It took Eleanor a second to realize he was challenging her to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Though I lost, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness, relief, and pride that I was able to push through one of the most mentally and physically challenging days of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Still, it was challenging enough on a hot summer’s day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was another fear, a fear that the child, in challenging the white world’s assumptions, was putting himself in the path of destruction. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be listening, and challenging any living creature to make a noise. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to understand exactly how challenging a student I might be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Being a plain old doctor or a plain old scientist isn’t challenging enough, so she decided she wants to combine them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The students rocked the car back and forth, challenging McNamara to come out. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This is not just a challenging theoretical question giving employment to economics professors, but also one with important policy implications. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, perhaps the stables are a bit challenging to clean. Perhaps they do make me nauseous when the wind blows the wrong way. But so what? My clients still pay me well.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s challenging, but not as hard as I was expecting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Anyway, yesterday and the day before they needed someone else to do all these challenging tasks while they found another drudge to replace her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Body percussion can become increasingly challenging as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The newcomers, Torres and Guinier explain, are easily co-opted, as they have much to lose but little to gain by challenging the rules of the game. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the absence of a massive, grassroots movement directly challenging the racial caste system, Jim Crow might be alive and well today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a challenging engagement—wet, hot, buggy, and fraught with fear for what might lie under each bush or beside each rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As legal scholar David Cole has observed, “The Court has imposed nearly insurmountable barriers to persons challenging race discrimination at all stages of the criminal justice system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If one of the four engines quit, staying airborne was challenging; the failure of two engines was often an emergency. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The men of the 10th Leningrad turned out to be friendly and sympathetic, and were assigned to help train the 587th in battle techniques in their challenging, powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The monkey fell on his paws, facing the cat, and the cat arched her back, tail raised high, and stood sideways on, hissing, challenging, spitting. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want to ride in her car, did not like how her voice rose above Master’s in the living room, challenging and arguing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was asserting his traditional prerogative as a chief and was challenging the authority of the magistrate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And paid for by wizards,” said Bill quietly, and the goblin shot him a look that was both furtive and challenging. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” said Dr. Zinchenko, “to make this game more challenging, we have temporarily covered up all the call numbers on the spines of the books in the bins.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They always said things like, “You’ll have to do this differently from other people, but you can manage,” and “I know this is challenging. Keep trying,” and “You’re capable of anything, Aven.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s challenging to shoulder all the stuff you get from the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The garden is challenging me, as always, to see my own situation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The second one would be more challenging, I realized, but not too difficult. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was starting to understand what was easy and comfortable and what was more challenging. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Getting students to understand the musical differences between phrases is actually less challenging than you might imagine. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Whaling first brought people to South Georgia Island, and it was to a whaling station that Endurance headed as its final stop before challenging the Antarctic. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Adding to the temptation to avoid race is the fact that opportunities for challenging mass incarceration on purely race-neutral grounds have never been greater. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and looked round challengingly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

On my parents' end, they couldn't understand why I was making an already challenging situation worse. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The training was more challenging than boot camp, mentally and physically. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She leveled her chin, challenging me with her steadfast gaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was fun, or at least it was challenging. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The premise is challenging and conceptual, but fascinating. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a little more challenging because I had to dig down to bury the bottom of the chicken wire to keep out hungry diggers like skunks and such. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My staff and I discussed how we might use the constitutional reasoning that banned the execution of children as a legal basis for challenging juvenile life-without-parole sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Gods, he's only a little boy, helpless, sleeping . . ." Catelyn gave her firstborn a challenging look. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s why I watch the Sullivan Ballou letter-to-his-wife scene in the Ken Burns doc The Civil War over and over—because I’m challenging my own heart to burst. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

You might even profit from this by challenging someone to choose whatever die he or she wanted, and you could then choose a die which would beat it two- thirds of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the curb for fifteen minutes—challenging myself to keep still for that long. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad that so many of you have chosen to try out for the competition this afternoon. It’s going to be challenging as well as fun. Are there any questions before we get started?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A heavy weight was settling steadily on Frodo’s heart, and he regretted now with every step forward that he had ever thought of challenging the menace of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a very challenging plane geometry problem. How do we find ‘X’ without knowing ‘A’? I may need to ask an expert for help.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Why settle for something less challenging? My daughter can sing any American song after listening to it two or three times, but have you ever seen an American who can master a Tagore song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Games like Tribe, Unreal, Quake, even the Legend of Zelda and, yes, Doom, can be astoundingly creative, challenging, and imaginative. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bounded down, no one challenging me, and I stopped in the vestibule, breathing deeply and listening for his hand upon the door above and brushing my clothing into order. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surmounting this cliff demanded tremendous strength and skill; nothing so technically challenging had ever been climbed at such extreme altitude. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The gentle snow gully Fischer and Lopsang had been gingerly descending ended here amid outcroppings of loose, steep shale, and Fischer, like Gau, was unable to handle the challenging terrain in his ailing condition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was an absurd notion—there wasn’t anything remotely challenging or dangerous about the ridgeline—but you never know. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“One must live,” she repeated, defiant, challenging, sensing reproach where none could be; for it is very true, one must live. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When this is easy, move on to more challenging keys and larger intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Don and I played in many tournaments, and even if he won, he would come back within a few minutes, challenging me to another match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be extra challenging for you, but I don’t think it’s impossible, not with robotic arms and all that.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson hustled the boys out onto the water twice that day to give them as much exposure as he could to the challenging conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Singing in harmony is quite a bit more challenging than partner songs or rounds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She had sources of contentment in her life—the house, the park, above all, the children—and she intended to preserve them by not challenging Jack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In recent years, civil rights advocates have launched important reform efforts, most notably the campaigns challenging felon disenfranchisement laws, crack-sentencing policies, and racial profiling by law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We took turns challenging each other to cello duels, each trying to out-crazy-play the other. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Divergence tests are every bit as challenging as convergence tests, and if you don’t believe that, I encourage you to pause and try the brick-and-blanket test right now. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Eva took on administrative duties for our new project, which were pretty challenging given that federal dollars came with all kinds of complex reporting and accounting requirements. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lily had told me I needed to move on from the kiddie stuff and read something more challenging. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Another, Marilyn Hall, earned some college money at an audition in which she sang “Lot’s Wife,” a challenging, highly emotive song from Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

If I thought balancing academics and athletics in high school was challenging, college was ten times more intense. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be challenging Frank: If you do not believe it, bum it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt staggered and turned to glare at the driver, who shot him a challenging look in the mirror. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tradition called for me to provide a kind of gentle light, flattering the president with my devotion, flattering the nation primarily by not challenging it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me?” she said in a tone that was slightly challenging. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The caller was a track official, who told him that a New York bettor had sent $5,000 to wager on Ligaroti, challenging Howard to put up $15,000 against it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept their hands up but nobody on our team was really challenging their zone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed the work: it was challenging enough to engage his mind, but not so challenging as to distract him from his physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The mesa coyotes were singing, calling to each other or challenging the moon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One positive function Schoenberg’s twelve-tone formula fulfilled, though, other than provide for interesting analysis and debate, was to give composers in the twentieth century a challenging structure with which to grapple. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

An even more challenging and creative way to use body percussion is to create onomatopoeia in accordance with the lyrics, mimicking or relating to the sounds presented in the rhyme. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, Constantin was much too short, but in his own way he was handsome, with light brown hair and dark blue eyes and a lively, challenging expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In challenging the status quo, one of the arguments the two men always ran up against was “resources are limited.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“As you wish,” the Lord said, and quickly distracted me by challenging me to a game of dominoes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glares at me as though challenging me to speak. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Threatening to do so was merely his idea of a joke, like dying of pneumonia, busting Colonel Moodus in the nose or challenging Doc Daneeka to Indian wrestle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to continue to be a beacon of light for the Muslim community, challenging the negative stereotypes being perpetuated in the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She also worked with him so he could catch up with his classmates, as this new school was much more challenging than the grade school he’d left behind. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her life is challenging enough without throwing a goodbye into things. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The predictable response is that civil rights advocates are as committed to challenging mass incarceration and other forms of structural racism as they are to preserving affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you suggesting that these are not my best work? Are you challenging me to a contest?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My friends are worried about me, and Marcus makes a point of challenging me on the combat field every chance he gets. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Modulations can make harmonic analysis much more challenging, so try to become comfortable analyzing easier pieces before tackling pieces with modulations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He turned, looking straight into my face now, challenging me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d pictured myself boldly standing up to him, challenging him to a duel. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was challenging everything I knew and thought and was told. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This has been a challenging few days for us all. I beg your continued patience.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The reason that the task is so challenging is that the main resource that English syntax makes available to writers—left-to-right ordering on a page—has to do two things at once. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Like any explosion of modernity, outsourcing is challenging traditional norms and ways of life. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s stopping yourself from crying that is more challenging in this place. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The challenging subjects were “delightful” and “hot stuff,” he told his brother. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most are eating pea soup, you see, but that would be quite challenging to transport,” he explained. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looked all his students in the eye, like he was challenging them to a fight. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learns how to receive a purely literate education, one using only a small part of the personality and challenging only a limited area of his being. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The racial profiling cases that swept the nation in the 1990s may well be the last wave of litigation challenging racial bias in the criminal justice system that we see for a very long time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We needed to find our connecting flight to Rochester, which was challenging because none of us spoke English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They committed themselves to the spirit and practice of nonviolent resistance as a means of challenging segregation in all its forms. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen how the duke used his size and title to win allies on the king’s council and keep opponents from challenging him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“We have a long, challenging road ahead of us. We’ll be lucky to get past the checkpoint outside the city limits. This guy was the least of our problems.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But still, his father was a father and he was standing there, challenging us. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

However, just as Johnny Manuelito had said, what most young men found challenging was easy for us Indians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I have had to humiliate myself by writing to the editor of The New Democracy to tell him that the pamphlet, although challenging, was written by the wrong people. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By pleading not guilty, Claudette would be doing more than just talking back to whites: she would be challenging Jim Crow dead-on. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“She hates me, mate. I mean, straight up, hates the Casanova. But I’m going to wear her down. It’s my mission. It’s like my old man says: ‘There’s nothing more exciting than a challenging woman.’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I started challenging conditions of confinement at Tutwiler in the mid-1980s as a young attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Your convincing victory at Reykjavik is eloquent witness to your complete mastery of the world’s most difficult and challenging game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was extraordinarily challenging to put a crew on the water that could prevail at both distances. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At work, I met with the partner in charge of my division, asking to be given more challenging assignments. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The litigation that swept the nation in the 1990s challenging racial profiling practices has nearly vanished. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A more challenging academic curriculum was to be installed, the result of Sputnik and the worry over how badly educated America’s children were compared to Russian kids. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d enrolled me in two more challenging courses—college algebra, which terrified me, and biology, which didn’t but only because I didn’t know what it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“She got turned into a spider for challenging your mom to a weaving contest, right?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Marxists worked from within the communal divides, never challenging them, never appearing not to. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a little more challenging because they have to keep control of their bodies, voices, and a ball. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Even more challenging, the optimal number of connectives depends on the expertise of the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My conquest could never be so challenging, so beautiful and so nice with someone of the same sex! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was challenging, and my storehouse of general knowledge made it easy for me to talk about almost anything. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I’d trained more, spent longer hours practicing in the gym, mastered more challenging skills—like the Amanar—I might be feeling less scared. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He resettled in the United States in 1940, thereby avoiding any more serious consequences of challenging the totalitarian line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Pass the pattern: A more challenging version of this is to have students form two straight lines. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“There are a few challenging openings at Paradise Vendors for men with initiative and good taste,” Ignatius said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joon stands with his hands on his hips like he is challenging the kid to do better. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The paper, with dozens of tables and arcane symbols to denote traits and variants, was challenging even for statisticians. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The bobcat is the most challenging game there is. Pure stealth. In the whole state only a couple dozen hunters will be successful this year.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense, the public setting is half the fun! It brings in so many restrictions, so many challenging parameters to work around.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Though tribal indoctrination was still the focus of our curriculum in Standard Four, a few new and challenging subjects were introduced. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Based on the experience with Darnell, this would be extremely challenging. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The music education methods of Orff, Dalcroze, Kodály, etc., offer easily implemented solutions to add layers of cognitively challenging musical activities to something as simple as a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Plus, the work was not intellectually challenging to him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Here I’m this fourteen-year-old punk, and this dude’s in his thirties, and I’m challenging his manhood. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” June says, scanning the list, apparently looking for something more challenging. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So for him to say No one desires evil is about more than just challenging the obvious fact that plenty of people desire evil. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Widespread preoccupation with litigation, however, is not the only—or even the main—reason civil rights groups have shied away from challenging the new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Matthew Wood sat scowling, his keen mind challenging and weighing each new thought. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In her picture she stood barefoot, challenging the camera with an icy stare. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Although it may be challenging for teachers to find adaptive instruments to suit the individual needs of their students,” Sobol says, “the music market catalog offerings are expanding.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Your church will keep mum till kingdom come,” Minerva was always challenging me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole world was challenging him, and the dance grew more violent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They were not directly challenging their masters, but they were showing their skill and strength to each other. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against his cushions and scowled at her, as if challenging her to dispute his version of events. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Apart from the occasional night landing, there wasn’t much to the actual flying that Maddie found challenging. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jake wondered if the reason Mr. Keeney was so bored all the time was because no one ever asked him any interesting or challenging questions. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He watched his classmates tap-dance with tongues, challenging one another, slipping and sliding from story to story. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had done seventeen miles over a reasonably challenging mountain in hot weather. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As they began to approach the finish line, the Winged Footers made a move, sprinting past Princeton and challenging Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The architects’ questions became slightly less challenging, more practical. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We just need the jury to know we're challenging this guy. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the Galilei Galileo of music, challenging the status quo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Any lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law was supposed to be heard by a panel of three judges in a federal court—that was the rule. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the thrill of opening night on Broadway with my favorite musicomedy stars. Gab sessions in the Village over espresso with challenging, contemporary minds.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell tried, in desperation, to add up the events of the long and challenging month. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That reality helps to explain why African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington urged blacks to focus on improving themselves rather than on challenging racial discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel the incline as it’s measured by Rhiannon’s leg muscles, can feel her breath shift into more challenging air. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I would see these people at the club, drunken, laughing, challenging breakdancers to battles. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wrote about the Freedom Riders who rode buses through the South in 1961 challenging segregated seating, rest rooms, and drinking fountains. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The second eldest liked to test his strength, so I made sure he had challenging arenas.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her mother took a great lungful of air, let it out, as if she were settling into a particularly challenging yoga pose. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Allowing them to be together for more than a few stolen hours, without challenging the rules of the game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those who believe that advocacy challenging mass incarceration can be successful without overturning the public consensus that gave rise to it are engaging in fanciful thinking, a form of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He left a note explaining that he didn't realize how challenging it would be for him to live in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I knew this job was going to be challenging, but I don’t think anyone could have prepared me for what I confronted in the classroom. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was not a goblin around the table who wasn’t thinking about challenging the elf to fight a duel to the death. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I always knew that the real problem was they just weren’t challenging you.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The most challenging and nonintuitive of all the concepts in the general theory of relativity is the idea that time is part of space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was challenging me, daring me to say something wrong. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then offered our new idea about challenging his sentence as unconstitutional, which might create another way for him to possibly go home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I lower my voice, shaking my head, challenging him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The agent braked, but the pig stood pat, challenging the automobile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the end of the meeting,” Haldeman remembered, “Nixon was as angry as his foreign affairs chief. The thought that an alleged weirdo was blatantly challenging the president infuriated him.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Olmsted saw this lagoon district as the most challenging portion of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She’s imitating the cry of a challenging horse, like western cowboys do to discipline their steeds. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause her tone became more challenging. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The South was a well-bred, well- mannered, highly educated man challenging you to a duel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet were flipping and he yipped as if challenging some wolf badman in his dreams. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve received a book from the library with the challenging title What Do You Think of the Modern Young Girl? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My Carver classmates complain about challenging classes and competitive sports, but they don't know the meaning of the word "stress." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rowing at a beat of thirty-six is vastly more challenging than rowing at a beat of twenty-six. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He has a scholarship to a private school where, he says, he is praised and not punished for challenging his teachers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a case challenging the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s decision to administer state driver’s license examinations only in English. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had never heard of anyone successfully challenging a landlord in Durham before. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The State of Alabama had argued that procedural rules barred Mr. Nelson from challenging the constitutionality of the protocol. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A group of Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Universalist ministers—all men—dominated the discussion that day, challenging the women’s rights resolutions that had been presented. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Partner songs are slightly more challenging to sing in that they use different melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The college had a more extensive and challenging curriculum than did the one at Geauga Seminary. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They have special expertise and contribute to a range of challenging disciplinary areas. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Shouldn’t the focus be on improving ourselves, rather than challenging a biased system? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As well as being my friends, they’ll also be the most challenging messages I have to deliver. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I know that, at times, my orders have been challenging. But it will all be over soon. Once the Shetani is dead, you and your brothers will not have to kill anyone else.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

“I have not sinned!” he shouted, looking me square in the eyes, challenging me, the priest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Megan got this testy and challenging look on her face—definitely the very, very bad policewoman look. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was curious and, in his small way, challenging the intruders that had dared to stop in his wild domain. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what I know of Samuel, he will be a big flop as a ranger, but the allegory, I know, will be challenging and controversial, full of unpleasant truths. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The show has to start out easy — to give the viewers confidence — and then get progressively harder and harder, challenging the preschoolers more and more, drawing them into the narrative. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She may have been only sixteen, but Claudette had more experience than anyone else when it came to challenging Jim Crow on the Montgomery buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He had been holding a pose above his cider of Gibraltar invulnerability; he continued to gaze challengingly around him until he began to realize that wherever he looked, calculating eyes looked back. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some consider the temple’s rites of passage to be the most difficult in all Eshōza. Of course, I didn’t find them too challenging...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally the ship comes about, challenging the waves. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As the boys rowed up the course toward the starting line, it became clear just how challenging the weather and their lane assignment were going to be. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gatsby turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The hospital job had turned out to be a good one, challenging and satisfying and in line with my beliefs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Oliver and Angie were constantly challenging each other to one-on-one basketball games, and it had to be said that Angie was so good, the boys’ basketball team begged her to play for them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the town someone had stuck up a poster challenging people to solve a mathematical problem. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I played my way farther out into the world, vast cavern aboveground, cautiously darting from tree to tree challenging the terrible forces of night on tiptoe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a new, challenging lesson plan. One step at a time.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

It reminded Chess of certain boys he tried to avoid at school, the ones who went around in packs, challenging other kids to fight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you challenging me? Because pretty much all I do when I’m at home is play video games. I’m like a professional video-game player.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even at speeds approaching those of light, these are fantastically challenging distances for any traveling individual. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Trina’s mental and physical health made her life in prison extremely challenging. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maintaining level flight continued to prove challenging and eventually I attempted a descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“First of all, I’m very proud of all of you who took the test. It was quite challenging, and you all did extremely well.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was a different kind of music than I’d played before, challenging, and strangely invigorating. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandoval, decided in 2001, the Supreme Court eliminated the last remaining avenue available for challenging racial bias in the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I know a lot about bacteria and germs, so this is all very challenging for me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“In case you forgot,” said Mr. Lemoncello, “Extreme Challenges are extremely challenging and sometimes extremely dangerous.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

This can include the more challenging types of jazz and rock music, as well as Classical. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer wanted the emerging field of research to also answer another question: Why, given it was becoming clear that the brain faced limitations, were people continuing to multitask, particularly in challenging, even dangerous, situations? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Adapting an outgoing social life into something that would fit inside a two-bedroom terrace was challenging, but narrowing her focus proved crucial to finding satisfaction in a compacted life. Lessons from two years of bedrest: 'Embrace the gravitational force of the click hole' 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Beck Weathers, a gung-ho Texan played by Josh Brolin, eventually lets his bravado slip and admits that the malaise that plagues him in daily life dissipates in challenging conditions at high altitudes. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Her new novel, “Gingerbread,” is a challenging, mind-bending exploration of class and female power heavily spiced with nutmeg and sweetened with molasses. Review | Helen Oyeyemi’s ‘Gingerbread’ recipe: Fairy tales with a dash of surrealism 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

With 3,020 feet of elevation gain, it’s a popular hiking destination for those looking for a challenging day. Eight colorful hikes to celebrate National Wildflower Week 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

The result is both a celebration of mothering and a complex and challenging investigation of just what and who we are and become when we create children. Festival of Books: Female writers talk 'mansplaining,' un-motherhood 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

The film is the culmination of a long and challenging project, one in which quite a few of the interview subjects said they would never speak about Bourdain again publicly. Anthony Bourdain "Roadrunner" documentary filmmaker: "His flaws were also his superpowers" 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wilmore, who has remained a friend of Ms. Thede’s, said the proliferation of topical comedy programs would make it challenging for “The Rundown” to find an audience, but not impossible. On ‘The Rundown,’ Robin Thede Is Filling a Void in Late-Night Talk 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z

The Viking Sky “suffered power 'blackout' in challenging weather conditions,” Alvestad said, adding that the ship’s low oil levels were still “within set limits.” Viking Sky cruise ship engine failure off Norway coast caused by low oil levels: official 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Lucia’s desperation culminates in one of the most challenging mad scenes in opera. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Life is really fast-paced and challenging and you need to do that sometimes. David Furnish on Food, Fizz and Fun in Las Vegas 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Ambitious and smart, she quickly moved up the career ladder at the National Park Service and accepted challenging assignments coast to coast. Ann Belkov, a 75-year old first-time bride, met her late-in-life love Jerry Lewis on a blind date. 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

This is a good choice when your food might seem challenging for red wine. An unexpected merlot from Tuscany surprises with complex flavors — and a $15 price tag 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

“The idea of covering one’s face is challenging, even in our community,” said Edina Lekovic, communications director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z

She demonstrates how challenging it is to become a national political somebody in a matter of weeks. The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

So with photography, the magic for me lies in challenging the boundaries of a medium that is so static, and giving it energy. Jacob Sutton's best photograph: a dancer's release 2012-09-26T16:05:36Z

In short, it’s a challenging list that may annoy some people who want recognizable names, yet is also brilliant. A New Restaurant, Frenchette, Stands Up for Natural Wines 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

What I do find challenging is that radio is more restrictive these days, in changing Top 40 to rhythm, almost totally and exclusively. ArtsBeat: At 78, Clive Davis Still Commands the Stage 2011-02-11T18:20:18Z

The song cycle, while challenging to perform, is melodic and welcoming as an entry point into classical music. New Year’s Day Offers Plenty of Free Chances at a Clean Slate 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

I’m trying to raise kids, and it’s challenging. Gwyneth Paltrow on Comparisons to Other Actresses: 'There’s Something Slightly Misogynistic About It' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

And also, it's massively important to watch somebody go through something hard or challenging because we're all going through that at a certain point. Pamela Adlon on ending "Better Things": "It hasn't been a piece of cake — but it's been a total joy" 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

What’s been the most challenging aspect of your career to this point? ‘Fantasy Island’ Returns, Now With a Ms. Roarke 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

As she details in "Smile," her middle-school and high-school years were made even more challenging because of her dental ordeal, which involved significant pain, outpatient surgery and numerous visits to dental specialists. Raina Telgemeier goes for 'Drama' after dental pain of 'Smile' 2012-10-13T05:31:28Z

This article is part of our latest Design special report, which is about taking creative leaps in challenging times. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Barry Brown sued again after his father died, challenging his father’s will in a case in which he accused Mr. Kay of manipulating his father into diverting money into the new charitable trust. Lawsuit Says Charity Leader Hired His Former Personal Trainer for Key Role 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

Patricia Lent, the director of licensing at the Merce Cunningham Trust, steered him toward “Signals” for its modular structure, playful quality and challenging solos. At Work in Merce Cunningham’s Playhouse 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

The most challenging part of the reconstruction effort was reinforcing the building's foundation and the walls weakened by erosion. Russia's Bolshoi reopens after reconstruction 2011-10-28T16:16:12Z

Among contemporary novels, Miriam Toews’s “Women Talking,” which I admired as intellectually serious, morally challenging and formally interesting without being gimmicky; it is also spare of language yet shocking of stakes. Kathryn Schulz Doesn’t Count Any Reading Pleasures as Guilty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

The Big Short has the momentum that Steve Jobs lacks, and is likely to be awarded for distilling a challenging book into an engaging narrative. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time 2012-04-07T00:27:22Z

That choir has now found new legs in terms of doing different kinds of work and challenging themselves. A Show About Colonial Power, Born From the Freedom to Make Mistakes 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

These are challenging times for the fashion industry, because consumers are seeing more clearly the ways in which fashion has obfuscated and misdirected. Perspective | Fashion commits many sins. It’s trying to redeem itself. 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

And, as Decker points out, they are challenging indeed. Heartbroken man with persistent arousal disorder says he orgasms over 100 times per day 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

If you want to try to clear things up with your brother-in-law and his wife, then you should openly attempt to address your very challenging business situation. Ask Amy: Awkward family business leads to passive aggression 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Fisheries biology is an inherently challenging science that's made even more difficult by its tense relationship with commercial fishing. In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

I’m navigating a bunch of challenging circumstances with extended family — the one-year anniversary of the murder of a cousin and the impending death of an uncle. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to cope when you can’t do the things that usually make you happy 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

"But this show is the most challenging and unique." 'Emerald Bay' ballet chronicles Chinese expulsion of 1885 2011-05-13T00:51:04Z

Duchamp was challenging his fellow society directors and the organisation's constitution, which he had helped to write. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z

For a long time, there has only been one story in men’s tennis: the three best players in the history of the sport challenging one another year after year after year. Félix Auger-Aliassime Is Trying to Stay Calm 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

It's especially challenging if one expects to earn a living. Review: Fac?r? owner proudly wears her 70th year with a birthday show 2010-08-19T23:50:00Z

Based on the standings from last season, the Bears are in the midst of the most challenging three-game start to the year. 10 thoughts on Bears' loss to Saints 2011-09-19T11:23:00Z

The baton does not pass often at the Metropolitan Opera, which is facing challenging times. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Shake Things Up at the Met Opera 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Mr Johnson said: "The placing of challenging artwork amidst the historic surroundings of Trafalgar Square creates a delicious juxtaposition that gets people talking and debating, underpinning London's reputation as a great world city for culture." Six contenders for Fourth Plinth 2013-09-24T11:58:28Z

Other versions of the episode over the years have suggested a more confrontational tenor, with the son challenging his father, “You want to go mano a mano right here?” George W. Bush’s ‘41: A Portrait of My Father’ 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

That's because it stigmatizes people of color instead of challenging institutions that perpetuate inequality. The perils of associating "white" with "privilege" in the classroom 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z

One change that it is not challenging is the removal of the large planters from the four corners of the pool. The Pool Strives to Deal With Its Famous Dining Room 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Those are the most challenging relatives and we all have them! Tracing my African American genealogy 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

These fees combined can almost double the cost of a flight or a hotel room, which can make budgeting for your next trip challenging. Forecasting 2015’s travel trends 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Q: Which of her many facets was the most challenging to capture? A Minute With: Natalie Portman on taking on an icon in 'Jackie' 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

In fact, this was a challenging, confrontational and shockingly sensual "Matthew" Passion, not for the fearful. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Writing about Mr. Farocki in 1992, The Los Angeles Times called him “surely one of the most challenging, speculative and distinctive filmmakers ever to confront an audience.” Harun Farocki, Filmmaker of Modern Life, Dies at 70 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

When I ask Jacobson if he feels like he's challenging any misconceptions about Mediterranean cuisine, he says that he's not sure there are too many myths he has to bust. How to update your Rosh Hashanah menu without enraging your family, according to a "Top Chef" 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

Especially in today's challenging economic environment, value plays an increasingly important role. Most Overpriced 2010 Cars 2010-05-18T20:00:00Z

The change they want doesn’t include feeding the deer — hence the fence — but it does extend to challenging the long-held suburban ideal of a front yard given over to the conforming lawn. Perspective | Lawns are in retreat. Is suburbia ready for the front-yard veggie garden? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

All the while, the Rockettes are dancing, wielding their famous legs in karate kicks, challenging their exactitude with jumps that change shape in midair. Dance Review: ?The Radio City Christmas Spectacular? - Review 2011-11-18T22:47:37Z

“This presidential election will be especially challenging, as many current laws lack the protection of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” continues the statement. The Birth of a Nation launches in-theater voter registration initiative 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Writing historical fiction involves a challenging balance between sharing the fascinating facts accrued during research and ensuring that such facts are woven organically into the story. 'The Last Nude': Artist paints model, love ensues 2012-01-12T21:12:04Z

Moreover, the disease is also challenging to combat because, like cancer, it is not caused by an invading pathogen. Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

Each experience has taught Glass something different, but the show with Barnes was the most challenging. ‘This American Life’ host is swapping radio studio for Wolf Trap stage 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

Several of the artists explicitly foreground the question of “seeing,” challenging the presumed ease with which we think we see other people. Perspective | A new generation of portraits asks: Can you see these people? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

That’s particularly important for “Footnotes,” since the Merchandise Mart presents a challenging surface for projection — the facade is perforated with hundreds of windows that may or may not be lighted. ‘It Taunts the Eye’: Footwork’s Fast Moves Loom Over Chicago 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

“That made the case a little more challenging for me, because I certainly took every step to keep those people out of it,” Kratz told the New York Times in a new interview. 'Making a Murderer' Prosecutor Admits He Made Mistakes 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

Not too filling, good for the digestion, noisy and a little sloppy rather than artful or exquisite or challenging. ‘An American Pickle’ Review: Keeping It Kosher 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

And unlike "The Bluest Eye," which is a challenging novel, resisting easy resolution, "God Help the Child" rarely stirs into articulated life. The magic is missing in Toni Morrison's 'God Help the Child' 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Freeman’s defense: “This is a very challenging industry,” he said. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

A heady mix of delayed gratification songs that push boundaries, "Random Access Memories" is the mirror image of its authors: mysterious, challenging, brave and a little bit crazy. Review: Daft Punk seduces machines into singing 2013-05-20T14:10:10Z

While Prince was renowned for challenging gender norms, he was not particularly well-known for dabbling in politics. Prince, the activist: The times he blasted Wall Street, Freddie Gray’s death, “enslavement” to Warner Bros. and the corrupt status quo 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

It’s like adventures or people who climb mountains or jump out of airplanes; I find real life challenging enough. Fran Lebowitz: By the Book 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

But isn’t there something, well, exciting about building a gallery that is every bit as challenging to convention as the artworks within? Up Close: The UnMuseum 2010-12-01T21:00:00Z

Stream of consciousness is a notoriously challenging form, but it seems typical that Will Self would not restrict himself to one single mind. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z

