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单词 benevolent
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Felicia believes in the gods’ benevolent powers, she just can’t stand the blood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
There is no other viable choice except to follow, and reinforce my benevolent leadership. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
We prefer, none the less, to recognise human nature as we find it displayed in the everyday behaviour of the civilised majority in modern life—imperfect, no doubt, but certainly cooperative and frequently benevolent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
The man’s yellow horse teeth flashed, suddenly benevolent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
But love, which had, perhaps, like a benevolent monarch, swelled the population of his neighboring kingdom, Death, had not himself descended: they owed him no allegiance here. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
Agent Jones forced a smile that he hoped passed for benevolent. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Because the sponsors and the benevolent associations would start calling her, asking, shouting, pleading to make me play again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, she monitored our moods and bore benevolent witness to whatever travails or triumphs a day might bring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Others, not quite so benevolent, believed his actions had let down a community where the role of black leader was a precious, almost sacred commodity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Only God knows when our relief may arrive. But God does know. And in His benevolent service we will stay.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Our Lord is benevolent. But that poor African bird can’t be relieved of what you’ve taught it. It’s an innocent creature that can only repeat what it hears. The damage is done.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slant’s childhood and youth were spent upon a tobacco plantation presided over by a benevolent widow by the name of Croak and her son, who was of Slant’s age. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
“Your prioress is like a queen, the fountain of all goodness. All the sisters are her ladies-in-waiting, happy to live under her benevolent rule. There is a hierarchy, with servants in the lowest place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Dad was all set to go into a new act—the benevolent superintendent taking the little orphan tykes out for a drive. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now he used his spurious logic against benevolent Icelanders. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
His slightly bald head, his domed forehead, the smiling mouth that displayed a very white set of false teeth, all seemed to speak of a benevolent personality. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
I left for school under the benevolent gaze not only of Mother but also of bright-eyed otters and burly American bison and stretching and yawning orangutans. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Lexie’s application had been submitted, and she was in a benevolent mood. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
An ordained priest now, he presented a dignified, benevolent figure, but by the second hour of the reception it was clear he was crushed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The tax on the slave trade was dropped altogether, as was the seventh resolution, with its vague declaration of solidarity with the benevolent goals of the Quaker petitioners. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The mountains hovered over everything like benevolent, serene elephants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s an expense, but maybe they think the price of appearing to be benevolent rulers instead of tyrants has a cost benefit—it’s cheaper than bullets and burying bodies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
The professors guarded expression fades, and he gives me a benevolent smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
It was irritating and frightening all at once, for she sensed that this presence was not benevolent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Copernicus’s universe was no longer Earth-centred, but it was still Earth-friendly, and there was no reason to think it was not the product of benevolent design. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was a shame that the demoness had not gotten to know the true dragons of the sea, who were wise and benevolent. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Finally, my benevolent master, to use his own words, “set her adrift to take care of herself.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z
Nothing could be further from the omnipotent, benevolent creative force of Handel’s oratorios or Bach’s cantatas and Passions - yet Handel was still alive, just, and Bach had only died five years earlier. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
Late at night when we walked home from the laundry, they should have been sleeping behind locked doors, not overflowing into the streets in front of the benevolent associations, all alit. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was a time when “benevolent deception” was a common practice — doctors often withheld even the most fundamental information from their patients, sometimes not giving them any diagnosis at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
And we do further earnestly recommend it to all humane and benevolent persons in this Colony to explain and make known this our offer of mercy to those unfortunate people. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
Washington was making his ultimate statement as America’s first and last benevolent monarch. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Milo bore the tumultuous celebration with benevolent grace. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
He was a man of perhaps sixty, frail and bowed, with a long, benevolent nose, and mild eyes distorted by thick spectacles. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Dr. Lanning smiled in a relief tangible enough to make even his eyebrows appear benevolent. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
“What have you been thinking, O benevolent one?” he says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
She smiles down upon them, always the same benevolent smile, and is described as radiant. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
A benevolent deity could thus be shown to have created both the universe and humankind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
At the front of the hall, Professor Ghering holds his hands up for attention, a benevolent smile on his face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
How could I expect this man or any other to believe my tales about other worlds, other races, a vague benevolent government somewhere off in outer space? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
She was a warm, benevolent woman who tried to make this first day as easy as possible. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
In front of one of the benevolent associations, a literate man was chanting the Gold Mountain News, which was taped to the window. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lee’s mouth was full and benevolent and the flash of gold when he smiled was rich and warm. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is the first time Werner has heard Volkheimer laugh, and his countenance changes; he becomes less menacing and more like a benevolent, humongous child. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
They believed in the prevailing concept of God: God as benevolent Father who created every single species as it existed now, unchanged. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people’s. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
His face was long, with a high forehead, he had deep darkling eyes, hard to fathom, though the look that they now bore was grave and benevolent, and a little weary. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
They hadn’t been invited to the wedding—and wouldn’t have come if they had been—but the way they patted his back and rubbed his shoulders, they seemed like a chortling chaw of benevolent uncles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
My mother’s tender caresses and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Giant cumulonimbus clouds,” a woman drinking a dirty Martini said on a recent evening, gazing up at what looked like a benevolent H-bomb. Sarah Larson: The Met’s Rooftop Martini Bar 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z
Here, he and his wife are supporting players in this unconventional family, benevolent but essentially clueless. How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z
The effect of thousands of people wearing Santa costumes, though, is that the essence of Santa – the sense that he is a benevolent gift-giver, a lap-offerer, a person obese for only the right reasons – disappears. Dear Santa, All I want is not to have to buy presents | Eva Wiseman 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z
This is not the severe, punitive aspect of Christian imagery but a more benevolent, mystical side. Art Review: At Museum of Biblical Art, the ?Glory of Ukraine? 2010-07-01T21:40:00Z
Another far more disturbing folk origin involves an evil shopkeeper in Myra, a town that hosted the benevolent St. Nicholas in the Middle Ages. The curious tradition of hanging a Christmas pickle ornament on trees 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z
He is not the only benevolent, if faintly alarming elderly man in her fiction; fathers, by contrast, tend to be shadowy or absent. Susan Cooper: a life in writing 2012-12-21T22:54:02Z
He was not shy about being a role model or a benevolent authority figure. Review: Take the Next Trolley to ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z
I could not stand by in benevolent dispassion any longer without compromising everything I know and love and  value. “Something happened to me in Selma”: 50 years ago, a young white seminary student risked everything for the call of civil rights 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z
In "The Mandalorian," the New Republic's officers and executives have a naïve faith in overburdened systems and demonstrate benevolent arrogance. "The Mandalorian" shows how a naive reliance on the goodness of democracy can lead the dark side 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z
Once the Americans make the decision to help the refugees, Three Kings threatens to become a story about benevolent first-worlders saving the downtrodden, but Russell has a more sophisticated agenda. Three Kings at 20: the war movie where anything was possible 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z
We see him mostly through the boy’s eyes, as a heroic, benevolent, somewhat mysterious figure, but Affleck’s weary, stoical demeanor suggests dimensions beyond what a child might comprehend. ‘The Tender Bar’ Review: Where Everybody Knows His Name 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z
Fate or destiny: It’s not just inescapable, but a rational scapegoat for the bad times and a benevolent provider for the good times. The True Story of My Marriage to a Pot 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z
Like some kind of benevolent pirate, he’ll mix up Yogi Coladas for the adults and then organize a treasure hunt for their children, or magically transform two palm leaves into a crown and a sword. Next Stop: Nikoi Island Offers Splendid Isolation 2010-04-29T21:58:00Z
In his book, however, Binet depicts the conquering Incas as far more benevolent than their European counterparts. How a French Novelist Turns the Tables on History 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z
The film also tells an interesting story about mental illness, of Landis, the outcast, who often only finds respect when he dresses up as benevolent patron.  'Art and Craft': The life and times of Mark Landis, devoted forger 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z
They weren’t planning to be benevolent mothers, they were planning to be legislators. Perspective | Who cares whether you think these women are likable. They’re in power now. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z
Director Ron Howard's feel-good tale of a group of elderly folks rejuvenated by benevolent aliens marked one of Horner's first major dramatic projects, which he gave a whimsical, romantic sound. Film composer James Horner feared dead: Six of his memorable scores 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z
The work in question was a political collage in which the Shah's wife, Farah Pahlavi, pays a benevolent visit to a classroom. Destination Dubai: how an art fair is reviving the city's culture 2010-03-23T14:28:00Z
I felt that what was happening inside me was fundamentally benevolent – serene, even. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z
For many others, it’s an epicenter for exploiting music in ways both benevolent and predatory, in an era when music often seems to generate value for everyone except the people who make it. At SXSW, Stepping Back to Allow Hopeful Artists to Step Up 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z
What died at Altamont was the notion of spontaneity, of the sense that things could happen on their own and that benevolent spirits would prevail. What Died at Altamont 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z
“Louie” may be the show that paints the town with the most benevolent brush, but ultimately the city is a teaching tool for a father on the brink. The Surprising Compassion of “High Maintenance” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z
Next up: a benevolent teacher in Gifted, plus the female God in a controversial movie version of self-published faith phenomenon The Shack. Octavia Spencer: ‘You need to see people of colour in big movies’ 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z
He's such the benevolent guardian angel figure that the cynical viewer half-expects him to be revealed as a figment of Cal's imagination. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z
He said it felt like watching “a benevolent virus” spread across their L.A. communities. The Topanga Tea Ceremony 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z
There's Andrew, a puritanical young doctor with an air of "benevolent omniscience." Summer reading: Sizzling romance and more 2012-06-15T17:13:51Z
