I saw that jelly spill—and I remembered suddenly with shocking clarity Pila recounting how she had lost her eye! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And there were intervals of ability to recall and review things that had happened years back with an astonishing clarity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She willed her mind to clarity and hopped up, fingertips latching on to the top of the crate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her presence had a weight, depth, and clarity that nothing else did—not even Lixxa, and there were few things Lazlo knew better these days than the physical reality of Lixxa. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For them it might stave off what he could not help but see with clarity: that the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This sound was stripped of the multiple layers and intricacies of counterpoint, and designed for clarity and instant sensual impact. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Every confused and tortured soul I knew wanted that clarity. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ugly fancy, I thought, might do us both some good, snap us into clarity, though how and when I had no idea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say intense. I’d say that I have ‘clarity of intent.’ Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were, definitely not with as much clarity and depth as among whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was still that small sliver of clarity in his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had a grand feeling, no doubt, a compensation of vigour and clarity and uplifting of the heart Perhaps his famous God did give him something which she could not give. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day I lie in bed, floating in the glassy delicate clarity of fever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a sweet, cruel, beautiful moment of clarity, I smile, watch a crack in the cement, and speak to Audrey and the sleeping Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Trina seemed a little more lucid now, clarity coming back into her eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was the wrong time in my life for the book, but the right time as well, because of the clarity with which the author approached his theme. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

That night the fair came back to him with extra clarity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“But Teccam claims that out of all the spirits, only wine is suited to reminiscence. He said a good wine allows clarity and focus, while still allowing a bit of comforting coloration of the memory.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would spend hours on end in his room, calculating the strategic possibilities of his novel weapon until he succeeded in putting together a manual of startling instructional clarity and an irresistible power of conviction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Diego took the clarity granted to me by the sluggers and twisted it around until I didn’t know what I wanted anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With way too much clarity, Mark recalled the sound of the boy beating his skull against the inside of the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had the time and the clarity about suffering to embark on the upward path of liberation, which would take him many lives to follow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I settle my gaze on that beautiful forehead, an expanse of uninterrupted clarity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The lack of clarity about their postwar roles as the handover of policy authority to civilian control approached had further diminished morale among the staff members who remained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A heated, visceral shock flares through me at the clarity of her dark gold eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But this is completely different. I have a clarity now. You can see the sun enters here.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks, grasping for thought and reason again, of birth, and wonders, without fear, in a moment of perfect postcoital clarity, whether what he sees is some kind of illusion. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

All at once Matilda was able to see the whole situation with absolute clarity. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had a moment of clarity, not slow-motion exactly, but he could see it coming, something horrible. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The clarity of that memory, the sudden stab of longing it brought, left her unsteady. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you see this? ‘Radiance of jade and clarity of water’—that is what is said about the finest celadon glaze. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Now, with a stunning clarity, she could feel every fiber of Taisin’s being. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Fortunately, this place is sacred to me. By clearing away those ghosts, you have purified it and given me a moment of clarity. I will be able to speak with you - if only briefly.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For these writers, language is not a vehicle for clarity and grace but a way to signal their membership in a social clique. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now, she saw the patterns emerging with crystal clarity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I had no clarity about anything—about what was proper, about who would find out and whether that mattered—but it hit me that I was done waiting for clarity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Your knowing, you think it gives you clarity, sight that pierces. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

An idea of great clarity and persuasiveness came from nowhere, and she did not need to announce her intentions, or ask her sister’s permission. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She yearned for the clarity, the nothingness that had flooded her when she was shooting. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I have found that few of these objections single out clarity or grace or coherence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She said this with clarity as her quavering voice began to even out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Through the tumult of voices, one voice cried out to him with perfect clarity, that of Lyra, and he called back, “Lyra! Lyra! I’m coming!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boy recited with a thrilling clarity, and a jarring touch of what my generation would call Cockney, though I have no idea these days what the significance is of a glottal t. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Seconds after getting comfortable, I heard the yelling voice with a new clarity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered, with a sudden moment of clarity, discovering him in the doorway of our dance room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cannot control it completely yet, but sometimes when I’m busy reading or working on a problem, I get a feeling of intense clarity. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pur: that one word contains for me the secret, the bright, terrible clarity of ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I knew something with terrifying clarity. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had lost their vagueness now and looked at Hazel with piercing clarity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I blinked, and when the blur gave way to clarity, I met the horrified gaze of a man wearing glasses and a white lab coat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

No waves would come to ruffle this dream water, and no bulk of cloud, wind-driven from the west, obscure the clarity of this pale sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I became conscious, at first dimly, and then later on with increasing clarity and conviction, of a vast, muddied pool of human life in America. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The clarity of his features made all these expressions vivid and bright, as if a light shone on him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The ambiguity in Woman Holding a Balance serves to heighten our interest and pleasure, while the carefully organized composition expresses the artist’s underlying concept with singular clarity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he tries again, this time with more facts, more clarity. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was aiming for maximum emotional effect, maximum narrative clarity, maximum impact, even shock, and wasn’t going to obey anyone’s rules about what he could or could not do. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Never had a moment of quiet and clarity to ask Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there are other things that come with this “clarity of vision,” as the captain calls it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The fresh damp breeze off the Channel restored him to clarity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And there were other moments when he almost saw absolute truth in brilliant flashes of clarity that almost came to him: presque vu. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the succession of houses that Ralph had known, this one stood out with particular clarity because after that house he had been sent away to school. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open, and they had great depth and clarity, as though one could see deep into them and as though they could see deep into their surroundings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed so long ago now, yet he remembered it with absolute clarity. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In short he helped to bring rigor, clarity, and method to chemistry. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was like a persistent, deep hammer thud more than the bright, sharp clarity when you cut yourself superficially. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge couldn’t see it, but she sensed it from the kitchen with perfect clarity. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looked like everyone around us was stupid and he was going to roll up his sleeves and do some real clarity work. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time we noted the clarity of her complexion, the length and languor of her eyelashes, the undeniably elegant armature of her hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It gave her a clarity she could not ignore. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within weeks, she was taking pictures of DNA of a quality and clarity that had never before been seen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Anything written in the first person in Deborah Lacks’s voice is a quote of her speaking, edited for length and occasionally clarity. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a moment they would remember with perfect clarity for the rest of their lives. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Without the cocktail to dull me, there’s a clarity to my senses as sharp as a butcher’s blade. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, with great clarity, she saw another scene superimposed upon it: two laughing girls at a water fountain dressed in bright blue pants and cotton sweaters. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wakes up in the morning and sees with perfect clarity a string of small, well-lit scenes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cards that she places on the table have no immediate clarity to them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For the sake of clarity, you may be better off using impartial or neutral instead of disinterested. dived/dove. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only moment he recalls with any clarity is pulling his mother into an alcove to say, “I told Raf.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sky, too, was void, with a thin clarity like that of water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked upon himself as a crystal pool of clarity and on his life as a troubled glass of misunderstood virtue. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he had finished he sat with folded arms and a pleased smile, as though waiting to be commended for the humor, the clarity, and the candor of his traveler’s tale. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greater shape and clarity, of course, was what the fledgling record industry preferred to long-winded periods of virtuoso meandering. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was hard to remember in the heady and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It lighted every peak, crevasse, and ridge of the nearby mountain range with a clarity and beauty that cannot be described.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Washington, he wrote, “it was a bad time, too early for clarity.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But with this mental clarity comes an even sharper awareness of what has been done to Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He saw a need for clarity, speed, and no lawyers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which certainly didn’t help my clarity of thought. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He needed to find the one person left whose clarity never failed him, and unless he was out of the state, iMilkman was determined to find him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A narration might ask for the clarity and emotional temper of the plain style, for example, whereas the peroration— where you typically seek to stir your audience—gives the opportunity for a higher style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was stunned by the memories brought to him with the perfume, not because of their clarity, but because they gathered together the whole long span of years and were complete. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The loud voices began to lose their volume and clarity. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The memory washed over her with such perfect clarity, she felt she was actually there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An A-plus for that summary, she thought: everything there and in its right relation with everything else, not a redundant word, clarity throughout. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Buck’s Peak looked the way it always did at Christmas—a snowy spire, adorned with evergreens—and my eyes, increasingly accustomed to brick and concrete, were nearly blinded by the scale and clarity of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is in this moment of clarity that I understand that I have never danced. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That’s when a moment of clarity takes shape in front of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She saw in him a metamorphosis his senior year, a fascination with vocabulary and literature and trying to write essays with perception and clarity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the luxury in the palace did nothing to dull the sharp clarity of the emotions that gripped her every time she remembered her vision. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even writers who prize clarity don’t do this. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In an instant of sudden, vivid clarity, he can’t believe he ever thought he was straight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of snow had a cold damp edge, and a clarity that summer rain never had. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that good writers don’t flaunt this anxiety in every passage they write; they artfully conceal it for clarity’s sake. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Though he spoke with a dignified and mournful clarity, he had but one contribution to make that was relevant to a claim of temporary insanity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll remember with perfect clarity Daniel’s busted lip and bloodied shirt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I look down, I can see the situation with much greater clarity. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The handwriting was practically illegible but words here and there stood out with unexpected clarity. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Over and over during the day she passed her hand across the flat plain of her belly, as if inside she might feel something that could give her clarity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She flushed it away once, and then again and again until the water in the bowl returned to its normal clarity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The screen responded as quickly as thought itself, and out of the welter of lines and flashes a series of pictures formed with perfect clarity: compasses, alpha and omega again, lightning, angel. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in any case one should not confuse clarity with condescension. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We have been spoiled by artists’ renderings into imagining a clarity of resolution that doesn’t exist in actual astronomy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She began to make mistakes, trying to see with her eyes the things that intuition allowed her to see with greater clarity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A wave of emotion rolled over Joel Breman as he realized, with the clarity of a doctor who suddenly sees into the heart of things, that the victims had received the infection from the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all think I’m killing myself at this pace, but what they don’t understand is that I’m living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside him the muddy water turmoil was settling to the bottom, and streaks of clarity were slowly emerging. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flush spread up to her face, and when she opened her eyes there was a clarity in them that had been absent before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was so beautiful that I stopped near a thicket of dwarfed and wind-warped cedars and junipers, and once stopped I was caught, trapped in color and dazzled by the clarity of the light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d stopped then, the truth of their situation returning to her with terrible clarity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I guess it reminds me of something— something I associate with clarity. Not very complicated.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had the imperative clarity of a hunch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ocean had texted me, but I’d had so few moments of clarity that I never got around to texting him back. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I looked at the cards, and then at the flame of the match burning with an unwavering clarity between his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her enunciation was flawless as she spoke with such reverent clarity that it seemed like she was speaking the words for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I had thought of various ways to phrase this question, it seemed, in the interests of clarity, most expedient to come to the point. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was just an intuition I’d had about myself, to which the coming of morning brought no clarity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It may seem to you that others are transfixed by the clarity of your mind, but actually we are just afraid if you don’t get your way you will cry. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vision was brutally clear: he had to wonder at the clarity of it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine the two paths with equal clarity. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because of this unusual clarity and because Howard meticulously documented his work there, even the most skeptical archaeologists quickly accepted the existence and antiquity of the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For him, the Hole is a kind of sacred high place, where insights are birthed and clarity comes to visit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I spoke more softly, with less clarity and distinction. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I know, with the newfound clarity of being in a relationship myself, that my own parents were never happy together, and probably never would have been, whatever the circumstance. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For most of us, the periodic table is a thing of beauty in the abstract, but for chemists it established an immediate orderliness and clarity that can hardly be overstated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was only after he’d killed four Germans that Kabuo saw how right they were, how they had seen deeply into his heart with the clarity of older people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I'd called her, I was already trying to figure out how to convince Slash that we were meant to be, but my mom had given me the clarity that I needed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It gave me a sharpness of heart and mind; I experienced clarity then as I rarely did during the rest of the year. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Recalling it now, Kira knew, suddenly and with clarity, what it all meant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin sensed the woman’s anticipation with a clarity she had never experienced before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A killing stroke took decision, clarity of intent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Another tradeoff between brevity and clarity may be seen in the placement of modifiers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m enclosing their list, but for the sake of clarity, I’ll copy it here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A few moments of clarity and then panic again whined in my ears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The day would be long, it would be nonstop until the kids went to bed, so she allowed herself this one extravagance, an uninterrupted, thirty-minute expanse of clarity and quiet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Hitler now understood with absolute clarity the feeble resolve of the powers to his west. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He hated his mother and brother with the savage clarity of a wronged and wounded adolescent. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A sense of clarity washes over me, and all the images I’ve collected of my mother over the years start to morph into something different. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It might have been caused by the season with a quality of light, or the autumn clarity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered: Was it her influence that made this clarity possible? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That is a clear quartz crystal for clarity and good vibes do not @ me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mark’s mind jumped between clarity and foggy anger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, the reports were bracing in their clarity. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Yet, in interviews with police officers who have been involved with shootings, these same details appear again and again: extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Captain Westfall was not excessively handsome, but she couldn’t help finding the ruggedness of his face and the clarity of his golden-brown eyes rather appealing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I would try to read a piece of prose, a poem or a play with the same articulateness and clarity of the station. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good, this clarity, and it felt terrible. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Its long beams pour, white and sharp, between the trunks of trees, their clarity fading as they recede into the powdery, misty distance of beech woods at night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to see everything, all at once, with a blistering clarity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The American Beverage Association had promised to improve the clarity of its ingredient labeling. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the eye, then I knew Morrie wanted to share it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The navigator says a view from the crow’s nest will bring me “comfort, clarity, charity, chastity.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had no clarity, only a muddy swirl of his own, with streaks of every color and emotion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I’ve been standing outside in the dark and a shade has snapped up, over a lighted window, revealing the life that’s been going on inside in all its clarity and detail. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her breathing sounded like a crackly paper bag inflating and deflating, but she spoke with firmness and clarity. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I have tried to say the same to you, and if I have not said it with the same direction and clarity, I confess that is because I am afraid. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The choices someone makes—and the clarity of their mind— directly relate to how much information the person is trying to juggle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was only lately that he was having small moments of clarity, of illumination, and seeing himself for the first time as the closest of Mary Ann’s enemies, the kindest of her assassins. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

With her laserlike focus on experimental studies, she had been taking photograph after photograph of DNA—each with increasing clarity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The clarity that if they just completed their challenges, they could get what they wanted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For a heartbeat, she saw the king with stark clarity. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The only light was starlight, but it illuminated everything with a cold clarity. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was something—one thing—she knew with clarity. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The childish voice slowly gained strength and clarity till it reached every comer of the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the presentation has such clarity that we feel as if we were seeing nature with open eyes for the first time. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

With sudden clarity I recalled my daughter’s looks that far-off day when I had gone to Kenny; my son’s words: “Such men have power, especially over women”; remembered my own foolish silences. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes said with unmistakable clarity, “God . . . isn’t it awful?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes to improving the clarity of a sentence, you can nearly always argue that one should go in; you can nearly always argue that one should come out. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It hits him with sudden clarity that he hasn’t at all stopped to consider his own feelings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was constant there, a warm white light that bleached the stone buildings and cobblestone alleys, that brought incredible clarity to the surrounding cobalt sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Ishmael,” she whispered, and in that moment he pushed himself inside of her, all the way in, his hardness filling her entirely, and Hatsue knew with clarity that nothing about it was right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was such exquisite clarity of blood and skin and breath that I felt like crying. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

With perfect clarity he remembered Reynie saying, “I need you here as a friend.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or more correctly, she spoke each word with such clarity that I was certain a foreigner who didn’t understand English could have understood her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prefer the earlier ones, with their daytime clarity, their calm arrested gestures. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A third will weigh each, announce its mass, and pass it to von Rumpel, who will examine the stone through a loupe and call out the clarity—Included, Slightly Included, Almost Loupe- Clean. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jack drew up his legs, clasped his knees, and frowned in an effort to attain clarity. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It did give me a lot of clarity, I guess. Trisha Yearwood on family recipes and the power of love 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

The chorus sang with a purity of tone that the Canticum Novum singers could only dream of, and the Tully Hall acoustics rewarded the excellent balance and clarity of the counterpoint. Music Review: Canticum Novum and Collegium Vocale Gent Sing Bach Oratorio 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z

What follows is a condensed version of our conversation, edited lightly for clarity and with all of Díaz's frequent swearwords removed. Junot Díaz: my inspiration for writing This Is How You Lose Her 2012-12-30T00:05:37Z

And measured clarity didn’t quite work for Gabbard, who came off as sleepy and robotic — easy pickings. Hot mics, yikes: NBC's first Democratic debate became a reality TV audition round gone sideways 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

Preminger is drawn to the new freedoms but also unsettled by them: they create clutter, not clarity, a circle of endless possibility in which there is no satisfaction and from which there is no escape. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z

But eliciting the requisite crispness and clarity in such highly reverberant acoustics, which have challenged other ensembles in a variety of repertory, proved an impossible task. Critic?s Notebook: Two ?Passions,? With Two Very Different Effects 2011-04-17T22:14:02Z

A lack of clarity from the government about when the lockdown will end adds to many women’s anxiety and sense of powerlessness. ‘Time is precious in IVF’: the women who fear they have lost their chance to have children 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

In the final fugue, he chose to keep textures a little hazy while taking care to let crucial voices poke through, a wondrous balancing act of Bachian clarity and Beethovenian mysticism. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z

This interview was edited for space and clarity. Couldn’t Get Into Annabel’s? At Least You Can Own a Piece of It 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

There is still no clarity about what Brexit will mean in practical terms. Boris in Union Jack underpants? Musical comedy finds the fun in Brexit 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

But the passionate clarity of “Casablanca” was not something we only dreamed. ‘Casablanca’ and the Romance of the Refugee 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Can she, dare she, give up the clarity of her old life for this gracious man who loves her past all reason? Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Lila:’ an exquisite novel of spiritual redemption and love

Kryiakides tweeted: “We regret the continued lack of clarity on the delivery schedule ... We will work with the company to find solutions and deliver vaccines rapidly for EU citizens.” Britain and EU clash over claims to UK-produced Covid vaccine 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

The Philharmonic uses modern instruments whose boldness gains clarity in the clean resonance of its new auditorium. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

The following comments have been lightly edited for clarity. "An unforgettable talent": The cast and crew of "The Wire" reflect on the legacy of Lance Reddick 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

Dance, perhaps more than any art, is one of reinvention and renewal, and New York City Ballet’s fall season showed that inevitable generational shift with particular clarity. Rising Out of the Pandemic, City Ballet Ushers in a New Era 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

The version of Afro Blue is a classic, maintaining a clarity and solemnity over the formal dance of its instrumental riff. Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Is Blue/It's Magic 2010-05-20T21:01:00Z

As the anxious, sympathetic Green investigates, she has the advantage of the “awful clarity” of her newfound but still fragile sobriety. Review | Summer escapes: Five new thrillers and mystery novels offer welcome distraction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

It’s been harder, however, for many of us to find clarity when it comes to certain of the other war hawks who, for their own reasons, don’t trust Trump. Through the looking glass: How can we recognize our friends in the mixed-up world of Donald Trump? 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

As Stuff Matters tells us: "The invention of drinking glasses meant that the colour, transparency and clarity of their wine became important too." Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik – review 2013-06-17T08:01:04Z

In the Mozart, Schumann and Liszt, Mr. Lewis put a premium on textural clarity. Music Review: English Pianist Paul Lewis at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2010-04-25T22:04:00Z

Although textural clarity and rhythmic incisiveness were the hallmarks of his interpretations, he delighted in the ample, brilliant orchestral sonorities of the sort that his beloved Chicago Symphony produced so magnificently. Classical: Memories of Georg Solti as His Orchestra Comes to Town 2012-10-14T01:23:11Z

But what remained — what was even heightened — was her clarity with text, her taut strength, her burning commitment. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

That still doesn’t excuse the lack of narrative clarity and skips and jumps over important pieces of the plot puzzle. “The Witcher” is baffling to the uninitiated, but diehards swear by its throwback fantasy charms 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

A sweet, charred whole tomato was overcome by its seasonings, especially garlic and black pepper, and by the cup of dark gazpacho that tasted like an unspicy virgin Mary and didn’t add any clarity. Restaurant Review: Gabriel Kreuther in Midtown 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

The director Ian Rickson, who brought such clarity and vitality to “Jerusalem,” lends the same care and polish to the far more shadowy “River.” Hugh Jackman Stars in ‘The River’ on Broadway 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

At one point the fragment “of the sun” was repeated with whispered urgency, creating a multilayered sonic tapestry above which the word “sun” rang out with startling clarity. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra Offers Premieres at Zankel Hall 2014-02-21T22:20:50Z

There were people who talked about MOVE, but they never really talked about it in a way that made a whole lot of sense or with a lot of clarity. "40 Years a Prisoner" confronts the police we're supposed to trust "telling bold-faced lies" 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Lively, funny and ultimately shattering, that revival brought out the substance and clarity in Mr. Guare’s singular, gracefully skewed vision of desperate lives in the mid-20th century. | 'The House of Blue Leaves' : A Papal Visit Has Dreamers Dreaming 2011-04-26T02:01:06Z

He draws clarity, color and vigor from the inspired Met orchestra in both works, but especially “Cavalleria.” Review: At Met Opera, ‘Pagliacci’ Goes Vaudeville as ‘Cavalleria’ Turns 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Indeed, in the French repertoire in which he excelled, that careful seriousness of purpose drew a clarity, a beguiling transparency. Bernard Haitink, Perhaps the Wisest Conductor of Them All 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

What’s more, it’s only when he becomes rich and famous that he’s even able to consider his emotional life and the lives of others in his midst with any honesty and clarity. “Yesterday,” Reviewed: Danny Boyle’s Comedic Fantasy About a World Without the Beatles 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z

It’s clearly not entirely true in Jimmy’s case, but has Bob reached any kind of midlife clarity? Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Trump’s ego is so destructive, it’s hilarious. Until he gets elected’ 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

We spoke to Seitz from his home in New York; the interview has been edited slightly for clarity. Why we loved the men and women of “Mad Men”: “They’re the only characters in television history who are 100 percent consistent in their behavior” 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

When Puryear spoke to the crowd, one could sense an underlying shyness, or reticence, mixed with perfect clarity about what he wanted to say. Review | America picked artist Martin Puryear’s work for the Venice Biennale — and he’s everything America is not 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Conveying those themes with forcefulness and clarity would help its case, as would hinting at where the story wants to carry us. Netflix's self-serious "Jupiter's Legacy" is the superhero TV version of a Designer Imposter stinker 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

He is angry and prophetic, writing with a hard clarity and carried along by a precipitous eloquence. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Always, though, shining through the carefully, beautifully painted grays, is the clarity of McCracken’s humor, bright and invigorating, like flickers of sunlight. A Dark Fairy Tale of American Oddballs and Candlepin Bowling 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

In those psalm settings the piano lines are often spare but lyrical, and Mr. Spiri brought to the part, and to the entire evening, warmth, clarity and supple phrasing. Music Review: Bernarda Fink at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-18T22:23:06Z

I don’t think I would have discovered at the dinner whatever I hoped I would, just as no lightning bolt of clarity ever appeared for Juhana. My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third? 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

The music unfolds with dramatic tension, textural clarity and powerful, though never disproportionate, climaxes. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

At the piano, Mr. Hinterhäuser emphasized clarity and simplicity over richness of color. ‘Winterreise’ Augmented by Kentridge Video Art 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

But by the end of the century Roman art was becoming marginally more naturalistic, with a greater emphasis on clarity, cogency, human drama and emotion. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z

There’s the one that does make sense — about it being a comforting genre, the moral clarity of it. Director Rian Johnson on the moral clarity of whodunnits and the crazy "Knives Out" 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

The filmmakers polish the images' clarity in earliest episodes as the Farrows construct their portrait of family life, filtering the footage to look darker and fuzzier as Allen's shadow weighs heavier over them. HBO's wrenching "Allen v. Farrow" builds a damning case against Woody Allen's credibility & egomania 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

Ms. Curry explained, somewhat sorrowfully, that she will stay at NBC News with “some fancy new titles” and a mandate to report “at a time when this country and this world needs clarity.” The TV Watch: Ann Curry’s Tearful Goodbye From ‘Today’ 2012-06-28T21:30:38Z

See More Videos » Such graphic clarity can be an asset in a play that tries to measure the murky distance between two mutually uncomprehending societies. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z

The following is a shortened transcription that has been edited for length and clarity. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

After a storm, a student in Walter’s story notices “the clarity and richness, the way the air is imbued with moisture and the colors—the sky a soft white-blue, like a thing forgiven.” How Climate-Change Fiction, or “Cli-Fi,” Forces Us to Confront the Incipient Death of the Planet 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

"The only way that I can feel better about myself -- pull myself out of that awful pain of losing someone -- is writing songs about it to get some sort of clarity," she said. Taylor Swift aims at Jake Gyllenhaal on new album? 2012-01-18T00:06:09Z

“It’s a case-by-case thing,” she said, adding that she wished she could provide more clarity. On the Front Line of Campus Sexual Misconduct 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the despondent themes of the videos affected me, but the musical performance, for all its sonorous power and textural clarity, lacked a touch of the ecstatic that is crucial to Messiaen. Music Review: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra at Roulette 2012-01-25T00:10:49Z

The acting style is strikingly conversational — Abraham clearly wanted to be part of the whole, and the company achieves a casual and egalitarian fluidity of very rare clarity and consistency. Abraham makes 'Merchant' a memorable show 2011-03-18T21:06:11Z

They are American families so separated by opportunity and ideology that they could be living in different countries, but Oates’s sympathetic attention to the dimensions of their lives renders both with moving clarity. Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

This interview has been slightly edited for clarity. Bill Cosby and the power of #TheEmptyChair: “It would be hard to be the same person after reading that many rape accounts” 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Everyone is in excellent voice and sings with moving clarity and simplicity. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and More 2014-02-19T17:00:09Z

The dementia activist and author Kate Swaffer confessed the same to Harper, marveling at a new clarity and sense of purpose. Dementia Patients Aren’t in Their ‘Perfect Mind.’ Then Again, Who Is? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year,I felt a door opening in me and I enteredthe clarity of early morning. Saturday poem 2011-04-08T23:06:09Z

What’s impressive about the show is its disciplined balance between its playfully outlandish moments and its narrative clarity. Perspective | ‘Twin Peaks’ made us weird. Was that a good thing or a bad thing? 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

From the forest, you can view places you once thought of as "home" with distance and clarity. How I choose to celebrate Diwali as a feminist 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z

Manze sculpted lines of searing intensity through the densely loaded score; there's a clarity to the textures he draws from this orchestra that really focused and drove the symphony's wayward energy. BBCSSO/Manze – review 2013-05-03T13:16:09Z

The following is our conversation, lightly edited for clarity. “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

And his marvelous orchestra responds with like clarity and precision. Review: Russian National Orchestra Plays Borodin and Prokofiev 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

That is why the husband's downfall comes not because, abstractly, he has violated social standards, but because, concretely, he has betrayed his wife, something she demonstrates with blood-curdling clarity at the end. The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 2010-04-26T21:00:00Z

Havers' moment of clarity came during the Kangaroo Court trial, intended to determine which of the contestants would be spending the next few days in jungle prison. I'm a Celebrity: what effect will Nigel Havers' exit have on the show? 2010-11-22T13:37:00Z

This Q&A contains responses from each, edited lightly for clarity and length. How "Valley of the Boom," a story of tech world disruption, disrupts TV too 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Nonetheless his paintings assert a bizarre, freeze-dried clarity that is very much their own. Art in Review: PIETER SCHOOLWERTH: ?Portraits of Paintings? 2010-12-16T23:41:37Z

"The Moor's Account" is both an indictment of colonialism and a classic Bildungsroman that shows Mustafa, chastened by hardship, achieving greater understanding of his past and clarity about the present. Surviving the New World in Laila Lalami's 'The Moor's Account' 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The result is a museum that has a new energy and architectural clarity but at the same time seems lived in and well loved. The restored Met Breuer (formerly the Whitney) has a new energy as well as a lived-in look 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

That tone of modest and restrained clarity is, above all, what distinguishes “Wonder Woman” from the run of thudding, drubbing, thrashing action scenes in other, male-centered superhero movies. Wonder Woman Review: Patty Jenkins's Hard-Won Wisdom 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, clarity is at cross-purposes with influence, which is powerful precisely because it’s ambiguous. A History of the Influencer, from Shakespeare to Instagram 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

The clarity of the acoustics was a boon to the precise playing. Music Review: A Voyage of Discovery As a New Hall Sets Sail 2011-01-27T20:55:02Z

It’s a perilous undertaking to tell such a complicated story through the imagined magical thinking of childhood, and aside from some bright flashes of ingenuous insight, the telling offers more confusion than clarity. From Naples to Tokyo, New Books in Translation 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

It’s still precise, still transparent, but what it now offers is a humane lucidity, clarity as emotion’s revelation. Review: Cleveland Orchestra Plays Mozart, and to Its Strengths 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

Many have been riddled with scientific errors, uninformed by history or lacking in nuance and clarity when discussing interpretations of patterns of human genetic variation. In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Our transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Jerry O'Connell talks murder, dog hoarding, Drake & "Real Housewives" 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

The adult narratives follow no set arc, instead functioning like subtle, sparkling short stories, layering the group’s teenage years with a clarity only time can provide. Two Novels Confront Violence Against Women 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Extending ballet with such bracing modernity that it still seems new, the work also remains classical in its clarity; no moment is wasted; everything connects and contributes to a juggernaut force. Justin Peck, Along With Balanchine, From City Ballet 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

“The Light Years” alternates between the 1890s and the 1930s with fluid grace and clarity. Review: Big Dreams, Bright Ideas in ‘The Light Years’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

In his desire to make a movie about Bannon rather than merely to film an interview with Bannon, Morris does too much; the lack of simplicity proves also to be a lack of clarity. “American Dharma,” Reviewed: Errol Morris Lets Steve Bannon Off the Hook 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Chouvy achieves more clarity in his analysis of why the opium trade continues to thrive, explaining the strong correlation between war and drug economies. 'Opium': War and economic upheaval drive the drug trade 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z

Our conversation here has been lightly edited for clarity. “No Ashes in the Fire” author Darnell Moore on what it means to be “Black and Free in Ameri... 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

It’s an increasingly common fixation, and one that may be causing me more mania than clarity. This is your brain on the Internet 2012-08-10T20:09:00Z

And there is nothing to suggest, either here or elsewhere in HSAPB, that this lack of clarity is deliberate — that the author knows more about Sheila’s emotional crisis than Sheila does. Sheila Heti gets sex wrong 2012-09-28T23:30:00Z

This path demands we organize with clarity about privilege and the shifting power dynamics of community. Gentrification’s insidious violence: The truth about American cities 2014-04-08T18:34:00Z

A momentary clarity, longtime friend Guy Davis thinks, A purpose. Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist 2011-10-24T09:16:03Z

Rarely distracted, and never wishy-washy, Bradlee brought all of himself to the office — his strong dislikes, his loves and prejudices, his shrewdness, clarity, intelligence, animal hunches and instincts. Ben Bradlee: His sense of Style brought a new sensibility to features

He decided to visit the center — not to engage in violence, but to learn more — after that conversation with his daughter, which he describes as "a moment of clarity." "My whole life is guilt": The former extremist who disavowed his bigotry and converted to Islam 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

Then again, anyone seeking clarity on anything shouldn’t look to Mr. Bay; cinematic intelligibility has never been in his wheelhouse. Review: In Michael Bay’s ‘13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,’ Clarity Isn’t the Objective 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It is the negative image that, in its blackness, sometimes reveals love with a greater clarity than its positive counterpart. Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala – review 2013-04-03T07:00:01Z

