He drew it in rage, evilly, exaggerating the difficulties of communication, as if to punish himself for the absolute lack of sense with which he had chosen the place. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew with absolute certainty moments before they came in that there were three sets of footsteps coming. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew up in Mountain View, California, just south of San Francisco, which is the absolute epicenter of Silicon Valley. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Silena was nice, but she was an absolute neat freak, the worst inspector. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The woman couldn’t see that, or else she ignored it; she waited for absolute silence, and then she began. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The racial divide on Robben Island was absolute: there were no black warders, and no white prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My word will be absolute law, beyond appeal. If you don’t like a particular decision I make, I’d be happy to discuss it with you afterward, but not while we’re on the hill.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even in midair, I could see the absolute shock on Rowdy’s face. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she woke screaming in her basement bedroom, knowing with absolute certainty that someone was coming for them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every object is influenced by the environment it's in, so it’s impossible to cool anything in the universe—a banana, an ice cube, a dollop of liquid helium—to absolute zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Madam marsupial, it would be a great honor and absolute privilege if you would kindly inform me of your name.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The nonexistence of absolute rest therefore meant that one could not give an event an absolute position in space, as Aristotle had believed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All kids can’t have absolute freedom all the time but many lads, especially older ones raised in the Digital Age, need more than they’re getting. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would come suddenly in a wave of supernatural lucidity, like an absolute and momentaneous conviction, but they could not be grasped. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her voice had become sharp with overtones of bleakness as her soul congealed and she ceased to move, as the instinctive, omnipresent film of great weight, of an almost absolute inertia, settled over her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For about ten seconds there was absolute silence in the room. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

All at once Matilda was able to see the whole situation with absolute clarity. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At all times the Party is in possession of absolute truth, and clearly the absolute can never have been different from what it is now. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He smiled at her in awe and absolute amazement. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’d bet a month’s pay that an eighth-grade boy had been chosen at absolute random and dropped into the top academy for differentiated instruction in the state. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

But there are piles of reasons I can’t tell the absolute truth. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

His perfectionism seemed absolute, even when they took walks to other villages and he insisted on quizzing her about the Latin names of plants they saw. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

By the end of the second day I was getting very hungry and a bit tired of sitting in absolute pitch dark. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Hitler now understood with absolute clarity the feeble resolve of the powers to his west. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t feel like absolute garbage, I would probably be excited, too. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“A library without books? That is, indeed, a disgrace. An absolute disgrace.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yolanda is a team captain, and she doesn’t pick me even though everybody knows your friend is the absolute first person you should pick. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I disagreed with him, but I always felt he was a man of absolute integrity,” Marx said of these debates. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But she also understood that sometimes the world was just a little bit more complicated and grown folks liked to operate in absolutes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It hurt, but that was nothing compared to the absolute horror she felt coursing through her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Really, this is the absolute last thing I should be doing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rising sun was buttering the clouds, the sea was royal blue, and dolphins darted in and out of the water, weaving between the rocks with absolute grace. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, his duplex apartment is an absolute mirror of ours. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

While I appreciated Dr. Kerr’s position and his willingness to give me another chance, I resented his absolute power over my fate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The runway lights blinked on and off and the darkness was complete again, absolute; in the blue-blackness Richard felt his head swimming. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute—life or truth or beauty—of being ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that had been discarded. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, balancing on the edge of the roof, and peer at the courtyard seven stories down, just for a moment imagining the weightlessness, the absolute abandon of the fall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He seemed uncharacteristically powerless and contrite, a far cry from the tough, resolute and absolute ruler of the house I knew him to be, the father whose words were law. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is an absolute masterpiece of the plain style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She swore me to absolute silence, saying above all else those men must not connect us with their ugly deed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The absolute best-case scenario was that only one of them would die—but even that couldn’t be trusted. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But I doubt that I have ever uttered this absolute truth before an audience without being hotly challenged, and accused by a Jew of anti-Semitism. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It put Strauss in “an absolute dither,” Rabi would recall: Strauss “went around and talked to newspapermen all over, and to the House and Senate, and whatnot.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Rowdy had been an absolute terror, scoring twenty points, grabbing ten rebounds, and stealing the ball seven times. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Breaking away from the sight—it made absolute bitterness blend throughout his prior reaction of awe and yearning—he said, “I’d like to test out the selection, now. Can we go downstairs?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Newton’s laws of motion put an end to the idea of absolute position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talks quickly and precisely and with absolute authority. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said the play itself was no masterpiece, but that the Lunts, of course, were absolute angels. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had always known with absolute certainty that a dog would make everything better. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The absolute worst,” she says, but she leans in and laughs hard along with me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the darkness beyond is not glorious at all, it truly is an absolute absence of light. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey gazed at Matilda with absolute amazement, but when next she spoke she kept her voice level. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And if there is a reasonable chance that readers will misinterpret a statistical tendency as an absolute law, a responsible writer will anticipate the oversight and qualify the generalization accordingly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughs, and honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of absolute quiet, I think about why Boy21 might be arranging stars in his bedroom. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Stop that talking!' shouted the Deputy Head. ‘I want absolute silence!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black hole with a mass a few times that of the sun would have a temperature of only one ten millionth of a degree above absolute zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man, the absolute master of what the world produces. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

These three fellows are the absolute bedrock of written and spoken persuasion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa was revered by the Incas as a sun-god and exercised absolute authority over his subjects, who obeyed even the orders he issued from captivity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Romero's bull-fighting gave real emotion, because he kept the absolute purity of line in his movements and always quietly and calmly let the horns pass him close each time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he had absolute power over his slaves, male and female. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Up to the beginning of this century people believed in an absolute time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayatollah Khamenei was Iran’s Supreme Cleric: the absolute religious and governmental authority. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sirens wailed, as if to remind us that there was supposed to be absolute silence. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Matilda followed her, but just inside the doorway of the so-called sitting-room she stopped and stared around her in absolute amazement. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally did, I was in absolute awe. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I made him repeat the parts of his testimony about being coerced to testify falsely, Ralph remained calm and conveyed absolute sincerity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That’s why the British interceptors could listen to just a few bursts and say, with absolute certainty, “It’s Oscar, which means that yes, his unit is now definitely outside of Tobruk.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She looked away, shaking her head at my absolute stupidity. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Joaquin watched as—to his absolute horror—a tear slipped down Ana’s cheek. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now were going to be broadcast live to Olympus and look like absolute fools!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had an absolute distrust of authority and an insistence on complete privacy which seemed to make her, and my family, even odder. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Comfort—you saved your cousin’s life. You did the absolute best thing you could have done, honey. The right thing. What if Peach had drowned? What if you had drowned?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds there was absolute silence, and then everything started up again as heavily as it had been. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, the fact that Gabriel believed our town needed that bird to exist made absolute sense to me, whether I liked it or not. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“To quote one of my absolute best friends in the world, ‘Rules were made to be broken.’” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because the life on this earth takes absolute precedence over the whims of the dead, and for your friend, this method will be even more dangerous than an exorcism.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And now I was doing the absolute worst to them. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All of which is to say: During the weeks leading up to the party, Ashton Place was an absolute beehive of activity. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was strange to make absolute statements in the nude. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When he had made his decision, he said, “Magister Spurge, once my esteemed guest, allow me to say: You are an idiot. An absolute idiot.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they say, “I look like an absolute hag,” and sometimes, “I look like Haggis McBaggis.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wood was old and the paint was cracking, giving the Nativity scene a poignant look of absolute poverty. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her only political ambition was to “reign in the heart of my husband. That is my throne and there I aspire to be absolute.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I pulled my mask off and screamed in absolute joy and relief. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You are,” he says, “the absolute worst idea I’ve ever had.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They are the absolute cutest, and if it was possible to adopt siblings, I would. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hang there in absolute peace as I am slowly devoured. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Weaver advised his hosts carefully that the foundation might be able to contribute $1 million as an absolute limit, but that was only a guess. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was less absolute for me than for her, hut it was there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Her large, expressive eyes looked at him with absolute adoration. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this was the absolute worst thing about last October 7th, the one moment I’ll never forgive myself for. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, everything in the universe is conspiring to stop you from actually reaching absolute zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The lack of an absolute standard of rest meant that one could not determine whether two events that took place at different times occurred in the same position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An absolute had first to be established in the minds of the comrades so that they could measure the success or failure of their deeds by it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus knowledge, in so far as we have it, is not absolute but progressive, not definitive but provisional. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Abby, did I mention you are the absolute best person in the entire universe? Oh my God. I love you so much. I love you more than Nick loves you.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m in a state of absolute agony and I can’t be bothered.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Beyond the trash heaps there was nothing at all— that is, only the vast Unknown Regions, where the darkness was absolute. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was happy only because I’d been ordered to be, but the happiness was absolute. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So by taking them all into account, she had absolute faith she could prevent every one of them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rulers of such a state are absolute, as the Pharaohs or the Caesars could not be. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The absolute last thing—the last thing—I wanted was to be pitied by a bunch of strangers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What I liked most was the absolute silence inside my head and heart—silence I had not enjoyed for so long. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“One minute. Oh . . . and so you have absolute privacy . . .” She waved her hand and iron bars slammed down over the windows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was all—it is all—the absolute truth; but what did I want to say it for? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the agency, an absolute bar to employment based on prior convictions—without consideration of these factors—violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act if such a bar has a racially disparate impact. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But he could have compared the output from different types of water-wheel without having an absolute measure of efficiency. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m an absolute pawn when it comes to the weather.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The authorities were given additional power over black people, as if they didn’t already have absolute power over our lives from birth to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

More alarming still, Rush had recently announced that he had an absolute cure for the disease, something no other doctor had claimed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

