| 单词 | imperious |
| 例句 | Her mother, galvanized by the potential horror of the situation, tried to intervene, but Caesar halted her with one imperious gesture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Inside he was quaking with fear, but outside he gave the Keeper as cold and imperious a look as El Patron had ever mustered to terrify an underling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your kingly bearing, your imperious gaze. Your royal regard!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They could not have recognized in this tall, imperious man the little boy with chestnut curls who had played in this same courtyard many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to see my nephew,” Gherland said, a tiny crack in his imperious voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z At Down, when he wanted a servant to do something, he did not order him in an imperious way. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama murmured her good days, but Dedd gave the chauffeur the imperious look of a mistress whose servant has disobeyed her wishes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now he saw that the girl was almost a young woman, poised and imperious, quite the little Pre-Raphaelite princess with her bangles and tresses, her painted nails and velvet choker. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nestor 10—if it was Nestor 10—took another step, and then, under force of her imperious gesture, two more. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In manner he was cold and imperious, and he was without scruple in the furtherance of his ambitions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Shan was tiny and beautiful, with an oval face and high cheekbones, an imperious face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then know that some man that all those mysterious and imperious concealed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He presses his lips into an imperious line. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She was certainly ugly, and yet, like the toad, she had eyes like jewels, dark and imperious, revealing latent energy and an intellectual force that could be felt at once. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian remembered her grandmother Isabella as an imposing woman, tall and imperious, who ruled her family with an iron hand. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I gave my head an imperious tilt, set my shoulders a little differently and made a couple of mental adjustments. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Celibidache was a conductor from the old school, an imperious and strong-willed man with very definite ideas about how music ought to be played—and about who ought to play music. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Dogged and imperious, with a handlebar mustache that seemed to bend his smile into a perpetual scowl, Bateson was unmoved by equations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He says she suffers from an “imperious disposition.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beginning to see it was one of her talents, the imperious eyebrow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Besides, the bears had never met anything quite like Lord Asriel’s own haughty and imperious nature. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When she commanded, in that imperious way, she was very like her father, for all that her face was wet with tears and her lips trembling. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There the two of them were, the immigrant from rural Poland, his eyes ringed with fatigue, facing off in his halting English against the imperious Yankee. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in the days after a birth, I detected in her something of Judy’s heavy presence, in a forceful turn of her head, or the imperious arch of an eyebrow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was Laurie’s father, who had run away in his youth, and married against the imperious old man’s will. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen was as charming as she was courageous, but she also had an imperious side. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned slowly to look at her with an air of imperious annoyance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sigh not for jealousy, Mrs. Fruhling—she cast no eye upon me, and I made no overtures to that imperious individual, being of far too plain and low a stature for Her Highness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “He died angry,” Chalmers said, “because I didn’t believe him. Even in death he is emphatic and imperious.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Like the nuns, this woman has a slightly imperious air, as if she is used to getting her way. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Charges against Oldham's imperious rule ranged widely, from unfair administrative procedures to threats and intimidation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman’s favor. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aw, Ma, don’t you-all worry none,” he said, amazed at his own words; he was possessed by a queer, imperious nervous energy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was learning how to negotiate with imperious Yankees. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Amy Adams wasn’t nominated for her stagey, imperious role in Nocturnal Animals. Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue: the year Amy Adams missed out on an Oscar 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Facebook’s ad ban and its imperious claim to objectivity are symptoms of the company’s misguided understanding of what America needs from social media. Perspective | Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z He was demanding and imperious with colleagues and collaborators alike. The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Of course, this imperious ruler cites a particular rune when it serves him and simply ignores those that prove inconvenient. Power and Love: What We Can All Learn From Wagner’s ‘Ring’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Like many of Ms. Huppert’s screen characters, Maud is an imperious, willful woman with a perverse drive to play with fire. ‘Abuse of Weakness’ Stars Isabelle Huppert and Kool Shen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There are two pairs of funny dwarves and two imperious villainesses and a love interest for the title character. Review: ‘The Huntsman,’ a Study in Hollywood’s Overstuffed Playbook 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Anjelica Huston as Beth's imperious boss seems to be trying to channel Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada," which might have worked if she had any witty lines. 2010-01-29T07:11:00Z A few years ago, I saw its wildly inventive “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which reset the play backstage at a theater with Oberon as an imperious director and Puck as a beleaguered stagehand. Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ by Filter Theater, Set at the Frat 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z But the imperious Mollino was not popular with the local power brokers. Design: The 'Diabolic' Carlo Mollino, Reanimated 2011-09-23T18:30:08Z In typical supporting-part fashion, she shows up halfway through “Downsizing,” already shrunk, an imperious Vietnamese house cleaner with a limp and sharp angles. For Your Reconsideration: Supporting Whom Exactly? 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z “I have tried to give a great deal of latitude to Donald Trump in his run for the Presidency,” Erickson wrote in a comically imperious attempt to justify rescinding Trump’s invitation. The war to be clown-king of the GOP circus: Erick Erickson’s spat with Donald Trump exposes the conservative movement 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Other people exist only to do his imperious bidding, admire his great deeds, and gratify his enormous wants. Is Donald Trump "crazy?" Wrong question 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The orders are as impossible as they are imperious: “Do try and merge.” Alan Ayckbourn’s Latest, ‘Arrivals & Departures’ 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z He complained in an interview two years ago that his kids would laugh off the property anyone calling Maestro Maazel imperious. An Appreciation: Lorin Maazel conducted himself inimitably 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Lewis is the scowling linchpin, the imperious, emotionally repressed scion of a wealthy Victorian clan who can’t win the love of the woman he weds. Books, DVDs for performing-arts fans 2012-12-13T00:32:42Z Edith, who dreams of a life in the theater, is cruel and imperious. 'San Miguel': T.C. Boyle's novel of dashed dreams on a remote island 2012-09-20T20:44:04Z But this time, we took a turn onto the spur that bridges 10th Avenue, the site where “Brick House” sits, eyeless and imperious. Review: Walking in Light on the High Line 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z An imperious, dreadlocked presence behind his vintage analogue kit, Moss's freestyle acid set is likely to be as fibrous and weird as anything you'll hear all year. Clubs picks of the week 2011-07-29T23:11:58Z Mr. Jarrett plays with imperious precision even when he’s reaching for the ecstatic, and Jan Garbarek exudes iridescent poise on tenor saxophone. Playlist: New Music by Rumer, Donald Vega, Keith Jarrett and Corb Lund 2012-08-10T13:59:29Z They admire his brilliance, covet his money, fear his power and lament his character, which is described as imperious, egomaniacal and relentless. The problem with The Broad is the collection itself 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Amid the comic romance of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” he is the imperious steward who gets cruelly pranked for sport, duped by a band of smart alecks who forge a love letter seemingly addressed to him. Review: In ‘Malvolio,’ Hope (and a Title Role) for a Damaged Heart 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z When her novel Blood Canticle was slammed by anonymous reviewers on Amazon, she did the thing you are not supposed to do: logged on and answered back, with imperious fury. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z “Lear” is much performed these days, with Frank Langella currently holding imperious court at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ on an Epic Scale, Starring Simon Russell Beale 2014-01-26T22:47:10Z But Bellow saw how the compound of imperious dogmas released its own toxicity. ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964,’ by Zachary Leader 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Kimberly King plays her in richly amusing detail, as a squinty, imperious standard-bearer for British snobbery. Oscar Wilde’s elegant wit shines in Seattle Shakes’ ‘Earnest’ 2014-03-26T23:59:36Z Frank, who seems to grow more and more imperious by the minute, reminds her theirs is not a partnership of equals. ‘House of Cards’ Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Every Seven Years 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z How else could Christina Clark as the Queen — imperious, elegantly aloof — be performing the same part as others who were so fussy and effusive? The Return of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Isn’t City Ballet’s Reawakening 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The signal moment in any of her shows is the Stare, a frozen taking-in of the adulation: it’s her ingenious way of translating awestruck humility into empowered solidarity, but also a chillingly imperious gesture. The Week Ahead: Nov. 20 ? 26 2011-11-18T22:01:22Z Mr. Shannon’s imperious enforcer lacks the eccentric spark he brings to his best roles. Review: ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Has Fire and Fury but Sheds Little Light 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z For while Fabienne is making her interlocutor squirm, her behavior is of a piece with the roles she plays with great fidelity: the imperious star, the oblivious narcissist and occasional, inadvertent comedian. ‘The Truth’ Review: Being Catherine Deneuve 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Set in rural Italy, “Happy as Lazzaro” traces the story of a blissful innocent who with several dozen relatives works the land for an imperious owner. The Best and Worst of Cannes, Maybe Coming to a Theater Near You 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Now and then his face, captured by a camera on his music stand, filled the screen overhead: like his film music, oversize and imperious yet clearly meant to entertain. Music Review: Evoking Forbidden Love and Flying Ancient Armies 2011-08-14T21:21:17Z Instead there was sake, poured by a young man with an imperious rockabilly pompadour. East Meets West, and Cafe Becomes Sake Bar, at Hi-Collar 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z PuppyCat is also a temp worker, it turns out, though a more capable, serious, imperious and heroic one. Cartoons on YouTube: 'Bee and PuppyCat,' 'Dead End,' 'King Douglas' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z He also retains an impish humor: sometimes he switches his computer voice to a Frenchman, Bruno, for comic effect or, when annoyed, Lucy, an imperious British tone that Mr. Westmoreland, an Englishman, detests. The Makers of ‘Still Alice’ Have Their Own Story of Illness 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Here it formed the giddy culmination of a thoughtfully paced concert, and an intentionally messy complement to the imperious benevolence of its star. Music Review | Ang?lique Kidjo: Ang?lique Kidjo: West African Music From ?Oyo? CD 2010-03-29T04:57:00Z Maggie Smith is his mother, the imperious Dowager Countess, a lady who distrusts electricity and foreigners. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z But there’s dramatic and musical texture to this character, who rejects the advances of an imperious sheriff only to fall for a disguised bandit. Review: A Good-Enough ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at New York City Opera 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The kind of impulse that Tracey felt is equal parts imperious and visionary. The Magnificent Cross-Cultural Recordings of Kenya’s Kipsigis Tribe 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But not André Leon Talley, the imperious impresario of a new exhibition on the colorful subject at his eponymous gallery in the art museum of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Op-Ed Columnist: It Goes With Everything, Even Bad Hair 2012-10-01T03:01:10Z But even before the journey begins, the journalist's 10-year-old son has joked that she's decided to fall in love with James, and her behavior around him is oddly imperious and demanding. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z Mr. Kuhn’s takeaway, he said, was “that she was more imperious but also better read than I ever imagined.” Once an Editor, Now the Subject 2010-12-01T20:37:00Z He was a rock star playing a rock star, leather-lunged and imperious but also grinning to let everyone share the joke. When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Yoncheva said that while Fedora could be seen as imperious and remote, she had tried to highlight the character’s vulnerability. Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z If Americans were at a loss to understand their history, he continued, they could count on David McCullough: “His voice — not imperious, yet not exactly soothing, either — comes on, and we become more calm.” David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z But trustees generally say that Ms. Blanco’s description of an imperious director making unilateral decisions does not describe Ms. Block’s approach to her job. After Board Upheaval, Bronx Museum Regroups and Affirms Plans 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z In addition to wearing the expected trappings—wig, self-tanning lotion—Atamanuik has mastered what might be the most important element of a good Trump impression: the imperious forward lean. A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Years ago it might have been jazz; this time he has filled Mnuchin’s imperious quarters with classical Japanese court music, further shaking up fixed notions of Otherness. David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z For Rousseau, the “imperious dogmatists” prescribing rationalism to all of humanity were self-interested and undemocratic. The Anti-Élite, Post-Fact Worlds of Trump and Rousseau 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The two paintings of slightly imperious, dark-haired men share more than a superficial resemblance; both are rapidly executed studies that tell us a lot about Velázquez’s dexterity under pressure. Art Review: ‘Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este,’ at the Met 2013-04-18T20:19:23Z His dealings with his family and its empire of corporations, foundations, trusts and properties of every kind, were imperious, if not byzantine. The great might-have-been 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Taylor had something fabulous and exotic and imperious – the role of Cleopatra in 1963, which marked the high-water mark of her fame, was the part she was born to play: powerful and desirable. Elizabeth Taylor: born to be Cleopatra 2011-03-23T19:59:58Z Traoré, a former political activist, attempts to improve conditions for his workers and resists layoffs requested by Sissoko, his corrupt and imperious boss. “Baara”: A Must-See Film of Patriarchal Abuse, at the New York African Film Festival 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Her name is Giulia, “imperious, with straight hair and a sharp chin,” from a rich Venetian family and considerably less dead than Cenzo initially suspects. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Her face-off against the veteran soprano Karita Mattila — not an alto, as the role of Angelica’s aunt really requires, but properly imperious — is a blazing confrontation of dueling pains. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Pollin is frank, formidable, at times imperious, a woman used to getting what she wants, and little concerned with what people think. At 92, Irene Pollin tells her story and spares no details 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Davis is no longer young, yet still feisty and imperious, and Kane is commanding in her mature, sparkling impersonation. Review: Lucas' 'The Lying Lesson' a gentle comedy 2013-03-14T00:33:12Z As the famously roguish Casanova, Malkovich bears an imperious and occasionally self-mocking air, whether eloquently philosophizing, wading into the action himself, or merely watching his younger self carouse. Review: Frisky Malkovich in 'Giacomo Variations' 2013-06-03T18:30:10Z Here she is on a young white woman in Zambia: “She seemed both weak and imperious, helpless yet haughty. In a word: British.” ‘The Old Drift’ Is a Dazzling Debut Spanning Four Generations 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z He is caught between love for the doomed Mary and entangled feelings for the imperious Elizabeth, and early scenes in “Maria Stuarda” suggest a typical bel canto romantic triangle. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z To these and other volleys of imperious contempt, Solange responds with demure deference. Theater Review: ?The Maids? by Jean Genet, From Red Bull Theater 2012-03-16T02:00:00Z In the critical role of the Woman, the Amazonian Pollyanna McIntosh is a marvel of nonverbal acuity, projecting primal ferocity, maternal strength and an imperious grace. | 'The Woman': ?The Woman,? Directed by Lucky McKee - Review 2011-10-16T22:01:46Z But despite her exemplary range, many American viewers maintain an image of her as an aloof, exquisite, possibly imperious, possibly enigmatic beauty. Review: ‘The Midwife’ Is Unflappable, Until the Past Blows In 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z He was a brilliant, obsessed and often imperious surgeon determined to make his name by decoding the physiology of pleasure. Life After Don Draper 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z In any case, his second in command, the imperious Christine, is not having it. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z This marks the third film in two years to fictionalize Hitchcock’s imperious persona. REVIEW: The Real Scandal Around Grace of Monaco: It's Not Very Good 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Perched on a rotten branch, it turns halfway, as though disturbed, and fixes the viewer with an imperious stare. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The show’s masterstroke, though, is its weekly casting of guest stars from the French film world, who play hapless or imperious versions of themselves with varying degrees of skill but always evident enthusiasm. A TV Grand Tour, in Time for the Weekend 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z See, for example, the pedantic, imperious comic book guy on “The Simpsons” known as Comic Book Guy. Television: AMC Goes Inside Kevin Smith?s Comic Book Shop 2012-02-05T06:00:09Z Short-tempered, imperious – It’s not too mysterious Figuring out why he loucester. Style Invitational Week 1296: A, we’re adorbs — a poetry contest 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Customizers have already devised systems to let the driver pop the door open at the imperious wave of a hand — as long as the electronic key fob is within range. Design: Some Handles Go Into Hiding; Others Make Grand Entrance 2011-07-03T03:27:01Z Esther is imperious, possessed of the kind of intelligence that laughs at the idea of reading actual books, and needy and generous at once. Review: French Master Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days Is a Shimmering Coming-of-Age Tale 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z And the myth-steeped, earthy bird conjured by Hughes becomes, in Mr. Porter’s book, a father’s imperious escort through the valley of mourning. Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z On screen, Blanchett has been an imperious Elizabeth I, a formidable Katharine Hepburn, a combustible “blue” Jasmine. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Slayer simply are metal: its purest essence brought to life and delivered with imperious intensity. RIP Slayer's Jeff Hanneman 2013-05-03T13:54:00Z If you were looking for evidence of the demise of the diva — at least of the stereotypical variety — it’s true, neither of these seemingly genial, generous women came across as imperious. A Day of Divas 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “I need a glass with a stem,” commands the imperious Doris Pakendorf to a waiter before gripping it elegantly between her toes. | 'NoBody?s Perfect': The Devastating Legacy of Thalidomide 2010-04-16T00:54:00Z At his clinic in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, he is an imperious embodiment of male authority, viewed by the female patients with a mixture of terror and reverence. Movie Review: ‘Augustine,’ by Alice Winocour, Featuring Soko 2013-05-16T21:08:34Z Courtney, on the other hand, is an authentic punk: still callous, imperious and uncompromisingly obnoxious after all this time. Hit So Hard – review 2012-11-15T21:40:01Z In that show, Angelou played the Queen, an imperious figure with lines of such linguistic lusciousness that you want to bite into them, no matter how rotten they are in the center. Talking Back to Maya Angelou 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Humourless, imperious doctor Pippa Moore's riveting work to expand the Bristol Stool Chart to "an exhaustive 31 types of patient faeces" is less to the fore because she is fighting for her job. Getting On: deadpan with bedpans 2010-10-18T20:07:00Z "It was fun to play someone like that, rather than a royal who was stuck-up and imperious." Acting with a tennis ball 2010-12-24T08:50:01Z His fascinating website, which includes his imperious and outspoken blog, is, by the way, http://www.maestromaazel.com. An Appreciation: Lorin Maazel conducted himself inimitably 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z After Odile and Siegfried first meet, they sweep off together into the wings, but Ms. Mearns pauses in an imperious arabesque so suspenseful that it makes you impatient for her return. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z Her Mrs. St. Maugham was “at once imperious, funny and spiteful,” Mr. Spencer wrote. Margaret Tyzack, Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 79 2011-06-28T02:45:50Z Her vocal gifts won her elevated status, and her imperious temperament kept her there. Whitney Houston's voice was a show of strength, but also marked her downfall 2012-02-13T12:51:18Z It’s particularly fascinating to see him grapple with the shadow of his imperious, furious mother, dead for more than 10 years but still powerfully present. Review | The dying author of ‘The Leopard’ finds new life in ‘Lampedusa’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Irina is charming and silly, imperious and intelligent, tough to the point of cruelty and also exquisitely sensitive. Review: In ‘The Seagull,’ a Great Play, a Great Cast and Yet ... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Law hyperventilated poetically, Firth internalised more tautly than ever, and Nicole Kidman offered some knowingly imperious grace notes – all in 1930s visual tones not so much sepia as old tobacco. Berlin film festival 2016 roundup: serious gems and stylish risks 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z She may at times be perceived as an imperious ice-maiden but the record highlights the vulnerability and poignancy in her performance. Sophie Ellis-Bextor's eerie inspirations 2014-01-22T07:24:33Z The slyly imperious, high-kicking soloist of “Rubies”: has this role ever been more impressive? Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z Most interpretations of Strindberg’s original text are centered on the psychosexual unraveling of its title character, an imperious, death-courting figure. Reviews: ‘Mies Julie’ and ‘Dance of Death,’ Love and Madness in Strindberg 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In traditional portrayals, Halvard is an imperious architectural eminence who strikes awe and fear into the hearts of those in his orbit. In ‘A Master Builder,’ Wallace Shawn Adapts Ibsen's Play 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Not everything in the two recitals quite reached these imperious standards, however. Power/Owen/Takács Quartet – review 2013-02-24T17:15:01Z In contrast to Beatrice, Ms. Beck’s sly, slightly imperious Isabella keeps her would-be lovers more firmly in check. Review: ‘The Changeling,’ Where Murder Is the Natural Solution 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z She’s a complete narcissist, very judgmental, very imperious, and just very involved with herself and the way things ought to be. Molly Ringwald Has Advice to Give and a Role to Match 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Bryan Cranston played some takes more imperious, some more defensive, some more tentative. How Walter White Became the One Who Knocks 2013-09-30T00:25:43Z Deep, imperious and thundering with an angry irony, the voice precedes the man. Review: Peter Dinklage Tackles ‘Cyrano’ Without the Nose 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But then Jolie, who was an imperious little cabbage of a woman, wanted to pose in the same way. The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Franklin was known to be shy, moody, imperious and difficult. 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: AP 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Despite the work’s title, Dejanira is the one who dominates the action, evolving through seven arias from impatient wife to imperious virago to despairing murderer. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z He enjoys watching “authority wittily subverted by the water, which has robbed every imperious command of its meaning.” Books of The Times: ?Driving Home,? by Jonathan Raban - Review 2011-09-15T21:30:23Z Since his arrival in America, the imperious 60-year-old officer had been convinced that British regular soldiers were superior to the French and the natives. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The writers’ room consistently supplies stilted syntax to suit her imperious delivery, and Jackson reliably italicizes her lines with terrifically witchy gestures. “Pose,” Reviewed: In Ryan Murphy’s Latest Musical Melodrama, Elektra Abundance Steals the Show 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z With her regal beauty, imperious nature and nifty clothes, Joni Mitchell could fit right into “Game of Thrones.” The many layers — and lovers — of Joni Mitchell 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Craig Brown’s delectable “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret” is not a novel, though its subject seems like a sublime work of fiction, too imperious to be true. Review | Princess Margaret’s beauty and arrogance are on parade in ‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Jean is imperious, biting and underneath it all, might be slightly sweet. Quartet: The Least Exotic Country Retirement Home 2012-12-21T15:00:47Z Moments later, Reginald heads over to Lady Susan’s room and raises his hand to knock on her door with decisively imperious authority. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z On the other side of the stage, a portion of the actual interview is restaged, with Ms. Rodd’s crisp, slightly imperious McCarthy delivering her famous dig. Theater Review: ‘Hellman v. McCarthy’ at Abingdon Theater Company 2014-03-27T02:00:18Z And the voice is good — husky, imperious but lyrical, with the precise, signature caesuras. Theater Review: Bette Davis Stays and Stays in ‘Me and Jezebel’ 2013-07-25T02:00:01Z Rather, she could "be as imperious as she pleases." In 1953, "Queen-crazy" American women looked to Elizabeth II as a source of inspiration 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z "Playing passive aggressive and waging war with a smile on your face is fun. It's all repression upon repression with a saintly smile," says Chancellor, who plays the imperious widow Lucia. Mapp and Lucia: Genteel enemies 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z One is Mr. Khan, who plays an imperious jerk with deadpan élan. | 'Thank You': The Bollywood Treatment, for Husbands 2011-04-10T21:23:23Z Why is Beatrice’s imperious, ancient mother so hostile to her daughter? This Year Is Complicated. Three New Novels Remind Us the Past Was No Picnic Either. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Proud, pharaonic Egypt was reduced from its daunting, imperious status to a cheap excuse for exotica, thereby establishing for Europeans a way of picturing North Africa that would prove remarkably enduring. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The imperious woman shrouded in Stygian gloom at the Royal Festival Hall contains all these possibilities and myriad more. Diamanda Galás – review 2012-08-02T17:45:00Z André Breton, the imperious poet who served as the movement’s leader, purchased a few of Magritte’s works for his own collection, but derided him as a clod who spoke French with a Walloon accent. Magritte, Surrealism and the Pipe That Is Not a Pipe 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Lovely and imperious, the headdresses are also emblems of the countervailing forces that have led to the ruin of Krypton, a civilization undone by its own advances. Movie Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Depicts a Striving Stranger in a Strange Land 2013-06-13T16:00:30Z Linguini rises to the top of his restaurant in Paris, only to be judged by the imperious critic Anton Ego. ‘Ratatouille,’ the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z She extends the microphone for the crowd to chant the imperious hook: "I run New York." Angel Haze – review 2012-10-10T14:26:59Z While doing so, he cultivated a reputation as imperious, contemptuous, irascible and unconventional. Albert Barnes and his pursuit of non-French art in Paris 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Applebroog’s father was an imperious furrier who terrified the household. She’s Her Own Artist. And a Daughter’s Muse. 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z In one half of the window, a night sky sits above panels depicting a phrenological drawing, two brown children embracing, and an imperious eagle wearing on its torso a shield inscribed with the word “love.” MOMA’s Heady Introduction to Betye Saar, “The Conscience of the Art World” 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Did Abramson lose her job because she was some of the things — tough, imperious, aloof — that men in management are allowed to be, and often rewarded for, but for which women are punished? Questions linger after Jill Abramson’s dismissal from Times He was capricious and imperious, with a rumbling gravelly voice, a ruined sybaritic handsomeness and a generous hint of camp, which held women and men under his spell. Robert Evans: eloquent and passionate midwife to the Hollywood new wave | Peter Bradshaw 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Jay-Z is about imperious flow, bridging his gritty past life on the streets with his current status as a cultural tastemaker and business mogul. Album review: 'Watch the Throne' a royal waste 2011-08-08T21:59:00Z Who better than Diana Rigg, that former Avenger, to take the role of a brilliantly imperious wife for the 1987 London premiere? Casting a ‘Follies’ of the Future, With Beyoncé and Ben Platt 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Hadid's imperious manner — directed at architectural selection committees as well as magazine writers and her staff — often got her characterized as a shrew by the press. Why we talk about Zaha Hadid's gender and ethnicity even though her architecture transcended both 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “It was very imperious, wasn’t it?” he said. How Mark Rylance Became Olivia Onstage 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z There are grumbles for more, but Siouxsie, imperious as a dominatrix, leaves everyone wanting. Siouxsie – review 2013-06-16T15:57:29Z At a time when we are encouraged to respect contemporary victims' voices, it seems harsh of Murphy to describe the sovereign's protests about the sentences on her assailants as "imperious, Queen-of-Hearts rage". Shooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy – review 2013-01-11T10:00:01Z He is the last, grandest and most imperious figure from a jazz tradition that has broken up in disarray. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z Unsuspecting visitors exploring Midtown will encounter the imperious glare of a Tyrannosaurus rex from the windows of Christie’s flagship location on 49th Street, where it will remain on view from Wednesday through Oct. A T. Rex Skeleton Arrives in Rockefeller Center Ahead of Auction 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z And I enjoyed it, and not just for the novelty of hearing Vin Diesel speaking in a voice that made him sound like the most imperious sophisticate on any continent. Cannes: Director grabs spotlight, but films stand out 2011-05-19T19:56:12Z And those right places capitalize on their ability to shape our minds with slippery, imperious moves that are only slightly more veiled than the company store. Thirsty in West Virginia 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z Even dancing the black swan Odile, where she is all imperious challenge and sharp satire, Lopatkina lacks musical spontaneity, and remains strangely unresponsive to the dancers around her. Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake ? review 2011-07-26T17:29:09Z The new promo for the Danny Boyle-directed film focuses on Jobs' reputation as an enigmatic and imperious tech innovator, one whose passion and ego did not always endear him to his colleagues. 'Steve Jobs' trailer: Sorkin, Fassbender search for core of Apple founder 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But his hair and beard are more neatly groomed, and he has a haughty, imperious expression. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He was overwhelmed much of the time, fearful of the imperious Fosse and a junior partner to a more experienced producer, Robert Fryer. Martin Richards, Producer of Broadway Hits, Dies at 80 2012-11-28T05:57:15Z Affable and unassuming, Mr. Mirisch never fit the cliché of the imperious, dictatorial Hollywood producer. Walter Mirisch, Pioneering Producer of Canonical Films, Dies at 101 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z He looks preoccupied and moves with a wary, imperious grace but is sweetness itself. Carlos Acosta 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z It was especially shocking because Hadid was one of the most forceful personalities in contemporary architecture, renowned as a trailblazer and an imperious maverick who didn’t suffer fools gladly. Architect Zaha Hadid always seemed unstoppable, but she left a mixed legacy 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But it’s the quiet grandeur, the imperious glower that set him apart. Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy? 2012-02-09T16:00:14Z These were the biggest mountains on the island, and it is difficult to do justice to their imperious, snow-capped majesty. High in the Hills of Corsica 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z Firth is exceptional at capturing the future king's imperious yet melancholy air, the underachiever waiting to be prodded into something more. 'King's Speech': A pair of restrained scene-stealers 2010-12-16T16:18:00Z And her persona is enthralling: she’s both shy and imperious, combining elusive grandeur with tender surprise. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z Mr. Rickman has found in the Sun King a character worthy of his imperious, reptilian charisma. Review: In ‘A Little Chaos,’ a Guileless Kate Winslet Offsets a Lavish Versailles 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z It is her classic role, which she immortalised at the age of 35 and which won her the best actress Oscar: imperious, haughty, vulnerable, unworldly, romantic, intellectual and with a distinctive hold over men. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps inevitably, Maggie Smith won best supporting actress for her part as an imperious dowager on the PBS series “Downton Abbey.” The TV Watch: Cable Television Rules the Emmys 2012-09-24T04:27:57Z Remarkably, however, the Americans' comeback album, Black Gives Way to Blue, was almost universally hailed as an imperious return to top form and DuVall's presence has proved to be wholly uncontroversial. When one frontman is as good as any other 2013-05-23T13:14:08Z The story concerns a low-level academic who discovers that bribery is the only way to obtain a professorship and at least partly even the playing field with his imperious, more gainfully employed wife. Film: Where Wit and Genre Filmmaking Collide 2010-02-25T00:26:00Z It's often an excuse to showcase a kind of sexless, imperious manner, though Hoffman's performance tried to avoid the more obvious exaggerations, as is clear even from his screen test. Some like it drag: cross-dressing in the movies 2011-03-08T17:01:30Z Now, as Crosby listens to his own imperious words, a flash of regret curdles his expression. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z There are no moments on this album in which she sounds indecorous, imperious or inhuman. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z In February, after the Trump adviser Stephen Miller gave a round of interviews so imperious they could have been Skyped from the bridge of the Death Star, Mr. Trump tweeted his praise. Sean Spicer’s Briefings, Cringe TV for an Audience of One 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z We also see more of the artist himself, especially in two large staged photographs that show him in imperious half-drag and revive his earlier involvement with performance. Arthur Jafa’s Profound Meditations on Black America 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Gabor features in several anecdotes told on the talkshow circuit about nightmare guests, being accused of hard demands and an imperious manner. Zsa Zsa Gabor: oddly modern figure shaped contemporary celebrity 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z She seemed imperious and absurd, completely in control. Music Review: Up Close, Yes. Personal? In Varying Degrees. 2010-12-12T23:34:00Z Ms. Glass is the imperious human presence in the group, a renewable source of unpredictable behavior. Critics? Choice: CDs by Karen Elson, Crystal Castles, Keith Jarrett 2010-05-23T22:36:00Z “Yes, I really was pinging,” she says, with that imperious cut-glass accent. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The young Grace imagined Mas P’s imperious stare as an “all-seeing eye,” following her even to the gully where she played after school. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Simultaneously imperious and generous, fashion-obsessed and frowsy, solitary and sociable, she styles herself as an entrepreneur looking to establish a “members-only club” on the model of Soho House. True Life: I Got Conned by Anna Delvey 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Writing in The New York Times, Stephen Holden said she stars “with such steely authority that you are hard pressed to imagine another actress playing the imperious, largely unsympathetic title character.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ and ‘Vera’ 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z What to make of Michèle’s imperious demand for more and more sexual and violent imagery from the young male animators in her employ? Isabelle Huppert's rape non-victim makes Elle a perversely compulsive film 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Cannavale — struggling with vocal problems on the night I saw the production — tempers the cliched notion of the imperious author with a deeply felt portrait of a frustrated visionary. Review | Daniel Radcliffe a stickler for the truth in buoyant ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She is pretty, poised and imperious in the way that can come naturally to tall, beautiful, blond women, but also weary and blue — a platinum princess suffering from metal fatigue. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Although Caroline characterizes her romantic interests chiefly by their style of jeans, the novel conjures up a bevy of strong women, among them Caroline’s Georgetown boss, an imperious Frenchwoman with a secret passion for thrillers. The thriller ‘The Bullet’ stars a Georgetown professor with a secret 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z After Mubarak fell, Hawass, whose imperious side earned him his share of enemies, found himself not just fired from his job as minister of state antiquities but also the target of corruption allegations. Zahi Hawass is on the stump again for ancient Egypt's Pharaohs 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z But I confess I still like her best when she's imperious and unstable, like faulty dynamite that could ignite at any second. Julianne Moore on Maps to the Stars: 'The longer you live the Hollywood lifestyle, the more empty you become' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z He prances across the stage with a playfully imperious air, secure in the knowledge that he's learned a trick or two over the past 51 years. Rolling Stones at Glastonbury 2013 – review 2013-06-30T00:03:24Z Jean Valjean is a role of imperious vocal demands, which Wilkinson, who originated the role in London, conquered with a strong voice of wide, supple range. Les Misérables: The YouTube Version 2012-12-11T13:00:47Z And Brown is quietly arresting as a woman both fragile and imperious, slouched like a comma but with a will of steel. Review: In ‘What You Are Now,’ Memory Is a Dangerous Thing 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Like last year’s “Leviathan,” also from Russia, “The Fool” is a merciless exploration of top-down municipal corruption, with a towering performance by Nataliya Surkova as the imperious mayor. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z His daughter inherited his imperious inability to keep his opinions to himself, but in her case it was softened by her feminine humour. Googie Withers obituary 2011-07-16T09:19:52Z He continues to position himself as all things to all listeners — tough and vulnerable, imperious and approachable, narcissistic and empathetic, tormented and carefree, man and meme — because YOLO. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Dame Edna, the imperious suburban Melbourne, Australia, hausfrau with the purple wig and lacerating tongue, has never seen any connection between winning friends and influencing people. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Whatever the arrangement, though, Nicks’ voice -- that signature drone that’s gotten only more appealingly imperious with age -- defines the music here. Stevie Nicks looks back on shimmering '24 Karat Gold' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z In contrast to the usual portrayals, Barbara Flynn’s matronly Mary is as confident and imperious as her cousin, if not nearly as well appareled. A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z As a counterbalance to the darkness, Knight offers the possibility of redemption to Miss Havisham, whom Colman plays with imperious verve. Steven Knight’s ‘Great Expectations’ is a Dark Dream World 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z She sounds imperious on raucous numbers like “Got Soul” and “Shake Down.” Valerie June’s Music Is a Reminder That Life Goes On 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Beautiful, indolent and arrogant, Margaret seems fictional, too imperious to be true; amazingly, Brown makes the reader sympathize. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The next moment she was up and back in charge, fabulously imperious. New Faces (and Bodies) in Classic Roles at New York City Ballet 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Napoleon admired Duport but was increasingly outraged by his imperious behavior and salary demands. The Dancer Who Made Beethoven’s Ninth Happen 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z The quietly imperious, deftly manipulative, secretly feared and despised young matron carries herself as if living life on a tightrope among onlookers who’d be eager to see her fall. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But in any language, her tone is imperious, her timbre metallic. Review: Ute Lemper Seeks Truth and Justice in a Collaboration With Paulo Coelho 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z I Just Wanna Make You Happy is simultaneously imperious and pastoral, the sweep of its strings set off by the tenderness of its melody. Peven Everett: King of Hearts – review 2013-07-11T21:29:00Z In the film, Sally Field portrayed the ex-wife, an imperious interior designer prattling on about Regency-style tables and Flemish tapestries. They Adapted ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and Their Personal Beliefs 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z After lunch with her assistants in a Manhattan hotel room, she rises to begin the day’s publicity, crossing the room in imperious style and flinching at being made to say hello to the photographer. Susan Sarandon: ‘The good news and bad news about Hollywood is that they’re not political’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z For Verdi, “Simon Boccanegra” offered a chance to explore flawed, fatalistic and struggling characters, especially Simon, a former pirate, who is a willful, imperious yet essentially decent man. Music Review: This Time, a Baritone as a Verdi Baritone 2011-01-21T23:47:28Z His characters included self-satisfied corporate executives, crusty academics, imperious dowagers and bewildered teenagers on the cusp of adulthood. A.R. Gurney, Playwright Who Explored Upper-Crust Anxieties, Dies at 86 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z And still imperious enough to pre-empt Mrs. Freeman’s attempt to feed the chimp lettuce. Review: ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman,’ Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Debut Novel 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Hopkins doesn’t have much to do, but it can be amusing to see him upstage everyone else with sonorous murmurings and imperious demands for a robe and Chinese takeout. Review: ‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’ Revisits a 1983 Dutch Crime 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The rest of this week’s episode hinged on the imperious state of the colonia under Alejandro who, like all good dictators, does not do well when faced with doubt. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z For all we know, they are whom they play: the love-struck obsessive and his imperious seductress. Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z But he’s also confident, victorious, imperious, almost serenely cocky. Breaking Bad Returns: What Does Walter White Deserve? 2012-07-13T11:49:32Z How will Sher’s articulacy illuminate his portrait of a king whose imperious mind shatters under the weight of injustice and grief? London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Never mind that his high expectations and imperious will meant that it was difficult to defy his wishes. Books of The Times: David Nasaw’s ‘Patriarch,’ on Joseph P. Kennedy 2012-11-29T21:09:38Z Over snippets of vintage family videos, a piano fantasia as grainy as the footage unfurls like a sample for swaggering hip-hop alongside courtly, imperious strings. The ‘Succession’ Soundtrack Is Fit for a Concert Hall 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Complaint: You are vain and petty and imperious and impossible to work for. Gene Weingarten: Taking a page from Dan Snyder’s playbook 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z I mean, the last record that I did, I was perched on top of a pink throne for god’s sake, it was imperious, it was austere and cold in a certain way. St. Vincent Talks Her New Album 'MASSEDUCTION' 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In one amusing sequence, Mr. Leung Ka Fai’s imperious grandmaster slides under charging war horses and incapacitates them by jabbing two fingers in their bellies. Movie Review: ‘Tai Chi Hero,’ Directed by Stephen Fung 2013-04-26T01:08:40Z The clothing line is just the latest development in the life of Mr. Hawass, who has been criticized for being imperious at times but is also respected for having popularized Egyptian antiquities. Using History to Sell Clothes? Don?t Try It With the Pharaohs 2011-04-18T22:49:26Z The film contains archival footage of an interview with Moses, the imperious master builder who shaped modern New York City and the Lincoln Center project. A Starburst Is Born: Watch the Building of the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Captain Beefheart had a mercurial reputation; his music could be impenetrable, he could be imperious. The night Captain Beefheart drove me into the hills in a red Corvette 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z As she sits across from this imperious man, Shideh looks out the window framing her and her interlocutor and sees a bomb falling on the city. At New Directors/New Films, a Glimpse of the Otherworldly 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z He was also a difficult, imperious man who regularly bedded his stars and chorines and refused to attend the funeral of his first wife, the Polish-born actress Anna Held. Book review: ‘Ziegfeld and His Follies’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z If most aphorists are addicted to assertion, telling readers what is and is not, there is always the option of shunning the verb to be and its imperious rule. The Sharp Force and Disgraceful State of the Modern Aphorism 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In general, though, this is the Bolshoi as we remember them of old: grand, imperious and dazzling. Bolshoi Spartacus, ENO Laurencia 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z There was Owen, dominant, imperious, a bit of a swine, and there was the Boy David, a snivelling midget stuck in his pocket. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Ms. Neuwirth brings an amusing touch of imperious asperity to her role as Malibran, but her naturally dry demeanor seems a strange fit for the character, who was famous for her tempestuousness. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z As Edward, Ifans plays it all to the hilt, seething, simmering and arching an imperious brow at the lowly theater types. Anonymous: So Shakespeare Was a Fraud? Really? 2011-10-26T21:44:13Z A fragile but still commanding diva, whether playing poker with her friends on the lawn of her luxurious home or ordering a meal, she insists on getting her imperious way. Movie Review: ?The Salt of Life,? a Comedy by Gianni Di Gregorio 2012-03-02T00:28:51Z That’s a stronger word even than “haters,” but then, Mr. Jarrett is a polarizing figure, notoriously volatile and imperious with his audiences. Critic’s Notebook: Keith Jarrett and His Trio Will Play at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-10T22:18:15Z It shows an imperious Achilles reclining on a chaise above Hector’s bloodied corpse, as a supplicating Priam seems to reach forward for his son with every muscle in his body. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z She didn’t move much, in her torn fishnets and army boots; she was cold, imperious, robotic. Music Review: She?s Goofing Off, and She Knows What She?s Doing 2011-04-14T07:50:29Z Photograph: popperfoto.com But however imperious it tries to appear, it can't compare with my final destination. In pursuit of the Mitfords 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z Her playing itself was athletic, in an Olympic sense: brutally efficient, singularly focused, imperious in its physicality. 2010-01-30T05:29:00Z Even villains with more modest projects pursue them with imperious grandiosity. Exhibition Review: ‘Exquisitely Evil,’ Bond Villains at International Spy Museum 2012-11-15T23:35:07Z Rainer enjoyed a meteoric rise in Hollywood followed by an equally dramatic fall after she clashed with imperious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer over his iron-fisted control over her career. Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z While she strutted the runway in a skintight nude minidress and shot imperious looks at the crowd, a flashing screen behind her cycled through the words “GASLIGHT,” “GATEKEEP” and “GIRLBOSS,” before reading: “PAY ME.” Bushwig Grows Up 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The same with smoldering, sarcastic speeches, explosions of tears, wistful jags of nostalgia and imperious gazes of disgust. Movie Review: ‘August: Osage County,’ With Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts 2013-12-26T15:07:50Z The most celebrated of the charismatic endangered species on this island is portrayed on the national flag: the darkly imperious Sisserou parrot, found nowhere else on the planet. What Dominica is: Beautiful, natural. What it’s not: Cluttered with resorts. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The clash of imperious and irascible that these two well-seasoned actors perform is spirited and effortless, but there is nowhere near enough of it. In ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ Kitchen Wars Break Out 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z She was arguably just as good, or deliciously bad, in Season 2, subtitled “Asylum,” when she played Sister Jude, an imperious Boston Irish nun in charge of a Massachusetts mental hospital in 1964. It’s Jessica Lange’s Show on ‘American Horror Story’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Grieving a relationship is an imperious state, demanding we submit mind, heart and body. How to Parent When You've Just Gone Through a Breakup 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Little wonder, then, that Yeoh’s portrayal of the imperious mother, Eleanor Young, in the summer smash “Crazy Rich Asians” was so ferocious. Michelle Yeoh on Ferocious Mothers and Heartbreaking Leaders 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Beneath all the buffoonery, the novel moonlights as a chronicle of women fed up with the imperious but weak and self-absorbed men all around them. Just Another Nutty June Weekend in the Rockaways 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Striding through the halls of Hogwarts, he was imposing and imperious, his inky black cape floating around him as if it, too, were furious with the world. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z They don't love that their social status and safety runs through men, and that maintaining both of those things means placating men's often imperious demands. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z His facial language, from imperious sneers to comic eye rolling, was precise and persuasive. Music Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-08T22:44:54Z To drum up publicity, she investigates an eerie mansion owned by an imperious blue-blood despised by practically everyone. The Week in Arts: Sleater-Kinney, Paul Taylor and ‘Synonyms’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Like others before him, Skal speculated that Stoker partly modeled the Count after his boss, the imperious and volatile owner of the Lyceum, none other than Henry Irving. Review | ‘Shadowplay’ imagines Bram Stoker’s inner life and his path to ‘Dracula’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Even so, they radiated the imperious impatience of young revolutionaries. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z In his black robes, he was short-tempered, imperious. My father, his honor: Losing his prestigious job likely saved his life 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z As befits a writer who labored on network comedies like “Becker” and “The Naked Truth,” Mr. Weiner can be effortlessly funny, but he can turn abruptly serious and imperious, especially where his show is concerned. Television: Matthew Weiner Is Silent on ?Mad Men? Season Premiere 2012-03-07T12:55:00Z She is often described by colleagues as brusque and imperious, and I kept hearing that she fails to return messages, even from art-world biggies. Becoming Modern: The Met’s Mission at the Breuer Building 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z As clever and charming as Mr. Cho could be, he could be imperious and willful, too. Death of a Downtown Icon: Remembering Benjamin Cho 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The portrait he creates of his former boss reveals a man of great curiosity, generosity and creativity, but also a frequently imperious and unreasonably demanding perfectionist. Review: ‘Filmworker’ Reveals Stanley Kubrick’s Perfectionism 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Thomas was felt to be imperious and discourteous. In Search of Charisma at the New York Philharmonic 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Blunt’s Mary is imperious, yes, but she can be oddly cowed in a non-Mary-Poppins way by Michael Banks. Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The story is about the hellish tenure of a young woman working as the personal assistant to Ms. Priestly, the imperious editor of a fashion magazine. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Is Aiming for Broadway, as a Musical 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z If you’re one of those ignorant souls who thinks New York City is limited to Manhattan and its cold, imperious skyscrapers, you should hop aboard. The Out of Towner: A Borough?s Pizza-and-Movie Tour 2012-03-08T23:30:07Z In the song's final quatrain, Bethsabe's summary recognition of her "beauty's fire" certainly has a regal, imperious air. Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z Wearing a raggedy dress and frumpy sweater, she is treated like a lowly servant by her imperious stepmother and snide stepsisters. Review: ‘Cinderella’ Adds Stardust to the Met Opera’s Holiday 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z But her closest encounter is with the ghost of the imperious Wallis, who’s none too pleased to be raised from the dead for a chat with a groupie. Madonna's W.E.: The Woman She Loves 2011-12-08T22:43:59Z Her mother, Gracie, lives in the big house but is so imperious that her daughter and son-in-law set foot there only when invited. 'The Hundred-Year House' a juicy, gothic tale of art and love 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Jones may not have had Piaf's pipes but her imperious demeanour would have struck a royal chord. What the Queen Mum played on one's gramophone 2011-03-14T20:00:02Z Dizzee Rascal is at his imperious best when he melds the two spheres of urban and pop music – as he does perfectly on my favourite track of his. Readers' panel: What's your favourite Dizzee Rascal moment? 2012-06-22T15:25:00Z Necessarily contingent and backward glancing, taking both their time and the long view, these essays now read like antidotes to hot takes and imperious, conversation-halting assertions. The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Garrett Bradley’s quicksilver, imperious video installation “America,” at the Museum of Modern Art is an indictment wrapped in a celebration. Garrett Bradley Reminds Us That Black Joy Always Existed 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Mingling on the palm-lined roof, Ms. Rivera, 82, was less imperious, surrounded as she was by young dancers and old friends. In Sequins or Mufti, Chita Rivera Makes a Big Entrance 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z But Brian’s imperious doubletalk gets him nowhere, and Allison—who has a lifelong, sincere, deeply imbued knowledge of Hawaiian culture—makes the connection with the king, and the mission is a success. Cameron Crowe's Reactionary Nostalgia 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Bronzino’s Mannerism jumps out from the first gallery in a 1532-33 portrait of an imperious young woman in brilliant red with a lapdog. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The two Queens in “Mary Queen of Scots,” however, both wield a downright imperious we. Lessons on the Royal We, from “Mary Queen of Scots” and “The Favourite” 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Trunchbull minces around on feet too small for the breadth of her shoulders, quivering, singing flat, chasing an imperious toss of the head with a squeak of deflation, like air escaping from a rock-hard inflatable. Matilda is Broadway's new Dahling 2013-04-12T10:59:00Z One is imperious in posture, the other turns away in stubborn resistance. An Artist Who Champions and Channels Female Voices 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A small bank of bleachers has been erected on the stage where 15 patrons can sit; an imperious Duke perches above and behind them, out of their view. Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z “They are looking disdainfully at him — imperious, unmoved.” How a Rembrandt Masterpiece Evolved 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In one uncomfortable scene the women are lined up for minute internal examinations by an imperious male doctor, who pokes at them as if they were slabs of meat. | 'House of Pleasures': ?House of Pleasures,? Directed by Bertrand Bonello - Review 2011-11-24T20:57:57Z Opposite Orson Welles in Jane Eyre and Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman, she created indelible portraits of shy girls who summon the resources to match the whims of imperious men. Joan Fontaine: The Oscar-Winning Star and Her Notorious Sister Act 2013-12-25T18:53:48Z He was an ingenious comic god, imperious and sly. PearsonWidrig DanceTheater’s ‘Rapture’: A big jumble with a big heart Susceptible young Tatyana falls for the title character, the visiting friend of her sister’s fiancé, and pours out her burgeoning passion for the imperious aristocrat that very night in a letter. Seattle Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ is fine but could offer so much more 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Winer’s entertaining script for the show was filled with personal detail that humanized an imperious figure nicknamed the Dean. Music Review: ‘Jerome Kern: The Song Is You’ at the 92nd Street Y 2013-05-05T21:56:21Z She has a command onstage; indeed, she seemed to control everyone around her like an imperious leader, but this was the least convincing role she’s had at L.A. L.A. Opera opens its new season with 'Carmen,' again 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z An imperious 14-foot-high translucent fiberglass angelfish beckons, as do five stout butterflyfish, each seven feet high. New York’s New Carousel Puts You in a Whirling School of Mechanized Fish 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z As good as cuts such as the imperious, pleading Stay Away are, you get the impression her best material is ahead of her, although she already has a knack for hooks. Charli XCX – review 2013-04-18T16:32:00Z Bloomberg himself has had an imperious reaction to his employees’ concerns. Bloomberg News’ campaign coverage policy leads to fallout 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z And when she stands onstage, tight-lipped and imperious in a snow-white coat that several minks have died for, the role seems built for her alone. The Indomitable Chita Rivera, Back on Broadway in ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Sumac was the imperious, raven-haired Inca princess — “descendant of the last of the Incan kings,” according to lore — who maintained an extensive wardrobe stocked with sumptuous gowns, her crimson lipstick always applied to perfection. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Murphy and co-creator Brad Falchuk have again cast her as an imperious, jealous, yet somehow sympathetic diva, this time with a Teutonic twist. REVIEW: Freaks and Shrieks on American Horror Story: Freak Show 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z There are some other vivid characters, notably Jean-Michel Wilmotte, an imperious French designer who falls asleep in a meeting and proposes a forbiddingly dark color scheme for the gallery walls. Movie Review: ‘The New Rijksmuseum,’ a Documentary by Oeke Hoogendijk 2013-12-17T22:38:17Z Though he very much knows what he wants, Peck is not imperious, and it's charming to hear him say things to the dancers like "you make the mistakes look really good." 'Ballet 422' shows the creative process on a tight deadline 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Several times throughout the show, she delivers imperious one-liners to the camera, holds for a few seconds and then bursts into laughter. Lizzo’s ‘Big Grrrls’ Asks Big Questions 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z But his ability to unify gesture and tone paradoxically appeared imperious to some, even authoritarian, a denial of spontaneity and specificity of style. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Yet for all the work’s mystical trappings and metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, it is a humane, wise and moving story of the imperious god Wotan and his dysfunctional family, who bring about their own destruction. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust 2011-01-17T12:00:40Z It's not just the payola, but what it represents: an imperious court stacked with far-right justices who have become petty tyrants. "Like erecting a dam with a chain link fence": Supreme Court refuses to get why people hate them 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Confidence and momentum from an imperious 17-test winning streak that started with two historic wins in New Zealand more than a year ago. Ireland heartbreak again in another Rugby World Cup quarterfinal 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z She is somewhat imperious, quite mysterious and never gives anything away. Review: Marriage on trial in tightly wound drama ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Medvedev, a finalist at the China Open last week, was far from his imperious best that has seen him win 60 matches this season. Swiatek beats Samsonova to take China Open title. Korda stuns Medvedev at Shanghai 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z It was a service befitting a monarch — Feinstein lay in state Wednesday in City Hall’s grand rotunda — which is how she carried herself: regal and at times imperious. Column: In last farewell to Feinstein, San Francisco celebrates its 'forever mayor' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z It's not just the payola, but what it represents: an imperious court stacked with far-right justices who have become petty tyrants. "Like erecting a dam with a chain link fence": Supreme Court refuses to get why people hate them 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z She could seem imperious and regal in public, but as mayor carried a firefighter’s coat in her trunk to wear in emergencies. Dianne Feinstein, the first woman in the Senate from California, has died 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The economic setbacks are eroding Mr. Xi’s image of imperious command, and emerging as perhaps the most sustained and thorny challenge to his agenda in over a decade in power. China’s Economic Pain Is a Test of Xi’s Fixation With Control 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Verstappen looked as imperious as ever as he started his work to dial in his Red Bull to the fastest circuit on the calendar, quickest from the moment he took to the track. Verstappen fastest in first practice at Monza 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Swiatek has won both previous meetings with world number 86 Peterson and came through this encounter on Arthur Ashe Stadium in imperious style.. Swiatek breezes into second round at US Open 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Well, it took some time because of the imperious ability of the Brazilian, but they eventually found Rodri. Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Full-back Freddie Steward at least proved imperious again in Cardiff under the high ball just as he had in the Six Nations match in February. Wales defeat disappointing England in Cardiff 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Max Verstappen was in imperious form as he came from sixth on the grid to win the Belgian Grand Prix. Verstappen makes it eight in a row with Belgium win 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Root arrived with the score at 130-2 and the game in the balance, but was instantly at his impish, imperious best. Astonishing Crawley century stuns Australia 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z But in the afternoon Marsh quietened the England support, bullying the bowling with an imperious knock. Wood thrills but crucial Ashes Test in the balance 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z They soothed their plump, imperious long-haired tabby and swept up the splintered drywall and ceiling tiles that littered the common entryway. Sleepless in Kyiv: In wartime capital, the stress of long fight weighs on everyone. Somehow, people cope 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Red Bull's Max Verstappen continued his imperious march towards a third world title with a dominant victory at the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen takes fifth win in row in Austria 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Exxon Mobil’s leaders are reportedly abandoning their imperious “god pod” offices as they prepare to move into new headquarters in Houston. The $69 Billion Microsoft-Activision Deal Faces a Big E.U. Test 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Daniels plays all the men of the modern-dress drama and, most important, imperious Jason, foolishly unable to grasp the magnitude of Medea’s devastation. Review | ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Medea’ and more: Classics in London feel new again 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Despite Barca's imperious domestic form which has seen them extend their unbeaten league run to 59 games, they have been fallible on the European stage this season. How do Chelsea stop 'best team in world' Barcelona? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The segment has strong jokes, but it’s Yang’s pitch-perfect delivery of Jafar’s imperious tone that makes it truly great. "Saturday Night Live": Molly Shannon returns, and Trump interrupts the Last Supper 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z But he reserves special venom for the imperious U.S. ambassador, Graham Martin, whose loose hold on reality fed hopes that Washington might still deliver enough weaponry to turn the tide. Review | As Saigon fell, a young banker went on a desperate mission 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Texas is a school with an imperious predilection in coaches. Texas players make it clear with words and play: They want Rodney Terry 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In “Tár,” imperious conductor Lydia handles a schoolyard bully in the same ruthless way she handles her professional life: She threatens to destroy a little girl who is hassling her daughter. Opinion | The 2023 best picture nominees show parenting is an unbeatable source of joy 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z As imperious as he looks at his best, out of form he is every bit as awkward. Roy century seals Bangladesh ODI series for England 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Despite her decision not to wear a wig, "far too heavy and imperious", she was a stout defender of Parliamentary tradition, something which led to some friction with the incoming Blair government in 1997. Obituary: Betty Boothroyd 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “Some people stay in office a long time and become imperious,” Allen said. Richard Saslaw, Virginia’s longest-serving state senator, will retire 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z There were questions how Feinstein, used to being in charge as chief executive — and an imperious one, at that — would function as one of 100 senators. Column: Dianne Feinstein is one of California's greats. Let's remember her that way 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z For many islanders, China is productive, yes, and attentive, but they see it less as a benign partner than as an imperious and corrupting force that raises the risk of conflict. China’s Mad Dash Into a Strategic Island Nation Breeds Resentment 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Saracens, imperious in the Premiership, were rattled by Edinburgh's intensity, typified by the attritional carries by Luke Crosbie. Saracens earn home tie despite defeat in Edinburgh 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In Seattle’s case, Big Tech also doesn’t seem quite so imperious since it started laying off thousands of workers. Seattle’s Kshama Sawant was a tale for our time, but the story fizzled 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z This gives everyone invested in that system’s survival a reason to keep the leader in power, even if they are seen as imperious or corrupt. Which Leaders Resign, Like Jacinda Ardern? Often, the System Decides. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z She was austere, imperious, quick to judge, stingy with affection. Leona Zacharias Helped Solve a Blindness Epidemic Among Premature Babies. She Received Little Credit. 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Like any good noble, she could also be imperious. Abigail Kawananakoa, 96, Dies; Claimed to Be Last Hawaiian Princess 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z City were imperious in the first half with England forward Chloe Kelly at the heart of everything. Man City win keeps pressure on WSL top three 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Bankman-Fried was there — and the young billionaire, often portrayed as a benevolent tech genius, showed that he could be imperious, too. Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s courtship of a Washington regulator 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Australia, meanwhile, had looked imperious en route to the last four. Best rugby league game ever? Australia win epic 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Paul M. Barrett, the deputy director of New York University’s Center for Business and Human Rights, said such a council under Musk would face even more skepticism because of Musk’s “notoriously erratic and imperious personality.” Racist tweets quickly surface after Musk closes Twitter deal 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z His father, an imperious patriarch who dreamed of dynastic power for his sprawling family, was apoplectic. Review: Ted Kennedy, in a new biography, is better — and worse — than you thought 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Trump’s supporters saw his paper towel toss as playful, but his critics considered it imperious and insensitive. Biden, seeking contrast to Trump, vows $60 million in Puerto Rico visit 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z He has been imperious since the opening game at Brentford, establishing a formidable partnership with Gabriel. 'It's beginning to feel like the real thing at Arsenal' 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Russia’s imperious president, Vladimir Putin, may have just endured his worst week since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which he says was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century. Putin's brutality in Ukraine can get worse. Get ready for a chilly winter 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z From the moment Verstappen took to the track in practice on a dank Friday afternoon, he looked imperious, and even a grid penalty for using too many engine parts could not stand in his way. Verstappen peerless in Belgium with win from 14th 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Verstappen, who in the final race before F1’s summer break drove from 10th to the win in the Hungarian Grand Prix, produced another imperious drive and moved closer to a second straight world title. F1 champ Max Verstappen surges from 14th to win Belgian GP 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The gaze feels imperious, but it’s also hard to tell: He lives so far above the ordinary viewer that one gets a firm sense only of his body language, at ease, commanding and intense. Review | In Philadelphia, a monument to end all monuments 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The once imperious ghost was fading dramatically and few held much hope of him finishing, let alone winning. They tried to stop him, but the Ghost Runner always got away 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z She probably finds me to be a judgmental, imperious jerk. Advice | Ask Amy: What do I say when asked about my estranged family? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for South Africa, the departure of Dunkley only brought in Sciver, who continued her imperious form with a brutal half-century. Lamb ton leads England to comfortable win over SA 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z But this year is the first time he has progressed past round two at Wimbledon and he faces a steep task against his illustrious countryman, who looked imperious against Thanasi Kokkinakis on Wednesday. Djokovic resumes defence as Watson eyes week two 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z And Mr. Jacobs said, “I can’t ever remember him being imperious.” Michel David-Weill, Influential Lazard Banker, Dies at 89 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “She does not have the imperious stare that Henry had,” says Braden. The Seattle man who’s watched over 10,000 cat videos and isn’t stopping 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Any Biden meeting with Prince Mohammed includes potential for an embarrassing last-minute public rebuff from a still-offended crown prince known for imperious, harsh actions. Pledge of more oil heightens odds of Saudi trip for Biden 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z For Biden, the political dangers of offering his hand to Prince Mohammed include the potential for an embarrassing last-minute public rebuff from a still-offended crown prince known for imperious, harsh actions. As gas prices soar, Biden leans toward visiting Saudi Arabia 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z They have been imperious, fearsome for much of the season, a class above even their most highly regarded domestic rivals. Manchester City Claims Title After Nearly Kicking It Away 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Among Klagsbrun’s notable influences is Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” whose tales of transformation — often of women altered by imperious gods — suit the artist’s interest in protean forms. Review | In the galleries: Voyages through time, space and the seas 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z You’ve just got to wander around Windsor or through the royal estates, and you’ll find large statues of Victoria looking very imperious, many of which were unveiled while she was alive. As Queen Elizabeth II turns 96, a look at her life and legacy 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In an act of imperious adolescent spite, that trombone player had opened his bottle and poured the oil on my head. Review | The people and institutions that benefit from shame 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z If not, it could well be tight, and it’s worth remembering that for all the imperious form of Jurgen Klopp’s men they have tended to score in ones of twos recently. Benfica v Liverpool: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live! 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It was the kind of imperious broadside that would strike fear into the hearts of most politicians. California adults who live with a gun owner face twice the risk of death by homicide 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z This is a team who under Clarke are coming of age, and it was the imperious showing of two young men at the heart of it. Scotland denied seventh consecutive win 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z He was imperious from the outset, scoring 89 runs in the first session alone and ultimately enabling England to declare on 507-9 before they ended the day 436 runs in front. Stokes rediscovers superhero status 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z War is making the argument better than any imperious C.E.O. ever could. Should Tech Stay or Go in Russia? 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Dias was imperious at the back for City. Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Near the end of dinner, an imperious neighbor calls and claims that her boy left one of his sandals in the backyard earlier in the day while playing with Phyllis’s son. Review | In Tessa Hadley’s ‘Free Love,’ a mother’s happy life is upended by a kiss 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z While they continue to fight on other fronts - including the Carabao Cup, in which they qualified for the final last week - their attempts to keep pace with an imperious City look forlorn. Chelsea 'mentally and physically tired' says Tuchel 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The gap between the third-placed Blues and imperious leaders Manchester City is 12 points, with Thomas Tuchel's side having played a game more - surely an insurmountable gulf. Brighton further damage Chelsea's title hopes 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z In Mr. de Blasio’s case, the bothersome aspects of his disposition exist outside the parameters of any collective tolerance — he ran cool rather than hot; he was imperious more than he was righteously enraged. The Mayor New Yorkers Loved to Hate 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z That Mr. Snyder failed to keep his promise to cooperate “with all aspects of the investigation” doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has watched the imperious and bullying way he has operated. Opinion | Daniel Snyder’s playbook: Obstruct and disrupt 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z When he had played, he was below his imperious best, but Tuesday's sparkling display was a reminder of how good he is in full flow - and how important he is to his side's title defence. Is De Bruyne getting back to his best? 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Hamilton was imperious from then on, through a pit stop and a virtual safety car, until Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams with five laps to go. Verstappen wins title after last-lap overtake 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Verstappen looks imperious at the Azerbaijan GP but keeps pushing for fastest laps instead of nursing his lead. Thrilling 2021 season among best in Formula One history 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Logan’s imperious reaction to slights, his need to be worshiped by his children and the emotional value he places on loyalty suggest a paternal tenderness buried under protective layers of narcissism. The major miscalculation behind 'Succession's' unspectacular season 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z With games every three or four days, December is looking like it could be a crucial month in the title race but Liverpool head into the festive period in imperious form. Liverpool go second with big win over Saints 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z His imperious play has guided Leicester to eight wins from eight in the Premiership. Sale sign England fly-half Ford 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Group A: Manchester City were imperious as they swatted Club Brugges aside in ... well, In Bruges. Atlético Madrid v Liverpool: Champions League – live! 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z He described Inslee’s order as imperious, noting the refusal to allow unvaccinated workers to stay in their jobs if they submit to regular COVID-19 testing — an option offered by other state and local mandates. Judge denies last-minute effort to block Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In this formal, intimidating world of large classrooms and imperious professors who taught — and terrified with — the Socratic method, women students often banded together for comfort and support. Perspective | Like many Texas women, I had a safe, legal abortion. What happened to our state? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Heath was “chilly and imperious, solipsistic and unappreciative,” a man who nursed grudges and passé ideas, and not someone he ever much liked, the playwright wrote. To His Surprise, His Play About 2 Dead U.K. Politicians Struck a Chord 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z She rejected the magazine’s stilted, imperious “we” by putting her own body on the line. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Shaw: Is it me or is Luke Shaw looking imperious at the moment? Who made Garth Crooks' team of the week? 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Rohit Sharma's imperious century gave India the edge over England after three days of a fascinating fourth Test at The Oval. Rohit ton gives India edge on England 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z In those early days, I remember how quickly the Taliban went from imperious to almost apologetic. Did the War in Afghanistan Have to Happen? 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Both men were supremely self-confident to the point of being imperious, and yet both struggled with obvious insecurities. Opinion | The last act in Cuomo’s father-son tragedy 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z At one point, he offered a glint of George’s imperious approach, focusing responsibility squarely on the players. In Another Yankees Collapse, No Mercy From the Mets or the Home Crowd 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z But they faulted his handling of the Iraq war, held him to account for the mistreatment of prisoners, and said he had alienated colleagues and the public with his imperious style. Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z He was raised by two women: his mother, Connie, and his grandmother, the imperious anchor of the family who went by Honey Mom. My Father Vanished When I Was 7. The Mystery Made Me Who I Am. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z By the end, he was at his imperious best. Djokovic tops Tsitsipas in five sets at French Open for 19th major 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Krejcikova, until recently a doubles specialist with two Grand Slam titles to her name in that format, was far more imperious in her victory over Svitolina, 26. Svitolina out as seed exodus continues 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Some current and former workers, though, say they have long been unhappy with leadership, citing issues such as perceived favoritism in dispatching jobs, imperious behavior by leaders, and an expectation of overtime work. Complaints about sexual harassment and workplace culture at Casa Latina in Seattle lead to board investigation 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Every Cinderella needs a wicked stepmother, and here that role falls to the imperious Baroness von Hellman, played by an impossibly elegant and diabolical Emma Thompson. Review: ‘Cruella’ is dazzling fun but shows too much sympathy for the de Vil 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Hamilton's recovery was typically clinical and ruthless and Verstappen was imperious, but the award goes to Norris. Verstappen wins classic as Hamilton recovers 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Outside, the imperious marble lions, Patience and Fortitude, and the portals they guarded, were dirt-streaked. Vartan Gregorian, Savior of the New York Public Library, Dies at 87 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But she cut a warm, maternal figure compared with Pauline Robinson Pierce, Barbara’s mother, an imperious, erratic woman who was hypercritical of Barbara, her second daughter, to the point of cruelty. Review | For three generations of Bush women, personal pain and a public spotlight 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The 29-year-old was imperious throughout - bringing back memories of how he propelled the Blues and Leicester to Premier League titles in successive seasons. Kante is like having 'half a man more' 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z To his admirers, the doctor was a health care visionary; to his critics, the embodiment of imperious self-regard. On a Storied Stretch of Fifth Avenue, a Symbol of Irish America Reels 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Hopkins slips seamlessly into his role as the vulnerable, imperious, terrified and cantankerous Anthony; he’s lovable and exasperating in perfectly equal measure as he swims against the invisible tide of aging and mental decline. Review | ‘The Father’ is a meticulously constructed story in which very little is what it seems 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z City have been imperious in patches, but West Ham have also been excellent, resolute in defence and lively in attack. Manchester City v West Ham: Premier League – live! 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Sporting designer suits and a bob cut so sharp that you tremble for her stylist, Pike’s Marla Grayson is ruthlessly imperious from head to toe. Review: A compellingly cruel Rosamund Pike in ‘I Care a Lot’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Some who worked with Stenger said he could be imperious, clashing at times with other staffers in part because he focused intensely on security rather than the office’s other priorities. House security chief said lawmaker wariness of military at Capitol drove his resistance to early request for National Guard 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z He epitomised the imperious self‑belief and hard-running zeal of the champions. Jordan Henderson: 'I was in a very dark place. It made me a lot stronger' | Donald McRae 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Thornburgh ran into trouble with the press and members of Congress who were put off by his imperious manner. Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z A therapist treats a black stripper who has multiple personality disorder, including that of an imperious white racist. Movies on TV this week: 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' and more 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z It is true that Rose could be imperious. Barbara Rose, Critic and Historian of Modern Art, Dies at 84 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z In some years, the team that shines brightest in the early exchanges maintains that form: Bayern Munich’s victory, for example, was preceded by the most imperious group stage in the competition’s history. The Champions League’s New Twist: Injury Roulette 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Viola Davis occupies the screen with the imperious, implacable command of a prizefighter, which in many ways her title character has been forced to become. Review | Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are exhilarating in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z In the role of Grace's wealthy father Franklin Reinhardt, veteran Canadian actor Sutherland delivers a performance of imperious grandeur and icy disdain. The Undoing: Five reasons HBO whodunnit got people talking 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z “Then we found out that their names define them,” wrote Nicholas, of Vienna, Va. Maggie, a Corgi mix, is imperious but extremely smart and loyal. Perspective | When naming their pets, some dog and cat owners look to history 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Under the imperious glares of everyone around me, I carefully separated the perforated ballot into two pieces and inserted the “correct” one in the appropriate box. From an act of survival in 1979 Iran to a civic duty in 2020 America 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z They’ll have their work cut out to take anything home today, but will fancy their chances against a team that have been imperious at times, but occasionally bang average and – against Aston Villa – downright awful. Liverpool v Sheffield United: Premier League – live! 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Previously brought to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, this adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel co-stars Kristin Scott Thomas as the imperious housekeeper Mrs. Danvers. Now streaming: ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘Rebecca,’ ‘The Witches’ 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Matthew Wolff shot a 65 at imperious Winged Foot on Saturday, and when Rory McIlroy heard Wolff had played the front nine in 30 — 30! Matthew Wolff races to the U.S. Open lead with a 65, but Bryson DeChambeau is lurking 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z “This gross, imperious and unreasonable act was utterly appalling. It fully exposes the Cold-War mentality and political prejudice of some Australian departments and officials,” a Xinhua spokesperson said, according to the agency. China's Xinhua condemns raids on Chinese journalists in Australia 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z One of her final stage roles was as Mrs. Higgins, the protagonist’s imperious but sensible mother, in a 2011 production of “Pygmalion” at the Garrick Theater in London. Diana Rigg, Emma Peel of ‘The Avengers,’ Dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z He got into a salary battle with M. Donald Grant, the team’s imperious chairman of the board, and Grant ordered him traded — to the Cincinnati Reds. Perspective | Tom Seaver was my boyhood idol. He never let me down. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z At home, he is still battling a critical, if not outright hostile, French public generally unconvinced by his at times arrogant, aloof and imperious style. Macron's message to Beirut: we'll deliver aid and 'home truths' to your government 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Given Mercedes’ imperious dominance, the Finn is providing the sole challenge to Hamilton. Hamilton uncomfortable negotiating new deal during pandemic 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Not quite as imperious as in the recent past but still terrific on their day. The Premier League's overachievers, underachievers and those on par | Paul Wilson 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Even as McKinley lay dying, Morgan and other railroad tycoons were putting together an “imperious” deal — one that would bring him into direct contact with Roosevelt. Review | Roosevelt and Morgan: The president vs. the king of Wall Street 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z That Mercedes were in imperious form was clear when Hamilton set a new track record to lead Q2 on the harder tyres. Lewis Hamilton storms to pole position for Hungarian Grand Prix 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z “Without limits on its subpoena powers, Congress could ‘exert an imperious control’ over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President’s expense, just as the Framers feared,” Roberts wrote, quoting the Federalist Papers. With wave of major rulings, Roberts and Supreme Court emerge as powerful counterweight to Trump and Congress 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z "Without limits on its subpoena powers, Congress could 'exert an imperious control' over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President’s expense, just as the Framers feared," he wrote. Trump rips Supreme Court, claims ‘political prosecution’ after rulings on financial records 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z While he retains the reasoned support of many in the centre, polls show a clear majority of voters, despite his recent efforts to appear more relatable, continue to see him as aloof and imperious. Macron's promise to reinvent himself may not save his presidency 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In some ways Mr. Macron is his own worst enemy, with a style that can come off as imperious. Macron Beat Back the Coronavirus. France Is Not Impressed. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z China's foreign ministry in Hong Kong described US criticism of the new draft law as "utterly imperious, unreasonable and shameless". China fury amid global pressure over Hong Kong 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z But even as the plan was approved by China’s top legislative body, and Chinese officials taunted the United States as an imperious meddler, Premier Li Keqiang struck a conciliatory tone. Beijing Hardens Resolve to Defy U.S., Even While Calling for Cooperation 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z It described US criticism of the new draft law as "utterly imperious, unreasonable and shameless". US and allies defend HK as 'bastion of freedom' 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Usually it is punctuated by an insult, a slammed telephone, or an imperious stare. Quite possibly the rudest club in the world? - Golf Digest 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The imperious Davids hit the post with a low, angled strike, before Van Nistelrooy’s point-blank effort was repelled by the elastic Cech. My favourite game: Netherlands v Czech Republic, Euro 2004 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z All that craft, all that fine, imperious possession football - and they’ve never actually been in front in the game. World Cup questions: Why didn’t the great Dutch teams of the 1990s win it? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z What is "extreme" is the decades-long culture of mismanagement and greed embodied by these imperious executive supplicants. 