| 单词 | compulsively |
| 例句 | At first, looking out for a ship was something I did all the time, compulsively. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Anything we do in this transient, secondary social way, compulsively and with all our energies but only for a brief period of our history, cannot be counted as social behavior in the biological sense. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Often she spends this time with Tsukiko, but instead of seeking out the contortionist this particular evening, she sits alone at her table, shuffling her tarot deck compulsively. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A compulsively methodical man, he had elaborate systems in place that were supposed to prevent such a catastrophe. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We engage in it communally, compulsively, and automatically. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He swallowed compulsively, feeling the scar tissue around his own throat contract. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She turned around and smiled, and Jaime Hugged her compulsively, clasping her to his chest and scratching her forehead with his chin, whose impossible beard was already clamoring for a shave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They do resemble, in their most compulsively social behavior, ants at a distance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, I wrote that passage everywhere—unconsciously, compulsively. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was not that they were not competitive; they were, compulsively so. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The compulsively superstitious person is also very often a serious believer in fate; that was the case with Perry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In other species, less compulsively social, the members make their homes together, pool re- sources, travel in packs or schools, and share the food, but any single one can survive solitary, detached from the rest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the most compulsively collective, genetically programmed, species-specific, and autonomic of all the things we do, and we are infallible at it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be undergoing fusion. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Walt reacted the other way, eating compulsively, and gained eight pounds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother often described herself as a pleaser: she said she couldn’t stop herself from speculating what people wanted her to be, and from contorting herself, compulsively, unwillingly, into whatever it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As if merely subsisting according to his self-imposed rules weren’t strenuous enough, Rosellini also exercised compulsively whenever he wasn’t occupied with foraging. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow realized that he was palming the gold coin, moving it compulsively from a back palm to a front palm to a Downs palm, over and over. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As soon as they are removed from the group, and the touching from all sides comes to an end, they become aggressive, standoffish; they begin drinking compulsively, and abstain from touching each other. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes closed, the choir members were chanting compulsively, lost in their melody. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had a sleeping pill to take, she thought, and looked again over her shoulder, compulsively, at the window, and then again at the door, and thought, Is it moving? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z An additional factor that can dictate how compulsively we use our devices has to do with individual personality and predilection. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Shut up, Ignatius,” his mother said, leafing compulsively toward the classified section of the newspaper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As for Toby, he’s “the decent, diligent, tousled, compulsively ambitious, intelligent-looking fellow that his colleagues and employers took him for.” Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré 2013-04-30T18:00:41Z In the next scene, the country isn’t descending into authoritarian chaos; no one is compulsively refreshing the home page of the New York Times. Fighting “The Good Fight” 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Do you compulsively check your phone at stoplights? Feeling like the smartphone has taken over your child’s life? Experts talk about how to regain control. - The Washington Post 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z If there’s a lesson to draw from “Devil’s Bargain,” Joshua Green’s deeply reported and compulsively readable account of Bannon’s fateful political partnership with Trump, it is not to underestimate the honey badger. How Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Rode the Honey Badger Into the White House 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z But I soon found myself compulsively checking my heart rate even when I wasn’t training. App review: This addictive heart rate monitor can improve your training 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z And he enjoys the challenge. “l love piecing together intricate thoughts that people find compulsively readable and they can’t put down,” he volunteered, and he will never need a better blurb than that. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z When awake, she compulsively watches "Top Gun" over and over, when she's not out stealing her ex-boyfriend's possessions from their former apartment, or locking his two beloved pugs in her family's basement. 'Tigers Be Still' treats depression with wry humor 2010-10-07T20:44:00Z Circling through two or three chords, using sparse arrangements and a fast-strummed, slightly distorted vintage guitar, the songs gathered a nervous energy, compulsively telling all. Music Review: Scrambling and Personalizing the Rock Timeline 2011-07-17T22:10:21Z “It’s why I tend to research so compulsively.” ‘Of course Serena Williams was angry’: writer Soraya Chemaly on why women should unleash their rage 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Unquestioned and uninterrupted, this black-garbed thug regales us with 20 years' worth of kidnapping, torture and coldblooded murder, all the while scribbling compulsively in a large notebook. 'El Sicario, Room 164': confessions of a hit man 2012-01-12T21:15:04Z While that arrangement could probably be made clearer in the film, “House Two” is compulsively watchable — a nonfiction whodunit that methodically sifts through evidence to establish the circumstances surrounding the killings in a Haditha home. 17 Movies to Enjoy for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 17th Edition 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Here is the gossipy, compulsively readable account of Diana’s life that departs from more sober biographies. ‘The Crown’: What to Read and Watch About Diana 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z For Bad Lieutenant, he compulsively snorted saccharine to put him in the mindset of a drug addict. Nicolas Cage: ‘If I don’t have a job to do, I can be very self-destructive’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z In his new songs, Jay-Z boasts his usual boasts; he praises how “special” his flow is, and he compulsively lists acquisitions, destinations and celebrity pals. Music Review: Jay-Z Frets on ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ 2013-07-04T22:31:32Z Groucho was a pop-culture celebrity, a child of immigrants, an abrasive, compulsively candid Jew. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant,” edited by Elizabeth D. Samet, is everything a work of popular scholarship should be: Authoritative, thorough and compulsively readable. Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Selfishly reluctant to pass the torch to the next generation, he's also trapped in a dead marriage, partly of his own doing, and compulsively flirts with much-younger women. Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder' 2013-05-20T23:43:09Z Solomon interviewed, compulsively, more than 300 families for the book, and ended up, he says, with 40,000 pages of notes. Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love by Andrew Solomon – review 2013-02-10T07:00:09Z The sketch duo’s complicated appropriation and layering of identities has long been what makes them so compulsively watchable; as a pair of biracial men, they are both acutely aware of the subtle politics of code-switching. Gallows humor in the age of #BlackLivesMatter: “Key & Peele” returns and “Why? with Hannibal Buress” premieres, not a moment too soon 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Looking to create a Levain-ish experience at home, I turned first to The Pancake Princess, a compulsively readable bake-off blog that's like a steel cage match for all your favorite dessert recipes. Show your Valentine your love with the thickest, gooiest, chocolate chip cookies 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s compulsively readable, too, with descriptions of feats of physical daring to stop your heart. The Books We Loved in 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s happened with the news cycle, too: I found myself becoming completely addicted to the news, getting anxious from it, and then compulsively watching it more. Steven Soderbergh and Amy Seimetz Made the Pandemic Movies of the Moment 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Everything started with the interviews, carried out almost compulsively. The greatest reporter of our time, and why we should never forget him 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It describes his decades of diary keeping, and how he compulsively saves odd bits of information, like a British newspaper article titled “Dangerous Olives Could Be on Sale.” Books of The Times: ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,’ by David Sedaris 2013-05-14T20:26:13Z The result is carefully textured and compulsively readable, peopled by full-blooded characters and driven by a riveting plot. 'And When She Was Good': Laura Lippman at 'top of her game' 2012-08-16T20:53:04Z She can't strut past any vaguely reflective surface without compulsively pouting and checking her hair. Charlie Brooker's 10 years of watching Big Brother 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z I mean, I'm still compulsively tweeting, God help me. Lauren Hough on her new book, our underpaid workforce and how "every American" can relate to cults 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Take the deluded mother of Ryan Harbinger, who monitors his movements, oversees his homework, compulsively checks in with his teachers, gossips with his friends’ mothers and generally hovers with increasing panic. Review: ‘The Most Dangerous Place on Earth,’ Just Seconds Away 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The little girl who listened compulsively to show tunes has now delivered her own. Cyndi Lauper just wants to have fun on Broadway 2013-03-15T12:43:08Z "I was compulsively overeating when I was eight years old," she said. Demi Lovato quits Disney TV show, talks of bulimia 2011-04-19T17:22:44Z Once we put a name on something, as Linnaeus did compulsively, we’ve identified ourselves as the observer and the named thing as the observed — a barrier is placed between, lines are drawn. A Botanist in Swedish Lapland 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Ogden obsesses about her pointe-shoe ribbons, tying and untying them compulsively as she’s waiting in the wings, moments before her entrance. Ballet dancers have weird and quirky pre-show rituals that would put any sports star to shame 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z From all accounts, Mr. Cantu appeared to be almost compulsively giving: his money, his time, his encouragement. Puzzling Death of Chicago’s Whirlwind Chef, Homaro Cantu 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Much of the action of the book is just this: Lilia repetitively, even compulsively explaining to Katherine, and by extension the reader, her philosophy of survival, a harsh and doughty stoicism. In Yiyun Li’s Latest, a Grieving Mother Desperately Clings to Memory 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z It aims to tell the story "compulsively", to remain steadfastly "macro in scale" yet "epic in intensity". On the set of 127 Hours, the first big film of 2011 2011-01-01T00:04:00Z I’ve often wondered how many other people start stealing compulsively at such a young age, so I asked a couple of experts in the field. Confessions of a kleptomaniac 2012-10-10T22:05:00Z In the age of social media, the Need to Read has become overwhelming, particularly in the bathroom, where I wound up wallpapering the floor with old newspapers and rereading them compulsively. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I spent a week evading current events. Here’s what I learned. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z In 2014 the Library of America released “Music Chronicles 1940-54,” a collection of reviews and articles by the brilliant, opinionated and compulsively readable music critic Virgil Thomson, who was also a major composer. Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Karen is so fatuously self-centered and compulsively brand-name-branding that she’s never met a product or a campaign that she wouldn’t endorse. ‘The Money Shot,’ by Neil LaBute, Satirizes Hollywood 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Klemke, 58, has compulsively filmed himself for more than four decades. Meet Sam Klemke, the original selfie king, and his time machine 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Moorman wrote constantly, maybe compulsively, as if that were a way to pin down reality, order it, at least a little. Charlotte Moorman, Tradition Disrupter, Is the Focus of Two Shows 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z “I’m down in this hole again,” he sings in “Looking for a Vein,” as he compares himself to a miner who works compulsively. Dave Matthews Band’s Grown-Up View of Love and Dread 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Their keeper — and, perhaps, father — the evil magician Klingsor, is a dirty old man in thick glasses and sweater vest, compulsively smoothing down his few remaining strands of hair. Review: A Present-Day ‘Parsifal’ With a Nod to the Past 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Her diet, he said, is almost compulsively healthy. Suze Orman Is Back to Help You Ride Out the Storm 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z If only it were that easy to bring a spark to his long, solid relationship with Conrad, an art consultant; instead, he exercises compulsively and keeps a married man on the side. Novles by Glenn Beck, Stephen McCauley and Others 2010-06-16T22:42:00Z The issue, roughly, is if it is possible to be a serious citizen and still admire purportedly nonserious books: young adult novels, fantasy, genre fiction, books with compulsively interesting plots. Book Review: ‘Magician’s Land’ Ends Lev Grossman’s Trilogy 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Onstage steps “compulsively ambitious” civil servant Toby Bell. John le Carré’s ‘A Delicate Truth’: a dark mix of motive and opportunity 2013-05-15T22:58:58Z In a case of displaced paranoia, Marcus’s father compulsively worries about his son and exhibits signs of serious mental instability. Review: ‘Indignation’ Offers a Precisely Rendered, and Repressive, 1950s America 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The other sister, Naomi, is psychologically fragile and compulsively altruistic. ‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z To see Maron on stage is witness him at his most comfortable, driven almost compulsively by a need to connect with an audience. Comedian Marc Maron finally having his moment 2013-05-02T18:07:09Z And together, they would compulsively share their contempt for the sitting president. Everything old is new again: Philip Guston’s cartoons of Dick Nixon on display at Hauser & Wirth gallery give cold comfort 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Acting out compulsively with sex, relationships, video games, TV, gambling, food, exercise or whatever else stems from the desire and need to escape the very real and deep-rooted sorrow in each one of us. Pain management 2012-11-08T21:57:00Z Luther can sometimes get so oppressively murky that it was nice to have a wisecracking sidekick to compulsively undercut the drama at every turn. Luther recap: season three, episode four 2013-07-23T21:01:00Z Directed by Salim Khassa from a script he wrote with Donald L. Wilhelm, the movie, stuck like a scratched record, doesn’t know what to make of this one point it compulsively and clumsily dramatizes. Movie Review: ‘Desperate Endeavors,’ Directed by Salim Khassa 2012-09-07T00:24:06Z Instead of compulsively searching for Hummel figurines or Honus Wagner baseball cards, “these people, like all travelers, are collecting experiences,” he said. What I Discovered by Visiting Every Disney Park 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Rottiers’s Thomas is a brooding rebel with a cause who harbors a deep sense of personal injustice and compulsively tears at the scab of his own unhappiness. | 'I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive': ?I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive? - Review 2011-09-01T21:57:49Z Joe is straight and uptight, Louis is gay and dramatic; Louis is also shallow, narcissistic and compulsively dishonest, but not yet in a particularly funny way. Television Review: CBS’s ‘Partners’ From David Kohan and Max Mutchnick 2012-09-23T21:48:54Z I mean, Cage, who seems compulsively unable to turn down a role, playing an overamped tough guy in a bad movie? "Season of the Witch": Nicolas Cage's ludicrous medieval mashup 2011-01-06T02:02:00Z He lies the way a woodpecker attacks a tree: compulsively, insistently, instinctively. Chris Hayes Reviews Michiko Kakutani’s Book About Our Post-Truth Era 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Embry drew compulsively and is now pigeonholed as an “outsider artist,” though he had solid academic training and could just as accurately be called an Expressionist. Art Review: Robert Duncan and Jess, and Their Wonderland of Art 2014-01-16T22:59:26Z Although it didn't compulsively smash-cut from one gag to the next, like The Simpsons or 30 Rock, it did manage to capture the hearts of its audience. Does everybody really love Raymond? 2013-05-09T13:29:00Z Apart from that, “On the Map” is a treasure: exhilarating, witty, compulsively readable and just plain fun. ‘On the Map’: The wonderful world of maps, from A to Z 2012-12-27T19:20:05Z They’re compulsively readable, too, even when painful — first, because they do what good writing always does, giving us the sharp relief of recognition. Review | Ninety writers offer their thoughts on life during a pandemic 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Stunned and sickened, he walked amid the corpses and skeletal survivors, compulsively shooting film, duty bound to capture on camera a spectacle beyond belief. Books of The Times: Mark Harris’s ‘Five Came Back’ Covers Auteurs in Combat 2014-03-02T23:09:53Z Pattinson says, before confessing to having compulsively sought out those reactions himself. Robert Pattinson: 'I want to strangle whoever invented that R-Patz thing' 2012-06-08T23:05:10Z Where the crucial element in Chappelle’s mystique is scarcity, C.K. has, in the past decade or so, been almost compulsively prolific. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z To judge by her dejected body language, she works compulsively not merely to earn money but to expiate some secret guilt. 'Mojada' at the Getty Villa convincingly updates Greek tragedy to modern-day L.A. 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Pill, on the rebound from the short-lived Broadway revival of “The Miracle Worker,” slips back into a contemporary role with compulsively watchable style. | 'This Wide Night': Edie Falco and Alison Pill as Reunited Ex-Cons 2010-05-17T02:15:00Z Again, it's almost striking to note just how compulsively, incredibly "root-able" and likable she is. "Top Chef" heads to the English countryside to mess with our emotions (and celebrate) 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z For much of his long career as a photojournalist, which began in the 1930s and officially ended three decades before his death in 2004, Cartier-Bresson was compulsively on the move. | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z It’s compulsively satisfying to watch, as two strikingly different women melt a frosty politeness into poison, interfering in each other’s lives in a way that can’t help but combust. Review | The sparks fly in Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ but it’s hard to sustain the heat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z “From boyhood, he compulsively hoarded every document of his life,” Mr. Hagan writes in the book’s prologue, “because he believed he would one day be important.” Jann Wenner and His Biographer Have a Falling Out 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He stole compulsively, even from the family who adopted him, and locks had to be fitted to every bedroom door in their home except his. How do I tell our sons about their father’s criminal past? 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Alcoholic and suicidal, he has eaten at soup kitchens, compulsively pocketed a few shiny objects, been in prison and spent many cold days in the public library reading poetry. Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Did you compulsively hoard comic books, write fan mail to Janet Jackson or collect “True Crime” trading cards bearing images of serial killers and murderers? 6 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z But sordid dream factories still produce dreams, and “Miss Lovely”has sympathy for the strivers it shows, men and women trapped in the gutter but compulsively and vainly reaching for the stars. The Week Ahead: Oct. 21 — 28 2012-10-21T07:30:05Z The super-rich are compulsively competitive – in the making of money and spending of it. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Over the next few weeks, I checked that place almost compulsively, and the letter was still always there. Carolyn Hax: A postscript to a long-ago love letter 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “Belladonna of Sadness” is compulsively watchable, even at its most disturbing: The imagery is frequently graphic, and still, after over 40 years, it has the power to shock. Review: ‘Belladonna of Sadness,’ a Bewitching Masterpiece 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z With clear-eyed candor, Adam describes seeking reassurance by compulsively calling the National Aids Helpline and checking towels, doorknobs and clothing for signs of blood. 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop' a rich, reasonable look at OCD 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Michel compulsively models himself on photos of Humphrey Bogart and is more like a movie archetype himself than a recognizable human being. "Breathless": Rebel postcard from the past 2010-05-29T18:01:00Z At some point, all will be revealed – audiences compulsively desire – even demand answers. Is Mad Dogs barking up the right tree? 2011-02-17T12:56:10Z Or compulsively checking your emails in pursuit of constant stimulation. America’s Donald Trump complex: We’re addicted to consumption — and it’s destroying us 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Scott says he is “a man who is compulsively betting everything in the hopes of losing it all.” ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Gambler' 2011-09-26T22:46:36Z He harangues the long-suffering Natacha with his doubts. He compulsively critiques other accounts of the assassination, and compares them to his own. Assassination Fascination: A Review of Laurent Binet's Prize-Winning HHhH 2012-04-25T10:45:49Z Exhausting on the one hand, it’s endlessly, compulsively fascinating on the other. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Reading books is something I was once did compulsively, willingly and joyfully. Before the internet broke my attention span I read books compulsively. Now, it takes willpower | Josephine Tovey 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Tellingly, we see one volunteer, listening to a child's testimony, begin to gasp, sigh and compulsively rub her arms – a convulsion of suppressed shock with which the audience will sympathise entirely. Film review: Rough Aunties 2010-07-15T22:15:00Z She grew practically feral, skipping school and stealing compulsively; she and her mother eventually ran a grift stealing money from charity collection tins. Review | Sinéad O’Connor was a star, then a pariah. She says she wouldn’t change a thing. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z I share his obsessive need to make art, to create something from anything, from everything: He was possessed by a stubborn spirit to compulsively make art, as a form of exorcism. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z She was also shopping compulsively with money we didn’t have. Co-parenting with an addict 2013-01-17T01:00:00Z There was a period not so long ago where ITV compulsively attempted to shoehorn the word Celebrity into all of its show titles, from Celebrity Love Island to Celebrity Shark Bait. The Great British cliche 2011-03-09T12:02:45Z She's a girl that only a compulsively violent father could love. Taken recap: 'Would the world be a better place if Liam Neeson hadn't gone to all that trouble to save his daughter?' 2013-07-19T12:34:00Z Davis is a compulsively watchable marvel at the center of the dramatization. Review | Reality Winner’s arrest transcript becomes a scintillating Broadway show in ‘Is This a Room’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Self-described addicts say they don’t know why they can’t put the game down, and talk about compulsively tracing their fingers on tables as they subconsciously recall the catapult action of the game. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z Their pages are yellowed and brittle but they are still compulsively readable. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z But some people compulsively engage in so much sex that it has a detrimental effect on their life, work or relationship. I love ogling women and looking at porn. Am I addicted? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Reviewing “Belladonna” in The New York Times last May, Glenn Kenny called the movie “compulsively watchable, even at its most disturbing.” Two ’70s Movies on Video Enter the Valley of the Cult Heroines 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The novel’s narrator, a lonely, eccentric middle-aged woman named Cheryl, unexpectedly falls into a relationship with a callous younger woman, a blond bombshell named Clee, and finds her compulsively ordered life upended. Miranda July Blurs Fiction and Reality to Promote a Novel 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “Vodville,” a tune that Mr. Watts has featured on the bandstand for years, muscled through tempos almost compulsively, managing to sound precise and startling with every new feint. Music Review: Winds of Jazz: Energies of a Cyclone and an Ebullient Breeze 2011-01-19T22:51:35Z The shirt was a find, and also a steal at $169 — especially when, as I did, you rationalize your decision by compulsively checking the comparable ones on Grailed. Woodbury Common: Bargain Hunting in the Fashion Afterlife 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z And it’s been described by critics as “a play alive with tension, intrigue, humor, bristling intelligence and emotional peaks” and “compulsively watchable,” with characters that are “so human. And so funny.” 10 plays to see this fall 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Together with a fresh cilantro sauce, it makes the goat so compulsively good that we were all clamoring for the last forkful. Llama Inn Lights the Way to Peru by Way of Williamsburg 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z There are only a few scenes, lightly sketched; the modes here are the tirade and the aria — compulsively repetitive discursions with Albinati occasionally and apologetically catching himself. A Prize-Winning Blend of Fact and Fiction Makes Itself at Home in the Minds of Killers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Halfway through her new book, “Not that Kind of Girl,” Lena Dunham says, “I live in a world that is almost compulsively free of secrets.” Review: ‘Not That Kind of Girl,’ by Lena Dunham People magazine gave it four stars and Publishers Weekly called it "compulsively readable, creepily unforgettable." Flynn's 'Gone Girl' poised to be summer thriller 2012-06-22T17:02:13Z So I'd write compulsively, around the margins on newspapers, because there wouldn't have been any paper in the house. Shameless creator Paul Abbott: 'People are desperate to be scared' 2012-10-05T15:00:00Z As the midterms approach, many of us have returned to compulsively clicking on the latest polling data, but we have no better sense than our predecessors did of how the story will end. What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z In the following days, I read the responses compulsively. On millennial grief: ‘I didn’t want to be brave. I just wanted my mum back’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z When he died in 1938, Capek was working on this bleak polyphonic novel about a half-crazed, compulsively plagiaristic composer. In Praise of Karel Capek 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z These are fathers compulsively returning, metaphorically and literally, to the scene of the crime, refusing to be deterred from their search for either their child, or some ungraspable form of justice and reparation. From Don't Look Now to The Child in Time: why do we crave stories of lost children? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The narrative's murkiness, however, isn't consequential because the veracity of his story is established by his wounded, permanently confounded, compulsively hilarious manner. 