He had before him a relief model of the island made out of three square sections of rubber and with a pointer began to point out its topographical features, doing so with no flourishes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The slave trade once flourished in Africa, the Praise Singer said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are, however, other primitive forms of life that can flourish under such conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another day, Johnny brought in a pair of crudely made wood book ends and placed them on the bar with a flourish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned afterwards that Uncle Hoskins had been killed by whites who had long coveted his flourishing liquor business. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Peckleman ruffled open a bright blue tarp with a theatrical flourish and draped it over all the squirrel books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Similarly, take a bit of unpunctuated prose, add the dots and flourishes in the right place, stand back, and what have you got? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

One of his pockets was stuffed with a great white kerchief on which he wiped his palm before sweeping his hand over the chosen chess piece with great flourish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way their friendship would grow, and flourish. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, he folded the dress into a compact square, then dried a second dress and folded it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is slightly tarnished and engraved with something that the boy thinks might be words in Latin, but the script is looping and flourished and he cannot make them out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It struck me as peculiar that the crack trade was flourishing openly perhaps a hundred yards from one of the most famous maximum-security prisons in the world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a soft voice, without flourishes, he would have told the exact truth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a patient who gets only one antibiotic or inadequate doses of several, or who doesn’t take his medicine as instructed, the drug-susceptible bacilli may die off but the drug-resistant mutants will flourish. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

As wartime anxiety gave way to postwar uncertainty, Klan membership flourished. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It flourished on the air softly in vapors of cobalt light, whispering and sighing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unpacks the embroidered handbag, and some good sausages come to light; Lewandowski takes up the knife with a flourish and saws the meat into slices. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being in Berkeley, home to many fine restaurants, I felt compelled to add a few over-the-top menu flourishes: The last item was one of Angelo’s homemade wines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Not fatigued by his radicalisation of both musical texture and technique, Corelli added another flourish to his work: a musical shorthand called figured bass, or thorough bass, inherited from Monteverdi and universally adopted after him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, Uncle opened the front door for me and ushered me inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ended with a farewell and the largest flourish of all—Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In England, Kuhn claimed, experimental science flourished from the late seventeenth century onwards, science conducted in the tradition of Bacon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Wren was part Ute—a tribe that had flourished in what is today Colorado and Utah—and he had a twirled mustache and black eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The worms, my mother told me, flourished abundantly in the swamps of some of the tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off a handful of gold and brown leaves and handed them to Stella with a flourish. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The maid leads him into a grand drawing room, its ceilings aswirl with plaster flourishes, its walls painted a delicate eggshell blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Corn was their most important crop, but beans, pumpkins, tomatoes, cocoa, and other food crops flourished and supported the dense population. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Despite a traumatic childhood and a mother who wanted him to become a farmer, Newton enrolled in Cambridge in the 1660s—and flourished. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As flobberworms flourished best if left to their own devices, it was the easiest exam any of them had ever taken, and also gave Harry, Ron, and Hermione plenty of opportunity to speak to Hagrid. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She flourished in a way, and exchanged arrogance occasionally for confidence. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trip tucked his juggling stones into various pockets without so much as a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But when I found a place in the sun where I could read, a beautiful girl came along and kept me from doing anything of the sort,” Bast finished with a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then she swept offstage in a flourish, heading into the house to retrieve her clothes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His skin became covered with a thin moss, similar to that which flourished on the antique vest that he never took off, and his breath exhaled the odor of a sleeping animal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In Hawaii, Barack’s intense and brainy side receded somewhat, while the laid-back part of him flourished. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Rishi reached out to get the door for her, but with a flourish, she opened the door herself and walked in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even with methodical training they were inclined to run off at the mouth, make unnecessary displays of themselves, unconsciously slip in the tiniest flourish that could scare off a nervous contact. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It flourished and became a great movement in Jewish life. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Its shell is a pointy oval, bisected at an angle, like a shield with a daisy on one side and a tribal flourish on the other, its flippers extending in pointy arcs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If a species boasts many DNA copies, it is a success, and the species flourishes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the field stood a little pump house, and a willow tree flourished beside it, fed by the overspill of water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The reward of merit for a magnanimous March,” as Laurie announced with a flourish. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The next race is about to begin, gentlemen,” Mr. Whitby guffawed, punctuating the statement with a jab of his cigar, in a flourish as enthusiastic as an orchestra conductor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was skimming them for the telltale flourishes of a particular rare alphabet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Grover took off his watch and presented it to him with a flourish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

County officials say they eliminated the springs out of concern that bathers might become gravely ill from virulent microbes thought to flourish in the thermal pools. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his land was flourishing, he went back home and married a young woman named Susan. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, we are all flourishing. How has the old lady been, Norah?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Leo says, “It’ll be decades. Maybe a hundred years before the forest flourishes again.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a flourish of trumpets above the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

These cotton mills were big and flourishing and most of the workers in the town were poor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You can copy mine, if you like,” said Ron, labeling his last star with a flourish and shoving the chart toward Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Astrology, which has flourished from the days of ancient Babylon down to today, is completely absent from classical Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had each signed their first names with zigzag flourishes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he came back with the beers and plastic cups, he poured hers with a flourish that, to her, was thick with romance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, with a flourish, he plugged the attached wire into the wall. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had two green apples in each hand, which she raised above her head with a flourish. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Soon I will need an apprentice and a gardener, too, for my garden flourishes like the first Eden. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Regards, The letter was signed with a large, flourished A. It was very like the A that appeared on the Ashton letterhead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The final page contains his own signature, a flourish of illegible C’s, carefully snipped from a piece of paper that might have been an invoice or a letter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside the inn, Ivy climbed the creaky steps to her family’s room, bracing herself for a flourish of activity and noise. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the next 50,000 years our ancestors flourished there without agriculture. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn’t he?” said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are training him, as a vine, upon a considerable armature, when we wish to see precisely w hether he can flourish on his own. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put an X where he indicates while Katherine signs with a flourish. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I noticed how, as he held the cup, he tried to hide his pinkie, and I remembered how he used to flourish it as if he felt especially superior when he was drinking tea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They nodded as he flourished his table-napkin and walked on in front of them through the wood. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

One reason they did so well in battle is precisely because the slave trade was flourishing. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Gary pulled a gold fountain pen from his jacket pocket and signed the frontispiece with a flourish. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The woman swept away the broken bowl with a flourish, almost dancing with the broom. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pull the rag up to finish with a flourish, but it only hangs limply from my fingers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swing open the door with a flourish. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And because it grew and flourished it got the power that money brings, so that to attempt to withstand it was like trying to stop the onward rush of the great juggernaut. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden flourish, he produced the poisoned pin Powers had removed from the silver dollar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Half of them were local workers; Peru has so many ruins from so many cultures that in many small towns archaeological labor is a flourishing blue-collar trade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Movements were made without flourish, and the ten shaman priests and priestesses focused more on one another and the quiet world of the inside than on the outside appearance of the ceremony. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Grace made a flourish with her hand, queenlike. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Aztecs flourished culturally, economically, militarily, and politically, but they faced growing rebellion by the peoples from whom they exacted tribute. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He took a stamp, dampened it on a small sponge, stuck it on my envelope with a dramatic flourish and said, “Any kind of special occasion?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And they lived in what White viewed as well-ordered settlements, with big, flourishing fields of maize. symbols. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He signs his name with a wobbling flourish, letting the pen drop onto the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, she came beaming back into the classroom and announced, with great flourish, “Number three, you’re up!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And with a flourish, I pulled his favorite Rescue Heroes action figure out of his bag. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as taxonomy—the classification of plant and animal species—flourished, inquiries into the origin of living beings were relegated to the forbidden sidelines. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As he neared Peanut, Ben suddenly flipped the ball directly in Peanut’s hands, stepped aside, and with a flourish of his arm offered Peanut Abbott the whole court and an easy layup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Alice Manfred swore she heard a complicated anger in it; something hostile that disguised itself as flourish and roaring seduction. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In earlier times our mother did that, with a flourish. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter opened the doors to the wooden cabinet with a fancy flourish so we could see what had been hidden inside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Capitol seal is back with a final musical flourish. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth sat by the tree, adding flourishes to her gift wrapping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Popper was right to think that science can flourish only in an open society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The heavy charms on Sydelle Pulaski's bracelet clinked and clunked as she raised a full fork and flourished it in a practiced ritual before aiming it at her open mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the flourish and ostentation is the old city, street after street of thick red brick houses, with their front porch pillars like the off-white stems of toadstools and their watchful, calculating windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The result was that the original hymn style became the purview of the shape note singing schools, mostly in the South, where they flourished for many years. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Greek art reached a pinnacle of beauty as respect for the individual flourished in Athens, and Roman relics attest to the might of the greatest empire in the ancient world. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ballets and Broadway musicals and entertainments of that sort will flourish everywhere and will probably make the common folk happier than did the grim, hostile, fascistic pronouncements of their former leaders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Rush, however, Adams began to slip Jefferson into their conversation as an example of the kind of enigmatic temperament destined to flourish in the history books. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkmgton changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The fare was a dollar, so I thought ten cents was exactly right and gave the driver my dime with a little flourish and a smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The authorities did not regret giving permission, for once the garden began to flourish, I often provided the warders with some of my best tomatoes and onions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling is painted in more ornamental flourishes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Max comes, too, because he’s curious, and I empty my sack with a flourish. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The card is thick creamy linen paper with raised gold lettering, with so many swirls and flourishes it’s hard to read. inia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love brought in the hot pound cake on Granny’s best china plate, holding it high over her head, and set it down in front of Grandpa with a grand flourish. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then more days had passed, more weeds had flourished, while he sat in the Field with his dead wife and infant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the Gran’s wand flourished three times in the air, the ceremony would be over, and if Seven’s circle didn’t close, they would remain Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The small restaurant was covered in ivy, and Evanora’s Tea Room was written in gold flourishes on one giant, exposed window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some are large and decorated with flourishes and long descriptions of their contents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kimberley flourished his cane at the silent children. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When they emerged into the far corner of the store, he gestured with a flourish. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She’d snuck an “N” in there, too, stretched out like a flourish under his initials. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up on my Victorian flourishes, my antique diction, my girls’ school propriety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Timothy Bartlett,” he says with a flourish as he dips into a hand-rolling bow. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Both Adams and Jefferson, it turned out, were too deeply shaped by the desperate struggle against England to foresee the Anglo-American alliance that flourished throughout the Victorian era and beyond. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He zipped it with a flourish and went out the door. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once exposed, it behaved as though it were itself a plant and flourished into a huge suede-gray flower that throbbed like fever, and sighed like the shift of sand dunes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One could not describe Obasanjo as a good man, but it must be conceded that he has done some good things in the country; there is a flourishing spirit of entrepreneurship,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fred pulled something from inside his cloak with a flourish and laid it on one of the desks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the most obvious level, these numbers confirmed with enhanced precision the self-evident reality that slavery was a sectional phenomenon that was dying out in the North and flourishing in the South. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For the inhabitants of East Durham, racism flourished, a part of the environment, as natural and as unquestioned as rain in the spring or hunger pangs at night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Miss,” said Dad, bowing with a flourish. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, he stood tall, kissed his fingertips gently, and raised his arms high above his head. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“To nourish the falcon. And the falcon then nourishes man. And, eventually, man will nourish your sands, where the game will once again flourish. That’s how the world goes.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon a large Jewish community flourished in Islamic Spain. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The late rose is starting to flourish anew. Eat to your heart’s content.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, poor foreigners seeped in and the quiet old brownstone houses were hacked up into flats, feather beds were pushed out on the window sills to air and the Tree of Heaven flourished. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another flourish, and the black silk folds and curves in on itself, becoming a black top hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the merest flourish of light and motion in the sky. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have flourishes, prepare to flourish them now, and if you have tears, prepare to shed them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His uncle, having said these words, stepped back and folded his arms with a flourish of his dirty and ragged robes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

This was at a time when the whole region of Tuscany, and Florence and Pisa in particular, was flourishing in the Renaissance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

August lifts a piece of toast with flourish, smiling broadly with closed lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He bowed low again, with a flourish this time. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But then a passionate conversation breaks out amongst them, accompanied by maps and the flourish of pencils. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sabre-tooth cats, after flourishing for more than 30 million years, disappeared, and so did the giant ground sloths, the oversized lions, native American horses, native American camels, the giant rodents and the mammoths. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panda-Laney unzipped Paganini’s bag, and the little rabbit hopped out with a flourish, gazing around for something edible, nose twitching rhythmically. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By the beginning of the twentieth century, rowing clubs flourished in the enclaves of the well-heeled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What if the scientific tradition of the ancient Ionian Greeks had survived and flourished? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luigi Cherubini was one such composer, born in Florence but able to flourish in Paris by tiptoeing deftly between opposing camps as political power changed hands before, during and after the Revolution. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They had been planted too close together, and she had decided to replant a few in the hopes they would flourish even this late in the season. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

This fifth-floor apartment is indeed nicer than the second-floor one—the ceilings high and decorated with punched tin and stucco flourishes: fruits, flowers, banana leaves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We know that a nation so conceived and so dedicated could and did endure, indeed flourish, to become the longest-lived republic in world history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now, at the window, he flourished his stick with Shaw’s precise, calligraphic dips and circles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Miniature flowers of countless hues flourished in meadows streaked with golden-threaded sunlight. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seized with an immediate desire to reveal himself, Harry pulled off the Cloak with a flourish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He said this last with a flourish that indicated the grandness of her attitude. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Europe, zero was an outcast, but in India and later in the Arab lands, it flourished. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Joe took his own sweet time about it, flicked droplets of urine all over the floor, zipped up his pants with a flourish, and turned away without flushing the toilet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pour some milk into their coffee with a flourish. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the aid of the marigolds the roses flourished; in the control beds they were sickly and drooping. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Since the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the arts have been flourishing—painting and theater and literature. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Whereupon, he stuck his paw under the chair cushion and brought out with a flourish an assortment of strange white objects. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

That the telescope flourished and the microscope languished is one of the signs that the Scientific Revolution can properly be understood as a revolution—that is, a revolt against a previous order. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The flourishing field of evolutionary psychology argues that many of our present-day social and psychological characteristics were shaped during this long pre-agricultural era. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to study every line, every flourish of the beloved hand; he wanted desperately to know every word that had been traced by Shadrach’s pen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his handwriting was mannered, all curves and flourishes, with a uniform elegance that looked like something printed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the same time that Mayan civilization was developing, the Olmecs, sometimes called Mexico’s “Mother Culture,” flourished in the Valley of Mexico. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The first recorded experiment on air was performed by a physician' named Empedocles, who flourished around 450 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was all red velvet, chandeliers, and rococo flourishes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Galileo’s social and intellectual life also flourished in Padua, revolving around his new friends, such as Pinelli. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Behind her closed eyelids, she had imagined the skin of her tummy brown instead of blue, decorated with the old woman's exquisite flourishes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He kept replaying his own exploits, tacking on little flourishes that never happened. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to write her letters every day, when he still had the strength, long letters in an old- fashioned script with flourishes and curlicues. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved her hand with a flourish as if she were introducing us to King Arthur's court. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He tapped the side of her case, and with a radiant flourish the fairy was gone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

So she flourished it, feinting to right and left, not intending to hit him at all, and he didn’t move. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Missionaries were allowed in to tame the pagans, and the Christianity and education they brought flourished. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He held it out to them with something of a flourish. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wineries flourished for three decades; the art colony collapsed within a few months. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

The Nile Valley remained a cultural backwater for about 3,000 years after village food production began to flourish in the hills of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were long and nimble, and as he moved, his hand quitting the piece with a flourish, he looked like a classical pianist playing a concerto. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Black street gangs in particular flourished in Chicago, with membership in the tens of thousands by the 1970s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like you were extremely lucky,” Dr. Cullen said, smiling as he signed my chart with a flourish. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Evidence of such settlements has been discovered throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Levant, where the Natufian culture flourished from 12,500 BC to 9500 BC. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dinner is served!” she announces, and places our plates in front of us with a flourish. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Mammoths had flourished for millions of years over most of the northern hemisphere, but as Homo sapiens spread—first over Eurasia and then over North America—the mammoths retreated. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as large farms flourished, the small ones struggled. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One would imagine the contents of a dish, and the other would uncover it with a small, dramatic flourish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every now and then we stumble on a major civilization, such as the ancient culture of Ebla, which flourished only a few millennia ago and about which we knew nothing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his refusal to do this had his life depended, and John’s secret heart had flourished in its wickedness until the day his sin first overtook him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Here you are,” Agent said, appearing with a flourish. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He reached into a pocket of his waistcoat and took out a card, and handed it to Father with a flourish. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard it, Amaranta thought of Pietro Crespi, his evening gardenia, and his smell of lavender, and in the depths of her withered heart a clean rancor flourished, purified by time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’d had so many careful, sensible conversations at this point, with so many people, about how to extract myself from a career in which, by all outward measures, I was flourishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Muhammad stands up, pulls out my chair for me with a flourish and then Saint Sarah’s before sitting down with a smile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I dug into a pocket, and held up my link with a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This occurred at a time when Mandela and Tambo was flourishing and I was in court dozens of times a week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the cathedral, the school is still there and still flourishing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My art career is going to flourish in Phoenix. I can just feel it.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Paradigms flourish; some then die, and others get relegated to introductory textbooks. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She adds the perfect flourishes, holds positions and pauses for the ideal amounts of time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At first, they wrote infrequent letters, but as cybercafes opened, cell phones spread, and Facebook flourished, they communicated more often. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Nancy holds up her hand, not like earlier with a flourish, more like a stop sign. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She flourishes her brilliant fingernails and breaks into childlike laughter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Some went south, and some who were bold and angry and cared nothing for what they did joined the robber bands that flourished everywhere in the countryside. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Better to go out with a flourish than a whine, don’t you think?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dobzhansky’s final flourish was to solve the “mystery of mysteries” that had preoccupied Darwin: the origin of species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The farm flourished, and the widow Richardson gained a reputation as a hard bargainer, but one whose crop was always good, and who never sold shoddy for better merchandise. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He winks at me, taking his oven mitts off, and I watch as he confidently twirls his chef’s knife, deftly slicing the pie into eight even pieces with a flourish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

That is, they smell like a virus; and they flourish in ruined habitats. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So with a flourish, he produced his proof, the letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Richard pulls open the double doors to the bar, throws his hands into the air with a flourish, and ushers Lil and Em, giggling and whispering, inside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu drew the last line, longer than the rest, with a flourish. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He opens it with a flourish and it unfurls to the floor, unraveling down the aisle in front of him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The three-year-old was only getting sicker, wasting away before everyone’s eyes, as the mutant germs flourished. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He flourished meats and bread baked the day before, dusted a table, invited himself to sit, and ate until he had to go find a soda fountain, where he ordered a bicarbonate. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In June 1956, in the monthly journal Liberation, I pointed out that the charter endorsed private enterprise and would allow capitalism to flourish among Africans for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flourished a pound note in front of Ben. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Under the live oaks, shaded and dusky, the maidenhair flourished and gave a good smell, and under the mossy banks of the water courses whole clumps of five-fingered ferns and goldy-backs hung down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I finished with a bit of a flourish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As they flourished, evangelical entrepreneurs and strivers built a distinctly evangelical business culture of prayer meetings, self-help books, and business associations. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Roseland had taken one hit after another, from the exodus of white families and the bottoming out of the steel industry to the deterioration of its schools and the flourishing of the drug trade. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She finished the S at the end of his name with a flourish and set the piece of canvas aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jack flourished his arm and said, “I give you Mr. Griswold’s sanctuary.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was the type that seemed to flourish best under the dominion of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And with a flourish, he pulled a thread out of his fraying sleeve and tied it around Pinmei’s wrist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She combs her hair, spots a lone gray strand and plucks it with a flourish. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The five cabinet members then rolled up the large parchment and, with many bows and flourishes, retired. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, the salon doors burst open with a flourish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Nice,” said Ron, as with one final flourish of her wand, Hermione turned the leaves on the crabapple tree to gold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some had seven or eight and didn’t understand how fortunate they were, how blessed that their children had flourished in their wombs, lived to squirm in their arms and take the milk from their breasts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The harpsichord plucks along, the violins make big baroque flourishes—the low, angled space of the attic brims with sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had a small gap between her teeth and faded pockmarks on her chin, yet her eyes were beautiful, with thick, flaring brows and liquid flourishes that extended beyond the natural width of the lids. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I pay homage to the queen,” Ben said with a flourish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I represent the forces which allow the arts and sciences to flourish in freedom and peace, thereby enriching the lives of us all. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you looking for this?” he asks, moving his hand with a flourish. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is what I wanted to show you,” she said, turning around with a hand flourish. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She ended with a slow, subdued flourish of treble chords and finally one soft single bass note, like a Graphophone winding down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Which she did, and did well, and the dominions on and about Mount Huon prospered and flourished under her command. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“See that ground vine with the tiny leaves? It’s a rare plant called drapeweed that flourishes in thin soil.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed’s handwriting was like him—patrician and long, with elegant flourishes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time of our overflight, half or more of what once had been the flourishing land of the Maya was abandoned. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He would take it out of the pocket where he always kept it, with a flourish, display it to the sickening curiousity of the master, apprentices, journeymen, lady customers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his dance with a bit of a flourish, landing on one toe on the center of Luna’s palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Everywhere lawns and gardens flourished—residents promised to keep weeds pulled, to grow only flowers, never vegetables. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With a dramatic flourish, he placed a black airline pilot’s bag on the table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finished the equation with a great flourish of taps and scratches on the blackboard and looked at me, a triumphant look on her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With a flourish, Miss Ohio dropped a fish on the metal’s steaming hot surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, relations between the landlord and Hazleton did not flourish happily during the Army operation and the second Ebola outbreak. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman, standing in the center of the circle of chairs, pulls back the black silk with a flourish, revealing a still-intact chair on which now perch several snow-white doves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everything was going smoothly until April took down the question and with a dramatic flourish got ready to pretend to read. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a time when women were a rarity at the Navy, Driscoll’s career flourished. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And,” Maddie finished with a triumphant flourish, “the farm woman drew her a map.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Vincent's painting flourishes with the warm weather, growing and changing as Arles fills with blossoming trees. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Behind the thirteenth door”—the guide flourishes one of his impossibly wrinkled hands—“is the Sea of Flames.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So occasionally she hired someone to pull up the dog’s mercury and the Jack-in-the-hedge so that her favorites could flourish. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early sixteenth century a high civilization flourished in central Mexico. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What prevented them from taking root and flourishing? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small family business can survive and flourish without a board of directors, a CEO or an accounting department. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But during the four centuries in which slavery flourished, the idea of race flourished as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the seventh century, the West had withered with the fall of Rome, but the East was flourishing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Blue-furred, orange-eyed, red-fanged, a tiger snarled upon his left biceps; a spitting snake, coiled around a dagger, slithered down his arm; and elsewhere skulls gleamed, a tombstone loomed, a chrysanthemum flourished. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack flourished his arm and said, “I give you Mr. Griswold’s sanctuary.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He loved to be in that house, admiring the craftsmanship, the great care put into the most eccentric details and flourishes—a mural over the mantel, one-of-a-kind ironwork on every balcony. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor swiveled with a faintly military flourish and executed a tight circle over the courtroom’s waxed floor, his hands against the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His writing was beautiful and powerful, and the lively and vigorous flourishes in his calligraphy awed us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d play a minor chord or two with his left hand and, with a flourish of his right, wipe his perspiring face with an enormous white handkerchief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might never have visited her father's country, but he was convinced at that moment of her Africanness; how else would she be able to fling herself to the ground with that perfect dramatic flourish? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the stroke came a little flick of the head, a flourish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I thought it must be some kind of culminating prank, the senior class leaving Devon with a flourish. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If sentencing were the only stage of the criminal justice process in which racial biases were allowed to flourish, it would be a tragedy of gargantuan proportions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he let the thought sit there, in the man Jack’s head for a moment, before he opened the gate with a flourish. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The Thirty Years’ War, which had pummeled and bankrupted much of Europe, was finally winding down, and intellectual life flourished. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He rose up and went to Mr. Sharpe’s body; with a flourish, he drew' forth a set of keys and, from another pocket, a handkerchief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would always whip it off with a flourish, muttering, ‘Don’t be such a ridiculous little baby!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher rolls up the access ramp and spins his chair once in a flourish at the top. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

J’aime the handwritten brasserie menus, the cursive writing less rigid and boxlike than print, with a feminine flourish, like a Peugeot. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XVII 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, the prime minister’s wife and a champion of Greek culture and craft, agreed that it was important “to keep the momentum that is existing right now, where the art scene is flourishing.” The Athens Art Scene Goes Contemporary 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

Newspapers flourished and inexpensive books flooded the market. Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? 2012-02-17T21:39:00Z

Mr. Owens likes the odd couture flourish, as well as the quasi-religious symbol. Fashion Review: Paris Men?s Shows Offer Order Amid Chaos 2010-06-25T21:37:00Z

But for all its merits, "Worm" has a peculiar feel to it, with dramatic flourishes that feel forced. 'Worm': Inside the fight against Conficker virus 2011-10-19T23:16:04Z

A recurring little flourish in the piano’s right hand keeps “Forward Into Light” from settling into just another hymn. Music Review: Brooklyn Art Song Society at Galapagos Art Space - Review 2012-01-15T23:12:38Z

The finishing flourish is a crown of fresh baby greens. Parmesan-crusted halibut on phyllo sounds rich but eats light 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

However I feel about Mayes and her privilege, and the marketing phenomenon that has flourished in her wake, there’s no denying that her prose brings Bramasole to life. Under the Crushing Weight of the Tuscan Sun 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

It brings to mind Amp Fiddler and Prince, Joanna Newsom's more excitable orchestral flourishes, Tom Waits, Scott Walker, often in the same song. Vive la dance 2010-12-30T13:28:49Z

By the turn of the 18th century, when Captain Cranby espied Wynn’s skull and crossbones, the piracy trade was flourishing and ambitious pirates were becoming increasingly sophisticated in the way they operated. Design: Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool 2011-05-01T16:56:02Z

It traveled to the United States early in the 19th century and flourished in California later in the 1800s when it was planted extensively. In Zinfandel, Brawn Wins Out 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

These podcasts, also recognised in the Sony Awards this year, are just one example of how imaginative features and radio art are quietly flourishing in the UK. Radio head: British radio triumphs in New York 2010-09-29T06:59:00Z

For some extra flourish, the industry insider recommended finishing by "using fingers or a styling brush" to get the desired look, but stressed the importance of not “overworking” hair during styling. Get the Look: Sleek, straight hair like Nicole Kidman 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The natural habitat in which I flourish is a couch. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Chef’s Table,’ ‘Nashville’ and British Things 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Public performances, video, installations, land art and agitprop all flourished during the war. Review | How the Vietnam War changed art forever 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich who flourished in the years after 1917, only to be silenced in 1932 by Stalin’s brutal crackdown. Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z

Extracts in the formulas may also indicate where tree species once flourished and help identify the trade routes for ink products. Solving the Mystery of Ancient Ink Origins 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The limo wasn’t some sort of rock star flourish on the part of Mr. Navarro, the guitarist for the Los Angeles hard rockers Jane’s Addiction, but a practical concern. Dave Navarro’s ‘Mourning Son’ Tells the Story of His Mother’s Murder 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

You can, after all, be a victim and flourish. Harvey Weinstein Is Going to Prison. But That’s Just a Starting Point. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Style here becomes mere mannerism — as when all nine men lean over to one side on one beat and then, on the next beat, solemnly flourish one wrist as if this was somehow important. Review: At School of American Ballet, Passing With Flying Colors 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

My friend and I were careful to acknowledge and thank the hotels for these flourishes, and each time our awkwardness was reflected back on us tenfold by our hosts. How I Lost the Fiancé but Won the Honeymoon 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

I ask for indulgence, since I am compelled to write about “I Wonder” with as much flourish as is graphically demonstrated on page after page; I find the book that engaging. | Marian Bantjes, Illuminated 2010-12-01T18:45:00Z

The visuals feature fantastic beasts and animals as well as more abstract calligraphic flourishes, with a scene of Moses addressing the Israelites added later by the 15th-century scribe-artist Joel ben Simeon. Getty Museum Acquires a Rare, 700-Year-Old Torah 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Design flourishes like jeweled light fixtures, Art Deco wall prints and long drapery were set amid a sophisticated palette of creams, taupes and grays. At Lille Hotel, Meeting the Countess’s Standards 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Speculative knowledge flourishes in moments of uncertainty and fear. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he not only adapted but flourished in the era of publishing conglomerates and superstar agents, brokering headline-grabbing deals. Owen Laster, Literary Agent at William Morris, Dies at 72 2011-03-10T02:03:39Z

Robert used to run a flourishing home maintenance business in Essex. Britain's hidden homeless and the death of Michelle Conroy 2013-01-20T08:00:00Z

All the kid stars had a tough row to hoe because the public smothered them with so much love, they couldn’t grow up, and after that, they never could find enough love to flourish.” Jackie Cooper, Film and Television Actor, Dies at 88 2011-05-04T23:30:04Z

There’s also a characteristic Grand Guignol flourish toward the end that’s outrageous enough that you may find yourself at once laughing and gasping, only to hastily avert your eyes. Review: ‘The Handmaiden’ Explores Confinement in Rich, Erotic Textures 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

The second section of the exhibition, entitled “A Dynamic Society,” explores the flourishing world outside the palace gates. Museums: China's Reluctant Emperor 2011-09-07T10:55:41Z

In her best work, these sci-fi flourishes blend seamlessly into her fusionist music, flavoring her “neon gumbo” but not defining it. Janelle Monáe’s Queer, Afrofuturist Literary Debut 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

The fashion credentials of the British high street have flourished in recent years as more household clothing brands inch onto the catwalks of major fashion centres. Rihanna brings high street to catwalks at London show 2013-02-17T03:25:14Z

Also impressive is the sense of narrative it creates over half an hour as it builds out a motif of just five notes: a flourish of three harmonics that settles down to two more tones. Unsuk Chin on the Violin Concerto She Swore She’d Never Write 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Those who’ve read Furukawa’s novel, which doesn’t seem to have been translated into English, may have no issue tracking the movie’s labyrinthine turns, its time shifts, storytelling elisions and fantastical flourishes. ‘Inu-oh’ Review: Dazzling Anime Meets Medieval Epic 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Now our democracy is under attack, children are being torn from their parents and put in detention camps, hatred is flourishing and people are dying. Letters to the Editor 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

It’s about watching the plant’s enormous press lines being disassembled by hired gangs of heavy-metal vultures and shipped off to flourishing factories in places like Brazil, Mexico and India, where the equipment is needed. Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z

Australian historical fiction is flourishing, and never is it subject to this kind of aesthetic scrutiny. A Place to Call Home is Australian television to be proud of 2013-07-18T02:32:00Z

The Gandhara civilization, in what is now the Peshawar Valley, adjoining Afghanistan and Pakistan, flourished under the rule of the Kushan Buddhists. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

"There's definitely room from some O Duo flourishes in that bit," Gunnell says. O Duo: 'It's not just music. It's visual, too' 2010-09-30T22:25:00Z

“We introduce them into a new, rich habitat called the human population, where they can flourish more abundantly and cause more trouble.” David Quammen’s ‘Spillover’ Owes Much to Faulkner 2012-10-20T02:34:03Z

Peplum, a flounce or flourish of fabric attached to the waist or hips of a garment, is showing up frequently in lines for this and next season. Vera Wang: Sensual and suggestive styles on runway 2012-02-14T21:32:11Z

Like other Côte Fleurie towns, Honfleur was a fishing village that began to flourish as a cosmopolitan getaway with the arrival of the railroad link to Paris in the 1860s. Visiting France?s C?te Fleurie 2010-08-06T15:19:00Z

