforward chardonnay, bursting with orchard flavors of peach and apricot and with a soft texture that suggests it spent time in older barrels. These 3 delicious wines are kosher for Passover and start at $12 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

In fact, as Mr. Hoskins told the story, Mr. De Palma was quite straightforward about the fact that he really wanted Mr. De Niro, but that Mr. De Niro’s price was creating consternation at Paramount. Bob Hoskins, British Actor, Dies at 71 2014-04-30T16:19:57Z

These are meaty topics, but the book's straightforward, often simplistic narration at times saps their energy. Herbie Hancock's memoir recalls a creative life and all that jazz

If the beginning of the first movement was clear and straightforward, it also lacked mystery and poignancy — an establishment of mood beyond mere accuracy. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z

I blush, however, at the way I used Greene's statement that Travels with My Aunt was his most "straightforward comedy". Reading group: a critical look at Travels with My Aunt 2012-06-29T09:33:50Z

Less rigid than the originals that inspire them, his pieces have a slight roundness that makes them more at home in the 21st century, while still drawing on the straightforward allure of Shaker design. A New Set of Tastemakers Finds Inspiration in Shakers 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

Emerson, with his vertical hairdo and bug-eyed glasses, does much to suggest that something isn't quite right, but tonight's opener, involving a missing-presumed-dead teenage girl, is otherwise ruthlessly straightforward. Series: Watch this TV highlights 14/08/2012 2012-08-14T13:57:25Z

The next day, it's straightforward to roll out and punch a thoroughly chilled dough. Sourdough cider doughnuts put everyone in the fall spirit 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

Brother Ah’s second album was more straightforward than his 1972 debut, “Sound Awareness,” yet its convergence of African folk, traditional jazz and Indian rhythms was still quite ambitious. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Our relationship had never been straightforward, but after that we became closer, better at talking about our lives, until he died four years ago. Swapped at birth, then adopted by mistake: 'For 41 years I lived someone else's life' 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

The premise of the novel is at once straightforward and ingenious. Back to the Hugos: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke 2011-02-10T15:32:31Z

“I found him to be very straightforward,” Mr. Gergen said, “very honest and a man who was seriously wrestling with how do we as an institution get this right as we go forward.” Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z

Ms. Notaro became famous for a set that was something of an anomaly in her career, far more confessional and straightforward than her usual work. Going Topless, Tig Notaro Takes Over Town Hall 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

This straightforward creamy pasta is both brightened and deepened by the addition of turmeric. Take Care of Yourself and Others 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

It is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit just like we did by four trillion dollars. Yes, Paul Ryan Spoke the Truth About Obama's Fiscal Record at the Republican Convention 2012-08-30T05:21:38Z

But these were straightforward propaganda movies for the most part: they made no pretences of showing what combat was really like for a soldier – what it felt like physiologically and psychologically. In the firing line: A grunt's eye view of war 2011-04-04T20:31:01Z

Amid such dizzying special effects, Lucas demanded that his stories be clear and straightforward, even at the expense of artfulness. The George Awakens 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Cases of a parent who is incarcerated or whose only income is public assistance are more straightforward, but the prospect of evaluating a parent’s ability to pay is fraught. Are student loans the new subprime mortgages? 2012-10-07T14:00:00Z

It could be that Lady Gaga has lured a mainstream audience with some pretty straightforward pop music, but there's always the chance her success indicates a shift in the mainstream audience's perception of performance art. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z

I encountered many COs or staffers who were quite straightforward about their racism, so I would say yes. Orange is the New Black” author: Prison wastes time, human potential and money 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z

I think that I see things in a way that I want to put a shape on them and a structure and to speak about them in a very straightforward way. Ireland’s ambassador to U.S. on her lucky assignment 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

The cocktails are calibrated and complex; they are also, to use a straightforward word, tasty. A Quiet Drink: A Chicago Cocktail Crawl 2013-12-26T15:36:42Z

A. “Macbeth” works best for the same reason it’s studied in schools: It’s short, straightforward and bloody, and it’s driven by action. Rick Miller Talks About His ?MacHomer? 2012-03-25T01:30:03Z

These are shot in a style that is at once straightforward — singers facing the camera as they belt out verses of longing and betrayal — and stylized, in a retro-MTV manner. | 'Passione': Soaring From Poverty All the Way to Ecstasy 2011-06-21T22:19:30Z

"He was straightforward, open, very giving and generous as an actor," she said. Co-star sings Gandolfini's praises 2013-07-31T10:00:11Z

It was one of the more straightforward performances of the night. The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

Eggers prefers to shoot long takes with only one camera, from seemingly straightforward dialogue scenes to action-heavy set-pieces like a brutal berserker raid. A Viking epic to conquer them all in ‘The Northman’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

"If you only eat a lobster bisque at restaurants, I encourage you to try this recipe. It's very simple, straightforward and puts your Instant Pot to good use," says Kleiner. Indulgent lobster bisque recipe for fall 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