'Darrell Hammond' traces SNL star's painful path to laughter 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z In Lawrence Ellsworth’s excellent, compulsively readable translation, “The Red Sphinx” is just the book to see you through the January doldrums. Newly translated, a sequel to ‘The Three Musketeers’ is as fresh as ever 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “I compulsively reread it, deeply joyful,” he wrote. A Daughter, Her Father and the Long-Gone Poet Who Brought Them Together 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Science fiction and fantasy thrillers are often seen as frivolous, action-packed page turners, as critically dismissed as they are compulsively consumed. Heart-Hammering Science Fiction and Fantasy Thrillers 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z For Sjón – a poet and a compulsively metaphysical thinker – this self-imposed handicap is a hazardous tactic. The Whispering Muse by Sjón – review 2012-06-22T21:55:06Z What they mostly do, though, is compulsively talk about food and shame. Review: The Moping Comics of ‘Alone Together’ 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z For chickens who are bred to compulsively lay, eggs literally hold nutrients they need to reclaim. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z He is both compulsively forthcoming and bitter about how things went down with Mr. Philbrick. The Talented Mr. Philbrick 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Set in the 1930s, partly in Los Angeles, its script compulsively mentions Hollywood stars of the era. Review: In ‘Café Society,’ Rearranging Old Preoccupations 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Others may find that they are compulsively seeking reassurance. 'You will have an emotional reboot': the ultimate guide to stress at every age 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z So I like fiction that makes me welcome, and I’m quickly exasperated by the freakish, the introverted and above all the compulsively obscure. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Not only are Americans transfixed by their “cures”; frenzied by adoration, they compulsively kill them, often in acts of literal consumption. What if, Instead of the Internet, We Had Xenobots? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Even now, premeditating his criminal design, he remained the decent, diligent, tousled, compulsively ambitious, intelligent-looking fellow that his colleagues and employers took him for. A Delicate Truth by John le Carré – extract 2013-04-12T20:01:02Z There are scenes of the disorientation of their last days, of Bellow compulsively watching “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Martin Amis Offers the ‘Inside Story’ of His Relationships With Three Famous Writers 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The movie’s dialogue, compulsively true to DeLillo, bristles with explanations and random facts. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It wasn't just the sheer volume of rookies that rocked the Emmys that made it compulsively watchable; it was the way they built into a crescendo of preposterousness. New faces keep Emmys broadcast fresh 2010-08-30T07:28:00Z I’m certainly not the first to observe that Trump acts compulsively, inappropriately, self-destructively, apparently unable to calculate consequences or indeed care about them, but the question is why? Why does he do it? 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Link to this video As a songwriter, she was compulsively biographical. Amy Winehouse: songs in the key of life 2012-07-22T17:00:12Z “The film is a compulsively detailed swirl of moods and impressions, intent on capturing the contradictions of the man and his times,” A.O. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Star Trek: Picard’ and ‘Station 19' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, he compulsively watches his co-stars’ dailies, evaluating each performance — and then their meta-performance on “Saturday Night Live” — to determine whether they should stay or go. Perspective | ‘Trump: The First 100 Days,’ a troubled production in constant rewrite 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z It was pop music imagined for a near-future hip boutique: cool, clean, relentlessly hooky, and compulsively danceable. Katy B Makes Cool, Compulsively Danceable Pop on Little Red 2014-02-10T15:01:16Z Sheen's compulsively destructive behaviour is not an indicator of great mental health, and nor are his determined efforts to advertise it. Charlie Sheen's mental health problems aren't funny 2011-03-03T09:00:03Z Message: We are through being compliant, complicit and compulsively focused on soothing male egos. Perspective | At the Golden Globes, a night of powerful symbolism. Now, for the substance. 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z What is the compulsively watchable star of Freeway, Election, Legally Blonde and Walk the Line doing in immature garbage like this? Who is the Victor in This Means War? Not the Viewer 2012-02-16T15:07:30Z There are a dozen books in the series, all compulsively readable. Lauren St John's top 10 animal adventures 2011-07-21T09:20:04Z But I watch all of it compulsively, as if I didn’t already know the plot’s future. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Book critic Judith Freeman, in the Los Angeles Times, described it as “compulsively readable.” Author Jean Stein, who wrote about New York and Hollywood elite, falls to her death 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z This story’s baffling central character is a glamorous and troubled woman in late-1950s England, who moves from job to job, changing her look and identity, compulsively embezzling money from employers. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Sebald was in possession of the uncanny ability to make his own intellectual obsessions, however abstruse, immediately, compulsively his reader's. A Place in the Country by WG Sebald – review 2013-04-27T14:00:01Z Growing up in a "compulsively literary" family, Ruess was a lifelong diarist and sent home hundreds of letters: lovely, wise, immature and selfish by turns. 'Finding Everett Ruess': the story of a long-lost young explorer 2011-08-22T21:26:04Z The novel suffers from some early longueurs of pacing, and much info-dumping, but accelerates to become a skilfully plotted and compulsively readable supernatural thriller. Science fiction roundup – reviews 2013-07-18T09:00:00Z Did Alan Turing compulsively separate his peas and carrots? 'Cars can't fly' (Yes, they can! See: 'Furious 7'!) and other falsehoods 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z But the difference between the two is clear: OCD is experiencing recurring thoughts, urges or images and compulsively trying to make them stop, while hoarding is having difficulty in letting go of collected items. Perspective | Tween daughter’s room is a mess. How do I help? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Because for all that Season 3 is pushing harder to pop—with both color and threesomes—the show still doesn’t quite cohere into a compulsively watchable story. “Masters of Sex”: Still struggling to make sexy material into a compelling story 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z A woman seeks her sister’s brutal murderer in Berry’s compulsively readable novel of psychological suspense, narrated in a striking, original voice. 9 Thrillers (One True) That Times Editors Think You Should Read This Summer 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z My treatment team advised me to abstain from all exercise until my weight was stable and the worst urges to compulsively exercise eventually passed. Exercising my demons 2012-10-14T13:00:00Z “Come for the promise of a compulsively readable novel,” our reviewer, Adrienne Brodeur, parlayed, “and stay for a fascinating lesson on the making of art.” New in Paperback: ‘The Pull of the Stars’ and ‘Memorial Drive’ 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet “Extraordinary Stories” is a contagiously playful and thrillingly inventive work, a film that’s more compulsively watchable and conventionally entertaining than any synopsis would begin to suggest. | 'Extraordinary Stories': H Plus X Plus Z, Formula for 3 Intersecting Lives 2011-05-03T21:43:05Z Nevertheless, in Dr. Ramsden’s study, extroverts and the “hypervigilant,” those predisposed to compulsively following a news story, experienced higher levels of stress. The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Green’s book is a deeply reported and compulsively readable account of this fateful political partnership. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Her methods are remarkably consistent; she’s less interested in experimenting with different techniques, and more in recapturing the same, specific moment — “the charge” of a first encounter — almost compulsively. | The Innocent Beauty of Ranee Palone Flynn’s Portraits of Teenagers 2013-08-19T15:25:28Z Even when it serves no discernible purpose, he compulsively and ceaselessly — er, how shall I put it? Review: A Revival of ‘The Liar’ Plays Alternative Facts for Laughs 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z There is a hilarious sequence where Jack goes back in to a house several times checking compulsively for blood or evidence of his crime. Matt Dillon on playing Lars von Trier’s psychopath in controversial “The House That Jack Buil... 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Appropriately enough, Theroux professes irritation with writers who draw road maps to their souls, even as he compulsively writes about himself. Paul Theroux’s New Book Ranges From Literature to Landscapes, With Surprising Cheer 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Swaying with dread, Mr. Bostridge’s Madwoman compulsively retied the laces of her son’s shoes, which she carries with her, along with a shirt and a red streamer on a stick, the boy’s toy. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z A “compulsively early person” by her own description, Ms. Honan said she has noticed — and appreciates — Mayor Adams’s commitment to being on time. Punctuality Is Having a Moment 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Keep exploring what your inclination to be “compulsively unthinking about food” means. Is Avoiding My Body Issues an Issue? 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The side effects of perfectionism are much more dark and sinister than folding your socks, color-coding your closet and compulsively cleaning up your computer desktop. The dark side of perfectionism 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z He is aware that he has no professional background in any of these matters; he even reminds the reader of this fact compulsively, describing himself as “ignorant” and “an expert in nothing.” Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z His uninhibited, compulsively talkative characters are likely to remove their clothes at the drop of a hat and to carry on intense personal conversations while naked. | 'Twelve Thirty': In States of Undress, Mental and Physical 2011-01-14T00:17:47Z To the man compulsively checking his watch next to me, time clearly wasn’t a fiction to be easily dismissed. The astrophysicist's rom-com: 'Constellations' at the Geffen 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Like The Walking Dead, Preacher does a great job bringing a comic book universe to life, but this is a different universe: it is highly enjoyable and compulsively watchable. Preacher: AMC's new hope dances between the diabolical and the divine 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Mostly, though, Follett writes in a transparent style that rarely calls attention to itself, moving his outsized narratives steadily — and compulsively — forward. Review | Ken Follett’s ‘Pillars of the Earth’ prequel is just as transporting — and lengthy — as his famous epic 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z They are compulsively reactionary, defining themselves in opposition to liberalism — or, that is, to their caricature of it. In ‘Antisocial,’ How the Alt-Right Went Viral 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z That is the case in Morgan's compulsively readable group history. 'Lions of the West': A group biography 2011-12-22T00:54:03Z Or they are compulsively lifted to the rise of a melody, then put down on the diminuendo. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z It began with the Dutch Eurodance duo 2 Unlimited, whose 1993 worldwide No 1 smash No Limit set the repetitive, compulsively moronic tone for the evening. Cheers and groans as Kylie and Jason put in a shift at reopened Hit Factory 2012-12-22T00:29:07Z Though Ma didn’t invent the word “hypebeast” to describe a person who camps overnight for new sneakers or compulsively checks eBay listings for rare gear, his site has certainly popularized the idea. Gucci Mane Among the Hypebeasts 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Here, youth, love and cowardice are unavoidably intertwined, distilled into a novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting. Review | At 28, Sally Rooney has been called the voice of her generation. Believe the hype. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Sam Quinones’s compulsively readable “Dreamland” linked the popularity of OxyContin to an exploding nationwide traffic in a cheaper alternative, potent Mexican heroin. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z People living on the fringes — loners and schemers — populate these brilliant and compulsively readable short stories. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The bottles of oil lined against the backsplash, the dozens of lemons spilling out of baskets, suggest that she has been making this dish often and compulsively. Review: In ‘Oh My Sweet Land,’ Dinner Is Served. Don’t Come Hungry. 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The result is an intense, compulsively readable book about the mystery of faith, seen from both an autobiographical and historical perspective. Can a chic Parisian intellectual also be a Christian? 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z He’s silent in the early films, and compulsively verbal in several of the later ones, often engaged in wheedling, threatening or accusing an invisible lover, or himself, or us. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Chaotic and hard to follow, the film is also compulsively watchable, for its savage sendup of 1970s styles of commercialism and celebrity and for its wild expressionist touches. Seijun Suzuki, a symbol of ‘Japanese Cool’ in Film, Is Reconsidered 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Indeed, by your second day you might find yourself cheerfully, compulsively, saying hello to strangers — some of whom may even be on staff. Single in the Caribbean Sun 2012-02-03T19:34:19Z To all this I would add that “Euphoria” can be heartbreaking and compulsively watchable. Review | ‘Euphoria’ is a depressing, dirty show about teenagers. Of course you’ll watch. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Unquestioned and uninterrupted, this black-garbed thug regales us with 20 years’ worth of kidnapping, torture and cold-blooded murder, all the while scribbling compulsively in a large notebook. | 'El Sicario, Room 164 ': ?El Sicario, Room 164,? by Gianfranco Rosi ? Review 2011-12-27T23:52:09Z At home, this involves pacing the floor like Gus, the neurotic polar bear who compulsively trudged back and forth in his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo. David Sedaris, Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z His mastery over his material makes the novel compulsively readable in spite of its epic scope. After 'The Cartel,' Don Winslow's cop novel 'The Force' is sneakily subversive 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z My brain clutched so compulsively at one idea that I felt as though I had stripped a critical cognitive gear. My awesome C-section 2012-11-06T01:00:00Z Shot in velvety black and white amid a midtown Manhattan that’s both sleazy and sophisticated, “Sweet Smell of Success” has earned a small but devoted following, mostly for Clifford Odets’s compulsively quotable dialogue. Perspective | Only in Washington: The CIA lawyer, the film critic and the obscure 1950s movie that forged their unlikely bond 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z I think most writers I know just have always written compulsively, and that was certainly the case with me. "My editors were just egging me on": "Yellowface" author on depicting the cutthroat publishing world 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z I do a lot of doodling and repetitive doodling, rather compulsively, and only slowly do my ideas come into focus. Ivan Brunetti’s “First Date” 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z He is utterly devoted to “just the facts” digging and compulsively thorough interviews. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Whistler sketched its chaos compulsively, capturing a ramshackle world of low dives and squalid lodgings, a cacophony of sails, booms and masts, barges, bridges and passenger ferries. A change in visual language signals a bigger cultural shift He turned that skill into writing and arranging compulsively memorable songs that the world was unable to stop humming — from the mournful "The Way We Were" to the jaunty theme from "The Sting." Marvin Hamlisch, who composed 'Chorus Line,' dies at 68 2012-08-07T23:28:03Z But even their straight-up renderings of thorny classics of the European avant-garde are as compulsively watchable as an episode of “American Ninja Warrior.” A New Season for Reshuffled, Mature String Quartets 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Eerily well-behaved and compulsively dainty, she practices her saccharine smile in her vanity mirror and delivers malicious glares with vigor. Rob Lowe’s Directorial Début Adds a Theme of Home-Wrecker Horror to “The Bad Seed” 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In its tongue-in-cheek attitude “Johnny English Reborn” harks back to the relatively polite 1960s and ’70s Bond movies to which it refers compulsively. | 'Johnny English Reborn': ?Johnny English Reborn? Stars Rowan Atkinson - Review 2011-10-20T20:52:35Z At its best, his work remains deeply empathetic and compulsively readable. Review | ‘If It Bleeds’ reaffirms Stephen King’s mastery of short fiction 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “People aren’t going back to spending as frivolously and compulsively as they once did.” Colorful Clothes as an Economic Indicator 2010-04-14T23:54:00Z He may have lost his faith, but he retains the Calvinist habit of compulsively parsing his soul. Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z I knew once I did, I’d end up pouring it compulsively on everything. An Underrated Fish Meets Its Match 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z This one — compulsively readable, carefully anchored in the historical record, overflowing with riveting stories and thoughtful analysis — succeeds. Notable nonfiction of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z AC Food photography has changed a good deal since that old rogue Clement Freud was the Observer Magazine's cookery writer and people like me read him compulsively. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z There in the mid 1980s, the four Conlee siblings, ages 5 through 12, take hilarious refuge from the real world below by compulsively re-creating it in their games. Review: In ‘Make Believe,’ Four Children Meet Their Inner Adults 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z "Politics and Pasta" is a compulsively readable - if not entirely candid - insider's account of city politics by one of the most colorful and longest-serving mayors in memory. Ex-mayor offers insider's account of city politics 2011-04-05T13:52:08Z He needs to talk about success compulsively with me. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z He remains an enthusiastic walker, likes his beer and wine, and watches old films compulsively. Terry Jones: ‘I’ve got dementia. My frontal lobe has absconded’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Another compulsively takes in wild animals until one finally kills her. Elizabeth McCracken’s First Novel in 18 Years Has Whimsy to Spare 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z As she grew, he was ferrying her to classes, compulsively scrolling through his phone as he waited for her, mindlessly passing the time while she was expanding her horizon of possibilities. In ‘Beginners,’ a Writer Takes Up Chess and Surfing and Singing and Juggling and … 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z An outsider — Jewish, the child of foreign parents, female — she was educated by a tutor, read and wrote compulsively and published her first short story at the age of fifteen. Whiskey, potato chips and a Nobel prize: Nadine Gordimer, my friend 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z His films may not be to every taste but they are compulsively watchable. A Director Who Is Old School With a Vengeance 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Spinning records, preferably vintage, and conducting the odd on-air interview with big names as they pass through, he provides some of the most kaleidoscopic, inventive and compulsively listenable classical programming to be found anywhere. Gene Schiller, Music Director for Hawaii Public Radio 2012-06-24T01:23:03Z On a journey that she is assured involves no risk, a surprise attack on the camp puts them in harm’s way, and Rebecca disobeys orders and compulsively rushes into the melee. ‘1,000 Times Good Night,’ Starring Juliette Binoche 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Of the formidable ensemble, the Saturday Night Live favorite proves the most compulsively watchable, marshaling a bevy of endearing quirks into a star-making, supremely confident turn. Oscars 2017: 11 female performances too good to be overlooked 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z She compulsively lists environmental phenomena: 35,000 walruses stranded in the Arctic because of melting ice, oceans dying, methane trapped on the ocean floor. The Silver Lake young(ish) professional, adrift in 'Icebergs' at the Geffen Playhouse 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But the setting never dwarfs the characters in the way, say, the cast of the recent “Sherlock Holmes” is subsumed by that film’s gorgeous, compulsively detailed digital London. DVDs: Al Jolson?s ?Mammy,? in New DVD Edition 2010-04-16T23:18:00Z The compulsively watchable Ms. Mirren brings out the humor and the pathos in this contradiction, though with slightly less precision than she did in London. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z As for those rabbit holes, we have all been there after a traumatic public event: compulsively clicking through the internet for an additional journalistic report, one more personal account, yet another status update. The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “He was doing amazing things that hadn’t been tried, let alone executed, by other filmmakers,” Karp writes, “yet he also seemed to be working compulsively on shots that should have been finished long ago.” The story of the final — and unfinished — work of Orson Welles 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z But the request is pointless: Grammer talks about his personal life with no prompting, almost compulsively. Kelsey Grammer: starting over 2013-03-23T09:00:00Z Yes, dystopias — those stories where everything has gone to hell, hopefully in a compulsively readable way. Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z She mercilessly criticizes herself for saying the wrong thing and compulsively lint-rolls her rug whenever she is drawn into an anxiety spiral. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Recovery of an MMO Junkie’ 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z It's weird, wonderful and otherworldly, and his sister still fondly remembers being tortured by the song on long car journeys, as Swells compulsively demanded replays of the famously high-pitched aria. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z He writes perceptively about music and culture on his compulsively readable blog for The Daily Telegraph in London, with recurring topics that range from theology to pudding. Music Review: A Beethoven Warm-Up and a Liszt Workout 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z I reflected on this over the holiday season, surrounded by family and friends compulsively checking their phones. Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z The lively language shifts easily enough from prose to monologue, and Byrne — with his wide, serious face, his bright, worried eyes, his voice like the growl of a polite bear — is compulsively watchable. ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Roams His Past 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z And that lets us answer the question: why do people compulsively use a thing like Facebook which makes them miserable? Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z I was seeing enough fictional stories and documentaries with a range of different types of people that I hadn’t started compulsively profiling the filmmakers. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z She looks off to the side compulsively, and persistently interrupts her emphatic dancing with unconvincing shows of dissatisfaction. Dance Review: Melinda Sullivan Brings ‘Gone’ to Ailey Citigroup Theater 2013-08-06T21:29:18Z Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision to drop, I sought out such stories compulsively, as if the ruling might seize them too. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The journalist’s assignment in Iraq was only supposed to last three weeks, which is when he started filming the proceedings, almost compulsively, on his camcorder. Michael Ware’s Iraq War doc doesn’t hold up: “Only The Dead See The End Of War” captures the horror and confusion, but skimps on analysis 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Among major composers only the compulsively loquacious Richard Wagner wrote more. John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Writing for The Times, Judith Freeman called "West of Eden" "mesmerizing" and "compulsively readable." PEN America launches $75,000 book prize, one of the country's biggest 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Wallace does not lie as compulsively or artfully as the fabulists of some other recent gay novels. Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Burbank possesses blogger traits and values, compulsively oversharing and maintaining extreme transparency, relating his daily struggles with body weight and alcohol consumption. Luke Burbank's thriving "Too Beautiful to Live" podcast records live shows at Columbia City Theater with Sir Mix-A-Lot, Blue Scholars, The Long Winters 2010-07-06T21:49:00Z Still, at the end of my first hour, feeling both possessed and mildly embarrassed by my own enthusiasm, I compulsively booked a second hour. Put Your Ax Into It, at This Los Angeles Restaurant 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z As we have seen in Florida, Texas and other laboratories of autocracy, once Republicans obtain unified control of government, they are compulsively driven to monkey with the history curricula of the public schools. Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Trump compulsively scrutinized every detail and micromanaged every aspect of the real estate enterprises, especially when it came to the valuation of Trump Organization properties. "The Trump empire ... will fold like a stack of cards," says former prosecutor 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Any gags that are even halfway successful are promptly mined to death as the film continues to almost compulsively reach for them as the lowest of hanging fruit. Review: Jumbled Western parody 'Outlaw Johnny Black' doesn't know which horse to ride in on 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z He compulsively lies and exhibits traits of malignant narcissism. Our collective malady: Donald Trump's mental health crisis is America's problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Heavy drinking is not uncommon on the compulsively watchable “Below Deck” franchise, whether it’s charter guests living it up during their luxe stay or off-duty yacht staff unwinding after days of exhausting work. 'It was about safety': Why the leaders on 'Below Deck Down Under' fired two castmates for misconduct 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Doomscrolling is internet slang for compulsively checking for negative news on social media. Online Safety Bill: Algorithms that lead boys to Andrew Tate content targeted 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Since then, Herron has churned out six more compulsively readable, tightly plotted volumes, and “Slow Horses,” the Apple TV+ show, is such a hit after two seasons that the streamer has green-lighted two more. A flatulent MI5 agent walks into a bar ... and it's Gary Oldman in 'Slow Horses' 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z He washed and detailed customers’ cars and compulsively cleaned litter off the nearby streets with a broom and a dust pan. ‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z He hallucinated, compulsively picked at his skin and smeared himself with his own waste. How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary? 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z As accomplished as the ensemble cast is, “A Thousand and One” is a dazzling showcase for Taylor, who embodies Inez’s hustle and bristling energy with ferocity and compulsively watchable charisma. Review | ‘A Thousand and One’: A film worth not just seeing — but celebrating 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The result is a thrilling mystery, a compulsively emotional novel that doesn’t turn away from either extreme violence or the necessity of hope. Review | ‘Last Seen in Lapaz’ comes with a warning, but don’t be scared off 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Her husband, in turn, described her as relentlessly critical, domineering, compulsively demanding and uncompromising. Advice | Complaining about your partner? It might be you. 