It flourished, sometimes under other names, in Britain, France and Germany. Pop Art International: Far Beyond Warhol and Lichtenstein 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

It was easier for the professionals to imagine her dead or ruined than to entertain the idea that she might thrive, that chance or accident might permit her to flourish. An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

In matters of wardrobe and set design, he avoided obvious period markers: no cellphones but also no retro flourishes. Creating an Adolescence for the Ages 2011-06-25T23:33:02Z

But the revamped Panic! at the Disco is disciplining itself; all its flourishes are tucked neatly between choruses that are proudly and insistently pop. Music Review: A Return to Power, Properly Punctuated 2011-02-02T22:24:02Z

Although the band couldn’t reproduce every flourish of the recorded versions, it performed such complex numbers as “Have One on Me” as capably as it did the comparatively straightforward “Peach Plum Pear.” Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

But it also may help explain why we do not hear much about exhibitions like this one, emphasizing “what we share,” originating in lands where that vision flourishes. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z

Judt often missed Europe, which was after all his subject, but he flourished mightily in America. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z

The Iron Market was designed and made in Paris around the same time as the Eiffel Tower, and there's a similarly heroic aesthetic to its riveted plates and expressive structure, augmented with neoclassical flourishes. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z

Each year they wither, only to flourish again. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

For two composers who played fundamental roles in the flourishing downtown arts scene of the 1960s and ’70s, a shared love of turtles might seem like an odd point of kinship. The Secret Muse of the Downtown Scene? Turtles 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

When the character played by Thulin, who had starred in Bergman’s masterly Wild Strawberries, mutilates herself with broken glass, the sceptical observer may see a contrived or even self-parodic flourish. Bergman: why are the great director's women all tragi-sexual goddesses? 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Despite his top-speed footwork and its stop-on-a-dime conclusions, his arms moved in waves, rivulets, soft flourishes, always demonstrating calm and ease within brilliance. Dance Review: Indian Culture in Every Muscle, From Eyelid to Fingertip 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

It was a cute and clever flourish, in a piece titled “Bees Bees Bees.” Review: Wynton Marsalis’s ‘Spaces,’ a Kinetic Series of Zoological Portraits 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

Pei, later renowned as designer of the National Gallery of Art’s daring East Building, to create a structure commensurate with The Post’s expanding circulation and flourishing journalism. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Benjamin is like an overly chatty but skilled magician; she earns herself a few twee flourishes by telling a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids. Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Solares is less interested in the cartel than in revealing the conditions that allowed it to emerge and then flourish. Books Of The Times: Noir in Sunny Mexico, Mart?n Solares?s ?Black Minutes? 2010-05-31T23:37:00Z

A flourishing circuit of comedy clubs now exists in large cities, and early next year Comedy Central will be going on the air in Brazil, the channel’s first foray into Latin America. Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z

A guru is like a parent who raises a child to flourish on her own. Wendy Shanker: Madonna is my guru 2010-05-09T21:00:00Z

Pacific Crossing: Brahms by Way of Seoul Western classical music has long flourished in Korea: where Western missionaries go, music tends to follow. Music Review: Korean Symphony at Carnegie, Brahms via Seoul 2010-06-02T21:50:00Z

Just when you think the soil is too acidic for these tender sprouts to flourish, Mungo and James find new reserves of durability. ‘Young Mungo’ Explores Love and Violence in Emotional Technicolor 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

Dinklage delivers the line not with a cruel, mocking flourish but with a hint of sadness — at the only way he can connect with the sister who never loved him. Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No 2012-03-31T23:17:15Z

Nymphetmania has a long and hoary pedigree in Hollywood, and flourished years before Nabokov gave us the Lolita syndrome. Time's finally up for Hollywood's Lolita complex 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Certainly, Rimsky-Korsakov receives a hero’s burial, replete with Valhalla flourishes. A Rediscovered Stravinsky Work, from Before He Made His Leap Into the Unknown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s like, beyond your wildest dreams,” Rachel says with a flourish, and we burst into laughter. Four Women Bond Over the Beauty in Their Baldness 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Along with the big names, Mr. Tranter added his own flourishes. How the Orlando Charity Single ‘Hands’ Went From Idea to Reality 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

In Pulp Fiction, the deaths are practically meaningless, at the service of a giddy postmodernism that delights in stylistic flourishes, wisecracking and the trappings of genre. Tarantino's gruesome revenge fantasies are growing more puerile and misogynistic | Caspar Salmon 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

But even while her acting career flourished with the Royal Shakespeare Company, she kept going back. Not so black and white: South Africa on stage 2013-07-20T23:06:08Z

“Souvenir” reminds the reader that plundering was not unusual tourist behavior into the 20th century, especially with industrialization and better transportation allowing travel to flourish — not only among the wealthy, but also the middle-class. Souvenirs 101 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Founded in 1948, it was the longest surviving of those clubs that had flourished in the era before the liberalisation of British licensing laws in the early 1960s. Michael Wojas obituary 2010-06-11T17:28:00Z

It would further flourish with the energetic live musicians that accompanied him Friday night. At the Howard Theater, R&B singer Giveon stretches his vocal chops before a sellout crowd 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

This is only one of the great many mysteries about the ancient Puebloan civilization that once flourished across the desert landscape of the American Southwest and, for a long time, was believed to have vanished. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Ramont and his cast accomplish this with a mostly traditional approach to the play — though the director has added several flourishes, including one moving, choreographic display. A “Menagerie” of real feeling 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

Surrounded by political violence, economic injustice and cultural alienation, they try to secure a space where imagination and solidarity can flourish. ‘Neptune Frost’ Review: Unanimous Gold Mine 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Significant Other” does not reinvent the genre, but its narrative flourishes make for an exciting outing. ‘Significant Other’ Review: Backpacking Is a Trip 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

And she was anything but searching for words during our recent interview, greeting me at the door with a diva-style vocal flourish. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

But as the company flourished, Faye’s contributions to Compare were quickly omitted: “Her part in the story didn’t fit the media image of the two young, daring, indomitable entrepreneurs, Jack and Henrik.” In ‘The Golden Cage,’ a Kept Woman Grabs the Keys to the Kingdom 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

It also represents another major landmark in our flourishing partnership with the BBC. BBC's birthday present to Bradford 2012-11-12T13:06:52Z

All three movements of the 15-minute work are delightful, but listen to the finale, “Counter Rhythm,” which goes through moods alternately grim, jerky, playful, cosmic, suave and woozy before ending with a CinemaScope-wide flourish. After 25 Years, San Francisco’s Maverick Conductor Moves On 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

Often overshadowed by the legacy of riots in 1967 and its colorful mayors, downtown Newark is quietly flourishing. Exploring Cafes and Culture in Downtown Newark 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

So begins the interrupted flourishing of the other family tree, planted in unstable soil whether in El Salvador, the United States or Mexico. Review | In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

Always he found talent to be intimately linked to joie de vivre, ability to gaiety, and craftsmanship to human flourishing, and he proceeded accordingly, with sometimes greater, sometimes lesser success and skill. The Artist 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

The gorgeous gliding phrases, the hairbreadth pauses, the coloratura flourishes all emanate from the same source. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga Tango With Passion and Laughter 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

For more than a century, the Picture Collection of the New York Public Library has flourished, gloriously but precariously, as a shape-shifting misfit within a Dewey Decimal grid. Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection! 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

The relatively severe “Day” opens a door to the beyond with a flourish of dancing lines that conjure a chandelier. ‘Agnes of the Desert’ Joins Modernism’s Pantheon 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

The hotel’s elegant interior pays homage to that history, melding vintage warmth and modern cool, with Art Deco flourishes. Hotel Review: The Dream Nashville, Printers Alley 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z

Gardens flourished on the home front because people were eager to build their own community-based food security, and to cultivate something beautiful and useful in times of great stress and uncertainty, Ms. Hayden-Smith said. Food Supply Anxiety Brings Back Victory Gardens 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

With that final flourish, Poe’s anxieties pry their way into the psyche once more. Review | Synetic Theater’s ‘The Madness of Poe’ delivers a haunting mash-up from the father of American horror 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

This is a comment more on the state of Broadway than on American playwriting, which is flourishing in quarters far from the madding crowd of tourists and empty spectacle junkies. Tony Awards 2014: A few rays of sunshine in a mostly cloudy Broadway season 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Despite the demands of a flourishing international career and a new post as the chief conductor of the Konzerthaus Orchestra in Berlin, he insists on making his home in Hungary. Ivan Fischer Returns to Mostly Mozart With ‘Nozze di Figaro’ 2013-08-09T18:45:43Z

We were all guilty of it because we were in this fantastic, flourishing economy and nobody really thought about their spending. Special Report: Watches: U.S. Economy Alters Face of Luxury Brands 2010-03-17T20:30:00Z

For nearly three decades, his ambitious comedy has leaned on articulate and slyly constructed set pieces filled with flamboyant metaphors and ornate flourishes. Patton Oswalt: ‘I’ll Never Be at 100 Percent Again’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

But there’s a personal flourish: Among the coffees sold will be a blend from Puerto Rico — part of Miranda’s effort to support farmers on the island where his parents are from. How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

But as his career flourished, his problems multiplied. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z

The gentle “Is That Enough” adds orchestral flourishes, the sparse “Well You Better” conjures a less tense Talking Heads and the blustery “Paddle Forward” is a highflying ’90s throwback. Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ spellbinding, focused 2013-01-14T21:21:42Z

Throw in a flourish of new design hotels, fabulous food markets and venerable coffee houses, and it adds up to one of the continent’s most enticing summer city breaks. Budapest city guide: what to do, plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

It’s hard not to see this place as an archaeologist might, gazing at the once-great civilization that flourished here. ‘Low Winter Sun’ Gives Detroit a Leading Role 2013-08-02T12:00:19Z

Mr. Lamar’s win comes at a time when black popular culture is flourishing. Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Signals Hip-Hop’s Growing Cultural Clout 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

But even after the printing press made reading a possibility for nonaristocrats, the performance of poetry continued to flourish. Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z

Behind a symmetrical façade of redbrick—accented with stone scrolls, pilasters, and other neoclassical flourishes—lie generously proportioned interiors marked by marble floors and soaring ceilings. On the Market: A Stately Texas Manse Designed by AD100 Architect Robert A.M. Stern 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

While live performance is flourishing once again in New York and across the United States, audiences have been slow to return. In New York, Masks Will Not Be Required at the Opera or Ballet 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

The night belonged to Lambert and FGL before Underwood’s flourish at the finish. Carrie Underwood Takes Video of Year at CMT Awards 2013-06-05T23:28:22Z

Their metamorphoses are achieved with little excessive flourish. Review: ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Is a Transfixing Epic of Riches and Ruin 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

But about midway came a handful of Mr. Legend’s solo songs, which reduced the whole stage to placidity, though the organist James Poyser added nervy flourishes of drama on “Green Light.” Music Review: Putting Ballads Aside for Soul That?s More Soothing Than Sweaty 2010-09-24T22:07:00Z

The obstacles became so intense that at times the exhibition, devoted to the splendors of the ancient Buddhist civilization of Gandhara that flourished in northern Pakistan 2,000 years ago, almost foundered. Long-Delayed Show of Buddhist Art From Pakistan Is to Open 2011-07-26T22:48:05Z

Still standing A structure on the Tuscarora reservation, where the corn flourished until the advent of industrial farming. T Magazine: Children of the Corn 2011-09-22T01:30:18Z

Since then, sound art has flourished here, thanks partly to a lively experimental music scene, the presence of renowned audio companies like Meyer Sound and institutional support from universities and museums. Arts: ?Audium? and ?The Wave Organ?: The Sounds of Art 2010-03-28T02:41:00Z

Perhaps “Figaro” is also accountable for the concerto’s affecting mix of effervescence and melancholy, and for the subtly stagy flourish of its finale, in which a poignant minuet interrupts a buoyant rondo. Music Review: New York Philharmonic’s ‘All-Mozart’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-06-21T21:44:31Z

These flourishes are just the most visible part of the makeover for a literary award considered one of the most prestigious in the United States. National Book Awards Dinner Reinvents Itself 2012-11-11T22:41:12Z

Well, perhaps they did, but they certainly didn't flourish there. The Pecan Steps Off the Pie Plate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

The decorative arts and haute cuisine were flourishing in Paris in the late 19th century, but the era’s booming opportunities did not extend to its slums — nor to the majority of Frenchwomen. ‘Little Dancer’: Big roles for women in the Susan Stroman, Tiler Peck ballet musical

In a final flourish they tracked down the singer Ibrahim Ferrer, then 70 and walking the streets of Havana, shining shoes for money. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-07-07T22:15:01Z

Science, he said, is gradually encompassing life’s deepest questions and we are beginning to understand why humans flourish. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z

Being able to control your reproduction is essential to women’s ability to flourish in the United States. Rebecca Traister: how All the Single Ladies gets at the heart of US history 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

As his commercial art business flourished, Warhol took up fine art, experimenting with the concrete image and the silk-screening process. Review | ‘Warhol’ paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

“I love you” marks the point where a real relationship begins, from where it grows and flourishes, and you certainly have the right to start from there and ask for more. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Half a century after their emergence in Paris, these covered arcades flourished in Istanbul, drawing on French, Italian, and Ottoman architectural styles. Istanbul’s top 10 historic shopping arcades 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

But her life flourishes in the pages of this book. A dying mother’s memoir is this year’s ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Larry David’s “Fish in the Dark” and the new musical “It Shoulda Been You” possess the same mossy quality of formulaic throwbacks, tweaked with naughty contemporary flourishes. Review: Renée Fleming Plays Against Type in ‘Living on Love’ 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

But when he tells it in private, he doesn’t add the comic flourishes, and the muscle between his eyebrows contracts in an involuntary spasm. André Leon Talley’s Next Act 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Jason Segel stars as the author, who brought flashy intellectual free associations and other postmodern flourishes to American fiction before committing suicide in 2008. Sundance 2015: Focus turns to mavericks from the not-too-distant past 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Finally, try “Velvet,” set in a department store in the 1950s, when cross-class romances are verboten and thus flourish. How Do I Fill the ‘Succession’-Size Hole in My Sunday? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Even in as inhospitable a place as Soviet Russia, art flourishes. A Charming, Poignant Middle-Grade Memoir of Soviet Russia 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

The early 20th-century furniture companies Herman Miller and Steelcase established a creative community in central Michigan’s Grand Rapids, one now flourishing thanks to a confluence of urban revival and arts funding. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Maybe Stockman is romantic about the studio business he so evidently cherishes and the building in which it flourishes. Fancy owning a piece of film history? 2011-07-29T22:02:48Z

Copious and intriguing notes or "scholia" explore "what I hope is a permissible minimum of pareidolia", as Manson puts it with a Mallarméan flourish. The Poems in Verse by Stéphane Mallarmé, translated by Peter Manson - review 2012-06-15T21:55:09Z

Certain dances shatter to pieces if they’re not interpreted by veterans who know how to penetrate a role from the inside out; others flourish with students in early bloom. ABT Studio Company Offers ‘Le Corsaire’ Excerpts 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

One senses at points that Green wants to reach for novelistic flourishes, but he’s restrained by better impulses. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Some of her members started giving house concerts, a trend toward more intimate, domestic music making that has flourished until now. Perspective | The arts will recover from the coronavirus, as they did after 9/11. But they might look a lot different. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Chavín, a lively, industrialized culture, flourished in the Peruvian Andes beginning around the 15 century B.C. — long before Rome became a Republic. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

“And it’s filled with tragedy and alienation — and that once we realize that, we have the possibility of human flourishing.” Always running, always prepared: Hillary Clinton as a high school politician 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

It’s Detroit, I think, and it breaks my heart, while its very existence — proof that someone cares enough to tell stories through art — reminds me that hope is flourishing here. Detroit’s unexpected — and unexpectedly moving — outdoor art scene

Drug gangs involved in all kinds of criminality, including trafficking, flourish by supplying the drug. Going to pot: legalised cannabis edges nearer in west after US states end ban 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

At first the discourse is pleasant, though a bit precious, since Aydin loves literary flourishes. 'Winter Sleep' haunting portrait of one man's crumbling world 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Sometimes the additional flourish comes from Adele herself, who is a forceful enough singer, so confident with her agony, that she can bend words into new shapes without losing their meaning. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-28T23:15:55Z

Along the way there’s a little violence, more than a little marital hostility, a flourish of swordplay, and a toddler whose cruelty is met with swift surreal punishment. My children are hooked on Faulkner! 2012-12-03T20:30:00Z

The area flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, when local merchants established a trading and financial network that covered the whole of China. Next Time You're in ... Anhui 2011-05-26T15:50:00Z

Clive's career continued to flourish and I follow it closely, although we were divorced decades ago. Once upon a life: Margaret Drabble 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

But now Goldwater’s statement, with its balanced clauses, its formality, seems merely rhetorical, a flourish more than a threat. The Plot Against America: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

In their flourishing and floundering, they convince us of our long-forgotten power. My houseplant garden is a tiny national park Donald Trump can never destroy 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z

While Schönwerth’s style is generally austere, it does occasionally admit poetic phrases and flourishes. A newly discovered trove of unknown fairy tales: ‘The Turnip Princess’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Then, almost by accident, Europe stumbled into an arrangement whereby the “market for ideas” flourished. The role of ideas in the “great divergence” 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Bamboo flourished against a dark wall, and the tables were carved from hunks of Norwegian oak. Cultured Traveler: The Lights and Nights of Reykjavik 2013-01-18T18:26:55Z

The film needs more facts and fewer flourishes, but its closing turn to documentary footage, comprising brief snippets of interviews with Hasna’s family, is too little, too late. Review: In ‘You Resemble Me,’ a Maladjusted Girl Is Interrupted 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

These pieces are part of a flourishing tradition in Irish theater of maximally populated plays performed by minimal casts. Review: A One-Man Funeral With Many Lives in ‘I Hear You and Rejoice’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

There aren’t many historical details or period flourishes that would justify this choice. ‘The Little Things’ Review: Good Old-Fashioned Police Work 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Am I alone in thinking steak tartare was something to do with tartar sauce, with the added "e" there as a flourish? Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-16T20:45:01Z

Hard to say whether Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, will flourish on screen, but it has a hopeful start, for which director Chris Columbus deserves some credit. 2010-02-14T22:50:00Z

This can take getting used to, but remember that Holmes himself could never resist a theatrical flourish. If you love Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love this book 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

This is the setup of the book, and little changes where the characters are concerned, save one or two fantastical flourishes. In ‘The Factory,’ a Mysterious Company Manufactures Fear 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

The former Massachusetts governor said the federal government needs to get its boot off the back of the free-enterprise system, allowing businesses to flourish and Americans to reap the benefits of vigorous market competition. Iowa up first in economy-themed campaign 2012-01-03T03:23:00Z

In the meantime, Colorado and Washington still have a ways to go before pot tourism can flourish. Your Guide to Marijuana Tourism in America 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

She waited on athletes including Charles Barkley and Mark McGwire and made connections that brought her opportunities like singing the national anthem at baseball games — with no flourishes, she emphasized. Shopping for Chardonnay With the Queen of Wine-Soaked Cabaret 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

But these flourishes serve the film’s ultimate objective: to impress acutely upon us the injustice of a world where money and geopolitics supersede human rights. ‘The Dissident’ Review: A Murder for Power 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

A. My last film was very much about the beginnings of a relationship, the early flourish. Andrew Haigh Narrates a Scene From ‘45 Years’ 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

Through much of the 20th century, pressed glass items were popular collectibles and affordable gifts, with factories flourishing in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Amber Cowan Gives New Life to Vintage Glass 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

In New York, Thamkittikasem said, “We are in a safer and stronger position that will allow him to flourish.” Rattlestick Theater Names Will Davis as Its Next Artistic Director 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

The dry bar’s counter offers a miniature history of cocktails, which flourished in Prohibition, partly because the taste of moonshine needed things like maraschino cherries to be palatable. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z

After a few years, their video work led to flourishing careers as cinematographers, leaving no more time for late nights in the clubs. In the ’80s, Post-Punk Filled New York Clubs. Their Videos Captured It. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

In recent decades, they have offered space for prayer, contemplation and retreat, hosting 1,600 people in 2014 – “quite a flourishing ministry of hospitality”, said King. Nuns who inspired Call the Midwife forced to sell their home 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

They can flourish and address the massive problems we face. Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump: 'Almost a death knell for the human species' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

It dispensed with the sexism question the way we like to see the sexism question dispensed with onstage: breezily, and with a girl-power flourish. Perspective | Warren vs. Sanders totally misses the point about sexism in politics 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Second Avenue had become the center of a flourishing international Yiddish-language theater movement, and dairy restaurants proliferated to serve the performers and audiences. A Rich (Very Rich) History of the Jewish Dairy Restaurant 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

Note the flourish of chive and thyme flowers scattered on the mound of pork belly. Review | Cane doubles the pleasures with chef-driven Caribbean cooking 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

This swinging, effective, straight-ahead song, with a few oddball Riff Raff flourishes, fully cements his path from area weirdo to living, breathing, viable rap star. New Albums by Riff Raff, Black Bananas and Phox 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

His words are an exhortatory public poetry with the expected rhetorical flourishes. Music Review: Andrew Lippa's ‘I Am Harvey Milk’ 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

While Milo’s natural curiosity withers in the classroom, it flourishes in Ursula’s garden. Schools of Thought Control 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Showy flourishes were left hanging like questions or dispatched with insouciance; the finale was carried by mounting exhilaration. Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer/Hough - review 2011-01-17T21:46:01Z

Like most biopics, the film adds a dramatic flourish to some of Tubman’s relationships, expanding the story where historical records fail to fill in the blanks. We all know Harriet Tubman was a hero. The stars of ‘Harriet’ want you to see her humanity. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

That obscures the larger point that the Zionist enterprise, overall, flourished during the British mandate and was propelled to statehood in 1948 by western guilt and Jewish desperation generated by the Nazi genocide. The Promise delivers but still divides 2011-02-14T11:27:00Z

The multimedia flourishes ratchet up the havoc but aren’t allowed to upstage the helpless human figures scrambling for survival. Tyranny and resistance: Albert Camus' 1948 drama 'L’État de siège' carries new relevance 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Rowlandson drew his saucy scene in the early 1800s, when louche attitudes still flourished, but by the Victorian age artists – at least in Britain – would be a lot more respectable, religious, and vague. Sex and the century: why the art of the Enlightenment was so saucy 2013-01-04T14:46:41Z

A wide variety of measures suggest that this pattern stacks the odds against healthy babies and flourishing families, and it contributes to multigenerational poverty. Condoms are so hundred years ago: Why we need more ways for men to control their fertility 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Such pictures represent the flip side of struggle photography, and the show makes a point of emphasizing them — demonstrating that even in conditions of political duress, modern, cosmopolitan black urban life flourished. Art Review: ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography 2012-09-20T22:48:21Z

He’s reaped the extreme benefits of a system that allowed him to flourish yet asserts his privilege to remain purposefully ignorant. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

In their tumultuous history in the Soviet Union and in the Russian empire before it, Jews were subjected to brutal prejudice yet often flourished. Explorer: Israel With a Russian Accent (and Pork) 2010-02-27T04:22:00Z

It’s a film that contains both bustling images and delicate vibes, inner-voice stillness and subtle soundscapes, all of which can flourish in a movie theater. ‘2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Review: Small Bites 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

There are no grand romantic flourishes in “The Young Kieslowski,” an uncomfortable comedy about an accidental pregnancy that upends the lives of two freshmen at the California Institute of Technology. Review: ‘The Young Kieslowski’ Is a Sobering Comedy of Consequences 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

It was under their aegis that Gandharan Buddhist art, compounded of foreign and local ingredients, flourished. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z

The project that started in the Crystal Palace flourished. Holiday windows: The allure of showing and hiding makes us look 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

Some parents feel as if their kids were doing “okay” before, but have realized their children are flourishing at home. Perspective | She hates distance learning. Is home schooling an option? 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

New companies are flourishing, encroaching on market share and gaining national distribution as shoppers reach for products that tout themselves as novel, local, rarefied or containing better ingredients. Small Food Businesses Tap Into Changing Appetites 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

With a genuine desire to promote local talent, it's an industry that is flourishing. Icelandic music still rules the Airwaves 2010-10-19T09:47:00Z

As with the economy in general, a flourishing, diverse middle class should be the sign of a healthy film economy. Do ‘middle-class’ movies have a future in corporate Hollywood? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

Serwer’s book was written in response to Trump, but much of it is given over to American history, to those “dark currents” that allowed Trump to flourish. New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

"Femme Fatale" is a nonstop party, starting off with a fun flourish with the poppy "Till the World Ends" and winding down with the dark, downbeat "Criminal." Review: Britney Spears ' Femme Fatale' shows spark 2011-03-21T17:55:15Z

Under the United States occupation, Ms. Takamine flourished in the sort of roles — modern, liberated women — encouraged by the American authorities as a break with imperial traditions. Hideko Takamine, Lauded Japanese Actress, Dies at 86 2011-01-04T01:08:46Z

New grass-roots groups like Indivisible have flourished thanks to thousands of new donors, many of whom barely gave a whit about politics before the last election. Trump has been great for the economy. The anti-Trump economy, that is. 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

Curator Asma Naeem suggests that silhouettes flourished in America because they were cheap and easily made and were distinct from the genteel European tradition of formal portraiture. Review | Before photography, the silhouette helped leave an impression 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

These outfits operate without the operatic flourishes associated with such organizations in popular fictions. ‘Piranhas’ Review: Junior Mafia 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

In an Emin flourish, the museum and the Fountainbleau Hotel will also be selling flip-flops and beach towels bearing images from the exhibition. | This Week’s Can’t-Miss Events Around Miami 2013-12-04T20:24:11Z

A Nasty Boy is an example of the flourishing media scene and business culture in Nigeria, which is Africa’s biggest democracy. Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

The filmmaker wisely keeps such cinematic flourishes to a minimum. The heartrending "Mass" is a somber and intimate look at the survivors of a horrific crime 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

His performance is all flailing limbs and coiled attitude, evoking a whole type in a few brief flourishes. Comics Select Their Audiences as Carefully as Their Jokes 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

He says, rightly, that such a culture is "anti-knowledge, anti-aspiration and antithetical to human flourishing", and calls for a culture "in which the more you read, the more you are celebrated". Michael Gove is right about reading ? so fund humanities 2011-04-01T15:10:05Z

She does not neglect the radical movements that flourished in the Midwest: Rosanna’s sister Eloise marries a communist, moves to Chicago, takes a Trotskyite line and follows news of Stalin with mounting dismay. Book review: ‘Some Luck,’ by Jane Smiley

Their association prompted other artists to call, among them the sculptors Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson, and Mr. Guerrero’s career flourished. Pedro Guerrero, 95, Dies; Captured Another Dimension of Art 2012-09-14T01:52:46Z

“Progressive” thinkers seem to consider progress a bad thing, he claims; they reject as crass or naïve “the notion that we should apply our collective reason to enhance flourishing and reduce suffering.” Steven Pinker Continues to See the Glass Half Full 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

“We need to really rethink some of our orthodoxies carefully so that our institutions cannot only survive but meet the demands of our time and flourish,” said Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum. Selling Art to Pay the Bills Divides the Nation’s Museum Directors 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

“And now,” he said with a flourish, “the most important one, red saffron from Iran.” Don’t squander your layover in Dubai. Fill your bags with spices and gold. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

The result was a richly allusive way of painting which flourished after he settled in Rome and immersed himself in the history of the Eternal City. Cy Twombly's late works alongside Turner and Monet – the week in art 2012-06-15T11:47:02Z

As media and comedy scholars, we've been tracking the recent ascension of right-wing comedy, which has flourished thanks to shifts in media industry economics and political ideologies. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Few plants flourish in an icy Northeastern winter. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 5-Dec. 11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

While Roux’s domestic life crumbles — she ultimately files for divorce and moves back to New York — her career flourishes. ‘Whore of New York’ Reflects on Sex, Love and Labor 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

The black comedy in this episode -- and in season four as a whole -- made a couple of the show's more ridiculous flourishes play brilliantly. Walter White has to laugh, otherwise he'd cry 2011-09-26T07:27:00Z

Emperors Augustus, Hadrian and Julian paid tribute, and the site flourished until the rise of Christianity, the collapse of the empire and the barbarian invasions led to its decline. Fortune-told 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

If the state of the nation is functioning well, the people will flourish, but if the system is not well, the people will not flourish. After a Writing Break, She Returned as a Booker Finalist 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

He described music as a sacred space in which he felt he could breathe and flourish. André Watts, Pioneering Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 77 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

As Food Network continued to flourish — and following the publication of radically insider books like Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" — the cultural perception of chefs also began to shift. Not just Paris: How did the "celebrity who can't cook" become food TV's fastest growing genre? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Her goal was to shine light on hatred that she says flourishes when it’s allowed to take cover in the shadows. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Or the intricate fourth movement that closes the suite with a dramatic and highly intricate flourish. Guitar virtuoso Pat Metheny steps away from improv on tightly plotted, inventive "Road to the Sun" 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z

Already the country-rap crossover — collaborations with rappers, hip-hop slang sneaking into songs — has a partner in the recent spate of country songs produced with flourishes of electronic music. Country Music Opens Its Ears 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

And it’s hard to resist reading into that change: The Tchaikovsky is taxing on any player, with hammered chords, dizzying runs and grand, Romantic flourishes. Review: Lang Lang, Classical Music’s Superstar, Returns Quietly 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mexico City is well known for its many cultural attractions, including more than 100 museums and a flourishing arts and design scene. From Pyramids to Chocolate, Mexico City Through the Eyes of Children 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dow’s film features, for example, the song “President for Life,” a homage to François Duvalier, the dictator known a s Papa Doc, that portrays Haitians as happy and flourishing under his repressive rule. ?When the Drum Is Beating,? About Orchestre Septentrional 2012-04-10T22:50:42Z

The second episode of this unashamedly positive two-parter gets to grips with more of the city's entrepreneurs flourishing despite those pesky "gloomy economic conditions". TV highlights 16/05/2013 2013-05-16T06:00:22Z

Dewdrop is a virtuoso coloratura role, with rapid-trilling runs on point, jumps in which one foot is brilliantly flourished in the air, and pirouettes of bewildering complexity. Under City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Tree, Dancers Find New Roles 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

More militant forms of religion began to flourish in the 18th and 19th centuries, creating internal tensions often exacerbated by resistance to a 65-year period of French colonial rule. Review | The Met gives a long-overdue look at an African cultural powerhouse 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

This may be the final flourish before the long-running jewelry trend flames out. The Top 5 Ways to Update Your Look 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Even when money is tight, it is essential our National Theatre can flourish. National Theatre of Scotland finds permanent home 2013-01-14T11:33:27Z

That means ensuring that funding stays in place to keep our collections truly world-class, and that the expertise nurtured by our great curatorial profession continues to flourish. Response: Museums can still bid for Picassos. But we risk losing our knowhow 2010-05-18T23:05:00Z

But despite its contemporary flourishes, “Stuck in Love” seems stuck in a fantasy of the literary life that feels more 1950s than 21st-century. Movie Review: ‘Stuck in Love’ Stars Greg Kinnear as a Divorced Novelist 2013-07-04T20:34:58Z

He’s the determined, humorless center around which a swirl of black comedy is deployed, topped off by a final flourish that ends this grim story on a ghoulish smile. Review: ‘In Order of Disappearance’ Emits a Dash of ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

It is nearly a century since the Midland Grand hotel, the Victorian palace attached to St Pancras station, last flourished, and 76 years since it was a hotel at all. St Pancras Renaissance Hotel: The rebirth of a gothic masterpiece 2011-02-13T00:05:22Z

