单词 | lofty |
例句 | Some criticized her for joining the lofty cause of temperance with what they considered to be vulgar appeals for women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Of loftier mould these two were made: reverend and wise. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As a young man, I was unlike McCandless in many important regards; most notably, I possessed neither his intellect nor his lofty ideals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps we might try for a...loftier view, today,” he murmured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As the idea of Zeus became loftier, two august forms sat beside him in Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Away in the south Frodo could see the dim shapes of lofty mountains that seemed now to stand across the path that the Company was taking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It seemed hard to believe that he was a lonely person, searching relentlessly in bottles, under women’s skirts, in church work and lofty job titles for his “personal niche,” lost before birth and unrecovered since. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The castle rose from the shores of Cape Wrath, on a lofty crag of dark red stone surrounded on three sides by the surging waters of Shipbreaker Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Only vain, lad. Theon has always had too lofty an opinion of himself, I fear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But there in the lofty environment of the laboratory, a place that had selected them for their intellectual talents, the sign seemed especially ridiculous and somehow more offensive. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was just sorry that we had not been able to combine his more lofty goals with the more ordinary dream of seeing Mother. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I was in your lofty position, I would have called a time-out. But hey, what do I know?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It is easy enough to have lofty ambitions, but without certain qualities, a butler will simply not progress beyond a certain point.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Some hung at weird angles from their former lofty positions in the sky. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Harriet Monroe, who knew him and his wife, wrote, “His genius was betrayed by lofty and indomitable traits of character which could not yield or compromise. And so his life was a tragedy of inconsequence.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She fled from him until she stood on a lofty promontory where she could safely watch him, wondering at the half-man, half-fish. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in stained glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "What," he asked, in what he was certain were lofty and scornful tones, "would possibly make you imagine that my lady-love would have sent me on some foolish errand?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” said Hermione in a lofty voice, heaving her bag back over her shoulder. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She rose gracefully and looked down at him from the lofty height of five feet or more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Because it’s better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees,” Nately retorted with triumphant and lofty conviction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s a lofty goal, but I ain’t ever been one for half measures. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And a cold and annoyed matron led them to her office and sat them down on one side of her desk, while she ascended to the lofty chair behind it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And they went up by steep ways, until they came to a high field below the snows that clad the lofty peaks, and it looked down over the precipice that stood behind the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I was so looking forward to this day,” sighed Mr. Lemoncello from his lofty perch. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The lofty Hall of Ancestors was festooned with holiday banners and graced with clansmen from near and far. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z What tempered his guilt was the hunch that if Travis was watching them from some lofty vantage point, he was happy for them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But Lio was a fine young man with lofty ideals and a compassionate heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And over there he knew men were watching Boston, watching Christ’s lofty spire—waiting for the signal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor will I be his freight—some homeless fugitive that Luke Stevens must bend down his lofty Quaker soul to rescue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But buried among his arcane formulations were insights of the loftiest brilliance. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The hall was long and wide and filled with shadows and half lights; mighty pillars upheld its lofty roof. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Hennie began speaking in lofty language, and at one point, asked the congregation to close its eyes and pray. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It lit the lofty places in the mountains, the ravines filled with pines, the pointy crags of granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Not far from the spot where his crew had made the vessel fast was a cave, open toward the sea and very lofty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Love stirred in the hearts of the young Brahmins' daughters when Siddhartha walked through the streets of the town, with his lofty brow, his king-like eyes and his slim figure. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the Bible,” he said one day as he was helping elderly Sister Fenella in the lofty kitchen, “you know it says God created the world in six days?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “At four o’clock this afternoon, Monsieur Farival,” Robert replied, in a high voice and with a lofty air, which reminded Edna of some gentleman on the stage. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I would venture that the landscape of our country alone would justify the use of this lofty adjective. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The king has lofty theories of his own. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And its hills are loftier, craggier, more difficult and forbidding than Vermont’s. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They were staring past her, into the grand Victorian space of the ward, the lofty pillars, the potted palms, the neatly ranged beds and their pure, turned-down sheets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He talked of trivial things in lofty tones. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Their speech was formal and lofty, their manner slow and unhurried, and the traditional clicks of our language were long and dramatic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How high it seemed above my head, how lofty and remote. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They came at last into a hall larger and loftier than any they had yet seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t usually speak in lofty, meaningless ideas. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One group, known as the Neptunists, was convinced that everything on Earth, including seashells in improbably lofty places, could be explained by rising and falling sea levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Humankind paid for its lofty vision and industrious hands with backaches and stiff necks. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This strange god, the gay reveler, the cruel hunter, the lofty inspirer, was also the sufferer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a lofty introduction,” he said, his voice deep and cultured. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We were camped at a lofty spot called Indian Grave Gap, between two brooding summits—the one tiring to recollect, the other dispiriting to behold. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Nine days they lamented him; then they laid him on a lofty pyre and set fire to it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z While I considered how to reply to this lofty idea, Hamlet answered Horatio. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She developed a lofty sense of injustice and the mulish, reckless streak that develops in Someone Small who has been bullied all their lives by Someone Big. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have to watch the surprise in their eyes, or the pity or the glee, at how far she had fallen, at how her lofty aspirations had been dashed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His face was a strong—a very strong—aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z St. Louis teachers, on the other hand, tended to act very siditty, and talked down to their students from the lofty heights of education and whitefolks’ enunciation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The high red sandstone walls were far too lofty to be scaled by any normal creature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Under the lofty doorway, on the door sill of wide smooth ash, they held this rough exchange. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The BFG looked down from his lofty perch and said, this time to the Head of the Air Force, ‘You is having bellypoppers, is you not?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The hall was lit by naphtha lamps, which shone brightly enough on the faces and bodies of the authence, but left the lofty rafters hidden in darkness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If I could honestly invest the hapless actor in this fateful drama with feelings of a loftier cast, my task would be easier and I would feel confident of the outcome. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The two stood face to face without a word, as lofty pine trees when the wind is still. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In lofty bureaucratic doublespeak the policy was called the School Improvement Plan. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what was easier or less lofty about that name, but I was well into elementary school before I became comfortable spelling either. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Yet I knew him otherwise: a lofty lord without kindness or caring for my mother. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For the next three miles, the walk was mostly along a lofty ridgeline connecting Greylock to Mount Williams. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z "Dr. Spivak says my unique status as a marvel of genetic aberration makes me an object of intense curiosity," he says in that lofty way of his. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The appeal of standing in an open gym or high school auditorium to hear lofty promises and platitudes never made much sense to me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He led the way, and Pallas Athena followed into the lofty hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very nice. Very you,” she said, and man, right then I wanted to live in the lofty heights of those fragrant bleachers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There upon its spur stood high walls of ancient stone, and within them was a lofty tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They were all three of the loftiest stature of women. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She stalked away between the lofty shelves and returned several minutes later carrying a large and moldy-looking book. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z How many long years he had spent without any lofty goal, without any thirst, without any exaltation, Content with small pleasures and yet never really satisfied! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall battle standards of cloth-of-gold flapped atop lofty poles along the perimeters of the camp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They built a lofty pyre on a great ship, and there they laid Balder’s body. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The tone of that entry seems lofty, high-minded, but in it I detect a whiff of fatalism. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Declaration fanned herself with her hat and spoke in a lofty tone. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He and his twin brother Zethus undertook once to fortify Thebes, building a lofty wall around it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest stood atop a red stone pillar, joined by a slender stone bridge to a lofty terrace where the lesser priests and acolytes stood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Let me explain what I mean by sharing my reaction to another passage, this one much loftier in tone and ambition than “Ask the Bird Folks.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Great Pyramid shouldered eight hundred feet into the sky, from its huge square base to the lofty apex where the queen kept her private chambers, surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a story of how the outliers in a particular field reached their lofty status through a combination of ability, opportunity, and utterly arbitrary advantage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The trio halted beneath the lofty Abbey walls. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She arose, and bowing her stiff, lofty bow, she went away, stopping for neither thanks nor applause. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes their words move in lofty spirals; other times they take strident leaps, and all of it is punctuated with warm-pulsed laughter—like the throb of a heart made of jelly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Aeacus climbed to the lofty temple of Zeus and prayed to him, reminding him that he was his son and the son of a woman the god had loved. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as they could judge it went in great mounting curves, and as it rose it grew loftier and wider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The field looked smooth as velvet from their lofty position. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was Rabi who retained Eisenhower’s confidence in this lofty scientific dispute, however. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But it was hardly those themes alone that rocketed the film to the lofty position of the highest grossing movie of all time. Review: 'E.T.' comes home to the Hollywood Bowl 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z She works with metal and wood, "hard, lofty boys' material", which she describes as "unforgiving" and also with clay which is "relaxing and yielding" – more feminine and spontaneous. Best new artists 2010-10-16T23:02:00Z And even the friendliest of Laidlaw’s new colleagues finds his lofty turns of phrase and reading material hard to stomach. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z His fiction often features fragmentary structures and uses elements of his own personal and family histories to explore lofty ideas about time. This Bulgarian Writer’s Books Bend Time 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z My mind wasn’t up to lofty things Wednesday night. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: A 'Much Ado' With Dr. Who 2011-07-14T18:42:41Z Carti doesn’t offer lofty metaphors, or skywritten punchlines, or any kind of traditional narrative arc — but that doesn’t stop every sound that materializes on his tongue from sounding electric, spontaneous and alive. Perspective | How to love that Black Thought freestyle and ‘mumble rap’ at the same time 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z “Every time the language gets really lofty, we counter it.” A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The assumption, in advanced circles, was that abstraction was wholly superior, raising large, lofty questions about the essence of painting instead of getting bogged down in the picayune details of postwar life. David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z If that sounds like a lofty description, it’s perhaps appropriate for the organization’s lofty goals. New Digital Library Launches: Internet + Ancient Library of Alexandria 2013-04-18T17:26:03Z Narrator George Blagden beautifully captures the tenor of Nana’s mordant wit, his lofty view of himself, and his frequent spates of umbrage at human presumption and sheer stupidity. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Despite its loftier aspirations, "The Phoenix Project" seldom rises to the occasion. 'Phoenix Project' fails to rise 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Rubio, with his boyish good looks, lofty ideas and good-natured humor, made friends easily. For Sen. Marco Rubio, a question of friendship vs. politics 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “Broadway itself has always been this kind of lofty ideal that wasn’t really changing. Broadway was this unmovable thing,” he says. Actor L. Steven Taylor is the king behind ‘The Lion King’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The fact that this restaurant had scaled to such lofty heights is, at first, perplexing. Top of the dross: being the worst in the world takes skill 2011-03-21T17:23:01Z Theatre is generally with a capital T: lofty, serious, there are women with wild hair and big scarves, while comedy is definitely lower case, and there are fewer scarves and more beer. Laura Solon: My Edinburgh 2010-08-16T09:13:00Z Hands raised, whoops and shouts reverberated off the Paramount’s lofty ceilings as the band launched into “Falling.” Haim causes sonic explosion at Paramount | Concert review 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z A little like “Treme,” the HBO series about New Orleans by David Simon, “Luck” suffers from lofty intentions and a certain snobbery. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z When she gets lofty, she stammers, brimming with passion. Patricia Clarkson interview: 'I'd love to play an action hero!' 2013-06-25T18:00:00Z Like Satan Dance Party, from San Diego, a shaggy, tattooed quartet playing bawdy drinking songs, and Bramble, from Salt Lake City, whose lofty choruses were as pretty as they were ragged. Young bands breathe new life into acoustic roots music at Northwest Folklife Festival 2010-05-29T03:55:00Z Implicit in each vignette are the lofty life questions the playwrights wrestled with as the shrinking of urban life turned their gaze inward: What does a healthy relationship look like? Miss the N.Y.C. Subway? These Radio Plays Bring It Back to Life 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z But as the mood shifts from sex comedy toward loftier, more somber matters — money, loyalty, family honor — “House of Gucci” manages to become both overwrought and tedious. ‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z For much as we might laugh when lofty significance stumbles and is brought low, we seek out meaning where we can. Fischli and Weiss: the art of humour 2012-06-05T12:03:00Z Why would they, when they seem to believe it’s their right to close ranks and create whatever kind of lofty, entitled environment they want, regardless of the clear evidence detailed in the report? Harvard still has a boys’ club problem: Exclusive all-male club claims the very presence of women would put them in danger 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z So it seems a shame that, for many, Socrates has become a remote, lofty kind of a figure. Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z On opening night, Hinrichs, filling in for his absent star, clutched the script in his hand as he declaimed the epicurean monarch’s lofty verse. Review: Byronic Heroism Can’t Save ‘Sardanapal’ in Berlin 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z OUR stop that night, the Waterfall View Guesthouse, was a two-story pink and aquamarine motel-like structure and restaurant overlooking a lofty cataract. Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Before Roads Take Over 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z Among some grim national entries, Leigh’s U.S. pavilion stands out for its aspiration, its production values and its lofty comportment. At Venice Biennale, Contemporary Art Sinks or Swims 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “Yet museums survive only with the help of wealthy individuals and institutions whose values, in some cases are far from lofty.” Auctions, protests and controversial patrons: the three big ways art and money clashed in 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Citizens could hear lofty tragic operas, sensual madrigals exploring the pangs of desire and bawdy street songs. Music Review: ‘Venezia, From the Streets to the Palaces,’ at Miller Theater 2012-09-13T22:25:32Z How does that banal motif accomplish these lofty goals? Children's book author Jon Klassen and the morally ambiguous universe of hats 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But Ms. Lane, a soloist in a ballerina role, met the ballet’s lofty challenges with sufficiency of skill rather than a glamorous surfeit. Review: American Ballet Theater Recalls the Wide Range of Its Early Years 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The hope is that, between offering often large, lofty gallery spaces and the easing of restrictions, more people will be encouraged to return to in-person museum experiences. What you need to know about mask and vaccine requirements to get into Seattle-area arts and music events this spring 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Kristen, 50, a divorced mother who works in the real estate industry in Boston, said she doesn’t have such lofty expectations of her digital coach. What Can an Online Dating Coach Do for You? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z "The film got lofty scores from test audiences under age 25, which bodes very well... since that's our target audience." Reynolds films falter at box office 2013-07-22T09:15:02Z These are serious men, imbued with lofty senses of mission and thrilled to leave the heavy comic lifting to the tweeters, late-night comedians and Herman Cains. Seeking Humor on the Campaign Trail 2012-02-03T23:13:23Z “It is an incredibly compelling story, and it created some of the most inspiring and lofty ideals the world has known. We have to keep telling it in as many ways as possible.” In Philadelphia, George Washington Slept Here — and Here 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Besides its fabulous whiskey, the club's finest quality is its semisecret location in a lofty annex above one of London's oldest and finest single-malt retailers, the Vintage House on Old Compton Street. T Magazine: In London, a Sanctum for Single Malts 2012-12-12T18:30:02Z The original Cyrano, first performed in 1897, was an artful throwback to the poetic dramas of the 17th century, written in Alexandrine couplets and infused with lofty, archaic notions of love and honor. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Players with such lofty goals are often homeschooled so they have more time to practice and travel to national tournaments. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z And those fans have even loftier goals in mind for this acerbic commentator. Adam Carolla outlines his America in new book, ‘President Me’ It was said that Bridges was a natural, the closest we had to a second Robert Mitchum – a world-weary, handsome presence, who declined to fall for the lofty values thrown around in American stories. David Thomson on Jeff Bridges 2010-12-09T22:54:00Z It was dualism that pitted the spirit against the flesh, investing spirit with all that is lofty at the expense of flesh, which is by contrast understood as coarse and base. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z It set the lofty goal of building 1,000 wooden steamships in 18 months. In Mallows Bay, a ‘ghost fleet’ of wrecked ships is very much alive 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z No, nor are such lofty, abstract inner lives always easy to recognize as human. ‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z I often use books to store developing Polaroids, and I prefer volumes of “collected” anything—poems, letters, essays, stories—because they are usually hardback and lofty: perfect depositories for bits and snippets. Collected Poems 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z This hairy pantheon is filled with lofty examples. What’s the Deal With That Guy’s Fluffy Hair? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Most media tend to use the phrase "the Big Game" to circumvent the restrictions, but Colbert of course had loftier plans. Superb Owl Sunday: How an internet typo took flight and became a fine-feathered celebration 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Zhao Liang’s “Petition,” a brave and wrenching new documentary from China, takes a bottom-up view of the cruel and absurd ways that lofty ideal is put into practice on the streets of Beijing. | ?Petition?: In China, You Can?t Fight City Hall 2011-01-14T00:04:43Z How did my lofty dreams fall so flat? Accepting Applications for a Black Boyfriend 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z To the south, the museum spills from a storefront into lofty galleries on Sugar Hill’s lowest floor. Sugar Hill Housing Will Have a School and a Museum 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z As audience members filed out from an event described in lofty terms as a public debate, they found that, lo and behold, something was being offered for sale: Fresh copies of “What Money Can’t Buy.” Money and Morals Sharing the Stage With Shakespeare 2013-06-18T21:31:46Z We’re in the lofty gymnasium at Camp Friendship where Brooklyn Contra, a volunteer-run club, is hosting a New Year’s Eve contra dance. O Cold Night! 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z "Mojada," a pejorative slang term reflecting Medea's vulnerable immigrant status, is too direct in its manner to aim for lofty tragic effects. 'Mojada' at the Getty Villa convincingly updates Greek tragedy to modern-day L.A. 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z But the lofty set promised more than the clothes delivered. Raf Simons: Feeling It 2010-06-27T01:08:00Z When the prince came on the scene, he was appalled to learn of the haphazard accounting practices commonplace at even the loftiest levels of rock-and-roll. Rupert Loewenstein, financial adviser who helped create Rolling Stones’ empire, dies at 80 I remember reading the coverage by the lofty New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z How exactly Vidal and Buckley argue — via lofty diction, engorged vocabularies and patrician inflection — would seem to make them impossible for today’s TV, despite the lasting legacy of their debating tactics. The Buckley vs. Vidal debates: The original knock-down, drag-out TV 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps, as Sisman theorizes, it was that he was never after money so much as status — a place in the loftier realms of scholarship. How a Fake Priest Duped Oxford and a World-Famous Historian 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Whatever disappearing claim the Enquirer and AMI had to something more lofty has been steadily leaving the building. Perspective | In a stunning blog post, Bezos rolls over a log. And the National Enquirer’s sleaze crawls out. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z No, the huge, lofty train hall, with its soaring skylights, doesn’t magically resurrect the old Pennsylvania Station or extinguish the raging dumpster fire that is the current one. Moynihan Train Hall: It’s Stunning. And, a First Step. 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z She later returned to Daniel as a line cook, and did stints in the lofty kitchens of Gramercy Tavern and Per Se. At Berber Street Food, Housemade Harissa and Vivid Traditions 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z A lofty open plan and rough-hewn concrete walls and ceilings formed the perfect template for Soho House’s resident designer, Vicky Charles, to step in and introduce an air of eclectic charm. Soho House Opens Industrial-Chic Chicago Outpost 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z No other transmission of Renaissance Italian art was quite as direct or as lofty. Leonardo's nightmare of war still haunts France 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z It is all rather a long way from the lofty, Christian sentiments of Milton's great epic, Paradise Lost. Did John Milton write filthy, innuendo-laden rhyme? 2010-09-22T15:56:00Z Starting from a lofty trailhead, saunter up slopes that were scorched clean of timber in Washington’s big burn of 1902 but are now shrouded with alpine meadows bursting with brilliant wildflowers. Best of the best: Author's 10 picks from new Washington ‘Classic Hikes’ guide 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Today the lofty wooden lodge serves cocktails and occasionally hosts bands. 36 Hours in St. Moritz 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z While other young designers have occasionally been proposed for such lofty jobs, it is Mr. Wang who most perfectly represents his generation’s more accessible and business-minded approach to fashion. An American in Paris, Again: Alexander Wang at Balenciaga 2012-12-07T23:22:34Z Often stated and always implied, screenwriting is a craft and not an art, its values commercial and not aesthetic, its target the audience and not some loftier notion such as truth or beauty. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z It took Smith a few years to find an opportunity to realise Red State's lofty ambition. Kevin Smith's Red State pickets the Westboro Baptist Church 2011-08-18T21:44:00Z Matzo brei, a scramble of eggs and broken matzo that’s often a Passover breakfast staple, can be given a loftier assignment at the Seder table. A Spring Vegetable Matzo Brei From Breads Bakery 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z While I'm sure the financial goals are lofty, this year they also appear to be realistic this go around, taking into consideration the current financial climate. 'American Idol:' Idol Gives Back 2010-04-20T07:39:00Z She said she never missed the meat at Sunday dinners or on holidays: The great treat was crisp, lofty, custardy Yorkshire puddings. For Christmas With the McCartneys, a Vegan Yorkshire Pudding 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z They have learned the hard way that either of them might be betrayed in an instant by parents who bring a lofty, arty, guilt-free approach to everything they do. Books of The Times: Mom and Dad and the Two Kids They Damage 2011-08-03T22:00:29Z My goal, lofty as it is, is to be a bridge, not a fence. Building bridges with the book-banners 2010-09-29T11:00:00Z Teeth slide effortlessly through the lofty cap of bread, but they are quickly halted, forced to reckon with the brittle chips punctuated with cilantro and cooling sour cream. Tortas, Comforting and Carefully Considered, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Desperation did not breed lofty ideals: the riots were provoked by a softening of the laws against Catholics. I depict a riot 2011-08-09T13:28:10Z Inspiring more people to reach those heights is the library’s loftiest mission. Critic’s Notebook: Norman Foster’s Public Library Will Need Structural Magic 2013-01-29T23:35:04Z It was one of the evening's strongest arguments for Amos' latest venture, marrying her lofty aspirations with the fervent emotions that always have powered her music. Tori Amos at Chicago Theatre 2011-12-11T13:40:00Z With a small group of other journalists with lofty writing aspirations, he began a deeper study of literature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: More than magical realism 2014-04-17T23:01:34Z New releases "Jupiter Ascending" and "Seventh Son" -- both with lofty budgets -- didn't fare as well, grossing $19 million and $7.1 million, respectively. 'SpongeBob' cleans up at box office; 'American Sniper' slips to No. 2 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Elena, a person of lofty dignity and weary tenderness, demonstrates finer courage when she brains a German soldier with an iron, and perhaps greater fortitude as she weathers the misfortunes of their life together. ‘Una Vita Difficile’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z No lofty auteur, Frears makes films that, usually, are exactly as good as their scripts; he's one of the last and most honorable directors for hire. 'Tamara Drewe' review: Sex, Cows and Rock 'n Roll 2010-10-07T16:10:00Z Aimed at "the intelligent general audience," the Booker never entertained such lofty ambitions. The Booker steps away from being its own genre 2012-07-28T08:00:02Z Against the horizon sat Fairchild Mountain — reaching just above 13,500 feet — and other peaks in the Mummy Range, a series of lofty summits in the northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park. Coming Soon to an American Cliff Near You: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The French pride themselves on conversing on a lofty plane; when Americans start exchanging anecdotes or matching experiences, many French people raise an eyebrow and ask, “Eh, alors?” A Book Full of Reasons to Love Paris 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images A silk-suited oligarch rides high above the crowds in the Russian pavilion, booted and saddled on a lofty beam, idly tossing peanut shells on the worthless groundlings below. 55th Venice Biennale – review 2013-06-01T23:05:00Z Kate's parents, Michael and Carole, went from airline employees to owners of a successful small business who gained their children access to Britain's loftiest social circles. Middletons: Close-knit clan with commercial savvy 2011-04-18T13:21:11Z Are the naked ladies the spoonful of sugar that help the loftier messaging about inclusion, diversity and empowerment go down? Perspective | Sports Illustrated now has a model in a burkini. Can the swimsuit issue truly get woke? 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Lending lofty inspiration to the lively debate held in the Uffizi Galleries was a fresco of Botticelli, who was just one of the many artists who enjoyed the Medicis' favor. Italy's museums turn toward the private sector for funding 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z In his opening monologue, Rock seemed nervous, delivering lines that skewered the diversity debate in a high-pitched range that was even higher than his signature lofty patter. Oscars host Chris Rock overcomes nerves to tackle diversity row – and makes it funny 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The lofty open floor plan includes a living room with a dramatic tiled fireplace, a dining area, and a kitchen; the master suite and an additional bedroom are also on this floor. Tour a Charming Minneapolis Home with Lake Views 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The Drill Hall, of course, is an awesomely huge space of 55,000 square feet with a lofty vaulted ceiling. Hélène Grimaud Performs ‘Tears Become Streams Become’ 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z It also clears the way for its lofty goal of drawing industry to Florida’s technology core through research and business partnerships including Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation. Lofty goals for new Florida Polytechnic University 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z On a loftier plane, abbreviation makes artists and audiences alike flex different mental muscles, tap into unfamiliar pleasure centers. Get. Arts. Fast. 2014-03-20T21:33:30Z “In his interactions with the loftiest of public officials or the meekest of private figures, he hoped and sought to get at the truth,” Chris Haley said. Late author Haley honored by Maryland city on 100th birthday 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Andrew Carnegie distributed branch libraries — raised like temples or courthouses a few steps above the street, with stony facades and lofty reading rooms — to serve the masses as silent palaces for public improvement. New York?s Public Architecture Gets a Facelift 2011-10-10T12:00:00Z With its stunning natural wonders, kind and gregarious people and unique attractions, this little island stubbornly exceeds the lofty expectations of its many visitors. Can you do Iceland in a single day? You bet, says Rick Steves 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z How, when everything else was against them, did Furniture scale such lofty creative heights? Will Furniture finally enjoy the comfort of success? 2010-07-13T15:27:00Z Guest accommodations are on the lowest level, a lofty L-shaped living/dining/cooking area anchors the main floor, and the two-bath master suite takes up the top. Tour Ray Booth and John Shea's Grand Hilltop Home in Nashville 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z “Burning Down the House” looks at Gingrich before his lofty Contract With America and his down-and-dirty government shutdown, before he became President Bill Clinton’s archnemesis as a gleefully obstructionist speaker of the House. Newt Gingrich and the Dawn of a Toxic Political Era 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z At the moment for “Dave,” the world-premiere musical comedy at Arena Stage, that lofty goal remains an admirable aspiration, and one that ultimately may be reached. Review | Despite top-notch cast and crew, ‘Dave’ dissolves into camp by second act 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The book’s rich, challenging language and its lofty position in the Irish canon, Mac Con Iomaire said, helped scare off potential translators for decades. The Irish Novel That’s So Good People Were Scared to Translate It 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z A lot of the dealers just walk away from their booths to feast with their friends, which is surprising when you consider the lofty price tags they’ve hung on their deserted stock. T Magazine: Pigs and a Blanket 2011-09-29T14:00:20Z The Romantic era has conditioned us to look for the answer in lofty concepts like “self-expression” and “genius.” The next ‘Become Ocean’? Seattle Symphony to unveil new commissions 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z She points out that while sales may not have reached the lofty heights of the Richard and Judy years, "we still outsell the Booker". TV book clubs 2010-07-24T23:01:00Z With the survival of an entire industry in the balance, lofty arguments about what constitutes a movie feel like luxuries that even the most ardent purists can ill afford. Perspective | What is a movie? With theaters shuttering, the question gets real. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z “The mobile steps that had serviced a previous generation of airliners were too short, so crews stacked one set of steps atop another in order to reach the lofty doors of the new leviathan.” Early Days on the 747: Power, Style and Size 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z What’s almost always a winning approach when writing for Trump, people who know Trump say, is to hew to language and a rhetorical style that doesn’t sound too lofty. The perilous high-wire act of writing speeches for Donald Trump 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Chernow’s larger story is about the birth of a nation; the lofty ideals, grubby politics and gossipy detours bring the Revolutionary era to life. New & Noteworthy, From RuPaul to a Nine-Dish Meal 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The marquee attractions are the remarkably intact fourth- to sixth-century paleo-Christian mosaics of archangels, saints, religious officials and ancient buildings that decorate the lofty dome, glittering and sublime. 36 Hours in Thessaloniki 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z On paper, it’s similar to Christopher Nolan’s ambitious second world war saga Dunkirk, an action-heavy war film with an equally lofty budget from another acclaimed British director. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 4 – 1917 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Joseph's characters illustrate the grandiose self-image of a country that hasn't quite been successful in backing up its lofty aspirations with actions yet. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z His lyrics, whether lofty or cranky, often imply that very little is what it seems and that we are all probably doing wrong, or paying into a rotten system. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Max Osterweis and design partner Erin Beatty had the loftier goal of teaching Kenyans a sustainable craft that would boost local economies when it sold its first outfits made of vintage fabrics in 2009. Freedom in fashion startups for up and comers 2012-02-17T19:57:11Z More thoughts and quotes on life Home and Design America's Most Expensive Homes By Francesca Levy Amenity-laden properties at the top of the market continue to command just as lofty prices. Best Of ForbesLife 2010-05-26T20:00:00Z “I wouldn’t be so lofty or arrogant to think I was actually co-writing with Hank Williams,” he said. Music: Bob Dylan Assembles ?The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams? 2011-09-23T19:16:45Z Rye bread is also dense and heavy, which made the lofty wheat breads that showed up in the 19th century all the more appealing. Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z And he’s not the only ACN journalist with such lofty goals. 