I’ve got to guard against the natural tendency to look down on them now that I have surpassed them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Newton discovered the law of inertia, the tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line unless something influences it and moves it out of its path. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other studies suggest that threads in the eye can indicate personality tendencies, and that maybe eyes are a kind of window to the soul after all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s black and blue with angry red scabs that have a tendency to break open and bleed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth had a tendency to worry about things like not having permission. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are aware, of course, that Freud linked paranoia with homosexual tendencies. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another point of contention was his tendency to buy things impulsively—a motorcycle, a sailboat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The dead have a tendency to leave us parched and tired. Watered-down soma always does the trick.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One principal said out loud what many were thinking, expressing concern over “the emotional tendency of the colored to knife and kill.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Edwards regarded climbing as a "psycho-neurotic tendency"; he climbed not for sport but to find refuge from the inner torment that framed his existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like my mom, I have a tendency to say my thoughts out loud. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His recent stroke had apparently only exacerbated this tendency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo had realized that moving objects have a natural tendency to keep on moving, unless they are affected by friction or some other outside force. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They did not insist, because of both her extreme sensitivity and her tendency to sleepwalk whenever her imagination ran away with her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given Nan’s tendency to move us at the first sign of trouble, I didn’t want to tell her anything was wrong, but that conversation with Abby kept replaying in my head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

So what if she had a tendency to run away from home and go missing for days with her boyfriend? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His embarrassed laugh was almost a giggle, “I sort of have a tendency to strong language.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

What there is in this world, I think, is a tendency for human errors to level themselves like water throughout their sphere of influence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this reason, Egyptian religious holidays had a tendency to slip backward relative to the seasons. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

There is a strong general tendency to filter out the bad and the failed and to focus on the good and the successful. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed in Southern legislatures. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tendency of hobbit-holes to get cluttered up: for which the custom of giving so many birthday-presents was largely responsible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The prayers were to the point, directing the attention of the Almighty to certain weaknesses and undivine tendencies I know to be mine and could only suppose were shared by others gathered there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world has a tendency to trick people. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It will alert people to her tendencies and serve as a reminder of her weakness.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar tendency toward the average or mean holds for the children of very short parents, who are likely to be short, but not as short as their parents. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The market will be unstable, with a general downward tendency. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any ambiguity, any tendency to wander from the matter at hand, will introduce grave hazards for the cells, and even more for the host in which they live. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is certainly not the place to argue whether or not Freudianism and Marxism should be deemed pseudosciences, but a tendency to confuse factual statements with empty logical formulations leads to sloppy thought. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Set atop these odd beliefs and quirky traits, however, was the mind of a supreme genius–though even when working in conventional channels he often showed a tendency to peculiarity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Given the animosity in Durham during those years, and C.P.’s own fury against a world he couldn’t control—and his tendency to always carry a gun—it was amazing that he hadn’t shot anyone. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, thinking of his tendency to say inappropriate things. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Because I feel that when a father and his child are separated, the child has a tendency to take the wrong route in life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Casinos encourage this tendency by making sure that every quarter that’s won in a slot machine causes lights to blink and makes its own little tinkle in the metal tray. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also had a tendency to run through hobbies. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They had a tendency to congregate in pairs and groups. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Another tendency, in the wake of anything gone wrong, is Monday- morning quarterbacking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gave it a kind of liveliness, a tendency to spring forward on the catch of the oars in a way that no other design or material could duplicate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His gallop was so disorganized that he had a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a strong human tendency to want everything, and to deny that trade-offs are usually necessary. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston decided that it would not be enough simply to reverse the tendency of Big Brother’s speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When I finally conquer walking, there's still sitting, posture -apparently I have a tendency to duck my head -eye contact, hand gestures, and smiling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His tendency to jump to the latest and greatest idea might be considered a weakness, but in this case he was certain that IDA’S plan could serve PIH well. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“He has a tendency to be overprotective. He’s keenly aware of what people say about me.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Referred to the embryo’s troublesome tendency to anaemia, to the massive doses of hog’s stomach extract and foetal foal’s liver with which, in consequence, it had to be supplied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because they figured out that you already have murderous tendencies and wouldn’t mind killing a few hundred people while conscious,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At eleven he had denounced his uncle to the Thought Police after overhearing a conversation which appeared to him to have criminal tendencies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Always choose the simplest route! Aru, you have a tendency to choose...complication over simplification.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This prophecy is underwritten by the tendency of the rich to do this already. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many workers have noticed the tendency of resistant flies to rest more on untreated horizontal surfaces than on treated walls. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted to protect his wife from his family's violent tendencies, but he couldn't exactly disown his parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I found matters to criticize and to deplore, they were tendencies equally present in myself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Equally typical is a tendency to equate the risk from some obscure and exotic malady with the chances of suffering from heart and circulatory disease, from which about 12,000 Americans die each week. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered if the tendency toward homicide might be one of the multiform individual differences or slight variations that were introduced into a species by moments just such as this. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She is working on a thought about her bossy older sister: Carla has a tendency to lace all her compliments with calls to self-improvement. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When spring came and Clara was able to get some rest, her tendency to escape reality and lose herself in daydreams became more pronounced. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or Cassiopeia’s tendency to scamper closely after Penelope and sit at her feet the instant she stopped moving. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram is the only one I reveal my ultra-intense studying tendencies to. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He hoped the pups would be pure, but their mother had a tendency to escape from her pen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The existence of this romantic tendency constitutes at least a small part of the emotional makeup of most mathematicians, and is perhaps surprising to those who think of mathematicians as cold rationalists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have a tendency to take expressions literally, and this literal interpretation is often incongruous with the standard one and therefore comical. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve written you many times before, moods have a tendency to affect us quite a bit here, and in my case it’s been getting worse lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This tendency is what led Frederick Douglass to declare that “power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The report mentioned the rise in suicide tendency among Southern Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might have a tendency to dismiss these laws as mere mathematical tinkering, something removed from everyday life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When photographed hatless, he had an unsettling tendency to blend with the sky, so that his eyes hung disembodied in space. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tendency has really been, insofar as this was possible, to dismiss white people as the slightly mad victims of their own brainwashing. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“It would also explain the behavior we saw last night. And their tendency, more and more common, to join up into a horde, as they clearly have in Baltimore County. It’s instinct.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Considering the tendency of nature to find uses for complex and intricate mechanisms, this seems to me unnatural. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that the orbital motion results from the tendency of the Moon to move in a straight line, plus a single force pulling it towards the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s much more gratifying to come up with a decision on your own. Anyone can follow an algorithm. There is a tendency to say, ‘Well, certainly I can do better. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, there is a strong tendency to brand as fanatics or cultists all who are so perverse as to demand that their food be free of insect poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most typically the men displayed a tendency not to experience anger or rage in association with violent aggressive action. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here Hickock revealed his pedophiliac tendencies, and after describing several sample experiences, wrote: I know it is wrong. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be unusual if we had not inherited this tendency? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is hard because the effects of the concussion she gave me haven’t completely subsided and my thoughts still have a tendency to jumble together. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nothing in either of my two careers as a black man in America had served to give me any idealistic tendencies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pull of gravity is just like the tendency of objects to roll into the dimple. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A folded dollar bill holding down the switch, stopping the alarm from blaring and letting everyone in the hospital know some crazy guy with cystic fibrosis and self-destructive tendencies is hanging out on the roof. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The new phenomenon of cell fusion, a laboratory trick on which much of today’s science of molecular genetics relies for its data, is the simplest and most spectacular symbol of the tendency. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Francis’ dismay, I showed little tendency to concentrate on DNA when my summer holiday ended. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Although Sam knows a little Spanish, he rarely understands Chucha, who has a tendency to mumble and mix in Haitian words with her Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They become unstable and have a tendency to unsettle the mood because they deviate from comfortable convention, seeking relationships with unfamiliar chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

This version includes the tonal tendencies and interesting titles for each tone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“If you start dashing ahead—and you seem to have that tendency—you will trample out any signs she might have left.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

In fact the whole tendency to dualism that pervades human thinking may be found to be lessened, or changed, on Winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had a tendency to be show-offs and eat spicy food. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

For myself, I found that I was expressing my tendency to lavish expenditure, and to patronise Herbert, and to boast of my great prospects, before I quite knew that I had opened my lips. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans had a greater tendency to name places for people than had the Spanish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Charles Darwin observed, instinctive tendency to bake, brew, or write.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Knowing my tendency to panic in the roar and crush of traffic, I started into Chicago long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to accept that Ernest might have participated in Strauss’s campaign against him or engaged in any of the rumormongering about his Communist tendencies that periodically swept the Berkeley campus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Zach is up and down, and true to his nature, he has a tendency to overvalue his achievements. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when you were around Englishmen there was this ridiculous tendency to imitate diem. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams had a lifelong tendency to view the world “out there” as a projection of the emotions he felt swirling inside himself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He claimed that space-time had an inbuilt tendency to expand, and this could be made to balance exactly the attraction of all the matter in the universe, so that a static universe would result. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t disapprove of my poem-writing tendencies out loud, but disapprove he definitely does. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There is a strong speechifying tendency in corrections. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They may also be diagnosed with learning disabilities, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders, depression, and suicidal tendencies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing that disturbed my mom more than my clothing choices was my tendency to overaccessorize. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Given Denna’s tendencies, I was worried that if I lost sight of her for more than a minute she would disappear like morning fog. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even today, as late as now, I have a tendency to wince when I remember that I brought a dinner suit up to Les Amis with me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Clover was an old stout mare now, stiff in the joints and with a tendency to rheumy eyes. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We have evolved with a tendency to link causality to things we can touch or feel, not to some distant or difficult phenomenon. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

"Sorry, favorite. My jewelry has a tendency to bite." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The tendency to attribute meaning to phenomena governed only by chance is ubiquitous. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has a tendency to destroy his clothes.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There also remains a persistent tendency in the civil rights community to treat the criminal justice system as just another institution infected with lingering racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Freckles, pimples, a vile temper, a funny walk, wide feet, stubby fingers, a tendency to be alcoholics, and madness,” Mary Anne suggested. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he was reassuring her, because that’s what selfless people do, but now I wonder if he was repeating something he had studied; if all his Abnegation tendencies were just Erudite traits in disguise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s not necessarily the human condition, I would hope, but a remediable innumeracy which results in this unfortunate tendency. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a tendency to bury herself in complex calculations on purpose when especially bad things happen around her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Onofre whistled softly, almost gently, the way all people in Milagro had a tendency to whistle whenever they learned about a disaster of such gigantic proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina worried that his pedophiliac tendencies might apply to boys as well as girls, and she didn’t want him to be alone with Bobby on the trip. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It might turn out that the same tendency underlies the joining of organisms into communities, communities into ecosystems, and ecosystems into the biosphere. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason finally gets along with Annabeth, and her brainiac tendencies start rubbing off on him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She shared with her second child the same pointed nose and a tendency to blush easily. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I respect your mind and I have always accepted your eccentric tendencies and that is why I want to see you reach the plateau of perfect mental- sexual balance. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, since perceptions tend to become realities, the natural tendency of the mass media to accentuate the anomalous, combined with an innumerate society’s taste for such extremes, could conceivably have quite dire consequences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it implied a startling critique of the academy’s tendency toward parochialism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Swann’s frequent moves from institution to institution hinted at an aspect of his personality that offset his blazing intellect: he had a tendency to rub his peers the wrong way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Why is the fact that each of us comes from a culture with its own distinctive mix of strengths and weaknesses, tendencies and predispositions, so difficult to acknowledge? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As we reviewed my videos, we talked about my tendency to overthink my performance, which made me tighten up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There is,” he wrote, “a family tendency to get tired of doing the same thing very long.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They rowed with tremendous heart, though with a tendency to throw their heads dramatically back and forth with each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He’d never understood this tendency of his—he knew only that he rarely lived up to expectation, and for this reason had clung so fiercely to his nickname. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if there is a reasonable chance that readers will misinterpret a statistical tendency as an absolute law, a responsible writer will anticipate the oversight and qualify the generalization accordingly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her letter failed because she couldn’t conceive of the profundity of your problem—she couldn’t fathom the pressures brought to bear upon you because of environment, intellectual frustration and a growing tendency toward isolationism. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she only frowns slightly as if in warning, for she knows my tendency to speak passionately. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It may be that a woman’s tendency toward “spinster- hood” is a contributory cause to her attending college, rather than the other way around. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued, “No doubt man has great tendency to exert all senses, when thus stimulated.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear mama, there, as soon as she got an inkling of the business, found out that it was of an immoral tendency. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one’s class reflects upon one’s character. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What about an approach, an assumption, a concept, a condition, a context, a framework, an issue, a model, a process, a range, a role, a strategy, a tendency, or a variable? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If the plants in somebody’s garden suddenly withered or became infested with mites and aphids, the owner of that garden had a tendency to blame Cleofes Apodaca’s evil eye. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Moorehead was a tall sad man with a stoop and a tendency to give his sermons startling titles. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There is a tendency for living things to join up, establish linkages, live inside each other, return to earlier arrangements, get along, whenever possible. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has prophetic dreams. Gets these great nightmares every so often, which have a disturbing tendency to come true.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Plus she displayed her mother’s worst tendencies, worsened. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is my belief that Cathy Ames was born with the tendencies, or lack of them, which drove and forced her all of her life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is quite possible that she did not believe in any other tendencies in humans, for while she was preternaturally alert in some directions she was completely blind in others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring ballets all have narrative threads, Stravinsky played against this tendency in his scores for them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Withers or someone close to him had been suspected of heretical tendencies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Now I began to experience a tendency in the West that perhaps I am too old to accept. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes I did. I’m good for you that way. You have a tendency to back away from things otherwise.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mercury has no natural tendency to stand up in a column, so there is no final cause at work here. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Here, again, was Dumbledore’s tendency to trust people in spite of overwhelming evidence that they did not deserve it! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It is a natural tendency for genetically unrelated cells in tissue culture to come together, ignoring species differences, and fuse to form hybrid cells. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To help the boy overcome these self-defeating tendencies, Collins ordered a clock from Germany with a special ten-second timer, and he insisted that Bobby play with it to practice thinking and moving more rapidly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since we live in a society constructed around competition, we have a tendency to take competitive behaviour for granted as a universal aspect of social life. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This objection rests on a common tendency to confuse an explanation of causes with a justification or acceptance of results. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, common chimpanzees have a genetic tendency to live in hierarchical groups headed by an alpha male. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The centaur had a tendency to go completely hyper over trivialities. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ignatius had always had a poor sense of balance, and ever since his obese childhood, he had suffered a tendency to fall, trip, and stumble. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny had had a mild tendency towards kleptomania, and was apt to pocket any small, valueless articles that caught his eye—nail clippers, buttons, spools of tape. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As a child my mother had shown a tendency for drawing and mud sculpture and could still amuse us with her speedy recreations of a popular cartoon woodpecker. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education instilled, or destiny encouraged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If you have any tendency to claustrophobia, consider it now,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of their canine habits and tendency to howl, it is believed that they were raised by wolves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And then there’s this odd tendency among donors to treat a fourth donation as something worthy of congratulations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When under pressure, each man had a tendency to become more controlling, and never was the pressure higher than in the winter of 1940. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, if this trade-off is not acknowledged, there is a tendency to deny or cover up the inevitable defective items, which makes the job of quality control that much more difficult. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dim squadrons about him, setting out minute by minute, infected him with a tendency. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the mass of cables drooping behind a desk, the conceptual connections from one sentence to another have a tendency to get gnarled up in a big, snaggly tangle. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The doctors told Mother that Shawn’s injury might have altered his personality—that in the hospital, he had shown tendencies toward volatility, even violence, and that such changes might be permanent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His troubles at home only reinforced his tendency to bury himself in Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone in town raised a few chickens, but turkeys were less common, being bigger and having a more pronounced tendency toward meanness, except of course for Travis’s birds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I had a tendency to walk knock-kneed, which made my hips sway and my back end twitch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad phoned Mrs. de Roo to say that given my “annual tendency to relapse,” he thought extra “homework” was appropriate. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

These elements were acted on by two forces: gravity, the tendency for earth and water to sink, and levity, the tendency for air and fire to rise. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we’ve noted, a defense against this tendency is to look at bald numbers, to provide some perspective. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singing a 3rd or 6th away from the melody is very challenging, as the tendency is for singers to slip from their parts into unison with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But assumption was symptomatic of malevolent tendencies that transcended mere dollars and cents. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It was said, “There is an outward tendency in females,” which meant that I was getting straight A’s for the good of my future husband’s family, not my own. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

FOREMAN: What I was gonna say was, the psychiatrist definitely stated that the boy had strong homicidal tendencies. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus we confront a characteristic bent of the ancient mind—that tendency to equate what appears to be with what ought to be, without being distracted along the way with what is. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But in the long run its tendency to cause malignant tumors of the thyroid may be far more significant for wildlife and perhaps also for man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ross, whose life I had tried to write, was charged by the Communist party with “antileadership tendencies,” “class collaborationist attitudes,” and “ideological factionalism,” phrases so fanciful that I gaped when I heard them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a deadly disease as it was in 1917 but with children it had a tendency to go into the mastoids. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decided to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower classes; to abolish the love of nature, but not the tendency to consume transport. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he said something about paranoid tendencies if I’m not mistaken. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reed would have been insulted if her tendency to fade into the background wasn’t so useful. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Spending two weeks holed up with Clancy had made keeping up with the season’s bipolar tendencies even harder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I sometimes wondered if people had a tendency not to give me their names or ask me for mine because of their fear of getting too close...too close to something so different. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you were consciously extending the evolutionary tendency inherent in Being; one manifestation of which is exploration.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Within the scholarly community in recent years, the main tendency has been to take the latter side, or to sidestep the controversy by ignoring mainstream politics altogether. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Among other tendencies to be noted, Texas is a military nation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawyers have a tendency to identify and concentrate on problems they know how to solve—i.e., problems that can be solved through litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

You have a tendency not to give anybody elbow room in your mind for their ideas, no matter how silly you think they are.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She wrote about the tendency of Nigerian women to give advice, sincere advice dense with sanctimony. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jackson’s husband, Gabe Ugliano, claims that his stepson, Percy Jackson, is a troubled child who has been kicked out of numerous boarding schools and has expressed violent tendencies in the past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And so you shall, like an angel as you are!” cried Laurie, resolving, with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young women with artistic tendencies. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Poirot has the annoying tendency to nod, even when I don’t speak, which makes it difficult for me to know if I’ve answered the question or not. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was one of those laws of children, like their tendency to be least grateful when you were trying your hardest to please them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Adams was distinctive, however, for his tendency to regard even serious political and ideological differences as eminently negotiable once elemental bonds of personal trust and affection were established. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But Mami was not one to take chances with our natural high spirits and tendency to ignore what she told us the minute she turned her back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I would show my mother and father and the nosey emigrant villagers that girls have no outward tendency. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tendency to play the tough soldier role, always posturing, always puffing himself up, and on occasion he took it way too far. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the change was long awaited, the advent of bureaucratic administration seemed to guarantee that the visionary tendency of an Osborne and the humane one of a Lawes were things of the past. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my ears they sounded refined, educated; I had a tendency to mumble, and when nervous, to stutter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Aside from severe birth defects, it was also linked to depression, suicidal tendencies, and bowel disorders. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever he told the story, Rat had a tendency to stop now and then, interrupting the flow, inserting little clarifications or bits of analysis and personal opinion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you. You are to address me as Madam. I expect obedience at all times. Insolence will not be tolerated, not one bit. And you will curb your tendency to talk.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hesitate with her response: it was the tendency of people to assume that she and Luma must be saints. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Rather it seems that an aspect of human nature is the tendency to cling tightly to one’s advantages and privileges and to rationalize the suffering and exclusion of others. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t say much. When she’s hurt, she has a tendency to isolate herself,” Elle said, clicking on image after image. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Entropy is the tendency of everything to move toward confusion and disorder as time passes,” he explained. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

From Merle Tuve at the Carnegie Institution came a sharply worded warning to his boyhood friend “Ernie” about his tendency to jump to unwarranted conclusions before all the facts were in. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then a teacher walks in and bursts into an outrage: Max is supposed to be doing his assignment alone—the standard punishment, it would seem, for untoward tendencies. The Tragic Lessons of Cinema’s First Gay Love Story 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

In the same spirit of trying new things, Ms. LeCrone resisted her tendency to use space more horizontally than vertically. With Grant Money, a Choreographer Restakes Her Claim 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

With a tendency to leave story lines unresolved or partially stitched, despite nine seasons, more than a handful of dangling or botched subplots left even the most devoted of fans frustrated. The truth is still out there: 5 mysteries we hope the “X-Files” reboot will resolve 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

There was still a tendency to favour the easy gag. 10 O'Clock Live: did the Channel 4 hype backfire? 2011-01-21T10:43:58Z

The concept, developed 20 years ago by James H. Wandersee and Elisabeth E. Schussler, describes the human tendency to ignore what the two scientists describe as “the aesthetic qualities of plants and their structures.” A Lifelike Version of Nature, but Not to Scale 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

Certainly MIA's songs have touched on themes of violence, uprising and governments' totalitarian tendencies. MIA ready to risk expulsion from US rather than compromise over wedding 2010-07-20T10:32:00Z

We have this tendency to categorize it as this little O. Henry-esque short story with the twist ending. Sloane Crosley on book trailers, book clubs and her new novel, ‘The Clasp’ 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

And even at the top end there's sometimes an annoying tendency to make the film as much about the presenter as the subject. The state of British TV: factual TV 2011-04-01T10:47:39Z

Railey also pursued stage management, which she calls "a good fit for someone with organizational tendencies." Helping Seattle Opera's mermaids take flight 2012-08-02T20:15:05Z

The researchers defined “collectivism” as “the tendency to be more concerned with the group’s needs, goals and interests than with individual-oriented interests,” said Jackson Lu, the lead researcher and an assistant professor at M.I.T. Hold on to Your Masks 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Barlow was well aware of his tendency but did not think of himself as a liar, merely a fabulist. My long strange winter trip with John Perry Barlow, a legend in the making 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

The latter fits in with a heavy-handed strain that runs through "The American," a tendency to double-underline what is already plain as day. "The American": George Clooney's killer trip through Italy 2010-09-01T15:02:00Z

One of Mr. Stewart’s favorite bits is to mimic Mr. Graham’s South Carolina lilt as he rips his tendency to deliver dire, alarmist warnings on terrorism and security. They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

But identifying tendencies in the mass of the population is not the same as saying any individual is determined by these tendencies. Are our children really trapped by gender stereotypes? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Shostakovich’s tendency toward long-windedness is already evident, even though the opera lasts just an hour and 45 minutes, and the Met, rightly, performs it without intermission. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z

Slaves slept in squalor and were never permitted sufficient rest; yet somehow, Thomas Jefferson took a slave’s tendency to fall instantly asleep as evidence not of bone-weariness, but intellectual inferiority — the slave lacked introspection. ‘Wild Nights’ Offers a History of Sleep (and Sleeplessness) 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Over the program’s three seasons, Clarkson has now covered more than 500 songs; her best and most surprising choices have a tendency to go viral. The Daily Revelations of Kellyoke 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Of course, one of her dragons, Drogon, does have a tendency to show up just at the right time. The horrors of ‘Game of Thrones,’ character by character 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Bailey’s proud refusal to seem prim or judgmental blossoms into a troubling tendency to join the fray. In ‘Philip Roth,’ a Life of the Literary Master as Aggrieved Playboy 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

We definitely had a tendency to meander," says Young, "but I also think we were trying to make the wrong kind of music. News From Nowhere puts Darkstar on the map 2013-02-23T06:00:00Z

Bellow decries what he considers the “psychological” tendency in modern movies, Hollywood’s deployment of a “popularized Freudianism” to deliver “a new kind of ‘insight’ ”: Saul Bellow, Film Critic 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Claire is further described as a beautiful, soulful and deeply emotionally wounded young woman who possesses an innate innocence and fragility while at the same time harboring self-destructive tendencies and a vaulting ambition. Starz’ New Ballet Drama Flesh and Bone Sounds Exactly Like Black Swan 2014-01-28T22:34:16Z

Cole’s freckles — like his sensitivity, his obsessions, his vice, his tendency to keep secrets — those he inherited from me. Sins of the mother: I blame myself for my son's overdose 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

There are similar tendencies at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Washington. Recalling Sept. 11 by Inverting a Museum’s Usual Role 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Much of Trump’s success stems from his unique ability to manipulate the very same tendencies that lead many people, most notably on the political right, to embrace faith-based religion. Donald Trump thinks he’s a god. Even worse, his supporters agree 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

“There is an unfortunate tendency for radio in particular to treat all reggae projects as a summer novelty,” said Rob Kenner, the founder of Boomshots.com, Complex Media Network’s dancehall reggae website. OMI Soars With ‘Cheerleader’ Remix and Aims to Keep Riding High 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

The generations weaned on smartphones and tablets show increased levels of depression, loneliness and suicidal tendencies. Philanderers, Predators and Pickup Artists: A History 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Goude, who resembles a grizzled pixie and has a tendency to pair seersucker jackets with nipped-in waists with black T-shirts, drawstring harem pants and white bucks, is well aware of the risks. Desigual Turns to Jean-Paul Goude for a Makeover 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

So their natural tendency to inhale all the available air in any given room is tempered by both the Hippocratic oath and the fear of death, and they don’t let their masks slip. Is Mask-Slipping the New Manspreading? 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

Now, playing Dungeons & Dragons has become something of a social flex — the antithesis of the popularity contest that was the 1990s and early 2000s, an antidote to our more basic tendencies and cheugy proclivities. Who’s Playing Dungeons & Dragons These Days? The Usual Fans, and Then Some. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Best known as the former girlfriend of the Joker, Harley suffers from multiple personalities, homicidal tendencies, Stockholm syndrome and possibly “shared psychotic disorder.” Harley Quinn, Just the Nice, Fun-Loving Psycho Next Door 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

She has a tendency to repeat phrases for emphasis; and her questions can sound like a mix of therapy and parlor game: This made you feel, how? Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Many of Kelly’s draconian tendencies in running an empire headquartered in custom mansions and music studios were detailed by a former employee named Tom Arnold. Scenes from Week 2 of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

“The rise of African-American artists is part of a broader tendency to re-evaluate neglected artists that’s been going on for a few years,” said Candace Worth, an art adviser based in New York. As a Black Artist Soars at Auction, Rethinking ‘Blue Chip’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Against these we must fight to remain fully human, to resist “the tendency within our breast to harden, calcify, ossify.” Review | A fascinating look inside the journal of a controversial German war hero 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

But doing so fed into my tendency to equate my productivity with my worth. After 8 years of marriage, I’m teaching my husband how to cook 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

German literature has opened up to voices from around the world over recent years, but this international novel isn't part of that tendency. Thomas Pletzinger: writing the world 2011-03-15T09:58:45Z

For one thing, he turns out to be a really good interviewer, in large part because of his tendency to relate everything back to himself. Riff: Stand-Up Comedy Without the Stand-Up. Or the Comedy. 2012-02-03T22:00:07Z

The tendency for women artists to be overshadowed by their male partners is, sadly, a recurring one, and for women involved in the Surrealist circle, the situation was even more fraught. Leonora Carrington Rewrote the Surrealist Narrative for Women 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Hitchcock stooped to such fakery not to economize or to emphasize artificiality but to indulge his control-freak tendencies. Alfred Hitchcock: ‘A superb fantasist of fear’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Reining in my tendency to exaggerate the size of baked goods, Saturnus’s cinnamon rolls — kanelbulle in Swedish — are almost the size of my face. Shopping Scandinavian design in Stockholm like a local — coffee breaks included 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

The kitchen's over-the-top tendencies have been tamed somewhat for the masses, but the cheeky attitude is intact and the burgers and shakes are very good. You won't leave Bellevue's Lunchbox Laboratory hungry 2012-04-12T20:15:10Z

Little if any of the art is identified or explained, reflecting a larger tendency not to put what we’re seeing or hearing in a specific context. 'The Buddha': Richard Gere Narrates Documentary About Siddhartha 2010-04-06T22:37:00Z

Given Claire’s preening egoism and tendency to denigrate her intimates gently, it’s a safe bet that the role will not prove a stretch. | 'Go Back to Where You Are': From Amphitheater Bit Player to God?s Errand Boy 2011-04-13T02:01:25Z

My family was ecstatic, but my tendency is to always go the other way — when something comes toward you, and you can’t quite handle it, you turn and run the other way. It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations 2013-04-30T22:20:57Z

The “24” reboot also typifies network television’s tendency to rely on tried-and-true formats. Fox to Bring Back ‘24’ and Jack Bauer 2013-05-13T22:00:53Z

According to recent scientific findings, this odd tendency may extend to our friendships as well. Cruel can be kind: Scientific study explains why we dish out tough love 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

I lower my voice to counter the tendency to speak loudly into my cellphone, but I sense disapproval. Social Q?s: Floppy-Eared Hoax 2011-04-21T21:21:36Z

Given the genre’s current tendency toward bloat, material that accomplishes nothing is doubly puzzling, bland garnish burying a tasty dish. Please Stop With the Cheesy Documentary Re-Enactments 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

But, in general, we should avoid changing the names of aspects of the state or government because politicians' tendency will always be to make the new names more emotive, more like adverts. David Mitchell: I'm glad the asbo is going, but most rebranding is just a distraction 2011-02-13T00:05:37Z

Largely, I suspect, for this reason, Wahlberg has a tendency to be overlooked by critics and accolades, which shine instead upon his co-stars. Mark Wahlberg: ‘I played golf with Donald Trump. He was very Donald Trump-like’ 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Drawing from traditional portraiture and postmodern setup photography, it signals the beginning of Ms. Dijkstra’s work as an artist, in particular her tendency to photograph the young, who are naturally less practiced at self-presentation. Art Review: Rineke Dijkstra at the Guggenheim Museum 2012-07-05T14:00:00Z

“White people have a tendency to overestimate their ability to fix problems.” Is the era of the white male food critic coming to an end? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

People say we're moving into an era where there's much more of a Big Brother tendency with the electorate, where you'll switch from one candidate to another. Jeremy Vine: 'I've been tailgating the greats' 2012-06-09T23:05:09Z

The tendency to patronizing self-censorship in the arts may also be based on little or no actual negative audience reaction. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created

"But the script called for a hairless creature, so hairless it needed to be. "There's a tendency to mystify acting, as if it's not interesting enough and we need to jazz it up. Waltz: From Nazi Basterd to Zero hero 2014-03-14T06:33:14Z

The show’s opening gallery is a gripping introduction to this tendency. Review: ‘Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld’ Studies Perceptions Shaped by Photography 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Now the two tendencies are quite highly correlated, largely because liberals increasingly see Mormons in the same light as they see evangelicals, as religious authoritarians opposed to social progress. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

When he moves, a pronounced tendency to stiffness throughout his neck and upper spine makes him seem imprisoned within his body. Trajal Harrell’s ‘Twenty Looks’ in Full at the Kitchen 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Where there's this tendency to make the aesthetic, really overly bright, and for the acting and the stories to be really silly. Dave Franco shares your Airbnb anxieties in new horror flick "The Rental," starring wife Alison Brie 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

The language barrier forced Mr. Meehan and Ms. Ahrens to depend on translators to shape the dialogue and lyrics, and in doing so, rein in their own tendencies as incorrigible perfectionists. A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z

More recent writers have taken a milder tack, casting Offenbach as an entertainer with satirical tendencies. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Primrose’s tendency, which developed through her male upbringing, was to speak in a more staccato style, which is typically associated with male speech patterns. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

Binary vision, the instinctive tendency for a viewer’s eyes to converge and create depth perception and the parallax vision that locates objects in space, is unplugged. Go to LACMA for John McLaughlin, possibly the most important postwar artist you don't know 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

That’s very important, especially because both Walter and Roy Cohn have a tendency to shout in heated arguments, and you don’t want to hurt yourself. ‘Tell Torvald to Grow Up’: Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane Trade Emails on Their Celebrated Roles 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

But history-minded tourists should be wary of a British tendency to look back on the Blitz with something akin to nostalgia: not for the bombs themselves, but for the “Blitz Spirit” that they purportedly engendered. For History-Minded Tourists, London Marks Blitz Anniversary 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