Antiquities theft flourished in Egypt in the chaotic years that immediately followed its 2011 uprising, with an indeterminate amount of heritage stolen from museums, mosques, storage facilities, and illegal excavations. U.S. to help Egypt restore hundreds of pharaonic era coffins 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Lucy Ash reports from Chechnya, Russia, where young women are being kidnapped and forced to marry total strangers – something of a flourishing tradition in the war-torn country. Tonight's TV highlights: Coast; Raoul Moat; Inside The Mind Of A Killer 2010-08-17T23:05:00Z

Bell says the works in “Wonder” are intended to draw visitors’ attention to the architectural flourishes of the historic structure and spotlight the beauty of the restoration. The ‘Wonder’ of the new Renwick 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Ms. Coolidge flounced back into the store, where Ms. Vargas flourished a new treat: a whipped cream made from coconuts. Jennifer Coolidge Loads Up on Vegan Chocolate Bars and Whipped Cream 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

He worked with a megalomaniac’s obsessive flourish, navigating local politics, appeasing island families, importing his stucco men from Rome. T Magazine: Stone Soul Picnic 2011-05-20T16:28:24Z

The conversation obscures the fact that there is already a predominant genre, in full sway — in the flourishing of first-person narratives, the innumerable pandemic diaries in every discipline. In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

There is, for example, a scatological joke that Mr. Epp came up with and Mr. Bayes refined through coarsening, adding a flourish that cranks up the eww factor. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

There are some comic flourishes to Maloney's continued success, such as the fact that serious music apologist Barlow is stuck with him as the only remaining finalist in his category. Will cruise-ship crooner Chris Maloney kill The X Factor? 2012-11-29T18:00:01Z

When Hillary Clinton told her audience at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday “Here’s what I believe,” she punctuated those words with not just a vocal flourish but a physical one. Hillary’s New Go-To Gesture: Hand to the Heart 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Nattily dressed in a white cardigan, striped blue tie and jeans, Mr. Jones was funny and animated, illustrating points with flourishes of his giant, pianist-like hands. ‘The Shape of Water’: Meet Guillermo del Toro’s Favorite Creature 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

In Iceland's more rudimentary economy craftsmanship still flourished within a living tradition of folk art. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

The sonata’s declamatory chords and pianistic flourishes recall Tchaikovsky’s thundering Piano Concerto No. 1, written a few years earlier. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-14T21:48:00Z

Scenic designer Scott Pask’s curtain drops with a flourish and reveals all kinds of acts animating the stage — tumblers, aerialists, contortionists and strong men. Paulus’s Tony winner ‘Pippin’ tumbles circus-style into the National Theatre 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Such odd flourishes and details supply the greatest pleasures of Institute Benjamenta, though they are often observed only with a second or third viewing. My streaming gem: why you should watch Institute Benjamenta 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

With one miraculous flourish of its wand, the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend, zapping us all with a cracking final chapter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ? review 2011-07-14T20:59:02Z

“These types of things only flourish when people assist in them,” Carr said. How to Fix a Drug Scandal: behind a staggering Netflix crime docuseries 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

After A Beautiful Mind, Milk, The King’s Speech and Lincoln, the Great Man Theory flourishes anew in two biopics about brilliant Cambridge mathematicians with phenomenal achievements despite physical and social impediments. The Theory of Everything: A Grief History of Love 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

He remains one of few role models whose careers began with similar flourish. A Playwright Who Won’t Let Anyone Off the Hook 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

China’s plasma extraction centers still flourish in poorer parts of the country, where people are more likely to sell their blood. My career as an international blood smuggler 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

They are beautifully built, and their author has an especially deft way of finding just the right final flourish. ‘Hall of Small Mammals,’ Short Stories by Thomas Pierce 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Despite the “premium” strategy, the secondary markets flourish anyway — and the high prices for legit “premium” seats means the marked-up broker prices can look particularly wild. In the heights: Broadway prices 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

But Mr Mitchell’s novels routinely contain reality-warping flourishes; this one is no different. Multiple imaginings 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

It abandons the metahistorical flourishes of the earlier work, focusing on the story at hand rather than creating a superstructure of characters to drag it into the present. Review: An Opera’s Exquisite Brutality Arrives in America 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

The mask-like artifice of the pilots in song, the histrionic flourishes of the historical masques, the melodramatic excesses of villains and heroes alike offer an extravagant thrill of overstoked emotion to a nearly unbearable intensity. The Virtues of Screening “Forbidden” Films 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Medical texts touting the terror of women’s equality and autonomy flourished. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z

In the early 80s, hardcore – a faster, leaner, angrier splinter of punk rock – was flourishing in the US. Rites of Spring and the summer that changed punk rock 2012-11-27T14:23:35Z

Named for the sandstone industry that flourished in the early 1900s in nearby Tenino, the distillery uses Washington-grown grains to make its gin, vodka and whiskey. $99 Road Trip: Bacon whiskey and apple fritters along Olympia’s back roads 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

In these shows, a texting miscommunication, which might not be a big enough plot development for a movie, flourishes in a TV episode. It's complicated: Selfie and A to Z reflect TV's uncomfortable relationship with social media 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Yet the story of their unlikely union suggests that Charles had finally found the wife who would give him the room to flourish. There's no I in Eames 2010-10-26T09:47:00Z

The occasion was Ax’s New York debut, and it was the opening flourish of a banner few years. For 50 Years, Emanuel Ax Has Made Music Sound Simply Right 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z

It closes with a poetic flourish: “The only footprints I shall leave are those that will wash away.” Want to visit this tiny Pacific island nation? First, sign the pledge. 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

During the 1960s, his father’s career continued to flourish with hit records and movie roles, and his sister Nancy found success as a pop singer. Frank Sinatra Jr., who lived in the shadow of his famous father, dies at 72 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

The crisis began in the summer, when artists expressed dismay that 49 arts organisations had lost regular funding and been placed on one-year, project-based grants, denying them, argued the organisations, the necessary stability to flourish. Scottish writers and artists protest over 'deepening malaise' at funding body 2012-10-09T16:22:42Z

Aside from a few rhetorical flourishes, the prose is refined, intense, and poetically physical. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The piano offers up a little march-like flourish, then cedes the floor. Jodeci’s Unplugged ‘Lately’ Was Its Pinnacle. Andre Harrell Made It Happen. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

A gay subculture flourishes, with many artists playfully shifting and layering identities, mainly through the internet. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

During times of crisis and confusion, when the authority of powerful institutions is called into question, it is not uncommon for conspiracy theories to flourish. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Ip Man 4: The Finale’ and ‘Intervention’ 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

She also devotes a modicum of space to her “deliberately low-profile” acting career, which flourished in 1990s indie flicks like “Two Girls and a Guy” and “Another Day in Paradise.” Review | Natalie Wood’s daughter opens up about the life and death of her famous mom 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

“Everybody get it off the boat, right?/But only I can really have a snow fight,” he says on “Diet Coke,” lyrics delivered with a snarl and an implicit little curlicue flourish at the end. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the Met carefully planned this deep dive into verismo, that blood-and-guts, heart-on-sleeve, homicidally inclined genre of Italian potboiler that flourished around the turn of the 20th century. Review: Met Opera’s Dreary January Is Brightened by ‘Cav/Pag’ 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the U.K. we voted in -- we voted in -- we kind of flourished under Margaret Thatcher, and then the point came where we all voted for Tony Blair, and look what happened. Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house 2010-06-19T18:01:00Z

Look at the master’s familiar flourishes, he said. Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

How does one empirically settle disputes about what constitutes human "flourishing"? Perhaps he sees no limits to science. Science may prove to be humanity's savior 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

This was a good story about how flourished counterculturally long before the web connected us all. Radio review: The Secret History of Social Networking 2011-01-27T08:00:03Z

Throughout, orchestral flourishes and thrusting brass provide the perfect foil to Jeremiah's deep, sonorous tenor. Tall tales 2011-04-25T05:48:58Z

Instead, this fairly standard biopic about Mother Teresa tells its tale with a minimum of flourish, resisting most opportunities to grandstand. Review: ‘The Letters,’ a Biopic of Mother Teresa 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Criticism of books and films flourishes, but too often it slips away in front of paintings and sculptures. Letters: Emphasise the art 2010-06-21T23:05:00Z

If the titles above prove anything, it is not only that the short story is flourishing still, but that it is also, perhaps for the first time in the field, genuinely international. Review | Let’s talk about the best — and newest — science fiction and fantasy story collections 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Whether I'm on it or off it, I promise you -- and I really mean it -- I think the show will flourish without me. 2010-01-08T22:52:00Z

That he could not — or would not — envision a middle ground, a place where ordinary, messy life might flourish with all its complications and contradictions, was his tragedy. Review: Mike Kelley Uncorks Superman’s Kandor City in a Bottle 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

With some studios renting for as little as $250 a month, galleries, playhouses and dance workshops are flourishing. Arts community demanding spotlight in Las Vegas 2012-02-26T17:02:08Z

The group flourished in a bruised, brawny area near the East River in the days of decline after its industrial heyday a century before. Ann Wilson, Last Survivor of an Influential Art Scene, Dies at 91 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z

But it wasn't until the rise of the bourgeois family in the 18th century that the custom flourished. Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner – review 2012-12-14T08:00:01Z

He is a man who makes things grow — plants and small animals flourish around him. A Novel That Roiled India Is Now Translated Into English 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Yet the genre flourishes; more than 100 cowboy poetry festivals are held each year, and the peripatetic Mr. Black was often featured as the main event. Baxter Black, Who Elevated Cowboy Poetry to Folk Art, Dies at 77 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

That’s how the period, in text messaging, earned its passive-aggressive reputation, and why so many visual flourishes default to implying irony. Is the Internet Making Writing Better? 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

The song, light warbling set to accordion, is at once a reminder of the ordinary life that continues in barbaric times and the kind of flourish that embellishes even Lang’s lesser endeavors. Film: Making Hollywood Films Was Brutal, Even for Fritz Lang 2011-01-23T02:19:11Z

With a flourish she holds it aloft, squeezes the pump and whoosh – an arc of water spurts over the table. 'A sex toy' for women's health: dildo creator talks the joy of conception 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

Racism flourishes in the shadows, where accountability is nil, but “Big Brother” is becoming a laboratory experiment in what happens when it is instead blatant and overt. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Big Brother’ Becomes a Lab Experiment In Overt Racism 2013-07-16T22:44:18Z

Here, the show’s bawdy spirit — confined mostly to winks, purrs and innuendo for network television — flourished uncensored. Golden-Con Threw a Party, Invited Every ‘Golden Girls’ Fan It Knew 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Without wishing to give too much away, Collins manages to contrive a way to get Everdeen back into the space where she flourishes as a heroine: the Hunger Games arena. Why Hunger Games 3 will kill one Mockingjay with two stones 2012-07-12T14:54:53Z

Swiveling feet, curling wrists, rolling hips, open-mouthed poses with one arm flourished high: It might all read as camp were Mr. Liñán not so very sincere. Review: In ‘Nómada,’ Manuel Liñán Revels in Flamenco Energy 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

Is it possible for characters who do not fit the traditional heroic template to flourish today? Time's up for James Bond: is 007 too toxic for the #MeToo era? 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Instead, they’re more likely to embark on a tour of Richmond’s craft breweries, kayak the James River’s rapids and sample fare from a flourishing food scene. What’s new (and old) in Richmond, Virginia’s trendy capital 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Places like this, with menus of blintzes and borscht, onion rolls and matzo brei, all lavished with butter and cream, flourished in Lower Manhattan in the early 20th century. A Rich (Very Rich) History of the Jewish Dairy Restaurant 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

This is where the croqueta began to flourish, Mrs. Sevilla said, because of its use of leftovers. Will It Croqueta? Miami Pushes the Limits of a Favorite Snack. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

In an inspired flourish, Paul and lighting designer Colin K. Bills use neon bars of light to illuminate those numbers with explosions of color. Review | ‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Artists have been flocking to the Hamptons since the late 19th century, and abstract painting in particular has flourished there in more recent decades. Museum Shows With Stories to Tell 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Such flourishes, which, in true Bacon style, speak “directly on the nervous system,” may well have pleased the artist. Review | Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

And she is a wicked observer, a woman who relishes the cracks in mundane reality through which all kinds of bizarre madness can flourish. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

"Today, nearly seven years later as I write this, Kara is a healthy, vibrant, active mother of two who is flourishing." Kara Kennedy, oldest child of late Sen. Ted Kennedy, dies 2011-09-17T18:43:00Z

Kith Treats presents its cereal with the same attention to detail as it does its shoes: with plenty of design flourishes. Cereal out of a shoebox: New York's latest food trend 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

The movie is packed with directorial flourishes, like an absorbing long tracking shot and a short scene where the screen fades completely to black. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Quiz’ and ‘The Vast of Night’ 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

He sang the heartsick, slowly tolling “Hope She’ll Be Happier” with sustained desolation; he learned from Mr. Withers how to make vocal flourishes sound like cries from the heart. Review: A Bill Withers Tribute With His Soul Disciples 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wise seems romanced by their dedication and tries to match their bravado with his stylistic flourishes. Movie Review: ‘Somm,’ a Documentary by Jason Wise 2013-06-20T22:49:02Z

As an artist and a personality, he lives in the flourish. Elton John, Still Living in the Flourish 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

It’s easy to see why these comparisons, in particular, flourish: There are so few shows created by women and about women’s lives that there are only a few reference points for any new iteration. Don’t compare “Garfunkel and Oates” to “Girls”! 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Set in the fictional town of Fortitude on a Norwegian Arctic island, it’s for those who like a hothouse atmosphere and some science-fiction flourishes with their murder mystery. ‘Fortitude,’ ‘Bosch,’ ‘Gomorrah’: TV Crime Never Sleeps 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Whereas Mr. Chappelle escapes tricky territory through sweeping history lessons or literary flourishes, Mr. Rock builds forceful arguments that culminate in precise and memorable epigrams. In Chris Rock’s New Special, a Humbler Master at Work 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

An appreciation for the homegrown and the simplistic flourished during lockdown, was water pie one such example? Water pie was a Depression era treat — why are people into it now? 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

It was made in New York using the same fabric as her suit, created by the American designer Michael Kors, which means the hat was not a last-minute styling flourish. Perspective | For Melania Trump, fashion diplomacy was defined by a hat 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

And it falls, of course, to Boyd Crowder, infinite font of flourish and flim-flam, to give the last, best benediction to Justified and its love of lingo. Justified Watch: It Beats Angry 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The rapper’s gown was inspired by the intricate flourishes and carved moldings of an old-money, Gilded Age mansion, said Mr. Scott, who wanted to combine “all her hottiness with a bit of haughtiness as well.” Megan Thee Stallion Is a Gilded ‘Hot Girl’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

While arts funding is drying up in parts of Europe because of austerity measures, it’s flourishing in Brazil because of a tax on Brazilian companies. Room for Debate: How To Fund the Arts in America 2012-05-02T02:24:59Z

In distant times, it flourished as one of the western extremities of the ancient Silk Road before being ransacked by Mongols and devastated by earthquakes. Five Reasons to Visit Aleppo: Silk Road Splendor 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z

As he likes to do, he folds in visual flourishes here and there; he splits the screen, uses an iris effect to focus your gaze and brusquely drops in an interlude in gaudy color. ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

In an era when “post-familial” women are shamed for having flourishing careers but few children, vowed celibates live as a witness that there are other important goods in life besides marriage and fertility. A Protestant liberal defends clerical celibacy 2013-03-10T12:00:00Z

For the more perfect welfare state can flourish only in a well-fenced world that brakes the influx of competing people and products. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

Inmates were set to work building roads and other infrastructure projects vital to the flourishing of a mature market economy and so to the continuing process of capital accumulation.  Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z

Artichokes flourish just south of Naples, in the region of the Cilento National Park near Salerno and the Greco-Roman ruins of Paestum. The Perfect Accompaniment to a Negroni 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Maybe too assured, since it’s so austere and pared down of inessentials that one sometimes wishes for the more poetic flourishes that this artist is capable of. | 'Horsedreams': ?Horsedreams,? at the Rattlestick Theater - Review 2011-11-18T03:02:40Z

With or without that flourish, the dish is both elegant and comforting — a tough combo to pull off, but really just what we want at the hols. A beautiful soup to start the holiday meal, with a surprise in every bowl 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

“In closing”: Oratorical flourish meaning “I will now speak 15 more minutes.” Style Invitational Week 1200: The definitive dozens 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

The neighborhood surrounding the Islamic Center of Irving, which serves about 10,000 area Muslims, began to flourish with condos and mansions built by those who wanted to live close to the mosque. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

Instead he set the bar so high with his introductory flourish that fears of another familiar Tony malady haunted the rest of the CBS broadcast: the dreaded How Do We Top the Opening Number Disease. Critic’s Notebook: Neil Patrick Harris Hosted the Tonys for Fourth Time 2013-06-10T04:10:55Z

What do children need in order to flourish and to become proper members of society? ‘Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000’ at MoMA 2012-07-26T16:28:17Z

Settle into its cozy interior of cast-iron columns and tropical flourishes. Latin America Issue: 36 Hours in Rio de Janeiro 2010-09-17T05:01:00Z

As for the castle itself, some of its flourishes are subtly Chinese -- like a peony-topped golden finial and another one featuring Chinese cloud patterns and lotus and magnolia flowers. How 'Chinese' will Shanghai Disney be? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

“To see this relationship flourish and expand — I’m very grateful for it.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends His Contract With the Philadelphia Orchestra 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

But in Mahathir’s Malaysia in the late 1980s and into the 1990s, even as art took a decidedly sociopolitical turn, galleries flourished, as did theater. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Public servants like him “simply need to allow the space for communities of different belief and custom to flourish.” In Two New Books, Unhappy Conservatives Ask: What Now? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

And his Mill Valley retail shop - The Tyler Florence Shop - which flourished and multiplied. Tyler Florence: No more taking success for granted 2012-12-07T17:24:09Z

The voices themselves, if not the people attached to them, were flourishing. ArtsBeat: Opera Takes the Heat With A Little Help From Gatorade 2011-07-21T21:21:24Z

With its cloche hats, Model T’s, Art Deco flourishes and a Jazz Age vibe, it is a handsomely designed change of scenery from Potter World, one that’s mostly a story delivery system. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Review: Apocalypse Too Soon 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

The FDA considers some products "potentially hazardous foods" if they have characteristics that allow microbes to flourish, like moisture and an abundance of nutrients that feed microbes. Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z

In the final flourish of this withering column, Thomson asked: “Does this mean that he is giving contemporary music just one chance to compete with ‘Carmen?’ An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Its footwork speaks in a quieter voice, with more flourishes in the air. Adding Razzle-Dazzle to a Gaucho Dance Style 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The venue’s director is del Rey, the national association’s president, and the club was founded by his father in the 1950s, when tablaos started to flourish in Madrid and other parts of Spain. They’re Sacred Spaces for Spain’s Flamenco Scene. Many Won’t Survive Covid. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

The title track, populated by ghost-like moans and driven by percussion that sounds like a drain pipe being struck, opens the door to the album with a theatrical flourish. Album review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die' 2012-01-27T03:44:00Z

But what the Seljuqs created most consequentially was a relatively peaceful, prosperous and unified world wherein indigenous literature, arts and sciences were able to flourish in urban centers throughout the region. The Met Explores an Islamic Dynasty’s All-Embracing Big Tent 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

But Ahmadinejad said the economy was "flourishing," reeling off figures to back his contention. Iran to announce nuclear progress: Ahmadinejad 2012-02-11T11:45:00Z

Oh but the Obamas, given the history and the nation in which they operated and flourished, do deserve a tinge of hagiography, don't they? Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Of the two works, it is the Britten – with its weaving of the liturgy of the requiem mass with Wilfred Owen's trench-worn verse – that has had the most flourishing afterlife. King Priam, a pacifist's opera, can still shed light on the trauma of war 2012-05-24T09:32:34Z

Bonynge says Sutherland initially resisted his efforts to steer her into Italian bel canto opera, but she soon flourished in those roles thanks to her astounding vocal ability. Husband: Joan Sutherland never knew own greatness 2010-10-18T18:46:00Z

The color and vivrancy that has infused their sound is intentionally stripped; much of what remains is vacuous, removed from place but for the occasional Caribbean flourish. Andre 3000: The most ominous instrument in hip-hop 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

Butt's virtuosity in the extraordinary flourishes of the solo cadenza was almost nonchalant and, throughout the evening, all his vast authority was imparted with a humility worthy of Bach himself. OAE/Butt – review 2013-03-26T18:19:20Z

Can so narrow an ideal of character flourish in a society as abundantly and variously gifted as our own? The Limits of “Grit” 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Kent won me over by adding an artistic flourish to the typical New England small town. Frugal Traveler Blog: Litchfield County, Easy on the Wallet 2011-10-04T17:28:19Z

The black-and-white photos chronicle the area's flourishing avant-garde scenes, including poetry readings and riots in Tompkins Square Park. Ai Weiwei's early photos being exhibited in NYC 2011-06-29T15:12:11Z

Picturesque flourishes and jumpy editing can’t disguise this film’s soapy heart. Movie Review: ‘Highway,’ Directed by Deepak Rauniyar 2013-04-26T01:34:44Z

If images are tiles in a mosaic, stylistic flourishes are cinematic box tops that suggest contents that are not on view but are integral to the film. The Curiously Generic Journalists of "Spotlight" 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The book takes place in 1919, when a flourishing of spiritualism coincided with the arrival of new communications technology. Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Recalling Sideshow Bob’s flourishes and Homer’s doofus behavior connects them to a lost world in a way that feels bearable. Review: In ‘Mr. Burns,’ Apocalypse Now, With ‘The Simpsons’ and Songs 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

He argues that government should play an active role in promoting human flourishing. Karl Marx and the semantics of a “post-work left” 2013-03-02T15:00:00Z

They're a weary and cynical bunch, but stubbornly spirited, somehow summoning the resilience to endure, and at times flourish, no matter the brutal truth of their circumstances or emotional cost. Review: 'Water By the Spoonful' is vivid, human 2013-01-09T03:31:05Z

"It's very sort of Russian teachers and New York teachers who yell, 'Take your clothes off and start crying!' " he says with a flourish. Russell Brand, Jonah Hill talk 'Get Him to the Greek' 2010-05-26T23:17:00Z

The idea would be to look at the more complex elements of a leader often thought of as a simple barbarian, including how religious tolerance and other freedoms flourished under his rule. A Genghis Khan project could follow Netflix's 'Marco Polo' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

They have been explicit in their belief that a flourishing arts scene is an essential part of a civilised society. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

A type of king mushroom from Apulia in Southern Italy, called cardoncello because it flourishes near fields of cardoons, is the specialty of this new Italian restaurant. The Specialties of Emilia-Romagna Find a Spot in Hudson Square 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

For a final flourish, drizzle on crunchy, spicy chili crisp. 11 slow-cooker soup recipes to comfort, nourish and delight 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

Then just 12 years old and part of what Time magazine called “the American operatic explosion,” the company flourished in the space. Music Review: ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Review 2011-11-14T22:14:30Z

These are on the brunch menu at Proof in Penn Quarter, served with a flourish of celery leaves and chives in addition to the pickled mustard seeds shown here. This deviled egg sampler is sure to please your Memorial Day crowd 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The most inspired aspect of the production is an imagistic flourish. Review | Beware. This stylish ‘Medea’ adaptation offers no escape, for Rose Byrne or for you. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Among the show’s revelations is the sight of horsemanship flourishing in urban settings. Black Cowboys, Busting One of America’s Defining Myths 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

The two bands, which on the surface seem like odd co-headliners, flourished in the 1980s and both continue to create good music more than three decades after releasing their first albums. Echo & The Bunnymen, Violent Femmes: Iconic 1980s bands to play at Woodland Park Zoo 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Dr. Cleland said that she looks forward to comparing how different weavers interpreted Coecke’s drawings, “putting in their own touches and flourishes.” Antiques: Current Events Imperil Ukrainian Museum Show 2014-04-24T21:32:44Z

A woman “crossed the room and invited Kell to enter with a flourish of bosom and bonhomie.” ‘A Colder War’ by Charles Cumming spins spy intrigue in search for a diabolical mole

That has been important, young cast members said, for fostering an environment in which they could flourish. ‘Stranger Things’ Is Back, and the Duffer Brothers Made It Big 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Washington’s flourishing restaurant scene has been the primary driver of Path Valley Farms’ success. How a small Amish farm co-op came to supply D.C.’s top restaurants 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

Still, I wanted them to flourish, even if I wasn’t sure what that would mean. “Crazy Rich Asians” and the End Point of Representation 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Garfinkle did not take the tack that Disney had while working with Ms. Taymor on their hit musical, “The Lion King”: her genius flourishes best under supervision. A Broadway Superlative for All the Wrong Reasons 2011-03-13T23:28:26Z

Is the studio's determination to create a viable celluloid universe within which all its creations may flourish worth the odd blip in Iron Man 2's storyline? Iron Man 2 shows how Marvel movies could fly 2010-04-29T14:18:00Z

In fact it was just those flourishes — seen as revolutionary at the time — that reportedly turned off old-school members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ documentary branch. Perspective | Actors in documentaries used to be taboo. Now they’re the stars. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

And England’s heritage of pragmatic liberalism after Cromwell ultimately led to flourishing Jewish communities. Museum Review: Where the Jewish Star Meets the Union Jack 2010-03-16T22:18:00Z

It's the political junkies' publisher and long may it flourish. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z

Dylan turned his piano into an orchestra: rumbling, jazzy dissonance; terse counterpoint fills underneath his vocals; thundering gospel chords as prelude to spider-walking flourishes with both hands. Concert review: Bob Dylan at United Center 2012-11-10T06:43:10Z

Despite a steampunk ambience, flashy video game and mangalike flourishes and fight choreography from the Hong Kong institution Sammo Hung, “Tai Chi Hero” merely fills the eye, offering little that stays with you. Movie Review: ‘Tai Chi Hero,’ Directed by Stephen Fung 2013-04-26T01:08:40Z

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

An ability to attract Latino votes is likely to enhance Perry's appeal to those Republicans who say the party must improve its standing with the nation's fastest-growing minority if it expects to flourish. GOP race could become Perry vs. Romney 2011-08-13T00:09:00Z

Shrewdly, he also began courting a new clientele, the real estate tycoons, fashion industry movers and Wall Street brokers who flourished during the Reagan years and joined, in tabloid parlance, the “boldface names.” Sirio Maccioni, Whose Le Cirque Drew Manhattan’s Elite, Dies at 88 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

The annuals that flourished in France would not hold up as well in the heat and humidity of Maryland. At 37 feet tall, Jeff Koons’s flower-draped ‘Split-Rocker’ demands a whole lotta love 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

And with a total running time of four hours, it makes you feel the limitations of the familiar “American Experience” format: no-nonsense narration; archival footage and photographs; talking heads delivering sound-bite-length flourishes. Review: PBS’s ‘Walt Disney’ Explores a Complex Legacy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

On display will be some 60 of her fashion ensembles, including rare Saint Laurents and Diors as well as drop-dead gowns she authored for her ready-to-wear label, which flourished from 1982 to 1995. AD Reflects on the Style of Jacqueline de Ribes 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

But as an art form, it needs irrationality to flourish. Perspective | In praise of the messy, misunderstood masterpiece (and in search of the next one) 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

The company specialized in, essentially, up-market basics with minor flourishes, one of them being an air of Gallic impossibility that made a white button-up shirt so much more than just a white button-up shirt. Critical Shopper: A Bid to Recapture the Sleight of Hand 2011-04-20T18:14:35Z

I wanted to learn English as fast as I could and become an American as fast as I could, so that I could flourish in my new country. The legendary Lidia Bastianich on the deep importance and myriad contributions of immigrants 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z

Their size — along with a few other signature flourishes — means they are addictively crunchy on the edges and meltingly soft on the inside. Show your Valentine your love with the thickest, gooiest, chocolate chip cookies 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z

He has already flourished a gun, a device that can never be introduced into a narrative without being fired sooner or later. Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw – review 2013-06-12T15:00:00Z

They belong to a cosmopolitan, urban upper middle class that flourishes in the cities of the developed world. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z

Some complained that Mr. Perry had bowdlerized that’s famous feminist work, but he had made it his own, complete with melodramatic flourishes and divas like Janet Jackson. Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z

Another typical Danish topping often seen on a kanelstang or kringle is pearl sugar; when sprinkled on top, it brings an extra punch of sweetness and visual flourish. If you love cinnamon buns, you'll really love kanelstang 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

Anyway, it's hard to resist, with breaks galore and even some Afrobeat flourishes. Readers recommend: songs about dance styles ? results 2011-07-28T15:08:29Z

If you were alert to the Seattle rock-music scene that flourished at the time, you may well have heard these bands, which flared brightly but are no more. ‘These Streets’: the story of women who rocked Seattle in the ’90s 2013-02-22T03:55:13Z

Holbein pares the portrait down to the minimum: no erudite symbolism, no rich setting, no decorative flourishes. Hans Holbein: Truth in Painting 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Today an entire flourishing genre of television goes by the name “reality,” yet no one who watches it thinks it is genuinely real — that is, unplanned and unedited. Lie to Me: Fiction in the Post-Truth Era 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

He explained the various vaccine providers in Illinois, and what strategies worked for each — such as the Twitter accounts and aggregator sites that had briefly flourished and then been shut down for security violations. Perspective | My mother and her friends couldn’t get coronavirus vaccine appointments, so they turned to a stranger for help. He’s 13. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

This Spanish pianist has the attentive delivery and dramatic flourish of a flamenco guitarist, but his harmonic language is suffused with Romanticism. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

So how exactly can the academy put on an Oscar ceremony, without the flourishes that have come to define Hollywood’s Big Night? The First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

When the weather cools and night temperatures dip below 70 degrees, blooms flourish. Dazzling Dahlia Flower Arrangements 2011-08-01T05:20:00.740Z

Romantic Staples, With Texture and a Tangy Bite The Dresden Philharmonic traces its history back nearly six centuries, to independent civic bands that flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries. Music Review: Dresden Philharmonic Led by Rafael Fr?hbeck de Burgos at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-03-12T22:35:40Z

Sure, one could argue both of these technological flourishes were necessary to the plot of Rogue One, which takes place right before the events of A New Hope. Let's Talk About Grand Moff Tarkin in 'Rogue One' 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

On early surfing trips to Mexico, he paid close attention to folk pottery sold in Tijuana shops, noting that even objects produced in bulk were individually enlivened by flourishes and flaws that came with handmaking. Art Review: Ken Price: Yes, the Ceramics Are Art 2013-06-20T23:21:14Z

But for all the shortcomings, increased poverty and malnutrition, we kept flourishing in cities. An archaeologist looks at our lives in cities, over millenniums 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

Mike Mogis, multi-instrumentalist/producer: The key behind-the-scenes player in the burgeoning Nebraska scene that flourished in the last 15 years with Bright Eyes. A sampling of some of rock's greatest foils 2011-06-20T01:07:00Z

As for Angelini, he gave the women a run for their money, largely because he started with such a flourish. The 30th birthday for Washington Concert Opera: Where voice junkies can get their fix 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

The impulse to undermine authority comes largely when that authority has been damagingly powerful and excluding; when it has not allowed other voices, other interests, other priorities, to flourish. Gender balancing the books 2013-06-08T07:00:00Z

The result will most likely be an even greater flourishing of sitcoms next season. In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback 2011-10-23T23:40:12Z

Her production indulges in horror movie flourishes at points to wring laughs. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

The women wore long, flowing dresses in pale colors; the men's designs included ethnic flourishes such as blanket-like shawls flung over the shoulder. Protests at fashion show of Uzbek first daughter 2011-09-15T19:53:17Z