McPherson's debut album, 2012's Signs and Signifiers, seems like a pretty straightforward retro affair. The Next Generation of Country Music: J.D. McPherson 2014-01-21T20:20:07.065Z

On the face of it a straightforward query, but Parker required three goes at the answer, a state of affairs that led the journalist to compare him with Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap. Tame Impala: Lonerism – review 2012-10-04T14:29:01Z

In their straightforward collection, rich in texture, Alexa Adams and Flora Gill of the label Ohne Titel mixed suede with what appeared to be knitted fur, or black leather and a softer ribbed fabric. 2010-02-15T05:50:00Z

For young readers, one could easily play the near-miss attempts to kill Hitler as a straightforward thriller. A Graphic Nonfiction Account of Hitler’s Would-Be Assassin 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

But let’s begin with something hopefully straightforward and more individual: if you happened to fall off your bike and strike your head, a well-fitted and properly fastened helmet would offer some injury protection. The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, the headline pressures – feting work with female protagonists, remembering to nominate female directors including Greta Gerwig and not just their films and leads – all of that should be pretty straightforward. Oscars 2018: the four big problems the Academy needs to fix 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Families and relationships don't feel as straightforward as they did before you left. This week's new theatre 2010-08-28T11:07:00Z

"Political commitment is not a straightforward question - should you play or not play to a certain audience when you don't approve of their ideas, for example?" Would you play for the Nazis? 'Django' movie poses moral dilemma 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Charles Darwin always said that the theory of natural selection occurred to him on 28 September 1838 while he was reading Thomas Malthus's essay on population; suddenly, the mechanism of evolution seemed blindingly straightforward. Steven Johnson: 'Eureka moments are very, very rare' 2010-10-19T19:30:00Z

“The Fog” is a fairly straightforward supernatural action film, predicated on a 19th-century shipwreck and the town that benefited from it, but not without eccentricity. In ‘The Fog,’ Made After ‘Halloween,’ Seafaring Zombies Arrive 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

The straightforward utility of the index turns out to be what made it such a disruptive innovation in the first place. A Smart, Playful Book About the Underappreciated Index 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

The recent James Brown biopic, “Get On Up,” is similarly straightforward. 'Frank' Riffs on the Pop Curiosity Frank Sidebottom 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Only on “For Me” does Showalter notably veer away from the straightforward lyrics, with a metaphor that captures the all-encompassing, occasionally apocalyptic power of his emotions: “The sun fell out of the sky.” REVIEW: The Musical Reinvention of Strand of Oaks 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Her personal style of inflected dancing — marked by accents, technical brio and hints of occasional drama — seemed antithetical to the straightforward pure-movement style that Balanchine promoted in City Ballet as choreographer and artistic director. Violette Verdy, Ballerina With Flair, Dies at 82 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

These characterizations are a reminder that abstract paintings, far from being esoteric, are often most fruitfully contemplated in straightforward human terms. Review | How one abstract artist refuses to be boxed in 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Their decision to have children was just as straightforward, Bell says. How we stay together: 'You don’t have to make the other person be just like you' 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

My suspicion is that what attracts us is more complex than belief; less straightforward than a simple desire for an omniscient guide through life. I don’t even believe in astrology, so why am I addicted to this horoscope app? | Stephanie Convery 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

But so too, said Gardner, is a straightforward alienation that many young Muslims feel from society. Antisemitism on rise across Europe 'in worst times since the Nazis' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in literature, Marcel Proust was using memory to complicate more straightforward storytelling, and it wouldn’t be long before modernists like Woolf and Joyce were compressing, dilating, and folding time in half. Anthony Doerr Reviews a New Book on Time Travel 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

State Sen. Roger Ballenger, whose district includes Okemah, said Guthrie "tended to be a little bit abrasive and straightforward" with his beliefs and in talking about what he saw happening to those who were struggling. Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday celebrated in Okla. 2012-07-14T00:46:05Z

The two drummers melded their individual styles, with Mr. Trucks considered the straightforward, driving train rhythm player, while Johanson added his R&B and jazz drumming influences. Butch Trucks, drummer with the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 69 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Bound East for Cardiff” certainly benefits from the flat-line simplicity of Mr. Mendes’s simple, straightforward portrayal of Yank, a sailor dying in his bunk, miles from land. Theater Review: ?Early Plays? by O?Neill From Wooster Group at St. Ann?s 2012-02-23T05:07:20Z

“He behaves so differently. He’s pretty straightforward and is very involved with the viewer. This is an artist who has something to show.” Photos, Perhaps, Show a Rare Glimpse of Gauguin in Tahiti 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Ranging far beyond straightforward cinema, it will fill the museum’s fifth floor with projections, installations and artwork. A Retort to Shrinking Screens, in an Ultra-Immersive Show at the Whitney 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Maybe a straightforward role in an ensemble of a big disaster film. Lindsay Lohan returns to theaters, as naked junkie 2010-09-01T11:50:00Z