'The Newsroom' recap: Farewell to Charlie and series viewers 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The legislative process — the linchpin of our system of checks and balances — is often treated with lofty contempt masquerading as populist indignation, an attitude typified by the aw-shucks antipolitics of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z And with their lofty, intellectual education, what drives them out of the library stacks and into a vineyard? St. John’s College has the proper climate for vintners Throughout history, he explained, some pieces seemed to go directly from their premieres to a lofty place in the heaven of the standard repertory. Review: Max Reger, an Orphan-Composer Adopted for a Night 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z They can multitask between obeying their hunger and pursuing loftier goals, all the more frightening for possessing motivations beyond the biological. The 10 scariest Netflix original movies 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z And most ships have a bar that serves “local whisky,” a rather lofty offering in a region synonymous with prized single-malt scotches. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z No amount of lofty supposition can camouflage the overwhelming feeling that the director has been disingenuous in his choice of a subject. Review: ‘Kate Plays Christine,’ a Blurring of Fact and Fiction in a Suicide Story 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The work is a portrait of Isaiah Berlin, with whom the author shared a perch at All Souls College, Oxford, where they engaged in lofty conversations. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic by David Caute – review 2013-06-20T07:00:34Z Our lofty predictions about 2015 being the year streaming won over the establishment were way off the mark. Oscar nominations 2016 - live coverage 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In poetic language, he goes about tearing down the era’s lofty critical demand for abstraction as art’s theoretically highest value, replacing it with a matter-of-fact catalog of everyday ephemera. Starring Cate Blanchett, 13 times over: Actress commands a stunning range of roles for 'Manifesto' 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z So, unless it performs beyond expectations overseas, Ender’s is unlikely to earn back it’s lofty $110 million budget, much less justify investing in a sequel. Failed Franchises: 10 Movie Series That Weren’t 2013-11-07T10:45:16Z He merely used his lofty perch to shine a light on a favorite restaurant, and it had the desired effect. Why Ben’s Chili Bowl hasn’t rushed to remove traces of Bill Cosby 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z In February, they opened this unassuming place with a user-friendly four-course, $65 tasting menu that offers multiple choices and achieves lofty goals but defies thumbnail description. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Ok maybe that's a bit too lofty but still, it's a good story. Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-11T11:00:00Z If they are overcrowded, they will be inherently weaker but also stretch more, and the result is something lofty but feeble. Giving plants the space they need: Why we thin veggies but crowd a hedge 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z As Eagle began to consider his latest album, his ideas were equally lofty. Open Mike Eagle Turned a Very Bad Year Into a Very Honest Album 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z He sold short 100 shares of the Radio Corporation of America, the most popular stock of the era, betting that its price would decline from its lofty level of $500. Roy R. Neuberger Dies at 107; Applied a Stock Trader?s Acumen to Art 2010-12-25T04:31:59Z Perhaps an overt money-raising campaign for such a lofty institution would not be considered very French. | Much Ado About the Legion of Honor 2013-08-02T15:37:00Z But not to make too much of the choir’s failure to match its own lofty standard: the earnest and ebullient spirit so reliably delivered by the boys counted for much. Music in Review 2011-02-20T23:48:45Z Set in 1912, the action takes place in Columbia, a huge floating city constructed by the U.S. government as a lofty tribute to American ideals. Top 10 Video Games We?re Looking Forward to in 2012 2011-12-29T16:00:15Z In the antiseptic atmosphere of the Senate hearing room, and under the lofty language of civility, the yelling protesters were often the sharpest reminder that the hearing had high stakes. Perspective | ‘Civility’ vs ‘hysteria’ at the Kavanaugh hearings, and what they truly mean 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Those four episodes are often counted amongst the show’s best—so it’s little wonder that expectations for Sunday’s season-five penultimate offering, “The Dance of Dragons,” are reaching lofty heights. What to Expect From 'Game of Thrones' This Week 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Slender branches on lofty cypress trees paddle in the breeze like lazy windmill blades. Float Through the Heart of Texas 2010-06-09T18:53:00Z But is there a contradiction here – between the lofty ideals of the Fes colloquium and ground-level realities? The Fes festival resonates in the real world 2012-06-26T07:30:02Z If what I'm saying sounds too lofty for you, demonstration's the highest form of argument. BBC Sound Of 2015: George The Poet 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z For The Good Place it was the first season finale, when the already lofty premise was ripped up and, with it, the blueprint for modern sitcoms. How BoJack Horseman and The Good Place changed comedy forever 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z When we first encounter Sarah Connolly's Mary, she looks like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, identifying her as a rebellious woman of lofty feelings. Mary Stuart 2010-06-06T20:30:00Z Even by the lofty standards of the Renaissance, Pico was a freak. A Renaissance Murder Mystery 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Bowman strives for, and mostly achieves, the resonant and lofty tone you associate with popular historians like David McCullough. Books of The Times: ?The Mormon People,? Matthew Bowman?s Timely Church History ? Review 2012-01-24T18:40:40Z It’s the elegance, the ceremony — the lofty mix of Greek drama, with all its grim fate, and the redemption of choral music meant to jolt you joyously out of your seat. Perspective | Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Morris admits that the loftier side of what he’s trying to do often gets shot down by people who think he’s just a glorified waster. PCP to psychedelic fish: uncover the stories behind the world's strangest drugs 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The play’s finale aims for the lofty and falls terribly short, but it does represent the family’s tragedy: they want to be part of a country that may never fully accept them. Review: In ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ Echoes of the Past 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z No fewer than four castles are perched on impossibly lofty crags in the distance; Giselle’s and Albrecht’s cottages are flat, patently two-dimensional surfaces. Dance Review: Paris Ballet Opera’s ‘Giselle’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-15T21:45:22Z In his absence I received fast and friendly service, and a lunch that lived up to lofty expectations. A Food Tour of Seinfeld’s New York 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z "It's really not out of something lofty, but I feel I need an emotional compass that tells me where to put the camera or I can't make a movie," he says. Matt Reeves was 'Planet of the Apes' fan long before directing 'Dawn' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But this time he carries a lofty title: Madrid’s first honorary ambassador of tourism. Schwarzenegger Named a Tourist Ambassador for Madrid 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z "Unrequited Infatuations" is rife with the highs and lows, joys and conundrums that have marked his progress to rock's loftiest plateaus and life's most crushing ebbs. Steven Van Zandt's memoir "Unrequited Infatuations" details the transformative power of taking risks 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z But it’s one in which even the loftiest stars will stoop to conquer. Award Season Kicks Off at Gotham Awards Ceremony 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The finale had the feel of a dance suite, a subtle nod back to the Schulhoff, with Dvorak’s series of repeated phrases a journey from the lofty to the frisky and affectingly wistful. Review: The New York Philharmonic Brings Back the Standards 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Turning verse into action is tricky, especially with ideas as lofty as the ones in Inua Ellams’s epic poem “The Half-God of Rainfall,” now appearing in theatrical guise at New York Theater Workshop. ‘The Half-God of Rainfall’ Review: Basketball Under the Heavens 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z But the fact that “Patriot” merits such a lofty comparison is indicative of its quality and what kind of bewildering tinges a person should expect. Pledging allegiance to Amazon’s enigmatic “Patriot” may be worth it, but it isn’t an easy mission 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In the first, Frankie observes her loved ones making unexpected connections and is, in turn, observed unawares in her lofty restraint. “Frankie” and the Performance of Life in the Face of Death 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Inside the lofty space, the walls were generously hung with figurative and semi-abstract work. Cultured Traveler: Burmese Artists Look to New Horizons 2011-10-21T18:50:00Z Even if companies claim lofty goals, there’s no denying the potential business value of a seemingly hard-to-get set. Skin Deep: Makeup Brands Create Demand With Limited Editions Like RiRi 2013-12-19T01:28:17Z Modern Alpine spa resorts reimagine the mountains’ traditional wooden huts as lofty architectural temples of repose. Italian Alpine Spas, Where Sports Are an Afterthought 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z If he is lofty about that, he’s certainly earned the right to be. The Defense Rests? Scott Turow’s Favorite Lawyer Is 85 and Still Arguing 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z And I'd gladly trade some of the loftier pronouncements for the more earned generalities of these passages: "What psychoanalysts mostly know about sex is the strange ineffectuality of so much of their knowledge." Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips – review 2012-06-13T07:00:01Z “Suddenly I realized I was writing something I didn’t have to sing, that I was writing poetry, which frightened me, because I’ve always held up poetry as something loftier.” Nick Cave’s ‘The Sick Bag Song,’ an Epic Poem Composed on Tour 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z That last part is tricky with Limón’s work, since the lofty tone and explicitly humanist themes can all too easily seem like an antiquated sermon. Review: The Limón Dance Company Navigates the Present 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Our finalists range in age from 23 to 71, and their subject matter spans lofty peaks and watery depths. The 2015 Travel photo contest announces its winners and finalists 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z But it can hardly be set aside, especially for a film with lofty ideals. Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Motion has added a lofty moral mission that transcends mere greed: the liberation of a pathetic group of slaves who are victims of the marooned pirates' debauchery and brutality. 'Silver': courage and terror in the sequel to Treasure Island 2012-08-01T20:01:03Z Young, hopeful musicians often enter the music scene with lofty goals of stardom and success. Seattle rapper Taylar Elizza Beth is poised for breakout success 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Even so, there's some fan value here, all spiritual quests aside, in seeing how accepting the individual Beatles could be of someone they could have taken as an interloper in their lofty midst. "Meeting the Beatles in India" review: Documentary blends Fab Four lore and gentle TM proselytism 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z With that, Jennings took the early lead in the competition for the lofty title of the “greatest of all time.” Greatest of All Time on ‘Jeopardy!’: Who Won Game 1? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z But while the aims might have been artistically lofty, passers-by seemed a little puzzled. Rankin, and Fashion, Take to the Milan Streets 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z That’s a lofty but misguided goal, because the Seoul in which this novel’s action takes place is more dreamscape than gritty reality. Review | ‘The Plotters’ is a chilling portrait of a killer for hire 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z What I find really striking about this play is how you contrast the sort of lofty legalistic and rhetorical language in the Constitution with the messy realities of women's lives. We treat the Constitution like a religious text, with women’s bodies on the line 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The movie surrounding her has less lofty ambitions. ‘Brazen’ Review: Not So Novel 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z On the basis of three days in Berlin, it's difficult to come to lofty conclusions. Don't mention the phwoar: the future of German theatre 2011-03-13T21:31:00Z Though it lacks the loftier intentions of “Samurai Jack,” “Primal” and, now, “Unicorn,” it delivers in fun, original narratives and stellar sound design. Where Does ‘Unicorn: Warriors Eternal’ Rank in the Tartakovsky Canon? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Most drape their work in lofty erudition drawn from fields like philosophy, experimental science fiction and mysticism. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z Network honchos would probably settle for something less lofty: getting the Tiffany Network, as it once was known, out of the ratings cellar for its evening news broadcasts. Perspective | ‘Time to shake things up’: Norah O’Donnell takes over at ratings-challenged ‘CBS Evening News’ 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Rarely taking a vacation, churning out as many as 5,000 words a day, Mr. Jakes made no pretense to lofty literary aspirations. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z This film is a sufficient showcase for Hui’s craftsmanship, but it lacks the emotional depth or resonance that its composed visuals, lofty setting, and melodramatic stakes would portend. ‘Love After Love’ Review: Elegance Without a Center 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But film-inspired musicals are still tricky on Broadway, where the appeal of recognizable stories is at odds with audience members’ lofty expectations for adaptations that live up to the originals. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Musical Is Coming to Broadway 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The administrators of this lofty office, led by a family called the Barnacles, are harbingers of Kafka. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 3: Little Dorrit 2012-02-03T18:42:02Z They were well prepared for a lofty but crude auditorium that has no air-conditioning and accommodates 280 folding chairs on risers arranged on three sides of the performance area. | New Jersey: Greek Gods Under Disco Lights 2011-07-17T03:00:27Z This was not a place suited to the lofty perfection of the High Renaissance, nor even to the moralizing of contemporary Dutch genre painting. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z It aspires to something large and lofty, but in the end it’s a big pile of rocks, ice and vain and valiant human effort. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In Turner's treatment, lofty temples and impassioned figures are eclipsed by a boiling, glistening sea. The great upstager: how Monet made Turner and Twombly look ordinary 2012-06-19T18:33:01Z The books themselves, however, sometimes have less lofty ideas. Rare Book School at the University of Virginia 2012-07-23T22:19:23Z Really, there’s nothing pure about either cinema — a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce — or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Those new works, for now, hang in two lofty barn-like viewing studios on Moses' property. Ed Moses, 90, prepares nonstop for a new survey at Bergamot Station 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z A hundred feet or so above the street, the containers are part of a loftier mission to develop an urban agriculture program aimed at connecting people in food deserts to affordable and nutritious vegetables. Can container gardening wipe out urban food deserts? These folks think so. 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Yes, "World's Best" is a lofty claim from this towering cake — but it's got a pretty clever trick to create such puffy, golden layers. 20 best Father's Day cakes for dads (and people who love cake) 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z THE fat reports favoured by international development agencies are full of lofty goals like “making poverty history”, not to mention grand claims about big victories. Poor and benighted 2014-04-24T04:00:00Z Where other presidents may have worn an uncomfortable mask of hypocrisy, paying “lip service” to lofty ideals of “civic virtue,” the current president doesn’t even pretend to anything so high-minded. How Trump Is Remaking the Highest Office in His Own Image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Filmed in poised and sun-splashed wide-screen images, “Irrational Man” conveys a lofty serenity that’s in conflict with the characters’ emotional and moral crises. The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z They call it “job crafting,” when low-prestige occupations are given a loftier purpose. Inside the world of competitive sign spinning 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z For the earlier work, Mr. LaChiusa propelled his title characters — Jackie Kennedy, Mamie Eisenhower and Eleanor Roosevelt — up into the air, literally, as they contemplated their restricted roles from the lofty privacy of airplanes. Review: In ‘First Daughter Suite’: Unelected but Still Under a Microscope 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Wallace’s father taught philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his mother taught English at a community college, and he internalized their lofty expectations. Books of The Times: David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max 2012-08-22T14:21:10Z For wealthy residents, towers provide lofty views from which to look down on neighbors. New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Above & Beyond, a three-man English songwriting and production team that sent only two members to Electric Zoo, represents dance music’s most lofty intentions. Review: Electric Zoo, a Menagerie Designed for Dancing 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Ted Nash, a saxophonist, takes a loftier and less topical approach on “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom,” which he’ll perform next Tuesday and Wednesday at Jazz Standard, with live updates on election night. Swinging the Vote: Jazz Inspired by the Presidential Race 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z We’re invited to think about lofty, global matters like the fate of American identity in an age of corporate hegemony and then told to forget about it and have another beer. Review: ‘Aloha,’ a Hangout Movie With Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in Hawaii 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Like some of his characters, Mr. Adjei-Brenyah, 27, spent a portion of in his teens and young adulthood selling lofty down parkas at a mall, in his case the Palisades Center in West Nyack, N.Y. You Are What You Wear 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z In hindsight, given Wilde's biography, one can also see in this diverting comedy of manners about a trusting wife who places her politician husband on a lofty pedestal a self-rationale — and a plea for tolerance. Into the Wilde with Taproot's 'Ideal Husband' 2011-10-03T18:07:04Z And the hard truth about the future of streaming services is that even those with the loftiest stated ambitions will be obliged to balance those ambitions against market demand. Why Netflix Lets Movie Lovers Down, and What to Do About It 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Those notes are said to belong to Mr. Linyekula’s friend Kabako, a writer with lofty literary dreams who died of plague, “a disease I thought only existed in books,” Mr. Linyekula says. Review: Faustin Linyekula’s Twin Peaks of Mourning and Joy 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z It also fits right in with her lofty pedagogical mission: “to foster a rebirth of dramatic storytelling in ballet.” Dance Review: Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Performs ‘The Nutcracker’ 2013-12-15T23:24:06Z What gets you leaning in is Wertenbaker’s whirlpool of verbiage, the lofty defining of terms and the pragmatic refining of practices. Review | ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ blooms with contradictions at Ford’s 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z For all his lofty ambitions, he felt like a failure. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The stuff of lofty intentions and grubby backstreet life, the city represents much of our restless and contradictory natures. City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age by PD Smith – review 2012-06-08T21:55:08Z The people involved weren’t odd birds, like Holmes, nor did they cloak their scamming, as she did, in lofty talk about the good of humanity. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “I have no insights, no lofty thoughts, no understanding of most poems that do not begin, ‘Roses are red, violets are blue,’” he writes. Woody Allen’s New Memoir Is Sometimes Funny — and Tone Deaf and Banal 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The award, now known as the Man Booker Prize, is considered Britain’s loftiest literary honor. Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z Finn conveys these lofty ideas in elaborate and elliptical songs that acknowledge that melancholy and longing are all part of the process and that being a curious student of the world is an ongoing journey. What was shares the stage with what might have been in Crowded House vinyl reissue 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Overall, this sets the tone for the rest of the lesson; with a bit of forensic language analysis unpicking the lofty language of Shakespeare isn't so hard. Teaching Shakespearean insults helps my students decode the Bard's language 2013-04-24T14:52:17Z Your politician characters wield words — from the profane to the lofty — as both blunt weapons and as sharp instruments. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z She lives in a light, lofty apartment in the centrally located neighborhood of Mitte, which, with its contemporary galleries, farm-to-table eateries and eclectic architecture, is a fitting residence for a publishing doyenne like Taschen. | Angelika Taschen on the Ever-Changing Magic of Berlin 2014-04-15T22:16:40Z The young craftsmen, wearing hoodies and working around Mr. Pesce at three wide tables in the center of the raw, lofty space, poured resins into molds that shaped strange, colorful, rubbery household objects. Gaetano Pesce Adds ‘Performance Artist’ to His Portfolio 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z One is that it lives up to people's expectations, which are incredibly lofty. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z We can't let lofty expectations get in the way of a performance like is, and, we can't let lesser expectations get in the way of a performance at a small club. Lollapalooza Day 3: Rain, more rain, and a Foo Fighters finale 2011-08-08T05:32:00Z But what gives Wulf’s book its heft and intrigue is how such lofty ideals could run aground on the stubborn persistence of petty rivalry and self-regard. These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Given our naïve and lofty ambitions, this may not sound like much. Review: In Paolo Giordano’s ‘Like Family,’ the Nanny Departs and Cracks Emerge 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z In a matter of minutes, “Empire” rightfully reclaims its role as an au-courant launching pad for cultural analysis, from Black Twitter on up to the loftiest tenure track. New season of Fox’s ‘Empire’ offers subversive social commentary 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Still, the lofty objective of these operations was public service. Ted Baxter pursued fame over journalism – but unlike today’s pundits, he didn't corrupt the news 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The setting for the grubby rehearsal hall, designed by Jason Simms, is a lofty space with brick walls, wood planking and a battered tin ceiling that becomes darkly intimate through Thom Weaver’s lighting. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Venus in Fur’ at the George Street Playhouse, in New Brunswick 2013-05-11T00:21:28Z Handlers ushered people, mostly industry types, to the front of the room, where Cassidy spoke in lofty terms about his work. Night Out With D.J. Cassidy: A Night Out With D.J. Cassidy 2014-05-02T22:53:34Z For all its lofty moments it seemed defined by hunger. Don Pasquale; BBC Proms 6 & 8 – review 2013-07-20T23:05:54Z It’s a gorgeous, lofty waltz, with synthesizers billowing around acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies, as Wasner sings an enigmatic reverie about “losing the old for the new, like so much desire.” Beyoncé’s Surprise Juneteenth Anthem, and 12 More New Songs 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Around 10 p.m., guests moved next door to a lofty banquet hall where a tropical vibe prevailed. The Crypto Crowd Holds a Glittery Awards Night, Despite Fiascoes 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z So, how did a guy who, some might think, simply booked talent, earn such a lofty distinction? The legendary promoters of rock: inside an eye-opening new documentary 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But you don’t need to have that information to feel immediately drawn into the lofty heights of this gorgeous composition. Sarah McRae Morton’s painterly talents serve her vivid dreamscapes well 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z True to expectations, it concentrates less on the meat of the leaks than on Assange’s lofty personality. The Fifth Estate: A Hollywood Cartoon of Julian Assange 2013-10-16T17:42:52Z Built on hilltops for defensive purposes in ancient and medieval times, the lofty perches of Tuscany’s hill towns today seem only to protect them from the modern world. Tuscany for beginners: a guide to the best sun-soaked hill towns 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Recently, Mr. Thompson led me along the vast new route, wending a giant figure-eight around two courtyards, with views of the river from a ribbon of windows lining the perimeter of the lofty industrial space. A Museum Where Giant Art Has Room to Breathe 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z On Box Office Mojo’s chart of all-time domestic box-office winners adjusted for inflation, ranks a lofty 28th, sandwiched between two billion-dollar titles: this year’s The Avengers and the 2008 The Dark Knight. Live and Let Fly: Skyfall Breaks the Bond Barrier 2012-11-11T23:02:10Z Over the years, those lofty ideals were corrupted, according to a history of the hospital prepared for the Garden Club of Virginia. In the Shenandoah Valley, Blackburn Inn gives new life to a site with a dark past 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Her performance was simply brilliant even by her own lofty standards. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Ribalta’s “Christ” elevates the religious subject matter, creating a more baroque, lofty image of holy deification, in line with Catholic thought. Old Masters, Who Never Met, in Conversation 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The original neo-Classical building was renovated down to the studs, ridding it of dropped ceilings and once again opening up lofty, light-filled spaces. Cleveland Museum in Frenzy to Get Antiquities Ready 2010-05-26T00:14:00Z Give mom the ultimate compliment: You want to be just like her—but probably won’t achieve that lofty goal. 14 Mother’s Day Cards That Perfectly Sum Up Your Feelings 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z High jewelry used to be about lofty secrets. Parisian Exhibit Reveals Secrets of Fine Jewelry Making 2012-11-27T13:30:19Z Mr. Harth-Bedoya and company do not quite reach that lofty level, but their performance is consistently engaging. Review: Works by Hélène Grimaud, Daniel Barenboim and Others 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Now more than ever, he bounces energetically from the lofty heights of the jungle canopy, surefooted and fearless. Tarzan rebooted 2012-07-13T08:42:09Z In Rivers' life, they saw a universal tale of an underdog who finds huge success, tumbles from lofty heights and rebounds by reinvention. New film undoes Joan Rivers' cosmetic makeover 2010-06-08T17:35:00Z By adapting these lofty literary projects, are you trying to win over your detractors or does the joy lie in taking on difficult material? James Franco defends himself against the haters: “I can’t and won’t let it kill my spirit” 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z That approach would seem to carry the promise of the kind of lofty self-help literature in the Alain de Botton vein. New in Memoir: Lessons in Falling in Love, and 2 Accounts of Its Horrors 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Businesses are springing up to support those goals, in addition to loftier aims including moon tourism and Mars colonization. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z My destination, a year-old hostel down the block, displayed a particularly, well, lofty name tag: the Loft. Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe 2013-04-26T16:24:14Z ON the list of happy childhood memories, the Hostess Twinkie occupies a lofty position. Cultural Studies: Twinkies, a History ? Cultural Studies 2012-01-13T20:27:30Z Some lofty souls believe that listening to a book is somehow cheating — a view shaped by our nation’s piety about reading. Perspective | Yes, audiobooks are books. But too many voices can muddle the experience. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The common hypocritical politician infuriates people by preaching one thing and doing another; compare this to the uncommon, non-hypocritical Trump, who doesn’t bother even to preach anything lofty in the first place. In ‘Surviving Autocracy,’ Masha Gessen Tells Us to Face the Facts 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The difference is that Bergman, for all his occasional obscurity, offers no lofty conclusions, leaving it to us to decide whether Karin's crisis ultimately forces the family to confront its own failings. Review 2010-06-16T23:56:00Z Leaves obscure the lofty landmark almost to the moment that I reach the base and it appears magically above the forest. Kentucky's Red River Gorge 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z We see the Twin Towers, whose lofty height competes with that of the sky-high fireworks. A Nostalgic Look at Independence Days of Yesteryear 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z And the set he played with his new Cuban quartet on Friday felt statesmanlike, for better and sometimes for worse: a lofty demonstration, tune by tune, of one culture’s talking to another. Music Review: A Cultural Conversation Through Jazz 2010-10-25T22:35:00Z But all of this seems a decidedly remote possibility at the moment, with many of us Earthlings preoccupied with more immediate, less lofty matters. Review: ‘Mars’ Blends Fact and Fiction, but Has a Bumpy Liftoff 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Our lofty predictions about 2015 being the year streaming won over the establishment were way off the mark. Oscar nominations 2016 - live coverage 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Throughout the show there are subtle touches, as a lofty Madame Grès dress from 1977 is blown into movement by a tiny electric fan, with the back, once again, challenging the “monastic” look. The Colorful History of the Little Black Dress 2013-08-05T10:41:12Z But for all Harris’ sometimes lofty rhetoric about science, he’s just not amenable to evidence. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z Ultimately, however, the film is overlong, not as sharply pointed as it might be, and at its best when viewed realistically rather than analysed and assessed in terms of its lofty ambitions. The Place Beyond the Pines – review 2013-04-13T23:07:32Z Having set up a lofty coming-of-age choice between good and evil, Andrew Lanham’s screenplay — as fuzzy as the legend from which it sprouts — caves beneath unlikely coincidences and well-worn stereotypes. ‘The Kid’ Review: A Wild West Showdown Spurs a Coming-of-Age Dilemma 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z To witness the ease with which Giusti moves around Noma’s pristine black box of a kitchen, you’d never imagine how difficult his journey was to reach this lofty perch. From Georgetown to Copenhagen, a chef takes charge The novelist modestly laughs off that lofty title. James Patterson, honored for his literacy work, says we must do more 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z How do you protect someone who is too good for you—not too pure or too lofty but actually better than you at day trading, running marathons, and looking like a million bucks? Marriage Is an Abduction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Take Beethoven and Schubert, who produced some of their loftiest music during periods of intense suffering. The agony and the ecstasy: an evening of gorgeous music by suffering composers 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z But Alberta, the chief political correspondent for Politico, has loftier ambitions. How Did We Get From Compassionate Conservatism to the Party of Trump? 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z In Benjamin Curtis’s productions, synthetic sounds hover in lofty, consonant patterns that hark back to 1980s synth-pop, as transparent and imposing as crystal palaces. Playlist: New Work From White Rabbits and Magic Youth 2012-03-11T03:09:07Z Sexton’s book reads as a series of TED talks, addressed to people who are interested in thinking about college in lofty, abstract terms—a matter of civilization rather than the immediate needs of citizens. The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Factories weren’t always imbued with such lofty ideals. In ‘Behemoth,’ Manufacturing Still Looms Large 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Another kind of double-solo — two artists, one site — can be found at Untitled’s lofty space down on Orchard Street. Art Review: Rising and Regrouping on Lower East Side 2011-04-22T03:31:42Z The basics are not easy, not least the sprawling grandiosity and lofty ramblings of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Back to basics with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Dressed in his usual black suit during Monday’s show, Kimmel seemed at ease in front of the larger audience -- except when he had to introduce musical guest Brad Paisley from a lofty balcony. Jimmy Kimmel's move to SXSW pays off in barbecue and viewership 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z While he has not seen the film, Mr. Salinger expressed doubt that Mr. Salerno could meet the lofty expectations generated for the documentary. ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary Film 2013-05-08T21:24:06Z There were a number of reasons, some lofty – to add nuance, he says, to his father's lionised image and give the world a broader sense of the man. Greg Bellow: My father, Saul 2013-04-27T08:01:15Z Word of warning Despite taking the lofty position of promising a platform for relationships rather than encounters, Bumble still exists for the same purpose, no matter what your matches may tell you. Newly single? A beginner’s guide to the best dating apps 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Pitt’s lofty conclusion – “in the end the grownups do the right thing” – appeared to be the pay-off to some point about getting Quentin Tarantino to make a movie about the impeachment. Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman queue up to prove their secret pro-Trump credentials 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Witness Tom Wolfe’s “Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine,” from 1976, which memorably lampooned the Boston Brahmins on Martha’s Vineyard, advertising their lofty standing with loud-colored pants in “go to hell” colors like “solid airmail red.” Men In Red Pants: Stuck in Old Cultural Baggage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Asia, the Middle East, and perhaps most significantly, Africa—are a testament to the lofty ideas and multicultural influences at play within Adjaye’s buzzworthy designs. Check Out David Adjaye’s Global Architecture 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z For much of this episode, we saw lofty ideals slapping up against dreary reality. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z That’s a lofty goal, particularly for a music drama that works through abstract, mostly wordless means. Review: Meredith Monk, Still Peerless at Shocking Serenity 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “The lofty goal is that this performance might move to a moment of interconnectivity,” he said. Can an Artist Shift the Gun Debate? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Halfway through, it was commissioned for a second season, and Kaling has become the subject of several lofty think-pieces "celebrating" her ethnicity, her gender, her looks, her weight and, sometimes, even her talent for comedy. Mindy Kaling: 'My biggest challenge is being frequently underestimated' 2013-03-22T14:00:00Z “Marseille” is a glorious fusion of Jamal’s lifelong artistic inclinations; its lofty retrospective glow illuminates his relentlessly curious progress. Two New Recordings by Two Jazz Greats 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z To fans of the band, the notion of a deeper, wider and better Ride surpasses even the loftiest expectations. Coachella 2015: Ride announces Roxy gig, talks reunion, guitar pedals 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z To keep the filling full and lofty, she suggests a 90/10 or 80/20 mix of feather and down. Designer secrets to up your decorative pillow game 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Walk along a lofty, grassy ridgeline feasting on intoxicating panoramic views of the Salish Sea. 5 autumn hikes in the San Juans and Gulf Islands 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet OPRF, like America itself, struggles to live up to its lofty aspirations, particularly in the wide achievement gap between white and black students. You’d think this Chicago-area school could close its race gap. A new TV series tries to find out why it can’t. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z She had a fortune worth several hundred million dollars and spoke in lofty terms about expanding the human brain and fostering humanity and imagination. James Truman, A Crown Prince in a New Kingdom 2013-08-16T21:00:35Z It is Godard's arrogant repudiation of the world around him; a burst of lofty non-communication. Cannes film festival diary: no joy in Godard 2010-05-19T09:22:00Z Only when Carl forsakes his lofty ambitions does he begin to cook food he “believes in.” Movie Review: ‘Chef,’ a Culinary Comedy by Jon Favreau 2014-05-08T19:55:37Z But with Franz Welser-Möst as music director, the Cleveland Orchestra has retained its lofty artistic profile while relying on major gifts and on residencies in Miami, Vienna and elsewhere. The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z He waxed lyrical with a romanticized view of American politics, depicting it as an arena in which the loftiest small-d democratic ideals were brought to vivid life through glorious combat. Bullied, autistic and obsessed with presidents: How the 2000 presidential election changed my life 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Tray saw a chance to ground his lofty literary knowledge in the structural problems of his own world. In this class, prisoners and Georgetown students grapple with difficult lessons 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Whitney and his wife, the painter Marina Adams, have just finished a two-year project building their two adjacent studios and house in Bridgehampton, all lofty barn-shaped structures made from low-maintenance industrial black metal. Stanley Whitney Dances With Matisse 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The performance is both affecting and dissonant; Rogers’s patient confidence, familiar from his show, feels a bit lofty. How Mr. Rogers Became Everyone’s Neighbor 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s strange, then, that fantasy writers would so often take the oddest quirks of the imagination and the loftiest flights of fancy and boil them down to the same pools of blood in the dust. Riff: The Bleak ?Game of Thrones? Needs More Light 2011-04-17T03:00:17Z It is the latest lofty perch to become a drinking destination on par with the best street-level cocktail bars. Manhatta to Reopen With a Focus on Drinks 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Købke drew the scene from the loftiest heights of the building and then, back in the studio, painted from memory, painted it exactly. Christian K?bke: Nordic exposure 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z She can sing with airy ease, in lofty choruses, with confrontational tension or with operatic hysteria. New Music: Beck’s New Album Is ‘Morning Phase’ 2014-02-24T22:48:45Z Richard Lintern's powerfully lubricious duke first appears caught in a rain of gold which streams from the lofty heights of the huge Olivier. Women Beware Women; Bingo 2010-05-01T23:11:00Z Occupation demanded constant moral compromise, undermining her lofty idealism. Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Bush and Ms. Buxbaum ultimately formed a corporate culture that has lofty ideals — every publicist is supposed to carry a card with principles for dealing openly and fairly. For Celebrity Publicists, It?s Who?s Up Front That Counts 2011-04-06T21:20:07Z Modern, minimalist design meets Victorian charm in this lofty apartment in London, originally designed as children’s school in 1853. Estates of the Week - September 5, 2014 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Like the narrator of “The Friend,” who’s distressed by the eroding place of literature in society, Nunez worries that we’ve lost that notion of writing as a lofty art worth pursuing for its own sake. With ‘The Friend,’ Sigrid Nunez Becomes an Overnight Literary Sensation, 23 Years and Eight Books Later 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Last Saturday, the Azuero Earth Project, a nonprofit organization with the lofty mission of preserving the earth’s ecosystems and protecting biodiversity, broke into the very competitive fund-raising ecosystem of East Hampton. Scene City: A ‘So Long’ to Summer That’s Eco-Friendly, at Least in Doses 2012-09-05T19:34:28Z It is, I think, a new style of art writing in which the critic does not assume the lofty position of a pontiff or professor, between artist and public. Lucian Freud shines through in Martin Gayford's portrait of the artist 2010-09-30T11:31:00Z He describes himself as "five foot nothing" but, from my lofty vantage point of 5ft 4in, that seems a little generous. 'No one will forget the 5ft guy' 2013-02-27T18:10:00Z The design manages to bring a lofty space with immense windows down to human scale by breaking it up. The Same, Only Different: Designing a New Union Square Cafe 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z He imagines it sounding like a lofty “Hee-hee-hee!,” which, as he pronounced it, was an airy la-di-da sound that evoked brandy snifters and drollery. Hahaha vs. Hehehe 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z What I enjoyed most about the collection was its occasional moments of lofty, salted beauty. White Egrets by Derek Walcott | Book review 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z She breathes life into her characters with an uncanny ear for informal dialogue that rips aside the scrim of myth and takes a cheeky ball-peen hammer to anything elevated by lofty marble. Best graphic novels of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “I admire the lofty types who say they don’t read the reviews,” she said, letting out an unruffled laugh. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “Dead Souls” was intended as the “Inferno” in a “Divine Comedy” of the Slavs, clearing the way for a great Russian renaissance by cleansing the national spirit with “lofty ecstatic laughter.” The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s rare for a writer to build such a lofty reputation from short fiction alone. Claire Keegan Harnesses the Power in Brevity 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z It was as introspective about humanity as the new one is lofty. Coldplay get galactic with airy album ‘Music of the Spheres’ 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Even as it has billowed to consider such lofty elements as water, sun and air, Lorde’s close-miked music has retained such a careful intimacy that, at times, you can still actually hear her smiling. Lorde Opts Out on the Provocatively Subdued ‘Solar Power’ 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Also in Real Estate America's Most Expensive Homes Francesca Levy Amenity-laden properties at the top of the market continue to command just as lofty prices. America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes 2010-09-27T21:00:00Z He is shy, pale and serious, explaining his actions and motives in a mixture of technical jargon and lofty moral rhetoric. ‘Citizenfour,’ a Documentary About Edward J. Snowden 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Patsey is a complex character, lofty yet vulnerable, a woman who looks like a child, a productive superhuman treated like an animal. With cotton and corn husks, actress connects to her '12 Years a Slave' character 2013-11-20T20:03:02Z “Our dream, which is lofty, is to try and convince the country that it’s your patriotic duty to see the humanity in people we disagree with,” says StoryCorps founder Dave Isay. Hi Democrat, I’m a Republican, let’s not hate each other: The quixotic movement to get opposing voters to talk 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The mobile steps that had serviced a previous generation of airliners were too short, so crews stacked one set of steps atop another in order to reach the lofty doors of the new leviathan. As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z These are lofty comparisons for paintings of what are essentially casual snapshots, but the charm of Chowdhury’s work is that it imbues mundane scenes with a romantic, almost religious awe. Srijon Chowdhury paintings pull you in for a closer look 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z All the glorious slow-motion shots of smoking barrels and spurting entry wounds had been mounted for a loftier purpose than base titillation, however. The Wild Bunch at 50: the enduring nihilism of Sam Peckinpah's western 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Instead, they fought as free men for egalitarian, social, and political ideals with the loftiest of republican goals in mind: a new republic conceived in liberty. The Irish have become the forgotten players of America's struggle for independence 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He talks in a director's statement about his film being "a suburban Medea," but, in fact, a better reference point than lofty Greek tragedy would be the down-to-earth novels of James M. Cain. 'A Wolf at the Door' a disturbing noir tale of obsession 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Interest in counterfeits may have less lofty roots, however. So Valuable, It Could Almost Be Real 2013-12-31T23:14:12Z It is instead an archetypical second-half-of-the-20th-century tale of a young man of modest means rising to lofty status in business and in government by dint of intelligence, diligence, quirky charm and a Machiavellian streak. Was Alan Greenspan Motivated by Politics More Than Economics? 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z “It’s a big lofty space with room to play catch with Bippy,” is all he would say. The Man Who Made Working Out Cool 2011-04-27T23:27:25Z Although the forum still has lofty aims — this year’s theme is “Reshaping the World” — it has become over the years something of a parody of itself. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, ‘Sustainability,’ ‘Mindfulness’ and Cocktails 2014-01-24T22:19:50Z Uncluttered bedrooms are full of lofty splendour and furnished in classic French style. French châteaux: 10 princely stays at affordable prices 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z His salty native wit is complemented by the clear and lofty lyricism that has come down to us in his great speeches. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z Second seasons of successful shows arrive with lofty expectations and multiple paths to common pitfalls. "Only Murders in the Building" returns with an invitation to the familliar 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Summer Bummer “I wish I had some loftier purpose, but I’m afraid in the end, it’s just the money,” Hopper’s villain says. Watch Out! Summer Means Disaster Movies 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z He prefers to traffic in lofty philosophical ideas, not nitty-gritty policy stances. Werner Herzog: 'I'm not a pundit. Don't push me into that corner' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Note that the surroundings are loftier than the food and the prices. At Tut’s Hub, Egyptian Street Foods Get a Temple 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z If the tension between those lofty ideals and the need to make an impact gives the film itself a certain edgy quality, it is also what brings the lovers together in the first place. 'I felt kind of promiscuous': Gemma Arterton on Vita and Virginia 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Servicing is tucked around the back and below, transforming the delivery yard gulley into a public entrance, where a broad staircase will rise to a lofty foyer. Southbank Centre's clever revamp plans continue to divide critics 2013-07-03T18:20:17Z Dressed in a dark gray suit, British singing sensation Sam Smith moved woodenly and nailed the song “Latch” Thursday at the lofty Paramount Theatre, his famous collaboration with the London electronic duo Disclosure. Relatable, golden-voiced Sam Smith at the Paramount 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z I came to the championships with lofty ambitions, but my first skim goes outside the designated boundary. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Yes, he tries to exalt the grisly crime in the lofty language of utilitarianism — insisting that the pawnbroker’s money could be put to altruistic use. How a Murderous Poet Inspired One of Dostoevsky’s Masterworks 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z But such lofty appeals to freedom mean little without any reference to what that freedom was actually supposed to entail. The Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Gets Personal in ‘On Juneteenth’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The letters, blueprints and furniture prototypes all bring the idea of Bauhaus, mostly thought about in lofty terms, to a more manageable ground level. In Munich and Dessau, Art and Design Call. But History Is Even More Compelling. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z And it doesn't have to be something as lofty as a postmodern novel, a Bridget Riley painting – or even a heart-felt stand-up show shot through with filial deprecation. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z “The Aeronauts” is the kind of movie that, based on premise alone, you’d like to apply all the positive adjectives associated with hot-air ballooning: soaring, elevated, lofty! Amazon’s gorgeous hot-air balloon movie “The Aeronauts” has lofty goals but is afraid of heights 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z As “On Air,” the artist’s biggest show to date, speculates on a loftier future, Mr. Saraceno himself appears to be entering a calmer, more grounded phase. With Spiders and Space Dust, Tomás Saraceno Takes Off 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z For a designer at Saint Laurent’s lofty perch to champion not just trousers, but also a tuxedo in lieu of an evening gown, was jaw dropping. Perspective | Richmond exhibition further cements Yves Saint Laurent’s legacy 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The lofty place echoes with amplified voices; its tiles gleam, its pipes are exposed. Amphibians; A Doll's House; Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-16T00:06:01Z Efterklang are hardly the first indie band to espouse such lofty ambitions: few, however, act upon them with such aplomb. Efterklang: Access all areas 2011-03-03T22:13:01Z Let’s be honest, romantic purity is fine, but in the real world sexual logistics trump the lofty ideals of courtly love. Don Juan in a wheelchair 2013-02-02T01:00:00Z It's a lofty goal — there are only 230 Master Sommeliers in the world — and one that his family doesn't quite understand. Netflix's sweet "Uncorked" is a father-son drama with earthy notes 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Each one has been fiercely defended and sharply attacked, and in every case the debate has encompassed the kind of issues that are usually too large, lofty or contentious to be tackled on their own. Arts & Leisure: Debated Movies: ?The Tree of Life,? ?The Future,? ?The Help? 2011-08-25T15:03:08Z There’s little time to think in those lofty terms during the tumult of a usual day, of course. Motherlode: Raising the 9/11 Generation 2011-05-02T16:02:12Z At issue here were the “loftier” functions, those associated with music, poetry, dance, literature, painting, and sculpture — those activities that we loosely gather together as “higher culture” or, more simply, art. We’re wired to sing 2012-07-07T19:00:00Z Christopher Oram's lofty design is completely free of banners and bloody bandages. Anne Boleyn; Danton's Death; The Prince of Homburg 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z After reaching lofty “Milepost Queen” heights, Warashina’s figures returned to a more modest scale, but were configured in ambitious installations often imbued with jittery reflections of world events. BAM hosts a dazzling Patti Warashina retrospective 2013-07-11T21:05:52Z Thornton said this experience underscored the importance of fund-raising by Naeem and the board to accomplish the institution’s lofty salary goals. Baltimore Museum of Art Taps Its Chief Curator as Its Next Director 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z If only we could all hit the lofty heights of being 'not actively terrible'", while simerini was more sympathetic: "I don't like reading reviews that slate artists this hard. Readers' reviews: Maverick entertainers, film plots that technology would have ruined, and more 2011-08-04T22:15:00Z By contrast, in his two most recent films, the avid wide-screen image corresponds to a lofty, somewhat Olympian detachment in the storytelling, which befits the films’ vertiginous ironies. The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Whether this lofty goal is actualy accomplished by the nominations and awards in the music categories is a matter for endless armchair debates. A Grammy for James Franco? Weird tales from the spoken word category 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z I spied Sontgerath one afternoon heading for the kitchen bearing a lofty apple pie, a star among desserts, baked at her other restaurant, The Hardware Store, on Vashon Island, where she resides. 50 North puts fresh twist on American standards 2011-06-23T20:45:04Z The Academy later took that to mean works of “a lofty and sound idealism.” The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In the long, lofty conversation in which they meet, they talk about music, about films and memory and the past, about art, about composers they admire. A Lofty Love Story, With All of the Expected Twists 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z A peak so lofty casts a long shadow. ‘Vertigo,’ Through Two Artists’ Eyes 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But this topic hasn't remained trapped in a stratosphere of lofty sociopolitical jargon. #Goyaway: How Latinx chefs are offering Goya alternatives as a recipe for boycott 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The honchos say they did nothing wrong — that Farrow’s reporting simply didn’t meet their standards for sourcing and that they judged he couldn’t get to those lofty heights with more work. Perspective | NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow’s #MeToo reporting 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Only the raw twang of Mr. Dylan’s original version surpassed Ms. Jungr’s in lofty fury. Barb Jungr in ‘Hard Rain’ at 59E59 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z But unlike Weinstein, his standing in the industry was nowhere near as lofty. James Toback: the film-maker accused of being a sexual predator 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z For many years, dismissing television as junk was fashionable, socially correct ,and indicative of one’s commitment to loftier artistic and intellectual pursuits. As the world burns, existential TV reflects viewers' needs to make sense of life 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The president-elect is fond of both lofty rhetoric spoken with an eye to history and the common language of the union hall. The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The home’s interiors are lofty and light-filled, and a spacious living room/reception area features high ceilings and full-height glazing on two sides. Step Inside a Lovely London Home with Modern Architecture 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Though the “film professes an interest in lofty questions of illusion and reality, simple trickery remains its prime concern,” Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times. DVD: Chopin, Schubert and Dietrich (the Latter Nude) 2011-06-03T17:11:56Z “I prefer a loftier cuisine,” he says archly. | 'Orange, Hat & Grace': A Salt-of-the-Earth Romance Amid Shadows of the Apocalypse 2010-09-23T02:01:00Z And in places where Haydn decides a lofty chorus is called for, this master responds with music of awesome depth and intricacy. Music Review: Haydn’s ‘The Creation,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-24T22:38:21Z “I thought I had big, lofty goals and I didn’t dream nearly big enough.” First, she was a survivor: #MeToo’s Burke tells her story 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Surfaced in imitation parchment, the lofty, resolutely modern space is furnished with objects made by several of the artists and craftsmen that Doucet championed. Don't Miss Galerie Vallois’s Booth at This Year’s Biennale des Antiquaires 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Ulin, our critic, offers you some suggestion to feed your lofty reading aspirations. Live video chat: What are the hottest books of summer 2014? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z A minimalist and an absurdist, he satirized modern culture with a view so lofty, so remote from the objects in his view, that laughter on the audience's part was purely optional. 'The Illusionist': Better Than 'Toy Story 3'? 2010-12-25T11:10:00Z Bettelheim claims that few children’s books achieve these lofty goals—with the exception of fairy tales. The “Goosebumps” Conundrum: What Makes a Children’s Book Good? 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Lively’s main trait is a lofty bearing that conveys a mild boredom, a distracted air of superiority that suggests that she places herself a little bit above the rest. Blake Lively Lives Forever 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z If one ever tries to discuss tipping in America, one is immediately met with a dismissive and lofty: “Well, I tip really well because I was/am part of the service industry.” Tipping breeds indentured servitude 2013-09-09T12:00:00Z Whatever you might think of Red Hot Chili Peppers, you can't help but admire someone who has such lofty ideals for their pop group. Red Hot Chili Peppers: The band that couldn't be stopped 2011-08-18T20:29:01Z What might be only a lofty debate on military and political order versus individual impulse acquires a gently surreal tone. London Theater Journal: The Serious Season 2010-08-02T16:20:00Z After so much experience with films, Mr. Rahman made his concert its own kind of narrative, moving through lofty contemplation and yearning romance to dancing for joy. Review: A. R. Rahman, Full of Bollywood Hits at the Beacon 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The language of civility has always been a code of sorts, a way of holding life’s quotidian messiness up against lofty, sometimes elitist ideals of proper behavior. The Civility Wars 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Equally important is that, despite the lofty ambitions of Wallace’s calling, there’s a kind of universality to the message. Sundance 2015: In 'End of the Tour,' David Foster Wallace, explained 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Disaster movies, which tend to have lofty budgets, have varying success rates at the box office. 'San Andreas' expected to top box office 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Or would it free us to divert our energies in loftier directions? FOMO Is Over. Give In to the Joy of Letting Go. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The camera’s insistence on its lofty perspective, on looking down on the birthing woman’s full body from a spectator’s remove — that strikes me as the real violation. The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “The lofty place that marriage once held among the markers of adulthood is in serious question,” says Cherlin. Most Millennial Moms Have Kids Before Husbands 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The long, grueling rivalry ended with one of their lofty heads on the chopping block. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z Although Ms. Farrell was the loftiest of stars, her touch today is often most remarkable at corps level. Suzanne Farrell Ballet Presents Balanchine and Robbins 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Those were the days of lofty promises made by a hopeful candidate. Victorious Romney warns against 'bitter politics of envy' 2012-01-11T01:49:00Z “Touch of Evil,” the loftiest of B movies, is his favorite item in the canon. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z But in the absence of consensus, a lot of lofty ideas get thrown around. Appomattox, Va., linked to Civil War history, looks to the future Discerning consumers seem eager to pay this lofty price. 