But I challenge you to find another series that channels the spectrum of fury as wildly, beautifully and crazily while, for the most part, maintaining its focal clarity. "Beef" serves up a sizzling hot, blackly comedic revenge story to feed our ongoing panger 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

The best way to approach the genre is often just to succumb to the confusion and listen, turning off the part of your brain that wants instant clarity. In Four Audio Plays, No Stages but Lots of New Voices 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

In this place of utter solitude, trees drape one side of the fissure and move with the breeze, while the stones produce echoes of great clarity. Climbing the summits of Irish literature

It is an enactment, staged, distanced, almost alien in its ascetic clarity: an empty performance of real life. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

As always with Gotham, the production — directed with a sure blend of realism and stylization by Rebecca Taichman — was well prepared, though the chamber orchestration’s clarity was necessarily muddied by the outdoor amplification. Music Review: Gotham Chamber Opera Offers ‘Hija de Rappaccini’ Outdoors 2013-06-21T19:28:50Z

For extra clarity, she continued: “I’m afraid I haven’t been writing the next Harry Potter.” What J.K. Rowling Said About Writing More 'Harry Potter' Books 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Its narrative construction depicts extraordinary tensions and conflicts with a clarity and coherence that a screenwriter might dream of. “Honeyland,” Reviewed: A Gripping, Frustrating Documentary About a Beekeeper’s Fragile Isolation 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Dantone kept his forces big, but brought period clarity and baroque opulence to the proceedings. RLPO/Ottavio Dantone/D?sir?e Rancatore ? review 2011-01-14T21:46:00Z

"They wanted a three-second logo at the end of the video and a red element throughout. That's it. You don't get that clarity from a record label." Commercial bond between bands and brands is deepening 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

There are no big effects here, but there’s a valuable crystalline clarity. Clarity, humor make this ‘Seagull’ fly 2013-01-31T17:44:16Z

I finally gained some clarity a few years ago, when I spoke to my friend about my predicament. How I learned to make peace with supporting my parents financially 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

The films documented their time and place with an artistic clarity so acute as to be both unbearable and endearing. The Long Day Closes: The Passion of Terence Davies 2012-03-23T22:27:48Z

But with familiarity will come better understanding and clarity, said Fliegel and Michael Bennett, curator of Greek and Roman art. Cleveland museum marks another project milestone 2010-06-25T19:07:00Z

For example, women ask more questions than men, not just for clarity but to create an atmosphere of consensus building. Book details workplace blind spots between sexes 2013-06-10T12:32:08Z

Only Ursula, though half blind, sees the others with any clarity or charity at all. Review: In ‘The Comeuppance,’ a Bigger, Chillier Big Chill 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

A lot depends on the trajectory of infections, but we have a little clarity on that question. Perspective | What to expect if you’re traveling this summer 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

No one is hurt, I'm not upset, just keen for clarity. Robert Fripp: 'I didn't turn down chance to play on David Bowie album' 2013-01-18T13:40:21Z

"I gained a huge amount of clarity," she said, speaking in the small physical-therapy room in the company's longtime West Village home. Merce Cunningham Dance Company prepares for final bow 2011-07-13T22:06:03Z

A sampling of the comments is below; in some cases the submissions were lightly edited for clarity. Tony Award Predictions: Readers (and Boldface Names) Weigh In 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

It’s also for clarity, for peace of mind. 24 Hours With Andra Day: Afrobeat and the Nixon Tapes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

The group played it with an inviting gracefulness and clarity. Music Review: Da Capo Chamber Players at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-10-12T21:03:33Z

Second, there is clarity in our home that the adults and not the children are in charge. Letters: Protecting our children from porn 2013-07-24T20:00:00Z

The final film is an emotive story narrated by its subject with jarring, dispassionate clarity. Still life: The artist who tried to capture death 2013-05-29T16:48:31Z

Served with unflinching clarity, it was more an indictment than a recital. Reviews: Ian Bostridge, Tenet and Tallis Scholars in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Yet they have the jagged clarity of broken glass. Review: Homeless Teenagers, Strutting and Seething in ‘Runaways’ 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

But what might such commemorations look like if approached with more clarity? Critic?s Notebook: 9/11 Memorials: Many Perspectives, Few Answers 2011-09-02T23:58:41Z

While the threesome harmonizes with startling clarity, just try not to be impressed by baritone Gianluca Ginoble on “O Holy Night.” ‘Duck Dynasty’ folks, Mary J. Blige among new holiday CDs 2013-12-16T19:51:12Z

Maybe these survivors passing on this single regret with such unity and clarity will encourage others to exercise that one vital control. What is your biggest regret? Here are people's devastatingly honest answers 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

"There seemed a moral clarity about the crisis in Spain," Hochschild writes. 'Spain in Our Hearts' tells the American story of the Spanish civil war 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

The museum — and this is also often overlooked — suggested not just a new ambition and charisma in Gehry’s work but a new clarity. Two decades after Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao, where does architecture stand? 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The commission complied with the latter request, voting unanimously to pause the selection process to engage stakeholders and promote clarity and transparency moving forward. San Francisco Apologizes to Artist Over Maya Angelou Monument 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

The clarity of Denis’s compositions imbues the pampered isolation in which the family lives with tender regard and implicit horror. ‘Chocolat’: What France Knew 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

When it was originally announced, Channel Four Commissioning Editor David Glover said the programme-makers wanted to "bring new clarity to the facts of illegal drug use". Drugs charities criticise C4 show 2012-07-16T12:11:38Z

Their goal was to blow away the fog and confusion and see reality with lucidity and clarity. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

Have you come to any greater clarity about this terror through writing the book? I unleashed my freak! 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z

As always with Hilton's Shakespeare productions, the focus is on clarity and fluidity of the language, and it is once again a revelation. Richard II ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:29Z

“Lady Dynamite” also sees it as a pleasurable ride, filled with technicolor joys and hilarious clarity. ‘Lady Dynamite’ looks at mental illness with self-awareness and satire 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Those songs fill half of tonight's show, with words of startling clarity often set to an innocuous glam-rock backing. Buffy Sainte-Marie – review 2012-08-08T11:49:14Z

This conversation has been light edited for clarity and length. "It's like a warm hug": Yvette Nicole Brown on the timeless, compassionate charms of "Frog and Toad" 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z

"And Felic just brought all the subtlety and dignity and clarity to that." Felicity Jones on playing Jane, wife of Hawking 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Through their performances, they make it known, with brittle clarity, why the two were together and why they broke apart. ‘See You Then’ Review: The More Things Stay the Same 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

We chatted about that and other aspects of the creative inspiration of their new show, in the following interview edited for length and clarity. "The New Negroes": The comedy you get "if you say 'James Baldwin' 3 times in the bathroom mirror" 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Pros: The color and clarity of the prints was better than I expected, as was the thick paper for the 11-by-14 enlargements. Where to Print Those Vacation Photos 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The sheer power and clarity of the storytelling is what I remember most, and also the feeling that this movie was made for me in a way that not much else was in those days. Better to Be Interesting Than Right 2011-03-24T20:14:19Z

Surrounded by four naked men, Ms. Charleston glides from one exacting shape to the next with delicacy and clarity. Review: ‘Spirits of the Air & Heroes’ Takes on Legend and Fairy Tale 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

Statistics again provide clarity: Women made up a paltry 9 percent of the directors on 2012's top-grossing films, a new San Diego State University study found. Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch? 2013-01-24T13:24:09Z

It was easy to listen to these lyrics, crafted with a dance floor-friendly straightforwardness and clarity, and hear beats pulsing and whooshing beneath them. | Bright Light Bright Light Strips Dance-Pop to Its Bare Essence 2014-04-28T22:42:19Z

Given his music’s gusto and exactitude, it made sense that his records would effectively show off a stereo’s tone, clarity, and range. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Watch our "Salon Talks" episode here, or read the Q&A transcript of our conversation below, edited lightly for clarity and length. Kwame Onwuachi: Inside the top chef’s culinary comeback story and the new film based on his life 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

Those novels were like mirrors, meant to reflect us back to ourselves with horrifying clarity. A Novel Asks: What if Women Were Forbidden From Doing It All? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

The performances by the two principals are almost acrobatic feats: to retain clarity and sense notwithstanding a rapid-fire delivery of words and a liberal dose of sarcasm, playful insult, bemusement, innuendo, and scattered asides. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

Among the scant 20 or so recordings of this American masterpiece available, not many can hold a candle to this one in terms of audacity, breadth, clarity or vision. CD review: ‘Concord’ Sonata by pianist Alexei Lubimov 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Smith used trained singers, whom he molded into an ensemble as tightly knit as a string quartet, renowned for its rich vocal blend, flawless intonation and clarity. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

After a few uncomfortable and sleepless nights, he starts accessing his memories with shocking clarity and mines the recesses of his mind for details of his past lives. Kim Deitch Spins His Yarns 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

“Relying largely on extensive interviews with defectors,” Mr. Kristof wrote, “Martin portrays North Korean life with a clarity that is stunning, and he captures the paradoxes in North Korean public opinion.” ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z

The key to good description is clarity, both in observation and in writing. 21 Pieces of Writing Advice From Stephen King 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

He writes too well, there is clarity and energy on almost every page, but it is Pullman as clear as a bell. Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Philip Pullman – review 2012-10-05T07:00:02Z

Slimmed down for speed, the script sacrifices depth and clarity and with them some comedy. Review: Chasing ‘The Rivals’ on a Summer Evening 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

Known as the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, Kadakia said its size and clarity - "as white as they can be and potentially flawless" makes it a perfect gem. Elizabeth Taylor's iconic jewels coming to auction 2011-09-07T11:50:12Z

In “Men,” he skillfully manipulates moods and subverts expectations without achieving the unsettling, hallucinatory clarity of his best films. ‘Men’ Review: Putting the ‘Male’ in Malevolent 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

The choral singers need the utmost alacrity and clarity to do justice to the often-convoluted lines of Bach’s brilliant choruses. Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

His sound was brighter on soprano, an instrument on which he left an incalculable influence; he could be inquisitive, teasing or elusive, but always with a pinpoint intonation and clarity of attack. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

As the Bagger’s colleagues Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieply noted this morning, “The Artist,” “The Help” and “The Descendants” all did well, so the nominations may not offer much clarity for Oscar watchers. Carpetbagger Blog: Surprise! The Golden Globe Nominators Like Stars 2011-12-15T15:39:11Z

Writing with admirable clarity, Ferling contends that Clinton’s “Southern strategy” of shifting the focus of British military operations to Georgia and the Carolinas was an intelligent move. How Military Quagmires Have Caught Mighty Powers by Surprise 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

What the staging contributes above all is clarity. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Please note this interview has been edited for length and clarity. "Hillary" director reflects on the "self-fulfilling prophecy" on women running for president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

There's a clarity in her voice — and the bare-bones production — that cuts close. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

This column has always celebrated brevity and her near relation, clarity. Fiction in a flash 2012-10-08T15:17:42Z

This is not to suggest that Ms. Kennedy, at 86, has made new concessions to narrative conventions or expository clarity. Review: ‘He Brought Her Heart Back,’ Adrienne Kennedy’s Beautiful Nightmare 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

There is no point then in seeking Newtonian clarity in any memory; impossible, really. In Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s Novel, a Political Cartoonist Answers to the Past 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Farrow also consults his sister Dylan — who knows that all too well — frequently for a shot of moral clarity when he needs it. Ronan Farrow's high-wire act: Why it matters that "Catch and Kill" is such a page-turner 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

The latter is an aspiring actor who the Guardian has not named because of lack of clarity over her desire to be identified. Weinstein's lawyer makes last appeal to jury to 'make the right decision' 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Most disquieting of all, though, is a bit in which Santa is led to the realization that his naughty-or-nice list is an oversimplification, and that moral clarity is rarely so cut and dried. ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Robot Chicken’ Spawn Holiday Specials 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

“The clarity was such that these soldiers on the film came alive,” Jackson said in a phone interview describing the restoration process. How Peter Jackson Made WWI Footage Seem Astonishingly New 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

Stabbed out of the air, loud ones had startling fullness and clarity. A Day of Divas 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

In “The Lonely Fir” a fanfare tries to assert itself but keeps dissolving into misty counterpoint, played here with myriad colorings and a textural clarity that revealed the music’s curious elements. Music Review: Exploring Complex Works, Before You?ve Even Had Your Coffee 2011-01-17T22:07:33Z

Dramatizing with the utmost clarity the complicated family saga of the clan of Wotan, the king of the gods, is one of Wadsworth’s prime goals, and great achievements. Director of Seattle ‘Ring’ operas: Go, ponder, enjoy 2013-08-02T22:06:32Z

At the age of 48, it was the first time Watts had seen, with such clarity, her dad smile. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

“In terms of her range, dexterity, clarity, versatility, she can do anything she wants. She’s one of the great singers in the world, period.” Nina Simone Saved Ledisi’s Life. Now She’s Paying Tribute on an Album. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

But there isn't total clarity for consumers about what this funny new word means. What makes food regenerative? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

But at her core, since she is such an elegant and insightful musician, she also plays with an acute sensitivity to harmonic shadings and contrapuntal complexities and, when it is called for, uncanny textural clarity. Classical Recordings: Inner Personalities of Composers and Performers 2011-04-10T02:00:18Z

Without the double and triple stops that anchor Bach’s writing for solo violin, his Partita for flute relies on clarity of phrasing to create the illusion of a harmonic architecture. Review: Rachel Podger Plays Bach for Flute With Her Violin 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Roth's ability to realise the super-saturated textures of Boulez's Notations was even more remarkable in its combination of clarity with lethal force. LSO/Roth – review 2013-04-15T17:13:29Z

In some places, I have edited our words for clarity. Motherlode Blog: Anne-Marie Slaughter on Why Women Can't Have It All 2012-06-21T10:00:37Z

But the words came through in a jumble, though Mr. Dessner did not make clarity a priority in the atmospheric way he composed the music. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

In doing all of this, in other words, “Sniper” is neither the movie of Nazi propaganda nor a film of scintillating clarity. 'American Sniper:' What if both sides are missing Eastwood's point? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

You have to convey the power of the writing, after all, to show how literature is still shaped by Hemingway’s ideas of clarity, of mortality, of gender. Review: ‘Hemingway’ Is a Big Two-Hearted Reconsideration 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

The contrast between texture and clarity was a unifying theme of the evening, from the Op. Review | A pianist offers the shape of emotion and brilliance 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

As these extravaganzas go, “Manus x Machina” is exceptional, its clarity and serenity distinguishing it from quite a few of its predecessors at the Costume Institute. Review: At the Costume Institute, Couture Meets Technology 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the quartet’s textural clarity and intensity of focus are things of wonder, and overall, this was one of the best concerts of the season. Hagen Quartet’s precision, flexible style create fresh interpretation of classics 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

In the ballerina role, Frances Chung is strong and lucid; what she lacks as yet is a powerful dynamic range and the quality of elegant stretch that would turn her clarity into amplitude. Dance Review: Nerve and Verve On a Grand Scale 2011-03-07T22:49:07Z

The more you’re able to say something with absolute clarity, the more likely you’re probably wrong, because in fact the world is very confusing. Swimming against the tide: Lawrence Weschler on 'Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of Astrophysicists' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

But “Johnny Baseball” needs more than clarity to hit a home run. | 'Johnny Baseball': Babe Ruth Sings at American Repertory Theater 2010-06-09T21:49:00Z

And every element in the production feeds and particularizes this confused clarity. Review: ‘D Deb Debbie Deborah,’ a Dizzying Subversion of Identity 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Our transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Kelly Macdonald talks to Salon about stepping into a starring role with “Puzzle” 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, what comes through with utter clarity is the driving passion to plumb deeper meaning and solve the great unsolved puzzles, including the mystery of time. Ethan Canin's 'A Doubters Almanac' is a blazingly intelligent novel 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

It didn’t hurt that the mix in the great hall was vastly improved, the tepid mulch of the first half replaced by a sharper clarity in the second. Concert review: Bryan Ferry at the Civic Opera House 2011-10-12T06:03:00Z

By altering the exposure and clarity of the photo, the contents of the image are nearly indecipherable. Abraham.In.Motion’s choreography is ambitious, yes, but rightly so

While discussing some classic reference works, the polymath Guy Davenport extolled the detail and clarity of the Century’s engraved, thumbnail-sized illustrations. Perspective | When book storage is limited, people get desperate. Don’t make the mistakes I did. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

“A Prayer Journal” is a slim book but a powerful one, since even at this young age O’Connor was writing sentences that startle with their clarity. Flannery O’Connor Prayer Journal Published 2013-11-13T19:04:02Z

But he was singing with more spirit and clarity than I’d seen in years. Concert review: Bob Dylan at United Center 2012-11-10T06:43:10Z

But the decision brought little clarity about what lies ahead for the companies involved, or for the publishing world. A Big Publishing Merger Was Blocked, but Brought the Industry Little Clarity 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z

It was a letter to the editor lavishly complimenting the brilliance of the original Katy Perry piece, whose thesis the letter writer restated, for clarity. Gene Weingarten: How to build an article accelerator 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

The crystalline textures of Debussy's impressionistic score stood out with clarity and precision, and the dramatic tension grew steadily as the opera headed toward its tragic climax. Simon Rattle leads 'Pelleas' in Met debut 2010-12-18T18:31:05Z

His clarity on who she was was very helpful. How Maura Tierney learned to identify with a "monstrous" torturer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The show operates like memory itself: sometimes full of clarity, sometimes fuzzy. Memory Point(s) – review 2013-07-02T17:55:22Z

This description of his technique sums things up with perfect clarity. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

For my fiction writing, I do think about structure and clarity a lot. Weike Wang on the Privilege of Not Having to Think About Race 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

For purposes of clarity and in keeping with this publication’s style guidelines, I’m going to refer to Radha, the main character in “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” by her first name. ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

And it did so through simplicity, clarity and repetition. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

This, at least in my mind, completely misses the point of essays as being attempts, efforts at understanding, defined more by doubt and skepticism than by clarity. Steven Church talks essays, and his new book 'Ultrasonic' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

A lean sound, vitality and clarity of texture distinguish these beautifully shaped performances of Schumann’s four symphonies, recorded live in Paris. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

His work with both ensembles — renowned for the brightness, clarity and impeccable intonation he routinely summoned from his singers — was considered exquisitely representative of the modern English choral tradition. Sir David Willcocks, Conductor Who Influenced British Choral Music, Dies at 95 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Catherine Corsini’s “Summertime,” with the clarity of hindsight and a deep reservoir of empathy, examines the commingling of the personal and the political from a fresh angle. Review: Warm Burst of Romantic Bliss in ‘Summertime’ 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The way they are portrayed edges close to sentimentality, but the honest sympathy the film extends them is the element that gives the wider tableau its clarity and force. ‘Peterloo’ Review: Political Violence of the Past Mirrors the Present 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

Only at the very end, with thrilling subtlety and impressive clarity, does a fable blossom from the satirical earth. Review: Richard Gere as ‘Norman,’ an Aspirational Jewish Fixer 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

In that, as in his actions with Paul, he shows a clarity that the other characters lack in this episode. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z

But it took a string of uneven albums, full of amorphous studio jams, before the relative concision and clarity of “Dark Side” came into focus. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

The Esoterics were divided into smaller ensembles of 15 voices each mass setting, allowing for clarity and nuance in the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church venue. The Esoterics sing radically secular rewrites of texts from the Christian Mass 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

"P-Valley" creator Katori Hall writes such moments to announce with incisive clarity that this series is not about fantasy girls, but real women. Eyes up here: In "P-Valley," the strippers and their grueling labor are the headliners, not men 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

The verbal truth of the war poems is fascinating in that their poetic music is almost completely surrendered in order to honour the spoken clarity of factual experience. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-12-14T22:55:06Z

Twelve dancers, dressed in the palest gray leotards and tights — some facing the audience, some with their backs to us — are arrayed in lines and diagonals, their bodies etched against the space with cut-glass clarity. Dance Review: Building on the Mastery of What Came Before 2011-05-02T22:07:56Z

What they lacked was the structure and emotional clarity that seems to issue forth, in a cloud of mystery, from this pianist at his best. Review: Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall, Precise and Aglow 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

He moved the band to the southeast corner of the terrace, and positioned the wireless speakers at strategic points around the location to achieve maximum sound clarity. At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Hear! Hear! 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

"For clarity, was the treehouse built on this person's property, or in the woods? Who owns the woods?" Dad rips into neighbor who reported family’s tree fort to HOA: 'You’re safe now' 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

It not only looks good and solid, but it explains with casual wit and total clarity why everything went wrong and makes sense of the most complex financial matters. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

As for Ms. Beier, the uncomfortable conversations with her husband brought “a really good clarity to our relationship,” she said. How Covid Has Altered the Conversation About Money 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Like Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Goodhill said that it was possible to retain the cinematic texture while gaining the clarity of the higher frame rate. The Images in ‘Billy Lynn’? Razor Sharp. Your Eyes? Bewildered. 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Some of the characters are glimpsed in only one or two scenes, and yet they are observed with the same clarity and insight as those in the foreground. | 'Kin': No Connection Is Too Far, or Unlikely 2011-03-22T02:01:24Z

Aiming for clarity, they got lost in logic. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Watch: This Symbolism Does Not Compute 2014-05-05T15:16:14Z

“Molly’s Blueberry Maple Bar,” the sign said, and she knew somehow, with oracle-like clarity, that she was the Molly. ‘Edith Piaf sneezed on my cheesecake’ and other coronavirus dreams 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

The following interview is edited for length and clarity. Directors on the ADHD theory of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z

Yet even in these she returns to the clarity of the body — in other words, to the value of what our own senses tell us. Siri Hustvedt wonders why we revere the intellect and distrust the body 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis takes a bracing tempo in the fugue, played with punchy attacks and admirable clarity. Classical Recordings: Beethoven and Haydn, Anew 2011-06-24T14:20:46Z

Here are some highlights, which are edited and condensed for clarity. Life after Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Tritle has prepared a crisply resonant, warmly smooth-sounding group that sings with clarity yet without a hard edge, as penetrating in ethereal quiet as in full cry. Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra Bring ‘Messiah’ to Carnegie 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

"His well-balanced portrayal combines classical clarity with an emotional openness that draws us deeper into the character's inner stalemate," McNulty wrote. Essential Arts & Culture: Thoroughly modern museums and the go-to guy for Halloween 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Brookes’s talent was in deconstructing the process of design and bringing a clarity to something inherently opaque. Author John Brookes was a rarity: A gardener who focused on design 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

The gambit results in a prospectus promising such a high rate of return that Kendall, in a moment of clarity, chuckles, “It’s enough to make you lose your faith in capitalism.” ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 6: Cool New Rule 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

The music itself is a challenge to perform, and the Western Wind, which first performed this song in New York in 1971, sang it with poise and clarity. Review: The Western Wind Performs ‘L’Amfiparnaso’ at a Distance 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

That said, story clarity and emotional depth tend to evaporate amid the visual pyrotechnics. Review: ‘Along With the Gods’ Is a Fantasy Journey With C.G.I. at Every Turn 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

On Thursday, the orchestra showed off the clarity of fortissimo passages, layering percussion, brass and strings in handsome tiers. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

The clarity and simplicity of vegetable sides were welcome alongside the saucy proteins. ‘Chinatown Kitchen,’ reviewed: I kept going back for more 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

The picture clarity reveals, too, that the Batsuit had nipples long before Joel Schumacher took hold of the “Batman” movie franchise in the 1990s. ‘Batman,’ the 1960s TV Series, Returns in a Collection 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

There are certain poems that provide comfort or emotional clarity in a crisis. Perspective | Words of wisdom or wishful thinking? The problem with new books that aim to heal us. 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe we should think of his refrains as mantras used to center restless minds and manifest clarity. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

Once they were granted a platform that they had never sought, the three women, with admirable clarity and dignity, used it to put their accusers on trial. Pussy Riot: activists, not pin-ups 2012-12-20T18:35:44Z

In purely narrative terms, though, there's not enough visual differentiation between Jews and Babylonians for consistent clarity. Nabucco – review 2013-04-01T16:56:01Z

There was really only one previous case of trafficking that people remembered with any clarity. Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

To Porter, these aspects of the characters’ lives come with the clarity of hindsight. Comedy Undercut ‘The Life.’ Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity. 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

“Pursuing your passion is the most important thing, and knowing that allows me to go forward with confidence and clarity.” She landed a job most dancers would kill for. Then she made an unthinkable pivot. 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

For it showed him, with graphic clarity, that "the Stones were not to the celluloid manor born". Rough Stones 2012-11-05T16:09:28Z

His early-morning habit of reading the Bible provides him with calmness and clarity, as he also tries to focus on being kind to himself and staying off his phone when he initially wakes up. Amid the pandemic, people crave connection. The ‘Internet’s Dad’ provides it. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

The economists seek clarity on the organisation of financial systems: "What is the wizarding economy based on?" Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z

“In playing his music, it’s that sense of clarity that informs our other improvisations.” An Allen Toussaint Tribute by New Orleans’s Modern-Day All-Stars 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

He mostly played with grace, delicacy and impeccable clarity. Music Review: Vienna Players Shine at Carnegie Hall 2010-09-30T06:26:00Z

Here are her responses, edited for space and clarity. Forget ‘detoxing’ with a fancy juice cleanse. Your body has it under control. 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

It improves our “moods, clarity of thought, our creativity,” as well as “our connectedness to our social, urban and natural worlds.” How Walking Changes Us 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

You wrote a piece for The Guardian in 2016 in which you mentioned having a “moment of clarity” once you realized you play women who are tough yet vulnerable. Carrie-Anne Moss on the ‘Matrix’ Movies and Playing an Action Hero in Her 50s 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

A lot of the time it was a bit of both, and Chatelain navigates that fraught space with clarity and compassion. Times Critics Discuss 2020 in Books, From ‘Pandemic Blur’ to Favorite Discoveries 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

The repetition is a telling belief in the power of writing — or, more specifically, in the power of Mohr’s identity as a writer — to dredge clarity from self-reflection, no matter one’s transgressions. For a Former Addict, Recovery Brings Only Temporary Relief 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

The Clevelanders played, as usual, with clarity, poise and adroit balances among the sections, elegance without reticence, urgency without pressure, airiness without weightlessness. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hnath sees the drama at hand from all sides with virtually equal clarity and compassion. Review: In ‘The Christians,’ a Schism Over Fire and Brimstone 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

In “Douglas,” her new show named for her dog, which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival last week, Gadsby discussed her autism diagnosis, which she received relatively recently, and the clarity it provided. Hannah Gadsby on Autism and the Risk of Failing After ‘Nanette’ 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

The standards for this juried exhibition have tightened, and its mission — contemporary art with a visible connection to the traditional studio practice — has a new clarity and intensity. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z

Honor is here seen as synonymous with decisiveness and forward-thinking clarity, while love is sluggish and nostalgic, dragging its victims into the past. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z

“Art is always implicated in politics, but the situation surrounding the Bingham painting reveals the fact with unusual clarity.” St. Louis Art Museum Faces Backlash Over Artwork’s Role in Trump Inauguration 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Their empathic clarity is a threat to the hypocritical state, so the mutants must flee for their lives, their only hope a vaguely sensed colony of telepaths on the far side of the planet. Classic dystopian novels forecast a bleak future — soon 2014-03-28T20:10:55Z

This lent a flattened clarity to his role and Calliope's, and to Richard's, who has no qualms about assaulting Calliope as long as it gets him what he wants. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

Ms. Lent said the biggest challenge of the technique is balancing clarity with risk taking. Learning to Dance Merce Cunningham: Risk in Calm Containers 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

"I was trying to bring some kind of clarity to the situation," Crowley said later. Crowley's corrections highlight moderator role 2012-10-17T08:16:06Z

And what "50/50" shows, with great and bittersweet clarity, is that not everyone will be able or willing to go into that world with you. "50-50": What's so funny about cancer? 2011-09-30T13:31:00Z

The plot of “The Magic Flute” certainly illustrates a journey toward clarity. A priest, a prince and a bird-catcher walk into an opera: ‘Magic Flute’ returns to Seattle 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

This clarity, in turn, gives a firmness to Ms. Melnick’s choreography, providing anchor points in a style so gossamer that it tends to disintegrate. Review: Ballet and Modern Dance Meet, and Ultimately Embrace 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Most of the squabbles were about The New Yorker’s insistence on absolute clarity. Books of The Times: Fighting The New Yorker Over Extra Commas and Steaming Cowflops 2011-02-08T22:00:14Z

That said, Mr. Edelstein’s “Timon,” for all its clarity and efficiency, never achieves the scalding temperature that makes this bitter late play so distinctive among Shakespeare’s works. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z

Through it all, Mr. Mangum sang his enigmas with clarity and conviction, and the band took nothing for granted, for a show where foot-stomping and pondering were fully compatible. Music Review: Reunited, Neutral Milk Hotel Plays in Jersey City 2014-01-15T22:52:40Z

Those high, pulsing chords linger as a kind of benign tinnitus, a hazy sonic membrane for moments of greater clarity to break through. BBCSO/Volkov – review 2013-02-17T14:00:17Z

Maybe someone with no direct experience could have performed their heated but humane conversation with similar clarity and conviction – but it’s unlikely. A fantastic leap – trans cinema's breakthrough moment 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

His answer is a masterpiece of comic clarity, though it remains controversial. Comedy gold: Chris Rock's Bring the Pain 2012-05-24T10:23:08Z

The grand, glorious chaos of Ives’s Fourth Symphony — with its mad layering of different tempos, its discontinuities, its need for two conductors merely to keep the whole thing together — has rarely had this clarity. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

To these scores’ vast demands she brought both clarity and poetry. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

Martha actually exhibits a kind of grace and even clarity in these moments. In "Pieces of a Woman," Vanessa Kirby survives the worst in a heartbreaking, measured performance 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

He tried to bring some clarity with a new list. 2017: The Biggest Year in Horror History 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

It means the injection of a certain humour in the dialogue … and a brisk clarity in the narrative. Critical eye: book review roundup 2012-10-12T21:55:12Z

It regards them all, in particular Sage, Judy and Elle, with clarity and sympathy, acknowledging the distinct risks and opportunities each one faces as she tries to pursue happiness and avoid compromise. Review: In ‘Grandma,’ Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

With exhilarating clarity and sharp intelligence, Mr. Demme captured the intimate interplay. onstage and off, of the bandmates — always in service of the music. Jonathan Demme, who directed ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ dies at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

But in those first bad days, Matt and Mercedes already had clarity. How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

The paintings seek to capture the ethereal, moments in a landscape or a seascape that are defined by the time of day, the time of year, the weather conditions, the clarity of the air. Jane Wilson, Artist of the Ethereal, Dies at 90 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

And more clarity is needed as the plot thickens. Review: Dickens classic done up in trademark Book-It style 2011-02-17T21:32:05Z

But it would have taken more wit and clarity to keep this material from drooping as a musical. Review: ‘The Royal Family of Broadway,’ This Time in Song 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

He’s saying, ‘I want to tell my story and find clarity here.’ Theater: Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2011-11-27T05:30:08Z

I hear much more presence and clarity in this version. Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Lifting a ‘Wet Blanket’ Off a 2003 Album 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

The Belgian designer has that rare mix of a driven imagination, absolute clarity and a sense that clothes are there to wear. Sense and Sensibility 2012-09-25T18:19:08Z