Eventually I eke out of her that their festival shows have "less subtleties" and are "more straightforward". Savages: 'It's about trying not to treat the audience like idiots' 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z

His style — sophisticated yet straightforward, emotional but never sentimental — deepened while remaining largely constant over his career. Lee Hoiby, Opera Composer Known for Lyricism, Dies at 85 2011-03-29T05:00:25Z

Unfortunately, in Parmar’s straightforward narrative, for all its elegance, the sisters’ artistic searching — and the larger mysteries of sibling relationships — repeatedly get pushed aside by fresh pieces of gossip. ‘Vanessa and Her Sister,’ by Priya Parmar 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Regardless, it’s delightful, straightforward and bright, not complex but definitely a feel-good bottle. 20 Wines Under $20: For When the Weather Is Sultry 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Even when he works with straightforward plays, as in his production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” that opened in October in Sofia, Bulgaria, sentences tend to be distorted in artificial ways. At 80, Robert Wilson Holds On to a Singular Vision for the Stage 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

The principles, such as they are, are straightforward: slim cut, mild indulgence, no frills, timeless. Critical Shopper: BLK DNM in Manhattan 2012-02-15T19:43:27Z

They are recognizably nineteenth-century comedies of manners, written in a relatively straightforward style. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Parabo Press is a breeze to use: It’s clean and easy to read, your options are straightforward, and there are no annoying upsells. Turning Your Vacation Photos Into Works of Art 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

But one of the stronger pieces was also the most straightforward: “Manhattan Bridge,” a ballad of mournful beauty. Music Review | Chris Dingman: Vibraphonist Dazzles, but Without Fanfare 2010-03-19T21:36:00Z

But this incident is pretty straightforward and embarrassing. 'Homeland,' Graffiti and the Problem of Only Seeing Squibbly 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

It's a mark of how fast you fall under the bizarre spell of this book that it never once occurred to me to wonder whether there might be a more straightforward middle way. This Party's Got to Stop by Rupert Thomson | Book review 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z

That said, straightforward Romanticism was not the point of Ms. Cory’s piece. Music Review: Joel Sachs Takes New Juilliard Ensemble to MoMA 2010-07-26T23:43:00Z

Would it not be more straightforward simply to admit that both men and women have bodies that age – and that most humans share basic desires for affection, intimacy, and respect? The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The look this time around is moody but more straightforward. Review: ‘True Detective,’ Season 2 on HBO, Plays a Symphony of Misery 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The process for making this risotto recipe is straightforward, but the real magic happens at the end, when a few tablespoons of pesto and sour cream are stirred in. The silkiest, creamiest, absolute best risotto recipes 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

I’m not trying to write a straightforward movie review of “Trumbo,” which I would describe as a clean and agreeable biopic that restores some vitality to a fascinating episode in 20th-century cultural and political history. “Trumbo” and the long, dark shadow of the blacklist: How a Hollywood gossip columnist launched the culture wars 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

When musicians describe a work as awkward to play, they are referring to the finger gymnastics necessary to render a particular passage smoothly, one that may sound simple and straightforward to the listener. Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Dvorak’s Piano Concerto 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Pop feeds off itself in strange and unexpected ways, and its story isn't as straightforward as the canonical telling suggests. Who are the unsung heroes of pop? 2010-07-16T08:10:00Z

What makes that especially unfortunate is that the other side of the series — the more straightforward account of the crimes, their victims and the marathon investigation — is excellent. Review: A Killer, a Writer, and the Questions Both Left Behind 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

In notes about the arrangement, Mr. Stucky writes, “Although most of this version is straightforward orchestration of the Purcell originals, there are moments when Purcell drifts out of focus.” Music Review: Boston Symphony’s Two Nights at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-13T21:25:01Z

Still, there were no particular insights on Karen Carpenter’s life and music, and the songs themselves were delivered in a fairly straightforward manner, in overly tasteful arrangements by the pianist Matt Ray. What Makes a Songbook American? Justin Vivian Bond and Rosanne Cash Have a Few Answers 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The actresses are as skilled as Park in the task of finding straightforward moments of comedy in situations this overwrought. “The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Does the ad's campness play annoyingly against the otherwise straightforward juvenile fantasy? The new Nestlé advert 2012-11-10T00:05:47Z

What’s often portrayed in law and crime shows as a straightforward procedure becomes, from the standpoint of the arrested, something like an abduction. The Good Wife Watch: Locked Up 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

It may not be as straightforward as the movie makes it seem. How three powerful movies this year took on Virginia’s troubled racial history 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

But it’s also one that is never simple or straightforward: It’s an indictment written in a language we can’t read, for fantastical crimes that may not exist in the tangible world. How do we watch Woody’s movies now? 2014-02-08T17:00:00Z