No words can express the absolute terror I felt. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The sachems of Indian groups on the eastern seaboard were absolute monarchs in theory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I am an absolute stranger at the school. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Asif couldn’t understand how things worked here and the absolute power a family like the Khans held in a place like ours. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Both Aristotle and Newton believed in absolute time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the absolute worst time to forget how to speak. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had developed a confidence that was almost absolute. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When this is over,” I tell him, “it will be my absolute pleasure to never see any of you ever again. But you especially.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had a deep baritone voice that was surprising in a man so small, and he used it to good effect, bellowing out commands with absolute authority. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Moral certainty is thus quite different from the sort of absolute certainty one might have in mathematics or in logic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Hooper's own fear in the storm had been absolute, and yet it had gone, it might never have happened, Kingshaw knew that he was quite powerless to use it as a weapon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Principalities of this type are usually endangered when they are about to change from a civil government into an absolute form of government. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d slowed me down till we were walking at an absolute snail’s pace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first law says that you can’t create energy and the third that you can’t reduce temperatures to absolute zero; there will always be some residual warmth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Scott Wasden was born on January 4, within three days of the absolute perfect birthday for an elite hockey player. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Even biologists choose to think this about themselves, despite the evidences of the absolute inevitability of death that surround their professional lives. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sing along with the song, and not until she’s about to walk off the stage do I realize that Hannah is in absolute hysterics. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, in the absolute darkness, he understood with a hopeless nostalgia that he was completely disoriented. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. King was equally clear that future riots are not inevitable: “Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Brinker, in his accelerating change from absolute to relative virtue, came up with plan after plan, each more insulated from the fighting than the last. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stately and graceful feeling of motion, as we glided across the world in total silence, and with absolute smoothness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the near absolute silence of people in the audience. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She bounced twice, straight up and down, then settled onto a hard surface and found herself in silence and absolute blackness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If Mama had gone silent, Penelope had become an absolute chatterbox. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The look of confusion on Ivan’s face was absolute but didn’t last long. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was absolute sweetness, like a drift of scent from a lilac bush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But they were moving, and the way they were moving compelled immediate and absolute attention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed mesmerized as they watched Crow on a small screen in the front of the cafeteria, the memories of it, the absolute magic of it, suddenly flooding back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will go back as soon as I can stir: I need not make an absolute fool of myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was young and beautiful, with flowing black hair, but her expression was one of absolute terror. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The net effect was that for all his quiet humility the man’s wide-ranging knowledge and quiet eloquence commanded absolute respect, and never more than when he was at work in his shop, plying his craft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately perhaps, people are more sensitive to absolute differences between people than they are to rough equalities between them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, take Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. He tried to poison his friend, he threw his own wife in prison, and he abandoned his baby in the wilderness. So he’s the absolute worst. Right?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tears fill my eyes as I stare at the drawing, and I brush them away with my arm, knowing that for once, I’m doing the absolute right thing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My arms burn from swinging them, and even though I'm an absolute mess I feel particularly light. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And from the absolute passivity of their limbs, they seemed in the last stages of exhaustion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In their first days of marriage, the newlyweds are happy as can be, even though Jo has no idea how to keep house—“Its an absolute farce,” she writes her sister Mien. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He coloured the second line from the top red, in order to give each tune an absolute bearing in relation to all other times. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sean picked him up, drove him home in a silence so absolute Finn felt as if he were wearing a helmet packed with lamb’s wool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I need to make sure all of Dad’s singers are at their absolute best. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Yet there had been nothing, only the long, slow fall, and then the absolute stillness, the heavy, crumpled limbs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

An animal whine of unequivocal desperation and absolute hopelessness rose in his throat as he ran and ran and ran. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, we need to preserve the absolute unpredictability and total improbability of our connected minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To be blunt, son—that car’s an absolute outrage. It’s disgraceful.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She said it was her absolute favorite scarf of all time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

To this day it stands as a monument to the ability of propaganda to foster absolute power and to justify unfettered hatred. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could see the look on my mother’s face, her absolute refusal to cry. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sit bolt upright and clutch at my side, my G-tube burning like absolute fire. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This testimony was written to create an absolute record, to speak in a world where our voices have been extinguished. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was something about the absolute nothingness behind it that was a little bit frightening, like putting out your hand to touch something that wasn’t really there. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the theory of relativity there is no unique absolute time, but instead each individual has his own personal measure of time that depends on where he is and how he is moving. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grin, almost blushing on Violet’s behalf, as I pan the length of her body, allowing my camera to assess her black satin dress, which is short, backless, and tight—and worn with absolute aplomb. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His daughter’s request, for such it might be considered, of being admitted into her family again before she set off for the North, received at first an absolute negative. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Georgetown’s students may not be as smart on an absolute scale as the students of Harvard. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Now, perhaps for the first time, the absolute horror of the crisis at the primate building washed over him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had, in one word, glamour, absolute schoolboy glamour. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared with the life of a businessman. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said again with absolute calm, “General, you must look to your Division.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Those rats and vermin, an absolute shower of yahoos and cads! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

From sheer and absolute terror, I began to scream. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment, as though she were The Creation, The Beginning Of The World, The First Morning. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The arrow hit the absolute center, obliterating the black dot. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Nazis called this philosophy the “leadership principle,” and it required absolute obedience to superiors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the bell rang, she knew one thing with absolute certainty. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Their work had been driven by the absolute necessity of winning the bomb race with Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been an absolute uproar,” Percy told them importantly the Sunday evening before they were due to return to Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To enforce his absolute authority as the leader, or Führer, of the Nazi regime, Hitler created his own private army composed of fanatical Nazis called the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Then, in the absolute silence that followed Roy’s words, John saw that his father was not seeing him, was not seeing anything unless it were a vision. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the very center of the problem is the naked cold deadness of one’s own self, the only reality in nature of which we can have absolute certainty, and it is unmentionable, unthinkable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still would the board and the black king be in the same place; for motion is not absolute. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

With absolute purpose he goes for my hair. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the old man lifted his hand and, startlingly, terrifyingly, there was absolute silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We go left,” she said with absolute conviction. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

London is an absolute spectacle, crowds cramming the streets outside Buckingham Palace and all through the city, draped in Union Jacks and waving tiny flags over their heads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I am barreling through white flame and absolute darkness, the nexus between life and death. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg stood on the sidewalk outside of a Philadelphia courthouse, feeling like an absolute fool. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The result was an absolute disaster at the Democratic convention in Chicago. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘Why, it’s absolute bosh from beginning to end.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But also they were outlaws, enemies, untouchables, doomed with absolute certainty to extinction within a year or two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed so long ago now, yet he remembered it with absolute clarity. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Early on, the emotional sympathy she’d felt with Lefty had been so absolute that she’d sometimes forgotten they were separate people. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But the absolute absorption of his face, and his never-ending stream of questions, compelled me to continue. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Which was vaguely irritating to Humperdinck because, to tell the absolute truth, torture was never all that high on his scale of passions, and he would just as soon have disposed of Westley right then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The theory of relativity gets rid of absolute time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Serious insults to the body, the kind of shattering or crushing injury seen in high-speed auto wrecks, are an absolute certainty for every single jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our instinct is to regard time as eternal, absolute, immutable–nothing can disturb its steady tick. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The English historian Lord Acton famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She visits him infrequently; she and Gogol are never close to his neighborhood for any reason, and even the absolute privacy they would have had there is of no appeal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This cannot be true in any absolute sense; Galileo’s telescope transformed the world of astronomers before they had any new words for what they could now see—before they even had the word ‘telescope’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then the transmitter snapped off and the absolute darkness closed around him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is impossible to describe the sensation of absolute peace and beauty that surrounds you. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence surrounding them was so absolute that Meggie hardly dared to breathe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Octavian shot Percy a look of absolute loathing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He is staring straight ahead, mouth open, in absolute shock as the reflected colors from the cartoon move across his face. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fair coins behave well in a ratio sense, but not in an absolute sense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are simply no doctors and nurses left on that continent. It’s an absolute tragedy! African doctors should stay in Africa.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It contained tons of sadness and guilt, but it wasn’t absolute. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

To have any chance of leaving Riverbank, they would need powerful allies—and they would have to work in absolute secrecy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to know an absolute secret?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Residents of the neighborhood are in absolute dismay. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, Jesse had absolute confidence in his computing skills, in his technology. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he would have needed this as an absolute minimum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now I’m groaning too, because puns are the absolute worst. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bodysurfing in the Pacific was one of his absolute favorite things on earth. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

An Alabama woman thought everybody should realize that an attack from Mars was “not only highly improbable,...but an absolute impossibility at present.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And the pain, the first knowledge of absolute isolation and suffering, touched him throughout in its undisguised actual form. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“When we got to Kinshasa, the place was an absolute madhouse,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She insisted on absolute privacy, excellent school grades, and trusted no outsiders of either race. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of absolute fact, the Count was bringing nothing; it was the albino who was doing the actual work, making trip after trip with thing after thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What absolute rot!” the Centipede said, but his voice seemed suddenly to have become a little shaky, and he wasn’t laughing. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I do think that they were in a situation that brought out the absolute worst in their decision making. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At this last word, the Hall was filled with a silence so absolute that nobody seemed to be breathing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Though he’d never know for sure what had happened to them, his mind was super talented at imagining the absolute worst. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was one thing that would be the absolute coolest thing to buy in the whole world. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For biologists, it may have seemed like absolute mumbo jumbo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the body, or beyond the body, there is something absolute and unchanging. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After the O.J. Simpson verdict, one of the jurors appeared on TV and said with absolute conviction, ‘Race had absolutely nothing to do with my decision,’” psychologist Joshua Aronson says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I believe in my decision with absolute certainty, a certainty that thrums through every cell in my body. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it had become an absolute mess. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside cells, ribosomes seemed to stay glued together with absolute equanimity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The method provided only relative distances, not absolute distances, but even so it was the first time that anyone had come up with a usable way to measure the large-scale universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an absolute bull’s-eye, but she hadn’t been aiming for it, anyway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Will remembered his own absolute certainty, on seeing the patch of grass through the window in the air, that it wasn’t in his world, and he nodded. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay as still as possible until the pain subsided from absolute torture to just horrible throbbing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All in the darkness, which would be nearly absolute within a few minutes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that absolute and complete freedom gets old very fast. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Death is inevitable for everyone and it’s absolute for me today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It is impossible for contemporary Americans to fully comprehend what it meant to live under a system in which some individuals had absolute power over others. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A rare declaration, in a city like Lagos for a man like him, that she had his absolute attention. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As a result, he ruled his area with absolute power, roaring his orders so constantly the villagers called him Magistrate Tiger. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero told physicists what they couldn’t do. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for absolute honesty. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes absolute sense to know as much about Voldemort as possible. How else will you find out his weaknesses?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Newton was very worried by this lack of absolute position, or absolute space, as it was called, because it did not accord with his idea of an absolute God. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some yelps, some gasps, and then absolute quiet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was an absolute fact that America had won the war, yet some people in camp did not believe it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if she was right, or if I would have been better off on pills or locked up in a mental hospital, but her belief in me was absolute. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Really now, this kitchen is an absolute pigsty...” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Emma still wanted to argue: But this isn’t absolute proof, is it? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“In the first place,” replied Mr. Gardiner, “there is no absolute proof that they are not gone to Scotland.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In a sudden wave of nausea, I see the absolute horror, if you will, of this situation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No sight of misery disturbs us, nor of despairing poverty out in vain search for employment.... We work our eight hours a day in peaceful security and in absolute confidence of our pay.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The President switched off the music and, with the final note of the final stanza, there was absolute silence—the silence of stretched expectancy, quivering and creeping with a galvanic life. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bows his head, summons real tears, and dedicates the performance to Lucinda, whose great and absolute selflessness is the only reason we are able to continue in the face of our loss. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And in my case -being one of the star-crossed lovers from District 12 -it's an absolute requirement if I want any more help from sympathetic sponsors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The child said, with the pure eyes of absolute truth: “I would do anything for King Arthur.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first and the absolute last time I am going to participate within a reunion of my sisters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I saw masks of iron with metal mouth-bits for the slave to suck to enforce absolute silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In Mercerism, an absolute evil plucked at the threadbare cloak of the tottering, ascending old man, but it was never clear who or what this evil presence was. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For some time I stay in bed without moving, in the absolute and holy stillness. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