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Six patients of various medical providers said they came to crave the ketamine trip so much they began to use the drug compulsively. A Fraught New Frontier in Telehealth: Ketamine 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Her face is lit by the screen of her smartphone, which she swipes compulsively to check whether her bus - the 3A - will arrive on time this morning. Bus cuts: How a city's bus service was quietly cut in half 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z And what made TV’s answer to Stockholm syndrome so compulsively watchable? The Aidan and Carrie photos are a ruse! And other harebrained 'And Just Like That' theories 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He sings compulsively throughout the day, and once he has landed on a number he’ll look up the lyrics because he wants to sing the whole thing, not just the first two lines. Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z But what he ended up expressing — almost compulsively confessing — was his ardent love for that tradition. Review | I’ve been waiting half my life for this show. It’s magnificent. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Over the past three decades, Stephen Amidon has produced novels as compulsively readable as they are hard-edge, about such uncomfortable facts of American life as race, class and money. Review | ‘Locust Lane’ is as perceptive as it is compulsively readable 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z It is only when the image flips, when reality goes into reverse, that we sense how delicate and friable — and how compulsively romantic — are our constructions of reality. Perspective | The moon and its lovely lies I pore through this stuff compulsively in search of nuggets that I can file away for some future column. Forget Stock Predictions for Next Year. Focus on the Next Decade. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Scholarly, prolific and compulsively readable, Wilson is obviously another of those outrageously gifted British overachievers. Review | You don’t have to be an Anglophile to love A.N. Wilson 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z When I compulsively stroke its leaves, I have to whisper thanks for the uplifting fragrance that will stay on my fingers for hours. The most fragrant native plants are just heavenly. Here's what to plant now 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “I’m compulsively impolitic and tactless. … I can’t write about people, which is why I write about inanimate objects,” he told Interview magazine in 2014. Peter Schjeldahl, revered art critic for the New Yorker, dies at 80 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The discussion was tense but civil, and while Huff kept her hands clasped atop a table, her feet compulsively kicked an orange golf tee beneath it. A top North Carolina county official stood up to election deniers — but they pushed back harder 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The story is compulsively absorbing — the hours fly by — but the tale isn’t just told. Review: Tony-winning 'The Inheritance' is better in Los Angeles than on Broadway 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z There’s also the risk that some people might compulsively strive to only eat foods labeled as ‘‘healthy,” which could contribute to disordered eating. What is ‘healthy’ food? The FDA is finally updating its answer 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Bobby is happy, comfortable in his skin and extremely lonely, a condition largely of his own compulsively critical making. Review | ‘Bros,’ the first big-studio R-rated gay rom-com, is for everyone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Ndaw compulsively scratches his nostrils, a tic he said he had developed “because of the smell.” Deadlier Than the Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived. 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The story is told balletically, compulsively, in short spurts of image and sensation, while also managing to immerse the reader fully in the textures, tastes and sounds of the Maine coast. 30 books we can't wait for this fall 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He also does not compulsively watch the hearings later, the aides said — a reversal from his time as president, when he often consumed television shows that aired earlier in the day. Trump prefers golfing to watching the hearings. But he’s still getting the highlights. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z If anything, he hopes people will be able “just to sit there and … be a human being without compulsively needing to upgrade your situation.” Perspective | Feeling anxious? Can’t sleep? Sometimes doing nothing is the best. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Many writers are deskbound anchorites; Kurkov is a compulsively social animal with a deep bench of illustrious friends. How Ukraine’s Greatest Novelist Is Fighting for His Country 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Evangelicals are the most enthusiastic fans of a compulsively promiscuous sexual predator: It's true love. Southern Baptist scandal: It's no coincidence that anti-abortion churches protect sexual abusers 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z On the journey home, Ms Acland noticed that Steele was compulsively checking on her son in his car seat in the back, saying "I love you Reid" and also kept taking her own seatbelt off. Reid Steele: Hospital order for Bridgend mum who drowned son 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In late February, Sood started compulsively checking cherryblossomwatch.com and the comments in The Post to find the perfect day to carry out his plan. Fleeting beauty: Cherry Blossom Festival’s joyous return amid a pandemic’s shadow 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Cuzzola-Kern found herself compulsively replaying the days and hours leading up to his death, wondering whether she should have noticed he was unwell or nudged him to go to the emergency room. How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “We compulsively assure each other that writing isn’t about enacting a kind of therapy. How gross! We are intellectuals. We are artists.” More navel-gazing, please. Melissa Febos thinks personal essays can change the world 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Mexico was “absolutely, proudly, compulsively transparent,” he recalled. Mexico has refused to close its borders during the covid-19 pandemic. Does that make sense? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Those of us whose houses were spared drive through it white-knuckled, stomachs churning, compulsively reciting the names of our neighbors whose ruined homes we pass. Hell on Earth, small town-style: Climate change transformed my life in 2021 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Officer Sanford found himself compulsively reviewing the case in his mind, looking for some error. The Woman on the Bridge 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z They love it; they dance to it; they sing along compulsively. Right's cynical attack on "critical race theory": Old racist poison in a new bottle 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z I may have been more curious about seeing a young Maggie Smith than I was the great Olivier, but I was in that stage of my education when I was compulsively checking off boxes. Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier's blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn't canceled 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The court documents indicate that she had a history of bipolar disorder that was exacerbated by an emerging metabolic problem that led her to drink water compulsively. King County jail pays $2 million to partially settle suit over woman who died in custody 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Chris nonetheless compulsively checks his ring’s output every morning, in the same way that he checks Instagram and other social media sites. Big Data, Questionable Benefits and my Girlfriend's Magic Ring 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z For days leading up to my trip, I watched the city’s air-quality numbers rise on my phone, alongside its Covid numbers, tracking this data as compulsively as I tracked baseball statistics as a kid. I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “I totally believed them,” he said, seated on a carpet, compulsively rubbing the sole of his foot over and over with stubby fingers. Thousands of Boko Haram Members Surrendered. They Moved In Next Door. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z America's political elites remain deeply and compulsively attached to the dream, hope and delusion that "traditional" Republicans will soon salvage the Republican Party and make it respectable and honorable again. Hillary Clinton tried to warn us — and paid the price. Let's at least call Republicans what they are 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Despite this, it is as delicious and compulsively readable as a Rooney novel ever was, a fitting companion for our journey to the end of history. In the compulsively readable ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You,’ Sally Rooney takes us to the end of history 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Afflicting one in 50 people, OCD can take several forms, such as compulsively putting things in just the right order or checking if the stove is turned off 10 times in a row. A New Way to Understand—and Possibly Treat—OCD 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But as a psychologist in private practice who specializes exclusively in helping individuals who are compulsively using technology, I understand the impulse. Opinion | China doesn’t have the right solution — but excessive video gaming is a real problem 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z People who experience boredom more frequently and with greater intensity are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, gamble compulsively, binge-eat, drop out of school, drive recklessly and suffer from anxiety or depression. Boredom’s link to mental illnesses, brain injuries and dysfunctional behaviors 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “The human being, then, in order to protect himself, closes his eyes, compulsively repeats his crimes.” When James Baldwin Was a ‘Has-Been’ 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z As with most social media activity conducted compulsively and without regard to consequences, I would not describe my searchable record of commentary around palm trees and Independence Days as particularly intellectual or even especially moral. Every July 4th gives us one of Los Angeles' most enduring symbols: the flaming palm tree 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z From early childhood, I compulsively and continuously counted the objects in my environment — partly to soothe my anxieties and partly to unlock the mysteries inside things by enumerating them. Analysis | Intelligent life probably exists on distant planets — even if we can’t make contact, astrophysicist says 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z He compulsively played the numbers, figuring that if he lost four games in a row, he was certain to hit it big on the fifth. The world's greatest cardsharp reveals all 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z “I compulsively checked under my desk every few minutes for any crawling crickets and would get upset when I found one,” he said. Cicadas, snakes, mice — phobias of insects and other things can shrink people’s lives 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z One crucial element that influences the addictive nature of a substance and whether or not we consume it compulsively is how quickly it excites the brain. This Is Your Brain on Junk Food 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z It should have been obvious to everyone that Mr. Trump was unstable, impulsive, compulsively dishonest and staggeringly narcissistic. Opinion | The End of Trump Can Be the Beginning of America 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But by the end of the 1960s, he was gambling compulsively, on his fifth marriage and deeply in debt. Larry King, TV host who gave boldface names a cozy forum, dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Jay always resented having “inherited” his brother, who didn’t work and compulsively hoarded unopened CDs, DVDs and flashlights, Seymour said. Seven days, 29 killings: L.A. County’s deadliest week reveals pain, inequity and injustice 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Wear your mask, keep your distance from other people, and wash your hands compulsively. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z He was sweating profusely, not responding to commands and compulsively kicking his legs, according to the arrest report. Man on LSD charged with tackling guard at Disney World 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Hatch remembers Emmeline would compulsively ask her mother, “am I rolling my eyes?” Stress over pandemic makes OCD symptoms worse in some children 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Ezra said he would compulsively think of the "worst thing" to say in any given situation, then punish himself for being a "horrible" person. George Ezra opens up about OCD struggle 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z I asked Dr. Alcaide: What will happen when we can compulsively check social media just by thinking? Opinion | The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z After all, what on earth do you do with popcorn other than slather it in butter and compulsively cram handfuls into your mouth while watching a movie? And the winner of The Seattle Times Pantry Kitchen Challenge is … 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z A new word, doomscrolling, describes the way we compulsively tickle our phones into providing a nonstop stream of dire health and disease statistics, grim economic predictions, images of food lines and exploding emergency rooms. Watching Trump's shock troops descend onto Portland, it's hard not to feel doomed | Francine Prose 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The company had opened “Swallow,” a provocative psychological thriller starring Haley Bennett as a woman who compulsively ingests objects, on March 6 simultaneously in theaters and on premium VOD. How drive-ins and 'virtual cinemas' became a lifeline for indie films during the pandemic 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Some had set up Google alerts and compulsively read everything that was published about it. ‘We don’t want her to be remembered as the victim’: Kim Wall’s parents on telling her story 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z In sixth grade, a breakthrough came when teachers let him do what he always did compulsively: draw art. From his rustic cabin, 85-year-old geologist and artist Jack Holden has his offbeat off-the-grid lifestyle down to a science 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z As many people check the news compulsively for even the smallest positive word on vaccine development, we are at an anniversary moment in vaccine history. Hoping for a Covid Vaccine and Recalling the One for Smallpox 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z "So many of the people making our policies are like this almost compulsively." Tucker Carlson rips leaders over coronavirus hypocrisy: 'They are entirely lacking in self-awareness' 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z In that role, Trump is compulsively watchable, both for those who hate him and his cult members who slavishly adore him. Trump is a brilliant performance artist: We can't defeat him without understanding that 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Trump lies about numbers compulsively because he has gotten away with it his whole life, mostly by leaving other people to clean up the messes he's made. Trump doesn't want coronavirus testing: His instinct is always to hide the truth 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Checking the news compulsively and reading every random, poorly sourced and histrionic tweet will only add to your anxiety. Parents Need Stress Relief, Too 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z She spends her days compulsively cleaning the apartment’s bathroom and steering clear of her ailing roommates. ‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z In 2018, the WHO said compulsively playing video games qualified as a mental health condition, known as "Gaming Disorder." Video games could help fight coronavirus spread, WHO says 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “I was terrified of germs, and I would wash my hands compulsively after touching something that even remotely seemed dirty,” he told In Sight. Perspective | A photographer creates a ‘Cosmos’ of bacteria 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Already suffering from anxiety after the restaurant where she works as a server shut its doors, she was “following the news compulsively,” which made her even more worried. Our iPhone weekly screen time reports are through the roof, and people are ‘horrified’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z While public health experts are advising Americans to telecommute, avoid large crowds and wash their hands compulsively, Broadway is announcing big discounts. Commentary: The show must not go on. Why the theaters contemplating coronavirus should close, now 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Joseph’s smart-aleck comedy, compulsively exposing the scared and needy boy behind the bully, wears thin in places. Review: 'Fly,' La Jolla Playhouse's new musical about Peter Pan and Wendy, needs to grow up 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Makeup artists at beauty counters compulsively sanitize their brushes. New York in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Instead, I find myself looking at them compulsively, helplessly, with mild horror — as you might stare at a rash spreading up your arm. Opinion | In Search of Darkness 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z She stayed in bed for days, getting up only to compulsively shower. Perspective | We volunteer to help others, but research shows how much it helps us, too 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z He still got the kind of coverage normal presidents get when they say something controversial, rather than the coverage that a compulsively lying president ought to get when he says something that’s obviously made up. Press Watch: When Trump just makes stuff up, mainstream media still plays along 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z He was compulsively intimate, an emotional archaeologist, and a Presbyterian minister. The writers saw Fred Rogers as an 'emotional archeologist.' They unearthed 'A Beautiful Day' 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “I believe in God” is a false statement for me because it is voiced by my ego, which is compulsively skeptical. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The brothers are compulsively productive, which is why they were making a tiny film even while finishing their big film. The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In any medium, Mr. James was compulsively loquacious, turning out essays, memoirs and novels between his countless TV appearances, like a “Benzedrine addict being held at gunpoint.” Clive James, Australian-born TV host, writer, critic and all-around wit, dies at 80 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z And that is a love that our country denies us, seemingly compulsively. ‘Queen & Slim’ Could Be One of the Great Love Stories of All Time — if You Let It 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Something similar happened over and over again during our evolution, Wrangham speculates, and as a result, males evolved to become less compulsively violent, although still all too prone to calculated group aggression. Can the Shape of Your Face Predict Your Propensity for Violence? 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z There are echoes of Joanna Russ as Newitz deploys her extensive knowledge of feminism, gender politics and history in a compulsively readable novel of controlled anger that, despite the horror, offers hope. The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z He said he wrote compulsively, whenever he had a few minutes free, and had tried but failed to take an extended leave from his typewriter. Stephen Dixon, prolific writer of experimental, unsettling fiction, dies at 83 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z From the outset, Haynes was a sort of escape artist, compulsively immersing himself in art. Todd Haynes Rewrites the Hollywood Playbook 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The recordings are compulsively listenable, as was Friday’s bigger, grander and more gripping performance. Review: Three conductors, three concerts and more L.A. Phil history in the books 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Jennifer Neil, who was a pharmacy student assigned to the Kaiser pharmacy, said Chan recorded her and now when she walks into an unfamiliar restroom she panics and compulsively searches for recording devices. Ex-pharmacist who filmed people in bathrooms gets 12 years 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Jennifer Neil, who was a pharmacy student assigned to the Kaiser pharmacy, said Chan recorded her and now when she walks into an unfamiliar restroom she panics and compulsively searches for recording devices. Ex-pharmacist who filmed people in bathrooms gets 12 years 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The role of Nashton, who as the Riddler commits crimes by compulsively dropping clues through riddles and puzzles, was reportedly among those eyed by actor Jonah Hill. Puzzle solved: Paul Dano cast as Riddler in 'The Batman' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Made with soy sauce, vinegar, breadcrumbs and grilled pork liver, it’s bright and compulsively dippable. Craving Filipino-style whole roast pig? Kent’s Tropical Hut does it well (and you don’t have to order the entire pig) 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z For fans of 1980s horror, In Search of Darkness is a compulsively watchable delight. In Search of Darkness wants to be the definitive 1980s horror doc 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z He noted that Yanomamo headmen generally employed violence in a controlled manner; compulsively violent males often did not live long enough to bear children. My Regrets about Controversial Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon (RIP) 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z This is space opera on a vast scale, backed up by Baxter’s customary impressive research as he seamlessly weaves planetary exploration, genome reconstruction, climate change, artificial intelligence and much more into the compulsively readable narrative. The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Bull’s wife mentions that his agitation is somewhat relieved by doing the laundry compulsively. A ‘Funky Winkerbean’ Tragedy 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z For this task, most recently, we chose a compulsively dishonest blowhard who thinks that white supremacists are very fine people, and that nuclear bombs will stop hurricanes. How do we recover from the surreal nightmare of this presidency? It will take some work 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z More to the point, why is a book of such unremitting misery so compulsively readable? Review | Horrors of World War II, through children’s eyes 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The less I wanted a name, the more compulsively I named everything I saw. A Year Without a Name 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Even then, Lang says, he found himself compulsively telling everyone he met what had happened, fearful they would hear about it in some other way. From a wrongful arrest to a life-saving romance: the typos that have changed people's lives 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z People who are in financial distress — such as hiding purchases, spending compulsively or avoiding their financial statements — definitely should seek help, according to Coambs. Financial therapy: what it is and who needs it 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z People who are in financial distress - such as hiding purchases, spending compulsively or avoiding their financial statements - definitely should seek help, according to Coambs. Financial therapy: what it is and who needs it 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Gilbert, for instance, describes a DBS patient who started to gamble compulsively, blowing his family’s savings and seeming not to care. The ethics of brain–computer interfaces 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z At the moment, Berlin is compulsively livable, with few crowds, little crime, and cheap groceries. The Causes and Consequences of Berlin’s Rapid Gentrification 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z In 2018, for example, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. 'Excessive' student smartphone use linked to more sexual partners, research says 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Every night, she watched documentaries “compulsively” — films like “Capturing the Friedmans” and “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane” to gather a better understanding of the genre. How true crime documentaries helped Erin Lee Carr move forward after her father's death 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Danny became a crook and a substance abuser; James now listens to screeching punk rock and exercises compulsively, to channel his violent rage. Reviews: Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in ‘Escape Plan: The Extractors’; and more 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z In this compulsively readable book, Snyder takes us into the lives of the abused and their abusers. Review | How we tell the story of America 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In the evening, after some compulsively watchable television like “The French Village,” I often read books about health and science. Reading Nook: Trish Hall roams the house, searching for the right spot 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Some people sprinkle brief periods of work between huge chunks of streaming movies and YouTube, for instance; others appear to be bouncing between email, work and news sites compulsively. Editorials from around New England 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But this compulsively readable account actually seems to yield a very different lesson. Review | A national debate over politics, principles and impeachment — in 1868 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The result is her compulsively readable new book, “No Visible Bruises.” Perspective | How to protect women from domestic violence — before it’s too late 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The birder is actively, sometimes even compulsively, pursuing birds; they are in it for the chase ... 130 species, 187 miles and lots of energy drinks: Inside the World Series of Birding 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Of course, since these tech companies control the probability, the loot box is almost always a bust, though some people may end up buying them compulsively in hopes of getting something good. The video game industry's next sinister "innovation"? Teaching children to gamble 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z His nonfiction work often has the compulsively watchable pull of a fictional Hollywood narrative, and it’s no surprise to see his natural skill at pacing, framing and scene construction here. Review: Zac Efron goes dark as Ted Bundy, but ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ is irritatingly coy 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Put this all together, and the hours we spend compulsively checking our phones may add up to much more than a waste of time. Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Where the Nebraskans just live their lives, Mike and Rio compulsively narrate theirs, to themselves and each other, because they don't know who they are yet. Review: In ABC’s ‘Bless This Mess,’ the clueless hipster as comedy target 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z He’s trying to laugh off questions about his private life, but he’s also trying to give a thoughtful and earnest answer, because he seems almost compulsively thoughtful and earnest. Cory Booker, a would-be bachelor president, says Americans are ‘open to lots of different types of families’ in the White House 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z He wore hoop earrings, and he was strikingly fit; he went to the gym compulsively. The Refugee and the Thief 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z A commanding figure with huge eyeglasses and a generous mustache, Lankesh was a compulsively productive, endlessly quarrelsome English professor, fiction writer, poet, playwright, filmmaker, essayist and journalist. Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z And because it did its business off the airwaves and behind a pay wall, it could be — and has been, almost compulsively — more explicit than its broadcast competition in terms of sex and language. ‘Wither HBO?’ Again? Exit Richard Plepler, enter Bob Greenblatt and a new era 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In an active addiction, there’s a lot more going on than someone simply choosing to compulsively use substances, according to Minor. Alcoholism and addiction: 8 things you need to know | Provided by Bayview Recovery 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z You want the heat to bloom while you are still chewing the first coin, driving you compulsively to your next, and your next. My French Grandmother’s Shortbread Makes for Shamefully Addictive Cheese Crackers 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z We process the world, compulsively, through our pocket cameras, pinching and poking at the footage on our screens. When Roger Stone Flashed Nixon’s ‘V-for-Victory’ 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Others have found themselves speaking out almost compulsively where they wouldn’t have before. Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The title of “Never Look Away” is deliciously ironic: This is one of the most mesmerizing, compulsively watchable films in theaters right now. Review | ‘Never Look Away’ is one of the best — and most beautiful — films out now 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z They bring unquenchable fire to “Cold War” and keep it at a compulsively watchable simmer. Review | ‘Cold War’ is already getting Oscar buzz, because it’s a near-perfect movie 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z It was my favorite meal on Earth during the three years that I lived there, and since moving to Seattle three years ago, I’ve compulsively searched this city to find anything like it. Not bowled over yet: My search for Seattle’s perfect ramen 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z They want someone who is compulsively optimistic and realistic. Terry McAuliffe turned a red state blue – but is he the face of the future for Democrats? 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Aparicio is compulsively watchable as Cleo goes about her daily routine, but the cracks in the veneer that reveal her deepest emotions and her demonstrations of solemn bravery are nothing short of riveting. Memo to Oscar voters: Don’t sleep on these 14 performances worthy of consideration 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z I am not bothered so much with the likes of Paul Manafort and his ostrich feathers who are psychopaths lying compulsively for their own gain. Opinion | Why Does Paul Manafort Lie? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z And the psychology community is fighting about whether compulsively playing video games is actually a mental health condition. The problem with studies saying phones are bad for you 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z But since he is still very much addicted to the game, still most at home in a gymnasium and still compulsively eager to teach, he headed overseas rather than pick a fight. A Hall of Famer in Exile: Larry Brown’s Italian Adventure 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z And to ensure everyone was safe she would compulsively lock all doors and windows, and remove all trip hazards. 'I call my OCD Olivia' 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z That means that they’ll experience withdrawal symptoms like irritability or cognitive fogginess and behave compulsively to make sure they have access to the drug. Government bans on pot research have created room for marijuana health hype 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z "I’ll admit it. I compulsively weigh myself every morning," she revealed before admitting that she wishes she didn't. Jenna Jameson gets candid about her weight loss journey again: 'Weight does not define your beauty' 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z "I’ll admit it. I compulsively weigh myself every morning. I wish I didn’t. Oh well. This morning my weight was 4 pounds higher." Jenna Jameson opens up about unrealistic expectations for mothers 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z He is a brash Irish folk hero who also happens to be an extraordinary athlete; he is compulsively watchable. Conor McGregor and the World’s Best Grudge Match 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It was a long two weeks for Peirce: Becky was bathing and eating compulsively again, and her aggressive behavior had also returned. Can brain-stimulating implants treat some severe cases of autism? 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z A guy who, on the available evidence, is both casually anti-Semitic and rather compulsively homophobic. Pulling back the covers on ‘The Big Sleep’ 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In the day and age of wealth, where consumerism is ubiquitous, it’s become acceptable to compulsively fill desires through material gains, such as new clothes or electronics. Teachers and Students Speak Out When School Gets Real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The president, unable to let criticism slide, compulsively went after James and Lemon on Twitter. President Trump’s “racist” tweet about LeBron James backfires, sees criticism from all sides 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z She steals seventy-five-dollar face cream from a client and rubs it on her feet; at night, she smokes pot and compulsively calls the married man who jilted her, hanging up when he says hello. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Roberts notes that Americans “compulsively carry” their phones: Three-quarters of users say they usually are within five feet of their phones; 12 percent admit to using their phones while showering. Opinion | The Supreme Court brings privacy into the 21st century 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The U.N. health agency said in June that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z "Many people eat compulsively for many different reasons and repeat the same pattern with their children, just as children see parents use unhealthy strategies to control their weight." 'Simple: less chips, more greens' 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Some compulsively jump into the laps of strangers, or grab their legs and hold on for life. A Troubling Prognosis for Migrant Children in Detention: ‘The Earlier They’re Out, the Better’ 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The pigeons went crazy and began pecking compulsively for hours on end. ‘Digital wellness’ efforts battle tech addiction 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z He is compulsively connected to fans and sometimes, in his deference to patience and loyalty, detached from their sentiments. ‘It’s never easy,’ but Ted Leonsis delivered D.C. a title and a team to take pride in 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Some people consume it so compulsively that it interferes with their lives. GOP congresswoman says porn is “the root cause” of school shootings. It’s not 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z You can even set time limits for individual apps if you want to cut back on compulsively staring at your phone at any moment of downtime. The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2018 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z In the words of the Times, “we play them incidentally, ambivalently, compulsively, almost accidentally.” The Oculus Go improves mobile VR, but there’s still a long way to go 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Williamson, if you haven’t heard of him, is a relentlessly, seemingly compulsively provocative conservative writer who was hired away from National Review by the Atlantic to help staff its new opinions roster. Opinion | Kevin Williamson’s abortion comments were shocking. But at least he’s intellectually honest. 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In Trump's case he not only lies constantly and compulsively, but he also throws everyone under the bus with his lies. Trump Denies Knowing of Any Hush Money Paid to Porn Actress 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Many people try drugs but most do not start to use compulsively or develop an addiction. What Does It Mean When We Call Addiction a Brain Disorder? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z “In my experience with him, there are times when he just compulsively lies and there are times when he strategically lies,” said Mr. O’Donnell, who wrote a scathing book about Mr. Trump. Trump and the Truth: A President Tests His Own Credibility 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z After years of compulsively checking the weather multiple times a day, what happened was I started trusting my instincts and abandoned the forecast altogether. Letter of Recommendation: Celsius 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z This is the secret to Facebook’s era-defining success: we compulsively check the site because we never know when the delicious ting of social affirmation may sound. Has dopamine got us hooked on tech? 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z As I read Love and Trouble – compulsively, at once fascinated and repulsed – I’d wondered how she’d managed to keep going knowing that her parents might one day read it. ‘Why I told my mother not to read my book’ – memoirs of a former wild girl 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z A Belgian study found people who used social network sites compulsively were less emotionally stable, less agreeable and less conscientious. Tech Dealers Now Trying to Save the Tech "Addicts" They've Created 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z My desperate need to regain jurisdiction over my life led me to eat myself sick and to compulsively exercise in fear of gaining weight. Opinion | Larry Nassar abused me. Inaction is no longer excusable. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Washington, a city populated by compulsively high achievers, often holds the mantle of the fittest city in the United States. The Next Hurdle for a Healthy Trump? Getting Some Exercise 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Her political incorrectness hasn't aged well, but her directness is what has kept her writing compulsively readable. As artists fall into disgrace, must their art be consigned to oblivion? – LA Times 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Kearney was one of those highly competitive athletes with a kind of compulsively motivated personality that is classically associated with champions. A Tiny Vermont Town Is a Big Cradle of Olympians 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z His son drinks Coke compulsively and suffers from high blood pressure and achy joints. A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise: Mexico’s Soaring Obesity 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z I get the impression that Dowd crams Hillary into her columns for the same reason that Trump compulsively tweets: it's provocative and click-intensive. Opinion | Roadkill on Capitol Hill 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z On NBC's "Meet the Press" — which Trump watches compulsively, or so I've read — I looked at the camera, or maybe a bit to the side, and issued my invitation. A failed movie date with Donald Trump – LA Times 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Much of what he says makes sense; the comic in him compulsively holds the world up to ridicule, but irreverence also comes with a price. Larry David makes a welcome, and typically cranky, return to 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But according to many published reports, Trump often erupts into rage — especially when he sees something he doesn’t like on the cable news shows he is said to watch compulsively. Opinion | It’s time to talk about Trump’s mental health 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z With a “feminist” foreign assistance policy in place, non-western others are compulsively measured against western standards of gender equality and found to fall short, and hence be deserving of assistance. Canada’s international aid policy is now ‘feminist’. It still won’t help women | Rafia Zakaria 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Addicted users, he said, compulsively seek non-intimate sexual encounters or experiences regardless of the consequences, often as an escape from their own problems. Internet has put a spotlight on sex addiction 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z A compulsively readable oral history of five Hollywood families. Need help with your summer reading bingo? We can help 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Walking around the village, he stops periodically to take selfies and post them on Facebook, and he scrolls through his feeds compulsively. No, Google’s Not a Bird: Bringing the Internet to Rural India 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Weiner said in court Friday that he has “compulsively sought attention” from women who have reached out to him on social media and that he has engaged some of them in sexual conversations. Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to ‘sexting’ a teen girl. Then his estranged wife filed for divorce. 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Trump continues to boast of his election victory, compulsively read his media coverage, and take verbal jabs at perceived enemies. Analysis | The epic and bizarre first 110 days of the Trump presidency 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The New York intellectual community Podhoretz grew up in was compulsively internecine. The Book That Scandalized the New York Intellectuals 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z He displays “extreme narcissism,” the author argues, and he lies compulsively, with deceit as “an ingrained way of life.” Review | The case for impeaching President Donald J. Trump. (Too soon?) 