| 单词 | descent |
| 例句 | After proceeding gingerly at first, she grew in confidence and increased the speed of her descent. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Eril-Fane held up his arm, and the bird spiraled an elegant descent, luffed into the wind, and landed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Instead my voice began a slow descent that continued for the next couple of years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But this synthesis is apparent in many other aspects of the culture, too, as would be expected in a place where as much as three-quarters of the population claims some Indian descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As soon as I spread them out, the wings stiffened, caught the wind, and my descent slowed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z After all, she had crossed into the United States twenty years before, and she had married a pocho, a man of Mexican descent born in the United States. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z During descent, for example, if the Gemini’s parachute did not come out when scheduled, the astronauts really had to hurry to try other ways to get the chute out or, failing that, to eject themselves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I yank up my seat and check my seat belt as the plane makes its descent. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Viking mission, which had been informally scheduled to set one of its two descent craft gently down on the Martian surface on the Bicentennial of the United States, July 4, 1976. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding her wings steady, she followed him on a steep descent. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At 01:42 and 23 seconds, the captain repeated, “Go around,” but he was slow to pull the plane out of its descent. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z ‘For who doubts,’ asked Newton’s associate Roger Cotes, ‘if gravity be the cause of the descent of a stone in Europe, but that it is also the cause of the same descent in America?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Technologically primitive peoples were considered evolutionary vestiges of human descent from apelike ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Many have almond-shaped eyes, thin noses, and light skin, which suggests they might also be of Chinese descent. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were still holding hands when the plane began its descent into Seattle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Before the end of World War II, when Emperor Hirohito finally told the Japanese people that he was not of divine descent, Japanese archaeologists and historians had to make their interpretations conform to this account. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The doors shut us in and we begin the descent. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She let their footsteps be her guide, but when they made their descent she counted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cope might have done even more, but unfortunately he went into a rather precipitate descent in his later years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Pushing about a hundred yards north, Snuffy discovered the trail into the gorge he had known would be there, a narrow descent to the river bank where two small hot springs were located. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The red blood cells of some people of African descent look like sickles or crescent moons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two murders completed in a single night mark a descent I should be proud of. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I enjoyed my meal as I watched the sun’s descent in a cloudless sky. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His head pounded with pain from the sudden descent, and his heart raced. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Well, mostly people of European descent. I'm not sure how it will help you navigate life in Flushing, that's for sure." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The ladder began a slow and steady descent to the floor—even though Kyle hadn’t pushed a button. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Afterward a reporter asked Lin, “Don’t you think it’s ironic that the memorial’s the Vietnam Memorial and you’re of Asian descent?” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A white flake floated out into the night, and began its slow descent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The descent was laborious, but once they had reached ground level, Taran felt all the more convinced they would save time. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Fischer and Lopsang soon resumed their descent as well, following the faint tracks left by the Taiwanese team as best they could. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I suppose. Ten percent of the island’s Caucasian male population. It—” “And isn’t the percentage even higher, doctor, for males of Japanese descent? A higher percentage of B positives among the island’s Japanese-Americans?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then began the slow perilous descent while the children cheered hoarsely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They slid from one wet icy rock to another, resting briefly on thin ledges, then continuing the slippery descent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The computer-controlled descent was taking Eagle into an area covered with huge boulders, and Neil had to keep flying until he found a smoother spot to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife Alcyone was also of high descent; she was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She made the descent every night through her moths’ senses, but that was different. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Thoroughly fantastic. An almost humorous descent to the ridiculous.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It is a testament to Darwin’s scientific audacity that he was not particularly bothered by the prospect of human descent from apelike ancestors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The human species is now undertaking a great venture that if successful will be as important as the colonization of the land or the descent from the trees. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A white man robs a convenience store and do we hear he’s of Scottish descent? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Christmas Eve was also a time when the children could tease their father and know there would be no sudden explosion or descent into fury. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It hurt like this until shortly before 10 P.M., when a rather fat, hirsute guy of Lebanese descent burst into Colin's room without knocking. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Fourteen of us packed into the minivan and started on the long descent to Franklin, in a snowless valley far below. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In fact, every time Turner pitched her a stone within shouting distance, she hit it dead center—no matter how high the arch, no matter how straight the descent. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z In silent Indian file they began the descent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In light of this, the Review points out that those of Japanese descent on this island are not responsible for the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As the plane began its descent over Boston Harbor, the pilot announced the weather and time, and that President Nixon had declared a national holiday: two American men had landed on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The thirteen finches were not created by some divine whim, but by “natural descent”—cascading downward and outward from an original ancestral finch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He called it “descent with modification,” and he used the term “natural selection” for the mechanism of change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z King Laius of Thebes was the third in descent from Cadmus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are also Muslims here who could pass as white—probably of Arab or Persian descent; white, but without all the privilege. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z While American blacks of African descent originated mainly from Africa’s west coastal zone, similar peoples traditionally occupied East Africa as well, north to the Sudan and south to the southeast coast of South Africa itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped, though a wall of slate-grey clouds hid the setting sun as it made its descent into Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A wide ladder with rubber treads on the steps allows for a swift, easy descent into the bowels of the city. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They stood at the western end of the valley, where the high road crested the last pass and began its winding descent to the bottomlands two miles below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At West Jefferson High School, a tenth grader of Iraqi descent had been repeatedly harassed by her history teacher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It happens to me a lot, I know, partly because my last name is Irish, and most people of Irish descent are Catholics. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z As the car entered its descent, Wherritt became calmer and laughed and sobbed with relief—until he realized the wheel was not going to stop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As I began my descent I was extremely anxious, but my concern had little to do with the weather: a check of the gauge on my oxygen tank had revealed that it was almost empty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They stayed only a minute or two, then turned to begin the long descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When the leading plane suddenly made a steep descent, Zhenya swooped after him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And more than that, they now considered themselves not Jamaicans who were living in America but Americans of Jamaican descent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She noticed they were still sinking, but it was slower than their initial descent. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then came a difficult and unnerving descent down a rocky cliff face on the other side, a short walk through a dark, waterless valley, and delivery to the foot of another wall of rock. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The light in the room was sallow, the sun already well into its descent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By Pearl Harbor Day there were eight hundred and forty-three people of Japanese descent living there, including twelve seniors at Amity Harbor High School who did not graduate that spring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By now a station meant a descent down impossibly deep steps and the revelation of the next station’s character. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I learn that one of our owners is a Scientologist; another proudly claims descent from one of the same Scottish clans my own ancestors belonged to. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the moment that was their chief danger; for in the dark they could not see a descent, until they came on it and put their feet out into emptiness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The descent into the underground lair took longer than I thought it would, partly because the curving staircase was covered in invisible booby traps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Each crew member had two space suits: a flight spacesuit to wear during descent and ascent, and the much bulkier and more robust EVA suit to wear when doing surface operations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way to Cleveland, the journey had felt endless, but this time, staring out the plane window, seeing nothing, all too quickly he feels the plane’s descent in his chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the steepness of the bank, of course, which held her back, and the idea of descent, and the fact that there was not much point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With the rise of Darwinian theory, explanations were recast in terms of natural selection and of evolutionary descent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They encountered no one on the long descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the descent was gradual and controlled and even. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Each Xhosa belongs to a clan that traces its descent back to a specific forefather. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The palms were torn up from the descent down the glacier wall, the skin scabbed over where the ice had cut her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Everything is quiet, it’s dark, and as you fall you get this terrifying sense of the increasing velocity of your descent from the sound of the air rushing through your clothing.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hopefully not just to those of African descent in America but to those who want to speak and be heard on the question of human rights throughout the world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed a hand on my chest, suspending my descent, alerting me that she’d heard it too. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z By the time Connington made his descent, his men had gathered the castle garrison and surviving smallfolk together in the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Following the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, some 120,000 people of Japanese descent, almost all of whom were loyal American citizens, were placed in “war relocation camps.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Any impulse I might have felt toward self- congratulation was extinguished by overwhelming apprehension about the long, dangerous descent that lay ahead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun had begun its descent by the time I returned home. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Before them an equally bright passageway curved away in a steep descent. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to be the first president of the United States of Puerto Rican descent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I close my eyes until we level into a flatter forty-five-degree descent. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside, Tyrion swallowed a lungful of the cold morning air and began his laborious descent of the steep stone steps that corkscrewed around the exterior of the library tower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A violent gust rips my hands from the ropes, halting our descent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The intercom crackled, and the pilot made an announcement about the descent and altitude and that we would be landing in ten minutes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea was that my measurements could increase the accuracy of our knowledge of the height of the terrain Neil and Buzz would be flying over in their descent to a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The small company made the long descent in silence, stopping thrice to refresh themselves along the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To everyone’s relief, after about twenty minutes the injection and extra oxygen revived Pittman and she was able to resume the descent under her own power. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Up and down, back and forth he went until the storm wore itself out, and Edward saw that he was beginning, again, his slow descent to the ocean floor. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z That final descent and series of loops takes sixty seconds, but the 10 G centrifugal force that results from the 223-mile-per-hour loops is what kills you. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At midafternoon he hiked down the steep descent to the waterfront, where a U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The atmosphere is so thin that if Viking had landed at a high elevation there would not have been enough atmosphere to brake the descent adequately: it would have crashed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He shot away on a long quick curving descent through the shadows over the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The shaved-headed man, of Indian or Pakistani descent, had been unfailingly courteous to me, which was the only reason I was trying to help him with this problem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I start my descent, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Masters of power politics, engineers of genius, the Mexica were also upstarts and pretenders, arrivistes who falsely claimed a brilliant line of descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This one left Minho s hand, sailed forward, almost in the exact center of the Cliff line, started its descent to the unseen ground far below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He tiptoed down the hall and went down the stairs by twos—it was only the third and the ninth ones that squeaked, so his descent was totally silent. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Zane took a deep breath, focused his eyes on his fingers, and began his descent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I have heard more than a little hissing and roaring through the factory door, but my presently somewhat enervated condition precludes a descent into that particular inferno at the moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not, in the end, too arduous a descent. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The hovercraft makes a quick, spiral descent onto a wide road on the outskirts of 8. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There is no safety cable to slow my descent, no camera to document my fall. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She remembered her descent into the darkness, her arrival on the banks of the River Styx, and her consciousness began to slip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Only healthy boys and girls of proven “Aryan” descent were permitted to join. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In time for his languid descent down the steps. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Stumbling and torn and reaching out to stop his descent, but the ravine was too steep, and nothing could be done. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My mother is of Guatemalan descent, while my father’s bloodlines run through México. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As she whipped around tight turns and down steep descents, the world whirling around her, Tally felt like something caught in the wind, not knowing which direction the journey would ultimately take her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The output included a constantly updated time for retrofire, the moment when the capsules rockets had to be fired in order to initiate its descent back to Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The need for isolation, the grandiosity of the confabulations, the disorientation and confusion—these were all eerily reminiscent of his uncle’s descent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They made the rest of the descent in silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He never could time the descent of the ball. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The incline was not completely vertical, but most of the descent was quite steep. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We were scheduled to fire our retro-rockets over the Pacific Ocean, west of Hawaii, whereupon we would begin a gradual descent and finally splash into the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida thirty minutes later. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And though it would certainly add color to my story to present a descent into a seamy underworld, I can’t fail to mention that the North Beach Strip is only a few blocks long. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As the airmen made their descent, the Germans sprayed them with bullets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When she opened them, the garden patch had vanished far behind them, and Jeremy, searching the trees below, began a long, slanting descent. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Knowing better than to hesitate, Sheed pedaled into the descent, doubling his speed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z This one left Minho’s hand, sailed forward, almost in the exact center of the Cliff line, started its descent to the unseen ground far below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z He longed for her so greatly that at last he dared the terrible descent to the lower world to seek her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a glorious evening, warm but not too close, the sun starting its lazy descent, shadows lengthening and the light just beginning to burnish the trees with gold. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked him whether he felt it was safe for me to make a descent with solar radiation showing 18.574. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After walking for two hours, they found that the ice field did slope down to the beach, but it was a steep descent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Going to have another go anyway, try a shallower descent. Still have quite a lot of fuel, don’t really want to crash and go up in flames.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Noel was from the Caribbean, of West African descent, and had suffered several such episodes over the prior years. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The descent was steep and rocky, but Dany rode fear-lessly, and the joy and the danger of it were a song in her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Briony knew it would be dreadful, that there would be hand-to-hand fighting in the streets and public hangings, a descent into slavery and the destruction of everything decent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Step after step, she began her descent down the stairwell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Everyone’s already up and watching the descent of a parachute to the beach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a treacherous descent and Dumbledore, hampered slightly by his withered hand, moved slowly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After a few hours, we finally start our descent. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “In your land, how many black people think about it that South and Central and North America contain over eighty million people of African descent?” he asked me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jared: Well, for one, people of African descent are obviously included in the application of the quote now. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Thomas looked down and saw nothing but a gray descent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was roughly boat-shaped: humped near this end with behind them the jumbled descent to the shore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We discussed the unity of Africans and peoples of African descent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Things didn't go well on the descent into Schiaparelli Basin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They set off that way, slipping and sliding as the descent got steeper. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As they resumed their descent, a volley of grapefruitsized stones came whizzing down from the upper mountain and one of them struck a Sherpa in the back of the head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It was a most beautiful sight one obtains in the descent of the car, for then the whole fair grounds is laid before you,” Gronau said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The descent on the bridge was even more dizzying, and Nina was relieved when her feet struck solid white marble once more. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He packs his belongings, and we start the long descent to the bottom of the gorge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Giving Stuart my oxygen bottle, I rooted around until I found another one with some gas left in it, and then we both began packing for the descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As he walked Ben looked for the plane again and listened for the old buzzing sound, the old familiar anthem of an approaching plane to announce the descent of his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The gorge beside the mill would be too dangerous to navigate in the dark, so he’d sleep there, then make the descent at dawn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My mom, who is of Persian descent, was born and raised in the States. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Several staged sets of chutes deployed automatically to slow our descent, then Martinez manually piloted us to the ground, using the thrusters to slow descent and control our lateral motion. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z War Relocation Authority announced that islanders of Japanese descent had eight days to prepare to leave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Not long after Fischer reached Kruse and began the troublesome descent to Base Camp, they encountered Boukreev at the top of the Icefall, ascending alone, and Fischer harshly reprimanded the guide for shirking his responsibilities. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A child with no descent line would not soften her life but only trail after her, ghostlike, begging her to give it purpose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They, in short, are not the enemy, any more than our fellow islanders of German or Italian descent. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Why were no German Americans evacuated, it was asked, or Americans of Italian descent? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “What in hell,” his voice bounded on the word in a sudden rich descent, “did you do that for?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The calling out of her real descent line would have led her to the wrong place, the village. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so far beyond ordinary exhaustion that I experienced a queer detachment from my body, as if I were observing my descent from a few feet overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Today Seaman Caden’s diving bell shall be put to the test, and the manner of our descent shall be once and for all determined.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was not wearing her glasses and she held tightly to the bannister during her descent. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was only the light of its slow descent. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After they had eaten, they remained in their places, awaiting Professor McGonagall’s descent from the staff table. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One of the men walking sentry on the walls spied her making her descent and lifted his spear to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wound up concentrating my course work on international politics and development, and now I’ve graduated and am on an AirFrance plane beginning its descent into familiar old Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Several times he fell but was on his feet again in the next breath, stumbling, tripping, skidding in a headlong descent. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z After Pearl Harbor was bombed, the U.S. government feared that anyone who was of Japanese descent living in America could not be trusted. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Today, Australia is populated and governed by 20 million non-Aborigines, most of them of European descent, plus increasing numbers of Asians arriving since Australia abandoned its previous White Australia immigration policy in 1973. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d expended every last bit of his strength to reach the summit—and now there was nothing left in reserve for the descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The difference in the boys’ descent was clearly shown in the way each acted in face of a great danger which came to them before they were a year old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maintaining level flight continued to prove challenging and eventually I attempted a descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I waved good-bye to her and continued my descent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “It has been so long since I have had a visitor,” Cersei murmured in a quiet voice as they made their descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hawaiian chiefs were typical of chiefs elsewhere, in asserting divinity, divine descent, or at least a hotline to the gods. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry jumped in and pulled off the Invisibility Cloak as it started its descent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Xan climbed up a rocky outcropping to catch a view of the town before her final descent. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Our descent slows to a crawl, but the shuttle jerks from side to side in the wind gusts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sun had begun its own descent and now cast an orange light over the shorescape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I did not mind it when I first learned of my descent from lower forms of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun had turned red in the sky, before it began its descent, when Uncle Mbaezi came home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Naked, shorn, barefoot, Cersei made a slow descent down the broad marble steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few scattered snowflakes were falling as they made their slow descent, dancing on the gusty wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Living around what is now Adelaide in southern Australia were several patrilineal clans that reckoned descent from the father’s side. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If the descent of species occurred as Darwin suggested, he reasoned, then the implication for human evolution was obvious. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When she got scared as a child, one of my mother’s three mothers had held her and chanted their descent line, reeling the frighted spirit back from the farthest deserts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Four more islanders of Japanese descent—this was a frontpage article—enlisted in the United States Army. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Social complexity again reached its peak in the Hawaiian Archipelago, where people of chiefly descent were divided into eight hierarchically ranked lineages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Through the raging walls of the whirlpool, I can see the Abyssal Serpent spiraling down with me, matching the pace of my descent, the same way it matched the pace of the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I cheeked to see where the sun was starting its midday descent. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how I could manage to bring such treasure up from the deep, but I know the answer will be the same as the nature of my descent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The red blood cells of people of European descent look roughly globular. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For the third time, they found that they could not make the descent on the other side. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Nikkei were people of Japanese descent, whether they were citizens of America, Japan, or any other country. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The baby’s head is in the proper position, has already begun its descent. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that the family who owned the sugar mill were eccentric “Arabs,” Haitians of Lebanese or Palestinian descent whose family had been in the country for generations. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z To keep Ngawang from having to exert himself, which would have exacerbated his edema, at several points during the descent, Beidleman picked up the ailing Sherpa and carried him on his back. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With the oars damaged and the foresail torn, Leo could barely manage a controlled descent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And then he lifted up both gloved hands and fiddled with the valves until the balloon made a steep descent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z TC was soft-spoken, slight, and of Vietnamese descent. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z During a break in the dancing, as the sun began its descent in the sky, Margie offered to show me around Gray Horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They were silent for the rest of the descent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Years ago a friend and I were served hickory milk in rural Georgia by an eccentric backwoods artist named St. EOM who claimed Creek descent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Before long the street began to seem less like the path to the river than like a descent into hell. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he did, the ladder started its slow descent to the floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Our family structures are larger and more inclusive; anyone who claims descent from a common ancestor is deemed part of the same family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The eldest Baudelaire orphan was about to grab her sister’s cage and begin her descent when she saw something that made her stop. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Kaz braced himself for the descent and vanished over the side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were handsome girls and they carried with them the glow of their descent from the kings of Ireland. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Imagine, if you will, the sudden descent of democracy on an unprepared population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Percy woke with a jolt as the plane started its descent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then a stream of water splashed around him and slowed his descent. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Jon followed more slowly, the torch thrust out before him as he made his descent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The descent of the weight is regulated by an escapement mechanism and, before the pendulum, it was the inaccuracy of this regulation that was the source of error. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I walked for a little over an hour until I came to a sudden, absurdly steep descent to Lehigh Gap—almost a thousand feet straight down. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When Jean Louise started the swift descent her fingers brushed cold metal. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He had begun his descent several feet to her left, where the incline was less hazardous. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I also pumped the clutch and the accelerator, hoping that the action would speed our descent, and wonder of wonders the motor started again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After taking an elevator to the top of the building, the visitor begins a leisurely descent down the gently sloping ramp. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one reason that each Viking lander was carried into Mars orbit with its orbiter, and descent delayed until the orbiter surveyed the landing site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued his descent, with the computer predicting a perfect landing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And on the floors below us, in order of descent, were three small firms of computer dealers, attorneys, and real estate brokers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z From the useless pole lamp in the living room it oozed out, meshing with the empty and wordless descent of itself from the fly-specked ceiling. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The steps were steep, but the stones aligned in even planes and provided an easy descent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “We have begun our descent into Miami International Airport. Flight attendants, prepare for landing.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He had imagined the descent would be very difficult, and surprised himself by handling it with ease, his confidence growing as he slid swiftly and noiselessly to the fern-covered ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He bowed and vanished down the steps, his soft-soled slippers whispering against the stone as he made his descent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After the slow descent, she picked her way up the front walk, her knees coming up high under her long coat, her big boots slamming into the calf-deep powder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In their descent, her braid had been flung over his shoulder; he now pulled it with a teasing tug. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The waif fell in behind them as they were making their descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Finally, Colonel Meecham began his descent, every step a deliberate one, tortoise-slow, designed to augment the impatience of his giddily avaricious offspring. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat of the tropics, the descent, the search for food, and now this sweaty march along the blazing beach had given them the complexions of newly washed plums. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The pilots had been drinking most of the day and the party was taking a swift descent toward mayhem. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony felt her heart rate rise as she began her unwilling descent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And then it was a very steep descent—3,000 feet in three miles—through dense, cool green woods to a back road that led through exquisitely pretty open countryside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It unfolds in its descent: a paper chain of snowflakes, each one white and crisp. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There is a direct line of descent from the Strasbourg clock to the spinning jenny. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I had never bargained on descent from single cells without nuclei. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For decades, Chinese immigrants and people of Chinese descent had faced severe discrimination, so few worked in federal jobs or moved in government circles. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Another nine weeks were required to make the only slightly less harrowing descent; in total Waterman spent 145 days alone on the mountain. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Six of the seven reached the top, but during the descent a severe storm struck the upper slopes of K2, pinning the climbers in their high camp at 26,250 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He watched its descent; it did not fall cleanly to the water but bounced several times off the rocks on its way down. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z We labored four miles up and over Blood Mountain—at 4,461 feet the highest and toughest eminence on the trail in Georgia—then began a steep and exciting two-mile descent towards Neels Gap. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The reason we had to practice in helicopters was that the lunar module’s descent to the surface of the moon was very similar to a helicopter’s vertical descent and landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of collecting any keepsakes, Viesturs sat down next to Fischer during the descent and spent a few minutes alone with him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Finally they turned right on Columbia, followed the steep descent to the waterfront, scurried hastily across railroad tracks, and made it safely to the docks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Of Irish descent, he began taking lessons in Irish dance and tap at 5. Daniel Levins, Classically Trained Ballet Dancer, Dies at 62 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The heat shield did its job of absorbing heat caused by the friction of Orion’s descent through the atmosphere. Journey to Mars: Meet Molly White, an engineer helping to build the spacecraft Orion 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Harris has also already made history, as the first female vice president, the first Black female vice president and the first female vice president of South Asian descent. Why a Vogue Cover Created an Uproar Over Kamala Harris 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Then the thrilling and anxious descent into secrecy. Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z At the brisk ring of a bell, she started to stir, arching her sinewy back, the beginning of a delicate descent down to Earth from her comfortable perch. Review: In ‘Herstory of the Universe,’ Ancient Myths Are Brought to Life 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The structure is chronological, charting Simpson’s tough start in San Francisco, his Heisman trophy and NFL glory, his Hollywood heyday and his descent into violence and depravity. OJ: Made in America: a marvelous, gripping true crime documentary 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Today, most of the island’s population is of African descent, with a significant East Indian contingent descending from workers brought in to save the sugar industry toward the end of the 19th century. Touring St. Lucia with its Top Chef 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z There were the green army men with homemade Kleenex parachutes, their descent doomed. My Rear Window 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z A descent into darkness is the stuff of suspense. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero Prepares for Opening 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z An exhibition on Van Gogh’s madness blends art with history, examining his descent into insanity in his final years. Sia in Budapest and Louise Bourgeois in Shanghai: Global Arts Guide 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Taylor’s descent into serious alcohol and painkiller addiction was terrifying for her family to watch. Elizabeth Taylor loved John Warner. Life in Washington nearly killed her. 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Anvar, who is of Iranian descent, said the problem of racial and religious profiling is dealt with in the terrorism storyline that underlies the film. Source Code sci-fi thriller premieres at SXSW 2011-03-12T02:25:10Z His mother, of mixed racial descent, ran the house. A Lesser-Known Modernism Inspired by African-American Culture 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Telling a story from the perspective of a child always risks a descent into sentimentality. Who Cares About One Missing Child in an Indian Slum? Another Child 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Born to a mother of Jewish descent, Pitt was interned in a Nazi concentration camp at the age of five. Ingrid Pitt, doyenne of Hammer horror films, dies 2010-11-23T23:30:00Z There is no way to predict how people will act once they make that descent into utter despair. Suicide isn’t painless 2012-08-24T19:30:00Z How can we recapitulate all of the traumas and lost dreams — especially the assassinations and descent into violence and despair — without wandering into a muddle of confusion? The Tragedy of 1968: What Might Have Been if King and Kennedy Had Lived 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The descent, if you made the widest turns possible and went as slow as possible, took no more than five. Jackson Hole, Wyoming: The summit of scary has one luxurious landing Nezir, who is of Algerian descent, and Aïssatou, who is Black, have both been in the game for a while, and are trying to get more recognition. Exploring the Diversity, and Precariousness, of French Stand-Up 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z On one occasion this movement also contained a particular kind of controlled tension, while on another the hand’s descent looked like a leaf in autumn. Flamenco by Israel Galv?n - Review 2011-09-22T15:59:55Z Wang, who is of Taiwanese descent, was born and raised in San Francisco. Alexander Wang makes sexy, attainable fashions for the texting generation 2011-10-19T15:30:00Z Paced more like a short story than a novel, “Smile” creates contradictory feelings of poignant stagnation and accelerating descent. Roddy Doyle was determined to write a novel that shocked — and succeeded 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z By pasting their portraits on the sides of the derelict buildings they inhabited, JR–himself of Tunisian and Eastern European descent–sought to allow his subjects to claim their homes, symbolically if not in reality. Filling the Pantheon With Selfies 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Chua, 48 and the daughter of Filipino immigrants of Chinese descent, insists her tone in the book is self-deprecating. Tiger mom's memoir meets ferocious roar 2011-01-13T20:50:09Z His “Grid” descent happened about halfway through the show, within a throbbing track that recalled both Kanye West’s “I Am a God” and the downtown New York synth-punk team Suicide. Perfume Genius sashays as he devastates a sold-out Roxy 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z He hasn’t suffered the steep descent of Sandy Kominsky, but recent chapters of his life have been turbulent. Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The restaurant’s name is a play on China Poblana, the legendary slave woman of Asian descent whose arrival in Mexico is supposed to have inspired the stereotypical “china dress” of the 19th century. A Vegas Wedding for China and Mexico, Under the Chef Jos? Andr?s 2010-10-13T04:15:00Z He lost the election to Alberto Fujimori, a Peruvian of Japanese descent who capitalised on fears among the poor of Vargas Llosa's proposed austerity measures. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z A former competitive skier, Mr. Cummings has operated his heli-ski business for almost two decades, and has also racked up many first descents in the Chugach. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z Arthur is Jewish in much the same way Baya is Arab, by descent but not by upbringing, and both are carrying family secrets that shape their personalities in ways they barely recognize. "The Names of Love": Sexy French Arab-Jewish romcom of the year 2011-06-24T20:10:00Z But a few hardy individuals made impressive descents even to the quiet low G flat at the end of “Blessed Art Thou.” Music Review: Musica Sacra at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle ? Review 2011-10-16T22:47:40Z Its weight at my back oppressed me as I made the long descent toward the train station through the unfamiliar town. Spanish capital en ruinas 2013-02-19T16:42:00Z You’re a walking target in a war zone, and that subway ride that awaits you looms like a descent into hell. 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Opens on Broadway 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The Chinese note that the moment the sun reaches the highest point in the sky, it is prepared to begin its descent. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z Backcountry-specific gear uses specialized bindings that allow users to free their heel on the ascent and to lock it down for the descent. So, you want to be a backcountry skier? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z My memories of the fellow are vague yet certain: The Whisperer himself was a burly man, likely in his 30s, perhaps of Latin American descent, with tattoos on his burly arms and ample chest. The Christmas tree whisperer 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Each stage of the descent passed perfectly until the Sky Crane was deployed. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z The Oscars have never featured a less white class of major nominees; women fill 40 percent of the director slots; there are three people of Asian descent in the acting categories. Movies Survived 2020. The Oscars Diversified. There’s More to Do. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z New museums, most notably Warsaw’s phenomenal Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, but also smaller institutions throughout Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic nations, cater to visitors of Eastern European Jewish descent. From Poland to Lithuania: A Writer’s Search for Her Jewish Past 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z What if the Sharks, who were now all played by actors of Latino descent, spoke their native Spanish? Arthur Laurents dies; author of 'Gypsy,' 'West Side Story' 2011-05-06T18:12:28Z Mr. Cumming’s delivery of the major soliloquies is forthright and lucid but oddly weightless: the character’s descent into depravity has been sketched in brisk, light strokes that dissipate quickly, as if drawn in invisible ink. Theater Review: ‘Macbeth,’ With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater 2013-04-22T02:00:49Z Montreal's population includes an estimated 200,000 people of Haitian descent, so there will be a crowd of more than just Arcade Fire fans awaiting the opening. Arcade Fire to open a Haitian restaurant in Montreal 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The pilot rapidly switched off autopilot as cockpit alarms sounded and corrected the descent as the plane hit 928ft. Flybe plane plunges 500 feet in 18 seconds after autopilot set to 'altitude zero' 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z I took a long, last look at the Annapurnas, glowing now with the first fiery rays of morning, and began the descent. Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Before Roads Take Over 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z But I knew I wanted to cast Steven Yeun, and that made it really easy to say these characters are of Korean descent. In ‘Invincible,’ a Young Hero Arrives for a Mature Audience 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z This group show comprises work by nearly 50 artists of African descent, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture and other media, reflecting the personal and the political. Seattle-area art events celebrating Black History Month 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z But once they reached a critical point, Rome’s descent into chaos and dysfunction was astonishingly swift. What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Though both are of Jamaican descent, the similarity appears to end there. Making Black Lives, Not Just Black Deaths, Matter Onstage 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The novel opens with a descent — physical, ethical and aesthetic — from which the narrator won’t rise for several years. ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z This year they are joined by Breckinridge Ski Resort in Colorado, which opened the Gold Runner, a 2,500-foot-long descent through the woods. In Transit: Ski Trend: Sled-Like Mountain Coasters Offer Thrills 2010-12-15T19:59:33Z There, we got out of the van and prepared for 1,500 feet of vertical descent down a dense jungle path. Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Calderon swaps the explorer hat for a helmet with a headlamp for the descent into the Golondrinas cave, named for the huge flocks of birds that live inside. Mexico's president becomes TV adventure guide 2011-08-19T19:26:07Z This would matter less in another play, located in an environment more familiar to American audiences, or if we had more plays, particularly plays by writers of Middle Eastern descent, set in this region. ‘Selling Kabul’ Review: Trapped in a War, and an Apartment 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Tenzin, who is of Indian descent, trained in that country’s classical form of Bharatanatyam before switching over entirely to ballet last year. The Soulful 11-Year-Old Princes of ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z In a vocational college in Amman, the prince talked to Jordanians, including some of Palestinian descent whose forebears were among hundreds of thousands who fled or were expelled when Israel was created, becoming refugees. Prince William visits Jordan ruins where Kate was photographed 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Rebellion leads to a harrowing descent into addiction and a life of crime in Las Vegas. ‘Maya’s Notebook’: a tough young woman flees a world of trouble 2013-04-17T19:43:12Z For Irish immigrants in post-Civil War New England, claiming spiritual descent from the Revolution became a way of claiming Americanness, while white Yankees sought to preserve the spirit of 1776 as their inheritance through blood. The Battle for 1776 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Last June, it was announced that "West Side Story" star Rachel Zegler — who is of Colombian and Polish descent — would play the film's titular character. Peter Dinklage pushes Disney's "Snow White" remake to rethink "f**king backward" dwarf depictions 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z I’m looking forward to — hoping for — a year in which Latino artists, specifically artists of Latin descent living in the United States and the Caribbean, get their due. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2020 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Foster began appearing six years ago as Brunnhilde, a role British sopranos Gwyneth Jones from Wales and Anne Evans, born in London of Welsh descent, had sung at Bayreuth before her. 'Autobahn to Bayreuth' - English soprano sings for Wagner's 200th 2013-07-21T15:31:14Z Pondering Eddy Grant's descent to No 40 with I Love You, Yes I Love You, I sounded an ominous note of warning: "Same ole Eddy and people are getting bored." Reviewing the charts in 1981 – on stolen chip paper 2012-11-13T17:14:30Z His psychiatrist had been recording Gödel’s spiraling descent into self-loathing and paranoia. A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z On the other, the adherents of the new “Protestant” Church, which claimed direct descent from the ancient apostolic church and rejected the Roman faith as a monstrous aberration. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z “Water is really important for us,” said Munazza Ebtikar, who is of Afghan descent and studies the country’s history and anthropology at the University of Oxford. For Afghans Abroad, Nowruz Is a Chance to Reflect 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z There are steep ascents and descents and streams that have to be forded. 10 epic long-distance walks around the world 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Its members, many of whom identify as queer and are of Caribbean descent, are united by a carnival aesthetic. Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table” 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z There’s the Petrified Forest national park and narrow, switchback roads through the Black Mountains before a descent into California and Los Angeles. Make tracks: ride the world's newest cycling routes 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z “Depending on the texture of the hair, no matter what the skin tone is, the hair texture tells the story of African descent and how that ends up being frowned upon,” Barnes said. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Airlines are buying more efficient aircraft, experimenting with biofuels, and advocating more efficient air-traffic-control systems to reduce idling on the runway and circling before descent. Are Frequent Flier Miles Killing the Planet? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Ouramdane, who is French and of Algerian descent, made his name as a creator of solo pieces that mediate ideas about torture, war, post-traumatic stress and memory through remarkable dance imagery, film and sound. Montpellier Danse Offers Globe-Trotting Via Choreography 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Next floor down in her descent is a drug bust and jail. Review: Downward Mobility Is Upward Morality in ‘Fabulation’ 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The descent started 34 miles above Earth, an altitude at which the environment is similar to the thin atmosphere on Mars. NASA has setback in developing parachute for landing people on Mars 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z We pedaled at a comfortable pace, with gentle climbs and descents, and Schrotenboer narrated a history of the route starting with William Vanderbilt and a failed railroad project. I vacationed at the East Coast’s quintessential rest stop. It’s more inviting than it looks. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z As Mathieu digs deeper, he is unsure: were the pilots saying, "Emergency descent" or "Emergency Delta"? "Black Box" filmmaker on making a plane crash thriller that requires you to listen closely 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Malbone was jobless and seven years older than Miss Schenck; she warned him that her relatives, prosperous landowners and slaveholders of Dutch descent, would consider him “low company.” Letters From a Secret Courtship in 19th-Century Brooklyn Evoke a Jane Austen Plot 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In her acceptance speech, she dedicated her award to the memory of the women of Asian descent who were killed in the shootings in Atlanta last week, and read their names aloud. National Book Critics Circle Names 2020 Award Winners 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The title is a word used, especially in Mr. Holder’s native Trinidad, to label people of mixed South Asian and African descent. Review: With ‘Dougla,’ Dance Theater of Harlem Recalls Past Glory 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z In the documentary, Mr. Kondabolu, who is of South Asian descent, called Apu “a white guy doing an impression of a white guy making fun of my father.” Hank Azaria Will No Longer Voice Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It gathers work by nearly 50 artists of African descent, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture and other media. ‘Truth B Told’ in all kinds of ways by region’s black artists in Onyx show 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z He confesses that as a young boy, growing up in Pittsburgh, the son of a barber of Italian descent and an Irish-American mother, he was more of a Star Wars fan. Zachary Quinto: 'Playing Spock was about cultivating an inner life' 2013-05-04T17:00:02Z This desire takes Mars to the very group of girls they suspect were the cause of their twin sister’s descent into madness, violence and death. 7 Terrifying Horror Novels Perfect for Teens 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z His heritage as a Muslim of Indian descent figures prominently into the fabric of both episodes, informing his commentary with insights that someone of a different background could not provide. What does Hasan Minhaj's Netflix show bring to late-night comedy? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “Southerners” is full of denser and danker material—it’s a descent into some of the severe backwaters of the South. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z He was the first Latin American and first person of African descent to reach space. ‘Black in Space’ looks at final frontier of civil rights 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Some tears will be of pride, at the sight of a movie dominated by strong, smart, funny, beautiful characters and actors of African descent. Perspective | ‘Black Panther’ is a revelation but also a reminder of what we’ve been missing 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z She is of Chinese descent, but she grew up in the American Midwest. Books of The Times: But Will It All Make Mommy Happy? 2011-01-19T19:28:18Z A shy beauty of Siberian descent, Sashi lives in Park Slope with four humans: two large, two small. All Black Cats Are Not Alike 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Another friend of mixed Indian and German descent said, “I’m a half-breed, so my parents were fine with any race, but they preferred — really told me — not to marry an American.” Modern Love: Bringing Home the Wrong Race 2011-06-03T20:16:10Z Realizing the inevitable weight of expectations, the San Francisco Opera enlisted a team of creative heavyweights, all of Asian descent, to create the $3 million production. An American Opera Company Adapts China’s ‘War and Peace’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Watching the descent on television was “indescribably exciting,” White recalled. Journey to Mars: Meet Molly White, an engineer helping to build the spacecraft Orion 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Finally, the social worker said that my biological mother was of Native American descent. Swapped at birth, then adopted by mistake: 'For 41 years I lived someone else's life' 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In presenting an English heroine of Italian, possibly Jewish and probably North African descent, it is also a rebuke to xenophobes. Review ‘Emilia’: An Elizabethan Poet Takes Her Rightful Place Onstage 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z A few seasons ago, Araks Yeramyan, an American designer of Armenian descent, was showing her inspirations to editors when someone pointed out that the subject in many of her photos was Vika Gazinskaya. The Russians Claim the Fashion Spotlight 2012-06-29T20:17:42Z Onyx Fine Arts’ “Truth B Told” gathers work by nearly 50 artists of African descent, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture and other media, reflecting the personal and the political. ‘Truth B Told’ in all kinds of ways by region’s black artists in Onyx show 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “Reparations” gains extra traction from its production’s context: Part of the Billie Holiday Theater’s New Windows Festival, it is the first show in that venue’s 47-year history written by someone of non-African descent. Review: In ‘Reparations,’ Righting Wrongs Comes With a Cost 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z At the company, where nine of the 96 dancers are of Asian descent, his colleagues and teachers have celebrated his promotion. ‘Princes Can Be Asian, Too’: A Dancer Breaks Barriers in Ballet 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The first strand of the film follows Wilson’s descent into madness. Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z On “Fresh Off the Boat,” about an immigrant family of Taiwanese descent making its way in white America with varying degrees of success, it’s the white perspective that’s foreign. In ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Jostling Cultural Legacies 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z To his point, he quotes Colin McGinn’s description of the process: “a mass of organic pulp on the brink of descent into the bilious hell of the stomach.” ‘Sorry!’ a guide through the thicket of English manners 2013-12-24T21:28:22Z Police said they have no reason to suspect foul plan in the 80-year-old’s descent from the 7th floor. Sweden: Man dies, kills another in concert venue descent 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “I want to draw in everyone, not just people of African descent,” he said. New Director Named for Museum of African Art 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z We also found that the most vulnerable groups in the country were Africans — as opposed to white people or people of Asian or mixed descent. Hunger in South Africa: Study shows 1 in 5 are at risk 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Then there's Zelda Fitzgerald, famed first as a southern belle, later for her tumultuous marriage to F Scott Fitzgerald, and finally for her descent into madness. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-09T08:00:01Z So when Disney presented “Mulan,” a movie about a Chinese heroine featuring voice actors of Asian descent, it evoked a range of reactions from joy to anxiety. ‘Mulan’ 1998: A Moment of Joy and Anxiety for Asian-American Viewers 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z As a man moving around his local community, Montaigne enjoyed dialogic conversations more than dialectical arguments, tinged as all disputes were for him with the threat of descent into violence. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z Nearly 10% of the Garland community is of Asian descent, many from the Muslim countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The donation announced Monday — said to be the largest gift ever of contemporary works by artists of African descent — will raise the profiles of both institutions. With gift, Peggy Cooper Cafritz ensured her support of artists of African descent would endure 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Some worried that the movie, rather than critiquing societal issues, might instead be painting an overly sympathetic portrait of a man whose descent into brutal villainy echoes the back stories of actual mass shooters. ‘Joker’ Opens Strong at Box Office, Despite Controversy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z You're of British and Antiguan descent, and those are obviously two places with really rich literary traditions. Meet Chanelle Benz, whose debut book is 'The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Over the course of the 70-minute performance his face increasingly shined with sweat and his sculpted hair lost its shape, a serendipitous parallel with the miller’s descent into histrionics. Review: For a Confident Debut, a Young Singer Turns to Schubert 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z But Ieremia, who was born in Wellington and is of Samoan descent, is perhaps most clearly a fan of a particular modern dance classic: Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade.” Review: Black Grace Dances Out a Different Kind of Buzz 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As Halloween gets more woke, “maybe there’s gonna be some backlash and some costumes or different opinions,” said Quintana-Williams, who noted that she is of Mexican descent. Sexy witch. Sexy nurse. Sexy Mr. Rogers? Inside the sexy Halloween costume industrial complex. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It marked the first real summer of the Troubles; it was also the summer that the United States, having been urged on by a President of Irish descent, put a man on the moon. Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z On the descent, Pan Duo survived an avalanche that killed five of her comrades. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Many concern the treatment of indigenous people and others of non-European descent. In the galleries: Tales from the dark side — of Canada 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z But I didn’t say anything until he spilled a drink across the floor between us at the start of our descent. Air travel, literature and its discontents 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z He adapted the images within it from work by other artists, including one of German descent and a Japanese-American, the choice of artists being “very deliberate,” Mr. Horowitz said. Worlds of Oppression Are Interwoven in a New York Show 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Many patterns of discrimination, Ahmed notes, are rooted in colonial legacies that vary by country; in his assessment, Pakistanis in Britain are better integrated than, say, French citizens of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Can Islamic and European Civilizations Coexist? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Among its many possible implications is the suggestion of the artist’s descent into the monster-infested depths of the unconscious. Two Critics Sample the Frieze Art Fair 2014-05-09T23:47:01Z His desktop background was projected on the screen, featuring a photograph of him standing in the Indian Himalayas before completing a first descent of Lalsura, arms and poles raised skyward. Backcountry skiing brings avalanche safety to the forefront 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Something about it spoke to my own personal life and upbringing, being a person of African descent brought up primarily in Caucasian neighborhoods. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z Emin is approaching 50 and she is worried about the possibility of a lonely, gentle descent to death. Meeting Tracey Emin 2012-05-25T23:05:29Z Statistics notwithstanding, the 60-foot descent to the Ray of Hope was predictably terrifying. In the Bahamas, Scuba Diving With James Bond’s Trainer 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The anticipation of newness at the end of the war, and the descent into torpor that follows, is beautifully evoked through Nick's story. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann – review 2012-08-08T09:30:02Z As Meris, 31, navigates his identity as a person of African descent, he said the residency program will be a turning point in his career. Studio Museum in Harlem Announces Artists in Residence 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It's true that even today all thoroughbred racehorses must prove their descent from those three stallions. An equestrian expert on The Horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot 2012-06-03T18:30:01Z My father was a gentle, easy-going person, a salad of racial genes: a Swiss citizen, of mixed French and Austrian descent, with a dash of the Danube in his veins.” Quiz: Banned books 2010-09-27T07:31:00Z One of my companions, a veteran fire-eater of Chinese descent, tried rinsing the leftovers at home and stir-frying them again. Sichuan Dry Pot, from Subtle to Scorching, at MaLa Project 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It was a record year for actors, but directors, musicians and other artists of Asian descent are also up for statuettes. ‘I Don’t Take a Single Second for Granted’: Asian and Asian American Nominees on the Oscars 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “It shows people of African descent in a good light,” said Mr. Kissi, whose family hails from Ghana. Pushing the Boundaries of Black Style 2011-08-17T23:25:33Z The visitor’s gradual descent — from daylight into darkness — has been carefully choreographed. A New Story Told at Ground Zero 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Each day, the series features one short digital work by a choreographer of Asian descent. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Obviously it’s such an honor to get it, but also as an American writer of Korean descent, I’m the first one. ‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee on wrapping up trilogy about Korean life 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z With merciless precision, Brodesser-Akner traces the arcing trajectory of doomed affections: the glorious takeoff, the deluded calm, the shrieking descent. Review | ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ — and so is modern marriage 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Dancers and choreographers of Asian descent say the revisions to “Nutcracker” are long overdue. As ‘Nutcracker’ Returns, Companies Rethink Depictions of Asians 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Just 15 minutes outside of Bristol is this Michelin-starred gem opened by two brothers of Spanish descent. Art in Bristol, England, Moves Beyond Museum Walls 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z So goes the opening salvo from a Mexican-born Jewish immigrant and a California cartoonist of Latino descent in “A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States.” ‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz Of French descent, but Marlinspike Hall, the ancestral home of the Haddock family, is very clearly in the author's home country. Pass notes No: 3,010: Captain Haddock 2011-07-17T18:59:01Z Zhao, born and raised in China, was the first woman of Asian descent to win the award, and only the second woman of any background. At a subdued but innovative Oscar ceremony, Hollywood affirms a message of inclusion 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Painted like this, the play is a vision of one man's helpless descent into madness and suicidal despair. Macbeth 2012-06-17T14:53:14Z The documentary takes as its subject a 1918 Texas massacre that left 15 people of Mexican descent dead and involved Texas Rangers and United States Army cavalry soldiers. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Voces’ and ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z He was born in the American territory Hawaii to a family of Japanese descent. James Shigeta, 85, Leading Man in ‘Flower Drum Song,’ Dies 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Jane Austen might not recognize her Elizabeth Bennet, here cast as a woman of African descent. In the galleries: Many ways to express ‘Light & Movement’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “The Real World: Ex-plosion,” which has its premiere next Wednesday, will probably be slimy and gross, likely to hasten the show’s descent into “Bad Girls Club” mayhem territory, with an added helping of bed-hopping. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z Shamsie’s “Home Fire,” a novel about three British siblings of Pakistani descent, won the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize; it’s out in paperback this month. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for September 2018 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z I knew that by the end of the day, after the spectacular but exhausting descent to Whitney Portal, there would be mobile signal, cheeseburgers, beer, showers and sleep. Sky-high trekking: taking on California’s High Sierra Trail 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Our first descent was a not particularly steep path. Skating on the South Bank: my nights getting wrecked in the undercroft 2013-07-29T15:25:55Z The trip also affords the filmmakers an egregious scene in the Anne Frank House, where a Jewish girl’s descent into the Holocaust is straight-facedly compared to a teen’s cancer. REVIEW: "The Fault in Our Stars" Earns Its Big Fat Tears 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Complicated family dynamics and a new love interest shape a confident Lower East Side teenager of Dominican descent in a vibrant slice-of-life narrative that shines for its authentic, yet universally relatable portrayal of adolescence. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Often, I would go along to help haul the heavy canisters, and to share a coffee before the steep descent. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z In it, Susan Sarandon played a former groupie whose move away from the scene represents a denial of her true desires and a descent into ruinous repression. Groupies, From Sex Symbols to Style Icons 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z “My Love is Cool” is a dizzying descent into the unpredictable nature of today’s music. Down the Rabbit Hole with Wolf Alice 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z In the movie, the jump is shown as a continuous descent from the Osprey to the ground. 'Transformers' jumpers up in birdland 2011-06-29T21:47:00Z Of Irish descent, Travers grew up in the Australian Outback and moved as a young woman to England in 1924 to pursue her dream of being a journalist and poet. ‘Mary Poppins’ creator P.L. Travers is even more fascinating than her fiction 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It's been a rapid descent that has left the book community reeling and left with questions, which Salon answers below to trace how "American Dirt" reached such an outcome. Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The coppery burr of muted brasses emerged from the back of the orchestra, as if from a great distance, before a frightening descent into Expressionist madness. Review: The Minnesota Orchestra’s White Light and White Heat 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The novel draws its true enchantment — and its immense power — from the propulsive, wide-ranging intelligence of our narrator as he Virgils us through his latest descent into hell. His Debut Novel Won the Pulitzer. Now It Has an Action-Packed Sequel. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z In the League of American Orchestras’s most recent data, 86.8 percent of orchestral musicians are white and 9.1 percent are of Asian descent. A Violinist on How to Empower Asian Musicians 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z But, not wanting to intrude on a family getaway, we thanked them for their kindness and threw our packs back on, steeling ourselves for a nighttime descent. Looking for the Sublime? It’s in This Swiss Valley 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z "We all grew up around mom in the kitchen, that's just how it was," said Bernstein, who is of Latin and Jewish descent and runs Sra. Latina chefs becoming the new face in cooking 2012-02-25T19:37:18Z “It was a shift away from what the Indian Agent project was in a lot of ways,” says Galanin, an Indigenous artist of Tlingit and Unangax descent. Ya Tseen wields the power of love, collaboration on stunning Sub Pop debut 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Yet it sounds, from her further explanation of the site, that it may not have much in common with the emotional creations of Fitzgerald or Wagner's imaginative descents into depravation. Nikki Finke is launching Hollywood fiction website 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Hip hop is coming from African descent, black American music. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z The Ukrainian Institute of America in New York features exhibitions of Modern and contemporary artists from Ukraine and of Ukrainian descent. Canvases, Clay and Cameras, Preserving the Spirit of Ukraine 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z It was associated with warriors and rulers, and thought to represent their spirits in their descent into the underworld. Exclusive: Aztec war sacrifices found in Mexico may point to... 