| 单词 | grace note |
| 例句 | But with sharp casting, he pulls off a movie with a dash of wit, a few genuinely poignant moments and a generous helping of grace notes to make the clichés go down easily. '10 Years': Sharp cast makes this school reunion worth attending 2012-09-27T20:24:03Z In fairness, the movie is a faithful and loving adaptation, with numerous throwaway gags and lovely grace notes. Home alone: A New Year unlike any other, tinged with grief and loneliness — and hope 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Not many clothes operas give you these grace notes. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Do We Really Want Anything to Change? 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Eggers spent years writing this book, and his own cameo near the end is a warm and modest grace note. Review | Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Often her articles end with a grace note of quiet devastation, a cogent detail or observation that brings her subject into focus. Review | Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z On Monday it got closer to that mark than it has in either of the two previous weeks, both in the main narrative — the “Balloonman” plot — and in an array of inspired aesthetic grace notes. 'Gotham' Recap: Take It Away, Balloonman 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Resonant, older works from the museum's collection appear throughout as well, providing grace notes of context. East Asian sculptors reshape tradition 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The grace note, underwear, will follow next spring. A Chat With the Ever-Evolving Tom Ford 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z But I, at least, sensed a spot of admiration, a cosmic grace note. Review: Taylor Mac’s 24-Hour Concert Was One of the Great Experiences of My Life 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The problem with a crime drama that’s all grace notes and rueful jokes is that if you aren’t completely absorbed by the characters, you start to notice how generic the construction is. Television Review: Jackson Brodie Mysteries on PBS - Review 2011-10-14T23:14:58Z A slab of dark chocolate terrine with the texture of fudge is made elegant with vivid green grace notes of Sicilian pistachios and mint crusted in sugar. Fiola Mare brings the Adriatic to Georgetown With good reason: Movies are filled with dead spots, padding, meaningless interludes, pointless detours, grace notes and extraneous subplots that you don’t have to see to follow the movie. I missed a crucial moment in Jurassic World. Have I misjudged every movie? | Joe Queenan 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “His grace notes, his softest notes, defined a generation.” Clyde Stubblefield, the ‘Funky Drummer’ for James Brown, Dies at 73 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z This is the novel's grace note, Egan's assertion that the authentic can still spark and flare even when the entire apparatus surrounding it is calculated and artificial. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z When Mr. Bey asked him to do what he’d been doing before, the man leaned against the railing and cupped his left hand, providing what Mr. Bey calls a “grace note.” Dawoud Bey’s Portrait of ’70s Harlem, Gathered for Today 2012-07-25T18:40:19Z There are many grace notes that speak of life's realities in forgotten places strung together so seamlessly they tell the fundamental story and so much more. Director Aaron Fernandez makes 'The Empty Hours' worth the time 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The six days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve are the Sunday afternoon of the year—a grace note on the calendar, a dreamlike week where everything feels half celebratory and half asleep. What to Cook Over Christmas and New Year’s 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z But the décor is shinier, the pace a little faster, the overall atmosphere slick and efficient, with a few welcome grace notes of self-conscious classicism. | 'Tangled': Back to the Castle, Where It?s All About the Hair 2010-11-23T23:03:00Z Rhythmic shudders and grace notes set off blurry squiggles of overlapping echoes. How a Historian Stuffed Hagia Sophia’s Sound Into a Studio 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Filled with terror, wit and unexpected grace notes, it’s a remarkable achievement that reflects the arc of a lengthy and celebrated career. ‘Interior Darkness’ for those who love horror — and even those who don’t 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Segments succeed each other with few grace notes and little flow. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Royalty Minus Majesty 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Faber delivers shrewd grace notes, as well. ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Among all these heavy-hitters, there are reminders throughout the categories of the season’s grace notes. The 2016 Tony Nominations: Not All About the Hamiltons 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The way he, when crisscrossing his feet in the air in entrechats, added a sudden, wider opening before the final crossing was a wonderfully subtle grace note. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z First, the appetizer was the taste equivalent of a call from home, creamy beans and hickory-smoked ham with unseen grace notes of leek and carrot in every spoonful. Review | Now you can eat at the Capitol just like a U.S. representative: Badly 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Its skin is stained in late-breaking shades of sunset and mottled with char, little blithe grace notes everywhere. At Chicks Isan in Downtown Brooklyn, the Grilled Chicken Stands Above 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The musical element adds many emotional grace notes. Blending fact and fiction to create a moving tale 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Scott added that the movie’s director, Nicholas Stoller, is “good at keeping the momentum going while also finding time for offbeat grace notes and occasional bursts of emotional candor.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Danny’s House’ and ‘Sacred Games’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z High points were the chirping wrong-note grace notes of the woodwinds in the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” and the deep sounds of the ox cart in “Bydlo,” more mournful than brawny. Guest conductor sets a fast tempo for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z But its inquisition of how we define love, obligation, intimacy and even self-worth plays out through every grace note, giving the rest of the cast as much opportunity to shine as the writer and star. This one (only) goes up to 11: the Best TV of 2019 and the many runners-up 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “Sources describe dailies filled with Arnold’s trademark restless camera searching for grace notes—those gestures, movements, and poetic frames of natural light that added another layer to what is not being said,” according to IndieWire. The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z With shrewd empathy and a Geiger counter ear for dialogue, Beattie sounds the grace notes — and the fall-from-grace notes — of her characters’ lives. Ann Beattie is one of our few contemporary masters of storytelling 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Against this symphony of geologic time, the span of 43 years is a mere grace note. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Such grace notes of universal acknowledgment allow the viewer to find some way of respecting the tenacity fueling Murdoch's monstrous nature. With “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence," CNN has its "Succession" 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z These grace notes lends themselves to helping us absorb the church's meaning as symbol of defiance and resilience. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z There is a sly grace note tucked into “Upstairs Downstairs,” the sequel to the legendary series of the 1970s. Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z While “One More Time” does not add anything new to the subgenre, it is an excellent example of it, and hits surprising grace notes. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It's a grace note on an album brimming with time-to-wake-up urgency. Lupe Fiasco a voice of reason amid the violence 2012-12-27T22:15:00Z Law hyperventilated poetically, Firth internalised more tautly than ever, and Nicole Kidman offered some knowingly imperious grace notes – all in 1930s visual tones not so much sepia as old tobacco. Berlin film festival 2016 roundup: serious gems and stylish risks 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z From the music to the prose, Jean-Raymond gave his audience a symphony of grounding bass and emotional grace notes. Robin Givhan: One Sunday night at Fashion Week redefined the stories that clothes can tell - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The Big Music, its charms as subtle as a piper's grace notes, brilliantly fulfils its own definition. The Big Music by Kirsty Gunn – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is filled with such grace notes; it’s also more impressionistic than completist. ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Art and Activism 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Their friendship is one of the grace notes in “Luck.” | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z The personalities are scaled up, too, in performances that brightly balance Barnes’s comic excess and vulnerable grace notes. Review | Women are dominating hilariously raunchy comedy. Need more proof? See ‘BLKS.’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Here, in Hume's own words, is a slice of his life as a child growing up in Washington, DC — and his grace notes about the joy that comes with both giving and receiving. Fox News' Brit Hume on the joy of Christmas giving: 'Truly blessed' 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z On another, it is a novel of depth and character enriched throughout by the grace notes King provides in such seemingly effortless profusion. ‘Mr. Mercedes,’ by Stephen King The plot of The Secret Life of Pets is manic and messy, but its visual grace notes are sublime. Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Tells Us What They Do When We’re Out 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Watson locates subtle grace notes and spatial placements that quietly illuminate the characters’ motivations. William Inge's 'Picnic' finds the universal in a small Kansas town 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The Travolta performance is what will draw the most attention to The Fanatic, but there are plenty of other grace notes if you look closely enough. The Fanatic: John Travolta and Fred Durst made a horror movie together 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z They’re just grace notes, but they remind us that until now, Carlock and Fey’s genius has been for making stories entirely out of grace notes. ‘Mr. Mayor’ Review: A Political Comedy From Sitcom Royalty 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Such grace notes appear again and again in Mr. Bey’s photographs. Dawoud Bey’s Portrait of ’70s Harlem, Gathered for Today 2012-07-25T18:40:19Z Both the flourishes and fleeting grace notes amplify emotions that were present in the script. 1. "Let Me In" 2010-12-31T17:01:00Z His comeback, which began with the release of his second album in 1985, added a grace note to a career that courted tragedy at every turn. Critic’s Notebook: Michael Connelly Wants to Make a Film About Frank Morgan 2012-06-05T21:15:15Z Rogers is panting ever so gently, and her breathing gives the moment an erotic grace note. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The show was a fine reminder of how good Lagerfeld could be, just how well he could take a theme and tease out myriad grace notes. Perspective | Chanel says goodbye to Karl Lagerfeld gracefully, in a stunning winter wonderland 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Their story, which comes to a memorable end in the new book, is one of the novel’s most moving — and unexpected — grace notes. Review | Two new horror novels make sense of our current dystopian reality 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Such grace notes abound in “Varina,” and they extend to her rekindled relationship with James. Fiction Chronicle: First Lady of the Confederacy 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z As a basic primer in the dignity of honest effort, “Working” does hit some grace notes. Perspective | Restaged in front of the AFL-CIO’s national headquarters, ‘Working’ the musical labors to be a vehicle for activism 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Filigree trills hovered like hummingbirds and quicksilver scales, and delicate grace notes melted into an expressive chorale. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z If the style of “Swing Time” is less exuberant than her previous work, Smith’s attention to the grace notes of friendship is as precise as ever. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Seen through the eyes of historic painters but transferred to today, the Roman house helped the winter 2012 couture collections to end on a grace note. Ending on a Grace Note 2012-07-04T17:30:51Z "Douglas Dunn's sparkling, erudite and distinguished body of work has long been one of the grace notes of British poetry," said Duffy, as she named him as the winner of the poetry Gold Medal. Poet Douglas Dunn wins Queen's medal 2013-12-18T13:13:11Z It manages that rare thing in any movie, least of all a well-upholstered biopic, and that is a realistic relationship, with grace notes, and a bedrock of respect and affection. The Theory of Everything review: Hawking's story packs powerful punch 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z The orchestra, playing on period instruments, paid meticulous attention to enlivening small details, such as the chirpy grace notes that pop up like a laugh track in the first movement. American Classical Orchestra Ends Its Season in ‘Prague’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s a delectable grace note in a highly verbal play, a piece that seems like a natural fit for this classics-saturated city. Review | Having it all as the first female playwright in ‘Or,’ 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z As Schrader puts it, he tends "to end my pieces on a kind of grace note … with some sense of moral grace". Why Joe just might change Hollywood's bad dad trope 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z There are funny grace notes, like the one baby who can be found hanging upside somewhere in almost every drawing. Critic’s Notebook: A Splendid Little Book Club Has Ended Its Run 2013-04-24T21:59:48Z It sounds like a cozy grace note after a career that has featured everything from wacky new works to Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” and Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” Rick Foucheux paints a possible stage exit with an intimate ‘King Lear’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z An herbal finish provides a lovely grace note. A stellar riesling and 4 other wines to help you start the new year right 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The humor is in a completely different, broader style, with punch lines instead of grace notes. Television Review: ?Napoleon Dynamite,? Animated Series on Fox - Review 2012-01-14T01:49:07Z Meant as a shimmering grace note, the moment felt more like a shrug. Music Review: Chief?s Mellow Guitars and Harmonies at Joe?s Pub 2010-08-18T22:35:00Z It’s a sweet happenstance that many of the melodies emanating from that car and this musical are grace notes. Review | Boy meets boy in ‘Girlfriend,’ and the audience falls for them both 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Her latest appearance adds a welcome grace note to a collection filled with startling, sometimes unsettling pleasures. Review | ‘If It Bleeds’ reaffirms Stephen King’s mastery of short fiction 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Some works of art are like grace notes: incidental, delightfully so. Christian Marclay’s Sidewalk Animations 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Genre is, in fact, the foundation from which her grace notes emerge. ‘The Silkworm,’ by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling In the end, Paris was replete with these grace notes; felicitous, if occasionally head-spinning, reminders of why this circus exists. At Louis Vuitton and Valentino, Mapping the Season’s Genome 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z This enables the writers to render the character as an invisible presence at an occasion where she's acutely missed, a harmonizing grace note within a dissonant sonata. Like Samantha, divorce yourself from the "Sex in the City" sequel, which has aged but hasn't matured 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z If there aren’t many grace notes in his prose, neither is there much perceptive musical criticism. Review: Paul McCartney’s Yesterdays. All of Them. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The book is full of red herrings and dead ends, but it rewards close readers with grace notes and unexpected narrative connections. Review | Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘Tyll’ — a future Netflix series — follows a German jester navigating war-torn chaos 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Such grace notes of universal acknowledgment allow the viewer to find some way of respecting the tenacity fueling Murdoch's monstrous nature. With “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence," CNN has its "Succession" 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He’s fond of soul-inflected grace notes, but he always articulates them thickly and cleanly, rolling into and out of them. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The conductor Franz Welser-Möst had it flowing so smoothly that you might never have noticed that the main theme of the third movement contains grace notes. Review: A Globe-Spanning Musical Feast 2010-08-24T16:30:00Z She made the smugness in those lyrics ring loud and clear, but with a grace note of empathic candor, a steadying hand on the shoulder. Music Review: Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples at the Beacon 2012-06-22T23:54:20Z More than equal to the flirtatiousness and flick jetés of Act 1, she brings fragrant grace notes to the classical passages and a fine precision of line to the grand pas de deux. Mariinsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Balanchine/Robbins triple bill ? review 2011-08-06T23:06:13Z The excruciating acts of violence are somewhat offset by Mr. Mena’s pictorial grace notes: the rustling landscapes of amber wheat, the detailed Americana of rural homesteads. | 'Bereavement': ?Bereavement? by Stevan Mena 2011-03-18T06:03:01Z "First-rate works stand out for their timeless qualities and easily slip the bonds of their classification, while lesser ones provide grace notes and variations on the dominant themes," he states. Mostly thumbs up: What the critics say about the new Whitney Museum 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Finally, just as she gives some of her sculptures a finishing grace note of paint, she covers some of the photographs with curtains of washy color, which, in the circumstances, looks toxic rather than beautifying. Art Review: 1 Artist, 2 Shows, 2 Mediums, 1 Vision 2010-12-18T00:15:16Z Mr. Mishra’s flair for the grace note is matched by a sometimes ferocious instinct for the jugular. Pankaj Mishra’s New Book, ‘Ruins of Empire’ 2012-08-27T22:17:42Z There are grace notes throughout the restaurant, like the dark, shiny little canelés that show up with dessert. At Danny Meyer’s Manhatta, Only the View Tries to Dazzle 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The set’s concluding Gavot takes on Scottish bagpipe colors, with some wrong-note grace notes in the opening drone and plenty of Scotch snap rhythms . CD reviews: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s latest Mozart is a missed opportunity 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Her fashion choices served as a grace note to the moment. Michelle Obama didn’t like to discuss her clothes, but they spoke volumes 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z He’s frequently removing his blinkers for just long enough to reveal some deeply batty grace notes. Angel Has Fallen: is Gerard Butler Hollywood's weirdest action hero? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Neoliberals thought they could triangulate between right and left and restore order to America along Singaporean, state-capitalist lines with democratic grace notes. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z For all its imaginative verve—and grace notes of snappy performance, gestures, and inflections—“Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood” is a strangely inert movie. Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Obscenely Regressive Vision of the Sixties in “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood” 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The work is suffused with Haydn’s signature wit, and Ms. Freivogel and Ms. Toth fully brought out the cheek and chirpiness of the laughing grace notes, trills and other ornaments. ‘Music for a Prince,’ an Artek Concert Focusing on Haydn 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z In the final, mocking Allegro, the violinist imitates a kind of teenage cackle through crisp fast notes embellished with grace notes. Music Review: Farewells Begin for New York Philharmonic’s Glenn Dicterow 2014-01-20T22:26:57Z The score thrums with the power chords of enlightenment and, in a grace note, Fellner’s supposed airhead lands the script’s most insightful line: “Real love is to be at peace with flawed love.” ‘Life Upside Down’ Review: Lotharios, Unmasked 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Amidst these scenes are grace notes, fleeting moments in which the children get to behave like children: In one scene the boys line up by a cage where girls are being held. When Daniel Sawka began making “Icebox” he had to convince people child migrant detention was... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Art comes not at the expense of an academic education, nor is it about grace notes in the margins; it is education. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z So call it an apt grace note in Signature’s ongoing celebratory season that an exacting 16-piece orchestra is front and center in the current and fleeting original revue “Simply Sondheim.” Instrumental to Signature’s success, orchestra shines in Sondheim revue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z But Holmes also finds grace notes as a director. ‘Alone Together’ Review: Finding Love in a Pandemic Retreat 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z As Aryeh Lev, he adds grace notes of compassion, underlining the father’s struggle to understand a son who doesn’t fit his idea of what a Jewish man should be. Theater Review: ‘My Name Is Asher Lev,’ at the Westside Theater 2012-12-05T04:57:17Z This is not your often-cloying garden-variety chocolate spirit, but one that showcases the bitterness of dark chocolate, with the salt a subtle grace note. This Chocolate Liqueur Is a Keeper 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z And Ms. Mitchell’s staging throughout sounds cleareyed, crystalline grace notes in the damaged selves before us. Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Rakoff was far too young to have left behind this grace note or any other. Books of The Times: David Rakoff’s ‘Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish’ 2013-07-24T21:06:59Z But on the album’s title track, his greatest debt is to Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, a late-20th-century star of South African jazz whose meditative playing was full of gentle grace notes and tumbling momentum. The Playlist: John Mayer Laments the Friend Zone, and 11 More New Songs 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z South Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho intended his latest feature Okja as a primarily ideological assault, and he massages his critique of capitalist industry into the grace notes of the film’s finest sequence. Cannibalism, bad dates and ice skating: the best movie moments of 2017 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Expanded to 75 minutes, it worked hard to provide resolutions or at least comic grace notes for many in the cast. ArtsBeat: ‘The Office’ Ends the Way It Began: Modestly 2013-05-17T15:26:38Z Suffice it to say, the grace note coaxed from soy sauce, Thai basil, sriracha, rice vinegar and other enhancers does wonders for whatever it touches. Conosci review: Michael Schlow’s crudo concept is a hidden gem 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The cell in total is five notes, but the first three notes are a kind of grace note; the main notes are the two after that. Unsuk Chin on the Violin Concerto She Swore She’d Never Write 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z He took the first movement slowly, as if to assure that every grace note was in place, every dynamics marking adhered to — and they were. FSO trades timidity for vigor after intermission 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps the nicest grace note in Scott Derrickson’s film is the wink to those in the know, man. Why Doctor Strange shares its psychedelic DNA with Pink Floyd 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z This conception of Rosa capitalizes on the generosity of spirit that has always been a part of Loren’s screen persona, adding grace notes of long-lived sorrows. ‘The Life Ahead’ Review: Sophia Loren, Directed by Her Son, Shines 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z This soft landing is mandatory, perhaps, and there are some deft emotional grace notes to enjoy. Books of The Times: ?Elliot Allagash,? Tale of a Bully, by Simon Rich 2010-06-14T23:08:00Z “How to Break” abandons showing for telling long before it hits the end of its nearly two-hour, no-intermission run time, but the design’s visual ambiguity is a welcome grace note. Review: Village Theatre’s premiere of ‘How to Break’ 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z He seems intelligent but unpleasant, forthright but prickly, accomplished but incapable of political grace notes. Opinion | Maybe, just maybe, this is rock bottom for embarrassing U.S. politics 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The peach was a grace note, fresh but subtle, in the company of the potent but oh-so-smooth spirit. Perspective | A $50 Manhattan? Welcome to the era of the ‘unguilty pleasure.’ 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Her presence adds a valuable grace note, contributing to the film’s surprising optimism. Page to Screen: An exuberant 'White Noise' reinvents Don DeLillo — and Noah Baumbach 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z But Kore-eda focuses on — and mines — the grace notes, better angels and soulfulness of his characters in such lovely and relatable ways that we’re grateful for his humanistic, more empathetic priorities. Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda weaves another found family fable in bittersweet 'Broker' 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s a lot for an actor to come down from, but in a grueling chamber piece that tends to wield a dramaturgical cudgel, Fraser attempts, and mostly achieves, a symphony of surprising grace notes. Review: Does Brendan Fraser give a great performance in ‘The Whale’? It’s complicated. 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Many of her essays conclude on an unexpected grace note, a shimmering that casts both new light and a subtle shade of doubt on what came before. From Amelia Earhart to Miuccia Prada, a new book collects history's 'left-handed women' 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The clothes she wore are the grace notes. Perspective | Speaker Pelosi’s style of power 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Because DeSantis is sometimes parsimonious with smiles and rhetorical grace notes, he runs the risk of seeming to be a sore winner. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z What matters, ultimately, is Marra’s ear for catching the subtle grace notes in ordinary people’s lives. Review | Anthony Marra’s cinematic novel captures the intricate cruelties of war 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z It would hit the charts posthumously a year after his death, leaving a mournful grace note on his legendary career. How 'Elvis' re-creates Elvis Presley's haunting 1977 performance of 'Unchained Melody' 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Expect grace notes; the kind of fair play that became a hallmark of the Tokyo Olympics. Once Again the Olympic Games Will Begin, Despite Everything 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Until recently, even the dirtiest campaigns ended with the grace notes of concession and congratulation. Opinion | 2021 made us meaner. Can 2022 be a year of second chances? 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Glimpses of sunshine added grace notes Friday to the gray solemnity of a near-wintry Washington. Amid overcast Friday’s thin sunshine created memorable moments 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Tucked into the smaller rooms and into the corners of the grand ones are grace notes that offer a measure of calm. Perspective | At the White House, spare Christmas decorations and abundant optimism 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He hit grace notes that spoke the truth to power and highlighted a pervasive struggle experienced by African Americans, particularly in corporate settings. The N.F.L.’s Hypocrisy Was on Full Display in Gruden’s Emails 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z But the true grace note ― the thing the separates this burger from the pack — is its fried jalapeño. Review | Six great burgers that you can feel good about eating 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z There’s diplomacy in the details, in the aesthetic grace notes. Perspective | Biden had grins, hugs and ‘love’ for allies. But will not offer a morsel of bread to Putin. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z They are grace notes that not only tell us something about the politician who is conscious of the performative nature of the presidency, but also about the man who inhabits that character. Perspective | Biden’s small moments tell big stories But it will be the pace and course of the economic openings and the return of daily-life grace notes, spreading now across this vast, uneasy state, that determine whether he even finishes that first term. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic year: Mistakes, progress and political jeopardy 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Missing any grace note of gaucheness to save it from its own shameless resplendence, it is a picture that clearly has designs on you. Perspective | A tour de force of eroticism — without any nudity But there are also grace notes in all the silliness- remember the sea of black to support the newly formed Time’s Up a few years ago and that Oprah speech? Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z And, as a grace note, the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii began erupting Sunday night. Opinion | So long, 2020. We won’t miss you. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z But a mustache could also be a softener, a grace note. My Mustache, My Self 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z So what might have been an exhilarating grace note winds up feeling forced and patronizing in “Antebellum,” which is clearly fueled by righteous outrage, but never quite sticks its own tricky landings. Review | Fantasy-horror film ‘Antebellum’ is both undercooked and awkwardly overstated 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Missing any grace note of gaucheness to save it from its own shameless resplendence, it is a picture that clearly has designs on you. Perspective | A tour de force of eroticism — without any nudity Action is a grace note or the occasional three- or four-note phrase. Why John Cage's String Quartet is the perfect music for our messy world 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Nothing too over-the-top, she said, but a tiny grace note. I Hope This Email Finds You Well 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z T’Challa’s grace notes were written in the script, but Boseman brought something special to the screen: a quiet and a toothy playfulness. Opinion | Chadwick Boseman helped us understand our history. His death shatters our hearts. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z You could also miss some of the movie’s grace notes, among them its sly, empathetic portrait of disability. 'Finding Nemo': The ultimate summer movie or just the ultimate parenting movie? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z He included a few poems in the theatrical show, but they feel more like grace notes than Stein’s version of events. Fatherhood suits Mike Birbiglia, much to his surprise 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There was a demand for courageous moral leadership, to find a way out of the malaise by offering unifying grace notes. George Floyd: Donald Trump under fire as violence flares across America 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z A grace note came Wednesday, when a nationally televised CNN town hall showcased to the state the empathy-on-his-sleeve candidate who forges emotional connections with voters better than any other in the race. Eighteen days that resuscitated Joe Biden’s nearly five-decade career 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The grace note is the growth in broadcast income. Manchester City now look like a butterfly in danger of having its wings picked off | Barney Ronay 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Fennell plays cleverly with our expectations, sometimes with bright pastel colors and disconcerting grace notes of lightness and humor. From ‘The Glorias’ to ‘Promising Young Woman,’ movies by and about women take the