And yet, the symmetries, repetitions and recurrences do not irritate but instead illuminate the presence of a singular, readily identifiable voice whose signature obsessions and tendencies recur no matter what story she tells. Books of The Times: ‘American Innovations’ by Rivka Galchen 2014-05-07T20:15:28Z

She never ignores their flaws, their perfectly human tendency toward self-justification, but she also captures their longing to be kind, to be just, to somehow behave well despite the contradictory desires of the heart. Review | An African American couple torn apart by the justice system 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

If you continue not to treat your OCD and your depression and your alcoholic tendencies you will get into trouble. I’m successful but depressed 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

In it a curmudgeonly Ingres explains his decision to cancel his subscription: “Your work suggests too many tendencies that are quite opposite to mine and that I believe dangerous.” Art Review: ?Ingres at the Morgan,? Drawings and Letters - Review 2011-09-08T22:20:27Z

There’s a natural tendency to plan our travels down to the minute: We want to make sure we’re getting the most out of a trip that uses up our valuable money and vacation time. In a Year of Perpetual Motion, Moments That Stopped Time 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

More of this counterintuitive tendency: in “From This Far” a drone chord takes up a third of the tune’s length. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-14T23:38:13Z

Mr. Krakauer, between songs, often indulged his tendency to explain the obvious. Music Review: ‘The Big Picture,’ Movie Music at the Museum of Jewish Heritage 2014-01-30T23:53:10Z

Evidently, the former president feels his racist tendencies have a lifecycle in Sweet Home Alabama. Damn right, I come from Alabama: The symbolic and historic importance of the Alabama Sweet Tea Party 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z

Hughes does not limit himself to critiquing art, offering observations about the city’s infrastructure, including Rome’s apparent adoration of fountains, as well as ancient Romans’ tendency toward spectacle. These books lead to Rome 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

As depressing as this tendency is, the good news is that it is possible to course-correct. Down with tech bros! It's time for TV's female nerd revolution 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

But we academics have a tendency to think that all the world is, or should be, a freewheeling seminar room. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z

But what happens when forgetting yourself—as in, your own politics, beliefs and tendencies—is a reflection of greater social problems, like an inability to see the cultural “other” as human? White “Creed” fans, pay attention: This is not just another feel-good, underdog sports movie 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

The idea is to lower crime rates by allowing the population to release their violent tendencies on one particular night. Smart Watch: The notorious “RBG” comes to CNN and more top TV picks for the week 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Weitz treats them all with a fondness that feels entirely unforced, and his sentimental tendencies are balanced by their mostly dry-eyed performances, and above all by Ms. Tomlin’s peppery honesty. Review: In ‘Grandma,’ Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

But in the real world, she’s also ashamed of these daydreams and deeply uncomfortable with Pete’s tendency to touch her in the kitchen under the guise of teaching her. Netflix cancels "Tuca & Bertie," loses out on one of the most timely TV narratives 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

She possesses an unshakable work ethic and a useful tendency to rail about drug use. Perspective | Why Roger Federer is the most graceful athlete of our time 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

He has experience in occupational safety and a tendency to “go dig really deep into the numbers … so I have a fair amount of concern about what could happen.” To go or not to live events? Here’s how some longtime Seattle arts supporters are deciding 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Do any other theatergoers share my exasperation with this tendency of stage characters to chat us up indiscriminately, often endlessly? ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Stop Talking To Me 2010-10-21T17:37:00Z

Did you see that recent story in The Washington Post reporting a correlation between male sexual insecurity and the tendency to vote for Republicans, particularly Donald Trump? Perspective | President Trump: The new Mae West? Let us explain. 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

The main problem with Hastings’s focus on the human toll of the war is his tendency to underplay the motives that led all sides to consider it worth waging. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

It was what behavioral scientists call the “identifiable victim effect” — the human tendency to respond more empathetically to the plight of a single individual, rather than a large group. How to raise kinder, less entitled kids (according to science) 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

This access nonetheless enables D’Antonio to showcase Trump’s tendency to turn any question into a discussion of himself. ‘Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success,’ by Michael D’Antonio 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

There is a magical element to the cover, this slender girl with a man slung over her shoulders, that plays into the tendency to file Khan under kooky. Natasha Khan on still being 'badass' 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z

Obviously an innate tendency to develop a fear of snakes might be a good thing in those environments that snakes inhabit. Our new era of anxiety 2012-06-02T22:00:00Z

He railed against the tendency to seek technological solutions to human suffering, a painful admission for a man who studied science in Argentina, France and the United States. Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato dies at age 99 2011-04-30T15:28:34Z

This is a meticulously reported volume that clearly benefits from the author’s extraordinary access to many of the relevant characters, but also from his subjects’ tendency to record, in detail, their time around Trump. How Has Donald Trump Survived? 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

The prize, whose winner will be announced early on Thursday morning, goes annually to “the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency,” and there’s often been a progressive political element to how it’s been awarded. The Nobel Prize in Literature: A Year for Long Shots? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

He sees the tendency to solipsism in his work and discusses his use of the first person. From the archive, 1 October 1965: 'I am somebody', Henry Miller says 2012-10-01T06:30:00Z

"It's an ego thing," he says, about a sometimes tendency among the less informed to overlook the Boxster as a "serious" Porsche. Porsche's Newest Baby 2010-07-15T17:06:00Z

“As we discussed it internally, we noted an interesting tendency: Everyone had at least a ‘complicated’ relationship with Facebook. Could you “free” yourself of Facebook? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

For Sia, the Australian-born singer and songwriter, Stern agreed to turn off the studio cameras, in deference to her tendency to hide her face while performing. Meet the new Howard Stern. He’d like to make amends for the old Howard Stern. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Loving to hate: is anybody else other than me bothered by this tendency? ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

She acknowledges that her husband would have rejected some of her elegiac tendencies: “you won’t let me do any wayward effusive gestures that describe how you are mythic.” Confronting Grief, Mental Illness and Marginalization, in Verse 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

And will the mill owners align their mildly philanthropic tendencies with the need for increased production? The Mill, where misery is relentless 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

As a hoarder, being prepared for any and every eventuality is so deeply ingrained in me, I sometimes don't even recognize the tendency. I can't stop buying N95 masks: As a hoarder, my instinct is to shop my way out of the pandemic 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

Under Mr. Battle’s predecessor, Ms. Jamison, the company’s worst fault was a tendency to oversell in terms of facial delivery. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z

Arthur Phillips explores this human tendency and much more in his rich historical novel “The King at the Edge of the World.” Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

“After sitting in the car for too long, the tendency is to get fatigued, and even a five-minute stop will help counter the sluggishness,” she said. How to have a perfect road trip 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

But given the increased tendency of contemporary artists to embrace a multimedia approach to art-making, the program does serve as a kind of bellwether, he said. Navigating the Fair: Highlights of Art Basel Hong Kong 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Every mobster/drug lord/Hand of the King worth his salt inevitably justifies his murderous tendencies with self-righteous devotion to family. The body count and stereotypes pile up on 'Gang Related' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

“People have a tendency to oversimplify humanitarian work and the complexity it involves,” she said. Mark Hopkins?s Film Explores Doctors Without Borders 2010-05-29T02:32:00Z

Motifs from the album echo in the head easily, though the songs have a tendency to sound the same. The Music Itself Is a Form of Protest 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Teaching fiction argues strongly against the tendency to generalize. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

Each gallery has a clear and different focus, but there is a consistent tendency to favor groupings of works tightly related by time or place. Art Review: Museum of Modern Art?s Painting and Sculpture Galleries 2011-09-01T22:46:53Z

A writer from The Nation, for instance, opined, “A tendency to blackness in the flesh-shades is the principal artistic infelicity in this curious and learned work.” Art Review: A Restored ?Gross Clinic? at Philadelphia Museum 2010-07-29T21:51:00Z

Contrary to popular belief, I'd say it wasn't their religious tendencies, but their desire to become a brand. McGee on music: The Osmonds were vocal harmony greats 2010-04-27T10:55:00Z

Like others in therapy, they find that their old tendencies remain even after a period of progress. Anger Management: Why the Genius Founders Turned to Couples Therapy 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

The American corporate tendency to commodify major holidays was always going to be stymied by the reality of what Juneteenth is. How (not) to do Juneteenth 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z

But the presence of these stars also meant that he had to compete for roles, particularly given the traditional tendency to assign the princely parts to taller men. Joaquin De Luz, City Ballet’s Bravura Sparkler, Says Goodbye 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Guirgis is well aware that the persistent character flaws have the tendency to rankle some audience members who would have preferred to see their worldviews affirmed more emphatically. The Riverside Drive Apartment Where a Broadway Play Was Born 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

“Some of our biggest brands have a tendency not to see it’s in their best interests to stay plugged into the contemporary world.” Virgil Abloh Gets a Seat at the Power Table 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

As Mr. Bois points out, American artists have had a tendency to seize on the conceptual side of Malevich — ignoring his earlier Cubo-Futurist canvases and the late figurative work he produced under government pressure. Art Review: It All Started With a Simple Square 2011-03-11T00:05:42Z

A few months ago, my drunk reading tendencies converged upon a single author. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z

But underestimating a rustling in the undergrowth, which might conceal a predator, could be fatal, leading to evolutionary selection of a tendency to see agents everywhere. In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

The tendency in modern works on the Renaissance is, after all, to demystify its grand narratives. Trying to revive the Renaissance 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z

Singapore's government, notorious for its interventionist tendencies, is also building more public housing, increasing supply to ensure that it stays affordable. Asia's Hottest Property Markets 2010-09-24T03:00:00Z

Then, as Susie walked away, Ms. Streisand grew serious, talking about the state of the world and what she sees as a tendency of women not to band together. Barbra Streisand, a Voice to Be Reckoned With 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

I also saw a tendency to fall into the kind of thinking that I believe art exists to save us from: sloganeering, ideological absolutism, internecine fighting, bullying and binary thinking. Perspective | Best visual art of 2020: Sublime Degas, spellbinding El Greco, Dorothea Lange and a defining video for our time 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

While Virginia allows that they have a tendency to finish each other’s sentences, Bill concedes that they tell people they’re married to the work. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Some Ties That Bind 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Alinder frequently alludes to Weston’s priapic tendencies and remarks on how female members of the group rejected gender stereotypes: Cunningham kept her maiden name, and Consuelo Kanaga refused to stop photographing black Americans. Review: ‘Group f.64,’ by Mary Street Alinder celebrates photography’s revolutionaries 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

In the debate on gender equality at work, there is also a natural tendency to focus on the top jobs: on how few women are judges, CEOs, cabinet ministers and so on. Paula Principle: why women work below their abilities | Tom Schullere 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – review 2013-05-11T07:00:24Z

McCain’s maverick tendencies are working to ensure that he goes out as a voice of reason and reconciliation, begging for an end to poisonous partisanship. Review | John McCain reports for duty in his own heroically touching HBO tribute 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Weaknesses: A fatal tendency to do the right thing in a world where good guys finish last. Game of Thrones: would you join Julia Gillard in House Targaryen? 2013-05-27T02:40:05Z

“One agency protects what another releases. … The dangerous, if natural, tendency to hide embarrassing or inconvenient facts can mask vulnerabilities and only keeps critical information from the American people.” What happens when a whistleblower returns to work after a decade’s fight 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

It's a mix of purposeful avant-swing and drily eloquent sax and guitar solos alongside collectively improvised sections and patient explorations that avoid Bratoëff's tendency to drift. Jonathan Brato?ff Quartet: Mindscapes 2010-06-23T22:29:00Z

This time, the mag offers a brand-new interview with former double-act Stewart Lee and Richard Herring, two performers who share a refreshing tendency to say exactly what they think about the people they've worked with. This week's new comedy 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z

The founder effect is the tendency of initial, successful occupants of a niche to have an exceptionally strong effect on succeeding generations. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

If there aren’t any aesthetic breakthroughs, there are some common tendencies. The Next Wave of Dance Films, Made on Your Phone, Is Here 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Embellishments were played uniformly quickly, regardless of their expressive context, and a tendency to play from beat to beat, rather than from phrase to phrase, grew tiresome in these light-footed dances. A promising piano program but a flawed execution at the Phillips 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

It’s cool, because I have a real tendency to fidget, so it’s like a fidget spinner but on my finger. Nat Wolff, a Movie Star on the Rise, Likes a Uniform 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Jackie's accompanied on his bloody crusade by supernatural sidekick Darkling, whose frequent tendency to relieve himself on the corpses of enemies suggests a serious bladder complaint. This week's new games 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z

He also cites Liszt’s own self-described tendency to “hurl his spear into the vast expanse of the future” rather than, say, the salons that surrounded him. Review | At the Kennedy Center, songs you haven’t heard and cellphones you wish you hadn’t 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

But homage can easily slide into laziness, and “Penny Dreadful” falls prey to this tendency a few too many times here: 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Cue the Seance 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Extroverted self-indulgence and a tendency to revel in unholy messiness? 2010-02-12T00:07:00Z

I suppose the story won’t be hard to follow, but what you’ll be missing, perhaps, is an appreciation of the necessary loopiness and meandering tendencies that form a “Breaking Bad”-style narrative. Review of AMC’s ‘Better Call Saul’: Every sleazeball has a story to tell 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

“He has a tendency to flatten things out, and that can be dull,” Mr. Kummer said. Why Christopher Kimball Is Moving On From America’s Test Kitchen 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

Her mode was melodrama, and she had an operatic tendency to exaggerate. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z

The intimacy can be uncomfortable at times and that closeness highlights self-indulgent tendencies, but the meaning behind lyrics which have become so well-known shines through anew. Review: Hooper's `Les Miserables' is relentless 2012-12-10T20:49:09Z

The group’s perfectionist tendencies eventually watered down the albums and likely played no small part in its break-up. Album review: Garbage, 'Not Your Kind of People' 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z

When the interviewer asked if he was exaggerating about his tendency to get into brawls as a schoolboy, Putin took offense. What Is Driving Vladimir Putin? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

There is probably a tendency to provide more elbow room for a rapidly growing intellectual middle class and educated sectors of the population, which, after all, will be measured in tens, possibly hundreds of millions. From Marx to the Milibands 2011-01-16T00:04:08Z

Brand, a 35-year-old British comedian and actor known for a drug-addled past and hedonistic tendencies, is next set to star as Trinculo in "The Tempest" and the title character in a remake of "Arthur." Newlyweds Brand, Perry leave India for Maldives 2010-10-25T13:35:00Z

No matter the age, it is a natural human tendency to get excited, sign up for an event and then later get nervous. Perspective | Should she stay or should she go: Summer camp conundrum 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

The Sydney Morning Herald : "From the get-go, Strictly Ballroom the Musical shows a tendency to milk applause rather than earn it. "Luhrmann's opening shot - ballroom dancers splashed across the stage - is a stunner. Mixed reviews for Strictly musical 2014-04-14T12:19:47Z

But too often the tendency for order and method winnows the action of grit and nastiness. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z

The idea of an Italian at the helm of Britain’s largest luxury brand has already sent acolytes into a tizzy, but an Italian with gothic tendencies? The Fashion Circus Is Coming. Here’s a Cheat’s Guide. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Not only was there a failure to ensure crowd safety, there was also a tendency to blame the crowd. Danger in numbers ? can mega-gigs ever truly be safe? 2011-07-20T20:31:00Z

When I read Shadow and Bone a year ago it completely took both my breath and my heart, along with all of my completely obsessive tendencies. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - why should you read it? 2013-06-20T14:22:12Z

But more important, the tendency to dismiss Southerners as lazy is surely linked to the persistence of inequality and poverty in the region. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

Perhaps due to his ironic tendencies, Wayne and Hathaway thought Dennis was some kind of communist. I was Dennis Hopper's henchman 2010-06-03T21:29:00Z

These late works exemplify a tendency spread throughout his fiction to mix the human and the animal into strange chimeras. Will Self: The musical world of Franz Kafka 2012-10-05T21:55:12Z

I mean that as praise, and also as an observation about an interesting tendency in independent filmmaking. BAMcinemaFest Opts to Be Unlikable and Thought-Provoking 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Compliance reflects Zobel's belief that most of us have a tendency, however faint, to acquiesce to authority. Compliance: would you strip-search a colleague if the police ordered you to? 2013-03-19T18:35:00Z

There is a tendency to make what I call 'music for modern anxiety', or sound design, which I think a lot of music is these days. Rhye: the sounds of seduction 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z

"Fandom has encouraged my tendencies to both be open to new ideas and to think about them critically, and to ask questions." Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

Do you find yourself recoiling at the late-night genre’s tendency to elevate the fawning, the self-absorbed? David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won. 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

“There is a tendency toward abstraction that is produced by these negatives and the conditions of the landscape,” said Corey Keller, the show’s curator. Much About This Artist Is in Doubt. Not His Talent. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

As he chronicled the new music scene in L.A., and particularly that of progressive composers, he found his Old World tendencies in conflict with an avant-garde, both American and European. 'The Poet in Exile' at the Wallis lacks full picture of Walter Arlen 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Despite its tendency to maim and kill them, the fearsome machine is cautiously welcomed by the townspeople, some of whom recognize an economic lifeline when they see one. 2010-01-08T04:05:00Z

Ultimately, it is the execution that saves “Fresh” from its baser tendencies. In These Women’s Hands, Dating Is Truly the Stuff of Horror 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Gay men said they would welcome a more realistic portrayal of gay life and criticised a tendency to feature camp men, though they said this was improving. Homosexuality on TV: viewers react 2010-09-29T23:36:00Z

See the narrow, patronizing tendency to “ascribe to black artists some generalized aim,” like “inserting the black figure into the white canon.” From Justin Bieber to Martin Buber, Zadie Smith’s Essays Showcase Her Exuberance and Range 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Trussoni has a tendency to mix compelling ideas with rapid-fire plot developments that strain the forbearance of even the most forgiving reader. Murder in a Moneyed Fire Island Enclave 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

It's incumbent for us to help our sons understand that this is a natural biological tendency, so we have to be taught that we have agency regarding that. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

But he also criticised elements of the Syrian opposition for its "violent tendencies", leading to criticism from supporters of the revolution. Syrian authors condemn 'savage' Homs bombardment 2012-02-09T12:15:17Z

“The show’s anecdotal structure — its tendency to construct scenes as self-contained, jazzlike riffs — might not be for everyone, but those scenes are frequently gems in their own right.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Lodge 49’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

After reading “All Summer in a Day,” the reader knows with utter clarity, how basic is the tendency toward cruelty, and that childhood is neither pure nor innocent. Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable 2012-06-06T20:30:00Z

Horgan: A big difference for me is Sharon has a creative tendency but is afraid to try and make that sort of career work. 'Catastrophe' Stars on Why the Couple Acutally Has a Model Relationship 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

But while it's invited some derision, this tendency also has more than a little to do with just how beloved his most beloved films came to be. Steven Spielberg’s 3 Biggest Failures, According to Steven Spielberg 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Indie rock needs more musicians like Mac DeMarco, a talented singer and songwriter who bucks the genre’s stultifying tendency toward seriousness. Your week in Seattle music: Joan Baez, Flying Lotus and more 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

If a trans woman undergoes vocal cord surgery but continues to speak with the same vocal tendencies as before, her voice may still sound more masculine. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

But Sunday’s generally leisurely hour was more enjoyable than other ‘values episodes,’ mainly because it largely avoided the show’s tendency toward didactic explication. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 10: Rick and Michonne Meet a Mysterious Visitor 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

There is also the tendency – in ancient societies as well as modern – to recycle, particularly where the resource in question is limited and very valuable, like metal. The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z

But, despite its fickle tendency to get damaged, despite its changeable and cumbersome nature, videotape is also timeless, recognizable to my Gen Z son as an important object, if nothing else. Sects, lies and videotape: "Archive 81" and the mystique of the semipermanent artifact 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

One of the show’s boldest conceits was its tendency to stage entire episodes as exercises in a particular style or genre. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

“Looking to the south, you somehow have this unfortunate tendency of putting everything in the same box,” he said. How the Denver Art Museum Kicked Columbus Out the Door 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Despite the fact that one in two marriages now ends in divorce, there remains a tendency to treat relationships without contract or children as in some way lesser. I no longer love my boyfriend, but I can’t afford to leave him | Dear Mariella 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

Despite his tendency to personalize the plot, Mr. Apatow says the movie is not really about him and the three-quarters of his nuclear family who appear in it. Judd Apatow’s Life as Art in ‘This Is 40’ 2012-11-14T15:13:43Z

On “Fire and Flame,” which builds like a U2 “Joshua Tree”-era arena rock song, Moore addresses his tendency to sometimes neglect his faith. In ‘Wild World,’ singer Kip Moore turns a mirror on himself 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

She's very, well, a lot and her obsessive compulsive tendencies and hypochondria are played at first in "A League of Their Own" as over the top, for cheap-feeling laughs. The best breakout TV performances of the year, from twins and vamps to werewolves and superheroes 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

Every drive has a tendency to want to enlist every other drive in its service. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

The stories and essays both have a tendency to obscure their premises in pursuit of specific outcomes, and the more they speculate about social impacts, the less they stand up to scrutiny. Memory, That Unreliable Narrator: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Despite heaps of academic-style analysis and criticism of the American tendency to categorize foods into categories of "good" and "bad," those age-old colloquialisms show no sign of losing steam. With deep-fried fake chicken, can Beyond break the link between health food and vegetarianism? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Donzelli’s approach is distinguished by contrivances that play as tics: a labored framing device, a tendency to begin scenes with the actors remaining motionless to simulate a freeze frame, and more. Review: ‘Marguerite & Julien,’ a Tale of Siblings in Love 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

He had a tendency to withhold information from his dancers. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

These two new translations bring another opportunity to enshrine the singular talent and mischief of this writer, whose late novels are insurrections against the novel itself, against its tendencies toward banal realism and earnest piety. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

He does this partly by highlighting the tendency to regard people unlike ourselves with suspicion. ‘Send for the Million Men' Revisits Sacco and Vanzetti 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hanks, in his remarks about Mr. Greengrass, joked about his tendency to rehearse for hours, even on a minor moment. The Carpetbagger: Jane Lynch on the Delicate Art of Awards Humor 2014-01-27T15:35:45Z

This went on for two years, from 16 to 18, and eventually I was diagnosed with anorexia with orthorexic tendencies. I had heard clean eating made you feel better – but for me it went wrong 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Given carte blanche, there is a tendency to design something a little too wilful or impermanent. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z

Despite her good fortune she harbors some Madame Bovary tendencies, aching for a life of pampered thrills and finding her own existence — a spacious apartment, luxury vacations — shabby. In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

And today, here in the capital of the Jewish state, there is a tendency to see the world purely through Jewish history and culture. James S. Snyder?s Facelift of the Israel Museum 2010-07-20T21:45:00Z

The government must "grasp the correct orientation for politics, values and behavior, and prevent the spread of base, depressing tendencies, materialism and the worship of money", Cai added. Many of China's TV shows, films are rubbish, minister says 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

But when Anna meets Marnie, a golden-haired beauty with an unsettling tendency to appear and disappear at odd moments, everything changes. Review: ‘When Marnie Was There,’ by Studio Ghibli, Animates a Friendship With Ominous Undertones 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Or a more thoughtful, civilising tendency, a kinder and gentler discourse on the web? 'I never knew how much I'd write crying': Peter Bradshaw on film star deaths 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

But the members of the Swedish Academy display an almost perverse tendency to get things wrong. Perspective | The Swedish Academy took a year off to fix the Nobel Prize in literature. It’s still broken. 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

He quickly began developing an idiosyncratic store of images in short animated films whose geometric forms and absurdist tendencies reflected his debt to Dadaism and Russian Constructivism. Robert Breer, Pioneer of Avant-Garde Animation, Dies at 84 2011-08-18T03:41:08Z

Extremely facile, with tendencies somewhere between bar band and jam band, it was able to pass for conventional country on early hits like “Chicken Fried” and “Toes.” Review: Zac Brown Band’s ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Let’s allow him to lean into that tendency with a version of his most mindless film. Justice for directors! The $20m 'Snyder cut' should only be the start 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

Denial of fear is at once a human tendency and most American. Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” will keep you up at night 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Whatever you call it — diving, flopping, simulating, embellishing, faking — the tendency to exaggerate contact and feign injury has long plagued the sport, and US players are not immune. Sorry, New York Times, but America flops too 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

Even in the US, a nation characterized by individualism, disasters have had a tendency to beget altruism. Social distancing is a must – but many are ready to contribute even more 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency to dismiss all ballet as elitist fluff, and to mock contemporary choreography as esoteric and daffy. Why English National Ballet's rebranding was a necessary step 2013-02-27T19:30:01Z

That tendency toward intense privacy even conditioned the book I wrote. Reckoning with My Love for Prince 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

I'm still aware of that tendency to want everything neatly tied up with a bow in my writing now. Laura Wade on her early play, White Feathers 2013-01-01T17:00:08Z

Daniel has a love and talent for music, bolstered by chromesthesia — he hears music in rich colors — but his tendency toward self-sabotage leaves him “unable to do anything but pursue this singular impulse toward ruin.” The immigrant novel, 2017: Lisa Ko’s ‘The Leavers’ shines a light on ugly truths 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

He shares a great duet with Clyde - "You Can Do Better Than Him" - but has a tendency to dramatically punch things such as desks to get the point across that he's mad. 'Bonnie & Clyde' has murderous leads, killer songs 2011-12-02T23:27:18Z

In England, writers tend to be pale, unworldly creatures, with hunched shoulders, a lump on their noses where their spectacles sit, and a tendency to feel the cold. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z

“If you don’t mind me saying so, Lorenzo has a tendency to get a little grandiose and I’m always the one saying, ‘Honey, you need to have more realistic expectations from the world.’ ” | Up Close: New York Fashion Week: Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Fashion Bloggers 2012-09-05T21:37:53Z

But the tendency of both principal characters to analyze their scholarly obsessions and their personal foibles in the same microscopic detail, contemplating every single “exponentially branching” possibility, eventually wears on the nerves. | 'Completeness': ?Completeness,? by Itamar Moses - Review 2011-09-14T02:01:02Z

She has a tendency to forget the names of extremely famous people, and describes them in blunt terms: “Jewish white guy,” she said, reaching for a comic she enjoys. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

For that reason alone, the tendency to read The Bell Jar as if it were the unmediated biography of Plath's personal life seems to me to diminish its significance. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z

Young believes in a pervasive tendency for men to be skeptical of women’s responses to events — what boils down to the age-old assumption about hysterical females. Why don’t men believe women? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Last week saw the launch of the Amorist, writer Rowan Pelling’s new magazine, which aims “to counter the modern tendency to see sex through a purely functional prism”. Let’s talk about intimacy – and why it makes for better love and sex 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

Twin Oaks was settled in 1967, at the height of the hippie commune movement, by a group of eight people who were, at best, wary of the shiftless tendencies of some of their peers. I worked hard for no pay — and I dug it 2013-02-10T23:00:00Z

Mr Merwin cites many causes: emigration from cities, concerns about calories and cholesterol, the spread of supermarkets, and a tendency among mid-20th-century Jews to downplay their ethnicity. The rise and fall of the Jewish deli 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

“Everybody says Republicans have a tendency to spend more,” said Franco Nuschese, the restaurant’s owner. If there’s a Trump bump for restaurants, Georgetown is first in line 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Gay characters were once confined to niche markets, or to peripheral roles and tragic endings in the mainstream — a tendency that spawned the sardonic catchphrase “bury your gays.” ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Once he got serious about food, he brought to the kitchen his natural competitiveness and tinkering-in-the-lab tendencies. Breakfast isn’t a sport. Zeke, one of the Emanuel brothers, would beg to differ. 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

British media had fun calling him “Byron Ferrari” for his new high-class trappings and tendency toward louche cabaret, but money was beautiful, and, by extension, so was he. Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

But the other day she seemed the only one fazed by her perfectionism, a tendency she appears to curb by affecting an undone look. Countdown to Fashion Week: Hair and Makeup 2013-09-04T13:44:07Z

Entire films and TV series are predicated upon the tendency of powerful people using power and wealth to camouflage wrongdoing. CBS stands by Les Moonves, despite #MeToo reports: “There’s no wiggle room” for ignoring al... 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

The Dancing Itos represent not only the nation’s rapidly increasing tendency to mock the court proceedings, but also a certain level of contempt for Ito himself. The People v OJ Simpson episode eight – bring on the Dancing Itos 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

When a woman’s symptoms are less legible or quantifiable — fatigue, vertigo, chronic pain — the tendency to be dismissive grows. Why ‘Unwell Women’ Have Gone Misdiagnosed for Centuries 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

The form was strewn with pitfalls, among them a tendency to sermonize, a veering into allegory and a lack of plausibility. Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

In the end, the music trumps all quibbles – any tendency Simon had toward solipsism is more than balanced by the all-enveloping groove and ebullient counterpoint harmony vocals. Top box sets, from the Beatles to Bill Withers 2012-12-10T16:42:00Z

At the time, country music was still reckoning with its bro tendencies. In Country Music, Nice Guys Finish First (for Now) 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

George Bernard Shaw feared that the Victorian tendency to see Shakespeare as immune from criticism verged on “Bardolatry,” warning that “it is false admiration to worship him as an infallible demi-god.” Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Presidential biographies also provided context, countering the tendency to think “that whatever’s going on right now is uniquely disastrous or amazing or difficult,” he said. Obama’s Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

She describes silence, not as the absence of sound, but as the beginning of listening, though she has some reservations about the “egotistical tendencies” of the current trend for silent getaways. Ssshhh! How the cult of quiet can change your life 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Your family life is suddenly scripted, and filmed, and your parents' most vicious and petty tendencies are continually stoked for the cameras. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z

For some unfathomable reason, a British accent still has a tendency to tranquilise critical thought in some US minds. Death of The Author: how did my play fare in LA? 2011-03-07T17:31:16Z

At the same time that humans re-enact the tendencies and debates from prior health crises, Macho said, there is also an odd kind of cultural amnesia that makes it difficult to learn from them. Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

In Season 3, Ryan — and specifically whether he will grow up to share his father’s violent tendencies — becomes the show’s primary focus. In Its Final Season, ‘Happy Valley’ Grapples With Healing 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

And even at some couture houses, there is a tendency to keep adding stuff or making constructions that look hard and aging. On the Runway Blog: Dior: Holding Couture to the Light 2012-01-24T15:59:02Z

I have the tendency to marinate my favorite roast chicken recipes with sweet herbs and honey, because I, too, have now come to associate honey with new beginnings, be it a year or a season. 13 celebratory chicken recipes for Rosh Hashanah 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

He said that “kids have this tendency of being very brutal to the robot, they would kick the robot, they would be cruel to it, they would be really not nice,” she recalled. Why Do We Hurt Robots? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

Trump’s tendency to spin out assertions untethered from reality becomes a recipe for disaster when combined with his disdain for scientists, medical experts, intelligence officials, journalists and others who deal in fact-based reality. Perspective | Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

They’re tendencies, and it makes less and less sense to consider them narrowly given the frequency and prevalence of migration. A Few Thoughts About British Actors Playing American (and African-American) Roles 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

A tendency towards the oversized was particularly pronounced in the final third of the 20th century as modernism grew middle-aged and comfortable. Gigantism 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Yet the irreflective nature of these scenes also contains the seeds of the novel’s main defect: While the young men objectify and fail to understand Laura, the novel sometimes exhibits the same tendency. Tales on Two Wheels: Cycling in Fact and Fiction 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

And because Lindy suffers from a rare neurological condition that causes hyperaggressive tendencies and violent impulses, she usually beats these unsuspecting offenders into a bloody mess. ‘Jolt’ Review: Danger, High Voltage 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

The atypical accusations, the absurdity of his alleged crime and his tendency to be fodder for comedians may hurt him more than accusations, even of serious crimes. In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

To argue that it represented a departure for Argerich would be foolish, but given her tendency to limit herself to concertos for her UK appearances, there was a sense of novelty in the air throughout. Argerich/Goerner ? review 2011-08-16T18:30:01Z

But according to linguistic experts, the Peppa Pig effect, first reported by the parenting website Romper, is less a soft-power victory for anglophilia than a normal toddler tendency to mimic new words. Telling porkies: no, Peppa Pig is not giving American kids British accents 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