The Farrell company, which only dances for a few weeks each year, always tackles a challenging number of ballets, and the endeavor is invariably remarkable. Dance Review: Suzanne Farrell Ballet Shows Balanchine Pedigree - Review 2011-10-17T21:03:11Z

One week with this baby was more physically challenging than hiking across Montana and more psychologically draining than ... anything I’ve ever done. The Frugal Traveler in San Francisco With His Year-Old Daughter 2010-03-13T03:49:00Z

Things got more challenging when he denigrated President Obama’s ancestry and followed that up with a one-question pop quiz: “Where was Obama born?” Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z

A decade later, Ms. Carroll, still looking for challenging work, sought out the role of the conniving, overweight — and, obviously, male — Falstaff in a production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in Washington. Pat Carroll, TV Mainstay Turned Stage Star, Dies at 95 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

It was challenging but at the same time the enjoyment superseded the darkness the challenge would bring over you. Bradley Cooper seeks Silver Linings 2012-11-20T01:41:32Z

OnDeck called the race "one of the most challenging races in the Western hemisphere." Stephen Colbert to sea: `Brace yourself!' 2011-02-11T20:20:13Z

A viewer has to appreciate how challenging it is to walk that line in circumstances like this while still honoring the severity of wrongdoing committed against the survivors. The excellent "We Need to Talk About Cosby" skilfully opens a necessary, uncomfortable conversation 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Under the direction of Stephen Rothman, Kotsur uses ASL to transform Mamet’s words into a visual symphony and this challenging character into a poignant figure of isolation. Don't miss a word of this 'American Buffalo' 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

May he go on enchanting and challenging moviegoers for years to come. Is Hayao Miyazaki Gone With The Wind? 2013-09-02T19:29:07Z

These paintings stunningly sum up a moment when Minimalism was giving way to or being complicated by something more emotionally challenging and implicitly feminine and feminist. 3 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Whether challenging whiteness or misogyny within the black community, the author succeeds in her mission to tell “evocative stories that become a problem for power.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

With its widely spread out attractions, wind-whipped landscape and lack of public transport, Scotland can be challenging to tackle on your own, especially if the thought of driving on the “wrong” side is daunting. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

“I’m wired to destroy myself,” he said, “so fighting that wiring is always challenging.” Arts & Leisure Preview: The Comic Who Explores Comedy?s Darkest Side 2011-01-06T19:37:09Z

"I had a really challenging decision to make" regarding leaving a going concern to start one of his own, says Galusha. Bastille's Galusha takes on Classic Concepts: first, in Kent 2011-05-05T17:51:04Z

Her plays were often considered too avant-garde or challenging for mainstream audiences. An Avant-Garde Theater Artist Gets Her Due 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Q. Has any of it been especially challenging? ArtsBeat: The Spy Who Married Me: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on 'The Americans' 2013-01-24T17:18:07Z

He added, “It would be a shame if these high schoolers were shut down over some of the content that may be challenging for some of the audience.” Billie Joe Armstrong Warns of Censorship After School Cancels 'American Idiot' 1455-03-19T05:00:00Z

Yet, it’s still challenging to get back on track with nutrition and exercise while sticking close to home — and with no friends to cheer me on. Skipped your workout — again? An accountability partner can help you meet your fitness goals. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

It's extremely challenging for her to keep it real to herself and her musical style when she's got to hit a knuckleball out of the park each week. In the midst of music this bewildered 'American Idol' blogger lost his 'Twain' of thought ... 2010-04-28T14:51:00Z

A lot of the film was improvised, which must have been challenging. Laia Costa: ‘We were doing this scene the whole night and in the end we couldn’t stop’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Wang went on to describe the character as "a very complicated individual" and the role as "very challenging". Iron Man 3 to release Chinese edition 2013-04-26T14:57:47Z

No mere prodigy, she was declaring that she was ready to leave her mark on some of the most challenging and profound music in her instrument’s repertory. Hilary Hahn Returns to Bach, 21 Years Older. And Maybe Wiser. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

What was most challenging about moving from a very unconventional media space to one of the most traditional? Grace Helbig's Guide to Taking Fashion Less Seriously 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

It’s an accessible, engaging look at the insidious and troubling practice of challenging books that reflect diversity. David Levithan’s New Middle Grade Novel Tackles Book Banning 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Stein’s project was motivated by a desire to learn “how, collectively, transmasculine people are challenging popular understandings of gender.” ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

And she knew she enjoyed being with exciting, challenging men, having already lived with a fellow art student, Igor Pantuhoff, a White Russian with matinee-idol looks and the charm and deviousness to match. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z

“It’s always kind of challenging to really be vulnerable,” Champion said. Jenn Champion makes a sharp break from emo indie rock to a new synth-pop sound 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Fully engaging with the secondary and tertiary storylines in the piece is challenging, too. "Perry Mason" is a stylish, Depression-noir reboot that doesn't exceed its basic procedural roots 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

I assure you, every person in “Jenny’s” circle — her widower, her children, and other friends and family members — all of you are coping with these challenging feelings. Perspective | Ask Amy: Friend is conflicted over loss and new love 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

The goal is to see how sharing a new and challenging experience with a spouse changes the neural activation of the brain. Researchers Study Brain Scans for Insight to Marriage 2010-06-04T20:22:00Z

Still, of all the pressures applied to the save-face-insistent country music industry this year, the racial justice reckonings of the summer certainly have been the most challenging to face up to. What Country Music Asked of Charley Pride 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

SUN Celebration of cycling, 8 mile or challenging 32 miles course, pie, live music, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., registration 8:30 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But though Collage has grown in its 15 years, breaking into the funding community has been challenging. Perspective | MacKenzie Scott’s multimillion-dollar message: Art is essential everywhere, not just in museums and theaters 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Griffin then jumps in and asks why "credible Republicans" are not challenging Trump and his lies. “The View” sounds the alarm on Trump: “Wake up, America, because our national nightmare is not over" 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Sackhoff ably handled the expansion of a challenging role, walking a particularly treacherous way between canon-devoted wonks scrutinizing her character's evolution and audiences meeting her afresh in this series. We salute you Bo-Katan Kryze, but the third season of "The Mandalorian" took on too much 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

The songs are challenging and experimental, but also familiar, as she casually wades into well-trodden pop waters to sing about love and sex with a synth-and-sigh twist. 9 Under the Radar Artists You Should Be Listening to Right Now 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

This proved challenging, as she was not interested in scientific studies showing that substitution or maintenance treatment worked, continuing to pursue the claim that abstinence was a proven alternative. Review was right to criticise BBC's science coverage 2011-07-21T17:06:24Z

The literal process of leaving the island is so arduous and challenging and expensive. "Every Day in Kaimuki" filmmakers on questioning contentment: "Are you happy or is this just easy?" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

Yes, people care about this type of watch because it poses the challenge of containing one of horology’s most challenging complications in a diminished space without affecting its chronometric integrity,” he says. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Not Just in, Thin Is Almost De Rigueur 2011-03-24T07:01:13Z

Its Christian spiritualism offended the Soviet authorities; its depiction of Russia's savage history upset nationalists like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and its challenging form led to various cuts. Andrei Rublev: No 1 2010-10-20T10:54:00Z

And she’s celebrating by taking on one of her most challenging parts yet — and logging 20 flights of stairs during each performance. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Her flexible instrument — expressive and light — can follow the challenging requirements of her music, can flow alongside her bass, can tell the delicate stories in her poetry. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

The #MeToo movement consumed their attention, but she continues advising women one-on-one as they learn to navigate Hollywood’s intricate system, which she said is more challenging than the still-growing industry in her native Mexico. Actresses of color make equal-pay quest a group effort 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z

Compiling the dishes into cookbook recipes, though, was at times challenging, she said Thursday. Longoria shows her kitchen skills in new cookbook 2011-04-08T01:34:32Z

Isufaj recently told the Community Impact newspaper last month that despite the challenging circumstances, customers donated money, bought gift cards and left large tips to help the business stay afloat. Texas restaurant serves 500 people for free during power outage: 'First hot meal in days' 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hume described the relationship with his mother in only the most loving terms, emotions that made the painting process challenging. Gary Hume Loves His Mother. His Art Is a Valentine to Her. 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

It was really fun and a little challenging in the beginning. Emmy Nominations 2016: Maura Tierney on ‘The Affair’ and Helen’s Swearing 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

"Great writing is great writing, no matter what the genre is, and I just like working with great, challenging scripts." Peter Dinklage jumps from "Thrones" to indie film comedy 2011-11-19T00:42:40Z

"It is a new way of showcasing the character of Ip Man so it was physically challenging for Tony to undergo training for so many years just to prepare for the role." Tony Leung says no soured ties with Wong Kar-wai 2013-01-23T12:39:10Z

You walked and camped through severe weather, dealing with hostile authorities, soldiers, wildlife, banking errors, and all kinds of unexpected encounters that made a difficult walk even more challenging. Hiking 630 miles of English coast, with nothing left to lose 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

I emailed last month expressing my sadness at the prospect of him missing the wedding, offering to pay their airfare and acknowledging that he is in a challenging and intense place in his own life. Carolyn Hax: 12 hours on a plane with a newborn is a lot to ask 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

And after playing “Summer of ’69” a decade later in the same venue, I must admit that is one hell of a challenging bridge. Ryan Adams: The First Time I Was Rattled by a Heckler 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Fehér builds up his nightmare using visual techniques that are redolent of his countryman and sometime collaborator, the Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who is best known for his formally and philosophically challenging epics. ‘Twilight’ Review: Film Noir in the Hungarian Hills 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Ruth Andrien, the Taylor 2 rehearsal director, said that deciphering Mr. Taylor’s notes was challenging. How Do You Reconstruct Lost Choreography? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

It was one of many that followed what was a challenging year. Review: ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ Finds a Rapper-Singer in Whimsy Mode 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Working at an Amazon warehouse can be physically challenging, with lots of bending, lifting, and moving. 16 secrets of Amazon warehouse employees 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

But finding a qualified firm that could build a team with all of the necessary equipment and expertise was challenging from the outset. For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z

The same could be said for a 2 1 / 2 hour stretch that’s filled with an intriguing, challenging play. Intriguing, challenging ‘The Wonderful World of Dissocia’ by Theater Alliance

Still, its technically challenging aspects impressed its early British audiences, who would have been unaccustomed to hearing the double bass as a virtuoso instrument. Music Review: Dusting Off the Real Dragonetti Concerto 2010-10-05T21:15:00Z

“That was easy. Putting on a label was challenging.” In Translation: A Friendship Redefined 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

There the choreographer Kenneth MacMillan chose her for a leading role in one of his first ballets, and the two collaborated for the next 20 years, challenging the perceived nature of ballet. Lynn Seymour, Acclaimed Ballerina and a Dramatic Force, Dies at 83 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

"So a pure advertising play might prove challenging." Jetblue folk hero electrifies news media, ad firms 2010-08-12T13:57:00Z

“Let’s see if we can find something a little more challenging.” Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z

Max is clearly a lovely man, but the challenging nature of his music demanded a more challenging response. Max: A Musical Portrait of Peter Maxwell Davies - review 2011-07-16T05:00:01Z

This just sounded like something that would be kind of interesting, challenging and fun. ‘Sgt. Pepper at 50’ Artists on How the Beatles’ Album Inspired Them 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

The entire team of "On Fire" expresses their gratitude to SAG-AFTRA for allowing the cast to promote "On Fire" during this challenging time for the industry. "The last thing we wanted to do was start a fire!": Peter Facinelli on his wildfire survival film 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

Despite the writers’ extensive research, talking to many sex workers, especially people who worked in that era, Noble wasn’t sure how people would respond: it is a challenging watch. 'It's never sexy': why the women behind porn drama The Deuce refused to titillate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

Mastering the roll-up can be more challenging than properly knotting a necktie. Should a Man Roll Up His Sleeves? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

For all its challenging skiing, this was the Taos I’d remember months later, warm and comfortable, like that Southwest sun slanting down. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Museum staffers have been pleased with recent performance experiments in the atrium, a challenging space; and should this series succeed, it will likely be followed by more. In Some sweet day Series, Dance Meets Visual Arts 2012-09-02T07:30:05Z

When I came, one of the spaces that was challenging was the balcony bar, which traditionally had sort of background classical music. The producer: Limor Tomer 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

A regional Australian oyster festival is challenging the Guinness world records’ definition of “biggest oyster” after its prize contestant – a 2kg mollusc named Jack – was deemed too short. World's not Jack's oyster: 2kg mollusc ruled too short for world record 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

In switching gears to deliver outdoor theater, the festival has been able to step up during a challenging time for the performing arts, but it has struggled to manage the logistics. Williamstown Theater Festival Tries to Weather the Storms 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

But Arena and its innovative spaces — the company’s main stage, challengingly configured in the round, is named for her and Tom — remained the crowning achievements of her career. It’s almost impossible to overstate Zelda Fichandler’s impact on American theater 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

It was challenging, confrontational, defiant; she stared into the camera with those remarkable eyes, almost daring us to return her gaze. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z

You never want to get bored or complacent or stop challenging yourself. "I love absurdist comedy": Ryan Phillippe on his career evolution and the fun of playing a rich jerk 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

For some artists, transforming old recordings into Atmos has been challenging. Dolby Atmos Wants You to Listen Up. (And Down. And Sideways.) 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

For adults, it’s challenging enough to sit through 20 or 30 minutes of speeches, but for 12- and 13-year-old kids, it’s especially difficult.” This Life: Teaching Respect to the Young Faithful 2012-10-12T20:37:30Z

"For me, what was challenging, once we decided we were moving forward, was how do we rebuild confidence and prove to folks that this is still a great orchestra?" L.A. Chamber Orchestra names Scott Harrison as executive director 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

We all brood about this challenging new digital-age issue and its significance. Peter Bradshaw on watching films in the digital age 2012-07-29T18:30:01Z

“It’s just a movie I’ve never done before. I thought it would be really challenging again. It’ll be really edgy, but it will be very simple. No big orchestras.” James Horner's recent work: 'Southpaw' and '33' scores 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

So when the Mighty Thor appears, Waititi said, the moment is challenging for Thor because “he doesn’t know who he is and he’s seeing someone else dressed just like him.” Watch Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman Reunite in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

The stage is one of the few places left where it is still possible to inspire challenging and exciting conversation. Why can't playwrights feel free to be political? 2010-09-02T15:32:00Z

It must be truly challenging for an actor to have to act reserved and shy, but without appearing weak or uninteresting. Emmy Nominations 2018: ‘Game of Thrones’ and Netflix Lead the Way 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Wallace wrote complex, challenging novels, topped off by the footnote-thick "Infinite Jest." In which J.K. Rowling gets her David Foster Wallace on 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

In the debut season of his topical HBO comedy series, Wyatt Cenac resolved to tackle the challenging issue of police reform in America. What Was the Problem With ‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

No wonder we’re finding it challenging to get back to our hotel. Hats off to Fez: go back in time in this atmospheric city 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

“There were not three trials of a product — there were 23,” Ms. Czech said, noting that achieving the optimal consistency for each serum, especially the oils, was the most challenging. Kim Kardashian’s New Skin Care Line Is Not for Quitters 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

The first season is a much rawer project, an unsettling farce about guilt and grief that is challenging to both TV conventions and the viewer. I Love Top Ten Lists 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, however, I also believe that it’s only by challenging these judgments that our culture as a whole has any chance of becoming more mature and free. Are any of us truly comfortable with sex? 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

Furthermore, drinking water at home or when on the go is equally challenging: Is tap water safe where I live? Drinking water used to be simple. Not anymore 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

Domestically, the federal government plays key roles in protecting coastal communities from floods, a job made more challenging as seas rise. Donald Trump’s climate wake-up call: Supermoon flooding shows the reality of global warming 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

And more and more now people are like, it's been a very hard, challenging time and to have something that we can just escape to and feel warmed by and comforted by is very valuable. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

“But the thing was, what CBS wanted was basically meatloaf — nothing too challenging, something to just fill some hours.” Stephen King Has Thoughts About Stephen King TV Shows 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

The windows and doors are making it challenging for them to find a furniture arrangement that works. Designing a family room around an inherited Oriental rug 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

“It has helped me through challenging times, with a death in the family,” Mary Pat Buerkle, Mr. Ma’s longtime manager, said of his Bach. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Pinning a genre to this singer-songwriter from Las Vegas is challenging. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

In the acknowledgments at the end of “Lethal White,” the author says the book was particularly challenging, written as she was “also working on a play and two screenplays.” Blackmail, Murder and Other Bad Behavior Abounds in Robert Galbraith’s ‘Lethal White’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

The Associated Press judged it a challenging but rewarding read full of emotion and heart. Rowling's first novel for adults goes on sale 2012-09-27T14:38:08Z

In this series, there are movies to talk about with children: challenging experimental fare like Su Friedrich’s “Sink or Swim” that play with the anxieties of childhood. Things to Do With Kids in N.Y.C. This Summer 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

It has also helped raise awareness of what Mr. Guggenheim wryly described as “challenging” films. Pinning Academy Award Hopes on a Powerful Song 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

“And I wouldn’t rule out any genre — though a horror musical could be challenging, and superheroes really do rely on certain types of visuals that are pretty cinematic.” Hollywood’s Big Bet on Broadway Adaptations 2013-08-01T12:00:07Z

"We are in the midst of one of the most challenging summer concert seasons, with many tours being canceled outright," McBride said in a statement this month announcing the tour's cancellation. Musical acts' summer tours encounter heavy weather 2010-07-16T20:47:00Z

Melly has asked us to put all our angst as a character into the big, bushy tails we have to wear, which is pretty challenging. The Cunning Little Vixen brings animal magic to Glyndebourne 2012-05-17T19:00:08Z

The gameplay itself — you play a police detective on the trail of a serial killer — is nothing special or challenging. Video games: A Year of Playing L.A. Noire and Shadow Cities 2011-12-17T05:25:56Z

Licad brought intense virtuosity and a subtle variation of touch to the piece, taken at challenging tempos in the second and third movements. Review | Cellist Alban Gerhardt proves to be a musical omnivore at Phillips Collection 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Q: What was your most challenging scene in the film? A Minute With: Actors Butler and Ferguson on Scotland and dragons 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Even better, challenging people’s assumptions this way may help them treat the next L.G.B.T.Q. family with greater respect. I Support My Parents Financially. Can I Have a Say in Their Spending? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Further challenging the reader: Nearly all the characters are schizophrenic residents of an experimental psychiatric community called Concept House in suburban London. Book review: ‘Shark,’ by Will Self: Postmodern novel in a psychiatric community

There he oversaw the ever challenging requirement to create the best possible ambience and spirit within the properties. Explore: OMAR’S 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

An insular feeling around a group often means that its music is going to be opaque or otherwise challenging. Review: Phish Settles In for Another New Year’s Run 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

An audiobook narrator has a challenging task in portraying Helen in all of her complexity as she spirals further down into the muck. ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

It’s really challenging to create a hit show under any circumstances, and tougher still to do so with the challenges imposed by broadcast TV—which has to break for ads, and appeal to advertisers. The Upcoming Fall Season of TV Is Heavy on Nostalgia 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Films with serious-minded preoccupations and a need for challenging performances might seem the most vulnerable to such hazards. The Dardennes and Philippe Falardeau on Child Actors 2012-03-09T16:30:00Z

But finding broad-spectrum antibiotics that work against all classes of bacteria is challenging – and even if we discover new narrow-spectrum ones that work against particular strains, the likelihood of them becoming clinically available is slim. The ‘superantibiotics’ that could save us from bacteria apocalypse 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

"The mountains have been challenging. Once I got to Denver, all the way from Denver to California was windy and cold. But the experiences, it’s absolutely amazing." Former Uber driver bikes to all 50 state capitals in 1 year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

"It's challenging," Scott said by telephone from the East Coast. Cut Copy breaks out of dance mold Tuesday at Showbox SoDo 2011-04-07T19:31:08Z

I’m getting the hang of Temptu’s foundation, though their cartridges for blush — sold separately — remain challenging. Skin Deep: A Magic Wand to Make Skin?s Flaws Disappear 2010-06-09T19:06:00Z

She sent directly to the first lady her rebuttal — challenging “the buckets of vile and venom now being hurled on both Clintons.” From press paranoia to affairs: A Hillary confidante’s letters reveal a window into her friend’s life 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

And she felt a special imperative to immerse her actors in history, given that they would be exposing audiences to it in such a fresh and challenging way. Perspective | A Tony-winning director finds a rewarding new way to build a musical in the age of covid-19 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

The Independent newspaper's Paul Taylor called the show "lacking in any truly original or challenging spark," while the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer found it "tawdry, lazy and unedifying." Spice Girls musical 'Viva Forever' closing in June 2013-05-02T12:28:10Z

The Wind Rises may be a challenging end to a major artist’s career. The Wind Rises: An Animation Master’s Last Flight? 2014-02-20T15:00:59Z

But K2 is not just more challenging; it is also more deadly. 2010-01-14T18:35:00Z

In response, the established diamond industry has sought to head off this threat by challenging the idea that it is ruinous for the climate. Diamonds have a dirty secret. But there's a climate-conscious solution 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

It was a challenging situation, but one that she and Daniel were up to. A Chance to Bond on a Perilous Hiking Trail in Iceland 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

As we ascend, and the climb becomes more challenging, but the views are reward for achy legs. Top of the lago: a saunter around the Italian lakes 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

Here are three examples of localized food projects successfully challenging the current system—all of which lend themselves to replication in other areas. COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our food system — here’s how we can localize it 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

But there was no shade whatsoever, and as we staggered around the serviceable course, with its sometimes challenging holes, I had moments when I thought of a forced march on a chain gang. A Miniature-Golf Odyssey (Obstacles Included) 2010-09-02T21:19:00Z

That few speak to old-new, East-West tensions in very surprising, deep or challenging ways does not make the show less interesting to think about. Art Review: Rubin Museum Show of Contemporary Tibetans 2010-08-19T21:54:00Z

As it was long ago, “One Day at a Time” leans heavily on Lear’s knack for fearlessly blending controversial topicality with comedy — with a sometimes challenging additional layer of identity politics. In Netflix’s perfect revival of ‘One Day at a Time,’ there’s hope for the future of sitcoms 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

My work then was all about, basically, challenging images of us in the media and that's what I set out to do. Britain's best film directors show some early promise 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

And scientists are studying the plant for chemicals that might help treat cancer and other challenging medical conditions. The vice of spice: confronting lead-tainted turmeric 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

Will new dramas like "Homeland" and "Downton Abbey" edge their way into the best drama category, challenging the four-time winner "Mad Men?" ArtsBeat: 2012 Primetime Emmy Nominations 2012-07-19T11:59:24Z

Alison Bernstein, who expanded opportunities for learning and tackled challenging social problems as an educator and as an official of the Ford Foundation, died on June 30 at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. Alison Bernstein, Educator and Ford Foundation Executive, Dies at 69 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

"It was a very difficult show to work, it was challenging," Singleton said, with only a few days of rehearsal and constant script changes. `I Love Lucy' actress Doris Singleton dead at 92 2012-06-29T13:31:13Z

They provide pictorial variety and emotional complication, challenging and humanizing the heroes as the story requires. Review: ‘Snowden,’ Oliver Stone’s Restrained Portrait of a Whistle-Blower 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

But her biggest success to date, she said, is “Gravity,” adding, “There are few films which create for the designer that kind of challenging job.” The Carpetbagger: Clothes and Character: ‘Gravity’ 2014-01-31T17:00:41Z

The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance worked with the county to create this challenging yet accessible year-round course. Fit & Fun: Mountain bikers' nirvana at Duthie Hill Park 2011-08-31T20:50:05Z

Mr. Collins entered the national spotlight with the Mothers of Invention, an outlet for Mr. Zappa’s unique sense of humor and challenging, unorthodox compositions. Ray Collins of the Mothers of Invention Dies 2012-12-27T07:43:03Z

Initially Current TV producers found it challenging to get their online community to coalesce behind a single, user-generated concept for the show. Plot Twist? If Viewers Say So, Let It Be 2011-02-10T22:59:55Z

Parade organizers responded by challenging the ban in District Court in Lublin Wednesday. Pride parades in Poland prove flashpoint ahead of general election 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

And young people don’t need a lesson in challenging standards of beauty from a company that wants to keep them interested in purchasing beauty products. What Dove gets wrong in its new “Selfie” campaign 2014-03-01T15:30:00Z

Our stages see increasingly challenging work on identity, gender and ethnicity, and that’s only likely to intensify: Young Jean Lee’s “Straight White Men” at Studio is already riveting viewing in the new cultural context. Notes on political theater: The perils of spectacle 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

My daughter, her wide blue eyes as round as quarters, was captivated by the view: Verdant, peaceful and fairly monotonous, it was a perfect, if challenging, place to play I Spy. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

But diverted by the book’s charm and erudition, readers may overlook its more challenging purposes. In Defense of Liberalism 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Task Force, said that “not coming out on one’s own terms can be challenging personally and professionally, even when it is a positive, celebratory, inspirational act, as Wilson’s coming-out post was to so many.” Australian Paper Deletes Rebel Wilson Column but Denies Outing Her 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

Betsy was a skilled and enthusiastic baker who tackled all sorts of technically challenging pies, cookies and pastries. A casserole redux befitting of leftover turkey 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

This feature is the impeachment of my realism, the challenging of the facts of life as put down by me in that story. Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

“There was a spirit of challenging normalcy and heteronormativity and identifying with criminality.” The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Yeah, it was extremely rewarding, but it was also very challenging. "Barry" star Anthony Carrigan on the finale: "Something lights up inside of Hank" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

It was challenging; it wasn't anything that I had necessarily done before. Five actors on faking confidence, the Batsuit and tea breaks 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

The chorus, whose expert contributions came across best in the challenging acoustic, appeared to be synchronised undertakers in black suits with top hats pulled down low. Dido and Aeneas; English Music festival – review 2013-06-01T23:07:11Z

After all, doesn't Cannes pride itself on offering the finest, most challenging pictures from the world's four corners? Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z

Dustin goes the simple, yet challenging route, with a New York strip and espagnole sauce. Julia Child's secret sauce and the little black dresses of French cuisine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

If its life-size horse puppets were not sufficiently challenging, the coming production of “War Horse” will also employ an ensemble of 35 actors, all new to the play. ArtsBeat: 'War Horse' Corrals Its American Cast 2010-12-20T19:15:23Z

"Creatively, it was a really hard, challenging movie, says Jonze, adding: "Trying to get where we were going - emotionally - every day, was a challenge. Falling in love in a digital age 2014-02-15T10:32:43Z

To avoid any hint of the metronome, Mr. Metzmacher likes to conduct many large, logistically challenging scores without a baton. Music: Franz Schreker?s Opera ?Der Ferne Klang? at Bard 2010-07-25T01:32:00Z

In an interview with The New York Times Magazine in 1972, Mr. Van Peebles countered that he was challenging the “false Black images” that white people used “to confuse, drain and colonize our minds.” Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

It’s defined as exercise that strengthens major muscle groups by challenging them to near-exhaustion in eight to 12 repetitions. The eternal weight-loss question: Exercise or diet? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Though the “Escape Room” films aren’t quite Shakespeare, Robitel laughed, they are uniquely challenging in a different way for actors with the elaborate stunts and camera coverage required. Name to know: ‘Escape Room’ franchise star Taylor Russell 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Conversely, is there a tricky egg technique that is an especially challenging approach? The "Queen of the Coop" answers all of your egg-centric questions 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

But striking a balance between political and funny is still “very, very challenging,” she said. The Sneaky Power of Amy Schumer, in ‘Trainwreck’ and Elsewhere 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hicks skillfully hits all his marks in this hugely challenging Shakespeare role, but you feel he is delivering a carefully thought-through performance rather than bringing us deeply inside the character’s despair and confusion. | 'King Lear' : The Old, Inexorable Story of a King?s Disintegration 2011-07-17T21:53:11Z

OK, comparing the delightful yet challenging story collection to Spam musubi may seem facile, nay even borderline insulting. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Storm wasn’t diagnosed as PDD until he was in the seventh grade, which made his early childhood confusing and challenging for him and those around him. How “Dungeons & Dragons” saved my autistic son 2014-04-15T11:50:00Z

Given the broad range of options, from super lightweight to heartier setups designed for challenging, big mountain terrain, consumers have a wide — and potentially confusing — assortment from which to choose. So, you want to be a backcountry skier? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

“In the day and age of automated everything, getting a live human on the phone on the most culinarily challenging day of the year? It’s so genius. It’s like calling the police.” Turkey Trouble? At Butterball, Operators Are Still Standing By 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

“That particular process was challenging only because in the ensemble, dancing isn’t my forte,” Courtney said. For Lorna Courtney of ‘& Juliet,’ New York Has Always Been Her Stage 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

It must be challenging to remove all this makeup. | Lily Rabe 2011-01-26T21:46:01Z

“Islamey” is renowned as one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire, one so challenging that Scriabin hurt himself trying to play it. Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang Play at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

I think that was really the most challenging period in my life because up until the age of 46 I had a voice of this comedic mom-next-door, who's just like you. Sandra Tsing Loh on menopause, marriage and writing 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

But Alexander Levy was one of the galleries offering something more conceptually challenging at the space in the Mitte district. In Berlin, the Art World Spreads Out to Stay Safe 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

Estrangement is a topic she felt compelled to tackle to give hope to others who come from challenging home environments. Drum-and-Bass Is Rising Again, With Nia Archives in the Spotlight 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

It’s become a far more creative and in some ways more challenging arena than the film industry. On TV, a Super-Sized Performer Breaking Out of a Small Box 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

In the book, Bob is living through a challenging time, and so are kids today, with the coronavirus outbreak, Applegate said. Bob, the tiny dog from ‘The One and Only Ivan,’ takes the lead in a new book 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

To Ms. Okpokwasili, who started as a dramaturge on the project before becoming a performer, that weight was exciting and challenging, she said in a phone interview. Nora Chipaumire’s Dance About Miriam Makeba Comes to BAM 2012-09-11T21:54:24Z

The exhibition reflects this sense of variety and fluidity, challenging some stereotypes of Muslim culture. Mediating Faith and Style: Museums Awake to Muslim Fashions 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Broad alluded to his own reputation as being sometimes prickly, saying he found being a business executive much less challenging than working in philanthropy or dealing with political figures. Eli Broad, Foremost Patron of Los Angeles, to Step Down From His Philanthropy 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Lin-Manuel Miranda sang the vocally challenging “Giants in the Sky” from “Into the Woods,” a Jack merrily raising his voice from atop his own personal beanstalk. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

The project sounds complicated enough – so why stage it in such a challenging environment? National Theatre Wales's Coriolan/us: ready for take off 2012-07-30T18:01:01Z

Because Lambert had been dead for almost 35 years, Cooper said it was challenging to make audiences feel his presence in the film. 'Lambert & Stamp' explores the 'mesmerizing' duo who managed the Who 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Still, a medieval abbess is a challenging heroine — living, as she does, a millennium away from us, suspended in that dim historical period long after the Romans but centuries before Shakespeare. Review | In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