But the opacity of the production overall means we still can’t read her with any clarity, and the play acquires a weird wobble at its core. Review: Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons,’ With All Its Seams Showing 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Within moments, her clarity of phrasing and vocal agility were drawing startled reactions from the audience. Dianne Reeves – review 2012-11-07T18:01:43Z

As a concert, this lacked drama and flair; as a demonstration of a new instrument, it lacked detail and clarity. Fluid Piano Launch | World music review 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z

Mr. Blake was highly regarded for the energy and clarity of his playing, and for carving out a space for the violin in the realms of post-bop and jazz-funk. John Blake Jr., Versatile Jazz Violinist, Dies at 67 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Heath’s arrangements are remarkable for their clarity, even in the most piled-up instrumental passages. Music Review: Jon Hendricks and Jimmy Heath at Rose Hall - Review 2011-09-25T22:00:26Z

But he does recall with crystal clarity the promise he made: He would finish any incomplete work le Carré should leave behind after dying. Review | John le Carré left behind a novel, ‘Silverview.’ Does it live up to the spy master’s reputation? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

Her clarity of gesture, her careful cueing and close communication with the players, all contribute to a clear vision of the music and an ability to make her interpretation happen. Review: Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s Halloween night concert with Seattle Symphony was all treats, no tricks 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The hushed dysfunction of Stoner's marriage, the furtive joys of an affair, the struggles of his fragile, wayward child – rarely has the intimate detail of a life been drawn with such emotional clarity. Stoner by John Williams – review 2013-06-22T16:00:01Z

Poetry, clarity, virtuosity and intelligence were there in abundance, in a reading that was remarkable for the variety of touch and dynamics. Pianist Lewis, maestro Denève keep audience on edge of seats 2014-04-18T18:24:56Z

The choir produced a marvelous resonant sound on Monday, singing those lovely rounded Finnish vowels and unison melodies with buoyant clarity. Music Review | Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z

Monteiro and especially Harris handle these and other lighting shifts of direction with astonishing clarity and aplomb. Review: After Merce, the Dances Go On, and Go On to Inspire 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

At any rate, the fast-flowing scenes that depict the 40‑year passage from youth to middle age of Philip Bowman, protagonist of All That Is, have a burn and clarity intense even by Salter's standards. All That Is by James Salter – review 2013-05-11T13:01:01Z

Last night's episode covered the transition of the city from pagan to Christian epicentre with clarity. TV Review: Miniature Britain; Weight Loss Ward; Rome 2012-12-12T22:00:02Z

Similarly, descendants of victims may seek clarity on who betrayed them and how. Dutch to Make Public the Files on Accused Nazi Collaborators 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

It’s quite a tricky proposition to televise something that had the clarity of pure spring water. Sex has as much meaning as words: how Normal People handles intimacy 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

Yet many exemplars of clarity and simplicity in design are recent digital inventions. 2010-01-25T09:32:00Z

But perhaps sitting with his feelings will lead to a moment of clarity in which he sees that his wonderful life is slipping away and he needs to ask for help. My dad’s gone off the rails 2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

ENO managed to reassemble most of the original 2009 cast, too, intending that the Prom would recapture as much as possible of the extraordinary emotional clarity and psychological intensity of the stage version. Proms 2012: week seven in review 2012-08-30T14:28:34Z

Henry achieved this fundamental clarity through a decades-long process that was anything but uncomplicated and direct. Review: Howard House's second Henry show offers a window onto artist's emergence 2010-03-15T04:01:00Z

On songs like “I Miss You” and “Water Under the Bridge,” she renders the most acute pain with severe clarity and composure. Review: Adele Holds Firm on ‘25,’ Even as Pop Shifts 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, this is not a good day for performing any task that requires clarity and attention to precise details. Search Menu Menu The Washington Post ProfileSolid ProfileSolid The Washington Post Wp ArrowRight Comment GiftOutline Loading... 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

But they bring a new clarity to Mr. Grillo’s instinctive gifts for drawing and composition. Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Installed with appropriate precision on the Whitney’s eighth floor, the show presents her as an artist of formidable discipline, consistency and clarity of purpose, and a key player in any history of postwar art. A 101-Year-Old Artist Finally Gets Her Due at the Whitney 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Mesmerizing and dense, this nonvirtuosic-virtuosic act, staunchly rooted in performance states, knitted a choreographic picture with nearly imperceptible movement and sculptural clarity. Time to Put Choreography Back on Its Feet 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

“It is in the times that are most challenging that we, as artists, must engage the world with our greatest passion, clarity and forward-thinking vision,” Dean Brett Steele said in the announcement Friday. Fired MOCA curator will give UCLA commencement address 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

For the sake of clarity, she said, she wishes that middlemen would stop using the term “C.S.A.” altogether. When Community-Supported Agriculture Is Not What It Seems 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

The first episode, especially, shuffles the book’s nonlinear swirl of impressions and associations into chronological order, for the sake of clarity, at the cost of a sluggish pace. “My Brilliant Friend,” Reviewed: A Prada Ad for Working-Class Gloom, but with Shades of Humble Tenderness 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

“There are moments of clarity where you read the table,” he says. After a Record Sale, Mark Grotjahn Changes Course 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

He goes station to station, chronologically, sacrificing some drama for the sake of clarity. The Case of the Artist and the True-Crime Documentary 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

The party’s caucus crisis was an embarrassing twist after months of promoting Iowa as a chance for Democrats to find some clarity in a jumbled field. Tech problem keeps Democrats waiting on who Iowa voters want for president 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

From the first statement of the opening theme in the piano, Mr. Adès played with a blend of clarity and sensitivity that made the elusive music all the more mysterious. Music Review | Anthony Marwood, Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ad?s: At Zankel Hall, Subduing the Ravel Trio 2010-03-21T20:59:00Z

Anna Friel acts with a sharpness and delicacy that she hasn't before shown on the stage; Samuel West brings his usual intelligence and clarity to the part of Astrov. People; Uncle Vanya; Uncle Vanya – review 2012-11-11T00:06:04Z

Such was the clarity of Mr. Ackermann’s fashion language that just a sweater, worn over a clearly naked chest, and those long pants, defined the designer. Céline’s Scissor Sister 2014-03-02T20:20:24Z

These interviews were edited and condensed for clarity. Anguish, Determination, Hope: Travel Workers Despair a Lost Year 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

She sees that light and “a lot of Australian color” in Tan’s pictures, as well as recurring elements of the Western Australian landscape: “That horizon, that enormous sky, the clarity.” Shaun Tan?s Wild Imagination 2011-04-23T04:30:02Z

Being less emotionally connected lowers the stress and ups the clarity, perhaps? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Cast a wider net to find the support you need 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

Yes, ‘masters of war,’ you can’t hide from the knife-edge clarity of Dylan’s words still cutting to the quick, always in search of abiding harmony through naked inquiry that leaves blood at the roots. Does a musician have any right to win the Nobel Prize in literature? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Salon spoke to the author from his home in Washington, D.C.; the interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Hitler’s turning point: Without his year in prison, “he could have disappeared into the sands of irrelevance” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

The same clarity occurs in the serene Act II pas de deux from Balanchine’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Dance Review | Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Celebrating the Genius of Balanchine by Viewing It With Fresh Eyes 2010-03-08T06:32:00Z

Their answers, from three separate conversations, have been edited for clarity and length. Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

But it's hard not to yearn for the melodies to be served by a little more clarity. Deerhunter: Monomania – review 2013-05-09T21:25:01Z

Ms. Khalil, though, felt that clarity was needed on these issues, so she created a guide on her website. Bridal Parties Mix It Up With Bridesmen and Groom’s Gals 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

The Philharmonia are clearly hugely fond of him, though, and the playing was formidable in its clarity and beauty. Philharmonia/Temirkanov 2010-07-01T21:30:00Z

There are brief explanations given to the mechanics of each project, but the film is wedded to layman’s terminology at the expense of clarity. Review: In ‘Science Fair,’ High School Students Are World-Class Scholars 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

We crave the “real picture,” a clarity on the past and our shared existence, that resolves into a grand, collective narrative. Review | Mark Bradford turned a bloody Civil War battle into art that will haunt and entrance you 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

On Sunday the Met musicians played the Berg with lush sound, impressive clarity and urgency. Music Review: Spending the Afternoon With a Femme Fatale 2011-05-16T21:51:57Z

The piano writing is almost frenetically brilliant; Mr. Andsnes dispatched it with such effortless command and penetrating clarity that every burst of arm-blurring octaves, every tangled patch of passagework, seemed both meaningful and fantastical. Review: A Bold Pianist Rescues an Overlooked Concerto 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

But for all her clarity Hunt Lieberson does not stint the music’s opulence, particularly in an “Absence” that is disconcerting in its sensuous embrace of loss. Classical Recordings 2011-05-25T21:34:45Z

But the musicians say they would work more if the opera scheduled more performances and that they went on strike to protest mismanagement and lack of clarity about the future. Riccardo Muti’s Departure Is a Sign of Rome Opera’s Troubles 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

“He knew how to work with the singers, but I felt also as an instrumentalist the clarity of the pulse.” A polymath in D.C.: The long ascendancy of conductor-composer Julian Wachner

When the show falters, it’s because of a lapse in clarity — in Fulton’s blend of history and fiction, or Thomas W. Jones II’s direction, or both. Blending fact and fiction to create a moving tale 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

He plays the Schoenberg suite with crispness and clarity. Finding Brahms in Schoenberg 2010-10-08T15:44:00Z

The recommendation is a concession to clarity, not to passion or politics. Trump, the Squad, and the “Standard Definition” of Racism 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

The acoustics made all of this easily heard, projecting warmth without muddiness and clarity without an edge. Acoustics at the Barns at Wolf Trap enhance performance of Beethoven trios 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

We all experience such moments of heightened, fleeting clarity, and they are as hard to capture and freeze as lightning. Theater Review: Martin Moran’s ‘All the Rage’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2013-01-31T03:00:51Z

He can remove them from any natural hinterland, cover them in mystery and then allow them to emerge into a scrupulously modulated clarity. In a Dying Country, Garth Greenwell’s Narrator Comes Alive 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

His playing tends to simplicity and clarity rather than drama and fireworks. Review | British harpsichordist plays Bach with precision, clarity and finesse at Phillips Collection 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Period switch-ups aside, Mr. Sullivan’s previous productions for Shakespeare in the Park have generally been marked by simplicity and emotional clarity, presenting the plays as truthful, albeit fanciful or painful, reflections of real human experience. Review: ‘Cymbeline’ Unspools Its Many Plot Twists at the Delacorte Theater 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

But they had “a certain clarity and speed” that Mr. Hogwood felt was lacking in their modern descendants. Christopher Hogwood, conductor who gave new drive to classical warhorses, dies at 73

I began chanting to myself: “Strength, motivation, clarity. Strength, motivation, clarity.” In Guatemala, a treacherous hike to one of the world’s most active volcanoes 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The clarity of music was matched by a clarity of language, yielding a piece that was felt as strong and distilled as vodka. Perspective | Reexamining opera, one classic at a time 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

The National Board of Review did little to provide clarity to a jumbled race with its best-of picks, announced Wednesday. The Carpetbagger: ‘Her’ Wins Big at National Board of Review Awards 2013-12-04T20:54:50Z

Sydney Smith illustrates the small, concrete moments of a summer day with poetic clarity: an open window, a man going down the road on a bicycle, the sun on wooden floorboards. Best children’s books to read and share this month 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Reyes, a good all-around technician, delivered with clarity — no mean achievement. Critic’s Notebook: In American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia,’ Stars Shine 2013-06-28T21:40:45Z

Blackstock said he was captivated by the “clarity of voice and the metaphorical, rich prose,” and by Nguyen’s provocative subversion of the spy thriller. He Writes Unreliable Narrators Because He Is One, Too 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

With his strict analytical clarity and his facility for transparency, Gielen stripped as much personal emotion out of scores as he could, which had immense payoffs in Mahler, even in Beethoven. His Conducting Wasn’t Always Pleasant. But It Was the Truth. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Below is a small sliver of the entries, edited for length and clarity. The Caretakers of Women’s Pandemic Stories 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

The unbearable clarity that follows a death blessedly fades with time. Sheryl Sandberg Finds Comfort for Herself and Offers It to Others 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

In two years of training Mr. Polly shed 65 pounds and went on to win an amateur fight in Las Vegas by technical knockout, a scene recounted with hypnotic clarity in the book. Mixed Martial Arts Books by Matthew Polly and Jim Genia 2011-11-17T00:02:56Z

From that working and reworking of every sentence comes a precision and a clarity to her writing that takes readers by the hand and gently guides them along. ‘I’m Easily Bored by Books,’ Says Writer of 22 Novels 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

Though he brought astounding technique to his performance here, Mr. Trifonov favored subtlety and clarity over sensationalism. Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

He wishes for less seedy locations, more clarity on the jobs and better hours. Review: Serving Murder in ‘The Dumb Waiter’ 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

Another photo had been taken inside a machine shop, and every tool on every workbench — even the metal chain hanging from a bare ceiling light bulb — stood out with amazing, reach-out-and-touch-this clarity. Virtual Reality Before There Was Virtual Reality 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z

Proposing to your girlfriend is intimidating enough, let alone one whose 465-page manuscript displays a consummate fluency in the language of cuts, clarity and carats. The Engagements by J Courtney Sullivan – review 2013-07-20T13:00:06Z

Some fears, I realise in sudden horrific clarity, are too primal to be conquered. Cliff camping in Colorado: postcards from the ledge 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

Topics: , Stress, the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, , cognitive therapy, I am in a complex situation and am confused as to the source of my problems and how to find clarity. The stress is killing me! 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z

For more mature minds, if such there be, this production has the virtues of uniformity of style, which is less common in Beckett interpretations than it should be, and gleaming clarity of expression. Review: A ‘Waiting for Godot’ as Comically Futile as a Looney Tune 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

At its best, “High on Tulsa Heat” is starkly elegant, addressing sadness with clarity and directness. Review: On John Moreland’s ‘High on Tulsa Heat,’ World-Weariness and Clarity 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

His eyrie was a small house on a hill above Berkeley, which afforded with hallucinatory clarity a view of San Francisco Bay. Seamus Heaney on Czeslaw Milosz's centenary 2011-04-07T12:15:26Z

For nearly four decades, hooks has written and published with clarity, novel insight and extraordinary precision about art, media, race, gender and class. In Praise of bell hooks 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

His 1998 book, “Israel and the Bomb” was deservedly praised for exposing the history of Israel’s nuclear weapons program with clarity and precision. Books of The Times: Vague, Opaque and Ambiguous: Israel?s Hush-Hush Nuclear Policy 2010-10-13T23:25:00Z

While she certainly is pushing writers, readers and her students to aim for clarity in criticism, Lange goes much further, arguing that architecture critics be invested intellectually and emotionally in the world that surrounds them. Opinionator: Why Don?t We Read About Architecture? 2012-03-03T01:30:43Z

Cleopatra isn't high art but it is hugely enjoyable, and Nixon's choreography tells the story with unambiguous clarity. Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:20Z

She finds clarity in club music, joining with the dance producers SG Lewis and Channel Tres to craft sticky, coruscating tracks. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

His first two collections — “Yellowrocket” and “Pitch” — established his reputation for using brilliant wordplay and portraying the people and landscape of his childhood in Wisconsin with clarity and hard-edged grace. A definitive work on Marianne Moore and other best poetry to read this month 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

She’s a soprano who merges sweetness with fervor, clarity and delicacy with a sense of sorrow and melancholy resolve. Music Review: Eleftheria Arvanitaki’s Adoring Fans Flock to Carnegie Hall 2014-02-02T22:52:03Z

If memory was the problem, he had no similar trouble in the slow movement, played with glowing sound and lyrical poise, or in the final rondo, dispatched with delicacy, clarity and brio. Music Review: Cyprien Katsaris at the International Keyboard Festival 2012-07-17T22:20:52Z

A 4K Barco digital video projector, mounted in the projection room, delivers image brightness and clarity that are nothing short of breathtaking. Michael Bay’s 40-Seat Digital Theater 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Madness is abroad but the verse speaking never loses its clarity. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z

“This is new to me, but feels as liberating as fresh air. Just emptying your brain helps give you clarity and direction.” The golden hour: 15 ways to change your life in a work-from-home lunch break 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

“The Last Trial” is a novel about the complex process of coming to judgment, bringing order and partial clarity to the daily parade of human perversity. Review | Scott Turow is a master of the legal thriller. ‘The Last Trial’ proves he’s still at the top of his game. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Crowley did not respond to questions seeking further clarity on Thursday, or about what enforcement actions the state has taken. Piano Bars and Jazz Clubs Reopened, Calling Live Music ‘Incidental’ 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

The torrent of 16th-notes in the finale unfolded with sparkling clarity. Sam Haywood and Joshua Bell at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-16T22:38:31Z

“This is not for the faint of heart, not only in the normal content ways, but literally in how one brings the story to the stage with clarity and force.” Act II, Scene 1: H Street NE, Enter ARI ROTH with friends 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

In a Munro story the men might not be as nice, but the balance of clarity and compassion in “Take This Waltz” suggests that this writer continues to exert an influence over Ms. Polley. Movie Review: ‘Take This Waltz,’ Directed by Sarah Polley 2012-06-28T22:36:20Z

“Asian buyers are quite picky about clarity and prefer the highest clarity,” he said. Special Report: A Cut Above: Jewelry: Diamond World Sees Treasure in Asia 2011-03-18T17:01:13Z

If emojis even approached the clarity of the international signs used in airports and highways, this might be a good thing. Hands Off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

But the most arresting thing about this “Parsifal” is Kubelik, whose immaculately balanced, intelligently paced account combines clarity, patience and otherworldly luminosity. Critics Name Their Favorite Wagner Recordings 2013-08-22T20:50:13Z

“People were clearly encountering this new use and turning to the dictionary for clarity and for usage guidance.” 'They' declared 2019 'word of the year' by Merriam-Webster 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Playing with crystalline clarity and a rhythmic buoyancy that highlights the works’ dance elements, Mr. Schiff reveals the contrapuntal brilliance and the joy, wit and melancholy of these 24 preludes and fugues. Classical Music on Disc, on DVD and in Books 2012-11-22T21:26:23Z

With about 30 canvases he reveals his system with absolute, but unfortunately appalling, clarity. Albert Oehlen ? review 2011-08-09T12:59:00Z

They seesaw between the analytical — “Moments of clarity are so rare/I better document this,” in “Stonemilker” — and the raw: “My soul torn apart, my spirit is broken,” in “Black Lake.” Björk’s ‘Vulnicura,’ From Deep Within 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

The more it is identified, the more complex the networks of signification become, and once-hidden histories of reference and allusion emerge with new clarity. Perspective | LGBT artists sent messages from the closet to survive before Stonewall. Now, homophobes are coopting the technique. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

The Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman has always been a thoughtful interpreter with a gift for clarity and singing melodic lines — adept at the modes of expressive longing in Romanticism and Chopin alike. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

Watching L'Enfant sauvage again, I am still startled by its beauty, its restraint, its presiding clarity. Truffaut: growing backwards into childhood 2011-02-19T00:05:31Z

They may be surprised to hear more detail and more of the content of what’s in Beethoven’s score, as the different strands of the instrumental lines emerge with an enhanced clarity. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

The following interview was translated from Italian to English, and has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Buona Pasqua! The history (and joy) of the Colomba di Pasqua, Italy's sweet Easter bread 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

On a Bench in Paris, a Look at a Life Not Yet Lived Hindsight may always be 20/20, but the clarity of Simon Van Booy’s “Hindsight” is much harder to determine. Theater Review: ?Hindsight,? by Simon Van Booy, at the Drilling Company Theater 2012-03-13T23:07:18Z

Be assured, there's no lack of narrative clarity here, only the persistent sense that nothing cheerful is in store. 'The Tribe' an unusual, powerful look at criminality 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

"I had to do what I had to do to get where I am now, but what I'm saying is the clarity I have, the enjoyment of the creativity is so much greater," he said. Peter Frampton at 60: Do you feel like I feel? 2010-05-11T18:58:00Z

Yet “The Sun Also Rises” is far from being a lesser thing, for all of its restrained clarity. Hemingway's Hidden Metafictions in "The Sun Also Rises" 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The interview has been edited for clarity and length. Addiction is a learning disorder: Why the war on drugs is useless, AA undermines treatment, and addiction studies can learn a lot from autism 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Its message, conveyed through a patchwork of biographically inspired vignettes spanning from 1972 through 2013, rings with the piercing clarity of an alarm bell. With “When We Rise,” ABC gives viewers a noble if uneven portrait of the ongoing struggle for LGBT rights 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Rather, History’s “Vikings” is asking these questions directly and with ample clarity. "Vikings" kicks off its final season with its own "tender moment" in history 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Miriam’s secret lacks both mystery and clarity, and when Donatello commits a terrible crime in her defense, it doesn’t feel urgent. Review: ‘For the Last Time’ Sets a Hawthorne Novel in New Orleans, in 1950 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

We normally have a bit more clarity, but I quite like blurring some of the lines. Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on "Medazzaland" turning 25: "I love the sonic architecture" 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z

It’s a quintessentially Chekhovian moment — happiness and despair sitting side by side, and is rendered with touching clarity by both actresses. | 'Uncle Vanya': Maly Drama Performs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2010-04-08T22:50:00Z

Every show that Marvel has released so far is entertaining enough to drive fervent dialogue during their respective runs, with a couple achieving more depth and clarity than others. Marvel 's "What If...?" is a thrilling ride into the multiverse, albeit with minor irritations 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

But even better is the stylish naturalness and clarity that Mr. Thomas draws from the players, and the inspired cast. Classical Playlist: 'West Side Story,' Schubert, Haydn and More 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

First it needs to definitely move past its grief and regard, with clarity, the many mistakes of its dysfunctional parent in order to avoid repeating them. Without Roseanne, who are “The Conners” now? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

He added, “He preferred factual confusion to clarity, so the idea that he be credited with the logo would have been something that he would have absolutely encouraged.’ How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got Its Logo 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

The enhanced clarity is a welcome turn, making it easier to hear Mr. Carter’s scintillating sonorities, myriad instrumental colors and complex rhythmic interplay. Music Review: Elliott Carter?s Concerto for Flute - Review 2011-09-30T22:55:05Z

Almost as if determined to prove something, he conducted the score with exceptional vigor, sweep, and uncommon textural clarity. Music Review: At Met, the New ?Ring? Is Mostly a Success 2010-09-28T06:30:00Z

“It wasn’t until I quit drinking, until my sobriety allowed me this magnificent clarity, that I realized I’d had a teacher all along — my dad,” Frank recalls, snapping his fingers. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: The Personal Is the Clinical 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gelb said that he had been impressed by Mr. McVicar’s ability to draw great acting from his singers, his versatility and the clarity of his stagings. Hollywood? Nope. The Met Will Do for David McVicar. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Thomas added a work to the program to show off the orchestra in a full-bodied Romantic piece, Glinka’s rousing “Ruslan and Ludmila” Overture, which the orchestra played with zest, flair and impressive clarity. New Hall in Miami Beach Begins to Fill Its Role for Musicians and Public 2011-01-26T17:26:13Z

Skloot's tireless reporting is sensitively done and written with unusual clarity; she erases the line between lab and humanity with inspiring deftness. 27 best books of 2010: The Seattle Times looks back at a year of great reading 2010-12-18T01:15:33Z

You’ll regret you didn’t drink more and, in rare moments of clarity, so will your date. Don't talk politics, sex or the ex: 10 ways to ruin a date 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

He used her clarity and the impressive articulation in her legs and feet in “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” to produce what she called “something to be joyous with.” Violette Verdy, Ballerina With Flair, Dies at 82 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

It has been edited for concision and clarity. “I did so many bad things with my genitals”: Blink-182’s Travis Barker opens up on sex, drugs, plane crashes and Christianity 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Alongside it the Bartók sonata seems a model of clarity and vivid originality, though this performance lacks the edge of feral energy that the finest accounts convey. Bart?k: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Rihm: Schrift-Um-Schrift ? review 2011-01-06T22:19:00Z

But Martin is stingy with this retrospective clarity. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

Right now, the book publishers seem to be saying, the hungry reader wants to be presented with history, memory, clarity, simplicity. The Best Cookbooks of 2019 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

“I like crystal clarity,” Mr. Maguire said, “and that is always what I get from her.” For Celebrity Publicists, It?s Who?s Up Front That Counts 2011-04-06T21:20:07Z

Famous among thrill seekers who do cage dives there amid some of the most efficient predators on earth, Guadalupe is also renowned for the clarity and warmth of the waters that surround it. The Gimlet Eye: At the Edge of Death, and of Fashion 2010-10-27T18:46:00Z

His sentences are models of clarity and vivacity, sometimes further enlivened with wry authorial comments. ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

But it’s a small bit of psychological speculation and authorial contrivance in a book that is distinguished by clarity, narrative energy and evocative description. ‘Architecture’s Odd Couple’: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

This all-MacMillan programme, however, brings together works that are exceptional for their clarity and unity. The Royal Ballet – review 2012-11-18T16:30:01Z

These fine wines, which balance sweet flavors with lively acidity on an exhilarating razor’s edge, will echo the peach, ginger and balsamic notes with refreshing clarity. How to Host a Socially Distanced Barbecue 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

It's not clear what the long barrow was used for, and it's that lack of clarity that's interesting and in a way inspiring, because you can make up your own stories. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z

What follows is a transcript — condensed, edited, annotated and reordered for clarity — of the exchange. Rand Paul’s campaign manager talks to the establishment Republican he ambushed in 2010 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

And she remains steadfastly faithful and hopeful, a proud mother of three who tries to see with clarity both "the roses and the thorns." "Faith is weaponized": Jill Duggar Dillard on how she felt controlled by her family 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z

Q: Ambiguity, then, requires more clarity, not less? Ritesh Batra, director of ‘The Sense of an Ending,’ on graduating to the big league 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

The Marni hallmarks of print and pop were accounted for, but with fresh clarity. Missoni's Summer Surf Safari 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

When Ms. Okpokwasili, 46, returned the call, an automated voice message provided no clarity. MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Fellowships 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

You can watch our full interview here, or read on for the transcript, which has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Lindy West reclaims the "witch hunt": On comedy, feminism and why terrible men think they're victims 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

The inevitable comparison, notably on a song like “Adios,” is to Nina Simone — to her demonstrative clarity of phrase, and the flickering incandescence of her timbre. Review: Benjamin Clementine Releases His Debut Album 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

He compared the accumulation of light over time on the film, which continually eroded the clarity of the images, to the idea of forgetting. Ori Gersht: ‘History Repeating’ at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston 2012-08-26T03:54:34Z

Two Wagner transcriptions, the “Spinning Song” from “The Flying Dutchman” and “Isolde’s Liebestod,” are given full orchestral dimension, without sacrificing clarity of detail or exceeding the limits of what might be sung. CD reviews: Breathtaking moments in new song cycle ‘let me tell you’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The set lists were identical, which made for an easy comparison, but in both iterations the songs fulfilled their function, exuding an elegant clarity. Music Review: Kenny Wheeler at Festival of New Trumpet Music - Review 2011-10-25T20:35:03Z

"The clarity is essential in this music," he says. 'Clavier' Redux: András Schiff brings Bach's masterpiece to Benaroya 2012-10-10T22:23:03Z

In truth, it might hold the secret of only the next few minutes, but that visual inspection allows us to evaluate the wine’s clarity. Those wine-snob behaviors? There’s a good reason for all of them. 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

As I introduced them, James and Marina seemed to share an immediate shorthand of taste and a clarity of vision for what would be an appropriate engagement ring. Lord of the engagement rings 2013-02-20T01:00:00Z

This is a moment of clarity, in which all of the women in the room witness together both the necessity of forgiveness and its irreducible complications, its transformative power alongside its dangerous amenability to injustice. After abuse,"Women Talking" challenges the misuse and metamorphosis of forgiveness 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

The three-judge 2nd Circuit panel said it hoped its ruling would bring more clarity to copyright law. US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Still, it has clarity on its side, thanks to Mr. Wilmerding’s thematic divisions: flowers and plants, household objects, body parts and clothes, and food and drink. Art in Review: Benny Andrews: The Pop Object ‘The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art’ 2013-05-09T19:47:17Z

My conversation with Aaron Sorkin has been edited, as usual, for length and clarity. Aaron Sorkin read Breitbart for inspiration as he wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird" script 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

But that minimalism serves as an excuse for an irritating lack of narrative clarity, so that much of what happens seems arbitrary rather than haunting. ‘The Rover,’ a Drama With Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The story in “Tallulah” sometimes strains credulity, but it’s beautifully told and acted — three women and a baby, everyone except the baby in need of clarity. Review: Three Women (and a Baby) at a Crossroads in ‘Tallulah’ 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

For more than 30 years, when a slain Black American ushers in national tragedy, anyone looking for explanatory art could always find clarity in “Do the Right Thing.” 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

“He doesn’t make mistakes. There’s always clarity, preparedness, consistency.” For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

It was a performance of great textural beauty and clarity of counterpoint, marred by moments of rhythmic stiffness. BBCSO/Sinaisky ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:48Z

Alas, the higher resolution has one downside: it really makes you wince when you see the obscenely corpulent Goblin King in such crystal clarity. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – the wait for reviews begins 2012-11-30T12:05:54Z

The crazed cadenza was all the more ferocious for the ping and clarity of Mr. Lang’s playing. Music Review: Lang Lang?s Bartok With the New York Philharmonic - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:36Z

Jacobs praises the “cold-eyed clarity” with which the English historian C.V. Review | The key to a more tranquil mind? One author argues it’s all about revisiting books from the past. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

The wonderful poise and clarity of that performance invited comparisons with what is generally regarded as the greatest of all versions of Berlioz's song cycle, by Régine Crespin. Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Eté; Herminie; Ravel: Shéhérazade 2012-06-20T14:48:52Z

In the concerto’s genial first movement and the spirited Rondo, Mr. McGill played with rhythmic brio and impeccable clarity. Music Review: New York String Orchestra, Conducted by Jaime Laredo, at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-31T21:05:36Z

Having babies isn’t a divine right; it’s a responsibility that should be weighed up, where possible, with a degree of clarity that I appreciate isn’t assisted by the ticking of your biological clock. I’m pregnant and want this second baby – but not the man 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

In Chopin's demonic Scherzo No. 1, there were similar issues of balance and clarity, but Perahia sustained the forward momentum, slowing down to render the score's central carol theme with touching poignancy. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

Its music shows both songwriters’ clear fingerprints: the pithy, hard-nosed clarity of Mr. Pop’s lyrics and the unflinching tone of his voice; and the crispness, angularity and deft convolutions of Mr. Homme’s chords and melodies. Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Team Up for Secret Album 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

But as is frequently the case in books by investigative reporters, everything the editor made him leave out of his coverage for the sake of clarity and narrative momentum now becomes string for the book. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The egalitarian Cuarteto Casals, whose violinists share first and second roles, kept a lightness and clarity in their approach. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z

I thought clarity would help, but many of my matches ignored my A&L. I was contacted by a woman in her 40s with two young children who lived in Aberdeen. ‘One woman told me sex with a black man was on her bucket list’ 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z

The result of their partnership is a film that balances penetrating clarity with compassion. Review: ‘Night Comes On’ Thoughtfully Contemplates a Teenager’s Revenge 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