In this industry, whenever there is a surge in representation for any group, there's this tendency to be like, "It's a moment!" which is so infuriating, because a moment is small. "Reservation Dogs" and "Echo" star on the "appetite for Native stories" and living up to her name 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

The researchers warn that the increasing tendency for older people to be taking a cocktail of drugs for different conditions may be part of the problem. Some antidepressants linked to dementia risk 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Along with its description — a high suicide rate, a tendency toward uncontrolled rage, an inability to regulate one’s impulses, no known effective treatment — there was other news. The Carnegies: a Ghost Story 2010-08-12T00:28:00Z

For only by knowing this enemy can we consciously change our innate, destructive behavioral tendencies. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z

When we speak of adored artists, we often flash on the first time we encountered their work, a tendency that evokes first love. Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

I suppose die-hard DIYers might appreciate the absence of Grand Designs' gameshow tendencies, but for the rather less dedicated it is a distinct disadvantage. TV review: Vexed; Restoration Home 2012-08-01T21:00:01Z

With Jake I was unprepared for his insidious slide into being a stoner, not recognising the signs, such as his tendency to hide in his room and avoid all contact with his family. I fear skunk has claimed our son – but his siblings come to the rescue 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

People were so polarized there, he says, that they were willing to tolerate candidates with authoritarian tendencies so long as they shared their policy positions. Trump’s presidency has prompted a new, nationwide college course on why democracies collapse 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

But her singing was inconsistent, sometimes bright and sometimes edgy, with a tendency to land sourly on the ends of phrases. Music Review: Elliot Madore and Megan Hart in Song Continues Recital - Review 2012-01-17T23:32:45Z

While many of Khalidi’s insights are thought-provoking, their persuasiveness is undermined at times by a tendency to shave the rhetorical corner. Is There Any Way to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Portnoy's combative trolling and tendency to unleash his devoted followers on women is central to his public image. "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than another stab at a satisfying closure 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

This program was French, but it was never refined or precious or merely sweet according to the tendencies of French musical stereotype. Review | Noseda, NSO offer French program with Italian accent 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Her social anxieties and destructive tendencies are relatable to mental illness. Top 5 TV shows that deal with mental health 2013-06-17T17:15:00Z

In a competitive field, it’s worth looking for the Emmy favorite—given the awards ceremony’s tendency to play favorites. Here’s Who Should—and Actually Will—Win Emmys This Year 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Veronika Part, despite her tendencies toward facial overemphasis and following the music in solos rather than embodying it, finds one of her most sumptuous roles in its celebrated second movement. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Presents ‘A Month in the Country’ 2013-05-22T21:48:48Z

“My mother was a French teacher and also a music teacher,” he says, “and we listened to a lot of French music. ... There’s definitely a very strong Francophile tendency in the family.” Paris Combo brings its eclectic, exotic sounds back to Seattle 2014-04-17T19:21:55Z

The distancing tendencies of streaming are only emphasized in the Studio show with distracting moments that show Lisa simultaneously in two frames, from different angles, diluting her presence. Review | God and catfish: Two streaming plays evoke roaming, restless minds 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

They try to curb their wild tendencies and blend in, lacking the restraint or fine-grained social acumen to do so in a totally persuasive way. The Age of Creepiness 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Was that an indication of their “vampire” tendencies? Driving the Stake Through Emotional Vampires 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Cobain is pale and scruffy beneath cherry-red sunglasses and multicolored tinsel garlands; the image captures Cobain's tendency to play with glamour and image, along with an underlying frailty. Art preview: SAM's Kurt Cobain show traces the global influence wielded by a native son 2010-05-05T22:14:00Z

He is also, not surprisingly, a rather serious man, and did not exhibit a shred of either the British tendency to self-deprecate or that Hollywood tic of trying to win over and charm. Christopher Nolan’s Latest Time-Bending Feat? ‘Dunkirk’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

But the tendency to treat nearly every new character as a chess piece or two-dimensional symbol is tiresome. Didn't watch "Secret Invasion"? Why Marvel projects have become increasingly irrelevant 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z

His personal taste as a dance musician is refreshingly far from the “rockist,” Led Zeppelin-worshiping tendencies of so many pop historians. ‘Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé,’ by Bob Stanley

“Hollywood and the media have a tendency to whitewash and lightwash a lot of stories, particularly when black actresses are concerned,” said Tiffani Jones, the founder of the blog Coffee Rhetoric. Should Zoe Saldana Play Nina Simone? Some Say No 2012-09-12T19:45:18Z

Those two also rarely passed up an opportunity to provoke their audiences, a tendency that once lived on in Farrell and Jane's Addiction but now appears dormant. Looking forward, looking back at Sunset Strip Music Festival 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

The Russian tendency to overprescribe means that Russians often spend huge amounts on medicines. Which country has the world's best healthcare system? 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Over the course of the album, however, there's a tendency to throw in some ponderous instrumental interludes, mention "space" and "time" and assume that's enough. Midnight Juggernauts: The Crystal Axis 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z

No matter that the point of her tweet was to highlight Trump’s delusional tendencies; Haberman’s critics on the left sounded more offended by the messenger. Maggie Haberman and the never-ending Trump story 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

In Frank's case, the pop-up is an outlet for his entrepreneurial tendencies that — unlike starting a full-on restaurant — leaves him time to spend with his family. Shophouse Seattle joins the list of pop-up restaurants appearing across the country 2011-05-10T20:25:18Z

Both have been raised by mothers whose tendencies to smother express their own needs for guidance, and both are employed by editors hostile to their existences as anything other than click baiters. The Twentysomething Body-and-Soul-Searching of “Special” and “Shrill” 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The tendency of photography to focus on significant subjects is given enigmatic weight by the apparent lack of anything worth our attention. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z

For nearly 60 years, Ogilvy’s department store in Montréal was a rare exception to the tendency of ushering in new windows each holiday season. Holiday windows: The allure of showing and hiding makes us look 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

And he has a tendency to wobble on sustained notes. Music Review: Reimagining Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’ at Salzburg Festival 2013-08-05T21:45:01Z

They argue a lot, those two, and have a tendency towards high drama. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Any tendencies of the first movement to sound unyieldingly foursquare are obviated by remarkably precise articulation and pure intonation from all the instrumental choirs. CD Reviews: John Adams’s musical jokes 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

The tired faux-narrative is that by taming his edgier tendencies, Collins supposedly dumbed himself down for fat paychecks and stadium shows. Take a look at Phil Collins now: It’s time to recognize the critical punching-bag’s true genius 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

The celebrity gossip blogger criticized Banks’ antagonistic tendency in early 2013, which prompted her to turn the acrimony on Hilton himself. An Incomplete History of Azealia Banks' Public Fights 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

“It’s one thing if a person has this tendency and also changes sex,” said Francis. Pope Francis’ LGBT failure: Vulnerable transgender community needs his active support now 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Ivanka and her husband with their bipartisan tendencies have been “secure lines” for people disinclined to reach out to her father, a source close to them said. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Corbis Equally, why would a man who had never previously shown aggressive tendencies, known as a loving husband and father, without warning slaughter his own family? The Fort Bragg murders: is Jeffrey MacDonald innocent? 2013-04-13T23:05:28Z

In them, the age-old tendency of the young to rebel against their elders attained an unprecedented critical mass. Blame it on the baby boomers: Yes, pretty much everything 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

She might have added that Sundance has encouraged the tendency for documentary subjects to be used as fictional material. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z

Mainly it is Marcus' very human tendency to doubt himself – where he's going with his career, whether he's with the right person – that gets him into trouble. "Love Life" resets the rom-com by presenting a Black man's perspective on what it's like "out there" 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

He exposes determinist ideas as false: Behavioral tendencies are strongly shaped by experience. Insights Into the Brain, in a Book You’ll Wish You Had in College 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

One fought overseas to protect her freedom; the other fought here in the courts to protect her from her worst tendencies. Fred Korematsu's freedom fight: Remembering a Japanese American hero who resisted internment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

She laughed at a reporter’s question about the show’s tendency to inspire laughs and recoils in equal measure. ‘The Heart, She Holler’ Is Back on Adult Swim 2013-08-30T17:10:24Z

Marisa Gizzio, 45, a stay-at-home mom in Garnet Valley, Pa., went without mirrors for two days last October to help her overcome her tendency to ruthlessly criticize her figure. ‘Mirror Fasts’ Help Take the Focus Off Yourself 2012-08-14T19:43:02Z

Ms. Oliveros is aware of the tendency among some critics and listeners to dismiss her latter-day direction as a mystical anachronism. The Composer Pauline Oliveros Stays Busy at 80 2012-08-11T22:02:08Z

Fans' laser focus on stars and stars' tendency to please can even lead fans to disturbing levels of entitlement. Being a pop star once meant baring skin — now, for some artists, it’s all about emotional stripping 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

This tendency was only amplified by six years on “3rd Rock From the Sun,” a high-energy sitcom with rehearsals always conducted at a pace far over the speed limit. Learning 'Lear': When To Hold Back, When to Let Go 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

When films take on the egregious behavior of oblivious people of privilege, the work often seems to make them individual monsters: heirs or heiresses with sociopathic tendencies, spoiled brats, closetedsomething or other. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The performances are enjoyable – particularly from Ciaran Kellgren as a neurotic student so determined to reduce his carbon footprint that he is anguished about the tendency of locally sourced vegetables to increase his methane output. The Heretic – review 2012-10-02T17:10:46Z

Part of this is style — Mr. Eastwood is a Hollywood classicist with art-film tendencies — but the violence in “Sniper” brings you down rather than pumps you up. Oscars 2015: A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis Discuss the Contenders 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

And who can wonder at the rebellious tendencies in Matt, an amiable kid with a history of shoplifting who is torn between his parents’ divergent needs and outlooks? The power of the ‘Pen’: David Marshall Grant’s darkly comic drama about destiny

Typically, the tendency is “to goop it up” he said, because “it’s the hardest costume in the play, it sets up her character.” Albert Wolsky’s Return to Broadway 2012-12-26T23:37:31Z

In other words, regarding this tendency to mumble and look at one’s shoes when asked “What do you do?” The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

Life shares traits with nonliving systems that maintain complexity and grow to accommodate energy’s tendency to spread. Why are we here? Evolution’s dirty secrets 2013-06-02T11:00:00Z

Or perhaps Christian’s controlling tendencies outside the bedroom might give her pause. “Fifty Shades Darker”: Not Even the Sex Has Personality 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

There is a tendency to think of art as epiphenomenal to the “real” world, as a second-order register in which we may occasionally find signs of more important things, like politics and struggle and revolution. Review | Before Black Lives Matter, Black Power’s revolutionary art 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Too often, though, their work is wrapped in several layers of Hollywood gauze; the subtlety of their performances gets obscured by the general tendency of the production toward tasteful schmaltz. ‘Pachinko’ Review: K-Drama, American-Style 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

The tendency to disparage soul food as “poor people’s food” is one that Hall and many African American food writers and chefs continue to challenge. Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

There are still long patches of blather; three pages about hand lotion, for instance, exemplify the author’s tendency toward self-indulgence. Book World Joshua Ferris’s ‘To Rise Again at a Decent Hour’

Billy Bragg, despite his reputation for political songs, says of his fans: 'There was a militant tendency and a softie tendency. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z

The Oscars have a tendency to veer into self-indulgent propaganda for the film industry. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hart also has a tendency to drop the names of celebrity comedians, athletes and musicians whom he counts as friends. Television: Kevin Hart Learns to Tell the Truth 2012-08-30T12:00:00Z

Generalisations large enough to encompass a nation often turn out to be bland, as when Mount describes "an English tendency for repetition of square and rectangular architectural units". How England Made the English by Harry Mount - review 2012-05-18T21:55:01Z

It’s also indicative of a general tendency in literature. N. K. Jemisin on Diversity in Science Fiction and Inspiration From Dreams 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

There’s a tendency to be a bit down on ourselves for this approach to cooking and eating. A Weeknight Pasta That Finds Freedom in the Familiar 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Tech entrepreneurs are even advertising their night owl tendencies as a status symbol. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

There are so many lines they can be hard to follow; Bolton has a tendency to over-egg his theses, perhaps to justify fashion’s place in the museum. The Met Walks a Fine Line on Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

The danger of playing the Beethoven sonatas on modern instruments is the tendency of the more powerful piano to overwhelm the violin. Review | Piano-violin duo brings mature eloquence to Phillips Collection 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Having indexed hundreds of books, I have a tendency to organize things in lists and columns. For Karla Knight, Paranormal Is Normal 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

If there was a weakness, it was in a tendency to the emphatic, which led to a slightly ponderous, heavy-handed stress of the beats in the last part of the Berlioz. Ludovic Morlot brings a pretty French touch to NSO concert 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

And Simi and Boo are often unable to suppress their contempt for Ronke’s plumper figure and her people-pleasing tendencies; their treatment of her gets harsher and more uncomfortable as the story progresses. The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

His relationships with other survivors – an attempt to introduce a Walking Dead-style sense of fragility perhaps – are hampered by their tendency to get eaten a beat or two after we meet them. World War Z – first look review 2013-06-07T14:31:05Z

Most important, I connected them to a hostile tendency common to a highly vocal sector of the GOP. “My first impulse is to call you a dumb Obama ass-licking c**t”: “American Sniper” fans tell me off 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

She generally notices the tendency among Northeastern media types. Noted: Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms 2012-10-10T20:37:21Z

But Haydn was also an innovator, with what James Webster, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, calls “a ‘modernist’ tendency to problematize music rather than merely to compose it.” Review: Haydn’s ‘Seven Last Words of Christ,’ by 2 String Quartets 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

It's that outdated way of looking at women as if they had these wild, insatiable sexual tendencies. Prima Donnas 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z

They're actors trying to profit of quick fame, when they're not playing out our shared tendency to disbelief our own eyes. From "Gladiator" to "Nope": How Jordan Peele maps our decline into spectacular denial 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

To manage this material, Brooks, as is his tendency, categorizes relentlessly. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Arguably the show's most beautiful room brings these tendencies together in fragile, gorgeous works by three artists. New gallery adds another dimension with its spacious 'Abstract Sculpture by Women' 1947-2016 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

It's clear that after years of isolationist tendencies, theatre is waking up to the value of sharing, and of being seen to share. Theatres: beat the cuts, not each other 2011-03-03T12:28:41Z

After a while, you pick up on a tendency: the weirder and more perverse-seeming the drawing, the more fully realized are the relationships among its separate parts and between those parts and the whole. Review | Want to go deep inside a great artist’s mind? MoMA’s Cézanne exhibition is the one to see this summer. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the chapter that opens with The Big Stink in London, you write, "Dictionary People showed a strong tendency toward innovation." Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z

Glowing, dramatically shaded geometric planes in tones of brown, blue and green extend outward to cover a wide and ersatz wood frame in this astute and irreverent synthesis of modernist tendencies and tics. At the Met, a Canvas Ahead of Its Time 2011-07-14T22:50:44Z

According to them, short tempers and tyrannical tendencies run amok in most of the nation's top restaurant kitchens. Wannabe chef faces his own flaws at famed CIA 2011-05-02T18:05:15Z

Whether the year's preliminary choices are good, bad or ugly, they will always show tendency to reward the familiar while leaving indisputably deserving contenders on the curb. Anatomy of a shutout: Why the Emmys snub Beyoncé despite her continuing to innovate on TV 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

Research has shown that feelings of powerlessness and uncertainty are associated with a tendency to believe in conspiracies, says Karen Douglas, professor of social psychology at the University of Kent in the UK. Conspiracy craze: why 12 million Americans believe alien lizards rule us 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

And the story of Mr Batista senior mirrors another aspect of Brazil: its tendency to boom and bust. Rich upon rich 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

One of two people familiar with the episode cited it as an example of Mr. Trump’s tendency not to relent on even the smallest requests from his wife. Melania Trump, a Mysterious First Lady, Weathers a Chaotic White House 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Chapman agrees, but he says we have a tendency to view uncertainty and ambiguity as threatening, when in reality, they aren’t. Is anxiety more common in our 30s and 40s? | Mona Chalabi 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

In terms of the gambler’s tendency toward suicide, however, these factors serve only to cloud the issue. You bet your life 2012-09-13T17:20:00Z

The tendency for so many bands is to push forward and find new terrain, to avoid getting trapped in one place. Bloc Party Returns to Punk Roots with Four 2012-08-21T16:30:20Z

Kopatchinskaja’s dramatic stage presence and tendency to move about — often performing barefoot — often crops up as a topic in reviews of her work. Her Seattle Symphony debut drew blood. Now, this fierce violinist brings her fearless artistry back to town. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

“Becoming Richard Pryor” is a book that breaks new ground, even if it has a tendency to take its insights very seriously and its audience’s knowledge of the Pryor oeuvre for granted. ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ Scott Saul’s Biography 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Confusion was further encouraged by the tendency for people to use a shortened version of the proverb – the proof of the pudding. 5 everyday sayings that you may be using incorrectly 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

But before that point, you have a tendency to let other things take priority. Why it’s so hard to win you over, based on your Myers-Briggs Personality Type 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

He was nothing if not individualistic, but in this respect he exemplifies a general tendency: with few exceptions, the intellectual lives of the artists have not yet been written. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z

As much as he knows that his brothers are more than their worst acts, “too often I’ve had to fight the tendency to hate them,” he writes. After His Brother Commits Murder, a Journalist Revisits Their Childhood 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

There was the foreshadowing we discussed last week — the arrival of Oberyn the Lannister hater, and Joffrey not expecting “any trouble” — as well as this show’s tendency to swing for the fences. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: What a Wonderful Wedding 2014-04-14T02:00:12Z

And while there’s validity in some of the criticisms of the move toward endless talking cures, the greater tendency to acknowledge city-wide traumas is useful. Could the Night Stalker have terrorized Los Angeles today? 2013-06-09T18:00:00Z

What the poll really teaches us is that there is a tendency to like worrying about politics in comedy, even when there is no basis for those worries at all. Trump vs. "SNL": A political comedy Americans are actually watching 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

But they share common stylistic traits, most notably a tendency to insinuate more than they state outright. Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Wayward” explores the ironies and frailties of modern life, the human tendency to constantly gaze inward to become better, to move further. Review | Dana Spiotta’s ‘Wayward’ is much more than a midlife crisis novel 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

It means that our ability to cooperate is part of nature – it’s not something that’s been grafted artificially on to our natural tendencies. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z

“She had a list of words that she pulled out of her quill, tendencies, leanings, preference. They were all words that suggested what I felt could somehow be corrected.” ‘Had I Catfished My Wife?’: A Debut Midlife-Crisis Memoir 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

One of the side effects of the realist tendency in American indie cinema, evidenced in films that privilege small moments and ineffable moods, is an aversion to — perhaps even a fear of — stories. Film: An Indie Gumshoe in Oregon?s Gloom 2011-01-30T02:13:01Z

Juniper recognises humankind’s tendency to bypass news of ecological catastrophe and frames his arguments impressively. What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-19T10:59:00Z

“There is a tendency to overestimate or underestimate risk, particularly in situations where information is not well understood and keeps changing.” Thanksgiving goes virtual: How to carve out new traditions amid the ongoing pandemic 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wang betrays his theatrical background with a slightly plodding tendency to begin and end scenes with arrivals or departures. | 'In the Family': ?In the Family,? From Patrick Wang - Review 2011-11-04T00:09:36Z

We recommend adopting new practices and policies that both mitigate some unfortunate psychological tendencies and create stronger institutions. What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

I think there is a tendency in all of us to think, “I would never do something like that, how could people be so stupid?” Alex Gibney interview: journey into the seductive world of Scientology 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

He gently mocks the discomfort that such figures inspire in Western residents, who have a tendency to label any irritation “the eleventh plague of Egypt.” My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

He has a tendency to camouflage his feelings behind a facade of calm, punctuating his habitual reticence with an occasional flash of irritation or sardonic humor. One Indelible Scene: When the Show Must Go on in ‘Drive My Car’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

There is good work, too, from Nicholas Karimi as Assef, the bully whose psychopathic tendencies find an outlet in an Afghanistan terrorised by the Taliban. The Kite Runner – review 2013-04-30T11:52:13Z

We got along great, but certain tendencies of mine, which she correctly attributed to ADHD, made her anxious. Just in time for Valentine's Day: my failed proposal to get my girlfriend back 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Imagine that tendency, now with executive powers, a compliant attorney general and a lily-livered Congress. A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Maybe because of that history, and his tendency to push his characters to an unsettling, staring-too-long grotesqueness, his character lacks the gravity he needs in the more serious moments. Review: ‘Forever’ Is a Thrilling Story of Boring Love 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

The architecture of the chopped cheese avoids a common if generally overlooked flaw of many cheeseburgers: the tendency of the cheese to drift upward from the patty and incorporate itself into the upper bun. Restaurant Review: Meat Hook Sandwich in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The song, once ubiquitous, is now but a faint echo, a reminder of how easily once-popular tunes can slip out of cultural consciousness—and of how Grammy voters have a tendency to misfire. Let’s Imagine a Better Grammys 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Indian customers are increasingly targeted by the casino operators due to their tendency to stay longer than the average Chinese punter and their heavy spending on non-gaming pastimes. Bollywood's Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau 2013-07-07T06:49:28Z

The one principle that is inarguably shared by these philosophers is quite simple: they wish to retrieve philosophy from a tendency initiated, or at least made unavoidable, by the work of Immanuel Kant. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z

Mr. Dawson, who rankled television executives and made housewives blush with his tendency to kiss nervous female contestants, was the host on the show’s initial run, from 1976 to 1985. Richard Dawson, Kissing Host of ‘Family Feud,’ Dies at 79 2012-06-03T22:14:10Z

“Actors are literally numbered, and as much as they say it’s not in order of importance, they have a tendency to be,” said the “grown-ish” star. Yara Shahidi doesn’t use her voice just to hear herself talk 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

This tendency led researchers to believe maybe former lovers are kept around for specific purposes as well. The science of Jerry and Elaine: The unsettling reasons why some exes keep each other close 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Your parents are well aware of his lifelong melancholy and tendency to isolate. My Brother Wants Me to Keep His Depression a Secret 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

But there's still a tendency to regard the Bee Gees with a certain knowing smirk, to view them as a joke or an embarrassing guilty pleasure. Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees: 'I want to keep the music alive' 2013-07-18T18:30:00Z

The general public may not share Hislop's tendency to quirky nostalgia, but they certainly think that today's politicians are scoundrels. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z

Post-haunt, participants had a lesser tendency to ruminate on things that were bothering them beforehand. Business Is Boo-ing! The World of Extreme Haunts 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Cream cheese provides a slightly acidic tang that counters powdered sugar-based frosting's cloying tendency in a way that butter simply can't. How to soften cream cheese (and bake your heart out with it) 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Lightly pickled pears soften the passion fruit’s brassy tendencies. Restaurant Reviews: Noreetuh and the Eddy in the East Village 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The tendency for those on the right to more quickly categorize someone as “black” only occurred when they were evaluating their fellow countrymen. Study: Liberals, conservatives see mixed-race people differently 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z

But others, like a tendency toward violence and verbal abuse, were inimical to family life. Review: In ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a Compassionate Analysis of the Poor Who Love Trump 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Wobbly cameras, shots through high fences, a slight tendency to overacting … irrespective of subject, there's a very early 1990s feel to this. SA2010 Match of the Day Live 2010-06-23T08:21:00Z

This has a tendency to incite hatred among your fellow countrymen. Serge Gainsbourg's 20 most scandalous moments 2011-02-28T12:10:13Z

He frequently bemoans government's tendency "to think short, short term, and therefore apply short-term solutions to longer-term problems". Robert Redford, the Sundance Kid, grows old with style as he reinvents himself for film festival 2013-04-20T12:36:22Z

But to return to the middle: In college, Sam and I both had literary aspirations and tendencies to develop crushes on preppy guys who didn’t like us back. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the tendency runs lightly through all of us: the instinct to champion a great film which nobody's heard of, while being disappointed by one that everyone else says is brilliant. Harry Potter and the Deadly Dullards 2011-07-23T23:06:50Z

The tendency to associate him with scoundrels may also be because he has played them so deliciously. Arts & Leisure: Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck?s Comedy ?Seminar? 2011-11-12T21:57:17Z

It is a tendency that has worsened since the rise of interactive media because presenters, actors and broadcaster websites can now wave messages from the audience about what a "great show" it is. Two and a Half Men's young star isn't the first to bite the hand that feeds 2012-11-29T13:36:03Z

The first is the growing tendency of politicians and bureaucrats in Washington to turn to the armed forces when something, almost anything, needs doing. The space between 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

“The tweet was essentially making light of the fact that we have a tendency to do this. In a way, that was a reminder for me to stop overusing those disclaimers.” The Timesian Urge to Explain a Meme 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

There's also the tendency to mark such days of observance with long gazes at Black suffering. This Juneteenth, "Atlanta" will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

The introduction of Siri will probably only exacerbate the already documented tendency to anthropomorphize our clever little electronic companions. When Couples Find Gadgets Interfere With Harmony 2011-12-07T23:37:22Z

He was 18, skinny, with gelled-up red hair and a tendency to look at the floor when he spoke. Napster: the day the music was set free 2013-02-24T00:05:22Z

Still wondering at your tendency to regress to needy, hypersensitive adolescence when in the presence of certain elders? Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2013-12-26T21:06:11Z

In this they share the tendency of all significant artists to encourage more intelligent perception in the people who experience their work — which is why you should see this exhibit. Art at Wing Luke Museum explores mixed-race heritage 2013-08-16T20:13:19Z

The sexification of Paul Hollywood is merely the latest example of this tendency. Do today's TV chefs have to be sex symbols too? 2013-03-23T18:00:01Z

He has a tendency to break into character voices, talking like a grizzled old man to make a point about his age. Brad Bird Directs ?Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol? 2011-12-09T15:27:23Z

"I'm not super-confident about it - 12 Years is the one that makes sense when you consider the Academy's historical tendencies," says Feinberg. Oscars: What to watch out for 2014-03-01T09:07:27Z

The survey shows that these caregivers report higher levels of stress, poorer health and a greater tendency than the general population to use unhealthy behaviors—including drinking and drug-use—to relieve stress. Old folks: The next addicts? 2012-07-25T15:46:00Z

Then together, the coach and former player would dissect the tics and tendencies that made King unique. An improbable journey from NFL cornerback to movie star 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

This contemporary tendency in which black writers lay claim to the discourse of black music — this increasing tendency — is a much needed development for anyone who cares about modern music. James McBride’s ‘Kill ’Em and Leave’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

Cassian’s antisocial tendencies, and his resourcefulness, are given a foundation in a childhood on a planet whose Indigenous people are exploited by an Empire-sanctioned mining company. ‘Andor’ Review: Star Wars Without the ‘Star Wars’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Cutting in the opposite direction is the tendency for that immortality to rob an actor of being seen as anything else. Use your voice, Luke: How Mark Hamill's anti-Jedi mind tricks gave him career longevity 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

Those experiences started in Brooklyn, where she was born Carol Klein, adding the “e” later to distinguish herself from so many other Carols, adopting the King to appear less Jewish, a tendency of the times. Carole King’s musical odyssey 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Of the three, Spacey's character is by far the most realistic; you do get bosses with real psychopathic tendencies. Horribly real 2011-08-01T08:25:17Z

But Dailey’s essay is as much about the culture of Los Angeles and its tendency to embrace pretty lies as it is about the history of regional flora. Weekend Reading: A History of L.A. Palm Trees, Two Civil War Families 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

This epigraphic tendency is also evident in an alam, or royal standard, made of perforated gilt copper in the silhouette of a falcon. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

“The watch will just accelerate that tendency. It will force families to develop better strategies for disconnection.” 7 Things Parents Need to Know About the Apple Watch 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Paradoxically, our tendency to dehumanize robots comes from the instinct to anthropomorphize them. Why Do We Hurt Robots? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

Lithe, serpentine, flamboyant, Mr. Amaya is a far more skilled dancer than Mr. Morales, but he shares the tendency to melodrama and adds to it the vulgarity of windmilling arms and fan kicks. Review: ‘Lorca Madly in Love’ Portrays a Forbidden Romance Through Flamenco 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

The first step, he says, is to simply understand our tendency to leap to causal conclusions. Perspective | When it comes to nutrition, we’re all too eager to ignore the evidence. Here’s why. 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

The fact that Arnott's early books used the form of gangster yarns encouraged a tendency to categorise him as a sort of bookish Guy Ritchie. The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott – review 2012-06-29T07:00:02Z

“We had a magical night,” said Ms. Conger, who is tall and slim and has a tendency to wave her hands to make a point. A Feminist Romance, but Not a Radical One 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Reclaiming Native Truth also ridicules the tendency to treat Native peoples as dinosaurs – some species that once roamed the Earth, but no longer lives in the modern world. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z

Children of jellyfish, meanwhile, will develop self-destructive tendencies and zero social skills. Forget The Dolphin Way – bring up your children the Earthworm Way 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

PS: For them that's too sweetly innocent to know, "rough trade" is gayspeak for a sexual contact with threatening, menacing, or generally violent tendencies. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade: 'We integrate everything with everything' – a classic feature 2013-06-19T07:00:00Z

They have large ginger beards and a tendency to dress in the dour, high-collared mode of dry-goods purveyors from a century ago. The Way Forward for Hipster Food 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Someone who does this to a supposed peer is certainly not guaranteed to be an abuser, but the behavior is consistent with early warnings of controlling tendencies. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Will he stop treating you like a child? Don’t hold your breath. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

Just as off-putting is the tendency of those who do turn up to stay mum. Where Have You Gone, Angelina Jolie? Celebrities Vanish From Fashion’s Front Row 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

“A gambling operation, meanwhile, could target more ads to people who spend hours visiting adult sites, considering them to have more addictive tendencies.” Who’s tracking your porn? 2013-12-12T00:00:00Z

But in this revival its tendency to melodrama shows. The Vortex – review 2013-02-15T16:08:24Z

This tendency for viewers to take the show’s gameplay almost as seriously as the contestants helped “The Traitors” become a word-of-mouth hit in Britain. ‘The Traitors’ Was a Sensation in Britain. Can It Conquer the U.S.? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Perhaps Paul felt that he and Henri shared a tendency to move and change their shape, as well as sharing an ability to please and move others, that gift for charismatic appeal. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z

I think there was a tendency through those years for that sentimental narrative or sentimental vision of Ireland to become an exportable commodity. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The site — which uses The Washington Post’s Fact Checker as its measuring rod — has been burned before by underestimating the president’s tendencies. Perspective | Fact-checking President Trump isn’t enough 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Ayos marvels at the footwear tendencies of younger salsa dancers. At Midsummer Night Swing, Shoes Speak Volumes 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

In a few others, they challenge society’s more prudish and puritan tendencies. Natalia Arias’s ‘Femininity Beyond Archetypes’ photos strike unusual poses

The pressure, the natural tendency was to want to live up to Alex’s example, his legacy. LeVar Burton: ‘Jeopardy!’ host gig began ‘scary,’ ended fun 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

There's this tendency to think of men feeling entitled to sex as a physical thing. From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

We know how the Liverpool story played out; Hatton has disappeared into obscurity, Militant tendency lives on only in its own fantasies and the mainstream Labour party has moved steadily to the right. TV Club: GBH 2010-03-17T11:52:00Z

“There is a tendency for people to be curious when they hear a loud noise and go toward the trouble, but you want to do just the opposite,” he said. How to Stay Safe at the Airport 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Miles is a spoiled rich kid with creepy old man tendencies, and Flora talks to dolls. "Bly Manor’s" lesbian love story is no cause to celebrate 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

But Emmy has previously displayed a tendency to fall all over itself to reward actors who descend from the cinematic firmament to grace the small screen. Mixed blessings: Why a diverse slate of Emmy nominees means a lot, and little 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Despite two of the three party leaders being professed atheists, the secular tendency in this country still flatters to deceive. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

Mr. Gomes and Ms. Kent often escaped, or at least softened, the ballet’s more flagrantly melodramatic tendencies. Dance Review: Herman Cornejo in Ballet Theater?s ?Romeo and Juliet? 2010-07-06T21:27:00Z

