| 单词 | foible |
| 例句 | I’ve seen human foibles that have resulted in temporary maiming or momentary loss of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams concurred that the reunion in heaven would permit them to laugh at their human follies and foibles, though he would talk with Franklin only after the great man did proper penance for his sins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Surely I don't have to remind you that our professional duty is not to our own foibles and sentiments, but to the wishes of our employer.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I would read the inscriptions on walls, and carved into floors, a special foible of rich Anglicans who thought they’d get more points with God by being engraved. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see liking that: You’d get to know a small group of men, their characters and foibles, and they’d get to know you. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It must be strange to have all your youthful foibles thrown back in your face like that. Alt-Rock Legend Tommy Stinson Talks About Guns N’ Roses, Puff Daddy, and a Replacements Reunion 2013-03-28T16:39:24Z Human foibles — not grandiose, Machiavellian plans — are what drive Allison and trap her: She wants to rise, she wants to buy clothing in Milan, she wants above all to avoid going to jail. ‘Homeland’ Recap: Season 5, Episode 8, ‘All About Allison’ 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The prevailing obsession, then and now, with the personal biographies and foibles of the candidates prohibits other writers, and more importantly, politicians from doing the same clarifying work of her journalism. Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Marsalis’ capacity to be amused by life and his own foibles is one of his most endearing qualities. Wynton Marsalis: Too busy for the White House — but not for a tour stop in Seattle 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z With his wry acceptance of foible and failure, Backman combines a singular style with a large and compassionate perspective for his characters. Review | Fredrik Backman returns to Beartown in ‘Us Against You’ 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Dickey treads this line carefully, filling out the singularity of the saints while insisting on their ability to bring human foibles into relief. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z I think he meant he was against the "high status" comedian: the patter merchant who points out the foibles of everyone else from some Olympian height. Where does all the best comedy come from? Death and war 2012-07-06T21:30:01Z Of course there were still a few foibles. “Women in the United States are being economically smothered”: Patricia Arquette continues quest for equal pay 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z “Silicon Valley,” a new and very funny HBO series that begins Sunday, taps into the foibles and pretensions of that world. The TV Watch: Nerds Get Their Due on ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Veep’ 2014-04-04T00:00:25Z I usually play monsters whose foibles -- vanity and pretension -- are their own fault. Golden Globes 2015: Ricky Gervais isn't ruling out more 'Derek' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Its brand of humor is cynical, nihilist, and not above being cruel; this is a comedy about the foibles of human existence, so when it lands, it hurts. Hate your job, or your life — or both? Find catharsis in the cruel humor of “Review” 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “He was someone who completely accepted me for who I am, with all my quirks and foibles.” Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z On Twitter, he was uproarious, an effortless comedian keenly attuned to the foibles of those inside hip-hop and those on the outside looking in. ASAP Yams, of ASAP Worldwide, Bridged Hip-Hop Regions and Generations 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z He endears himself to readers because he embodies so many human foibles, such as laziness, fear and attachment to routine. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z When the principal characters are singing their romance, foibles and all, “Up Here” can be beguiling. Review: In ‘Up Here,’ Boy (and All His Inner Demons and Angels) Meets Girl 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Beryl stayed loyal to her obsessions, investing them with humour and a disinterested understanding of human foibles right to the end of her long and honourable career. 'The rarest of friends' 2010-07-02T16:00:00Z Another is Trier’s satirical eye for the foibles of the modern metropolitan middle class as it grapples with parenthood, fitness, etiquette and climate change. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Its mix of anarchy and satire should suit the talents of director Paul Hunter, who always directs with a sharp eye for the foibles of human nature. Almeida festival 2013, Too Clever By Half, Josephine & I: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z Her sets also prioritize nuance, spinning the minuscule quirks and foibles of people she knows or meets into comic characters: faux-progressive men from her social circle, or tedious “five-time” vegan revolutionaries. For Lolly Adefope, Comedy Is in the Details 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He was fixated on the foibles and frailties we all struggle with, and told humbling stories about himself with almost as much enthusiasm as he told them about others. Ben Bradlee: His sense of Style brought a new sensibility to features James luminously captures Austen's formal but supple style and her bemused way of noting all-too-human foibles. Crime fiction: Nothing like a good 19th-century mystery 2012-01-04T22:42:04Z Wehn mugged up the wide-eyed astonishment at Brits' supposed foibles, while his wicked grin signalled that none of this was to be taken seriously. Henning Wehn ? review 2011-03-04T18:06:05Z It features styles that encompass lush orchestral layouts, darkly hypnotic dance grooves and the clarity of life and all its foibles. Review: Dido goes eclectic, electric on new album 2013-03-25T17:10:20Z The stereotypical Chekhov is depicted as a gentle master of nuance with a compassionate vision of human foibles — and there is much truth in this assessment. ‘Stupid _______ Bird’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth Theater 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Comedies of any age endure because their characters, no matter how absurd the situations they find themselves in, are recognizably human, even when their foibles or follies are exaggerated. Review: ‘The Servant of Two Masters,’ and His Misfortunes 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Yet he is human, surely, and Barker mischievously points to his faults and foibles. ‘The Cauliflower’: The life of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr Hammer’s lively telling reveals Merrill’s passions and foibles, like the “parallel intoxication” of taking “The Sex Cure” in Greece and occult conversations on the Ouija board, both with his longtime partner David Jackson. From love to grief to gaiety 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This essay on the last years of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life exhibits all of Sebald's strengths as a writer – and all of his strange, gnomic, secretive foibles. WG Sebald: Reveries of a solitary walker 2013-04-20T07:00:25Z You are potentially making your mistakes and your foibles in real time. Tina Brown pulls no punches: "If you're a woman, you have to be gold in a silver job" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Late-night television has been dominated by the foibles of President Trump for the last four years, but 2020 was perhaps the most daunting of all. Late Night in 2020: The Show Must Go Home 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z His triumphs, his foibles, all of it is in this grand fashion, and I give him a lot of credit for all of it. ‘The Diplomat,’ a Son’s Documentary on Richard C. Holbrooke 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Even more popular is “Nunsense,” an irreverent revue set in a Catholic school, with sisters reflecting on their lives and foibles in song. ‘Sister Act’ brings its roof-raising soul to Seattle 2013-08-15T19:19:13Z Each of Pérez’s characters is fully realized, with her own foibles and engaging back story. Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Of course, despite her foibles—and because of her willingness to examine them in first-person writing—Jane was hired back at Scarlet before long. The Delights and Discomforts of “The Bold Type,” a Woke Fantasy of Magazine Journalism 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z But it’s also a good shorthand for a motley crew of characters and incidents awash in human foible. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Steve Jobs was a man of many foibles, in ways we’ve long known about and in ways that are newly revealed in this book. “Small Fry,” Reviewed: Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s Mesmerizing, Discomfiting Memoir 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “It helps that it involves a wedding and the little foibles that are in everyone’s daily life, but not specific to one culture,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Seeks Mainstream Success 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Noticing as unflinchingly as Antrim does, describing as vividly as he does, nailing people for their foibles as mercilessly and gleefully as he does — these are acts of love. “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z Such pop-Feyerabend rhetoric risks tabloidising his otherwise fascinating and serious demonstration of how human foibles and creativity are inseparable, and how this fact is not so dangerous after all. Et cetera: non-fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-15T21:55:08Z Philipps admits to some of her own foibles, though if there are any lessons learned or shades of growth, this reader missed them. Review | Phoebe Robinson, Ellie Kemper and Busy Philipps are here to brighten your days 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z His characters are closer to ordinary sympathetic humanity, with ordinary foibles and absurdities. Amour – review 2012-11-15T15:29:01Z Besides being a portal to uncertain revelations of a dubious nature, QAnon also helps explain the president’s foibles to those who see him as the author of living scripture. Fear and gloating in Cincinnati 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Leader includes, in his account of Bellow’s life, an array of conflicts and foibles that don’t depart drastically from the run of modern lives not lived on the literary grid. Catching Saul Bellow's Mind in Constant, Roiling Action 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z He is fond of the past, indulgent of its foibles and covetous of its stuff, but he is, in the end, less a historian than a collector of knick-knacks and trophies. | 'Potiche': Labor Strife? Send in the Boss?s Wife 2011-03-24T21:03:06Z "The Andy Griffith Show" was a loving portrait of the town where few grew up but many wished they did - a place where all foibles are forgiven and friendships are forever. Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:37:09Z The author is a New Hampshire journalist who’s long reported on bear attacks in his state, but the bear attacks are just the starting point in this tale of human foibles and insane politics. Tess Gerritsen Still Prefers to Read Books the Old-Fashioned Way, on Paper 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z It dangles down, interrupting the cages’ clean, diagrammatic lines, both a reminder of human foible and a question: Whose shirt? The Bewildering Beauty of Recycled Waste 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z A travel book is never all roses, and he writes very candidly about his foibles. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z But now there is room for the human foibles and interpersonal dynamics — and even hints at back stories — that Leclercq usually dispenses with. A Specialist in Short and Lethal Movie Thrillers Jumps to TV 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But, as opposed to the Great Male Narcissists’ creations, the new-guy characters are so quick to admit to their own foibles and humiliations, sometimes one almost longs for a little bravado. Men in books 2012-06-30T14:00:00Z The show, with music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire and a book by James Gardiner, sweetly evoked the foibles of adolescence — ideal for the short run it enjoyed in Signature’s intimate space in Northern Virginia. A theater export from D.C. that turns out to be a late bloomer 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The content is straight-up gossip about famous people and their foibles, but delivered with an understanding that none of it is too serious. A Gossip Site Finds Its Niche 2013-08-11T21:42:58Z The five women are warmly drawn, with humorous foibles, and the Playhouse cast brings them vividly to life. 'Real Women Have Curves': funny, flawed and fabulous 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z We soon had in-jokes and teased each other about our foibles, just like any family. First I Met My Children, Then My Girlfriend. They’re Related. 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z New Yorker Will Eno's quirky, heartbreaking and surprisingly optimistic playlets expose our foibles and failings. Edinburgh festival 2012 preview: the best shows and hottest picks 2012-07-29T18:31:01Z We're given a vivid description, details and foibles, before the town is populated with a cast of characters to rival any soap opera. Rereading Stephen King: week two – Salem's Lot 2012-06-11T10:58:12Z This is Woody in a bemused mood, devilishly complicating his characters' lives with follies and foibles of their own making until he ties each protagonist into a comic pretzel. "Dark Stranger" a serviceable Woody Allen comedy 2010-05-17T04:43:00Z The latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, DSM-5”, has broadened psychiatry’s reach into everyday life, medicalising and stigmatising an ever greater number of quirks and foibles. Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Coll reveals her characters’ foibles in chapters that alternate perspectives — including that of the rabbit. ‘The Stager’ finds hilarity and touching moments in satire on local real estate The foibles and pretentions of Harvard grads are distinct from those of Hampshire grads. Whit Stillman Pays a Visit to Jane Austen 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Some of Levine’s most persuasively illuminating performances happened to revolve around compassionately confronting the frailties, foibles and outright crimes of Mozart’s characters as they are coaxed into an examination of inner lives. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z It deals with human nature, our sins, transgressions and foibles. Halloween horror translated for ballet: How 'Inferno' will turn Dante into dance 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “Becoming Steve Jobs” does not absolve the protagonist of his foibles, but shows that his accomplishments were indeed legion. Jobs 2.0 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s the ideas left unsaid that linger, the film’s observation of how couples make room for each other’s foibles, visualized here by a phalanx of Smurfs siloed to a display shelf in their shared apartment. ‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Perfect Strangers Form Family Ties 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Miller is well aware of his foibles. Couples Who Eat Together May Not Stay Together 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z “It’s a testament to the author’s sensitive eye for human foibles that these characters are not only palatable but relatable, and this feat of empathy makes the implicit critique sting even more.” New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’ 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Like a disappointed father—or an angry God—Dylan seems to lament the foibles of his followers. Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Through it all, he offers a bemused sense of his own collecting foibles, relating a supposedly oft-said phrase on the Star Wars movie sets: “Should we burn this or see if Steve wants it?” In a warehouse far, far away, the galaxy's top Star Wars collector holds court 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Or it might become a bizarre footnote to his foibles, alongside misfires like “Ishtar” and his last major acting effort, “Town & Country,” released 14 years ago. If Warren Beatty Is Directing, Shooting Can Wait. For Years. 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z He continues: "That likely condition, though, serves as a reminder that when we elect presidents, we elect human beings with all their foibles and weaknesses, psychological and physiological." Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer's as president 2011-01-15T14:16:04Z He is, in his flaws and foibles, the embodiment of entitlement—a selfish man who does not even see that he is selfish. How “Scandal” became great again: By replacing Olivia’s white hat with a crown 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s really about the habits, foibles and vanities of collectors. Why 'unpacking' is a perfect — and perfectly overused — metaphor for our cultural moment 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z But better to shrug off old friends’ harmless foibles than assign them mean labels. ‘At Least I Got You a Gift’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The title story is one of several that circle a man named Pretty, whose vulnerabilities and foibles are revealed through tender letters from his mother as she recounts a litany of maternal regrets. American Stories, Coast to Coast 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A gently wry sense of humor about human foibles and some well-turned exchanges keep the proceedings drifting along pleasantly enough, until characters start convening for the requisite heart-to-hearts and making-up. Movie Review: ‘My Best Day,’ a Comedy by Erin Greenwell 2013-06-14T01:54:44Z Jesse and the other writers relish the characters’ foibles but don’t glorify them. Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘Gerri is quite a badass but also relatable’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s hard to tell, but the number of Twitter accounts devoted to pointing out other people’s language foibles does seem to be growing. On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z When they hit some bumps down the road, she will be able to recall this moment and perhaps forgive his other foibles.” Field Notes: Using Flash Mobs for Wedding Proposals 2012-07-27T18:42:16Z In this case, an otherwise reasonable businessman kitty is cleareyed about his feline foibles, telling his firefighter rescuers, “Guys, I’m really sorry this keeps happening.” ‘BoJack Horseman’: Here Are the Best Animal Gags 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Which brings us back to Sorkin’s Jobs saying, “That’s the idea, brother” – the desire to have your work, rather than your human foibles, represent you. Aaron Sorkin on the cult of Steve Jobs: ‘I hadn't seen anything like it since John Lennon was killed’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z She gives Ms. Cutter credit for helping to ensure that her husband’s legacy is that of legislative accomplishments, not personal foibles, and still counts Ms. Cutter as a confidante. Stephanie Cutter Is a Messenger Who Does the Shooting for Obama 2012-10-13T00:12:59Z In the same episode, Fozzie talks about his dating foibles: “When your online profile says, ‘Passionate bear looking for love,’ you get a lot of wrong responses.” Dirty Sexy Muppets 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z She is furious about incursions of the press, including this newspaper, into her family and private life, but gives them ever more grist by fuming hyper-specifically about her husband’s foibles. Kellyanne Conway Toggles Between the West Wing and the Home Front 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Frayn, who worked at the Manchester Guardian and the Observer, recounts the less-than-grand foibles of a nameless newspaper's nature and crosswords department. Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales 2011-07-27T11:26:31Z She’s the type of girl who unabashedly loves sex and drinking beer and eating burgers — while still miraculously maintaining a perfect figure — and is always ready to forgive her husband’s foibles. Is Gone Girl Feminist or Misogynist? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Nacho Vigalondo’s comedy “has such an easygoing, offhand vibe, and takes such pleasure in its characters’ foibles, that it camouflages its deep subject, which is rage,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Colossal’ and ‘Frontline: Life on Parole’ 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The humor with which she confronts her foibles does not come easy when others poke fun. Carrie Fisher is fat but "not like Jabba the Hutt" 2011-01-27T13:31:32Z I guess maybe it’s this tension, often particularly keen in two-person teams, between the implicit utopian ideal and the reality of asymmetry—the collapse into human foibles, codependence, and worse—that transfixes me. Jonathan Lethem on Hollywood Collaborations 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z You're free to load up Mors and Alester with perks, combat expertise and skills, but must counterbalance each with a corresponding foible, such as allergies, gout or pyrophobia. Game on: Game of Thrones 2012-06-07T15:59:41Z The songs — you’ve heard them and will want to hear them again — are catchy, playful, clever and foot-tapping, filled with an understanding of, and warm affection for, people and our foibles. Good times roll at Ebony Repertory's 'Five Guys Named Moe' 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Over the course of his career, mixing the voice of a preacher with that of a litigator, Mr. Rock has built up an authority skewering the foibles of the world while keeping his own offstage. In Chris Rock’s New Special, a Humbler Master at Work 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z It was a dismal performance from someone ill-equipped to explain his own foibles, to say nothing of his motivations, to say nothing of the centuries-long historical struggles around race which Wallen had inscribed himself into. The Morgan Wallen Conundrum 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The show, which aired from 1975 to 1982, was less police procedural and more about the foibles of its diverse characters on both sides of the law. Ron Glass, Who Played a Dapper Detective on ‘Barney Miller,’ Dies at 71 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Emily Madden turns in a now-funny, now-touching portrait of Edward’s old acquaintance Jenny Hill — who helps us see that Edward’s foibles are also qualities that bring out the best in other people. Review | ‘Big Fish’ looks for the truth in a father-son relationship 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Pampin and Coupe’s “Sanctum” is just as affecting a look at human reaction and foible. The UW mixes art and science with worldwide talent 2014-03-05T21:10:38Z He couldn’t be a Johnny Carson or Jay Leno, amiably poking at the nonpartisan foibles of both sides for a big-tent audience, even if that were still possible today. Colbert Again in Character — as Himself — at the Conventions 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z I loved the way they refer to each other as "our Andrew" and "our Elizabeth", and the way she put his foibles. Radio head: Jeremy Vine 2011-07-05T21:00:01Z Much of the mainstream media has, on occasion, overreacted to their flaws and foibles. Joe Klein of ‘Primary Colors’ Reviews the Latest on Bill Clinton 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z We need court jesters like Bee too show us the foibles of the culture and this year in particular, the TV media outlets. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Judging art by the foibles of the artist is a slippery slope to banality.My favorite author is Faulkner. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z His prose was dense but not difficult, erudite but not pretentious; as an observer of human behavior he was both ruthless and generous, acknowledging characters’ finer attributes but homing in on their foibles. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z Luckily, Butler knows how to liven up history by focusing on human personalities and foibles. Salon's favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Opera is always obsessed with the foibles and frailties of the human heart, but no librettist carried a better stethoscope than Lorenzo Da Ponte. Cos? fan tutte; Dream Hunter; Commotio; Stephen Hough, LPO/Alsop ? review 2012-02-12T00:06:08Z Through both marriages and other relationships, the foibles of "Fang" remained an integral part of her act. Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95 in Los Angeles 2012-08-20T20:27:41Z They didn’t try to make anyone chuckle over his foibles; they didn’t poke the bear. Perspective | Melania Trump’s convention speech was a moment of calm amid the Trump family rant 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z They are humans — with all the foibles and needs that all humans have even in the most despair causing circumstances.To survive people had to fight to retain their humanity and hope. Jon Stewart and Robert Smigel Craft a Comedy Benefit at a Polarized Moment 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z From there, they went on to swap details of their dating records, perspectives and foibles. Date Lab: She may be as close as you can get to being a professional dater 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Even a local who so widely feared that RTO staffers have to ask for a police escort is written to highlight his foibles and humanity. "South Side" and "Sherman's Showcase" give rarely-seen perspectives on black American life 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Liz Montague’s simple, wry cartoons do this with a gentle humor that shows our human foibles and frustrations, but from the perspective of a Black woman living through a period of unrest and upheaval. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “I have always written about humans, replete with human traits and foibles and issues, who also happen to be famous.” Bill Zehme, Author With a Knack for Humanizing the Famous, Dies at 64 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Fashion reflects the world, in all its fears and foibles, and this is a classic case of supply and demand: If there was no demand, the supply would disappear. After a Tragedy Like the Charlie Hebdo Shooting Come the Products 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z We should all be so lucky to be as in love with each other, and to understand each other’s foibles as they do.” Ralph and Alice and Ed and Trixie (and Song and Dance) 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z His subject was the foibles of the pre-war English aristocracy, which sounds limiting, but it was his subject the same way marble was Michelangelo’s subject. In Praise of P.G. Wodehouse 2011-11-23T16:50:44Z He starts in the Cotswolds with the polo set and moves on to one crumbling pile after another, discussing the foibles of new and old money. TV highlights 19/06/2012 2012-06-18T11:56:01Z This was a pity, because he was one of the few American critics with an insider's grasp of the English and their foibles. Wilfrid Sheed obituary 2011-02-21T19:01:03Z A thumbnail-sketch of the writer’s mother leads to a catalogue of the traits and foibles of various mothers in his fiction. Early days yet 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z He exploited popular presidential images: Gerald R. Ford’s stumbling, Bill Clinton’s sexual foibles, Reagan’s jelly beans. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Tiny foibles are part of the game in outdoor opera with a modest budget. Music Review: ‘Tosca,’ With New York Grand Opera, in Central Park 2012-06-28T21:08:27Z “Quite frankly, I was delighted that a man with as many foibles and flaws as the Prince was reading Jane Austen,” he said. Jane Austen’s First Buyer? Probably a Prince She Hated 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z “Italian Ways; On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo” Look at a nation’s railroad system, and you’ll comprehend its soul — or at least its foibles. ‘Italian Ways’: a not-quite-travel book on Italy’s railroads 2013-07-24T22:09:41Z This outcome might be attributable to the random foibles of a bunch of oddballs or the perverted mores of a uniquely benighted class. Is Archipelago a class act or an empty gesture? 2011-03-14T12:05:29Z So numerous and so pronounced are the foibles of the modern celebrity chef that this sitcom manages to satirise most of them without ever making it seem as if it's going after a particular individual. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-10-05T06:59:00Z His response was to acknowledge, in the episode, the foibles of the I.F. form. “Black Mirror” ’s “Bandersnatch” and the Pitfalls of Interactive Fiction 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Emily has little patience for the flaws and foibles of those around her and would rather get back to work than work through emotional conflicts on the couch. | 'A Small Fire': A Sense of Touch, a Sense of Life 2011-01-07T03:30:20Z Metcalf’s glamorously dressed Nora wears her foibles on her expensive sleeve, but she brings deep emotion to the scene in which Nora describes the torture she went through in severing ties with her children. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z By that time of the morning, I’d forgotten entirely about the foibles of my president. The Buddist I am not: Reflecting on my conversation with the Dalai Lama about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z For all her foibles, my Zee was articulate and intrepid. Motherlode Blog: Learning the Rules of the Preschool Application Game 2014-03-04T16:14:42Z "I think we show a very honest portrayal of the man -- his foibles, his strengths, weaknesses and flaws," Mazer said. HBO film unmasks "Dr. Death", Jack Kevorkian 2010-04-20T19:30:00Z This sublimely vague and "woollen-headed" peer was a character on whom Wodehouse doted, and whose foibles he explored in some of his finest work – Heavy Weather, Summer Lightning, Uncle Fred in the Springtime, "Pig -hoo-o-o-o-ey!" Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z The HBO comic commentator used small shriveled fruit to show the difference between Hillary Clinton’s foibles and those of her foe: a small pile vs. an avalanche. It wasn’t all bad: Here were the media’s 13 best moments of Campaign 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s a high-wire act of comic timing, misunderstandings, romantic foibles and possibly foiled heists — not to mention, what’s going to happen to that dead body? When a Cold Case Turns Deadly 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Of course, birdmaniacs are people, too, with human foibles and faults. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z There are also less tangible objects of derision: vanity, stupidity, venality, snobbism, dishonesty, criminality and other probably universal human foibles. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z McPherson's deft language and compassionate view of human foibles, combined with O'Reilly's discerning direction, allows each character to reveal their distinctive differences. Review: Haunting, effective revival of 'The Weir' 2013-05-24T17:12:08Z “The Andy Griffith Show” was a loving portrait of the town where few grew up but many wished they did — a place where all foibles are forgiven and friendships are forever. Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:45:00Z Shaun is a resourceful “little fellow” in the tradition of Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd, and his adventures are similarly well-constructed machines of gags, foils, everyday foibles, and comic exaggerations. ‘Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon’ Review: Sci-Fi With a Dash of Chaplin 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The foibles and blind spots of men often force remarkable turning points in history, and this revolution had plenty. ‘Revolutionary Summer’: America on the edge of change 2013-07-04T00:18:56Z There are going to be kinks and foibles to navigating digital spaces in pursuit of love and connection for older people, but Grandma June embodies how fun it can all be, too. "Love Hard" shows we should all aspire to be like a mouthy, fearless Asian elder 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But then they developed an exaggeration of the many little ticks, foibles and palilalia – the repetition of phrases – that had afflicted them in a muted way during this long-term torporous state. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z Much of the narrative is driven by Emily's unrelenting workaholism, and the fish-out-of-water foibles it causes, when she arrives in Paris. "Emily in Paris" brings all the ugly American tropes to the dining table 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Judging a prize like this, you do very quickly become aware of trends and foibles. Guardian first book award: the longlist 2012 2012-08-30T17:16:21Z We are lean scandal digesters, able to scarf down the next foible that’s flung in front of us. Sick of being shocked by the news? Don’t worry, it will get worse. 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Based on that pitch alone The Casual Vacancy would seem to be light social satire, a skewering of small-town foibles and hypocrisies, but Rowling has always been more ambitious than that. J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy: We've Read It, Here's What We Thought 2012-09-27T05:01:21Z Pekar was arguably the first and best to use the medium to illuminate foibles, flaws and failures. Harvey Pekar, the American anti-hero who led a comic-book revolution 2010-07-15T10:13:00Z Her humor style morphed, too, from jokes about her own foibles to skewering celebrities. Review | Joan Rivers never threw away a joke — or anything else. It’s all here. 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Plus comedians make themselves vulnerable by confessing their screw-ups and foibles. I was a comedy groupie 2013-03-11T00:30:00Z This is not surprising for a book dedicated to the foibles of owners, and yet it seems an obvious omission in such a sharp social critique of professional sports in American life. How owners are ruining the games we love 2012-07-23T19:22:00Z He seems happiest when he talks about the foibles and high-jinks of his childhood and family. Comedy gold: Jason Manford's Live at the Manchester Apollo 2013-02-14T14:03:04Z Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and longtime resident of the state, explores Texas’ foibles, ironies and contradictions with affection. New in Paperback: ‘God Save Texas,’ ‘How It Happened’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Old pals, they knew each other’s foibles and weaknesses all too well and exploited them in an ongoing raillery of inside jokes, ragging, and general good-natured BS. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z “Downton Abbey” and “Billions” have showed that viewers still enjoy the foibles of the rich. A ‘Dynasty’ for Generation ‘Gossip Girl’ (Mom Can Watch, Too) 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z And plays have long made fun of their own foibles. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Frankel and the screenwriter, the Hollywood veteran Howard Franklin, who adapted Mark Obmascik’s book, poke fun at the foibles of the birding tribe, but they avoid easy, mean caricatures. | 'The Big Year': ?The Big Year,? With Owen Wilson and Steve Martin - Review 2011-10-13T21:45:11Z Women have historically been able to laugh at their romantic foibles, their marital frictions, their familial imperfections and, more recently, their attempts to juggle all the demands on their time. 'Orange Is the New Black' Emmy nods a win for women 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z These couples’ romantic foibles are depicted in language that’s sharply contemporary and brashly funny, and often brazenly slaps the subtext of Chekhov’s original right onto the surface. Review: ‘Stupid _____ Bird’ Is Chekhov for the 21st Century 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Harley's and Bane's foibles are similar to those nagging at much of the audience, in that they can't silence the voice inside them that questions their adequacy. The Harley Quinn twisted Valentine's special brings the raunch and romance to our Hallmark holiday 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z You’ve maybe seen my list of things I didn’t care for in Guild Wars 2, which honestly took some putting together given how few and far between the foibles are. 9 Ways Guild Wars 2 Is Better than Any Other MMO 2012-09-11T18:00:50Z Bodies are involved, of course, lending a human weight, grace and foible to those patterns and rhythms. Cabeen’s ‘Fire!’: cool but cryptic 2013-01-18T17:46:29Z But it’s hard for me to think about that because I know my foibles and my failings. Bonnie Raitt Heads to the Grammys, Recognized as a Songwriter at Last 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Molly doesn’t hesitate to throw Issa’s romantic foibles in her face, saying she thinks that Issa plays the victim and is noncommittal in every aspect of her life. ‘Insecure’ Season 1, Episode 7: Who’s Daniel? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Malvo, reveling in another man’s foibles, strikes with the power of suggestion: “This is a man who doesn’t deserve to draw a breath.” ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Making Way for Marge and Lester 2014-04-16T16:19:16Z Establish authority as a historian of the weird and offer sweeping absolution for various human foibles. Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the World 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Humor in picture books resonates when it centers on foibles like this one — universal enough for young readers and their caregivers to share. What’s So Funny, Kid? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z There are hints in the show of the roiling humanity of the theater’s personalities, and the kind of foibles that a Yiddish Page Six might pounce on. ‘New York’s Yiddish Theater’ Explores a Fractious Heritage of Melodrama and Musicals 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z They reflect the foibles and ambitions of the deceased - an inveterate drinker may be buried in a giant beer bottle, a lothario in a coffin shaped like a reclining naked woman. Why make art no-one can see? 2012-07-02T15:40:59Z Or a sympathy that was harder to detect: Characters’ foibles and obsessive bents were unrelenting, like caricatures. Lydia Millet: “If men’s cruel tyranny over women is the matter at hand, there’s a bored disinterest of the liberal literary establishment” 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z They are attracted in their droves by her powers of empathy and her ability to be open about her own foibles and problems. Oprah Winfrey: will the US still worship the high priestess of the talkshow? 2010-12-26T11:08:01Z Over the years, his writing has anatomized commitment and relationships with a sharp eye for foibles — especially male ones. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Those songs were a perfect reflection of Jean’s humor and aesthetic, poking fun at our human foibles. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z As is so often the case, his issues with feminism revealed his own hang-ups and foibles. Perspective | Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care. 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z "I think New York theater actors have certain foibles and predilections and prejudices and superstitions — there's a culture," Norton told Times reporters at an Oscars round table. Oscars 2015: Supporting actor nominees rejoice in their journeys 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Here are some favourites with foibles who have one thing in common: they get results. Six to watch: TV mavericks 2011-03-10T14:09:00Z The same humor suffused much of his work, alongside its poignant commentary about the struggles and foibles of ordinary people. Country folk singer John Prine dies at 73 of coronavirus complications: report 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z At times, they assert a narrative consistent with their emphasis on the foibles of M.B.S. at the expense of these other dynamics. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z There appear to be two types of people: those who find it easy to rub along with their fellow species and those who can’t help reacting to the foibles of others. My wealthy daughter-in-law always treats us very rudely 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z For all of his skepticism, Mr. Bazan is rarely caustic, singing with affection for those hobbled by foibles, himself included. Music Review: Songs of a Doubting Thomas at Bowery Ballroom 2011-06-26T22:00:31Z Here, in honor of Valentine’s Day, they offer a show focusing on young love and all its attendant foibles and embarrassments. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The hitch: Contestants have to reveal their faults and foibles. Jerry Springer hosts new GSN dating game show 2010-03-23T12:35:00Z They don't laugh at cheap gags – they laugh deepest and loudest at their own foibles. Jason Isaacs: this much I know 2013-05-11T17:59:01Z The group’s foibles, she said, are part of the draw. A Chat Room of Their Own 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The house’s occupants, meanwhile, are little more than extras, there to laugh at the staff’s foibles and pose nobly for the gliding camera like Renaissance portrait subjects. Television Review: ‘Derek’ Stars Ricky Gervais as a Nursing Home Volunteer 2013-09-11T18:28:54Z Lampooning the foibles of the English class system as well as clerics, politicians and even other artists, Mr. Searle was often described as a latter-day version of the 18th-century British graphic satirist William Hogarth. Ronald Searle, British Cartoonist, Dies at 91 2012-01-04T03:05:54Z We notice parallels between the foibles of the fools we construct with our imaginations and the ones who appear in real life. Disaster president: Why is Trump acting like the mayor from Jaws? 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z The inspiration was easy: a few decades of romantic foibles. Teen angst still afflicts Mary Timony in adulthood 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Thoreau had an amazing eye for both the detail of the natural world and the foibles of his fellow New Englanders. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z Dyson is an excellent witness, an acute observer of personality and human foibles. Freeman Dyson’s Life, Through His Letters 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He makes readers squirm with guilty delight, pleased that their foibles never came under his laserlike gaze. Robot & Frank: An Endearing Showcase for Langella's Star Turn 2012-08-16T14:29:17Z A poor correspondent myself, I file her jewelled emails separately since they reward rereading: rheumy sketches of human foibles, and unforgettable images – those vast Wyo skies, swept free of contrails after 9/11. Annie Proulx 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z Joyce was ruthlessly honest about human foibles and human proclivities. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Their eating habits may not be quite as “insane” as former royal chef Darren McGrady branded them earlier this month, but the British royal family have their share of foibles around food. Bacon and eggs for every meal: absurd diets of the rich and famous 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z “Always an anthropologically acute observer of cultural footprints and foibles, White reserves his sharpest satirical barbs for the most deserving targets,” Sarah Bird writes in her review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But simply putting two overscale rodents onstage to comment on the foibles of their human counterparts does not make as much of a difference as Mr. Giles must have hoped. Review: In ‘Breeders,’ Parenting as a (Literal) Cage Match 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But the tendency of both principal characters to analyze their scholarly obsessions and their personal foibles in the same microscopic detail, contemplating every single “exponentially branching” possibility, eventually wears on the nerves. | 'Completeness': ?Completeness,? by Itamar Moses - Review 2011-09-14T02:01:02Z His novel sings of the stubborn, fundamental foibles that have kept people entangled — and at one another’s throats — for thousands of years. Love and War in European Fiction 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The depth of a friendship can’t be judged by proximity, the regularity of your communication or occasional disappointments, but by your compatibility and the generosity with which you accept each other’s foibles. My best friend met the love of her life – and I can’t cope 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z From the start, critics complained about a main character who seemed dangerously recessive, observing other people’s foibles in loosey-goosey comic sketches that barely added up. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z It seems that every time there is a natural disaster like an earthquake or a hurricane, someone stands up to say it is a sign that God is unhappy with some human foible. Bachmann ties God to quake, Irene 2011-08-29T15:49:00Z Silicon Valley’s foibles are inherently amusing, Mr. Judge said. ‘Silicon Valley,’ Mike Judge’s New Series, Debuts on HBO 2014-04-02T16:55:21Z In the 1990s, television's America's Funniest Home Videos offered a more reality-based version of slapstick, broadcasting the comedic foibles of everyday people to a national audience. A Brief History of Slapstick Humor 2010-10-18T08:00:00Z With the focus on human foibles, “there’s not a lot of discussion of actual politics,” Mr. Pullman said. The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z He is less a satirical observer of his nation’s foibles than an excavator of its mopey, mordant, steadfast conscience. Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z She was a tireless worker, a prolific writer and a fiercely intelligent woman with a shrewd eye for human foibles, an acerbic sense of humour and an immense enthusiasm for life. Maeve Binchy, we'll miss you 2012-07-31T17:00:04Z None occurred, and the comedian, seated for most of the show, calmly proceeded through a jovial routine that hewed closely to themes of family foibles. Amid Uproar, Cosby Gets Standing Ovations at Florida Show 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z His wife’s role is to comment sarcastically yet forgivingly about her husband’s foibles. Todd and Julie Chrisley, Self-Made Moguls on Reality TV, Are Convicted of Fraud 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But that wasn't the least of his foibles. Best non-fiction summer reads: Difficult Men by Brett Martin 2013-07-29T15:05:25Z Irsay’s willingness to embrace his foibles make him something of an oddity in one of the country’s most exclusive clubs. N.F.L. Owner by Day, Rock ’n’ Roller by Night 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He encourages comics not only to attack the audience, but also to reveal their own foibles. Critic?s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman?s Show 2012-01-11T23:09:20Z The loose expectation of an awards host is to act as a court jester among showbusiness royalty, poking fun at their foibles. Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Ayckbourn is prized on both sides of the Atlantic as an ingenious master of modern comedy, attuned to the longings and foibles of modern British suburbanites. Ayckbourn to direct 'Sugar Daddies' at Seattle's ACT in 2013 2012-07-09T23:18:05Z We also must make room for our own humanity, our own flaws and foibles. First I was being too mean about my son’s outbursts. Now I’m being too nice. Help? 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Naz was intentional about imbuing each character with humanity, foibles, and good and bad. "Every Day in Kaimuki" filmmakers on questioning contentment: "Are you happy or is this just easy?" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z And she’s achieved this not by manufacturing likability, but by so convincingly rendering the affection between them that you accept each character’s foibles as readily as they do one another’s. Childhood Friends — Once Inseparable, Now Far-Flung — Reunite for a Funeral 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z At times it almost sounds like a press release that wastes no opportunity to paint Assange as a heroic bastion for transparency and free speech, for all his egotism and personal foibles. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z But what seems most remarkable to me was how he so easily combined a tolerance of human foibles with an unshakable sense of political commitment. Appreciations: Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-27T17:14:00Z Over the decades, girlfriends develop opinions that are intractable, habits that are increasingly annoying and foibles, long suffered, become ever more insufferable. My friend told me not to freeze my eggs and now I'm childless 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s a provocative, entertaining book that, much like Wolfe did, exposes our collective foibles and makes everybody look a little cartoonish. Review | David Duchovny wants to be taken seriously as a novelist. His new book makes a good case. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Human beings and their foibles are the reason the internet is how it is — for better and often, as this book shows, for worse. A Journey — if You Dare — Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Gilbert is a sharp and amusing prose stylist and an openhearted critic of her own foibles and failings. "Eat, Pray, Love": A phenomenon goes bust 2010-08-13T00:20:00Z You can’t fence off this particular foible from the rest of your relationship. My husband won’t let me drive our car, because I’m a woman | Dear Mariella 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z They were the glamorous set whose doings fed the columns of The New York Post and Women’s Wear Daily, and whose foibles Tom Wolfe satirized in “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” Sirio Maccioni, Whose Le Cirque Drew Manhattan’s Elite, Dies at 88 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z They disagree on politics and how to be a grandparent, but they’re careful of each other’s foibles, solicitous. Modern Love: Happily Ever, After Divorce 2012-06-01T15:44:50Z Many of the songs are loosely tied to themes of survival, endurance and more generally the foibles and flaws of humanity that presumably led to its devastation. Review: ‘The Last Two People on Earth’ Offers Soft-Shoe Après Déluge 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z His fables explore the foibles of human nature. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But “The Newsroom” is a little like “Studio 60,” a behind-the-scenes drama about a comedy show that took to heart the network foibles that Tina Fey lampooned more successfully on her version, “30 Rock.” Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z That the Zellner brothers will be in conversation with Herzog, a master of complicating fact and fiction and wrenching pathos from the foibles of humans and nature, should make for a fascinating talk. Next Fest a little taste of Sundance in L.A. 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The public festivities reflected Britons' continuing fascination with the royal family, which despite its foibles remains a powerful symbol of unity and pride. History in the making: Kate, William are wed 2011-04-29T11:43:13Z His descriptions of the vices and foibles of the producers, choreographers and directors who shaped these productions would not seem out of place in a page-turning Hollywood tell-all. ‘Razzle Dazzle’ review: Michael Riedel pulls back the curtain on for Broadway 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z In its attention to human fears and foibles, “Margin Call” resembles a higher-end version of “Boiler Room,” also a low-budget Wall Street film, but one set in the unsavory world of penny stocks. Arts & Leisure: ?Margin Call,? From J. C. Chandor, Looks at Wall Street 2011-10-12T11:01:11Z Achebe takes his characters seriously but not too seriously; he finds subtly subversive ways to question them and even laugh at them, and he refuses to rescue them from their foibles. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z He credits Weiner's probing, self-analytic nature with producing the richly complex world of "Mad Men" and its parade of human and cultural foibles. Anxiety awaits in sixth season of 'Mad Men' 2013-04-04T16:42:20Z I think New York theater actors have certain foibles and predilections and prejudices and superstitions — there's a culture. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z As always, her dry humor is rooted in sharp-eyed but compassionate observation of her characters' foibles. Anne Tyler traces a family line with 'A Spool of Blue Thread' 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z No effort is made to provide either Anna or Declan with coherent personalities, or even interesting foibles. 2010-01-08T03:34:00Z In 2006's "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," the observations of his bumbling, thoroughly inappropriate foreign TV journalist provided sharp, satirical insight into our prejudices and foibles. Review: Baron Cohen's `Dictator' least-focused yet 2012-05-11T19:27:13Z Willard Park sees uprooted trees, mysterious fires, angry altercations, and it’s all smart, satiric fun, the kind of comic novel that helps us see our own foibles while we’re laughing at those of others. Review | A local author turns suburban drama into smart satire 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z But comedians are also actors playing parts when they go onstage, exaggerating their own deepest weaknesses and worst foibles. Tracy Morgan is ready to make nice 2011-06-14T14:56:00Z The big network late-night hosts usually live to feast on the foibles of the famous, but they, with few exceptions, have stayed away from Cosby. Bill Cosby allegations meet with mostly silence in Hollywood 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z He had a huge personality, and fortunately left behind him a rich fund of anecdotes about his foibles and small melodramas, which offer plenty of material for a writer to play with. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z Even the foibles of an extremely privileged community such as Greenwich, ripe for cheap shots, aren’t overplayed. ‘The Class’ Review: Science-Fair Confidential 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z We'd need a time machine to blame Jonson for darkening the mood in the final scene, because he didn't forgive human foibles as generously as did Shakespeare. Review: 'Volpone or The Fox' a robust, merry farce 2012-12-10T04:01:05Z And each has nurtured some apparently timeless human foibles. Manspreading, Renaissance-Style: 2 Experts Weigh In on Etiquette of Centuries Past 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The show’s acclaimed first season packed much of what’s driven classic sitcoms — office conflict, dating foibles, dishy friends — with much that is rarely, if ever, seen on TV. The real Issa tries to live with the fake Issa. Her ‘Insecure’ fans are watching. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The religious right is willing to overlook a politician’s individual foibles, no matter how poor an example he or she may make, if they publicly identify with fundamentalist values. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z In the 13 years since the group’s breakthrough debut, “Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?” its glamorous singer, Emily Haines, has grown only more helplessly, brutally confessional about her own foibles. Pop & Rock Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Three funny new novels do precisely that, appealing to kids’ inclination to laugh at others’ foibles and, maybe in the course of things, themselves. Finding the Comedy in Tween Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z We amuse each other with our assumptions and foibles, experiences and stories. Stella Grey and Edward walk off together into the sunset 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z And here’s to games that let me be a human with all my foibles and faults, not just a superhuman who always wins in the end. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: The Year of the Indie 2013-12-25T13:01:28Z Ford’s foibles were, to them, a big middle finger to Toronto’s status quo. What Toronto Knows about Trump after Living through Rob Ford 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z "Never For Ever" ultimately produced three Top 20 singles, including the indelible foible "Babooshka." Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The Providence dinner party features tense moments that illuminate both the Bloom marriage and Evelyn and Roberta’s relationship, but the scene also comically conjures personal foibles and social awkwardness. Review | The drama of saving refugee children in 1939, and a journey that’s just as moving and meaningful today 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Personal foibles are considered an important window into a candidate’s character and judgment. The media dug deep on Brock Turner and Bill Cosby. What about Woody Allen? 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z This was practically why “Seinfeld” was created; it seems there’s a “Simpsons” reference for just about every human foible. ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Gives Us the Jerks We Deserve 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z That certainly wasn't true of Edward VIII's to Wallis Simpson, which forensically expose the foibles of this fitting ancestor of Prince Charles. Is it OK to sell love letters? 2012-12-15T18:04:01Z While Moss may not always be comfortable leaning in, she is thrilled that Peggy, with her personal foibles and professional triumphs, has been an inspiration to contemporary women. Women of 'Mad Men' make a strong impression amid their fight for change 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z They and their fellow beasts have their follies and foibles, but soon sink their differences to mount a collective enterprise displaying flair, pluck and determination that put the humans to shame. Animals United defeat themselves 2010-12-20T11:11:45Z She’s your sister and for all her faults and foibles your happy day offers a period of reconciliation not estrangement. Should I stop my unhelfpul sister being my bridesmaid? 