The tree itself looked perfectly fine, whole and healthy, suffused with the essence of the Golden Fleece. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This boy has certainly caught the essence of a hard experience here,” he said, reaching for his handkerchief. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In essence, he asked for ethical and virtuous social conduct. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just for him and Emma to capture the essence of their child on paper. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to watch her carefully to capture the essence of her loneliness and pain. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each sketch showed her with a different expression, and in each one she found the basic essence of herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When is a cell finally too small to hold our essence? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But the essence of Salesmen is that, on some level, they cannot be resisted. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Plato, the sublunary world was a distorted projection of the world of essences. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

With no less than the animating principle of the universe: “azoth,” the secret essence alchemists had sought for centuries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pauline, twenty pounds thinner, looked like a more concentrated version of herself: whittled down, somehow, pared down to her essence. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His children—from black wives—would presumably inherit half his genetic essence. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She took good long whiffs of the wonderful essence of detergent and clean dacron-cotton which floated down with the petticoat. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bade me join her at her cupboard, where her busy fingers darted through small drawers, poured powders into folded papers, and filled several small jars with essences and extracts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the essence, Mr. W. D. Fard taught that God’s true name was Allah, that His true religion was Islam, that the true name for that religion’s people was Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The notion that all racial caste systems are necessarily predicated on a desire to harm other racial groups, and that racial hostility is the essence of racism, is fundamentally misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The anthropologist has never seen people like them anywhere, nor have I. You’d think, if they were simply examples of the common essence of mankind, they’d seem more recognizable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a cheap fragrance, which I tried to fool myself would cover the essence of crab. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In essence: You’re not really hood because your family has enough money to buy cheese. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But that meant we all had to try to fill the dining room with Abuela’s essence—the thing our customers loved more than her cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She even imagined she carried some essence of Mark Twain inside herself, which was why he appealed to her so much. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The essence of Darwin’s disruptive genius was his ability to think about nature not as fact—but as process, as progression, as history. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Though the brotherhood was scattered and the leader was dead, the essence of the Pythagorean teachings lived on. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Malan introduced the Group Areas Act — which he described as “the very essence of apartheid” — requiring separate urban areas for each racial group. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The very essence of the tomb, as Theodora points out. The cold spot in Borley Rectory only dropped eleven degrees,” he went on complacently. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That kind of poison would probably keep even me from coming back to life... for a long time, at least. My essence would be scattered and degraded. So I’m risking quite a lot.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A powerful pecan essence wafted into my face, not at all unpleasant, considering how sick I was of pecans. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That would be most kind. Time is of the essence.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Here was vital essence of the no-name peasant foundling who had the unforgivable habit of helping him for no good reason, all while looking guileless, as though it were a normal thing to do. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I saw that the question with which I had wrestled in that Chapter 14 was in essence the question Yali had asked me in 1972, merely transferred to a different part of the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The word that captured the essence of the Virginians’ political mentality was consolidation, as in “the dreaded consolidation that was denied by the friends of the new government, when it was under consideration.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This Atman, which resides in every thing, is part of the essence of the universe, and is immortal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They take the view that science is, in essence, common sense applied systematically, or, as Karl Popper put it, ‘common-sense knowledge writ large, as it were’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening, in essence, is that you’re constantly scanning your texts and email because every once in a while you are going to get a good one and you can’t predict when that is. “ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This mild breeze, carrying the moist essence of early spring, caused a dead leaf to flutter here and there, and across the garden near the fence it moved something that sparkled in the sunlight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Extracting his life essence—your brother has been dying a very slow death.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The essence of artificial selection—for a Heike crab, a dog, a cow or an ear of corn—is this: Many physical and behavioral traits of plants and animals are inherited. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘LIES/’ Gaia crumbled into a tornado of soil and grass, but her essence seemed to churn more sluggishly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In essence, the OSS was the nation’s spy program—the forerunner of the CIA. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Succinct, yet magisterial, this formula captured the essence of the interactions between heredity, chance, environment, variation, and evolution in determining the form and fate of an organism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He believed the very essence of Mojo had changed, and he pinpointed the cause of its destruction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The essence was a review of the drug situation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A refutation of this argument, in essence, can be found in Cicero, although of course without either typewriters or Shakespeare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“As you think about that, you’ll find the essence of this character.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It had the essence of the Froot Loops, without being too sweet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His grandchildren would inherit a quarter; his great-grandchildren, an eighth; his great-great-grandchildren, one-sixteenth, and so forth—until his genetic essence had been diluted, in just a few generations, into complete oblivion. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The proper wine for essence of brandied pig was in readiness behind the double door that led eventually to the wine cellar. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My assessment,” the doctor writes, “is that he will be able to recover in a short time, while retaining the extreme excitability that must form the essence of his character.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even as he fell, he was disintegrating, turning back into dust, his essence returning to Tartarus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At first, they tried to salvage the essence of their first model, placing the phosphate backbone in the middle, and the bases projecting out to the sides. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The crime of which the accused have been convicted, that is the main crime, the crime of conspiracy, is in essence one of high treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was, in essence, a giant and competitive pep rally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could argue a point down to its theoretical essence and prided myself on never rolling over in a conflict. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Madison’s position on slavery captured the essence of what might be called “the Virginia straddle.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And yet this was the essence of that cultural heritage which the Communist party had sworn to carry forward, whole and intact, into the future. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bits and pieces of his essence remain, but nothing you could put together again. I suppose some injuries even Tartarus cannot heal.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Thyon sat like that, staring hard at the two things—the vial with its few remaining drops of vital essence, and the bit of metal the essence had enabled him to cut. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, the essence of noise, "white noise," is basically every pitch at once, so that no particular pitch is heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a matrix light, a recombinant light that disintegrates hard lines and planes, rearranging objects to their essences. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The essence was elsewhere, in the older, uglier, more comfortable halls enclosing the Center Com- mon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one had seen a gene in action or knew its material essence. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Good taste was out of place in the company of death, death itself was the essence of bad taste. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This strategy, which also works well in chemistry and molecular biology, is so identified with science in the minds of many people that experimentation is often held to be the essence of the scientific method. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This child carries the spirit of my mother, Amari realized suddenly, as well as the essence of her father, little Kwasi, the murdered people of her village, and the spirits of all of her ancestors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its essence lies in the principle of symmetry: the same sorts of explanation must, according to this principle, be given for all types of knowledge claims, whether they are successful or not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the essence of life is not so much the atoms and simple molecules that make us up as the way in which they are put together. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Percy watched, the last particles of Titan essence from Hyperion and Krios were vacuumed into the warrior’s maw. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her mother gathered the flowers of particular climbing vines and sapped them of their essences and combined them with honey that she pulled from the wild hives in the tallest trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He cared only for the material side of things: the nature of elements, the essence and mutability of matter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The gangs already owned the territory—real estate was, in essence, their core business—and they were suitably menacing to keep customers from even thinking about ripping them off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In essence, it was zero, and could be ignored. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This need to be always on guard was an unmeasured expenditure of energy, the slow siphoning of the essence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stabbed a telkhine, and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monsters essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, I very nearly caught the essence of teenage capriciousness as I played the role. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The potatoes I'd been expecting have apparently either been clarified to an essence or were used to stoke the grill. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They liked to crowd around him, offering him cookies and bathing in his beatific essence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Seeing as how time is...of the essence...it might be faster to start fresh.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton was there because he could not honestly deny Burr’s charges, which he sincerely believed captured the essence of the man’s character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Captain. Time is of the essence. The commander wants a debriefing before we detonate.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Enough to make people forget the essence of who they are. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Meggers’s “law of environmental limitation of culture,” her critics in essence say, is nothing but a green variant of Holmberg’s Mistake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting with my back against the door, I seized some moments of sleep while the mandrake oozed its essence into the wine. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

You could stoop down and pick a fallen petal, crush it between your fingers, and you had there, in the hollow of your hand, the essence of a thousand scents, unbearable and sweet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“As usual, my friends, you overstate my accomplishment. Nevertheless, the essence of what you say is true. Among the authorities these days it is difficult to find a sympathetic listener.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed the jungle’s very essence had sought him out, a living nightmare purged from its most wretched depths. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Watching from the cab, Milton came face-to-face with the essence of tragedy, which is something determined before you’re born, something you can’t escape or do anything about, no matter how hard you try. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Only the fingernails had color; they were metal claws the same gold as the feathers, as if some essence of the figure had pierced the mutilated flesh and burst out from the cuticles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And there are few incentives more powerful than the fear of random violence—which, in essence, is why terrorism is so effective. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

This was the essence of the charge that he was a “party man.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The celestial bronze blade had to be destroying his essence. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is not so much a question of constructing an imitation of conditions in the wild as of getting to the essence of these conditions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the food stayed where she put it until it was cleared away by the servants, but Aurelia understood that the gods didn’t need real food, only its spiritual essence. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I had believed that a person’s essence was spread throughout them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not to learn it by heart but to discover within the very essence of divinity. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled dusty and alive, a strange combination of sweat and wood and candles and electricity, as if the air still contained the essence of everyone who’d ever walked through the building. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The essence of the prayer is the Oneness of God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was to be any chance of sorting out this mess before sunrise, speed was of the essence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Yet that approach would be doomed from the outset, because the essence of the problem is to develop a unified synthesis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A hate crime is bias boiled down to its most vile essence. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fadi read that Clive’s trademark photography style was “capturing the essence of human diversity, cultures, struggles, and joy.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, everything seemed to be drawn toward the face of this god—the dim light, the poisonous clouds, the essence of the monsters, even Annabeth’s own fragile life force. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The windows of the house were open and the overwhelming ammonia essence of cat stood like an invisible wall between me and the front yard. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roman, Andrew, and I stay up well past midnight, trying to make sense of McCandless’s life and death, yet his essence re-mains slippery, vague, elusive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main course was essence of brandied pig, and you need a lot of it to serve five hundred people. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Papa insisted we call it the host because “host” came close to capturing the essence, the sacredness, of Christ’s body. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"That is the essence of it, I suppose." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Part of this essence came from Father Mike’s perfect contentment at being only five foot four. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There is, they argued, no such thing as a form or essence, there are only particular objects. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And Lee had worked patiently and slowly and he had succeeded in building Adam as the center, the foundation, the essence of truth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a private journey as much as a public one. He was searching for his personal essence as much as he was making a political statement.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If it was, speed would be of the essence, and funding on a heroic scale would flow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In essence, the tribe was asking us whether we shared its feelings; if we refused to join the church, it was equivalent to saying no, to placing ourselves in the position of moral monsters. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If people were, in essence, naturally moral, what was the need for religion, really? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also still loved the essence of code breaking—that thrilling moment when a hidden message yielded its secrets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Me, the younger sister who was supposed to be the essence of the others. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Their voices are silenced, but their memory lives in us, no? Something lives far below the surface—the essence of you. That is what remains." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Children’s mitochondria are thus in essence identical to their mother’s.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly there, that’s all—the essence of those things ... yet always gone before she could decide if it had been there or not. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two men said in essence: “Let everyone in the community pool what little resources he has with others.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that I have given voice to the essence of my loneliness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Time was of the essence—she was now completely underwater—and she didn't want her pack or any part of her getting hung up on the controls. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

To the non-artist, it seems hard to believe that this uncertainty, this need to take a chance, should be the essence of the artist’s work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A deep cut from Celestial bronze or Imperial gold could literally dissolve a demigod’s essence from the inside out. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What we now think of as the essence of Sesame Street — the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults — grew out of a desperate desire to be sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could ask you the same question, but time is of the essence. Now please, close the door.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But what she wanted to do, in essence, was create a learning epidemic to counter the prevailing epidemics of poverty and illiteracy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glittering clouds of gorgon essence struggled to re-form, but •the river pulled them apart like a blender. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Glerk’s spirit, in its essence, was as serene as any bog—life' giving and life-sustaining. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Knowledge, in its essence, was a glittering jewel—and the madwoman was a crow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But this house was the essence of modernity. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

When asked what was in it, without answering he’d give a look that said in essence, “How can you possibly ask me that question? I’m deeply hurt and insulted.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We may reveal the essence of our soul, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer made clear this was far from the truth, and that underneath the fondness he felt for many things Cuban, at his essence he was “a hard-bitten, clinic-building, MDR-treating mother.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He also confirmed for them that what they believed in, what they cared about, was the very essence of what it meant to be an American. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This missing thing, this lost essence, explained the boys on the corner and “the babies having babies.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The picture that began to congeal in his mind was the essence of injustice: battle-worn veterans of the war for independence being cheated out of their just rewards by mere moneymen. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was not the essence of Devon, and so it was donated, without too serious a wrench, to the war. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been up to him, the demigod version of the Adams-Jefferson dialogue would have captured its essence and ultimate meaning as a staged performance for posterity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were wincing as they dabbed essence of dittany onto their many injuries. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every feeling, and with the sense that they’d been stripped down to their essence, revealed for the first time in all their unspeakable beauty, their unbearable fragility. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I do believe mortals strived more heartily toward their goals, because they knew that time was of the essence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Each station came equipped with an apron, pipettes, paper fragrance testers, glass beakers, six essences in brown bottles and Evian water, because you can really work up a thirst sniffing. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

But my job is to condense and capture the essence of an event as skillfully as possible. Joe Berlinger and His Feel-Good Tony Robbins Film 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Even more, the Celtic-Gaelic people also made fundamental contributions in shaping the very essence and character of America: a classic case of the past dictating the future in a variety of significant ways. The Irish have become the forgotten players of America's struggle for independence 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

The essence of Trump’s crude rhetoric is a sense of grievance, that someone is always about to get the better of him, or us. Perspective | The world is going to $#!+, but our language shouldn’t 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

In essence “Dead or Alive” updates the wunderkammer, the encyclopedic curiosity cabinet that dates from the 16th century, for lovers of contemporary art and design. Art Review: ?Dead or Alive? at Museum of Arts and Design 2010-04-29T21:13:00Z

"The essence was I looked and looked for people like me," Wright said. Musician Chely Wright to open LGBT center in KC 2012-03-08T18:25:09Z

“The essence of Sandi’s story has begun to place layers upon layers,” McCann writes, “though he does not know yet who the loved one is or what might eventually exist between them.” Sleeping giant Colum McCann awakens with new collection 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

Touching and feeling are the very essence of this world. Unfamiliar Territory for Indian Bridal Industry 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

One of Jarecki’s reënactments leaves me strangely obsessed with an insignificant detail that takes on an outsized significance in revealing the inadequacy of his method for the emotional essence of the story. “The Jinx” and the Blight of Documentary Reënactments 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Though conflict can be off-putting, it’s the essence of drama, and it’s frequently missing here. Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z

The melodies were unassuming, shaped with restraint, never pointed; sometimes the players dropped any attempt at expression, distilling the music to its harmonic essence almost as if it were a precursor to minimalism. Prom 7: Belcea Quartet ? review 2011-07-20T09:57:37Z

I reached out to Dr. Jim Grubman, a clinical psychologist who specializes in wealth, to help me understand this idea that billionaires are, in essence, just like us. DealBook: Living Like a Billionaire, if Only for a Day 2012-04-04T22:26:55Z

Of course, there is a more radical reading of the paintings: That in the moment we contemplate them, they change in nature and essence into representations of the death and agony of Jesus. Perspective | Barnett Newman’s ‘Stations of the Cross’ draws pilgrims to the National Gallery 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

The respective imperatives—and plights—of Mary and Elizabeth are dramatic because they ring true in their essence, factual liberties notwithstanding, and in their contemporary resonance. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Royalty Minus Majesty 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

It’s played for a laugh — the character prefers “Paths of Glory” to, say, “The Shining” — but it is worth taking the essence of the statement seriously. Stephen King’s Reign of Terror Continues in a New Novel 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

What better way to start Benjamin Britten's centenary year than with these four historic films by Tony Palmer, which capture so much of the essence of Britten's music-making. Britten at 100: Tony Palmer's Classic Films – review 2013-01-13T00:05:20Z

Photograph: www.facsimile-editions.com A lover of tradition, he nevertheless regarded the essence of the faith as being about good behaviour. Raphael Loewe obituary 2011-08-04T18:00:49Z

“Bo created this song and started, in essence, a genre in music and influenced many performers in the future, and he deserves that credit.” Eric Clapton sued by musician's estate over iconic song 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Busse says that portraiture remains the essence of his work: “People are the basis,” he told me. Dietmar Busse’s Imaginary Friends 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

I am always fascinated to hear people talk about the moment when they knew exactly what they were capable of doing — what, in essence, their reason for living is. How I knew I could cook: It's easy, if you're born to it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

Their mission is in essence part of the larger nationwide sweep toward the preservation of American craft and the nostalgia for an agrarian past. T Magazine: Blithe Spirits in Colorado 2011-11-11T19:30:16Z

He took the essence of it with him. Art Review: A Beijing Bohemian in the East Village 2011-07-28T23:14:41Z

In essence, she began to funnel her abstract vocabulary into an array of endeavors that ranged widely in terms of economic efficacy. Art Review: Swatches Illuminate a Painter?s Other Art 2011-03-17T22:16:56Z

What a prescient title: In his new novel — after “Beartown” and “A Man Called Ove” — Backman again captures the messy essence of being human, and what it’s like to be pushed to the brink emotionally. Fall reading: 12 books to keep you occupied for the rest of 2020 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

And its essence lies in his use of doubles: twinned images that resemble each other but are not identical. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

A few critics have objected that LaVette's ragged-voiced intensity and scorching search for the emotional essence of a song don't always fit these ditties well. Bettye LaVette, Karrin Allyson coming to Jazz Alley 2010-07-09T21:54:00Z

With government agencies paying salaries, pensions, health care and transportation for many groups — in essence, removing almost everything about being a musician that isn’t fun — the cultural flowering in Tanzania was immense. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z

If you want the distilled essence of Shane Black, look no further than the title of his directorial debut: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Lethal weapons: Shane Black's pulp fiction is still the best action around 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a reasonable concern that reaching for a family-friendly brand of comedy would water down the form if not compromise its essence. A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

A place where your essence, your you, is abstracted from your physical shell and can roam free. Halt and Catch Fire Became the Next Mad Men When It Stopped Trying to Be 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Yet the essence of what we know – all that we know – is what it is like to be ourselves. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z

“And we always encourage that to her: Always be proud of who you are. And never change the essence that makes you you.” Ynairaly Simo Reps the Bronx (and Tweenage Zest) in ‘Vivo’ 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

But it does illustrate the bafflingly contentious nature of what is in essence a very simple programme. World Cup 2014: why Gary Lineker is a man of two halves 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Not only is it witty and laced with pop culture references, but also erudite, intelligent and slightly frivolous, which is the essence of Mindy’s character. The Mindy Project on Hulu: comedy's return suffers from an identity crisis 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

It was, in essence, my story about how hard it was to get roles as a multiracial actor. The Vin Diesel Formula: Brains, Brawn and Heart 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a fitting name for a fantastic restaurant that gets to the very essence of hospitality. Review | Alma Cocina Latina review: A Venezuelan stunner beckons in Baltimore 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

I needed all these roadblocks to slowly create the essence of the violence that they have had all their lives. In "Whether the Weather Is Fine," typhoon survivors "transform from being zombies to becoming human" 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

“Without a robust culinary scene, we lose more than just dollars. We lose our essence,” said Michael Hecht, president and chief executive of Greater New Orleans Inc., a regional economic development organization. New Orleans Restaurants, Used to Disasters, Reckon With Something Worse 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

The fact that these songs are performed on a player piano, an automated device that is in essence a robot itself, adds to this metaphor of creepy artificiality. Play it again, Ram: meet the man behind Westworld’s old-timey rock covers 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

"This is the Goldfinger of X-Men movies, where the production team crystallises the essence of the concept, within a great narrative." The 10 best films of 2014 (so far) 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

That, for me is the essence of so much. Beethoven’s Insane Beauty, According to a Star Pianist 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

As she writes in the book’s introduction, “The word Tao includes the concepts of way, path, method, subject, art, science, force, Spirit, God, power and essence.” Learning from Carol Deppe’s ‘The Tao of Vegetable Gardening’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

In essence he was sparring with the world’s most celebrated jazz trumpeter, and he held his own, earning stagy glares from Mr. Marsalis, vicarious hollers from the hall and ultimately a standing ovation. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z

The second was to simplify the decoration, distilling it to an essence—to emphasize space, volume and proportion rather than surface. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z

“Memory, time, silence, words, and whiteness” were the essence of Cha’s art, wrote the art historian Moira Roth, as they are of Ms. Wu’s homage. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

It is, in essence, a line of poetry, enigmatic and evocative. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

The East 52nd Street building, he said, was a unique setting, one that captured the essence of a vanishing New York. After 94 Years, the Song Ends for the Turtle Bay Music School 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

They said, in essence, “If you look carefully at the words on the page, you can determine with scientific objectivity what the president’s dialogue means.” Review | In the impeachment spin wars, only the English majors can save us 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

“So in essence the muscle is being pulled in two different directions at once, which causes microscopic tearing of muscle fibers and subsequent soreness,” he says. How to cure a workout hangover 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

It is, in essence, a coming-of-age story about a young woman learning her way in the world, with a few tears, but little in the way of risk or anguish. Movie Review: ‘Lay the Favorite,’ Directed by Stephen Frears 2012-12-07T00:55:30Z

Yet Taronga is at essence a large city zoo with many of the same animals found at any notable zoo in the world. Skip Sydney’s typical city zoo for an Australian-animal park where you can touch a koala 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

It is the essence of fascism to have no single fixed form –an attenuated form of nationalism in its basic nature, it naturally takes on the colors and practices of each nation it infects. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

It's a wonder, then, that turn-based strategy games, whose very essence is map prodding, aren't more popular on touch screen devices. This week's new games 2011-04-08T23:08:02Z

The villa, open as a B&B, remains nearly the same as when they lived here, their essence alive in the 18th-century frescoes in the dining room and a lovely wisteria pergola outside. Discovering Joséphine Bonaparte in Martinique, Italy and France 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

He sums up the Chinese city’s 1930s essence in one doozy of a sentence: “Unlimited venture capitalism rode in gaudy style down streets lined with beggars showing off their sores and wounds.” ‘Miracles of Life’: J.G. Ballard tells his own story 2013-02-28T00:08:09Z

The circular shape, in essence an interfaith form, predominates. Art in Review: Emilia Azcárate: ‘Liminal’ 2014-03-13T21:16:25Z

Instead, Lincoln charged that the insurrection Davis helped to lead was “the essence of anarchy.” Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? Jefferson Davis Thought So. Abraham Lincoln Didn’t. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Wayne Thiebaud, who died on Saturday at 101, painted sweets, clowns and bow ties, and somehow managed to capture the essence of his era in work that was deceptively smart, wry and engaging. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

In retrospect, these years take on an awesome quality of self-possessed, unhurried progress toward a goal whose essence was glimpsed, but for which the technical means were as yet lacking. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

Ganz’s dazzling and informed playing captured the essence of each piece while making every selection his own. Pianist Brian Ganz’s fresh take on Debussy, Beethoven

I thought he captured some pure essence about that dream. John Cusack on preparing for role as Brian Wilson in 'Love & Mercy' 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

"Deli Man" is an unexpectedly charming and informative doc that focuses on describing the essence of the deli experience and conveying it to a waiting world. 'Deli Man' expands while coming back for seconds 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Godard, by contrast, argued in favor of editing, of montage as the very essence of the cinema. Godard’s Revolutionary 3-D Film 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Solnit’s connective imagination often functions by boiling things down to essences, and in “The Mother of All Questions,” the key essence is silence, “the universal condition of oppression.” Rebecca Solnit tries to answer 'The Mother of All Questions' 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

“We can’t do the essence of what our show is physically, so that’s a challenge,” said Stuart Oken, the lead producer of “Paris.” The Tony Awards Broadcast: Broadway’s Chance to Woo America 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

At Brooklyn Bowl, Bombino’s band was slightly more aggressive than when I last heard it, in 2011, but the essence of the music — hypnotic and resolute — remained unchanged. Music Review: Bombino Brings Tuareg Rhythms to Brooklyn Bowl 2013-07-31T22:04:53Z

Black’s essence may have a formula, but it’s infinitely variable and dependable. Lethal weapons: Shane Black's pulp fiction is still the best action around 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

In essence, “The Secret History of Magic” surveys what one might call show-business wizardry from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Review | How do they do that? ‘The Secret History of Magic’ is a study of deception as art 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

On “Hot Boy” he sidestepped that issue by ending several lines with the same word — in essence, the verse is the chorus. Albums by Nick Jonas, Bobby Shmurda and New Basement Tapes 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

The essence of Seshadri’s writing is conversation, and that conversation is coiling and liquid, not diffident. A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

The clones embody the notion that within our chemical essence lie all manner of derivations. 'Orphan Black,' Emmy snubs and questions of identity 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

In essence, I don’t believe your son was purposely hurting your older son. My son seems to lack empathy. Is that okay? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

To distill and find our essence so it is more flavorful and stronger and powerful. "To help life flow": Mark Dacascos reflects on his strong, flavorful and action-packed career 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

In essence, stealing has been paired with drugs for so long that stealing alone becomes the high.” Confessions of a kleptomaniac 2012-10-10T22:05:00Z

“This lawsuit outlines 200 false and misleading valuations of Trump’s assets, which of course, fraud is who he is. Charging Donald Trump with fraud is like charging Lizzo with juice — it’s his essence.” Late Night Examines New York’s Accusing Trump of ‘Staggering’ Fraud 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

“In that moment, I captured the essence of the Shape,” Courtney said. Michael Myers Is a Terrifying Acting Challenge, Too 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

It said everything about both the times and the novel that, almost half a century later, the flammable essence of the latter still eluded the former. When noir blew up! 2012-12-12T18:03:00Z

Still, Sula has grasped the essence of wine country tourism: It’s more about the experience than the wine itself. India’s Wine Country: A Charming Work in Progress 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

But almost all of them distill Skagit Valley and Chuckanut Mountain landscapes to their purest, liveliest essence. Ed Kamuda, Dion Zwirner: Nature rules in Lisa Harris show 2014-01-24T01:37:10Z

We went back and forth with a lot of Skype sessions — telling him how I really wanted to maintain the essence in this particular dress of the inflection of fire. Dressed to Kill: A Conversation with the Costume Designer of Catching Fire 2013-11-22T23:55:03Z

Those early comics were the essence of ephemera, preserved only by libraries and fervent collectors. Bill Blackbeard, Comic Strip Champion, Dies at 84 2011-04-29T23:46:48Z

In essence, an environment that is touted as a safe space can be anything but. 'I was fresh meat': how AA meetings push some women into harmful dating 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

As with most comedies, speed and timing are of the essence onstage and even off — “Tenor Overboard” was hatched in about a year. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

Hedge funds that were shorting the stock — in essence, betting that it would fall — wound up facing huge losses, thanks to an army of ostensible novices. ‘Dumb Money’ Review: Revenge of the Amateur Stock Traders 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

“It’s not just that people are making different choices. The underlying essence is different, and that’s what produces the surface-level differences.” Perspective | Why making your diet part of your identity is bad for your health — and society 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

“It just looked good written out, so we went for it,” he said, explaining that it is a play on the word “essence.” The Sensibility of Ssense 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

In pieces such as “Funk and Spine,” the surface of a woman’s body is almost entirely remade, yet sinew, bone and essence endure. In the galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes round 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

And I mean, you just think of "Bake Off," the essence of "Bake Off" is that it's friendly, it never tries to humiliate people, it's very inclusive. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

Yet with all of its updates, Bourne’s production is at essence quite a pure creation. Review | A ‘Swan Lake’ with echoes of ‘The Crown’ at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Rose’s cooking depends on the delicious integrity of these core ingredients; he is averse to frills and adornments that may interfere with one’s communion with the essence of hen or oyster. Daniel Rose, an American in Paris, Comes Home to Cook 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Deep down, Randi must know this — that deception can be used, in essence, for good. 'An Honest Liar' lifts the curtain on some Amazing Randi secrets 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

It is the essence of Flavin’s art, mighty and miniaturized. Artworks That Shine in New York Museums 2013-01-04T00:50:22Z

In essence “L-Carrier” is an installation of piano wires from 3 to 70 feet long, amplified and struck with mechanical beaters triggered by input from a remote Web page hosted by Turbulence, a Web-art initiative. Music Review: Eli Keszler’s ‘L-Carrier’ at Eyebeam in Chelsea 2012-06-10T22:00:27Z

There’s the requisite lab, of course, but comedians and performers experiment, too, and this show aims to capture some of the essence of that. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

As the decades pass and Cecil slips into the margins of literary immortality, his essence becomes more veiled and more subject to others' agendas. Alan Hollinghurst bears beautiful 'Stranger's Child' 2011-10-19T23:15:05Z

"That's when it turns into a pop record, then you can put as many overdubs and backing vocals and everything, but the essence of the thing was alive." "The Convincer" still holds up for Nick Lowe's toughest critic — himself 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

The essence of most musical theater hits since “The Producers” has boiled down to corporate recognition, as the current attractions prove. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

It was a narrow viewpoint based on a strictly linear succession of styles, each one destined to bring a particular art medium closer to its physical essence. The Great Beginning of Jules Olitski 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Yet what you return to most often, I find, are those performances that are not only familiar but also have an uncanny sense that what you are hearing is a piece’s direct, unfiltered essence. My Favorite String Quartet 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z

Not just his body but some essence of him was present to me, and I was lost not in wanting to be known but in knowing. Modern Love: Wearing Your Heart on Your Skin 2011-07-08T19:05:31Z

The Sinfonia of London, despite the history of its name and the cohesiveness of its sound, is still in essence a session orchestra. The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

The golden rule for each sketch seems to be to pare its comic premise down to its very essence. Seattle comedy troupe The Habit bounces back 2011-09-10T17:22:04Z

For he understood the essence of the thing was no different from any other performance: “You’re there for one purpose only: to please the audience. Come on, say the stupid effing words, and get off.” David Mamet on Ricky Jay, a Great Astonisher and ‘Truest Friend’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

It's as though your mental mixtape is being brought to life, augmented by accidental nuances that are the essence of live music. Ask the indie professor: My top 10 gigs of 2010 2010-12-22T11:48:26Z

MON Buddhist master distills the essence of Buddhism in a way that is practical for the modern world, 8 p.m. Community calendar 2011-11-16T23:08:03Z

There were noble coats with just one collar in fur and a gilded brocade pantsuit that was the essence of opulent elegance. Special Report: Fashion: A Fresh Breeze of Change 2011-03-02T19:46:33Z

But of all Zak's claims, perhaps the one with the most profound social and economic implications, if true, is his assertion that oxytocin is the "essence of empathy". Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z

“So much of what he conveyed there successfully, I think we also sought to convey — that point of fugivity, of making things that can’t be pinned down to any sort of essence,” Escobar said. Standing on the Corner Is a Music Collective That Won’t Be Pinned Down 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

Layers are the essence of Kentridge’s work, whether drawing on old books transforming them into something else, or staging operas. When refusing the hour saves the day 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

At this point, we’re on familiar Johns turf, defined by a mix of high and low, serious and humorous, its essence distilled in a gloomster Freud decked out in harlequin colors. Art Review: ‘Jasper Johns: Regrets,’ a New Series at MoMA 2014-03-21T16:46:57Z

