| 单词 | finesse |
| 例句 | UC Berkeley’s medical school would not get over its disdain for John’s studies for years, until the situation was finessed by the creation of a separate laboratory for radiation science in 1942. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She says I don’t look like I’m marching in step anymore so it’s much more natural AND she says that shows a lot of finesse. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I try to finesse it off and I’m sitting there drinking a bottle of WonderAde, okay?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m about to tell him that seven is still a baby but then I remember about finesse so all I say is, I’ll be eleven next month. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope they start behaving so you can come back soon-I will even practice my finesse and keep pace with you when we walk- And I promise I will be yourfriend. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting him there at exactly 8:15 takes a little more finesse. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “We try to be free with our assets. But you need to use some delicacy. A little finesse. At least wait until the old lady falls asleep. Who are you, anyhow?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Kaz had done his best to teach her, but she didn’t quite have his way with breaking and entering, and it took her a few tries to finesse the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a violinist who played a gilded instrument with finesse, but whose face seemed strangely weary for someone who was making such sweet music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kids today. They just don’t understand the finesse of trash talking, Kevin.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He was looking for finesse but I came after him with muscle. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Some guys had finesse, but others were big Shaq Diesel types who could toss somebody around without even trying. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And if you asked him to, he could geld a pony or castrate a pig with the same kind of delicate authoritative finesse Michelangelo must have used carving his Pietd. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard turned away from the window, but she didn’t wait for his response before she added, mildly, “I’d forgotten how much the revolutionary looks like a wrestler, really—but one with finesse.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Up front Chuck Day, the number two man, was trying to finesse it, trying to keep the boat in perfect balance stroke after stroke even as Moch kept calling for more. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ophelia managed to finesse the situation, giving overtime where required by law and dealing with other people on an individual basis. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hoagland would say that now was the time for playing certain finesses, that in the wake of the activity arose those moments that could be manipulated. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With the finesse of a mortician, 1 would lead mourners to the grave. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt heavy enough for me to know I could send it down to the other end with force when needed, but light enough that I could deliver it with the finesse it deserved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The words start to spill out, without finesse or sophistication. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You swing like a boy—all force and no finesse.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Monkeyman had the heart to help me when I needed some help. If you don’t have the heart to help him that’s cool, but don’t try to finesse it off like it’s no big thing.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z People tried to defy orders and merge themselves into the functional lines, but without any of the finesse that I would have brought to the endeavor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “This might be sticky, Gil, and it could use a little finesse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't until he took up running, an activity that re-wards will and determination more than finesse or cunning, that he found his athletic calling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Jack that finesse is not a concept that agrees with him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the moment was right to run a finesse play and leave them so they could have a fullblown talk about it, if just for the time I was off in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though he looks funny I think he has learned a little finesse today. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have no finesse,” a gambler at the Silver Garter once said to him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jim Kim had the finesse and diplomatic skills to deal with bureaucrats and large organizations such as WHO and the World Bank. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Well, perhaps you need a bit of finesse, but I think you’ll do great things, kid.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It’s the simplest finesse, Dennis Hoagland lesson number one, and only effective with virginals like Wen, who would never imagine anything beyond a simple polarity to the world. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Others, he thinks, would do this with less finesse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I have so much finesse, you don’t even know.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was a courageous act, and one that called for much finesse and force of will on Spassky’s part. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For sleight of hand, she realized, so that he can keep contact with coins or cards or finesse the workings of a lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Turner decided that the second time up, he’d finesse the triple. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I guess he doesn’t believe I will Get It and sometimes I’m not so sure either but Mrs. Brook is confident so I’m going to keep working on my finesse. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the clockwork finesse and gentle charm of Corelli, Vivaldi introduced a sense of drama and virtuosity that took his contemporaries’ breath away. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If the tiling had commercial possibilities, it should be done with a certain finesse and quality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In one way, fishing these creeks required finesse; in another way there was nothing even remotely connected to the fine art of trout fishing about this angling process. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest would inherit his father’s vigor but perhaps not all his athletic finesse. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They need to learn some finesse too, I say. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Just twenty-seven years old, Claytor played Rachmaninoff with finesse and a mean game of tennis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was blown away by their finesse; they could take the tip of their blade and hit their target with such precision. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had more finesse to his moves, but she had the advantage of speed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z These stories drift, but Johnson finesses his way through them, his prose vernacular and elevated at the same time. Catching Up With Denis Johnson’s Star-Crossed Drifters 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z “It can be very tricky, and it requires real finesse.” Petraeus Biography Underscores Ethics Questions for Authors 2012-11-14T00:36:11Z She said that she viewed them as steppingstones for the dancers, works that push them to perform at a higher technical level, with greater finesse and articulation. Taking Flight: Julie Kent at Washington Ballet 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Though the long-limbed melody needs a deeper-pile string sound than the Bournemouth orchestra brought to the work, it was played with a great deal of finesse and the closing symphony was equally impressive. Bournemouth SO/Litton - review 2011-03-17T18:01:35Z A finesse would allow the suit to be played without loss, but dummy does not have a trump left. 2010-01-13T23:58:00Z If that sounds like a precariously mopey premise, it’s at least one this band knows how to finesse. The Playlist: Miranda Lambert Bounces Back and Michelle Obama Sings the Hits 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The play's message, about shifting identity in the face of the pressures of urban life, is rammed home repeatedly, with little finesse. Halcyon Days ? review 2011-08-29T17:00:01Z That wine was similarly energetic, but the flavors were red fruit and flowers, a Napa cabernet with finesse. The Art of Winemaking on the Cheap 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And even if I don’t know them, I know how to talk my way through, how to finesse the guards and the rules. Desert bloom: My wedding day, inside a California prison 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But if his finessing gifts of physical description are those of a rarefied aesthete, the cumulative effect is foursquare and convincing. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z Dancers, full of finesse and drive but little urgency, travel up and down the same diagonal; they gesture toward the audience with outstretched, beckoning hands. Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z He blazed through the innumerable hurdles with finesse. Music Review: Ryu Goto and Orpheus in Spirited Mood at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-05T22:12:00Z Bob did not ask Quinn about it directly, but with Olympian finesse, he got his answer anyway. The chaos of the Olympics has arrived. Fortunately, we have Bob Costas. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Sarah Lucas's Ordinary Things at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds jettisoned none of her characteristic double-entendre filth, and her work celebrated physical imperfections with an unprecedented sculptural finesse. The best art exhibitions of 2012 2012-12-29T00:06:26Z The recipe writing lacks a certain finesse, and is therefore better suited for an experienced cook. 2018 is an investment year for cookbooks 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “I’m probably the only son of a billionaire that’s more comfortable in a D10 Caterpillar than I am on a golf cart,” he told the crowd with finesse. Eric and Don have the Trump name, the money, the genes. Here’s what makes them different. 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The summer of 2014 brings “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” a lean, propulsive action-adventure thriller with a raging forest fire as its backdrop and with much more finesse than that description might suggest. ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead,’ a Michael Koryta Novel 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The rapid dialogues of the outer movements of the Second were flawlessly negotiated, the Andante-cum-Scherzo exquisite in its finesse. Tetzlaff/Vogt – review 2013-01-22T13:31:59Z But Saarinen finessed the problem rather like corporate architects today finesse the problem of housing large, impersonal, often rapacious organizations in buildings that suggests transparency, openness and idealism. Perspective | 50 years later, St. Louis’ Gateway Arch emerges with a new name and a skeptical view of western expansion 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The job of finessing this contradiction falls mainly to Mr. Carell, who rises to the task by finding a new, or at least newish, way to be at once creepy, endearing, obnoxious and forgiving. | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ?Dinner Game? Remake 2010-07-29T16:26:00Z He's a whirlwind of manic energy in the role, but some restraint would yield more comic finesse. 'Anarchist': 1970 Dario Fo comedy still packs a punch 2012-07-25T20:22:04Z But Liszt’s “Two Legends” — exquisitely wrought proto- Impressionist pieces of great finesse — suffered the most. The problem with a pianist who plays loudly or softly but not in between 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z With finesse and imagination — and of course ridiculously cute critters — “Burrow” tells the story of a rabbit trying to build herself an underground crib but discovering she needs the help of her new neighbors. ‘The 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Major Issues in Brief 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z If he took the club finesse and it lost, he would definitely fail, conceding at least one heart, three diamonds and one club. Bridge: At the John Roberts Teams, East Forces the Issue 2010-05-30T21:11:00Z It was a responsive and polished orchestra that awaited Schwarz's downbeat and played for him with both alacrity and finesse. A mighty Ninth and soaring voices 2011-12-29T17:30:06Z And as though to prove they share Italian alt rock DNA, there is some confluence of approach between BOF and Husband, with a similar balance between drones and melody, rhythmic finesse and electronic experimentation. New band of the day: Husband (No 992) 2011-03-28T15:29:52Z “The exhibition floors weren’t just practical and flexible. They were also particular, refined and muscular, with their gridded concrete ceilings. Outside and in, the mix of gray granite, concrete and slate conveyed extreme finesse.” Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It's an understandable impulse, but one Canuel follows without finesse, occasionally making the project look a little shoddy. Review: 'Barrymore' a showcase for Plummer 2012-11-14T13:29:08Z Ludwig and Amadeus, Meeting for a Nightcap The members of any string quartet will tell you that it takes a great deal of disciplined work to achieve technical finesse and control. Music Review: Eb?ne Quartet at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2010-08-19T21:21:00Z None of these matters, however, are explored with insight or finesse. Books of The Times: ‘NW’ by Zadie Smith 2012-08-26T19:49:57Z While the camerawork will no doubt be finessed in future broadcasts, the teething problems on Sunday were most apparent in the backstage excerpts. Critic?s Notebook: Orchestra Arrives On Big Screen 2011-01-10T23:01:21Z Nevertheless, their dynamic credibly captured the social class differences between Fitzgerald’s patrician finesse and Hemingway’s macho working-class posturing, and their shared destiny of self-destruction. There's little insight into the literary sparring partners 'Scott and Hem' 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But Incheon is remarkable for the style and finesse it delivers, plate after plate and week after week. Review | A great new Korean restaurant sets itself apart from the pack 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Here's what they had to say about crossed puppet eyes, grooming habits, and enjoying a long career finessing felt. 15 secrets of "Sesame Street" puppeteers 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Godwin tries to finesse the problem by emphasizing from the start the Duke’s own instability. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z His technical command was absolute, and, with orchestra and conductor supplying an accompaniment as notable for nervous energy as finesse, the results were exceptional. Proms 16 & 17: CBSO/Nelsons; SCO/Boyd 2010-07-30T11:09:00Z It sounds like the enforcement wasn’t handled with the greatest finesse. “Run them down”: Glenn Reynolds baffled at brief Twitter ban over inflammatory Charlotte protesters tweet 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z If this took a finesse for declarer, it was something he could do himself. Bridge: No Flights to Reno, but a Flight C Victory 2010-04-14T23:20:00Z Where East won with his ace, South regained the lead, drew trumps and risked the diamond finesse with gratifying results. Bridge: Which Defense Is Better: To Shift or to Force a Ruff? 2011-02-11T22:44:29Z Julia made the distinction between the home cook just cooking, putting it on the table, and cooking with finesse, tasting and understanding what she was doing. Julia Child, a legacy of teaching the joy of food 2012-05-08T16:02:11Z "There was a lot of cement and roughness, but also finesse and luxury." Calvin Klein's Costa stirring more attention 2012-05-16T20:36:09Z It’s pure, fine and balanced, a wine of subtlety and finesse. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z All are making superb, distinctive wines that reflect their Willamette terroirs while respecting the Burgundian ideal: pinot noir as a wine of grace and finesse. The Oregon Trail 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z A blanc de blancs, literally white from whites, is made solely from chardonnay and tends to have great elegance and finesse. Shopping List for Champagne 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Or, less reasonably, he could have finessed his heart six on the second round of the suit. Bridge: Weighing a Tough Choice With a 5-3 Major Fit 2011-05-18T22:49:13Z He looks stunning, supplies partnering of extraordinary skill and seeming ease, and executes the two dissimilar solos with finesse. Critic’s Notebook: In American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia,’ Stars Shine 2013-06-28T21:40:45Z “It’s very elemental, but the craft is all about finesse and very subtle things,” he said. Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z He wanted to win an overtrick, but taking the club finesse was now risky. Bridge: The Buffett Cup in Bridge to be Played in Omaha 2012-09-08T00:15:23Z Their finesse and elegance is expressed in the way they dress, their speech and their gestures. Who invented jollof rice? Senegal beats Ghana and Nigeria to the title 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The Brentano Quartet performed both with stylistic finesse; in the Debussy, the juxtaposition of blurry textures and bright explosions of sound vividly evoked Impressionist painting. Joyce DiDonato Celebrates Camille Claudel at Zankel Hall 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z A few of these: that exquisite tiny pause just before the first appearance of the first-movement melody; and the unbelievable technical finesse of the cadenza — which Hadelich wrote. Review: Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s Halloween night concert with Seattle Symphony was all treats, no tricks 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Rather, it is because of the finesse and commitment that the three actors under Levy’s guidance bring to it. Good acting can’t save ‘Now Comes the Night’ at 1st Stage 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z In the particularly delicious “The Hearts of Our Enemies,” a mother who can’t seem to get anything right takes down her daughter’s predator with extreme finesse. In Three New Collections, Characters on the Edge 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z So he could pick up the suit with a finesse of dummy’s ten if he could only get back to his hand. Bridge: Tom Hanlon Plays Smart Bridge at Gold Coast Congress 2012-03-10T00:20:00Z The latter won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and cemented Dove’s reputation as a writer who masterfully balances narrative and poetic finesse. Rita Dove’s essential new ‘Collected Poems: 1974-2004’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Namely, to accommodate art and people with equal finesse. New Whitney Museum Signifies a Changing New York Art Scene 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z “We are now producing wines with elegance and finesse.” If you want interesting, affordable wines, look to Argentina 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The grinding last scene of the first act, to cite an egregious example, could surely have been finessed into better shape by a director with a little distance from the sometimes overripe oratory. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z While Ms. Reyes impressed with her fan work while doing fouettés, Mr. Lendorf earned his airfare with scissoring jumps and great finesse at the end of strings of pirouettes. Alban Lendorf Performs in ‘Don Quixote’ 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But what separates the peacocks from the good guys is the finesse they employ when displaying this element of "look at me". The Secret Actor on 'look at me' syndrome 2013-05-19T19:00:02Z Despite Mr. Cake’s finesse, this workaround doesn’t work; there is probably no cure for the play’s tonal whiplash. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z In the fullness of time Bessis drew trumps with the aid of a finesse and ruffed two hearts in the dummy. Bridge: French Women?s Team Wins at Ostend 2010-07-14T22:58:00Z Yet Mack's freelancing success this past year hasn't only hinged on his classical finesse. The Washington Ballet let Brooklyn Mack go. He landed at the Metropolitan Opera House. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Each piece somehow suits the instrument he chooses for it; maybe you could imagine him finessing “Orebro Treaty” on something other than bass clarinet, but not as an improvement. Review: Brian Landrus Trio’s ‘The Deep Below’ Is All About the Bass End 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In the second section, a march seems to emerge from the distance, a technical challenge that the brass played with finesse. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z This season she did so with special finesse. Karl Lagerfeld’s Final Chanel Show 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Breathtaking in both the literal and figurative sense, these works require the lung capacity of an Olympian marathoner with the elocutionary finesse of Shaw’s Professor Henry Higgins. Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Television series generally don’t finesse their way through these issues with much subtlety; if they touch them at all, it tends to be as flimsy subplots. "The Last O.G." thrives in its tastier second season 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z In all her new roles, Ms. Laracey showed command, delicacy, finesse. Debuts at New York City Ballet 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Throughout the evening Les Arts Florissants accompanied the singers and performed the instrumental interludes with its customary finesse and a joyous, buoyant and transparent approach. Music Review: ?Le Jardin de Monsieur Lully,? at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2011-09-26T21:49:55Z At the other table, declarer drew trumps and relied on the diamond finesse to go down one. Bridge: Slam Swing at a Qualifier for Grand National Teams 2014-02-19T21:49:15Z When that finesse lost, the contract was down one. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Teams Have Online Practice Bout - Bridge 2011-09-21T22:28:38Z The cocktails could use more finesse, and one night’s pork chop was cooked past optimal, but in light of all that’s so right about this arrival, those criticisms sound like first-world niggles. Barrel & Crow review: At last, quality comes to Bethesda 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In Dunnam’s reworking of this apartment, there’s a lot to be learned about how to finesse interiors that might, at first glance, present irremediable challenges. Arthur Dunnam 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z I have no interest in quality or finesse, only in quantity and waste. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z After thinking for so long at Trick 2 and finally deciding to finesse, I carelessly clicked with my mouse on dummy’s heart deuce. Bridge: Two Missed Opportunities for a Mentor in Cyberspace 2010-08-25T22:18:00Z “Because we’ve been able to finesse it and nuance it for the past year, I’m now comfortable doing so.” You Can’t Spell Cher Without Her (and Her and Her) 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z This wine is a beauty, with balance and finesse, showing ripeness but also elegance. To pair wine with pizza, remember the most important rule: Just have fun with it 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The playing of these gifted musicians more than makes up in excitement energy what it may lack in finesse. Opera & Classical Music Listings for May 23-29 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Craig thought it lacked finesse, but he loved the interpretation of the American Smooth. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z South won in the dummy and took a losing heart finesse. Bridge: Photo Finish in the Spingold at Summer Nationals 2010-08-01T21:55:00Z If West had discarded a club, declarer would have pitched a diamond from dummy, run the clubs and taken the diamond finesse at the end. Bridge: Rockwell Mixed Pairs 2014-03-28T21:50:44Z Even sympathetic readers will notice Jameson losing some of his earlier finesse, almost starting to rant. Review | You think ‘Star Wars’ is childish? You don’t know the power of the dark side! 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z There are blunt criteria set out in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” or DSM-5, but they require finessing in person. Duty to warn: Shrinks can’t say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder — but we can 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Her tone is eloquent in the extreme, and she varies it with finesse. Balsom, Karadaglic a cool match at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It takes time for orchestra musicians to develop finesse and achieve maturity. National Youth Orchestra Flexes Its Muscles at Carnegie Hall 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Also, if the diamond finesse was failing, he would have no chance. Bridge: Houston Lone Star Regional?s Bracketed Teams - Bridge 2012-02-05T22:12:20Z But what I lacked in finesse, I made up for in enthusiasm. How I learned to break the rules of hosting a Dawat 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s making so many shows that it’s grown lazy about finessing them and getting them in front of the right eyeballs. Review | ‘Lost in Space’ is adrift in that vast area between shows for kids and shows for grown-ups 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Mark Twain disbelieved in Shakespeare because he thought that fiction had to be the finessing of fact, grounded in personal history. Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro | Book review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z As the two finessed the album’s title track, Rodgers insisted on placing the chorus at the very beginning of the song — a trick that he had used in Chic’s signature hit, “Freak Out.” David Bowie remembered by his admirers, collaborators and friends 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Hoek finessed the original specifications using state-of-the-art computer software and replaced some of the original components. Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z It was a home away from home, laced with French finesse. In St. Tropez, the Rolling Stones made "Exile on Main St." — and turned rock stars into high society 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z For one thing, the potatoes are treated with the care and finesse they deserve — given that they're, well, one half of the recipe's title. The genius potato salad that converted a potato salad skeptic 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Rather, my problem with Mr. Tisci’s clothes is that his process seems too heavy-handed, without enough perspective and finesse that might make the results just a little more real. Fashion Review: In Paris, the Wimp Effect Takes Hold 2010-06-29T22:42:00Z For much of the set he evoked the swooping charisma of Oum Kalthoum’s vocal lines, worrying and finessing his notes in service of the melody. Review: Ibrahim Maalouf Salutes a Great Arabic Performer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z This season his gutsy treatment of Prince of Wales checks — for suits with open-pleated skirts, smart-looking trousers with full-sleeved ivory satin blouses, an adorable shorts one-piece with a black fur shrug — showed surprise and finesse. | Fashion Review: After the Pressure, the Smoke 2011-03-09T00:49:32Z Then South would have gone down when a simple club finesse would have resulted in 12 tricks. Bridge: Swiss Teams at Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional - Bridge 2012-01-05T00:25:32Z This is all ingenious and fun, and the colors are rich, but the Pilolobus dancers look like what they are: beginners at tango, deficient in finesse. Dance Review: Pilobolus Dance Theater at Joyce Theater 2012-07-17T22:04:05Z By trying to finesse the difference and maximize audiences, ABC inadvertently drew attention to the bitter divide of success and failure. The Tv Watch: Make It New? Oscar Courts Internet Age 2011-02-28T05:33:01Z With subtlety and finesse, Mr. Kigawa produced a haunting palette of crepuscular shades while providing a sensation of flowing continuity across the work’s full span. Music Review: Taka Kigawa, Playing Carter and Zorn at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-08-28T21:38:52Z Hearing it performed with such finesse and assurance made you hope that Mr. Gilbert will come to explore more of Mr. Anderson’s oeuvre in programs to come. Music Review: New Music With the Energy of Youth 2010-12-19T22:07:59Z If they had split 3-2, declarer would have crossed to dummy’s diamond ace and taken the club finesse. Bridge: Putting On the Squeeze at the Honors Club 2010-09-26T21:25:00Z It was this equal passion for rock bombast and classical finesse that made Lord such an unusual musician. Jon Lord 2012-07-16T17:47:58Z Hers was a prodigious memory, but to achieve such effects it also took finesse and courage. Angela Lansbury, Broadway’s Beloved Everywoman 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z But considering the challenge — not to mention the incomparable Tina Fey parody — Ms. Moore plays the candidate with surprising finesse. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z Mr. Sykes, who bears a slight facial resemblance to Hayes, resembles him in another way: his singing depends more on finesse than power. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Breath and Imagination,’ at Hartford Stage 2013-01-26T01:22:56Z The amalgam of ballerina finesse and daft diva antics is brilliant, unsettling, riveting: the epitome of Trocks style. Review: The Trocks Delight With Fabulous Charm 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z When the diamond finesse worked, South was still not out of the woods. Bridge: The Spring Foursomes in Stratford-upon-Avon 2014-05-09T22:17:24Z ISO Outside of the writing, the thing I’m most proud of, in terms of finessing some stuff, was in the second episode. The Creators of ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’ on Conflict as Comedy 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z “We’re looking for the finesse of a brandy with the muscle of a whiskey.” American Brandy Is Surging, Even in Whiskey Country 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z So it is exciting to see newer Chianti producers like Istine, in Radda, doing such beautiful work, making wines of purity and finesse that are nonetheless true to their Chianti Classico roots. 2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Now the best play was to take a club finesse, which would be necessary if North had both club honors. Bridge: Bridge — Knockout Teams at the District 3 Winter Regional 2013-01-30T23:15:10Z And the music on Saturday night was impressive indeed, with performances of power and finesse from the musicians of the Seattle Chamber Music Society. Seattle chamber-music fest proves the little things among the notes mean a lot 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z And, although it was the desire to finesse drug testing that gave a major push to this new class of recreational chemicals, major bath salt ingredients can now be detected in routine urinalysis. The year in synthetic drugs 2012-12-26T17:48:00Z It turned out I drank the same wine, La Bota de Manzanilla 32, in 2012, finding it gentle but intense, with great finesse. 2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Bandit’s aims may be more earthbound, but his skill set represents a fusion of Luke’s finesse and Han Solo’s derring-do. Burt Reynolds: A Star With the Pedal to the Metal 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In his view, only six words are necessary to evaluate a bottle’s essential attributes: “harmony,” “texture,” “layers,” “finesse,” “surprise,” and “nuance.” Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Young’s set was molten and unkempt, yet it had his own kind of finesse. Music Review: Global Citizen Festival, With Neil Young, to Combat Poverty 2012-09-30T16:23:44Z It was one of the few times all evening the pinprick finesse of his playing wasn't covered by an ensemble. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Patterson and Savage navigate the tricky material with finesse and not too much sentimentality, and they mostly pull off an ambitious, dangerously heavy ending. The Fall TV Season Is Back, Smaller Than Ever 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Then she went to the stove and began working with focus and finesse. Two Rising Chefs Enjoy a Busy Reunion at Houseman 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z There’s no other sound in music precisely like Mary Halvorson’s guitar, which she plays with a flinty attack, a spidery finesse and a shiver of wobbly delay. Mary Halvorson on Guitar: Unflinching and Full of Grace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “It’s more of a finesse game as players move slower and jump lower in the sand.” Urban Athlete: Grownups Dig in the Sand, Too 2010-08-26T21:36:00Z There may be echoes of Frankenstein but it emerges that Dr Ledgard is attempting to create something more finessed with Vera: he wants the frail beauty of a human but with supernatural powers. Elena Anaya: Almod?var's new leading lady 2011-08-13T23:04:04Z Mr. Tetzlaff, who will return to Carnegie Hall next season as the featured performer in a Perspectives series, is internationally renowned as an orchestral soloist and recitalist, and valued for his intensity and finesse. Music Review: 3 Players Make Odd Pairing Singular 2010-03-02T22:24:00Z At Schubas, there were no distractions and his vocal lines flowed with a finesse and precision that felt effortless. Concert review: Rhye at Schubas 2013-04-12T06:14:00Z With the diamond finesse working, North-South could have won 12 tricks in either minor suit. Friday A/X Pairs at Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional 2014-01-01T21:46:52Z Risotto lacked finesse, and it, too, was bland, despite nuggets of savory rabbit sausage and a plethora of vegetables, including nettles and radish. Skelly and the Bean: creativity from construction to the kitchen 2012-06-14T20:42:09Z Trump “tells it like it is”; Clinton uses finesse. Style Invitational Week 1197: Picture This — our cartoon caption contest 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Without the temperature gauge of a typical oven, it requires some finesse on the part of the operator in timing the cooking and rotating the rocks to get an even spread of heat. How to cook meat and veg the Indigenous way 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Their seasonal flowers are notably at least half the price of stems you'd find anywhere else, and with just a little finesse, you can create a totally custom arrangement for any occasion. The best houseplants are hiding at Trader Joe's 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Hailing from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, it's a rough-round-the edges performance that makes up in passion for what it lacks in finesse. Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys – review 2012-10-11T20:39:01Z Stylish and snappy, with a lot more faith in the goodness of people than a lot of other cable dramas, "Fargo" is as distinctive as its source material — which isn't an easy trick to finesse. 'X-Men' sequel jumps across time and earlier films 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s always a delight to revisit the company; these dancers flood the auditorium with warmth, finesse and pride in their work. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z Here, declarer had to play an honor to save a trick, but he finessed his eight, perhaps thinking that North had a singleton ace. Bridge: The Trial to Select USA-1 Bermuda Team 2013-06-07T21:43:11Z They rely on Lady Gaga’s old-school finesse, timing, emotionality and lung power. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Lady Gaga Pits Pop Against Authenticity 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But hearing Dylan prod the melodies and finesse the rhythms allows them to be reanalyzed with the Talmudic scrutiny they deserve. Review: Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z He applies finesse in measured amounts, like a road-line painter, and doesn’t linger. Review: R. Kelly’s New Album, ‘The Buffet,’ Offers Sex and Sentiment 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z On other recent albums, Mr. Bleckmann has finessed Broadway show tunes, Weimar cabaret and the songs of Charles Ives. Music Review: Tangled in a Dreamscape With Friends in Tow 2010-09-23T21:21:00Z More important, “Hamilton,” which is directed with vigor and finesse by Thomas Kail and features the multifarious Mr. Miranda in the title role, persuasively transfers a thoroughly archived past into an unconditional present tense. Review: In ‘Hamilton,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Forges Democracy Through Rap 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Eventually, induction’s speed, finesse and how it kept his kitchen cool won him over. The Case for Induction Cooking 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Declarer might have been talked out of the club finesse, thinking that he had discards coming on the diamond suit and not knowing, at Trick 1, that that suit was breaking badly. Bridge: Final of White House Junior International Teams 2014-04-23T21:34:40Z “I find the finesse is amazing and the wines floral and complex.” The cost of a DIY barrel of Bordeaux: $14K and up. The experience? Priceless. 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z These contrasting spaces are framed by bands of a deep orange whose intensity is echoed primarily by the lovers’ garments, which are nonetheless detailed, and bejeweled, with Mughal finesse. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z Gerstein, meanwhile, a performer of finesse and restraint who kept a tight rein on the Rachmaninov, delighted the audience with an encore of one of Earl Wild's 7 Virtuoso Etudes on Themes of Gershwin. Götterdämmerung; BBC Proms – review 2012-07-21T23:05:54Z For their part, men are training to incorporate the stretch and finesse that has long been standard for female dancers. The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The Vita's motion-sensing proves perfect in the puzzle modes, tilting the world with remarkable precision for ultimate monkey manipulation, yet the same finesse is conspicuous by its absence from some of the bonus games. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz – review 2012-11-11T00:06:01Z It was a rollout of extreme finesse in which everyone went home delighted. How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion, perplexity, frustration and panic into an agreeably uncomfortable comedy. Review: ‘A Hologram for the King’ Is Elevated by Tom Hanks’s Portrayal of an American Everyman 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet it is beautifully balanced and shows great finesse, demonstrating talented winemaking under tough conditions. 5 wines to drink as the leaves fall 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Cooper and Mr. Lewis, both with lustrous voices, bring soaring, plush sound to their numbers — and LaTouche’s often-witty lyrics are showcased with particular finesse in Mr. Lewis’s “It’s Not So Bad to Be Good.” Review: God and Devil Gamble on a Soul in ‘Cabin in the Sky’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z There wouldn’t be a lot of finesse to them.” Michael Fassbender and the Robes of Royalty 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Luxembourg’s borders-straddling location means its cuisine is heartily Germanic with a dash of French finesse. Why you should visit Luxembourg instead of Europe’s major capitals 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s easy to see that Robert Fairchild, back after a year on Broadway in “An American in Paris,” has lost much of his former dance finesse. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z With the right touch and knowledge, ingredients that are sharp or even acrid or overly salted can be incorporated into a well-rounded dish with finesse. "Top Chef" producer on that demanding thali challenge: "I'm getting winded just thinking about it!" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Cutting the matrix for a woodblock or linoleum print requires finesse, diligence and calculation. Review | In the galleries: Artists sport their chops with prints on the cutting edge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z That finesse lost, and South eventually drifted down two. Bridge: An Irish Medal at the 1979 European Championships 2014-03-16T21:05:15Z However, until you take the finesse, you will not know if it is winning or losing. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Teams Have Online Practice Bout - Bridge 2011-09-21T22:28:38Z Succumb to the food and drink; cede your wishes to the chef, who cooks with enough finesse and imagination to put Hitchcock on the must-try map of local dining destinations. Bainbridge's Hitchcock is a must-try 2011-08-19T00:02:47Z As Lombardo finessed this collection, she employed a fit model who was a size 8 — not the typical 2 or 4 — and also happened to be 45 years old. Can a faded fashion house reclaim its 1970s glory? Inside the effort to save Anne Klein. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z At her best, Halsey finds ways to explore dark material with lyrical finesse and blunt but crisp production. In Lorde’s Wake, a Groundswell of Female Rebels in Pop 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The White Dove is a lugubrious murder ballad, which Gourlay animated with haunting finesse. Hall?/Mark Elder/Andrew Gourlay ? review 2010-12-05T22:01:00Z At Hilton Head and Davos, they tell one another, sometimes with stagey caveats and sighs, that recent meltdowns prove that most people aren’t capable of self-government and need to be ruled or finessed. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z As a writer, Donohue always seems to know exactly what he is doing, and in “The Boy Who Drew Monsters” he twists the screw on Jack with the finesse of an expert. Peter Straub reviews ‘The Boy Who Drew Monsters,’ by Keith Donohue McCann finesses “Dancer” — his fictionalized account of the life of Rudolf Nureyev — with letters and diary entries. Dear Match Book: Authors I Can Binge-Read 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z As satires go, this one by the writer and director Quinn Shephard is hardly subtle — but though it lacks narrative finesse, “Not Okay” is brimming with provocative in-jokes for the extremely online. ‘Not Okay’ Review: Posting Through It 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z What sets him apart is the exceptional breadth of his repertoire, as well as the technical finesse and idiomatic authority he brings to every piece he plays. He’s the piano man 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z There’s no doubting the finesse of the production, but the technique is so finely honed and executed that it borders on self-parody. At a Berlin Festival, Avant-Garde Theater from Europe and New York 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The Gardner, as if to finesse any confusion, now uses the title “Europa.” 2010-01-15T06:06:00Z Today’s landscape roses don’t need the pruning finesse of hybrid teas. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Lankford slipped out of his seat at an Aaron Neville concert late one December night to finesse some key language, only to learn the next morning that it hadn’t made it into the bill. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Advertisement These dishes, all of which Mr. Keller made famous years ago at the French Laundry in Napa Valley, show his rare combination of American playfulness and rigorous finesse. At Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Slips and Stumbles 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z “Rejecting fashion and fads, he argued vehemently for finesse, elegance and freshness in Bordeaux wines,” the magazine Le Point wrote in an appreciation after his death. Denis Dubourdieu, Who Elevated Bordeaux White Wines, Dies at 67 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z And the reassuringly stock characters require no special actorly finesse to bring to life. Turn the Living Room into a Stage: Read Plays Out Loud 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Her vocal finesse and the production hark back to vintage Latin pop. Review: iLe’s ‘iLevitable’ Finds That Longing Can Turn to Mourning 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Alas, with none of the finesse of La Clique. The Butler 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z But like the brutal, brawling sport that provides Mr. O’Connor with a backdrop, a storehouse of metaphors and a pretext for staging some viscerally effective fight scenes, “Warrior” possesses surprising poetry and finesse. | 'Warrior': ?Warrior,? Directed by Gavin O?Connor - Review 2011-09-08T16:26:17Z Those solos, though, are more individualized than anything else on this program, performed with as much finesse and musicality and much more vigor. At Fall for Dance Festival, Ballet to Hip-Hop 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Ellyn appears sometimes to rush her work, as if too intent on the message to bother with finesse. In the galleries: The free-for-all that is Artomatic 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The wisdom gleaned from that partnership lives on in the way he finesses the melody of a song, like a vocalist, before easing into his own obbligato. Music Review | Houston Person: Cruising or Fired Up, an Unchanging Language 2010-03-05T22:08:00Z South considered finessing dummy’s jack but finally called for the king, dropping East’s queen. Bridge: Americans Move On at World Championships - Bridge 2011-10-19T23:53:54Z “He knows how to finesse in a way that doesn’t interfere with what you bring to it.” Barry Levinson sings a new tune as ‘Diner’ heads to the stage 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The role has been one of her finest for several years: Ms. Murphy’s finesse and power here are driven by passion and heroism. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Whatever the case, as she labored, her band smoothly churned, with a balance of muscle and finesse. Miranda Lambert, Rowdy in the Catskills 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Lively, savory, deep and rich, yet with great finesse. Champagne Seeks to Discover Itself in Single-Vineyard Wines 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z ‘Spring Awakening’ One of the great Broadway musicals of the past decade is born anew with this inventive revival from the Deaf West Theater company, directed with remarkable finesse by Michael Arden. Theater Listings for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z She doesn’t acknowledge her misstep, she finesses it. Television Review: You Can Feel Her Pain (Just Don?t Ask Questions) 2011-06-09T22:00:23Z "Listening to only a small part of her 267 audio tapes, I was humbled by the grace and finesse of her sound and mixes," she said. Celebrating Doctor Who's Delia 2013-01-11T16:40:51Z Jeffers paints Fausto and the objects of his desire with the nonchalant finesse he is known for and in the richly saturated colors he generally favors. These Books Deliver Fables to Live By Today 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The artist has raised and finessed the question of either/or in her self-portraits. A Nicole Eisenman Midcareer Survey in Philadelphia 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It's difficult to imagine anything embodying Vivid's stated theme of "light, music and ideas" with more finesse. Kraftwerk at Vivid Live 2013 – review 2013-05-26T20:31:06Z But then I remind myself that what I may lack now in culinary finesse, I’ve gained in ingenuity, wonder and perseverance that will forever imbue my endeavors. I lost the use of my most important kitchen tool: My hand. The only way forward was to keep cooking. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But how about more finesse on the plate and in the glass, too? Review | I want to cheer for Pom Pom. But it’s complicated. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Played by Rylance, she could easily seem grotesque, but in a performance of incredible finesse and intelligence, he creates a character that exerts her power through wit and intelligence, not looks. Stephen Fry's Twelfth Night: this all-male affair is no one-man show 2012-10-01T15:13:40Z In the flashier role, Williams finesses her many split-second transformations and pivots. ‘Venus in Fur’ at Seattle Rep: explosive tango for two 2014-02-14T02:10:42Z Mr. Adjmi clearly intends to strip away the sugarcoating that sweetened the show’s exploitation of cultural homophobia, but these vulgar jokes bludgeon the point home with zero finesse. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z They remain true to an Old World sensibility, resisting market trends favoring power and impact over finesse. You can thank an 83-year-old Frenchwoman for bringing burgundies to America 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Even if declarer were not willing to risk the club finesse, he could have played a club to the ace and ruffed a club, bringing down the king. Bridge: Bridge: Americans Win 2 Individuals at World Mind Games 2011-12-17T00:40:53Z Mr. Hallberg was joined by five other dancers, who possessed little of his natural finesse; the men’s gawkiness, in particular, was jarring. Review: ‘Fortuna Desperata,’ in Which David Hallberg Explores the Beginnings of Ballet 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Based in Douro, port country, he pioneered the movement toward making lighter, fresher wines that aimed for finesse rather than power. 20 Under $20: Wines That Feed the Soul 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Many constructions feature finessed concrete, he says, “massaged to look pristine”— an impulse he rails against. A Sculptor Takes His Craft to the Skies 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The lushly recorded lament opens with a tight guitar line; he bends his notes with finesse. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Now it would have required double-dummy play to get home by drawing trumps and taking two diamond finesses through East. Bridge: Summer North American Championships 2013-08-09T21:19:59Z “Digging plant fossils is like prison work. It’s making big rocks into small rocks all day. It’s not finesse work,” he said. As a kid, Matthew Carrano was obsessed with dinosaurs. Now he’s one of the world’s experts. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z I’ve seen this play’s wars of words executed with more finesse and intricacy in other productions in recent years. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z Most of the painting and drawing is of the naive school, but Kat Lyons shows more finesse in her picture of an ant in a blazing forest, inspired by California’s wildfires. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores the dissonance between humanity and the world 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z This was vintage Lauren, both in the finesse of his work and in the dark romance of the Edwardian era, which brought puffed shoulders on taut velvet jackets as well as the dark flowers. Special Report: Ralph Lauren's Downtown Boho 2010-02-18T17:42:00Z You’ll want to pat your hair back into place after that scene, but the pilot also shows how Kane leverages alliances and deceit to finesse his problems. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z This region produces delicate, citrusy expressions of Riesling with great finesse. American Riesling: 5 great bottles to try Ravel’s lush orchestral music requires infinite subtlety of texture combined with rhythmic finesse. Baltimore Symphony goes waltzing without the usual partners 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The editing should underscore the mood too, accelerating and decelerating with the finesse of a Le Mans driver. Toronto Film Festival closes with a whimper 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Maxwell's vocal performance was perfectly finessed, a vaguely nasal tenor one moment and an airy falsetto the next. Concert review: Maxwell at KeyArena 06/02/10 2010-06-03T12:01:00Z This wasn’t Mr. Jacobs’ most moving collection, but it had a finessing glamour and was a natural follow to last season’s elegant show and longer lengths. Marc Jacobs: Mauve and Iris 2010-09-15T03:28:00Z But with the interview early in the morning and my flight in the afternoon we gambled that we’d be able to finesses it, and we did. My gay green card marriage 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z But he was worried that if South had the ace-jack, this lead would allow declarer to take a finesse he could not organize for himself. Bridge: West Dangles a Fatal Finesse Before Declarer, but in Vain 2010-08-13T20:55:00Z Lawrence Stallings notably contributes soaring vocals and comic finesse. 