Why is it that genetic tendencies for self-deception are likely to propagate to the next generation? Is it impossible to trust one another in the information age? 2013-01-21T12:45:00Z

The encounter with Eliot brought out Groucho’s characteristic tendency to hide his embarrassment about his origins by pushing them in his audience’s face. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

He was the antithesis of the modern academic tendency to specialisation or "relevance". Timothy McFarland obituary 2013-04-01T14:31:22Z

Keep a pint of water handy throughout this portion of the method, and add a few splashes as needed, as the bottom of the pot has a tendency to burn. A love letter to the vastly underrated kidney bean 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

"Behind his furrowed brow and tendency to complain roil new and exciting storms, which may tilt the tale away from love and longing and back to adventure," echoed Los Angeles Times critic Mary McNamara. Thumbs up for Capaldi's Doctor 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

This was unprecedented, and renewed a conversation about the relevance of cultural prizes in general and whether the decision was a concession to the supposed “snowflake” tendencies in contemporary culture. Perspective | The real Turner art prize is the aesthetic riddle we pondered along the way 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

He was slipping into a groove he has—a tendency toward petulance, a mean streak. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The spaces where Momo is believed to flourish share in their tendency to make parents anxious anyway. Momo Is as Real as We’ve Made Her 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

Some alleged racism: a 2006 study from Tufts University argued that “a disproportionate media tendency to associate Blacks with crime and violence” led to “exaggerated and inaccurate reports regarding criminal activity in Katrina’s aftermath.” Finding peace in post-disaster Haiti 2013-05-26T14:00:00Z

In the case of “Could I Leave You?,” the tendency nowadays is to uncork the anger under its surface and let it fly. Music Review: Karen Akers at the Oak Room - Review 2011-10-03T21:42:51Z

But Mailman has concerns about "media's tendency to let cis people play trans characters." With Elliot Page, greater visibility of transmasc identity is “both great & awful” 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

Instead of making us do things we normally wouldn’t, religion may render its chief contribution by endorsing and promoting certain natural tendencies. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z

Once this was the property of avant-garde fiction; in recent years it has become a tendency in fiction that appeals to a mass readership. Twelve of the best new novelists 2011-02-25T13:05:56Z

He specializes in African-American art history and deplores the tendency to reduce black art to a vehicle for ready-made arguments about injustice and social uplift. Darby English Joins MoMA as Consulting Curator 2014-04-02T12:00:16Z

He was required to sustain a character, and to lend it an arc, whereas his natural tendency, given any arc, was to bend it or snap it in two. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Donald Trump’s tendency to speak off the cuff, for example, has long rattled his campaign aides, even as it’s also a source of his popularity. These Trump and Clinton debate tactics will make you a better public speaker 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

There’s always a tendency in art to push ideas to their limit. Top draw: artists pushing the boundaries of drawing 2013-07-02T00:29:00Z

Something about Hollywood's tendency to belabor and oversimplify its points doesn't mesh well with the genre; these films thrive on ambiguity and moral relativism. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "The Ides of March" 2011-10-05T13:18:05Z

There’s a tendency in film and TV for the macho guy to be the strong silent type, but Hank just loves to talk. “Breaking Bad”: “He’s a pure psychopath” 2012-07-22T19:00:00Z

The Rock’s floating of the idea of running for office, and the fact that some are taking it seriously, hints at a more troubling national trend: the tendency to conflate celebrity with expertise. Can you smell what The Rock is floating? Dwayne Johnson calls a run for the White House “a real possibility” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

In conversation Mr. Evans comes across a true believer, a churchgoing crusader who is sometimes earnest to a fault and has tendency to slip into speechmaking. Hugh Evans, 29, Force Behind Global Festival on Great Lawn 2012-08-22T22:01:04Z

There are no bad actors; there are bad directors, and there are good actors, such as Sandler, whose own tendencies—and successes—lead them astray in the absence of discerning direction. Adam Sandler’s Misused Comedic Art 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

These tendencies speak well of Mr. McDonell as a human being, but they have their drawbacks for the reader. Review: In ‘The Accidental Life,’ Golfing on LSD Is Just Part of an Editor’s Job 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s the tendency for people to value immediate benefits more than those off in the distant future,” says Barry Kirk, vice president of strategic services at Maritz Motivation, a loyalty consulting company. Perspective | How travel loyalty programs are raising the ante while we’re grounded 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

But crowd-pleasing tendencies honed over a decade of Hollywood work can be hard habits to break. Duvall v. Downey in 'The Judge' argues for acting excellence 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

It’s also that humans usually return fairly quickly to a baseline level of happiness after a positive or negative event — a tendency called hedonic adaptation. Perspective | A father learns the true reward of taking a free online happiness course with his son 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

“Where on earth has it gone?” he asked his butler, Simmons, who pointed out his tendency to profligacy. ‘The Gentleman’: a Wodehouse wanna-be that (kind of) does 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Almost three-quarters of eastern Europeans who participated pointed to a tendency to portray them as poor, while 74% of Asian respondents said films failed to represent their culture authentically. Older women unhappy over their portrayal in films, survey shows 2011-03-28T16:24:36Z

Activists said the gay-rights movement has a tendency to embrace supporters, rather than cast judgment about when a politician got on board. Hillary Clinton’s Gay Rights Evolution 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

She also wrote of the “Manichaean tone to some of the passages in this book, and at times, a hazardous tendency to generalize.” The Times's Reviews of National Book Award Winners 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

You can sit down and contemplate Columbus and his legacy, along with the tendency of high-minded public art to fade into the background, while enjoying a reasonable facsimile of someone’s home. Art Review: Tatzu Nishi’s ‘Discovering Columbus’ Installation 2012-09-21T18:15:31Z

“In this world that can be a very painful place, there can be a tendency to guard yourself,” he said. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z

The real tension in Balko and Carrington’s book is why it’s too hard — whether our society’s tendency to incarcerate innocent individuals results from basic incompetence, or bald racism. The Epidemic of Wrongful Convictions in America 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

One of many frustrating things about the human psyche is our natural tendency, when we’re feeling low, to drag ourselves down further still. Chronic illness is wrecking my marriage 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

“In Germany, I think there’s a tendency now, to be very backward-looking, to say, ‘everything used to be better,’” said Mr. Frühauf. Would You Like Some Sausage With Your Novel? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

What bound them together, I suspect, was a reverence for the minute details of daily life and a shared depressive tendency. A Dish of Tea With Dr Johnson ? review 2011-03-09T01:20:25Z

The show charts the gallery’s history in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and its namesake collector’s wild but slyly judicious tendencies, with nearly 100 items filling three rooms. Shin Gallery Charms and Surprises With a Motley Collection 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Sometimes when binging on a show, there’s a tendency to fast-forward through the theme. 'Kimmy Schmidt' composer Jeff Richmond on the show's viral-friendly songs 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

But if you lie, you have a tendency to hold the cans stronger, or move or fidget, and they figure your low point. The Brazilian Jazz Great Flora Purim Has Many Stories to Tell 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

In today’s Internet culture, the tendency is to shoot first and ask questions later. Who Gets to Play the Transgender Part in Hollywood? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Both of those tendencies are represented on this list—sometimes in the very same performance. A Documentary About the Life and Tragic Death of the Great Jazz Trumpeter Lee Morgan 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

The tendency to cling to Confederate statues and the whole Confederate myth has stemmed I believe largely from sheer ignorance. Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Among them: women's tendency to ask more questions, men's belief they have to walk on eggshells with women, women's feeling they are being excluded and men's belief that women are too emotional. Book details workplace blind spots between sexes 2013-06-10T12:32:08Z

Goodsell’s image, which is aesthetically pleasing, renders the virus in an even more disinterested way, as completely disconnected from our tendency to anthropomorphize viral threats with the rhetoric of war. Perspective | Coronavirus is a killer. But this artist won’t reduce it to a cartoon villain. 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z

The tendency to personalize a name through gimmickry is likewise in full swing. Gene Weingarten: The name shame of Axl, Anakin, Arya ... 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

His work is defined by its tendency to wander; virtually no composition by Schumann proceeds directly to its finish on the path its start seems to promise. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z

More and more comedians have been speaking out against political correctness, arguing that audiences’ increased sensitivities and tendencies to take offense stifles comedic freedom. 10 famous comedians on how political correctness is killing comedy: “We are addicted to the rush of being offended” 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

By that point, had you been able to move past your tendency to torment yourself about love? Peter Dinklage on ‘Cyrano’ and Life After ‘Game of Thrones’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

It’s your call how you want to handle both the wedding and the long-term implications of friends with me-ist tendencies. One bride’s request: Leave the kids at home 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

That had a similarly participatory structure and a parallel tendency to burst into song. ‘Trade Practices,’ a Collaborative Show With Funny Money 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Priesemuth found “many managers realize the social costs of their behavior and stop – unless they have psychopathic tendencies”. You're not alone: how to survive your horrible boss 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

More than any previous Rendez-Vous, this edition has begun to shake off the series’s longstanding tendency to overindulge in nostalgia. Critic’s Notebook: Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Looks at Real Life 2014-03-05T23:11:14Z

At times she was visibly uncomfortable with the show’s tendencies toward homogenization, but she wasn’t rebelling against the system. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Neo-Soul Setting for Old-School Soul Voice 2010-12-27T21:54:16Z

"The Kids in the Hall" took advantage of the Gen X tendency to label everything as inauthentic and pointless by occasionally nestling uncomfortable commentary within their whacked-out scenarios. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

But as someone whose natural tendency is to worry and helicopter-parent, knowing is one thing and following through another. How I curbed my helicopter parenting – and let my daughter jump through fire 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Taylor's already erratic tendencies were exacerbated by an athletic consumption of booze and drugs, which led him to be convinced he had astral connections with alien incursions and Christ. Chris Brown: not the first pop star with a God complex 2013-01-29T16:15:06Z

Did you notice certain male tendencies or flaws? This Book Perfectly Captures All Your Insecurities About Dating 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Yet this reticence, she observed, reinforced the tendency in Western art to limit the roles allowed Black female figures — “the construction of not-white women as not-to-be-seen.” Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Strangest of all is a sentimental tendency that wasn’t there before. Fatherhood is giving me superpowers… so why am I always blubbing? 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

The tendency to believe that the thing that worked for you will work for others is strong, and I understand wanting to shout it from the rooftops. Perspective | Why making your diet part of your identity is bad for your health — and society 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

There is a lot of neo-dada around, and a whole tendency to talk about art that doesn't mean anything, as though this were a good thing. Susan Hiller 2011-01-30T00:02:04Z

For an art form that depends on timing, comedy skits have a surprising tendency to drag on. Newly Released: New Books Include ?Out of Oz? and ?The Boy in the Suitcase? 2011-11-16T23:05:14Z

In a recent paper published in the European Journal of Marketing, we wanted to see if we could change people's natural tendency to avoid healthy food content. Food for thought: How your mindset can make healthy food more alluring on social media 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

Indeed, many are drawn to what science writer Michael Shermer has termed “agenticity” — the tendency to infuse patterns with meaning and agency. Why Princess Diana conspiracies refuse to die 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

I’ve pretty much always enjoyed watching Penn in everything, not despite of his hambone tendency to milk every moment of every shot but because of it. “The Gunman”: Sean Penn’s idiotic, glorious and doomed leftist thriller 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

"I am prepared to concede that auteurism is and always has been more of a tendency than a theory, more a mystique than a methodology," Sarris wrote in later years. Andrew Sarris 2012-06-22T14:53:43Z

These posting tendencies evolved Crosby’s public persona for a new generation of music fans, in ways that felt both natural and genuine. David Crosby, a King of Twitter 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

But when, I wondered, would my children want to do more of what I want to do, or vice versa, and when might those tendencies magically converge? A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Another really big area where that problem arises is in the world of reproductive health, especially around abortion, in the tendency to not trust women's own reports about when they need an abortion. Speak out: How "cultural silence" perpetuates the apathy towards and gaslighting of women's health 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

A tendency to ignore provocations from groups such as the Black Panthers might also be useful. ArtsBeat: Remembering Those Radical Chic Evenings 2011-03-16T20:45:38Z

“C’est du Chinois” may inspire musings on our tendency to perceive the world through language alone, which becomes a one-way street when we encounter someone who doesn’t happen to speak our native tongue. Theater Review: ‘C’est du Chinois,’ at Under the Radar Festival 2013-01-11T23:42:25Z

At least Mr. Sanders is aware of his scattered tendencies. Dance Review: Brian Sanders’s Junk Infuses Choreography With Props 2014-03-11T21:59:41Z

So the tendency of top agencies to pack their talent rosters with whites really restricts access to opportunities for underrepresented groups. The Hidden Factor in Hollywood’s Racial Diversity Problem 2014-02-13T17:28:54Z

This seems to be part of a broader human tendency to see ourselves through rose colored glasses. You are less beautiful than you think 2013-05-21T16:20:00Z

Perhaps more to the point, Hancock was praised for a "distinctive approach" characterized by "delicate dreaminess" and a tendency to "investigate" rather than just play. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z

KeiyaA produced much of that record herself, but received some support from DJ Blackpower — also known as MIKE, a New York rapper with whom she shares experimental tendencies and an abiding sense of world-weariness. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Biopics have a tendency to run together; like romantic comedies, there are a few beats every one seems to hit. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'J. Edgar' 2011-11-10T14:23:09Z

A certain studiousness afflicts even his most accomplished work as a screenwriter and director, a tendency to put his erudition ahead of his instincts. Review: ‘First Reformed’ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Weiss writes well about the tendency of liberals to imagine that whereas the political right has always been an incubator of anti-Jewish ideologies, the political left has been traditionally free of them. The Persistence of the Oldest Hatred 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Try not to give in to the tendency to keep multiples of an item “just in case.” Perspective | How to decide what items stay and what goes when combining homes 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

What’s worse, an abnormally folded tau protein may be able to spread the misfolding tendency to other neurons, in a kind of contagion. Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

While at one point the authors ask what an alternative would be “to this preservationist tendency, to the beginnings of the operatic museum,” it turns out that the question is wholly rhetorical. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z

And yet even Zé, for all his psychotic tendencies, has a sense of order, and the favela is relatively peaceful once his reign is established. City of God: No 6 2010-10-19T10:49:00Z

But in fact there was an element of my polar flippancy that mingled with more militant reading tendencies. Will Self: the joy of armchair anthropology 2013-01-31T14:01:01Z

In a widely quoted letter written in 1944, he decried “the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth.” Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

The tendency of commercial galleries to mount exhibitions of historical material is pushed to rewardingly crazed extremes by the latest offerings at Sperone Westwater. Art Review: Portraits From 16th Century and Sculpture at Sperone Westwater 2012-01-26T23:39:20Z

Sottsass could not have predicted the unstoppable tendency of fashion to consume itself and every other form of creativity in search of visually arresting imagery. How the Memphis Design Movement Made a Comeback 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency, during these lockdown times, to read every moment of community as a great escape. Neil Young made ‘Barn,’ his new album, in a barn 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

On Monday, his singing was marred by a tendency to bellow and drift off pitch. Operas Filled With Forbidden Love in Madrid 2014-01-28T13:02:07Z

The play has some kinks, not the least of which is the tendency for performers to swallow their lines. ‘The Program Assistant’ at Capital Fringe Festival hits on harsh truth of post-grad life

When another model floated past in an all-silver get-up, Ms. Karen said the outfit represented “repetitious wardrobe complex,” the tendency to use clothes for emotional comfort. The Dress Doctor Is In 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Stay organized When you are under pressure, your tendency may be to start writing and to see where your essay goes. How to Write an Essay in 1 Day 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Their tendency toward violence, and their deplorable behavior, let me be vicariously violent and deplorable. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

“For people that are new to it, there’s a tendency to go into a really serious and robotic place,” he added. At Work in Merce Cunningham’s Playhouse 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

There's a tendency to want to affix significance on certain moments, but you're bounded by your opportunities. Ben Affleck: 'It's in the hands of the movie gods' 2010-09-23T21:00:00Z

"Cars" might be the epitome of this Pixar tendency, a story about an old-fashioned small town inhabited by automobiles -- that was doomed by the rise of the automobile. "Toy Story 3": Loads of calculated summer delight! 2010-06-18T00:20:00Z

It is a forum for us to think together, rationally, communally, about the United States—its shifting character, its ostensibly noble purpose, its sometimes unfortunate tendencies. Heidi Schreck’s Play About the U.S. Constitution Offers an Oasis of Sanity 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

He now insisted that his students, when attacked, follow the instinctual tendency to block their faces, and he then sculpted that movement into a better block. “She will dance at her wedding”: Healing the girl born without part of her brain 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

There was also this tendency to explode without any warning and that actually was far more destructive in the long run because you just never knew, and that’s more terrifying than cause-and-effect. Son of a bigot 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

Oddly this tendency was exacerbated in group settings, when Madison would often retreat into herself, choosing to sit at the table and study rather than join everyone else. Looking back, after a suicide: Were there signs that she was in danger? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

We have this tendency in our culture to distrust emotional honesty and especially to distrust optimism. In fiction, anyone can be a protagonist: “I don’t understand this desire to only read about people who are like oneself” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

In this district, suspects have a tendency to be found dead before trials. ‘A Dark, Dark Man’ Review: Murder and Corruption in Kazakhstan 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

Her tendency to burn brightly and her lifelong eagerness to please has sometimes made her an easy mark, she knows now. Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z

He also, under pressure, has a tendency to sing with a kind of vibrato that makes it sound as if he’s singing between two notes. At WNO, strong ‘Dutchman’ cast makes up for production’s deficits 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

But Homer’s acute observation of nature — light, atmosphere, weather — his use of wet-on-wet painting and tendency to paint from life qualify him as an Impressionist. Winslow Homer: Radical Impressionist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

As the four nonactor Jakes debate which woman is “the one,” “Jake Squared” combines the most grating tendencies of meta navel-gazing with the sexism of reality television — pushing the limit of viewer tolerance to zero.  ‘Jake Squared,’ a Midlife-Crisis Romantic Comedy 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Its national character is a textbook study in narcissistic tendencies coupled with crushing insecurity issues. Delusional, prudish, selfish, violent: This is how Americans compare to the rest of the world 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Part of the reason for this, I suspect, is the general tendency toward bloat. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018: A highly subjective list 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

Although physicists are indeed tenacious in their attempts to rescue theories they admire, the tendency to modify a theory fades to the degree that the alterations become artificial or cumbersome, and therefore "inelegant." Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z

And as strong as much of his thinking is, he has a tendency to fall into academic jargon — and can we please, please put an immediate stop to the word “disrupt”? Rock Lives: This Season’s Pop Music Biographies and Memoirs 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Solomons said there was a tendency to look at the art not the artist, but that in this case the two things were inextricably bound. Witch hunt or wise move? Cannes ponders expulsion 2011-05-19T17:31:31Z

The films turn confusing and the punters start flagging, and the boundaries between art and life have a tendency to break down. Cannes 2018: A search for meaning on the Croisette 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z

Her tendency was to say yes to every opportunity, and not fret too much about what it might entail. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

One might offer a possible interpretation: We are inclined to ornament and articulate our most destructive tendencies into elaborate forms of irrational behavior. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

There are also destructive tendencies, so then you build again. The culture pioneers: Making a Tijuana art scene built to last - LA Times 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Now I just need a psychological study to prove that that tendency isn't, also, ridiculous. Spoilers actually enhance your enjoyment 2011-08-17T08:00:04Z

Seriously, who wants to see anything approaching a "safe" Ridley Scott Alien prequel, 30 years on, given the film-maker's tendency in recent years to churn out technically brilliant but rather workmanlike fare? Will Ridley Scott's Alien prequel make a groundbreaking scene? 2010-10-21T16:33:00Z

For many years we have had stress in our marriage that often centers on my tendency to focus on perceived “wrongs,” and what I believe is her tendency to say things with hurtful intent. Perspective | Ask Amy: This husband can make but not take a joke 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

With its tendency toward bold expressiveness, it felt irrepressible and untethered in a way that made advocates for an African classicism nervous. Art Review: Glimpsing Africa Anew in Its Art 2011-06-23T21:58:34Z

Of course, such tendencies are precisely what the scientific method was invented to correct for, and over the long run, it does a good job of it. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Due to my self-aggrandizing tendency to brand my own writings with #urk, a sobriquet derived from my last name, I began to build an audience on this former isle in the Flevoland province. How an unusual hashtag led to a personalized visit to an obscure area of the Netherlands 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

Given the public’s tendency to both relish and scoff at the bizarre behavior of the rich and famous, here are the juiciest details from the in-flight meltdown: The 6 most outrageous details from Conrad Hilton’s in-flight meltdown 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Similar, too, is a generalizing tendency, where Fox’s historical knowledge skates on thin ice. When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

And both girls use Carroll’s “bandersnatch” as a label for “do-gooding government busybodies” who, given Mom’s tendency to run away from home, might try to seize them. Books of The Times: ‘The Silver Star,’ a Novel by Jeannette Walls 2013-05-29T20:54:36Z

But its laughs tend to come from the same source as the film’s: mainly, the vampires’ tendency toward human folly. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ and ‘Monsters and Men’ 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

“They have a tendency to stick with us as an organization after we’ve invested in the development of them.” Bucking the trend of unemployment among baby boomers 2013-09-11T15:31:00Z

Nabokov’s “Ada,” the Terrence Malick film “Badlands” and Salinger’s Glass stories are also invoked — underscore the book’s more derivative, self-conscious tendencies. Review: David Means’s ‘Hystopia,’ Not Your Average War Novel 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Documentary filmmaking and contemporary marriage, in this case, pulled between the tendency of the young to discard tradition and the old, or even slightly older, to cling to it. TIFF 2014: Noah Baumbach tackles marriage and moviemaking on screen 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

The show is a barometer — anticipated and debated for the picture it proposes of tendencies in American art and their public relevance. Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Bad Boy Chiller Crew — effectively a comedy troupe wearing the costume of a music collective — amplifies and underscores that tendency on its second album. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

It's almost schizophrenic … I like conducting, and working with other people, it's a very good way of stopping yourself being solipsistic, which is a tendency I can't bear. Oliver Knussen: 'It never occurred to me that not everybody thought music was the most important thing in life' 2012-06-06T16:50:00Z

And flashes of stranger wit get by his friendly tendency to hand-hold the audience through routines. ‘The Fluffy Movie,’ a Comic Documentary 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Despite there being little reason to hope that the White House press corps’ years-long tendency to let Trump function as their assignment editor will change now, it should. Perspective | Media coverage of the 2016 campaign was disastrous. Now’s the last chance to get 2020 right. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

“What’s being loosed,” Ms. Tunney said, “is the tendency to let her rip.” They’re Mad as Hell 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

So is the unwholesome American tendency to turn tragedy into commodity, as Ms. Finley’s Jackie visits the Web site for a Dallas museum that traffics in Kennedy assassination memorabilia. 2010-02-11T23:23:00Z

Glyndebourne on Tour has a tendency to get right what the main festival sometimes gets wrong. Don Giovanni ? review 2010-10-13T21:15:00Z

"We have a tendency to look at this phenomenon as ending on Election Day, when the reality is now it's time to get to work." Latinos take on bigger role in Obama inauguration 2013-01-21T02:44:08Z

Without the man who knew her best, can anyone stop her autocratic tendencies coming to the fore? Game of Thrones recap: season eight, episode three – The Long Night 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

His niece also predicted he might be stymied by his tendency to “overthink.” Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

This is certainly not how I describe storytelling’s universal structure, though I do comment upon an average tendency in which fiction makers engineer last-minute happy endings. Letters to the Editor From Steven Pinker, Jonathan Gottschall, and Others 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

David Attenborough avoided clumsy anthropomorphism or the tendency to attribute morality or consciousness to creatures such as Franzi and I, who are essentially automatons driven by need and instinct. What does the insect community make of ITV's celebrity freak show? 2012-11-25T00:05:45Z

There are autobiographical footprints elsewhere as well, a tendency that Ms. Heiny winks at when one of her characters worries about blurring the line between life and fiction. Katherine Heiny’s Road to ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow’ 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Although Smith treads lightly on providing strategy advice, he also avoids the tendency to tally up heroes, villains and victims and call it a day. 'The Dogs Are Eating Them Now' an unflinching account of Afghanistan 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

“It’s the natural tendency of the whole society to be kind of conservative — to fear foreigners, to fear crime, to want there to be some order in the universe,” he added. Perspective | Do conservatives get too much press? Some liberal Post readers think so. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the tendency of workers in Gary to blame automation reflects a hesitation against scapegoating immigrants, since many know all too well the ugliness that comes from racial politics. When factory jobs left Gary, Indiana: whites left, 'but we blacks didn't have a choice' 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

On the five-part harmony section of the title track Mr. Wescott curbed his contrapuntal tendencies in favor of a unified wash of voices. Music: Less Fleet, but More Mature, Foxes 2011-04-29T18:36:51Z

After he graduated from singing at US air force bases, where he was paid in Levi's and singles, his performances had a tendency to end with audiences rioting. Johnny Hallyday: the French rock'n'roller sets his sights on Britain 2012-11-15T19:00:01Z

Such power as the play still musters devolves by default to Mr. Mays, who sublimates his own bravura tendencies to deliver an indelibly moving performance at gratifying odds with the manic flourishes on view elsewhere. Harold Pinter and Tracy Letts Revivals, and ISIS on Stage in London 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

These choices are not always easy since we are going against some natural tendencies, including our tendency to search outside ourselves for a happy life. 4 Ways of Choosing Happiness from Within 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

He has a teddy-bear physique, a cheerful stage presence and a mumbling, stealth articulate voice — with a tendency to swallow the ends of his sentences like so many frosted snack cakes — that breeds instant intimacy. Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

These tender tendencies are not to be underestimated in today’s comedies. Review | What did ‘The Good Place’ teach us? That even eternal bliss needs a happy ending. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

It’s a puerile, mean-spirited tendency that altogether spoils the otherwise exquisite imagery. ‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’ Review: Lovely Food, Bad Taste 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

This blunt axiom undercuts the tendency to read too much into the more earnest and personal episodes related in the book, those homely accounts of the author’s early life in rural New Zealand. In Essays About Bodily Ailments and Other Conditions, Clues to Writing — and Life 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

Still, no one theory fully explains Brooklyn’s knack for encompassing America’s best and worst tendencies, often simultaneously. A New History Celebrates Brooklyn’s Heights, and Depths 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

I’m wondering if there’s a tendency to gravitate towards higher budgets, bigger names and, by extension, celebrity circles, the more successful he gets. Steve McQueen on the Oscars whitewash: ‘I’m hoping we can look back and say this was a watershed moment’ 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Echoing Nussbaum’s advice, she said the most important thing is to sidestep a tendency to navigate through life on autopilot. You’re a different person when you travel. Here’s why, and how to transform yourself at home. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

This tendency in his work is a warning sign. Review: The Jaap van Zweden Era Begins at the Philharmonic 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency now to think the only valid form of architecture is to help earthquake victims, or do something to solve the Palestinian problem, a tendency that has its own pomposity and vanity. Brilliant biennale 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Another explanation lies in the easy tendency to lump the story in with the "tragic mulatto" trope, a crude designation defined by works like Fannie Hurst's "Imitation of Life." Thanks to its stars, "Passing" is a masterpiece of subtle expression, rendered in black and white 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

But Louise Gray has always had a tendency for wild, upbeat color and pattern. Fashion Review: Sarah Burton Shows McQ, the Alexander McQueen Second Line 2012-02-21T18:19:33Z

While the Republican Party has given itself over to Trump, the institutions that were always suspected of dictatorial tendencies are the ones resisting dictatorship. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

I do think we need to cut the past some slack because the tendency is to disqualify people for their imperfections. Humorist Mo Rocca’s ‘Mobituaries’ makes for lively reading 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

In the pilot he mocks the idea of alerting higher-ups about a student’s violent tendencies, and in a later episode, he cheerfully offers “to bully” a sheltered student to toughen him up. Review: ‘A.P. Bio’ Is Not Advanced in Timing or Taste 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

The movies have been up and down, with a tendency to run long and overload themselves with silly schoolboy humor and bogus-looking CGI battles. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": Harry Potter goes dark 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z

Any past tendencies toward being the easy listening of the rap world have all but faded. Drake's Take Care Was Worth The Wait 2011-11-15T14:00:12Z

In a single-sex male context there is a tendency to favor fiction deemed appropriately masculine, and literature written by male authors. We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

Ganz’s natural tendency to savor tender, lyrical passages sapped the first movement of some of its structural cohesion and momentum. A night of Chopin by a pianist with impressive finesse 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Most of us possess something called the optimistic bias, which is the tendency to think that our future will be better than our present. Permanent happiness is a myth: Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

But he also applied the same standards to himself – which might perhaps explain his tendency to burn out. Andrew Denton: his final farewell? 2013-06-26T04:16:27Z

"Russi has the tendency to get the giggles," said Bill Farmer, a longtime friend who is the voices of Goofy and Pluto. Russi Taylor, the voice and personality of Minnie Mouse 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

That didn't matter much after Thursday's news, after a man who embodied a spirit many of us covet was now at risk due to that very tendency. Harrison Ford plane crash stirs subconscious fears 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

As a culture, we have a tendency to "only look behind" at celebrities who continue to work past retirement age. Rethinking celebrity and aging with "The Last Movie Stars" and Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Fest 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

In most cases, his tendency is to leave things unresolved, for you to do a little more work. | Jeff Goldblum, Star of the Off-Broadway Play ‘Domesticated’ 2013-12-18T19:45:29Z

But this monopolistic tendency has stirred a revolt among a circle of smaller galleries, which have started looking for inventive ways to compete against such large rivals. Art Dealers Move Out of the Gallery and Into a Taco Bell 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

All three mall stories are smart, funny and fun, despite having morbid tendencies. ‘Friday Black’ Paints a Dark Portrait of Race in America 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Describing himself as a “socialist with anarchist tendencies,” Mr. MacPherson got a rousing response from the others when he lobbed a shot at David Cameron, the former prime minister. Hey Ho, It’s Old: England Embraces Punk Rock 40 Years Later 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

His own tendency to forget that, in the past, the grass was green and the sky was blue, was challenged when he visited Auschwitz. Morris Gleitzman's 'friendship books' 2010-10-01T12:04:00Z

Binelli, aware of the possibilities of revival they bring, and his own hipster tendencies, tries hard not to sneer. The Last Days of Detroit by Mark Binelli – review 2013-01-04T22:55:16Z

Today, however, the bigger challenge is keeping up with the destructive tendencies of the Corporate Headquarter inhabitants. One of Coachella's hippest art installations happens to have hippos 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

If Apple customers have an embarrassing tendency to anthropomorphise their gadgets, that is because Apple has explored the possibilities of the human mind and body more thoroughly than any of its competitors. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z

Administration became more localised and people had to fend for themselves but the natural tendency would have been to keep things going as best they could. Fresh insights from the UK's oldest museum of Roman remains 2012-08-15T07:00:00Z

His work is part of an amorphous, multimedia tendency that has yielded plenty of good art, including some by him, but that is beginning to verge on hegemonic. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z

Perhaps he was in denial about the progressive tendency of hair loss: just because one is partly bald doesn’t mean one is necessarily destined to end up destitute. Dropped Hyphens, Split Infinitives, and Other Thrilling Developments from the 2019 American Copy Editors Society Conference 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

Speaking of illusions, the tendency to find themes in film festivals probably belongs in that category, along with the notion of Mr. Clooney as a schlub. Critic?s Notebook: Hiding Up in Telluride, Silver Mined on Screens 2011-09-05T22:03:11Z

He says: “I think that once a tendency or a counter-tendency starts to trend in this way, it becomes part of the culture it wants to critique or resist. It enters the circuit of anxiety.” Burned out and overwhelmed: should you embrace the joy of no? 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Here and elsewhere the composer has a tendency to add rising “oohs,” suggesting a numinousness that reaches beyond the lyrics. Review: ‘Renascence’ Introduces a Thoroughly Modern Millay 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Still, his tendency to drive climaxes to the maximum marred the reading. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

The natural tendency afterwards is to find something worth even less than oneself, which one can despise as one was despised oneself. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

"As someone who's read the Treasury's second report on manufacturing, believe me, there's nothing inherently interesting about it," said Miranda, who has a tendency to let a laugh linger after his own jokes. 'Hamilton' offers American history with a hip-hop beat 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