The assignment that worked best, both as television and as a fair contest, was a straightforward commercial one: design a book cover for a Penguin Classic paperback. Art: Abdi Farah?s Bravo TV Prize Is a Brooklyn Museum Show 2010-08-18T22:18:00Z

For all of the moment’s vulgarity, I’ve rarely heard such a straightforward expression on television of how confusing it is to leave childhood behind and develop into a sexual adult within the family unit. The Refreshing Frankness of the “Big Mouth” Valentine’s Day Special 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

The babies grow up into the physically robust, straight-talking, straightforward Jesus and the bookish, calculating, often morally tortured Christ. Philip Pullman creates a darker Christ in new assault on the church 2010-03-26T18:21:00Z

For all of its experimentation, sometimes the most straightforward conceits worked best. Demons, death and dynamite dialogue: the 20 best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Not that these are as straightforward as they might seem. | 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse': Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Smoldering 2010-06-29T19:23:00Z

And it went pretty much as expected, with Trump babbling over her and refusing to deliver straightforward responses. "Borat" and Trump's "60 Minutes" interview show what we're missing: a sense of shame 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

It wears its genre badge proudly but isn't confined by it, and it often feels more like a fable or cautionary tale than a straightforward sword-and-sorcery epic. How "Game of Thrones" slew all comers 2011-06-17T18:01:00Z

That was a different kind of book, with a more straightforward story. Philip Pullman on His New Trilogy and the upcoming 'His Dark Materials' TV Show 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

But also joining Macklemore on stage were Seattleites Mary Lambert — who sang her achingly straightforward hook for “Same Love” — and Allen Stone, who accompanied on “Neon Cathedral,” an elegy for the drinking life. Seattle artists find fans at SXSW 2013-03-20T18:18:36Z

But the longer the song goes on, the more straightforward it all becomes. The Playlist: Justin Timberlake Stays Funky (for Now), and 9 More New Songs 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

The other half of the episode was devoted to Cole, and it was refreshingly low-key and straightforward. ‘The Affair’ Season 2 Episode 5: Never Read the Book 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

The actual recipe for Adlon's chili is distinctly straightforward and intentionally adaptable, fitting her philosophy of keeping everything uncomplicated and focusing on the people around you. This 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

There are also three lamb kebabs, of which I liked the seekh best, a straightforward stick of spicy grilled chunks. Choice Tables: In London, Great Indian Food Without the Fuss 2012-02-10T18:08:46Z

Here’s a simple, straightforward, tasty rosé with crisp strawberry flavors. This stunning Loire Valley cabernet franc will set you back just $20 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The author takes admirable risks in exposing desperate interior states, but straightforward biographical details are hard to come by. Jessa Crispin's 'Dead Ladies Project' braids travelogue, literary criticism and emotional honesty 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

If this process sounds involved, Schreck said he considers it relatively straightforward, as there are no moving parts other than the door. In ‘The Shoplifters,’ a stack of cardboard boxes is a lot more complex than it seems

Then she regains her composure and continues, in spare, straightforward language, to tell the kind of story we think doesn’t happen anymore in modern America. Lonnae O’Neal: Terri Upshaw says she had to choose between family and love 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

That prompted Michod and company to look elsewhere for a new home for the project, which is said to be an edgier comedy rather than a more straightforward, dramatic war movie with bigger appeal. Here's How Much Netflix Paid for Brad Pitt's New War Movie 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

A company executive told the Baltimore Sun that the questions were “straightforward.” Here’s what happened the last time Sinclair bought a big-city station 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

The Armory’s vast drill hall dwarfs the chapel, where “Monochromatic Light” was given a straightforward, concert-style presentation. A Work of Mourning Comes to New York, With No Rothkos in Sight 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

The straightforward story might not have seemed an obvious choice for an auteurist project, particularly given this one’s cultivated eccentricities. Review: ‘Dumbo’ Goes Bonkers in Dreamland 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Her plots are straightforward, even slightly predictable, though that may be a generational matter; what passed for speculative warning in the 1970s and ’80s, now seems more directly descriptive of our present ills. Where Every Coupling Depends on Lies, and Men Are Aliens 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, its thinking is as blankly straightforward as that of a goldfish. Here's Who Will Win—and Should Win—at the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

The project was not as straightforward and ordered as it looks today. Interiors: tricks of the trade 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

It’s more straightforward than Mercedes’s, with everything on one floor and a loft. Where Your Mercedes-Benz and Porsche Were Born 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

After about three minutes and 18 seconds of straightforward, daydreaming pop, she says, “Break,” and the bottom falls out, leaving just the keyboard and percussion, and a new, primal energy takes over. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

It all looks straightforward and fairly hopeless, but Shigemori sets off on his own investigation in an effort to reduce the charge and possibly save Misumi’s life. Review: In ‘The Third Murder,’ Guilty as Charged Isn’t the Whole Story 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