Dispute Over Bill on Borrowed Art The lending and borrowing of famous artworks is the essence of cultural exchange between museums in the United States and abroad. Dispute Over Bill to Protect Art Lent to Museums 2012-05-21T22:04:51Z

You need the essence of all three things, he would say later, to create a good board game. Perspective | In a world of Monopoly and Risk, the maker of Catan settled for more 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Balsam, fresh from his backward plunge down the “Psycho” stairs, won an Oscar for, in essence, one riveting monologue. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

“The cafe, in essence, had opened, and the top predator of seals arrived,” he says. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Fahey continues to be a useful key to people like Mr. Tyler, and there are always going to be people like Mr. Tyler, looking for the irreducible essences in American art. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-11-22T23:10:00Z

In each song Ray got the essence of a basic rhythmic or melodic or sonic idea, and each became something to take notice of. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

“One,” from “A Chorus Line,” with its punchy, brassy lines, distills the essence of the Broadway showstopper. Marvin Hamlisch, Composer, Dies at 68 2012-08-07T20:00:07Z

In essence, Touchy Feely is a maudlin piece with little by way of comic relief. Sundance film festival 2013: Touchy Feely – first look review 2013-01-22T12:04:53Z

But on screen he’s still the essence of Zen cool. Review: In John Wick, Keanu Reeves is Back Up to Speed 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Large swaths of both are given over to, in essence, talk-singing, a kind of fireside chat of emotional exhaustion. Adele and Summer Walker: Our Season of Romantic Discontent 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

Speed and efficiency are of the essence because the networks want to squeeze out 100 episodes and hit that syndication jackpot as soon as possible.  The problem with American remakes of British shows 2011-02-09T15:01:00Z

Over a 55-year career, David Bowie redefined the essence of cool by embracing an outsider status. David Bowie, and His Personas, Will Live On at Victoria and Albert Museum 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

These small things are the essence of “self-care” when you have a baby at home. Perspective | Ask Amy: New mom needs respite and empathy 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The sweet, fiery smell that permeates the air during cooking also infuses into the final distillate, capturing the plant’s herbaceous essence. Smoky Cocktails Without a Single Ember 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

In essence, Interpol is like an internet that specifically caters to law enforcement. Red notice: 10 fascinating facts about Interpol 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, Ms. Best, Ms. Reilly and Mr. Owen, a film star making a much anticipated Broadway debut here, are skilled and charismatic enough to fulfill these requirements without entirely overwhelming the play’s more subtle essence. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Its very essence, at the very start, was that Maria’s really a genius. Mitch Hurwitz digs deep on “Lady Dynamite” — and gives “Arrested Development” details: “We’re ready to go at a moment’s notice” 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

This merry menu creates an easygoing style but reflects Ted and Matt's serious food knack for updating Southern classics without loosing a lick of their delectable essence. Holiday Dinner Party Menus 2010-12-13T09:09:00Z

At its essence, the blast beat is a rapid 16th-note alternation between kick drum and snare — BOOM-CRACK-BOOM-CRACK-BOOM-CRACK-BOOM-CRACK — often performed with mechanical ruthlessness. The joy of drumming, with Liturgy’s Greg Fox 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Charles Emerson's oil-on-canvas "Trajectory of Angels" evokes the essence rather than specifics of angelic beings making fiery, ethereal traceries across a backdrop of autumnal colors. Sisko Gallery scares up some 'Creatures of the Night' 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z

I thought that he threaded that needle perfectly between an impression and just sort of what Billy Ray asked us all to do, grab the essence of the character. "The Comey Rule" will likely trigger Trump, and series star Michael Kelly couldn't be happier 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

A few of the elements of the dish may be unfamiliar to Americans, but they convey the essence of Brazilian cuisine. Moqueca Offers Flavors of Brazil in a Tropical Fish Stew 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

The history of jazz is coextensive with the history of recording; it’s a media-centric art form, but the essence of jazz is performance. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

But a certain amount of bewilderment is, of course, essential to the essence of an aesthetic experience, so if possible, see the more impressionistically organized Phillips Collection before the Hirshhorn. Review | Is he or isn’t he an abstract painter? Two museums differ. 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

Sorrentino then set about with a seductive, often gorgeously surreal story that stripped a corrupted Catholicism down to an essence of love. Review | ‘The New Pope’ has all of the style but none of the substance that ‘The Young Pope’ had 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

"It may sound similar to other things, but the difference is the essence of soul in it," he says. Usher reflects on 18 years at the top 2012-06-15T01:24:03Z

Whatever else each film offers, without that essence and without the artistry of those particular actresses, we wouldn't be celebrating "The Sound of Music's" 50th anniversary, "Pretty Woman's" 25th. 'Sound of Music,' 'Pretty Woman' heroines so similar, yet so different 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Always, whether they follow good or bad performances, they cleanse the palate, leading a spectator into core essences of dance itself: music, phrasing and rhythm, partnering, stance and balance. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión Dance Tango 2013-08-12T21:40:10Z

The initial job posting that said The Times was looking for someone with “the ability to parachute into a place and distill its essence,” and I remember thinking, I’ve done that for years! A Few Questions for Our 52 Places Traveler 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

The connecting strands can be seen as either branches or arteries, suggesting that plant and human are in essence the same. Review | In the galleries: Two outdoor exhibits where sculptures take vegetal forms 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

And in slimming Angels down to its essence, it is perhaps Eötvös who has the steadier eye on posterity. Tony Kushner's Angels in America: the opera 2010-03-22T21:35:00Z

But their main ingredient is black walnut ink, a tree reduced to liquid essence, and they also include metallic pigments and wax. Review | In the galleries: Julia Mae Bancroft stitches the past to the present 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

He led an urgent performance, compelling in its revelation of Beethoven the adventurer, the maverick, the visionary — which is to say, Tilson Thomas got to the essence of Beethoven. L.A. Phil gets theatrical with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

That sound came to represent the essence of sophisticated hip for countless listeners worldwide who preferred their jazz on the gentle side. George Shearing, ?Lullaby of Birdland? Jazz Virtuoso, Dies at 91 2011-02-14T18:49:32Z

A person's inner essence can be described in any number of ways, and it's ever changing, but at the heart of it most people are either a fool in love, or a lover of fools. "The White Lotus" shows no pity for fools in love 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

If this production lacks the teeming, motley exuberance that pulses in Ibsen’s text, it definitely distills the intriguing philosophical essence of a play that still seems unsettlingly relevant. Review: A Minimalist Version of ‘Peer Gynt’ Still Provokes 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

She didn’t try to imitate him so much as capture a buffoonish essence, zeroing in on moments where the juxtaposition between cluelessness and confidence was most stark. What Happens When Sarah Cooper Speaks in Her Own Voice? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

The very essence of our chronotype makes us oddballs, prone to looking at life through a different lens. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

“Ms. Streep provides, once again, a technically flawless impersonation that also seems to reveal the inner essence of a well-known person,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Saturday: The Last Season of ‘Orphan Black’ Debuts 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

“Very few artists have managed to capture the essence of a movement on one sheet of paper better than Arnold Skolnick.” Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

“Because if in our essence we are the same, why am I otherwise less?” Enraged by Their Times, Women of Ambition Seize the Stage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Moreover, in many ways the arts represent the essence of what city life is about. Arts conference looks to the future 2011-06-08T18:25:00Z

“Wanting to move forward, it’s about how do you transfer the essence of that work,” he said. Nick Cave Uses His Capital to Help Aspiring Creators 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

The essence of youthful spontaneity is written into these dances. Dance Review: Dancing Danes (No Holy Water) 2011-06-10T22:28:23Z

It is very easy to break this fundamental rule, and if you do that, you are going to break the essence of being polyamorous. Swinger film "Bloom Up" explores polyamory with a couple whose love is "really, really pure" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

Matt: I feel like the movies were only partly successful — for this viewer — at capturing the essence of the books. Majoring in Potterology 2012-05-25T19:20:00Z

But where before the Bad Seeds traded on riffs and brimstone, now aching washes bring a very different element to bear on Cave's fiery essence. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Push the Sky Away – review 2013-02-17T00:07:20Z

The Beales’s apparent passivity sits atop the festering wreckage of their lives, the rotting ruins of their dreams—and the essence of those dreams is theatrical. All Documentaries Are Participatory Documentaries 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Weil: Doug wrote the essence of us, and they were terrific actors, so they captured it. The couple behind the 'Beautiful' tunes: How L.A. hit-makers became characters in the Carole King musical 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

What it played on Friday night at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, took a general essence and redirected it without anxiety. Review: Boogarins, a Psychelic Pop Band From Brazil 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

In this exceptional rendering a dybbuk’s essence is simplified. Theater Review: Julia Pascal Revisits the Dybbuk Myth 2010-08-22T22:16:00Z

He says, "I'd like to get to the point where I can capture the essence of a precise moment in a given place, compose the work, and perform it immediately in a natural way." Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

Kawabata “for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind.” The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

“Free the Air: How to Hear the Universe in a Spider/Web” is, in essence, the pièce de résistance of this entire undertaking. Tomás Saraceno: Following the Airborne Lives of Spiders 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

Come to that, where, among the graceful evening shoes with high gilded heels, were the Gucci loafers, which are the essence of the heritage? Special Report: Fashion: Gucci Marks 90th Anniversary With Show and Museum 2011-09-21T17:55:16Z

You’re in essence leading a parallel life with your characters and letting those characters take you where they want to go — not necessarily where the dictates of commercial convention say they have to go. Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z

This is one of those times when I think tradition doesn’t exactly serve a dish well: To eat Lanzhou beef noodles like they do in China is to destroy its very essence and elegance. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The essence is that you brown that cauliflower, throw in some colorful, fresh peppers of your choice, and then eat it quickly while it’s still warm. This chef wants to make vegetables as accessible as bacon 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

In it her unassuming attitude toward her singular career as a television pioneer, and a female one at that, is reflective of her essence; it just wasn’t right to brag. The Woman Behind Lucy?s Laughs 2011-08-06T20:30:18Z

Does the introduction of modern materialist cultures into indigenous communities inevitably destroy their essence? Review: ‘The Encounter’ Is a High-Tech Head Trip Through an Amazon Labyrinth 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

The very essence of the story is the comedy of violence, and “Central Intelligence” offers plenty of it. The Good and the Bad in “Central Intelligence” 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Murfi has only to duck his chin to let us know that Pat is back, as his face becomes the very essence of incalculable loss. Review: A One-Man Funeral With Many Lives in ‘I Hear You and Rejoice’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Perhaps, the essence of these gatherings is not about celebrating but about gathering and sharing our bounties, regardless of origins. Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

In fact, the pair drop buzzwords like sportsmen, only instead of discussing the importance of "getting in the right areas" or "pressing the ball", they demand "primal essence" and "punk rock attack". The Jim Jones Revue brings you rock'n'roll resurrection 2010-09-02T21:47:00Z

Ms. Winter opened the workshop by citing the sociologist Orlando Patterson’s argument that the essence of slavery lay in “natal alienation” that deprived people of any claim on kinship or origin. Familial Ties to Slavery, Bound by Vintage First-Person Accounts 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

There were also four points on the compass, four seasons and four phases of the moon, plus five essences and five categories for living things, and seven liberal arts. Medieval Europeans had noses, eyes and ears — and they used them 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

But the trains are in essence government-run, and Parks presents Italy as a country in which life is an endless series of tussles with the begrudged incubus of the state. Italian Ways by Tim Parks – review 2013-06-22T13:00:02Z

Throw in a crew cut, stoicism and frequent shouting, and as far as I was concerned my father embodied the essence of manhood. When a Dad’s Secret Changes Everything 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

It involved the removal of the spectator from everyday life to reveal something about the world’s essence. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z

The real and endlessly complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than the search for some made-up "Celtic" essence that never existed. Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whole idea was made up 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

What we witness here is Boseman becoming not merely Levee, a man, a trumpeter craving renown and respect, but the very essence of starved volition. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom": Chadwick Boseman's finale performance is stunning 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

So the audience, in essence, will play itself — bearing witness to a performer contending with a complicated legacy: Lawson playing Vereen playing Williams, grappling with the thorny question of race and representation in America. Art, Reagan and blackface: Edgar Arceneaux examines controversial performance by Ben Vereen 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

It’s easy to understand why the Orpheus myth offered an appealing platform for Gluck to rethink the very essence of opera. Gluck’s revolution: Pacific MusicWorks performs ‘Orphée,’ an opera by Marie Antoinette’s music teacher 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

What Mygale and The Skin I Live In share is a mission central to most movies: "defining essences in terms of surfaces," as Andrew Sarris wrote. Movie review for new Pedro Almodóvar film "Skin I Live In" 2011-10-13T17:10:00Z

This is actually as tough as choosing the best Bond girl because each actor has interpreted the character in such vastly different ways while still attempting to remain true to his essence. The best of Bond in 007 categories 2012-10-02T15:47:08Z

In essence, it is like a vise that squeezes into the temple. Star Trek, Reading Rainbow, The White House: LeVar Burton Sounds Off 2013-04-29T17:56:26Z

The session culminates in a debate among and polling of the audience to determine whether Beertown will accept these new artifacts and, in essence, modify in some way its collective identity and value system. A vote in favor of ‘Beertown’ 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

This, in essence, is the accusation she is leveling against her father in general, not just when it came to O’Hara, but also, especially, when it came to Ada herself. A Daughter, Her Father and the Long-Gone Poet Who Brought Them Together 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

In essence, that’s the driving spirit behind her project: how to give a sense of surprise to consumers swinging from one short-term thrill to the next. On the Runway Blog: Fivestory, a New Midtown Boutique, Chooses Carefully 2012-04-13T19:26:32Z

Each captured the harrowed essence of his subjects. There’s More to Italian Fiction Than Elena Ferrante 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

Over the years he has stripped his voice of that warmth, pared it down to what he considers its essence. Scott Walker: Brother beyond 2012-11-23T19:28:49Z

It makes me think about that joke you have in the Epix special where you're like, the essence of white liberalism, especially in Portland, but more broadly, too, is convenience. Pulled off a bus by Border Patrol: Mohanad Elshieky on ICE, comedy and "peak white liberalism" 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

And this includes his decision to release his fate from determinations as to who he is and his worth as prescribed by others, which is the essence of a spiritual journey. Is this the way? "The Mandalorian" depicts struggling belief more realistically than that last Jedi 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

His vision of Gothic glory, with a world bathed in religious symbolism, was translated not just with immense subtlety and beauty but also with the urgent futurism that was the essence of his spirit. Special Report: McQueen's Mesmerizing Finale 2010-03-09T18:27:00Z

There’s no obvious power to this wine, yet its essence reverberates like an echo in the mountains. This crisp, minerally $12 French white blend evokes the mountains where it’s grown 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

So, in the spirit of the night, we put together a quick list of some of our recipes that might capture this essence. These 9 decadent Oscars night-approved recipes are all winners 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

If a single sentence could sum up the essence of Robert E. Hull’s architectural practice, it might be: “His designs were all about understanding what a site had to offer.” Noted Seattle architect Robert Hull, 68, dies: ‘amazingly creative’ 2014-04-11T02:06:22Z

Ordinary days are also worth noting, because they capture the essence of an individual’s existence in a specific place on the planet at a specific time. Perspective | Ask Amy: Cull those diaries of the ‘icky bits’ 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

There’s a sort of ideal figure that conservative intellectuals conjure when they want to argue about the essence of their ideology. The Book That Predicted Trump 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

“It was about giving inspiration to the essence of it,” she said. Strike First, Strike Hard: How ‘The Karate Kid’ Became a Musical 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

In essence, vision — especially when followed through to the last detail — matters much, much more than money. Last Chance: Charlotte Posenenske Installation at Artists Space 2010-08-09T22:26:00Z

As Richards' fellow guitarist, he sees his role as keeping the band tight, and said the Stones have a greater economy in their playing than they used to, getting to the essence of the songs. 50 and counting for Rolling Stones 2012-11-13T20:40:38Z

In fact, it’s an allegory that precisely captures the essence of the band and its followers. Communing with the Dead: I followed the Grateful Dead to escape and ended up finding home 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

Alex Garland, who wrote and directed each episode, created an absorbing meditation on the very essence of human existence and free will, all hidden in an elegant techno-thriller. Nomination surprises: ‘The Mandalorian,’ Quibi get Emmy love 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

Of course, here was the essence of our collaboration — or rather, what I think I was bringing to them. They Know Russian. I Know Plays. Would That Translate? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

But at least the duo got to the essence of Ferrè: architectural gestures but wearable clothes with fine tailoring and a lightness, even for leather, that seemed modern. Special Report: Fashion: Giorgio Armani Sends Out a Shimmering Collection 2011-09-26T17:07:04Z

The setbacks suffered by the many weren’t necessarily being felt by the few, and this is Kanye embracing the essence of the cold life lesson. Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

He was prohibited, in essence, from learning; he was mechanized, an arrow in the quiver, a rod in the fasces, proscribed to a bureaucratic engagement with data. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

The narrator, meanwhile, sustains the illusion of his own affection and beneficence, in essence paying for the privilege of being an American savior, wavering between the thrill of passion and the “acidic sense of entrapment.” ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Better than any other choreographer, Mr. Morris possesses the secret of passing on his dances to succeeding generations of interpreters while preserving their essence. Dance Review: Some Death, Some Struggle, Some Strain, Yet So Much Still Is Joyful 2011-07-29T21:45:30Z

Almost as an afterthought, Sharp set up a little Sony hand-held recorder, hoping it might capture the essence of the frigid stillness where he often worked. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

"Scratch" and "Art & Copy," "Levitated Mass" in essence intercuts three stories, each of which is more unexpected than one might imagine. 'Levitated Mass' revisits dramatic pull of LACMA's rock star 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Speed and efficiency are of the essence, leavened with nasty biker wit and a blunt distaste for authority. Review: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Still Angry After All These Years 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The essence of drag-kinging is the diminution of femininity but it works so much better if a trace of womanhood is left behind. How 'drag kings' are taking the standup world by storm 2012-08-26T19:00:07Z

It’s all too familiar a story in its essence. Review: ‘C.O.A.L (Confessions of a Liar)’ Opens at 59E59 Theaters 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The essence of garage was to take pre-recorded vocals and do something with them. Disclosure and Zed Bias: dubplates, DJing and the sound of the suburbs 2013-02-15T14:00:00Z

“And she said, ‘Bill Pullman, because he has this unbelievable ability to swing the pendulum and capture the essence of humanity in every one of his roles,’ ” he said. Bill Pullman Keeps His Passions Out Front 2013-01-01T23:42:34Z

Which is why, as tired as Wagner’s satire is, Cronenberg’s way with it is an intermittent but brilliant display of the essence of his artistry, and of the art of direction as such. David Cronenberg’s Horror Portrait of Hollywood 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Reviews were mixed, with critics more enthused by the movie's visual splendor than its narrative essence. "Alice in Wonderland" opens strongly at box office 2010-03-06T19:09:00Z

I think the great masters always strip it down to as few rules as possible so that the essence is the photograph. On the Runway: Playing a Sad Song for Joy: Mark Seliger 2011-02-22T18:24:23Z

Those of us who believe in human rights couldn’t agree more that to stifle one’s most basic essence is, to put it in Catholic terms, a sin. The pope’s hateful Christmas message 2012-12-21T17:16:00Z

One of her quilts, which looks like a mosaic of tiny rectangles in many colors, showcases the words: “In essence, I am a sophisticated cotton picker.” ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

In essence, mindfulness involves paying attention to what is happening in the present moment and noticing, without judgment, your thoughts and feelings. Mindful sex: could it put an end to unhappiness in bed? 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Still, the essence of Jobs the creator, the insanely driven cultural game changer, is intact, in line with his public and professional persona. Sundance film festival 2013: Jobs – first look review 2013-01-28T11:49:30Z

A collection of nine short films that capture the essence of Seattle: “A Walk in the Woods,” “By the Salish Sea,” “Cavalier,” “Duck Dodge,” “Scrap Metal,” “The Next Step,” “The Roper,” “Ufologist,” “Yours Truly.” SIFF’s Northwest Connections program focuses on local films 2013-05-08T21:40:24Z

For the Tokyo gallery A Lighthouse called Kanata, simplicity can be deep and nuanced, and is, in essence, what defines Japanese art. Rediscovering the Joy of Japanese Art in London 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

I felt, in essence, like a spider in its web. A Human-Size Spider Web Is Getting a Boost From TikTok 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, as the spring haute couture shows wound down, Jean Paul Gaultier evoked her chaotic essence in a marvelous show. On the Runway Blog: Jean Paul Gaultier: All This Craziness 2012-01-26T06:10:05Z

In essence: the finest fabric of French culture. Puttin’ on the Ritz at Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

You’ll have to pay for your own tortillas, but when prepared at home, the tortizza can be a delicate slip of a weeknight dream — a life raft when time is of the essence. Say Hello to the Tortizza, a Dinner Life Raft 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Several works in the exhibition are, in essence, remixes of Kruger originals, either remade in a site-specific way for this show, or updated in terms of medium. Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

After this first salvo of truth-telling, he would explain the essence of the person who was displayed in the prone position in the front of the sanctuary. ‘A Lowcountry Heart’: Pat Conroy’s final words 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Well said, Robert, I thought, as tears welled, watching the essence of my upbringing play out onscreen. The agony of rewatching "Everybody Loves Raymond" reminds me of my family's damaging dysfunction 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

The essence of the diva is that she isn’t homebound. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Riley captures that essence: his prowess at clobbering mindless demon creatures is just a handy extra, like the ability to unscrew a stubborn jar cap or reach something on a high shelf. Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—Jane Austen, with Teeth 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

But instead of being yet another chatty, naturalistic couch play, the show throws itself into the grotesque, when the essence of whiteness manifests in a burst of body horror as surreal as it is funny. ‘White on White’ Review: American Grotesque 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z

"I'm so anxious and excited and thrilled to be able to bring, in essence, a new me back to the stage with what's gone on in my life." Replacing lead actors in long-running Broadway shows isn't unusual but getting two leads ready for their first time in a show on at the same night is rare 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

Are surprising turns and moving about the essence of good theater? Review: ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem,’ an Avatar of Divine Vengeance 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

But none of these tributes, as resonant as some of them were, had the feeling that emerges here, of a creative impulse distilled to its most concentrated essence. ‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

What is the essence of our engagement with this place? In 'Wide Awake,' Suzanne Lummis gathers the poets of Los Angeles 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

But maybe more shockingly, Mr. Comey said that Mr. Trump was a liar to his essence. In Comey’s Testimony, a Reboot of Classic TV Hearings Past 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

In essence, turn your focus to adjusting your family to this new tradition, not forcing a faith on your child. Our 9-year-old says he doesn’t believe in God. Should we force him to attend church? 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

If you knock away the language and boil it down to the bare essence, there is a really a great story there.” ‘The Winter’s Tale’: The blockbuster ballet that almost wasn’t 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Like outrageously attired alchemists, they distil rock'n'roll down to its barest essences – thud, snarl, wooh! – and turn it into something precious again. Deap Vally: Sistrionix – review 2013-06-22T23:05:06Z

As always, his very essence seeps through the pages like an intoxicating cloud. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Though there’s no moment when you can identify any one species, it’s completely evocative: the essence of the quiet life of some creek or shoreline. Merce Cunningham’s Multifaceted Mirror, Held Up to Nature 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

We need a scene that better conveys the man’s essence; not a grand “I am the one who knocks”-style monologue, perhaps, but more than just his fear and angst. Review | Whatever happened to Jesse Pinkman? Thanks to ‘El Camino,’ now we know. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

The combination of sage and brown butter — especially in conjunction with a filled pasta — is arguably its truest "essence," but it's just as welcome in a cake batter or custard base. Brown butter is liquid gold — here's how to make the most of it 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

If this is what it takes to create your own essence, some filmgoers may decide: "Rather him than me." The Adjustment Bureau's will won't be done 2011-03-07T10:57:44Z

According to Hines the essence of the show’s appeal is David’s desire to dwell on social discomfort. Preeetty good. Larry’s back and still misanthropic after all these years 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

In essence, she had to find a way to become Rachel Bloom. Losing Her Mind: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Ends with Hope 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

All were wry, wounded and irresistibly tuneful entreaties, steeped to varying degrees in the essence of Paul McCartney. Music Review: Alan Hampton Performs at the Living Room - Review 2011-09-14T22:05:03Z

“Our gluten-free pasta is something that we worked on to try to get the texture and the essence of that dish.” Rice that cauliflower and spiralize that zucchini all you want. You’ll still miss your carbs. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

One who walks through an exhibition all about how his party has sold out its values, then goes out not to censor but to engage with the essence of the exhibition. Antjie Krog: Should Should power listen to poetry?| World Writers Conference 2012-09-26T09:47:23Z

“This is the song that most captures the essence of our show.” The Tony Awards Broadcast: Broadway’s Chance to Woo America 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

While this revival celebration is different in content—there's no livestock in sight— in essence the intention is the same. 10 bewitching facts About Beltane, the ancient gaelic fire festival 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

The dingy but romantic brick rack house towered over the parking lot, and the smoke- and steam-puffing whiskey works exhaled the powerful essences of cooking grain. Exploring Kentucky Bourbon at Its Source 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

He recognizes an old Brooklyn vanishing, and his portraits convey the psychic ruptures of gentrification but also what he described to me recently as “the complexities of the human essence.” Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s Cubist Portraits Address the Psychic Ruptures of Gentrification in Brooklyn 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

Merry never noticed that there was a strikingly good-looking woman sitting quietly in the background with sketchbook and charcoal, trying to capture the essence of the dancers as bodies in movement. Isabel Rawsthorne: elusive painter who led the art world a merry dance 2013-03-26T09:57:24Z

“We all share the unbending conviction that time is of the essence,” he told the crowd. Prince Albert II of Monaco Charges Forth as Eco-Warrior 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. von Trier was elusive when asked to explain how the diamond expresses the movie’s essence. Lars Von Trier Wants to Turn All His Movies Into Diamonds 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

With those words, Peterson captured the essence of Drew's personality and character, defining the qualities that prompted the pianist to engage the drummer to work with his trio. Martin Drew obituary 2010-08-12T17:24:00Z

"Evil is reproduceable, and Goethe formulated its essence: 'Unhappy people are dangerous'." Sokurov completes power series with "Faust" film 2011-09-08T15:03:27Z

Jamie is as sick and alpha as any man I’ve ever met, but what she wants is that essence of you on the screen. Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer on Hollywood, Female Directors and Their New Movie 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

The “need to be always on guard” was exhausting, “the slow siphoning of essence,” Mr. Coates writes. Review: In ‘Between the World and Me,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates Delivers a Desperate Dispatch to His Son 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Despite the fact that in its essence it is a love story, it is more than that. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - review 2013-06-01T11:00:00Z

If I get the essence of how that man looked at that woman then there is nothing else as an actor I need to know.” The Black Sitcom Steps Out of the ’90s and Gets Real 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

But the work captures and magnifies the prayer’s essence by juxtaposing an intricate, glancingly modal solo violin line and rhythmically steady, sometimes forceful ensemble writing. Music Review: At Merkin Concert Hall, Concertante Blends New and Old 2010-05-18T21:26:00Z

“The Believers Are But Brothers” is in essence a show about toxic masculinity in the internet age. What Radicalizes Young Men? This Show Tells You via WhatsApp 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Instead of toeing the line on technique, he respectfully streamlines recipes, simplifying in the name of ease while preserving the essence of any dessert. Baking Cookbooks That (Gently) Push the Limits 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

It would seem like she spent years poring over stacks of scholarly books and reams of microfiche, but to envision her cooped up in some ivory tower is to insult her very essence. World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

It’s a loss, because the event was, in essence, about the making of community through the ages but also through one day and night. ‘Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Review: Wish You Were There 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

This is the essence of both her weary, patient maternal wisdom and her radical criticism of the way things are. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

But a principle is at stake, he insists, as is his very essence. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

And if I were to stay silent about it, or just shrug it off as the kind of thing guys say sometimes, I would, in essence, be participating. What happened when I discovered my brother was a sexual predator 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The effect, at its strongest, is of a man struggling to find the words for events, emotions, thoughts that are overwhelming him — the essence, arguably, of Hamlet’s situation. ‘A Piece of Work’: ‘Hamlet’ for the computer age 2013-02-23T23:13:22Z

“The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity,” he sensibly writes. Books of The Times: ?Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?? ? By Henry Alford ? Review 2012-01-03T22:29:05Z

So, just how do the rest of us capture the essence of this bold and quintessentially Sicilian dish? How to cook the perfect caponata 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

If you want to avoid those overt Independence Day celebrations but still watch something that speaks to the very essence of Americanism, try AXS TV. What to Watch on TV After Flags Are Waved 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Dance says the "extraordinarily poignant" photo captures the "essence of Scarlett". In pictures 2011-07-07T10:06:15Z

That question cuts to the essence of “Touched With Fire,” Paul Dalio’s extraordinarily sensitive, nonjudgmental exploration of bipolar disorder and creativity. Review: ‘Touched With Fire,’ a Love Story Between Two Bipolar Poets 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

I just felt like it captured the heart of what the stage production was, and that’s hard to do — keep the same essence and vibe, and keep people jumping up and down. Lily James Taps Her Inner Meryl to Become a Dancing Queen 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

I’m interested in Givenchy, because it has just rocketed and I’ve always loved heritage labels and how they kept the essence which made them what they were. Secrets of ‘Downton Abbey’ Style 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

That song distilled the essence of Ms. Mason’s musical personality: an overflowing generosity of spirit. Review: Karen Mason, a Well-Seasoned Belter, at Don’t Tell Mama 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

He let the essence of the songs manifest themselves. Marcus Belgrave and His Quintet Play Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

She brought rich tone and arching lyricism to her performance and got at the essence of this character: a harried, driven and fatalistic young man. 2010-02-06T05:43:00Z

It should look like a swamp in a bowl, and taste of the bayou as much as truffles do the earth and oysters do the sea – it is the essence of Louisiana. Jacob Kenedy’s recipe for a Louisiana-style turkey gumbo ya ya | Christmas leftover recipes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

Seymour says the essence of who we are resides in our talent, whatever talent there is. Ethan Hawke: “Seymour teaches owning your fear and not being ashamed of it” 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

We didn't copy Larry's version, but took the essence of it, which was right on the money. How we made: Rhinestone Cowboy 2013-05-13T16:45:28Z

Duck jus and red wine are cooked down to a heady essence for the entree, whose plate rim is streaked with circles of balsamic reduction. Review | A reopened Marcel’s reminds me that fine dining, especially now, is about more than food 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

The moment not only penetrates to the core of Bizet's music, but to the romantic essence of Balanchine's style. Royal Ballet triple bill 2010-05-25T21:40:00Z

The essence of what you want, which is what every parent wants, is for your child to understand your point of view, and hence, obey you without fits or questions. Perspective | What to do when a 7-year-old melts down about homework? 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

"The whole experience of the visitor will be completely different. He will be able to sense the atmosphere and actually understand the essence of the building," said Doron Ben-Ami, an archaeologist with the antiquities authority. Archaeologists restore ancient Roman temple in Israeli port 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