In other words, I had assumed the look of a benevolent lunatic, and fittingly, the reaction was one of mild bemusement. T Magazine: A Leg Man 2011-03-10T16:00:01Z
And that’s the story of how what began as a goofy seasonal item produced by a hardware-store chain has become a national mascot — an arguably benevolent example of consumerism run amok. Can gigantic skeletons save Halloween? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z
We are told almost nothing about why the Hush Law was introduced, except that the government tried to justify it with benevolent talk of “well-being” and “overstimulation.” ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z
When he finally took the stage, four hours later, Kaskade seemed less like a deity than a benevolent overlord. A $200,000-a-Night D.J. Known as Kaskade Is Really Ryan Raddon, a Mormon 2011-11-09T23:24:42Z
One of the best ways to capture the benevolent spirit of the season is by baking festive sweets and sharing them with those closest to us, but also finding moments to enjoy them for ourselves. Start Christmas Morning With Something Sweet 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z
In these sessions, Glassman is a more benevolent Miranda Priestly and King is the voice of Everyday Jane trying to understand how it is that stripes and floral patterns are an acceptable combination. Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z
And I try to be a benevolent dictator as much as I can. Daniel Clowes's 'The Complete Eightball' Comes Out Next Month 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z
After an initial outing at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, they’ve arrived at the Frick Collection, where they ring a single gallery like benevolent watchmen. ‘Jacob and His Twelve Sons’: Zurbarán’s Biblical All-Stars 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z
In a direct homage to the show’s namesake, “The Godfather,” we see Johnson at the party alternately dispensing benevolent patronage and receiving quiet updates about weapons caches and the activities of “the Italians.” Review: A New Godfather, in Harlem This Time 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z
Rylance’s giant is, as his name suggests, a good-natured one, and his kidnapping stems from benevolent aims. The New Trailer for 'The BFG' Offers a First Glimpse of Giant Country 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z
Paulina represents authority as a natural force — benevolent and wise — not manufactured by a civilization that arbitrarily invests power in a crown. | 'The Winter's Tale': The Cool Ferocity of a King Inflamed by Jealousy 2011-07-24T22:32:50Z
Or, you could pull him in with a little “benevolent sexism,” i.e. encouraging him to think of mask-wearing as a “paternalistic” and “chivalrous” act — a way for the mask-wearer to think, “I’m being a hero.” Perspective | Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z
In part, Delbanco argues, the runaways were a continuing symbolic insult to the slaveholders’ honor, as their flight contradicted Southern claims that slavery was a benevolent, paternalist institution. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z
In the music world, the news was more benevolent. One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z
Her newest is strange, enchanting and funny: a work about motherhood, doom, regret and the magic — dark, benevolent and every shade in between — of words on paper. Louise Erdrich’s ‘The Sentence’ Considers the (Literally) Haunting Power of Books 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z
Until this point, Zavion's father is a relatively benevolent character, as are most of the adults in the novel. 'Another Kind of Hurricane,' 'Drowned City' take on Katrina 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z
In the aftermath of the Arab spring and the French intervention in Mali, the film provides a stark warning of the dangers of supporting benevolent dictators. Burkina Faso stages Africa's film festival with a conscience 2013-03-01T11:24:52Z
“There’s a certain muting one has to do when one goes into slightly less benevolent spaces for the cabaret queers of the world.” Bridget Everett Shows Off Her Softer Side. And a Bra. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z
Sure enough, nature was not in a benevolent mood. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z
Another judge, overseeing the receivership of a bankrupt nursery, was credited with “benevolent connivance” for his role in securing creditors’ approval to remove ornamental trees at the nursery and plant them at the new camp. We celebrate the outdoors right here in town at Camp Long 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z
A mischievous smile and ambiguous shrug imply that he doesn’t quite believe in this near-miraculous restoration of benevolent order, and perhaps we shouldn’t either. | 'The Winter's Tale': The Cool Ferocity of a King Inflamed by Jealousy 2011-07-24T22:32:50Z
The trip from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, where Beatriz hopes Olivia will testify as a character witness in her deportation hearing, includes encounters with a parade of benevolent strangers. Review | Road-trip musical ‘Miss You Like Hell’ embarks on a bumpy ride to catharsis 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z
As alive as Mr. Hammons’ work was to the fabric of society, he resisted engaging in the art world machinery, becoming something of a benevolent ghost. When Dawoud Bey Met David Hammons 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z
In a benevolent gesture, Trump plans to grant illegal Kenyan immigrant Barack Hussein Obama full American citizenship. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Spot the fake news headline 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z
But it also diverges from the typical hero flick that portrays the U.S. military as a benevolent, peacemaking force, and if not incompetent compared with enhanced superhuman beings, at least well-meaning. The Suicide Squad's grim portrait of real-life, US-Nazi collaboration 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z
A handful of lower-level contestants drew public scoldings from him; others received his benevolent public defense. With Alicia Machado, Trump found his first pageant media circus. Many, many others followed. 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z
Events soon transform the seemingly benevolent scientist Connors into Spidey's first adversary - a 9-foot tall lizard that terrorizes the Big Apple and inadvertently helps Parker find a sense of purpose as Spider-Man. New "Spider-Man" spotlights brooding Peter Parker 2012-06-29T20:07:25Z
She sometimes seemed an older, perhaps not entirely benevolent sister to the more insouciant Ms. Maywald, laughing secrets into her ear as Ms. Thom, in an embroidered militaristic coat, circled at something of a remove. Dance Review: New Ideas Between Twists and Turns 2011-03-18T22:04:29Z
When I turned to face Blue Mussel, darkness was falling and the cabin’s bright lantern in the window shone ever brighter, like a benevolent gaze. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z
And into this benevolent force field we visitors are drawn, welcomed from all over the world. Tino Sehgal: These Associations – review 2012-07-28T23:05:31Z
Is her offer to act as a surrogate in exchange for helping her get on the right path an answered prayer or something less benevolent? New this week: Jim Gaffigan, live baseball, Snoop vs. DMX 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z
As more affluent people gave up the habit, the war on smoking – which was always presented as an entirely benevolent effort – began to look like a war against the working class. Why are the poor blamed and shamed for their deaths? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z
“We will not march back to what was,” Gorman recited on that sunny inauguration morning, “but move to what shall be / A country that is bruised but whole, / benevolent but bold, / fierce and free.” Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there’s more to her meteoric rise. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z
But he’s up against paternalism, benevolent and otherwise, not to mention more violent kinds of prejudice. Theater Review: ?Deep Are the Roots? at the Metropolitan Playhouse 2012-03-11T22:06:24Z
Terrace dropped in and out like a benevolent but largely absent uncle, and seen in old film footage with his combover and his BMW sports coupe, he looks the part. Pick of the week: The chimp they tried to turn human 2011-07-08T01:01:00Z
Me, I’m not taking it as metaphor—it seems possible, if not likely, that Phillips was conducting an actual orchestra of gentle, tolling breezes, corralling the wind in benevolent service. Some of Us Are Haunted by Washington Phillips 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z
That’s the name I prefer for him, this benevolent specter she has contributed to the canon of stage ghosts. A Ghostly Father Sets Off a Cascade of Memories 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z
“I love this,” Ms. Abramovic announced beforehand, as she paced the large party tent outside the museum’s downtown building, referring to her role as benevolent despot. Marina Abramovic?s Crossover Moment 2011-11-18T23:58:05Z
The New Republic's officers and executives have a naïve faith in overburdened systems and demonstrate benevolent arrogance. "The Mandalorian" shows how a naive reliance on the goodness of democracy can lead the dark side 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z
How does she respond to Dr. Muhammad’s concerns that too much power is in the hands of the benevolent rich? The Disrupters: Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z
Alice and her dead hubby had kids — a doctor and an assistant state's attorney, neither of whom can entirely be trusted, suggestion that conspiracies, benevolent or otherwise, surely cut deep. 'The Detective's Wife' probes the limits of protection 2011-06-02T19:05:39Z
As a boy, Amleth lives in a benevolent corner of this world. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z
As the benevolent manager of your family campgrounds, though, you would have to be prepared for the occasional camper who takes an especial liking for the site. Circa Now: Sex in a Teenager’s Room? 2013-08-09T22:23:52Z
The Russian government has acknowledged a soft-power campaign to promote the country as a cultured, benevolent global force. Has a U.S. College Given Russia Too Friendly a Platform? 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z
It’s not such a leap for her to conclude that the sun is an omnipotent, often benevolent being capable of casting his invigorating light on whom he chooses. Review | In Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun,’ a robot tries to make sense of humanity 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z
Caesar is either a heroic, benevolent ruler or tyrant; Brutus is either a patriot or assassin. Julius Caesar in our times 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z
Dozens of Twitter accounts emerged claiming to be benevolent winners of the prize, willing to donate thousands of dollars to be people who retweeted their message. Frenzy as three US towns wait to find identity of record Powerball winners 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z
Over the years, Mr. Friedman’s highly benevolent despotism turned the Walker, Mr. Eder wrote, into “one of the finest modern-art museums in America.” Martin Friedman, Whose Vision Shaped Walker Art Center, Dies at 90 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z
Representing luck, unity, power and prosperity, these mythological birds have, for the most part, been benevolent, gentle creatures. Xu Bing Installs His Sculptures at St. John the Divine 2014-02-14T22:56:02Z
Captain Planet, meanwhile, is a benevolent dolphin of a thing. Captain Planet returns – to take superhero TV down to zero 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z
The first four episodes screened at the festival show sinister goings-on that hint at Homecoming not being the benevolent program it purports to be. Julia Roberts' first TV series gets Toronto festival premiere 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
His touches include a description of the United Charities Building on East 22nd Street, which discounted rents for social betterment organizations, as “bulging with the benevolent.” The 20 Years That Made New York City 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z
To me, God was like Santa Claus—a benevolent bearded man who monitored whether I cleaned my room and made good grades. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z
If that makes Tremaine a Lucifer, at least he’s a Lucifer with a benevolent side. My Favorite Wholesome, Humiliating Stunt, by the Stars of ‘Jackass’ 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z
In this context, the performance of nostalgia in "My Old Kentucky Home" reinforced the "happy slave" stereotype that pro-slavery activists deployed to defend slavery as a benevolent institution. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
In the course of their journey, they meet a blues-singing slow worm, Adam, and his travelling ants; a benevolent beetle sitting atop a pile of industrial detritus; and a wasp. The Fabulous Flutterbys 2010-05-16T21:05:00Z
Stephen Lang makes a suitably gruff but benevolent guide through this world. Civilization gets a prehistoric reboot in "Terra Nova" 2011-09-27T01:45:00Z
But there was something else — something that bears more directly on his thesis that rationality has been such a benevolent force for progress. In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z
We can get together with other readers to remember how charmed we were by his brilliant, benevolent mimicry. Imagined Meetings With Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, and Lawrence 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z
In “Insidious: Chapter 3,” which arrives in theaters June 5, Ms. Shaye reprises her role as Elise Rainier, the benevolent psychic battling evil spirits who terrorize the living in a baneful otherworld called the Further. Lin Shaye Faces Down Horrors in ‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z
On “Winter,” she employs fairy tale-esque imagery and several benevolent narrators to function as her conscience. “Because it’s fear, after all, that kills us”: Tori Amos released “Little Earthquakes” 25 years ago today 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z
Imagine, if you will, a Regency Gwyneth Paltrow, the quintessential rich girl who wants to fix your life with her benevolent insanity. "Emma." is the candy-coated "Clueless" remake we deserve 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z