This is a straightforward, tasty cabernet, with the black fruit characteristics of the grape and without the syrupy aspect of some inexpensive cabs. This kosher-for-Passover rosé hits all the right notes and is only $12 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

But there’s a silver lining: The more complicated my guests, the more straightforward my cooking. How to cook Thanksgiving with dietary restrictions in mind: Keep it simple 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Nothing is that straightforward to me, even matters of life and death. Motherlode Blog: 'Wake Up Your Children. Open All the Windows.' The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide 2012-11-03T21:41:24Z

This is a straightforward version compared with some of the vanguard wines made in the region, but it’s delicious, with flavors of nuts, flowers and tropical citrus fruits along with mineral undertones. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Spring Edition 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Notoriously, theater never responds to public events this fast, so the rapidity of this coolly acted, straightforward two-character show may be the most notable thing about “Building the Wall.” Review | Schenkkan’s ‘Wall’ imagines Trump consequences. Disaster! 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

In Britain you have to be straightforward; you can be quite honest, but not rude.” Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

At a party, this is straightforward: you play familiar songs at the outset, stuff certain to get the crowd moving and on your side. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

MacNair’s speciality is wrestling and she had been hired for fight scenes, not driving, but she felt able to execute what she considered a straightforward car maneuver at 30mph. 'It's historical sexism' – the fight to end stuntmen doubling for women 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

I asked Lady Gaga if people won’t be cynical about an agenda so simple and straightforward as kindling kindness. Op-Ed Columnist: Born to Not Get Bullied 2012-03-01T04:18:08Z

From the beginning of his set, he mixed in his early songs — which were more straightforward Latin trap — with more recent ones, which draw on a broader musical palette. Bad Bunny, the Inexhaustible Pop Recalibrator, Lights Up Madison Square Garden 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

I don’t think so much about whether I’m playing a strong person or not – it’s not that the character needs to be loud or straightforward,” she elaborates. Alicia Vikander: ‘I made five films in a row before I had a scene with another woman’ 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

The short, unfussy songs on his debut album recall the straightforward rock of a simpler era - storming through 14 tracks in just 39 minutes. Jake Bugg: 'I have to pinch myself' 2012-10-15T07:12:17Z

For the new book, there are elements of the Western and immigration narratives, but it’s a little more straightforward than not. Why Colson Whitehead made the Underground Railroad real: “It’s fanciful and childish, but it also had many possibilities” 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z

But just because I’m obsessed with something doesn’t mean that it’ll show up in a story—the path to fiction is never that straightforward. Han Ong on Straying into Topicality 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

“I’ve done Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods,’ which musically is complex but the text itself is pretty straightforward. How sign-language interpreters convey the raw emotion of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

The archive is straightforward and easy to browse, whether you are on an iPad or library computer. On the Runway Blog: Fashion History, Just a Click Away 2012-03-08T23:04:55Z

The game itself is a bit more straightforward, spicing up 2D and 3D platform levels with the ability to draw and erase objects using ink or thinner. This week's new games 2011-01-08T00:06:17Z

Though dressed in shock-value clothing, “Medusa” is also a straightforward character study, tackling issues like the scourge of Western beauty standards and the difficulties of leaving an abusive relationship along the way. ‘Medusa’ Review: Liberated Women 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

The city teems with straightforward seafood brasseries that mine the waters around Lisbon for all that they’re worth. 4 Lisbon Restaurants Not to Miss 2012-05-25T19:34:32Z

The paratroopers' song is not in the same artistic league, but its straightforward honesty and marching beat has won the hearts of many disgruntled Russians. Russia's unlikely protest song rocks rally 2012-02-05T13:38:07Z

Mind you, judging by Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, the straightforward biopic seems to be working just fine, too, so prepare for more of the same. When will the white rockumentary conveyor belt end? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

Most of his albums presented him in a straightforward jazz context, but late in his career they took on a more international color. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

The print idea is to create an effect, not necessarily a straightforward pattern. Fashion: Royal Chic: The Duchess and Her Prints 2011-07-25T13:37:03Z

On paper, it reads like a straightforward police procedural. Luther is back with more comic-book gore and fantastical crimes 2013-06-29T05:00:00Z

The film is best appreciated as a straightforward testimonial: old war buddies’ hurrah against anti-Semitism. ‘Above and Beyond,’ Jewish American Pilots Fighting for Israel 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Over the years, Virgil Abloh approached his work with Nike as something slightly different than a straightforward collaborator. Louis Vuitton Meets Nike in Virgil Abloh’s Dream Sneaker 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Far more straightforward than the Radio 4 documentary, and more revealing, was Hanna's interview on Canadian station, CBC Radio. Riot Grrrls revisited: a week in radio 2012-12-20T20:00:01Z

I was the youngest of four, and my mom’s way to handle it was very straightforward, like, “A boy’s nipples will become engorged, and those are all secondary sex characteristics.” Nick Kroll Still Isn’t Over Puberty. Just Ask His Therapist. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Nor are there complicated dishes involving fantastical combinations; instead the straightforward menu includes filling bean stews, long-braised meats and fish lightly roasted in cider. Choice Tables: Where Madrid Chefs Go for ‘Real’ Spanish Food 2012-10-12T18:41:55Z