First, Air Force One flew over Mount Rushmore in a theatrical flourish. Perspective | Trump got his crowd and his fireworks, and peddled his fiction 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

In a final symbolic flourish, late last year, a period emoji in the form of a crimson droplet was finally added to the iPhone menu. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

But the film incorporates visual flourishes where it can, basking in beautiful light. ‘Save Yourselves!’ Review: Alien Invasion in the Smartphone Generation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

“Nevicata” was riveting: Images of snowflakes falling from an ashen heaven are conveyed in the piano through numbing, repeated midrange tones, surrounded by elusive chords and, at the end, skittish, almost jazzy flourishes. Review: In a Flat World, a Soprano Conjures Italy 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

At room temperature, those flavors and aromas flourish. Lukewarm Drinks, Enthusiastic Reaction 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Making a Flute Do Tricks in Pieces Old and New New York is full of talented musicians, as well as artistic entrepreneurs who busily create their own opportunities to flourish. Music Review: Claire Chase Playing Flute at Weill Recital Hall 2010-04-23T22:34:00Z

Here’s something a little different: Town Hall Seattle brings in Spanish musician Carlos Nuñez—described as “Galacia’s greatest traditional piper”—who performs the Celtic music that flourished in medieval Spain. Your week in Seattle music: Heart, Blake Shelton and more 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

No one who follows a particular religion wants the competition to flourish. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Romances don’t flourish in the wake of the apocalypse, not many of them, anyway. The Walking Dead Watch: “Indifference” 2013-11-04T03:00:01Z

The grand evening section was a flourish that the polished collection did not really need. Special Report: Fashion: Rodarte, Oscar de la Renta and Narciso Rodriguez continue refreshing the dress 2011-09-14T16:32:57Z

When he moved back to New York, weekend bus rides and then train rides between the cities kept their relationship flourishing. Crossing Paths Until They Became a Couple 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

Browning's alba opens with a panoramic view and an optimistic, open-air flourish. Poem of the week: Night and Morning by Robert Browning 2013-04-22T09:10:03Z

We nonetheless urge even those who detest a wine to revisit it periodically, especially in situations where that wine typically flourishes. Manzanilla Sherry: Singular, Saline and So Polarizing 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Predicting who will flourish in a reality TV setting is another hurdle. Who will replace Lopez, Tyler on 'American Idol'? 2012-07-14T17:01:06Z

Kelsea flourishes alongside the other female characters at the center of the novel: These are powerful, determined women who work hard to accomplish their goals even as their mistakes haunt them. Best science fiction and fantasy books this month 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

He enjoyed an international career that took him as far afield as Catherine the Great’s court in St. Petersburg, a flourishing opera center where “Antigona” was produced in 1772. Muisc: Rare Glimpses of Traetta's 'Antigona' and Strauss's 'Danae' 2011-02-01T12:30:03Z

There’s a hint of West Africa in the way her voice hops from its husky, assertive contralto to the occasional high flourish. Seinabo Sey Unfurls Soul-Pop Vocals at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

With pathetic gratitude you sign them with a flourish, announce limply "must get on", and slink away. On the perks and pitfalls of signing books 2012-07-31T08:55:34Z

Christopher Lloyd, as the villain Judge Doom, gives a fearsome performance augmented by animated flourishes, like when his eyes pop out into cartoon daggers. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Minor missteps — the sound of Mary rummaging upstairs in the attic, the flash of lights for emotional flourishes — call undue attention to the artifice of what we’re experiencing. Alfred Molina, Jane Kaczmarek and the slow burn of a 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The events of 1612 are now an established part of English folklore, and a large tourist industry flourishes around them. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z

With the non-stop talk of cuts to the arts at the moment it is good to hear that, in some places, theatre is still flourishing. Noises off theatre blog ? give to your theatre this christmas 2010-12-24T11:21:09Z

Wonder and curiosity led him to bail on a flourishing career as a music producer seven years ago to indulge his passion for the wondrous and odd. Freaks and taxidermy: It's on AMC this Thursday 2013-02-12T16:16:10Z

And even with the clambake, you bring these great flourishes. If you're not interested in adventure Ducks Eatery is not for you and neither is chef Will Horowitz 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

Part of what makes workplace bullying so insidious is that it’s so deeply entrenched in the corporate cultures where it flourishes. Dharun Ravi says he’s sorry 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z

Elsewhere, Jim Lewis reports from Newfoundland on an ambitious plan to save tiny, gorgeous Fogo Island, and Kevin Gray finds that in the midst of crisis, Lisbon’s creative scene is flourishing. | T's Spring Travel Issue 2012-03-16T20:26:53Z

Since the end of the cold war, the business of humanitarian aid has flourished. Worst aid 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z

“A lot of poets walk around, asking: ‘How do we survive, how do we thrive, how do we flourish?’ The symbiotic relationship between poets and the garden 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Every manner of kiss — cheek, air, French — inserts itself into Mr. Sansano’s choreography, with its crooked lines and jittery gaits and calligraphic flourishes. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanic Performs Gustavo Ramírez Sansano at Joyce 2014-04-16T21:16:33Z

“Interruptions,” the fourth movement, features dramatic woodwind and brass flourishes, with a chorale linking it to the viola solo and muted trumpets of “Song.” Music Review | New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z

I liked imagining an entire class full of seniors all adding their own flourishes to a cornucopia of ceramic Uncle Sam hats. Aliens and Americans 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

"But it really puts us in an unfortunate position. Santa Monica is a beautiful city. It's flourishing. But there are fewer places for artists to go." Santa Monica cultural groups feel squeeze from airport rent hikes 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Only the famous gardens, a moneymaker for the Trust, continued to flourish. 'Sissinghurst ? An Unfinished History': Restoring the manor to a fruitful farm 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z

To win Flowers' heart, Pilgrim must smite her seven deadly exes - one is a telekinetic vegan, for example - in duels punctuated with video game flourishes. 'Scott Pilgrim' creates Comic-Con pandemonium 2010-07-23T12:22:00Z

North Korea is not a nation with many sympathizers in the moviegoing world, and the stereotyping of Asians and Asian-Americans flourishes even in supposedly liberal Hollywood. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

Called Wolf’s Lair after its first owner, L. Milton Wolf, a real estate developer, it is a house with old Hollywood flourishes that Norma Desmond would embrace. At Home With Moby: A Castle for the King of Techno 2011-04-28T03:00:42Z

It is this delicate ecosystem – the interplay between science, technology and the arts; the convergence of subsidised and private investment – that allows talent to flourish. Creative economy: less of the pipes vs poetry debate, please 2013-06-12T09:43:29Z

The superannuated Southern belle Amanda, Tom’s garrulous and desperate mother, is allowed few of the fantasist flourishes that usually embellish the character. Review: Dismantling ‘The Glass Menagerie’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Green died of a heart attack in 1979, at the age of forty-three, and didn’t live to see these syntheses flourish and expand nor to carry them further himself. The Best Archival Jazz Releases of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

Born in Oklahoma City, Cale migrated to Los Angeles in the 1960s and flourished. Singer-songwriter JJ Cale dead at 74 after heart attack 2013-07-27T15:30:24Z

The character of crooked politician “Don” Conrado Sol is a fictional construct, embodying the political corruption in Mexico that has allowed the likes of El Chapo to flourish. El Chapo: Netflix's gruesome, gripping answer to The Wire 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

Molissa Fenley’s dances flourish in wide-open spaces, where the air around bodies becomes just as tangible as the sculptural shapes she creates for her dancers. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

The piece ends in a brassy flourish; call it the Britannic Majesty Fanfare. Music Review: Rendering Elgar?s Mercurial Impressions 2010-12-10T22:00:00Z

If not for him, the traditions that flourish today might be extinct. Celebrating A Gift From Bali: Delicious Confusion 2010-10-10T01:30:00Z

Online, informal support networks have flourished; people are coordinating services for their neighbors and other communities, sending micropayments to strangers, and adding book and media recommendations to immaculately organized Google Docs. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Second-Wave Feminism 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

This is dining as a theatre experience with each course representing an act in a play: the waiters are de facto actors, presenting each dish with a theatrical flourish; the setting is an old theatre. Lisbon city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

Orchestra Celebrates 25th With Beethoven No. 9 For any artistic organization of independent means to survive and flourish for 25 years is a real achievement. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra at St. John the Divine 2010-04-26T22:41:00Z

Trained as a painter, Mr. Wong was a leading figure in the Modernist movement that flourished in California between the wars. Tyrus Wong, ‘Bambi’ Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Then, with a fanfare flourish of leaping chords, the piece breaks into an exuberant, shamelessly showy polonaise. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

The setting is a fantasy city with Victorian flourishes and an immigration crisis involving a population of winged-fairy refugees. What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Dark Crystal’ and ‘Keeping Faith’ 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a homey place with India print curtains, decorative wood flourishes, and stylish upholstery. What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

In this place where her beloved family flourished - "my husband is Indian and so are my children" – her complicated makeup asserted itself with increasing intensity. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z

His scientific reputation was undeniable, but he had neither the refined manners nor the sparkling wit that flourished at Frederick’s court. The master of them all 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Why, she was once asked, has her romantic fiction endured while feminism has flourished? Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Indeed, the story of Epstein’s underworld is so sordid and shocking in the plain telling that some of Ransome’s rhetorical flourishes feel unnecessary, even distracting. She Survived a Tough Childhood. Then She Met Jeffrey Epstein. 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Comedies featuring solidly middle class Black families on network TV and cable are far fewer in number now than in the post-"Cosby Show" years when they flourished on Fox, UPN and The WB. "Our Kind of People" and "The Wonder Years": two aspirational visions of Black life and prosperity 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

The flowery rhythms of Portis' dialogue, delivered with almost Shakespearean flourish, were tough enough for the seasoned actors, let alone a newcomer. Teen actress shows true grit in Coens' new Western 2010-12-24T00:42:06Z

When he returned to California, he mentioned this to Ron, whose drug business was flourishing, Stevenson said. It was Morocco's 'Argo' — but with drug smugglers making the film 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

But the music really came into its own when acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett signed on, bringing his swampy blues and rolling rock flourishes to Presley's husky voice. Lisa Marie Presley: Why I left LA 2012-10-19T06:49:01Z

“The sports world is not a rose flourishing in the middle of a wasteland,” he writes. ‘High Flying Bird’ Is Rich With Historical References. Here’s a Closer Look. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Unwritten flourishes — a crescendo here, some rubato there — add to the impetuous atmosphere. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Some flourish when they leave, others need help to acclimatise. I'm anxious about returning to the world after lockdown. Is this normal? 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

That is the environment into which Emmett was born and also, where he flourished. The stain of 'The Blood of Emmett Till' - Rebecca Carroll on a pernicious legacy 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

I checked in on Steakhouse Midtown, flourishing, or at least surviving. Going Back to Eat in Midtown, Where the Main Dish Is New York, New York 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Artists of Mr. Mueller’s generation often strove to undermine or subvert Color Field Painting, which he did by adding thick flourishes of paint to canvases delicately stained with color. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Odd superstitions arise along with strange rituals of grieving — just as spiritualism flourished around the agony of the Civil War. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Illegal drinking dens had long flourished in big cities; indeed, the word "speakeasy" probably dates from the late 1880s. How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters and speakeasies 2012-08-25T23:05:52Z

Equally upsetting is the loss of rain forests, showcased through the stark cutoff between flourishing vegetation and uniform rows of oil palms planted for profit. ‘David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet’ Review: Ruin and Regrowth 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

A drying up of royalties as free music flourishes on the Internet, reflections on his illness and a desire to perform all contributed to the decision to hit the road. Grateful Dead songwriter hits the road for rare tour 2013-09-16T10:05:02Z

There’s a suitably hi-tech flourish at the finish to bring us all back to 1985, where we started, and there are copious references to the other episodes to satisfy the cogniscenti. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

An anonymous assistant adds a final flourish to her dress: a chain linking at each shoulder. Game of Clothes: Decoding Cersei’s and Dany’s power wardrobes 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

His career as a conductor and radio director flourished in West Germany, and he played an important role in the dissemination of modern music. When Classical Music Was an Alibi 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Centuries-old traditions flourish here, and we had come to experience one in particular. Xilitla, Mexico: where Day of the Dead meets carnival 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Her milieu is the often overlooked southern New Mexico and West Texas world of frontera families, and the tall tales that flourish there. Read Your Way Through the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Morris, known for eccentric flourishes in his acting, brought to his role as probation officer Deltoid in Orange a sense of camp and menace coexisting. 'A Clockwork Orange' Actor Aubrey Morris Dies at 89 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

He comes with his own linguistic flourishes: “maje” means “major”, his castmates are “booby” and “boobers” and most inanimate objects, places and even sometimes beards are referred to as “she” and “her”. Yass queens! Queer Eye’s Fab Five on how they are changing men – one makeover at a time 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Sun worship flourished in prehistoric Britain, so perhaps this was – like those ancient ziggurats – a stairway to heaven to let priests get closer to the sun. David Attenborough's big dig 2010-10-25T21:01:00Z

Perhaps he hit on that date because it was then that his ties with his uncle had flourished and he had shared the minister’s family dinners and Jan’s flat. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z

There are some dizzying flourishes of FX magic in this movie. Inception 2010-07-15T21:09:00Z

He avidly supported its farmers, bringing them seeds collected by his consuls in their respective countries, as well as seeds and cuttings from his own plantation, where crops from Africa and the Americas were flourishing. In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z

Those drawings are among the best-known works in Mr. Dinnerstein’s long career, in which he remained devoted to figurative realism and resisted the Abstract Expressionism that was starting to flourish in the early 1950s. Harvey Dinnerstein, Proudly Realistic Painter, Is Dead at 94 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Though it could be that she is exaggerating again—a beautiful exaggeration, if so, a beautiful flourish. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Compared to The Big Flame, which covers not dissimilar ground, this is a sober, unblinking treatment, eliminating the flourishes of his 60s work. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Fairly straightforward period drama mixes, uneasily, with thoroughly contemporary flourishes of satirical comedy and theatrical self-consciousness. Review: Taking Another Spooky Hike Up ‘Hanging Rock’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

"It was the country where music and everything artistic was flourishing," she recalls. Yasmine Hamdan: the modern face of Arabic music 2013-05-22T19:00:01Z

The songs are enlivened by subtle flourishes and small moments of upended expectations, like the guitar distortion that blossoms after the final chorus of the record’s centerpiece “Midnight Sun.” Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Don’t misunderstand this magical flourish; though often discomfitingly dreamlike, the book is a critique of damnably real power. Review | Yu Miri’s ‘Tokyo Ueno Station’ focuses its attention on the shamefully overlooked 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

The artistic flourishes in “Dietland” that illustrate Plum’s inner thoughts with ink-and-paper cutouts augment this sense of separation from the world. Unpacking the violent desserts of AMC's "Dietland" 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

There are glimpses of that character in “Inadmissible Evidence” in a few of the flounces and flourishes with which Mr. Hodge drives an evening that, under Jamie Lloyd’s ceaselessly empathic direction, never goes slack. Theater Review: They're Ripping Themselves Apart Onstage, Inside and Out 2011-11-01T13:30:07Z

And so everything had so little grace, nothing came with an extra flourish. "Great British Bake Off" veteran Ruby Tandoh: "I see the show and I feel a pressure from it" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

“Romanticism but without any flourishes. Emotions but without any frills,” Viard said in show notes. Chanel swaps skirts for jodhpurs at Paris Fashion Week 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

If viewers needed visual evidence of "Tonight's" restored New York state of mind, Fallon delivered it with flourish. First night a hit for 'Tonight' host Jimmy Fallon 2014-02-18T15:05:34Z

Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/39vjq Five thousand years ago, Orkney was a flourishing place whose inhabitants built fine stone houses in the settlement of Skara Brae. Cosmic chamber: Maeshowe mound in Orkney 2012-07-12T08:00:05Z

With the exception of Project Runway which does occasionally reward creative flourish, this is the mode of all competitive reality: do the boring thing best. My first house rule: don't watch property programmes 2013-06-27T02:32:05Z

The shared passion, the heroic ancestry, a portentously unnamed boy, and that killer cliché to the skull, are not just misplaced flourishes. A Team of Engineers Invented a Brick-Laying Robot. This Is Their Story. 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

His design style at his personal properties favors gilded furniture, marble flooring, and Louis XIV-style flourishes. Draft Executive Order Would Give Trump a New Target: Modern Design 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

But millennia before the Soviet invasion kicked off 30 years of conflict and upheaval, and well before the Taliban began to brutalize its own people, Afghanistan flourished as a hub along the Silk Road. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z

Even readers who balk at this novel’s arbitrary flourishes will grasp its obsession with technology’s effect on the natural world. Books of The Times: ?The Chemistry of Tears,? a Novel by Peter Carey 2012-05-21T03:47:19Z

The drama of her grieving swoon is conveyed not by flourishes but by sobriety — broad, smooth, unadorned garments counterpoised with deep shadows cast in their folds. Edmé Bouchardon's extraordinary drawings changed the way sculpture looked 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Guralnik, meanwhile, flourishes as she treads an expert line between empathetically pulling on tightly held threads and acknowledging pain while sidestepping judgment. Couples Therapy: why would anyone agree to televise their therapy sessions? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a problem in Australia, where mutant goldfish are surviving sewage treatment to flourish in brackish waterways in the south-west of the country. Save us from the monster fish: how should you dispose of your pet? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, the Indian community flourished, and there is no better way to get a taste of it than at the Diamond Plaza food court in Nairobi’s Indian quarter. 36 Hours in Nairobi, Kenya 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The door opening should have been accompanied by a harp flourish — this was luxury. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

He comes striding into the tent, whips off his silk scarf with a flourish and then tosses it flamboyantly to the far sofa where it lands on a cushion, neatly folded. Cannes film festival diary: nearing the end of this Fair Game 2010-05-20T10:10:00Z

The countryside, once flourishing despite poor soil, and the supplier of a fifth of Germany’s wheat, lies undrained and neglected after decades of collectivization. Books of The Times: ?Forgotten Land? by Max Egremont - Review 2011-12-28T22:10:01Z

But nevertheless she adapted and flourished in other ways, like founding the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series. The Illness That Had No Name 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

I flourished in the closeness we'd found despite the distance and the many years between us, despite our many years apart. In the house of alternative facts: How my parents' lies prepared me for post-truth America 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

There’s bounciness to these tunes, including some perfectly placed flourishes from flamenco guitar. Review: Morrissey gets political on new album 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

But once there, he not only flourished as an artist but was a key figure in shaping the city’s art scene, notably as co-founder the Society of Oregon Artists. Move over, Monet: Oregon had its own Impressionist painter 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

He is wearing a new three-piece suit, shiny and brown with wide lapels with a decorative silver flourish. Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

I’d credit Mirren for the flourish when her character claws at the staff’s display box like a cat pawing a fish tank, but I’m not entirely sure it was her under the pixels. ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Review: Yells Like Teen Spirit 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Throughout the rest of the ballet, too, there's little scope for the principal characters to flourish outside their symbolic roles: this is a fairytale of atmosphere, not of story. Royal Ballet: The Prince of the Pagodas – review 2012-06-06T12:15:12Z

Just as in the same way that Einstein orbits what I think is the heart of this series: the epoch, an intense period of discovery and flourishing European science through two major catastrophic global wars. Geoffrey Rush Loves to Play Rogues and Fools. A Genius, Too. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

"Bridging I" leads directly into the A-Major piano chord and flourish of the first two measures of Opus 30, No. 1. Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner play in the transforming spirit of Beethoven 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

But even the most devoted fashion stylist realizes that at a certain point, when aesthetics start to overwhelm logic, when a flourish becomes a cliche, it’s time to retire it. Perspective | Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations are lovely, but that coat looks ridiculous 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

This week, I’m using lemons in a ridiculously simple pasta dish, and as the final flourish to an all-in-one biryani that never fails to comfort. The weekend cook: the wonder of lemon – Thomasina Miers’ recipes 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

There's an interesting exhibition of zine culture – with the government monitoring the internet so closely, hand-printed pamphlets appear to be flourishing. Beijing Design Week unloads crates full of Chinese creativity 2012-10-04T16:17:52Z

But there, among cathedral spires and castle parapets, the animation studio Cartoon Saloon has carved out a factory of hand-drawn artistry and local folklore that has persisted and flourished well beyond its creators’ expectations. How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Arthur Melville's cabbages, flourishing in Scotland, are equally extraordinary: a tide of blue-green buoys lapping the legs of an East Lothian gardener Sisley's garden outside Paris lies hidden beneath blue snow. Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dal?, Magritte, Mir? and the Surrealists 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

The breakout country star and blatant borrower of urban-contemporary flourishes admitted as much to the fans who packed the Fillmore Silver Spring on Saturday. Sam Hunt has the fame, but he’s not ready for it 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

Mournful, combative and suspenseful by turns, the piece ended not in a triumphant flourish but with an uneasy accord. Music Review | Carol Wincenc: Carol Wincenc Leads Flutists at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2010-04-01T21:56:00Z

Geek culture may not always be female-friendly enough, but with its liberal outlook and habit for breaking moulds it’s a natural space for strong women to flourish. Mad Max: Fury Road's strong women won't surprise true genre fans 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

If the scope of that effort has narrowed in recent years, with a reliance on old favorites and warhorses, at least the evidence of its flourishing is preserved under glass. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame

He raved about the quality of Broadway shows that in recent years have flourished here in translation. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

She emphasises the final lines with a shy flourish to the heavens, a salute to Serge that is emblematic of the entire gig. Jane Birkin – review 2013-01-30T18:47:48Z

Several kinder commodities, such as bread, spaghetti, shoes and film studios, also flourished, and a few survived the mass closings in 1970s and early ’80s. Amazon chose two locations for its new headquarters. Now, we go explore them. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

Back then – for reasons I don’t remember – it was my habit to sign my name with celestial flourishes. 'The clock of his life was counting down' – loving and losing my ex 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

The 13-week closure will allow for £1m of building work to refurbish its Edwardian features and all the art deco flourishes hidden inside. Britain's oldest cinema prepares for a glorious sequel 2010-06-15T16:15:00Z

Ikebukuro is a slightly less hectic version of Shinjuku, and both are among the many shopping and amusement districts that flourish around major train stations. Fawning over fauna: A guide to Tokyo’s menagerie of animal cafes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

It’s as if Mr. Segall absorbed fills and flourishes and affects from old records and they were leaking out from his pores. New Releases From Brad Paisley and Ty Segall 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

“Maometto II” is not typical of the “number operas” of Rossini’s day, in which dramatic recitative connects a series of arias and ensembles that end with a flourish and invite bravos from listeners. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z

Once the conservative spell had passed, the erotic literature industry again flourished. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z

In his memoir, Rebennack said, he drew inspiration from New Orleans folklore about a root doctor who flourished in the mid-1800s. ‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans ‘night-tripper’ musician, dies 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Shooting from oblique angles in a boxy 4:3 aspect ratio, he deploys light, shadow and careful calibrations of focus to atmospheric effect, but these stylistic flourishes don’t communicate much beyond a generic art-house sensibility. ‘Jinpa’ Review: Murder and Mystery in Tibet 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

It’s short and cheap, a dance with more flourish than content. Dance Review: City Ballet’s ‘Serenade’ and ‘Red Angels’ at Koch Theater 2013-05-22T20:42:42Z

It slowly began to live, and then to flourish. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-07-06T21:43:01Z

Artie Butler’s arrangements are sublime, giving Lee’s anguish plenty of dramatic flourish. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

My new friend took the pan and placed it before me, removing its lid with a flourish and releasing a plume of steam. Journeys: Chasing Anchovies on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast 2012-12-14T15:56:50Z

Alongside his flourishing performing career — he’s in the upcoming Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” — he’s found acclaim as a choreographer of regional productions, including an updated “42nd Street.” Calling All Tap Dance Kids (It’s Not the Acting Kid or the Singing Kid) 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

The New York Times described a 2013 performance of his at Carnegie Hall as “a paragon of lyricism: breathtaking in its pianissimos, utterly fluid in its legatos, gleaming in its ornamental flourishes.” Martin Frost Explores the Soul of the Clarinet 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

After Oriol made Cartoon his first tattoo gun, out of a Walkman motor and a Bic pen, taught to him by a friend who made one in prison, Cartoon’s career flourished. LA Originals: a Netflix documentary about an influential hip-hop duo 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

When it came time to negotiate contracts, Goodwin recalled, Mr. Seldes would say with a flourish, “And now, we extract the cash.” Timothy Seldes, editor and literary agent, dies at 88 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Neoclassical flourishes like richly carved marble fireplaces lend the interiors a spirited sophistication. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

The first movement features Romantic flourishes in the orchestra, as well as modernist 20th-century-style textures. Wynton Marsalis Lets the Orchestra Shine in His Violin Concerto 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

But then as it progresses, there is that building of the silence to voice that becomes a lighter voice, the voice of birds, a fluttering and flourishing. Listening to Music in the Desert at Dawn 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

As important, they also added distinctive stylistic flourishes: Their bold lighting, bright colors, jarring scores and unconventional narrative structures defied the norms of American and British horror. ‘Suspiria’: Stream the Original and 8 Other Italian Horror Classics 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The history of American religion suggests that when government involves itself in religion, religion withers on the vine; whereas when governments neither helps nor hinders, religious life flourishes. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z

Are all these technological advances creating something authentically new, or simply let existing impulses flourish? From teledildonics to interactive porn: the future of sex in a digital age 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Schepisi encourages Mr. Rush and Ms. Davis’s sometimes entertaining excesses and matches them with his own flourishes, like a cutaway to one of Basil’s eyes in close-up. Movie Review: ‘The Eye of the Storm,’ With Geoffrey Rush 2012-09-06T22:03:02Z

Today, it is a flourishing multidisciplinary department with six full-time surgeons, two speech therapists and an orthodontics unit. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

But too often this writerly exuberance strains for an effect it doesn't achieve, leaving the novel cluttered with unnecessary flourishes, and extended metaphors that collapse under their own weight. Bed by David Whitehouse ? review 2011-07-22T09:00:01Z

The bad guys are usually trying to destroy a ranch, a town, a portion of the high chaparral, or in some extreme cases, a flourishing ethnic group. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z

He instead worked in an institution that flourished because of the generosity of a group of extremely wealthy individuals. In the complex ecosystem of British arts, weeds are as important as trees 2010-09-28T19:59:00Z

Burt is the critic who, more than any other, understands the here and now and “flourishes amid the hipsters and the sonneteers.” The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z

If your grandson appears to be flourishing, then it’s okay to accept that as assurance he is flourishing. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s a special therapists-behaving-badly edition 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Behind these flourishes, attached to the back of the building, is the vast workshop for Kiton’s 350 tailors, who create front panels, backs, collars, pockets or lapels in the handwork factory. Naples, a Haven of Hand Work 2014-04-21T06:03:10Z

Traditional dishes are prepared with a creative flourish. Getting a taste of Singapore’s famously flavorful street food 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Muslin-clad romances crushed in embraces on the last page, or chocolate-box mysteries tied off with a flourish of resolving ribbon, leave me sighing and replete. Coming to bad ends: stories that refuse closure 2012-11-20T11:53:34Z

Uber changed its logo, too, to a demure sans-serif display—white against a black background, its only flourish a modest pair of mirrored stems attached to the “U” and the “b.” Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

On the following day Winston Churchill, recently returned to Downing Street as prime minister, spoke on the BBC to an audience at home and throughout the world, ending with a grandiose flourish. Dark Truths About Britain’s Imperial Past 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Us rebels, well-suited to adapt, get to continue imagining reality on our terms and, like a weed that will flourish anywhere, take our opportunities and claim space in any way we want. I Was Bullied for Being Arab. Nine Inch Nails Threw Me a Lifeline. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

Outside, herbs flourish in flower boxes; inside, dishes such as arepas are topped with avocado, and the iced black tea is infused with thyme and vanilla. Where a votre sante meets namaste: Wellness culture comes to Paris 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

These were but a few of the tortillas that flourished in the wake of Damiani's western. Damiano Damiani obituary 2013-03-10T13:15:01Z

And investigative reporters still flourish on regional evenings and weeklies. The 2010 Paul Foot award shortlist 2010-10-25T06:00:00Z

The Book of Job has flourished in modern retellings, its ancient themes as potent today as they were thousands of years ago. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Into the Dark, With a Cliche or Two 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

Musicals, Westerns and the dead-serious romance have all flourished, then nearly perished. Captain America: Been There, Saved That 2011-07-22T19:45:00Z

Whether I'm on it or off it, I think the show will flourish without me. 2010-01-09T13:20:00Z

So the creative team added flourishes like a garish green font that underscores big moments and animated power rankings for the major players. In ‘Super Pumped,’ the Uber Founder Disrupts His Own Rise 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

But though occasionally silly, many of the album's irrepressible flourishes are the result of Simon's musical excavations. My favourite album: Graceland by Paul Simon 2011-08-15T12:35:11Z

This is terrifically important, because good communication – ergo, your relationship – can’t flourish if you can’t trust the other person with your feelings. My boyfriend still hasn't told me he loves me. Should I say it first? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

Tilly survives and flourishes by discovering a special garden at the end of the house's regular garden and acquainting herself with a fox. Can you suggest any moving house books for a worried seven-year-old? 2012-05-28T16:29:43Z

At a time when the future of arts funding is looking perilous, it is a reminder that vital theatre can flourish outside the big city centres. In praise of ? Northampton 2010-05-03T23:05:00Z

People are concerned about the billionaire's management of the site, including confusion about blue checks and verification, a potential financial cost, and the fears that hate speech, abuse and misinformation will flourish under Musk's stewardship. Should you join Mastodon? Here's what you need to know 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Despite being banned in 1977, the rhino horn trade is flourishing. Save the rhino! 2013-03-09T20:00:00Z

Just as Garcin begins to settle into a sleepless unrest, a new guest arrives with an angry flourish. ‘No Exit’: Ready for your close-up 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Welcome to the lucrative world of financial domination, a form of B.D.S.M. that has flourished during the pandemic, when many sex workers and their customers have migrated online because of social distancing precautions. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

And in the Cage works, he searched out the mystical textures and gently insistent rhythms, the bits of fanfares and flourishes. At the Piano, and Under the Hood 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The company’s general director, Alexander Neef, has made it a goal to create a more specific identity for the Paris Opera by commissioning research and programming the French grand opera that once flourished there. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

His hapless, bored and obsessive characters, natural liars and fantasists all, may require the insularity of a small, isolated, self-mythologizing world to flourish and self-destruct credibly. Theater Review | 'A Behanding in Spokane': Packing Heat, and a Grudge 2010-03-05T04:55:00Z

Film production was flourishing in the late 1940s, and Los Angeles became a destination for writers, set designers, hairstylists and other “artists with open minds,” as Mr. Bowers put it. Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood 2012-01-27T22:08:45Z

The spin-brake-stop pirouette flourishes of the ballerina’s cadenza entrance have never looked more brilliantly commanding in my experience. Sugarplum Fairies and Cavaliers Move Ahead at City Ballet 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

“It’s so cool that they do that,” said Clement, whose surprise pauses, thick dissonances and sprinkled flourishes decidedly enlivened the proceedings. This year’s Jazz Port Townsend was very much a family affair 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z

This means giving youth theatre and new companies better platforms on which to flourish, drawing greater critical media exposure. Response: Fringe theatre provides young actors with an excellent career path 2010-10-07T23:04:00Z

That is not to say the season is without its flourishes. Seduced by Tuscany in Winter 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

But for Sheniaka Rodgers and Sekou Johnson, time, distance and a little patience helped their teenage romance flourish into an enduring relationship. He was her schoolgirl crush. She was his close friend’s little sister. 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