They are filling a void, challenging the suppositions and conclusions of the earlier works. Perspective | America needs an epic narrative right now. Painters are working on it. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

But this particular delay of six years was especially challenging. Official Obama Portraits Are Finally Being Unveiled at the White House 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

Still, she admitted the experience was a challenging one. Ramirez says no dancing on 'Grey's' music episode 2011-03-29T00:14:09Z

The intermediate blues were both cruisable and challenging, and the expert blacks took advantage of the mountain’s steep pitches. 2010-02-06T04:54:00Z

In his three most recent features, starting with 2014’s “Force Majeure,” Mr. Ostlund has consciously tried to get away from a certain type of European art-house film that is often cerebral, challenging and severe. Ruben Ostlund Doesn’t Want You to Get Too Comfortable 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

“People find it very challenging to paint designs on nails,” she said. Nail Art Is Now Hand Art 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Much of northern food confronts newcomers with exciting but occasionally challenging flavors. Choice Tables: In Chiang Mai, a Chef Traces His Menus 2011-11-04T18:37:25Z

There are operas that are challenging for their sheer technical demands — the density of Berg’s “Lulu” or the heroic immensity of Wagner epics. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

Before he became a famous novelist, he was a successful translator of English literature into Spanish who tackled writers as diverse and challenging as Faulkner, Yeats, Wallace Stevens and Thomas Browne. Javier Marias Finds Popularity on the Rise in Britain and the U.S. 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Law described the script as "really interesting, diverse and challenging." Jude Law in Austria for "360" film shoot 2011-04-26T18:08:16Z

The goal is to close a season at the top of your division, because the top finishers rise to a more challenging group for the following season. The coolest, weirdest Internet community you’ll never be able to join

Figuring out how much water a Poinsettia needs is probably one of the most challenging parts of caring for the plant, especially if it’s your first time. How to care for poinsettias: Your guide to the Christmas flower 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

But fine art proved to be challenging in its own way. Alan Peckolick, Graphic Designer Whose Logos Are Familiar, Dies at 76 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Originality is more challenging than you might think. Ask the indie professor: Why so many bad band names? 2011-03-22T19:11:50Z

For something more challenging, consider a day trek to Vikatgad Fort, an obscure outpost about which little is known. Keep your cool in India by visiting one of the country’s hill stations 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

The stint at Joe’s Pub was a corrective of the most American kind: a learning experience, a way, to quote an expression that particularly tickles Elmaleh, of challenging himself. Gad Elmaleh’s Translated Comedy 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

It requires one to know the difference between PPE and PPP, not to mention lots of other inscrutable topics, “which is very challenging to understand if you’re not an accountant and just a restaurant owner.” Thanks, coronavirus. Will Seattle’s tourist-dependent businesses survive the lost summer season of 2020? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

“Many people actually aren’t aware of the guidelines, and exceeding them is so normalized that I do think change and reduction will be challenging.” Perspective | Government may suggest men limit alcoholic drinks to one per day 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Today, she says, "It's a harmless thing, but I think the movie is challenging the idea of that, and the idea of people being so ironic about everything all the time." Aubrey Plaza: 'I'm a poster child for irony' 2012-12-14T23:00:16Z

That is the foundation that offers the security for a young person to answer all of those profoundly challenging questions. Six ways parents can stay connected with their teen sons 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Chris kicked off the challenging solo march on Aug. 31, from The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and will walk down 12 states until he gets to Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Why this father is walking from Maine to North Carolina, barefoot 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

Roberts, who has worked with the artist for roughly half a dozen years, says the work's challenging nature is part of what makes it so intriguing. Daniel Joseph Martinez offers a front-row seat to a famous artistic murder -- starring himself 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Choppy water today makes sighting challenging, but right on cue a passenger appears enthusing about a pod of 10 dolphin he’s seen port-side … I miss it, but there’s no denying the excitement these creatures evoke. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

It was an exacerbation of something that had plagued me, mildly, since I began relations decades before — lots of challenging entry and excessive tightness I’d never known how to label. How I cured my “sexual dysfunction” without a pill 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

For some women, treatment can be challenging because they may not find the right providers and a few have conditions that are difficult to treat. Sex Hurts. Help! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

“I’m glad he’s challenging them and I hope he succeeds,” he said, adding that registration “is not as benign as they maintain.” This American sells Russia radio airtime. The U.S. says that makes his firm a foreign agent. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Though Orenstein’s book straddles the line between romance and commercial fiction, it strikes a powerful chord with a heroine struggling for balance in 2019 — something that is made ever more challenging with technology everywhere. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

“This moment with the Delta variant is a very, very challenging moment but it is also a temporary reality,” he said. New York City Mandates Vaccines for Museum Visitors and Staff 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very challenging time, with the pandemic and in terms of what’s going on culturally, societally, with race relations,” Ms. Raines said. An Accidental First Date 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

The Sisters of Life acquisition, Kamensky said, may be “challenging” for some in the archival community, including at the Schlesinger. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

"Life is a challenging and often inexplicable odyssey," he tells a reporter, late in the book, "that doesn't translate easily into newspaper stories." 'Truth Like the Sun': Ready or not, Seattle grows up 2012-04-04T20:29:10Z

She realizes that, as a Westerner, she assumed that Rosy was challenging her authority, so a loud, angry battle of wills ensued. How Do Maya Parents Handle Temper Tantrums? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

On the face of it, it hardly sounds like a recipe for a rollicking night of comedy, but Bishop turns challenging material into a show that genuinely moves you while making you laugh throughout. This week's new comedy 2011-01-01T00:05:55Z

And for teenagers eager for challenging fare, there’s FringeHIGH, whose productions deal with subjects like street violence, illegal immigration, relations between minorities and police officers, and the Armenian genocide. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The language, or lack of challenging dialogue replaced with over the top bad boy school room talk. ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

“It’s the most challenging experience since graduate school,” Schmidt said of the training. 300 volunteers for African American museum: ‘We’re ready.’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

They adopt such abstract nouns as access, outreach, inclusivity and challenging. We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z

After Damon returns home, they keep in touch and decide to go on a more challenging trek together in Lesotho, a tiny, inhospitable country situated within the interior of South Africa. In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

For Tatum, Miller's free-form approach made for challenging but ultimately rewarding moments. 'Foxcatcher' filmmaker prizes the unexpected in chilling drama 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

What a difference on Wednesday, when the troupe opened its program at New York City Center with another challenging piece by Balanchine, “Allegro Brillante.” Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Although cinemas were permitted to open in England from 4 July, actually finding one to visit proved challenging. The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19? 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

Climbers usually spend several weeks on Everest acclimatizing and preparing for summit bids, but compressing that into five days is very challenging and risky, said Shanta Bir Lama, the chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Nepal's Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

“Having to clean reinforced concrete isn’t exactly as challenging as titanium,” he said. Architecture: Spanish Cities Pin Hopes on Big Arts Complexes 2011-09-05T13:00:08Z

Close has enjoyed her share of complex, challenging parts. Glenn Close: ‘You don’t lose your sexuality as you get older’ 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

This is not to say that vegetable-focused­ restaurants do not face a challenging learning curve with diners. Vegetables: Are they the new bacon? José Andrés and other chefs think so.

But independent clinics and systems that provide care for underserved populations sometimes find it more challenging to retool when new practices and technologies become available. Birth control for beginners: What’s preventing women from getting access to the full range of contraceptive options? 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

“I like to offset something pretty with something challenging,” Rankin explained. Alvvays, a Dreamy Indie-Rock Band, Cranks Up the Volume 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

And many composers during these decades wrote in musical languages that, however new and challenging, also had great allure and beauty. Anna Netrebko, Consider New Opera. Please. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Considering how emotionally challenging it can be for women to watch adaptations of George R.R. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

The idea of a challenging yet well-ordered world so prevalent in modernist literature may seem dated now, but as a young reader and video game player I found it tremendously appealing. What Pokémon Can Teach Us About Fiction 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

More often than I care to remember, I answered challenging queries with the words, “Ask your mother.” 'I've been good and bad, caring but useless': Tim Dowling on two decades of fatherhood 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

It is a difficult, challenging and, at times, opaque movie, which does not have the story arc of a conventional Hollywood biopic. The 10 best films of 2012, No 1 – The Master 2012-12-13T22:00:28Z

The challenging part is I don’t want to be caught up in that. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke reflects on the movement — and the reckoning 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Matthew Sweet led the boosting last week, with his article challenging the received wisdom that postwar British cinema – exemplified by the work of Ealing Studios – was cosy and parochial. Readers' reviews: Postwar British cinema and Selena Gomez 2011-07-28T22:15:01Z

Its language is frequently challenging, which is no bad thing. The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne - review 2012-08-03T21:55:06Z

“If you’re in the thick of some challenging moments, keep that in mind.” How to survive the teenage years: a parents’ guide 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

Lauer received the most criticism for not challenging Trump on the candidate's claim that he opposed the war in Iraq before it happened, despite a 2002 interview where he said he supported it. Roughed up by critics, Matt Lauer jokes with Dana Carvey 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Work obligations often force celebrities out of hiding after challenging personal situations, but choosing how and where to make a comeback is often a carefully calculated move. Pattinson returns to spotlight on `The Daily Show' 2012-08-13T16:46:04Z

And so the only things available to say about an intensely provocative and deeply challenging show are broad comments about how well-made it is or how diverse and how talented the cast is. Orange Is The New Black Has A Spoiler Problem 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Of course, Representative Cummings, as head of the House Oversight Committee, was challenging the power of the executive branch when he passed. ‘This one is for Elijah’: Kweisi Mfume on trying to fill the seat for the deceased congressman 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

While he is working through a challenging time in his personal life, he remains an important part of the Warner Bros. family. The Ben Affleck Scandal Meter 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

But that becomes increasingly challenging as his course — which he spent his entire savings on — demands more of his time, and his money. ‘Uncorked’ Review: A Fresh Take on the Father-Son Drama 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

Keith, an editor, was daunted by the amount of content already available, “There were so many seasons,” he said, “it seemed really challenging to get into.” What it’s like to watch the season 7 premiere if you’ve never seen “Game of Thrones” before 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

I might find his gesture facile or obvious or not as smart and challenging as other things he has done. Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

These "nonconjugal couples" – mutually supportive relationships of friends or relatives that lack a sexual component – are powerfully challenging dominant social and legal norms around what constitutes family. Friends are saying "I do" — but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z

It would be too simple to say that the boom is the result of young Americans concentrating on more challenging films, though that is part of it. American actors and directors projected to shine at Cannes 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Here was a partner who could “quarterback” a project that would prove to be incredibly challenging. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

"It’s also important that each individual feels good about themselves, otherwise if you are not feeling your best for you, it will be challenging to be your best for your partner and the relationship." 7 secrets to improve your relationship in the new year 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

The queen and her husband will avoid overseas travel because their advanced years make such trips challenging. Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30 2012-01-08T14:38:09Z

Ensuring that other women’s stories remained whole proved more challenging. ‘She Said’ Filmmakers and Weinstein Victims: An Emotional Collaboration 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

“We are challenging that idea with this paper,” said Hamid Noori, co-author of the research from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. Women as likely to be turned on by sexual images as men – study 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

That sometimes lends itself to less challenging sculpture, like in Washington Square, or simple boosterism, as in the refugee portrait banners. From China’s Artist-Activist, a Citywide Great Wall 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The fall is meant to bring more challenging artistic offerings, but this is not exactly what I had in mind. Fall Preview: The Thrill is Back. So Is the Anxiety. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

He began the program with the technically challenging Symphonic Études by Schumann. Music Review: Joaqu?n Ach?carro at Mannes College the New School for Music 2010-07-23T23:25:00Z

It can be challenging to read another person’s cues when you are meeting virtually. Perspective | Ask Amy: Online match seems promising until she avoids in-person get-togethers 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

He is the only child in the house; his much-older brother was also challenging but with different issues. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A teenager who doesn’t respond to nagging. Go figure. 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

There are so many terrifying, exciting, challenging, rewarding things to look forward to in life—focus on those. 5 Myths About Post-Grad Life 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

In California, the legal team challenging Proposition 8 has called upon psychologists, historians and social scientists to testify on their behalf, a tactic that worked well for supporters of same-sex marriage in Iowa. 2010-01-21T08:07:00Z

Mr. Volkov describes the process of rehearsing this music as not terribly different from preparing other challenging contemporary pieces. Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

He's challenging himself, trying to see how much he can get away with -- a quality that links Gus to his star employee, the increasingly prideful and reckless Walter White. "Breaking Bad" 4x8, "Hermanos" 2011-09-05T14:06:00Z

The action is intense and challenging, often reminiscent of 2K Games' fine "Borderlands." Review: 'Defiance' merges video game with TV drama 2013-04-11T12:09:13Z

Ultimately, in a battle of instinct and science, he poses the challenging question of whether it is right to fight to keep these babies alive when the odds of life are so stacked against them. Great British Food Revival 2011-03-09T07:59:00Z

Classics, new works, family shows and challenging pieces. A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

The road to the pageant is a challenging and expensive one. ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Review: Celebrating Black Girlhood 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The initial itinerary that was presented to me — a group tour that would cover four miles a day — wasn’t challenging enough, though I was reminded that the trails were not “New York City sidewalks.” Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z

But my answer is that every child’s life is challenging and the very things that are difficult can make them into better people.” Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

He talked eagerly about shooting at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., but admitted to some worry that the geo-political theme would make the film "challenging" to market. ArtsBeat: Toronto Film Festival: Partying With Ben Affleck and Reactions to 'The Master,' 'Cloud Atlas' and More 2012-09-10T17:56:04Z

Would like to know which of the characters that Mr. Skarsgard has played has been the most challenging and why?- ArtsBeat: Alexander Skarsgard Answers Your Questions 2012-09-10T20:06:52Z

Even though the job can be challenging at times, “there’s a real sense of community,” she continued. World’s most remote post office is hiring. Penguin counting required. 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

Still, you can make it a bit more challenging, if you’re up for it. Lamb, Slow-Roasted the Moroccan Way, Without the Barbecue Spit 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Set within a U-shaped cliff band, the route has six progressively challenging sections that rise as high as 140 feet. Coming Soon to an American Cliff Near You: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

While making rangoli can be celebratory, it is also a daily ritual for many women in India and throughout the diaspora — a tradition that grounds them in challenging times. The Art and Ritual of Rangoli 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Modernist authors like Virginia Woolf are especially challenging because she asks readers to keep up with six different mental states, or what the scholars call levels of intentionality. Next Big Thing: Literary Scholars Turn to Science 2010-03-31T22:36:00Z

“A lot of them are really challenging. The museum’s role in a way is to preserve the work forever.” It’s a Banana. It’s Art. And Now It’s the Guggenheim’s Problem. 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

This month, the six heirs filed a heavily redacted motion challenging a potential “entertainment transaction” they claim would be “an embarrassment to Prince’s legacy.” What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

But I am challenging you to open your mind to these unrelated things as other paths to learning. How can I make my daughter enjoy learning? 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

For the Trocks, more used to performing Russian ballets and parodying their large-scale dramatics, the “Napoli” pas de six is particularly challenging. The Trocks, an All-Male Dance Troupe, Balance Camp and Skill 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

It was one of the best parts of the job, meeting such women and watching them chew, but also, frankly, one of the most challenging. Modern Love: How Hollywood Ruined Me for Romance 2014-01-23T19:38:45Z

Commitment is not always fun and rewarding; it is often gritty and challenging. 4 Ways to Help Your Kid Learn to Suck it Up 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

One way they do so is by challenging the state’s power to document and confer identity. The Much-Vaunted American Melting Pot, Cracks and All 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Stückl said that, given the high number of refugees in Germany, he felt it was more important this year to focus on Jesus’s attention to outcasts than to his challenging of traditional religious practices. ‘It’s My Tradition Too’: A Town’s Centuries-Old Passion Play Evolves 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Besides, when we fold clothes, of course, the reverse of his Japanese crane takes place: challenging three-dimensional items are reworked into flat, boring packages. The joy of folding: how an everyday chore became an online, anxiety-busting sensation 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

Expect pithy, surprising, challenging insights into life for modern women. The cultural year ahead for women 2013-01-08T07:00:00Z

In “Do the Right Thing,” Lee—in challenging the cultural segregation of Sal’s wall—challenges the very nature of a public space as private property. The Enduring Urgency of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” at Thirty 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

“I was drawn to challenging plays, plays that would not succeed commercially and therefore needed a home,” he said. Former Students and ‘Wynn Place Show’ Praise Wynn Handman 2013-12-25T21:24:07Z

This must be challenging for her, because the lines go out at random times, often between midnight and 2 a.m. if I’m not drinking. I’m tweeting “The Great Gatsby” 2013-05-10T23:43:00Z

In a New Yorker interview, he essentially forbade anyone to call the show “campy,” challenging viewers to look past a lot of fabulosity and see something deeper instead. Review | ‘Pose’ returns, upgrading its ‘realness’ without sacrificing its glimmer or grit 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Regular updates interspersed the clever and challenging programme of short pieces and excerpts, which included Copland's Fanfare, Adams's Short Ride and excerpts from Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, all performed with the orchestra's customary energy and brilliance. Prom 20: Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels! – review 2012-07-30T11:33:31Z

Burka Avenger: the Pakistani cartoon challenging the Taliban on girls' education - video trailer Watch a trailer for Burka Avenger, the first animated series to be produced in Pakistan. Burka Avenger: the Pakistani cartoon challenging the Taliban on girls' education - video trailer 2013-07-25T13:13:21Z

Conductor Stanley Thurston had a challenging brief — the distance between orchestra and the singers sometimes created appreciable ensemble issues — but he paid diligent, responsive attention to the singing. Review | This production of ‘L’Enfance du Christ’ gets tangled up in current events 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day. Like her TV alter, VanCamp prefers to be a mystery 2012-09-28T22:53:08Z

“Tougher films, complex documentaries about challenging subjects, will be at a disadvantage against films that make voters feel good, or at least ennobled, when they vote for them.” The Carpetbagger: In the Heartwarming Documentary Category 2012-01-23T16:14:50Z

Lawyers for the heirs are now challenging those rulings in the state’s Court of Appeals, arguing that the case should be decided in New York. Heirs Sue Over Ownership of a Pissarro, Saying It Was Seized by Nazis 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

I have been lucky enough to play an astounding range of interesting and challenging character: astronaut, spy, madam, physicist, biologist, author, detective. Olivia Williams on Hollywood inequality: 'Nobody, until now, gave a damn' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

And it’s challenging enough trying to film an animal up in the canopy, while you’re on the ground in a swamp with vines tripping you up every single step. 'I never knew walruses climbed that high': Our Planet's scariest moments 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

We'd start the sequence with the wirework and go straight into a whole fight, which makes it more challenging; we can't do one move, cut and pick up again. Star Trek Into Darkness: how it was made, by the people who made it 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z

That makes it far more challenging for us to get deals and sell the products.” Dita Von Teese, From Burlesque to a Brand 2012-11-24T00:05:20Z

Around the turn of the century, he complicated that image by appearing in more challenging, less accessible films, like “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Magnolia.” What Becomes a Star Most? For Tom Cruise, It’s Control. 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

If it continues, perhaps the idea of a “Hirshhorn” work will suggest a body of art intimately connected to one of this city’s most challenging spaces. Review | Five art exhibitions you really didn’t want to miss in 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

"It was really pretty challenging. It wasn't easy. But I like tight straitjackets," he said. Mitchell to put next work on Twitter 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

They are expanding the American fashion industry and, in turn, challenging the American narrative. Robin Givhan: One Sunday night at Fashion Week redefined the stories that clothes can tell - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

The role of Che is very challenging every night, but I'm really enjoying this. Ricky Martin is 'having the time of my life' 2012-07-18T20:39:08Z

As an actor, it's hard to play that, yet also really fun and challenging. "Hunger Games" success "mind-blowing" for Hutcherson 2012-08-17T18:11:04Z

Yet comedy can be serious and challenging, and theatre can be silly and funny. Laura Solon: My Edinburgh 2010-08-16T09:13:00Z

It’s a challenging note on which to end an album that is mostly absent of overt politics — and exactly the type of subversion Flasher is after. Flasher takes the lessons of D.C.’s punk past and charges into the future 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

The king cobra knee hold is also challenging, yet experts will hold these asanas for seven or eight minutes. My first adventure in yoga: less cobra, more corpse 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

“But talented in a way that wasn’t expected, that’s challenging and pushing against constructs and ideas.” Shooting ‘Scenes From a Marriage’: ‘I Cried Every Day’ 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

It suggested that jazz-rap was a given, but delivered it in its least challenging form — no pyrotechnics, all cool. Complete Eric B. & Rakim, a Fresh Look at Wire and a Whole Lotta Guns N’ Roses 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

It was challenging enough for Missy to trade in her childish overalls for more mature jeans. Even beyond the voice recast, "Big Mouth" nails the adventures of an awkward Black girl 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

It's a challenging meditation on form and memory, but performed with such a droll tension that it's also a deliciously entertaining kind of dance theatre. Dance Umbrella – review 2012-10-07T15:21:19Z

It provides a demonstration of what a fine Mahler interpreter he is, in what is arguably the most challenging and problematic of the symphonies in performance. Mahler: Symphony No 7 – review 2013-07-11T21:40:00Z

His decision to branch out into more challenging material in the early 2000s came directly after a stretch of ingratiating parts. Robin Williams obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Eric Wilson, fashion news director at InStyle, described this year's theme as "extremely challenging" compared to years past and agreed that Perry's outfit was courageously on point. Celebrities embrace avant-garde challenge at 2017 Met Gala 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Some people are more liberal or more conservative, so there can be a lot of judgment in that regard, which makes it more challenging to live out your faith in front of everyone. Candace Cameron Bure Talks 'Fuller House' and 'The View' 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

The headliner is Lil Wayne, whose failures are more intriguing than Jay-Z’s and who’s been the more challenging hip-hop star over the last decade. Pop: Hip-Hop Titans, Still Going Strong 2013-07-12T17:57:57Z

The novel can be challenging as it often leaps between past and present, but le Carré’s books usually repay our patience. Review | At 85, John le Carré emerges with a sequel to ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

It was extremely challenging in every way, shape and form. ‘Cloud Atlas,’ as Rendered by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis 2012-10-09T23:05:27Z

However, many cross the line from challenging to outright frustrating in a way its spiritual predecessor never did. Quantum Conundrum – review 2012-06-30T23:05:31Z

In July 2005 the museum’s director, Glenn D. Lowry, wrote to the Groszes’ representative that evidence challenging the museum’s ownership was unpersuasive and that the transfers were not forced. Lawsuit Against MoMA Highlights Timing Issues in Claims of Nazi Looting 2011-08-23T16:57:53Z

I particularly liked the episode in which he took on a Navy Seal seal called Neil McBeal, challenging the solecism that members of the US military are by definition heroes. BoJack Horseman review: shades of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Daria, but hard to love 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

To genre fans who prefer more challenging speculative fiction, Bradbury was known as the SF writer for people who don’t like SF. Ray Bradbury: 1950s comics’ illustrated man 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

This is a very challenging time to be a young person. "Bodies Bodies Bodies" director: "When the Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in" 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

But the breaks helped, he added: “Every day was challenging, but ultimately felt very fulfilling and weirdly O.K. to leave.” The Carpetbagger: One Best Actor, So Many Possibilities 2013-12-11T23:53:23Z

But they were also challenging racist standards of beauty in order to fully afford black women their humanity and belonging in the nation. Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged on Atlantic City 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

They told Elizabeth Jennings she could have it all — the husband, the kids, the challenging career, the greater cause. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 11: You’re a Monster 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

All these books are challenging but they’re tremendously exciting and deeply hopeful in the promise they hold forth for change and growth in even the most troubled relationships. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

How to select a wine, how to serve it, how to store it, how to pair it with food: These are among the topics that many consumers find so challenging. Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

But it is also a job -- and as someone who has had other actual challenging, jobs, this is as good as it gets. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

“All the Way,” about Johnson’s challenging, nation-changing first year in office in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination, will play the Rep from Nov. 14 to Dec. 23, 2014. Seattle Rep’s 2014-15 season: LBJ, Jinkx, ‘Piano Lesson’ 2014-04-09T23:38:30Z

Most of all, he would play with the way he presented his characters, persistently challenging the viewer’s preconceptions. Breaking Bad: 10 years on, TV is still in Walter White's shadow 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Brady admits that there are some “challenging personalities” which make his work even more rewarding when he gets a piano to sound and feel the way they want. Piano technician in tune with industry award 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

While this recipe doesn't necessarily require a degree in pastry to make, it's technically challenging enough that it quickly enables viewers to start identifying some of the real early contenders. With buttercream, bits and beavers, “The Great British Bake Off” is finally back to prime saucy form 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

It was beautiful, challenging and sophisticated: not words often associated with children's theatre. Fevered Sleep's old age playmates 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z

She wants an interesting and challenging job, but companies won’t hire an undocumented woman without a degree for anything but janitorial work. Review | In ‘Patsy,’ a woman goes in search of freedom — and leaves her daughter behind 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

“The hardest part, quite frankly, was challenging seven different people and finding that only a few lived up to it,” she said. Inside the Insta-Cover Games 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

They ask themselves the inane questions artists are often asked, and their inane answers — about how challenging art isn’t popular, etc. — are made more irritating by a purposefully insincere tone. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson?s ?Devotion Study #1? at Whitney Museum 2012-03-07T00:05:18Z

These are challenging traditional bestsellers – classics, self-help and business "how to" books – and newer stars of Indian publishing whose works retell stories often drawn from the everyday experiences of middle-class Indian youth in simple language. Record advance 2013-03-04T19:00:52Z

We tried our hardest to get product placement and it was very challenging to get any money out of those things. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Ramin Bahrani Goes Big 2013-04-22T17:01:09Z

These shows are challenging gender constructs, breaking taboos and bringing us into the hearts and souls of trans people who have been made invisible – or caricatures – for too long. Eve Ensler: trans people have been caricatures for too long 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

“For me, just as for Anastasia Steele, Christian is a challenging, infuriating, and endlessly fascinating character,” James added. EL James’ ‘Freed,’ as told by Christian Grey, coming in June 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

You are experiencing the most challenging period of adulthood. Perspective | Ask Amy: DNA reveals family secret and resentment 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

What a journey it’s been, though, one that will lead her to three special, if challenging, performances May 11-13 at Base, the multipurpose space in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Seattle cellist Lori Goldston, who played with Nirvana’s 1993-94 tour, brings her silent-film scores to Base 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

STW And I feel that having my children is as creative as – and more challenging than – making a film. When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono 2012-06-16T23:06:00Z

It was certainly the most challenging and the most difficult and the most satisfying journey, because it was very personal to me. With ‘57th and 9th,’ Sting Changes His Mind About Rock 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

It’s challenging to place this novel under the umbrella of a singular genre — what is it like for you to tell a story that crosses over multiple genres? Gina Nahai on her new novel, 'The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, this graceful production captures more than enough of this challengingly frolicsome yet ultimately piercing play to win us over. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

It manages to be both a relaxing and challenging two hours. Yoga, Then an Ice Bath 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Sunday, the first of five successive spring evening auctions, at first seemed reckless, filling a catalog with challenging, even disturbing work. Christie’s Sale Opens Spring Auction Season Amid Predictions of a Softening 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Morlot was a genial accompanist, perky in the outer movements, placid in the Adagio, but not really on his soloist's more curious and challenging wavelength. Sun shines on Hollywood Bowl guest conductor Ludovic Morlot 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Several women biologists, challenging popular thinking about maternal instinct, recently studied how animals behave, Rossellini said. 'Mammas' is study in maternal instinct 2013-05-07T12:51:08Z

Performing two of William Shakespeare's "problem plays" in repertory during the wilting summer nights, contending with low-flying helicopters and errant raccoons, can be challenging. At 81, John Cullum relishes his two roles in Shakespeare in the Park 2011-06-19T03:42:04Z

Director Yi Seung-jun’s gorgeously photographed slice-of-life film is a contemplative experience, to be sure, but never a taxing or challenging one. “Planet of Snail”: An unforgettable love story 2012-07-26T00:01:00Z

In anticipation of her latest film, Two Days, One Night, which is out in cinemas this month, we took on the challenging task of picking out her Top 5 moments. Marion Cotillard: five best moments 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

The window to contest the singer's will is closed, but the trio said as recently as last week that challenging the executors remains their priority. Judge to rule on Jackson guardianship changes 2012-08-22T10:16:04Z

Sondheim's songs are among the most lyrically, melodically and textually challenging work in American musical theater, and such complexity is best not approached unprepared. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z

It was also challenging for employees to find any support when speaking up within the systems in place in TWC, the suit said. Weinstein suit may be turning point, experts say: 'They'll bring him down’ 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

This may help you to find more challenging work for him. How to end the homework battles with a second-grader 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

He's an architect challenging himself to build three different cathedrals from the same pile of bricks. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z

He was, above all, a champion of theater that is bold and challenging. Michael Feingold, Forceful Drama Critic, Dies at 77 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

While bribing teenage boys to care about organic gardening was challenging, it also had unique rewards. No backyard, no problem: how to grow your own vegetables in an apartment 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

It feels comfortable to be in a place where people are challenging norms or cultural conventions. Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie 2012-11-08T10:36:38Z

The fare on Broadway struggles to be challenging, perceptive and meaningful, but producers are increasingly bound by market forces. “Clybourne Park” makes us all look bad 2012-06-11T20:20:00Z

It's an audacious attempt to bring some of the most controversial and challenging piano music of the last hundred years to the stage. VIDEO: Pollini unveils a musical pilgrimage 2011-02-09T14:22:13Z

He took it home, anticipating something experimental and challenging from the avant-garde and multimedia artist who became John Lennon’s collaborator in life and art. What do you give Yoko Ono on her birthday? A tribute album 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

In the letter announcing the cancellation, Taylor said he found Meacham’s insights “to be both challenging and inspiring.” College cancels Meacham talk over Planned Parenthood ties 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

“I was newly divorced and I had been doing the whole online thing and was finding it a little tiresome and challenging,” he said. Second Chance for First Impression 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

They knew that staying a couple would become more challenging when he went off to N.Y.U. after graduating from high school. Picking Him Out From a Crowd 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Though attentive to calls for police accountability, and the media’s role in reducing complex issues into simple narratives, Long’s schematic script ramps up theatrics at the expense of more challenging insights. ‘A Shot Through the Wall’ Review: Tipping Justice’s Scales 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

“Supporting an autistic child in peer-based social settings, especially when play is unstructured, as it would be at a playground, is often incredibly challenging,” Dryer says. Perspective | Can I help my child with autism spectrum disorder make friends? 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