It seems like a straightforward question until you get into the specifics. The Emmys have no idea what the difference between a “miniseries” and a “series” is 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

They’re run by the members for the members; consequently it’s not as straightforward as getting your credit card. Q&A: A Guide to Golfing in Scotland 2013-07-10T16:38:32Z

The most straightforward way to watch the show is to set the channel to your local ABC affiliate. The Oscars are Sunday. Here’s how to watch the show live 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers squeeze a complicated story into a disappointingly straightforward feel-good movie about overcoming obstacles. New releases: 'Theory' glosses over complexities of story of Stephen Hawking 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

It might seem straightforward to say that floods in the Bible are associated with God’s anger, but that means missing the complexity of the text. Are natural disasters part of God’s retribution? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

And yet in the best ways, “A House Full of Females” remains a work of traditional “women’s history,” a straightforward exploration of women’s lives and experiences on their own terms. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Their music was a mix of straightforward rock and pop punk with lyrics that dealt with religious and political themes. Portland pop-punk band The Thermals announce split after 15 years 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

When all's said and done, polishing the cutlery, laying the table and cleaning the toilets all looked fairly straightforward, and after that it's a simple matter of learning the menu and serving the dishes. TV review: Michel Roux's Service and Arthur's Hell on High Water 2011-01-12T21:15:01Z

Mr. Jones described Mr. Hendel as “a rarity on Broadway, a totally straightforward honest broker.” Stephen Hendel, the Unlikely Backer of ?Fela!? 2010-06-09T21:44:00Z

Jah Thomas's Cricket Lovely Cricket informs us that the game is actually quite straightforward. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z

The performances are straightforward to the point of being all Beethoven, all the time. Cellist Antonio Lysy and fortepianist Tom Beghin try to capture real Beethoven 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

According to CNN, its research determined that using the plus sign would be easy and straightforward for viewers. Many Pluses, Zero Minuses, Some Division 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

It turned out that Jones had a remarkable account on his hands, of an ordinary-extraordinary person navigating through the horrors of history with a straightforward, openhearted approach. Review | Bill T. Jones reveals the power of the human spirit in dance, music and text 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

In some ways, her staging might seem surprisingly straightforward, but her sensibility is strongly evident in its spareness and its use of small or commonplace items to evoke much grander pictures. For Mary Zimmerman, overseeing 'Guys and Dolls' at the Wallis, it starts with imagination 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

It plays straightforward, outward hard-core punk that over the course of a song moves toward something inward and not straightforward at all: billowing effusions of sound and improvised noise. Review: Destruction Unit Finds Method in the Mess in Bushwick 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

And besides, one appreciates the genius of Italo Calvino or Samuel Beckett even more keenly when set against some straightforward non-fiction or trashy, fun genre novel. Bedside reading: the naked truth 2010-04-02T13:30:00Z

Despite its title, “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” is a straightforward, conventionally assembled documentary biography of an eccentric, decidedly idiosyncratic comedian and actor. Review: A Serious Look at the Life of Robin Williams 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

But for Ifemelu, this essential piece of personal maintenance is not exactly straightforward. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-11T08:01:01Z

It’s part of a longer manuscript, and ‘The Bully’ was our favorite bit -- it uses a straightforward visual vernacular to show you weird and impossible things that are nonetheless emotionally familiar. Talking with J. Robert Lennon about Okey-Panky 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The track has a playful swagger, and a relatively straightforward, if potent, message: “Girls is players, too.” Coi Leray Borrows a Hip-Hop Classic, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

For Marcel, who comes from the same Montreal suburb as Dion, everything flowed from a relatively straightforward motivation. A Filmmaker’s Journey to the Center of Celine Dion 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Here are the shows right now offering theatrical experiences that aren’t so straightforward. 6 Immersive Theater Shows to See in New York 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

It seemed very simple and straightforward to me.” Giving Voice to Sylvia Plath?s Pregnant Women 2010-09-25T05:00:00Z

Whatever the origin, though, when we "talk turkey," we're engaging in the kind of straightforward, honest speech the scheming hunter denied his hunting partner. Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

It's no straightforward task to trill the words "Happy Birth-DIE" in a deep Mississippi accent if you're from Yorkshire, but the exceptional youngsters in this production managed it. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: from preview to last night 2012-10-29T17:11:40Z

A pretty straightforward recipe to execute — a combination of eggs, sugar, oranges, vanilla extract and almond flour — it is a deliciously bold and immensely moist cake. Experiment with wheat-free flours in cooking and baking 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

The conservation of conceptual art is not always so straightforward for museums increasingly asked to preserve works made from of all kinds of ephemeral substances, like food. It’s a Banana. It’s Art. And Now It’s the Guggenheim’s Problem. 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