This oft misunderstood and misinterpreted concept so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because all this has steadily helped this American white man to build up, deep in his psyche, absolute conviction that he is “superior.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet that then fell over the auditorium was absolute. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

No one but a scythe could be so commanding and take such absolute control of a situation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He leans over it, cutting here, snipping there, in absolute and total concentration. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what I like about military barbers? You guys are such high class people. I mean it. Sincerely, I do. The absolute cream of military personnel. Handsome, aristocratic, urbane, without being affected.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This library is a disgrace, sir. An absolute disgrace!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

These were not the lives of humans, and she knew with absolute certainty that they were not the lives of animals, either. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The visitor, for her part, was teetering on the absolute brink of the brown chair in what Gilly took to be a state of total shock. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I look at the page, where the life cycle of the mushroom from spore to fruiting body is taking shape, and I know this with absolute certainty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can revive, at least briefly, that which is absolute and unchanging. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In formal logic and in mathematics, proof is something absolute. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The problem these fifty-nine years has been this: how can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her one consolation was that none of them had been on that black dot—the absolute center. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We even changed the rules of stoop ball, of which I was the absolute King of the World, to include bases when more than one kid played. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then, inexplicably, you had the absolute audacity to love me back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their absolute failure to get any sort of a reaction from their victim was not only discouraging, it was weird enough to spoil the fun for even the bravest of bullies. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people have what is called perfect pitch or absolute pitch. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

You can never cool an object to absolute zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Flora was certain that this was a true and genuine emergency, an absolute and undeniable crime. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed wisest for Otto and me to leave during the night, but with clouds shielding the sliver of moon, the dark was near absolute. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In theory, scientists can get energy from the Casimir effect even at absolute zero in the bleakest part of the vacuum of space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A proof, at least in mathematics and logic, is an absolute; you either prove something or you do not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If we had an absolute method for distinguishing art from non-art, it would not necessarily enable us to measure quality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other doctors agreed with Kuhn and Devèze and put forward their own treatments, though no one claimed to have found an absolute cure, as Rush did. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

What hurts is the disgust in their voice, the visceral fear in their tone, like gaining weight would be the absolute worst thing to happen to them. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He was confined to his bed, unable even to raise his head, for six straight days, during the absolute peak of the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

There are ways to tell with absolute certainty whether someone is having a heart attack, but those involve tests of particular enzymes that can take hours for results. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, in the midst of the heat and the flames, Stella Mills showed absolute bravery and courage as she ran toward the fire to rescue little Hazel Spencer.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Tyrant,” in the classical context, just means absolute ruler—though five will get you ten they were tyrants in the modern sense also. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I want,” he says, “to do the absolute last thing I’m supposed to be doing right now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of absolute truth in that, something he needed to come to terms with. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But that increased the bomb’s overall power, which created an absolute increase in dirtiness. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As Simitian stood at the podium, reading the document, trying to reconcile the company’s clear recognition of the risks with its opposition to law, he said: “I am at an absolute loss.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This is known as the twins paradox, but it is a paradox only if one has the idea of absolute time at the back of one’s mind. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at her impassively, in absolute silence, for a good thirty seconds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men with absolute power over their slaves acted like creatures we would otherwise meet only in nightmares. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It need not do so in tones of absolute neutrality. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero, the laws of thermodynamics erected impenetrable barriers that no scientists can ever cross, no matter how hard they try. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If I don't acknowledge It, will they think I'm just not able to confront difficulty, challenge, hurdles, this absolute nightmare? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The maid, with her hands clasped across her starched white bosom, was staring at her mistress with a look of absolute disbelief on her face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can I begin to describe the complexities of life here in a country whose leadership sets the standard for absolute corruption? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hairdresser could count on absolute fidelity and punctuality. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, “Uh!” as loud as I could, and kept on kicking with absolute delight as he pulled into the drive-through. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Darling, is this why you’re so upset? Don’t listen to her, she’s talking absolute rubbish. I didn’t hit her. I’ve never laid a hand on her in my life. Not like that.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one moment longer, stupor held court; his scepter was absolute and we all were subjected unto him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Reverend Salles has written to tell him that Vincent “has withdrawn into absolute muteness, hides himself under his bedcovers and sometimes cries without uttering a word.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Inside I feel swollen like an absolute full moon. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He made some remark, and I looked up in time to see the absolute disgust in her face. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

By this time, there was absolute silence in the parking lot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the absolute blackness, his vision is webbed with a thousand traveling wisps of red and blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the fifth day, when I walked out onto the veranda without stumbling, Mother cried and said, “It’s a miracle. An absolute miracle.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

However, the mother knows people listen to absolute statements, so she says in a tired voice, "I want to forget the past." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Seen from a distance, clustered densely around the white plastic box containing the long serpentine lines of army ants, turning to each other and murmuring repetitively, they seem an absolute marvel. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that absolute correctness must seem a dull existence to you, but I know no other way to be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, I’ve been known to take a perfectly normal rainy day as a personal insult. So this is absolute manna to me.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Also, there are reasons to suspect that we are really not the absolute, pure entities that we seem. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would know that the last thing—the absolute last thing—I ever wanted was for her to be hurt because of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I watched all her composure fall away, replaced by a look of absolute fear. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wished he could tell Bob with absolute confidence that he should forget about his past. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This whole time I’d been rooted in place, terrified into absolute immobility. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I let disapproval color my tone, though I was relieved he hadn’t given her an absolute no. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked at Isabelle Derby with a look of absolute love on his face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ranges of some instruments are definite and absolute. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I thought of the line from Shakespeare: “Be absolute for death; for either death or life shall be the sweeter.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the Director, even the slightest disobedience endangers his vision of his absolute authority in here. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The destruction of humanity they wrought in that quest was not, and is not, seen for what it was: absolute greed and cruelty. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Since there are serious consequences to misinterpreting these statements as absolute laws, a responsible writer should insert a qualifier like on average or all things being equal, together with a slightly or somewhat. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I failed a bunch of times. That’s the absolute truth. I missed some things. And people died.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Since this allegation falls very directly into my own realm, I am able to refute it with absolute authority. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her slight frame was willowy, graceful even in absolute stillness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, the Big Friendly Giant stood quite still, and a look of absolute ecstasy began to spread over his long wrinkly face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I talked with him he said, “Microbiological Associates and Sam Reader were an absolute revolution in the field, and I’m not one to use the word revolution lightly.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

All of us, when it comes to personality, naturally think in terms of absolutes: that a person is a certain way or is not a certain way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones had lived through a lot in his years with the agency, but tonight marked the absolute nadir. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted peace, an absolute quietude; she wanted an interlude of darkness, warm water, the pipe tobacco smell, security. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling me to lower my sights, which was the absolute reverse of every last thing my parents had ever told me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No one has said a word beyond the absolute minimum since the incident with the three women. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even if he wanted to take us with him, how could he possibly persuade the Nazi administrators, especially Amon Goeth, who had absolute final say over us, to go along with such a crazy scheme? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Demetrius’s faith in the power of the written word seems to have been absolute. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

For several minutes they ate in absolute silence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. It was the absolute last thing Ekon wanted, but at the same time his heart was beginning to pound in a new, unpleasant way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In his absolute selfishness, his incapacity to give anything away, no matter what, he is a successful committee. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me a look of absolute hatred. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the sight of those torpedo breasts under fuzzy blue sweaters, the absolute nakedness of those young faces, drove her out of the building and off the campus like a leaf before a hailstorm. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the city, a thunderstorm boiled—a wall of absolute black with lightning streaking across the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The layered, flaky flatbread is my absolute favorite. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the middle of all the dancers, a large clear bubble was suspended in space, at the absolute center of the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In an instant, I’ve gone from absolute terror to absolute wonder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was best to tell the absolute truth with him, no shading. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Europe was overwhelmingly Christian, and society structured itself around the belief that God’s rule over mankind was absolute, as was a king’s rule over his realm and a husband’s rule over his household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing that saved him from absolute suffocation was the sea breeze somersaulting and fooling, first ahead, then behind, running and panting like a dog ready to play. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion,” Roosevelt declared, “the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s what’s so hard for us to understand today: The ruthless, paranoid Josef Stalin, by then the uncontested leader of the USSR, commanded a bizarre and absolute power over his people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the Tillermans ate in absolute silence, in huge bites, barely tasting what they chewed before they swallowed it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he refused to accept lack of absolute space, even though it was implied by his laws. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t get me wrong—I want him to be happy, he’s my absolute best friend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Leninci felt herself entitled, after this day of queerness and horror, to a complete and absolute holiday. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must we go mile after mile in absolute darkness? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen—I embody—the vision of the dragon: absolute, final waste. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an absolute disgrace—that bandolier of mine.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her absolute favorite scene was the part when Alice grew too big to fit inside the White Rabbit’s house. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Who would dare to expect anything but absolute zero from a painter of swastikas? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’d been a while since he’d exerted so much energy, and getting the tar beaten out of him by a bunch of trees was an absolute first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was an attitude that Mario knew meant the absolute end of everything. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he’s standing here smiling at me like this is just the absolute best surprise ever. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That would be our absolute top priority, to get you a good education, high school then college. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

