| 单词 | hardly a |
| 例句 | He locks the gate the rest of the time, but it’s hardly a deterrent, since all you have to do is hop the curb and drive around it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The day was brief, hardly a day at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He slices into the icy water with hardly a splash. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was hardly a chore, our quiet village life, but I was still relieved when a break came. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z While crack use was hardly a black-only phenomenon, it hit black neighborhoods much harder than most. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z From the point of view of a mayfly, human beings are stolid, boring, almost entirely immovable, offering hardly a hint that they ever do anything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam says, No, you’ll stay here where there’s no work and hardly a lump of coal to boil water for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The fact that the meaning of race may evolve over time or lose much of its significance is hardly a reason to be struck blind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “That was only a joke, Sticky. I’m hardly a queen, you know, and I’m not from England. I was born in a country called Zambia and brought here to Stonetown when I was a child.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He spoke it very well, with hardly a trace of accent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The book also contends that Boyle developed a novel technique for winning support by turning readers into virtual witnesses: virtual witnessing is important, but Boyle was hardly a pioneer in this respect either. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At any rate when suppertime neared, she said to him, “Do you want to set the table or get Mr. Randolph?” and he answered with hardly a stutter, “Get Mr. Randolph.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Others wept while they shouted; there was hardly a home in the county that had not felt the fiery lash of the war’s tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, despicable is hardly a compliment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In a short time there was hardly a house in Salinas so well equipped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When everyone is gone, she looks up and meets my gaze for hardly a second, then jerks her eyes to the brown curtains, pinned tight across the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It bounced off, making a little dent under her earlobe, like a fold in the skin that was hardly a disfigurement at all. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Patient and sure-footed, she accepted Tyrion with hardly a squeal when he clambered onto her back, and remained motionless as he reached for shield and lance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The contentment of the does spread to everyone else, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit, for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hardly a proper boat at all—just an inflated dinghy—and certainly not big enough for all of us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was hardly a single demigod who hadn’t already been wounded ... except me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The police officer who’d picked them up on the river—a man named Winya, with a round belly and a thin mustache—had marched them through the quiet jasmine-lined walkways with hardly a word. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There was hardly a trace he’d ever lived in the house, except one: every night, after dinner, I would close the door to my room and pull Tyler’s old boom box from under my bed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Not all classes were like this, but even in accelerated courses the classroom at Permian was hardly a hotbed of intellectual give-and-take. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was far away, hardly a smudge on the horizon, but clearly something other than water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night there were new groups of campfires to push away the frost, and soon there was hardly a place to stand, there were so many men and animals. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He examined it for a long time and handed it back with hardly a word, only saying, “I was right: I could not have fought this.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But these were seafaring birds that could span the Pacific with hardly a flutter of the wings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z None of the Negroes milling around have weapons, which is hardly a surprise, but if what the sheriff says is true, everyone needs to be armed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With hardly a ripple, Winifred and three of her otters slid into the water. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Not to mention it was hardly a “short passage” at all. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As the morning wore on, the sky became a crisp blue with hardly a cloud. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The wheels were realigned with magical suspension so we glided along with hardly a bump. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Anatole has reorganized the secondary school, which had been in pure collapse for ten years—hardly a young adult in Kimvula village can read. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He came toward me, without his cane at the moment, his new walking cast so much smaller and lighter that an ordinary person could have managed it with hardly a limp noticeable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The letters didn’t pour in at the level experienced by Hollywood stars, but hardly a day would go by that several pieces of request mail did not arrive at 560 Lincoln Place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was hardly a father except in the vocational sense, as a potter with clay to be molded. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cities are large and memorably crowded in India, but when you leave them you travel through vast stretches of country where hardly a soul is to be seen. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Pa said hardly a word through the whole meal. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Some dinnertimes, there was hardly a spot in town from which he could not hear it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Treebeard fell silent, striding along, and yet making hardly a sound with his great feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z ‘It’s hardly a joking matter when one’s loyal subjects are being eaten like popcorn.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So slow, so quiet, hardly a baby cried. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Most of them had guns in their hands, but there were hardly a dozen overcoats among them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The closest thing I had to Rain was Hugh Winkleman—hardly a replacement, but at least he was willing to help. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z There was hardly a light on in the whole vast house, and once or twice Meggie bumped her knee on a chair or a little table that she hadn't seen in the gloom. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It would take a few hours to wire it up, but that's hardly a concern. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "And hardly a one of 'em wouldn't fight me over a bone. Go back. Your pa must be having double fits o' worry." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The Others, they call us The Wags for our Raillery though the Negro is hardly a Wag, him never speaking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I skipped to the window, stunned to see that there was hardly a cloud in the sky, and those there were just fleecy little white puffs that couldn’t possibly be carrying any rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By the time the two of them finished trimming it — their tree-trimming instincts having languished for so many Christmases — hardly a pine needle could be seen under the tinsel and balls and whatnot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shay wasn’t exactly a freak, but she was hardly a natural-born pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There was hardly a day that he didn’t tip me off to some new website or evolving phenomenon like the rise of the MP3 online music movement. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With hardly a rustle of leaves, the ape- man leapt live out of the trees and blocked her way. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wash out her jumpsuit until there’s hardly a trace of blood, and help her back into it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But if I wasn’t the—the Black Rabbit, there’s hardly a living creature that can ever have been closer to him than we have.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There now seemed hardly a sound in the air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As it turned out, they spent their whole time on the plaza undisturbed by Martina or anyone at all, and yet they spoke hardly a word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Islam followed right behind, hardly a year later. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A few of the others shout as well now, but it’s hardly a wall of sound. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We plummeted toward the docks, but the centaurs hit the asphalt with hardly a jolt and galloped off, whooping and yelling taunts at the Princess Andromeda as we raced into the streets of downtown Miami. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a very small island, hardly a man’s height above the waves at its tallest point. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It's hardly a secret our new king has always been an enthusiast for the Nazis. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But this is hardly a comprehensive explanation, and I have the nagging suspicion that some essential feature of the Martian canal problem still remains undiscovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One deflected off a car shield with hardly a dent, but the other caught a Laistrygonian in the chest, and the giant went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Frodo hid the Ring away, and the shadow passed leaving hardly a shred of memory. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On the short drive over, hardly a word was said in the car as both my father and I were lost in our thoughts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The mast, so called, ended hardly a few inches above my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She, who was obedient and respectful and cheerful and patient, she could arch her back in child pain with hardly a cry. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There are many such nods to the phenomenon of the circus in a historical sense, though it is hardly a traditional circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From then on, hardly a party took place without me turning up—inviting myself, if I had to—and lindy-hopping my head off. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the oars in the locks, and they pulled the water with hardly a ripple. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The entire populace knows thousands of songs, and there is hardly a mediocre voice among them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s hardly a foregone conclusion that this is a good strategy for survival on the savannah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Voting on principles was hardly a new phenomenon, but it seemed to go a step further in 1988. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The key fit into the door nice and easy, and with hardly a tug, the door swung open wide. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The case could go on forever, and he hadn’t taken hardly a minute off since it began. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to believe there was snow on the ground hardly a month ago....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Melyngar herself stepped quietly; hardly a twig snapped under her hoofs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Well, that was hardly a surprise because for the last few days people had been finding snakes everyplace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They say hardly a wedding or birth takes place without at least one in attendance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was hardly a molecule that was uniformly represented everywhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet here were two white persons whom I had known hardly a day, treating me as if we had known each other for years, as if we were brothers and sisters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hardly a close and friendly relationship. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Father with Parkinson's, A new marriage completed, Though hardly a new mother. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lastly, prison is hardly a cheap solution: it costs about $25,000 a year to keep someone incarcerated. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It could simply be that a meaningless whim had suddenly overtaken me at that moment—but that is hardly a convincing way to account for such distinctly odd behaviour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Realizing that my plastic weapon was hardly a match for a long fork wielded by a maddened Methuselah, realizing that I was seeing Clyde at his worst, I tried to end our little duel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Weapons are not supposed to be part of a Skiz fight... but this is hardly a fight where the crowd follows all the rules. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It was as big as ever, with hardly a dent to show for all her scraping. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so weathered there was hardly a chip of blue paint to be found. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I am hardly a member of a gang,” I said. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I had scoffed back then, thinking this was hardly a lesson plan for a university course. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With hardly a word between them, hardly even a glance, the boys slipped into their beds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z With hardly a word Cilia went back to the settle where Isannah was sprawled and picked up her slate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was hardly a scratch in the sky, but underwater lights illuminated the tiled bottom of the pool. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Now hardly a day went by without him wanting to read something aloud to us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked into the design of their faces, hardly a one that was unlike someone I'd known down South. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When, toward the end, a switch is thrown to reveal just how tawdry and shabby the seemingly golden Studio really is, it’s hardly a shock. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z It was encouraging to see a large, enthusiastic audience for “Attila,” a work that is hardly a staple. Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z There’s hardly a dry eye in the house as Mary Bourne spins and twirls as she holds her father’s hands, guiding the two all over the dance floor. Bride's wedding dance with terminally ill dad in wheelchair goes viral 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Part of the Second Stage Theater Uptown series dedicated to emerging playwrights and early-career artists, the show isn’t a win for Lloyd and his director, Zhailon Levingston, but it’s hardly a wipeout either. ‘Patience’ Review: At the Top of His Game, and Lonely 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Berlin was hardly a mecca for modern dance when Waltz moved here on an artist’s grant in 1992, but the newly reunified city provided fertile creative ground for her ambitious and wide-ranging artistic experiments. Sasha Waltz’s ‘In C’ Marries Choreography and Improvisation 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian I realise this is hardly a surprise, but Sir Christopher Meyer is a world expert in the art of the greeting. Christopher Meyer: 'I wasn't nice to everyone' 2012-07-01T18:59:01Z That future will be guided by a new music director; van Zweden, hardly a driving creative force even before the pandemic break separated him from the ensemble, is leaving after next season. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Rogers, whose “The Honeycomb Trilogy” was seen last fall at the Gym at Judson, is hardly a minimalist writer, and “Universal Robots” contains untrimmed overgrowth. Review: ‘Universal Robots,’ a Sci-Fi Love Story in Slo-Mo 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a new idea, in general or for “House of Cards.” ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 8: Politics Is Show Business 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z But imitation is hardly a deterrent, certainly not at these prices. Getting Comfortable with Furniture Customization 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z While officials are calling this the first case of its kind, criminalizing women based on their pregnancies is hardly a new phenomenon. Tennessee woman may face a double prison sentence — just for being pregnant 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Broadway producers say they have been invited here to see the show — hardly a guarantee of a New York transfer, given the skepticism surrounding a “Rocky” musical, but a step in that direction. A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z But the people in charge of God’s Promise aren’t quite monsters, and the place is hardly a gothic nightmare. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But in 2016, being light on substance is hardly a barrier to relevance. TV for the fake news generation: why Westworld is the defining show of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z There was hardly a sensation of motion as we made our ascent. Lighter than air in the Shenandoah Valley: Lifting off in a hot-air balloon 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The fight choreography is reminiscent of the wuxia style, brought to Hollywood by Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” — hardly a casual reference. Netfix’s orgy bonanza: “Marco Polo” gives a lesson in how not to write about other cultures 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Intriguing, indeed, but also hardly a subject she can broach with her new husband. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z "Nothing happens" is hardly a motto for movies today. Brief Encounter: No 1 2010-10-16T10:54:00Z While well known in art and design circles, Scarpa, who was born in Venice, is hardly a household name, even in Italy. Art Review: ‘Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa’ at the Met 2013-12-05T22:23:04Z Unfolding with hardly a moment of warmth or human connection, Mr. Grashaw’s cheerless first feature is, like Brad’s detention, simply to be endured. ‘Coldwater,’ a Brutal Tale of Juvenile Lockup 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z When Lerner and Loewe turned “Pygmalion” into a musical in 1956, that was hardly a viable choice. The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Now, I am a senior lady, married for many decades and hardly a prude. Perspective | Miss Manners: TMI at the office 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z But “Man of the Woods,” his first album in five years, was hardly a slam dunk. 10 essential concerts for fall 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Sullivan is a media independent but hardly a media outsider: among other , he was editor of The New Republic. The Dish Goes Indie: Big Change for Blogging, or Just for Andrew Sullivan? 2013-01-03T13:00:04Z It’s hardly a feel-good ending, but for Hungarians, at least, it’s a satisfying one. ‘The Tragedy of Man’ by Marcell Jankovics, Animator 2012-11-10T01:04:20Z "At the time there was hardly a South Asian on TV," he says. Hari Sreenivasan: From Nathan Hale High to 'PBS NewsHour' 2012-11-06T00:14:04Z And if Robert Aldrich’s 1962 feature has often been appropriated for camp, it is hardly a funny movie; the queasy, claustrophobic dynamic between the stars is tough to watch. Movie Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But the vacuous smile this throwback musical leaves with you is hardly a crime. 'Bright Star' at the Ahmanson: Bluegrass, tears and a big, vacuous smile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z She also had flying down to an art, sleeping almost from takeoff to landing, with hardly a squeal in between. The Frugal Traveler in San Francisco With His Year-Old Daughter 2010-03-13T03:49:00Z There was hardly a frame that didn’t feature the harsh reality of his condition. Making Coming Attractions More Attractive 2013-02-01T13:00:00Z Bar trivia — or pub quiz, to borrow the British parlance — is hardly a new pastime, but in Brooklyn it’s an especially lively weeknight release. Bar Trivia Quiz Nights at Brooklyn Pubs 2011-01-13T22:17:58Z Kristi isn’t a monster, but she is hardly a role model: She is as jaundiced, short-tempered and self-centered as any other member of Congress. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z Billing the ripped Paul Mescal as “normal” is hardly a giant leap for body image. Free willy: are film and TV finally growing up about male nudity? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z And yes, musicians releasing additional music videos, hidden tracks and concert footage to boost store sales is hardly a novel strategy. Exclusive First Look at Bon Iver's Digital Deluxe Edition 2011-11-28T09:58:38Z It’s hardly a surprise that she’s been elected the first-year class president. Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks 2010-12-03T15:27:00Z It’s a charming throwback and worth a visit, but hardly a marquee draw. Heads Up: Art Meets Leisure in Bentonville, Arkansas 2011-12-01T20:14:22Z At the same time, I was happy to concede that it was hardly a rigorous anthropological survey, not least because the north tends to be home ground for me, something of a safe bet. Simon Armitage: a poetic pilgrimage around Devon and Cornwall 2013-03-29T16:00:04Z “By the standards of Mendelssohn, I was hardly a prodigy,” Mr. Rutter said, “but I’d made the transition from aspiring composer to functioning one.” The Composer Who Owns Christmas 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z That line made me laugh out loud, although it’s hardly a punch line — and the movie whose radicalism is being celebrated happens to be, um, “Avatar.” Review: In ‘The Flick,’ Contemplating a Life of Stale Popcorn 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Still, the actual prize money was hardly a living wage and as graduation loomed, the offer from a local software company was the obvious and practical choice. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z With hardly a pause, the couple, married for a year, started to banter. Amy Schumer Doesn’t Care What You Think (That Much) 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z So 55 is hardly a border beyond which all is shadow. Can I Hold Out Hope That My Best Creative Years Are Still to Come? 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z It's hardly a flattering portrait — she looks entirely incapable of smiling — but it's penetrating. A return to open-plan design for the renovated Frye 2012-08-16T21:01:12Z And yet “Angels,” though hardly a mixed blessing, has proved a difficult, if not impossible, act to follow. Tony Kushner, at Peace? Not Exactly. But Close. 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Getting “Eighteen Acres” published was hardly a foregone conclusion. What Change Could Look Like 2010-10-22T22:30:00Z This is hardly a spoiler, given the title, and fans should be prepared with tissues and eye drops. ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Sandpaper chords, angsty howls and a heart-racingly great guitar hook: hardly a new sound, but Milk Music make it seem brilliantly, blastingly fresh. F&M playlist 2011-02-10T23:00:01Z The 80s are hardly a novel fount of inspiration, but Something – propelled by Caroline Polachek's beguiling vocals – locates the precise point where pop meets art. The best albums of 2012 (so far) 2012-06-14T19:00:06Z But the track is hardly a policy statement for homosexual rights: there are no lines about marriage, civil unions, or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Lady Gaga 'gay anthem' censored in Malaysia 2011-03-18T14:10:02Z The great irony in all of this is that SC&P was hardly a bastion of gender equality. 'Mad Men' recap: Goodbye to Shangri-La 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The “Copland in Mexico” project has been circulating for several years, so it’s hardly a direct reaction. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z A generation of kids will soon be scared to shut their eyes, and it's hardly a spoiler to reveal that this time they're even worse. Doctor Who: the monster-off 2010-04-23T13:30:00Z News of her passing aroused little interest outside the classical-music world: the singer was hardly a household name, lacking even the intermittent, Sunday-morning-television stardom achieved by the likes of Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma. Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z Mr. McVicar’s production is hardly a bold take on the opera. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z Though in this, her 400th birthday year, she’s hardly a household name like Beethoven or Mozart, the page is active with announcements of concerts, album releases and articles. She Quickened the Pulse of 17th-Century Music 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z One of the most influential electronic dance groups, Underworld is hardly a household name. Strobes, fog and glow sticks: Underworld mesmerizes at trippy Hollywood Bowl show 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Tracy was hardly a threat to the high school food chain. ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a theory at all—it’s more like a pop way of formalizing commonplace observation and single-mindedness. The Limits of “Grit” 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet that method is hardly a guarantee of peace. How to Find a Truly Quiet Hotel Room 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The special relationship was hardly a natural condition based in profound kinship. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z McCarthy, 89, is famously private, but he’s hardly a recluse: He spends much of his time speaking to philosophers and physicists at the Santa Fe Institute, a research center where he serves as a trustee. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s hardly a step he hasn’t perfected, a shape he hasn’t formed with his tall, flexible frame. Perspective | When world-class dancers leap into a new role: Choreographing world premieres 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But the plantation is hardly a neutral tourist destination. Movie Review: ‘Neighboring Sounds,’ Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho 2012-08-23T22:30:30Z But in that context, it's hardly a surprise that Scruggs found the temptation irresistible to weight the scales in his favor. 'The Fall of the House of Zeus': Portrayal of lawyer's fall not a pretty picture 2011-01-06T00:11:06Z “Pippa is hardly a famous cook, perhaps a few cupcakes, does that qualify her for the job?” For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours 2013-07-24T21:31:22Z Sandy Kominsky is hardly a man in the prime of his life. Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Don't get me wrong, Pink is hardly a "rock star" in the conventional sense – that should be pretty clear from the fact he likes to make drum noises with his armpits. Albums of 2010, No 09: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti ? Before Today 2010-12-13T14:30:00Z Ms. Lavin’s scratchy voice is hardly a candidate for the Metropolitan Opera. Review: Linda Lavin, Scratching Out Fresh Starts, at 54 Below 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Immersive theater that melts the boundaries between audience and performance is hardly a novelty these days. 'Liberian Girl’: A Harrowing Descent Into War 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s hardly a spoiler to say that, in the end, Shelby outmaneuvers the suits and Ken drives, and does so heroically, but not without a melancholic beat resulting from the culture clash. The Airbrushed Racing History of “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z This is hardly a vile or morally problematic pursuit! Don Berwick, Martyr for Socialized Medicine 2011-11-29T15:27:12Z “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box” is arguably less abstract than Ms. Kennedy’s early works, but hardly a work of realism. Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z She’s hardly a political neophyte, having served two terms as SAG president — a job Ronald Reagan once held — at a time of great turmoil for the movie industry. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z That I would be uncomfortable with my own professional authority is hardly a stretch. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z And Williams is hardly a celebrity arriviste, but rather a leading American actor with a well-documented range and a profound sense of the existential and the absurd. 'Bengal Tiger': How does Robin Williams do on Broadway? 2011-03-31T22:09:41Z Uncover the secret here Psycho: Today, it’s hardly a secret what happens to Janet Leigh in Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho but, when the movie was released in 1960, it was a shock. Please Do Not Talk During This Movie… Or Ever 2013-08-23T15:08:35Z The cabinet of curiosities is hardly a foreign concept in today’s art world. Art Review: ‘Rooms of Wonder’ at the Grolier Club 2013-01-17T22:27:38Z Seven in the evening is hardly a decent hour for a must-attend party, let alone one held outdoors in a space sheltered, though barely, by the elevated train tracks of the High Line. The Gimlet Eye: Heeding a Call to Cross the River 2010-10-20T20:07:00Z For Mr. Bardem, who has been nominated in two other years, events like the lunch are hardly a burden, in any case. The Oscar Nominees, Lunching and Hoping 2011-02-07T22:36:39Z Sabine, a yoga teacher and recent transplant to Los Angeles, is driving on the freeway and is cursing repeatedly at her GPS while smoking a cigarette — hardly a model of Zen healthy living. Yoga Teachers Behaving Badly 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Like everything else here, Riley just about convinces, but it's hardly a great leap forward. This week's new films 2011-02-05T00:05:33Z That’s hardly a respectful message to direct at the eminent world leader who has juggled multiple overlapping crises throughout 2015 and was just named Time’s Person of the Year. What can we learn from the Greek defeat? The global struggle against austerity reaches the screen 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s a deeply troubling problem but hardly a new one. Perspective | Reality scores a win over the perverse drive to discredit honest reporting 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z More than 90 million votes were cast after Wednesday’s two-hour show, but it is hardly a fair vote, nor even a scientific survey. ArtsBeat: Joshua Ledet Is Voted Off 'American Idol' 2012-05-18T03:17:55Z Which is hardly a demerit, but it does convey a healthy distance from fashion. Fashion Review: Thakoon, The Row, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera: Fashion Review 2012-09-11T00:14:35Z And, there was hardly a glimmer of the angry Graham from last week’s hearing, a version of the senator that even Trump seemed surprised by. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He was loved by immigrants who knew hardly a word of English. All-American socialism, from Eugene Debs to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z That film examined the effects of globalization on the wine industry, a business that might seem like a haven of elitism and individuality — hardly a trade susceptible to homogenization. Review: ‘Natural Resistance,’ a Documentary on the Italian Wine Industry 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z But the desert of Gods without Men is hardly a void. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z The discrepancy between the way that male and female nakedness is treated is hardly a new theme, but Ms Walker’s light touch makes it feels fresh. Size matters 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs is hardly a wallflower in the face of the Sadie-Vickers school of criticism. Ren? Jacobs?s Harmonia Mundi CDs and DVDs 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z As he told an interviewer, in January, the event “proposed a very different version of the Thanksgiving holiday—from a Native American perspective, it is hardly a celebration.” Does an Offensive Sculpture Deserve to Be Burned? 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z He was outspokenly anti-semitic, and it is hardly a mitigating factor that many others in the music world at the time also held these obnoxious views to some degree. Lisztomania: the most embarrassing historical film ever made? 2013-02-06T10:22:00Z Mr. Cerveris, who has hardly a trace of a Southern accent and no vocal twang, clearly decided not to affect those qualities, lest he sound like a bad parody. Music Review: Michael Cerveris in American Songbook Series - Review 2012-01-23T22:02:20Z It’s hardly a boldly imaginative act and would be the ultimate betrayal of your wife, as I hope you are aware. I’m in love with my wife’s best friend and it is making me ill | Dear Mariella 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Look, Obama does bad things and I deplore them, though not with a lot of fuss, since they’re hardly a surprise. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z Even so, she said the end of the series was hardly a death sentence for her career. Michelle Wolf Doesn’t Want to Be Your Folk Hero 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z As a cocktail writer, I’m hardly a preacher of abstinence. Forget Dry January. We need better nonalcoholic cocktails every month of the year. 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Some of Eaze’s marketing even suggests use before or after a weekend workout to enhance “runner’s high” – hardly a medical application. Dreaming of the billion-dollar high in California’s marijuana green rush 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z One in eight Americans rely on these medications, hardly a trivial number. Review: In ‘Ordinarily Well,’ Peter D. Kramer Goes to the Antidepressant Ramparts 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Novelists today are painfully supportive and there's hardly a vendetta between us, just a little occasional flaming on Twitter. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z This is hardly a surprising occurrence, but when I tried again the next day with the book it was still a no. Bobo goes to school by Shirley Hughes - review 2012-08-12T11:00:00Z So if today’s reporters get a few facts wrong, it’s sad, even embarrassing, but hardly a recent development. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z Monthly rent may have only been $415 at the space’s next home near the West Side Highway, but that was hardly a well-trafficked art burg. After Half a Century, White Columns Still Surprises 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z He was hardly a newcomer though, having already directed at Birmingham Rep, Theatr Clywd in Wales and the Royal Court in London. Profile: Rufus Norris 2013-10-15T10:42:36Z Indeed one might say Victor is hardly a "scientist" worthy of the name. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z In October of 1979, "Tusk" was released and the band went on a world tour with hardly a break. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z There is hardly a shot where you don’t wonder at the courage, patience, technical ingenuity, artistic vision and unearthly luck that must all have conspired to produce each three-second piece of footage. Perspective | Are nature documentaries the greatest art of our time? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s a story so simple that it’s hardly a story—two women who are best friends spend a week together in a country house and learn to hate each other. The Best Cinema Goes Beyond Mere Storytelling 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “In many cases collectors donate antiquities to museums for a tax break, hardly a completely altruistic act,” he said. Antiquity Market Grapples With Stricter Guidelines for Gifts 2012-07-12T15:26:17Z This, too, doesn’t matter at all—there’s hardly a visual sensibility detectible anywhere in the movie, not an image with any resonance or overtone beyond the transparent conveyance of the scripted action. “Mission: Impossible—Fallout” Is Basically a Two-and-a-Half-Hour Making-Of Sequence 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z True, it was hardly a stellar year for either genre. Favorite Nights at the Theater 2011-12-17T01:30:04Z In other regards, however, this is hardly a departure from Pamuk’s trademark fictional world. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z This was hardly a land of equal opportunity. Review: ‘White Trash’ Ruminates on an American Underclass 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The popularity of “Revelations” is hardly a challenge, Battle says — he sees it as a blessing. Ailey troupe marks 60 years by looking back at its founder 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z There was hardly a moment not to cherish in this mini-marathon, and the offerings were eclectically representative enough for a seminar on all the corners of Sondheim’s expansive imagination. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “He’s hardly a bodyguard, but he feels like someone who has your back,” she said in a phone interview. The Marc Jacobs Whisperer 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The setting is Stockholm in 1982, hardly a legendary place or moment in the annals of modern music, but that’s kind of the point. ‘We Are the Best!’ (But Don’t You Dare Call Us New Wave) 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z This is hardly a bleeding heart issue -- it's practical as well as ethical. Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z It was these women who inspired her 1992 graduate show and who, in their turn, caught the eye of the collector Charles Saatchi – though her interest in flesh was hardly a new thing. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z This is hardly a case of architects fiddling while Rome burns. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Anyone familiar with Mr. Zuckerberg’s typical attire — the baggy jeans, T-shirts or hooded sweatshirts and casual shoes — knows he’s hardly a paragon of posh. Noticed: On the Web, Every Day Is Casual Friday 2011-03-18T21:31:31Z But it is hardly a disadvantage to hear a beautifully focused bass baritone equally effective in pop, opera and spoken. Race, justice, power: Finding new relevance in Kurt Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Hopelessly murky, it was hardly a program closer. Dabbling in Provocation at the Fall for Dance Festival 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z This is hardly a confirmation, though; “if it’s in the talks, it might happen” is, as this self-styled Sex and the City 3 prognosticator knows, more or less what Parker’s been saying for years. Don't Get Too Excited, Fans: A Third Sex and the City Movie is a Stretch 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Lending that ear is, in this case, hardly a chore. | 'The Cherry Orchard': ?Cherry Orchard? With Turturro at Classic Stage - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:07Z The return of the Aria after this odyssey was hardly a safe, secure homecoming. Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Given that the band’s members have all been affiliated with progressive causes, the song’s political stance was hardly a surprise. Sleater-Kinney, R.E.M. stars play in Filthy Friends Sept. 1 at Bumbershoot 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The panel the justice has joined is hardly a garden of shrinking violets. Justice Stephen G. Breyer Talks About the Pritzker Jury 2011-10-06T09:02:25Z A woman is drinking alone in a bar — hardly a remarkable sight. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z With a large cast and three wildly different acts, it’s hardly a minor undertaking; the current company has 28 actors and elaborate puppets by James Ortiz. ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’: A Director Keeps You Thinking 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “He’s hardly a dealer like Larry Gagosian,” he said, referring to the gallery owner widely considered one of the most successful in the world. 2010-01-12T06:52:00Z This is hardly a criticism, since Dr. Kandel is an unusually engaging person with a pretty amazing biography. 2010-01-08T03:32:00Z Two per cent of the nation's buildings are listed, which is hardly a brake on change and growth. Jessop hospital, Sheffield – review 2013-03-31T00:05:21Z Outside of the oddball interpolations of star announcers in “The Big Short,” there’s hardly a giggle or a guffaw in any of the Best Picture nominees. The Baffling 2016 Oscar Nominees 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z "Mueller's hardly a household name," the newspaper said after the show's opening night on Sunday. 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' star wins critical praise 2014-01-13T19:28:19Z The audience — all vaccinated and COVID-tested, twice — packed into bars during the awards and then at the Governor’s Ball, where hardly a mask was to be seen. Oscar Moments: The night emotion won, for better and worse 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z “But how does a photographer portray people who have disappeared with hardly a trace?” New York’s Reopened Museums: Where to Go and What to See 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z While these two claims to fame are hardly uplifting, Belfast’s story is hardly a downer. Decades after ‘Troubles,’ Belfast blooms with history, resilience 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z While Coates’ victory was hardly a surprise, there was at least one major upset at the event, American publishing's biggest-ticket literary award. Ta-Nehisi Coates' meditation on race in America wins National Book Award for nonfiction 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Mind you, Chuck Berry was included, and he was hardly a star of the silver screen. Radicalism lite: eight things we learned from the Oscars 2018 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z It was hardly a disaster; Lincoln Center Theater plans to bring it back for a short run in September at its new third stage. 13P Theater Collective Set for Its Last Production 2012-07-12T20:33:45Z It was hardly a marathon, but, like Mr. Francis said, “bragging rights” — even for just a personal milestone. In Jamaica, Running in Usain Bolt’s Footsteps 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z At just under 600 pages, this book is hardly a culling. What do poets Kevin Young, Lucia Perillo and Allen Ginsberg have in common? 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z However, the new chef’s cooking made hardly a dent in local tastes, except mine. The Chinese cook who saved my dad’s restaurant 2012-12-24T22:00:00Z Lear, the self-destructing creator of the most ill-conceived retirement plan in world literature, is hardly a likable man to begin with. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ on an Epic Scale, Starring Simon Russell Beale 2014-01-26T22:47:10Z That is, of course, hardly a guarantee of quality; there are many overhyped artists who go viral. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z If nobody can agree on what banter is, that’s hardly a new problem. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The sentient, sensitive, possibly treacherous robot is hardly a novelty in this kind of movie, and David is partly a collage of cinematic allusions. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z I'm an okay competitive Destiny player but hardly a great one. Destiny 2 Would Be Amazing Except For This One Huge Problem 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It is hardly a portrait of his mother, about whom we learn little. Books of The Times: Wallowing in Grief Over Maman 2010-10-14T20:53:00Z Given his taste for the miniature, for his Japanese garden and rows of dwarf trees, Ravel's muted enthusiasm for Wagner, the sprawler to beat all sprawlers, is hardly a surprise. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z Either way, Obama’s failure to embrace risk is a poor show – but hardly a surprise on the form book. When Barack met Bear: Grylls goes wild for his backwoods bromance with President Obama 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z His novel “Lush Life,” which hit the New York Times best-seller list when it came out in 2008, was hardly a smash hit, with sales to date hovering around 175,000 copies. Richard Price Finds His Pseudonym for ‘The Whites’ Annoying 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The festival itself, though, is hardly a parade of name brands — but then Nottage and Sarah Ruhl don’t need an event such as this to get their plays produced. Putting women in the spotlight: New festival showcases female playwrights at 45 D.C.-area theaters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The Apaches say this is hardly a case of being fussy. Apaches’ Dispute With American Museum of Natural History 2013-08-19T22:28:01Z The place seemed low-key, friendly, hardly a meat market. Single in the Caribbean Sun 2012-02-03T19:34:19Z But ultimately this is hardly a positive lesson, tearjerker though it may be, nor is it some grand insight into children’s decision making processes. Stop sharing this “Other Christmas Gift” video: There’s nothing “uplifting” about telling low-income kids to give up their Christmas presents 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Warhol was hardly a nature buff, but a Provincetown gig seemed like the best way to reach the New York cognoscenti come August. Provincetown: Still the Place to Paint and to Party 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “Rough Notes” is hardly a festive piece; at most, it’s a wintry one. Holidays, unaccompanied: Vocal ensembles put seasoning in the ‘seasonal’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z There’s hardly a better reminder of this than a global health crisis and a national wave of protests. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Second-Wave Feminism 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z My first library began its life in 1914 with a $5,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie to a little southern Appalachian town in North Carolina, with hardly a thousand inhabitants. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Grown-up boys being boys is hardly a sound template for social order. Review: In This ‘Winter’s Tale,’ the King Is Insane. It’s as Simple as That. 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Reagan is hardly a hero to Perlstein, whose own politics are to the left. How Ronald Reagan Triumphed 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z I remember the time when we all lined up for shots, For upper-arm jabs folks sure had the hots, Now there’s hardly a car in those clinic-jab lots. Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Singing standards with forthright sweetness and hardly a jot of flowery affectation, Ms. Haden creates a serene foil for Mr. Motian’s brushwork, with its cobwebby flutter. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z At their core, of course, fidget toys are hardly a novel concept. Kids are over fidget spinners. Adults are just getting into them. 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z It was hardly a commercial success at the time, yet today you hear college students talking about the Velvet Underground as if it were the most important band of the 1960s. Q. and A.: With John Cale in Paris and Along the Borderline 2013-01-15T15:30:12Z All of this is hardly a guarantee, of course, that Sundance movies will actually succeed in gaining those broader audiences. Sundance 2015: 'Dope,' 'Earl' and the festival of many bets 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Never mind the fact that a corpse is hardly a suitable target for clever punchlines. The ancient history of adding insult to injury 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Though hardly a cure-all, artistic activities “can be powerful antidotes to distress, emotional violence and drug abuse,” said Dr. Harvey Milkman, a professor emeritus of psychology at Metropolitan State University in Denver. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z This is hardly a groundbreaking pronouncement, but it feeds into his commitment to play Mark Twain in a one-man show he wrote called "Citizen Twain." "Val" captures the bittersweet paradox of Kilmer's life and art, both hamstrung by his own intensity 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z As for Mr. Card’s background and views, they were hardly a secret. Author’s Anti-Gay Views Fuel Call for Boycott of ‘Ender’s Game’ 2013-07-12T20:26:45Z While hardly a game-changer, Edge of Tomorrow reworks its old tropes with wit and brio. Edge of Tomorrow review – Tom Cruise in born again blockbuster 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z That no single collection of the week left anyone gobsmacked was hardly a worry. Italy’s Men’s Wear Designers Stress Their Heritage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Except that hardly a soul in the world even knows that it's on. The real crisis in the arts is not funding 2010-07-22T08:00:00Z Because the 23-year-old rapper/singer/actor might be good at this whole making music malarky, but he's hardly a household name. Songs featuring Beyonc? and Bubl? 2010-05-18T14:18:00Z This is hardly a minority opinion among the English-speaking theater’s great playwrights. Theater Review: ‘DruidMurphy: Plays by Tom Murphy,’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-09T22:58:53Z Yet Spot, currently without snout or soulful eyes, appears utterly alien and hardly a potential best pal. Spot is the $74,500 robot dog of our dystopian dreams 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z After that, hardly a month went by at the opera without some furor involving disputes with singers and stagehands or with senior employees who left in a huff over Mr. Bergé’s autocratic style. Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive, Dies at 86 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z One reason for the national drop in oil prices is renewed concern about the state of the economy, hardly a factor that the White House would claim credit for. Energy fades as campaign issue as gas prices drop 2012-05-15T11:00:00Z It was ideal territory, schlocky and idiosyncratic and hardly a flagship title for its publishers, meaning Moore could get away with introducing darker notes. Alan Moore: why I turned my back on Hollywood 2012-12-15T19:08:25Z There have also been a few volumes of short stories, all of which adds up to more than 60 titles, with hardly a failure among the lot. Book World: ‘The Girl Next Door’ by Ruth Rendell On my drama school MA alone, there were 30 women and six men on the course – hardly a dearth of interested, intelligent and engaged females. Women in theatre: let's get rid of the equality myth 2011-07-18T13:17:05Z But in New York, full of theatergoers who scurry to the other side of the street when tourist buses roll up, wide appeal is hardly a recommendation. How Blue Turned to Green: Blue Man Group at 25 Years 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z She’s languishing at 47th on the Billboard top 100—hardly a failure, but definitely not at the prominence she developed after the single “Umbrella,” her biggest hit to date. 2014 belonged to other artists. 2014: The year without Rihanna 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Cushioned by a bountiful box-office advance, it ran for 20 months — shorter than hoped for a starry show based on beloved characters, but hardly a flameout. ‘The Addams Family’ Musical Was Panned. Then It Became a Hit. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z He would play a Scarlatti sonata and, with hardly a pause, swirl around and begin one by Cage. At the Piano, and Under the Hood 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The school’s story — at least the story officials told Crawford’s devastated parents — was that the encounter was consensual, that their daughter brought it on herself, that she was promiscuous and hardly a victim. Assaulted at 15, a Writer Looks Back and Comes Forward 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Polley is hardly a novice when it comes to untangling knotty personal narratives in front of an audience. Sarah Polley Is OK With Oversharing 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Calling him a sex symbol is hardly a stretch. Ryan Lochte, Olmypic Swimmer and Sex Symbol 2012-06-09T10:00:23Z But arms reaching heavenward in a piece called “Vertical Road” is hardly a sign of stretching boundaries. Dance Review: Akram Khan Company?s ?Vertical Road? at Montclair State 2012-02-09T22:46:38Z Such a reception in Salzburg is hardly a given despite the global popularity of the musical that was based on a true story and immortalized by the 1965 multiple Academy Award winning movie. Sound of Music comes to Salzburg 2011-11-22T12:01:05Z As I strolled through Washington Square Park, which was enveloped in a wintry silence, there was hardly a sign to betray that this was not 1890. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Reign, then a campaign finance lawyer and pop-culture-obsessed contributor to a loose community of black Twitter users, was hardly a Hollywood power broker. The Hashtag That Changed the Oscars: An Oral History 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “Inside Job,” as the title suggests, is hardly a neutral account of recent economic history. Film: Documentaries (in Name Only) of Every Stripe 2010-10-13T18:08:00Z This is structural poverty, Flowers writes, and it’s hardly a localized problem. How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z There’s hardly a moment in the exhilarating, devastating revival of the musical “Falsettos” that doesn’t approach, or even achieve, perfection. Review: ‘Falsettos,’ a Perfect Musical, an Imperfect Family 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Pursuing a romantic life is hardly a crime. My sister is making our parents and me babysit so she can pursue her single lifestyle | Mariella Frostrup 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Even though this was hardly a setting for triple threats, dancers sang and vocalized; the opening medley, courtesy of Mr. Waag, even included a ukulele. ‘Tap and Song’ at Symphony Space 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Moreau was 35 years old, an established star of the French stage and hardly a newcomer to movies. Jeanne Moreau: the intelligent, complex star who lit up the French New Wave 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z But the play is hardly a straightforward docudrama; rather, it’s an intricate dance of role-playing and identity confusion, exploring class hatreds and expressing an outsider’s profound sense of disaffection and existential pain. Cate Blanchett in The Maids: Star Turnoff 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The news caused hardly a stir, even though he was one of few national attempted assassins in modern times to be set free. He shot George Wallace to be famous. Now he lives in silence. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “Mr. Fry’s ‘Santa Claus’ we consider a good Christmas piece,” he wrote in The Musical World magazine after the premiere, “but hardly a composition to be gravely criticized like an earnest work of Art.” When the New York Philharmonic Fought Over Santa Claus 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z This book takes place in Jamaica’s Montego Bay, but it’s hardly a beach novel. 20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z But using sex as a signifier of female self-alienation is already hardening into a cliche, and hardly a universally true one. Let’s have more sex in the movies – but please can it be the fun type? 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z While hardly a great artist, he did share Burton's taste for the erotic and so nudes feature frequently in the illustrations. The Arabian Nights: a thousand and one illustrations 2011-03-12T00:06:32Z And this was hardly a story of great import. Why journalists need to practice what they preach 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The music was from The Fall, the British post-punk band.Covering up the body is hardly a source of provocation for Mr. Jacobs. On the Runway Blog: Marc Jacobs: Sex Talk in a Straight Package 2012-09-11T03:30:21Z But Haydn’s oratorio tells the tale with wonder and joy and hardly a trace of spiritual angst or questioning. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z I am a Vietnam veteran and hardly a hippie. If you’re pro-freedom, you should be in favor of legalizing marijuana 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z There is hardly a point in staging a show if it produces a flurry of orders the designer cannot hope to fill. 2010-02-13T02:22:00Z ITV bought the rights to this year's French Open and then broadcast it on ITV4, hardly a vote of confidence in the sport. Wimbledon 2013: how the BBC got its coverage wrong 2013-07-08T14:03:37Z Biden, hardly a master of new media technologies, nevertheless delivered a convention speech directly to the camera that functioned as a more intimate appeal, helping to underscore his bid to be presidential empath. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z But for all his supporters, Cooper is hardly a lock. Tony Awards 2015: Six story lines to watch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z "The Big Truck That Went By" is hardly a statistical analysis or a mere policy book. 'Big Truck' details disastrous Haiti aid effort 2013-01-21T17:25:18Z So DSG can tolerate a lot of salt, and it spreads very quickly … hmmm, quite interesting I suppose, but it's hardly a jaguar, is it? TV review: Jaguars Born Free: Natural World Special; Wild Things 2013-01-21T22:30:01Z Yet her Infinite Love Party is hardly a bacchanal — though it might get wilder once the real parties begin, on weekend nights, without a reporter and photographer to inhibit the proceedings. It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Collins’s Althea grows increasingly shrill and pouty as the play proceeds, to the point that her treatment of her fiancé seems to contain hardly a shred of real affection. | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z Still, this is hardly a sequel to “Le Grand Macabre.” Music: Working With Whimsy Fit for the Philharmonic 2011-06-20T22:15:29Z The advice is common-sensical, a little corny and hardly a panacea for the multitude of problems she’s spent the previous 200 pages describing. Review | Why are Gen X women struggling? A new book explores the many possible reasons. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Time travel is hardly a stylistic innovation in theater these days. When the Rain Stops Falling: The Year's Best New Play 2010-03-18T09:35:00Z The site was hardly a charmer: It used to be divided between a United Parcel Service truck lot and an old, much smaller sanitation building. In Sanitation-and-Salt Complex in TriBeCa, a Salutary Lesson in Urban Responsibility 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z It's the epitome of solutionism; there is hardly a better example of how technology and big data can be put to work to solve the problem of crime by simply eliminating crime altogether. How Facebook could get you arrested 2013-03-09T19:20:01Z It’s hardly a knock against the current touring cast to note that they are merely mortal, which is what Grandage seems to want in his sober approach. Under director Michael Grandage, “Evita” almost reclaims power at Kennedy Center In the choreographed numbers that followed, with pun-friendly titles like “Krump-Fu” and “Strike a Vogue,” it’s hardly a surprise that such rigor was missing onstage. Dance Review: Where Hip-Hop Meets the Martial Arts 2011-08-05T22:35:15Z For all its timeless serenity, Dogon country is hardly a paradise. Personal Journeys: Hiking Deep Into Dogon Country in Mali 2010-03-05T04:11:00Z A man with a face just made for immortalising on Mount Rushmore, Postlethwaite was an ensemble actor to his core; transparently decent and generous, hardly a limelight hogger. Pete Postlethwaite: in clips 2011-01-03T13:25:29Z That his pet coinage spread no further is hardly a surprise, since the ad industry of the day understood itself as a rational, even scientific, enterprise rather than a hotbed of lunacy. Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America 2013-12-22T12:00:00Z Though she sits on several boards and has a wide group of friends, she is hardly a fixture on the social circuit. Caroline Kennedy, Catching the Torch 2013-07-26T20:10:51Z While 2018 was hardly a vintage year for video games, there were releases that nevertheless excited, stimulated, and challenged their audiences to think for themselves. The Best Video Games of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z And indeed, hardly a week goes by without someone assuring us that poetry is dying. Poetry is not drowning, but swimming into new territory 2013-05-30T12:16:35Z And so, it is hardly a stretch to say the film’s apes—who enslave the White astronauts after their long space journey—signify Black people in this movie. The 15 most racist Oscar films of all time: Here’s why #OscarsSoWhite is not a surprise 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It doesn't necessarily mean the production is bad or boring – and the critical consensus seems to be that this one is neither – but it's hardly a ringing endorsement. Just when Lady Edith thought her luck couldn't get any worse… 2012-11-11T00:06:14Z She slips back into her pool with hardly a splash. At zoos, not every resident is a spring chicken 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z That Hitchcock displayed a psycho-sexual obsession with beautiful blondes is hardly a revelation, but its creepily controlling nature may have come as a mournful disappointment to his fans. Rewind TV: Downton Abbey; Restless; Loving Miss Hatto; The Girl; David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul – review 2012-12-30T00:06:04Z While Gilmore Girls is hardly a political show, the main characters never shied away from sharing their opinions, including admiration for Hillary Clinton and disdain toward President George W. Bush. See How 'Gilmore Girls' Characters Would Vote in the 2016 Election 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Q: Unlike other princess films, Rapunzel is hardly a damsel in distress in "Tangled." Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi get all "Tangled" up 2010-11-21T19:40:00Z It’s hardly a great work of biography but it’s always been the first book I pack up whenever I’ve moved. Daniel Mendelsohn: By the Book 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z While hardly a traditional musical, The Burmese Harp has some of the most heartbreaking scenes of group singing in all of world cinema. The 10 greatest second world war films you haven't seen 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z But if these versions, like Liszt’s Beethoven transcriptions, now seem obsolete, obsolescence is hardly a lethal flaw in classical music. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z Through a grin, he added, “I’m hardly a recluse.” With a New ‘Sin City’ Film, Frank Miller Extends His Craft 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z "I'm in agreement with almost 100% of what she says. There's hardly a phrase where I would ask, well, why did she say that? I'm happy to put my skills to her service." French actress Marie-Christine Barrault portrays literary lioness Marguerite Yourcenar in 'Les Yeux Ouverts' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z That filmmakers would have their eye on Wall Street and the morality of unfettered capitalism is hardly a shock. ‘Arbitrage’ and the Rich and Troubled Bad Guy 2012-09-02T07:27:26Z The officials involved, to their credit, did their best to respond to these voices — hardly a “bureaucratic impasse.” Readers react: Do we need a Glendale Freeway that improves traffic or the environment? 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z These kinds of anomalies could be explained as simply the conventions of 19th-century ballet, where realism is hardly a priority. Guillaume Bart’s ‘La Source,’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z On the one hand, it’s all about silly rules on a page, rules that ought to be bent – Anna is an aspiring writer, hardly a terrorist. Gaga in Love With Like Crazy 2011-10-27T22:58:38Z Despite its huge success at Mr. Papp’s downtown space, the transfer to Broadway was hardly a fait accompli. ‘Hair’ 50 Years Later: Readers Tell Us When They Let the Sunshine In 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z They got perhaps $25,000 a week - nothing to sneeze at but hardly a movie paycheck. Theater vets crowd out Hollywood stars at Tonys 2013-06-06T13:29:19Z It’s hardly a wonder that Vietnam did not sear the American consciousness. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z However, this is hardly a staid stroll through display cases and wall hangings. Rolling Stones exhibit opening in Cleveland 2013-05-23T15:16:12Z Tom, with hardly a pause, said, ‘Ah, but you’re not a poet,’ and went on eating.” Valerie Eliot, Wife and Editor of T.S. Eliot, Dies at 86 2012-11-13T02:16:22Z It's hardly a saccharine ballad for lovers to moon over in Wetherspoons. New band of the day ? No 935: Encore 2010-12-21T17:05:31Z Impressive as the fights were, the game's hardly a posh dessert in this "Tekken"meal. Game On: 'Infestation' thrills limited; 'Tekken' shallow 2011-12-19T18:02:04Z Yet Irwin is hardly a dry-as-dust antiquary, and “Wonders Will Never Cease” frequently reveals the wide range of his reading: His description of the world’s end was obviously adapted from H.G. Review | For fans of ‘Game of Thrones,’ a new novel set amid the War of the Roses 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z While any sort of financial aid is welcome from ailing clubs, the grants are hardly a panacea for a beleaguered live music industry. 35 music venues receive King County coronavirus relief grants 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The result was hardly a nostalgic look back. | 'Burmese Days': ?Burmese Days? at 59E59 Theaters - Review 2011-11-17T03:03:15Z But the new darling of crowd-funding advocates and music revolutionaries everywhere laid out her business model and -- no big surprise -- it's hardly a one-woman, me-against-the-world operation. SXSW 2013: For Amanda Palmer, it takes a village 2013-03-13T19:51:00Z Soon, he gets day labor—as a weed whacker, as a house painter—but the solitude and precariousness of his work is hardly a salve to his wounded identity. The Cinematic Blues of Charles Burnett and Billy Woodberry 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The questions from the audience, colored by Irish, Scottish and English accents, all marveled at the same thing: that Mr. Miller, acclaimed but hardly a household name, was not better known in Britain. Overnighter: Norwich, England ? a Getaway for Book Lovers 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z The brand-new festival celebrating American music at the Kennedy Center is hardly a new idea. The democracy of American music 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z But then as Macedonio, better known as Mace, observes, TV wrestling is hardly a subtle sport. Theater Review: Kristoffer Diaz?s Body Slam to the American Dream 2010-05-21T03:52:00Z Truth be told, it’s hardly a classic, despite Sandomir’s wishful subtitle. The truth behind the legend of Lou Gehrig 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Two ballets that seem much better than usual is hardly a case for the defense. City Ballet Arrived Early, With Revelations 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z But it is hardly a state secret that Byron burgers are extremely popular with the right-wing politicos who dwell in the leafy paradise of west London. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the coalition plays silly burgers 2013-06-29T23:06:38Z Ms. Durant agreed that it was hardly a standard knitting job. A Good Yarn About Those ‘Carousel’ Costumes 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The Constand I watched while covering both trials came across as naive and often befuddled — hardly a master extortionist. Review | In ‘The Moment,’ Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby’s courtroom accuser, tells a story larger than her own 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z With hardly a mask in sight, an alarming Twitter thread circulated about a sensor placing the CO2 levels in the room at more than 2,000 parts per million. Pent-up partying before — and long after — the correspondents’ dinner 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z That’s hardly a secret — the editorials, which represent the consensus of the paper’s editorial board, are published, after all. Perspective | How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know. 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z But full-coverage battle armor aside, the rebooted Snow White is hardly a feminist triumph. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z The 36-year-old may be the eldest son of another capital “S” star, Denzel Washington, but lineage is hardly a guarantee in Hollywood at this level. John David Washington cements his stardom in ‘Tenet’ 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But saying that "The Descent: Part 2" isn't as good as the stylish original is hardly a knock against it. Straight to DVD: "The Descent, Part 2" 2010-05-01T15:31:00Z My sky-blue bike with a basket and no gears was hardly a racing machine. In Wildwood, my final summertime fling A shepherd like Angilù is hardly a fair match, given the nefarious skills Cirò has perfected on the docks of Manhattan. ‘In the Wolf’s Mouth,’ by Adam Foulds Stieg Larsson is hardly a new name, but a growing number of readers are discovering the allure of his Millennium trilogy. Which books are on your summer holiday reading list? 2010-07-22T15:28:00Z He’d managed to save from his creditors a truly forlorn two-story shack where he would eventually reopen his business, though there was hardly a customer in sight. The Chinese cook who saved my dad’s restaurant 2012-12-24T22:00:00Z The album, “Goths,” is hardly a nostalgic trip. Growing up is hard to do: “Goth” is the Mountain Goats’ new album 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Clinton told her there was hardly a news story “that she couldn’t totally refute,” Blair wrote. From press paranoia to affairs: A Hillary confidante’s letters reveal a window into her friend’s life 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Joanne Marino, the executive director of Bay Area Brewers Guild, said on Wednesday that given the crippling economic reality, it was hardly a surprise that Anchor had shuttered. Anchor Brewing, the Oldest Craft Brewer in the U.S., Will Close After 127 Years 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z But Ms. Matoshi grew up in Kosovo during the war, and her childhood was hardly a frolic through a sweet-smelling strawberry patch. The Strawberry Dress That Ate TikTok 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z When Eschenbach led his inaugural concert as the music director of the NSO, hardly a media outlet outside of Washington took notice. Chasing a leader: The great music director search 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The story of the elephant bird's extinction around a 1,000 years ago was hardly a revelation – humans ate its eggs. Rewind TV: Jamie's Dream School; Attenborough and the Giant Egg; The Promise 2011-03-06T00:09:51Z The chance to buy a Broadway theater is relatively rare, but the Foxwoods is hardly a gem. ArtsBeat: Sale of Foxwoods on Broadway May Be Near 2013-05-19T21:39:28Z Despite being new to SI, Lawley is hardly a rookie in the modeling world. Robyn Lawley is Sports Illustrated's first plus-size swimsuit model 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Broadcasting — aiming content at as broad an audience as possible — is hardly a new concept. In defense of Upworthy: Why viral uplift might actually be good for us 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z The menu is à la carte, hardly a radical idea but one that puts the customer back in charge. The 10 Best New Restaurants of 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z As both inanimate robots become more fearless in their flying, they become more expressive — hardly a surprise — forming something of a bond with Mr. Del Rosario. Dance Review: Alone With Schubert and 2 Flying M.I.T. Robots 2011-07-19T20:54:16Z The covered market – full of fine produce, prepared food stalls and lots of free samples – is hardly a secret. Frugal Traveler: A Visit to London, With Students as My Guide 2011-03-29T21:57:15Z Despite the aforementioned religious connotations, White is hardly a preacher; instead, he’s just an intriguing character. Jack White's Blunderbuss: The Rock Raconteur Goes It Alone 2012-04-24T10:45:54Z There is hardly a corner of the planet where these words have not been translated. Globe theatre plans 205-nation Hamlet world tour 2013-07-16T06:00:31Z Louie is hardly a traditional comedy, but it’s also not Breaking Bad. Rape, Relationships, and a Messy (for Good and Bad) Louie Season 4 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, he enjoys writing a crime story that is more than a crime story — or hardly a crime story at all. Stephen King talks about crime, creativity and new novel 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Admittedly, plundering true-crime cases for drama is hardly a new phenomenon. 'We're all car-crash snoopers now': the truth about the TV true-crime wave 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Wilson’s attitudes and record on race, even his staunchest defenders agree, is hardly a pretty one. Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Gets Complicated 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z To those who follow Hollywood, this was an annoying development, if hardly a surprising one. 'Mockingjay': Is it time to end Hollywood's final-book mitosis? 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Opening the door for a few men with wives to do a mass now and then in a remote part of the world is hardly a massive shakeup. Will ordaining married priests save the Catholic Church from decline? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But for Ms. Washington’s father, George, it was hardly a glamorous life. Review: In ‘Feeding the Dragon,’ an Enchanted Home Inside a Library 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z International distribution is hardly a glamorous aspect of moviemaking. Will ‘Black Panther’ Help Redefine ‘Star’ Overseas? 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Well, it’s hardly a bloody coincidence, is it? Sesame Street's new Muppet takes on the Taliban (and the trolls) 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z It rarely speculates beyond that, but equally there is hardly a sentence which does not carry some wider nuance. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z Police dramas are hardly a rarity on British TV. Cop drama tries not to be uniform 2012-08-30T09:33:06Z Though Mr. Capaldi is among the more accomplished actors to take on this storied science-fiction franchise, he is hardly a relic. Peter Capaldi Goes From ‘Doctor Who’ Fan to Its Star 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But bringing back the actors who played them was hardly a certainty. They Screamed, We Screamed. Now They’re in ‘Scream’ Again. 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z He’s an enlightened thinker, but hardly a preacher. Critic?s Notebook: Social-Minded Hip-Hop Makes a Comeback 2011-12-21T19:58:04Z Last fall, the show averaged 9.7 million viewers - respectable, but hardly a sensation. Harder and harder to measure TV viewership 2013-02-25T14:37:10Z In Avatar's case, the film is in many ways closer to Titanic than Aliens or Terminator in its core conceits, and James Cameron's romantic tragedy is hardly a film with a niche audience. Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: le geek, toujours chic? 2010-08-19T15:36:00Z It's hardly a glamour gig: we're in a committee room of the House of Commons, with a handful of MPs, some parliamentary researchers and assorted hangers-on. The battle for a free Belarus 2011-04-03T23:05:00Z “Girl in Progress” is hardly a perfect movie. Movie Review: ?Girl in Progress? With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez 2012-05-10T21:10:33Z Though certainly no supermodel, the plump, feisty Rose, a waitress in her mother’s coffee shop, is hardly a dog, either. Theater Review: ‘Dogfight’ at Second Stage Theater 2012-07-17T02:00:00Z The phrase "white horses" is widespread, not "local parlance," and likewise the common word "fortnightly" is hardly a sign of being on the "fringe of modernity"! And editors: "too course"?? The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z We whizzed past silos, the backs of garages, irrigation lines, the occasional horse, with hardly a human in sight. Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z He was hardly a hero for doing that. Perspective | Trea Turner’s inappropriate tweets can’t be excused but can be forgiven 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Beyond that, there is no why, no where and hardly a how to the action here. Movie Review: In ‘The Day,’ Dominic Monaghan and Ashley Bell Fight Zombies 2012-08-29T00:51:02Z From 1945 to 1989, hardly a transaction in the modern world was innocent of English in some form – but its scope was always limited by its troubled association with British imperialism and the pax Americana. Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z While father-son clashes are hardly a fresh plot device, the stress here is convincing, and the humor is generous. Theater Review: ‘21,’ Presented by Repertorio Español 2013-06-04T19:54:05Z Artists basing work on real people and events is hardly a new phenomenon. Why fact-based stories are destroying the art of fiction 2011-01-23T00:04:25Z It was hardly a surprise that the entire program felt of a piece, or that Mr. Hancock seemed to be the force holding it together. Review: Herbie Hancock, Basking in a Boundless Legacy of Fusion 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The marriage is renewed against the splendors of Venice, but it is hardly a happy ending. Paul Mazursky, Director Who Captured a Changing America, Dies at 84 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z When “L’Enfant” won six years later, there was hardly a whisper of complaint. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z “So I am paying the same, but getting only as much as I would eat for that one meal. Honestly, that’s really disappointing and hardly a solution.” Review | Why I will start including accessibility information in my restaurant reviews 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “Tutti,” a work for large instrumental ensemble and electronic sounds, is hardly a “tonal” work, as American neo-Romantics would write, but it is deeply euphonic, drawing on a palette both traditional and exploratory. Classical Notes: Yan Maresz’s “Tutti” 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The music, a march with romantic flourishes and a soaring melodic progression, is hardly a simple sing-along. As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Allen was charmed by the officer’s concern, but her husband, with whom she shared the tale, pointed out that ordering salt after three wipeouts was hardly a speedy reaction. For Jenny Allen, She and Her House ‘Were Sort of in This Together’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Between 11 and 20 percent of soldiers returning from combat experience post-traumatic stress — which may sound like a lot, but it’s hardly a majority. There’s a divide between civilians and soldiers, partly because of Hollywood 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z But Fogelman reveals hardly a glimmer of an idea of how that future will differ much from the present day. “Life Itself” Is Excruciating, Ill-Conceived, and Mainly About Death 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The matriarch is little more than an amalgam of stereotypes; that there is truth to them is hardly a revelation. ‘Let’s Call Her Patty’ Review: Unseen Depths of an Uptown Matriarch 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It lasted 40 minutes and hardly a person in the quiet hall stirred. wasteLAnd and rest of new music scene in L.A. is thriving with a lowercase T 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z I’m hardly a poster girl for the programme – I’ve actually gained weight – but this wasn’t about dieting. How to quit sugar this year: 'It's a lifestyle change, not a diet' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Fox's first week may have disappointed some, but it was hardly a disaster. Analysis: Fox wounded, but not because of News Corp crisis 2011-09-30T21:51:53Z So with hardly a word, I turned and ran for the bus. After a Breakup, an App to Help Breathe, Then Run 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s hardly a recipe, but that’s fine with me; this combination is just one more excuse to eat Triscuits and drink beer, and a very good one at that. Cooking: ‘Asian-American,’ ‘Women Chefs of New York’ and More 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z But it’s hardly a recognizable brand name, or any kind of selling point. Hands on a Hardbody: Broadway’s New Pickup 2013-03-27T11:00:17Z Through the two episodes being shown on Tuesday night, the mixture of “Lost” storytelling and “Paranormal” style is neither intriguing nor particularly scary, and it doesn’t help that there’s hardly a glimmer of humor. | 'The River': ?The River? on ABC - Review 2012-02-06T23:36:25Z There’s hardly a better setting for his lush arrangements of standards than Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, where this concert was filmed. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Bobby Kennedy for President’ and ‘Vice’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He may call himself an aging backpacker, but Michael Jacobs is hardly a rough-and-ready, revel-in-the-wilderness kind of guy. A Journey Down South America?s Spine 2011-06-03T16:52:20Z For Catholics, this is hardly a new discussion. Music fit for a pope 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The movie was hardly a modest beginning; “Iron Man” represented not only the explosive start of the film franchise but also the revival of Robert Downey Jr.’s acting career. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘For the People’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z When she does appear on set, she is hardly a pillar of patience. Supermodels as They Age Is Focus of Documentary 2012-07-25T20:13:12Z Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian There is hardly a shortage of books about depression. Underneath the Lemon Tree: A Memoir of Depression and Recovery by Mark Rice-Oxley – review 2012-06-08T21:55:12Z It's hardly a match for Music, let alone Like a Prayer – instead it's a wonderfully conceited little pop song. Readers' panel: What we think about Madonna 2012-02-10T15:51:39Z “There is hardly a pioneer’s hut that does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare,” Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the 1830s. Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion 2014-03-19T20:47:10Z And speaking of that – being a mass murder's hardly a great quality in a housemate, but Nina's already aware of who he is and what he's done in the past surely? Being Human: series three, episode five 2011-02-20T22:05:01Z It’s hardly a spoiler to note that in each of these novels, bad things happen to girls. This Summer, Girls in Titles and Girls in Peril 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Many a writer who happens to be alive, female or brown – or, God forbid, all three – might note that there is hardly a need for much resuscitation. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose – review 2012-05-26T23:07:19Z Though hardly a cure-all, artistic activities “can be powerful antidotes to distress, emotional violence and drug abuse,” said Harvey Milkman, a professor emeritus of psychology at Metropolitan State University in Denver. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z It may be socially laudable, but it's hardly a viable business model. Pay what you can: how low and how far can theatres go? 2011-08-17T11:08:11Z It's beautifully made – the horror elements still unsettle, with hardly a drop of blood spilled – and Mark Wilkinson's soundtrack is rightly considered a classic. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-04-20T05:00:14Z But there’s hardly a void at the center of this fresh and funny if sometimes wayward show, with a text by Stew and music by Stew and Ms. Rodewald. Review: In ‘The Total Bent,’ a Father-Son Rift and a Sensational Score 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Given the carbon-copy model of Hollywood, in which success is mainly used to repeat the old instead of leverage the new, it’s hardly a surprise that this happens. 'Tammy': Is Melissa McCarthy stuck in a creative 'Groundhog Day'? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Washington’s elite military bands are hardly a secret. Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras “We were not married; she was not a dark and brooding man. It was hardly a crumbling ancestral manor; just a single-family home, built at the beginning of the Great Depression.” November must-read books: Lynda Barry's comics, Carmen Maria Machado's "In the Dream House" and more 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z His most audacious act is to rough up the middle-aged widow of the cop who killed himself, whom he believes to be on Lagana’s payroll — hardly a Wagnerian moment. DVD: ‘The Big Heat’ and ‘Walking Tall’ Are Out on DVD 2012-05-25T21:19:36Z Not the written word's finest hour in lots of ways, but hardly a sackable offence. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z Hearst, the newspaper titan and political power broker who was the model for Charles Foster Kane, was hardly a stranger to Mankiewicz. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The zombie reference was not meant to be trendy, said Ms. Marovich, who for the ceremony wore a red silk gown trimmed in white lace, hardly a “Night of the Living Dead” wardrobe. Field Notes: Weddings Move Past Traditional, in Some Cases, to Science Fictional 2012-09-14T21:25:29Z “Which was a surprise to me. Because he had been lovely and jokey and cuddly with me, but he was hardly a romantic figure to me. That’s not how I saw him.” Rebecca Miller on the Mother of All Subjects: Her Father 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z This was hardly a surprise as Colbert's Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" is also based in New York. Sony delays next 'Spider-Man.' Sexual Harassment at Comic-Con. 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Lorraine Hansberry’s “Raisin in the Sun” — the first play by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, in 1959 — was a landmark but hardly a breakthrough. The New Season: Plays by Katori Hall, Lydia R. Diamond and Suzan-Lori Parks 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z The last is hardly a secret, given how his name signals toward heaven. A Novelist’s Exuberant Love Letter to a Mexican-American Clan 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “The Camp of the Saints” was translated into several European languages but was hardly a runaway hit. A Racist Book’s Malign and Lingering Influence 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z This is hardly a faithful cinematic rendering of the Gawain poem, if such a thing were even possible. ‘The Green Knight’ Review: Monty Python and the Seventh Seal 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Asking you when you’re returning while promising nothing is hardly a tantalising offer. Even though the guy I’m seeing has a girlfriend, he’s very attached to me | Mariella Frostrup 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was the distorted guitars that instantly recalled ’80s hair metal or the fact that there was hardly a quiet moment in his set, but Chesney’s brand of country music hardly sounded like it. Chesney keeps fans buzzing with 2-hour parade of his hits 2013-06-02T22:11:24Z She is hardly a picture of saintly stoicism, but a young woman subject to the usual range of emotions. Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Black Girl’ Turns 50 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But “Solo for Two” is hardly a survey of their ballet partnership. Review: Celebrating Partnership, Mostly Apart, in ‘Solo for Two’ 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Despite the grim tone of much of his book, Moran is hardly a prophet of doom. 