The sequel, or first draft, or both, to the classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the novel brings those characters, including a less benevolent Atticus Finch, into the racially divisive 1950s. Harper Lee’s lingering Civil War ghosts: “Go Set a Watchman” is “a very accurate perspective of what’s going on here in the South” 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z
Many praised Doran’s benevolent intentions, while others shared their own stories of lost stuffed animals. Twitter users unite to help find owner of toy unicorn lost at Heathrow Airport 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z
A chopped-up vocal sample adds some life but never quite coheres into legible language, making the whole track sound like a benevolent transmission from another world. Cardi B’s All-Star Team-Up, and 9 More New Songs 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z
It is overseen not by a tyrannical Nurse Ratched, but by the wise and patient Dr. Minerva, played with a benevolent glow by Viola Davis. | 'It?s Kind of a Funny Story': A Coming-of-Age Tale, Set Among the Sad 2010-10-07T23:19:00Z
Despite his benevolent assistance, the solution to this mystery came as a complete surprise — exactly what I asked for. The Impossible Case of a Japanese Locked-Room Mystery 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z
Like James, Lily has a benevolent uncle, only instead of financial support he offers emotional advice — perhaps most significantly, to let the boy who is already so in love with her love her. A Lifetime at a Church, Filled With Faith and Drama 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z
Even though his anarchist streak is partly what makes him a benevolent authority figure, you wouldn’t say he’s soft or lenient with his students. ‘Mr. Bachmann and His Class’ Review: Learning From the Best 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z
The joke was that all a person needed to qualify for a job at CDG was to be able to pronounce the word "benevolent." Scam Likely: The scruffy "Telemarketers" asks us to pay attention to those calls we'd rather ignore 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z
The Sandman embodies the fear of oblivion that accompanies every bedtime, and Santa himself has not always been a purely benevolent elf. Movie Review: In ‘Rise of the Guardians,’ Childhood Naïveté Wins 2012-11-20T22:29:12Z
When I got back to Aura, there was a new doctor there, a young man with an air of benevolent intelligence. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z
Join me now in an enchanted world where a benevolent leader dwells in a manse painted white. Can ‘Dave,’ a feel-good musical about a humane president, make Washington feel better? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
Played by Pete Simpson, Brendan Dalton and Gideon Banner at the matinee I caught, the Blue Men are like benevolent aliens — perplexed, faintly anxious and deliriously fond of making both music and a mess. Review: Blue Man Group Shows a Sense of Fun at Astor Place Theater 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z
If the “Magical Christmas Special” wasn’t benevolent enough, the five-time Grammy winner is also releasing a companion soundtrack with new song interpretations. All Mariah Carey wants is you to enjoy her Christmas special 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z
But as the news circulated, I spent a few weeks repeating my anecdote to friends — benevolent mogul helps young reporter — before I realized I didn’t know what the point of telling it was. Perspective | ‘He never harassed me’ isn’t evidence. It’s misdirection. 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z
The Warwick native is set to testify before the House Committee on Judiciary on Wednesday in favor of the so-called "benevolent gestures" bill. Actor James Woods to testify on RI legislation 2012-02-24T12:59:10Z
Through it all stroll the Americans, genially observing the chaos they have ostensibly come to relieve, playing the part of the benevolent liberator. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z
At times he’s been at the forefront of Bay Area rap, and at times more of a benevolent uncle. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z
But credit that benevolent sorcery, or better yet, the dancers’ great hearts, that magic was created nonetheless. Enchanting ‘Sleepy Hollow’ awakens the best of the Washington Ballet 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z
Garrett, it turns out, was the inspiration for the character Simeon Halliday, the benevolent Quaker in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s famous novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Harriet Tubman’s Path to Freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
There are no benevolent white belles and polite gentlemen in “Emancipation,” no trace of the grotesque plantation fantasies so beloved by old Hollywood. ‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith in a Brutal Journey 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
Here, the image of short-back-and-sides policemen in their black Wolseleys, the visual embodiment of benevolent authority from countless postwar crime dramas, disquietingly masks a corrupt and amoral world. Stop or we'll shoot: British cinema's portrayal of the police 2011-08-11T21:10:00Z
We want the neighbors to shut up, or at least for some benevolent aliens to beam them away and leave us to get a good night’s sleep. The Sympathetic Spy Downstairs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z
They’re reminders of all the invisible forces, some benevolent, some not, that shape our lives. A Striking Balance of New and Rediscovered at the Independent Fair 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z
While the Henkes cook, Martin runs the dining room like a bossy but benevolent uncle. Visit Heidelberg Haus for homestyle German cooking 2012-05-03T20:15:05Z
But at home, he was benevolent and forgiving, at least to his daughters. Literary Fathers, Literary Daughters, and the Books That Bind Them 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z
Simón and his makeshift family arrive in a benevolent city with a vaguely European socialist vibe. Review | J.M. Coetzee’s ‘The Schooldays of Jesus’ raises more questions than it answers 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z
But Cassie Nightingale, the benevolent sorceress of the title, doesn’t allow unhappy endings. The ‘Good Witch’ Franchise Changes Gears 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
It's now routine -- even among conservative commentators -- to describe the United States as an empire, so long as everyone understands we are an inherently benevolent one. Thanksgiving? Instead, let’s atone for the genocide that was committed 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z
My earliest memories actually involve drawing, which included a benevolent artistic rivalry with my older brother. Christoph Niemann’s “Father’s Day Off” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z
She told him of a benevolent father whose sins were infidelity and a habit of abandoning women once he was done with them. Antonio Banderas: ‘I don’t want to live my life like I’m already dead’ 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z
The place offers childish delights, laid on by the unseen hand of a benevolent daddy. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z
She drops Easter eggs like a benevolent mother hen, arranges elaborate meet-and-greets, and once invited some fans over to her house to listen to her new album while munching on cookies she’d baked for them. Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z
Her intentions are benevolent, but family members don’t want to be controlled and spirituality entails surrender as well as supplication. In 'Head of Passes,' a mother comes to terms with a storm, a secret and God 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z
Even when it's benevolent, there's a shock to it. HBO's "I May Destroy You" is a fearless and extraordinary work of traumatic art 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z
Saint Nick is the benevolent Good Cop; you do not want to meet the Bad Cop. The seven most terrifying Christmas traditions around the world 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z
The setting of most courtroom dramas is a merciful, rational place, where lies are exposed and gray areas are illuminated by the impersonal workings of a mostly benevolent system. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
Second, the show paints bosses as benevolent and open-eared, willing to let the wisdom of the masses guide their decision making. Television Review: ‘Does Someone Have to Go?’ on Fox 2013-05-22T22:13:03Z
“The existence of beauty suggests there is a deity and He is benevolent.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I declare these jokes groundbreaking 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z
Once, I was privileged to sit next to one of these gentlemen on the plane back and he explained that, actually, he was performing a benevolent service because he was "helping the nation's economy". Why the outrage over The Killer Inside Me? Domestic violence really is brutal 2010-06-09T08:00:00Z
However, even during this era of generally "benevolent" climate conditions, there have still been climate change events that threatened human populations. Can cheese combat climate change? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z
The US and Britain no longer gaze at each other with fond, benevolent and occasionally warmongering eyes? Iron Chef America | Cable girl 2010-03-30T05:45:00Z
But the benevolent smile lurking under the pre-World War I mustache is deceiving: The man is a sanctimonious prig who siphons all the fun out of life. Review: In ‘The Price of Thomas Scott,’ Puritanism Prevails 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z
One of the comic strip's recurring themes, he says, was the poor don't need the government to better themselves, just occasional help from a benevolent capitalist - such as Daddy Warbucks. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z
The implication was that instead of the “disaster capitalism” that journalist Naomi Klein has documented in the aftermath of events like Hurricane Katrina, we might see its benevolent sister: “disaster environmentalism.” Can we build a sustainable Japan? 2013-03-12T18:50:00Z
Should Know The dream Tory — loyal to his family, benevolent to his servants, resistant to change but ready to excuse his daughters when they step outside the bounds. ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z
Charles Solomon earned the June Foray Award for "his significant and benevolent or charitable impact" on the art and industry of animation. 'Big Hero 6,' 'Book of Life,' 'Lego Movie' among Annie Awards nominees 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z
Mandela was never the benevolent grandfather presented in his post-apartheid representations. Nelson Mandela vs. his hagiography 2013-12-21T16:30:00Z
And I knew I was stopping short, saying that the ultimate in bright-siding would be to believe in a benevolent God. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z
But it lets you know that the filmmakers are not coming at you from a benevolent place, and that impression never lets up. Review: ‘Dog Eat Dog’ Is a Pulpy Tale With Nasty, Bumbling Crooks 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z
He was widely regarded as a benevolent employer who granted his employees generous benefits. Michele Ferrero, patriarch of Italian confectionery that made Nutella, dies 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z
Obscuring bitter truths about historical crimes helps perpetuate the fantasy of American benevolence, which makes it easier to sell contemporary imperial adventures -- such as the invasion and occupation of Iraq -- as another benevolent action. Thanksgiving? Instead, let’s atone for the genocide that was committed 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z
Or is it something more complicated, and maybe even benevolent – a sign that millennials aren’t as resigned to godless materialism as commonly thought? Is this the cultural moment of the ‘hot priest’? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z
As it happens, Cecil Rhodes’s grave lies within the boundaries of Matobo, atop a hill known as Malindidzimu, Ndebele for “place of benevolent spirits.” A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z
When Paltrow took the stand Friday afternoon, her serene disposition was punctuated by occasional tight, benevolent smiles and sips from a green glass Mountain Valley Spring Water bottle. Perspective | At trial, Gwyneth Paltrow is dressing for where she’d rather be 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z
Was there a time when they were more benevolent, or simply chillaxed? Notes & Queries: If this is a question, what is the answer? 2012-07-04T15:15:01Z
Voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz, the title character busts into a futuristic world where knights defend the castle and the powerful might not be as benevolent as they’d like the citizens to believe. Five Children’s Movies to Stream Now 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z
According to Entertainment Weekly, the First Order grunts are indoctrinated from an early age with the idea that a villainous Skywalker brought down the benevolent Empire of Darth Vader et al. Entertainment Weekly's new Star Wars: The Force Awakens issue – 10 things we learned 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z
Beard told the New Yorker she had taken a similarly benevolent approach with another internet abuser who called her evil following her Question Time appearance. Mary Beard reveals she befriended Twitter trolls following online abuse 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z
I still think there’s a possibility that he could leave the group, strike off on his own, take Andrea with him, and become a benevolent leader in his own right. Walking Dead Recap: Cherokee Rose 2011-11-07T15:36:31Z
There, he proceeds to change the lives of the townspeople through his benevolent presence and even works a miracle or two. Rev. Joseph F. Girzone, Author of ‘Joshua’ Novels, Dies at 85 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z
Related: A Christmas Carol review – Jim Broadbent's sentimental Scrooge has a twinkle in his eye In its evocation of a benevolent supernatural realm, Scrooge was in good company. Bah, humbug! The many faces of Scrooge 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z