'Family Album' confirms Stew and Rodewald's musical instincts 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The simple rule is: yes if the finesse is winning, but no if it is losing. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Teams Have Online Practice Bout - Bridge 2011-09-21T22:28:38Z It’s a wine known for its finesse, elegance and subtlety, as opposed to the power and majesty of Latour and the flamboyance of Mouton Rothschild, owned by a different branch of the family. A 150-Year-Old Wine and Its Descendants Reveal Their Secrets 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The Foillard is fuller-bodied than the others, a mixture of power and finesse, with a pronounced licorice flavor among the red fruits, spices, flowers and minerals. Morgon, in All Its Gorgeous Complexity 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “The Butcher Boy” might have been finessed into a sharper, more forceful black comedy if the score from Muldoon, who is not yet a senior in college, had developed a more distinctive point of view. Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z And the high point may well be his shoot-the-moon strategy to finesse the Lucky Strike blow. Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom 2010-10-14T21:27:00Z Her allusions might be unclear, but the work is presented with such finesse it's always convincing. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z And while they are pretty easy to whip up in the comfort of your own kitchen, they also require a certain finesse to truly perfect them. This is the best cooking fat for making the fluffiest scrambled eggs ever 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Despite all the pageantry there was still something slightly unfinished about this performance, with its emphasis on scale and spectacle, not on polish and finesse. Music Review: 2NE1, Korean-Pop Group, at Prudential Center in Newark 2012-08-19T21:54:02Z In those days, in terms of finesse, the San Francisco Ballet looked a great deal below the international caliber it enjoys today. Dance Review: Piece?s Twists and Turns Are Literal and Figurative 2010-10-04T21:35:00Z Andrew Veyette’s James was appropriately impulsive, but wavered in crispness: His power was more an effect of push than finesse. Review: ‘La Sylphide’ Is City Ballet’s Bittersweet Valentine 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z I had to work with my team to finesse every joke in the movie to maximize that feeling of surprise and ensuring it would get a laugh. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Cusk never considers that there are genuinely malevolent people in the world who can fane politeness and finesse polite people for malevolent purposes. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 5: Quinn Is Not Your Ideal Babysitter 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The women in Patrick’s life, whom Scott sketches with equal finesse but no unwarranted sympathy, are mostly enablers and patsies. Review: In ‘Three Kings,’ Hot Priest Sheds His Cassock 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z So the government turned to regional militia bands to finesse the matter. Art Review: ‘Samurai!’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-05-02T21:35:50Z It doesn’t pack the power and finesse of some of the more expensive labels, but it has the proper mélange of citrus, spice and nuts in its flavor basket. The vintage stuff is glorious — and pricey. But there are other ways to enjoy port. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The clothes were all executed with ebullient wit and great finesse. Special Report: Haute Couture: National Treasure 2010-07-07T17:26:00Z But this overly busy performance piece lacks finesse in its execution. Theater Review: ‘Tar Baby,’ With the Comic Desiree Burch 2013-01-10T21:52:00Z And dishes like the buttermilk fried wings, the pickled shrimp on rye bread, and the roasted-and-smoked chicken with cornbread pudding demonstrate the kitchen’s finesse with classic grub. These Are the 10 Best New Southern Restaurants 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Afterward, she more or less finesses the photographer-or-sculptor question herself: The models are discarded; the pictures remain. Art in Review: Yamini Nayar: ‘An Axe for a Wing-bone’ 2013-12-05T21:41:19Z The charm of the new American romantics is in the lightness of touch and finesse of fabrics. Special Report: Fashion: Addicted to Love 2011-02-13T17:19:03Z He also burns with a monomaniacal energy, channeled through Mr. Lane’s well-honed comic finesse, that absorbs your utter interest and makes him as ridiculously seductive as Greta Garbo. Review: ‘The Front Page’ Is Diverting, but Don’t Stop the Presses 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The Philharmonic is a mighty instrument, and Freer had the orchestra playing softly and with great finesse—exquisite harp, guitar, and woodwind solos, the strings murmuring or rustling, except during the love music. “The Godfather” at the Philharmonic 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z It is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe with superb finesse, and looks astonishing – yet, nearing the end of its 90 minutes, I found myself glancing furtively at my watch. The Old Woman – review 2013-07-05T13:45:05Z They’re already here, you ding-dongs, and here’s the best one going — a disgusted quartet from Texas whose rough touch sounds something like finesse. Perspective | Best music of 2017: Cardi B paints the world ‘Bodak Yellow’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z As expected, these practiced actors perform with relish and finesse. Review: ‘Morning’s at Seven’ Awakens Again, Only to Hit Snooze 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z His role in Russell's somewhat cumbersome book has been finessed by Condon's staging and dramaturgical interventions. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z That evening, I witnessed the essence of finesse: Flavia elevated simple dishes into something remarkable, without recourse to measuring cups or cookbooks. When in Rome, Learn to Cook Italian 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Regular ricotta lacks the decadence and thickness of cream cheese, but with a little finesse, you've got a decent substitute on your hands. The 11 best cream cheese substitutes for cooking and baking 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Professional groups of long-standing bring rather more mature finesse to their discourse. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Organic flux and decay are essential elements of Nash's various projects, with warping and cracking contributing a crucial finesse to the works' blunt and bold aesthetic. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z And in "Looking for Saints," she shows remarkable finesse with watercolors, gouache and pencil as she spins illusions within illusions. Davidson Galleries: Artists play mind games using sharp skills 2012-07-18T18:52:03Z Details like phrase endings were handled with finesse in the first movement of Brahms’s Third Symphony on Saturday, to the point that they seemed as if they were being positioned, one by one, with tweezers. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Did he finesse dummy’s ten or rise with the queen? Bridge: He Misplaced the Club Honors, So Misguessed the Diamonds 2010-07-23T23:24:00Z Expect a level of technique and finesse that may make you gasp. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for February 2018 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z When West ruffs, dummy overruffs, declarer trumps the last heart in his hand and takes the winning diamond finesse. Bridge: American Contract Bridge League and Barry Rigal 2012-11-23T22:13:39Z The shortcomings of the British characters are finessed by shifting attention to an American interloper whose malignancy is exceeded only by his shallowness. Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But she quickly developed into a painter of finesse, insight and daring. Perspective | Best visual art of 2021: Jasper Johns in two venues, Medici portraits and text-based artist Barbara Kruger 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z After winning the first trick with his heart ace, declarer played a diamond to dummy’s ace and took the winning club finesse. Bridge: At the Goldman Pairs, Figuring Which Minor to Ruff 2010-06-02T22:24:00Z Given the severity of this recent blunder, it is not clear the Archives can be trusted to finesse our most complicated cultural and archival challenge, a reassessment of history that is rigorous, honest and inclusive. Perspective | The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Given his flair for large-scale Romantic period and modern works, and bigger the better, Dudamel may not seem a natural fit for the Classical style, which is all about the balance and finesse. With Dudamel and Mozart, there's life in the old 'Linz' yet 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But, by all accounts, he was a success, overseeing events large and small with finesse while remaining in the background. How Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop lover from Philly, became social secretary 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z We may wish to fight or finesse it, but ultimately it will win. In movies such as 'Boyhood' and 'Interstellar,' time is of the essence 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z With barely a pause, Hahn launched into and promptly owned the exuberant third movement, spinning its rhapsodic dance rhythms with force, finesse and, once again, humanity. Review | My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z In Italy, you should never underestimate the amount of finesse brought to bear on the most elemental of pleasures. When in Rome, Learn to Cook Italian 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Stroppa’s investigations have led predominantly into electronic music, and the two purely acoustic chamber works presented at Tanglewood recreated a sense of digitally finessed layers and textures. Critic’s Notebook: George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’ Caps Tanglewood Festival 2013-08-13T21:39:43Z It was a matter of finessing the details and adding a few characters, like Paulette and her friendship. ‘Legally Blonde’ Oral History: From Raunchy Script to Feminist Classic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z A bather in a full-scale drawing exhibits not much more finesse than a bather drawn on an accounting receipt. The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z To get home now, South had to take the club finesse to get those three tricks into the bank. Bridge: Bridge — District 3 Winter Regional in Rye Brook, N.Y. 2013-01-26T00:22:22Z But this richly imagined play, directed with finesse by Moisés Kaufman, depicted with a bold lyricism the murky world of warfare from the perspective of both the soldiers on the ground and the Iraqi citizens. Favorite Nights at the Theater 2011-12-17T01:30:04Z In diamonds, you play low to the queen, planning to finesse the ten next. Bridge: Bridge: An Opening Lead Is Steered by the Bidding 2011-10-09T22:17:57Z Shown under its original title, Wu Xia, when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, provides a lesson in how to make an internationally appealing action film with depth, feeling and explosive finesse. Dragon: The One-Armed Swordsman With a Heart 2012-11-29T15:00:15Z Outside and in, the mix of gray granite, concrete and slate conveyed extreme finesse. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s an image that the band cultivated, of course, but it wouldn’t have stuck if it weren’t for Mr. Page’s skill, finesse and imagination, which made him one of the most influential guitarists in history. Few Words and a Whole Lotta Pictures 2010-09-07T22:46:00Z But I use Justin’s choreography: It has this raw strength to it, and a finesse and grace, so I relate to that. A Ballet Crowd, Bustin’ Out All Over ‘Carousel’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” backfires by hating the mothers instead: without finesse, making fun of a woman’s self-hatred can look like a lot like misogyny. The TV Watch: ?I Hate My Teenage Daughter,? on Fox 2011-11-29T23:19:39Z Craig thought it lacked finesse, but he loved the interpretation of the American Smooth. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z “In our generation, the shattering of gender roles will be a hot topic,” Mr. Kim gushes before making way for Deok-su’s next trial — photographed, like the others, with gloss and finesse. JK Youn’s ‘Ode to My Father’ Features a Korean Odyssey 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The result is a lovely, lacy Champagne of great freshness, energy and finesse. Seeing 2021 Out With a Pop, a Pour and a Fizz 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z He described the four characteristics of fine cognac as “precision, roundness, finesse and persistence.” A two-barrel salute to the friendship of Lafayette and Washington 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The LPO sound good in this repertoire, and the playing throughout was exceptional in its warmth, finesse and detail. LPO/Elder – review 2013-01-24T13:09:24Z “Manipulator” is different: These are simple songs, but finessed and articulate, the band tight and contained, with a string section on three tracks. New Releases From Brad Paisley and Ty Segall 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Here the finesse worked, and declarer claimed 10 tricks. Bridge: Bridge - Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional in Manhattan 2013-01-12T01:30:11Z One reason may be that the balance and finesse are particularly tricky, requiring maturity, while the music itself expresses the impulsive youth of a possibly manic-depressive young composer. With Dudamel and Mozart, there's life in the old 'Linz' yet 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “What you keep unseen will cost you nothing,” Twyford’s shifty Elizabeth murmurs as she tries to finesse her options. To kill a queen: Mary vs. Elizabeth in Schiller classic ‘Mary Stuart’ at the Folger 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z 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 But too often others in the cast confuse loud, vigorous mugging with comic finesse. Seattle Rep mounts redo of ‘Inspecting Carol’ romp | Theater review 2012-11-30T23:03:22Z When Mr. Ryback takes center stage to untie one of the knots in the plot, Mr. Blumenkrantz works the keyboard with equal finesse. Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z It’s hard to imagine this music emerging with more loving finesse and more exquisite detail. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet demonstrates his mastery of Ravel 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The lengthy middle “ghostlike” movement emerged with careful finesse, and the finale was an explosion of energy. Premiere of ‘Inland Seas’ generates buzz at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s summer festival 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The two shared a taste for drugs and a preference for energy over musical finesse, Mr. Stampfel said this week. How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z When the finesse worked, declarer led a diamond to his queen, noting the ten and jack appearing from East. Bridge: Silodor Open Pairs at the Spring Nationals 2014-04-16T21:30:13Z To Bobbitt that meant finesse and ordered structure mixed with the muscular expression of the Pacific Northwest. Home is the real treasure after traveling the world 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In group sections, a duet and a solo, it shows off the technical finesse of the company’s excellent dancers. Review: At Lar Lubovitch’s Golden Anniversary, No Surprises 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The focus among professional architects is the creation of effective buildings, buildings that don’t solve every problem with hammer and nails, buildings that finesse elegant solutions to a growing list of architectural needs and necessities. Perspective | Why Trump shouldn’t be allowed to dictate how federal buildings are designed 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Called the Philosopher, it marries Mr. Koons’s artistic skills and Mr. Carpenter’s technical finesse. Jeff Koons Designs a Snowboard (With an Assist From Plato) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z When East shifted to a club, declarer won with his now-singleton ace, played a heart to dummy’s ten, took the diamond finesse twice and had nine tricks: four hearts, four diamonds and one club. Bridge: Houston Lone Star Regional?s Bracketed Teams - Bridge 2012-02-05T22:12:20Z A dancer of uncommon finesse and control, he requires no external assistance to convey the illusion of operating in lower gravity. Review: ‘Borderline’ Is Rigged, to Fantastic Effect 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Friedman suggests bringing in inspiration photos but staying open-minded to little tweaks that may be finessed on the fly. Why Is Everyone Going Brunette? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z With his characteristic attention to tone, detail, visual design and thematic depth, Almodóvar executes a cinematic hat trick, combining cinematic artistry, extravagant entertainment and emotional seriousness with finesse and seriousness of purpose. Perspective | Best movies of 2021: Almodóvar just gets better, family films make a comeback 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Even after the favorable start many declarers would fail by taking the trump finesse. Bridge: Remembering a Champion Who Had Great Table Presence 2011-06-01T22:43:17Z But he naïvely led a diamond to dummy’s queen, a finesse that was sure to lose. Bridge: Disappointing Deal, Then a Surprise Ending 2011-04-20T21:42:51Z In class one morning a few weeks ago, the dancers moved with energy and finesse, the curve of their arms streamlined, their bodies alert. Miami City Ballet: Feeling That Warmth and Attack 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z He led a band that played with ragged finesse, tearing at the fabric of songs even in the quietest moments. Concert review: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Chicago Theatre 2013-04-02T05:31:00Z Oundjian's conducting was businesslike and built some ringing climaxes, but generally lacked finesse: the Vltava's waters were slow-moving, the fortress walls at Tabor lightweight. RSNO/Oundjian – review 2013-03-24T13:53:47Z A software program developed by Mr. Supko juxtaposed samples from the audio database into multitrack compositions; the duo then finessed the computer’s handiwork into these trancelike, emotive and eerily beautiful tracks. Classical Playlist: Beethoven, Brahms, John Luther Adams and More 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The New York Times called it “a pedestrian and listless adventure,” bemoaning the lack of scandal promised in the title; The New York Herald-Tribune’s critic found a lamentable absence of “finesse.” ‘Lured’ and ‘A Scandal in Paris’: Douglas Sirk’s Costume Capers 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z When Chad McQueen was a boy, his father, the actor Steve McQueen, wouldn’t get rattled by much in Hollywood, finessing filmmakers and executives to become one of the world’s first global celebrities. Cannes 2015: For Steve McQueen, a posthumous French return 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The Concert Chorale of New York, meticulously prepared by its director James Bagwell, sang with warmth and finesse. A Diva, Two Pianists and a Pair of ‘Messiahs’: Classical Music This Week 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z If, though, East had started with king-third of clubs, declarer would need two dummy entries: one to take the two club finesses and one to return to the dummy after unblocking the club ace. Bridge: Putting On the Squeeze at the Honors Club 2010-09-26T21:25:00Z Authenticity is not sufficient when speaking the verse, though; it requires more finesse than some of the young actors yet possess. Review: Young Bros and Maidens Harmonize in ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Unlike their male counterparts, who went on strike at the World Cup and refused to train, the Frenchwomen played with persistence and finesse. The TV Watch: Daytime Show About Women Isn?t Soap Opera 2011-07-13T23:01:09Z It was during this act that I finally stopped laughing long enough to sit back and appreciate the show’s unlikely finesse. The Sublime Chaos of “Noises Off” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z It also works for the subtly escalating comedy that Ms. Hausner, with finesse and fine timing, sneaks into her story with dogs, sidelong looks and deadpan. Review: ‘Amour Fou,’ About the Woman in a Poet’s Suicide Pact 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “It lacks the ability to finesse your dish.” Instant Pot vs. Dutch oven: Which makes better food? 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z TCP, along with pianists David Friend and Oliver Hagen, creates the exquisitely enveloping, undulating soundscapes so characteristic of mature Reich with great imagination and finesse. CD reviews: Slatkin turns to France; a Reich retrospective. 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Actually, Sirk’s finesse was so fine as to be almost invisible. ‘Lured’ and ‘A Scandal in Paris’: Douglas Sirk’s Costume Capers 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Smith’s finesse with blocker bags was on display one afternoon in late June at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pa. He was playing a pro qualifier match. Meet one of the nation’s top pro cornhole players. Yes, cornhole. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The ’13 is dense but fresh and vibrant, pure Napa in the sense that red fruit flavors dominate, but with complex, earthy, spicy accents, great finesse and lovely balance. Inglenook Focuses on the Long Term to Regain Its Glory 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Radnor's simplistic formal structure is executed with precision, but there's no finesse, particularly in the transitions between relationship sagas. 'happythankyoumoreplease': three love stories that run together 2011-03-24T22:23:08Z Its primary mission, playing new American works with finesse and commitment, has become more common among mainstream institutions. Music Review: Light and Color in an Undulating Cloud 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z Shows within shows can be clever spoofs, or they may operate as deft winks acknowledging some broader point that can’t cannot be adequately finessed within the main narrative. Finally, "The Man in the High Castle" fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z "There wasn't a nervous second in your performance," Williams observed, complimenting Carter's pitch and finesse. 'The Voice' recap: Season 7 starts with new coaches, new possibilities 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Fact and fiction meld so neatly that it seems as if every character is drawn from real life — a compliment to Martin’s able research, psychological acuity and verbal finesse. ‘The Ghost of the Mary Celeste’: a haunted 19th century 2014-02-05T21:15:29Z In the nineteen-thirties, after a decade of finessing the chiaroscuro subtleties of black-and-white, he mastered carbro color printing, an intricate, now obsolete process favored by magazines and Madison Avenue. When Color Was Vulgar: Paul Outerbridge’s Avant-Gardist’s Eye 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Winters is an outstanding actress as well as a singer of extraordinary grace and finesse. ‘Dr. Sun Yat-sen’ in the American Premiere at Santa Fe Opera 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z But it took another decade to finesse the script, get financial backing and find the right Sonia. Freida Pinto: ‘I wouldn’t work with Woody Allen again’ 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z “I was appointed not to be self-defense minister but defense minister,” he said, as he tried to finesse the crisis. Abroad: In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis 2011-03-14T16:58:11Z Conductor Stefano Ranzani gave a vital and energetic account of the score, supporting but never overwhelming the singers, and the orchestra played Verdi’s glittering music with considerable finesse. At Seattle Opera, a much different look at ‘La traviata’’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z With irony and finesse, his works portray objects and spaces with a deadpan realism that is undermined by sheer impossibilities.• Cy Twombly, Ren? Magritte and Thomas Struth ? the week in art 2011-07-08T16:17:00Z Mulebone’s servers are the chatty sort who were probably hired more for their energy than their polish, and that’s fine to a point; technical finesse is easier to teach than genuine warmth. Mulebone review: With a new chef’s help, Andy Shallal steps up his game 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In a musical form not famous for literary finesse, “Summer” lowers the bar. With 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' heaven knows the Queen of Disco deserved better than this 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z With a combination of nostalgia, finesse and funk, she breathes new life into ingredients like cured fish, pickled cherries, wild mushrooms, farmer’s cheese and pumpernickel bread. Russian New Year’s Eve: Christmas, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, All Rolled Into One 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z There are some clunky moments in the dialogue and direction, and maybe Ferrara doesn't quite finesse the switches between French and English, but Welcome to New York has the brutal courage of its convictions. Welcome to New York review – Abel Ferrara is unencumbered by good taste 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Her music is characteristic, peculiar electro-pop with a finesse that many other artists lack. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z 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 The stories were often dark and gruesome, but told with technical finesse, clearly influenced by Hollywood as well as Asian cinema, and unafraid to switch up tone and genre. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z When the queen dropped, declarer drew the last trump and took the diamond finesse, which was a certainty through West, the opening bidder. Bridge: Bridge — NEC Bridge Festival in Yokohama 2013-04-19T22:56:57Z He uses the pedal with great finesse to create a subtle lyrical flow, rather than attempt to achieve the effect of harpsichord clarity. Igor Levit, the best Russian pianist you haven't heard...yet 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z This 1972 documentary focuses on a part of the war that its later fictional counterparts would try to finesse and explain away: the atrocities carried out by US forces against civilians in Vietnam. From Platoon to Winter Soldier: 10 of the best Vietnam war films 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Holbein’s two famous ambassadors had been sent from France to finesse this deal. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z West would have ruffed, taken a second club finesse and continued clubs. Bridge: Bridge — Knockout Teams at the District 3 Winter Regional 2013-01-30T23:15:10Z Limani doesn’t always duplicate its finesse at the grill throughout the kitchen. Restaurant Reviews: Limani and Estiatorio Milos in Midtown 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Note that after West won with his king, South had a ruffing finesse available in diamonds to establish a winner on which to discard his club loser. Bridge: Bridge - Second World Mind Sports Games in France 2012-08-19T21:23:34Z Its time-honored template is merely a canvas on which to apply technical finesse. Ha Jung-woo Stars in ‘Kundo: Age of the Rampant’ 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Making clean lines and sharp corners from bison requires a lot of skill, finesse and hand work.” | Parabellum’s Artisanal Leather Goods, Sourced from American Bison 2013-07-15T22:00:10Z Elsewhere, though, his vocal passagework was impressive and accurate, displaying solid technical finesse. Ponytail with passion: violinist, conductor and countertenor Dmitry Sinkovsky plays Benaroya Hall 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Quinto brings a grave simplicity to his role as the narrator of sorts, and plays two other parts with equal finesse. Review: ‘Smokefall,’ About Several Generations of an Eccentric Family 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Throughout, Carl Bettendorf conducted with exacting care, and the performers combined technical finesse with a palpable commitment that made these formidable works approachable. Music Review: Jazz Meets Classical at the Miller Theater 2010-07-25T23:55:00Z Playing the percentages, Fisher finessed his jack and made the contract. Bridge: A Championship Is Up for Grabs in Croatia 2011-08-21T21:31:49Z But mostly there’s the rapping, which purposely eschews intricacy and finesse in favor of something harder hitting. Pop: Raw Rap: Waka Flocka Flame and Chief Keef 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z As Melchior, the budding intellectual later scapegoated by poisonous pedagogues, Austin McKenzie charts the turbulent waters from innocence to experience with extraordinary finesse. An emotionally charged 'Spring Awakening' by Deaf West Theatre 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Whether we would get the same finesse from the rest of his party we may doubt. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z Chatting informally with the audience, Parker established a relaxed, friendly vibe — and then knocked everyone’s socks off with a powerhouse recital of jaw-dropping intensity and finesse. Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power | Classical review 2013-05-09T17:32:36Z Certain cast members have finesse with the material: Julie Shanahan, a company veteran, delivers monologues with ease as she uses the weight and silkiness of her body to punctuate her words. Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He'd spent his whole life taking stupidity and finessing it into an art, by making videos for the Offspring and adding pointlessly dramatic sound effects to hair-swishes in the Charlie's Angels films. Terminator Salvation recap: McG gives us a robotic sequel with added stupidity 2013-07-12T11:20:00Z This is food backed up with time-tested finesse. When in Barcelona, I’ll have what José Andrés is having 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Her good eye, empathy and finesse would get recast into the irreducibly complex realm of ethics. Sex, Death, Suffering and Surrealism, in New Books of Poetry 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Don’t look for toasty, brioche notes; this is a wine of filigree and finesse. This savory, silky $14 pinot noir is worth stocking up on 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The ideal was smash cuts and montage, a high-speed collage – but montage in fiction seemed very difficult to finesse. Adam Thirlwell: a revolution of the book 2012-06-15T21:55:17Z Unlike the blunt social media posts of Ye and Irving, this set was a work of art, elusive and layered, displaying finesse and paradox. When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Brendan relies more on technical finesse and a capacity to withstand punishment. | 'Warrior': ?Warrior,? Directed by Gavin O?Connor - Review 2011-09-08T16:26:17Z Holland tracks his failures to finesse the postwar turnovers in power — though he did find a way with the Nazis — and his unorthodox approach and ample wealth don’t sit well with postwar apparatchiks. ‘Charlatan’ Review: The Miracle Worker 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The finesse lost, but South had the rest of the tricks. Bridge: District 3 Winter Regional’s Friday Open Pairs 2014-01-29T22:18:48Z Guadagni's early distrust of virtuosity was a matter of aesthetics rather than technique, and Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for him by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone. Iestyn Davies: Arias for Guadagni – review 2012-06-07T21:55:01Z There are drawings on paper made with all the finesse of Picasso, and perhaps even more humanity. Review | The new David Hockney exhibition shows why he was such an art-world rebel 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Going through these traumas and emerging laughing, “I don’t think a lot of people do that with such finesse,” said Anne Kauffman, the director of “The Bedwetter.” Sarah Silverman’s Family Show (Really!) About Divorce and Depression 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z But consider what would have happened if declarer had taken a heart finesse at Trick 2. Bridge - Yeh Brothers Cup in Japan 2013-05-12T21:32:38Z A sprawling enterprise like “Mastersingers” is a company effort, and the company here — chorus, orchestra and lesser roles — was in superb form under Edward Gardner, who conducted with finesse and style. Review: ‘Meistersinger,’ Wagner’s Playful Paean to Culture, in London 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “Although Monk’s recorded piano sound is percussive,” Mr. Pareles went on, “the film shows him using the sustain pedal within single notes, using extraordinary finesse.” Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z With three top losers in the minors, declarer at first thought she would need the heart finesse to succeed. Bridge: Bridge Players Tom and Carol Sanders 2012-08-31T21:58:58Z And because this album’s production is so tame and thin, he often sounds like a man finessing his Marvin Gaye impression while the Weather Channel drones in the next room. Robin Thicke ignites discussion with ‘Paula,’ but these songs aren’t worth talking about One way the question is answered — or perhaps finessed — is by the optimistic, encouraging tone that tends to sneak in at the end. Movie Review: ?Last Call at the Oasis,? a Documentary About Water Supplies 2012-05-03T23:00:12Z Dena Abergel, the children’s ballet master of City Ballet, considers many things, from a dancer’s size and dependability — how often does an 11-year-old hold a Lincoln Center stage? — to dramatic finesse. After Misty Comes Marie. Breaking Barriers in ‘The Nutcracker.’ 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The New York Times critic Mike Hale said the series “unspools with the fluidity, narrative finesse and sardonic, dirty humor” that its creator, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, brought to “Fleabag.” What’s on TV Saturday: College Football and ‘Killing Eve’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Roasted eggplant agnolotti showed the most finesse of three pastas I tried. Kirkland’s Volterra has a familiar menu but a modern vibe 2013-01-17T22:03:42Z By 1982, he had claimed his permanent spot as rock’s great dummy-poet, taunting the future with savage finesse: “In the space age, the village idiot rules!” Perspective | Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s not just the way he moves, with uncultivated finesse — dreamily, animalistic, like a rock star. This Joker’s a Dancer, Too 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Even a winning club finesse would get him up to only eight tricks: four hearts, one diamond and three clubs. Bridge: Houston Lone Star Regional?s Bracketed Teams - Bridge 2012-02-05T22:12:20Z Harrison played the proto-punk stomper with glee, setting aside his studio finesse for a song that sounded almost as a raw as a certain young band in Hamburg in 1962. Review | Dhani Harrison stakes out his own sound 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In this exuberant number, called “The Cover Is Not the Book,” Miranda, in pink vest and purple trousers, releases the rhythmic finesse of the Alexander Hamilton that still lives and breathes inside him. Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z This season his gutsy treatment of Prince of Wales checks … showed surprise and finesse.” | Yves Saint Laurent Wins! 2011-03-09T03:55:10Z This, Hill explains later, is a stage-conjurer's term for finessing a trick. Faustus doctored as Marlowe gets a monster-inspired makeover 2013-02-28T12:47:03Z They matter more now that the menu is rich with check-goosing banquet dishes and the restaurant aims for a degree of finesse. Restaurant Review: Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Did you change or finesse any wording in the dialogue or did you only delete excess material? Among Friends: Linda Rosenkrantz on 'Talk' 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z In delivery and affect these individuals reminded me a bit too much of Richard Maxwell’s New York City Players, without achieving the formal, deeply earned heft and finesse of Mr. Maxwell’s explorations. Theater Review: ‘Everyone Was Chanting Your Name,’ at Abrons Arts Center 2013-05-13T20:46:37Z But then, he has had years to finesse those ideas. New band of the day - Flume (No 1,405) 2012-11-28T16:14:53Z If West had switched to a trump or played another club, I would have taken the heart finesse. Bridge: Two Missed Opportunities for a Mentor in Cyberspace 2010-08-25T22:18:00Z The Pistols had power to spare but little grace or finesse. John Lydon recalls life as a punk (and beyond) in 'Anger Is an Energy' 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s made entirely of chenin blanc and wears its chenin personality of honey, lemon, flowers and yeast, with all the finesse of a good Champagne. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Spring Edition 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z For a $15 wine, this bottle has great delicacy and finesse. 20 Wines Under $20: For When the Weather Is Sultry 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z And while the documentary successfully champions stunt women’s dignity in the workplace, it lacks finesse — failing to showcase their talents in a way that would be exciting for an audience outside the industry. ‘Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story’ Review: A Woman’s Right to Fight 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z It sometimes makes up in enthusiasm what it occasionally lacks in finesse, but the best of the performances are very fine. Hasse: Didone Abbandonata – review 2013-02-20T14:59:01Z Mozart was, in effect, a dramatist in music, endowed with a finesse and a power of psychological insight akin to that of the greatest novelists. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The strings played with filigreed elegance, the woodwinds with admirable finesse. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit Mr. Black, on drums, struck an elusive truce between bombast and finesse, driving his agenda along with the pulse of the tune. Review: Jim Black Trio at Le Poisson Rouge 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Ax played the Copland variations with such probing finesse, however, that he made the audience really listen, and ignited an enthusiastic response. Emanuel Ax at Benaroya: From thorny to daring to magical 2012-03-12T03:11:32Z Huge, with pebbly skin and a distinctive bump at the top, very easy to peel and seedless, it is intensely sweet but balanced by refreshing acidity, a blend of power and finesse. Mandarin Oranges, Rising Stars of the Fruit Bowl 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The orchestra uses period instruments and plays them with a finesse and vitality that has no equal. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The cooking doesn’t always have the old finesse and bravado that my colleague Frank Bruni found when he gave the restaurant three stars in 2004, when it was last reviewed in The Times. Adventure (Try a Goat’s Head?) Is Still on the Menu at Babbo 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But Verhees noticed that if the heart finesse was working, he did not need it. Bridge: There?s More Than One Way to Bring Home a Small Slam 2010-12-29T22:17:38Z “As a friend, I’ve seen how she handles her role as first lady with the same finesse and care as she uses in her friendships — always quality over quantity.” Melania Trump, a Mysterious First Lady, Weathers a Chaotic White House 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z But the curators have finessed this as well as they can, and the show has a logical and mostly chronological sequence. Yasuo Kuniyoshi retrospective a testament to artist’s vision 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z A lawyer and feminist scholar and the author of several previous books, Hirshman writes with knowing finesse. ‘Victory,’ by Linda Hirshman 2012-06-22T22:49:03Z The movie adaptation, however, finessed its narrative problems and begat a sleek and vividly thrilling movie from the then-unknown wunderkind Steven Spielberg. Success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a true Hollywood box office triumph 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z He brought more finesse to wild striped bass with fennel braised in orange juice, and to satiny olive-oil poached cod with sweet littlenecks. Restaurant Review: A Voce Madison and BLT Fish 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “He just finesses it, so that you know how to enable the illusion, and the audience knows where to look.” Harry Potter Doesn’t Dance. But He Sure Can Move. 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z We can see that this contract was easy to make, because clubs were 3-3, and the heart finesse was working. Bridge: If Declarer Has a Secret, Keep It 2010-03-26T21:22:00Z But South finessed his heart queen at Trick 3. Jeff Westheimer at Mayfair House of Bridge in 1970 2014-02-07T22:58:50Z Hers is not a big nor even especially attractive voice in timbre, but while listening to her, one is conscious only of style, finesse, vocal resource and musicianship. Denise Duval, French Soprano and Foremost Poulenc Interpreter, Dies at 94 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Simon Russell Beale’s finesse with language coupled with his innate openness as an actor has proved an excellent fit for Shakespeare. Theater Review: 'Betrayal' With Just Enough Sting 2011-06-28T12:00:06Z No matter how crass or raunchy the lyric, the 25-year-old repeatedly found a way to finesse it into something more elegant than it deserved to be. This one tastes bland, too: Sweetlife and the decline of the American music festival 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Once the heart finesse won twice, declarer could have made his contract by shifting to clubs and guessing that suit. Bridge: Bridge: Two Declarers, Two Distinct Finesses 2011-10-12T22:52:54Z Dancing for Juliet at the ball, he changes position in the middle of multiple turns with the kind of finesse that makes a girl melt. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at American Ballet Theater 2012-06-15T22:42:42Z These miniatures, Schoenberg’s concise, atonal answer to opulently conservative romanticism, demand close attention to every note, and Biss controlled weight, touch and attack with finesse. A piano recital highlighting the poetic chops of pianist Jonathan Biss 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z But his band, featuring a wise tenor saxophonist, Mark Turner, finesses his songs in a way that feels — not easy, exactly, but effortless. Ambrose Akinmusire, Drake, the Roots, St. Vincent 2011-12-17T03:03:14Z The elegance, finesse and complexity of good Champagne is one of the great achievements in wine. Among Sparkling Wines, the Other Half Lives Pretty Well 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z How does any science fiction writer finesse that one? During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Dorrance, based in New York City, is an extraordinary performer; she articulates rhythmically complicated moves with oversize physical intensity without sacrificing finesse. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Lorian Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s author granddaughter and founder of the literary competition, said Bakalar’s story impressed the judges for its ability to combine universally human emotions about loss with a finessed gallows humor. Hemingway Look-Alike Contest returns to the Florida Keys 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z She is the leanest food editor living, wearing orange skinny jeans with the careless finesse of a teenager. Ground beef, yes; sumac, no. This editor knows what food magazine readers want. 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The finesse of some of the dishes, primarily the “primeros,” or first courses, play up the chef’s résumé. La Cuchara review: Big, brash and Basque in Baltimore 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z It wasn't about finesse – it was about capturing something. How we made: Bob Young and Francis Rossi on Caroline 2013-04-02T06:00:06Z His heists grew in finesse, and were always tidy and efficient. The Thief Who Steals Only Silver 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s an astonishing combination of technical finesse and musical sensitivity — and a far cry from ballet skiing’s anything-goes early days. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z I’m not arguing that D&D, while requiring finesse to play, is society’s greatest form of expression. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z Here, in the person of a headstrong and bighearted child named Marie, petite Lauren Grant plays the part with forthrightness and finesse; this season marks her 22nd year in this central “Hard Nut” role. ‘The Hard Nut’ Review: A Refreshed Christmas Classic 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s a kind of curated jam, striving for a balance of spontaneity and finesse. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Charles Chavez isn’t there to showcase an up-and-comer, but — like Lady Gaga, whose last album was widely perceived as a flop — to finesse the image of a superstar. SXSW: A-list artists amp up onetime showcase of new talent 2014-03-11T17:54:55Z In bringing restraint and finesse to his singing, he sometimes let the energy drain away. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z But South could survive by taking two heart finesses through West and benefiting from the 3-3 break. Bridge: Just When Should You Believe a Falsecard? 2010-12-17T23:39:22Z This lovely manzanilla — the seaside cousin of fino sherry from Jerez de la Frontera — is delicate and lithe, with great finesse and nuance on the palate. Delicate, nuanced sherry that goes with just about anything — for only $10 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z These spring beauts look like they require way more work and finesse than they actually do. 32 best asparagus recipes that you'll straight up stalk 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Muppet-mashing her drums with no finesse but great purpose, Shannon Perry suddenly stops and leans into her own microphone. Concert review: Seattle duo Butts at The Funhouse 2010-05-27T17:39:00Z Most of all, the kitchen, under Sean Gray, has a high degree of finesse. Top New York Restaurants of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In fact, it’s not a stretch to say that younger generations have come around to Toto’s meticulous, sonically pristine approach to classic rock, which combines studio finesse, instrumental technique and onstage charisma and chemistry. “I’m not ready for the dirt nap yet”: How Toto outlasted the haters, took back their career and won over a new generation 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The McDonnells, with lack of finesse, Let a pal fill their lives with largess. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.) Ms. Spalding dived into her instrument’s lowest register to lend resonances and shadows to those harmonies, while Ms. Carrington pushed the music with aggression and finesse. Music Review: Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday and Legacy of Perpetual Flux 2013-06-30T21:30:21Z I've never seen a burger crammed into a face with such grace and finesse. The Blind Date weddings: what happened next 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Rattle got everything he asked for in these performances, and he asked for a lot, from the extremes of ferocity to those of finesse. Is Berlin the world's best orchestra? Answer is irrelevant in two concerts of ferocity and finesse 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z By contrast, the Tom Cullity cabernets, made from the oldest plots of cabernet and malbec, are perfumed and elegant, and show great finesse. Australian Wine Today: Fresh, Crunchy and ‘Smashable’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But by degrees it reveals the awful, primal strength beneath the finesse of this elegant, aged woman. Theater Review: ?Elective Affinities? With Zoe Caldwell - Review 2011-12-03T03:00:04Z Dressed immaculately in a three-button beige suit, he played the crowd with as much finesse as he did his instrument. Frugal Traveler Blog: In New Orleans, a Trio of Thrifty Lures 2013-01-22T20:19:03Z In Ohlson's case, it arrived from fully absorbing color precedents like Matisse, Rothko and Barnett Newman, plus the structural finesse of Franz Kline. Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel's 'Peaceable Fruit' ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Ms. Yung said that just as much finesse is being applied to the food at Estela, but the handiwork is more invisible. Estela Partners Aim to Make Lightning Strike Twice 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z No matter the recipe, his presentations underscore the finesse he honed at the French Culinary Institute in New York and restaurants including the much-missed Citronelle in Washington. Review | Cane doubles the pleasures with chef-driven Caribbean cooking 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z We can see that Sanborn could have finessed in both majors and taken the same 12 tricks as at the other table. Bridge: In Bridge, Looking Back to the 1996 World Transnational 2012-05-25T21:52:06Z He was originally planning to play low to his ace, followed by a finesse of dummy’s jack. Bridge: Jim Becker A/X Pairs at the Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional 2013-12-29T22:00:29Z You’re an educated woman — fight it, finesse it, find a new line of work. Ambivalent about motherhood and wondering whether she’ll get over it 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Declarer might have won with dummy’s ace and tried the club finesse for his contract, but, somehow sensing that that would not have worked, Rosenberg won with his king and led the diamond eight. Bridge: An Irish Medal at the 1979 European Championships 2014-03-16T21:05:15Z The blithe way Mr. Hasselhoff finesses his image problem might have been a problem in the past, but nowadays jokes about serious drinking aren’t taboo, they are de rigueur. The TV Watch: Where Alcoholism Drinks in the Laughs 2010-12-02T23:21:00Z Fortunately the series’s creator, Matthew Weiner, has found a way to finesse “Mad Men” fatigue at the end of the third season by giving his story a mulligan. Television: Changes for Fourth Season of ?Mad Men? 2010-07-16T19:01:00Z But Ms. Krauss has actually been a symbol of rooted finesse all along. Alison Krauss: Vintage Country. Modern Self-Awareness. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z One can understand why Sokolow was loath to finesse clubs into the West hand. Bridge: SportAccord World Mind Games — Bridge 2012-12-20T00:02:10Z Meanwhile, big companies such as BP can finesse their brand by choosing fashionable cultural connections. Crude awakening: BP and the Tate 2010-06-30T20:31:00Z The track "Need You" showcases McCoy's lyrical finesse, but he does best when exhibiting raw emotion. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z Unfortunately, its director’s lack of finesse is a feature, not a bug. Melissa McCarthy deserves better than this: “The Boss” is a fun character in search of a halfway decent movie 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z At Thursday’s performance, Maria Kowroski, who has been dancing with ever greater finesse and poetry in Balanchine ballets this season, made her debut in the lead role with quietly compelling authority. Review: At City Ballet, a Prettily Arcadian ‘Dance Odyssey’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Declarer won the third diamond and took the heart finesse to go down one, losing one heart, four diamonds and one club. Bridge: Grand National Teams Title Decided in New Orleans 2010-07-28T22:09:00Z Like some of Ms. Gilman’s prior work, “Luna Gale,” directed with finesse by Robert Falls, is fundamentally an “issue” play. Theater Review: Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Luna Gale’ Opens at Goodman Theater 2014-02-10T20:50:56Z It’s a magic trick that nobody onstage today can manage with a similar finesse. Nathan Lane, Hamming It Up As Few Can 2010-05-26T17:15:00Z “Their programs typically average between $5,000 and $10,000 a month due to the higher level of finesse necessary and because the stakes are much higher.” Erasing the Digital Past 2011-04-01T23:06:28Z The cooking follows suit, with dishes that sound like pages torn from a Fannie Farmer cookbook but are executed with contemporary finesse. Review | The steakhouse may be a cut above, but the real treat is in the tavern below 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Ali Jackson’s drumming was a slyly knowing period piece; the finesse of his snare-drum rolls, accelerating then tapering down to a few poised taps, was one of the band’s delights. Music Review: Pairing Their Sounds and Sharing the Blues 2011-04-10T21:52:38Z The tempos for the Mendelssohn are more deliberate than those used for Balanchine’s two-act “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but the rewards include a palpably greater sensitivity of phrasing and finesse of tone. Review: From Royal Ballet, a Blend of Enchantment and Intensity 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Overholt has a natural comic’s gift and finessed a likable curmudgeon from material that might have yielded caricature. ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Any actress playing her need not necessarily be Jewish, but must possess a genuine ear for Jewish cadences, along with the timing and ability to finesse the great comic scenes.” ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Cast 'Funny Girl' 2011-07-03T23:00:38Z Should one find his personal creation lacking finesse, the bar also offers house blends based on the six options at hand. Heads Up: Signature Blends at Tokyo Bars 2010-08-28T05:01:00Z The jokes "are told once, then again, then a third time, then remarked upon," and ultimately, "the farce lacks finesse." 'The Interview': Farce doesn't live up to fuss, reviews say 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “What We Do in the Shadows” surfs a blood-dimmed tide with some finesse. The Giddy Thrill of “What We Do in the Shadows,” A Show About Bloodsucking and Bootlicking 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z With the heart finesse winning, there were 11 easy tricks. Bridge: Bridge - Summer North American Championships 2012-07-15T21:10:29Z American Ballet Theater’s orchestra — whose playing seldom rises above routine and sometimes fell beneath it in “Swan Lake” — played, one brass blip apart, with real finesse. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z Now, though, more and more boots are turning up that meld the true grit of the work boot with the well-heeled finesse of a classic dress shoe. Trading Up: Boots That Work, So Neatly 2011-03-03T00:30:26Z A Rake’s Progress benefits from a staff every bit as fun and knowledgeable as at Woodberry Kitchen, but with more finesse. Review | From start to finish, A Rake’s Progress tastes like a keeper 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z They coped with the difficulties of the choreography with admirable finesse and offered a radiant final pas de deux, but neither are as interesting to watch as they might be. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Black says the kitchen is still finessing the towers’ presentation. Review | At the resurrected Addie’s, the seafood is towering — and the polish lacking 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Sully lazily assumes that Might makes Fright, but he lacks finesse; Mike has the skills but not the size. Pixar’s Monsters University: When Hairy Met Scary 2013-06-13T18:12:17Z Soft and supple, it finesses the line between elegance and heft. For the equivalent of $6.25 a bottle, this Chilean cab will be the life of the party 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Despite the complex plot, “Indecent” has been shaped by its creators with unusual finesse, using techniques associated with Brecht. Review: ‘Indecent’ Revisits a Play Colliding With Broadway Mores and More 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Stamina, balance, flexibility and finesse are key, but the sport doesn’t cater exclusively to the young. 2010-02-12T22:00:00Z This is a substantial champagne, combining power and finesse. When you’re ready to semi-splurge on bubbly, here are the tops of the pops 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The idea was to finesse the script while getting a stamp of approval from Sundance to calm future backers’ potential jitters about the subject matter. The Birds and the Bees as Seen at 15, in ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z And David Rooney, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, observed: "Morgan's take on the Queen in these fictionalized meetings is daubed in skewed sentiment, but Mirren sells it with impeccable finesse." Helen Mirren rules Broadway as Queen 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z On the next track, Calderazzo's ethereal ballad "As Summer Into Autumn Slips," the drummer displays his finesse with his soft mallet-and-cymbal accompaniment. Review: Drummer propels Branford Marsalis Quartet 2012-08-13T20:31:14Z There is just such precision and finesse to Michelangelo’s brush strokes. She’s one of the top conservators in the country, but she likes to be anonymous 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Tempi were brisk, which proved a breathtaking challenge for the orchestra's large forces: they rose to it with unanimous adrenalin and finesse. Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Dudamel; OperaUpClose ? review 2011-01-30T00:06:50Z Nothing ever penetrates her armour of breeding and social finesse – so I have no idea what, if anything, troubles her. Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z Not much attempt is made to hide or finesse the sources of what we’re watching; if anything, “Wolves” seems proud to be derivative. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Review: Ridley Scott Among the Androids 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Outside of the most exclusive sushi bars, kitchens that are entirely devoted to handling fish with care and finesse are rare. A Chip Shop That’s Not a Chip Shop: Dame, in the Village 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The architect of their approach was Anatoly Tarasov, a coach whose roly-poly physique seemed at odds with his devotion to grace and finesse on the ice. ‘Red Army,’ the Rise and Fall of a Soviet Hockey Dynasty 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Piero, it seemed, had brought formal finesse to his altarpieces but left himself out. Tuning Out Digital Buzz, for an Intimate Communion With Art 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet the vigour of Gergiev's interpretation, all darting flashes of colour and contrast, was immensely appealing, and the finesse and panache of the playing were second to none. LSO/Gergiev/Kavakos ? review 2011-03-25T22:15:00Z With all the finesse of a bullhorn that sprays noise and blood, "All Cheerleaders Die" shows just how difficult it is to pump life into the shopworn teen horror-comedy genre. 'All Cheerleaders Die' has little to root for 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z There's a bit of finesse at the end where you really need to get them on this final rise till they're kind of steamed under a dome. Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman on curing culinary FOMO 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The play between the dancers and musicians continued as Dorrance, in a solo moment, drifted across the stage with a quiet finesse as she brushed half circles with the point of her shoe. Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “Then he adds finesse, and he will surprise you.” An Unlikely Fiddler’s Dream 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Finley sings filigreed lines with finesse, smoothly folding in embellishments. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z And the luck of her being a dancer meant that the lack of a purpose-written opening number could be finessed. Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z And he didn’t even have the chance to tackle “Lush Life,” a song he has spent some time finessing. Music Review: The Accomplished Joined by the Young and Promising 2011-02-16T22:46:42Z But while dazzled by the technical finesse, I began to crave, after 100 minutes in the company of puppets, the spontaneous combustion created by the presence of living actors. Review 2010-10-05T23:41:00Z Part of the trouble is Mr. Wheeldon’s desire to maintain flow and finesse transitions: he doesn’t want the show to stop, even for ecstatic applause. Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘An American in Paris’ Brings Ballet Values to Broadway 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In my mind, a great orchestra must demonstrate technical finesse and intellectual adventure in equal measure: it must expand the repertory, not simply reproduce it in high style. The Berlin Philharmonic Searches for a Messiah 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The awkwardness is still there, she admits, once we’re inside: “That will never go anywhere. It’s just a matter of finessing that within myself, trying to mask it.” Issa Rae: from Awkward Black Girl to HBO star 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Australian Cabernets are “graceful wines of elegance and finesse.” Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z And Ardent, in my hometown, truly nails the tasting menu, with finesse and next-level skill going into every bite. A new guide to traveling — and traveling to eat — while fat 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z What we see now is explosive technique, rather than finesse. What the Washington Ballet needs in a new director 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z The finesse of dance manner draws you deep into the drama. Dance on Video From Many Corners of the Web 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s cleverly crass, finding new ways to disgust with old-fashioned finesse. Eww, That’s Gross. And We Like It That Way. 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z There's a headlong energy and charm throughout his work, but not always much finesse. New at the Henry Art Gallery: Jeffry Mitchell, Laurie Anderson and more 2012-11-20T21:29:03Z If there is a caveat it is simply the lack of finesse. Mrs Brown's Boys: mainstream comedy for the middle-aged 2011-03-01T12:19:30Z Edward, like Jake, is a decent enough guy trying to finesse the moral contradictions of his job. 2010-02-06T02:29:00Z Yet such distinctions soon became irrelevant as Skride displayed a technical ability and tonal finesse that made time stand still. Northern Sinfonia/Fischer – review 2013-03-18T17:49:30Z Mr. Kotik, who played an optional flute part, and his ensemble members performed with their customary finesse and commitment. Music Review: A Work?s Long Road to New York 2010-12-22T23:06:06Z The result combines richness and complexity with finesse. 5 Thanksgiving wines to be thankful for 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Like all romance trends, what’s most interesting is seeing the ways authors finesse the raw material to create distinct emotional effects. They Went on a Fake Date. Then Sparks Started to Fly. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z That would not have worked well if declarer had taken the club finesse, which would have been marked, given the auction and the fact that East had a diamond honor. Bridge: Bridge - Jan Martel, Blackwood Award Winner 2012-07-08T21:21:41Z All four musicians dug in energetically, rendering the interpretation notable for both its gritty verve and lyrical finesse. Music in Review 2011-04-06T23:27:11Z The heart finesse was winning, and the hand with the club king was on lead at Trick 1. Bridge: Bridge: Second World Mind Sports Games, in France 2012-09-02T22:10:17Z With "Bridgerton" being far more cognizant of how modern viewers see social issues, the class commentary inherent in a Cinderella-style story will need time to be finessed. Why "Bridgerton" pivoting to a different love story next season makes sense 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Its dancers are as impressive as his aerobic, acrobatic, freakish view of humanity allows: stronger on wow effects than on rigor or finesse. Dance Review: Random Dance Company Presents ‘Atomos,’ a Premiere 2014-03-19T21:47:05Z Admired for her lyricism and finesse, Ms. Jones was an instant hit in San Francisco. Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Relentlessly chilly and methodically violent, “Snowman’s Land” is an escalating tragicomedy of errors that uses deadpan humor to emphasize its characters’ narcissism and lack of finesse. Movie Review: ‘Snowman’s Land’ 2012-09-14T04:43:01Z Maybe it’s that the loaded potato has officially become one of those previously lowbrow dishes — burgers, pizza, hot dogs, cupcakes, you name it — that now require more finesse to pass muster. Super Bowl Smackdown IX: Loaded potatoes and one sweet victory 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Under the direction of conductor Robert Spano, the orchestra finessed a complicated work, full of textural and strategic challenges: the audibility of soloists, the interplay of spoken word and musical accompaniment. Review | A giant meditation on creation fills the Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z She possesses extreme gifts of technical finesse and flexibility, along with such subtler ones as musicality, warmth of personality, and an emotional and dramatic commitment rare in an artist of her years. Perspective | Storytelling is the key ingredient in the year’s best dance works 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Though it packed no surprises - far from it - everything is constructed to the ultimate finesse. ‘Calm’ Kardashian joins Emma Watson at Valentino 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene” is a thoughtfully finessed filial reckoning: a daughter’s journey toward understanding her mother as a young artist and as a young woman of color. ‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ Review: An Overdue Close-up 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Cultural ventriloquist Roger secretly uses a Jewish copywriter to produce an ad campaign to sell a traditionally Jewish wine to gentiles, before adding what Bert calls his “finesse” to it. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z Cocktails are made with less finesse than they should be, and despite the designations of "Appetizers" and "Entrees" on the menu, food arrives all at once. Sushi and sashimi are standouts at Wabi-Sabi Sushi Bar & Restaurant in Columbia City 2010-05-20T20:09:00Z Manufacturing clothing or accessories in the United States is challenging, particularly for anyone aiming for a certain amount of finesse. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Using the entirety of their bodies to generate rhythm, these beautiful maniacs inhabit a world equally governed by physics and metaphysics, where they heroically blur violence and finesse. The joy of drumming, with Liturgy’s Greg Fox 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z He started his career at the time Michelangelo was unveiling David, but gave the majestic human body portrayed in stone by the ancients and rediscovered by Italians his own rollicking, saucy finesse in paint. Jan Gossaert's Renaissance ? review 2011-03-04T10:52:10Z Declarer took the club finesse and won all 13 tricks. Bridge: A Slam Winner in Toronto 2011-08-19T23:38:29Z He has painted a person over whom he had property rights, but with the finesse he usually reserved for princes. A Familiar Face at the Met, Now in His Own Light 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The effervescence of Indiana Woodward brightens any ballet, but this season in Balanchine’s “La Source,” set to Delibes, her melodic finesse, her gossamer delicacy and her vivacious grace were jaw-dropping. Standing (and Dancing) Strong at New York City Ballet 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z If East had thrown the diamond king, South would have pitched his diamond, drawn trumps with the aid of another finesse and claimed. Bridge: Bridge — Andrew Robson Given Order of the British Empire 2013-01-02T23:39:02Z And she finesses the no-waist look for spring with a cream shift with panels of woven raffia, or its photo-screened cousin. Fashion Review: Marni, Jil Sander, Armani, Versace, Versus, Bottega Veneta, Aquilano.Rimondi: Milan Fashion Review 2011-09-26T23:35:43Z "The perspective in the novel has been finessed so beautifully that I still find little literary and poetic gems peep out." Gatz to deliver every word of The Great Gatsby on West End stage 2012-02-08T15:43:41Z Julie Makerov brought a searing intensity to the part of Lady Macbeth that largely made up for a certain lack of finesse and articulation. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The cutting of the lino shows no flourish of finesse: these are blunt, almost amateur, pictures, carried off with some kids’ Christmas craft kit, of subjects with no apparent aesthetic value. Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures 2012-11-08T12:00:00Z When the finesse won, he cashed the club ace and claimed. Bridge: A Well-Executed Finesse, but Was It Worthy of a Prize? 2011-01-23T23:29:03Z Some declarers just replied on the club finesse, making without difficulty. Bridge: Bridge - World Youth Teams Championships in Taicang, China 2012-07-29T21:41:03Z Also note that if East had continued diamonds at the second and third tricks, declarer would have finessed in clubs through West, the danger hand, to keep him off the lead and gotten home. Bridge: An Impressive Defensive Move Online 2014-05-04T22:01:58Z And yet viewed separately from the cold shower of “Do the Right Thing,” “Driving Miss Daisy” does operate with more finesse, elegance and awareness than my teenage self wanted to see. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z If West had a low singleton, not unlikely for his takeout double, declarer had to finesse his heart ten. Bridge: A 92-Year-Old Former Champ Who Doesn?t Play by the Book 2011-09-11T22:14:31Z Yeah, singing guitarists Andrew Savage and Austin Brown are flat as often as not, and the two sound better the more they strain, but attitude over finesse never stopped any self-respecting rock 'n' roll band. 