We watch their relationship grow, yet, like them, we don’t understand its essence. Review | The tragic timeliness of a novel about a World War II internment camp 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

And I watched the movie thousands and thousands of times and tried to mimic her mannerisms and capture what I thought the essence of Donna was and what Meryl did. Lily James Taps Her Inner Meryl to Become a Dancing Queen 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Much of that essence is influenced by their Seattle upbringings and by getting through dark, rainy winters. After bringing down the house at Bumbershoot, ODESZA to drop new album, go on tour 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

Their essence is not so different from the elegant canvases and sculptures that have become his trademark. The Week Ahead: June 3 — 8 2012-06-01T14:30:40Z

In essence, he argues that nothing is ever what it appears, and contradiction is encoded in almost everything. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

“Arabs are the most sensitively sophisticated of peoples in understanding art, and that is why they broached the subject at its abstract essence,” she wrote in her 1951 manifesto, “How the Arab Understood Visual Art.” Saloua Raouda Choucair, Early Exponent of Abstract Arabian Art, Dies at 100 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

That word, however, does not entirely capture the essence of Mr. Ehikhamenor, who is also a writer, poet, art collector, social activist and information-technology specialist. History and Humor Inspire Victor Ehikhamenor’s Art 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Actor Brian Blessed, whose work ranges from Shakespeare to Flash Gordon, was given the Spirit Of Hammer award, which is to celebrate well-known figures who "encapsulate the passion and essence" of metal. Black Sabbath win two Metal awards 2013-06-18T08:28:04Z

"The youthful attitudes, perceptions and values expressed here are universal and timeless, for at its essence, 'The Wonder Years' is a simple story about a kid, his friends and his family," wrote L.A. Returning to 'The Wonder Years' world 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

What Fukuyama repeatedly refers to as liberalism’s “essence” has also, Elkins suggests, amounted to a paradox: emancipation and oppression, all rolled in one. Where Have All the Liberals Gone? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

Barneys New York will be boiled down to its essence: an idea. Perspective | The end of Barneys, the store that made us lust for fashion 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

Sometimes drawings function almost as a kind of signature, distilling an artist’s sensibility to its essence. Art Review: ‘Fine Lines,’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-04-18T21:31:41Z

In essence, to save someone you had to kill them first. Downton Abbey; Whites; DCI Banks: Aftermath; Inspector George Gently; Horizon 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

"Somehow it will bring me back to the essence, to the roots, to the music," he said. Colombian star Juanes says SXSW is life-changing 2012-03-17T19:17:08Z

The essence of pine tea is the infused woodsy flavor. How to eat your Christmas tree 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z

For Bakewell, the essence of humanism lies not in grand ideas but the idiosyncrasies of individual experience — and the joyful strangeness of language itself. For Sarah Bakewell, Nothing Human is Alien 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

Pundits predicted it, and so did his stage dad, LaVar Ball, who in essence told other teams not to consider drafting his son. Bow Ties and Statement Sneakers at the N.B.A. Draft 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Fireball Cinnamon products don't contain any whiskey, but they include both malt-based and wine-based alcoholic beverages made to "capture the essence" of classic Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. Mini-bottles of Fireball Cinnamon don’t actually contain whiskey, recent lawsuit claims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

This is the essence of American exceptionalism, and the consequences can be pernicious — a belief in exceptionalism can breed arrogance and intemperance. Obama nostalgia matters: He’s consequential because he’s good and because he asked that we be good, too 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

But like with jam, if not with honey, she still needed to boil down the fresh ingredients of her long show to get to the essence. Special Report: Fashion: Stripes and Cuffs 2010-10-03T17:04:00Z

What was the essence of this version of the song? Music Review: Underwater Ghost Brings a Plus-One to Brooklyn 2014-03-14T22:06:40Z

As the blog Conversational Reading puts it, "I think I can live without having Grossman's book touch me at the place of my own essence." 'The most gifted writer I've ever read': outblurb the Grossman fans 2010-07-06T09:25:00Z

As the shanks cook, the marrow liquefies, adding the concentrated essence of the lamb to the sauce. Lamb Shanks Show Off Their Inner Beauty 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

In essence, they flipped the narrative from early seasons of "Westworld." "Westworld" season 4 ending explained 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

For them it was "the essence of civilisation – of benefit to humanity, according to Plato". 'Compulsive' art collector builds French museum to display ancient treasures 2011-03-27T00:06:09Z

There was a certain essence to the way these women walked that was quite different than, say, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” How That Surprise ‘Mulan’ Cameo Happened 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

When you translate a comic to the big screen, do you lose its essence, no matter how good the movie is? How to make a brilliant comic book movie 2011-01-15T01:01:00Z

In fact, I’d argue that intentionally rejecting racism reveals the very essence of our humanity. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

That, in essence, is what all Greek tragedies do, creatively retelling stories from the past to reflect on the present. Clash of the Titans and the classics 2010-04-13T10:52:00Z

Some of the pieces take leave of the surface, and in others, the essence is the paper itself. Review | In the galleries: Artists, too, might someday be replaced by machines 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

Not yet called aviators, the glasses nonetheless captured the essence of aviator goggles, with their teardrop shape and frames as delicate as a biplane’s struts. Design: Who Made Those Aviator Sunglasses? 2012-08-03T14:46:16Z

Those are, in essence, this album’s poles, the two impulses it needs to reconcile. Pop: Justin Bieber’s Album ‘Believe’ Comes Out Tuesday 2012-06-14T12:00:00Z

He applied this drama or essence of the communication to create impact in his long list of successful logos as well. Would you buy a logo from this man? 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z

But it captures the very essence of the grief, frustration and loss of the 9/11. Reader reviews roundup 2013-03-01T16:44:19Z

It is, in essence, a debate play with fraught emotional underpinnings, and it doesn’t avoid the stasis of that genre. Theater Review: ‘Mothers and Sons,’ an AIDS Tale Starring Tyne Daly 2014-03-25T02:00:01Z

A choreographer himself, he sees dance as a perfect art form for expressing emotion and revealing the essence of a country’s culture. Spanish Dance Troupe Celebrates 30 Years 2010-06-03T10:00:00Z

The actors’ essence was also a big part of the writing process, Ikoko said in an interview. How ‘Rocks’ Made Stars of Its Schoolgirl Cast 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

Course Description  In this class, we will analyze some of World Literature’s greatest short novels in an attempt to interrogate the essence of plot and character while reading as few words as possible. My fake college syllabus 2013-01-26T00:30:00Z

The Smithsonian said that the essence of oil on paper work was a gift of Time magazine. Nancy Reagan remembered at National Portrait Gallery 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

It is, in essence, a proclamation of the brand’s barely veiled ambition: that the world, or at least Paris, revolve around this sun. Will Smith Revives the ‘Fresh Prince’ at Paris Fashion Party 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

With an approach thorough and often airtight, and a perspective fresh yet faithful to the essence of each work, he is building prestige among audiences and artists alike. Tobias Kratzer Is Leading Opera’s Next Generation of Directors 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

“The essence of the characters was still there,” Mr. Hansard said. Arts & Leisure: The Film ?Once? Becomes a New York Musical 2011-12-04T03:13:02Z

“It’s the essence of feeling like you’re under a duvet or under lots of cushions.” Like Sweatpants, Squishy Furniture Is In 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

Usually, it’s González alone, accompanying himself on heartfelt original songs as well as covers that strip songs by Joy Division and Kylie Minogue down to their essence. The Week in Arts: Idris Elba, Taking on War and José González 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

“The thing that saved me,” he recalls, “is that I had a hit record right away. They understood the essence of my musical education.” Johnny Mathis, the voice of the ’50s, was always ahead of his time. Now he’s ready to talk about it. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

And in that sense, their collections and the sins of omission enshrined therein speak to the very essence of the current problem. The Incredible Whiteness of the Museum Fashion Collection 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

The images of emerald chasms, gleaming waterfalls and brilliantly tinged bird of paradise flowers were the very essence of the tropics. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii 2012-11-30T19:41:37Z

Perlman said Williams had a talent for conveying the essence of disparate cultures: evoking Jewish identity in “Schindler’s List,” for example, or Japanese traditions in “Memoirs of a Geisha.” John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

"I'm always interested in logistics, because it's the essence of warmaking, regardless of whether you're talking about the 18th century or the 21st century," he said. WWII author Rick Atkinson says faces learning curve for next project 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Let’s not dig too deep into the very essence of what constitutes cinema. Werner Herzog on Why You’ll Never Find Him on Facebook or Twitter 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

With unflagging honesty and nuance, Johnston evokes the essence of her characters without showing judgment for how they navigate the predicament of being alive. Review | In ‘Rites,’ Savannah Johnston portrays the aching, farcical nature of existence with stunning clarity 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Furtiveness and deception are at least as much at the core of life and the essence of character—and not just Riley’s character but human character. The Curse of the Pixar Universe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

She invented new plant names, ones she felt more aptly captured their essence. ‘The Fox Was Ever the Hunter,’ by Nobel Prize winner Herta Müller 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

That sounded even better, more positive, less vague, but would still convey the essence of its origin. 2010-01-15T21:13:00Z

At its essence, gravy is an imperative afterthought. To make great gravy in advance, start the Southern way: With a roux 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

The beans’ essence seems almost enhanced, with a velvety texture and exceptionally fresh, nuanced flavor. What sold me on pressure-canning at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

“People have suggested it also increases testosterone and epinephrine. That in essence you can give someone else a hormone shock to up-regulate sexual interest. But no good studies.” The science of swooning: We don’t really know why some kisses lead to back kicks, toe curls and weak knees 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

But this is also a "Magic Flute" of defiance, of raised fists, of the celebration of freedom and equality that were Mozart's ideals and are the often overlooked essence of the opera. A 'Flute' from Africa renews Mozart's musical magic 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Like Zen monks marinating on the essence of nothingness, members tried to put their finger on that ineffable quality that makes them worthy of membership. Edith Wharton?s World, Recast for ?Gossip Girl? 2011-03-02T22:22:52Z

Because the drugs work this way, humans have learned how to refine their essence into concentrated forms that heighten the rush. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The balloon sequence in the film illustrates their essence of love. Swinger film "Bloom Up" explores polyamory with a couple whose love is "really, really pure" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

Speed is of the essence; sometimes discretion as well. Awash with colour 2011-02-20T00:04:07Z

But instead of offering tame new songs in familiar styles, Alabama Shakes is pursuing some molten essence of soul: raw confessions, tensile riffs, extreme tempos and volcanic buildups. Review: Alabama Shakes Lifts Soul to a Different Plane 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Steed is an essence, a collection of attitudes, a way of dressing, of walking, an “air of casual elegance,” to borrow Steed's own, lightly mocking description of himself. Patrick Macnee: The essence of a gentleman 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

I would recommend getting to the essence of what you miss when she is high with you, and explaining that to her. Ask Alanis Morissette: I wish my girlfriend didn’t smoke pot 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Bringhurst aims high: he attempts to grasp the essence of what it is to be alive. Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

Playwrights sometimes find the essence of a story or a character when racing against the clock. Get. Arts. Fast. 2014-03-20T21:33:30Z

In essence, the protagonist is claiming to be a hit with the ladies. Readers recommend: songs about showing off ? the results 2011-02-24T16:38:51Z

Time is very much on her mind throughout “Have One on Me,” as the essence of both music and life. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z

"When everything gets so technological, with everything that's there to break down, you want to get back to the raw essence of what music is all about," she said. Cigar box guitar on a smoking hot roll 2011-04-02T01:32:41Z

On top of this, these new episodes capture the philosophical and ethereal essence of the story at every turn, blending practicality with what one might refer to as the romance of culinary pursuits. "The Bear" hides crusts of meaning and trauma in an episode about the Feast of the Seven Fishes 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

For Handel, as for Bach, that theologically indispensable miracle rather than the birth of Jesus represented Christianity’s essence. The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

When mixed with hot milk, Doctor notes that the sweetened coffee-chicory essence tastes remarkably like filter coffee. South Indian filter coffee is like no coffee you've had before 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

“A lot of the feel and essence of that movie is him,” Mr. Korine said. ‘Kids,’ Then and Now 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

The essence of Socrates is not to teach us how to think but to teach us how to act, how to live. Theatre takes Socrates's teachings on tour of crisis-hit Greece 2012-07-03T11:48:07Z

This version was technically persuasive: an x-ray image of the essence of Dior, from the famous Bar Jacket, sleek and chic in black alligator, to romantic dresses, light as the proverbial feather. Fashion Review: Dior?s Couture: True to Code 2012-01-23T18:05:24Z

I thought she was absolutely brilliant and this recording truly captures the essence of her unique artistry. Winehouse duet released posthumously on Wednesday 2011-09-12T11:58:16Z

Like the Lambs’ retellings, this “Lear” extracts a streamlined narrative essence from a play that often in production baffles audiences, with all the subterfuges, disguises and shifting allegiances. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ in an Enchanted Setting Along the Hudson River 2013-08-18T21:51:45Z

Misunderstood children acting out may well be the very essence of artistic modernity. Childlike Stars 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

The essence of those points held that God’s glory could not be fully appreciated if the people who worship him lack the freedom to choose him. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

The brilliance of "U2 3D" lay in how it recognized the true essence of this technology -- the 2 ½-D effect -- and made it the beating heart of the movie's aesthetic. 3-D filmmaking's radical, revolutionary potential 2010-08-10T16:50:00Z

“Children learn a lot emotionally by interacting with or role-playing characteristics of people slightly older than them to, in essence, ‘try on’ different personalities,” Ms. Richert said in an e-mail. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Retooled for Nickelodeon 2012-09-26T18:35:17Z

The real draws of the dessert are its luxuriously aromatic essence and buttery, dense texture. Holiday Almond Cake from Lisa Yockelson: Intensified flavor in a simple single layer 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

It’s the essence of what any good eating is about. This chef wants to make vegetables as accessible as bacon 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The essence of the programme really sits here, in the relationship between Coogan and Brydon, their innate differences, and their diverging careers. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z

In essence, Silicon Valley is the show that The Big Bang Theory should be. Silicon Valley: the best and only comedy you should be watching 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

“Now, I didn’t get personal with him about it at all — I don’t think it’s my business, or even my job — but he investigated the essence of the character through himself.” The Planets, the Stars and Brad Pitt 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

Every movement he makes is ardently decisive, devoid of all excess or waste, pared down to the essence. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-14T22:08:35Z

Much of the movie continues in this fashion -- the sprawling Turkish countryside setting belies the film’s chamber-piece essence --‎ before a final-hour turn to Istanbul, where the plot quickens its pace. Cannes 2014: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's slow-burn Palme d'Or, and career 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

In the past, Mr. Feinstein’s insistence on vocal polish and smoothness has sometimes impeded his ability to dig into the essence of a song. Review: Michael Feinstein, Strolling Down Broadway and His Own Memory Lane 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

As Mr. VanBesien put it, “while it’s nearly four years away, it’s only four years away — so time will be of the essence.” New York Philharmonic Discusses Temporary Home at Hunter College 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

The essence of photography, which fixes an image in a matter of moments, is to say: Look what we’ve lost. Review | Before the West, there was the East, and it was wild 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

In these paintings, as in much of art, to capture the essence of something requires betraying its particulars. What It Means to Look at Paintings of Snow 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

“I want the act of comparing them with past wars, because in fact nothing has changed. Maybe the weapons and cellphones have changed, but the essence of war does not change.” Capturing a 21st-Century War With 19th-Century Technology 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

The girl looks worriedly at her parents, capturing the story’s essence with efficiency and poignancy. Picture Books to Help Kids Weather Our Age of Anxiety 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Yet I can’t think of another production in recent years that captures and explains so affectingly the essence and allure of musicals, and why they’re such an indispensable part of the New York landscape. Theater Review: Sherie Rene Scott: Semi-Star From Kansas 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z

But in Africa even furniture has a spiritual life: beds and stools absorb the essence of their owners’ souls. Art Review: African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, Tenafly, N.J. 2010-08-19T22:05:00Z

As finessed by Barry, it is the essence of imperialist, Cold War-era swagger, the opening, snaky guitar line contrasting perfectly with the more traditional orchestral flourishes a few bars later. 'Bond' theme writer John Barry dead at 77 2011-01-31T19:16:00Z

If that sounds like a tall order for kids’ books, this is in fact the essence of Pullman’s appeal: He takes children seriously. Philip Pullman’s ‘Daemon Voices’ Casts an Entrancing Spell 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

No need to go searching for expensive, speciality laundry potions when time is of the essence. This trick to removing grease stains is also the simplest 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

And, finally, seasonal shifts in taste are the very essence of fashion, which is a focus of the show’s concluding section, “Ukiyo-e Painting and Ideals of Feminine Beauty.” Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

To connoisseurs of Modernism, the mid-20th-century designs of Florence Knoll, as she was known, were — and still are — the essence of the genre’s clean, functional forms. Florence Knoll Bassett, 101, Designer of the Modern American Office, Dies 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Eventually, Mr. Milella responded through a lawyer who said, in essence: Diamond? Christie’s Auctioned a $40 Million Diamond. Was It Stolen? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

It was really just taking the essence of the book... Got story? Hollywood builds tales on famous brands 2012-05-17T15:28:08Z

Gathering to a judgment on Princess Diana, he comes up with: "She captured the essence of an era and held it in the palm of her hand." The war and the cliches: the sofa syntax of people-friendly Tony 2010-09-01T18:29:00Z

In a statement posted to the blog of Esotouric, the historic Los Angeles tour company, Klein said the removal of the work, in essence, represented its destruction. After 24 years at an L.A. strip mall, Sheila Klein's beloved 'Vermonica' light sculpture is moved without notice 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

The key to Mr. Michaels’s success, along with his gift for finding talent, is his capacity to adjust without losing the essence of the show. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Gears Up for an Anniversary 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

“If you’re, in essence, playing ping-pong with each change of party, why would anybody commit to a binding agreement with us? Why would they view us as a reliable partner?” Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

She is a child, so she is naturally self-oriented, but in essence, you are giving her too much of what she doesn’t need. Perspective | Our 6-year-old has a fun, comfortable life. Why isn’t she grateful? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

This is a terrible statement: Lee is in essence regretting his entire life.” Elizabeth Brown Pryor, biographer of Robert E. Lee and Clara Barton, dies 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

She argues that we should understand the will to power as a kind of psychological hypothesis about human motivation, rather than, as Heidegger took it, a metaphysical doctrine about the essence of reality. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

To Cook’s ear, it’s all equally natural: human and machine, searching for a song’s essence. Too Pop? Too Weird? A.G. Cook of PC Music Is Stepping Out on His Own 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

More than anything, this performance — stripped down from his orchestral heft and captured in its entirety, unlike the other live recordings released during his lifetime — gets to the essence of what made Sinatra Sinatra. Why Frank Sinatra still matters 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

The standard criticism of Nixon’s victories is that they involved, in essence, an opportunistic annexation of racist white southern Democrats who had been orphaned when the national Democratic Party embraced civil rights. The populist manifesto 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Worse, Stevens seemed to be questioning the essence of his "precious" music. Sufjan Stevens Delights People with surprise EP 2010-08-23T11:12:00Z

Let us examine Pixar’s claim that shape is ‘the essence of characters’ personalities.’ Brave Old Worlds: Does Pixar Have a Problem with Stereotypes? 2012-06-20T10:45:02Z

And wherever filmmakers work is a studio, a moveable studio—and those virtual studios are the essence of the world of movies. There Is No “Genius of the System” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

“In essence, they are supporting the artists who critique them, their system and their way of life.” Special Report: Contemporary Art: Using Wealth to Critique the Wealthy 2010-12-01T11:00:00Z

District Court Central District of California, Sleigh Bells says the similarities between the two songs "transcend the realm of coincidence or shared generic material, and inform the very essence of the works." Demi Lovato sued for copyright infringement 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

In essence, Sinclair disowned editorial material it insisted its stations had to broadcast. Sinclair Broadcast gives its pro-Trump analyst a cold shoulder, then rethinks it 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

“So, it’s a coming-and-going. Maybe my work has that essence, but it’s not that I’m looking for it. It happens, it emerges from the work.” Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

On “Small Town,” his new album of duets with the bassist Thomas Morgan, Mr. Frisell’s homey, plangent guitar sound is the essence of patient grace. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Alina Ibragimova is one of the most richly talented and expressive of violinists; in every performance, she instinctively finds the essence of the music and delivers it with a combination of grace and daring. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2013-07-01T17:10:56Z

We hear, briefly, the voices of the real Baldwin and Giovanni captured on that old recording, but the performance is about channeling their essence, not impersonating them. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

“An online event is never going to capture the essence of our region. It’s a placeholder,” Logar tells me afterward. In East Africa, mountain gorillas and a new paradigm for wildlife travel 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

The final version had to be spliced from different takes, but the result conveys the essence of Monk's melodic and rhythmic audacity. 50 great moments in jazz: The renaissance of Thelonious Monk 2010-04-29T15:28:00Z

Like Demna, Mr. Galliano is transforming the very essence of what a show can be. Blockbusters at Balenciaga and Margiela 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Their addictively manic vitality, the sheer energy and craftsmanship they deploy to whip up pure froth are the essence of Broadway. No Tony Awards Show? Make Your Own With These Great Moments 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

In essence, we human beings are not just the product of what we read, but how we read. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Princess Diana "captured the essence of an era". Tony Blair's A Journey: Andrew Rawnsley's review 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Here are two tantalizing lines from one page, hard to quote here, because in the quotation we lose their scissored-and-pasted quality, their essence as rewoven text patchwork of an old book. A Poet of Found Language Who Finds Her Language in Archives 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

In his artwork, he favored simple lines and solid colors, distilling the shapes of the world to what he described as their “essence,” with room left over to let the child’s imagination run. Dick Bruna, illustrator who delighted young readers with Miffy the white rabbit, dies at 89 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

This is the essence of the rest of their claim: Radical right, radical hypocrisy: Same-sex marriage masterstroke exposes extremist agenda 2014-04-29T11:43:00Z

If not the correspondents over at “The Daily Show,” who else is going to properly honor the news stories that’ve managed to capture the entire essence of our great nation in just a few words? “Daily Show” breaks down the most patriotic news stories of the year: “Devout religiosity paired with gun-toting paranoia — very American!” 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

He’s more like an abstraction out of Hegel made flesh, the uncaring, unstoppable essence of the times in which he lives. | 'Richard III': In Power Grab, the Force Is With Him 2010-08-23T22:21:00Z

But she still wants to capture the essence of those times with her family. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

He made his appeal directly to the very the essence of our very humanity. The pope’s hateful Christmas message 2012-12-21T17:16:00Z

At his best, he’s getting to the essence of music. The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on Why Philip Glass Matters 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

In the end, it’s a question of complicity, which is, of course, the very essence of art. Bravery, self-exposure and the precision of words 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

The triumph of Andy Warhol summed up the essence of a sale that amounted to a celebration of the icons of an era seen as a golden age. Auctions: Andy Warhol and a Teddy Bear Steal the Show at Christie's 2011-05-12T11:30:06Z

‘It is a building whose power transcends religion, the very essence of Damascus.’ The civil war's threat to Damascus 2013-01-02T08:00:02Z

“Most people will see the inner essence of these paintings. It’s kind of a school of looking.” Old Masters, Who Never Met, in Conversation 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

Regardless of whether Mr. de la Renta, in his 80s, is shopping for a new creative director, his bridal unit confidently distills the essence of his brand: judicious ruffle here, trumpet hem there. The Latest Bridal Dress Collections Showed Few New Wrinkles 2014-04-18T21:15:29Z

I think to see, to understand Biz Markie is to understand what the essence of hip-hop is. Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop": Hailing the rapper who made us laugh as hip-hop turns 50 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

That to me was the essence of it and the thing that I'm most proud of. "Better Call Saul" star on playing "the only character breaking good when everybody's breaking bad" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

But whether it was an expert or the designer himself, an eager photographer, who captured the essence of a southern summer as sea creatures and bougainvillea, the prints were fresh and enticing. Versace's Cyber Move 2012-09-21T18:51:17Z

The essence of a movie is in the script and in the directing, NOT in the fact that the movie depicts a certain national hero, and certainly NOT in the visual effects of the movie. Oscars Show Growing Gap Between Moviegoers and Academy 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Tinder is, in essence, like a giant world of single people in your pocket. It's ok to hate Tinder – and still come swiping back to it 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Instead, his glimmering music seems to question the limits — and the essence — of memory. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

They were nimble and airy and soulful enough to take a song all the way down to its quiet essence. You Must Hear This! Rhinoceros’ “I Will Serenade You” 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Indeed, some say today that Brown was the essence of a feminist. Helen Gurley Brown, the original Carrie Bradshaw 2012-08-14T10:48:43Z

In essence, however, he was continuing along the path set the previous decade. Jonathan Harvey, Modernist Composer, Is Dead at 73 2012-12-07T02:22:20Z

This running joke captures the essence of “Portlandia” at its finest.  Taking the Portland out of “Portlandia”: It’s less about place than it is about personalities 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Crisp and mineral, this wine seems to draw its essence from deep within the soil. Early recommendations for holiday wines

It seemed to express the savory, fragile essence of manzanilla, demonstrating that fortifying the wine — adding neutral spirit to raise the alcohol level to 15 percent or more — was unnecessary. 2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

Capsula is their first LP and is available for free from their website - listen to Clones De Pan and soak up its essence. August's best new music from across the MAP 2011-08-17T17:09:56Z

I really honor the essence that permeates all the great faiths, including the faith of quantum mechanics. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

This beautiful exhibition celebrates the rigor and glamour of Minimalism, its dual ability to reduce art to a ready-made, quasi-industrial essence while also functioning as impeccable interior décor. Carl Andre’s Minimalism, Suitable for Walking On 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Such is the essence of “taboo” pleasure—a desire to violate convention and custom that ultimately reaffirms the authority of the law on which the taboo depends. Sex at the Satan Club 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be more layered than that, a bit more existential — that he was trying to unpick who the essence of Jamie was. 'Outlander' Q. and A.: Tobias Menzies on Playing the Brutal Black Jack 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

The essence of the Aviary can be found in a drink called the Tropic Thunder and the vessel that contains it. A Quiet Drink: A Chicago Cocktail Crawl 2013-12-26T15:36:42Z

James' penchant for living outside the box is the essence of his fame. Breaking: Jesse James is still the worst 2011-05-05T20:28:00Z

Ms. Chua claims that this is the essence of tough Chinese parenting, as opposed to the lax Western kind. Books of The Times: But Will It All Make Mommy Happy? 2011-01-19T19:28:18Z

Her funny delivery speaks to the essence of Ramona, a child who is guileless and truly well intentioned but can't seem to avoid being aggravating. 'Ramona and Beezus': Beverly Cleary Novels Hit the Big Screen 2010-07-23T19:45:00Z

Besides, this guy looks so lost, so shucked, so pathetically thwarted: the very essence of a person without a place in a big city. | 'Bluebird': He?ll Take You Anywhere You Want to Go 2011-08-23T02:01:00Z

“I’m trying to stay in that place of making interesting choices and staying true to my essence,” Kidman told me. Nicole Kidman Still Can’t Believe What ‘Destroyer’ Did to Her 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The essence of each object under his lens vibrates with life. New book surveys career of Seattle photographer Johsel Namkung 2012-05-18T19:40:08Z

To me, as a music student nearly 30 years ago, her look in that scene evoked the tragic essence of the gaze motive from the opening of Wagner’s opera “Tristan und Isolde.” Letters: Meryl Streep: Transcending the Screen 2010-03-05T17:19:00Z

“We’ve been able to reduce the project to the essence of what it needs to be.” Design Team Named For Performing Arts Center at World Trade Center Site 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

But it’s also the essence of cultural nostalgia: the longing to find some “this” that reproduces the cherished pleasures of some long-ago “that.” ‘The Get Down’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Feed Nostalgia With a Historical Remix 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

Even the watery byproduct of oven-baked tomatoes was a starting point for an “essence” to be added to anything that needs a shot of tomato intensity. Top Tomato 2014: A most interesting bunch of recipes, topped by rabbit ragu

"This scholarship captures the essence of what we do here at St. Andrews," said Richardson. Prince William, Middleton visit St Andrews 2011-02-25T12:46:09Z

But they all tap into a nostalgia not just for old radio staples, but also for a Broadway in tune with the performer-driven essence of showbiz. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

To graze cattle or horses on the land is, for Bundy, to possess its very essence, because the world was created for our use. Can the American West Be Saved? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

"I think it's the essence of the real woman," she says. Look of old Hollywood glamour is a modern favorite 2012-01-24T20:09:15Z

“Our hair is important to us in every single way, so I was really grateful that I was allowed to keep that essence of me.” Halle Bailey: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Connects With Her Inner Ariel 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

“But at a subtler level, it’s about the essence of life itself, particularly the essence of our ancestors that’s manifested through us.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

This is precisely the essence and reflection of what has become known as the posthuman era, which Katherine Hayles saw as typified by the union of the human being with intelligent machines. "Blade Runner" and the lesson Roy Batty’s Replicant rebellion has to teach us 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

The superhero movies seldom transmit more than a glimmer of personal sensibility, and almost never do so through the essence of movies: images and sounds. The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the Decade 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

But our data – along with other research – strongly suggests that abusive behavior is widespread and baked into the very essence of organized sports. "Nobody said anything because they feared being benched" – how abuse is baked into American sports 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

“The whole essence of the nature that he encounters.” In ‘Walden’ Video Game, the Challenge Is Stillness 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

That's the essence of improv: a collaboration between the actors and the audience, who work together to tell a great story. Seattle improv ? fun made fresh daily 2010-12-16T21:53:06Z

To say, though, that this new “House Party” has failed in recapturing this essence would not be entirely fair. ‘House Party’ Review: A Rager Gone South 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

“There's no other place he would have wanted his birthday and 90 is a big birthday... Whataburger is the essence of life for all the people that are here this morning.” Whataburger celebrates fan’s 90th birthday with huge surprise party: 'You won't find a better bunch than this' 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

In essence, it was an apology that took no responsibility. Why you should be reading poet Layli Long Soldier 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

It would go against Vegas’s very essence to curl up and hide; how does a place this uniquely outgoing steel itself in the wake of such a tragedy? Las Vegas After the Shooting: Renewing Vows, Embracing Community 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Giffels lovingly but never worshipfully traces the craft of coffin-making, and in so doing lets the essence of himself and his father be revealed through the action of building one together. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

But the essence of the conflict is the same — two sides fighting for territory, for power, for ideologies. In Transit Blog: At Berlin Show, One Photographer's View of the Post-Sept. 11 World 2011-09-21T10:00:21Z

"I see books and images all the time and the challenge is to capture the essence of the story while pleasing the author and the publisher," he says. How do I become … an illustrator 2013-01-29T12:48:36Z

It was, in essence, about a business partnership. Dolly Parton, American icon: Why everything's coming up Dolly now 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

“So it’s like, how do you tap into the sound and just get enough of the essence so people know who it is without doing a caricature? It was a bit like a puzzle.” ‘The Comey Rule’ might make you angry. The people who made it hope it serves as a lesson. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