At first, the covers were unadorned; the raised patterns and decorative flourishes that captivate McCoy were created out of necessity. ‘History right under our feet’: Decorative manhole covers are a window on Washington’s past 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Although the galleries vary in square footage, height, and architectural flourishes—some are extremely tall and capped by twisting light wells—the rooms all possess conventionally squared-up walls. Frank Gehry's Masterful Fondation Louis Vuitton Debuts in Paris 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

But after much grumbling, most of them take it in stride and begin to flourish. Movie Review: ?The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,? With Judi Dench 2012-05-03T22:24:22Z

They tend to end with a flourish — a true walk-off moment. The political theater of Kayleigh McEnany’s scripted walk-offs 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

He had a final flourish or two left, however: this revenge-on-men thriller managed to get banned from video release for its graphic violence. Michael Winner in clips 2013-01-21T16:59:15Z

How much room is there for personal flourishes? Jordi Savall Evokes the Past by Hearing Its Music 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z

Staffed by an array of talented and eccentric teachers, many of whom had come late to the vocation, it allowed our imaginations to flourish. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z

The writer-director Jacob Gentry obviously loves the genre he’s taken on, or at least he loves “Blade Runner,” to judge by the shadows, window blinds and synthesizer flourishes ornamenting “Synchronicity.” Review: ‘Synchronicity’ Plays With Time and Love 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

This is a handsome medium-textured grass, but it needs skillful maintenance — and chemicals — to flourish in hot, humid regions. A good lawn starts with some homework 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

Last Friday, a debate flourished online about whether the assault had been justified. The Kind of Comedy That Can Hurt Trump 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

But there’s a specific sort of ultra-confessional essay, written by a person you’ve never heard of and published online, that flourished until recently and now hardly registers. The Personal-Essay Boom Is Over 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

It did, and her career flourished, as did her creativity. How Gyo Fujikawa Found Freedom by Making Children’s Books 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

Economies in which everyone is successful and flourishing don’t need anti-Semitism, but today’s societies do. Letters to the Editor 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Voice of the Seven Thunders: Voice of the Seven Thunders Britain has been rather laggardly in producing new psychedelic rock bands in comparison to the currently flourishing American underground. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

In addition, Spanish, which is a descendant of Vulgar Latin — the informal, spoken versions of Latin that flourished in different parts of the Roman empire — already bears heavy traces of other tongues. The future of the Spanish language is looking a lot more like English 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

And while it takes 3½ hours for “The Lehman Trilogy” to chronicle Lehman Brothers’ flourishing and ultimate doom, the dexterity of this stagecraft makes it feel like half that. Review | ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is so good, it expands your sense of what three actors on a stage can conjure 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

The music is slow and bluesy, backed by a choir with churchy organ flourishes, and it builds in wave after wave, cresting with a  flare of lead guitar that worships both heaven and Jimi Hendrix. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The new businesses are also flourishing in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, which suffered heavy damage during more than three years of fighting. Women find some respite in Libya's 'families only' cafes 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Well executed with the knowing flourishes, it was devoid of spontaneity. Music Review: Looking for the Gal That Got Away? 2011-03-13T21:49:04Z

It allows us to fall, fail and flourish in our own way, on our own timetable without the judgment of anyone else. Facebook’s Last Taboo: The Unhappy Marriage 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

Williams anchored the muddled mystery with intense gazes, a deadpan growl and occasional slapstick flourishes. Where to Stream Michael K. Williams’s Best TV Performances 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Shunned from White churches and of other aspects of American society, the Black church was one of the few institutions in which African Americans were allowed to flourish and gain social status. A Black senator from Georgia 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Our guide through this fiercely seen fantasy Albion is David Fitzgerald, a civil servant who has disguised an aspect of his family history in order to flourish under the regime. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z

"With Judith Palmer back in post at the Poetry Society, supported by a new board, we hope the Poetry Society will soon be flourishing again," said the outgoing trustees. Poetry Society reinstates Judith Palmer as director 2011-08-18T15:41:19Z

He is referred to only as “he,” a self-conscious flourish in a narrative preoccupied with the disconnect between public and private lives. Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

It may instead be a legitimate expression of a concern for impartial justice — the flip side of the intuition that approves when good people flourish. Review | Let’s face it, we all have the capacity to be mean. ‘Spite’ explores why that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

It is, granted, not a vision of a flourishing utopia, but it’s not nothing. The Deliberate Awfulness of Social Media 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Enticingly, Ms. Bridges has included that tabloid cover and many other visual artifacts in her book, which is strewn throughout with photos of her work, family snapshots and type and color flourishes. At Home With Sheila Bridges: Weeding Out the Riffraff 2013-07-17T23:00:39Z

It may abhor the state – but it is completely dependent on the state to flourish. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Subtle flourishes of strings and plodding piano drive the song into the darkening horizon before closing track “Summer’s Gone” rises with lonely chimes and the gentle creak of an oboe. Beach Boys' 'Radio' Tunes Into Summer Nostalgia 2012-06-05T10:45:30Z

First, fascism flourishes alongside economic, social and political chaos. Can It Happen Here? Madeleine Albright Examines Fascism Then and Now 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

This is how creativity can flourish when a work is allowed to pass into the public domain. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z

They illustrate little known facets of the art that flourished across the southeastern Iranian world, now the state of Afghanistan, between the late third millennium B.C. and the first or second century A.D. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

Then comes the bright, episodic finale, “The Girl and the Scrapbook,” which takes flight with up-bow flourishes and a casual reference to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” One Night, Several String Quartet Premieres 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

A rabbi played by the charismatic Duane Cooper, for example, sometimes thunders with the rich baritone and gesticulant flourishes of a Baptist preacher, and then abruptly starts lilting and shrugging like Billy Crystal. | 'Yes We Can': This Colorblind Woman Can?t Distinguish Black From White 2011-06-29T21:36:42Z

Instead, the robots staged their liberation from within, and—thanks to an eleventh-hour flourish by Ford—arose to dominate Westworld, not to defy it. “Westworld” Season One Finale: Violent Ends 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

The opera's charm and gentle humour nowadays feel low key, but Cornelius's admirers have always argued that the score – a through-composed series of scherzos with orientalist flourishes – is decades ahead of its time. The Barber of Baghdad 2010-07-09T21:01:00Z

Now it’s been rebuilt with glassy, modern flourishes. Overnighter: In Toledo, Layers of Spanish History 2012-12-21T16:56:55Z

And she firmly believed cities need the arts to flourish and achieve greatness. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

Jack’s confessions uphold two contradictory claims: that love inscribes the body, and that love refuses to mark the body; for these characters, what is beloved flourishes in its own private mystery. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

Hundreds of red, gold and purple flowers, plucked from the Queen's extensive gardens, will be added to ornamental flourishes as Joseph Bennett, a film production designer, adapts the interior. Diamond jubilee boat to be decorated with buttons 2012-05-17T06:00:01Z

Cookie is still tight with Lucious, suspects he had Tiana jumped from the day before in his attempts to stop Lyon dynasty from flourishing. Empire: season two, episode four – Be True sends the Lyon clan to church 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

In its place is a consciously woven artwork whose cinematic flourishes wielded with purpose, not to impress or coax forth validation from any awards-giving body. Smart Watch: “My Brilliant Friend” and “Escape at Dannemora” mark the start of awards (ba... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

Yet, for a select group of artisans, designers and their clients, interest flourishes in contemporary interpretations of gilt-bronze objects. Our Midas Moment, From Galleries to Artisans 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Block after block of houses dating to the mid-19th century and earlier are in the midst of a restoration boom, and the city’s cultural and restaurant scenes are flourishing. 36 Hours in M?rida, Mexico 2011-12-01T18:35:24Z

In that era, rambling groups flourished in the smoky towns of the north of England, yet they were forbidden to enter much of the countryside. Ramble On by Sinclair McKay – review 2012-06-22T21:55:19Z

But in disjunctive yet fluidly linked moments, the landscape of the family vineyard, with its flourishing acres, emerges as a background distinct from the stark drama of loss. New poetry from Jane Mead and Daniel Borzutzky examine death — in both human and national forms 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Documentaries about disabilities don’t come any smarter or more touching than “Mission to Lars,” a beautiful sibling road trip tale with a heavy-metal flourish. Review: ‘Mission to Lars’ Follows Siblings’ Quest to Fulfill Their Disabled Brother’s Dream 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Both the flourishes and fleeting grace notes amplify emotions that were present in the script. 1. "Let Me In" 2010-12-31T17:01:00Z

And at other times, we’re suddenly in an inadequate Matthew Bourne work, with sudden contemporary, grounded movements with the odd flamenco flourish. Review: The Royal Ballet’s ‘Carmen’ in London 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Producers have built flourishing shoestring operations on the backs of virtually unpaid actors. In 99-seat tussle, don't lose sight: Common goal is a healthy theater scene 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Table knows to buy good ingredients and, with just a flourish or two, let them speak for themselves. Postcard From Tom: Asheville’s more than just the foothills of Southern cuisine

“Italy and its thousand cultures should be the Silicon Valley of cultural heritage,” it sings, one of many flourishes among the party’s proposals for art institutions, churches and heritage sites. A New Italy, Imagined by Artists and Demagogues 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

She flourished in the new medium, exploiting the open-ended nature of the web to reach a broader audience and to interact, and even collaborate, with users. Helen Thorington, Who Brought Sonic Art to the Airwaves, Dies at 94 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

“Unsympathetic souls will find solace in the fact that crime, violence, and even murder continue to flourish at what should be a time of peace, joy and love,” writes editor Penzler. 19 big holiday book gift ideas: mystery, history and local titles 2013-12-13T20:53:23Z

As a final flourish, readers are invited to download the song, written and recorded by Rebecca's daughter Adrian Emberley, and sing along. Halloween books that are a treat for kids and parents 2010-10-22T23:42:00Z

A child-care system that every parent can rely on, that every child can flourish in, and that every child-care provider and preschool teacher can get paid enough to make this a sustainable profession. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Americans who are hitting one obstacle after another: ‘That is why I persist’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

“Network” ends with a controversial flourish, in which we watch footage of presidents being inaugurated since the 1970s, culminating with Trump. The Demolition Artist: 3 Critics Debate Ivo van Hove 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Her unvarnished sincerity is of little use to her here, so she dives into the villainy with the relish of a Jacobean performer delighting the groundlings with macabre flourishes. Despite star Laura Linney, 'Switzerland' an unconvincing stab at noir 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

In Lennon's telling, religion is an impediment to human flourishing – something to be overcome, transcended. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Haitian and other Caribbean cultures flourish, largely un-Americanized, in nearby Little Haiti. Alchemy, Miami Style 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

By that definition, living and dying, flourishing and expiring, action and rest are inseparable, each a form of the other. Review: Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

The festival reflected a new surge of urban poetics that was flourishing in cafes, at slams, through cable TV’s “Def Poetry Jam” and in less commercial forms of rap music. Daemond Arrindell returns poetry to the people 2013-04-05T01:39:16Z

Its toughly realist tone is at odds with the final flourish of supernatural imagery, but this is a distinctive and confident film. Cannes 2012: Mystery ? review 2012-05-18T12:17:33Z

Beyond Mr. Corea’s own keyboard touch, springy and clear with controlled flourish and just about perfect time, it’s hard to find a clean aesthetic line through what he does. Music Review: A Jazz Man Returns to His Past 2011-01-23T22:40:51Z

No one seems to have quantified it, though many experts agree the art market is a natural place for it to flourish. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

With their visual focus, art museums are natural places for the trend to flourish. Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

“I began my career with a right angle,” she said with a flourish. Twyla Tharp’s Back Pages, With Chapters to Come 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

But the Vox Vocal Ensemble — which Mr. Steel founded and which often performed at the Miller Theater during his successful tenure as executive director there — is flourishing. Music Review: Vox Vocal Ensemble and Friends, in Spiral Formation 2013-12-18T22:09:28Z

Why do some serious-minded Broadway shows flourish and others flop? Producers Struggle to Fathom the Fall of Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

“How was a flourishing and free society undermined from within?” The Varieties of Chinese Repression 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

“This kind of funding, with no strings, means I can just sit down and imagine, ‘What does the next generation of lawyers need to know to help restorative justice flourish?’” she said. MacArthur Foundation Announces 26 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

With the recent economic and political rise of its region, Flanders, and its emergence as a center of fashion and design, Antwerp has flourished, reimagining new neighborhoods out of tired old districts. Heads Up: Antwerp, Gilded Once More 2012-10-19T17:13:07Z

AMC seems to have realized this and embraced it, and it's one of the reasons the channel is flourishing. The extraordinary rise of AMC 2010-11-23T17:55:00Z

But in solo performances, his easy flexibility flourishes — a constant feed of subtle redirections. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Learning in Liverpool, a city with a great and flourishing mix. Polishing up diversity in Liverpool and Merseyside 2012-06-19T12:00:08Z

That wonder and delight seems to have begun to flourish soon after Tolkien first saw England, at the age of 3. Review | Lose yourself in the places that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

It’s to help the worst performing teachers to hang onto their jobs rather than to allow talent to be cultivated and to flourish. Charting a New Course: Q&A with Education Visionary Deborah Kenny 2012-06-25T10:45:47Z

Taking sounds from the routines of daily life and reaching for higher ground with determination, EFG offers quirky, observational songs, illuminated by delicious vocal flourishes — definitely the start of a green affair. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

In 2007, at the age of 44, he married Rachel Warren, who has a flourishing career in medical publishing and also has a band called Palomar, currently on hiatus. The 18-Year Wait for New Wrens Music Is Over. Sort Of. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

To the extent that it’s an immediate cinematic experience, it’s a daring but tasteless jumble of stylistic flourishes and dramatic intentions. “Son of Saul” and the Ungraspable Horrors of Auschwitz 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

There’s a lot of genre flourish packed into a relatively tidy running time in “Hotel Artemis,” the directorial feature debut from the screenwriter Drew Pearce. Review: Jodie Foster Presides at ‘Hotel Artemis’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

“The Muse,” a cover of a song by the Wood Brothers, has unexpected Celtic flourishes. New Music: Albums From Zac Brown Band and George Colligan 2013-12-23T22:34:00Z

It's the simple scattering of confetti with which several of the turns mark – and ornament – their final flourish. La Soir?e - review 2010-10-25T21:15:00Z

But flourishing demand for her cheese, and her policy of never refusing a local customer, means that it may be hard to find in urban markets. Journeys: In the Berkshires, Eating Locally Is a Tradition 2010-08-18T21:19:00Z

Where the actual Emily Dickinson's work achieved literary eternity by evoking vast and powerful imagery through an economy of words, "Dickinson" flourishes with its sumptuous scenery, costumes and set pieces. Ready, set, bake! Apple's vibrantly witty "Dickinson" layers in the sweetness and spice of fame 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the opening movement, the violins dispatched the main theme — a jabbing phrase of four sustained whole notes that breaks into restless flourishes — with incisive attack and somber intensity. Music Review: At Mostly Mozart, Osmo Vanska and Antti Siirala 2010-08-15T22:23:00Z

"All I've ever wanted / was to kiss crevices, pry them open, / and flourish within dew-slick / hollows," he explains, writing in the voice of a kudzu vine. New works by poets Jennifer Moxley, Judy Halebsky, Saeed Jones 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

In the United States, science fiction has largely flourished because, generation after generation, its fans dreamt of becoming pros and being published in Astounding, Galaxy or the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

But viewed against the rest of the lineup, “Murder City” suggests an aspiration to more polished and conventional versions of the shoestring productions that already flourish on Tubi. Tubi Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Indie Movies (for Free) 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

With a couple of little flourishes, you can make a drink that tastes complex and is refreshing, easy to sip and won't get you hammered before the grill heats up. 8 best light and refreshing cocktails for cookouts and picnics 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

As he ends the song, he plays this flourishing thing that sort of ends up sounding a little bit like Spinal Tap, but in a good way. The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Star Wars: The Force Awakens flourished at the box office because fans knew they could expect to see returns for the ultimate emblems of the long-running space saga, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. Is Ghostbusters the unfortunate victim of Hollywood hitting peak reboot? 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

She closes the piece with a flourishing Beethoven-like concerto ending, having traveled through three key changes and four time signature changes. Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Two weeks ago, Lester posted an Instagram video of him lettering the word “mesmerize” with two pencils in one hand and flourishes above and below. The Calligraphy Stars of Instagram 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

The highlighter’s appeal has flourished in the digital age. Who Made That?: The Hand-Held Highlighter 2012-01-22T08:45:49Z

First, kudos to Martin Gero, the show’s creator, and his crew for managing a startling final flourish two episodes in a row. ‘Blindspot’ Season 1, Episode 10: All Your Idea 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

It was a career made by the Revolution’s promise of liberation, and—in a bitter paradox—a career that flourished under its subsequent restrictions. The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

Stir in any final flourishes, such as slivered scapes or green onion tops; let the soup rest for a minute or two, then ladle it into bowls. How to make the one soup that always celebrates the season 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Marc, as the leader of one of the most important theaters in the country for new play development, do you have any suggestions for how playwriting can flourish again on Broadway? A Tony Awards round table with L.A.-area theater leaders 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Kin is part of a flourishing “functional beverage” category, often branded with gradient, pastel colors, 1970s nostalgia logos and no alcohol. Beverages With Benefits: Do They Really Work? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

The outlier and catalyst was Mr. Storlokken, who marshaled his array of timbres deftly and without ingratiating flourish. Music Review: Terje Rypdal at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-06-28T22:33:32Z

And while her European career is flourishing, Ms. Panetta hopes to be picked up by a New York studio and spend more time in her home city, doing what she does best. Closing Up, but Not Sitting Down 2010-12-11T17:18:00Z

The chapters are unified by an overarching tone, one that’s filled with bonhomie but is punctuated by tough, wrenching flourishes. Books of The Times: ?The Imperfectionists? by Tom Rachman 2010-05-05T22:48:00Z

In addition to making Singleton, who earned a pair of Oscar nominations, one of the hottest writer-directors in Hollywood, it also helped usher in the black film renaissance that flourished in Hollywood during the 1990s. ‘Boyz n the Hood’ at 25: A look back at 1991’s black film renaissance 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Professor Pawelski said it’s still a mystery why viewing art in this deliberately contemplative manner can increase well-being or what he calls flourishing. The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

A New Musical,” which premiered in 2007 at the Pasadena Playhouse but failed to flourish. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wins $300,000 Gish Prize 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

In the playing she drew from the orchestra, which sounded alert and at its best, she teased out distinct thematic threads while letting skittish, colorful flourishes work their magic and then waft away. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

The performance may have called attention to itself with rhetorical and gestural flourishes that seemed more technical than emotional. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

The occasional witty line must fight to the death with a soundtrack that flips from flamenco guitars to hustling rap, depending on which ethnicity is onscreen, and ends with a spaghetti-western flourish. ‘John Henry’ Review: Hammer Time 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Such power as the play still musters devolves by default to Mr. Mays, who sublimates his own bravura tendencies to deliver an indelibly moving performance at gratifying odds with the manic flourishes on view elsewhere. Harold Pinter and Tracy Letts Revivals, and ISIS on Stage in London 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

In a final flourish, he whipped a Puerto Rican flag from his costume and wore it as a cape, sending the crowd into a frenzy. What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

In many ways the East End today is still flourishing. Scene/ Seen: At Home, Again, in the West End 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z

Major institutions are upgrading furnishings, adding technological and musical flourishes, and exploring the lives of the forgotten artisans and patrons who made the original décor possible. The Period Room as Reconstruction Site 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

But she also holds the mirror up to the minister himself, with a striking stylistic flourish and to devastating dramatic effect. Lois Weber’s Vital Films of the Early Silent Era 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

As Rose was flourishing, though, Graham seemed to languish, and a little more than halfway through “Rebel Cinderella,” Hochschild foreshadows a dark turn. The Unlikely Life of a Socialist Activist Resonates a Century Later 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

He has the speaking eyes, the flourishing gesture, the cascading and pounding rhythm to make Bharatanatyam compelling. Dance Review: Jennifer Monson and Friends Perform at La MaMa Moves! 2013-06-24T21:23:03Z

The show, however, as a whole is less flourishing than its scene-stealing flora. Despite exotic botany, Constellation’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is an old chestnut 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

In Jesse Ball’s new novel, full of the author’s signature surreal flourishes, a father learns he has a fatal disease and decides to travel across the country with his young son, who has Down syndrome. 5 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

The club was one of many that flourished across the country in the early 20th century, but it was unusual in its racial mix. 'Shadows of a Fleeting World' reveals a hidden chapter in Seattle's cultural history 2011-03-12T02:27:00Z

Thanks to a new wave of close-knit and sometimes fiercely competitive young milliners and accessory designers working in cities around the world, flamboyant headgear is no longer just a dramatic flourish confined to the catwalks. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z

“I was constantly in this flourishing downtown scene where I got to play incredible parts,” she said. Thirty Years Later, Heidi Schreck Has Some Amendments 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

She was parodied by Cecily Strong on “Saturday Night Live,” cut for time but flourishing on the Internet. The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Arts like haiku, woodblock printing, bonsai and kabuki theater flourished in the larger cities. From Kyoto to Tokyo, along Japan’s ancient Nakasendo Way

For years Ms. Lynch’s restaurant group flourished under a strong leadership team, the former employees said, but over time her behavior has become more erratic. Barbara Lynch, a Leading Boston Restaurateur, Is Accused of Workplace Abuse 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

The island now offers choose-your-own adventures of flourishing public arts, fun outdoor activities, food trucks galore and project after project on urban sustainability. Things to Do in New York That Are Not the Governors Ball 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Every time he appears, usually to confront Bob, usually about a dog, there’s a sense that anything could happen; most likely violence, but perhaps a theatrical flourish with an umbrella. The Drop review: James Gandolfini's swansong unfolds at Brooklyn fights 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

As additional restaurants flourish and sustain themselves through increased tourism, the demand for farming and produce will increase as well. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

There are operatic flourishes in the songs, though mostly they come across like stylish, personal pop pastiches of the art song repertory, from Schubert to Fauré to Debussy, with hints of folk and jazz. Critic?s Notebook: City Opera Begins Season With Rufus Wainwright 2011-11-18T21:43:07Z

A scrappy hub of creativity and technological advance whose effect is still being assessed, the center flourished until 1966, when its founders dispersed and Mills College absorbed its assets. The Composer Pauline Oliveros Stays Busy at 80 2012-08-11T22:02:08Z

Private galleries flourish – and sometimes struggle – in the small streets behind the museums. The drain in Spain: the country's arts crisis 2011-03-27T20:31:00Z

The effect is to diminish the book’s own strong, early message: that when anger does not rule, a society flourishes on reciprocal, mutual activities, such as dancing and gathering in parks. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

The filmmaker resists his typical flourishes and tendency to be gimmicky. In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

Not necessarily catharsis — although after three brutal episodes, “The Leftovers” could benefit from a bit of that — but at least some new insight, artistic flourish, or fresh take on human folly. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Into the Dark, With a Cliche or Two 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

As the story gradually reveals itself, it simultaneously becomes more and less clear with every passing moment, before ending on a coldly erotic flourish. The man swallowed whole by a vagina – and more of TV's strangest sex scenes 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

In the early years, Macon and Will flourish on their land; Bess and Jack nearly starve. Review: In ‘Abundance,’ by Beth Henley, Mail-Order Brides Find Husbands and Lice 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Her new evening-length show, "this is a forgery," uses dance, video projection and theatrical flourishes to examine "how our lives unfold in the flux of what we seek, what we receive and how we respond." Solo show stirs extra elements into dance 2010-04-15T20:47:00Z

The film's message is so powerful, some of the poetic flourishes are unnecessary. 'Watchers of the Sky' a powerful warning about genocide 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

But scripts about cheating and its consequences continued to flourish, in hues frivolous, somber and — modern morality being muddy — somewhere in between. London Stages, Full of Cheating Hearts 2013-07-18T12:00:01Z

Yet he flourished at the Colony, offering an incongruously sensitive and gentle counterpoint to his boss's excesses. Michael Wojas obituary 2010-06-11T17:28:00Z

The drive-through, which emerged in the mid-20th century and flourished in the 1970s, has primarily been a conduit for foods like hamburgers and French fries. Banh Mi in a Drive-Through? Vietnamese Restaurants Reach for Fast-Food Success. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

A legend states that Arahat Madhyantika, who brought Buddhism to the region, visited the site and prophesied that teachings of the religion would flourish. Cups of Tea, Pashminas and Momos, Seeing India’s Himalayas on a Budget 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Teachers, politicians, lawyers, doctors, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs all arrived and flourished for decades afterward. Martha’s Vineyard Has a Nourishing Magic for Black Americans 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

There are musical flourishes here, but they’re rare: “Lay Me Down,” which features high-energy flickers of bluegrass, or the thumping intro to “God’s Great Dance Floor,” which suggests a Kesha or Katy Perry song. New Music: JOE LOVANO US FIVE 2013-01-08T00:19:05Z

The "sunny" cultivars found a new home in Ukraine and flourished in the country's hot-dry climate and nutrient dense soil. How sunflowers became a symbol of resistance across Ukraine and its allies 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

What remains is a passable action game, whose flourishes do little to elevate it above the genre fodder it undoubtedly is. Games picks of the week 2010-04-23T23:11:00Z

Touches of untamed brass notwithstanding, the conductor Joseph Colaneri brought great tenderness to Janacek’s tuneful score, teasing out the composer’s flourishes of Moravian folk music. Crossing Cultures, and Genres, at the Glimmerglass Festival 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

We are fortunate to witness so much imagination, so much flourishing. Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

It’s the movie of a mainly bound Prometheus declaring that, uninhibited by the industry’s inbred monsters and vulgar hacks, a mighty cinematic liberty would flourish, as would his own. David Cronenberg’s Horror Portrait of Hollywood 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Later he learned about orchestrions, the pneumatically driven mechanical orchestras that flourished in the 19th century, before the advent of commercial recording. 2010-01-30T00:49:00Z

By the end of the piece, his upper body was jackknifing toward the keys at flourishes, with his left foot stomping. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Private restaurants have flourished since President Raul Castro loosened restrictions on small businesses six years ago, especially in the capital. Havana confirms has suspended new licenses for private restaurants 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

You don't even need a fancy Aerogarden — mint can flourish for a month or so without even being planted. How to make a Cranberry Mojito, the perfect compliment to any Thanksgiving feast 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

The version offered on “Tangos,” Mr. Blades’s elegant new album, sounds courtlier and more insinuating, opening with a shimmery flourish and proceeding in a deft sashay. Trey Songz, OOIOO and Rubén Blades Release New Music 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Their bond flourishes as they find success, is buffeted by industry criticism, the era’s sexism, and even infidelity. What to Stream on Valentine’s Day 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Finally, the Constitution also allowed for a secular view of society and life to also flourish as government was forced to step away. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z

“I don’t call them wigs, I call them crowns,” she declared with a flourish. Up Close: By Her (Couture) Hair You Shall Know Her 2012-03-19T22:45:36Z

In his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace on Jan. 1, the pope denounced the "general indifference" that allows such practices to flourish. Pope urges global war on human trafficking, appeals to consumers 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

As a musical ecosystem, the Pacific Northwest is acclaimed for the range and diversity of the choral ensembles that flourish here. Acclaimed composer Morten Lauridsen comes home to the Pacific Northwest, as Seattle Sings Choral Festival pays tribute 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Talk Is Cheap, Unless, of Course, It’s Dirty The enterprising New York women who establish a flourishing phone sex business in the boundary-breaking farce “For a Good Time, Call ...” know how to talk the talk. Movie Review: ‘For a Good Time, Call...’ Is a Romp About Phone Sex 2012-08-30T22:21:53Z

“Jazz is flourishing around the world and this new generation of jazz guitarists represents the future of the music.” Russian Guitarist Wins Herbie Hancock Jazz Competition 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

In addition, they signal an affinity for the political, economic and social conditions that allow authoritarian regimes to exist and flourish. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

“Isle of Dogs” is filled with exquisite illustrations, whimsical flourishes and nostalgic details — old-fashioned labels, computer punch cards — that thicken the texture of its imaginary world. Review: Wes Anderson’s Bleakly Beautiful ‘Isle of Dogs’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Inside the case was a piece of music manuscript paper containing the flourish to be played at the arrival of the judge. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

The elaborate rollout has all the flourishes that fans have come to expect for a new Harry Potter book. ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Goes From Stage to Page on Saturday at the Witching Hour 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Though confined to a space almost a block away from the Belarussian mission and deprived of the right to use a bullhorn, the demonstration was not without theatrical flourishes. ArtsBeat: Support for Belarus Theater Troupe Includes Rally, Benefit, and a Chicago Engagement 2011-01-19T21:22:09Z

“It’s all in business, and, God, I hope it flourishes.” New York City Opera to Join Forces With Harold Prince Next Season 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

“While I weather another storm, I want the movement to continue to flourish. Always listen, and consider everything carefully, but please for everyone’s sake don’t rush to judgment.” Former teen model accuses magician Copperfield of sexual assault 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

In a revealing flourish, he explains the film’s title: “Now on their own, the hunters become what they essentially are — happy people.” Movie Review: Werner Herzog’s ‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’ 2013-01-25T01:35:29Z

Every advancing foot moves with the emphasis of a hark-at-me flourish before its weight is placed on the ground. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z

Actors, too, will need to relearn their craft if VR is to flourish. Watch a nightclub shooting in virtual reality? For Rose Troche, painful subjects make for powerful art 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

You may despair of your work ever finding a little niche where it can grow and flourish. And now there's a book out there with your name on it. Imagine that 2011-04-12T11:51:16Z

The continent’s many proud nations don’t always get along, but they have learned to respect each other — making it possible for peace to flourish. In Europe’s border walls, a divided history and a united future 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Under the American-backed government in Kabul, the institute, which opened in 2010, had flourished, becoming a symbol of Afghanistan’s changing identity. Far From Kabul, Building a New Life, With Music and Hope 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

“The Suicide Squad” dutifully serves up the same evergreen fantasy with amusing flourishes, disappointing stunt choreography and much cartoonish slicing and dicing. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

The concert opener, Haydn’s Variations in F minor, was limpid and gorgeously colored, with playful flourishes that led to an explosive coda. Buttoned-down pianist Murray Perahia cuts loose in Strathmore concert 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

A Spanish Hat Factory Thrives on Orders From a Finicky Brooklyn The business is flourishing even though Andalusia’s unique artisans are suffering as demand falls in weak domestic markets. Black Hats for Brooklyn, Made to Precise Order in Spain 2012-08-07T19:21:03Z

Husband gave a genuinely delicate piano intro to “Gaza City,” and if Mbappe’s bass deposition on the tune lingered long on some of its flourishes, it felt earned. Review | Jazz fusion battles it out with jam band at Lincoln Theatre 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

Its name, both a noun and a verb, sounds like a flourish, but it invokes its raison d’être with a dead-simple signifier. Switch Is the Dream Console Nintendo's Been Working Toward for Years 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Like Thresher, Bissonnette, who has more speech capability, has flourished by having access to the equipment. For those with autism, documentary offers new hope 2011-03-27T18:01:04Z

This means that often, as she's moving about the club, she's simultaneously making spastic little flourishes with her hand, practicing dance moves, waiting for a chance to wow everyone. Burlesque Review: Dances with Divas 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z

Four hundred and four years later, they continue to flourish. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

The piece's busy patterns and responses, lightly balanced between the airily abstract and the wryly human, were pulled off with a lithe and colorful flourish. Cornish College of the Arts presents a Merce Cunningham 'minEvent' 2011-02-01T01:01:29Z

At the other extreme is a character called Landlorde — the “e,” he says, is a “baroque flourish” — who sets about his project of gentrification with the erotic eagerness of Dracula. Review: Hipsters Double-Check Their Privilege in ‘Cute Activist’ 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Today, the terraces are prized for their Victorian flourishes, like the elegant iron lace decorating their balconies. In Sydney, Lively Culture Amid Natural Beauty 2014-04-11T18:04:18Z