It certainly helped that Lip had naturally funny tendencies, especially in his relationship with food. Peter Farrelly made some pretty ‘dumb’ movies. So how did he end up directing a smart drama about racism? 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

My trainer tells me I have a tendency to drop my right hand. What Boxing Taught Me About Love 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

If that gave critics an opening to unfairly label her a “she-Hammett” for some of her hard-boiled tendencies, her knack for suspense is still admired. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Of course, the 3-D views of the street below as seen from above are somewhere between exhilarating and terrifying, depending on a viewer’s tendency to acrophobia. “The Walk” Falls Short of Artistry 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

But there is also a tendency to exaggerate the effect of that activism. Museum Review | African Burial Ground Visitor Center: A Burial Ground and Its Dead Are Given Life 2010-02-25T22:31:00Z

That is, the torn portion of the canvas had to be gently coaxed back to its flat state, otherwise it would have a tendency to return to the distortion left by the accident. Damaged Picasso Returns to the Met After Repair 2010-04-20T15:28:00Z

And it's no secret that, unless you have some truly self-sabotaging tendencies, it's almost impossible to get a bad edit on "Dancing With the Stars." ‘Dancing With the Stars’ perfected a formula for kitschy, escapist joy. Can it survive today’s politics? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

The study compared this affinity for husbands or wives with similar DNA makeup to the well-established and strong tendency of people to marry mates with similar educational levels. What do you want in a spouse? Genetic similarity may help 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

But its twee tendencies are redeemed by great virtues: wit, confidence, formal invention and, most of all, a willingness to root its allusions in character and story, and bring everything back to friendship and feeling. "My Community Pulp Fictional Dinner with Andre" 2011-03-25T16:04:00Z

Workplaces, theater marquees, pillows, municipal services: everything starts to absorb their prankish tendencies until the ending sequence combines it all into a kind of over-the-top, technicolor uneasiness. "Dicks: The Musical" puts two narcissist bros under a joyous, filthy spotlight 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

That tendency may not have made her a must-read among other critics, but it endeared her to many of her subjects. Jane Scott, longtime rock critic, dies at 92 2011-07-05T04:35:04Z

In the final and strongest gallery Ms. Smith resists her tendency to embellish. 2010-02-12T23:56:00Z

And remember that since taking over at Dior, Ms. Chiuri has had a tendency to speckle her ready-to-wear collections with feminist message T-shirts, just to hammer her points home. The Climate Crisis Crowds the Catwalks 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

The story of an eccentric Scottish schoolteacher with pro-fascist tendencies originated as a novel by Muriel Spark. Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Granted, parts of the work were marred by fleeting pitch problems and a tendency to slide into notes. Music Review: Brooklyn Rider at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-11-03T21:43:04Z

The astrologist, a very friendly and encouraging woman, reassured him about his Libra tendencies. Massaging Your Soul 2014-04-25T17:49:24Z

It’s normal, but this is normal too: People with jerk tendencies keep those when they have kids, and people with non-jerk tendencies tend to keep those when they have kids. Carolyn Hax: Childless by choice, and feeling disconnected from family-centered friends. 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

Doing so only illustrates a tendency for liberal whites to distance themselves from other whites when the gaze falls on them. Now that another black body has been laid to rest: George Floyd and the white gaze 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

I wonder what that strong tendency towards innovation that you discovered in your research says about how we think about the role of a dictionary culturally. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z

I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z

And sometimes that universal tendency toward unpredictability and disarray contributes proves beneficial to a dramatic arc. Brett Kavanaugh gives “The Circus” what it desperately needs: cliffhangers and unpredictable... 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Quick to laugh and full of self-deprecating asides, Dido recently sat down with The Associated Press to discuss her new songs, her son's musical tastes and her tendency to retreat from fame. Q&A: Dido puts family before her new album 2013-03-27T12:26:13Z

His effervescent charm and pearly guitar are still very much intact, but there are fewer notes, and King has a tendency to ramble. The Week Ahead: Dino Day at the Burke, Gerard Schwarz at Benaroya Hall 2014-02-26T22:37:34Z

Green noted that with many science-fiction and fantasy films, there is a tendency to indicate futurism by using sounds that we’ve never heard before. The Secret Sounds of ‘Dune’: Rice Krispies and Marianne Faithfull 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

The latter triggers our tendency to pretty up our interpretations of reality to fit the story we’ve written, when our best bet is letting reality tell us exactly what it wants to say. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He’s one kind of catch. His kids are another. 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

“There is a tendency for too much traffic cop. If a foundation gets three appeals, they will decide. I don’t think we need to self-police.” Smithsonian’s new fundraising strategy: collect collectively 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

A tendency to excess works to paella's advantage. Hunger in Fremont fills a larger space with lots of satisfaction 2012-08-09T20:22:05Z

That’s the reality of what “UnREAL” is trying to portray: the exploitation of our human tendencies to drag one another down. ‘UnREAL’ and ‘Another Period’: From female creators, sharp jabs at reality 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

The study goes a long way to ruling out biases that have undermined previous studies, such as the tendency for men who have had vasectomies to have more medical checkups. Vasectomy raises risk of lethal prostate cancer, study shows 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

The artist, scornful of Abstract Expressionism’s bleeding-heart tendencies, would have preferred it that way, though in places a personal story comes through in the show, one being at the very end. Stuart Davis, Heady Abstract Realist, at the Whitney 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

She tried to dissuade him from his more extravagant and scary tendencies, but she lost some battles. The Role of Décor in Hitler’s Life 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

This argument also ignores our collective tendency to fetishize maternal sacrifice. How to argue with your relatives about abortion: A few arguments that don’t work with pro-lifers and some that might 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

The exhibitions told a complex story, including journalistic blind spots, occasional ethical lapses and the ever-present tendency to bias. Perspective | Born in the age of high hopes, the Newseum dies in the days of fake news 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Although the Obama White House had its own reputation for bobbing and weaving, the Trump media operation has had to grapple with the president’s tendency to contradict its statements. ‘I have no idea’: The White House’s spokesmen aren’t speaking much these days 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

They are among those hoping that, despite his self-destructive tendencies in the past, his legacy will continue uninterrupted by the law. Gucci Mane, taking a spin through his catalogue, shows why he’s idolized by rappers and fans 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

And the author's tendency to use lines from Jesus' betrayal in the Bible to describe Pilot is both pompous and wildly tone-deaf. Comics: 'Batman: Noel' a dream for Christmas present 2011-11-11T20:50:04Z

Following Roth’s novel, the film is concerned with a particular paradox of being, as he once put it, “serious in the fifties”: the tendency toward libertinism. Philip Roth Versus the Movies 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

An unbreakable female lead can be liberating to the violent misogynist tendency since the violence against her can get a lot more ultra, and nobody has to feel bad about it, because she’ll win. Why Wonder Woman is a masterpiece of subversive feminism 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

When listening to these most classic of classics, the tendency is to focus on interpretive details rather than to revel in new or unusual sounds. Music Review: Alice Coote and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at Mostly Mozart 2013-07-31T21:15:18Z

As somebody with a tendency towards arachnophobia, I’d place this up there with Deep Breath and Listen as the creepiest of the run so far. Doctor Who recap: series 34, episode seven – Kill the Moon 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

While I’ll admit I have a tendency to be puppy-like in my friendliness when it’s not wanted, his discomfort seemed extreme. Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z

Among juvenile delinquents, he noticed a tendency to describe their transgressions in the passive voice, as if their crimes had happened to them rather than because of them. Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet and Nobel laureate, dies at 83 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z

Twenty years later, those tendencies are in demand. David Lowery Directs ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ 2013-08-09T19:06:44Z

She noted that she still sees a tendency in France to favor work by black artists from outside the country over the work of French artists of color. She Won the Turner Prize. Now She’s Using Her Clout to Help Others. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Size, we learn, is accompanied by some distinctive biological tendencies. Exhibition Review: In Dinosaur Science, Size Is Just the Beginning 2011-04-14T21:59:16Z

As the Tony voters must know, Mr. Parker has a tendency to aim high. This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Mark Lamos directs with a mostly sure sense of the comic and the less so, though he doesn’t tamp down Mr. Beguelin’s tendency to let his characters grandstand. Theater Review: ‘Harbor,’ Chad Beguelin’s Comedy, at 59E59 Theaters 2013-08-08T22:13:00Z

As in Hill's art, the 15 artists in the show offer open-ended, evocative narratives, palpable moods, and a tendency to layer and accumulate materials, meanings or perspectives. CoCA juried show: no theme but plenty of meaning 2012-01-12T21:20:06Z

Simpson, the identity of the victim has a certain tendency to fall away in the pursuit of justice. Review: 'The Night Of' Tells a Powerful Story of Injustice 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Its status as the Official Shoe of Quarantine was sealed more by the fashion world, with its tendency to resuscitate things once considered ugly or uncool. The Ups and Downs of Fashion in 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

“I found that traveling on my own created a different state of mind because when you travel with your partner or a friend there is an endless tendency to exchange information, feelings and associations.” Olga Tokarczuk’s Book ‘Flights’ Is Taking Off 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Sure, Mr. Morgan was mostly a delight, but elsewhere “The Walking Dead” indulged in some of its most wearying tendencies. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

“Brigsby Bear” is a funny, oddly touching look at the pros and cons of millennials’ tendency to obsess over pop culture. We live in a world where satires such as "The Tick" soar and "Brigsby Bear" goes begging 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

Memoirs about struggle with brain-based disorders have a tendency to be overburdened with the very attributes of those disorders: Accounts of anxiety often have a nerve-rattling edge; depression memoirs can threaten to engulf the reader. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

He offers that word “apophenia,” the tendency of human beings to see patterns where there are no patterns. Swimming against the tide: Lawrence Weschler on 'Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of Astrophysicists' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

During the Age of Great Expectations, the reflexive tendency to see the president as the ultimate guarantor of American abundance, security and freedom remained sacrosanct. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Slowly, she began building a following, until one day last November when a video she made, poking fun at Shanghai women and their tendency to drop English words into conversation, went viral. China’s Viral Idol: Papi Jiang, a Girl Next Door With Attitude 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

These tendencies to polarize Money and his work are both productive and symptomatic of a failure to interrogate the complexities, contradictions, and tensions in Money’s oeuvre. Pervert or sexual libertarian?: Meet John Money, “the father of f***ology” 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z

In Genovés’s case, this meant dedicating the remainder of his academic life to affirming that violence was not an innate human tendency. “The Raft” Chronicles an Extreme Experiment with Human Nature 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

But that quirky tendency to meander from character to character is now a major asset, allowing for a probing look at a prison community that’s more riven than ever by racial disunity. Review: 'Orange is the New Black' Rebounds With a Majestic Fourth Season 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

A courageous tendency in modern art finds beauty not in the depths, but the surfaces of things. Off the scale: why Gerhard Richter towers above the artists of today 2010-11-22T14:51:00Z

Different as they are, these siblings clearly share a self-destructive tendency, the sources of which lie somewhere in the background, beyond the reach of the film’s curiosity. | 'Shame': ?Shame,? Directed by Steve McQueen - Review 2011-12-01T13:00:00Z

That tendency, in combination with political polarization and the difficulties of governing California’s broken system, sometimes made it hard for him to turn his thinking into action. Professor Schwarzenegger 2012-08-31T23:30:00Z

I don't want to sound contemptuous, but there is a tendency to see politics as an expression of your own personal purity, a character test. Tony Kushner: 'It's a crazy time' 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z

Some of Alabama’s critics said the band’s more commercial tendencies watered down its sound. Jeff Cook, a Founder of the Country Band Alabama, Dies at 73 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

That Dallas prosecutors were told to avoid jurors with “physical afflictions” because of their tendency to sympathize with the accused. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

"Adventure Time," which McHale helped develop, has managed it by the steady accretion of detail, a tendency to show rather than explain and a dedication to the principle of "weird thought, best thought." Welcome to a land of enchantment in 'Over the Garden Wall' 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Over time, I began to notice that the scarier stories on the show have an uncanny tendency to include these insect parasites. Chainsaws, fire and paranoia: my total bedbug meltdown 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

These are big subjects, and Pearl Jam's natural tendency is to turn them into larger-than-life songs that inevitably will be compared to its superior '90s work. Pearl Jam fights for relevance 2013-10-11T20:14:00Z

In person, Demings has piercing brown eyes and a tendency to embark on spirited monologues. Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Her spirits are given a boost when she encounters Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda, who advise her how to handle other people's carnivorous tendencies. 2010-01-14T11:04:00Z

The scars are overlooked because of both a pervasive tendency to ignore Black working-class women’s pain and also because of the women’s own fears of the repercussions of exposure. Grief, Pain and the Lingering Impact of Trauma on Black Women’s Bodies 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

Though not nearly as drastic, the early episodes of this season aren’t entirely void of the same frustrating tendency to overstate what’s at play. “Money. D*ck. Power.”: “Unreal” deconstructs fantasies — and asks what TV looks like with women in charge 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

They further showed that the cynic’s tendency to think critically is a productive metric for indicating political involvement. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Gombrich warned against Mr. Steinberg’s tendency to speculate on supposedly unprovable meanings. Leo Steinberg, Adventurous Art Historian, Dies at 90 2011-03-14T23:19:13Z

Her tendency to sometimes let a note slip off pitch was a bit more prevalent than usual. Its Musicians Are Out of Work, but the Met Is Streaming 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

I stress this because guys like your brother-in-law are adept at converting our natural tendency to avoid conflict into a license to bully. How Do I Handle My Creepy Brother-in-Law? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

For instance he chastises Americans’ tendency to think that they stand apart from everyone else who is trying to spread a political or religious philosophy. The Week Ahead: April 3 ? 9 2011-04-02T03:12:49Z

It is, arguably, part of a nerd-myth tendency in the film; I found it intricate and ingenious, though this is how the series may get bogged down. Star Trek Into Darkness – review 2013-05-09T14:35:00Z

This tendency to add complexity, ambiguity, and doubt is a troubling feature of Pinker’s rules. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

The high aspirations were evident in the tendency to refer to noteworthy paintings for episode titles — the premiere was called “This Is Not a Pipe,” a name drawn from a Magritte work. ‘Switched at Birth,’ a Series Illuminating a World Without Words 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

The pronoun “one” is tossed about a lot here, but the movie has the self-awareness to joke about it, as well as the British tendency to whither. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Check In, You Won't Want to Leave 2012-05-04T10:45:56Z

The technology also had a tendency to get sappy, leading him to direct it to “stop being sentimental.” A New ‘M*A*S*H’ Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J. 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

In his 1846 essay “The Present Age,” Søren Kierkegaard decried the widespread tendency of the time—which he summed up as an age “without passion”—to “transform daring and enthusiasm into a feat of skill.” “Mission: Impossible—Fallout” Is Basically a Two-and-a-Half-Hour Making-Of Sequence 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

Did playing the role help him reconcile the man’s tendencies? How Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro Made ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a strange film that has a tendency to plunge indiscriminately from raunch to melodrama, but it’s just about held together by the charisma of Richardson and his co-star Brittany Snow. Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’ 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, in “Sweet Heart, Sweet Light,” Spiritualized’s seventh album in 20 years, he puts both tendencies together. New Music: Spiritualized Releases Seventh Album 2012-04-09T22:57:00Z

Economic forces and the tendency of “birds of a feather to flock together” led to self-segregation, according to Louis Wirth, a German Jew and the author of “The Ghetto,” published in 1928. ‘Ghetto,’ by Mitchell Duneier 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

The company played down its tendency to overdeliver with Broadway-style facial expressions that, in the later seasons of Judith Jamison’s artistic directorate, characterized much of its performing. Critic?s Notebook: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Hit Maker 2012-01-03T20:49:03Z

“I’m cheap, so it plays into my natural tendencies,” he says of his travel habits. Nine budget strategies for your next vacation 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Though his more aggressive attack is instantly recognizable on “Don’t Wait” and “Lies,” and a welcome break from the sleepy mood, the album’s intentions keep his tendency to showboat in check. Eric Clapton Gathers Stars for a J. J. Cale Tribute Album 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

The album, a love letter to his influences, is the gentlest of Mr. Church’s releases, the one that least wears his rowdy tendencies on its sleeve. On ‘Mr. Misunderstood,’ Eric Church Pays Homage to His Influences 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Timothy D. Wilson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, has found that story editing can help people change deeply ingrained tendencies that may be undermining their best efforts. Books: "Redirect," and "Willpower" offers clues on rewriting life story 2011-11-07T15:17:03Z

Pop Art, Minimalism and the myriad tendencies grouped under the term postmodernism asserted their claims after the heady days of Abstract Expressionism. Hilton Kramer, Critic Who Championed Modernism, Dies at 84 2012-03-27T16:08:52Z

The host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” noted that American children must find it increasingly difficult to understand Trump’s temperament and his tendency to lie. Jimmy Kimmel brings back “Schoolhouse Rock” to teach us about President Trump’s lying 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

While there are some architects and critics that are engaged in some serious and important work, the tendency is to be simply disdainful of the place and the culture. Building Type: Keith Krumwiede's satirical jolt for the earnest world of architecture publishing 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, my ambient jitteriness unleashed a slightly repulsive tendency to reverse-brag to the other models in a bid for attention. Model for a Day: A Writer Struts His Stuff on the Catwalk During New York Fashion Week 2012-09-14T20:07:40Z

There is a tendency to believe that when one has an Internet connection, they are magically endowed with the power of expertise. Leslie Jamison and Roxane Gay: “Men are crowned as the gold standard of the genre. It’s gonna change” 2014-04-24T23:00:00Z

“The tendency is to lump men of his generation and class in one foul ball of bigotry,” he writes. The Forgotten Man Responsible for Our Most Iconic National Parks 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Anyway, Will Scarlett is there, and Hook's "unsavory" tendencies come out as he grabs the clumsy thief, with intent to harm. 'Once Upon a Time': Anna's contract, Hook's date and 'The Apprentice' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

They demonstrate the human tendency to plunder the natural, yet also curiosity and even awe at its abundance and beauty. In the galleries: Semi-fictional streetscapes resemble stage sets 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Yates's Frank Wheeler and Connell's Mrs Bridge share a predominating characteristic, namely, their narcissistic tendency to believe that they are being observed, scrutinised, and judged by everyone. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z

“It speaks to an inherent tendency in the American political culture to engage in this kind of commerce,” Parry-Giles explains. How Fauci came to receive the ‘ultimate honor’: His own bobblehead doll 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Tracy's sociopathic tendencies are put down to the decade she spent upstairs listening to her tapes. Corrie on stage? Bless my hairnet! 2011-02-09T21:31:01Z

Downey's tendency has always been to try to win an audience over, whether the script requires it or not, but he doesn't do that here. Due Date Review: Downey, Galifianakis and Road Rage 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

Now he was not just inaudible but incoherent, with a tendency to slump. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z

The main pitfall in some of his new music, including the album’s title track, is a tendency to crowd too many ideas into the frame, sifting through them as if by compulsion. Music Review: Danilo Pérez Celebrates Panama at Jazz Standard 2014-02-07T21:55:14Z

The pair may share vaguely sociopathic tendencies, enjoyed to the fullest during their consummation traveling spree dubbed "The Eat, Bang, Kill Tour." The Harley Quinn twisted Valentine's special brings the raunch and romance to our Hallmark holiday 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z

And it's quite surprising how those tendencies, right-wing tendencies, got stronger over the last three years in Austria, in Germany, in many parts of the world. Stars of Malick's "A Hidden Life": When saying no is "enough to change the world" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

One recent tendency is to generalize what was once particular. Critic’s Notebook: Israel’s Holocaust Museums Evolve in Message and Methods 2012-09-04T22:03:21Z

This apparently confirms that the tendency for people to eat "bigger portions on bigger plates, leading to increased obesity, has gradually developed over the millennium". Response: Last Supper paintings can't tell us much about trends in overeating 2010-04-05T23:05:00Z

Superstores like Costco, they argued, have increased our tendency to stockpile food and cleaning supplies—and the result at home is stress. Is it normal to hoard? 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z

Coupland lived in Vancouver most of his life, which was like Seattle but with national health care and a tendency to end declarative sentences with “ay” and a question mark. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

In this story of an aristocratic lady-killer, Lady Murasaki explores the concept of erotic transference: the tendency to fall for someone who resembles a lost or unattainable loved one. ‘The Tale of Genji’: The work of a brilliant widow 1,000 years ago 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Throughout, Brown’s works hold a mirror to our own tendencies to wall ourselves off or not, and to what it looks like to start conversations through gentleness, rather than rough insistence. Perspective | Storytelling is the key ingredient in the year’s best dance works 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Seeing them witness those tendencies rise again, it's just heartbreaking. Stars of Malick's "A Hidden Life": When saying no is "enough to change the world" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Buarque added that “there is a tendency toward building stadiums that guarantee the comfort and security of fans” — including chairs instead of concrete steps and more security personnel. Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts 2013-04-12T18:36:34Z

Elsewhere there’s a tendency to punch up lines past the point of realistic, but as many of those lines are awfully good, it’s forgivable. Review: Makeup Tips Galore, but Not How to Handle Cancer, in ‘Ultimate Beauty Bible’ 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

“I hope everyone dresses themselves,” Mr. Bolton said, referring to the tendency of guests to act as walking billboards for brands. What the Comme des Garçons Show Means for the Met — and Fashion 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Recognizing our tendency toward inaction and our likelihood to change our minds about political and social justice movements after the fact can be hugely instructive for our present moment. Protest doesn’t work — except when it does 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

As a culture, we have a tendency to "only look behind" at celebrities who continue to work past retirement age. Rethinking celebrity and aging with "The Last Movie Stars" and Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Fest 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

This might explain the universal tendency to retain the parental faith. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z

He shows up early to our meeting, has a tendency to break his sentences down into lettered bullet points and his major vice appears to be a compulsive Nicorette habit. Justin Theroux is the main course in 'The Leftovers' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

On stage and in publicity stills, she had a tendency to dip, assuming a charming, slightly crouched pose that was all her own. | Mary Wells 2010-11-23T17:57:00Z

Aside from recurring appearances by multiple Alices, who have a tendency to drift in and out looking lost, not much holds these scenes together; they read as interchangeable parts. Review: Momix’s ‘Alice’ Is a Rabbit Hole (or 22) Too Far 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

With his pale, delicate features, long, curly tresses flowing from under that crown, and tendency to favor frocks ornate or simple, he looks as if he’s stepped down from a Pre-Raphaelite painting. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Wieland isn’t as brilliant a prosecutor as Bach, and she doesn’t immediately zero in on the director’s fascist tendencies. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

If Mr. Stern has a weakness as an interviewer it’s his tendency to interrupt guests, who sometimes seem one second of quiet away from a breakthrough. Confessor. Feminist. Adult. What the Hell Happened to Howard Stern? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

"Reporters," he said, "have a greater tendency to believe what I say." Can candidness work for a TV executive? 2011-04-26T11:52:09Z

This song is about the antisemitic tendencies of capitalist in-chief Ford, who Rovics chastises for getting into bed with the Nazis. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z

“The right thing,” Jimmy replies haltingly as he rises above his shyster tendencies. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Jimmy acts honorably -- and it costs him 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

And so those are one of my top pie apples, but they do have a tendency to get really juicy. "Pies transform a meal": Take this master class in pie making with Peete's Pie owner Petra Paredez 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

It’s hard to care, and not just because of Colin’s self-destructive tendencies. Review: ‘The Runner’ Stars Nicolas Cage as a Politician After an Oil Spill 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Chief among those is a tendency toward sudden outbursts of explosive violence, a trait that landed him in prison in the first place. ‘Joe’: Nicolas Cage shines as a good man with a bad side 2014-04-17T20:29:43Z

After sleep deprivation, people’s fat tissue showed changes in gene activity that are linked to cells increasing their tendency to absorb lipids and also to proliferate. Lack of sleep makes people pile on the pounds 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Myles’s move to Jazz Fest’s main stage reflected his popularity there, as well as the festival’s tendency to mingle as many traditions as possible. Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z

The voiceover has a tendency to go a step too far, informing us of emotional states that should be depicted rather than explained. Narcos: history turned Netflix drama traces Pablo Escobar's rise to power 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

This is ironic, because you’d think that defining pride as aggression and hubris would serve to contain imperialistic tendencies. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

There is every reason to believe this self-characterization is accurate, given Packer’s tendency toward meticulously reasoned, wildly unpopular arguments that alienate those provisionally “on his side.” What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Of the 52 old and forgotten Catalan varieties gathered in the search, Mr. Torres and his colleagues identified six of particular interest because of their high acidity and tendency to ripen late. Freshness in a Changed Climate: High Altitudes, Old Grapes 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The key lies in her very particular prose style, characterized by a tendency to drop personal pronouns, in the general manner of a cyborg. Bridget Jones and the Millennial Workplace 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The earliest work on view, the 1904 “Charwoman,” prefigures tendencies in her later work toward relatively flat surfaces and a severe but elegant economy of color. Romaine Brooks painted her circle of friends, but were they portraits? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Heard at the second performance on Wednesday, the score leans on Ms. Higdon’s persistent weaknesses — namely, a tendency toward mawkishness — and stints her gifts for teasing out creative orchestral colors and instrumental combinations. Review: ‘Cold Mountain,’ at Santa Fe Opera, Recounts a Separated Lover’s Arduous Journey 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Lubow writes about her tendency to be unusually quiet in group conversations and then laugh erratically at inopportune moments, leaving everyone puzzled by her disconnectedness. A disturbing new image of photographer Diane Arbus 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

When she isn’t analyzing herself for violent tendencies, she’s anxiously denying the guilty secrets that might slip out when she testifies against her mother. The Latest in Crime Novels: Bad Mothers, Bad Memories and Bad Sex Toys 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Miraculously, the film never sinks into bleakness, and that’s largely because of Ms. Baumane’s tendency to speak her mind, sometimes unpredictably. 'Rocks in My Pockets,' an Animated Film About Depression 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

“There’s a tendency in the political media to get caught up in the story of the day and not dwell on the things that need to be reckoned with,” he said. Perspective | The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

On a track such as Hold Back they rein in their experimental tendencies and create a loving homage to their favourite pop period. New band of the day – The Revival Hour (No 1,403) 2012-11-26T17:04:38Z

Home-based labs were noxious and dangerous, with a tendency to catch fire or blow up — especially hazardous for kids. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

The clothes aren’t for cubicle jockeys, but they are decidedly wearable: a well-balanced melding of outré Duckie tendencies with the Perry Ellis Everyman. New York Fashion Week: New York Fashion Week: Duckie Brown — Daniel Silver and Steven Cox — for Perry Ellis 2012-09-05T18:53:00Z

Created in the period when Garrel was starting to marry his experimental tendencies and love of silent film with more developed narratives, the story is told elliptically in beautifully shot black and white. What’s on TV Monday: The ‘Catherine the Great’ Finale and ‘A Single Man’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Another tic of biennials is their expansionist tendency: Tired of the white cube, artists and curators would rather inhabit shops, hospitals, schools. Uncertainty in Brazil, Vitality in Its Art 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the experience is somewhat hamstrung by a tendency to sprawl more than necessary; the album clocks in at over an hour in length, and over half of its songs stretch over five-plus minutes. Review: Kindness Remains Intact on Belle and Sebastian's Latest Album 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

The book also tells a story illuminated by its author’s abundant grace and dignity, and her authentic desire to plumb the depths of her feelings, a yearning that she said overwhelmed her reticent tendencies. Sally Field Talks About Her Life ‘In Pieces’ 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

"Resolutely oppose money worship, hedonism, and extreme individualism and arduously correct bad tendencies such as abusing one's powers, fakery, unprincipled acts, and harming others for profit," said the document, published Wednesday on government websites. China to curb 'overly entertaining' reality TV 2011-10-26T11:18:17Z

Ahmad Zaki, one of the movement's founders, believes the genre of punk is often associated with a "tendency towards misbehavior" but he wants to change that. In Indonesia, pious 'punks' promote Islam 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

There’s an unfortunate tendency to attach shame to the very normal act of using the fruits of human ingenuity to help the body do what it needs to do. Perspective | Feeding my daughter taught me about what it means for the body to need help 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

It centres on the mundane aspects of life, with topics including harem pants, football, dental work, Carr's DIY experiences – as well as the show's tendency to follow listener input with some unfortunate song choices. Going Out with Alan Carr 2010-06-23T07:00:00Z

Turkey stands at the bleak vanguard of a tendency seen all over now, not least in the United States: a cultural politics of perpetual grievance, where even in victory you are indignant. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

In a statement, the artists said their work was “incompatible with the competition format, whose tendency is to divide and individualize.” Turner Prize Was Canceled, but Organizers Still Gave Out the Cash 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

And there may be a natural tendency, doubtless exaggerated in those who choose to write about something as inherently controlling as design, to tidy things up. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z

If you have a negative tendency and you deny it, then you’ve doubled it. George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year 2013-01-06T19:57:18Z

The White House did not respond to a request for comment about its tendency not to respond to requests for comment. Beyond ‘no comment’: The White House has no response — at all — to many media questions 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

The accommodationists believe that they can guide the administration away from its worst tendencies. Can It Happen Here? In ‘The Plot Against America,’ It Already Did 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

If there's a tendency for the actors to occasionally overplay their roles, it's an understandable fault: like Steinbeck's hero, it's a production which almost doesn't know its own strength. Of Mice and Men ? review 2011-02-20T21:45:00Z

Could I be exhibiting my mom’s pathological tendencies? I’ve become my hoarder mother: How my kids turned me into a pathological packrat 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

The more those tendencies collide, the better he is, as in “Hearts That Never,” which is doubly obsessed: with the romance in the lyrics and with a relentlessly blipping synthesizer momentum. New Music From Kathryn Calder, Buxton, Nadine Shah, East India Youth and Tal National 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

OK, sure — one could posit a world where a leader’s secretive nature and hawkish tendencies lead us down a dark and regrettable path. Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

“She had a tendency to hibernate. Nancy lights a fire under her.” Nancy Locke and Meredith Baxter: A Finish Worthy of Hollywood 2013-12-15T14:19:52Z

In this way the film explores definitions of "blackness" by boiling them down to issues of personal identity while also challenging mainstream media tendencies to assume there is a standard black experience. With 'Dear White People,' Justin Simien wants to start conversations 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The emotional cast to the writing, the tendency to dangle portents and wait some time before resolving them, the depiction of friendship, the short paragraphs, the philosophical aperçus — these are all marks of Penny’s writing. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Featuring the whole team is laudable, but one wonders if SI’s decision was driven by true Olympic spirit or by the cultural tendency to view women athletes as more cooperative and team-oriented than male athletes. TIME Olympic covers feature women athletes as . . . athletes 2012-07-25T16:55:00Z

Allen did the vocals a few times, she said, drawing on what she called her “scaredy-cat” tendencies. They Scream! We Scream! 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

It's part of a general, very welcome, tendency for musicians to look beyond their own backyard. Can opera singers sing pop ? and vice versa? 2011-07-28T22:00:03Z

He also has a method actor’s tendency to mumble. James Franco Directs ‘The Long Shrift’ 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

Not that Mary, likable but with an alarming tendency to bellow, was thought likely to win. X Factor's strongest year yet leaves Simon Cowell smirking 2010-12-10T22:02:00Z

Sheader's use of music to underscore key moments also heightens Miller's tendency to divide his characters into good and bad. The Crucible 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

There’s a tendency to view this as a case-by-case brand problem and roll one’s eyes: Bad Prada! Fashion’s Year in Cultural Don’ts 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Zach Sire, editor of TheSword.com, a gay “gossip rag,” worries about leaks: “When you have all these different people sharing private health records, this information has a tendency to slip out.” Must porn stars get tested? 2012-09-08T21:00:00Z

The minus is that there's a tendency for people look at these stories almost as if they're not really happening, to view real people as characters. White adults need to watch “America to Me,” the most important show about teens on TV now 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

The "Star Wars" movies deal in moral absolutes, boiling down the battle for freedom to a matter of good battling evil with an unseen Force guiding the universe's tendency toward balance. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