2010-01-14T03:45:00Z Ridley usually took the loftier road of period epics like The Duellists, Kingdom of Heaven and of course Gladiator, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2001. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Sometimes when I dream, I imagine the sky over Harlem is a lofty arc of stained glass. The Dealer Who Saved My Life 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Even the most off-the-beaten-path type of traveler would be sorry to miss the Acropolis, which rightfully takes up a lofty place above the city. 36 Hours in Athens 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The common wisdom seems to be: claim a lofty mission even if it’s not, raise a lot of money, and race to stake a dominant position in the market. Health Tech Start-Up InQuicker Shuns Venture Money And Hype 2012-08-20T13:47:29Z And the orchestra shone again, with those remarkable strings upholding their lofty standard and the brasses — after a few early hitches — improving on their previous performances, in blazing climaxes. Music Review: Adding Another Layer to ?War Requiem? Story 2010-12-19T23:24:23Z When Mock The Week began in 2005 it had far loftier comedy goals. Time to Mock off? 2010-06-16T15:46:00Z The pavilion’s dozen projects re-imagining sites in Detroit have drawn fire for imposing lofty, formally overwrought proposals on a struggling city. A grassroots, handmade Venice Architecture Biennale from Alejandro Aravena 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z When the classic wines of the world start getting too expensive, enterprising winemakers search for vineyard land where reputations, and therefore real estate prices, are not so lofty. This aromatic French chardonnay from Burgundy tastes like a steal at $14 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Police work is represented at its most realistic – often inspiring, mostly soul-destroying – while lofty ideals in any field are soon grounded in the petty grudges and vitriol that shroud them. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z That something, it soon became apparent, would have to be a consumer product that resonated with the lofty ideals that Mr. Thum and Mr. Zapolski held dear. Jewelry Designed to Disarm 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z And some would say I’m a weird adult,” Dirda eschews the lofty pronouncement of Olympian judgment, preferring instead a hale and friendly exploration of shared enthusiasm. Michael Dirda’s ‘Browsings’ offers meditations on the life of the mind 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The job's official title is the lofty "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry," with a more grounded stipend of $35,000. Tracy K. Smith Named Poet Laureate for the U.S. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z That sounds lofty and possibly a bit pompous, but I just don't impose my political agenda on my work. Fiona Banner: fight and flight 2010-06-21T20:30:00Z Even as his voice and expression change from haughty to defiant to despairing, Mr. Firth’s Bertie strives to maintain a lofty demeanor. The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z The £50m club welcomes a new addition, with Avengers Assemble joining the lofty institution over the weekend. Prometheus still breathing rarefied air at the UK box-office summit 2012-06-13T09:00:07Z Judged by the lofty standards of dramatic literature, Paul Oakley Stovall's "Immediate Family" isn't all that impressive. Amusing, sensitive 'Immediate Family' tackles sexual orientation, race 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Keillor, however, shrugs off such lofty comparisons, and points to his favorite fan letter. Chris Thile: Radiohead would be 'dream guest' on A Prairie Home Companion 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z For those keen to continue pretending they don't care about such tinsel, there's always the lofty refusal option. Authoring a rejection of acceptance-speech cliché 2013-03-01T13:49:00Z The Booker Prize became one of the world’s most prestigious awards for fiction by setting for itself one of literary criticism’s loftiest goals: to recognize the year’s best novel written in English. After Her Heart Stops Beating, a Woman Continues to Think 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The target may not be lofty, but that’s the sound of a winner. ArtsBeat: A New Honor for the Hatchet Job 2012-01-30T20:18:52Z The role isn't lofty but her goal is: to qualify for the national championship tournament. Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker 2010-12-24T12:46:06Z The memorial buzzes with activities on National Aviation Day, held on Orville's birthday, August 19. left: Take off in a hang glider, with help from an instructor, atop the lofty North Carolina sand dunes. Two-Day Escapes 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z The idea of an epic work that aims to foster understanding among world religions may seem impossibly lofty if not pretentious. Music Review: Jonathan Harvey’s ‘Weltethos’ in England 2012-06-22T23:59:58Z Their ideals were lofty but simple: They would live off the land, farming with Colonial-era tools, along with a band of like-minded men dressed in homespun robes wielding scythes and pickaxes. They Built It. No One Came. 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The annual Tibet House benefit, which is timed to coincide with Tibet’s lunar New Year, has become a New York City kind of ritual: a polycultural miscellany, lofty and boisterous. Music Review | Tibet House Benefit: Boisterous Bliss in Celebration of an Iron Tiger Year 2010-03-01T05:55:00Z The counterarguments, in fact, reverberate from lofty places. Rita Moreno: The timeless woman in Hollywood who can’t, and won’t, stop 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z It also suits both his own rocket-like throws and his doubles partner’s loftier, softer tosses. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Even “Losing My Mind,” the killer ballad from “Follies,” whose narrator is questioning her mental stability, remained lofty and safely tranquilized. Music Review: Br?nnhilde Meets Broadway at Benefit for Collegiate Chorale 2011-05-20T21:17:07Z These lofty sides are still the first thing you notice about Doubtful Sound, even approaching it from inland rather than from the ocean. Explorer: In New Zealand?s Remote Fiordland 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z None of them especially stood out, although Andrew Watts as the lofty Shaman and Eric Greene as the kind of levelheaded janitor you would want in a crisis, had their moments. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Instead of regarding these unfortunate men from the lofty perspective of a charming, cynical hatchet man logging frequent-flier miles — George Clooney’s character in — looks them straight in the eye from inside the trenches. | 'The Company Men': Perils of the Corporate Ladder: It Hurts When You Fall 2010-12-09T22:34:00Z Begun in 1936, it was never completed because of the war, but its natural stone facade still shimmers and the interior is lofty and lyrical. 100 years of Bauhaus: Berlin and beyond 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The genius of Grand Central, which accommodates many times the number of riders as the hub, entails more than that “wow” moment encountering its lofty main concourse. Santiago Calatrava’s Transit Hub Is a Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z And a few years earlier, I remember being on the bus that travels through Rosedale, one of Toronto’s loftiest neighborhoods, and the only passengers with me were also domestic workers and nannies. What it means to be brown: Cheap labor, scapegoated Muslims and exploited immigrants, from Canada to Qatar 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The story of a frontier outlaw and his string of murders was far removed from the lofty and exotic subjects of European ballet. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame But with a lofty $140-million budget, "Exodus" needs to pull in big numbers overseas to become a hit for the studio. 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' tops box office with $24.5-million debut 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z These lofty titles reinforced his profound cultural influence, which spanned decades and countries far beyond Mexico. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z They take from early 20th-century Modernism a sense of lofty proportion and a lack of color and embellishment but avoid the coldness of steel and tempered glass. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But the origins of the collection were less lofty. Fisher Collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2010-06-05T08:48:00Z It was also in the concert’s seating arrangement, its air of calm and lofty importance as it made physical and psychological demands on the listener and its entrance and exit protocol. Review: License and Restriction in a Work by La Monte Young at Dia Chelsea 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z I’ll avoid spoilers here, but “Prometheus” kind of spoils itself with twists and reversals that pull the movie away from its lofty, mind-blowing potential. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z As I stepped inside on my last visit, the brilliance of Gaudi’s vision made for lofty worship in the nearly completed nave. Tourist-crowded Barcelona is vibrant and spirited 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z It's somewhere between Lady Bracknell and Hamlet's ghost, but louder, loftier, so full of majestic wind he sounds as if he might burst, but utterly mesmerising. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews 2012-07-06T21:55:18Z It’s difficult to recapture the magic not just for lofty hypothetical reasons, but for boring, pragmatic ones, too. David Lynch Departure From Twin Peaks Shows Why Most Revivals Are Bad Ideas 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z They were more complex than the typical two-dimensional figures stamped out across the Western genre, and the themes explored were loftier and profoundly philosophical. Cormac McCarthy – the greatest Western writer ever – didn't actually write Westerns 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Nobody has emerged from this imbroglio with much credit, but prime ministers are supposed to make judgments according to loftier criteria than press barons. TV highlights 11/06/2012 2012-06-10T19:00:01Z His work and personal routines genuinely bore his mind and stifle his soul, forcing him to constantly suppress feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness as his various lofty ambitions become increasingly unattainable. Squidward Tentacles, voice of millennial despair 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z This new book demands comparison rather with Saul Bellow's Herzog or something loftier – it is self-evidently a modern classic. Jonathan Franzen's Freedom: the novel of the century 2010-08-23T11:18:00Z Today, though, with morality up for grabs and corruption setting its sights on loftier goals, the notion of taxi dancing, once thought of as illicit, now seems quaint. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Investors would like to see a return to such lofty levels. Time Warner investor day: Five things to watch 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But the government center was conceived with lofty social aspirations, making tangible Rudolph’s concept of energetic governance as a democratic ideal. Paul Rudolph Building in Goshen, N.Y., Faces Threat 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Clark's new book is brilliant, lofty and seductively serious – but he is wrong about biography, wrong about Richardson, and wrong about Picasso. Picasso – separating truth and fiction 2013-07-10T14:32:55Z While dinner guests lingered upstairs, a crush of after-party guests jammed into the lofty space on the ground floor. Scene City: Ferragamo Celebrates Release of New Fragrance 2012-03-21T22:28:02Z And the solution was simple: lofty synthetic fabrics in bright colors or stripes. Cathy Horyn?s Key Fashion Moments of 2010 2010-12-31T04:26:10Z But there was still wide skepticism about whether the business was truly committed to making substantial changes or whether its donations and lofty statements were more a matter of crisis P.R. Did the Music Industry Change? A Race ‘Report Card’ Is on the Way. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Alan Rickman plays the lofty son of a miner with the right, unexpected combination of physical toughness and wounded arrogance, lurching along as if he were lugging the waste of his life in a trunk. Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z But album by album the settings have growing more stately: aiming for and sometimes reaching lofty heights but lately, particularly on the 2008 album “Narrow Stairs,” ending up burdened and ponderous. Critics? Choice: Brooding Now Laced With Hope 2011-05-30T21:33:36Z The display acknowledges both Boulud’s lofty perch in the culinary firmament and the market’s affection for brag walls. DBGB Kitchen and Bar in DC: Dinner and an evolving show The seven sections, meant to explore “the relationship between ‘man’ and ‘universe,’” as a lofty program note explains, feature sleek video projections of the elements: hovering mist, aquatic ripples, a blinding white sun. Review: In ‘Beyond Time,’ U-Theater Dances and Drums With Precision 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Movies cheered up because of their kid audience, but a lofty 19-year-old despair had been Kael’s motor – another sign of existential turmoil. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Too bad that torpedoes its lofty intentions with flights of idiocy so wrongheaded as to be almost endearing. A Failing Grade to X-Men: First Class 2011-06-02T17:35:00Z Thomson himself maintains lofty critical standards while exuding an unfailing delight in movies. Book review: ‘The New Biographical Dictionary of Film’ and ‘Not to be Missed’ Goldman might have surmised something similar, but he was not one to make a big deal out of it, or to talk about his craft in lofty, sweeping terms. William Goldman’s Journey From Page to Screen 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z But if the roiling and ultimately empty palace intrigues documented in “Rage” and “Fear” are any indications, this lofty view comes up woefully short. In Bob Woodward’s ‘Rage,’ a Reporter and a President From Different Universes 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z About the circus atmosphere, Mr. Bernard once said winningly, “I can make a lofty tumbler out of any hard-shelled dyspeptic old crab.” Books of The Times: ?The Great Oom,? by Robert Love, on Yoga?s Pierre Bernard 2010-04-14T22:33:00Z Due to the low gluten properties of rye, its batter won't bake up to the same lofty volume as when using wheat. The pancake-crumpet hybrid your breakfast table needs 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Topics: , , workplace I’m a New Yorker living in the lofty peaks of Asia, teaching English to monks. Shut up, old abusive drunk! 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z She has lofty goals for her far smaller institution: world-class art and programming “specific to the community in which we’re serving,” she said. Catskill Art Space Opens With James Turrell and a Lofty Vision 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z But Kolesnikov’s program is cleverly similar in its juxtapositions, unlikely pairings united not in aesthetic or time but in something loftier. A Pianist’s Rare Visit to New York Reveals His Personality 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z His best work doesn’t wallow, it strides, making no apologies for a style that is lofty, literary and unafraid of long trips around the barn to get to the point. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The tsars’ successors, the Soviets, proclaimed lofty ideals but in governing such a vast land they, too, became consumed by the tyrannic paranoia that plagued their forebears. Prison without a roof 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “Envy is the central fact of American life” is a typically acute remark from a man whose default attitude was a lofty contempt. ‘Gore Vidal: United States of Amnesia,’ a Documentary 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z When I left Oxford and wrote Oranges in my spare time, to be a writer was still the most hopeless and reckless of ambitions, as lofty as it was unlikely. Jeanette Winterson: teaching creative writing 2012-05-18T21:50:01Z But it fails in its loftier intent: to provide a "film for the blind". Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z Mr. Hilton, however, seems to have loftier goals than page views. Perez Hilton Pursues Redemption 2012-10-17T23:02:30Z Depending on which act you’re in, the central character grows lofty or stays close to the ground, at animal level. Review: Titus Andronicus Releases a Punk Opera 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z A lofty purpose for a root of the earth. Beets are trendy again, for a reason 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Subtlety isn’t a high priority for the band named after a torture device, at least with its famously over-the-top live shows, and last night lived up to its lofty, campy standards. Review: Iron Maiden treats Tacoma Dome fans to barrage of classics amid flame-throwing Legacy of the Beast tour 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z At its loftiest, their profound seclusion suggests that they’re spiritual and philosophical heirs to an isolationist like Henry Thoreau; at worst, it suggests fanaticism, cultishness, selfishness. Review: Viggo Mortensen Captivates in ‘Captain Fantastic’ 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet outside the loftier precincts of the city’s museums and concert halls, he is far less visible. From Bonn to Vienna, in Search of Beethoven, the Man 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z He said the award — and its lofty criteria — will serve as important reminders to the next generation of cooks as they set goals for their careers. How do you keep Julia Child’s legacy alive? Pay it forward. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Western countries were "driven less by their self-proclaimed 'lofty goal' of liberalizing the Syrian people than by geopolitical considerations", Xinhua said. Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus 2012-02-19T19:17:00Z Yet on the recordings she places the sonatas into eight thematic groups, invoking lofty philosophical titles like “Extremes in Collision,” “Eternal Feminine” and “Destiny,” an exercise that seems more academic than revolutionary. David Greilsammer and H J Lim, Pianists Stepping Out 2012-08-26T02:43:13Z But lofty cakes, ethereal meringues, and chewy snickerdoodles also owe their existence to another child of the grape: cream of tartar. Nine cream of tartar substitutes you probably have in the kitchen 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The family had learned to be bullish about the passing of their pub from one lofty brand to another. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Thomas’s monologue is a combination of sacred and fleshly imagery, with lofty biblical cadences wrestling with the nagging patterns of daily speech on petty subjects. | 'Misterman' : Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? by Enda Walsh - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:06Z He swings from ropes, escapes from lofty towers and tenderly woos Maid Marian, played by the lovely Lass, who doubles as a spunky lad in Robin's posse. Occupy Sherwood Forest! 'Robin Hood' at SCT 2011-10-26T20:07:59Z It is hard to overestimate the influence of Birkenhead on Olmsted, who was captivated by the loftiest principles and most technical details. The Parks That Made the Man Who Made Central Park 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z But his niche in the niche-songwriting world of the cabaret smart set, when such a breed still existed, was lofty. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z And he would restore it to that lofty category. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z At once too normal and too weird to be presenting real documentaries, Cunk has fronted satirical BBC programs and segments about topics as lofty as Britain, time and Shakespeare over the past decade. Philomena Cunk Is Weird Enough to Take on the World 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It may be an overly lofty thing to say, but Paul McCartney was born to compose popular music. Paul and Linda McCartney's "Ram": Dramatic pop virtuosity that still shines brightly at 50 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z But during his own era, he aspired to a loftier goal with history paintings, which were considered at the time to be the apex of artistic achievement. A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “This cathedral is monumental and very lofty, and the phoenixes now have a sacred quality.” Xu Bing Installs His Sculptures at St. John the Divine 2014-02-14T22:56:02Z “And your big lofty ambition is to take a slice of that person’s pie.” Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Further south, customers enter the Sellwood location of Tea Chai Té through a deceptively diminutive train caboose, which opens up into a lofty, spacious teahouse. Sip your way through the teahouses of Portland, Ore. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Shakespeare uses Richard’s downfall to explore the devastating loss of self — which here strips a lofty sovereign of all worldly trappings, forcing him for the first time to gaze inward at his essential humanity. A solid, wrenching ‘Richard II’ at Seattle Shakespeare Co. 2014-01-16T21:34:58Z The idea behind The Voice’s spinning chairs was to avoid choosing singers on the basis of their looks or other, supposedly less lofty and pure, considerations than The Voice. The Taste: Do Cooking Shows Really Need The Voice Treatment? 2013-01-23T14:41:32Z In this view, widely held in the art world, work once valued for its lofty, aesthetic appeal has become a mere commodity, just another asset class for hedge-fund millionaires and others to cash in. Barbarians at the Art Auction Gates? Not to Worry 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z As pressure to use the air rights above Grand Central Station mounted, developers tried time and again to propose lofty alternatives. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The building, he reports, will not reach some of Piano’s loftier architectural achievements, such as the Menil in Houston. Essential Arts & Culture: Vampire weekend, a Mexican masterpiece reemerges (sort of), the rising Academy museum 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Working with Yoram Globus, his cousin and business partner in Cannon Films, he promoted his high-minded films and his less lofty action titles with equal fervor. Menahem Golan, Passionate Auteur of the B-Movie, Is Dead at 85 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z While it never regained its lofty status as the top diet soda, loyal Tab fans kept the brand alive. The rise and fall of Tab – after surviving the sweetener scares, the iconic diet soda gets canned 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Each performance occurs simultaneously on three stages in the armory’s vast and lofty cavern. Dance Review: Cunningham Dance Company Offers Finality and Contentment 2011-12-30T14:27:41Z Take Ms. McTeer as Veronica, Michael’s wife, a writer of lofty principle and culture, as she likes to remind everyone. Theater: New Casts Enliven ?God of Carnage? and ?39 Steps? 2010-04-16T23:59:00Z Collectively, the works pop against the gallery’s freshly painted white walls and lofty, bow truss ceiling. Royale Projects to open in downtown L.A. arts district 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Despite lofty pronouncements about sweatpants overtaking “hard pants,” the worldwide denim market is only getting bigger. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Not every dish is worth the trek or signals the farmhouse freshness inhaled by diners at Woodberry Kitchen, the lofty food barn in Clipper Mill. Tom Sietsema reviews Parts & Labor in Baltimore Realizing he has a couple dozen bright young minds at his disposal, he dispenses with the lesson plan and goes about using them in his pursuit of loftier truth. Superheroes, singers and spaceships: what can we expect from TV next? 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z He spoke of national self-determination in the loftiest terms while initiating the American occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In ‘The Moralist,’ Woodrow Wilson and the Hazards of Idealism 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Of course, that isn’t a lot of money, and with most workers forced to pick up a bigger share of shrinking health benefits and pensions giving way to 401Ks, not a lofty benefit plan. Can schools fix our economy? 2012-08-05T12:00:00Z His characteristic deflationary swerve from the lofty to the absurd, from high seriousness to utter banality, struck me as the very definition of funny. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The word disgusts him, not least because it expresses the vulgarity of the environment in which he must pursue his lofty visions. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z That sentiment is far too lofty for Jordan. Movie Review: DiCaprio Stars in Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ 2013-12-24T20:02:17Z The designer showed backstage a picture of a Cristóbal Balenciaga dress from 1968, his own favored final period of the lofty couturier’s work. Generation Genius! 2012-09-27T18:27:45Z In person, Ms. Dugan, a longtime New Yorker, speaks with a mixture of brassy familiarity and lofty mission-statement-ese, and is fond of dropping quotes from Plato and Nietzsche. How the Grammys and Deborah Dugan Went From Hello to War in 5 Months 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Who could measure up to the lofty expectations his compatriots have of him? America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z Here the high-and-mighty trumpet, lofty solo violin, middling oboe and lowly recorder uncharacteristically perform interchangeable lines of undifferentiated passagework: There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The evening’s theme may have been a little lofty, and the program did not quite coalesce. Encouraging Signs of Freshness at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The lodge’s lofty barn houses a bar, a tall communal table and a cozy book-strewn sitting area. In Palm Springs, to Pool Hop Is to Time Travel 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Though if his heartfelt musings could sometimes seem a bit lofty, we must remember that this was the ’90s, a high-water mark for both apathy and irony, so the scales were off from the get-go. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Little did he know that it occupied a still loftier spot, on the dresser where Ted dresses to “Easy Lover” every morning. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: A Long Day’s Journey Into Nate 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Enlightening people is lofty, but definitely a goal. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z "While we aspired to the lofty and cerebral plane of a quotidian materiality, our unconscious life unraveled with an intensity and melodrama that inversely matched their absence in … our austere sculptural and choreographic creations." Step-by-step guide to dance: Yvonne Rainer 2010-12-24T13:12:31Z The Christian Dior florid New Look, giving women back their curves and flounces after the war years, was pitted against the lofty sculptures of Balenciaga. Battle of the Champions 2012-09-26T16:12:13Z As well as professing lofty sentiments about conquering space for all mankind, in the same speech Kennedy characterised the Apollo missions as “part of a great national effort of the United States of America”. 'If anyone can Maga, it is Nasa': how First Man put a rocket up the politics of space 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Travelers to the Pacific Northwest are sometimes lured by postcard promises of orca whales or the Space Needle against a backdrop of lofty peaks. In the Yakima Valley, Serious Wines and Sweeping Vistas 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Rita, California Forgive the lofty language but TA and other such democratic websites really do expose innocent travelers to Toqueville's "tyranny of the majority." Frugal Traveler Blog: Readers React: TripAdvisor Feedback and Other Ways to Save on Travel 2013-01-15T20:58:20Z They bring the grandeur of high Modernist sculpture down to earth, from lofty, larger-than-life forms to something you might hold in your hands. With just with carved wood or terra cotta, one artist makes the miniature feel monumental 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Alford: It was this very lofty idea of all the wonderful, amazing, powerful women we could get. On a mission to make America bake again 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z And, though Chipotle Mexican Grill’s careful meat sourcing earned a loyal following, its lofty model took a hit after an E. coli outbreak late last year. Cisco co-founder Sandy Lerner’s next big idea: Redefining road food 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z A lofty claim, though one befitting a reigning interpreter of this repertoire: Gardiner, 80, a scholarly flag-bearer of the historically informed performance movement for a half-century, has virtually set the standard in Bach’s sacred music. What Is John Eliot Gardiner’s Musical Empire Without Him? 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Lewis’s gift is to turn highly complex phenomena into engaging stories, while Mr. Sorkin possesses the complementary ability to ground lofty abstractions in recognizable human motives and aspirations. ?Moneyball,? ?Ides of March? Contain Inside Information 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z “I don’t do self-help books,” I said, with obstinate pride and lofty disdain. Breaking bad: how to give up drinking, smoking, nail-biting and other unwanted habits 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z From the first pale tremolo to the last seismic rumble, the performance is unmistakably Mr. Mehldau’s handiwork, and an astonishment even by his lofty standards. Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The stores are now gone, replaced by a community health center, the mall painted a stylish slate gray, with shiny stainless-steel benches and window frames beneath a lofty new portico. On a Design Mission in Mississippi 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z That often means stark white galleries without windows, lofty ceilings and overhead pinprick spotlights that help draw out shapes and shadows that morph as the light changes throughout the day. Descanso Gardens' 'Elemental' exhibition looks at art in different light 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The black markings on their backs, chests, and shoulder blades stood out in the bright sun, skulls and sickles, women’s faces, and incomprehensible cyphers, as well as skeletons, Virgin Marys, gloomy curves, and lofty quotations. The Bard of Eastern Ukraine, Where Things Are Falling Apart 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Knausgaard understands that this is a gruesomely high price to pay for his lofty literary aims. What’s More Appealing: Eight Seasons of ‘Suits’ or Six Volumes of Karl Ove Knausgaard? 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The lofty 20-foot structure awaiting visitors to London’s World Architecture Festival may initially seem like an unusual design for Populous, a London-based firm devoted to sweeping technological feats and world-class stadiums. See Populous’s Installation at London’s World Architecture Festival 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Melamid, he is an émigré from the former Soviet Union with a lofty sense of the magazine’s subversive mission. Alexander Melamid Begins Artenol, an Art Magazine 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Asked what she sees herself doing in five, 10 years, Stasey responds with fully formed schemes for several lofty humanitarian and ethical projects. The many layers of Caitlin Stasey: 'A lot of people think I'm a really angry person' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The result is elegant and spacious; the mezzanine, circular and lofty, brings a couturier's showroom instantly to mind. Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 ? review 2012-05-19T23:05:31Z But he spent his career in the lofty circles of artists like Benjamin West and Thomas Sully and assorted shipping and whaling tycoons. Antiques: Back When Theater Was Simply Unrolled 2010-12-02T22:24:00Z He was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid on campus because of his lofty jumps. Vaughn Harper, Silky-Voiced D.J., Dies at 70 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Three months ago, Hengesbach’s mother gifted them “Hamilton” by way of one of the Pantages’ season pass ticket packages — whose guaranteed admittance to “Hamilton” apparently outweighs its lofty price. At the first 'Hamilton' performances, the party is just getting started 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z As a result, preparations for the opening have become a series of lofty visions and constant, real-world revisions. How to Open a Top-Tier Restaurant in a Pandemic? Rethink Everything 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Up in the sky, Hudson Yards’ observation deck may also become an attraction — a triangular platform, 1,100 feet high, theatrically cantilevered from the top of 30, with bleachers that provide an even loftier view. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The lofty atrium in between will serve as a sanctuary for major contemporary works. MCA's new identity 2011-06-10T15:44:00Z They largely consider the school, rather than the town, to be their home; their political concerns tend to the insular or the lofty. How Civil Must America Be? 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z But this brand, which previously stood alone with a lofty nobility, now has joined the luxury fashion pack. Fashion Review: At Givenchy, Sweet Tranquility 2012-10-01T18:52:38Z Her parents maintained lofty academic expectations, and she met them. ‘The Americans’: Will Holly Taylor Inherit the Family Business? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Crawling into lofty feathered beds, expecting to pass out from exhaustion...then laughing well past midnight and sleeping late. Girls' Getaway: New Orleans 2011-01-02T07:20:05.170Z Flights of hubris are also a Russian tradition, so no one is knocking Perm’s lofty ambitions. Pushing Art, Maybe a Bit Too Far 2010-11-23T12:52:00Z But she and other scholars point out that Boydell, who also marketed an authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s plays, was promoting lofty notions of Englishness as much as he was pushing his own wares. For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Its genius can be seen right there in its title, which playfully juxtaposes the promise of a lofty message with the grubbiness of Hollywood's shameless sequel-baiting. "History of the World, Part 1" turns 40, and it's still good to be Mel Brooks 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z And its lofty, mezzanine-ringed library, its most famous space, soared like a tall forest, with intricate dark wood panels and weightless, colorful ornamental steel lights creating a magical, elegant escape from the bustling city. A Glasgow Architect’s Masterpiece Is Damaged, but Not His Magic 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z That when women speak to each other, it is right and appropriate that the dialogue be lofty, serious and important. Perspective | American democracy finally passes the Bechdel test 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z When the news finally gets through to the station, Marcus, a lowly officer who aspires to the lofty title of detective, jumps on the case as his big break. Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z The modest edifice opens into a rectangular hangar-size space with lofty ceilings and seating for hundreds. Boîte: Die Koelner Bierhalle in Park Slope 2012-08-22T17:34:21Z This question, which persistently nibbles at the edges of Ms. Fei’s consciousness, may sit at the lofty intersection of science and moral philosophy. Review: In ‘Girl in Glass,’ Deanna Fei Shares Her Baby’s Struggles 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Miranda’s score, though, given the lofty standard he’d later achieve with “Hamilton,” is serviceable rather than revelatory, more notable for the platform it provides for dance than for exploring the depths of personality. Review | In D.C. this season, it’s Lin-Manuel Miranda practically wall-to-wall 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z A full page is devoted to cocktails that can be made with “everyday” liquors, local spirits or something lofty. Review | Bar Charley has grown up. Now, you’ll dine as well as you drink. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The space is perfectly suited for their modern dining room suite, and the lofty ceiling allows room for tall built-in bookshelves and high-impact art. Quonset Hut Transformation 2010-10-18T19:13:00Z Hood by Air, still in its infancy, takes the attitude and obsessions of the street — sweatshirts, jeans, sneakers and logos — and elevates them into something loftier and more luxurious. How designer Shayne Oliver won over Kanye West, A$AP Rocky — and the fashion world Titles like SS Hell Camp left loftier motives in the backseat to pursue low-rent sensationalism and tarnished pleasures, too busy getting everyone’s clothes off to interrogate the dark legacy of Hitler’s run at world domination. War is hell: Overlord and the history of battle-set horror movies 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z But her ambivalent narration has been muted; instead, we hear the lofty strings of Britell’s song “Eros,” which is the sound of soul mates merging. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z A culture that valorizes heroes insists on consistency, and the Blackwell sisters liked to see themselves as unwavering stewards of lofty ideals. Two Sisters Who Changed the Medical Profession 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Of the many people surprised at the orchestra’s lofty level of achievement, Clive Gillinson, the executive and artistic director of Carnegie and the mastermind of the project, is not one. National Youth Orchestra Prepares for Concerts 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Studio 2, by current resident choreographers Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, is lofty in aim, but more focused in material. Nederlands Dans Theater 2010-07-13T21:30:00Z “They’re very basic earthy things, irreverent. They’re not lofty themes. One of the things that experience has taught us is to be fully in the moment. What’s the moment? Pop music.” U2’s Flight to Now (Turbulence Included) 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z And just like learning Portuguese or writing "King Lear," the goals we set for ourselves in this incredibly anxious, enraging, grief-riddled time don't have to be lofty, unpleasant, or against our talents and interests. Give up on that sourdough and embrace the tao of "I Hate to Cook" 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z His reputation was even loftier, as a careful writer who spoke his mind with a tart elegance but didn’t take sides in the disputes then raging between Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris and their critical coteries. Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z The film’s strategically vague title gestures toward a lofty, earnest desire so familiar and unobjectionable that it is scarcely recognizable as an ideology. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z Among Washington strivers, lofty aspirations often crash into ugly, maddening realities. Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he’s gone public and is hiding out. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The lofty aestheticism of the town and of Frankie’s circle is more than a mark and a privilege of money: it’s a spillover of artists’ work into their lives and surroundings. “Frankie” and the Performance of Life in the Face of Death 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Proclamations from the creative team at Snapchat sound lofty and lyrical. Noted: Snapchat Without the Chat 2013-06-28T22:20:17Z The courtroom presentations were strong and eloquent, veering from lofty rhetoric to granular citations of budget minutiae. Closing arguments presented in plan to break up Corcoran Gallery And she has spent sleepless nights worrying about why people think she is lofty or frosty. Kristin Scott Thomas on Playing a Different Kind of Part 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Let's turn our minds to loftier, less frighteningly human matters. Breaking news; The Reith Lectures; Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Then use that lofty inspiration to design and build your own sturdy skyscraper with directions from Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry: bit.ly/design-towers. 