Such flourishes make it hard not to feel that Okri is wasting my time. Booker club: The Famished Road 2011-01-20T13:46:07Z

Still, so far and as things stand, in Europe only Hungary and Poland have governments that seem doctrinally akin to those that flourished in the 30s. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

And then there was Sturgill Simpson, whose superb “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” included a few psychedelic flourishes to complement his lyrics about hallucinogenic reveries and the meaning of the universe. The best music of 2014: Young Thug, Aphex Twin, Charli XCX and more

Kuhn favors straightforward journalistic prose, with few grand flourishes. The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

He believed that the music's marginalised newer manifestations could flourish outside the commercial nightclub circuit, and sought to recruit Greenwich Village's coffee houses as venues. Bill Dixon obituary 2010-07-22T17:15:00Z

But there is plenty going for the light-funk track, with Jackson singing in a higher register and using some of the distinctive vocal tics and flourishes that characterised his work in that era. New Michael Jackson song Don't Be Messin' Around given surprise release 2012-06-07T12:05:56Z

Mr. Russell Beale, for one, got to play to his strengths in the continuing “Mr. Foote’s Other Leg,” the Ian Kelly play that granted its protean star a camp flourish here and knowing aside there. Review: A Year of Greek Revivals on the London Stage 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

The art of silk weaving and sericulture in Tuscany flourished in the 14th century; the main production was in Lucca, though it soon expanded to Florence, Venice and Genoa. A Glimpse Inside a Florentine Silk-Weaving Workshop 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z

At the Mural Amphitheatre, where the soulful spirit of the old Bumbershoot flourished, the Blind Boys of Alabama offered an infectious, sanctified set as older fans were “baptized” by one of Friday’s infrequent, misty showers. Bumbershoot 2016 wrap: It’s clearly a pop-music fest, and a very good one 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

Schemes flourish and crumble, deception is rife and everyone has something to hide. 'Obscenely enjoyable': why Harlots is the best show you're not watching 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Dishes are both skilfully rendered and infused with individual flourishes and flavours. Food & drink picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z

At Form, the stage was an open-air band shell that had been designed, in the seventies, to look like the apse of an Italian church, with a few psychedelic flourishes. Serpentwithfeet‘s Sensual Ode to Drama 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

“Sit Still, Look Pretty” is a modestly scaled but impressively sturdy pop album with club-music flourishes. Sure, Daya Wants to Visit the Club. But She Doesn’t Want to Live There. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

But while Athens’s art scene is flourishing internally, artists say international recognition and investment are central to continued growth. In Athens, Austerity Makes Contemporary Art Palatable 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Some of its more whimsical flourishes, like the anthropomorphized Israeli cows, do threaten to subvert actual history into follies. 'Wanted 18' hoofs it through Israeli hunt for cows on the lamb 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

I consider mayonnaise to be one of life's great little flourishes, the condiment equivalent of a ruffle on a sleeve or dab of glitter on the corner of each eye. Why does organic mayo taste funny? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

He ornamented the jubilant tune with dizzying runs and rapid-fire flourishes. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

The flamboyant flourishes of black dandies was recently celebrated in a French documentary and in a New York exhibition by artist Iké Udé. Spring 2016 is all about lacy shirts, floral prints, silky fabrics — for men. Hey, why not? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Her yard has a garden and decorative flourishes, an individual act of resistance against the surrounding decay. When factory jobs left Gary, Indiana: whites left, 'but we blacks didn't have a choice' 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

I thought this film was a faithful re-adaptation of the book with the usual Coen flourishes, but I missed the cat. Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z

Beach herself worried that women’s limited opportunities might constrict their ability to flourish as creative figures. Amy Beach, a Pioneering American Composer, Turns 150 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The home-schooling, though, was a mixed blessing: "We got to flourish in an area we were drawn to, like art… but our maths skills are definitely lacking." The Pierces: 'We're the indie Abba' 2011-02-20T00:05:23Z

Additionally, festival organizers asked her whether she had any additional artistic flourishes to contribute. D.C. parking tickets are a scourge. This artist wants to turn them into something beautiful. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Regional painting, which flourished before and during the Great Depression, might be thought of in the same nationalistic category, but it doesn’t exactly fit; in it history and fiction are hard to sort out. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z

In other words, until it’s got more flourishes than a fancy palazzo. How to cook the perfect caponata 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

The orchestra, and the Mostly Mozart Festival, flourished under the leadership of Moss and Langrée. Louis Langrée Wraps Up a Quietly Transformative Era of Conducting 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

In more modern times, parade uniforms often pay homage to a host country, in addition to traditions, athletic feats and patriotic flourishes. Let the fashion policing begin on opening day of Tokyo Games 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Under her leadership, Russia's cultural life flourished, its governance served the people for once. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

Eventually, all paths lead to the iconic Kronborg Castle, a sober, four-sided fortress bedecked with ornate spires and scrolled architectural flourishes, a curious marriage of Lutheran restraint and Renaissance pomp. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The stripped-down packaging you'll often see is reminiscent of the minimalist art that flourished in the 1960s. Why more food, toiletry and beauty companies are switching to minimalist package designs 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

“Better Call Saul” is consistently one of television’s best dramas, owing to its superior writing and its cascade of stylistic flourishes reminiscent of auteur cinema. “You will pay”: Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” accelerates into the dark 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Despite his flourishing career, with Szell among others, Mr. Fleisher learned that he was technically unemployed when he was turned down for a credit card at a major department store. Leon Fleisher, sublime pianist undaunted by mysterious hand malady, dies at 92 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

Love flourishes in a place that seems hopeless. Marooned on ‘Love Island’ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

But the revelation may be startling to Beatles fans, who have devoted their lives to interpreting every lyric, recording flourish and photograph presented by their band. Meet the critic who panned ‘Sgt. Pepper’ then discovered his speaker was busted. He’s still not sorry. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

In the affirming tenor aria “Every valley shall be exalted,” little flourishes in the strings were echoed by bustling replies in woodwinds, a colorful and unabashedly symphonic touch. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z

The string players rendered every flourish as fresh arcs of sound. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

Some were the dream of horticulturists obsessed with collecting plants from around the world that would flourish in their new home. 6 Great Gardens to Visit in Florida 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

It’s also part of a flourishing body of diet research that probes beyond what and how much we eat and focuses on why we eat. How post-workout food rewards can sabotage your goals 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Publishing details of these regimes, with no warning from medical professionals about their long-term effects, allows a culture to flourish where women are rewarded for their ability to restrict, to deny themselves, to go without. Starvation diets, obsessive training and no plus-size models: Victoria’s Secret sells a dangerous fantasy 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

It doesn’t take a Modern Love column to tell you that relationships can flourish — or wither — in times of stress. Together. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

Traditionally, the batter relies on a wild fermentation that flourishes in warm kitchens, but many cooks hack this, reaching for packets of dosa mix or adding yeast to ensure that the fermentation kicks off properly. Tejal Rao’s 10 Essential Indian Recipes 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

The Cabaret Convention is one of two related gatherings this month that flourish below the radar of television. Critic?s Notebook: Cabaret Love Is Busting Out All Over (but Not on TV) 2010-09-30T21:11:00Z

Such flourishes link this fictional depiction to our own time while accentuating the limitless nature of its brand fantasy – at times reminding us, maybe, that it's OK relax into this world. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z

Even though the piece felt quasi-operatic, with recitative, climactic high notes, dramatic flourishes and string tremolos, Bridges overwhelmed the quartet’s slender, glimmering sound with her plush, powerful singing. Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

The best scenes are the contests in which the competitors hammer away, executing the kind of grand flourishes with each return of the carriage that Liberace exhibited at the piano. Movie Review: ‘Populaire,’ by the French director Régis Roinsard 2013-09-05T22:03:46Z

Youth was an elegant, eccentric sketch with some hilarious flourishes, of which only this director is capable. Cannes 2015: Peter Bradshaw predicts the award-winners and Palme d'Or 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

“You have to keep it simple. If there are too many flourishes, it’s too cluttered, and the audience can’t read what your saying.” Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

It also hires its vehicles out and has a flourishing apprentice scheme. Yorkshire gets the world's first gritter museum 2012-06-13T17:08:05Z

Those intended to age under flor are fortified to about 15 percent alcohol, an environment in which the yeast flourish. Manzanilla Sherry: Singular, Saline and So Polarizing 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

It wasn't the near absence of violence, more likely the absence of Martin Scorsese's stylistic flourishes. Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode two 2011-02-02T22:10:00Z

Zen Buddhism arose in China — where the school is known as Chan — sometime in the late fifth century A.D., and flourished during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

For black American cinema to flourish, it may be necessary to confront and dismantle this revered text. Lillian Gish: should a great actor be judged by a racist film? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Froberg, a beloved linchpin of the San Diego underground music scene that flourished in the 1980s and ’90s, sang in a raspy roar that segued smoothly between snarl and scream. Rick Froberg, Singer of Artful Intensity, Is Dead at 55 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

“How many lives have been smothered,” Leduc asks, “or disappeared or haven’t been allowed to flourish because of the stories we tell?” Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Trademarks: His OCD-ish attention to presentational detail, Hispanic flourishes, fondness for scientific pipettes and ability to use two mixers at once. The Great British Bake Off final 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

Or the delicacy of the violinist Avigail Bushakevitz in the final section, “Praise to the Immortality of Jesus,” as well as her lightly bouncing, rhythmically acute spiccato flourishes in the penultimate “Mingling of Rainbows.” Music Review: Chamberfest With Juilliard Students at Paul Hall 2012-01-19T23:25:59Z

Establishing a joint Google calendar may not be a standard marker of a flourishing romance, but for Efrain Guerrero and James Jones, it stood in just fine for a more customary expression of commitment. Their Future Was Written on the Calendar 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

Yet the recent flourishing of the literary scene in San Francisco is not accidental. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z

It’s an impotent rhetorical flourish inherited from your forefathers, a piece of indignant punctuation when your child has just told you, for instance, with a straight face, that they “don’t know” where their phone is. Why your teenager thinks you’re an idiot 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

And if the canine flourish isn’t genetic, there’s no stopping the owner from creating one with careful grooming. Is Your Dog Ready for Instagram? 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

"It was in that crossover between lyrics and poetry that he flourished," wrote Ben Myers. 'King of Kitsch' Rod McKuen dies 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Only the flourishing aria The Raptur'd Soul dares edge towards anything considered fast. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z

“It really flourished, and then, of course, we went German. We had to.” Thanksgiving in a Town Built on Lederhosen and Limitless Meals 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Some scholars now argue that the brutal trafficking in Indigenous people began with Christopher Columbus’s first voyage in 1492 and flourished in the Southwest borderlands. A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

While it’s not surprising that housing starts flourished along with a rapidly growing city, what strikes a visitor now is how little the accompanying boom owed to structural archetypes then dominating postwar development back East. In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

And they put refreshing thought into how the night would unfurl, from simple flourishes, like programs folded into paper airplanes, to hypnotic musical interludes by the composer Aleksei Stevens. Raja Feather Kelly and Tzveta Kassabova Join Forces 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

In these cases, the enclosures for the fire escapes and mechanicals became opportunities for these amazing decorative flourishes. Broadway Is Shuttered but Its Buildings Sing: A Virtual Tour 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

He flourished, largely by embracing television and later the Internet and social networks. Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media 2013-04-05T20:15:05Z

Ms. Jones’s voice sails into each note and holds it proudly, often adding a vibrato flourish as it sustains; she’s secure in pitch, in melody, in faith. Sharon Jones Says Farewell With ‘Soul of a Woman’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

A modal groove piece seemed to trail off midstream during Mr. Evans’s solo, and what was probably meant as a flourish registered instead as apathy. Music Review: The Bill McHenry Quartet at the Village Vanguard 2012-03-21T21:12:12Z

I think children’s literature, especially like the middle grade and YA, is really flourishing. For this young adult author, girls want more than to just have fun 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

But, in a rare flourish of wit, Faber instead named himself as his own partner. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

The Hoels are Norwegian immigrants whose vocations link them with our continent’s once-predominant tree, the American chestnut, as they all flourish and then are tragically cut back — both Hoels and chestnuts — to a lone scion. The Heroes of This Novel Are Centuries Old and 300 Feet Tall 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

There were a few flourishes, though, including a rousing rendition of one of the show’s best-known songs, “Hard Knock Life,” performed by children doing dynamic gymnastic moves. ‘Annie Live!’ Review: The Sun, as Always, Came Out 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

The headliners, of course, are the monsters, and Mr. Diez, a former effects specialist, skillfully blends viscous textures with cheesy digital flourishes. Review: ‘Stung’ Stars Giant Wasps That Attack the Rich 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Despite the oratorical flourish, mere assertion is not proof. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style

“Brilliant, intricate, and soulful music would come pouring out. Then he’d finish it off with a silly little flourish because he also had a playful, mischievous sense of humor and loved making people laugh.” Lewis Spratlan, Who Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer, Dies at 82 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

They often resemble folk songs from the 1970s, sometimes set to reggae rhythms, sometimes decorated with little R&B guitar flourishes. For Cass McCombs, the truth is blowing in the apocalyptic breeze 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

A slice of lime and a scattering of crushed peanuts add the final flourish. Ayutthaya: A haven for Thai-food lovers on Capitol Hill 2010-12-02T21:32:00Z

“This was my introduction to the gay world of D.C.,” says Sam, whose involvement in the community only flourished from then on. Perspective | A marriage takes flight at Reagan National Airport 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Sherry moved to New York in 1992, a time when drag flourished. Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

But this highly varied set is more explicitly classical in its harmonic mobility and melodic flourishes and more elaborately composed than Jarrett's jazz work ... Mercury prize shortlist 2011: what Guardian and Observer critics said 2011-07-19T13:07:52Z

In a statement, Elizabeth Alexander, the Mellon Foundation’s president, said “the Foundation enthusiastically offers its support to Dance Theater of Harlem’s visionary leaders as they guide the company to a bright and flourishing future.” Dance Theater of Harlem Awarded Its Biggest Gift Yet 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

In Danny, Adiga creates an archetype of the human condition — a manual laborer trapped by his basic needs, mired in lost hope for the flourishing of a botched migration. Review | In ‘Amnesty,’ an immigrant is put in an impossible position 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

“Once the terraforming really starts working, there may be some genetic engineering that enables people to flourish a little better on Mars,” he said. To Mars, Not a Moment Too Soon 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

But Isabel’s creation would flourish, especially when corporations and government agencies got wind of it. ‘The Personality Brokers’ Conjures the Mother and Daughter Who Helped Us Think of Ourselves as Types 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

He shot down concerns that the bill was about anything more than giving Internet radio companies a fair shot at developing their business, one that would benefit artists and consumers alike if allowed to flourish. Future of Music 2012: A fight over Internet radio scraps 2012-11-14T04:21:00Z

The brain, too, provides a welcome environment for opportunistic bands of neural gnomes to flourish, as long as the living conditions aren’t too difficult. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

Fans wanted to both relive Rory’s childhood and see her flourish as an adult. Let's Talk About That 'Gilmore Girls' Ending 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

The designs' artistic flourishes began at the shoulder and collar. Kim Kardashian stuns at Balmain show at Paris Fashion Week 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

It would also be thrilling to see one of the lost paintings of Apelles, who flourished in the 4th century BC, but there's actually very little chance of this. Open thread: which lost works of art would you most like to see? 2012-07-01T18:01:01Z

His “desert effect” proved intriguing, a kaleidoscopic tapestry for piano whose vigorous and elusive flourishes were fervently played by Karl Larson. Review: String Orchestra of Brooklyn Plays a Program of Spare Works at Roulette 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

On “Show Me a Good Time” and “Successful,” the keyboardist D10 added heavy flourishes, and on “Find Your Love,” the drummer Adrian Bent filled in empty pockets of space with resonant, hollow wallops. Music Review: Drake, in a Generous Mood, at Radio City 2010-09-29T15:51:00Z

He was very attuned to the culture of Detroit, and all the different kinds of cool weirdness and radical ideas that were flourishing at the time. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

Hardy’s contributions included adding a metal scallop at the top of the legs, a flourish that steps them elegantly outward, giving them more prominence while also making the cabinetry seem to float above. Jens Risom and Chris Hardy Collaborate for Design Within Reach 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

His reputation flourished in Paris after his work went on view in a 1906 exhibition there. Frida Kahlo in Sydney and Sia in Lebanon: Global Arts Guide 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Then we were working with these incredible artists where you write a script and then you get it back with these incredible flourishes. Bourdain collaborator Joel Rose: “Anthony was just as your mom saw him on TV” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Natalie Merchant A ballad simply constructed on guitar with occasional flourishes of piano, this contemplation of mortality becomes something approaching a love song. Readers recommend: songs about fate and destiny 2010-09-16T23:01:00Z

It’s hard to find a fresh take on the time-travel conceit, since it’s been around so long and has been so heavily mined lately, but “Travelers” has some attention-grabbing flourishes and fine acting. Review: In ‘Travelers,’ Some Serious Time-Sharing 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Alzakout is part of a flourishing community of Syrian artists in exile who are testing that notion. For these Syrian artists, humor is essential to coping with oppression and war 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

One of the photographers whose work has gained new attention since the opening of the archive is Horst, a favorite of Mr. Shaw’s, whose Vogue career flourished under the editor Diana Vreeland in the 1960s. For Sale: Condé Nast Treasures 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Their styles are different — Herschel throws in some arm flourishes— but their body movements are similar. In the zany "American Pickle," Seth Rogen gives a strong dual performance to explore Jewish identity 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

Cultures i like to know about, heritages i like to preserve, even, if there is no other way, to support them to flourish in my own country... Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

“At the Existentialist Café” is a bracingly fresh look at once-antiquated ideas and the milieu in which they flourished. Review: In Sarah Bakewell’s ‘At the Existentialist Café,’ Nothingness Has a Certain Something 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

When the “after you” gesture is adopted by three dancers, the shared door becomes a revolving one, and the dancers weave the courteous flourish into a garland. Review: American Ballet Theater in Mark Morris’s Take on Manners 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

Gomes’s rather odd imagination appears to flourish in the heat – before Tabu came Our Beloved Month of August, which delighted in Portugal’s communal rituals of that month. The 10 best summer romance films 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Other fruits flourished for brief periods, but southern peaches boomed: The number of trees increased more than fivefold between 1889 and 1924. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia’s economy, but they’re central to its mythology 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

Afghanistan has a strong musical tradition, influenced by Iranian and Indian classical music, and a thriving pop music scene flourished in the past 20 years. Afghan music school students flown out, headed to Portugal 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

It was the springboard to a flourishing career in New York, where he initially worked on Ford advertising at J. Walter Thompson. Bruce McCall, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a ‘Retrofuture,’ Dies at 87 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

You know, that silly flourish that would prevent a person from accidentally falling to her death. "The Girl Before" confirms the villainy of minimalism 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

The city of Shiraz is synonymous with poetry, and with the roses that flourish in the town’s famed garden, Bagh-e Eram. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Chris Cornell’s life continues to flourish through the memories of his family. Read the touching Father’s Day letters Chris Cornell’s family wrote for him 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

The three-dimensional flourish seems apt in a show with such a strong, if playful, sense of the material world. Review | In the galleries: Artists sport their chops with prints on the cutting edge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

If these films continue to flourish with audiences in the next few weeks, at least some movie people—the little guys—will have a happy New Year’s Eve and a very merry 2012. What If They Gave a New Year's Eve Party and Nobody Came? 2011-12-11T20:41:14Z

It’s still flourishing in an industry that struggles to treat queer people with dignity and respect at a time when marginalized groups are calling for diverse representation. Why can’t bro comedies stop making fun of gay men? 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Featuring synthy dance beats, electronic flourish and propellant energy, the record sits alongside similarly infectious endeavors from his impressive discography such as “Odelay,” “Midnight Vultures” and “The Information.” All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

The music is fitful and dense, with militaristic brass flourishes and driving dotted-note rhythmic riffs. Music Review: Stephanie Blythe and Philharmonic at Avery Fisher - Review 2011-10-02T20:21:48Z

She finishes with a flourish that is wholly unexpected, dark and yet weirdly touching in a demented cycle-of-life sort of way. Kate Benson’s New Play at the Jam on Toast Festival 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Baked goods that can pull off an extra flourish or two are the ones that impress me the most. This one-bowl, cream-filled skillet cake is absolutely made to be shared 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

As the public space for cultural discourse in Taiwan expanded, Lin's dance company flourished and began touring worldwide. Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre heads to L.A. with force of nature 'Rice' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

The new album, recorded with Aaron Dessner of the National, is more adventurous, with more eccentric sonic effects and flourishes of strings and horns. ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: Jenny Scheinman, Gotye and Sharon Van Etten 2011-12-09T17:32:13Z

And, distorted and unleashed, it allows cancer cells to grow, to flourish, to adapt, to recover and to repair: to live at the cost of our living. Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z

Some of the banquettes are composed of bicycle tubes, a design flourish that may or may not catch on elsewhere. Choice Tables: Beyond Brisket and Burritos in Austin, Tex. 2013-12-03T21:04:26Z

Fear, rumours and conspiracy theories have conspired with poverty and high illiteracy to allow the disease to flourish in two countries whose infrastructure is already weak. World leaders 'failing to help' over Ebola outbreak in Africa 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a dysfunctional legacy that allows discord and resentment to flourish. Mum has died, dad is weak… our family is falling apart 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

It’s patient, brightly colored and often exuberant, walking the line between spare club music and dance-minded rock, with mild Caribbean flourishes for added punch. Music Review: Tanlines at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-15T21:23:51Z

Howard Stern may fancy himself the King of All Media, but he's got nothing on Hope, who flourished in every major mass-entertainment medium of his time, including vaudeville, radio, television, movies and books. Four ways Bob Hope conquered the entertainment world 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

I was a college kid trying to make sense of a universe that allowed both Robert James Waller and the Beach Boys without Brian Wilson to flourish. If only Hunter S. Thompson could have lived to take on this election 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Yet somehow she was unable to translate her obvious charisma into a flourishing career. What Happened to Vikki Dougan? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Bening’s performance is a different story altogether—she virtually makes the movie, sending even simple lines from its often sententious script deftly spinning and leaping in surprising flourishes. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

Check out the British Golf Museum to learn how the sport evolved and flourished despite opposition from a succession of Scottish kings. 36 Hours in St. Andrews 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Lage’s knowledge of harmony and his familiarity with the fretboard is so extravagant and capacious that he brings flourishes to this music that it simply hasn’t enjoyed before. Listening to Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Whatever the formula, museums are increasingly looking to private-sector donations, collaborations or sponsorships to survive, even flourish. Italy's museums turn toward the private sector for funding 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Dizzy Gillespie's snappy and snacky refrain, "salt peanuts, salt peanuts", acts as a sort of punchline to a series of bebop flourishes. Readers recommend songs with 10 words or fewer: The results 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

Helvetica flourished in America, becoming the typeface of choice for 1960s designers who wanted their work to look modern. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z

It is an age of true flourishing for women in rap. Doja Cat Looks to the Past to Make Her Own Moment on ‘Scarlet’ 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z

It's one of those linguistic developments that was both born and flourished on TikTok, where data shows that the majority of consumers and creators are young women. Britney, Pamela and pumpkin spice: What the PSL hatred was always really about 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z

The top spot, with a “who-woulda-thunk it?” flourish, goes to Houston, Texas. Houston is not cool 2012-07-30T20:15:00Z

Within a few years, as he grows stronger and his intuitions on the bicycle flourish, he becomes a mythical leader. Like Riding a Bike: A Middle Grade Novel Asks, What if We Do Forget How? 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

When flamenco dancers perform as if “Music Makes Me” were their motto, then the art form flourishes. Dance Review: Eva Yerbabuena Stars in Flamenco Festival 2014-03-10T21:17:14Z

But the language of social bonding is thought to play a pivotal part in ensuring our survival and later flourishing. Feeling Socially Rusty? Try a Little Light Gossiping. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

The songs, meanwhile, were carefully chosen, allowing us to hear how Mahler's ironic use of folk-based material and military flourishes maps on to Shostakovich's methodology in the 11th. BBCSO/Metzmacher – review 2013-05-27T16:00:46Z

At its best and most powerful, it destroys preconceived notions and creates room for new ideas to flourish. When you go to a Sia concert, the pop superstar is rarely seen but plenty heard 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

He’s not an especially imposing singer; instead, he’s a chameleon, without a signature flourish or tone. Review: Bruno Mars Delivers Decades of Funk in ‘24K Magic’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

I should confess that patience is not one of the fruits of the spirit that has flourished within me. This tomatillo and avocado salsa is guacamole's spicier, smokier cousin 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

His brushwork, influenced by his teacher Carolus-Duran, remains defiantly virtuosic; it turns every ripple of water and blade of grass into a flourish. Art Review: John Singer Sargent, a Realist Who Tried Another Style 2010-12-01T07:45:00Z

His catholic tastes reflect the cross-pollinating downtown artistic life that flourished in tandem with his early career. This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires 2014-04-03T16:00:01Z

He talks fast, at times struggling to corral the rush of thoughts racing in his mind, yet never failing to punctuate them with a raconteur’s flourish. A Talent for Talent 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Featured in the 1978 movie “Coming Home,” it ends with a weepy, self-pitying flourish that Jeff movingly claims for himself: “And sometimes I wonder for a while/Do you ever remember me?” Movie Review: ‘Greetings From Tim Buckley,’ With Penn Badgley 2013-05-02T22:57:25Z

I Don't Bite and Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt flourish under this visceral approach, but the subtlety and intelligence of other songs, including After Hours, is lost under Burrows's insistent pounding. We Are Scientists – review 2012-07-26T15:42:48Z

It needs a decent bridge and middle-eight, instead settling for a guitar solo that does little more than add a superfluous flourish, when really we're all about function. New band of the day - Atlas Genius (No 1,423) 2013-01-03T16:03:48Z

The interplay went beyond echo effects; sometimes a flourish was tossed from one group to another with an open invitation to elaborate on it. Review: In Time for the Holidays, Radiant Praetorius Carols 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

In an early play called “Bright Lucifer,” he called for an ostinato of “devil drums”—a flourish that would resurface in the Voodoo “Macbeth.” Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Of course, interactive art is not just confined to the virtual reality of the web; it can also flourish in the concrete reality of the city. Noises off: Is the internet killing the theatre show? | Chris Wilkinson 2010-04-01T11:39:00Z

And, of course, pop does make a place for giddy mock-operatic flourishes; hello, Lady Gaga. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z

Sometimes the piano broke into spiraling flourishes, like Ravel gone vehement, or arpeggio madness, like spliced-together outtakes from a recording of a Tchaikovsky concerto. Review: Andrew Norman’s ‘Split,’ a Teeming Premiere From the New York Philharmonic 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

And though Perez flourished in adulthood, she continued to grapple with childhood trauma in the form of PTSD. Watch Rosie Perez Talk About the Shock of Being Diagnosed with PTSD 2014-02-21T22:53:30Z

“Pamplona” explores those relationships and reveals Hemingway’s deep-seated fixations with his mother; with J. Edgar Hoover; and with the whole notion of what it means to flourish, and to fail. Stacy Keach Had a Heart Attack Onstage. Now, the Show Goes On. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

The crew bonds and flourishes, with Jeff as their de facto leader, and as the series progresses, we follow their journey from classmates to friends. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

By the 1920s and ’30s, occult and paranormal sleuths were flourishing. Review | Long before ‘Ghostbusters,’ fiction’s detectives were exploring the otherworldly 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

A central panel nods to the art historical grid, while fringes add feminine flourishes. New York Art Galleries: The Virtual Experience 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Skiers in flamboyant jumpsuits perform choreographed routines to music — flipping over their poles, gliding through complex spins, accenting transitions with jazzy flourishes of their arms. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

If the container does not hold a lot of soil, like the miner's basket, the plants need to be shallow-rooted to flourish. Hanging Gardens 2010-04-14T12:37:00Z

Using a photo print of a summer garden shot through an infrared filter, the flourishing flora was given a slightly sinister twist. Fashion Review: Gabriele Colangelo and Marco de Vincenzo Show Their Strengths 2012-02-27T19:00:03Z

More recently it has flourished in an economy driven by an oil boom. Paul Theroux’s Travel Wish List 2013-01-11T19:49:59Z

In the postwar years, the rise of car culture and the growth of the suburbs planted drive-ins in wide-open spaces, while grindhouses, art houses and campus film societies flourished in the cities and college towns. In an Era of Streaming, Cinema Is Under Attack 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

But its signature flourish is its dynamic pastiches, fashioned through stencils and multiple exposures: images embedded within the frame in spiral or coinlike cutouts, like holes and lines scored onto the screen. Movie Review: Mary Frank and Tacita Dean Shape Two Documentaries 2014-04-15T22:43:26Z

Spanning the late 15th to the early 18th centuries, these works provide a thumbnail history of the statuette form that covers innovations, Florentine flourishing, the spread to Northern Europe and reigning geniuses. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z

Besides, roomier washed jeans provide a flourish of ’90s retro, which is making a comeback for Generation Y in the form of Doc Martens, flannel shirts and wallet chains. ‘Dad Jeans’ Are Making a Comeback 2013-07-24T19:16:19Z

He pours the coffee with a flourish but then struggles with the milk, which comes in a little carton that must be pierced with a plastic straw. Steve Coogan: ‘Maybe I've just got flabby and middle-aged' 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Hawthorn now flourishes in "the lanes once lined with kebab takeaways". Radio review: Hackney Podcast 2011-07-26T19:29:01Z

Two armchairs, a coffee table with a flourish of white flora, and Oprah at her most pensive and profound, chin resting between her thumb and index finger, asking a very Oprah question: ‘Hi, I’m Oprah’: The Georgia governor’s race is at full boil — and now the cavalry has arrived 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

J's set is delivered, for the most part, at 100 miles per hour and is full of little verbal flourishes. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: the interpretation of drams 2010-08-12T11:41:00Z

But as the second volume shows, it was in the West that capitalist institutions flourished, especially from the late 17th century. A grand tour 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Our guide, Keith, a native New Orleanean in a white linen shirt, a straw hat and a silver beard, performed his hometown’s history with theatrical flourish. We Wanted a Carefree Family Trip. So We Invited a Second Family. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

In my favorite version, the main ingredients — rich tuna and creamy beans — are accented with red wine vinegar, tomato and onion, finished with a flourish of extra-virgin olive oil. A Crisp Cool-Weather Twist for a Classic Summer Salad 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

The exhibition’s four sections — Shaping, Making, Living and Selling — show the ways in which Modernism developed and flourished in California. | 'California Design, 1930-1965' 2011-10-14T01:14:39Z

And while his recorded work is full of psychedelic production flourishes, Mr. Garzón-Montano is equally adept at pure solo performance. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

The danger is that manipulative demagoguery flourishes in an environment polluted by the anxiety driving the assault on expertise. Why MacArthur fellowships matter: In modern culture, expertise is under fire 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Much attention is flourished on collars, which when small might be decorated with a clip, or when oversized adorned with a clasp. Milan Fashion Week starts on somber note 2013-01-13T00:01:07Z

Inside, Moroccan flourishes remain intact throughout three connected rooms with arched doorways and mosaics of colorful tiles above banquettes. Paul Sevigny Reopens Sway Lounge in SoHo 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

She was told the venture was insane, but it enabled Chatsworth to reinvent itself as a flourishing industry: the butcher's counter alone now turns over £2.5m a year. Chatsworth house gets a ?14m makeover 2010-04-25T19:52:00Z

Nearly a year and a half after Hurricane Maria, stories of hope and progress are emerging in Puerto Rico, just as the island’s tropical vegetation is flourishing once again. 36 Hours in San Juan 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