The new “Macbeth” takes place circa 1970, not in a kingdom but in a nominal democracy with a tendency to elect strongmen. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“What is someone going to do to me that’s worse than what I would do to myself?” he asks, hinting at his own self-destructive tendencies. John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

Her neediness threatens his detached self-control — and fuels his own self-destructive tendencies. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Intervention’ and ‘Shame’ 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z

Yet sometimes even when she pushed her compositions toward her more confrontational tendencies, the arrangements wouldn’t obey. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

Otherwise, the drama has a tendency to slip into stereotypes a bit too easily, military misogyny, terrorist ideology and xenophobia among them. Flawed 'Camp X-Ray' still exposes truths in war on terror 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Hawke puts his finger on an authentic phenomenon, albeit not exactly a new one: the tendency of critics to review popular movies deferentially. What Ethan Hawke Gets Wrong—and Right—About Superhero Movies 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Finally, there’s our tendency to compare ourselves to others and downplay our own problems. More of us need help. Why is it so hard to ask for, and how can we make it easier? 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

Much of that could be attributed to her lack of experience, manifesting itself in her tendency to be reactive rather than proactive — a major departure from her approach while conquering the cities of Slaver’s Bay. 'Game of Thrones' recap: "Kill the Boy" 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

And, of course, a tendency to go to the theater with disproportionate regularity. What's 'This' about? Sex, death, marriage and being tired 2011-03-01T22:08:44Z

The underwear pads delivered a 55 to 77 percent reduction, their efficacy compromised by “rectal gas blow-by”: the tendency of the wind to glance off the pad and out the sides rather than penetrate it. Passing gas: A modern scientific history 2013-04-07T11:00:00Z

A law school classmate of his, in response to Hill’s descriptions of Thomas’s behavior, said, “That’s him talking,” confirming Thomas’s tendency toward “profane, scatological and graphic” speech around his friends. Amid Weinstein Accusations, 3 Books on Workplace Sexual Harassment 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

She has a strong but laid-back presence, and she remains the no-nonsense voice of reason when The Kid's hard-partying tendencies start spinning out of control. Review: Substance, sex appeal mix in `Magic Mike' 2012-06-26T19:37:15Z

This is the tendency to view events as causally related in the absence of any evidence. Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z

Music has a tendency to varnish or exaggerate, to soften or obscure, to put language into code. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the guileless instrumental accompaniment here had a tendency to take the edge off the discomfort, which makes Ms. Monk’s best music so compelling as it teeters on the spidery line between alienation and revelation. Review: Meredith Monk Ends Carnegie Hall Run With Mystery and Mastery 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

Filtered through those influences and tendencies, though, are Shaw’s gestures at what makes teenage life so lonely, and how hard it is, when you’re young, to turn into the person you’re supposed to be. Dash Shaw on his animated teen movie: 'It was kind of a collage' 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Necessity drives invention, but it also drives despair and the dehumanizing tendency to view social ills and wants as abstract problems unrelated to actual people and place. MoMA and the architects of a Latin American design revolution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

As the indie mentality gradually pervades the classical music world, though, this tendency to compartmentalize is changing — to the benefit of audiences. A jam session of harpsichord and zarb as indie spirit grows in classical music 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Maybe it reflects an ultra-sophisticated form of Orientalism, or maybe it's just "Mekons syndrome," meaning the critic's tendency to overvalue obscure material beloved primarily by other critics. Best of Cannes: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" 2010-05-22T20:45:00Z

They also verify the great elasticity of the medium, its ability to encompass all sorts of desires and levels of skill, not to mention the tendency for desire to become its own kind of skill. Still Life: Flea Market Paintings as Art Discoveries 2012-08-28T16:24:10Z

And this in turn brings us to another aspect of operatic comedy: its tendency towards musical conservatism. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z

There’s an annoying tendency for the discourse around, well, everything, but particularly pop culture to fall along hard binaries. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1 Finale Recap: The Angriest Dragon 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

These spirits showcase the differences between African countries and spotlight local ingredients and methods that go into creating them, telling a deeper story of regionality and countering Western tendencies to view Africa as one place. The delicious, diverse world of spirits from the African continent 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z

Others will take a bit more effort to overcome, like the original's tendency to present women in power as dangerous and lacking the temperament to lead, the exception being Sansa Stark. "House of the Dragon" and the question of queens 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z

You can’t keep him off drugs, secure his future, be his banker or in any way shoulder the burden of his addictive tendencies. I’ve helped my ex-addict dad financially, but can I help stop his compulsiveness? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

One of these is the tendency on the publicity trail to treat successful black actors as representatives of their race, something that annoys him immensely. Daniel Kaluuya: ‘I'm not a spokesman. No one’s expected to speak for all white people’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

Religion has a tendency to reflect political and economic realities. What Hitchens got wrong: Abolishing religion won’t fix anything 2013-12-07T12:30:00Z

The two chatted about the tendency of some presenters to dwell on minutiae, so they occasionally caught each other’s eyes during the event in commiseration. Louis XIV Brought Them Together in Paris 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

It was not just the pressure of a high-flying international career or even a tendency to recreational excesses that spooked him, Mr. LaChapelle said. David LaChapelle: An Unexpected Life 2011-05-27T19:05:28Z

Ms. Jong’s warm, chatty persona and her tendency to blur the boundaries between her life and fiction often results in juicy reading. Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Dying’ Defies the Sunset of Sex 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

Similarly, some are bound to see Mr. Kordansky’s consulting of Black artists as part of a problematic tendency in many fields to give Black staff members the burden of diversity efforts. With Black Artists’ Input, One Gallery Is ‘Starting to Look Different’ 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

In fact, Mike Leigh's 1971 debut film Bleak Moments typified that tendency. Does feel-bad TV make us feel good? 2013-06-11T07:00:00Z

“There’s a tendency to forget that all of these stories were written as social commentary,” Jahn said. ‘Blue,’ an opera on police violence named best new opera, opens in Seattle soon 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Sobriety, we learn, will not cure duplicity, loneliness or the tendency of human beings to do and say things that may not be in their interest. Arts & Leisure: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale 2011-06-29T12:00:06Z

If spending a bundle for your own train, as well as a collection of bejeweled clothes in rich fabrics, suggests imperial tendencies on the part of Louis Vuitton, you are quite correct. Fashion Review: McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu Bring Paris Shows to a Close 2012-03-08T00:21:03Z

The explanation for this tendency is that Christmas exists for us as a remembered event, in which even contemporary experiences are shaped by childhood celebrations. Theatre's tinsel pound makes children of us all again 2010-12-03T21:00:00Z

Being mindful of this tendency can help prevent it from inhaling half your day. Why do we procrastinate, and how can we stop? Experts have answers. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

This year's art theme contemplates the tendency of any being or living system to create abundant life. Five ways the Republican National Convention is like Burning Man 2012-08-30T16:20:00Z

Similarly, the film is at its strongest when it focuses, in its more understated scenes, on a distressing human tendency: to create distance between ourselves and those who know us best. ‘The Line’ Review: Family Boundaries 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

But given cocktailers’ tendency to experiment, to quote each other’s drinks and their own, even if some new variation improves on the original, it still won’t be the Last Word. The born-in-Detroit cocktail that has spawned countless variations 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

That brings us to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," which embodies both the title-stretching and episode-stretching tendencies of megabucks movie franchises. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": Harry Potter goes dark 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z

A similar tendency to elongate the features might point to why de Hory turned to Modigliani so often when forging. The Artist Beneath the Art Forger 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

Puckette is the public face of Wine Folly on the Web site and in videos, with an easy smile, a pixie voice and a tendency to exclaim “Awesome!” A pair of wine guides to complement anyone who likes to raise a glass 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

The tendency to repeat what you just said is a classic sign of a blackout, although there are others. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency to think of the art world as a thing apart, a rarefied cosmos of intellectual games, gestures and ripostes that exists independently of the so-called real world. Review | Hans Haacke makes that banana on the wall look ridiculous 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

But the movie also succumbs to many of the vices of the period film: didacticism, excessive length and the tendency to read history as a set of moral diagrams. Movie Review: ‘A Royal Affair,’ With Mads Mikkelsen 2012-11-08T22:32:05Z

At the same time, however, “there is a tendency to approach special purchases in a more discerning and discreet manner.” Special Report: Jewelry: Luxury Jewelry Defies the Recession 2009-12-10T05:54:50Z

In nearly every case, neo-Classicism gives way to realism, which yields to the reductive or abstracting tendencies of Modernism. Art Review: ‘Fine Lines,’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-04-18T21:31:41Z

He’s candid to a fault, a trait that clashes deliciously with his tendency to condescend to everyone around him, especially his teammates. How an Egotistic Basketball Star Grounds ‘American Vandal’ Season 2 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Related to this crescendo in violence is the tendency for these killers to take an item, often a piece of jewelry, from their victims. 7 Things We Learned About Serial Killers From the Book Netflix’s Mindhunter Is Based On 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

There’s this line in “Job’s Coffin” about how you must out-create that destructive tendency, and so it’s about out-creating destruction, even destructive thoughts. The Creative Mid-Life: Tori Amos Still Wrestles With Her Muses 2012-12-04T21:51:24Z

He argues that the deflationary tendency so marked in “Sentimental Education” proceeded from Flaubert’s scorn for most political movements and the chronic delusions that enable them. ‘Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris,’ by Peter Brooks 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

“It was revealed in America that an 80-year-old white man has racist tendencies,” he says in mock surprise. Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

I think I have perfectionist tendencies, but I know you can’t go into parenthood thinking, ‘I’m going to love my child as long as he’s perfect.’ Andrew Solomon, ‘Far From the Tree,’ Parents and Children 2012-11-18T22:48:41Z

"I am nothing but a so-called 'artist' with narcissistic tendencies." Hidden treasures: Soso – That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up in China 2013-02-21T17:43:54Z

It is this tendency toward rationalist, dismissive paternalism, coupled with an apparent incomprehension of the plight of the working poor, that Macron seems unable to shake. Will Scandal Sink Emmanuel Macron? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Two years ago, the organization created a third way for feral cats unfit for adoption because of their misanthropic tendencies. ‘These are working cats’: Meet the feral D.C. felines tasked with hunting rodents 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

This Sanskrit term translates roughly to “the imperialistic tendency of mind.” Dan Harris: The First Time I Rushed My Son to the E.R. 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Carlotta initially seems like a negative force, but she proves to be an object lesson about life’s curveballs and our tendency to overreact to them. Review: Wife Returns in ‘Ismael’s Ghosts.’ Confusion Ensues. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Beyond the drugs and gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson was a fierce opponent of corruption and the authoritarian tendencies of political leaders. New & Noteworthy 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

There's a tendency to say that now we have to be nice and magnanimous and friendly, and that's how we're going to ingratiate people. Author Michelangelo Signorile: Struggle for gay rights isn't over 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

It is, however, entirely plausible that a person who gravitates toward being on TV and working in the intense, high-pressure world of restaurants is a person who is likelier than average to have those tendencies. Did chef Gordon Ramsay drive a man to suicide? 2010-09-29T15:14:00Z

Deep research and lively readability were hallmarks of his books, and so was their tendency to leap off the shelves. David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z

While the internet has the tendency to hyperbolize news in order to gain traffic, the public found the news so readily believable because the act of ghosting has permeated our culture. First ghosted, now zombied: The only thing worse than a love fading away is when it comes staggering back to life 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

What they all have in common is a tendency to connect languages and traditions, in ways much deeper than the usual entertainment constructs of crossover or interdisciplinary projects. Steve Coleman Plays His Sax at the Stone 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

For an artist with experimental tendencies, he isn’t aiming to confront or tear anything down. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Toilets: Perfectly adequate, although there's a tendency for queues to form outside the ladies' toilets that sit directly opposite the bar. Cine-files: Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle 2011-08-23T11:49:00Z

“But this constant pounding does have a tendency to anesthetize your feelings.” Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World. Then Came Trump. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

But the canine’s tale speaks to the tendencies of the human heart: our eagerness to rally around a common purpose, and our hope of recovering something loved and lost. Her dog went missing in the middle of the pandemic — and a neighborhood of strangers found a mission 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

In the mental health field, this tendency to act impulsively when people experience negative emotions or stress is often referred to as “negative urgency.” Distressed by recent turmoil? New book offers coping tips based on your ‘reactor type.’ 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Ellul was also highly suspicious of our culture’s tendency to celebrate efficiency, and this, too, my father appreciated. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z

One of those was the tendency of available forms of testosterone to cause liver inflammation. Male pill could be on horizon as trials yield positive results 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

There’s a tendency at the moment to look around and despair, on both the macro and micro scale. Marc Jacobs and the Monumental Dream of New York 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

“I was very protective of them being able to do what they want,” he said, acknowledging the studio executives’ tendency to complain. film: Mark and Jay Duplass Go From Indies to Studio Films 2010-06-11T23:35:00Z

The filmmaker resists his typical flourishes and tendency to be gimmicky. In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

"The danger is that many people's natural tendency will be to compare this to `The Wizard of Oz,' and there's no film that will ever live up to that." Disney, Sam Raimi gamble on return trip to Oz 2013-03-07T18:54:12Z

Look at where we are now and who is in charge of this country and, by extension, a good chunk of the world – someone with misogynistic tendencies.” What George Clooney, Lupita Nyong’o, Elton John and Eddie the Eagle taught us in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

The Times is far from alone in this tendency to soft-pedal, as Daniel Dale, the excellent Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, told Benjamin Hart of New York magazine. Perspective | Fact-checking President Trump isn’t enough 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Surveys about religious behavior and belief are highly susceptible to social desirability bias, meaning the very human tendency to tell researchers want we think they want to hear and to polish our self-image a little. Why Christians get the 10 commandments wrong 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

I wonder how Ash feels about the #MeToo movement, which draws its strength from women speaking out and the tendency sometimes now to see a person who chooses silence as irresponsible. Leslie Ash: ‘You go through a grieving process when you've lost your career' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Actors who play presidents on TV have a tendency to draw their own constituencies, and the way Lane balances confidence and warmth in her performance ensures she'll continue that tradition. "Y: The Last Man" presents a fascinating dystopia that probes the artifacts of our gendered world 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

"So I think that those things were already there when we made those sketches, our tendencies toward worshiping celebrities and distracting ourselves with shiny objects. And it's only gotten worse." The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

“We were inspired by some Western tendencies, like Michael Jackson, or shows like ‘Riverdance,’” he said. For Russians Tired of ‘Swan Lake,’ a Contemporary Alternative 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Jackson Pollock worked in the mural division of the Works Progress Administration, believing, like Siqueiros, that the easel picture was "a dying form, and the tendency of modern feeling towards the wall picture or mural". Mexican modernism and the politics of painting 2013-06-29T07:59:01Z

There's a tendency with Shakespeare to think it requires a type of bombastic presentation, in that there's a certain kind of intellectual mood that's encouraged both in the performance and the reception of it. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z

“The tendency for the rich to vote Republican is stronger in poor states than in rich ones,” Payne writes. It’s the wealth gap, stupid: Inequality drives “economic anxiety” — both real and perceived 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z

“We have a tendency in this country to look at Africa as one country rather than a continent,” says Kozarsky, who also works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health division. Tips for traveling to Africa in the age of Ebola

At times you could say there is a reaction of retrograde tendencies or nostalgia. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

If there is a top-down capitalist imperative governing the shift to digital exhibition in theaters, there is at the same time a bottom-up tendency driving the emergence of digital filmmaking. The New Season: How Digital Is Changing the Nature of Movies 2012-09-06T16:55:25Z

Mainly because of his mean tendencies — Greg is an older Calvin without the vulnerability of Hobbes — I finally banned the books until my kid reaches a less impressionable age. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Second Time is Charming 2011-03-24T15:55:00Z

Based on his behavior, policies and other actions, it is abundantly clear that Trump is an authoritarian demagogue with fascist tendencies. Our tantrum president: Donald Trump needs to watch “Inside Out” ASAP 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

Everything that happens to Mira and Jonathan's union after that first hour demonstrates our tendency to cast one another into these parts, regardless of whether the bonds we create remain intact or snap. HBO's anguished "Scenes From a Marriage" is so potent, your own relationship better be rock solid 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

Given his propensity for hermit tendencies, Gavin is likely to be conflicted by the spotlight that is bound to shine more brightly on him now. A Modern Take on the Hudson River School Tradition 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

The fictionalized biopic “Desert Dancer” explores fascinating aspects of present-day Iran but suffers mightily from simplistic and sentimental tendencies. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

His Martian Chronicles – a collection of short stories with a common theme – were a warning about humanity's often terrible, but sometimes noble tendencies. Ray Bradbury and the fever of inspiration 2012-06-06T20:50:17Z

Victor and Sibyl embody what Shaw once jokingly called the "manly man" and the "womanly woman", while Elyot and Amanda exist on a level where male and female tendencies prove intriguingly and excitingly flexible. Private Lives – review 2012-09-30T16:45:01Z

Instead, their popularity seems reflective of certain magpie tendencies today: an indiscriminate and imitative mixing of influences from the Backstreet Boys to classic rock, a borrowing of whatever is useful. Movie Review: ‘One Direction: This Is Us,’ Documentary by Morgan Spurlock 2013-08-29T21:53:09Z

Spitz adds, demonstrating an occasional tendency toward extravagant prose, “Dutch was a magnet for gushing teenage beauties who mooned over his studly appeal.” A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

There is a tendency for people to see me as that kind of role, but personally I’m not like that at all, so it’s not that difficult to see me as something else. The Cigarette Smoking Man of ‘The X-Files’ Resurfaces 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

This tendency, this reliance on dream-life to make my reality more palatable, has been a part of my makeup for so long that I have no memories of life without it. I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

“We have a tendency to try to separate the child from the abuser, but we will not kick the dangerous person out of homes, out of our communities. That’s just not good enough.” R. Kelly Faces a #MeToo Reckoning as Time’s Up Backs a Protest 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

“Science Fiction” pushed some tendencies from Mr. Coleman’s earlier, more famous records to extremes. The Bad Plus Plays Ornette Coleman 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

What’s most bizarre about this the tendency of the people hurling that term to be some of the most thin-skinned personalities around. “Smart Watch”: From “Sally4Ever” to “This Is Us,” there... 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

My tendency is to include toasted cumin and carrots, and lots of chopped cilantro. Simple, Warming and So Loved 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

When Diana revealed her “Runaway Bride”-like tendencies, he wondered, “Okay, what are you trying to tell me here?” Are her commitment issues a dealbreaker for him? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

On an aesthetic level, it has a worrying tendency to make subjects that should trouble us unexpectedly beautiful. Review | Should museums mount exhibitions with a moral agenda? Absolutely. If they do it well. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Don't worry – I am aware of the modern tendency to take quick offence at every minor political or artistic transgression, and I would be the last person to call this sketch show racist. Come Fly With Me is tasteless comedy 2010-12-28T10:00:02Z

But setting aside one’s tiny tendency toward cynicism, in the meantime — in Advent — we wait; and hope appears if we truly desire to see it. I am cuckoo, but hope is coming 2012-12-12T21:01:00Z

She then channeled those tendencies into writing and acting. Finding TV Inspiration in Internet Forums and Old Friends 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Despite my tendency to disregard artistic prestige obtained via the vulgar mechanisms of brute wealth, I did like stuff. | Reed Krakoff: Bulletproof Clothing: Take Your Best Shot 2010-09-21T21:46:00Z

These little disappointments hit Todd harder than the average person because they just reconfirmed his own sense of self-loathing, and his tendency to think he was destined to fail. What happened to Todd: retracing my brother's steps to understand addiction 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Suicidal tendencies may run in the Dean family; their father killed himself when they were teenagers. Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Star in ‘The Skeleton Twins’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

As a couple, they have difficult adolescent kids who may have superheroic tendencies – all a little in the manner of Spy Kids or The Incredibles. Kelly Preston: a classy actor who graduated from teen-movie roles to darker and funnier parts 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

“I had a tendency to endow a man qualities he did not possess.” Oscar winner Dorothy Malone, mom on Peyton Place, has died 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

This general set of ideas still animates red American conservatism against the country’s liberal tendencies. Francis Scott Key on trial 2012-07-04T11:30:00Z

Mr. Rodger, excited by the prospect of a day on the putting green, couldn’t contain his enthusiasm — or his grandfatherly tendencies. Be a Friend to the Elderly, Get Paid 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

And so, at least for this director, is the tendency of some black people to poke at that insecurity, and to engage one another in fierce battles about authenticity, appropriate conduct and political strategy. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Art critics, anxious to emphasise the resonance or beauty of a particular work, have a tendency to exaggerate. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z

He was an affectionate, slightly clumsy, eager-to-help creature who had flaws — he had a tendency to dig up flowers, among other things — and caused problems. Norman Bridwell, Creator of ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Books, Dies at 86 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Like all big city characters, with a tendency towards both negative cynicism and stoical cynicism. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z

Moreover many academics dismiss the now widespread tendency to assess fields of study in terms of their marketability, viewing it as a sign of the American university’s capitulation to a corporatist, neoliberal ideology. Don’t Panic, Liberal Arts Majors. The Tech World Wants You. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Though unlike most fathers, this one had a tendency to horn in on Doug’s girlfriends. The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

It even identifies some mild flaws, like the tendency to ignore the defects in his close colleagues or a reluctance to reckon with his relationships with his first two wives. In ‘Mandela: The Lost Tapes,’ a Veteran Journalist Finds Himself 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

The result, Reeves said, is a more nuanced picture of the damage inflicted by Douglas’s tendency “to pin things down and analyze them.” ‘Us’ Offers Marital Angst and a Trip to Europe 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

But at the same time, the art world has a tendency to academicism and aridity. A Risk-Taker?s Debut 2011-04-22T22:34:11Z

The poet works both with and against this tendency. Poem of the week: Peter Riley 2011-07-11T10:20:00Z

Yet, ironically, an equal and opposite tendency now dominates the social sciences, whose modes of inquiry have become relentlessly data-driven. Is Physics on the Wrong Track? And Other Letters to the Editor 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

It’s this, the tendency to hate women when they’re up and love them when they’re down, which is the most perverse feature of trainwreck culture and our aversion to female success. Why do we love a trainwreck? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Despite his devil-may-care attitude and tendency to appear onstage in his underwear, DeMarco’s songs reflect on thoroughly adult topics like aging and love — though he does treat them with a certain, shrugging naïveté. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

These unacknowledged legislators of the world of reading matter, this band of shaggy-sweatered warriors, share expertise and a nomenclature and a tendency to blink in strong sunlight. In ‘The Liar’s Dictionary,’ People Work on the Definition of Love and Many Other Words 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

Then a little farther on he lists the "imponderables" that lie behind the human tendency towards religion and also philosophy. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

Despite such tiresome Hallmark Channel tendencies, “In the Book Of” does land a few hard punches, yield some honest laughs and raise some live-wire issues. ‘In the Book Of’ asks how we welcome strangers to our shores 2014-04-02T22:40:15Z

This essence has a broad tendency to inflect the moment we are living through. | Miuccia Prada’s Circle of Influence 2013-05-27T13:00:48Z

Some work jabs at some of humanity’s worst tendencies. In Miami, the Murals Are the Message 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

A woman in Wales knew just the cake to bake to celebrate her son’s birthday — as well as his shopaholic tendencies. Mom bakes Amazon delivery box cake for shopaholic son's birthday 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

Valentine’s Day customers at her establishment, The Daily Dish in Silver Spring, have a tendency to be slightly demanding. Valentine’s Day? How about we just don’t. 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

There's a tendency to share portions of Dr. King's quotes that affirm his legacy as a dreamer, and in the context of Nichols' death, that proved true yet again. Nichelle Nichols completed her "Star Trek" mission so that I'd never know a world without Lt. Uhura 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s our tendency to want to put women in one little category.” Gwyneth Paltrow 'Had No Idea' About the Birth of the Term 'Conscious Uncoupling' 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Seeing that there was more time available on a CD, the natural tendency was to fill it, usually with material that would ordinarily be rejected back in the days of vinyl. Will The Album Go The Way Of The VHS Tape? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Many people with the same genetic tendency for aggressiveness will never throw a punch, while others without it could be career criminals. Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z

Jaeger, a famed explorer with macho tendencies and a hulking frame, is fixated on reaching a land beyond the mountains. ‘Strange World’ Review: All Too Familiar 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

“The word means white man, but it describes not a skin colour but a tendency.” Review | ‘The Old Drift’ is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Add in the acrimonies and resentments among his adult children and you’ve basically got a “Dallas” in the making, but the series shuns some of its soapier tendencies for deadly serious authenticity. Perspective | Summer TV: ‘Sharp Objects,’ ‘Yellowstone’ and other new shows worth a look 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

“British television programmes have a tendency to represent Japanese people as stereotypically odd or kooky, without explaining the cultural context,” says Professor Perry R Hinton, an expert in intercultural communication. ‘So alien! So other!’: how western TV gets Japanese culture wrong 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency by white feminists to refer to “women” and then to “people of color,” as if the two categories never intertwine. Still Thinking About Anita Hill 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

In the years since Harry and Meghan “stepped back” from their royal duties and relocated to the United States, Harry’s rebelliously normcore tendencies have only become more pronounced. Analysis | Prince Harry’s rejection of fashion is a fashion statement of its own 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

Story is where its creator Noah Hawley exercises his tendencies as a novelist, and the average "Fargo" viewer should know that by now. In "Fargo," comedian Chris Rock gets dramatic as a mob boss whose weapon of choice is the monologue 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

There’s a tendency among some programmers, though, to place their work in the same category as that of writers and musicians and painters, and Chandra is, in the end, disinclined to indulge this conceit. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

I’m so glad you see that because I think there’s a tendency to dismiss older women and, if they’re wealthy, to refer to them as icy. Sigourney Weaver Has Us All Fooled: She’s Really Quite Silly 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The tendency to associate classical music with murderous insanity is a curious neurosis of the American pop-cultural psyche. Finally, A Non-Embarrassing Classical-Music Scene in a Blockbuster Movie 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

Both seemed to take their cues from Duke Senior’s speech about the “uses of adversity,” but with a tendency to underplay the sweet rewards life’s trials are meant to bring. Theater Review: ‘As You Like It,’ With Lily Rabe in Central Park 2012-06-22T02:00:14Z

Even our tendency to imagine reading as a form of impulse control gets a rebuke from the past. Recalling a Time When Books Could Give You Indigestion 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

I'm also going to resist the widespread critical tendency to praise teenage audiences for preferring a more "psychological" movie like this to splatter-fests like the "Saw" franchise. "Paranormal Activity 2": Is the thrill ride over? 2010-10-22T18:30:00Z

Experiential avoidance can take many forms, but a common method is emotional eating, which is the tendency to eat in response to negative emotions. How childhood trauma can lead to obesity in people with serious mental illness 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z

Dr. Cook didn't sense anxiety so much in my tendency to take my time ordering my meal. “Generation Anxiety”: When my worry became a hidden dinner guest 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z

The playwright recalled on Monday that Williams stuck to the script despite his well-known tendency to improvise. Robin Williams: A comic actor with classical training 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Still, some of the worst tendencies of the media are on display, even if in muted form. Perspective | How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Zauner discovered her tendency to respond to crises with a sense of determined optimism — soon to be showcased on a new album, “Jubilee.” Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner is fighting for joy through grief 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

The Buddhas continue still to communicate presence through absence, their empty niches in Bamiyan's ochre cliffs speaking to mankind's distressing tendency to discard the very qualities Levi cited: justice, law, illumination and mercy. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z

There’s a greater tendency to serve larger portions on bigger plates because of the empty space. 10 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill 2011-05-12T14:50:00.890Z

Gadsby thinks that there is harm in the joke’s tendency to truncate a story; the ending is the place where understandings can be expanded and lessons learned. The Comedian Forcing Stand-Up to Confront the #MeToo Era 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

The tendency to disbelieve the 20 percent figure that’s so widely reported is understandable. Glenn Beck's Man in a Blonde Wig Fails to Debunk Rape Statistics 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Given their plant-based origins and promise of holistic health, the tendency is to imagine that these oils are made as close to nature as possible. Small-Batch Botanical Oils, Made in Brooklyn 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

This seems to sum up a project whose songs have a tendency to wind down into loping, head-nodding choruses – particularly The High Road with its singalong ending. Broken Bells 2010-06-22T14:32:00Z

“There is this tendency to show outdoor cooking as something with an enormous Dutch oven and a big cast-iron pan and some big piece of meat.” Upscale Food and Gear Bring Campsite Cooking Out of the Wild 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

At 20, he converted to Russian Orthodoxy "to stave off tendencies inherited from a line of depressives." 'Panic in a Suitcase' a vivid immigrant tale of two cities 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Political theater, with its tendency toward hectoring and grandiosity, is hard to credit these days. Review: In ‘While I Was Waiting,’ a Man and a Country in Limbo 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

I think there might be the tendency to be like, "Oh, I'm not like those other white people." "Riot Baby" author on his novel of black superpowers: "I don't want justice. I want vengeance" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

It is easy to quickly grow protective of a place like this, which is at once a depository for New York’s eccentricities and a showcase for its popular tendencies. Governors Island, a Grand Space to Play 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency to say that the decisions were not very effective, and that all they did was mobilise opposition and invite backlash. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z

We enthusiasts, apologists all, maintain that the uncertainty—the chance at musical transcendence amid a tendency toward something less—was what kept us coming back. The Glorious Inconsistency of the Grateful Dead 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

This has been his issue all along, the tendency to read events as signs or symbols, to feel as if he were at the mercy of the universe. John Porcellino's 'The Hospital Suite' peels back the layers of a life 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

The accomodationist tendency to insist that manifestations of religion that they dislike aren’t actually religious in nature is both wrong and dangerous. Accommodation’s big flaw: The dangers of excusing religion 2014-02-11T20:35:00Z

Hollywood has long had a tendency to adopt the finest and most interesting comedians and then determinedly blunt the hard edges that make them interesting. Why Robin Williams's true genius lay in his weird and wonderful comedy 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Moreover, people have a tendency to maintain their intuitive beliefs even when confronted by evidence that challenges them.” 'I saw his fluffy little head going out the door': one woman's fight to keep her baby 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

“The Problem with Paraphrase” takes aim at critic Edmund Wilson’s tendency to rewrite the “content” of Lovecraft’s stories in his own terms and then attack that effigy rather than the writing itself. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z

One consequence of a participatory approach to content is the readers’ tendency to pass on their contradictions. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z

Because in the cinema there is a big tendency to romanticize things, to spread flowers around. The Carpetbagger: Seeking Wisdom From Jos? Saramago 2012-01-13T17:59:22Z

Rob Zombie employed his horror-leaning tendencies as the writer and director of “The Devil’s Rejects” in 2005 as well as his update on the “Halloween” series. Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner plans on co-writing superhero film 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Those scars you see on Iggy's chest were because he had a tendency to throw himself into his work. Photographer Bob Gruen's best shot 2011-03-16T22:29:01Z

However, the writers have wrought the material bequeathed to them into a sad, yet uplifting ending in keeping with what has been an emotionally involving series, despite its comic-book tendencies. Tonight's TV highlights 15/04/2013 2013-04-15T06:00:19Z

When critics get to assessing a classic TV show, we have a weird tendency to turn into evolutionary biologists. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

New York University professor Kenji Yoshino calls it "covering," and every minority group does this, where they have a tendency to fit in and downplay difference. Author Michelangelo Signorile: Struggle for gay rights isn't over 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

There is huge pressure for her, as she puts it, with what other girls are doing and are allowed to do at that age – but they have a natural tendency to lie also. Bollywood rebel Kajol: ‘I never gave a damn what anyone said about me. I still don’t’ 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

She’s able to recognize the tendency in her friend: “Would Emma be licking her lips if he were a handsome young white butcher’s assistant?” she wonders. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The Bible, then, is not only an irreducibly political text but one that is profoundly complex and intractable, with a discomfiting tendency to cut across our natural political categories. The political Bible, part 1: A foundation for British attitudes 2011-08-09T09:40:00Z

According to the gallery, the drawings trace “the evolution of abstract tendencies in American art-making over half a century,” from Minimalism forward. Park Avenue Armory to Restore Tiffany-Designed Veterans Room 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Or his somewhat childish tendency to refuse to speak to the press, and to ban critics he didn’t like from his shows. Céline, Hedi Slimane, and the Grown-Up Woman 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