Rumi used the Koran, Hadiths, and religion in an explorative way, often challenging conventional readings. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Ashbery’s aversion to autobiographical revelation has often led critics to assume that his life story offers little help in understanding his challenging poetry. A Fascinating Deep Dive Into John Ashbery’s Early Years 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

This can make nourishing oneself a bit challenging for vegans who thrive on plant-based staples like grains and legumes. Vegans rejoice! We have 18 Passover recipes for you 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

“Adolescence is an inherently vulnerable state, a transition time. But it can also be a challenging, exciting and great time too.” Holly Arsenault, introducing teens to the arts 2013-12-07T16:36:41Z

But this particular edition would seem particularly challenging, regardless of the very structured approach he uses to arrive at each candidate's "life method." “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” gives insight into the "life method" of our next president 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

By challenging the audience to assemble the story, she is instead forcing us into her characters’ heads as they piece together their lives under the pressure of constant emergency. Review: In ‘Sanctuary City,’ Slamming the Door on the Dream 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

But his later work is in many ways even more radical and challenging. Review: ‘Don’t Blink — Robert Frank,’ a Portrait of a Quintessential New York Artist 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

If that's not challenging enough, switch things up and try reverse puff, creating a sheet of butter that will be wrapped around a piece of dough. Over sourdough? Here are five cooking projects to take on during year two of COVID-19 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Camping with three generations, in a heatwave, was a challenging experience. Boats and beach huts: a family holiday on Denmark’s Ærø island 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

He added that the "tremendous enthusiasm" to get in a few more runs this season, however tempting, could be challenging for the resort to manage. Colorado ski resort Arapahoe Basin reopens this week after coronavirus hiatus 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

What were the most challenging scenes for you to film? Adam Scott Channeled Personal Grief into ‘Severance’ 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

This same movement is now challenging and changing one of the most fundamental aspects of modern wine production: the vessel the wine is stored and served in. Thinking inside the box: how cask wine became cool again 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, I even shun the modifications they recommend for beginners like me to attempt the more challenging moves. 'Can Tony Soprano make me a better parent?': the lessons we've learned from lockdown TV 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

The ad featured Eastwood leveraging his cinematic persona to the hilt, emerging from the shadows while praising and challenging America at the same time. Eastwood ad sparks the discord it decries 2012-02-06T22:59:00Z

"Dancing" puts cleverly cast famous faces into challenging situations where spectacular failure is always possible. The 5 most inexplicably popular reality shows 2010-05-12T04:38:00Z

He became an anti-FGM ambassador at his university and felt more confident in challenging some of his peers. Somaliland: 'I convinced my sister not to do type III FGM on her daughter' 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

Unpredictable and challenging as it was, life with the Kemp company provided him with a kind of cocoon of stability. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z

It's been a challenging year for food insecurity. "I am an artisan": Chef Eric Ripert on meditation, demystifying seafood and his next chapters 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z

Sergei was already nervous about returning to the company he’d abandoned, and seemed to think that having Galina there might jinx his performance; in challenging this, I was responsible for stressing him out even more. Sergei Polunin’s Dance Mom 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

"Same as It Ever Was," "Shake Our Way Out," "Made My Peace" and "Peace I Need" are all good examples of challenging the modern-day short attention span. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

One of the most challenging aspects of this experience, for me, was the shame of not feeling “normal,” “natural,” or possibly even ready for motherhood. Perspective | Ask Amy: Ghosted friend struggles to cope at church 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

"He's good at puncturing absurdities and challenging stereotypes," said Rebecca Davis, a TV columnist for South Africa's Sunday Times. New 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah heralds a new frontier in TV: diversity 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

This happens all the time, notably in all of the aforementioned examples, and is actually, dare I say, a good thing, by challenging whiteness as the long-held default. In defense of an East-Asian Velma in new HBO show 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

“Just as courting him was a big, long process, the exit is just as challenging.” For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Taking such a beloved book to screen, figuring out what stays in and what goes, working so closely with the author, having such huge fan expectations — every single thing of it was challenging,” she added. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ the Movie, as a Fairy Tale 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

He was twanging and retuning the audience, challenging its expectations of a figure like him: the enlightened witness from the 1960s, the eminent singer of romantic seriousness. Caetano Veloso and His Band Perform at BAM 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

“I am not your entertainment,” he said in a tone that, like the whole event, was at once challenging and inviting. ‘You Are the Show’: A Hudson Valley Outpost of the Avant-Garde 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

But juggling an academic and a performing post is by no means unusual in the music world, and the trip from Indiana is not a challenging commute. Perspective | Early music, fresh start: A new leader for Washington Bach Consort 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Tasmin Little, international solo concert violinist, explained that the bow is a particularly challenging element of her instrument to learn: Violin or guitar: Which is easier? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Every season’s penultimate episode has a technically challenging and visually impressive battle as its centerpiece. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Eastwatch” gathers the storm 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rushing will be seen again in the technically and emotionally challenging central role of Rennie Harris’s new “Home,” which concerns a man finding his way back into his community after being ostracized. The Week Ahead: Dec. 25 ? 31 2011-12-25T00:22:25Z

The Earshot Jazz Festival, which gets under way Friday in three Seattle venues, has earned a well-deserved reputation as a carefully curated event friendly to new and challenging music. Earshot has Keith Jarrett, other hot headliners 2011-10-13T18:30:06Z

I don’t really want for there to be a divide between the audience and performers, but it’s really difficult to stage that in a way where it’s not like, ‘Ooh, I’m challenging the audience.’ | Matthew Stone 2010-12-01T21:37:00Z

That made Schreier a good match for Paper Towns’ challenging mix of teen comedy, romance and mystery. 14 Things You Learn on the Set of 'Paper Towns' 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

In the technology arena, for instance, Apple is successfully challenging the PC world with a business model that convinces consumers to pay higher prices in exchange for better reliability, durability, efficiency and customer service. Will Walmart eat L.A.? 2012-06-26T19:39:00Z

Have you found it challenging also to be moving into a different stage in your career as an actor now? Kyra Sedgwick knows we're obsessed with her marriage to Kevin Bacon: "I totally feel pressure" 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z

The role is in many ways the most challenging in the two plays, “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika.” Career Zigzag, Changing Coasts And Galaxies 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

The Bach is, of course, gorgeous, but at the close of a challenging, complex afternoon it felt a little pat, an overly consolatory ending to an exciting, refreshingly unsentimental concert. Music Review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium 2012-02-07T23:35:30Z

Bizarre, faintly comic, faintly nightmarish, the images brilliantly reflect the grandfather's vivid, challenging presence. Poem of the week: Elegy by Sidney Keyes 2013-07-15T11:42:00Z

“Now it feels like you’re going into projects thinking, ‘How much more challenging and exciting can we make this?'” It’s no joke: women rule the Emmy comedy series category 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

This claim is challenging while also being problematic. What Obama’s Dallas speech missed: Police brutality is rooted in race-based housing segregation and economic inequality 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

“We are frustrated,” said Jacob Morris, the historian who is challenging the decision by the Public Design Commission, which reviews all permanent monuments on city property. The Art Design for Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn Moves Forward 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

But then the moment passes, and any challenging questions are pushed aside in favor of third-act mechanics. ‘Centurion: The Dancing Stallion’ Review: Romance on the Ranch 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

It was really challenging to first go into this film, going, "Oh gosh, the law enforcement energy again." HBO's "The Slow Hustle" director: "We're all carrying some level of mass grief as Black people" 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The prize committee, in a citation, called Mr. Gilroy, 63, “one of the most challenging and inventive figures in contemporary scholarship.” Paul Gilroy, Scholar of the Black Atlantic, Wins Holberg Prize 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

What was the most challenging part of putting on the show? Grace Wales Bonner Has Set Her Sights Beyond Fashion 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

The trails are paved or covered with boardwalks, though many visitors choose a more challenging route, stepping off the trails and risking a $120 fine, said Illinois conservation police Officer Scott Travi. Starved Rock officials: Stay on the trails 2011-09-07T02:22:00Z

The second half consisted of a single and much heavier work, though not without its sweeter parts: Richard Strauss’ sprawling tone poem “Ein Heldenleben,” challenging music for orchestra and audience alike. Long-neglected music gets a fresh L.A. Phil spin at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, the Lumineers doesn’t deal in challenging music to begin with and its pleasing, accessible sound is also why “Cleopatra” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The Lumineers deliver an infectious show at Marymoor 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

Unemployment in Detroit is down, profits are up, wages are good, and there is no problem too tough or too challenging for us to solve.” Review: ‘Once in a Great City’ Chronicles Detroit’s Glory Days 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

All of the designers interviewed agreed that while solutions are challenging, a reckoning over the design industry’s diversity problem was overdue. Opening the Doors of Design 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

African American genealogy is especially challenging because many records of African Americans are listed by their first name without a surname or by the name of the enslaved individuals. Tracing my African American genealogy 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

However, it's spot on for the mini white cube which satirises the whole caboodle, framing a pair of knickers alongside critiques of a show called FIB which is "unsettling, challenging" and has "gut-wrenching authenticity". Earthquakes in London; The Good Soldier; FIB 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

"The conventional wisdom is that the two worlds are separate, and that needs challenging." What's TV's problem with theatre? 2013-03-20T18:31:19Z

Products that need to be frequently changed or refreshed are more challenging, for related reasons. The Great Amazon Flip-a-Thon 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

On Monday night’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon and Roots band leader Questlove shared a story about Prince challenging Fallon to a game of ping pong shortly after the host’s daughter was born. Jimmy Fallon's Story About Playing Ping Pong With Prince Has the Best Ending 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

Have television executives finally figured out how to present challenging, powerful classic literature in ways that find broad popular appeal? My half-brother scares me 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re taking some real leaps, and I think challenging the form as much as any show on cable or streaming right now — all while remaining within our lane,” he said. Fate of Kate’s pregnancy is center stage on ‘This Is Us’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

That was part of the balance of tone that was very challenging. It’s a “touchy” subject: “Sticky: A (Self) Love Story” wants to get us talking about solo sex 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

And it has not just been the members of Britain's political class who have found adjusting to diminished power and reach challenging. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z

The 82-year-old mogul said the production was "a challenging and exciting opportunity to tell my story and share the magic of Motown". Motown musical set for Broadway 2012-06-27T12:30:28Z

"It's like a meeting of the Olympic games and art, and I find that fascinating and challenging for me, to see what can be done." Paul McCartney composes orchestral work for New York City Ballet 2011-02-24T10:57:30Z

I found it challenging because there were some people who had different ideas about how the story should go. "To help life flow": Mark Dacascos reflects on his strong, flavorful and action-packed career 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

This is what we find so wonderful: an actor who embraces challenging conditions and so movingly transcends them. In 'Happy Days,' character is buried in sand, wrestling with life 2012-03-14T20:22:04Z

The prejudice is invisible, yet pervasive, and generationally it is challenging to catch up. From overlooked extra to Spike Lee star: how I beat Hollywood's colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

French provocateur Bruno Dumont returns with a challenging mix of spiritualism and psychopathy. This week's new films 2012-12-29T00:05:51Z

But as the theater filled up, the seats proved a bit challenging for some of the guests. Aisles of Dogs 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

It is by no means one-sided, and repeatedly dismantles the primary reasons given for being anti-immigration, challenging the stereotypes of lazy immigrants swiping jobs and housing from hard-working British people. Nick and Margaret: Too Many Immigrants? review – it feels reductive and cheap 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

For that reason and myriad others, this set might be a challenging listen for those who, like me, primarily associate Mozart with crystalline, poignant grace. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Again, it was only made more challenging by Strayed’s presence on set: But it was also a tragic blessing in some ways. Laura Dern on the unique challenges of ‘Wild’: ‘My heart completely cracked open.’

And the timeline of the narrative, which plays out entirely in reverse, was equally challenging. Richard Dormer: 'Let’s face it, I have the coolest weapon in Game of Thrones' 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

Niesen’s direction flattens an already challenging work of theater that, despite its influence, didn’t quite catch on in the United States, where agitprop and other kinds of homiletic plays are less popular. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Desyatnikov’s music is far from experimental or especially challenging. ‘How Am I Going to Dance to This?’ Ratmansky’s New Music Frontier 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

I would highly recommend this book to anyone searching for a vampire book with a fascinating plot, a spooky aura, and a challenging read that is not, Twilight! Dracula by Bram Stoker - review 2011-07-10T10:00:00Z

And the power of Mr. Brizé’s film — and of Ms. Chemla’s quietly volcanic performance — lies partly in the way ordinary disasters erupt in Jeanne’s life, at once challenging her passivity and emphasizing her helplessness. Review: Indelible Heartbreak, Moment to Moment, in ‘A Woman’s Life.’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

"The best tobacco in the world is Cuban so I think Cuba should keep the record for the biggest cigar," he said, noting it was a challenging task. Long life, very long cigar: Cuban dedicates a monster smoke to Fidel Castro 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

The sounds that emanate from an orchestra or chamber group are often exciting and challenging, but for audiences in 2012, the sight of men and women in formal or semiformal wear is just dull. Music Review: ‘Gran Partita,’ by St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble 2012-09-23T21:16:05Z

“He is both a throwback to an era when artists prided themselves on being outsiders challenging the establishment, and an ideal avatar of current cut-and-paste aesthetics,” writes Alexandra Jacobs in the New York Times. Taylor Mac is a MacArthur genius. If you don't know about his 24-hour extravaganza, here's why you should 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Whether they're challenging gender norms or ditching fashion trends for riskier choices, celebrities never fail to make headlines on the red carpet. The 13 most buzzworthy fashion statements of 2022, ranked 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z

WEISS: —It’s funny because there’s so many... shooting people on horses is challenging in so many ways and there’s a whole different set of skills. Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

When the scene was finished, they both looked at me challengingly. The Young Vic hits middle age ? and discovers some grey areas 2010-10-20T12:04:00Z

I like the idea of confounding audiences to a degree, challenging their expectations. Simon Pegg and Crispian Mills: 'Musicians throw TVs. Actors just disappear' 2012-06-07T20:00:01Z

"It was beyond scary and you feel helpless. Trying to aid children from a continent away is challenging." Russia-Ukraine war: Kentucky mom of 8 is desperate to rescue teen girl from Russia's attacks 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Fishing for an Answer: It is challenging to blend various sets of children, especially when some of the children live elsewhere, and with an almost 20-year age gap between sons. Perspective | Ask Amy: Mention of fishing trip puts relationship in rough waters 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Maybe, but if so, isn’t that the great thing about travel, challenging our all too often parochial world views? Frugal Traveler Blog: Mediterranean Dream Trip Higher-Lights 2011-08-16T19:11:26Z

The rest of the day, however, was more challenging, as I set out for the vast, nontouristy immigrant neighborhoods west of downtown. Los Angeles on $100 a Day 2010-11-15T22:21:00Z

Full-length memoir is one of the most challenging things, especially when you’re still living the story. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Many Costs and Confusions of Chronic Illness 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

Managing a plate that full would be challenging for a stable organized person. "The Flight Attendant" returns with double the baggage and showcase for Kaley Cuoco 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wall added that working with men tended to be more challenging. Can a Blind-Date Dance Lead to Love? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

In theory it was not that difficult - but I found it very challenging. Ted Talk prophets started with prosaic first jobs 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Children, too, are seeking guidance as they navigate these challenging and sometimes confusing times. 19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times: A librarian’s list 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

This is by far the most challenging and logistically brave thing I think I've taken on and the company has taken on. Producer goes on a high-octane 'Expedition' for ABC 2011-06-23T14:23:00Z

If the mysteries in McGown's books were less baroque, less challenging, I wouldn't appreciate Lloyd and Hill's understatedness nearly as much. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z

In the strong poems of her midcareer, this facility makes her a uniquely challenging and engaging public poet. An Appraisal: The Adrienne Rich Beyond the Anger 2012-03-30T17:31:51Z

Do you think crowds here are growing more receptive to challenging material? Daft Punk collaborator Todd Edwards on what's next in L.A. nightlife 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Supreme Court yesterday, challenging FCC indecency charges, was anything but fleeting. The Supreme Court’s FCC Ruling: A Decision, But No F-ing Closure 2012-06-22T12:07:52Z

Asked which dish might be the most challenging, he said: “Every dish feels like that. Even Korean food I feel like I know, but I don’t really know.” How to Fit All of Asia (and a Food Cart) Into a Museum Cafe? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

I worried that our clashing styles and upbringings might signal deep differences too challenging to overcome. Abortion, a love story 2012-08-25T01:00:00Z

It was this mix of tonal colors that made “Songs in the Key of Life” such a rich and challenging album. Stevie Wonder right at home in United Center concert 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z

Movies like Bridesmaids and television shows like Girls and The New Girl are challenging those long-held notions. Dude vs. Chick Rock: Is There a Music Gender Divide? 2012-06-12T13:29:51Z

It is challenging technique-wise, but instead of showmanship the dancers display calm control and unhurried musicality, even in the most devilish passages. Review | National Ballet of Canada gets it right: In ‘The Sleeping Beauty,’ it’s what’s inside that counts 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Taking public transportation can be challenging when arriving in a new town. Frugal Traveler: When You've Got Those First-24-Hour Blues 2011-08-02T19:26:56Z

Waterstone's tipped C to take the prize, with fiction buying manager Simon Burke calling it "a challenging yet dazzling novel". Booker prize shortlist drops early frontrunners 2010-09-07T11:13:00Z

Members of the cast said they were pleased to be part of a work that is challenging stereotypes. ‘The Snowy Day,’ a Children’s Classic, Becomes an Opera 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

To be honest, my career is more interesting and challenging and satisfying lately. "I never set out to be an action star": Dolph Lundgren on his career and the toll taken on his body 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Where Browning looked at love fondly, Beasley presents romance and desire as challenging, sometimes dangerous and fraught with emotional distance. The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Because you are such a fan of Carson McCullers, what was the most challenging thing about writing about her? “Lover, Beloved” is Suzanne Vega’s tribute to Carson McCullers and it is only the beginning 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

As challenging as Kernza to grow, so, too, is the processing. What can you make with half a million pounds of Kernza? Try beer 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z

The effort to find my niche became as challenging as being a productive player. After ‘Moneyball,’ Tabitha Soren kept shooting. The results are stunning. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

Once you’d written the script, did you find it at all challenging to cast the film? ArtsBeat Blog: A More Perfect Union: Tom Six Discusses 'The Human Centipede II' 2011-09-21T16:04:10Z

It was challenging because I really wanted to talk to Warren a lot, get to know him, hang out with him and pick his brain and ask a lot of questions. “American Animals” could change how we tell true crime stories 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

And it’s shown me the rewards of acting, and of challenging acting. Bob Odenkirk, Five-Time Emmy Nominee, Isn’t Ready to Get Off the Ride 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

And, of course, I got involved with the kids’ activities in a more challenging way, such as being a Cub Scout leader and writing some school plays. Motherlode Blog: A Stay-at-Home Dad Confronts the Unexpected 2013-12-12T20:00:21Z

The season will range from challenging contemporary works and new commissions by young composers to old favorites by the likes of Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Claude Debussy, Dmitri Shostakovich and Ludwig van Beethoven. Simon Rattle offers up musical 'tapas bar' for first season in London 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Filming their own, already challenging and dangerous expedition was an added hazard, says Larsen, who also blogged their journey. Last Race to the Pole: will the reality show be the final North Pole trek? 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

But McKay proved as challenging to her record company as to her listeners and soon parted acrimoniously from Columbia. Nellie McKay is working her way through the decades 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

These subjects live under a kind of historical amnesia, making it even more challenging to locate their sense of loss, which has become “dispersed,” ambient. The Stories We Tell, and Don’t Tell, About Asian-American Lives 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

A female Roma band in Serbia is using music to preach women’s empowerment within their community, challenging some deeply rooted traditions and centuries-old male domination. Serbian Roma girl band sings for women’s empowerment 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

But, given the company’s history of challenging, hardscrabble shows, “Great Divide” is a fitting valedictory. Warped family dynamics with a touch of the outrageous in 'Great Divide' 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Achatz dismissed the idea as not challenging enough, saying that he would be bored after three months. The Perfect Menu. Now Change It. 2011-02-16T06:00:43Z

Those few lines cast some light on the dark motivations that underlie Danny Lyon's ongoing body of brilliantly challenging – and unapologetically problematic – work, and on our continuing fascination with it. Caught on camera: Danny Lyon's Like a Thief's Dream 2011-01-11T15:22:50Z

Brewing with corn is more, not less, challenging, asserts Flying Dog’s Clark: “It produces such a clean, light-flavored brew that any sign of imperfection shines through.” Craft beer: Corn gets a new look from brewers, and not as a mere filler

Later he becomes the subject of a commissioned painting, challenging Shafak to delve into the strange mechanics of posing an elephant for a portrait. Painting a vibrant and lush portrait of the 16th-century Ottoman empire 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Was it challenging to write the screenplay for your own book? Jojo Moyes talks about the big-screen version of ‘Me Before You’ 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Lightbot, a more challenging version of the same game, may also appeal to this age range. Travel Apps and Games for Children on the Go 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

The challenging route didn’t stop the king from trekking up in a few hours last October. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

At the same time, he was a task master capable of challenging artists. Playwrights recall the spirit of Gordon Davidson, and how one man changed the face of L.A. theater 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

If the language seems overly challenging, I would urge patience. For Greek Reds, No Matter How Good, the Embrace Will Be Slow 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

Despite the number of times the Millards had been told nothing could be done, the surgery “wasn’t particularly technically challenging”, Philpott says. ‘I’ve been told bacon smells lovely’ – life without a sense of smell 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

In an especially challenging scene from Season 12, also in the water park episode, Frank rides a towering, dry slide that is closed off to customers. Meet the Secret Weapon of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

We’re very silly for people who are dealing with challenging subjects or being a little confrontational. ‘W/ Bob & David’ Brings Back a Sketch Comedy Duo 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

And now with the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’: Maybe it’s much easier, maybe less challenging; maybe the piece is more seductive with all these different keys, with all the preludes. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks about taking time off for Bach

Indeed, Golijov seeks to please his listeners by flattering rather than challenging them. BSO, Marin Alsop usher in new year with flashy, energetic concert at Strathmore 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

“It’s a challenging time, but it is also a time where I would say that there are an incredible amount of possibilities,” Mr. van Zweden said in an interview at his Midtown hotel. New York Philharmonic Taps Jaap van Zweden as Its Next Maestro 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Regardless of reasons, we are all in the same position of facing what will certainly be the most challenging times of our lives, in terms of physical capabilities, without children. Why I’ll be spending my golden years with my golden girls 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

Then you have the younger generations exploring and challenging that. "And Just Like That" star Karen Pittman on the "sexy" missed opportunity of Nya romancing Miranda 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

Sure enough, Chris strapped the shotguns into racks on modified golf carts as we headed into the less challenging of the grounds’ two 15-station courses. Women Try Beretta Shooting Grounds at Dover Furnace 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

It was musicians experimenting and challenging themselves, and growing at the same time. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z

“That made the case a little more challenging for me, because I certainly took every step to keep those people out of it,” he said. Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’ Omitted Crucial Facts, Prosecutor Says 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

FOR decades now auction houses have sold challenging works of art. Art for Sale, No Introduction Needed 2011-04-28T17:58:20Z

We chose the land route in order to see more, but found driving in Iceland — a windswept island smaller than Ohio that borders the Arctic Circle — challenging. Driving Iceland’s Overlooked North 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

It also offers Start the Conversation, a resource for helping children deal with challenging subjects. This Labor Day, These Workers Are Trying to Stay Afloat 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Navigating and not abandoning that was challenging, when it seemed other people were trying to make big moves to be taken seriously. Stop Asking Hilary Duff Who the Father Is 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

“You couldn’t be offered a more interesting and challenging job.” Building a Hub for New Art ‘Under the Shadow of the Acropolis’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

It is classy and classic, more than challenging, meaning that the show could run for some time on Broadway and that a planned tour could go anywhere. Tony Voters Speak, in a Royal We 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Jackson, a longtime friend of the Washington family, said that he was one of several people who talked to the young man about the challenging path that awaited him. John David Washington Gets an Education in ‘The Piano Lesson’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

Still, challenging ballerinas is a City Ballet tradition and a good one. Swans With Glittering Technique, Aching to Break Hearts 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

The current economic environment is challenging for serious sports journalism, maybe even more than it is for other sorts of news. The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

Also, if you’re visually impaired and find buffet breakfasts or continental breakfast bars challenging, ask your hotel’s concierge to fill your in-room fridge with breakfast items, or deliver them to your room instead. Six Simple Tips for Smooth Travel With a Disability 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

"The reason I wanted to do The First Men in the Moon," he says, "was that there is something so challenging in the combination of space travel and the Edwardian period." Mark Gatiss: Rocket man 2010-10-11T20:30:00Z

"It's a very challenging song, subject matter and it's super bleak." Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

Parker is one of the plaintiffs named in the court case challenging the admitting privileges requirement — a case that will likely decide the fate of legal abortion in the state of Mississippi. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z

The covered face, whether by a hoodie or a veil, which formerly some found challenging, now offers reassurance. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

Whereas Borat blended its offensive gags with satire, challenging cultural assumptions and balancing its stupidity with a kind of behind-the-scenes, barely detectable intelligence, Grimsby lacks a deeper purpose beneath its outrageous exterior. The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

They know we know these characters well enough to grow bored, so they keep challenging us, and them, by unearthing sides we haven't seen or adequately considered. The "Ted Lasso" way gets tested in the beloved show's third season 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

“In the beginning it was challenging because it was something new to me,” he said. Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

It was a bat-out-of-hell kickstart to his career, horridly impressive as a mood piece and influential in pushing the envelope by challenging censors around the world to define boundaries around depictions of sexual violence. Wes Craven: professional scaremonger who rewrote the horror film rules 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

It’s time to move on from this destructive passage – a challenging but entirely achievable goal. My ex was charming but critical. Now I’ve lost all my confidence | Dear Mariella 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z

Carter, who still records challenging and engaging music well after his 70th birthday, first collaborated with Parker in the 1970s. The Irreducible William Parker 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

Previously announced honorary awards were given to five music-makers working successfully in challenging environments across the world. Staging of Stockhausen's helicopter string quartet scores key prize 2013-05-14T21:00:01Z

The most challenging scenes to shoot weren’t the boxing ones, he says, but filming in a brain injury rehabilitation unit. Paddy Considine: ‘I never wanted to sell my soul for this’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

“Lee was in some ways bigger than life, so challenging and brilliant and incredibly funny and talented but also very difficult and prickly and unapologetic,” McCarthy said. Melissa McCarthy transforms for 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

For the dancers, working outside can be challenging. Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

I am every day inspired by the courage of others in even more challenging circumstances than I’ve ever faced.” America's top feminist lawyer, Gloria Allred: 'Men who have been wrongdoers are living in fear' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Nicholls’s dark comedy sets a crumbling family on a European tour, dangling the possibility that the trip might solve the problems of its middle-aged narrator, his artist wife and their challenging teenage son. The top 50 fiction books for 2014

The challenging parts can be with the locations and the scheduling. "Top Chef" producer on that demanding thali challenge: "I'm getting winded just thinking about it!" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

“It’s challenging, it’s intimate, it’s gripping, it’s daring,” she said of the novel. Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’ 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

The oddball characters and layered plot make this puzzle mystery both charming and challenging. Unmasking Magic and Murder in the Best New Crime 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

The most welcome explanation, however, would be that Sherlock was deliberately placed in this unfashionable period in the hope of challenging the still-pervasive idea that there is a calendar of validity in the arts. Running on empty: culture in the silly season 2010-07-28T20:31:00Z

That led an unnamed network executive to characterize her as a "challenging and unpredictable personality." Tiffany Cross was too real for MSNBC 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

That very intimacy has made this theater an especially challenging space to present works during the pandemic, and like most performing arts institutions, Glimmerglass was closed last summer, though there was some online programming. Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

When they were lighting their beacons, there was a complex, multicultural, challenging society in and around Segedunum. Jubilee beacons call forth spirit of Britain's past 2012-06-04T21:54:31Z

In a turnabout no one on Broadway expected, this season is rich with drama — ambitious, challenging, risky work, most of it new and most of it American. This Broadway Season, the Play’s Really the Thing 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Paramount has decided not to proceed with the merger after concluding that it wasn’t worth challenging the Justice Department in court, according to a person familiar with the company’s strategy. Deal to Merge Two Publishing Giants Is on the Verge of Collapse 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

You don't really think of Mr. Wu as the provocateur or the button-pusher, but he was challenging himself, he said, in order to "push me to the next stage." | On the Runway Blog: Jason Wu: Naughty or Nice 2012-09-07T19:54:52Z

Photograph: The Gallery Collection/Corbis Telling a Hay audience this week about my book The Lost Battles was exhilarating – and challenging. Trying to revive the Renaissance 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z

I don’t see a shoot ’em up like “Hanna” challenging those fears, but at least it has female characters who do more than smile at the superhero or the guys having a swell bromance. Summer Movies: Gosh, Sweetie, That?s a Big Gun 2011-04-27T13:02:25Z

The simple past-tense may be better English, but it's less memorable, thus challenging the usual wisdom that a translated poem should sound thoroughly naturalised. Poem of the week: Donal Og by Lady Augusta Gregory 2010-04-19T08:47:00Z

He's not gormlessly eclectic, but each track on his forthcoming Fabriclive 67 mix CD subtly shunts you on to a slightly different path, preparing the ground for some increasingly brutal and challenging selections. Clubs picks of the week 2013-01-05T00:06:08Z

My then 21-year-old daughter and I had taken a challenging motorcycle trip through north Vietnam more than three years earlier. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Ravenscroft's show is a slightly easier listen than his father's, with less of the challenging collisions – new, old, ear-bleedingly raw, devilishly weird – Peel used to concoct. Radio head: Tom Ravenscroft 2010-10-27T07:00:00Z

A group from Oklahoma is wrestling with a clinically challenging and costly population on both Medicare and Medicaid--the sort of patients doctors tend to run away from. First Respo 2011-11-16T23:00:00Z

Was there anything challenging about doing the project? Spy Star Miranda Hart: 'In the Back of My Head I'm Always Writing as a Feminist' 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

The book’s rich, challenging language and its lofty position in the Irish canon, Mac Con Iomaire said, helped scare off potential translators for decades. The Irish Novel That’s So Good People Were Scared to Translate It 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

But Steinberg carries the reader along, challenging us to put aside our preconceived notions of who prisoners are and what their dreams may be. 'Running the Books': Learning life lessons as a prison librarian 2010-12-08T23:59:00Z

“Fat Ham” uses that to its advantage, challenging our expectations of, say, Tedra, who isn’t shy about defending herself against the trope of the weak, unfaithful wife and irresponsible mother. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: Dismantling Shakespeare to Liberate a Gay Black ‘Hamlet’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

The object search puzzles in particular are challenging enough to keep more advanced children engaged as well. Not your mama's Highlights magazine 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

