| 单词 | imposing |
| 例句 | Like me, they appeared to be impressed by the imposing sight of military power. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an imposing man, quiet and dignified, and a great lover of books. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The choice was a bold statement and his size made him an imposing figure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The stranger guided our horse down a cobbled walk to a stable nearly as imposing as the house. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The mayor’s house is newer and made of a white stone that rises up four stories, the roof topped by a plethora of cupolas and gables, looking very fancy and imposing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Most were armed only with staves and short swords, but one man of imposing stature held a crossbow leveled at us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At present, black silk ribbons were tied around the braids, too, making them even more imposing, if you got to see them, which few people did. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She wasn’t using a word-processing program of any kind—in fact, she was bypassing much of the operating system—and whatever formatting was imposing itself on the words, it wasn’t hers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Grand Elder knitted his eyebrows in away that he assumed was imposing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Old buildings, whose gray rococo facades housed my memories of the Forty-Niners, and Diamond Lil, Robert Service, Sutter and Jack London, were then imposing structures viciously joined to keep me out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z West Indian Archie cuts an imposing figure under normal circumstances—when he’s mad like this, he seems enormous. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The second man was huge, of a light coffee color, imposing in a frock coat and white tie. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z To pull it off, Ulbrickson knew, he was going to have to clear a series of imposing hurdles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Frankie clung to my trail, following me past riveted metal machines, past imposing cannons and naval guns, past armored plates and display cases of mortars and bullets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He is very imposing, my father, with broad shoulders and unusually large hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow even me being white and imposing on their hospitality didn’t seem enough reason. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If acoustically flawed, Peck knew, the building would be a failure no matter how imposing the finished structure proved to be. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sergeant Kruger was a tall and imposing fellow who treated us with fairness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z President Johnson used his imposing physical stature and outsized personality to intimidate others, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Walls, roofs, domes, and arches could rise far higher, but by establishing this one point of commonality the architects ensured a fundamental harmony among the fair’s most imposing structures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Straight ahead of the cart, emerging from the gray mist, were walls as gray and imposing as Notre Dame herself. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She was even more imposing towering over me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Each day the wall grew, and by evening it was bigger and more imposing than it had been before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z On the other side of the room sat seven or eight men, young, dressed in dark suits, very much at ease, and very imposing. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The range had other mountains, taller, more imposing, but Buck’s Peak was the most finely crafted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Rocky Mountains are too big, too long, too important to have to be imposing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the imposing facade, the building looked like what it was—a prison. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The clouds were parting, and through the dark gap a figure was speeding down: small at first, but as it came closer second by second, the form became bigger and more imposing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He succeeded in imposing his authority over the career officers in a wide sector along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My grandfather may have been an imposing and learned man, but he was an idealist and a dreamer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was apologetic for imposing such a burden on those who had to decide. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The imposing brick buildings on the campus looked like castles. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was magnificent country, as topographically imposing as any landscape on earth, but it wasn’t wilderness, and hadn’t been for hundreds of years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When I push, I realize she’s intimidated by the thought of just walking through the school’s imposing gate, past its security guard, through its neatly manicured gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So every time a writer adds a word to a sentence, he is imposing not one but two cognitive demands on the reader: understanding the word, and fitting it into the tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But just to make sure, the same week, the new Nazi government had enacted a separate measure imposing the death penalty on those who published “treasonable articles.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Just like I was tired of imposing and persevering. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Whatever we might think of this imposing man in his pointed hat, he is a figurehead who represents the will of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He insisted that imposing political order on Haiti, no matter how much financial aid was provided, wouldn’t improve the problems of poverty and disease. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Maybe, in addition to being tired of imposing and persevering, I was also tired of keeping my mouth shut. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even Lady Constance seemed to have shrunk a size smaller just by virtue of standing within this vast, imposing space. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I considered not imposing upon George LaTrell, because the truth is that in addition to being tired of persevering, I was also tired of imposing. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Encircled by an electric fence with imposing metal gates, Emalia now had a sinister look. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Tia is kind of big and imposing and her thick black eyebrows have scared me since childhood. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Grandfather,” said Mother, “we wouldn’t dream of imposing on you if you have a prior engagement.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Barges and boats dot the water, and just beyond the eastern banks sits the city of Serra, its dun-colored walls imposing even from a distance of miles. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z By American standards, the Delaware is not a particularly imposing waterway, but it has one almost unique characteristic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The arid, imposing mountains sat along deep gorges and soared to jagged peaks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr had replaced the bench with two imposing thrones of gilded wood, their tall backs carved into the shape of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had no sympathy in their appearance, their expression: yet I could imagine that most observers would call them attractive, handsome, imposing; while they would pronounce Mr. Rochester at once harsh-featured and melancholy-looking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Tata Ndu is much heavier than my father, with very large arms, and at that moment seemed more imposing in general. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer a ropy mass of gangly arms and gangly legs, but now a big, firm, curvy woman, exulting in her weight and height, and it made her imposing, a presence that drew the eyes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Beyond the fence, much closer now, is the imposing exterior wall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was no doubt about it: Alexandra Finch Hancock was imposing from any angle; her behind was no less uncompromising than her front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Less physically imposing and more approachable was Astacio, one of my porters, known to everyone as Buddy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed more like Doom Manor than Daffodil Manor, since there wasn’t a flower in sight, just imposing gables and a wrought iron fence. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Tier body seems larger in stature, more imposing than mine. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A few avenues to the west, Model T automobiles delivered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the doors of imposing three-story brick and stone homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She suddenly felt shy around Diana, who seemed even more imposing away from the looms when her lovely, elegant voice was pitched rich and low like the call of a mourning dove. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z If Levy Pants was to succeed, the first step would be imposing a heavy hand upon its detractors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the shortest ferry ride delivered him to a new island nation, garish and imposing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “What did that say about the legitimacy of imposing our will to continue the war?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They were nearly eye-to-eye: he, an imposing grown man; she, a slight and messy child. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z New Hampshire’s Mount Washington is still an imposing presence, but the stony mass that rises from the New England woods today represents, at most, the stubby bottom one-third of what was ten million years ago. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The building itself wasn’t that imposing; it was only called the Tower because it stuck up like a broken finger in a sea of one-story wooden shacks arranged in rings. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The courthouse is an imposing, old, pillared brick building occupying a full city block, but the entrance is off to the side, down a set of steps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Before us stood a mountain of a woman who looked even more imposing because of the brightly colored Hawaiian shift she wore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The bottom of the stairs soon appeared, and she came to a halt before three equally dark and imposing portals. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The imposing structure of the Cairo courthouse and the even more imposing customs house looked like enormous freshly baked cookies in the syrupy gold of the light at the end of the day. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I know what you’re thinking. You think you are imposing on us and you feel guilty.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The streets grew broader, the buildings more imposing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My dear Xan,” Glerk said, feeling a rumble deep in his chest, which he hoped sounded imposing and dramatic, and not like someone who was simply coming down with a cold. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They weren’t interested in him just because he was big and looked imposing in a football uniform. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The imposing brick Sherman Hotel reigned from the far end of town. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z To him, the building was gloomy and imposing, out of spirit with its surrounding structures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The man was the largest and most physically imposing man in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were standing in an imposing marble foyer, and Sierra felt tiny, a crumb in a giant, pristine oven. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Père Lafontant—père is the French word for “father” or “priest”—was a small but imposing man with a forceful manner, especially when he spoke of life in the central plateau. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z And they were so successful at imposing their will on the landscape that in 1492 Columbus set foot in a hemisphere thoroughly marked by humankind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At fifty-two, Macon Dead was as imposing a man as he had been at forty-two, when Milkman thought he was the biggest thing in the world. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Today there is just one, the Mount Washington, still imposing and festive with its perky red roof but inescapably forlorn in its solitary grandeur. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It has in any case a certain imposing majesty that beckons. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Behind his glasses and striking outfit he possesses an imposing bald forehead and the huge, triangular upper body of a comic-book bully. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The butler, an imposing personage named Mr Tibbs, was in supreme command of all the palace servants and he did the best he could in the short time available. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A loud roar howls through the kitchen, imposing a kind of silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand as directed and looked around nervously at the other hundreds of participants while a video of an imposing President Bush stared down at us like Big Brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In some upstate towns, the prison is the main event, visually speaking: Clinton’s imposing wall runs along Dannemora’s main street. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Úrsula succeeded in imposing the command that she eat with Amaranta in the kitchen so that the outsiders would not see her, she felt more comfortable, because, after all, she was beyond all discipline. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then they decided to go after him by imposing additional and arbitrary restrictions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was a tall man with imposing muscles, but in that instant he sounded cowed and confused. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We all jumped out of our seats, but Father, because of his imposing stature, had to kind of crouch over inside the plane instead of standing up straight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We in Europe are only dwarfs and no nation, ancient or modern, has conceived the art of architecture on such a sublime, great, and imposing style, as the ancient Egyptians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dominating the entire back wall is a colossal, Gothic choir screen carved from marble and adorned with ornate statues of saints, black and gold and imposing, holy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then, far over to the right, he saw a tall monument, once no doubt imposing but now tipped slightly sidewise. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny and I were always imposing on people. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Death Danda, as if it were matching her mood, hopped and danced, then turned from a purple compact into an imposing stick at the blink of an eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The house was fringed with palm trees, magnificent gardens, and concealed but nonetheless imposing outbuildings in which the family indulged its various hobbies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather had an imposing presence, but he was a devoted father and was well respected by his peers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Complex clusters of stone buildings, so tall and imposing they looked like gods rising out of the water, reached for the sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My sisters and I had watched the program every Saturday afternoon, our gasbag of a collie imposing frequent intermissions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Court’s enforcement decree, issued a full year after Brown, seemed conciliatory to segregationists, imposing no deadline for achieving racially mixed schools and calling merely for “good faith implementation.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The building, everything inside the imperial gates, was cold and imposing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As Mr Charles described it, all three passengers seemed to be overcome as one by the realization of what an imposing physical force my father was. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His austere, shiny face, inscrutable and imposing, reminded me of my father. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As a U.S. citizen, you are subject to the prohibitions under Executive Order 12810, dated June 5, 1992, imposing sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Guards gave these managers, who were always male and tended to be physically imposing, virtually unchecked authority over their fellow prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But Nene could be as imposing as a block of granite. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The first stop was Nishuane, the elementary school, an imposing and forbidding structure of dark red brick. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The very fancy oriental rug covering the wooden floor and the slate flagstones of the hearth only served to make the room seem even more imposing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The six grandest buildings of the exposition towered over the central court with an effect more dramatic and imposing than even he had imagined. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The present King of France has waged many wars without imposing extraordinary taxes on his subjects, only because his habitual parsimony has provided for the additional expenditures. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Many of the statues lacked heads, the dwarf noted, yet even headless they still managed to look imposing in die purple dusk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The mud dried and the spring flowers came out: yellow coltsfoot, and white wood anemones in profusion—and the wall being built around Asgard was a glorious, imposing thing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But the many young mothers who entered the imposing gray building each day to apply for aid grasped instantly what lay behind the convenience of geography: the judgment that here sinners came to justice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Even Ash had to admit that she was an imposing figure, and when she gathered Ana and Clara to her to kiss their beribboned heads, Ash felt like a sparrow among peacocks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At six foot three inches tall, he intimidated both enemies and allies with his imposing stature and sharp tongue. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Behind her loomed a man shorter than she, but as imposing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His focus was now on the group of people he’d not been able to see from so far away: a line of imposing cops in riot gear who stood in front of the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Away from the riverside, Cahokia was hardly less busy and imposing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z These local monopolies are reinforced by the Japanese government, which obstructs the import of foreign processed food by imposing a 10-day quarantine, among other restrictions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside the imposing columned entryway of the school the steps are already clear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He climbed the monument’s white marble steps and stood in front of the imposing, seated figure of Abraham Lincoln. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After they’d gone six or eight blocks, the scenery changed even more: The street opened out into a wide boulevard with imposing buildings on either side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, it’s a disgrace,” agrees the caustic, somewhat original, and entirely imposing lady who presides over this litter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Through an imposing blue door, Joseph entered the lady’s sitting room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Most of us, in ways that we are not entirely aware of, automatically associate leadership ability with imposing physical stature. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The collective appearance of the gentlemen, like that of the ladies, is very imposing: they are all costumed in black; most of them are tall, some young. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The man possesses quite an imposing air, one of barely repressed violence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His bulk was not even imposing as men go. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The grave robber was an Irish giant, imposing in frame, uncouth in manner and speech, and carried with him the reek of damp earth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Here on the lower ground the buildings were nearly as imposing in size but housed a separate family behind each of their many grimy windows. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At this juncture, the imposing figure of Hermann Goring strode onto the platform, outfitted in a spectacular white military uniform. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As he climbed up to the imposing leather chair and settled in, what stood out most of all were his huge eyes peering through thick horn-rimmed glasses. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Readers of The Times in London were told that what was otherwise an “imposing ceremony” was “rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President Lincoln.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This is a striking case of French imposing itself upon English, and of the scientists determining for the first time the language of the theologians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He wasn't a tall man, but the elevated bench made him as imposing as any judge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then we rounded a corner and the cathedral’s dome revealed itself, proud and imposing despite patches of fire-blackened stone and a few crumbling arches. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In command of the cookhouse was the imposing figure of Evanda May Calimar, a lady of color and, as it would turn out, an awe-inspiring cook. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Green, a suavely tough little septuagenarian, has an imposing reputation among his peers, who admire his stagecraft—a repertoire of actorish gifts that includes a sense of timing acute as a night-club comedian’s. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a used model that managed to look imposing even when positioned on a linoleum-tiled floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The point was that the dolls and blocks needed me to give them life, and I dutifully gave it to them, imposing one personal crisis after another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In one corner an imposing grandfather clock ticks loudly, and when it chimes the hour, I nearly slide off in surprise. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It must seem imposing to a farm girl,” Mrs. Bedlow said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But there were a couple of tall streetlamps, which made the space seem imposing, especially this late at night. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind them, New York City seemed to rise out of the sea, but it didn’t look so tall and imposing from out here, more like a toy set. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The deciding factor in how they reacted wasn’t how emotionally secure they were, or whether they were intellectuals or jocks, or whether they were physically imposing or not. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It wasn’t big or imposing enough to be called a mansion. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The school had been imposing: a fallacy of glass and steel against the dusty expanse of the north shore clearing, like a middle finger thrown into the sky, built in record time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He is tall and imposing, strong and regal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I’d found his office imposing when I first saw it, but its quiet elegance had, over time, made the stronger impression. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was as if a small, befuddled stranger were peering through the imposing mask of my father’s features. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, standing there, gliding down through the darkness, quite an imposing figure, seeming, all in all, probably close to ten feet tall, with voice to match. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The old man had fierce tufty eyebrows of his own, rather like a dragon’s, and he was altogether too imposing a figure for me to have clambered on as an infant. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A number of peons were standing about, turbaned and belted, much more imposing than the tannery chowkidars had been. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, the imposing grandeur of the temple came into view. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My dad was about six-foot-two, and while he was probably the least violent guy ever, he could look pretty imposing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Of course you wouldn’t be imposing. Besides, you’ve never visited me”—she paused—“in my flat.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Without the strong support of life with his parents and siblings under one roof and chafing under foster parents and teachers imposing limited state policies, Malcolm simply dropped out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The moose, when shot, unfortunately lacked the imposing horns that Jefferson had specified, but Sullivan thoughtfully included a rack of antlers from an elk or stag with the suggestion that these be attached instead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The photograph was of a dark, imposing man with radioactive green eyes wielding a baseball bat at Rodin’s lovely romantic sculpture The Kiss. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Paul Aebersold constructed a removable wooden chamber as a “treatment room” next to the imposing machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z White was led into Hoover’s immaculate office, where there was an imposing wooden desk and a map on the wall showing the locations of the bureau’s field offices. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z An imposing congregation had massed itself around her first certainties, and now it was waiting and she could not disappoint it at the altar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’s a skyscraper, impossibly imposing with his arms crossed now against his chest in a battle stance, studying me like I’m a new life form. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A collection of imposing metal instruments lay on a nearby tray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tall but not physically imposing, he dreamed of being on television—having a voice that made an impact. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At the stove she pressed the coffee button, and in a moment had put the imposing mug by his place at the kitchen table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At the oral argument months earlier, I'd been hopeful as I walked into the imposing Alabama Judicial Building and stood in the grand appellate courtroom that was formerly a Scottish Rite Freemasonry temple. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Friends said they were imposing their political and ideological values on a newborn. Motherlode: Is This Baby a Boy or Girl? 2011-05-24T18:49:53Z Through slave labor and colonial expansion, she argues, Western powers built empires whose imposing architecture — often neo-Classical in style and claiming to represent universal aesthetic values — was itself an expression of political control. Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Its rustic setting and traditional British fare is a perfect counterpoint to a lavish afternoon tea at imposing Ashmount Country House on a hill above Haworth. Yorkshire celebrates the writing Brontë sisters, 200 years later 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The French and British have both been talking about imposing a no-fly zone and there's a lot of talk about military strikes. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z He looked imposing but a doubtful “the party?” warranted entry. Boîte: Leave Rochelle Out of It, a New Lower East Side Bar 2014-04-09T20:18:32Z But there they were, imposing latent social identities en masse. My week at the naked mountain hut 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z This new movement ballyhoos instances of liberal students’ and deans’ imposing outlandish, censorious strictures to stop other students – often young white men — even from saying things and making gestures that might make others “uncomfortable.” The coddling of the conservative mind 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “It is an imposing work,” Mr. Cooper said of “Great American.” Inside Art: A Count?s Collection of German Art Is for Sale 2011-04-21T21:50:09Z Then there is the imposing, luridly colorful mural that stretches nine full stories down the side of a building in the Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood. Is Leonard Cohen the New Secular Saint of Montreal? 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The reader watches as the narrator turns Frances’ life to chaos, imposing on her his own perception of the fleeting nature of human relationships, and of meaning itself. A Psychological Thriller Asks, Are We All a Little Stalker-ish? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The injuries that Peterson’s son received went well beyond “spanking,” of course, but the controversy also raised the charge that Peterson’s critics were imposing outside values on black parents who still favored corporal punishment. black-ish Whips Up a Conversation About Spanking 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z “It felt so alien and uninviting,” he recalls of the area’s imposing architecture and implicit sense of wealth — “a different world” from the north London council estate where he and his family lived. The Artist Who Dreamed Up a Kaleidoscopic Basketball Court for London’s Canary Wharf 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Most true-crime dramatizations are just that — an exercise in imposing a saucier narrative on top of the transcripts, TV’s version of rubbernecking. Review | Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ is a brilliant series for our remorseless times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Next to him stands an imposing example of an actual copper, of either Haida or Tsimshian origin, dated 1840-60. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z But my assignment with her left me with lasting lessons about how to interview, how to tell stories, how to let the people you meet guide you — rather than imposing narrative from above. How I learned the art of the interview from Jean Stein in the wake of the L.A. riots 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The Elbphilharmonie may be too imposing to be as lovable as Disney, but it suits stately Hamburg and succeeds brilliantly as a place where music is not meant to be taken for granted. What does this critic hear at the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall? The sound of the future 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z They sound imposing without ever rushing the tempos; they're as inexorable as lava spilling from a volcano. Trouble returns to swing metal 2013-08-06T05:00:00Z It lead to an elimination of a tax on healthy foods, while imposing a 2 percent tax on unhealthy foods, like soda. For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, capturing the energy of a live show on-screen is an imposing challenge. 