From cattle ranchers to drag queens, Stamp's acting range has flourished since he emerged as a working class It Boy in the early 1960s. Terence Stamp: five best moments 2013-02-22T12:11:28Z

But this novel resulted in a flourishing career for Griffiths, as well as a mini literary revolution in Wales, opening doors for new writers unworried by farming, non-conformism, coal or slate mining. Rachel Trezise's top 10 Welsh underground novels 2010-05-19T07:56:00Z

It is hard to explain how artists perform their magic, and this is why philistine scepticism always flourishes. Michael Landy's art goes down the tube 2011-07-20T12:20:58Z

When they weren't pining for other people or didn't see being alone as a better alternative, their relationships tended to flourish. How asexuals navigate romantic relationships 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z

I dearly hope she will continue to flourish in the company. Perspective | Storytelling is the key ingredient in the year’s best dance works 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

As Islam flourishes, however, rights activists also say that blatant trampling of democratic freedoms is being ignored by Western powers eager to exploit Azerbaijani oil wealth. Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure 2012-05-23T12:06:15Z

And, he added, the country’s luxury sector is flourishing because “a growing market of Chinese travelers is much more sophisticated.” Top Hotels Look to the Next Frontier 2013-06-05T15:50:15Z

I'd always loved the orchestral flourishes in Gamble and Huff's disco classic The Sound of Philadelphia. Easy as ABC 2013-01-21T17:30:01Z

Allen later moved west and became a member of the Blasters during the rockabilly/roots-rock scene the flourished in and around Los Angeles in the 1980s.  R.I.P. Raphael Ravenscroft: More sax that made music pop 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

These influences flourished in his often controversial fashion shoots for Vogue in the 1960s and beyond. ‘Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful’ Review: Man With a Camera 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

She likened the studio to a pépinière — a plant nursery, where talent can sprout and flourish. An Artist Who Blends Secular and Sacred (With Sequins) 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Part of Monday’s show was a winking tribute to, and sendup of, the folk music that flourished in the early days of the Vietnam War. Klendez Sings Across the Spectrum at 54 Below 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

There’s a suitably hi-tech flourish at the finish to bring us all back to 1985, where we started, and there are copious references to the other episodes to satisfy the cogniscenti. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

On its sole, eponymous album, released earlier this year, Mercer's vocals remain dutifully bittersweet while Mouse dabbles with enough electronic flourish to qualify the music as entry-level experimental. The Black Keys best bet for holiday rock bashes 2010-12-03T01:07:00Z

The “Tales of the City” author reads his memoir about growing up in the conservative South and the journey that brought him to San Francisco in the 1970s, where gay culture flourished. Hear Hear! Audiobooks that are not to be missed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

That means that officials and politicians who shout "Black Lives Matter" must also invest in our communities by supporting and embracing Black-owned businesses, providing access to capital, and allowing entrepreneurs to flourish. Monuments to Black lives have no value without justice and meaningful change 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

Picasso’s late flourishing in the 1960s proved them wrong. Brushing with the world 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

There's a flourishing ecology of small presses, literary journals, readings and lectures. Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? 2012-07-13T21:30:01Z

This is the first and best history of this courage, and a reminder that if gay life and culture flourish for a thousand years, people will still say, “This was their finest hour.” The AIDS Fight: Andrew Sullivan on a History of the Movement 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Why it's great: Wes Anderson's first movie was a heist movie, co-written with his longtime collaborator Owen Wilson, though with all the singular flourishes you might expect from the whimsical director. The 25 Best Heist Movies 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

He also took advantage of the off-Broadway theater scene that was flourishing in the Village. Perspective | D.A. Pennebaker revolutionized film while living in a New York that revolutionized culture 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

He didn't understand why any of his fans would consider it "offensive to suggest that a gay person moves their hands in a flourishing motion." Jerry Seinfeld decries 'creepy, P.C. thing' in comedy on 'Late Night' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Out back, an assortment of flowers and vegetables flourish. Less Posing, More Pruning: Stylish Gardening Clothes Arrive 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Martin, ties up the story with a graceful, satisfying flourish. Fairy Tale Heroines, But With Depth 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

“Conspiracy theories tend to flourish in times of crisis,” says Karen Douglas, a social psychologist at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom who focuses on belief in conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories: Why some people are susceptible and how to protect yourself 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

Some politicians flourished in TV's spotlight, runs the doc's premise, others simply wriggled uncomfortably in its glare. Ask the Chancellors | Blood and Oil | How to Win An Election | Glee and more | Watch this 2010-03-29T05:45:00Z

Fulminating about “American carnage” at his inauguration, President Trump promised that another national idea would flourish: “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first.” How ‘America First’ and ‘American Dream’ Went From Hazy Sentiments to Loaded Clichés 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

In “The Originalist,” Cat describes herself as a flaming liberal — a fact Justice Ginsburg noted before saying, calmly and with a small flourish of her left hand, “Well, I consider myself a flaming feminist.” After the Play, a Supreme Encore From Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

With a fine flourish, Sciamma doesn’t even introduce Héloïse until about twenty minutes into the movie—and she does so with an air of mystery. Speaking for Women’s Art in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Raley includes profiles of the companies — Star Machinery/Star Rentals, Rainier Brewery, Sears & Roebuck and others — that have flourished in different eras in the neighborhood. Seattle's slightly amphibious Sodo subject of new photo-history 2010-07-22T22:07:00Z

And added to the tribal flourishes of the feathers, Ms. Demeulemeester seemed to be keeping to the Edwardian darkness of her original aesthetic but adding a bolder, modern touch. Special Report: Celine's Chic Severity 2010-03-07T18:39:00Z

There’s simply too little music for the tribe to react to her death and for us to understand its implications; the ending is a merely melodramatic flourish. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

In one of countless flourishes, Ms. Wells remembers the time when she took her stepfather to a party in Manhattan. Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z

On the contrary, a Barrett Browning revival has flourished in academia for several decades. Book Spoilers, Sex Jokes and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

Adding, that the promised land is “any place where Black life can flourish.” Finding Redemption and Rebirth on the Road to Broadway 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, Spelman believes that long-distance relationships can flourish, provided both parties communicate regularly. ‘It really sucks at times’: the loneliness of the long-distance marriage 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Grigorovich’s pure-dance methods mean that there are no real sword fights; rapiers are flourished in the air like gestures, but not used. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by the Bolshoi Ballet 2013-06-04T21:55:08Z

To further set off the soloist, Mr. Corigliano scores the work just for string orchestra, with some final brass flourishes. Review: NY Phil Biennial’s Ambitious Wrap-Up, From Boulez to Bolcom 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

The recessed tower design is a flourish that allowed the building to exceed the established 150-foot height limit, dramatically rising to 240 feet. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

This is funny, fat-free film-making, expertly paced and played, ending in a romantic flourish to swoon over. The Apartment: No 6 2010-10-16T10:49:00Z

I’d do my colleagues a favor, I decided, and allow my “keep it all” proclivities to flourish rather than cause suspicion about my intentions. Review | Marie Kondo has a new book on tidying up at the office. Her tips work at the home office, too. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Reading all that, I grieved not for the cosy comedies of yesteryear – but for the insurrection that failed, ultimately, to overthrow them.Their modern equivalents are, after all, still flourishing today. Grieve for The Good Life? Not this Young One 2013-03-03T18:59:01Z

Vigorously promoted by geek sites like Ain't It Cool News and TIME.com's own Techland, also flourished a sheaf of enthusiastic reviews from mainstream critics, like this one. Box Office Weekend: An Old Dragon Rises to Nick Kick-Ass 2010-04-18T23:00:00Z

“By the 16th century anything was possible, and portraiture was flourishing.” Inside Art: Sculpture as Portrait at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2011-12-15T21:41:44Z

She often signaled a vocal flourish with a smile, as a gymnast might just before executing a spectacular feat. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

Pose widens the scope of Livingston’s film by juxtaposing the flourishing subculture of late 80s ballroom with the rise of mega-capitalist New York gentrification. 'Nothing like this has ever happened': how TV drama Pose breaks new ground 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

And Brian Tyree Henry’s Alfred wants his hip-hop career to flourish but is unwilling to sacrifice the truth of who he is. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z

Many of his liveliest moments involve the flourishing of his hands. Dance Review: Paul-Andr? Fortier?s Outdoor ?30x30? at 1 New York Plaza 2010-07-26T02:13:00Z

He would issue the term with great rhetorical flourishes and hand waving. Beholder of Beauty 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

Brock could have allowed himself forays on guitar even beyond the flourishes he did. Hawkwind plus Easter equals ... Hawkeaster! 2013-04-02T15:20:32Z

The production’s strange combination of comic shtick and existential weariness makes it feel rather like a long-running sitcom being filmed before a live audience that knows its characters’ signature tics and flourishes by heart. Theater Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ by David Mamet, With Al Pacino 2012-12-09T03:00:00Z

Each artist, though, has been able to establish signature flourishes in the genre. Celebrating the Fast-Moving, Bug-Eyed, Wily World of Hip-Hop Mixtape Covers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

It is a vast symphony, opening with a heroic flourish. Schubert's surprising relevance: Dudamel mines the promise of youth in trying times 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Even Mr. Lagerfeld’s version of a wool blanket to warm an audience, sitting in the open wooden arcade, was a meld of soft colors, with the flourish of double C’s embroidered over a Scottish thistle. Chanel's Scottish Touch Warms Up the Scottish Highlands 2012-12-10T15:00:58Z

Calamari sliced into delicate, tender ribbons to mimic pasta is graced with mint and olive oil and given a flourish of caviar. A Restaurant That Brings the Italian Coast to Miami Beach 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

This four-part documentary series centers on a Pittsburgh suburb that for years flourished as a mill town before falling into economic distress in recent decades. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘Flavors of Youth’ 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

The old Second House Tavern is being reborn as Ruschmeyers, a restaurant, bar and hotel with plenty of hipster flourishes. Clouds Have Lifted, and the Hamptons Beckon 2011-05-25T22:26:19Z

Yet bits of fanfares and brassy flourishes pierce the overlapping textures. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z

If anything, the recent flourishing of corporate mindfulness is an inevitable, if unexpected, byproduct of these efforts. Meditation for Strivers 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Scientists who accompanied these explorers helped prove that Antarctica was a continent — not just a big ice cap like the Arctic — where plants and animals had once flourished. Science and the Race for the South Pole 2011-06-03T16:50:45Z

It’s a cinematic flourish that suggests a director who doesn’t trust his material. Review: ‘Whitney,’ a Pop Music Tragedy, Is Sad, Strange and Dismaying 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

A few are flourishing; others hang on by a fingernail. Review: ‘Prodigals’ by Greg Jackson Skewers the Elite 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The film’s timidity places it squarely in a tradition of Hollywood anti-political comedy that has flourished at least since Mr. Smith went to Washington. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z

His reputation continues to grow and flourish: Wilde now stands as one of the 19th-century greats. Philip Roth and famous literary exits 2012-11-12T13:37:25Z

The result is a follow-the-bouncing-ball effect, and Mr. Williams helps the conceit along with flourishes of lively staging. If You Want to Make a ‘Hamlet,’ You Have to Break Some Rules 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

Its flourishes were fainter: rolling landscape, seen from the window of a low-flying plane, summoned by a simple piece of canvas being manipulated under a spot. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z

Despite these and other flourishes, Mr. Cumming never does too much huffing and puffing to show how hard he’s working. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z

If this and other developments have something of a ta-da! quality to them, it's hardly the first time the show's producers have indulged in such crowd-pleasing flourishes. The National Movie Awards 2010 2010-05-26T06:59:00Z

Cora, meantime, tosses lovers aside like cigarette-butts, but flourishes at work, "bossing juniors until they became a credit to the firm". All Made Up by Janice Galloway ? review 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z

Poets write elegies, often, for other poets, but there is a paradox: the very figure whose sympathetic attention to their work allowed the work to flourish is now gone. The Final Prophecy of W. S. Merwin 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

The second season revolved around intrigue and shifting allegiances tied to a potential mining windfall and didn’t scrimp on the baroque backwoods flourishes. ArtsBeat: For 'Justified,' No Best Drama Nod but No Complaints 2011-07-14T22:30:39Z

She was expanding the genre’s “sonic palette,” he added, by “incorporating other musical languages,” like “electronic sounds, or some Latin flourishes.” Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

It is one of many clubs for women to flourish in London and across the UK in recent years. 'It helps people feel more confident': the rise of women-only clubs 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

But while that group’s records fuse indie rock with spoken word and operatic flourishes, Ms. Friedberger’s “Last Summer” is a more streamlined pop album. ArtsBeat: Popcast: Beyonc? Grows Up, Half of Fiery Furnaces Gets Nostalgic 2011-07-01T18:00:51Z

The bars and cafes that flourished under French colonial rule were their livelihood, so the war that brought independence in 1962 meant the end of their way of life — and of their distinctive music. Algerian Chaabi Musicians Reunite in the Band El Gusto 2012-10-12T18:21:46Z

There are musical flourishes, including some lovely violin playing, as the plot escalates into a Dionysian frenzy in the woods. Theater Review: Julia May Jonas?s ?Evelyn,? at Bushwick Starr 2012-02-29T00:24:30Z

Other treks down the red carpet and up the famous steps to the theatre exhibited more dramatic flourish. Cannes style flourishes despite soggy red carpet 2012-05-24T11:36:29Z

And using insight and observation to help the artist fulfill their issues and hopes and flourish in a way you never would have thought was possible. For Sub Pop’s 25th, a show and some recollections 2013-07-03T22:47:04Z

Thanks to this combination of players, “Middle of Nowhere” smartly toes the line between modern flourishes and timeless influences. 20 years later, Hanson’s “Middle of Nowhere” stands the test of time 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

And the golden age of improvisation flourished in Chicago, with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert and others developing their skills, before the Upright Citizens Brigade established an expanding empire on the coasts. Comedy Is Booming. I Can’t Wait for the Bust. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

Yet Mammoth Cave includes its flourishes, such as Frozen Niagara, where we ended the Wild Cave Tour. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

He adds, in a flamenco flourish: “We are not characters out of great academic novels such as ‘Pnin’ or ‘Lucky Jim.’ Books of The Times: An Academic Hit Man Brings More Bad News 2011-04-05T21:12:11Z

He applies each stroke with a focused balletic flourish, and revises nothing. Review: A Nuyorican Artist’s Career Survey: Loud, Proud and Timely 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Morgan is talking about the help he got to flourish as a choreographer after his rather late start in concert dance. Christopher K. Morgan steps into big shoes at Dance Place 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

There have been two other late-night finales in the past year, David Letterman’s and Stephen Colbert’s, and each had an unexpected flourish that was much talked about afterward. Jon Stewart Cements His Legacy in ‘Daily Show’ Finale 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

At the restaurant, they evidently had not seen each other in a while, because Ms. Theron leapt up and motioned to her body with a hand flourish that said ta-da! Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Moffat named the episode so he could recite it with a flourish on camera. Doctor Who Christmas special 2016: The Return of Doctor Mysterio 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

America’s steel industry flourished in response to wartime demand. Review | Should museums mount exhibitions with a moral agenda? Absolutely. If they do it well. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

No, not to ancient Greece, but to an era of avant-garde theater that flourished several decades ago. Review: In ‘Big Love,’ Fleeing Tradition Becomes a Messy Escape 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Under Kelly O’Donnell’s direction, he introduces each adjustment in protocol with the flourish of a magician. ‘3 Christs,’ About Milton Rokeach’s 1959 Study 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

The claps and arm-twirling flourishes of a magician give the classical steps an aura of court magic, and people keep appearing and disappearing, thanks to a black curtain at the rear of the stage. Dance Review: Works by Peter Quanz and Jodie Gates at Gotham Dance Festival 2012-06-04T21:19:43Z

Facebook’s practices, she believes, even propelled the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by allowing misinformation to flourish and organizers to congregate on its sites. Perspective | Facebook is harming our society. Here’s a radical solution for reining it in. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Jason Robert Brown’s “Songs for a New World” is one of these, currently flourishing in a glorious Encores! Review: Joyously Rediscovering ‘Songs for a New World’ 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

But Mrs. Herrera insists that creativity flourishes when things are “civilized,” she said. The Making of Carolina Herrera’s Fashion Show 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

These memorable moments of humanity bring depth to a production that favours theatrical flourish over political bite. The Plough and the Stars 2010-08-04T21:00:00Z

Since its founding here in 1995, by conductor and violinist Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette has not only taken root but flourished in Washington’s not always welcoming cultural climate. The music of ‘Catone in Utica’ conquers the night 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

And so our protagonists waltz ever onward, from good news to bad, and to the cliff edge and back again. Will they flourish or will they fall? Where now for the British film industry? 2010-10-07T22:00:00Z

A single note can be hard to find in Saariaho’s dense score — a sound world haunted by a ghostly chorus and spectral flourishes that vanish as suddenly as they arrive. A Reigning Opera Composer Writes of Trauma and ‘Innocence’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

Yet the music also has Romantic flourishes and symphonic majesty. Music Review: Wagner?s ?Rienzi? From Opera Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-01T00:07:03Z

It began with a scratchy recording of a male voice, then the mellifluous sound of a posh female newsreader who said the cosmonaut's name with a splendid Russian flourish as Gaga-reen. Radio review: Random Edition 2011-04-12T06:59:00Z

Yes it's true> Salt names the game on meats however well sprinkled from on high with flourish. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Kunqu opera, after all, is one of the most venerated forms of traditional Chinese theater, and for hundreds of years it flourished near Shanghai, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Delta. ?The Peony Pavilion? Gets Modern Touches in China 2010-08-17T22:56:00Z

For the next five years, the fair was held on — or exiled to — an upper floor of a generic office building on 34th Street, where it did not flourish. Art Review: Outsider Art Fair Opens at 548 West 22nd Street 2013-01-31T23:02:48Z

Sullivan's Steakhouse opened last June at Sixth and Union where Union Square Grill flourished for two decades, and its successor, Lost Lady Cantina, barely lasted two months. Welcome new steakhouse kid on the downtown block: Sullivan's 2011-05-26T20:17:49Z

Mr. Wahlberg’s producing career continues to flourish: “Boardwalk Empire,” a series about Atlantic City in the 1920s, is scheduled to start on HBO this fall, with a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z

He can slice meat and do a theatrical sprinkle of salt with a flourish meant to entertain. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

It’s an exaggeration of a classical duet, amping up the courtly flourishes. Review: Complexions Returns With New Dances but Not New Moves 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Yet the packaging of “The Exhibit” seems too tight for the artists to flourish; the mass audience and the ticking clock work against complexity. Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance at an Art Career 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

Writers who flourish at the peak of their powers for longer than a decade, or even two, are rare birds. A literary career or a brilliant, successful one-off? Take your pick 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z

All these new titles may suggest that food writing is flourishing. A taste for words 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

“Finally, in the end,” Marwell writes with a certain flourish, “I held his bones in my hands.” How Did Josef Mengele Become the Evil Doctor of Auschwitz? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Two ballerinas in particular flourished in this program. Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

His slim book “Memoranda During the War,” which inspired “Crossing,” is fragmented into vignettes with operatic flourishes: observations, even grisly details, followed by sweeping, impassioned statements about broader subjects like youth, America and conflict. How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

This sun, unlike the real one, encourages staring: it’s layered with stunning oranges and yellows, a flourish of bright beauty filling the sky. How Gyo Fujikawa Found Freedom by Making Children’s Books 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

“Hallelujah” survived the doctor dramas and the evening-soap finales, but it almost succumbed to reality TV, where unseasoned vocalists repeatedly tried to impress their judges by remaking it with big runs and rococo flourishes. How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

The clay artifacts each feature sculpted faces and hail from ancient Mexican cultures that flourished in the present-day southern states of Oaxaca and Campeche, and the Gulf coast. Three pre-Columbian sculpted faces returned to Mexico from Germany 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

They are made that much more approachable by the book’s profanity, which sounds anachronistic but certainly adds colloquial flourish. Books of The Times: ‘The Son,’ a Novel by Philipp Meyer 2013-06-19T21:01:43Z

Mr. Charlap brought a similar flourish to Wednesday’s concert, conducting brief conversations with his guests, in the vein of Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” on National Public Radio. Music Review: Four Pianists, Teaming and Competing 2011-07-22T23:35:20Z

Ever the showman, Mr. Greco was known to sing a verse of “Satin Doll,” then sit down for some fancy flourishes at the piano, saying, “Talk to me, piano!” Buddy Greco, the ultimate lounge singer, dies at 90 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

I failed to give you a life that would flourish. A letter to… my stillborn daughter 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

Unfettered, my hypochondria flourished in the warm folds of parental concern. Is it cancer?: My paranoid health scares 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z

All these flourishes may reflect anxiety over whether the shame- and honor-based narrative would hold the attention of Americans, but they can be diverting. Movie Review: Keanu Reeves Stars in ‘47 Ronin,’ an Old Samurai Tale 2013-12-24T19:17:07Z

Readers today often behave more like corporate shareholders than consumers, demanding a say in the direction a story takes and adding their own flourishes and twists. ‘Fifty Shades’ Fan Fiction Assumes a Life of Its Own 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

So yes: After a year of languishing, New York is flourishing. Are There More Tulips Than Usual This Year? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Though her life was not without its ordinary troubles – problems with an ex-husband, quarrels with her boyfriend – she seemed to embrace Florence and flourished as a bohemian socialite. The myth of the good victim: As an American facing street harassment abroad, I wondered what it meant to be a “good victim” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

Serling’s Twilight Zone flourished because it disguised its regular ventures into taboo territory behind a comforting veil of science fiction, horror and fantasy tropes, and because its writing was absolutely top notch. Do we really need a Twilight Zone revival in the era of Black Mirror? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

He delivers a clean and capable entertainment, with a handful of distinctive flourishes stuck to the margins. Joss Whedon’s doomed struggle: “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and superhero cinema’s decadent phase 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Each trait, he said, became “a touchstone one goes back to without too many flourishes, and see what resonates from that place.” Matthew Barney, Back in the Game 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

The reference to corn pone or any other similarly American dish was quickly dropped, and "as American as apple pie" began to flourish, even being used to describe lynching by author Frank Shay. Why apple pie isn’t so American after all 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

For most of the past decade and a half, though, anti-Muslim sentiment has been considered shameful, flourishing behind closed doors but denounced in public by national leaders of both political parties. My Muslim Father’s Faith in America 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Her unreliable narration is one of the film’s several aspirational Godardian flourishes, including Dutch angles, nonlinear editing and long conversations about sex and cinema. ‘Adieu Godard’ Review: A Poor Imitation 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

In the six years since Charles died of cancer, his publishing catalog has flourished. Ray Charles' copyrights a lucrative business 2010-05-31T05:19:00Z

The prophetic note sounds more clearly in "Ten Moons", which imagines a world where night has been banished "So fruit might ripen faster and tree flourish higher / And forced photosynthesis green all the land." Red House by Sasha Dugdale ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:02Z

Even a famous artist’s life, for all its grand successes, is made up too of the also-rans, the hatchlings that never flourish in the world. ‘Mack & Mabel’ Review: Lights! Camera! Passion! 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Specifically, the meticulously rendered purslane, creeping Charlie and ragweed are translations of those Assiff observed last year at All Faiths Cemetery in Queens, where the particularly robust overgrowth flourished under negligence. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

My mother once flourished in a crowd playing the perfect hostess, making every guest feel as if his or her presence was crucial. Refreshing a Mother’s Memory With Love and Stories 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Amid sequences of rapidly percussive footwork, he found time to sweep either foot in a sideways arc, as if flourishing a cape. Review: Farruquito, Flamenco From a Soaring Eagle 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Today, crepe myrtles flourish just about anywhere in the South. Iconic Charleston Plants 2010-02-24T15:31:00Z

Cinematic flourishes such as picking out the coat of one little girl fleeing the SS in red become the dramatic signposts in this ethical transformation. Schindler's List at 25: looking back on Spielberg's defining Holocaust drama 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

But, as in many areas around the world, Languedoc, too, is rediscovering the vines that flourished there for so long. Languedoc Reds: Still Searching for an Identity 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Aiming to impress, I plated the pasta with extra Parm and garnished with fried rosemary, a flourish of freshly cracked black pepper. I’m a chef — but broccoli spaghetti was all my family wanted from me 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Atlas, the co-creator of those avant-garde flourishes, got his start in the Midwest. Science Is on His Dance Card 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

He sees four main areas where gangsters flourish. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Female documentarians, however, working outside of the studio system, are flourishing: This year, three of the five Directors Guild of America nominees for best documentary are women. SIFF presents Women in Cinema film fest 2014-01-17T18:28:10Z

Pitched artfully between the celebratory and the elegiac, it is an inarguably serious documentary with light, surrealistic flourishes that, at times, veer into exuberant goofiness. ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ Review: A Father’s Painful, Funny Goodbye 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

Instead her jobs and superiors acted as foils for her personality to flourish. What’s the Deal With Adulthood? 25 Years Later, ‘Seinfeld’ Feels Revelatory. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

Popular, long-running dramas like EastEnders sit at the heart of the BBC schedule, generating loyalty from audiences as well as an environment for new writing, acting and production talent to flourish. BBC spends 20% less on soaps 2011-03-22T17:13:35Z

As it prepares to return to Carnegie on Saturday evening, the Toronto Symphony appears to be flourishing at a time when many North American ensembles are struggling. Orchestra, Back From the Brink 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z

Displays of envy like Mr. JJackson's are bad form, let culture flourish and the individual conscience self govern. The Costume Institute Takes On Catholicism 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Under Joe Lahout, the store’s focus on winter sports spurred the business to flourish, partly because of his marketing ingenuity, sales acumen and customer service. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

It’s a somewhat retro anti-establishment theme, the kind that flourished back in the days when the was less fettered, more opaque and widely feared. | 'Rubicon': James Badge Dale Stars in AMC?s Espionage Series 2010-06-10T23:17:00Z

It marked the passing of a first age of globalisation that had flourished in the decades before the first world war with free movements of capital, freedom and – to a lesser extent – goods. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

As individuals, and slowly, as a species, we are coming to understand that our relationships to one another and to our planet determine whether we flourish or fail. Perspective | Down on 2023? We get it. But here are some things that might improve. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

This week, “A Trilling Story!” will tackle ornamentation, as Inspector Pulse tries to identify a familiar tune that’s been overloaded with musical flourishes. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

They had an artist-run gallery — a dozen partners, a dozen shows a year — and flourishing practices. For Detroit Artists, Almost Anything Goes 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

“I think I saw how the relationship flourished despite the lack of a permanent father figure in Rory’s life, at the same time as we were losing our own male lead.” 'It's sunny and safe': why Gilmore Girls is perfect comfort TV 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

The exhibition includes historical information on the patrons and projects that supported the city’s flourishing art scene. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Arthur Hiller, an Academy Award-nominated director whose long career began in live television and flourished in the movies in the 1970s with crowd-pleasers like the phenomenally successful “Love Story,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Arthur Hiller, ‘Love Story’ Director and Box-Office Magnet, Dies at 92 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Stepping inside the museum walls, one enters a verdant place where tropical hardwoods, palm and banana trees flourish undisturbed. Looters plunder $8.5M from Ivory Coast museum 2011-09-23T11:31:04Z

But the city of about 7 million is finally letting loose and exploring its funkier side, bolstered by a flourishing democracy, increased prosperity and stronger ties with the world beyond its borders. A savvier Santiago puts itself on travel map 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

However, more interesting fare lurks on the second disc of this double-CD package: the mariachi trumpet flourishes on Spanish Radio are a nice touch, while the ferocious Modern Magic Formula pulls no punches. Biffy Clyro: Opposites – review 2013-01-27T00:06:31Z

When “Perchance to Dream” was released, Martin Amis, writing in these pages, argued that most readers couldn’t spot the difference between Chandler’s and Parker’s rhetorical flourishes — both had written too many duds. It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

The somewhat aged medium of paper-and-ink has also flourished, with Private Eye enjoying its highest ever circulation. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

They were the ideal figures to initiate Lyrics & Lyricists Downtown, a once- or twice-a-year series, whose effort to introduce younger Broadway songwriters to a younger audience deserves to flourish. Music Review: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty at 92YTribeca 2010-04-21T22:26:00Z

Demetriou’s vacillation between annoyed den mother and over-the-top temptress provides a wonderful balance to Berry’s consistently melodramatic Lazlo, who takes bestial form by bellowing out, “baaaaAAAAT” even though this is obviously a highly unnecessary flourish.. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

So CBS bought the Ed Sullivan Theater for $4 million and kicked off a full renovation, transforming it into a late-night talk show studio. the historic flourishes of the theater back to the forefront. Stephen Colbert’s Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

“There is never a wasted word, no debris, no flourish to hide behind. A voice this unadorned, and blunt, is so hauntingly stubborn and original, you want to hear from it again and again.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Beck and Woods added a fun little flourish by having Koa not speak English, so she and Mills can’t communicate, but aside from that the film is entirely straightforward — and entirely entertaining. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z

After fluttering figurations from the woodwinds, a final flourish from Nathan Cole's violin ended the piece on a giddy note. A Polish accent to L.A. Phil New Music Group's Green Umbrella program 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

The movie is weirdly entertaining, but the world it presents, despite its flourishes of comedy, is cold, hard and unforgiving. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

Spring greens and dried Iranian lime frittata Courgette flowers, cut in half vertically and pressed into the mix pre-baking, make a fabulous flourish, but this is still beautiful without. Start the day with a bang: Yotam Ottolenghi’s big weekend breakfast recipes 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

In Italy, Couper flourished, making portrait busts and mythological figures, such as this beautiful nymph floating among flowers. William Couper’s The Coming of Spring Is on the Block 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Even the statistician, who helped devise the protocol in a post-9/11 report on potential airplane-related disasters, never imagined it would be activated, and thus packed it with fanciful science-fiction flourishes. ‘The Anomaly,’ Part Airplane Thriller and Part Exploration of Reality, Fate and Free Will 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Riseborough's parents – her father was a car salesman and her mother a secretary – prospered during the 1980s economic boom and sent their daughter to an independent school where she flourished academically. The rise of Andrea Riseborough 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

A French cafe sandwich that has flourished in America. A Field Guide to the American Sandwich 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

But the endless flashings of the different linings on the beat of musical flourishes — and the visible struggles that some choristers on Sunday had with the magnets — grew tiresome. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

They flourished until the ’80s, before being undone by the rise of indoor shopping malls and multiplex theaters, and have declined steadily until today, where there are about 300 left. Seeing Paradise From Behind a Dashboard 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Luxury spending flourished in Italian courts and cities even as the country's wealth subsequently declined. Arts cuts? Pah ? let's hear it for patrons 2010-06-09T15:59:00Z

Burnett explores the geography of happiness, interrogating the complex systems of internal chemistry and external factors that make it flourish or wither. Beach reads for dark summer days: 7 books to soothe the burn 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Northern California was at the forefront of the farm-to-table movement that flourished in the early 2000s, and is still a haven for sustainably produced, locally sourced food. 36 Hours in Napa Valley 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

“Fear does not enter into the equation,” he said, between striking random tai chi poses and bursting into other flourishes of showmanship. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z

The exhibition, which runs through March 6, focuses heavily on the Sumerian civilization that flourished between 3500 B.C. and 1800 B.C. in what is now southern Iraq. Hunting for the Dawn of Writing, When Prehistory Became History 2010-10-19T21:55:00Z

With a flourish, "Band on the Run" saw McCartney elevating his post-Beatles work with renewed abandon. How Paul McCartney proved Wings haters wrong with "Band on the Run" 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

My best friends were the enormous pecan trees that lived near the barn, and the flourishing plantings of jonquils my mother instantly installed. The Color Purple: A story of thanks 2013-07-12T18:30:00Z