To see her perform with such formidable but benevolent force, I honestly just assumed, “That’s what God must be like.” Movie Stars Have Heroines, Too 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
I’d be merciful, yet ruthless — a benevolent dictator of sorts, keeping obedient villages safe but crushing those late to pay their tributes with an iron fist. My crushing student debt 2013-05-18T23:00:00Z
Sort of this benevolent sort of spirit that lays little nuggets for us to find. Talkin’ Fifty Years of Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z
But the Beaver is not entirely a benevolent force, and has no intention of surrendering control of Walter's personality. The role Mel Gibson was born to play 2011-05-04T20:01:00Z
The real reason the two are so alike, though, is not because they were both seemingly benevolent icons who turned out to be predators. The world let these monsters get away with it: Bill Cosby, Jimmy Savile & the license to commit hideous crimes 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z
After at least a millennium of human use by the Pueblo Indians and Spanish farmers, this whole part of the plain of Taos had a settled, benevolent air. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z
He is an attention-seeking man — pathologically so, it seems; the only time he seems comfortable during the whole trip is when he’s navigating a crowd of awestruck Koreans, towering over them like a benevolent giant. Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z
Suzanne Toren narrates the novel in benevolent tones, handling the many French names and places deftly, as if to the language born. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z
Deep feelings can be tangled together at the roots, and some of them are not always benevolent. Mary Gaitskill on the Relationship Between Love and Torture 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z
Our culture's inability to contend with mortality places artists like Paul Reubens in a domain that was uniquely his, where he maintained the illusion that benevolent childishness defies aging. Through Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens reminded Gen X to stay true to our immature inner children 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z
And this glove is exactly what benevolent sexism is – it rewards compliance with the system. A psychologist explains why so many women oppose feminism 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z
In place of brutal detentions and bigotry, the musical presents sequential lessons in toleration: a Muslim passenger, the victim of unearned suspicion, is shown to be a benevolent chef, worthy only of affectionate respect. The Meanings of Ivanka and Justin Side by Side on Broadway 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z
“And they loved that, and that made me feel good that I made them feel good. It’s a benevolent circle.” The Queen of a Cherished New Orleans Restaurant Calls It a Night 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z
Luke, a slight and benevolent smile crossing his lips, casts his eyes down at the faithful, who pass by on their way through the cathedral doors. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z
They analyze, with benevolent curiosity, the pit and pith of your writing, while you sit, listen and take notes. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z
This particular novel is about a multigenerational journey to an Earth-like moon in another galaxy, narrated in part by a benevolent all-knowing spaceship. Fifty Years After Apollo 11, the View of Earth from the Moon 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
Slater is more circumspect when it comes to fsociety’s corporation-crushing aims, pointing to the donations made by businesses to Syrian refugee camps as evidence of the more benevolent side of corporatism. Mr Robot: 'Edward Snowden is a huge fan of our show' 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z
They are scrimpers and savers, environmentalists, neighborhood do-gooders, benevolent hoarders; people who love stuff and hate waste and have a high threshold for risk, or just a quirky sense of adventure. Buy Nothing is everything 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z
Abigail recalls a psychedelic trip she once took on mushrooms, and she realizes that “your mushroom mind is mostly benevolent, while your insomnia mind is out to destroy you.” John Maynard Keynes Can’t Save You Now 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z
It was the laugh of a benevolent conqueror, or of a man who landed the Robinson role within two years of moving to Los Angeles — both rows of teeth, steady eye contact. How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z
Each time the door opened, benevolent obstacles and feverish energy floated in; when it closed, calm was restored, and we continued along. Jason Rohrer and the Art of the Video Game 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z
It’s more than fitting that his testimonial to benevolent parentage echoes Stevie Wonder in vocal gusto and instrumental tones; Mr. Lidell knows his forebears. The Playlist: Katy Perry’s Limp Olympics Anthem and Justice’s Grooving Return 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z
It’s only in this week’s episode that Fred’s ability to deftly wield benevolent sexism to his advantage becomes undeniable. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 5: A Seduction 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z
At the right, a secondary image shows a stern if benevolent God clothing the expelled pair. Wonders unfurl at Getty, Met tapestry shows on Rubens, Coecke 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z
White “liberal” men who take these kinds of paternalistic, self-congratulatory stances are just as scary because they think they’re doing something benevolent. Alec Baldwin criticized for comments about black people loving him since playing Trump 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z
The twice winner of the Booker Prize told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We somehow imagine that our governments - or even, perhaps, the corporations who have enormous effects on the governments - are benevolent." Booker winner Carey on privacy 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z
Is the stone a benevolent or malevolent force? Louise Erdrich on the Power of Stones 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z
The brisk, intelligent efficiency that Ms. Errico exudes in the early scenes should remain the dominant note, rather than the benevolent gentility she emphasizes in the last act. Theater Review | 'Candida': Two Men Who Adore Her, One Woman in the Middle 2010-03-08T06:35:00Z
It also seems unusual for an indie film to have such a benevolent view of mainstream religion. William H Macy: 'Even the bad sex I've had was pretty good' 2013-01-17T19:00:00Z
"Yes, they were dictators — but in a sort of benevolent way," he says, laughing. Joshua Weilerstein, a recent Dudamel fellow, is back in L.A. as maestro 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z
We were thinking about Sharpies, about the benevolent uses of Sharpies. ‘This isn’t just a stupid story, it’s a big story’: An oral history of Sharpiegate 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z
There is such a sweetness to Sälen, like you have been transported into a snowy, benevolent Swedish fairy tale. Waffles, Gentle Slopes and Cloudberries Everywhere: Skiing in Sälen, Sweden 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z
I realised there was an entire life behind things, and there was a benevolent force reminding me that there was no need to be afraid. Clip joint: When the wind blows 2012-06-20T16:47:18Z
In times like these, he instead encouraged “Try January” — giving up alcohol, but finding a more benevolent replacement. A Wet January, Thanks to Covid 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z
What Mitchell has gained is a fine command of her sumptuous lower register — an androgynous, omniscient voice, like a wise, benevolent god. Joni Mitchell Returns to the Stage, Golden, Glorious and in Control 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z
The Victorian writer’s version of the New Testament presents Jesus as a sort of benevolent magician. Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy walk into a church basement . . . 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
But Miss America now also runs a high risk of fake positivity, the kind of tut tutting that makes conventional looking people and their admirers feel benevolent. Miss America’s #MeToo reboot: Can a former beauty pageant really evolve? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z
Their deaths, the documentary argues, were also a stain on the United States and the foundational myth of its benevolent open door for “huddled masses” of immigrants and refugees. Ken Burns Explores America’s Inaction During the Holocaust 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z
But this crew is ultimately presented as benevolent and at least somewhat interested in the welfare of people who don't make seven figures a year. The Justice League of Wall Street 2011-05-23T19:24:00Z
In it he created The Culture, a galaxy-hopping society run by powerful but benevolent machines and possessed of what its inventor called "well-armed liberal niceness". Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z
Scott, one of its benevolent owners, was as hallowed as the establishment itself, but remained a somewhat mysterious figure throughout his life. A Hallowed London Jazz Club Comes to Life Onscreen 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z
To read Cleary’s books as a child in the 1980s was to feel not just seen, but noticed by a benevolent soul. Beverly Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z
The reporter pointed out that the purpose of a mask wouldn’t be to protect him, but to protect his wife and kids — benevolent sexism in the wild — and the guy shrugged. Perspective | Making men feel manly in masks is, unfortunately, a public-health challenge of our time 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z
The aliens themselves are benevolent, celestial beings who only want to learn more about us, test out our ability to understand basic chord progressions and so forth. Is the big-hearted Spielbergian sci-fi of Close Encounters dead? 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z
Ms. Pazcoguin is confronted with three dancers that seem like aspects of herself: the combative Mary Thomas MacKinnon; the more benevolent, vulnerable Unity Phelan; and the sensitive but stoic Taylor Stanley. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z
The benevolent deception of “Paid Off” is in the way Torpey gently but indubitably delivers a canny indictment on economic inequality while assigning. Game show “Paid Off” targets the student loan crisis: A subversive warning about a looming em... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z
Entitled men were more likely to agree with statements of hostile sexism while entitled women were more likely to endorse ideas consistent with benevolent sexism. Study: 'Entitled' Men and Women Are More Sexist 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z
Depicting the benevolent Amida Buddha, who offered paradise to believers, some had silk cords extending from the buddha’s hands that the expiring person could grasp. At These Exhibitions, Death Is a Lively Subject 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z
The benevolent global order that T’Challa led his nation into has given way to one based on deceit, subversion and exploitation. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review: Women on the Home Front 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z
In “The Benefactor,” he runs the gamut from benevolent monarch to snarling pit bull, sometimes in a matter of seconds. Review: Richard Gere, ‘The Benefactor’ Who Pulls the Strings 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z
Moore skillfully turns him into a benevolent demagogue, with a special gift for delivering anti-freeway rants. 'Grassroots': Power to the people behind comedy set in Seattle 2012-06-21T20:22:04Z
Considering herself a benevolent Christian woman who deeply cared for “her people,” Polk inherited her husband’s huge Mississippi plantation at his death, in 1849, just months after he left the White House. The First Lady Who Begat Phyllis Schlafly, Nancy Reagan and Ivanka Trump? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z
Why do you think the power resides with "White People" and their job is to paternalistically fund everyone else, like benevolent father figures? Dear Movie Industry, We Have Thoughts 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z
Whatever they are summoning — fertility, revenge, a benevolent leader, an Uber — its arrival is imminent. Millennial Moms-to-Be Don’t Hide the Bump 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z
As the beach’s owner and benevolent dictator, he’s made two rules: There will never be more than 30 outsiders on the property at any one time, and never more than 10 in the water. T Magazine: Water World 2010-11-19T20:34:00Z
We seem ever more exposed to and dependent on surveillance capitalists, our benevolent info-lords, but their operations are defined by opacity, corporate secrecy and the scrim of technological authority. How Tech Companies Manipulate Our Personal Data 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z
Gaia Our ancestral mother, Gaia is all of creation represented in the form of a benevolent female. Nick Offerman Endorses Lumberjack Boots and ’80s Funk 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z
He was always underestimated by his enemies but his great strength was a combination of integrity, perseverance and an overwhelmingly benevolent interest in people. HRF Keating obituary 2011-03-28T17:04:57Z
But this one is important to watch because it also shows us, for the first time, that not all Mortys are intellectually inferior, docile or benevolent. A "Rick and Morty" guide to 9 essential episodes to get schwifty for Season 4 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z
Mr. Maillot, 53, the demanding — and occasionally benevolent — director of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, has been doing this job for 20 years. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z
“Is he still in character as Trump? White ‘liberal’ men who take these kinds of paternalistic, self-congratulatory stances are just as scary because they think they’re doing something benevolent.” Alec Baldwin criticized for comments about black people loving him since playing Trump 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z