After that long walk home, the absolute last thing I wanted to do right then was walk Delilah. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A boy’s fear, but it came with absolute surety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth sent her “best wishes to Mrs. Andresen and the hope that she will enjoy absolute possession of the tiger skin.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The meeting adjourned with tempers still hot and both sides feeling absolute in the rightness of their position. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

By the time I’m introduced, the audience is an absolute wreck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee and Mai Thi spent most of the time under their desks softly singing the music from Camelot—which Mrs. Baker didn’t seem to mind, even though there was supposed to be absolute quiet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a light in his eyes of absolute wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Seemingly oblivious to the sensational nature of the news he had just imparted, Dumbledore said nothing more about staff appointments, but waited a few seconds to ensure the silence was absolute before continuing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As if in slow motion, frame by frame, the world would take on the old logic—absolute silence, then the wind, then sunlight, then voices. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A child who learns the word elephant knows, with absolute certainty, that it is something different from a dog. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite simply,” he said, “we didn’t believe. And belief was the one condition which was absolutely necessary. Belief, and absolute surrender.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The look on her face is absolute panic. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"The great all-embracing, absolute Armistice, the end of the world!" he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was needed now was control, absolute control. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To use an Americanism, he had “taken no chances,” and the absolute accuracy with which his instructions were fulfilled, was simply the logical result of his care. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

To my absolute astonishment, he did not even smile, but reached over and took my hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In other words, the theory of relativity put an end to the idea of absolute time! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hurt you, even though it is the absolute last thing on earth I ever, ever want to do. I hurt you.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A voice went: “All right, let him think the absolute worst. Let him think it, let him think it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither that readiness nor those constraints are absolute. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It erupts out the front door and to the side of the house, and the older brother, Daniel, beats the absolute Christ out of Gavin. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was strange how when held up to the absolute phrase—the one toy I really want—nothing quite filled the hole that was opening wide inside Sandi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was a witness, like God, or like the gods, who look on in absolute silence as we live our lives, as we make our choices or fail to make them. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never have given up, although it was discouraging; the crucifix around his neck and the rifle at his back were twin tokens of his absolute determination to complete the task. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then the little gurgling laugh came again, and the rising mad sound of it drowned out the voice, and then suddenly absolute silence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You admit yourself that your memory seems to spring full-grown from an absolute blankness of a week ago. I’m giving you the explanation. Donovan and I put you together from the parts shipped us.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Say you are trying to cool a banana to absolute zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was trying to prove Valley wrong, and she was being an absolute goose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In order to understand what you would see if you were watching a star collapse to form a black hole, one has to remember that in the theory of relativity there is no absolute time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such absolute, unjaded wonder he had never experienced in his life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His equally absolute defeat of the younger, highly respected Larsen proved that Fischer was in a class by himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Kelvin scale, zero degrees is absolute zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother would have an absolute fit if she saw it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He always waits for absolute silence before he begins. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She soars toward the clouds while Axel and Ray watch in absolute awe. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It would seem, therefore, that absolute qualities in art must elude us, that we cannot escape viewing works of art in the context of time and circumstance, whether past or present. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Faisal, the absolute ruler of Arabia, had made me a guest of the State. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pretty near absolute bottom most of the time, and when they really scraped, Mary managed to give some kind of a party. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that for most of them, this was the first time they were experiencing the absolute magic of seeing themselves transformed by a story. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If the patient was hotter than the doctor’s hand they were, in absolute terms, hot, and that was that. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her last moments with Deen had been the absolute wrong last moments. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Other instruments may be a mix of absolute and indefinite ranges. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the secret history of First Families—an insular gossip mill sworn to absolute discretion about most things on pain of death—there’s no definite answer for who wrote it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s this place—the absolute separation from DC, the familiar old smells of cedar trees and dried chile de árbol, the sanity of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seven had not taken Edgar Allan Toad out in a while, and he was even more of an absolute goose without fresh air, so she’d made sure to take him with her that morning. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing bad ever happened in sports; they were the absolute good. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their minds had emptied to some extent, their defenses were down, so that they were easily persuaded of the absolute authority of the ward sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He has absolute pitch,” he said in a shaky voice. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I want him to know that the guys with guns were absolute strangers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were about twelve Tombs, each with a low arched doorway that opened into absolute blackness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Alarm coursed through her as her head spun, sending her into absolute darkness for a moment, but her heartbeat steadied as her eyes adjusted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And there were other moments when he almost saw absolute truth in brilliant flashes of clarity that almost came to him: presque vu. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I must have been in an absolute daze. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was absolute pandemonium, but it was by far the best Halloween ever. We got in so much trouble.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His lips meeting mine, cold from the snow and the ice, but absolute perfection. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was absolute silence in that room then, except they were both breathing hard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There are no degrees of uniqueness, because the unique is absolute. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted absolute control and ordered his own personal bodyguard unit, the SS, to arrest and execute them without a trial. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Then I’m going to prepare us the absolute best dinner in the history of the world.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Of all the things I wanted in my brain right then, the absolute last was Tobias Segal as a big brother. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? Well, if x is greater than or equal to zero, then x to the fourth power minus six times x squared plus nine equals the absolute value of x squared minus three.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even without knowing any of the distances in absolute terms, he could place the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The ball plopped into Brown’s hands, a gift, an absolute gift, and he had a clear path down the left sideline. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you move often and lack vehicles or draft animals, you confine your possessions to babies, weapons, and a bare minimum of other absolute necessities small enough to carry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, I’ve not let her read my own books until she is “old enough” because of the violence, but those two books are absolute blood baths. Brad Taylor Has a Theory About What Makes for Good Thrillers 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

And if you’re going to write 40,000+ words this year—at minimum!—you might as well learn how to do your absolute best. 10 Simple Ways to Become a Better Writer 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Hierarchies are absolute; the whole system is known as a brigade. ‘The manager was selling coke to staff’: the truth about top restaurants 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

My absolute favorite is Trader Joe's soy cherry chocolate chip ice cream. Vegan Ice Cream Enters a Golden Age 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

But if you look at it now, it's clear that he had intuited the raging black comedy with absolute clarity. David Thomson on Jack Nicholson 2010-08-05T21:22:00Z

Garnished with fried shallots and cilantro, his variation is an absolute marvel. 30 easy soup recipes to slurp all winter long 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

And that absolute control that he has will … what will that do to a bunch of people who only knew how to follow? Son of a bigot 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

With the inept, shameful, evasive way it handled sexual misconduct on its set, Season 39 of “Survivor” has indeed been a microcosm of the larger world — at its absolute worst. How ‘Survivor’ Failed Its #MeToo Test 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Each of these three figures addresses the court, the dead man via a medium – an amazingly, electrifyingly strange conceit, carried off with absolute conviction. Film review: Rash?mon 2010-06-17T22:30:00Z

On atmospherics, “The Whalebone Theatre” is absolute aces, to borrow the patois of the Americans who drop in for cultural contrast, new-moneyed and loud. Bright Young Things, Revisited: War Clouds a Childhood Idyll 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Michelangelo's greatness is an absolute – but where does that leave the art of today, an art that in so many ways begins with Pollock? Jackson Pollock, rock'n'roll master 2011-01-27T15:22:54Z

“The way this expansion differs so much from any prior expansion — and we’ve done plenty — is that it is simultaneously a physical expansion and an absolute rethink of the curatorial approach.” MoMA turns itself inside out for the 21st century 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

The Conversion of St Paul, Judith Beheading Holofernes: he was choosing a moment that was not the absolute moment of the beginning of the action. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z

He called her “one of the absolute masters of the craft.” Things to Do in N.Y.C. This January 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

“In terms of absolute justice, no, the construction boom is not just — one can ask why is it happening in Astana and not in other parts of the country. But who has absolute justice?” In Kazakhstan, a Shimmering Skyline on the Steppe 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The Belgian designer has that rare mix of a driven imagination, absolute clarity and a sense that clothes are there to wear. Sense and Sensibility 2012-09-25T18:19:08Z

And how many of these absolute closest friends are there? Meet James Middleton, Kate Middleton’s Brother and Co-Owner of Boomf 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

At one point, near the end, he got “this absolute chill running up my back.” John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Beckham was so thrilled with the encounter he posted about it on Facebook, captioning the photo, “It was an absolute honour to meet Professor Hawking. What he said to me was truly amazing.” Stephen Hawking to David Beckham: 'I'm Always Being Compared to You' 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

The best thing about this time traveling entry into the vast annals of X-Men history is the absolute disregard Bryan Singer had for newcomers. Critics assemble: our writers pick their favorite superhero films 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The idea of global sourcing, as well as of an international clientele, but with an absolute identity and what Mr. Dumas calls the “eternal values” of his late father, is the essence of modern luxury. Herm?s Reaching Out to China and Beyond 2010-11-30T08:00:00Z

I could barely walk for three days, but he got me back into my absolute love of taking dance classes. Jane Krakowski Cherishes ‘Chorus Line’ Merch and Old Tonys Tapings 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Of course, neither is “shorter is better” an absolute rule. Let’s Hear It (Quickly) for the Half-Hour Drama 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

The preciousness, even fragility, of absolute sameness came clear to me in a piece by Roni Horn. Seeing Double? So Do Great Artists. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

“The demands of theater are far more absolute and testing. That said, I felt it took me a long time to get good on film, which happened around 2000, working on Mike’s ‘Topsy-Turvy.’ Lesley Manville as the Unhappy Heroine of ‘Ghosts’ 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

