| 单词 | first-rate |
| 例句 | ‘The Romans aren’t big on navies. They had, like, one rowboat. Which I sank. Speaking of violent storms, you’re doing a first-rate job upstairs.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Pausing to turn a page, the lad saw her looking and, with boyish good nature offered half his paper, saying bluntly, “want to read it? That’s a first-rate story.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “He talks little, sir: what he does say is ever to the point. His brain is first-rate, I should think not impressible, but vigorous.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Blackberry’s reasoning had been first-rate and Bigwig had at least shown which way any sound-hearted rabbit would be likely to lean. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all standing now, and as Cecilia leaned toward Marshall’s lighter, Leon said, “He’s got a first-rate mind, so I don’t know what the hell he’s doing, messing about in the flower beds.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I asked him if he knew a first-rate photographer in New Orleans, since I wanted to go back over the terrain again as a Negro and have photos made. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A year later, Marshall went even further, dismissing King as a “first-rate rabble-rouser.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Leo doubted Hazel would consider that a compliment, but, as far as humans went, Hazel was first-rate craftsmanship. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I have always thought you would have made a first-rate Lord Chancellor,” he told his friend, and “I now appeal to you as Lord Chancellor!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after her entry into the King’s lab, she had rebelled against its hierarchical character, taking offense because her first-rate crystallographic ability was not given formal recognition. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He was denied the opportunity of belonging to the white boxing clubs that had the equipment and trainers necessary to produce a first-rate, world-class boxer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before moving west to Seattle, he had been a first-rate sculler at the prestigious Pennsylvania Athletic Club in Philadelphia. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A first-rate Russian might easily abscond to the more affluent West. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The master of River Velley Farm, Herbert William Clutter, was forty-eight years old, and as a result of a recent medical examination for an insurance policy, knew himself to be in first-rate condition. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him the Hausa in the North were a dignified lot, the Igbo were surly and money-loving, and the Yoruba were rather jolly even if they were first-rate lickspittles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were all first-rate, able to breathe life into their characters with little rehearsal. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He feels that he is a first-rate dog and has no wish to be a second-rate human. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her past uncompromising statements on this matter thus reflected first-rate science, not the outpourings of a misguided feminist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The Soviet Union had more first-rate players than any other three nations combined. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We moved from the South Side to the Loop and were housed in a first-rate theater. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "They're not first-rate flies at all. I only thought if you fished them some time it might remind you of what a good time we had." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “This is first-rate coffee. Can I pour myself another cup?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z No reason existed to keep secret a first-rate theoretical breakthrough. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z All their antics was first-rate nonsense to me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Though Francis could not help dominating the lunchtime conversation, his mood was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children who until then had never experienced a first-rate intellect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Well, I don't know about the boyfriend. She had a brother. He was a first-rate nutcase, actually. He was into spelling bees. Went to Nationals, I think.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z One would not expect someone at Berkeley to ignore a first-rate problem merely because someone at Cal Tech had started first. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z With eight years to prepare, he erected a first-rate viewing station, tested and retested his instruments, and had everything in a state of perfect readiness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z With so much first-rate music written for the violin, the motivation to adapt and transcribe works written for other instruments is low. Review: Rachel Podger Plays Bach for Flute With Her Violin 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z My view is that the great literary masterpieces always lose through adaptation; it's what you might call first-rate novels of the second rank that invariably gain. Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Ford Madox Ford is where it belongs ? on TV 2010-07-30T14:48:00Z Which is one way of describing what makes a first-rate actress. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The rest of the cast is first-rate too, but those two carry the play’s meatiest, most complicated theme, and enact its central antagonism. ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: All the Blues That’s Fit to Sing 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Some civic leaders felt Seattle needed a first-rate, nonprofit drama company of its own, like those cropping up in Minneapolis and other cities. A look back at 50 years of Seattle Rep 2012-09-28T17:21:06Z It may all be true, but it never reveals much new, and lacks the moral positive that is the basis of first-rate satire. Stiffed! 2010-04-18T20:30:00Z Mr. Gether said he woke up one morning last October and thought he had never seen a first-rate jazz band perform Mr. Sondheim’s work. ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z Like all first-rate directors, Brook believes in what Blake once called "the holiness of the minute particular". Peter Brook: and for my next trick ? 2011-03-16T21:31:01Z This is first-rate writing, as you might expect from someone who regularly praises the great Nan Shepherd, whose The Living Mountain is an enduring marvel of nature-writing. The Old Ways: a Journey on Foot 2013-07-02T10:19:51Z “It contains no first-rate example of a first-rate genius,” griped an anonymous critic for The Atlantic Monthly — who turns out to have been Henry James. How the Met Was Made 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z There are now, of course, numerous Vietnamese-American communities and Vietnamese restaurants all over the United States, so banh mi is readily available, known to many as a first-rate quick bite. Riffing On One of the World’s Great Sandwiches 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z How often, after all, do you get to watch a first-rate actress testifying so concretely to the notion that all women turn into their mothers? Review: ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’: Oh Gosh, I’ve Turned Into My Mother 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Here, a first-rate orchestra, conducted by Brown, and under the music direction of Tom Murray, brings its pomp and pageantry to terrifying life. ‘Parade’ Review: The Trial and Tragedy of Leo Frank 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Because “within the familiar plot points,” he wrote, “the viewer can find a good many first-rate bits and pieces.” Looking Back (and Learning From) ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Art tends to cluster in such places, in this instance seeded by a wealthy lawyer's 1946 bequest to the city of a first-rate collection of Expressionist painting. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z Jim Abele does a first-rate job here, embodying the smooth evangelizing activist in a way that never condescends to the character. At a pivotal political moment, Roe v. Wade unfolds again, this time on stage 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z All the hallmarks of a first-rate string ensemble were in place: its tone was warm and varied, it moved with unity and fluidity, and its textures were appealingly transparent. Music Review: Fledgling Musicians Spread Their Wings 2010-10-06T21:48:00Z The film makes them out to be first-rate dining companions, such as when they imagine an amusing conversation between actors Tom Hardy and Christian Bale in character from "The Dark Knight Rises." 'The Trip to Italy' serves it up in strong limited opening 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Her pacing is first-rate, but her plotting isn’t nearly as sure-handed. Four Thrillers, United by Male Trouble 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z This is a masterly performance of a first-rate thriller, one that completely dissolves the barrier between story and listener. Review | Grab your ear buds: Here are three great audiobooks to distract you from reality 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z But, although a baritone rather than a bass, Aluko does a first-rate job in reminding us of Robeson's vocal power in such songs as Old Man River and The Battle of Jericho. Call Mr Robeson ? review 2011-01-10T22:00:01Z Her seductive charms were then used to first-rate effect in “Port of Shadows.” Michèle Morgan, lustrous French actress of ‘Port of Shadows,’ dies at 96 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Art museums in Los Angeles currently overflow with first-rate exhibitions. A groundbreaking show to confront the gender bias in art: 'Women of Abstract Expressionism' 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z In the seventies, first-rate breaks were discovered in Indonesia, Central America, Europe, the South Pacific; they appeared in surf magazines and movies, but their exact locations were left intentionally vague. Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The costume design, makeup and visual effects of “1917” are all first-rate, but in those races, the film will face splashier competitors in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” “Bombshell” and “Avengers: Endgame,” respectively. Did ‘1917’ Just Enter the Best-Picture Battle? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Not that anyone in “Girl” — which has an echoing, imagistic precision you associate with first-rate poetry — has much reason to hope. ‘Girl From the North Country’ Review: Bob Dylan’s Amazing Grace 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Choir singing opened the door to a series of scholarships that let him get a first-rate musical schooling and good jobs after he graduated. Simon Halsey, Preaching to, and for, the Choir 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z What, after all, is the job of the teacher if not to introduce children to the first-rate, irrespective of background? Letters: Bible and Beowulf 2012-06-04T20:00:02Z "But this composer was forgotten and first-rate - it's really quite extraordinary." German violinist Roth champions 'forgotten' Weinberg 2014-03-04T08:03:44Z The New York Times described him as "a player with extraordinarily glib fingers and Astaire-like footwork … a first-rate talent with a sense of how phrases move". Cameron Carpenter: rhinestone cowboy 2010-05-20T22:30:00Z “A really first-rate bust-up must transcend the limits of ‘an entertaining side show’ and involve playing for high moral and intellectual stakes,” he said. ArtsBeat: Hitchens on the Art of the Feud 2011-06-10T12:30:04Z Even better, many first-rate language tools are free, or at the very least won’t break the bank. Want to Learn French? Italian? Russian? There’s No Time Like the Present 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The New Museum show is essentially a manifesto, of course, but what saves it from becoming pure polemic is that Mr. Koolhaas is a first-rate architect as well as an original thinker. An Alarmed Architect?s Complaint: Preservation Distorts the Past 2011-05-23T12:01:01Z The first-rate cast gleams with professional polish, while specializing in a mannered deadpan hysteria, and nobody oversells the cute eccentricity. ‘Fly by Night,’ a Metaphysical Musical 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z That is a double measure of first-rate Americana. Why American modern art blows British talent out of the water 2013-02-18T16:51:31Z It’s a lovely, unstrained performance, never better than when Maureen entertains that unheard-of phenomenon, a prospective lover, played by a first-rate David Sedgwick. Critic’s Notebook: Watching ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ 2013-08-19T21:54:46Z All three works contain passages of first-rate choreography; the dancers are so good because the choreography shows them at full tilt. Richard Alston Dance Company at Monclair State University 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s for anyone interested in first-rate ensemble acting and theater that keeps you on the edge of your seat as compellingly as any tiebreaker. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Joining Ms. Bouder will be a first-rate cast of mostly City Ballet corps members and apprentices, as well as her fellow principal Taylor Stanley. Ashley Bouder, the Feminist Ballerina With a Mission 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The workmanship looks first-rate, the clothes wearable, but Ms. Giannini often seems too impatient with fashion to actually linger over it. Fashion Review: Ideas That Go Beyond Heritage 2010-09-24T22:46:00Z The contributions are many — not to be overlooked are Barney O'Hanlon's strikingly unpredictable choreography as well as first-rate lighting and sound design. 