All the while, Mr. Ross was working out a style of playing focused on clarity, and heavily influenced by the classic vibraphonist Milt Jackson. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Morrison lives in my imagination at a higher plane than any other living writer, a Nobel laureate operating at the peak of language and moral clarity — a mythical, monumental deity of American letters. Analysis | Toni Morrison has kept the public at arm’s length. Now she’s letting people in on her terms. 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Another extended brawl lays thrilling waste to a fishmonger's warehouse, the chaos captured with brutally balletic movements and a clarity that's often lacking in the muddled editing of Hollywood action movies. 'Ip Man 2': Sequel's martial-arts action beats the storytelling 2011-01-27T22:55:30Z

Mr. Kissin dispatched the filigreed figurations with delicate, milky textures and uncanny clarity: a wondrous rush of notes. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z

What you gain in clarity and size, you lose in design and pacing. ArtsBeat: 'Fantastic Four' Gets a Reboot, and the Critics Weigh In 2012-02-02T22:15:45Z

He also taught his son to play mental chess, an exercise that, Mr. Glass writes, develops the ability to visualize with “terrific clarity.” Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Words Without Music’ Tells of a Life Full of Changes in Rhythm 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

The following conversation has been lightly edited for lengthy and clarity. And she was: Talking Heads' Chris Frantz on their "Twilight Zone" sound & his romantic rock memoir 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

You have new clarity, honesty, and a better sense of yourself and how you relate to others and how you relate to the world. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can relationships grow if not headed toward cohabiting, marriage, kids? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Like most pianists, Kolesnikov approached the first run of each passage straightforwardly, with a clarity that rendered the score’s precise architecture in vivid detail. A Pianist’s Rare Visit to New York Reveals His Personality 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

Adept at conveying his ideas through drawings, Coecke is usually credited with combining in tapestry the compositional and spatial clarity of Italian Renaissance art with a Northern European penchant for detail. ‘Grand Design’ Showcases Pieter Coecke Tapestries at the Met 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

We spoke to Touré from New York; the interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Prince’s feud with Michael Jackson: The intense rivalry leading up to “a kind of a superstar way of saying, ‘f**k you’” 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

The clarity of her own existence was obvious. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

Below is a transcript of the conversation, shortened and edited for clarity. Q&A: Masha Gessen Sees a Bleak Future for Putin's Russia 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

“What you want to hear is the clarity, the harmonics, the textures,” he said. The Vinyl? It’s Pricey. The Sound? Otherworldly. 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Zimmermann combined robust, rich and focused sound with articulate clarity. Music Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann and New York Philharmonic - Review 2012-01-23T22:29:50Z

“American Sniper” is not quite among them, but much of its considerable power derives from the clarity and sincerity of its bedrock convictions. ‘American Sniper,’ a Clint Eastwood Film Starring Bradley Cooper 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

I see Bill with a scorching clarity that pains me. Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Collingwood spoke to Salon from his Massachusetts home; the interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Life after Fountains of Wayne: “I don’t find myself listening to power-pop music at all” 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

To depict this disintegration – or is it a flight into clarity? Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z

The French publishing world was slow to distance itself from Matzneff, who had even written a book defending sex with children, but it seems that “Consent” brought some late-breaking moral clarity. Two Memoirists Explore Abuse and Survival 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

His transcription of Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” was a marvel of contrapuntal clarity and varied textures; one strand sounded like a brass band in the distance. Cameron Carpenter unleashes his International Touring Organ at CAP UCLA 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Below is an interview with Korb, edited for length and clarity. Perspective | A pediatrician’s advice on teaching kids to be organized — at any age 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Joseph Marcell, in the title role, has a rich voice and handles the language with a becoming clarity. The Shakespeare Globe’s Informal ‘King Lear’ at the Skirball 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

If Gardiner's brisk clarity, favouring symbolist hues over impressionist gauzes, sometimes stripped the score of an element of its mystery, the delicacy of the ORR's playing, in the final act especially, was something to savour. Prom 3: Pelléas et Mélisande – review 2012-07-16T11:08:16Z

Rather, it’s a pre-political—or sub-political—tableau of forces that are pulling the strings of modern life against the rational clarity of collective progress. “Monrovia, Indiana,” Reviewed: Frederick Wiseman’s Anguished Study of Small-Town America 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Haino, small and thin, moves like a teenager, fast and abruptly, with clarity. Critic’s Notebook: Keiji Haino at Issue Project Room and Whitney Museum 2013-04-21T21:46:54Z

But those past shows have had more dynamism and more clarity. Review: A ‘Peter Pan’ That Never Takes Flight 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

It tells its long and winding story with admirable clarity. Theater Review: ‘Giant,’ With Brian D’Arcy James, at the Public Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:12Z

I missed the intimacy and directness — the almost chamber-orchestra clarity, with the words leaping off the stage — of the St. Louis production. Review: ‘Fire’ Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Brushes gather electricity from the commutator.” — eclipses the clarity and immediacy of the working model. Museum Review: New York Transit Museum 2011-12-15T23:03:45Z

Ms. Tanowitz, who smartly and thoughtfully distills ballet technique into fresh, inventive forms, is well poised to illustrate Eliot’s ideas on space, movement and stillness with elegance and clarity. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

The film communicates these complex ideas with quiet, forceful emotional clarity. ‘On the Record’ Review: A Black Woman Says ‘#MeToo’ 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

I could have replied saying: “What do you mean ‘friends … just’???”, but asking for clarity just isn’t what you do when you’re on a perpetual first date. Asymmetric love, part one: I'm going to tell him how I feel 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

I woke with sudden and stunning clarity: If I wanted any kind of relationship with this guy, I had to work this out. Modern Love: Chubby, Skinny, Accepting — Modern Love 2013-01-03T22:44:01Z

The association with the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings is unmistakable, and one of those instances where an action suddenly alters your frame of reference with breathtaking clarity. Review | When blood and guts aren’t enough, even for a pair of tragedies 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

In “Gemini Man,” Lee has striven to recalibrate the entire production — the lighting, the production design, the performances — to suit the clarity of the disarmingly sharp HFR images. Ang Lee has a new religion in digital. Will anyone follow? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

As directed by Mr. Eyre, who is also the adapter of this breathless 90-minute version, “Ghosts” is steeped in an unforgiving clarity. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Ghosts,’ ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘The Pass’ in London 2014-02-04T18:25:15Z

I just couldn’t look away from that clarity of vision.” How to Get Published: A Book’s Journey From ‘Very Messy’ Draft to Best Seller 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

As your strength returns, clarity likely will, too. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to get away from a family getaway 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

It’s called “New Year’s Day,” and it’s a modest ballad about that gust of clarity that always seems to arrive the morning after. Review | It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

It’s just one of the sharp moments of clarity tucked into her pristine songs. Music: Listening to Sia Tolno, Wye Oak, Etta James and Givers 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z

“This is the question I’m still facing: How much clarity does there need to be?” she said. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Yoked with that mind is a clarity of purpose, tinged with a belief in the divine, which can resemble a kind of innocence. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

Her work resonates with the music of those soul artists alongside whom she honed her craft: the grand ambition of Isaac Hayes, the moral clarity of Curtis Mayfield, and the erotic truth-telling of Aretha Franklin. Toni Morrison and Nina Simone, United in Soul 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

I’m far more annoyed by lack of clarity, by people who write generically instead of concretely. Q&A with Steven Pinker, author of ‘The Sense of Style’

A court hearing set for Nov. 8 may provide more clarity about the legal controversy surrounding the rule. Is Texas’ reproductive health care in jeopardy? 2012-11-03T12:00:00Z

He treats the Prelude No. 2 in A minor like a crazed perpetual-motion toccata, tossing off the passagework with rippling clarity and washes of color. Alexander Melnikov Records Shostakovich Preludes 2010-07-04T02:16:00Z

Even his brisk, driven reading of the finale prized textural clarity over forcefulness. Music Review: Nikolai Lugansky Performs at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-24T22:55:00Z

What makes this movie worthwhile is the clarity and sincerity of that hope, which it recognizes as trite but also necessary. Movie Review: ?Girl in Progress? With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez 2012-05-10T21:10:33Z

It wasn’t because of concerns over the accuracy and clarity of his statement, but because he said it to someone he really didn’t know. The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

But when viewed in our current political climate and the urgency of racism, sexism and climate change, its lack of clarity can also feel like a luxury. Finding Redemption and Rebirth on the Road to Broadway 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Entertainment President Karey Burke said Tuesday the “lack of clarity” over the ceremony kept the Oscars in the public conversation. ABC executive sees silver lining in Oscar flap: interest 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

But despite the improvement in clarity, the question remains: Will fans accept the format? Blu-Ray albums target hi-fi fans 2013-10-08T14:09:13Z

At a dinner celebrating the opening of “Red,” Sir Terence thanked his son for bringing clarity back to Conran in his new capacity. The Details: In Praise of British Design 2012-09-26T22:11:26Z

It is introducing clarity into a situation that calls for it. Ask Amy: Keeping accidental freebie is unethical

“It’s unusual to have that level of clarity,” Bailey says. Seen it all before? The Shape of Water and claims of movie plagiarism 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“The show presents her as an artist of formidable discipline, consistency and clarity of purpose, and a key player in any history of postwar art.” Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, the productions provide lushness, clarity and some sly reminders of sounds from Ms. Jackson’s old hits. Review: Janet Jackson’s ‘Unbreakable’ Focuses on Love Outside the Bedroom 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

Throughout the concerto, Rouvali was a willing accomplice, lending the score the clarity it requires with a whiff of daring. Review: A Guest Conductor Reveals the Philharmonic’s Potential 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Among the shrewd manifestations of struggle in the music — a specialty of Mr. Adjuah’s, maybe even the essence of his brand — there was an intriguing new one, a tug-of-war between clarity and turbidity. Music Review: Christian aTunde Adjuah Brings New Sound to a Jazz Festival 2014-05-09T21:40:13Z

She’s a true virtuoso, and it was in the solo cadenza passages that her artistry was truly on display as the clarity of her cello was even more readily heard. Review | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra debuts at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

At Riverside Church, the bass section of the Chorale Le Chateau strongly anchored the fugue, and the altos lent it clarity. Review: ‘The Ordering of Moses’ Shines at Riverside Church 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

On the drums, Mr. Sorey shows off a sparkling narrative clarity. Is It Jazz? Improvisation? Tyshawn Sorey Is Obliterating the Lines 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

Her songs hold echoes of the area’s Appalachian heritage in their unhurried picking and Celtic-tinged melodies, and she sings with the centered clarity of a mountain balladeer. Review: Joan Shelley Offers Celtic-Tinged Melodies 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

It began rather awkwardly, however, with a heavy-handed performance of Bach's Fifth English Suite, in which a sense of ruminative introspection intruded upon the music's linear clarity. Alessandro Taverna ? review 2012-02-10T18:15:42Z

Selin also shares her creator’s interest in the labyrinth of language, its potential for both clarity and confusion. Elif Batuman turns her gifts to fiction in 'The Idiot' 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

"In the absence of clarity, we will be proceeding," Arvay said. Sex change might not bar wannabe beauty queen 2012-04-03T02:37:10Z

Another reason, I suspect, is that Wallace’s appraisal is something of an oasis of clarity in a coverage environment clouded by spin, prevarication and "whataboutism." The impeachment party is in full swing with the media as its unprepared host 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

At the same time, wood is so obvious and ubiquitous that it forces some curatorial clarity. Art Review: ‘Against the Grain,’ at the Museum of Arts and Design 2013-06-06T21:50:05Z

The film avoids convenient or black-and-white answers but embodies a striking moral clarity, taking aim at systemic failures rather than individual actions. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

“We wanted some clarity in the texture and vitality in the tempi. Early music at that time had been slow, thick, cloudy and taken very seriously, like an ancient relic.” Neville Marriner, who led renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, dies at 92 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

He delves into the confusion of his upbringing with unflinching clarity, attempting to come to terms with both his mother's love and her self-destructiveness. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

In the Schoenberg pieces, which opened the recital, Mr. Hough showed the careful balance of scrupulous clarity and impetuous poetry for which he is known and loved. Music Review: Stephen Hough, Putting Piano Music in Perspective 2014-04-14T22:14:42Z

In those vertiginous moments after losing love, when it is tempting to sink into self-pity and victimhood, there are valuable opportunities to gain clarity on what we might have unintentionally hidden from ourselves. Jennifer Lopez's reinvention of the breakup 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

Bold patterns, as if redrawn from Masai beading, at the neck of sweaters, python-patterned shoes and a jungle of flower patterns competed with plaid and made a collection with clarity and vision. On Top of the World 2013-01-17T17:58:13Z

Cheerleader and counselor, impresario and guru — he will push and prod in a rehearsal room for greater clarity, deeper character, more truth. The Unimaginable 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Waterford’s upcoming Gift of Wisdom design includes cobalt blue crystals that are supposed to symbolize "enlightenment and ingenuity" and evoke "reflection and clarity," the company wrote in an updated Waterford Crystal Times Square guide. Times Square's 2022 New Year's Eve Ball design revealed by crystal maker 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

Now our comedians are not just using ironic comedy to help bring clarity to the crisis; they are also showing the leadership our administration sorely lacks. How late night comedy shows are making sense of absurd and reckless coronavirus responses 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

At one point, in a rare moment of self-observing clarity, David asks Maria if she thinks he's a terrible person. 'The Revisionist' has an uninspired role in need of a rewrite 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

It’s a complicated situation that Spielberg and Hanks approach in a manner both unfashionably devoid of irony and refreshingly suffused with moral clarity. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg on Bridge of Spies, Racism in Hollywood and Star Wars 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Or maybe her razor-sharp photographic vision had lost a bit of clarity. Marilyn Stafford, a Photojournalist Rediscovered, Dies at 97 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Over all his playing was more impressive for its organic sweep and full-bodied character than for nuance and clarity. Music Review: Young Concert Artists Gala at Alice Tully Hall 2013-05-17T21:18:15Z

This criticism focused on insufficient independence and a lack of clarity over the separation of roles. BBC has had 'annus horribilis' 2013-09-11T20:48:18Z

What unified the selections was a love of melody as a vehicle for beautiful singing — with textual clarity an expendable extra. Review: Anna Netrebko Sang a Recital. Of Course She Brought Props. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Serkin plays with pristine clarity, but not overly so. A Pianist’s Final Message: Overlooked Works by a Son of Bach 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

I want it to feel like film, and intervene with the digital-camera sharpness and clarity and electric buzz, soften that and the let the colors distort and maybe play with some double-exposure images. ArtsBeat: More Todd Haynes on My Morning Jacket Concert Film 2011-05-03T19:48:06Z

As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth’s expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Yet in bringing us into the present, Mr. Andrews is also leading us into a timelessly primeval world, observed with an anthropological clarity. Review: A Darwinian ‘Streetcar’ With a Feminist Streak 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

This isn't a raunchy dude comedy or a gimmicky chick flick; indeed, one of the many remarkable things about "Sleepover" is the way Mitchell views his male and female characters with equal compassion and clarity. "Myth of the American Sleepover": An exquisite teenage dream 2011-07-22T23:30:00Z

That clarity has afforded observers the chance to appraise Warhol objectively. Review | ‘Warhol’ paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Here is what they shared, edited for space and clarity. Perspective | Need new ideas for summer road trip snacks? These 11 chefs have you covered. 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Yet almost as quickly, “Folkestone” made me forget those sonic signposts; my focus shifted to the polished clarity of Ms. Smith’s compositional intentions. At This New-Music Festival, You Can Count on Variety 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

We trust him because of his practicality, his hands-on experience, as well as the fact that he writes with such clarity about the human body and the human condition. My hero: Oliver Sacks by Hilary Mantel 2013-02-08T13:31:01Z

Still, this work certainly stood out for its directness, textural clarity and generosity of statement. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Their conversation has been edited for length and clarity. How David L. Ulin and Paul Kolsby co-wrote their satiric earthquake novel, 'Ear to the Ground' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

His tenure in that great Southern band ended in a haze of alcoholism and addiction, and the eventual process of rehabilitation imparted a deeper clarity to his music. Review: Jason Isbell, Slowing Down to Feel the Americana 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

As a work of precise emotional manipulation, narrative clarity, and brazenly patriotic pride, it’s remarkably effective—but the movie lacks the taste, the daring, the single-mindedness, the madness of beauty. “The Walk” Falls Short of Artistry 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

It features a smart interpretive essay that is a model of clarity and concision by the organizer, Getty curator Paul Martineau, plus lavish reproductions of everything in the show. Minor White snaps into focus again in Getty Museum show 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

If, as is extremely likely given the SAG’s taste for anointing Oscar contenders as the frontrunner, Keaton or Redmayne wins, we may get a bit more clarity. The 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards: What You Need to Know 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Alternating between static poses and bursts of motion, this introductory work established the clarity of Ms. Sarukkai’s dancing, her ability to define and shape space, and especially her uncommon rhythmic precision. Dance Review: Malavika Sarukkai at the Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-11-18T23:04:26Z

In a time of confusion, the best films can offer clarity, comfort and a salutary reminder of complexities that lie beyond the bluster and expedience of political discourse and conventional journalism. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s a complicated situation Spielberg and Hanks approach in a manner both unfashionably devoid of irony and refreshingly suffused with moral clarity. Bridge of Spies Paints History in Black and White 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

We discussed this and other aspects of this warts-and-all look at Fauci's career debuting in the wake of his recent retirement in this interview, which has been lightly edited for length and clarity. What makes Dr. Anthony Fauci an "American Master?" 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

Though the sounds and colorings of the orchestra were impressive, what mattered more was the purposefulness and clarity of the playing. Review: Tanglewood Orchestra Celebrating Its 75th 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

But at one point she snapped into clarity: "Your uncle," she said sternly, "was a brave man. Don't you forget." Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Our conversation has been edited lightly for clarity and length. Utkarsh Ambudkar on his "revolutionary" love interest role in "Brittany Runs a Marathon" 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

But the chief virtue of Suzman's production is its speed and clarity. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z

Watch my "Salon Talks" with Gyllenhaal here or read a transcript of the interview below, lightly edited for length and clarity. "We've got a Marvel movie here": Stephen Gyllenhaal reframes the not-for-profit battle for justice 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z

The song highlighted the strength and clarity of his vocals and earned him a standing ovation from all four coaches. 'The Voice' recap: Was it really the 'best live show' ever? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Remarks have been edited for length and clarity. A night at the ballet, in time for ‘Nutcracker’ season 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

But what really counted in his performance was his unfailing clarity and care with text. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-04-05T20:45:00Z

The finest of the post-war generation of Leningrad male dancers, "Cosmonaut Yuri" combined a phenomenal jump with supreme clarity and refinement of technique. The 10 best dancers 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z

There is a striking clarity to this book; there is also a depth of kindness in it that all but the most churlish readers will find moving. ‘The Sum of Us’ Tallies the Cost of Racism for Everyone 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

For the persuasive clarity of these images, Ealing paid the price. The troubled heart of Ealing and British postwar cinema 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z

“I thought having visions would give him clarity,” Mr. Donovan said. ‘Shut Eye’ Lays Its Tarot Cards on the Table 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

I interviewed Loach about his new film by phone earlier this month. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

Alternately applying brute force, meticulous clarity of finger work and legato line, Gewirtzman made a strong case for this lesser-known work. A young virtuoso makes his D.C. debut 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Here are excerpts from a conversation with Mr. Redzepi, edited for length and clarity. ‘It’s Almost Three Years Since I Had a Proper Vacation’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Marans presents such complexity with an appealing clarity, especially in his depiction of the play’s central relationship. Theater Review | 'The Temperamentals': The Churning Insides of a Quiet Revolution 2010-03-01T06:03:00Z

People say they were drawn to the bravery of the author and the clarity of his message, which was unfettered by corporate speak. Young man with autism pens viral employment letter: ‘take a chance on me’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

So as Francisco and other locals conspire to shut down the tower, it becomes easier to accept Hough’s more melodramatic tics: They’re the product of a writer striving for the clarity of a fable. ‘Dr. Brinkley’s Tower’: million-watt tower versus small Mexican town 2013-01-23T23:39:07Z

The president of the United States should provide moral clarity and leadership for the country. What Obama’s Dallas speech missed: Police brutality is rooted in race-based housing segregation and economic inequality 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

But it offers the possibility of making the best cup of coffee you’ve ever made, something you’ve never tasted before, with unreal clarity and complexity. Great gear for making coffee 2012-09-16T16:00:00Z

If you were an unbiased policy maker with the clarity and common sense of Alan Blinder, which one would you target?  Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

The bones are the same, but the meat is different; it’s leaner and more fluid and more direct, with more rhythmic clarity. An Opera About Harvey Milk Finally Finds Itself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

She has five tattoos by JonBoy, including her brother’s initials, the word “clarity” on her neck and the numerals 13:4, a reference to her favorite Bible verse, in First Corinthians. Putting His Mark on the World 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

With results: Her performances often strike a remarkable balance of clarity and urgency, whether shepherding a premiere or reinvigorating a classic. A Conductor Considers Her Future 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

His attention to subtext is beguiling, and exasperating as you seek a little clarity. Review: ‘Bridgend,’ on a Mysterious Cluster of Suicides in Wales 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

With admirable clarity, the book lays out Heatherwick's inventive body of work so far – not just his "greatest hits" but also some of the early works and lesser-seen experiments that led up to them. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-05-25T14:35:10Z

For all the effort, "M/M/C" just doesn't yield enough clarity or mythic resonance to make the three-hour-plus epic compelling. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z

Mr. Trifonov brought striking clarity to the wandering lyrical lines that thread through the music and savored the pungent sonorities of dense, chromatic chords. Review: A Star Pianist Finally Lets Us See Him Sweat 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

All the delicacy, finesse and sweet clarity that should be the essence of haute couture appeared on the final day of the autumn/winter 2011 season. Special Report: Fashion: Plumes of Glorious Restraint 2011-07-06T17:21:47Z

In his images, Audubon portrayed birds with an empyrean clarity. Art: Audubon’s Words, Worthy of Show 2013-07-26T20:10:39Z

On Friday he played with unflashy fluidity and clarity, the best kind of virtuosity. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z

“If she doesn’t understand something, she’s going to ask for that clarity,” he said. Dominique Fishback Knows You Think She’s Sweet. ‘Swarm’ May Confuse That 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

There’s no excuse for this, not least because qualities like “clarity” and “simplicity” loom large in almost every design doctrine. 2010-01-25T09:32:00Z

This interview, condensed and edited for clarity, was conducted during breakfast at an East London hotel in July. Chidera Eggerue Has Some Tips (and Hashtags) for Self-Love 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

Organized by Deborah Wye, chief curator of the department of prints and illustrated books, this show casts a wide net and arranges its catch with penetrating clarity. Art Review: Picasso Prints at MoMA and Marlborough 2010-04-08T22:17:00Z

She says clarity is crucial, especially with young children. Working from home with children: Tips to make it work 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Nobel academy praised her "finely tuned storytelling, which is characterised by clarity and psychological realism". Alice Munro wins Nobel Literature Prize 2013-10-10T12:51:40Z

Gould’s performance has moments of stunning beauty and integrity, as when it brings out inner voices with remarkable clarity. For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

And yet there is no denying the seriousness of his intentions, or the clarity of his vision. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Love,’ First in a Trilogy Directed by Ulrich Seidl 2013-04-25T23:55:47Z

My adrenal glands started pumping faster, flooding my blood and … time slowed … I felt a sort of clarity. Iraq nearly gave me PTSD 2013-04-16T16:30:00Z

That was our intention: transparency and clarity, and also just to get rid of the fat already associated with this music from, I would say, the 1930s. A Pianist Comes Around on Period Instruments 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

I don't think we have clarity in terms of our own emotions, let alone our relationships with other people. "Does trauma-bonding negate the love?": Stars Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney talk "Catching Dust" 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

He brought a new clarity to the orchestra’s sound, embarked on ambitious recording projects and a series of worldwide tours. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

This is Longstreth distilled, an emotional clarity and depth that surpasses the rest of his material. Dirty Projectors Hit a Serious Emotional Stride on Swing Lo Magellan 2012-07-09T17:22:56Z

The lack of clarity about the sculpture’s purpose is matched by the illogic of its symbolism. Jeff Koons Unveils His Iffy “Bouquet of Tulips” for Paris 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

The performers’ impeccable clarity and verve set the tone for the whole afternoon. Ehnes Quartet wows crowd in closing chamber-fest concert 2014-02-03T17:59:31Z

But on the day of the march, she calmly approached the microphone and began speaking with clarity and confidence. Before Greta Thunberg was a global icon, she was a tormented child who refused to eat or speak 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

In the Mahler Ninth, there’s frequently so much going on in the orchestra that a conductor must work hard for clarity. Dudamel, LA Phil deliver a glowing night of Mahler 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

This masks the clarity of the beer and also affects our perception of the cleanliness of the vessel. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z

There is clarity in purpose and there is power in only saying yes to the things that move your spirit and your calling while saying a fierce no to the things that don't. Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, this is symptomatic of the book’s poor organization, which is exacerbated by a lack of clarity on the distinction between journalism and boosterism. The cult of El Sistema keeps playing on 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Working with a flexible geometric vocabulary, she produces paintings whose taut visual clarity is the result of meticulously sewing together contrasting pieces of painted or raw canvas. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

They are by now shells of their former selves, trading their moral clarity for an amoral lunge at whatever’s left of the world. Who will be next to go on ‘Walking Dead?’ Maybe it’s you. 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

They were fermented at cool temperatures and aged in steel tanks, a method that enhances freshness, clarity and aromas, producing wines that are lively, clear and, texturally, at least, relatively simple. From Campania’s Volcanic Soils, Whites in Multiple Colors 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

That's a cool thing because my wife and I, we work together on things too, and it brings a different type of clarity to the relationship. Dave Franco shares your Airbnb anxieties in new horror flick "The Rental," starring wife Alison Brie 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

She felt proud in her azure mermaid gown as she spoke about the importance of clarity in communication. Over 60 and dripping in sequins — these women refuse to be invisible 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Below are their replies, edited for length and clarity. Two years on, Hollywood reflects on #MeToo changes 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, a character will turn into the woman she will become, recalling what happened years before with a heightened clarity that real memory never allows. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

He begins by playing the opening aria at a gently lilting tempo and with pristine clarity, though a hint of intensity hovers within. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

At one point, Randall Hawes, who plays bass trombone, ducked into the room and marveled at the clarity of the picture. Detroit Symphony Dives Headlong Into Streaming 2014-03-21T22:02:56Z

Evangelistic certainty and moral clarity were one thing; US soldiers dying needlessly in the sand in a faraway country was quite another. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z

In addition to the need for space, Ms. Kanjo said that the museum’s brief was, “Please try to respect our architectural legacy, but also bring some kind of clarity to it.” Art and Architecture Get a Refresh on the California Coast 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

Though long, he says he found an enjoyable tale of “emotional clarity.” Essential Arts & Culture: The Bard and Harry Potter, art after Fidel, John M. Miller's passing 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

But it's worth it for the moments of vicious humour, the clarity that suddenly emerges from the chaos, and the fact that they know how to rub our noses in it. The Thrill of It All ? review 2010-10-27T20:29:00Z

Instead, you got an unusual glimpse of the work’s skeleton; recurring motifs obscured by Varèse’s orchestral density stood out with a sharp clarity. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Yamaha Piano 2010-07-08T21:25:00Z

Szalai wrote that the book displays Gordon-Reed’s “ability to combine clarity with subtlety,” and to show that “historical understanding is a process, not an end point.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The four soloists, separate from the choir, sang with clarity and earnestness; the violins of Concert Royal played with spirited attack. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ at St. Thomas and Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z

Pilkey’s message has made him a controversial figure—he has the clarity of purpose of a true evangelist, and his vision of coastal retreat seems almost mystical in its divergence from the status quo. The Stark Inequality of Climate Change 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Answers may have been edited for brevity and clarity. Quinta Brunson breaks down A+ grade for ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The clarity of your signal throughout the chain is crucial to hearing this thing properly. Is 'The Beatles in Mono' necessary? Yes and no. 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

I was struck by the clarity and purpose of her farewell to life, the eloquence with which she shaped what she knew would be her last words. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

The following are excerpts from the interview, edited for length and clarity. How to Travel the World While Putting Nature First 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

This transcript has been edited for clarity and length. Spike Lee says it’s time to stop taking violence lying down 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

James Dacre's clever production plays the circular space astutely, though it needs more clarity. The Thrill of Love – review 2013-02-27T18:06:27Z

There is a winning clarity to Fujii’s playing, always guided by an equal focus on melody and texture. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

In the Wolpe he had little choice but to bring out the sharp edges of the outer fast movements and to play the closing fugue with exacting clarity. Music Review: Peter Serkin at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-12-11T22:25:52Z

Being in analysis helps his clarity, I think. For Christopher Shinn, Confronting Death Brings a New Play to Life 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Note: User photos and stories may be edited for size and clarity. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-02-04T21:25:13Z

But most of the opera goes well beyond that mere excellence to audio quality that is simply jaw-dropping in its clarity, depth, range and sheer sense of presence. CD reviews: Two ways of looking at ‘Die Walküre’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Those include clarity of thought and clarity of conducting music of and leading up to our time, and this exerted a powerful influence on Salonen. In a tumultuous world, conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen is focusing more on the present 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

“I like the clarity and cleanliness that I get from a paper filter,” he says. There’s more than one way to make great coffee. Experts share their favorite brewers. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Something very different, in other words, from "maximum clarity." 'Constructing Worlds' exhibit at Barbican explores buildings as neighbors 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Rattle’s players executed the music with aplomb and, for the most part, clarity. Simon Rattle Conducts Schumann With Berlin Philharmonic 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

In a solo that combines delicacy with angular precision, Ms. Lovette showed a clarity of intention and a musicality that imprinted every step upon the eye. Spring Performance: Dance: Anticipating Glory From a Newcomer And a Guest Star 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z

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

A Texas Doctor With a Possible Cancer Cure Plain, plodding and relentlessly expositive, “Burzynski” tries to wrestle medical clarity from a snarl of science and human suffering. | 'Burzynski': Prakash Jha?s ?Godfather,? Bhopal Version 2010-06-03T20:47:00Z

In a field of 16, a little clarity would be helpful. CNN's Super-Sized Debate Helps Candidates and Hurts Viewers 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Express your true feelings with respect and clarity and don’t allow them to be dismissed. I no longer find my wife sexually attractive – have we become too alike? 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

On a lesser artist the cumulative effect might look busy; but the clarity of Galván's dancing means each phrase evolves through its own necessary logic. Israel Galván: one of flamenco's great mavericks 2013-02-25T16:06:02Z

A. I’m jealous of her clarity of vision. Playlist: Worldly Influences On a Young Artist 2011-07-22T18:47:47Z

The second included the line: “in the clarity of consciousness, what if nothing changes?” Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

It does not stint on mime, not even for the swan corps, and the clarity of much of that mime is proven by the audience’s laughter. Review: Misty Copeland in the Washington Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

If anyone has the credentials to bring clarity to the debate, it has to be her. Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z

In “Life in the Garden,” she recalls with great clarity her own ostensibly ordinary but deeply formative environments. Review | What got lost in one writer’s garden 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Recording with the Heartbreakers, the band he formed in the mid-1970s, and on his own, Mr. Petty wrote pithy, hardheaded songs that gave a contemporary clarity to 1960s roots. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

But even as a dedicated viewer and evangelical fan, I started to wonder if it was losing its clarity of vision, at around halfway through the current and soon-to-be-concluded third season. How The Good Fight became TV's most political drama 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Amy, long viewed as the bratty younger sister, develops into a young woman whose clarity in her ambition is enviable. This Is ‘Little Women’ for a New Era 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