The problem is that you can’t switch it off: the touchy-feeliness, the intensity of the place, the absolute obsession with football.” The city where Diego Maradona rose from the dead 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

It was published in 1955 and it was an absolute trailblazer, a revolution. William Boyd: rereading The Making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins 2013-05-11T07:31:01Z

Hunter says utilizing these innovations is an absolute necessity for reasons beyond the need to respect these fragile and increasingly pressured biomes. LISTEN: “Planet Earth II” producer on location challenges: “Pockets of the natural world which are in pristine condition are shrinking” 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, King County Councilman Larry Gossett called him “an absolute black historical icon for Seattle” to loud cheering and applause from the crowd. Jimi Hendrix Park Opens at Last, With a Purple Flourish 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

It is clever, pleasingly surreal and an absolute hoot. Come on now! Why TV needs way more female orgasms 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

“But one thing I’ll tell you for absolute certain,” he said. Elton John’s Farewell Tour Wardrobe, Explained 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

But a month later, the attorney-general, Dominic Grieve, with the support of the cabinet, overturned the judges' ruling and blocked the publication of the letters, under a seldom used absolute veto. Prince Charles: 'black spider memos' to ministers could spark second veto 2012-12-26T15:39:03Z

“It may be a tragedy, but it’s an absolute blast,” Mr. Nicholson said gleefully. Reviving a South African Musical That Once Promised So Much 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

The researchers explored a number of other explanations: age, education, absolute income, and hours worked per week. New Study: It's Actually Bad for Men to Be Breadwinners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

A family in Northern Ireland is praising an “absolute gent of a man” whose emotional gesture left an entire bakery "in tears." Anonymous dad buys cake for stranger's niece on his late daughter's birthday, leaves bakery 'in tears' 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z

“He’s law enforcement, you never see his face, so what does his helmet look like? All the gloves, the materials, the boots were fantastic. It was an absolute joy.” The Carpetbagger: Clothes and Character: ‘Invisible Woman’ 2014-02-13T16:33:16Z

The museum’s reaction to the damage, she added, was “absolute disappointment.” Desert Art Installation Is Defaced 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

I’ve seen her in concert many times, and she leaves the audience in absolute stitches. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Cast 'Funny Girl' 2011-07-03T23:00:38Z

“I hate feeling so powerless, but I understand well that what we are doing today is the absolute minimum,” he said during the concert. A Russian Rapper Brings His Banned Antiwar Message to Istanbul 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

“Before you do anything,” one doctor in it says, “you need at least seven years of analysis. Minimum five; absolute minimum.” A Skeptical Heroine, Unconvinced by Religion, Romance or Psychoanalysis 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Sometimes I sit on the sofa as the kids come in, each with their own version of breaking news that needs my absolute attention, and feel as flat as a piece of paper. Women and desire: the six ages of sex 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But the response online was less than kind, with the frequently misogynist sports and culture website Barstool Sports calling it “the absolute worst proposal of all time,” among other worse things. Thinking of a Jumbotron Proposal? Some Say, Ugh. Others, Say Yes. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

It turns out I was an absolute fool at the age of 14. ‘Dear Me’: A Novelist Writes to Her Future Self 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

The greater the uncertainty of the outcome, the more we tend to exhibit an all-or-none mentality: we think in absolutes instead of relative probabilities. Angelina Jolie, meet Nate Silver 2013-05-15T16:59:00Z

This is one of what Abumrad describes as “an absolute smorgasbord of contradictions that are somehow cohesive.” With podcasts, specials and a Netflix show, it’s Dolly Parton’s world and we’re all just living in it 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

“The absolute destruction of Amber Heard is going to have an impact,” Ms. White said. Johnny Depp Jury Finds That Amber Heard Defamed Him in Op-Ed 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

They’re both accounts from the front lines of reproduction, a place where there is no such thing as absolute fairness. Two Books Explore the Front Lines of Infertility 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

More recent associations with such groups as the superb Hilliard Ensemble have kept him busy as a choral composer, and the absolute security of his style is the strongest selling point of this new album. Pushing Things Forward in Choral Music 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Built from rich, immensely craveable broth and onions and topped with a cap of bronzed, perfectly crisped cheese, French onion's hold on the world of ramekins is absolute. Upgrade your French onion soup with these expert tips 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

The impact, though, is an incredible victory for women and all men who believe in the absolute right of women to live free of men’s violence. Women are leading a revolution — and it’s time for men to join 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

There’s nothing wrong with knowing more than others, writer Matthew Malady wrote, but “those who use their advanced knowledge to embarrass or humiliate others are the absolute worst”. Mind your language: is it ever OK to correct someone's grammar? 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

“And then you build it into something else. And that something else, for me, was a deep feeling toward other people and an absolute understanding of the suffering of other people.” The transcendence of Nick Cave: After losing his son, the post-punk icon found communion with his fans 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

Yes, he's absolute poetry in motion "floating" while moving at an incredible speed, and the balletic quality of his athleticism is glorious. New documentary "Kipchoge" offers intriguing look at marathoner's skill but doesn't go the distance 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Cohere reflects this: It doesn’t produce absolute answers, only the best possible answers — a moneyball of language, if you will. The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

“People are looking for a canon because they want the absolute limit of books they need to read to be cultured,” White said. Living With Edmund White 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Even today, whenever famines occur, the problem is rarely an absolute shortage of food but an inability to buy it. Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash by Fred Pearce | Book review 2010-03-27T00:10:00Z

For him, it's hard-won, and involves "a lot of self-hatred, a lot of despair, a lot of hope, and a lot of just absolute effort". James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z

If the figs aren’t in their absolute prime — and even if they are — cooking them is your next option and one I highly recommend. The Fruit Yotam Ottolenghi Longs to Cook With 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

I don’t see myself, or anyone else for that matter, as an absolute authority, and hardly expect everyone to agree with me. Biblical birth control: The surprisingly contraception-friendly Old Testament 2014-01-05T19:00:00Z

I explained to him that without absolute faith there would be no healing. Second Sight 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

He does not advise absolute, crushing failure, but appropriately lowered expectations that let us accept our limitations. Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

There is wine and beer but also gin fizzes and martinis and Alexanders, “Clover Clubs cold as ice cream and pink as fingernail salve” — and highballs, an absolute waterfall of highballs. She Wrote Frankly About Divorce, and Suffered the Consequences 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

Balanchine had been audacious when he tackled it; the piece is a summit of absolute music and he made it into a summit of pure ballet. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z

These poses are sculptural — they derive from sculpture — and the Nrityagram dancers can present them with absolute precision and stillness, but even more seductive is how they can strike a pose and then deepen it. Nrityagram Dancers at the Temple of Dendur at the Met 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

It is a work in which all the moral absolutes are clearly signposted and nothing happens without its thematic significance being debated at length. To Kill a Mockingbird ? review 2011-02-23T19:00:00Z

Antonio Marras has absolute certainty in his vision, which makes his line a small but sweet birdsong among more raucous Italian designers. Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z

Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings said Arrested Development would be an "absolute spectacular phenomenon". Arrested Development reboot reflects new viewing habits, says Netflix 2013-05-24T18:59:24Z

There's an absolute wonderful imperfection that you get when you do a letterpress, and that is the beauty of it. JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z

It reads, in part: “This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor.” Honoring Juneteenth Through Art in Galveston 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

And I'm going to be an absolute taskmaster about getting proper declamation from the singers. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z

If I describe it as an absolute Tardis of a book, “Dr. Who” fans may understand. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

House Husbands is an hour of absolute pain and could likely be the harbinger – if not the actual cause – of death for Australian drama. House Husbands, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars – TV review 2013-06-10T06:21:47Z

We are long past the time when extensive podium experience is regarded as an absolute prerequisite for performance of the symphonic repertory’s grandest works. Music Review: Daniel Harding Conducts New York Philharmonic in Mahler 2011-12-03T00:28:20Z

But it was no surprise that her absolute favorite moment of our entire pretend-tourist excursion was the chance to have her picture taken with statues of the Beatles. New York City From a Pint-Size Perspective 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

"It hugely affects it in one way," he replies without hesitation, "because it gives you the absolute freedom to make work every day without distraction or worry." Gary Hume: 'I couldn't hold down a job. That's why I became an artist' 2013-05-18T21:00:01Z

That is, no serious person thinks that the right to sexual expression is absolute. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

“When I let go, the water fills my lungs, and I’m finally at peace. And only then do I find the complete and absolute solitude that I’ve wanted.” A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

“Death is an absolute scandal,” he used to say. Claude Lanzmann: the man who told the story of Shoah 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

By my incomplete reckoning, it has been paired with the adjectives “massive,” “tiny,” “total,” “gigantic,” “complete,” “huge,” “absolute” and “phony.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten’s definitive guide to the ‘nothingburger’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

In technical terms, this is an “extreme” or “absolute” or “hyper-arid” desert. Explorer: Luxury in Chile?s Ancient Atacama Desert 2011-10-14T18:55:00Z

According to Today, Dash is a 6-month-old puppy who may grow to be as a big as 230 pounds — though Smith described the “gentle giant” pup and her son as the absolute best of friends. Dog joins boy, 3, in timeout, adorable photo shows: 'Peas in a pod' 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

“The verdict is always in the absolute and in present tense. Are we depressed or not?” A Publishing Superstar Whose Memoir Shuns Glitz to Explore Private Torment 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

This one is especially tricky as it vacillates between a Disney tone and then the absolute depths of the horror genre. Arterton and Reynolds find horror voice 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Written from a kind of artistic absolute zero, they scan like the announcements of an insane person or a god. In Mark Haddon’s “The Porpoise,” Storytelling Is an Instrument of Violence and Solace 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

“We don’t have much truth today, especially in public, and to find something like this is an absolute miracle.” Is the Museum of the Bible that tourist-destination evangelicals have been waiting for? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Feeling like you have to do the absolute most. Most picnics suck. Yours doesn't have to 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

Under an absolute ruler, the answer is any or all of the above. Review: Welcome to ‘Versailles’ for Music in the King’s Apartments 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