Much too late, Myriam realizes that the new nanny may not be entirely benevolent: “She is Vishnu, the nurturing divinity, jealous and protective.” Keep Watch Over Your Children: Danger Lurks Everywhere 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z
Despite her benevolent intentions, Ward alleges that Instagram shut down her personal account on Saturday, effectively cutting her off from spreading news of the campaign with her 50,000 followers. Model selling nude photos for Australian wildfire relief claims Instagram shut down her account 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z
Every village we walk through has a family of tamarind trees watching over it, like a clutch of huge, benevolent gods. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z
But I think Clarkson was also the target of one of the more benevolent Murdoch stings against a public figure. TV matters: The Clarkson Connection 2011-07-20T21:00:01Z
Supporters say it is his benevolent nature that makes him relatable on screen. Dr. Drew Pinsky, Physician and Media Star 2013-06-07T20:50:32Z
“That was Jefferson’s image of himself, as a benevolent slaveholder,” she said. Henry Wiencek’s ‘Master of the Mountain’ Irks Historians 2012-11-26T22:31:39Z
By turns he’s a colleague, a venerated elder, a cover act and a hook singer; all sorts of musicians wanted to latch on to his dramatic melodies and benevolent aura. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z
It leaves hard-to-combat problems up in the air where some mysterious and benevolent force — the Time Fairy, essentially — will bring about progress for us. Insidious political cliché alert: Stop saying it’s all about the kids 2014-04-21T22:59:00Z
His Fagin is a twinkly, eloquent miscreant with benevolent affection for his street urchins, even as he is enslaving them. ‘Oliver!’ returns for another Dickensian holiday romp 2013-12-06T23:22:30Z
Published in 1982, "The BFG" tells the story of a young orphan who teams up with a benevolent giant and the Queen of England to save the world from evil, man-eating behemoths. Steven Spielberg enlists Mark Rylance for title role in 'The BFG' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z
He is looked at with benevolent interest by some of the local elite, but his talent leads to ruin rather than triumph. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z
She was taught to read and write by the benevolent mistress whose family owned her. Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z
Sade returns — breathy, benevolent, pensive, resolute — with her first song in seven years, “Flower of the Universe,” from the soundtrack of “A Wrinkle in Time.” The Playlist: Sade’s Haunting Lullaby, and 11 More New Songs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
But Greg is plucky and unshakable, plus he has a good marriage, a 7-year-old daughter he adores and a successful career under the tutelage of a benevolent boss. A Debut Novel Where Small Moments Add Up to Something Big 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z
Hill the expert points to heartening examples of benevolent capitalism at work. In a Memoir, the Impeachment Witness Fiona Hill Recounts Her Journey From ‘Blighted World’ to White House 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z
Nick might usurp most of the screen time, but it’s Mr. Del Toro, face flickering from benevolent to vicious and body heaving with literal and symbolic weight, who seizes the film. Review: ‘Escobar: Paradise Lost’ Stars Benicio Del Toro as Drug Lord 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z
A benevolent guru or the center of a cult of personality? | 'Eames: The Architect and the Painter': ?Eames: The Architect and the Painter? - Review 2011-11-17T23:03:05Z
As the ballet ends, Clara wakes to find in her arms the toy Nutcracker put there by the strange but benevolent Drosselmeyer. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: The One Where Mom Is the Sugar Plum Fairy 2010-12-03T13:23:00Z
But the death of an artist is different from the loss of political leaders, no matter how wise or benevolent, or the larger passing of a generation, which has continued since the beginning of time. Perspective | Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z
The story, while thick with grief, emphasizes redemption, and the idea of an inscrutable but ultimately benevolent destiny comes up frequently in the characters’ conversations. Movie Review: ?The Lucky One,? Based on the Nicholas Sparks Novel 2012-04-19T14:00:00Z
There are only small, local answers, though they may well incorporate the technologies or policies dreamed up by the benevolent globalizers. Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z
He wielded Presidential power in ways both vicious and benevolent. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z
It's an alluring fantasy, the idea that a stranger — a benevolent and stylish and kind stranger, no less — might swoop in and gently nudge us all toward a better life. Marie Kondo, Mary Poppins and magical adulting fantasies for a hostile world 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z
Ideally, they are benevolent purveyors of education: open, accessible places for communal self-definition. Perspective | Is it a museum or not? The question is worth asking. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z
A 1939 film shows Africans under European colonial rule as wholly benevolent relationships that brought the indigenous peoples "a fuller life, free from fear." TV host's black war posters focus of Pa. exhibit 2013-06-01T15:36:11Z
The first study helped define sexism using the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory to measure varying levels of hostile and benevolent sexism. Sexism is literally ruining women’s sex lives 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z
This year she parted ways with her manager — her father, Matthew Knowles — and at points in this show he was the recipient of carefully placed barbs, painted as a sort of benevolent dictator. Music Review: Closer to Her Fans and Further Away From Her Past 2011-08-15T22:00:35Z
Marvel's franchise dominance is part of that – it sells power fantasies of god-like beings to adults and children woven through with the message that a benevolent, wealthy elite knows what's best for us. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z
When benevolent aliens rescue David from a millennia-long quest to become real, they turn themselves into cinema screens of his memories, projecting the film we’ve ourselves seen. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
For nearly all of “Pink Planet,” Pink Sweats is determinedly wholesome, benevolent and sweetly humble. Pink Sweats Harnesses the Power of Niceness 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z
Ms. Part, a large-scale, expansive dancer, is a good choice for the benevolent calm of the Lilac Fairy. Dance Review: ?The Sleeping Beauty? From American Ballet Theater 2010-06-15T22:47:00Z
It was a benevolent structure that took the side of the people, guaranteeing citizens free access through porous perimeters in that cradle of American democracy. Michael McKinnell, 84, Dies; Architect of a Monumental City Hall 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z
In the bizarre moral universe of Hollywood Me, Sharon Osbourne is our benevolent goddess, LA beauticians her angels and interior designers her prophets. Hollywood Me; Quick Cuts – TV review 2013-06-20T05:59:01Z
It posits that humankind’s tendency to buy the vision of might equals right, to assume most powerful, god-like beings would err on the side of being benevolent aides and protectors, is dangerous and naive. Amazon's "The Boys": In this rowdy exploration of superhero backlash, anger is also a superpower 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z
And–as last night’s episodes emphasized–each is unusually blunt in showing that, seen from outside the glass walls of the partners’ meeting, it is not always a benevolent setup. Earning It: Office Darwinism on Mad Men and The Good Wife 2013-04-22T14:31:05Z
Imagine a nightmare version of "The Godfather" featuring Saddam Hussein instead of the benevolent Mafia kingpin Don Corleone. 'The Devil's Double' captures horror of Hussein son's look-alike 2011-08-04T20:00:06Z
But even this benevolent omission partly explains the narrative’s shortcomings — the story doesn't work as a parable of anything because the films to which is pays tribute aren't parables. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z
Batuman has a gift for making the universe seem, somehow, like the benevolent and witty literary seminar you wish it were. In Elif Batuman’s ‘Either/Or,’ a Witty and Perceptive Young Woman Returns 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z
He has no Prime Directive to keep him in check nor even the Time Lord's benevolent devotion to justice and doing what's right. Finally “Rick and Morty” is back with the inspiring nihilism we crave 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z
What if we assume benevolent intent on the part of the visiting aliens but also postulate that they do not grasp the concepts of fiction and performance and humor? Critic?s Notebook: Science Channel Ponders ?Alien Encounters? 2012-03-19T22:13:00Z
Johnson is sung by the baritone Malcolm MacKenzie, who returns — after Said escapes his cruel plantation — in Act II as the more benevolent owner Owens. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z
It is uncommon for a figure like Saul Goodman, who's neither benevolent nor entirely evil, to receive full mercy from those who wrote him into existence. S'all done: "Better Call Saul" closes with a journey through time and regret 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z
But the Roman gods are not necessarily benevolent. "Jupiter's Legacy" writer on the rise of superhero "autocrats" and looking a gift god in the mouth 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z
“The only truly benevolent slave owner was the woman or man who freed all their slaves,” Greenberg crisply notes. The First Lady Who Begat Phyllis Schlafly, Nancy Reagan and Ivanka Trump? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z
From the opening scene, these two people who clearly love each other deeply are lying their butts off in this very benevolent way. Tobias Menzies on playing Prince Philip: "I didn't feel I was ever going to get a call from him" 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z
“I’m very conscious of trying to create compassionate, caring, tolerant global citizens who are empowered and benevolent,” he says. In ‘Captain Fantastic,’ Viggo Mortensen found more than a modern-day ‘Mr. Mom’ 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z
One of the few bright spots of the season, though, is the abundance of new Christmastime musical specials, helmed by some of our most beloved and benevolent divas. Mariah! Dolly! Carrie! 2020 Can’t Quarantine This Cheer 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z
The benevolent indifference of the response means the very thing that caused the rebellious behaviour – your controlling instinct – is liable to disappear. Annoyance is part of family life, so get over it 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z
Politicians learned to present expulsion as a protective policy, a benevolent program to rescue native people from “extinction.” ‘Unworthy Republic’ Takes an Unflinching Look at Indian Removal in the 1830s 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z
No matter that these dramas hide everyone's pores and glosses over the hero's benevolent sexism. K-dramas cured my prejudice against Asian men 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z
Portrayed by Ralph Fiennes with high-stepping liveliness and an evocative mustache, Gustave is both courtier and sovereign, a devoted servant to the guests and the capricious, mostly benevolent ruler of the staff. Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Is a Complex Caper 2014-03-06T15:00:02Z
The French republican imagination assumes that institutions are benevolent. Review: ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ an Oscar Nominee With Depth and Soul 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z
Are we drawn to Tom Hanks because he exudes a sense of benevolent paternalism that we tend to find subconsciously appealing? WTAF! How is Jonah Hill swearier than Samuel L Jackson? 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z
“They are benevolent spirits who bring sunshine,” he told The International Herald Tribune in an interview about the show. The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z
Ms. Doria, who died on July 27, at 90, was the longtime director of the Met’s children’s chorus, by all accounts equal parts den mother, wrangler and benevolent despot. Elena Doria, Beloved and ‘Strict as Hell’ Director of Met Children’s Chorus, Dies at 90 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z
But now that they have risen, they’re proving they might be more benevolent leaders because of their own experiences. On 'Game of Thrones,' the Meek Are Inheriting Everything 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z
His god’s-eye mission of benevolent oversight doesn’t shield him from the crackdowns being instigated by a mighty order of monks. ‘Hard to Be a God,’ Aleksei German’s Last Film 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z
He was Ryan Gosling’s rotter brother in the first five minutes of Only God Forgives and Felicity Jones’s benevolent fella in the last part of The Invisible Woman. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z
Here he’s played by a black British bloke from Forest Gate in London, and we’re told he’ll be a more benevolent character. Marvel's Doctor Strange: Does Benedict Cumberbatch have you under his spell? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z
Peele is pretty sure the first episode he saw was “To Serve Man,” from 1962, in which humans discover that the titular text of a seemingly benevolent alien race is actually a cookbook. After ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele Crosses Over to ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z
Might we someday encounter alien life that was intelligent and benevolent? It Came From the ’80s 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z
That's a benevolent example but there are plenty of malevolent atheist regimes that could serve as unpleasant examples. If we are to cope with climate change we need a new moral order 2012-08-21T07:30:01Z
"Invincible," Amazon's animated sleeper about a teen coming into his powers, questions our blind acceptance that a Superman character would be benevolent. Netflix's self-serious "Jupiter's Legacy" is the superhero TV version of a Designer Imposter stinker 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z