He will take his inspiration from the Greek islands: There’s a Greek salad and a lobster pasta with ouzo essence. Temaki Hand Rolls With a Twist in the West Village 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Leave it to an artist to get to the very essence of her art in one deft turn of phrase. Elaine May Talks About “Ishtar” 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Every commercial Broadway production is, in essence, its own private enterprise. Broadway producer Scott Rudin steps aside amid accusations of abusive behavior going back decades, apologizes for pain he caused 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

Discovery Communications president David Zaslav said the network will showcase "the essence of American innovation and hard work." Cable's Planet Green to change name, program focus 2012-04-04T18:46:04Z

The fish aren't finished, but her bright essence is all there in this rapid oil sketch, so freely and beautifully painted. The 10 best paintings for winter cheer 2013-01-12T19:05:00Z

"We need to be the most generous country in the world; the most dedicated to the essence of democracy and freedom." In 'A Full Life,' Jimmy Carter at 90 remains a wise truth teller 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

But as laws have become more permissive, west coast extractors have experimented with using water, heat and various chemicals to strip away plant matter to reduce cannabis to its chemical essence. Dream catchers, succulents and joints: a visit to an LA cannabis shop 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

In the crucible of her genius, tears and laughter are ground into some magical elixir that seems like the essence of life. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews

An ambitious new adaptation of this bleakly funny play looks to tease out its essence by stripping it down to its barest elements. Review: Andrew Scott Plays Every Part in ‘Vanya.’ Why? 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Wenders uses the format to capture the elusive essence of dance, not only preserving Ms. Bausch’s art but also clarifying its intentions and making visible its inspirations. Critic?s Notebook: New York Film Festival Includes a Sneak Preview 2011-10-09T22:05:10Z

J-Beauty convinced us of the benefits of Japanese essences and sake ingredients. The Rise of G-Beauty 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

The concept of the future growing from the past is the essence of a good fashion exhibition. Review: American Women on the March 2010-05-03T12:00:00Z

“I got a question to a major issue answered just by being there,” says Crist, and that, he says, “is the essence of Washington.” ‘So, what do you do?’ What, indeed. With office life dormant, white-collar Washington is adrift. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Farhadi is less interested in the essence of who people are than in the causes and results of what they do. ‘A Hero’ Review: Debts No Honest Man Can Pay 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

His on-off tenure with Black Sabbath led fans to debate whether he or Osbourne represented the true essence of the band. Ronnie James Dio dies 2010-05-16T21:53:00Z

“It’s very humbling to be a musician,” she said, expressing her belief that the best musicians set their egos aside to allow the essence of a song to emerge. Annie Lennox previews 'Nostalgia' standards album in Hollywood 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

There will be elegant state dinners — probably several, to rebuild global alliances — but the essence of Biden is playful and family friendly. Joe Biden’s Washington: How the president might engage with the city Trump ignored 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

Feeling discounted, Turkle sincerely believes, one develops defenses that tamper dangerously with the ability to see oneself in others: the essence of what it means to be a human among humans. A Life Spent Focused on What Computers Are Doing to Us 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

In essence, he’s trying to retroactively erase the circumstances of his daughter’s birth. REVIEW: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" Is Bot-Sh*t Crazy 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

It’s normal there for music to spill over into dance or poetry or visual-art projections or some other performative act: that breadth has been the essence of the festival since it started in 1996. Review: The Vision Festival Gives Experimental Jazz a Big Hug 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Reading it didn’t really answer my question—Isaacson’s attempts to zero in on the essence of “innovation” pile up without especially converging—but the journey is so interesting I was O.K. with the sprawl. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Many of the huge, parabolic-shaped concrete silos that can be seen today in France resemble Brancusi sculptures, reduced to a smooth and dynamic essence. Claude Parent, Visionary Architect of the Oblique, Dies at 93 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Here are three ways to enjoy the essence of chocolate, without the calories. Skin Deep: Beauty Spots: The Taste (But Not the Calories) of Chocolate 2011-12-20T22:16:09Z

The field is the kind of small, almost accidental place that, for visitors and residents alike, seems to quietly capture the essence of the entire area. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z

I felt indeed as if this was the essence of performance in her case, often with the added element of physical danger. Sitting With Marina 2010-05-23T21:05:00Z

In essence, Zenon managed this task by emphasizing the melodic urgency of songs by some of Puerto Rico's most admired popular composers. Miguel Zenon illuminates Puerto Rican jazz 2011-05-27T15:35:57Z

But it also reflects Buffa’s longstanding desire to better communicate the essence of his brand to consumers. | Out with F.S.C. Barber, in with Fellow Barber 2013-07-25T22:33:10Z

I've always wanted to create that feeling in my work, of getting down to the nitty-gritty and getting rid of all the things that aren't important, to get to the essence of life. Review: Howard House's second Henry show offers a window onto artist's emergence 2010-03-15T04:01:00Z

Walking with a Palestinian friend near Ramallah, he nails the essence of trying to go for a stroll in a landscape of military patrols and checkpoints: "Everything here, including botany, is political." 'The Old Ways': Walking as a way of 'feeling, knowing and being' 2012-10-28T14:01:04Z

Although the essence of the dishes hadn’t changed, they seemed, to her, to be meatier. Connecting With West Africa’s Plant-Based Past 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

“The Golden Fang, to me, is just a depository for whatever” enrages you, Mr. Anderson said, using a saltier expression to distill the essence of conspiracy theory, the steady backbeat of Mr. Pynchon’s books. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Yet lawsuits are still playing out across the beleaguered industry, including trademark fights focused not on the technology itself, but the essence of what users have stored on the blockchain. Hermès Wins MetaBirkins Lawsuit, With Jurors Deciding NFTs Aren’t Art 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

The underlying disease, whether it be cancer or sepsis or cirrhosis, invades the true essence of the patient’s life. When life is a fate worse than death 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

I definitely wanted something that really captured what I think the essence and the tone of the book is. "She taught me an eating disorder": Jennette McCurdy on why some moms "don't deserve" to be revered 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

We made the trip from Hobart just for the exceptional 2010 pinot noir rosé, which portrays the delicate essence of the grape in strong berry flavors accented by star anise and a crisp, dry finish. Tasmania: One of the Wine World's Best Kept Secrets 2012-06-19T11:55:00Z

But their presence is fleeting; their essences swirl together, transforming into the show's titular wheel – a dragon curled around to consume the other end. Magic and mysteries woven into "The Wheel of Time" main titles 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

“He has a very unique way of moving, a very free way of moving, so I tried to capture the essence of that.” Russian ballet moves like Jagger in Stones-inspired show 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

“The essence of the show is the fact that it’s not a show to me,” Mr. Harper told Newsday in 1988. Vaughn Harper, Silky-Voiced D.J., Dies at 70 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

Instead, he’s translating the essence of Mr. Murray’s lazy dryness into the high-voltage energy of musicals. Review: ’Groundhog Day,’ All Over Again, Now With Song and Dance 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Despite some literal-minded lyrics, this gorgeously sung show captures the essence of the cherished novel with grace and skill.  Critic?s Notebook: New York Musical Theater Festival Is Under Way 2011-10-03T22:31:10Z

The effect of thousands of people wearing Santa costumes, though, is that the essence of Santa – the sense that he is a benevolent gift-giver, a lap-offerer, a person obese for only the right reasons – disappears. Dear Santa, All I want is not to have to buy presents | Eva Wiseman 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

This essence has a broad tendency to inflect the moment we are living through. | Miuccia Prada’s Circle of Influence 2013-05-27T13:00:48Z

She, too, is subject to his experiments — her father injects her with essences of jaguar — but that’s only the beginning of the horror. 12 New Books Coming in July 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Inspired by Bananas Foster, this luxurious non-alcoholic drink has a few tricks up its sleeve to recreate the essence of the classic dessert. 34 best nonalcoholic cocktails for flavor-filled, booze-free sipping 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

The footage is fed through different algorithms and projected on a screen showing us, in essence, what the software is seeing. Review | The value of Trevor Paglen’s art may remain a secret 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, we seem to be asked to accept that what continues to bind the two together is the distilled essence of love. Michael Haneke's Amour gives love an unsettling closeup 2012-11-19T15:08:28Z

It's interesting to have this in a context of horror and fantasy when these stories are at their essence a reflection of reality. "It's blood memory": Jurnee Smollett on how the horrors in "Lovecraft Country" are felt in real life 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

Roy is a perfect denizen of the modern city; he embodies its kaleidoscopic essence. In "Blade Runner," who are the androids and what do they dream of? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Some are simply treated with a hint of natural fruit and/or herbal essences. Is coconut really more hydrating? Clarifying myths and fact on waters. 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Gingerbread, fir or burning wood: Can a scented candle capture the essence of Christmas? The galley kitchen is hot: The increasing appeal of smaller cooking spaces 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

It is the essence of the thinking behind the Diplomacy Center, too. A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

“I boil down the candidates almost to their essence, in a way,” he told CNN. A Political Satirist for the Internet Election 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

You got to the essence of the problem. How to raise successful children — advice from parents lucky enough to know 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

This is the essence of the novel, in a way. A rare interview with Don DeLillo, one of the titans of American fiction 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

“You lose the essence of what an art fair is about,” said the collector Richard Chang. First Virtual New York Art Fair Brings Low Energy but Solid Prices 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

The New York legal system deems, in essence, that a broken engagement is no one’s fault, and the ring should be given back to the giver, with few exceptions. Should You Give the Engagement Ring Back? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

In essence it launches Munch’s involvement with landscape with a bang, using the rapidly receding bridge to visually evoke sound fading in time and space. A Less Anxious Edvard Munch 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

In essence, they say “If you are coming to see the Astros play, stay another day. We don’t want you to win, but stick around.” Losses by Texas Rangers felt by area businesses 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

“He is going back to the very essence of what ballet was.” Balanchine, the Teacher: ‘I Pushed Everybody’ 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

As curator Jonathan Katz wrote in the exhibition catalogue, Johns’s work gives “form to the play between secrecy and disclosure that is the essence of the closet.” Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

It gives us Picasso before he was Picasso, which was in essence Picasso before he knew Paris. Picasso Becoming Picasso 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

With a torch as his brush, Mitchell sears forms to their essence. Review | In the galleries: Some art is sultry, while other pieces are smoky 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

There is, in essence, a death and mourning of Chastity, the woman, and an adjustment to Chaz, whom his girlfriend now compares to dating “Chastity’s twin brother.” The Reluctant Transgender Role Model 2011-05-06T20:53:26Z

But in essence, he's now also a developer, competing with the Arcade Building to bring vibrancy to downtown via arts-minded businesses. Neighborhood watch: Riverside at the ready 2011-02-03T23:41:12Z

She does not so much portray Monroe as project the legend’s thrilling, and toxic, essence. Main Course: Michelle Williams in an Unfamiliar Role: The Star 2011-11-25T22:16:30Z

This is the essence of being a parent. Perspective | What if my baby loves her grandma more than me? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

She also chats with Chad Smith, the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, about the city’s essence and diversity. Alicia Keys’s Very Own Masterpiece Theater 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

In asking these kinds of questions, one invites responses that are in essence fictional. African art around the globe 2012-11-30T12:10:54Z

Ohno shed all social constructs in pursuit of essence, believing that "form comes by itself" wherever there is spiritual presence. Kazuo Ohno obituary 2010-06-07T17:40:00Z

He hopped off, in essence handing the space to Ms. Lavine — and to King’s words, which beamed into the air with extra clarity. What Is It Like to Watch Live Dance Again? Amazing 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

FOR years, Porto’s motto was, in essence, “You’ve tried the wine; now try the city!” 36 Hours in Porto, Portugal 2011-11-25T06:02:02Z

“It’s just soulless trompe-l’oeil,” they say in essence, “like superhero-movie special effects except that they don’t move.” ‘New Works by Ron Mueck’ Review: Craft Meets Emotion, Personified 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Each succeeded in the end by remained true to the essence of what their audiences long connected with, revisiting general themes and acknowledging the characters’ progress over the years. As "Game of Thrones" ends, we have to ask: What do we expect from a series finale? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

What these models told me, in essence, is that an artist’s gender takes a back seat to the vibe a person gives off. The naked truth about nude art modeling 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Horizon looks at one chef's attempt to trick our brains into thinking we are eating sweet foods when in reality they are sugar free, using the powdered essence of a miracle berry. TV highlights 28/03/2013 2013-03-28T07:00:04Z

What I could do was try to give a proper representation of his experience at that time to emulate some of his essence as best as I could. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

I think that clothing is our armor, in essence. What 10 Entrepreneurs Wore to a Girlboss Rally 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

In essence, he is suggesting a compromise between blind faith and nibbling on the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Yet as the characters in “The Hard Problem” argue and argue and argue — at work, at parties, during Pilates sessions, in bed — about the essence of human behavior, the stakes seldom feel compellingly high. Review: Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Hard Problem’ Is a Mind-Body Gabfest 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Many of the images, she says, are of the musicians in their early years, taken by photographers who captured the essence of their personalities and music. Annenberg Space for Photography names new director and readies for 10th anniversary 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

And, of course, there's the snappy 1950s dialogue, which delivers lines like, "What you're saying in essence is that black is white and two and two make six." Moment of Friday: Gronk's 'Citizen Kane' is 1957's 'The Giant Claw' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

In essence, the movie is an ungainly but irresistible romantic-triangle comedy built around Rudd, Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson, with Nicholson rambling around its periphery like a demonic bear, part comic relief and part distraction. "How Do You Know": A deliciously messy holiday rom-com 2010-12-17T01:30:00Z

These forces conspired in a movement to make paintbrushes superfluous and to give color, the essence of painting, even more primacy. Helen Frankenthaler at Gagosian and Morris Louis at Mnuchin 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

In this final episode, we see him in new clothes, in a new setting – but the essence of Marlo remains the same. The Wire re-up: season five, episode 10 - Baltimore's Academy Awards 2010-04-19T23:15:00Z

In essence, they move to one side of the pavement, creating a space they hope the pedestrian will move into as they pass. Runners v pedestrians: who should give way to whom? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

“Focus is set, let your Polaroids click/As they capture the essence of a naughty noise called/Plug Tunin’.” De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z

To my mind, Heart of a Soldier reflects the essence of American life: the belief in self, and the belief in the right to live one's life in a way that one believes in. Heart of a Soldier: capturing 9/11 in an opera 2011-08-25T22:14:01Z

“Because it got to the essence of the question, which is: ‘Where are we in the history of cancer and how did we get here’?” 2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music 2011-04-22T17:12:05Z

“It was a process of all the senses being in relationship to the essence of the material,” she said, and added, “The crew basically wanted to kill us.” A Mystical Novel of Golf Makes It to the Movies 2011-07-25T16:29:48Z

It examines “the essence of life and our inability to escape fate,” according to exhibition organizers. Bestival in England and a Biennial in Brazil: Global Arts Guide 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Folding race into the script changes the catalyzing essence of "Little Fires Everywhere," however, escalating the tension in subtle ways without abandoning any fealty to the original plot. "Little Fires Everywhere" is a gripping, soapy reminder of that yesterday's ills are still present 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

The wounded essence of Holiday’s “God Bless the Child” was transmuted into a sorrowful but clearheaded awareness of an unjust world in which “the strong gets more, while the weak ones fade.” Review: Dianne Reeves Leads Journey of Jazz History at Rose Hall 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

In that way, “The Contender” is the essence of progress. ‘The Contender’ Lit Me on Fire. Now It’s a Cringe Factory. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

In essence, despite all the hype of a man who burns at the centre of time, Eccleston's Doctor gave us something human. Doctor Who: why did Christopher Eccleston leave show after one series? 2011-07-21T14:27:23Z

But the number that best captures this production’s essence comes early. Theater Review: ‘Fela!’ on Broadway at Al Hirschfeld Theater 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z

And the showing was, in essence, a promotion to purchase advance tickets for a movie that doesn’t even open in the United States until Dec. 18. ‘Star Wars’ Trailer: A First Look 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Pineapple essence in excess smells a bit like feet; too much coconut and you begin to smell like condensed milk. This Summer, Smell Like Fruit Salad 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

“If you read my plays, you will see that all of them are in essence about one thing,” Mr. Shatrov told The New York Times in 1988. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z

Capturing the slippery essence of everyday living in this fashion is quite a bit more difficult than it first seems, especially when executed via people as handcuffed by inarticulateness as these. Story collections by Thomas McGuane, Luis Alberto Urrea and Graham Swift 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

“Can you imagine the audacity to take an African-American and Diana Adams, the essence and purity of Caucasian dance, and to put them together on the stage?” Arthur Mitchell, Ballet’s ‘Grandfather of Diversity’ 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Radcliffe’s Billy embodies the essence of this beautifully ambivalent play without dominating it, which would throw the production off balance. Theater Review: Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z

A show like “Be More Chill” loses some part of its exuberant essence when more is made of it than what it can deliver. Review | I enjoyed ‘Be More Chill’ this time. And no, that isn’t the wine talking. 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

In essence, she has crossed a line from prettiness to power. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

That question cuts to the essence of “Touched With Fire,” Paul Dalio’s extraordinarily sensitive, non-judgmental exploration of bipolar disorder and creativity focused on two poets whose shared mania fuels their journey into madness. Movie Listings for Feb. 19-25 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

But I mostly focused on, I've got to just get the essence of who this guy was. Bill Paxton talks about 'Texas Rising' and his Sam Houston ties 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

"Your Face in Mine" is his first novel after two well-regarded collections of stories, and it deals with the essence of identity. 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

In essence, cheap, ephemeral projects act as advertisements for better infrastructure. Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z

The driving force behind all the high-impact driving is scarcity of water, the essence of life in a desert where death practically rises up from the burning sand. 'A total blast': our writers pick their favorite summer blockbusters ever 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

“If you stood within 4 or 5 feet of the piece, you felt as if you were actually experiencing what Johsel tried to do — which was capture the essence of nature.” Fine-art photographer Johsel Namkung dies 2013-07-27T22:29:36Z

Conflict like that is the essence of drama, which is why musicals too often seem thin when they try to approach the density of plays. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Category No. 1: Revisions Definition: A recut overseen by the director, who expands, contracts and otherwise messes with the cut, but doesn't substantially alter the essence of the story or themes. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z

His touch, neither rough nor delicate, still cuts through distractions to get to the raw essence of stuff. What to see in L.A. galleries: tiny paintings of breathtaking beauty, photographs of the super-smart 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Rather, I bottled the essence of my favorite moments there, like a blustery hike through pine forest followed by a mug of anise tea. Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

If that wasn’t the essence of 2017, we don’t know what was. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

“While it departs considerably from my novella in certain details, the essence of the story remains the same,” Martin wrote. Good news for (some) George R.R. Martin fans: His novella 'Nightflyers' will be a TV series 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

As in all his books, Couto calls into question the very essence of race and identity, belief and belonging, in Mozambique and beyond. Novels From Around the World Examine Kinship and Conflict 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

"It's a great thing because it does introduce people to what ballroom is," Milan Garcon says, "but at the same time, it doesn't quite fully give people the essence." Inside the underground world of ballroom at downtown L.A.'s Banjee Ball 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

It’s the essence of a quickly moving world, which is modernity. ‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

Esther symbolizes the quality of God’s essence hidden in the material world. Why Purim is important in 2022 as the Russia-Ukraine war rages 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

This, of course, is the essence of comedy. Magnus Mills' 'Maintenance of Headway' a satire of bureaucracy 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

Among them: Jonathan Wu, a young Chinese American chef who makes oyster sauce and other basic ingredients from scratch to rediscover their essence. How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America’s food culture 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

In essence, what this all means for the industry is that it’s blockbuster or bust. Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

It was the essence of juicing made material: a static object that perfectly described the process by which it worked. Design: How Dieter Rams Made Braun Look Cool 2011-06-06T10:51:36Z

“Spaces should be seamlessly integrated, not a string of amenities that distract from the overall essence of a time and place.” 10 Great Home Bars 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

This captures the essence of Them Crooked Vultures, the part-time supergroup comprised of three alpha males who have thrived in the harder, heavier bands of their day. Them Crooked Vultures | Pop review 2010-03-24T01:20:00Z

Yet the essence of the dreams remains locked inside the brains of the comatose patients. Review | Dreams are dangerous — and contagious — in Karen Thompson Walker’s apocalyptic thriller 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

If a combination doesn't feel right, to both the dancers and the stagers, it may be altered to "something more logical that carries the same essence," said Boal. PNB turns old documents into a new 'Giselle' 2011-05-25T21:51:07Z

What is the essence of a sports fan? America's Best Sports Fans 2010-08-02T22:00:00Z

These details allowed my sister and me to form an outline of him in our minds, but his essence and what happened remained unfilled, empty space. It’s my mother’s fault I stole her letters 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z

And seeded among the cycles and mutations is the essence of relativity: Here’s the world in entirety. Review: ‘The Lost Time Accidents’ asks the big questions about where we are 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Lundy set me on the path to success when she explained that the essence of her recipe was in the filling made from dried apples, never fresh apples. These cherry pies are buttery, crispy and tart — and they fit in the palm of your hand 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The producers of “JFK: One Day in America” restore a share of that lost essence over its three hours. “JFK: One Day in America” restores the humanity to one of America's most dramatized tragedies 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z

We sat down with Hawke at South by Southwest in Austin to discuss the role of drugs in creativity, the idea of disappearing into a character, and honoring the essence of Baker’s music.  Ethan Hawke on coping with failure, success and insecurity: “Sometimes I feel that my whole life has been a war with my nervous system” 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

This is the essence of a person’s right to choose. Perspective | Ask Amy: Live-in partner doesn’t want boyfriend’s kids 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

But in a heartfelt performance that brought to mind a virtuosic jazz artist riffing out the essence of a signature melody, Ms. Greene demonstrated that she still unconditionally holds the patent on Audrey. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Needless to say, that's not quite how Svendsen or the great German philosopher put it, but Heidegger did believe that what he termed "profound boredom" was a radical means of accessing the essence of being. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Their decision has been to take the essence of the show – the multi-character sketch format – but transfer the action to an airport. Little Britain boys 2010-12-12T00:04:00Z

“The very essence of the art form is its uncanny ability to give presence to something that is absent,” he says in a statement. Review | In the galleries: With two group exhibits, maximum exposure for photographers 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Pryor’s brilliant cultural explorations — his icepick wielding of the N-word, his ability to inhabit complex characters — questioned the very essence of pop culture at a time when all of society’s fabric seemed to be shredding. “Richard Pryor’s stance was to always admit his imperfections. Bill Cosby took another route” 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

A Derek is, in essence, a wonky pyramid of eggboxes sprayed gold then stood on casters, but the terror and exhilaration it provokes in viewers is quite spectacular. Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-01-01T00:05:30Z

These strange, panoplied fruits get to the essence of what it means to be a gardener, requiring months of planning, method, vigilance and even construction skills. Reclaim space in a smaller garden with trellis pumpkins 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

“The simplest things are the essence of Jewish deli, and they’re the hardest to get right,” Cook said. The Jewish deli is having a moment in places where you’d least expect it 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

Each vegetable in this miniature garden is planted in a purée or a reduced essence of itself. Benno, Proudly Out of Step With the Age 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

We exclude what we exclude, but it comes back as a wake-up call: We are missing something, the essence of our nature, which is to reduce gradients and preserve ourselves as gradient-reducing beings. Why are we here? Evolution’s dirty secrets 2013-06-02T11:00:00Z

But Mitchell and Kirkwood capture the essence of this one, and even offer some intriguing adornments of their own. Hansel and Gretel – review 2012-12-14T12:08:12Z

In covering the gospel singer, Brooks doesn't merely capture the essence of Jackson's vocal fortitude. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

But that was the essence of the path. Son of a bigot 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

Rather than adding unnecessary complications, his approach was to strip the characters to their larger-than-life essence. Darwyn Cooke, Comic Book Artist With a Retro Take, Dies at 53 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

There is no center, there is no god, there is no essence. Do not even think about putting chocolate in pecan pie 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

The essence of the game is neatly captured in the tagline of the easiest setting: "Tell me a story." Game on: The Darkness II 2012-02-09T20:59:02Z

For others, today's new act will be the essence of punk reborn. New band of the day ? No 1,085: Hanni El Khatib 2011-08-16T16:35:00Z

Is there not a danger now that the success of Indian cinema has come at the price of losing its essence? Around the world with AR Rahman 2010-04-01T21:05:00Z

Dance is what remains of the spirit of resistance, and of an essence of individuality beyond the autobiographical spiels that are coerced from Ms. Murphy and Mr. O’Conor’s characters. Review: The Private Dystopias of ‘Arlington’ and ‘Rooms’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

It has the Damask essence with a combination of some really nice fruity smells, which I mentioned before and which again in my mind are in the rose family. | Rosy Outlook 2011-07-26T20:24:02Z

They’re small moves that he repeats — in essence, he’s making a GIF of himself, anticipating what will inevitably happen to him online. Drake: Rapper, Actor, Meme 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

He studied academic papers, and his team did some of their own chemical analyses, trying to distill the essence of the aroma in a rotary evaporator. Using Science and History to Unlock the Secrets of Bread 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

In essence, childhood obesity is the result of kids eating and drinking more calories than they are burning off through play, movement and growth. Fixing the global childhood obesity epidemic begins with making healthy choices the easier choices 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z

Illusions stubbornly maintained were the essence of Zweig’s ultimate tragedy. Song of exile 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The interstitial essence that defines the film is also reflected in the craftsmanship behind it. ‘Treasure Planet’ at 20: Disney’s Failed Space Odyssey Deserved to Soar 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z

In her songs, the protagonists are almost always causing suffering, and they’re almost always shrugging and saying, in essence, such is life. On Waxahatchee’s ‘Ivy Tripp,’ Katie Crutchfield Sings of Emotional Debris 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Deflecting historiography in quest of an impossible experience, making his own quest for that experience the very essence of the film, Lanzmann developed an aesthetic that belongs solely to the subject itself. Two Prescient Films About the Memory of the Holocaust 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Even in the cloister, one finds another inescapable essence of Naples: the coupling of sex and death. Favorite Place: Seduced by Naples 2013-12-13T16:02:13Z

My point is that our mental essence may also exist in several states. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z

Distilled to essences of expression, the two-minute pieces displayed tolling bells, shards of melody and silence. Review | With fleet fingers, pianist Dénes Várjon brings German classics to life 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Carvey captured a certain essence of Mr. Bush, but his artistic aim was far broader. Critic?s Notebook: Comparing Fred Armisen?s ?SNL? Obama to Dana Carvey?s Bush 2011-12-05T06:52:36Z

“The Maldives is the essence of this experience,” she said. For Summer, Five Hot Destinations 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

But he added that he believed Alfredson had succeeded in capturing the essence of his story in just over two hours. Classic Le Carre spy novel gets movie makeover 2011-09-05T11:36:49Z

The self-described “hybrid photography” of Amir Zaki nails the essence of the subjects he captures on camera while also making them cryptic or confounding. You don’t need rules to look at Amir Zaki’s photography — just imagination 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Sorbet melts faster than ice cream, so time will be of the essence in assembling — and eating. Make the ice cream sandwich of your dreams — only assembly required 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

He continued, "It's a southern thing, an essence and a feeling — all wrapped up and captured in one, powerful word." Want a more decadent chocolate cake from the box? Add a spoonful of Duke's Mayo to the batter 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

Almost to the last, he remained a cosmopolitan, a globe-trotter, and indeed some thought that his spiritual homelessness ever since the Russian Revolution was part of his musical essence. From the archive, 7 April 1971: Stravinksy, the towering genius 2011-04-07T15:15:35Z

And then, in his quietly spectacular way, Richard nailed the essence of her character in a single pirouette of a phrase: “a spectral eminence yearning to be a woman.” Top 10 Best Movies 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

As a concept, he finds the idea of video sequences exhilarating, setting the mood and conveying the essence of his vision, backed up with a look book focused on the clothes. Special Report: Fashion: Is a Runway Show Really Necessary? 2010-09-29T17:49:00Z

Together, the five are brought together in a legal structure that in essence confers joint ownership of Picasso intellectual property. Family clarifies no ‘Picasso NFT’ is set to be sold online 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

There, Lambert’s already-beautiful voice is raw, true, and unadorned — which is the essence of the “be yourself” message in her powerful songwriting. NEW RECORDINGS 2013-12-17T01:41:50Z

Struzan's uncanny ability to capture the essence of a movie in a single scene and to reflect an actor's personality is astounding. Comics: "Red" movie characters star in own miniseries 2010-10-19T21:20:00Z

Mulligan, by contrast, radiates a steady current of quiet strength, the essence of a woman who, if not entirely sure of who she is, will certainly get to that understanding soon. In ‘Skylight,’ a brilliant view of faded affair 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Because time is of the essence if fresh meat is the goal, some states are trying to relax these rules, even as roadkill salvaging has emerged as a new trend in environmentally conscious eating. Eat more roadkill! It’s the most ethical meat 2014-03-09T16:30:00Z

The essence of the executive’s advice to her designers is that a fashion product is not just for the catwalk. Special Report: Fashion: Nuturing by a Style 'Angel' 2011-03-06T18:54:56Z

And that, in essence, is what we did at Balloon Manor. From thin air, 40,000 balloons add up to one giant public art installation 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

“That’s the essence of what makes New York a beautiful place to live in.” The ‘21’ Club Isn’t Dead. Yet. 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

The poet and translator Anne Carson: Her “Oresteia” is a miracle, in that it both gets the essence of the Greek and seems totally contemporary. Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

I guess in its essence The Wall was an autobiographical work about those central feelings and themes of my life. Back to The Wall 2010-05-27T08:42:00Z

She added: “Nothing in the plot is anything like what my grandfather told me, and yet the essence of our relationship is all there.” Author Earns Her Stripes on First Try 2011-03-14T22:58:36Z

Three horizontal bars, stacked or in a row, represent the three gunas: matter, energy and essence. Art In Review: ?Anonymous Tantra Paintings? at Feature Inc. 2012-02-02T23:53:18Z

But a few years of fine dining helped dive into the true essence of the classic drink. Brazil's 3-ingredient national cocktail is the real drink of summer 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z

In essence, Shields mounts his argument by contextualizing the thoughts of others, which bolsters the truth of his book’s title: men, collectively, are trouble. Review | ‘The Trouble With Men’ offers an intimate look at its subject 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

“The essence of the conductor’s profession is strength,” he said. Female Conductors Search for Equality at Highest Level 2013-12-20T20:33:48Z

And be as grandiloquent, as pompous, as affected as possible: if Dan Brown's touched you in the place of your own essence, you really need to tell the world about it. 'The most gifted writer I've ever read': outblurb the Grossman fans 2010-07-06T09:25:00Z

And it’s a master class in clarity: It conveys the essence of ardor, racial oppression, vengeance and forgiveness in one satisfying, 75-minute act. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z

Giraldi’s father, relatively footloose after two decades of single parenthood, throws himself into an equally manly milieu of motorcycle racing, whose “brutal and thrilling essence” leads to his death in 2000. ‘The Hero’s Body’: The dangerous world of hyper-macho men 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

In essence she strips away all of the things that Nicki Minaj went out of her way to accommodate: flash, gimmickry and the like. Nicki Minaj Is the Influential Leader of Hip-Hop 2012-04-01T02:43:03Z