Broadway is always a financially risky proposition — far more shows fail than succeed — and the climate has become more challenging since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, because costs have risen and attendance has fallen. ‘Ohio State Murders,’ Starring Audra McDonald, to Close on Broadway 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

“The path forward will be challenging,” Mr. Weiss said in his statement, “but for the first time in many years there is a collective will to build a better community, one that works for all.” Upheaval Over Race Reaches Met Museum After Curator’s Instagram Post 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

After all, he added, the song “Friend Like Me” in “Aladdin” is similarly challenging, and “I’ve been running my lips over those words for a long time.” ‘Hamilton’ Casts Its Next Lafayette and Jefferson 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

This year I am taking pre-AP English and a challenging foreign language. Ask Amy: Foster parents struggle with impending loss

They did seem more part of a younger generation that was challenging in a new way,” Tasker says. Fighting, Flirting, Feminism: The Bond Girl Evolution 2012-11-09T13:00:52Z

But then that’s precisely the point of work like hers: “Art is challenging,” she said. Yoko Ono’s 1971 MoMA Show Finally Opens 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

For somebody that spent his life kind of distilling language into poems and lyrics, the prospect of writing prose was really challenging to me. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has no plans to slow down 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

It is when Margot requests a simple burger and fries – a meal a world away from Slowick's intellectually challenging haute cuisine – that "The Menu" boils over into its dramatic climax. "The Menu": Ralph Fiennes’ new film shows why restaurants are a ripe setting for horror 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

But it also uses incentives to push teenagers toward new, more challenging art forms, he said, a type of curation to “bring young people to discover the realms of possibility of cultural life.” France Gave Teenagers $350 for Culture. They’re Buying Comic Books. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Among the activists who heard them, Lavender Country helped galvanize the Seattle LGBTQ+ community organizing in Stonewall’s wake, while brashly challenging country music stereotypes. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

She is the system and those who are challenging her are the outliers. Rebecca Traister: “We know what [MAGA] is code for. It’s not even a secret” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

At one rehearsal, lead singer Jim Morrison said the group needed new songs, challenging everybody to write one. Preview: Doors’ Robby Krieger celebrates 50th anniversary of band’s debut album in Seattle 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

For now, this ballet made just before the pandemic shows Dance Theater of Harlem not just weathering an extremely challenging time but looking stronger and stronger. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

In between, he will continue making life as hard as possible for himself with challenging roles, obsessively prepared for. Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

A great article and one I will save to recommend to listeners uncomfortable with challenging tonality. Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

One might think twice before challenging this artist, in case, as with Philip the teenage iron, you're transformed into a household appliance/bristling gremlin covered in punky pink felt spikes. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

Valderruten says it’s been “challenging” to talk for so long without being physical. What’s sexy in a pandemic? Caution. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

But challenging national security events over the past two weeks underscore the changed political climate that surrounds a president when taking a break from Washington. Politically charged atmosphere makes it harder for presidents on vacation 2010-01-02T10:00:00Z

But when you boulder alone, no one celebrates when you finish a challenging route. Climbing indoors builds strength and courage 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

For the rest of the album performance, the Boss kept explanation and narration at a bare minimum—just enough to preface the more challenging numbers, specifically “Independence Day,” “I Wanna Marry You,” and “Stolen Car.” Bruce Springsteen takes you to “The River” on his new tour: A heartfelt, back-to-basics show — that so far avoids politics 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Legal precedent may side with Disney and Marvel, but the lawyer for the different creators and estates challenging Disney is determined to change this. Disney sues to keep copyrights for beloved Marvel heroes like Thor, Spidey and more 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

A quick Google Image search for a current candidate and the incumbent they are challenging reveals a near-universal truth: Once elected, the candidate's most visible public image is that of the office they hold. The clothes make the candidate: The sartorial politics of this year’s key Senate races 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

The reason we’re excited about it is because it is pushing, it is challenging. Media Decoder Blog: Ad for Fire-Resistant Clothes Uses an Unusually Artsy Approach 2012-06-01T20:16:46Z

It’s all the more challenging as Jonasson cloaks Ari Thor in a chokehold of claustrophobia brought on by endless snowstorms and the perpetual darkness of winter near the top of the world. Best mysteries and thrillers to read this month 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

“It’s definitely a challenging time for our country and for New York,” Ms. Hefferren said. Could There Be a More Difficult Time to Become an Arts Leader? 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

I suspect that for many audience members the program’s most challenging item was the one by its most esteemed local choreographer. Vuyani Dance Theater and Trisha Brown at Fall for Dance 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

But overall she gave a vibrant and affecting performance of a challenging role. Review: A Radiant Revival of ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

Or, Sporty Thievz's complex No Pigeons, which offered a male viewpoint to the challenging gender politics of TLC's No Scrubs? New music: Jhene Aiko ? Do Better Blues Pt 2 (Marvin's Room) 2011-07-13T12:20:36Z

The last two summers have been particularly challenging because of the coronavirus pandemic. Julianne Boyd to Retire After 27 Years at Barrington Stage 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

Is it more challenging, as an actor known for comedy, doing a more dramatic film? Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Star in 'The Skeleton Twins' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Instead, we sympathize and agonize with this wayward rascal as he narrates his passage through this challenging midlife period. ‘The Blue Guitar’ review: An artist’s heartbreaking crisis 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

But don't get the idea that this game is easy because it's actually really challenging. St. Elmo's, curry goat and duck bowling: A travel writer's guide to eating and playing in Indy 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

It's exciting and heady, and it seems to herald that modern rarity: a mainstream film rich with challenging ideas. Andy Serkis 2011-08-11T22:00:01Z

It is a given that fire management in these places will become ever more challenging, with a human cost. ‘Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

But it didn’t stop Conan from challenging him to a bet: That the loser of a round would have to get a tattoo of the other’s face somewhere on their body. See Conan O'Brien's New Tattoo of Lil Wayne's Face 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Even in small-town Germany, restaurants are challenging the notion that German food is all schnitzel and noodles. German cuisine is a treat for travelers 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

“Setting up a restaurant in the jungle is one of our more challenging tasks,” says restaurant manager James Spreadbury, whose colleagues sport shorts behind their aprons. Perspective | A world-class chef built a $600 pop-up in the Mexican jungle. It might be ‘the meal of the decade.’ 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

While growing up can be challenging, especially for those of us who were neglected as children, it not only benefits us, but all those whose lives we touch. Ask Alanis Morissette: my girlfriend wants kids, but says I need to grow up first 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Blaedel has come up with an especially challenging occupation for Jensen, but this 6-foot-tall Viking goddess is strong enough to carry it all by herself. Murderous Trips Into the Past, Then a Return to a Dangerous Present 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

“Folklore,” made under singular circumstances and challenging old reflexes, is likely to be just one step in her trajectory. Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

"An actual woman's body is more exciting – more challenging and erotic – than the airbrushed pornified version ever could be." The Ministry of Thin by Emma Woolf – review 2013-06-01T14:45:03Z

Whether it is the star power of the cast or the seductiveness of the period recreation, “Three Christs” has an appealing professionalism — an odd fit for a film about challenging a profession. ‘Three Christs’ Review: Exploring the Mysteries of the Mind 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Now, after landing a role offering both, British actress July Namir has spoken out about the importance of challenging stereotypes on TV. Thriller finally gives Iraqis key roles in 2003 invasion story 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

"I do want to do some great, challenging film roles," she says, raising her eyebrows, quickly nodding her head. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

Eastwood’s film, without expressly challenging so-called American values, raises the question of the abuse of those values in a system that lets armchair warriors send real ones to destruction in vain. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Another challenging Wagner part, Tristan in “Tristan und Isolde,” remains on the horizon. After 4 Years, Jonas Kaufmann Returns to the Met Opera 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

I think it’s going to be the most challenging season for me so far just because it’s so emotional for her. 'Game of Thrones:' Sophie Turner 'Loved' That Horrifying Scene 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

That sense of duality proved to be the most challenging thing for Cruz to connect with, her director said. The Visions of Penélope Cruz 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

“This is an extraordinarily challenging time for so many,” she said. What’s the Point of a Fashion Magazine Now? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

Film needs challenging and surprising characters in order to bloom; the dismissal of any eccentric, remotely interesting female character as "just another Manic Pixie Dream Girl" is misogynistic. Clip joint: Manic Pixie Dream Girls 2013-01-09T14:13:28Z

Under cross-examination, he interrupted Patrick R. Frank, a lawyer for the plaintiffs who questioned Sheeran’s testimony about the chords he played, challenging him, “Do you believe this?” 6 Takeaways From Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ Copyright Case 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

The argument, laid out in a series of articles, online videos and blog posts, was enlivened by the more than 1,500 informed, challenging, passionate and inspiring comments from readers of The New York Times. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z

Mr. Heng said the festival this year was featuring “some of the most exciting, challenging and ambitious plays written recently in Singapore.” Theater: Broken Taboos Take Center Stage in Singapore 2011-07-21T11:00:06Z

Did you find it challenging to balance your writing time with your day job? “The erotics of books are alive and well”: Jonathan Galassi on his new novel — plus, Jennifer Weiner and why Jonathan Franzen is a feminist 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Already knowing her collaborators made it easier for them to agree to some of the challenging production conditions, like 103-degree days or a car with no air conditioning. ArtsBeat: The Florida Heat Rises in 'Sun Don't Shine' at SXSW 2012-03-13T11:30:55Z

While it’s simple, it’s also “confoundingly challenging to so-called ‘get right,’” Garfield said. A Dancer and Chaplain Illuminates the Invisible With Patience 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

In Hermann Hesse’s book “Siddhartha,” from 1922, the river is a mirror that reflects or reveals challenging truths—a numinous and unflinching soothsayer. Lost in America with Hiss Golden Messenger 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

In real life, it would be a very challenging production. “Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Classes follow set sequences that are physically challenging but aimed at opening not just the body, but the heart and mind. Confused by yoga class names such as hatha, hot, vinyasa or yin? Here’s how to find your flow. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

It was really challenging to see how she possibly could have made that decision. Mandy Moore braces for farewell to ‘This Is Us’; music ahead 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

We learn of her challenging relationship with her mother, of how an Icelandic labyrinth helped center her, and of how she vanished into books on her path to becoming a writer. Solnit’s ‘The Faraway Nearby’: stories that explain and sustain 2013-07-24T21:57:43Z

During her four seasons of play, Fitzpatrick held the position of guard and faced her fair share of challenging high-pressure shots. 3rd grade teacher promises kids hot cocoa if she makes basketball shot 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The exhibition, inspired by the Arabic word “rawiya,” meaning “she who tells a story,” also addresses the balance of everyday life amid conflicts and challenging Western stereotypes. Female photographers tell important stories in landmark exhibition 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Besides, your once-loving wife IS building her vocabulary because you keep challenging those words, thus requiring her to look them up. Perspective | Miss Manners: Beat Scrabble opponent at her own game 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

It's technically challenging, but of course the music is sublime and perfect. Seattle Symphony celebrates baroque dads 2012-03-01T20:54:05Z

Equally a part of Northern, Midwestern and Southern African-American culture, the saying recognizes our ancestors’ ability to survive and thrive in the most challenging circumstances. The Harlem Renaissance Through Zora Neale Hurston’s Eyes 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Though the pandemic makes serving L.A.'s famous street food more challenging, the struggle to keep Los Angeles delicious is not new. L.A. street vendors are caught between COVID and the law 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

“In terms of my role, it’s really challenging because they don’t know anything about rehearsing. They don’t know anything about the stage. They don’t know about performing. So it’s not just teaching the Angels.” The Tiny Dancers Who Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Sparkle 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

These are dark and challenging and painful times here in America and around the world. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

It was one of many challenging twists, frustrations and ironies the report highlighted. Radio review: Africa at 50 2010-09-27T05:45:00Z

But the task before him is as challenging as ever: to unify, and entertain, a jittery, divided American public. Biden’s Inaugural Will Draw Stars, but Not the Crowds of Years Past 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

Sony’s deep pockets have helped Richardson’s Broccoli Productions make ambitious and challenging shows — predominantly featuring women and people of color — without having to worry too much about advertising income. U.K. Podcast Companies Want What the U.S. Has, Looking Past the BBC 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s like a meeting of the Olympic Games and art, and I find that fascinating and challenging for me, to see what can be done.” Paul McCartney Composes Work for City Ballet 2011-02-23T23:05:59Z

He made a sometimes beautiful and sometimes odd blues-soul album, played some challenging live shows, then retreated. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z

Students are beginning to push back on ones they deem discriminatory, challenging rules against buzz cuts, shirt dresses and hair extensions. Is Your Body Appropriate to Wear to School? 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

The project also was challenging from a legal perspective. L.A. Opera to revive 1961 Italian cult film 'Hercules' at the Chandler 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

We hiked Kauai’s infamously challenging Kalalau Trail, teetering along the plunging cliffs of the Na Pali Coast. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia

Opera isn’t so different from film and television in its glut of streaming platforms — which can be just as challenging, and expensive, to navigate. A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

It's a challenging title, and remains one of the best shooter series with this richly rendered installment. Review: `Crysis 2' is addictive FPS fun 2011-03-30T11:51:16Z

The late 1950s was a challenging time for newcomers to the musical stage. Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Now she directs her own daringly intelligent, challenging and occasionally puzzling production. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z

It's going to be challenging, because I can't suddenly say, 'Cut! Jane Turner: 'It's a love story ? with no kangaroos' 2010-05-02T21:00:00Z

Klein writes that these identities are now stacked on top of one another so that challenging one of them challenges all of them. Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

In any other era, finding enough footage and photos of someone who lived such a short life would be challenging, but Swartz lived online from the start—it was the space he preferred most. Aaron Swartz Documentary Steers Clear of Suicide Conversation 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

Because I was roughing it, though, I chose the more challenging route up instead. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage

Knowing it would be challenging to get it done in Rhode Island, I went to New York and consulted with Dr. David Messier, who had already plied my hips and breasts with silicone. A transgender Army bride in the ’80s 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Given this opening, I expected the rest of the piece to lament what we’ve lost by giving up on the pleasures of challenging, adult-centered culture. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

So dramatic, too, that Bilbao is challenging the supremacy of San Sebastián, the genteel seaside resort to its east, as the Basque Country’s primary tourist destination. | Choice Tables: In Bilbao, It?s Not Just the Museum 2010-10-07T02:19:00Z

Oftentimes, the experiences you recount are challenging ones, including your divorce. Sandra Tsing Loh on menopause, marriage and writing 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Ever-changing backdrops and increasingly challenging situations involving trap doors and sliding platforms keep children interested. Travel Apps and Games for Children on the Go 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

His 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature undermined his outsider status, challenging scholars, fans and critics to think of Dylan as an integral part of international literary heritage. How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of "imitatio" to craft some of the most original songs 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z

Instead, she kept the grapes for herself and made a rosé, which, like the great Beyoncé album born of a challenging personal situation, she called Lemonade. One Year Later: How U.S. Winemakers Averted Disaster 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Comedy in the Dark is a unique and challenging experience for standups. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-11T21:00:02Z

When you’re dealing with a close friend, relative or someone you see regularly, the best — and most challenging — approach could be an honest conversation about your boundaries. Thanksgiving means family, food — and plenty of harmful diet talk. Here’s how to deal with it. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Music director Anthony Lucca, who also helms the live quartet, ingeniously wrangles the cast’s disparate voices and Sondheim’s challenging score into a tuneful whole. Ambitious 'Assassins' at Pico Playhouse can't overcome the show's peculiarities 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

And yet, it’s impossible to read “The Years” without being aware of the author, now 77, moving forward, challenging herself even as she challenges us. Annie Ernaux caps a remarkable stretch of unorthodox memoirs with 'The Years' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

The survey revealed that 41% of respondents will be programming more "popular" work, and 37% will be reducing the amount of "challenging" work that they commission. Will the recession mean theatre takes fewer risks? 2010-07-20T16:24:00Z

Better celebrate the mix-and-match of profound and frivolous, challenging and popular, unheard-of and familiar, wherever you find it – and not waste time labouring the difference between one institution and another. Should Edinburgh's festivals unite? 2010-07-09T16:18:00Z

Quarantining was lonely and challenging for the two, who had arrived in Oakland only months before lockdowns went into effect. In Napa Valley, a Commitment to One Another, and to Showcasing Diversity 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

The choppy, challenging, highly improvised middle of “The Oracle” works, whereas the beginning and end sections, with piano and drums alone, wander grimly. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z

The writer and activist can pin people to the ground while checking his phone, and is an eager and agile opponent for anyone challenging whether we’re free to be you and me. Dan Savage at Midlife: ‘It’s ... “grawful”?’ 2013-05-26T01:41:37Z

Now he brings his epic and oceanic ambiences to a challenging new musical landscape: indoors. This week's new live music 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

What the reader may initially find challenging in her convergence of intimate personal history and classical mythology soon turns deeply absorbing. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

There are important ways in which Balanchine and Robbins still surpass any 21st-century choreographer, and Ms. Farrell’s stagings make Balanchine choreography still feel startling and challenging. Suzanne Farrell Ballet Presents Balanchine and Robbins 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

As for any challenging moments between them, there were times, Eiselt said, where Lee would push back: “She would say like, ‘You don’t have that perspective.’ ‘History Is Everything’: Making a Film About Black Maternal Mortality 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

“Back then, there were subsidized theatre structures and the underbelly that was challenging people from a creative or political standpoint,” he says. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

The new Labour leader, Harold Wilson, turned out to be an excellent leader of the opposition, challenging, mocking and puncturing Tory pretensions on every front. 1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval 2013-05-07T05:00:01Z

She was successful in “really holding on through adversity and challenging times,” Graves said, “and trying to give dancers a home continuously after such a long hiatus.” Virginia Johnson Steps Down From Dance Theater of Harlem. For Keeps. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

But the way actors afford to take “challenging” roles like Samantha in Her is by suiting up for things like The Avengers. Scarlett Johansson, Lucy and the Future of the Female Action Star 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

"Say It" is immediately endearing and pleasantly challenging, recorded live for maximum cohesion. Poppy, peppy Born Ruffians can't shake sincerity 2010-06-03T22:23:00Z

It’s incredible, but it’s also kind of really challenging. Regina Hall Sees the Bigger Picture With ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘Forensic Files’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

New MacArthur fellows are given the news a few days before the announcement and sworn to secrecy, a challenging task for poet Terrance Hayes, who describes himself as “the one that talks.” MacArthur Fellows include Alison Bechdel, Terrance Hayes 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

It's not perfect, a particular faux pas being the inability to distinguish between troops, but it's genuinely interesting, challenging tactical jollity. Skulls Of The Shogun – review 2013-02-02T06:00:13Z

Share with your kids, in age-appropriate ways, how you work through challenging feelings in your own life. Perspective | 5 ways to teach our children empathy in these challenging times 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

"This voyage is guided by a desire for beauty, where losing oneself is a necessary step to challenging oneself and evolving," show notes read. Mazes and fairytales as Chiuri debuts her Dior haute couture line 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

“Am I challenging myself in a meaningful way, or am I coasting through life?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Jets vs. Sharks, Crips vs. Bloods, Working Moms vs. Stay-at-Homes 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Having a reputation as a doyenne of creativity can be challenging. Smart Watch: Go home with Amy Sedaris and into wild, wild country with "Documentary Now!" 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

And, in the process, it seems perfectly possible that we'll end up digesting ideas and music that are far more challenging than we ever expected. Anna Nicole: Kiss goodbye to those Viking hats 2011-02-14T22:00:00Z

Robert Epstein explained in a Psychology Today article how challenging situations can bring out our creativity. 8 tips to help you generate great ideas 2013-12-03T16:26:00Z

It is a quirky, challenging, endlessly fascinating exploration of maverick obsession. Barbecue secrets from the nation’s preeminent pitmaster-geek 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

“I do think that she is also interested in work that’s more overtly challenging.” Jodee Nimerichter Leads the American Dance Festival 2012-05-27T02:45:47Z

As early as 1994, in his book “The Western Canon” — a book I wholeheartedly recommend — he is wading into battle to save the academy from what he challengingly labels the School of Resentment. Harold Bloom Is Dead. But His ‘Rage for Reading’ Is Undiminished. 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z

“It actually is extremely challenging — creating a whole language, something usable, in a three- or four-month period,” he said. How a community of obscure language inventors made it big with ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

While I’m finding this regime fairly challenging – and I’m not even in a do-it-tough economy seat – I try to keep things in perspective. I just took the world’s first 20-hour flight: Here’s what it did to me 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

What’s been the most challenging part of writing these songs entirely on your own, as opposed to with a partner? Shania Twain on Preparing for Her Final Tour 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

But it is hardly Liszt’s most physically challenging piece. Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z

In fact, Gilbert’s last concerts in the orchestra’s home at Lincoln Center in New York went pretty much by the book with regular weekend performances of Mahler’s challenging Seventh Symphony. In sunny Santa Barbara, the New York Philharmonic gives its conductor a cold farewell 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

Sheng described his first time watching Max as challenging, coming at a time when other thoughtful representations of transgender men were basically nonexistent. ‘The L Word’ Is Back With Sex, Glamour and a Wider Lens 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Two New York shows are exciting critics and audiences this summer by challenging preconceived notions about popular musical theater. Natasha, Pierre, Imelda Marcos and you: Immersive new Off-Broadway musicals 2013-07-11T19:25:59Z

The challenging part is that since California issued a stay-at-home order in March, there have been fewer celebrities to spot. What Do the Paparazzi Do When the Stars Are Quarantined? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

But the more challenging the idea, the more interesting and exciting a story is to write. Hard truths are not too difficult for teenagers 2011-02-16T13:39:25Z

Ever fearless, Wunder opened with one of the most artistically challenging and elusive works in the piano repertoire: Schubert’s monumental final Sonata in B-flat. Pianist Ingolf Wunder gets carried away with his fearless approach 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

“We’ve been totally transparent about her history with Fox and no one is challenging the substance of her incredible series of scoops.” O’Reilly accuser’s appearance on ‘The View’ stopped by order 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

“This gift attaches his name to something I think he championed — artists experimenting, challenging themselves to do better, taking risks,” Mr. Baryshnikov told The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the gift. Baryshnikov Arts Center Receives $3 Million Gift from Nureyev Foundation 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Videos of the singer twerking while flawlessly tooting rap melodies quickly went viral, challenging stereotypical connotations of the flute as an instrument of purity and innocence. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Susan Sontag cautioned us against turning illness into metaphor, arguing that disease is challenging enough without the symbolic cargo branding the stricken as “other” instead of merely human. In 'Model Apartment' at the Geffen, family scars are skin deep — and to the bone 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Before this show it was challenging to even get in a room to get a meeting with a director. Orange is the New Black is 'a 13-hour movie' 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

“I think of myself as a writer first. Writing a book is an enormous task, and I want to learn something, so it’s got to be challenging to me.” Carol Field, Italian Food Expert, Dies at 76 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Back in their own school days, over half of the respondents reported that they found math challenging, while four in 10 struggled with science, according to the research. Most American parents can't help kids with math, science homework beyond 6th grade: study 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Situations such as this are why challenging spouses are sometimes thought of as “baggage.” Ask Amy: College student continues to cohabit with ex 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

“It’s really hard to keep up, but it’s challenging, and it’s fun.” | 'Masterclass': An HBO Documentary Looks at the YoungArts Program 2010-04-16T23:40:00Z

Instead of two to three movies a year, as was the norm in Phases 1-3, the content is so constant it can be challenging to keep up with. Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting too big? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

And if cooking new things or just cooking anything feels challenging right now, Onwuachi advises you to take the pressure off and find the pleasure. Chef Kwame Onwuachi shares the secret of his grandmother's best zucchini bread 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

The most challenging thing I see is our inability to respond to those systemic issues that lead to the bigger issues. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: ‘A lot of people only understand a portion of what it takes to govern’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

A challenging read, Human Landscapes nevertheless adds up to a magnificent portrait not only of ordinary and often marginalised Turkish lives, always at the heart of Nazim’s art, but of the 20th century. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

Christopher was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer two years ago, and life has been challenging for him and his family after many rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and other treatments. McDonald's franchisees surprise 3-year-old cancer survivor with private party 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

It just means that you’re challenging each other and taking risks. Dan Savage has been dishing out sex and love advice for 30 years. Some questions still surprise him. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

But I do think there is a stigma attached to caring about those things enough to be outspoken, challenging and – yes – occasionally wrong about them. Punk spoke up for angry kids. Why won't today's bands follow suit 2011-08-14T21:05:00Z

The resort features lots of challenging terrain in a spectacular setting. A skier swaps a resort stay for Salt Lake City’s vibrant downtown 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

“This playful artistry is what we’ve tried to maintain ever since, but gradually on a larger and more challenging scale.” Scene in/ Seen in... Madrid: Nurturing the Arts, Even in Tight Times 2010-11-19T12:38:00Z

It is American art that succeeds in challenging the simple and dangerous pompom waving for American empire. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

Or, the outerwear is shorter but worn over a longer skirt in that challenging fashion game of playing with proportions. For the New Season, Sleek Severity Rules 2010-09-06T18:30:00Z

CS: The reason it’s been challenging for you to stop paying for your kids, Still Paying, is because it’s a reversal of the way you’ve operated since your kids were born. I Want to Cut My Kids Off Financially. Does That Make Me Mean? 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Those are challenging questions and surely less dramatic than the hellacious ravings that drive the most exciting aspects of this novel. David Vann’s ‘Aquarium’ delves into the depths of mother-daughter tension 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

In light of a challenging economic climate, New York City Opera created and is executing a very difficult, but strategic new model that reverses a decadelong trend of debilitating deficits. Unions Say City Opera Offer Would Gut Chorus and Orchestra 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z

Everything players loved from the original series has found its way into the Reignited Trilogy — all of the colorful worlds, zany characters and challenging bosses. The best kids video games of 2018 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Finding accurate financial data on any sport league is challenging. The case for boosting WNBA player salaries 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

Not a completely terrible movie — mostly thanks to Ferrell and Louis-Dreyfus — but one that strands its stars in situations that are at once impossible and insufficiently challenging. ‘Downhill’ Review: A Small Disaster in the Snow 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Enigma’s hourlong Lazarus Crystal challenge was particularly fun, with excellent props, a cool storyline, challenging puzzles and clever twists. New ways to eat, drink, play in San Diego 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

The reality is that a lot of the non-fiction that I write is on difficult stuff, so it can be challenging. Roxane Gay: ‘If I was conventionally hot and had a slammin’ body, I would be president’ 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

It was inspiring to see the mostly young musicians involved with this series, including the impressive players of the Lucerne Festival Alumni ensemble, so swept up in these challenging programs. Review: Ligeti Forward Celebrates a Master Modern Composer 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

But perhaps the most challenging part of speaking English in the English countryside involves weather-speak. So, you’re hiking across rural Britain? Walking the walk is the easy part. 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

Many believe the industry’s biggest culprit — and most challenging hurdle — is packaging, with luxury brands being the greatest offender. This Is the Cost of Your Beauty Routine 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

But I would add that she shares with us, little by little, inviting and challenging us to construct a beautiful, tragic story from the awkward pieces. Fay Jones’ awkwardly magical, mysterious paintings 2013-11-29T15:01:24Z

The characters at the start talk very fast, as if challenging the audience to keep up. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

“But the onstage demeanor of their lead singer was a reminder that they were in the serious business of challenging our perception of who we were in the late 1970s,” Mr. Bragg added. Terry Hall, a Face of Britain’s Ska Revival, Is Dead at 63 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z

He may also be tacitly inviting you to share in this drama and to confirm to others how challenging this was. Perspective | Ask Amy: Teacher should take her parents to school 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

“Retiring is a challenging life stage and inevitably involves looking back over your life.” My small penis has ruined my life 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

But any actress undertaking this challenging role deserves a medal for valor, and Ms. Wiest’s entrancingly funny, ultimately harrowing performance certainly deserves one. Review: ‘Happy Days,’ an Unsettling Glimpse Into the Existential Abyss 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

He is both more pragmatic and more intellectual than most people in the film world, which makes him an unusual and challenging interview subject. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z

Hölderlin is similarly challenging to translate, but nevertheless accorded respect: possibly because he spent a year in an asylum. Rereading Rabindranath Tagore 2011-07-08T21:55:11Z

It’s a common trope in rock histories — a vague, hands-off treatment of lurid behavior — but it’s one worth challenging. How much more is there to know about the Grateful Dead? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

It is very challenging to be hitting a rough patch just as others seem to be sailing. Ask Amy: Old friend finds joyful updates painful 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

My read is that he is responding to President Trump’s policies — that is, the past is discussed with an eye toward challenging Trump. On Barack Obama’s Memoir and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

The show was credited with ushering in TV’s new golden age of complicated characters and challenging storylines, as well as turning HBO into an industry behemoth. 'The Sopranos' to make a comeback - in a big screen prequel 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Dollhouse was written by Joss Whedon and the script was of course excellent, and the idea seemed to throw up some challenging thoughts about fantasy versus political correctness. Olivia Williams on Hollywood inequality: 'Nobody, until now, gave a damn' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

I worried that my attempt at challenging this racial caricature might come across as me simply reproducing it. This Week in Fiction: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum on Stories That Don’t Go According to Plan 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

I allow my boyfriend Derek, a much better Nordic skier, to accompany me only after he promises to explore a more challenging trail on his own later. Jackson Hole’s first Nordic ski resort has 25 kilometers of cross-country ski trails 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work. Desdemona – review 2012-07-20T17:26:17Z

This latest memoir by Mr. Robison — he’s also written “Raising Cubby” and “Be Different” — is far more bittersweet and existentially challenging than that. Review: In ‘Switched On,’ John Elder Robison’s Asperger’s Brain Is Changed 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

One reason might be that Mr. Ruff’s work is as challenging to describe as it is absorbing to look at. Passport Photos and Online Porn: The Dizzying World of Thomas Ruff 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

The breakfast was not in honor of Thoth—the Egyptian god of science, magic, and the moon—but another deity with a name even more challenging to pronounce than “squamous.” Croissants with Cthulhu 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very challenging city,” he told Rachel, adding that it was easy “to sell a drug or commit a crime or just do anything of that nature because it was just normal.” A Rare Conversation About Class Brings ‘The Bachelorette’ Into the Real World 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

Telling the wall’s story is challenging because many of the same people who created and brutally enforced the border had to be forgiven to reunite the country. Where Berlin’s infamous wall once stood, humans and nature now flourish 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Devlin reminds us that the task of publicly and constitutionally challenging racial discrimination in education was laid on the bodies of black girls. Who Desegregated America’s Schools? Black Women 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

She is still fairly new to this challenging part, which she introduced at the Salzburg Festival a year ago. Review: Anna Netrebko Makes ‘Aida’ Her Own at the Met Opera 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