The restrictive-nonrestrictive division between “that” and “which”—two particularly common and shifty words—is one attempt at clarity. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

I think as time goes by I kind of understand a little bit more, just the reflective lens lends a bit of clarity to it. Q&A: Paul McCartney on playing the White House 2010-07-26T16:37:00Z

All this was brought together with the clarity of a designer who senses fashion change — but interprets it in her own graceful way. Special Report: Fashion: Color Returns to the City 2011-02-16T17:42:22Z

Texturally and harmonically, the music also moves from complexity to clarity, passing through some sumptuous and vividly evocative territory en route. Prom 27: BBCSSO/Runnicles ? review 2011-08-05T10:34:04Z

The sound he got from the orchestra was broad but never ruptured, with a brutalist clarity that left the fabric of the piece exposed. BBCSSO/Volkov - review 2011-01-31T18:04:33Z

“Like Pound’s Cathay,” he notes, “the words shed their obfuscating ‘meaning’ for a libertine clarity.” Review | ‘Riots I Have Known’ is criminally funny 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

As the plot elements bleed into one another, clarity is in too short supply. Review: In ‘One Thousand Nights and One Day,’ New Tales of Old Persia 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

But the great strength of Fiennes's film is simply its clarity and intelligence. Coriolanus ? review 2011-02-15T15:18:52Z

Sometimes reality is simply too painful – the thought of a slow descent into oblivion, leaving behind everything and everyone you love too large and dark a concept to move closer to with clarity. My parents drink far too much. What can I do? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Uchida played with her customary refinement and integrity, bringing uncanny clarity to inner voices and highlighting arresting musical details in the most natural way. Music Review: Leader and Players, Deeply Bound 2010-12-16T23:06:23Z

Gurney has the same precision, logic and thirst for clarity. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z

This production holds on to the confusion as well as the clarity, with every performer onstage becoming a sort of industrious surrogate detective for us. Review: ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ Elevator Repair Service’s Take on Faulkner 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Hoping for some clarity on this question, I reached out to veterinarians, animal behaviorists and a psychologist who specializes in pet loss bereavement. I hope my dogs die soon 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The saxophonist Joshua Redman “prioritized an agenda of direct emotional clarity.” A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

We spoke to Pilgrim from his university office; the interview has been slightly edited for clarity. “President Obama has been a cottage industry for racist imagery and racist memorabilia”: Why understanding the history of Jim Crow is still essential 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gilbert is at his best when trying to bring clarity and coherence to an elusive score, and the unconventional Sibelius Violin Concerto certainly qualifies. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z

The lists are a jumping off point for connection and clarity, so please, allow this to be a flexible process. Perspective | My kids are fighting more since they’ve been stuck at home. How do I restore order? 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

No dancer today matches the noble perfection with which Mr. Hallberg executes steps; the refinement of his line, the arch of his feet, the clarity of his delivery are all miraculous. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z

“He’s always had this clarity in the way that he plays,” Metheny said. ‘To think it has come to this’: Kenny Burrell’s journey from jazz legend to GoFundMe appeal 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Dumfounded by the Religious Freedom Act, Letterman turned to Franken for clarity: “What I don’t understand is, they’re human beings — so why aren’t they generally protected the same way all human beings are protected?” “They’re human beings!”: David Letterman blasts Indiana over anti-gay law 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

There are moments when a song captures our present with prophetic clarity and others when it shines just out of reach, or takes us lower than we thought possible. “The Brave and Strong Survive, Child” 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Again, Mr. Boulez drew a combination of rich sound and piercing clarity from the orchestra. Music Review: Pierre Boulez Conducts Met Orchestra at Carnegie 2010-05-17T22:00:00Z

But returning to Dowd’s quote, the lesson here is not to be blinded by the light but to see, with sharp-edged clarity, what we can learn about our culture’s relationship with and understanding of abuse. "After Neverland," R. Kelly's CBS meltdown, and the insidious patterns we refuse to see 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

The muggy clarity of the weed and cough-syrup highs sought on the scene also heighten the music's sensuality. Inception brings the trend for slow music to the big screen 2010-07-30T12:04:00Z

His whole gorgeously evocative book notably avoids sentimentality and instead probes for wisdom and clarity. Fall Back Into the School Year With Books by, for and About Teachers 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

But Albertine's clarity of expression in these chapters makes them equally propellent: She writes of her middle age, "How does anyone make it through marriage and children and remain a whole person?" Punk, punk, memoir, memoir: Viv Albertine takes center stage 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

To start, walk and look, soaking in the show’s heady atmosphere, its cleanness and clarity. ‘Production Line of Happiness’ Is a ‘Making Of’ Special 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

An RCN spokesman said clarity was needed over how much money the health service would have in the future so health oficials could plan properly. Nurses debate £10 fee to visit GP 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

This interview is based on two conversations that have been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. The funniest travel account on Instagram is run by the TSA. seriously. 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

The show’s host and lead reporter, Madeleine Baran, brings the same clarity of purpose and vision to sifting through thousands of documents in an abandoned warehouse as she does to dismantling common misconceptions about ballistics. Five Great Podcasts From 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

Salon spoke to Lamott recently about her new book, about spirituality, and about the beauty in the abyss. Portions of this interview have been edited and condensed for clarity. Anne Lamott: “The grace of this world is hilariously huge” 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

And what is fascinating is that, in the absence of English words, Shakespeare's wisdom stands out with such clarity. As You Like It – review 2012-05-22T09:51:51Z

“On every page of this book Bissell sees life with mordant clarity and finds words not only to describe it but to reanimate it,” Zachary Lazar writes in his review. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

There are two motifs in the play that, in combination, suggest its scope and its improbable combination of the clarity we all hope for and the ambiguity in which we mostly live. Theater Review: ‘Sorry,’ by Richard Nelson, at the Public Theater 2012-11-07T19:53:52Z

From one work to the next, light intensifies and fades; hatch marks become handprints; the kindergarten clarity of primary colors yields to the mixed sensuality of high-keyed purples, oranges and greens. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

And although performed with clarity and crackle, there's an inherent dryness to the proceedings. 'Last Confession' takes earnest look at reform, power struggle

In their latest books, “Caravaggio’s ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial” and “Descriptive Bibliography,” each has produced a masterwork of Tacitus-like force, clarity and precision. Review | ‘Caravaggio’s ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial’ raises questions of artistic authenticity amid riveting courtroom drama 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

“Well-Read Black Girl” demystifies the reading and writing practices of the various authors through the clarity and candor of their prose. Review | Well-Read Black Girl’s Glory Edim continues to grow her empire — this time with a book 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

That kind of abrupt clarity marks both the verse — written and printed only in capital letters — and encounters with Mr. Hassan as well. Young Immigrant in Denmark Lashes Out in Verse 2014-04-02T17:00:39Z

The combination muffles the rage in her work, obscures the clarity of her evolution and dilutes or skirts her less popular and less critically chewed-over series. Art Review: ?Cindy Sherman? at Museum of Modern Art 2012-02-23T23:32:21Z

None of these elements are presented with straightforward clarity. | 'The Really Big Once': ?Camino Real,? Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan 2010-04-19T21:52:00Z

Such clarity in his own work allows him to make definitive decisions about who he does and doesn't want on the show. Jimmy Kimmel addresses late night in the era of Trump: “Some nights the news is too grim to ign... 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

For those seeking an understanding of the anarchist movement, which requires ignoring the definition espoused by Fox News, Schramke's examination provides clarity without necessarily landing on a single crystallized answer. "The Anarchists" is HBO's chaotic examination of fear, loathing and a crypto-bro con in Acapulco 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z

It is a book of awe and humbling clarity. The Moral Clarity of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

And we hear a bell, a chime of clarity. Recap: Mad Men Watch: Om Sweet Om 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

It examines, with compassion and clarity, a young woman’s discovery of passion and also of the pain, disappointment and partial wisdom that follow. Movie Review: ?Goodbye First Love,? Directed by Mia Hansen-Love 2012-04-19T21:52:26Z

The female characters particularly are gifted with uncommon clarity, each of a different kind. Review | An enigmatic child sends a small town on a search for answers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, nature asserts itself, or helps the speaker find a clarity that almost approaches enlightenment. Best poetry collections of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

He writes into emotional and political clarity to wrest himself from pain inflicted by his father. Review | Rajiv Mohabir’s ‘Antiman’ is a memoir that refuses genre 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

That was Master Chorale music director Grant Gershon's choice for the Disney premiere because it offers greater clarity to the text. West Coast premiere of 'Anthracite Fields' by L.A. Master Chorale mines the depths of American music 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

I don't claim the review makes its case with perfect clarity, and I didn't expect many people to agree completely. Ebert attacks my "Secretariat" review -- it's on! 2010-10-08T14:58:00Z

Throughout the set, Mr. Bavouzet’s deft touch, fluid playing and coloristic flair illuminated myriad details, which unfolded with crystalline clarity and hazy atmospherics in turn. Music Review: Efflam Bavouzet Performs at Kaplan Penthouse 2013-08-01T22:49:39Z

But these unhurried live takes are less suffused with echo effects than the familiar versions, allowing the disarming clarity of Russell’s voice to hypnotize anew. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

If only the storytelling in “Treasure Island” had the clarity and grace of its heroine’s pipe dream. Review | Jane Hawkins takes center stage in Synetic’s reimagined ‘Treasure Island’ 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Without a word of dialogue, and with a hypnotic, hallucinatory clarity, it leaves behind the sad details of modern life and zeros in on primordial questions of survival and human identity. From Brooklyn to South Africa, 8 Filmmakers to Watch 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

But what we can ascertain, with some clarity, is that celebrity response to controversy has taken on a surreal and defiant new form. Michelle Rodriguez quits apologising and goes for full-frontal defiance 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

The Schola Cantorum sang the choruses with fine clarity and diction, though they were mostly held in reserve by Mr. Suzuki; you might have wished for a little greater impact from two dozen voices. Review: Juilliard415 and Yale Schola Cantorum Perform Bach’s Lutheran Masses 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer, the Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, calls it an “authoritative and ultimately moving” book that brings the pair’s masterpieces to light “with bracing clarity.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Because the clarity that comes from intentionally finding words for yourself, has changed my life truly. What Jedediah Jenkins learned by bicycling across the world 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Besides, years ago, I had enjoyed some of Schopenhauer’s literary essays — “On Authorship,” “On Style”— and been particularly taken with his lively, aphoristic prose and his advocacy of clarity, simplicity and brevity when we write. Review | ‘On the Suffering of the World’ sounds depressing, but perhaps it is a call to action, too 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

She strove, instead, for utter clarity as a device for warding off any trace of morbidity. The importance of being the L.A. Phil 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z

Over time, the portrait promised by Ms. Clay’s subtitle does start to emerge, if not quite with the grace or high-resolution clarity one would like. Review: ‘Labryinths,’ Emma and Carl Jung’s Complex Marriage 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Words are—or at least should be—chosen with care for reasons of emphasis, sensitivity, clarity, and desired impact. “You want me to take f**king out of the Scrabble dictionary?” 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

Halkin writes with characteristic clarity, force and knowledge, and I concur with his judgment that her book is a “brave” one in the current political and cultural climate. Can American Jews Be Both Liberal and Pro-Israel? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

It captures the sense of being midstream — weeks into a dark winter, with no clarity about what is coming. Perspective | Joe Biden warned of a ‘dark winter.’ Why does living in it feel so . . . unreal? 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

The Independent on Sunday's Roger Moorhouse praised "a splendid book, erudite, with an admirable clarity of expression": but noted regretfully that it "appears to lack some of the pizzazz of his earlier offerings". Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2012-06-08T21:55:18Z

Mr. Gerstein played these pieces with an illuminating clarity and an unassailable technique. Music Review: Kirill Gerstein at Peoples? Symphony Concert 2010-05-10T20:47:00Z

Thanks to the admirable clarity of Mr. Sheppard’s conducting — himself a trumpeter — entrances were always precise and harmonies perfectly voiced. Music Review: Metropolitan Opera Brass at St. John the Divine 2013-05-15T20:31:51Z

And although there is so much hope and spiritual clarity in Mr. Rash’s books, this story is a unforgettable evocation of confusion. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

The story is Sophoclean in its clarity and perfect for the kind of historical fiction that dominates the literary marketplace: clean lines, strong characters and a colorful time and place to animate the drama. William Vollmann’s ‘The Dying Grass’ is the reading experience of a lifetime 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Instead, Kenny reveals, with a clarity so delicate it is sometimes painful, the human reaction to trauma. Two Novels, United by Troubled Daughters of Damaged Fathers 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

In the age of instant auteurs, Nichols had an old-fashioned gift: energizing each moment in a good script, bringing clarity, subtlety and potency to the people on view. The Sublime Mike Nichols 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

But this is what surely gives Jhabvala’s work its rare gleam: the undeceived clarity of the eternal outsider, immersed yet apart. The Unsentimental, Darkly Elegant Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

The sound of the solo singers, the chorus and instrumental ensemble of Les Arts Florissants came through on Friday with clarity, presence and bloom. In Paris, a New Music Hub Hums 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

As with previous installments, Giles Martin and Sam Okell's remixed version of the LP not only does the album justice, but succeeds in creating a richer sound palette characterized by clarity and separation. The Beatles' remixed "Revolver" is a revelation, adding even more rich sonic detail for the ears 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Their arrivals were announced loudly, even a bit indelicately: The concerto had clarity and crowd-pleasing excitement, but also lapses in sensitivity and shape. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Their combination of lapidary detail and casual process reveals the intensity of Mr. Johns’s mind with unusual clarity. Art Review: Sculpture in High Relief 2011-05-19T22:00:20Z

As the man who helped imprison both of the Haller siblings, he’d more likely be burned into their brains with shocking clarity than seen through a haze. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Throughout this piece, with Mr. Temirkanov drawing elemental sound from the ensemble, Mr. Lugansky brought clarity, power and flair to his playing. Music Review: Finding the Soul of Russia Everywhere 2011-04-15T23:00:14Z

The mechanic medium integrated Cunningham into a wider community of artists, photographers and intellectuals, with whom she expressed her artistic language in an unyielding clarity. SAM exhibition shows why Seattle’s Imogen Cunningham is one of the leading photographers of her time 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

The drowned world is described with such scientific precision and clarity that it becomes vividly real to the reader. Jane Rogers's top 10 cosy catastrophes 2012-07-05T08:22:05Z

And when something familiar is described with such precision that it becomes estranged, and I am able to see it with clarity and depth. Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Two cast members have Down syndrome, including Mr. Lopes, who spoke some of his lines too fast for clarity on Thursday night but was deeply effective when he took his time. Review: Reanimating an Autistic Artist With ‘Soot and Spit’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

Presented in wobbly VHS clarity, Korine has said he wanted the film to feel like something you "found in a dumpster", and the soundtrack itself takes this principle to logical – maybe illogical – extremes. Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers soundtrack is a load of rubbish 2010-07-07T16:00:00Z

The great virtue of “The Young Karl Marx” is its clarity, its ability to perceive the way the eddies of personal experience flow within the wider stream of history. Review: In ‘The Young Karl Marx,’ a Scruffy Specter Haunts Europe 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

I don't look for the Grammys for moral clarity, but, really? Grammy embrace of Chris Brown draws criticism 2012-02-13T21:18:24Z

At the midway point, two hours into the ride, typically there is a startling moment of clarity to cheer any despondent writer. A Writing Retreat by Rail, From Paris to the Côte d’Azur 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

And it was the intensity and variety of the rhetoric generated by Thursday’s performances — the clarity of their speech — that lifted this Pacific MusicWorks concert far above and beyond the ordinary. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z

Critics praised its deliberate, economical spareness; its light, almost pointillist aspect; its sense of wit and play; and its almost palpable emotional clarity. Ursula Mamlok, Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 93 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

In a moment of clarity, Elliot realized there is no Mr. Robot; or, more simply, that he is Mr. Robot, a key part of fsociety’s hacking scheme. USA’s beguiling ‘Mr. Robot’ returns as appointment TV for bummed-out Bernie Bros 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Nézet-Séguin demands remarkably virtuosic playing from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, revealing the inner details of Mozart’s score with unmatched clarity. CD reviews: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s latest Mozart is a missed opportunity 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Despite this, he pushed through our discussion about how “Drunk History” makes stories of the past accessible, as you’ll read in this interview edited for clarity and length. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

The heroism of his Hollywood characters is an idea that Tarantino works out gradually until it bursts forth, in a final-act twist, with a shocking clarity. Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Obscenely Regressive Vision of the Sixties in “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood” 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

In the quick movements of “Kreisleriana,” he unleashed mighty torrents of sound without sacrificing harmonic clarity or poise. A promising piano program but a flawed execution at the Phillips 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Until then, “A Score to Settle” takes a strange, intermittently violent and digressive trip alongside a dying man of dubious mental clarity — in other words, the kind of role that’s bang in Cage’s wheelhouse. ‘A Score to Settle’ Review: Vengeance Is Fine 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

I didn’t feel any stillness or clarity, only a small moment of feeling manly. My trapeze-flying adventure: Better than an orgasm 2013-03-16T20:00:00Z

Not a bad actress, but one unable to regain the shallow clarity of "Butterfield 8." Elizabeth Taylor, from beauty icon to punchline 2011-03-23T22:30:00Z

This time around, the insecurities of love and heartbreak are still there, but there’s a newfound awareness — an emotional clarity that illuminates how healing isn’t always linear. Kehlani’s Journey of Healing 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

I watch her and am determined to do one thing a day with that much focus and clarity. Marlen Esparza is my idol 2012-08-06T01:00:00Z

Like everyone, I see other people’s ideological rabbit holes with ease and clarity, but my own are maddeningly elusive. Perspective | The cure for partisanship in food debates: Start listening. 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

I recently spoke by phone with Burnett, and our conversation, edited for length and clarity, appears below, alongside a number of his photographs of three moments of political turmoil. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

A woman named Almeyda narrates in retrospect, with a hindsight that provides her perspective, if not always clarity. After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vecchio said the portrait reflected a “dissonance” found in Miller’s work, between the “clarity and the transparentness of the message” and an “ambiguity and grayness about the present.” Designing Arthur Miller: Simple Gestures, Big Ideas 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

This interview transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Why we all love "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller: "Everybody feels like they're the outsider" 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

And it’s a master class in clarity: It conveys the essence of ardor, racial oppression, vengeance and forgiveness in one satisfying, 75-minute act. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z

Under Vann's direction, the choir acquired a precision and clarity of tone that quickly became its hallmark and even won favourable comparisons with David Willcocks's choir at King's College, Cambridge. Stanley Vann obituary 2010-06-03T17:02:00Z

Work this delicate demands a moment-by-moment clarity of intent, and “Responsible Ballet,” which was only about 45 minutes long, did not always maintain its integrity in this sense. 2010-01-30T05:35:00Z

It is hard to imagine cream of mushroom sharing the kitchen with Mr. Tsering’s mothuk or thenthuk, Tibetan soups of remarkable clarity and lightness, as if the goal were not depth but levitation. Tibetan Food Finds a New Home at Punda 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Lloyd has moments of real clarity, but he also slips into "trances" from time to time. Thomas Haden Church on his offbeat new "Acidman" role: "There is clearly something wrong with Lloyd" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

With singular clarity, irreverence and conscience, he warns against the vagaries of racism, self-censorship and fear, examines its roots and our naiveties. A year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, slain editor Charb makes his case in 'Open Letter' 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

For all the clarity of Mr Kroeber’s writing, his book is heavy going for the general reader. Neither a bull nor a bear be 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

It’s revisiting moments in our history in an effort to give greater clarity to where we stand now. Sarah Paulson Has a Thing for Vulgar Performances and Good Cries 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

No superlative seems sufficient to describe the clarity, directness and power of Manet's art. Manet: the Inventor of Modernity ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:37Z

From this moment of clarity, the film develops into a semi-autobiographical and engaging view of what it’s like for a bellicose youth to adjust to a new mental health diagnosis. ‘The Year Between’ Review: An Easygoing Breakdown 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

I recalled with searing clarity some of the awful moments in my father’s struggle with the disease. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

I failed to offer clarity of an argument. “Archer” and “Bob’s Burgers” star H. Jon Benjamin is more than just a pretty voice 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

And speaking of clarity, let’s talk about that second text. Asymmetric love, part four: the view from the other side 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

A museum label observes, “The mug shot-like portrait captures Hickock’s sullen, lopsided face with mesmerizing clarity, as if searching for physiognomic clues to his criminal pathology.” Review: ‘Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play’ Is a Rogues’ Gallery 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Performing with the mandated neutrality, the women revealed the dance’s reductive clarity. Dance Review: Yvonne Rainer Retrospective at Dia:Beacon 2012-02-27T23:17:52Z

Mr. Stephens and Ms. McCann generously allow us to share in that uncompromisingly clarity. Theater Review: Mary McCann in ‘Harper Regan’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z

As a continuity announcer and a newsreader, he was admired for the warmth of his voice, his clarity and his perfect timing. BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to newsreader Rory Morrison 2013-06-12T10:38:13Z

Her godparents keep their feedback focused on clarity, accessibility, grammar and spelling. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

And while clarity in the awards season is a passing thing, clarity in movie-making is a defining quality — one that Linklater and Anderson not only claim but cling to. Golden Globes 2015: 'Boyhood,' 'Grand Budapest' directors walk alone 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Clarkson’s anthem is the achievement of clarity that any heartbroken person can hope to achieve. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z

Computer-generated, its digital clarity is blinding, particularly on the light, bright Fairy Kingdom side. 'Strange Magic' casts a musical spell, but as a movie it misses 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Kathy Griffin is used to the death threats now. And she’s not backing down 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

The London Philharmonic Orchestra's conductor Vladimir Jurowski brought clarity without dissipating Strauss's orchestral richness; the work's tonal palette and harmonic seesawing were both faultlessly laid bare. LPO/Jurowski – review 2013-01-20T16:36:36Z

Mr. Carter’s vocal writing, once assertively angular, is gently melodic these days, and Evan Hughes, a bass-baritone, projected the Pound texts with clarity and an appealing timbre. Music Review: Showcase for Orchestra of the League of Composers 2010-06-09T00:34:00Z

The Third Symphony’s tortuous musical narrative blossoms naturally and with unambiguous clarity, creating magical textures, deftly captured throughout by producer/engineer Ulrich Schneider. Boisterous, novel effects on Prokofiev by Baltimore Symphony programmer 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Emphatic but unfussy, his Shakespeare vignettes make up for in clarity what they lack in creativity. Theater Review: ‘In Acting Shakespeare’ at the Pearl Theater 2013-01-16T19:42:36Z

Modern white wines are made by draining the grape juice off the skins immediately after pressing, to preserve clarity and freshness. Perspective |  It might be trendy again, but orange wine is nothing new — and nothing to scoff at 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pollini captured the choppy turbulence of the first movement while articulating the knotty inner voices with eerie clarity. Music Review: At Carnegie Hall, Maurizio Pollini Celebrates Chopin 2010-04-30T20:20:00Z

For professional leagues and broadcasters, offering viewers the best product available means new, customizable camera angles, higher definition, and greater expectations of clarity, certitude, and precision. What If We Had Perfect Robot Referees? 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

“What was the use of seeing things clearly,” he wonders, “if the only thing clarity brought was a new and deeper darkness?” Edan Lepucki’s ‘California,’ Alberto Moravia’s ‘Agostino,’ and More 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

As civic emergencies go, few possess the symbolic clarity of a garbage crisis. ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Review: Paradise Tossed 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

However, his first D.C. performance showed an understanding of visual cues that helped bring a sense of clarity to the evening. Review | Joyner Lucas has a heavy-handed message, but makes it look good 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

The scene is a reminder of what Nick Hornby, in “High Fidelity,” called “the cruel clarity” of sports: Eduardo Sacheri's 'Papers in the Wind' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

“So are they still for resus?” asks the nurse, who needs clarity. Today I have to talk to three of my patients about dying. This is how I do it 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Archival projects in the exhibition, for instance, stand out for their clarity of purpose — conveying how losing artistic or political history causes harm — and methods of presentation. Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

“The studio evolved with the clarity I gained from sobering up over the last few years,” Wood explains. Inside Ronnie Wood’s cottage studio 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

There’s a through-line about understanding one’s motivations and having clarity of purpose. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Weapon of Moloch destruction 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Surprisingly, given its reputation for ad lib invention, the script remains almost exactly the same as in the UK, apart from a few changes for clarity – "Old Bill" is replaced by "police". One Man, Two Guvnors: the tour de farce reaches Adelaide 2013-03-06T15:47:12Z

Here are my answers to your latest questions, some of which have been lightly edited for length and clarity. Ask a Flight Attendant: Middle-Seat Etiquette, Drunk Passengers and Jet Lag 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Cole shows improvement as a producer and lyricist, spitting rhymes with honesty and clarity throughout the 16 tracks, which include two entertaining skits and two interludes. Review: J. Cole is superb on sophomore album 2013-06-17T19:13:08Z

The committee requested “better clarity about the scope of your group, especially in regards to clarity about your group’s hoped for activities.” Hey, Ann Coulter! Did you hear about the kinky Stanford students? 2014-03-09T01:00:00Z

“He kind of shows up occasionally and provides some perspective and some clarity,” Mr. Souther said. Television: J D Souther, Lucy Punch and Others in New Series 2012-11-14T21:41:30Z

Watch a movie now like “Mother, Jugs & Speed,” a comedy from 1976, and a kind of negative clarity comes over you. How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

It was dampened only by the inflated orchestra; Beethoven can benefit from fewer instruments, for balance, clarity and, above all, energy. Review: Two Years Later, a Beethoven Cycle Reaches Its Finale 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

"It creates for me what seems to be the most immersive experience, because the size of the picture fills your peripheral vision and the clarity of the image means there's incredible depth to it." Dark Knight rises for final time 2012-07-20T07:28:02Z

The whole effect is that everything gets turned up a bit, and usually not the nice bit, but the "toppy edgy" sound of the guitar and cymbals, reducing the clarity of the vocals. Ask the indie professor: How loud is too loud? 2011-01-11T15:52:45Z

That’s because they are each drawn with such clarity and detail that we understand exactly why they behave as they do. | 'The Normal Heart': Raw Anguish of the Plague Years 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z

The following interview is lightly edited for length and clarity. PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

My own guess is that there will be the beginnings of clarity on the matter within three to five years, maybe sooner. Literature settles in to the electronic era 2010-10-05T13:22:00Z

The following interviews have been edited for length and clarity. ‘I remember thinking, ugh, this is bad’: Scenes from teenage party life in the ’80s 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

This is movie journalism that snaps and stings, that purifies a decade's clamour and clutter into narrative clarity, with a salutary kick. Zero Dark Thirty – Oscar in the crosshairs 2012-11-26T17:33:50Z

As the rival who wants for nothing, Ms. Murphy’s Gamzatti is severe and glittering, yet possesses a sad sort of pride that allows her to imbue the clarity of her technique with emotion. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Bayadère’ at Met Opera House 2012-05-23T22:30:07Z

If Mr. Shinn’s exploration of double nature is less successfully sustained than it was in “Dying City,” “Picked” still offers ample evidence of this dramatist’s singular gift for presenting human murkiness with precisely shaded clarity. | 'Picked': Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off 2011-04-21T02:17:30Z

In a moment of clarity, I called my mother, who was, unbeknownst to me, celebrating one year of sobriety. Joe Biden talking openly about his son Hunter's addiction could save lives 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

He trained as a conductor with Pierre Monteux and Hermann Scherchen, sharing vivacity and rhythmic drive with the former and clarity and incision with the latter. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

He almost undermined that message in his lyrics, veering from traditional sense-making, but ultimately, "I'm Gay" felt like a moment of clarity. Best pop music 2011: Seattle and beyond 2011-12-24T14:01:08Z

He uses the pedal with great finesse to create a subtle lyrical flow, rather than attempt to achieve the effect of harpsichord clarity. Igor Levit, the best Russian pianist you haven't heard...yet 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

But these writers deliver a difficult subject with lively clarity. Steve Martin Likes Books in the ‘I Can’t Put This Down’ Genre 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

A self-described “left-wing, liberal peace activist,” he has been grasping for clarity by reflecting on his parents’ experiences as Holocaust survivors. ‘I Feel a Human Deterioration’ 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

When the exposure is set, there is another critical adjustment: clarity, which is generally called something like “sharpness” or “structure.” Editing your travel photos can make all the difference — here’s how to do it 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

He analyzes them as products of Brecht’s preoccupations, in particular a struggle to gain control of his overwhelming emotions by cultivating intellectual clarity and ironic distance. Stephen Parker’s new biography sets new stage for playwright Bertolt Brecht

The highlight of the night was Delius's Sea Drift, his transcendental setting of Walt Whitman sung with incisive clarity by Terfel, and shaped in masterly manner by Elder. First Night of the Proms 2012-07-13T23:36:30Z

It's a pretty sort of paradox for any professional writer, but one which, you suspect, resonates for Parks with particular clarity. A life in writing: Tim Parks 2012-07-27T21:55:02Z

The idea was initially born of expediency; clarity in the dialogue, in a single language, was difficult for the international, multilingual cast. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

As the story progresses, however, she gradually gathers enough clarity to leave her family and routine life. How designers compress ideas to their essence 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z

It’s a moment of sweeping vision but also of quiet clarity, that is only startling because it cuts against commonly held assumptions with the clean edge of lived experience. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

But with the crystal clarity of the Greek seas and sky, I do remember this: my birthday, which happened to fall midway in our voyage. A chartered sailboat breezes by a cruise liner as the best way to hop the Greek islands 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

Walk a few blocks, then weave away toward the river, which is a natural draw with its bright clarity, handsome quays and bathing pavilions. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z

There’s always a clarity that I think ends up improving the film, which is, after all, their common point of interest. Arts & Leisure: ?Lula? Is Latest From the Barretos, Brazil?s Film Family 2012-01-18T13:00:00Z

On this album, clear-cut intros, verses, choruses and bridges have replaced bleary incantations, and the music has moved from the shadowy haze of trip-hop to an emphatic, monumental clarity — high-end pop craftsmanship. Review: The Weeknd Makes a Bid for Pop Outreach on a New Album 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Actor Bill Skarsgård had a moment of clarity playing Pennywise, the scary clown in the new movie of Stephen King’s It, when he walked into a scene full of unsuspecting child extras. Innocence lost: Stephen King’s It and the real-life horror of kids in Hollywood 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

While I admired Pullman’s obvious intellectual clarity and breadth of vision, I did struggle to complete the books. 'Eleven-year-old me was very, very happy!' You review His Dark Materials 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

“The saxes spoke and the brass answered, then they all talked together. Having no doubles with clarinets, flutes, etc., in the reed section, the band had even more clarity.” Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Haywood played with great clarity, a firm support to the singing violin. Washington’s week with Joshua Bell revealed little that we didn’t already know 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

The organisation would like to see the so-called Entertainer Visitor Route redefined as Artist Visitors to provide more clarity. Overseas artists boycott Britain in protest at visa clampdown 2011-07-09T23:07:05Z

The linear structure of bamboo basketry maintains a remarkable clarity. Bamboo Japanese-Style, From Dynastic Masters of the Art 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

He added that she plays with “this extraordinary precision and clarity while having four or five things going at the same time.” Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

"The breadth and clarity of the instrument was increased so much," he said. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z

To add some clarity to the process, we’ve decided to answer some frequently asked questions about how we chose our 52 Places to Go in 2016. How We Picked the 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

This conversation has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. The woman who conquered porn: How Jacky St. James became the most important name in the business 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