7 rules to rein in the Boeing bailout 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But the numbers aren’t academic – they’re fun: along with some unusual instructions to the singers such as “imperious, but less certain”. Blistering and virtuosic, depth and wisdom... women composers we should listen to 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z He can be matey or imperious as the fancy takes him. Quite possibly the rudest club in the world? - Golf Digest 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Liverpool, imperious in domestic games, had lost to Atlético Madrid, failing to muster a single shot on target. Which League Is Best? The One Your Team Is In 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The organization sought to influence officials in California last year, but elected officials there criticized the strategy as imperious and ineffective. After California Law, Statehouses Push to Expand Rights of College Athletes 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z With Gündogan in imperious mood, spraying passes around from the base of the midfield, City were dominating possession and creating chances. Phil Foden strike seals easy FA Cup win for Manchester City over Port Vale 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z "We used to talk about the imperial presidency, but now we can talk about the imperial and imperious House of Representatives," Starr replied. Ken Starr: Trump's impeachment 'a very ugly chapter in our constitutional history' 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z And his sometimes imperious personal style continues to grate on many. General Strike in France Challenges Macron’s Latest Ambition for Change 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z His imperious rants no longer intimidate adversaries; his bullying no longer gets them to cede diplomatic turf. Trump Is Running Out of Time for a Meaningful Diplomatic Deal—Anywhere 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z City aren’t quite their imperious best at the minute, either, having only won one of their last four in all competitions. Newcastle United v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Born in Yugoslavia and educated at Harvard, Mr. Simon was an imperious arbiter who regarded television as trash and most Hollywood films as superficial. This week’s passages 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The back-to-back Premier League champions, last season’s imperious treble winners, are currently only fourth in the table. Manchester City v Chelsea: Premier League – live! 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z West’s take on the story, according to a release, will dramatize Nebuchadnezzar’s “transition from wicked, imperious, self-declared ruler to a true believer who finds salvation in his faith.” Everything we know about Kanye West's opera opening in Los Angeles 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z An imperious updating of the cluttered sound of P-Funk, Who Am I?’s sound is thick with George Clinton samples, its bassline elastic and supremely funky, its grinding, squealing synths adding a hint of unease. Dr Dre's 20 best productions – ranked! 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z We watch him move, with an imperious rhinocerine trudge, into the center of the frame, until he obscures our view of Thunberg almost altogether. Staring Down Donald Trump, the Same Elephant in Every Room 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In a weary, imperious voice, he says “Can you not talk, please?” It may be farewell, but not goodbye: Elton John has a lot left to say 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Crawl Home’s lyrics are very much within her wheelhouse – sickly, obsessive love – and she sounds utterly imperious over the maelstrom of heavy riffs. PJ Harvey's 50 greatest songs – ranked! 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The imperious director Richard Helms occasionally testified in Congress, but he gave no interviews. Impeachment frenzy in Washington sets Trump off against the CIA 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Stories of Norman’s imperious behaviour were common in the musical world. 'A majestic figure in every sense' – stars remember Jessye Norman 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z A relaxed Coleman, who also posted the fastest time in the opening round, looked imperious as he eased up 10 meters from the finish then coasted across the line for a comfortable win. Coleman storms into 100 meters final 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Former French President Jacques Chirac, a gregarious and yet imperious political warhorse who during four decades in government became a senior European statesman and led opposition to the Iraq war, died Thursday. Jacques Chirac, former French president who led opposition to the Iraq war, has died 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But when in this imperious mood most oppositions would struggle to contain the champions of the past two campaigns, who ended with a record league victory under the Catalan. Manchester City hit eight past Watford as Bernardo Silva scores treble 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Tillerson also described an imperious president who would sometimes suggest ideas that were illegal. ‘You’re a prop in the back’: Advisers struggle to obey Trump’s Kafkaesque rules 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z I’m starting off with Downton’s imperious queen of the withering retort, because we all know that Violet would not tolerate a lesser placement. ‘Downton Abbey,’ the movie, opens soon. Here’s a quick catch-up guide. 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He already had a reputation as an imperious leader who fired executives who didn’t meet his expectations. Ferdinand Piëch, auto exec who made VW the biggest carmarker in Europe, dies at 82 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Alfred Walker brought a rugged Wagnerian sound to the Ruler, suggesting that agony lay behind the character’s imperious poses. Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Opera Composer Who Went Hollywood 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The imperious strength of Winston Churchill, meanwhile, is something O’Neill ripped into pieces. Terry O'Neill on his best Bowie shoots: 'David never needed coaxing' 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z At the Azerbaijan GP in late April, Leclerc was fastest in all three practice sessions and looked in imperious form. Leclerc blasts his own performance at Hungarian GP 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Shortly thereafter came the story of the nervous Mr. Amité and the imperious Apollo. Unearthed Steinbeck Short Story Isn’t at All Like ‘Grapes of Wrath’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In footage that shocked the nation, Mr. Li, looking imperious in his tunic-like Mao suit, was scolded and interrupted by students, including a hunger striker still in his hospital gown. Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen massacre, dies at 90 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z This cycle of imperious unilateralism and the substitution of military solutions for political ones must stop, and the US administration must respect its international obligations by choosing dialogue over coercive diplomacy and threats of war. By punishing Iran, Trump risks a full-scale war between our two countries | Mohammad Khatami 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Fleetwood did not do anything wrong at all; his 66 still left him four adrift of the imperious Lowry. Shane Lowry storms to four-shot Open lead after emerging from almighty scrap 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z King Fahd, who was praised for being “extremely shrewd”, was also portrayed as prone to “react badly to contrary advice. Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz was said to be charming but also “inflexible and imperious”. 'Bill Clinton talks loudly, fails to act': envoys’ barbed missives to John Major 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He spoke of playing practice rounds with Scott and referred to his current game as “imperious.” 2019 British Open picks: Why our anonymous PGA Tour caddie is picking Tiger Woods this week - Golf Digest 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Not for the first time he proved impervious – and imperious. Djokovic has time on his side as he eyes Federer’s grand slam haul 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The Dutch started the first 30 minutes close to their imperious best but as the second half wore on the Japanese grew exponentially into the contest. Women’s World Cup 2019: Guardian writers pick their highs and lows 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Firstly, however, he is an excellent stopper: imperious in the air, tenacious in the tackle, built like a Portaloo and even more mobile. Manchester United go for potential but can Solskjær nurture it? | Paul Doyle 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Castro’s personal correspondence while an insurgent in the Sierra Maestra after 1956 illuminates his strategic thinking and at times imperious leadership style. Review | Portrait of a young Castro, drawn from his personal archive 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Just a few years later, the “imperious widow of Leland Stanford” demanded that E.A. Five futures for journalism 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z And as the long-running show suddenly faces cancellation, its imperious host, played by Emma Thompson, reluctantly turns to her new, untested employee for help. Indie Focus: backstage comedy in 'Late Night' 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z It seems odd to think this is the same upright, imperious player who tortured Real Madrid at Wembley in November 2017. Mauricio Pochettino faces task of laying out the road ahead for Tottenham | Barney Ronay 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z In pursuit of his pale-faced vision of democracy, Jackson was imperious, violent and indifferent to constitutional norms. Opinion | In opposing Harriet Tubman, Trump has messed with the wrong woman 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Both him and Mr Trump present themselves as outsiders with contempt for those they see as the imperious ruling classes. The 'personality politics' of Modi and Trump 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Their work doesn’t merely show as vivid, dramatic subject matter an array of imperious opera singers, fashion models, Hollywood icons at home or sex-tape-style celebrities-in-the-making. Review: Jarvis Boyland’s diva paintings strike a fine pose 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Woods, making his first start since claiming the Masters in April, produced one of his more unorthodox rounds before signing for a 72, two over par and, crucially, nine adrift of his imperious playing partner. Brooks Koepka in no mood to relinquish his US PGA title with round of 63 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z But what Trump and his imperious advisers really meant was that they must do what America says, in conformity with American interests. Trump’s foolish Iran policy only makes war more likely | Simon Tisdall 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z And so it must be asked: Will Dolan, the unpredictable and imperious owner of the team, find a way to mess it all up? Knicks Fans Dream of Durant and Irving. Will Dolan Be the Nightmare? 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The imperious manner resounds in the way Jackson theatrically rolls her Rs. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z You might reasonably dismiss revolving restaurants as kitsch, or worse: imperious eyesores, turning a city’s skyline into a tacky tribute to “The Jetsons.” Letter of Recommendation: Revolving Restaurants 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Handlebar-style moustaches are not uncommon in India, where they were once identified with flamboyant Bollywood villains, imperious military and police officers and even a notorious smuggler. Indians emulate pilot's 'hero moustache' 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Nixon looked like a pope on a balcony — elevated, isolated, imperious. When Roger Stone Flashed Nixon’s ‘V-for-Victory’ 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He looked at them dismissively, if not downright arrogantly, walking that imperious walk of his, kicking his feet out with each step, his legs straightening before they reached the ground. Johnny Miller: He Called The Shots - Golf Digest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z She held firm when it counted, however, breaking Sevastova in the seventh game of the decider before sealing the match after one hour and 47 minutes with an imperious forehand down the line. All over for Sevastova as Osaka reaches quarters 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Our joint top scorer was current Bristol Rovers manager Graham Coughlin with 11 goals. I imagine that all of them were imperious headers from set pieces.” Which football teams doctored their playing surface to hinder opponents? | The Knowledge 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Federal courts have stopped many of the Trump administration’s most imperious actions, including attempts to ban Muslims and separate migrant children from their parents at the southern border. President Trump rounds the halfway mark 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z At Mehta’s first Brahms concert last month, it felt like time to rethink that standard Mehta wisdom of an imperious conductor strong on bravura and drama, less heralded for depth. Zubin Mehta, now L.A. Phil conductor emeritus, lets the soul flow out of Brahms 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Someone had wrapped his head with gauze, and when he leaned back he resembled the late English poet Edith Sitwell, very distinguished-looking, almost imperious. Personal History by David Sedaris: Father Time 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Presidency: the imperious Twitter decree; the reckless and untrue claims; the snubbing of advice from experts, allies, and his own staff; the transparent effort to distract from one set of scandals by creating another. The Year in Trump Freakouts 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z McTeer was thrilling and imperious as Sarah Bernhardt – the play could barely contain her. Broadway in 2018: male playwrights and movies dominate patchy year 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The imperious performances of Virgil van Dijk are helping to change the conversation around Liverpool. Towering Van Dijk the center back Mourinho desperately needs 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But he was arrogant, imperious and politically inept. Opinion | Why no one wants to be chief of staff 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Macron’s words and planned actions framed an attempt by a politician regarded as aloof and imperious to connect with ordinary citizens in Europe’s third-largest economy. Contrite Macron, Confronting Protests, Promises Relief to France 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z I always thought that Jessup was clearly the villain, an imperious monster who is lashing out like a cornered rat. Mueller keeps closing in as Trump rages on: We can’t get complacent 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z |
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