| 单词 | instructive |
| 例句 | To anyone interested in world history, human societies of East Asia and the Pacific are instructive, because they provide so many examples of how environment molds history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In several instructive cases doctors or veterinarians have actually been able to observe microbes evolving those new ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From this profoundly instructive trauma, I learned to assume the permanent possibility that, however solid the middle-class reinforcements, race could trump class in my life experience. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The posture of the body is important, here and now: minor discomforts are instructive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We wore sidearms, and it was instructive to witness the lengths to which the prison went to keep guns—even officers’ guns—out of the facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, ma’am, could I inquire if this highly instructive and charming institution is a new one?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I found the trip instructive in another way because in that hospital I sensed a thawing in the relationship between black and white. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On her first day of the two months’ preliminary training, Briony’s humiliation in front of the class had been instructive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was fooling myself that this was important or even instructive. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He also studied the games of Mark Taimanov, the 1956 champion of the Soviet Union—and a concert pianist—who introduced novelties in opening play that Fischer found instructive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His previous experiences with the odd device that stored and revealed thoughts and memories, though highly instructive, had also been uncomfortable. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And he was wrong about the Beni, the place they inhabited—wrong in a way that is instructive, even exemplary. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Especially instructive are cases in which a single wild plant species was variously selected for different purposes and thereby gave rise to quite different-looking crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Enough studying, Joana. Sometimes living life is more instructive than studying it,” my father used to tease. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It is instructive to look at a chart of the crime rate in New York City from, say, the mid- 1960s to the late 1990s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although all of these games could be considered “practice,” not all were particularly instructive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But those average figures conceal big differences among the industries of each country, related to differences in organization—and those differences are very instructive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z These trips were instructive on a number of levels. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The contrast between north and south is striking—and instructive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “And thank him,” said Spurge, “for the war dance. Let him know it was very instructive.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And wouldn’t it be satisfying—and instructive—to lay it all out in a way that made sense, reflecting those years of work? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a long minute he hovered, his back to the church as the instructive words kept falling around the room, rich with promise, full with warnings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so happy you’ve returned. This is a little exhibition we used to tour around the Continent back in the halcyon days. I thought you might find it instructive.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z At first instructive, these flashbacks become increasingly redundant. ‘The Qualification of Douglas Evans,’ From the Amoralists 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Mining the same territory, “Head Over Heels” is more carefully and consciously instructive. Review: Ye Olde Go-Go’s Songs Hit the Renaissance in ‘Head Over Heels’ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But the tours of the city or country in preparation for the meal are instructive, full of moving interviews with people affected by whatever the local strife is. Review: In ‘Breaking Borders,’ a Chef Cooks for Sworn Enemies 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z I think what Thomas Mann wrote about Nietzsche, both directly and indirectly in The Magic Mountain, is very instructive. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z It is instructive to know that four of the film’s principal creators are over 65, Simon’s approximate age. In ‘The Humbling,’ Al Pacino Plays an Aging Performer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In this instructive new book, he offers a judicious account of the equivocal inheritance left to modern Americans by their 18th-century forebears. What America Owes to the Greeks and Romans 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z That was really instructive, how it jumped off the page. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z His ability to place himself perfectly, at the right moment, was instructive, to say the least. Bill Cunningham Looked for Subjects. And They Looked for Him. 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z As it happens, these are matters that come into instructive and sometimes disconcerting focus when we consider how humans film animals. Animals Continue to Fascinate Humans: Films Prove It 2012-03-31T06:36:09Z So helpful and instructive to me that on that first day I began writing, I continued writing for the next six or seven hours. Augusten Burroughs: “What did normal people do when they stopped drinking?” 2013-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s a week built on recent and not-so-recent nostalgia, but it’s also instructive, for the generations that lived these times and for younger ones. Bing Crosby Among Singers Celebrated by PBS 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z For an explicit attempt at instructive uplift titled after a poem by the filmmaker, “Seeds of Resiliency” is neither very sappy nor hokey. Movie Review: ‘Seeds of Resiliency,’ by Susan Polis Schutz 2012-11-22T22:14:23Z They are entertaining because Jamie is so personable, but essentially they are instructive: get this pan on, your next ingredient in the oven, here's how to use your food processor properly. Appetite for change 2013-02-05T13:16:49Z My afternoon in the shop with the smiling man had been instructive. This is what a pre-moon Speedmaster watch is worth 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths chafes at the idea that children’s books need to have purpose or be instructive. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z His fascinating and instructive story is the subject of “Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New Painting,” a gorgeous exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art here. Paul Durand-Ruel, the Paris Dealer Who Put Impressionism on the Map 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But seeing “2001” broken down into these components is nevertheless instructive. The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s instructive, for example, that both were involved in attempts by groups of artists to take advantage of the waning power of the studios and assert their own independence. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z It is instructive to reflect on how small, in the predigital world, was that group of largely self-selected elite that seemed to rule New York. He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Under Goldman’s inspired direction, these instructive and exhortatory dimensions coexist with scenes that, without devolving into mere entertainment, recall an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Review | Soul-searching and suspense carry a riveting ‘Lesson of Jan Karski’ at Shakespeare Theatre 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The film's metaphors cannot communicate themselves to the audience, and when explained after the event, they seem more comical than instructive. A Serbian Film: when allegory gets nasty 2010-12-13T12:36:00Z Of course, once could argue that nothing is more characteristic of Berlin than this kind of ideological force majeure; the very hubris of the anti-racist renamers is also "instructive". The naming of Berlin 2011-03-18T12:27:49Z But it would be instructive and deeply pleasant work to compile a thick and ragged volume that might be titled “The Tao of Harrison.” Books of The Times: ‘The River Swimmer,’ Two Novellas by Jim Harrison 2013-01-15T19:55:50Z But for those who care about the winning and losing of championship belts, the film’s slow-motion attention to pugilistic style and powerhouse punches is thrillingly instructive. | 'Klitschko': ?Klitschko,? Documentary About the Boxing Brothers ? Review 2011-10-21T01:57:10Z In brief, of the two distinct but inseparable strands that constitute this book, one is instructive and engaging, the other highly subjective and distracting. Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z But along the way, this creep through the "literary jungle" – with its population of editors, publishers, agents, booksellers, critics – is as instructive as my well-thumbed Paris Review compendiums. Maggie Gee's guide to the literary jungle 2010-03-23T12:40:00Z The early 80s battle of the Bonds is instructive because it reminds us that the 007 producers have struggled to maintain quality levels at times. Say never again: why Daniel Craig should quit while he's ahead as Bond 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to compare images of women in paintings by a number of other artists included in the exhibition. Art Review: ‘Swing Time,’ Reginald Marsh Show, Focuses on ’30s New York 2013-07-04T17:36:22Z One of the instructive things about compiling the season listings is getting to see repetitions and patterns. Classical Music This Week: The New Season, Scelsi and Anna Netrebko’s Birthday 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The museum shows pictures the editors did and did not use in the article, and it is instructive. ‘Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950’ Review: Young Talent in Black and White 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z This lack of inhibition, she implied, enabled her to create scenes and situations that actually proved instructive. Jackie Collins, chronicler of lust and power, dies at 77 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Last year more than 27,000 people visited the fair, not only taking in the 3,600 objects but also instructive conferences and roundtables. In Transit Blog: Feriarte Fair in Madrid Offers Array of Art, Antiques and More 2011-11-20T11:00:32Z The Irishwoman's initial estrangement from English has been modified … "a fire shared is a fine instructive tutor". Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z Blume's stories often balance on the back of big issues, yet they never seem patronising or instructive. Judy Blume helped a generation of young women to grow up 2013-05-05T15:00:01Z Seeing his work for the first time now, when we need to be reminded about the fluidity of borders, history and cultures, is especially instructive and gratifying. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z I am not, believe me, comparing myself to the man, but the idea is instructive nonetheless: be the best preacher that you can be, and stop worrying about the Word. The Nick Cave Song That Changed My Life 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Here “Richard III” really does work as an instructive play on the dynamics of power, and in another way too: the way in which power, once acquired, yields few satisfactions. Review | What can ‘Macbeth’ teach us about President Trump’s next move? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z But as instructive as the bombs being lobbed by once cordial colleagues and collaborators were the tactics of their targets. Three Approaches to Twitter Wars: Taylor Swift, Action Bronson, Drake 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Much like Barry, I went across the country by Greyhound, a melancholy but very instructive experience. Gary Shteyngart on How Hedge Funders See the World 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z At the least, though, the contrast throws into relief how un-pat, instructive and necessary “She Said” is. ‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Though Streep won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” she said that performance was instructive only up to a point. Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The strapping Thomas, who in this heroic role exudes the athletic grace and rock-solid dignity that helped make Robinson such a charismatic figure, anchors Sheila Daniels' staging of this unabashedly instructive piece. Review: 'Jackie & Me' brings together Little Leaguer, hero 2011-05-06T20:50:11Z I’d like to share some of their instructive words of wisdom. 5 Things Older Prisoners Want You To Know 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The trailer’s centerpiece is instructive because the scene deviates from Mr. King’s book. What Do Harrison Ford and a Homicidal Clown Have in Common? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The host, Molly Bloom, is joined by a different child each week, and takes a tone that’s instructive but never patronizing as she investigates questions like “Do plants have feelings?” 7 Podcasts for Stir-Crazy Kids 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “India Pale Ale,” directed with studious effervescence by Will Davis, is a cheerfully instructive work, created with the aim of bridging one of the many cultural gaps in these dangerously divided United States. Review: A Voyage of Teachable Moments in ‘India Pale Ale’ 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Fiasco’s house acting style might be described as one of instructive transparency, in which flamboyant performances never get in the way of the textual meaning. Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed ‘Twelfth Night’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It was instructive to see how several of the company’s stars were, successfully, addressing a larger audience. The Changing Shape of American Ballet Theater 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Watching Lang Lang mine them for expression without subverting their essential nature was an instructive lesson in interpretation — and an illustration of this artist’s fundamental sensitivity and musicality. Lang Lang offers a generous helping of serious music at engaging recital 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The Simon & Schuster executives who found Yiannopoulos so marketable might also want to consider the instructive example of his past foray into book writing. Milo Yiannopoulos’s Cynical Book Deal 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Though Remes does not diminish the importance of such advocacy, he does think the Occupy Movement’s decision to operate outside the system is instructive inasmuch as it may open up greater possibilities for transformation. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Publishers might find Mosley's novel instructive right now, not least for its brilliant imagining of an evolutionary process completed within a single generation. Will the iPad change books? 2010-05-28T10:53:00Z Liberationby Christopher Isherwood Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading . Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z I also think that what happened at Attica as far as the media is concerned, can be instructive on how the media fails today. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z That becomes crystal clear upon watching “Time Stand Still,” a feature-length documentary about Rush that doubles as an instructive chronicle on how to navigate the loss of a favorite artist. Rush’s final goodbye: “Time Stand Still” documentary is a loving lesson in navigating loss 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z She says her team, without consulting their British counterparts, considered soufflés this year, too, because of their instructive value. Soggy soufflés: have Bake Off’s impossible technicals soured the whole show? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Even so it’s instructive that the first voice you hear in the movie is Felix’s. ‘On the Rocks’ Review: Daddy Dearest and His Late Bloomer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z But it is instructive to compare Assassin’s Creed with Uncharted, which features a globe-trotting treasure hunter in the mold of Indiana Jones. Video Game Review: Revelations, Latest Assassin?s Creed Video Game by Ubisoft 2011-12-12T22:57:21Z Ms Morris does not pretend that this book is anything other than a self-indulgent caprice, but it is both enjoyable and instructive. Venetian love affair 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z So Kim Kardashian West is back — on social media, and with an instructive lesson in image management and control of the personal narrative. Kim Kardashian West Returns to Social Media With a Lesson in Image Control 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z This is instructive, and not simply because it shows that even Pharrell’s sentences sport unnecessary hats. Thicke as two short planks: Robin and Pharrell’s video testimony says it all 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z It’s particularly instructive for women writers to watch how men behave when they have a lot to lose. Researching Your Book? Hit the Casino 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z This is the heart of this richly detailed and instructive book. Groomed to Be President 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z A few basic rules, however — such as establishing where on the autism spectrum a character falls, instead of lumping everyone together — are useful and instructive. Does the media get autism right? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Those examples may not be instructive because they remain ambiguous. Critic?s Notebook: Rihanna and Chris Brown Appear on Each Other?s Songs 2012-02-21T23:10:12Z And the case of the former Dixie Chicks is instructive here. Country Music Struggles to Meet the Moment. Again. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to experience a lyrical playwright’s account of the campaign to clear a son: Advised by Teddy’s lawyer to write two pleading letters to authorities, Suzanne writes 17. Review | Online festival highlights the powerful plays of undersung dramatist Adrienne Kennedy 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Yet the differences between the two — evidenced in the younger director’s rushed pacing, fragmented shooting style and peremptory characterizations — are more instructive, suggesting a filmmaker with no time for complexity or careful world building. Review: In ‘Morgan,’ a Snow White With Lips Stained Red 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to spend time in Merkel’s competent and humane company. ‘The Chancellor’ Portrays Angela Merkel as a Droll Source of Sanity in a Mad World 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z A delightful, loosely instructive video exists of Butler’s first post-N.B.A.-bubble haircut after the Lakers had beaten the Heat in the finals. Trae Young: Your Hair Is an Unsolved Mystery. But a Magnificent One. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z A sly tease of a picture, it’s an instructive introduction to an enthralling show of 130 paintings and sculptures representing more or less ordinary objects dating from the turn of the 19th century to 1974. Four Rewarding Shows in Philadelphia 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The exhibition begins with an instructive and refreshingly deep dip into the historical precedents for this kind of experimentation. 'Light, Paper, Process' an inventive subversion of photography 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z But even in that regard the sideman’s view is perhaps the most instructive. Pop: Gregg Allman and Other Pop Memoirists 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z Perhaps, instead of considering the possibility of separating the art from the artist, it’s instructive to think of the impossibility of separating the artist from his industry. How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The gig has been fun and instructive, for me anyway. Captain America Clips Rio 2‘s Wings 2014-04-13T20:09:45Z Yet it was more than just a gimmick, the correspondence between the two Johnsons proved to be instructive: both created sublime musical expressions of melancholy. York early music festival – review 2013-07-10T18:45:00Z This model universe was conceived to be worthy, earnest and instructive but today seems camp and wry. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But if his character is instructive in any way, it's that dads shouldn't have to lose their wives to be the best parent they can be. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z They have none of the extreme drama or bravado of American food TV, nor are they instructive. Day Drinking with Japanese TV and comics creator Masayuki Qusumi 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The stories she goes on to tell — intimate, harrowing, instructive — are not unlike what you might overhear as a child listening to the women in the family talk around the kitchen table. Enraged by Their Times, Women of Ambition Seize the Stage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z With 29Rooms, “we wanted to create a space where the art was instructive, art that people want to touch and taste and jump on,” she said. 29Rooms Is a Creative Playhouse for the Instagram Set 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z As a young actor he found it inspiring and instructive to see her “go unabashedly into a part like this and just let go,” he recalled. Nicole Kidman on Lee Daniels’s ‘Paperboy’ 2012-09-09T15:30:32Z David D. Kirkpatrick’s engrossing account of his time as the New York Times Cairo bureau chief covering the Egyptian revolution, “Into the Hands of the Soldiers,” is a less uplifting but more instructive tale. The Failure of Egypt’s Revolution 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z It is instructive, not always easy to watch. Jake Burton alive and bristling in ‘Dear Rider’ documentary 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The movie doesn’t deserve the actress, but its attitude toward her character is instructive. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to first look at another recent musical about our Founding Fathers, “Hamilton.” Fourth of July viewing: Before there was “Hamilton,” there was “1776” 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z And ultimately it's from the more banal narrative threads of corporate opposition where the most instructive antagonists of the "Catch and Kill" story emerge. Ronan Farrow's high-wire act: Why it matters that "Catch and Kill" is such a page-turner 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In this context, brain disorders are also instructive. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z The book contains patterns in the back, and oodles of instructive color photos. Stitching together the case for sewing 2011-04-28T19:19:34Z Course work encompasses "The Iliad" and Shakespeare; "Hamlet" and "Richard II" are particularly instructive for cadets. At West Point, warriors shaped through Plutarch and Shakespeare 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z IF ONE wants proof that the past is, indeed, a different country, it is instructive to look at the rate of baby-killing. Killing fields 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z A lesser-known story concerning Daedalus, the mechanical engineer and inventor who created the wings for his overambitious son, Icarus, is instructive. Leave Stephen King alone: “Misery,” income inequality and the connection between jealousy and creativity 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z His voice is instructive but not didactic; opinionated but not at all polemical — in fact, anti-polemical. In Praise of William James 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z But tempting as it may be to contrast Orr’s and Self’s memoirs, a more instructive comparison is with the novelist Edward St Aubyn. The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir | Hadley Freeman 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s a relatable predicament, and his response is instructive: He learns to cope. These Kids Never, Never, Never Give Up 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The richness of her characters was so impressive and instructive. Jesmyn Ward: By the Book 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z I sometimes feel a collection can be very instructive, but not necessarily entertaining. Nathan Englander set to head race for 2012 Frank O'Connor award 2012-06-07T16:48:09Z Serling's response to the right-wing criticisms of his episode, incidentally, are quite instructive. Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" in the Trump era 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z With so much discussion at present on the future of education in this country, it seems instructive to check on how they're currently doing things across the pond. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Book Group to Doctor Who 2012-09-28T23:05:00Z Both writers, in telling their different life stories, provide us with extreme spectacles of women in capitalism—instructive and cautionary in equal measure. Memoirs of Addiction and Ambition by Cat Marnell and Julia Phillips 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z That last point is instructive, because not all of the impulses that have been captured by the Trump movement should be lightly dismissed. Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" in the Trump era 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The PA experience is wonderfully instructive, communal fun in a movie house, where if you’re not jolted by what’s on screen then you will be by the sudden screams of your neighbors. Paranormal Activity 3: Three?s a Shroud 2011-10-19T12:57:15Z Yet it’s instructive that progress, for Mr. Coltrane, involves taking stock of his own recent history, even bringing some of it back into play. New Music: New Albums from Patti Smith, Ravi Coltrane and Neneh Cherry 2012-06-18T21:55:59Z During the present crisis that is isolating us, this monument has the potential to bring us together: It is an instructive emblem to contemplate, and a consoling one. Lessons in Constructive Solitude From Thoreau 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z By living and working as long as he did — he stopped painting in 1983 and died six years later — he left a legacy that is incalculably richer, psychologically and artistically, and much more instructive. Art Review: Antics Aside, a Dal? of Constant Ambition 2010-09-02T21:32:00Z It’s instructive that the combat scenes in “American Sniper” are less thrilling than those in “The Hurt Locker.” Oscars 2015: A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis Discuss the Contenders 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z It is also an instructive example of what “post-black” art means: art that can choose to refer to racial identity — or to class, or gender, or aestheticism, or daily life — or choose not to. Art Review: Tracking Racial Identity, But Not Defined by It 2010-12-23T22:15:18Z For an instructive comparison, viewers should watch not just any entertaining daytime soap, but even a relatively sharp and setting-specific nighttime serial like “Gossip Girl”; the ruthless efficiency of “Empire” is unparalleled. ‘Empire’ Season 3 Premiere: The Fall 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The success is simply enjoyable for the moment: the failure is interesting, suggestive, instructive, stimulating.” Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z The chorus of a song is generally its most instructive part because it repeats, but Tom Petty often prefers to put his lessons in the bridge or final verse. What Tom Petty's "Straight Into Darkness" teaches us about uncertainty 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Though the company doesn’t offer haggis-making tours to the public, my experience is instructive because there are plenty of places to learn. In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The moment is startling and funny – also instructive. Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dance of Reality’ takes a look at his painful childhood in Chile Discrepancy between private and Criterion opinion is sometimes instructive. The Letters of TS Eliot: Volume 4, 1928-1929 – review 2013-01-10T11:00:01Z The book’s discussion of this historical context is too brief to be anything but an enjoyable diversion, but it does throw up some instructive tidbits. It’s Comments All the Way Down 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The contrast between the two is instructive, if not alarming. What we talk about when we talk about "The Help" 2011-08-17T22:18:00Z As a home gardener fascinated by the growing techniques, and plant choices, of the pros, I found a visit to the farm full of instructive fun. Perspective | The key to a family farming renaissance? Niche crops. 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z In fact, the gap between the antinuclear movement, arguably the most spontaneous grass-roots movement in history, and other environmental groups and movements is both striking and instructive. Letters to the Editor 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z And yet, this episode's family and social dynamics are instructive in ways that dent the series' emotional currency. Will Smith presides over the most bizarre "Red Table Talk" yet – to talk trauma, but avoid the slap 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It might have been instructive for aspiring comedians had Seinfeld illustrated how he took an idea and worked it until it was where he wanted it to be. Review | Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Is This Anything?’ charts his life as a comedian, one bit at a time 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z They were easily the most instructive people for me during an extremely informative time. Carolyn Hax: In hard times, standard rules of friendship don’t necessarily apply 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z It is also instructive to see how thoroughly it is permissible to exploit a seven-year-old before the child protection agencies become involved. Is this parade of 'genius children' a really stupid idea? 2013-06-15T19:00:03Z Six of the eight share overlapping biographies and experiences, which makes their very different intellectual journeys through the same historical thicket both instructive to today’s searchers and relevant to today’s crises. How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z You can guess the answer, of course, but it’s nonetheless instructive to make the attempt. Positive thinking is for suckers! 2012-11-25T13:00:00Z A look at the Met’s roster is instructive: During the 1988-89 season, the last full season before the Berlin Wall came down, there were only three singers from the Soviet Union performing there. Olympics Spotlight for Russia’s Musical Profile 2014-02-05T22:54:52Z Given his proven powers to anticipate the future, it’s instructive to note what Wasserman is worried about now, in an even more consequential moment. Perspective | Election Day will be the media’s D-Day. The skill we need most is the one we’ve never mastered. 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The intimate and the instructive are never far apart for Ms. Scott; neither are lyrics and prose, melody and recitation. The Passions and Travails of a Jazzy Everywoman 2011-06-20T21:40:37Z I was lucky enough to see this ingenious wrap-around sequel with a late-night New York preview audience that trended both young and rowdy, and the results were instructive. "Paranormal Activity 2": Is the thrill ride over? 2010-10-22T18:30:00Z His masculinity is as instructive as her femininity. Perspective | Sure, ‘Outlander’ is TV’s sexiest show, but it’s also a great lesson in how to listen 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Looking at his shows is both humbling and instructive, especially where color is concerned. Exhibitions at Sean Kelly, Pavel Zoubok and Salon 94 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Anyone who doubts this would find it instructive to stop by and ask any one of our female professors about this and similar dynamics.” Students: Don’t make “wildly inappropriate” comments about teachers 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z In an age when gardens are burdened with so many roles, I thought a return visit to Chanticleer would remind me why this essential horticulture is so instructive and compelling, not to mention pleasurable. The best gardens aren’t static. Case in point: Chanticleer. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It may be educational and instructive, illuminating and entertaining — all worthy and beneficial outcomes. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z In other words, he’s missing so much — some of the greatest television ever made, much of it rich in instructive, metaphorical storytelling about power and moral consequence. Our president is a TV addict. It’s going to get the best of him, but he’ll never get the best of it. 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z A woman named Deborah sits in her living room with Snowy the llama, whom she used to bring on instructive visits to local schools. The Mysterious Relationship Between Pets and Their Owners 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z But on this biographical question, the Calov volumes turn out to be acutely instructive. Bach Was Far More Religious Than You Might Think 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z But it’s instructive to look at how the Whigs split into Republicans and Know-Nothings. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Two real-life Olympic tales on the next two nights, “Going for Gold — The ’48 Games” and “Strong!,” provide an instructive contrast in how best to approach such material. Television Review: ‘Strong!’ and ‘Going for Gold,’ Olympic Tales on Television 2012-07-24T21:17:39Z “The experience of Latin America is instructive,” Horton notes about other secret detention and interrogation programs. 'The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation' illustrates the grim reality of CIA interrogation techniques post 9/11 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Visitors may not expect so much instructive reading amid the antique sapphire and diamond jewelry and mineral samples, lent by private collectors, including the banking heir Marc P. Weill. Antiques: Condemning Slavery With a Paintbrush 2011-07-14T21:51:43Z And what Cliff had to say was also, deliberately, instructive: about how parents should speak to children, how white Americans should see their African American neighbors, how men should regard women. So What Do We Do About 'The Cosby Show'? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The corners of her career that maybe weren't as successful are also instructive. In praise of Cher, the self-proclaimed "Betty White of Rock 'n' Roll" 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z The soppy, instructive story of acceptance feels handed down from another era, though Ms. Rowlands can fire off a one-liner at 20 paces, and she effortlessly conveys oh-my-oh-me adorable. Gena Rowlands Stars in ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’ 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s a glimpse of another culture in the totally counterproductive form of confusingly wretched comedy, broken up by moments of instructive domestic tension. Movie Review: ‘One Candle, Two Candles ...,’ About Forced Marriage 2014-02-20T22:24:11Z It might be instructive to analyze that, too, in terms of a lingering inferiority complex. The Story of ‘the Most Underrated Composer in History’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The cacophony includes instructive and intelligent commentaries by the music critic Howard Goodall, shown on TV-size screens. Ballets Russes: Emotional and Passionate 2010-10-11T11:20:00Z Other Wall Street firms may be better known but, as Karabell shows, Brown Brothers Harriman can serve as an instructive lens into the nation’s growth, especially in the early years. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Which is instructive: it’s simply easier for shows, individually or collectively, to draw a fuller picture of life as we live it when they show more different kinds of people. Up All Night, Modern Family and TV?s Feminism for Men 2011-11-17T15:28:30Z The contrast with the considered elegance of TouchPress's The Solar System is instructive. The future is digital 2010-12-18T00:07:32Z From this angle, it’s instructive to sit down once more with “Pollyanna,” which earned Mills the last Juvenile Oscar ever presented. Review | Hayley Mills became a Disney darling at 12. Her new memoir recalls how it went from there. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z For others, there is little new insight, although the film does create an instructive tension between admiring bravery and sacrifice and being appalled by war itself. ‘Searching for Home,’ a Cross-Generational Look at Military Veterans 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z And yet the differences between them are instructive. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But differences between the two are instructive, too. Greta Gerwig in Noah Baumbach’s ‘Frances Ha’ 2013-05-08T16:00:02Z Crosthwaite discusses what led him to make "Shattered Mural," what inspires him about Tijuana, and why comic book art has proved so instructive. Hugo Crosthwaite on Tijuana, Mexico's missing, the power of comic books 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The women also found their characters instructive in some ways. The ‘Hidden Figures’ stars on how working at NASA in the 1960s is a little like Hollywood 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The midcentury middlebrow was defined most incisively by Russell Lynes, a brilliant magazine editor and pop sociologist whose 1949 Harper’s essay “Highbrow, Lowbrow, Middlebrow” remains instructive and amusing to this day. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Still, it’s instructive that at one point Tonya lectures the audience on its complicity in how she was treated. Review: ‘I, Tonya.’ I, Punching Bag. I, Punch Line. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Probably that’s why he’s alive, and why we can read this funny, instructive, nourishing book. Books of The Times: ?Fug You? by Ed Sanders - Review 2012-01-11T22:18:46Z Some participants pitched well, some poorly, but all were instructive. Do you like my book idea? 2013-02-21T01:00:00Z Perhaps it’s instructive to think about two topics that bookend his public life. The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z It seems instructive that “The Return” doesn’t use the TV conventions you mention. We Haven’t Seen That Before: A Critics’ Conversation About ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But it's not as if you need some instructive pattern to guide you, Jon. "The Problem with Jon Stewart" has a few issues, but nothing that a little tough love can't fix 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The diagramed deal, from a bracketed knockout teams, featured an instructive point. Bridge: Houston Lone Star Regional?s Bracketed Teams - Bridge 2012-02-05T22:12:20Z The book is instructive in the multiple hazards and difficulties of foreign training missions. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Digital video footage of the neighborhood vigil — a big crowd celebrating a big life with a big noise — felt instructive. Perspective | Rappers keep dying fast and young. How should we manage our grief? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Another instructive example is the character of Bonnie in the television show The Vampire Diaries. The new 007 is a black woman – don't make her a Bond girl 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z I suppose one should add that the film is highly immoral in every imaginable way; it is neither uplifting, instructive, nor life-enhancing. From Russia with Love – review: from the archive, 11 October 1963 2012-09-25T14:25:08Z A roadhouse-shuffle version of Prince’s “Kiss,” included on deluxe editions of the album, mainly feels like an instructive exercise for his next clutch of TV protégés. New Music: Albums From Clare and the Reasons and Maroon 5 2012-07-09T20:55:00Z When she encountered a particularly delightful or instructive piece or person, she'd pitch her find to the program staff. Review: Fac?r? owner proudly wears her 70th year with a birthday show 2010-08-19T23:50:00Z Melissa, we miss your videos -- so fun, encouraging, and instructive. Want to Pamper Your Holiday Guests? Make Gougères 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It will be difficult to achieve, but Campbell's latest volume is instructive as both an example to follow and a sign of the pitfalls to avoid. Diaries, Volume 3 by Alastair Campbell ? review 2011-07-07T09:55:00Z Given the role of variability in the evolution of fairness, we thought it would be instructive to investigate at what age variability in the sense of fairness develops in children. Are we born with a sense of fairness? 2012-12-26T16:03:00Z Touching on themes of patriotism, foreign perception and national identity, it offers an instructive comparison of the appreciations of the land by the native-born poet and a passing enemy airman: Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z I think she didn’t think of it as rude so much as instructive.” Reflecting on Anita Sarko, Influential D.J. of the New York Club Scene 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z "I don't think people are aware of what a massive instructive archive this is." National Geographic to auction famous photos, art 2012-10-22T13:12:56Z But seeing this sour riff on everything from to "Cat Ballou" to "Chinatown" to "The Shakiest Gun in the West," with a big suburban preview audience, was instructive. 