And if the creator’s vision is executed with clarity of purpose and intent, that vision beckons you to enter, even if you have ambivalence about some of it. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Its clarity and meditativeness are all too rare in this show. Review: ‘Einstein’s Dreams,’ Adapted and Muddled in a New Musical 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Without that clarity, the ending lacks the power it needs. Review: A Welsh Family Clings to Native Soil in ‘The Good Earth’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Yundi brought to that clarity, accuracy, careful dynamics and a tiny hint of uplift. Pianist Yundi adds some flair, but his Beethoven still lacks drama at Bowl 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Our chat, which has been edited for length and clarity, began with a much simpler question. From gas masks to kente cloth, "Sherman's Showcase" Juneteenth special is well-timed and prescient 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Their job is to ensure clarity in the writing of others. Diner's Journal: Hey, Mr. Critic: In Search of Fine Dining and Harbor Views 2011-04-20T18:02:52Z

In the 20th, the clarity of his finger work allowed him to bend, shape and blur the meter without losing the pulse. Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

“So a lot of the subjective benefits to fasting, including mental clarity, are down to the rise in ketones in the system.” The Silicon Valley execs who don't eat for days: 'It's not dieting, it's biohacking' 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

With the analytic clarity of more than 20 years of marriage, I knew where this was headed — an antihistamine binge — and it was not a good place. 2010-01-07T05:37:00Z

It is no doubt difficult to write with clarity about uncertainty, but Tribe and Matz largely succeed. ‘Uncertain Justice’ and ‘Scalia’ 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

They are inexplicable even then, yet, somehow, also terrifying in their stark and awful clarity. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z

Otherwise this was strong Tchaikovsky, of our time in refinement and clarity, but with breathtaking excitement. CSO: Hough, Elder, Tchaikovsky a match made in heaven 2011-01-07T20:59:00Z

But she said she is committed to creating “a workplace that is safe and supportive where I show up with integrity, empathy, generosity and clarity. And I’m a person in progress working toward those things.” Mapping a Bold Vision for the California African American Museum 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

Despite all of her bubbling elation and adrenaline to her just-announced victory, Ocasio-Cortez answers, with the utmost clarity, "We meet a machine with a movement." "Knock Down the House" with AOC: New film offers a deeply humanizing portrait of a media obsession 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

But he was interested in the clarity of that vision. Breaking the Curse of the It Bag 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. O’Brien’s version draws a luminous, fablelike clarity out of the play’s anguished darkness. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ in an Enchanted Setting Along the Hudson River 2013-08-18T21:51:45Z

Moreover, in print, a great deal of attention is placed on getting elements such as hue, tone, depth and clarity just right.  Bulky, heavy, pricey - yet flourishing. Art catalogs keep print alive in the digital era 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

“I am a very rational actor, always overthinking things, wanting clarity,” she said. Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

It was clearly supposed to be a meaningful moment when Alicia told Johnny: “I like clarity. I like rules that tell me what’s right and wrong.” 'The Good Wife' Recap: Lies and More Lies, and Alicia's Big Decision 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

There was a clarity of communication, sentence structure and proper articulation. The monster myth: What I learned from seeing my wife’s killer in court 2014-04-28T23:00:00Z

Her gifts — for clarity, consolidation, humor and moments of hard-earned feeling — are old-fashioned ones. 'Slant Six,' Erin Belieu’s Latest Poetry Collection 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

In general, the space seems more warm and vivid, with a clarity — and good sightlines — from every corner of the room. Perspective | Surround sound made visible: the new Terrace Theater 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

What’s astonishing is how Neighbors funnels so much clarity and despair into guitar phrases that torque time and space. Review | In chaotic times, Mizmor’s heavy metal is a model of composure 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

The tale begins in Warsaw in the 1930s, where the teenage Andrzej showed extraordinary promise and won fame with a piano trio whose lyricism and structural clarity established two enduring elements in his creative makeup. Celebrating Panufnik, a Polish Composer in London 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Despite its academic rubric, it's a wonderfully inventive piece that, in its quirky journey from bustling confusion to beautiful clarity, reminds you how Goehr has always done things a little differently. Proms matinee 4: BCMG/Collon – review 2012-08-20T17:11:17Z

The book’s cryptic title – “the senate and people of Rome” – should not scare off readers interested in a smart, accessible, argumentative history written with great clarity. We still think like ancient Romans: “The clash between the demands of homeland security and rights of the individual? We haven’t solved that” 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

“The stinging clarity of his tone and the flurry of notes that poured from him changed the way I heard music.” Danny Kalb, Guitarist Who Gave Blues-Rock an Edge, Dies at 80 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

But some lightness and clarity of touch are needed. Review: Richard Egarr and Carlo Grante on Keyboards 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Of course there’s a certain lack of clarity in what he’s after, and I think that’s the way it should be. ‘Game of Thrones’: Aidan Gillen on Littlefinger’s Stark Obsession 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

When I realised that what I do really well is play women who are tough and vulnerable, it was a moment of clarity. Carrie-Ann Moss: ‘Being Trinity in The Matrix was a highlight’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

I’ve no doubt that this would be a moment of absolute clarity, perhaps my greatest moment of happiness. The Last Last Cigarette 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

And movies, a sustained feat of legerdemain, can actually suffer from an excess of clarity. The devil is in Blu-ray's detail 2010-08-31T08:15:00Z

Above the mathematical calculations and processes were the earthy melodies of Ms. Garbus’s lead vocals: whispers, bluesy curves, girlish clarity, leathery rasps. Music Review: Tune-Yards at the Allen Room 2012-02-11T01:06:46Z

It was mass produced for housing blocks built in Frankfurt to meet housing shortages caused by the devastation of World War I, and remains a model of cockpitlike clarity and purpose. Art Review: The Heart That Beats, Heats, Chills and Whips 2010-09-19T22:42:00Z

But what begins with forensic clarity has an undertow of chaos. Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman ? review 2011-08-05T21:55:03Z

With the world falling apart all around him, Keely recognizes, at last with total clarity, “This was his chance to mean something again.” ‘Eyrie’ by Tim Winton, a remarkable novel about a bitter environmentalist in Australia

Ms. Wolf directs him and the others with obvious compassion, though more hard-nosed clarity might help. Review: ‘Fire in Dreamland’ Is a Parable of Love and Licorice 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Muti knows this late Verdi masterpiece inside and out, and he brought out the splendor of the orchestral writing with a sweep, clarity and precision one seldom hears on a typical night at the opera. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z

“I’m old. I don’t feel old. I’m not 90. But 67 is a serious age. I’m interested in movement and clarity and finding a logic in the vignettes — some internal logic that works for me.” A Choreographer Who Mingles the Ordinary and the Odd 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

The challenge is simply to tell the story with clarity and restraint. Pride and promiscuity 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

“Zenobia” highlights, with simple clarity, Syria’s noble historical legacy as well as the plight of its modern people. Stories for Kids About Heroic Young Refugees 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

The typical four are carat, color, clarity and cut. 'Justified' Recap: Choo-Choo Chosen 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

I am an introvert who loves being at home, but, as a freelance writer, our house is also my office, so I need clarity and a certain amount of organisation to function. A ruthless approach to decluttering completely transformed my life 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

With painful clarity, he remembers receiving his daughter’s troubling diagnosis just after her first birthday. A girl with cancer was hospitalized for months. Now healthy and in college, she can see her old hospital room from her dorm. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Along with the economy, the pacing, the imagery, the clarity? The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Here, at last, is some clarity in the chain of command. DVD: Jerry Lewis on DVD, ?Geisha Boy? and ?Boeing Boeing? 2012-02-19T03:43:03Z

It is, after all, the hope that psychoanalysis holds out: the existence of some buried fact whose excavation will bring clarity and—theoretically—relief from suffering. “Sight” and The Pleasures of Overthinking Motherhood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The atrocity of Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls is described with piercing clarity in “The Chibok Girls: Our Story,” which is getting a brief U.S. premiere this week at Georgetown University. Review | ‘Nobody wants this story told’: Nigeria’s Renegade Theatre makes U.S. debut with ‘Chibok Girls’ 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

The music Michael wrote for The Draughtsman's Contract had such clarity, voice and vision that I knew he was the person I needed. How we made: Michael Nyman and Jane Campion on The Piano 2012-07-30T17:30:44Z

What became clear to me, at Oberlin and elsewhere, is that such clarity of concept rarely exists. Trump, the University of Chicago, and the Collapse of Public Language 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

The nocturnes oozed sensuality and regret, yet were also immaculate studies in orchestral clarity. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda 2010-04-26T21:30:00Z

They achieve clarity when they are faced with two not-great options. From He to She in First Grade 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Though the textural clarity of the overall performance was impressive, it exposed little missteps and tangled moments, especially in the orchestra, as with some dicey patches for the natural trumpets. In a Mass, a Cradle of Consolation for Japan 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

Swanberg’s earlier collage-like improvisations conceal an unerring sense of form; now, his open-ended clarity masks the looming chaos of ordinary life and suggests the daily heroism of confronting it. Joe Swanberg’s Decade of Revolution 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

During “Moonlight,” subdued, chorale-like string chords had uncommon clarity: You could really hear the harmonic intensity generated by softly clashing intervals. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Watch Mo Rocca's “Salon Talks” episode here, or read the transcript of our conversation below, lightly edited for length and clarity. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ratmansky tells it with a fluency and clarity rare among modern ballet choreographers. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Lost Illusions’ Is Shown as a Broadcast 2014-03-04T22:34:42Z

While the mountain contours match up precisely, the clarity, color and light inevitably do not. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

But almost as quickly as the erroneous reports streaked across social media and TV, clarity began to set in. Navy Yard incident shows news travels fast, but rumors move faster 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

In performances of classical works, like Ravel’s “Kaddish,” which is part of her recital tour this summer, she produces impeccably turned phrases in a soprano of mountain-stream clarity. Nora Fischer Bursts the Classical Music Bubble 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Anthony Maras, making his first feature, interweaves these threads with precision and clarity, conveying an impressive sense of the hotel layout, the confusion of the circumstances and the visceral fear of hiding from the gunmen. ‘Hotel Mumbai’ Review: Terrorism as Popcorn Movie? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Members of the British public are equally irritated by the lack of clarity in the system. Travelers’ Frustration Mounts at ‘Confusing’ British Traffic-Light System 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

From time to time, I don’t mind giving up a bit of psychological complexity in exchange for ingenious plotting and the clarity of life-or-death action scenes. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Each of these individuals carries a subtle clarity about what matters most when nothing makes sense in these strange and brutal worlds he builds. ‘Friday Black’ Paints a Dark Portrait of Race in America 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

You’re going through plenty just with the logistics of divorce, so achieving clarity at the same time is probably asking too much. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Until the divorce is in the past, look forward, not inward 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

"Sarah's ring looks like a beautiful white 5-carat oval cut that is most likely F or G color and VS clarity," Brown told E! Sarah Hyland’s engagement ring details revealed 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

However, Zeh's clarity of thought, plausible characterisation and ability to conjure up a world where everything that is possible happens make Dark Matter a thrilling read as well as a terrific mental workout. Crime novels roundup | Book reviews 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Aparna Ramaswamy is a dancer of high clarity and precision, and at the end of the show, when she appeared in the dancing form of the god Shiva, she gave me the shivers. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

Her insistence is on telling the story of a collective with blunt clarity, and sidestepping the genre’s potential for sentimentality or sensationalism. ‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Männistö sang with her usual clarity and elegant lyricism, though the musical lines were sometimes a bit low for her ideal range. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in another excellent Sibelius program with ‘Kullervo’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Playing strands of spiraling passagework with pristine clarity was not his primary goal. Review: Lars Vogt Offers His Intensely Probing Take on Bach 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

That leads some illustrations - like Evens's - to lack structure and clarity, giving them an appearance of modernist paintings. Belgian graphic artist breaks with comic tradition 2012-12-10T14:26:05Z

He celebrated the qualities of “clarity, precision, plainness, lucidity and the sort of magical compression that enriches instead of vitiates.” Book Review: ‘Both Flesh and Not’ by David Foster Wallace 2012-11-15T16:55:36Z

At a mere 50 minutes, Adam Fitzgerald’s production — the American premiere of this Australian play — moves too fast for clarity. Review: In ‘The Good Girl,’ a Sexbot Gets Weepy 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

For me, the lean textures, clarity and emotional directness were exactly what made the interpretations so rewarding. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Brings Mahler to Carnegie, Ever So Coolly 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Sham fell short in this regard, focusing on textural clarity and short-term expressive effects. Piano prodigy doesn’t miss a note in knuckle-busting program, but is there more? 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

And he leads us with seamless clarity not only through his character’s segues between youth and old age but also through the decomposing labyrinth that is Carr’s mind. Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in ‘Travesties’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The Hollywood studios' industry-wide conversion from 35 mm film to digital satisfies modern-day demands for crisp clarity, cost savings and special effects like 3-D. Digital film switch daunts historic movie houses 2012-02-18T20:16:05Z

Prepared by director Joseph Crnko, the Chorale sang with clarity, accuracy, and considerable gusto. Seattle Symphony’s ‘Messiah’ inspires hallelujahs 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

The novel conveys the precariousness of their position with shocking clarity: Every day is a struggle for food and security for these kids whom nobody wants. Review | Ishmael Beah’s memoir revealed the realities of child soldiers. His fiction shows the humanity of homeless kids. 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

As for the recording’s language, he said, “We make our best judgments in weighing taste against clarity about what was said. I think we accomplished that in our approach.” A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. Then the race to break the story was on. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Most of the scans I made looked as good as the prints in terms of color and clarity. Turning Your Vacation Photos Into Works of Art 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

The film gains some clarity at the end, and delivers a strong and timely moral. Review: ‘The 33’ Recalls a Chilean Mine Disaster and the Men Who Endured It 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

It is an ancient loop, but in nearly everything he did Mr. Twombly exposed its wiring with a new clarity and exultant intensity. An Appraisal: An Artist of Selective Abandon 2011-07-06T18:34:22Z

This latest reincarnation has a new clarity that illuminates both the script’s prescience and its flaws. Review: ‘Venus’ Recalls a Woman’s Fortune, and Her Ruin 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

All are filmed with an expressive clarity and simplicity that highlights their haunting mystery. “The Curse of La Llorona” Exemplifies the Problem with Genre 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t foreground trendy ideas about multiculturalism, and it isn’t “thematic,” or focused on broad ideas at the expense of chronological clarity. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Ask about color, clarity, and cutting — for these determine a diamond’s quality, contribute to its beauty and value. How Americans Learned to Love Diamonds 2013-05-03T20:08:21Z

The incident speaks to the need for further clarity, some say. Foster the People mural paints a picture of city's policy adjustment 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Like many creative people, Hesse veered from heroic confidence to crippling doubt, but in every phase, she seemed capable of remarkable clarity, humor and warmth. Review: ‘Eva Hesse’ Offers a Moving Portrait of an Artist’s Brief Life 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

In an effort to clear the air and discuss the seriousness of their future, Ms. Park and Dr. Hong got some clarity from what she called a “D.T.R. Moment.” Waiting for That Defining Moment 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Just to have a chance to sit with David and talk about Frederick Douglass’ life and the 1850s with that kind of clarity. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

In the English Suite No. 3, she played with ample clarity and brilliance but took expressive liberties with her pedaling, phrasing and dynamic shading. Music Review: Mourning, Bach and a 9/11 Theme 2011-06-07T21:27:25Z

These recordings, made in Switzerland and Germany around the same time, demonstrate his scholarship in perfect clarity. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Below are some of the responses, which have been edited and condensed for clarity. Readers Share Their Favorite Books of 2022 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

I wanted an immediate record, with a little more clarity like a Link Wray or Modern Lovers record. Spiritualized's Jason Pierce hates making records, brilliant as they are 2012-04-26T21:34:00Z

"As a continuity announcer and a newsreader, he was admired for the warmth of his voice, his clarity and his perfect timing," she added. Tributes paid to newsreader Morrison 2013-06-12T10:16:58Z

Reading the book now, when Meg's ability to love is shown as the only way to resist IT's darkness, I interpret this as acceptance, clarity of vision. Grief is a distant planet: How "A Wrinkle in Time" is helping me deal with my father’s decline 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

The voice has changed over the years, gaining depth and character while retaining the clarity that allows her to be one of the best country singers around. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z

But the orchestra’s playing lacked clarity and bite, making the work’s theme-and-variations structure frustratingly difficult to discern. Music Review | American Symphony Orchestra: Loosening the Reins on Composers After Stalin 2010-03-01T05:50:00Z

The delight in Hamilton's writing is his clarity, enthusiasm, good humour and elegant wit. Michael Bracewell's top 10 art books 2012-06-06T10:35:15Z

The company encouraged this competition, including by running a trading game which simulated with brutal clarity just how well — or poorly — groups did at managing a fictional stock portfolio. Watching Lehman Brothers collapse from the inside: A 2008 recruit on the bank’s final days 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Read on for an excerpt of our very, very long conversation, edited for length and clarity and to prevent your head from spinning off of your neck. Tom Arnold is on “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps Sandy had gotten tired of hearing his eloquent lightness and clarity in the upper range praised. A Singer for Whom Words Always Came First 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The cleanness of Ms. Koh’s attack in the bold, yearning opening phrase recalled the clarity of Bach; even her ferocity, later on, burned with a heat that was white, not red. Review: For Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer,’ a Chance to Compare and Contrast 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Murugan traces the entire life of his little goat — her despair, her small acts of heroism, her longing — with Chekhovian clarity. One of India’s Most Original and Controversial Novelists Returns With a Powerful Parable 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ax’s signature style — a shifting balance of poetry, earthiness and analytical clarity — suits this music, not least because his fluid changes of focus seem to mirror Schubert’s impulses so precisely. Music Review: A Reading of Schubert, Both Fiery and Fresh 2011-02-28T06:30:06Z

The guide promises “clarity and understanding” of a plant that has been around since the end of the Pleistocene epoch. The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Neo-Classicists like Piston wrote works that essentially hewed to tonal harmony, put a premium on textural clarity and utilized traditional forms. Harold Shapero, 93, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies 2013-05-22T03:58:50Z

This interview has been edited for clarity and space. Quincy Jones, master of firsts, arrives to open a museum 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

With the instrumentation’s newfound clarity, swelling shoegazey riffs provide a backdrop for his gossamer vocals on songs like album opener “Malison.” Hibou turns anxiety into music on his new album, ‘Something Familiar’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

It is a perception that photography helped 19th-century artists to see with new clarity. The dark side of the fruit: why still life began to rot in the 19th century 2012-02-13T14:25:21Z

Here is the rest of our conversation, edited for length and clarity. Wrongfully convicted. 21 years in prison. Pardoned by Obama. Mr. Wash reflects on a remarkable life 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Maybe you envisioned that transition for a distant someday, but finding new clarity in a defiant smoker’s cloud is nothing to apologize for. Carolyn Hax: How to gently butt out of Grandma’s smokin’ Christmas 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Now the government seems to be giving him the clarity he sought: it plans to lift most remaining restrictions on July 19. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Act: Activism 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

The version done at the Met, revised by Shostakovich, radiates noble seriousness, but to fill out its panoramic scope the opera needs passionate singers who believe in their characters and convey the text with clarity. Mussorgsky?s ?Khovanshchina? Comes to Met Opera 2012-02-24T20:07:06Z

As a finished product, “Dry” was hardly overproduced or polished, but the incredible artistic confidence of these demos brings the album’s elemental power, and Harvey’s songwriting gifts, into even greater clarity. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

But the clarity of their enthusiasm and the caliber of their execution add up to a present-tense transaction. Music Review: The Ear Regulars, Jazz Group at the Ear Inn, South Village 2010-04-26T22:50:00Z

In “Offertorium,” a rarely performed solo to sacred Schubert music that Mr. Morris made for himself in 1988, we get the recently retired company veteran Lauren Grant, a marvel of unaffected clarity. Review: More Mark Morris Video Dances, More Postcards to Fans 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

The name Claire signifies light and clarity, and there’s a transparency to de Laâge’s portrayal of this innocent who remains thus while discovering a lavish sensuality. ‘White as Snow’ Review: The Fairest of Them All 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

And when I can find stillness and clarity of mind, it is like sitting on a mountaintop. Marlen Esparza is my idol 2012-08-06T01:00:00Z

“This Land Is Our Land” reads like an impassioned survey course on migration, laying bare the origins of mass migration in searing clarity. Expat, Immigrant, Migrant, Refugee: Why ‘This Land Is Our Land’ No Matter the Label 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

As a baritone, Harris sings with a clarity and a carrying power that projects throughout the room. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z

In the second section, “Kullervo’s Youth,” a downward violin motif unfolded with glistening clarity over the lower strings. Music Review | Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z

Early in Tuesday’s deliberations, jurors sent a note seeking clarity on why Weinstein wasn’t charged with other crimes stemming from Sciorra’s allegation. Jury back for second day of deliberations in Weinstein trial 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Given his renown as a pianist of scrupulous musicianship and elegance, he still managed to bring textural details and structural clarity to the music. Review: Murray Perahia at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

The following is lightly edited for length and clarity. From the "Green Book" to Buicks, PBS' "Driving While Black" examines the history of Black mobility 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The first dumpling of hers that I tried had a sea-bass stuffing cut with minced ginger, which gave bracing clarity to the few drops of broth sealed inside. Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Yet Mysteries is a labyrinth that fully rewards the challenge of watching it and does lead to clarity, resolution and grace, in a final Pieta that is both anguished and angelic. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z

For a sweeping ensemble bringing her together with Joseph’s mother and the parents of the victims, he turns to clean neo-Baroque chords, richly arranged, to balance emotion and clarity. Review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ Opens a Met Season Heavy on the New 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

The inside paper is smooth to optimize clarity, and he favors shiny metallic or fluorescent inks for high contrast. Design: Designing Books for a Digital Age 2011-01-31T01:00:03Z

Gražinytė-Tyla’s reading wasn’t the most volatile, but it was revealing in its clarity, balancing texture upon texture below a gracefully buoyant melody in the brasses or winds. Review: A Conductor Takes a Victory Lap With Her Orchestra 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

His words have been lightly edited for clarity. Hear 8 Pieces of Music That Smartened Up ‘Latin History for Morons’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

He showed the clarity, the subtle balance of modesty and grandeur, expected in a lieder concert but all too rare on the opera stage, where Mr. Gerhaher, best known as a perceptive recitalist, appears infrequently. Review: A Writhing, Emotional Revival of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Film buffs regularly rage against the uncanny clarity of CGI, mourning the loss of celluloid’s glow and grit. Perspective | Why vinyl makes a perfectly imperfect format for discovering classical music 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Serkin conveys the music’s Romantic fervor while playing with lucid clarity; listen to the Bach-like textures of the finale. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

The goal is to get perspective and clarity. The joy audit: how to have more fun in 2020 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gosling played the set energetically but with an unusual clarity, opting at times to illuminate Mr. Rzewski’s harmonies instead of letting the density of the textures cloud over the fine details. Music Review: New-Music Champion Pays a Call 2011-01-09T22:56:47Z

Its technical demands are more about breadth of sound and stamina than precision and terraced clarity. Eschenbach takes the NSO back to one of his favorites, Bruckner 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The following transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

He hopped off, in essence handing the space to Ms. Lavine — and to King’s words, which beamed into the air with extra clarity. What Is It Like to Watch Live Dance Again? Amazing 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

The book is remarkably well researched and treats complex issues with admirable clarity. Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

He went so far as to call the production conservative for its insistence on clarity. Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

The book is remarkable for the clarity of its mission. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Jack Kerouac to Black Lives Matter 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

But the emotional clarity of the tale saves the day. 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' reminds us of the power of courage in the face of evil 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

It adds to the show’s clarity that nearly a quarter of the booths feature just one artist. Art Review: Outsider Art Fair Opens at 548 West 22nd Street 2013-01-31T23:02:48Z

Those who pursue their vision, even at great peril or fortified with the anodyne of hope, ultimately have no choice; they are cursed with clarity. Werner Herzog, chicken hypnotist 2012-08-28T20:54:00Z

Elizabeth Weisberg sang with wonderful cultivation and clarity yet managed to retain a naturalness in her sound. Music Review: Exploring Variations in a Christmastime Favorite 2010-12-08T23:09:00Z

“There’s so much clarity in his playing,” said the guitarist Bill Frisell, who appears on “The Declaration of Musical Independence” alongside Richard Teitelbaum on synthesizers and piano and Ben Street on bass. Andrew Cyrille’s Late-Career Renaissance 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

If the unusual setup was meant to bolster clarity and balance, it succeeded. Music Review: Ivan Fischer Leads Beethoven Program at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-03-29T21:12:00Z

In an interim ruling on Tuesday, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal says it needs “greater clarity” on the competing claims by Ukraine and the museums in Crimea. Dutch court needs more time to rule on Crimean treasures 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

A loose improvisational performer, he didn’t patiently set up premises, emphasizing clarity. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

It was yet another reminder of the importance of clarity when talking about wine and the dangers of taking anything for granted. Finding the Right Words for the Red Wines of Languedoc 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

In Mr. Coleman’s “Metonymies of Pastness” for solo piano the music alternated between brooding darkness, chirpy clarity and an iridescent harmonic mist. Review: Either/Or, at University Settlement, Is Inspired by Boredom and Writer’s Block 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, though their music does share a sovereign clarity of texture, he didn’t often write like his idol. SSO spotlights Tchaikovsky and his favorite composer | Classical review 2013-05-10T16:56:26Z

It lacks balance, clarity, and meaningful strategic choice. Dreidel: A seemingly foolish game that contains the moral world in miniature 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

Hearing an orchestra as excellent as this one play the music on Carnegie’s stage, instead of from a pit, certainly enhanced the clarity. Review: An Ecstatic ‘Rosenkavalier’ Introduces a Conductor to Carnegie 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

That clarity of thought comes through in his latest film, Paterson. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

But “MacBheatha” also deconstructs the Bard’s text with reference to so many notions, and with so little clarity or refinement, that the overall effect is one of clutter and murk. Review | Fringe Festival’s early returns: Politics in the lead 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

In his new film, “In Jackson Heights,” his powerful and far-reaching ideas come through with the emphatic clarity of a manifesto. Finding the American Ideal in Queens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

She could recognize Joan’s hurt and frustration and passion and clarity and force, but not her anger. Joan of Arc, Superstar? Not to the Woman Playing Her 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

Hopper had begun acting in television at a time when it was all about clarity and economy, he explained: You hit your mark, you said your lines clearly, you made your exit. Dennis Hopper's strange, brilliant career 2010-05-29T18:04:00Z

Almost every Morris dance is a paragon of structural clarity and musical design. Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Strozzi and her work make clear what we’ve long known: Women knew power and pleasure before the sexual revolution, and they cried it out with clarity and beauty. She Quickened the Pulse of 17th-Century Music 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Remarks have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity. Q&A: Rita Moreno on finding self-worth and never giving up 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

The rippling clarity of Mr. Owen’s playing brought consistent delight. Music Review: Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen at Frick Collection 2013-12-09T21:56:59Z

She explained mistaken identities and misdirected letters with such clarity that, at times, her radio listeners might have followed the action better than the spectators in the theater. Margaret Juntwait, host of the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee radio broadcasts, dies at 58 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Laughing, she said of Strindberg, “He understands this with the clarity, the sort of scary mad insight of a madman.” Alan Rickman Directs Strindberg?s ?Creditors? at BAM 2010-04-10T03:49:00Z

While Brexit’s effect on Britain’s economy and politics is uncertain, there is more clarity for travelers. How Brexit Will Affect Travel to the U.K. and Europe 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

The lack of clarity about the border reopening has taken a toll on the relationship. For Cross-Border Couples, Plans to Reunite Are Still On Hold 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

There was a sharp-edged, crystalline clarity to the sound of the orchestra — every solo instrument and every section — making a striking effect. Susanna Mälkki brings more news to the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Each character’s investment in rallying around Max, and its relation to their personal back story, comes to light over the course of the play with varying degrees of clarity. Review: In ‘La Race,’ a Fight Back From the Margins 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

With so much opportunity for raw emotion, the author seems to avoid it at all cost, going for exceptional clarity instead. You Can’t Avoid Death, but You Can Make It Easier 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

Matters are not helped by a production where few of the performers deliver the text with any clarity and where the physical grouping is eccentric. The House of Bilquis Bibi 2010-07-27T01:01:00Z

“It’s not a Christmas tree,” the boy maintains, clinging to his convictions with the dangerously stubborn clarity that guides so many of Mr. Rash’s characters. Books of The Times: Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen?s Empty Nest 2010-03-08T08:48:00Z

His Bach, for instance, was poised, well mannered, and a model of clarity. Review | Nathan Lee makes ambitious Washington debut 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

This was an email correspondence, not a traditional interview, so remarks were edited merely for clarity and length. No substantive changes were made to the text beyond those considerations. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Each étude shed some of the harshness of its predecessor, until the last, a single-line study, seemed a study in clarity and at least a wary, Shapeyesque brand of warmth. Music Review: New-Music Champion Inches Toward the Standard Repertory 2011-01-20T00:30:17Z

There’s a Brechtian, polemical clarity to “Timon” that makes it ideal for the church pulpit and the editorial page but rather dry and plodding for the stage. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

There is something wonderfully comforting in the precise recollection of such furtive memories, like someone quietly opening a door onto a little slice of clarity. A New Novel by Louise Erdrich Haunted by Covid and George Floyd’s Death 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Oscar documentary shorts: A guide to "St. Louis Superman" and "Walk Run Cha-Cha" 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Most important, the aromas and flavors of the wine presented themselves with clarity and intensity. The Best Wine Glass for Any Occasion: Our Critic Reviews 5 New Contenders 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

And yet he retained in some unobliterated part of himself the necessary clarity to set down on paper a portrait of the self-deceiving nature of the alcoholic. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

The following has been edited for clarity and length. ‘I felt like I existed’: An oral history of one woman’s first hug after 106 days of isolation 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

According to the troupe’s website, the pronunciation of “U” echoes the Chinese word for excellence, and in clarity and uniformity, they undeniably excel. Review: In ‘Beyond Time,’ U-Theater Dances and Drums With Precision 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

There’s a six-minute song called “Drive Somewhere,” recorded with a great deal of unexpected clarity at Ray’s home studio, in Florida. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Cookie-cutter though it is, “The Janes” does have something going for it: its interview subjects, the former Janes, who all speak about their beliefs and shared past with striking clarity. ‘The Janes’ Review: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Here, the stylization of ballet allows it to represent, with disturbing clarity, something that a naturalistic approach would likely shy away from or blur. Review: ‘Titicut Follies’ Tries to Deliver a Shock to Ballet 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Feinstein attributes a shift in her practice to the death of her father, in 1984, which gave her the clarity to act on her own artistic instincts. Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

Some plot turns lacked clarity as presented here, with vaguely poetic lines enshrouded in atmospheric atonal music. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z

This summer, she took over Ms. Tharp’s part in “The One Hundreds” with all the clarity you could want. Twyla Tharp’s Troupe Prepares for a Milestone Tour 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, there is some clarity to be found here: The age of consent in New York at the time was 18 — although the cases are likely unprosecutable at this point. Teacher: Sex with students was “casual” and “warm” 2012-06-25T21:15:00Z

The last page of the story is inspiring in its emotional force and clarity, as the story is in its sympathy and its subtlety. Writers pick their favourite short stories 2011-01-04T14:28:46Z

It gives me the strength and clarity and energy to do 160 shows a year. The Beach Boys' Mike Love: 'There are a lot of fallacies about me' 2013-07-04T08:00:03Z