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z This, I was told, would slow us down for a smooth descent. Experience: my parachute failed 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z But as we peel the onion of this remarkable novel — as it takes us on a spellbinding descent through the rings of hell in Tsukuru Tazaki’s young life — that spectral phrase takes on new meaning. Review: ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,’ by Haruki Murakami The descent was fast and terrifying, like a luge run on a bike. Outside Las Vegas, the River Mountains Trail Makes a Scenic Ring 2012-03-09T21:05:45Z Sometimes customers of Nigerian descent balk at all the fuss. Nigerian Street Food and the Full Power of Spice at Brooklyn Suya 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Rather, it suggests that Mr. Obama and those around him are repeating some of the dysfunctionality that characterized the dealings of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson with the Pentagon during the descent into the Vietnam War. Books of The Times: ‘Confront and Conceal,’ by David Sanger 2012-06-05T21:34:04Z The leading characters in these plays were members of an upper middle class of Anglo-Saxon descent and dwindling affluence and influence. A Patrician Older Gentleman Morphs Into an Angry Young Man 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Japanese-Americans are protesting an auction slated for Friday of hundreds of artifacts from World War II camps where Americans of Japanese descent were imprisoned. Auction of Art Made by Japanese-Americans in Internment Camps Sparks Protest 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z As a theater student, he saw the Bertolt Brecht play “Galileo” and it triggered an idea about a person who does a good deed, has a quick ascent and even quicker descent. Asghar Farhadi’s new film grapples with the idea of heroes 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z In their rapid descent into murderousness, Christopher's characters are a lot less cosy than Wyndham's. Jane Rogers's top 10 cosy catastrophes 2012-07-05T08:22:05Z In the United States being of Italian descent is not a broadening experience. With Turturro, Italy Knows No Bounds 2010-03-03T00:09:00Z In the long moment of Gadi and Kurtz revealing their motives to Charlie, she wears an incandescent yellow slip dress and looks like a canary making a trembling descent into a coal mine. “The Little Drummer Girl,” Reviewed: A Fever Dream of Glamourous Espionage 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s his own school that is in session — a one-way, Orphic descent into hell, with the violence manifest instead of latent, and his own pessimism front and center. A Prize-Winning Blend of Fact and Fiction Makes Itself at Home in the Minds of Killers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The tour not only included a walk-through of Brolin’s sprawling upstairs bathroom, but also a descent down a winding staircase into what I’d describe as an enchanted catacomb of vintage retail. Michael Urie thrives in ‘Buyer & Cellar,’ a story of Barbra Streisand that she’s unlikely to see The descent into town, beginning around Mile Marker 170, was dazzling — a panoramic tableau of snow-peaked mountains from across the Kachemak Bay. On Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Catching Halibut, and Stunning Tableaus 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z This year, two-thirds of the semifinalists were of South Asian descent, and at least nine of the 11 finalists are of South Asian descent. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Wonder’s melodies, Mr. Brown’s movement is catchy yet unpredictable: If a dancer suddenly kicks a leg forward, it’s the slow descent rather than the forceful rise that indicates power. Dance Review: Ronald K. Brown and Evidence at Joyce Theater 2012-07-10T22:12:06Z A dark comedy, the story follows three mothers and a descent into murder. Why An HBO Series Is A Great Idea For Nicole Kidman And Reese Witherspoon 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Months before “Crazy Rich Asians” premiered, the film was already being celebrated for being a rare Hollywood studio film in which all the main actors are of Asian descent. The complex history of Asian Americans in movies, from the silent era to ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Being of Irish descent, I think back to the reasons my paternal ancestors hopped a boat from Ireland to America. Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z When Rachel runs away from her mother, the novel charts her descent into a life of danger and Pete’s attempts to find her. Smith Henderson’s ‘Fourth of July Creek,’ and More 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z In addition to schisms between highly observant and more moderate Muslims in Brazil, the country also has Christian Arabs of Lebanese descent to add to other Brazilians’ confused view of the Middle East. Books of The Times: ‘Rebel Music,’ by Hisham D. Aidi 2014-04-23T21:51:25Z Taking his inspiration from Whitman’s journals, Acouin imagines the poet’s humanitarian mindfulness as a kind of Dante-esque descent into a hellish morass of suffering where there can only be a pittance of healing. Walt Whitman's operatic America in 'Crossing' gets its West Coast premiere 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z I saw the descent of a human being. Bryan Cranston Wants More of Us to Get ‘Mad as Hell’ 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The script finds just enough variations to Rob's recurring day, but the protagonist's descent from sweet everyguy to entitled creep makes for an ugly journey. 'Premature' thinks crudeness is a teen's path to success 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z They were born in Manila a few years apart — in the same hospital, delivered by the same doctor — to families of Chinese descent. Hungry City: Lumpia Shack Snackbar in the West Village 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z "The Joy Luck Club" is still one of only a handful of big-screen narratives about Asian Americans that features a cast of predominantly Asian descent. Beyond "Joy Luck Club": Tamlyn Tomita on "Asian Americans" and the power of immigrant storytelling 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Now, Mr. Assaf is trying to conquer North America, or at least its people of Arab descent. An ‘Arab Idol’ Wows His Fans in America 2013-12-19T00:31:59Z She said that she and her mother, both of Taiwanese descent, hadn’t seen this variety of shaobing in Flushing for more than a decade. How a Queens Shaobing Stall Survives a Pandemic 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z All were created by people of African descent, a new exhibit, called “Black Fashion Designers,” at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will gently remind — or perhaps inform — its visitors. Black Designers in Focus at Fashion Institute of Technology 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Fantastic Negrito, of Somali-Caribbean descent, found his sound busking on Oakland’s streets, where his identity as an artist and creator began. Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Follow the paint marks for a short, sharp descent down ladders to the Hotaka-dake hut. Walking holidays in Japan: the best mountain hikes to tackle 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Aficionados fear its decline is another milestone in the gay scene’s slow descent into homogeneity. Why is the gay leather scene dying? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z And that descent he compares to Big Ben? What’s on TV Wednesday: An Adventure Series and ‘68 Whiskey’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z But Thomas’s half-baked efforts, coupled with his accelerated descent into substance abuse, reveal the essential hollowness of his petty-criminal dreams. Review: In ‘The Wannabe,’ Drugs, Money and Aspirations to Join the Gotti Circle 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Once I began my descent, I couldn’t go straight or master turning, so I kept going in the wrong direction and falling. ‘Magic’ on the Slopes: In Vail, 2,000 Black Skiers Celebrate a Milestone 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z But I was also selected because I am Puerto Rican – i.e., by descent – and the Puerto Rican diaspora too was on top of the agenda. The Facebook-Inspired Class Reunion 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z However, seven of the gunman's eight victims were women; six were identified as Asian and at least four of those killed were of Korean descent. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z “It didn’t really hit me until I was at the premiere and it was just 80 to 90% people of color there. It was just amazing to witness,” said Agustiano, who is of Indonesian descent. Seattle musician Chong the Nomad contributes to lead single off Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ soundtrack 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z This quality makes his descent into the grimy underground world all that more unsettling, especially as Noah is beaten up and covered in blood. Jonathan Rhys Meyers on being a bold boy playing amoral men: "Nobility can be a little bit tedious" 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, Rami Malek, 35, who is of Egyptian descent, is a front-runner for his first Emmy for his lead role as a socially awkward computer hacker in USA Network's "Mr. Robot." O.J. Simpson drama set to sweep Emmys in big year for TV diversity 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Like many of Ms. Frank’s scores, this sonata reflects the composer’s cultural heritage; her mother is a Peruvian of Chinese descent, and her father an American of Lithuanian Jewish background. Music Review: ‘Happy Birthday, Ursula!,’ a Tribute at Symphony Space 2014-03-11T22:07:11Z The time-gap has narrowed, and it now looks like a classic in a direct line of succession to those earlier pictures in a direct line of descent. Chinatown – review 2013-01-03T20:59:01Z Mr. Berry, a musician of European descent, has said that the tale came to him in Zimbabwe, through a spiritual medium, from people who lived 12,000 years ago. Dance Review: ‘The Legend of Yauna’ Puts Its Hero Through Trials 2014-02-23T23:04:25Z Amber's descent from fierce independence to dangerous delinquency is played without sentimentality or soapy drama. Parenthood – box set review 2013-01-24T16:40:01Z In the absence of theatrical interest, attention turned to the small beauties in long patches of Hawaiian chant, to glottal stops, pitch shifts suggestive of Jewish cantorial music, and sudden descents into guttural expressivity. Dance Review: Hula by Na Kinimakalehua at Montclair State - Review 2011-10-25T22:02:14Z By the mid-20th century, church membership was growing rapidly all over the world, and it became obvious that the restrictions on members of African descent were styming church growth. Mormons confront a history of Church racism 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z It is also a descent into the beauty where dark wisdom is located. The Unseen Worlds Beneath Us: Places of Beauty, Danger and Wisdom 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “As a Muslim woman of Moroccan-Turkish descent, born and raised in Germany, I am an outlier among the journalists covering global jihad,” she writes. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Reporter Inside the World of Jihad 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Bridget is of Nigerian descent, and I won’t tell you what Eric calls her, in what he says is all innocence. Review: Stephen Rea Is One Really Mad Man in ‘Cyprus Avenue’ 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He added that he thought his family was profiled because they are of Middle Eastern descent. 18-month-old on no-fly list; family pulled from JetBlue plane 2012-05-11T15:10:00Z In all, 161 people were buried there: soldiers and scouts, traders and laundresses, Americans of European descent and Native Americans, wives and children. In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Pop star’s new album in Farsi Rita, an Israeli singer of Iranian descent, performs in the city of Ashdod, Israel, June 16. Pop star’s new album in Farsi 2012-07-03T14:15:00Z His mother, who is of Irish descent, had grown up in a “sundown town,” where people of color were not welcome after dark. ‘To show them in a kind of glory’: How a high-end designer celebrates working-men chic 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z But the finale's spiraling descent into despair, the expressive fulcrum of the symphony, amounted to very little. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z Through the lens of Ms. St. Denis’s life and work, Mr. Popkin, who is of Jewish and Indian descent, is searching for something about his own. Review: Lionel Popkin’s ‘Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Seven contributors – five black, one white and one of Indian descent – sit around a kitchen table with three laptops, two iPhones and an iPad, BlackBerry and box of cigarettes. South Africa's new comedians find a nation eager for laughs 2013-01-04T13:02:55Z A white gunman recently killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses. BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they’ve experienced it 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The trail, so flat for the first part, was now a never-ending series of climbs and descents. The U.S. Issue: Overnighter: 22 Miles and a World Away From Los Angeles 2011-05-13T20:24:11Z As we dropped, a stream joined us, gurgling some happy commentary to our descent. Is Disentis Skiing?s Next Big Secret? 2010-12-11T01:33:00Z The chef de cuisine, Thomas Pisha-Duffly, is of Chinese and Irish descent, with roots in Indonesia and Massachusetts. In Portland, Maine, Honey Paw Transforms Asian Classics 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z In all his talks, Twitty emphasized the impact of chefs and cooks of African descent on shaping American and Southern cuisines in colonial times and after. His Paula Deen takedown went viral. But this food scholar isn’t done yet. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z With Tolstoy, a biblical descent into baseness, to show how human beings, entangled in sex, death and treachery, really are. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The actress filed the complaint last month, identifying herself only as Jane Doe, a Texas resident of Asian descent. Amazon: Actress lawsuit over age revelation bogus 2011-11-14T18:23:05Z This is an account of a descent into Alzheimer's, garlanded with stories that wrench sense from that horrifying business. The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit – review 2013-06-08T13:00:01Z When he said that he knew Koreans did not sing, one of the sisters interrupted to say that they were not Korean, adding that they were partly of Japanese descent. Violinist Apologizes for ‘Culturally Insensitive’ Remarks About Asians 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Awkwafina became the first actress of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe award in a leading actress category for “The Farewell.” Awkwafina gets 2nd season of new cable network comedy series 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist,” a project by Michael Rakowitz, a Chicago artist of Iraqi descent, consists of papier-mâché sculptures made of Middle Eastern packing papers and newspapers. Review: ‘From Ancient to Modern’ Ponders the Origins of Sumerian Artifacts 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Two years ago she decided to pay for the publication of her memoir about her mother's descent from California beauty queen to street person to murder victim. Amazon joins with authors, cuts out publishers 2011-10-18T17:08:24Z Seven years later, Hester wrote a letter to Sessions, thanking him for mailing her a copy of Bayley’s “Elegy for Iris,” which had appeared in The New Yorker, and which detailed Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s. The Mysterious Letter Writer Who Beguiled Flannery O’Connor and Iris Murdoch 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z For Gordon and Matten, both of whom are of Native descent, “Dark Winds” was a chance to work closely with a giant among Indigenous screen actors. Zahn McClarnon Sets His Thousand-Yard Stare on the Lead 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z The soloist was Sol Gabetta, an Argentine of French and Russian descent who now lives in Switzerland, where she runs her own chamber music festival. Baltimore Symphony goes waltzing without the usual partners 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The heartbreaking irony is no one seems more aware of her descent into mental chaos than Kathleen herself. Losing her mind and watching it go: the slow suffering of Lewy body disease 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Bernard Bach, a Tennessee-born New Yorker of Vietnamese descent, was walking alone through Times Square near midnight recently when a stranger yelled at him. Asian American masculinity is being increasingly celebrated. But many men still face stereotyping. 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z “I’m connected to the idea of the airport because I am an immigrant of Indigenous and European descent, who migrated to a place where immigrants collect in the U.S.” Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z He was the first casualty in what she came to see as a long and unheeded descent into civil war. Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z My mother had shown me a genealogical chart of “Greene’s descent” that showed we “descended” from the royalty of France, and even a Russian named “Rorick the Great.” In my genes: Adventures in DNA testing 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z This year’s acting nominations set a record for diversity, with six black actors and actresses, and one British actor of Indian descent, honored. ‘La La Land’ Is Stuck in Its Own Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Gibney agrees that Mr. Spitzer was the author of his own downfall, but his film suggests there were plenty of eager hands ready to help that descent along. Film: Client 9 and Other Interested Parties 2010-10-23T02:33:00Z He’s described as the league’s first player of Indian descent. Someday, the spelling bee winners may wish they had just played football 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The judges included a British chef, an Indian food critic and a Bollywood actress of Pakistani and French descent. Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV 2012-01-31T12:35:09Z Trying to arrest a tossed towel's descent by barking the name "Jason White" at it? Jackson's Way ? review 2011-01-09T21:30:01Z "A Double Life" also benefited immensely from Milton Krasner's atmospheric chiaroscuro photography that reflects Anthony's inner turmoil and descent into madness. Ronald Colman's 'Double Life' role carries echos of 'Birdman' theme 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z As for missed opportunities, one glaring example is Petti's failure to adequately set up the significance of the Banshee's comb – an omission that obscures the root of Junior's drastic psychic descent. One family's cry of the 'Banshee' at Theatre of NOTE 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Bhatia grew up in North Carolina, in a family of East African Indian descent, and studied music at the New School and Oberlin. Music Review: Rafiq Bhatia and Friends at Cameo Gallery 2012-09-10T02:23:04Z An Oklahoman of Indigenous descent, she draws on her heritage to underscore this message with “When We Remain,” a song sung in Choctaw that she likens to the protest anthem “We Shall Overcome.” 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Selman denies the claims of unfair treatment of Haitians and those of Haitian descent. Author Junot Diaz stripped of honor after speaking out against the Dominican Republic 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Ms. French said his descent into irrationality mirrored Ireland’s, in a way. Tana French Finds Her Niche in Dark Themes 2012-08-26T21:37:24Z Over the course of three episodes, the series explores Lori's grim descent into religious extremism, which progressed gradually via her devotion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The true story behind the "doomsday mom" accused of killing her two children in "Sins of Our Mother" 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z After his descent into the terrors of the "Inferno" and "Purgatorio," Dante ascended, in his "Divine Comedy," to the concentric spheres surrounding Earth. L.A. Master Chorale caps its 50th season with three new works 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The maps’ contour lines let you, the hiker, know how steep and strenuous a trek may be or, as a white-water canoeist and kayaker, how rapid a river’s descent. Maps new and old offer shelter-in-place globe-trotting — and lessons in human history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and undoubtedly of European descent. Netflix accused of "Blackwashing" docudrama "Queen Cleopatra" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z And “MFON ALTAR: Prayer, Ritual, Offerings” features more than 40 female photographers of African descent exploring Africa and its religious traditions. Photoville to Include Images of Immigration and Gentrification 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The real descent to Red Lodge doesn’t start immediately from the west summit. Cycling Montana’s Beartooth Highway, ‘the most beautiful drive in America’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z A groundbreaking bibliography, it annotates more than 150 African-American cookbooks in an attempt to show the breadth and impact of cooks and authors of African descent. Dora Charles Moves On From Paula Deen, and Makes It All About the Seasoning 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Mbatha-Raw, an English actress of South African descent, has appeared in the TV series "Touch" and will star alongside Minnie Driver in "Beyond the Lights." Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Tina Fey explain work ethic in Elle 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A bold retelling of Sophocles’ “Antigone” that follows the lives of three British siblings of Pakistani descent. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Signature Tracks is currently working on an untitled Bravo docu-series Mr. Lasman describes as “kind of like the Housewives of San Antonio,” starring affluent women of Mexican descent living in Texas. The Sound of ‘Housewives’ Everywhere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z I chose Gaelic because I am of Irish descent and was grasping for some sort of cultural identity. In Defense of My Emu Tattoo 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z A drunken descent into madness and turpitude of a teacher stranded in a remote mining town in the Australian outback. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z For families like the De Kretsers, who were Burghers of mixed Singhalese and Dutch descent, English speakers and Christians, the writing was on the wall. Michelle de Kretser: Who travels? Who doesn't? What is home?' - interview 2013-06-22T00:33:57Z Naomi Scott, the British actor who plays the iconic royal, is of mixed English and Indian descent. The fairest of them all? Two cheers for Aladdin's browner Princess Jasmine 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The film “Memoirs of a Geisha,” about Japanese history and culture, awards the three leading roles to actresses of Chinese and Malaysian descent. 200 years of authenticity (or lack thereof) in casting 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z “It is a blessing,” the singer of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, who hails from the Bronx, said in an interview Monday. Romeo Santos on upcoming MetLife show: ‘It’s a blessing’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Phil went all-out, using five harps, a quartet of Wagner tubas and a set of tuned anvils bonging away in the descent into Nibelheim from the first “Ring” opera, “Das Rheingold.” A Wagner 'Ring' sampler: Short, but still so much to savor 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Most of these patrons were white, Christian and Northern European by descent. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z For this gala performance, the dancer and producer Antonio Fini presents an evening of performances featuring companies from Rome and Bologna, as well as an award ceremony honoring artists from Italy or of Italian descent. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z “Its bitterness offers no hope, and its descent into racist stereotyping relies on ways of thinking so often deployed against the Jews,” he writes. ‘At Home in Exile,’ on the Jewish Diaspora, by Alan Wolfe 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Gutierrez—who was born in Berkeleys, California, in 1989, grew up Vermont, and is now based in New York City—is of Guatemalan descent. Martine Gutierrez's "Indigenous Woman": A Trans Latinx Artist's High-Fashion Critique of Colonialism 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The “Pink Panther” films brought Mr. Kwouk greater visibility than many other British actors of Asian descent at the time, even as they trafficked in stereotypes. Burt Kwouk, the karate-chopping manservant Cato in the ‘Pink Panther’ comedies, dies at 85 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z In 1982, at age 33, Mr. Yan became one of the first people of Asian descent to host a cooking show in the United States. Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Yang does not fancy himself a crusader, but he’s perfectly aware of the complexities around perception in an industry in which actors of Asian descent are underrepresented. 'Patriots Day' Star Jimmy O. Yang on Playing an American Hero 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “Katerina” offers a volcanic regurgitation of Frey’s dream of writing a bestseller, his descent into addiction and the literary scandal that made him infamous. Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “Today Harvey Weinstein will take his first step on his inevitable descent to hell.” 'We got you': Weinstein accusers relieved, elated at rape charges 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Boyle may sympathize with Fitz and his wife as they slide toward oblivion on Leary’s snake oil, but he’s a merciless chronicler of their descent. Review | T.C. Boyle is America’s bard of historical frauds. It’s about time he skewered Timothy Leary. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Aronofsky, 48, mined the depths and descent of the human psyche in films such as “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.” Darren Aronofsky on 'mother!' : 'We want to shake audiences' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, remnants of the Basque culture are evident throughout Idaho, especially in Boise, where roughly 15,000 people of Basque descent still live, the highest concentration outside Europe. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z “I’m of mixed North/South Korean descent — you imprison, starve and brainwash my people you get made fun of by me,” she tweeted on Monday. Margaret Cho Defends North Korea Bit During Golden Globes 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “In the whole reach of the English novel there is no more abrupt or more chilling descent,” the critic Bernard DeVoto famously said. ‘Mark Twain’s America’ and ‘Huck Finn’s America’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z I would say I’m a pan-Africanist, the idea that people of African descent all over the diaspora should put aside all differences and work towards enhancing our communities. Talib Kweli on the Burdens of Being Hip-Hop’s Outspoken Conscience 2013-06-19T16:29:21Z Rafiq got into the education business because he wanted to remedy what he saw as the descent of Pakistani society into militancy. The terrible human price of Obama’s drone war 2014-01-28T14:21:00Z "We got a little overexcited when we set that release date," said Castro, a first-generation Texan whose family is of Colombian descent. "Idol" alum keeps his cool on long-awaited debut 2010-03-27T02:36:00Z Then came the slow descent into anti-heroism, into disfigurement and exile. Mickey Rourke’s macho trainwreck: A Hollywood virility pageant gone wrong 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The novel is a slowly shattering and re-forming reflection of the protagonists’ corresponding descents into wintry numbness, until, near the end, they begin to revive, and to love. A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z They also followed the players to their homes, scattered around the territory’s five islands, and filmed in the United States, where Mr. Rongen recruited several players of Samoan descent. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: The Worst Soccer Loss Ever and a Hollywood Ending 2014-04-23T17:00:21Z “The Black Monk,” about a man’s descent into madness, is another one better left to the page, as is “Vanka,” a static story packed with narration. Theater Review: ?Chekhovek,? With 9 Chekhov Plays, at ArcLight Theater 2012-02-08T22:18:57Z He finished his life entirely dependent upon social services for his day-to-day living, on probation for a criminal conviction after a descent into drug addiction. Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Jiang, an American journalist of Chinese descent, seemed taken aback and asked, “Why are you saying that to me, specifically?” Trump’s ‘ask China’ response to CBS’s Weijia Jiang shocked the room — and was part of a pattern 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Born in 1967 in Belo Horizonte, the fourth largest city in Brazil, Ms. Neuenschwander is of Swiss, Portuguese and Amerindian descent. Rivane Neuenschwander?s Playful but Serious Art 2010-06-21T22:49:00Z A half-dozen years ago, Ms. Muaddi, who is of Jordanian and Romanian descent, traveled to the Riviera del Brenta near Venice to work alongside local artisans, intent on mastering every facet of her craft. Her Fans Want to Walk in Her Shoes 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z That phenomenon persists today with sometimes deadly consequences, as seen in the March murder of six women of Asian descent at spas in Atlanta. "The Committed" skewers colonial fetishization, inspired by controversial coffee table book 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Only about seventeen hundred people of Japanese descent lived in Virginia as of the 1960 U.S. An Unsung Hero in the Story of Interracial Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z They had honest conversations, learned that they were both of Caribbean descent, and also that they were from adjoining Brooklyn neighborhoods. A Little Wager That Led to Love 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z A recent study found that, in the 2014-15 theatre season, only four per cent of Broadway and off-Broadway roles were filled by actors of Asian descent. An Asian-American Reimagining of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z While Shang-Chi can high-fly kick and punch any opponent, is the “master of kung fu” powerful enough to make Hollywood finally bury tired story tropes and support projects by actors and filmmakers of Asian descent? Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ jabs, flips Asian American film cliches 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Topi Lehtipuu charts Tom's transformation from callow youth to fop with credible naivety, which makes his final descent into insanity all the more tragic. The Rake's Progress 2010-08-09T21:01:00Z The conductor, making his debut at that festival, was David Afkham, a 30-year-old German of Persian descent who is rapidly rising to prominence in Europe. Music Review: David Afkham Leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2013-08-18T21:53:05Z “The color choices are limited here,” said Ms. Rohatgi, who is of South Asian descent. Peanut Butter and Ranch Dressing: What Americans Abroad Miss From Home 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The work, which tells of a woman and her descent into madness through her own journal entries, and addresses gender relations, was viewed by 33,441 people in the first 24 hours. Instagram Now Home to Classic Feminist Literature 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In the course of the evening his voice gained vibrancy and intensity, matching his character’s descent into manipulated madness. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The discussion is part of the programming offered by 651 Arts, a Brooklyn group that highlights the performing arts of the African disapora and provides performance outlets for artists of African descent. Spare Times for Jan. 20-26 2012-01-19T21:33:09Z From that starting point its purview gradually expanded to include all of Latin America and then, more ambitiously still, artists of Hispanic descent around the world. Art Review: ?Testimonios,? Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio 2012-02-09T23:48:36Z The descent into dementia of the poets he had known since the nineteen-forties and fifties magnified the gift of a clear mind. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Of the fact she is so many firsts: first woman to be vice president, first woman of color to be vice president, first woman of South Asian descent, first daughter of immigrants. Kamala Harris in a White Suit, Dressing for History 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Americans of Indian or south Asian descent have long contended that Apu is little more than a racist caricature – an entire complex, multi-stranded culture boiled down to a silly voice. Seinfeld and Simpsons – why your favourite TV show is problematic 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Was it ever submitted for the competition advertised in a yellowed newspaper clipping, stored in the same box of scores, that invited composers of “Bohemian” descent to submit works in this genre? A 190-year-old score, written in Prague and locked in a wooden box, gets its world premiere 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z This book is the story of a descent: emotional, moral, philosophical, you name it. “I do bad sex very well. In life and in the novel form”: Gary Shteyngart interviews Adam Thirlwell 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Erika, who is of Hatian descent and is mindful of the political situation in the region, also said that she had all her documentation. At a New Dominican Port, Cruising With a Conscience 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The descent is hard, fast and cacophonous, and it drives the characters senseless. Film review: The Horde 2010-09-16T21:55:00Z "Often when customers would see I'm of Asian descent, they would automatically ask me if there was MSG in the food." Where do we stand with MSG? 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The rest of the poem records Grimes's descent into madness, as he is tormented by hallucinations, not least the ghost of his father. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z At last we rounded a bend for an easy 7.5-mile descent back. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z A young woman on a Republic Airways-operated Delta flight reportedly became "suicidal" and attempted to open an exit door upon descent into New York’s LaGuardia airport on Friday afternoon, according to a fellow passenger. 'Suicidal' passenger allegedly tried opening door on Republic Airways flight, screaming she needed to die 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But Bolkovac, who is of Croatian descent, said she is not looking for praise or riches. Whistleblower's tale has no Hollywood ending 2011-08-02T20:44:20Z Pale and interesting Temple carries the film, embodying Alicia's descent impeccably. Sundance 2013: Magic Magic – first look review 2013-01-25T09:35:00Z Based in Charleston, S.C., it follows a young lawyer’s descent into a black hole of police corruption. Plenty of new shows to check out this spring and summer 2014-04-25T18:58:31Z Today, there are 1.4 million citizens of African descent in Mexico, but the government did not recognize them officially until a 2015 census count. “We Are Not Used to People Thinking We Are Beautiful” 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z What’s gratifying on this occasion is the convergence on a mainstream Washington stage of so many potent actresses of Asian descent: The unifying adjective for their work, under the direction of Desdemona Chiang, is ferocious. Review | ‘White Pearl’ is an amusing take on the beauty business. But watch out — things get ugly. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Girma grew up in Oakland and is of Ethiopian and African American descent. In its 25th year, the Getty's Multicultural Internship Program is changing the face of arts leadership in L.A. 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Brazil’s Arab roots run deep — two of São Paulo’s last three mayors are of Lebanese descent — but most families arrived generations ago. 36 Hours in São Paulo 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z There’s no mistaking the line of descent: U2 to Coldplay to Snow Patrol, which has re-emerged with its first song in seven years. The Playlist: John Mayer Laments the Friend Zone, and 11 More New Songs 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z His self-description as “a French person, of Algerian descent” may be a demographic commonplace, but not when attached to a French movie star. T Magazine: Changing of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-25T20:22:41Z He explained that Bay Tree’s descent had been steep. Fairway to heaven: What happens to an abandoned golf course 2014-03-13T12:45:00Z But language was no barrier at KCON, even though most attendees were not of Korean descent. With K-pop back in U.S. spotlight, Korean-American stars take hope 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z But with an audience too young to be familiar with the quartet's influences, the songs couldn't generate more excitement if they were delivered by Moses on his descent from Mount Sinai. Peace – review 2013-04-16T16:29:17Z An Alaska native of Yupik descent now based in Minneapolis, Ms. Johnson looks at those places where, as she puts it, “we meet and merge.” A Merger Of Art and Life 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z One brief section traced a line of descent from “The Beggar’s Opera” through “Threepenny Opera” to “Urinetown.” Music Review: At 92nd Street Y, the Art of the Satiric Comedy Comes Alive 2010-05-09T22:15:00Z Both a chant and a descent, the work felt less a composition than an aural spell. Lustmord, Grouper explore noise and texture in deep Masonic Lodge set 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Moreover, the studio’s descent into far-out fantasy has only just begun. How Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 heralds Marvel's weird new world 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z They include his description of Ivan the Terrible, whose rule conventional histories divide between a dynamic first half and descent into madness following the death of his beloved first wife, Anastasia Romanova. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z On “Wary + Strange,” she depicts a nightmarish netherworld of abandonment by spectral women — her mother; a lover — and a self-aware descent into melancholy, boozy depths. Amythyst Kiah Found Her Powerful Voice. Now She Has a Sound to Match It. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Concluding his skeptical remarks, Wilberforce turned to Huxley and asked mockingly whether it was through his grandfather or grandmother that he claimed descent from an ape. Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Below whites on the racial ladder came Indian South Africans, people of Indian descent, only 2.5 percent of the population and primarily centered in the city of Durban. South Africa’s growing pains: The “Born Free” generation inherits a country awash in contradictions 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z He warns glumly that viewers are about to embark on a “descent into misery, tribulation and dire inconvenience,” and he is not wrong. Review: Lemony Snicket’s Creations, in a Cloud of Marvelous Gloom 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z It's a disturbing trend to witness, especially if you're a person of Asian descent. Netflix's Tokyo-set action flick "Kate" tries to critique imperialism while ultimately relying on it 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The first New Year’s Eve ball made its descent in 1907 and the expectation of great things happening that night simultaneously shot through the stratosphere. Perspective | New Year’s Day is trash 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Its detractors say the story stereotypes and dehumanizes Arabs and Muslims — with some roles not even filled by actors of Middle Eastern descent. ‘Beirut’ Trailer Was Supposed to Thrill. Instead It Offended. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z We were very careful not to present him in a way where he was completely blameless in his own descent. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Zeniter, who is of Algerian descent, found that writing fiction helped her sidestep a polarized public debate. He Is Senegalese and French, With Nothing to Reconcile 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z By turns regal, arrogant, pathetic and haunted, Geer charts the familiar waypoints of Lear’s descent — mistaking flattery for loyalty and deluding herself that stature remains with a hollow title. 'Lear' at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Now there’s “Welfare,” a debut novel by Canadian writer Steve Anwyll that similarly eschews the bravado of literary fiction from major publishing houses, chronicling a teenage protagonist’s descent into state-sponsored decrepitude. Review | ‘Welfare’ offers a sly critique of public assistance — and capitalism 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Its fascination is more like that of a fable, tracing the quick, jagged course of Ivan’s descent. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z While many of these sorts of boots now perform well during descents as well as on the trek up, the Freedom SL excels at both. Equipment: New Ski Gear, From Head to Toe, and Below 2013-12-19T19:56:30Z Although 1929 is an incredibly important date which began the descent into Nazi madness that wouldn't, couldn't have happened without the events of that year. Sex, Drugs and Crime in the Gritty Drama ‘Babylon Berlin’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z This tale of a descent into madness is something of a follow-up to Mr. Pita’s “Metamorphosis,” shown at the Joyce in 2013. 39 Dance Performances to See This Fall 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Wolfe chuckled and flashed a smile before continuing her descent. ‘Waitress’ Star Has a Tip for You: Marry Your Best Friend 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Carolyn Drake, who lives in Istanbul, presents pictures documenting the lives of the Uighurs, people of Turkish descent who dwell in Western China and whose culture and language are at risk of extinction. Art Review: The Fully Engaged Lens 2011-05-12T21:57:40Z As the day began its descent into evening, I couldn’t help but feel a bit melancholy. Graceland aside, there’s a King-size array of attractions in Memphis 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z People of South Asian descent, like Harris, aren’t always seen as Asian American the way those with East Asian roots tend to be. Americans are still figuring out how to talk about multiracial identity. Kamala Harris’s nomination is a perfect example. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z He listens to music for the final leg. I listen to my book, but click the sound off for the descent into Maine. My son’s Internet rendezvous 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z Welcome to Asian AF, a monthly showcase for actors, storytellers and comedians of Asian descent that regularly sells out U.C.B. theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Comics of Asian Descent, Tired of Being Invisible, Put Themselves Onstage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z To cite just one example, we learn that as Sandra tried to cope with her husband’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease, she turned down her doctor’s prescription for antidepressants. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z We headed back to our packs and began our descent into the postcard. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Despite not being "terribly active online," Sudeikis was still impacted by Trump around 2015, when Trump announced his first presidential campaign, following a golden escalator descent at Trump Tower. How Donald Trump influenced "Ted Lasso" 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The Nasher highlights artists of African descent and female artists — those who have been historically underrepresented or omitted by art institutions. Raising the Cultural Bar on Campuses 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Without it, you may be African, African-American, or of African descent, but you are not black. A Celebration of Black Southern Food, at JuneBaby in Seattle 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The rest of the book describes one long, disorienting nightmare, a national descent into labor camps and torture chambers and martial law. Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “Give us back our black dolls,” Damas wrote, seeking to reclaim women of African descent from dehumanizing stereotypes. Review | In the galleries: Artistic reflections on what mortality leaves behind 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z And indeed the legacy of World War II, and the proof it gave of modernity’s easy descent into atrocity, linger in the background of Klossowski’s writing and art. Pierre Klossowski Drawings Explore Eroticism and More 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z His descent into the gutter is presumably meant to be a thrilling wallow in bad behavior, but it’s just pathetic and adolescent. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Adventures of Richie and Ernst 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The sinuous opening descent of Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused” surfaced at the start of “Twisted Blues,” deployed with horsehair-shredding pressure to evoke squealing feedback. Music Review: Led Zeppelin?s Stairway to Tully Hall 2011-03-29T21:51:36Z Matera was once the capital of Basilicata, but a move of the capital to Potenza, and the funds that came with that, began a long descent into poverty. The 52 Places Traveler: Two Versions of the Slow Life in Central and Southern Italy 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It was on the steep descent of the first climb that I rounded a hairpin to find two riders stopped in the road and a third looking dazed after being catapulted over the metal barrier. How it feels to tackle the Tour de France's 'final battle' – the Col d'Izoard 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z But he secretly craved Vietnamese banh mi, and he persuaded a family friend of Vietnamese descent to teach him how to make them. The Top 10 Cheap (and Well-Traveled) Places to Eat in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Exploring Junction Cave involves moderate scrambling; Giant Ice and Big Skylight Caves require a boulder-hopping descent into a lava trench; Xenolith Cave is the most challenging. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z One of that scene’s rising stars is Lil Xan, a lighthearted young California rapper of Mexican descent who raps in a cheerily woozy slur. 3 Rappers Peeking at Eminem’s Playbook 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Fittingly he was pursued by a much-admired prosecutor of Indian descent. How Indians triumphed in America 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z For him, the need to provide role models in the creative industry for a younger generation of Latin American descent became a particularly important goal. On Debate Night, Celebrating a Book About Immigrants 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The magnitude of her loss, at this moment in our descent into barbarism, is incalculable. Perspective | Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The pilot took the plane into a rapid descent as passengers used oxygen masks and prepared for a rough landing. Pilot of Southwest flight praised after engine explosion 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet during her childhood Lum says the depiction of people of Asian descent in film and TV mostly worked to embolden racists. Awkwafina: 'Growing up, I latched on to strong Asian-American idols' 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z He was born in Israel to parents of Moroccan and Yemeni descent, and his songwriting often balances desert languor with cosmopolitan urgency. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The reward for all that work is an approximately 2,000-vertical-foot descent that runs as long as a top-to-bottom route at many ski areas. In Aspen, a Maverick Mountain to Test One’s Mettle 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It was a momentous descent into an abyss, a terrain he's helped map. Lustmord, Grouper explore noise and texture in deep Masonic Lodge set 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Though Rumi's exact birthplace is disputed by scholars, most agree he was born in either present-day Afghanistan or Tajikistan to parents of Persian descent. Who would you cast as Persian poet Rumi — Leonardo DiCaprio? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Reygadas, Juan comes from money and, unlike most of the area’s inhabitants, looks to be of white European ancestry rather than of Indian descent. Movie Review: ‘Post Tenebras Lux,’ Directed by Carlos Reygadas 2013-04-30T21:31:18Z There, the evening begins its descent from confusion to horror. ‘The Night’ Review: Late Checkout 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z But on the descents, I reckoned that my sleeker road bike would have been far faster. The Swiss Alps on an Electric Bicycle 2011-08-26T19:00:31Z It was the framework of descent through deep time. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z The report also said that the lives of people of African descent “are marked by racism, negative stereotypes and structural racism” as well as “racist violence and hate crimes.” Black Germans Say It’s Time to Look Inward 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z The store has thrived in recent years, Ms. Park Riahi said, drawing a more diverse clientele who are not of Korean descent but are curious to learn more about the culture. One Garment’s Journey Through History 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Genesis was the first biological textbook, a history of "begetting" with Judaism built on the assumption of a shared descent from Abraham. The Serpent's Promise by Steve Jones – digested read 2013-05-05T17:29:01Z Mr. Cummings’s production makes this descent into rarefied savagery an up-close and personal experience for theatergoers. Theater Review | 'The Boys in the Band': Broken Hearts, Bleeding Psyches 2010-02-23T23:10:00Z To Esther, madness is the descent of a stifling bell jar over her head. Review: ‘The Bell Jar,’ by Sylvia Plath 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z His thriller “A Prophet” centers on a young man of Arab descent and his brutal coming-of-age in French prison; more recently, Audiard directed several episodes of the TV series “Le Bureau.” ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z As the story develops, Bruno does not so much break away as fall away, and “A Gambler’s Anatomy” is largely the story of his mortifying descent. ‘A Gambler’s Anatomy’: Meet the James Bond of backgammon 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s a novella about a family in South India and their descent into physical violence. The Nobel-Winning Economist Who Wants You to Read More Fiction 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Bernice Rubens was a Welsh woman of Jewish descent writing about Jewish east Londoners. Irvine Welsh's Booker prize attack makes scant sense 2012-08-21T09:58:32Z Which brings us to Pinkie, one of the most unlikely, but unforgettable, gangsters in English literature, whose descent into corruption draws the reader into the narrative. Brighton Rock's themes are too big for the screen 2011-02-07T12:04:15Z The people playing the Indians were "all native Americans, they were all of Pueblo descent", Jones said. At Cannes, Tommy Lee Jones turns the western on its head 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Any of us, including the American and English cast members of Indian descent who star in "Outsourced," can do a cheap take on what we think is an Indian accent. 'Outsourced' deserves better TV treatment 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z In "Life of Imitation," three Singaporean actors of Chinese, Malay and Tamil descent continually change roles as they impersonate three female characters in a pivotal scene from Douglas Sirk's race-focused 1959 drama "Imitation of Life." Frye Art Museum hosts Ming Wong's first solo show in U.S.: 'Life of Imitation' 2011-01-27T00:41:05Z We now have governors of South Asian descent in South Carolina and Louisiana, Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal, in part because the Immigration Act of 1965 helped change the color of America. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z There are now a large number of Asians in important conservatory vocal programs; the Manhattan School of Music said that 47 percent of the students currently in its vocal arts department are of Asian descent. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The exhibition title comes from the best-selling 1967 autobiography of Piri Thomas, a community organizer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent who grew up in what was then called Spanish Harlem. Finding Common Ground at El Museo del Barrio 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z There were an estimated 10,000 people of African or Afro-Caribbean descent in London as the 19th century approached, she said, about 1% of the city’s population of around 1 million. Jane Austen, actress create PBS costume drama diversity 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The host began a steady descent into postures of elaborate frustration and indignity. Michael Avenatti and the Mooch Bring Their Blustering Banality to Stephen Colbert 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z I’m barely through my cup of orange juice by the time we begin our descent into Raleigh. When flying, is speed all that matters? To kick-start its tourism industry, Haiti is marketing itself as a destination for those of Haitian descent and adventure travelers, in addition to businesspeople. Heads Up: Haiti, An Unlikely Location for Luxury 2013-05-22T16:36:30Z How much is different from today, as people of Asian descent encounter new levels of racism, as the federal government continues to unjustly detain immigrants based on where they are from? The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The five-part series follows the descent of the title character, from his traumatic childhood to his self-destructive adulthood, and his eventual recovery. What’s on TV Saturday: The Eurovision Song Contest and ‘Mum’ 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z CAMBRIDGE, England — Robert Macfarlane was partway up a mountain in Scotland when a fellow climber decided to lighten the mood by reciting some William Carlos Williams: “The descent beckons / as the ascent beckoned.” Robert Macfarlane and the Dark Side of Nature Writing 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z As an author she will be remembered above all for Dinner with Mugabe, the best book yet written about Zimbabwe's descent into tyranny. Heidi Holland 2012-08-22T11:56:32Z Bodies and art literally intersect in collages by the Brooklyn-based performance artist of African-American and Moroccan descent, who goes by the name Narcissister. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Aspen’s mountain biking trails include flowing, buff dirt and technical climbs and descents. Aspen’s other million-dollar asset: Cycling 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z It's the story of 19-year-old Matthew and his descent into mental illness. Why we're watching: Nathan Filer 2013-05-19T07:00:06Z It took a long time for the industry to change, which Spencer, who is of Indigenous descent, recognizes too well. In ‘The English,’ Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer Saddle Up 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z "The main purpose is to show the diversity of the Native American culture," said Gray Hawk Perkins, a New Orleans native of Choctaw and Houmas tribal descent. Jazz Fest includes Native American music 2013-05-02T22:01:08Z Without the exception, many fine families that claimed descent from the Indian princess would have been deemed not “white.” Review | The American Indian museum comes of age by tackling this country’s lies 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The imagery of a lone American man of Mexican descent quietly holding aloft the image of a German woman is a moving tribute in itself. An American artist's provocative tribute to a 1970s German radical 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The sticky heat had finally begun to break and people were out sitting on the banks of the Hooghly, chatting, eating, or just watching the sun glitter on the water as it began its descent. In Kolkata, a Love of Literature, Fried Street Food and, Mostly, Sweets 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Nicholas Phan, 42, a tenor of Chinese and Greek descent, said Asians tend to be seen as technically precise yet artistically vacuous. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Try to capture the infinitude of space and this is what you get: a fall from grace, a descent from the heavens to earth. Celestial Visions on the Met Roof 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z With a birder’s eye for detail, White takes us on his painful, near-death descent — which seems as if it may never end. Jungle Mold, Ornithology and Lawn Care: 3 New Novels Find Hilarity in Unexpected Places 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Carlton’s descent into a fog of Alzheimer’s is untimely, as his organization has been tasked with retrieving some tactical nukes filched from a U.S. base in Poland and spirited into Belarus. Review | Outspoken conservative Brad Thor takes aim at Russia in his latest thriller 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z What Moreau is offering is not an erotic escape into innocence, but a frightening descent into the primitive. DVD: New on Blu-ray: Erle C. Kenton?s ?Island of Lost Souls? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z Characters in Girls, Broad City, Mr Robot and more smoke, without it leading to a worthy storyline about addiction or a descent into crime. High times: why TV is getting blazed on cannabis comedies 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The director, Yrsa Roca Fannberg, follows the couple as they prepare for the annual autumnal ritual of herding their sheep down the mountain — though this year’s descent is tinged with doom. ‘The Last Autumn’ Review: The Majesty of Shepherds 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z As in the movie, scenes from Colin’s upbringing and his sudden, almost incidental descent into criminality are intercut with scenes at the prison. Theater Review: A Contemporary ‘Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’ 2014-01-22T22:23:54Z As Sterling and I examined a trail map, Pete began his descent. At Montana’s Big Sky Resort, limitless vistas and rural charm 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Moshfegh is a young American writer of Croatian and Iranian descent who writes with misanthropic aplomb. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The fuel station was run by people of south Asian descent. I'm told to 'go back home'. But I'm an American – and dissent is patriotic 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Another reported a “suspicious gathering” of people “of what appear to be Muslim Faith or Middle Eastern descent.” ‘See something, say something’ culture is dangerous: How it spawns Islamophobia and keeps America insecure 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Hostin, who is of Puerto Rican descent, interjected to teach Huntsman the history of the island. Sunny Hostin schools “View” co-host Abby Huntsman: The US “has pillaged and raped Puerto Ri... 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Zak's other grandmother — who was of Polish descent and also a cook — was constantly in the kitchen. Wanderlust: Zuza Zak invites food lovers on a mouthwatering culinary journey through the Baltics 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z "The name Sasha is of Greek and Russian descent and means 'defender of mankind' and 'warrior,'" they explained. Shakira and Gerard Pique welcome a second baby boy 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Aronofsky, 48, mined the depths and descent of the human psyche in films such as “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.” Darren Aronofsky on 'mother!' : 'We want to shake audiences' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z In her essays and interviews, she has decried her homeland’s alarming descent into authoritarianism, and in return both Shafak and her husband, the journalist Eyup Can, have been targets of Erdogan’s intimidation. Review | In Elif Shafak’s ‘The Island of Missing Trees,’ a surprising narrator makes sense of surreal events 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z She speaks with excitement of Sandra Oh’s recent Emmy nomination for Killing Eve, but also anger that Oh is the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated for a leading role. Constance Wu, star of Crazy Rich Asians: ‘I’ve lost parts for being outspoken’ 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z It's a menacing descent into brutal darkness, punctuated by bloody spurts of stylish violence. Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z As a character, Kari — who is an urban Indian of Apache and Chickasaw descent — is terrifically alive. An Ancient Bracelet, a Personal Haunting and an Overdue Reckoning 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Their first U.S.-born child, named Ichiro, is incarcerated with other people of Japanese descent in detention camps after the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. Seattle, state play key role in Japanese TV miniseries 2011-01-13T16:07:11Z They parked in front of Harambee House, an organization for students of African descent, jeering and spitting at students. Waiting for the Female Future at Wellesley 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The song was prescient, not just in its references to environmental catastrophe, but also because its lyrics about dingy basements and drug use would soon be reflected in Danny Whitten's descent into heroin addiction. Neil Young: a beginner's guide 2012-10-01T16:12:28Z Staring into your partner’s eyes for stability during the terrifying descent causes an increased release of oxytocin, a bonding hormone. This Is the Bachelorette's Scientific Formula to Make Couples Fall in Love 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Li, who is of Korean descent, was raised by white parents in Missouri. St. Louis news anchor criticized for being ‘very Asian’ 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Alive to injustice, he worried — like so many young people today — about a wider descent into chaos and violence. Perspective | Anger at Donald Trump may turn great artists into political cartoonists. It’s happened before. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Or they were, at least, in the days before his big party, which some consider the writer’s unintended swan song, a final golden moment before he began a descent into drugs and drink. 50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It seemed instantaneous, like the descent of darkness under an ocean, immediate and complete. ‘My baby had devils’ eyes’: the reality of postpartum psychosis 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Though many of its denizens are of European descent, Israel, of course, is not in Europe. Eurovision’s Sanitized Vision of Israel 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Denise described her descent as a domino effect: “Your whole perception changes about how you think people look at you.” What happened when I discovered my brother was a sexual predator 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The character of Ricardo is of Latino descent. Celebrity chef Paula Deen accused of racism after posting 'brownface' photo 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z This restoration of order via Arkham Asylum affirms the overarching inference of the film: Arthur’s descent into violence and destruction is triggered by his mental deterioration. Why Joker's depiction of mental illness is dangerously misinformed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The following year, renegades begin chanting “Black Power,” and the South — all but Memphis, that is — sinks into the ocean, its descent illuminated by cities aflame North and West. The Civil Rights Stories We Need to Remember 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z A production interested in subtlety might have excavated poignant resonance from her descent into madness, as when Malvolio garners our sympathy upon being humiliated in “Twelfth Night,” but this is not it. ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ Review: Shakespeare, With a Hint of Celine Dion 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z A final apotheosis, three months before he died, for his service as Grand Orator to the Patriarch of Constantinople, was a descent by helicopter on the Holy Mountain of Athos. Shades of Byzantium 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The personal disbelief, karmic confusion, shame and anger led to a temporary yet abysmal descent into profound substance abuse and fathomless drinking. Charlie Sheen Writes Open Letter About His HIV Status 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Beautiful study in three parts of what it means to me a woman of African descent in today's France by one of the country's best stylists. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z She estimates 80 percent of the crowd at most of her parties is of Indian descent. The Hindu festival of Holi hits Seattle clubs 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Except that Mr. Toor, 36, who was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, primarily depicts gay men of South Asian descent. Two Artists, Two Views of the Human Figure 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Either the political invective is traded for hollow spectacle, or Gulliver's rudderless descent into misanthropy is glossed over or, as is often the case, the last three quarters of the book are dismissed entirely. Beat a Swift retreat? 2010-06-08T07:30:00Z Rios, ABC's "The Chew" correspondent, is of Puerto Rican descent. Latina chefs becoming the new face in cooking 2012-02-25T19:37:18Z Like a descent of woodpeckers armed with mallets, percussionists pecked, rapped and banged on the hollow segments of the cast-iron facades, producing resounding cascades of sound that were answered by intermittent chords from the orchestra. Review: Make Music New York Teaches Buildings How to Sing 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z In his memoir he claimed that his father was of samurai descent. Noboru Ando, 89, Mobster and Film Star in Japan, Dies 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z For the other, it symbolizes his descent into infamy. "Joker" fans flocking to a Bronx stairway highlights tension of media tourism 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z As a woman of Puerto Rican descent, you opened doors and gave hope to people. Chita Rivera on touring, and staying political, at age 84 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z At the end of his soliloquy, he sinks back into the poppies; her gesture slowly follows his descent. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Prince Igor’ Aims to Integrate Movement and Storytelling 2014-03-07T23:01:11Z This brief descent into hell forever marked him. The “macroethics” of Martin Luther King Jr.: When he spoke out against the Vietnam War even his supporters deserted him — here’s how he endured 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Her descent into insanity, never clearly delineated in the text, is even more sudden with the cuts taken. Review: This ‘Hamlet’ Under the Stars Is No Walk in the Park 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Milan is so close to the Alps that many flights from the north and west start their descents while directly above the mountains. Personal Journeys: Viewing the World From an Airline Window Seat 2010-03-24T21:25:00Z I started off with the acts nobody wanted, like Freddy Cannon, who at the time was on the descent of his career, and I put Little Anthony and the Imperials back together. Frank Barsalona, Rock ’n’ Roll Concert Promoter, Dies at 74 2012-11-29T16:24:46Z Many of the objects on view are hybrid forms, made for those of European descent living in a new environment, exposed to indigenous peoples and with elements freely borrowed from Asian cultures. East meets West 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In the early 1950s, when Victory at Sea was aired, America was being fought to a standstill in Korea and just beginning the long, slow descent into the Vietnam quagmire. Trump’s military nostalgia is influenced by the war movies of his youth 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In recent years, there has been only one Black music director in the top tier of American orchestras, and just a handful of leaders have been Latino or of Asian descent. Baltimore Symphony’s New Conductor Breaks a Racial Barrier 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Chen is planning a group show of overlooked and under-collected artists of Asian descent. Ignored in Life, Bernice Bing Is Discovered as Museums Rewrite History 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z A headlong descent into a red, white and blue inferno, this is probably the last film most viewers feel like watching right now, although surely there is something to be said for cinematic immersion therapy. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Killing of America 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The descent happens in segments: the track is level then drops off, plunging down to the next level section. Taking the Plunge on California’s Coasters 2013-08-01T20:30:31Z My husband, of Italian descent, started yelling in Spanish for some reason. At home and abroad, the supermarket is the church where I worship 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Victoria L. Valentine is the founder and editor of culturetype.com, which explores art by and about people of African descent. Review | Peggy Cooper Cafritz’s collection of African American art rises from the ashes 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Hence the furor over the botched handling of Daenerys’ inadequately developed and ill-managed descent into villainy, and the impatience with Jon Snow’s stubbornly professing loyalty despite witnessing his Queen murdering innocents. As "Game of Thrones" ends, we have to ask: What do we expect from a series finale? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The gloves, for one, surfaced on her descent from Air Force One in Houston, paired with the daytime Chanel suit. Jackie Kennedy’s Packing List for Texas, Chic and Poignant 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The “ascent” of the title turns into a steep descent. A Novel Chases Its Narrator on the Tour de France 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Martinez, who is of Mexican descent, says that Republican voters may not value identity the same way Democrats do. Can this PAC find more LGBTQ and minority candidates to run as Republicans? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z When the government, newly at war, announces a curfew for anyone of Japanese descent, the order immediately sets him apart from friends and classmates, even foreigners from countries other than Japan. When Disenfranchised Lives and American Ideals Collide Onstage 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Chance encounters provoke murder and mischief, starting with Malvo’s accidental descent on this town. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Making Way for Marge and Lester 2014-04-16T16:19:16Z An accessible and fascinating insight into one man's descent into depression and his struggle to come to terms with his situation. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z In carefully constructed chapters, he traces the incremental descent of these people into their own private realms of shame, fraud and deception. Review | Parents will stop at nothing to get their kids into a prestigious school 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Choice of descent: the stair or - much quicker - the poles. The fight is on to save Gipton fire station - a 1930s gem in east Leeds 2012-10-09T14:00:00Z The book is approximately thirty per cent underwater, and it is full of descents. Lauren Groff’s Stunning New Collection, “Florida,” Unfolds “in an Eden of Dangerous Things” 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Attia, a Parisian of Algerian descent, has done extremely sharp and subtle work, particularly with archival material, about colonialism and its consequences. The Guggenheim Is Going Global. Kind Of. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Baby’s eventual descent into what he and his friends refer to as “the streets” — an amorphous world of violence, drug-dealing, camaraderie, rivalry, risk and reward — would go on to inspire most of his music. How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Accompanied by lush strings and voiceover, his interior world is portrayed as a clamour of voices, churning up guilty memories of his young brother's suicide, his own failed marriage and descent into alcoholism. Silent – review 2012-06-07T13:46:34Z Sometimes reality is simply too painful – the thought of a slow descent into oblivion, leaving behind everything and everyone you love too large and dark a concept to move closer to with clarity. My parents drink far too much. What can I do? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z That July evening on Hope Pass, we decided to camp midway down the descent at a dry campsite tucked onto a ledge. I hiked the Colorado Trail for nearly 500 miles. I was awed by the mountains the whole way. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Kinnicutt, who is of South Asian descent, says she’s aware that there are efforts to show more diversity in the exercise space. Is your spin class too young, too thin and too white? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z We thought, if we took Nancy into our home and exposed her to family love 24/7, caring grandchildren, that we would be able to somehow cushion her descent. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z Hua covers an impressive range of life circumstances, her characters both old and young, of varying sexual orientation, from immigrant families of Chinese, Korean, Mexican and Armenian descent. Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Dominicans of Haitian descent also thought themselves to be at home in the Dominican Republic. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Rahim may be a French movie star of Algerian descent, but he feels unconstrained by background or nationality, as free and self-confident as Malik in the last moments of “A Prophet.” T Magazine: Changing of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-25T20:22:41Z Passing is poised to be the first major film about the topic directed by, starring and influenced by women of African descent since Illusions more than 35 years ago. 'Passing for white': how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z In the panic after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt ordered a dragnet locking anyone of Japanese descent into internment camps. Review | When U.S. citizenship is anything but self-evident 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z “Yoga” focuses on Carrère’s descent into depression, beginning in 2015, as well as his stay in a psychiatric ward and subsequent bipolar diagnosis. If It’s Fiction, Can It Be an Invasion of Privacy? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Regan also rejects this idea that damage is a crown of glory, though the way she writes about her own descent into substance abuse is tinged with exultation. “Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It was a squalid piece about the nightly descent one makes in Edinburgh. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z Tuamoheloa, 29, was the first national Miss USA contestant of Samoan descent, the Associated Press reported at the time. Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst dies at 30 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z In the intervening years, his star went on the descent, partly, he says, because he was focusing on his family and perhaps partly because the public taste for his homespun shtick wore thin. How "Hannah Montana" destroyed Billy Ray Cyrus 2011-02-16T16:17:00Z In broad strokes, the scenarios are more or less the same: A weak young prisoner of Middle Eastern descent learns that he cannot keep his head down and expect to survive. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 5: Seeing Naz in a New Light 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z America’s rapid descent into impoverished nation status is the inevitable result of unchecked corporate capitalism. Global rankings study: America in warp-speed decline 2014-04-09T12:15:00Z Two months ago, my project led me to Grant Gochin, a Jewish man of Lithuanian descent now living in California, who has spent decades investigating his own family history. My grandfather wasn’t a Nazi fighting war hero — he was a brutal collaborator 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The descent continued, another low point being a weekend spent at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan; he doesn't go into details, just says with a wince that it was "ugly, debasing, defiling stuff." What happened to Michael McDermott? 2011-06-22T19:42:00Z Ligeti, who was born in Romania but was of Hungarian descent, saw his music widely performed in his lifetime. 'Godzilla': The music of Gyorgy Ligeti and the movies 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “It’s really a dangerous trend when your right to associate, your right to freely assemble, your right to descent and protest are being curtailed…under the guise of national security or anti-terrorism laws,” said Tauli-Corpuz. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Flamenco naturally traverses emotional peaks and valleys, and Ms. Barrio plunges her whole being into every ascent and descent, from furious to rapturous, sorrowful to playful, confrontational to contemplative. Tragic Greek Rebel Takes Up Flamenco 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The plane had began its descent into the Florida airport when the incident occurred. WestJet pilot experiences laser strike while landing at Florida airport 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The son of a Jewish New Yorker dad and a mother of Tlingit and Irish descent, Stein is no theater novice himself. Garth Stein's 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' to be staged at Book-It 2012-04-12T20:17:04Z Walker's work in the late 1960s as a member of the British-based vocal group the Walker Bros. gave way to a sonic descent into difficult, visceral experimental music after the trio's dissolution. Scott Walker and Sunn 0)))'s dark 'Soused': Judge it for yourself 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Moments before, I had been delighted that a Canadian actor of Chinese descent had been cast as the love interest of a white American woman. The new heart-throbs: how Hollywood embraced east Asian actors, from Henry Golding to Simu Liu 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z But this week’s episode, "Nights in Ballygran," builds to a far less festival and colorful celebration, an annual Celtic Dinner for power players of Irish descent. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Time to celebrate 2010-10-18T05:01:00Z But after about an hour, it was time for the teetering six-hour descent. Peering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z In Schumann’s case, interest was long focused on a relatively small segment of his music; the later works were considered inferior, somehow clouded by his impending descent into madness. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z It embraces a more authentic 19th-century stagecraft, with transparently flat backdrops for the operas-within-the-musical, and with a great spinning slab of a building foundation that actually has a nice surprise during the underground descent. A musical whose time has gone: Three Post critics take on ‘Phantom’ 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It also shows the backlash against people of Japanese descent living in the United States. Shock, aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack laid out at U.S. museum 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Movie genres, no less than great civilizations, have their periods of ascent and descent. Captain America: Been There, Saved That 2011-07-22T19:45:00Z Both are of Indian descent, and in the animated movie, they saw people who looked like them. Actors of Indian descent proud to lead Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Aaron’s descent into addiction began at 13 when he abused the pain medication, hydrocodone. How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addicts in the US 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “An immigrant, all the better. A person of African descent, all the best.” Who should translate Amanda Gorman’s work? That question is ricocheting around the translation industry. 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The staggered approach made the steady ascents and descents through the pitches seem less like composer-directed themes and more like seesawing laws of nature, perfectly in balance. Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Despite its size, Mount Prospect dares you to ski it hard, and well — one run is called suicide because of its initial steep descent. 2010-02-06T04:54:00Z Golan said he receives no royalties for his music in Yemen, where the late Israeli singer Ofra Haza, who was also of Yemeni Jewish descent, was once popular. Israeli singer proves surprise hit in Yemen 2014-02-11T11:08:45Z Part of the seeming strangeness of Shen Yun could be attributed to a latent Orientalism on the part of Western viewers—including those of us who are of Asian descent. Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z This group has had only one Black music director, and just a handful of leaders have been Latino or of Asian descent. Want More Diverse Conductors? Orchestras Should Look to Assistants. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z As the plane begins its descent to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, you look out the cabin window and wonder why. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z More than 80 percent of the people in the state of Bahia are of African descent, making Salvador the most African city outside Africa. See Brazil for more than soccer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z She is proud to play a character of South Asian descent and is outspoken about the need for more such characters and stories. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of ‘Never Have I Ever’ Loves Van Gogh 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump did not lead this national descent into his pants alone. A National Descent Into Trump’s Pants 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Guglielmi confirmed that the men were brothers and of Nigerian descent, and that at least one of them had previously worked on “Empire.” How the Jussie Smollett case unfolded, from his initial police report to his eventual arrest 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Dean prefaced the concert with his own new orchestration of the slow movement of the first Razumovsky Quartet, which, even with the subtle addition of woodwind, still sounded like a stark descent into unconsolable despair. Northern Sinfonia/Dean – review 2013-05-12T13:55:17Z People of Japanese descent were forced to burn letters and books before being bused to camps and often abandoned artwork and other items when they returned home. Auction of Japanese internment art pulled after protest 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z But while there she met Aston Simpson, a lawyer of Scottish descent, whom she later married. Louis Simpson, a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Dies at 89 2012-09-18T00:04:57Z He draws some sketchy but alarming parallels between Europe’s descent into disaster 100 years ago, and East Asia’s fractious security today, which is beset by a familiar cocktail of strident nationalism and brinkmanship. Blindly over the brink 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z We all put on goggles and additional layers for the descent, take off our skins, and switch our bindings and boots from tour mode to ski mode. The Japanese island where powder snow is almost guaranteed during the month of January 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Is Lifetime depicting a “pathologically depraved butcher”? Or a culturally constricted descent into madness? Lifetime’s ‘Lizzie Borden’ is surprisingly layered 2014-01-25T00:18:55Z On the other hand, the Hartmanns’ daughter treats Diallo as a close friend, and her love interest, Tarek, a German doctor of Arab descent, delivers what sounds like the film’s thesis. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z They called themselves Indos, she said, or Eurasians who were of mixed Indonesian and European descent. A Dutch Artist Travels Through Time and Its Colonial Past 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The libretto by Sarah Ruhl is adapted from her play of the same name, which recasts the story of the musician’s descent to the underworld by focusing on his wife. “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Just flying in a helicopter is hands-down exciting — let alone when you know you’re heading for yet another descent through untracked Idaho powder. Near Idaho’s Sun Valley, choppers give intrepid skiers an all-access pass 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Flight director Keith Comeaux, right, celebrates with engineer Martin Greco at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 5 August 2012, following the successful descent of the Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Thus Franklin Roosevelt was a populist while “progressive” Teddy Roosevelt was an agent of reaction — even though Franklin traced his own ideological descent to Teddy as well as to Jefferson. The Fight Over the Future of the Democratic Party 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Sierra, who is of Puerto Rican descent, was born on Jan. 25, 1937 in New York City. ‘Barney Miller,’ ‘Sanford and Son’ actor Gregory Sierra dies 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z She was born Blanca Rosa Welter in Tampico, Mexico, the daughter of a Dutch executive at Shell, and his Mexican-born wife of Spanish, German and French descent. Linda Christian obituary 2011-07-26T17:23:06Z Trump went after a federal judge of Mexican descent, and Hannity backed him. The making of Sean Hannity: How a Long Island kid learned to channel red-state rage 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z We try to cast people who are Mexican or Mexican descent, and even better if they’re from Northern Mexico because it gives you a certain dialect. Must-Read TV: The Bridge's Elwood Reid on Getting America to Watch Subtitles 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z After I tumbled off the gunwale and began my descent, a school of cownose rays, a near-threatened species, soared by overhead. Update : In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp 2013-04-24T16:26:11Z But there’s more: political jostling, the threat of war, descent into madness, suicide. A Novelist Recasts King Lear as a Corporate Tycoon in Contemporary India 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In medieval times it was said that the birds that circle the sleeping volcano were the souls of sinners queuing up for the descent into hell. Why Cook Over an Icelandic Geyser? Because You Can 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z But before we could get a glimpse of the trail’s namesake subalpine lake, we had to turn around and start our descent. Overnighter: In Colorado, Switchbacks and ‘The Shining’ 2012-10-19T17:12:06Z Fair enough, I thought, recalling the scratchy, scrabbly, windblown descent several of us had skied the day before. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z One of the most breathtaking dance falls dates to 1933 and involves 36 women who, in a nail-biting descent, collapse onto the floor like dominoes. A Rockettes Precision Routine: Falling Like Dominoes 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Apart from its titanic partnering requirements, Rudolf has solos in each act charting his descent from questing elegance to psychological torment; we’re shown his reactions to 15 or more different people. After Flood, Houston Ballet Returns With a Romantic Masterpiece 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z As anyone even remotely connected with it will tell you, awards season is a pain, an annual collective descent into a frenzied war of opposing forces. Golden Globes 2015: The Globes' rise in stature? Blame TV 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s a psychological horror film of someone documenting — maybe knowingly or unknowingly — a descent into madness. “A Grey State”: A right-wing conspiracy theorist films his own deadly descent into madness 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z It will chronicle “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” and look at the secrets of the history of the warring families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros. HBO gives go-ahead to 'Game of Thrones' prequel 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z That a story about the struggles of Afghans over the course of nearly three decades is on Broadway is a feat in itself, as is the cast of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z They share the raw pain of the child’s descent from grief into hopelessness. Review: ‘Cardboard Boxer’: Homeless Man’s Redemption via a Diary 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Re: Numb: There is nothing wrong with being relieved that everyone was spared your father’s descent into dementia. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Losing a dad with early Alzheimer’s to covid is a lot to process at once 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Saldana, an American of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, drew backlash for taking the role after photos surfaced of the actor wearing dark makeup and a prosthetic nose on set. Zoe Saldana faces criticism over dark makeup in Nina Simone film trailer 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Cast out by the daughters to whom he bequeaths his realm, he now faces existence for what it truly is, a descent toward infirmity, senility and death. A well-played, compact ‘King Lear’ at Folger Theatre But even that doesn't feature a cast mostly composed of non-white performers or a young woman of Indian descent as its romantic lead. Mindy Kaling's smart teen sex romp "Never Have I Ever" may be her best series yet 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Kulendran Thomas, an artist of Tamil descent whose family fled to London during the violence, watched the denouement while studying at art school here. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z There, cricket pitches beside Meadow Lake feature local players, mostly of South Asian descent, and the intense games occasionally attract world-class talent. A Warm-Weather Guide to the City 2011-04-22T21:09:06Z One hand quivered slowly in a vertical descent, then alternating fists climbed, as if up a rope. Dance Review: Drive East Festival Highlights Indian Dance and Song 2013-08-20T21:52:26Z Doty’s graceful balance between meditation and observation begins with the first five poems, all of which are called “Deep Lane” and explore some form of descent. The best poetry for April 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Confronting divorce and passing into her late forties, she began a descent along “a downward slope of my youth that was far steeper than I had any grasp of at the time.” Meghan Daum to Millennials: Get off My Lawn 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z He’s of unspecified, presumably Arab descent, and in an early scene can be found reading pedantically from the thick training manual. ‘American Hero’ Finds Comedy in a Fast-Food Franchise 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Stuart Barr, who accompanies Mr. Standing on piano, paced the material at a polite gallop that underscores Coward’s stylistic descent from Gilbert and Sullivan. Music Review: Channeling the Smart Set, but Hold the Snobbishness 2010-03-01T22:52:00Z The artist was born George Joseph Thek — the Paul came later — to a middle-class Brooklyn family of German and Irish descent. Art Review: Believing Is Seeing (Or, the Meat Of the Matter) 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z The books were selected by 11 librarians from across New York City’s boroughs, and the committee members — of Colombian, Dominican, Honduran and Mexican descent — held their meetings in both English and Spanish. N.Y. Public Library Selects 10 Best Books for Children en Español 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z This word for our digital incarnations has a marvellously mystical origin, beginning with the Sanskrit term avatara, describing the descent of a god from the heavens into earthly form. The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z It is about five miles round trip, and a steep, 937-foot descent to the valley floor. Explorer: Stand-Up Paddle Boarding in the Virgin Islands 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Born in Govan in 1923, in to a Jewish family which was of Eastern European descent, Cutler always maintained his miserable childhood made him more creative. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler 2014-03-31T23:04:52Z Hong Kong does not believe in switchbacks, a common trail design that includes zig-zags on ascents and descents to temper steepness. Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z William McPherson, a novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for The Washington Post who won late-life acclaim for a rueful essay describing his descent into poverty, died on Tuesday in Washington. William McPherson, Book Critic and Novelist, Dies at 84 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Conquering Chistau boosted our confidence, which was promptly shaken by the descent. Empty-nesters take up where they left off on Spain’s most storied mountain trail 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Class and ethnic divisions are explored in Thierry de Peretti’s “The Apaches,” set in Corsica, where impoverished alienated teenagers of Arab and Moroccan descent simmer with resentment. Critic’s Notebook: Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Looks at Real Life 2014-03-05T23:11:14Z However, as of late, mostly due to our nativist bent that appears to favor only white persons, I see disrespect, on both sides of the border, against those who are Latino, or Hispanic descent. Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Nick Fletcher is a perfectly decent Stockmann: pinning up wallcharts about bacteria, he's more scientific rationalist than blazing idealist, which makes the character's descent into ranting hysteria harder to fathom. Public Enemy – review 2013-05-14T11:40:16Z Dominicans of Haitian descent who were born during the past eighty-six years are still considered to be in transit. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z My ancestors, of Celtic descent, once practiced Halloween as Samhain, a spiritual day when the veil between the worlds of the living and dead was the thinnest. My affair with witchcraft 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z How big is the ache in all our hearts, we people of African descent who continue to endure what Achille Mbembe has called, in another context, an infinity of suffering? James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ Is a Supercharged Urban Farce Lit Up by Thunderbolts of Rage 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z He’s also the first person of Pakistani descent to be nominated in an acting category. This is a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars. Why did it take nearly a century? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “Bandit” was a handsomely mounted Technicolor production, probably intended by Columbia to position Wilde, its new leading man, in the Fairbanks-Flynn line of descent. DVDs: Stealing From the Rich, Sherwood-Style, Over Years 2010-05-22T07:04:00Z At first the locals" - many of whom are of Basque descent, Biarritz being in the heart of Basque country - "were like, 'Who are these Parisians? T Magazine: Big in Biarritz 2012-07-25T21:43:56Z “As native people, we have been portrayed in a certain way throughout the history of television, with stereotypes,” said Mr. McClarnon, who is of Lakota descent. In AMC’s Western “The Son,” the Novelist Philipp Meyer Lassoes TV 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Rosacea has typically been thought to affect women older than 30 who are of Northern European descent and have fair skin. The combination of sun, heat and masks can worsen rosacea. Here’s what else you need to know. 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Other testimonies in this line of alienated descent might be Knut Hamsun's Hunger, Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet and – bringing us back to America – Walker Percy's The Moviegoer. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-05T10:00:02Z The rest of the bar’s denizens are a multicultural bunch, although the majority are Latino, like the bar’s owner, played by Vanessa Aspillaga, who is of Puerto Rican descent. Review: ‘Daphne’s Dive,’ Where Everybody Knows You’re Broke 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Arriving three years ago with perfect timing to offset the slow descent into blandness of Hollywood superhero flicks, it also avoided slipping into spoof territory. Will Kick-Ass 2 stay offbeat as our self-made superheroes polish their act? 2013-03-14T11:54:38Z Their stories, intercut in linear progression in this short feature, seem like descents into madness. 3 Sobering Documentaries on Netflix, Fandor and Field of Vision 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z And that descent, down a partial black diamond run, is a prized memory. How a 40-year-old beginning skier learned to take on black diamond runs 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z We see an anxious child raised to think of life in apocalyptic terms, never more than one mistake away from the mother's descent into darkness. Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review 2013-05-17T06:32:01Z Hiring a local guide costs between £8 and £16 to take you on a trek along the luscious green terraces carving along mountains before a 30-minute descent to the falls. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z After its descent into a messy, multi-sided civil war in 2011, when the country was fragmented into numerous enclaves, the warring parties began to plunder that inheritance, looting museums and excavating ancient sites. Palmyra priest statue among haul of recovered Syrian relics 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z A Yemeni security official said Awlaki, who is of Yemeni descent, was hit in a Friday morning air raid in the northern al-Jawf province that borders oil giant Saudi Arabia. American-born al Qaeda leader killed 2011-09-30T10:07:00Z I don’t want to be treated as if I’m not of Chinese and Hawaiian descent. We’re at peak “white racial apocalypse”: The enduring toxic myths fueling Obama backlash, “all lives matter” and Donald Trump 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z On a recent evening, women of South Asian descent sat quietly by the A.T.M., sharing a cheese pizza. Caffé Lanka, an Outpost of Island Cooking in the Bronx 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z They were among an estimated 120,000 people of Japanese descent, about two-thirds of them United States citizens, who were regarded as enemy aliens and incarcerated after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp, via the Diary of a Young Man 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In fact, a bumper crop of filmmakers, performers and artists of Asian descent were nominated for Academy Awards this year. ‘I Don’t Take a Single Second for Granted’: Asian and Asian American Nominees on the Oscars 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In between bouts of slaughtering dozens of people on the grounds that they appear to be of Asian or Middle Eastern descent, Charlie teases James. 2010-02-05T19:00:00Z His descent from the heady heights of clubland king to tax-evading jailbird provides the show with an arc that is paralleled by other plot lines. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, both share a fundamental pattern: a triplet figure, a rising fifth, a stepwise three-note descent. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Born in Jamaica in March 1923, Simpson - the son of a Russian mother and a lawyer of Scottish descent - moved to the US at the age of 17. US poet Louis Simpson dies at 89 2012-09-18T14:52:54Z Most of the scene's major new stars are of European descent, and teenage crowds aren't exactly looking for history lessons when they hit rave festivals. Tuskegee project to set the record straight on dance music 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z “We realized there were 10 Oscar nominees of South Asian descent this year,” Mr. Goyal said. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Riz Ahmed Toast South Asians at Pre-Oscars Party 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Back in Oregon, Walsh says he wasn't anxious about his descent in January 1960, and adds that going so deep that day meant just "a longer day at the office". Dive for Avatar 2011-01-18T07:59:02Z They “literally risked their lives in dizzying, nearly suicidal descents,” Moreau muses. Review | Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Some time fairly soon, we'll probably begin the descent into a long glacial winter again. Humans may notice a chill in the air 2012-09-29T23:05:01Z Like Ms. Bhalla, most story collectors are two generations removed; many are Americans of South Asian descent. Potent Memories From a Divided India 2013-08-13T22:12:21Z Francisco da Silva was one of the first Brazilian artists of Indigenous descent to achieve international fame. A Visionary Brazilian Artist Is Rediscovered 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z She learned something that she’d never realized before: for a long time, everyday Germans didn’t feel bad about the Holocaust, or their country’s descent into Nazism. What Can We Learn from the Germans About Confronting Our History? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He had been reared in a family of Norwegian descent in Minnesota, an outdoorsman who loved fishing and hunting. James Arness, Marshal on ?Gunsmoke,? Dies at 88 2011-06-03T18:34:50Z An attractively produced mix of quick-hit jokes, cartoons, fake advertisements, interviews, first-person essays and deep-dive satire, the magazine is united by an arch tone that provides a nice backdrop for its periodic descent into silliness. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z According to the video’s description, the pair’s descent to the lava lake was nearly a quarter of a mile, with temperatures reaching up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Watch This Man Roast a Marshmallow Over a Volcano 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z But there was more: Lam, who grew up in San Francisco, is of Chinese descent. Michelle Obama didn’t like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z A decade after the attacks of Sept. 11, Ayad Akhtar staged a play called “Disgraced” that captured the paradox of being an American of Muslim descent. Review | Ayad Akhtar’s play ‘Disgraced’ won a Pulitzer Prize. Now ‘Homeland Elegies’ shows what that success cost him. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z For El Pasoans, and Americans of Mexican descent more broadly, the sense of loss this week is intensified by the realization that the victims in El Paso were targeted for their ethnic and national background. ‘Amor Eterno’ Rings Out at Mass Shooting Vigils 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s part of a direct line of descent that includes “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Taxi” and “The Cosby Show.” Television Review: ‘Belle’s,’ a New TV One Sitcom 2013-01-31T23:00:11Z The family, United States citizens of Middle Eastern descent, said that the toddler was flagged as no-fly. In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout - 5/11: Hungry in Helsinki and a Toddler on the No-Fly List 2012-05-11T14:52:16Z The movie imagines a direr descent for M and Bond. Skyfall: Bond and Bardem Go Boom 2012-11-09T13:00:22Z When Awkwafina won a Globe earlier this month for “The Farewell,” it was a proud moment — the first win by an actress of Asian descent in the lead category. Here we go again: #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But while Katz had been thinking of a light piece, like “Guys and Dolls,” Taylor “made it into youth and death, into the descent from the cross,” Katz said. ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z In all of the lineups I saw, over half the performers were Black or of Arab descent — a level of diversity that is the legacy of pioneering French comics like Debbouze and Gad Elmaleh. As Paris’s Theaters Go Quiet, Its Comedy Clubs Are Packed 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Hanks became an Orthodox Christian before his second marriage in 1988 to Rita Wilson, who is of Greek and Bulgarian descent. Tom Hanks’ family offered Greek passport too for fire help 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z A non-functioning spiral staircase seemed to serve no other purpose than to mirror the tortuous ascent and descent of every aria. Lohengrin; Ariadne auf Naxos; La Donna del Lago – review 2013-05-25T23:05:56Z How else to explain Charlie's sudden descent upon Molly's Tuscan holiday? 'Lovesick' script and star give romantic comedy a boost 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “He is a central figure, a significant artist, in telling the story of people of African descent,” said Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum. A Landmark Photo Archive of Black Life in New York Comes to the Met 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The look was criticized for being problematic and offensive to those of Asian descent. Dark Under-Eye Circles? The Kids Say It’s Cool 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The lighter, more flexible boots clip into bindings that allow the heel to lift on the ascent, but clamp down on the descent for stability. Skiing as It Was Before Chairlifts 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z That oversight reflected a pattern: Only a handful of actors of Asian descent have been nominated in the acting categories. This is a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars. Why did it take nearly a century? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “I tend to buy something there every year,” said Pamela J. Joyner, a collector who specializes in abstract works by artists of African descent. Important Arts Fair Looks for Balance in Miami Beach 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z At the time, only about 1.5 percent of the American population was of Asian descent. The Lure of H Mart, Where the Shelves Can Seem as Wide as Asia 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The scars on her face and abdomen chart the path of the sun from its noon zenith, to its nightly descent, still shining, into the realm of the dead, to its next rising. Art Review: ?African Innovations? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-09-01T12:00:00Z In my pack, I also throw in a helmet, goggles, layers and warmer gloves for the descent. Why ‘uphill skiing’ is gaining ground among winter sports enthusiasts 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Ned Kelly is a legendary figure in Australian history, a 19th-century outlaw of Irish descent who came to symbolize the struggle of oppressed people on that continent. ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: a 19th-Century Outlaw Tale 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z He was, according to the Nuremberg Laws, a "Mischling," which was the slur used in Nazi Germany to describe people of mixed Jewish descent. My grandfather survived the Holocaust. Here’s what his story tells me about today 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The Brooklyn-born son of a Haitian father and a mother of Puerto Rican descent took New York’s art world by storm in the 1980s before dying of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. Review | From Basquiat to ‘Black Panther’: How graffiti went mainstream 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The residents, all of Dutch descent, set their own clocks to the ringing of the bells, until one day a devilish out-of-towner attacks the belfry man and disrupts the clock. A Dutch Artist Travels Through Time and Its Colonial Past 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Because my entire family was of German descent, it felt all the more urgent that I think about the appeal of fascism in all its forms. I slept with the enemy: Here’s what an unlikely romance taught me about racism, Donald Trump, and our cultural obsession with male rebellion 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Today, the airport sits right off the bay—complete with sailboats and cruise ships—and the descent into San Diego glides past the downtown skyscrapers. These Are the World's Most Accessible Airports 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z “I totally get it,” said David Derrick, a “Moana” story artist who is of Samoan descent. How (and Why) Maui Got So Big in ‘Moana’ 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The climb out of the depths was now no more arduous than the descent. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z We ate lunch propped against one of the landmarks atop the rim — a Stonehenge-style outcropping that’s aptly named Stone City — before starting the descent along a narrow shale path that plunged steeply down. Route 3, Canada’s version of Washington’s North Cascades loop, makes for a scenic drive with pretty hikes and wineries all around 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Presley's descent was marked by an obsession with collecting police badges and firearms; it was as if he were seeking the emblems and means of control as he himself grew more erratic. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Infected with the delirium of positive thinking, she can’t free herself from the misimpression that she’s to blame for her own precipitous descent — a fallacy reinforced by America’s mythology of self-reliance. Novel will make you think twice about those beautiful fruits at the store 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The D.C. artist’s “French Doors” comprises 13 collages, each centered on a photograph of an elaborately embellished portal from Paris’s Chateau Rouge area, home to many people of African descent. In the galleries: Rustic landscapes with just a touch of menace 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The bitter truth, of course, is that — so far, at least — no actress of Asian descent qualifies as a “big star,” at least in financiers’ opinions. Perspective | ‘Ghost in the Shell’ feels like a relic of filmmaking’s recent past 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Just the long, shallow descent into Timehri airport is enough to shift you into one of those movies where dinosaurs appear after your plane crashes. 'My romantic holiday’: the good, the bad and the calamitous 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Part crime novel, part generational saga, Hirahara’s gutting new novel explores the aftermath of a family’s imprisonment in Manzanar, the World War II internment camp for Americans of Japanese descent. 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Still to come was his descent into Disney yes-man. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z This erasure led generations of English kings to claim descent from Arthur, if tenuously. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large. Kids Say the Most Divisive Things: Asian-Americans Protest Jimmy Kimmel 2013-10-29T00:33:43Z The book opens with a nasty punch, a visceral scene that we later discover is what tipped the scales of Rona’s life and caused her descent. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Afraid of heights, he dreaded the hairpin curves and steep descents that his route imposed and didn’t want this phobia to bar him from vistas that might enrich his troves of anecdote. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The sisters, who are of Mexican-Italian descent, were born 16 minutes apart and raised on a farm in Arizona. ‘Total Bellas’ Refuse to Be Knocked Out by Quarantine 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z But Gus is of German descent, and somebody happens to report him as a German spy. ‘Lucky Us’ by Amy Bloom, a Tale of the 1940s 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The plunge of the windhover onto its prey suggests not simply the Fall of man and nature, but the descent of a redemptive Christ into the abyss of human misery and cruelty. Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z The former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, a 1988 Democratic presidential candidate, hiked with his skis on his back up Mount Washington into the Tuckerman’s Ravine for a short descent, cut short by an avalanche. It’s Primary Season in New Hampshire. Time to Go Skiing! 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z We learn that Arnold’s descent began when he lost his plumbing job after 33 years — to a Chinese-American woman. Review: ‘Hir’ Sorts Through a Family in Transition 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Hutton recalled that the Welsh-born Burton accepted him because he was of Welsh descent himself. Brian G Hutton 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z But Lear’s descent from autocratic king to a battered man in the throes of madness registers only superficially. The Shakespeare Globe’s Informal ‘King Lear’ at the Skirball 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z But renewed anti-Asian sentiment and the Production Code of the 1930s, which put a chokehold on the depiction of interracial relationships, further diminished the industry’s willingness to work with performers of Asian descent. James Wong Howe: A Gutsy Cinematographer Finally Gets His Due 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z That drawn-out descent was part of Maria Hassabi’s hypnotizing “Plastic,” a live installation of super-slow movement devised as a repeating loop. Review: Maria Hassabi’s ‘Plastic’ Sends Dancers Crawling Through MoMA 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Far too many American-born citizens of Asian descent continue to be accepted as only ‘American knockoffs.’ Roger Shimomura’s ‘American Knockoff’ is satire at its best 2013-09-05T20:40:40Z This special Sunday session boasts a lazy 3pm start, allowing plenty of time for a gradual descent into good-natured disco pandemonium. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-02T06:00:17Z Like most of the audiences at the folk coffeehouses, the crowd — which that night included another aspiring musician named Bob Dylan — was largely white; she was of Cree descent. Buffy Sainte-Marie Broke Boundaries in Folk. A Documentary Tells Her Story. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “He felt a responsibility to write characters of African American descent who were not stereotypes.” James L. White, who wrote screenplay for Ray Charles film, dies at 67 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Taking up what is a sadly topical theme, which will no doubt continue to inspire writers for some time is Austrian novelist Arno Geiger's beautifully titled book about a father's descent into Alzheimer's. New Europe: reading up on Germany's bestselling books 2011-03-14T17:54:11Z Originally created nearly a quarter-century ago, it has become an identifying emblem for a museum dedicated to nurturing the careers of artists of African descent. Artists in Residence Display Work at Studio Museum in Harlem 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “I’m not coming at this from an ideological perspective; in many cases it’s personal,” Ellison says of his position on Syria, noting that many of his constituents of are of Syrian descent. What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z Ratmansky, who is of mixed Russian and Ukrainian descent and grew up in Kyiv, posted a statement on social media last month calling the episode “the most painful professional experience in my life.” The Star Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky on Russia’s Cultural War 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z His father was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent with roots in County Wexford, while his mother was a Protestant, with Gaelic-speaking forebears. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z As the Phantom lures Christine down to his lair, candles arise from the stage, creating a sense of descent. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z “We are 320 million people in America and about 48 million black people and the same of Latin descent — but you would not believe that based on what you see in films and television shows.” The Carpetbagger: Inside the Academy, Where White Men Are the Clear Majority 2012-02-20T22:34:37Z The unraveling of his story sent Charlie to the mental hospital, and that, in turn, is the starting point for Marina’s investigation of her husband’s descent into madness. Paul La Farge’s ‘The Night Ocean’ will suck you into the vortex of H.P. Lovecraft 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Their nudity, in tandem with the synchronized breathing and the stately pace of their descent, evokes a gathering in a private space for some ancient ritual. | 'Young Jean Lee?s ?Untitled Feminist Show': Young Jean Lee?s ?Untitled Feminist Show? ? Review 2012-01-16T23:03:34Z He began by discussing the fact that he had grown up believing he was partly of Jewish descent and had learned more recently that his ancestry was predominantly German. Cannes: Lars von Trier's "Nazi" scandal gets even dumber 2011-05-19T16:35:00Z Ms. Reza, 52, who was born in France and has two children, is the daughter of a father of Jewish Iranian descent and a Jewish Hungarian mother. A Playwright of Few Words 2011-05-24T13:25:00Z His father, of Scottish descent, was a citizen of Colombia, and soon after his son was born the family moved to Bogotá. Al Williamson, ?Flash Gordon? Comic Artist, Dies at 79 2010-06-21T04:04:00Z Zhao recently became the second woman to ever win best director at the Golden Globes, and the first woman of Asian descent. Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell lead historic DGA nominations 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z And they gave me the map that I, a poor Dominican immigrant boy of African descent from New Jersey, could follow. The search for decolonial love 2012-07-02T20:54:00Z It is loaded with food and drink at the beginning of its descent, and “if everyone ate only what they needed,” an administrator explains, “the food would reach the lowest levels.” ‘The Platform’ Review: An Accidentally Timely Political Allegory 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z But as much as I enjoyed the series, I felt Naz's descent into a full-on convict persona was built on a shaky foundation. ‘The Night Of’ Finale: In a Lonely Place 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z In any case, once the castle gates swing open for Elsa’s coronation, letting in townspeople and the requisite Disney cuteness, a different style and palette take over, and “Frozen” begins its long descent into confusion. Review: ‘Frozen’ Hits Broadway With a Little Magic and Some Icy Patches 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “Cherry Hill” is a portrait of the artist as a young woman, coping with a mother’s struggles with depression and an older brother’s descent into schizophrenia. Jona Frank: Between Reality and Fantasy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z In Shange’s case, the descent into darkness included a lot of other destructive forces. Review | Ntozake Shange, author of ‘for colored girls,’ returns with powerful new poems 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z What begins as a thrill ride becomes a nuanced addiction drama, with Washington playing Whip’s descent into darkness with genuine pathos. Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in July 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z After the euphoria of the descent, the guides were all business as the helicopter came in, making sure everyone was in a safe spot and genuflecting appropriately. Near Idaho’s Sun Valley, choppers give intrepid skiers an all-access pass 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Most but not all of the participants are of African descent. Art Review: Visual Culture Out of Africa 2010-12-02T23:49:00Z My father's side of the family was similar — Episcopalian of Southern descent, not Caribbean. Why I'm sheltering my kids for as long as I can 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Nice-looking, reasonably successful, he loves his wife, but is too obtuse to notice her descent into suffocating despair until it’s too late. Gemma Arterton: ‘Everyone in the industry knows I'm a pain’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z My Grandma Alice was a darker-skinned, svelte, stern but loving Black woman of West Indian descent. Why I'm sheltering my kids for as long as I can 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z And that ever-present chorus presents its own set of challenges with mostly French singers delivering English words in the harsh and accusatory tones that Britten wrote for the townspeople’s descent on Grimes. A British Opera, Still Gathering Fans, Arrives in Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z To imagine giving up being human as a transcendent act, rather than as a descent into monstrosity, is more unusual. 2010-02-06T02:29:00Z “You know that, I personally would never say it to a person of Indian descent or anything. So that shows you that it’s not good, it’s racist.” What Happens Now to All That Washington N.F.L. Merchandise? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Her father, a chef of Italian descent, and her mother, an artistic, flamboyantly stylish transplanted Algerian, had hoped their bookish daughter might become a diplomat. Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z Majoring on tracks from its 2014 album, The Take Off and Landing of Everything, Elbow was the perfect choice to accompany the sun’s descent below the horizon of this marvelous amphitheatre. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Both were outsiders: Mary Anne, a sailor’s daughter thrown among political aristocrats; and Benjamin, a novel-writing dandy in a huntin’ and shootin’ party, and of Jewish descent in an anti-Semitic society. A mismatch made in heaven 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z He also reflects the growing prominence of designers of Asian descent who are making their mark on the global stage. An American in Paris, Again: Alexander Wang at Balenciaga 2012-12-07T23:22:34Z Moments later, Backshall and his team begin a rock climbing descent down a large canyon, one he describes as “four times the height of London’s Big Ben.” What’s on TV Wednesday: An Adventure Series and ‘68 Whiskey’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “I never felt like I’d been cast because ‘This girl checks the gay box and the Asian box,’” said Akana, who is of Japanese, Filipino and Hawaiian descent. On screen, Asian Americans rarely get into Christmas spirit 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z And with the exception of people of African descent, virtually all of our ancestors came here wanting to find better territory. A Conversation Between Philip Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon 2013-07-11T18:37:57Z Or is he recognizing his own descent into hell and using his evil powers for good? ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: In the Echo Chamber 2013-06-17T13:43:56Z We passed occasional piles of dessicated horse manure attesting to the astonishing fact that the descent could be made on four legs, if not two. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Oh, a five-time Emmy nominee for her supporting role in “Grey’s Anatomy,” became the first performer of Asian descent to receive a lead drama actress Emmy bid for the part of Eve. ‘Killing Eve’ deadly cat-and-mouse game enters last season 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Suddenly, I was unready to see any of the 37,000 procured, purchased and donated objects, even as the box began its descent and landed its cargo at the year 1400. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Additionally, Ansari became the first actor of South Asian descent in Emmy history to be nominated for a leading role in a comedy. 6 Numbers That Show How the Emmy Nominations Did on Diversity 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z “It is imperative that children of Latin American descent living in the U.S. are exposed to a spectrum of futures through places like museums,” she said. On Debate Night, Celebrating a Book About Immigrants 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Some popular hip-hop artists hail from Germany’s inner cities and are of Turkish or Arabic descent. Fury in Germany as Rap Duo With Anti-Jewish Lyrics Gets Award 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The play then rewinds and charts the course back to that on-air debacle, but we also seem to be witnessing a descent into ad hominem argument that has only gathered in intensity to this day. Review: In ‘Best of Enemies,’ a TV Duel Becomes a Theater Gem 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The frankfurter, that German sausage in a bun, was rechristened the hot dog, and pretzels, also of German descent, became more symbolic of Pennsylvania than the German Fatherland. TV makes us fat! 2013-09-07T22:00:00Z It is notable for its drolleries of language and image, occasional descents into outright corniness and flat-footed insistence on randomness, coincidence or uninflected information as the artist’s main compositional options. Art Review: Tweaking Tradition, Even In Its Temple 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z In 2020, a Washington State school district was the center of a controversy for excluding students of Asian descent from a category labeled “students of color” in a 2019 performance report. The Fight for Asian American Studies 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Nikola Tesla was of Serbian descent and did great things in the United States. ‘Tesla Nation’ Review: A Documentary Celebrates Serbian-American Accomplishments 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z In its 2001 exhibition “Freestyle,” the Studio Museum in Harlem ushered a brilliant batch of emerging artists of African and Latino descent onto the art world’s main stage. From the Personal to the Political, 19 Artists to Watch Next Year 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z “The series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” HBO added. Pilot for ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Will Be Made by HBO 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z German director Akin, who is of Turkish descent, said he wanted to explore racism and specifically Neo-Nazis in Germany within the film. Diane Kruger discusses her challenging 'In The Fade' role 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z One night, a group of young men of Bangladeshi descent sat devouring it. Bangladeshi Flavors Alongside Burgers and Chicken at Neerob 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Boyce was born in London to parents of Caribbean descent and grew up in a household covered with patterned wallpaper and fabrics. Fighting Forgetting, With a Venice Biennale Win 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The best-selling memoir, which was also an Oprah’s Book Club pick, begins with her descent — and her fall is precipitous. Got Sober. Got Married. Got Shafted. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z British newspapers have been dominated in recent weeks by revelations from an independent report of the abuse of 1,400 children by men of Pakistani descent. Golden Globe winner Morton says UK police never investigated child abuse 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Was it from his grandfather or his grandmother that Huxley claimed his descent from an ape, the bishop wanted to know. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Those who want to see its descent live start arriving in Times Square as early as 10 a.m. even though the area shuts down to vehicles only around 3 p.m. Four Cities That Celebrate New Year’s Eve in a Big Way 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Naturally, there are parallels between Quichotte’s quest and the spy novelist’s travails, including his own lost son and his own descent into fantasy. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The only person I know of Caribbean descent who does not wash their meat is my acquaintance Tracy. Washing meat is cultural, yet mandatory 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Noé's backwards film has been reassembled in reverse, so it tells this descent into hell in chronological order. Revisiting Gaspar Noé's rape and revenge film backward in impactful "Irreversible: Straight Cut" 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z But it was also, she said, the culmination of “a descent into hell.” Retrospectives of the Filmmaker Nina Menkes 2012-02-19T03:37:17Z Mr. Syeed is an American of Kashmiri descent, whose father abandoned his homeland after being imprisoned for participating in the Kashmiri independence movement. ‘Valley of Saints,’ Directed by Musa Syeed 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Given that Stone and Kuznick's revisionist American history starts from the idea that Truman lowered the US's moral threshold and many of his successors continued that descent, this is no small issue. Oliver Stone: how America went wrong 2013-04-15T17:07:33Z What follows is an abandonment of all order, a descent into pure chaos. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Evidence: Other comedians of similar descent will mine their parents’ accents for comic effect — sage-like South Asian parents are practically a pop-cultural trope. He makes white privilege a punch line. Will America get the joke? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z On their last day of visits in Los Angeles, Breslin and Edwards met Na Mira, a conceptual artist of Korean American descent, in her garage studio, with orange trees in full fruit in the garden. From the Border, the Whitney Biennial Asks What American Art Can Be 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Other critics have described it as “a descent into madness” and a “sight no humans should see”. Box office cats-tastrophe: Cats projected to lose $70m 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Armenia “was once the biggest empire outside of the Roman Empire,” said Mr. Birch, who is of Armenian descent. Hong Kong's Conceptual Circus 2010-05-10T11:00:00Z First, a caveat: personally, I’m thoroughly enjoying Daenerys’ descent into complete megalomania. Game of Thrones has betrayed the women who made it great 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The series that resulted, including a documentary film, detailed both Boogaard’s evolution into the most feared fighter in the league and his descent into prescription drug abuse. John Branch’s ‘Boy on Ice,’ About Derek Boogaard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It is a Brazilian dance troupe composed of young people, mostly men of African descent, mostly from the favelas, or slums, of Rio. Dance Review: Companhia Urbana de Dança Performs at the Joyce 2014-03-04T21:32:45Z Acid turns bodies and souls into toxic mulch, and Walter’s descent into the basement of his own soul begins as he converses with the remaining imprisoned henchmen, the late, unlamented “Krazy-8.” “Breaking Bad”: Walter faces the abyss 2012-07-23T02:59:00Z The story of this painter of Haitian and Puerto-Rican descent is one of the most documented in contemporary art history. ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat’ at the Brant Shows His Bifurcated Life 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z "The Falcon & the Snowman" was another, a thriller with political implications, in which the actor's descent into drugs and deception is riveting. 'The Gunman' with Sean Penn a misfire that wastes strong cast 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Ségolène Royal is Not Willing to Be a Footnote With a new book, the former French presidential candidate Ségolène Royal is trying to reverse what Le Point Magazine described as her “slow descent into hell.” Ségolène Royal is Not Willing to Be a Footnote 2013-07-05T20:15:16Z As explored in stories such as 28 Days Later and Max Brooks' book World War Z, the real horror isn't the monsters but those fighting against them, and their descent into becoming monsters themselves. In the Flesh: a new twist on the zombie drama 2013-03-15T15:37:23Z Zola talks about her as being someone of this wild, natural African descent. Elizabeth Olsen: period drama ‘a case of perfect timing’ 2014-02-18T21:46:53Z Even if the parallel is not as direct as that snippet might suggest, one can at least see the line of descent from that White House to this one. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Even if you’re on the descent of your child rearing arc, this is still worth getting right. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A mother might need to discipline herself to pick her battles 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The balance of the gift is going to the Studio Museum in Harlem, a champion of artists of African descent. With gift, Peggy Cooper Cafritz ensured her support of artists of African descent would endure 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Bryan Cardenas, who is not of Chinese descent, has been serving Sun Wah’s turkey at Thanksgiving for more than a decade. Chinese Roast Duck, but Make It Turkey 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Bedeaux, who is of Caribbean descent, said that she remembered an aunt whose legs seemed to be a different hue from her body when covered in tights in a “nude” shade called American Tan. Pantyhose That Make You Think 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z To these critics, many of whom are of Indian descent, Apu is a servile stereotype. Why Hank Azaria Won’t Play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Anymore 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Set in Vienna in the 1880s, it's about what Huston in his prologue portentously describes as "Freud's descent into a region almost as black as hell itself, man's unconscious and how he let in light". Freud 2012-08-04T23:05:28Z Some readers, in fact, may tire of the long descent into mediocrity and find parts of the book plodding. Book review: ‘Hope’ by Richard Zoglin There’s even a descent into the underworld realm of Hades, amusingly played by Darrell Larson as a clueless Olympian chauvinist unable to control his piggish nature. Prove humans are worth salvation? In 'Liana and Ben,' that's not so easy 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Antoine grew up in Harlem and is of Haitian descent. Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Around that time, artists of African and Asian descent were starting to mobilize in Britain to empower Black voices and challenge media stereotyping. Bright Colors, Dark Subjects: Hew Locke’s Unsettling Pageant 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Galliano said his recent descent into addiction also coincided with the 2005 passing of his father and the sudden 2007 death of his longtime right-hand man, Stephen Robinson. Galliano trial underlines fashion sector pressures 2011-06-23T10:34:09Z Those laws created the framework to police the bodies, movement, education and treatment of anyone visibly identifiable as African or of African descent. Perspective | Trapped in while dining out: When white people make me part of their show 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z And model Crystal Renn, who chronicled her dangerous descent into unhealthy dieting in her memoir "Hungry," raised eyebrows last year for showing off a less curvy physique. Kevin Smith: Skinnier -- but not proud 2011-02-11T16:12:00Z The heritage site is dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. Black Cultural Archives 'magnificent' 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z As with that bio-ballet on the famous Russian dancer’s descent into madness, “The Little Mermaid” is dark, hallucinatory in feel and character-driven. Hamburg Ballet’s ‘Little Mermaid’ — adrift in a sea of despair 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “I was thinking about the critical moments of takeoff and descent,” said Olivier, who grew up in Brooklyn and used the airport in Newark often to visit her grandparents in the Caribbean. Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z They work on the logistics of the ascent and, much more complicated, the descent. ‘Touching the Void’ Review: Choices That Shape a Life on the Edge 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z An American of Afghan descent, Mr. Anwar conceded that African-Americans remain in the competition. 5 Stand-Up Specials to Stream This Week 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Exactly the opposite is true of Latinx art, loosely defined as work made by artists of Latin American birth or descent who live primarily in the United States. Best Art Books of 2020 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z This new, updated version of Orpheus's descent into the underworld to find his lover is by young playwright Molly Davies. This week's new theatre 2011-08-12T23:08:37Z The more Grove heard of Cooper's descent from promising singer to aged drifter, the more intrigued he became – and the more film he shot. The jazz singer: Telling a tragic tale on film 2011-02-21T14:21:00Z As a father and a man of Barbadian descent, his interest in it is also personal. Review: ‘Another Day in the Death of America,’ on Guns Killing Children 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The number of Americans of mixed white and Asian descent grew by 87 percent. Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Unable to prove otherwise, the judge had no choice but to pronounce her “a free person of Mexican descent.” A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Those white people who believe that America has declined since 1955 measure descent from the apex of white racial hypocrisy. White police are killing black kids: The cops get off, because the system protects the lives it values 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z A brave, if flawed piece, it's based on Albert Camus's play, first performed in 1945, which charts Caligula's descent into violence after the death of his sister and lover Drusilla. Caligula – review 2012-05-27T16:55:01Z The artificial “Hispanic” category is even more preposterous than the “non-Hispanic white” category, including blond, blue-eyed South Americans of German descent as well as Mexican-American mestizos and Puerto Ricans of predominantly African descent. Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t say the N-word 2012-06-05T15:45:00Z Her bond with Mina is broken, and Vanessa makes a harrowing descent into a Victorian asylum – complete with forced ice baths, high-pressure fire hoses and even trepanning. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Vanessa's Sin and Obsession 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z In 1958’s “Cowboys and ‘Indians,’” Montañez Ortiz, who identifies as being of Puerto Rican, Mexican and Native American descent, employs similar Dada tactics to make more incisively personal and political work. How to Decolonize a Museum? Try an Ax. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z He was No. 98 this year on the Asian Awards' list of the world's 100 most influential people of Asian descent. Bollywood star Salman Khan convicted of homicide, gets 5-year sentence 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The theme of this year’s extravaganza is still life and its traditional subtext — the transience of life and its inevitable descent into decay and death — is visible everywhere. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Fernandez delivered the last reason, a lyric sung by Bruno Mars, through tears, and chose it because Mr. Mars is of Jewish and Filipino descent. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z He added that more than half of the full-time staff is of Native Hawaiian descent and many of the activities offered on the property involve local businesses. Can Responsible Travel to Hawaii Be Fun? We Gave It a Try. 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The chirpy accuracy of these early scenes frames the descent into the emotional brutality of the second and third acts. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z As we made the long descent, I found myself fixating on the contradictory meanings of the phrase “it’s all downhill from here.” There Are No Real Roads in Guadalupe Park. You Earn the Incredible Views. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “Breaking Bad,” for instance, is the story of a man’s descent, or rise, from ordinary life to murderous criminality. Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It's a New Genre. 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z At least 90 percent of Dominicans are of African descent, according to a recent population survey, and I am one of them. ‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z In “A Map of the Simplified World,” Ji-won, a friendless Korean third grader in New York City, finds companionship in a young girl of Indian descent. Stories Spanning Countries and Generations, by Jo Lloyd, Yoon Choi and Hilma Wolitzer 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Von Trier, however, is seemingly uninterested in his pain, staging her descent into madness as a violent rampage. Not anyone’s “crazy bitch”: Smashing the “Fatal Attraction” clichés of the “female breakdown” 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Navedo is also of Puerto Rican descent and shares Rodriguez’s exhaustion with “not seeing myself represented that much, or in a positive light” on television. How Gina Rodriguez sees herself 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z A few years later, though, Giuseppe Cautela, an author of Italian descent, would answer in defense: “When you bathe at Coney Island, you bathe in the American Jordan.” Coney Island: The Cyclone! The Hot Dogs! The Art! 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The Underwoods’ rapid descent into political disfavor is pretty remarkable. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z As actors of Asian descent don’t always get equal opportunities to play classical roles, this alone justifies the production. Review: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ That Clowns Around With Tragedy 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Arteta was the one who actually suggested that her character’s husband be of Latino descent and that their kids be biracial to more reflect a modern family. Jennifer Garner invites families to have a ‘Yes Day’ 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z With his trademark brutal honesty, Eminem detailed his descent into madness, loss of self-esteem, and struggles with writers' block. Eminem hoping to avoid another Grammys shocker 2011-02-13T13:11:15Z Here, Mr. Goecke, the resident choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet, uses his fast-paced choreography — full of its usual twitches — to tell Nijinsky’s story, from his ballet beginnings to his descent into mental illness. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Philip's burgeoning independence threatens Treat, and the play then takes a descent into melodrama that smacks of Tennessee Williams, but without that master's profundity. Review: Broadway's 'Orphans' creates little light 2013-04-18T23:34:09Z Kadota, 43, who is Japanese American, said she felt “self-conscious and slightly apologetic” during a recent performance of a Brahms string quintet, because four of the five players were women of Asian descent. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The crux of the route is the descent into – and climb out of – the great rock bowl of the Cirque de la Solitude. 10 epic long-distance walks around the world 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z An ominous, rumbling score adds menace, suspended chords and electronic creaks suggesting a descent into some Stygian world. Citizenfour review – Edward Snowden documentary is utterly engrossing 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Dash, who is of African-American and Mexican descent, made headlines in 2012 when she endorsed Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on her personal Twitter account. Fox News hires 'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash as contributor 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z A reporter recalls her descent into what appeared to be madness but was, in fact, something else altogether. This Medical Memoir Reads Like a Detective Story 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z “To know that the creators of this great culinary tradition were people of African descent?” In Majority-Black New Orleans, Chefs Are Rewriting ‘Whitewashed’ History 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “It’s opened my eyes to how many people who are not of Cuban descent simply do not understand what our families went through,” she said. The Cuban-American Generation Gap 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z His mother is of Scottish and Irish descent, his father Italian, and childhood dinners in their eastern Baltimore neighborhood were on a weekly rotation. How a new sausagemaker lives up to a Polish neighborhood’s standards 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z He brings with him his captivating wife Sirena, an artist of Italian descent who is looking for someone with whom to share studio space. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud – review 2013-05-25T15:00:01Z One of Alex’s teammates, who is of Indian descent, rapped along with the lyrics, which include a racist slur. Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The descent is often the most dangerous part of a climb, when weary bodies are more likely to make a mistake, as Mr. Whymper and his team discovered. Climbing the Matterhorn: Step by Step 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Yang suggests that the Green Turtle outsmarted both the villains and the publisher’s racism, leaving Hing free to envision his crime-fighter as being of Asian descent. The Green Turtle returns in ‘The Shadow Hero,’ by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew Many Asian Americans and particularly those of Vietnamese descent were livid, and Bon Appétit eventually removed the video and issued an apology. What makes cultural appropriation different from cultural exchange 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Maracci was raised in California and was partly of Spanish descent. Celebrating Carmelita Maracci, Who ‘Took the Girdle Off Ballet’ 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z A descent takes me through a forest of spruce, pine and fir, around banks and over minor creeks as planes of sunlight layer through the canopy. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z If you want to chart our slow pandemic descent into madness, just take a look at the aesthetics of our confinement. Cottagecore, cluttercore, goblincore — deep down, it’s about who we think we are 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z As a Kenyan of Indian descent in East Africa, Priya was in an odd position. Priya Ramrakha’s Brief, Heroic Life as a Conflict Photographer, in Africa and Beyond 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The work represents Liszt at his most virtuosic and programmatic, with the soul’s descent into hell evoked in fiery cascades of sound. Music Review: For Liszt?s 200th, a Youthful Tribute 2011-02-22T00:00:09Z To them, he is part of Virginia’s sad political descent from the birthplace of presidents to its present swirl of corruption and self-serving politicians — like Florida, but with four true seasons and lousier theme parks. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The 6″1′ blue-eyed O’Pry–of Irish and Native American descent–quickly signed with VNY Model Management and never looked back. Art Of The Deal: Sean O'Pry, Million-Dollar Model 2013-10-08T14:10:00Z Percé came into view once we crested a hill and began our descent. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z An exhibition earlier this year called “States of Becoming” offered work from 17 contemporary artists of African descent who have lived and worked in the United States. A Harlem Institution Reimagines How Americans Interact With the African Continent 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In the second season, Debbie is separated from her husband, alienated from herself, and suffering a steady emotional descent. The New Season of “GLOW” Is Proudly Defiant in Presenting a Camp Eighties Pageant 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Montgomery's search to catch sight of one provides ample opportunity to discuss birds' descent from dinosaurs. 'Birdology': The life and times of birds and their devoted watchers 2010-05-05T22:07:00Z As the first Muslim elected to Congress, Ellison said people of Middle Eastern descent from across the country have urged him to support the Arab Spring and the democracy movements across the region. What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z Set at the dark pivot of the year, A Christmas Carol offers a descent into the gloom, before rising towards the light. Bah, humbug! The many faces of Scrooge 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z And it made waves surfed by Latinos and American artists of Latin descent for 15 years. Estefan and ‘La Bamba’ Cover Only Part of America’s Latin Culture in the 1980s 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z In contrast, Patty’s odd descent from bullied teen to unhinged serial killer doesn’t feel original in the way that the show clearly wants it to be. Insatiable: has Netflix's controversial 'fat-shaming' show fixed itself? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z A mile above the surface, a hovercraft holding Curiosity will separate from the rest of the capsule and use boosters to slow its descent while nylon cords lower the 1-ton rover to the surface. NASA launches Mars rover 'Curiosity' 2011-11-26T14:42:00Z After Nigeria, the country with the largest population of people of African descent isn’t in Africa at all. When Predator and Prey Are One: A Brazilian Artist’s Fish Tale 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Of Russian descent, Shteyngart hops between the deep soulfulness of Russian literature and the skittish parlance of online communication. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:26Z We’ve seen Rick go back and forth enough times, and Maggie went through the wringer last season, so it’s the implacable Jesus that presents the most intriguing proposition for a descent into murdery madness. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monster 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z A radiant beauty of West Indian descent, Ms. Vincent was deliberately evasive about her family and her childhood, during which she may have been abused. Movie Review: ‘Dreams of a Life’ Looks at Joyce Vincent 2012-08-02T20:52:19Z But what the markets really did was get me out to the neighborhoods, which many Aucklanders of European descent have never set foot in. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Auckland, Exploring the South Seas Without Setting Sail 2012-04-10T19:43:38Z The diagnostic challenge was to spot an imminent attack of nostalgia in the victim’s descent from healthy remembering into illness. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z The Demon charts a successful young executive's descent into sex addiction and the darkness beyond it. Treasuring Hubert Selby Jr 2010-09-16T13:51:00Z My family has lived in the Sun City for four generations, an American city populated by Americans of Mexican descent, filled with people who speak English, Spanish, and Spanglish. Cormac McCarthy doesn't know the American south-west 2010-04-14T15:19:00Z The bricks appear to be suspended in the air, in a brick road-like formation, slowly sloping upward, or perhaps restaging their descent. The Strange, Still World of Cornelia Parker 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Horowitz, in the final rise and descent, just pushes through. A Young Pianist Learns Liszt From Listening 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Eventually, with ingenious compositional skill and effective understatement, Mr. Corigliano depicts his friend’s descent into AIDS-related dementia: The music dissolves into fuzzy textures, disjointed phrases and sensations. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z I hoped that the arrival of a grandson would give him reason for pause, but his descent continued. Motherlode: Missing Dad 2011-06-15T15:47:38Z But David’s homicidal frenzy is not really a descent into the primal, macho swamp of vengeance and self-defense where his antagonists have always been content to dwell. | 'Straw Dogs': A Remake of ?Straw Dogs,? by Rod Lurie - Review 2011-09-15T22:30:47Z It has baggage as well, dinged by observers who take exception to a South African-born actor of Indian descent who isn’t Muslim playing Al. ‘United States of Al’ puts war buddies on sitcom footing 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z With such visibility, Ms. Dongre decided the time was right to set up shop in the United States, home to nearly four million peoples of Indian descent. India’s Favorite Designer Makes a Bid for Western Acclaim 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It runs disturbingly counter to what the 14th amendment gave us, which was a route to citizenship that could not be denied by virtue of race, by virtue of descent, religion, political party, health, wealth. The History Behind the Birthright Citizenship Battle 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In recent decades, students of traditional forms have not all been of African descent, and interest is clearly widespread. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z When in guile you dive deep, The descent is so steep Even gold will look cheap, trust me. Style Invitational Week 1193: Poedtry II, plus winning limericks 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z How could the same species, or two species that were closely related by descent, turn up in regions separated by seas or oceans? Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z Its touchstone is the story of William Freeman, a freeborn man of African and Native American descent who was accused of multiple brutal killings in upstate New York. At Edinburgh Fringe, a Spotlight on Mental Health 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Yet the performer, whose name is pronounced “sa-yeed,” is of Egyptian descent. Lisa Said, a country singer of two countries, brings Eastern-tinged Americana to Iota 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The recipe is most likely of Spanish descent. Restaurant Review: Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Its first season includes playwrights who variously are black, white, female, male, Israeli and of Palestinian and Lebanese descent. Act II, Scene 1: H Street NE, Enter ARI ROTH with friends 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Ask Asian Americans to curate programs and create work — not just about Asia, with token Lunar New Year concerts, but about our unique experiences and contributions as Americans of Asian descent. A Violinist on How to Empower Asian Musicians 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z As always, Draper’s descent — and possible redemption? — is orchestrated by Matthew Weiner, the creator and show runner of “Mad Men,” who directed the season finale and wrote the episode with Carly Wray. ArtsBeat: Matthew Weiner Discusses the ‘Mad Men’ Season Finale 2013-06-24T06:00:54Z When it came to an end, with Henry Tudor bringing together in his descent the two dynasties and the Welsh line, the fighting white and red dragon could be said to have gone to rest. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z She hopes the app will eventually feature the skin tones of women of African descent from throughout the world. A visual beauty aid for women of color 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z A resident of Montreal, Canada, Liu, of Chinese descent, says his victory is a “life-changing event” as his career is expected to rapidly accelerate. Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Of the many forms of violence done to people of African descent in the diaspora, perhaps the most grave is the loss of meaningful connections to our past. Review | ‘The Prophets’ reimagines the lives of enslaved people with the epic love story of two men 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Shanbhag is an heir to Babel, and this story of a family’s moral unraveling and descent into cruelty after it comes into sudden wealth — capped by a hair-raising ending — already feels like a modern-day classic. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z After all, she’s a Jewish British actress of Nigerian descent who had never been on Broadway before. Meet 4 breakout winners from the Tony Awards 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Drenched in sweat, he portrays Jim-Bo’s descent into madness as if both actor and character were plunging into a maelstrom. Review: ‘Master of the Crossroads’ Embraces Irrationality 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z As she approached a camp in Kosovo, she noticed an overwhelming presence of soldiers who were of Latin American descent. Selma Hayek says “Make America Great Again” is just locker room talk 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z A narrow, unmarked path leads to a steep descent that flattens out closer to the water. Slowing Down, Finding Hidden Paradise on St. John 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Winds exceeding 200 mph pushed the plane on a 6,000-foot descent in 20 seconds. Still flying at 97: Autobiography recounts WWII pilot’s life 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Nigel Quartey, 40, an executive assistant who lives in Baltimore, has roots in Ghana and the Caribbean, and his wife’s family is of Eastern European Jewish descent. ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The series will be set thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones and “will chronicle the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour”. Game of Thrones prequel series ordered from George RR Martin and Jane Goldman 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z In season 2 Sarah endured a hard psychological descent, and it happened within one episode. Sympathy for Sarah Pfefferman, please: “It’s always hard to hear when people don’t like you or think you’re a selfish jerk” 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite all the indignities visited upon Dolores — and all the crimes she’ll commit in her tragicomic descent into madness — the tale is built on that tender emotional core. The Best New Social Thriller Is a Podcast 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z On the way back Mr. Louis was sweet-talked by a young man of Algerian descent whom he decided to invite up to his apartment. For the French Author Édouard Louis, His Books Are His Weapon 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The story was extensively revised by librettist Heather Raffo, a New York playwright of Iraqi descent who was hired to work with Ellis on the piece. World premiere of opera 'Fallujah' in Long Beach may be among former Marine's most difficult missions 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The aim of Chan and Pazcoguin’s 10,000 Dreams Virtual Choreography Festival was to spotlight choreographers of Asian descent, but after the shooting, the festival began to take on a special meaning. Advocacy group wants to see more Asian dancers on the stage, and more Asian choreographers on the program 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z But his role as Julian, the tragic junkie in “Less Than Zero,” ultimately became a matter of life imitating art and hastened Downey’s descent into substance abuse. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top The “Goldberg” Variations, too, unfold over a ground bass, beginning with a descent from G to D, but this time in G major. Music Review: The Met’s Museum Artists Play Bach and Biber 2013-06-09T21:49:11Z Born in Brooklyn, of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, Basquiat explored issues of race and inequality with graffiti-inspired style, rising to the pinnacle of the contemporary art world from modest beginnings in street art. Basquiat Brings $41.9 Million, Even Amid Digital Gold Rush 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Instead of flight there is fire: is this a reference to Christ's post-mortem descent into Hell? Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z “The Events” bravely gives aggressive and unapologetic life to Claire’s descent into monomania. Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z A Canadian girl of Ugandan descent uploaded a video film of her response to Kony2012 in which she says she told her parents about Joseph Kony and they said: "He's been dead for years!" Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z But he said, “No, all that’s fine, but they rejected it because they said your name is disparaging to people of Asian descent.” Why the Slants Took a Fight Over Their Band Name to the Supreme Court 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The book, “A Trail of Crab Tracks,” explores the birth of independent Cameroon in the 1960s and its subsequent descent into civil war. Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Of Norwegian descent, Dahl was born in 1925 in Minneapolis, where her father was a Ford dealer. Arlene Dahl, who shone in films of the 1950s, dies at 96 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The festival, which promotes work by and about people of African descent, is presented by Film Life, a New York City-based entertainment company. ArtsBeat: Film Festival Moves to New York With ‘Think Like a Man’ Sequel and Spike Lee Film 2014-05-05T19:43:54Z The space, which is dedicated to work by artists of African descent, typically has one major exhibition annually, and group shows every two months. With galleries open and museums reopening, visual art is back for fall — in person and online 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Bedtime routines for babies and toddlers can involve many pre-bed hours in support of a slow, sleepy descent. Improve Your Bedtime Routine With These Five Luxurious Tips 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The names are long gone, but rules requiring properties to be sold to people of German descent persisted into the 21st century. At London’s Old Vic, ‘Camp Siegfried’ probes American Nazis 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z A literal translation would be “antibullet,” an idea that Mr. Perna, who was born in Philadelphia of Mexican descent and now lives in Texas, said also figures in the band’s philosophy. Antibalas, Afrobeat Band, Hopes for Post-‘Fela!’ Audience 2012-08-06T22:32:17Z By “us,” she meant the millions of French people who are of North African descent. Houda Benyamina, the French Filmmaker Who Brought the Banlieues to Hollywood 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Brown Dog is an itinerant worker and trout fisherman of mixed Chippewa-Finnish descent. Imprint: My Upper Peninsula 2013-12-04T20:26:39Z Suddenly, on our steady descent into a hell where brands gain personhood, consumers expect or encourage social commentary from the corporations they buy cars, beer and spices from. Penzey's sends out a spicy "Republicans Are Racists" promotional email 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The Woodruffs were not well off – the arc of the narrative traces the family's rise to a house with a flushing toilet, and ignominious descent to the boarding house at Nab End. The Road to Nab End 2010-06-27T21:31:00Z The book charts his descent into conspiracy theories about African swine fever. The AIDS Fight: Andrew Sullivan on a History of the Movement 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The plane began its descent over the last 90 haunting miles of sea that divides Cuba from the United States, a sea that might be the largest graveyard in the world. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z Joe is of Aboriginal and Chinese descent, and the fact the he exists at all is remarkable, given the history. How food reveals the surpressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z As the cycle comes to an end, we witness another king making the same descent not in resignation but with gallantry and pure youthful pleasure. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z What I myself—a woman of African descent, domesticated by European rules—first envision, when I hear “exotic,” is an eye, black as a bottomless well. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Horse Ridge offers fun hillside climbs and descents with views of the Badlands and beyond. Lots of winter mountain biking in Central Oregon 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z My family is Dominican, from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, and I am likely one of the only kids of Dominican descent who attended my high school. The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Their draped robes and jewelry symbolize their descent from the heavens “to save souls on earth,” the historian Chang Qing writes in the catalog. Antiques: Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance 2011-03-17T20:46:32Z Once the descent began, the protective cloud cover evaporated. Robert F. Kennedy’s final flight: The storied journey of the ride from California to New York 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Both of Mexican descent, they bonded over their shared heritage and love of learning about different cultures. Finding Love on a 14-Hour Layover 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This became very important during the World War II-era Japanese internment; when the assumption that American citizens and longtime U.S. residents of Japanese descent were not truly Americans helped justify the internment. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z As more and more friends pile into the crowded house over the weekend, what began as a delicate look at the awkward feeling of being an outsider gradually becomes a mortifying descent into brotastic boorishness. ‘Tyrel’ Review: Drowning in a Whirlpool of Drunken Dudes 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Though it featured more than 100 comics of Asian descent, they purposefully gave the festival a generic title that omitted racial identifiers as a comment on representation and diversity. Comics of Asian Descent, Tired of Being Invisible, Put Themselves Onstage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z After him came the landscape gardens of Capability Brown and Humphry Repton and, ultimately, every hillock and winding path, and every picturesque gazebo and rockery in suburban gardens everywhere, can claim descent. Chiswick House: 2010-06-12T23:04:00Z Her body shivering, retching, then swept into whirling rapture, she plays it less as an ill-fated love story than a descent into madness. Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:38Z The land of World Cup descents and alpine eateries, Cortina d’Ampezzo is considered by many to be the jewel in the Dolomites’ crown. How to Ski European Pistes for Less 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z A Canadian detective of Pakistani descent, Khattack is a fascinating, complex character. ‘The Language of Secrets’: A detective novel seeped in true crime and terror 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Fortunately, the resort also contains Australia’s highest pub, where I devour an enormous pie and a large plate of garlic bread before an incredibly enjoyable descent back to Harrietville. Crossing the Acheron: cycling Australia's Seven Peaks Ride 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr Wolf is reasonably impressed by the immediate response to the 2008 crash, when bold action from central banks, in particular, stopped a descent into depression. How to fix a broken system 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Breaking Bad is really just a drawn out character study watching one man’s descent into sociopathy and his vain attempt at redemption. Fargo will return for a second season, but you might not recognise it 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Teigen, who is of Thai-Norwegian descent, said she wants to follow her Thai tradition in remembering her son, Jack, who died at 20 weeks of her pregnancy. Chrissy Teigen graces cover of People’s ‘Beautiful Issue’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Durham, who was on the board of the American Indian Movement in the 1970s, claims to be of Cherokee descent. Essential Arts & Culture: Frida as opera, Julius Caesar continued, Taylor Mac's day-long songfest 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z A Scanner Darkly is about a descent into the deep fears of our 24-hour consumer society: the twilight of intellectual and emotional collapse. Darkness in literature: Philip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly 2012-12-17T13:26:21Z Like Gould, she has a boyfriend of Russian descent. Review: ‘Friendship,’ by Emily Gould Since taking over in 2001, Gryseels has staged multiple shows critiquing Belgian colonialism, engaged in restitution talks with African nations and hired staff of African descent. Remembering the Racist History of ‘Human Zoos’ 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Or is it evocative of a more spiritual/emotional descent, a suggestion of despair, enlightened surrender or the inability to control one's own life? Now that 'Mad Men' has changed the TV landscape, what does it all mean? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In May, he became the first principal dancer of Chinese descent in City Ballet’s 74-year history, only the fourth Asian to hold that rank. ‘Princes Can Be Asian, Too’: A Dancer Breaks Barriers in Ballet 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Graf intends that atrocity to further accelerate Katie’s descent into murderousness. Gifted performer, but 'All American Girl' has simplistic worldview 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z For the second time in as many years, an auteur’s descent into 3-D livened up the Cannes Film Festival. The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z This pattern repeated itself for the second ride of Steel Vengeance: anxious ascent up a 200-foot-plus hill and a terrified, vocal descent. "Dead End: Paranormal Park" explores theme parks as queer getaways 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z But Trump’s years on the often low-rated show fully prepped him for his famous descent down the escalator and his rise to the debate podium. Which Came First, Trump or TV? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In his new book "Berlin at War," British historian Roger Moorhouse describes in sharp detail the descent of Germany's greatest city from triumph to cringing fear of the invader. 'Berlin at War': Germany's greatest city descends into chaos 2010-12-29T23:04:04Z The adrenalised Credo bears testament to those mountain descents, but Lambert is a consistently thoughtful songwriter and this is an exhilarating blast of ideas as well as heady Alpine air. Merz: No Compass Will Find Home – review 2013-01-06T00:06:11Z Patent and Trademark Office to register his band’s name—something government officials have declined to do so far, saying it’s disparaging to people of Asian descent. Shock ‘n’ Roll: 7 Controversial Band Names 2013-10-25T09:45:45Z The film, which premièred at Cannes, is inevitably Everest-shaped, with an epic climb followed by an equally epic descent. The Complexities of Whitney Houston in “Whitney” 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Going up was bad, but so was the descent. In northern Arizona, ups and downs in the land of canyons 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Tallchief was one of five Oklahoma natives of American Indian descent who rose to prominence in the ballet world from the 1940s through the 1960s. Ballet legend Maria Tallchief dies at 88 2013-04-12T17:36:11Z For Anthony Del Grosso, 28, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision was just one of many reasons he has recently begun the process of obtaining dual citizenship by descent in Italy. Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z But The 5th Wave begins its real descent into hopelessness when Maria Bello, a marvelous actress, appears in distressingly harsh red lipstick and unflattering slicked-back hair, playing a hard-ass Army sergeant. Review: The 5th Wave Washes Out 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z His self-titled first solo album, released last year, offered a last blast of sunshine before the descent of winter: a joyful and impressive collision of exuberantly struck electric guitar and slyly artful songwriting. This week's new live music 2012-06-08T23:05:19Z But the sketches, songs and videotaped descents into the fathoms of the freaky and surreal exceeded this setup, alternating between the baffling, the hilarious, the nightmarish and the unnamable. Celebrating a decade of disgust with Tim and Eric 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z In the UK, most rap and hip-hop is consumed by white people, but produced and performed by artists of African-Caribbean descent. Glastonbury 2010: I love Snoop Dogg the artist ? but despise him as a man 2010-06-27T18:59:00Z It could almost be a modern Brit horror, a film that takes us on an eerie descent into an ancient cave to discover something strange, awe-inspiring and scary … Werner Herzog. Cave of Forgotten Dreams ? review 2011-03-24T22:49:00Z Greg Weatherby, an Australian of Aboriginal descent, depicts Jesus and his followers as Mimi, spirit beings with elongated bodies who taught the Aboriginal peoples practical life skills and gave them culture. Searching for a Jesus Who Looks More Like Me 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The timing on this story is perfect, especially given the news surrounding the awful treatment of Haitians/Dominicans of Haitian descent and the draconian new immigration law in D.R. Reader Response: A Natural Hair Salon in Santo Domingo 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Then three plays set in Iran or Afghanistan, written by playwrights of Middle Eastern descent, offered her real scope. Marjan Neshat on Her ‘Kind of Miraculous Season’ Onstage 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z For a kid of Japanese descent living in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was bombed, it’s a remarkable opinion. No ordinary lives: A tribute to Washington’s WWII veterans “Coal mining jobs undoubtedly did decline under Obama, but it’s worth noting that coal mining jobs have also been declining for decades,” Oliver said, displaying a graph charting the rapid descent of coal industry jobs. John Oliver on the coal industry: 'Trump needs to stop lying to miners' 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The film by Beth B takes a nuanced look at her mother’s triumph over depression, combining a daughter’s impressionistic images with her mother’s journal entries to convey the depths of her harrowing descent. She’s Her Own Artist. And a Daughter’s Muse. 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z “It’s about resiliency and local control,” Redfern says as the sun begins its slow descent on the ancient hills. With a focus on food sovereignty, rural Appalachian Ohio is rebounding 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Dina El-Aziz, a costume designer of Egyptian descent who first worked with Target Margin in “Pay No Attention to the Girl,” also knew these stories from childhood. A 9-Hour Play? Sit, Eat, Drink, Even Fall Asleep to ‘One Night.’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Female artists of Asian descent say they face additional obstacles, including stereotypes that they are exotic and obedient. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The only thing that surpasses its beauty is its difficulty: It is 42 miles long and includes about 11,000 vertical feet of ascent and descent. At the Grand Canyon, a cancer survivor rises to the challenge of a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z This revelation to the then-President of the Church Spencer W. Kimball – which is known as “Official Declaration 2” – reversed longstanding restrictions placed on people of black African descent in the church. Mormons confront a history of Church racism 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Simply follow the ridge and within half an hour you will arrive at Mount Monju, from where it is a 20-minute descent to the junction at the start of the loop. Walking holidays in Japan: the best mountain hikes to tackle 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Finally we went to the African House, so called because it was built in the early 19th century by slaves of African and Caribbean descent, probably as a storage facility. Looking for Clementine Hunter’s Louisiana 2013-06-14T20:04:57Z Himself the son of a former slave of African descent, Francisco was a chieftain of the Esmeraldas, in what is now Ecuador. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The first – which he addresses at length – was his descent into addiction. John Mulaney's "Baby J" is the latest cancellation comedy reframing a controversial narrative 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The pages that follow offer the truest and most harrowing account of a descent into dementia that I have ever read. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Initially, almost 90 percent of the workers were of Portuguese descent, a population with deep roots in the region and the garment industry. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Early bird flight was probably a series of leaps with a little extra lift helped by feathered arms, or a cruising, glider-like descent from tall branches, flying-squirrel style. Fine Feathered Fiends: ‘Dinosaurs Among Us’ at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z This show’s title comes from the 1967 autobiography of the New York writer Piri Thomas, a community organizer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent who grew up in what was then called Spanish Harlem. 24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z At the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, 14 of 233 singers announced for principal roles next season, or about 6 percent, are of Asian descent. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Everyone already knows about Halle Berry's professional descent: from winning at the Oscars to winning at the Razzies to not even being noticed by the Razzies any more. The Call: Halle Berry phones in an acting masterclass 2013-01-17T12:10:02Z “The Chair” was filming in Pittsburgh in March when a series of shootings in the Atlanta-area left eight people dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent. Sandra Oh takes ‘Killing Eve’ break with dramady ‘The Chair’ 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z I fly once, and spend the descent lying in the aisle being given oxygen. 'I feel I might die any waking moment': can I escape the grip of PTSD? 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Heading to Red Lodge, it’s the east summit that marks the beginning of the descent, which starts slowly. Cycling Montana’s Beartooth Highway, ‘the most beautiful drive in America’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Come spring, visitors will have an easier way down than the 455 stamps they climb up—the new slide, which measures 584 feet, will allow for a quick, 40-second spiraling descent. The World’s Largest Tunnel Slide Coming to London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Jarrett was born in Iran to parents of European and African-American descent. TV's Roseanne says tweet 'cost me everything' but wasn't racist 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z For one, even as the number of films and TV shows with Asian American leads grows, most of those leading actors are of East Asian descent. A new generation of Asian American artists is expanding Bruce Lee’s legacy 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Two hours on the Carcaredda trail, we encounter no one else through dense pine forest, rigorous inclines and dizzying descents. Italian sun and a cerulean sea? That’s amore, and it’s all on the Egadis Of Senegalese descent, Akon was a curious figure when he first emerged in the hip-hop world, singing wistful, high-pitched hooks on thug-rapper songs. A New Global Sound: Synth, Soul and Sample 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z Olive Garden deserves all the attention it will garner for this crucial touchstone in the descent of human civilization. Olive Garden’s “Never Ending Pasta Pass” is a triumph of civilization 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z In the impeccably calibrated descent into madness that follows, Lear grows up, in a sense, with devastating quickness. | 'King Lear': He?s a Grumpy Old Man, but Don?t Dare Run Away 2011-05-06T14:33:07Z Due to the fact that Jewish life was forcefully suppressed during the Soviet era, many members of this community lack the necessary documentation to prove Jewishness through matrilineal descent. What does it mean to be genetically jewish? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z In its review, the Guardian said “her descent into dead-eyed vindictiveness has been too steep, in keeping with the general, compressed feel of this series”. Latest Game of Thrones episode sends curveball to children named Khaleesi 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Once I reached the top, I walked along a flat road for a bit until I hit a sign indicating the beginning of my descent. Your phone can't save you now: On Buddhism, technology and the alleged supremacy of the mind 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z I am a South African woman of Indian descent. Shades of Black: how readers responded to our series on the colorism taboo 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z His mother, the former Mary Elizabeth Roberts, was of Cherokee descent. Donald Saddler, Dancer, and a Choreographer on Broadway, Dies at 96 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z But now, in the shadow of political depression and artistic high, what does one do with “Shahs” and its particularly American specimens of Iranian descent? Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z Deserved, history-making recognition as she becomes the first actress of Asian descent to win a lead actress trophy. Emmy Predictions: Amid newcomers, will ‘Thrones’ slay again? 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The ridge began to slope downward and our legs felt the relief of not having to work as hard; however, the recent rains made our descent more difficult than previously presumed. How to travel the world with 2 little kids: Teach them that every step counts 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z An agency tribunal refused to grant trademark protection for the band's name in 2013, saying it was offensive to people of Asian descent. U.S. top court to hear dispute over trademark for band The Slants 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Her mother is of Irish and Barbadian descent, and the ancestors on Yanya’s maternal grandfather’s side were enslaved. Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The British rapper of Sri Lankan descent journies with a large group of refugees in the new clip, which arrives as debate over the refugee crisis around the world continues to rage. M.I.A. Follows Group of Refugees in Powerful 'Borders' Video 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z A Los Angeles native of Egyptian descent, Malek took on the role of Mercury, born to etnhic Parsi parents from India who moved their family to England when he was in his late teens. Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Louisahhh's louche vocal is set off by some incredibly satisfying counterpoint melodies, distorted horns going off like sirens and a repeated descent into a deep and compulsive groove. F&M playlist 2011-08-25T20:30:00Z Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 5 August 2012, following the successful descent of the Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Twitter doesn’t comment on individual cases, but it appears that Ms. Banks’s account was suspended shortly after she called the singer Zayn Malik, who is of Pakistani descent, a “curry scented” expletive, among other insults. Who Trolled Us Best: Azealia Banks, Gene Simmons or Yacht? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Even by the standards of the #MeToo movement, Bailey’s descent has been precipitous. Perspective | The Philip Roth biography is canceled, Mike Pence’s book could be next — and publishing may never be the same 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z He also asked who in the audience was Latino, Caribbean, Dominican, of African descent. Junot Diaz puts the audience center stage at REDCAT 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z German director Akin, who is of Turkish descent, said he wanted to explore racism and specifically Neo-Nazis in Germany within the film. Diane Kruger discusses her challenging 'In The Fade' role 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Krusty's backstory ended up developing very differently: he is of Jewish descent and his father, a rabbi, looked down upon his choice of profession. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It was an endlessly enticing destination for anyone looking to make his or her descent into romantic devastation more literal. Going to Graceland 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z He is of Irish, Dutch and German descent, and he had an Aunt Mame. Books of The Times: ?Life Itself? by Roger Ebert - Review 2011-09-22T21:53:06Z Spec Ops, in contrast, frequently takes control away from the player, relying on animated cut scenes to illustrate Walker’s moral descent. Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z Then the sound grows, divided as if by a prism into many lines, and the music embarks on a reluctant, ineffably tender descent. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The actor makes this descent into hell credible, as Noah pieces together the puzzle of what is really going on but also questions his sanity. Jonathan Rhys Meyers on being a bold boy playing amoral men: "Nobility can be a little bit tedious" 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Toor, 37 — who was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, and moved to the United States in 2002 — primarily depicts gay men of South Asian descent. The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In the opera, her possible descent into madness is directly addressed. Meet the 13- and 14-year-old boys starring in Seattle Opera’s ‘Turn of the Screw’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In a document in Price’s handwriting, likely dating from 1939, she describes her maternal ancestry as “French, Indian and Spanish,” obscuring William Gulliver’s African descent. As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z We eventually learn about the event that triggered Jiyoung’s descent into madness. In This Korean Best Seller, a Young Mother Is Driven to Psychosis 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Goldberg exposed the "problem of doubleness" that many Jews of Ashkenzai descent face: this tension between the economic privileges of whiteness and the social marginalization of being Jewish. "Blacks and Jews" authors: "Whoopi is not the enemy" but "it may be too late" for America anyway 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z It was when he left at the end of season four that Veep began its descent. What a state: how Veep went from clever to crude 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Chico and Rita, both Cubans of African descent, must deal with discrimination and exploitation as they pursue fame, fortune and artistic fulfillment. Movie Review: ?Chico & Rita,? Animated Film About Cuba and Its Music 2012-02-09T22:30:37Z The novel tracks this progression, as well as their eventual descent into a collaborative junkie hell. He Wrote a Novel From Jail. She Wrote One About a Different Kind of Imprisonment. 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Before the initial descent to the floor, she froze momentarily — as if indignant, shaking him off coldly. Critic’s Notebook: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ 2013-06-23T21:47:42Z Huge descents over glaciers, moorland, rocky singletracks and forest trails provide a variety of terrain in what many claim is the home of modern enduro riding. Top 10 mountain bike rides in the Alps 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z An increasing number of intrepid diners are venturing a few miles east on the 10 Freeway toward the contemporary response to years of suburbanization and sprawl that led to downtown’s descent years ago. Choice Tables: Delicious Ways to Love Downtown Los Angeles 2010-09-10T03:01:00Z “Why are people so invested in solving the symptoms instead of the cause?” he asked after a gunman shot and killed eight people in Atlanta in March, including six women of Asian descent. Best of Late Night in 2021: Trump’s Never-Ending Swan Song 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Hekmati, a 28-year-old of Iranian descent born in the state of Arizona, was arrested in December and Iran's Intelligence Ministry accused him of receiving training at U.S. bases in neighboring Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran dismisses execution sentence on U.S.-Iranian national 2012-03-05T13:18:06Z “At one point do we get to create our own narrative?” asked Heather Rae, a filmmaker of Cherokee descent whose as-yet-untitled project on the protest is being made with the support of the Sundance Institute. ‘Respect the Feathers’: Who Tells Standing Rock’s Story? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The longest and toughest section of the PCT, with multiple lung-busting climbs and sharp descents, may also be its prettiest. The most ‘wow-worthy’ Pacific Crest Trail hikes in Washington 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z When the king didn’t emerge from a final descent into mental darkness, his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, was appointed regent in 1811, though only crowned George IV after his father’s death in 1820. Review | The volatile era that gave rise to Jane Austen and Lord Byron 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Unlike the colonist of British descent, the typical Celtic-Gaelic soldier in Washington's ranks possessed relatively little, if any, land or political, social, and financial means by 1775. The Irish have become the forgotten players of America's struggle for independence 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “The Burning Shores” is not a happy tale; while accounts of a country’s descent — in Iraq or in Syria, say — might identify missed opportunities, there seem to have been remarkably few in this case. Why Libya Continues to Burn 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Most of the 20 participants address the centuries-long American oppression of people of African descent. In the galleries: The free-for-all that is Artomatic 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z They invoke a sense of elegantly constrained chaos, a descent into dream logic. Beyond the Drag Event Horizon 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The roles were played on Broadway by Bobby Cannavale, whose mother is Cuban, and Elizabeth Rodriguez, who is of Puerto Rican descent; both actors were nominated for Tony Awards for their performances. ArtsBeat Blog: Playwright Criticizes Casting for Production of 'The ____________ With the Hat' 2011-11-30T19:45:25Z On the descents and straightaways, their courage was on full display as they tackled hairpin turns at high speeds, deftly negotiating the deep potholes and other obstacles dotting our path. In Madagascar, an island with unique species is a biking biologist’s dream 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z On my final dive I actually enjoy the descent – the vast empty space as we drop underwater, the silence. Diving with the shark attack survivor who filmed Jaws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z She was “the highest ranking woman scientist of Hispanic descent in the State Department,” Dr. Zaringhalam said. The Underground Science Festival Has New Faces to Introduce to You 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The quality crisis now enveloping the Japanese behemoth is making its descent down that slop treacherous. 2010-02-07T23:00:00Z McVeigh’s descent into violence is presented as much as a cautionary tale as a commemoration. | 'The McVeigh Tapes': Timothy J. McVeigh in His Own Remorseless Words 2010-04-18T22:44:00Z Either way, it’s a heartbreaking pieta, communicating in one agonizing image how, in the 1970s, the British school system systematically failed an entire postwar generation, especially children of African and Caribbean descent. Perspective | The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: ‘I’m asking you, please, look’ 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z My brother knew I was on the mountain, but we often lost each other during our descents and would just meet at the bottom, so he might not worry for some time. Experience: I snowboarded down a mountain with a broken back 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The school she attended was for children of Hawaiian descent, but instead of encouraging students to embrace that heritage, it tried to erase it. In Hawaii, the Search for Sustainable Tourism 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The leap, prefaced by bounding woodwind, juts impertinently upwards, while the chromatic descent, thanks to the addition of an extra note, has mutated into a yielding moan. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z Most of the participants were of European descent. Study: BFFs May Have Similar DNA 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In "Afire Love" the singer recounts his grandfather's descent into what sounds like Alzheimer's disease, while "The Man" worries about the temptations that accompany celebrity status. Ed Sheeran: Pop stardom's thoughtful misfit 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Most days, I think we are already on the descent. Review | Susan Straight’s memoir is a letter to her daughters — and a reckoning with America’s past 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Jurassic Park meets Jaws... a descent into darkness and devilry. Not the Booker prize 2012: the shortlist 2012-08-13T09:28:03Z A Minnesotan of Swedish descent, she naturally brought to all her roles the kind of reserve that reflected her upbringing. Helen Stenborg, Actress From Theatrical Family, Dies at 86 2011-03-24T02:38:06Z Loosely inspired by the real life Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 tragedy and "Lord of the Flies," the show has always teased its descent into cannibalism. "Yellowjackets": Eat or be eaten? It's called being a team player 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The final descent into the park — you’ll know it when you get there — is worth the $10 price of admission alone. Leaving Las Vegas for Natural Beauty and More 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z An audition notice for understudies and possible replacements in the Broadway production, three of whose stars are white, specified an ethnicity only for actors playing Barack, who must be of African descent. Hillary Clinton Lost. The Play Won. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Like his recent masterpiece, “The Overstory,” which won a Pulitzer Prize, “Bewilderment” deplores humanity’s destruction of the environment and the perverse incentives that make our descent toward universal suicide so difficult to stop. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Williams has long been a fan-favorite to play Miles Morales, a newer version of Spider-Man who is of black and Hispanic descent. Tyler James Williams 'Would Absolutely Love to' Be the Next Spider-Man 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z She meets Aster Douglas, an African-American girl of Bahamian descent, who is being home-schooled by her activist grandfather while her military mother is stationed in Japan. Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z His descent lasts only a couple of seconds, but the audience surrounding him on the bridge has time to exclaim a collective “Ooh!” — a mixture of admiration and fright. Is This the World’s Most Picturesque High Dive? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Another man of Asian descent in a company that hasn’t fielded many of those? Review: At New York City Ballet, a Too Quiet Debut 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This movie is an origin story that imagines a teenage Tony, and his descent into organized crime. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Phoenix Rising’ and ‘Welcome to Flatch’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “It’s highly unusual to have an archive of letters and manuscripts that are devoted to a single person that hasn’t been artificially collected but preserved by descent in that figure’s family,” he said. Want Your Own Piece of Hamilton? Head to Sotheby’s 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Is it indeed, the simple yet terrifying tale of a stressed-out dancer's descent into mental illness? In which direction is Black Swan flying? 2010-08-18T16:10:00Z And he showed his fiancée, who is of Korean descent, the nostalgic sites of his St. Petersburg childhood. A Wayward Son Checks in With Mother Russia 2010-10-24T23:06:00Z Although attendance at the Terrace Theater was very good, the festival seemed to draw largely people of Indian descent. Utsav, a Festival of Indian Dance and Music 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z A net surrounds the slide on its descent, not out of concern that riders could fly out, but so they won't try to climb out if the raft stops for some reason, Schooley said. Riders take plunge off world's tallest water slide in Kansas 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z First of all, obviously, she will be a transgender Muslim of black and Mexican descent, but that’s the easy call. Perspective | Just imagine what kind of president we might elect after Trump 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Perez’s character, a New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent named Dennis, uses words that reflect exactly the way his mind works. Review: ‘Raw Bacon’ Finds Fearful Poetry in an Iraq War Vet’s Mind 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z In Stockholm, a memorable photograph was taken during a rare descent from the train, showing Lenin walking fast, with an umbrella and derby, looking more burgher-like than usual. Lenin and the Russian Spark 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Well, in that case then, every U.S. resident who is of European, Asian or African descent who owns any land in the 50 states plus territories has, ultimately, taken that land from the native occupants. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z This is a familiar experience for television viewers, I would venture to guess, and now some Apu fans who are of South Asian descent are rolling their eyes, dismissing the claims of racism. Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. McNeil, who is of Maori descent, grew up reading the Gossage books in New Zealand, where the books are familiar favorites. How (and Why) Maui Got So Big in ‘Moana’ 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z A diverse Eurovision song contest: 'The Swedish 2012 winner, Loreen, is notable for her background and her performance choices: her parents are of Moroccan Berber descent, and she danced on stage with a black man.' Eurovision: it's time to stop laughing at foreigners 2013-05-17T11:47:54Z “I live in Ashburn, Virginia, and let me tell you, a lot of people here are of South Asian descent,” she said. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Andrea Gillies with Nancy…' I thought if we took her into our home that we would be able to somehow cushion her descent.' The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z They are all Celtic — of Scottish and Irish descent. The Celtic Domination Defining London Fashion Week 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Merciless close-ups of the actresses, shot with a hand-held camera and thrown up on a giant screen, implicate us in the characters' degradation and descent into madness. Cate Blanchett brings an extravagant fierceness to 'The Maids' 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z None of the others in the room knew this, but he was a born-and-bred New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z The sun had begun to set by the time we reached the ravine, a steep descent among jagged rocks and a rather anemic stream. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z But the ending will remain the same: a slow and fiery descent to the underworld, courtesy of the ghostly Commendatore. Mariusz Kwiecien on the Mend for ?Don Giovanni? at the Met 2011-10-24T11:01:06Z On Feb. 21, exactly one week before the Academy Awards, the American Black Film Festival Honors will recognize the best television shows and movies of 2015 which feature a lead actor of African descent. Here's Who the American Black Film Festival Will Honor Before the Oscars 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “Medea,” by contrast, charts a merciless 90-minute descent into the abyss, using the 1946 Robinson Jeffers adaptation from the Greek that is the play’s preferred version on Broadway. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Maqoma, who is of Xhosa descent, doesn’t deconstruct these rituals and codes. For This Choreographer, the Traditional Is Contemporary 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men were born equal with the right to liberty while he enslaved hundreds of people of African descent. How are we supposed to celebrate July 4 after Juneteenth? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Even assuming release, a person of Chinese descent will feel no welcome in America. Review: ‘The Far Country’ Brings a Neglected History Closer 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Her descent matches one of the great descending scales in Tchaikovsky’s music. Critic?s Notebook: ?Nutcracker? Nation: Yes We Can! 2010-12-08T23:32:00Z One display, “Devolving Palpatine,” shows that character’s descent into darkness through his costumes, from regal to reptilian to hunched-over embodiment of evil. In ‘Star Wars and the Power of Costume,’ You Are What You Wear 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Manzarek, who was of Polish descent, was born and raised in south Chicago before studying cinematography at the University of California in Los Angeles where he first met fellow film student Morrison. Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies 2013-05-21T09:28:37Z The Sassoons claimed descent from the line of King David, and enjoyed great prominence in Baghdad until the 19th century. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Her descent is marked by the usual signs of addiction: an eroding sense of limits, a stream of banal lies, a metabolic incapacity for contentment. In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But somehow "Leap Year" uncovers an entire world, recounting a sweeping psychological narrative of a woman's descent into delusion, sexual obsession and self-destruction and then her voyage out again. Pick of the week: A dark, erotic "Leap Year" in Mexico 2011-06-24T00:30:00Z And Ms. Austin, 33, is of African-American and Guyanese descent; her maternal grandfather was a lord mayor of Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. She Met Her Prince (for Real!) at a D.C. Nightclub 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Ida Lupino, also foreign-born and of Jewish descent, would characterize “The Sea Wolf” as a movie that “could pass as current history.” ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “I saw her and burst into tears, because she looks like my mom,” Gatewood said, explaining their similar look and manner, and that they were both of Danish descent. They died leaving labors of love undone. Strangers complete their work. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Its pioneers, mostly of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, took those influences and created something new: salsa. Birth of the Hot: Salsa in New York 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z I put my board together, while Mikal checks the snow to see which line would be our best descent. From summit to sea: a snowboarding adventure in the Arctic Circle 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The scenery's very realistic, but you're always acutely aware you're in the presence of people putting on an act: close, but no metaphorical descent into the bowels of Hades fuelled by crushing existential despair. Black Sabbath: 13 – review 2013-06-06T14:29:01Z But while her career blossomed, she felt her outsider status keenly: a woman of Latino descent with a disability. Part Teacher, Part Den Mother, a Composer Fosters Diversity 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The latter's descent into Ophelia-like madness is contrasted with Olga's strength of mind, but it is Ana's fear and fragile humanity that really touches the heart. Olga's Room – review 2013-01-15T15:34:01Z Sagan, who was of Jewish descent, never directed another German movie. Women in Revolt: Erotic Liberation on Film in 1930s Germany 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z But segments about African-Americans of Ibo descent belong in a different film, one about the Ibo diaspora. Movie Review: ‘Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria,’ a Documentary 2013-05-17T00:16:07Z A Californian of American Samoan descent joins the team to honor his grandparents. Movie Review: In ‘Next Goal Wins,’ American Samoa Tries to Overcome a Loss 2014-04-23T21:39:51Z Monica Ellis vividly recalls her first impression of the Gateways Music Festival, a gathering of classical musicians of African descent, at the University of Rochester in upstate New York in 2019. Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z It is structured like our memories of the day, a hellish descent into a dark place, where a tape loop of death and destruction is endlessly playing on every television screen in America. The 9/11 Memorial Museum doesn’t just display artifacts, it ritualizes grief on a loop Ramps and stairs spiral down into the cavernous main hall and out through the belly of the building to the water below, a sequence suggesting a shared descent into the sanctuary of a prehistoric cave. Architecture Review: A Paris Tribute to an Almost-Sideways View of the World 2010-03-09T23:26:00Z Just look at season two’s descent into Hannah’s OCD or the fourth season’s diversions both to Iowa for a few episodes and then a fixation on her father’s coming out. Goodbye Girls: Lena Dunham's era-defining HBO comedy bows out in 2017 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Hall, who is of Asian descent, said, “I’ve been in many supports groups, and there are many people who are not taking off the masks because they don’t want to be identifiably Asian.” My Mask, My Safety Signal 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Some nights the silence is slashed by the whine of an eighteen-wheeler's brakes as the driver tests them before starting his descent into the valley. I have developed disease models. Here's why COVID-19 projections can seem inconsistent 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z After months of demurring, Affleck eventually admitted in September that I'm Still Here, his portrayal of brother-in-law Phoenix's apparent descent from famed actor to mumbling rapper, was an elaborate hoax. Joaquin Phoenix could rise again in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2011-02-01T10:10:30Z Mr. Vázquez, 34 and of Puerto Rican descent, was born in Biloxi, Miss., and grew up on the military bases in the South, where his father, an Air Force captain, was stationed. La Excelencia, Salsa With Social Commentary 2010-07-14T23:00:00Z Now, Wills and others in the nail industry are in shock and grieving for the victims, six of whom are women of Asian descent. Her pandemic year was already tough, as an Asian American nail salon owner. Then came the Atlanta shooting. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z She was the 10th child of a tobacco sharecropper of Irish descent. 'The Brady Bunch' Mom Florence Henderson Has Died 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Some tribes ask potential members to show lineal descent, meaning an ancestor who was a registered member. Sacheen Littlefeather may have lied about her identity. Does that matter? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z We are writing as Academy members of Asian descent to express our complete surprise and disappointment with the targeting of Asians at the 88th Oscars telecast and its perpetuation of racist stereotypes. Academy Apologizes For 'Tone-Deaf' Asian Joke at Oscars 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, Mr. Froschauer recalled arriving on New York’s Upper West Side as a student in 1982, violin case in hand, and being greeted enthusiastically by local residents of Austrian Jewish descent. An Orchestra Reflects on War and Its Aftermath 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z As we began our descent into Perugia’s airport that day, I was worried for the guy. Brunello Cucinelli: Life By Design 2013-03-28T14:25:42Z My descent into the justice system’s labyrinth began a few years prior, after my parents divorced and I went from living in a crowded house with five siblings to a trailer with my mother. Orange wasn’t my new black 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z And by gesturing broadly toward Jim’s painful past without fully cluing us in, the movie provides only the barest justification for his descent into vigilantism. ‘Blood and Money’ Review: A Deer Hunt Turns Cat-and-Mouse 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z This denationalization mostly affected the over 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Given that it’s being promoted by its publishers as “ ‘The Children of Men’ meets ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ” “Afterland” promised a descent into pandemic despair. Review | In Lauren Beukes’s ‘Afterland,’ a mother and son go on the run in a post-pandemic America 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z It’s become a musical standard at any special occasion hosted by someone of Mexican descent — everyone knows the lyrics. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z At this point in their rites, the sisters’ descent into a desperate madness should feel chillingly momentous. Theater Review: ?The Maids? by Jean Genet, From Red Bull Theater 2012-03-16T02:00:00Z A total of 11 people have now been honored since 1998, including a slave who led a rebellion and the first person of African descent to serve in the island’s Parliament. It’s official: Rihanna’s ‘right excellent’ in Barbados 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Sun Valley, a resort city, is known mostly for the long, crowd-free descents on Bald Mountain and celebrity sightings in Ketchum. Near Idaho’s Sun Valley, choppers give intrepid skiers an all-access pass 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Told from the perspective of a housemaid, Damien Wilkins’s novel offers a splendid portrait of Thomas Hardy’s last days, and a descent into the loveless prison of his marriage. Nine Great New Books for August 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Laboe, of Armenian descent, also has developed a special bond with Latinos, who have long made up a large portion of his audience — a thread that spans several generations. Get those dedications ready: Art Laboe is coming back to L.A. radio 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z All of us have ancestries defined at turns by people on the move — people with far more complicated arcs than might first appear in straight lines of descent. "It is the American story": Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on "In Search of Our Roots" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Outside the stand, Omar Abuhejleh, a Pittsburgh resident of Palestinian descent, expressed some optimism — for the food stand’s hummus sales and for the part of the world that inspired its menu. Pittsburgh’s tiny Conflict Kitchen wades into the sprawling Israeli-Palestinian debate Barring that, Daenerys may be headed for a quick descent from queen to captive. 8 'Game Of Thrones' Questions to Obsess Over Until Next Season 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders takes the lead in an adaptation of Richard Wright’s controversial novel about a young man’s descent into violence. Hollywood A-listers and controversial documentaries head to Sundance 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Separated from family and denied all the conveniences of modern life, Lethem’s characters start riding bikes and raising chickens — not so much a descent into mayhem as macramé. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Most of the stadium's bulk will be pushed into the earth, to keep its profile low and avoid getting in the way of planes on their descents into LAX. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z And on one descent, as the last to ski from the top, I paused for a moment, the helicopter’s buzz fading into the distance and leaving only an immense silence. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z From the moment authors of African descent set story to paper, they were expected to write with a singular purpose in mind — the battle for freedom. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Now Altered Innocence is releasing "Irreversible: Straight Cut," a "director's re-cut," in which Noé's backwards film has been reassembled in reverse, so it tells this descent into hell in chronological order. Revisiting Gaspar Noé's rape and revenge film backward in impactful "Irreversible: Straight Cut" 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z With Akinbode Akinbiyi, a British citizen of Nigerian descent, we walk the streets of Lagos and the alleyways of Cairo, where pyramids loom like mirages. Philadelphia Offers a Full-Fledged Summer of African Art 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The play, “N*W*C,” whose full title is three racial slurs, stars three actors of African-American, Asian and Latino descent as they reflect on their conflicted experience with race in America. A Charged Title. A Canceled Show. Now a Cal State Official Resigns. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z In one of the play’s typically abrupt descents from the mundane — the subject is salad dressing — to the penetrating, the narrator interrupts his churning thoughts to address us directly. Theater Review: ?Title and Deed,? by Will Eno, With Conor Lovett 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z The locals of Khamlia claim descent from those forced to march north who, by rattling their chains, created trance-like rhythms to ease their pain. Rhythms of slavery draw tourists to Moroccan village 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But the perilous descent seems like a cruel, unnecessary test of the boy’s mettle. Review: In ‘Last Days in the Desert,’ Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Her mother is of Chinese descent but was born and raised in Vietnam. Olivia Munn says she's not a leading lady - yet 2012-08-01T19:26:10Z Her parents, both of Italian descent, were a teacher and a lawyer. Marisa Tomei: ‘I only got to be old very recently’ 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Ballet Black was set up to provide dancers of black and Asian descent with a place to perform ballet - "where they weren't necessarily the only black face in the room", according to founder Cassa Pancho. VIDEO: In rehearsal with Ballet Black 2011-02-09T06:41:58Z In 2011, while she was a junior, she started a Tumblr blog called Black Contemporary Art, as a place to follow art by and about people of African descent. Kimberly Drew Is a Curator of Black Art and Experiences 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Deep strings take us on a Wagnerian descent and we are back to the original blues theme, and the original declaration, “I read the news today, oh boy.” From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Hegyes, who was of Italian and Hungarian descent, said on his website that he modeled his character Epstein on Chico Marx, of the famous Marx Brothers. "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Robert Hegyes dies at age 60 2012-01-27T03:39:44Z And with that, the sixth episode of “Narcos” offers a theme, fathers and sons, in the midst of an hour largely devoted to Colombia’s descent into all-out war. 'Narcos' Episode 6 Recap: Fathers and Sons 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z A jaunty pickup will substitute for the stately descent of “O say.” ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The Bird Kingdom is designed in such a way that visitors walk down ramps from the top floor to the bottom; this mimics the descent from the top of the rainforest trees to ground level. Eat your way through Niagara Falls 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z "I received this letter from a lady of Russian Jewish descent, and she said, 'Dr. Gates, are you a racist? I love your series, but you only do black people," said Gates. For Henry Louis Gates Jr., a lifelong interest in family history in 'Finding Your Roots' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z "A lot of my films do chronicle a descent into hell," admitted Bernard to me last week. Trailer Trash by Jason Solomons 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Broad brushstrokes and subdued tones draw on formal aspects of traditional portraiture, but her subjects are of African descent. T Magazine: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Fashionable Eye 2010-11-15T19:34:00Z Particularly in its recursive moments of erasure, Lusitano’s experience as a historical figure illustrates the kind of collective activity that has traditionally excluded composers of African descent from classical music’s conventional performance and academic institutions. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z And my own descent into that research, I visited a body farm in Tennessee. We don't have a healthy relationship with death. Can humor and science help? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Here, too, was a man of Parsi descent, who had grown up in Zanzibar and India before moving to Britain in his late teens. When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z This year, he published a prequel, Skagboys, about Renton, Sick Boy and Spud's descent into heroin use in early 1980s Edinburgh. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z But this experience, as a child, of seemingly bottomless descent, is one of the reasons we have grandparents. The Color Purple: A story of thanks 2013-07-12T18:30:00Z Among the 31 contributors are people of indigenous and Russian descent, but also relative newcomers who sing their affection for the land and its cultures. In the galleries: Reclaiming cultural identity 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The London-bred actor of Indian descent initially was sent all six scripts for season one and devoured them. Archie Panjabi leads the cast of Peacock’s show ‘Departure’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It details her life and descent into abuse and despair, and includes notes and recollections from Raymond and Jennifer and from family friends who witnessed the abuse. Children of NYC mom who killed husband pen book 2012-07-14T18:01:05Z The ball's descent begins at 11:59 p.m., in Times Square and ends at midnight. Dropping on New Year's Eve: A ball, a shoe, a potato and a Chicago star 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Jones was born on the edge of southeast London to a Welsh-speaking printer father and a mother of English and Italian descent. Reviving the Art of David Jones 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Because “white” really means “nonblack,” the arbitrary white category is infinitely elastic, capable of being enlarged to include practically anybody who is not clearly of black African descent. Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t say the N-word 2012-06-05T15:45:00Z “There have been Jews of African descent since there was Judaism. And we won’t stop telling that story.” ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z But following the attacks and the subsequent public perception of Muslims and people of South Asian descent as terrorists, she got political in her writing. How Artists Are Changing Their Work in Response to Donald Trump’s Victory 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Stewart said he was also shocked that Dolezal was not just a white woman, but a women of Czech, Swedish and German descent. Jon Stewart is at a loss for words over Rachel Dolezal: “Whaaaaaaaaat?” 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z A peculiarly gentle interrogation of the American dream’s descent into many-tentacled nightmare, “The Lehman Trilogy” begins as so many stories of this nation do: with an intrepid immigrant’s arrival. Review: In ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ a Vivid Tale of Profit and Pain 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The behind-the-scenes documentary Hearts of Darkness tracks Coppola’s descent towards madness during the unending shoot in the Filipino jungle, the money and pressure and humid South Pacific air all getting to him. Is Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut the best version we'll ever see? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z As he began his descent into the atmosphere, Komarov knew he was in terrible trouble. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z The actor, who is Black, portrays a character of direct descent from the fallen empire of Valyria who is assumed to be white in the source material by George R.R. ‘House of the Dragon’: Steve Toussaint on Playing Lord Corlys, Boat Guy 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z “Killing Commendatore” repeats almost exactly, for example, the descent through a well to a magical world that occurs in his earlier novel “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.” Review | Haruki Murakami turns his gaze toward middle age 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z When appointed in 1983 to investigate the fate of those who disappeared during Argentina's military rule, he described the task as "a slow descent into hell". Argentine writer Sabato dies, 99 2011-04-30T17:27:36Z But, as the plane begins its descent, questions linger: How real is this reality they’ve created? A First-Class Flight with a Movie Star 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z A deed might explicitly forbid all owners, present and future, from selling the home to anyone of African or Asian descent. In ‘Them,’ a Black Family Is Haunted by Real-Life Monsters 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The six episodes of the series streamline the plot of the novel and straighten out its achronological storyline, with the exception of an early flash-forward to Yossarian’s climactic descent into weirdness. The Odd Nostalgia of a New “Catch-22” 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Nobody realized the mistake until the plane began making its descent in Bari. Ryanair passenger freaks out when he realizes he's on the wrong flight 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In “The Hateful Eight,” an ensemble of actors gathers in an isolated cabin that becomes an improbably cozy backdrop for the usual Tarantino descent into cartoonish gore and mayhem. ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘The Revenant’ bring the pain, but what do we gain? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s a brilliantly controlled display of menace – a descent into remorseless inhumanity always seems only a rev of the engine away. My streaming gem: why you should watch Pit Stop 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z JetBlue spokeswoman said on Friday that the airline was investigating the May 8 incident at Fort Lauderdale airport and apologized to the New Jersey family of Middle Eastern descent. 18-month-old on no-fly list; family pulled from JetBlue plane 2012-05-11T15:10:00Z That descent began with the Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy assassinations and the 1968 DNC riots in Chicago, and continued through the Kent State shootings and political rise of Richard Nixon. Recognition for Phil Ochs in powerful documentary 2011-01-03T04:29:59Z As a Black woman of Latin American descent, she said she had never truly felt accepted in Chicago; people there routinely asked why she spoke Spanish, the language she’d learned at home. Four Rising Theater Stars to Watch This Spring 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The movie’s descent into horror is all the more effective because it is not burdened with explanations: This is strictly B.Y.O.I. Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The singer-guitarist is of Sri Lankan descent but showed an affinity for African American culture; he sounded a bit like Richie Havens and sang a tune about former Black Panther Huey Newton. Well-deserved ovations for Rhiannon Giddens 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Latin America has 130 million people of African descent, compared with 42 million in the United States. Ballroom Takes Root in Colombia. But Who Is It For? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Quickly scanning the day’s route sheet with a map, directions and stats including distance, average grade and vertical ascent and descent, I read that it is about 900 feet of climbing over 11 miles. At the Giro d’Italia — the Tour of Italy — cycling back to joyfulness 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z It might be jarring, but a high-speed emergency descent is well within the capabilities of any aircraft and not unsafe by itself. Smoke in the cabin? Just open the window 2012-09-25T22:00:00Z It’s a theme that runs through all her films, in which Argentines of European descent tend to treat indigenous people as second-class citizens. Lucrecia Martel: 'The Oscars are a joke' 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Adjei-Brenyah, who is of Ghanaian descent, became aware of his difference early on. You Are What You Wear 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It does not pull its punches when depicting masculinity at its most toxic, yet utterly avoids any descent into myopic misandry. There's no blaming studio interference for the disappointment that was Wonder Woman 1984 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z After the sun completed its descent, I tapped my legs against the vehicle, transmitting a Morse code of contentment to my buddy on this California road trip. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Definitely a race for fans of big ascents and descents. Ten low-key European ultramarathon races 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z One is a descent into the nightmare of the unconscious; the hidden lusts, and brutality lying under the veneer of civilisation. Modernism's first wave: turn-of-the-century literature 2013-01-17T11:44:48Z The bulk of the series’ finale episodes were focused on Daenerys Targaryen’s descent from hero to Mad Queen, which is likely to happen in Martin’s novels. George R.R. Martin says "Game of Thrones" finale sort of got book ending right, but not everything 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z She was a Latina, of Cuban descent, I learned, had lovely, caramel-colored skin, much in evidence below her faded blue gym shorts, with that old-fashioned white piping around the edges. In my genes: Adventures in DNA testing 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Is the revolution the dawn of a brave new world or a descent into chaos and barbarity? Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z There the Wakandan king competes against Americans Shanice and Rashad and quickly discovers he is, shall we say, unaccustomed to the realities of being a person of African descent in America. Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z This visual descent into murkiness was also characteristic of Low Winter Sun, some of whose scenes required night-vision goggles to watch. Down with dark: why screen drama needs to lighten up 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z And so that was a descent into darkness for me. In this global crisis, there’s one consolation: the beauty of the universe 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z She tries an ambitious flip on the descent, gets stuck upside down, and laughs that familiar laugh, shouting to nobody in particular: “I was trying something different!” Gwendoline Christie: ‘Playing Brienne of Tarth changed my life. I feel emotional’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z The exhibition, which the gallery organized with Accola Griefen Fine Art, spotlights three female artists of indigenous descent who use fabric in their work, drawing on — and sometimes twisting — our comforting relationship to cloth. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z As Ismat, a young woman of Moroccan descent, recalled, “we realized then . . . that Islam in France is going to remain difficult.” Companies in the European Union can ban headscarves: What will be the impact on Muslim women? 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Riz Ahmed’s victory in the Outstanding Acting in a Limited Series for his work on HBO’s “The Night Of” makes him the first man of Asian descent to win an Emmy. "The Handmaid's Tale," "Veep" take top prizes at the 2017 Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Jane, an American of Korean descent, lives full time in Senegal, so she is far more tanned than Korean women in Seoul, many of whom use bleach themselves. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Of Puerto Rican descent, Ramos grew up in the projects, one of three children, regularly facing eviction and seeing his mother struggle to put food on the table. Anthony Ramos: 'Americans now feel what people in the hood have felt for years' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z So is the ethnic spectrum, with surveys of Afro-Brazilian and Chinese Caribbean art, and work by artists of Japanese descent living in Lima, Peru, and Mexico City. A West Coast Spotlight on Latino Artists Leads the Fall Art Season 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The 150-page document, created by Brigadier General Samuel Birch, detailed the name, physical description and legal status of each person of African descent who fled the United States to Nova Scotia after the war. A Journey Through Black Nova Scotia 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Billed as a work about mental illness and dementia, the visceral and highly effective score evoked a descent into madness. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra Offers Premieres at Zankel Hall 2014-02-21T22:20:50Z As the plane began its descent to Heathrow he smoothed out a bit of paper and scribbled a few words. Robert Robinson obituary 2011-08-13T12:28:49Z Across town, critic Kevin Sampson will launch the annual DC Black Film Festival, an idea he began germinating three years ago to gain visibility and commercial traction for “quality films by people of African descent.” Perspective | Festivals celebrating black films provide cinematic safe space when it’s sorely needed 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z His descent into Mid Morning Matters in 2010 marked an acknowledgement that Partridge was bigger than him. Steve Coogan: forever Partridge? 2013-04-15T15:29:00Z In these poignant yet often bitingly funny chapters, Solomon affirms her descent from the African American foremothers who claimed the Black female experience as their literary turf in the second half of the 20th century. Review | ‘The Days of Afrekete’ is a bitingly funny novel with echoes to ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He then told me about a lively local character of supposed Irish descent who I later found out was once pursued by the police for selling fake titles. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z The series is the brainchild of the Los Angeles actor and comic Will Choi, who in 2016 noticed that U.C.B. devoted some evenings to heritage themes, but none involved Asian descent. Comics of Asian Descent, Tired of Being Invisible, Put Themselves Onstage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z But her descent seems much more on the surface and therefore, easily fixable. 'The Walking Dead' recap: Rick wears the scarlet letter 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I followed my friend Todd Eastman on a fast descent, trying to match his graceful telemark turns down a freshly groomed forest trail that had a velvety corduroy texture. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Hamilton’s mother, of French Huguenot descent, died of yellow fever in 1768, leaving the boy an orphan. Walking the Walk in Hamilton’s Old Stomping Grounds 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z For the first time I saw bodies of African descent that moved in such a way, so powerful ... people that looked like me, who danced like me. A moment with Spectrum dancer Ty Alexander Cheng 2011-10-05T22:50:05Z Against this backdrop of mass-mediated fear, capital punishment came to be seen as a viable means of curtailing what was starting to look like a descent into depravity and wanton violence. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z In print, with the watermarks of Nabokov’s patterns showing behind the narrative, you get the catharsis of a clean descent for Humbert. A Restaging of “Lolita, My Love,” the Musical “Too Dark to Live” 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Tonto was played by an actor of Irish descent, according to the Lone Ranger Fan Club. New Tonto, familiar feelings for Native Americans 2012-07-25T17:20:14Z The play describes the descent of a Category 4 hurricane on a family already weathering its own tempests. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z However, as my own little descent into cyber-trollism attests, there are aspects of it that do encourage antisocial behaviour. Untangling the web: Hate 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z Of course, if you run to your collected works of Euripides, you won't find any mention of that descent - or of golden kilts. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Making An Entrance 2012-07-05T16:52:58Z By then, the Soviets had already sent Méndez, a Cuban man of African descent, into space as part of the USSR’s Intercosmos program. Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The United States is an unlikely but potential target for the 26 pieces of the satellite expected to survive the descent. NASA: Possible satellite "is down by now" 2011-09-24T05:33:00Z In the new season, her initial love interest is a surf instructor played by Riz Ahmed, a British actor of Pakistani descent. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Voiced by the actress Sandra Oh, Rosie is of Chinese and Iranian descent, but she is disconnected from her family history — her mother is dead and her father abandoned the family long ago. Review: ‘Window Horses’ Animates a Young Poet’s Self-Discovery 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z She started atop the mountain of commercial success, the uncoolest place in the world, and set about making her descent without falling to her death. Carly Rae Jepsen and the Rise of the “Mindie” Artist 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The question of whether Deas’s descent into madness was sudden, or gradual during his productive painting years, hangs over the exhibition here. Artist?s Work, Out of Attics, Goes to Walls of a Museum 2010-08-25T02:26:00Z And some of it was personal — this is what my new friends were doing, hiking and climbing and things that involved descents from vertical terrain. In ‘Nerve,’ Facing Up to Fears With an Assist From Science 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z “Japanese women can weaponize this in male-dominated workplaces. But my character, who is of Korean descent, is not using her womanhood as a weapon. For her, it’s all about being a good journalist.” ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The audience applauded, but some commenters on social media denounced what they said was a descent into vulgarity at the 46th Cesar Awards. French actor strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The stark compositions and the wilds of nature contribute to this unusually visceral rendering of a warlord’s descent into madness. Movie Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The prolific Cairo-born writer of Lebanese descent wrote volumes of poetry, novels, stories, plays, children's books and songs, including a hit for her grandson Matthieu Chedid, a French pop star whose stage name is "M." French poet Andree Chedid dies in Paris 2011-02-07T20:56:11Z In this memoir Smyth uses “To the Lighthouse” as the through-line for her life, connecting Woolf’s novel to her own memories as she grapples with her father’s death after his descent into alcoholism. New in Paperback: ‘Prisoner’ and ‘All My Puny Sorrows’ 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z As the band begins its gradual descent, the absences in this version of its story become more obvious. Oasis and the Fading Dream of the Nineties 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z They chatted briefly over wine, and Mr. Chisolm began amusing Ms. Hamilton, who is of Jamaican descent, by speaking in his best Patois accent. Unreliable Witnesses to Their Own Meeting? 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Most of the walk is suitable for reasonably fit walkers, although there are several ascents and descents of more than 2,000 feet through the Lake District. So, you’re hiking across rural Britain? Walking the walk is the easy part. 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Thirty minutes later and less than a half mile down the sharply graded descent toward the river, I was staring at the rococo facade of the Igreja da Misericórdia, which dates to the 16th century. Discovering the Douro 2010-05-28T14:25:00Z “For good reason,” writes Arch’s son, Richard Flanagan, in his new novel, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”, the captives referred to that “slow descent into madness” with two words: the Line. Remembrance 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z |
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