When he was an aspiring singer, did he know that what would set him apart from his peers — what, in essence, would catapult him to fame — was the flexibility of his midsection? Music Review: Luke Bryan Brings Hip-Hop Excess to Madison Square Garden 2014-01-26T22:43:51Z

It is the class system, and the whole thing is a scam at its essence. A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Joan disappears to do some shopping of her own and I find myself drawn to the wall of products made from orchid essence, if only because I like the purple color of their various containers. How I rebooted my beauty regimen in South Korea, a country that takes skin care seriously 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Both get their dark beer essence by being flavored with a “unique blend of roasted barley and hops.” Guinness-Flavored Potato Chips Have Arrived 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Fashion's very essence is living, breathing and moving – something its art shows should cotton on to. The Enchanted Palace makes art of fashion 2010-04-02T10:52:00Z

What Tomine is describing is the need to push himself, which is the essence of the artist's life. Adrian Tomine plays against type in 'Killing and Dying' 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Being able to converse with meaning about beauty is the essence of civilisation, separating leaders from bean-counters. We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z

I think they captured about 75 percent of my essence. A Minute With: Pitbull on music, Jennifer Lopez and 'Epic' 2013-05-22T13:06:33Z

To me, mixing beef, pork, and veal in meatballs is overdoing it: the "purity of essence" demands only one kind of meat. Swedish Meatballs, From the Comfort of Home 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

He brought out the flickering strangeness of the burnt-umber wind fragments at the beginning of the second movement; oboe and veiled violas had earlier been combined meticulously enough to convey the essence of nighttime. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

In essence, it's about the empowerment of the performer. 'Eloize iD': The Cirque continues at Cadillac Palace 2011-04-27T21:57:50Z

The rodomontade was, Laurel saw, a gag, but the essence of its truth was soon realized. Charlie Chaplin's Scandalous Life and Boundless Artistry 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

“I would bet some elements get proven wrong but that the essence, that the bin Laden death story was altered, holds up,” he said. The ever-iconoclastic, never-to-be-ignored, muckraking Seymour Hersh 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

That, in essence, is what the magnificent play “The Lehman Trilogy,” at the Park Avenue Armory, both is about and, more important, simply is. Review: A Magnificent Road to Ruin in ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

But when season four broadcast, the show seemed to capture an essence of a fractious political climate where black people were reawakening to the crimes committed against them. Orange Is the New Black stars: 'I couldn't watch. I had to turn away' 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

“Not to overstate what we’re doing - because we’re just a bunch of dudes being stupid onstage - but it really is the essence of the creative process,” he says. Christopher Jackson shines in Tupac musical 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

A striking necklace shaped like an Art Nouveau butterfly caught the essence of craft with style. Ferragamo Shows Resort Wear in the Louvre in Paris 2012-06-13T07:30:26Z

“Sometimes I felt she was right at the essence of expression. She definitely developed a new way of writing ballads. The weight and the space and the silence that she evokes.” Annette Peacock Has Been Improvising Music for 7 Decades. Her Life, Too. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

He told his students — the few who were listening — that chemistry is the “science of change” and broke life down to its essence: “It is growth, then decay, then transformation.” The Tv Watch: High Bar Has Been Set for the Finale of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-12T02:00:11Z

The essence of New York is that we are a brassy Dutch town that hinges on mercantilism. Concierge Dwight Owsley on New York City 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

“At the beginning I was afraid that they won’t get the essence of what ‘Hamilton’ is — that they wouldn’t get these little nuances, the play on words and the intelligence of it all,” Crisp said. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

“Movement never lies,” Martha Graham liked to say, and Ms. Letissier’s use of dance in her videos and stage performances brings her closer to the essence of Christine. Christine and the Queens, an Alter Ego Combining Music and Dance 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

It might be a biographer’s word, too — the essence of a person that drifts out of his or her diaries and letters, the idiosyncratic, unmistakable traces that a biographer pursues in the archives. ‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly’ Hunts for Big — and Elusive — Game 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

Shame is our hidden essence; the ugliest part of a thing is its truest part; being decent or kind or liberal is a sign of self-suppression or weakness; cynicism is knowledge. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Dreamy and symbolic as Bob's lyrics, I'm Not There captures Dylan's essence and simply freewheels, indeterminate but beautiful. Readers' panel: what's the best music biopic? 2012-06-15T11:43:49Z

Still, the director and her star sometimes disagreed on just how much of that essence to use. What Frances McDormand Would (and Wouldn’t) Give to ‘Nomadland’ 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

Somehow, you got the essence of that open and creative time, and the suggestion the fashion should again express such freedom. Fashion Review: Collections from Milan Fashion Week, Prada, Fendi, MaxMara and Versace 2012-02-24T23:55:00Z

This is the very essence of “none of her business.” Perspective | Ask Amy: Train gift may derail friendship … or a marriage 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Thompson’s meticulous and passionate characterization, under the direction of Gordon Edelstein, isn’t an exact impersonation but somehow conveys the essence of the famous musician’s enormous smile and tuneful, gravelly voice. Theater review: 'Satchmo at the Waldorf' at the Wallis Annenberg Center 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

The first of these derives from the task it has set for itself—nothing less than changing and democratizing the very essence of the American economic system’s institutional structure. Rise of the New Economy Movement 2012-05-22T12:56:00Z

Youth is an essence as much as it is a phase of life. At Trillectro, youth is not wasted 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

Leterrier had reservations about the conversion process - which, in essence, cuts the picture into layers like a pop-up book - but ultimately, he was impressed with the result. 3D or not 3D? 2010-05-18T07:25:00Z

The Cartier presentation was an effective way to communicate the essence of its latest concept watch, the ID Two, introduced in January. Unfazed by Change, Swiss Watch Houses Embrace Technology 2013-04-24T15:32:37Z

In lieu of Hospoda’s red cabbage “essence,” there is simply red cabbage, shredded and ingloriously heaped, sour and sweet. At Bohemian Spirit, the Meals of Czech Memory 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

“All I have seen are people who feel more naturally like the role. It’s whether their essence fits the essence of the character.” Get Out of My Light, Honey. I’m Auditioning Here. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

The essence of what they do is smoking, low and slow. The ‘Pig Beach BBQ Cookbook’ Teaches You How to Tame Smoke 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

Having grown up in an environment without emotional boundaries, it was as though Guest could cut through the layers of social politesse to get straight to the essence of any given conversation. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

"But it also played to an audience concerned with families and those who serve this country... In essence, this movie was the first real superhero movie and it played like one." 'American Sniper' shatters box office records over MLK weekend 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

She found the essence of carefree defiance in “Getting Some Fun Out of Life,” a young couple’s declaration of independence from the workday rules of the world. Music Review: Rebecca Kilgore Honors Billie Holiday and Lester Young 2010-08-03T20:46:00Z

Isn’t that the one of the essences of tragedy? ‘The Comey Rule’: Why Watching Jeff Daniels Ruined James Comey’s Day 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

Typically iconoclastic, they have names rather than numbers, and each constitutes an extreme reappraisal of symphonic form and harmonic potential in an attempt to capture the essence of the literary works that inspired them. Top of the Proms 2011 2011-07-07T20:30:02Z

The idea that vast histories are embodied in material culture — in specific, transportable things — is the essence of Theaster Gates Jr.’s installation called “The Double Wide.” Black Artists Cast New Visions for the Great Migration 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

All three words of the title are important: the movie isn’t about Jackson Heights, and it certainly isn’t about the essence or definition of Jackson Heights. Finding the American Ideal in Queens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

She distilled a certain essence of his films. The heart-wrenching performance of Setsuko Hara, Ozu's quiet muse 2010-06-16T13:49:00Z

She is there, in essence, to debate them. Review: Can a Play Make the Constitution Great Again? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

For me this is the essence of Shakespeare's writing; and the essence, too, of being Palestinian. Why Shakespeare is … Palestinian 2012-06-11T14:10:02Z

This musical entry – made long before musical episodes were a thing – seemed to crunch down every facet of the show into its purest essence, from its humour and its playfulness to its increasingly tortured sensibilities. Demons, death and dynamite dialogue: the 20 best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

And in essence, this is a good story. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Or get a little outlandish and incorporate some sort of fish or shellfish essence into your dessert. Abbondanza: A brief history of the Feast of the Seven Fishes 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

It has been said that the entire essence of any era can be captured by a single great fashion photograph. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

With “Early Plays” Mr. Maxwell is asking us to look for the distilled essence beneath the hoary crust, to see past a century’s accumulation of barnacles. Theater Review: ?Early Plays? by O?Neill From Wooster Group at St. Ann?s 2012-02-23T05:07:20Z

Doyle said that despite the years of upheaval, the essence of Dublin hasn't changed that much. 'The Commitments' coming to the London stage 2013-04-23T11:44:11Z

For me, it gets back to the essence of the mystery, which is a metaphor for all the mysteries, for everything we cannot understand. Has Jack the Ripper been identified? 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

This is the essence of being a solid. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z

“I believe that what I did with my mother is still my foundation, the essence of what I continue to do now,” says Salazar. Reza Salazar, from surviving clown to Broadway actor 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

The bright single exposure of “Tree” somehow cuts the very essence of “tree-ness.” Seattle artist Nathan Vass : going forward in all directions 2013-06-26T21:19:08Z

In 1908, he patented a process for extracting glutamate from seaweed and stabilising it with salt to create monosodium glutamate, a product thereafter known as Aji-No-Moto – “essence of taste”. Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

I think we captured the essence of what it means to be American through the eyes and hands and mouths and words of some of our favorite chefs, producers and home cooks. One nation, in all its flavors, captured on these pages 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

While the moving-painting quality of their choreography is profoundly arresting, both theatrically and visually — they find the beauty in ugly — there is another layer that gets to the essence of nature. Eiko & Koma: King and Queen of Slow 2010-05-25T23:59:00Z

But none of them promises to go beneath the surface and capture the deeper essence of their tragic story. The coverup continues: The Kennedys in Hollywood 2011-04-01T14:01:00Z

“I don’t know if he could capture the essence of me,” he said, after a moment. Is Stan Lee Being Held Prisoner by Real-Life Villains? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

The idea was to glean the essence of things by closely observing one’s own experience of them, preferably in mundane settings. Smokey and the bandits 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Parks gets all this across with tact, timing and a withholding of histrionics that are the essence of human empathy. Review | A National Gallery show examines Gordon Parks’s early years 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

“It was certainly never my intention to change the essence of the play.” Cancellation of College Production of 'Jesus in India' Over Casting of White Actors Prompts Debate 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

She took her cue to embodying the essence of Odetta from Rushing's measured choreography as well as from the music. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 'Odetta' honors singer, activist 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Oh, and the villain of the piece is a developer who wants to build a big-box chain store — the very essence of modern-day shopping, which is in turn the very essence of modern-day Christmas. Television Review: ‘The 12 Disasters of Christmas’ on Syfy 2012-12-07T23:03:24Z

The banjo, to her, is “the essence of folk tradition.” ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z

The frying pan comprises, in essence, a circle and a line, and dozens of critics have discussed the intimate relations between his objects, and the sexual element to his work. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z

At 34, Leonard Bernstein was already the most marvelous of Haydn conductors, but only 20 years later was he able to unearth the essence of Mozart. Dudamel adds his dramatic touch to a night of Mendelssohn at Hollywood Bowl 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

"Allegiance," in essence, is a post-9/11 series with a Cold War spin. Espionage hits home in NBC's 'Allegiance' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

This is an idea — I'll admit it — that I love, not just in regard to Paris but also to the very essence of urban life. Author Luc Sante's 'The Other Paris' wanders the city streets of past and present 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

He is eloquent about the art, capturing the essence of a painting in a few deft strokes. Creative tensions 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

“In essence, the environment for independent publishing is sadly not there anymore,” Tutul said. The price of free speech in Bangladesh 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

My Piece of the Pie In “My Piece of the Pie,” Gilles Lellouche, a handsome, rough-around-the-edges French star who could be the next generation’s Gérard Depardieu, nails the essence of a predatory capitalist shark. | 'My Piece of the Pie': ?My Piece of the Pie? - Review 2011-12-09T02:19:48Z

He captures a prevailing odor, too, that subliminal essence of “wet clothes forgotten in a plastic bag.” Daniel Galera’s ‘Blood-Drenched Beard’ 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

Lovingly made but ultimately ill-conceived, “Doctor Sleep” is like the members of the True Knot, imbibing the essence of Kubrick’s original in the vain hope of remaining vital. ‘Doctor Sleep’ tries to reconcile the visions of Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. But is that possible? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Within that multitude of names lies the essence and the central problem of “A Free Man of Color,” which opened on Thursday in a Lincoln Center Theater production. | 'A Free Man of Color': A Gaudy Swashbuckle Through History 2010-11-19T05:30:00Z

For me, time is not of the essence. When Cooking, Invest Time. Or Work. Not Both. 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

And to capture the essence of his hero, Coker called upon two heavyweights in the music world. LISTEN: “Marvel’s Luke Cage” and “Westworld” composers break down their shows’ signature sounds 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

As much as we love and respect the individual, it is his relationship with the breadth of nature that constitutes that tension which is perhaps the essence of our human existence. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani: 'For us it was cinema or death' 2013-03-01T08:00:05Z

So maybe Miranda captures the essence of collaboration best as he listens to his longtime colleagues talk about their approaches to “Satisfied,” and then says with a laugh: One key scene helped cement ‘Hamilton’ as a Broadway legend. The team that crafted it explains how. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

In essence the festival is an intimate live TV broadcast for the Irish channel RTE, with seats offered to the public through a lucky draw. Other Voices – review 2013-04-09T16:59:39Z

Robbe-Grillet admitted that, in writing “A Sentimental Novel,” he was conveying the essence of fantasies he had entertained for decades, ever since he was a very young man. Translating a Novel of Sadism 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Or, as Ramon suggests in the closing pages: "Insignificance, my friend, is the essence of existence." Milan Kundera's 'Festival of Insignificance' on being and smallness 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

It’s difficult to imagine a university president today saying, in essence, “better dead than gay” — much less that quote getting printed in a city’s daily newspaper. ‘I wanted to avenge them’: From mug shots to works of art, this exhibit explores Northwest culture through the lens of gay artists 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Waithe’s outfit called out this incongruity, but the essence of camp in her outfit was a typo on the jacket—“inventend” instead of “invented.” The Met Gala 2019: It May Not Have Been Camp, But It Was Fashion 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Yet it cuts to the essence of how we push forward in life while always looking back. zoe | juniper: visual wizardry, brilliant dance 2011-12-03T20:22:03Z

I found myself rooting for them, but my heart was breaking at the same time because the essence of their relationship felt so very real to me in that moment. What the Watched Were Watching: TV Pros Pick Their Favorites 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

In other words, these films hide the truth at the heart of all labor: that all our buildings, cars, products, all the essence of life emerges from labor and exploitation. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z

He has a just-make-it ethos; the essence of his work is process as much as product. Can Virgil Abloh Fit in a Museum? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

The splendid program, performed Friday at the David H. Koch Theater, wraps up with George Balanchine’s “Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No . 2,” a luscious ballet that recalls the essence of Imperial Russia. Review: ‘La Sylphide’ Is City Ballet’s Bittersweet Valentine 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

Theatre's essence lies in it being a live event and therefore it can only ever happen in a specific place and time. Noises off: commodification, chess and Foolishness 2010-04-08T10:17:00Z

I felt as if I were drinking the essence of the plant, intense but sweet, with hints of hazelnuts. Come for the mushrooms, stay for the ham: This unsung corner of Spain is home to fabulous food 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

He prefers “distiller”: someone who boils away everything extraneous to render the essence of the story he’s telling. Review: Peter Brook Asks the Ultimate Question in ‘Why?’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Standing boldly front and center, Ferry crooned with the effortlessness of someone who inherently understood the essence of rhythmic assimilation. Coachella music fest: 10 picks out of 166 acts 2014-04-09T17:36:48Z

Hollywood films exploring the lives of surfers once captured the essence of postwar America. Turning the tide: why surf films have lost their counterculture cachet 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Artifacts will include costumes from his stage days, fragments of his legendary guitar fan letters, and, of course, photographs that capture the essence of the music scene at the time. Coming to EMP: Hendrix, AC/DC ? and some leather, too 2012-01-20T04:54:59Z

“He communicates joyfulness and enjoyment, and we wanted to maintain that essence with the clothes.” The Colorful Mozart of Gen Z 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Biggest laugh or cry: Mary uses flower essences for good health and ordered some for delivery in Thailand. What a Trip: In rural Thailand, teaching as a route to learning

She captures the essence of working one’s art without promise of glory, and reading her work is transporting. ‘I Always Loved You’: the flames of an artistic passion 2014-01-29T23:40:36Z

Early on, Darnell tells his wife, in essence, "I just have to think of the stereotypes he already thinks I am and just be those." Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Its essence is distilled in a word heard less and less nowadays: chic. Music Review: Evoking ?50s Glamour, Through Teasing Taunts 2011-06-09T00:02:01Z

I decided to retrace Britten's walks, season by season, and capture the essence – in sound – of the places he travelled through. The echoes of Benjamin Britten's 'composing walks' 2013-01-30T19:00:10Z

It's almost like fuel, a different kind of essence. How "House of Cards" prepared Robin Wright to direct "Land," a moving tribute to nature & resilience 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

So the conundrum becomes how to create appropriate clothes that still keep their feminine essence. Fashion Review: Designing for the Working Woman 2014-02-12T17:06:16Z

It seems appropriate that the narrative in essence directs the music. Alban Berg's suite for the jilted 2011-03-17T22:44:00Z

But she also pioneered the now commonplace practice of distilling the essence of a drama or musical by posing the performers tellingly and shooting them in close-up. Martha Swope, 88, Who Etched Dance and Theater History in Photographs, Dies 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

"Does the essence of 'meeting' someone lie in the ability to touch them?" he asks at the start of what is for him an extremely rare interview. Keaton Henson: fame, stage fright and the discomfort of strangers 2012-10-03T13:46:03Z

In essence, he adds, the pope faces a different power in Rome — and one he hasn’t take command of. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

“There’s a basic Acting 101 exercise where you have to become an animal essence,” says Smith. When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

It is, in essence, little better than smoking corn skins. Readers recommend songs about the Beatles 2010-09-30T23:00:00Z

"This is not a film about prison in its detail"' he explained, but it is about the "essence of prison… in taking you way from your normal life." AUDIO: Winterbottom's 5-year 'love story' 2012-10-17T08:56:47Z

The French American photographer captures the essence of each city through the intensity and color of the lights. High-flying photographer Vincent Laforet captures the radiant world below him 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

The Irish literary hero's novels and plays are not for everybody, dispensing as they do with logical, realistic storytelling while paring the human condition to discomfiting essences of loneliness, futility and decay. Brooke Adams learns the dirty truth of Beckett's 'Happy Days' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

Here, five small-batch brands that capture the essence of this wild, bountiful part of California. From Northern California, Farm-Fresh Skin Care 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Ms. de Monteiro added that there is “little understanding of its geographical location and its plight and essence.” A Cambodian Refugee Cooks From Memory at Nyum Bai 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

The proud arc he made in profile summed up the absurdly glamorous essence of bullfighting, though he ended one solo long after the music. Bolshoi Ballet Performs ‘Don Quixote’ With a Smile 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

So it, in essence, hasn't changed at all and hasn't since the eighth century. "It was a life changer for me": Andrew McCarthy on his Brat Pack origins and a recent 500-mile walk 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

Signifying our shared essence, it hints at the extent to which Tolstoy believed we are all connected. Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” can inspire those who fear Trump’s America 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Along the way, we get a look at pre-Cap Steve Rogers that will thrill all fans of the character: it captures his essence perfectly. From Spider-Gwen to “The Multiversity”: The best comics of 2014 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

This is the essence of the Indian culinary edge, says Lakshmi. India's Spice Girls: American Culinary Superstars 2010-05-20T11:30:00Z

Buchanan said the marketing tag line, "These are not just objects," is really the essence of the show. Milwaukee museum looks at everyday objects as art 2010-10-10T19:25:00Z

“It captured the essence of Graham magnificently,” said Terry Jones, a member of the Python troupe, who was in Toronto to promote the film. Roman Polanski and Graham Chapman Biopics at Toronto 2012-09-11T22:01:26Z

Among the movies purporting to have captured the essence of Generation X's identity, "Reality Bites" probably has the highest name brand recognition and one of the lower levels of realism. Reality bites, so of course Generation X was always going to sell out and vote Republican 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

This clinical approach denudes the pain of its romantic essence and its erotic energy—the very qualities that must be reignited if a relationship is to not only survive but thrive. “Grief sedated by orgasm, orgasm heightened by grief”: Beyoncé, “Lemonade” and the new reality of infidelity 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

He has an unerring instinct for reaching the essence of a play and drawing it out. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

But strenuousness is of the essence in this work, and the players, with their effortless virtuosity, almost made it look and sound too easy. Music Review: Music for Seaside Village, But Hold the Salt Cod 2010-12-03T23:00:00Z

In writing this work, Mr. Harris, who plays the trombone, tried to capture the essence of Mr. Ali’s physical language, the rhythms in his footwork and the melodies in his jabs. Spare Times Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The arrangements were meant to appeal to a wholesome, middlebrow Soviet ear, but also to suggest an ancient Russian musical essence. Choir in Plane Crash Projects Russian Pride and Soft Power 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

"The concert will capture the essence of that swanky, really groovy feeling of the period," says guest conductor Steven Reineke, who last led the Seattle orchestra in 2010 with a pops program called "Broadway Rocks." Get shaken and stirred at Seattle Symphony's 'Cocktail Hour' 2012-09-20T20:50:04Z

I sank into a knee-high bed of 21 tons of malted barley in the tennis-court-length kiln, where grain sits for 60 hours, absorbing smoky, savory essences from a peat-fueled fire burning underneath. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

The vanilla doesn’t add sweetness, just the essence of vanilla. 6 Cocktails to Cure Your Ailments 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

The transition isn’t likely to alter the essence of the company’s style. Whim W’Him takes step toward being full-time dance company 2014-05-07T20:19:44Z

If Sharon does make a case, it’s for the durability of an opera’s essence. America’s Most Interesting Opera Destination? The Midwest 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

I fell in love with Daisy's character and there's something about "The Force Awakens" that really had all the essence of the old ones that people loved but was bringing it into a new world. Bonnie Piesse on "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and her neurodivergent romcom 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

In essence, what could the persona do that Gladys could not? ArtsBeat: ‘Catfish’ and the Truth About Our False Online Selves 2013-06-26T13:00:25Z

This encounter and Ms. Weber’s response to it capture the essence of her highly appealing, if rather imbalanced, memoir: “The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family’s Legacies of Infidelities.” Books of The Times: When Granny Met Gershwin, and Other Gossip 2011-07-25T18:39:38Z

To be able to capture the essence of who these people are, what they’re going through and making them real, that’s hard to accomplish in 15 minutes. Josh Hutcherson Is Ready to Say Goodbye to 'The Hunger Games' 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Considered the mother of modern dance, she transformed her art form by stripping her movement, rooted in the pelvis, down to its purest essence. In the Dance Lab With Martha Graham 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

More than that, it’s the scariest of all things: a ghost story that is, in essence, true. Argentian star Samanta Schweblin's destabilizing English debut, 'Fever Dream' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

But the real essence of this is this ensemble. Judith Light isn't afraid of aging: "These are the crone years" 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

The film is, in essence, a case study offering no outside opinions, no skeptics posing tough questions, nor dementia experts validating those onscreen results. 'My Name' offers glimmer of hope about Alzheimer's 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

“He definitely thinks I captured the essence,” she said. Amanda Seyfried is not taking this moment for granted 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

In essence, an entirely new artistic voice is needed. Lost in translation 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

This savory, simmered beef stew is the very essence of comfort food: a homey, warm and filling one-pot meal that will satisfy the most ardent meat-and-potatoes person. This just in: Stewing can be good for you 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

In mainstream spaces, that artifice has been eyed with suspicion, wrapped up not just in homophobia but also a fear of technology, which might threaten to reprogram the essence of human culture itself. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

So they're really rearranged but without losing the essence of what the song is. Broadway's Telly Leung gets jazzy in his solo CD 2012-12-06T13:39:16Z

It’s the essence of the gingersnap without the sugar. | Snap Tonic 2010-10-25T15:39:00Z

The mix of fire hose blood spray, psychological terror and black humor, though remain true to the campy original that boiled the horror movie genre down to its essence. Remake of the 1981 film Evil Dead plays at SXSW 2013-03-09T09:16:26Z

The essence of gentility and service, Elizabeth was equal parts public figure and living mystery. Our Elizabethan Age of Pop Culture 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

The poem that goes with the display, also titled “caravanes,” is Wilson at her distilled best: The newspaper-ad shorthand cuts to the essence of the runaway slaves: their means of expressing themselves. Two fine shows at Northwest African American Museum 2013-01-03T22:17:00Z

Creating so much from nothing gets to the essence and power of garden making. How a soybean field in middle-of-nowhere Delaware became a buzzy botanic garden 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Malle couldn’t know this, of course, but he did seek to be of the moment, and deployed documentary-style techniques that both aimed to catch what he thought was its essence and that signified it. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

I think the essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich, or the present sandwiched on nostalgia.” ‘The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich’: Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

That question cuts to the essence of “Touched With Fire,” Paul Dalio’s extraordinarily sensitive, nonjudgmental exploration of bipolar disorder and creativity focused on two poets whose shared mania fuels their journey into madness. Movie Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Speed and maximum capacity are of the essence. Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z

Yet the behavior it scrutinizes speaks to the essence of democracy and the very definition of citizenship, and, as such, it merits a calmer, more reasoned forum than this one. ‘The Hacker Wars,’ a Documentary About Prosecutions 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

It is a work that connected one era with the next and continues to display the essence of linguistic complexity and beauty. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z

A Twitter user who goes by @spursfan1975 captured the essence of the fan response: "Tidal — a business venture to help rich musicians get even richer. Cue a rise in music piracy instead!!!" Music-streaming's ethics ruse falling on deaf ears 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

It provides a potpourri of flavor options, including the warm, aromatic spiciness of chai, the heady floral essence of jasmine and the smoky intensity of Lapsang souchong, to name a few. These poached pears get a little boozy kick 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

This, in essence, was The Doctor’s prime nemesis in Season 11. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

His musical essence remains unchanged, however, as does his approach to gigs. Tricky ? review 2010-10-26T21:45:00Z

The dish represents the essence of Palestinian cuisine, characterized by the sharpness of its flavors. A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

At every point Mr. Fishburne conveys the essence of a man who seemed to enjoy his life deeply, a man who savored his accomplishments with none of the grandiosity that so often afflicts the exceptional. | 'Thurgood': Marshall v. Bias: A Life Revealed in Anecdotes 2011-02-23T23:22:27Z

A popular Facebook image featured a garden with one of four plastic lawn chairs overturned: it was entitled "DC Earthquake Devastation."This incident captures the essence of Pacific-Atlantic aggro. Gangster Squad reflects the west coast's fear of the east 2013-01-07T17:25:58Z

But the zeal of its heroes to distill the quantitative essence of baseball is also what makes “Moneyball” dramatic and curiously moving. ?Moneyball,? ?Ides of March? Contain Inside Information 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z

Then it gives us something slightly different, something equally visual, gratifying and, above all, charged with the deliberation and focus that are the essence of art. Art Review: An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little 2011-06-30T22:05:51Z

"More than simply the Colombian, he brought to his works the very essence of the Latin American being," he said. Fans pay tribute to Nobel laureate Garcia Marquez in Mexico City 2014-04-22T03:06:19Z

At some point she'll lack this unrestrained enthusiasm for simply getting from one room to the next, which in its essence is just a basic enthusiasm for life, perhaps. Motherlode Blog: Why We Should Take Fewer Pictures of Our Children 2012-10-12T15:55:46Z

The essence of low-budget filmmaking and a landmark of film noir, Ulmer’s brisk, grimy contemplation of the anonymity of the American road and the cruelties of fate seems tailor-made for beat-up prints and cheap DVDs. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Fashion is in essence an industry based on deception: the promise that if you simply wear this you will look better/cooler/thinner/taller/more powerful than you really are. Underage Models Return to the Runway and Reignite a Debate 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

For me, it was capturing the overall essence of: why are you here? Janet Mock on 'The Trans List' and a Trump Presidency 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

“It didn’t go deep enough into the essence of what we do,” Díaz added. ‘The Smithsonian can do more and should do more,’ says advocate for a Latino museum 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

It follows all the other characters, but its real essence is the development of the two of them. The Fate of ‘The Last Jedi’ Is in His Hands 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

The herb adds a unique floral essence and is a pleasant element of surprise because thyme is more typically associated with savory dishes than dessert. This fruit and cheese dessert is unexpectedly luscious — and healthful 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

Regarding percussion, Mr. Adams quotes Mr. Schick as describing its essence as: “No instruments, only sticks.” Steven Schick Performs ‘Mathematics of Resonant Bodies’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Medicare itself, social security, wildly popular, all at their essence. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

I’ve heard old dancers say that a ballerina should leave “essences” of herself in the air as she moves on; these women certainly did. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Four words really, if time was of the essence. But no, I think a big part of me was too tempted by the idea that I could be free of all my past problems. My double life in therapy 2013-01-15T01:00:00Z

That narrative economy is present throughout, but may best be illustrated by the new story "Green World", which compresses into just over four pages the essence of shame and grief. Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie – review 2013-01-10T12:00:01Z

And that matter is the essence of the song and what it means to her. Music Review: Linda Lavin at 54 Below 2013-01-09T23:10:07Z

Here the title serves as a metaphor for tearing down one’s defenses to reveal a deeper, truer essence. Dance Review: Dinosaurs, Politicians, Oil and Water 2011-01-28T22:44:42Z

But some measure of dramatic credibility would be nice, especially once “Violet & Daisy” settles down to become, in essence, a talky, single-set, three-person play. Movie Review: ‘Violet & Daisy,’ by Geoffrey Fletcher 2013-06-07T01:36:07Z

The pieces in "Paradise" pose a challenge to Layman's viewers, even as they cut to the essence of what he's all about. Isaac Layman's 'Paradise' transcends ordinary 2011-12-01T00:40:04Z

“Repentless” is the sound of Slayer telling you that it still recognizes its essence, despite the fact that three people associated with its best work are now gone. Review: Slayer’s New Album, ‘Repentless,’ Is Loud and Precise 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Flame and blood can represent violence, but also essence and purity. Review | In the galleries: Renee Stout’s fiery visions draw inspiration from Jimi Hendrix 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

Without feeling like a paint-by-numbers kit, “Defenders” maintains the essence of the misanthropic private eye, Jones; the haunted blind vigilante, Daredevil; the bulletproof Harlem mensch, Cage; and the hippy-dippy martial artist, Iron Fist. Review: Netflix’s ‘Defenders’ Is Less Than the Sum of Its Superheroes 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Though Ms. Saariaho can skillfully deploy huge orchestral forces, her essence is perhaps most vividly revealed in chamber works like “Maa,” which marshals the full ensemble only in the seventh and final movement. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z

