| 单词 | whittle |
| 例句 | "Each month it gets whittled away and has to start from nothing and build itself up again. It returns, full and shiny, every month. You shouldn't give up either." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He wanted only to go on with his whittling, and turned away from the food. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Dawn Madden sat in the cockpit of an ancient tractor, whittling a stick. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Sairy reached into her own pocket and withdrew her whittling knife and a block of wood. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Idle and withdrawn in her grief and shame, she whittled away the days making lace for nothing, reading her newspapers, tossing them on the floor, picking them up again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was a black curtain; the stars, ice chips whittled by an old knife. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dearest Ivy,” said Gran, setting down her whittling. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She could whittle a slice of wood to fit it—and pack it securely with mutowa sap and wild cotton fiber. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By October 30 the original 175 had been whittled down to 80 boys competing for a seat in the first two freshman boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tiller sat down on the porch steps, took out his whittling knife and a piece of wood from his pocket, and shaved slivers from the bark. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z All morning they scanned the ocean around them, searching for open water as their floe was whittled down to the size of a tennis court. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Bill is leaning against the pole, whittling and whistling, looking like he ain’t got a care in the world. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He liked to sit out front whittling on some rough little santo, watching the prairie dogs establish themselves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the knife and sliced off sliver after sliver of wood until the rest of the branches had been whittled into weapons. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He stopped whittling and checked the blade against his thumb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She was whittling on a long piece of wood - making a bow. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A few days later, Tree-ear crouched under the bridge, watching idly as Crane-man shaved another sliver of wood from the chopstick he was whittling. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z While retreating from Moscow, Napoleon’s army was whittled down to almost nothing by a harsh winter and an equally harsh Russian army. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Without thinking, Naomi had whittled a good-sized potato down to the size of a plum. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Leaning against an old picket fence, he whittled casually on a small piece of wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Brian had taken to carrying a pocketknife with him at all times, and he often whittled pieces of scrap wood when he was working something out in his head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Enoch sat on the floor, whittling a piece of hard clay. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen him whittling, worrying blocks of pine with his curved carving knives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I was angry about not getting any fish,” he said as he returned to his whittling, “so I struck my crutch against a rock. It broke, of course.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z When I picked it up, I saw the tip of it had been whittled sharp. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He showed them his carpentry tools, and whittled them each a little wooden spoon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, they whittled the number down to 150 photographs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Riders competing in ordinary weekday events needed to whittle themselves down another 5 pounds or so, while those in the lowest echelons of the sport couldn’t weigh much more than 100. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa ain’t like Ma, he holds up on his whittling to talk. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Who does not? But I have nought to whittle.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Thirty' hazel sticks had been whittled and dried, tipped with sharp nails, carefully nocked. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a solid, taxing workout, whittling ten pounds off of Seabiscuit’s frame. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the floor and then pulled out his pocketknife and started whittling his nails. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d cut off a chunk of the Aztec emperors and whittled them down until there was only one remaining. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was apparently a big deal that we even got to perform; some committee had whittled down a stack of submissions and chosen, of the many, only ten acts to be onstage today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He sits on a chair in the corner, whittling on his mop handle, like he’s turning it into a very thin totem pole. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He took out his knife and whittled some thin strips of bark off one of the sticks he'd gathered, to serve as kindling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was whittling, the shavings falling to the floor right outside the kitchen where we were standing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They waited for the sheriff to leave, but he leaned back against the fence and whittled away at his block of wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then with a bit he bored a hole lengthwise through the square part, and with his knife he whittled the wood till it was only a thin shell around the round hole. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I whittled another hook, but this time I cheated and used string to wind it together instead of bark. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved the smell of the wood he was whittling, even the acrid smell of the oak that Brother Matthew was working. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z A thin beak-nosed man who skulks outside the telegraph office, whittling little wooden boxes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Samuel whittled out a stout piece of sagewood and drove it into the soil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I whittled out one of the old knotholes to let the smoke out, and built the chimney down from this. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Houston had carved a recognizable profile of President McKinley out of pecan wood, a difficult wood to work, and entered it in the juvenile whittling division. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I spent the evening whittling and thinking about the owl high in the forest with the first new life of the spring.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This farm was hard work; I was whittled down at least two sizes what with all the chores and hauling and carrying. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The first two days’ worth of competition was to whittle those two thousand plus fencers down to a manageable sixty-four when the elimination bouts began. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When she had found one long and straight enough, she whittled an end with the panga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the steep grade, soil erosion from rain and wind whittled down food production year by year. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z One teenager was whittling at a lump and not paying me the blindest bit of notice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On full scholarship, he was one of eighteen students, whittled down from hundreds who auditioned. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z With their sharpest kitchen knife, she whittled the pencils into points. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Here thy whittling will be more at home,” said the friar, settling Robin in a small trundle cart and giving him the pieces of the little cross which was almost finished. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The first day is used to whittle down two hundred fencers to forty-eight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “And for this flashlight and these boots. They’ll come in handy. And I’ll leave some money for these whittling knives, too.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “June 20 “I decided today to dig a pit to trap a deer, so I am whittling a shovel out of a board I found in the stream this morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet was sitting on a camp stool, whittling slowly on a stick, making a point, sharpening the point, sharpening, sharpening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the cottage, Gran sat upon a stool by the little fire, whittling something that looked like a crutch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The knobs on our dressers were whittled down to damp stumps, and our beds were matted with fine, short hairs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He don’t try to do whittling and nothing else together since he near whittled his little finger off that time whilst telling ’bout how hard he use to work in Kentucky. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I whittled an angle on that twig, and bound the two angles face to face with a strip of green bark. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When she succeeded, and even when she didn’t, patients and their families would leave small tokens for her: a whittled figurine of a bird, a hairpin, half a loaf of bread. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My battle rage fades, leaving me feeling like my insides have been whittled away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sitting next to Longstreet, on a stump, also whittling, was a tall slim man with an extraordinary face, eyes with a cold glint in them, erect in posture even as he sat, cutting a stick. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tiller, I think Dallas might want to help you fix this porch. And maybe we ought to do some whittling tonight. Got any extra knives?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “If thy hands are busy, time will pass more quickly. Dost like to whittle?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It whittles you down to lie up to fifty times in the space of the fifteen minutes or so it takes to do a “survey,” even when there’s a higher moral purpose to serve. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I called the nuthatch “Barometer,” and when he holed up, I holed up, lit my light, and sat by my fire whittling or learning new tunes on my reed whistle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When the log could no longer be used as a canoe, Cole pulled out the knife Garvey had given him and began whittling and shaping the deep groove into an eagles head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Singing, and the thought of doing so in front of an audience, was another mesmeric way of whittling hours. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma was back to working on that sweater and Pa was whittling away. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He whittled them with his knife, he rubbed them with sandpaper and with the palm of his hand, until when Laura touched them they felt soft and smooth as silk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The desk was empty except for an old pencil whittled down to a nub. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then Pa gave her a little wooden man he had whittled out of a stick, to be company for Charlotte. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s time to whittle down the “people I’m avoiding” list. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But his body was already whittled by a lack of food from his time of fever and now his belly pressed against his backbone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Pauline, twenty pounds thinner, looked like a more concentrated version of herself: whittled down, somehow, pared down to her essence. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pa had whittled the hooks out of a green stick with his knife, and had driven their straight ends deep into holes in the log. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the shade of the old ticket window a man sat whittling a stick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Pete says to me, whittling off fine splinters from the ends of his chopsticks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, after handing Tree-ear the bowls to wash, Crane-man sat down with his knife and a sturdy straight branch and began to whittle a new crutch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And in the effort of it all, she had stunted herself, blighted herself, whittled herself to a bone of a thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The man fed them, whittled toys for the little girl, and, through a line of intermediaries, contacted the railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He whittles and hammers: he’s making a gun. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z First I whittled an angle on one end of the twig. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a thrill to whittling down her possessions to little more than what she’d come with, to those three rooms in Cambridge in the middle of a winter’s night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I get the sense that if I were to whittle her down to her core, she would be Abnegation all the way through. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the south end of the island, the Cal lead had been whittled down to a quarter of a length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tiller touched the piece of wood Florida had been whittling away at. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Prison was whittling him down, carving away what little softness and gentleness he had. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They had baseball bats, real ones, not the whittled two-by-fours most people carried, and wore sunglasses. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I cut off a green twig and began to whittle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He had almost finished whittling the stave into shape, when he realized with a start that he was singing—singing! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was considering it, he took up the hoe blade that had crossed the Atlantic in our mother’s purse and shoved it onto a long pole he’d whittled to fit its socket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s trying to whittle something using a pocketknife. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the end, he whittled the list down to five names. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With his penknife he whittled sticks to make pegs and fastened the board to the box with them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But before he could even raise the sharp sword to whittle his life away, they found the beggar’s mind had already broken into a thousand pieces. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The final selection was whittled down from suggestions by magazine staff and Winfrey, who weighed in on the final list. Oprah, Rosie grace cover of O's breakthrough issue 2011-09-07T12:07:52Z And yet we had asked each of them to nominate their 10 to 15 favorite rooms ahead of time, which the group would whittle to a list of 25. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z They whittled the selection down to around 30, and asked for more information. Richard Meier on the Getty Center as it turns 20 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z And that was after whittling staff down to a skeleton crew working on reduced pay. 35 music venues receive King County coronavirus relief grants 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z As a producer, Mr. DiCaprio saw cuts of the movie as it was whittled down from its original four-hour running time. The Carpetbagger: Leonardo DiCaprio Didn’t Exercise His Producer’s Prerogative 2014-01-16T17:56:19Z That Yusuke hasn’t upgraded the analog sound system in his carefully maintained car says something about his character, the mysteries of which are whittled away over the course of the movie. ‘Drive My Car’ Review: A Director Takes Your Heart for a Spin 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z He whittled down his cast of almost 20 characters from some 800 people he researched and photographed. Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z For a free wedding, they would need to cede control to the will of a pizza parlor, and their guest list would need to be drastically whittled to around 40 people. Weddings at the Pizza Parlor? That’s Amore 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Levi Fisher Ames’s fantastical whittled zoo creatures from around the turn of the last century are worth the price of this book all by themselves. Books and Museum Treats for Art Lovers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Judges took six hours to whittle the list down from 20 to six and were, by the end, unanimous in their choice, said Hughes. Ex-Sesame Street writer makes Orange prize shortlist with first novel 2011-04-12T17:10:42Z I think, if anything, my recent battles with work have been about having too many ideas and trying to whittle them down to one and just spinning with the possibilities. Polly Stenham: I ploughed on and made lucky rookie choices 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Then there was the whittled waist, whether it was achieved with a crisscross of patent leather or with plastic molded on ribbons. Dior Says It With Flowers 2012-07-02T17:48:48Z Tonight, over a drawn-out hour, 50 contestants are whittled down to 24 by having their skills tested with a good old Aussie barbecue. America: The Story of the US 2010-09-06T05:45:00Z He was the perfect castaway, a man who would be at ease whittling driftwood into fish hooks while lost at sea. The 12-Hour Goodbye That Started Everything 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The Peak TV era was already defined by too much choice and too little time before the pandemic whittled away at our willingness to take on the additional psychic weight of devastating fictions. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Her writing process usually involved whittling sentences down to their bare essence. Marga Minco, Who Chronicled Jewish Life in Wartime, Dies at 103 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The 12 shortlisted photographs were whittled down from more than 3,000 entries by a panel of experts. In pictures: The Art of Building 2012-08-16T13:07:00Z Organizers, sponsors and city officials come up with wish lists, which they whittle down until a final decision is made. Roots' hometown fans want their heroes to headline 2010-06-09T20:40:00Z Baker keeps whittling away at Sam’s story, even after she is returned to the United States, where she is serving a 6½ -year federal sentence for aiding terrorists. Review | In a sea of documentaries and podcasts, ‘Frontline’ is still a standout 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Then habitat loss and market hunters’ shotguns whittled away at the birds’ numbers. De-extinction won’t make us better conservationists! 2013-09-06T12:40:00Z This year's event will showcase 88 features, whittled down from a record submission of 5,624. Elton John documentary to open Tribeca film festival 2011-03-08T13:04:08Z Eventually, the teams are whittled down to one contestant, who wins a recording contract and $100,000. Daly: 'Voice' is a fresh take on TV music contests 2011-05-10T06:31:12Z Medina was the most visible casualty of this week’s cuts, which whittled down the group of contestants to 24 semifinalists, 12 men and 12 women, who will begin performing next week. ArtsBeat: 'American Idol': The Top 24 2011-02-25T10:50:25Z Ms. Aughterlony occupies herself near a wood pile at the back of the stage, while Ms. Livingstone whittles a tree branch with a knife in the front. Zurich Meets New York Festival Offers ‘In Disguise’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z More than 110 new and returning series made the shortlist for this roundup before being whittled down to the 20 that appear here. A Winter Bounty for Serious TV Fans 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z By the end, however, it was whittled down to two straight white men who are both older even than the Baby Boomers. Author Kylie Cheung: As the "perpetrators of sexual violence," men need to join the feminist fight 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z When her friends bring their children around, she insists that they learn to whittle or follows them as they search for frogs. Cas Holman’s Search for the Ideal Playground 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The list will be whittled down to five films in January, with the winner revealed at the Oscars ceremony on February 27. Banksy in line for Oscar nomination 2010-11-19T16:20:00Z What did the recipe research and development look like for this book, and how did you whittle that down the recipes? From cheesy brie bites to gooey jalapeño poppers, "Savory Baking" has a place at your holiday table 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z "Idol" down to 7, Kent's Stefano Langone still in it "American Idol" whittled itself down to 7 contestants tonight — Thursday, as of this blogging. "Idol" down to 7, Kent's Stefano Langone still in it 2011-04-15T02:14:00Z Our guides cut down wild passion fruit for us to sample, pointed out spiders as big as a hand and chopped bamboo to whittle into cups. 2 weeks, 1 country and a world of wonders in Thailand 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z They were eventually whittled down to 65 works that range from painting to drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed media and video. Art Created 100 Years Apart, Linked by Trauma, Offers Solace 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z The Open is, of course, golf's great democratic fairytale, its final field of 156 whittled from 9,000 entrants, many of them amateurs. TV highlights 13/06/2013 2013-06-13T05:59:01Z A nocturnal forest tableau with Leo whittling a long stick with a blade on the left side of the image while Justine walks toward the camera on the right. The Oscars: Manohla Dargis Looks at the Overture to ?Melancholia? 2011-12-30T17:03:44Z The list will be whittled to three when the Oscar nominees are announced Thursday morning. The Carpetbagger: Johnny Knoxville’s Makeup Passes the Street Test 2014-01-14T19:58:13Z After receiving dozens of nominations — some from the dance world figures they spoke with, others from aspirants putting themselves forward for the position — they whittled down the list to 20 candidates to interview. City Ballet, Shaken by Turmoil, Chooses New Leaders 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Then he whittled and chipped at the dark neck of the bronze head. My long strange winter trip with John Perry Barlow, a legend in the making 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The pool will be whittled down to 12 finalists, who will undergo a rigorous "Glee" boot camp. How Oxygen's "Glee" spinoff almost didn't happen 2011-02-03T03:22:02Z The Grammy membership generally selects 20 potential nominees in categories and internal committees whittle those lists down to the five or seven eventual nominees. Ousted Grammy chief suggests awards are tainted 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z But he became disillusioned with acquisition and decided in 2008 to whittle down his personal possessions to a mere 100. Get organized this year ? declutter! 2011-01-12T22:39:04Z Contestants will be whittled to 15 after the event's opening fashion show with judging decisions based on competitions and interviews done during the week before the telecast. Beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown in Las Vegas 2013-06-16T15:11:08Z Earlier this year, a panel of three international judges whittled down a longlist of 509 books of poetry, received from 40 countries, to a shortlist of seven volumes. Palestinian poet wins Griffin Prize 2013-06-14T11:35:06Z Those who stay the course find their creative time whittled down by the need to perform at international trunk shows, at global gala events and museum displays. | Style: Dirty Pretty Things 2012-11-30T05:03:15Z We’re seeing this moment where they can take hold of a city or a union and just whittle it all the way down. “Detropia”: Can Detroit be saved? 2012-09-07T17:45:00Z Today the process of whittling down entries to a shortlist of five is convoluted and works in a way that is totally unlike the other Oscar categories. Oscars 2012: Foreign film nominees 2012-02-22T08:32:55Z It is a resolutely international show with the seven shortlisted artists whittled down from 750 after an open call for nominations. Artists on Artes Mundi shortlist explore death, memory and immigrants' rights 2012-10-04T16:22:26Z Before then, Emanuel began to whittle away at city costs, and he’s made several announcements in recent weeks about how he plans to reduce city costs and boost revenue bit by bit. City budget preview: fee increases, no tax hikes 2011-10-11T17:56:00Z The contestants were whittled to 16 after the show's opening number, in which the beauty queens introduced themselves one-by-one. 21-year-old Californian wins Miss USA crown 2011-06-20T14:16:44Z The delicious heap is whittled down to crumbs between bites of the sandwich. Review | Twin bistros in Northern Virginia put a personal spin on Indian cooking 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The Academy Awards foreign language winner was whittled down from 66 submissions, with countries allowed one submission each. Denmark's `In a Better World' wins foreign Oscar 2011-02-28T02:37:16Z Eventually, the team whittled down the book into a 90-minute presentation consisting of 21 excerpts from the book. Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The original 90 selections were whittled down to 20 that were virus free. How can producers secure zinfandel’s future? By looking to the past. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z We, the viewing audience, have survived almost another full season of "American Idol" and have watched as the show whittled down thousands of contestants from across the nation to just three. How did we end up with three clones in 'Idol' Top 3? 2010-05-19T18:46:00Z Shawn René Graham’s script is problematic, too, whittling away at both the depth and number of characters. Review: In ‘A Christmas Carol in Harlem,’ Scrooge Wants to Make You Laugh 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “It was basically a very intense summer and a few months on top of that to whittle away at what really belonged here.” Rock critic Jessica Hopper on being young, female and unapologetic about her place in the canon: “If I don’t fit in it, then who the f**k does?” 