The menu is straightforward and satisfying: local seafood, even-more-local salads, a decent selection of beer and wine. Bolinas, Calif., the Town That Didn't Want Company 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The appeal of all this is fairly straightforward. A Rapper Goes to Therapy, on Camera 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

He gave it a simple, straightforward title: “The Capture of Miletus.” ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

But to reduce the plot of this book to a few sentences, or even to suggest there is a straightforward plot, would be a mistake. 'Blueprints of the Afterlife': death glaciers and other disturbances 2012-02-15T22:17:04Z

“I automatically thought it was going to be relatively straightforward working with her, because she was a lot of fun.” In ‘The Diplomat,’ Keri Russell Shows Her Good Side 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

Q: You open up with a straightforward country song. Steven Tyler brings his country show — and his take on Aerosmith — on the road 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But the fun of “Glass Onion” is that it takes these tropes to build what appears to be an elaborate murder scheme, only to reveal that the crime was much more straightforward than it seemed. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

But as new services emerge, travel between the two countries is becoming more straightforward than at any point since sanctions were introduced in the early 1960s. Ready to Go to Cuba? It Has Gotten Even Easier 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Renting a car seems so straightforward, but the road can present unexpected hazards. Perspective | Don’t make these car-rental mistakes on your next vacation 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

An Alma Thomas painting titled “Snoopy Sees Earth Wrapped in Sunset” looks straightforward, composed of red, yellow and orange like any literal rendition of a sunset might be. Stargazing across millennia in 'Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World' 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

His batch for their first party was pretty straightforward, an amalgam of the TV host Alton Brown’s formula — one of the first things that pop up when you Google “eggnog” — and other recipes. A Newcomer to Christmas Creates a Very Old Eggnog 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Getting the art out of the country was sometimes tortuous, sometimes remarkably straightforward, Nancy Dodge said in an interview on Thursday. Norton Dodge, 84, Economics Professor and Art Collector, Dies 2011-11-12T06:23:51Z

There seems a bit more to all this than straightforward nostalgia. Submarine plumbs the depths of self-satisfaction 2011-03-21T10:31:19Z

Asked how he chose the Holman Hunt for selling, as opposed to any of the 12,500-odd other works in the museum’s collection, Mr. Miller said the process was relatively straightforward. Censured Delaware Art Museum Plans to Divest More Works 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

In his address to Holyrood, Mr Dixon asked why more artists do not address their concerns to him directly: the answer is straightforward; they have. Rift deepens between Scottish artists and Creative Scotland, as despairing open letter is published 2012-10-09T09:41:00Z

“It’s a straightforward concert with a program that we’ve approved,” he said. Shanghai Symphony and Philharmonic to Play Great Lawn 2010-07-12T22:15:00Z

I think it is a matter of style, meaning that it simply isn’t Wall’s style to say things in a straightforward way. Review | In Jeff Wall’s photographs, it’s all about the details. But are they important? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

As a memorial, she devoted one of her encores to a straightforward version of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good.” Music Review: Paying Tribute to New York, by Way of Brazil 2011-07-25T21:43:14Z

Collectors have found Greece easier to reach than Lebanon, and shipping works in and out of the country has proved more straightforward. In an Ancient Greek Port, a New Cultural Hub 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

It’s a straightforward tale, one in which in the span of a fifteen-minute conversation, two strangers forge a profound connection. “I tried to kill myself”: The Oscars shined a much-needed light on mental health 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

“Their coverage of the economy and business has been entirely straightforward,” Barr said. Bloomberg News’ campaign coverage policy leads to fallout 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

The Icelandic Reykjavík–Rotterdam, which will star Mark Wahlberg in the remake, is a straightforward heist flick. Hollywood Goes to Sweden 2010-02-18T17:04:00Z

Like his earlier books, it is erudite, penetrating and splendidly written; alongside them, though, it seems positively straightforward. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Another is a more straightforward telling of the Blennerhassetts’ story for younger readers. Book looks into Blennerhassett family history 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

“When you read her account, it’s heartbreaking and it sounds like a very straightforward description of a forcible encounter and a crime,” said Anne Coughlin, a University of Virginia law professor. Could Harvey Weinstein go to jail? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

The formula behind this documentary by Roger Michell is pretty straightforward: Gather four renowned British actresses, set up some cameras and the rest will flow. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Catastrophe’ and ‘Searching’ 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

"They had a nice straightforward theft case," Goldman said. Video of Lohan leaving store with necklace aired 2011-03-08T01:31:08Z

He closes with a line of hexameter, straightforward and serious: "These, these are joys the gods for youth ordain." Poem of the week: Horace: The Odes, Book One, IX, translated by John Dryden 2012-07-30T11:26:17Z