But it has an emotional clarity that I think people are reacting to.” The Carpetbagger: For ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ Accolades Aplenty 2013-01-23T23:37:17Z

“This is a mature, successful, thriving organization. The depth of talent, the quality of thinking, the clarity of vision — you see all of that in the centennial plans that were just announced,” Woods said. L.A. Phil finds its new president in Seattle 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

Samet points out that Grant’s earliest letters and wartime memorandums consistently demonstrate his distinctive clarity and forcefulness. Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Sudden moments of clarity, when the quartet settles on to open-string fifths, provide a chance for the palette to clear. Hagen Quartet - review 2011-01-31T18:29:41Z

Farley, who tends to speak in full, quotable paragraphs, is unusual for his clarity of focus, drive and ambition. Stepping Into the Balanchine-Stravinsky Continuum 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

Styron tried to “white-knuckle” his way through depression, but, in a moment of clarity while listening to Brahms’s “Alto Rhapsody,” he decided to seek help. “The Great God of Depression,” An Insightful Podcast About William Styron, Writing, and Mental Health 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Newsroom is trying to recreate a world that never existed, of authority and clarity, of national enlightenment and abundant wisdom, squeezed through the prism of Walter Cronkite once a day. The Newsroom: are news anchors really this important? 2012-06-23T23:04:22Z

The tribunal ruling does not affect shows that are genuinely a collaborative endeavour, and serves as a stark reminder that openness, clarity and respect are non-negotiable. Should actors work for free on the fringe? 2013-07-11T16:38:40Z

She brought the same clarity to Ravel that she brought to Bach. Israeli pianist Einav Yarden at the Phillips 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

It was a statement of integrity, giving clarity to the brand when it is aiming for a public offering. Fashion Review: Marc Jacobs: Happy Days? 2014-02-14T13:52:15Z

Bowden renders the grunt-level view of this reality with painful clarity: Junior officers futilely attempted to dissuade their superiors from issuing suicidal orders to proceed into enemy-laced streets where snipers lay in wait. The Beginning of the End in Vietnam: An Account of the Battle of Hue, by the Author of ‘Black Hawk Down’ 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nelsons drew vivid colors — dark strings, reedy woodwinds, mellow brasses — and impressive clarity from the orchestra. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Takes a Big Step Toward ‘Tristan’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Awareness of this trend probably accounts for the recent art trade emphasis on clarity and monumentality and the striking progression of 20th-century modernity. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z

When he wanted us to hear intricate details he brought uncanny clarity to bear. The New York Philharmonic Returns, in the Midst of Transitions 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

This is perhaps the balance that the richest teen movies strive for, offsetting the glow of nostalgia with the clarity — or the self-consciousness — of hindsight. Creating an Adolescence for the Ages 2011-06-25T23:33:02Z

But this level of moral clarity on the harms of grooming didn't happen overnight, requiring years of cultural reckoning and pushback. From “Gossip Girl” to “A Teacher,” TV is ending the romanticized student-teacher relationship 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

“The fractious bond between the brothers and their aching anger at the loss of a parent are evoked with exquisite sorrow and clarity,” wrote the Observer’s Wendy Ide. Sex, porn and toxic masculinity: the struggle to bring up better boys 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

The clarity of that fear made me efficient. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

They may return from Kassel, if anything, with renewed clarity of purpose. Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

The intransigence which made him the great artist he was – his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

"From this they were categorised into three colour-coded groups – black, grey or white, with intermediate shades for clarity – and despatched accordingly." The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook – review 2013-05-31T09:00:02Z

But it has a clarity and momentum that make it a surprisingly good fit for presentation in a theatrical environment. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z

Marion Cotillard is one of the best actors in the world; her face conveys emotions and thoughts with miraculous clarity and sympathy. The hottest French films of 2013 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z

But I made sure to avail myself of the opportunity to get clarity on an issue that had been puzzling me for the last 15 years. Why did Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard die? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

It’s funny, clarity is often undervalued in art. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

“We lived in a state of sensuous, if not analytic, clarity,” he recalls. Books of The Times: The Weird, Wide World of Bugs in Hugh Raffles?s ?Insectopedia? 2010-03-24T23:08:00Z

In the first movement, with its mazelike development section, Mr. Abdelmoula was able to bring clarity and purpose to the music’s structure, even as he shrouded individual lines in mystery. Review: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Displays Both Delicate and Robust Tones 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Flaubert illuminated her inner life and outward circumstances with a clarity that set a new standard for the novel, one that continues to beguile, and often to frustrate, his followers. Review: ‘Madame Bovary’ Features Mia Wasikowska as a Notorious Adulteress 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

"The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity," she said, referring to her reaction to the results of the blood test. Angelina Jolie has ovaries, fallopian tubes removed to thwart cancer risk 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

He added that such decisions are crucial for “maintaining clarity on what is, and is not, charitable.” Bid for ‘Star Wars’ Religion Is Shot Down 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Seurat is her lodestar, the artist whose clarity of purpose and studies of optical sensation have informed almost everything she does. Bridget Riley, Through Her Own Eyes 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

I have seldom heard the role sung with such rhythmic accuracy and verbal clarity. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z

That power, of course, also radiates onstage, where Ms. Bouder is known for her scintillating athleticism, clarity and attack. Ashley Bouder, the Feminist Ballerina With a Mission 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Rather than striving for pristine clarity and incisive articulation, he played with grace, ease and wonderful spontaneity. Review: Bruckner, Then a Cultural Call to Arms, at Carnegie Hall 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

The text of this conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Tamron Hall is back, and she's ready to talk with America 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Times's Kate Saunders valued the "humane and moving" qualities of the novel: "Dean writes with beautifully controlled clarity about family ties, social class, the generation gap and the vanished England of the past." Critical eye: reviews roundup 2010-08-27T23:06:00Z

“In the clarity after the rain, the valley appeared as a living version of Cézanne’s landscape,” she writes of Provence. Review: ‘Lisette’s List,’ by Susan Vreeland

Why else would a teenager a world away, not even a dancer, “love and respect” him not only so greatly, but, more surprising, with such clarity? Balanchine and Toumanova, in a Teenager’s Eyes 2012-07-19T23:27:56Z

And the club’s state-of-the-art sound system lent the music an extra punch and clarity. Music Review: Brian d’Arcy James at 54 Below 2012-06-27T21:43:10Z

She mourns the centuries-long effort at developing punctuation for the sake of ever greater clarity, now being abandoned, day by day, in our benighted contemporary culture. A Passion for Punctuation Meets a Love for All Things Greek 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

More affecting are Nelson and Ulman, whose frustrations come through with bracing clarity. Review: 'Sunlight' examines murky post-9/11 issues 2010-03-18T22:05:00Z

So, in the interests of clarity, herewith a guide to and a taxonomy of some of the more prominent types of haute macho. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z

Often that means treading a fine line between clarity and cliche. Lez Brotherston: design, dance and Diaghilev 2012-10-14T19:00:05Z

Every detail of this carefully etched Schubert came to the ears with utter clarity. Dover Quartet begins Kennedy residence with style 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Back in Disney Hall, the orchestra’s sound bloomed and took on a clarity, with smoother execution and more solid underpinning. With a farewell on the horizon, Zubin Mehta's concert with the Israel Philharmonic is a triumph 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

After guaranteeing such clarity, Mr. Simotes has apparently encouraged his actors to find their own ways into their roles, encouraging individual flourishes. Theater Review: ‘The Tempest,’ Presented by Shakespeare & Company 2012-07-30T22:19:52Z

But the cast’s physicality doesn’t register the passage of decades, and Arellano doesn’t provide enough clarity about eras and memories. Review | Drama and momentum are in short supply in ‘Doña Rosita’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

The designers return to their apartments for the evening, and Anna, in a moment of clarity, predicts that she and Janeane may have missed the mark this week. 2010-02-12T15:13:00Z

Ferrara has poured himself into these harrowing scenes with a rare force of insight—and he films them with a still, wide-eyed clarity that appears to express his own astonishment at their revelations. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

He brought delicacy and sparkling clarity to the bursts of runs and dizzying scales in this Neo-Classical piece. Review: In ‘Folk, Form, and Fire,’ Hosting a Party of Five for Prokofiev 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

I love its precision, its modesty, its clarity and its minimal fuss. Possessed: Better Penmanship, Less Pain 2011-02-05T00:51:47Z

Many praised his clarity, forcefulness and technical performance and applauded his adventurous range of musical offerings. Julius Rudel, Longtime City Opera Impresario, Dies at 93 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Nowadays every single blot and blemish is available for all to see in withering clarity. High-definition TV is the nemesis of every actor of a certain age 2013-02-18T11:05:22Z

It was heartening to have such clarity from characters and a show that don’t always see so clearly. 'Girls' Recap: Adam, an Example of How Selfish Young Men Speak When They've Done Wrong 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

The costumes — geometrically patterned green and white body tights, by Burberry — echo the stage design, and the painterly lighting, by Lucy Carter, washes the stage in subtly changing yellows and pinks, clarity and haze. Review: At the Royal Ballet, a Landscape and Soundscape With Dance 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

Despite her expressionist tendencies, she never lets go of her devotion to cool, lyrical clarity. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Trying to place myself in their positions helped me get some distance and clarity. Carolyn Hax: The limits of what a sister can do about sib’s choice of guy 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

The audience laughs, and Chappelle goes back to his speech, a call for the ethical clarity that helped his family build its legacy. Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special: Three Key References to Know 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

There may have been a few too many forensic closeups – the camera sometimes seemed more interested in Wishart's complexion than his expression – but overall it was a production of exceptional clarity. TV review: The Hollow Crown: Richard II; Derek Jacobi on Richard II; Mad Mad World 2012-07-01T20:00:01Z

But despite the benefits, he said it wasn’t all positive, particularly the lack of clarity around what would happen after the agreement expired in 2023. Caneel Bay: Why a Caribbean Paradise Remains in Ruins 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

Swiss officials have been waiting for clarity from the United States about whether the 76-year-old filmmaker needs to appear before a U.S. court to be sentenced. Swiss take time on Polanski extradition decision 2010-04-26T15:11:00Z

Under interrogation, the narrator goes temporarily insane; but in his madness he achieves a new mental clarity. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Peck is working in the house of Balanchine, and in a tradition that emphasizes a classical ideal of beauty, in which sensuality is balanced with refinement and clarity. ‘Ballet 422’ Captures Justin Peck and City Ballet in Creative Motion 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

It may seem a bit heartless, but I can’t help admiring her clarity of vision. We are old and in love, but she left me after my cancer diagnosis | Dear Mariella 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

At the New Yorker, David Remnick, the editor, said that everyone “is delighted with the wisdom and clarity of the decision.” ArtsBeat: Forensic Art Expert’s Libel Case Against New Yorker Magazine Is Dismissed 2013-08-02T19:25:37Z

But Mr. Petrenko more or less redeemed the score, by teasing out every corner of that “Viennese sound spectrum” with exuberance and clarity. How a Forgotten Opera Made a Big Comeback 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

But the journey isn’t just loud to soft — it’s discombobulation to clarity. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

It captures the middle classes of Mumbai with still, quiet clarity and tells a tragicomic and tale about modern family life. Nikesh Shukla's top 10 Anglo-Asian books 2010-12-22T11:17:38Z

Accuracy and clarity aren't descriptions typically associated with "The Morning Show" in a decent episode. The stunning, rude awakening of Nicole Beharie's Chris Hunter on "The Morning Show" 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z

The shaggy Abendsen offers little in the way of additional clarity as to the true purpose these movies, other than to depict how a person’s actions in each film can change depending on their circumstances. “The Man in the High Castle” season 2: an alternate “then” only slightly removed from our “now” 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

“The Andy Griffith Show,” “Father Knows Best,” “Little House on the Prairie” taught us about the frontier spirit that built the nation and the moral clarity that guides it. Cable-crime shows explore rural America’s underbelly 2014-02-27T21:15:33Z

As with several scenes in this novel, however, we revisit it later with a clarity that lets us understand the reality of the story. Fighting to Save Their Tribe From Termination 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

It is a canny self-observation, about work that is surprisingly quiet, and thus all the more poignant in its insistence and clarity. Perspective | Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make works ‘to rest your eyes.’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Jacques Louis David’s “The Death of Socrates,” a prize possession of the Met’s French collection, appealed to me for its clarity, its simple geometry and the gloomy architecture of its prison setting. Perspective | Memories of art appreciation — in a flash — at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

During the complex, contrapuntal choruses, like “He trusted in God,” Ms. Glover trusted in Handel, drawing depth and clarity from the chorus and orchestra without interpretive fussiness. Review: Jane Glover Conducts the New York Philharmonic in ‘Messiah’ 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

In its moral clarity, it’s possible to find Miller and Armstrong’s project comforting. The Lesson Here Is Listen to the Victim 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

And he offered a model of how to sing in English with clarity and naturalness. Music Review: Met?s Summer Recital Series Kicks Off in Central Park 2010-07-13T22:57:00Z

But there was something surreal about coming across them all bound up like that: the shot captures a moment of harmony and clarity in an ordinarily messy world. Chloe Dewe Mathews's best photograph – Uzbek migrant workers 2013-06-12T18:30:01Z

Startlingly abrupt shifts of mood or atmosphere are perfectly calibrated to further the musical narrative, and complex musical textures emerge with the clarity and purpose of animated conversation. Young Attacca Quartet plays well beyond their years 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

In order to add some clarity to the process, we’ve decided to answer some frequently asked questions about how we chose our list of 52 Places to Go in 2014. How We Chose Our List of Places to Go in 2014 2014-01-10T19:43:46Z

The tour guide’s voice, issuing from centrally located speakers, often lacked clarity; from the other side of a gallery, it could be all but unintelligible. At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Hear! Hear! 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

In truth, he recounts his arduous travels with clarity and insight. ‘The Secret Token’ Review: America’s First Unsolved Mystery 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

“This felt like a chance to use this relationship — the connection, the messiness, the clarity and the love between these two — as a portal to investigate how things are made,” he said. Go behind the dancing to see what fueled FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

As the play’s title character, a grammatically exacting neurosurgeon named Ruth Wolff, Stevenson will repeat those last two phrases many times as events unfold and Ruth’s clarity and intellectual certainties erode. Juliet Stevenson Returns to ‘The Doctor,’ and the New York Stage 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

Ms. Davis and Mr. Taborn are two pianists with an ear for stark clarity and unflinching abstraction. The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

Each has its own look and feel, which adds some clarity. At the Shed, Frieze II Takes Off 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Ms. Baum, a flutist, has just released “Bridges,” a fine album of ambitious range and sharp melodic clarity. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

We also see, with biting comic clarity, the culture that breeds such guilt. Theater Review: ?How I Learned to Drive,? With Norbert Leo Butz 2012-02-14T03:01:00Z

Miro found that his life in Paris allowed him to understand his Catalan roots, that formative light that had seemed so oppressive, with a new and startling clarity. A life in paintings 2011-03-20T00:08:06Z

His accounts abound in vitality, clarity and a visceral feeling for drama. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Masekela played fluegelhorn with luminous clarity and his distinctive, gently jabbing phrases. Music Review: Hugh Masekela Played His Horn and Sang at Rose Theater 2014-04-06T21:43:49Z

One of the standouts in this year’s festival, “The Kindergarten Teacher” uses a savagely political lens to track one woman’s passage into madness or maybe clarity. New Directors/New Films Festival Highlights Bold Narrative Experiments 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

The soloist was Matthew Sullivan, who played with clarity and style, but also a somewhat two-dimensional sound. Review: Washington Square Music Festival Features Joseph Anderer 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Other times, there’s marvelous clarity, and Alvarez’s attention to details enhances the tension: This is a house haunted by mold and dust, with lumpy mattresses and windows that have been hastily boarded up. Review: Sightless Vet Vs. Trespassing Kids in Tense, Visually Smart Don't Breathe 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The Labèque sisters favor rhythmic precision and quick, sharp action — a solid way to achieve clarity in the double piano repertory — and they use dynamics rather than color to define phrases. Review: Nico Muhly’s Moody Concerto for Two Pianos 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Ohlsson opened with Liszt's labyrinthine arrangement of Bach's Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, illuminating all the inner voices of the Fugue portion with unusual clarity. Garrick Ohlsson performs a superb night of Liszt in Seattle 2012-03-08T17:57:04Z

He may be best known for his sparkling clarity in French music and jazzy Gershwin, but those are ideal Beethoven qualities too, especially here. Everything goes right for Gustavo Dudamel in Beethoven program 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

But these things don't really matter; it's the music that brings clarity. TV On The Radio keep heart despite nine types of trauma 2011-04-11T09:00:00Z

But there is perhaps something about Gerwig’s delicacy of touch that lends clarity to one of the film’s most resounding themes: its unapologetic feminism. Youth in revolt: is Lady Bird the first truly feminist teen movie? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Working with these elements, Mr. Zapf evoked beauty as well as clarity, cleverness without hubris, invention without distraction. Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

The following interview transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Bidding farewell to "Grace and Frankie": "We wanted people to cry at least at one point" 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Portions of the interview have been condensed for clarity. The Moth’s artistic director on the storyteller inside us all: “Most people do have something beautiful to say” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

There is a clarity to the diction that is not usually found in speech. “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

And Mr. Hollenbeck has grown increasingly accomplished as a composer, ever more assured in the distinctive clarity of his voice. Music Review: A Distinctive Voice, No Matter Who Is Performing 2011-04-26T21:30:10Z

But more than any Shakespeare in the Park offering of recent years, “Coriolanus” combines insight and showmanship with a clarity that makes you forget you’re listening to Elizabethan English. Review: An Electrifying ‘Coriolanus,’ Addicted to War 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

The case did not produce a guilty verdict because France's tax legislation at the time lacked clarity on the declaration of inheritance assets parked in financial trusts, the court said. Wildenstein art-dealer family acquitted of tax fraud charges in France 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

The Seattle Symphony Chorale, prepared by Joseph Crnko, sang with impressive clarity and precision, and was highly responsive to Wedow’s direction. ‘Messiah’ rings out, with Gary Thor Wedow at the helm 2013-12-22T02:43:48Z

A momentary clarity, longtime friend Guy Davis thinks. Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist 2011-10-24T14:42:08Z

With riveting clarity and enigmatic shadows, and through a range of languages in different registers of speaking and singing, it captures both the promise and darkness of cosmopolitanism itself. A Festival Has a Monumental Premiere (and Some Other Operas, Too) 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

After all, he had been in the audience himself, as a teenager, and he understood the dynamic of public performance with a clarity very few stars have had before or since. When Bowie met Burroughs 2013-03-09T09:01:00Z

As the musician Sami Linna has pointed out, Mr. Tyner’s right-hand clusters allowed him to imply the harmonic clarity that his left hand eschewed. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

So, thank you, Mom, for this belated gift, this reconfigured life of unexpected calm and clarity. It’s my mother’s fault I stole her letters 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z

And that action of retrospect is almost an antidote to the deepest grief, so the story takes a turn to the past, looking for clarity. Yiyun Li on Grief and Memory 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Writing in The Guardian, Andrew Pulver took note of “the frankly shattering combat scenes” and concluded, “the great strength of Fiennes’s film is simply its clarity and intelligence.” Movies: ?Coriolanus?: Ralph Fiennes Debut as Film Director 2011-11-27T04:47:17Z

At 4am we are still going, in silence, fitting pieces together with mindful clarity. Going TV cold turkey – what is it like to give up the box for a month? 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

Here, for an instant, he seems like all dedicated pianists, trying hard to bring clarity, a particular touch, lyrical shape or rhythmic bite, to a phrase. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

What is remarkable about “The Flame,” “You Want It Darker” and now “Thanks for the Dance” is the clarity and self-awareness with which Cohen wrestles with his own impending death. A Last Dance for Leonard Cohen 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Please note that answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. Women are finding new ways to influence male-led faiths 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

Cuse When you’re telling a story, no matter how rigorous you are with yourself and your collaborators as to the clarity and intention of the story, you’re still in a bubble. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z

But the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Wednesday started to bring some clarity, focusing the conversation around two front-runners — "Birdman" and "Boyhood" — and crystallizing this year as a particularly strong one for smaller films. SAG Awards nominations begin to clarify season -- and yet they don't 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

They have dimension, clarity and, in their best moments, leave everything to the imagination. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?Jewels,? at David H. Koch Theater - Review 2011-09-29T21:25:15Z

A much-need moment of clarity arrives on the eerie, ominous “Another Girl,” and “Backslider” provides a delicious taste of payback.  Album review: Wild Belle, 'Isles' 2013-03-08T19:21:00Z

With a clarity that excuses its thematic obviousness, it explores a few overlapping visions retailed by the Walt Disney Company, that hegemonic merchant of family values and adolescent fantasies. The Best Episode of the New “Black Mirror” Is a Princess Tale Starring Miley Cyrus 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

The book “reads like an impassioned survey course on migration, laying bare the origins of mass migration in searing clarity,” our reviewer, Lauren Markham, writes. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

In the absence of clarity and while the world awaits a vaccine, some families are looking to advances in testing to help reassure them. Coronavirus toll on Italy's elderly strains "nonni" safety net 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

But all of the dancers deserve praise for the clarity of articulation and sense of uncomplicated joy they bring to the work. Dance Review: At New York City Ballet, a Fresh Look for Robbins 2010-05-09T22:30:00Z

Laura Ingalls Wilder's books have danger and love and bears in them, but all I remember of them with real clarity is the food, and the wonderful piercing hunger it produced. Katherine Rundell's top 10 descriptions of food in fiction 2013-07-23T14:23:39Z

Here are excerpts from our conversation, which have been edited for length and clarity. After Making History in Bangladesh, She’s Getting Applause in New York 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

For the first time, I saw my parents and all their platonic mannerisms projected in 4K clarity. ‘Minari’ Haunted Me by What It Left Out 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

But they sing with clarity, conviction and a radiant gratitude for the chance to be there. ‘Godspell’ Review: Musical Theater Rises From the Dead 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

“I search for clarity in my films so that deeper thoughts may be more easily perceived,” he said in 2008. Manoel de Oliveira, Pensive Filmmaker Who Made Up for Lost Time, Is Dead 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

It’s commonly thought that ease and clarity disqualify a novel from literary greatness, but — and I realize I’m an outlier on this issue — I don’t think that should be the case at all. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z

The clarity of Lucy’s imagery is troubled by an emotional murkiness that may read as evasive or hard to parse, but no more so than the daily business of living, and making sense of it. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

Still, this arrangement allowed inner details to emerge with fresh clarity. Music Review: Emanuel Ax and Tamara Mumford in ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ 2012-11-05T23:29:47Z

Or maybe it’s the moment-of-truth statement from a person who is seeing his own life with some clarity — and wants to be honest with you, before you both start new phases of your lives. Perspective | Ask Amy: Two friends share an awkward movie moment 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

“The Looming Tower,” however, is not merely about the clarity of hindsight. Review | Packed with 9/11 hindsight, ‘The Looming Tower’ looms a lot 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

“Bach shows us extreme articulated clarity in large structure and small details. This is the challenge.” Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the Passionate Formalist 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

He recalls Twain’s description of Lake Tahoe: “The clarity with which you can see to the bottom and the incredible, almost fairy-tale trout that no longer live in that lake, I found that particularly heartbreaking.” Review | Nick Offerman would like to invite you to dinner 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Thayil's exploration of opium dens and its denizens penetrates through the lowest strata of Mumbai society to find a space of surprising clarity. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z

Because they weren’t building a new radio format or otherwise engaging with the mainstream, each moved in the directions that felt authentic to it, toward pop clarity or progressive twiddle or slovenly roaring. Review: Baroness, Rebuilt Without Edges, Plays at Saint Vitus 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

This was the Kanye M.O. for more than a decade: By pairing smash hits and unscripted spectacle, the artist often got away with messy moments thanks to the clarity of his creative vision. Can Kanye West Find Refuge, or Money, in Music? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Yet they maintain a distinctive element of calm, a clarity of composition and a gentleness characterized by a lack of sudden movement or extreme emotion. Art In Review: VIVIAN MAIER 2012-01-19T23:48:15Z

Beyond that, simply judged by its intellectual brilliance, poetic clarity and incisive character portraits, “The Bassarids” is one of opera’s great literary librettos. Christoph von Dohnanyi Conducts Hans Werner Henze 2012-03-16T16:11:31Z

But what’s most striking is just how subtle and in sync they all are, allowing small changes to register with more clarity. Critic?s Notebook: Harvard Sailing Team Breathes New Life Into Sketch Comedy 2012-01-30T21:58:14Z

Her tunes maintained a sturdy, old-fashioned clarity, even as her lyrics faced disorder, determinedly exposing her fears, depression and self-destructive impulses. Soccer Mommy Summons a ‘Tidal Wave’ of Feelings 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

Such a disparity in memory may be inevitable in our hyper-polarized politics, but it’s striking given the stark clarity of Jan. 6 at the time and in its immediate aftermath. Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

She synthesizes the character’s contradictions with stunning clarity: the elegant mind and the blind rage; the courage and the self-destructiveness. Review | A theater festival in the bucolic countryside, but boiling underneath 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

This delightful work displays the instruments with runs requiring clarity and considerable agility, with verve, and in the second movement, with emotional declamatory style. Lincoln Center ensemble lets the cello be the star | Classical review 2013-05-08T17:59:35Z

Sarah Paulson, who worked with her on “Impeachment: American Crime Story” and filmed a movie with her last summer, described that clarity as lending Ashford a certain buoyancy. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

The artist’s presentation of conceptual mysteries through rigorous formal clarity is seductive. The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's new museum 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

Crucially, the city isn't a place of moral clarity. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z

Britten's shifting perspectives, envisioning war as a communal catastrophe that destroys the individual soul, were exposed with horrifying clarity. CBSO/Gardner – review 2013-06-26T17:03:12Z

I want the same clarity when feeding the soil in my garden or, more precisely, the microorganisms that live in it. Why you should prepare a seafood dinner for your soil 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

That we follow the largely unedited text through its dark moments and plot convolutions to an earned happy conclusion testifies to the curiosity factor and the clarity of storytelling at play. 'All's Well That Ends Well' has pleasant outing at Theatricum Botanicum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

But occasionally a title is changed for clarity. Foreign Films, English Titles and the Dilemma Distributors Face 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

The rewards of "LaRose" lie in the quick unraveling and the slow reconstruction of these lives to a moment when animosities resolve, like shards of glass in a kaleidoscope, into clarity and understanding. In Louise Erdirch's 'LaRose,' parents make an impossible bargain 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

But there are some terrific things in both, and Mark Leipacher's staging, played in modern dress in a bare space, scores strongly on clarity and immediacy. Fiesco – review 2013-01-18T12:09:37Z

There’s no informative interchange between the participants, no considered reasoning and very little clarity about what candidates think or propose. Think presidential debates are dull? Thank 1950s TV game shows 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

I find that clarity and drive combined with the obvious conflict in his personal life was compelling. Why Josh Hartnett became addicted to making indie films: "It just feels more honest" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

As performed by the remarkable young actor Michael Benjamin Washington, embodying more than two dozen different characters, and directed by Saheem Ali, “Fires in the Mirror” energizes with its sheer force of clarity. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Lukoff — a transgender man himself — tells the story with such truth, such purity, such remarkable emotional clarity that you may be moved to tears by Bug’s triumph in the end. This Coming-of-Age Novel Features a Girl on the Cusp of Manhood 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

Sometimes dreamy but mostly dissatisfying, “Walk With Me” offers no clarity for the curious. Review: ‘Walk With Me,’ an Invitation From Thich Nhat Hanh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

But her timing and clarity were off in a song that requires every word to be heard. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z

Very often the experience of adulthood involves losing that emotional clarity. Wes Anderson on “Moonrise Kingdom”: I’m trying to make something unfamiliar 2012-06-01T19:45:00Z

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity and length. Samantha Bee on why she's on tour: "It is feeling treacherous out there to be a woman" 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

The first volume of his magnum opus, “Laurence Sterne: The Early and Middle Years,” published in 1975, was praised for its diligent scholarship and stylistic clarity. Arthur H. Cash, Definitive Laurence Sterne Biographer, Dies at 94 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

A convoluted conclusion, begot by an unconvincing change of heart, obliterates any chance of “Hunt” offering the clarity it needs to be entertaining. ‘Hunt’ Review: Spy vs. Spy vs. Subplots 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Bishop responded, “I have nothing against clarity, you know.” Books of The Times: Fighting The New Yorker Over Extra Commas and Steaming Cowflops 2011-02-08T22:00:14Z

The sight of his friend in his new skin made Paul see himself with unexpected clarity. ‘I just want to cut it off’: the weight-loss patients who no longer fit their skin 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

But in this movie it is also consistently surprising because of the clarity of Mr. Haneke’s vision. Movie Review: Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour,’ With Jean-Louis Trintignant 2012-12-18T22:53:50Z

Revenge, trauma, child exploitation and environmental degradation — all of these, to one extent or another, undergird the feverish momentum of “Saloum,” a picture that proceeds with more visual brio than narrative clarity. ‘Saloum’ Review: A Paranormal Showdown in the Desert 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The narrator occasionally corrects herself for clarity, which implies that she realizes that we can hear her. Can One Sentence Capture All of Life? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

The domestic scene the speaker views with such uncanny clarity is clearly not meant to be a fantasy. Poem of the week: Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson 2012-12-24T09:00:14Z

Like so much of Kozol’s work, “The Theft of Memory” addresses important issues about a defenseless segment of society, the elderly, with plainspoken clarity and deep-felt compassion. Jonathan Kozol’s memoir on aging can stand proudly beside Roz Chast’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

“I gained a huge amount of clarity,” she said, speaking in the small physical-therapy room in the company’s longtime West Village home. Mixed Emotions In Advancing Toward the End 2011-07-03T00:28:29Z

It was that hunger for clarity, Ms. Gruber agreed, that dictated the course of her life. Recounting the Past of a Witness to History 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

The impeccably drilled ensemble members — who include Ray Fearon and Alexander Vlahos in impassioned performances as Macbeth’s most worthy adversaries — sustain a headlong pace without sacrificing clarity. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z

The tone aims at the severe clarity of a parable and is most effective in this mode. A Norwegian Novel Complicates the Canon of New Testament Fiction 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

What they saw was a scene whose editing builds the tsunami horror with urgency and clarity. 'Hereafter' Review: Clint Eastwood Goes Supernatural 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z

To hear more about that and his role in HBO's "Succession," watch my "Salon Talks" interview with Eric Bogosian, or read an edited transcript below, trimmed slightly for length and clarity. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The pealing bells of “Amen of Consummation,” the dazzyingly colorful finale, ring with sparkling clarity in these pianists’ capable hands. CD Review: OLIVIER MESSIAEN: ?Visions de l?Amen? 2010-07-16T15:02:00Z

His passagework, so key to these showpieces, lost clarity in faster moments. Music Review: Vadim Repin and Itamar Golan at Alice Tully Hall 2012-03-19T21:51:00Z

The clarity of statement brings home to us, as we read, the organic defect of the theatre itself; the fundamental lack of what may be called the poetic attitude. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

To go along with those, he crafted, with cruel clarity, brief explanations of who did what and when. The Indispensable Guide to Early American Murder 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

That pithy, six-word response is a classic example of Gil's ability to cut to the quick and see complex matters with great clarity and wisdom. Gil Scott-Heron: poet, campaigner and America's rough healer 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

Both these actors brought sharp clarity to the ambiguity of the brothers' situation. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Teenagers are extraordinary – I remember all my teen years with utter clarity – because everything’s new. Caitlin Moran on Teen Girls, Sex and Pretending to Be Courtney Love 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