5 fun ways to lift your kids’ spirits this week | The Weekly Wonder 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z With visual elements reminiscent of Scott’s 1984 Apple commercial and the arterial river rafting of the 1966 , this scene primes the viewer for lofty consideration of man’s place in a mutable universe — . Prometheus: Alien Minus One 2012-06-05T13:20:45Z This is intentional, part of its strategy to allow the story to play on a field of idealism and emphasize its loftier messages of both knowing yourself and "to thine own self, be true." "Ted Lasso" creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt want you to know it's OK not to be OK 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z This sounds 'lofty', but I think Carl Jung said Dostoevsky was the best psychoanalytical writer he'd ever read. Richard Ayoade does The Double 2014-04-07T05:50:06Z That seemed a brave move in a world where such lofty professions are currently despised. Fashion Review: Nicolas Ghesqui?re at Balenciaga: A Fantastic Futurist 2012-03-01T19:33:37Z A recent addition is Look Mum No Hands, a bar, cafe and workshop in a lofty garage space on busy Old Street in Shoreditch. | London Bike Cafes 2010-07-08T18:00:00Z Given the industry’s sometimes oblivious treatment of the environment and Ma’s lofty ideals, cynics might be quick to roll their eyes at Our Common Nature. Yo-Yo Ma Is Finding His Way Back to Nature Through Music 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But there’s no hint he’s satisfied with that lofty perch, if the first four hours made available for preview are any indication. Kevin Spacey dealing Season 2 of ‘House of Cards’ 2014-02-12T22:57:00Z The first movie is set largely during World War I, which set a lofty bar for the scope and the import of future adventures. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z His loftiest accomplishment, the small piece that was carried to the International Space Station in January, led to additional installations at European Space Agency facilities across the Continent. Invader Will Bring His Signature Street-Art Mosaics to New York 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z But he and Mr. Kanter, who organized the exhibition, have something loftier in mind. Backers of Yale Italian Paintings Show Lament Loss of ?Eye? 2010-08-04T22:44:00Z The most celebrated artwork in Dutch culture is the culmination of the magnificent Gallery of Honour, the lofty hall that brings together the greatest works of the Dutch golden age, including its Vermeers. Rijksmuseum to reopen after dazzling refurbishment and rethink 2013-04-05T15:55:13Z Enjoy the landscape, as well as a lofty view of Caesarea’s impressive amphitheater, in these sweeping aerial shots. 52 Places, Virtually 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z But Schumann's music excites further curiosity, because it is not only lofty, but personal. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z As Gustav Mahler explained to an admirer, Max Marschalk, his Second Symphony tries to answer the loftiest of questions. The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z The aim was lofty: according to the academy’s rule book, the “Academy Awards of Merit should be considered the highest distinction attainable in the motion picture profession.” The First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Artfully arranged words, lofty and lowdown, are the weapons of choice in “ToasT,” Lemon Andersen’s ambitious and unwieldy new play about versifying behind bars, which opened on Tuesday night at the Public Theater. Review: ‘ToasT’ Where Words Are a Cellblock’s Weapon of Choice 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z It was a reality show in tune with the 99 percent, collapsing the lofty remove of judges — the panel included Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine — and putting them on the line alongside contestants. 2011 TV: ?Homeland,? ?Parks and Recreation,? ?The Hour? 2011-12-17T18:10:32Z Esther, on the other hand, speaks as you would expect a young woman to speak who is humble, with no lofty connections, raised by a “grave and strict” godmother. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House 2012-02-07T09:59:35Z But that lofty moniker doesn't apply to everybody. Noises off: Theatre of the exploited 2010-04-15T15:00:00Z He’s tall, handsome, graceful, and vigorous, and his baritone voice rolls out with a hearty, lofty warmth. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z In Philadelphia, Weavers Way Food Co-op suspended stocking the vegetable for three weeks out of concern that the lofty price tag would discourage buyers. Cauliflower is so hot right now you may not be able to afford it — or find it 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z All these lofty goals would mean little if the house were not working for the owners. An architect couple designs a dream house 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z It was a 3 A.M. telephone call from another one of Kinky’s lofty friends, Willie Nelson, that inspired “Circle Of Life.” The Summer of Kinky Friedman 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z An alphabet soup of militias, with names invoking lofty abstractions like Liberation and Reconciliation, contend for power, split into factions and victimize civilians. Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ a Brutal Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Might they inhabit “a place apart, some deep valley perhaps, guarded on all sides by lofty mountains and impenetrable forests and marshes”? Review | For Earth Day, a beloved but often overlooked love story 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Girls, particularly, were little more than dull collections of moral qualities, pawns in authors’ lofty allegories.” ‘Little Women’ Marches On: Fans Celebrate the Novel’s 150th Anniversary 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “This is so cool,” one young woman was overheard telling her date near a Caravaggio as she surveyed the lofty, luminous Baroque gallery, which used to be an indoor garden. Heads Up: Culture Blooms in Cleveland 2013-07-18T14:33:55Z But the grim reality fell far short of those lofty ambitions. In West Virginia, a moving, respectful tour of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z There are few cities with such an extraordinary setting as lofty La Paz. La Paz, Bolivia guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z And DeMille, no matter what his loftier ambitions, was always first and foremost concerned with what worked. Video: When DeMille Parted the Red Sea 2011-04-01T21:39:04Z The New York Times reported in 1936 that the French composer and critic Reynaldo Hahn had described it as “imposing, lofty, minutely elaborated” and “always compelling admiration.” With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Diplomats, masters in the art of not taking sides, approach inaugurations from the lofty perch of international relations. Don’t gloat, don’t pout: The Golden Rule of elite Washington inaugural parties 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “Living in the District, you hear all these big, lofty ideas, but a lot of them never get done,” she says. Everywhere we go, we leave a trail of trash. Here’s what you can do to help. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z At the fiesta, people went to church then danced in the streets to honour God, so the lofty complexities of baroque fuse with the directness of folk music. Fiesta Criolla/From Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro 2010-08-20T13:50:00Z But did these lofty views in Ivy League publications amount to a public-facing mea culpa by those who erred? Perspective | The media is helping Trump turn the bogus ‘Obamagate’ into the 2020 version of Clinton’s emails 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z I just mean that the movie finds its true, lofty footing not when it displays Kal-El’s extraordinary powers but when it dramatizes Clark Kent’s roiling humanity. Man of Steel: Superman… or Human God? 2013-06-12T15:35:35Z What really surprises here, however, is that the lofty master of the severely sculpted phrase kicked off his career by writing coloratura showstoppers of fashionable difficulty for the divas of his day. Cherubini: Overtures and Arias from Florence to Paris ? review 2012-02-08T15:30:02Z But the fiercest attack on “Avatar” has focused on what may seem, compared to such lofty matters, like a minor detail. 2010-01-22T20:27:00Z Mr. Lelyveld has restored human depth to the Mahatma, the plaster saint, allowing his flawed human readers to feel a little closer to his lofty ideals of nonviolence and universal brotherhood. Books of The Times: Appreciating Gandhi Through His Human Side 2011-03-29T19:55:27Z The main thread of the story, so far, involves Mo’s elaborately planned entrapment of Blair, who ends up working at the Jammer Group when his loftier prospects fall through. Review: In Showtime’s ‘Black Monday,’ Financial Ruin, With Laughs 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “I think that I had resisted the comedy a little bit throughout, because I wished that I was writing something more lofty,” she says. Susan Coll continues to skewer life in D.C.’s suburbs in her new book ‘The Stager’ But the same leak was now helping to repair America's battered reputation in the Middle East, damaged by the Iraq war, and to advance the White House's lofty goals of democratisation and modernisation. WikiLeaks: Tunisia knew its rulers were debauched. But leaks still had impact 2011-02-02T19:59:00Z He introduced lofty public service campaigns about the importance of consistent bedtimes that lasted until it was my night to go out with friends. Honey, I Swept the Floor! 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The fretwork is marvelous even by his lofty standards, and some credit for inspiration probably goes to producer Buddy Miller, a fair picker himself. Review: Soaring solos from Thompson on 'Electric' 2013-02-04T13:24:09Z Modern, minimalist design meets Victorian charm in this lofty apartment in London. On the Market: A Modern London Flat 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Individual podcasts with popular hosts fetched similarly lofty sums. Podcast Companies, Once Walking on Air, Feel the Strain of Gravity 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z TV’s toilet obsession reflects aspects of the real world, where more people live in smaller shared spaces rather than being able to buy lofty family homes. Girls, Insecure and Stranger Things: how bathrooms became TV’s safe space 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z In cashing in on that lofty dream, Mr. Greed was Mr. Succeed. Saul Zaentz: What Does a Producer Do, Anyway? 2014-01-09T17:04:41Z The original was the result of a commission by the dancer-actress-impresario Ida Rubinstein, a patron with lofty aspirations and deep pockets. Revisiting ‘The Fairy’s Kiss,’ a Ballet About an Artist’s Destiny 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z And don’t think “heroine” is too lofty a honorific for Fran. Margaret Drabble finds wit and humor where you’d least expect it 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Levine has helped maintain lofty musical standards at the busiest opera company in the United States. The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera 2011-09-24T04:29:45Z Her father, Asa Coleman Lee, was a prominent lawyer and the model for Atticus Finch, who shared his stilted diction and lofty sense of civic duty. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Cavell, who died in June, may have been an eminent professor of philosophy, but that lofty pursuit didn’t stop him from using his noodle to elucidate the popular art form of movies. 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “Zero Motivation”—which won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival and became a hit in Israel when it was released there this summer—neither advances nor perpetuates lofty notions of the I.D.F. Bored to Death in the I.D.F. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The financial security afforded Astra great creative freedom and the ability to pursue the loftiest of goals: to promote literature in translation in the English-reading world. Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn’t Enough. 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The climb is amply rewarded by a stretch of cool pine forest, and an hour lying flat on a slab of rock, encircled by lofty peaks where ibex edge along ledges. A wander near Ronda: Spain’s empty quarter 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Condemned to death in the desert, the despairing prince miraculously spies “a lofty and spacious castle towering to the sky.” In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Like Sheen, that character used lofty, pedantic language to construct a defiant, larger-than-life persona and mask a roiling sea of inner anguish. Charlie Sheen wants $10 million for tell-all memoir 2011-02-26T16:27:00Z Katharine Graham, the revered former publisher of The Washington Post, famously told an interviewer that she wasn’t particularly comfortable in her lofty perch. Perspective | The Washington Post will soon have a woman as its top editor. And yes, that matters. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z He gives lofty, often meandering soliloquies about restoring accountability in politics. Joe Sestak still wants to be senator — so he walked solo across Pennsylvania. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But the main character is Susiraja, a blond woman nearly six feet tall, who is extremely large, if not morbidly obese, and usually stares out at us with lofty indifference. Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z He never lived up to the lofty expectations, but insisted the pressure of the big contract wasn't hard to deal with. Fukudome goes to Indians 2011-07-29T00:48:00Z Its weekend take was the loftiest since early August, when scored $54.8 million. Paranormal 3 is Metafantastic 2011-10-23T20:55:13Z He’s long battled the building code, neighbors and common sense as he’s barged through red tape in the loftiest heights across Los Angeles and nearby Bel Air. The Fight for Franklin Canyon 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z But the lofty rhetoric of some podcasts makes the sometimes lowbrow nature of the ads feel at odds with the show. First, a Word From Our Celebrity 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The owners turned the heart of the building into a lofty, industrial-chic space with enormous potential. Seattle’s Oxbow gallery offers an unusual way to support artists 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z It is separated enough from the rest of the casinos and some seedier businesses dotting the boardwalk that it manages to maintain a lofty distance. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Revel Atlantic City 2012-07-27T17:55:00Z Such children may have fought valiantly, Samet writes, “but their motivations were hardly lofty, their experience less than ennobling.” ‘Looking for the Good War’ Says Our Nostalgia for World War II Has Done Real Harm 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z I admired the sky-seekers — they often wanted to grow up to be lofty things like astronauts, and it was a joy to see them watching the clouds cross the blue. Sheila Heti Rewrites the Creation of the Universe 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z But it was also before Shakespeare was crowned — at least by popular perception — with a heavy halo of high culture and deemed accessible only to the seriously literate and lofty. | 'King Lear': He?s a Grumpy Old Man, but Don?t Dare Run Away 2011-05-06T14:33:07Z Mark Halperin, an author and media commentator who stepped down from his various lofty perches in 2017, seems to have missed that step along the path to would-be redemption. Mark Halperin: Redemption sounds nice, but he doesn't deserve it - The Washington Post 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Using a lofty digital marketing campaign, the film, based on Hasbro's board game, targeted teen audiences. 'Ouija' likely to outspook Keanu Reeves' 'John Wick' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z They were added post-debut, a concession to lofty expectations engendered by the restaurant’s exclusive perch. The Asia Issue Bites: Exotic Tastes in China, Vietnam, Singapore and Japan 2011-03-18T18:55:21Z Men who love rock music got really competitive trying to outdo each other with their lofty prose exalting the greatness of this seminal album. Against “Sgt. Pepper”: The Beatles classic made pop seem male, nerdy and “important” — and that wasn’t a good thing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Something lofty, and difficult, like fancy French pastry and the good life. Motherlode Blog: From Corn Dogs to Bûche de Noël, and Onward 2012-12-23T14:30:53Z “It’s Nice to Hear You” avoids such lofty stakes, but it’s remarkable to hear just how intimate the couples become within its constrictive framework. On New Podcasts, the Sound of Falling in Love 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Frustrated by her eight-story apartment building in Brooklyn, she asks friends in loftier homes for stair privileges. Urban Athlete: Adventures of a Stair Master 2011-03-10T22:25:01Z The ambiguous tone of Chloe's actions on the slushy sidewalk, as seen from Catherine's lofty but curious viewpoint, starkly contrasts with the alluring explicitness of her movements and reflections back in that boudoir. 'Chloe': a darkly erotic tale about a test of fidelity 2010-03-25T21:37:00Z That presentation for Palladium’s club took almost all day and, if its website is any indication, it was filled with lofty promises and hyperbole. Can Palladium Travel Club keep my $8,174? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Visconti films both the battle and the ball from a distanced, lofty position, looking down on the action from an elevated point of view, gathering vast numbers of extras into his wide-angle images. DVDs: Visconti?s ?Leopard? ? After the Prince, the Deluge 2010-06-26T02:45:00Z It turns him from a lofty emblem into a fallible human being — vulnerable, ambiguous and, perhaps, easier to identify with. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z I was better able to appreciate Johannes Vermeer’s 17th-century “intimate genre” paintings, which focus on domestic interiors — unique in a time when artists were normally supported by lofty patrons. Specialized tours enrich travel 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z That all these lofty ambitions are grounded in a medium that is little more than captured air does not bother Moss. From thin air, 40,000 balloons add up to one giant public art installation 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And today’s competitive personality types are unable to slow down, in part because they fear slipping from their lofty perches. Why Don’t Rich People Just Stop Working? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z With rare exceptions, the committee format is unwieldy and inefficient, long on lofty discussions, short on definitive action. Perspective | Facebook has a huge truth problem. A high-priced ‘oversight board’ won’t fix it. 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z His aspirations were perhaps even loftier — to court Lily, with a view to matrimony. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z But all these lofty notions were forgotten as we got to know each other and love blossomed. How the Trans-Siberian railway became the love train 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Each room is beautifully fitted, with parquet flooring, big windows and lofty ceilings and – perhaps best of all – the mini-bar is free. Budapest city guide: what to do, plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Plant elixirs are often promoted with lofty promises and fuzzy science and, like supplements, aren’t regulated by the FDA. Essential oils are potent, risky and promising. Here’s what you need to know. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The footage recently was shown as part of the New York City Drone Film Festival, an appropriate setting for such lofty and left-of-center minds. Pop & Rock Listings for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z After pausing briefly to admire a spotlighted statue of Hatshepsut, the 18th-dynasty female ruler of Egypt, she resumed complaining about the gallery, whose height she deemed too lofty for the work on display. Camille Paglia Scowls at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-27T22:19:53Z The road that Tasmania chooses will be critical as Australia seeks to fulfill lofty ambitions to become a "food bowl" for a rapidly growing middle-class in Asia. Even in isolated, pristine Tasmania, pressure to allow GMO farming 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Remember that plays — even those lofty classics that show up on college reading lists — are meant to be spoken and heard. Turn the Living Room into a Stage: Read Plays Out Loud 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The leaded windows, original wood paneling and extensive stucco ceiling decoration create a lofty home for the newly introduced “best of” collection, named after the store’s Carlos Place address. Special Report: Fashion: 'Maison' Mouret, Now in Mayfair 2011-02-21T21:30:41Z The Jamaican-born poet writes a learned, lofty, rhetorical kind of poetry, a little like Tennyson. The Best Books of Poetry from 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z |
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