There is an old-fashioned charm in the film's straightforward simplicity. A heartwarming soul is the truth behind 'The Good Lie' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Here’s a simple and straightforward rosé bubbly to put you in a celebratory mood. Snag this juicy, French white wine for just $9 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Cantus fares better in William Walker’s foursquare hymn “Wondrous Love,” from “The Southern Harmony,” with a vigorous, mostly straightforward a cappella account. Complex Pleasures Rooted in Love, Delight and Song 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z

This seemingly straightforward statement conceals vast and mysterious depths. What science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for and how to treat it | Rose George 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Such frank and straightforward storytelling is poignant, even if it sometimes leads to a shortage of tension or plot. Review: In ‘This Is Mary Brown,’ Mom Has Troubles but Is Quite a Character 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Her critique of the heteronormative American family and the malicious ways men uphold sexist power structures is straightforward and unsubtle. Welcome to the Neighborhood. Pay No Attention to Those Men Folding Laundry. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

The disparity between the relatively straightforward violin part and more developed keyboard writing suggests Schnabel’s greater comfort in composing for piano. Review | Jenny Lin plays Schnabel’s piano works at the Library of Congress 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

In contrast, "Alice in Borderland" presents a more straightforward premise in the form of a puzzle box narrative. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

Curiously enough, this was much less true of the straightforward gospel choir from Chicago. Patti Smith showed me what sacred music is 2013-06-26T10:15:58Z

It depends on many factors: how straightforward was the pregnancy, the level of physical activity through that period, how complicated the birth was, and the type of sport you are returning to. Was Serena Williams unrealistic to try to return so soon after giving birth? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Watson’s version of their romance is a little more straightforward, though he doesn’t remember meeting her on his first day at the school. Falling for a Guy From Lawn Guyland, Accent or Not 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

Freed to be straightforward, Mr. Ritz can talk about the early mangling of Ms. Franklin’s recording career. ‘Respect’ Tells Aretha Franklin’s Life Story 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

The more or less straightforward introduction set up expectations that were meanderingly subverted. Grasping for Dad's story in 'The Institute of Memory (TIMe)' 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

Beck and Woods added a fun little flourish by having Koa not speak English, so she and Mills can’t communicate, but aside from that the film is entirely straightforward — and entirely entertaining. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z

Its songs are straightforward pop ballads before they get extended with the beats and buildups of trance music, with guest vocalists promising love and empathy in grand choruses. Review: Electric Zoo, a Menagerie Designed for Dancing 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

The reason the BBL is so dangerous is fairly straightforward. Brazilian Butt Lifts Surge, Despite Risks 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

He said that he based the character on his own father, a barrel-maker and a school caretaker, whom he described as "an extraordinary man ... simple, unaffected, sweet, straightforward". Pete Postlethwaite obituary 2011-01-03T18:27:54Z

It’s my way of acknowledging that she was not a straightforward girl. Amy Winehouse’s mom opens up: “I did not expect to lose Amy when I did” 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

I think some of the things are fairly straightforward. 'The Jinx' Director Andrew Jarecki on Robert Durst and That Ending 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

She explains concepts and terminology in a clear, straightforward way. Authors help build interest beyond the Hour of Code 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Comparatively, the thesis of the multi-paragraph Mexican Pizza is pretty straightforward: "Who wants to live in a world with no Mexican Pizza? Spoiler alert, but the answer is no one." Taco Bell is ditching the Mexican Pizza soon, but here's an easy homemade recipe 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

But opting for simplicity is hardly as straightforward as it appears. How to Pick White Paint 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

The new version is also more straightforward about his fame. Chris Rock Re-edits a Special, and the Result Is Fascinating 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

But the film’s use of el silbo is perfectly in line with the director’s longstanding interest in communication; how the relationship between language and meaning is rarely straightforward. Sing like a canary! The whistling consultant who taught Romanian noir gangsters a tune 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

One of the pleasant deceptions of “Endless Summer” is that surfing is easy, a straightforward process of paddling, standing and maneuvering. Perspective | The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and ‘The Endless Summer’ told us about surfing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

But then again, few speak of him with the reverence reserved for less straightforward writers such as James Joyce. Travels with My Aunt and the many shades of Greene 2012-06-15T14:32:11Z

Well, that seems pretty straightforward ... until you start to play the game and forget how many motorcycles you need to grow in order to trade in your flying horse to stream "Electric Chapel." Understanding GagaVille: A primer 2011-05-18T21:19:00Z

It's glorious: warm, thoughtful and deceptively straightforward – in other words, marvellously clear. Table; Children of the Sun – review 2013-04-20T23:08:26Z

But relationships rarely follow a path that is either easy or straightforward. Courteney Cox's messy, relatable estrangement 2011-04-14T19:30:00Z

So perhaps in a restaurant or bar it’s straightforward enough, but what about at home? You’re getting it all wrong about tapas — starting with the meaning of the word 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

The album's namesake song — and most upbeat, straightforward musical moment, as it features tumbleweed keyboards — is "Strange Little Girl." Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z