It’s an absolute joy,” said Whittaker, previously best known for playing a grieving young mother in the British television crime series “Broadchurch.” First female 'Doctor Who' calls role 'an absolute joy' 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Because I want them to hear his beautiful writing — and in the best way, it’s not easy writing, in the absolute best way. Mary-Louise Parker and Adam Rapp Conjure a Haunting 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

Falstaff’s death is an absolute masterpiece of composition. Barenboim and Elgar: A Musical Love Story Continues 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

There sometimes appears, he wrote, "a shape to the world, / more real than time, more absolute than music". Peter Porter: the ultimate conspiracy theorist 2010-04-27T11:58:00Z

That sight of supernatural power is always momentary, fleeting, yet absolutely devastating: an encounter with absolute dread. The BBC's MR James adaptation could be the ghost at the Christmas feast 2010-12-24T10:52:42Z

Dismissive of what he calls "wheat-bread" musical purity, McGegan is more interested in exploring possibilities in modern interpretation than absolute fidelity to period instruments and sound. Symphony pays tribute to Cleopatra ? and wine ? in this weekend's concerts 2011-03-03T21:02:09Z

"This year has been an absolute parade of misery," Oliver says before listing everything that occurred before the pandemic, including the Australian wildfires and Kobe Bryant's death. "Last Week Tonight" is a 2020 mood – bizarre, fatalistic, and inexplicably thirsty 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The actors did their absolute best with a play that appeared to have been written by CS Lewis and staged by Tinnie Tempah. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z

This is a formidable, enigmatic piece of work in many ways; with control and technique deployed with absolute confidence. Aurora – review 2012-11-08T21:30:01Z

After more than a year of examination, her verdict: She says with “absolute certainty” that the painting is a Delacroix work, a study for “Women of Algiers.” Missing treasure: Delacroix canvas rediscovered, now on sale 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

I am now going to tell you which teams should be playing in the Super Bowl today, if there were absolute truth in packaging. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Here’s who should be playing in the Super Bowl 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

And the lack of the original fragments, he said, is an “absolute deal breaker.” Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

That we can’t say with absolute certainty that Naz is being wrongfully accused lends The Night Of moral ambiguity, but does so over the dead body of one of its characters. Review: 'The Night Of' Tells a Powerful Story of Injustice 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

In dramatic testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI director Comey admits, under intense questioning from Democratic senators, that he cannot say “with absolute certainty” that Vice President Pence is not a Russian citizen. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

It also drew criticism from Trump, who called the police department’s handling of the case “an absolute embarrassment to our country.” Jussie Smollett guilty verdict latest in polarizing case 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

It is also, of course, what actors do all the time, but almost never with Ms. Huppert’s combination of unbridled instinct and absolute control. Review: Isabelle Huppert Is Great in ‘Things to Come.’ Discuss. 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

“It eventually became impossible for me to find enough time to write for it properly,” Oliver writes, “But we used to have an absolute blast recording it.” The Bugle: Andy Zaltzman revives 'satire and bullshit' podcast sans John Oliver 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

I’ve no doubt that this would be a moment of absolute clarity, perhaps my greatest moment of happiness. The Last Last Cigarette 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

But a movement whose premise is that normal food is unhealthy has now muddied the waters of “healthy eating” for everyone else, by planting the idea that a good diet is one founded on absolutes. Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

"There are always technical low points: two-thirds of the way through a poem, I enter a moment of absolute despair." Alice Oswald, poet – portrait of the artist 2012-10-02T18:04:37Z

Instead, their bond is a constant, an absolute, the one thing in a world of lies and murderous double-crosses that is not subject to doubt. Review: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Is a Buddy Comedy With a Body Count 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Which brought us back to Mr. D’Agata’s original point: Why are we so obsessed with the idea of a possibly impossible, absolute, objective truth? What if the Guy With the Red Pencil Is Nuts? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

For the viewer, though, watching these people suffer thus unto death is an absolute delight. Your next box set: A Dance to the Music of Time 2012-10-04T15:00:01Z

This is the cue for the plants to begin an absolute frenzy of spurting pollen at one another, after a few days of which they will settle down to gestate. May I Recommend That You Grow Your Own Corn 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Even once it had stopped purposely killing its citizens in large numbers, it oppressed them, it poisoned them with a toxic environment, it stuffed their ears continually with nonsense, it demanded their absolute passivity. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

There have been some absolute classics over the first three seasons. The Americans: the best and worst disguises from the cold war thriller 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Others, notably the Tangut and the Uighurs, helped Khubilai — or rather Qubilay Khan as his name is usually spelled in Western historiography — in his bid for absolute power as the Khan of China. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z

In fact, five of them are the same people that were onstage at the absolute height of their powers. It's not quite all over now 2012-11-26T00:46:09Z

Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, where religious law, tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute. The Carpetbagger: At Sundance, a Lot of James Franco and Other Experiments 2012-11-29T21:00:40Z

Here's what the folks on Reddit say are the absolute best buys if you'd like to check out the German retailer yourself. The best budget buys from Aldi, according to Reddit 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

"Our deputy international sales director Damon Greeney was an absolute hero, and between him and the police they managed to find the glasses," she said. Jonathan Franzen's glasses held to ransom 2010-10-05T09:49:00Z

It was, the movie insists, the absolute ordinariness of their love that defined them, and that made the fight for it into an indelible story of this country. Review: In ‘Loving,’ They Loved. A Segregated Virginia Did Not Love Them Back. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

One is astounded that a figure so unworldly can be delivered with such absolute, unironic conviction – you leave the movie remembering almost nothing except her performance. Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: "You are so not the princess type"' 2012-11-22T18:21:30Z

“When Klinghoffer finally sings, he sings an aria of absolute indignation,” Mr. Adams noted. ‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

He is an absolute believer, which is the thing that keeps him from getting caught up on the things that he does that we as a viewer find questionable at times. From "Morning Show" to "Hello Tomorrow!" Billy Crudup reveals what his antiheroes are really selling 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

“In fact, I felt it was my absolute duty to do this.” For Black journalists, working Chauvin trial drains emotions 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

Life teaches that there are rarely absolutes - black, or white, even in the office of RM+P. I worked there in the early years. 5 Women Accuse the Architect Richard Meier of Sexual Harassment 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Shelby is a racecourse hustler turned crime lord in interwar Birmingham: extremely violent, extremely determined and centrally defined by an absolute disregard for his own existence. Cillian Murphy: ‘Is this it, for the rest of my days?’ 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

“The absolute best way to find a low airfare now is Google Flights,” said George Hobica, founder of airfarewatchdog.com. Tips for Last-Minute Holiday Travel 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

The wisdom of revealing the absolute truth is at the heart of this 1932 West End hit about the after-dinner gathering of a group of well-connected and privileged people who appear to have everything. This week's new theatre 2013-01-26T06:00:15Z

We need critical standards that are contingent and temporal, rather than timeless and absolute. Fight! Fight! Fight! Why artists must be rivals 2010-08-05T11:36:00Z

The conservatorship, a legal arrangement that gave the star’s father and others a kind of absolute guardianship over her, was put into place 13 years ago. ‘Britney vs Spears’ Review: When the Intervention Is the Problem 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

As ever with this ensemble, occasional patches of rhythmic imprecision showed just how hard it is for a freelance orchestra to assert absolute command of its disparate, challenging works. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra Presents ‘Border Vanguards’ 2014-04-07T20:43:21Z

With absolute conviction, they evoke the characters’ deep-rooted caring and unwavering commitment to being truthful with each other no matter what the cost. Dynamic cast propels tale of two step-siblings across three decades 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

But I was interested in what happens if she is required to do something that she’s never done, which is absolute feral stillness and lethalness.” ‘Ratched’ is Sarah Paulson’s most terrifying role yet — and not for the reason you might think 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

I studied every little tiny characteristic of my newly acquired treasure; it was, and still is, absolute perfection. Def Leppard's Hysteria – 25th anniversary 2012-08-10T12:00:55Z

Internal shake-ups eventually followed as Denmark shifted its form of government from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

I feel total joy and serenity and absolute love of not just the eating, and not just producing something beautiful. "I bake for every emotion" — Zoë François on finding connection through cake 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Williams later turned out to be absolute rubbish at having time on his hands. Robin Williams burning brightly: There was just one human being who could do this thing 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Having achieved the absolute peace of nullification, the narrator is beyond melancholy. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

What keeps this 54-minute film consistently engaging is Sandy herself, wary, pragmatic and, much to Ms. Lum’s good fortune, an absolute natural in front of the camera. Television Review: ‘Seeking Asian Female’ on PBS Shows an Internet-Order Bride 2013-05-05T21:53:16Z

Joe Elliott, the band’s lead singer, said in a statement, “We stand alongside some amazing artists, past and present. What an absolute honor.” Janet Jackson and Radiohead Lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

“So you see that what’s behind me looks so neat and professional, and what’s in front of me is just absolute chaos,” he said of his home office. At Coach, an Eclectic Paean to New York Cool 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Part of what makes McGovern's dramas so watchable is their absolute integrity, their remorseless pursuit of a truth that leaves everyone feeling wrung out by the journey's end. TV review: Islam: The Untold Story; Accused 2012-08-28T21:40:01Z

O’Connell, 70, an actress of absolute passion and precision, has made her career Off and Off Off Broadway, enriching the work of two generations of playwrights, in works both traditional and very strange. Best and Worst Moments of the 75th Tony Awards 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

“This is the absolute final one,” Mr. O’Neill said in a phone interview. Alan Moore Is Preparing a Six-Part Finale for Extraordinary Gentlemen 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

As the third season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” begins Sunday, we’re more hard-pressed than ever to identify absolute good guys and absolute bad guys. Season 3: ‘Game of Thrones’ can still throw down 2013-03-28T23:02:31Z

So you’ve got to hand it to the innovators at HLN, for announcing a rebranding that seems all but certain to secure its place as the absolute most terrible thing on cable. HLN’s play for millennials: Social media and viral videos 2014-02-11T16:20:00Z

The subject was familiar in the 17th and 18th centuries when it was used, most famously by the French novelist Madeleine de Scudéry, as a guarded critique of absolute monarchy. Il Trionfo di Clelia – review 2012-06-25T15:51:28Z

Even children on their absolute best behavior, like the kids in this video, are still children who are going to get bored, get antsy or get hungry while waiting for the next course. Why Gourmet Food and a Table Full of Kids Don't Mix 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