He knows the opening act in the 2011-12 On the Boards season is risky — even for a multidisciplinary arts center that's been challenging its patrons for 34 years with edgy performances from near and far. On the Boards offers 'radical' lineup this year 2011-10-01T19:45:32Z

“Because he had complicated and challenging experiences growing up, he floods his work with those feelings, and therefore the work feels authentic and real and truthful and often beautiful and sad.” Harry Potter Brought Him to Broadway. Now His Work is Everywhere. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

He then cites other orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, which have surmounted challenging acoustics and had wonderful results. ‘A very not normal life’: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSO’s next music director 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

“It’s this constant quest for mastery. It’s mentally challenging as well.” Competitive axe-throwing is an actual thing, and apparently it’s best done with beer 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

It’s been challenging: you see people dying and there is only so much you can do to help. Ebola: life and death on the frontline 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

It’s no secret that finding balance between your personal and professional lives can be challenging. Three apps to coach you into making good habits stick 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

On Saturday, for the first half of her recital, she brought poise and sensitivity to two early Brahms ballades, and then offered a rhapsodic, poetic performance of Schumann’s fantastical, challenging “Kreisleriana,” a 35-minute suite. Review: Yuja Wang Tackles Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier,’ Assured to a Fault 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

It ends with the cross touch, a challenging variation of the dead bug posture, engaging the whole body. Back to the basics: Mobility class teaches the body to move the way it was meant to 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

Despite the knowledge and well-intentioned programming, Mother and Father find this task more challenging than expected. Watch the trailer for Ridley Scott's U.S. TV directorial debut, sci-fi series "Raised by Wolves" 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

But adapting to a new sport and a new country proves challenging, and J.B. worries that his plan is falling apart. Summer movies ofter action and adventure options for kids

His work, as recognized by the academy, is challenging notions of what the remix can achieve. The Remix Grammy: For the Art and Science of the Musical Cocktail 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Admiring as they are of their heroine’s courage and brilliance in challenging tradition and convention, they can’t help but enshroud her in biopic clichés. ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Review: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became ‘Notorious’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Potter's production, which turned the cigarette factory into a security firm, proved that Carmen remains a challenging work to stage. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z

In today's very challenging financial climate we understand the difficulty of making decisions of this kind and fully expect to play our part. Government withdraws ?45m pledge to BFI Film Centre 2010-06-17T17:21:00Z

“This is the kind of meme where it has the potential for being subversive, ironic and really challenging things like traditional gender roles and binaries,” she said. The Timesian Urge to Explain a Meme 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

A lot of it has to do with the power of activism, how people can make changes by taking on fights that seemed so challenging. For a Documentary on Intersex Lives, a Director Champions the Power of Activism 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

As for the artists themselves, he sought to “push them to show their works in an environment that’s new to them, or challenging, or unusual,” he added. From Bronze in Motion to Fake Iron Trees: Public Art at Art Basel 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

What we managed, though, was well worth it: a challenging but doable path that offered beautiful views of the coastline and Pacific as well as opportunities to see wildlife. Just 11 Miles Off Coast, California’s Galápagos 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

"The climate remains challenging for all opera companies in this economy, including Lyric," the general director said. Lyric Opera plays it safe upcoming season 2011-02-01T19:28:52Z

With the show’s dramatic lighting, it was challenging — if not impossible — to tell the men from the women. How designer Shayne Oliver won over Kanye West, A$AP Rocky — and the fashion world

Those were challenging roles, too, and ones they’ve all been thinking about. When the ‘Mean Girls’ Were Teen Girls 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

"We ask that you continue to pray for them and the entire Houston family during this challenging time.'" Hillsong founder resigns amid 'inappropriate' behavior towards two women 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

“The most challenging part was just being accepted and figuring out what people were going to say about me,” he said. He was paralyzed and told he’d never walk again. 12 years later, he walked at his graduation. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

“The stereotype of African-Americans in this country was that we weren’t thinkers, but Hansberry was thinking, batting around ideas, putting forth ‘what ifs’ and challenging suppositions that everyone else took for granted,” Ms. Jackson said. For Lorraine Hansberry, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Was Just the Start 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

When Ms. Halo started working on her new album, “Dust,” due on Friday, she became intrigued by the idea of challenging herself and her fans. Laurel Halo Shakes Up Her Sound After Partnering With a Humanoid Pop Star 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

More challenging is figuring out how to do the same at big outdoor events, where enormous numbers of beer cups and to-go food containers are used and tossed in an evening. Restaurants start to adopt reusable serviceware 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

A much younger Mr. Hopkins took on the challenging part in a 1986 production at London’s National Theater, directed by David Hare. Anthony Hopkins Returns to ‘King Lear,’ Finally Up to the Challenge 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Serebrennikov’s supporters alleged he was being punished for challenging the establishment, and that his production would be watered down. Russia's delayed Nureyev ballet to test Kremlin tolerance 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

“It just happens that it also coincides with some of the most challenging and traumatic times of mine.” Demi Moore Lets Her Guard Down 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z

How can people break your heart?,” it is challenging for me not to emit the kind of noise a cat makes when you accidentally step on his tail. Can We Escape the Diabolical Clichés of Coldplay? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Get help if you need it. Everything above is a coping mechanism designed to help you stay creative and engaged in a challenging time. John Scalzi's 10-point plan for getting creative work done in the time of Trump 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The documentary’s best and most challenging through-line shows where this claim falls short — particularly how, for young athletes, building confidence is more important than wins and losses. ‘Changing the Game’ Review: Fighting for the Right to Play 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

But an outspoken mob always seemed to be challenging the band in its early days. Best Coast Almost Had No Future. Now Everything Has Changed. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Recovery is a challenging process, and you may experience setbacks. Perspective | Ask Amy: Adult hopes to confront mother over childhood abuse 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

But worries about his health vanished on Friday as Mr. Muti, looking calm, fit and rather self-satisfied, conducted an emphatic and insightful account of this challenging Verdi , drawing incisive and beautiful playing from the orchestra. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z

In actual fact, the performances being proffered are not estranging or challenging, as art should be, but fit into the same national entertainment culture as Stephen Fry himself. Hold that tweet! Artists should stick to the day job 2012-05-23T14:25:04Z

Fortunately, Bernheimer is a gifted, resourceful architect, familiar with the obstacle course of affordable development, including challenging sites. The Housing Situation Is Dire. But Progress Is Still Possible. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Kids found this game challenging but fun, and they said that they learned a lot in the process. Kids test new toys for the holiday season

Tell him you want to continue supporting him during this challenging period, but you haven’t changed your mind about the breakup. Can I Tell My Friend Her Halloween Costume Is Problematic? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

It is undeniably challenging for men who are not good at reading emotions; as Pompey points out, some struggle even to gauge a first date accurately, never mind anything more. Carnality and consent: how to navigate sex in the modern world 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

In addition to the large ensemble, small groups of top studio musicians will also perform even more challenging arrangements. TubaChristmas presents holiday music at its most sonorous 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

But it’s very hard to get that musical on — it’s thorny and challenging, but I don’t shy away from those. Alan Menken on ‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Mixed Blessing of Disney Fame 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

“The themes don’t really resolve, they just keep on coming, which makes choreographic structure quite challenging.” Robert Fairchild Crosses Back to Ballet, Gershwin in Tow 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

A defective larynx renders her speech incomprehensible to everyone except her brother, who serves as her translator, a challenging role given the little girl’s foul-mouthed commentary and caustic insights. John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’: One writer’s beginnings 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

“It is a bit more challenging in flavors than Thai or Vietnamese, the culture a bit more obscure.” A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

It was such a challenging movie before Paul’s passing to begin with and it just got more difficult after. 'Furious 7' director James Wan talks franchise diversity, Paul Walker's death 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

Between the preview performance, the New Year’s Eve Concert and the New Year’s Concert, conductors and the orchestra are faced with the extreme demands of an emotionally and physically challenging marathon. The Complex History Behind a Vienna Philharmonic Tradition 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

After Michael Hund, a Buffalo guitarist, filed a lawsuit in August challenging them, a judge in the U.S. Piano Bars and Jazz Clubs Reopened, Calling Live Music ‘Incidental’ 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

The prosecutor made a point of challenging Mr. Smollett’s initial identification of his attackers, who wore ski masks, as white. Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Reporting a Fake Hate Crime 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

Last week, the Lilith 2010 tour said it was canceling 10 concerts amid what its organizers called “one of the most challenging summer concert seasons.” Some 'American Idol Live!' Tour Dates Are Canceled 2010-07-07T19:49:00Z

But as we near the end of a challenging year full of almost as much drama, who doesn’t wish we all had the chance to call a mulligan on this season of our lives? Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dallas’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

And, he said, given the current challenging job market, “women are dressing more to think about success.” Pantyhose Is Back in Style 2012-11-09T23:33:28Z

It’s got to be challenging right now to be a conservative pundit looking for things to scare the audience about, in the current moment of culture-war one-upmanship. Lou Dobbs Vs. Kids? Movies: Does Children?s Morality Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias? 2012-02-27T17:09:10Z

Did you find it more challenging to be funny in “Hystopia” than in your short fiction? “Thinking about how to transition”: David Means and Luke Mogelson, short story masters, contemplate the novel 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

“And I have a particular aesthetic and taste and interest, which is really creating theater that is both exciting, challenging and populist.” Goodbye Britain, hello Beverly Hills: Newly arrived artistic director of the Wallis throws an open house 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

Was there a challenging moment in the shoot? New York Film Festival: Five Questions for Rebecca Miller 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Any hope of sneaking in some bold or challenging theological notion, or moral proposition, rests on the benignity of this initial encounter. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

I don’t want it to become predictable; it is challenging in spontaneity. The Mighty Chris Hemsworth on Snow White, Joss Whedon and Thor 2 2012-05-31T14:15:20Z

“It’s been a very difficult, fascinating and challenging process” to juggle competing visions of what the museum should be, she said. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z

I stared and stared at that cover: Just look at this fabulous guy, wearing an admiral’s jacket, a neckerchief, and black underpants, challenging the world with his eyes. The Beautiful One: Prince On-Screen 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Dictators, prisons, secret police, media control, riots, getting rid of `heretics' ... fear, evasion, challenging lies, overcoming fear, resistance, overthrowing tyranny ... China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers 2012-12-20T06:43:09Z

The answer depends on how one defines the role of the president in challenging times. Perspective | Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

There is always a place for pop music, but there's always a place for music that aspires to go beyond that, and to offer music lovers something much more challenging and inspired. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

As on several previous occasions, he drew the very best from the hard-working BBC Symphony Orchestra, here on their ninth challenging programme of the current season. Prom 56: BBCSO/Bychkov ? review 2011-08-28T14:44:08Z

I'll say it was challenging, and you had to be alert. Newspaper marks 50,000th edition 2013-09-23T06:32:35Z

She said she knew the project would be daunting before she arrived, but that the pandemic made it even more challenging than she could have imagined. The Lucas Museum Finds Your Lack of Faith Disturbing 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

They are exhausting for both the performers and the backstage technicians, often over three hours long, and usually feature sets of challenging complexity and size. Pina Bausch Series ‘World Cities’ in London 2012 Festival 2012-05-31T22:30:57Z

It involves sitting still, focusing on your breath, noticing when your attention drifts and bringing it back to your breath – and it is surprisingly challenging. Mindfulness therapy comes at a high price for some, say experts 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

His mother, Katherine, explored the possibility of challenging the executors and was given permission by a judge, but settled before a full hearing was held. Michael Jackson's siblings resume attack on will 2012-08-01T13:27:08Z

"As a result Wiltshire Police are now challenging the legality of the licence for the event." Police challenge Womad's licence 2012-06-21T16:20:33Z

Was any scene in the episode particularly challenging to shoot? 'Mad Men' Q&A: Jared Harris on Directing This Week's Episode and Playing Lane Pryce 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Over the weekend I saw Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” — a great, challenging, heartbreakingly gorgeous American epic that I cannot recommend highly enough. The Rolling Stones Played Old! They Played New! 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z

But even these measures cannot keep pace with the demands of incoming students, who are challenging the curriculum much as gay activists did in the ’80s and ’90s. Generation LGBTQIA 2013-01-09T21:10:18Z

After all, Courbet's carnal canvas does not include a challenging female face to bring the sitter alive, or challenge the viewer. How is this painting 'pornographic' and 'disgusting'? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Still, mainstream companies in their country shy from putting on their work because of its “more challenging” nature, Ms. Cornelius told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2017. Venice Has a Biennale for Theater, Too 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

When he’s not there, to try and continue that vision of his without him can be challenging.” Scrambling at the Met Before James Levine?s Surgery 2010-04-05T22:24:00Z

Its second-quarter results were disappointing; Art Peck, its chief executive, said in August that the company was dealing with a “challenging environment.” Was the Gap Ever Cool? A Look at 50 Years in Denim and Khaki 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

But it’s also what made it challenging, Mr. Scott said, to complete the “Goldberg” recording. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

But Igoe, who swam and played basketball, found that fencing was more challenging than it looked. Fencing: A terrific workout that really makes you think 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

If our coalition government wants to be "realistically optimistic", then it needs to recognise that we as an industry are thought-provoking, challenging, encouraging, entertaining, a force for transformation and, perhaps most of all, … for optimism. Letters: Yorkshire takes a stand on the arts 2010-10-06T23:05:00Z

On Saturday, the performance of Mr. Peck’s “New Blood” was so exhilarating that it vanquished my problems about the work’s display of compositional virtuosity: the main subject became the dancers challenging themselves and each other. New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Curt Columbus, Trinity’s current artistic director, called Mr. Hall “a visionary artist, not only in the way he challenged the aesthetic limits of the stage, but also in the challenging subject matter he produced.” Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

Japan’s Noh theater is so stylized, formal and difficult to understand that few have learned to appreciate, or even see the challenging art form. Essential Arts & Culture: A breathtaking art exhibit, Noh now, farewell Leonard Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Harry’s private secretary obtained the files, though he removed the most “challenging” ones, Harry wrote. 11 Takeaways From Prince Harry’s Memoir, ‘Spare’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

But fitting together the film's soundtrack and its dramatic scenes proved to be challenging for the first-time director. Plan B talks about his Ill Manors 2012-06-06T05:36:14Z

The story itself is simple: in order to get to the bottom of what's happening in Aickman Road, the Doctor has to pass himself off as human – which turns out to be surprisingly challenging. Doctor Who: The Lodger ? Series 31, episode 11 2010-06-12T18:30:00Z

Obtaining government funds for a colossally expensive project when you weren’t at liberty to say what it was, exactly, was challenging too. In deft, distressing ‘Apocalypse Factory,’ Seattle author details Hanford’s role in the dawn of the nuclear age 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

Yeoh told a news conference in Hong Kong recently that she, too, had initial doubts about the role, noting it required challenging swordplay that drew her close to her fellow actors. Michelle Yeoh returns to martial arts film genre 2010-10-04T13:52:00Z

Sheffield's Central Library, built in the trough of the Depression, is one monument to materially challenging times being met with something better than a narrowly materialistic response. The arts: beauty and the bean counters 2012-12-17T21:47:28Z

When women are challenging each other's feminism based on politics, we disempower ourselves. Carly Fiorina on Trump: ‘I don’t think he has been a business leader, actually. I think he’s been a very fine entertainer and manager of his brand.’ 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

It's about challenging us to rethink, what is American food? How chef Andy Baraghani makes his delicious recipes with a few tools and no dishwasher 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

"We're in the process of challenging the whole deportation," she said. Uganda says to deport British producer of gay play 2013-02-11T17:18:45Z

All of that is challenging, but not intolerable. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: In the grand scheme of things, a patriarchal annoyance is minor 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

The thing I found most challenging is structuring the events of her life in a way that would create suspense and drama for the audience. “Lover, Beloved” is Suzanne Vega’s tribute to Carson McCullers and it is only the beginning 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

The performances he attended and went through the motions of conducting were with pickup orchestras made up of rather unmotivated Viennese musicians sight-reading this new, incredibly complicated and challenging music on only one rehearsal. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

“As a journalist, it is sometimes challenging to balance doing my job with the emotions and feelings during difficult times,” she said. Snoop Dogg Apologizes After Criticizing Gayle King Over Kobe Bryant Questions 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

We recognise this is a really challenging time for libraries. Libraries will rely on volunteers to survive, says report 2011-08-06T00:00:10Z

But that’s not how the House of Representatives or the groups challenging the law see it. Antiabortion groups vow to keep firing women for using birth control, even though it’s illegal 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Many of this year’s Festival films — Stories We Tell, Anna Karenina, Cloud Atlas, Passion, Seven Psychopaths — have concerned themselves with teasing and testing narrative boundaries, challenging viewers to determine what is real and what’s imagined. Postcards from the Festivals: Seven Films at Toronto and Venice 2012-09-15T12:00:50Z

He produced the essential works of many of his nation’s most challenging filmmakers, and he liked to push the envelope. Elías Querejeta, 78, Producer of Major Spanish Films, Dies 2013-07-01T02:18:49Z

Ms. Ames, 49, who works in early childhood research and policy, said quarantining was tough but that humor carried them through the challenging year. In San Francisco, ‘I Dos’ Echo Throughout City Hall 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

The chief executive of Qatar Airways, who has led the company since 1997, believes only a man could do his very challenging job. Qatar Airways CEO says only a man could do his job 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

The challenging climb becomes a chance to reflect on bitter newsroom politics, and solve one final mystery. New in Paperback: ‘Vietnam’ and ‘Upstream’ 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Hence, the downfall of Yiannopoulos, a professional provocateur who made his name challenging left-leaning orthodoxies and testing the limits of acceptable speech. A conservative news crack-up? Things just got real for some partisan personalities. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

“Dana H.,” which required O’Connell to mouth along to prerecorded interviews with the playwright’s mother, demanding complete submission to the text and its rhythms, is more challenging than most Broadway fare. She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Thinx has made challenging that taboo a part of its brand. Heavy flow: are period pants the revolutionary solution to an age old problem? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

The soccer learning curve on both titles is challenging. Game review: New-style soccer video games top old 2010-06-09T16:22:00Z

All that sunshine in your eyes can make it hard to focus on the more challenging revelations. Books of The Times: ?Whore of Akron? and ?When the Garden Was Eden? - Review 2011-12-25T22:22:07Z

Was it challenging understanding your father as a man and not just a persona, or a symbol? Hunter S. Thompson’s son shocker: “Hunter was surprised and pleased that I actually grew up apparently sane” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

At Park City, he was involved in launching Sundance strands such as New Frontier on Main Street, which showcases artists' moving-image and installation work, and Next, which highlights more challenging works, such as Compliance. Sundance festival is still making magic 2013-04-25T16:35:58Z

This big, ambitious, challenging novel should have gotten much more attention. Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Her audio pieces accord with their settings while subtly challenging them. Jennie C. Jones, a Minimalist Who Calls Her Own Tune 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

I like surprising myself, surprising the public, challenging myself.” Honors Class of ’14: Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Lily Tomlin, Sting

Tennison's challenging work in a male-dominated field, and complicated personal life, are chronicled over seven seasons in the engrossing, gritty series "Prime Suspect." What our writers love this week 2010-09-01T22:26:00Z

“On the other hand, the magnitude of the long-term damage — the immediate and long-term effects of the health crisis on the performing arts — seem graver and more challenging than they appeared a month ago.” Metropolitan Opera, Facing Sharp Losses, Furloughs Dozens 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

He feels more comfortable now, he says, about challenging his subjects. Louis Theroux: 'I'm not that comfortable doing polemic' 2011-01-30T20:30:00Z

"This is at some level a totally challenging show - by definition reductive on one hand and on the other a distillation of many of the countries and people and characters we've seen." Mideast political minefield keeps 'Tyrant' producer nimble 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Other moments were challenging simply because the production had to rely on the predilections of, well, a donkey. The Charming Star With Soulful Eyes Happens to Be a Donkey 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

It’s not often that a performance of a challenging new piece receives the kind of ovation typically awarded star virtuosi. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Has Its New York Premiere 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

Along those lines, it’s common to think that runs at ski areas in the western United States are uniformly more challenging than their eastern counterparts. 5 Things Skiers May Not Know About the Trail Map 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Diamond settled into a comfortable career as a middle-of-the-road concert favorite, although he made some challenging recordings in recent years with producer Rick Rubin. Dr John, Darlene Love, Neil Diamond inducted into Rock Hall of Fame 2011-03-15T13:07:00Z

Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the decision of a lower court in late June that blocked them from challenging the FBI's designation of the Juggalos as a gang with criminal intent. Hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse seek to lift gang label for fans 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Instead of viewing themselves as dullards not smart enough for college, they conclude that college is more challenging than they expected and they need to study harder. Books: "Redirect," and "Willpower" offers clues on rewriting life story 2011-11-07T15:17:03Z

Now the revolution is happening in playwriting, where extraordinary new voices are challenging the old forms. Anne Bogart Is Not Entirely Retiring 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

At a very raw biological level, that is what you are doing: stimulating those same chemical pathways that normally would be activated because you are doing something creative, challenging, and worthwhile. Why you can’t stop playing Flappy Bird 2014-02-14T12:50:00Z

The gig, on Tuesday, was part of the Konceptions series at Korzo, booked by the musician James Carney, who’s doing a quietly heroic job of challenging audiences and keeping the house piano in tune. Music Review: 10 Tunes in One, Peeking From a Multitude of Stylistic Niches 2011-05-26T22:15:10Z

Part of Mr. Koons’s magic is the perfection and seemingly effortless appearance of his objects, but museum experts say they are among the most technically challenging produced today. Whitney Restrospective for Jeff Koons’s Monumental Ambitions 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

He adds, "Alternatively, our penchant for cheese may have evolutionary roots in its psychoactive properties; the mood-enhancing effects of casomorphins could have conferred survival advantages under stressful or challenging conditions." Is cheese actually addictive? Here's the real science 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z

While Gunn’s work is sometimes challenging and often ingenious—he is a practiced and skillful guitarist—it is also hugely pleasurable to consume. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

As lots of these theatremakers recognise, touring is challenging, not least because of the limited time spent in each of the areas they visit. Touring theatre: a risky business for audiences too? 2013-07-18T07:40:00Z

This sophomore stumble is a reminder that successions — along with revivals — are one of the most challenging exercises for fashion houses. Perspective | Chanel, what has become of you? Paris Fashion Week ends with a bust and then a bang. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Directing is about guiding their creative impulses: sometimes editing them, sometimes challenging them. Adrian Noble, director – portrait of the artist 2012-07-31T17:46:44Z

This in part he did through challenging poetic conventions. Why Adonis should win the Nobel 2010-10-06T14:00:00Z

At the outset, Ms. Spears thought of challenging the arrangement, according to Adam Streisand, one of two lawyers whom she spoke to at the time. Is Britney Spears Ready to Stand on Her Own? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

“As working mother it was for sure the most challenging time of my life and I don't really feel that parents have it any easier today and that makes me sad.” Maternity leave is not a vacation, mom says in passionate LinkedIn post 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

But Menzel played a vital part in challenging the orthodoxy from the inside. Jiří Menzel: a daring, defiant beacon of European cinema 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

Their main visual event is nothing but subtle, floating reflections, starting with your own but also challenging you to see more. Gerhard Richter Rides Again 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Described as “the conscience of liberal Britain”, O’Brien is the author of the bestselling book How to Be Right...In a World Gone Wrong, a guide to challenging those who hold “unchallenged opinions”. James O’Brien: ‘A former EDL member said my show saved his life’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

For us children, that lesson would very soon be put to a much more challenging test. Bull Connor spat in my teenage face: The civil rights march that changed me forever 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

Hilary Mantel ended up winning for “Bring up the Bodies,” but Mr. Stevens’s championing of Mr. Self’s challenging, brilliant “Umbrella” helped elevate it to the shortlist. Dan Stevens Upends Expectations in ‘The Guest’ 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

We “are challenging them to realize they cannot do business as usual,” he said. Opera’s Disrupter in Residence, Heading to Bayreuth 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

From simple children’s puzzles to challenging murder mystery and 3-D puzzles, Puzzle Palooza Etc. has something for everyone. In Occoquan, Va., there’s plenty to do — and there’s chocolate 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Still, she brought tenderness, longing and shimmering warmth to her somewhat cautious but affecting performance of the challenging “Liebestod.” Andris Nelsons Begins Tenure Leading Boston Symphony 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

“It’s like a meeting of the Olympic games and art, and I find that fascinating and challenging for me, to see what can be done.” ArtsBeat: Paul McCartney Collaborates With City Ballet 2011-02-23T19:28:55Z

Constrained by the influence of these companies, farmers also lose their ability to use practices that result in substantial, although challenging to measure, reductions in emissions. Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonization efforts — here’s why 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z

Soon they are all wearing them as badges – Quint calls it “leak chic” and says it is all about challenging the idea of periods as shameful. 'We're having a menstrual liberation': how periods got woke 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z

We recognize the weather will probably be challenging, but we are intrepid! In Transit Blog: Q&A: An Autumn Trip to Edinburgh 2011-10-04T14:31:15Z

As Hiddleston says, Loki is mean and hateful, which can be great fun - and greatly challenging - for an actor to play. 'Avengers' bad boy Hiddleston wreaks wicked fun 2012-05-01T14:07:08Z

While science fiction can explore galaxies far, far away and offer interstellar spectacles, it is often most challenging when it stays close to home and investigates what makes us human. Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

But the point, Mr. Fields said, is “you were drawn into this intense family drama that happened to be set in a very challenging world, and the same is the case here, we hope.” ‘The Americans’ With Keri Russell as a K.G.B. Agent 2013-01-24T17:00:00Z

Television may be bursting with challenging, even antiheroic leading ladies, but seeing depictions of women who mentor and rely on one another with such fierce loyalty is still a rarity. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: On the Other Side 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

So I’m shaking hands and begging for money to do the challenging stories, and sometimes people were afraid. Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

It’s challenging to learn, because it changes meter every bar pretty much, and the aria has a quite high tessitura; it sits consistently too much up at the top of the staff. Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

It’s extremely challenging to journalists to sweat through the conflicting interests, and certainly nobody has stepped forward and sort of said, “Yeah, the buck stops with me. I should have done something.” 2021 Notebook: Alec Baldwin and the movie-set shooting 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

But allowing a person some measure of authority over their own depiction on film sets a director on a slippery slope that ends with pleasing the talent instead of challenging the audience. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Before I sound like I am sanctifying Alan I will add that his support and engagement, in the best sense, was often challenging. Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

That forced all of us to learn composition on an instrument foreign to us, which made it interesting and challenging.” ‘Celebrate World Music’ stretches composers’ boundaries 2013-03-21T20:35:13Z

No P.R. blurb is complete without the descriptors “searing,” “probing,” “challenging” or the like. Ann Patchett Spins a Modern Fairy Tale in Her Luminous New Novel 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

For something more challenging, make the trek to Molly's Knob, where you’ll be met with plenty of benches for breaks. Explore these fall hikes around the US 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

British filmmaker Andrew Haigh grew up loving challenging films as an usher at London's National Film Theatre. Andrew Haigh's 'Looking' characters search for love 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

Gingrich responded dismissively that he had long been a rebel, helping drive a Democratic speaker from power and challenging the president from his own party, George H.W. Gingrich rips into media, then his rivals, in GOP debate 2012-01-20T06:35:00Z

"In challenging economic times, artists maybe tend to get a little freer in what they do, and sometimes, maybe even a little better." Krasinski, Hunt, Common among in-crowd at Sundance 2011-11-30T21:49:20Z

Francis-Sharma imagines her grandmother’s challenging marriage and the confusion, cruelty and kindness she likely encountered in the United States. In ‘ ’Til the Well Runs Dry,’ a tale turns on a West Indian woman’s secrets

The fact that coronavirus has a higher transmission rate than cholera, for instance, will make curbing its spread particularly challenging. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

"It's been a challenging movie —for all of the right reasons." Josh Trank works to defy 'Fantastic Four's' doomsayers 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Bruce Wayne is the more challenging part of the role, and Ben will be great at that.” Matt Damon Has a Busy Schedule (Which Doesn’t Include Playing Robin) 2013-08-29T16:53:20Z

In fact, it’s challenging to imagine a reader who does not know how that might turn out. Toni Morrison’s familiar, flawed ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Additionally, dance fads may be understood as challenging, or representing, the angst of an age. Everyone loves a dance craze 2013-03-07T13:30:00Z

As in the book, published in 1970, the issues challenging the United States at the time lie beyond the story’s frame. ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Review: Periods and Question Marks 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

There is a fascinating story here, about how, at the time that the American Mr. Jacobs joined Vuitton in 1997, famed accessory companies in Europe were challenging fashion houses as luxury leaders. Exhibition Review: When Rock 'n' Roll Met the Classic Trunk 2012-03-26T12:30:07Z

While dealers are keen to meet a different crowd of wealthy people, even if only for advertising purposes, Masterpiece remains a challenging place to sell at the very top of the market. British Art Fairs: One Country, but Worlds Apart 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

This approach is challenging, and occasionally throws an odd emphasis on things. Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z

At the same time, United, Continental and American are challenging the system at the High Court in London. U.S. Steps Up Its Effort Against a European System of Fees on Airline Emissions 2010-09-10T04:40:00Z

“Dandhy is just doing his reporting and commentary, challenging mainstream views in Indonesia on West Papua,” said Andreas Harsono, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, using an alternative name for the region. Indonesian filmmaker named suspect after sharing posts on Papua 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

In his vows, Mr. Lee reflected on the many challenging experiences Ms. Knox brought into his life: the careening down rapids, the rappelling down mountainsides, the nights sleeping in a tent on hikes. Chasing Their Fears and Finding Each Other 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

He is at once sensitive to the exaggerated persona he has embraced, challenging a reporter to name the last time his show recommended a hamburger, and acutely aware of his own ridiculousness. Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

She was challenging and playful as she asked students questions and answered theirs. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

For that devilishly difficult ballet, in which she was partnered by Igor Youskevitch, Balanchine took advantage of Ms. Alonso’s technical prowess, challenging her every move. Alicia Alonso to Be Honored by Ballet Theater 2010-06-02T22:11:00Z

This challenging 7.5-mile, 3,000-foot hike passes through numerous stands of aspen, and, for the first few miles, the trail is wide enough for social distancing. Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

Rather, like Leslie Jamison and other stylists of the moment, Bellamy produces supple, moving and challenging work with a power that relies in part on the author looking outside her apparent comfort zone. Self and concept collide in experimental collection 'When the Sick Rule the World' 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

“I set him up. To deliver, in a very short time frame, something that became very challenging to deliver,” he said. True Detective season three: what HBO needs to fix to do the show justice 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Smith’s voice, as ever, is effortlessly dazzling, but it can certainly handle more challenging material. Sam Smith Seeks Self-Acceptance and Catharsis, and a Sound to Match 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Guillem, supported in a graceful fluid pas de deux, keeps twisting and adjusting her position, as if challenging Le Riche's hold. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z