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Once the original 12 were whittled down to eight, things began to go much better. Gordon Ramsay: appetite for destruction 2012-06-08T22:01:04Z Small, roughly whittled and painted sculptures of animals by Wilhelm Schimmel, including a lively four-inch-tall bright red squirrel gnawing a nut, look as if they were made for a toddler’s toy box. ‘A Shared Legacy,’ at the American Folk Art Museum 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The wannabe pastry-pummelers will be whittled down again this week, leaving the worst to be kneaded viciously and baked at gas mark 6. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z Even by the beginning of the pandemic, when the museum slashed 25 jobs in April 2020, he said there had been a gradual whittling down of wages and resources for those who make the least. ‘We are in crisis mode’: Museum workers are turning to unions over conditions they say are untenable 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But at least we had a common enemy, these chortling little crazy people who whittled us bare at times as we longed for sleep and dinners communing with uninterrupted sentences. What he said before he died 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z Pei-designed extension space was a geometrical marvel, looking a bit like a Tuscan hill town whittled down to its Platonic forms and polished to a jewel-like finish. The National Gallery’s old ‘new’ building is new again 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Soon he whittles the number of contestants down to three. Becoming the National Thanksgiving Turkey, a slightly cheesy story This year, the longlist will be whittled down to six contenders on 9 September, with the winner due to be announced on 14 October. Booker longlist set to be revealed 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z For a major show, Crockett might receive 1,000 CVs; from these, he'll choose around 500 performers for the first round of auditions, then whittle those down to a shortlist of "recalls". 'Next!': the secretive world of casting directors 2013-05-21T18:30:01Z Some might find slightly pathetic the fact that, when asked to name the song that makes me cry, my first thought was how to whittle it down to just one. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z The team from Red Rock Films initially focused on about 80 nests and then whittled the list down to 50 pairs they would follow 24 hours a day. Waddling into view are the stars of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’ 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z “I said, I need whittling lessons, I need riding lessons, I need banjo lessons, I need dude camp,” he recounted. Benedict Cumberbatch and the Monsters Among Us 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z They are not starving but are condemned to an enervating whittling away of their physical resources. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T10:00:00Z Well, it is if you are Bear and you also happen to have a six-inch knife strapped to your leg, with which you whittle, chop, carve and stab everything in sight. Bear Grylls: Born Survivor and Dive, Dive, Dive! 2010-05-04T07:00:00Z “We whittled it down to what the hardest things, the utmost honest things were,” Fallon said. Jimmy Fallon Is Sorry. But What Does That Mean? 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z At the Pickathon festival, where the best artists look as if they’d been whittled from the surrounding woods, this singer performed in a tiny barn. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z By the time I'd sorted through what I definitely wanted to keep, and then rigorously sorted through again to whittle the pile down further, there were comfortably 2,000 books to be somehow disposed of. My book cull 2010-11-24T09:29:00Z Consider how the average duration of stage drama has been whittled down since Shakespeare's time. Ten-minute plays: the most fun you can have in a theatre? | Alfred Hickling 2010-03-19T14:10:00Z While an economist for Wolfe's estate testified that works that include "Stairway" earned gross revenues of nearly $60 million in the past five years, defense witnesses whittled that down. Backstage pass to making of Led Zeppelin's epic 'Stairway' 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Next, we start whittling the list down to our absolute favorites. The gift (cards) that keep on giving 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z The longlist will be whittled down to six titles on 9 October. Musician Watt makes non-fiction list 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z What “#DaddyWillSaveUs” offered, instead, was a vision of society whittled down to individual self-obsession: a belief in the total sanctity of individual rights and freedoms, taken to the greatest possible extreme. The Sad Attempt to Make Trumpism Cool 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z She started by whittling ox carts and making farm animals out of pine cones, before discovering the possibilities of other materials. Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z For this programme of Beethoven and Schumann, the orchestra was whittled down to the chamber-sized dimensions of his regular employers. Hall?/Zehetmair - review 2011-01-21T18:03:20Z Quinn has made a couple of failed runs this year at a borrowing plan to whittle down the state's backlog of bills and could do so again this fall. Source: Quinn plans layoffs of thousands 2011-09-06T05:01:00Z He expects to end up with roughly 30 hours of raw “Shark Trek” footage that he will whittle to 42 minutes for broadcast. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Offill’s whittled narrative bursts are apt vessels for the daily experience of scale-shifting they document — the vertigo of moving between the claustrophobia of domestic discontent and the impossibly vast horizon of global catastrophe. Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences whittled the selections down from 170 films. Documentaries About Doping and Jane Goodall Make Oscar Shortlist 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z They managed to narrow it down to a shortlist of nine films before whittling it down even further to just five nominations. 7 must-see foreign films that didn’t get an Oscar nod 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z A stalk here or there for snacking, a little bit more for stews and soups, but the amount never seems to whittle down. Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce recipe — and 8 other favorites 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z These were whittled down to 168 in a public consultation in which the hippos were overwhelmingly the favourites. Tyneside's hippos wallow in national approval at last 2012-05-23T10:17:56Z Each song is invented differently, but generally Maya likes to whittle her songs down from long jam sessions. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z About 600 actually showed up to court, and the numbers have slowly been whittled down closer to the 12 jurors and six alternates the trial calls for. Harvey Weinstein trial: how finding an impartial jury became a spectacle 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z In many great operas, composers have had to whittle down an epic literary work into a suitable libretto. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z A shortlist of nine is created by the Academy’s special committee, which is then whittled down to five by “specially invited committees” in LA, New York and London. Roma and the Oscars: why has Hollywood ignored the foreign language film? 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Jones was given just three cameras to cover the action and less than 24 hours to whittle the three-hour-plus show down to a 90-minute special airing the following night. The real Emmys fun happens at low-profile event 2010-05-28T04:42:00Z Generally, members of the academy submit entries, which are whittled down through a series of ballot votes to the top 15 in a category; then a nominations review committee selects the five final nominees. The Remix Grammy: For the Art and Science of the Musical Cocktail 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Sam Mendes, who directed the London and New York productions, whittled it down to three and a half. The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z By the following week Mr. Sellars had whittled it down to 2 hours 3 minutes. Toni Morrison?s ?Desdemona? and Peter Sellars?s ?Othello? 2011-10-25T21:57:27Z Over the years, it's been whittled down to Antony & the Johnsons. Six Songs of Me: Joe Taylor from the Music Hoarder 2012-08-14T13:00:00Z Crafting an online dating profile is an art: Singles must whittle their most impressive yet personable characteristics into a few hundred characters. Analysis | Four letters can say a lot: Why people put their Myers-Briggs personality types in their Tinder profiles 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z We whittled it down to three parts, three chapters. Q&A with Rufus Wainwright: Playing gigs during the pandemic and why he took a road trip with his therapist 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In total, they looked at some 1,200 applications, which are being whittled down by those curating the three-day event. How to build your band’s brand: Upstream workshop aims to help emerging artists 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Once the bowls were whittled down to a politely unfinished nut or two, Ann-Marie announced that dinner was ready. A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-10T18:10:13Z He managed to whittle that down to 35. How Edgar Wright used music to transform the heist movie with ‘Baby Driver’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z “I think he’s actually thinking about so many things at once and trying to whittle it down in those pauses,” Mr. Sawyers said. Breakthrough Performances From the Summer Movies Season 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z To reach the final 12, the initial thousands are whittled down to around 100 to screen test, with the best 60 advancing to a three-day audition. Behind the scenes at The Great British Bake Off 2013-07-20T18:00:00Z No matter how much she worked out, how skinny she could whittle down her frame, her hips were still considered big, her breasts full. Moving Through the Lens 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z He shakes his head and whittles a sharp point onto the end of a stick. All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z From age 17 to 23 he was on the seas, and he probably picked up from fellow sailors the practice of whittling flotsam into small-scale wood figurines. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, a statuette of the Virgin Mary is whittled into a sex toy and after Benedetta and Bartolomea, er, apply themselves to it, the audience at the Cannes press screening applauded the film’s blasphemous nerve. Cannes Film Festival: The Director of ‘Showgirls’ Takes On Lesbian Nuns 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Stefon: Oh you know, it’s that thing where associate professors have tuxedos and they sweat on ketchup packets and they whittle with their little pretty molars… Seth: Yeah, that’s definitely not a thing. As ?SNL? season ends, signs of a coming shift 2012-05-16T04:30:00Z She’ll whittle that to five by the time a jury meets in June to select the winner, whose name will be announced around Child’s 103rd birthday on Aug. 15. How do you keep Julia Child’s legacy alive? Pay it forward. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The former art school student sketched, riffed, and whittled a collection of songs — the ones his wife liked — into his fourth album. Q&A: Jeff Ament feels alive again with Pearl Jam’s return 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The shows arise from Amazon’s latest pilot season, in which the first episodes of multiple shows are made available for all to watch and vote on before being whittled down to a select few. Amazon Orders Full Seasons for Five New Shows 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z They will then whittle the group to five women and work with them on a sample script. Transparent creator to recruit female transgender writer for second season 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z He gardened, he whittled, he pastured cows, and he almost never spoke. How Roger Ailes Degraded the Tone of Public Life in America 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The 12 candidates were whittled down from a long list of more than 220 albums. Alternative Mercury Prize 2013-09-14T00:21:58Z Somehow, “The Daily Show” host managed to whittle the list down to fit in a 10-minute segment. Jon Stewart savors Donald Trump’s epic self-destruction: Getting mad at him is like getting mad at a monkey for “throwing poop” 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The just-completed Hollywood round whittled the field from hundreds to 40, in two episodes and three televised hours. "American Idol" recap: Hollywood episodes 2011-02-18T21:43:14Z At first they went out with groups from work, and soon they whittled their group down to just the two of them. An Elopement Closer to Home 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Now, the task is to whittle that very, very long list down. Not the Booker prize 2011: vote for the shortlist 2011-08-10T15:25:49Z Since Lincoln Center announced its 10-film roster, however, that list of 76 has been whittled down to nine potential nominees — and only three of the films on offer here were on it. Movie Listings for Dec. 27-Jan. 2 2013-12-27T05:38:34Z Add a pinch or two of authoritarian control, and artists are quick to whittle wit into barbs. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z A list of more than 50 possible names generated by branding firm Revolver New York was whittled down to a few. From ‘Liz’ to ‘The Jason’: The bizarre trend of fancy apartments with human names 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The eight interviewees, who were whittled down to six for the documentary, were asked about everything from their childhoods and past lovers to whether they knew other people “like you.” A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Contestants will be whittled to 15 after the show's opening fashion show number based on competitions and interviews during the week before the telecast. Beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown in Las Vegas 2013-06-16T10:04:09Z Experts in archaeology, architecture and art whittled down the 2018 list from over 170 nominations by governments and other groups. British piers, Alabama buildings named among 25 at-risk monuments 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Have you ever done this and do you whittle yourself? "All Creatures Great and Small" star on animals, slow-burn romance & what makes a Scottish Christmas 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The contest was quickly whittled down to 16 women, including Miss South Carolina USA Erika Powell, who was celebrating her birthday, and Miss Colorado USA Marybel Gonzalez, her family's first college graduate. Miss USA field narrowed to 16 finalists in Vegas 2012-06-04T02:00:14Z They whittled that down to the 70 videos to be shown on an outdoor screen on the museum's grounds. Cat videos get their moment at Minn. film festival 2012-08-29T18:17:18Z In the next round – that's to say the round that will whittle down the longlist to a shortlist – there's a clever new procedure. Not the Booker prize 2011: Nominate now 2011-07-27T14:53:49Z With elaborate light shows and glitzy outfits, 34 contestants, representing countries from Ireland to Turkey, competed in semifinals this week to whittle that number down to 20. Undertones of debt crisis at European song contest 2010-05-28T16:21:00Z “For instance, if the production company received 100 names from a visual-effects company, they may say, no you’ll have to whittle that down to 20.” Waiting for the Credits to End? Movies Are Naming More Names 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. McLane, who grew up mostly in Evanston, Ill., said he has whittled down his wardrobe choices into a reliable uniform. The Look of the Man Who Creates the Look of the Oscars 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Blaine drew, whittled and made small sculptures from the time he was a small boy, using clay from a nearby river bed that his mother fired in the kitchen stove. Blaine Gibson, Sculptor of Figures in Disney Parks, Dies at 97 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The Met sometimes does this for its shortened, English-language holiday presentations aimed at families, which whittle down works like Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” to two hours or less. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Once, when she cut an owl the wrong way, she whittled it into a mother and a baby owl. A Thousand Cuts 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The organization began publishing this non-ranked list of fifteen back in 2009, which is then whittled down to a ranked top five, including one winner. The BBC Knows Who Will Be A Superstar Before Anyone Else 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z From around 600 suggested names, the curators whittled their choices down to the final 50. 2010-01-15T05:03:00Z She whittled them down one by one — dating a few along the way — until Mr. Moody was the last man sitting. She Wanted a Mate, He Needed a Mower 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z In the documentary feature category, 238 films in contention were whittled down to 15. ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ and ‘Borat’ Advance to the Oscar Shortlist 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The videos are often accompanied by music or narration while challengers whittle away piece-by-piece. People peeling raw eggs has become a viral trend on TikTok 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z I tried to whittle down with pills, but they made my heart lurch. Curse of my birthing hips 2012-12-20T01:00:00Z This weekend, college basketball will whittle its postseason tournament down to the Final Four. Barry Bonds Trial: Why the Government Should Get Over It 2011-03-25T09:50:00Z The group will be whittled down over the next few days to 10 finalists, who will compete in a climactic round Saturday in front of a paying audience. Placido Domingo kicks off Operalia, says he's up for L.A. Opera opener 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z We wandered over boardwalks and mossy rocks, past bright-yellow balsamroot and through aspens shimmering green, their bark whittled with names dating back decades. A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z As it had with Roberts, a few hours with the Dollies had whittled into them. After 50 years, the mystery of these Vietnam War photos of ‘Donut Dollies’ is solved 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The story that she and Baum have written and rewritten over the past five years — including more than 90 songs whittled down to about two dozen — draws on both real and unverifiable events. Perspective | People said her great-great-aunts posed as white and robbed banks. So she wrote a musical about them. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.” Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z That, for me, has been the hardest thing: really whittling down my voice to just that filigree of a sound, singing on what I would call a thin edge of the vocal cord.” Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The menu isn’t epic, but if you need to whittle down the possibilities, cut from consideration the metallic-tasting grilled broccoli and the carrots that are not flattered by black garlic and dates. Review | The stars align at St. Anselm, a tavern for the times 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z In an effective, if transparently manipulative narrative element, the duo’s sled dogs are the prime casualties, and we witness their ranks whittle down in a variety of horrifying ways. ‘Against the Ice’ Review: Snow Buddies 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Committee members, selected by the academy, review the music shortlisted by voters, and whittle those names down to a final ballot. Grammys Ready Pandemic Show, as the Weeknd Boycotts Future Awards 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z PG: It sounds a little like what Lucy’s done: taken a sprawling canvas, a huge novel by Pasternak, and whittled into small moments of theater. Carly and Lucy Simon on Music, Fame, Sibling Rivalry and, Yes, James Taylor 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Lindsay Lohan is due back in court Tuesday morning to surrender for a 90-day jail sentence that is likely to be whittled down by overcrowding and other credits. Lindsay Lohan due in court to report for jail term 2010-07-20T13:39:00Z The overall process will take two weeks, whittling down the vast pool which began with 608 individuals. Gigi Hadid dismissed as juror in Harvey Weinstein trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z And so from that we started to whittle down a giant board of topics to the few that we were able to tell full stories on. Jordan Klepper has a theory on comedy: It's "baby explosions of humanity" 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Even more time — 74 years — had passed since that summer when a wounded soldier met the doctor who changed his life and handed him a cause that became whittled into his soul. ‘The unparalleled champion’: Bob Dole’s forgotten fight to get Washington to recognize the Armenian genocide 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z We watch as the core lineup of the original Temptations is whittled down to the last man standing. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z It certainly has a lot to offer: a 180-mile-long coast whittled with spectacular ports like the walled towns of Budva and Kotor, immense valleys and dawdling rivers seasoned with wild water chestnuts. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z One by one, zombies stab, beat or throw a mace-like bear trap at the five kids, eventually whittling the group down to the nice girl. Spoiler Alert: Why Everyone Is Talking About The Cabin in the Woods 2012-04-16T10:45:53Z Prepare to get down and dirty as you whittle the plump chops down to clean white bones. Afghan Bistro review: In a Virginia strip mall, kebabs that evoke Kabul 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z When you and Sam went through your songs and whittled the amount down, what was that process like? "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Sasha is the consummate literary sad woman, the superlative embodiment of an alluring silhouette: a woman contoured and whittled by her suffering, self-destructive and utterly destroyed. Cult of the Literary Sad Woman 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Ronson is always careful not to overly whittle his conclusions lest they snap under pressure. Jon Ronson’s ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The shortlist was whittled down by a panel of judges from more than 4,000 submissions, Shortlist out for £12,000 photo prize 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Cutler, meanwhile, is obviously keen on making quick decisions, and whittles the accounts team down by 50% in the time it takes Stan to order lunch. Mad Men recap: season six, episode seven – Man With a Plan 2013-05-15T22:00:00Z The trio spend the first reel observing and commenting on the film’s universal object of desire, periodically seen — thanks to a repeated herky-jerky camera pan — sprawled on the sand, whittling a piece of driftwood. In Andy Warhol’s ‘My Hustler,’ Love Is for Sale 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z But my method is to throw out a lot of stuff and whittle it down. When Paul McCartney teamed up with Elvis Costello, the Beatle got back on track 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z A longlist of 29 was whittled down to four finalists announced in February. Derry celebrates culture capital success 2010-07-15T19:41:00Z Such vast choice means I need to quickly whittle options down before heading to a new region. How to choose a great restaurant from reading the menu 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z How did you guys whittle down these to what made the final cut? “Music is so abused these days”: XTC’s Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the “cruel parent gene” toward your own art 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Editors at Granta had a hard task whittling down their catalogue to two books this year. 'A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval 2013-09-18T18:25:17Z Now 76, Mr. McMurtry, the country’s highest-profile book dealer, recently decided to whittle his enterprise down to one building, which will remain open with an inventory of about 150,000 books. Larry McMurtry’s Book Auction in Texas 2012-08-12T22:14:33Z Now he serves as the head of Bad Blood Records and recently whittled Spank Rock down to a solo act. Pop & Rock Listings for May 30-June 6 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The group Stereo Hogzz was voted off the show Thursday, whittling the field to 10 acts. LeRoy Bell redeems himself on 'X Factor': ranking the field 2011-11-11T19:14:05Z The characters in monster and alien movies are often whittled down to one or two feelings. Amazon's "Vast of Night" is a Richard Linklater, sci-fi, "All the President's Men" thriller mash-up 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z He shows the rigorous process that, on this week, whittles 50 sketches down to nine. James Franco's 'SNL' doc plays at Tribeca Fest 2010-05-03T01:30:00Z When she lost the weight and whittled away a waist for herself, she had all the goods: voice, smarts, concentration — and then she had the beauty.” A Tough Mama Tries to Find Her Inner Diva 2011-06-23T23:07:53Z More than 300 nominations were submitted and whittled down to five finalists including a health worker, two teachers, a district education officer, and two workers devoted to fight maternal and child mortality in remote villages. Nepali TV talent show seeks the civil servant with the X-factor 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z I had spent months whittling supplies down to the final shakes of a cinnamon tin and a last roll of toilet paper. I Was Done Dating. Then I Joined a Hookup App. 