It's the essence of the story that counts, and the essence of the story here is very sound indeed. How historically accurate is The King's Speech? 2011-01-09T20:30:01Z

Later she goes down into the sewers of the Fleet, the second largest river in Roman times, to divine the area's subterranean essence. Diamond Street by Rachel Lichtenstein – review 2012-06-15T21:55:12Z

In “Poppy #4,” the flower explodes in essence by expanding to frame-filling size. 4 art exhibitions to see at Seattle-area galleries in December 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Observe the feelings nonjudgmentally, with curiosity, letting them ebb and flow — this is an essence of mindfulness. How to deal with regret and forgive yourself for making imperfect decisions 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

Here is musicality that reveals essences that no ballet version ever could. 2010-01-30T05:48:00Z

For his new spin on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” the director Joel Coen wanted to strip the play down to its barest essence. This Movie Season, It’s a Black-and-White Boom 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

I wanted to understand, and like Billy asked for, get to the essence of my guy. "The Comey Rule" will likely trigger Trump, and series star Michael Kelly couldn't be happier 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

At its essence, then, McCartney’s public life, and the magical moments within it, is not much different than it was back when. Paul McCartney Turns 75 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s still the essence of Burberry, but it looks a bit edgier ... it was getting boring,” he said. Burberry bets on sleek new look for revamp under Tisci 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

He sees the Dylan persona as “methodical,” and that constructedness, he says, is the very essence of how an artist connects with his audience. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z

As Freud wrote, “The deepest essence of human nature consists of self-preservation, aggression, need for love, and the impulse to attain pleasure and avoid pain.” Motherlode Blog: What if a Teacher Doesn’t Like a Parent? 2013-09-12T16:49:51Z

“The essence of toxic stress is the absence of buffers needed to return the physiologic stress response to baseline.” Motherlode Blog: 'Toxic Stress' Can Harm Children for Life 2012-01-09T16:11:41Z

She asked the Woolfers, in essence, “Am I a jerk if I just go ahead and get the dog?” A Chat Room of Their Own 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

“I really tried to open myself up to her world and where she was at, and tried to understand the sort of essence of who she was.” ‘Naomi Osaka’ docuseries takes intimate look at tennis star 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

The duo worked closely with engineer and mixer Paul Hicks to maintain the essence of the songs, which were completely remixed. Sean Ono Lennon on remixing father’s music: It was therapy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

To be able to work with Juanes’s music, maintaining its essence while adding new things, allows me to write for horns or a string quartet or a big choir, which is one of my passions. The Colombian Rock Star Juanes on MTV 2012-05-27T00:43:09Z

He then rambled a bit about the new collection, and I gathered that it drew on the essence of Paris couture — shapes, silhouettes. Paris Couture: Gaultier's Dragons 2010-07-07T16:54:00Z

It has become, especially in the young people today, a state of mind, an essence of being. ‘Power Must Be Taken’: Excerpts From ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

But the essence is here, and it works. Music Review: St. Luke?s Chamber Ensemble in Mahler Program - Review 2011-09-09T22:54:44Z

In the farcical “Cloned!,” the brainy star of “Basic Instinct” is the essence of hot to a young nerd named Wally, a brilliant scientist whose other biggest crush is himself. New York Musical Theater Festival Report: 'Cloned!' 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

Mr Lahr patiently mines the essence of his subjects—playwrights, directors—with the affection of a fan, the insight of a confidant and the authorial flair of an experienced critic. Bright lights 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

It’s nominally a horror film, but it’s a story of mental derangement with a premise of metaphysical shock that’s more or less detachable from its richly textured and disturbingly inventive cinematic essence. The Front Row: “Carnival of Souls” 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

But wow, when they start to sing, they are the essence of youthful desire, longing and passion. New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

The most vigorous coming trend in portraiture would focus on personal essence. Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z

That goes against the purpose and the very essence of my job. "The Handmaid's Tale" is so brilliant and relevant that I can't stand it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

For my first fragrance, I wanted to capture the essence of a woman's strength and beauty. | Ivanka Trump 2013-02-05T21:35:10Z

And, like “Wavelength,” it cuts right to the essence of the medium. Art Review: Michael Snow’s Photographs and Other Works in Philadelphia 2014-02-06T22:40:04Z

This is a Pope who is nothing more than a metaphor to himself, who demands in turn that the Pope be a symbol of terrifying absence to everyone else: a man without essence. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Haacke’s aesthetic was similar to the pedagogical distillation of a good physics or chemistry professor, animating ideas through carefully chosen experiments that clarified their essence. Review | Hans Haacke makes that banana on the wall look ridiculous 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

“It needed a redo, but maintaining its essence and strong identity was essential, and my vision was to keep the Ritz exactly as it was but better,” he said. The Ritz Paris Is Back 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Appleby wrote that he interprets this final song as “the voice of the protagonist in disguise,” whose pain is “the crucible that clarified and purified him to his essence: an artist.” Music Review: A Song Cycle by Schubert Mirrors an Artist?s Journey 2010-12-01T22:47:00Z

Is it because they think their argument, that recording artists are in essence label employees rather than independent contractors, can prevail in court? ArtsBeat Blog: Don Henley Urges Artists to Know Their Rights 2011-08-16T12:20:50Z

Which offer implies that he feels he has touched, or been touched by, her essence or her soul or whatever we want to call it. Michael Cunningham Thinks Most People Misunderstand ‘Lolita’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

This brief work goes to the essence of what it takes to survive. 'Another Sunrise' a powerful telling of Holocaust survivor's story 2012-05-15T16:51:06Z

Real False Marshmallow biscuit with essence of public transport 3. Heston's food is getting weirder. Can you sniff out our fakes? 2012-11-30T14:00:00Z

The set captures the essence of Heart's remarkable career, in which they blend hard rock crunch and driving ferocity with tender melody and thoughtful songwriting. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z

New Orleans is the main character, and capturing its authentic essence is Treme's chief ambition. TV Review: 'Treme' Is No 'Wire' 2010-04-01T22:36:00Z

The main international gateway to Laos is Luang Prabang, and as no one visits Laos for the first time without soaking up the essence of this city, our two-week itinerary starts here. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

Another heartwarming story that bottles up the essence of coming of age, falling in love and everything in between. Next Movie for The Fault In Our Stars Fans? John Green's Paper Towns 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

He says the “title of the song reminds us that vibrating on a ‘Higher’ level was the essence of Nipsey’s soul.” DJ Khaled releasing collaboration with Nipsey Hussle 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

“You go back to the essence of life,” he said. The French Artist JR Brightens the Montauk Highway 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

Schlesinger has a foreigner’s eye for America, picking out images that those who live here might miss, but which crystallize his impression of its essence. Midnight Cowboy at 50: why the X-rated best picture winner endures 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

But the essence of travel is still so analog. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

I could imagine telling the story from his point of view, and the story would retain its essence. Yiyun Li on Grief and Memory 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Those who devised the residency also see the Guggenheim as a space whose modernist art collection, like poetry, pares meaning down to its essence. Coming Soon to the Guggenheim: Words, Words, Words 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

In essence, these works accuse nonrepresentational painting of covering up and blinding artists and viewers to real-world problems. Art In Review: JENNY HOLZER: ?Endgame? 2012-03-15T21:44:07Z

And Ms. Mara captures her volatile and fascinating essence beautifully. | 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': ?The Girl With Dragon Tattoo? ? Movie Review 2011-12-19T18:19:04Z

And although it has become a cliché, it continues to have a meaning about the essence of identity. Special Report: Fashion: The Sporting Life 2011-06-20T11:43:45Z

While the phrase “the personal is political” cropped up during the second wave feminist movement of the 1960’s and 70’s, its essence has always been true. There’s no such thing as “TMI”: Talking openly about the body is a feminist act 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

That is, in essence, what the 2,000 voters for the Grammy Award nominations, announced Friday, attempted when considering the torrents of music up for their scrutiny. Grammys 2015: The Music Industrial Complex reveals this year's models 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

And, in "It's Capital," distills the essence of capitalism into several snappy verses. Review: 'Iron Curtain' turns Cold War into a splashy romp 2011-04-07T19:24:04Z

This paradox shows that Eastwood-the-filmmaker is far greater and more important than Eastwood-the-talker—and that the essence of the art of cinema is for movies to surpass and even defy filmmakers’ intentions. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Not in his essence, or in his bond with his brother, which animates the book. One Family’s Story of Mental Illness and What Came After 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

The band returns to New York for two shows where, regardless, fans should be thrilled to inhale a certain herbal essence. Pop Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Fewer still are honored with extensive museum retrospectives that do these worlds full immersive justice, allowing devotees and neophytes alike to grasp the essence of their achievement and its evolution, strengths and weaknesses all. Art Review: Quay Brothers Retrospective at MoMA 2012-08-10T05:34:12Z

The result: songs capturing the essence of restless, nomadic life in two languages, accompanied by dance, percussion and guitar. Etran Finatawa brings 'nomad's blues' to Neumos 2010-07-22T21:50:00Z

In essence, they will retrain the initial program. Artificial Intelligence as a Bridge for Art and Reality 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Meera states that "journalism is the essence of democracy," and reporting is how she fights for justice. In "Writing With Fire," reporters from India's lowest caste defy the patriarchy to seek justice 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

More and more I’m convinced that the essence of a story is indifferent to technological developments. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z

The old Republic had certainly excelled at surveillance and parades, but the essence of its totalitarianism had been more everyday and subtle. Review: Jonathan Franzen's Purity Examines Wealth and Identity 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

“And the sketches are the essence of his drawings.” Philadelphia Museum of Art Finally Gets a Hopper 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Daring, musical, unaffected, they leave behind their essence in every step. Best Dance Performances of 2022 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Gluck was that great reformer, most famously returning drama to its eloquent personalized essence with the help of the Orpheus myth. Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo,' the first modern opera, has lessons for digital age 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

The Who were just a hard-drinking rock 'n' roll band, dealing with the kind of working-class stuff that became the essence of what happened later on with Bruce Springsteen. 2010-01-30T03:25:00Z

Our readers recommend more books that capture the spirit and essence of D.C. Review | Morowa Yejidé’s capacious imagination is on full display in ‘Creatures of Passage’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

In essence, my only advice here is to follow her need. Should parents push a reluctant 3-year-old to socialize? 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

In essence Mr Johnson is a romantic contrarian liberal. Romantic contrarian 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

For Benjamin, language was a fundamental “medium” in which objects encountered one another “in their essences, in their most transient and delicate substances, even in their aromas.” Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z

Yet somehow it is the awe-inspiring darkness of Shostakovich in old age, after a lifetime of suffering and rage, that communicates the essence of Michelangelo – the genius who flayed himself. Shostakovich meets Michelangelo the lover 2013-06-29T08:00:49Z

A distillation of the essence of life is how I see cinema. Linklater's epic journey into Boyhood 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

But if you took the music away, the essence was exactly the same as what William Blake was offering. BBC Sound Of 2015: George The Poet 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

His music transcended generational difference, and communicated the essence of what I imagined for my life. Springsteen’s “Rising”: How Bruce reclaimed his role as a vital voice for America 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

No other ingredient — with its slightly vegetal flavor and incredibly buttery texture — so perfectly captures the essence of Nigerian cooking, for me. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

They were the essence of throwaway chic, designed by someone who knew precisely what he wanted, and not a lick more. Fashion Review: Carolina Herrera, Derek Lam, Diane von Furstenberg 2013-09-09T22:55:56Z

The right enjoys its years in power, but conservatism is much closer to its essence when it finds itself out of power, in opposition. Why Haven’t Conservative Thinkers Denounced Trump? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

And does the lasting nature of the medium run counter to the essence of the original art project, which was more nomadic and fleeting? Doug Aitken explains how 'Station to Station' became 62 one-minute films, rolled into one 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Since time was of the essence, I decided to skip the first step and keep Kip naked all day, not such a big change from his norm anyway. Motherlode Blog: As Preschool Looms, Potty-Training Season Ramps Up 2013-08-19T13:34:29Z

Mr. Dawson was a perfect fit for what was in essence an early ensemble-cast sitcom. ArtsBeat: The Many Masks of Richard Dawson 2012-06-04T18:30:27Z

Don't get me wrong, some measure of escapism has long been the essence of the network sitcom's duty. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

We really tried to honor the shape and essence of the Regency form, but simplify and pull away additional detail. ‘Persuasion’ Director Thinks Jane Austen Will Be Just Fine 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

But its essence remains the same: to honor Mr. Holder with something more festive than somber. Review: Garth Fagan Dance Honors Geoffrey Holder With Festivity, Not Sorrow 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

With three contenders, time is of the essence. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z

But Mr. Tarantino, whose production company’s name, A Band Apart, evokes “Bande à Part,” the French title of Mr. Godard’s “Band of Outsiders,” distills the essence of movie Paris with characteristic wit and precision. Film: Movie Love for Paris, City of Klieg Lights 2010-08-14T14:22:00Z

Or maybe it’s always been at odds with the rambunctious essence of comedy. Critic’s Notebook: Gee, Conan, That Joke Seems Familiar 2012-11-09T23:47:19Z

Many Greek heroes had one divine parent and were, in essence, groomed for greatness from birth. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z

Similarly, the essence of Coltrane’s music seemingly oozed out of dancers’ pores in Urban Bush Women’s two-part piece, “Walking With ’Trane.” Frida Kahlo meets John Coltrane in electric dance homage 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

It’s the soul, the essence of a spirit. Review: Dancing That Unfolds Like a Prayer 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

"Four years in the program has taught me the true essence of what it means to be a musician, and what it means to be soulful," Williams said. Stax's past influences future musicians in Memphis 2013-05-16T08:52:09Z

"The Room," though more of a dramatic sketch than a fully realized play, contains, nonetheless, the essence of Pinter's dramaturgy. A licensing decree prohibiting reviews of 'The Room' at REDCAT overshadows the production, which is iffy 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

In these and other photos Harris, like Rocca, cuts to the essence of what his landscapes offer him. Painter, photographer shroud their Northwest landscapes in mists of memory, mood 2010-06-17T21:27:00Z

“People are always asking me why or how I’m so confident,” Ms. Sidibe added, describing the essence of the talk. Gabourey Sidibe Doesn’t Want to Talk About Her Body 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

In the specifics of its plot and the essence of its tone, the adaptation is faithful, though not slavishly so. “My Brilliant Friend,” Reviewed: A Prada Ad for Working-Class Gloom, but with Shades of Humble Tenderness 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Spiritual multilingualism enables us to cross familiar borders and embrace the essence of spirituality in its many cultural narratives. How to talk to kids about religion: Spiritual multiculturalism is absolutely essential 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

Like the photographs they’re based on, they appear to capture a moment in time, a social exchange or relationship, more than the essence of a person. Portraits That More Than Meet the Eye 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

In essence, he’s creating art works and installations in which the disparate parts of his identity harmoniously coexist. Telling Stories of Black Life Rescued Him 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

I informed him that he had, in essence, challenged Michael Jordan to one-on-one. Gene Weingarten: Who is the better poet? Gene and his editor face off. - The Washington Post 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

“Not that I’ve studied all my work, which I could possibly do when I’m really an old lady, but there’s definitely an essence of it in there, somewhere. It’s a life’s work, in a sense.” Charlotte Rampling: ‘I’ve got a very restless character. It’s a beast’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

That group ethos is also the essence of addiction recovery, according to Patrick Kennedy, who represented Rhode Island in Congress for eight terms before retiring from office in 2011. Glenn Close and Patrick Kennedy on the Weight of Mental Illness 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

They capture some of the universal essence of childhood, as well as giving pinpoint sharp specifics of the pioneering way of life. Which series of books are ideal for a seven-year-old girl? 2013-01-14T14:53:39Z

Making a proper mayonnaise, he added, “requires a very subtle approach. The length of the cooking of the egg is also of the essence.” Oeuf Mayonnaise, a French Classic Good Enough to Win Over Egg (and Mayo) Skeptics 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Still, it retains the melodic and rhythmic essence of the freestyle, and it’s probably better than any of the songs Desiigner released on “New English.” Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner”: A Viral Freestyle Finds Full Form 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

“Ida” is as compact and precise as a novella, a sequence of short, emphatic scenes that reveal the essence of the characters without simplifying them. Movie Review: ‘Ida,’ About an Excavation of Truth in Postwar Poland 2014-05-02T12:20:44Z

For me ballet is the essence of royalty, reminding me of the Renaissance and its charming ladies with their exquisite manners.” Balanchine and Toumanova, in a Teenager’s Eyes 2012-07-19T23:27:56Z

The central idea of New Thought spirituality is that all humans possess a divine essence. A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

But Zoglin intends to capture the trajectory of a long life with its ups and downs, not just to render the essence of the subject and what about him will last or be revived. Book review: ‘Hope’ by Richard Zoglin

But Milwaukee hopes this ad will help them go for the low-hanging fruit of cheaply changeable human behavior, and argues, in essence, that it’s a start. Motherlode Blog: A Controversial Campaign Against Co-Sleeping 2011-12-06T18:13:28Z

What Mygale and The Skin I Live In share is a mission central to most movies: “defining essences in terms of surfaces,” as Andrew Sarris wrote. Movie review for new Pedro Almodóvar film "Skin I Live In" 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z

Live shared feeling between actor and audience is the essence of drama — and the one thing movies can’t copy. Review: Staging a Movie Melodrama in ‘The Conversationalists’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

The “clear essence” of the text was the assertion of “friendship between our Brotherly Nations,” which have “common historical and cultural roots and destiny,” he argues, pointing out that his own mother hails from Kiev. Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year

Whether it was going toward its essence is a moot point, which falls outside of our present remit. Whatever happened to 3:AM magazine? 2012-07-10T08:52:53Z

She seemed to provide valuable clues to the mystery of the essence of the hominid. Remembering Koko, a Gorilla We Loved 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

"I tell them I'm not looking for a Madame Tussauds' version of Janis Joplin. I'm looking for the essence." Capturing Janis Joplin's intensity onstage takes teamwork — and strong tea 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

I don’t know that there’s a single “essence” of poetry that remains unchanged over time, unless we talk about it as an engagement with language. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z

All play is, in essence, creative, but I think Zac discovered, on that first interaction with LittleBigPlanet, that games were going to be his medium of choice. How I connected with my autistic son through video games 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

He evolved into a theatrical maverick, whose brief was to strip away the encrusted artifice of conventional classical theater and reveal a work’s essence. Peter Brook on his ‘Suit,’ tailored for its Seattle dates 2014-03-12T19:32:39Z

In essence, being fit in Glassman’s terms means being able to do a lot of different things for a lot of different lengths of time.  CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z

This, he says, is “the essence of Bayesian reasoning” — assessing evidence in terms of prior knowledge. In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s in the essence of our feet on the ground, moving forward, gathering a movement through example.” Jazz Is Built for Protests. Jon Batiste Is Taking It to the Streets. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Did you try to recapture the essence of those earlier works? Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Are Back With a British ‘X-Files’ 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

I think what it really represents is the essence. GoldLink’s ‘At What Cost’ documents a D.C. that’s disappearing. Here’s how the album came together. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Sunday lunchtime is really no time to be playing a gig, especially one located in what is, in essence, a fairly unimposing car park. Biffy Clyro: 'People share their worries with us' 2011-07-28T21:10:00Z

“He was the very essence of a team player — quiet, unassuming and always ready to compliment a teammate for a key block,” Hall of Fame President David Baker said. Gale Sayers, Bears Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

The essence of the show was embellishment pushed to its limits. Fashion Review: Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton Merry-Go-Round 2011-10-05T18:17:17Z

They have regrouped for a second album, “Magic Ship,” with intimate, close-harmony songs that tap into an ageless essence of traditional ballads and lullabies as they contemplate companionship, family, love and death. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Some jokes are obscene and politically incorrect, but the essence of the comedy is sweetly warm, even cautious. Theater Review: ?Old Jews Telling Jokes? at the Westside Theater 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z

Infusing a light red with classic mulling spices, by way of a simple syrup, creates a drink that is cozy in essence, rather than in temperature. Seasons Change. Classic Drinks Do, Too. 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Every contour suggests both purity and provocation, speaking to the very essence of desire. | Patrick Demarchelier’s Bodies of Desire 2013-05-13T22:22:22Z

"In essence, films never get finished, they get abandoned," Lucas told American Cinematographer magazine in 1997. Tinkerman George Lucas deals Blu-ray blow to Star Wars originals 2010-08-19T09:25:00Z

Beckett's comic disgust with life – "a cat's flux" – is, he discovers, "the essence of Buddhism". Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks ? review 2011-07-14T09:00:01Z

In a brilliant critical move Kermode argues that it is the very pliability of the classic, its unfixed quality, that is its essence. Frank Kermode: a tribute by John Sutherland 2010-08-20T23:22:00Z

I knew we would deliver the essence of who we are, but I wasn't sure it would translate out as far as it does to every member of the audience. Taylor-King tour hits right note for fans and business 2010-07-17T03:51:00Z

While the essence of the 19th-century choreography remains intact, the story frequently drifts off course. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

Though it could be interpreted as a break-up song, it also could be heard as a desire to make amends with hip-hop, to rediscover its essence, after a few years of straying. Album review: Common, 'The Dreamer/The Believer' 2011-12-19T03:52:00Z

For that is the essence of this terrible job. Being vice president is dreadful. Running for it is so much worse. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

Two hams hung ghostlike amid the barrels, soaking up the angel’s share in dim amber light, an experiment to see if the meat picked up the bourbon essence. Exploring Kentucky Bourbon at Its Source 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a narrow, delimiting approach to the very essence of life. A Catholic nun on what it really means to be pro-life 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

The essence of the cinema is the double, the image of life that fuses with life itself. Standouts from the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Such programmes have been accused of forgetting the real essence of cooking TV, and even the home baking matriarch herself, Delia Smith, has waded in, grumbling that "nobody teaches people how to cook any more". MasterChef? Delia Smith should try watching Man v Food 2013-05-15T10:53:15Z

Sure, Mr. Rubin may attempt to boil her down to her essence, but he may or may not find anything there. New Music: Albums From Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland 2014-01-13T23:21:05Z

“It’s the essence of street culture and appears as if it actually been welded and then spray painted,” he added. Anti-Frieze Art Fairs Abound in Brooklyn 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Marsha Burns’ untitled portraits, especially her large-scale unique Polaroids from the late 1980s, let you stare right into the essence of dreamy or restless souls with whom she’s clearly struck up a rapport. ‘Women in Photography’ explores diverse possibilities of familiar medium 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

This is the essence of two “wrongs” not making a right. Perspective | Ask Amy: Gift-giving imbalance causes holiday stress 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

The essence of Bach’s music, its profound “rendering of transcendence,” in Mr. Elie’s words, is contained in the compositional elements, the nuts and bolts, the notes, the ingenious blend of detail and architecture. Books of The Times: ‘Reinventing Bach,’ by Paul Elie 2012-10-07T20:25:38Z

There’s a Platonic dimension in the sense that the mural may be said to exist primarily in a purely abstract, immaterial way, its potential to be rendered in physical form part of its essence. Art in Review: Sol Lewitt 2013-09-05T21:48:05Z

“This is, in essence, what created the folk-music revival. It’s turning a terrible oppression and tragedy into a movement of social change.” ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z

It is the essence of what the critic Greil Marcus, musing on Bob Dylan and the Band’s “Basement Tapes,” called the “old, weird America.” | 'John Mellencamp: It?s About You': ?John Mellencamp: It?s About You,? by Kurt and Ian Markus - Review 2012-01-03T23:26:44Z

“He wasn’t interested in that – he wanted to get the energy and essence of the man and go with that.” Michael Fassbender says of Steve Jobs role: 'I studied Ashton Kutcher' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

In essence, sex therapy means bringing a sexual problem into the open but safe space of a therapy session and then beginning to deal with it. A day in the life of a sex therapist 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

But like “Brief Encounter,” it aims to distill the essence of the material on which it is based. | 'The Red Shoes': Dance-Struck Little Girls: Run! Run in Horror! 2010-11-23T23:16:00Z

A deceptively simple raw guitar clang, and some eloquently tossed phrases; it's not an elaborate conceit, but it's undeniably a precious essence. This week's new live music 2013-03-16T06:00:08Z

"Coward is the essence of a Britishness long gone," she told the Daily Mail, adding she felt in "terrific shape" for the high-energy production. Angela Lansbury returns to West End 2013-11-29T10:02:05Z

Fliedner whacked down de Rivera’s request with a nasty letter that read, in essence, “NO GIRLS.” How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

Conversely, What the World is Waiting for captures the essence of the Stone Roses: hubristic lyrics, loose guitar riffing, skittering drums and lolloping bass. Readers recommend: B-sides ? the results 2011-02-03T16:36:46Z

“In essence, the score you hear is what was in my head. First pass,” Giacchino says. What It Was Like to Compose the Rogue One Score in Four Weeks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The funding, he added, is “hands-off money” that says, in essence, “Do what you want and we’ll back you.” Omidyar network gives $100 million to boost journalism and fight hate speech 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

“I think the essence of a Star Wars story is not that far off from the essence of an anime story,” said Lopez. In ‘Star Wars: Visions,’ Lucasfilm and Anime Join Forces, and Go Rogue 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

There is a song that began as a 10-minute, richly detailed epic in the style of Street Hassle, before Fink boiled it down to its five-minute essence. Noah and the Whale: I never thought of myself as a singer' 2011-02-24T21:30:01Z

But the essence of the experience has not. Sundance 2015: The perils and pleasures of VR cinema 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

Instead, Wevers and Banks are conjuring what you might call an "essence of Cavafy" by slipping dancers, musicians and conductor alike into identical costumes. 'Approaching Ecstasy': a dance-choral excursion with Whim W'Him and guests 2012-05-09T21:32:04Z

In fact, “the essence of civilization . . . is dullness.” Review | In these fractious times, a yearning for Walter Bagehot’s ‘age of discussion’ 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

And it’s in that detail and essence that individual desire lies. Is This the Future of the Fashion Show? 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

Lauded as “one of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-20th century” by Architectural Digest, the Umbrella House was in essence a highfalutin model home, Janet says. Long regarded as an architecture lovers shrine, Sarasota, Fla., attracts fresh fans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Like this one, the best "political" albums are the most understated, offering the essence of the issues without sermonizing, delving into both private and public politics. D'Angelo's 'Black Messiah' draws on history, sublime grooves 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The audience, all extremes, cheap thrill seekers to serious explorers, are the essence of the event. Glastonbury 2010: Paul Morley goes to the festival for the first time. What will he make of it? 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z

A person's inner essence can be described in any number of ways, and it's ever changing, but at the heart of it most people are either a fool in love, or a lover of fools. "The White Lotus" shows no pity for fools in love 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

The persona captures the essence of the historical Jacksonian phenomenon. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z

"He was able to capture the essence of Dad." In 'Selma,' David Oyelowo digs deep to play Martin Luther King Jr. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The idea of global sourcing, as well as of an international clientele, but with an absolute identity and what Mr. Dumas calls the “eternal values” of his late father, is the essence of modern luxury. Herm?s Reaching Out to China and Beyond 2010-11-30T08:00:00Z

Based in L.A. and long ago an art director for an advertising agency, Rothenberg knows how to boil down a message to its essence, verbally and visually. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

This is one of the moments when the exhibition, designed by Tim Hatley, connects with the three characteristics that were the essence of Diaghilev: sight, sound and movement. Ballets Russes: Emotional and Passionate 2010-10-11T11:20:00Z

It is the essence of the music, in my opinion, not its historical-musicological placement, that matters. Silenced Voice, Heard Again 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z

How is it that a nearly 80-year-old musician is seen as the essence of an evolving music? ArtsBeat: Popcast: On Wayne Shorter, the Jazz Standard-Bearer and Cosmic Philosopher 2013-02-01T18:30:42Z

Beneath the zany fun, director Sarah E. Budge and the actors do well by the play's edgy language and cynical essence. 'Revenger's Tragedy' a sly gore-fest 2011-11-03T20:04:04Z

That is in essence of my new comic book series "The Department of Truth." "Corrosive beliefs are at the heart of what America is": James Tynion on conspiracy theories 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

The show also includes some frankly terrible work, notably her portrait of George Bernard Shaw from 1933, a peculiarly amateur picture that is not a likeness, and captures the playwright's essence not at all. Laura Knight: Portraits – review 2013-07-13T23:05:27Z

And that, I tell panelists, is the essence of Beer Madness: There are two glasses of unmarked beer sitting in front of you. Beer Madness 2016: It’s city vs. city in a craft-brewed battle of rivalries 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

“I think it’s an essence thing,” Heller told The Times last year, in reference to Hanks being cast in the role. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Shazam!’ and ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

This, he decided, was the essence of her courage and of his cowardice. “Courage” 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

I was interested in her essence — her freedom, her fire. Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

One can hypothesize, but it’s like medieval scholarly debates about the physical substance of angels or the omnipresence of God: Human language fails to capture the all-encompassing essence of the thing in question. Charles Koch goes full Tyrion Lannister: His threat to back Hillary hints at the brothers’ devious game of thrones 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

I accept the theory that the essence of poetry is that which is lost in translation. Review: Scottish Ballet Finds the Poetry in ... Poetry 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

In essence, it represented America officially resigning from the 21st century. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The answer is not obvious; there’s no catchy, two-sentence description that will convey California cuisine’s essence. What is California cuisine? Whatever my immigrant mom is cooking. 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

STW And that is amazing because that feels like the essence of so much of your work. When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono 2012-06-16T23:06:00Z

She's a complicated woman who had an incredibly important job," Watts told the press conference, "and it was definitely a challenge for me to get the essence of who she was. Cannes: Naomi Watts on Valerie Plame 2010-05-20T17:30:00Z

With "Speech," David Seidler wrote the story first as a screenplay, then a play to find the essence of his story, then a screenplay again. All your Oscar questions answered 2011-02-28T22:19:00Z

This is in truth a matter of “style,” and not the essence of what constitutes a great voice. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on 'American Idol' 2012-02-24T15:11:42Z

Just One Look | Rag & Bone As Rag and Bone’s David Neville and Marcus Wainwright expand their line to include women’s bags, they’re stepping back and revisiting the essence of the brand with their clothing. | Rag & Bone 2012-06-15T15:59:06Z

But fortunately for the label's fans, the essence of the house remains largely unchanged. Pilati speculation overshadows YSL show 2011-10-04T00:46:04Z

“The essence of the show was freestyle dance and the freedom to explore movement. It was fantastic.” Injured ‘Spider-Man’ Dancer Discusses His Lawsuit 2014-02-26T22:41:23Z

Just close your mouth and the essence of beef releases from its pores. The 6 essential Chicago burgers: 2014 edition 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

A writer for the Atlantic launched a massive Twitter thread noting all the times when Hannah-Jones had said, in essence, that 1619 was the nation’s true founding. How the 1619 Project took over 2020 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Making it, though, is a pretty smart thing to do considering how easy it is and the reward of doing so: a delightfully creamy whip, infused with the essence of fresh berries. The smartest no-cook dessert you can make is a fool 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

In essence, aquavit is like a gin flavored with caraway or dill rather than juniper. Jump-Starting the Aquavit Renaissance 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Seeing things differently is the essence of what sets Malcolm apart. In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