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z In person, Chao speaks openly and vigorously about her foibles, both personal and professional, and her affect is irresistibly warm. Zoë Chao Identified With ‘Party Down’ a Little Too Well for a While 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z I spoke to Kelly about his character’s charisma and foibles, as well as his own political leanings and whom he’s voting for this November. “He’s a pretty scary dude”: “House of Cards'” Michael Kelly on another season as political fixer Doug Stamper — and why he’s supporting Hillary 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Davies told the Guardian that his radical left-wing politics at the time prompted him to turn down directing assignments he thought were too concerned with the foibles of the rich and frivolous. Howard Davies, acclaimed director on London and New York stages, dies at 71 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z And Hunt is succumbing to at least one unfortunate aging-man foible. The Wilford Brimley Meme That Helps Measure Tom Cruise’s Agelessness 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The problem with the original LittleBigPlanet's level creator was that it required players to work around its foibles in order to fashion what was actually wanted. LittleBigPlanet 2 ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:27Z As for the elder Mr. Gilbert, he could have leapt out of a novel by Louis Auchincloss, who chronicled in an earlier era the foibles of moneyed New Yorkers. The Price of Privilege 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z We have seen Olive through his eyes; if he can love her for all her foibles, we can surely appreciate and admire her, for all her tensile strength. Olive Kitteridge at Venice: An Our Town for Our Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “UnReal” is best regarded as a mirror held up to those of us who partake in the sick Schadenfreude of trash culture and celebrity foible on a daily basis. In its quest to skewer reality TV, ‘UnReal’ fearlessly takes on race relations 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z His foibles are just exposed more starkly since your mother passed. Mum has died, dad is weak… our family is falling apart 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z My roles in independent films have been fuller, chockablock with all sorts of human idiosyncrasies, kinks and foibles of humanity. Jennifer Lawrence: the making of an "It" actress 2011-01-20T00:28:31Z Whatever a person’s faith may be, human failings and foibles are pretty much the same the world over. | 'The Screwtape Letters': Adaptation of C. S. Lewis Novella at Westside Theater 2010-06-11T22:44:00Z Maya takes more risks than Anna and pays a higher price when her foibles end in humiliation. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The queen, her husband Prince Philip, her late sister Princess Margaret and her eldest children — Prince Charles and Princess Anne — are fully realized as characters with all the flaws and foibles of mere jet-setting celebrities. The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z "The Discreet Hero" is somber, but there is an undertone of amusement, perhaps at the foibles of everyone, even discreet heroes. Mario Vargas Llosa takes on human foibles in 'The Discreet Hero' 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Swafford’s voice is genial and conversational, that of a friend who loves to tell you about his fascinations: the foibles of court life, logistical problems of the musician. ‘Beethoven,’ by Jan Swafford 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z “The Good Place” is consciously goofy, exploiting its characters' foibles to their utmost and assisted by CGI that makes the universe a colorful, depthless, dangerous and rubbery cartoon. None of us are getting in The Good Place: NBC's comedy exposes the impossibility of virtue today 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The scripts highlight human foibles and hypocrisy and warn us against succumbing to our own worst tendencies. The top 10 stupid comedies for smart people 2010-07-31T00:20:00Z Goya’s caprichos mocked the foibles of Spanish society, especially the pretension of its upper classes and the superstition and ignorance that cut across all social strata. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z By her very nature she helped refine its broad physical comedy with thoughtful details, imbuing it with an unlikely believability that transformed it into a perpetual showcase for the foibles of human nature. The Woman Behind Lucy?s Laughs 2011-08-06T20:30:18Z He thought of himself as “a speculative anthropologist,” his son said, interested in human beings and their foibles and their ability — or inability — to adapt to strained and bizarre situations. Jack Vance, Writer of the Fantastical, Dies at 96 2013-06-03T02:51:11Z Jealousy is born of fear, laced with insecurity and topped with a heady mix of personal, often historic foibles that make every case unique. I can’t come to terms with my boyfriend’s female friendships | Dear Mariella 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Portnoy’s subjects are those he calls the “unsung heroes of the Jewish underclass,” but the secret stars in “Bad Rabbi” are the largely anonymous Yiddish journalists who chronicled their foibles. The Good Kind of Schmaltz 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Each has his own store of foibles and resentments, and each is funny in his own way. Movie Review: ‘World’s End’ Continues ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz’ 2013-08-22T21:06:38Z Mind you, a large part of Ms. Hall’s point is that Martin Luther King was a human being, with all the attendant foibles and frailties. | 'The Mountaintop': ?The Mountaintop,? With Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011-10-14T02:01:03Z "For all its foibles, To the Wonder is an entrancing film that nobody but Malick could have made," he added. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z Judging art by the foibles of the artist is a slippery slope to banality. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z "Third in our trilogy of TV sitcoms, Life's Too Short is another naturalist observational comedy, dealing with everyday problems, human foibles and social faux pas ... but with a dwarf," said Gervais. Ricky Gervais at work on new UK series 2010-09-17T21:42:00Z He listed the foibles of many, many, many writers but arrived at the realization that “if you insist on judging writers by their personal behavior, you’ll be better off not reading at all.” Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Aficionados of Noel Coward should enjoy "The Bretts," a classic British TV series about a theatrical dynasty in the 1920s — their feuds, foibles and fab fashionable clothing. Outdoor movies, 'The Bretts' and Pronunciation Book are Seattle Times favorites 2011-08-20T18:07:22Z The 68 episodes don't whiz you through story lines, but gradually reveal the faults, foibles and finer qualities of the characters. 'Upstairs, Downstairs' sequel on TV; superior original now on DVD 2011-04-06T22:16:04Z They crack wise and fall hard but make no apologies for their foibles. Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen Collaborate on ?The Way? 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z This is not to say sexism isn’t a factor in how we evaluate and judge celebrity missteps and foibles—whether they involve volatile breakups, drunken brawls or the development of terrifying eating disorders. She’s a trainwreck: new book speculates about the human propensity for trash talk 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In many ways, that coverage is an object lesson in the foibles of modern reporting. Smollett story shows thin line between news and social media 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Together they form a kind of Greek chorus, their facial expressions seeming to comment on the action and the foibles of humans. In 'Tracks,' calm dromedaries proved drama-free 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Given NBC’s prominence, its foibles hurt not only the network itself, its own journalists, and its viewers. Perspective | All the problems at NBC News aren’t just coincidence. They’re symptoms. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z That gently mocking tone reflects Less’s attitude about all his foibles, which are obvious to him but incurable. Do we really need another novel about a novelist? Yes — this one is delightful. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z China’s political and legal systems remain opaque, fueling lively discussion of possible corruption, personal foibles or fallings-out with other powerful figures leading to the downfall of top officials. Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z China’s political and legal systems remain highly opaque, fueling lively discussion of possible corruption, personal foibles or fallings-out with other powerful figures leading to the downfall of top officials. China announces the removal of defense minister missing for almost 2 months with little explanation 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z His love of actors is a plus, but his understanding of how they mix foibles, charms, and fears is uncommonly good. Review: 'Dumb Money,' the inevitable GameStop surge movie, injects laughs into a class war 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z All together, though, those individual foibles swamp the film’s most novel throughline, which is the remarkable coincidence that Thomas’ father and stepfather, both British navy pilots, died during their service only a few years apart. All the movies directed by big-name actors at TIFF, ranked 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The author repeatedly says his goal is not "equating" the men—as "it trivializes Hitler's obscene crimes to compare them to Trump's often pathetic foibles." "He learned from studying Hitler's speeches": Leading civil rights lawyer on 20 ways Trump is a copy 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The characters are instantly recognizable, and the story remains frank with their foibles. How 'Shortcomings' went from groundbreaking comic to Randall Park's directing debut 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z He was referring in particular to a USA Today article lamenting how Republicans were exploiting Hunter Biden’s “foibles” in a cynical effort “to slime the president.” Media protects Biden men and their ‘foibles’ 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “One of the great things about our show was that we always showed people’s foibles, mistakes, bad choices and character flaws,” said Nixon. 'And Just Like That': Che and Miranda's relationship hits a new low in Episode 6 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, had scant patience for the usual foibles and pretensions of her profession. Glenda Jackson obituary: 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena, which gives the Storm a chance to learn from the fourth-quarter foibles that led to their 92-85 road defeat against the Sparks on Saturday. Storm remaining positive, despite 0-4 start: ‘We’re right there.’ 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z But service will always have foibles, for as we all are, servers are fallible humans, and also dependent upon the work of fallible humans in the kitchen. How an obscure WA college-town restaurant became a James Beard Award finalist 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z At 74, Charles is a familiar figure, one whose foibles have been dissected in the news media for decades and who still presides over a dysfunctional family. Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a ‘Take It or Leave It’ Shrug 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z “We are frail. We have foibles. We’re gullible. Cartoons point these things out. They are exaggerations of the human form. I think he ups that.” Edward Koren, cartoonist who drew his shaggier alter-ego, dies at 87 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z His lawyers’ own foibles are seldom disqualifying, so long as they defend him in the manner he desires. Trump and His Lawyers: A Restless Search for Another Roy Cohn 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s a string of jokes about white-people foibles, but none of them are obvious or lazy. 'Saturday Night Live' takes on Trump's indictment and Quinta Brunson thanks teachers 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z He reveres the Tolstoy novel, which he considers a timeless meditation on human foibles. Ballet companies take a page from classic literature and bring it to life 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Today, to help relative newcomers navigate potential April Fool’s foibles, our crack “Now & Then” team shares some quirky codes and stubborn semaphores from “Then” days that persist in the “Now.” For April Fools' Day, a newcomers’ guide to Seattle’s quirky codes 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Fans of well-observed foibles will have a ball; class warriors might look elsewhere. Review | ‘Pineapple Street’ gets laughs from tensions among the 1 percent 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Without Williams and Fuller, Washington has had to endure the first-year foibles from Menifield and Johnson who have a tendency to struggle offensively on the road. The future of Husky men’s basketball belongs to UW’s freshman duo 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Peterson added that in “Dilbert,” “the focus on management foibles had long since gone stale and the new material was off-topic and not just conservative — a lot of strips are conservative — but openly offensive.” Comics industry reacts to ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams’s racist rant 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z But the Kraken were willing to hold their nose on occasion at his defensive foibles because they pay him primarily to put the puck in the net. Dave Hakstol wants Kraken players to primarily do what they do best 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Today, Pesce’s chair has become a talisman of sorts for a particular celluloid onscreen character, from the business titan turned villain to a one-percenter whose wealth makes her oblivious to her own foibles. Why Hollywood set designers are turning to Gaetano Pesce’s idiosyncratic furniture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Oxford trained, Davos polished, a Commander of the British Empire, Wolf is a charter member of a British establishment whose foibles and failures he is quick to chronicle. Review | Will America’s woes bring down democracy and capitalism worldwide? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Marsh’s tone is measured, clear, sometimes wryly humorous, as he looks at himself, his foibles, his mistakes and decisions. ‘And Finally’ review: A neurosurgeon becomes the patient 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “He used to tell me that every joke has a message. Whatever you’re laughing at, you’re laughing at some foible of yours or somebody else’s. What is learned from laughter is learned well.” ‘Free to Be ... You and Me’ at 50: Still empowering. Still controversial. 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Mice, it turns out, can’t puke — a little foible that typically makes it difficult to use them to study nausea. How Brains Send a Signal That It’s Time to Vomit 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z His supporters dug in, saying voters viewed the campaign as a parliamentary type of race to determine the Senate majority and predicted that the personal foibles would have no impact. Analysis | Will old rules of politics apply to Herschel Walker? They did 2 years ago to a N.C. Democrat. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z If Black was getting silicon hints in the match’s famous second game, it’s not evident early on, where human foibles and human misjudgments prevail. Chess in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as cheating controversy smolders 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Films about important historical moments are often marked by a heavy solemnity, a sometimes suffocating respectfulness that can make one forget that these events involved real people, human beings with passions and foibles. Review: Ordinary people struggle for extraordinary justice in 'Argentina, 1985' 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Wilson said he’s encouraged after studying the Broncos’ offensive foibles. Russell Wilson off to a slow start under hesitant Hackett 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Veteran talk-radio kingpin Michael Savage has written over two dozen books focused on politics, culture, media foibles, border issues, conflict, religion, family and other matters. New moniker for Biden: The ‘absentee president’ 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He used captions and written puns sparingly — allowing his ink-and-watercolor images to comment on life’s timeless wonders, foibles and pleasant absurdities. Jean-Jacques Sempé, whimsical illustrator of New Yorker covers, dies at 89 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The story is ostensibly about how the privilege of age can help one learn to embrace their foibles and idiosyncrasies, but we’re never quite clear on specifically what those are for Mack. Review: Who wouldn't want to be Diane Keaton? But in a better movie than 'Mack & Rita' 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Their comic antennae are sharply attuned to the small gaps in the conversation that provide an opportunity to poke fun at the other’s foibles. Steve Martin and Martin Short mix it up on 'Murder,' mirth and ... 'Melrose Place'? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Audience members laugh — even if they don’t quite realize it, or can’t square themselves with the difficult reality of it — because they can relate to the comedian’s foibles and failures. Commentary: The best comedy lesson Robin Williams taught me was learning to laugh at myself 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “Nathan for You” was zippy, and loath to waste a minute, especially when it could reveal a charming or dumbfounding human foible. Review | Nathan Fielder continues to elevate the prank show in ‘The Rehearsal’ 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z They probe beneath the surface, often humorously, but with devastating insight into human foibles. Perspective | Barbara Pym’s humor and stoicism are a welcome tonic for our times 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Paul, for all his foibles, is fundamentally decent and committed to clear thinking. Review: Where did it all go wrong for Generation X? Teddy Wayne's new novel breaks it down 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Biden’s approval rating remains low, and inflation is the top issue on voters’ minds — not the foibles of individual candidates. A Bluer Picture 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z We are filled with foibles and fears, and at times the feckless fools seem to run amok. Did "surprise witness" Cassidy Hutchinson save America from Trump's comeback? 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Duterte himself has remained popular based on independent surveys despite the drug campaign deaths and his foibles, which endeared him to many poor Filipinos. Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z But it’s fair to say she doesn’t appear to have Obama-level political skills, and she has poll numbers similar to Biden’s and would be tagged with all the foibles of this administration. Opinion | Democrats are having a mini-2024 primary right now 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Still, for all their foibles, he had an abiding admiration for politicians, be they Democrats or Republicans, simply for entering the arena. Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z These foibles and pitfalls can entice not just orthodox, IRS-blessed religions but also the self-made leaders of spiritual, self-help, self-fulfillment and human potential bodies that have grown here in Southern California as nowhere else. Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Analysis: Johnson has been brought low by the same baffling mix of strengths and foibles that propelled his rise: rare political intuition, and breathtaking personal recklessness. Your Tuesday Briefing: Boris Johnson Stays in Power 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Bushisms have played a role in this rehabilitation, helping to recast the erstwhile “war president” as a mellow senior citizen who laughs at his own foibles. When George W. Bush Confused Russia’s War in Ukraine With Iraq 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z That change - from playing a mocking hippie-dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles - took its toll. George Carlin’s comedic journey takes the stage in HBO doc 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z That change — from playing a mocking hippie-dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles — took its toll. George Carlin’s comedic journey takes the stage in HBO doc 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Striking words for a park build on concepts of human ingenuity, but Guardians doesn’t dive deep into human foibles and instead plays the line off as humor. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind puts an exclamation point on Walt Disney World's reinvention of Epcot 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Huneven’s fellow congregants must be poring over these pages like Holy Writ searching for signs of their faces and foibles. Review | Michelle Huneven’s ‘Search’ offers spiritual wisdom — and cookies 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z His leading Democratic opponent, the Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, continues to raise money off her Republican opponent’s foibles. Pressure mounts on Cawthorn as scandals pile up 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The tension between the dynastic demands of the Crown and the mortal foibles of those charged with its survival does no one any good — royal noses are ever bloody. Review: Tina Brown's prescription for the royals: Never mind Meghan, don't ever change 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Nothing’s added or subtracted; it just is what it is, complete with foibles or what have you. There’s Muscle Memory Behind Jamie Nares’s Brushstrokes 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Lawmakers have also at times failed to grasp the technologies they are trying to regulate, turning their public foibles over tech into internet memes. As Europe Approves New Tech Laws, the U.S. Falls Further Behind 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Since GPT-3’s release, the internet has been awash with examples of the software’s eerie facility with language — along with its blind spots and foibles and other more sinister tendencies. A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z "He was part of flawed humanity," Dean Conner said, with the "usual human foibles and failings". Relief as Queen makes it to the abbey for memorial 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z I told him about my foibles in love and wondered if I would ever be able to find someone in this city. L.A. Affairs: He asked me out. In person. To my face! 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z For all his foibles, Jansen will be missed. Plaschke: With MLB lockout over, Dodgers need to add Freddie Freeman 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z That contradiction is in keeping with the endearing lightness with which “Compartment No. 6” conveys its complexities about human foibles and feelings. Review | Strangers on a train connect, in wry, heartfelt film ‘Compartment No. 6’ 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z James is unsparing and hilarious about her adolescent foibles, her outré fashion choices and insistence on telling everyone about her hobby of writing erotic fan fiction. Review: What it's really like to grow up Black among the white elite, in two bracing books 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Garfield's tale is about great potential needlessly squandered, noble crusades repeatedly frustrated and atrocious bad luck reflecting the most squalid and stupid of human foibles. The curse of James Garfield: A history lesson from one of America's most tragic presidents 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z If you wanted a game that reflected all of their flaws and foibles this year, SoFi Stadium was proud to play host. Seahawks stick to maddening 2021 theme in loss to Rams 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Silver said Mr. Miller’s experience “made him an especially supportive and understanding friend when it came to dealing with others’ foibles and mistakes.” A Nike Executive Told of Once Killing a Man. Here’s What He Left Out. 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Silver said Miller’s experience “made him an especially supportive and understanding friend when it came to dealing with others’ foibles and mistakes.” A Nike executive told of once killing a man. Here’s what he left out 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z She’s all about the uplifting of the race, which is amazing, but that doesn’t leave her any room for individual idiosyncrasies, foibles, needs, desires, wants. With another sensational performance in 'Passing,' Ruth Negga refuses to be pinned down 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession. Column: Someone give these 'New Amsterdam' guest stars a spinoff 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z In her 2009 book, “Unite and Conquer,” Ms. Sinema emerges as a progressive disillusioned by the foibles and limitations of progressive activism. Opinion | Is It Time for Kyrsten Sinema to Leave the Democratic Party? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z And they don’t want their money riding on the foibles and caprices of human officials. Opinion | One bad call for the Giants; one giant leap toward robo-umpires 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Despite his foibles, he only lost by a few thousand votes, while the rest of the GOP ticket won decisively. Kentucky governor files paperwork for reelection run in 2023 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z At its heart, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” is a story of human foibles. Addictive 'American Crime Story' makes Clinton impeachment must-see TV 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Himself the son of a struggling theater impresario, Lithgow recounts with humor, pathos and charming candor the struggles, foibles and triumphs of a life in the theater. These 6 audiobooks offer a return to the theater from the comfort of your living room 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Everybody knows what people’s strengths and foibles are,” said Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and a key negotiator. An Unlikely Pair, Portman and Sinema Steer Infrastructure Deal 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Philadelphia’s foibles started early and lasted all night. 76ers’ promising season comes apart in Game 7 against the plucky Hawks 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z For all of Ms. Reynolds’s organizational foibles, she did not fail at friendship. The Best Investment of All: The People You Love the Most 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z This is not merely an eccentric interpretation of the facts or an interesting foible, nor is it an irrelevant example of anguished post-presidency chatter. Does Trump really believe he'll be "reinstated" in August? TrumpWorld is a confused mess 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The network couldn’t lash out at long-term partners, particularly because the HFPA’s foibles had been documented for years. Behind NBC's decision to put the Golden Globes on ice for a year 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z All our choices are shaped by who we are, our life experiences and our foibles. To Understand Tech, Look Beyond the C.E.O.s 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Plus, after decades on the political stage, Mr. Johnson’s foibles are hardly new. For U.K.’s Johnson, Plenty of Mud but Will It Stick? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Why is wanting attention a foible, When you’ve knowledge and info galore? ‘By the Time We Reached Main Street, I Had Lost Sight of Him ’ 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Cleo and Sheila, especially, are just so cool, despite their flaws and foibles, while Billy and Patrick thrash against the masculine social norms and expectations they just can’t seem to shake. Review: Coming of age to the sounds of the Smiths in 'Shoplifters of the World' 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The evidence throughout the match has been that it has the faster boat but with foibles. Match point: Team NZ leads Luna Rossa 6-3 in America’s Cup 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z What some viewers might see as crassness or a bad argument, others could easily buy as charming foibles or a rhetorical triumph. HBO’s QAnon documentary is a megaphone for extremists — and it’s unbelievably boring 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Zhang appeals to the humanity of his audience and, by admitting his own foibles, shows the authorities and the public that he is merely human, too. In a Fearful China, Its Dr. Fauci Wins Hearts With Restraint 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Ultimately, Vision is a compelling look at the foibles and follies of people, and an examination of what someone would be willing to do to protect their family. Tom King’s Vision comics are the perfect follow-up to WandaVision 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Gura demonizes Tiger Woods by intimating many character flaws and foibles and his “failures as a human.” Letters to Sports: Lakers might be champions, but they aren't playing like it 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Like seemingly every other sportswriter, Plaschke ignores Woods’ many flaws and foibles and exalts him because he’s a good golfer. Letters: More than a bump in the road for Tiger 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Publishers Weekly described it as “funny and heartwarming,” noting that “Norman skillfully uses his gift for gentle humor to prod at the foibles and joys of marriage, parenthood, and love in this endearing charmer.” Jump-start your spring reading with these 6 new paperbacks 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Clearly, Bill developed a strong tie with Kobe and he effectively painted the greatness of the man as he knew him, while pointing out his foibles. Letters: Should more blame be on Les Snead for Goff situation? 