'Hamilton,' the movie? Why screen adaptions of stage musicals take so, so, so long 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Jarrod Lee made an imposing Loudspeaker Voice, seated in the back row of the orchestra and joining in the elegiac final choral number, which was one of the highlights. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Willis used vertiginous angles and odd zooms to reinforce the unease and disorientation in "Klute," and wide shots of Beatty set against imposing geometric architecture to underscore his precarious isolation in "The Parallax View." Gordon Willis dies: 8 of cinematographer's most memorable movies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Though access to the imposing structure is generally limited for security reasons, the Palazzo will be open to visitors through April 27 for an extraordinary exhibition. In Transit: With New Show, Rare View of Rome's Palazzo Farnese 2010-12-29T11:00:54Z But as important as the Martino boys are to the main plot's framework, they're not so imposing as to stymie other characters from development. Smart Watch: “The Deuce” returns with more strut in its street tales 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Rather than imposing some sense of order on the movement, Mr. Gatti lavished expressive beauty and majestic restraint on the music. Review: Concertgebouw Orchestra Shows Off Its Legacy at Carnegie 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z With its wood paneling, stained-glass windows and imposing stuffed animals shot by ruling-class rifles, it seemed to be art-directed for someone who might be mistaken for European aristocracy or Indian royalty. Waris Ahluwalia: A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely 2013-12-12T01:20:00Z He’s this really imposing character, especially in Spanish media. ‘Anything for Selena’ Examines a Singer’s Legacy and Latino Identity 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z At a news conference, Kristof responded to a question about whether America was imposing its beliefs on other countries. 'Half the Sky' tells pain, hope of exploited women 2012-09-29T19:01:04Z The novel showed me the distinction between understanding others and imposing my views on them, and the transformative power of empathy. How ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Changed Their Lives 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Looking out its front window, we saw a small but distinctive brick courthouse across the road with five imposing rounded arches at the front. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z An imposing stone structure, it is inhabited by only three Orthodox monks. On Samos, Aesop’s Fabled Isle, a Mix of Greeks, Migrants and Tourists 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He was an imposing man who’d made a lot of money. The problem with “mansplaining” 2012-08-20T16:38:00Z The day McKinley died, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated as his successor in an imposing columned house that became a museum in the 1970s. Echoes of an Exposition, and an Assassination 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z France recently did the same, imposing fines for men who pay for sex. Dear Johns: Actually, You Should Be Ashamed to Buy Sex 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Most people pass it by, absorbed by the more imposing palm trees. A new rubber source could save water, preserve rain forests and even prevent allergic reactions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z With fitting hauteur, he built an imposing mansion overlooking a formal, Classical Revival garden of unbridled opulence. Biden put Wilmington on the map — but for garden lovers, it was already a destination 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Bax did rather better, making an imposing arrangement of one of the organ works, the Fantasia in G, while Vaughan Williams's sumptuously harmonised chorale and chorale prelude is the pick of the bunch. A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen, etc 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z More than a year into her two-year sentence, Alyokhina says prison authorities in Berezniki's Prison Colony No 28 are intent on setting fellow inmates against her by imposing draconian security rules on the whole colony. Pussy Riot member 'upbeat' despite hunger strike 2013-05-29T15:57:21Z Jay O. Sanders is, by his own definition, “an oak tree” — an imposing physical type associated with sturdiness, reliability and, on occasion, menace. Jay O. Sanders on How an ‘Oak Tree’ Became Uncle Vanya 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The newest is Spiritland, a cafe-bar in central London that claims to offer “the best sound system in the world” — an imposing array that dominates the room like a shrine in a temple. Listening Clubs Tantalize Audiophiles in London 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The rotating set, however, a matrix of ornate, circular towers, is dark, chilly and imposing. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z And this new pirate drama, beginning Saturday on Starz, does boast an imposing 140-foot facsimile of a sailing ship, which makes a particular impression when it’s beached for some early-18th-century nautical maintenance. Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z The issue in this case was whether it could use the same rational to regulate “inactivity” by imposing a penalty for failing to obtain qualified health coverage. Closing the Window, Opening the Barn Door 2012-06-29T20:35:15Z He lacks the imposing size of Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger or Carolina’s Cam Newton, just as he lacks the speed and elusiveness of Michael Vick or Russell Wilson. Is Kirk Cousins capable of greatness? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Ruais performs these pieces into being, imposing her own weight and force and will upon the malleable matter, the process a striking analog to shaping the raw clay of the self. Getting physical with clay and fiber at Marc Selwyn 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Sonny, always a powerful physically imposing man, rapidly shed powers like a snake shedding skin. Why the Irish get death right 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z More recently, Americans with permission to travel to Cuba were allowed to bring back $100 worth of goods, but the Bush administration ratcheted up sanctions in 2004, imposing a total ban. Cigar-smuggling pigeons to touch down at New York gallery 2013-10-23T12:06:27Z The show’s imposing centerpiece, a rustic looking schoolhouse clad in pine, is built to function as a real-life classroom offering visitors “cheat sheets” lessons, in disciplines that include industrial design, music, architecture and fashion design. Art, Darling 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The ghosts of Follies past that live in the theater had to be both ethereal and imposing. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z So I drove past Mount Si’s imposing near-vertical slopes many times, headed for some other hike. A first-timer’s primer for hiking Mount Si without tears 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Sen. Matt Murphy, R-Palatine, said it was a tacit admission of "error" in imposing the hike. Quinn shoves aside state's budget woes 2012-02-02T06:00:00Z He is played by the actor Vikram, who has moved to take over policing a remote part of Northern India filled with jungles, ravines, imposing cliffs and waterfalls. Indian epic romance "Raavan" is breathtaking 2010-06-18T03:30:00Z At 6-foot-2, he cut an imposing figure, wearing a gunmetal fur robe, gold shoulder pads over a pinstripe suit, leather top hat and huge fossilized shark’s tooth necklace. Burning Man Spawns New Age Festivals 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z They gathered around an imposing executive table, the kind that has long excluded them. The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But the emphasis is on fields bustling with tulips, sunflowers and such, made more imposing by playfully inexact perspective. In the galleries: Brentwood Arts Exchange filled with flora 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z On 4 June, the Chinese government violently put down the demonstrations, imposing martial law and massacring hundreds of citizens. June Fourth Elegies by Liu Xiaobo – review 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z It’s easy to imagine a younger McTeer as Medea, a role well matched to this fearless actress’s elegantly smoky voice and imposing physicality. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z In the near distance, the castle was an eerie and unnerving Bald Mountain — an imposing stone structure, encircled by a moat of ink-black water with cylindrical towers rising above the surrounding trees. Overnighter: Where Mondrian Lingers on a Dutch Coast 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z The Japanese composer has a hefty new album, “Entity,” out in February with her Orchestra New York, a nontraditional big band with a vivid, imposing sound. Perspective | Jazz pianist Satoko Fujii is practicing the art of the possible 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z At the middle was the imposing Michael Gira, 60, statuesque with a carved face, stringy shoulder-length hair, an intense presence girded by a spiritual devotion to sonic epiphany. Swans at the Roxy: Volume, harmony and rhythm yield profound beauty 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The painted inscription tells it all: "Found of great use after imposing on the regiment for three years and six months, was cured in 12 days ..." The Reginauld line serves as reminder of Royal Fusiliers' grit 2011-03-28T18:59:51Z Although grand and imposing in its way, it is not representative of his best work, even if it is manifestly more accomplished than his erstwhile teacher Bandinelli’s “Hercules and Caco” on the Piazza close by. Art: In Florence, Revelations in Stone 2011-08-12T11:30:07Z Her gestures toward ordinary human scale on the “private” level make her public figure seem all the more imposing. Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” Is a Total Synthesis of the Pop Arts 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z As for the setting, “Bohnice’s buildings are imposing, but not frightening like some kind of Arkham Asylum,” he said, referring to the frightening location from the Batman comics and films. Prague Hospital Is Unusual Venue for Festival 2010-05-25T10:00:00Z A few hundred feet away was the immigration station, an imposing red-brick structure with limestone trim and copper-covered spires, which is now a museum. Dustin Lance Black, the Screenwriter Behind “Milk” and “When We Rise,” on Coming Out As a Gay Activist 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Theron, meanwhile, gets too screechy; with her imposing height, deep voice and mesmerizing beauty, she's far more powerful when she dials it down. Capsule review of `Snow White & the Huntsman' 2012-05-30T19:22:17Z Mia is enchanted by the imposing statues that depict her as a king, complete with beard. Our big exotic sleepover: a single-parent tour of Egypt 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “Some cities are imposing curfews,” the alert said. Traveling to France? What You Need to Know About the Protests. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Dynastic marriage, as so often, is a means of imposing harmony on potential chaos. Brave by name, bland by nature 2012-08-20T10:03:02Z Beethoven's massive, daunting, imposing, terrifying, exhilarating, breathtaking "Hammerklavier" Sonata is not Everest. Pianist Murray Perahia scales the Everest of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' in a momentous performance 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Despite its turn-of-the-century housing, an imposing Fifth Avenue mansion built for Andrew Carnegie, the museum is renowned as a repository of forward-thinking design in an array of fields, including art, architecture, graphics, electronics and products. Cooper Hewitt Chief Was Forced Out After Probe of Her Wedding 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The penultimate poem demonstrates how imposing order affects perception: “Without structure/ there can be no mystery. Dear sirs, thank you for this service./ You have shaken down the Garden of Eden for its seeds.” The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The chancellor has promised to balance a planned welfare squeeze – needed to achieve a further £10bn of benefit savings by 2015-16 – by imposing new taxes on the wealthy ... Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z The actor exhibits it not only in George’s psychological mastery of physically imposing Nick, but also in his dealing forcefully with Martha’s ferocious mocking of his failures. A scintillating ‘Virginia Woolf’ with a scalding Holly Twyford 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Wodehouse was an imposing figure, more than 6ft tall and in his day both a penetrating fast bowler and a useful addition to a rugby scrum. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z The paintings, each composed digitally by dozens of artists, will be exhibited in the halls of the imposing brick transformer station, built in 1926 by architect Hans Heinrich Mueller, who drew inspiration from medieval fortresses. With Berlin exhibition, winter has come for Game of Thrones fans 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Built from 1867-77 by the Midland Railway Company, this imposing edifice of red brick and stone is, writes Bradley, "the grandest single monument of the Gothic Revival in Britain". St Pancras Station by Simon Bradley ? review 2011-04-08T23:06:12Z A platoon of set builders was hard at work on a December morning creating the imposing columns, ornate tapestries and swooping staircases of the royal French chateau. L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z He’d carry it over to even greater effect with his 2001 follow-up, Unbreakable, but his overcast Philadelphia is less about creating a frightening atmosphere than imposing a deeper, more melancholy ambience over the action. The Sixth Sense at 20: the smash hit that remains impossible to define 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The book describes the problems of imposing “the Netflix Way” on other cultures, especially in Asia and Brazil, where it can be considered rude or debilitating. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z I love that you put “good girl” in scare quotes, because your novel so powerfully depicts the consequences of imposing these arbitrary labels. Intense girlhood friendships are “excellent practice for surviving the heartbreak … of future love affairs” 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Tall, imposing, terrifically rich and fond of carrying a riding crop at all times, A’lelia was notorious for soigné sex parties. An Exhilarating Work of History About Daring Adventures in Love 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z But imposing modern attitudes on canonical characters in the belief they must be relatable is just lazy. I should love Little Women. But sometimes it’s hard to fall in love with the perfect match | Hadley Freeman 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z A millennium-old minaret towering above Aleppo's Umayyad mosque, an imposing citadel overlooking the old city center, a medieval covered market and a 21st century shopping mall. Pictures of splendors past: Aleppo before the war 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z As the villain who repents, Kevin Short displayed an imposing bass voice. Tenor Fabiano shines in Verdi's `I Lombardi' 2013-04-09T19:46:08Z At 5 feet 3 inches, Barrie was dwarfed by the imposing six-foot frame of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle. Howzat? 2010-05-07T07:12:00Z Next to the auditorium is the imposing Burton Memorial Tower, which has a student-run carillon on weekdays. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But on a recent Thursday, Dieudonné, charismatic and imposing with big rings and full beard, said he didn’t care. Dieudonné, French Comic Behind ‘The Anti-Semite’ 2012-06-24T01:27:16Z More than a thousand years of Turkish history are told in the form of military history, and the narrative winds around an imposing building that was the military academy where Ataturk himself studied. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z A visual validation of that claim might be Jason Ardizzone-West’s imposing Brutalist set, which runs the length of the large performance space. Onstage in Brooklyn, ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Tries to Capture the Film’s Spirit 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Less imposing halls need to be found for the symphonic repertory. Let’s Get Intimate. Big Music Doesn’t Need Huge Halls. 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The imposing shadow of Beethoven the monumental symphonist meant nothing to Chopin. Emanuel Ax and Stephen Hough Explore the French Side of Chopin 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Located in an idyllic wooded valley on the River Rye, this striking ruin was once one of the most imposing Cistercian abbeys in Europe. Five Reasons to Visit the North York Moors 2010-06-17T09:25:00Z For instance, he singles out the idea of raising children without imposing binary gender expectations – a version of the kind of radical queer experimental living defiantly championed in much of his work – as ridiculous. John Waters: why the auteur of outrage won't joke about the Manson murders 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z From gaffer-taped recliners to imposing iron thrones, join us as we count down some of the small screen's top seats of power. Six to watch: TV's most famous chairs 2012-06-05T10:04:00Z Reduced to a shattered skeleton following repeated bombardments over the years, the imposing European-style palace was built in the 1920s by former King Amanullah Khan on a low hilltop just outside the capital. Hopes for revival pinned on Afghan palace restoration 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z A rendering of Howard Jacobson's imposing profile, designed to be shown off to advantage in a sleeveless top? Written on the body: how about a literary tattoo? 2011-01-14T15:18:54Z But Crawford was best known as the imposing publicity director of the Edinburgh international festival, appointed in 1973 when the festival society ended its practical relationship with the Scottish Tourist Board. Iain Crawford obituary 2011-08-04T17:21:28Z If you’ve ever felt that listening to the murky, bass-starved early Stones studio albums is like hearing them through a wall, this music is for you: nasty, brutish, rhythmically tight, imposing. Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z They can be about imposing rules and limiting sexual power with acceptable boundaries. Hollywood wants Red Riding Hood and Snow White to weave a box office spell 2011-03-06T00:14:18Z “The committee is also studying the costs and trade-offs that may come with imposing any new accessibility standards.” Smaller Bathrooms on Planes Pose Challenges for Passengers 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In general, the set design was more imposing than she was. Music Review: ‘Britney: Piece of Me,’ Britney Spears’s Las Vegas Residency 2013-12-29T21:27:58Z Quickly the constitutionally different men — Mr. Brubeck open, ambitious and imposing; Mr. Desmond private, profligate and self-effacing — developed their lines of musical communication. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z Has a more imposing windmill than Amazon ever been chased? Letting go of my Kindle guilt 2012-11-18T14:00:00Z He was an imposing figure: tall, handsome, elegant and self-possessed. How Vernon Jordan became a one-of-a-kind Washington presence 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In conversation, Mr. Brown is as soft-spoken and introspective as he is imposing on the stage. Clifton Brown, an Alvin Ailey Favorite, Returns to the Fold 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Brilliant feathers dazzle, not unlike the gold threads that made the tapestries of medieval and Renaissance Europe such splendiferous and imposing works of art. When are feathers worth more than gold? 'Kingdoms' exhibition answers with spectacular finds 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The terror, the uncertainty, the threats, the divisions, and the more and more imposing threat of a new civil war. After Tunisia: Joumana Haddad on Lebanon 2011-01-28T13:00:05Z NO one does deep, dark, elemental brooding quite as profoundly and convincingly as Harrison Birtwistle, the imposing éminence grise of British modernist composers. Classical Recordings 2011-05-25T21:36:46Z The two structures overlap without acknowledging each other, imposing rival organizational principles on the same material. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, 'Compass' by Mathias Enard is brilliant and frustrating 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z I rented a room in Imperial College London student housing, which meant a long daily commute between South Kensington and Lehman’s imposing steel and glass office tower in Canary Wharf. Watching Lehman Brothers collapse from the inside: A 2008 recruit on the bank’s final days 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Gordon, 60, wore a denim dress and looked less imposing than most people in the room. Kim Gordon, Ex-Sonic Youth, Never Trained for This Career 2013-09-06T15:39:47Z Rhaenyra knows this is also Alicent's version of imposing a Walk of Atonement on her rival, only no absolution is guaranteed upon completion. "House of the Dragon" reminds us that hell hath no fury like an ex-best friend scorned 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z HBO's experience is a vivid illustration of how new ways of watching television are imposing difficulties on people whose job it is to pin down how many people actually experience something. HBO's 'Game of Thrones' may -- or may not -- have recorded its most-watched episode ever this week 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But from the start, the baritone Christopher Maltman oozed juicy seductiveness as an imposing Iago. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z For Mr. Moore, the situation in Flint is a microcosm of the disaster he sees President Trump imposing on this country. Review: In ‘Fahrenheit 11/9,’ Michael Moore Targets Trump, and Us 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The pyramids mess with our sense of scale – not that imposing from a distance, they’re awe-inspiring close up. Our big exotic sleepover: a single-parent tour of Egypt 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z No appearance by the imposing Mr. Hallberg is lackluster, but he seemed off his game. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ Returns to American Ballet Theater 2013-06-18T19:59:17Z He elucidates, above all, the ironic dimension of his film’s title, imposing an elegiac, gently pessimistic tone on the energy and immediacy of what he sees and shows. Review: ‘In the Intense Now’ Revisits the Drama of 1968 in France and Beyond 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z On those terms, Nightmare in Silver is a triumph: the metal monsters prove an imposing presence, upgraded into quickfire warriors. Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver – series 33, episode 12 2013-05-11T18:45:01Z The hotel was refashioned from a section of the Pearl Brewery, an imposing 1894 building. On San Antonio’s River Walk, a Sleek Hotel From a Fussier Era 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z There's no sense of the first violin dominating or imposing her ideas on her colleagues; everyone contributes, so that every line seems freshly imagined. Mozart: String Quintets ? review 2010-12-23T22:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court judge’s decision to block Everett from imposing a dress code for businesses. Bikini barista coffee shop slams city, claims it focuses more on outfits than 'drugs and our homeless' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Almost everything about this dramatisation of the Trojan war is true to the spirit of ancient Greece: the uncomfortable seats, the imposing surroundings, the splicing of burlesque and tragedy. The Trojan War and Peace – review 2012-07-16T17:00:01Z He's a big man, with an imposing presence. Review: 'Dying City' illustrates the elusive nature of closure after soldier's death 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z Hoare's voice soared and Faveyts' deep voice was imposing - and he had the best outfit, all in black except for a bright red tie. Review: Keenlyside, Salonen in searing `Wozzeck' 2012-11-20T20:10:11Z With an imposing figure and gruff, forceful personality, Mr. Marshall was something of a rock star himself, and musicians respected him as much for his pictures as for his dedication to getting them. Jim Marshall, Rock ?n? Roll Photographer, Dies at 74 2010-03-25T03:52:00Z The conservatives refused to join any aspect of his opinion, including sections with which they agreed, such as his analysis imposing limits on Congress’ power under the Commerce Clause, the sources said. The Supreme Court's John Roberts Changed His Obamacare Vote in May 2012-07-01T17:01:02Z Mr. Strassberger, the director, is also focused on the work’s dramatic strength, not imposing a concept on it but responding to its unusual qualities. An Opera Known for Obscurity, Plucked From the Shadows 2013-07-19T18:31:28Z Glass ceilings in the 16th-century Ottoman Empire were made of cut stone, secured by iron locks, ringed with imposing walls and guarded by armies of eunuchs. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The kids largely disappeared with the flood as their families moved away, and locals worried about other people imposing their vision on the town. Hurricane Irene, one year later 2012-08-27T16:42:00Z There are ghost ships, for one, and even more imposing is the realization that her entire town, including her life, is under surveillance by a mysterious figure. What young 'Jenny LeClue' will ultimately do is up to the players 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z He slipped so effortlessly out of the character for which he was known into such a different one that it was as if he was imposing amnesia on the audience. Departing Showtime boss out-HBOed HBO 2010-06-28T05:24:00Z Rising 11 feet and higher, wearing business suits and ties and nondescript dresses, they have a spookily imposing physical presence and a clunky, cartoonish ugliness. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z The newest of these arrived this fall: a statue by renowned British sculptor Paul Day, whose other works include the imposing Battle of Britain Monument on the Victoria Embankment in London. Outside Orlando, a tribute from Mister Rogers’s old neighborhood 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z There is a reason so few museums are designed as high-rises: Tall buildings with relatively few windows can look austere and imposing. What a Museum Wants to Be in the 21st Century 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The tall singer from Louisiana with the imposing presence and booming voice also will perform during the inaugural show on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which airs on Fox. Trace Adkins to host American Country Awards 2010-11-18T20:01:00Z Their achingly romantic kiss, both a first and, it seems, a farewell, establishes a tone of terrible finality even before Angela is cornered by imposing figures, their faces obscured. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 10: Anatomy of a Murder 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z For their part, the filmmakers, though willing to treat Turing as a victim of bigotry and repression, also nudge him back toward the closet, imposing a discretion that is at once self-protective and self-congratulatory. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z As the haunted Babs, Mr. Akinnuoye-Agbaje has an imposing physicality and understated nobility, while Ms. Graham fleshes out the resolute if underwritten Savannah. Review: ‘Wetlands,’ an Excursion to Noir on the Jersey Shore 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Doubled in size this year, it now occupies a three-quarter-acre slope between an imposing but tired greenhouse and a large open field below. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The imposing 1969 painting “Blessing of the Fleet,” for instance, pays homage to a local seafaring ritual with festive red and green, the colors of the Portuguese flag. ‘Abstract Climates’: Helen Frankenthaler’s Ode to Provincetown 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Photograph: Mae Ryan for the Guardian This is achieved, he says, by imposing physical and psychological stress until people break, a process begun the moment they sign the waiver. Extreme haunted house: inside the real life kingdom of masochists 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The powerful bass Morris Robinson made an imposing yet trustworthy Sarastro, the spiritual leader of the temple. Review: ‘Magic Flute’ Welcomes Children Back to the Met 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z She was imposing in Joachim’s first-movement cadenza, gracious in the Adagio and just buoyant enough in the finale. Music Review | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: A Fresh Look at a Familiar Violin Concerto 2010-02-22T08:17:00Z The production, directed by Vincent Broussard and first seen in Munich, is a mishmash, intent on imposing social commentary on the fragile plot. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z The original idea, to perform Britten’s imposing “War Requiem,” was considered too expensive but also too burdened with an unfortunate title, despite its pacifist nature. Trinity Church Hosts 9/11 Concerts 2011-09-01T22:22:52Z Without imposing any kind of agenda on the concert other than his own admiration for bossa nova, Mr. Gil nearly seemed to be restoring its potential. Review: Gilberto Gil Brings Energy to Town Hall 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “It is the only survivor of a clump of pines on Raddon Top, an imposing site of bronze age and Neolithic remains,” he says. Tree of the week: 'I whispered to the Lone Pine, asking it to hold on until we returned' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z "Instead of imposing a ballot threshold that not a single MP met in the last election, politicians should stop ignoring sensible proposals to increase secret ballot turnouts at the workplace and online." Biggest strike in three years sparks furore over Tory plan for ballot law 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z And, as a neat freak, I understand the specific pleasures of imposing your will on your surroundings. Think a tidy house will lead to a tidy life? Think again 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In many ways Dix looked fresher and more imposing in the “Glitter and Doom” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art two years ago. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z How is this minority of people imposing their will over the entire country at the Supreme Court? Young women were the "foot soldiers" of the anti-abortion movement and "morally bankrupt" Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The audience loved it -- and his imposing yet friendly presence on stage, laced with humor and a love of what he does for a living. Taj Mahal, still rocking, "feels" the blues 2012-07-12T10:53:43Z A short walk along the north side of the port to the imposing 12th-century Fort St.-Jean takes you to two high, narrow footbridges. Cultured Traveler: Marseille Polishes Its Image 2013-09-06T17:29:48Z The Avignon Festival opens on Friday with The Prince of Homburg by German author Heinrich von Kleist played in the courtyard of the southern city's imposing Papal Palace. France's Avignon Festival dodges strike threat for now 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z No doubt it will be a thing of imposing grandeur. On the Met?s Roof Garden, Sculpture at Play 2011-04-29T13:42:59Z There have been lukewarm reviews of Rob Ashford's revival but the Hollywood star won praise for her "imposing presence" in the lead role. VIDEO: Scarlett Johansson back on Broadway 2013-01-18T10:33:28Z Quimet is a toxic man, who fails to consider the impact of imposing his will on everyone. "Alcarràs" filmmaker on farming families losing "this way of life" in Catalonia 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z In a back alley near the riverfront, an imposing wooden door is the discreet entrance to the speakeasy-style lounge Mata Hari. 36 Hours in Savannah, Ga. 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Above the town is a row of picturesque windmills and an imposing fortress. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z While Braun’s exact brand of awkwardness doesn’t quite match the stumbling, yet unearned air of superiority that Robert possessed in the original story, he does manage to be imposing while also looking a little lost. ‘Cat Person’ Review: A Viral Short Story Padded for the Big Screen 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At the back of the complex, she added her own interpretation of an industrial vernacular with a pair of concrete towers, as whimsical as they are imposing, that house sports facilities. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Standard maps are useful aids in imposing paralysis. Heavenly and Earthly Treasures Show Africa’s Mark on the Byzantine World 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Wampach emerged for the first work, “Auto,” in a long blond wig, imposing black heels and a plunge-top black dress that showed off his luscious back and arm muscles. David Wampach in Queer New York Festival at Abrons Center 2012-06-13T21:19:11Z The two have a kind of Felix and Oscar dynamic, Bernard an imposing hockey player, and Barker a more professorial type. The Weinstein Co. and Sony Pictures Classics: A title bout 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z If the imposing doors and smart gold signage are not easy enough to spot then just look for a street filled with movie posters, cafe tables and lots of neatly parked bikes. Cine-files: Grand Teatret, Copenhagen 2013-04-10T08:46:14Z His approach, upon entering a museum “is not that of awe-stricken acolyte; I do not knee-tremble up the imposing marble stair.” Review | In ‘Short Life in a Strange World,’ paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder help an author make sense of his existence 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The Hardest Working Man in Show Business can be a terrifying employer, imposing his will on subordinates and the women he sometimes abuses. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z They understood the benefits of not imposing oneself and of leaving some things suggested rather than explicitly stated. Review | Buried deep in a disappointing Rembrandt and Velázquez show are two portraits that demand to be seen 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The imposing foyer, which links them, is an exhibition space. 10 of the best museums and gallleries in Rome 2011-07-13T09:00:00Z To her surprise, the richness of the natural world keeps imposing itself — recall that vivid little robin. A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z He made words matter and conveyed the self-delusion of thOis likable laughingstock, a character convinced that his girth is actually an imposing physique with natural appeal for cultured women. Music Review: ‘Falstaff,’ Part of Prelude to Performance at Kaye Playhouse 2012-07-15T21:49:41Z Place, 60, is a sturdy but not imposing figure. From Woody to Lead Belly, the master of Smithsonian Folkways 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Republicans say Obama hindered the recovery and continues to bog down the economy — hurting those he purports to help — by imposing Washington's overreaching will on business and entrepreneurs. Iowa up first in economy-themed campaign 2012-01-03T03:23:00Z In 1862, the American painter Frederic Edwin Church created an eerie and imposing vision of an erupting Cotopaxi in Ecuador; it's a wondrous picture, which resembles a science-fiction vista from some distant planet. Explosive art: my top five volcano paintings 2010-04-21T14:02:00Z With his buzz cut, full beard and imposing physique, the man is arrogant and self-involved. Unnerving consideration of artificial intelligence in 'Ex Machina' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It is housed in one of the city’s most imposing buildings, a high-rise tower on Broad Street with giant, arched entryways set into its Beaux-Arts facade. Perspective | For Wells Fargo, history is an asset. And a useful distraction. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z She's an imposing physical specimen: five-foot-seven, with a strong jaw and broad shoulders, and an ample chest framed by slim arms; but here her eyes photograph small and her nose beaky. Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z Among the close to 180 exhibits are two large paintings by Rembrandt, an imposing Caravaggio and a historic segment of early 20th-century art, an area in which the Hermitage's collection excels. Spain's Prado museum hosts large Hermitage exhibit 2011-11-05T11:24:08Z Powerful voices, huge choruses and imposing orchestral forces dominate our sense of the art form. A Grand History of Small Operas 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z But it is not imposing or clinical-looking because the top half is broken into sections of different colors and shapes. 10 buildings you must see around the new boom-time Washington 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z These are the same folks imposing their political will by mob intimidation by storming school board meetings and town halls railing against masking mandates and vaccination requirements. No, we're not living "The Handmaid's Tale" – it's worse, and a show highlighting how was passed over 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Although this is not the first time the artist has simulated a naturally occurring stone object, previous efforts were not so imposing. Review | In the galleries: Simulated stone and neon artworks reflect the transience of life 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The active screens present a variety of visual information, including documentation of the political slogans Bell has projected on the Trump hotel, the Supreme Court building and other imposing D.C. structures. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z This imposing Victorian chamber has been ingeniously adapted in the last few years. The Italian Renaissance drawings at the British Museum show what lies beneath 2010-04-04T20:30:00Z Tonight Mr Dohr will be back in the engine room leading an even larger horn section in the imposing launch of Mahler's Third Symphony. In praise of ? Stefan Dohr 2011-02-23T00:03:01Z In “Death and the Maiden,” his Death was a steady, smooth character, all the more imposing for being so unassuming. Music Review: Looking at Schubert and Finding Hamlet 2011-03-14T23:00:13Z Also imposing is Daniel Lai’s stairway installation of discarded books turned into pinwheels. Review | In the galleries: Exhibit upends male-centric myths, legends and folklore 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z He blithely rewrote his friend, imposing his poetic style on her more prosaic effort, inventing dialogue and taking little liberties to heighten the drama. Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir chapter still in limbo 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The necklace has the air of a speculative artifact, an imposing piece of treasure that suggests the distortional effects of power. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Through stately movement, through complex gestures with her hands, through elaborate dance steps, through imposing facial expressions, she became the river and its spirit, its divinities and its inhabitants. Malavika Sarukkai expressively displays Bharata Natyam 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The most imposing buildings in town were the Baptist church, the Methodist church and the Carnegie Library. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Most people stop in the imposing stone-paved courtyard just to see the mansion. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z In “Stateway Condo Gentrification,” we learn that Stateway Gardens is “the biggest concrete building on Chicago’s South Side,” as large and imposing as a city itself. The Stories in This Chicago Housing Project Could Fill a Book 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z As well as imposing a clear division where none exists, Mr Osborne airbrushed much that is clear. George Osborne: paying the price of failure 2013-04-02T20:46:29Z He agrees that in choosing an Egyptian subject, Verdi was ascribing to orientalist notions of "using the east as a way of examining ourselves or imposing our values on those cultures." David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z By remaining utterly present when painting — without imposing preconceived concepts onto his canvases — he opens himself up to the "happy accidents" that occur when making art. Ed Moses, 90, prepares nonstop for a new survey at Bergamot Station 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The black leather of the booth behind them is imposing, and the glasses on the table imply a night that has already passed into the next day. Nan Goldin Survived an Overdose to Fight the Opioid Epidemic 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z A modern-dress prologue gives way to traditional period costumes, and Robert Brill’s stark but imposing set designs are perfectly integrated with the festival stage. Critic’s Notebook: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, ‘Henry V’ and ‘Cymbeline’ 2012-08-19T21:11:38Z On the salmon one, thin straws of purple cut horizontally across the pattern, imposing a bit of rigor. 2010-02-04T01:59:00Z At the moment I recommend Elizabeth Murray’s imposing “Do the Dance” from 2005, which currently hangs above one of the information desks down there. Hold That Obit; MoMA?s Not Dead 2010-12-30T16:49:20Z Even in an environment where we don't need to satisfy basic human needs, we insist on imposing calculable value so we can make a buck. Untangling the web with Aleks Krotoski 2011-03-20T00:05:19Z It is a large car park with a less imposing town attached, and I feel my look back in Ongar has been justified. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z With so much to lose over a bad review, you can well imagine how desperately a restaurant would want to know when they’re serving the city’s most imposing critic. ‘The chef started crying’: the Toronto critic who can make or break a restaurant 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Hardened Compton messenger YG is a straight shooter with an imposing physicality making party music. Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” essentially completed the reductio, when it presented the builder as a titan of industry, imposing his vision on the landscape with disregard for context, client, and audience. Philip Johnson, the Man Who Made Architecture Amoral 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The imposing wooden walls of Hamlet’s university become the walls of Elsinore’s palace, with not much else denoting place or atmosphere. Review | Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Hamlet’ doesn’t sizzle, but its star does 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z “States should be barred from taking immigration enforcement measures into their own hands and imposing penalties as they see fit.” High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z Living at 10,000 feet — the silence is so imposing, so peaceful, you don't want to disturb it. Wooden Shjips sail psychedelic oceans 2013-10-24T14:05:45Z Rumors spread that the neighborhood was a “no-go zone,” an area only Muslims could enter, and that the mosque was imposing sharia law in the city. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z He wasn't imposing or intimidating, he was a nice guy asking for simple explanations to simple things about which he was curious. There's a little bit of Larry King in every decent interviewer, whether they like it or not 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The cube-like density of these books is imposing until you open the screen door. Adding Up a Prolific Poet’s Charming Weather Reports 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The red granite structure is magnificent, and imposing, and the portraits, statues and paintings celebrate Texas figures, from Davy Crockett to Gov. Frugal Traveler Blog: $100 Weekend in Austin, Tex. 2012-01-31T18:39:03Z That year, the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, declared a national state of emergency, ruling by decree, imposing censorship and imprisoning thousands of activists. From vibrators to gay kisses, how Bollywood embraced the taboo 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z More intricate but equally imposing is Bobby Donovan’s assemblage of five hefty wooden crescents, arranged in swooping midair positions on five metal rods. Review | In the galleries: Washington Sculptors Group shows a playful nature 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z So this idea of imposing his own kind of consciousness onto another object starts there. James Franco: “If people have Franco fatigue, they should stop paying attention” 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Jeffrey Wright gives a rich, imposing performance as the former “mayor” of Pendleton Correctional Facility, an Indiana prison he is about to leave after 24 years of incarceration. 17 Movies to Enjoy for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 17th Edition 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The second and most imposing work a visitor confronts is a full-size, 27-foot-high tepee painted in bold colors on white canvas that looks as if it had been borrowed from a roadside souvenir stand. Art Review: Plains Indian Culture, as Seen Through the Ingenuity of the Tepee 2011-03-14T22:32:12Z The characters are all as desolate as the land, and Bana cuts an imposing figure as he observes the townsfolk, deducing their secrets that could incriminate them. "The Dry" is a desolate, engrossing mystery in which everyone – even Eric Bona – is guilty 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Similarly, where operatic scores were concerned, he tried to fathom what the composer wanted rather than imposing his own views. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T10:55:00Z Though his passagework was muffled by his gravelly tones at times, he was an imposing presence, and he did not overplay the king’s brutishness. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z The monumentality of many of his structures evokes the pyramids and platforms of Mesoamerica’s ancient cities, as well as the imposing palaces and churches of the region’s Spanish conquerors. Teodoro González de León, Evocative Mexican Architect, Dies at 90 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Rather than keep the story dark, though, the filmmakers confect a different fate for Maleficent, played by Angelina Jolie at her most sculpturally imposing. Critic’s Notebook: The sisters of summer It is not surprising that imposing narrative order on his past feels, to Jones, like a matter of survival rather than pleasure. Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “The last foundation they have for the regime is women and imposing the hijab,” Ebrahimi said. An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Regardless, the idea of imposing real-world standards of attractiveness on any movie or TV show just seems pointlessly literal. Is She Really Going Out With Him? 2013-02-12T19:33:59Z The merrymakers sang an off-key “Happy Birthday” as they reached the imposing yet capricious new gate in front of Harrison House. The 24-hour Joshua Tree party to celebrate Lou Harrison's 100th birthday 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z They’re intense players and imposing physical specimens, especially Mr. Pope, with his buoyant ringlets of hair. Music Review: At the Knitting Factory, Wavves Move Past Meltdown 2010-06-25T23:59:00Z Her imposing wings get sawed off, until they get magically and capriciously reattached. REVIEW: Maleficent: Sympathy for the Rebel 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Raemond Martin, singing with an insinuating, hooded baritone, was an imposing presence as Scarpia, all the more menacing for his reserve. Music Review: ‘Tosca,’ With New York Grand Opera, in Central Park 2012-06-28T21:08:27Z She is not about imposing her will, or about firm beats: It’s about expressivity in the music, singing lines, being carried along. Review | New baton, familiar style: Performer-conductor Stutzmann at the NSO 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It's there for a reason; it's not just imposing it. Peter Pan's Neverland could become forever-land 2011-08-02T15:07:03Z In 1966, as fortune would also have it, one of Vasari’s most imposing works met an even worse fate. Bringing Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Back to Life 2013-12-22T21:13:08Z The Western heritage really is imposing, despite its flaws and failures. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z The drawings use heightened perspective and exaggerated angles, and they make the building look futuristic and imposing, even today. How Frank Lloyd Wright Tried to Solve the City 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z An imposing presence, reserved until he isn’t, Pee represents the born-and-raised Atlanta backbone of Quality Control, as well as its most direct line to the illicit ecosystems that led to trap music’s sound. Atlanta Rap Keeps Evolving. Quality Control Is Taking It Global. 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He also might just be in love with their vulnerable yet imposing boss, with whom he shares plenty of intimate scenes and underlying sexual tension. From "The Good Place" to "Nine Perfect Strangers," Manny Jacinto breaks from "driving the chaos" 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z They move into the Overlook Hotel after Jack is appointed caretaker of the imposing and isolated North American mountain retreat while it is closed for winter. Fans breaking The Shining 'codes' 2012-10-24T08:06:46Z On a spit of land beyond the port is the imposing palace of Kronborg, a great square bastion with copper-clad towers, the castle where William Shakespeare set Hamlet. Great Danes: the Denmark of Hamlet and Karen Blixen 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Drawing on his organizational talents, he transformed the workings not only of the Supreme Court but of the entire federal judiciary, and he persuaded Congress to build an imposing temple of justice beside the U.S. ‘William Howard Taft’ Review: Taking the Bully Out of the Pulpit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Organizers said they are taking new precautions, including imposing an 18-and-older age restriction, offering free water stations and using electronic scanners to verify identification at the entrance. Las Vegas embraces rave shunned by Los Angeles 2011-04-22T10:31:05Z But, to choose among issues, doesn’t a French male choreographer imposing his vision on an African female performer risk replicating the colonial relationships that the Césaire text condemns? Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Now an adult, with an imposing build and furrowed brow, he is unrecognizable at a local bar, where he tells his tale to a half-interested crowd. Review: At Wagner’s Festival, a ‘Dutchman’ Never Sails 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z After millennia of imposing ourselves on the landscape, this radical reversal offers a deep satisfaction. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The cast was overall quite strong, with Thomas Michael Allen’s imposing presence in the title role. The music of ‘Catone in Utica’ conquers the night 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z If you stay home, count yourself among the hundreds of thousands now being disenfranchised by the relentless parade of restrictions that Republicans everywhere are imposing and enforcing. What We Can All Do at This Moment Is Vote 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z It is an untranslatable and often imposing term for a very basic idea: that agricultural products are shaped by the soil, climate and culture where they are grown. Can Liquor Have a Local Taste? They’re Banking on It 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The imposing, Brooklyn-born rap artist Christopher Wallace took on the identities of The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls and was massively influential as rap became music’s dominant style in the 1990s. Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z We sought to change them into hearing people, wrongly imposing our world on them. Motherlode Blog: Teaching a Deaf Child Her Mother's Tongue 2012-05-08T19:22:55Z When Jones finally emerges, she plays the hyper-sexualized, temperamental, physically imposing, and money-hungry black woman depicted in so many racial tropes. “Saturday Night Live” spoof of the new Annie will raise some eyebrows 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z A dozen or so regular characters, including a detective who liked biting perps, an alcoholic ladies’ man and an imposing 50-something sergeant dating a high school senior. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z Minor works by forgotten Flemish landscape artists would be two units, Bathers nine, and Guernica an imposing 10. Matisse at the Moma, New York 2010-08-15T22:00:00Z Among its treasures are the imposing golden throne of the King of Kandy and various ancient Buddhist artifacts, including a priceless collection of rare palm-leaf manuscripts. Five Reasons to Visit Colombo 2011-04-14T14:15:00Z The imposing Bratislava Castle is the city’s most prominent landmark. Bratislava: Slovakia’s capital makes a remarkable comeback 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, Warhol carried his Polaroid camera around as “his date,” as he called it, a tool that enabled him to engage his subjects while imposing distance at the same time. Andy Warhol Through the Lens 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z And Ms. Close, the standard bearer for playing imposing women, is looking for nuance. Legal Drama Has a Change of Venue, From Cable to Satellite 2011-07-19T22:15:19Z Even if he stands nearly a foot taller than his real-life counterpart did, he has the right combination of imposing physicality and tender geniality. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The border wall at Playas de Tijuana is not rhetoric but very real, an imposing slatted barrier 18 feet high that extends into the sea, separating Tijuana from San Diego County’s Imperial Beach. Through a Tijuana Turnstile and Into Tacos and Tortas 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The imposing “Fat 12 Point Carbon Fiber Star,” its 21 feet amusingly stuffed into an undersized gallery here, distends the star’s twelve points like overinflated balloons. In Frank Stella’s Constellation of Stars, a Perpetual Evolution 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z He was an imposing presence in Zero Dark Thirty, showing up late in the movie. James Gandolfini's film career: much more than just another wiseguy 2013-06-20T17:00:00Z In a remarkable four-minute scene a stationary camera observes the hosing of the ground around a white mausoleum so imposing it suggests a miniature cathedral. Movie Review: ‘El Velador’ (‘The Night Watchman’), Mexico’s Drug War Cemetery 2012-06-13T21:43:01Z An imposing rectangle suffused with a series of eye-popping colors continues to dominate the scenic background, suggesting a wide-screen aesthetic. Review: ‘Madama Butterfly,’ Without Its Flesh-and-Blood Intensity 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Jahangir Kothari Parade promenade, once an imposing British heritage site, is now obscured by a maze of overpasses and the shadow of Pakistan’s tallest building. Pakistan's crumbling architectural heritage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z McDonald’s line is a mix of imposing, boldly geometric designs balanced by smaller pieces with soft curves. Mary McDonald Debuts Her New Line for Chaddock 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z He needed to be attractive, a little bit off and of imposing size, so Margot feels a certain sense of discomfort. ‘Cat Person’ goes from viral story to Sundance talker — with an extra chapter 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Dinner with the Gaetzes was intellectual combat; Don was a champion debater in college, and Matt was an imposing and memorable presence on the debate team at Niceville High School, according to classmates. Rep. Matt Gaetz wants you to know who he is, and his plan is working 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z But imposing a new lifestyle on a loved one can become fraught when the beneficiary isn’t able to communicate — or make its own decisions, she said. The Diet Worked For Them. Now Their Pets Are on It. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “That was a real challenge for me as a curator, to try to free my mind up from imposing historical narratives,” he said. Rei Kawakubo, the Nearly Silent Oracle of Fashion 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Instead of imposing a narrative on passers-by, the sculpture invites, even requires, activation by viewers. Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Despite her sometimes imposing roles, Seydoux in conversation marches to the beat of her own drummer. Bonding With Léa Seydoux 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Is there a problem in imposing Berg's private drama so overtly on to the performance? Alban Berg's suite for the jilted 2011-03-17T22:44:00Z There's no doubt that this year's competition boasts an imposing Hollywood pedigree. Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z He remains well-loved by the company’s audience for his rich, warm voice, his imposing characterizations — and commanding height — and his relish for the words he sings. Bryn Terfel Returns to the Metropolitan Opera. (Sort Of.) 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z We're even particular about the kind of music we select because we want to make sure that we're not sending some sort of message, or imposing an agenda as filmmakers. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He becomes a fur trader and an imposing timber entrepreneur. Review: Annie Proulx’s ‘Barkskins’ Is an Epic Tale of Logging and Doom 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The imposing cascade on the left, 850 feet wide, is the American Falls. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Niagara Falls 2011-05-26T18:29:08Z With the invasion in full swing, Biden began imposing a raft of sanctions against Putin, the Russian financial system, oligarchs and many other entities. How a D.C. lobbyist tried to stop Putin’s pipeline before war started 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z It is the antithesis of its hefty, imposing neighbour. On Denmark's Jutland coast an elegant new museum counters a Nazi monolith 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z This little town, set up in 1890s by the British to house a veterinary research and training center, is famous for its 180-degree views of the imposing Himalaya. Keep your cool in India by visiting one of the country’s hill stations 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Cunningham is large and imposing, with a booming laugh and an almost cowboyish ruggedness. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z One assumes Martha to be physically imposing, on the order of Uta Hagen, who created the part, or Ms. Turner, who was marvelous in it. In London, a Ferocious ‘Virginia Woolf’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z He was an imposing and charismatic man, if a little quixotic: he would sometimes disappear for months on end, and his behaviour was often erratic. Sigmar Polke obituary 2010-06-14T17:40:00Z In warm weather, get-togethers are held on the roomy, old-fashioned screened porch, with stout Belgian seating that looks like chic recycled packing crates grouped beside an imposing redbrick fireplace. Rebecca and Jon Bond's Stylish Family-Friendly Home in The Hamptons 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Even when that baby has leathery skin, imposing jaws, a lumbering gait and a distinctly reptilian look. Spare Times for Children for July 25-31 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z This guy's not as imposing as a sputnik, but just as many bulbs. The best lighting for maximum kitchen visibility 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z The Eastwood hero is sturdy and unchanging, as reliable a magnum force as he is an imposing one. Here’s what ties together Clint Eastwood’s heroes, from ‘15:17 to Paris’ to Dirty Harry 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Did he grow these imposing bristles to keep the world at bay while he withdrew into retirement? David Letterman (and His Beard) Shop at Target These Days 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z A thorough but imposing six hours of material, this collection is less about any specific unearthed gem than the larger transformation it charts. Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But far from imposing clarity on the historic gatherings, “Tahrir” embraces the thrill and uncertainty of popular action. Movie Review: ‘Tahrir: Liberation Square,’ Chronicles 2011 Cairo Protests 2012-06-10T22:38:23Z Gone are the imposing fortifications shown on English Heritage's website but you can potter round the few courses remaining and chat to shoppers getting off the many buses. Britain's best views: Hadrian's Wall 2010-04-06T13:21:00Z Jahangir Kothari Parade promenade, once an imposing British heritage site, is now obscured by a maze of overpasses and the shadow of Pakistan’s tallest building. Pakistan's crumbling architectural heritage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He entertained interest from the luminous likes of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine for a musical, but didn’t want to turn it over to such imposing authorial types. Can cast injury derail 'Groundhog Day'? How the musical has overcome its obstacles (again and again) 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z As their guest, walking among those imposing stone monoliths, I experienced a physical and cultural landscape unlike any I'd known in China. Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z More refined was the baritone Marco Nisticò, too light in voice and manner for the imposing French governor, Montfort, who turns out — in a twist that makes no one happy — to be Henri’s father. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z But the most effective altered ready-made is just passing through: an imposing pre-Columbian plumed serpent’s head lent by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Danh Vo: An Artist at the Crossroads of History and Diary 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It didn't hurt that Knight was an imposing figure who chomped cigars and exuded power like a gangsta mogul. Suge Knight, a link who'd lost connection 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Drake, tall with an athletic build and imposing dreadlocks, is the more overtly spiritual of the two. Chicago News Cooperative: As Winter Dawns, the Sound of Drums Fills the Air 2010-12-19T02:22:19Z Gray, imposing, and charmless, it typifies the style of government buildings. The Best Secret Streets Around the World 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It is inexplicably imposing and modest at the same time. An architect couple designs a dream house 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z One of Trafalgar Square’s majestic lions seems to be keeping watch over the pale stone building with its imposing columned facade and cupola squarely in the center of the frame. Frederick Wiseman Turns to National Gallery in London for His Latest Documentary 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z To avoid imposing an unpopular directive on its already rebellious flock, the Legion recruited 81 college-educated volunteers to watch the movie and advise them. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z They’ve collaborated for decades on works ranging in size from delicate tabletop figurines to imposing outdoor installations. In Sebastopol, Calif., recycled junk sculptures with a Wine Country backdrop 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Most of the pieces in this selection depict simple things in a complex manner and on an imposing scale. Review | In the galleries: Face to face with a world both beautiful and horrific 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z No wonder some people are imposing artificial structure on their days to anchor themselves in reality. The Year of Blur 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z So, why are schools imposing severe disciplinary measures? Why Disciplining Young Kids Can Be Tricky 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Here, a number of different architects contributed a dense layout of imposing housing blocks. The Unrepeatable Architectural Moment of Yugoslavia’s “Concrete Utopia” 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z They include the languid opening “Flower of Our Heart,” the imposing timpani syncopations of “Mountain With Violets” and the energetic, bouncy “Dancing Flowers.” Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-14T20:36:41Z Right after the event, images of the imposing skyscrapers were even scrubbed from already filmed scenes in several movies. Mexican soap opera takes close look at 9/11 2011-08-26T14:22:08Z Maryland’s attorney general launched an investigation of its practices and state lawmakers introduced legislation imposing new requirements on settlement buyers. Post reporter wins Polk award for series on ‘settlements’ industry 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z In film, television, and, to a lesser extent, literature, storytelling is the business of imposing order on the chaos of life. The Best Video Games of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z While many of the academy’s rooms are grand and imposing, “this is the utilitarian part of their world,” says Weinberg. How an Abandoned Hotel Became a Witches’ Lair for ‘Suspiria’ 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z As we approached, the castle grew until it was inescapable, an imposing stone edifice with an immaculate, geometric garden at its base. In Maastricht, a Taste of Joie de Vivre 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Bush signed the well-intentioned but patronizing Indian Arts and Crafts Act, imposing five-year prison sentences plus fines up to $250,000 on people selling Indian art without government certification as a tribal member. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Palace flank this historic public square, and an imposing Mexican flag, raised and lowered daily, waves over the scene. These Are the Most Visited Tourist Attractions in the World 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The physically imposing Mr. Black Antelope prominently figures in the extended gun battle that swallows the movie and clearly consumed Mr. Saulnier’s interest. Review: In ‘Hold the Dark,’ Wolves, Gloom and Blood in Alaska 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A long and winding drive passes sheds of unclear purpose and ends in a small yard beyond an imposing cream-coloured manor house. 10 stomachs, 32 brains and 18 testicles – a day inside the UK's only leech farm 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z You were led in a small group up a hill to the imposing Gothic revival main entrance, underlit for effect. Going Mausoleum Hopping in Brooklyn 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The other classic Cape Town shot: Table Mountain, the imposing mesa that defines the city’s skyline. 36 Hours in Cape Town 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Every fashion designer, they say, is an architect manque, intent on imposing a structure on the wayward human form. | Trendspotting: Why Deco Now? 2011-11-22T16:37:08Z I visited one of the 10 libraries due to close: Fenham Library, an imposing 1938 building with a polygonal reading room. Culture clash as threat of 100% cut in arts funding divides Newcastle 2013-01-29T20:02:40Z As if they are too fragile, as if his outlandish ideas might be too imposing. Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes' feels too paint-by-numbers 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z At that moment this imposing and labyrinthine mansion suddenly seemed almost homey. Review | ‘Lives of Houses’ is a lovely book to savor while you’re stuck at home 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Suddenly the dark, curving lochan appears, and above it the imposing crags. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Up close, it’s more imposing, the apotheosis of a junkyard fence. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z Listening to them, I realized just how meaningful this imposing, noble statue is to Huelva’s people. Retracing the Spanish Path of My Ancestor, the Founder of the Whitney 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Yale is taking the unusual step of imposing no limits on the use of the images and is not requiring any licensing. ArtsBeat: Yale Opens Its Image Vault Online for Free 2011-05-12T16:24:41Z On Saturday evening Mr. Ozawa will venture the whole of ’s imposing “War Requiem,” as originally planned. Ozawa?s Illness Shadows Festival He Inspired 2010-12-10T16:53:00Z We spend enormous amounts of time, energy, and treasure in imposing our will on nature, on preexisting or inherited structures, dreaming of permanent solutions, monuments to our ambitions and dreams. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z It comes as Israel is once again imposing restrictions in light of the omicron variant, closing air travel to international visitors and imposing quarantine on Israelis returning from abroad, even those who are vaccinated. Black Eyed Peas frontman defies Israel boycott calls 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Pacino, also 70, has an imposing stare that bears more than a passing similarity to Mr. Spector’s favorite facial expression. Al Pacino to Take On Phil Spector in HBO Movie 2010-10-08T18:15:00Z Outside the museum — the imposing western wing of the Louvre palace — an enormous poster of a blond Barbie beams over the Right Bank with a demure smile. With Museum Shows in Europe, Barbie Gets Her Moment With the Masters 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The glass design starkly contrasts the imposing neoclassical columns featured in the nearby War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, home to the city’s opera and ballet companies. New San Francisco center to share classical music with all 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Its marquee attraction is Bathhouse Row, a collection of eight imposing stone buildings that line Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs, each with its own unique architectural style. Soaking up history in Arkansas’ Hot Springs National Park 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z But other portraits are half- and three-quarter-length views, made more imposing by being shot from below and distinguished by the striking silhouettes of garments. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The dominant image of Bordeaux is one of imposing chateaus, patrician proprietors and stratospheric prices. Your Next Lesson: Value Bordeaux 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z He's about half Hitch's girth, for a start, and there's nothing sinister or imposing about him – quite the opposite. Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock 2012-12-09T18:59:01Z When the Anarchists took control of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, their first act was to ban tipping as a way of imposing their brand of revolutionary equality on the city. New York Restaurant Giant Says No Tips, Please 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In between, it recreates how Boenish fostered the sport in its early days, filming jumps he and companions made off places like El Capitan, the imposing rock formation in Yosemite National Park. Review: ‘Sunshine Superman,’ About the High-Flying Daredevil Carl Boenish 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Were 20th century Straussians discovering hidden messages in ancient texts or imposing new meanings on the works of long dead figures that could never be definitively refuted? How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The institution, which is a school as well as an exhibition venue and membership society, moved into its imposing home in 1868. Stars of the Royal Academy in a popularity auction contest 2012-10-06T23:06:24Z It “didn’t add much to the story and also somewhat detracted from that imposing nature of the villain Maleficent,” Fox Carney, the research manager from Disney’s library, told USA Today. A Disney Discovery in Forgotten Sketches 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “Our survey found domestic violence is related to machismo, the prototype of an imposing and dominating man over a submissive woman,” Saldana said. Colombian women to party away as men face curfew night 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But with his deep, dark and imposing voice, he again proved ideal as Gurnemanz, a veteran knight. Review: A Conductor Delivers a Magnificent ‘Parsifal’ at the Met 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The imaginary version is more imposing, its geometry purer. | 'Palladio and His Legacy': ?Palladio and His Legacy? at the Morgan Library 2010-04-08T22:16:00Z Rather than imposing a strict set of rules, Kaufman argues that cultivating an awareness of how our physical selves affect those around us is crucial to getting along and adapting in a frenetic world. ‘The Art of Grace,’ by Sarah Kaufman, shows how to regain this vital quality 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The word butcher brings to mind bloodstained aprons, imposing knives and windows of hanging carcasses, and the Walches aim to repurpose the term. The Herbivorous Butcher: sausage and steak – but hold the slaughter 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z But it's the washed rind cheeses, aged between three weeks and four months, that boast the most imposing aromas. 7 common French cheese myths, busted 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s a vast leap for Mr. Ross, who just a few years ago was compensating for his lumpy street talk with imposing personality. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z At 35 floors, it is one of the tallest hotels along the coast; while imposing, it provides unencumbered views and is closer to Old Recife than the Boa Viagem neighborhood. 36 Hours in Recife (and Environs) 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z For an annual midweek party at her imposing Greek Revival house on Fifth Avenue here, Ms. Steinman imported gardeners from her Pennsylvania farm to trim the hedges to her notably perfectionist standards. The Hamptons on the Hoof 2013-08-09T22:11:52Z The New York Times reported in 1936 that the French composer and critic Reynaldo Hahn had described it as “imposing, lofty, minutely elaborated” and “always compelling admiration.” With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z "Anybody is entitled to criticize an art show, but First Amendment principles bar government officials from suppressing controversial viewpoints and imposing the values held by one religious group on society at large," the group wrote. Gallery vows ongoing protest against Smithsonian 2010-12-02T22:55:00Z Yet in conveying this imposing princess’s inner emotional fragility, Ms. Rachvelishvili shaped crucial phrases with supple, yearning tenderness. Review: Met Opera’s ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’ Bristles With Passion and Danger 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A misbehaving scherzo hurtles along, leading to a complex finale, exuberant yet imposing in its sweep and structure. A Symphony With Powerful Champions, but Often Overlooked 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z 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 Pyramids made of concrete blocks that would be imposing in a gallery are dwarfed by buildings surrounding the park and look too much like temporary piles of construction material. Critic?s Notebook: Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets 2011-08-18T22:26:28Z Why is Tchaikovsky’s music for their grand adagio so unsugary, so imposing, so colossal? The Sugar Plum Fairy: An Enigma Wrapped in a Beautiful Dance 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z First, it creates the notion of a forbidden fruit, where eating the food is not only desirable but also a symbol of freedom, a rebellion against the side of yourself that’s imposing the rules. Five words you should stop using when you talk about food 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z By imposing costs on terrorists’ reputations, chances for success, material assets — whatever they hold dear — you “alter the behavior and thinking of your adversary.” Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist,” Noriko Kamiza’s mother tells her when she stops their car across the street from an imposing walled estate in Kyoto. You’re Going to Want to Join this Odyssey Through Postwar Japan 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The US Federal Trade Commission later approved the deal in its turn without imposing any conditions. EMI-Universal deal gets approval 2012-09-21T15:53:22Z But Picasso, though long gone from her life and by then long dead, nevertheless remained an imposing and, as a giant of 20th-century art, overshadowing presence. Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It's the same as us imposing constellations on the sky which, of course, are completely crazy and nothing to do with the stars. A life in art: Anselm Kiefer 2011-03-21T08:00:00Z In Sierra Leone, a new amendment to the country's health act was passed, imposing jail time of up to two years for those caught hiding Ebola patients. Ebola outbreak: British national living in Sierra Leone tests positive for virus 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z That's a lot of pressure for a young woman who already faces the formidable task of marrying into a rather imposing family. Prince William, Kate Middleton represent future 2011-03-14T13:47:10Z Ben Stones’s imposing concrete set includes the signature graffito, “I love you, will u marry me,” that was painted on a concrete bridge of the housing project in 2001 and became an unlikely Sheffield icon. These 2 Productions Bring a Jolt of Energy to British Musicals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Microphones are arrayed in sculptural configurations too abstract to be technologically imposing. Toni Morrison's ghostly 'Desdemona' blends words and music in lyrical revision of Shakespeare 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z At Higher Pictures, Barbara Crane’s black-and-white photographs of Chicago buildings, by contrast, emphasize the vertical, massive, imposing aspect of a modern cityscape: What we see is not embraceable but vaulting and unassailable, our Egyptian pyramids. Conceptual, Sensual, Degenerate: Your Summer Art Choices 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Denisova’s husband is from the Republic of Georgia, and after traveling to that country last summer she was inspired to adapt his mother’s version of khinkali — grand, imposing dumplings with topknots and swagged pleats. Russian Dumplings, Like Grandma’s, at Two Village Spots 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Local merchants have been asked to sign confidentiality agreements that seem more effective in imposing secrecy than top-secret labels on some war documents. Wedding bells awaken sleepy New York town 2010-07-30T02:51:00Z With his towering physique and unforced charisma, Mr. Pape looks regal and imposing. Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts 2010-10-12T19:51:00Z Ms. LaFreniere is a tall, imposing dancer of terrific rhythmic power; although her performance at this matinee was diminished by a couple of small slips, hers is a real talent. Dance Review: School of American Ballet Workshop Performances 2013-06-03T21:09:56Z Carter began by running through several notable instruction manuals on type and typography, which had "a way of imposing solutions and limiting choices". True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z Far from the imposing Jack Bauer, who intimidated and outwitted countless bad guys on "24," James is small and weak, frustrated and angry. Starry cast is smooth in 'Championship Season' 2011-03-07T03:11:09Z Later, Congress passed the federal Oleomargarine Act, imposing a 2-cent-per-pound tax on the stuff. How meat producers are trying to avoid becoming like dairy farmers competing with nut ‘milks’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Set atop an imposing historic building, the three-bedroom flat is an exercise in controlled eclecticism and studied contrasts, characteristics that are evident from the moment one steps into the entrance hall. Allegra Hicks Takes Her Bohemian Chic to Naples, Italy 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z So it was an assured debut, and one much welcomed by the public — but not, to my ear, an imposing one. Review | Lithe Brahms in an unexpected debut 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Turner also addressed Gov. Abbott directly, saying, "With all due respect, there’s nothing wrong with stepping back and reversing, and imposing the mask mandate again." Texas officials blast Houston bar's plans for 'Mask Off' party: 'Unquestionably a superspreader event' 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z But absent the oppression of a dust-free studio and imposing electronics working to capture sonic perfection, music lives and dies on emotive expression. 'Letter Home' is stripped-down Neil Young in his ragged glory 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z I headed southeast to the snow-covered coast, skirting imposing mountains to arrive at a guesthouse called Vellir, on Route 219 off the main highway, where I planned to spend the night. Frugal Traveler Blog: Iceland in Winter Means Deals and Fewer Crowds 2011-12-27T17:53:47Z They were a local, social, human-scaled landscape, removed in favor of imposing a national vision of grandeur, progress and rationality. Is architect Bjarke Ingels’s bold remake of the Smithsonian Castle grounds mere folly? President Trump entered the fray, telling the FDA to act and imposing a temporary ban on any flavours that might appeal to young people. The great vape debate: are e-cigarettes saving smokers or creating new addicts? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Biographical sketches of major figures are imposing: José Martí, a supporter of Cuban independence, came to the city in 1880 and worked as a journalist, while establishing New York’s Spanish-American Literary Society and writing poetry. Exhibition Review: Looking South, Not East, Into New York?s Past 2010-09-16T22:55:00Z Grandpa Jack was an imposing man, a patriarch of the family and someone people around the county treated with great respect. Matt Bondurant: 'We discovered Grandpa Jack had a dark history' 2012-08-25T23:05:49Z It’s not about me imposing my style on a brand. On the Runway: A Few Minutes With Marco Zanini 2011-04-21T20:13:39Z But there he was last year, at the First Lutheran Church in Boston, playing Bach’s “Clavierübung,” Part III, an imposing opus consisting of 21 chorale preludes bracketed by the glorious “St. Anne” Prelude and Fugue. Early Music Festival: NYC Opened Its Inaugural Season 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z A tall, handsome man, he had a scornful stare, an imposing baritone and cache of retorts. The great, and entitled Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T21:11:12Z For him, that means being principled yet open-minded, never imposing his own political viewpoints on the campus at large. The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z A thematic approach can be a tricky, Procrustean way to go; you’re basically imposing an artificially neatening template on an unruly career. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “This must be some kind of bar or something,” said two middle-aged Greek women in sandals and sundresses on a late summer night as they passed the imposing doorman outside. The Last Word, an Imitation Speakeasy, Opens in Queens 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The more you see this dance, the more it reveals — and the less imposing its spiritual overtones. Alvin Ailey Company Offers Asadata Dafora Work From 1932 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “They are imposing figures just like their mother.” A departure Obama is dreading: Leaving the White House? No, Malia moving out. 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But the view from the center’s western edge, along Amsterdam Avenue, is far less convivial: An imposing wall stretches across several blocks, giving the feel of a fortress. Lincoln Center, Seeking New Audiences, Plans to Remake Its West Edge 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The first shot of “Carol” pans slowly across an imposing bronze gate, behind which its enclaves fade into darkness. Cate Blanchett’s cocky elegance: As Queen Elizabeth, Bob Dylan or a closeted ’50s housewife, her on-screen seductions are anything but sweet 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The West suspects that Iran may be heading toward production of nuclear weapons, imposing the sanctions to persuade Iran to drop its uranium enrichment project. Musicians: Iran's national orchestra disbanded 2012-10-29T13:34:07Z Barbara Bush eloquently describes the aura in a building rich in imposing artifacts. Review: ‘The White House: Inside Story’ on PBS 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z It is a stirring place, desolate and imposing, and not at all hard to imagine as the kind of stronghold from which one might have set out marauding. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z He was perfect for a small turn in Zoolander as one of Ben Stiller’s buddies, and his imposing presence led to a breakout role in the vampire TV show True Blood. True Blood to Tarzan: how Alexander Skarsgård swung into Hollywood 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z From its earliest shows, it’s been adept at filling a space with a sound that’s imposing, urgent and mildly gloomy. Savages, a London Band, Plays Three New York Clubs 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Crowded with vigorous, brightly attired individuals and spiced with telling details and background scenes, these imposing paintings — two measure 20 feet across — confer an inspiring optimism on different moments from African-American history. Art Review: Hale Woodruff’s Talladega Murals, in ‘Rising Up,’ at N.Y.U. 2013-08-15T21:36:28Z Whether in the front row or at parties, Ms. Dean cuts an imposing figure. Up Close : A Profile of Cecilia Dean 2013-05-08T19:45:33Z Hitler’s forces have reshaped America not by imposing Teutonic culture on it but by using, or warping, what was already at hand. An Alternative America Hits Home in ‘The Man in the High Castle’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Hats off, too, to Olivias Colman and Williams as the real power behind the thrones – the brittle Elizabeth Windsor, and the imposing Eleanor Roosevelt – both of whom put their male counterparts to shame. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-05-25T23:05:09Z Advertisement So once again, we find a playing space that resembles a scruffed-up institutional gym, enclosed in chain-link fencing with imposing uniformed turnkeys keeping close watch. Review: ‘Henry IV,’ Donmar Warehouse’s All-Female Version 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z As its imposing title suggests, the Russian drama “Leviathan” is something of a monster movie. ‘Leviathan’ Turns on a Modern-Day Job 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z What are your thoughts about Black masculinity and how Killian's imposing figure makes others uncomfortable? "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The Farm Burger, juicy and imposing, comes topped with ham, thick bacon, and a free-range egg, all sourced in Tennessee. Nashville's New Flavor 2012-11-15T22:20:04.597Z But today it is done by imposing differentiated citizenship rights on convicted felons. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z There are actors who become stars because they strike awe–because they’re imposing, powerful, monumental. James Garner, 1928-2014 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z With its modern practices rooted in geology and evolution, it was an eye-opener to discover that its origins weren't so much about establishing a truth as imposing one. Archaeology: A Secret History; Alex Polizzi: The Fizer Returns – TV review 2013-05-01T06:00:13Z The grand façade is no less imposing than the British Museum’s in London: there are giant gates bearing imperial eagles. Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z He has tanned skin and a personality as imposing as his physique. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z He wasn't just imposing on the family connection, he says. At SSO: Adams' 'Doctor Atomic Symphony' 2011-12-29T21:18:04Z Jared Angle was imposing as the Intruder to whom she is powerfully attracted before making him her prey. Dance Review: Robbins and Balanchine Cleanse the Palate at City Ballet 2013-05-29T21:44:32Z The imposing yet airy three-tiered set, by Daniel Conway, combines the grandeur of an old seafaring galleon with the rumpled beauty of a traveling circus. ‘The Tempest,’ á la Steampunk, in Cambridge, Mass. 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z In his mind, Rome was its glorious past, its imposing ruins, its magnificent Colosseum, not the contemporary Rome that he unexpectedly found before him and that was not in the guidebooks he had read. Read Your Way Through Rome 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The emotional temperature in the room changes when this imposing paterfamilias begins expatiating with contempt on Aaron’s plan. Theater Review: ‘Substance of Fire’ Opens at Second Stage Theater 2014-04-28T02:00:01Z A top-hatted spirit of death in Haitian Voodoo culture, the character made full use of the actor's imposing physique and physical dexterity. Bond villain Geoffrey Holder dies 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The most imposing drawings are two large ones that bulge outward, mimicking the silo’s rounded shape. In the galleries: A ‘Homage to Hillary’ is repurposed 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Washington and Oregon are often lumped together as the Pacific Northwest but the two sister states are separated by this imposing gorge. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The work is made up of 1,500 mirrored stainless steel spheres placed in the imposing confines of Fort Tilden, a former Army base on the beach in Queens. Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ Is Coming to the Rockaways 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z We imagined our great documents and their imposing concepts emerging out of figures as grand as the ideas they devised. Last Chance: Magna Carta at the Morgan Library: Its Birth Was a Royal Pain 2010-05-21T22:51:00Z As a documentarian, Frederick Wiseman matches thoroughness with restraint: Instead of imposing a particular vision of his subject, he lets his viewers arrive at their own. 15 Documentaries That Get Inside an Artist’s Head 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Trump’s blacklist surprised journalists when he began imposing it last year, first on BuzzFeed, which has never received credentials from his campaign. Trump lifts ban that excluded The Washington Post and other news media 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Adjacent to the cable car station is the Imperial Fort, an imposing relic of the Napoleonic wars that was built in the early 19th century. The fantasy world of real-life Dubrovnik, Croatia Fearsome in photographs, the development is, in fact, not nearly so imposing when you see it next to some of the public housing towers glowering over surrounding streets. Sugar Hill Housing Will Have a School and a Museum 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z At the Fillmore East in the late 1960s, security staff was hired based on communication skills rather than imposing physicality. Review | ‘Rock Concert’ goes behind the scenes with the people who made the biggest shows happen 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Its imposing rigor scalds in the heat of the murderous moment. Review: An Opera’s Exquisite Brutality Arrives in America 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z This stern woman is a stickler for black church ritual, imposing nighttime Bible study sessions and inviting her minister to family dinners. ‘Sparkle’ Remade With Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston 2012-08-10T21:09:42Z Most do not charge admission, whereas public galleries in the UK now face the prospect of imposing entry fees. Art collectors build museums to let public see private hoards 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Never mind these were inhospitable areas ridden with predators and imposing, hellish granite outcrops. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Because she has never been interested in imposing her own viewpoint on the public, a legend has grown up around her. From the Observer archive, 6 October 1935: Greta Garbo in her element as Anna Karenina 2012-09-29T23:05:46Z A domed mausoleum and some ghosts of cellars are all that remain of Hamilton Palace, once considered one of the most imposing homes in Britain. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The film shows touches of Latin American magical realism, spectacular car crashes and a colossal, computer-generated monster - but the effects are pretty much an afterthought to the imposing, theater production. Keaton on form in Venice festival opener 'Birdman' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Their furniture, with dynamic diagonal supports and imposing scale, had “the presence of small buildings, complete with gables, balustrades, capitals, columns and doors,” Ms. Veith and Ms. Harvey write. 5 Design Books That Are Easy on the Eyes 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The exuberant New York audience I watched a preview with applauded the arrival of Bridges and Gibson as if they were watching live theater, and went collectively nuts when Johnson's imposing frame filled the screen. "Fast Five" and the new action-movie brutality 2011-04-29T21:30:00Z And while that should make her imposing, it has the opposite effect on the people around town who expect her to solve all of their problems. With HBO's "Mare of Easttown," come for the murder but stay for Kate Winslet and Jean Smart 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The minimalist gallery space resembles a piazza, with side passages, an imposing staircase and a spacious, airy center. ‘Citizens’ Museum’ of Frankfurt Celebrates 200 Years 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z A mosaic of heavy and imposing military-style boot prints mixed with the light impressions left by sneakers. “There is no mistaking that she is dead”: Am I robbing her of her dignity to photograph her corpse? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The door is imposing, although the grandeur of the house is difficult to judge. Pursuits: A Mystery Endures in Beijing’s Old Legation Quarter 2014-05-02T18:00:05Z A muscular, imposing figure on the podium, Van Zweden’s mature conducting style crackles with energy and seethes with intensity. L.A. meets the future conductor of the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z All in all, an imposing résumé, boasting its fair share of daring. Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary: Yo Ho Huh? 2011-10-27T02:55:09Z I used to think trauma only mauled the inflicted, but it's just as damaging to the one imposing. How racism found my son on Fortnite 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Justin Chang for The Los Angeles Times wrote that the movie “belongs to Driver,” and that he “has rarely appeared more imposing in his physicality, more bottomless in his capacity for rage and deceit.” Cannes: Adam Driver on singing, surrealism and ‘Annette’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The most imposing works throughout are panoramic views of majestic mountains, rivers and forests, in which a range of robust textures and scratchy, dry-brush markings impart a vigorous, sometimes wild sense of modernity. Art Review: Fu Baoshi, China?s Master Modernist, at Metropolitan Museum 2012-01-27T00:09:56Z The world in Sibelius is imposing but constantly on the verge of dissolving away. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z The imposing figure of Wallace on the screen, though, belied an entirely human figure, with vulnerabilities and insecurities, off the screen. How Mike Wallace created ‘a revolution’ in journalism — while battling depression 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Carter, who seemed less imposing and beetle-browed than on screen, was sitting on a dainty chair in a small room filled with chunky film equipment and props. ‘Downton Abbey’: Saying Farewell to All That 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Pabst film “Kameradschaft,” whose use of vertical space in shots of mineshafts and smokestacks applied to a film in which a lighthouse is an imposing presence. The Movie Is Opening Wide. The Screen Is Changing Shape. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, “Mission: Impossible” in the 1960s and “Law & Order” in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. Steven Hill, Who Starred on ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Dies at 94 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Instead of an imposing entrance, the doorway to the museum is discreet and the lobby small. T Magazine: Succès Fou 2012-10-03T23:02:54Z Again there is talk of rebuilding, to allow visitors to experience the fortifications in all their imposing grandeur. Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain, by Charlotte Higgins – review 2013-07-24T10:06:01Z In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand sprang into action, imposing strict curfews across the country and deploying police units to enforce them. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Dwayne Johnson is that deity, but even more imposing, and a marvel when he springs into liquid motion. Furious 6: Faster, Crazycars! Thrill Thrill! 2013-05-20T16:47:36Z Or climb the stone bridge to the citadel, an imposing hilltop fortress completed in the 13th century. 2010-01-23T05:06:00Z Both women are striking, imposing figures, especially when decked out in tall platform boots and spiraling, fabric-festooned appendages. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire’s Dance ‘Miriam’ at BAM 2012-09-13T22:34:38Z We emerge in “downtown” Palenque, where several imposing temples and a massive palace complex rise from a clearing. Mexico’s mysterious Mayan ruins at Palenque, now accessible from the air The house, from the outside, is imposing: giant, square, Palladian. Ann Demeulemeester Doesn’t Miss Fashion at All. She Has Other Plans. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z And finally, there are quilts, which appear throughout the exhibition as its most imposing artifacts. Exhibition Review: ‘Homefront and Battlefield’ Looks at Civil War Quilts 2014-05-05T20:59:16Z Her parents shielded her from Birmingham’s pervasive racism, she writes, “by imposing high expectations and a determined insistence on excellence.” Books of The Times: A Controversial Figure; Hold the Controversy 2010-10-12T17:03:00Z It is “an imposing dress,” she said, which costs $8,680. Fashion in the Age of Instagram 2014-04-09T20:24:46Z With his imposing 6-foot-4 frame and sonorous voice, Lee brought some of cinema's most memorable villains to life, imbuing them with a unique combination of menace and charm. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z As a boy he had stood in awe of the High Gothic cathedral, its massive rose window, its imposing gallery of kings. When Cultural Heritage Becomes a Battlefront 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z We see, too, how these various elements can be used to create buildings that are both imposing and comforting, grand and quaint. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z He's brilliantly served by the handsome, imposing Bardem, whose expressive face and large battered nose resembles a deposed Roman emperor who's spent a lifetime in fairground boxing booths. Biutiful 2011-01-30T00:05:53Z It’s the primal scene of American hard-boiled detective fiction: A private investigator, resentfully dressed up in his best suit, drives up to an old man’s imposing mansion. Bosch is back in Michael Connelly’s masterful ‘The Wrong Side of Goodbye’ 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Liszt's fiendish transcription of Isolde's Liebestod, no less, was the imposing encore. Igor Levit – review 2013-04-03T17:47:45Z For the foxes, language is a means of manipulating other animals, of imposing their foxy will on them. Voice in the Wilderness 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Just inside the entrance, as improbable and nearly as imposing as a brontosaurus, squats a four-door, two-tone 1955 Chevy Bel Air, headlights and taillights shining, Cuban music wafting from the radio. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Most of the original castle was destroyed in the English Civil War, but you can still get a sense of how imposing, drafty and unpleasant it must have been in its day. In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z His demeanor was intimidating and his office imposing, with grand period furniture and ceremonial antiques. The Photographer Who Searched for the Humanity in Strom Thurmond 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Probably most familiar will be Moore’s imposing “Reclining Figure,” from 1951. In Transit: In London, a Century of British Sculpture 2011-01-30T11:00:53Z There is the blocky plaster and papier-mâché model of Elie Nadelman’s 1930 sculpture, “Two Circus Women,” the imposing full-scale version of which looms over the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House. Bedtime Under Glass 2013-12-12T03:49:39Z As the number of devout believers has dwindled, many of those imposing but well-preserved churches have helped nurture a literary tradition by hosting readings, salons, writing classes and theatrical productions. Overnighter: Norwich, England ? a Getaway for Book Lovers 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z Zellweger, wielding all the imposing false girth afforded to her by a fat suit, barely camouflages insults within supposedly kind offers and barges in on gatherings where she isn't invited. "The Thing About Pam," "Super Pumped" and "The Dropout" make it official: It's A--hole Season! 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Maybe it has something to do with expectations, but I found the calm cruise between the imposing cliffs, along with the stories of the Jawoyn people, most enjoyable and eye-opening. The Ghan expedition – exploring Australia's great 'in-between' 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z I also recognized the limitations it was imposing on my life. My fear of flying 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z Mr. Aziz is not shy when discussing his goal of imposing Shariah law on the country. Review: In ‘Among the Believers,’ a Cleric Holds Sway 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Skaters, musicians and chess players by the Washington Arch stopped and stared as we passed, holding our plastic candles and following an imposing lamplighter in a bowler hat. Two New York Neighborhoods Set the Stage for Decadence and Loss 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s an old-fashioned film, said its writer-director, a physically imposing figure who has white hair and a bristly beard. He Gave David Lynch His Start. Now, at 82, He’s a New Director. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The most imposing presence in the movie isn’t an actor—it’s a vast, glossy, mirrored hall of glass and video screens in the Continental, where the final set piece is staged. “John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum,” Reviewed: Empty Fight Scenes with a Paranoiac Chill 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z He commands every room he enters, even a hall packed with imposing gangsters. "Judas and the Black Messiah" is a window into FBI’s surveillance apparatus 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z That is one of the purposes of turning flesh into imposing stone. Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z Númenor, a large and imposing island featuring giant statues, a glittering palace, a thriving city and lush grasslands. ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 3: Island Time 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Did he have any trouble imposing the new boundaries? New Yorkers admit it: their dogs share their beds 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z On my first visit, I puttered around directionless for almost a half-hour, barely acknowledged by anyone, trying on a few jackets from the imposing wall. Critical Shopper: Suitsupply in SoHo 2012-01-31T23:25:08Z On other days, with Venezuela under lockdown since mid-March, he trains on the roof of his building, with imposing views of the valley of Caracas. In quarantined Venezuela, karate champion takes training to living room 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Its purposely “detuned” sound darts out from behind the imposing edifice of Wang’s playing in the concerto’s first section, just after six minutes and 45 seconds have passed. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Unlike in the Sinai, where you’re surrounded by mountains soon after landing in Sharm el Sheikh, the mountains in this section of mainland Egypt seem more jagged and imposing, clustered into massifs with fanglike peaks. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z If he wants you to be “gracious” and accept the hand-me-downs, then he needs to assume the added labor that he’s imposing on your family by asking this of you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband’s mad because you’re not accepting his parents’ castoffs 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Midwestern Emily is sent to Paris after her American company acquires Savoir, a French firm, with a view to easing the transition and imposing American values on the Gallic workplace. "Emily in Paris": Why it’s so hard to admit love for the show despite it being so popular 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The term “bullying” is inherently vague, and there’s always the risk, in legislating behavior, of imposing a moral value on uncomfortable opinions. GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill 2013-05-20T14:52:00Z A timetable of prayer is the central feature of its life, with several daily services held beneath the abbey's imposing arches. Guesthouses of the Holy 2010-04-29T14:25:00Z Ms. LuPone, wearing heavy jewels and a Polish accent to match, is as imposing as Rubinstein must have been, and presumably a whole lot funnier. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Moralizing has often been used as a way to exclude, to scold and to discipline, “wrongly imposing our ‘personal’ choices and ways of seeing onto others.” ‘The Right to Sex’ Thinks Beyond the Parameters of Consent 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Recently, Mr. Chaignaud spoke from Strasbourg, France, where he was on tour, about the work’s inspirations, including its vaudeville connection and his imposing wardrobe. He Sings. He Dances. He Creates a Sense of the Otherworldly. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The work strains against its academic traces and doesn’t quite break free, but its combination of scale, rendering and surface tension is imposing, almost sculptural. Paula Modersohn-Becker and Her Thwarted Ambitions 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “It gladdened the hearts of the management to observe the imposing throngs at the doors of the Music Hall for its initial performance as a cinema,” Mordaunt Hall wrote in The Times in 1933. On Video: Buster Keaton’s Talkie ‘Free and Easy’ Comes to DVD 2014-03-23T19:49:40Z McQuarrie's name may not be as instantly recognizable to "Star Wars" fans as Lucas', but the late artist's mind dreamed up iconic images including Darth Vader's imposing mask and many alien landscapes depicted on canvas. 'Star Wars Rebels' artists voyage to Skywalker Ranch for inspiration 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The fashion crowd sat on distanced cubes facing an imposing bronze of Napoleon, as Max Mara previewed its feminine uniform for next spring and summer. Prada-Simons dialogue launches in virtual Milan preview 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Mary moved in with her older sister, Elizabeth Edwards, and her husband, Ninian, in their imposing mansion. Did Abraham Lincoln’s bromance alter the course of American history? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The imposing capital city, Valletta, is a monument to this hard-fought past. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z "Any conservation area would be administered by Lewisham and imposing our view from above would be quite drastic, particularly given the split of opinion among the residents." Largest postwar prefab estate to be demolished 2011-01-02T18:39:33Z The cooking times are equally imposing, requiring a commitment of eight to 12 hours or even longer. Brisket for Beginners 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Clearly, they were more comfortable with each other, and the upscale dining setting wasn’t all that imposing anymore. What happens when food writers bring their toddlers to fancy restaurants 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The dispute is unfolding amid a heated debate over the rights of individuals as local governments and businesses work to bring the pandemic under control by imposing mask mandates and requiring vaccines. Baltimore Symphony Fires Flutist Who Shared Covid Conspiracy Theories 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z We're in the dining room of his large and imposing house on a quiet street in the westerly reaches of Beverly Hills, overlooking a meadow-like garden that slopes down to an azure swimming pool. Walter Hill: a life in the fast lane 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The high court overturned most of a Texas law imposing medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion clinics, a law that was clearly meant to end abortion access with bureaucratic harassment. WATCH: The worldwide war against abortion rights: “If you keep pushing a fetus-first mentality, women are going to be punished” 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z I arrived at the tall, imposing brick building and was ushered into a small room, holding four other Indian-American women in my age range. "Yes, I'm 100 percent Indian": Navigating Hollywood as a so-called "unicorn" woman of color 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Remember those quaint days, just six or seven months ago, when the wine world was up in arms about potential 100 percent tariffs the Trump administration was considering imposing on European wines? Trump tariffs on European wine are on the table again, adding more stress to a struggling industry 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He and Mr. Maltman were part of the Salzburg run in 2008, and Mr. Guth’s production was clearly envisioned with their imposing physiques and charming connection in mind. Music Review: ‘Don Giovanni,’ Staged by Claus Guth at Staatsoper in Berlin 2012-07-08T19:24:24Z I chose a Lux resort in the shadow of Le Morne mountain, an imposing Unesco World Heritage site where escaped slaves once sought refuge in caves. In Mauritius, Secluded Beaches, Verdant Hills and Harmony 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z In the title role, Sondra Radvanovsky is imposing — and unafraid, in the second act, to sound unsympathetic, even ugly: sneering, curt, sour. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z And of course there’s the snooty sommelier who intimidates diners with an impenetrable wine list and an imposing demeanor. Perspective | When restaurant wine lists intimidate even the dining pros, something needs to change 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In the supporting role of Ferrando, bass Morris Robinson sang with imposing power and beautiful, rounded tone. Youth and experience at Met in Verdi's 'Trovatore' 2012-09-30T13:17:10Z The imposing structure rises out of the dense forest, a forgotten monolith of industrial gray. Maine’s Cushing Island delivers a whole lot of wonderful nothing 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z They include his famous tuxedo-clad self-portrait, in which a solidly middle-class guy from Leipzig crafts himself as an imposing, urbane artistic aristocrat. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z You will remember this singular gent as Saul Goodman’s imposing, bullet-headed bodyguard in “Breaking Bad,” a guy as big as a mountain but with hands deft enough for a career as a wallet snatcher. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 5: The Long Con 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z It contains three other major buildings — the mosque and the assembly hall that flank the mausoleum and an imposing portal, the Great Gate. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The imposing “Gateways” incorporates Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths, while the smaller “Dancers” features poetry by Rumi, the 13th-century Islamic Sufi mystic. Review | In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z You might think that such a tall, imposing man as Lincoln had a deep voice. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The imposing walnut-and-bronze fireplace wall in the study that conceals the television “is freestanding; it’s independent of the window wall.” 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z This approach worked better in London, where Lange played opposite Charles Dance, who brought an imposing patriarchal authority to James Tyrone. Even with Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne, 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' fails to connect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In northern Vermont in the nineteen-eighties and nineties, where I grew up in a town whose name was French but where everyone spoke English, the nearby Canadian border was not imposing. What Are Borders For? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Kingsley, standing next to him, is taller and a good deal more imposing, at least until you notice that his arm is in a sling. In Chicago, an ambitious biennial for architecture banishes the stars and anoints a new generation 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Unger draws not just from his own wide knowledge and considered taste but from an imposing array of journals, memoirs, biographies and periodicals. Review | How Picasso’s she-devils changed art forever 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Here’s Michael Jordan smiling in Space Jam, in a scene where he’s supposed to look imposing. Space Jam at 20: 'The perfect movie' or one of modern cinema's biggest follies? 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps in time people will be imposing that remote diagnosis on the Duke of Sussex. Meghan and Harry's story is quite the drama, but it's no abdication crisis 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The pavement outside Victoria House, an imposing interwar office building on Bloomsbury Square in central London, is cluttered with bins, bikes and bus-stop signs from the 1970s. Ricky Gervais's ballad of Reading jail 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z Overhead an imposing grid of lights shifts its angle, seeming like nothing more than a spaceship coming for its cargo. Dance Review: John Jasperse?s ?Canyon? at Brooklyn Academy of Music - Review 2011-11-17T22:18:12Z It requires diners to accept what the local environment offers, millet included, rather than imposing demands. In ‘The Third Plate,’ Dan Barber Meets Food Pioneers 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z There's not much spontaneity here, and while the contribution of the Berlin Radio Choir is awesomely imposing, the two soloists, Kate Royal and Magdalena Kožená, aren't a patch on Augér and Baker. Mahler: Symphony No 2 ? review 2011-02-24T22:15:01Z If he found the theater imposing, Mr. Colbert nevertheless made a counterintuitive decision: He would open the theater even more. Stephen Colbert’s Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z At a lithe 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, he’s not an imposing figure but projects command of his craft along with an infectious enthusiasm. In the Colorado Rockies, going to extremes with legendary skier Chris Davenport 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “Benny Andrews: Portraits, a Real Person Before the Eyes” brings together 28 of the artist’s imposing depictions of friends, family and artists, the most ever shown together. Benny Andrews: A Life in Portraits 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Nuclear power was pursued as an economic panacea and a source of prestige, with Politburo officials imposing preposterous timetables and equally preposterous cost-cutting measures. An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Duncan was an imposing figure who played a wide variety of action roles and also voiced animated parts. Green Mile star Duncan dies at 54 2012-09-04T08:04:18Z Alsop, a generation younger, seemed his opposite — less imposing; perhaps, for some, too casual; not truly “great.” A Trailblazing Female Conductor Is Still Alone on the Trail 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z From perhaps the most imposing something in the theatrical canon, Ms. Lee has constructed a big, fat nothing. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z But translating “Cowboy Bebop” to live action and satisfying the sky-high fan expectations around this beloved space-western was an imposing endeavor. Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ reignites a debate: Is Jet Black a Black anime character? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But the galleries are also small enough, like the modest spaces in an urban office building or townhouse, to retain the paintings' imposing, sometimes even dramatic punch. 'Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots,' in Dallas, is exciting and enlightening 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z With their traditional portrait format and imposing scale, they seem at odds with the modest plein-air paintings that define the movement. Art Review: Renoir?s Full-Length Paintings at the Frick Collection 2012-02-09T13:00:00Z In the 1980s she had a recurring role as an imposing widow on the nighttime soap “Falcon Crest.” Celeste Holm, Witty Character Actress, Dies at 95 2012-07-15T23:39:43Z A cluster of gems creates the corolla of a camellia flower brooch or a single sumptuous stone makes an imposing ring. 'Gilded Lily' Sheds Her Treasures 2012-03-19T13:00:40Z It is heady stuff for a 14-year-old, even Mozart, who focused the intense plot through the distilling process of the dominant operatic form of his time: opera seria, an imposing, rule-driven series of arias. Music Review: From Milan to New York in 240 Years 2011-05-20T03:04:12Z But Ms. Johansson confirms her promise as a stage actress of imposing presence and adventurous intelligence. Theater Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ at Richard Rodgers Theater 2013-01-18T03:00:00Z With his imposing height and flowing white hair, Texas blues guitarist Johnny Winter cut an intimidating figure as he roamed the stage. Johnny Winter, longtime ambassador of Texas blues, dies at 70 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z It is a case of steering and allowing rather than imposing and defining. Jonathan Nott: conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 2011-08-12T21:55:18Z Many readers have discussed the contrast between the book’s imposing title and its short length. Robert Seethaler Talks About His New Book, Writing and Acting 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Rhys, wearing a shaggy beard and woolly hat, is an imposing figure – somewhat diminished by the 20ft-high filing cabinet next to him. Gruff Rhys: my musical take on the communist Forrest Gump 2013-05-01T18:30:02Z Once in office, Johnson's imposing personal style and reluctance to speak up during cabinet meetings alienated the Kennedys. New book shows another side to Jackie Kennedy 2011-09-12T03:51:08Z Route 127 proper leads straight into town along a broad thoroughfare lined with imposing, architecturally distinguished homes. Pursuits: Twists and Turns Along a Kentucky Doughnut Trail 2012-11-04T03:27:20Z It’s imposing, cavernous and too quiet, and severely short on lighting fixtures. Re-possessed: exploring Hereditary and Hollywood’s love of the haunted house 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It was the visual moment when Mr. Trump hung his shiny golden “T” on the Republican Party, imposing his brand, tone and aesthetic on his newly acquired property. G.O.P. Convention Begins With Trump Written All Over It 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z On big citrus estates, limonaias would often be tall and elaborate buildings, built around imposing columns and cathedral-like as a result. The Bright Magic of Citrus in the Baking Pan 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z To counteract that imposing exterior, the architects are creating three entrances to supplement the existing one. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion Aims for Friendly 2011-11-30T23:36:47Z Their park, completed in 1994, is now almost universally hated, criticized for redoubling the square's sense of isolation and replacing grass and trees with imposing walls and towers in purple, orange and bright yellow. Two downtown L.A. parks and the tricky task of designing them to best serve the city 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z He’s not an especially imposing singer; instead, he’s a chameleon, without a signature flourish or tone. Review: Bruno Mars Delivers Decades of Funk in ‘24K Magic’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Encyclopedias, being time sensitive, are the most ephemeral of imposing objects. ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z This fall, “Groupies and Other Electric Ladies,” a collection of striking black-and-white portraits culled from the special issue—all shot by Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone’s first chief photographer—was released as an imposing hardcover book. Reconsidering the Rock Groupie 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Four pieces from this year’s festival are being installed, including David Oliver’s “Portal,” an imposing, multicolored, tiled round gate suspended between two basalt pillars which one steps through, according to Mr. Oliver, “with powerful frequencies.” Missed Burning Man? Burning Man, or at Least Its Art, Is Coming to You 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z I didn’t know who she was, except that she had these dark eyebrows and she seemed to be very tall and imposing and she was responsible for this whole mishegoss, and I had to curtsy. Jane Fonda, Intergalactic Eco-Warrior in a Red Coat 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z When the year began, the administration was rumbling about imposing even higher tariffs, which thankfully never happened. For winemakers, 2020 was the year that ‘dropped us to our knees’ 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Sure, I’ve watched the Roller Derby championship in Chicago and scarfed whiskey brownies in New Orleans, but I’ve learned how many eminently achievable desires were on that seemingly imposing must-do list. Karen Klein: YouTube’s most evil bullying video 2012-06-21T15:45:00Z She remembers her first encounter with Mr. Geisel, a tall, imposing figure with a wicked sense of humor. Dr. Seuss Book: A Discovery in a Box, and Then a Reconstruction 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “It is very important to keep a part of France so as not to be imposing. To me, France is outside and we are sharing some space to bring Japan within.” The Best of Japanese Dining and Design, Under One Parisian Roof 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z How are readers imposing their own politics on to "American Carnage" and your other work? "American Carnage" isn't about Donald Trump: "I don't think the Trumps are that interesting" 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Bove, who also has a show of the new sculpture on view through Dec. 23 at the Maccarone gallery in Los Angeles, has been moving toward larger, more imposing work for several years now. Sculpture’s Woman of Steel, Carol Bove 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z That almost looks too imposing to some people. An expert’s tips on making your holiday party memorable, without showing off 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Is this about freedom and personal responsibility, or about imposing a reasonable limit? Motherlode Blog: What if the City Banned Sales of Junk Food to Minors? 2012-06-01T00:12:39Z Theron, at the opposite end of the spectrum, tends to get too screechy; with her imposing height, deep voice and mesmerizing beauty, she's far more powerful when she dials it down. Review: `Snow White' a gorgeous take on fairy tale 2012-05-30T19:46:42Z Another ploy is the imposing readymade, scarred by life and transferred to the white cube of the art gallery for predictably sobering effect. Art In Review: ADEL ABDESSEMED: ?Who?s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? 2012-03-15T21:44:54Z A decade of political wrangling culminated in a decision last year to bring the imposing center back to its full size. Europe's biggest contemporary art center opens 2012-04-12T17:41:08Z Usually when you visit a blog, someone is imposing their look, and they say, ‘O.K., this is my style, and if you like it, follow me, and if you don’t like it, don’t follow me.’ A Fashion Blogger With a Colorful Peruvian Backdrop 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Philosophical Hall, which was created in part to house books from monasteries that did not survive Joseph II’s decrees, features imposing walnut bookcases that ascend to an ornately frescoed ceiling. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z The exterior of the haunted hotel is currently being transformed into an imposing space age fortress covered in power plant-like piping and shimmering earth tones. What to expect from Disney’s new ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ ride 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The players, led by high-profile quarterback Tom Brady, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and its owners, who responded by imposing the lockout. NFL owners vote to ratify tentative deal 2011-07-21T23:51:06Z West led her through the imposing Diplomatic Reception Room and into an elevator to the second-floor residence, where Mamie was standing regally in the hallway. When first ladies meet: An awkward post-election White House tradition 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Dudley Smith, one of the great villains of contemporary fiction, also is back, hatching byzantine schemes and imposing his implacable will on the chaos that surrounds him. ‘Perfidia,’ the new James Ellroy novel, starts the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor It’s called “The Eye,” a name that could refer to the Eye of Sauron: the imposing symbol of the Dark Lord’s all-seeing, all-knowing power in “The Lord of the Rings” books and movies. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 7: Out of the Ashes 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “He’s almost imposing it onto the venue and the audience as opposed to us as a venue or as a festival creating a context for an artist.” For This Choreographer, One Size Does Not Fit All 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z With sweeping views of Nantucket Sound, her cedar-shingled estate on Cliff Road is one the area’s most imposing homes, flanked by 10-foot-high shrubs for privacy. Nantucket Benefits From a Google Long-Distance Marriage 2012-08-29T20:34:37Z Productions like the 1965 Living Theater version in Berlin included what one scholar described as both a “physically imposing” Madame played by a male actor and a satin-and-flower-filled mise en scène. Interpreting ‘The Maids’ Through a Shifting Societal Lens 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z We drive 5km up through pine forests beneath the imposing mountains to a small bar and car park by the Manzanares river. Different strokes: wild swimming in Spain 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Even though he did not cut an imposing figure, his mind seemed as sharp as ever. 'An Honest Liar' lifts the curtain on some Amazing Randi secrets 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The lack of attention may be partially due to the fact that Shiokava was making sculpture out of heavy, imposing materials at a time when art-making was turning toward performance and the conceptual. The Hammer biennial's breakout star? A 78-year-old retired gardener from Compton who once worked for Marlon Brando 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Onstage and off, she’s a vivid presence: a voluble storyteller with an imposing Afro and a boisterous laugh. Behind a ‘Best New Artist’ Nod: Yola’s 20 Years of Experience 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The imposing shield Valentina slams between herself and the world is partly a matter of survival, partly to ensure she gets her way. How "The White Lotus" blurs the cinematic meaning of gaze through the lens of Valentina 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Tall, imposing and authoritative, he appeared in many of the major television series from Z Cars and Dr Finlay's Casebook to Casualty and The Bill, and in Doctor Who took no fewer than four roles. Bernard Horsfall obituary 2013-01-30T18:14:17Z He looks physically imposing as ever, but he emphasizes endearing Ward to the audience where other actors would be content to run and gun the role. "Army of the Dead" is what happens when desperation meets a thrilling zombie conflagration 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Yet though the imposing high-rises became a byword for violence, alienation and crime, they will be missed by the many artists, writers and filmmakers who made it the subject of their work. Red Road demolition ends Glasgow tower blocks' high art 2012-06-07T14:22:22Z When I return to the museum’s imposing dioramas, I fruitlessly search for human tracks in the carefully crafted earth. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, Redesigned 2013-08-02T19:53:12Z The baritone Christopher Purves, the original Protector, brings a stentorian voice and imposing swagger to the role, while projecting the words with impressive clarity. Review: In ‘Written on Skin,’ George Benjamin Creates an Unusual Love Triangle 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z He worked hard to flesh out Daniels, shadowing a real-life narcotics lieutenant to learn the ropes and using boxing workouts to make Daniels as physically imposing as possible. Watch Lance Reddick’s Best Performances 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Harrison Birtwistle, who turned 80 in July, is being celebrated as England’s most imposing and probably greatest living composer at the Proms this summer and throughout Britain all year. Europe concert diary: Harrison Birtwistle at the Proms 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Publishing lore is filled with stories of famously headstrong editors imposing their will on authors. The Invisible Hand Behind Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z They may not have been imposing maestros, but they knew a thing or two about Verdi. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z Ms. Jones’s budgets remain far less imposing and her concepts simpler. Netia Jones, Making Maurice Sendak’s Creatures Sing 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z The pavilion’s dozen projects re-imagining sites in Detroit have drawn fire for imposing lofty, formally overwrought proposals on a struggling city. A grassroots, handmade Venice Architecture Biennale from Alejandro Aravena 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Climbing up a steep paved path, we were electrified by the first glimpse of the imposing wall above us. The Great Wall, Our Way 2013-07-26T18:00:50Z Working with his set design team, he filled the huge Met stage with an imposing wall: a movable, three-tiered thing with doors and windows. Peter Gelb?s Tenure at Metropolitan Opera 2011-11-25T15:13:27Z Today’s basilica largely dates from the late 1800s and early 1900s and is an imposing neo-Gothic structure with double spires rising dramatically from the flat landscape of the Pampas. Pursuits: Exploring the Homeland of Pope Francis I 2013-05-09T21:38:12Z We get an even larger understanding — including a discussion of contemporary Tibetan pharmacology, the history of Tibetan surgery and the global influences of Tibetan healing — in the imposing exhibition catalog, edited by Ms. Hofer. Exhibition Review: ‘Bodies in Balance,’ the Rubin’s Exhibition on Tibetan Healing 2014-03-14T22:07:34Z For starters, there is dramatic natural beauty, including the imposing mountains that wall the coast and inspired 15th-century Venetians to name it Monte Negro, or Black Mountain. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z When I arrived, Isakson — who, by the way, was a multimillionaire real estate executive in addition to being a senator — seemed almost apologetic, as if he were imposing on a friend for the ride. Perspective | Johnny Isakson was a truly likable politician. That’s rare. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Butler and Miles are accused of imposing the discipline and Hendershott is accused of knowing about it but not stopping it, the newspaper reported. Ex-jail employees charged for playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Over four days, more than 40 acts, mainly from Russia and Asia, played free shows in clubs, parks and the main square, taking bows across from an imposing memorial dedicated to “Fighters for Soviet Power.” East by Far East: Vladivostok Rocks 2013-08-28T22:59:23Z But let’s return to the example of our Irish taxi drivers, upon whom we’re also busily imposing our own biases about their motivations. Don’t trust the religious 2012-07-02T18:20:00Z He was taller than I expected, more imposing, and he radiated something that I didn’t expect at all. Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be — black, idealistic and president — is nothing less than superhuman 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Luckily for her, as we previously pointed out, she's a goalie – and her wound only makes her look more imposing. Survival tips from TV we didn't know we needed 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Had it been placed on the big screen, those twenty minutes would be among the most imposing and shattering movie scenes of the year to date. What to Stream This Weekend: The Third Season of Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z On first sight, its six imposing iron boxes resemble a work by Richard Serra. Art Review: Ai Weiwei Survey Lands at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-04-17T21:00:53Z Her thoughtful solo on “Body and Soul,” after a calm and imposing chorus by the singer Dianne Reeves, proves it. Pop: New Releases from Saxophone Players and Drummers 2012-10-07T05:10:06Z He does that by imagining that the show’s otherworldly characters, including four gods, pieced together their imposing outfits using discarded materials. Ravaged but Resilient: Creating ‘Once on This Island’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z While the buildings were grand enough — imposing four-story Georgian sandstone terraces featuring giant sash windows and colonnades — the inhabitants weren't always. Scotsman, You Don't Have to Put On the Red Light 2010-05-27T14:05:00Z The final lap takes them to Olympus, which is not a mountain in Greece but an imposing edifice suspended above the Empire State Building. 2010-02-11T23:49:00Z This production’s Ochs is the Austrian bass Günther Groissböck, who is 40, square-shouldered and imposing, which lends complexity to the character. Review: Renée Fleming’s Poignant Farewell to ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Williamson, tall and imposing, with a bushy white mustache, a booming voice and a quick wit, is now my Platonic ideal of a ringmaster. With the Ringling era ending, two acrobatic shows fly high with modern takes on the circus 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z I doubt you’d appreciate his being in a 24-year huff over it, and still imposing his huff on your family’s guest lists. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Stepmom awaits apology for exclusion from family event 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Newcastle crown court is an imposing red sandstone building that dominates the quay by the river Tyne, fronted by pillars and a wall of tinted windows. 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Into the Kid's underworld lumbers the Professor — well over 6-feet tall, 500 pounds, a university professor of sociology, and as imposing intellectually as physically. 'Lost Memory of Skin': a pariah in purgatory 2011-09-28T23:50:05Z The pieces of the first half were imposing in different ways, but each finally felt monolithic: cold slabs of research. Review: Glenn Branca’s Symphonies Resound With the Power of the Here and Now 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Such languid storytelling initially risks imposing a certain lack of peril on a tale about what was a life-or-death situation for the 300 or so people who attempted this journey. Flight By Elephant by Andrew Martin – review 2013-07-07T12:00:01Z There, behind the gilded and imposing St. George statue in Freedom Square, three restaurants have opened. Humble Magic in Georgian Capital’s Restaurant Renaissance 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s so commanding, with its incredibly imposing buttress roots,” says Sacheti. Tree of the week: a centuries-old kapok amid the hubbub of an Indian megacity 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z These laws prohibit unions from imposing mandatory dues on all employees covered by a collective agreement. Unions get a welcome reception in digital newsrooms 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z She wrestled with contemporary questions of feminism and colonialism without imposing them on the values of Homeric Greece. New & Noteworthy 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The director and his set designer, James Kronzer, present “Angels” in front of a flight of stairs and the giant windows of an imposing facade that suggest a setting both grand and grim. Summoning those better ‘Angels’ 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z I have been watching her for years and thought I knew just what to expect: some imposing snow queen, with wide geometric features and a hard feline stare. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Young is capable of talking back to his most imposing forebears, as in "For the Confederate Dead," which rewrites Robert Lowell's famous Civil War elegy: What do poets Kevin Young, Lucia Perillo and Allen Ginsberg have in common? 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The excitable opening suggests a revival of the Fellini-inspired musical “Nine,” but what follows is as emotionally monochromatic as the imposing gray of Christopher Oram’s sets. Review: ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Human Animals.’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z These three pieces prove nothing except that any object of a certain heft and handsomeness is bound to look momentarily imposing in gallery spaces as handsomely hefty as these. Art in Review: Dan Colen: ?Poetry? 2010-09-17T16:47:00Z About 50 artists began a 30-hour stint of around-the-clock creation to celebrate the center's new life at the imposing Art Deco building on Paris' Right Bank. Europe's biggest contemporary art center opens 2012-04-12T17:41:08Z The imposing hardware, as well as the sounds it produces, plays a supporting role, too. ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ and Movies About Audio Men 2013-06-07T20:04:45Z “Obviously he’s quite an imposing figure musically, but he’s a really nice bloke, really funny.” Saint Etienne looks to the past but limits the nostalgia 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Holy Fire ceremony typically draws tens of thousands of worshippers to the imposing grey edicule in the Holy Sepulchre that is believed to contain the tomb where Jesus lay two thousand years ago. Holy Fire lit as Orthodox Easter bells echo over near-empty Jerusalem 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z I will return to that issue, but the overall achievement here is imposing. National Center for Civil and Human Rights Opens in Atlanta 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z But the city later agreed to another plea deal, imposing a $650 fine. How did reckless cabbie stay behind wheel? 2011-11-18T12:00:00Z It helps that the image of conducting has broadened in recent decades from the imposing, patriarchal model of Toscanini and von Karajan. Female Conductors Search for Equality at Highest Level 2013-12-20T20:33:48Z I've never approached them, for legal reasons and because I worry about imposing on them in their grief. Amanda Knox reiterates innocence as memoir is published 2013-04-26T12:46:05Z At first glance, the shape and design of the building, with its intricate and architecturally modern exterior, looks quite imposing and sterile. Cine-files: Broadway, Nottingham 2012-07-24T10:40:07Z A makeshift shrine sprawls across the base of an imposing concrete facade — flowers, stuffed animals, deflating balloons, a profusion of glowing candles. Review: ‘Antigone’ Asserts Whose Lives Matter, With Modern Relevance 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. West’s rhymes are usually convoluted bursts of self-promotion, self-protection and self-criticism, but his production makes them imposing. At Concert for Sandy Relief, Big Names Find the Right Tone 2012-12-13T12:52:08Z "Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline," he wrote. Eli Broad, white knight and lightning rod, gets ready to open his own museum 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Towering over it all is Hogwarts, a perfect reproduction of the imposing, many-spired castle where Harry and his magician friends are students. Orlando Harry Potter park: Quidditch, butterbeer 2010-06-11T15:16:00Z This is not the institution you thought you knew for its Beaux-Arts mansion, imposing research library and elegant botanical gardens, including one inspired by Suzhou, China. The Huntington Gets Hip 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z His quirky humor, framed by the imposing architecture, should make for interesting frictions and harmonies. Dance Listings for Feb. 14-20 2014-02-13T23:39:21Z The Basque Museum and Cultural Center has a small but impressive historical exhibition and offers classes in Euskara, the imposing stew of consonants that makes up the Basque language. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z She has her own big and imposing office with a door, which she doesn't appear to like, being separated from her employees who are stationed at cubicles. Girlboss, gratify, believe: Keeley of "Ted Lasso" takes control 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z For 30 years, he was a United States Postal Service employee, toiling mostly in the vast mail-sorting room beyond the imposing columns of what was New York City’s general post office in Midtown Manhattan. By Day, Richie Weeks Sorted Mail. At Night, He Was a Disco Mastermind. 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z That beneath all the bluster, behind the imposing shades, underneath the girth and the tattoos — barriers all — there beat something urgent, a muscle carrying more weight than one man could reasonably bear. Rick Ross Tries On a New, Streetwise Role 2012-08-01T13:32:00Z Its five traditional squares lead up to the highest point of the town – the imposing Agios Nikolaos church. 12 of the best beach towns in southern Europe 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z His Beethoven had heft and rectitude but it came across as ponderous and imposing, somehow above it all, rather like the hall itself. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z And Foxworth Hall, too, I wanted it to be big and imposing and scary but also achingly beautiful. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “She was this big, imposing farm girl, and he was this 5-foot, 6-inch Scottish private, so he got next to her by lying a lot,” Mr. Christie said. Weekend Miser: ?The Liar Show? and ?The Rejection Show? 2012-02-02T23:34:50Z Set against the square’s imposing Tyn Church, local venders hawk handicrafts, jewelry and crates full of colored Easter eggs, while children perform song and dance routines on the main stage. In Transit Blog: Sampling the Easter Markets of Prague 2012-04-03T02:12:31Z It is inevitable at a time when star conductors jet around the globe, often juggling multiple music directorships and imposing internationalist standards, and when players are more mobile geographically and upwardly. The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z I wondered if some archaic Victorian marriage prohibition still applied in the 1990s, imposing the separation of single men from married female friends. Modern Love: A Lesson in the Desert 2013-07-18T22:19:50Z At the front of his Dante translation, the list of his works is arranged in an imposing menu of fiction, verse, criticism, travel and autobiography. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z Annapurna III is too everything — tall, close, imposing, beautiful — to be true. Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Before Roads Take Over 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z The bearded and elf-like Pecknold is always imposing a wider perspective, singing about how we don't really own anything, casting individual human lives in the grander schemes of the natural world and the cosmos beyond. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at the Moore Theatre 5/03/11 2011-05-04T18:24:15Z I’ve always been a huge believer in the paradoxical freedom that results from imposing structure. A Weeknight Pasta That Finds Freedom in the Familiar 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Consider "The Edge of Victory," from 1987, an imposing work at over 11 by 16 feet. New and unimproved: the spectacle of Julian Schnabel 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z He was more interested in seeing what they were capable of than in imposing his own movement vocabulary. At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z That is to say, 4.2 people that I can call out of the blue and not feel like I’m absolutely imposing on their time. You’re not alone in feeling alone: Why it’s so hard for adults to make friends 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z James Johnson Sweeney, curator of painting at the Museum of Modern Art in the 1930s and ’40s, characterized Mr. Soulages’s imposing, static forms as “a chord played on the piano and held.” Pierre Soulages, Leading French Abstract Painter, Dies at 102 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z This is the artist’s “Temple,” as imposing as it is sheltering. Review | In the galleries: ‘Taking Territory’ exhibition finds the creative common ground 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z A former Treasury secretary and ambassador to Britain, Mellon donated his art collection to the nation and paid for the imposing neoclassical West Building on the Mall to house it. The National Gallery celebrates 75 years, thanks to old-fashioned philanthropy 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z And on the side of the museum that faces the popular Museumplein is Moore’s imposing “Two Piece Reclining Figure” in bronze. In Transit Blog: An Amsterdam Museum Pays Tribute to Its History 2013-07-11T18:17:09Z Instead, he blots out the wails by playing The Everly Brothers’ “Bye Bye Love,” only to have it silenced by his imposing mother, Essie, holding the baby. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: For Virginia, Work = Love 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Monogamy, with its crags and chasms, is the most salient and imposing feature in his imaginative landscape, the human undertaking around which all the others are organized. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z These imposing images appear at first to be purely geological, but further study finds them hallucinatorily animated. Art Review: Llyn Foulkes Retrospective Opens at the New Museum 2013-06-20T23:05:46Z I tell him that his piece seems the most imposing, in a sense, and he laughs. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z Slink Johnson, an imposing actor with a suitably beatific expression, plays Black Jesus, who may be the son of God or may just be a big-talking con man with an unusual game. Slink Johnson Is ‘Black Jesus’ on Adult Swim 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Last week, two imposing men stood guard outside the estate’s wrought-iron gates. On the Trail of Chelsea Clinton?s Wedding 2010-07-16T19:15:00Z This imposing and sprawling complex grew with the family empire from the 13th century until just before World War I. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Her imposing talents and trust in her partners ensured otherwise. Metamorphic: Coalescence – review 2013-07-04T21:28:00Z An unconventional choice, perhaps, but Mayle thought an image could be a way for the two to find a starting point for the evening without imposing a strict theme or sensibility. How to Throw an Intimate Dinner Party With Your Neighbor 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Tiny factoids, multiplied endlessly, might assume imposing dimensions. Books of The Times: ‘Uncharted,’ by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel 2013-12-24T20:44:07Z Parliament has also rushed through laws increasing fines for protesters, tightening controls on the Internet - which is used to arrange protests - and imposing stricter rules on defamation. Russia's female punk rock band trio face verdict in trial condemned by U.S 2012-08-16T22:05:13Z Lincoln Center used to look and feel like a citadel of culture, with imposing concert halls and opera houses buttressed by travertine walls and columns. Critic?s Notebook: A Citadel of Culture Shows a Friendlier Face 2010-12-31T22:50:05Z In Congress, lawmakers from both parties are considering raising minimum salaries for H-1B workers and imposing other measures to protect American jobs. What's on the agenda (and what might be avoided) when Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “When a mother griz and two or three almost full-grown cubs are together, they are imposing and pretty fearless. He may still have had the mentality that he’s untouchable.” A do-it-yourself fishing adventure on Alaska’s Kanektok River 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z There, he toured the picturesque 15th-century imperial palace and posed for photographers in front of the complex's imposing Hall of Supreme Harmony. Prince William visits China after tour of Japan 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Somewhere around the midpoint of “10 Years Solo Live,” his elegant, imposing new boxed set, the pianist Brad Mehldau settles into a song as if it were a vintage leather club chair. Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The vast majority — 85 percent — agreed with this statement: “The public is not getting all the information it needs because of barriers agencies are imposing on journalists’ reporting practices.” Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z We’re not imposing a length limit, but longer poems have to be worth the space they take up. Style Invitational: Happy to verse you—write a poem based on an anagram 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z If she does so, she’ll find an imposing precursor in Simon’s own film. What to Stream This Weekend: “Young Solitude,” a Far-Reaching View of High-Schoolers in Suburban Paris 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Or worse, they do what they can to make them go away, for example by disrupting their commerce or imposing draconian fines. Food safety policy neglects informal markets in developing countries — 3 ways this can change 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z But she still finds herself trying to help undocumented children, imposing the values she’s absorbed in the privileged space she now inhabits. This Is the Face of an Undocumented Immigrant. Don’t Look Away. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z As imposing as his long life was the length and breadth of his career. Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z The imposing skyscrapers of Caracas are a testament to decades of oil wealth, adding to the sense of bewilderment now at barren shelves and near-worthless bundles of cash. Venezuelans find solace in comedy amid economic travails 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The most physically imposing player in the gym, Reed had mixed it up with opponents for less. Books of The Times: ?Whore of Akron? and ?When the Garden Was Eden? - Review 2011-12-25T22:22:07Z The last piece is about his relationship with his own father, a super-intelligent but also imposing doctor. Michael Chabon Tries Hard to Be a Good Dad 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z At a meter high, they are at once imposing and comical, a jumble of feathers with ragged, twitching ear tufts. Through the Russian Wilderness in Search of the World’s Largest Owl 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Ad hoc gatekeepers of the Talland House myth, they were poring over a map of the property from 1906 and historical photos, which showed a smaller and less imposing house. In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The music is intricate and technically imposing, but suffused with consonant melody and aglow with a spark of connection. With ‘The Seasons,’ Ben Wendel Redefines the Musical Encounter 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z After retiring, Smith appeared in small television roles before he gained fame in "Police Academy" for playing Moses Hightower, a police recruit who was as soft-spoken as he was physically imposing. Football star and actor Charles "Bubba" Smith dies 2011-08-04T00:23:28Z Some commentators have described the move as a means of imposing censorship on artistic choices. Bolshoi Theater General Director’s Term Extended 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Upstairs, Self Edge has one of the best, and most imposing, selections of denim in the city. | Self Edge: Jeans Made to Be Tough Enough for the Demanding 2010-04-13T22:37:00Z The plaza at the World Trade Center, with its elegant Sept. 11 memorial and imposing transit hub, represents both a respectful acknowledgment of the past and a confident step into the future. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Subsequent investigation by the Justice Department, uncovered a long-standing pattern of a militarized law enforcement system targeting poor and largely black communities to squeeze revenue out of them by imposing needless fines. Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z I passed under its imposing Gothic Revival gates and began heading uphill on Battle Avenue, named after a Revolutionary War battle that took place across its nearly 500-acre grounds. Want the ‘Real’ Brooklyn? Go Cheap 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z With little to lose, he changed his plans, creating a monumental structure layered with imposing arcades, colonnades and flanking pavilions, crowned with a dome and a pedimented tower. An Opera House Inspired by More Than Music 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Bringing together the Holocaust and Alzheimer’s – in a thriller! – has every potential for a car crash of contentiousness, but Egoyan carries it off with compelling grace, and Plummer’s affecting, imposing performance provides an authoritative centre. Venice film festival – plenty of punch to disturb the peace 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z This wiry aging waif feels more vulnerable than the screen Annie did, partly because she lacks Ms. Bates’s imposing physical solidity. Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Constructed piecemeal over five years on different levels of the hill, the house doesn’t look imposing or looming so much as dry-docked. Pablo Neruda’s love nest in Santiago: Like his poetry, it’s filled with passion 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Some people said they simply found the place too cavernous, too impersonal, too imposing. Beer. Nachos. Arena. Ballet? 2011-06-19T21:57:50Z So the Public is imposing an austerity plan. Alas, Poor New York: Shakespeare in the Park Is Canceled 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z With the Washington Chorus’s larger forces, the piece — by one of the most popular living composers, who writes tonally and tunefully for chorus — sounded even more imposing and, well, wintry. Review | Christopher Bell strikes soundly in his first D.C. outing 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Males devoted countless, typically late-night hours studying short films concerning the reproductive techniques of physically imposing peers. Style Invitational Week 1454: Punku 3 — haiku with a pun, duh 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It turned out that the house in question faced the police headquarters, an imposing rounded structure with white and blue trim on the corner of the town’s most prominent intersection. My grandfather wasn’t a Nazi fighting war hero — he was a brutal collaborator 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Two imposing women stand nearby, pointing to their right and either encouraging or admonishing him. 'Noah Davis: Savage Wilds': Trash TV as elegant art 2012-08-02T20:17:14Z They strutted in imposing plumage and armor -- but little else -- while flames licked the Kinetic Field stage at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas on Saturday night. On EDC's second night, a conquering mood in the air 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z “Much Ado” will be produced in the larger, 774-seat Harman, an imposing space across from Capital One Arena on F Street NW that has proved to be a challenge for the company to satisfactorily fill. Shakespeare Theatre’s new head announces his first season, from ‘Much Ado’ to a James Baldwin play 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z But the company wanted to follow up with something more intimate, to show its range and prove that smaller works needn’t vanish in the imposing center. Music Review: ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Review 2011-11-14T22:14:30Z Early that morning, I told them about the bold step I was planning to take after school, in the hope some kind of wartime bond would fuse us together as one imposing unit… Wrong. Here's What Ryan Reynolds Is Thankful For 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Anyway, this remains a serious and imposing work of art. Turbine Hall's Sunflower Seeds: Does it matter if they're closed off? 2010-10-15T14:55:00Z And the impressive choristers proved ready to follow an imposing director wherever he wanted to take them dramatically. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z "If regulators want to directly reduce grocery-store waste, they should incentivize grocery chains to adopt dynamic pricing over imposing organic waste bans or waste taxes," Sanders added. Dynamic food pricing may be a solution to climate change, according to a recent study 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Lawyers for Black Rock City filed the lawsuit in Reno in August 2012 accusing Pershing County of violating their First Amendment rights by imposing fees for visitors to the event on BLM land. Burning Man Organizers Reach Settlement with Pershing County on Security Costs 2013-11-11T23:44:23Z In “Vision,” he adopts a slower, more deliberate tempo and constructs a weighty, imposing structure that builds in intensity. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Swed also attended a performance by British organist James McVinnie, who took on the imposing instrument at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Essential Arts & Culture: Pacino as Tennessee Williams, Diego Rivera at LACMA, suspended Iranian art, 'Mr. Gaga' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A vivacious and sometimes imposing figure, she became a constant in the ever-changing art world, continuing over decades to show the work of younger artists. Mary Boone, Art Dealer, Cites Early Trauma in Bid to Avoid Prison 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Among the projects mentioned by the jury were his stadium in Braga, Portugal, embedded in the side of a mountain, and the imposing concrete House Number Two in the town of Bom Jesus. Portuguese architect Souto de Moura wins Pritzker 2011-03-28T16:03:08Z And the mood in Jessie Makinson’s imposing diptych “Skin Spy,” which shows a kind of elfin garden party, is only slightly tense. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z District Judge James Teilborg ruled Monday that the law doesn’t impose substantial limits on abortions and that the state showed a legitimate interest in imposing the limits. Judge to let Arizona’s abortion ban take effect 2012-07-30T19:17:00Z United and imposing, they march forward, irresistible, to claim what has been denied down the centuries. Victorian art, the sentimental poor ? and Cameron's Britain 2010-10-26T14:33:00Z Ms. Monk is observed working out the details of the performance in rehearsal and on site, not so much imposing a plan as coaxing form out of the materials — human, musical and architectural — at hand. DVDs: New DVDs, ?Word Is Out? and ?Meredith Monk? 2010-05-30T01:53:00Z Her parents shielded her from Birmingham's pervasive racism, she writes, "by imposing high expectations and a determined insistence on excellence." 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People': Condoleezza Rice's incomplete tale 2010-10-13T00:01:00Z In conversation, Ms. Venditti, who is tall but not imposing, leans in to display attentiveness and empathy, and rarely interrupts, preferring instead to let her interlocutor dictate flow and pace. Jennifer Venditti Will See You Now 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Expanding the awards into the parallel Helen and Hayes slots after years of controversy seems to be imposing more logic on the nominations, though it also means there is more to keep track of. ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Salome,’ ‘Avenue Q’ top 2016 Hayes nominations 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z By imposing the curves of natural systems onto unnatural objects, he bridges that gap and asks us to consider its breadth. The Animal Restlessness in Artificial Objects 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z This is a world of "imposing, craggy cliffs … serene beaches … rich history", and villages in which Ben finds himself "stepping back in time into a bygone era". Harbour Lives – review 2013-07-13T06:01:05Z The state's top liquor regulator is blocking the town from imposing a midnight bar closing. 2 NJ towns turn down 'Jersey Shore' spinoff 2012-08-09T12:25:12Z Still, the production offers a deeply personal reading of a staple without crossing a line and imposing an interpretation upon it. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The reworking manages to create a sense of monumentality without imposing any artificial grandeur. Museum Review: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Renewed 2012-07-14T00:49:03Z And here was this long-looking woman in a leather miniskirt, stockings, heels, a denim jacket and hair as imposing as a lion’s head. Tornado. Treasure. There Was Nobody Like Tina Turner. 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The code is meant to address long-standing issues in the industry, including grocery retailers imposing large fee increases on suppliers without notice. The new Grocery Code of Conduct should benefit both Canadians and the food industry 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z He urges imposing a carbon tax and investing much more on innovation, both good ideas, although neither is a panacea, especially since the carbon price he suggests is far too low. Are We Overreacting on Climate Change? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z As imposing as it is, the mausoleum is given a lightness by its milky marble skin and the placement of its four minarets at the distant corners of its plinth. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It wasn’t imposing a will but providing a catalyst to help people out. “A Taste of Sky”: A post-food documentary about one man's vision and new purpose for fine dining 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z “We adults are famous for thinking we know what’s going on, imposing solutions, and getting mad at the kid when the solutions don’t work,” said psychologist Ross Greene, author of “The Explosive Child.” Perspective | 8 ways to change a child’s ‘bad’ behavior 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The youngest Colantuono brother, Franco, tall and imposing in a dark cowboy hat, rode a sleek black horse in front, flanked by two teenage nieces, wearing cowboy hats, neckerchiefs and red-checked shirts. ‘Oh-Oh, Ay-Ay!’ Riding to an Italian Rhythm on the Transumanza 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z His trio with Mr. Hébert and Mr. McPherson has been working more or less steadily for the last five years, developing an imposing level of collective empathy. New Albums by Honeyblood, John Hiatt and the Fred Hersch Trio 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Little wonder the Graham Johnson edition of the complete lieder runs to an imposing 37 CDs. Ian Bostridge’s ‘Schubert’s Winter Journey’ examines the composer’s melancholy work 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The sound Mr. Sanders drew from his tenor saxophone was a force of nature: burly, throbbing and encompassing, steeped in deep blues and drawing on extended technique to create shrieking harmonics and imposing multiphonics. Pharoah Sanders, Whose Saxophone Was a Force of Nature, Dies at 81 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The Soldier Field shows stood in the shadow of an imposing legacy. Grateful Dead pays slack tribute to legacy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Although he is slight and wiry, he raps with a sonorous and imposing voice. Rich Chigga and the Difficulties of Keeping It Real 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z But it never seems to get anywhere, taking up space and time without managing to be especially memorable or imposing. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But it was a different experience in 2011 in the main cathedral of Cusco, Peru, a place of great color and pattern behind its imposing dark-brown stone facade. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z It towers above the surrounding farmland like a castle, with imposing stone towers and a tall wooden door. Overnighter: Tlaxcala, an Old-World Escape Near Mexico City 2011-11-23T20:01:52Z It’s relatively easy to watch Frank Capra’s screwball comedies without imposing a 21st-century social lens on to them, but it’s harder for products from the late 1980s and 90s. I've never seen … Sleepless in Seattle 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Pertwee was more sensitive than his imposing eyebrows, sloping eyes and boxer's nose suggested. Bill Pertwee obituary 2013-05-27T16:13:38Z An imposing figure, he's tall and reserved with cowboy hat pulled down low over his eyes. Alan Jackson shares personal song on new album 2012-06-05T13:23:09Z Q: King Hyperion is physically imposing and wears intricate face masks that almost look like weapons themselves. A Minute With: Mickey Rourke talking "Immortals" 2011-11-09T14:01:19Z Seeking lessons from this imposing composer, who had devised the 12-tone technique, might have seemed a mismatch. America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Alan Howard, a celebrated English actor whose regal bearing and imposing voice gave life to a spate of Shakespearean kings, died on Feb. 14 in London. Alan Howard, Actor With Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies at 77 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The imposing Hotel Bulgaria is another option in the center of town — a huge 17-floor concrete monolith. By Bulgaria’s Beautiful Black Sea 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Jane, an aspiring producer, is just weeks into her administrative pay-your-dues assistant role at a company steered by an imposing man we never see, and only hear in occasional berating phone calls. 'It makes people uncomfortable': inside the Weinstein-inspired thriller about complicity 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z There was a poignancy in the visual of these kids growing up against the backdrop of an enormous, imposing factory. The J.J. Abrams Interview: Inside Super 8 2011-06-06T10:25:00Z But the god of thunder shrivels in character complexity beside Loki, the god of mischief, later promoted to the more imposing and accurate rank god of evil. Thor: The Dark World: A God-Awful Villain Steals the Thunder 2013-11-06T23:49:43Z He had installed it in the early 2000s, when the house was being renovated and its imposing side porch, once removed in a contemporary phase, returned. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Here is a redbrick wall rising up flat and imposing before a row of council houses. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z If the drama occasionally sags it's more to do with Lothar Koenigs's conducting, imposing in the orchestral set pieces, less convincing in the longer dramatic paragraphs, than anything else. Die Meistersinger von?N?rnberg 2010-06-20T20:31:00Z The wiry Weller is a more compact Eddie than we normally see; a hulking Mark Strong played him on Broadway as a far more physically imposing man. The 1955 play topical as ever: ‘View From the Bridge’ revival storms into D.C. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In her trim gray suit, with her long white hair pulled away from her face, she cuts an androgynous figure, both playful and imposing. Joycean Character Comes Alive in ‘riverrun’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z To American imaginations, a villa on an Italian estate implies an imposing, perhaps palatial house on manicured grounds. Ferruccio Ferragamo 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z Even then, remain arm’s-length attentive — and send a sympathy note without exception, because that shows you care without imposing any obligation for a response. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Send condolences to a friend whose baby is stillborn 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The grounds of Mohonk Mountain House, an imposing Victorian hotel designated a national historic landmark, include 28 miles of groomed and tracked trails that offer dramatic views of the Wallkill and Rondout valleys. Skiing Without the Lift Lines and Without the Long Drive 2011-02-03T23:15:27Z His imposing physique and brawny sound -- derived from the King Curtis and Junior Walker school of bruising, blues-based soul -- made him a fixture at concerts, even as his role on Springsteen albums diminished. Clarence Clemons dies at 69 2011-06-19T02:20:00Z In a series of imposing panels, he portrays the treasures, prisoners and captured armour paraded in a Roman triumph. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z He was an imposing figure, a tall and powerfully built man who seemed to fill a room when he entered it. Fabian Barnes, founder/director of Dance Institute of Washington, dies at 56 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z I love spending time with Drew and Don, but I feel very, uncomfortable imposing on them for that long. “No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z One night at Limelight, the former church that became a famous dance club — now defunct — he paused before painting on the imposing red Gothic revival door. The Return of the Shadowman 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Charles Durning may not have been a household name, but with his pugnacious features and imposing bulk he was a familiar presence in American movies, television and theater, even if often overshadowed by the headliners. Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89 2012-12-25T09:19:03Z Surround yourself in stunning autumn colours with a hike to Ichinokurasawa valley, where you will be rewarded with the imposing sight of one of Japan’s three largest rock faces. Where to see spectacular autumn colours around the world: our readers’ tips 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Above the imposing front door stands the ringing dedication - To the Friendship of English Speaking Peoples. Bush House opens doors on future 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z One flight up from the Spanish Renaissance galleries is Gallery 1, displaying a single work: Leone Leoni’s imposing 1551 bronze sculpture, “Emperor Charles V and the Fury.” A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z For three decades, beginning in the 1950s when he abandoned a less than electrifying career in business, Mr. Vickers was a revered and imposing presence on the international opera stage. Jon Vickers, acclaimed Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Lee’s program note also states that in the process of creation she discovered that the uninterrupted nudity “prevented the audience from imposing identities on the performers.” | 'Young Jean Lee?s ?Untitled Feminist Show': Young Jean Lee?s ?Untitled Feminist Show? ? Review 2012-01-16T23:03:34Z A backlot constructed at the nearby Museum of American Armor, in Old Bethpage, N.Y., housed the imposing edifices and opulent interiors that together recreated a stretch of 19th century Manhattan’s East Side. ‘The Gilded Age’ Finally Arrives on HBO 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z I always thought that it looked like New York — rigid, sometimes imposing, very muscular. Calmer New York Living Through Minimalist Art 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z On the one hand, using real people and improvised dialogue; but on the other, imposing more of a narrative structure. Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe 2010-09-29T20:30:00Z It is the art of making urgent values manifest, and of imposing them on the reader. Jack Gilbert obituary 2012-11-20T14:17:57Z As embodied by the imposing Mr. Pedersen, he’s also a classic western hero: white hat, casual swagger, stony, squinting stare. Review: In ‘Mystery Road,’ Judy Davis Goes West 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z A Commerce investigation found in NorPac’s favor, and the department began imposing higher duties on Canadian products in January, setting off a price spike. Newspapers get a reprieve as trade commission nullifies tariffs 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z None are more imposing than the Palais de Justice, or central courthouse, a ghastly mash-up of Baroque, classical and Assyrian motifs that sprawls over more than six acres of the capital’s heart. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Mason portrays the imposing matriarch, Fanny Farrelly, a diplomat’s wife who, along with her son, is hosting not only her daughter’s family, but also a Romanian count, working with the Germans. Marsha Mason, still putting the pedal to the metal 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He was correct to be proud of what he had achieved: an imposing operatic spectacle that avoids Meyerbeer’s bloated heroics and Massenet’s often fussy decorations, not to mention the grand-opera overkill that smothers Wagner’s “Rienzi.” ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z With her deep, sardonic voice, her blazing eyes and pickaxe cheekbones, Neal was a most imposing leading lady. Patricia Neal: a career in clips 2010-08-09T11:06:00Z On the way, you’ll pass some imposing villas, mostly built by local aristocrats in the beginning of the 19th century. Lake Bled: Exploring Slovenia’s romantic alpine retreat 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “Red Knot,” the feature debut of Scott Cohen, a New York artist, takes an imposing backdrop and adds the slenderest of stories. ‘Red Knot,’ About a Voyage to Antarctica 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z I kept sane by imposing a routine of reward and work. ‘I cultivated a joy in little things ’ - coping with isolation in the wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z But co-writer Chin is an imposing screen presence of whom we may expect more in future. Victim – review 2012-06-23T23:05:34Z The imposing, mastiff-style cane corso goes back many centuries in rural Italy as a farm guardian that also pulled small carts and hunted wild boar. Poodles pop in popularity, but Labs still No. 1 US dog breed 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z This imposing Doric-columned structure was once the headquarters for the Eva Perón Foundation, which she established to distribute money to needy families — and, some say, to draw funds for her personal use. Eva Per?n?s Buenos Aires 2012-03-09T21:57:43Z He also suggests limiting the number of cities bidding, adjusting the split of television revenue to favour host cities, making the organisations’ voting systems more transparent and imposing term limits on their members. Just say no 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Nevada is also imposing a 10 percent excise tax on pot sales in addition to the regular 4.6 percent state sales tax. What happens in Vegas: Nevada puts pot on the menu for fun-seekers 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z If you’re looking for a way into an imposing and eclectic body of work, here are my nine recommendations for essential Spike Lee viewing experiences, sorted according to what you gotta have. The Essential Spike Lee 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Italy was the first European country to lock down, imposing strict travel restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Alone in the Temporary New Ruins of Rome 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Away from spanking, I’m a light-hearted, mild-mannered chap who finds the notion of controlling or imposing my will on anyone absolutely abhorrent. My life in sex: ‘I have always loved spanking women’s bottoms’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Fiction,” Messud writes, invoking Picasso, “is a means of ‘seizing power, of imposing form.’ On Claire Messud and the importance of stories in a dying universe 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z In person, he is less imposing and certainly shyer than the Yoda figure in a Nehru jacket on the TED stage. Chris Anderson, Curator of TED Talks, Builds his Brand 2014-03-07T21:53:45Z His health minister has refused to rule out imposing new measures before Christmas. Queen Elizabeth II to skip Christmas trip amid omicron surge 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Maybe there’s a gorgeous entryway, and you want to place a tall imposing arrangement on a circular table at the center. How to Save on Wedding Flowers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Breaking up the boys’ club is an imposing wall relief by Lee Bontecou, its metal grimace echoing the bared teeth in a head drawing by Lee Lozano. Art Review: ‘Sinister Pop’ at the Whitney 2012-11-25T22:37:12Z Groves replaced the duplex’s imposing statement staircase with a minimalist flight of walnut treads concealed by a zebrawood partition. Essie Weingarten's Sleek Manhattan Apartment 2014-02-13T05:00:00Z A similar history is told at the imposing, recently reimagined galleries of the Israel Museum, using these same Chalcolithic objects, as well as many others. Exhibition Review: ‘Masters of Fire,’ a Trove of Copper Age Artifacts From Israel 2014-02-21T23:33:18Z Unlike the set at last week’s Republican National Convention, which was sleeker and more imposing, the Democrats’ stage is meant to be approachable. Homespun, blunt and direct: The Democrats' architecture of unity 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z A shimmering opening Adagio segues into a bustling, contrapuntally complex Allegro, followed by a wistful Adagio, a misbehaving Scherzo and a hurtling, imposing finale. Harold Shapero, 93, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies 2013-05-22T03:58:50Z They manage somehow to be both bland and overpowering with their imposing personality. Same Vegetables, New Flavors 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The imposing fortress in the city of Famagusta on Cyprus’s eastern coast was first built by Lusignan conquerors in the 14th century. Hurt by division, Cyprus's Othello Tower gets new lease of life 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The group’s discography can seem imposing if you’re not familiar with all of its twists and turns, and don’t have anyone to guide you through it. The Brilliance of Blur 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z He is an imposing figure, part Samurai warrior, part Aladdin's genie, but with a huge, heavily wired-up accordion strapped to his chest. River of Music, Europe stage – review 2012-07-22T15:43:07Z In large-lot suburbs like Lawrence, the loss of a single house is less jarring because it is not perceived as part of an ensemble, as a row of Manhattan mansions or imposing brownstones might be. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The next morning, we headed to the beach — an impressive landscape of imposing cliffs, black sand, and a curious juxtaposition of cedar trees next to electric blue Mediterranean waters. An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The imposing 19th-century Central Police Station is one of the few historic buildings of note left near SoHo, a Hong Kong quarter stuffed with bars, restaurants, galleries and boutiques. In Transit: Historic Hong Kong Building Hosts Photo Festival 2010-12-05T11:00:00Z The Pérez Art Museum Miami, named for a local developer, had seen its share of contention long before its opening two months ago on an imposing site overlooking Biscayne Bay. Behind the Smashing of a Vase 2014-02-18T23:01:51Z Intended to compete with E. H. Gombrich’s imposing survey, “The Story of Art,” the new work expanded the field to include the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania and the indigenous cultures of the New World. Hugh Honour, Art Historian and Author, Dies at 88 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z In one painting he is an imposing Confucian ancestor figure; in another, a humble young Daoist scholar. Art Review: A Man of Contradictions, With a Collection to Match 2011-02-03T23:00:07Z The mosque is an imposing sight but also a welcoming one; ticketed tours are available daily, in several languages, at the entrance. What to Do in Casablanca 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z These strikes highlight the huge gap between the valuable work our members do and the contempt being shown to them by ministers who are imposing cuts and refusing to even talk to us. Museum and gallery workers strike over pay and pensions 2013-05-30T00:25:35Z She’s especially fond of the galleries off the equestrian armor hall, which feature the imposing and terrifying masks, helmets and body armor favored by Japanese samurais. New York City From a Pint-Size Perspective 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z She is a thinker who craves the immediacy and intensity of feeling that comes easily to her husband, and also to her mother, an imposing actress more in tune with Victor than with her daughter. ‘Tell It Like It Is,’ a Chapter of New York From 1968 to ’86 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He looked imposing, he looked menacing, he looked like everything that you would think a stereotype about a person like him would be. "He could make you laugh. He could make you think": How Biggie Smalls became a rap legend 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z In hopes of easing the continuing housing crisis, the blueprint suggests imposing a fee on banks to help cover the costs of refinancing for distressed homeowners. Obama calls for millionaires' tax in address 2012-01-25T02:33:00Z The imposing medieval castle that looms above Lerici’s main piazza is the town’s defining feature, but the scenic mile-and-a-half-long promenade that stretches along the waterfront is its most dazzling. Next Stop: Lerici Lacks the International Cachet of Nearby Cinque Terre. 2010-06-16T20:05:00Z Most victims who leave suicide notes simply say they’re fed up with suffering or with imposing on their families. Russia is facing a cancer-suicide epidemic 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z And to anyone watching her house tour, its imposing grayness is tantamount to a flapping red flag several stories high. "The Girl Before" confirms the villainy of minimalism 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Not imposing one mood but having the mood shift with my characters. From Hitchcock to the Macarena, "Titane" director on how monstrosity and humor feed her body horror 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The chimney pieces are imposing and carved with 3D figures; the one in the library depicts the Principles of Speech in Caen stone. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z A pallid, wildly coifed young man hunched over an imposing smorgasbord of gear? Amplifying the Women Who Pushed Synthesizers Into the Future 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Truth be told, it was more like me imposing my culture shock on her. Motherlode: Parenting By Zip Code 2011-05-25T15:23:47Z Try this horror-tinged mystery novel, about a 1950s debutante named Noemí, who travels from Mexico City to an imposing rural mansion to rescue her cousin Catalina from the mysterious Doyle family. Are Mushrooms Our Friends? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z That question hung in the air when the company threw itself a 100th anniversary gala celebration in May, in the imposing modern theater it shares with the Finnish National Opera. The Finnish National Ballet at 100 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But it can appear imposing from a distance — and dull when the clouds are out. What a Museum Wants to Be in the 21st Century 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The imposing ornamentation of this Second Empire architecture makes me ache for Paris, but I might settle for a menu with choices written in French, as they were for customers of the hotel’s restaurant. See Seattle’s grand Occidental Hotel in 1887 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z And do they risk imposing contemporary ideas and categories on a past that might have seen things quite differently? Maryland Rye Whiskey Has Finally Returned. But What Was It in the First Place? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In the video – premiered here – images of rolling tides and imposing cliff faces are cut up and looped while the band are superimposed over the top, often covered in images of colourful triangles. Thumpers – Unkinder (A Tougher Love): New music 2013-05-13T06:00:21Z He’s an imposing presence, over six feet tall, with intense dark eyes and a concerningly pale complexion. Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time 2012-04-07T00:27:22Z Congressional Republicans have opposed the Democratic approach of paying for the tax holiday by imposing a surtax on millionaires. GOP: Charge wealthy more for Medicare 2011-11-30T23:02:00Z The Lincoln Address Memorial, dedicated in 1912, claimed that he had delivered it on the spot occupied by the Soldiers’ National Monument, an imposing 1869 neo-Classical pile topped by a figure representing Liberty. A Lingering Gettysburg Battle: Where Did Lincoln Stand? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Wilber seethes at his twin brothers for imposing on his time, consuming his money and disrupting his plans. ‘The Far Away Brothers’ Breathes Vivid Life Into Immigration Issues 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Tall and imposing, it’s the kind of centerpiece to a set that makes you wonder, when you arrive for a performance, who is going to be climbing and descending it. An ‘Impossible Dream’ Comes True, Again, for Marylouise Burke in ‘Epiphany’ 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z He said he worked hard to avoid imposing his own views, sticking to data and facts in his conversations. Trailer for Jose Antonio Vargas' 'White People' documentary draws fire 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z They add a two-piece brass section, including Yakuza saxophone monster Bruce Lemont, and the wall of sound is imposing. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z The imposing physicality, the menacing lyrics, the rapper gear, the don’t-mess-with-me eyes: I had expected Mr. Jackson to land somewhere between intimidating diva and serial killer. 50 Cent, Renaissance Man 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It felt imposing and luscious all at once, almost nurturing in its complete shell of protection. | Self Edge: Jeans Made to Be Tough Enough for the Demanding 2010-04-13T22:37:00Z Both men prefer to let solutions bubble up from below, rather than imposing them from above. Poor and benighted 2014-04-24T04:00:00Z Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 is the anchor of the program, a 65-minute, "big, imposing piece," says Stern. Seattle Philharmonic embraces Bruckner's 'big' symphony 2010-03-17T23:14:00Z Now state lawmakers are thinking about imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs. Illinois strip clubs could face $5 'skin tax' 2012-02-16T11:00:00Z Most of the replicas, though, are embedded this time in the show’s imposing title piece, a grid of 80 handsome black clay rectangles that sit on an elegant wooden platform six inches off the floor. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Some Federal-era mansions still had imposing and highly crafted gardens, all different, but it was the rowhouses built later in the 19th century that were, in some ways, more interesting. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z He said there was no question for the time being of European countries imposing a new round of sanctions against Russian interests. World leaders gather for D-Day tribute, hope for thaw on Ukraine 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Even here, though, she imparts an imposing gravitas, interrupted only by the half-smile she flashes as yet another tough guy underestimates her strength of spine. True Grit Review: Trading the Dude for the Duke
2010-12-22T19:25:00Z Carl Tanner is physically stolid for the increasingly deranged, gambling-fixated Herman, but his mighty tenor rings out throughout to imposing and occasionally blistering effect. The Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-14T18:34:49Z Greyeyes, with his rich voice and imposing demeanor, tends to play grave and serious roles because he can carry their weight while also conveying emotion. These MVPs of television delivered greatness in a year that almost broke us 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z And Thomas manages the neat trick of making a towering figure seem both imposing and human, as he overcomes his own temper to make history. Review: 'Jackie & Me' brings together Little Leaguer, hero 2011-05-06T20:50:11Z Mention might also be made of Justin J. Bell’s amiably imposing Friar Francis: In yet another testament to this production’s ample wit, this cleric delivers a surprising sight gag in the story’s final moments. A good bet: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Synetic Theater 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z A sporting god, irascible yet beloved, he was a vivid and imposing figure, loudmouthed, foul-mouthed, bullying and almost pathologically self-centered, but with a deep and tender charitable streak that made him hard to fathom. Books Of the Times: Ben Bradlee Jr. Plumbs Ted Williams’s Life in ‘The Kid’ 2013-12-04T22:02:20Z Charles Gaines’s more imposing installation uses different systems of transcription to turn speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and James Baldwin into giant musical scores. Review | A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet once process is discarded, less imposing causes can take advantage of its absence. Oscars 2013: what the nominations say about America 2013-02-21T16:00:00Z One moment he is hypercritical of his son, imposing unrealistic expectations — and in the next, a boon companion. Buzz Bissinger's 'Father's Day': a father's love for two vastly different sons 2012-05-23T22:59:03Z An imposing basalt sarcophagus from about 600 B.C. gets pride of place in one gallery of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s illuminating new exhibition... ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’ Review: A Cross-Cultural Journey Begins 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The winning design preserves the imposing Soviet architecture but lightens it with narrower vertical elements and more open space around the building. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Equally imposing if more solemn are Jim Sanborn’s bogus Buddhist statues, which comment on the international trade in looted and counterfeit artifacts. In the galleries: D.C. artist summons the supernatural in the everyday 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The title was inspired by a William Blake line, "And all the hills echoed," with "hills" changed to "mountains" to suit Afghanistan's imposing terrain. Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading 2013-05-22T06:54:09Z The special master in the Trump case faces an imposing task. Who are these ‘special masters,’ and what makes them so special? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z President Woodrow Wilson reprised some of Lincoln’s worst tendencies during World War I, imposing censorship of the press and pushing propaganda. The Never-Ending War Between the White House and the Press 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He is an imposing figure, a kind of living sculpture. 2010-02-03T13:38:00Z However the figures were interpreted by Canterbury visitors, they were imposing presences, even glimpsed from afar. Art Review: Stained Glass at the Cloisters 2014-02-28T00:07:01Z Standing some 6-and-a-half feet tall and looking a good decade younger than his age, Weston is an imposing figure with huge hands. Portland Jazz fest wraps Friday-Sunday with Regina Carter and others 2011-02-24T21:50:14Z I pass through an imposing iron gate and am greeted by a pair of hostesses seated behind a vintage TV set that’s been turned into a check-in desk. In this trendy Mexico City neighborhood, you won’t be hard-pressed to find a good cocktail 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Now, the imposing structure will host “Picture, Tower, Building,” a presentation offering highlights of Meier’s prolific career, which opens tomorrow. Richard Meier Architecture, Revisited at the Ulm Stadthaus in Germany 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Though he has high aspirations, Jaque said he hopes to be a dean who “helps grow the agendas important to faculty and students, rather than imposing one of my own,” he said. Columbia Names a New Dean for Its Architecture School 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Some of the images on the screens were striking: imposing brick dissolving into walls of fire; a realistic, rugged harbor in the driving rain. Music Review: ‘The Flying Dutchman’ at the McCarter Uses Video Projections 2013-06-27T22:08:24Z Some show their eventual shape will be imposing; others are much smaller in scale. Public art: What is it for? 2012-09-18T02:15:48Z Virtually every consideration of George Lewis, an imposing performer and scholar now serving as a professor and the vice chairman of the music department at Columbia University, will invoke the term trombonist-composer. Music Review: George Lewis, Composer Portrait, at Miller Theater - Review 2011-11-13T23:12:08Z There he met Fuller, whose imposing brow can be admired in a chrome-plated bronze head. Art Review: The Far-Ranging Artistic Alliances That Shaped a Sculptor 2010-12-16T23:45:12Z Our weakness was that we were not capable of living with the spectre of his death imposing itself on our life. My husband has ceased to exist – I still can’t understand how 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z A law enacted in 2013 effectively bans street protests, imposing jail sentences for violators. In Cairo, Alone Time With the Pharaohs 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The overall pattern of “Spindle Shuttle Needle” isn’t especially imposing, but the individual threads still shine. Review: In ‘Spindle Shuttle Needle,’ History With Strings Attached 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Kutik and the imposing pianist Anna Polonsky moved together effortlessly through thickets of dissonance in the first movement and the playful, percussive jabs of the second. Review | Violinist Yevgeny Kutik’s debut at the Kennedy Center has its highlights, and its lowlights 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z One summer, in my early teens, while visiting my grandparents, my imposing grandfather with a round belly and stern face hired a doctor to figure out why I was so fat, maybe a size 10. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z I think, as they thought, that part of the fun is in letting your kids be who they want to be, rather than imposing your ideas on them. Lauren Laverne: My family values 2012-12-29T00:05:34Z But the set looks chilly and imposing, and often dwarfs the characters. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The imposing concrete structure is patched here and there with wood, corrugated iron, barbed wire and fences. The Godfather – but with chimpanzees: on set with War for the Planet of the Apes 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The character is both physically and emotionally imposing - Ms. Skelton is neither. ‘Outlander’ Season 2 Finale: I Believe You 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z To the south, the imposing, snow-capped Mount Hood dominates the view. Great Oregon Wines Beyond the Willamette Valley 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Were we inappropriately imposing our Oprah-style enthusiasm about the healing power of truth onto a culture that didn’t accept or even want it? Modern Love: Untying a Birth Mother’s Hands - Modern Love 2012-08-02T20:18:22Z Woolworth is a huge, imposing presence on the street, like the Municipal Building, but the tiles give it a delicacy on the skyline that most big buildings don’t have. Brooklyn Bridge, Star of the City: Here’s a Tour 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s an effort to capitalize on “Game of Thrones” by imposing a human narrative onto wild animals in Botswana, in southern Africa. Where the Wild Things (and Narrators) Are, on Television 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z This live-action, 2-D love story of a boy and his horse separated on the battlefields of World War I, opened Sunday to an imposing $7.5 million, which it duplicated on Monday. Mish Imp Cruises on a Very Merry Day After Christmas 2011-12-27T16:55:10Z As the Mistress, Elizabeth Debicki is a flouncing yet imposing presence. The Maids - review 2013-06-09T03:47:23Z He's imposing, rolls out a delicious Southern drawl and looks generally shady. "Murdaugh Murders: The Movie" trailer: Hear Bill Pullman's Southern drawl as the infamous patriarch 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z But it's a sign of the times that the imposing face of the global capital-hyped metropolis is now starting to strut its stuff in widescreen. It's looking up for London as its skyscrapers crack Hollywood 2013-03-19T16:59:33Z A newspaper tycoon forces opera into the private fantasy he is imposing on his wife; Afro-Brazilian and African-American musicians negotiate a treacherous landscape of idolization, condescension, and repression. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Certain themes recur: the mother as shelterer, the father as shepherd, both vulnerable, both imposing fearful legacies. Anais Mitchell: Young Man in America ? review 2012-02-09T21:00:00Z From my window, I could see the jagged spires of the city’s most imposing church, the Cathedral of SS. In Brno, Drinks for Morning, Noon and Night 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z As I make my way to leave the Butt Hutt, a man with mussed white hair, an imposing frame and an all-over tan corners me. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The observers immediately enter into a competition, imposing narratives upon the two women. In the House – review 2013-03-31T00:07:00Z She has a large, imposing desk, but we sat by the windows at a more companionable table, on which there was an ornamental bowl commemorating the Jefferson Building. The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The enormous paintings of Pope Pius VII, Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher and Charles, Archduke of Austria, can usually be seen hanging in the imposing Waterloo Chamber, which was created for them. National Portrait Gallery shines light on forgotten artist Thomas Lawrence 2010-08-04T18:38:00Z I was tipped off to the 17th-century Goshamahal Baradari, an imposing Masonic temple where, despite the fact that I claimed no allegiance to the Freemasons, I was led through inner chambers clearly labeled “Members Only.” Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Although not the truly inspirational building the BBC dreamed of, the new Broadcasting House will probably come to be seen as an imposing yet functional HQ. The new BBC Broadcasting House: So what does ?1bn buy? 2011-01-23T21:31:01Z We visited several imposing estate wineries, like the stunningly sited Burrowing Owl Estate. Journeys: British Columbia?s New Vine Trail 2010-06-04T15:36:00Z In November, Californians will vote on a ballot initiative that is designed to provide stable funding to state parks by imposing an $18 surcharge on vehicle license fees. Calif. lawmaker ponders Neverland as state park 2010-07-14T02:00:00Z At various points, imposing iron cauldrons once used in gunpowder manufacturing rest on walls cloaked in vegetation. The joy — and challenges — of restoring a neoclassical horticultural ruin 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Abbott often rails about the “overreach” of the federal government, claiming it continually usurps states’ rights by imposing burdensome, sweeping regulations. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z There was enough in Bernard Uzan's problematic new production, presented on imposing sets originally designed by Charles Edwards for the Opéra National du Rhin in France, to produce many of those thrills. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' takes stage with guns blazing 2012-01-16T01:07:05Z “I think we were kind of imposing the width and breadth of our individual musicianship on the project at all moments,” Thile said. Time apart strengthens bluegrass trio Nickel Creek 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z But when you’re staring somebody in the eye, face to face, and you respond, to me that’s a lot more imposing and a lot more meaningful. Chris Christie on early Trump problems: ‘I probably could have prevented 75 percent of them’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z As Leonskaja's typically forthright performance showed, his First Sonata, composed in 1924, is a rangy, imposing work, but it's not particularly distinctive or memorable. Elisabeth Leonskaja – review 2013-06-06T16:25:35Z Duncan was an imposing figure who played a wide variety of screen roles. Green Mile star Duncan dies at 54 2012-09-03T23:14:32Z Seat of power for the King Of The Seven Kingdoms, the Iron Throne is not only imposing, sitting on it seems to be fraught with danger. Six to watch: TV's most famous chairs 2012-06-05T10:04:00Z Watching, you have the feeling that Mr. Taylor is preoccupied by what to make of Mr. Samson’s mysterious gentle-giant quality, his imposing frame and smooth musculature. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z It was an imposing energy to encounter in tubular mood lighting. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z The ensemble, conducted by J C Sanford, played with imposing dynamism, often building elaborate structures over a drone. Music Review: A Distinctive Voice, No Matter Who Is Performing 2011-04-26T21:30:10Z Bruce Nussbaum, an influential American design commentator, recently posted a blog entitled: “Is humanitarian design the new imperialism?” in which he accused some humanitarian designers of imposing well-meant, but inappropriate solutions on developing countries. A Font of Ideas From a 'Nomadic' Humanitarian Architect 2010-08-01T20:00:00Z Trade magazine Variety praised "Exodus" as "a genuinely imposing spectacle," while The Hollywood Reporter found faults with the beginning and end, while describing the middle as "a rousing good show." Epic 'Exodus' casts Christian Bale's Moses as reluctant leader 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But there are significant reasons to think twice before imposing it on kids. Gluten: 4 Reasons Your Kids Should Be Eating It 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z For Slowdive, the festival’s biggest club was sold out, the audience was reverent, and the performance was imposing, giving the band’s magisterial songs a weight and resonance that was never captured in the studio. Eras Mix Among 1,300 Groups at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z As hulking and imposing as the buildings it surveys, this book weighs seven and a half pounds, and its cover is flecked with abrasive sandpaper. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s a grave and imposing album, thick with intrigue. The Week Ahead: Feb.13 ? 19 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z At first, Tacon had to figure out how he, in an uncommon role on an imposing set, would fit in. On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He also synthesized forms from the deeper past — the imposing split skirt of the 18th-century robe à la française, several kinds of bustles, army greatcoats — but his best garments exude an undeniable modernity. Art Review: ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ a Retrospective at the Met 2014-05-08T13:04:04Z The context and subtext are plenty imposing here. Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium: Drab, Dreary and Dysto-pointing 2013-08-08T16:08:09Z In the 1960s, however, he produced some paintings alluding to racism in the American South, and they are among the exhibition’s most imposing works. Four Rewarding Shows in Philadelphia 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The imposing bronze Beethoven monument on the Münsterplatz, which the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt helped pay for, remains one of the city’s defining images. From Bonn to Vienna, in Search of Beethoven, the Man 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z As the choir of the Patriarchate in the imposing new Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, however, the choristers sing in a more Westernized classical style. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z Thanks for this wonderful article and great photos, which are so imposing. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The building of a global empire is principally about the commodity the original owners of these imposing boxes hoped to fill them with: money. The full story of the British empire is yet to be told 2012-12-28T19:31:12Z I approached a bend in the road in Lorne, near three majestic conifers, and stopped at the imposing Grand Pacific Hotel, an 1870s landmark that was originally accessible only by sea. Stunning Vistas and Wildlife Along Australia’s Great Ocean Road 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In April, the U.S. started imposing $34 billion worth in tariffs on Chinese goods. While small dairy farms shut down, this mega-dairy is shipping milk to China 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Onuf arrived wearing a Jefferson-themed tie, which seems appropriate for a scholar who holds the imposing title of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z With his tall, distinguished physique, Mr. Hampson might seem the wrong body type for the role, but he used his imposing stature to dramatic effect. Opera Review: Thomas Hampson Makes His Debut as Wozzeck 2014-03-14T21:56:11Z Privileged though her upbringing was, Templetown’s parents were considerably less wealthy and powerful than many of their relatives, who had inherited great estates and imposing titles. Design: A Niche of Stylish Power 2011-07-03T13:02:00Z The resulting work in progress is “Earth Poetica,” an imposing sphere four meters in diameter, made up of metal-framed panels and an inner skeleton of bamboo segments filled with plastic. Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z With his pale eyes, flossy hair and rugged features, Crowell is more evidently the country-music grandee – an imposing Texan in a black silk scarf and matching trilby. Emmylou Harris: 'I looked down on country' 2013-03-04T18:22:38Z The imposing structure, built in a style that blends Gothic and Islamic elements, is one of the country’s oldest colonial-era edifices. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s an imposing legacy of French history, revolution and tax laws. Build the wine cellar of your dreams — if only in your mind — with a book on Burgundy 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The Roundabout Theatre Company’s version, co-directed by Mendes and choreographer Rob Marshall, is finishing its tour at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre, where it continues to be imposing, dour, and not much fun. Review | Sam Mendes’s ‘Cabaret’ icy and not much fun at the Kennedy Center 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It found that even imposing one-child policies worldwide and “catastrophic mortality events” would not significantly reduce the global population by 2100. BirthStrikers: meet the women who refuse to have children until climate change ends 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z There he was, physically imposing and convinced of his own gifts, wanting to possess her story in order to claim a certain amount of its authorship for himself. The Secrets of Vera Caspary, the Woman Who Wrote "Laura" 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z His breakthrough came with freshly coloured and luridly lit genre paintings with one or more half-length figures of imposing scale. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z When asked about imposing sharia law in his own house, the man replied, “My wife won’t let me.” Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z These pathologies may not actually be more common along the commuter rail lines than anywhere else, but there is an imposing body of literature that insists otherwise. Review: In ‘The Land of Steady Habits,’ Suburban Malaise, With a Twist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z With his brawny, penetrating voice and imposing presence, Kelsey has always been an arresting artist. Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z He looked imposing in his uniform, and I felt proud to be in public with my father, the police officer. When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Photograph: Matt Squire/BBC/Red Productions He strides across the polished tiled floor, past imposing columns and heavy, intricately carved doors. Christopher Eccleston: from superheroes to Sophocles 2012-06-27T16:58:42Z Prices reach six figures for the more imposing pieces. Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue 2011-06-23T21:22:39Z Behind the imposing facade of the Harry S. Truman Building, the furniture in the bosom of international power was pathetic, he recalls. 'Veep' taps deeper into D.C.'s dysfunction for third season 2014-04-02T11:09:51Z Some are imposing restrictions on performers and audience members under 12, who remain ineligible for vaccines. ‘The Nutcracker’ Returns, With New Rules for Children 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z From either aspect, it's a cagey delight, and an imposing feature directorial debut for one of Britain's TV stalwarts. Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z Looming like a rock formation in “High Flying Bird,” the actor Bill Duke plays a South Bronx youth-basketball coach named Spence, whose imposing form and glower give physical shape to his moral eminence. Steven Soderbergh’s “High Flying Bird” Is a Funny and Fleet Late-Capitalist Critique 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z That took place a few blocks away at the SoHo Grand Hotel, in a suitably imposing lounge with leather wing chairs, Oriental carpets and a clock on the mantel where a fireplace glowed. Scene City: ?Damsels in Distress? Screening and After-Party 2012-04-04T19:28:22Z But in this country where celebrations happen with families more than with friends, there would be no worry about imposing. A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-10T18:10:13Z By the end it was something imposing: surely something at least deserving of a real name. Music Review: 10 Tunes in One, Peeking From a Multitude of Stylistic Niches 2011-05-26T22:15:10Z There are two black chalk portraits of the imposing Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in whose collection van Dyck saw his first Titians on an early trip to London in 1620. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Ephemeral and imposing at the same time, the gestures suggest the pillars of a monument. Review | In the galleries: At Strathmore, artists illuminate the darkness 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z What an imposing number that seemed, not so very long ago. The Avengers Storms the Billion Dollar Club ? In Just 19 Days 2012-05-13T19:48:28Z They do that by requiring more points for a “free” room or airline seat or by imposing fees to redeem points. Perspective | Unhappy with your travel loyalty program? Join the crowd. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z This is one of the central paradoxes of the book: The church provides coherence and connections, but it’s also harsh and unyielding, imposing outside values on the Cherokee community. Review | In Kelli Jo Ford’s remarkable ‘Crooked Hallelujah,’ the maternal bond is unbreakable 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Too, structuring the piece as an opera, with a musical shape, offers the hopeful illusion of a neat ending, imposing order on a fraught and messy topic. Review | Tackling race in opera — at center stage 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z In a moment when much of the news about school lunches is positive, Ms. Wu reminded me that imposing menu change on kids and schools isn’t going to be enough. Motherlode Blog: What's In Your Child's School Lunch? 2011-10-10T15:22:24Z However, once seated beside Lauren Bacall, that famous, extraordinary face so close to me, her bone structure, close up, as imposing as an Easter Island statue, every shred of savoir-faire deserted me. The day Lauren Bacall admired my tights 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Voodoo and murders and gothically imposing southern dynasties – what's not to like? The Devil and the River by RJ Ellory – review 2013-06-02T08:00:02Z As music, and as a spectacle, it's imposing, sporadically pretty yet also claustrophobically over-orchestrated. Woodkid – review 2013-05-15T17:27:39Z He was not interested in imposing his ideas and things on me. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z Or does letting bygones be bygones mean that you’re imposing all kinds of structural burdens on the future that will eventually make it uninhabitable? Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z On this latest tour he is playing two of the later concertos, the famous A major work, K488, and the big-boned, imposing C major concerto K503. This week's new live music 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z The decree imposing the fines, which start from a minimum of 40 euros, is valid for the summer season until Oct. Rome imposes fines for frolicking at famous fountains 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The setting is as architecturally imposing as it is quietly symbolic: a steep climb, designed to awe. Review: A Haunting Tribute to Josephine Baker Arrives at the Met Museum 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Gillinson began slashing the budget, imposing pay cuts of up to 10 percent for many employees and furloughing many workers. Bruised by the Pandemic, Carnegie Hall Plans a Comeback 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z The exhibition was a major one, featuring nearly 200 ancient artifacts from around the world, including Neolithic marbles and imposing Roman bronzes, and its title, “Glories of the Past,” was appropriately grand. At the Met, She Holds Court. At Home, She Held 71 Looted Antiquities. 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Five imposing models of Limitless still sit on the walls of the studio. No One Needs a Superyacht, but They Keep Selling Them 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Reminiscent of the shape of Kaaba, the sacred Muslim site in Mecca, the piece is at first glance an imposing minimalist construct. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Going His Own Way, a Pakistani Artist Arrives 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z The villa has an easy, dishevelled feel to it – baby-rearing equipment in the kitchen, circle of dog poo untended on the patio – but it’s still a grand and imposing place. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z In many ways writing is the act of saying I, of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your mind. Revealing and Obscuring Myself on the Streets of New York 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Leppin sat at the center of it all, physically and sonically, maintaining an imposing posture over her cello, as if literally trying to wrestle new sounds out of it. Review | Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash is making a jazzlike sound you can look forward to 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z This decision, though, is a perfect example of the regulatory mess into which British TV gets by imposing old values on a new broadcasting environment. TV matters: An ad-free royal wedding 2011-04-07T07:00:02Z That's fine; its main purpose is to remind us of how physically imposing she can be when her characters are messed with. With "1923," the "Yellowstone" universe grimly enlists Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z He is an imposing physical presence, laying himself in a coffin and eventually rising from it as a symbol of the immortality he is offering those who seem to be his followers. Review: A Present-Day ‘Parsifal’ With a Nod to the Past 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Hear the music and you understand why: At 54, Ms. Vaughan is in luxurious, imposing form, working with the nonchalant conviction that any possibility in a song is within her reach. CD Reissues: Van Morrison, Sarah Vaughn and More 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z “Brussels lacks a dominant culture,” she said, chatting in Independent’s Brussels office, a top-floor atelier with skylights in a compound near the imposing Palais de Justice filled with other art galleries. Brussels Making a Strong Bid for Art 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The Uffizi Gallery, set in an imposing 16th-century building, is home to outstanding art, including Giotto’s altarpiece, the Ognissanti Madonna, which revolutionized painting by portraying the human figure in perspective, not just two dimensions. Galleries to gelato: An update on the best of Florence 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z He found that his songwriting changed with his voice and he began imposing limits, something no writer wants to do. Loud and clear: Urban enjoys benefits of surgery 2012-04-09T09:46:03Z His Beethoven is very much his own – neither irresistibly dynamic in the Carlos Kleiber mould, nor monumentally imposing like Klemperer, but somewhere in between. CBSO/Nelsons – review 2013-06-30T14:11:54Z Perhaps it takes such a physically imposing production to impress on us how we’re all part of that unbearable big picture. Review: ‘Judgment Day,’ an Allegory of Blame, Goes Big 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Not to mention the fact this vast contemporary modern art collection is housed in an imposing second world war bunker. 10 of the best galleries in Berlin 2011-08-17T10:05:28Z An imposing sculpture of a Noble Woman by the Northwest Coast Haida artist Robert Davidson, dated to 2001, is a contemporary expression of a long tradition of carving wood. Met Museum spotlights American Indian art 2012-01-17T16:44:17Z The red uniforms stood out brightly against the fake wood paneling of the wall, as did the shock of thick white hair on the most imposing man on the poster: coach Bob Knight. "Hoosiers" and Indiana basketball made me believe 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The only person looking at the boy, with intent consternation, is the policeman whose imposing form fills the right edge of the picture. Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet as imposing as the walls appear, they are nonetheless permeable. As Trump talks building a wall, a Japanese art collective's Tijuana treehouse peeks across the border 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z He sat gamely, grinning when Anne Meara said that the physically imposing Mr. Jones could never be known as “Jimmy.” James Earl Jones as a Broadway Patriarch, Onstage and Off 2012-05-29T22:03:27Z Less imposing are prawns with sauce gribiche, and heritage pork with cabbage and cherry peppers. Bixi, From the Lido Team, Opens in Harlem 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The statue is smooth, imposing and opaque, with crudely rendered feet and arms and knees barely protruding through a veil of impassive stone. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z An imposing orangutan is part of a group of adoptees from actress Kirstie Alley’s collection of oversize toys. A Modern Manhattan Home for a Hollywood Power Couple 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Its oldest building, an imposing redbrick and stone-pillared structure built in 1912, is an architectural relic of Japanese sovereignty at the turn of the 20th century. 36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan 2013-04-11T16:30:22Z How do you embrace your imposing, almost unfathomable command as a vocalist while still meeting your audience at eye level? 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z "Migration" marked his debut as a leader, and the album's cast couldn't be more imposing. Drummer Antonio Sanchez's group Migration makes Seattle debut at Jazz Alley 2010-03-29T04:01:00Z The exhibition starts with an array of manuscripts, dueling pistols, imposing oil portraits and other objects arranged in a snug opening gallery Ms. Paley has nicknamed “the man cave.” Dolley Madison and Her Peers Ran Their Own ‘Pussy-Hat’ Brigade 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Stripped back to manual agility and the piano’s intrinsic qualities, Mr. van Houdt’s performance was no less imposing. Music Review: Piano by Jacob Greenberg and Reinier van Houdt at Spectrum 2014-03-26T20:59:42Z Though it is a stolid, imposing structure, it is embraced by ledges and terraces instead of being plunked on a lawn. Martha Stewart Opens the Doors to Her Historic Maine Estate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Kelly-Sordelet brings a brash vitality to Tom, and Mr. Nail commands attention whenever his stern character steps into one of the smoky spotlights of Christopher Akerlind’s lighting design, on David Zinn’s imposing metallic set. ‘The Last Ship,’ With Songs by Sting, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.” 'Mrs. Osmond' takes up where Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' left off but falls a bit short 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The Met — along with the Munich Philharmonic and the rest — is now imposing them. Putin’s Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Governments can rally nationalist fervor through homophobia; accusations against the European Union for imposing “homosexual dictatorship” are central to right-wing rhetoric in the Ukraine and other former Soviet states. Queer rights are human rights: Fighting for freedom is polarizing the world 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Not even the imposing Mr. Fairbanks, a founder of the film school, has kept newcomers at bay. Film School Students Aplenty, but What About Jobs? 2011-07-04T15:57:39Z Back in Kyrenia, we gazed despondently at the imposing buildings erected by the latest arrivals. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z But the play is driven and made fascinating by its imposing female titans — both tough customers, each mercurial in word and deed. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z A physically imposing actor with an executioner’s glower, Mr. Shannon seemed ready-made for the lethal role of the Stranger, who appears briefly in two scenes but drives the play to its climax. A Theater Is Conjured, Then Leaves Only Memory 2011-06-06T23:01:50Z The Elbphilharmonie, which opened here in January, is the world’s most imposing concert hall. What does this critic hear at the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall? The sound of the future 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z His portrayal is more smoothly imposing than it is interesting, at least through half of the season — maybe we’ll get a clearer sense of Johnson’s demons in later episodes. Review: A New Godfather, in Harlem This Time 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Searching out a shop, we walked past an imposing Greek revival building, the Karpeles Manuscript Museum, and spotted what looked like a pointillistic painting of Amelia Earhart in a basement window. How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z An imposing 710-foot-tall work of concrete, it is 300 feet wide at its base and stretches even wider as it spans two cliffs. The U.S. Issue: The Mighty Colorado at a Glide 2010-05-14T21:08:00Z In addition, 19 percent of people worried that their presence was “imposing” in the first place, and 18 percent hoped the house wouldn’t be “too loud or busy.” People get sick of family after about 4 hours during holidays, report claims 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z If it used to be an imposing or even functional structure, it was tough to tell. Music Shows With a Brooklyn Feel, but Getting to Them Is a Hike 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Their scale is imposing; they evoke twin baby cyclones or, less violent, the bifurcated trunk of an ancient banyan tree, but their open-weave, light-colored Tiger bamboo is semitransparent and sort of weightless. Bamboo Japanese-Style, From Dynastic Masters of the Art 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Get a glimpse of the imposing La Moneda presidential palace a few blocks over. A savvier Santiago puts itself on travel map 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The pandemic is imposing rapid changes — to the cost of travel, trust in the state, reliance on neighbors — that surely mean we should get ready for another burst of innovation. The Fiction That Makes the World Go Round 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Kahn’s design, with imposing tetrahedral ceilings, remains controversial as an art setting. Art Review: Yale University Art Gallery Reopens After Renovations 2012-12-13T23:11:46Z Down the hill below the golf course still stands the imposing Portway House where I used to go to have electric shocks for my flat feet. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Cords of hardwood — 80 percent white oak, 10 percent cherry and 10 percent hickory — are stacked in an imposing formation. Restaurant Report: Green Street Smoked Meats in Chicago 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z She was an imposing figure, her hair swooped up in a stiff bouffant, her eyes swathed in black like a superhero’s mask. Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z To punish them both, Lampie is sent to earn her keep at the imposing admiral’s house. Stormy Fairy Tales 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Corporations accused of misconduct lawyered up, offering extensive internal investigations but erecting imposing defenses around individual executives. America’s Top Prosecutors Used to Go After Top Executives. What Changed? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z “I’m always concerned about people around us, about imposing on their time if Layla is kicking chairs or making noises,” she said. ArtsBeat Blog: Parents and Kids Say They Appreciated Autism-Friendly 'Lion King' Matinee 2011-10-03T19:45:11Z |
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