“The creation, implementation and legacy of the Marshall Plan define its essence.” Scholar of the Marshall Plan Wins American History Book Prize 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

In essence, he’d laid out a blueprint for a singer to pick up on and add to, which is exactly what Derulo did. A Teenage Producer With a TikTok Hit Brings New Zealand to the World 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z

It also featured on the Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun, their second album and first real experimental record, live drug jams fused with interminable studio research, uncovering the essence of west-coast psychedelia. Paul Morley on music: Stockhausen 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

You told me that placing your own child above all others is, in essence, “the purest form of racism.” This Week in Fiction: Etgar Keret on the Purest Form of Racism 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Compressed to its horrific essence, each tale illustrates the movie’s rather obvious framing device: A graveyard conversation between Poe, in the guise of a raven, and Death, whom he fears and obsesses over. Review: ‘Extraordinary Tales,’ Short Films Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

But the essence of the experience is the collection itself, which is wonderfully rich and diverse, and presented in a way markedly different than most museums today. Harvard’s three-in-one ‘teaching museum’ offers other art institutions much to learn 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

“He knows how to create a period piece; he understands the streets, the humanity of it and the poetry of it all. He captures the essence of our people, our neighborhoods.” Leon Ichaso, Whose Films Explored Latino Identity, Dies at 74 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

Tablet demonstration in a 1994 Knight-Ridder concept video Regardless of the outcome—which was wrapped up in the vagaries of patent law—the case highlights the essence of innovation. There are no lone inventors 2013-04-03T18:56:00Z

But Preljocaj sets himself a barely less daunting task: choreographing the essential meaning of apocalypse, as a cataclysm so profound it lays bare the very essence and history of human nature. Ballet Preljocaj – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:57:12Z

In essence, the cinema or TV experience lacks liveness. Can a filmed stage show be as good as the real thing? 2011-03-06T00:11:35Z

Whenever you think you have found the essence of the English it changes before your eyes. A once and future realm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Paul listens to the essence of the character in a way that I rarely have come across.” Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z

Ultimately, though, the markets are what truly capture the essence of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong’s Kowloon, the Markets Rule 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

So, in essence, it is the same idea peddled in I Kissed a Girl. Girl Talk! How queer pop came out 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

He talks about acting as the very essence of life. Just Let Marlon Brando Talk 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The grandson of these stars of the Yiddish theater, Tilson Thomas is the first to get at this core inner dramatic and psychological essence of the Seventh. Hidden code of two great composers deciphered 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Already a deeply religious man, his faith became an increasingly important part of his life and works and he once described music as "the essence of God". Obituary: Sir John Tavener 2013-11-12T17:29:21Z

A few are unavoidable, Streisand having in essence rewritten, and improved, some of Styne’s vocal lines. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Thus, artifice becomes this opera’s essence, a choice from which it steadily struggles to recover, though not without its pleasures. Review | ‘. . . (Iphigenia)’ is an opera in the form of a question 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

She unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. The Carpetbagger: At Sundance, a Lot of James Franco and Other Experiments 2012-11-29T21:00:40Z

Can you capture the essence of a gig with a photo? Live music map 2012-11-23T15:24:35Z

In essence, venting is practicing how to behave aggressively. The gym class wars: Was I glorifying violence with these physical education games? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Chords, melody, lyrics: these were the essence of the song. The Teen-Age Hitmaker from Westchester County 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

While their American counterparts were paring down painting, sculpture and other media to their essences, these artists insisted on the primacy of the figure, and conceived a new, more downhearted humanism for an inhuman age. ‘Soldier, Spectre, Shaman,’ an Alternate History at MoMA 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Unlike on “Hunted,” where the two sides are in permanent opposition, on “The Selection” the instructors are looking to, in essence, mint new peers. Igniting Resistance, or Smashing It, on TV 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

In writing his book, he said, he had come across one widespread opinion, albeit expressed in a variety of ways: in essence, this was that “man” has a “deep need” for spirituality. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z

What if it failed to capture the essence of Margaret or the Garden State or the freewheeling but rule-bound era I remembered? Why ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Still Matters 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

It's the story of people caught up in events so frantic and fearsome that it becomes perilously easy to forget that essence should direct action, not the other way around. 'Game of Thrones' enters Season 5 at war with it all 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

A woman who swears by one perfume alone — Marilyn Monroe said she slept in the nude, wearing only Chanel No. 5 — literally knows her own essence. | The Perfume Diaries 2014-02-12T00:06:48Z

The first fluffy spoonful exudes the bracing essence of a lemon as it melts on my tongue. How the Mount Etna's icy caves — and New Jersey — gave America it's sweetest summer treat 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

But we all have the same qualities and essence. Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life 2011-05-05T10:32:09Z

For a compact career survey, Americas Society created a mini-version of that museum and published a tiny takeaway souvenir catalog that distills the essence of a treasurable artist’s life and work. Best Art Between the Covers of These Holidayx Books 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

You make a fascinating point in the beginning of the book, positing that it takes the skill and storytelling savvy of a novelist to delineate the essence of the Trump scandal. Writer Greg Olear on “Dirty Rubles”: Trump is “gravest existential threat” to America in... 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

How do we connect, or reconnect, to those around us but also to the very essence of ourselves? Haruki Murakami's 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki' paints haunting picture 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

And that to me is the essence of that time; just the extreme emotions, the swings of mood, and all of it is felt deeply, and all of it is real. Roger Bennett spent his British boyhood fixated on ‘Miami Vice’ and the Chicago Bears — then lived his own American Dream 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

"It's not about actually us, it's the essence of the Spice Girls," said Halliwell, who, like the other four Spice Girls, is a mother in her late 30s. Spice Girls in raucous reunion to promote musical 2012-06-26T15:36:44Z

The goal, she added, was “the eternal essence that is defined neither by time nor space.” Saloua Raouda Choucair, Early Exponent of Abstract Arabian Art, Dies at 100 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

But at its essence it is, or is when it succeeds, about empowering the individual. Couture in the Shadow of the Women’s March 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

“I was going after the essence of her person,” Taylor said in an interview with The Times in 2013. What’s on TV Friday: ‘La Forza Del Destino’ and ‘Ann’ 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

The coats were beautifully tailored, the essence of elegance, replacing short jackets and the more familiar Comme square silhouette. Camouflage and Fencing Wear on the Paris Men’s Runways 2012-06-29T18:43:20Z

Even a run-of-the-mill tamale can be a glorious thing, the musty-sweet essence of corn fortified by lard and chicken broth, the sheath of corn husks impressing some lost scent of summer. Tamales, for Many Meals and Courses, at Alimentos Saludables 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The high camp of drag may appear superficially catty, he says, but in fact the essence of the art form is compassion. RuPaul: ‘Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture’ 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

“I thought she was absolutely brilliant, and this recording truly captures the essence of her unique artistry.” ArtsBeat Blog: New Song From Winehouse, and Comments From Her Father 2011-09-12T16:48:12Z

But then a certain magic takes over, and the staging grows like the title character: wise, stripped to its essence, sincere in its simplicity. Spare Times for Children, for Nov. 23-29 2012-11-22T20:56:47Z

Some of the essence of the chocolate wafted up pleasantly into my nose, but with its sweetness blocked, the brownie was completely unappetizing. Perspective | There’s some science behind claims that gymnema can curb sugar cravings 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

“The essence of the Games,” Hashimoto said, “will remain the same.” A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost? 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z

In essence CH is a multi-layered scathing social commentary, inspired in part by Italian press coverage of the Red Brigade terrorist organisation. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

This was the essence of Hugo: he got involved, he got the shot. Hugo Dixon obituary 2010-12-03T16:25:00Z

He said he aims to capture “the essence” of Mr. Springer — “he never condescends to anyone.” New York Has Its ‘Jerry Springer’ Moment, With Arias and Dancing 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

It’s comical, yet this is the essence of the issue: how to address the realities of such human-animal interaction in a way that is both humane and effective. ‘Nature Wars’: Wildlife versus human, suburban edition 2012-12-27T19:22:12Z

Much of what he aimed for, however, was capturing the cool essence of Willis, Gordon-Levitt said. Comic-Con: 'Looper' puts time spin on mob hits 2012-07-14T01:20:09Z

A: They captured a piece of my essence, absolutely. A Minute With: Pitbull on music, Jennifer Lopez and 'Epic' 2013-05-22T13:06:33Z

In essence, this was a demand that justice for Liang required that a perverse and very powerful type of white privilege be fully extended to Asian-Americans as well. Who gets to borrow white privilege? This is what happens when an Asian-American cop kills an unarmed African-American 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Iggy started out as a bright, rather ordinary kid who one day decided to end his academic studies in favour of finding the essence of "real black blues" in the gutters of Chicago. An initiation into Iggy Pop – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-04-30T14:30:19Z

I always refused because the essence of designer Sally Jacobs's imagery was a white box. Peter Brook on A Midsummer Night's Dream: a cook and a concept 2013-04-15T14:28:03Z

She was, in essence, the first rock star movie queen. Elizabeth Taylor in London soundtrack danced to the rebel screen queen's tune 2011-03-25T16:20:12Z

The essence was in architectural shapes — precise rounded shoulders to felted jackets, with small, geometric fastenings in strong colors like orange and blue. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z

He also wrote numerous books on jazz history and performance, including “Jazz Improvisation,” which is considered a seminal work explaining the seemingly indefinable art of spontaneous creativity that is the essence of jazz. David Baker, jazz scholar, composer and conductor, dies at 84 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

In the 21st century, thanks to jazz, singer-songwriters and teenagers recording covers of their favourite songs with digital technology, humans may be returning to a mode of individual creativity that is the essence of singing. Voice-overs 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Like Proust, he seems to pick over the past in search of its essence, tackled through lush colour and a storm of brush marks. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

Lutherans like Bach certainly would have condemned as a grievous sin of idolatry any notion that the essence of a piece of music is, or turns into, the essence of God. Bach Was Far More Religious Than You Might Think 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

"That was important: to just not put a beautiful picture up in a recipe and not really tell the story and the essence of the dish and why it's so important to me." Chef Kwame Onwuachi shares the secret of his grandmother's best zucchini bread 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

In essence there's less money for experimental comedy in order to protect drama on BBC One. BBC One to get £30m from Three closure 2014-03-06T21:53:13Z

Generally that’s because they prioritize mood and concept over being able to see the telling detail, or material essence, of a garment. Is This the Future of the Fashion Show? 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

With all the essence that you wear, I don't recognise you. Readers recommend: songs about smells – results 2013-07-04T13:00:02Z

We learn that, in at least five appearances on Fox News, from Tucker Carlson’s show to Judge Jeanine’s, she’s appealed to Trump’s kindness and compassion—in essence, eating another tarantula—and also to his anger. “Public Official A,” Reviewed: The Sins of Rod Blagojevich Are the Sins of Our Time 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Whether one experiences Bergman's original as a six-part series or the two hour and 49-minute film into which it was eventually edited, its seminal means of distilling marriage down to its essence is unparalleled. HBO's anguished "Scenes From a Marriage" is so potent, your own relationship better be rock solid 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

Xerxes suffered from an inability to connect the ends he desired—control of Greece and ultimately all of Europe—with the resources available, the very essence of strategic thought. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

But I understand the real essence of Buddhism is in the belief itself. Thai Buddhist film festival seeks to spark faith 2012-06-22T11:01:04Z

And I think about it — and her — whenever I am working ingredients and extracting their essences in my mortar and pestle. Mortars, Pestles and the Comfort of a Culinary Ritual 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Lowe’s pulled its ads following a protest campaign from the Florida Family Association, which objects to the show, in essence, because it portrays Muslims too positively. All-American Muslim Meets an Un-American Advertising Pullout 2011-12-12T16:51:43Z

You capture the essence of the truth by dramatizing it. Hitchcock Filmmaker Sacha Gervasi on the Great Director’s Life, Genius and Grocery Bills 2012-11-14T13:00:44Z

As with “Rent,” another youthful, high-spirited breakout musical that might be a model for “Hamilton’s” longevity, the essence of the act is hard-wired in the writing — strong characters, infectious songs. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

“If you could do something delicious that would be really, really good, but in its very essence would remove any hint of pretension, why wouldn’t you?” Rosé, really? The story of pink wine’s path from tacky to chic. 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

Like most avant-garde Spanish chefs, he is fluent in the language of ultra-serious artspeak, describing his food as “harmony among space, tastes, smells and textures, distilling the essences of each product.” After El Bulli, Spain Looks Forward 2011-06-15T03:00:12Z

But the Monkees want to leave their listeners with the band’s lighthearted essence. Review: Hey, Hey, the Monkees are Busy Singing Again! 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Did either of you have particular traits that you tapped into to get at your character’s essence? ‘The Crown’ Has a New Diana and Charles to Tear Apart 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

“Giving isn’t just about money, its essence is gratitude and caring,” says Henry Timms, executive director of the 92Y, who launched the Giving Tuesday movement a few years ago. How to Be Happier This Thanksgiving 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Staging these vignettes to look fluid, and bringing them together, is cinema distilled to its essence. Now’s a Good Time to Give Silents a Try. Start With These Comedies. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

The drink is typically made with an aged rum, but in this version, Plantation pineapple rum is used to boost the fruit’s essence. Perspective | This influential Cuban bartender wants to preserve the elegant tradition of the island’s cantineros 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

They feel a need to celebrate their essence. Swinger film "Bloom Up" explores polyamory with a couple whose love is "really, really pure" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

It's a problem of today, wanting to begin with the essence. Henry Moore talks about Rodin's irresistible influence – from the archive 2013-03-23T07:59:02Z

“Gomorrah” is, in essence, the story of their bromance, one that has had to surmount more than the usual obstacles. ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

He speaks of access to a collective brain, of grasping the essence of time and of the ways the theater can offer a heightened experience of life. Movie Review: ‘Peter Brook: The Tightrope’ Follows the Theater Director 2014-01-30T23:35:57Z

They want us in a fantasy, so we aren't tapping into the true essence of who we are, as one nation. Congo Natty and the jungle revolution 2013-07-04T16:00:01Z

It was the line that so perfectly captured not only the essence of Waller-Bridge’s protagonist, but her writing in general. Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z

The way that they cast it, I feel like everyone brings an essence that's familiar from the other world. Will Smith's new "Bel-Air" Aunt Viv on reboot fears: "I really didn't want to let the culture down" 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

“Unlike hygge, which is beautiful in essence, but too often seen through the lens of interior design magazines, being cosy is completely personal, affordable and democratic. … Cosy is your authentic self undone.” You’re Not Going to Kill Them With Kindness. You’ll Do Just the Opposite. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

The essence of “Pipeline,” Dominique Morisseau’s lucid autopsy of a broken black family and the institutions that aren’t designed to help them, boils down to a mournful scene in a hospital waiting room. Review | Dominique Morisseau’s ‘Pipeline’ looks at a troubled young man, and who failed him 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

"The essence of trademark law is confusion in the eyes of the public," Chicago entertainment lawyer E. Leonard Rubin says. Are there any great band names left? 2011-04-04T22:13:00Z

But they were thoroughly shaped by them and, in retrospect, manage to capture some of their essence, like a time capsule for vibes. Beck's Colors Finds Joy In Its Time 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Eschewing panels in favor of a more organic flow of images from top to bottom, Sacco captures the essence of life lived as part of the land. New Work From Two Masters of the Graphic Novel 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Or products, like "Emeril's Kicked Up Seafood," his essences and rubs, sauces and salsas, his cookware, cutlery, tableware and textiles, apparel and gifts. With Martha's help Emeril going strong 20 years on 2010-04-19T16:38:00Z

The play’s stark final scene finds our leading men stripped to their essences. Review: Jealousy and Lies in a No-Exit Theater of War in ‘Othello’ 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

In essence, Darwin was faced with the problem of Mount Ararat all over again, only this time without ancient people hauling animals all over the world on boats. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

This funky goop, called gloios and thought to contain the essence of arete — valor, excellence — was often funneled into small vials and sold at gyms for medicinal purposes. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Reduced to its essence, Buckley’s pro-meritocracy argument denies the effects of systemic racism, even while condemning individual instances of discrimination; Baldwin’s demands it. Review: Revisiting ‘Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge’ 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

That is the truth of your essence and your soul. Gary Busey: “I passed away after brain surgery. Then I came back” 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

And, of course, to capture the essence of Vanilla Beane herself. Portraits of the hat lady: An artist captures a ‘living legend’ of D.C. on canvas 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The point, for Berlioz, was not to trace the plot so much as to convey the emotional world within it — to catch the essence of the drama rather than its details. Music Review: Shakespeare?s Lovers via Berlioz, via Russia 2010-02-24T23:15:00Z

"Abstraction and a sort of distillation of the essence of any given place or any given subject are at the heart of what she does," he said. New Mexico on Thames: Georgia O'Keeffe gets big London show 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

You can manipulate reality, your can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z

In essence the “5 x five” represents the best of Stephen Colbert, as selected by “The Colbert Report” team! The best of Stephen Colbert according to ‘The Colbert Report’ team: 10 of the best “5 x Five” segments 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

This metaphor of an energy that is whole despite being spread across a gap or fissure is the essence of the work’s power. Review | They’re women, they’re black and they don’t make art about that 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

I also knew that I couldn’t reinvent the novel, I couldn’t even copy those who were being innovative as I didn’t understand where the novel’s essence lay. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Pasteur's was extolled by a reviewer in these pages for "food so delicious, so authentically Vietnamese, it all but exhales the essence of the country." Lakeside Bistro draws South End diners with its Vietnamese inspired cuisine 2010-03-18T20:53:00Z

Much of his work’s essence lay in solos, created for himself and for others: indeed, in soloism. Merce Cunningham’s Centennial Will Bring a Global Celebration 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

He hasn’t been placed into the context of a narrative because his very presence is the essence of the story. Perspective | Vogue can make anyone look glamorous, including Pete Buttigieg 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

It was obvious that the essence of this generous and open-minded culture was somehow infused with, and perfectly attuned to, the essence of the place. Finding Paradise in Turkey’s Munzur Valley 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Artists—the best ones—reinvent themselves by continually digging at the essence of the thing they mean to describe. Sightseeing with Paul McDonough 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

In the McWilliams' shop, The Annapolis Pottery on State Circle, there is a platter with a Hindu proverb that seems to capture the essence of Annapolis. Smooth Sailing in Annapolis 2011-04-25T05:20:06.787Z

He is as different as the twelve other actors who have officially played the wandering Time Lord on television, yet he retains the same essence of the character. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Premiere Review: Deep Breath 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

But the more you think about them, the more they mutate into something less comfortable, which subverts the essence of their cozy surface charm. Review: Daniel Kitson’s ‘Mouse’ Tells Its Tales Over a Speakerphone 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

We tried to capture the essence of what Michael had to say. Cirque's Michael Jackson tribute in Seattle for 2 nights 2011-11-04T18:57:05Z

Painted black, the wood resembles a brushstroke in midair, hinting that even the simplest jotting owes its essence to nature. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

It was neither; it was an artistic inquest into the essence of things. The Deadpan Laureate of American Art 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

There’s more to like inside Rasa, which translates from Sanskrit to “essence” and captures the nine essential human emotions, called navarasa, in vivid color on canvasses lining the path to the food counter. Review | Rasa brings a new generation’s spin on Indian food 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

I thought of Aunt Jemima, not a living person, but the essence of something, the black smiling face on a pancake box. A Tate Modern Show Examines Race in the U.S. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

There was an energy-jolter called the Tobacco Vanille, which somehow reached an accord among spiced rum, pear juice, lime juice, tobacco-infused honey, fig jam, vanilla essence and a pinch of powdered sandalwood. The Sorcerer of Shaken and Stirred 2011-03-16T05:31:02Z

Four string players, like of instrument family and mind, performing daily for years and often decades, were initially meant to voice the essence of four-part harmony along with displaying the delights of musical interaction. The quiet protest, amid bombs bursting, of Kronos Quartet 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

The essence of great direction is great production. The Daring, Original, and Overlooked “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The distinctive, mysterious essence of Alan Rickman, who died early Thursday at age 69, is that voice, a silky tiger’s purr. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

With Heidegger, we see Nietzsche as a metaphysician with a grand picture of the essence of reality as will to power, and the moral/political side of Nietzsche’s thought gets pushed aside. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

“This is almost like a bullet train. He’s distilled the narrative down to its essence.” ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

The ubiquitous down jacket — hyper-modern padded nylon stuffed with duck feathers — is the essence of the new spirit. Happy Hybrids: High Tech Meets Heritage 2013-01-16T18:46:42Z

But, then, such is the essence of Sly Stone. New release gathers Sly Stone's drum machine tracks of '69-'70 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

“I was fascinated by the word naïve, finding in the essence of this word a search of a personal style,” he said, though I’m not sure exactly what he meant. On the Runway: Postcards From the Resort 2011-06-14T23:12:51Z

The smell and taste of things, Proust wrote, hold in the “tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection.” My Search for Lost Time in a Slice of Jewish Rye 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

In essence, he faulted the White House for failing to establish rules and procedures for taking the action it took. CNN drops suit against White House after Acosta’s press pass is fully restored 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The choreographer George Balanchine is seldom listed among the 20th century’s great dramatists, and yet many of his ballets take us as close to the essence of drama as any playwright. City Ballet Revives ‘Davidsbündlertänze’ and ‘Union Jack’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

It’s a mystery, but it’s a mystery that gets to the very essence of life at large and the demonic forces that lurk within most people’s hearts. The Silent Women of “Entourage” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

He will sign copies of his monograph “essence,” representing 25 years of portraits, at the reopening party Sunday at 5 p.m. Shopping Related News for the Week of Jan. 24 2013-01-23T20:51:40Z

The essence of the fruit, its heart and soul, set into a glistening, jewel-like dessert. Nigel Slater’s grown-up jelly recipes 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

To attempt to boil this complex saga down to its essence is as pointless as tweeting the plot of Game of Thrones, but, basically, Diana Beard removed Iain Watters’ baked alaska from the freezer. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

“As far as what’s humanitarian to all people involved, including the victims in this case, the time is of the essence,” she said. Weinstein challenges extradition to face California charges 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

Acts like the Ramones, Black Flag and Minor Threat believed in stripping a song down to its raw essence. Brooks Headley’s Cookbook ‘Fancy Desserts’ Doesn’t Do Fancy 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

But it’s not form that’s the essence of art — it’s content. ArtsBeat: When the Critic Says an Art Form Is Dying 2010-11-19T22:46:00Z

The very essence of the format of serial television is information masquerading as art; its actual competition isn’t movies or museums or even novels but nonfiction, journalism, radio discussions, and podcasts. “The Girlfriend Experience” Is Not an Experience 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

At the end of the day, Meyers believes the essence of a wedding is the same no matter what the couple believes in terms of monogamy. Happily, Ever Open 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

It’s clear that we are not watching an isolated insomniac episode but a regular ritual: He is kept up at night, he says, with “always the hope gamma rays will merge our essence.” Review: Up All Night, With Rebecca Hall as Muse, in ‘Soundstage’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

The result amplified the violin’s physical essence: It was a concert in which one felt keenly the instrument’s wood and wire. Review | Leila Josefowicz presents the violin, unfiltered, in Library of Congress recital 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

Their “blindness and dumbness,” in other words, are not “the price of the gift” but “its essence,” and are even the gift itself. David Foster Wallace’s Perfect Game 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

It does not entertain the idea that, perhaps, something is fundamentally amiss with American culture, and as a consequence, patriotism will always fail to adequately and genuinely reflect its real essence. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

The essence of etiquette and grace is the focusing of one’s attention on someone else. ‘The Art of Grace,’ by Sarah Kaufman, shows how to regain this vital quality 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Doyle’s production scrubs the musical to its spiritual essence, turning the company into a congregation for the retelling of a biblical journey of suffering and redemption.  And the winner is ... the ensemble cast: How Broadway's best acting was a group effort 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

It is a building whose power transcends religion, the very essence of Damascus. The civil war's threat to Damascus 2013-01-02T08:00:02Z

“The essence of dictatorship,” she writes, is that “no matter where you are or how ordinary you seem, you’re in a cage.” A Tale of Five Women 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

"Things have to be believable," Foreman says, "not in a literal, photographic sense, but in an emotional sense – capturing the essence of the situation." Michael Foreman: life through a line 2011-03-07T15:39:18Z

“Protection,” announced the designer backstage, explaining the essence of the collection and the reason for the transparent plastic. Special Report: Paris Fashion Week: Sobriety Sorority 2010-03-09T19:26:00Z

While staff members were condemning the company for “rehabilitating fascists,” Karp was telling them, in essence, to just look away. 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

“It’s one of my favorite Harlem locations because it’s still there. The essence and spirit of your work really comes alive when you can get a lot of the city into a film.” ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Offers a Tour of a Lost New York 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Among other things, “Westworld” is a metaphor for the act of creation — which, in essence, makes it a show about its own creation. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

“Producers don’t always understand what the essence of a piece is,” Liddell said. For This Spanish Provocateur, Each Performance Is About Survival 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

In essence, wherever Latin was studied, Virgil’s poetry was revered. Virgil’s ‘The Aeneid’ still looks strikingly contemporary 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Because that’s the essence: A religion that doesn’t tolerate another religion isn’t a true religion, and a believer who does not tolerate the beliefs of another believer is not a believer either. 'Timbuktu' Director on the Burdens and Blessings of the Label 'African Filmmaker' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

"The essence of the film is the journey of the boy and his grandmother," he says. Son of Babylon: 'I made it for my family, for Iraq' 2011-02-03T23:30:00Z

It is the essence of picturesqueness—that is, of course, if you ignore the heroin addicts strewn all over the Spitzplatz behind the Hauptbahnhof. Timothy Leary’s liberation, and the CIA’s experiments! LSD’s amazing, psychedelic history 2013-12-14T21:00:00Z

Fame will smell of "tears of belladonna, crushed heart of tiger orchidea with a black veil of incense, pulverized apricot and the combinative essences of saffron and honey drops." Gaga sprays first perfume, but where's the blood? 2012-06-14T00:53:07Z

There is a deep essence of pulse, or what I’ve started to call life force. A Dance About the Things We Carry (Sorrow and Rage) 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

There's that quote, "Simplicity is the essence of happiness," that, while ridiculously overused as an Instagram caption by wellness influencers, is honestly great advice in the kitchen. Burned Out: When you're sick of cooking, embrace the comfort of "sick day" food 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

“The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” refined this axiom to its philosophical essence. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z

Konitz famously broke ground alongside Davis in the cool-jazz era of the 1950s, then spent subsequent decades distilling melody to its essence. Perspective | The coronavirus is devastating a uniquely American art form 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

Yet it epitomizes the poetic Romantic-classical essence at the heart of ballet. On the Frivolities of Ballet, the Contradictory Art 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Burgers represent childhood, sizzling and savory on the grill, treasures in a takeout bag, the essence of summer. Behold the humble Superiority Burger, the rage of NYC 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

“She really captured the essence and the chaos of our family right now.” Enough With the Selfies. How About a Quarantine Portrait? 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

In essence you have to sound like you would be just as great playing new music. The Week Ahead: May 16 ? 22 2010-05-13T14:25:00Z

But unlike “Gatz” it never entirely wraps its mind around the style and essence of the book that inspired it. | 'The Select (The Sun Also Rises)': ?The Select (The Sun Also Rises)? - Review 2011-09-12T02:01:06Z

But they make a celestial sight, and celestial is the essence of what these guardians of deceased ancestors were. Philadelphia Offers a Full-Fledged Summer of African Art 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to churn out a letter that says, in essence, “You’re not a ‘healthy’ size, kid.” The fat-shaming of school “FitnessGrams” 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z

The essence of that context is that Phillips was anything but a cynic or — for his era, at any rate — a racist. Review: ‘Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

As the work reduced dances to their essence, the dancers brought something else to the stage: themselves. Review: Choreographic Skeletons From a Lost Pandemic Time 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Crucially, Eilish has also absorbed an at times cartoonish, outlaw essence from the world of rap — without actually trying to rap. Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Some of the bloom is gone from Veronica Cangemi’s voice, but her expressive singing conveys the essence of Antigone’s plight. Muisc: Rare Glimpses of Traetta's 'Antigona' and Strauss's 'Danae' 2011-02-01T12:30:03Z

“Part of that is the complexity of the underpainting and what she hides underneath the surface. I think that’s an interesting metaphor for women and the essence of who we are at our core.” Where the Sky Meets the Sea: Jennifer Guidi Leans Into Beauty 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

“This is not a program about learning about Islam or learning the essence of Islam. This is not a Quranic teaching,” Amer said in an interview. Comedian Ramy Youssef is still figuring out life as a Muslim millennial. So he made a show about it. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

It negates the idea that blackness is a part of a person’s humanity, that it’s a nontransferable essence of who they are. Perspective | Blackface is white supremacy as fashion — and it’s always been in season 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

It did not capture the essence of the book. Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Gets Joan Didion’s Intention Just Right 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

Here, the JACKs captured the fleeting gossamer essence of music seemingly impossible to capture. Getting to know JACK 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

It jars that an Israeli tank, a grisly killing machine, is throughout depicted in essence as a source of terror for the soldiers inside it, rather than the people its shells are aimed at. Ajami and Lebanon: two filmic faces of Israel 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z

This irreverent update, playing at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC, until August 17th, manages to capture the enduring essence of Chekhov’s classic even as it reimagines it for the 21st century. A 21st-century “Seagull” 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Just as no outsider can ever understand the truth of another couple’s marriage, the essence of a good comedy partnership is almost impossible to parse. Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Closer Than Siblings in Sisters 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Charles Duhigg’s book, “The Power of Habit,” is an excellent explanation of this tendency, and he’s got a good synopsis of the basics online, but the essence is straightforward. Perspective | To lose weight, don’t just resist temptation. Remove it. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

In essence, they are forced to become ruthless or are driven mad, driven to violence. Dark Academia and debt: University thrillers are the literary subgenre of the student loan crisis 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z

Seidelman felt that Madonna was perfectly fitted for the role: “She wasn’t acting Susan, she was Susan. The essence of the character felt authentic to me. She wasn’t just an actress in a cool costume.” Desperately seeking New York’s grime and glamour 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

That’s the interesting thing about the essence of fascism in “Neruda.” Gael Garcia Bernal shares his acting philosophy: Characters “wander around the landscape of the unconscious” 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

“His politics is of his essence, but not the fundamental part,” Dr. Safer said of her husband. Cultural Studies: Hand-Holding Across the Aisle 2010-09-24T19:30:00Z

He also directed a mini-movie called “Remember Now,” as an artistic meld of smoldering passion, the ennui of gilded youth touched with the essence of “La Dolce Vita.” Fashion Films Become the Hottest New Accessories 2010-05-17T10:55:00Z

In essence, this would involve care teams having a complete picture of their patient, mentally and physically and providing adequate training around the impact that psychological trauma can have on a person's behavior. How childhood trauma can lead to obesity in people with serious mental illness 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z

“In essence, Franco took the ‘casting couch’ to another level by creating a ‘casting class.’ James Franco sued for sexually exploiting women at his acting school 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