We especially forget that many benevolent criminal justice reforms turn out to have a nasty, repressive underside that expands rather than reduces the net of social control. Criminal justice reform in the U.S. has a long history of repressive outcomes 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z
The Harpers are “a benevolent faction of essentially spies, who work in conjunction with good-aligned characters and places to help root out evil entities,” Daley said. A Beginner’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z
The masterfully crafted “Snowshow,” with its benevolent mischief, is evidence of the wrongness of that. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z
And what he and Tynan concocted was a movie that ran totally counter to the studio's preoccupation with harmless eccentrics and benevolent communities. Kenneth Tynan off stage: the theatre critic's life in film 2010-05-20T20:45:00Z
But the outcome of those struggles was the pacification of the frontier and the advance of a less violent, more benevolent civilization. Are the Movies Liberal? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z
A sharp screenplay, sublime visuals and benevolent outlook make for an exceptional family-friendly movie that manages to keep adults happy without adopting the standard reliance on regular Shrek-style pop culture references. You review: How to Train Your Dragon 2010-04-06T15:38:00Z
Tonight, it merely leads to Webster Hall, where these benevolent choral-poppers will probably perform from their latest album, “Yes, It’s True.” Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z
So do Alda, who expertly navigates Arthur’s turn from benevolent to nasty, and Sidibe, even though her lines are fairly deplorable. Tower Heist: Occupy the Penthouse 2011-11-03T11:00:38Z
To assess sexism, the team broke up the statements into “hostile sexism” and “benevolent sexism.” Study: 'Entitled' Men and Women Are More Sexist 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z
She spoke about the benevolent associations and the social aid and pleasure clubs that sponsored jazz funerals and second line parades. She Wants to Heal the World Through Second Line 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z
This benevolent festival supports the nonprofit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which was founded by the folk singer Pete Seeger and aims to clean up the waterway. Summer Stages 2012-05-17T19:59:09Z
Some people enter a ruminative mode even when facing minor troubles, or even when their environment is benevolent. You’re making your depression worse: Self-help is bringing us down 2014-02-16T16:30:00Z
The other was the benevolent and rather shy convener and philanthropist — who happened to be the husband of Aldona Z. Wos, a physician who became a star in Republican politics before he did. Louis DeJoy was always his own boss. Whom does he serve now? 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z
In any case, this is the quintessential, benevolent choral work, whose journey from chaos and darkness towards order and light is the whole point of the piece. OAE/Fischer – review 2013-01-11T14:18:12Z
In Act I on Thursday, he played the crucial mime role of Drosselmeyer, adding particular notes of controlling mischief to the benevolent magic. Critic’s Notebook: New Men of ‘Nutcracker’: Papajohn, Tilton and Melendez 2012-12-11T23:17:27Z
There’s Carson, leaning easily back at the end, amused and confident, the outwardly cool and benevolent master of all American ceremonies, with whatever sadness that lurked within him left safely in the dressing room. A Garry Shandling Photograph That Closes the Book on a Late-Night Era 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z
He told us about a local trail haunted by benevolent spirits. Garry Shandling’s Benevolent Spirit 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z
The album opens with “Montreal,” her gentle thank you to a benevolent city: “You would not let me come to harm,” she sings. Allison Russell Faces Her Past in Song 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
But in this comparatively benevolent Brecht play, humans cannot always be counted on to act in accordance with self-interest. Theater Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle,’ at Classic Stage Company 2013-05-31T02:00:01Z
Kong is a benevolent protector over his land, and only through his good graces do the surviving humans make it out. Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z
The architects of the silent system, he observed, are indeed “kind, humane, and benevolent gentlemen,” but “they do not know what it is they are doing.” Criminal justice reform in the U.S. has a long history of repressive outcomes 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z
It paints the enslaver as benevolent, where the benefits of enslaved consumption of a depressant upstage the idea that these people were provided an opportunity to blow off pent-up steam from being enslaved and oppressed. Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan "Nearest" Green, Jack Daniel's and my dad's sobriety 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z
Perelman is certainly a benevolent angel in that collision between lowbrow and highbrow. S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z
Afterward, the participants were given a survey to measure their level of hostility toward women, how likely they were to objectify women, attitudes about relationships between men and women and benevolent sexism. Not every culture eroticizes breasts. Why does ours — especially large ones? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
I would like to attribute all this change to the benevolent power of the clean sink, or the third eye of the disposal, chanting mantras while we sleep at night. What I learned from 60 days of not letting the dishes pile up 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z
Are the forces at work malevolent, benevolent or something in between? Super 8 ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:42Z
As it happens, to view Keillor as a dim, benevolent sweetie-pie – a manatee ripe for harpooning – is to be naive in any case: it is to mistake him for his persona. Garrison Keillor v August Kleinzahler 2011-04-10T21:29:05Z
Galbo, who happens to work at relatively small and benevolent arm of the federal government, sees this as all for the good. How a federal bureaucrat uses astronaut babies and dogs riding pigeons to try to save your life 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z
With that kind of financial incentive, it’s hard to imagine kids will rebel against their benevolent dental sprite any time soon. Don’t tell the kids: The real history of the tooth fairy 2014-02-09T14:00:00Z
Without the usual systems of amplification and distribution, the very tools of fame are changing — benevolent magnanimity is out, relatability is in; polish is out, transparency is in. How Hip-Hop Royalty Found a New Home on Instagram Live 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z
And like the Mother of Dragons, she is seemingly both benevolent and fierce, at once respected and reviled. Taylor Swift, a Daenerys Targaryen for our time: Walking the fine line of perception between populist hero and ruthless power-player 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z
The stone is neither benevolent or malevolent; it is indifferent. Louise Erdrich on the Power of Stones 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z
And while you wouldn't want to meet its real-life counterpart in nature, here in the gallery this fabric-clad creature is clearly a benevolent spirit. Try this on for size: Nick Cave's Soundsuits at SAM 2011-03-10T22:41:06Z
Owens' aliens, it was clear, are a benevolent species. Business casual needn't apply: Paris is outrageous 2010-09-30T18:37:00Z
So-young calls their scheme theft, but the brokers say they are being benevolent, helping both the children and couples that cannot conceive. "Broker" is the absorbing slow-burn chase film with a baby, a cop and a makeshift family of liars 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z
Though they couldn’t seem any more benevolent, I still tense up every time one of them nears me. Marina Abramović's new exhibit 512 Hours opens in London 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z
And his world is further shaken when his benevolent boss tasks him with muddying the reputation of a prominent politician by embroiling him in a sex scandal. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z
As ever in the business of Big Culture, the building is potentially most controversial, although it seems so far to have benefited from benevolent puzzlement on the part of local residents. A Masterful Debut, but Can It Rise to Greatness? 2010-05-12T12:30:00Z
Someone in my household once played a tiny role in spreading a benevolent purple scourge throughout the land. The Blame for ‘Barney’? I’m a Little Guilty 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z
Under her benevolent control, this outrageously warm household became increasingly famous. Memories of Myrtle Allen, the Matriarch of Irish Cookery, and of Family Holiday Idylls at Ballymaloe 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z
It's a gently witty and intelligent fantasy from 1848 – benevolent merchants, giddy twins, Christmas interiors of which Dickens might be proud, complicatedly estranged relatives, a young widow and, of course, the initially impregnable bachelor. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z
The ghost of the murdered king does spiritual battle with the characters, but a more benevolent spirit seems to preside over this revival: that of the musicologist Philip Gossett, who died last June. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
He smiles as the heat rises from the grass: the benevolent professor, gently skewering society with the kindest of intentions. Little Men director Ira Sachs: 'I have a Marxist perspective' 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
But many of his people saw him as a benevolent ruler who kept peaceful co-existence of diverse ethnicities. Montenegro unveils monument of ex-Yugoslav communist leader Tito 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
The dancing monks, dressed in fanciful and ghoulish costumes, would shoo away malevolent spirits and usher in benevolent ones. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z
But that is pretty much what Juvenile Court Judge William G. Long did — though he liked to call it “benevolent larceny’’ — when talking about the genesis of the park that would ultimately bear his name. We celebrate the outdoors right here in town at Camp Long 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z
It starts out with an experiment, usually benevolent by design: an attempt to cure a disease, or study a monkey, or help fund presidential candidates who can’t raise enough money on their own. The zombie apocalypse has arrived, and it’s in Iowa with Rick Perry 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z
It seems somehow like he’s gentled us into it with benevolent trickery — as if he’d said, “Look! Over there,” and while we were distracted ripped a Band-Aid off our skin. ‘Four Saints in Three Acts’ Review: An Opera Becomes a One-Man Show 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z
There are also some great gags thanks to JJ’s new school, which is breaking its arm patting itself on the back for their inclusivity, which isn’t always as benevolent as they would like to believe. Speechless: Minnie Driver's fast-paced sitcom has a lot to say 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z
Hadi slowly takes over the town government and rules like a benevolent authoritarian. Boom, Bust and a Berkshires Interloper in ‘The Locals’ 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z
I’m someone who believes in a benevolent universe. The Shyamalan Secret to Being Scary? It’s in the Blood 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z
You are simply a benevolent force that allows all of the feelings. My 4-year-old son’s best friend is moving. How do we break it to him? 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z
Their pachydermous protagonist governs a benevolent plutocracy – but the books' great joy is the frequent sly and subtle lampooning of his capitalist pomp. JP Martin's elephant Uncle unforgotten in fan's republishing plan 2013-03-27T17:06:55Z
When he’s with his pack of sled dogs, he acts like a benevolent leader, giving another hungry dog his fish. ‘Call of the Wild’ Casts a Digital Star. Is He a Good Dog? 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z
This fever dream of a film packs love potions, evil stepmothers, benevolent devils, voodoo, sex, alternate realities and more into its 104 minutes. ‘The Advent Calendar’ Review: A December Full of Tricks and Treats 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z
In all other ways, it’s a benevolent supernatural on offer here, one that wants to redeem you, and will do so not through purgatorial suffering, but by presenting you with a kind of theatre. Bah, humbug! The many faces of Scrooge 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z
The answer, as fans of Finch will immediately predict, lies in the Machine’s close connection to its benevolent maker. ‘Person of Interest,’ Its Computers and Crime, Returns 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z
Is he throwing his lot in with the most pervasive branch of the blokeish mainstream, a sanitised and benevolent hilarity that stretches from lad-dad panel shows to your mate’s zinger about your terrible haircut? The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z
The next, he was literally Jesus Christ – still taciturn, definitely still tortured, but ostensibly a more benevolent presence – in Garth Davis’s prettily soporific religious drama Mary Magdalene. Is Joaquin Phoenix set to be the greatest actor of his generation? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
She came to embody a cultural moment — a time when Mr. Obama was president, gay marriage was newly legal and social media was regarded as a benevolent force. Ellen DeGeneres, a Signature Star of the Obama Era, Says Goodbye 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z
Ms. Procter discusses, for example, how items were acquired in colonial times and paintings were used to shape national identity in Britain, which portrayed itself as a superior and benevolent society. Penguin Sex and Stolen Artifacts: Museum Tours Through a New Lens 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z