'Steel Hammer' bangs out a spectacularly inventive social message at UCLA's Royce Hall 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z We visit the first-rate Acropolis Museum, and at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens we dig deeper into the country’s history. Introducing my kids to their grandparents’ Greece 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z A first-rate art-house thriller, “Miss Bala” tells the strange, seemingly impossible story of a Mexican beauty queen who becomes the accidental pawn of a drug cartel. | 'Miss Bala': Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Depicts Drug War - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:20Z I don’t doubt the commitment of all those involved in “Holding the Man,” and both Mr. Edmonds and Mr. Zeremes are first-rate. Passion and Pain on the London Stage 2010-05-18T11:48:00Z F Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Ask Molly Ringwald: my partner is a compulsive devil’s advocate 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Pin is a first-rate heroine, aware of the vulnerability of her sex to the chaos and dangers of both the amusement park as well as Chicago’s slums. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Box tells his story in the first-rate prose his fans have come to expect: tight, precise language peppered by occasional poetic descriptions of land that both he and Joe Picket call home. Review: Joe Pickett returns in `Breaking Point' 2013-03-12T17:37:10Z Gathered around him was a first-rate lineup of seasoned traditional jazzmen led by the pianist Allen Farnham, and featuring Warren Vache on cornet, Jay Rodriguez on tenor sax and Noah Bless on trombone. Review: ‘Swing That Music,’ Effortless Fun in a Tribute to Jazz Forerunners 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z A first-rate mixed green salad was another essential. Zuni Café at 40: Still a Home for the Eclectic 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z And Bill Deamer’s first-rate choreography unerringly finds the residual grace among dancers who could well stumble and fall at any moment. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Also first-rate is the décor, dark wood with brass accents and a long, long wooden bar. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z You’ve already proven yourself a first-rate aunt by trying to allay your sister’s old-fashioned fears. Is Extra Help Hurting My Friend With Autism? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Engineering may be the aspect of novel writing that deserves the most praise and gets the least, and Castellani is a first-rate engineer. A Novelist Dares to Imagine Tennessee Williams in Love and at Work 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z He is unusual among first-rate playwrights in that his empathy seems largely abstract. Review: ‘War,’ a Deathbed Drama About Identity by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley described “In the Blood,” about a harassed mother, as a “first-rate revival” of an “enduringly fresh work.” What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Though he seemed slightly uncomfortable, his conversational skills were first-rate compared to mine. Blind dates without algorithms 2013-02-14T15:35:00Z Many in the art world had wondered whether the Met director job would draw first-rate candidates, given the museum’s recent reorganization of its leadership structure. The Met Goes Beyond Its Doors to Pick a Leader Who Bridges Art and Technology 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z You may be drawn to the title as a Beatles fan, but you'll leave having enjoyed a glimpse into the strategic core of a first-rate legal mind. Inside the untold story of John Lennon's legal war with a Mafia-connected label owner 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z That is a conversation about structural injustice, clothed in a first-rate superhero action film. Hollywood still loves a white savior: "Green Book" and the lazy, feel-good take on race 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z What constantly impressed was her fastidious intelligence and capacity for stillness: always the mark of a first-rate actor. Anna Massey 2011-07-04T18:30:00Z It doesn’t take long to see what the holdup was for this regional premiere, despite an absolutely first-rate production by director Michael Dove at 1st Stage. Monsters take the stage in a new Gothic musical and a delayed play 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z He had the gift of transferring his musical thoughts and ideas to us London Symphony Orchestra players in the most congenial and delightful manner, thereby creating the perfect atmosphere for enjoyable and first-rate music making. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z Its African collection, Egyptian artifacts and pre-Columbian material, particularly its Andean textiles, are regarded as first-rate. Populism Hasn?t Boosted Brooklyn Museum?s Attendance 2010-06-14T22:35:00Z "Speak Now" heralds the full arrival of her longtime collaborator Nathan Chapman as a first-rate producer, and not just of the pop-country that's made Swift one of the most important new musicians of the decade. Taylor Swift is angry, darn it 2010-10-23T00:16:00Z The show’s premise could easily have made this a silly enterprise, but with Mr. Skarsgard’s tight performance anchoring things, it instead is a first-rate psychological study. Review: In ‘River,’ Stellan Skarsgard Is a Cop Searching for Answers 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The former, which isn't even Spielberg at his best, offers the thrill and the uneasy, complicated spectacle of destruction you get from a first-rate entertainer. Transformers: A 'Moon' to howl at 2011-06-28T05:19:00Z At its cellular level “Arrival City” is a first-rate taxonomy of a polyglot, under-examined slice of humanity. Books of The Times: Want a New Life? Wait Here 2011-03-17T14:45:49Z This excellent box set contains a first-rate film from each of the three postwar generations of Polish directors. Polish Cinema Classics Volume II 2013-03-31T00:05:31Z Wild Up itself has grown from its origins as a group of feisty students and recent grads to a first-rate ensemble with a distinctive L.A. personality. Noon to Midnight, L.A. Phil delivers new music (and free ice cream) 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Their rhythm section, though it changes throughout the engagement, will be first-rate. Jazz Listings for Feb. 6-12 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Further, Mr. Donnellan and Mr. Ormerod employ stratagems they have used in their own first-rate Shakespeare interpretations for their Cheek by Jowl troupe, including the most exciting “As You Like It” I’ve ever seen. ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z They’re both first-rate, but the performances by both women feel weaker and awkward, not quite there. The Do-Deca-Pentathlon: Arm-Wrestling and Ping-Ponging Toward Maturity 2012-07-05T15:00:57Z Yet seeing all three sets of four plays in one day, I was seldom bored or impatient, even if only a few of the individual works meet the standards usually asked of first-rate drama. | 'The Great Game: Afghanistan' : The Curtain Rises: Enter, Reality 2010-12-08T03:05:00Z What follows is both a road novel and a first-rate thriller in which Barone’s relentless pursuit stretches from New Orleans to Las Vegas, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. Review | John F. Kennedy’s assassination sets a thriller in motion in ‘November Road’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But Tony night was also about a fresh crop of veterans who may not be well known to Americans outside Times Square, but who have been reliably first-rate performers over the past years. 5 young veterans anointed on Tony night 2012-06-11T16:48:16Z The list of spirits is voluminous, the cocktails first-rate. 36 Hours in Traverse City, Mich. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z It has a rare, intuitive and ultimately anti-commercial vision, presented with purpose and first-rate sound on a thoughtful scale to a growing audience that isn’t even close to jaded about it. Big Ears Festival Resists Commercial and Genre Constraints 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Both Mr. Abraham and Mr. Pacino are first-rate actors, I need hardly say, but Mr. Abraham is the more rigorous classicist, phrasing the language with an attentive care for rhythm and clarity. | 'The Merchant of Venice': What Price a Pound of Flesh? 2011-03-04T23:52:29Z Sebestyen has managed to produce a first-rate thriller by detailing the cynicism and murderous ambition of the founder of the Soviet Union. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Serve it at once or refrigerate it until you’re ready, then divide it in six bowls and drizzle a little first-rate balsamic vinegar on top. A Childhood Obsession Leads to a Cereal Bar at Kith 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “It is handcrafted in the U.S. with first-rate materials.” Stumped by your sofa search? We’ve got suggestions for every kind of space. 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Maybe this explains why so much of the work in “Between My Father and the King: New and Uncollected Stories” is first-rate, yet remained unpublished in her lifetime. A new Janet Frame story collection: Worth the long wait 2013-06-19T23:08:45Z The masks, too, are first-rate: Constellation is a typically sharp outfit that raked in an armload of nominations for this year’s still-to-come Helen Hayes Awards. Nearly Nirvana in ‘Journey to the West’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z His first-rate productions of “Twelfth Night,” “As You Like It” and “The Merchant of Venice” have all been astutely cast and freshly imagined. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z Given the amount of first-rate fiction published this year, it’s difficult, perhaps foolish, to designate any one volume as “best of the year.” Analysis | Just in time for Halloween, the best horror fiction of the year 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley called “In the Blood,” about a harassed mother, directed by Sarah Benson, a “first-rate revival” of an “enduringly fresh work.” 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Ibsen's late play may simply resist a first-rate film version. Unconventional 'A Master Builder' is an odd success 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z His imploring, lightly soulful voice more than held its own against the churning dance-pop produced by his band – a silky medley of Michael Jackson songs was actually first-rate. Peter Andre 2010-04-06T20:45:00Z But in the contemporary-art world, with its aesthetic, conceptual and social-critical frameworks, it is a rare thing to find a large-scale, first-rate exhibition that focuses on the possibilities of healing through art. In 'Making Mends' at BAM, works tell stories of loss and of healing 2012-05-17T20:00:12Z On the other hand, blood never flows in Mr. Rogers’s drama, which opened on Monday night at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in a first-rate production from Lincoln Center Theater. | 'Blood and Gifts': ?Blood and Gifts? at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater - Review 2011-11-22T03:02:13Z Here is a first-rate addition to the genre. The Old Ways: a Journey on Foot 2013-07-02T10:19:51Z If you had never bought a cookbook before this year, the crop of 2016 could build a first-rate culinary library. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z After a spate of reforms in the 1980s Brazil’s government is a hotch-potch of first-rate departments and patronage dumps. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Only 13 holes, it was built as an afternoon alternative for golfers who can’t quite pull off walking 36 holes in a day but who still want a first-rate golf experience after their morning 18. A wee bit of Scottish golf on Oregon’s coast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He was also an amateur music historian and a first-rate dramaturg, and his death created a theatrical void that was both personal — for his friends and collaborators — and professional. Michael Friedman Left Behind a Musical. They’re Finishing It. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The Met did not stint on recruiting first-rate singers for this holiday presentation. Music Review: Mozart for the Little Ones, Where the Special Effects Are Always 3-D 2010-12-22T15:42:41Z We also agreed that whether the period under consideration was a decade or a quarter-century, 25 didn’t begin to accommodate the range and depth of first-rate new work. What’s in a List? Two Critics on Theater’s Special Relationship 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z At the Met, on the other hand, you are likely to see at least one first-rate interpretation of a musical theater role every week. Spidey Syndrome Invades the Opera 2011-05-21T23:00:26Z Our take on the novel: “‘The Woman in the Window’ is first-rate entertainment that is finally a moving portrait of a woman fighting to preserve her sanity.” These eight movie adaptations are headed our way. But first you should pick up the book. 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z But it's strong stuff, finely delivered by an often first-rate cast. Don Giovanni ? review 2010-10-13T21:15:00Z The athletic facilities are first-rate; the building housing the Well Spa also features indoor tennis courts and a regulation-sized basketball court, where my sons spent many contented hours. Cultured Traveler: Touring Wright Buildings in Wisconsin 2011-11-02T16:40:35Z “We have had many commercial best sellers, of course, but this adds another first-rate editorial mind,” Robert L. Bernstein, Random House’s chairman, president and chief executive, said at the time of Mr. Kaminsky’s hiring. Howard Kaminsky, Publisher With a Best-Seller Sense, Dies at 77 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Dinner and lunch at Le Pourquoi Pas restaurant, in the same space, featured first-rate seafood, while snacks and fancy Champagne cocktails are served all day in the indoor lounge and bar or on the terrace. In Brittany, a Stylish Boutique Hotel Blends Past Lives 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Yet the best of its score is first-rate. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z A gaggle of first-rate character actors trails Mr. Eastwood from Turner Field in Atlanta to the rural bars and ballparks, and the star knows how to step aside and let them work. Movie Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve,’ With Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams 2012-09-20T21:56:24Z But though it assembles a first-rate cast in a story taken from reality, “Everest” feels icebound and strangely abstract, lacking the gravity of genuine tragedy or the swagger of first-rate adventure. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet his timing is spot-on; he hasn’t discovered how ballet can make his small frame beam large, but he’s never less than a first-rate showman. Dance Review: Leaps and Bounds of At-Home Season 2010-09-16T04:15:00Z Even better is Henry's capacity for stillness, the sure sign of a first-rate actor. Fences – review 2013-06-26T23:55:15Z Mr. Thielemans was also an accomplished guitarist and a first-rate jazz whistler — he often played his most famous composition, “Bluesette,” on the guitar while whistling the melody one octave higher. ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The first-rate orchestra, drawn from the Seattle Symphony, is led by Stephen Stubbs, as is a chorus of the same size. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z You can enjoy craft beer and good coffee and first-rate restaurants now. Read Your Way Through Newfoundland 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Armed with a map, a great script, and a first-rate cast — he was playing Burns himself — Mr. Douglas seemingly had nothing to worry about. Kirk Douglas’s Film ‘Lonely Are the Brave’ 2012-07-28T22:47:18Z From Absolutely Fabulous and Fleabag to Bridesmaids and Chewing Gum, there are few things more enjoyable than watching a first-rate comic actress being allowed to make a total tit of herself. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Yet film schools have nonetheless proven to be a cauldron for yet another generation of original filmmakers: American independents, many of whom are first-rate cinephiles as well. The Book That Reinvented Hitchcock 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The musical variety and style he brought to the performance, coupled with first-rate playing from Academia Montis Regalis, held longueurs to a minimum. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z New York hosts several first-rate Indian companies or dance soloists each year. Critic?s Notebook: Nrityagram Dance and Other Indian Troupes in New York 2012-03-25T23:19:52Z But these are minor quibbles in what is otherwise a first-rate, superbly paced paranormal thriller. Three New Chilling Page-Turners Feature Unlikely Psychopaths 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Tovey, a first-rate Gershwin pianist, transformed the Phil into a big band for that composer's "Shall We Dance: Finale and Coda." Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “Keep This Love Goin’ ” is an album of first-rate brand maintenance. New Albums by NRBQ and Oren Ambarchi and Jim O?Rourke 2011-07-18T23:08:35Z As Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom knows only too well, "after you've been first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate". The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z Fitzgerald famously said that the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. “Joseph Anton”: Memoir as noir 2012-11-05T21:58:00Z She is first-rate on the adolescent period when you leave your family behind but have no prospect as yet of a new one, and friends assume the importance your parents once had. Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson – review 2012-05-25T21:55:03Z All this creates annoying mental static, which is a shame, because the historic materials are uniformly first-rate. Art Review: Plains Indian Culture, as Seen Through the Ingenuity of the Tepee 2011-03-14T22:32:12Z He had the power to get first-rate design and materials into the GM interiors. The Ultimate Car Guy Parks It 2010-03-03T23:27:00Z He was a tireless seeker of knowledge and a first-rate prose stylist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z There are also first-rate museums, vivid street art, some splashy new hotels in centuries-old edifices and, tucked away in the maze of cobblestone streets, some of the country’s best restaurants. 36 Hours in Ghent 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z And this first-rate Taper production — the last scene on a luxury train headed to Sarajevo is perfection — does this intrepid playwright proud. Rajiv Joseph's 'Archduke' at the Taper is an ambitious mix of history, comedy and tragedy 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z That, my mother said on the way home, was the sign of a really first-rate performance. My first ‘Messiah’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I’d almost call her work in Howard Barker’s “Scenes From an Execution,” which opened on Wednesday night at Atlantic Stage 2 in a first-rate Potomac Theater Project production, the performance of her career. Review: ‘Scenes From an Execution’ Features Jan Maxwell as a Difficult Artist 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z But for the rest of us, Morris is a first-rate tour guide. A new biography of the most famous American of his time: Mark Twain 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The removal of the collar’s interior lining, however, constitutes a major moment in the history of minutiae, as it reinstates a first-rate collar roll. Brooks Brothers Revives the Preppiest Shirt Collar 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Their style was crisp yet harmonically daring, cool but emotionally sophisticated, usually aided by a first-rate backup combo with Kral on piano. Jackie Cain, sparkling jazz singer in duo with husband for decades, dies at 86 The play’s first scene, in which the teenage Jason and Ade romp into something beyond horseplay before a big game, is first-rate. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Ghosts,’ ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘The Pass’ in London 2014-02-04T18:25:15Z "Having worked with first-rate players before, I know that with minimal rehearsing and conferring it will go well." Former poet laureate sees jazz everywhere in American culture 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z Stretch your ears a little; the chorus is first-rate. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z My answer now would be the same as then: any first-rate play transcends prior knowledge of its plot. Michael Billington on giving away the plot 2011-04-03T21:01:01Z “Never” is first-rate entertainment that has something important to say. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z World-class local Shakespeare may have been in short supply, but I still managed to catch several first-rate offerings less than a mile from my home in the Beverly Hills flats. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z True, there isn't a long, glitzy roster of visiting orchestras from around the world, but from the opening weekend onwards there's a regular supply of first-rate soloists, important premieres and imaginatively devised programmes. This week's new live music 2011-07-08T23:07:53Z But we ended up taking two first-rate young actors. But Can Their Moms Tell Them Apart? 2010-09-19T04:36:00Z She’s also a first-rate critic, worth reading on just about anything; look out for her definitive demolition of “Gone Girl.” Weekly Culture Review: Pulitzers, Kendrick Lamar, and More 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z War Leaves Wounds Behind the Camera, Too Playwrights who know it all can often provide first-rate entertainment. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Time Stands Still,’ in Hartford 2013-08-23T19:35:35Z In the mold of Lee Marvin or Lee Van Cleef, he was a first-rate thug, and his deadpan look was perfect for disaster pictures or comedies. George Kennedy, Versatile Actor Who Won an Oscar for ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The takeaway from the four works in total: This is a company with talent to burn, where technique is first-rate and form is polished. Review | National Ballet of Canada dazzles with exhilarating energy at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Escape to California, Lebanon, Connecticut, Provence and not-so-merry England in these five first-rate new mysteries and thrillers. Review | Five great new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to this spring 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z “It’s a sophisticated story, told with first-rate lights and shadows,” wrote its reviewer, Laurence Reid. Baz Luhrmann Puts ?The Great Gatsby? Into 3-D 2012-01-16T22:51:46Z Yet what's so first-rate about Tiffany's production is that it's situated on the slipway between dream and daily life. Let the Right One In; The Amen Corner; Sweet Bird of Youth – review 2013-06-15T23:05:22Z But such relatively minor matters aside, “American Colossus” is a first-rate overview of one of the most important periods in American history, one without which the American Century could not have happened. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Whistler is widely acknowledged as one of the few first-rate artists to be a first-rate printmaker. Art: The Great Divide in the Art Market 2014-04-27T16:01:16Z The jovial opening to "Fauna of Mirrors" unfolds into a story barely a page long that resonates as profoundly as many first-rate sci-fi novels. Caspar Henderson: rereading The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges 2012-11-23T22:55:06Z It’s always entertaining to see Irby — a first-rate, self-deprecating mind — riff on the oddities of her own life. 19 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z And for a show so grounded in language, “The Unwritten Law” lacks the precision and freshness of first-rate wordsmithery. Review: A Beatboxer Climbs Up and Out in ‘The Unwritten Law’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Michael Ritchie, the artistic director of the company, has remounted the production at the larger Mark Taper Forum downtown here, with Moisés Kaufman again directing a first-rate cast. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Rajiv Joseph?s Play at the Mark Taper Forum 2010-05-14T23:58:00Z The ensemble is first-rate, and the rapport between the Saunders brothers absolutely translates. Review: The Gently Funny ‘Newton’s Cradle’ at New York Musical Festival 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z He placed the book, fictional with some clearly autobiographical elements of Mr. McPherson’s Midwestern youth, on equal footing with such first-rate memoirs as Frank Conroy’s “Stop-Time” and Russell Baker’s “Growing Up.” William McPherson, Pulitzer-winning book critic who chronicled his decline into poverty, dies at 84 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “Harvey’s idea was not to be a second-rate Lincoln Center,” Ms. Hopkins said, “but to be a first-rate BAM.” President of BAM Will Leave Next Year 2014-02-04T23:30:11Z My conclusion: “Child’s plot is ingenious, his characters are first-rate, and his writing is fine indeed.” Spoiler alert: Jack Reacher survives, but the 19th Lee Child novel is fascinating High-Powered Hangouts Given that Las Vegas has developed both a commanding entertainment scene along with first-rate restaurants, you'll find celebs visiting on a regular basis. Ten Star-Spotting Restaurants 2010-03-02T23:00:00Z “I think she’s written five or six absolutely first-rate major American plays and a bunch of others that were more experimental,” Falls says, adding that he admires Henley “almost more than any playwright I know.” After “The Jacksonian,” Beth Henley recharges with slapstick “Laugh” 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The 55-year-old singer added that the concerts will be first-rate performances by the band: “We’re going to put on our best for Paris.” U2 Reschedules Paris Concerts Postponed Because of Attacks 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z What David Armstrong’s handsome, confident production offers is sturdiness: The performers are first-rate, and the gothic-pastoral design elegantly brings the mysterious Edwardian world to life. A spirited ‘Secret Garden’ blooms at Shakespeare Theatre 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Charles Isherwood The spring season on Broadway has a few promising productions with first-rate actors, perhaps most appealingly a second helping of the great Mark Rylance in the London import “Jerusalem.” The Week Ahead: Jan. 9 ? 15 2011-01-07T17:43:18Z Coppola’s diaries are sensitive and read like first-rate fiction. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z She was one of relatively few first-rate literary talents to do so. Bella Akhmadulina obituary 2010-12-01T20:44:00Z The acting in this production — not only from Mr. Russell Beale but also from every one of his eight supporting cast members — is first-rate. | 'Bluebird': He?ll Take You Anywhere You Want to Go 2011-08-23T02:01:00Z “Appleseed,” a highly welcome addition to the growing canon of first-rate contemporary climate fiction, feels timely, prescient and true. A Novel Charts Earth’s Path From Lush Eden to Barren Hellscape 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z What I’m not seeing are any considerable number of first-rate large-scale Broadway musicals, the modern-day counterparts of such beloved golden-age shows as “Oklahoma!” and “Guys and Dolls.” What’s Wrong With the Broadway Musical? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z At the time, Tina Brown praised him as “a first-rate reporter whose wit and flair will be right at home on The Beast.” Olympic sex reporting gone wrong: How not to cover the international athlete hook-up scene 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Photography and editing do a first-rate job of making the movie every bit as lively as its octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarians. A lively documentary about avoiding death 2011-05-12T21:51:57Z There is first-rate support from Lucy Briggs-Owen as a Polish princess hooked on the aphrodisiac of power, Patrick Romer as a troubled priest and Adam Burton as one of Russia's perennial secret policemen. Boris Godunov – review 2012-11-29T12:07:28Z Ultimately, though, the Wellesz piece didn’t strike me as first-rate music, and once Alban Berg’s sparkling, beautiful “Lyric Suite” got underway, I was sure of it. Renée Fleming and Emerson String Quartet bring some obscure music to light at Disney Hall 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z So giving them a first-rate “Glass Menagerie” becomes an especially worthy kind of artistic outreach. A “Menagerie” of real feeling 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The first in a planned series set on the fictional Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, “Winter Counts” is a first-rate thriller that also delivers first-rate commentary on our nation’s colonial crimes. Ten books to read in August 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The stage of the Royal Exchange becomes a dark and sodden arena in Jonathan Fensom's first-rate design. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z Holiday, who was often called “Lady Day,” would seem to be a natural subject for a first-rate biography, but for some reason that has not been the case. ‘Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth’ by John Szwed 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z He will tell you as soon as he gets the opportunity that he can walk into a kitchen and make a first-rate meal with anything that’s there. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z Who else gets to attend five first-rate concerts in a row while sitting in the midst of the orchestra?’ The ‘Campers’ of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2012-07-15T06:43:04Z Yet she continues to draw first-rate American talent. Despite star Laura Linney, 'Switzerland' an unconvincing stab at noir 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But this is a first-rate and strongly cast production. Hedda Gabler – review 2012-07-11T16:33:08Z “He did a ton of work over the years, never less than first-rate, but the Twain performances approached perfection, and they will stay with me forever,” tweeted Michael McKean. Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z I will say that “Buyer & Cellar” manages to keep you laughing as hard as any first-rate celebrity spoof. Critic’s Notebook: Creating Barbra Streisand in ‘Buyer & Cellar’ 2013-07-29T22:28:23Z There’s a kind of elation in seeing both famous and obscure phrases from the plays plucked and resituated, the effect first-rate — distancing, salutary. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Friday Night Seitz Cut-rate budget, first-rate frights This slide show is inspired by "Attack the Block," a low-budget horror film that truly does more with less. Cut-rate budget, first-rate frights 2011-08-05T23:30:00Z That’s not a snobbish statement, but rather an acknowledgment that, in New York, out-of-the-way places can produce some first-rate theater. | 'The London Merchant': ?The London Merchant,? an 18th-Century Gem - Review 2012-01-17T22:41:24Z Across from the tall State Capitol that Huey P. Long built stands the Louisiana State Museum, which in my view may well be the most underused first-rate museum anywhere. Looking for Clementine Hunter’s Louisiana 2013-06-14T20:04:57Z With a more forthcoming leader, they'd be a first-rate party band. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – review 2012-11-09T16:51:59Z Few writers publish first-rate novels for 50 years or more. Review | At 85, John le Carré emerges with a sequel to ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Instead, on this skillful record, he positions himself as a first-rate preservationist of classic country songwriting, someone who may be out of step with the times but isn’t showy about it. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z Everything in Jonathan Munby's intense, first-rate production is clinical: the ceiling is studded with test tubes; fluorescent light flashes with an electronic buzz. Hamlet; A Number; Enlightenment; Faust 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z Nothing is creepier than creepy children and teenagers, and the ones in “Every Secret Thing” are first-rate examples. ‘Every Secret Thing,’ an Unsettling Story of When Babies Go Missing 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Although “The Whistler” reads as first-rate fiction, it takes on the feel of a documentary as Grisham’s complicated crime unfolds in great detail. John Grisham’s ‘The Whistler’: a corrupt judge and a lawyer bent on stopping her 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z And even though the cast is first-rate, “The Family” tends to lurch between laughs, with the most reliable humor coming from the Blakes’ over-the-top violence as a way of solving every problem. ‘The Family’: The French take a hit in violent mob comedy 2013-09-12T09:16:07Z “City of Ink” is the third installment in Elsa Hart’s first-rate series starring Li Du, erstwhile imperial librarian and now, in 1711, assistant to a chief inspector in Beijing’s Outer City. Review | The best audiobooks to listen to this month 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Tucked away in a valley and under the road, this old-fashioned auberge — the closest translation is “country inn” — provides a traditional welcome, and the food is first-rate. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z There is form for the Booker being awarded to first-rate writers for second-rate work. Howard Jacobson shouldn't win the Booker 2010-09-28T09:52:00Z Mr. Levine, it should be added, is a first-rate poet of the appetites, and his work is packed, like a paper sack, with salami sandwiches, apples, beer cans, a bit of heartburn, some gin. Critic?s Notebook: Making Rare Appearance: People and Their Appetites 2011-08-10T04:28:58Z Faye is an author of first-rate historical fiction, including several excellent riffs on the Sherlock Holmes canon. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Even its first-rate Jule Styne songs — “I’m the Greatest Star,” “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade” among them — are problematic. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s a first-rate catchphrase for a ruthless assassin, but it doesn’t make me feel any better about her soul. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 1: A Tale of Two Maps 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z In every case, this first-rate creative team has done its job. Review: ‘Signature Plays’ Triple Bill Reveals Truth in the Mirror’s Lies 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Music hasn't been studied as systematically as language in terms of critical periods but there are certainly artists who started late and still became first-rate musicians. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z A mix of first-rate movies and documentaries that are either coming to a cinema near you, or came to a cinema near you, probably in Bristol, but you were a bit busy at the time. This week's new film events 2012-11-10T00:05:52Z Even as it strays from 1971, this is first-rate cultural history with a killer beat. Was 1971 the Year ‘Music Changed Everything’? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z She aims to groom the Washington Ballet in the more refined, elegant language of the classics and first-rate contemporary works. Julie Kent, sweeping the Washington Ballet forward 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Pushing the overall numbers higher were first-rate play revivals, including a double bill of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III.” Broadway’s box office and attendance figures up 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Or perhaps Helburn suffered the same fate as many first-rate photographers working alongside better marketed names — without books or gallery shows of note, his work simply faded away over the decades. The personal, provocative on display in fall photo books 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z By this point in the show, it becomes clear why Vallotton is not considered a first-rate painter. When He Was Good, He Was Breathtaking 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z And also, apparently, to give a cast of first-rate actors the chance to earn some money trying out funny voices and suppressing whatever sense of nuance they might possess. Movie Review: ‘Gangster Squad’ With Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone 2013-01-10T22:30:08Z Suddenly there are a couple of first-rate books about acting. Stop treating actors with contempt 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z Rather, their goal was to seek out first-rate artists regardless of their gender. Mad for Art: A Look Back and Up the Avenue at Women Gallerists 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Our critic Dwight Garner calls the collection “first-rate, marked by candor and seriousness.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z With first-rate scholarship, an archaeologist reinterprets the Parthenon frieze in this exciting and revelatory history. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Morrison was a sensuous, first-rate writer about many things, not only about race. Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Neither Byron nor his women have lacked for chroniclers; the combination of first-rate minds with fourth-rate temperaments is irresistible. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z It is just a solid place to relax, and the spa there is first-rate. Phil Hellmuth's Vegas 2010-03-01T23:00:00Z In the subtle gradations from robust dense tone to smoky layers, their playing often resembled that of a first-rate string quartet. Review: The Joys of a Conductorless Chamber Performance 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z How long the latest Seattle play boomlet will last, and how many first-rate scripts will come of it, is anyone's guess. Move over, coffee: It's playwrights' day in the sun in Seattle 2012-09-05T22:38:04Z But instead of telling us what to think, he questions how we are thinking, and like any first-rate dramatist, he ends up humanizing the way we see the world. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z “We’ve got kids on the platform and adult learners, too,” and the first-rate faculty participants Chen has recruited include members of the Berlin Philharmonic. Meet Ray Chen, the violinist making his Seattle Symphony debut who’s also created an app and a viral video 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The performers, all boasting first-rate dramatic and comic timing, have no trouble switching styles. Review | ‘Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes’ veers jarringly from comedy to darkness 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z With the Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin had the advantage of a group of first-rate musicians all eager to ensure the future of their organization. Yannick, unique: Philadelphia Orchestra hopes it’s found its savior. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The New York Times praised Bloom for a "first-rate debut" but other critics were less enthusiastic, saying he lacked stage presence. Critics divided on Orlando Bloom's Broadway debut as Romeo 2013-09-20T17:04:26Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Is it just me, or is there a shortage of first-rate writing about the north of England? Northern Soul: my antidote to Fleet Street's abandonment of the North 2013-07-05T11:11:00Z If not necessarily a subtle artist, Gaga is quite capable of holding her listeners’ attention with just her voice and piano-playing – both of which are first-rate. Album review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' 2011-05-20T05:36:35Z “We’ve now been through a period where really first-rate directors have taken the texts and made people realize what extraordinary works of theater they are,” Mr. Chapin said. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z That album, reissued, is now designated “Volume I” because there was far more first-rate, previously unreleased live material recorded at what was a prime moment in Mr. Morrison’s career. CD Reissues: Van Morrison, Sarah Vaughn and More 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z In fact, it is more thrillingly relevant than ever, and appeals to both heart and mind in the way all first-rate theatre does. Racing Demon ? review 2011-02-17T17:06:52Z But to hear this rapturous score played by an orchestra of such size, under the guidance of a first-rate conductor, was a pure pleasure in itself. Review: Carnegie Hall’s ‘West Side Story’ at the Knockdown Center 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Why, I wondered again, do some people in the literary business regard this extremely successful writer of genre fiction as a first-rate writer of literary fiction, a “major” contributor to American literary culture? My Stephen King problem 2012-07-06T14:42:00Z But when that moment occurs in the first-rate revival of Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive,” which opened on Monday night at the Second Stage Theater, it’s unlikely that you’ll feel good at all. Theater Review: ?How I Learned to Drive,? With Norbert Leo Butz 2012-02-14T03:01:00Z The resulting hybrid makes for an absolutely first-rate thriller. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He recorded two first-rate albums with Monk in the late 1950s, “Brilliant Corners” and “In Orbit.” Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z But there was a dutifulness both to the piece and its performance, a deficit of intensity that characteristically keeps this company from being first-rate. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet’s Takes on the Past and Present 2014-01-26T22:54:24Z As on the album, he works next week with the drummer Eric Doob; his other partners, both first-rate, are the trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and the bassist Matt Brewer. Jazz Listings for Feb. 14-20 2014-02-13T23:34:35Z But some of their reporting, especially on Congress and the inanity that goes on there in the name of lawmaking, is first-rate. Brian Williams and Seth Meyers Share Notes Over Lunch 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z There's a nugget of received wisdom that holds that composers should steer clear of first-rate verse. Mark Padmore/Andrew West – review 2013-06-14T17:22:01Z In the Prologue the attention to musically vivid, theatrically strong phrasing throughout the solo variations for the six Fairy Godmothers is first-rate. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Returns to Lincoln Center 2013-07-02T21:29:12Z A friend brought him fresh lotus seeds, which he called “first-rate little things just like pistachios.” A Warlord’s Memoir Is Surprisingly Modern and Charming, When It’s Not Gruesome 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Though the protean actors, all first-rate, endow their roles with a zestful individuality, their characters are far more than their separate stories. Review: The Unspeakable Pain of an African-American Afterlife 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z And Sean Power as the best friend, who as an American is unashamed of his love for Lydia, and Gethin Anthony as the hero's emotionally estranged son are first-rate. In Praise of Love ? review 2011-04-06T17:59:43Z One odd effect: After her school reopened, it built a first-rate video lab. An Artist at Home on the Fault Lines 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “He became the first classical music television star. He proved an inspired educator and first-rate pianist. He was the first internationally esteemed conductor everyone, whether you knew him or not, called by the familiar Lenny.” Essential Arts & Culture: Leonard Bernstein at 100, MLK tribute, peeling back the White House facade 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z “Ashes and Diamonds,” “Man of Marble” and “Danton” are all great movies, and Mr. Wajda made a half-dozen others that are first-rate. Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Rowling is a literary magpie and first-rate synthesizer, and her stated inspirations for the Harry Potter books range from classical mythology to Jane Austen. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Review: Apocalypse Too Soon 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Mubi is one of several first-rate sites that cater to cinephiles, and its mix of current and vintage films, the global scope of the selections, and the truly eclectic array of genres is great. Mubi: A Streaming Service With a Ticking Clock 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Both have first-rate voices that illuminate their characters. At Seattle Opera, a fun and feisty trip through the woods with ‘Hansel and Gretel’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Before focusing on composition, he was a first-rate trumpeter, eventually gaining the principal chair in the London Philharmonic, and he knew exactly what worked and what didn’t from inside the orchestral organism. The Hilarious, Heartbreaking Life and Music of Malcolm Arnold 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In a first-rate ensemble, Jim Abele set himself apart in the play’s title role, turning Charles into a prisoner of conscience among royals whose survival depends on the careful manipulation of public opinion. Best theater in 2017: Our critic's top picks, including Midler, Metcalf and Bruuuuce 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Part of its success lies in its casting of first-rate singers who are not major opera stars but more like those you might have encountered at the premiere. Ren? Jacobs?s Harmonia Mundi CDs and DVDs 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z But it is a thought-provoking discovery, presented by a first-rate troupe. Review: ‘Leah, the Forsaken’ is an 1862 Drama With Modern Resonance 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z What obsesses her is not why they launch the attack but how, and she realizes the many stages of it with first-rate narrative skill. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Another composition, “Brilliant Corners”, proved so daunting for Monk, Sonny Rollins and other first-rate musicians that they could not get through the song in a single take. Orrin Keepnews, producer of milestone jazz albums, dies at 91 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The growing availability of first-rate local ingredients means that produce-driven cuisine is now possible in Britain. Time to get serious 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night alone, more than $600 million was raised thanks to the sale of 44 first-rate artworks the couple gathered. They Came for a Piece of the Rockefeller Mystique. They Mostly Came Up Empty. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z After the heavy-hearted piano ballad, a mode Carlile nails as well as any first-rate pop vocalist, came the fiery “Broken Horses,” which shares a title with her book. Brandi Carlile holds nothing back on unflinching new album ‘In These Silent Days’ 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Later, another Cecil scholar calls him “a first-rate example of the second-rate poet who enters into common consciousness more deeply than many greater masters.” Books of The Times: ?The Stranger?s Child? by Alan Hollinghurst - Review 2011-12-11T21:24:58Z He proved an inspired educator and first-rate pianist. Leonard Bernstein at 100: Why the music world is making this the Year of Lenny 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z With its exotic instruments and spacious arrangements, this is a first-rate pop album that doesn’t sound quite like anything else on pop radio. Album review: Wild Belle, 'Isles' 2013-03-08T19:21:00Z Johansson is first-rate at treading the line between needy kitten and demanding shrew. Don Jon: Love, Lust and Loneliness 2013-09-27T00:00:44Z The Guggenheim that I joined was a fabulous first-rate museum. Janna Bullock Strikes Back at Russian Elite With Art Show 2012-03-26T21:52:55Z The first-rate cast brings a criminal energy to the evening. Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z There is a growing reservoir of first-rate work coming from both mainstream publishers and small, independent presses with names like Cemetery Dance, Subterranean Press and Bloodshot Books. Review | Horror novels are having a renaissance. Here’s what to read. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “A first-rate intelligence,” my father would say, “is one on which nothing is lost.” The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Because Mr. Cornejo is relatively short, his rise to fame bypassed the central male-lover roles, and for few women does he prove a first-rate partner. The Watch List: American Ballet Theater?s Spring 2010-05-13T20:58:00Z Davis remembers how abundance afforded her “the indulgence of daydreams” and a first-rate education. Remembering a Mother Whose Gambling Operation Was a Very Successful Secret 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “The Pagan Lord” is both excellent history and first-rate popular fiction. Cornwell’s ‘The Pagan Lord’: a bloody battle for England 2014-01-22T22:29:30Z It is a first-rate entertainment that has something important to say. Review | Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ turns our political moment into gripping horror 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Played like a first-rate silent movie with Prokofiev’s accompaniment, it did much to establish the Bolshoi’s reputation in the West both on film and in its first tours in the 1950s and early ’60s. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by the Bolshoi Ballet 2013-06-04T21:55:08Z The fight scenes are brutal, the dramatic stretches wrenching, and Levinson orchestrates his first-rate cast with aplomb. ‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Delivering first-rate palliative care is not just a worthy ambition, it’s a necessity, Miller says. ‘Death and dying continues to be seen as a big taboo’ | Mary O’Hara 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The Canadian jazz chanteuse broadened her palette dramatically last year with the excellent “Glad Rag Doll,” embracing Americana with a first-rate assist from producer T Bone Burnett. The Week Ahead: Hop Scotch, Earth Day and Bunny Bounce 2014-04-09T21:43:16Z The performances, at La MaMa, are a first-rate way to deepen our appreciation of India’s performing arts. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Bloom and Rashad's chemistry divided opinion among critics Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom has been praised for "a first-rate Broadway debut" in Romeo and Juliet, but the production itself has received mixed reviews. Orlando Bloom makes Broadway debut 2013-09-20T11:36:57Z This is a first-rate novel with a second-rate subject: the American man's suburban malaise. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z Next, we need a first-rate, moderate-size concert hall that can be as transformative as the new Boulez hall. L.A. versus Berlin: Which is king of the classical world? 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z This is a first-rate performance inaugurating a most promising series. Review | Hear it to believe it: The audio version of Tana French ‘Faithful Place’ is perfect 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s one of the consolations of first-rate art that there is somehow always hope in being able to see with newly unobstructed eyes. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It was a veritable temple devoted to the past two or three centuries of first-rate, secondhand and antiquarian books: the Brontë sisters, the Mitford sisters, George Eliot, James Joyce, James Jones, Henry James. A Bookworm’s Travel Plan 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z She has been in first-rate movies like “Mystic River,” “You Can Count on Me” and “The Savages” and stinkers like “Congo,” but even that clunker was not a waste. 2010-01-22T04:01:00Z The title character of “Luce” is introduced as a star student and first-rate apple polisher. ‘Luce’ Review: A Star Student Tests His Teacher’s Limits 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z And Combs, embodying a character with both a girl’s and a woman’s needs, does a first-rate job keeping us guessing as to whether Catherine is aware of the feelings she provokes in Eddie. The 1955 play topical as ever: ‘View From the Bridge’ revival storms into D.C. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z And if acting is your thing — or at least the particular pleasure of watching first-rate screen performers ham it up in a busy genre setting — “Snowpiercer” will not disappoint. In ‘Snowpiercer,’ the Train Trip to End All Train Trips 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A pared-down pizza, it’s a first-rate foil for a local commodity — beer — perfectly matched with the crisp American lager being brewed at Anheuser-Busch, just down the street from places like Guido’s. Why your next homemade pizza should hail from the Midwest, not New York 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z As for potential readers of Coyle’s book who would be using it as a primer concerning the contemporary Supreme Court, she is a first-rate guide — an authoritative reporter and a clear writer. ‘The Roberts Court:’ informed look at today’s Supreme Court 2013-06-12T22:35:07Z The colorful ragamuffin costumes by Sarah Nash Gates enhance Tom Sturge’s first-rate lighting and multilevel, picturesque scenic design. ‘Oliver!’ returns for another Dickensian holiday romp 2013-12-06T23:22:30Z The sound was first-rate at each of three stages, and drifting among them was easy. BRIC JazzFest Grooves With a Five-Hour Marathon 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Since then, despite never being anything less than a first-rate performer, Ejiofor has never quite packed a punch as hard as that in Dirty Pretty Things. Why isn't Salt star Chiwetel Ejiofor up there with Russell Crowe? 2010-08-19T12:13:00Z Both chose a first-rate company that has the advantage of being more than 100 miles from the high-profile glare of London. Simon Keenlyside scores as Verdi's jester 2010-06-26T11:06:00Z After last year's Sweeney Todd, this confirms Chichester as the home of the first-rate musical revival. Kiss Me Kate – review 2012-06-28T17:25:37Z He suggests that scholars with “traditional training and scholarly interests” are literally dying off, claiming that in 20 years it may be hard to find 1,000 first-rate scholars in the United States. We don’t need to “rethink college” — we need to rethink the arguments against it 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z I have to confess that I’ve long had a special affection for small, pretty New Iberia, with its plantation homes and first-rate Bayou Teche Museum next to the Art Deco Evangeline Theater. Literary Louisiana 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z So enjoy the play instead as a nimble entertainment and a first-rate workout for your sympathetic nervous system — if I still bit my nails I would have no nails left now. ‘Selling Kabul’ Review: Trapped in a War, and an Apartment 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In his review, Laird Hunt wrote that “Appleseed” is “a highly welcome addition to the growing canon of first-rate contemporary climate fiction.” Nine People Under One Roof for Two Weeks? Have Fun! 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Backing Ms. Arby for a few of hers, the band proved that its members were first-rate students. Music Review: Mixing Electric Funk With Joyful Malian Wails 2011-03-06T22:51:02Z Near the top of the list is "Il Gatto Nero" in Little Italy, where travelers can enjoy thin crust pizza and first-rate cappuccino on one of the neighborhood's most picturesque patios. Trip Tips: Toronto, the Great White North's summer surprise 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z According to Morgan’s Law, Rick Atkinson has been doing first-rate journalism, enjoying critical and commercial success for three masterly books on World War II, all thoroughly researched and splendidly written. Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z As with the Met broadcasts, the Los Angeles simulcasts offer listeners outside major cities a chance to enjoy first-rate live cultural events. Critic?s Notebook: Orchestra Arrives On Big Screen 2011-01-10T23:01:21Z Because Mr. Norris has a gift for spiky combative talk, and the director, Pam MacKinnon, has assembled a first-rate cast, many of these debates are lively, funny and racy. ‘The Qualms,’ by Bruce Norris, at the Steppenwolf Theater 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Woodard, a first-rate actress, sometimes seems worn out by the sheer weight of the words she must deliver. Review: This ‘Daddy’ Has Issues. A Pool and Alan Cumming, Too. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In high school he was a first-rate stoner chef, using a clothing iron on frozen chimichangas. Books Of the Times: ‘Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir,’ by Eddie Huang 2013-01-24T16:12:42Z After his mother dies Abdul is sent into foster care and eventually ends up at a Roman Catholic school in Harlem, where he receives a first-rate education but is molested by the brothers in charge. Books of The Times: He?s a Vessel Overflowing With Rage (And He?s the Orphan Son of Precious) 2011-07-04T19:26:18Z A flock of first-rate character actors parades by in the heavy woolen plumage of the past. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z The first-rate Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir joined the orchestra for the remainder of the program. Diverse Disciples Flock to an Arvo Pärt Tribute 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z He had only made his first cake two years earlier and, in his day job, continued to do “first-rate research using lasers”. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z And Mr. Broderick, whose default acting mode of sly timidity has seldom been better used, is first-rate. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z No dish on the menu of his neighborhood Italian dining room addresses the issue better than his first-rate chicken Parmesan. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 9 favorite places to eat right now 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Both are first-rate – but Ireland's tragedy, Friel implies, lies in the inability to own up to emotion. Philadelphia, Here I Come! – review 2012-08-01T14:09:54Z What is not a coincidence is that the Taiwan Philharmonic, which is known at home as the National Symphony Orchestra, or NSO, is a first-rate ensemble, one of Asia’s best. Taiwan Philharmonic comes to America 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Conversely, the greenest one in our collection, Rhode Island Greening, had the tartness needed to make it a first-rate pie apple. Winter apples with flavor and history 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z “But that doesn’t keep ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ from being a first-rate movie — a beautifully acted, thoroughly involving romance.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Maggie’s Plan’ and ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Nutini, a Scottish songwriter, is a first-rate student of vintage American soul, and the Apollo stage was a historically apt place to prove it. Paolo Nutini Promotes ‘Caustic Love’ at the Apollo Theater 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z China produced a highly competent state, staffed by first-rate civil servants chosen by written examinations and capable of monitoring the affairs of a vast empire. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The authors, first-rate obsessives, riff on the women who’ve consumed them — bearing out Frank Bidart’s line, “What you love is your fate,” with mischief, feeling and a rare frankness. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z Maybe not; but it’s always a good time to turn those investigative skills into first-rate detective work. Beautiful Places to Die 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Carina Chocano is a first-rate cultural critic whose specialty is constructing dead-on feminist analyses of such sinister artifacts as the relentless “Frozen” and the various horrifying iterations of Barbie. Review | ‘You Play the Girl,’ by Carina Chocano, up for big book award this week 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It certainly gets points for being different and ambitious, and the performances are mostly first-rate, especially Mr. Giamatti’s fully committed portrayal of a reprehensible holdout. TV Review: ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Season 3 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Seeing all those audience members fanning themselves with their programs was distressing — not only because of the heat, but also because it took attention away from these first-rate actors. Review: Confessions Abound in Ensemble Studio Theater’s One-Act Marathon 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Judged purely as a merciless exercise in audience manipulation, it was first-rate, as squirm-inducing as the most brutal moments in Alfred Hitchcock and the Coen Brothers. "Breaking Bad" recap: Season 4, Episode 1, "Box Cutter" 2011-07-18T13:19:00Z There's tasty guitar throughout, and the composer cooperative - with every song credited as a three-way effort - produces first-rate material with plenty of variety. Review: Terrific debut by World Famous Headliners 2012-08-20T16:46:04Z But this holiday season, rather than opt for a last-minute selection, put some thought into what to give the wine, beer or spirits connoisseur in your inner circle with these first-rate selections. The best wine, beer, spirits and booze-free beverages to gift this holiday season 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z But they’re all committed and personable, and one, Anna Chirescu, is first-rate; several would surely have caught Cunningham’s eye and respect. Review: Compagnie CNDC-Angers Dances Cunningham 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z But we still can acclaim His posthumous fame: As a ghostwriter he is first-rate. Style Invitational Week 1244: Primed for creative Amazon product reviews 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z We can also recommend a handful of first-rate thrillers, one of the most quotable comedies of the 21st century and a Kevin Costner Western that’s neither “Dances With Wolves” or “Yellowstone.” Stream These 10 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in August 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z They are all first-rate historians, terrific writers, and they seem to get me. Bill Clinton: By the Book 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Audience members seemed thrilled to be back in the hall listening to the full orchestra, with its music director and a first-rate soloist performing great music. Review: After 20-month absence, Seattle Symphony music director back to conduct before a pumped-up crowd 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z We ate oysters and the Petrale sole, a Pacific coast fish, both first-rate. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Without piling on the atmospheric gloom, as Daniel Sullivan’s Broadway production sometimes did, Mr. Tresnjak’s first-rate interpretation makes these complications get under your skin in a way they rarely do. | 'The Merchant of Venice': What Price a Pound of Flesh? 2011-03-04T23:52:29Z The composer Virgil Thomson called him “an absolutely first-rate oboist — one of the two or three great ones at that time in the world.” Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z Many others, meanwhile, will devour in a gulp Abbie Taylor’s first-rate debut thriller, “The Stranger on the Train.” ‘The Stranger on the Train,’ by Abbie Taylor Mr. Phillips took over the Stratford Festival at a time when it held a reputation as a first-rate classical theater but also as a bit of a fusty one, lacking in adventurous spirit. Robin Phillips, Director Who Revitalized Canada’s Stratford Festival, Dies at 75 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z To a degree, that suits Khemiri’s aim of exploring Amor’s shattered sense of self as a Muslim in a Western city during a moment of terrorist violence — a first-rate subject for a play. Feeling guilty when the bomb goes off in ‘I Call My Brothers’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z No less a star was the 1847 version itself, which emerged as first-rate opera. An Italian Festival Presents Verdi on His Own Turf 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Adding peaches to Dutch baby pancakes, to a cucumber gazpacho, to poundcake, to a Caprese salad and to condiments for pork and salmon are first-rate suggestions. Just Add Peaches 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, the number of first-rate restaurants in San Francisco is borderline daunting. Making Waves 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z I happen to live only a few blocks from a first-rate independent book store, Three Lives, in the Village; the people who work there actually read books and have opinions about them. Calvin Trillin: By the Book 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Seven were borrowed from the Musée Picasso in Paris, which has been supporting shows worldwide for this anniversary; one belongs to the Brooklyn Museum; none is first-rate. With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In fact, the issue is of relatively small consequence to the 75 percent of the nation’s colleges, many of them first-rate, that teach the vast majority of American students and accept nearly all applicants. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The production designers have done a first-rate job. The Dark Knight Rises – review 2012-07-21T23:05:32Z But this year, it was more American than ever in my experience, a more unified company and, more evidently, a proud exponent of first-rate choreography. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z “They give me really, really first-rate notes,” included in detailed scripts, she says. Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The atmosphere was dark and the entire place longed for maintenance, but the Snowpine drew first-rate characters. Five lodges make Utah’s Alta Resort a winning ski destination 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The margaritas are first-rate, and most in keeping with the outpost’s theme. Review | Takoma Park welcomes a mom-and-pop Mexican spot with much more than tacos 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Portrayed by a first-rate Kathryn Erbe, in a performance as delicate as it is heartfelt, Charlotte is the sort of woman who always packs rubber gloves and sanitary wipes in her purse. Review: A Sex Crime Disarranges a Tidy World in ‘Something Clean’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z This first-rate documentary generates similar mixed feelings at a time when freedoms seem to be threatened everywhere. Review: ‘Tickling Giants’ Made It in Egypt, but They Weren’t Laughing 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Robert D. Richardson’s first-rate biography is the place to start. In Praise of William James 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The welcome is gracious, the food first-rate, and one has the sense that, 40 years hence, the vegetable garden will still produce the table’s greens, and herbes de Provence will flavor the night’s meal. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z Mr. Cox, a first-rate British stage actor, here takes on the persona of a 19th-century barnstormer like Edwin Booth. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z Is it any surprise he was also a first-rate con man? We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The qualities that make Seymour Hersh a first-rate reporter — his hustle, his wonkiness, his nighthawk drive to unearth a radioactive fact and then top that fact — make him a second-rate memoirist. In ‘Reporter,’ Seymour Hersh Recounts Leaping Tall Deadlines in Single Bounds 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Having already set down first-rate recordings of this composer’s later sonatas, he turns here to three comparatively youthful works, for an artist who died at 31. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “The Woman in the Window” is first-rate entertainment that is finally a moving portrait of a woman fighting to preserve her sanity. Review | Next year’s ‘Gone Girl’? Perhaps. ‘The Woman in the Window’ lives up to the hype 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Seattle’s variety of first-rate ensembles means there’s a spectrum of themes and musical eras to choose from to set the mood for this special time of year. Seattle-area classical music recommendations for the holiday season 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Would you consider giving up custody for the lottery ticket of a first-rate education for your flesh and blood? Review: ‘Lines in the Dust’s’ critique of public education in America is more polemic than play 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But Fisch has done first-rate work in Tucson with a team that was picked eighth in the preseason media poll. Pac-12 rewind: UW’s big win, ASU’s upset and Arizona’s escape highlight riveting Week 11 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The failure of USC’s football program to develop a first-rate defensive unit has many factors. Letters to Sports: Fire on? USC's coaching woes go beyond Alex Grinch 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z This year, the unavoidable reversion to the mean has stripped them of that crucial advantage, exposing their weaknesses against both first-rate and modest competition. Pac-12 power rankings: No. 5 Huskies drop after win, Cougars crater after loss 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The ensemble is first-rate, with each and every actor comfortably inhabiting Posner’s hyperactive imagination. Review: Chekhov knew ‘Life Sucks.’ Aaron Posner’s Vanya redo turns it into an invigorating question 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The design is first-rate and the seats are supportive in either row. Edmunds recommends the five best SUVs for under $40K 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z "He is a first-rate intellectual of the old style but he has a narrow world view because he doesn't know the world," says a childhood friend who declined to be named. Final showdown: Polish leaders in one last election battle 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z A few hours later and several miles across town, Arizona’s line submitted a first-rate effort of its own. Pac-12 rewind: USC escapes, Colorado survives in riveting Week 6 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Facing one of the most impressive teams in the country and playing without his starting quarterback, Fisch and his staff delivered a first-rate game plan on both sides of scrimmage. Pac-12 rewind: Failed rallies, questionable calls and a showdown approaching 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Good thing there aren’t any other first-rate quarterbacks in this conference, or the Beavers might be in a teeny bit of trouble down the road. Pac-12 power rankings: UW retains top spot as WSU continues climb 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The second-year coach continued to tap the frustration over WSU’s place in the realignment game with first-rate strategy to produce a stellar product. Pac-12 rewind: UW and Oregon dominate, WSU meets the moment 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The Times’ television critic Robert Lloyd wrote of “The Great” that the “dialogue is crisp and a little eccentric, the performances impeccable, the production first-rate, Nathan Barr’s score subtly arresting.” ‘The Great’ starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult canceled by Hulu after 3 seasons 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The UW’s mission is to provide a first-rate education to meet students’ goal of entering the economy well-equipped for long-term success. UW wasn't wrong to charge students for online learning | Op-Ed 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z He did first-rate work on an interim basis in 2021 and led the Cougars to a bowl berth last season. Assessing Pac-12 football coaching hot seats, cold seats and nonexistent seats 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The second half of the season, in particular, is loaded with first-rate affairs. Here are the best games to watch in Pac-12 football’s final season as we know it 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Gov. Phil Murphy praised Oliver, 71, who died Aug. 1 following a hospital stay for an undisclosed medical issue, as a “first-rate fighter for every New Jerseyan.” Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remembered in a memorial service as fighter for those in need 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The Domerie Park neighborhood is situated in a historic meadow next to a wildlife corridor conservation area, and is within an easy stroll of the Cle Elum River, where the trout fishing is first-rate. New Tumble Creek homes combine single-level designs, mountain living | Provided by Landed Gentry Homes and Communities 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z "The Treasurer has made a first-rate appointment. I wish Michele all the best," he said. Australia names first woman to lead central bank 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Make the smart decision and get some first-rate pitching as well as a strong group of future stars from another team’s minor league system. Letters to Sports: Dodgers fans again singing blues after more pitching woes and managerial moves 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z The actors are first-rate, and they keep the series grounded through its wildest careerings. 'I'm a Virgo' review: A sweet coming-of-age comedy that hits on (literally) big ideas 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Usually, he said, dogs are cute and melt your heart, but when he sees his two dogs, he thinks of the Chinese phrase, “Able to win battles, with first-rate style.” Comedian Uncle Roger silenced on Chinese social media after jokes about China 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The production is first-rate, the period work never rings false, crowd scenes are not threadbare, and choice D.C. locations keep the weirdness real. Review: 'White House Plumbers' reenacts the mishaps of Watergate's operatives for laughs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “Hemings was master of the joinery shop at Monticello — a first-rate production shop equivalent to any in Charlottesville or Richmond at the time,” Frost said. The enslaved artisan behind Thomas Jefferson’s newly restored Va. estate 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Several first-rate software builders have told me recently how well Chat draws and, separately, how well it composes new software. Opinion | The wizards of AI can’t give it a brain, or heart, or consciousness 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z People with the money to hire first-rate defense attorneys are regularly acquitted of quite ordinary charges. Opinion: Why the Trump indictment isn't as legally dubious as many claimed 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “The University of Phoenix is a large university with some tremendous technologies, 1 million alumni and some first-rate programs,” Bobbitt said in an interview with The Washington Post. A potential deal to buy University of Phoenix draws scrutiny in Arkansas 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “An MIT graduate and a first-rate defender of the Constitution, Thomas fights hard to protect your liberties, especially the First and Second Amendments, which are under siege by the radical left.” Rep. Massie endorses Ron DeSantis for 2024 Republican presidential nomination 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “It’s their sovereign right, but here, in fact, many see that such attempts to divide the world into first-rate and second-rate countries are now seen by many with a smile.” In a summit celebrating democracy, China sees an avenue for attack 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Directed once again by Chad Stahelski, the one-time stunt man who has become a first-rate visual stylist and master of pacing over the years of directing “Wicks,” “Chapter 4” is dazzling. ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Keanu Reeves returns in this bloody, thrilling sequel 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z USC must be ready to rumble against Michigan State and needs first-rate games from guards Boogie Ellis and Drew Peterson in order to advance. NCAA men’s tournament picks: Here’s a look at Jon Wilner’s bracket 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The Trojans must avoid losing to a lower seed, while the Sun Devils and Ducks need first-rate wins to improve their prospects for Selection Sunday. Analysis: Key storylines and predictions for the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In fact, the history of the suppression of Black voters is a first-rate horror story that as yet shows no sign of ending. The votes that weren't cast: The nightmare of Republican voter suppression 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z No studio setups were used and “The French Connection” has the gritty authenticity of a first-rate documentary. How to watch every best picture winner from 1970 through 1979 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The organization’s double-A team in Alabama also is said to have a first-rate stadium. Column: Arte Moreno has a lengthy to-do list to focus on to win back Angels fan base 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z In both cases, the Guard corrected its mistakes, said the official, who also credited the organization with first-rate assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Opinion | D.C. should be able to deploy its own National Guard 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Another first-rate season for the conference results in seven March Madness bids and a breakthrough run for Utah, which will reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2006. Jon Wilner’s Pac-12 predictions for 2023 (with nothing at stake except the future of the conference) 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The bond measure had emerged from a Chamber of Commerce study mission to Tampa, Florida, where a first-rate trauma center had become vital to the city’s well-being. Seattle booster George Duff cared about the city, not getting the credit 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Even though the airline was struggling financially, that didn’t stop it from providing first-rate service. The best and worst airlines of 2022 for customer services 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z He got divinity and political science degrees from Yale and is a first-rate political scientist — his book on Congress, first published in 1992, came out in its fourth edition at the end of 2020. Opinion | Congress is losing a wise institutional patriot 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z “His sincere hope is that the Court will weigh this mistake against his remarkable track record of investing in the inner city and providing first-rate properties for lease to the community as a whole.” Beverly Hills developer gets 4 years in prison for bribing L.A. County official 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “Despite the significant advantages that this defendant had — a first-rate education, a thriving legal career — he chose to commit the deplorable acts in this case time and time again.” Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Its cadre of first-rate reporters and editors has worked hard to acquire the credibility and respect it holds among journalists and readers. Column: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Vigée Le Brun’s crisp portrait is a first-rate French intersection with the looser, more painterly British Grand Manner portraits for which the museum is famous — Gainsborough’s “Blue Boy” and friends. Commentary: Huntington museum lands a smashing gift, painted by court artist to Marie Antoinette 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z We listened, all the while knowing that USC has a first-rate offense and a third-rate defense. Letters to Sports: Why do the supposedly 'smart' Dodgers look so stupid? 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Like the finest metropolis, L.A. would have playhouses, a modern economy, gleaming libraries, schools, an urban rail system and a first-rate seaport. L.A.’s love of sprawl made it America's most overcrowded place. Poor people pay a deadly price 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z And shops such as Kid to Kid, a traditional storefront, buy back first-rate secondhand items, which they resell. Advice | Kids go through tons of clothes. Here’s how to cut waste. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z And indeed, there was superb music from a first-rate cast and orchestra Saturday night. Seattle Opera presents a gorgeous ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Its sublime landscape, ancient temples and first-rate hash drew young visitors from across the globe. Kathmandu Finally Got Tap Water. After a Climate Disaster, It Was Gone. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z For the past five years, he has hit everywhere he played, with stats worthy of a first-rate prospect. Perspective | Joey Meneses seems too good to be true. What if he’s for real? 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Add Stanford’s first-rate passing game and recent history of success against UW, and we view the point spread as being too high by a touchdown. Pac-12 picks: Could UW be in for an upset against Stanford? 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z But as we’d soon learn, greater Fernie has no shortage of first-rate trout streams, all set against the dramatic spires of the Canadian Rockies. Trout abound around Fernie, British Columbia 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Amber Wagner was a first-rate Brangäne, powerful but nuanced; she is a prime mover in the plot for secretly providing Tristan and Isolde with the fateful love potion. Seattle Opera presents a gorgeous ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Houston would be a first-rate addition, depending on availability. Mailbag: The true cost of Pac-12 Networks, Big Ten timing, the need for night games and more 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But with “Vengeance,” his directing debut, he instantly establishes himself as a first-rate, multifaceted moviemaker. ‘Vengeance’ review: Forget ‘The Office.’ B.J. Novak’s first movie proves his true talent lies in directing 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Bainum said the goal was to build a first-rate local news site for Baltimore and to figure out whether it was a business model that would work elsewhere. Is Baltimore Big Enough for the Two of Them? 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “Rise” scores as first-rate family filmmaking and a worthy reminder that some dreams can and do come true — big time. Review: 'Rise' scores with the dramatic origin story of NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z He bought 40 acres of land in the mountains east of Santa Maria, living on his property in a trailer with his two dogs and earning a reputation for growing “first-rate product,” his attorney wrote. 'Cannabis king' sentenced to 22 months in prison for bribing San Luis Obispo politician 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z “The Pacific Northwest horticultural scene is first-rate,” she enthuses. Gardeners (and garden lovers) join creative forces for Seattle’s first Chelsea Fringe festival 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The former president is now praising as a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution” Republican U.S. Election 2022: Trump’s influence over GOP faces fresh tests 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Afterward, Trump issued a public statement declaring Massie a “first-rate” defender of his policies, back in his good graces. Analysis | The list of anti-Ukraine Republican lawmakers is quickly growing 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z In terms of increasing imports, the president said, “we have to make sure what we’re getting is in fact first-rate product.” House Plans Vote to Ease Formula Crisis as Biden Pledges Quick Action 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In a statement, Trump referred to the libertarian-minded congressman as a “Conservative Warrior” and a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution.” Trump endorses Kentucky congressman he once denounced 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The success of the enterprise is made possible by both a first-rate team headed by director Stephen Brackett and a supporting cast of singing actors — each now a veritable Broadway star in their own right. Review | ‘A Strange Loop’ is Broadway’s best new musical 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Bratton has endorsed Caruso for mayor, describing him as a first-rate manager. Rick Caruso missed nearly 40% of meetings as LAPD commissioner 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Usually, the first thing said about the performance would be about the sheer exhilaration that Dudamel, the orchestra and a mostly first-rate cast brought to Beethoven’s score. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre vividly reimagine Beethoven's 'Fidelio' opera 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z She listens, one of the qualities that separates first-rate actors, even when she’s not on set. Holland Taylor brings the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards' story to the stage one last time 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z “From that moment, we have seen sales of top-notch, first-rate and state-of-the-art Russian arms technology to China,” said Sarah Kirchberger, a scholar at Kiel University in Germany. China and Russia’s military relationship likely to deepen with Ukraine war 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Shumate said the settlement will allow the zoo to move forward and focus on “what we should be doing: animal welfare and providing the community with a first-rate zoo.” Ex-Columbus Zoo CEO to repay $400,000 audit said he owed 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z “The first-rate hike is more likely in December.” Ukraine upends stimulus exit: Five questions for the ECB 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z "What a light and what a love. And such a first-rate actor, which pales next to him as a first-rate human." Mariska Hargitay mourns late ‘Law & Order: SVU’ co-star Ned Eisenberg: ‘We love and miss you’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Each member can choose among several fine restaurants and two first-rate gymnasiums. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z On a blustery, rainy day in London on Sunday, people expressed anxiety about the queen, mixed with hope that she would get first-rate medical care. Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive for Coronavirus, as England Is Poised to Relax Rules 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Critics such as Doris Grumbach and The Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley consistently hailed his work, regarding Savage as one of the country’s first-rate novelists. Perspective | ‘Power of the Dog’ author Thomas Savage died in obscurity. It’s time to honor his work. 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z All manner of first-rate actor has been sucked into the proceedings. Review | Hugh Jackman sings, dances and still misses the mark in a cartoonish ‘Music Man’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Battle was regularly bringing in established, first-rate choreographers to create premieres. As director of the Ailey company, Robert Battle pushed his own creativity aside. The pandemic brought it back. 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z This was a nonfiction story, but it had all the components of a first-rate caper. Ralph Himmelsbach spent the last 9 years of his FBI career on the 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking, and then put it squarely behind him — at least, until someone else brought it up 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Clearly, former coach Mario Cristobal left a heap of talent behind — the Ducks have the makings of a first-rate defensive front and the best roster in the division. Analysis: Jon Wilner projects the 2022 Pac-12 North and South division races 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Like his characters, Wilson is a first-rate yarn spinner. Review | In ‘Mouth to Mouth,’ a Tom Ripley-like storyteller spins a mesmerizing yarn 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Fortunately, the first-rate supporting cast is more tuneful. What makes Joel Coen's Shakespeare unique: His 'Macbeth' is haunted by other movies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In another first-rate column concerning the Supreme Court, Ruth Marcus explained why “wearing a mask is the decent thing to do” because it protects not only wearers but also those around them. Opinion | Justice Gorusch, the Pope and empathy for others and animals 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “Our road guys are first-rate, and I’ve never heard of anything quite like this occurring in Virginia.” I-95 reopens in Virginia after winter storm forced closure that stranded motorists 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “He was incredibly warm and mischievous, as well as being a first-rate scientist,” Wirth said in an interview. Thomas E. Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z He’d have a chance to play college football at the highest level, get a first-rate education and be able to serve his country after graduation. Army LB Andre Carter II a force for Black Knights 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The Estonians provided a first-rate service to help him, including advice sessions with tax and customs authorities, he said. Brain Drain From Britain Delivers Financial Boon to Estonia 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z All are first-rate art, but none is a are portrait. Review: Obama portraits find good company in L.A. museum show that signals Black lives matter 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The royal family’s travails have long been likened to that of a soap opera, but “Spencer,” even as it conjures the emotional extravagance of a first-rate melodrama, refuses to be hemmed in. Review: Kristen Stewart's 'Spencer' continues the Diana-ssance. But don't call it a biopic 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z PRI’s facilities “are first-rate and we can only hope that the animals will be taken care of into the foreseeable future.” Kyoto University to close leading primate center over misuse of construction funds 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z This family-run company has been giving first-rate kayak tours for the past 15 years. Get out on the water in Anacortes this fall | Provided by Experience Anacortes 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z One of the greatest sluggers in baseball history, of course, Ruth started his career as a first-rate pitcher. Is Shohei Ohtani ‘the New Babe Ruth,’ or Something Entirely New? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z They offer outstanding, detailed sound and first-rate battery life that outlasts the competition, rendering them the perfect companion for late nights at the library. The Verge’s back-to-school gift guide 2021 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z To this day, people still mistakenly thank me for the latest first-rate critique from FAIR. Looking back at the founding of FAIR — 35 years of giving mainstream media hell 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z “I was the only Republican who went to his son Beau’s funeral. So that would be an easy choice. I think Biden is a first-rate person.” Opinion | Mitch McConnell, naked and afraid 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Tom Spies, a retired architect who estimated that he had worked closely with Morabito on more than 100 projects over several decades, said Morabito was “absolutely first-rate” and “generally conservative with his structural design.” Frank Morabito: What we know about structural engineer who worked with Champlain Towers South condo board 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z He believes the player has all the qualities of a first-rate entrepreneur, including perhaps the most important one. A Few Tennis Pros Make a Fortune. Most Barely Scrape By. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z I keep my outfits first-rate and second-hand with vintage on Summit Avenue. What Woody Shticks wants to do this summer 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Newsday of the 1980s and early 1990s was a wonder of journalism, a first-rate paper with the spunk of a tabloid. Opinion | MLB’s Lou Gehrig Day is a nod to greatness — and humanity 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z McConnell takes every opportunity to undermine this “first-rate person” and “personal friend” — both politically and personally. Opinion | Mitch McConnell, naked and afraid 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z In an interview with foreign correspondents, Salmond conceded that Sturgeon was “a first-rate politician,” but “far, far too timid” on independence. Scottish independence 'front and center' in May 6 election 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z McCarthy’s book is a fascinating addition to the literature that shows an involved, first-rate mind at work. Review | Wrestling with the complexities of music, art and reparations 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z At an event in his home state on Thursday, Mr. McConnell called Mr. Biden “a first-rate person” whom he liked personally. To Build Support for Plan, Biden Offers His Own Take on ‘Bipartisan’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps only a team with a first-rate rotation could survive such a terrible break at such a vital time. Perspective | The starting rotation remains Washington’s foundation — and its greatest hope 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z “This guy is highly accountable. … He’s a wonderful teammate. He brings a lot to the table. He was hurt last year, but I know what I’ve seen in the past. This guy is first-rate.” Angels acquisition José Quintana eager to show improvement after 'weird' 2020 season 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Her technique is astonishing but her writing and characterizations are also first-rate, subtle and unpredictable and full of warmth. The Muppets aren't TV's only puppets of note. Here are 13 other greats 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr Osborne said: "Robey Warshaw is the best of the best, advising great businesses on how to grow, and I'm proud to be joining this first-rate team." George Osborne departs newspaper role for investment bank 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Alsobrooks described Miller as “a first-rate educator” and advocate for children in an interview. New leaders step up as some question structure of Maryland school board 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z As with “Lost Hills,” the first novel in the series, the tale is fast-paced, and the author accurately depicts investigative practices, making for another first-rate police procedural. Review: ‘Bone Canyon’ another first-rate police procedural 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “The fact that it’s on our porch is irrelevant. We never wanted to sacrifice the quality. People come and they’re going to hear a first-rate concert. We challenged ourselves.” Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “The fact that it’s on our porch is irrelevant. We never wanted to sacrifice the quality. People come and they’re going to hear a first-rate concert. We challenged ourselves.” Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “There is no political influence. These are first-rate scientists taking their time looking at all of the elements that need to be looked at. Scientific integrity led us to this point.” Trump Administration Plans a Rushed Effort to Encourage Americans to Be Vaccinated 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z A hallmark of those administrations, however, was a coterie of first-rate professionals to advise and help each of them manage the city. No Seattle mayor has been dealt the kind of challenges Jenny Durkan has faced 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The younger players are first-rate — even better than one might notice at first, given the general air of nuttiness. The new 'Saved by the Bell' is one of the year's best TV shows. Seriously. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Camero performed on all of those instruments in Havana nightclubs, which were known in the 1930s and 1940s for their extravagant floor shows and first-rate musicianship. Candido Camero, ‘father of modern conga drumming,’ dies at 99 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z An employee is eligible for first-rate benefits and job protections — but also is subject to employer dictates, such as working hours and where to drive. It's no wonder hundreds of millions have been spent on Prop. 22. A lot is at stake 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Dodgers boast a first-rate analytics and a payroll most general managers would die for, and yet they are on the brink of another lost playoff run. Plaschke: Dodgers' October nightmare is once again creeping up on them 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Dodgers boast a first-rate analytics and a payroll most general managers would die for, and yet they are on the brink of another lost playoff run. Clayton Kershaw's friends crave for his success — and anguish in his struggles 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Dodgers boast first-rate analytics, but they also have twice the payroll, a lavish commitment to scouting and player development, and a beautiful stadium upgraded with every amenity a player could desire. Despite their money and analytics, Dodgers keep disappointing in playoffs 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Been a shape-shifter? — all first-rate writing contains hearty kernels of emotional truth. Review: A hypnotic debut tells tales from the D.A.'s office 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z There will also be live sessions on how to write a first-rate paper and how to craft a great CV for academia or industry. Daily briefing: A plan to make journal abstracts free to read in one place 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z “Americans deserve brilliant judges with first-rate legal minds. Judge Barrett is that and then some.” Trump offered Barrett Supreme Court nomination same day he met the judge, according to questionnaire 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z A lack of anything remotely resembling literary ability has long been excused on the grounds that Woodward is a first-rate reporter, and first-rate reporters cannot afford the luxury of craftsmanship. Review: Woodward's Trump exposé 'Rage' reflects the lazy thinking that got us into this mess 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z In contrast, neighboring Lombardy, the prosperous region in which Milan is located, has emphasized large, urban hospitals offering first-rate surgical and specialty care. How Italy’s ‘father of the swabs’ fought the virus 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z New free agent Will Harris looks just like he did with the Houston Astros: first-rate. Perspective | This MLB season will be weird and not without risk. I can’t wait. 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z A department spokesman did not answer a question about Mr. Williams’s housing policy experience, but called him “a first-rate attorney with immense experience in this administration and in the public policy sphere.” Inside the White House, a Gun Industry Lobbyist Delivers for His Former Patrons 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z |
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