The jazz critic Ted Gioia has a “tendency to exterminate rather than develop pop theories.” Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

But there was tendency to think that overwhelmingly the people who voted for Trump liked his bombastic style. Dan Rather: Propaganda and injustice are a ‘very potent, toxic mix’ 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

There are tendencies, trends, schools and occasionally — as with the sui generis freak-out “Sorry to Bother You” — a jolt from the blue. At Sundance, Films Filled With Fury, Propelled by Outsiders 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

The writers kick off the season with that tension viewers professed to want more of while commenting on the tendency to view meanness as a virtue. The "Ted Lasso" way gets tested in the beloved show's third season 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Genuine intimacy is so rarely encountered in film that when you come upon it, your tendency is to suspect that somehow you’re being played. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“I’ve always had ritualistic and contemplative tendencies like the ones the hermits describe, but the pandemic has just given them more space to flourish,” Ms. Sheldon-Dean said. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

Wall Street types often talk about a “flight to quality,” the tendency of investors to abandon riskier, less established stocks for blue chips during a crisis. We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?) 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z

The potential downside is a tendency toward relentlessness: one piece after another in the key of E, spiralling through love and loss. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

To say you display “all-or-nothing’ tendencies would be to underplay the drama of those contrasting instincts. I’m outwardly very successful, but I can’t cope with my life | Dear Mariella 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

In the six years they have been together since, Ms. Markovitz’s tendency to speak her mind has intensified. From the Start, There Were Ground Rules 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

T-Model had strange, violent tendencies, but most of the time, he was full of charm and good humor, flashing his gold-toothed grin, and achieving extraordinary success with the ladies for a man in his 80s. Heartbreak specialists: how Mississippi bluesmen got me through my divorce 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

Wright and Diaz also shed light on the field's tendency to sideline the perspectives of marginalized communities in the name of objectivity or bias as they share their own experiences in the newsroom. "On the Trail" spotlights CNN's women reporters and prompts examination of campaign coverage bias 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

One of the things “UnREAL” has struggled with this season is its tendency to reach for twists rather than finding natural momentum. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 5: Somebody Do Something 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Munch was a different musician under studio conditions than he was live, Holoman writes, and he controlled his most explosive tendencies in the hope of making records that would last. For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

So while Valentine’s Day may be a traditional holiday about romance, there’s nothing accidental about its tendency to hit your pockets. How did Valentine's Day become a huge commercial boom? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

I do think there is a tendency in American fiction to celebrate work that fundamentally keeps people comfortable. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on 'Americanah' 2013-06-06T14:50:36Z

If he had a weakness as a performer, it was his workaholic’s tendency to accept projects out of the second drawer, just to keep the wheels spinning. DVDs: On DVD, ?Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection? 2010-06-05T02:15:00Z

“Dear Mr. Brody” nods to and teases the era’s psychedelic tendencies. ‘Dear Mr. Brody’ Review: Spreading the Wealth Doesn’t Go Smoothly 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

“There was a tendency immediately after the election in a lot of the political dialogue to characterize Trump voters, to explain Trump voters as the forgotten white working class,” Deutchman said. 11/8/16: the documentary that asks us to relive the day Trump shocked America 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

But they share a tendency to beat up their manservants when they feel they are being disrespected or misinformed. | 'The Comedy of Errors': Giving Shakespeare His Sombrero and Kazoo 2011-03-18T11:00:00Z

Or will it just encourage and embed all the worst tendencies to which we have accustomed ourselves? Success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a true Hollywood box office triumph 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Ingenues at the time had a tendency to big-eyed stiffness and the weight of their stage legacy was substantial. Eyes on the pies: how Mabel Normand, Chaplin’s mentor, changed cinema 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Morita's movies were distinctly Japanese, depicting the fragile beauty of the nation's human psyche and visual landscape while daringly poking fun at its ridiculous tendency for rigid bureaucracy and ritualistic hierarchy. Award-winning Japanese director Morita dead at 61 2011-12-21T12:00:11Z

The series was nearly canceled over a story line featuring a young man returning from the Middle East with jihadist tendencies. Television: Cambodians Get a Taste of Western Television 2011-06-01T15:26:40Z

She writes a sketch teasing her male colleagues’ tendency to date the beautiful female celebrities who host the show. 11 New Books Coming in April 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

It also explores – as did The Thick of It, through Rebecca Front’s hapless overpromoted minister – the tendency of both men and women in politics to become misogynistic. What Hillary Clinton could learn from TV's women in power 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

However many human obstacles Hare throws in Laurence’s way, they all have a tendency to end up as collateral damage. Review: Hugh Laurie Plays a Politician Trying to Avoid Cancellation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

"Jazz has a tendency to complicate things," he says. Christine Tobin weaves a new Tapestry 2010-06-24T22:30:00Z

I wanted him to represent my own fears and frustrations and guilt, my own worst tendencies and my optimistic expectations. Q&A: Filipino Author Miguel Syjuco 2010-05-11T06:00:00Z

And the event was in keeping with the American tendency to look abroad for bridge-building opportunities, when there remains plenty of work to do at home. Review: Alan Gilbert Leaves the Philharmonic, Violin in Hand 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

As Ishmael notes admiringly, the harpooner had "no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits," no tendency toward denial. The lessons "Moby Dick" has for a warming world of rising waters 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

Bazille identified with the impulses of the avant-garde, even as his own painting oscillated between traditional and radical tendencies. Review | Young, gifted, and cut down by a stupid war 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Yet when it comes to affairs of the heart, Ross’s tendency to follow his instincts and ignore the naysayers is not working out as well. 'Poldark' Episode 2 Recap: Triumph v. Torment 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

“The need to update something and feed it on a daily basis with no financial motivation sort of points to an obsessive tendency,” she said. An Eye for Detail, and Plenty of Pop 2010-12-09T00:09:00Z

Also noted: a disturbing tendency for competitors in their preperformance interviews to prattle on about how many times they’ve had to use the bathroom while waiting to go onstage. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: A Bit of Magic Amid the Clunkers 2011-09-23T15:24:47Z

They are tendencies of the human mind, and you can’t stay on either side forever. Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

A result of the alien invasion of course, but perhaps also a comment on our increased tendency for obedience. The World's End - first look review 2013-07-09T09:15:40Z

A tendency towards sexual provocation brought Franco into conflict with the Spanish censors, and he was forced to look further afield for financing. Jesús Franco: creator of erotic horrors who had a unique cinematic vision 2013-04-04T16:20:49Z

But I do not like the tendency to sacralize artists and in that way raise whatever they do above earthly questioning. Art Review: Wolfgang Laib’s ‘Pollen From Hazelnut,’ at MoMA 2013-01-31T22:54:04Z

It’s sometimes hard to say whether these tendencies are a good thing or a bad thing. Why are men so foolish? 2013-02-17T18:00:00Z

But there is no rule book for dealing with a president’s discombobulating tendency to overshadow everything she and everyone else in his administration is trying to do. When Dad’s the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump’s complicated world 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

In the fall of 2018, Ms. Holder’s activist tendencies were ignited when a friend who had violated a retirement community rule where they lived was evicted. ‘Mr. Downstairs’ Had the Key to Her Heart 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

It was then that I began to shake off whatever remained of my realistic tendencies.” Back Out of Singapore's Shadows 2010-06-30T16:00:00Z

The genre started with an antagonistic sound to the worst macho tendencies of the hardcore scene. Perspective | As the world shrivels in front of our eyes, all we can do is scream 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

At issue was a problem of representation — and the tendency, on the part of many jazz fans, to regard every turn in the spotlight as a chance for outreach. Jazz’s Year of Complaint, Citing ‘Whiplash’ and The New Yorker 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

But his tendency is to demystify, likening hypnosis to mundane moments of extreme focus, like watching a horror movie or daydreaming. You Are Getting Sleepy. When You Wake Up, You Will Be an Improv Star. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The implicit association of Tamas’s violent tendencies with his racial background will not set well with modern sensibilities. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z

When tragic real-life events are rendered cinematic, a tendency to increase the melodrama can arise. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

These all reflect an artistic tendency, on display in past years but even more evident this year, to mix and match mediums. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z

Arctic Dreams is a more or less perfect example of a tendency in my reading towards what can only be described as "comfort savagery". Will Self: the joy of armchair anthropology 2013-01-31T14:01:01Z

Despite her diva tendencies, she is the well-loved adopted daughter of many of the townspeople and the one who keeps the crotchety Elsie connected to the town and everyone in it. 'Compass Rose': John Casey's sequel to the 'Spartina' story 2010-11-18T00:02:00Z

Born into an aristocratic French family in 1900, Saint-Exupéry was not a good student in school, nor were his flying skills exemplary — it’s said he had a tendency to daydream while in the air. Taking to the skies in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ‘Wind, Sand and Stars’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Art indulged experimentalism and the avant-garde, united less by common aesthetic tendencies and more by shared socialist values. Bad times make great art. Worlds of light and shadow: The reproduction of liberalism in Weimar Germany 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

He was generally wary of the tendency for political powers to exploit individual ideals in order to oppress those who espoused them. This Week in Fiction: Isaac Bashevis Singer 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

His begins by musing about the tension in his household brought on by his tendency to be on time while his wife is chronically late. Review: In ‘Thank God for Jokes,’ Mike Birbiglia Tells His Side of the Story 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

“It results from our tendency to undervalue negative emotional experiences and overvalue positive ones.” Time to ditch ‘toxic positivity,’ experts say: ‘It’s okay not to be okay’ 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

My experience is that there is no question that parental behavior can exacerbate criminal tendencies, or enable them. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z

Maybe it is Ms. Hamilton’s belated entry into the audience-centered relational aesthetics phenomenon, a tendency that her earlier work presages. Art Review: Ann Hamilton at the Park Avenue Armory 2012-12-06T23:27:44Z

He also has a regrettable tendency towards sonorous potted history: "The Great War had concussed the world … Europe was a crucible of bones." TransAtlantic by Colum McCann – review 2013-06-01T07:30:01Z

But we—I—didn’t want to call it the Groton Feminist Group because of the willful tendency, widespread then and persistent still, to misunderstand what feminism is. Confessions of a Prep-School Feminist 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

But she's also a serious soul, a district nurse with, yes, maverick tendencies, who wants the best for her patients, whatever it takes. TV highlights 14/05/2013 2013-05-14T06:00:03Z

The first half was given over to French song – Poulenc, Debussy, Duparc – and at times it was possible to discern a pulse in her tone and a tendency to flatten notes when singing softly. Karita Mattila/Ville Matvejeff – review 2013-04-05T14:46:00Z

That said, if dizziness or a tendency to fall interfere with your ability to squat safely, you should address those issues with your medical provider before beginning to add squats to your workout routine. The exercise everyone should be doing at home during the pandemic: Squats 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Critics wrote admiringly of Mr. Vickrey’s paint handling, less so of his tendency to overload the work with symbolism and his overreliance on technique. Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84 2011-04-20T10:41:52Z

“It’s like, the Folsom Street Fair is considered kind of wholesome now, people take their babies there and such, and the tendency to be bigger, pervier, more outlandish is pervasive,” she says. What’s wrong with “vanilla”? 2012-09-16T01:00:00Z

Plus, he points out, a natural guard-dog tendency means your pooch will stay alert for sounds and abnormal movement. The pros and cons of sleeping with pets 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

Or Connors and his tendency to go for red, white and blue in the line he created with Robert Bruce? At the U.S. Open, It’s What You Wear 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

AA Gill recognised this tendency in a recent column in the Sunday Times. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it 2013-05-14T17:30:01Z

But in slower tempos, such as “Once Upon a Time,” “Solveig’s Song” and “Nocturne,” Ott’s tendency to linger over phrases undermines the rhythmic scaffolding of these delicate structures. CD reviews: ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ 18 years later 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Yorke, who was 23 when unknown English band Radiohead released “Creep”, a song that set the template for their tendency to combine gentle melodies with furious rock, turns 50 next month. Thom Yorke follows Radiohead bandmate Greenwood with first film... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

My tendency was to do everything by the book in hopes of avoiding the fate of my first pregnancy, which ended in miscarriage. Motherlode Blog: Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower 2014-02-21T16:01:03Z

Meme makers have used the format both satirically and earnestly, but most often to poke fun at their own desires and tendencies. The Timesian Urge to Explain a Meme 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

In retrospect, that movement — or tendency, or school, or film-critic fantasy, or whatever it was — served as an R&D lab for the reinvention of the romantic comedy. Review: ‘Results’ Tracks Exertions in Matters of the Cardio 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

The authors reported a tendency towards positive effects of vegan diets. Is it really safe to feed your cat a vegan diet? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z

Discussing the Black Freedom Struggle, Davis laments the cultural tendency to fixate on the grand gesture instead of the millions of tiny steps that paved the way. ‘Dedicated’ Makes the Case for Choosing Something and Sticking With It 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

If this, with its tendency towards heady extremes, is a young man's high-octane Mahler – and it is, thrillingly – think how it will ripen. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z

His intellectual tendencies have landed him in awkward spots. A Pop Star Becomes a Guru 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

A less-than-two-minute dance in an elaborate costume may not reveal much about a person, but it can communicate basic tendencies. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Grown Ups is intended to be a warm-hearted glimpse at the tendency for childhood friends to tell white lies to impress each other when they meet again in later life. Grown Ups: Adam Sandler is older, less wise, yet consistently lucrative 2010-08-31T12:16:00Z

Over the years, conventional medication, such as lithium, had helped her just about manage a condition whose most extreme side-effects – total exhaustion, suicidal tendencies – were life-threatening. Kristin Hersh 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z

“There are levels to each of us. Yes, I am playing a sociopath who has violent tendencies —” ‘Oliver!’ Returns, With Darker Twists Intact 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

Her comparatively romantic approach and tendency to milk phrases contrasted with the lean, tauter orchestral playing. Music Review: West Side Chamber Orchestra?s Inaugural Concert - Review 2011-09-11T22:03:53Z

Her radiance, though marred by a tendency to play the role with her mouth hanging open, acquired a fresh vitality. Review: Ballet Arizona’s ‘Napoli’ Embodies a Culture of Exuberance 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

In her newly astute, mature voice Marie engages in some testy discussions with her captors about the promises of democracy and the tendency for power to become concentrated even in the more liberal-minded regimes. Theater Review: David Adjmi’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ at Yale Repertory Theater 2012-11-12T17:08:56Z

“Jerusalem” is full of such local arcana; it also demonstrates Moore’s tendency to see deep congruities everywhere. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

This Doctor is just a bit difficult, a man who holds his nobility behind a tendency to speak as he finds and to hell with the rest. Doctor Who recap: series 34, episode one – Deep Breath 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

The writers contemporaneously acknowledge the value of having these conversations while lampooning the increasingly frequent tendency to police uncomfortable comedy. Still unbreakable: The education of Kimmy Schmidt continues in Season 3 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

But actually, so he argues, the tendencies and forces that present new problems are only continuing developments from the very same tendencies and forces which transformed seventeenth-century society into nineteenth. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

Generalising loosely, you could group these books for the 8-12 age group into three species: the coochie-coo tendency, the exotic wing and those books where animals slot into a wider human story. Fiction for older children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:00Z

Ms. Guernsey, observing videos of parents reading to their children from iPads, found a tendency to do the same, even when the device wasn’t doing the reading. Motherlode Blog: Why Books Are Better than e-Books for Children 2011-12-28T16:43:33Z

To the contrary, among the issues we will encounter in this series is Christianity’s tendency to take down its faith counterparts. Imprinted by Belief 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z

Her knack for embellishment wasn’t helped by her tendency to take a swig of whiskey before interviews, a nervous habit that wasn’t, as King dryly notes, “conducive to accuracy.” Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Cats have also come under the spotlight for their tendency to target native birds. Paw outcome? New Zealand council proposes banning all cats 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Perhaps Auden’s only fault as an essayist is an occasional tendency to adopt a slightly dogmatic, schoolmasterly tone. ‘The Complete Works of Auden’ showcases writings beyond the poetry 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Of course, when you've been putting out records for more than three decades, it's not easy to cover up your musical tendencies. Music Review: New Duran Duran recalls early sound 2011-03-21T16:34:08Z

He had a tendency to cut off the ends of phrases abruptly, though this was perhaps his way of conveying Rodolfo’s impetuous emotions. Opera Review: Zeffirelli’s ‘La Bohème’ Staging Still Elicits Sighs and Awe 2014-01-15T22:43:27Z

He is tremendously mindful of Alexandra’s history when they’re in the bedroom, but not nearly as careful to avoid abusive tendencies outside of it. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

He said that if he had a fault as a pediatrician, it was his tendency to “whoop it up too much with children.” Dr. Spock’s timeless lessons in parenting 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Failing those, I can’t think of any appropriate way for you to say, “I think people in the workplace will judge you for this harmless dialectal tendency” without her hearing, “I judge you.” When your supervisor wants you to buy an expensive product for their side hustle 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

“There’s some kind of tendency toward props and costumes and visuals that is part of how we start making dance,” Ms. Sexton said. The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash ’80s Performance Duo 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

But he sees in some of his previous work a noisy tendency toward idea overload. A Director Making His Mark in More Ways Than One 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Freud identified this as the “repetition compulsion”, the unconscious tendency to place ourselves in situations that are versions of the past – or to construe them that way. Therapy under lockdown: 'I’m just as terrified as my patients are' 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

She is content with her depressive tendencies — "Happy to have it; comes with being smart," she says, though she might spare her son if she could. Deceptively simple 'Olive Kitteridge' unfolds as work of art 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

“We’re resisting this tendency in the last few decades to collect giant sculptures and then try to keep them forever outside,” Ms. Freiman said. In Indianapolis, 100 Acres to Roam, No Restrictions 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z

One study, entitled “Procrastinators and Clutter: An Ecological View of Living with Excessive ‘Stuff,’ ” found “behavioral procrastination tendencies related only to clutter.” Perspective | How quarantine decluttering can increase productivity, lower stress and save you money 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

But as the album title suggests, its aim is to dismantle dominant languages and tendencies — to capture “what it would be like to fly over an undiscovered planet,” Mr. Bhatia said. Rafiq Bhatia Is Writing His Own Musical Language 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Regardless of any other characteristics she may have in common with Vittoria, it is soon clear that the two share serious drama queen tendencies. Review | Elena Ferrante returns with ‘The Lying Life of Adults,’ and fans of the Neapolitan novels will be thrilled 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

At Mission Chinese, the kitchen had a tendency to try to make every dish into a three-ring circus. Cha Kee Is a Beacon in Chinatown’s Revival 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

From coloured to negro to coloured again: Norris – American theatre's foremost dissector of liberal middle-class hypocrisy – points to the human tendency to burrow into language, to obscure unpleasant truths with names and labels. Clybourne Park ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:01Z

Unlike the original series, which brought cinematic depth to network television, the new one exploits digital’s tendency toward murkiness whenever there’s anything other than a bright color on the screen. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 10: Candy-Colored 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

And the allegorical tendencies that marred Losey’s later films are held in check: “The Prowler” functions perfectly both as a gripping genre picture and a portrait of a society twisted by cruelty and greed. DVDs: Visions From 1951, Noir and Psychedelic 2011-02-05T03:33:01Z

Her tendency toward self-censorship—“nine billion pieces of candy corn are sold annually, annals, anal, oh no no no”—is more than comedic fodder; it is the stone that sharpens the rare confession. Can One Sentence Capture All of Life? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Her tendency to go public with her triumphs and travails proved attractive. Ashley Longshore Is Fashion’s Latest Art Darling 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Why do you think this tendency to hold back still exists so strongly among women? Literary journalist Gail Sheehy on her 'Daring' career 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

“The Hand of God” leans hard into the second possibility, a tendency it shares with Sorrentino’s other work. ‘The Hand of God’ Review: A Portrait of the Cineaste as a Young Man 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

“The tendency when people hear Black women’s stories is to focus on what happened to them, not the intellectual labor and creativity they brought to the situation,” she said. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

With referees policing the rules of a sport, the tendency is to push up to and beyond those rules; if you get whistled, you get whistled, but if you don’t you get away with it. Can Ultimate Frisbee go mainstream? 2013-06-12T12:57:00Z

During the trial with which Thorpe’s career and this show culminates, Thorpe’s lawyer acknowledged that his client had had “homosexual tendencies,” but Thorpe vigorously denied an intimate relationship with Scott. The Very English Politics of “A Very English Scandal” 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Once she had the part, Moore didn’t really have to dig all that far to access an empathy for the character’s pain and tendency to shut down her own emotions. We loved Mary Tyler Moore for her cheer. But did we miss out on a possible film legend? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

“In any kind of fandom, you have this natural tendency to be the last one into the clubhouse, to make it feel special,” he said. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

It’s one of many instances of Winters’s pedantic tendency to correct self-mythologizing reminiscences, offered in the first flush of fame, that Shepard has long since disavowed. The real Sam Shepard behind the man we think we know 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

Yet against these depressing tendencies can be set reasons to be cheerful about British small-screen fiction – including the joy of ad-free TV, the standard of acting, and hits such as last summer's Sherlock. State of the nation 2011-03-29T11:25:31Z

“Lenses have a tendency to mist up if you go from cold into warm,” he says, out of his director’s earshot. Live-shooting with Woody Harrelson at 2am: 'There's something about the terror of it I love' 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Kutcher’s tendency to cap so many emotional scenes with small, self-satisfied smiles is especially unfortunate because they can’t help but bring to mind his other career as a pitchman for digital cameras. Movie Review: Ashton Kutcher in a Biopic About Steve Jobs 2013-08-15T23:10:13Z

But even de Mille’s tendency to overemphasize catches the dream quality that earns this ballet a special place in the overall drama of “Carousel.” ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Traditionally, businesses have thrived on artificial scarcity, even if the tendency of the system as a whole may be to arbitrage away such advantages. What does OKCupid want? 2013-02-16T17:00:00Z

Indeed, on the magazine's more ascetic fringes, there is a tendency to view any kind of individual charisma as somehow morally suspect. Maggoty Lamb ponders British rock journalism's Hollywood potential 2011-03-23T15:48:13Z

“For that, you’ve got to be prepared. You’ve got to be out in the world. And my tendency is to be alone.” At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

By overcoming your tendency to stall, you can improve your mental and physical well-being. Why do we procrastinate, and how can we stop? Experts have answers. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

Frankie decides to put her obsessive tendencies to good use: She joins a group of ordinary people who try to solve cold missing-person cases. Review | Five new thrillers offer guilt-free distraction 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z

The tendency to paint rural communities with a broad brush isn't just restricted to the political sphere. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "Fried Green Tomatoes," Hollywood has a rural perception problem 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Question: I have a tendency to always answer my kids “no” when they ask me things. How parents can learn to say yes again 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

She suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, manifested by sleep problems and a tendency to repeat herself. Meet Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL running for Congress 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

His tendency toward the superficially brilliant, and some of the traits of 19th-century pianism that are less noble than the tradition generally is in its best manifestations, resulted in these posthumous editorial changes. Listen to Tchaikovsky, Stripped Down to His Intentions 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Despite being a successful football player, he feared losing his friends and teammates if he talked about his homosexual tendencies. Football player’s coming-out story disproves every dumb theory about gay athletes 2014-02-01T13:00:00Z

Moss is not much interested in giving Silvie and her rebellious tendencies room to breathe. Characters Who Crave a Return to the Past, Human Sacrifice and All 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Put those tendencies together and the picture becomes far too complex to shape into an emotive news story or an effective appeal. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z

Featuring a wonderfully dry sense of humour, but also a tendency for a frustrating lack of explanation in some of its puzzles, Sticker Star is a highly engaging RPG-lite. Paper Mario Sticker Star – review 2012-12-08T00:05:40Z

“He punctured our tendencies to take ourselves too seriously.” They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

She sometimes chafed at the tendency of commentators to fixate on the more sordid personal details in her books, so much so that they never saw the politics at stake. Hazel Rowley obituary 2011-03-13T18:28:12Z

Another emotion to work on, Weinar said, is compassion: Even when her clients are in the process of unlearning their shaming tendencies, they often feel extra bad about their bodies. Body shaming yourself: How to fight the ‘pervasive sense that there’s something wrong with you’ 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

It can’t be an ongoing error that Schumann had this maniacal tendency to conceive of combinations. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

His self-reflexive bent — “Man With a Movie Camera” is ultimately a film about its own making — foreshadows the postmodern tendencies of what we now call meta-cinema. Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin 2011-04-10T01:03:01Z

“Trying to fight this industry’s tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time,” Ms. Wilde said. Arts & Leisure: Look Past the Beauty, if You Can 2011-07-22T13:53:10Z

But F.W.P. interviewers often took them literally, as the “embodiment of the naïveté and superstitious tendencies of Black folk.” The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Widespread Panic’s only digressive tendencies hinge on the urgent guitar solos that unfurl at least once in every tune. Music Review: Widespread Panic at Radio City Music Hall 2010-07-25T21:43:00Z

With its built-in bullying tendencies, the montage style lent itself all too well to this kind of project, as the four documentaries included in this set suggest. DVD: Landmarks of Early Soviet Film Come to DVD 2011-10-09T03:23:03Z

We can all admit that our refrigerators have a tendency to get a little messy, right? 13 organizing hacks for your tidiest fridge yet 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

Instead, it follows an internal logic that, with “its tendency to mirror the psyche, may be the most enchanting aspect of jazz.” Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

I reread Sarah Schulman’s “Conflict Is Not Abuse,” about the very human tendency to conflate discomfort with existential threats, which is a subject that seems to get more and more relevant every year. Times Critics Discuss Their Year in Books, From New Talents to Old Favorites 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Anderson: I recognize that I have a tendency toward certain types of characters. Gillian Anderson speaks out about equal pay and her book, ‘We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere ’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

But it refuses to play into the easy tendency to sloganeer. "Between the World and Me" transforms a father's letter to his son into a chorus for a people 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

To stitch it all together, the writers have a tendency to resort to stock devices that flatten rather than enrich the characters. Television Review: ‘Mistresses,’ on ABC 2013-06-02T19:03:15Z

Ludwig pointed out that the entertainment industry is foremost a business with the tendency of chasing trends, not predicting them. ‘Heels’ Is a Family Drama, With Body Slams 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

But it makes an unnerving comment about art's tendency to look in the mirror and be captivated by its own reflection. Artist of the week 132: Andrew Grassie 2011-04-01T10:35:10Z

And they have a curious tendency to get increasing boisterous and opinionated every time that little red light blinks on the camera. "Real Housewives of D.C.": Meet the new frenemies 2010-07-31T23:01:00Z

O’Connor had a tendency to show up at necessary moments. Sinead O’Connor Was Ireland’s Alternative Moral Compass 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

Rejection is the most painful of experiences, bringing to the fore all our insecurities and compounding our tendency toward low self-worth. My husband left me and our kids and is now with another woman 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

The novel’s tendency to work against generalization is not limited to political or social biases. An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

Some cynics will regard these rituals as proof of the frequently alleged tendency of theatrical people towards excessive sentimentality. The final curtain: how best to bid farewell to much-loved actors? 2013-04-08T14:07:11Z

There's a tendency to explain such horrific behavior in strictly individualistic terms – as a sign of personality disorders or moral deficiencies. "Nobody said anything because they feared being benched" – how abuse is baked into American sports 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

They have a tendency to speed through their dialogue, leaving no space for thought or feeling. Theater Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,’ but Returned 2014-01-22T03:00:02Z

This status is traditionally conferred on England's ageing rebels whose cantankerous and reactionary tendencies are thought to be picturesque. Beware of Mr Baker – review 2013-05-16T14:29:00Z

There is a large body of literature commenting on it, and on the tendency for men in particular to equate monogamy with monotony. Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

There is an unfortunate tendency to transfer that sense of the grotesque onto the artist himself. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Her painting style has been seen as a knockoff of her husband’s, but her contribution to its formation has yet to be fully recognized, especially his tendency to distill forms to their essence. A Singular American Painter and His Perennially Disregarded Wife 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Here are some of the booths and tendencies that caught my eye. The Independent, More Inclusive Than Ever 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Other tales of 50-plus women this year pushed past our societal tendency to ignore the sensuality of aging female bodies. The Year Women Over 50 Reclaimed Their Right to Be Seen 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

The Guys in This Group Know How to Honeymoon “Wedding Band” follows a group of rockers in Seattle with a tendency toward misbehavior but a keen understanding of their place in the universe. Arts - Television - The New York Times 2012-11-12T21:50:49Z

Stories about the composer's taste for pretty boys have turned from tendency – which is certainly all it amounted to, even if the desire was real enough – to scandalous fact, without any foundation or new evidence. Benjamin Britten biographies by Paul Kildea and Neil Powell – review 2013-02-16T14:30:01Z

Years later when a therapist told me my tendency was to intellectualize my emotions, this specific incident popped up. Representation heals: How watching K-dramas lifted the weight of white supremacy and freed my tongue 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

"There's a tendency to cast women of color in roles that are nurturing, likable, earthy and maternal," says Davis. Unlike Oscars, 2015 Emmys have diverse shows, actors to recognize 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rice’s rise in his field coincided with an increasing professionalism among food writers at major newspapers — a shift away from the tendency to serve as boosters for local markets and restaurants. William Rice, food journalist at Washington Post and Chicago Tribune, dies at 77 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

He has now had four teenagers of his own who have all demonstrated the usual teen tendencies. Keep the dream alive: why waking up later is good for us all 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z

But, she added, “the human tendency toward greed is very strong.” Taking on Art Looters on Twitter 2014-04-09T21:43:37Z

But Bylsma adds that it’s important to understand that there are significant differences in people’s tendencies to cry. Crying may help with pandemic stress, especially if you do it around another person 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

The movement to song is skilfully handled, but the immediate resort to irony, though ubiquitous in today's art-making, suggests a loss of faith in the materials and a tendency to exploit them as effect. Piccard in Space ? review 2011-04-03T21:15:01Z

He acknowledges as much, by admitting he has a tendency to come across as “someone you’d rather borrow lecture notes from than have a beer with.” Review | In ‘Boyz n the Void,’ a ‘malcontent with an allergy to authority’ finds freedom — and confusion — in the punk rock scene 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The influence of his autocratic tendencies has also seeped into the country’s civic and cultural life, leading to the expulsion of a liberal university and affecting the leadership and offerings at theaters and museums. Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

But homeland has a tendency to claim itself as the only legitimate place because it holds a person’s root. This Week in Fiction: Yiyun Li on Fairy Tales 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Much of the great author’s work has, unfortunately, become increasingly relevant, because one of his obsessions was the American addiction to amusement, and the culture’s tendency to reduce everything to entertainment. Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

David Hansen, a powerhouse countertenor, grows increasingly unhinged as Nero in a performance that was wholly admirable on Tuesday except for his tendency to shade his tone flat on occasion. Review: Boston Early Music Festival Makes Monteverdi Its Main Attraction 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

It's my tendency to always put this lightness in whatever role I do. In "Mama Weed," Isabelle Huppert is a stylish drug dealer with a twist: "She's a female Robin Hood" 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Triumphantly citing some counterexamples to refute an average tendency, as Snyder does, is like naming some very tall tennis players to refute the claim that basketball players are generally taller than tennis players. Letters to the Editor From Steven Pinker, Jonathan Gottschall, and Others 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

There is an annoying tendency among artists and curators to pretend that merely juxtaposing objects is somehow an argument, or worse, a way of “interrogating” or “questioning” power structures. Review | At the Guggenheim, a memoir about America, colonialism and desire 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

Now he’s worried the current Republican Party has adopted Trump’s authoritarian tendencies instead of heeding the not-so-distant past. John Dean, Watergate’s golden boy, is back in the spotlight 50 years later 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

But in “Mastering the Art of Quitting,” they argue that the national tendency to stay the course, however off-track, is misguided. Books Of Style: Books Offer Career Advice, and Tips on How to Quit and Find a New Job 2013-12-27T21:44:04Z

Harper is a bit of an outcast with obsessive tendencies, including her penchant for constant snacking. Juliette Lewis on acting: "I'm able to tap into very primal or dark ranges of emotion" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Police describe him as highly psychotic with violent tendencies when not taking medication. Convicted Madonna stalker sought by police 2012-02-10T03:18:46Z

