| 单词 | tentative |
| 例句 | Along its quiet length white people in bright clumps moved churchward, under the windy bells, walking now and then in the random and tentative sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the old, sure smile that flashed on easily and frequently as a photographer's bulb, his face was grave, even tentative—the face of a man who often does not get what he wants. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I glance over her shoulder at Morgan, who gives me a tentative smile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Pet remained silent, and Redemption took a tentative half step forward. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I made some tentative, preparatory shapes with my mouth prior to saying something, but Katz raced on before I could get a thought in order. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Now, when we have this tentative trust, may be my only chance to kill him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As my eyes began to adjust to the darkness, I let out a tentative sigh of relief. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And the talk would weave, roll, surge, spurt, veer, swell, having no specific aim or direction, touching vast areas of life, expressing the tentative impulses of childhood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarah Ruth held the biscuit in both hands and took small, tentative bites. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z They emerge through the air-lock door, pale, shaken, tentative, trembling, angry with the Army, angry with themselves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The words came out low and tentative as though he didn’t quite believe them himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Immediately the current seized it and spun it round so the stern was leading, and Malcolm knew his mistake: nothing should be tentative. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The boy on the right side in Ben’s line received the ball from Coach Spinks, took one tentative, almost apologetic dribble toward the basket, then stopped and looked for his partner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A tentative cheer rose out of the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t looking at him, but at the Shetani, and her expression managed to be both tentative and calm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I drew in my breath as if I were standing on a high dive and took a tentative step toward her, still in the dense shade, still hidden, still safe. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z So Butterscotch barked—first a couple of tentative yips, then louder and more urgent. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He and I have been exchanging looks for the past year as Susan and Caleb flirt in the tentative way known only to the Abnegation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her gestures were slow and tentative and her eyes reflected deep mental confusion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The government, in its slow and tentative way, was reckoning that they had to come to some accommodation with the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually someone very ugly or very unhappy would spot a new kid walking around and in tentative, irresolute gestures would offer friendship to you with no ulterior motives except to end their own intolerable loneliness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesper waited for a count of sixty, then dropped his collar and took a tentative breath. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Though Bobby had always pushed for Belgrade as the site of the championship match, a tentative understanding seemed to have been worked out to at least split the match between Belgrade and Reykjavik. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her original plan, tentative though it was, had been forgotten. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I even heard the tentative twitter of birds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A plan forms in my head, tentative, outlandish, and mad enough that it just might work. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I came out from behind the table and reached out in a tentative way, inviting an embrace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sacrabani, who had been screaming vigorously, began to quieten down: he gave one or two more tentative wails, then his mouth split in something like a smile and his fingers curled round Selvam’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z After a tentative moment, she sank her fingers into it luxuriantly and was overjoyed when the cub continued to purr like the great cat he was. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I just mean”—I shoot him a tentative smile—“maybe this doesn’t have to be my last night in New York.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I rise and reach for a towel to smother it, when there’s a tentative knock and the bathroom door opens, revealing three familiar faces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The eastern men gave their tentative acceptance, but their concerns had not diminished. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Vanguard managed three tentative feet off the pad, lost thrust, and then blew up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I turn, and the girl standing there is transparent in her emotions—tentative and expectant, nervous and adoring. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She looked up at Kaisa, and the huntress’s look of bewilderment was changing, slowly, to a small, tentative smile. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The first blows were tentative and timid, but when she did not cry he slashed at her sides and shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When I smile, she offers a tentative twitch of her lips in return. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Faint, almost tentative at first, but more insistent when I didn’t answer right away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Every few minutes she could feel the tentative, jerking nibble on the end of her line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She pokes him gently in his soft middle, and he gives her a tentative smile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But such an agreement was at best tentative, for each national group faced problems peculiar to itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From the back of the stall, there came a tentative sound of nostrils drawing the air, weighing the scent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a tentative step toward the door, shuffling forward until the tips of her fingers bumped against the wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hel pokes at the mash and takes a tentative sniff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Army had given him a tentative diagnosis, probably the best diagnosis he would ever get, and he had been left with the unpleasant task of trying to salvage the lives of the remaining animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretending in words was too tentative, too vulnerable, too embarrassing to let anyone know. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Eventually, as though from far away, Omakayas felt the tentative brush of Tallow’s tough, creased palm, and heard the rustle of her clothes as she got up and quietly left. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Bloom sensed all of it was terribly tentative, doomed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes straight ahead and glanced at him only once, at the tentative way he held the steering wheel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And this caused her to stiffen with a tentative anger against Florence, and with pride and fear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But she is terrified to raise a child in a country where she is related to no one, where she knows so little, where life seems so tentative and spare. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My first few steps are long like Lee said, but slow and tentative. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ernesto’s pallid skin mottled with excitement, his tentative hands that quickly became assured under her encouragement, the way he laid his downy head between her breasts and slept contentedly, like a well-fed baby. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When no one spit it out, Oliver reached across the table to ladle a small amount of the stew into his bowl, then took a tentative sip. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Until this point I had barely spoken a dozen words, responding to most of their tentative questions with grim silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It gave solace to the third daughter, who was always so tentative and terrified and had such troubles with men. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Jonathan took a few tentative steps forward, then stopped and turned. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Standing close to him, she reached out a tentative finger and touched his wooden torso. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Both she and Don were more tentative towards her, more cowering under her denouncing stare. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was thinner than Sefia remembered, her movements more tentative, but in that moment she almost seemed like her old self. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Where Coop was gentle, tentative about every moment of contact, Breanna is confident, aggressive. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He took a tentative bite, beckoned to the first waiter, and pointed sadly at his fish. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A hypothesis is a tentative explanation, a proposed answer to the question that underlies your research. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A few tentative hands went up—Demeter, Aphrodite. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She lifts the bundle to her nose and takes a tentative sniff. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Owner stuck a tentative finger into the food processor, where his first batch of his mothers peanut butter sat, waiting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I took a tentative step after she let go of my hands and didn’t fall over. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He took a tentative sniff, as if it might be noxious smelling salts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was warm and tentative, like he thought I would pull away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She took a tentative step into the concrete cube. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He heard Koffi's tentative steps beside him, felt the unease lapping at him, but he still couldn’t ignore that tug, the irresistible pull leading him on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At this, he smiles, and his guests give a tentative laugh. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Jonathan pushed himself to his feet, then took a tentative step toward the one who had been speaking to him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Say. . . .” the man called; his voice sounded tentative, dubious. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A little while later, there was a quiet knock at Yoyo's door, followed by a tentative attempt at the door knob. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He drank another mouthful of gin, picked up the white knight, and made a tentative move. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Our kiss was electric and soft, and tentative and certain, terrifying and exactly right. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She dropped to her knees and gave the tail a tentative tug. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She finishes her tentative tour around the room and rejoins Marco in the doorway, pulling the door closed softly behind her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They aren’t strong eyes; the look they give the face is tentative, hesitant, reproachful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She kept looking sideways and all around, but despite her nervousness she reached a tentative hand forward and patted me twice. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she leans in and kisses me, a gentle kiss, tentative but lingering. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Laleh took a tentative sip, holding her tea with both hands. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Every time she steps on the accelerator it’s so tentative. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Almost every visit began with an embrace, but some beginnings were shy or tentative. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The two exchanged tentative glances, then Heqet’s snub-nosed face broke into a smile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z With all the Maidens watching and my sister holding my hand protectively, Ocllo reached a tentative finger to my face and rested it on the corner of my eyebrow. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The test broadcast went unreported for some time, but it was nonetheless the first tentative step towards a new age for music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Retrace the filament and you go back to the cocoon’s beginning in a tiny knot, a first tentative loop. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He returned to shallow tentative breaths, drawing air past his lips as if he were sipping from a straw. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z With the news announcement of Butler’s arrest, and his at least tentative identification as a member of Elijah Muhammad’s organization, tension reached a new high among all who had any role in the feud. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice, somehow tentative and a little shrill, sounded as though it had not yet settled into maturity. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When that doesn’t happen, I make a few tentative bounces on the sofa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps in twenty years his Korean words will creep out like mine, the notes uncertain, tentative. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Keen for them all to be friends again, however, he agreed; but when Ron gave Hermione a tentative smile, she stalked off and vanished behind her book once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A pathologist at the Institute had inspected the meat very carefully and had given it a tentative diagnosis of simian hemorrhagic fever—harmless to humans, lethal to monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke put out a tentative finger and touched the marble cupid gingerly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “You look different,” her co-workers said, all of them a little tentative. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her voice, she knew, was an old person’s voice now, too soft sometimes, too tentative. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, in a tentative gesture, the boy lifted a hand and pointed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z But the tentative first stones were already falling around the crazy lady. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think there’s a path through those woods?” he asked in his mild tentative voice when I got near. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my foot in front of me and took a tentative step forward. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But through negotiations over the past months, the ANC and government teams had put together a tentative agreement involving a two-stage transitional period to a fully democratic South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m still smoldering a little, so it’s with a tentative hand that Caesar reaches out to touch my headpiece. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I lift my hand in a tentative wave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When she reached out I retreated, spuming her tentative touch. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The siren song of the void puts you on edge; it makes your movements tentative, clumsy, herky-jerky. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And thanks at least in part to those technologies, we’re seeing the tentative spread of democratic institutions in areas that have lived for years under dictatorships or near-dictatorships. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z So we made a tentative agreement that the day after his projected return from Mississippi, he would fly upstate to visit for a weekend with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo could see the ricochet of feeling in her, the tentative surge of hope flinching back toward the firmer ground of dread. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She didn’t know whether to feel tentative or excited. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His manner was not constrained—he had left shyness a long way behind him if he ever had any—but it was restrained: tentative, aloof. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The golden monkey put a tentative hand out to touch the paw of the snow leopard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Con,” she said, and gave him a tentative smile. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Archaeologists have tentative indications of early domestication in spots from Illinois to Alabama by iooo B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z These images of the massacre play themselves over and over in my head as I take tentative steps back toward the village that evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a tentative step toward me, then paused, holding his sword out and shaking it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, tentative, not wanting to upset his buoyant humor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for Chacko was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He put a tentative arm up; instantly one pulled over, in a rolling wave of black slush. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran the ball five times for fourteen yards and seemed even more tentative than he had against Abilene High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace can see them a little, but her crashes are tentative, she looks to Cordelia for confirmation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Few then could fathom his arrest and subsequent conviction on arson conspiracy and perjury charges in connection with the burning of a building that had been the tentative site for a new civic center. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then she lowered a tentative foot to touch bottom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In June 1858, Wallace sent Darwin a tentative draft of his paper outlining his general theory of evolution by natural selection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I saw his tentative eyes, handing me Dombey and Son, and his reassurance as the truck pulled away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But somehow their caress felt soft and tentative. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He grew awkwardly into a tall, strange, dreamy boy with fragile eyes and a very delicate mouth whose tentative, groping smile collapsed instantly into hurt disorder at every fresh rebuff. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I took tentative steps around the room until I felt one that had a little more bounce than the others. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was obvious he was tentative, the knee looming as if all the bone and flesh and ligament and cartilage lay there exposed for everyone to take a shot at like some carnival game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In a tentative voice she said, “Isn’t that the .. . our ...” Her husband looked; I panicked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave Violet a pat, though more tentative than Chase’s. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z This time it was a tentative pull, not solid nor heavy, and he knew exactly what it was. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a few tentative sips and then drink the entire glass in a long gulp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Within a few more days, Dad seemed almost normal, except that he’d become tentative, even kind of shy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But the tentative fear in her eyes silenced him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Their glances were tentative and frightened, in keeping with so many of the first glances of this place. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Still, the two of them had managed to set a tentative plan for a follow-up interview with Reggie. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My brother obtained a job and we began to save toward the trip north, plotting our time, setting tentative dates for departure. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl’s voice, underneath his, was tentative and shrill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He awoke to those first notes, tentative and foreboding, and the next thing he knew that dark desert highway was coming into his bedroom. Glenn Frey and That Peaceful, Queasy Feeling 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z These are just tentative thoughts about the genius of Rembrandt. The real-life power of Rembrandt 2011-08-16T15:40:03Z As the memoir progresses, her parents’ voices slowly begin to emerge, creating a tentative but welcome counterpoint. Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And the connections that she tries to draw between her own experience and that of her mother, who suffered from depression, are too tentative. 