'Rango' sells its soul for live-action 2011-03-02T22:58:00Z We moved in together over the summer, and for me at least I knew it would be instructive in understanding if there's a future in this relationship. Carolyn Hax: It’s not a bad time to break up. It’s a good time to be honest. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z On “The View,” she wasn’t a political expert but she was opinionated, emotional and easily drawn into ideological spats that were often fraught and sometimes instructive. After 17 Years, ‘The View’ Isn’t So Clear Anymore 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Consider Thomas de Quincey’s “Confessions of an English Opium Eater,” which was published in the eighteen-twenties, and which frames a tell-all account as an instructive, morally edifying story. Megan Boyle’s “Liveblog” and the Limits of Autofiction 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Again, the museum world’s work with Native American communities may be instructive. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z In the Nov. 25 column Kantar describes a deal with instructive points in bidding, declarer play and defense — as in the diagramed deal. Bridge: Winners at Fall North American Championships - Bridge 2011-11-27T22:25:18Z I kept thinking of British playwright Caryl Churchill as an instructive example of a writer not afraid to ruthlessly distill her adventurous visions. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It may be poetic to show the textures of black dresses as a glimpse in twilight, but visitors will find it difficult to see the outfits clearly or read the instructive panels. Fashion: In Spain, Finally, Homage to Balenciaga 2011-06-13T12:33:25Z German, Jr.,’s, film is further testament to his posthumous recognition at home, and a sign that contemporary Russian audiences find something relevant and instructive in his persona. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Those earlier forays into the city were instructive, Mr. Zwirner said. David Zwirner Gallery to Open Outpost in Hong Kong in 2017 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Much less often in the spotlight, the border between the United States and Canada nonetheless offers Americans an instructive window onto their past, present and future. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The American Border (Not That One) 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z It is also instructive about the perils of access journalism, which we are wrestling with today. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to remember the career of Robert Ingersoll, a forgotten man but perhaps the most famous victim in the nineteenth century of God-Squad politics. An atheist in the White House? It could happen, thanks to Donald Trump 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z It is this sense of community and the benefits actors draw from it, Mr. Cimolino feels, that make repertory work so particularly instructive. In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z It is instructive to look at how she does this. ‘Lovers at the Chameleon Club’: darkness in 1932 Paris 2014-04-23T19:37:15Z That episode, "Spock Amok," is an instructive prerequisite to the actions Spock undertakes in the second season premiere of "Strange New Worlds," "The Broken Circle." How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Diversity is important, but a museum’s handling of content is more instructive, he added. Using History to Provide a Lens Into Today’s Politics 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z If one of history's roles is to remind us of our predecessors' transgressions and show us how not to repeat them, films, even offensive ones, can be instructive. We view movies through the lens of our times; case in point, 'Selma' 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z But it is also instructive to recall an episode from 1974, when President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor, Richard M. Nixon, for his alleged Watergate crimes. Letters to the Editor 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The contrast between the two men is also instructive. Nino Cerruti Gave Elegance a Good Name 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But it’s instructive as a mirror of American high-gloss dramas, some of which have developed their own tics and formulas — shock, testosterone, easy cynicism — that are as internationally replicable as any police procedural’s. Review: ‘Marseille’ Proves That American Cable Clichés Are Easy Exports 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The contrasts between the areas prove instructive, as do their similarities. ‘Bring Your Own Brigade’ Review: Some Say the World Will End in Fire 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z It will be interesting and instructive to see what dark places he takes us to next. Review | Dathan Auerbach got his start as a horror writer on Reddit. Now he’s back with ‘Bad Man.’ 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z But first, he must be motivated to retrieve, so some playful and instructive activity to get him to eagerly retrieve would be wise. Animal Doctor: ‘Maniac’ puppy keeps going and going and going 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Though the authors do not openly boast, the triumphalism becomes a bit rich: it would be instructive to hear what Google learned from its biggest foul-ups. Don’t be modest 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Given the news, I thought it’d be instructive to revisit Times art critic Christopher Knight’s 1992 review of an art exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art that was inspired by the internment experience. Essential Arts & Culture: An immigration musical, self portraits fusing black and white, getting gender-bendy 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z To understand the danger of pretending an ugly history of crime and murder doesn't exist, it's instructive to cast it as a malevolent, bloodthirsty spirit. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z The author covers every instructive angle of a deal but keeps the text light and amusing. Bridge: Pointers for a Favorite Player, in Books or 365 Days a Year 2009-12-17T06:10:00Z What’s turned out to be an unexpected bonus is that it’s all been highly instructive for me. Diane Rehm on stepping away from the mic for her book: ‘I just had to write.’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Garrett’s voice remains a singular instrument, all instructive invective and keening vulnerability, while powerhouse Hirst unleashed an inflammatory solo on “Power and the Passion” that rattled limbs throughout. Why the return of Midnight Oil matters 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z While you can't compare French and German responsibility for the Holocaust, some of the differences are instructive. France and the Holocaust: A return of the repressed 2011-08-05T18:11:33Z Forecasting the future for “Hamilton” is risky, but the show’s current fortunes, and the model provided by other shows, are instructive. ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Show 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z It is instructive to examine the conversations we have with other people. You’re such a jerk 2013-03-10T20:00:00Z This show, “The Riverbed” — to be installed in both galleries simultaneously — will involve large stones inscribed by Ms. Ono with instructive words like “remember,” “wish” and “dream.” Two Galleries Share Yoko Ono Show, and a Hometown Return to New York 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Actually, do go figure, because the computations might be instructive for those determined to translate screen chemistry into crowd-wowing live theater. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z There are scores of movies — from elsewhere in Europe, from the United States, from Africa and the Middle East — that offer instructive viewing in the wake of the attacks. Six French Films That Speak to the Identity of the Nation 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z She added, “Well, I’m a lucky devil: He was a good ghost, an instructive ghost.” Suzy McKee Charnas, Writer of Feminist Science Fiction, Dies at 83 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Both directors employ this radical tool to dig at the raw, stinking muck of contemporary life, smearing it on the screen in ways that are instructive and bolstering. The Power of the One-Take Film 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Your awesome enthusiasm and great suggestions were instructive and meaningful to me... Fifty Shades of Grey movie leaves Bret Easton Ellis off writers shortlist 2012-08-08T11:28:44Z This year, as in most years, I looked to smaller museums and university galleries for unusually inspiring and instructive shows. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Within the world of journalism, the UVA story has been instructive as a cautionary tale. Five years on, the lessons from the Rolling Stone rape story 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z It was very important to me to be entertaining and instructive. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Art of Writing Biographies 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z In an essay, The Poetic Principle, Poe explains his aesthetic, and weaves into it an instructive anthology of poems he admires. Poem of the week: To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe 2010-04-26T09:17:00Z However, our count of the gender makeup of reviewers and authors reviewed, and our further breakdown of the split between non-fiction and fiction, makes for instructive reading. Gender balancing the books 2013-06-08T07:00:00Z For “Wayward,” I found “The Stammering Century,” by Gilbert Seldes, instructive about upstate New York and the weird edges of the reform movements of the 19th century. Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet even more instructive is how Robert waves away the magazine when Brooke shows it to him, as if embarrassed by its display or superior to it. Movie Review: Richard Gere in ‘Arbitrage’ 2012-09-13T21:28:56Z Then, we call them necessary, instructive, even inevitable. Protest doesn’t work — except when it does 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z We’re reading instructive articles, keeping in touch with friends, shopping for essentials. Screen time minutes are the new calories, and it’s high time I went on a diet | Hadley Freeman 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s instructive, for instance, that both artists, for all their differences, inspired the Impressionists: Constable with his truth-telling and fluent, responsive brushwork; Turner with his light and acute awareness of contingency. Review | One rivalry changed the landscape in English art 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z On Rose and Teddy’s drive to San Francisco they have instructive encounters with a priest, a regretful cop, a hippie-dippy hitchhiker, and estranged family members. ‘Next Exit’ Review: End of the Road 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z She was very interested in how I worked, and she was very instructive to me on how to use the room, because I didn’t want to go in the writers’ room. Matthew Weiner on Life After ‘Mad Men,’ Sexual Harassment and His New Amazon Show 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Recently, the city began instituting measures to minimize the impacts of mass tourism — fines for snacking on certain streets, an instructive #EnjoyRespectFirenze social media campaign — but Florence’s popularity shows no signs of abating. 6 Places in Europe Offering Shelter From the Crowds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Historically, critics have focused on the Aristotelian definition of a fatal malignant flaw to describe tragic heroes, but it is just as instructive, I would argue, to chart how their goodness rots. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z Her journey to marriage is comic but also instructive, correcting stereotypes about devout Muslims. Review | Love is complicated in the charming ‘First Comes Marriage’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Still, the life of this family is instructive on several levels. Daguerreotypes Spur Book on John Dillwyn Llewelyn 2014-02-06T15:00:01Z The confidence with which he shapes a good, old-fashioned diversion around these particular poles is instructive. Review | With ‘Gun Island,’ Amitav Ghosh turns global crises into engaging fiction 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z In fact, there are other instructive differences between the two institutions, highlighted when MacGregor declined to become a candidate for the Met directorship after De Montebello. Thomas Campbell: master of the Met 2010-10-03T20:31:00Z We expected that it would be a constructive and instructive experience.” Nico Muhly, Composer of ?Dark Sisters? and ?Two Boys? 2011-11-04T15:23:56Z It is highly instructive to compare Mr. Liao’s account with earlier memoirs from China’s prisons, like Harry Wu’s “Bitter Winds,” about the 19 years he was jailed during the Maoist era. Books of The Times: Liao Yiwu’s ‘For a Song and a Hundred Songs’ 2013-07-02T21:08:39Z But what she wrote was much more instructive than any number of stars could ever be: Yelp vs. Food Critics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Part of its instructive force is due to the magnanimous presence of Sirota, a violist and mainstay of the New York new-music scene. Q2 Music’s Brilliant “Meet the Composer” Podcast 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Comparing movies with their literary sources isn’t always useful, but it’s instructive that while the book validates Q’s ordinariness, the movie tries to obscure it. Review: ‘Paper Towns’ Tries to Fold Significance Into the Everyday 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Kids are instructive, somehow able to navigate this time with a bracing honesty that adults nervously evade. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The failure of Ali Banisadr’s overwrought paintings is unsubtle but instructive. Art in Review: Ali Banisadr: ‘Motherboard’ 2014-04-17T21:07:43Z This became a running joke among my friends — that I would end up doing some sort of instructive, technical writing on how to avoid burning toast or where to not apply some topical cream. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z All tested negative, according to Mr. Welser-Möst, who explained in an interview that his experience working at the festival has been instructive as he looks ahead to his next season in Cleveland. It’s (Almost) Business as Usual at the Salzburg Festival 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Her exhortation demonstrated resistance to vulgarity, and acted as an exercise of instructive and productive leadership, but it failed to resonate with half of the electorate. Vulgarians at the gate: The next 4 years could be a long, slow, messy slide into cultural oblivion 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And he show shakes up that model with corrective evidence: some 160 pieces of Swahili Coast art, all of it instructive, most of it eye-and-mind-absorbing, some of it really magnificent. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It is incredibly instructive as a guide to the incredibly misguided priorities of the rich, moderate elite, and their very odd explanations for what, precisely, has gone wrong in American politics. Women Olympians: They’re hot! 2012-06-19T18:40:00Z This is one of those minor facts the show passes off as instructive. Manet?s Reflections of Paris at a Cultural Peak 2011-05-16T13:33:21Z Failure is unavoidable, and while it may be instructive, it doesn’t have to be. 'I've been good and bad, caring but useless': Tim Dowling on two decades of fatherhood 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z His cooking demos are both entertaining and instructive, business-like even and he knows enough to recommend Maldon salt. Lazarus Lynch cooks with his whole heart in "Son of a Southern Chef" 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z If so, they would surely benefit from visiting the new, charmingly instructive adaptation of Charles Dickens’s evergreen of Yuletide redemption, which opened Wednesday at the Lyceum Theater. ‘A Christmas Carol’ Review: God Rest Ye Merry, Plutocrats 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It's instructive to sometimes be reinforced about something about yourself, then. From "Simpsons" to Coachella, Danny Elfman reflects on 35 years of TV and film scoring 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Happily, though, a brand-new Skyfall trailer was released this afternoon, and it's both longer and more instructive than the first. Skyfall trailer: what it reveals about the new Bond 2012-07-31T14:51:00Z If anything, it’s instructive to see how some of the bits are funnier than what is in the original special. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The show can be quite instructive on the basics of art theory and gender studies, but, at the same time, it also works as a sendup of people susceptible to their own B.S. Review | ‘I Love Dick’ takes an enthrallingly provocative (and funny) approach to female desire 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z But the incident was instructive for both men, who discovered they are the yin to the other’s yang. An Unexpected, Yet Precisely Perfect Pairing 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And yet some of the show’s most complex, thematically instructive scenes are the smaller ones. “Game of Thrones” recap: Is power still a shadow on the wall, or does it come from standing in the light? 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z No one measures anything, but Ms. Bennison does her best to fill in the blanks with instructive narration. Hey, Look! Nonna and Her Pasta Are on YouTube 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z One is tempted to compare this novel with “Pride and Prejudice,” and in fact, there are three instructive contrasts. Review: ‘The Makioka Sisters,’ by Junichiro Tanizaki 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s always instructive to read the checklist accompanying a show. Review: Cy Gavin Employs Unusual Canvas Ingredients in ‘Overture’ 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Awdish’s journey from physician to helpless patient and then back to reformed physician is equal parts dramatic, engaging and instructive. Putting Down the Scalpel, Picking Up the Pen 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z And we get an instructive preview of how this will play out in work to come. Thomas Cole, American Moralist 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But our mistakes are often more instructive than our triumphs. How to make a sbagliato, the friendly cousin of the Negroni that's a perfect match for a watch party 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z When asked for a good board, Wang modestly commented that he and his partner should supply an instructive one in which they had done badly. Bridge: Lebhar Imp Pairs at North American Championships - Bridge 2012-03-18T21:07:09Z The genome of fellow rock and partying legend Keith Richards might be particularly instructive, for example. Scientists to study the 'modern miracle' of Ozzy Osbourne's survival 2010-07-01T17:20:00Z But there’s something instructive to be found it in anyway. Ingrid Sischy’s Flame 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In ways large and small, planners should be thinking about vacation places not as separate worlds but as instructive templates. The Summer Idyll of Free-Range Children Should Last All Year 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Although eating food is not the same as drinking alcohol or taking illegal drugs, the evolution of our understanding of people’s ability to control how much they consume of these substances is quite instructive. Restaurant portions destroy your diet: Eating out is killing us! 2013-12-31T21:00:00Z Her publisher Picador agreed the objections were "instructive and clear-sighted"; eventually, it withdrew the book from publication. Why sensitivity readers matter – and should be paid properly 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The incident quickly mushroomed into a televised spectacle and became a turning point in hostage negotiating; more than anything, it exhumes an instructive, bleakly relevant chapter in the city’s long racially fractious history. An Eerie, Thrilling Trip to the Toronto International Film Festival 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Because the images are clearly advertising, it’s tempting to take them in at a sweep, but considering them one by one is instructive. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z It seems instructive that dialogue heard as an opening voice-over is also spoken at the end of the film, like a term paper padded by restating the thesis at the conclusion. 'Wish I Was Here' should have wished for insight 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Two further contrasts between now and the 1930s, one from each end of the sociological spectrum, are instructive. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z To be exiled from that for quite a long time was hard, but it was also very instructive. “Our gang was The Cure”: Lol Tolhurst opens up about growing up with Robert Smith, addiction and redemption 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z His radical artistic agenda viewed theater not as entertainment but as an instructive experience aimed at spurring its audience on to social reflection and political action. How the Syrian refugee crisis is playing out on the German stage 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z This short, instructive article on ehow.com shows how to object with dignity, without airing the substance of your objection publicly. Her fiancé beat up the dog 2013-05-08T00:00:00Z “Having the benefit of seeing a parent work at home every day was instructive,” Nathaniel said. Nathaniel and Simon: The Brothers Rich 2013-01-04T21:32:05Z To understand “Breaking Amish” and its follow-up “Breaking Amish: Brave New World,” set to premiere Sunday on TLC, it’s instructive to look at the shows’ provenance. Would we ever tolerate “Breaking Muslim”? 2013-05-11T20:30:00Z Besides lyric poems, she wrote translations, a prose tale with verse, Phantasmion, and lightly instructive poems for children. Poem of the week: Time's Acquittal by Sara Coleridge 2011-01-10T10:49:35Z Thanks for reminding people of the shallowness of the response, so far, and how instructive that is. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The two works, and two companies, offer instructive lessons in national and company styles, but what is clear from both ballets is Mr. Peck’s bold and adventurous choreographic voice. Review: In Paris, a Bold Ballet Adventure From Justin Peck 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z That said, the historical arc of 20 Bruckner, as the building is called, is instructive and tells a larger tale about the Bronx, change and renewal. An Ice Factory From the 1900s Is Now a Spectacular New Bronx School 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z With all of this new Marvel content coming our way, it is instructive to take a look at what did and did not work about The Infinity Saga. What's the legacy of The Infinity Saga? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The “how to open a bar or restaurant and then how to run it” book, which is hidden amid prolix self-observation, is instructive. ‘I Hear She’s a Real Bitch’: A Swaggering, Feminist Restaurant Memoir 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Your relationship with Amish culture and their way of living and farming seems as if it’s been incredibly instructive. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z And “Green Lantern” was instructive for what not to do. Ryan Reynolds Finds a Niche, or a Springboard, as a Mouthy Superantihero 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z With access to behind-the-scenes processes, the documentary can be instructive about the work of changing legacy institutions, but also wincingly cautionary as Wolfs, his administrators and curators get tangled up in numbers and nomenclature. ‘White Balls on Walls’ Review: Time With the Gatekeepers 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z And the decision to use this particular picture to illustrate his point can only be instructive. Justin Bieber says no more meet-and-greets with fans. Sorry! 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z “The primary results underscored significant and instructive lessons that candidates would do well to heed: Black voters can make or break a campaign,” said Rashad Robinson, president of the advocacy group Color of Change. Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden’s campaign. He’s been a political force for a long time. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z I covered the Cannes film festival once and it was instructive. Sing a song of sex work – why no one needs a Pretty Woman musical | Suzanne Moore 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z It proves instructive to re-examine those years through Sikander’s keen grasp and artistic choices. Best Art Books of 2021 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Stubbs argues that the image of Swift as a “misanthropic monster” is not entirely fair, but Gulliver’s fate is instructive, nonetheless. Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Joel, for example, breaks down the writing of some of his songs chord by chord in a way that is fascinating and instructive, talking not only about autobiography but musicality and music history. We watched CNN+. Here's what we found 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Rousso’s study of how France strained to reëstablish small-L liberal continuity across an autocratic interlude struck me as instructive and perhaps illuminating for the path ahead. The Deep Irony of a Scholar of Vichy France Being Detained in Houston 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z An unfettered A.W.S. would have no close precedent but perhaps a few instructive ones: railroads, energy, banking. What, Exactly, Is Amazon Web Services? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Generally, however, "New Land, North of the Columbia" is an instructive, nicely presented and often beguiling visual journey through Washington history. 'New Land' a different approach to state history 2011-11-10T20:44:52Z Given Burt’s influence, it would be instructive to know his sensibilities more deeply. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z This time I did return to Coetzee’s “Disgrace” because I found his strategy so instructive: The very flawed protagonist blows up his life in the first third, and then things continue to escalate. Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z After an election in which facts could be oh so elusive, it’s instructive to look back to 2003. When Fake News Was Funny 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z There are two moments in that episode which are particularly instructive. Washington would have hated Trump 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The greatest hits of PBS, which was formed 50 years ago to serve what were then known as educational television stations, could broadly be described as instructive. PBS Is Still TV’s Best Path to Better Citizenship 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z It is possibly more instructive to detail differences than similarities between Midsommar and definitive folk horror The Wicker Man. Midsommar: what the hell just happened? Discuss with spoilers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z I can understand the impulse to collect and organize images of Iggy’s body, to position it as an instructive artifact. Where Punk Rock Begins 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Nowadays, when it comes to Cruz’s intuition, people know better than to argue with her, and “Parallel Mothers” offers an instructive example. The Visions of Penélope Cruz 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z But the ways in which Crisis in Six Scenes fails are instructive. Woody Allen's 'Crisis in Six Scenes' Reveals a Crisis for Streaming Services 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The last of his acknowledgements is instructive: he has battled with this topic, "about which… I knew and still know so little". Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; Extremes by Kevin Fong – review 2013-02-24T00:07:13Z It develops jerkily, in a mixture of capering lampoon and instructive songs. Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carr? 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z But the air often feels filled with the dry dust of chalk erasers being batted together by a painstakingly instructive schoolteacher. Theater Review: ‘Casa Valentina,’ a New Play by Harvey Fierstein 2014-04-24T02:00:16Z As an instructive contrast, "CBS This Morning" stands as the morning program that presents a daily package of news and information that any thinking viewer "should know and want to know," in Curry's words. 'Today' host Ann Curry takes hit, counts tomorrows 2012-06-26T20:42:10Z But it does surface on “Summer Horns,” Mr. Koz’s new album, where its treatment is instructive. Smooth Jazz Finds New Ways to Reach Its Audience 2013-07-05T17:01:15Z Expect that continuing saga to be every bit as unruly and instructive. The magical movement of Calder’s mobiles — and mind 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z A loving and instructive biography of the late civil rights icon whose unshakable faith that seeking justice by noble means would ultimately lead to redemption. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The result is hypnotic rather than instructive and, like TV cookery programmes, it's a cinematic experience resembling lap dancing overseen by a duenna. El Bulli: Cooking in Progress – review 2012-07-28T23:05:51Z That would have been the beginning of a decent, possibly instructive memoir, or at least something beyond these sleepy musings. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z These fads are successful because rather than focusing on instructive or traditional toys and products, they embrace a more playful, imaginative fantasy world for children, says Cross. The story of ‘Baby Shark’: How toddlers around the world made a K-pop earworm go viral 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z And Chris Jones, the theater critic for The Chicago Tribune, is known for authoritative but also instructive reviews that producers say often help them persuade creative teams to make difficult but necessary changes. Before Broadway, Musicals Make a Detour to Test the Waters in Chicago 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Goerke’s career path to this moment is instructive of something about opera that may seem hard to fathom. Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Always instructive on staying grounded personally and professionally. Review | A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He finds it instructive, though, that an image of a well-to-do onlooker’s reaction caught fire more than the action itself. A Trump protest, a fur coat, a viral photo: What did it all mean? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Memento Mori is a kind of moral fable, whose ultimate aim is not to create an illusion of life but to defamiliarise it for an instructive purpose. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Recognizing our tendency toward inaction and our likelihood to change our minds about political and social justice movements after the fact can be hugely instructive for our present moment. Protest doesn’t work — except when it does 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s about as instructive as talking about “eating”, he says. Extreme fasting: how Silicon Valley is rebranding eating disorders 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But a side-by-side comparison is instructive in examining the production of taste. Playlist: Cover to Cover: The Why and Wherefore 2010-11-20T19:40:00Z Because of the material’s potentially divisive but instructive nature, Ms. Washington reached out to friends at the Ford Foundation about creating a curriculum to accompany “American Son.” Kerry Washington Has Something to Fear 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z And taken one after the other, they form an instructive aesthetic handbook. Perspective | At Paris Fashion Week, designers reworked the tuxedo and explored the meaning of color. And, oh yeah, Kanye showed up. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z I listened to a segment of it Thursday and found it moving, instructive and — as podcasts sometimes can be — surprisingly intimate. Perspective | Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford have a lot to talk about. And now, they’re letting us listen. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z On top of that, at a time when many books of military history have poor maps or none, this book has many, all of them instructive and graceful. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “I didn’t train as an actor, and watching great actors, figuring out stagecraft, how to use your voice, what to do when someone dries up, that has been so instructive and essential.” The Eyes of Cillian Murphy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Brave, bracing and instructive, “Race Against Time” is, on occasion, insufficiently probing. The Journalist and the Murderers 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Working on a project is better, more instructive than being a tourist. | Jenny Holzer Takes On South Africa 2010-06-15T19:15:00Z “The McVeigh Tapes” is instructive, but it is a history lesson that blends real materials and fake ones to illustrate the danger posed by fringe lunatics who cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality. | 'The McVeigh Tapes': Timothy J. McVeigh in His Own Remorseless Words 2010-04-18T22:44:00Z Chopin remained notably noncommittal; the silence itself was instructive. Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z It is instructive to look at “Network” alongside Kazan’s “Face in the Crowd,” from 1957, and Mr. Scorsese’s “King of Comedy,” released in 1983. Arts & Leisure: Urban Realist With a Humanist Streak 2011-04-13T13:29:51Z So it's instructive to see the company presenting Kenneth MacMillan's production of The Sleeping Beauty to a matinee audience composed principally of Manchester school children. The Sleeping Beauty/English National Ballet – review 2012-12-09T00:06:03Z It was encouraging, and instructive, to see so many young people, the very demographic group so coveted by American orchestras. The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z It should be instructive in the coming year to look back at a time when art in this city was simultaneously feeling its way and charging the atmosphere. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z The contrast with Stewart is instructive: Williams was a news anchor who transparently longed to be an entertainer; Stewart is an entertainer who transparently plays the part of a news anchor. Fox News is half-right about Jon Stewart: How the brilliant satirist of the Bush years has been undone by his BFF in the White House 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z There is no rage more instructive and ultimately salutary than that sparked by the person next to you, coughing and shifting and rustling his program in abject boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z More compelling – and instructive if you wanted a quick refresher on linear equations – was Excluded, an outstanding one-off drama about a disruptive pupil and an idealistic new algebra teacher at a grubby comprehensive. Rewind TV: Lost Land of the Tiger; Unequal Opportunities; Excluded; Spooks; Seven Days 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z These fads are successful because rather than focusing on instructive or traditional toys and products, they embrace a more playful, imaginative fantasy world for children, Cross says. The story of ‘Baby Shark’: How toddlers around the world made a K-pop earworm go viral 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Even the one big exception to this is instructive. Film: When Did Gekko Get So Toothless? 2010-09-24T14:38:00Z “Ship of Fools” is an instructive case, because it demonstrates how the same material can be twisted to various ends. Will McAvoy, you’re so smart! 2012-07-23T18:30:00Z How deep does this instructive parallel run between a 21st-century president and the hapless villain of a pop-culture classic made 43 years ago? Disaster president: Why is Trump acting like the mayor from Jaws? 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z It is here that comparing "Tolkien" to other Hollywood biopics is particularly instructive. "Tolkien" has a good idea at its center, but the execution is mixed 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The fact that the Gamu case overlapped with the big political story of the week – the cut to welfare benefits – is a coincidence, but an instructive one. The Gamu Nhengu Factor 2010-10-09T08:30:00Z A numerical comparison of the achievements of the two craft is instructive: The shuttle worked for 19 years and ran through tens of millions of miles of airless space. How Was Polynesia Populated? Two New Books Explore the Pacific’s Mysteries 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The piece also, in Johnson's production, is delightfully instructive while proving highly actable. Hysteria – review 2012-08-07T16:00:06Z The winners modestly sent in the diagramed deal, on which they lost points in an instructive way. Bridge: Saturday Bracketed Swiss Teams in Orlando - Bridge 2012-01-13T23:27:13Z They are meant to be restorative and instructive, without veering too didactic. Can Wellness Heal the Workplace? 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Some of the predictable liberties that Sorkin has taken in adapting fact to fiction are instructive. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s striking and instructive that now when a new movie arrives that genuinely excites people, there may be some chatter about its representations and whether it conforms to established ideas about correct politics and entertainment. Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But it's all thought-provoking, instructive, and textually valid, setting a famous melody to fresh beats. The remix's the thing: how The Rest Is Silence gave Hamlet a fresh beat 2012-06-18T13:51:55Z It’s instructive to see how “Fightville” and “Caged” package their stories, where they lay the stress. Movie Review : In ?Fightville,? Mixed Martial Arts at Close Range 2012-04-19T22:57:07Z They’re instructive — both because they illustrate the interplay, the collaboration, between the two and because of what they say of O’Hara’s own intentions and aspirations for the book. Frank O'Hara's 'Lunch Poems' -- at 50 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The results are pretty appalling, but the film remains an instructive illustration of the culture war that then existed between the principled intellectuals of New York and the rampaging lowbrows of Los Angeles. DVD: Chopin, Schubert and Dietrich (the Latter Nude) 2011-06-03T17:11:56Z Well, not quite, though it’s always instructive to watch how many different ways one movie can go wrong and to guess what happened between a first feature and a second. Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker,’ and Only Half as Watchable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z It is instructive to examine the case of Billy Squier, a byword for macho arena rock in the US in the early 80s. Alexis Petridis on MTV's wild years 2012-10-07T19:31:01Z Yet more instructive may be the lesson gleaned from the previous pages — that many of the metaphorical “pandas” you’ll encounter in the board book of life will be, emphatically, not yours. “Pat the Bunny” is kind of twisted and other lessons I learned from picture books 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Mariinsky Ballet, which many of us remember as the Kirov, is generally known as the elevated, refined, instructive, grand, and most serious of ballet companies. Dance Review: Horseplay for the Staid Mariinsky 2011-07-13T22:23:04Z But the political response to his message, particularly from Christians, has been instructive. The right’s science/religion hypocrisy: So now they want to leave science to the scientists 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z It is something else, something more comforting but less instructive. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s instructive that she didn’t say it had also been a hard journey, because that might have pegged Ms. Bigelow as a whiner, as in whiny woman. Kathryn Bigelow: How Oscar Found Ms. Right 2010-03-10T19:14:00Z Anderson uses close-ups strategically, so it’s instructive when he deploys them, which he does here, pushing in on Gary’s smiling face until it fills the frame. One Indelible Scene: When a Woman Takes the Wheel in ‘Licorice Pizza’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s going to be instructive to see how they negotiate this part of the merger. Tory Burch and Pierre-Yves Roussel Become Fashion’s Newest Power Couple 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z But if this is Sex and the City: 2017, there are some instructive differences. She’s Gotta Have It's DeWanda Wise: ‘Our bodies are being policed' 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z For Team Cat, Ariel Levy echoed Counsel Lane’s admonition that the aloofness of cats is instructive. Festival Dispatch: Cats vs. Dogs 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s an unexpected evolution, to say the least, but possibly also an instructive one. How to Dress a Celebrity 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z More instructive, perhaps, are the points of departure between father and son. Colm Toibin on the Fathers of Geniuses 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But it also is instructive for those of us in the United States. How to get an airline to compensate you — even when it doesn’t have to 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z That’s an instructive way to think about this series: not just as an anthology of adult animation but also as an anthology of science-fiction stories of varying lengths and approaches. David Fincher Tries Animation in ‘Love, Death + Robots’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But it is instructive to look at Clinton’s earlier pronouncements in considering his current burst of blurbdom. Galley Girl: Bill Clinton Has a Healthy Appetite for Diet Books 2012-01-02T15:51:03Z Aspects of the experience have certainly been instructive. The critic who hit the stage 2010-05-13T21:00:00Z As "Terminator: Dark Fate" hits theaters this weekend, it is instructive to look at the ups and downs of this historic franchise. Why the "Terminator" series matters 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z But it is a quietly instructive example of an attempt to nudge the conversation about power and gender back toward the status quo. Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen’s strange charm offensive: An enigma wrapped in scandal 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Compliance is a disturbing, exciting and instructive film about matters we should all be prepared to face. Compliance – review 2013-03-24T00:05:34Z The story of the Ellis family is instructive. Can the black middle class survive? 2012-09-03T14:00:00Z “Game of Thrones” storytelling is both instructive and inspiring, encouraging viewers to evaluate their own lives and choices. Can "Game of Thrones" teach us about the meaning of life? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z It's instructive that the two figural elements in the Stedelijk mural are a bird and a mermaid — a mythic creature from the sea. 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' at MoMA follows artist's paper trail 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z We hope that you find these pieces as illuminating and instructive as we do. Sunday Reading: On the Precipice 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z A lobby film of Ms. Brown in this solo is even more instructive: choreography as an expression of a distinctive kinetic connection to the world. Dance Review: Private Gestural Language, Unfolding Poetically 2011-03-17T22:56:40Z And while you worry about his characters and their fates, it’s instructive that he opens “Lingui” with a close-up of Amina, her face pouring sweat, intensely focused on something outside the frame. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s instructive to see it now in the light of their subsequent influence as collective creators of brainy, physical, contemporary theater. Review: ‘The Medium’ Is Less a Message and More a Museum Piece 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z What seemed most instructive in the Paquin-King exchange was the actress’s deft handling of her host’s ignorance. Is Anna Paquin’s bisexuality ‘past tense’ now that she’s married to Stephen Moyer? After some missteps, they settle into an apartment in Harlem, where she grew up and which becomes an instructive, mirror-like backdrop. ‘A Thousand and One’ Review: A New York Love Story 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z It was instructive to see the different layers of his music physically separated among the different instruments. Music Review: Grand Band at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-08-08T20:53:33Z They are not, in any way, practical or instructive but they do offer students of cultural studies a glimpse into social construction. My first house rule: don't watch property programmes 2013-06-27T02:32:05Z The Boys Are Marching” and the other tunes was both instructive and delightful. Review: Jeremy Denk and Stefan Jackiw’s Lessons in Ives’s Nostalgic Sonatas 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Our first glance of any new performer, watching simply how she or he walks across the screen, can be more instructive than anything else—far more than the utterance of dialogue. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Reviewed 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z While many of these stories offer little more than schadenfreude, others can act as instructive lessons for travelers looking to avoid similar pitfalls. Millennial Money: These Airbnb horror stories can teach you what to watch for 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z White’s loss is instructive here — perhaps intimidated by his better-known, more accomplished opponent, he essentially fritters away five moves beginning with the nervous retreat 16. Vidit, Nakamura book berths in Candidates Tournament for a shot at world chess title 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Surveys asking people how they feel about the economy and where it’s headed — often referred to as “soft data” — can be instructive. Americans like sharing bad economic news way too much 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z This is not to be confused with a writers retreat, where aspiring authors attend instructive workshops and spend chunks of time, alone, working on their manuscripts. 'Book people are my people': Why your next vacation should be a book retreat 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z That will come from the U.S. bond market, and Monday's price action could be instructive. Morning Bid: Awaiting the bond-bashing abating 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z It’s instructive to look at how Winslet, his co-star in “Titanic” and, later, “Revolutionary Road,” has approached her post-”Titanic” career. 'Titanic' made Leonardo DiCaprio a Hollywood heartthrob. He's been avoiding it ever since 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The ebb and flow of investor sentiment this week, centered around moves in Treasury yields and the U.S. yield curve, is instructive. Morning Bid: After US, inflation focus turns to China 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z South Africa will hold its national elections next year and the latest census figures will be instructive for all political and government bodies looking to solve the challenges plaguing the country. South African population grew to 62 million last year, census data shows 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Coming back to the utility of economic projections: To be fair, long-range projections can be reasonably instructive, viewed with the proper horizon. Column: The economy has been strong. Why are economists so eager to predict it will tank? 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z A comparison with McCarthy’s immediate predecessor as speaker is instructive. Column: McCarthy's fall was sudden, but a long time coming 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z As instructive as Searles’ videos can be, the story of his life has its own dramatic elements. Don't fear the bears! Mammoth's 'bear whisperer' will teach you how to coexist 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Another instructive comparison is to Barrett Swanson’s visit to Clubhouse, one of the influencer mansions that came to dot the West Side during the pandemic years. L.A. tech reporter Taylor Lorenz falls down the influencer rabbit hole 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z And the WGA contract could prove instructive for other industries, too. Screenwriters secured a new deal for AI. For actors, the fight could be even harder 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Personally, I find dramaturgical criticism instructive and generative. Commentary: Critics weren't invited to David Mamet's new play. Then the show's star, Shia LaBeouf, sent a personal invite 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z And when one of the big political parties makes a bit of a splash with a policy launch or change of direction, it is always instructive to closely observe how their opponents react. Rishi Sunak gambles as he walks towards blizzard of criticism 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z In the development of stem cells, a similarly instructive process -- based on the secretion of signaling molecules -- was assumed by developmental biologists. Career choice in stem cells: Predetermined or self-selected? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Saturday’s game at Bramall Lane should, then, be instructive, even if Sheffield United’s players themselves will be thinking there is no better time to get off the mark. Everton already destined for another tough season after lackluster start to EPL 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z For others who might be considering their own seditious schemes, watching these rodents scramble trying to save themselves, is likely an instructive image. Fani Willis proves the skeptics wrong: 18 co-defendants is a big problem for Donald Trump 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z But the instructive nature of some of his lessons — particularly the emphasis on numbers: “8 rules,” “6 ways,” “3 lessons” — seems reductive. Jay Shetty went from monk to celebrity life coach. Just don't call him a 'guru' 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z And the other thing that I found really instructive about that fire is the response to it so closely mimics our response to the threat of climate disruption. As nature ignites, wildfires are becoming more common. Here's how we must adapt to our fiery future 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z In an especially instructive example across the Atlantic, on New Year's Eve of 2021, someone tried to burn down the Grand Lodge of Ireland. QAnon's weirdest obsession: Why does the radical far right fear the Masons? 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z I thought the example of the Caribbean colonies was particularly instructive, because there you have a wide variation in the percentage of Europeans in places with very similar geography. Untangling the deep and troubled roots of democracy can help define its future 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, they’re instructive for how the issues that drove the conflicts and the resolutions set the stage for today’s disputes. This isn’t the first time Hollywood’s been on strike. Here’s how past strikes turned out 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z But the filing on Saturday will show what percentage of that amount came from contributions below $200, which is instructive to assessing the strength of his grass-roots support. What to Watch in the 2024 Money Wars as a Big Deadline Arrives 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The most recent session of the Alaska Legislature proved instructive. Column: Think our politics stink? Look north — to Alaska 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. DeSantis’s spokesman, Bryan Griffin, wrote in an email that comments the governor made on a recent policy call “should be instructive to your reporting.” Few of Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals Defend Justice Dept. Independence 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Those capital letters are as instructive as they are intentional, one of the many ways the novel teaches us how it means to be read. In Lorrie Moore's first novel in 14 years, 2016's chaos becomes a wild metaphysical trip 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z At the meeting, Spergel said the history of fast radio bursts is instructive. Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The story’s timing is instructive: Most of it takes place in 2016, shortly before the rise of a #MeToo movement that, in Europe especially, will encounter both resistance and support. Review: The César-winning 'Night of the 12th' spins a gripping tale of murder and misogyny 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Europe is also experiencing a rise in antisemitic incidents, and its historic struggles with antisemitism are increasingly seen as instructive to the United States, Mr. Klein said. Biden Unveils a National Plan to Fight an Ancient Hatred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The success of another Texas governor is instructive. Column: Ron DeSantis faces a sobering lesson on ambition, hubris and big talk 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Hailee Vue said he wants the Hmong community to understand what happened to his family, and for their case to be instructive for future policing. Minneapolis to pay $700,000 settlement with family members detained while police killed their father 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z He also suggests that such efforts remain instructive in the here and now, especially amid organized and widespread efforts to whitewash American history. How Martin Luther King's new biographer broke news and shattered myths 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It is instructive to remember that Don Bradman's son changed his name to Bradsen for years - and he wasn't even a cricketer. Arjun Tendulkar: The burden of being Sachin Tendulkar's son 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The case of Glenn Beck is instructive here. What Fox News learned from Tucker Carlson 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, ordinarily open to historical evidence, said that it was not instructive in the case before the court, Tyler v. Supreme Court Wary of Windfall in Seizure of Condo for Unpaid Taxes 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z And it was instructive to learn that all the fuss was not oversold. Kraken fans rise to occasion in Seattle’s NHL playoff debut, but Avalanche quiet roar 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The reaction within the DUP to the presidential visit is not surprising, but is instructive about what lies ahead. Joe Biden's Irish 'homecoming' could carry political weight 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “Guardians of the Valley” tells several stories, some captivating, others instructive. The odd couple that saved Yosemite 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z After forcing both free and fast shipping on the e-commerce industry it dominates, Amazon's latest moves are instructive. Amazon, other retailers revamp 'free' shipping as costs soar 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z We found their comments instructive when cast against the backdrop of the past nine months. Future of Pac-12 at stake for George Kliavkoff as media-rights saga nears conclusion 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The difficulties on set can be just as instructive as the times when things are going well. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a cinematographer for film and TV 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Touch is another of Sepuya’s main subjects, sometimes instructive or guiding, sometimes erotic, sometimes it’s the finger on the shutter release. Here is a portrait of an L.A. artist having an intimate conversation among friends 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The relief effort during the aftermath of the Saint Francis Dam failure provides an instructive lesson in getting it wrong. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z It's peculiar but instructive to hear students in this case rely on a liberal arts college, rather than the Prophet Muhammad, in arguing their case. When liberal institutions fail us: "Envious reversal" and the Hamline University debacle 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z “Talking to women in different fields, I realized we’re not quite as far along as I’d hoped. It struck me that Nancy’s story could be instructive to people.” How MIT scientists fought for gender equality — and won 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The instructive leap, though, comes in the show’s single representational oil painting, accompanied by three related drawings that focus on tonality, line and color. Review: The Hammer pulls off a marvelously orchestrated show of Bridget Riley's drawings 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The experience of Matthew Walter, who once ran a Proud Boys chapter in Tennessee, is instructive. Bias and Human Error Played Parts in F.B.I.’s Jan. 6 Failure, Documents Suggest 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z “What if you could create content for television that was both entertaining and instructive? What if it went down more like ice cream than spinach?” Lloyd Morrisett, a Founder of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 93 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The Jan. 14 Metro article about the school administration’s response to the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old, “Police: No notice from school about gun report,” was instructive. Opinion | Mandating safe gun storage is more effective than metal detectors 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Some have reported that Staley’s job is in jeopardy, and his team’s performance in the wild-card game was going to be instructive as to the organization’s plans for the future. Analysis: Chargers will be eager to forget Jaguars' unforgettable playoff comeback 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z I think it would be far more instructive to erect two new statues of more recent Princeton graduates to acknowledge their contributions to the more modern civil rights movement. Opinion | Princeton should add statues of civil rights pioneers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z His response last time was instructive, after all: “He told me I should be making so much more.” Sex, Death, Affairs: Everything People Would Rather Talk About Than Money 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z It is an instructive look at the enduring Washington practice of trading on access and influence. Hunter Biden’s Tangled Tale Comes Front and Center 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Speaking to reporters after clinching the outcome, McCarthy said the political discord that characterized the debate over the past week had been instructive, helping the party “build the trust with one another” needed to govern. With McCarthy elected speaker, House GOP readies for fiscal showdowns 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Jacquelyn Starer, a Massachusetts doctor, was charged last month, and her case is instructive. Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The contrast with most of today’s public debates is instructive. Opinion | This book has a vital message, and method, for our times 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The following drill might be tired, but it remains instructive. Perspective | Don’t let the next two games fool you. Carson Wentz isn’t the answer. 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z As we worry over where the country is headed today, it’s instructive to turn our attention to this milestone on the road to war. Was the Civil War Inevitable? 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z I meant it blatantly, gleefully rips off Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights,” an allusion that’s nothing if not instructive. Review: ‘Babylon’ douses you with sex, drugs, vomit and elephant diarrhea. You … might like it? 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z But the differences between the two proceedings may be more instructive than their similarities. Proud Boys Trial Is Set to Open, Focusing on Role in Jan. 6 Violence 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s a holiday from yourself, and also sometimes quite instructive. How Emma Thompson steps up to be the hero she never had in 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z And true to his professorial looks, his critiques were completely constructive, and for me, instructive. Pacific NW magazine honors the life and work of art director David Miller 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z I think it’s instructive about the conflicts that are going on around the country, in the Republican Party, and which direction it’s going to go in the future. 2022 Notebook: Democracy at a crossroads 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But it’s instructive to know that Crosby is second during that time. Perspective | For the 800th time: No one plays hockey like Alex Ovechkin 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s probably instructive that on his European travels, Disney collected knickknacks, not art, to bring back to Burbank. Review: A new exhibit on how French decorative arts inspired Walt Disney is mostly hollow 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The lessons of a long and twisting road back home may be instructive for Griner, Shaw said, as another family learns to cope with a new normal. After the honeymoon, former detainees say, comes ‘surviving survival’ 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z But those who assume Mr. Schultz will stop at nothing to eradicate the union might find the burnt cheddar insurgency of 2007 instructive. Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally? 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Hearing people vent about this question over so many years has been instructive for me. Opinion | Where do you really come from? That’s a toxic question. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z But it might be instructive to spend a little time contemplating a different category of firearms assaults. Why is America like this? 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The comparison of two eras, while instructive, goes only so far. Analysis: Under Jiang, China projected a more open image 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z As the United States emerges, haltingly, from the devastation of covid-19, it’s instructive to look back a century at how the country’s last mass pandemic altered the nation’s fabric — sometimes permanently. How the 1918 pandemic changed America, from women’s rights to germaphobia 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s a technique that genealogists seeking to reconstruct the lives of their own ancestors will find particularly instructive. Review | Exploring family history through the objects that connect generations 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “I think those conversations were instructive, positive, helpful in terms of building a better relationship, which always begins with better communication,” Manfred said of his meetings with players. Manfred sure Mets-Yanks collusion query will find no issue 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Illinois's path to regulating the industry is instructive. How title lenders trap poor Americans in debt with triple-digit interest rates 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z While the outcomes are not yet set, it is instructive to recall some broader electoral trends that may affect the election landscape and contextualize the results. How bad could this be for down-ballot Democrats? Pretty bad: But there's hope 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The vote on women's reproductive rights in Kansas, which is a red state, was very instructive. Hillary Clinton's 2016 strategist: We learned about conventional wisdom the hard way 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Looking to the past in Los Angeles is not only instructive; it’s fortifying. D.J. Waldie, a onetime critic of Mike Davis, praises his immense influence 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Far more instructive are these wintry lions, with their pained personal problems and losing streaks, their mortality finally showing in their creased faces and their irritable voices. Perspective | Think Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are done? Better not look away. 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Here, one gets an instructive perspective on the early machinations of the mind of a director of our own time. Review | On D.C. stages, illuminating Emmett Till and Leonardo da Vinci to mixed effect 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Reed, a relative newcomer to the delicate world of Black-Asian allyship, has been navigating his way forward without many instructive models. Review | ‘Which Side Are You On’ tells a story for and of our times 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s instructive that the first headline item in Davis’s nine-page letter reads “Evidence Regarding the Team’s Turnaround and the Current State of Its Workplace,” and the second reads “Disregard Evidence.” Perspective | Daniel Snyder still wants to blame everyone but himself 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The movie’s implications are obvious, though, in one case, instructive. In 'Triangle of Sadness,' strained satire, and vomit, on the high seas 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to gauge potential revenue, but sports economist Victor Matheson of the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts said it is instructive to consider the Premier League’s success in the United States. NFL teams use new rights to jockey for fans, revenue in UK 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But from the perspective of old age, the great chain of cause and effect stretches out behind Roland with instructive clarity. Review | Sexual abuse casts a long shadow in Ian McEwan’s ‘Lessons’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The Founding Fathers’ experience is not instructive; they rode carriages and horses, not the subway. Opinion | Why handguns are a bad idea on Metro 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Still, by letting the archival material carry most of the weight, Pettengill creates an instructive kind of time-travel experience for viewers of all political persuasions, transporting them to a past hauntingly similar to our present. Review: 'Riotsville, USA' evokes a law-and-order past hauntingly similar to the present 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z But his rockets were also astute and instructive, guiding generations of editors and reporters in the finer points of style and tone. Allan M. Siegal, Influential Watchdog Inside The Times, Dies at 82 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z To review Guterres’ language this week — and to compare it to a year ago — is instructive in understanding why his speech this year was so singular. Analysis: UN chief, speaking to leaders, doesn’t mince words 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The lessons from this practice are highly instructive. Column: The ugly historical roots of the GOP's migrant transports 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Spectacular performances against Rice and Stanford don’t guarantee success against Utah or Notre Dame, which made the game against Fresno State instructive. Column: Caleb Williams passed a modest test, but can he keep adapting to mask USC's flaws? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z But the decades immediately following the Civil War, which are often overlooked in national memory, and which produced the Jim Crow order, may be the most instructive period for the present moment. America is finally waking up to the fascist danger: Let's hope it's not too late 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z That ruling is instructive about the role that state constitutions will play in the ongoing battle over abortion. Kansas was just the beginning: Abortion-rights activists turn to states — and they're winning 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z It is instructive to derive an equation for its inductance. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z It may be instructive to consider the possible connection between the core concept of ahimsa in classical Indian philosophy and Socrates’s harm principle as discussed above. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In fact, reflective essays are most enlightening when they are not obviously instructive or assertive. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z |
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