spotlight at Sundance 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Some of the grace notes in “Charlie’s Angels” are novel, at least. Review | Kristen Stewart is a lively shot in the arm for this tired ‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s just that the veneer of ones and zeroes over a real face can rob a performance of its minuscule grace notes. Cinema’s digital impostors are coming 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z What separates Plemons is his willingness to leaven even the most monstrous characters with grace notes — humor, pathos, even kindness. Being one of TV’s best character actors suits Jesse Plemons just fine 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z There is infield dust, a summer grace note, clinging to the skirt of my favorite couch. Our tailgate bait: White Claw, a couple of kegs and a full roster of wiseguys 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Amid some major action moments from the movies’ past, the characters create smaller, more satisfying grace notes for their new movie. The MCU should have taken more time with the Avengers 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z A literary stylist known for his ever-present pipe, he was appreciated within the White House for what Nixon called the “grace notes” adorning the speeches he penned. Raymond K. Price Jr., Nixon speechwriter, confidant and champion, dies at 88 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It was a grace note for Mr. Bush, who was fighting to salvage his legacy after midterm elections that served as a referendum on the Iraq war and his bungled handling of Hurricane Katrina. A Call for Bipartisanship With a Familiar Partisan Sting 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “Roma” possesses unforgettable sequences of terror and grief, as well as more than a few grace notes of humor, the latter mostly at the expense of the mother’s driving skills. Review | No, the movie ‘Roma’ isn’t as good as you’ve heard. It’s even better. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Some frustration was mitigated by unexpected grace notes. Huge traffic snarls envelop Reagan National Airport Sunday night 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Her “Hele,” the title being a Finnish term for grace note and implies light, sparkled without setting off dangerous sparks. Review: L.A. Phil's Green Umbrella takes on the European avant-garde - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Ronald Reagan and the two Bush presidents may look good next to Trump, because at least they played the grace notes of ordered liberty. Republican derangement: A party I used to respect has gone off the cliff 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The next problem is even trickier: While good poems tend to sing with the help of specific, vivid details, these grace notes rarely match well with the couple getting hitched. Perspective | There’s no such thing as a good wedding poem 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z And yet, as seen on an actual tennis court, the dress was incongruously glamorous, less a grace note than an emblem of actual grace. Serena Williams Came In on a High Road. It Made Her Fall More Devastating. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Director Jesse Peretz, a former musician who turned to filmmaking, plays this familiar scenario’s comedy not in power chords but grace notes, finding lovely nuance in the smallest of character interactions. Review | Ethan Hawke stars in a new rom-com? Yep, and it’s really sweet. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z I end with a grace note, which, like Sanders’s ugly remark, also involves Pompeo. Opinion | Trump’s decency deficit is trickle-down 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But those grace notes were soon overshadowed by an increasingly harsh tone, as though the president couldn't or didn't care to contain his more ad-libbed and aggressive self. Dueling Trumps deliver a State of the Union speech likely to widen a deep partisan divide 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z But instead of merely sprinkling the cheese with sugar or salt, she counters its meatiness with a bright grace note of mint and watermelon from summer’s height. Asian-American Cuisine’s Rise, and Triumph 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z A brief closing interview with Obama provides some stirring — and haunting — grace notes. Documentary looks back on Obama in 'The Final Year' 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Nostalgia in those instances is used more like grace notes, things that set off a different layer of resonance to something that is already working on its own. The trailer for Hulu’s Future Man will make you hate nostalgia 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z But the response to the storm has reminded them of the strength of their culture, and its grace notes of solidarity, neighborliness and pride. In Puerto Rico, Equal Parts Fear and Fellowship After Storm 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The hard-core student of markets would hardly miss such grace notes. Shadow of Black Monday hovers over American financial system decades later 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z That was a grace note of cruelty that exceeded even Trump’s pantomime norms. Memo to Trump after his NFL rant: sport is, and always has been, political 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z “The bees are a grace note, but the grace notes can only exist because the green roof exists,” Ms. Newton said. Atop a Manhattan Convention Center, a Harvest of Honey 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The Leftovers dealt expressly with death, grief, and the unmovable space between, and Leder directed the finale with a grace note that proves her deftness for the subject and for endings in general. Why a woman needs to direct Star Wars, and the three women who’d be up for the job 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z But it’s when resolution begins to sink into this circle of troubled love that Bell begins to find herself as a filmmaker, making room for grace notes, resonant personality and lilting humor. ‘I Do … Until I Don’t’ review: Lake Bell’s marital comedy eventually warms up 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z His grace notes communicate directly with the album-buying soul of the US’s Celtic diaspora. Can the Titanic soundtrack be a gateway drug to classical music’s greats? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Moments of visual beauty and comedic charm nevertheless provide grace notes at the beginning and end of the movie, bookending a lot of crass fluff in between. Review | Animated ‘Rock Dog’ obeys every last command of a movie-by-committee 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He dispensed with the usual grace notes of inaugural speeches, not even mentioning or shaking the hand of his vanquished opponent, Mrs. Clinton, who sat watching with her husband, Bill Clinton. In Inaugural Address, Trump Continues to Shun Establishment 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Yet apart from these grace notes, it was a speech that Trump could have given at a Rust Belt arena before a cheering crowd last September. The Same Trump From the Campaign Spoke at Inauguration 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z There must be as many ways to play grace notes as there are people in the world. The Gift of Grace 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Today, such political grace notes are rare as the nation slouches toward its first dyspeptic landslide — an electoral-vote avalanche for a candidate regretted by a majority of the electorate. Donald Trump may find a place in history — by losing just that badly 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Clinton came the closest, opening and closing with an appeal to bring Americans together, and offering a grace note when both candidates were asked to praise something about their opponent. A vicious presidential debate 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z His performance in “Max Rose” is an elegant grace note to the end of Lewis’ career. Indie Focus: Getting wild with Toronto, Jerry Lewis and 'White Girl' 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The program was intended to be a grace note to Sanders and the improbable strength and longevity of the insurgent challenge he mounted against the longtime front-runner. Boos fade into cheers as Democrats turn focus to fighting Donald Trump 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Instead, I consider practicing a series of hesitant, brief grace notes. The Gift of Grace 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z His wife struck useful themes of family, opportunity and patriotism, and she included grace notes for Mr. Trump’s primary competitors and Bob Dole, the only former GOP presidential nominee in attendance. Great Poets Steal, and So Do Bad Politicians 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z During her remarks Tuesday night, Clinton offered a grace note to Sanders and to his supporters watching her speech. Clinton celebrates victory, declaring: ‘We’ve reached a milestone’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z In those late years, however, there had been grace notes of a surprising kind: photographs of mentally disabled women, many of them in an institution in Vineland, New Jersey, not far from Atlantic City. Diane Arbus’s America 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z But perhaps there’s a way to find some grace notes through humor. Aging in the Key of Humor 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z To resist animosity and fear, I want to devote it to becoming proficient at all sorts of grace notes before the chords of closure resound into silence. The Gift of Grace 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It was a frugal life style, constrained by the demands of basic survival, but there were enough grace notes to make you feel that the inhabitants enjoyed their existence. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Objects were left like small grace notes — a jeweled sandal, mangled reading glasses, a child’s shoe. Death toll in Pakistan bombing climbs past 70 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z As grace notes, they exchanged formalities such as “I see I’m over my time” and “Thank you for that courtesy, Madam Chair.” Democrats try to overcome the GOP’s Supreme Court farce 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Manning may be hobbled, waning and dogged by allegations of PED use, but a Broncos victory would be the ultimate grace note for one of football’s great careers. Cam Newton is becoming the face of the NFL — and that scares the hell out of the racists who’ve been trying to tear him down 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Here’s a bunch, joined by a quirky range of odes that also hit the right grace notes. From Led Zeppelin to Louis Armstrong: what to listen to on Thanksgiving 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z And there are funny little grace notes in the dialogue that make this more compelling to me than its premise or action ordinarily would. Amazon pilots for fall 2015: The long and short of 'Edge,' 'Patriot,' 'Good Girls Revolt' and more 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But scheduling difficulties delayed the project to the point that using it as the season’s grace note just made sense. 'Love Crime': 'Hannibal' and Siouxsie Sioux join forces on show's final song 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Director Cameron Watson locates subtle grace notes and spatial placements that quietly illuminate the characters’ motivations, aided by smart designers and an excellent cast. Critics Picks: Critics' Picks: July 10 - July 16, 2015 - Los Angeles Times 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z As “Love & Mercy” opens, Paul Dano plays Wilson as an exuberant but fey young man, his performance channeling every tic, riff and falsetto grace note with goosebump-inducing authenticity. ‘Love & Mercy’ channels Brian Wilson’s angels and demons 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z He continues a sure touch with small grace notes, sending thank-you cards to pro-am partners and tournament officials, and he tips locker-room and security people personally with no regard for how he played. Cover Story: The Story Of Rory 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But my space was soon overrun with bowls, large and small, as a collection of cold and fermented banchan snacks arrived, those standard grace notes of the Korean table. Kangnam BBQ is still working on executing a winning game plan 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Such tiny grace notes occur all the time, every day, and help us—in our own flawed and fractious way—get along. Good Manners on Death Row: Why Condemned Southerners Are More Polite 2014-04-08T18:32:03Z Mr Abbott, who came to office last year, said the change would introduce an important grace note in national life. Australia reintroduces knighthoods 2014-03-25T09:44:35Z Our plate of assorted chicken tikka — three large pieces, cooked in different marinades and accompanied by three dips — was a delight, as were the minced lamb shammi kebabs, infused with grace notes of mint. | New Jersey: A Review of Brick Lane Curry House, in Upper Montclair 2013-09-15T18:10:03Z But it responds to heavy playing, light playing, fast playing, grace notes and clomping chords exactly the way an upright piano would. State of the Art: A Stringless Piano From Yamaha Even Van Cliburn Could Love 2013-09-04T19:01:07Z The incumbent must hit grace notes without appearing inconsistent with past criticism or, worse, hypocritical. Obama’s Delicate Task at Bush Library Dedication 2013-04-24T21:52:25Z A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; Ð used especially in organ music. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Chopin's Barcarolle In Chopin's Barcarolle there is a number of trills preceded by grace notes. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The exhibition is compact, accessible and alive with grace notes. The Art of Nazi Hunting: How the Mossad Found Adolf Eichmann 2012-01-06T06:55:00Z It's not that President Obama didn't hit grace notes for bolstering his platform. What the State of the Union means for your wallet 2012-01-25T18:38:03Z My dear fellow"—the grace notes were languid and delicate—"I shall be delighted. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Call, chimp-chimp, resembling call of Song Sparrow; song, tinkling, rippling, full of trills, runs and grace notes. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Are they to be executed according to Philipp Emmanuel Bach's rule, so that the grace notes take their time from the note that follows them? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z One lingering grace note summed up how deep her loss cuts: even in conversation with reporters, Robert usually referred to Myra as “my sweetheart.” The Fifth Down: Remembering Myra Kraft 2011-07-23T21:30:00Z Mr. Cuomo adds a personal grace note, addressed to the lawmakers. City Room: In Speech, Cuomo Elaborates on His Plan 2011-01-05T20:15:41Z It might have been Klondyke himself—at times there was an odd resemblance to that immortal in the occasional grace notes of the Sybarite. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Calls, a nasal note and a rolling twitter; song, a high fife like whistle of rarely more than eight or ten notes; without gurgles or grace notes. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z How Grace Notes Are Played How are the grace notes played in these measures from Chopin's Valse, opus 42, and when are grace notes not struck simultaneously with the base? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Still, he hit grace notes that were conspicuously absent at the inauguration of the last elected governor, Eliot Spitzer. NYC: Decorum in Albany? Don?t Count on It 2011-01-04T03:15:06Z There, amid belching smokestacks and clanging delivery trucks, sits artwork made by Mr. Serra, a secret grace note in a decidedly ungraceful block. Rusting in a Crane Yard, Steel Art With a Pedigree 2010-09-24T15:23:00Z On a difficult day, however, there were also some grace notes — not least the message that Mr. Abbas inscribed in Mr. Netanyahu’s guest book, according to the prime minister’s office. Amid Shelling, Mideast Peace Talks Drag 2010-09-16T06:01:00Z My favorite grace note: "UK just took the 'which iconic leader are you' quiz and the result is Winston Churchill." World War Facebook 2010-05-12T22:13:00Z Grace notes and their chiefs—that is, those notes to which the grace notes are attached—should ever be played with one and the same muscular impulse. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z A great obstacle to executing ancient works from the eighteenth century on is in the interpretation of grace notes, "appoggiaturas" and others. On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music There he had acquired a full line of Fifth Avenue dialect and conversation with trills and grace notes from France and Italy. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry The little waves rang out their laughing carillons, light grace notes to the deep solemn melody of earth and air and sea; and Beth, watching with dilated pupils and set countenance, listened intently. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Trills, twitterings, grace notes, little runs upward ending in the air—surely it was a boy's heart, and not unhappy. Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day 1905 The time occupied by the grace notes should be so minimal that it should not be discernible whether they appear simultaneously with the base note or slightly before it. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The published methods of those times inform us in fact that pupils were first taught to play the pieces without these grace notes, and that they were added by degrees. On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music Some Spanish singers give a similar impression, through singing interminable grace notes beyond notation. Musical Memories The first two of these four-beat forms are dactylic in structure, the former with a postscript note added, the latter with a grace note prefixed. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. I knew that air, those trills, those little runs, those grace notes. Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day 1905 Then I discovered that there is a trill, a tiny grace note or yodel, at the end of his second note. Wilderness Ways This prolixity of grace notes indulged by players upon the clavecin is rather terrifying at first, but one need not be detained by them, for they are not indispensable. On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music On the second page, be sure and do not accent the grace notes; let the accent come on the fifth finger every time. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers They no longer listened to the beat of the trip hammer, but to the light rhythm of a conductor's baton; they heard, in place of ringing metal, a tenor's grace notes. The Three Black Pennys A Novel It was as if he had had her voice singing in his ear while he was writing, when he placed the little grace notes on the last syllable of Maria. Evelyn Innes The third from the end, seized with sudden chill, quivered into grace notes, small pink feet kicking violently to the chandelier. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It No grace notes, no tricks of the band-master's, no flourishes; let it be simple and natural. Nature and Human Nature He had little turns for it, grace notes that he used to put in that I haven't got. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man With a swift change the pipes shrilled into the true Highland version of the ancient reel, enriched with grace notes and variations all his own. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Her voice, strong and clear in tone, attacked with great spirit the runs which embellish the air and though she sang very rapidly she did not miss even the smallest of the grace notes. Dubliners I despise histrionics; so you will please prepare yourself for the facts without any red fire, calcium or grace notes on the saxophone. Cabbages and Kings The first violin perceptibly flatted a C that should have been natural; the clarionet blew a bubble instead of a grace note; Miss Carrington giggled and the youth with parted hair swallowed an olive seed. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million |
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