And I would argue that in a partisan time what you need more than anything else is clarity based on scholarship, understanding and trying to find reconciliation and truth. ‘You can’t be a historian of black America without being hopeful,’ says Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

His flow is highly reminiscent of Roots Manuva, but his lyrics lack the rapper's clarity, bending more towards elliptical imagery and phrases that run into each other without much concession to logic. Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light – review 2013-05-09T21:15:02Z

The Iowa caucuses, with their technical glitches and late reporting, offered no winnowing of the field and little clarity about what happens next. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

But, although the production is exemplary, Baker's play feels like a delicate miniature that never achieves the robust clarity of a dramatic metaphor. Review 2010-09-20T23:53:00Z

That everything appears to be on the surface is because so much is hidden away—columns, beams, and braces disguised to effect clarity. Philip Johnson, the Man Who Made Architecture Amoral 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Their comments have been edited for space and clarity. Why Kate Spade Felt Like a Friend 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Fletcher’s divided conscience, like Holiday’s activism, carries intriguing dramatic and historical potential, but like nearly everything else in this feverish, frustrating movie, the political themes are handled with maximal melodrama and minimal clarity. ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Review: Singing for Her Life 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

In crime there’s not just transgression, there’s clarity: being in the conspiracy, knowing the inner workings of the machine, seeing what’s really going on. Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

I hope that the clarity that we are providing today on the accountability reforms that we are making will reinforce the fact that artistic and creative subjects are central to a broad and balanced education. Michael Gove's statement on GCSEs - and what it means for cultural and creative subjects 2013-02-07T13:42:30Z

And a stand for clarity and perspective: as US President Barack Obama said in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, we must not start to equate the issue of refugees with terrorism. Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2015: refugees 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Here are a few highlights from my recent online chat, which are edited and condensed for clarity. Civilities: Is Caitlyn Jenner still the Kardashians’ stepdad? 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

The Fourth Concerto is classic Bernstein, an interpretation delivered with the deliberate clarity of a student’s thesis defense. What Leonard Bernstein Should You Listen To? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

I just needed a moment of clarity to have some fun. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z

“Die a Legend” is delivered with cold emotional clarity, and the howls of sadness and vitriol on “AI YoungBoy 2” are almost disorienting. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Brink followed the events from Paris, where he was in graduate school, and the distance afforded him a liberating clarity. A Traitor to His Tribe 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Here is a selection, edited for length and clarity, as well as responses on social media. Remembering Jerry Herman: ‘He Called His Shows His Children’ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z

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

His mobility contrasts with her stillness, her clarity with his bluster. Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater: A Midsummer Night’s Couple 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The tempo was reined in just enough so that the insistent three-note rhythmic riff that runs through the aria had clarity and point without any rigidity, whether in Ms. Leonard’s singing or the orchestra. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

“We are not bringing transparency to the market. We are bringing clarity to these transactions.” Tech Start-Up Aims to Get Artists Royalties for Resale 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

The British pianist Paul Lewis, 44, is one of today’s finest exponents of Schubert, noted for his clarity of tone and simplicity of interpretation. Schubert’s Final Acceptance, Rueful as Always 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

These works belong to the crowded category of assemblage or found-object art, but also transcend it by means of a clarity best described as classical. Art Review: An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little 2011-06-30T22:05:51Z

Many walk in search of clarity as they process an illness, trauma or crisis of faith. Strapping On His Cello for a 600-Mile Bach Pilgrimage 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

The dancers, here as throughout the evening, performed with an absorbing clarity and focus. Dance Review: Miro Magloire and His New Chamber Ballet at City Center 2012-02-13T22:39:23Z

The images and the words, in whatever language, possess an alluring clarity. ‘Malmkrog’ Review: Now You’re Talking 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Chris Christodoulou Bach's supreme ability to use order and clarity to express the inexpressible while also taking outrageous harmonic risks was nowhere more evident than in Joanna MacGregor's peerless interpretation of the Goldberg Variations. Nabucco; Bach Marathon; Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott – review 2013-04-06T23:06:25Z

She conducts with admirable economy and clarity — her beat, her cues — while injecting expressiveness and emotion liberally. Review: A Rising Conductor Makes Her New York Debut 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Over the next four minutes, Lamar delivered his verses with linguistic clarity, minus the oft-impenetrable insider metaphors or wasteful cusses that typify lazier lyricists. Kendrick Lamar is an essential voice for Los Angeles and beyond 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

“Modern architects tend to like the clarity and simplicity of Shaker furniture and architecture,” Ms. Selldorf said. The Shakers Are Movers, Too 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z

The author concludes that Franklin's expedition was a "long and painful quest for a largely useless geographical clarity" and a "spectacular piece of folly." 'The Man Who Ate His Boots': The Northwest Passage ? it had to be there 2010-03-19T22:30:00Z

It’s a social novel that positions idiomatic — rather than stock — characters in a messy world and then strips both down to perversely specific universals through a strong plot and the soul-level clarity of beautiful language. Literary realism is dead 2012-10-20T21:00:00Z

Transparency should lead to clarity and that clarity to lead to better care. The Total Transparency Manifesto: Not So Fast 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

I had to make their emotional dynamism, determination, wisdom and clarity convincing. My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

For Brooks, this carried the clarity of revelation, and soon he let it be known, among his acquaintances, that he was experiencing religious curiosity. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

The term relates to that one particular style of music in which structure, balance, restraint, clarity, good taste, beauty and purity of form are of paramount importance. Notes and queries: When red lights might not mean stop; What makes classical music classical music? Why Ludo and Monopoly players are good sports 2010-08-31T23:05:00Z

But as you settle in, it gains clarity. Art Review: Fin-de-Si?cle Hothouse, Plush and Neurotic 2011-02-24T23:17:57Z

The more I worked with my daughter to help her gain greater clarity about the difficult concepts at issue, the less secure she felt in her own thinking, and the more I stepped in. Motherlode Blog: When 'Help' With Homework Is Too Much 2013-02-03T14:22:47Z

Though Gould was drawn to Baroque music and instinctively cultivated lucid musical textures, the film reveals the extent to which his principal teacher, the Chilean-born pianist Alberto Guerrero, imparted skills that maximized clarity. For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

"I reached a moment of total gut clarity," Morgan wrote in his column. Piers Morgan calls Markle a "delusional Duchess," lashes out at the "woke brigade" in lengthy rant 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

Esparza, scaling up into the peak of his register, rocks out blazingly — even if it’s at the expense of lyrical clarity, a problem that afflicts virtually everyone in the 19-person cast. Review | ‘Chess’ has the best cast of any musical this season. But the show itself has issues. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

She describes all the attendant emotions — guilt, anger, even something approaching madness — with ferocity and clarity. 15 New Books to Watch For in May 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

Wayne Jordan's staging of Seán O'Casey's classic brings pared-back clarity to a drama that is often embalmed rather than revived. The Plough and the Stars 2010-08-04T21:00:00Z

Dutoit opened with a reading of Berlioz's "Roman Carnival Overture" that offered welcome degrees of clarity and scintillation. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z

“Watch the thought rise, look at it and allow it to dissipate and fall back into the clarity of the mind.” Dallas is the most affordable go-to travel destination for 2015 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wu, the author of “The Master Switch,” writes with elegance and clarity, giving readers the pleasing sensation of walking into a stupendously well-organized closet. Review: ‘The Attention Merchants’ Dissects the Battle for Clicks and Eyeballs 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

It’s an album that could fit into the illustrious Sleater-Kinney discography, and simultaneously shows a clarity of vision that is uniquely Tucker’s. Alanis Morissette, Corin Tucker and the Frustrating/ Promising State of Women in Rock 2012-08-28T13:45:49Z

This is part of the sneaky power of the collection, which recognizes that poems are for readers of all ages, that it is not age but intention, empathy, clarity that counts. Poetry makes a difference in 'Please Excuse This Poem' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Yet when you read them as momentary punctuations of his undeniably inventive storytelling they do add an extra intense air of hallucinatory clarity. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-22T23:08:10Z

I ask for clarity on our call, but things become more cryptic. ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Confused and overcome with a certain clarity of mind, I expressed my concerns on Twitter. Colin The Lionheart: Kaepernick is pushing the envelope for black male athletes 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Of all the mysteries surrounding Prince’s end, the only one with a prospect of near-term clarity is the question of how he died. What We Know About Prince's Death, His Estate and His Trove of Unreleased Music 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

By the same token, I prefer the halting clarity of the Naked version of "Two of Us" in contrast with the remix. The definitive version of the Beatles' "Let It Be" doesn't exist — but this new deluxe remix sizzles 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

Salonen's conducting was exceptional, not for its sense of line or febrile intensity, but for calm, almost nonchalant authority and musical clarity, combined with wonderfully sculpted playing from the Philharmonia. Tristan und Isolde 2010-09-24T20:29:00Z

The clarity of her film-making diction is a marvel – even, or perhaps especially, when the nature of the story itself remains murkily unrevealed. Archipelago ? review 2011-03-03T15:01:00Z

Ditlevsen’s collected memoirs, released last year in English as “The Copenhagen Trilogy,” were among the Book Review’s 10 best books of 2021, earning praise for “stunning clarity, humor and candidness.” 18 New Works of Fiction to Read This Spring 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

"In this design you will be able to hear the 1850-1860 era qualities, lyrical, bell-like, precise – and also the modern instrument that our time is used to, which is clarity," he said. Hungarian space-age piano scales new heights, creator says 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

On the cusp of 50 and more than two decades into her career, Ms. Etheridge remains a primal force, a singer of intensity and clarity and — not insignificantly to a likely future “Idol” winner — popularity. Critics? Choice: New From Etheridge, Roky Erickson and Jacky Terrasson 2010-04-25T22:18:00Z

The all-encompassing cynicism induces a stark kind of clarity, for the audience if not the fictional participants. A Most Wanted Man review – Philip Seymour Hoffman’s superb swansong 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

It will give you clarity as to some of the costs to the unnecessary consumption of meat. Angie Mar’s Menu: Red Meat and Respect 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

There’s something satisfying about the neatness of the format — the clarity of the roles, the separation of powers — that allows a trumpeter and a pianist to let loose within the gift of structure. Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller’s Glorious Duets 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Under the acoustic circumstances — the amplification was necessarily a bit blaring — the Wet Ink Ensemble, conducted by Arturo Tamayo, played with forceful clarity. Review: Robin Rhode Takes Schoenberg’s ‘Erwartung’ to the Street (Broadway, No Less) 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

Jolted awake from his reveries, "a burst of clarity after a lifetime of sleep", for a few crazy days Pasquale plays a walk-on role in Dee's story, then she's gone again. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter – review 2013-06-01T14:45:02Z

It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when that kind of clarity and daring is equated with departures. Fashion’s Gossip Addiction 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ice comes now from one of several varieties of squat stand-alone machines dedicated solely to creating ice of a particular shape, texture and clarity. In the Kitchens of the Rich, Things Are Not as They Seem 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

Here's a transcript edited for space and clarity. Inventor of Knee Defender insists airlines shouldn't sell the same space twice 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

When U. goes to see Peyman for clarity about "The Great Report" he is told that "It will find its shape," which U. finds less than reassuring. Tom McCarthy keeps protagonist and readers guessing 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

This conversation has been edited lightly for clarity and length. How cookbook writer Eric Kim found home through Korean-American food 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

He toyed with this idea for weeks, expressing hope that a lightning bolt of clarity would at some point galvanize him into making a choice. My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third? 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

Her director, the comic Bo Burnham, had been emphasizing the same point: clarity, structure, clarity, structure. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Ms. Pato is a pianist of percussive clarity, and a flutist and singer of warmer, softer effect. New Music: Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ and Cristina Pato’s ‘Migrations’ 2013-01-14T22:57:43Z

Mime is often considered too old-fashioned for contemporary audiences, but here it is legible and smoothly integrated, providing a welcome dramatic clarity. Review: At the Bolshoi, ‘Giselle’ Is Rethought, Refreshed, Revivified 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Ackroyd says that when he walks London’s streets, he will sometimes lapse into a time-travel reverie, toggling backward to envision, with crystal clarity, how a street, an intersection, looked two or three centuries before. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z

Indeed, the producers at Magical Elves edit the episodes with an eye toward maximum suspense rather than ultimate clarity. Why "Top Chef" gets me cooking 2010-06-16T15:46:00Z

Indeed, a key difference between the two shows is that Basualdo will emphasize the unsteady, ever-shifting meaning of Johns’s work, while the Whitney half is more likely to have a step-this-way clarity. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

He emphasized color and clarity, getting the Met's celebrated orchestra to play Adams' richly detailed orchestration and complicated rhythms with gleaming gorgeousness. Met Opera's 'Death of Klinghoffer' is a compassionate feat 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Jones’s film brings analytical clarity and lyrical insight to Hitchcock’s achievements, as channelled through Truffaut’s passionate and probing questions and studies. The Book That Reinvented Hitchcock 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

There’s an austere clarity to the broth, which is at once more carnal and more delicate. A Soup That Needs No Accompaniment at Just Pho 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

They are first-class ballet dancers, yet their deep training enters the work not as fancy tricks but as extreme clarity in basic ballet steps and positions. Review: Ballet and Modern Dance Meet, and Ultimately Embrace 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Their moment of clarity was collapse, hospitalization, a heart attack. Modern Love: Chubby, Skinny, Accepting — Modern Love 2013-01-03T22:44:01Z

To follow the shadowy mire of this saga, which potentially implicates scores of individuals and involves layers of misdirection, is to yearn for an ever-elusive clarity. The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

And again, with the deliberate clarity of someone demonstrating an elementary move. Daniil Simkin, Standing Out, Reaching Out 2013-06-28T19:49:33Z

That she achieves all this with perfect clarity and no self-pity, and with her sometimes kooky affectations modulated into an aptly self-deprecating charm, is a mark of Ms. Parker’s maturity and the production’s. Review: Mary-Louise Parker, Resounding in ‘The Sound Inside’ 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

He was doing so lucidly, with real clarity and ease. Harvard's first online architecture course: Does it make the grade? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

Clearly, people were looking for some sort of relief and clarity. What to know about ‘sound baths,’ an ancient wellness practice gaining steam in the West 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

His playing is notable for its clarity of texture and for its momentum, particularly in vast sonatas that can sound meandering in less capable hands. King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z

It tells this seductive story well, in many places with factual accuracy, and always with an eye to clarity and entertainment. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

It is as though Klint spent the rest of her life trying to square her early visionary clarity with life’s ensuing perplexities. Review | Hilma af Klint, the woman who painted the future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

That decision struck me as a model of pristine self-knowledge, yet as a composer he struggled for years to achieve that kind of clarity. Accessing a Place Of Shaggy Wildness 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

When the spotlight is ceded to others, especially Jackson’s behind-the-scenes collaborators like Lucas and the dancer Tina Landon, little flickers of clarity emerge. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

There is a clarity to these historical sections, a care and restraint. Moral Questions Lurk Beneath a Ghost Story in ‘Melmoth’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Even better are solos of ecstatic, concentrated clarity where skittering footwork beats against curving body shapes or where a dancer simply holds the stage in a radiantly unfolding adagio. Merce Cunningham Company ? review 2010-10-27T22:00:00Z

And with that clarity something else occurred: The dancer took on the stylized appearance of a Greek statue. Alexei Ratmansky’s Epic Ballet Arrives in a Changed World 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

Rhetta Hughes and I spoke on the phone, and the following has been edited for length and clarity:   You Must Hear This! Rhetta Hughes’ “Gimme Some Of Yours” 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

Lyrically, Baker sounds like a modern-day Esther Greenwood, rattling around inside her own bell jar, looking for clarity. Julien Baker Believes in God 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Here's my initial review from the Toronto premiere, stripped down for context and clarity: "Black Swan" is one of those movies that demand big adjectives. "Black Swan": Even better than you've heard 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z

The comments below, gathered from across nytimes.com since Mr. Bowie’s death, have been edited for length and clarity. ‘Thank You, Mr. Bowie. You Changed Our Lives.’ 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Instead we picked a few of our favorite comments and edited them for length and clarity. ‘Libraries, You Are My Heroes’: Readers Share Memories of a Favorite Haven 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

There were moments when I wished for more clarity about events, and at times the narrative drifts. Books of The Times: Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’ 2013-04-29T19:31:34Z

Smoothness and clarity are not things that occur naturally in prose, they require a great deal of grinding and polishing. They don’t happen by accident. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z

“Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor ” collects hundreds of short passages from English prose to demonstrate how figurative analogies bring excitement, richness and increased clarity to a writer’s thought. What does this remind you of? A compendium of metaphors can help. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

While apprehensive at times, Sizemore was candid about his problem, and described his moment of clarity. Tom Sizemore honest about long-lasting drug battle 2013-06-14T13:57:11Z

Invariably, he provides an answer that promises clarity in a world of chaos. Fox News host Tucker Carlson is loudly ignoring impeachment. It ‘is not only dumb, it’s boring.’ 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

No soliloquies of any note, although Cleopatra comes nearest, achieving a Lear-like clarity about her place in the world after the death of Antony. Are Shakespeare's women second-class citizens? 2012-07-19T11:09:28Z

Still, it was refreshing in every sense and offered a useful moment of clarity. Wines That Resound in Memory 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Patrik Ervell began making men’s wear after working at magazines like V. What follows is a transcript of that conversation, edited for space and clarity. New York Fashion Week: The Next Wave 2010-09-09T07:53:00Z

And this week, on the eve of his 90th birthday, Mr. Bennett performed the tune on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” at a moseying tempo and with the utmost clarity of feeling. The Playlist: Britney Spears Puts on a Show and Tove Lo Plays it Cool 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he writes about the moral ambiguity of Will’s circumstances with dazzling clarity and impressive philosophical rigor. Books of The Times: ?You Deserve Nothing? by Alexander Maksik - Book Review 2011-09-12T22:26:31Z

But he offers his thoughts with surpassing clarity and circumspection. 'What Light Can Do': Robert Hass ponders a big picture 2012-08-29T19:19:03Z

“He entertains with steps” is what George Balanchine so loved about Bournonville, and the clarity of the steps was the great virtue of this program, which also included a bright rendering of “Bournonville Divertissements.” New York City Ballet suits up for courage and soars in ‘La Sylphide’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

With bassist Ben Street and drummer Ted Poor pushing rhythms forward, Rosenwinkel and Goldberg focused on color, texture and clarity of line. The fresh sound of guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel 2011-03-04T14:34:10Z

Below are Gessen’s recommendations, which have been lightly edited for clarity. What Is Driving Vladimir Putin? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

I especially admired the eerie clarity of plainchant-like passages in the poem’s “Death Carol” section, and percussive tattoos of syllables near the end. Music Review: Nathan and Julie Gunn With Pacifica Quartet at Zankel Hall 2013-04-24T21:51:23Z

In the aftermath of crying, I experience clarity of thought and a burst of productivity. Why Am I Crying All the Time? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Still, he sets words for clarity, often in long stretches of spiky block chords. Classical Playlist: Lewis Spratlan, Beethoven and Brahms 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

“Seriously?” and “Honestly?,” the requests for clarity of intent, became “Seriously?” and “Honestly,” the abrupt dismissals. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Really?’ Pops Up Everywhere on Television 2012-10-01T22:17:08Z

The interview is edited for clarity and slightly condensed. Lagunitas drops lawsuit against Sierra Nevada after Twitter backlash 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Balanchine, to take another example, put stock in a theatrical ideal of womanhood, and an appreciation of the female form and its allure, along with his obvious technical hallmarks of musical clarity, line and speed. Review | New York City Ballet: After the fall 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The other reason to read “Beyond the Robot” is because it will introduce you to Gary Lachman, who writes about philosophical and mystical ideas with exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity. UFOs, alien abductions, the occult: to one man, the building blocks of scholarship 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

All were, at heart, about morphing timbres and textures, and whether by design or by happenstance, they added up to an impressive demonstration of the space’s tolerances for dynamic breadth and clarity of projection. Music Review: Wet Ink in Gaudeamus Muziekweek at New Issue Project Room 2012-01-28T00:48:03Z

Maybe what sparks between Joe and Dottie is just lust or loneliness or circumstance; maybe it’s the blinding clarity of American idealism and American insanity. “Killer Joe”: Matthew McConaughey’s comeback gets creepier 2012-07-26T15:00:00Z

Interviews he gave to promote the film don’t provide much clarity. From Sean Connery to Harrison Ford: actors who secretly played roles gay 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

There has to be clarity about who you are and who your partner is in that marriage, not what you brought to the marriage. We set up a video camera and asked people to tell us their love stories 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

Every filmmaker, or reporter for that matter, edits interviews for clarity and brevity. As Durst Murder Case Goes Forward, HBO’s Film Will Also Be on Trial 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Beyond the clarity of both her body and her verbal instruction, which is as scrupulous as her dancing, what’s refreshing about Ms. Peck is her intention. Dancers Still Need Daily Class. No Barre? Just Grab a Chair. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

He writes with clarity and grace about the complex political turbulence of 19th-century France and its effect on Hugo, most notably in his nearly two-decade exile from his homeland. ‘Les Misérables’ is not just a great story — it’s a great publishing story 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Spielberg navigates this warehouse with his usual dexterity, loading every frame with information without losing the clarity and momentum of the story. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

But it is the clarity and passion of Evans’s images that hold us more than Ms. Levine’s subversive gesture. Art Review: ?Sherrie Levine: Mayhem,? at Whitney Museum - Review 2011-11-10T23:15:08Z

That prescience that Riley identified persists, as does the moral clarity of Hansberry’s questions — questions that still don’t have answers. Review: ‘Les Blancs’ Is an Anguished Play for an Anguished Moment 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

Some of them are simple common sense and provide welcome clarity: for instance, if a drama tells one self-contained story over a season, it’s a “limited series,” period. Why the Emmys Can't Categorize Shows 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Ms. Carter, has never had difficulty communicating grace or clarity on her instrument: She has a glowing, dark-maple tone, and an effortless way of phrasing a melody. New Music: Nathaniel Rateliff and Regina Carter Release Albums 2014-03-31T22:07:29Z

Berman recalled a beat of clarity – “I was overtaken by the idea that I want to make a movie about a dying man” – followed immediately by confusion, as Johnathan kicked away the walker. Magic, meth and mayhem: behind the year's most mind-bending documentary 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

I remember a distinct moment of clarity just before Christmas last year. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

The following has edited for lengthy and clarity. "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

It always puts clarity first and finds ways, every so often, to add breathing space to its lickety-split constructions. Jack White and Vampire Weekend at Governors Ball 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Chandler begins his reporting two decades or so after the murders, hoping to wrestle some clarity from “the muddy beginnings in which legends are conceived.” ‘Devil House,’ a Confident, Creepy Novel About a Wicked Unsolved Crime 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

I don’t think he struggled between teaching and writing as many of us do, fighting for the time to work, the clarity.  Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

Across the board, late night comedy has provided us with clarity, catharsis and bracing honesty wrapped in laughter in a time of extreme separation on many fronts – physical, emotional, certainly political. "Last Week Tonight" is a 2020 mood – bizarre, fatalistic, and inexplicably thirsty 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

“I think process creates structure and structure creates clarity. Chaos creates neuroses.” Reinventing Givenchy 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

This is a poet’s book too, in the urgent clarity of its observations. Books of The Times: Tales of Lives Extinguished All Too Soon 2011-04-12T23:52:00Z

River plans at moving forward at the federal level and in Sacramento, with little clarity about how might ultimately relate to the Gehry effort. Cautious, low-key launch for Frank Gehry's controversial L.A. River plan 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z

The first lady inhabits a world of calm, clarity and Wedgwood-hued enlightenment, while the president is seen untethered against a screen of leaves and flowers, with occasional glimpses into an unknown, dark space beyond. Review | The Obamas’ portraits are not what you’d expect, and that’s why they’re great 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Times such as these require an official briefings from the White House and the military, who are charged with a duty to convey information to citizens via the press corps with clarity. Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

It relies on musical phrasing, fine-drawn physical expression and the unique properties of dance to communicate the story and emotions with exceptional clarity. Review | A ‘Swan Lake’ with echoes of ‘The Crown’ at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Armed with a fresh clarity her memoir’s reflection and self-examination afforded her, Carlile began writing songs with “a lot more awareness” and intention. Brandi Carlile holds nothing back on unflinching new album ‘In These Silent Days’ 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

But there are also areas where it feels soft and compromised, where the subtlety and clarity of Mr. Baumbach’s vision seem to desert him. Review: In ‘While We’re Young,’ a Coupling of Gen X and Y 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Land captures this dichotomy — voracious hunger and tremendous waste — in aching clarity through the lens of food insecurity. How Netflix's "Maid" shines a spotlight on food insecurity 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

“Luckily there at the end I did receive the clarity I was looking for,” Lowe said. Catherine Giudici: Pushed into ‘Bachelor’ ‘against my will’ 2013-03-12T22:55:29Z

“Blue Valentine” mystifies the emotional logic that Ms. Ade presents with bracing clarity and leaves its audience, along with poor Cindy and Dean, in a muddle of hurt feelings and vague disappointments. | 'Blue Valentine': Chronicling Love?s Fade to Black 2010-12-28T23:12:13Z

I love how even a short run clears my head and provides a sense of freedom and clarity to my day. Running technique: why form matters 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

The magazine, whose name alludes to the pain remedy Tylenol, promises to apply the sweet balm of reason and linguistic clarity to relieve such alarming symptoms as galloping absurdity, inflationary fever and intellectual congestion. Alexander Melamid Begins Artenol, an Art Magazine 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

Here are some of their stories, edited for space and clarity. True Tales of ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

An anonymous woman recently voiced her woes on the ever-popular “Am I being unreasonable?” thread of the U.K. parenting site Mumsnet, seeking clarity for the sensitive situation. Bridesmaid fumes after cousin asks her to buy $450 dress for wedding day 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

And what she says has a sorrow and a fury, but also a clarity and defiance. ‘Britney vs Spears’ Review: When the Intervention Is the Problem 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

Vinny, who is a slacker, tries to get talked out of the heist by his father, and they discuss the idea of fulfilling a destiny, having clarity and devotion. Ravi Kapoor on his comedy "Four Samosas": "I always wanted to make a lo-fi heist movie" 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

In “Queer Love,” which wrapped up Wednesday with a final episode and reunion special, the only prize is the clarity gained from such an experiment, the first in which men are not potential partners. ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

In the second half of the program, which Pollini will perform in New York next week, the music left the haze and moved into increasing clarity. Review | A pianist offers the shape of emotion and brilliance 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Here is a selection of their comments, edited for length and clarity. Hating ‘Mother!’: Readers Speak Out 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

London Underground By Designby Mark Ovenden Some of the first pictures in this book – which bristles with photographs I've never seen before – show how London's commercial free-for-all obstructed the early fumbling after coherence and clarity. London Underground By Design by Mark Ovenden – review 2013-02-03T08:00:01Z

But they played it with commitment and clarity. Music Review: At Mozart Festival, Dvorak and Others Shine 2011-08-08T21:55:50Z

Many exhibitions are good, some are great and a very few are tantamount to works of art in their own right — for their clarity, lyricism and accumulative wisdom. Review: Picasso, Completely Himself in 3 Dimensions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

He was fascinated by the optical clarity of the mechanical eye, even as he exploited photography’s role as a documentary requisite for fame. Andy Warhol Through the Lens 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

He writes with particular clarity when it comes to the subject of romance: A Memoir From the Young, Gay Mayor of South Bend Running for President 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

“There’s a clarity of music that I think reflects his clarity of thought,” suggested his old friend and bandmate Paul Hoffert. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Throughout the piece, Stehlin brings luminous clarity and precision to some of the most intricate verse in the Shakespeare canon. A potent tragedy for the Twitter age: It's the 95-minute 'Macbeth: Revisited' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

It’s possible to glean some of this story during the show, even as the purposefully jumbled production thwarts linearity and clarity, decrying those qualities as restrictively male. Review: ‘ETLE and the Anders’ Is a Sarah A.O. Rosner Take on Feminism 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Down on the National Mall, the perpetual assembly gusts and curls with the mobile clarity of a cloud — tourists and heroes and ghosts, all their questions and lessons filtering into the national consciousness. The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

This excerpt of their chat has been edited and condensed for clarity. Civilities: A gay Duke student threatened with death speaks out 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

MAD’s larger mission, presented with unusual clarity in the show’s catalog, is to examine queer excess as a survival tactic, aesthetic stance and political resistance. New Shows That Widen the Beaten Path 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The interview has been edited for length and clarity – including the deletion of when she took a break from the conversation to tell her dog, Ralph, to "chill," because he was barking at FedEx truck. "Come Away With Me" at 20: Norah Jones reflects on "hopeful, romantic" record but won't call it jazz 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

There is something Mozartean in the clarity and elegance of the music. Music Review: Steven Beck and Miranda Cuckson at Bargemusic 2010-06-20T21:37:00Z

But, the singer says, through hard work, clarity should find him soon enough. Mac DeMarco addicted to making music, seeks clarity through hard work 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

“She appreciated English Regency and Louis XV and William and Mary,” he added, “but those pieces were mixed up together in rooms where there was a lot of clarity and not a lot of clutter.” Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

The Bright Eyes leader spent a majority of the two-hour performance searching—for clarity, answers, companionship, authenticity, reassurance. The ever-serious Conor Oberst bids Bright Eyes farewell at sold-out Riv 2011-03-16T14:48:18Z

Without that clarity and tautness, the performance relaxed into an all-too-common spectacle: a black singer performing spirituals alongside a white conductor and an overwhelmingly white orchestra in front of an overwhelmingly white audience. Music Review: American Hymns, Both Classic and Reimagined 2011-05-11T20:49:08Z

The fanfare-like brass attacks in “The Dance of the Earth” sounded rigorously subdued and, for all its structural clarity, the finale remained too restrained for catharsis. Hollywood Bowl show marks a breakthrough for homegrown L.A. dance troupes 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The key to the success of any information design program is clarity, especially so for a subway system. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z

They illuminated the stakes with an influential clarity that set an agenda. At the Border, TV Networks Find Eloquence in Starkness, Speechlessness, and Disbelief 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Instead Mr. Sham, whose playing combines clarity, elegance and abundant technique, will be presented in a two-part recital filmed in Sweden. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in December 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

By contrast, the voicing of the fugue was achieved with impeccable clarity. Stephen Hough 2010-06-02T21:31:00Z

In the inaugural skirmish, you can follow Poe Dameron as he darts across the screen; he doesn’t get lost among the shadows and editing, a clarity that remains fairly consistent. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Delivers the Thrills, With a Touch of Humanity 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

But from the orchestra, at least, the company proved more than able to transmit Mr. Elkins’s sly humor with clarity and breadth. Review: Fall for Dance Opens With Miami Ballet and Che Malambo 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

The jittery style can suggest a deliberate avoidance of clarity. ‘A Hijacking’: a tense, realistic high-seas thriller 2013-07-04T01:07:40Z

She also remembers, with cringe- worthy clarity, a certain wardrobe malfunction at a dance. Middle school texting story inspired by century-old letter writer 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

World War II — or at least most fiction about World War II — provides a kind of moral clarity that, in our present moment, proves comforting. The success of "Dunkirk" is proof that the World War II myth machine is still alive and well 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

The Fantasia heralded the making of his career as well as a new clarity in his art. Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

This is in stark contrast to the interpretations of Bach keyboard works we have grown used to, in which we prize, above all, clarity and precision. Music Review: Piotr Anderszewski’s Bach Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-09T22:11:03Z