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Experts in archaeology, architecture and art whittled down the 2018 list from over 170 nominations by governments and other groups. British piers, Alabama buildings named among 25 at-risk monuments 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z For wry nipples, cynical nipples, nipples whittled from discounted Peperami sticks or those like hard-boiled eggs with eyebrows drawn on? What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z It was a piece he had carved — whittled, he would say — for one of his children or grandchildren, before he had his ecstatic vision that set him on the course of becoming an artist. Michael Stipe, Another Outsider at the Art Fair 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But to Gondry's fans -- who may have been whittled down to a purist core at this point by his wobbly, wandering career -- that scene will seem like the key to the whole enterprise. "The Green Hornet": Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's 3-D mishmash 2011-01-13T01:30:00Z From here the baton – doubtless whittled from an overhanging branch – was passed to Ernest Thompson Seton, the man whom Baden-Powell acknowledged as the real "father" of the scouting movement. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z We see James whittling a log, a Cailleach, this season that he says is tradition for his family to burn on Christmas night. "All Creatures Great and Small" star on animals, slow-burn romance & what makes a Scottish Christmas 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z As I nursed the baby, I whittled down the plan. After giving birth to my first child, I wondered: would I ever want sex again? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s an oligarchy built on a currency that accrues through sacrifice: protruding pelvic bones, whittled limbs and prominent clavicles. Review | In the darkly comic boarding-school world of ‘Oligarchy,’ being thin is everything 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z She’s a bully, after all, and old people require a lot of expensive upkeep that will likely whittle down the inheritance. Theater Review: ‘Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas’ at St. Clement’s 2012-12-05T21:59:34Z Under Rolston’s eye we see the dummies, which date from as early as 1890, as unique, handmade objects, roughly whittled and painted in broad, slapdash strokes. Matthew Rolston photos of ventriloquist dummies have much to say 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z However, over a five-day period, this makeshift band recorded 12 songs — whittled down from a pool of 30 — and emerged with "The Messenger," a moody record rooted in sinewy blues, and smoldering soul and twang. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Over the course of two years, a research team scoured archives and galleries for documented depictions of Palladio — some with labels saying they portrayed the architect — and whittled those down to about a dozen works. Italian Team Posits That 2 Portraits Show the Architect Andrea Palladio 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In "Squid Game," the candies are a part of a carving challenge that has unfortunate consequences for contestants who are unable to perfectly whittle out its embossed shapes. 'Squid Game' viewers start dalgona candy challenge on TikTok, here's how you can make it at home 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The group has been whittled down to 10, and two will compete in the June 21 final. Politics commandeer stage in Mideast TV contest 2013-05-12T18:29:08Z But eventually we eliminated the contenders whom we considered to be unqualified or disagreeable, whittling our choices down until only two major candidates were left. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z They say that their ever-changing bodies are sculpted and whittled and plumped through nonsurgical means: Instagram filters, dermal fillers, contour powder, squats. How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The directors, then working as editors, whittled all this down to a fast 113 minutes and, voilà, “Undefeated” is up for an Oscar. Movie Review: ?Undefeated,? a Documentary by Dan Lindsay and T. J. Martin 2012-02-17T00:36:40Z It’s a journey Kaiser embarked on when whittling the Marcianos’ collection down to about 120 works for viewing. L.A.'s Marciano art museum will debut May 25. But first: A sneak peek 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Ballet Theatre also brought in the Englishman Antony Tudor, who rethought the art form, whittling away its ornamental frou-frou to express the inner life in a startling modern way. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame Of the approximately 60 writers who were approached, 55 said yes, and the theater whittled that number down to 50. ArtsBeat: A Theater Celebrates 50 Years With 50 New Films 2012-09-27T19:17:13Z Not through big ideas in Washington, D.C., but through tedious grass-roots whittling. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Hubbe imposed full daily classes, stressed pointe work for women dancers and whittled down the teaching staff to less than 10 to create consistency. Danish Ballet, revamped, takes fresh U.S. tour 2011-06-17T11:28:41Z After years of fiscal struggle, ACT is again balancing budgets, paying bills on time, and slowly whittling away a $2 million-plus debt owed on a bank line of credit. It's no act: Scandiuzzi rejuvenates a prime Seattle theater 2012-04-10T22:15:23Z Scattered everywhere are accouterments for esoteric gentlemanly pursuits like falconry, backgammon, whittling and spinning tops in leather, horsehair, Donegal tweed and hand-turned bronze. | Toys for Boys at ICFF 2013-05-20T16:51:23Z He is also girding to whittle down “Live by Night,” which sits at an overinflated 165 pages and is due to begin production early next year. Ben Affleck Stars in David Fincher's ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The Voice "The Voice" names winner in season finale The final four contestants were whittled down to one last night on NBC's "The Voice," the "American Idol" competitor that we liked from the very beginning. "The Voice" names winner in season finale 2011-06-30T12:31:00Z A 15-person panel was assembled for this competition and it whittled down 25 firms to four, whom Broad paid $100,000 each. Boldface Names Give Los Angeles a New Cultural Center 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Whenever I try to picture what they look like, I see a bunch of caricatures: grubby-faced rubes hunting possum or whittling wood — recreational sports of the hillbilly Olympics. All the ways I killed off my dad 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z On that hard drive is where most of those proposals will likely remain, whittled down to just one winner. Let's launch a festival of the impossible 2011-02-04T14:52:39Z For more clips from "The Judge" screening — in which the group discusses various approaches to rehearsing and the challenges involved in whittling the movie's layered story down to size — check back here through the week. 'The Judge': How Team Downey found its first movie 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z All the Seattle experience options were fascinating, and I struggled to whittle down to the three I attended for this article. Forge a knife from a horseshoe? Attend a concert in a secret mansion? AirBnB Experiences show visitors a different side of Seattle 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z “Like good actors, they whittled it down to a few symbolic moments that added up to the legend of Florian.” Review | ‘Good Company,’ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s follow-up to ‘The Nest,’ is a sweeter novel with higher stakes 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z These were juxtaposed with a whittled wooden sculpture. Wes Anderson, Curator? The Filmmaker Gives It a Try 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Directed by the pair for Dead Centre — their Dublin company, familiar to New York audiences for the shows “Lippy” and “Hamnet” — it whittles Chekhov’s script down to a bare 70 minutes. ‘Chekhov’s First Play’ Review: A Play-by-Play of the Play Within the Play 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Limbs are hacked off with such nonchalant frequency, it sometimes feels more like an extreme whittling contest. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Spartacus: Blood And Sand 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z The "exceptionally diverse" shortlist - whittled down from more than 60 entries - includes a gothic mystery and a teenage romance. Children's authors vie for award 2014-05-01T10:34:57Z Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, a stable five-piece for eight years and three albums, were whittled down to two after the sudden departures of Robbie Guertin and brothers Tyler and Lee Sargent last year. REVIEW: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Loses Three Bandmates, Presses On 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The cast, whittled down to 12 members, serves as the orchestra, playing instruments while acting, in what has become a signature of Mr. Doyle’s style. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Ruthlessly whittled to a mere 90 minutes, this accessible “Dog in the Manger” whizzes along on a stage that’s bare except for a few simple scenic pieces suggesting Spanish Golden Age architecture. Review | Slapstick, mugging, uneven acting in this ‘Dog in the Manager’ 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The preliminary competition that started on Thursday will whittle down the crowded field to the top 12 candidates for the pageant night, the Miss Universe website said. Miss Universe beauty pageant kicks off in Manila 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z If he sentences her to jail in October, the amount of time he orders her to serve would be whittled down because of jail overcrowding and various credits. Lohan Freed From LA Jail After Posting Bail 2010-09-25T07:54:00Z We took the top three vehicles listed in each segment and whittled down contenders by selecting only those that Consumer Reports labeled "Most Reliable" in a survey issued in its April 2010 issue. Toughest Cars On The Road 2010-03-29T21:00:00Z Twenty finalist teams were whittled down to the five grand-prize-winning teams. Florida middle schoolers win big for inventing device to stop flash floods 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The Martian, in which Damon whittles a crucifix for kindling, is a testament to human ingenuity in a godless universe, but it is not propaganda. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z A field of 10 video of the year nominees will be whittled down at the start of the show and the night's winner will be determined by fan texts. Hot young stars lead the way at CMT Music Awards 2010-06-09T09:01:00Z Put a pound bag of peanut M&M’s in front of me and watch me whittle it to fun size in no time. Review | For exceptional Korean food, book a table at Anju 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z To redress this, organizers of the award -- now called the Man Booker Prize -- drew up a list of 21 books from 1970 which an expert panel has whittled down to six. Four dead authors on shortlist for lost "Booker" 2010-03-26T16:08:00Z By testing different groups, they whittled down the number of fragrant compounds from thousands to just four that appear to be most important for the scent. 'Super-smeller' helps develop swab test for Parkinson's disease 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z So, they responded in a simple way – by whittling away the grief exception. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z It always is, but this year we have such a terrific set a nominees – the best in years, by all accounts – that it seems a genuine shame to whittle them down. Academy Awards: season's splits pave way for the Mr Potato Head Oscars 2013-01-30T18:10:01Z The judging panel, which also includes publisher Liz Calder, novelist Tracy Chevalier and actor Helen Lederer, will whittle the 20 books down to a shortlist and name the £30,000 winner on 8 June. Orange prize longlist tackles difficult subjects ? and alligators 2011-03-16T00:05:01Z So we worked with a dialect coach who helped us all kind of whittle it down to the same region and keep us all on track. Emmys 2014: 'Fargo's' Allison Tolman marks a major understatement of the year 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Inspired by stories of the ocean liners her grandparents once traveled on, she whittles a little wooden boat, the S.S. Review: Tina Howe’s New Englanders Thrash in the Shallows of ‘Singing Beach’ 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z To whittle this story down to 10 titles required some little cheats. The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Now, however, whether it’s adding muscles on a superhero, a boost of tears on a sad expression, or whittling off pounds, years, or another performer’s entire face, anything is possible. Like auto-tuning for your face: This is why those “shocking” paparazzi photos of celebs aging go viral 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “Everything you can have, crime, sex, politics, history, everything” happened during those four years when the papacy was whittled from three men to one, guide Henry Gerlach told me during a walking tour. Biking and baring it all on a tour around Europe’s Lake Constance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z It loses momentum in its first half and is burdened with dialogue that seems to have been whittled from the twigs. In ‘Saints & Strangers,’ a noble attempt to tell Thanksgiving’s grimmer truths 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The 19 nominees for the Class of 2018 will be whittled down to just five names by December. See The 19 Artists Vying For A Spot In The Rock Hall Of Fame 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z But in an hour-plus of talking, she whittles down the length of their relationship. Review: In ‘When It’s You,’ Isolation Has Consequences 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z "To condone the whittling away of the rights of any one minority group," Ickes declares, "is to pave the way for us all to lose the guarantees of the Constitution." Ansel Adams' 'lost' book about Manzanar 2011-07-20T22:34:04Z The titles were whittled down from a record 83 submissions accepted for consideration. 