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z In her I hear echoes of today’s quintessence of whiteness: Trump compulsively referring to “the African Americans” and thereby, in one expression, reducing manifold, complex identities and experiences to one easy-to-generalize-about, monolithic entity. Opinion | When saying you’re black and being black are two different things 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It felt a lot more meaningful, especially with older relatives, who were probably on the same page – on social media, but not on it compulsively with a smartphone app. I deleted my social media apps because they were turning me into an idiot 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z She ran compulsively, three and sometimes four times a day. Despite a mother’s plea, her mentally ill daughter was sold a gun — with tragic results 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Constantly, compulsively, he searches the streets and the internet for Bridey, lost to the fog of a disappeared time. In ‘Running,’ a makeshift family confronts the past 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Soldiers nervously train Russian-made heavy machine guns skyward in a hunt for weaponized drones or compulsively squint at the thickets along the riverbank, firing at any sign of movement. In the half of Mosul freed from Islamic State, life returns to not-quite normal 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z He then plunged into artmaking, living in his parents’ basement, in slacker fashion, but he was compulsively productive. The Enigmatic Art of Raymond Pettibon 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Conversations compulsively looped back to the new political landscape. My trip home found a US that’s febrile and divided under Trump | Tracy Chevalier 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Just as Britain’s isolated Brexit government has no choice but to compulsively believe that Trump’s pragmatism will overwhelm his extremism, so Americans must hope that the checks and balances of the constitution will cage him. Trump’s lies are not the problem. It’s the millions who swallow them who really matter | Nick Cohen 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z And while the results don't entirely add up, the new addition to the genre canon makes for some compulsively watchable viewing. The top 10 interesting-imperfect movies of 2016 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z And those cigarettes she lights compulsively throughout the afternoon? In ‘Jackie,’ Natalie Portman plays an iconic first lady as masterful myth-maker 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The result, experts say, is a steep rise in the number of parents worried that their kids are in fact addicted, or at least compulsively devoted, to the games. The next level 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z He had trouble making eye contact during the interview, continuously rubbed his face and stuck out his tongue compulsively, a possible side effect of antipsychotic medications. For Blacks Facing Parole in New York State, Signs of a Broken System 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z With a series of surprise announcements and impulsive public gestures, he brought into sharp focus the freewheeling and compulsively theatrical style he will bring to the Oval Office. Trump Sticks to His Guns, Firing Twitter Salvos and Igniting Drama 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Each person with Tourette’s is different, and only some swear compulsively. My Life With Tourette’s Syndrome 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Juicy and slightly off-dry, with a bitter cherry note, it’s decidedly uncomplicated but compulsively drinkable. Why the Best Thanksgiving Wine Is Sparkling 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z He was at his absolute best as a writer, producing compulsively readable pieces on teams and games or even just his NFL picks for the week. HBO Silences Show, Leaving Bill Simmons With a Weaker Voice 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z As a kid, he had always been driven by an extraordinary curiosity to find out how things worked; he would compulsively dismantle any new thing he could lay his hands on — toys, bicycles, radios. How an Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered the Making of Sanitary Pads 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But I wouldn't want anyone fired because they don't smile compulsively. At Trader Joe’s, Good Cheer May Hide Complaints 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Until Tuesday, no new information is likely to bring any sense of closure, only more stress, but that doesn’t stop us from seeking it compulsively. How Donald Trump took residence in our anxious brains 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z These childhood victims may compulsively eat to manage depression, poor self-esteem, poor body image, impulsive behavior and drug abuse. Indialantic man loses 500 pounds after sister’s death 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z I read FiveThirtyEight and the Upshot as compulsively as every other hapless political junkie, but Nate Silver’s overwhelming odds are somehow not reassuring. Pwned by Putin: How the Russian despot ruthlessly trolled our so-called democracy 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z We will only relegate our working class citizens to lower class status forever by obsessively/compulsively writing and enforcing ever more Hammurabian regulations of every aspect of our economic and environmental lives. Why Are Politicians So Obsessed With Manufacturing? 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump lies compulsively to aggrandize himself or belittle vulnerable people, whether it’s a handicapped reporter or a bereaved mother. NeverTrump for Dummies 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Manipulate those prices—as central banks the world over compulsively do—and you distort information, therefore perception and judgment. Hostage to a Bull Market 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Influenced by her mother’s capacity for work, Schlafly studied compulsively, delving deeply into assignments so she’d be prepared for any question. The Surprising Secret to Phyllis Schlafly’s Success 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The letters show that influence: they are careful always to “praise by name, criticize by category,” and are compulsively modest and self-deprecating. The Literary Fiction of Investor Letters 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It can be a swift, slippery slope to “cyberchondria,” Aiken explains, in which an individual habitually and compulsively conducts health-related searches and finds only more and more catastrophic things to obsess about for themselves. Who are we — and who are we becoming — in the cyber-world? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A compulsively neutral color scheme has been the ideal: soothing whites, timid taupes, muted wood or stone. Bathed in Color: The End of the Neutral Bathroom 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He stayed, for nearly a year, only because he was too poor to leave — he had compulsively blown much of his money at the roulette tables of Europe. David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z When he finds a movie he likes, he watches it compulsively — and at a loud volume, because he has bad hearing from listening to live music as a youth without taking the proper precautions. Jonah Hill Is No Joke 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It is this sense of timelessness that makes reading her so thrilling, especially in our compulsively up-to-the-minute era. Cynthia Ozick’s Long Crusade 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Since smartphones became ubiquitous appendages, we’ve fragmented our attention continuously, even compulsively, tuning out our immediate surroundings or conversations to text, check emails, shop or play games. Who are we — and who are we becoming — in the cyber-world? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z After building a colossal audience for his compulsively readable and often very funny columns, the 46-year-old Marlborough, Mass., native has become something of a media mogul. From ESPN to HBO, can Bill Simmons liven up 'Wednesday'? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z A dry, frothy red like this is compulsively drinkable and great with food. 20 Splendid Summer Wines—All Under $20 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z She began to compulsively check the county clerk’s website for the official posting. One woman’s fight to save her land from a pipeline that tore a region apart 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Their eyes compulsively scanned the industrial sprawl of the nearby oil refinery, the city’s raison d'etre, silent and gutted after years of fighting between extremists and pro-government forces, and pillaging. Iraqi forces took Baiji from Islamic State, but the former boom town may be doomed 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z He compulsively uses tech products like Twitter but is not in awe of the people who built them. Silicon Valley Finds Trump’s Disruption Unwelcome 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z It is a political wound that refuses to heal, mostly because Clinton’s enemies are all too happy to pick at it, incessantly, but also because Clinton has been so compulsively resistant to confessing error. Hillary Clinton’s self-inflicted damage 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z He was compulsively superstitious; twice on other plane trips I had seen him toss a few granules of salt over his left shoulder after eating. Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z This Scandinavian nation of compulsively friendly people is celebrated by U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as a social-welfare utopia, one that was recently judged the world’s happiest place. Denmark, a social welfare utopia, takes a nasty turn on refugees 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z She began to draw and paint, beautifully and compulsively, producing images with little apparent connection to buildings. Outside the rectangle 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The self-described “compulsively organized control freak” would also compose her own obituary. Dying mom leaves behind cards for daughter, inspires many 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The guy was compulsively watchable, magnetic even at his most repulsive, a confirmation of all our paranoid suspicions about elected officials. House of Cards' fourth season and the meme-ification of Frank Underwood 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Luckily, all that strenuous posing doesn’t make Affleck any less appealing, even if he insists on compulsively chewing gum throughout the production. An appealing Casey Affleck plays one of Atlanta’s finest in ‘Triple 9’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z I was promoting the book on TV and at festivals, wired on caffeine and adrenaline, not really eating, not really sleeping; checking Twitter compulsively. Polly Vernon: 'All the attention came from women telling me how stupid my book was' 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z This is a guy who quotes compulsively from “The Princess Bride.” Ted Cruz is feeling the Bern! On the New Hampshire trail with the GOP’s cute but sinister rebel firebrand 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Canine compulsive disorder can cause dogs to chase their tails for hours on end, or to suck on a toy or body part so compulsively that it interferes with their eating or sleeping. Dog DNA probed for clues to human psychiatric ills 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z And it’s exactly what made the book so compulsively entertaining for the rest of us. Wandering around Britain with a good-natured grumbler 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z According to people I’ve interviewed who have known Guzmán or done business with him, he is drawn, compulsively, to the deal. The Tragic Farce of El Chapo 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Cousins, the compulsively accountable quarterback who was determined to make everything right, didn’t have to single-handedly make anything happen or fix everything that went wrong. Nothing is improbable about Kirk Cousins’s rise 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The compulsively watchable oddness of "Lamb" and its commingling of innocence and peril keep it from easy categorization. 'Lamb' steps carefully into odd pair's provocative journey 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z If you are compulsively eating – healthy or unhealthy foods – it will lead to failure. 6 Reasons Why Men Should Meditate 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z He believed that abortion was wrong, but it was not something that he spoke about compulsively. Ex-Wife Recalls Colorado Gunman as Imperfect, but a Good Man 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z "It's a bit of a disaster," said Dmitri, compulsively rearranging a row of jackets hanging on display in an upmarket boutique on one of the city's main thoroughfares. A difficult week in Brussels - BBC News 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z At his university, students had followed the news compulsively on their phones all week, even during lectures. Paris attacks: capital's youth vow not to lose their joie de vivre 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z All of it was first sketched in notebooks he carried with him compulsively, neat little sneakers drawn on graph paper. WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Brand Innovator oversees his global business with one goal in mind: Serve the athlete 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Your brain then releases a flood of chemicals, such as dopamine, that induce pleasure and contribute to a tendency to eat compulsively. Can Fast Food Get Healthy? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Maybe Adele has dedicated her entire life to stalking an ex-boyfriend, and she’s less a recording artist and more a comprehensive diarist of her own compulsively antisocial behaviour. Adele is back! And she’s still banging on about her ex 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The findings show a gender disparity: while boys and girls both text at about the same rates, girls compulsively text about 20% more than boys. When Girls Compulsively Text, Their Grades Might Suffer 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Over all, girls text compulsively at a far higher rate than boys do. Compulsive Texting Takes Toll on Teenagers 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Rather than snack compulsively throughout the day in order to prevent the onset of hunger, it's far healthier to just plan what you'll eat when your body actually begins to experience the hunger you've anticipated. Is ‘Pre-emptive Eating’ Your Undoing? 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z If he is angry, he won’t say so, fulsomely praising the local chief and the Communist Party as he compulsively checks for market news on his phone. How farmers from rural China bet on the stock market and lost 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The alternative, he asserts, is to call addiction what it is: a really bad habit caused by a constellation of variables and a brain that is receptive to compulsively reinforcing really bad habits. Choosing to stop your addiction 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z While adolescent girls and boys text at the same rates, girls tend to text more compulsively than boys—and their grades might suffer as a result, a new study found. When Girls Compulsively Text, Their Grades Might Suffer 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z We become more concerned about what the metrics say, compulsively comparing ourselves to others, usually in a state of anxiety. Viewpoint: Are Amazon's feedback tactics unusual? - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Mounting evidence shows that people who compulsively bite their nails, pick their skin or pull their hair are often perfectionists, and their actions may help soothe boredom, irritation and dissatisfaction. Nail Biting May Arise from Perfectionism 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z These are behaviors that involve compulsively damaging one's physical appearance – picking at skin, pulling hair, biting nails and even chewing one's lips or the inside of the cheeks. Understanding Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z |
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