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Like all of us, veterans and current serving members of the armed forces are human beings, with the same gifts and foibles we all carry on a daily basis. America's military reckoning: It's time to stop the ritualistic fawning over veterans 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Are the state’s political foibles and governmental failures constitutional fare? 50 years ago, constitution updated Illinois; can it do more? 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z As a result, we often remain on the outside looking in on the lead characters’ blarney-infused fears, foibles and quandaries. Review: A heavy dose of blarney fuels the Irish-set romantic comedy 'Wild Mountain Thyme' 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z An elegant, ironic and versatile actress who pioneered female comic roles in Italy’s post-war years and helped the nation laugh at its foibles. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, he told the New York Times, its smaller size gave it the “opportunity to be broad,” with room “for wit and human foible” in its selection of pieces. James Demetrion, museum director who transformed the Hirshhorn, dies at 90 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The group became a home for internal dissent and dark humor about Facebook’s foibles. Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “But it also talks to the foibles that all of us as individuals have.” Steve Dalkowski: the life and mystery of baseball's flame-throwing what-if 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z I take a different lesson from the foibles of polling. The unexpected benefits of thinking for yourself in an age of polling 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It might be a stretch to say that the Falcons' foibles in 2020 date back to when they set a Super Bowl record for losing from ahead in the 2017 game against New England. Can Falcons find yet another unique way to lose a game? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z It might be a stretch to say that the Falcons’ foibles in 2020 date back to when they set a Super Bowl record for losing from ahead in the 2017 game against New England. Can Falcons find yet another unique way to lose a game? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z That votes fall toward Eyman’s measures, repeatedly, despite his litany of personal foibles shows how deep the dislike for high car tabs runs in much of the state. Legislature must fix inflated car-tab fees definitively 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Senators who were leaving office due to term limits stood at the dais waxing nostalgic about their first day on the job, their foibles and triumphs. One man's Covid crusade in rural America 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The character may be an on-screen projection of Blank’s own foibles, aspirations and gifts, but that doesn’t make her an exacting self-portrait. Review: In Netflix's terrific 'Forty-Year-Old Version,' Radha Blank finds art in all the right places 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z We are also identifying with the characters’ wants and, by extension, their fears and their foibles. The not-so-simple pleasures of Luca Guadagnino 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Then Thiem closed a match full of moments both players will try to forget by forgetting about his two lost championship points and his other foibles. Dominic Thiem outlasts Alexander Zverev in five sets to win first U.S. Open title 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z She’s fascinated by the foibles of memory, the difficulty of establishing the facts of people’s personal histories and the rich minefield that language can present. ‘What Are You Going Through,’ from National Book Award winner Nunez, is a short, satisfying meditation on life, connection and more 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The foibles of ambassadors lacking diplomatic experience have surfaced in administrations of both political parties and have long confounded efforts at reform. Irksome in Iceland, brusque in Britain? US envoys draw ire 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z You readers are so tolerant of our foibles and so very lovely to interact with. England v West Indies: third Test, day five – live! 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Considering the arduous road ahead, Kloppenburg was somewhat forgiving of the first-game foibles, including 12 turnovers and an overly aggressive defense that sent New York to the free throw line 22 times. Buoyed by return of stars, Storm pulls away from Sabrina Ionescu and Liberty for season-opening win 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Its long and popular run, tweaking pretensions and foibles of power with cutting irony and deft exaggeration, spanned millennia. Opinion | Trump has killed satire 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Conservatives have always tried to wave away these facts as minor foibles. Trump's Mount Rushmore speech was a grim preview of his re-election strategy | Nathan Robinson 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z I think people who are not part of that 1% almost find solace in reading about the foibles of the privileged, because they see that they’re all too human. Kevin Kwan is no one-trick pony 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z "I've spent a lot of years detailing the daily foibles, and that's kind of a narrow view and it's myopic," Stewart says. Jon Stewart: 'There will always be room for satire' 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z For all its foibles, baseball’s inherent beauty, the natural rhythms, the lore and statistics and the historical continuity, has endeared it to generation after generation — no matter how hard they try to kill it off. MLB’s labor battle may be nearing an end, but it will take a while to overcome the self-inflicted damage 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Luisa and I were still finding each other’s foibles when we moved into our Sao Paulo apartment last September with 5-month-old Carolina. VIRUS DIARY: Romance conquers ocean, outbreak and red tape 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z But the excitement and hilarity of human foibles and failures diminish rapidly when the consequences include more than 100,000 corpses. Anti-intellectualism is back — because it never went away. And it has killed 100,000 Americans 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z “Who among us wants to look at our foibles?” she asks. Millennial Money: How to learn from, not live in, a mistake 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z They watch us with a gaze newly awakened to all our hypocrisies and foibles. Opinion | The War Between Middle Schoolers and Their Parents Ends Now 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Such data broken down by ethnicity “shine a very bright light on some of the real weaknesses and foibles in our society,” Fauci concluded. Opinion | The coronavirus crisis shines light on educational inequalities 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z “Eight Days at Yalta” provides an engrossing chronicle of the human foibles and miscalculations that marred the summit and influenced the shape of the postwar world. Review | Yalta’s idealistic goals, doomed by missteps and conflicts 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z As a result, Jackson has heard far more in recent years about his front-office foibles than the bench excellence that preceded it. Why Phil Jackson Needs ‘The Last Dance’ 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Yet, while Howard trafficked in the foibles and misdeeds of marquee names, questions about his own conduct faced internal scrutiny in 2012. Howard's end: Why infamous tabloid editor exited longtime National Enquirer publisher 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z And like much of our great art, it reflects our world back to us, reveals our hidden realities and our shameful foibles. Tiger King reflects our world back to us – one run by megalomaniacs and amateurs | Jessa Crispin 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z For all of the state’s foibles, from Florida Man to hanging chads, Florida remains a microcosm of the country, a mirror reflecting the contradictions and divisions of the national electorate. Can Democrats Win Back Florida? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet it’s only right that the Nets, after their own run of foibles, are kept under the microscope, too. Double Trouble for the Knicks and the Nets 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z What a boon to be accepted, even with errant foibles, by a loving companion! Raising a Glass to Chronic Disease 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Though it’s not without its misunderstandings, foibles and dark moments, it’s a stark contrast to the world of condescending men her own age, needy younger men and older men with ulterior motives. Review: Honest, funny and messy, ‘Saint Frances’ talks the talk and walks the walk 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z As Trump roared toward the GOP nomination, his anti-immigrant views and personal foibles soured Republican congressional candidates, but many chose not to abandon him and risk alienating their party’s base, conservative voters. Sanders’ rise fuels Dems’ angst over keeping House control 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z He poked fun at the foibles of modern Nigeria. The Nigerian royal who loved to lampoon modern life 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Where originally Sims were miniature automatons, later they developed personalities, aspirations and foibles alongside their basic needs for food, money and toilet facilities. The Sims at 20: two decades of life, love and reorganising the kitchen 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Chekhov’s stories, with their brevity and unerring descriptions of human foibles, are a good fit for the group. A place where reading is the cure 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z That youth, with its foibles, is the curse for 2020, but also the element that will make this season compelling. Wait till next year: Jerry Dipoto says 2020 success will be measured by player development, not wins 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z If so, the shock has not survived; what lingers, after sixty years, is a lazy amusement at mortal foibles, which are scarcely confined to the wealthy. A Hundred Years of Fellini 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The book shows us that we cannot live without other people, and that we cannot live with other people unless we recognize their flaws and foibles in ourselves. Opinion | The Book That Changed My Life 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The United States did not fall for such foibles. (In)famous Western alliances with the Soviet Union/Russia 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z He has regularly argued to voters that they have to support him, no matter his foibles, because his opponents would be much worse on the issues they care about. Trump rages at Christian magazine that called him ‘grossly immoral,’ but still finds evangelical support 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “Who is without foibles? I just don’t think you can blanket everyone through some sort of political correctness, and sometimes people’s reputations shouldn’t be tied to a one-off.” Burbank middle school removes mural of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The Nordic countries are all different from one another, and all have their faults, foibles, unique histories and civic disagreements. Opinion | Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z But it is a glimpse of America’s sins and foibles from President Kennedy’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba to the rise of Richard Nixon and Watergate. 'The Irishman' is now on Netflix. And Martin Scorsese has a few more things to say 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z According to the Fusion GPS founders, the real story of their role in the Trump investigation was filled with missed cues and human foibles. The Inside Story of Christopher Steele’s Trump Dossier 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Bringing royalty to life involves making the still, often chilly mien of God-given power, authority and tradition as believable as the human foibles displayed behind the scenes. Playing royal is hard. That's why it takes acting royalty to do it 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Adds another friend and admirer, actress Emma Thompson: “We’re not talking about some sort of saint here. We’re talking about a person who was very, very aware of his own foibles and failings.” Review: ‘Life Isn’t Everything’ toasts director Mike Nichols 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z That’s why Beshear rarely mentions Trump or impeachment in his campaign, focusing instead on the foibles of Bevin, who in polling released last month by Morning Consult had a 34% approval rating among Kentucky voters. Trump swoops into governors' races in Kentucky and beyond to test his strength under impeachment fire 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Fewer of us are aware that companies use our data to sell us political agendas and politicians, often by spreading propaganda and disinformation, intentionally misleading material tailored to exploit our vulnerabilities and foibles. How Aldous Huxley prophesied the Big Data nightmare 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Their economies will be fully exposed to the foibles of global financial markets. Libra: will Facebook's new currency be stopped in its tracks? 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He’s part of a sometimes unfortunate American tradition in which the foibles of otherwise obscure people become liabilities for national leaders. Problematic relatives: A true American political tradition 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z For the first time since announcing his presidential run, former Vice President Joe Biden appeared Wednesday on late-night TV, where host Stephen Colbert was ready with jokes about the candidate’s verbal foibles. 'Are you going nuts?': Joe Biden quips about his gaffes with Stephen Colbert 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He soon turned his foibles into a permanent shtick, becoming an unapologetic stand-in for what he saw as old-world British habits and political views. Jacob Rees-Mogg Takes Brexit Lying Down 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z His usual methods achieve most unusual results, as he digs into the facts with the wry amusement of someone who doesn’t expect to find anything … Brügger cops to his own foibles as an investigative journalist. Indie Focus: Taking off with 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Conversely, the American people will tolerate many foibles in a leader who presides over a boom. Opinion | Trump’s economy was on fire two years ago. But voters have a short memory. 