'The Madwoman in the Volvo' offers a comic romp through a midlife crisis 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Bryan Cranston played some takes more imperious, some more defensive, some more tentative. How Walter White Became the One Who Knocks 2013-09-30T00:25:43Z The vein of mourning that concludes Mr. Hedden’s play also runs through Eric Lane’s “Riverbed,” which takes a tentative look at a couple contending with the death of a child. ‘Summer Shorts: Series A’ Offers 3 One-Act Plays 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The reviews reported that she was past her prime vocally and understandably tentative in the role. Critic?s Notebook: Sony Classical Releases 4 New Historic Met Opera CDs 2012-01-21T01:25:23Z The strike began on 4 October and despite a few tentative talks there is no sign of either side being ready to concede. Top players fall silent as Detroit Symphony Orchestra fights for survival 2010-11-19T18:12:00Z But as our tentative date drew nearer, my feelings of dread and discomfort mounted. Wasn’t I supposed to be sex-positive?: My teenage summer romance with an older man 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Benech prefers the label “gardener” or “plantsman” to “landscape designer,” and is tentative about defining his own style too narrowly. | Louis Benech's Gardens, Now in Book Form 2013-05-21T15:38:27Z Twombly’s signature line, nervous and diagonally adrift, makes a tentative appearance, faintly penciled, suggesting a sloping hill in six drawings near the entrance. Cy Twombly, Redefined by His Drawings 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z But the overall tone was fuzzy, and the hints of languor and decadence in the manners of Mr. Collins and Ms. Kapteyn were too vague, too tentative. Dance Review: Baroque at the Seaport in Wally Cardona’s ‘Set Up’ 2013-07-10T20:06:27Z Sally is curious about and then frightened by the news of the Chicago murders and her fear leads to a tentative thawing of relations with her step-grandmother, Pauline. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: A Fever Dream and Spooky Reality 2012-04-09T05:24:14Z While Mr. Dendy seems tentative as his alter ego Theseus, he’s on firmer, friskier ground as his father, his grandmother and Pawnie. Mark Dendy’s ‘Labryinth,’ a Take on the Theseus Myth 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He captures writers “in their formative years taking their first tentative steps toward professional careers, forming alliances and rivalries among intimidating world-renowned faculty and high-powered peers.” Inside Creative Writing’s Premier Talent Factory 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z A selection of orchestral songs based on Lewis Carroll, and partly drawn from Ms. Chin’s opera, was the highlight of the concert, which otherwise felt oddly tentative. Music Review: Unsuk Chin Celebrated in Composer Portrait at Miller Theater 2014-03-16T20:54:53Z The tentative agreement comes a week after Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said he had reached out to the venue to encourage them find a solution. Strathmore reaches agreement with ticket-sellers to end two-year standoff 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z A federal judge today set a tentative sentencing date of Oct. Judge sets Blagojevich sentencing 2011-08-01T16:58:00Z She adopted a tentative ruling that she had issued earlier on Tuesday as her final order. Polanski’s request to restore film academy membership denied 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z As the title character appears, he and those around him are tentative and unsteady. Outdoor ‘Othello,’ From the Drilling Company 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Aspects of the tentative deal will probably be contentious and have already prompted angry responses from some of Weinstein’s alleged victims. Weinstein reaches $25m settlement with more than 30 women – report 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet the band came across as slightly tentative; between songs, Mr. Hampson kept telling the sound man to readjust the mix. Music Review: Reunited, Loop Performs at Le Poisson Rouge 2014-04-18T21:54:41Z In fact, its slogan pulls off the odd feat of being both tentative and over-insistent at the same time. America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z A few younger men and women wearing new boots and clean ponchos wander in with guitars and cases in hand, smiling, looking a bit tentative. Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z What would your message be to people who might be tentative to see the film because they think it’s going to be too hard to watch? Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Talks 12 Years a Slave and The African Americans 2013-10-22T17:35:56Z Oksana Maslova, in the Dark Angel role, is a strikingly individual artist with a quality of electricity to her line, but is at times tentative. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z What is perfectly acceptable to the parent of a precocious third child may seem like insanity to the parent of a shy, tentative first-born. Motherlode Blog: Negotiating My 13-Year-Old's Social Life 2012-01-04T17:06:21Z Lacking Lebrecht's self-confidence – not difficult – my views about Mahler are more tentative. If Blair absorbs me, Mahler's chord ousts him every time 2010-09-02T20:30:00Z My kids miss their old father as well but are so tentative around him now. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After a brain injury, the whole family needs to recover 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z For example, in “Black Mountain Song,” Mr. Dessner’s setting of a sort of tentative expression of love by Robert Creeley, the chorus excelled at sustaining the music’s intertwining melodic lines and pungent harmonies. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Four months later, the Park Service’s permit office was notified of Vogel’s tentative approval, according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. A music festival holds part of the Mall for big-dollar attendees. Is that okay? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Despite her setting, Wright maintains a somewhat tentative commitment to this culture of carnage. ‘Dancing with the Tiger’: a whirling tale of art and its sometimes sordid acquisition 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z So the argument is tentative: with a sample of one, what else could it be? Gravity's Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes - review 2012-12-12T07:00:00Z West alternates between singing and rapping — his vocals are tentative and sometimes meek, like a toddler taking first steps. Kanye West, Heretic by Nature, Finds God 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He was also attracted to newsprint as a material both to paint on and to moisten and form into tentative objects. Franz West, Influential Sculptor, Dies at 65 2012-07-27T02:56:48Z It was, let us say, an impossible job, and her first ready-to-wear collections were tentative. On the Runway Blog: A Stylish Spin on Web Fashion 2011-09-30T15:20:24Z By contrast, the men were generally shambolic or dour or tentative. Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Welcomes a Polyglot of Styles 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The tentative accord — announced as envoys headed to the Iraqi capital for negotiations — is likely to be used by Iran as added leverage to seek concessions from the West on sanctions. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z The notion held promise, but much of the music failed to deliver, and some performances seemed unusually tentative. Music Review | American Symphony Orchestra: Loosening the Reins on Composers After Stalin 2010-03-01T05:50:00Z Winding ramps tunnel through the sculpture, turning visitors into dazed, tentative surfers. Art Review: ?Big Bamb?? by Doug and Mike Starn at the Met 2010-06-03T21:22:00Z Through painstaking determination, he mentally charted many stages and backstages and despite the cuts and bruises from mishaps, he refused to ever be tentative in his roles. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z But the sprawl of television allows a familiar story--the protracted rivalries between differing superheroes giving way to hard-won if tentative cooperation--to bloat beyond recognition and become too reliant on darkness. Streaming Now: Two Sets of Subversive Heroes 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Vince called me a few months before I blew up Gus and he was very tentative about telling me, even though I knew it was coming. Breaking Bad’s Tio Salamanca: “My Bell is Worth More than Walter White’s Underwear” 2013-09-27T09:45:43Z The missing time may have affected the opening night performance, which seemed tentative. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “It’s so mind-boggling that I was so tentative in the beginning to jump onboard,” he continued with Collider. Chris Evans on Returning to Captain America: 'If Marvel Wants Me, They Got Me' 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z All these programs, as Tough admits, are tentative and currently very expensive. The Limits of “Grit” 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Amy Ritter gives 3-D form to large black-and-white prints of rooms, furnishings and mobile homes, creating places that feel almost real, yet tentative. In the galleries: Deeply in the present but beholden to the past 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Note that release dates are tentative and can change faster than, well, Superman. 66 movies headed your way 2013-04-24T23:47:28Z But Gosling, who plays a pig-headed pianist earning a crust playing easy-listening standards, gets one of the highlights to himself, casually singing the tentative City of Stars as he strolls along a pier at night. Ryan Gosling movies – ranked! 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Here's a sampling of what will be turning up on Seattle-area screens this summer; note that all release dates are tentative and as changeable as Johnny Depp's voice. I know what you're doing this summer: watching these 75 movies 2012-04-27T20:17:18Z Both here and in the next, final stanza, Woodward resists a certain kind of completeness in favour of a more tentative and unsparing response, the laughter hesitant and complicated. The Seacunny by Gerard Woodward – review 2013-01-18T21:00:04Z There was never a line and it was rarely crowded, but there were always at least a few families with children taking tentative laps in the shadow of the Kremlin walls. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z The biggest problem some viewers may have with “Teen Beach Movie” is its curious, tentative deployment of feminism as a theme. Television Review: ‘Teen Beach Movie’ Goes Back to the Future 2013-07-18T21:44:52Z Even apart from the wobbles and stumbles, the dancing was tentative and imprecise, only in the general vicinity of the choreography’s shapes and rhythms. Review: A Festival Invigorates José Limón’s Legacy 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Here's a quick rundown, by no means exhaustive, of some 9/11-related programs and their tentative air dates. TV specials to commemorate 10th anniversary of 9/11 2011-08-24T19:51:04Z Mr. Battle’s “We,” performed by Tyler Brown and Gentry Isaiah George, is uncharacteristically understated in its portrayal of a tentative romance. Dance Review: Ailey II Dances at Ailey Citigroup Theater 2014-04-08T21:34:12Z Judge Phillips considered court papers filed on behalf of both sides before arriving at her tentative ruling, copies of which were given to lawyers on Monday. Disney's "Millionaire" appeal faces setback 2010-12-09T05:09:00Z Note that release dates are tentative and can change faster than Kate Middleton's wedding dress can be knocked off ... 45 movies to watch for this summer 2011-04-29T21:47:01Z Pietsch organized the chapters in a spreadsheet, sorting them by type and character, choosing among multiple drafts and arriving at a tentative order from circumstantial clues. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z The first of the eight discs features early home recordings and demos of the band from 1974, all of them tentative and uncertain of style. Once More Into the Vaults: Blondie on the Music That Defined Its Legacy 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z She was tentative on Saturday night, especially at first. Music Review: Gun-Totin? Br?nnhilde 2011-07-17T21:45:27Z Her tentative manner is in vital contrast to the assured, rolling cadences of the pastor at Mr. Gray’s funeral, or to the fiery, spluttering rage of a man who was arrested during protests in Baltimore. Review: Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Notes From the Field’ Delivers Voices of Despair and Hope 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The union’s members still must vote to approve the tentative agreement. Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The preacher makes a similar calculation—those first tentative movements away from the safety of the text and into the wilds of exegesis and analysis need to be friendly, kind, “relatable.” What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z This was a process: The early months of his show were fitfully topical but tentative, as Mr. Colbert tried to find a voice without the filter of his arch fake-pundit character. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, it's a discomfort rather than confidence that runs through Come of Age, a noticeably more tentative record than the Vaccines are talking it up to be. The Vaccines: Come of Age – Review 2012-08-30T14:29:01Z Various events — tentative brass fanfares; short, rhythmic riffs in the percussion and piano; obsessive spiraling figures — try to get going but soon blend into the subdued overall hum of the piece. Music Review: The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-25T23:35:51Z In both cases, they were an acknowledgment of what all of this experimentation in form and function signifies, at least in theory: the last gasp of the old system and tentative steps toward the new. A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z One tentative dip off the side of a friend’s boat, when the temperature and I were both in our 20s, told me it was the real thing. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The zip line represents a tentative effort to bridge that divide. Catalina Island, Ready for Its Face-Lift 2010-05-13T21:56:00Z Grace, poetry, individuality are arriving more slowly, but on Sunday, despite the tentative partnering of Gonzalo Garcia, she danced the momentous Sugar Plum adagio seemingly in one phrase, one thought. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Nutcracker’ Dancers in This Season’s Performances 2013-12-31T20:45:44Z His original recordings on a handheld tape machine – many of them about that relationship – were nervous and tentative. Grizzly Bear: freed from captivity 2010-05-27T21:01:00Z The president knew the ID was still tentative, so he didn't let himself fully believe it. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z I have no in-person event planned until like November, and even that's tentative because it's so unpredictable. From "Soul Train" to Don Shirley, new book celebrates the history of Black performance in America 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Her affair with Will was tentative, fraught and full of complications. How 'The Good Wife' Changed Feminism and Politics on TV 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Details of the tentative reopening, however, remain subject to change amid the ongoing outbreak. Florida Keys targets June 1 reopening to visitors 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Knowing all the work that went into her salad, Laura spears a lettuce leaf with her spork and takes a tentative bite. Ashlawn Elementary grows its own lettuce for lunch It’s understandable that people might feel tentative about charging boldly into the new year. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z But shouldering increased expectations can apparently lead to fatigue: at the Bowery the band was schematic and tentative. 2010-01-15T04:19:00Z The Cosby on the left, smiling shyly, is tentative, still learning. Critic's Notebook: Bill Cosby Appreciation and Screenings at Paley Center for Media 2012-01-10T15:41:59Z Fearing that they would actually hear what we were saying, our voices were dropping to a tentative, unmanly murmur. Learning 'Lear': The How-To's of Hub-Bub 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z But their scenes together have the tentative feeling of a first take. Review: Tusk: The Human Walrus, the Crazy Carpenter and Hey, Isn't That Johnny Depp? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z These children are tentative, painfully sincere and at times terribly raw. ‘C’mon C’mon’ Review: Are You My Mommy? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z An artist's hand might draw with an innate elegance and authority, or it can be clunky, like a shout, or tentative and full of doubt. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z The imposture is clumsy and tentative, which Laurel blames on amnesia from the accident. Movie Review: Zoe Kazan Plays Disparate Twins in ‘The Pretty One’ 2014-02-07T00:05:05Z The musicians officially vote Thursday afternoon on the tentative agreement and results are expected Friday. Strike over, Detroit Symphony back on home stage 2011-04-07T18:03:10Z A similar kind of movie was just released about the early, tentative courtship of two attractive African-American 20-somethings in Chicago. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z I made tentative plans to travel to the Lees’ home town, Monroeville, Ala. I again pressed, politely, for an interview. Harper Lee told me — graciously — to leave her alone 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z But the tentative “Tonight,” with its echoes of Heart, suggests the group is wary of making a ballad as stark and jaw-droppingly pretty as “Stay,” its 2007 single and biggest pop hit. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z The transition from breathy syllables to a song with lyrics, awkward at first, later seemed to echo the dancers’ relationship, with its tensions between tentative and boldly trusting. Fall for Dance Review: Some Tap, a Pas de Deux and a Monastic Chorus 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z After decades of tentative acquiescence, women and girls and their allies across the world have begun to speak out to demand a better deal, not just in law but in practice. Mainstream feminism is tepid and cowardly: Work, sex, race, “having it all” and true liberation 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z The physical and emotional contrast between the characters — gloomy, tentative David and the Huck Finn-like Lyle — is the stuff of classic children’s literature. ‘Different Drummers’: Boys bond in 1960s Spokane 2014-03-13T20:21:49Z Less than a week later, the parties had reached a tentative deal, one that would, among other things, end segregated lunch counters, fitting rooms, and drinking fountains within ninety days. Book excerpt: How Birmingham shaped MLK’s civil rights’ struggle 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z “Look at this photo of him,” my cousin said, taking out a picture of a gawky young man with deep-set eyes, a bushy unibrow and a tentative smile. Hearing His Voice Changed Everything 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Without Daniel Day-Lewis's great performance, this would be a rather tentative piece of work, nervously soliciting the approval of black audiences. Django Unchained: tackling Lincoln-era America on film 2013-01-25T06:59:01Z With the Outs, playing guitar and singing lead, Ms. Rose appeared tentative, and her vocals verged toward the muddy. Music Review: A Woman of Many Talents and Bands 2010-02-23T23:21:00Z We don’t necessarily need to see Ms. Streep and Ms. McDonald trading slurs and accusations, but two such formidable performers should be allowed to give us something more than tentative, evasive exchanges. Review: ‘Ricki and the Flash’ Puts Meryl Streep Behind a Telecaster 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z There were tentative entrances, with the singers having trouble adjusting to his pacing. 50 seasons after debut, Maazel returns to Met 2013-02-24T23:01:04Z But it was still marred by a muddled Infernal Dance, for example, and an overly tentative bassoon solo at the start of the “Rite.” The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Both depict the tentative but warming relationship between members of two generations of a family, the younger of whom is struggling with guilt and disorientation after a recent trauma. Theater Review: ‘Slowgirl,’ by Greg Pierce, at the Claire Tow Theater 2012-06-19T02:00:10Z Nearly everything in the exhibition reveals some trace of the maker’s hand, but the academy has embarked on a few tentative forays into more distanced art forms. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z Margot maintains a tentative hold on sanity, sublimating her anxieties into obsessive household chores. Three Married Couples and a Cryptic Headmistress Fuel the Suburban Satire of ‘The Pessimists’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z For most freshmen, college represents the onset of adulthood, burgeoning independence, the first tentative steps in pursuit of one’s dreams. The Many Costs of Campus Carry 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Shows were pitched in a very tentative way, almost apologetically. In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback 2011-10-23T23:40:12Z It’s too tentative to be combustible; instead, it just deflates. Theater Review: ‘Bunty Berman Presents ’ at Acorn Theater 2013-05-10T02:00:01Z Some of the performances feel tentative, almost apologetic, while others feel overly emphatic, suggesting that the actors may not believe in these worlds either. Review: Tina Howe’s New Englanders Thrash in the Shallows of ‘Singing Beach’ 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z In my solo, I hit every note, though its overall presentation, as confirmed later by Mr. Berry, was slightly tentative, squirrel-like. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z I admired Batuman’s inquisitive intelligence — what a mass of sensibility she is — but felt the book seemed tentative, a peakless panorama. In Elif Batuman’s ‘Either/Or,’ a Witty and Perceptive Young Woman Returns 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “The tentative title for ‘Miller’s Crossing’ was ‘The Big Head,’” Adam Nayman, author of “The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together,” explained by email. How ‘Goodfellas’ and the Gangster Class of 1990 Changed Hollywood 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite the fact that "Dune: Part Two" hasn't even begun filming yet, it's already got a tentative release date of October 20, 2023. "Dune: Part Two will have “much more Harkonnen stuff” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Their vocal lines, though conversational, move slowly, expanding into drawn-out melodic turns that seem curiously tentative. ‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z We set a tentative date several weeks into the future for me to travel down from Rhode Island. Wasn’t I supposed to be sex-positive?: My teenage summer romance with an older man 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “I made tentative preparations to do Dry January at the beginning of December, and then we realized that we were going to get pummeled again,” Ms. Deringer said, referring to the highly contagious Omicron variant. A Wet January, Thanks to Covid 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Awkward reunions and tentative introductions are recurring themes of “Marvin’s Room,” Scott McPherson’s comedy-drama about two estranged sisters who are forced back into each other’s lives by a family health crisis. ‘Marvin’s Room’ Moves to Broadway With Women Front and Center 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z His “Pastoral” was meant to estrange us from this classic music, but the result was curiously tentative. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra and Simon Rattle at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-19T21:44:32Z The interview with Linney, which necessarily revolves around cancer, illness and death, feels raw-nerved and tentative for the saddest of reasons. 'Comedy is a way to survive' 2011-02-08T08:00:00Z The Philharmonic was not scheduled to play this seldom-heard piece until Friday, and the performance sounded a little tentative. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Russian Stravinskyat Avery Fisher Hall 2010-04-22T22:10:00Z In her own account she’s more demurely clothed, confused and tentative. 'The Affair' Recap: Literary Pretensions and a Dead Man 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z The track begins with tentative plinking, but gathers impact as the accusations emerge. The Playlist: Prince’s Own ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ and 12 More New Songs 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Things seemed a little off and tentative at times. ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ and ‘Iolanta’ Open at the Met 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Rowan Magee does a delicate job as James’s principal puppeteer, making his movements spry early on, tentative and confused as his health weakens. Review: ‘Blossom,’ a Puppet’s Tale of Alzheimer’s 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Shakespeare’s language, heard in Spanish with English subtitles, frames and punctuates ambivalent breakups and tentative hookups, while also broaching themes of desire, deception and the mutability of identity. Movie Review: In ‘Viola,’ Shakespeare Is Lens to Look at Young Argentines 2013-07-11T21:39:22Z Federal mediators announced Monday that the Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative agreement with two of its biggest unions, suggesting that a lockout will likely be avoided. Metropolitan Opera reaches tentative agreement with biggest unions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Buster goes from being the creepy manboy audiences know and love to making tentative steps towards maturity to then being twisted by bitterness and becoming an evil Bluth in the end. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 11-15 2013-05-28T13:32:01Z By the light of an iPhone screen I take a few tentative steps into its shadowy womblike interior, vaguely able to make out the upper storey and central console in the gloom. Peter Capaldi: 'I know how to work the Tardis. I've known for a long time' 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Initially, the film looks set to be a study of Trelkovsky's tentative masculinity. The dazed brutality at the heart of Roman Polanski's films 2012-12-28T22:55:16Z He has his off nights, and his crowd work can be tentative. Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z These sentence fragments, spoken in a hushed, neutral tone, build into tentative grammatical structures, acquiring a quasi-sense as they do so. A stroll with sound/video artist Gary Hill through his new show 2012-05-02T22:15:08Z In December the Federal Reserve made the first, tentative step towards normality, with a quarter-point rate increase. Shifting the burden 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He sounded tentative on Jackson's pick for him, INXS's "Love Will Tear Us Apart," but the judges gave him the benefit of the doubt. 'American Idol' recap: Top three sing three as show celebrates self 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z A tentative, hard-won detente has been struck among the user groups, Mr. Kent said. In Salt Lake City, a Proposal to Link Ski Trails 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The 2002 original was jagged and tentative, perfectly capturing the romanticism and mystery of a city full of strangers and potential soul mates. Album review: Regina Spektor, 'What We Saw From the Cheap Seats' 2012-05-30T02:12:00Z SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with film and TV studios, thus ending the longest actors strike in Hollywood history. SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end the historic actors strike 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Much of its “Saturday Night Live” coverage seems familiar, and its treatment of her marriage with Gene Wilder is tentative. Review: In ‘Love, Gilda,’ a Portrait of a Brief and Brilliant Career 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In its tentative first months it was open only on weekends and called itself a pop-up. Labor-Intensive Vietnamese Cooking in a Summer Short on Labor 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The tentative completion date for the entire bridge project is mid-May. Congress Parkway Bridge work entering final stage 2011-09-18T23:54:00Z Her whole manner is austere: Touchingly tentative transitional moments are followed by others of complete authority as her eyes, hands and arms arrive perfectly in a completed forward gesture into the beyond. Review: The Revelatory Early Works of Lucinda Childs at MoMA 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Although a tentative deal between Fox and Apollo has been struck, the companies cautioned that a final agreement is no certainty. Fox in talks with Apollo to create TV production house 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z In their place came the tentative interplay of what is essentially a new band playing the Dead's songs. Grateful Dead pays slack tribute to legacy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z But the presumption of distance and reflection is also a limitation, and the Met’s efforts to personalize the experience are tentative. Web Site Review: The Metropolitan Museum?s New Web Site 2011-10-06T22:45:35Z If I may be so tentative, here's my list: The beleaguered and ancient British currency has too long been the plaything of politicians and speculators. David Mitchell on new World Heritage sites 2011-03-27T00:05:36Z She was a teenager coming out of foster care and her sense of self and her support system was tentative and fragile. The Lesson Here Is Listen to the Victim 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z If she seemed a bit tentative and over-reverential at the start of this overflowing exultation, she rose wholeheartedly to the “Allelujah,” with effortless coloratura. Colliding Concerts Deliver a Surfeit of Mozart 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The big discovery I came to, as I made my first tentative steps into the world of music theater, was that the distinction I had unconsciously made between “song” and “opera” was misconceived and inhibiting. Ian Bostridge on Music’s Fuzzy Boundaries of Identity 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z “In the closing chapters, we see a relationship between mother and daughter that feels new and tentative — because life changes so much every few years, bringing out unseen sides to each of them.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z She noted the weird balance between wanting to depend on someone and feeling tentative about it. Staying Together by Living Apart (in a Duplex) 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Once they start Quickstepping, it’s not actually that bad, albeit not particularly quick and quite tentative from Carol. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Burman’s episodic story peels away the layers of resentment and obligation, arriving at a tentative and touching moment of understanding. The Tribeca Film Festival at 15: A Packed Lineup 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Funding was likewise tentative, being frequently subject to congressional indifference. Review | The Library of Congress: ‘The book Palace of the American People’ 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Now I took my first tentative step into mendacity. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z It made me tentative, as if any wrong move on my part might put her in peril. Watching My Mother Watch Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Some nonprofit theater companies are announcing tentative plans for live, in-person productions next spring. More hardship on Broadway, as the theater shutdown pushes past Memorial Day 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z His acting was tentative, but that may be attributable to a lack of rehearsal time on a stage dominated by the moving metal planks of the Robert Lepage production. Lars Cleveman debuts at Met as Siegfried 2013-05-09T12:54:12Z An early and tentative finding about this new medium is that the most distinctive thing about it concerns the player's agency. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z Two mismatched teenagers forge a tentative friendship on a Rhode Island beach in “Indian Summer,” a melancholy, rather wan comedy-drama by Gregory S. Moss that opened on Wednesday at Playwrights Horizons. Review: ‘Indian Summer,’ Toes in the Sand and Chemistry in the Air 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z But it’s also genuinely insightful about what it is to be an uncertain, tentative, awkward kid in a place you don’t yet know how to grasp. The Top 10 Baseball Films of All Time 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z They are rather schematically intertwined in Katey’s cross-country odyssey, which lacks the emotional force of Ruth’s and Oliver’s slow, tentative claiming of a shared future. Jeffrey Lent’s ‘Before We Sleep’ follows the long shadow of war 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z There were lovely, wistful moments throughout, although both the Britten arrangement and Schubert sounded tentative at times and would have benefited from a wider emotional palette and range of color. Xuefei Yang at SubCulture 2013-12-06T00:42:57Z The one weak performance is from Nimmannit, who etches a generally bland and tentative Nina. Review: Nebunele Theatre's 'Friend's Enemy' explores idealism's betrayal 2010-08-19T21:05:00Z Here and there, passages of solid, compelling music making were marred by tentative, uncertain moments. Music Review: Conductor Makes Philharmonic Debut With Sufi Poetry and Celestial Yearnings 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z How these people connect — and don’t — is given exquisitely tentative and awkward physical life. Review: Songs Say What a Family Can’t in ‘Sundown, Yellow Moon’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Martin made the tentative prediction in the comments section of his blog, responding to a fan who requested an update on "The Winds of Winter," the long-awaited sixth novel in the series. 'The Winds of Winter' is coming this year (probably), George R.R. Martin says 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The first two were lovely — occasionally tentative yet mainly dancing with sweep and penetrating emotion — while Teuscher was transcendent. Emerging Through the Fog of a Pandemic With ‘Giselle’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z “If you can’t hold me now/You will never hold me again,” she wails on the title track, rejecting an incomplete, tentative love. Critics? Choice: New From Etheridge, Roky Erickson and Jacky Terrasson 2010-04-25T22:18:00Z Simultaneously tentative and assured, the ending of "3" won't answer any questions about where this threesome is headed. '3': A love triangle directed by the hand of fate 2011-11-03T19:58:05Z As for the singer’s anthem, it sounded small and tentative, and she sang much of it with her eyes on the floor. The incoherent music of Trumpism 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z We follow Cora and Caesar to South Carolina, where they both make brief and tentative, almost free lives for themselves. Colson Whitehead's 'The Underground Railroad' is timely, necessary and shattering 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z District Judge Dolly M. Gee wrote in a tentative ruling that the plots, characters and themes in the two works were not "substantially" similar, though both centered on war romances. Judge: Jolie didn't plagiarize 'Blood and Honey' 2013-03-30T03:16:07Z Her New York debut here two years ago was small and a bit tentative, filling one of the gallery’s small office spaces. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The style tribes are taking note of her fashion sense, a tentative hybrid of uptown propriety and downtown insouciance. Mamie Gummer Wants to Make a Name for Herself 2012-10-05T20:45:19Z What ought to have been a match made in theatrical heaven seems oddly tentative, as if performer and part have yet to fully align. Review: ‘The Entertainer,’ ‘Unfaithful’ and ‘They Drink It in the Congo’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z A tipster called in; he was tentative and afraid. The End of America's Most Wanted: Good News for Criminals? 2011-07-29T09:00:00Z It’s an elaborately tentative construction of drums, keyboards, phantom orchestration and vocals wafting in all around, incantatory without exact repetition. The Playlist: Kendrick Lamar Backs Up His Boasts 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The McCartney Legacy depicts McCartney's initial, tentative steps with his homespun, eponymous debut album and the indie favorite "Ram" through the early days of Wings. "The McCartney Legacy": An in-depth study of Paul's angsty transition from Beatle to solo superstar 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z A tentative comeback this year, buoyed by a $1.4 million government bailout, will see fewer than 850 shows presented — a third of them online. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Childs is the elder stateswoman of this group, and her craftsmanship and accomplishment are evident in every moment of this piece for eight dancers, still slightly tentative in their execution here. Review: And Now Four Dances, Completely Different 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Under a tentative deal announced Monday between the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees and show's producer, Reveille, the 50-member crew unanimously approved a package that includes health benefits. "Biggest Loser" crew reaches new deal, ends strike 2010-11-23T08:46:00Z There was an endearingly tentative, even halting, quality to these performances; they ebbed and flowed. Music Review: Philip Glass at Issue Project Room 2012-06-14T21:26:50Z The tentative explanation was that sucking on a pacifier may inhibit a baby’s ability to mimic other people, and that early mimicry may be crucial for emotional development. Motherlode Blog: Dear Parents: Please Ignore the Latest Research 2013-07-19T12:31:22Z When the Broads took their first tentative steps into art collecting in the early 1970s, they had a powerful local example to follow. Here's why the Broad museum's generous lending program may not work out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It is perhaps too tentative about defining Verônica’s psychology; when her occasional voice-over phases in, in the style of a doctor’s report on herself, it seems to stop short just as it’s beginning. ‘Once Upon a Time, Verônica,’ a Marcelo Gomes Feature 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Patti LuPone did not do the angry anthem “The Ladies Who Lunch” — which she was to have sung in this season’s revival of “Company” — but the searching, tentative title number from “Anyone Can Whistle.” Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The last bus has pulled out, and the Egyptian and Israeli characters speak Arabic and Hebrew among themselves, but mostly tentative English with each other. ‘The Band’s Visit’ plays on, taking a star from screen to stage 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z When things became agitated and lines overlapped, execution was sometimes tentative. At Avery Fisher Hall, Dudamel on a Joy Ride 2010-05-21T22:43:00Z He's also downbeat about his achievements and tentative in expressing his opinions. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z The Met reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents the chorus. Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Last January, the reorganized company, under its general director, Michael Capasso, made a tentative comeback with an uneven production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It is this world, in effect, into which Gould was taking his own tentative steps. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Although a tentative deal is in place, executives close to the talks who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation, cautioned that a final agreement is no certainty. Fox and Apollo Global Management in talks on TV joint venture 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The curving, fluid forms of the bridge suggest a tentative new aesthetic resulting from the marriage of the walking robot to the digital printer. Furniture Design’s Brave New Present 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Finger-picking an acoustic guitar, he sang the song’s first line in a tentative quaver: “What were all those dreams we shared those many years ago?” Music Review: Pearl Jam on Tour at Madison Square Garden 2010-05-21T22:57:00Z Though not spotless, the performance was more persuasive than tentative. Music Review: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Prudential Hall 2013-01-06T21:57:01Z In between the reveries this was a tentative performance by Ms. DeMent, less like stage fright than like a car engine not fully warmed on a winter morning. Music Review: Iris DeMent at City Winery 2013-01-23T22:12:33Z But US wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East grind on, tentative peace proposals notwithstanding. Could coronavirus spell the end for superhero movies? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Football games and awkward dances, late-night gabfests at the local diner and tentative first kisses - they're all there over the course of a school year in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Review: 'Wallflower' a thoughtful teen tale 2012-09-20T03:27:14Z A fragile, sometimes tentative beauty characterized the first two pieces: “Ear for EAR,” an antiphonal work for solo and offstage ensemble, and “Four2”, a meditative piece interspersed by yawning silences. Review: Ekmeles Performs John Cage at the Avant Music Festival 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z For the quest section, the piano descends a tentative, untrustworthy scale, like the onset of dream, while "The Masque" – the bit in Rosetta's apartment – is a scintillating piano solo, a real dance for dear life. On an alien shore 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z That disconnect between girl and world might be said to parallel that of this tentative show and its audience. Review: ‘Amélie’ Is Easy to Listen To, but Never Really Sings 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In the first two movements, somewhat diffuse in nature, attacks were often tentative, rhythms and pitches imprecise, despite the chorus’s recent experience with the work in Boston. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler at Tanglewood 2010-07-18T21:49:00Z The narrow couch epitomizes Carlos’s tentative status in America; he’s a long-term houseguest, trying not to take up too much room but grateful for somewhere to lay his head. TIME?s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2011 2011-12-27T15:00:22Z These torque the faces and contribute to their tentative, changing expressions. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Social attitudes shift from a tentative declaration of “I felt that I had a pride” by the Oliver of the ’50s to a Champagne-toasted pride celebration in the present-day. Where's 'The Pride' in love? The way we've pursued it then and now 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z But Cookie's new husband is drawn to the local author, who leads a lonely existence with her mother and peacocks on the family farm, and a strange, tentative friendship is struck. 'A Good Hard Look': a small town sees itself through the eyes of Flannery O'Connor 2011-07-13T22:01:08Z The album gathered momentum after a tentative start. Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Warhol’s large-format “Rorschach” blot paintings of the 1980s recall the “blotted line” technique he used as a young artist to create delicate, slightly tentative ink drawings. Review | Warhol said he wanted to be ‘a machine.’ Two new shows prove he was anything but. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z And it made sense that we’d seek this certainty, given the tentative relationships we were wading through—but before they’d even dropped their jackets, we were already cutting slices, dribbling sauce into each bowl. Bread Pudding and the Comforts of Queer Baking 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z She said in Monday’s filing that if the tentative custody decision is made final by Ouderkirk, she will appeal it. Jolie says judge in Pitt divorce won’t let children testify 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Paul Graham: The Present, Mack, £45Graham explores the idea of street photography in a book that pays a tentative homage to the tradition as it subverts it. The best photography books of 2012: an alternative selection 2012-12-21T16:01:33Z Even then, their arrangement was tentative, and they explored whether Amin felt safe recounting his history for the first time and, if so, whether Rasmussen could find an effective way of telling it. A Refugee’s Harrowing Story, Finally Told Through Animation 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z "Although annoying, inconvenient and inconsiderate, the failure to separate the three distinct wrongs does not result in an inability to understand what is alleged," White wrote in a tentative order. Judge calls Nicollette Sheridan lawsuit "annoying" 2010-09-08T08:16:00Z In between these paired images he writes an epic of a city, its people and the democratic process in tentative and kinetic action. Review: ‘In Jackson Heights,’ an Ode to the Immigrant Experience 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z They spent so much time mute onstage that when they did sing, it sounded somewhat tentative. Aix-en-Provence Festival Presents Mozart and Handel 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z But a lot of these efforts, especially on broadcast networks, have felt sanitized and tentative. Why The Walking Dead Is So Brutal--and So Popular 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z He plays characters who are shy, awkward, tentative–OK, honestly, a little creepy. Enlightened Watch: Ghost Protocol 2013-02-11T13:00:20Z She used a score and was occasionally tentative in the middle of the second act, though there were some thrilling things elsewhere. Die Walküre – review 2012-06-17T16:01:30Z The evidence offered in support of these arguments is often interesting and almost always tentative. Will the internet eat your brain? 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z If we were in any doubt about the poem's real meaning, it is underlined now as the tentative, tactful "You may die" is corrected to "You will suffer and die." Poem of the week: Rendition by Chris Wallace-Crabbe 2013-01-28T13:02:28Z At the end of the 1991 cartoon, when the enchantment is lifted, he looks incomplete, vaguely embryonic—a smooth-skinned creature with maidenly bedhead and a tentative smile. Beauty and the Bestiality 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z She sings about pop’s eternal topics as a young woman caught up in them: love and lust, intimacy and betrayal, longing and loneliness and tentative trust. Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Though clear-headed, supple and sensitive, his conducting sometimes lacked profile and seemed curiously tentative. Music Review: A ?Ring? Made of California Gold 2011-06-16T22:15:29Z And social media, as any tentative tiptoe through YouTube comments or Twitter posts reveals, is still often a pit of hatred, intolerance and bullying. Found on Facebook: Empathy 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z One of the very first tentative pulses of humanity was recorded in 1838 by Louis Daguerre in his Boulevard du Temple. Photography's bodies of evidence | John Perivolaris 2010-04-04T14:00:00Z And when the rumpled Joe and the tentative May find their groove rocking to an old R&B number, you want to join them on the floor. Theater Review: ‘Swing & Beowulf,’ at the Irish Arts Center 2014-05-05T21:12:47Z The music roves between solace and goofiness, with the strings playing rich, quasi-Romantic themes, supplying nervous tremolos or gently joshing the characters; the robot’s tentative stirrings of affection are high, sliding violin notes. Review: ‘Nufonia Must Fall’ Shares the Heart of Kid Koala’s Robot Tale 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The show was a testament – albeit a tentative one – to the musicality and technical nous that suggest decades of bright ideas to come from this young artist. Trish Clowes – review 2012-10-02T17:22:39Z Mr Piano is famous for his ethereal galleries that are lit from above and his expanses of glass, but daylight and views make only tentative forays here. Don’t be aloof 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Probably in those first tender months decades ago, Campagne's staff was equally tentative. A bistro makeover for former Campagne 2011-12-23T01:36:07Z He has also begun recording with Culture Club again, with tentative plans to tour next year. Pop & Rock Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T22:58:31Z There is nothing masculine about the tentative, crooked pony step she demonstrates while wailing on her guitar; nothing masculine, even, about the way she stage dives, mid-riff. St. Vincent: A New, Old-Fashioned Rock Star 2011-11-04T18:22:38Z But toward the end of the work, in some hushed moments of still-busy writing, the Philharmonic’s interpretation slackened — sounding tentative, or short of full commitment. Review: A Rising Star Debuts With the Philharmonic 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The New York Times reported on Wednesday that a tentative deal had been agreed involving Weinstein’s numerous alleged victims in the US, Canada, Britain and Ireland. Weinstein reaches $25m settlement with more than 30 women – report 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In the early stages of his campaign, then-senator Obama was making tentative overtures to hip-hop, noting in particular his appreciation of, and interest in, rap music. How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama 2012-08-23T19:00:01Z As an artist and preternaturally optimistic person, Rachel wanted me to use my sadness and tentative joy in the work I meant to do, and that Rachel wanted me to do. Hilton Als: How Rachel Weisz Helped Save My Life 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Price inquiries may be answered in the tentative. | Limelight Marketplace: Inside the New Limelight Marketplace in Chelsea 2010-05-19T16:08:00Z Here are the extremely tentative Sunday estimates of this weekend’s top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by : 2. Who's No. 1: Clint? Jake? Jennifer? Guess. 2012-09-23T21:00:29Z A display of conventionally shaped vessels from the mid-1950s shows tentative experiments with surface, including wax-resist processes borrowed from the textile arts and a “slip stencil” effect produced with liquid clay and paper cutouts. Peter Voulkos, an Influential Sculptor Who Broke the Rules 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Earlier this week, federal mediators said that the Met had reached tentative agreements with its unions representing orchestral musicians and stage artists, including singers. Metropolitan Opera says potential labor crisis has been averted 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Invited to introduce “Fur Elisa,” a brief work newly written for Ms. Moore, the composer Tamar Muskal described a somewhat tentative rapprochement with tonality. Music Review: A Night of Newer Works, With a Glance to the Past 2011-04-22T22:10:09Z Its power lies in the tentative friendship that takes root between Isabelle and Will. Review: ‘This Is Not a War Story,’ Nor Does Coming Home Mean Peace 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s just guitar and voice, Angel Olsen picking slow, tentative arpeggios like the skeleton of a soul ballad as she sing about the aftermath of a heartbreak. Mariah Carey Calls for Action, and 12 More New Songs 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Here’s a typical Eisenbergian sentence, about tourists in a New York restaurant: “All around them people are knocking back various brunch-type cocktails with a tentative, hopeful abandon, as if emulating native ritual.” Review | ‘Your Duck Is My Duck’ isn’t exactly political, but it eerily captures our national mood 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z When Warren and Jessica are left alone in Dennis' apartment, the two move from tentative small talk to an ecstatic dance that is as goofy as it is magical. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Because truthfully, I feel way more emotionally tentative now than I was when I was on them. When I went off my antidepressants 2014-04-19T23:00:00Z Big deal. 21st Century Fox and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have a tentative agreement to create a TV production giant. 'Godzilla' to crush box office. Net neutrality debate rages. 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Saul would have closed that deal, but this is James, who is tentative and defeatable. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: In the Premiere, Plenty Of Nods to 'Breaking Bad' 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z In both music and lyrics, “Mura Masa” is an album full of approach and evasion, of connections that are tantalizingly tentative. Mura Masa Wrestles Complex Emotions on His Major-Label Debut 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Our tentative knock on an unmarked door is met with a nod and a smile. An ambitious new New York restaurant proves Korean fine dining is ready for its close-up 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z With the opening of new opera seasons, the carefully masked and vaccinated Italian public has taken a tentative step toward normal life. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The celebrities sing along to their own recordings with a tentative sort of reverence for the music at first, but not Corden. Is there anything worse than taking a karaoke ride with James Corden? 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Controlled, articulate and often pretty, this performance was a little tentative. Review: Paul Lewis and Lisa Batiashvili, Recital Partners at Alice Tully Hall 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has been tentative, uncertain with regard to the new sexual culture taking shape. America’s new sex toy revolution 2013-03-09T16:00:00Z “The Trilling Wire,” a new solo for Ms. Whelan, was an embarrassment, the only outright dud on either program, a tentative rumination that went limp. Ballet Festival: Skill (Check), Class (Yep), Vision (More, Please) 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Lesser moments conveyed the jittery pace and tentative rapport of a speed-dating session. Pairings Fulfill ‘A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z This revival, as encountered in “Here Lies Love,” remains tentative and unpolished, promising if still vague. Admit One: ‘Here Lies Love’ and the Era of Audience Participation 2013-07-11T21:22:46Z As a rapper, he’s serviceable and deliberate, which means he’s tentative. Critic’s Notebook: Future, Young Scooter, Trinidad James and Atlanta Rap 2013-02-02T01:50:26Z Mr. Pitt’s lawsuit asserted that Ms. Jolie pulled out of the tentative deal last year after a judge overseeing the custody dispute issued a ruling against her, prompting her to turn to Stoli Group. Angelina Jolie Details Abuse Allegations Against Brad Pitt in Countersuit 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z His instrumental contributions were limited to a pair of brief piano-plus-vocal moments, which were affecting in their vulnerability but a touch too tentative to come across as secure. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z An American Airlines representative made a tentative reservation for me to fly to Inverness on the next available flight. A dream trip ends early when her London flight is canceled 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z August 8 is the tentative official launch of the musical. 'Hamilton' Bringing Big Expectations And Even Bigger Ticket Prices To Broadway This Summer 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A tentative romance develops between them, even though the watchful Sarah, a former high school wild girl and neglectful parent, forbids them to be alone together. Movie Review: ‘The House at the End of the Street,’ With Jennifer Lawrence 2012-09-21T22:00:42Z When discussing the film, his eyes widen and he projects an impish yet tentative enthusiasm – as though he’s feeling out whether you’re going to receive his ideas without judgment. Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly: 'Sometimes films need time to marinate' 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In the first, which takes place in the morning, the men are tentative, unsure of how to conduct small talk. Review: ‘Dublin Carol’ Gets Lost in Its Drink 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Anything but tentative, “Live Forever” introduced Strange in all his multiplicity. Bartees Strange Ponders Success in Dire Times 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Passages in double-stops seemed tentative, with some difficulty producing a consistent sound that was strong and in tune, as in the third movement of the fifth sonata. Violinist Pamela Frank presents a rich program of all six Bach sonatas 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z In Egypt, tentative plans to schedule the British pop star were canceled earlier this month. Elton John to perform in Morocco despite outcry 2010-05-26T14:17:00Z A tentative bond takes shape amid the humble pews and reverberant call and response, as the Pentecostal worshipers echo the resounding ministering. Review: Faith Found and Lost in ‘Free in Deed’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Everything about their on-again, off-again affair feels tentative, provisional, and nothing much is resolved in the end, but the movie has an imaginative freedom that was new for Mr. Téchiné, a willingness to surprise himself. André Téchiné, Director of ‘Unforgivable’ 2012-06-24T01:23:01Z The tunes are waltzes, lullabies, elegies, glimpses of suspense or tentative questions, and they move just far enough into the foreground to separate them from his film music. If Friends Play Your Songs, They Just May Change Your Tune 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z “I knew he was right, but I was very tentative about that. I was like ‘No, if I produce this record then it truly all falls on my shoulders.’ Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson carries the ‘Impossible Weight’ on Seattle rockers’ radiant new album 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z For many ensembles, the 2021-22 season had been a tentative step forward after a pandemic pause, and the assumption was that 2022-23 would return to something approaching the old days. After a ‘Scary’ Fall, Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The more subtle humor and intricacies of “L’Heure Espagnole” were less convincingly rendered and the singing and acting sometimes tentative. Music Review: Objects of Operatic Desire: Abundant Money and Men 2011-04-28T21:35:05Z The objects in categories — religion, commemoration, photography, food, toys, grooming and so on — forming what Ms. Dubansky calls a tentative taxonomy of blooks. A Secret in Every Tome (No Text Required) 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Are those moving in together less committed or more tentative and their subsequent marriages shakier? Amazing Facts About Love and Marriage 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Joy Jones is perhaps an unexpected Beneatha: she’s tentative, where this restless, progressive young woman is often played as a confident voyager. Review | A plump ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at Arena 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z What begins as a tentative tenderness between Franny and the almost painfully shy James becomes tiresome in its preciousness. The neo-folk-tinged 'Song One' is tiresome in its preciousness 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z We thought it was so funny and the producers and the network was kind of tentative of, "I don't know if that's right." "Canceling is relative": Michael Che on his comedy boundaries & why he's not leaving "SNL" just yet 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z All of these tentative messages speak not only to an uncertain future but also to an uncertain present, and what they convey is that we have no idea how to tell our story. The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The remarks were her latest, tentative step to emerge from seclusion and try to take back control of her public image and restore her artistic reputation. Taymor Tries to Reclaim a Reputation 2011-06-19T22:02:45Z From the beginning, none of the performances on the complete set is tentative or demo-like. On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Her airy voice makes her seem tentative at first, but the production — by her songwriting collaborator Gian Rojas — radiates growing confidence, as a beat slips in and electronics sparkle ever more brightly. Billie Eilish’s Forlorn ‘Barbie’ Ballad, and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Part cop, part coach, C.C.O.s have become essential overseers in America’s tentative return to prepandemic life. Have You Satisfied Your Covid Compliance Officer? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z While it has no title or tentative release date just yet, the film does have the beginnings of staff in place. A Rihanna Documentary Is Coming 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z She has previously made albums that felt lightly risky, but it’s unclear whether those were outliers, or tentative steps that she’s now pulling back from. Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’: Let’s Discuss 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z A tiny figure, with a tentative tread, appears on the pavement opposite. Sarah Polley: 'Stories are our way of coping, of creating shape out of mess' 2013-06-22T23:05:32Z Yet Wallace was tentative and self-conscious in describing these rebels of sincerity. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z Along the way, Leigh Anne never makes a false or tentative move. The Blind Side | Film review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z In this tentative but sly sidestepping routine, performed in profile, every movement seems essential, which isn’t always the case in “Screening Room.” Andrea Kleine’s Take on Yvonne Rainer at Chocolate Factory 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s not tentative; it has plenty of attitude. Charli XCX on 'Sucker': 'I haven't made an album to get on pop radio' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Feess said he would look at issues raised during a hearing Friday, but he didn't think his tentative decision would change. Judge says he's probably won't block ABC series 2012-06-15T18:20:15Z Since the deal was struck in March 2011 Netflix has taken a couple of tentative steps into original programming, picking up overseas shows that had never been seen in the United States before. ‘House of Cards’ Arrives as a Netflix Series 2013-01-18T15:00:00Z In 1994 there was a very tentative attempt to make a studio record. “It was the tour from hell”: Inside the Grateful Dead’s last shows, and Jerry Garcia’s final days 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Monroe is more tentative and less consistent, but she captures some of Jackie's rough and soft edges. Review: 'Mauritius' at Seattle Public Theater is a taut, twisty thriller 2010-10-07T21:32:00Z It describes the tentative sexual awakening of a kid from Miami in three parts: as a grade-schooler, a teenager, and finally as a gold-grill sporting adult. Moonlight becomes him: Barry Jenkins's journey from a Miami housing project to the Oscars 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z That fiery show was riveting; in this one the mood was more tentative, less serene than sedated. Music Review: Jordi and Ferran Savall at Morgan Library & Museum - Review 2011-10-14T23:05:59Z Consider the possibilities in this list of movies, large and small, and remember that release dates are tentative and as changeable as Lisbeth Salander's hairstyle. 34 movies to watch this season 2011-11-23T19:23:32Z There was a tentative note in his high, musical voice, as if the bolts of wisdom he was hurling at the grad students were the merest suggestions, submitted for our approval. Remembering Andrew Sarris: A Great American Film Critic 2012-06-21T12:39:03Z The year 2021 was about recovery — slow, partial, tentative, ongoing — from lockdown. Best Art Exhibitions of 2021 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The first night seems a little tentative: Davis seems to be working out the mood of his playing, fronting the band with a slightly inhibited momentousness. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The stagehands union, Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, said Wednesday that its agreement with the Met is tentative and still awaits ratification. Metropolitan Opera says potential labor crisis has been averted 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z At first, everything seemed wrong and dangerous, and my moves were tentative, ginger, even though I knew, intellectually, that nothing I could do would make one whit of difference. Chicago’s new ‘Tilt!’ puts you over the edge - of a skyscraper 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z If we paid more attention to the hope that emanates from the tentative smile of Missy Paul, maybe then, evil would begin to lose its grip. Here's What Rand Paul Is Thankful For 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z There was a bit of awkwardness in this, as there is in so much of life in this spring season of burnout and tentative re-emergence. 400 Days Later, the New York Philharmonic Returns 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z If this is a recovery, it is still a tentative one; crucial questions about how audience behavior has changed remain to be answered. The Los Angeles Opera, Post-Plácido Domingo 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Even a spot of banter with a fan is tentative. Clare Maguire ? review 2011-01-26T18:52:34Z Newton-John was never tentative about expressing love and admiration for her queer listeners. Before it was cool or safe, Olivia Newton-John was a queer icon and ally 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A crowd of teachers roared its approval after the tentative deal was announced at City Hall after a 21-hour bargaining session. Los Angeles teachers make a deal, head back to school 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z As often as I dine with strangers for work, I have to admit I was a little tentative about interrupting what I imagined to be their good time. Date Lab: Food critic Tom Sietsema is our guest matchmaker. Would these two pair excellently together? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z It is she whom he embraces, stiffly and self-consciously, in a genuinely affecting moment of tentative connection. Review: ‘The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois’ Revels in Unease 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The borders are tentative, though, pending a survey of the land following state and federal laws. Group: Create big Atchafalaya national park 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z After a savage climax, a slow, occasionally discursive string threnody takes over, during which the brass intrusions gradually lose some ferocity and the music moves towards a tentative nobility. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2012-06-11T17:10:04Z Last week, American Ballet Theatre dancers came close to striking over contract talks, before reaching a tentative agreement. Ailey dancers skip gala after inspiring opening performance 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z He pauses over various objects before offering exclamations of recognition and tentative identifications. Tom Wolfe Looks Over His Notes 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z At the end, the vocal harmonies that were so cutting when the song began return as tentative queries. Feist’s Electrifying Return, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The Daniel we meet, soft–spoken and tentative, might be an innocent man adjusting after 19 years of prison brutality. Review: The Haunting Rectify Explores the Zone Between Guilty and Exonerated 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z This wistful, breezily-paced car-radio hit from the early 1970s suddenly became a contemplation of chronic depression and the friendship that provides tentative consolation. Music Review: Sharón Clark at the Metropolitan Room 2013-01-30T20:18:58Z But overall, the performance was tentative and indistinct, with moments of poor ensemble work. Music Review: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Visits Carnegie Hall 2014-03-21T21:42:06Z The tentative death toll from the flooding rose to six as... Trouble returns to swing metal 2013-08-06T05:00:00Z Joe's moustache does look a bit like feathers, he has a long scraggy neck, an understanding of the forest, and a tentative, birdlike walk. TV review: My Life as a Turkey 2011-08-01T21:04:00Z Still, the tentative promise of the opener faded quickly alongside the flinty precision of the headliner. Music Review: The 3 Women of Mountain Man, in Perfect Harmony 2011-08-01T21:27:08Z Here are some of the titles we'll soon be seeing on big screens everywhere; note that release dates are tentative and can change as quickly as Lisbeth Salander can hack your e-mail. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest that Never Sleeps': A mondo list of fall movies 2010-09-01T22:50:00Z As the razor-sharp Matthew Rushing, in purple, backs onto the stage, a hazy side spotlight frames his profile; his movement is slow, even tentative. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Dancers Return to Lincoln Center 2013-06-13T21:00:28Z If the tentative ruling is upheld, Disney will almost certainly appeal the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, setting up another high-profile showdown in the closely-watched 6-year old litigation. Disney's "Millionaire" appeal faces setback 2010-12-09T05:09:00Z But in an email, Gage, who was not involved in the faculty resolution, offered tentative praise for the committee. Yale to Evaluate Policies on Donor Gifts and Influence 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Tasked with saving Jellystone from closure as its centennial anniversary nears, Yogi is a bear who is clearly rather tentative about exploring new realms within the platforming genre. Yogi Bear: The Video Game ? review 2011-01-30T00:05:51Z When he stops by the Pied Piper house to “be a fly on the wall,” he keeps interrupting the shy, tentative Richard’s company meeting. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: It's Not About How Much You Earn 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, he appeared disarmingly vulnerable, even tentative. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z First the steps were tentative, a picture of the houses his family lived in and the barns they used, and then landscapes and gardens that Gowin saw when he travelled in Europe. Emmet Gowin’s Intimate Photography of Nuclear Destruction 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z This questioning, tentative habit of mind, with its allegiance to particulars, suspending judgment while hoping for the brief, limited miracle of insight, drives Cole’s enterprise. Teju Cole Pairs Text and Image to Explore the Mysteries of the Ordinary 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z He wasn’t tentative about the music of his lines. ‘A Friend of Mr. Lincoln’ review: The burning ambition of a future president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s been almost exactly a month since The Times, responding to coronavirus concerns, began to implement work-from-home rules: tentative and voluntary ones at first; then, in short order, urgent and mandatory ones. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Over all, however, the production came across as tentative, as if Ms. Stroman were struggling to find a balance between respecting the idiom of the work and charging it with fresh theatricality. Susan Stroman’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Met 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Here’s a sampling of some of the titles soon on display at local multiplexes and art houses; note that all dates are tentative, and can change more quickly than popcorn prices. 54 movies to see this fall 2013-08-28T22:52:22Z “Oh, I must get a massage, for my thighs,” Melania said, tentative, desperate to say something personal and yet safe. ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The dancers’ bouncing to Pogo’s club beats felt tentative, yet some of the interlocking mechanisms of the choreography engaged a viewer’s attention fully. Ben Munisteri Is Back, Out of a Time Warp 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z But even her musicality keeps changing in emphasis; the overall result is tentative. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Evolves at the Royal Opera House 2014-02-25T22:34:51Z Elizabeth Weigandt, a spokeswoman for the orchestra, confirmed in an email to The AP on Monday morning that a tentative agreement was reached. Tentative deal could end Detroit symphony strike 2011-04-04T11:51:17Z Some of the phrases in the Mozart felt clipped, and on some exposed entrances the intonation was tentative. Review: Quatuor Cambini-Paris Revisits Neglected French Composers 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The two men formed a tentative friendship — on email, on the telephone and eventually in person. Review: ‘The Body of an American’: Ties Created by War 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Supporting performances from Laverne Cox, as Cassandra’s sardonic boss, and Alison Brie, as a former school friend, add snap and texture to a movie that’s too tentative to sell the damage at its core.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Big Leap’ and ‘The Wonder Years’ 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z At Wednesday’s matinee this was danced by Melissa Hamilton, delicately pretty, if tentative, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Sergei Polunin, a beautifully refined dancer who didn’t look as if this were his favorite role. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Nutcracker? in London, Four Different Versions 2012-01-02T23:38:52Z But ultimately, Johnson was able to gather a group that received tentative approval of an arena deal and, as of Friday, reportedly had informed the NBA it would match the Seattle purchase offer. Win or loss this week for Hansen’s NBA quest 2013-04-15T04:33:14Z Ms Hirsi Ali, as you might expect, favours more freedom, and she reckons that some tentative movement in that direction is already in progress. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z We watch her tentative attempts to make friends while avoiding either a shanking or a shower gangbanging. Women's TV prison dramas: 10 vital ingredients 2013-07-10T12:04:00Z A spokesperson for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who announced the tentative agreement on June 30, said her office is reviewing the decision and determining its next steps. Judge rejects tentative $19M Weinstein deal with accusers 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z As important as religion is in the lives of many viewers, television has had a tentative relationship with it. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z It was a welcome new world of hands-on learning, camaraderie, and tentative belonging. A farm and restaurant program that helps foster kids succeed 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z He’s the kind of person we all like to imagine ourselves to be — confident, brave and witty — and the kind of person we know we are — sensitive, tentative and delicate. Why Is ‘Cyrano’ Still So Potent? Ask Anyone Who’s Loved at All. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z At Thursday afternoon’s open rehearsal, the show was tentative and a little rough. Review: John Kelly Revives ‘Love of a Poet’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z One summer, a decade earlier, the narrator’s father had “left at last, his presence, always tentative, often forgotten, finally ceasing altogether.” “Sight” and The Pleasures of Overthinking Motherhood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z There was, however, a consistency of approach: Start with a few tentative notes in a solo instrument; build to a wild, passionate cacophony of sound; and pull away again. Hot composer offers lukewarm work at Dumbarton Oaks 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Snohetta and Mr. Melgaard aim to use burned wood for the house’s exterior, and tentative plans for its interior include movable walls and a room that combines an eating area and a swimming pool. An Artist Wants to Build a U.F.O. Next to Edvard Munch’s Studio 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z As sure as Ms. Hull is with her fingers, she’s still soft and tentative with her voice, as heard on “I’ll Always Be Waiting for You” and “Daybreak.” Music Review: Prodigious Talent Discovers Balance 2011-03-09T22:33:48Z His body is practically naked, and his movements suggest someone who is only beginning to discover the extent of his powers, tentative yet forceful and commanding. Nora Chipaumire Makes Darkness Visible 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z A similar rueful candor informs Gregory’s recollections of tentative reconciliations with both parents toward the ends of their lives. Review | André Gregory’s ‘This Is Not My Memoir’ is a free-form monologue about his quest for meaning in life and art 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z In response, men’s wear designers in Florence and Milan presented collections last week that, for all their willed optimism, felt tentative, cautious, almost infantilizing. Onesies, Long Johns and Union Suits for a WFH Age 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Southampton's Orange Rooms dips a tentative toe into waters marked "retro" this Friday. Clubs picks of the week 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z So mostly this is some very tentative footwork and skipping from Jeremy, who is grinning like a loon. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Unlike video games, these artworks are not responsive to users; many of them are tentative explorations of the medium’s potential rather than full-fledged achievements. Virtual Reality Has Arrived in the Art World. Now What? 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z She was tentative at first, though it is hard to start off strongly given the way Puccini introduces this character. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z But the joy of "Pariah" is watching both Alike's tentative, heartfelt emergence as an independent woman, and Oduye's performance, understated yet deeply moving. 'Pariah': Coming of age, coming out 2012-01-05T21:40:06Z Ms. Lahiri, writing in Italian, at this point seems only a lesser version of herself, a full orchestra reduced to tentative woodwinds. Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘In Other Words,’ a Writer’s Headlong Immersion Into Italian 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z For years she concentrated mainly on teaching, but she has recently made tentative steps back into performance. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012-10-09T22:16:43Z “It’s all still so tentative, there’s not a cumulative effect yet,” she observed. Critic’s Notebook: From Ferguson to the Sony hack, ‘Selma’ seizes its moment 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The first piece is mysterious, almost aphoristic, just tentative piano chords and a quizzical violin line. Music Review: Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen at Frick Collection 2013-12-09T21:56:59Z "Love Me Do" sounds like the world in which it was made: tentative, still feeling the pinch of post-war austerity. The best books on the Beatles 2012-09-26T07:00:15Z It was, in other words, a fairly convincing facsimile of a real date, ending on a tentative but possibly hopeful note. ‘The Blind Date Project’ Brings a Web Meeting to Life 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The tentative agreement applies to the unions representing the Met's orchestral musicians and its stage artists, including singers. Metropolitan Opera reaches tentative agreement with biggest unions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Last month, it was reported that Weinstein and more than 30 women had reached a tentative deal following two years of negotiations. Harvey Weinstein: fourth accuser opts out of settlement to pursue own claim 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z There’s a tentative, awkward quality to her physical performance that at times registers as a lack of confidence and that, as the story progresses, is badly at odds with her character’s intensifying ferocity. Movie Review: In ‘Divergent,’ Jolted Awake by Fear and Romance 2014-03-20T14:31:38Z She read the part from a score and sounded as tentative as she looked, coming up flat on her final phrase. Critic?s Notebook: Bolshoi Theater Gala on Live HD Broadcast 2011-10-29T00:57:28Z It was a tentative first encounter, but there was a glimpse of a shared eccentricity and sense of the ridiculous. Rosemary Gill obituary 2011-03-18T18:47:51Z And Melody strikes up a tentative romance with Jim, failing to notice the blackface until they begin to kiss and it rubs off on her. Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z A quick rundown of some of the summer season’s other offerings, conveniently arranged by category; note that release dates are tentative and as changeable as, well, a Transformer ... Summer movie preview: What to look for, by genre 2014-04-24T18:40:10Z Tourism is one of Greece’s main sources of revenue, driving a tentative economic recovery after a long crisis. Blackout leaves popular Greek Hydra island without lights, water 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z As the Gentleman Caller, Brian J. Smith at first seems too tentative, too “realistic,” for a character that is something of a caricature of a Dale Carnegie go-getter. Star-Crossed (and –Blessed) Revivals: Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams 2013-10-02T09:45:54Z She looked tentative as she ran through her dance moves on stage. That New ‘Mean Girls’ Teacher Has Homework to Do 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Journals run so few poetry reviews, and readers are so tentative, that critics who cut down one book of poems may keep readers away from the entire genre. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z The brothers' longtime estranged relationship experienced a tentative sort of reconciliation once they bonded over killing Walter Woods, the name of their hit-and-run victim. "Guilt" writer discusses the twisty finale, the importance of that enigmatic smile and Season 2 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Gerry, with his creased face, his tentative manner and his wobbly chin, seems like an easy mark. Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’ Keeps Its Cards Close 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Be forewarned: All dates are tentative and as changeable as a vampire's hairstyle. 31 movies (including one big hobbit) for the holiday season 2012-11-20T22:14:05Z Here are tentative Seattle release dates for the movies mentioned in the Toronto International Film Festival preview. Seattle release dates for Toronto fest films 2011-09-02T18:25:42Z Post chemo and radiotherapy, we were given a tentative but joy-filling all clear I remain nonplussed, however, by one aspect of this loss. My husband has ceased to exist – I still can’t understand how 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z There is no parallel harvest of thoughtful assessments of fatherhood in evidence, and the three books at hand are a tentative start, at best. Review | Why do so many books to inspire dads end up making them feel inadequate? 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z If you at first feel that some of the performances are too tentative, you come to realize that this hesitancy belongs to characters who are forever hovering on the brink of decisive gestures. Review: 3 Generations Aching to Connect ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Frank Caeti directs the mostly funny premiere, which at Friday’s performance felt stiff and tentative in its early moments but gathered conviction as it went along. Review | Need some laughs? The Second City is in town with two shows. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Then, when his first tentative romance with a man also ends in rejection, he throws himself off a bridge into the path of a lorry. Till death do us part: why do so many gay films involve a funeral? | Dee Rudebeck 2010-03-23T13:46:00Z Subtitled “A Lament for String Orchestra,” the nine-minute piece works its way through an anguished supersaturated late Romanticism reminiscent of Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night” to find a tentative peace in a sort of shimmering Stravinskian Neo-Classicism. Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2013-12-09T21:54:32Z But overall, these new songs felt tentative, held back by something Heart was never very good at: modesty. Music Review: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart Play Hammerstein 2010-08-04T21:37:00Z The Philadelphia Museum of Art and its union said on Friday that they had reached a tentative labor agreement that would end a 19-day strike. Philadelphia Museum of Art Reaches Tentative Deal to End Strike 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z His body language is tentative and private and he holds on to his guitar as if it is a life raft. Shuggie Otis – review 2012-11-21T14:04:27Z At the end, no longer tentative, the oboe powers up the scale on to a high note of defiant triumph. BBCSO/Belohavek ? review 2010-12-21T22:01:00Z Hammy, a trauma survivor who is a more bashful and tentative beagle than his predecessor, has become an equally enthusiastic traveler. John Steinbeck’s classic travelogue showcases man’s best road trip buddy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Masters, the biographer, and Jay, the cop, offer various tentative answers: Nilsen’s needs for attention and control, a Freudian link in his youth between love and death. ‘Des’ Review: Depravity, Brought to You by David Tennant 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The sequence suggested a story in which Mr. Holmes played a high-strung, not always sympathetic everyman who descends from innocence into desperation, then returns to a tentative calm. Music Review: Clint Holmes Sings Simon and Porter at the Caf? Carlyle 2012-04-11T21:38:46Z The contest took six minutes, with the bidders tendering tentative $100,000 increments. Botticelli Sold for $45.4 Million at Sotheby’s Auction 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Our eyes met now, and her tentative, vulnerable expression surprised me. ‘Humility Is What Drew Me to Him’ 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Gilchrist is a friendly, somewhat tentative screen presence, but Craig has enough intelligence and humor to be both an agreeable central character and a charming guide to life in the adult psych ward. | 'It?s Kind of a Funny Story': A Coming-of-Age Tale, Set Among the Sad 2010-10-07T23:19:00Z This sort of study is almost always tentative and highly contingent. Motherlode Blog: Dear Parents: Please Ignore the Latest Research 2013-07-19T12:31:22Z She was strangely tentative about the exchange, as if she weren’t used to buying nice things for herself. Modern Love: In Grief, a Mother and a Wife Bond 2010-08-06T17:51:00Z At times the ready choristers and top-notch orchestra players needed more direction, it seemed, and the performance became tentative. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:46:31Z Slavery was ripping apart the tentative United States of America. 'Lions of the West': A group biography 2011-12-22T00:54:03Z The Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians confirmed on Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with opera management. Metropolitan Opera reaches tentative agreement with biggest unions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The Mariinsky dancers made much of it look tentative and inauthentic, but there were occasional passages when the complex daring of Nijinsky’s imagination struck me powerfully. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z She was drawn to the blog in her early teens, Ms. Jones said, relating to Ms. Doré’s tentative approach to style, her shaky predilection for mannish trench coats and oversize scarves and jeans. Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z The last one he made is inscribed "Saturday afternoon" in a shaky hand at its base, and he eyes it with tentative, and, he leads me to believe, wholly uncharacteristic satisfaction. Leon Kossoff's love affair with London 2013-04-27T10:00:04Z What a debut – and we use the term advisedly because there is nothing tentative about Something About You. New band of the day (Dornik No 1,537) 2013-06-20T12:41:00Z A tentative connection to the novel's themes helps to explain why I might be willing to discuss mundanities like the energy I biologically ingest and expend with journalists. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z And he purposefully, it seemed, kept the finale quizzical, avoiding incisive attacks and emphasizing the rambling, tentative stirrings. Bavarian Radio Symphony Performs Brahms and Ligeti 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Similarly, Otis ripped “Ice Cold Daydream” from its tentative connection to funk and riddled it with futuristic guitar shrapnel. Concert review: Shuggie Otis at Lincoln Hall 2013-04-18T06:16:00Z A tentative deal settling a dispute over her role in the musical was disclosed in a document filed Thursday in U.S. 'Spider-Man' director, producers settle NYC suit 2012-08-30T19:32:09Z Long tentative about 20th-century art in general, the museum was all but squeamish about Cubism. ‘Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection,’ Starring Picasso and Braque 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The pianist Blair McMillen and the Collegiate Chorale joined the orchestra for Ives’s alluring, mysterious and quirky Symphony No. 4, also given a tentative performance here. Music Review: American Symphony Orchestra at 50 at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-29T19:42:45Z Mr. Allen opens “Love Stone,” his ballads record, with “Stranger in Paradise” — his quartet floating in a taut rubato from tentative major to melancholy minor. The Playlist: Alessia Cara Grows Up, and 12 More New Songs 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z So I create this long timeline with a tentative sense of order, an order that is part topographical and part intuitive. 'Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles': Rick Prelinger's new film of old home movies and studio outtakes 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Instead, they’re introduced through a panorama of character studies — tentative, tenuous and stray observations of people humbled by their emotions. A Debut Story Collection, Filled With Characters Humbled by Love 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The connections made in “Photographic Memory” are more tentative than those found in Mr. McElwee’s earlier films, which also seek answers in roundabout ways while maintaining an acute eye for light, color, space and atmosphere. Movie Review: Ross McElwee’s ‘Photographic Memory’ Documentary Opens 2012-10-11T23:50:09Z Jenner’s publisher, Grand Central Publishing, announced the news and the book’s tentative spring 2017 release on Tuesday. Caitlyn Jenner Memoir Coming in 2017 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z She became pregnant soon after I got engaged, and her due date is only a month after our tentative wedding date. Diamond ring loses sparkle among peers 2014-04-28T04:00:00Z At the hotel, Mr. Douglas looked physically vigorous, but he spoke in a voice that was sometimes fragile and tentative. Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z The fact that he’s tentative and unpredictable probably bodes for a long and storied career. Grammy predictions: 4 writers, 4 categories, 4 opinions 2013-02-08T00:31:32Z He spoke in tentative bursts, watchful, holding back more than he revealed. Rewind TV: Chatsworth; Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?; Starlings; 56 Up 2012-05-19T23:05:46Z A tentative date was set and then postponed because of a scheduling conflict with his second partner. My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third? 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Whatever the case, there is often a tentative quality here, as if the directors were reluctant to commit strongly to anything on screen, including an image that doesn’t quaver. Critic?s Notebook: At Sundance, ?Beasts of the Southern Wild? Is Standout 2012-01-28T00:06:44Z But there wasn’t anything precious or tentative about this show – which wasn’t the case when she played the same venue in 2007. Concert review: Feist at the Riviera 2011-11-05T05:45:00Z The tentative end date is May 11 when schools resume. Nightly show in Swiss block helps beat lockdown blues 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Now, her music sounds so tentative, so trapped, so shabby. Be still, the unseemly beating of Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s a first run-through of a serpentine ballad that begins with Prince coaching the musicians and yields a richly introspective performance that’s by no means tentative. Prince’s Vault Reveals a Brilliant Trove With ‘Sign O’ the Times’ 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z They reached a tentative agreement shortly after dawn on Tuesday, and it was ratified later in the day. 2010-01-20T07:41:00Z The Beethoven was strangely mellow and often tentative, with lovely moments of delicacy and introspection, but few grand climaxes and little excitement. French pianist Aimard delivers strange recital at Library of Congress His manner, tentative from the beginning, becomes by degrees increasingly unsettled and unmoored. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z We exchanged a few tentative emails, then agreed to talk on the phone. Please, Lord, Let Him Be 27 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Because unlike the tentative togetherness that ended the Season 4 premiere, this episode ends with Tom and Shiv in separate rooms, in deep pain. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 7 Recap: The Scorpion and the Scorpion 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The tentative, evanescent nature of life has been a recurring theme in Mr. Eno’s work, and he rings a memorable variation on it here. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z This led to tentative first steps in getting back together. ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, deindustrialization pushed an ailing and aging population into unemployment, toward the welfare state — always tentative, in the American case — for their survival. How Health Care Became the Big Industry in Steel City 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z She is still kicking and screaming inside and out, but moving toward some tentative kind of balance, including a loving relationship with her young daughter. Rock Lives: This Season’s Pop Music Biographies and Memoirs 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Onstage, Paul was tentative — the same performance from a more established act might be derided. Jai Paul Emerges, Tentatively, for His First Headlining Concert 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z At times, even I, an introvert who struggles to socialize, miss dating — the first tentative rush of connection and how, with someone beside you, the world seems fresh and teeming. It’s Not You, It’s Men 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The company did not announce a tentative release date for the new game. ArtsBeat Blog: New Grand Theft Auto to Cruise Some Familiar Streets 2011-11-03T16:16:43Z Mr. Carlin’s more tentative attitude toward the government is a reminder of the anxiety about even doing comedy after Sept. 11. A George Carlin Special Too Raw After Sept. 11 Resurfaces Now 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s all self-contained areas: the flat blue background tending toward the show’s wall color; his pale, somewhat grim yet tentative expression and the solid black slab of his overcoat. Picasso Becoming Picasso 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z While there were admirable aspects to her singing, she often seemed uneasy, offering a tentative “Caro nome” and not really projecting much emotion until the final scene, in which Gilda begs forgiveness from her father. Music Review: Returning to Realism and Revisiting a Tragedy 2010-10-03T22:15:00Z Three years later, living in Brooklyn at the time, he made “Quiet City,” a tentative quasi-romance about two strangers who meet on a subway platform in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Film: An Indie Gumshoe in Oregon?s Gloom 2011-01-30T02:13:01Z Mr. Shohl’s short “Silhouette,” a ruminative and atmospheric work, opens with a tentative melody for violin, almost comforted by softly pungent piano chords. Music Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church 2013-05-31T22:04:08Z Its success is uneven and, in Pastor’s term, “tentative,” with obvious challenges that range from class-based inequities in its richest cities to environmental sustainability for the state as a whole. How California Turned Into a ‘State of Resistance’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Baby is at first tentative, stumbling in her pedal-pushers and sneakers. 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z A federal judge has given tentative approval to a reorganization plan for the bankrupt Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative. 5 Things to Know in Montana for June 17 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z At first we don't know anything about Paul and Raluca's relationship, but something in their tentative talk of the future and in Paul's manner -- simultaneously cajoling and manipulative -- begins to fill in the blanks. "Tuesday, After Christmas": A sexy, slow-burning marriage drama 2011-05-27T19:28:00Z She is at once tentative and forthright, indecisive and opinionated. How Hard Can It Be for a French Girl to Go on Vacation? 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The judge originally wanted the trial to begin late last year but moved the tentative date to February when he was told the defense team was not ready. Trial set for man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's family 2012-01-19T19:03:00Z Some of it’s tentative, even the very best of it. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Miss Williams’s hiring by City Opera was of a piece with the tentative first stabs by postwar America at integrating the worlds of culture and entertainment. Camilla Williams, Opera Singer, Dies at 92 2012-02-02T22:51:38Z And you may never again see the first tentative kiss of adolescence exchanged between a boy and a bespectacled she-squid. Theater Review: ‘Billy Witch,’ Onstage in Queens 2012-11-14T00:57:55Z They can be a little bit emotionally tentative, displaying the reticence of a young man still figuring out his place in the world. Sufjan Stevens and Justin Peck Make a Ballet About Respect 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z He caught that mixture of military austerity with some wonderful plain suits, layered top pieces and tentative volumes. Fashion Review: Dior?s Urban Sense of Luxury - Fashion Review 2012-03-03T00:06:10Z But there was little sense of this tumultuous emotional arc in Mr. Tyson’s tentative rendition. Music Review: Andrew Tyson at Merkin Concert Hall 2013-01-24T22:22:23Z On it, a statement by Ritchie seems to turn the rock star’s tentative, frankly baffling campaign for America’s most prestigious legislative body into something all too real. Kid Rock on possible Senate run: “It’s game on mthrfkers” 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Their tentative attempts to communicate are repeatedly thwarted as they continue to live according to different rules – one on the floor; one on the ceiling. Film school graduates take on might of Disney in the race for Oscar glory 2013-02-17T00:09:01Z But the fun was a little tentative, too. Beyoncé’s True Political Statement This Week? It Wasn’t at a Clinton Rally 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Despite the mainstream games industry's tentative steps toward alternatives, shooting games continue to get incrementally better, and critics - myself included - often laud them for that. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Shooter Games Get Easier, and That Makes Change Harder 2012-12-24T21:00:27Z There was certainly nothing tentative about a long-sleeve black fox top with a flared skirt in that stripe. Fashion Review: The Big New Idea Is Modesty 2010-02-19T14:09:00Z As the room peppers him with suggestions about what to sing next, Bob is tentative, oddly unsure about which songs will sound good on a recording. My father recorded young Bob Dylan: How the historic "Minneapolis Party Tape" was made 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z But he is no match for the new kingpins with whom he strikes a tentative bargain that will net him one-third of their business. Review: In ‘Hyena,’ a Rogue Cop Finds Himself in Too Deep 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Still, she also endured tough words from critics about her singing voice, which Charles McNulty described as “tentative” in the Los Angeles Times. ArtsBeat: Brooke Shields Will Be the New Morticia in 'Addams Family' 2011-03-31T20:01:14Z This is a good time to catch him—he's hot, talked-about, buzz-heavy, but it's all still tentative and uncertain enough for his insecurities to fester. Hannibal Buress: Taking no prisoners 2011-07-10T14:58:00Z I asked whether she’d be willing to participate in one of these scenes by Greenwold, and she offered a tentative smile and gave it some thought. The Weird, Violent, Uplifting Paintings of Mark Greenwold 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Three months ago people were much more tentative, Mr. Lalvani said. People Are Making Out. Everywhere. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z It was a tentative emancipation proclamation, given authority by that beat. Bleached stays on the beat at DC9 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Walden evokes emotional states with elegantly composed panels: minimal, tentative lines, more delicate than a blade’s, surrounded by bold swatches of negative space. The Latest in Graphic Novels 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Nicky Silver is driving with the brakes on in “This Day Forward,” his bumpy and tentative new comedy, which opened on Monday night at the Vineyard Theater. Review: ‘This Day Forward,’ a Weird Wedding Night and What Comes After 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The brands did not share a tentative date for the reopening of their fulfillment centersn. Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner forced to temporarily halt production on beauty lines 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Beyond Art Basel, the mood within Miami’s year-round art scene is anything but tentative. Art Basel Miami Beach Returns, Smaller but Ready to Party 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z That was the tentative final score in a thrilling Super Bowl weekend game, as the superhero kids of Chronicle edged the haunted-house drama for the top spot at the North American box office. A Super Bowl Squeaker: Chronicle Edges The Woman in Black 2012-02-05T19:46:29Z The mood between them was tentative but buoyant. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z His face, which has been fixed in blankness, opens up into a tentative smile. Review: In ‘The Prisoner,’ Peter Brook Ponders Crime and Punishment 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The idea of honey and the beehive, she says, "in mythology represents the soul" – there is, she says, a sense of healing or reparation, however tentative. Venice Biennale: Iraq's art world emerges from the ruins 2013-05-29T10:00:17Z Its tentative title was "Let Trump Be Trump." Corey Lewandowski, ex-Trump campaign manager, reportedly loses $1.2-million book deal 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Ah Tao finds a tentative social life in the home, a place that Ms. Hui doesn’t sentimentalize or make into a cautionary tale. Movie Review: ?A Simple Life,? Directed by Ann Hui 2012-04-12T21:40:33Z At first, his movement is a little tentative, full of stops and starts. His Dancing Days Were Over. Then Came ‘Another Round.’ 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z After several contract extensions, the two reached a tentative deal last weekend. Sinclair, Time Warner talks will take another week 2011-01-21T22:13:08Z A tentative run date emerged and then faded as work continued. Broadway Adjourns, but the ‘Sing Street’ Band Plays On 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Leo shows tentative signs of warming to Nolan’s affection, but he is so broken that he eventually recoils from Nolan’s kindness and generosity. Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in ‘Boulevard’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z At first it’s tentative — chords and pauses, the clatter of a rainstick — but other, more ominous sounds crowd in: distorted guitar, insistent drums, rumbly low arpeggios. Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile’s Raw Duet, and 9 More New Songs 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The work’s most recurrent motif, for individual women, is a straight-legged, side-to-side teeter on point, with the dancer transferring her whole weight from toe to toe and back again — tentative but twinkling. Dance Review: ?Jeu de Cartes? by the Pennsylvania Ballet - Review 2011-10-21T23:28:56Z For all the intelligence of Mr. Puts’s score and the inventiveness of the staging, by the director Kevin Newbury, the opera seemed tentative and musically tame. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The drawings are more tentative and fragile, the pencilled ghosts of the stones sometimes barely insisting on the paper. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z And last month 21st Century Fox reached a tentative agreement to combine its unscripted company Shine with Endemol and Core Media, which are controlled by the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Reality TV production deal prices escalate amid consolidation wave 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z We met up many nights after that, and bonded over music and books, eventually beginning a tentative, noncommittal relationship. 'The clock of his life was counting down' – loving and losing my ex 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z But such bold touches are rare in this work, which is quite definite about appearing tentative. Review | In the galleries: Six artists go deep into the weeds 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s a tentative, guarded offer of affection — “Maybe we could go somewhere/Maybe we could be something” — sung breathily and hesitantly, trying to keep expectations modest. Bush Tetras’ Defiant Return, and 10 More New Songs 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The admirable efforts, in recent years, to diversify the Academy—no less than efforts to diversify the movie industry at large—have proven inadequate, tentative, even, perhaps counterproductive. Oscars 2019: A Spike Lee Win Notwithstanding, Hollywood’s Dinosaurs Prevailed 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z I can’t explain why my instincts registered so strongly in favor of some other tact: a respectful distance, an observant silence, the tentative wait and see that ultimately led me here. Jimmy Greene’s 'Beautiful Life' Is a Eulogy to a Daughter 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z This felt tentative for maybe the first two minutes of the opener, an odd-metered “Skylark.” Music Review: Al Fresco Music at Twilight With a City as Counterpoint 2011-07-07T21:29:54Z There was a brief attempt to link the tiger attack to the shooting of unarmed black men, but this seemed tentative and a little embarrassing. Review: In ‘tiger tiger,’ a Quest for Answers in a Mauling 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But after an intense, moody opening, the Brahms was tentative at times, rising to the climaxes but dissipating in energy between them. Music Review: Orchestral Recitations Of 2 Symphonic Poems 2011-04-14T22:04:47Z But some of the flavors were tentative, like underexposed photographs. At Aska, a Nordic Chef’s Vision Bears Fruit (and Lichens) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z It sprouted a tentative tendril, and then another. ‘I cultivated a joy in little things ’ - coping with isolation in the wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z On “Changes,” he finally stakes his claim, honing a vocal approach that’s soothing, tender although maybe slightly tentative, a middle ground between comfort and reluctance. Can Justin Bieber Hide in Plain Sight? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Reversing the natural order of the universe, the appetizers and the smaller “amuses” often seem more tentative than the main courses. It’s Not Fake French, It’s Frenchette 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Missen, blindfolded, takes tentative steps on the upturned logs until he teeters and falls. Company Chameleon 2010-04-16T22:00:00Z He had a tentative look on his face. My U-Turn From Isolation to Intimacy 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z While its verbal texture is gorgeous, the tortured syntax renders any interpretation tentative at best. Review | On the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, a celebration of verse 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Through the album, as he sings about a tangle of relationships, music, old injuries and tentative solace, the prime cause of his frustration and disappointment is most likely to be himself. New Music: Nathaniel Rateliff and Regina Carter Release Albums 2014-03-31T22:07:29Z While most theatre-going still involves sitting in a darkened room, some companies are making tentative steps to truly marry live experience with digital interaction. Digital theatre: 'A new sort of artform' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s also the title of a book her young self is writing, one that, you think, may ultimately metamorphose into the book we are holding, one that holds a tentative but real glimmer of hope. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z “I would call the moviegoing market during the last month ‘tentative,’” said David A. Gross, who owns Franchise Entertainment Research, a movie consultancy. Strong Opening for ‘Fast & Furious’ Film Suggests Movie Crowd Is Back 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Vera Beths was the soloist in Beethoven’s Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F. It was a tentative performance marred by memory slips and intonation problems. Music Review: Eric Jacobsen Leads the Knights at Naumburg Bandshell 2010-08-04T20:18:00Z And the tentative performance won’t be the lasting takeaway from the tour kickoff. Review | Sharon Van Etten’s 9:30 Club show was emotional, jittery and very much a new chapter 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z For there is nothing tentative about “La La Land,” especially concerning its exuberant dance numbers. Triumphant ‘La La Land’ demonstrates the power of dance to tell a story 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z That screenplay, a time-travel comedy with a Disneyland element, has been written, and a marquee comedian is “circling” it, as they call tentative interest in Hollywood. Scene Stealers: Once Writer for ‘The Young and Restless,’ is Charging Into a New Episode 2013-07-26T18:07:51Z Cassandra Wilson, a singer who is not known for indelicate music, put on a bright red electric guitar on Sunday night and played a loud, dissonant solo — gestural, atmospheric, raw, tentative and interestingly brave. Music Review: Electric Blues From Cassandra Wilson and Black Sun 2014-03-19T19:00:31Z Now she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs, after images of her struggling in the tent encampment in Idlib appeared on social media and she was brought to Turkey. First new steps for Syrian girl who used tin cans for legs 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “Considering what the Met originally was seeking in concessions, which was around 30% in cuts, this tentative agreement was the best resolution for all our members,” Leonard Egert, AGMA’s national executive director, said Wednesday. Met Opera deal allow solo singer fees cut by up to 12.7% 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Reilly speaks beautifully, but struggles with this multipurpose role, wandering through the action with the stiffness of a tentative intruder. | 'Dancing at Lughnasa': ?Dancing at Lughnasa? at Irish Repertory Theater - Review 2011-11-01T23:37:20Z The work does not purport to be descriptive, he writes, but it begins with an alarm in the percussion, followed by fulminating surges, a tentative calm and, finally, another alarm. Review: Color and Contrasts From the New Juilliard Ensemble 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Here are some of the most intriguing; note that release dates are tentative and change as quickly as Emma Stone's hair. Fall movies ? more 'Twilight' and a new Clint Eastwood film 2011-08-31T21:06:03Z Once they start Quickstepping, it’s not actually that bad, albeit not particularly quick and quite tentative from Carol. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z They exchange tentative, searching texts that skirt the line between appropriate and illicit. ‘The Half Moon’ Has a Powerful Pull 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Kole explored the darker corners of George Michael’s “Faith” and Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” both of which received hot, spicy arrangements into which Ms. Kole wove tentative vocal improvisation. Music Review: Hilary Kole Sings at 54 Below 2012-08-17T22:21:02Z Supporting performances from Laverne Cox, as Cassandra’s sardonic boss, and Alison Brie, as a former school friend, add snap and texture to a movie that’s too tentative to sell the damage at its core. ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z In December, a tentative $25 million settlement was revealed that would end many of the suits brought against Weinstein and his former film studio’s board. From #MeToo to trial: A look at the fall of Harvey Weinstein 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The most tentative performers on stage – I think of Angela Carter – could invent the most exorbitant and exotic of characters. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z And her progress towards becoming a published writer was tentative, lengthy and edged with self-doubt, suggesting a reticence at odds with the brasher face of contemporary literature. Tessa Hadley: A life in writing 2011-02-28T00:04:00Z Though the tentative schedule marks about 86 percent of what the carrier flew in 2019, Spirit plans to make frequent trips to Las Vegas, Austin, Baltimore and Minneapolis. Which US airlines are resuming service in July? 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part Two The Twilight Saga signs off with a tentative whimper which turns into a conditional bang, which turns out to be a different, provisional kind of whimper. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – review 2012-11-14T10:35:48Z He spent some time fixing reed and mouthpiece, made some tentative noises on the instrument, then switched to tenor, and a lot of the night went that way, restless and blurry. Music Review: Abstract and Fluid Jazz 2011-02-10T23:29:00Z “Notes” sound like casual, penciled-in, tentative suggestions, whereas they are actually what you slavishly obey if you wish to be paid. Gene Weingarten: the Opie-Changey thing 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z His inquiry ends up being too tentative, a lot of suggestions without any real revelations. ‘Captivated’ Revisits the Pamela Smart Case 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Much of the piece stayed in those distant realms, sustaining tones beyond the power of human breath and letting tentative melodies hang in midair. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The scene is reported rather than graphically dramatized, but the violence clarifies so much about the tentative trajectory of this tenderly observed love story. Review: Moving power of love in 'Stop Kiss' confronts brutality Her tentative steps made it seem as if she were in need of sensible shoes. Review: Pascal Riout Turns Greek Tragedies Into Antiwar Statements 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z I published a second book, Before We Began, although, like the first, it felt unsatisfactory, oddly tentative somehow. Tania Unsworth: ‘My father was almost heroic to me. Then he cut me out of his life’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z He is now making tentative first steps to learning the piano. Suede: 'They're ordinary, that makes them glam' – a classic interview 2013-02-20T13:28:56Z For these companies, physical retailing is just a small part of the broader business, and accordingly, there is something tentative about these ventures — the spaces are modestly sized, the sell is very informal. Let’s Take This Conversation Offline 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Some of the first half of the program, which also included Dupré’s “Cortège and Litany,” Franck’s “Prelude, Fugue and Variation” and Cochereau’s “Berceuse in Memory of Louis Vierne” sounded more tentative. Music Review: French, but Conversant in Many Genres 2011-05-09T21:14:58Z The performers must have seen my silhouette framed in the doorway as I took my first tentative steps into a darkness without dimension. A piece of performance art set in darkness made me see the light 2012-06-14T16:16:32Z While watching “Waiting for Forever,” I felt tentative stirrings of admiration for an indie movie that so aggressively flouts the hard-shelled conventions of romantic comedy. | 'Waiting for Forever': Undying Love in the Time of Arrested Development 2011-02-04T00:35:04Z An independent mediator helped broker "tentative agreements" in the small hours of Monday morning after lengthy talks. New York Met Opera unions agree deal 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The novel’s drama is all in emotional communication of various stripes — repressed, tentative, impassioned. Love and War in European Fiction 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z These works may be tentative, but that gives the best of them an appealing ephemerality. In the galleries: Jason Gubbiotti’s ‘War Paint’ at Civilian Art Projects A collapse in Hong Kong cinema led to a stint working in construction in Australia before Chan forged a tentative career in the movies. Jackie Chan: ‘I hate violence’ 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z The Londoners, in turn, are wary of their hosts, but, by degrees, a tentative rapport is established. ‘Pride’ Shows the Alliance of a Gay Group and Mineworkers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z She has a sweet and powerful voice that still manages to sound tentative; sadness and tragedy are her milieus. Music Review: Bluegrass Archetypes, With Gentle Voices of Ardor and Melancholy 2011-08-04T00:21:11Z The filmmakers said they also have a tentative agreement with a Los Angeles-based firm for international distribution, which is likely to be straight to DVD. 'Superhero' confronts Portugal's fascist past with satire 2013-12-10T15:19:45Z There are tentative start dates for a 2021 tour that includes a European leg but any true kickoff for a band rocking into its fourth decade still remains unknown in the pandemic. Given to Vote: Pearl Jam gets political again during hiatus 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z But the theatrical aesthetic is too tentative to bridge the chasm between ancient and modern performance traditions. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z A tentative "oh goody," then, for Sugar; who swooped from the shadows to rescue Agnes from further humiliation. The Crimson Petal and the White: episode two 2011-04-13T21:02:01Z It can start out tentative or coy then sway into outright passions. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Neither side would comment on the terms of the tentative agreement, which was reached at 11 p.m. on Sunday after 27 hours of talks over the weekend. Detroit?s Orchestra Tentatively Has a Deal 2011-04-04T21:44:46Z Leavitt said that the tentative plan is to complete the film in time for submission to the Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place in September. Alki, Capitol Hill, Belltown to star in new feature film 2013-02-27T06:24:05Z When Elena, Hayek’s character, has O kidnapped to enforce a bargain with Ben and Chon, the two forge a tentative mother-daughter relationship, mostly based on Elena lecturing O about how irresponsible and unladylike she is. “Savages”: Oliver Stone, back on drugs at last 2012-07-05T21:15:00Z After several months of tentative text exchanges, they started talking again. In Love and Out of Debt 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The album’s journeys end in a tentative sanctuary: “Home Because You’re Here.” 2010-01-10T23:10:00Z Note Ms. Falco’s tentative, imbalanced walk; she always appears to be measuring uncharted space with her feet. | 'This Wide Night': Edie Falco and Alison Pill as Reunited Ex-Cons 2010-05-17T02:15:00Z Yet there were tentative elements to her performance. Music Review: A Young Carmen, but Worldly Still 2011-01-06T21:02:34Z Last week it was reported that more than 30 women accusing the disgraced Hollywood mogul of sexual misconduct had reached a tentative settlement deal. Weinstein accusers' lawyers could get 10 times more than clients, sources say 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z I wanted to measure and clarify my understanding by employing the definitions of altruism that I gleaned from my tentative research. Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Red subway columns at the Canal Street station, tree trunks along the West Side Highway and white posts at an undisclosed location read as tentative painterly disturbances to the rigidity of the serial photo grid. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z And the ending, with the entire family embraced in a tentative rapprochement, struck her as both satisfying and realistic. Hedda Gabler to Medea to Frazzled Mom 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z While things were still a bit tentative, they got into Ahmed Ibrahim’s yellow cab, which they said wasn’t like any other cab. On-Again, Off-Again, but a Cabdriver Knew They’d Get Married 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The new album: It’s a sometimes uneasy mix of the group’s usual lush orchestral folk and tentative, synth-y disco, with too much emphasis on the former. Sleater-Kinney, the Decemberists and Belle and Sebastian look to add to their legacies 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z They whisper and look gorgeous and occasionally exchange tender, tentative smiles. Review: ‘A Ghost Story’ Has a Sensitive Specter With Time on His Hands 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z His voice was tentative, and though he has been a free man since 2016, he spoke like someone who was still getting used to seeing daylight on a regular basis. The Life of Cameron Douglas, From Privilege to Prison and Back 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Over more than 20 years, with a few tentative exceptions, the band hasn’t done a fundamental, lasting rethink. New Music: Superchunk and Tedeschi Trucks Band Release Albums 2013-08-19T22:29:24Z On visits at breakfast, lunch and dinner, I encountered servers that were tentative, even lackadaisical. 50 North puts fresh twist on American standards 2011-06-23T20:45:04Z In the Vatican, Bee and Federico become tentative, then firm friends and together set about making everything right, but not before they wreak havoc on history, almost erasing the Sistine ceiling, and Bee herself. The Cat Came Back — All the Way From 16th-Century Rome 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z So despite their love of theater, the Edwardses have been tentative and cautious about returning to their seats in an indoor audience. To go or not to live events? Here’s how some longtime Seattle arts supporters are deciding 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But her spirit remains tentative, hesitant after months of hospital visits and treatments. 'Joy for Beginners': Friends help friends break out of their shells 2011-06-02T20:09:05Z But he, like Ms. Park, sometimes seemed tentative in his dramatic delivery. Review: Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula,’ Sung by Promising Young Voices 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z At first antagonists, they become tentative allies, only to be separated by suburban fate. Same Character, Different Film: Recurring Roles in Non-Sequels 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z As the two women’s tentative friendship develops in intriguing ways, Mr. Oswald and Ms. Woodard push the action beyond the play’s more purple passages. | 'Nightlands': ?Nightlands? by Sylvan Oswald at Here Arts Center - Review 2011-10-13T22:06:03Z Last month Sasha Go Hard performed at Santos Party House with a set that was short, sweet, and tentative — before that trip to New York she’d never been on a plane. Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change 2012-10-07T04:49:05Z “I’ve still got nothing fixed in the diary for next year. It’s all very tentative,” Arnold said. With Most Pantomimes Canceled, Another Blow to U.K. Theaters 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z It came after he received a critical drubbing: "faulty co-ordination between … conductor and … cast", "tentative, clumsy conducting", "looks of fear in the vocalists' faces" are some highlights of American reviews. How Leonard Slatkin blogged an opera disaster 2010-04-05T11:47:00Z Gerwig's sadly cast as a flavorless third wheel, but Eisenberg and Page are so tentative and cold in their supposedly impetuous fling that they seem like neutered pups alongside old hound Baldwin. Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love 2012-06-19T19:16:05Z “While it still has far to go,” Mr. Thompson wrote, “in this tentative but sensible little undertaking 3-D comes of age.” ?Classic 3-D,? Straight From ?50s, at Film Forum 2010-08-12T22:45:00Z But it also felt unfocused and tentative, and the pace was halting. Nellie McKay Blossoms Under Pressure From Joan Rivers’s Lawyers 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The network has already optioned two other musicals—A Few Good Men and The Music Man—and it’s likely that they are already working on tentative plans for more live musicals. NBC Plans To Stage 'The Wiz' Live On TV And To Bring It Back To Broadway 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Within a week, according to both lawyers, a tentative agreement was reached. For L?Or?al Heiress, the Worst and Best of Times 2010-12-18T07:50:02Z The singer's website still shows a calendar of European appearances, but most of these are described as "tentative" and at least one, Germany's Burg Herzberg festival, has dropped her from the bill. Michelle Shocked 'damn sorry' for anti-gay comments 2013-03-21T10:25:33Z Still, we have at least a tentative hunch that there are still some good ideas for apps that don’t yet exist — and surely there are some bad ones as well. Style Invitational Week 1083: Good thing there’s no app for that The final movement began in so quietly it sounded as though Pogossian was playing on one half of one string, with the 15-member string orchestra coming in with tentative gentleness. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra serves up a sandwich of sad and sweet 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Yet there’s nothing tentative in the music, which saturates the frequency spectrum with ballooning bass lines, cloudlike synthesizer chords, hefty drum-machine accents and arena-scale distorted guitar. Playlist: New Music From Washed Out, Buddy Guy and Natalia Lafourcade 2013-08-09T18:39:31Z Tiffany and Pat begin rehearsing in the dance studio in the home she has built in her parents’ garage, practicing moves with a tentative step, shuffle, step, shuffle. Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Directed by David O. Russell 2012-11-15T20:57:57Z "Try it boys," he said, growing impatient after a few minutes of tentative strumming, tooting and drumming. Springsteen challenges his band with request orgy 2013-07-08T15:55:14Z The way Driver picks up that emotion, ever so tentative in reaching out to touch her shoulder, makes it clear that Rick is not sure whether the comfort of a human touch might destroy her. 'Tracks' vividly captures true story of woman's desert trek 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z And the statistics offered in “Sick from Freedom” are certainly sobering, if necessarily tentative. ‘Sick From Freedom’ by Jim Downs, About Freed Slaves 2012-06-10T21:33:04Z This new novel is a different creature — Cromwell is a different creature, less tentative and more ruminative. Hilary Mantel’s Triumphant New Novel Brings Thomas Cromwell Across the Finish Line 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z A committed community activist with a stunted personal life, he challenges her to live up to her ideals while trying to rekindle their tentative romantic connection. Idina Menzel is radiant in the flawed 'If/Then' at the Pantages 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z "As soon as anyone knows the first inkling about where and when they might be scheduled, they become very attached to it, however tentative we are." Toronto film fest boss stays cool under pressure 2010-09-03T03:05:00Z It hardly mattered that as a piece they were slightly more tentative than her older material. Music Review: Fiona Apple at Music Hall of Williamsburg 2012-03-25T22:04:58Z The band didn’t quite mesh; the rhythms were a little stiff, the interaction between the two saxophonists was somewhat tentative. Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Cordero and Ms. Davis have a fine sense of the tentative rhythms of their characters’ interaction, which is pocked with silences that resonate with feeling. Review: In ‘Nice Girl,’ a Sudden Ray of Hope in a Dead-End Life 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z It had its charms, but was tentative and ultimately minor. With Wit and Anger, Ayad Akhtar Addresses What It Means to Be American 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s unclear whether this week of high energy in the borough where the band spent its formative years is a tentative moment of rebirth or a celebratory wake. Together Again, for Now: The Hold Steady in Brooklyn 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z They want to deliver meaningful information to a tentative reader without coming off as condescending. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Because Larkin kept meticulous notebooks, one can readily study the tentative drafts and gradual evolution of every poem. Book review: ‘Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love,’ by James Booth After months of on-and-off negotiation talks, the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative agreement to end the nearly 150-day-long writers strike. End to WGA strike is in sight: Writers Guild and studios reach tentative agreement 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Braiding this concern into a larger portrait of loss, “The Little Bedroom” is a gentle, melancholy drama so pale and tentative that its very colors appear washed away by grief. ‘The Little Bedroom,’ About a Nurse and a Willful Patient 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The second stanza evokes the tentative initial process of composition. Poem of the week: Two in the Campagna by Robert Browning 2010-07-26T09:44:00Z Rather than a massive, solid object like the Angel of the North, it is much more tentative. Antony Gormley drops 60-tonne load for monumental sculpture 2010-08-27T17:05:00Z As the humans establish tentative bonds with their evolutionary cousins, the inter-species waters start to muddy. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z She was a delicate presence — not tentative so much as gentle. Music Review: Solange at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-12-13T23:06:41Z But his tentative forays into social media revealed fans’ fierce devotion to “Blue’s Clues,” which helped persuade Burns to take ownership of his legacy. ‘Blue’s Clues’ Returns, and Silence Is Still the Star 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Authored by three scholars from the Getty and three x-ray technology experts from Belgium and Holland, the study includes what the Getty is calling a “tentative color reconstruction” of the long-submerged portrait. Getty learns more about young man lurking beneath its Rembrandt `Old Man' 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z That very afternoon at baton lessons, Raymie meets sweetly optimistic Louisiana and scrappy Beverly, and a tentative friendship begins to form. Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Raymie Nightingale’ is a fairy tale for our times 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z From the beginning of the night, she was tentative and inconsistent. Review: Mariah Carey and Her Can’t-Look-Away Debut in Las Vegas 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z I let each one sniff my hand, and offered a tentative pat. Journeys: Through the Alaska Wilderness Behind a Team of Sled Dogs 2012-03-02T23:24:30Z He begins a tentative, chaste courtship, earning Hazel’s sympathy by delicately letting his guest take away the impression that his wife is dead. | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out 2010-12-09T04:30:00Z As other countries and pockets of the United States begin making tentative steps toward a return to normalcy, there have been plenty of conversations about what habits we’ll keep from our time sheltering in place. Perspective | Forget all those reading lists. During a quarantine, any book will do. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z This may be the most tentative, formal and charming romance you’ll ever encounter. Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Lila:’ an exquisite novel of spiritual redemption and love The Philadelphian’s paintings, 12 of which are now on display at Artist’s Proof, are derivative but hardly tentative. In the galleries: ‘Strictly Painting’ is anything but 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z While he is aggressive even at times of indecision, Florence, at her most decisive, still seems tentative and hesitant. Movie Review | 'Greenberg': Ben Stiller as a Slacker in Noah Baumbach?s Work 2010-03-18T21:46:00Z Those desires remain mostly unexpressed except for a few tentative caresses. Movie Review: ‘Mosquita y Mari,’ by Aurora Guerrero 2012-08-02T21:19:57Z The playing he drew from the orchestra, however, was inconsistent, sometimes lean and crisp, sometimes unfocused and tentative, with frequent messy entrances. Music Review: Deborah Voigt in Met?s ?Der Fliegende Holl?nder? 2010-04-25T22:14:00Z It was the last stage of my tentative teenage quest not to be a boring person – or at least to deceive the world into thinking I wasn't. Gap-year travel won't broaden the mind ? it just turns the young into fantasists 2011-01-09T00:05:35Z After a two-year stalemate that sparked a feud with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Strathmore has reached a tentative agreement with its unionized box office staff that extends their contract through June 2024. Strathmore reaches agreement with ticket-sellers to end two-year standoff 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The chasm between these groups remains vast, but tentative connections are being established. In Dubai’s Al Quoz, the Gritty Opposite of Glamorous 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z By the end of Nottage’s play, he is shattered, stumbling across the bar with the tentative help of younger guys who are slowly learning to give him a hand. American Playwrights Try to Reinvent the History Play 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Casting around for ideas, Hayes and partner Jo Spratley made tentative inquiries among artists about a possible benefit record for Smith. Cardiacs tribute album to raise money for paralysed singer Tim Smith 2011-02-03T21:59:01Z Their first, tentative name, The Way Out, reminds people of a suicide textbook. Review | In David Mitchell’s splendid ‘Utopia Avenue,’ a ’60s rock band finds its groove 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z A baby elephant took a tentative dip in a swimming pool in Thailand on Thursday as part of a lengthy rehabilitation process to heal her injured foot. Thai baby elephant gets water-based treatment for injured foot 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Even as the strength of the African diasporic connection to the drum is augmented with a hint of hip-hop, something seems tentative, perhaps withheld. Review: Afro-Colombian Dancing Reawakens the Joyce Theater 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The vignettes in “Easy” involve inflection points, muffled moments of questioning or confusion that — in mumblecore style — reach only tentative resolutions. Review: ‘Easy’ Stars the Young and the Muddled, Connecting in Chicago 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Yet everything about the staging and performance that night, including Ms. Fleming’s sometimes lovely but cautious singing, seemed tentative. Fraught Seasons at Met and City Opera 2010-05-08T21:35:00Z A tentative link was also seen for depression and air pollution. Growing up in air-polluted areas linked to mental health issues 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Megha, though, was more tentative on this subject in her interview. Date Lab: She had no expectations and was delighted that he didn’t either 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It pained him that it took such a terrible tragedy, but for the first time in recent memory he’d gotten some tentative RSVPs. For years, he tried to get other gay people to the gun range. Would they come now? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Over the past few years, there had already been a tentative rapprochement between the two former enemies. Poland's Walesa to pay last respects to foe Jaruzelski 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Yet what's truly grownup about "My Everything" isn't the bedroom talk but the confidence with which Grande expresses herself, a real shift from her charmingly tentative manner on "Yours Truly." Ariana Grande makes big things happen on 'My Everything' 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z But more often they reinforce each other’s introspection, turning thoughts of mortality into power pop or facing down loneliness with tentative voices but utterly sure-footed buildups. Playlist: New Music From Best Coast, Fol Chen, Admiral Radley 2010-07-23T20:46:00Z Then we hear a few tentative bassoons backed by a paltry drum. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z But it’s easier for a new restaurant to settle down after an excess of high spirits than to recover from a tentative start. At Nur, an Open-Armed Approach to Middle Eastern Flavors 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z After months of being shuttered, movie theaters in many states have begun the tentative process of reopening. Christopher Nolan Says ‘Tenet’ Will Come Out This Summer. Should It? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z But the experiments never carry that audible hint of tentative desperation you get from artists riffling through styles in search of something that might fit. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito – review 2013-04-11T14:29:01Z The sly, suggestive orchestral music that establishes the mood of “Ballo,” a tale of conspiratorial intrigue at the court of King Gustavo III of Sweden, sounded curiously tentative. Review: James Levine Conducts a Noirish Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Our relationship has been marked by blowups and tentative rapprochement for nearly as long as I can recall, and it is not one that has changed much over the years. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z Kinnock, who is 68 and usually still gleams with purpose, is both grave and tentative when he talks about the pain of recent self-examination. Hare v Kinnock 2010-04-12T19:00:00Z Passos himself writes McLeod off as just another of those “tentative believers, the worldly wise” who get more from the Bible’s beautiful language than from the call to action those words implore. ‘Elders’: Mormon odd couple wrestles with faith and doubt 2013-05-23T20:27:47Z This is a vision of a country that’s grand yet tentative. In the galleries: Playful piece will keep you on your toes at Flashpoint Gallery 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z As attraction blooms into a tentative romance, Nora grows a little more confident, and her sense of self becomes a little more defined. ‘Cocoon’ Review: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Just as welcome are tentative signs that Nepalese politicians are growing a little less awful. Between a rock and a high place 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Restrained but never tentative, remote yet enormously affecting, the movie’s evocation of artistic compulsion is accomplished with confidence and verve. Review: ‘Eden,’ a D.J.’s Passion for Electronic Music, by Mia Hansen-Love 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Offstage — when speaking in an interview, for instance — Dormeshia is much more tentative and circumspect. She’s the Queen of Tap. Is Her Moment Now? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z How many more times can the American posse be immature for our tentative pleasure? American Reunion: Is There Sex After High School? Hell, Yeah 2012-04-05T15:42:20Z How strange that a filmmaker as idiosyncratic and fearless as Denis has made such a generic, tentative film. ‘Both Sides of the Blade’ Review: Who Do You Love? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z On the evening I attended, at the close of the sermon one person cried out “preach,” and then the rest of the crowd, tentative at first, followed suit; soon the entire audience was yelling. Anna Deavere Smith Contains Multitudes 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Whether they are able to retrieve their former intimacy, or whether it has been chased away by the transformations wrought in them by their travels, provides a tentative resolution. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-11T08:01:01Z For the last few years, the music industry has begun a tentative reckoning with its institutional sexism and, even more tentatively, racism. Celeste, a Young Singer With an Old Soul, Makes Her Move 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Can you tell me what it's called or what the tentative title is? "I bought into the whole diet industry": Valerie Bertinelli on loving herself, food and Betty White 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The tech giant is snapping at everyone’s heels with its first tentative steps into original programming. Carpool Karaoke: The Series – Apple's original TV is all stars and no substance 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z But too much of “Hesitation Marks” sounds tentative. Nine Inch Nails, 'Hesitation Marks' review 2013-09-03T16:31:00Z The American Federation of Musicians finished counting votes early in the afternoon on the tentative deal reached after marathon weekend negotiations. Detroit Symphony musicians ratify new contract 2011-04-08T21:41:11Z In one scene, the tentative lovers are exchanging whispered sweet nothings. Adam Sandler: goofy chipmunk known for fart jokes has a serious side too 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z At first, segments of the melody are played in tentative, harmonically rich strands. Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z When word got out the documentary was being made, there were tentative emails from BBC engineers and mixers - all of them bass players - almost a masonic underground of slap players who became involved. Paying homage to 'slap' bass 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z After years of stops and starts, the band are "in fine fettle", Bono said, recording songs under the tentative album title 10 Reasons to Exist. U2 reveal working title for new album 2013-01-17T11:25:28Z Then, glancing at his dad, he whispers the requisite, tentative "Thank you?" The Other Woman: Natalie Portman's Best Performance 2011-02-04T00:05:00Z He’s made tentative steps toward reconciliation over the years, but maybe none as convincing as inviting the agit-noise post-backpack rap duo Run the Jewels to open for him Friday at Madison Square Garden. Run the Jewels to Join Jack White 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The St. Thomas airport is open to emergency relief flights, and with a tentative plan to resume daily commercial flights Sept. 16, pending assessment and cleanup, according to the Virgin Islands Port Authority. Travel Companies Have a New Clientele: Hurricane Evacuees 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Bruce was contained and tentative, but sang with cutting intensity. Review: PWR BTTM Is Part Theater, Part Punk, Entirely Captivating at Joe’s Pub 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Her answers are tentative and not always surprising: It's her way of trying to find them that sets her apart. New works by poets Jennifer Moxley, Judy Halebsky, Saeed Jones 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z That's when they opened the doors of their take-away cafe for a few tentative hours "just to get a feel for it," says Whittsitt. Open your pie hole! Seattle shops offer sweets and savories 2011-02-02T03:01:04Z The tentative answers offered by his music — full of allusions, distortion and whispers of the past — suggest that the grappling itself is a vital part of that identity. Whispers of an Italian-Jewish Past Fill a Composer’s Music 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Ayckbourn also slyly suggests that virtue brings rather more than its own reward, in that the tentative Tristram ends up enjoying a surprising amount of unsolicited sex. Taking Steps | Theatre review 2010-03-29T20:30:00Z They work well within the tentative improvised arrangements, moving from groove to tightly-wound intensity with a smiling sense that they are happening. Todd Rundgren: 'What I'm doing isn't even really music' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-03-13T13:01:33Z Four pregnancies: two losses over two years, followed by one little girl, followed by one baby, currently inside, who occupies a tentative place between a pregnancy and a living child. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z In spite of the accolades and a tentative release date set for India early next year, Bose knows her film is not for everyone. Indian film-maker hopes to take gay issues out of the closet 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z They are tentative innovators, if innovators at all. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Blurred Lines’ Makes Robin Thicke White Soul’s Leader 2013-08-02T22:17:15Z Overall, though, the piece felt like a collection of thoughts, with a slightly tentative sense. Review | Paul Huang nurtures the new amid the canon 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Davis McCallum’s sometimes tentative direction tries uncertainly to marry the whimsy and sincerity in the writing, but inconsistencies remain. | 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z Speaking in a quiet, tentative tone, Mr. Fallon seemed to be reliving the experience as he recounted it. Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World. Then Came Trump. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z I already wish Mr. Koh — whose movement seems increasingly tentative and whose prostrations are becoming more frequent — would stop while he still has knee joints. Art Review: Crawling for Peace in a Not-Quite Salt Mine 2011-03-10T16:30:07Z The next 15 years were ones of slow maturing, revealed in a trying-out of various idioms that to the world must have seemed oddly tentative. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z “Considering what the Met was originally seeking in concessions, I think this tentative agreement was really the fairest resolution for our members,” said Leonard Egert, the national executive director of the guild. Met Opera’s Deal With Its Choristers Has Less Savings Than It Sought 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Its sets of self-sabotagingly tentative lovers bring to mind Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” and “Cherry Orchard,” while its depiction of a misunderstood and misunderstanding man of intellect evokes Ibsen’s abrasive doctors and master builders. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Change in the Air 2013-07-12T16:58:10Z A few tentative, toothy encounters between man and man-eater over the past decade became, last summer, newly bloody. The Summer of Shark Politics on Cape Cod 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Madonna appeared as a tiny figure onstage, surrounded by giant video projections of a dancer moving from a self-protective clutch to a tentative, then joyful unfurling and back. Madonna Is Still Taking Chances 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The first steps were tentative, but by the mid-1970s they had become giant strides, and a generation of players emerged that reshaped the course of jazz all over the world. 50 great moments in jazz: Jan Garbarek, ECM Records and the 1970s European renaissance 2011-03-28T14:13:00Z And though the institution already has a tentative name, Marin says he’s already come up with a nickname of his own. Cheech Marin teams up with city of Riverside and Riverside Art Museum to develop Chicano art center 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z However I’m working on the premise that you are exploring the prospect on a more tentative, conversational level and if so I’m happy to discuss. Life has nothing to offer – should I bow out now? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The Navy sent Ms. Nuñez-Carvalho to El Salvador with a tentative return of Nov. 10. Another Effect of Covid: Thousands of Double Proxy Weddings 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z In five parts, this beautiful piece revealed the strengths and few weaknesses of the ensemble, strong as a group if sometimes tentative or strident in individual voices. Calmus brings Christmas carols to Wolf Trap 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But Ms. Borodina seemed to have trouble scaling down her smoldering voice for this intimate music, and her performance sounded tentative. Music Review: Finding the Right Pace (and Support Crew) for a Marathon 2010-10-22T22:44:00Z It's usually thrust upon primary schoolchildren in music lessons after a tentative introduction to the joys of the recorder, and just before they're old enough to discover the preset demos on the class keyboard. Hey, what's that sound: Glockenspiel 2010-04-26T15:56:00Z His senior year is eventful beyond the gridiron, as he navigates a tentative relationship and reconnects with the father who left him. ‘The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z At home, the plastic test wand showed the palest plus, tentative but definite at the same time. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z Sometimes the chords sounded off pitch and tentative. Music Review: ?Benjamin Button,? the Opera, at Symphony Space 2010-06-16T21:11:00Z Eisenberg has grown a tentative beard; his eyes are hooded and hostile; he hauls, loads, does unending physical labor without apparent pleasure. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z But on the Dave Davies side of the equation, the prospect is still tentative. Talk of a Kinks Reunion Heats Up 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z It was unclear if the new tentative deal would raise or cut pay. The Met Opera and Two Unions Reach a Deal, Very Quietly 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z After a somewhat tentative start, Wagner's performance gained in vocal strength and dramatic confidence over the three acts. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z The year 1947 did mark a tipping point between the savagery of the immediate past and the tentative stirrings of postwar potentialities. Surviving Europe’s Horrendous 20th Century 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The book ends on a tentative upswing, when Lennon returns to London to record his imaginary “occult jazz thing” full of “the squalls and the screechings” of “violence, love, and tenderness.” ‘Beatlebone’ review: What does John Lennon need to find his muse again? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The orchestral performance was tentative and sometimes mushy, however, and the diction of the soprano, Emily Albrink, who sang expressively, was unclear. Music Review: A Tour of Two Continents: Jaunty Mexican Musings to Somber Cosmic Questions 2011-03-27T22:09:35Z Note that movie-release dates are tentative and as changeable as a Northwest autumn sky. Fall movie highlights: James Bond's 'Skyfall' and 'Twilight's' end 2012-08-29T21:57:04Z Though tentative, the findings across our studies suggest that people who selectively keep some objects and delete others fare better following a breakup than those who obsessively keep or delete. Social media always remembers — which makes moving on from a breakup that much harder 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z She says she's "a lot more tentative and shy" a writer than she was when she wrote White Teeth: "I assumed I had enough energy to describe everything." 2009-12-10T17:55:00Z Strout is playing with form here, with ways to get at a story, yet nothing is tentative or haphazard. Elizabeth Strout’s ‘My Name is Lucy Barton’ review 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z It flagged who the show was for: suburban girls who liked reading and were tentative about boys. Does the world need a dark Netflix reboot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch? 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z We were quiet, as if our talk would shatter the tentative fire line – the fire was still burning, after all, and would be for weeks. When the fires came for us 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z |
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