'Ida,' 'Leviathan,' 'Force Majeure' on Oscar foreign-language shortlist 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Robinson Jeffers famously queried, “What but the wolf’s tooth whittled so fine/The fleet limbs of the antelope?” Yellowstone’s Most Famous Wolf Gets Her Own Book 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The jury in my case was given a list to whittle down to four nominees and a winner. Yes the Baftas ignored black actors, but there aren't enough on TV 2013-05-16T15:54:14Z But without that comparison, it seems we’re less inclined to eat vegetables for vegetables’ sake, no matter how prettily we whittle them down. Rice that cauliflower and spiralize that zucchini all you want. You’ll still miss your carbs. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Dinerstein and Mr. Goodyear explain that they started with a list of 500 candidates that they whittled down with the help of interviews with students, friends, colleagues and others. Museums Special Section: In Washington, 100 Examples of the Epitome of Cool 2014-03-19T20:36:17Z When she was 11, she picked up the guitar and spent hours in her bedroom every day, practice taking the place of solitary hobbies like whittling and rock collecting. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z By concentrating on the decorative arts, the monstrous vases and the whittled totems, the Art Institute’s show starts to map an approach to contemporary studies of Gauguin that goes beyond that balance-sheet rundown. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Cat Deeley returns as the host of the show which sees hundreds of hopeful professional dancers whittled down to 20 who compete for the chance to dance in the Hollywood version of the show. VIDEO: Redknapp on new dance talent 2011-03-25T13:07:30Z The final jury – whittled down from a pool of more than 600 people – consists of seven men and five women. Weinstein team to allude to emails with accusers in presentation to jury 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z This year, 43 entrants were whittled down into 26 finalists, who performed at Altice Arena in Lisbon. Netta Barzilai of Israel Wins Eurovision With a Chicken Dance 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Jagger, now 75, curated the music and helped whittle down the tracklist from the Stones’ litany of hits. Russian ballet moves like Jagger in Stones-inspired show 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Contestants from 50 states and the District of Columbia will be whittled to 15 after the show's opening number based on competitions and interviews during the week before the telecast. 51 pageant queens compete in Vegas for Miss USA 2012-06-03T10:30:09Z After being whittled down to a shortlist of 10, five short films were nominated in this category. Oscar live-action short film spotlight: From voyeurism to a donkey with headphones 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z This week, in the first public vote of the season, the 14 finalists will be whittled to 10, and in just four weeks the new “Idol” winner will be crowned. The New ‘American Idol’: Youth Gone Wild and an Understanding Dad 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z In what Rice describes as "a very amicable process," she worked with her editor to whittle the manuscript down to the version that would eventually be published. 11 facts about Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Such anxiety emerges as one of the strengths of House’s raw and tender prose — “Mother Noise” feels lovingly labored over, expertly whittled and chiseled into its current frank form. Three Memoirs That Re-examine Challenges in Life and Identity 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The entrants were whittled down to a list of 29 ensembles that participated in the semifinal and final rounds, and were judged by a panel of 15. Calidore String Quartet Wins $100,000 M-Prize 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z While he was stuck, whittling away at the ice, one of his feet froze so severely that he was forced to amputate several of his own toes. An Irving Penn Portrait for the Coldest Days of Winter 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Earlier this week, 34 contestants were whittled down to 20. Europeans vie for pop dominance at song contest 2010-05-29T16:46:00Z And since the wooden nails that held it together had to be ground out, Mr. Handelsman recreated them, cutting down hickory trees and whittling new pegs. House Proud: Jared Handelsman and Portia Munson Make Their Own Museum at Home 2012-09-19T21:51:29Z The list is whittled down to 12 by the museum's curators and a national committee of a dozen educators, academics, collectors and toy experts from around the country select the two or three winners. Star Wars action figures, dominoes enter Toy Hall of Fame 2012-11-15T20:29:59Z Times is reporting that his segment may get whittled down to a nub when it airs on March 15th. The Situation's racist joke bombs at Donald Trump's roast 2011-03-10T23:11:00Z There was still too much TV to watch it all, and still too much extraordinary material to whittle down. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z That’s one of the cryptic poems Aliza Tucker whittled into existence by carving away the other words in a found document. Review | In the galleries: Views of lost scenes from Syria 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Baker moved in last summer, and as the world slowed down, their worlds fused, making whittling down a list for their 50 guest wedding, a challenge. Her Prescription for Love? ‘Divine Organization’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The definition of an immersive experience, “A Prayer Before Dawn” is a survival story whittled to sweat and sinews. Review: ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ Drops a British Boxer Into a Thai Prison 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The 1,639 entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of 100. John Jones obituary 2010-12-23T18:05:04Z Their sticks, which he whittled in his workshop in the boiler room of his house in Bayside, Queens, were made of birch for whippy lightness. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It explores how environments whittle away at the soul and morals of the underserved. How Schoolboy Q took it slow and had one of the best years in rap 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Over the summer the panel of four judges was whittled down to just one, Mr. Jackson. Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez on ?Idol? 2010-09-22T17:48:00Z The women routinely responded that they would have trouble whittling down their myriad failures to just three instances. Why we should learn to embrace failure | Elizabeth Day 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Beyond that, how do you whittle down the choices to decide which wine to pluck from the shelf and place in your cart? Do you pour from a wine bottle for what’s in it — or what’s behind it? 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z In an unfathomably complex year, a gently told tale of murder and mayhem whittles the sharp edges of reality to a manageable, smooth surface. Murder, but gentler: ‘Cozy’ mysteries a pandemic-era balm 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He spent months poring through the footage and whittled that down to the 16 people we see in the film. 11/8/16: the documentary that asks us to relive the day Trump shocked America 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Then, whittling, “you start seeing what the greatest hits or the best version of it is, and find the song.” The Carpetbagger: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Puts McConaughey on Oscar Track 2014-02-05T22:57:52Z Henry quickly discovers that Ford is whittling his life into a romantic film. 'The Dead Republic' concludes the saga of Irish revolutionary Henry Smart 2010-05-01T00:14:00Z As for the star, Neeson has whittled his winter persona down to a haggard nub of weary anger, purging any inkling of gentleness, melancholy or self-awareness. ‘Cold Pursuit’ Review: Liam Neeson Is a Killer Snowplow Driver 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The original draft was three times as long, until Clinton’s editor insisted she whittle it down to a mere 600 or so pages. Hillary Clinton and Lissa Muscatine: From first lady and speechwriter to author and bookseller The longlists for the National Book Awards have been whittled down to five titles in each of four categories. These are the 20 finalists for the National Book Awards 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Two thousand people replied, and Wearing whittled them down through a series of auditions. Gillian Wearing: A nose for the truth 2011-08-29T20:30:01Z I've watched him whittle a pair of skis under the desk. Tent? Check. Sleeping bag? Check. Shewee? Er, what? Rich Pelley gets kitted out for a trip with TV survival enthusiast Ray Mears 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z This season, 18 disguised celebrities will be split into three groups of six, and immediately be whittled down to three singers in each group. Fox adding ‘The Masked Dancer’ to ‘The Masked Singer’ 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Thanos' finger snap did this movie another favor by whittling the cast down to a manageable level. "Avengers: Endgame": Sloppy plot holes distract from an otherwise cathartic epic 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z They whittled participants down to 26 -- the slimmest “Made in L.A.” exhibition yet. What is an L.A. artist? Hammer Museum answers with its 'Made in L.A.' biennial lineup 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z With input from French friends, family, bloggers and even famous pastry chefs I met along the way, I made my list and whittled it down to focus on a variety of atmospheres. In Paris, a pastry Renaissance is underway 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Eight candidates will be chosen to attend a special "spy school", after which they will be whittled down to three. Blue Peter launches spy competition 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Each year critics scour the volumes of music to try and whittle all those sounds down to just ten albums that they consider to be the best of the year. Randall Roberts Music Awards 2014: 100 trophy moments 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z We agreed to whittle the take-away down from around 10 containers to exactly 4. Modern Love: Mom’s Cooking Comes Between a Husband and Wife 2013-05-09T19:12:25Z The 26th annual festival will be held Oct. 23-24 at New World Stages, and will feature readings of eight musicals, whittled down from over 230 submissions. Festival of New Musicals Announces Its Roster 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z For the piece he wrote about 150 stories, whittling them down one minute each. Bill T. Jones Will Be Onstage in His New Work, ?Story/Time? 2012-01-18T20:12:35Z The six finalists will be whittled down to three and fans logging their votes online can also enter a contest to present the honor alongside Kelly Rowland during the telecast. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis get 8 Billboard Awards nominations 2014-04-09T17:09:50Z Over the summer the panel of four “Idol” judges was whittled down to just one, Mr. Jackson. ?Idol? Announces Two New Judges 2010-09-22T22:04:00Z The best TV adaptations use the distinctly serial and visual medium to re-create the emotion and spirit of the source, whittling away whatever doesn’t translate. Adapt or Die 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The editors eventually whittled the possibilities down to a shortlist of roughly 40 eligible writers. The New Yorker Picks Young Writers Worth Watching 2010-06-02T21:52:00Z He spent a full year whittling down thousands of negatives into a fixed sequence of 83 prints. | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z Sketches evolve into a 3-D clay model of the exterior that the engineers then whittle into shape. Review: ‘A Faster Horse’ Tells the Ford Mustang’s Story 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Portnow said the trustees’ philosophy was to whittle the awards down to four or five in each genre, making them harder to win and consequently more valuable. Grammy Award Cuts Still Face Some Opposition 2011-12-28T23:18:54Z It will also whittle down early contestants more quickly in a bid to keep audiences engaged. Revamped "American Idol" looks to regain its mojo 2011-01-19T13:32:50Z This year's competition received 69 entries of deliberately bad artworks which were whittled down to six finalists. Bad artists compete for Turnip Prize 2013-12-02T21:18:50Z Scotland commissions six episodes, and I begin the much simpler job of whittling down six exchanges. Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z Some of these ancient things are being whittled down to dust. Earthquake? No damage. But what about loud music? 