'The Reckoning': Straight talk about America's big challenges 2012-05-23T20:19:04Z With scenic footbridges, woodlands bursting with fall color and rock gardens, there’s hardly a non-photogenic view. Explore these fall hikes around the US 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The federal government interceded in 1870, two years after the attack, to make Georgia seat its Black representatives, but that was hardly a solution. A Black senator from Georgia 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z This dynamic allowed Fox News to run the toughest debate of the cycle, with hardly a peep from anyone except Mr. Trump, who operates by his own media rules. Fox Business Network’s Debate Is a Step Up, in Some Ways 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Weiler of The New York Times called it “slick,” “largely uninspired” and “hardly a revelation to enthusiasts long exposed to the genre.” Just Jaeckin, Whose ‘Emmanuelle’ Was a Scandalous Success, Dies at 82 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “So it’s hardly a surprise that punk and metal, which often do the same thing, should embrace him.” Arts & Leisure: Jos? Mojica Marins, Brazilian Filmmaker, Conjures Macabre 2011-10-19T16:23:12Z In one line of dialogue, another cyborg speaks of the grim results of his military service, but there’s hardly a sense that women face the same risks in combat as well. “Upgrade,” Reviewed: The Misguided Nostalgia Behind a Low-Budget Sci-Fi Horror Film 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The society is hardly a new player in New York cinema; it is, among other things, the residence of the New York Film Festival every fall. Critic?s Notebook: Ushering In Golden Age for Fans of Film 2011-06-14T23:58:21Z Still, word had got out that I’d left Yale to be with Salinger, and during those years, hardly a week went by when I was not asked about the great man. Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z But the city is hardly a holiday novelty. 36 Hours in Strasbourg, France 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Although Yeezus has debuted at No 1 in 31 countries, it was hardly a certainty that West would take these songs on the road. Kanye West will go on tour, says Yeezus co-producer 2013-06-19T09:40:12Z Updated when it was previously revived, "Shuffle Along" is hardly a sacrosanct work. How 'Shuffle Along' director George C. Wolfe brought back the 1921 show that changed Broadway forever 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z This is hardly a tale of triumph: The Mafia’s assassination of Giovanni Falcone is still shocking, even after more than a quarter century. ‘The Traitor’ Review: Turning the Tables on La Cosa Nostra 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The casual misogyny of Strauss’s only opera buffa — a work that unfolds like a love letter to Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti — was hardly a point of controversy when it premiered in Dresden in 1935. Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Clicking “Like” on a Facebook page is hardly a conversion worth bragging about. GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Billion Account 2012-05-15T19:36:23Z There was hardly a dry eye in the house when she lifted her statuette in the air and declared, “The show must go on!” Billboard Music Awards 2016: The Best and the Worst Moments 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The only swindle here is that the duo are not actually from Detroit, but from Amsterdam, which is hardly a deal-breaker, given that Motor City-inspired deep house runs through these guys' veins. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-23T06:00:17Z How literature didn’t save David Foster Wallace’s life It’s hardly a coincidence that “Shipping Out,” Wallace’s most well-known essay, appeared only a month before Infinite Jest, his most well-known novel, was published. David Shields: Literature saved my life! 2013-02-09T00:30:00Z One-click banishment is hardly a representation of the real world, and it’s not a solution to our fractious, political Armageddon. A gay man asks: What do I do about my friends who support Trump? 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z As for star Benjamin Walker, he's hardly a marquee name in the US either, but at least he enjoys some profile there for stage hit musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, about another early US president. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter slays competition at UK box office 2012-06-26T12:33:39Z But the project couldn’t achieve liftoff: 20th Century Fox owned the rights to the character, but “Deadpool,” while in the Marvel universe, was hardly a household name. How ‘Deadpool’ Hit the Hollywood Awards Trail 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z There was hardly a noise except the purr of sewing machines or the slap of the pocket machine and a radio somewhere. A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways 2013-08-14T22:12:21Z With a subject like Fermi, that restriction is a limit but hardly a loss. A Remarkable Man Among Remarkable Men and Women 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z I’m hardly a poet, but, like many, I had early schoolroom experiences learning to write poetry. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z He was hardly a pauper, but at times he resented the white eclipse of the British invasion. Remembering Chuck Berry, Who Died at Ninety 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z His otherworldly passions are hardly a guarantee of the authorship of the sculpture, and it is possible the piece was created by a non-sculptor. Did John McCracken Make That Monolith in Utah? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Essentially a quick bread, meaning that it gets its rise from baking powder, not yeast, the cheese bread is hardly a light little nothing. Perspective | Make the cheesy bread that the French nibble nightly 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But if Orwell was hardly a proto-feminist, his vision of the capitalistic commodification of human experience surely captures something of our glum times. What would George Orwell have made of the world in 2013? 2013-01-24T06:00:00Z Slow and straightforward, the movie knows that a chess match is hardly a barnburner; but its lively young performers and their eventual triumph are easy to warm to. ‘Critical Thinking’ Review: All the Right Moves 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Barriere is hardly a household name in musical circles, but he was one of the first to emphasize the capabilities of a relatively new instrument at a time when viola da gamba still reigned supreme. Lincoln Center ensemble lets the cello be the star | Classical review 2013-05-08T17:59:35Z The show is hardly a musical, yet it gains tremendously from the few songs and the coming-out-of-nowhere dance numbers choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming. Lure of telenovelas drives Arena’s ‘Destiny’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Now, hardly a collection goes by without one cropping up. Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant 2012-10-01T02:46:03Z Sure, but this is hardly a moment for subtlety. What Will Katy Perry Perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show? 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It was hardly a conscious decision, certainly not one I recall agonizing over. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z The Word was hardly a springboard to bigger and better things, more like the kiss of death. TV review: Geordie Finishing School for Girls 2011-07-26T21:05:05Z There is hardly a delicate way to put it. Fashion Diary: Wrapping Up Fashion Week in Paris, With an Iceberg and a Wake 2010-03-12T20:20:00Z Ravenous, even destructively toxic masculinity is hardly a new theme in Anderson’s oeuvre. How Phantom Thread undresses our ideas about toxic masculinity 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z It’s hardly a full-blown crisis, but it’s creepy all the same. Review | What Nat Geo’s ‘Hot Zone’ lacks in action, it makes up for in contagious paranoia 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Rampling, who was born in a small Essex village, is hardly a simple English countrywoman. Oscar suddenly notices Charlotte Rampling, after ‘45 Years’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z To hear so much new to this ensemble — even Beethoven’s Second, while hardly a rarity, is probably the least played of his piano concertos — is a heartening sign of searching artistic leadership. Review: A Shostakovich Symphony Finally Reaches the Philharmonic 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But this is hardly a tale of derring-do. Strictly Ann: The Autobiography by Ann Widdecombe – review 2013-06-10T07:00:58Z As the author of the unauthorized history of Food Network, I’m hardly a zombie cheerleader for it and Mr. Fieri. Leave Guy Fieri alone: Why he has nothing to do with the Food Network’s decline 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr. LaLanne promoted himself and his calling into his final years, often accompanied at events by his wife, a physical fitness convert but hardly a fanatic. Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96 2011-01-24T03:34:59Z And in 2020, there was hardly a corner of society it didn’t touch. This Is Why You Heard About TikTok So Much in 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z There is hardly a shortage of buddy movies about mismatched men bonding under duress, but films that chart the emotional weather of everyday male friendship are rare. Review: In ‘Little Men,’ Boys Develop a Bond That Is Threatened by Money 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Seeing his body in the hospital morgue and amazed to find hardly a sign of his violent death. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Her ebullience over reaching Broadway is tempered by an awareness that this season is hardly a usual one. The New Season: Plays by Katori Hall, Lydia R. Diamond and Suzan-Lori Parks 2011-09-17T23:00:46Z Van Zweden was hardly a household name when the Philharmonic hired him, and even avid collectors could have been excused for not staying abreast of his latest releases. What Gustavo Dudamel’s Recordings Reveal About His Conducting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z An influential work of poetic theory ever since its publication more than 20 years ago, it’s hardly a natural candidate for a musical adaptation. Review: Ben Goldberg’s ‘Orphic Machine’ Influenced by Poetry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z It's entertaining and endearing – but hardly a classic. Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z That is hardly a shock to most viewers and critics. TV?s Go-To Guy For Playing Truth or Dare 2011-07-02T04:00:14Z That kind of succession was hardly a public concern. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z When word leaked recently that Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen was ceding control of his franchise because he has Alzheimer’s disease, it was hardly a shock to those who cover the team. When brain disease strikes an NFL team owner: The heartbreaking irony of Broncos owner Pat Bowlen 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z It was hardly a racial utopia, but it wasn’t the Jim Crow South, either. What Country Music Owes to Charley Pride 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z By turns melodramatic, slapstick, sentimental, racist, misogynist, embarrassing and horrific, “The Sorcery Club” is hardly a great novel of the supernatural. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell It’s hardly a secret that we support the other side. Oliver Stone?s Latin America in ?South of the Border? 2010-06-26T01:42:00Z While hardly a rarity, the Ninth is a piece that the Philharmonic has mostly entrusted to its music directors — including Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein, two of the 20th century’s most influential Mahlerians. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z My advice, calling for respect, was hardly a PC manifesto: “Do your best to adjust to changing times and terms, and address people the way they ask you.” Civilities: The current rage about ‘political correctness’ is both wrong and rude 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z For Druyan, a career as a popular science communicator was hardly a foregone conclusion. 'Cosmos' co-creator Ann Druyan looks back in wonder on her odyssey 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Her work is cited these days by all kinds of neighborhood groups that would seal their cities in amber — hardly a recipe for the sort of vitality and surprise she celebrated. A new documentary leaves Jane Jacobs trapped in the rubble of old arguments 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z While that haul is significantly below expectations, which anticipated a start near $140 million, it’s hardly a disappointment for the critically acclaimed movie. Box Office: 'Toy Story 4' dominates with $118 million debut 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The show, a historical drama by Robert Schenkkan about the first year of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, was hardly a sellout, however; about one-quarter of the seats at the Neil Simon Theater went empty. ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for ‘All the Way’ in Previews 2014-02-18T20:57:25Z Smith is the first to say that his is hardly a rigorous scientific survey. Motherlode: Daddy Discrimination 2011-01-28T21:00:39Z It is hardly a SPOILER to note that none of the aforementioned will survive to the closing credits. Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt's the Hitman, But the Movie's Not a Hit 2012-05-22T14:19:11Z This band segues from hauntingly lyrical solo passages to ornate instrumental counterpoint to translucent, other-worldly tones with hardly a hitch. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z With erratic beatings, constant disparagement and unending illnesses, this is hardly a nurturing environment, but Aron’s clear-eyed reporting and self-deprecating humor make him irresistible. ‘The Book of Aron,’ by Jim Shepard, is a masterpiece 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z But it was hardly a clean sweep as The Recording Academy’s thousands of voters spread the love for the year’s top singles. Mumford & Sons, Gotye and Fun. take home Grammys 2013-02-11T05:30:09Z Though he’s hardly a threat to Shelton’s job as a wise-cracking judge on “The Voice,” Brooks isn’t without a sense of humor. Still a maverick, Garth Brooks returns with 'Man Against Machine' 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z One just launches in with hardly a hello, then you're left wanting to escape but not be rude. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Taking offense at ‘thank you.’ Let’s just sit with that for a minute. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z This is hardly a call to shots-in-arms, but it might be a start. Perspective | Ask Amy: Upcoming beach house vacation causes stress, not excitement 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z In the case of this performance, presented by Ms. Ahern and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, that is hardly a good thing. Dance Review: Snippets of Sensation, Clanging Violence and Raging Solos 2010-09-19T23:14:00Z The one in Salt, for example, is all right … but hardly a stretch. Why isn't Salt star Chiwetel Ejiofor up there with Russell Crowe? 2010-08-19T12:13:00Z This season the original “Law & Order” had averaged a 1.8 rating among viewers 18 to 49, hardly a number that would guarantee another season, especially when NBC is aggressively retooling its prime-time schedule. One ?Law & Order? Dies, as Another Joins the Force 2010-05-14T23:55:00Z I speak French, Spanish and German but hardly a word of Italian. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z Seven years later, Mr. Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in a heavyweight champion bout — hardly a proud moment for the sport. Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation 2012-03-14T21:49:31Z Well, there is one reservation, although it's hardly a criticism as such. New band of the day (Jessy Lanza 1,547) 2013-07-05T12:25:30Z It’s hardly a comedy but is nevertheless hopeful to the extent that it clears some space for a future. Review: A Broadway ‘Mockingbird,’ Elegiac and Effective 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The best role model for parenting in Westeros, which is hardly a compliment, left the Watch last season and headed to Hogwarts, sorry the Citadel, where he intends to become a Maester. Game of Thrones: the 10 burning questions that must be answered 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z But it was hardly a conclusive indicator of the film's guilt. Will the Dark Knight Rises shootings revive the debate on 'copycat' crimes? 2012-07-21T08:29:00Z Hannaford is hardly a self-portrait, but his predicament is not unlike Welles’s own: he is a legend whose past overshadows his present. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A group show featuring artists from different backgrounds and different generations aims to show that work by queer artists is hardly a monolithic thing. Datebook: Queer art in all its complexity and digital paintings that get naughty 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z This development is hardly a spoiler, as most of “Space Force’s” efforts can be seen coming from light-years away — ending on a ho-hum cliffhanger that suggests there’s more to come. Review | Steve Carell’s ‘Space Force’ has a troubled launch, even with heroic efforts from John Malkovich 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z To start with, as Elaine Blair points out in her New Yorker piece, failure due to sexism and stifling social conventions is hardly a laughing matter. I Love Dick on television marks the rise of the female loser 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z While he is hardly a household name among American collectors he brought stronger-than-ever prices this week. Bacon, and a Bed, Sell Well at Christie's London Auction 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z While the fashion elite consider James a visionary of 20th-century design, he is hardly a household name. Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z But what he found was not what he expected – indeed, it was hardly a proper film. 'Four-walling': how film-makers pay to see their work on screen 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s an impressively efficient, if selective, history—hardly a college course, but useful to newer voters and those of us whose attentions have been focussed elsewhere. “The Wilderness,” Reviewed: Can a Partisan Podcast Save the Democratic Party? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z She was a loyal wife but hardly a doormat. Loretta Lynn Didn’t Pretty Things Up 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a surprise that Netflix wants to continue the series. Netflix Wants More ‘House of Cards’ 2013-10-28T12:44:56Z It was hardly a natural match: The dancers, whose skill level fluctuates wildly, showed strain and uncertainty in their doodling improvisations. Dance Review: Brooklyn Ballet’s Spring Show, With a Little Christmas Added 2014-04-11T22:41:21Z “Ungovernable” serves as a reminder that pseudoscience is hardly a relic of the past. Review | Turpentine for tummy trouble? An entertaining look at Victorian-era parenting advice. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The book is written in Garrett’s first-person voice for clarity, but he stresses in the introduction that “there is hardly a word or idea here that isn’t the product of our collaboration.” ‘We Changed Harvard’: The Story of 18 Black Students 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z And the last panel, while suggesting an optimistic outcome, is hardly a vision of unassailable psychological progress. Chanel Miller’s Secret Source of Strength 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z It's hardly a simple question, the morality of his career redemption resting on the back of a gruesome tragedy, and it was approached cautiously by those involved with the film. As 'True Story' weaves a web of ambiguity, whom can we believe? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But the Calders are hardly a Hollywood String Quartet looking for an outlet away from film music. A weekend flock of L.A. string quartets 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z From a distance, it's hilarious that "The Pill" was widely censored on country radio, because it's hardly a liberation anthem. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Caitlin often speaks in that voice soggy with profundity, and there’s hardly a page that isn’t adorned with some marine metaphor — fishy in every sense. David Vann’s ‘Aquarium’ delves into the depths of mother-daughter tension 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Linton is not only breaking the fourth wall here — though it is hardly a wall, more like a dazzlingly bejeweled, very expensive, sheer curtain — but she is also providing character development, symbolism, and foreshadowing. With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Holland Christian had started its football team the year before Cousins arrived, so it was hardly a pipeline for big-time college recruiters. Is Kirk Cousins capable of greatness? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z If it is, it is hardly a fall from grace. Jonathan Glazer: 'Nazism took hold like a fever. It's happening again' 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Now, this Frenchman was hardly a paragon of incivility. Artists are just this screwed: When capitalism markets rebellion, how does the rebel stand outside? 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Big stars from movies and TV are hardly a novelty on Broadway anymore. Broadway Fall Preview: Revivals, Stars and Sting 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Thompson, whose presence always reads large, is hardly a natural choice for the small-minded Thorwald. Review: Domestic Doom, Fiercely Conveyed, in Ibsen and Strindberg Plays 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z It's a sweet, old-fashioned film, but hardly a stretch – Lloyd has been a Broadway staple for 40 years, and is prepping for a Death of a Salesman revival. Christopher Lloyd: a reticent Hollywood icon speaks 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z It was hardly a prototype for the ages: pining and preening get old. Dance Review: Francesca Harper’s ‘Art Prototype 2013’ Mocks Beauty Shows 2013-08-18T21:57:41Z A stint in a Havana restaurant kitchen is hardly a typical element of a Caribbean holiday. Looser Rules for Travel to Cuba, a Destination Already in Transition 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Judges who don't judge and teen finalists who seem to lack the charisma to actually be idolized are hardly a recipe for long-term success. Trouble on the horizon if 'Idol' doesn't show more judgment 2011-05-23T22:18:00Z It’s hardly a surprise that Paramount TV and Anonymous Content recently optioned the book as a TV series. Keeping Up With New Delhi’s 1 Percent in ‘The Windfall’ 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z They slip through the mind's grasp easily, pleasurably, leaving hardly a hint of themselves in the images they evoke. 'Warm Bodies': Isaac Marion's novel of zombie love 2011-05-05T17:23:04Z “There’s hardly a better way to bring people together than in a democratic space like a park.” Transforming Tulsa, Starting with a Park 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z This is hardly a word that has haunted De Pury's career. Simon de Pury: the Mick Jagger of art auctions 2010-04-18T20:30:00Z It’s a literary adaptation, though hardly a faithful one, truer to the spirit than the letter of Jack London’s intellectually rambunctious 1909 novel. Old Masters and Fresh Surprises at the New York Film Festival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It was early afternoon and there was hardly a seat available in the main room. The Many Faces of Puerto Rico 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The Oscars are hardly a matter of art. The Authentically Pleasurable Nonsense of Predicting Oscar Nominations 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The British author of seven novels and several story collections, Hadley regularly inspires such praise, but her success was hardly a foregone conclusion. Review | In Tessa Hadley’s new novel, death mixes everybody up 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z As noted by the Free Press, this is hardly a new issue. Michigan lawmakers push fast-food restaurants to stop offering gender-based toys 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Not an accurate story at all, this is hardly a refuge for anti consumerist hippies. The Real Burning Man 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z There were other history-making wins, impassioned speeches, a smidgen of politics, and hardly a thought about the pandemic as revelers packed into the post-show Governor’s Ball. Oscar Moments: The night emotion won, for better and worse 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Imperfect main characters using their differences as crutches are hardly a new trope. What popular culture like "Will Trent" gets wrong about dyslexia, and why it matters 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z There is hardly a puzzle or a predicament that has fascinated intellectually minded people that is not captured and held, with wild gaiety and complicated understanding, in the books. Who Can Be Finished With Alice? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The story is hardly a prescription for prudence. “The Night Before” and Seth Rogen’s Ethical Comedy 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I should back up for a moment and explain exactly what I mean by “perfect” schnitzel, as it’s hardly a black-and-white subject. For Perfectly Light Schnitzel, Do This 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Less than a decade later, after Sinatra's bobby-soxers brought the notion of adolescent hormonal activity into the mainstream, a movie calling itself "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" was hardly a surprise. The rise and fall (and rise?) of teen horror films 2010-05-03T15:01:00Z The conversation about Hollywood’s ageism is hardly a new one. Anne Hathaway Says She's Already Losing Roles to Younger Actresses 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z There is hardly a novelist, woman or not, more central to our understanding of modernism, women’s writing or literary fiction. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Lewis is hardly a silent partner in all this. Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ 2012-07-18T12:00:00Z Money is hardly a given, however, for the typists at the center of van Druten’s lively 1931 office comedy, “London Wall,” a provocative, socially conscious bit of fun that never made it to Broadway. Theater Review: ‘London Wall,’ an Old Romantic Comedy Resurrected 2014-02-25T21:37:33Z The group does song after song with hardly a word spoken. Ramones: 'We play short songs for people who don't have a lot of spare time' – interview from the vaults 2013-04-17T08:53:00Z This is hardly a new concept, but Mr. Lanois knows how to put an accessible stamp on his more experimental protocols. Albums From Jerry Lee Lewis and Daniel Lanois 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z But Brady's embrace of the fashion world is hardly a result of his marriage: It's all business. The Best-Dressed Athletes 2010-12-08T16:00:00Z Castorf's unifying theme, hardly a revelatory insight, is that oil is today's equivalent of Wagner's mythic gold – source of power, wealth and destruction. Das Rheingold/Die Walküre – review 2013-07-28T15:59:00Z But that's hardly a compliment considering how horrible last week's episode was. The slog of "The Killing" continues 2011-05-30T12:31:00Z In her red dress, with a flower in her blonde hair, Bryan is the softer centre of their marauding riffs and pounding tom-toms, though she is hardly a shrinking violet. The Joy Formidable – review 2013-02-26T18:16:32Z Antiphonal seating is hardly a novelty among visiting orchestras, though the New York Philharmonic adopted it only this season. Music Review | Vladimir Jurowski: A Conductor and a Violinist Turn Fresh Eyes on a Beloved Beethoven and a Brahms 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z But how does a photographer portray people who have disappeared with hardly a trace? Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Puppets are hardly a novelty on New York stages, but I’ll bet you’ve never seen one representing a talking, singing toilet plunger, have you? Review: ‘Made in China,’ With Romance, Polemics and Puppets 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s hardly a bay window on an August morning, where the light feels constant and enveloping, even as you move around. Lighten up: can a sun simulator improve my winter mood and lethargy? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z IT was a hot June day in Central New York, hardly a time to think of swinging a pick and sledge for recreation. Crystal Visions: Just Dig ?Em Up 2011-07-28T22:27:13Z The thing is hardly a best seller, and even how it was written is a mystery. Review: In ‘Disclaimer,’ by Renée Knight, Secrets Wind Up in Print 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z For the first two decades of his career, Dr. Seuss was hardly a household name. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Even though Tiffany has seemed uninterested in political engagement, Georgetown is hardly a refuge from the controversies of her father’s administration. If Tiffany Trump wants to be just another Georgetown Law student, her plan isn’t working 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Yet the state had long been trending more liberal, and Mishkin maintained that his projection was rooted in pure math — hardly a concerted attempt by the network to kneecap Trump. The long love affair between Fox News and Trump may be over. Here’s how it all soured last week. 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z It's hardly a secret that most television shows and movies about high school life feature actors who have long since kissed their teenage years goodbye. Danielle Campbell stays grounded 2011-04-26T21:31:00Z Opera was hardly a priority in the crime-ridden city with rusting blast furnaces turned into "just scrap and rubble," in the words of Bruce Springsteen's song "Youngstown." Tenor Brownlee shows race no hurdle to his career 2010-04-30T10:39:00Z Connery built an incomparable reputation for driving a hard bargain and there was hardly a studio he had not sued. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Considering that hardly a thing was known about Maier when Marks began her project, her achievement in documenting Maier’s peregrinations and troubles with such clarity and feeling is remarkable. Review | Who was Vivian Maier? A new book explores the inspired life of the nanny with a secret gift for photography. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z That Hollywood is bereft of new ideas these days is hardly a secret: sequels outpace original properties on executives’ to-do lists. Stories from the Set of Stranger Things, the TV Escape We Need Right Now 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z As “The Empty Hearse,” the first of the new three-episode series of “Sherlock,” deals with the aftermath of Sherlock’s “suicide,” it’s hardly a spoiler to say Sherlock survived. Pent-up demand: ‘Sherlock’ returns to PBS on Jan. 19 2014-01-15T21:31:48Z It is hardly a secret that the Met has been having financial troubles — that is why the company sought, and ultimately won, concessions from its unions and agreed to make cuts of its own. Metropolitan Opera’s Deficit Swells to $22 Million 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z And the modern law-bound, liberal nation state is hardly a menacing political institution. Why the left is wrong about immigration 2013-03-27T11:59:50Z Consolidation is hardly a new strategy among digital operations, despite a strong entrepreneurial heritage. ‘The salad days are over’: As the going gets tough, digital news may have to join to thrive 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z She certainly helps him become a better person than any of his brothers, but their relationship is hardly a romantic one. "I feel like politicians are born in fraternities": "The Line" director on Greek life mindset 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The movie business is cyclical, and ending the year a few hundred million dollars behind 2018 is hardly a catastrophe — not when theaters are competing with a fast-growing array of streaming services. Not Even ‘Star Wars’ Can Save This Year’s Box Office 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z An evanescent realm of hedonism where nothing has enough substance to be grounded by the laws of nature, the “floating world” — or ukiyo, in the original Japanese — is hardly a new target for Amis. ‘Lionel Asbo,’ by Martin Amis 2012-08-18T00:06:07Z Still, it grossed only $4.4 million in U.S. ticket sales -- hardly a hit. Tom Hanks takes on recession in "Larry Crowne" 2011-06-28T18:13:16Z I lament that there’s hardly a second to breathe over this bubbling pan of hot ghee. Learning to cook South Indian food, with the help of some experts There’s hardly a sheet in the exhibition that doesn’t warrant close looking for its virtuoso draftsmanship and psychological acuity. ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z There’s hardly a minute that passes in “Funny Lady” where one doesn’t wonder how its filmmakers so fundamentally misunderstood what made “Funny Girl” a delight. Here We (Let It) Go Again: ‘Frozen 2’ and Movie Musical Sequels 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Schwarzenegger, of course, was hardly a thespian of note himself when he took on the role that made him famous, but at least he didn't resemble an oversized member of Take That. Could anyone but Sylvester Stallone play Rambo and Rocky? 2010-05-19T11:04:00Z Frankly I do not want to go," he said of the fighting, "but hardly a day passes without my thinking I should. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z It’s hardly a snub though, given that the film is based around two characters, not enough to count as an ensemble. SAG predictions: who will win – and who should win 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But, wait, you say; slavery is hardly a taboo subject these days. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It is also the first exhibition ever devoted to Neuber, who was renowned in his time as Friedrich Augustus III’s court jeweler but is hardly a familiar name now. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z Viewers hated it, not least because that episode was transmitted on Christmas Day in the UK – hardly a fitting end to a day of warm festivity. Downton Abbey Season 5: Predicting The Body Count 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The partisanship is worse, in part because the parties are different, with no liberal wing to the Republicans and hardly a conservative wing to the Democrats. Books of The Times: ‘This Town,’ by Mark Leibovich, skewers Washington’s insiders. 2013-07-07T21:54:32Z “Clock Dance,” Tyler’s fans will mostly be relieved to know, is hardly a departure. Attention Please, Anne Tyler Has Something to Say 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It's hardly a realistic depiction of Imperial Russia in 1874, but it isn't meant to be — it's a mood, and a vision. A wild, whirling 'Anna Karenina' 2012-11-20T00:29:04Z Frequently outshone by the idyllic Aegean Islands, and overshadowed by the ancient glories of Athens, Greece’s second-largest city is hardly a household name. 36 Hours in Thessaloniki 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z To those who might point out that “Forza” is hardly a bel canto opera, Mr. Crutchfield has this to say: “I use the term ‘bel canto’ at convenience. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z But starscapes, of course, are dependent on good weather — hardly a constant. Looking for the Sublime? It’s in This Swiss Valley 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z I’m hardly a renegade now, however, so why did I harbor the illusion that as I get older I will somehow throw off the shackles of propriety? What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z If the comedian’s story was true, it’s hardly a laughing matter. Louis C.K. Jokes About 'Mild Racism' and Child Molesters on 'SNL' 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Addiction is a subject people will talk about often and freely; there's hardly a week that goes by without a celebrity “opening up” about their struggles. Robin Williams and Hollywood's illness stigma 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The court’s five conservatives may constitute a bloc, but hardly a monolith; on privacy, as well as on free speech and executive authority, Tribe and Matz identify “schisms” — sometimes deep ones. ‘Uncertain Justice’ and ‘Scalia’ 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z That’s hardly a spoiler, but “The Two Popes” observes the transition with an attention to detail that produces a surprising degree of suspense. ‘The Two Popes’ Review: Double Act at the Vatican 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z His own drug use, and that of Rolling Stone’s contributors, is part of the story, hardly a surprise given the era. Jann Wenner doesn’t like the new book about him. But you just might. 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a spoiler to say that, thanks to Rogers’s extraordinary devotion, Vogel manages to reconcile with his father and to repair the damage that he has done to his relationship with Andrea. The Wondrous Heroism of Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z They are hardly a well-matched pair, this couple that has been given such transfixing life in two of the most expert stage performances you’re likely to see for many seasons. Review: ‘Skylight,’ With Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, Opens on Broadway 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z True, it lost to "Social Network" at the Golden Globes, but the Globes are hardly a litmus test for the Oscars anymore. "King's Speech," "Social Network" lead Oscar picks 2011-02-24T02:29:26Z That all three places use church pews for seats is hardly a coincidence. Television: ‘Nashville,’ the TV Series Starring the City 2012-10-07T05:09:02Z Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Modern Britain was built on sugar; there is hardly a manufacturing town on these shores that was not in some way connected with the "Africa trade". Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart – review 2012-07-20T21:54:01Z “Brooklyn’s Finest,” despite Mr. Fuqua’s canny use of real locations, mainly in Brownsville, is hardly a work of realism. Movie Review | 'Brooklyn?s Finest': When Troubled Cops Cross the Thin Blue Line 2010-03-04T22:53:00Z The phenomenon of childhood stardom is hardly a new one. Child stars: The power and the price of cuteness 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Not playing your biggest hits is hardly a new phenomenon. Why are new acts so reluctant to show us their hits? | Priya Elan 2010-03-24T11:52:00Z And yet, while not unknown, exactly, Ms. Beattie is hardly a household name anymore. In ?Walks With Men,? Ann Beattie Returns to the ?80s 2010-06-07T22:12:00Z Ultimately, the others were unsuccessful on Lhotse due to their exhaustion, which was hardly a surprise. Racing against the dark on Mt. Kanchenjunga 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Line-for-line it's rarely less than laconically funny, and hardly a paragraph goes by without a poetic perception worthy of a latter-day Huck Finn. Edisto by Padgett Powell – review 2012-11-06T12:45:01Z The history of slaves working the sugar plantations of Jamaica in the turbulent years circa 1830 that preceded emancipation is hardly a laughing matter. Family Album by Penelope Lively and The Long Song by Andrea Levy 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z But this soundtrack song was hardly a surprising departure. Chris Cornell’s talents transcend the grunge genre he helped create 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z This is hardly a recent occurrence occasioned by the internet and other democratising elements. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Mixing meat and mushrooms, Minor admits, is hardly a novel idea. The meat-mushroom blend makes sense "They are not long, the weeping and the laughter," Dowson's poem begins, and while it's hardly a translation, it seems not unrelated to Horace's own tracing of the passage of time. Poem of the week: Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson 2011-03-14T11:48:11Z She was a beaky, bespectacled architecture writer, hardly a figure likely to ignite protests that changed the shape of one of the world’s great cities. How one woman harnessed people power to ‘save’ old New York 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Mortimer stacks the deck so firmly in Rumpole's favour that it is hardly a fair fight. Forever Rumpole by John Mortimer – review 2013-02-05T07:00:06Z In many ways, women voting against women is hardly a new phenomenon. Why women fight women 2012-11-27T19:40:01Z Watching Batsheva’s junior branch, the Young Ensemble, which began a weeklong run at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday, is hardly a downgrade from seeing the main company. Review: Batsheva Dance Company’s Young Ensemble Embodies a Signature Litheness 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z "The Office" is hardly a big ratings draw. Steve Carell leaves "Office" in low-key farewell 2011-04-29T03:08:20Z The magnetism of a good mug is hardly a new phenomenon. Gotta Have That Cute Mug? Act Fast. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a secret that the American festival landscape is feeling a little fatigued. Brandi Carlile and ODESZA look to break megafest mold with Mexico getaway concerts 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z This grand residence was, however, hardly a home. Seattle in transition: going strong since 1907 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z More than 40 years later, hardly a square inch of wall, cabinet, door, or even ceiling is untouched by art, collectibles, and, in some cases, just things. Glimpsing a Soon-to-Vanish Surrealist World in Chelsea 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z When I whisk garlic into yogurt, I’m hardly a renegade. The not-so-secret truth about yogurt the rest of the world already knows 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden never lived in Washington during his 36 years as senator, and though he moved to town when he became vice president, he was hardly a party animal. Washington Society Steps Back Out 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Although hardly a big success at the time, Neverwhere was one of the most imaginative British TV dramas of the 1990s. Neverwhere: box set review 2013-05-02T15:22:25Z The operation was a success, but it was hardly a breeze. A New Start And a Gumbo Of Old Sounds 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z This performance met his usual high standards, though he uncharacteristically showed momentary signs of tiring toward, hardly a disgrace in a role that is sorely taxing even when not performed with such intensity. Review: Bach Passions in New York 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Duh, you may be thinking, it’s a machine for washing up — hardly a designer’s dream. Design: Respect for the Humble Workhorse 2011-06-27T09:38:23Z When he made The Graduate, he was hardly a regular Hollywood hunk – short, twitchy, hamsterish – but he had an appealing diffidence, was boyishly handsome and, of course, there was the voice. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z It was hardly a groundbreaking collection, but its easy, flirty prettiness was appealing. Lanvin gets world-weary fashion crowd worked up 2010-10-01T21:00:00Z That this should be the case with Mr. Mitchell is hardly a surprise. ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Hedwig’ Get Tougher Onstage 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z These films make Hitler out to be a punching bag by playing up his well-known qualities of insecurity, impotent rage, and ineffectuality, though that’s hardly a foolproof strategy. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In the years since, different family factions have taken their grievances to court, and hardly a decade has passed without a major legal scuffle. Steinbeck’s Heir Wins Lawsuit 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Prose was hardly a new medium for him: he had, since 1961, written seven memoirs, guided readers to poetic voices new and old, and issued a textbook, “Writing Well,” that thrived through many editions. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z And although the play’s events span decades, there’s hardly a mention of politics or culture, as if these topics might detract from the misery unfolding across nearly four hours. Review: ‘A Little Life’ Is Quite a Lot 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z There was hardly a peep when the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center became the David H. Koch Theater in 2008, after Mr. Koch’s pledge of $100 million. Jorge M. P?rez?s Name on Miami Museum Roils Board 2011-12-06T23:33:51Z Citing a confidentiality agreement, he would not disclose the details that led to his departure, although series creator Matthew Weiner's reputation for churning through writing staffs is hardly a secret. After 'A Steady Rain,' instant success for Keith Huff 2011-05-27T18:57:00Z In such an environment, the rise of non-profit journalism, though hardly a cure-all, is something to be celebrated. Pulitzer progress for non-profit news 2010-04-13T16:08:00Z There is hardly a shortage of movies about rock ’n’ roll, but there are few as perfect — which is to say as ragged, as silly, as touching or as true — as “We Are the Best!,” ‘We Are the Best!’ (But Don’t You Dare Call Us New Wave) 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Improving attendance is hardly a new concept, but the effort has accelerated since the pandemic reduced museum hours and kept visitors away. Museums Look Locally for Growth and, Sometimes, Survival 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z And while there are certain technical effects in James Cameron's "Avatar" that aren't quite like anything we've ever seen before, the movie is hardly a historical event, or even a grand achievement. 2009-12-18T07:17:00Z Musicals, hardly a realistic genre to begin with, always require a certain suspension of disbelief. Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z It is a rousing anthem but, as French speakers can attest, hardly a song of peace. After Paris Attacks, ‘La Marseillaise’ Echoes Around the World in Solidarity 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Some American Indian tribes would drive herds of buffalo off cliffs in a hunt, which was hardly a model of sustainability. Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z Though the book is hardly a tell-all, it does offer some intriguing tidbits. Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z One neighborhood over is East New York, the city's most violent and hardly a magnet for artists. Brooklyn's Bushwick becomes world-class arts mecca 2011-07-31T19:46:10Z And yet the clothing bunched at their feet was hardly a promise of authenticity, any more than the high contrast and blank backgrounds. Avedon at Large 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Wentland, 35, an art teacher in an after-school program in Queens, was hardly a demanding bride. Meaghan Wentland and Julian McKinley: At the Clerk’s Office, It’s Couple 716’s Turn 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z His own works draw heavily on these American vernaculars — hardly a new concept, he points out, in classical music. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Picasso appears mainly on paper, which for him is hardly a handicap. Art Review: Ronald S. Lauder Collection at Neue Galerie - Review 2011-11-03T22:11:06Z This is hardly a shock: no other superhero saga has kept the same double act going for so long: it’s as if Batman had battled the Joker in every movie since his 1966 big-screen debut. Why X-Men is right to ditch Magneto and Professor X's tired double act 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z The movie, while hardly a blockbuster, has certainly found appreciation beyond the art houses. The Oscars Issue: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Shares Something With ‘Lincoln’ 2012-12-28T16:51:45Z Thirty-five minutes so far, still no break, and hardly a word to the fans. Music Review: At Essence Music Festival, a Mercurial D'Angelo 2012-07-07T13:10:09Z While fascinating in a morbid way, this is hardly a laughing matter. Cracking up: can mental health make good comedy? 2010-04-22T14:14:00Z Ms. Freund, hardly a sports fan, warily agreed figuring there would at least be a professional connection. Two Monthly Poetry Readings for an Audience of One 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z It was hardly a surprise that Sunday night’s Tony awards show was pretty much devoid of surprises. Tonys Wrap: 'Hamilton' Falls Short of Equalling Record 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Soon, it was hardly a question of whether the “revenge dress” would make an appearance, but rather a question of when. Princess Diana was the queen of revenge fashion 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Instone starts with a basic step – hardly a step, more an internal movement, a way of tuning in to the music. A new dawn: how street dance came in from the cold 2010-03-23T21:45:00Z In the end, it's hardly a musical – more of a play with songs, I guess. Once the Musical: how I fell for its honesty 2013-03-17T17:00:01Z Missing a cue for some friendly banter is hardly a disqualifier for the most powerful office in the world, but it illustrates the strange and difficult balance that candidates running for president attempt to strike. Carly Fiorina killed in the debates. But how would she do in person? 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z In the early years of World War II, Godfrey Blunden, an ambitious Australian correspondent for The Sydney Daily Telegraph, was hardly a household name. How Stalin’s Control of Foreign Reporters Helped Shape Russia Coverage Today 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z For example, while orchids are hardly a traditional plant in China, they have recently become highly sought-after for their intense color, fragrance and longevity. In Transit: In Hong Kong, Flowers for Chinese New Year 2011-01-18T11:00:46Z Even with the reimagining of the play, the tragic tale of these two young lovers is as moving as ever, so it was hardly a surprise that Benatar began crying. Does Broadway Need Another ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Musical? Pat Benatar Says Yes 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That bit of experimentation doesn't seem to be working out as planned, and it's hardly a secret the actor isn't the draw he once was in bread-and-butter comedies either. Netflix-Adam Sandler: The digital platform as comeback springboard 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z My beard was hardly a bid for coolness. The Mirror: Whiskers on Kittens (or Are They Lions?) 2011-07-27T18:15:10Z In the first scene, Mr. Carman is 39, hardly a prime age for grappling. Review: The Ring Is a Cage in Every Sense in ‘The Cage Fighter’ 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z There’s hardly a contradiction between her sense of spiritual purity and her use of advanced tech: The synth is beams of sunlight, it’s baths of seawater, it’s a passageway beyond all matter. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s hardly a secret that Japanese photography of the nineteen-sixties and seventies formed one of the high points of innovative camera work in the twentieth century. A Revolutionary Decade in Japanese Photography 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z She’s pretty much an ordinary, intelligent teenager—interested in politics, current events and government, but hardly a fringe radical. The pledge of allegiance must go: A daily loyalty oath has become a toxic, nationalistic ritual 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Saturated color was all over the runway, with bold stripes at Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors, edgy patterns everywhere and hardly a "pretty" floral in the bunch. AP PHOTOS: Bold style highlights NY Fashion Week 2012-09-14T03:06:16Z Mr. Williams, 58, is hardly a household name, even in contemporary art circles, although he is especially exalted among its most theoretical, navel-staring rings. ‘Production Line of Happiness’ Is a ‘Making Of’ Special 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z All people deserve the freedom to make their own decisions, but, as Summers shows, conforming to sexist beauty standards is hardly a straightforward choice. Girl Hunter or Girl Hunted? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z This is hardly a step up from either of those simple approaches, more a shuffle to the left. Finger-lickin' good: Mary-Ellen McTague's meaty barbecue recipes 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z He is hardly a wild-eyed prophet on the street corner, screaming that the end is near. | 'Take Shelter': ?Take Shelter,? With Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain 2011-09-29T22:13:08Z |
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