The essence was an oversize shirt worn with his usual baggy shorts, and athletic shoes that looked like a cross between a sneaker and a pilgrim’s buckle shoe. On the Runway Blog: Rick Owens Brings On the Weirdness 2013-06-28T00:15:35Z

But his book is, in essence, a distended fanzine article, and not everything ghastly on its pages can be ascribed to his subject. JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson – review 2013-03-22T16:30:04Z

But at its essence what “Busy Tonight” offers at the very end of the day is the reminder of care and connection that the rest of life sorely lacks. Bring the joy: Watch "The World's Best" and "Busy Tonight" for a shot of comfort 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

And a whole other thing to make art predicated upon the very concept of virality, that seems to take the essence of shocking shareability as its raison d’être. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

She commends Still Alice's portrayal of the personal journey of dementia and "the sense of losing the essence of oneself." Dramatising dementia 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

This season performing opposite Guillaume Côté, a guest dancer from the National Ballet of Canada — from his mime to his partnering, he was a class act — Ms. Mearns embodied Odette especially to her barest essence. At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

This fine singer has a deep sense of the essence of his great man. Beatles tribute asks: When I get older, will you still love me? 2011-02-09T22:56:37Z

As fully as she integrated, though, she never lost her Norwegian essence — a free-spirited sensibility, a strong connection to nature and powerful ties to family and tradition. In Oslo, Gustav Vigeland’s sculptures capture a Norwegian essence 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

“Chicago” is like Dr. Who: It periodically assumes a new form yet retains its essence. Who cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? You should. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

In essence, even though everyone is miserable, the children are connecting to you when they tattle. Perspective | Two siblings tattle all the time. Is there a way to make it stop? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

In the 1990s the then secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, assured Israel of “a thorough consultation process” before America presented its peace plans to the Palestinians, in essence giving it a veto over the content. Blood brothers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Either you dig in, invest and expand or, in essence, you don’t grow. A Gallery by Any Other Name, Size and Shape? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

In the text they're talking about Basil's portrait, or other works of art; in the broader narrative of the author's life, he is talking about the essence of Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray's true picture of Oscar Wilde 2010-04-29T09:01:00Z

“The city is the essence of peace,” she says. These Are the 10 Best Cities in Asia 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

“In ‘Bardo’ he does what few actors are capable of doing, which is to erase the artifice of acting to reach the essence and the presence of something honest and truthful,” Iñárritu said. When Daniel Giménez Cacho Met the Three Amigos 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

What remains are, in essence, secular spirituals, bombastic and warm, meant not to raise an eyebrow. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z

Experts say the films, for the most part big hits at home, capture the essence of Korean sentiments at a time when the country’s income gap continues to widen. ‘Parasite’ and South Korea’s Income Gap: Call It Dirt Spoon Cinema 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

But for Mr. Kime, altering in form while maintaining essence was not a failure of vision but a design goal. Robert Kime, Decorator for Nobility and Other Notables, Dies at 76 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

I ate a superb mussels escabeche, in which the shellfish had been slightly pickled to complement its briny essence, washed down with a bone-dry riesling. In New Zealand, Sauvignon Wishes and Sashimi Dreams 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

How does their musicality play into a seemingly simple essence of motion? French Olympic Ice Dancers Make Skating as Ethereal as Ballet 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Krauss, in essence, thinks the laws of quantum field theory ordain the existence of a universe. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z

Hawthorne, though, reduces the appeal of the Kraken to its dark essence. A Kraken is loose in America 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

In “The End of the Tour,” the dryly but freely comic side of Segel’s performance suggests the synapse-leaping essence of Wallace’s humor, the wonder of inspired perception and its crystallization in words. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

But they didn’t have the essence I was looking for. Arts & Leisure: When They Play Women, It?s Not Just an Act 2011-07-28T14:06:01Z

Liberalism, then, has been spectacularly hypocritical — though Fukuyama, for one, is unimpressed with the charge, arguing that this leftist critique “fails to show how the doctrine is wrong in its essence.” Where Have All the Liberals Gone? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

They appear in liquid formulas, like essences, and in lotions and creams that are emollient. Seasonal Color Loss Is Real. Do You Have It? Can You Fix It? 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

This idea of blurred lines of identity seems such an apt starting point for a musical that was, in essence, born out of such a fuzzy bit of personal history. Perspective | People said her great-great-aunts posed as white and robbed banks. So she wrote a musical about them. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

“It’s like for all these years I’d been looking in the wrong place. I met someone that has the essence of understanding me.” She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

His on-again, off-again tenure with Black Sabbath touched off an intense debate among fans as to which singer was the true essence of the band - a discussion that lasted until his death. Metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 2010-05-17T00:09:00Z

That emotion contains the essence of what matters to you, which is the very first step in what is remembered – the essence of what is past. Remember the bad and the good times to build your future 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Die Hard” meets “The Awful Truth,” in essence, with a wedding in the Philippines as its sumptuous tropical setting. ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Review: ‘Die Hard’ With Refreshments 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Inevitably, when discussing Taylor, people in the art world refer to the pathos and empathy of his paintings, how he captures the essence of people — even those he’s just met. The ‘Slow Burn’ That Is Henry Taylor 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

“The Pistols produced a raw, angry wall of sound and we wanted to capture that essence without trying to do an impression.” Capturing the Anarchy in the Sex Pistols 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Considine’s realness is perhaps the essence of his quality as a performer. Paddy Considine: ‘I never wanted to sell my soul for this’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

“He has an ability to get things down to its essence,” Brokaw says. An overnight sensation after 45 years in the biz: Denis Arndt, Mary-Louise Parker's co-star in 'Heisenberg' 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

For him, the essence of media relations comes down to whether a story is good or bad for him. Perspective | Trump-era press briefings are exercises in futility — and lying. But we need them anyway. 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

“If I can't talk to the person who originated a role, I like to watch their videos, because there's an essence from the original that everybody tries to emulate, in a certain sense,” he said. A ballet superstar hits Hollywood with 'A Chorus Line' at the Bowl 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

I'm a proponent of lacquering bacon with the sweet-and-savory combo of maple syrup and white miso, which is the perfect complement to its salty, pork-y, smoky essence. An absolutely genius trick for mess-free bacon 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Although he was writing half a millennium after the Parthenon was built, he touched on the essence of its enduring appeal. Who Owns the Elgin Marbles? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

He eliminated the illusion of permanence, the essence of monumental. Carl Andre’s Epic Sculptures, United at Dia:Beacon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

But at a certain point, “you” is not just Elena, whose essence she tries to resurrect, but herself and her mother. ‘Elena,’ a Documentary About a Brazilian Actress 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The drink’s secret is a sugar cube containing rose essence; the cube reacts with the Champagne bubbles, propelling the aroma through the cocktail. The Bartender With a Lab Coat 2013-07-19T21:06:54Z

After the exhausting marathon of testimonies and speechifying, I just wanted somebody to remind me of the essence of what the hell was going on. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

"DNA" isn't a more scientific way of saying "essence" or "soul" or "core of one's being". Rules for writing: block that metaphor! 2013-05-23T14:40:46Z

What the orchestra provided, in essence, was an unusually elaborate music-history lesson. An Orchestra’s Ecstatic, Once-in-a-Lifetime Birthday Party 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

A person’s essence — personality, intelligence, memories — can be loaded onto a metal disc called a stack and, in the event of death or boredom, inserted into a new body. Review: ‘Altered Carbon,’ Netflix’s ‘Blade Runner’ Replicant 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

You could hear it and understand its essence before you processed its particulars. Review: John Zorn and Collaborators in a Village Vanguard Run 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

The essence of a detective story is that it shall be "natural" in its setting and characters. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z

She starred in his pantomimes and silent films, distilling complex narratives through their emotional essence rather than literal gestures. Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

Instead, I try to somehow synthesise the city, get close to its essence. New York City views 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z

Elaborate façades and majestic reading rooms lent the nations forming identities an essence of grandeur and wisdom. The Harvard Graduate School of Design Presents an Exhibition on National Libraries 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Upset: Public weddings are in essence family and community events. Perspective | Ask Amy: Daughter juggles relationship with two mothers 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Reacting against the naturalist novels of Émile Zola, the symbolists preached that it was more important to reveal the essence and true meaning of a scene than to set it down in realistic detail. Neoimpressionism exhibit makes points about poetry, music's influence 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

In essence, we wanted to try to create the environment of a decades-long marriage to see how well our relationship might hold up. Putting Love to the Stress Test 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Then there are “essences” and serums, which is “where the number of steps can blow up,” Ms. Kim said. Skin Care Products From South Korea Catch On in United States 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

In essence, it identified a lingering fear among all but Obama’s most fervent supporters – that voters were a little too infatuated with his rhetoric and charisma, neither of which would necessarily translate to policy victories. How Obama blurred the border between Hollywood and Washington 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

He was the essence of hip-hop in terms of being open to so many different things and traveling. Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop": Hailing the rapper who made us laugh as hip-hop turns 50 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

In his mind, reflecting life’s truths is the essence and duty of great stagecraft. TNT’s “Will” styles Shakespeare as a rock star, but wants for substance 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

“It’s more about capturing the essence of what’s going on. The worlds we create in sound are far more interesting and clear than the reality, which is generally a bit of a mush.” Where there's a horse, there's a neigh: why must we hear animals on screen? 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

In a city of dedicated originals, New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham stands out as one who both captures the essence of the singular personality and clearly represents one himself. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z

Melodies are made of few notes, but they are so intensely beautiful that they seem to capture the very essence of beauty. An eloquent remembrance by Armenian National Philharmonic 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

In the book's finest moments, "The Stone Age" dispenses with the scandal and the gossip, capturing the essence of what makes a working rock 'n' roll band tick. Welcome to "The Stone Age," chronicling the Rolling Stones' epic career of rock, scandal and excess 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

Landing a first impression that distills the essence of a character is a rare art, and one of many things that the quick-witted, nimble-bodied company of Wise Children’s wondrous “Wuthering Heights” does exceptionally well. Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

Both films are, in essence, about small-town hostility to outsiders and, more broadly, to anyone who seems different; in both, the community’s hatred is implacable, impervious to charm or reason. Rod Lurie Remakes Peckinpah?s ?Straw Dogs? 2011-09-04T02:53:02Z

As director Robert Bresson radically purified film drama, flaying the elements of story-telling and performance down to their glum, pristine essence, so Tati was to movie comedy. 'The Illusionist': Better Than 'Toy Story 3'? 2010-12-25T11:10:00Z

The result is a sparkling novel that is in essence satirical and wise, in style old and new. The Siblings in This Book Loathe Each Other, and It’s So Refreshing 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

He thus presents us with a choice: "Either the world is in essence mathematical or it lives in time." Time Reborn by Lee Smolin – review 2013-06-06T06:30:01Z

That was the crux of his art, and that is what Ms. Abloh sees as the essence of the Virgil Abloh Foundation. Shannon Abloh Is Ready to Talk 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

An emphatic wave becomes a goofy “wax-on, wax-off” movement, he said, the simple hand motion reducing a candidate to an essence: pitchman. A Tangerine Wig and a Tightrope Walk: Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

These are the essence of Drop Dead Gorgeous. Drop Dead Gorgeous at 20: how dark pageant comedy works better in 2019 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

In each case, time appears to be of the essence. Borat v Trump: can entertainment really affect an election? 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

The test, in essence, determines the future for Taiwanese children. Motherlode Blog: Was Your Child Born to Take Tests, or Born to Panic? 2013-02-06T18:21:36Z

Which, in essence, was Michelle Obama's strategy: threaten to stop the show, and rely on the rest of the audience to apply some pressure. Michelle Obama: here's how to handle the hecklers 2013-06-06T12:06:00Z

Though hardly Ozu’s most famous film, “The Only Son” captures his essence in just 82 minutes. Ready to Try an Ozu Film? Watch These Two Family Tales. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

There’s only so much room for someone like him these days: in essence, he’s a resistor. 8Ball’s Album ‘Life’s Quest’ Returns to Classic Southern Rap 2012-08-10T14:00:57Z

Frank stripped away all your celebrity and left you with your essence. Bruce Springsteen: 'People thought we were gone. Finished' 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z

Different takes on what a woman feels like she is or looks like, her essence. Kesha’s Week: Digging Springsteen and Meeting Nicolas Cage 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

In essence, the novel recounts a secret chapter in the life of a recently deceased Venezuelan known simply as Mr. Abel. Review | For Earth Day, a beloved but often overlooked love story 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

That, in essence, is the heart of this simple plot: the panicked flight of a young refugee as he tries to evade capture. Review | ‘What Strange Paradise’ is a visceral account of a refugee’s desperation 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

After the choreography was taught, and when more dancers were available, she focused on details: It seemed like she was breaking down a dance and putting it back together in order to find its essence. What Comes After a Storm? From Twyla Tharp, a Softer World 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

But Le Clercq is hardly the only ballet star to undergo a reawakening in the telecasts, which reveal Balanchine’s crystalline musicality and ability to find the essence of a dancer through movement, not poses. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

What I smell, raising the cup to my face, is a spice that perfectly captures mutability — the essence of autumn. Spirits: Nutmeg, unlike ‘pumpkin spice,’ gives cocktails a subtle taste of fall

Hill showcased the essence of what it means to be a young, vulnerable Black woman in America on her own terms and for that, she will forever deserve her flowers. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z

How much of that person's essence is tied to his or her gender? Chaz Bono's complicated path to manhood 2011-05-10T15:30:00Z

I had never seen any art like it and I determined to try to find its essence. Carrie Brownstein, Carly Rae Jepsen and Others on First-Time Cultural Experiences 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

Others inhale the essence of a horror film so deeply that they face nighttime with dread. The New Curse of Blair Witch: It's Barely Scary 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

In essence, we see what he has been doing all his life – "Finding the people who had some influence, who had some juice" – and persuading them to talk. Christopher Meyer: 'I wasn't nice to everyone' 2012-07-01T18:59:01Z

Stripping songs to their essence was a rewarding and revealing approach, but it did cause the set to sag at times, as baroque ballads blurred into one another. Tori Amos at Constitution Hall: Playing to the house, to wild success

The basic citrus flavour remains, but the real magic, the addictive essence – its heart and soul if you like – is lost. Nigel Slater’s lemongrass recipes 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

In essence, this is the character Eggers introduces us to — the Rupert bear version of Alkhanshali, agreeable to the hilt, whose strongest emotion appears to be mild vexation. ‘The Monk of Mokha’ is Dave Eggers’s Latest PG-13 Story About the American Dream 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

They’re beginning to take part in what comes through, in Wiseman’s view, as the essence of American life, which is its political structures and systems. Finding the American Ideal in Queens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

One of the great things Shelley did once we mounted it was clarifying the essence of the humor or the joy in the piece, which really originates from our relationships. Twyla Tharp and Her Dancers Look Back, Mindful of the Future 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

But Baby is adamant that Atlanta will always be a part of him, his roots there inseverable and his essence inextinguishable. How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

We need to determine, from a biblical standpoint, whether the essence of Christian marriage permits the inclusion of same-sex couples, or whether it necessarily involves the union of a man and a woman. The Bible backs same-sex couples: Point by point, why the haters are wrong 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z

That pursuit is itself the essence of cinema. “Pitch Perfect 2,” and Two Other Movies About Money 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

For Bellow as a novelist, that tension between voice and character is the very essence of his art. Saul Bellow, Film Critic 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

A family portrait in sound, all the warts and quirks of querulous aunts, sleepy, slow-walking uncles and playful kids were vivid in this short stunner, and the performance captured the essence of each character. An assured, polished concert from Imani Winds 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

That collaboration between this Canadian duo and College, the French producer, certainly encapsulated the pervading essence of that film — stylized cool. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

The essence of humanity being just your smile.” Special Report: Designing for 'Alice in the Real World' 2010-03-04T13:01:00Z

It's about trying to find the essence of dance music and making it as personal as possible. Martyn: 'Dubstep in the US has taken the place of nu-metal' 2012-06-13T11:59:00Z

The Dating Game remains the essence of everything all dating shows aspire to be. Swipe left: why dating shows have become irrelevant 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

For his part, Barks sees religion as secondary to the essence of Rumi. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The Nobel Prize-winning musician’s essays explore the essence of popular music. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Oh, if you insist, I can’t forget extraordinary beetroot cookies and tomato crackers, each capturing sweet essences in suspended animation. The Pour: El Bulli and a Meal for the Ages 2010-09-22T04:20:00Z

Nick Sampson transforms himself into the essence of sycophancy, his back bent into an "S". Timon of Athens; Peace Camp; The Only True History of Lizzie Finn – review 2012-07-21T23:05:46Z

He also provided a memorable phrase, probably the most memorable one in the history of the discipline, five words that captured the essence of his worldview: “Earth and life evolve together.” Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

That her character wears it to a trash-heap, in search of a human prize “that nobody wants”, is the essence of the film’s satire. My streaming gem: why you should watch My Man Godfrey 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

“It made us focus on the essence of the collection,” Fournie said. Dior's Grecian goddesses kick off Paris fashion extravaganza 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

The book’s final destination reveals the essence of what Kirsch saw and created, and it inspires awe. In Dan Brown’s ‘Origin,’ Robert Langdon Returns, With an A.I. Friend in Tow 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Or alternatively, as in "Josephine the Singer", music is cited as the essence of a particular kind of religious impulse: one that links the congregation with the sacerdotal through the agency of song. Will Self: The musical world of Franz Kafka 2012-10-05T21:55:12Z

It's going back to the Pynchon sensibility and trying to bring the essence of that book to the screen. 'Inherent Vice' costume designer Mark Bridges on Pynchon's world 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Food preservation is at the very heart of every cuisine and serves to extend the essence of fresh ingredients. Preserving the Season at Its Peak 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

This unique form of beauty, this duality, is the very essence of black womanhood. I used makeup to appear lighter – until I redefined black beauty for myself 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

A remarkable musical polymath and conservationist of beatnik culture, he has played at the club monthly for 13 years and has come to epitomize its essence. New Year’s Eve: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

"He has a very adept way of unsuspectingly ripping the mask off the world he's portraying and showing the base essence of things." David Hyde Pierce to go off-Broadway for 'A Life' 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Taylor objects to the utilitarian essence of Singer’s argument. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Or does the essence of France reside in the republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity, which are understood to be universal and therefore at least theoretically independent of race, language or background? T Magazine: Changing of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-25T20:22:41Z

Sometimes nothing happens actively, but the visual is violent in essence. In "Whether the Weather Is Fine," typhoon survivors "transform from being zombies to becoming human" 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Regardless of demographics — white residents have long been a minority in New Haven — producers of commercial and nonprofit work have overwhelmingly selected repertory and instituted policies that in essence ensured a monoculture. After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

They compress onto finite surfaces the essence of an unruly career spanning primarily performance, installation, video, sculpture and theater. The Expansive Provocateur Pope.L, in Smaller, Potent Doses 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

But it was also a promising stop in my quest to discover the essence of the borough today — the quote-unquote real Brooklyn. Want the ‘Real’ Brooklyn? Go Cheap 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

In essence, Davenport and his fellow eugenicists sought to create a master race of white Protestant Yankees, with all the frightening ramifications that implies. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z

While some of the transfigured items are unrecognizable, others retain the essence of their original character. Review | In the galleries: An ambitious collage of works by regional photographers 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

It is distinguished by its herbal notes, hints of licorice and especially its fragrant essence of blood oranges, grown at the base of Mount Etna. An Amaro From Mount Etna 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

Dancing is all we see, yet its essence has been filtered away by all the attention to the performer’s mastery. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Joyce Theater 2012-06-28T21:07:57Z

The only way forward was to celebrate the “mono,” or elemental thing, by making its essence more visible. Art Review: ‘Requiem for the Sun: Art of Mono-ha’ at Gladstone Gallery 2012-07-19T22:34:06Z

The constant tension between reality and artifice is the essence of wrestling, but Diaz’s point applies to American pop culture in general: It is fueled by the need to create make-believe and fantasy. From a Wrestling Ring to Tiny Boxes: How ‘Chad Deity’ Went Zoom 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

Shibata distills each view to its formal essence, eliminating the horizon and accentuating pattern. Toshio Shibata's glorious photos find mystery where man meets land 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

I embraced what the essence of “Dancing With the Stars” is. On summer tour, dancing brothers Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy get personal 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Those better weather predictions rely on a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning, where in essence, a computer program is able to use data to improve itself. Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

“People want a splash of the essence, a few spritzes. But they don’t want to take a bath in it because it feels like the funk won’t leave you.” Hip-hop was poised to conquer fashion. Why did it stop short? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

It was, in essence, the skin that had to be molted before his full ascension to the mainstream. ‘Starboy’ Places the Weeknd on the Sunny Side of Debauchery 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

This spoof captures the true essence of one of the creepiest scenes in one of the most beloved Christmas movies, Love Actually. Watch the 10 Best Unaired 'SNL' Sketches of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

That “essence” is often — or used to be — the stuff of arguments about authenticity in art. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Floral and citrusy scents can attract bugs, Dr. Beer said, but more important, scents with bergamot and lime essence can “react in the sun and give you horrific blistering.” Skin Deep: Beauty and the Beach 2011-06-22T21:29:54Z

“The purity of lines was the very essence of his work, even his complex and ambitious compositions.” Inside Art: The Guggenheim Will Open ?Picasso Black and White? 2011-10-13T22:33:51Z

And even though the story told here is horrible in its essence, Berg shows great restraint in telling it calmly and clearly, with minimal sensationalism. Review: Mark Wahlberg and Patriots Day Assay American Courage 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Now, lots of designers purportedly see things, but the results are too often literal, when it’s the fine essence we truly crave. Fashion Review: Down From the Stratosphere, Gaga-Free 2010-09-15T06:45:00Z

Lowell once said that the plot of “The Dolphin” was, in essence, “one man, two women.” Review | An intimate look at the scandal that tore apart a literary power couple 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

And for him, that’s the essence of Zionism: not redemption or perfection, but normalcy. Review: From Natalie Portman, Israel’s Birth Distilled in Mood and Memory 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

In this wisdom lies the essence of both conservatism and conservation. Perspective | Think of the debate as a public park. The president was polluting it. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

The essence of the Creole-born, French-raised designer’s skills is that he can cut a mean jacket or a taut skirt so the intense decoration is on a firm basis. Special Report: Fashion: Nicolas Ghesquiere at Balenciaga Mixes Heritage and Style 2011-09-29T17:18:23Z

With enough notoriety they become a strange sort of hybrid -- acting the way they think people want them to -- but despite the interference of producers and celebrity, an essential part of their true essence prevails. How "Jersey Shore" turned sinister 2011-03-24T17:29:00Z

In essence, this episode could serve as the final act in Glenn’s maturation from pizza delivery boy to full-blown leader. Did 'The Walking Dead' Just Kill Off A Main Character? 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Her painting style has been seen as a knockoff of her husband’s, but her contribution to its formation has yet to be fully recognized, especially his tendency to distill forms to their essence. A Singular American Painter and His Perennially Disregarded Wife 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

This is the conundrum: that in invoking Gabriel, Hirsch both preserves and eulogizes him, framing what is, in essence, a portrait of his grief. Edward Hirsch's ode to a lost son 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

"Because black Americans are now a tremendously diverse essence of all the places we've come from and the music and rhythms we brought with us," he wrote. Gil Scott-Heron, a godfather of rap, dies in NYC 2011-05-29T17:49:11Z

Yet everyday advice does not capture the essence of his work, Ms. Bakewell cautions. Conversation Across Centuries With the Father of All Bloggers 2010-12-18T00:33:20Z

This man continues his train of thought, with bravado and morbidity, as if distilling the essence of profane things. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

The final song, "somewhere," might be a response to Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" in finding the essence of the fragility of life, expressed here by one who knew of what he spoke. Southwest Chamber Music celebrates Elliott Carter's late career surge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

The mysterious poetry of this all-female ballet to Debussy — conjuring essences of bygone eastern Mediterranean cultures — is another example of Robbins’s mastery of making music theatrical. City Ballet’s ‘Robbins 100’: Making Music Theatrical 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

In essence, the film plays as a parable of the difficulty of rehabilitation and biographical storytelling when your subject is so unreliable. Murder, mystery and a hit record: the unbelievable story of Ike White 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

It absolutely distills the essence of what the story should be about, what it means, how it should make us feel. We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

But for me, at least, any excisions only further help cut to the essence of a work that is all about duality, ambivalence and choice. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z

“For me, this is the essence of folk art,” said Stuart Ashman, my guide that afternoon. You Call It Craft, I Call It Art 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Sutherland seems to find the essence of it in his character, Martin Bohm. TELEVISION: Kiefer Sutherland in Tim Kring?s ?Touch? on Fox 2012-01-11T12:58:00Z

With a master director at work and a troupe of finely drilled actors, the real essence of the theatrical event is communicated visually, physically, and aurally. Noises off: Don't leave Southwark Playhouse without a home 2011-08-02T14:53:37Z

Jared Keller captures perfectly the essence of Trump’s politics of trolling. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Macdonald: They really captured the essence and I think the humor of the Scottish people. Pixar's 'Brave' gang shares tales of Scotland 2012-06-21T15:30:09Z

“How do you translate the Frick into a different language but that keeps the essence of what the Frick is?” Frick Announces Plans for Its Two-Year Stay in Breuer Building 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

As the trial stretched on, it was easy to lose the essence of the actual conflict amid the long-winded men in love with their own voices. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

“In essence, the entire ecosystem of Kamchatka is built on the carcasses of spawning salmon.” Forged by Volcanoes, Kamchatka Offers Majestic, Magnetic Wilds 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

I think it captures the essence of “Terminal Lance” in its satire and humor. A more honest Iraq War story looks like this: “Sometimes the Marine Corps kind of sucks” 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

According to its website, Swarovski Entertainment aims to "express Swarovski's philosophy, identity and creative essence through moving images to enchant and inspire audiences". Romeo and Juliet: that familiar tale of garden gnomes and happy ever after 2013-04-17T15:38:04Z

It makes it real clothing, and that's the essence of Game of Thrones. What 'Game of Thrones'' Costumes Tell You About the Show 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

This mutual illumination of artistic practice and critical theory reaches back to the essence of the modern cinema and its launching, with the French New Wave, by young artists who were simultaneously critics and filmmakers. A Filmmaker Trying to Break Free from Instagram Modernity 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

“The Ritz represents the Versailles of the hotel world, the essence of Parisian luxury and chic,” Mr. Darré said. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Auction) 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The essence of the experience is randomness: it's rather like the William Burroughs technique of arbitrarily re-arranging sentences to defamiliarise them. The Duchess of Malfi 2010-07-14T11:57:00Z

Both ballets get to the essence of movement and music in a way that almost renders the dancer naked. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Stravinsky-Balanchine Program 2012-09-29T01:50:08Z

Mr. Bury raised the point that, in essence, gutting the library would sacrifice the reading room to save the garden. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

“Carnival has roots, Carnival has a history, an essence, which we cannot forget.” In Rio, even a ban can’t keep revelers from Carnival streets 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Meade is describing the essence of contemporary academicism, and while he puts a positive spin on this, it could be read as a devastating critique. 2010-01-15T05:16:00Z

The Jordan Brand is an American story, "Air" is most effective in capturing the essence of extreme risk. "Air" doesn't do justice to Sonny Vaccaro, much less sneakerheads 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

To further deepen the chocolate flavor here, I instead put my prunes in hot coffee, which helps bolster the chocolate essence of the cake. Yes, prunes belong in chocolate cake 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

It is part of us, but it's also the essence of us. Brains! London exhibition looks inside our skulls 2012-03-27T16:31:04Z

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

It was, in essence, what cable news would eventually become. The end of the Chris Matthews era: How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

"By telling the truth, even if you squeeze it into a funny mold, its essence is still stuff that you really care about." ArtsBeat: Comedian Rob Delaney Will Release Online Standup Special 2012-08-21T14:23:17Z

It's in essence the opposite of what Apple Music's predecessor, the iTunes Store, did more than a decade ago. So Apple Music is really a return to radio, right? 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Here for a moment was the Barbara Cook her fans know and love, conveying the emotional essence of a great song with her customary generosity. Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

This merry menu reflects Ted and Matt's knack for updating Southern classics without loosing a lick of their delectable essence. Holiday Party with the Lee Bros. 2010-12-24T06:50:06.327Z

Opening in November, it will include the updated version of the film “Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today,” and evoke the very essence of the metropolis. One Titanic Survivor Goes on View: A Deck Chair 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Having seen the documentary I was struck at how the actors captured the essence of the Loving's loving relationship. Review: In ‘Loving,’ They Loved. A Segregated Virginia Did Not Love Them Back. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

"The rights repudiated and violated by Paramount were of fundamental and critical importance to Puzo and were of the essence of the 1969 agreement," the lawyers wrote. Paramount and 'Godfather' author heirs clash in NY 2012-08-30T09:01:05Z

And Thomas Erber, known for his roving Cabinet de Curiosités, has tapped French labels big and small to create one-off items that “define the essence of the place.” Les Bains, a Legendary Parisian Nightclub, Brought Back to Life 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Or is there some Russian essence that willy-nilly binds Stravinsky’s career? Just How Russian Was Stravinsky? 2010-04-16T14:16:00Z

More specifically, it's my way of making pizza dough when time is of the essence, and I'm craving the homemade stuff. Homemade pizza in under an hour is entirely possible — & entirely delicious 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, evil people create their own essence. Arbitrage's villain takes advantage – why do we love it? 2013-03-04T13:07:12Z

In this case, time was of the essence. Beware the audio deepfake, which can be far more damaging politically than video 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

This photograph captures the essence of racism and servitude in America for all time. Eight Photographers on Their Favorite Image from Robert Frank’s “The Americans” 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

In essence, he said he did too much too quickly. On The Runway: Enterprising Business Students Turn to Fashion 2013-12-06T23:33:08Z

Irving mocked the tourists who believed they could possess the Bard’s essence through cheap trinkets, but Irving understood their desire to get inside Shakespeare’s head. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The essence of denim is as decent, normal, popular clothing. Special Report: Embracing the Blues 2010-06-21T16:30:00Z

This was a beautiful production — we were getting standing O’s every night — but the essence is the actors and the story, and we’ll still be able to present that.” ArtsBeat Blog: Flooding Changes Plans for World Premiere Musical in Vermont 2011-08-29T18:12:57Z

It is, in essence, a list of reasons not to continue living. ‘4:48 Psychosis,’ a Polish Adaptation of Sarah Kane’s Play 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

This work in progress is inspired by the structure and essence of “Pas de Quatre,” but it features four male hip-hop dancers. 5 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

If any dish captures the essence of summer it’s the gorgeous one pictured above. Second Helpings: The Herbfarm 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The essence of style is that it is, in fact, substance. The Tasteless Intricacies of “A Cure for Wellness” 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

“But in essence, poutine is a covered fry with cheese on it.” Plate Lab: Local chefs add new flavors to poutine, Canada’s comfort food

Vênsette artists will begin carrying Ms. Harper’s products this month, using her moisturizer and floral essence mist to help prepare clients’ skin before makeup application. Making Beauty Their Business 2011-12-07T23:32:25Z

For Revenge of the Sith, in which the titular dynasty consolidates its power, he strains to make up a word that would exude the sulphurous essence of evil. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z