They clear the path for a special sort of monster: a benevolent demon who strikes terror into the evil winter spirits and drives them away. 10 traditional winter festivals in Europe 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z
After her death, Rushdie wrote that “English literature has lost its high sorceress, its benevolent white witch.” A Warm Biography of the Fantastical, Feminist Angela Carter 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z
Night after night there is music and games, pranks and funny anecdotes, all involving A-list stars with whom Fallon interacts as admiring peer rather than benevolent dictator. A Jimmy Fallon report card: ‘Tonight Show’ rocks 2014-03-14T18:20:45Z
The musical finds Calogero torn between a father he loves and Sonny, a powerful and seemingly benevolent neighborhood figure. Chazz Palminteri Is Singing. Sonny Would Tell You to Listen. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z
Or was its focus on the benevolent white paternalism of Atticus Finch actually a problem? To Kill a Mockingbird: shadows on film 2013-07-25T10:27:40Z
The series itself plays like a benevolent promotional brochure, and gives the impression that the process was a passionate boondoggle. “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and Jerry Seinfeld’s Identical Layers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z
I mean how do you, as someone who believes in a benevolent God, look at this? Why hashtags like #PrayforBrussels trend: It says “I won’t allow myself to be dehumanized by the silence” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z
The role of charismatic Dave Schultz, "a truly benevolent soul, a complex guy with many layers who had a thousand best friends," was, the director says, tricky to cast. Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' is a true American horror story 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z
That hat began a thousand memes and reintroduced him as a benevolent, playful figure of modern R&B-pop. VMA Contenders Include Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus and Pharrell Williams 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z
The image of the genteel, benevolent Southern slave owner was the creation of early 20th century artists and writers like D.W. 'The Half Has Never Been Told' looks at the economics of slavery 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z
It’s there when he’s being called “the problem” by a benevolent Catholic priest or when he’s being condescended to by his future father-in-law. Sidney Poitier was an icon of racial reassurance. But his genius lay in his rage. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z
As for himself, Andre said, “I’m a benevolent attacker. There’s no malicious intent.” Eric Andre Isn’t a Prankster, He’s a ‘Benevolent Attacker’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z
Elena, however, considers herself a benevolent do-gooder, so she waives the deposit and welcomes them in. Review | The sparks fly in Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ but it’s hard to sustain the heat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z
While acknowledging that film history is rich in stories of how humanity is destroyed by malevolent machines, Garland argues that he sees them as "benevolent, and not a threat". Two men, one robot, many questions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z
The producer and benevolent Snapchat sage released a brand new track with Drake, as a preview of his upcoming album, appropriately titled Major Key. Drake and DJ Khaled Release New Track, "For Free" 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
“I’m reluctant to use the words ‘benevolent slave owner,’ ” she said. Antiques: Search for de Soto in Southeast Georgia 2010-05-20T22:44:00Z
With benevolent fixtures in your children’s lives, as I hope these grandparents are, I urge you to proceed as if you’re speaking a new language. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to talk about body autonomy with touchy-feely grandparents 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z
The fishermen’s distress was palpable and it was not hard to imagine the lure of folklore in such dire circumstances, not difficult to imagine an invocation of the benevolent mermen of local legend. On Tobago, Mermen Come Calling 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
Surely there are some benevolent, patient chefs out there, and if there aren’t, let’s stop glorifying kitchen bad boys. Review: ‘Burnt,’ With Bradley Cooper as a Chef Fresh From Rehab 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z
The text is lucidly spoken and the successive schemes of deception – benevolent on Don Pedro's side, malevolent on his evil half-brother's – are clearly outlined. Much Ado About Nothing – review 2013-06-15T23:06:00Z
In “Nice for What,” released in April, he is a benevolent feminist cheerleader, encouraging women to be independent and happy. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z
“And then in the very next scene, you see this slave justifying the love that they have and how their slave master didn’t mean it, that this benevolent master cares for me.” How a 'shocking' play about slavery set off a firestorm at Santa Monica College 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
And I feel like this benevolent container that these two people are in is going to have them connect. ‘What Happens Later’ co-stars Meg Ryan and David Duchovny talk about rom-coms, fame and Nora 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
The development process will involve “red-teaming,” when benevolent hackers work with the model’s creators to preemptively parse out vulnerabilities. Biden’s Executive Order on AI Is a Good Start, Experts Say, but Not Enough 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z
“They touched my face, and it felt like the finger of God. It was the most benevolent, loving feeling. This was powerful. It was filled with light.” Goldie Hawn recounts alien encounter: ‘Oh, my God. I think I made contact with outer space’ 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z
“We believe that George Tucker’s ghost is benevolent,” she says. Ghost stories arise from a horrific Georgetown steam plant casualty 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
Arjan Dijk, a senior Booking executive who previously worked at Google, called the search engine a “benevolent dictatorship” where advertisers “just have to accept any changes that Google makes.” Expedia’s ex-COO says ad fees jumped after Google remade search 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z
“Here’s further confirmation of Shah Rukh Khan’s status as reigning, benevolent King of Bollywood,” writes film critic Mike McCahill for the Guardian. 'The Nun' makes a habit of dominating the box office as sequel launches at No. 1 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z
But that doesn’t mean the newcomer is benevolent, either. Inside the race to stop lanternflies—before they get to a town near you 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z
Tarrio’s lawyers urged the judge “to see another side of him - one that is benevolent, cooperative with law enforcement, useful in the community, hardworking and with a tight-knit family unit and community support.” Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z
Tarrio’s lawyers urged the judge “to see another side of him — one that is benevolent, cooperative with law enforcement, useful in the community, hardworking and with a tight-knit family unit and community support.” Ex-Proud Boys leader to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z
The attitude of the benevolent white family toward the talented young black athlete they adopted and promoted was revoltingly condescending. Calendar Feedback: A grand 'Graffiti' recap and why 'Rich Men' resonates 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z
If you were a benevolent dictator for a day or had a magic wand, what policies would you enact to deal with this problem systematically? The book to read during wildfire season 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z
In considering doing away with any limits on abortion, "we don't have to trust that women are perfect, benevolent mothers," Donley said. How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z
In considering doing away with any limits on abortion, “we don’t have to trust that women are perfect, benevolent mothers,” Donley said. 'She was gasping for air.' Abortion fight shifts to women who suffered under strict bans 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z
The sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Padmapani — the benevolent “lord who looks on from above” and “lotus bearer” — dates to the ninth or 10th century. Australia Will Return Looted Sculptures to Cambodia 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z
SETI-affiliated scholars tend to reassure critics that the intentions of those listening for technosignatures are benevolent, since "what harm could come from simply listening?" First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z
“History is littered with those who are benevolent to some and cruel to others.” Kevin Spacey leveraged celebrity to get away with 'cruel' assaults, prosecutor says 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z
But she added: "History is littered with those who are benevolent to some and cruel to others." Kevin Spacey's accusers left feeling worthless, jury told 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z
When her father was stationed in South Korea in the late 1940s, taking along his family, she was drawn to the benevolent way she saw Maryknoll missionary priests treat local people. Ruth Fitzpatrick, Crusader for Letting Women Be Priests, Dies at 90 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z
Some nursing homes or assisted living communities offer benevolent care, meaning they’ll take someone in who doesn’t have enough money to pay full freight or who can’t pay full price for long. What if you can’t afford long-term care? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z
King, we tell ourselves, was harmless, benevolent, steadfast. The day Martin Luther King and James Baldwin came to Beverly Hills 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z
It depicts the bust of Sir Ernest Shackleton, wearing dirtied yellow suspenders, his face benevolent and tough, but blurred by the thickness of the paint on canvas. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z
Marjorie Taylor Greene's South is a place where white-on-Black chattel slavery was a "benign institution" and the Black slaves were "happy", and the white slavers were "benevolent" and "kind". A new Daughter of the Confederacy 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z
The theory of absolutism was that the king was above the nobles and not answerable to anyone in his kingdom, but he owed his subjects a kind of benevolent protection and oversight. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
When someone runs out of money, the benevolent fund covers the difference for as long as they need care. What if you can’t afford long-term care? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z
Even when they believed their intentions were benevolent and would improve the lives of Africans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders, their means were often cruel. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
Although the social policy of the Mongols generated a great deal of resentment from their ethnic Chinese subjects, in other respects, the Yuan rulers instituted more benevolent policies. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
Lively’s award-winning fiction has always balanced keen wit with a compassionate outlook, and it isn’t hard to see how her own life in the garden has nurtured this benevolent and creative spirit. Tend to your garden while listening to these audiobooks 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z
Descartes, personally, embraced the view that God was a benevolent and reasonable power of creation, but one who did not lower Himself to meddle in the universe. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
Remember “Cocoon,” Ron Howard’s 1985 drama of lovable geriatrics and benevolent aliens? Opinion | For movie lovers, there’s a darker side to Netflix ending DVD rentals 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Can you please help me find the National Rifle Association’s mythic, benevolent gun-toting, lionhearted sage? So how do we locate the good guy with the gun? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z
The sci-fi premise of the show, set mostly in the present-day United States, is that a powerful algorithm known as “Mrs. Davis” — characterized by avid users as beneficial and even benevolent — has fixed the world. Review | ‘Mrs. Davis’ will make your head explode 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z
“I just tend to think I’m not benevolent,” he told Adweek. Edward H. Meyer, Who Created an Advertising Powerhouse, Dies at 96 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z
“He’s one of those rare people who manage to be both fearsomely effective and yet fundamentally benevolent,” Graham said in a blog post announcing the change. The man who unleashed AI on an unsuspecting Silicon Valley 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z
Central to Maya religion is Maximón, a trickster deity both benevolent and hedonistic. Marvel Superhero and Indigenous Actress Holds Fast to Maya Roots 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z
While inflammation is generally a benevolent force meant to help us to fight germs and heal wounds, we know today that chronic "hidden" inflammation can have profound implications for our health. How loneliness can compromise your physical health 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z
“I feel that science is compatible with religious faith in a personal, omnipotent and benevolent God.” Francisco Ayala, biologist who bridged science and faith, dies at 88 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z
But in the past year, the fable of the benevolent tech billionaire has really taken a beating. The problem with Silicon Valley isn’t "wokeness" — it's libertarianism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z
We were actively talking about different scenarios with our benevolent overlords. Netflix's twistiest thriller cut back on sex scenes. It's no 'morality panic,' says boss 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