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The heads of five of the pieces have been whittled to resemble jackals; the other five bear the heads of hounds. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Consider the editor faced with whittling down the notes that H.L. This Is the Story of My Life. And This Is the Story of My Life. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z As he began to whittle that into what would become "Dear White People," he started a Twitter account to work out the pithy, provocative voice of the character Sam White. With 'Dear White People,' Justin Simien wants to start conversations 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It was a challenge to go through all of it and whittle it down. "You couldn’t buy your way in": Anna Wintour biographer on her power, from the Met Gala to Wimbledon 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z With Oscar nominations set to be announced in a few weeks, the field of possible contenders in each category has been whittled down as awards bodies and guilds go through their paces. And the winner probably isn't: this season's 11 overlooked film performances 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The 2,000 submissions were whittled down to 37 which the RSC believes capture the soul of our age, in honour of Shakespeare's own 37. David Tennant celebrates 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The 15 finalists were whittled down from more than 1,300 nominees. Earthshot Prize: Prince William says climate crisis too visible to be ignored 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z An autumn that began with national championship dreams has now been whittled to the Rob Gronkowski Bowl or Bust, and the aftermath of this final dagger was absolutely heartbreaking. Plaschke: Grinched again! In keeping embattled defensive coordinator, USC lost its season 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z On Thursday, that number had been whittled to six — four who were out and two who were limited. Seahawks QB Geno Smith takes blame for recent turnovers 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z High yields whittle away at prices for stocks and other investments while slowing the overall economy and adding pressure to the financial system. Stock market today: World shares slide after Wall St rout driven by high yields, mixed earnings 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Now the same has happened to Mr Emmer, who won the nomination after successive rounds of voting by Republican lawmakers that whittled down eight candidates one by one. Tom Emmer drops out of race for Speaker of the House 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, successive rounds of voting by Republican lawmakers whittled down the candidates one by one. Tom Emmer: Republicans pick third nominee for House Speaker 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z House Republicans will vote to whittle down the list to a single nominee who can with a majority of GOP votes. Seven candidates on the ballot in secret GOP vote for speaker 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Lawmakers will continue to vote until they whittle down the list to one person who wins the nomination with the majority of support from the conference. Tom Emmer is in the lead as Republicans vote on candidates for speaker 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Republicans will gather again privately and vote to whittle down the list to a single nominee who wins a majority of GOP votes. House Republican speaker’s race thrown wide open amid discord 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Several of Jordan's fellow Republicans said they would support his bid for House Speaker, whittling down his opposition from the 55 lawmakers who had voted against endorsing on Friday. Hardline Republican Jim Jordan picks up support in bid for US House speaker 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The shortlisted albums were whittled down from a longlist of 130. Welsh Music Prize 2023 winner announced as Rogue Jones 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “We brought so much peace to the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, only to see Biden whittle it away at a far more rapid pace than anyone thought possible,” he continued. Trump calls Israel attack a disgrace, blames Biden for ‘American taxpayer dollars’ funding attacks 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Here is a selection of those that were whittled down from thousands of entries submitted from professional and amateur photographers from around the world, along with comment from the photographers. Bears, birds and kangaroos: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z With each iteration, the AI assessed its design, identified flaws and whittled away at the simulated block to update its structure. Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Daylight hours will whittle down until the December winter solstice, when Seattle gets just eight hours and 25 minutes of sunlight. Sunny, cool week to come, with ‘minor disturbance’ Monday 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Miami began the day with its magic number whittled to one following another late comeback victory on Friday night. Chisholm homers and the surprising Miami Marlins grab an NL wild-card spot with 7-3 win over Pirates 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z March 5: Known as Super Tuesday, this is the biggest single day of primaries that often helps to whittle down the field of candidates. US presidential race: what are the key dates? 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z “I didn’t quite achieve what I wanted to achieve, what was in my mind,” he said of the theatrical version, which he said was whittled down to cater to test-screening reactions. James Cameron looks back into 'The Abyss' 34 years later 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The state attorney general’s office took over the case, which was whittled down from 13 accusers to two, and now just the woman known as Jane Doe. Judge allows remaining charges against Newport Beach doctor and girlfriend to stand 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But as the Trojans receiver rotation began to whittle this week, Williams notably honed in on one wideout more than others. USC vs. Arizona State takeaways: Will defense once again shatter CFP dreams? 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The company generated $1.5 billion in free cash flow during the last fiscal quarter, and the ratings agency noted Disney has made progress whittling down its debt. Why would Disney want to sell ABC? 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z An initial witness list of more than 100 names was whittled down to about 20. Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is almost over. This is what happened and what’s next 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z A record number of paintings were entered for the 2023 prize and were whittled down to a shortlist of five. Graham Crowley wins John Moores Painting Prize with 10th entry 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals last week significantly whittled down that order, eliminating some defendants and cutting away language that prohibited mere encouragement of content changes. Supreme Court pauses order curbing Biden administration efforts to block social media posts 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The Prince and Princess of Wales cut branches and whittled wood during a visit with primary school children learning in a special woodland area. In pictures: William and Kate meet 'forest school' pupils 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The duo stockpiled a few hundred songs and whittled them down to the final 11, from the anguished torch song “Never Not Love You” to the encouraging “Get Up Kid.” Thirty Seconds to Mars returns with a new album that Jared Leto says will ‘surprise’ a lot of people 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Daily videos whittled down to two or three videos per week, and then none at all before it was deleted. Ruby Franke and 8 passengers: The rise and fall of a parenting influencer 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Now that list has probably been whittled down to two, the aging Kershaw and the rookie Miller, and there are questions about how long the Dodgers can survive. Plaschke: Julio Urías simply can not be allowed to pitch again for the Dodgers 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The Power Five has been whittled down to a Super Four in college sports. Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit? 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The move seems to signal an end to realignment among the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful college athletic conferences after three years of turbulent movement that has whittled the so-called Power Five down to four. ACC becomes latest power conference to expand cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z That leaves the “Conference of Champions” with an uncertain future after being whittled down to a Pac-4 of Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State. Pac-12 looking like a football powerhouse in what may be conference’s final season 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z This event often whittles down the primary field to a handful of candidates. Factbox: Trump's overlapping legal and political calendar 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z And how do they whittle down a plethora of batters? Stokes? Archer? Roy? Build England's World Cup squad 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “We all start as strong people, it seems, but then ultimately the power whittles away at our souls and changes who we are. Look, I’m not built for that.” Contentious Mississippi GOP primary race for lieutenant governor exposes rift among conservatives 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z When you whittle down options, you may find that you also qualify for more valuable deals — especially if you’ve climbed up the credit score ladder. Millennial Money: Issuer closing your credit card? Act fast to preserve credit 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Borthwick met with his assistants on Saturday evening in Cardiff before speaking to the players on Sunday morning as 43 players are whittled down to 33. 'Borthwick has plenty to ponder over World Cup squad' 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z "With regards to Euro 2024 in Germany, our remit has already started as the number of venues get whittled down," he explained. Football: NI man's 'dream job' inspecting pitches around the world 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z But the boost that Amazon's cloud could reap from powering businesses' AI demand has yet to materialize in full, while those same customers had whittled down spending wherever they could. Amazon's outlook brightens on cloud, consumer sales lift 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z With seven of nine council seats on the ballot, voters were tasked with whittling down the list of potential representatives for each geographic district of the city. Seattle City Council primary election results 2023 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Every day, new development next to I-5 whittles away at opportunities to build a connected landscape in Southwest Washington. I-5 wildlife crossings can 'bridge the divide' that hurts species diversity | Op-Ed 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “You know, we need to whittle things down. We don’t have participation trophies.” Tensions flare as California Republicans give Trump a boost by overhauling state primary rules 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Iowa is the first state where voters will begin the state-by-state process of whittling down the field of presidential candidates until one from each main party remains to compete in the November 2024 election. Trump, DeSantis and other Republican rivals share Iowa stage 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Ahead of last fall’s men’s tournament in Qatar, the U.S. explored 28 possible base camps before whittling the list down to 10. FIFA adds game-changing base camps for women's World Cup, matching men's perks 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Bronson in 2021 had proposed building a shelter and navigation center on the city’s east side, but the Anchorage Assembly whittled the capacity to only 150 beds. Anchorage mayor wants to give homeless people a one-way ticket to warm climates before Alaska winter 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The move comes amid broader internal reshuffling by DeSantis' presidential campaign team as it attempts to consolidate finances and whittle down its payroll. DeSantis fires one-third of staff in attempt to stop bleeding money just weeks after campaign launch 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z To whittle it down to a single identity, she asked which name her fans preferred, reluctantly tweeting out a poll, and explained: “Because I don’t feel morally right pet-naming you guys.” Why Doja Cat is beefing with her fans again; these 'Kittenz' are up for adoption 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z They whittled down the area to what they came to call the polygon, which left them with several hundred homes around First Avenue in Massapequa Park, law enforcement officials said. The polygon and the avalanche: How the Gilgo Beach suspect was found 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z An applicant’s family ties could, for example, be used as a tiebreaker or to help whittle down a pool. Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a suggestion for how the Secret Service can whittle down the list of suspects. ‘Extremely troubling’: GOP lawmakers irate Secret Service quit investigation of White House cocaine 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Ahead of the games, Bukele’s government slashed 70% of publicly elected positions, whittling down the number of congressional and local government seats. Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador’s President Bukele turns to sports 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Over time, Wisconsin voters have whittled away at the state’s unusual veto authority. With a Creative Edit, the Wisconsin Governor Raises School Funding. For 400 Years. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Once the proud owner of 3,500 acres, his holdings have been whittled down to 1,000, having sold off the rest due to years of drought, market fluctuations and now inflation. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The segment that aired however was whittled down to a disconnected mess, my criticisms absent completely. Debating Antivaccine Cranks Debases Science and Harms the Public 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z And she spoke out as state lawmakers around the U.S. have introduced or passed hundreds of bills this year that whittle away at LGBTQ+ rights. VP Harris visits historic LGBTQ+ landmark, decries flurry of anti-trans bills in state legislatures 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The collection had also been whittled down from the early 19th century, with objects stolen, lost or damaged and discarded including silver and gold-plated ornaments, mission records and liturgical texts. A fire tore through Mission San Gabriel. Its museum now tells a more inclusive story 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z And she spoke out as state lawmakers around the U.S. have introduced or pass hundreds of bills this year that whittle away at LGBTQ+ rights. Kamala Harris visits historic LGBTQ+ landmark, decries flurry of anti-trans bills 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Unlike other large North American cities - namely New York, Los Angeles and Chicago - candidates do not run according to political party lines, which means there is no nomination process that would whittle down the pool. Why 101 people and a dog want to be Toronto's mayor 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Finally, with contract in hand, she reached out to contestants — by now whittled down to 14 from a pool of 202 applicants — to persuade them to open their homes and their lives to the cameras. Conducting has long been a male-dominated field. A new documentary aims to change that 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z She knew her own coverage would end but was shocked to hear Thomas’ coverage would be whittled down to a different program that could force her family to pay $2,000 per month. More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Dr. Cohen was said to be the top candidate on a sizable list of names that administration officials whittled down in recent weeks. Biden Says He Plans to Appoint Mandy Cohen as C.D.C. Director 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z This proved too hard to whittle down into one article, so I have only covered the years I have worked for the BBC. 'Man City among the greatest sides I have seen' 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z He drifted a little in the stretch as he saw his three-length lead whittled to 1 ½ lengths. Trainer makes history with Arcangelo's triumph in the Belmont Stakes 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Although fishing is a small industry in Ireland, in some coastal communities, it has been the backbone of the economy, even as it has been whittled down over the years. ‘We Have Fish, That’s Our Currency’ 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Newcastle have whittled down a shortlist of targets and are looking for quality over quantity, with four or five recruits this summer seen as an ideal number. The inside story of Newcastle's Champions League return 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z What's more, the rate cuts long priced in for the second half of the year are getting whittled away too - down to 35 basis points now from around 100 bps earlier this month. Morning Bid: Happy Friday, it's AI boom time 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z His original proposal was whittled down to a much smaller program, with $1 billion in funding, in the bipartisan infrastructure package that Congress later approved. Highways Have Sliced Through City After City. Can the U.S. Undo the Damage? 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Applications to be the Tory candidate have closed and the number will later be whittled down to a shortlist. London mayoral race 2024: The candidates standing for election 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Instead, the guerrillas mastered the art of what is now called “asymmetrical warfare,” in which a weaker but determined force defeats a stronger one by whittling them down over time. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z GOP lawmakers forced her to accept a whittling away of the powers of her office and of local officials to close schools and businesses and impose mask mandates. Kansas governor vetoes part of school funding bill, setting up likely legal battle with GOP 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The Legislature also whittled away at the power of the governor and local officials to close or restrict businesses or impose mask mandates during pandemics. Kansas officials to consider legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Others, like the Gateway, were acquired by chains that consolidated them with nearby papers, reducing their local presence and whittling away at local newsrooms. Local news startup thriving in Gig Harbor | Brier Dudley 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z At that time, a request for ideas was issued; in January, those ideas were whittled down to six finalists who were each given $15,000 to develop their concepts further. Design team chosen for memorial to victims of L.A.'s Chinese Massacre of 1871 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Each CLT draws up its own rules and some even use a lottery system to whittle down appropriate candidates. Where property prices are set by what local people earn 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Mandatory minimum rollbacks have even shown up in places like Texas and Oklahoma, which have slowly whittled down the overwhelming costs of their bloated prison systems that drained state coffers for years. How Sarah Huckabee Sanders “stomped” Arkansas' poorest during the “worst session ever” 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z O’Halloran has whittled down her uncle’s play to tight sentences, each word carrying meaning. Review: Los Angeles Opera turns to the raw side of Dublin in a pair of new operas 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z That was whittled down to $200,000 throughout the budget process. Seattle social housing developer receives state funding for start up 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The course developers also whittled down a proposed sequence of mandatory lessons on contemporary issues to make more time for a student research paper. Conceding missteps, College Board pledges to revise Black studies course 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The perception that Mr. Sunak was a responsible leader whittled down the wide lead in polls held by the opposition Labour Party over the Conservatives, though Labour remains ahead by double digits. Dominic Raab, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister, Resigns Amid Bullying Scandal 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Its funding had been whittled down over the years, leaving it a shell of its former self and struggling to perform basic functions. Opinion | The GOP takes another misguided stab at defunding the tax police 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Our food writers have helped us whittle down the options, suggesting Love Hour’s smash burgers at the VIP area and Hawkins House of Burgers near the Spectra installation. Coachella 2023: A Weekend 2 guide to surviving without Frank Ocean's help 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In 2015, there were more than 100 Chinese smartphone manufacturers — a number that has been whittled down significantly to four main domestic brands and Apple. Buy Now and Save! Price War Over Electric Cars Erupts in China. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The timing of the Viking foothold at L’Anse aux Meadows heralds a revolution in archaeology: a newfound ability to whittle the age of wooden artifacts from decades down to single years. Marking time: Cosmic ray storms can pin precise dates on history from ancient Egypt to the Vikings 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z It simply compels cities to follow their own land-use plans without putting projects through additional environmental reviews or city council votes that can be used to kill or whittle down housing developments. Editorial: California cities want to stop fast-tracking affordable housing construction. Bad idea 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The Inflation Reduction Act was basically a climate act that Biden managed to get through, though Congress sharply whittled it down. Noam Chomsky on "savage capitalism": From climate change to bank failures to war 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Eighteen-hundred people were called as potential jurors, and the pool whittled down to 10 men and eight women last week. Guilty or not? Jury to hear claims in Idaho slain kids’ case 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “The well-connected and powerful are misusing their power to whittle away our civil rights and our values of respect, integrity, transparency and honesty,” he said. Who are the Tennessee Three? Here’s what to know. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Archaeologists from the programme said the fish counter would have been whittled to shape, then polished - the mouth cut with a saw and the eye inscribed with a centre bit tool or compass. Palace of Westminster: Dig unearths 18th Century fish token 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Over the years, China has successfully poached many of Taiwan's formal allies, whittling down the number of governments that recognise Taipei to just 13. Is Taiwan in danger of being loved to death? 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The trial team spent several years whittling down 100 potential drugs, and will add more as other strong contenders emerge. 'Major moment in MS research' as new Octopus trial starts 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z San Diego State found its defensive mojo midway through the second half, clamping down on the Owls while whittling their lead down to one on Jaedon LeDee’s short jumper with 36 seconds left. Butler's buzzer-beater sends San Diego State to title game 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z But the rules that took effect when Corbin threw his first pitch have long since been whittled into more palatable versions of their original forms. Clock violations and harried hot dog runs: The new, faster MLB is here 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z To Ukraine, it has become an important line to hold, both to whittle down Russia’s forces and to deprive them of a victory. Ukrainians Directing Soldiers From a Hidden Hub See Bakhmut Going Their Way 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z They spent hours on Zoom, whittling down thumbnails of Basquiat works, deciding what to exhibit. A trove of Basquiat's little-seen work arrives in L.A. — a city pivotal to his artistic life 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The amendment list was whittled down from 173, nearly half of which were filed by Republicans. House GOP eyes gas stove protections as sprawling energy bill nears passage 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “Love Is Blind” starts with the 30 people, but it’s quickly whittled down to singles who clearly like each other or the ones with drama in and out of the pods. ‘Love Is Blind: Season 4’ premiere recap: Seattle-style chaos 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Over the years, China has slowly whittled away at the number of countries that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Factbox: And then there were 13: Taiwan's diplomatic allies 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Over the course of 12 weeks, the candidates were whittled down to the two women. Lord Sugar crowns winner of The Apprentice 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z But if there is any sense of Pac-12 pride left, it’s been whittled to the size of an amoeba. Conference of also-rans? Pac-12’s woes continue with men’s NCAA tourney exits 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “I gave myself a brutal headache,” said Towers, born Michael Torres, of whittling down his initial 50 tracks to his final 23. With co-signs from reggaeton's titans, Myke Towers sets sights on Latin music stardom 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z |
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