Those dancing janissaries, and other musical spirits, need space to flourish. Belgrade Philharmonic, 91 years old, to play Strathmore on first U.S. tour

That’s why the ugly Christmas sweater has survived — and, indeed, flourished — for decades. Day 2: Your Ugly Christmas Sweater Is Beautiful in Its Own Way 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Fallon and co have flourished by creating content that works online rather than only on television after 11 o’clock. David Letterman live: the final Late Show - as it happened 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Her career continued to expand and flourish after she moved to New York City in 1960. Lisl Steiner, Colorful Creator of Black-and-White Photographs, Dies at 95 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

The groove chugs rhythmically and steadily forward toward freedom, but there is enough space left for those striking horn solos to come in, and Ibrahim’s piano flourishes situate it in the spiritual realm. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Of course, a separate tradition of fashion diplomacy has also flourished: wearing clothes designed by a member of a particular community as a sign of respect or support. Queen Elizabeth, fashion icon? Yes. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

In 2016, beneath the No. 1 spot, a strange pop ecosystem flourished. The Weird Little Earworms of 2016 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Babatunji began turns with a hand aloft, then wove his arm down his body with each revolution and ending with a wrist flourish and a heavy flash of sweat. LINES Ballet’s ‘Rasa’ is beautiful but brutal

On my first afternoon there, near the summit of the city, I traced the edges of Praça da Liberdade, marveling over the way its Beaux-Arts flourishes recall Paris at its prettiest. Discovering the Douro 2010-05-28T14:25:00Z

The art market remains one of the few flourishing during a difficult economic period. NYC spring art auctions abound in records 2012-05-12T21:16:05Z

His stand-up career flourished and Oliver began meeting some of his comedy heroes. An Englishman in New York 2011-07-23T23:04:11Z

Duncan has written such a generous book, attentive to the varieties of the reading experience, that it’s only fitting he gave Bain’s index some space to flourish, a chance to come into its own. A Smart, Playful Book About the Underappreciated Index 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Fandango,” for all of its rich details and in-between flourishes, is a seven-minute tour de force that demands explosive attack and abandon and impeccable technique. Silky Ballet Solos and Irresistible Tapping Toes Close Fall for Dance 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Like that earlier work, “Phantom Boy” is a mystery and a caper film in a film-noir mode, with visual flourishes that hint at French masters like Marcel Carné and Louis Feuillade. New York International Children’s Film Festival Gives Young Heroes Their Stage 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The next, with ice in your veins and a malicious flourish, you put a curse into action. This New York City Ballet Dancer Has a New Role: Being Bad 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

This elegy to a flourishing African American enclave in Tulsa, Okla., where the late Cooper was raised, offers a haunting peek behind the Jim Crow curtain. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

But after a promising start, he never flourished, and was dropped after only a few games, his final innings closing thanks to a poor umpiring decision. Luck by Ed Smith – review 2013-04-23T09:00:01Z

The show’s title naturally calls to mind the era when dance bands like those of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington flourished, cinematically epitomized in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers 1936 classic “Swing Time.” Art Review: ‘Swing Time,’ Reginald Marsh Show, Focuses on ’30s New York 2013-07-04T17:36:22Z

I’ve directed nine pilots and six of them went to air, so my television career was flourishing, but I couldn’t get arrested in features. Mimi Leder on the Struggles of Being a Female Director 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

And though there are few flourishes in the writing, for a scientist, the prose is remarkably clear, if a bit repetitive at times. We Aren’t Destroying the Earth 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

Even in places where you’d least expect life to flourish, life can be found. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

“Afectos” is not without its superfluous flourishes, like the wavering lights in the final section, as Ms. Molina feigns falling into a deep sleep. Dance Review: Rocío Molina and La Tremendita in Flamenco Festival 2014-03-24T22:48:41Z

“Let’s get everybody reading, and then let’s get these businesses that help people do that flourishing. Anything that promotes reading is wonderful, and I just look forward to it as a steppingstone.” One Book for Five Boroughs 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Presented by the museum and the Workmen’s Circle, a progressive Jewish organization, this annual event adds contemporary flourishes to the ancient Passover holiday. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

It’s a world both nostalgic and soberly realistic, full of crystalline descriptions of the Kentish countryside and the now long-gone hop gardens that once flourished there. Review | The inspiration for Maisie Dobbs? Jacqueline Winspear’s memoir offers charming clues 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

Autumn’s solo, in which she flourishes a red cape sewn by her grandmother, evokes the theatrics and postures of the bullfight. In Each Child, an Inner Choreographer 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

It is, nonetheless, part of a flourishing school of what are called “honkaku.” ‘The Decagon House Murders’ evokes Agatha Christie — in Japan 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Crucially, Stanley also links fascism to economic inequality, and he quotes Hannah Arendt, who argued that fascism flourishes when individuals are “atomized.” Is Donald Trump a Fascist? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

"This decision doesn’t reassure those with underrepresented voices that they can flourish at Taylor; it leaves them feeling isolated and invisible," she wrote. Evangelical Taylor U community in uproar over Pence speech: "Deeply at odds with following Christ" 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

We are in a good, strong position, but if the Arts Council were to cut our grant by another 15%, I don't think anyone could guarantee this place would continue to flourish. New BBC director general Tony Hall: 'It's about setting the conditions whereby artists flourish' 2013-03-02T09:01:06Z

Joe believes he is helping Beck to flourish, even as he murders the people closest to her. How the Showrunner of Netflix’s ‘You’ Took Aim at Self-Righteous Male Feminists 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Revenge, it argues, flourished in lawless societies where no other redress was available. I spit on your grave, but that's about it 2011-01-24T13:50:06Z

She began the G major concerto with a classical arpeggio flourish that only emphasised the ideal weighting of the famous opening solo chords that followed. Britten Sinfonia/Hewitt – review 2013-01-17T17:48:32Z

“I’ve always had ritualistic and contemplative tendencies like the ones the hermits describe, but the pandemic has just given them more space to flourish,” Ms. Sheldon-Dean said. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

Known for his neo-baroque flourishes and his baronial sense of décor where his living spaces were concerned, he was, for a while, the premier symbol of ’80s excess. Art Review: Two Shows Offer a New Look at Julian Schnabel 2014-04-25T20:17:33Z

For all its dramatic flourishes and occasional sense of unreality, no one’s life is a soap opera. Is It Soap Opera or Real Life? It’s Both 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

She belted poppy Arab-tinged melodies answered by insistent keyboard lines, looking both sultry and menacing in a long black wig that she removed with a flourish onstage when the set ended. At Moogfest, Electronics Stimulate Ears and Emotions 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

The exhibition, for example, includes a fine example of Christian Lacroix’s operatic flourishes. Review | When black models walking the runway was about more than just the clothes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

All of which is a necessarily incomplete survey, and all of which also neglects the rich heritage of conspiracy theories that flourish about rock, pop and hip-hop, as opposed to within it. Pop stars and their conspiracy theories 2011-07-21T20:48:00Z

“It wasn’t all done with a quill pen and flourish of poetics.” Elvis Costello rocks out from the back porch 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

A British dramatist whose career flourished in the years after World War II, Rattigan built up a reputation for the kind of well-mannered craftsmanship that can seem old-fashioned today. ‘In Praise of Love’: A second look at the 1970s play’s retorts and tear-jerkers 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

It flourished for decades as a home for manufacturing and auto industry executives and visiting elite, but eventually succumbed to the same troubles that left much of downtown Detroit an empty shell. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: The Westin Book Cadillac, in Detroit 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z

Like most people, I want Israel to flourish. Ian McEwan praises Israel before book award 2011-02-18T14:24:34Z

In room two, lessons in salsa and bachata come from Wayne and Aga, who will be showing beginners the basics plus offering extra frills and flourishes for the more experienced Latin dancers. Clubs picks of the week 2011-01-01T00:05:41Z

The games business grew huge, but the movies too continued to flourish. Prince of Persia shows why films based on video games will never work 2010-05-24T11:06:00Z

This moment shows where his creativity flourishes — at the square root of super-seriousness and total innocence. For Milford Graves, Jazz Innovation Is Only Part of the Alchemy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The result provides an unprecedented level of insight into the Fox News culture that allowed The Big Lie to flourish. "It was damning": Brian Stelter excavates Fox News' culture, the Big Lie and Tucker Carlson's exit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

Throughout, including in the house and costume design, with its robes and black slip-on shoes, there are distinct, meaningful Asian influences and flourishes. ‘After Yang’ Review: Do Androids Dream of Sheep, Babysitting, Being? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

And then he finishes with a flourish: “At the press conference, I sang ‘one little, two little, three little Indians…’” Backstrom is only in the doctor’s office for two minutes. Our meanest antihero yet: How Fox’s “Backstrom” deliberately pushes p.c. buttons 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Rickman’s Jamie is impish, not malevolent, and his nettlesome behavior is as essential to the movie as its earlier romantic flourishes are. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Sometimes he seems more interested in a literary flourish than a belly laugh. Marc Maron and the Comedy of Doubt 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

Like that account, Mr. Frost’s reading of the Mozart concerto was a paragon of lyricism: breathtaking in its pianissimos, utterly fluid in its legatos, gleaming in its ornamental flourishes. Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2013-12-09T21:54:32Z

But she also points to unlikely places where it flourishes. Helen Macdonald Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of the Natural World 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

The food on European trains seems to be flourishing in Central and Eastern Europe, he said, while dining cars have become a rarity in much of Western Europe. Dining in Style, at 90 Miles an Hour 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Lacking narrative necessity, the show’s stylistic flourishes are free to sink or swim on their own. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: Breakthrough 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Waipara first saw vineyards planted in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but started to flourish as a commercial winemaking region only in the past decade. In New Zealand, Sauvignon Wishes and Sashimi Dreams 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

When conditions are sufficient, flowers bloom, activism flourishes, people come together, change happens. In images and words of rebirth, a poignant tribute to civil rights giants John Lewis and C.T. Vivian 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

And — all in a second or two — the same current then passes through her shoulders and down her arms, arriving in her wrists with a flourish of both hands. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z

The center’s West Hollywood branch, the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, now boasts two theaters and a flourishing arts program. Why Lily Tomlin said yes to 'Intelligent Life' without her 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

It flourished because it was far enough from the city not to compete with theaters there. Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y., to Reopen 2012-08-05T22:19:00Z

“Good Luck,” she writes to Jim, with a flourish at the end. My grandma's 3-ingredient orange pecans are a beloved family recipe with a bright burst of flavor 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z

The lyric is his own, part of an extended flourish following the bridge of “So Far Away,” the Carole King song. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z

“The whole thing is just becoming a perfect storm,” said Mr. Robertson, who began his flourishing side career three years ago. Seeing Fashion With a Sketchpad and Markers 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

The cult of male genius more pertinently extends to the kinds of money, time and space given for such so-called genius to flourish. When Women Filmmakers Get to Tell Their Origin Stories 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

"The Mole Agent," which is directed by Maite Alberdi, is a really fun subversion of true crime; at certain points, its stylistic flourishes are almost reminiscent of the tongue-in-cheek neo-noir of "Bored to Death." Onion ring scandals to deadly water parks: Watch these 5 docs when you need a break from true crime 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

Whatever genre flourishes are layered on top, the authentic connection to street culture is both what audiences respond to, and the hardest thing to get right. The lighter side of youth crime: urban film spoofs 2011-03-10T22:29:00Z

But artistically the ensemble is flourishing, with music by living composers on every program and an annual season-ending American Music Festival. Orchestras in Albany, Rochester and Buffalo Stay Nimble 2014-04-30T12:32:12Z

In the 19th century, as contact with outsiders increased, a trade in Maori body parts flourished as a result of a European penchant for collecting Maori remains. ArtsBeat: After Long Resistance, France Returns Mummified Maori Heads to New Zealand 2012-01-23T20:14:53Z

On that track, as with Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,” the symphony players, conducted by Jason Weinberger, added just the right nuance and flourish. Brandi Carlile wows in her concert with Seattle Symphony 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z

The “Vienna Method” flourished in the progressive climate of “Red Vienna,” as the Austrian capital was then called. Design: Universal Symbols That Tell the Story 2011-02-13T19:30:05Z

The Left has enough problems to face without taking on the task of convincing our fellow citizens that human flourishing is not to be found in productive, social activity. Karl Marx and the semantics of a “post-work left” 2013-03-02T15:00:00Z

All that flourishing was then; this is now. A great act of vandalism that will impoverish us all 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z

Jared Matthews partnered her well, even though he plays the role with too many conventional smiles and flourishes. Critic’s Notebook: In American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia,’ Stars Shine 2013-06-28T21:40:45Z

Aside from a few flourishes of aesthetic inventiveness and a single moment of genuine wonder, "Ant-Man and The Wasp" doesn't do very much with its premise. Mediocre “Ant-Man and The Wasp”: Victim of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s limits? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Her music career ended before it had the chance to continue to flourish and she left the industry. On the Record: the music industry #MeToo doc that caused Oprah to turn away 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

Toby Robertson led Prospect with a mixture of swagger and good old-fashioned bluster tempered with guile Hall and Barton set up the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the new National Theatre flourished under Laurence Olivier. Toby Robertson obituary 2012-07-08T17:28:50Z

It describes two forces that began warping New York City in the early eighties, neither of them musical, and it elegantly explains how a period of artistic flourishing was squashed. When Rent Was Cheap and Dance Music Reigned 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

In the middle ages the genre flourished: illuminated manuscripts combined what was known about various creatures – both extant and fabulous – with moralising tales designed to edify the reader. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson - review 2012-12-25T07:00:15Z

Part of the reason art so rarely flourishes on TV is that most artists are reluctant to be represented in the mainstream media. Why the art world hates "Work of Art" 2010-07-06T15:30:00Z

There is a virtue sometimes in admitting that we are not really there, in leaving the descriptive flourish aside and letting expository prose do the hard work. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z

Even the more modest buildings have distinctive flourishes, and some are simply stand-in-the-street-and-stare astonishing, like the House of Scientists, a neo-Baroque extravaganza with a huge wooden entryway flanked by twin Atlases holding up the balcony. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

The flipside of this is that his artistic flourishes are among the few aspects that largely work in the project's favor. "They've Gotta Have Us" could have made history, if it weren't missing so much of it 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

“While I weather another storm, I want the movement to continue to flourish. Always listen, and consider everything carefully, but please for everyone’s sake don’t rush to judgment.” Former teen model accuses magician Copperfield of sexual assault 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Whether it can flourish in the future, though, is a unanswered question. A Summer Music School for Stars, Amateurs and Students 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Cooke and Patterson are part of an explosion in online films, documentaries and vlogs or video logs that, because of the ever-lower cost of digital production, are flourishing on the web more than ever before. Sloths, sharks and spoofs sate appetite for online DIY films 2010-08-17T22:11:00Z

The restaurant’s slick black walls and spotlighted tables are the stage upon which the stylish set gathers to dine on tuna tartare with green lemon cream, or roast lamb with flourishes of coffee and cardamom. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in San Sebasti?n, Spain 2011-08-04T19:00:00Z

There is no reason we should be swabbing the decks of a sinking ship — alternatives already exist, and they are flourishing. Cooperative banking has arrived 2012-05-24T12:30:00Z

The densely constructed work, which opened with a dramatic percussion flourish, held a listener’s attention with its scampering gestures and complex interplay among instruments. Music Review: Ensembles Resonate With Each Other 2011-06-06T21:45:25Z

She displayed a weakness for the kind of self-pitying, quasi-inspirational ballads that flourished in the early 1980s, when they were often shoehorned into daytime soap operas. Marieann Meringolo Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

His words were simply “locker room talk,” the muscular flourishes of an alpha male. Review: The Anti-Clinton Brigade’s Four-Letter Word Obsession 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Allen's act has always been family-friendly, somewhat of a rarity in the Vegas universe where he has long flourished. Comic Marty Allen is 94, but who's counting? He's laughing 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

In the series finale streaming now on Apple TV+, the poet’s work is flourishing but there’s strife in her family and across Civil War-torn America. New this week: ‘Lost Daughter,’ NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

Caricatures filled prints and illustrated books, poetry took wild turns, and comic fiction flourished. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

This willfully old-fashioned musical wants so badly to be pretty in its scenic frills and sentimental flourishes that it entirely forgets about being true. 'Waterfall' plunges over the edge of banality 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Ingels’s curly-chip architectural flourish is the sort of thing one would like to see happen someplace in Washington, but is this the right place for it? Is architect Bjarke Ingels’s bold remake of the Smithsonian Castle grounds mere folly?

It sticks to the broad facts and the characters are real, but Prebble adds surreal flourishes, including singing troupes, light sabres and shadow companies depicted as birds of prey. Why fact-based stories are destroying the art of fiction 2011-01-23T00:04:25Z

The art of silk-making in Florence flourished in the Renaissance, when noble families amassed fortunes and fame by producing exquisite silks. 12 Treasures of Europe 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Washington’s subtle verbal performance includes one conspicuous flourish, an accentuation of the “H” in “white”— “I love hwite America,” he pledges—which is apparently enough to enchant the awful fraternity. The Twisted Power of White Voice in “Sorry to Bother You” and “BlacKkKlansman” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

As social media has sped word-of-mouth, directors have learned that Sundance’s heat can wilt films as easily as it can make them flourish. John Cooper’s Stealth Direction of Sundance Film Festival 2014-01-14T23:12:16Z

Another real-world flourish included casting China as a geopolitical superpower opposite the United States. 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' aims toward future 2012-11-09T14:52:09Z

Have you ever seen pictures of big, beautiful, flourishing plants and thought to yourself, "Why don't mine look like that?" How to get your soil ready for gardening season 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

In the 1980s and ’90s, the dress picked up flourishes that, arguably, never should have been added to a Chinese gown, like shoulder pads and ruffles. History of a Dress, Chinese Style 2010-08-30T12:10:00Z

For a finishing flourish and to give the dish an even more summery feel, I add basil leaves and colorful fresh cherry tomatoes, halved and drizzled with olive oil and salt. An Especially Summery Take on Spaghetti and Clams 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

In the final moments, the group converged in a lively flourish of syncopated folk-inflected choreography — a polite nod to the theme — and then clustered together. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

“Wiedeman depicts the giant sums of money churning through WeWork as the embodiment of a confidence game that flourished in the last decade.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

The suspicion that only certain kinds of people like certain kinds of movies slides into contempt for the movies themselves, which flourishes on both sides of the supposed high-low divide, and other divisions as well. film: Sometimes A Vegetable Is Just a Vegetable 2011-06-17T15:55:10Z

Some books, noting its like of humid environments, suggest it is difficult, but if it is regularly watered as described, it will flourish. A cubicle is an awful place for a plant. Here’s how to keep one alive. 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

The overture begins with a somber yet stately introduction and segues into a rhythmically jagged allegro section full of spiraling triplet flourishes. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Vierne called the second movement, his only fugue, heavy-handed, ending with a dramatic flourish. 2010-01-11T07:05:00Z

Indeed, for them, conspicuous displays of Transatlantic flourish provide a subtle professional and social benefit. Noted: Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms 2012-10-10T20:37:21Z

The obvious butting of opposites — especially flat geometric planes of brilliant from-the-tube color and flourishes of automatist brushwork — might almost be termed Abstraction for Dummies, were it not so visibly intelligent. Hans Hofmann’s Murals Add a Blast of Color to a Muted Legacy 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Here he can flourish – his power and steel are terrifying. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z

The way Chicago's film industry is flourishing, those visits will likely be more frequent than they used to be. Oprah's celebrity factor 2011-05-23T22:00:00Z

Another figure stumbles into view now, in customary camouflage — dark suit, face obscured beneath owlish glasses and thick mustache — another virtuoso of the necessary economies that allow the imagination to flourish. ‘Pessoa’ Is the Definitive and Sublime Life of a Genius and His Many Alternate Selves 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

The action has shifted from West Hollywood to Silver Lake, where the new generation are flourishing. The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Are millennial jitters responsible for the flourishing “Gone-Girl-on-a-Train” variant of thriller? What ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘The Girl on the Train’ have wrought 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Where capitalism flourishes, can the Protestant ethic be far behind? Review | Three hundred years later, does ‘Robinson Crusoe’ hold up as a classic? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

A more suitable case for study in the 1950s would have been the seismic influence of The Three Stooges on the juvenile delinquency that flourished at the time. The Three Stooges: When Slapstick Meets Sentiment 2012-04-12T17:00:17Z

And record labels have responded in kind with a flourishing catalog of albums. Juilliard Celebrates 32 Female Composers of the 20th Century 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Like any popular diet, Paleo is as much a theory of human flourishing as it is a prescription for healthy eating. The Paleo diet is more than a fad: “The lifestyle captures a certain discontent with modernity” 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Second, I want to make a case for taking the time to get to know a composer who would not flourish in the zoo, whose plumage is discreet and whose song is quiet and subtle. Gerald Finzi: the quiet man of British classical music 2011-01-27T23:41:00Z

Great stands of nettles and strange plants flourish: nightshade, poisonous legumes, convolvulus, digitalis, Afghan poppies, cannabis, aphrodisiacs, psychotropic plants. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z

In contrast, Lithgow is like a dancer, expressive movements, quieter in his flourishes here. 'Love Is Strange' and profound with Lithgow, Molina paired 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

If someone expressed interest in a particular rough sketch, he would agree to sell it but then would add watercolor flourishes before the deal was final. Antiques: For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving 2013-08-01T19:05:16Z

The production, directed by Justin Martin, is chic and accessible, with design flourishes, by now de rigueur, to underline the idea that it is a Big Event. Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

But for the romance to flourish, the trauma of war must be confronted and conjured away. DVDs: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know 2010-12-25T03:53:01Z

But she points out that in the late 1800’s nearly 6,000 acres of premium coffee flourished in East Hawaii until sugar, a k a King Cane, took over as the more profitable crop. 2010-01-15T22:44:00Z

Dancers suddenly walk heavily on their heels with a clownish emphasis, or stand flourishing clenched fists. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet, at the Merriam Theater, Shows Exuberance and Panache 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Last year, I moved to the island of Okinawa, off the southern coast of mainland Japan, and discovered that the Australian café is flourishing there, too. The Man Who Made the Australian Café (and, Yes, Avocado Toast) a Global Phenomenon 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

"Everything they were using was white with green flourishes, lots of roses and peonies being used." George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are married in Venice 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

Wire clusters of bright nandina berries to the top of the post, and finish with a big bow for an eye-catching Christmas flourish. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z

Camp David aims to sweeten the deal not only with design flourishes, but also with cultural programming — readings, gatherings, happy hours — included in its membership. They Made the Meatpacking District Fashionable. Is Sunset Park Next? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Interior Department designated the ruins at Leinster Bay one of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom historic sites, finally shining a light on the brutal enslavement that flourished here for centuries. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, returning to a changed but resilient St. John 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

The vibrant scene now attracting attention rose on a foundation built by members of a culinary deep state, and a diverse constellation of restaurants that have flourished here. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

The U.S. director, speaking in heavily accented French with creative grammatical flourishes, addressed a packed audience at the opening Thursday of the Paris Film Festival. Woody Allen to Paris: Like the film, or else 2010-07-02T00:31:00Z

Satirical cartoons, most of them scabrous, flourished all over Europe during the 18th and 19th century. The war on laughter: What the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal about our thorny relationship with satire 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

They drove away with a flourish of the gas pedal, the intake valves of the truck’s carburetor rattling with an almost hormonal embellishment. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z

In an era before television held sway, the last heyday of the magazine short story, Bradbury flourished. Ray Bradbury obituary 2012-06-06T17:29:58Z

There is not an operatic flourish to be seen in a film whose killings are executed with a cold-blooded efficiency. Movie Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

He was less a television star than a television creator: an obsessive film buff, he crafted each episode of “Parts Unknown” like a feature film, plotting every shot, every music cue, every visual flourish. Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

After Descent of Woman, she continued her flourishing career as a television screenwriter and seemed content to leave well enough alone. Elaine Morgan 2013-07-29T14:32:27Z

He leaned in a little closer and I almost felt the brush of his flourishing pocket square, pouring from the pocket of his checked suit. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z

The production has just enough flourishes in it to oblige. Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Story,’ at Theater at Madison Square Garden 2013-12-15T22:32:32Z

“When posidonia disappears, there is no life left, the sea is dead,” he said, referring to a protected Mediterranean sea grass that flourishes off Catalonia’s coast. In Barcelona, City of Mega-Festivals, Small Venues Struggle 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

Challenging in almost every way, this jaunty, acerbic work is colored with unusual combinations of timbres, strong rhythmic pulses, and all sorts of virtuoso flourishes. Seattle chamber-music fest closes with truly grand finale 2012-07-30T16:46:04Z

But as therapeutic as the connection with Ware has been, Miller wonders whether it can truly flourish if the two men hold onto different stories about that June day. Would you befriend the person who got you fired? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Her work was deliberate: quick flourishes of the fingers, followed by subtle movements of the feet. Review: Colleen Focuses on Precision With Fingers and Feet 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

The brass flourishes in this well-known music are exposed, and these players bobbled a few moments. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Trump’s movement flourishes without white hoods and burning crosses, without jackboots, gangs of thugs, insignias, patriotic anthems, without secret police or any state power at all. The Plot Against America: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

“Many of these artists started their careers in Paris, and we want to show people how they began and the path to how they eventually flourished,” she said in a phone interview. Paris's Cultural History, by App 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Muratova takes half of the honey and leaves the other half for the bees, a balance that allows the combs to continue and flourish. Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Writer Oscar Millard wanted to give the screenplay an "archaic" flourish. The Conqueror: Hollywood gives Genghis Khan a kicking he won't forget 2013-05-03T08:51:48Z

American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s new piece “Pas de Trois” opened the evening with a flourish, which contained a whiff of “Hail to the Chief” in honor of the group’s first concert together. Trio celebrates 40 years of music 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

But he was shy as a young child, and his parents tried to draw him out with piano lessons; he flourished. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

And earlier this year, Romain Jerome introduced a timepiece with hands designed to resemble tattoo needles and straps featuring a flourish design by the French tattoo artist Xoil, priced at $24,500. Tattoo and Graffiti Artists Add Their Flair to Watches 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

The final, irresistible flourish of restaurant French toast is in the lacy brown crust that adorns both sides. Restaurant-Worthy French Toast, Without the Wait 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The final moments conclude the movie with an ingenious flourish. Film review: Rapt 2010-07-15T22:20:00Z

The film-maker-subject relationship is “this sacred space”, said Cooper, “and I really do think that that sacred space was allowed to exist and flourish and be so trusting because I’m trans”. Man Made: behind a powerful documentary about trans bodybuilders 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

It was a flourish, something to underscore that these are science-believing candidates, unlike the president they both hope to defeat — the one who was just heartily shaking hands in the Rose Garden. Perspective | No studio audience and an elbow bump: The Biden-Sanders debate was a study in contrasts 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bazinet, a wiry German with a black leather jacket and a mop of curly hair, speaks in bursts of melancholy and poetic flourishes. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

But all such flourishes were designed primarily to propel the songs to the moment when fans could shout along with a sweeping refrain and take some of the sadness out of Friday night. Indie-pop impresario Jack Antonoff and his band Bleachers wow the crowd at a sold-out Anthem 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Alas, he fell into something of the same trap as Burton; taxed with reprising a mega-success, he leaned so far into his stylistic flourishes that he alienated a mass audience. Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

The plants, described as a vertical green zone, flourished and required recent taming, leaving the garage looking bald at the moment, says Saul Frances, Miami Beach parking director. Miami has designer everything else — why not parking garages? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

As online circles of model horse enthusiasts grow from obscure corners of the internet into flourishing communities, so too does the fervor of their members. Giddy Up, Girlfriend! 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Similar in its brutal spirit to Ian McKellen’s Brownshirt stage and film version of Richard III, the movie renounces the precision of most Shakespeare adaptations for charnel imagery and the occasional shaky-cam flourish. Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory 2011-12-04T18:37:40Z

“This image has more of the flourish of the original Raymond comic strips from the 1930s.” Flesh Gordon? Artwork reveals erotic version that was never made 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

There are good reasons for supposing that our early hominin ancestors were organized for tens of thousands of years by tight kinship relations, which still flourish today in most societies. Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

For his genius to flourish, he needs liveliness and company. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z

This week’s selections highlight two affordable wines from western Turkey, where wine grapes flourished in biblical times. This $15 red from Turkey tastes like a young Bordeaux without the price tag 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Despite receiving two Oscar nominations for special effects, the original Blade Runner was a sleeper hit - it received lukewarm reviews at the time of its release but flourished on home video. Ford up for Blade Runner sequel 2013-10-09T13:20:30Z

Shortlisted for the Women's prize, the novel portrays a changing England alongside the horrors of war, with Atkinson's trademark wit and flourish. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z

As all successful biographers should do, Jones doesn’t cheerlead his own writing style by adding unnecessary flourishes or similes; he lets the subject’s actions and quotes energize the book. Review | A portrait of Dr. Seuss offers a look at the prankster workaholic behind the iconic characters 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

But as the band flourished, Green became increasingly erratic, even paranoid. Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

More unruly and colorful working-class reporters and editors were the norm until codes of ethics, a greater sense of professionalism and journalism schools arose or flourished. Chicago News Cooperative: Hildy Johnson Would Have Happily Hacked 2011-07-24T07:30:30Z

He also feuded with many of them -- most notably, Frank Sinatra -- and his influence wilted as rock 'n' roll flourished in the '60s. "Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 2010-08-02T21:48:00Z

Look for the caterpillar’s mushroom hidden under one of the book’s many little flaps — because as always, fungi flourish in the dark, taking root where we least expect them. Are Mushrooms Our Friends? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Rhetoric is also, to be blunt, the art of talking people into things, and it flourishes in courtrooms and on campaign trails, in singles bars and television commercials, over dinner tables and in Internet forums. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z

He noticed that the color of the dresses had evolved from the dustier, pastel palette of the 1950s and that certain design flourishes had faded away over the decades. Not Off the Rack: This Year’s Bespoke ‘Nutcracker’ at City Ballet 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

The third paradise the D.C. artist seeks is one in which nature, technology and humanity all flourish. In the galleries: Remapping the boundaries of drawing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

There is still room in this blighted world for the kind of visionary experience from which hope not only springs, but flourishes. Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

Language creators and linguists say that viewers’ increasingly discerning taste in authentic-sounding conlangs allowed creators of such languages to find each other and flourish. Game of Thrones' Dothraki inspires boom in fictional languages 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The cuisines that have flourished in the newer hotels are ones that New Yorkers were very familiar with 30 years ago: Italian, French and what used to be called New American. Who’s Setting Up Shop in Hotels? Big-Name Chefs 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

With a couple of exceptions, there is almost no work from the last decade, when art by avowedly queer artists, especially women, continued to flourish. Art Review: ?Hide/Seek,? Portraits at the Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-11-17T23:28:42Z

Lobbyists are flourishing in their role as swamp guides. Trump has been great for the economy. The anti-Trump economy, that is. 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

Serve as is, or with a flourish of whipped cream and chocolate shavings for the full diner effect. The creamiest, fluffiest chocolate peanut butter pie ever 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

The sensationally funny and daring cameo for Marshall McLuhan, who magically appears in a cinema queue to tell some loudmouth academic that he is wrong and Alvy is right, is an inspired and sophisticated flourish. Annie Hall: No 1 2010-10-18T10:53:00Z

“It’s a dog’s work,” he said whenever anyone tried to glamorize his own fifty-year-long endeavor to facilitate the flourishing of American intellectual life. My Life as Bob Silvers’s Assistant 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

The plush, retro décor, with flourishes like a spidery light fixture and tufted wall, was imaginative, too. From Italian-Asian to Locavore Canadian: Food Adventures in Vancouver 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z