These are challenging poems because Bang doesn’t provide much comfort, and she never takes her foot off the accelerator. The best new poetry books for March 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

“It comfortably borrows from high art and low art, often challenging accepted notions of its métier.” ‘Hippie Chic’ Shows at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-08-22T22:01:34Z

“Getting from lodge to lodge is challenging, and many don’t even rent to individuals.” How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

It ended up being a real gift to me, even if there were moments when it was challenging. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Lena Dunham of 'Girls' 2012-07-19T14:27:33Z

The old-school grumps complain that this will de-professionalize design, but “open” designers are willing to risk that for the chance to tackle challenging issues. Design: Can Anybody Be a Designer? 2011-10-02T12:45:08Z

“The last few days have been hurtful and challenging,” he said during an interview with Stephen Colbert. Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

The structure of the story was quite challenging. How we made: Helen Oxenbury and Michael Rosen on We're Going on a Bear Hunt 2012-11-05T17:50:22Z

Lisiecki took faster, more challenging tempos and emphasized drama on a larger scale. In recital, Jan Lisiecki’s playing hints at an artist replete with potential 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

Across the UK in general, the picture may be more challenging. The rise of Arfid: the truth about the eating disorder that made a teenager go blind 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

This year has been one of my most challenging, and perhaps because of that, preparing this Thanksgiving dinner for my family feels more important than ever. Try my grandmother's comforting cornbread dressing which anchors all my holiday meals 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

This is an important commission and also a challenging one, requiring particular skills and sensitivities, and in most European countries there would be two independent architects on the selection jury. Why the Southbank Centre redevelopment plan is sheer folly 2012-08-04T23:05:31Z

Paint as real as flesh itself Freud's most challenging works are saved for the last room of the show. Lucian Freud storms the Pompidou Centre 2010-03-16T21:35:00Z

“When you’re singing contemporary music, you face challenging pitch problems,” he said. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

“When I woke up my heart was heavy with how challenging police brutality is,” Harris said. “Sadness, anger, frustration”: The tremors of Philando Castile’s death continue in the Twin Cities 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

“He’s not a believer, but he dared to go to these ancestral questions. He’s leaving behind all the easier ways to speak about you and the world, and not afraid of challenging death.” Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

But as we buoyed each other in our work on those mornings in Montana, we continue to cheer on each other’s successes in the sometimes challenging careers we’ve chosen. Why go on a creative retreat? How a little cabin in Montana helped two budding writers find themselves 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Beethoven was arguably not a natural writer for the voice and was completely deaf by the time he composed this work; the result is challenging music that sometimes flows beautifully and sometimes taxes the singers. Wachner, Washington Chorus give powerful performance of ungainly ‘Missa Solemnis’

But, particularly as one presses ever northward into the Scottish highlands, the moorlands can also make for a challenging and sometimes perilous landscape. In Britain, Enraptured by the Wild, Lonely and Remote 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The festival’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” a traveling staging originally seen at the Komische Oper in Berlin, could shake up the field as much as the challenging new works. 5 Operas in 72 Hours: A Philadelphia Festival Is a Test of Survival 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

As usual, and with a smile, he was challenging himself and his audience to set aside old comforts. | Caetano Veloso: Caetano Veloso Revives His Rock at Terminal 5 2010-04-09T22:46:00Z

Style can and will do many things at once, be ironic, ambiguous, challenging, questioning, quicksilver. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z

This type of storytelling is part of what Waithe calls “the resurgence” — a collective of writers, producers, actors and directors who are challenging traditional Hollywood stories and roles. ‘Dear White People’ director Justin Simien on what it means to be black — and ‘black’

The man behind “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love” has already made some efforts to produce his most challenging film yet, these people say: a documentary designed to pave the way for a comeback. Where’s Harvey? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

I admire picture books that address challenging themes. What Not to Tell the Kids When the Goldfish Dies, and Other Lessons From Pet Picture Books 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

She champions challenging European modernism that is little wanted in cautious American concert halls these days. Three L.A. cellists save the day with last-minute musical theatrics for the Phil 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

“I create thought-provoking, challenging conversations about the unspoken.” The Couples Therapy Expert Esther Perel Takes On Sex and Sexuality 2014-01-24T22:13:57Z

“College” aired on PBS late last year, and it follows participants the Bard Prison Initiative, a program that provides a challenging college education to a small number of prisoners in New York State. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

The densest, smoothest and most stable of the three is Italian meringue, but it can also be the most challenging. The Magic of Meringues 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

Accessibly explaining how surveillance works, and why it matters, only gets more challenging the deeper you dig into the NSA trove. Citizenfour review – Poitras' victorious film shows Snowden vindicated 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

“The next six episodes, this whole season, was probably the most challenging work I’ve done in my career — but blissfully so,” she said in a follow-up phone conversation. Rhea Seehorn Is Getting Away With It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

"It's aesthetically beautiful and challenging, and it's didactic without being patronizing," Koss says of the show. Gut-wrenching photo evidence from Brown vs. Plata in 'Prison Obscura' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Recently, as she was talking about her daughter entering the challenging toddler stage, she said to me: "You've been there. Why aren't you giving me suggestions?" Perspective | Ask Amy: Mom’s harsh reactions might reveal depression 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

My own initial scepticism was also blown swiftly away by this emotional rollercoaster of a performance, delivered with extraordinary skill and a clever ear for the opportunities afforded by the Albert Hall's challenging acoustic space. The Proms 2011: week three in review 2011-08-10T15:32:29Z

“We wanted to be sensitive, because it’s such a challenging topic,” Ms. McConnell said. ‘The Hunger Games: The Exhibition’ Allows Kids to Express Their Inner Katniss 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

As they were doing in many other cities and nations of Europe and North America, women were challenging a patriarchal society that judged them unworthy of the rights customarily accorded to men. Klimt’s Women, Real and on Canvas 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Tosh never made things easy for himself, relentlessly challenging those in power and not mincing his words on any topics. Arise Black Man: the Peter Tosh Story ? review 2010-11-24T07:59:00Z

Mr. Whishaw often plays vulnerable, wounded people, and his performance here is tremendously compelling and challenging. Review: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Is Very Good. And Scandalous. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

If following Miles’s emotional journey wasn’t challenging enough, the animators also had to deal with a supporting cast of Spider-Men and Women from parallel dimensions. How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Animators Created That Trippy Look 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

The most challenging aspect of directing herself, she said, was self-editing. For Women, Sundance Is Sunnier Than Hollywood 2011-01-21T21:30:03Z

“It’s really challenging, it’s defiant, it’s confrontational,” said Mary Anne Hobbs, the influential D.J. on Radio 1. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z

The challenging venture is one of many that now include Lewis' foray into music as an indie-rock singer, and her gradual reentry back into film. Juliette Lewis' career reboot in full swing 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

Audience Enters a Sightless World, Where Listening Becomes a Lifeline Breaking down the ingrained resistance an audience often brings to a challenging new work can be a good thing. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z

For a big finale, this three-week journey into contemporary music ended when Mr. Gilbert and the Philharmonic played two challenging programs on Friday and Saturday at David Geffen Hall. Review: NY Phil Biennial’s Ambitious Wrap-Up, From Boulez to Bolcom 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

The RAF Museum says the challenging operation will be the biggest recovery of its kind. Underwater German WWII bomber to be salvaged 2013-05-03T10:49:08Z

The movie is political and challenging, but in an organic way. Andrew Haigh's Weekend: Sex, No Lies & Audiotape 2011-09-21T22:15:00Z

She’s looking forward to her last “Sleeping Beauty” — the most challenging, she said, of the narrative roles. ‘Sleeping Beauty’ ballerina eyes a happy ending 2014-01-24T01:46:48Z

But I can't help thinking that many readers will find House of Earth challenging in ways different from those trumpeted by Infinitum Nihil. House of Earth by Woody Guthrie – review 2013-02-14T12:00:01Z

Being up there by yourself being heckled and not being heckled, most people not knowing who I was, it made me realize it was fun, challenging. Rebecca Gates is back and 'totally over capacity' 2012-07-19T16:58:00Z

While that is true to some degree, ID’s cluster of challenging clients might also reflect the company’s skill in handling trouble. For Celebrity Publicists, It?s Who?s Up Front That Counts 2011-04-06T21:20:07Z

However, setting these reference points can be challenging when ecosystems are highly dynamic over time, as seen in Newfoundland. Climate change is transforming our oceans. Can fisheries management adapt? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

“We happened to pick an incredibly challenging subject matter where there was a huge community – a community that was not our own,” Winkler told the Guardian. 'It brought me a sense of community': the fight to save US skating culture 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

As Cassaro said: “Life is about exploring. It’s about challenging yourself. Trail running helps me do both.” Why you should skip the pavement and hit the trail 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

“Things are challenging, but we are keeping our heads down and pushing forward with finishing wines, emptying tanks and preparing for the 2020 vintage,” she said. For American Wine Producers, Fear, Uncertainty and Hope 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

It's no fun when you have to spend your vacation in a home where appliances are smelly, the bath towels are skimpy, and the cookware is challengingly old. Home Exchange 101 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

It's a wonderfully bold and challenging programme, and a real treat for anyone interested in the music of the second half of the 20th century. This week's new live music 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

Still, she inhabited this challenging role and won a big ovation from the audience. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z

Lauren, a widow, is raising two challenging kids on her own. What Wouldn’t a Parent Do to Get a Child Admitted to ‘The Gifted School’? 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

“Abe is such a brilliant caretaker when it comes to challenging his artists to tackle different tones and different genres and do that juggling act that feels so foreign and strange and impossible.” Love bites in ‘Wolf Like Me’ with Isla Fisher and Josh Gad 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

How do writers top the shock and awe of the Comey hearings and the Russia scandal without challenging the reader’s suspension of disbelief? Lies, leaks and threats to our liberties: A new thriller captures the moment 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ellis, currently on a 13-date tour opening for the Old 97’s, knows that quickly finding an audience for what can initially sound like a challenging, hard-to-categorize album will not be easy. For Fans of Robert Ellis, Vivid Contrasts in a Stylish CD 2011-07-10T06:00:30Z

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of envy—also the trait that separates it from its sibling emotion, admiration—is that envy hurts. Envy is actually a very helpful emotion 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

“It’s a wonderful story for children to see that moral choices can be made in challenging situations,” said Ellen Bari, director of content development for the exhibition, which will open in September. In Museums About Horrors, Children Learn of the Heroes 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

He records Bonhoeffer’s powerful experiences, for example, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where the preacher Adam Clayton Powell fulminates: “Obeying God means challenging injustice! You don’t just think about God. … You act!” A Graphic Nonfiction Account of Hitler’s Would-Be Assassin 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

“It’s the most exciting job, the most challenging job. But I just think it’s such a shame that some directors and producers look at us as cannon fodder.” 'It's a terribly fine line': the stunt performers risking their lives for Hollywood 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

One thing that is always challenging for us to do is the noises. Puppetry So Lifelike, Even Their Deaths Look Real 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

Although admiring George's unrelenting quizzing, his barrage of astute comments and his continual challenging of theatrical norms, it was his heavy metal props hurled across the stage that kept him on his toes. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z

He is also honing his voice as a composer, on the model of Rachmaninoff, who wrote his challenging piano music as a vehicle for himself. Review | Maddeningly uneven orchestra excites range of reactions 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Understanding just which combinations of chemicals are good and which are bad and at what concentrations is challenging. New Books Take You Through the Microscope to the World of Pathogens 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

And we both know “challenging” is a euphemism for “difficult.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

Then it's also filled with the moments that are challenging and difficult, and you're sparring with each other. Nat Faxon on 'Married,' for better or worse 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

After graduating from nursing school in 2014, he worked in many departments, including I.C.U. and trauma, handling all kinds of challenging diseases and terrible injuries. How Can Standup Succeed in a Fragmented Culture? Nurse Blake Has One Answer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Harding began the program at Avery Fisher Hall with a challenging assignment. Music Review: Conductor Makes Philharmonic Debut With Sufi Poetry and Celestial Yearnings 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z

During the election year of 2016, I was writing a lot of commentary challenging the narrative that the white working class is somehow monolithically right-wing. Dolly Parton and the Women Who Love Her 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

The comic strip is more challenging now than it was for Gould, Locher said. Case closed: Dick Tracy artist retires 2011-02-24T20:55:10Z

Curious Incident also offered Stephens a welcome respite from the more challenging narratives pouring from his imagination. A Curious Incident on stage: the National does Mark Haddon's novel 2012-07-25T18:01:00Z

What is less well known is that the boycotters also filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s bus segregation law. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z

Where healthcare systems charge for service, food insecure people face challenging decisions of whether to use their limited funds on food or healthcare. How food insecurity affects people’s rights to choose whether or not to have children 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

Jewell Parker Rhodes, an award-winning children’s book author, has never shied away from emotionally challenging subjects. Where Fiction and Reality Collide: Books and Black Lives Matter 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

He, too, said repairing your rocker is unusually challenging. Worn caning on rocker presents a complex problem 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

The grandfoal contest is always more challenging than the first round because the names are already full of puns, and often not very “name”-like. Style Invitational Week 1178: A ___ of collective nouns 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

But previous iterations were challenging to clean, leading to infant death. What can art teach us about breast-feeding? 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

At once emotionally resonant and tricky to describe, it’s the kind of challenging movie that critics embrace in the hope that it might find an audience beyond the festival circuit. Is Moviegoing Undemocratic? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

"It's very challenging legally because dressing up in a costume and walking around Times Square is, we believe, a First Amendment-protected activity," said Quinn, a candidate to be New York's next mayor. Cookie Monster, Elmo get in Times Square trouble 2013-04-09T21:39:09Z

Black New Yorkers might have faced an insurmountable Goliath in the white political establishment, but by challenging the kidnapping club in court and on the streets, they were not entirely powerless. Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Mojadidi said that gathering the oral histories proved to be challenging, given the current political climate and concerns among immigrants over the Trump administration’s travel ban. Phone Booths Are Back in Times Square. No Quarters Required. 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

To see the law at work in the reality it must cope with -- groping, subject to limitations, to the rules of evidence, to the personalities of advocates and judges -- is a challenging experience. 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi: Read the 1974 L.A. Times book review 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Now she steps up a gear with a more challenging play about isolation, deafness, families and the confusion of articulacy with emotional literacy. Tribes ? review 2010-10-21T01:07:00Z

It was something I wanted to give a try, and a lot of people weren't on my side, because it's a very challenging song, subject matter and it's super bleak. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

The book is by Harvey Fierstein and it is about as provocative and challenging as a soft toy. Kinky Boots – review 2013-04-05T09:57:07Z

Was it challenging writing your new film, 4.3.2.1., about four girls? Noel Clarke: 'The films that I've written and directed aren't necessarily the kind I like watching' 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

I think that things like the teenagers in Florida are really challenging the status quo. A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

But in today’s post-dogma period, without the polemics to endure, Mr. Wuorinen’s arrestingly complex works have been capturing the imaginations and challenging a new generation of musicians who have never seen his composition textbook. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z

Some works are especially challenging, like Anne Carson's collection "Red Doc," in which poems begins at various points on a given page. Poetry finally joining e-book revolution 2013-05-17T11:35:10Z

One notable feature of O’Leary’s St. Louis tenure has been his ability to draw the community into discussions of challenging operas. Washington National Opera lands a star: Timothy O’Leary to become general director 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

The Wascos knew the Red Room would be the most challenging set to design. How the Notorious Red Room Was Built in the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

“To define what it means to be a woman in the 2020s. It’s challenging for all of us.” Is This What Post-MeToo Looks Like? 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nelson introduces a free screening of his latest documentary, “Freedom Riders,” which chronicles the perilous journey of civil rights workers challenging Jim Crow laws in the South in 1961. Weekend Miser: Sword Swallowers and Beer Swiggers 2010-09-30T21:19:00Z

The states have “no realistic choice,” said Justice , effectively accepting the argument by 26 states challenging the law that they are being unjustly forced to administer a massive Medicaid expansion. Justices suggest Medicaid expansion is unconstitutional 2012-03-28T19:01:00Z

Dudley might have scored dozens of films, written for symphony orchestras, worked with acts from Robbie Williams to Tom Jones, but this has proved one of her most challenging projects. The Doctor's Tale: Barking up the right tree 2011-03-31T20:45:01Z

Experts won’t hurt a fly, learning to sneak through missions with a friend in cooperative mode and seeking the most challenging and blissfully plot-free excursions that require Fisher to remain undetected from beginning to end. Video Game Review: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist Goes Undercover 2013-08-23T20:45:58Z

She began to read Toni Morrison and feminist writings “challenging gender norms before anyone even knew how to say that phrase.” Tate’s New Leader Has ‘Fresh Eyes and a Lot of Energy.’ Is That Enough? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Some pianists emphasize the turmoil and intensity of the stormy first movement in this challenging work. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z

The notion of buying grapes for better or worse is challenging in difficult years. Another Variable in the Winemaking Process: Climate Change 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

New York, Houston, Miami and Detroit are among the other cities challenging the 2010 results. Emanuel mounting challenge to census showing 2012-02-19T02:35:00Z

Your goal should be to help him function in all sorts of challenging situations — including this one. Ask Amy: Mother worries about child bullied by cousins 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

It was challenging, and I don’t think she was terribly impressed — she’d been with a lot more interesting men than me. ‘Before Sunrise’: The Making of an Indie Classic 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

The schedule gets challenging — the show, publicity, recording music. A Word With: Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice: Big Stars at 18, and Loving the Ride 2011-06-01T22:36:03Z

So when something like a mistake happens with him, just from a psychological perspective, it’s so challenging. Q&A: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Executive Producer of Monday Mornings 2013-02-04T16:05:40Z

At any rate, Messud's feisty response has made me desperate to read The Woman Upstairs, and find out for myself what makes Nora such a challenging companion. Are you reading novels to make new friends? 2013-05-03T15:24:48Z

I knew it would be physically challenging because of all the stunts. Taylor Lautner talks about his newest 'Abduction' 2011-09-23T12:44:47Z

There are three levels of difficulty, the lowest of which would be challenging for most ­ 8-year-olds. Travel toys 2017: Fidgets, puzzles and activity books for summer trips 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Arnett is that rare, brave writer willing to articulate the darkest thoughts even the best parents entertain while trudging along through the most challenging job in the world. Review | Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ gives voice to a parent’s darkest thoughts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

Writing for television can be challenging and lucrative, but there are limits to how deep one can venture into the unpleasant realities of crime. Review | Ready for a psychopath on the level of Hannibal Lecter? Check out ‘Sunrise Highway’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

“Dimitrij” is a long, challenging opera: The Bard production lasted four hours with two intermissions. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Loni Landon, the youngest and least experienced of the four “NY Quadrille” choreographers, was the least challenging, though she went for it in her own way. Review: This Dance Is a Jolt at the Joyce Theater 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

These spaces may be more popular than genuine museums because they’re better focused on user experience and don’t require visitors to consider uncomfortable or challenging narratives. Perspective | For Wells Fargo, history is an asset. And a useful distraction. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

I’m not saying that low profile is all down to the title – the film’s abrasive and challenging in more substantial ways – but it can’t have helped. Streaming: Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell – not to be sniffed at 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

What sustains the film through the rockier times are its challenging themes, offering real issues for the young protagonists to wrestle with, rather than whether anyone will be carded trying to buy beer. 'The Fault in Our Stars' elevates sad story by cutting the sap 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Where the sergeant was staring me in the face, challenging me to do something, and I just ran away. Angela Lansbury, Chris Pine, Rajiv Joseph: Favorite memories from 50 years of Center Theatre Group 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

“Wife to James Whelan,” which Mr. Bank is directing and is now in previews, might be his most challenging recovery project. Resurrecting Teresa Deevy?s Lost Irish Voice 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z

"For us this was a really challenging new idea," Russell added. Mutual fans Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team for 'FFS' album and tour 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

The next 10, he says, were “testing my ideas about harmony, harmonic relations”; they tend to be longer and more challenging. Perspective | 81 and going strong, Philip Glass prepares for his Kennedy Center debut 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

She said she enjoyed traveling widely and challenging the preconceptions of her audiences, whatever their political persuasions. Michelle Wolf Doesn’t Want to Be Your Folk Hero 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

A closely watched case challenging the legality of unpaid Hollywood internship programs has been dealt a major blow. Hollywood intern case dealt setback by federal appeals court 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Yet Roberton was undaunted: “I work with a lot of big red wines at Bourbon Steak, so it’s fun and challenging to work with other wines in a setting like this,” he said. Match set: High-acid wines with Mediterranean food 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Indeed, for some, the siren song of a challenging sabbatical is habit forming. Summer Vacation? Nah, I’m Taking a Creative Hiatus 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

“It’s the one that always engages in speculative thinking, critical thinking, challenging status quos, taking risks. And it’s really an incubator for the arts field.” Roy Lichtenstein’s Studio Becomes Home to an Artistic Community 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

For this "Alaska Bush Family," a harsh environment, dangerous critters and a challenging terrain are just part of everyday family life. Running wild: Animal Planet unveils its new season 2013-04-03T14:12:04Z

Those three months were both terrifying and challenging, but nothing prepared me for what happened next. You want to be pregnant. You're depressed. A tough choice lies ahead 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

While some of the teen shows stand out with challenging new ideas – E4's My Mad Fat Diary is winning critical acclaim – too much programming merely regurgitates adult stereotypes with a heavy focus on sexual content. The child-sized gap in our TV schedules 2013-01-28T17:30:01Z

These are heady days at New York Theater Workshop, a small nonprofit in the East Village that has long championed challenging but often also difficult new work. New York Theater Workshop Rides a Wave With Care 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

“The last almost two years have been emotionally challenging for our family as I have been struggling to accept, find, understand what my next step is.” Watching a Partner Change Is Hard. Accepting It Can Be Harder. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

“Even when you have a challenging viral moment, I don’t think it’s trite to say at least people are talking about you, they’re engaging with you, they’re weighing in with their perspective.” How ‘The Breakfast Club,’ home to brash hosts and irate rappers, became a one-of-a-kind campaign stop 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, living your politics means challenging those around you, even if they are your friend. Why I can still be best friends with someone whose politics I despise 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

This small but challenging mountain offers a terrain park, tubing and cross-country trails. 2010-02-06T04:54:00Z

But it probably matters, too, that he didn’t study local eating habits in sufficient depth before challenging them, nor seems to have given enough thought to creatively modifying them. Why are the poor blamed and shamed for their deaths? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

The raid was challenging but you break it down to a series of parts. Zero Dark Thirty‘s Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal on Strong Women and Strong Helicopters 2012-12-14T13:00:17Z

As the Bottle Boys wrote in a statement accompanying the video, “The multitasking was quite challenging in the beginning. But we don’t play bottles because it is easy, but because it is hard!” Hear Johnny Cash's Biggest Hits Played on Beer Bottles 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

But the role was challenging, despite the wealth of material. Actress Viola Davis is no stranger to 'The Help' 2011-08-09T01:01:07Z

You should never drink to the point where following the game's plot or interpreting your character sheets gets challenging. How to feed your D&D party (or any game night group) 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

These performances reveal what’s confrontational, challenging, jolting, and disturbing in classical music, which, all too often, is heard and received as a kind of refined ambience. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a little more challenging because the child can talk back. The octopus is officially having a moment. This aquarist has been in awe of them for years. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

More compelling — and more challenging — are the racial and economic factors underpinning the tragedy. ‘Broken Harts’ Review: Examining a Family Tragedy 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Much of Reyes’s work is pro bono, representing refugee organizations and challenging anti-asylum regulations. A D.C. lawyer learned English as a child from a teacher who tutored her each day. She found her to say thank you. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

It presents creative challenges and content challenges that any thinking person and grown-up would find very challenging and frustrating. Michael Chiklis' superhero series targets families 2010-09-22T12:28:00Z

I even staged a conversation between my character and someone who was challenging his views. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z

She’s been doing stand-up comedy and challenging widely accepted beliefs about gender since the early 1980s. The fabulous, foul-mouthed Lea DeLaria on “Orange Is the New Black,” Big Boo’s backstory, and why Republicans can “suck my big dyke d*ck” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Unusual second world war movie taking no sides but challenging few ethnic cliches either, as it switches between German, Italian and US troops in Italy during the final stages of combat. This week's new films 2011-01-15T00:05:55Z

So the film-makers chose to center on three heavily gerrymandered, election-swinging states – Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin – and focus on activists challenging the “ratfucked” system in the courts, the streets or the state house. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

Friends and collaborators since they met as teens, the duo still build their songs together in the same room, and from scratch, challenging each other in ways that aren’t all that common in hip-hop. The sound of the summer? It’s DJ Mustard.

She's also spent nearly a decade challenging the elitism and sexism of book publishing and criticism. Jennifer Weiner was right about sexism, media and women writers: "We were told we were lying" 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

Growing up in Glasgow as the only kid in a turban was challenging enough. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

The most important thing is that we set goals for ourselves, and then we also understand that we’re human, and that we’re humans experiencing an unprecedented, unimaginably challenging time right now, universally. Zachary Quinto’s Weekend: Watching ‘Magnolia’ and Letting the Dogs Out 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

My nephew has always been a challenging child, and I feel for my brother and his wife. Perspective | Our nephew is causing problems with our child. How do we set boundaries? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

The project is challenging Hollywood to not just create opportunities but also increase representation for Latinx as well as Black and Indigenous members of the film and TV community. Hollywood is still overlooking Latinx filmmakers: "My story matters, my pain matters" 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Following two of the band’s best and most inventive albums — 2009’s rambunctious “Embryonic” and 2013’s gorgeously bleak “The Terror” — the Flaming Lips’ latest might be the most cryptic and challenging. Wayne Coyne, mad scientist: “If the Flaming Lips make a wrong move, so what?” 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Mellow, pleasantly challenging entertainment that never tests reaction time. This week's new games 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z

I put it out to my folks that I want to do challenging things. Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s ?Trust? at Second Stage 2010-07-29T21:38:00Z

“The housing section was especially challenging,” Lamster writes, “not least because it interested him so little.” Philip Johnson, the Man Who Made Architecture Amoral 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

There are, however, many occasions during which television goes from something I want to something I think I need, if only because the thought of doing anything else is too overwhelming and challenging. The Lazy Pleasures of Medicinal Television 2013-06-01T14:00:46Z

Singing the notes of the role in the Prologue is gorgeous - and challenging. Glyndebourne 2013: Kate Lindsey on Ariadne auf Naxos 2013-05-15T18:00:05Z

Winfrey remembered her as the most challenging of novelists, one for whom a dingle reading was never enough. Winfrey, Coates among speakers at tribute to Toni Morrison 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

And to make it even more challenging and exciting, it's not just the number of livers that goes down, but that more and more players get to join every round. TV review: The Hospital, Grandma's House 2010-08-23T23:05:00Z

As a statement of vision, the show was clear and thoughtful, a blend of the accessible and the challenging. Drake and Kanye West: Proven Paths to Stardom 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

“If we understand freedom, above all, through our opposition to bondage, we can learn a great deal, as her book shows, from carefully cataloging and challenging the many ways of being unfree.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

It's not that any of us think every unpleasant and challenging interaction is about race. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

I live in the present time, so every time it's challenging and feels like a first film and it's difficult. Juliette Binoche on playing a catfishing 50-year-old: "She cannot accept being abandoned" 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

The role, she said, was not overly challenging vocally. Lillias White Finds Her Goddess for ‘Hadestown’ 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

In December, for example, the painter R. H. Quaytman put abstract painting and architecture on a collision course with challenging, if decidedly confused, awkward results. Claudia Comte: ‘No Melon No Lemon’ 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Hikers should prepare for changeable--and sometimes challenging--elements by wearing layers of clothing and sturdy boots. Visit the South's Arch Country 2011-05-18T13:20:07.640Z

Facing this fear is the most challenging work I have ever done. Writing truthfully about my father: An act of resistance, an act of love​ ​ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

“We’re going to talk a lot about challenging behaviors,” adjunct professor Chrissy Shawver, who also works with children at the Arc Montgomery County, an organization that serves people with intellectual disabilities, tells the class. Will a college degree requirement lead to better, more respected preschool teachers? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

They added: “our needs are made especially challenging by the high operating costs of a building that is beautiful but antiquated.” ArtsBeat: Corcoran Gallery Board Votes to Consider a New Home 2012-06-05T15:27:59Z

It's bad enough and hard enough and tough enough and challenging enough to be the monarch, but to be the rest of them, not fun. "Never offer the Queen an ultimatum": Why it's good to be Queen, but no one else in the royal family 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

Sabet’s group decided against challenging the signatures gathered for the ballot initiative: “We are picking our battles,” he says. The lonely lot of the anti-pot crusader

The young players were “so eager, focused and concentrated” during the challenging tour, which began in Shanghai and went on to Germany, England and Italy. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson, a local favorite, is back in Seattle to open the President’s Piano Series 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

Her father, who was always challenging authority, vowed that the family would move to Canada, if necessary. Christine Ebersole’s ‘Big Noise’ Cabaret Show Is at 54 Below 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

The best companies are doing challenging work, taking audiences with them, creating a buzz. London hosts first 'opera Oscars', but UK doesn't make top award shortlist 2013-04-06T23:06:06Z

So it's the cumulative effect which is the challenging thing and the problem comes if the Arts Council continues to salami slice across. Arts bodies react to spending review 2013-06-26T15:26:11Z

These works, like "Switzerland," try to stay one step ahead of the audience by challenging received wisdom and laying down false leads. Despite star Laura Linney, 'Switzerland' an unconvincing stab at noir 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

Determining the answers to these questions is immensely challenging and public health messaging around recommendations can send mixed messages. WHO’s recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss raises many questions 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

Incomplete instructions on the plans made it challenging for the researchers to recreate models of the building. The Quest to Recover a Lost Frank Lloyd Wright Building 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Duchamp's iconoclastic urinal, entitled "Fountain" and featuring the words "R.Mutt", is considered one of the most influential works of the 20th century by challenging people's understanding of what constitutes art. "I'm no vandal," says man who defaced Rothko art 2012-10-08T11:13:07Z

Mr. Zarug, in his interview, also spoke of how challenging it was to find art from the period with extensive exhibition or ownership histories. Unknown or Unreal? The Shadow on Some Russian Avant-Garde Art 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

But a new breed of flash drives — those matchbox-size storage devices that plug into your computer’s USB port — is challenging that no-frills image. Noticed: Portable Art, Data Not Included 2010-10-13T21:39:00Z

Here’s the beginning and middle of a new funny story — and now I’m challenging you to finish it! Two bunnies need an end for their story. So hop to it. 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

In your place, my goal would be to temper your son-in-law’s temper over the long haul, not stop a single angry outburst by challenging him on the spot. What’s Wrong With Kissing in Public? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