He says that paid leave shouldn’t be considered a luxury—he says it’s no different from “absolute basics” like public schools or medical care for kids. Josh Levs' 'All In' is Like 'Lean In' For Dads 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

I do feel that the film is equal parts cynicism and absolute hope. Jodie Foster on 'Money Monster' and Why It's Her Time to Direct 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Chosen by SamI would choose Twilight as one of my emergency books because I love tales of Vampires and Twilight is my absolute favourite. My top five: books to grab in an emergency! 2013-01-16T09:00:00Z

This hearty meatless stew-soup from Sarah DiGregorio made with creamy white beans, chewy wheat berries, fennel and Parmesan is an absolute delight. Slow Cooker Central 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Music website NME.com said the track "Behind the Mask" was "an absolute revelation" on which "Jackson howls a solid-gold melody at his fearsome best." Critics say Michael Jackson album better than feared 2010-12-09T21:38:00Z

Khan plays his characters with absolute conviction, pulling you in with eyes that glow with unshakeable sincerity. Top 23 character actors in film 2013-04-12T15:00:00Z

Franklin D. Roosevelt left a careful list of specifications for his own burial, including the instruction that “the casket be of absolute simplicity, dark wood, that the body be not embalmed or hermetically sealed.” What’s That? You Want to be Buried How? 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Or, as Simone de Beauvoir put it: “Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.” After “Lean In,” the road to workplace equality 2013-09-17T11:43:00Z

The recipes can be involved, and produce absolute showstoppers, but the book is also full of more accessible classics like shortbread and brownies. The 13 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2019 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Speculoos Cookie Butter may get all of the love and publicity, but this Cinnamon Bun Spread is an absolute star. 12 under-the-radar Trader Joe’s products you need to try immediately 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

The greatest war movies are absolute indictments of the very idea of war. “War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

He didn’t just create logos; he applied his designs to many facets of a businesses, from business cards and letterheads to product packages, and he required absolute uniformity in all those aspects. Review: ‘Everything Is Design’ Showcases Paul Rand, Master of Brand Identity 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

A lot of them are insistent that everybody in the world should conform to what they know for an absolute fact is the one and only truth. Did God help Gabrielle Douglas win? 2012-08-03T15:45:00Z

I started to get a firm grasp on how other people saw me, and I took other people’s views of me as absolute truths.” Welcome to the Dollhouse's Heather Matarazzo on rejection, suicide and ayahuasca 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

His being was that of an absolute monarch. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Rifling through the absolute limited-edition section of her “perfect guys” Rolodex, she selected the ultimate candidate to gift her new best friend. I'm not sure a Spice Girls invite is what Theresa May really, really wants 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

The onus is on them to commit to absolute standards of safety. The Life and Death of a Wildly Popular Baby Sleeper 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

For now, though, his triumph is an absolute blast to witness, akin to the scrappy band of misfits pranking the rich kids from across the lake in some ’80s summer-camp comedy. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 2: Part of the Firmament 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

David had got the Natural Death Handbook and found it “an absolute revelation”. ‘It was an incredibly enriching day’: the families taking control of death 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

My graduate show was an absolute disaster: very last minute. ‘We were let loose’: my art school days, by Peter Blake, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve McQueen and more 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

“To say she led is absolute, because we all played to her,” he said, adding: “Everything she writes about is true. She literally showed up every day with the puppy and her truck.” Jenny Lewis Keeps Finding the Magic 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

Burr is making an argument that downplays the cultural power of the comedian—I’m just telling jokes here—while defending the comedian’s absolute and essential requirement of free speech to pursue his art. Is Social Media Ruining Comedy? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Moral Re-Armament or MRA was a modern, nondenominational movement founded by an American evangelical fundamentalist which extolled “the four absolutes: honesty, purity, unselfishness and love”. Glenn Close: ‘You lose power if you get angry’ 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

I thank you every day for never giving up, and you mean the absolute world to me, because I love you. The Bachelorette Watch: And The Final Rose Goes To… 2013-08-06T13:32:43Z

Searching for absolute meaning is ultimately futile, but Murrow's marvelous, believable fabrications render the impossibility of the task irrelevant. Review: An engaging show of 'Meteorites' at Winston-W?chter 2010-12-16T21:53:12Z

“So we became, overnight, the keeper of some of the world’s absolute greatest jazz recordings. I felt we weren’t very organized in the way we looked at jazz, globally.” Critic’s Notebook: Signs of a Turnaround for Impulse Records 2014-04-22T21:43:47Z

So I decide to watch it, with the sole purpose of ripping it to absolute shreds. Bow down to the vulva! Why Gwyneth's Goop Lab isn't all bad 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

There is also stultifyingly earnest proselytizing and an absolute humor vacuum. Movie Review: ‘The Mystical Laws,’ Directed by Isamu Imakake 2012-11-22T22:08:08Z

After last week's comparative dud, this was Luther with blood in its nostrils, roaring back to its absolute best. Luther recap: season three, episode three 2013-07-16T21:00:02Z

What made her flip, she said, was how the woman used her absolute favourite, "the sweet apostrophe of possession". Radio review: The Greengrocer's Apostrophe 2010-10-01T07:20:00Z

Ron Howard is one of my heroes—it was an absolute dream. The Mighty Chris Hemsworth on Snow White, Joss Whedon and Thor 2 2012-05-31T14:15:20Z

So, deflect them with the truth and with absolute confidence that you owe them nothing further. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When friends dismiss your problems, tell them where it hurts 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

One of my absolute favorite cookbook series of all time is the Short Stack collection of books, which were all the rage in the mid-2010s. Why single-ingredient cookbooks hold a special place in my heart and kitchen 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

But then, this perspective is colored by my absolute empathy for Belinda, the spa manager, and the sole character in whom I am invested. "The White Lotus" may inspire vacation fantasies, unless you see Belinda's point of view 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

Returning to Reclaim His Perch When he left for jail, Lil Wayne was the most popular rapper in the country and also, at times, the absolute best, a dynamo of intricacy, exuberance and swagger. ArtsBeat: Lil Wayne Cancels European Tour 2011-04-08T14:55:06Z

Dale, Nick and Kurt are all stuck in terrible jobs, at the mercy of employers whose power is absolute and arbitrary. | 'Horrible Bosses': A Treatise on Issues of the Workplace. Not. 2011-07-07T16:06:51Z

The state, operating under a policy of “absolute equality,” does not collect any statistics on race or ethnicity; last year, the word “race,” which is associated with Nazi Germany, was removed from the French constitution. The Campaign to Remove a Shocking Painting from the French National Assembly 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

It would require a pretty arrogant view of oneself and one’s powers to think that by writing a story, you’re writing an absolute account that will have some tremendous influence. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z

“Someone came along and took my responsibilities away. Took away my family. And all they left me with was absolute justice” — which he enforces without much regard for the rules. Going Rogue With Marilyn Stasio 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

"I am hopeful but it is no way an absolute ... it's not a slam dunk." Wrigley Building backed for landmark status 2012-02-03T04:49:00Z

In that context, a sandal and absolute simplicity can be a radical move. Couture in the Shadow of the Women’s March 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

That happened some time in 81, but it was an absolute shock to play with Green on Red at our very first gig. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z

Much enamoured, Jack posted a link on his Facebook wall, promising a personal live appearance and "absolute vibe marathon" at the house of anyone who would buy the fox. Clubs picks of the week 2013-02-16T06:00:10Z

The M.R.I.s required absolute stillness for up to 35 minutes or more. U2’s Music Shaped My Life. Then It Helped Save It. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Neither does any absolute moral code of classification. On Broadway, Old Friends Walking on Air 2011-05-12T14:27:20Z

LaBeouf isolated FKA twigs from family and friends, demanding absolute fealty, and constant verbal abuse led to several physical attacks on her, the lawsuit claimed. FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleging abusive relationship 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

Those with even some sense of security are in the absolute stratosphere of global luck. 'It feels irresponsible to have a second child and yet I want one. How do I grapple with this?' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

"It's an absolute concern and it's something that we look at," Licht said of the lagging 25-54 demo rating, which he believes will grow over time. In Internet age, ratings show TV news remains relevant 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Better than anyone, she can acknowledge both the young girl’s belief in her power and her absolute vulnerability. Marguerite Duras’s ‘The Lover,’ and Notebooks That Enrich It 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

That autobiographical likeness — also a feature of Mr. Arbery’s “Plano” — gives “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” an aura of absolute authenticity. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Even that link with corporeal reality, though, is no longer absolute. In the age of deepfakes, could virtual actors put humans out of business? 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

That immersion led to what the director Michael Grandage — one of Lloyd’s early champions, who tapped him at 27 to be his associate director at the Donmar Warehouse — called Lloyd’s “absolute masterpiece.” A Director Making His Mark in More Ways Than One 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Any levels other than absolute beginners are welcome, and tuition is available for guitar, bass, drums and vocals. Summer loving: cool stuff to do around the UK 2011-08-05T21:45:11Z

The xx’s music is dedicated to an absolute economy of means. Music Review: Xx at Paradise Theater 2012-10-28T17:23:15Z

After Masri was pardoned and released, “I was in absolute fear,” he said. From behind a camera, he chronicled a war — and the destruction of his home town 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

Kulka the scholar speculates that in the shadow of death, "historical, functional and normative values and patterns life were transformed into something in the order of absolute values". Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka – review 2013-01-25T07:00:02Z

Photograph: Radhika Chalasani Some photographers and journalists have a very absolute point of view that you never interfere, because your job is as an observer and you can do the most good by remaining one. 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who didn't step in to help 2012-07-28T00:48:00Z

I will never forget the feeling of sheer terror, combined with absolute amazement and a sprinkle of wonder, that we experienced with the waterfalls and valleys below us and the clouds right above us. An elevating family trip to the Canadian Rockies 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

True to form, the absolute squares had turned up with piles of notes. From the time Trump's tweets disappeared to David Davis's Brexit diary: satirists take on the news 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z

That interaction is both the glue that holds together this fellowship of hopeful community-college retreads and the test that reveals when someone is straying from absolute loyalty to the group. Critic?s Notebook: ?Community? Resumes Its Study of Friendship 2012-03-14T22:39:24Z