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Still, even with any foibles, feeling lost in time at Il Nido is like finding yourself in some storied European country restaurant, secure in the knowledge that you’re lucky to be here. Stellar Italian food in a Seattle landmark setting: The beauty of Mike Easton’s Il Nido 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Hearing other people’s foibles makes your own seem more reasonable, in general, but especially so with parenting. Play Next: Lessons from a first podcast, where the rubber meets the road 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z His characters’ foibles and insecurities may speak to a fast-changing industry paradigm, but they also speak to the long, imperfect, extraordinary and all-too-finite arc of his own career. Quentin Tarantino's ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,' the haunting work of a filmmaker running out of time 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z For all their flaws and foibles this season, that’s still remarkable. Perspective | Nothing lasts forever in baseball. Just ask ex-Nat Ian Desmond. 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z And it seeks to deflect questions about Biden’s own foibles, often with the accompaniment of a wagging finger or a shake of the head. Bravado or belligerent, it’s Joe Biden’s response to nearly everything: ‘C’mon, man!’ 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Everyone’s a court jester now, eager to expose the foibles of kings and queens. Opinion | Mad magazine’s demise is part of the ending of a world 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Admittedly, not everyone will be bothered by these foibles of design, but anyone who’s ever fretted about display notches or camera bumps most assuredly will. Brompton Electric bike review: remarkably practical 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z At an isolated writers retreat, struggling scribes argue and vent as their emerging crime thrillers and rom-coms spring to life in over-the-top enactments, amusingly exposing their personal foibles and creative limitations. Hollywood Fringe Festival kicks off three-week marathon of 400-plus shows 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Then he made the rounds of national TV and NPR interviews for the first time since the scandal — not to talk about his foibles but as the leader of the state. ‘A rare position’: Va. Gov. Ralph Northam could wind up with great power, months after almost resigning 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z With few surprises or flukes or foibles, the broadcast rarely made the case for the particular enchantment of live art. Why this year's Tony awards lacked that Broadway magic 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Talking about those human foibles and of Marcus’ struggle to aim higher than his hometown gets Park thinking. 'Always Be My Maybe': Can Ali Wong and Randall Park crack Hollywood with Netflix rom-com? 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Over 12 rounds, for all his technical foibles, the punches will get there. Anthony Joshua hot favourite to beat Andy Ruiz Jr on his US debut | Bryan Armen Graham 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z But at this point, several Democrats stressed, it is more far important to preserve their partnership with Burr than to harangue him over past foibles. Senate’s inquiry of Trump and Russia will divulge more on election interference than Mueller’s probe did, chairman says 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Software has a half-life that can be measured by people’s foibles: code gets lost, corporate takeovers nuke smaller outfits, squishy brains and bodies fail. Analogue’s console clones are a way to preserve gaming’s past 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Since I want to stay close to the European Union, I want nothing that encourages Brexiters to see that as the foible of a metropolitan elite. To rage against Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK is simply childish | Simon Jenkins 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z In a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday at Camden Yards, the unlucky right-hander found there are foibles to that, too. Orioles allow no long balls, but their late comeback attempts fall short 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z But there’s enough to say about this device, its foibles, and the future it promises that I want to tell you about it. Samsung Galaxy Fold review: why you shouldn’t buy it 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z But if you think of it as a small tablet that happens to fold, all those foibles start to feel less foible-y. Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Fold: more than just a concept 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Kindness results from patience and forgiveness of your own foibles. Bring on the ‘wisdom discount’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z There is also a vulnerability to McIlroy, whose foibles on the course include blowing the lead on the back nine in the 2011 Masters, which could have marked his first major triumph. Rory McIlroy enters the Masters as a favorite in more ways than one 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Just as conservatives once ranted about communist infiltrations into all facets of American life, it’s liberal Democrats who now see Russia in every Trump foible. Will Rachel Maddow face a reckoning for her Trump-Russia coverage? | Ross Barkan 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Apparently, as Muslims, we all carry the burden of our brothers and sisters’ foibles, and even in mourning, need to prove our patriotism and commitment to this country. Never have TV viewers seen such contrast in Muslim images after New Zealand's attacks 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Freud once said of Richardson, “His Proust-like instincts about the foibles and intricacies of the people around him made him ideally equipped as a human portraitist, a biographer.” John Richardson, art historian and Picasso biographer, dies at 95 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s just a half-second of only having one bud playing, but even small foibles like that grow into big annoyances over the course of hours of listening. Samsung Galaxy Buds review: imperfectly acceptable 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z His admirers and those who tolerate his foibles generally agree that despite those imperfections, he’s the best thing to happen to the U.S. presidency. How Trump gets away with saying ‘bull–-‘ to millions on TV 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Other than that one foible, there’s no downside to making the switch. Why I chose Brave as my Chrome browser replacement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Is it Groundhog Day, or am I witnessing in our current approach toward Venezuela the recurring movie of America’s foreign-policy foibles? The U.S. should not interfere in Venezuela 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z That it was as difficult as it was, however, could go a long way toward helping Fowler get past his final-round foibles. An ugly win for Rickie Fowler might be just what he needed to jump-start his career - Golf Digest 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z A painter of luminous royal portraits and ethereal chapel frescoes who also made a worldly series of prints that he called Los Caprichos, satirising “the foibles and follies to be found in any civilised society”. Goya's Black Paintings: ‘Some people can hardly even look at them’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Despite the litany of foibles, the Cavaliers survived, but just barely. Virginia wastes a double-digit lead but survives against North Carolina State in overtime 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z After early foibles that included a missed putt from less than two feet, Scott rallied to finish with four straight birdies. Justin Rose prevails at Torrey Pines after bending but not breaking 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A man who can’t necessarily tolerate the weaknesses or foibles of others? FA Cup buildup, transfer news and more: weekend football countdown – live! 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Soon the columns began to roll out of his typewriter: on the foibles of politicians, bureaucrats, military contractors. Russell Baker, Times Columnist and Celebrated Humorist, Dies at 93 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s also about passion, self-interest and the foibles of would-be political leaders. Opinion | The media’s bias should be toward democracy 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in real life, Latinos are acting out their own human foibles, and trying to build their own private empires, in fields that don’t involve criminal activity. Opinion | Hollywood’s Obsession With Cartels 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z All these films thread a very narrow needle — successfully, for the most part — between eliciting sympathy for marginal artists and finding the humor in their blind spots and foibles. Reviews: Jack Black in 'The Insufferable Groo,' Sylvester Stallone (barely) in 'Backtrace' and other movies 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The Trump administration and its foibles are an embarrassment and a tragic mistake. The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z His foibles were easily parodied, but his humanity was not. In Funeral of Pomp and Pageantry, Nation Bids Farewell to George Bush 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z When he plays, with his foibles illuminated as much as his greatness, he’s interesting. Kevin Durant proves he's the NBA crybaby and not an option for the Lakers after comments about LeBron James 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Alan Simpson, the former senator from Wyoming, brought an acute understanding of Washington’s foibles, and a reputation for lancing humor, to the task of remembering his friend. George H. W. Bush’s Funeral Was the Corny, Feel-Good Moment That Washington Craves 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Bush, for all his human foibles and occasional inadequacies, was the real deal. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Some 30 states use so-called direct-recording devices, usually with electronic screens, that were initially seen as an antidote to hanging chads and other foibles resulting from archaic punch-card devices. America’s Election Grid Remains a Patchwork of Vulnerabilities 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Whereas vice-president Mike Pence, another evangelical, generally gives the impression of keeping Trump and his foibles at arm’s length, Sanders is a full-throated and, by all reports, genuinely devoted Trump defender. How Sarah Sanders became Trump's liar-in-chief 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Lee’s superheroes lived in the same world as the rest of us, complete with all of its social ills, and their foibles made it that much easier for fans to connect to them. Three ways Stan Lee helped create the modern superhero movie 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z His supporters say they either ignore his foibles or see them as reasonable responses to unfair attacks. Trump’s America: Aggrieved and Adoring Voices From Inside the Presidential Bubble 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z That’s even if Alabama wasn’t perfect, especially on extra points, two of which it missed Saturday night to ring up six such foibles for the season. Alabama’s thrashing of LSU is an exercise in the art of domination 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z They would be fairer, smarter, and free of our human foibles. Seven scary stories to tell by the light of your screen 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z These czars’ talents and foibles have long fascinated historians, the public and artists; a new Amazon series tells eight fictionalized stories of people who believe they are Romanov descendants. Perspective | Five myths about the Romanovs 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z And in reaction to our political situation, he has produced a series of political cartoons that, in scathing ways, pick apart the foibles of the Trump administration. Datebook: Ethereal architecture, 35 years of assemblage and a work that spans a quarter-mile - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “George’s characters feel like people because they are people, with all the foibles and doubts and internal contradictions that every one of us contain. We can relate to these characters because we are these characters.” George R. R. Martin, Fantasy’s Reigning King 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Copper Harbor, for all its prototypey foibles, shows that the only thing keeping the industry from creating the next generation of computers is will and vision, not a lack of technological prowess. Intel is preparing for a dual-screen computer future 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Vonnegut saw the worst excesses of humanity during the bombing of Dresden, but then spent the rest of his life writing with a mixture of exasperation and hope about the foibles of humanity. Robin Ince's top 10 books about the human condition 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z With fluid, captivating writing and hilarious quotes and descriptions, he details each candidate’s foibles, blithely ticking off each month of the campaign. What happened during the 2016 election? A novelist brings a fresh approach 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Zuckerberg, for all his foibles, knows a viral product when he sees one. Opinion | Instagram Is Too Big Not to Mess With 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z He said it would force taxpayers to foot its “staggering costs,” undercut public insurance for seniors and amplify one of the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s noted foibles. Obamacare premiums drop for first time 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z His temperament, personal foibles, scruples and integrity can be inferred only by working backward from his immediate milieu. Review: 'Carleton Watkins: Making the West American' sheds light on the photographer who artfully captured early California - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z But more central to its success is the sliver of hope the play raises that, despite our fractured political landscape, we can all laugh at our foibles — and find common ground. ‘Native Gardens’ blooms with satirical bite — and heart — at Seattle’s Intiman Theatre 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The plotlines have deepened the characters over time, as faithful fans have seen them grow past their quirks and foibles to face real-life challenges. The Big Bang Theory is much better than haters will admit 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z |
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