This emphasis on eating in order to correct nutrient deficiencies had the tendency to cause people to focus on certain nutrients, which can contribute to overeating. Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

“It’s a lesson. I’m a maximalist, and I have this tendency to hold on to things. I could get caught up coveting Meissen tureens, but I could become like Mario,” she said. Design royalty is all atwitter about the Prince of Chintz auction 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

JR: So what did your dad make of you when you started showing tendencies towards illustrating? Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z

“The tendency is to hide it or not address it in a way that’s beautiful and stylish and cool,” says Needham. Aidy Bryant doesn’t think ‘fat’ is a bad word. Her show ‘Shrill’ proves it. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

That paranoia bleeds into modern Iran, where its theocracy now finds itself targeted in attacks over its accelerating nuclear program but also has the tendency to blame all its woes on conspirators abroad. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Her tendency to stray from the newswoman uniform extends as well to her sleeveless sheaths, knee-baring dresses and elaborate details: cowl necklines and Morticia sleeves. Front Row: Ann Curry?s Look on ?Today? 2011-12-28T20:30:39Z

If the show had a fault, it was Keys’ tendency to gush a little too much. Alicia Keys set the world on fire at WaMu Theater 2013-03-08T17:54:31Z

And although May’s book doesn’t offer a neat, easy ending in which she miraculously feels better, she does offer hope, an antidote to her tendency to “feel like a negative presence in the world.” ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

So aren’t they more immune to these traumas, these totalitarian tendencies you describe? Q&A: Masha Gessen Sees a Bleak Future for Putin's Russia 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The poem, an elegy, exemplifies Wright’s tendency to infuse solemn subjects with electrifying imagery and language. Poetry Podcast: Lucie Brock-Broido Reads Franz Wright 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

I have a tendency, which I think is good, to just sing from my heart. Mavis Staples Remembers Singing with the Band 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

To embrace our own most tabloid tendencies, acknowledge they aren’t going away anytime soon and exploit them, as Ms. Martin said, for a purpose. Who Are You Wearing and Where Did They Donate? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

The cut-and-paste make up of the monologues can sometimes be frustrating: there is a tendency for significant points to be raised rather than developed. In Water I'm Weightless – review 2012-08-02T17:00:01Z

Is Jimmy a good guy overcoming bad tendencies, or a bad guy who’s fooling himself? Review: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Quirky and Absorbing in Season Opener 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

In spite or perhaps because of the animals' tendency to atttack, people have been worshipping bears since the Palaeolithic era. Ted: the bear necessities of our love affair with the cuddly toy 2012-08-06T14:02:07Z

In order to attain the best results, feminizing one’s voice entails unlearning a lifetime of habits and tendencies and adopting entirely new strategies. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

Then the quarantine destroyed her daily rhythms and supercharged her tendency to procrastinate. The dishes will never be done 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

Rather than skiing with a pack of guys who might have a tendency to get in over their heads, you’re with a bunch of women whom you trust. Technique: Six Women-Only Ski Clinics Go Way Beyond the Snowplow 2011-12-09T19:25:17Z

And in a world in which fame is increasingly a winner-take-all phenomenon, here was an event that worked against the tendency of awards to exacerbate inequality. Perspective | The real Turner art prize is the aesthetic riddle we pondered along the way 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

But the Czech lyrics were tricky, and they produced in me a weird tendency to hunch my shoulders and look at the sky, Tevye-like. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z

"What About Us" eschews Pink's more bombastic tendencies, instead mining the depth of her feelings and showcasing the range of her voice. Pink Makes a Comeback with Empowering Ballad "What About Us" 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Biographers have a tendency to shoehorn every last tidbit of information they can into their books. All Those Books You’ve Bought but Haven’t Read? There’s a Word for That 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

And given SAIC's tendency to churn out the superstars, whatever you buy is likely to be a worthy investment — at the very least, for your walls. Celebrating Tax Day 2011-04-15T17:28:00Z

Ackroyd’s tendency to wall himself off from the world has brought criticism. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z

Allowing for Serafina’s tendency to hyperbole, she might be talking about the production in which she appears. Review: Marisa Tomei Braves a Typhoon in ‘The Rose Tattoo’ 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

These are among the smartest updates of painting’s tendency to talk to itself and ignore the wider world. Computers and Painting’s Identity Crisis 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

“I think there’s a tendency to over-explain things in films, and spell it out for the audience,” she said. Mia Wasikowska on Finding Her Own Way in Tracks 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

I think that there’s this tendency to look at genre fiction, science fiction and fantasy, as escapist. Leigh Bardugo on bringing her Grisha YA trilogy to a close 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

There is a tendency to fixate on how successful a track will be rather than get lost in the mad journey of how to make a record. Foals on Holy Fire: 'We were inspired by voodoo' 2013-04-25T17:11:02Z

An unnotated improvisation on themes devised by Fisher, it's pleasant enough — but hints at New Age tendencies that Fisher successfully avoids in the close and twining polyphonies of "Kocho." Review: Seattle's Fisher Ensemble says yes to Noh in 'Kocho' 2011-04-09T19:31:05Z

Trump’s desperate need for approval and attention is closely related to his tendency to be petulant — indeed, vicious and vindictive — when criticized. Raising an Un-Trump: Don't just shield your kids from Donald Trump — use him as a teaching tool 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

This is no prediction based on an intricate analysis of matchups and tendencies. A Nonfan?s Guide to the Key to the Super Bowl 2012-02-02T23:28:04Z

But he keeps his tendency for marathon overkill in check, taking his time while staying on course. 'Springsteen on Broadway': A rock-star confessional with heart 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Confession is a dispensable part of Anglicanism, less so for its Catholic tendency. The Letters of TS Eliot: Volume 4, 1928-1929 – review 2013-01-10T11:00:01Z

He has a tendency to subject his words to instant examination, sometimes offering an overlaying commentary on statements just made. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

But she does not advocate for commutation of sentences or the removal of lock-up for those with homicidal tendencies or track records. 'They were not born evil': inside a troubling film on why people kill 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The second reason I cringe is because whenever people look at a video like that and they see someone wearing the uniform, they have a tendency to attribute that to everybody who wears the uniform. D.C.’s police chief on the one time he had to use a gun. The perp was a dog. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

In many ways, the behavior described in the Mueller report is an understandable version of this tendency: Who among us wouldn’t be ticked off to see our legacies tarnished via a drawn-out investigation? Perspective | William Barr seems to believe Donald Trump is too emotional to be guilty 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

She inherits his reptilian cold-bloodedness, his narcissistic tendencies and his trivia obsession. 'iZombie' recap: It's double trouble for Liv in 'The Exterminator' 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

Topical, politically engaged documentaries, particularly those made by American filmmakers, share in this tendency, offering implicit reassurance even as they deliver bad news about the state of the world. Movie Review: ?The Island President?: Jon Shenk Documentary at Film Forum 2012-03-27T18:12:38Z

Adaptations had a tendency to strangle his work with misplaced reverence and bloated production values, as happened with 1943's For Whom The Bell Tolls and the 1957 Selznick remake of A Farewell To Arms. A Farewell To Arms: a great movie but a terrible adaptation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

An aura of self-confidence surrounds her, tempered slightly by a tendency to bite her lower lip. Arts & Leisure: Look Past the Beauty, if You Can 2011-07-22T13:53:10Z

For the same reasons we flock to Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" series, "Logan's Run," "The Running Man" or any grim vision of humankind's tendency to be inhumane to other people. Forget "The Stand" – "Alice in Borderland" is the wild dystopian ride we've been waiting for 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

In the movie her neurotic tendencies, like her facial features, were easily smoothed away. Review: A Darker ‘Frozen,’ With Glints of Ice and Murk 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

But Locke remained suspicious of the scholastic tendency to explain phenomena by inventing new faculties. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

For much of the novel, Virginia is still in mortal combat against her own insecurities and the tendency to see everyone — especially herself — through the lens of body type and beauty. Dark Magic and Other Escapes in These Summer Y.A. Novels 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

He goes on to describe his son Hendrix’s possible “homosexual tendencies,” to which his fatherly response is, “Stop, that’s gay!” Kevin Hart Withdrew as Oscars Host, But His Specific Brand of Homophobia Is Inexcusable 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

“He was very gentle about these tendencies I had,” he said. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Andrew says again, “I admit fully that my judgment was probably colored by my tendency to be too honorable.” Style Invitational Week 1365: Dead Letters, our obit poem contest 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Allstar/Film4 Irons shares with Royal some sensibility – “I have the natural tendency of a, hopefully benign, dictator” – but not an aesthetic. Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The locals' long-held fear of dragons has been replaced by a tendency to domesticate and pamper — every hut has at least one curled up by the hearth. 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' packs emotional firepower in a rip-roaring ride 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

But his theatrical tendencies were not in harmony with the macho culture of the Paris suburbs. Eddy de Pretto Is the Proud Sound of a New France 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

In the past, there was a tendency for libraries' collection policies to focus on quantity rather than quality, amassing material almost indiscriminately. Council rejects archive clearout claims at Manchester Central Library 2012-06-15T12:05:46Z

Her tendencies helped spur her husband’s research interests. Why do we procrastinate, and how can we stop? Experts have answers. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

Her tendency to hide, she confided, is among her greatest flaws. Diane Keaton, Hiding in Plain Sight 2010-11-15T19:16:00Z

The novel repels easy summary, but figure it is about that tendency — the urge to exploit in the name of “Civilization.” Review | ‘The Old Drift’ is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Portraying her as being "emotionally unbalanced" and playing up the fact that she once "suffered some suicidal tendencies". Has Ashley Judd's political career ended before it began? 2013-04-10T15:45:18Z

The producers can’t rein in their tendency toward excessive effects and overwrought dialogue, but they seem at least to be proceeding at a more patient pace. Review: ‘A.D.: The Bible Continues,’ an NBC Mini-Series 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

He was a bankable star, with a tendency to push back against authority. ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

On more personal matters Marx was so self-dramatizing that the book might've questioned this tendency rather than piling on more rhetoric. Eleanor Marx led a revolutionary life with a tragic ending 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Macfadyen has a tendency, common to English actors, to downplay his own work, as if it all flows effortlessly from him. Matthew Macfadyen Has Mixed Feelings About the End of ‘Succession’ 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

And the judge, who allowed the proceedings to be filmed, did little to curb Bundy’s tendency to grandstand and showboat for the cameras, effectively making it impossible for his legal team to mount a defense. Ted Bundy, "I Am the Night" and our secret obsession with psychos 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

His book will strengthen resistance to the insular tendency to study national histories in isolation from one another. China's War With Japan by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-30T13:00:01Z

In 1973, McMeen was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was found to still suffer from "schizophrenia with suicidal and homicidal tendencies." Father of shooter killed wife in 1971 2011-12-22T11:45:00Z

Investigating music’s tendency to revel and wallow in pain is also a driving motivation for Mr. Aucoin, who is at work at a new opera focusing on the character of Eurydice. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

The online description of the concert also lists the musical influences of the project: no fewer than 13 genres and tendencies, including postrock, indeterminacy and neo-shamanism. Music Review: ‘Nous: A Musical Rite’ at Basilica Hudson 2014-02-02T22:41:38Z

Her nervous tendency to say "yah" at the ends of sentences ensured the well-spoken dancer was widely ridiculed after her first appearances. How Strictly waltzed its way to the top of the Saturday night ratings 2012-12-22T18:21:12Z

“There’s a tendency among Italians to say: ‘We’re not part of that,’ ‘I’m not part of that.’ Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Great Beauty’ Explores Italy’s Decline 2013-09-08T21:23:29Z

To the delight of leader-writers from Sydney to Saskatchewan, he pointed out that, historically speaking, languages have always had a tendency to break up, or to evolve. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

"I sang on a hip-hop track in Germany recently with an African-American rapper," says Kidjo, who has a tendency to combine personal recollection with political reflection. Ang?lique Kidjo asks: 'Who are they to tell me what's African?' 2010-04-29T22:15:00Z

Research shows that people who believe in paranormal phenomena, including crystals, demonstrate a higher level of patternicity: a tendency to detect patterns in randomness. ‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

And sometimes these tendencies are absorbed and play out in ways feminists sometimes find disconcerting. For Some in Transgender Community, It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Your challenging tendency to be unforgiving toward yourself probably goes back further than your addiction and infidelity. Perspective | Ask Amy: Recovering addict feels hounded by dreams 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

By the late 80s, these films had become the dominant tendency and are altogether less beguiling, less exotic for foreign audiences. Animal Kingdom ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:24Z

The “negative aspect” of Paul’s life began as a child with a tendency to overeat. ‘I just want to cut it off’: the weight-loss patients who no longer fit their skin 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

In the wake of a hit, Mr. Belgrad said, the tendency is to say “let’s keep things as much the same as possible” on the next one. At Sony, Shades of the Studio System 2011-07-17T22:32:50Z

In 1996 Porter edited The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse, an anthology embracing several of the conflicting tendencies in post-second world war poetry. Peter Porter obituary 2010-04-23T16:54:00Z

Nick's violent tendencies, misogyny and obsessions are underplayed in the movie. From page to soundstage: Award-contending films based on books 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

But today, far removed from the wilds of East Africa, these cognitive tendencies, detectable in children, drive our biological beliefs. The Twain Shall Meet 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

She laughs when she tells that story now, though the tendency to both fetishize and misunderstand Native American culture endures, in depressingly familiar ways. After a Long and Painful Absence, Writing Her Way Home Again 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

He shares the west's unease about China, especially its tendency to suppress minority groups and individual liberties. Siddhartha Deb welcomes a study of Burma's relations with its powerful neighbours 2011-08-19T21:55:02Z

Solomon says Zawatsky focused on the “Temple Fall” lyrics “with what I heard as a clearly accusatory tone, as if the title itself were evidence of the band’s self-hating tendencies.” Jewish groups argue over who gets to argue

In episode 10 we were reminded that Don has a tendency to see dead people: the soldier from the first episode of the season, presumably killed in Vietnam. Mad Men season six: Megan Draper as Sharon Tate, and other theories 2013-06-06T15:59:56Z

There is a tendency to see the problem, which has survived a series of local and federal initiatives, as intractable, the tragic product of a history of deprivation and discrimination. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z

Advertisement Advertisement A psychologist lectures a room full of right-wing activists on the “schizoid” tendencies that Rabin supposedly shares with Hitler. Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Rabin, the Last Day’ Looks Back in Anguish 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

He challenges the tendency of modern Christians to offer easy answers to questions people are not asking. RS Thomas, my favourite religious poet 2010-04-29T16:50:00Z

"She avoids the genre's pitfalls and tendency to exploitation by making her victims fully human." Critical eye 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

It seemed an unlikely fashion inspiration but it was extremely effective in drawing the designer away from his tendency to embrace the past as a path to a magical collection. Fashion Review: Antonio Marras: Howling at the Moon 2014-02-24T18:40:34Z

That tendency makes her excited about the project to restore Lexington’s Majestic Theatre. New director wants to revive museum in Lexington 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

The point is, there is a natural tendency to focus all feelings of community within the tour bubble and to dehumanize the world outside. 41 Days, 26 Shows, 10 Countries: A Rock Tour Diary 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

President Woodrow Wilson reprised some of Lincoln’s worst tendencies during World War I, imposing censorship of the press and pushing propaganda. The Never-Ending War Between the White House and the Press 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

I suppose the genetic predisposition must vary with the breeds, said John, but in any case the selfimmolatory tendencies of cats does seem to be a known factor in the feline equation. ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

"The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you." Scorsese eyes 2011 bow for George Harrison film 2010-05-17T07:47:00Z

As long-running shows continue, the tendency is to move towards darkness. Doctor Who recap: The Name of the Doctor – series 33, episode 13 2013-05-18T18:45:00Z

That was something I didn't know about Lincoln, his tendency to give long-winded speeches at inappropriate times. Envelope, please: Oscar leaders deemed nap-worthy 2013-02-12T16:19:08Z

The strength of their attraction seems to overshadow what Michel has done, and it’s hard to tell if Franck is more alarmed or aroused by his new lover’s potentially sociopathic tendencies. Movie Review: Death and Desire in ‘Stranger by the Lake’ 2014-01-23T23:17:56Z

The rest are cast largely as single episodes, with a tendency towards melodrama, such as the traumatised woman in Nick Fells and Zoë Strachan's Sublimation. Five:15 2010-05-16T21:35:00Z

As useful as these apps are, they reinforce the wine geek’s tendency to boast about the rare and expensive wine being enjoyed. Delectable or Vivino: A wine critic compares

A novel that lumps them together into a nameless, primitive nation only plays into that tendency. Review | Dave Eggers’s ‘The Parade’ is a heartbreaking work of staggering cynicism 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

Rock musicians have a tendency to fill every space with some sort of information — beats, riffs or shouts — that leave no room for introspection. Alan Sparkhawk talks about his trio, Low 2011-09-15T19:24:03Z

That evening, Sexsmith played plenty of old hits and lots of new songs that showed off his tendency to work with commonplace phrases. The Songwriters' Songwriter 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Godard in winter feels like the last of a breed, but in truth he has always been one of a kind, a singular thinker and image-collector only loosely attached to larger movements and tendencies. ‘The Image Book’ Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Carter also has a tendency to introduce but not explain certain subjects, understandably in diary entries. Books of The Times: From Seat of Power, Battling Many Crises 2010-09-26T22:18:00Z

One MI5 officer called Ogilvie calmed the waters after Special Branch reported on Orwell's "advanced Communist views" and alarming tendency to dress "in a Bohemian fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours". British Writers and MI5 Surveillance 1930-1960 by James Smith – review 2013-03-07T12:00:01Z

But rehearsing with Morris — even with his tendency to tease them about their unmade beds — fulfills a deep-seated need. Mark Morris, one of the world’s leading choreographers, takes dance to Zoom 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

“And working with young people gives us a strong sense of engagement, opening us to society and the tendencies of the moment.” Scene/Seen: Bank Diversifies Into Culture 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

In fact, he has always been merciless with himself; Sam Raimi, who cast Reeves against type as an abusive husband in The Gift, noted his tendency to berate himself after each take. Keanu Reeves: 'I would've broken Kubrick' 2011-01-13T21:30:01Z

Characters rejecting change have a tendency to abruptly manifest as babies. Rachel Cusk is returning fiction to its roots in storytelling 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

We have a tendency to live in the past, but that’s only us. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

But there were too many moments on Wednesday that seemed to be grasping for old-fashioned passion to convince me that Mr. Kaufmann’s tendency toward coolness was entirely intentional. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Sings an ‘Otello’ for the Ages 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

“My father is maybe not a master carpenter. His tendency is to solve problems with a liberal application of force.” 50 Years of Marriage and Mindfulness 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

He is friendless aside from his mother, works as a party clown, and his paralysing tendency to burst into peals of maniacal laughter unnerves everyone he meets. 'Incel' violence is horrific, but Joker is complex, and doesn't take sides 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

This colors and reinforces his tendency to see himself as an uncompromising outsider, even as he is invited to host the Golden Globes. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z

Certainly, there is a tendency to lump women who write similar types of books together, and it’s not just in crime, is it? Paula Hawkins on Why Her Book The Girl on the Train Is Being Called 'The Next Gone Girl' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

It is just that when designers think about climate change and what it might look like, they have a tendency to reduce it to one of two things: plants or disaster. The Climate Crisis Crowds the Catwalks 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

At the same time, he also inadvertently is responsible for creating both of the villains in those "Spider-Man" movies — and not because of innocent mistakes, but rather his pre-established tendency to abuse his class privilege. Iron Man: The secret bad guy of the MCU? 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

This year, Rubin launched two online courses: one on happiness, the other on her four tendencies. Gretchen Rubin actually appears to have it all. But is that the kind of happiness guru we want? 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

As the Oxford English Dictionary defines it, “presentism” is a philosophical term describing “the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.” Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

One thing that distinguishes “Little Voice” from other musical theater-meets-karaoke shows of its type is that it acknowledges its own crowd-pleasing tendencies. Review: ‘Little Voice’ Is a Twee Musical Fairy Tale 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

The authors show how ancient "managerial" genes, self-organising systems in cells and the inherent tendency towards symmetry in living structures all help to generate new organisms fully pre-adapted to their environments. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

For me, Ramadan is a great time to remind myself of self-restraint, and to reset any of my autopilot tendencies. 25 recipes for eating well (and feeling strong!) during Ramadan 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

Instead of unity, people often see divisions — a tendency that Posner observes in the run-up to November’s elections. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

But the big screen is much better than his TV at home, despite her popcorn-snagging tendencies. Movie fans return to theaters, savoring the escapism and the buttery taste of popcorn 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Natural Causes” takes aim at the wellness movement as a whole, at our tendency to treat aging as an outrage or, worse, as a sin. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

I have a tendency to really face creative work as something very communal and collaborative. Netflix's existential "Shine Your Eyes" searches for a man who "inhabits the world of fiction" 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

This tendency also directs one’s gaze to the smallest of quibbles. From Paul Rudnick, a Mismatched Couple but Perfect for Each Other 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

“Misogynists do have a tendency of proving your point for you – they can be helpful like that.” Feminists rally around Emma Watson after 4chan nude photo leak threats 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

What remains, of course, is the soullessness of it all, and the tendency for its characters to steer deliberately clear of any deep or existential qualms about capitalism, exploitation or any of that. Review | In HBO’s sordid but watchable ‘Industry,’ the world now belongs to the zuppies 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

It exemplifies an admirable erudition, precision and devotion to the collection, but also a tendency toward the cerebral and austere, visible in many temporary exhibitions of recent art here. MoMA Takes On the ’60s in a Welcome Shakeup of the Permanent Collection Galleries 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Then she discovers that these two tendencies, the negative and the positive, the destructive and the virtuous, ineluctably and ironically overlap in ways that terrify her. The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

When, in a thick Scottish accent, he delivers an obscenity-filled comic monologue about the tendency to mistake lack of linguistic fluency for stupidity, his meaning couldn’t be clearer. Theater Review: ‘A Respectable Widow,’ About an Unusual Friendship 2014-04-13T21:06:55Z

The backward-looking tendencies of modern cinema were on striking display in Telluride this year. At the Telluride Film Festival, the Past Isn’t Safe at All 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

Of course, instances of these deconstructionist tendencies appear on “Butterfly,” too, but on “untitled unmastered” they seem more joyfully and carelessly—and, therefore, more rivetingly—explored. Kendrick Lamar’s Latest Restless Innovation 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

Journalism merged his left- and right-brain tendencies "in kind of a nice way." Sebastian Junger reflects on friendship, war and peace 2011-06-09T22:27:00Z

The Oscars have a frustrating tendency to celebrate films of this kind. Spike Lee vs. white savior films: "BlackKklansman" Oscar nod is nearly 30 years overdue 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Listeners will be smitten with her grace and work ethic, and even her tendency to lose herself in the mean reds when hungry. On the Page and Out Loud, Two Actors Recount Very Different Paths 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

If “Women Talking” is about the power of the collective, “Tár” investigates the church of Western individualism, provoking us to confront our tendency to worship at its altar. Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

To this tendency, this desire to bundle people and thereby to dismiss them, art and death are the most powerful antidotes. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z

Our industry is so detestable – so filled with lies, thefts, backstabbing, blacklisting, drug dealing, and the occasional murder – that one would expect a tendency to cover things up. Fran?ois Truffaut ? the man who loved actors 2011-02-17T22:23:01Z

Around that time, more people were embracing natural Black hair, she said, so she wanted to nurture her hair’s tendency for volume over length. What happened to perm box girls? They’re wearing their natural hair. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

But he was not wrong to worry over democracy’s tendency to enlist art for its own ends, and he was not wrong to call for artists themselves to resist it. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

When “Veronica Mars” debuted in 2004 there was a tendency to liken the teen detective to Buffy Summers, minus the supernatural upgrade. "Veronica Mars" contends with the mystery and tragedy of growing up 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

In the final set, the two bands converged for a thread of Mahavishnu Orchestra songs; both tendencies came to the fore — but McLaughlin’s won out, probably because they were playing his compositions. Review | Jazz fusion battles it out with jam band at Lincoln Theatre 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

We are living in a country that discriminates and has certain racist tendencies so sometimes it’s manifested in things like this and it’s illuminated. Insiders Reveal How Huge Hollywood's Diversity Problem Really Is 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

There is a tendency these days to quickly conflate language and violence in discussions about controversial art, especially comedy. Dave Chappelle Isn’t Canceled. He Just Likes to Talk About It. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

The show noticed a group of architects with a structurally ambitious and geometrically fractious tendency that harkened back to the revolutionary Russian Constructivists of the nineteen-twenties. Zaha Hadid Was Just Getting Started 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

One could argue that the French have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the most atrocious abuses in the name of art. Bertrand Cantat is back. But should music fans boycott him? 2013-07-25T10:44:59Z

Taken together, they look less like dazzling curiosities than like part of a movement, a tendency, a scene and a moment. ‘Tell It Like It Is,’ a Chapter of New York From 1968 to ’86 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

In spite of its fanciful tendencies, the film nails the growing pains that result from love and loss. 'I Believe in Unicorns' is a fanciful teenage romance 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Madden’s knack for swift and intricate drama has shown itself before in films as varied as “Shakespeare in Love” and “Proof,” but those movies also show the tendency toward glibness that undermines “The Debt.” | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z

“I See the Light” is explicit about certain details—like Williams’s tendency to garnish every meal with a cannonball of tomato ketchup—but coy about others. We Can’t Quit You, Hank Williams 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

AJC Possessing maverick tendencies is no bad thing in a neurosurgeon. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z

There’s this tendency to think that things that are intellectual are not that expressive. ‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’ 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Her tone turned stoic, however, in recalling the suicide of her son-in-law, who had been subjected to constant criticism from his peers for showing reactionary tendencies. Yang Jiang, Chinese Author and Translator, Dies at 104 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Only in her own tendencies and secret thoughts, confessed his creator. Book club, week three: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13? 2011-01-01T00:05:27Z

He's not worried about this tendency at all? Mad man 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z

In the media, as you'd expect, there's a tendency to put Karen on a pedestal. Karen Woo: a tribute by her brother 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

Most prominent was the irreverent upstart art movement Pattern and Decoration and related tendencies that broke with the more austere aspects of Post-Minimalism and Conceptualism. Art Review: ‘Hooray for Hollywood!’ Recalls Holly Solomon’s Eye for Art 2014-01-16T22:48:08Z

For all that this tendency can lead to loose ends at the conclusion of a season, it also allows characters and missions to return in new and surprising ways. Archer creator Adam Reed: 'I wouldn’t want the characters to be my friends' 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Should I suggest that she work on her tendency to be messy, and if so, how? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How much time does a boyfriend need to get over his divorce? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Some of this reporting has been challenged, and he has been criticized for his tendency to make incendiary claims in public speeches that go beyond what the facts he has produced will support. In ‘Reporter,’ Seymour Hersh Recounts Leaping Tall Deadlines in Single Bounds 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

It is monumental in scale, and thus initiates our reflexive tendency to submit or show respect to things that are powerful or commanding. Review | Hans Haacke makes that banana on the wall look ridiculous 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Epithemiou's trademark social awkwardness and tendency to lose interest in what his guests are talking about make him the perfect host, while sidekick Gupta adds to the chaos. TV highlights 13/07/2012 2012-07-12T18:59:01Z

Her image of a blind couple, huddled in one another's arms and dwarfed by their bed, or Russian midgets in a sombre living room, speak of tribal tendencies as necessary armour in a tough world. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-22T23:06:30Z

Milo's band is Pareidolia, defined here as "the human tendency to find meaning where there is none," but Octavia is more optimistic about purpose and meaning and about answering some emotionally richer questions. 'The Nobodies Album': Trying to set right the stories of her life 2010-07-08T20:34:00Z

What I find worse is that there’s a tendency to view women as more porous than men, if you like. A memoir of female lust 2013-06-09T00:00:00Z

His celebratory tendencies get him bashed regularly on social media as a cheerleader — don’t turn to Mr. Hardwick if you’re looking for a brutal takedown of “Batman v Superman” — but he wears those criticisms proudly. Chris Hardwick, King of the Nerds, Is Expanding His Empire 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Joseph is a dreamer, whose dreams have a tendency to come true, although not before his brothers inflict pain and exile on him. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Fathers and Sons, and a Wild Dog 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

He is 76 and describes himself as “a picaresque guy” from New Orleans, with artistic tendencies that he channeled into a career as a merchant. Is This the Best-Kept Secret in Fashion? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Making it in Hollywood is so difficult that there is a tendency among struggling actors and their representatives to chase whatever is working; insecurity and desperation combine to create the ultimate herd mentality. Side Road to Success Wins Matthew McConaughey Admiration 2014-02-28T22:56:24Z

Again, considering Durst's known tendency for muttering to himself on live mics, why didn't someone listen to all the audio sooner in the editing process? Questions we'd like to ask 'The Jinx's' Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

Lawrence struggles with the demons that punctuate his seemingly normal life and Rachel must address her own destructive tendencies if she is to form real relationships and become a mother herself. Born to be wild 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

To accuse novelists of egotism is like deploring the tendency of champion boxers to turn violent. ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ Saul Bellow’s Nonfiction 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

We shared college ambitions and the tendency to drop “Heathers” references. “Gilmore Girls” is a lie: How the show’s rosy vision of motherhood tormented me 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

She often said that when she had shown rebellious tendencies as a teenager, her parents had a Roman Catholic priest perform an exorcism. Ultra Violet, Warhol Superstar, Dies at 78 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

Portions of “Red Comet” are deeply moving, but a tendency to downplay Hughes’s violence will likely attract critics. Review | Heather Clark’s ‘Red Comet’ is an exhaustively researched, often brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

There’s plenty of crowing on this album, but for the first time that tendency is tempered by a healthy amount of reflection. Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z

"At an individual level, when you look at how opaque the government was about SARS, there may be a tendency to say 'we don't trust any government when it comes to these things,'" he said. Ebola crisis highlights China's philanthropic shortfall 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Living alone, I’ve noticed my own tendency to talk to household objects, calling them “thing” or “man,” or, in the case of the snow boots I reconnected with recently, “my friends.” Spending the pandemic talking to yourself? If you live alone, you’re not alone. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

In any case, he said, he is swearing off news conferences forever, adding that he has a tendency to misjudge the mood of the room. Derailed Director Cites Urge to Entertain 2011-05-20T23:26:44Z

Even more importantly, “Pose” fends off the common tendency to fetishize marginalized subcultures popularized by TV or film. Smart Watch: "Pose" returns with a season demanding to be seen 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

William goes on an impromptu murderous rampage that resembles some of the Man in Black’s violent tendencies—we are quite possibly seeing the conception of those tendencies—and they both shared time with Angela. The 11 Most Interesting 'Westworld' Fan Theories 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

And the running gag of Guerrero threatening and sometimes torturing helpless people caters to the action film audience's tendency to get off on bullying cruelty. "Human Target": How Fox's stellar action show went horribly wrong 2011-02-02T15:03:00Z

Perhaps most alluring: The show allowed her to indulge a natural tendency to mug for the camera. Television: J D Souther, Lucy Punch and Others in New Series 2012-11-14T21:41:30Z

Later he was the celebrity with a tendency to run his mouth and overstay his welcome – never as cool as his hero and mentor, Jay-Z, or as prodigiously gifted an MC as Nas. Kanye West's 'Yeezus' an uneasy listen 2013-06-16T20:37:00Z

“With some summer tent-poles,” he explained, “there is a tendency to try and shoehorn in everything that has worked before as an insurance policy, even if it doesn’t totally make sense.” Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z

I can’t say whether or not that will be in the flashback or the present day, but we do have a tendency to write for the actors who we love. Arrow Co-Creator Marc Guggenheim on Tonight's Season 2 Finale 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

With her bobbed hair, no-nonsense mien and tendency to wear trousers — this at a time when doing so got a woman hassled on the street — Abbott was an eyeful. ‘Berenice Abbott’ Captures a Large and Star-Studded Life 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

The most vivid example of this tendency appears in “Excerpts from The New World Authorized Dictionary,” which is exactly what it sounds like — a self-conscious series of unrealized story ideas. Review: ‘Children of the New World’ Sees a Future of Bespoke Memories and More 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

As it is, when I adjust my window I have a tendency to drift into the next lane. A Rookie’s Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z