'Master Mix' an homage to composer Arthur Russell 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The two colleagues held an impromptu den meeting, and within minutes, Anne Turner began finessing the room’s flaws into solutions. Real Life Redo: Den Do-Over 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z Everything was done with exceptional finesse, from the finely detailed playing to the superbly moulded choral singing, but it could all have done with more energy and drive. Prom 8: Judas Maccabaeus – review 2012-07-20T11:19:00Z These are Mr. Bong’s themes as well, but no other director of the current Korean film renaissance has handled them with the same sort of finesse. Film: Where Wit and Genre Filmmaking Collide 2010-02-25T00:26:00Z The high degree of finesse in the $175 tasting menus must be due in part to the greater acreage and better equipment in the kitchen, inside a U-shaped counter that seats up to 18. Restaurant Review: Momofuku Ko in the East Village 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Three such pieces, suavely played with typical finesse and dramatic sense, make up this luxuriously presented recording. Classical Playlist: Tchaikovsky, Handel, John Adams and More 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This vintage is creeping up in price and maybe in alcohol by volume, but it retains its finesse. What you could be drinking this week: A two-star, $16 sparkler from France 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The leathers, most of the coats, and the trousers had a hard, anonymous look to them: maybe a little of Céline, maybe a little of a commercial Italian line, but without the finesse of either. Fashion Review: Dior?s Urban Sense of Luxury - Fashion Review 2012-03-03T00:06:10Z Slender, dark-haired Shapran, if sometimes lacking in technical finesse, is a very beguiling and pretty heroine, but the brittle choreography does her few favours. Coppélia – review 2013-07-13T23:05:57Z “Between his talents and his experience, he would know how to play the moments — both the poignant moments and comedic moments — with great finesse and nuance.” Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In “Candy Cane,” the remarkable Courtney Giannone spins inside of a Cyr wheel — it’s large enough for her to stretch from her feet to hands — with just as much acrobatic finesse as sweeping grace. ‘Nutcracker Rouge' Is More Naughty Than Nice 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Derick's agonies are blurted out, with little finesse, to the audience or his imaginary best friend. Review: 'The Cut' at Open Circle Theater delivers little pleasure with its close shaves 2011-01-20T23:40:05Z Rosenbloom saw that if he won in the dummy and could take a winning trump finesse, he would still fail because he would eventually lose a heart. Bridge: West Dangles a Fatal Finesse Before Declarer, but in Vain 2010-08-13T20:55:00Z The central subject of the play, directed with sharp finesse by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, could hardly be more topical: mandatory vaccinations for children. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z If such lines lack finesse, some of them are still fun to hear, and there’s pleasure in watching the actors attack the roles. Review: A Priceless Violin, a Cut-Rate Caper 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z South won in her hand, played a club to dummy and took a losing heart finesse. Bridge: Bridge — Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional in Manhattan 2013-01-09T22:56:58Z Its stylistic twists — flashbacks interspersed with current action — are overused devices now, but have never been done with more finesse. Broadway's Old New Hit: Death of a Salesman 2012-03-27T20:23:55Z Since then, he added, “We keep exploring all the finesse and the detail and the language.” Clara Schumann and Florence Price Get Their Due at Carnegie Hall 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Since I knew East had begun with 2=1=4=6 distribution and West with 2=5=3=3, the odds favored finessing in diamonds. Bridge: Two Missed Opportunities for a Mentor in Cyberspace 2010-08-25T22:18:00Z This drew a correction from the director, Rob Ashford, who wanted Mr. Criss’s feet to be flat and extend sideways like those of an outstretched marionette, because his character should lack finesse. Darren Criss of ?Glee? Fills Daniel Radcliffe?s Shoes 2012-01-02T18:51:19Z Any actress playing her need not necessarily be Jewish, but must possess a genuine ear for Jewish cadences, along with the timing and ability to finesse the great comic scenes. ArtsBeat: A Stage ?Funny Girl? on Casting That Role 2011-06-30T16:36:22Z They're as into Spacemen 3 as they are the Supremes, and they want to invoke the melodic spirit of Brian Wilson as well as the instrumental finesse of the Wrecking Crew. New band of the day – No 1,284: Chains of Love 2012-06-08T08:00:03Z The textbooks say that playing for a 2-2 split is slightly better than finessing dummy’s jack on the second round. Bridge: A Well-Executed Finesse, but Was It Worthy of a Prize? 2011-01-23T23:29:03Z Yet for all their size, the best of these wines showed finesse and precision, structure, purity and great minerality. Priorat Reds Raise the Question: Style or Identity? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Her phrases tend to taper, as if plush slowing were the only way to stop, and this softening effect, beginning as finesse, ends up becoming a damper. Ballet Festival: Skill (Check), Class (Yep), Vision (More, Please) 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Her modestly scaled assemblages address racism and female labor with excoriating intensity and moody finesse. Review | This 93-year-old artist has been taking on racism and sexism for decades — and is finally getting her due 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Her Anita in “West Side Story Suite” is a dazzling mix of finesse and fury. Misty Copeland Makes Her Broadway Debut in ‘On the Town’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z It says Tanglewood Supreme, an odd name and an unlikely place to discover an easygoing neighborhood bistro with food that displays significant finesse. Tanglewood Supreme: An out-of-the-way gem in Magnolia 2013-01-25T03:04:28Z Much like a paintbrush, these paper cones helped cake decorators achieve the finesse required for intricately detailed decorations, which can't be accomplished with most other pastry tools. Learn the secret for parchment paper piping bags 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Both films have finessed their R ratings with strong reviews, Oscar nominations for Best Picture and must-see word of mouth. Hansel & Gretel Grab Some Candy on a Skimpy Weekend 2013-01-27T16:18:04Z Lit by a palisade of fluorescent tubes and set to perfectly chosen scores, all three sequences blended athletic finesse with psychological edge. Review: Here there be monsters ? of vital interest to dance fans, thanks to Whim W'Him 2011-01-15T17:57:04Z To me, the signature of Radda, where Istine farms its organic vineyards at relatively high altitudes, is elegance and finesse, and this bottle seemed particularly graceful and floral. 2021 Seen Through 12 Unforgettable Wines 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z In stark contrast to Mike’s whirling theatrics, Adam plods down the stage with little finesse. Magic Mike: The Sexy, Sad Lies We Tell Ourselves 2012-06-28T20:15:18Z Subtlety and finesse are the operatives in what will be one of the best recordings of the work for some time. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Its conventional three-movement plan was executed with remarkable assurance and finesse. Proms 42 & 43: BBCSO/Gardner; St John Passion 2010-08-18T11:03:00Z Why did Moss take a first-round club finesse, which was necessary with this layout? Bridge: Card-Reading Confidence From the Player of the Year 2011-01-26T23:56:01Z Too often stolid and heavy, here it was airborne, with rhythmic muscularity and exhilarating finesse. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z Declarer, not aware that West had such a strong hand, won the third trick with his heart queen, played a club to the dummy and took the diamond finesse. Bridge: No High-Card Points, but a Decision to Make 2011-07-31T22:32:53Z The movement back to seriousness, however, requires some finessing after the audience has been turned into a live laugh track. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Now South ruffed her last diamond in the dummy and finessed her club queen. Bridge: Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams 2014-04-11T21:19:00Z But he has finessed everything else to make it simpler and sleeker, often importing ideas from his work in automotive and aerospace design. Design: Breaking Loose From the Sober-Sided 2010-05-30T18:56:00Z But, second, he offered the assurance that America could peacefully finesse this confrontation through “a policy of firm containment” to check the Soviets’ expansionist tendencies. Books of The Times: ?George F. Kennan? by John Lewis Gaddis - Review 2011-11-23T00:16:55Z For a negotiator, COP26 demands aggression and finesse, patience and urgency. What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Some actors, when confronting a physically grueling role, might spend six months getting ripped at the gym or finessing their mixed martial arts moves. Gabrielle Union Fights Back Onscreen, and in Life 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z In the old days, D’Artagnan worked to thwart Cardinal Richelieu, but now misses that consummate politician’ statesmanship, generosity and personal finesse. Review | If you only know ‘The Three Musketeers,’ you owe yourself the pleasure of its sequel, ‘Twenty Years After’ 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Then he would surely be tempted to take the trump finesse. Bridge: West Dangles a Fatal Finesse Before Declarer, but in Vain 2010-08-13T20:55:00Z Purists would hate his Couperin for its unapologetically pianistic style, but Tharaud is undeniably able to deliver moments of musical purity and finesse. Alexandre Tharaud 2010-04-29T21:15:00Z This was a show that succeeded with volume and scale, not finesse or detail. Music Review: Guarded by an Icy, Impervious Cool 2011-07-20T13:00:05Z Those who don’t do well with heat but still crave finesse won’t be left out of the fun. Soi 38 brings the tastes of Thailand to vivid life Then he drew trumps and led the club ten, planning to take two finesses in the suit. Bridge: Aggressive Bid Leads to a Slam 2011-05-20T21:11:11Z From this primal scene emerged cooking of almost incredible finesse. Sydney’s New Guard: Five Restaurants Leading the Way 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The protagonist’s past isn’t whitewashed in the Wild Bunch cut, but Ferrara’s blunt depiction is finessed into an allusion. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Even if declarer had played a club to dummy’s king and finessed through East, the contract would still have been safe. Bridge: An Impressive Defensive Move Online 2014-05-04T22:01:58Z If declarer takes a losing finesse that he is going to repeat, the defender usually should not win immediately; he should play low, leaving declarer with the impression that the finesse is winning. Bridge: District 3 Winter Regional’s Friday Open Pairs 2014-01-29T22:18:48Z The goal for “Camp David” is Broadway, he said, and Wright will continue to finesse the script. ‘Man of La Mancha’ bound for Broadway again? 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z But few of them approach the finesse on display at Rumi’s Kitchen. Review | At Rumi’s Kitchen, you’ll find poetry on the plate and mannequins by your side 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z More than ever, this time of year I’m looking for wines that impress with energy and finesse rather than power. Your summer wine strategy: The case(s) for red, white and rosé 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z His rhyming, on the occasions he rhymes, is usually halfhearted, only occasionally revealing the finesse of which he was capable. One Last Book From an Outback Poet Who Was Part Hero, Part Pariah 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z On “Katy on a Mission” she massages the visceral throb of dubstep, and on “Why You Always Here,” it’s funky, with echoes of its older cousin 2-step garage, that gets finessed. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-04T22:04:46Z One look at the dancers and I’m reminded that San Francisco Ballet is among the best companies in the world: finesse, elegance, polish, line, technique, ease. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: A Slice of San Francisco 2010-12-22T12:00:38Z Depending on the character of the vintage, wines can be intense, complex and concentrated, becoming more so when ascending from village to premier cru to grand cru, but never at the expense of finesse. The Value of Burgundy, Regardless of the Price 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He, or one of his followers, carves it with finesse and sets it over a wad of rice that I wished were a little warmer and more strongly vinegared. The Lobster Club Does Japanese, From Raw to Half-Baked 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “Live at the Village Vanguard,” his 2003 Palmetto debut, captured the earthy finesse of what was then a new trio. Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio, Live and Recorded, at the Village Vanguard 2012-02-08T22:51:48Z Fieseler handles contradictions with finesse, parsing the closet’s long shadow over gay life in New Orleans, one reason the tragedy did not catalyze the kind of outrage and activism that followed the Stonewall rebellion. In 1973, an Arsonist Killed 32 People at a Gay Club. Why Has History Shrugged? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s the capacity for finesse, the ability to express concentration and complexity without weight, along with the propensity for ripening even in difficult vintages, that has shaped the hierarchical rankings of Burgundy’s vineyards. The Value of Burgundy, Regardless of the Price 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The soloist Anthony Huxley, though still inclined to look studiously cautious, has mastered the choreography of the Act I pas de trois with finesse. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z It was Mitchell, a Mississippi-born musician fluent in jazz, rock and soul, who nurtured Green’s sound, finessing it into something delicate and indelible. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone Broadway doesn't strike me as a natural destination, though the production, a collaboration with Seattle Repertory Theatre, is staged with remarkable finesse and buoyancy. Generosity overcomes terrorism in unpretentious 'Come From Away' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z This heated number was rendered with forceful intensity by Mr. Lavrov, whose vocal finesse was not matched by Michael Barrett’s pianism. Review: New York Festival of Song’s ‘Letters From Spain,’ Some by Russians and Germans 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Written with knowing finesse, this expansive history of gay rights from the early 20th century to the present draws on archives and interviews. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z However, a winning diamond finesse would be sufficient. Bridge: Houston Lone Star Regional?s Bracketed Teams - Bridge 2012-02-05T22:12:20Z Here he was, with a body that had basically been shattered many times, finessing golf shots in between zapping himself with a magnetic arthritis reliever. Matt Walsh: The First Time I Was Hustled (by Evel Knievel) 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z I found them rustic in the best sense of the word, genuine and forthright, without the finesse, perhaps, of the wines of the Médoc or Graves, but also without the artifice. The Wines of Irouléguy, in French Basque Country 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Here, though, six clubs was worse than the diamond finesse because the defenders could have kept declarer out of the dummy, so that he couldn’t have taken the finesse even when it was winning. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Teams Have Online Practice Bout - Bridge 2011-09-21T22:28:38Z Another, after drawing trumps and unblocking the ace-queen of hearts, discarded a club on the heart king, cashed the club ace and took a ruffing club finesse, going down one. Bridge: Bridge - World Youth Teams Championships in Taicang, China 2012-07-29T21:41:03Z We can see that there were no problems — the trumps were 2-2, the clubs were 3-3, and the club finesse was winning. Bridge: A Slam Winner in Toronto 2011-08-19T23:38:29Z The clothes showed more finesse and surprise than any he has done in New York in recent seasons. Fashion Review: In Paris, Designers Hit the Redial Button 2010-09-30T23:10:00Z It's atypical, too: mostly the songs chug along exuberantly, jangly melodies and bouncy choruses marrying the energy of youth with the finesse of age. The dB's: Falling Off the Sky – review 2012-07-12T21:15:01Z However, given West’s double, that finesse was an underdog. Bridge: Bridge Players Tom and Carol Sanders 2012-08-31T21:58:58Z Bolstered by David Rockwell’s impressively unfussy, malleable sets, the show lays out the sisters’ back story with more finesse and acknowledges with more cunning tunefulness our squirmy curiosity over the twins’ personal lives. A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway The strokes may look broad but they are as finessed as they come – and the very existence of Jane is as inherently provocative as anything in Black Mirror or The Handmaid’s Tale. Farewell Jane the Virgin: the best possible antidote to TV's bleak streak 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The 18th seed, they survived in the Round of 32 by bidding a slam on a finesse that worked. Bridge: Remembering Fondly the Tallest Guy at the Table 2011-02-04T23:11:03Z The few remaining days before Tuesday's deadline are about finessing specific policy revisions to build political support, but also involve the strategic calculation of running out the clock. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z There is plenty in “Tout Autour” that suggests Mr. Ouramdane’s remarkable ability to evoke psychic states through spare physical means — but not enough, or with enough finesse to equal some of his previous achievements. Dance Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Offers a Premiere by Rachid Ouramdane 2014-02-26T22:22:22Z |
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