Even if it’s too late to make a difference, benevolent reconciliation between father and daughter warms the English air. Review | This ‘King Lear’ might be the best our theater critic has ever seen 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Implicit in this question is Du Bois’s conviction that the only responsible Black literature is propaganda, marshaling a benevolent Blackness as an antidote to white supremacy’s pernicious specters. Building a New Canon of Black Literature 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Many sponsors see themselves as benevolent, doing a friend or neighbor a favor by agreeing to help a child get out of a government shelter, even if they do not intend to offer any support. Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z
The Chimera, like the Gorgon or the Greek sphinx — and unlike its Egyptian counterpart, which is male and benevolent — is a lady monster, a composite of terrors. Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z
But certainly, not everyone has been so happy about the idea of one of the most benevolent bears turning feral monster. In which Winnie the Pooh stars in an R-rated slasher movie 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z
It was the right call, and in that moment, I felt totally nurtured, one more pampered subject in this benevolent kingdom of koshary. Arlington’s King of Koshary serves Egyptian food fit for royalty 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z
At the time of Esther’s musing, in the spring of 1911, those attentions seem benevolent. Review | In ‘This Other Eden,’ an island refuge is destroyed by good intentions 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z
Melendez or Pough could have shouted to the heavens all day about needing benevolent donors, but Reed — and Sanders before him — possesses a greater megaphone. Perspective | Ed Reed can help HBCUs — if he doesn’t act like a savior 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
Since the markup hearing, she’s met with various Democratic caucuses, praising Big Tech’s unbridled power, and using Big Tech’s talking points about how these companies are really benevolent monopolies. Big Tech, Democrats work to stifle opinion, destroy competition 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z
There were rumors circulating that he might make a benevolent announcement. As Biden prepares to visit southern border, a humanitarian crisis looms in Mexico 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z
“History would have it no other way. And after 40 endless years of spilling salt and breaking mirrors and walking under ladders, the Steelers were smiled upon by a benevolent fate.” Remembering Franco Harris’s ‘Immaculate Reception,’ the NFL’s greatest play 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z
There are babies named after him whose parents were inspired by what the benevolent general of Franco’s Italian Army meant to a city searching for something to cling to. In Franco Harris, the Steelers found a hero … and a Way 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z
“But it also felt like this sort of benevolent thing. They gave us this Christmas gift.” ‘Miami’s Version of Magic’: A Glitzy Christmas Theme Park 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z
“You can disagree with those policies, but I don’t believe it’s debatable that it’s a more thoughtful and benevolent use of his personal resources.” Sasse’s exit from Senate prompts GOP unease over replacement 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z
Clippers guard John Wall returns to Washington, where he began a stellar NBA career and surpassed that stardom with his benevolent work in D.C. Clippers and John Wall end four-game trip with comeback victory in Washington 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z
Fortunately, even before the story’s clever swerve into Stephen King territory, Matilda has two benevolent adult counterweights to the meanness and indifference that her parents and the Trunchbull represent. Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming 'Matilda the Musical' 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z
“And it protects you, because the central government is supposed to be benevolent.” China Stems Wave of Protest, but Ripples of Resistance Remain 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z
Mr. Bankman-Fried, 30, who had built FTX into a $32 billion company, bailed out struggling firms and built a reputation as a benevolent figure willing to extend a lifeline to colleagues. The Crypto Industry Struggles for a Way Forward 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z
“For it is one thing to study imperialism in comfort,” he wrote, “and quite another thing to confront it where it shows a less benevolent face.” Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Leading Light in German Letters, Dies at 93 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z
Bankman-Fried was there — and the young billionaire, often portrayed as a benevolent tech genius, showed that he could be imperious, too. Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s courtship of a Washington regulator 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z
Turkey approaches the water issue as if it were the river basin’s benevolent owner, assessing needs and deciding how much to let flow downstream. Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z
It’s akin to the theory that the best form of government is benevolent despotism, which emerged during the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
These days, I stick to collecting seeds of benevolent annuals and biennials — continuity and obsolescence are built into their nature. The legend behind the garden skeletons of ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z
The queen is the perfect representative of the new age of empire, which poses as benevolent but is based on the same racist logic of the classic colonial period. Queen Elizabeth II’s Legacy Keeps the White World Rich and the Black World Poor 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z
Their strategy for years now has been to embrace a benevolent sexism, portraying abortion patients as "lost" women who simply don't know any better. Herschel Walker is a ridiculous person — but his ex is a typical abortion patient 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z
At its "AI Day" on Sept. 30, Musk said Tesla will unveil a prototype from its project Optimus, an allusion to the powerful and benevolent leader of the Autobots in the Transformers series. Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil 'Optimus' robot 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z
The flaw in the argument, obviously, was what might happen if the benevolent despot turned out to be not so benevolent or enlightened. Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
Unlike French colonialism, which largely sought to assimilate Muslims in the countries it ruled, the British mostly advocated "self-rule," whereby local Muslims would rule themselves — with benevolent oversight from London, of course. Reckoning with colonialism: The British conquered my country — and built my school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z
The movie represents enslavers as benevolent caretakers for a lower life form. A short history of fake history: Why fighting for the truth is critical 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z
"We want to continue to assist people with dementia and provide benevolent grants to those in real financial need, amongst other things," it said. Professional Footballers' Association charity to sell Lowry worth £8m 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z
Reconciling a seemingly benevolent queen with the often-cruel legacy of the British Empire is the conundrum at the heart of Britain’s post-imperial influence. With Queen Gone, Former Colonies Find a Moment to Rethink Lasting Ties 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z
It wasn’t long before his team dug up the dolmen’s entryway, a portal so narrow that the structure could have been built by benevolent giants for a colony of hobbits. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z
Since I am incapable of making the mean choice in any game, I was the chill and benevolent god. Cult of the Lamb is a baaaalm in Gilead 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z
Mill argued that we should assess the morality of an action from the standpoint of an impartial, benevolent spectator. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
Though Musk and others like him, may frame their desire for automation as benevolent, when we consider how they treat their workers, their genuine motivations become clear. Will Elon's robots bring utopia or tyranny? Why humans must control the future of automation 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z
Anthony Marra labors under the most benevolent curse that can befall a writer: When he was 28 years old, he published “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,” an astonishingly great debut novel. Review | Anthony Marra’s cinematic novel captures the intricate cruelties of war 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z
If it were, we’d be ruled by a benevolent oligarchy of nine. Supreme Court: ‘Leaving it to the people’ 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z
Close to its beginning, you get to choose which of three creatures — an ape, cow, or tiger — will help deliver your either benevolent or malevolent supreme rule. Games like Stray and Endling are creating more realistic animals 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z
Therefore, a virtuous and benevolent ruler is necessary to provide a standard of moral education and behavior. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
But many social media users pointed out that the demeanour of the lions in the new cast differed significantly from the original depiction and that instead of looking "benevolent and regal", they now "snarled". National emblem: Ferocious lions' statue on new parliament raises eyebrows 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z
The Tlatelolco massacre ripped away the benevolent mask covering rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which had governed Mexico throughout most of the 20th century. Luis Echeverría Alvarez, Former President of Mexico, Dies at 100 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z
But the 2014 payment is understood to be a donation from the makers of James Bond films, passed to a benevolent fund for former intelligence-service staff. Prince Charles charity funded GCHQ charity with Bond cash 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z
Most of us would like to believe that there are benevolent powerful authorities at work in the world, leaders who are loving and kind. Dr. Lance Dodes: Trump is a dangerous sociopath — but he's sane enough to stand trial 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z
How can we assert the existence of a caring and benevolent God when there exists so much evil in the world? Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
“It’s like the search engine we use every day to surf the internet — it’s very neutral. It’s supposed to be a benevolent thing.” ‘An Invisible Cage’: How China Is Policing the Future 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend." Yes, Donald Trump is an "American monster": But he wasn't built by a mad scientist 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z
Some of his faithful had maintained the Money Society as a social and benevolent organization. Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z
Slavery was a benevolent institution for all involved but was dying by 1861. Trumpism without Trump: Maybe he's beginning to fade — but the danger to democracy isn't 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z
We are benevolent when we strive to choose those actions that produce the most overall happiness and do not sacrifice the happiness of some for the happiness of others. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
In the past three weeks, Kim “has been depicted as the heroic and benevolent savior of the nation.” Making sense of N. Korea’s coronavirus mystery — and its menace 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z
As Leary discovered, it was not a benevolent group home for women with intellectual disabilities. Review: Why a novel about a home for 'feeble-minded women' resonates with our antiabortion moment 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z
The campers say they look after one another, and when benevolent strangers drop off food and groceries, they make sure everyone gets their share, not just the more aggressive or outspoken. The last days of a homeless encampment in San Pedro 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z
Advisers are able to do benefit checks and sometimes to find and apply for grants from benevolent funds run by former employers. Cost of living: 'My daughter won't ask me for money for sanitary products' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z
One of the doctrines for which he is best known is the idea that human beings are innately benevolent and have tendencies toward the five constant virtues. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
Business-boss Shay acknowledged that even those most benevolent dollar signs are ultimately produced by victories. Column: Sparks' new season, and Derek Fisher’s job security, off to a shaky start 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z
The Resident Evil franchise’s Umbrella Corporation always presents itself to the public as a benevolent organization committed to creating a better future for humanity through pharmaceuticals. Netflix’s Resident Evil invites you to New Raccoon City 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z
As well as "friendly benevolent" landlords, he appealed for help in finding abandoned, boarded up premises, which could be made into the "heart of the community". Cold War Steve hopes to revamp high streets through art 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z
Mr. Musk has not explained what kind of owner he will be: a benevolent steward or a private equity-style overlord intent on cutting costs. Can Elon Musk Make Twitter’s Numbers Work? 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z
Musk is surely not a benevolent actor, but it’s probable that he won’t be able to wreck Twitter without wrecking the thing he really cares about: $TWTR. Op-Ed: Will Twitter survive Elon Musk? I'm sticking around to find out 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z
“We will have to be benevolent and respectful because our country is riddled with so many doubts, so many divisions,” he told his supporters. In Le Pen stronghold, French voters dread five more years of Macron 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z
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