The governor is much more comfortable negotiating with men and likes to do the guy thing - the challenging and baiting, how guys will kind of come after each other. Revelations could tarnish Schwarzenegger's legacy 2011-05-18T10:31:23Z

The creative freedom Netflix offered and its willingness to pursue challenging original content such as hit show Orange Is the New Black convinced her the company was the right choice. Chelsea Handler On Her Netflix Risk And Overcoming Career Setbacks 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Manufacturing clothing or accessories in the United States is challenging, particularly for anyone aiming for a certain amount of finesse. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

In its story, the “Force Awakens” heroes were separated from one another, confronting personal roadblocks on individual journeys, and the actors found it just as challenging to make. Will ‘Star Wars’ Stick the Landing? J.J. Abrams Will Try 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Hang is billed as a "morally challenging and taut three-hander", looking at the relationship between a victim and the perpetrator of a crime. Royal Court to stage new NHS play 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

“Yes it has been the most challenging event I have ever been a part of, but the only way to look is forwards not backward. Next time will be better.” Saudi Arabia Just Had Its First Fashion Week 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Still, he plays these challenging works brilliantly, with crisp clarity, flair and style. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: John Adams, Prokofiev, Harrison Birtwistle and More 2014-03-12T20:42:17Z

Unlike the therapist’s other patients, Ramos’ character has his sessions on Zoom, a challenging prospect for both actors. HBO revives ‘In Treatment’ with Uzo Aduba looking for truth 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

For older players, there’s the more challenging “survival mode,” filled with zombies, pigs, zombie pig men and a dragon lurking somewhere in the distance. Dear Microsoft: Please Don't Screw Up Minecraft. Sincerely, Parents 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

"It might be challenging but if we have our wits about us it will go well," he said. Pope sets stage for historic blending of choirs 2012-06-28T10:16:04Z

Or does her future happiness depend on her challenging the accepted history of the past? This week's new theatre and dance 2012-10-12T23:05:58Z

Johnson became an activist in 2008, after a life-changing experience—he was sent home from his volunteer service in the Peace Corps in Ukraine, a challenging job that he loved, after testing positive for H.I.V. A Jazz Funeral for the American Presidency 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

“It’s really challenging to grieve living people,” said Nedra Tawwab, a therapist, content creator and author of “Set Boundaries, Find Peace.” Politics and conspiracy theories are fracturing relationships. Here’s how to grieve those broken bonds. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

She knew how challenging it was to manage a serious illness and still be a kid — and she thought kids might want to read about that. Lurlene McDaniel has made a career of making people cry 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

“Modeling for fine art is challenging and personally rewarding work that requires professionalism, confidence, creativity, and a willingness to be vulnerable in a studio setting.” The naked truth about nude art modeling 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Like many who are on the verge of beginning a challenging new job, I’m anxious and nervous. I fall asleep at work 2012-12-13T01:00:00Z

Pulling off Potts' operatic singing voice proved a bit more challenging. Corden on singing like Paul Potts 2013-10-25T07:42:31Z

It was a bumpy and at times quite terse exchange, with Sondheim challenging or at least qualifying much of what Macleod said. Composer of the Week | Radio review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z

While the pandemic has only made his work even more challenging, Mr. Jordan says the health crisis has intensified his desire to turn his businesses into agents of change. The News Cycle Is Crushing Seattle’s Vibrant Restaurant Scene 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

“Trying to work together and be a couple was challenging,” April said, holding their cat, Louie, for Louis Armstrong. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

“I think, very similar to when you’re coming off a long vacation, there will be a transition that feels challenging,” she said. The new normal is getting old fast 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

His group supports a lawsuit challenging a Michigan law that took effect early last year banning shipments from out-of-state retailers. Why is it becoming harder to buy wine online? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

"You need to strike a delicate balance on how you treat such challenging material," says Kate Hudson. Fundamentalist movie sees 9/11 from the 'other side' 2012-08-31T11:36:22Z

It was one of the most challenging times of my life, because my family was targeted, and that’s not something I ever expected or wanted to happen in my career. Lena Dunham Thinks Even Conservatives Need to Read Her Newsletter 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

“You always say those girls are vicious little monsters,” Paul says, challenging Ben’s desire to stay with the team. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Hunger Games 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The archive, he added, “plays a critical role in countering stereotypes and challenging the social structure in which incarcerated individuals are enmeshed.” For the American Prison Writing Archive, a ‘Shadow Canon’ Sheds Light 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

All of which would have been quite challenging to stage at the Globe in 1599, but are ideal material for cinema. Kenneth Branagh's Henry V: right royal entertainment 2011-07-28T08:00:00Z

“It’s really challenging to find a product that doesn’t look like a bunch of cheap acoustic panels,” he says. 5 Knockout Strategies for Ceiling Treatments 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

“It was a challenging time, and the past year has been a pivot for us,” Dickey said. Ruth Dickey and the turnaround at Seattle Arts & Lectures 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s challenging because she’s making this amazing effort to put out the most vulnerable moments of her life,” Scout said. Demi Moore Lets Her Guard Down 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z

It helps that “A Different World” was a more challenging, and arguably more meaningful show. How ‘A Different World’ Survived the Downfall of Bill Cosby 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

Lee said that in challenging financial times, research shows that a lot of viewers are interested in superheroes and monsters. ABC starting new comedy night 2011-05-17T18:46:05Z

But Leo doesn’t give Caspar permission to put a hit on Bernie, despite Tom, his chief counsel, insisting that killing Bernie would prevent Caspar from challenging him. Miller's Crossing at 30: the Coen brothers' unknowable gangster drama 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

As the pilot progresses, he goes from hopeful to indifferent to despairing, from chatting to God to challenging It. 'Last Man on Earth' is dark in a strangely sunny way 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Hotels are challenging for us because of the inability to prepare food for our daughter. Ask Amy: Is this family obligated to celebrate milestone birthday? 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Career longevity, along with challenging roles, is her goal. Arts & Leisure: Elizabeth Olsen in ?Martha Marcy May Marlene? 2011-10-11T15:30:08Z

Making a ring in a day is about as challenging as a soufflé is for a newbie cook. Field Notes: With This Torch, I Thee Weld a Ring 2012-01-05T23:06:01Z

But challenging them to keep up, as “Slings and Arrows” did, is ultimately more rewarding. Television Review: ?Smash,? on NBC, With Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston 2012-02-05T22:56:28Z

“The market is strong on the buyer’s side, more challenging on the seller’s side,” he added. Auction Sales Down at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, in a Challenging 2016 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Magnin described the period around Moore's departure as "challenging," but said that the theater is now poised to expand its strategic mission to include more performances and the possibility of producing or co-producing original shows. Wallis Annenberg Center names Paul Crewes as artistic director 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

This is a show that advertises itself as specifically “challenging millennials to address everything from savings and spending to taxes.” "Going From Broke" is the "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" for your finances 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Lately, Mr. Swing has been focused on his most challenging body of coin furniture yet. Newly Minted Work by a Change Artist 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

It’s been a challenging year for the Bluegrass State’s hold on traditional man-lady marriage. Dumbest argument against marriage equality yet? 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

Yes, these are more challenging times for people who always eat out. Give up on that sourdough and embrace the tao of "I Hate to Cook" 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

With a reported budget of $15 million, the film also includes an elaborate restaging of a student protest, the communal dousing of a large forest fire and a challenging ocean rescue. How ‘Roma’ Turned an Empty Lot Into a Bustling Avenue 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

For months Mr. Tao, immersed himself in Bruckner’s challenging, sometimes mystifying symphony as he worked on his commission. Review: The Philharmonic Puts a Young Composer’s Twist on Bruckner 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

“But it’s challenging because I am always looking for structure and Viv is always like, ‘Don’t box me in because it’s not going to be as good,’” Costanzo said. A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

"As sea level rises, it's only going to get more challenging to figure how to deal with that," said Charles Lester, the coastal commission's executive director. Malibu homeowners struggle with beach-saving plan 2013-03-31T21:16:04Z

Vance does not recognize in the book how larger economic and social forces impact people lives, and how people find themselves in the challenging situations that he is describing and critiquing. Historian Anthony Harkins on the real story of white poverty and "Hillbilly Elegy" 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

I feel like there’s not a lot challenging me or that I have time to take on with everything else happening. A Ballet Crowd, Bustin’ Out All Over ‘Carousel’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Bill T. Jones has spent decades challenging the boundaries of sex and race in America, on and off the stage. Sunday Reading: The World of Dance 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

“I’m advocating for experiencing new art in ways that are fun, challenging, immersive, even social,” Bates said. Kennedy Center’s 2015-’16 season features big names, small series 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

It just seems like immersing himself in a challenging role isn’t something that holds much interest for Washington these days, which is a shame — there are few better at doing so. Denzel Washington's Carbon Copy Action Films: A Retrospective 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Over the course of a long reading life, I’ve found a small handful of novels that I regard as — to put it mildly — exceptionally challenging. Review | ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’ may have sold 596 copies in its first printing, but it deserves a wider audience 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Do you have a word for others trying to get through this challenging time? Online Balls and Making Art 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

The process was so challenging and so rich and so strange and painful. Dance: D D Dorvillier’s Beethoven Piece at the Kitchen 2012-09-23T04:57:45Z

But the magazine broke free of these constraints and presented a world of opportunity, a world that was changing, challenging and exciting. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z

Despite his imprisonment, made even more challenging by Russia’s opaque and sometimes arbitrary judicial system, Mr. Serebrennikov is directing a production of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” that is to open here Sunday. Russia Locked Him Up. But He’s Directing an Opera 1,400 Miles Away. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Reluctantly — groups can sometimes be challenging now — I went to a gathering and had the fortune to be seated across from screenwriter Pete Chiarelli. I was a hostage at the 2018 Trader Joe's shooting. Here's what I know now about trauma 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z

She has a challenging, feisty way of asking unwelcome but important questions, and she wins Blanche over immediately. Books of The Times: In ‘Frog Music,’ Emma Donoghue Delves Into Unsolved Crime 2014-04-07T20:53:50Z

Securing doors that open toward the outside, such as those in motel rooms, is more challenging. Portable door locks can give travelers extra comfort and protection. Here’s how to choose one. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

Incomplete instructions on the plans made it challenging for the researchers to recreate models of the building. The Quest to Recover a Lost Frank Lloyd Wright Building 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Faced with challenging conditions, companies tend to do two things. In a Tough Art Market, Auction Houses Are Seeking More From Less 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Even with such mechanisms, Zerbini said, it is challenging to survive as a writer. Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

The incongruence between the conversations and the nutty visual narratives makes the series challenging to take in. For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

For her next step, she chooses music, and the show captures, with discomfiting intimacy, just how challenging that decision is, artistically and emotionally. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Making the film turned out to be a challenging experience for some of those involved. Making a Movie About a Genocide That Some Still Deny 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

The work critiques and attempts to correct the portrayal of Latino artists in the entertainment industry, while challenging gender roles as well. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

“I can’t refuse an offer,” he said, especially one to do something fresh and challenging. Paul McCartney Composes Work for City Ballet 2011-02-23T23:05:59Z

"This leads us to believe we are posting too many episodes and making it far too challenging for viewers to keep up." New online soaps cut release schedule to twice a week 2013-05-16T20:06:32Z

“The harp is challenging,” said Pauline Turley, the center’s vice chairwoman. For the Irish Arts Center, a New Home to Expand 2014-03-16T21:05:51Z

This year, moviegoers can witness the challenging lives of feral cats in Malta and abandoned dogs in Mexico. Animal Lovers, Rejoice: The NY Cat and Dog Film Festivals Return 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

It’s your first glimpse of the latest in a line of derring-doers who are challenging notions about what a superpowered champion can look like. In ‘Naomi,’ a Black Girl Comes of Age Heroically 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

“There’s a very romantic young man who is challenging the stereotypes of what we hear about Afghan men,” he said. AFI Docs trains its lens on Afghanistan as festival kicks off 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

“Thirteen Lives” is her first international production, one she found challenging when it came to modulating her emotions. She’s the Secret Weapon in a Film About the Thai Cave Rescue 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Thanks to Charles MacKay, the general director of the Santa Fe Opera, it is finally possible to experience this mystical, challenging and viscerally dramatic opera, which had such a torturous path to production. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z

Raising a child alone is hard work, requiring patience, time and an awful lot of loving; raising a child with the wrong person is equally, if not more, challenging. I’m a newly single mother and confused about my sexuality | Mariella Frostrup 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

Some who watch debates prefer sharper, more challenging questions. Lehrer's philosophy on moderator's role tested 2012-10-04T21:34:08Z

Being a single parent and a writer was challenging. Bernice McFadden: Racism in publishing “is often quite blatant” 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

And Rogan takes care to show the very real consequences of challenging societal and cultural institutions, most noticeably through fraying relationships with Maggie’s husband and teenage son. Review: ‘Now and Again’: A vibrant novel about the Iraq War and the homefront 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

In recent years, she set up Théâtre du Soleil sister companies in Afghanistan and Cambodia, and she continues to direct her own ambitious and challenging work. 5 septuagenarians I'd like to be when I grow up 2013-04-26T11:27:35Z

Importing books became challenging; the police showed up, confiscating newspapers and the books of blacklisted authors. Her Francophilia Saved Her From the Death Camps, but Not From Great Danger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

And while they emphasize their enthusiasm over the new direction and possibilities, in quieter moments they allow that the transition has been challenging at times. With Meghan Markle and Patrick J. Adams Gone, ‘Suits’ Retailors Itself 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

I find balancing travel to see my friends, family and my partner's parents more challenging as time goes on. Perspective | Ask Amy: Hometown visits wear thin for tired traveler 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Finding the right bottles may have been more challenging than finding the right hubcaps. Reviving a Harry Partch Work With Hubcaps and Wine Bottles 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Organizing the outdoor edition was made challenging by the shifting dynamics of the pandemic in Germany. Hearing the City, Too, at an Outdoor Berlin Film Festival 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

I don't say comedy is the only means of challenging our routine sympathies and valuations. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

Jared Leto’s method acting wasn’t the only psychologically challenging part of the film. Will Smith Tells Disturbing Story About Jared Leto from Suicide Squad Set 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

It was very challenging getting into the dress. New Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe on Joining the Exclusive Club—and Its Fashion Perks 2012-11-09T13:00:22Z

The contextualizing of recent history must be more challenging for Kirk and “Frontline” now than in the past, and he admitted as much to Salon in an April interview. Decoding Trump’s “Showdown” strategy, from Roy Cohn to Michael Cohen 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

His sculpture, hyperemotional and vividly colored, is challenging, especially to modern sensibilities more accustomed to the blank whiteness of marble, or the monochrome luster of bronze. Review | This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

As challenging as this time is, I’m trying to see the hidden gifts — the ones tucked inside these big changes. Perspective | Distance learning is stressful, but I’m trying to see the hidden gifts 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

In addition to her professional life, Tomalin recounts the often challenging moments in her personal life — “one shock after another,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

A particularly challenging situation arises when his in-laws introduce him to a black man at a party who seems jarringly “white”, not least by meeting Chris’s fist bump with an old-fashioned handshake. Jordan Peele on making a hit comedy-horror movie out of America’s racial tensions 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

A new crop of competitors is challenging OpenTable as never before, picking off the high-profile restaurants that are critical to attracting consumers, by offering better deals and newer technology. OpenTable Began a Revolution. Now It’s a Power Under Siege. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

After eight years of "24," Sutherland was ready for a change: "I wanted to get back to something that was going to be really challenging." Noth, Sutherland, Patric, Cox, Gaffigan lose egos 2011-02-11T13:16:04Z

If I make everything else comforting and cozy and the food is the challenging part, maybe people will be more willing to challenge themselves with the food.” At Toronto Restaurant, Unfussy, but Fish Aplenty 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

It’s a challenging time for teachers, students, and parents. TIME FOR KIDS Releases New Classroom App 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

In another post, she praised schoolchildren “for walking into a building every day full of the unknown, the challenging, the potential of failure.” How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

In my earlier visits to SubCulture I’d never thought the acoustics too challenging, but with the quartet’s bright tone and playing that rarely moved from the mezzo-forte-to-forte level, they sounded too constrained for proper appreciation. Review: Ariel Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle at SubCulture, With Energy to Spare 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Exiting from the dynamic and detaching from the need to control the outcome is challenging. Perspective | Ask Amy: Dad is stealing son’s medical cannabis 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

Director Halina Reijn's "Bodies Bodies Bodies" is a challenging and intelligent film that is much more than the sum of its parts. "Bodies Bodies Bodies" director: "When the Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in" 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

Palmer, 35, started out as the pianist and vocalist for punk-cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls and is one of music's most challenging performers. Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman play Moore 2011-11-03T20:03:04Z

But to his credit, almost from the beginning of his success as James Bond, he was up for more challenging assignments. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

The music here is familiar, but the stories are the most challenging of the band's career to date. Three Alt-Country Stars Align With New Albums 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Now, with Russia's invasion, the embassy in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv is closed — making it challenging for Jahraus to obtain visa applications, he said. Alabama doctor aiming to adopt 9-year-old Ukrainian boy struggles to get him out of war zone 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

That said, I am intrigued by two books that, if true, foretell a challenging road ahead for the United States. Dambisa Moyo: By the Book 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Benedict Cumberbatch is "challenging," says the director of his new film, and "a handful," according to his co-star. Working with Cumberbatch, co-stars get challenged and 'batched' 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

I’m in the zone of writing, and that place is still really, really hard and really, really challenging. Ta-Nehisi Coates on Creating Black Superheroes 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Fugato section of the challenging third movement was not perfectly coordinated, but it was fireworks enough for the crowd to demand an encore, the jazzy toccata from Friedrich Gulda’s “Play Piano Play.” Young players bolstered by pros in last classical performance at Castleton 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

“We thought there might be a real hunger in our generation for something more rigorously argued and intellectually challenging than what was going on in podcasts.” The Drift Wants You to ‘Examine Your Ideas’ 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

All of these themes are interesting and challenging, and resonate with themes in contemporary philosophy – even if you don’t have the same illiberal affect that Nietzsche has. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

How do you keep amazing, challenging and impressing yourself? "If they shout at me, I'll shout back": Eddie Izzard talks comedy, transphobia and taking a stand 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z

As “My Salinger Year” proves, making a successful movie about introspection is more than a little challenging. ‘My Salinger Year’ Review: Ghost Writers 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

This year's festival ran from 27 April to 2 May 2010, and united Zimbabwean artists with international performers to celebrate the importance of the arts in promoting change, and challenging oppression of all kinds. Zimbabwe culture festival battles against the odds 2010-05-14T12:22:00Z

She also said that socializing with nonrecovery students is still challenging. Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober) 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

The whole issue of biking with children is one I find challenging. “Gimme Shelter” in Central Park 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

But certain media can be very challenging to some survivors. Following the news can be triggering for sexual assault survivors. Here’s how to manage it. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Depicting a man splicing film with scissors, the self-referential creation is by turns arch, thought-provoking, challenging, playful and sinister. 36 Hours in Nice, France 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

The chance to share challenging adventures with our grandson and watch him enjoying new friends was a moving experience. Road Scholar’s trips for kids and their grandparents provide a rare bonding experience 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

"I think now we're more inclined to try to get hold of stuff while it's on in the West End or as soon as it's off, even quite challenging productions." Raising the curtain on the new am-dram 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z

Ms. Madison wants more challenging roles and more opportunities in Hollywood. TS Madison Steals the Spotlight 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

"This book really does prove that there is so much going on beneath the sometimes very challenging surface of autism, of this small person you are in charge of with autism," he told the Guardian. Cloud Atlas author translates autistic teenager's memoir 2013-02-26T15:05:37Z

He's got a good voice – soft but clear, and he rattles off the more challenging composer names – and a calm delivery that balances out the often thunderous, stirring tunes. Radio review: John Suchet 2011-02-02T07:59:00Z

Those disciple films sacrificed a broader audience by eschewing the comforting clarity of organized religion for doubt, challenging their characters’ faith rather than blindly affirming it. The Last Temptation of Christ at 30: how Scorsese's drama still soars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The business of reporting details of Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is a challenging one. It's no Joker: serious rumours about Nolan's third Batman take flight 2011-03-10T14:18:35Z

As Zoë Ryan, the chairwoman of design and architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago, put it, “His approach seems more relevant than ever in today’s challenging times.” Design: Victor Papanek: An Early Champion of Good Sense 2011-05-15T17:30:06Z

We know these are challenging times, but we’ll continue to do our best to serve you.” Chick-fil-A closing dining rooms, allowing only takeout, drive-thru or delivery amid coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

While any number of TV’s most famous male antiheroes grapple with alcohol abuse and repressed trauma, honest and nuanced portraits of female antiheroes are often more challenging to execute, especially onscreen. Deep cuts: how Sharp Objects offers up a radically dark view of women 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

As Spielberg tells his own story — and, of course, as Lacy has edited it down for our consumption — here are three movies which brought about some of the more challenging moments in his long career. Steven Spielberg’s 3 Biggest Failures, According to Steven Spielberg 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

As a parent, I found it challenging to assess this situation when even the experts disagree. Hey, Kids, Look at Me When We’re Talking 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Please join us in support of all those in the literary world during this challenging time. A Letter From the Editors of the Book Review 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

"I asked to do something that was scary and challenging and made me earn it and made me feel alive and not comfortable." The overreaction to Britney Spears’ nude photos is both sexist and disturbing 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z

Her absorbing, challenging work pushes us to find out. 'Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination' at LACMA stuns the senses 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

“Hurry Sundown” is one of two Preminger titles being released this week by Olive Films, the other being the even more challenging “Such Good Friends,” from 1971. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z

“It’ll be physically and mentally challenging for them,” said Thomas Koritke, a sound engineer from Hamburg, Germany, who is leading the project. To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Love is actually disruptive, emotionally violent, challenging and ultimately damaging. Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Makes a Statement. Discuss. 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

This makes using both TVs at the same time challenging if each guest is tuned to a different program. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Shore Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. 2012-08-24T18:24:10Z

There is nothing comfortable about Unnikrishnan’s “Temporary People,” but it is challenging, thought-provoking and timely. Unnikrishnan’s ‘Temporary People’ captures the plight of workers in the UAE 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

The result is the kind of curious, challenging feminism that emerged just as Ms. Waller-Bridge started writing. Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

In the case of challenging material, striking the right balance between appreciation and rejection of what was alien to Judeo-Christian values could be difficult. Henry Herx, 79, Dies; Reviewed Movies for Catholics 2012-09-02T15:28:01Z

The Barbican Center in London said it was “due to factors that are currently making touring financially challenging” for the ensemble. Gustavo Dudamel, Star Maestro, to Resign From Paris Opera 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

That’s definitely the most challenging point, and I actually thought about it for three years, from the beginning of the script stage. Carpetbagger Blog: Zhang Yimou and the Challenges of Filming in China 2011-12-21T16:44:15Z

Berry said: "The decision to withdraw from the production was made in the interests of achieving a balanced budget for the 2015/16 financial year, given the challenging funding situation from April 2015." Cash-strapped ENO pulls out of Orfeo 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

There is no doubt that in the current challenging climate of cuts to public spending, the arts and cultural sectors face an enormous challenge. Museums, libraries and the arts have much to gain from each other 2011-07-14T18:30:01Z

A show that might have used its deaf characters for feel-good moments, the way “Glee” sometimes used Artie and his wheelchair, instead signaled that it intended to be more challenging and thought-provoking. ‘Switched at Birth,’ a Series Illuminating a World Without Words 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Lyrical, artful, and incredibly agile, he soared through this challenging score. Imaginative ‘Orphée’ melds period authenticy, innovation 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Managing fisheries in ecosystems that undergo dramatic shifts in species dominance can be challenging — they are a moving target. Climate change is transforming our oceans. Can fisheries management adapt? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

Though she initially hoped to use a single log for the project, it is challenging to source one large enough to fit the scale of the project. Pioneer Square will be home to a towering welcome figure. Meet the Native artist who will carve it 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

Smith Rock is famous among rock climbers as the birthplace of modern sport climbing, where climbers follow bolted routes up challenging rock faces. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

One recurrent subject has been ordinary people suddenly transported into challenging circumstances, most famously the teenager taken back in time in the Back to the Future trilogy. Flight – review 2013-02-03T00:07:01Z

“It is a large and ambitious project, and we are all in a logistically challenging time,” the museum said in a statement. Lauren Halsey’s Met Roof Installation Postponed a Year 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Finding the voice that fits an animated character is as challenging as finding the best performer for a live-action role. ‘Soul’ Features Pixar’s First Black Lead Character. Here’s How It Happened. 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

Are you worried that perhaps Americans may find the required reading a little too challenging? Amy Poehler Explains What's Funny About Sweden 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

These are especially challenging circumstances for the daughter of a scandalous gambling viscount and an opera singer in Regency England. Review | Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

Communication became even more challenging when Julia spent her junior year in Nairobi. On Love: Julia Young and Paul Hodum

“Eventually, if you got the cow just for the milk, that milk loses its appeal,” Tim says, challenging part of Regnerus’s premise. Is marriage really on the decline because of men's cheap access to sex? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

But that recovery comes after a year of high-profile defections, criticism and lawsuits challenging the claims it allowed to be disseminated. A year ago, Fox News considered a breakup with Trump. 2021 changed those plans. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

MON Sponsored by Kirkland Kiwanis, Evergreen Health & King County, three scenic routes with challenging hills, tech support, food stops, 7 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-22T21:47:05Z

This has also wisely been entrusted to Altwies, a winning and commanding Seattle stage veteran who draws every arrow in his quiver for the challenging task at hand. Theater review: 'An Iliad' proves an ancient tale can still be meaningfully and well-told 2010-04-15T20:08:00Z

You don't shy away from really challenging stuff as well. Nasim Pedrad finds her inner boy as "Chad": "It’s such a universal notion to just want to belong" 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

“I wanted to do something super-editorial,” she said, using an industry term for challenging runway designs. As ‘Mad Men’ Ends, the Woman Behind the Costumes Is Just Getting Started 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

But it was a most challenging moment of parenting. Parenting in the Age of Online Pornography 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

His trial is a textbook example for young attorneys on the value of digging for evidence and challenging the authorities' side of the story, Connelly said. Bob Dylan, 70 on Tuesday, oft-quoted in court 2011-05-24T04:42:05Z

Their histories of both challenging and honoring their respective traditions should make for a compelling discussion. Dance Listings for March 18-24 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

But this project is about challenging the status quo and worldviews, and that can feel threatening. Naked Mormon women go viral, talk back 2014-02-02T15:30:00Z

"It was challenging and frightening any way, but it was even more difficult without that access to prepare the film," Romand said. How 'Saint Laurent' fashions a film odyssey for a designer who changed how women dress 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Other grains are challenging and I eventually went back to simply eating them in a bowl with stuff on top. Behind the Famed Tartine Bakery, a Gluten-Free Talent 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

The production, which, like many during this challenging time on Broadway, has been facing soft sales at the box office, began previews March 29 and opened April 27 at the Nederlander Theater. Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Will End Its Broadway Run 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

“As an academic community, we will continue to conduct rigorous research into all aspects of our past and to reflect on our commitment to diversity, inclusion and asking challenging questions,” Griffin said. Cambridge college removes suspected slave plantation bell from view 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

Among celebrated sibling filmmaker teams, the brothers might be the more challenging “Jeopardy!” answer, but they have arguably made the greater impact on world cinema. ‘Two Days, One Night’: Dardenne brothers take a star turn, enlisting Marion Cotillard 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Everything is challenging in this theater of threat and ambiguity. ‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Those involved in the three businesses we visited, like hundreds of other nominees in the best food producer category, dedicate their lives to making their product, often in challenging conditions. National treasures: Yotam Ottolenghi on his new food heroes 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Johnson doesn’t exactly come across as a concerned consumer, challenging an inequitable business practice. Are female-friendly gyms sexist? 2013-04-23T15:07:00Z

Hence it was extremely challenging for the characters, but everything ended up well and it went well. Netflix's Thai film "Hunger" was supposed to make you feel "uneasy" and grossed-out says director 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

At a pinch – and to be terribly Guardian about it – you can find a subtext on class mobility in there, with Matilda's big opening number about challenging predesignated outcomes. Matilda is Broadway's new Dahling 2013-04-12T10:59:00Z

As we approach the year 2050 when people of color are projected to become the majority, our multi-tasking for the future is largely about challenging dangerous stereotypes, language, images and fears. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z

The documentary describes the fate of Russia's richest man - imprisoned since his arrest in 2003 on charges seen as punishment for challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was then president. Khodorkovsky hopes to see documentary on his fate 2011-11-24T20:16:04Z

"Medazzaland" had a challenging reception, as it peaked only at No. 58 on the U.S. Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on "Medazzaland" turning 25: "I love the sonic architecture" 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Once” struck Mr. Hoggett as a subtler and therefore more challenging task than “Black Watch.” Spring Performance: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett Collaborate on ?Once? 2012-02-22T21:17:17Z

It’s a publishing euphemism that carries more than a whiff of misogyny, implying that fiction written by and about women is by definition something less than literature — heartwarming rather than cerebral, reassuring rather than challenging. Anne Tyler, Close-Up Artist, Zooms Out for a Novel of Family Rifts 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

I’ve been thankful for every nomination I’ve got, but it’s been hard to think that the person I’m mostly acting with in these really challenging scenes is not being noticed, or not being recognized. Bob Odenkirk, Five-Time Emmy Nominee, Isn’t Ready to Get Off the Ride 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

As for whether he would work again with Lohan despite the challenging shoot? Lindsay Lohan, Liz Taylor and pages of "what ifs" for TV's "Liz & Dick" 2012-11-20T12:32:12Z

Gathering materials from some communities is proving challenging, and curators are strategizing collection from individuals who may be unlikely to offer materials to historical institutions. This Year Will End Eventually. Document It While You Can. 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

“The ideology serves as a suit of armor,” Mr. Norris said, conveniently vindicating Jim’s selfishness but never challenging his privilege. A Political Satire on Stage, and Not About Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

A 1989 "democracy note" from Burma carries a more subtle message, but one that was just as challenging: 'Disobedient objects' map protests 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

It is challenging enough for a band to churn out museum-ready facsimiles of 80-year-old pop tunes outfitted with stylistically accurate period arrangements. Music Review: ?Makin? Whoopee,? at the 92nd Street Y - Review 2012-01-11T00:01:05Z

The orchestra’s range of repertory is wide, and one of its artists in residence is the challenging Australian composer Brett Dean. Taiwan Philharmonic comes to America 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

The work of accepting this is inelegant and often challenging. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z

Of course, satisfaction can be challenging for any of us to talk about, especially in a world in which we set the bar for acceptable sexual expression merely at consent. Cancer patients deserve good sex: "It's totally life-affirming" 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

I thought it would be very challenging to try and mine any sort of comedy based on this dark premise. Steve Carell goes from "Office" to end of the world 2012-06-20T19:27:37Z