The glue is Meddelin, endearing, capable and in full thrall to her elders, who are all absolute hoots to keep company with. When a Cold Case Turns Deadly 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

And just as the heroes of his films achieve their dreams, the audience also watches Herzog, with his moral seriousness, absolute determination and great good humour, achieve his. The dark comedy of Werner Herzog 2011-03-05T00:07:49Z

On her first trip to Los Angeles, Cain showed up at the company’s shiny building “looking like an absolute hillbilly,” she said. The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

The absolute worst gig ever was the last Talking Heads show. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z

But religious fundamentalism — which refers to the belief in the absolute authority of a religious text or leaders — is almost never good for an individual. How religious fundamentalism hijacks your brain, as explained by a neuroscientist 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

I've made over a hundred albums, but the two and a half I made with Glen were my absolute favourite times in the studio. How we made: Rhinestone Cowboy 2013-05-13T16:45:28Z

Reviews were generally positive, with a Times critic writing that the movie “makes the best possible argument for a cautionary drama that contemplates the absolute worst in us.” Let It Bleed: The Perverse Influence of ‘Titus Andronicus’ 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

"Sometimes a French-style apple tarte can be kind of dry, which this was not. The apple flavor is good, like they didn't use the absolute cheapest apples. The crust tastes of real butter." 9 Trader Joe's apple products to pick up this fall 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

The 85,000-word book will be published in hardback on November 1, in a "very large" edition "I think it is going to be an absolute publishing sensation," Wood said. New Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz out in November 2011-04-11T23:03:57Z

He was an absolute pro at dealing with the wheelchair. Q&A with Matt Getze, Wheelchair Adventurer 2010-05-05T03:00:00Z

She was an absolute icon, a national treasure, we all love her. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

Manny speaks a hard, and in Boardwalk Empire absolute, truth: that money alone cannot pay a debt of blood. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Unjust Deserts 2011-11-28T13:03:53Z

The plot deals with the moral education of an absolute monarch. Vinci: Artaserse – review 2012-11-14T15:31:00Z

“It’s all a downright, absolute, blackguardly lie,” he said — perhaps joking, as Pythons will. This May Be Something Completely Different 2011-06-26T18:39:54Z

She was an absolute lady and one of the most gracious guests I have ever met. Actress Susannah York dies at 72 2011-01-16T15:03:26Z

And in this version of future, corporations act as governments and godheads, competing for supremacy with one another and maintaining order among its citizens – er, employees, with a system that demands absolute obeisance and loyalty. The future, Trumpified: Syfy’s dystopian drama “Incorporated” feels too close to reality for comfort 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Williamson commands but a portion of the potency that Oprah’s brand has, of course, the latter representing the pinnacle absolute positivity. America's curious political awakening to Marianne Williamson 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z

Every child is a child of God; every child we want the absolute best for here and across the globe. Laura Ingraham: ‘What I think is best is to let people make their own personal medical decisions, which I thought that liberals used to be in favor of’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, we're in a season where there's an absolute abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables around which to meal plan. 5 ways to easily lower your grocery bills right now 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

“It was an absolute highlight to see everyone in one place.” Perspective | A game of flag football led to two victories: One on the field and one in love 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

An absolute contrast in style and sensibility creates a difficult divide between the main characters in this clever, if at times ploddingly cerebral, one-act drama. Review: Artist meets artisan in 'The Morini Strad' 2012-04-04T15:10:12Z

As her adventures grow more elaborate, she seems at first to be one of those solitary, quasi-messianic movie heroes, “the one” who has the power to face down absolute evil. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Review: It’s Messy, and Glorious 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

The "Star Wars" movies deal in moral absolutes, boiling down the battle for freedom to a matter of good battling evil with an unseen Force guiding the universe's tendency toward balance. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

“You take those three together, and you have an absolute upending of societal norms,” she said. ‘Masters of Sex’ Recalls the Work of Masters and Johnson 2013-07-27T05:49:04Z

This is because Martin is a member of the absolute lowest caste of celebrities: The Sullied, or the slightly-well-known hedge funders. Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton: the myth behind the confected romance 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

What was very isolating was the absolute silence from my British friends. Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z

I'll have more to say on this film very soon, but it's an absolute knockout, one of the best American films of the year. Jessica Chastain: The dazzling redhead who's suddenly everywhere 2011-09-27T21:28:00Z

Another is that even for an admittedly self-centered person like himself, the need for others is absolute. Review | If you feel intimidated by Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ try ‘Spring’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

For as long as I can remember, cheese has been my absolute, undisputed favorite food. 8 questions about cheese and cheesemaking, answered by an expert 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

This is a story about identity, the confusing feeling of being torn in two and the absolute necessity that is family. Best children’s books of 2018 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

His achievement is absolute, self-evident, like the genius of Bernini or Beethoven. Jackson Pollock, rock'n'roll master 2011-01-27T15:22:54Z

And it has moments of absolute genius, above all the one we're about to film: the deposition scene, where the bankrupt king somehow turns his defeat by Bolingbroke into the strangest kind of victory. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z

It’s 1845; an encounter with a mysterious Native American might either represent absolute ruin or hope. One More for the Road: Mary Pols? Top 10 Films of 2011 2011-12-30T14:20:36Z

Q: The window on our JennAir combination microwave/wall oven has become an absolute eyesore because of spilled liquid running between the dual glass windowpanes. How to clean the grime between the panes of an oven door 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Whether it was absolute fear or exquisite satisfaction, wandering through the cool spots in those Mississippi woods was too much for New York’s body. City Summer, Country Summer 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, anger is the absolute correct emotion to emote. Bryan Cranston Wants More of Us to Get ‘Mad as Hell’ 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

However, there are risks too: The auction is absolute — meaning the seller agrees to sell everything regardless of price and some weeks are better than others. With a focus on food sovereignty, rural Appalachian Ohio is rebounding 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

There are reasons that video game movies get ranked from “least bad to absolute worst.” Is it finally game on for video game adaptations? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Which is another way of saying that it is the absolute best. Does Lars von Trier’s ‘vomitive’ new film spell the end for provocative cinema? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

Yes, of course, he was my absolute hero. | Walter Pfeiffer 2011-03-01T20:24:23Z

And while his words still explode into melody like absolute truth, a new energy haunts the silences in between. Perspective | Hearing a Michael Jackson song still feels good. Listening has become too painful. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Though mentioned but not pictured in the article, the portrait of Madame Gautreau by Sargent is an absolute stunner and very famous. When the Old Masters Were the P.R. Agents of the Rich and Powerful 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Great children’s books speak to the most elemental truths of existence, and speak in the language of children — a language of absolute sincerity, so deliciously countercultural in our age of cynicism. Maria Popova: By the Book 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Rowe takes a bite and almost leaps from the rickety picnic table with excitement: "That is on my list of the best. To do that in the UK would be an absolute game-changer." Snack to the future: foraging in Texas for the next big food sensation 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

In a series of decisions over the past decade and a half, the Supreme Court has pushed back against the absolute power of the executive branch and Congress over detainees. Stephen Breyer’s ‘The Court and the World’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

I don’t function well within the confines of absolutes – something that has come with age. The problem with sanctimonious environmentalists: their boring absolutism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Bosley Crowther wrote in his review in The Times that Olivier answered it definitively: This “Hamlet” is “absolute proof that these classics are magnificently suited to the screen.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Queen & Slim’ and ‘Hamlet’ 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

There's no absolute data, as there would be in a Kent tribunal drama. A Woman Killed with Kindness; Loyalty; Ghost ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:30Z

After Hobbes concluded that men were controlled by animal feelings that inevitably produced conflict, his proposed solution was to hand over power to an absolute monarch. Lost soul 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

“America seems to produce an absolute master every 50 years or so,” said Kenneth Rogoff, 61, a Harvard economics professor and grandmaster who competed in national championships when he was younger. Young Grandmasters Try to Make Chess Cool 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

As for Katie Hopkins’s contribution to this absolute keystone of a debate, her video. Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Diamant writes about early 20th century Boston with absolute confidence, and the historical elements of the novel are elegantly incorporated. 'The Boston Girl' by Anita Diamant is pleasant but lacks bite 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

When she eventually faces a group of clergymen at Bindoon, she is met with absolute silence. | 'Oranges and Sunshine': ?Oranges and Sunshine,? Starring Emily Watson - Review 2011-10-20T23:25:39Z

Twice granted absolute power, he twice relinquished it to return to his farm and let the citizens of Rome chart their own path. The Walking Dead Watch: Cincinnatus Rises 2013-03-25T15:15:36Z

Over and over again, in articles and conferences and interviews, authoritative industry members declare it with absolute certainty. The Biggest Fake News in Fashion 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

“It was so hunt and peck, absolute learn by doing.” 'Fun Home' composer Jeanine Tesori hears the music in everyday life 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

“Free Jazz” If you understand the word “free” as a kind of absolute condition, this music, recorded in 1960, isn’t quite that. Ornette Coleman’s Greatest Hits 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

The absolute necessity of placing people at the centre of what the sectors do is what is absolutely key. Museums, libraries and the arts have much to gain from each other 2011-07-14T18:30:01Z

But the absolute best way to mash a potato? The absolute best — and worst — way to mash potatoes, according to so many tests 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

This first novel opens with an absolute dullard of a first sentence: “Clara drove across the George Washington Bridge.” Newly Released Books 2011-03-16T21:19:35Z

I realised that every little thing Livia discovered was the antithesis of death: death as an absolute emptiness. 'Her needs had to come first': becoming a father and a widower in a week 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

It’s post-digital, which means it rejects the compulsion to push form-making to its absolute limits that overtook architecture at the turn of the century. Boring architecture? Yes, please 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

With so much tragedy and fear in the world, with people hunkered down in their homes, clothes were the absolute least of the matter. The Life and Death of Your Jeans 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

I think it must have lost an absolute fortune, but it was necessary. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

The whole thing – like the rest of Mad Max: Fury Road itself – is an absolute racket. Mad Max: the story behind the flame-throwing, scene-stealing guitar guy 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Watch this video for the five absolute worst, most embarrassing social media fails by political candidates in 2015. 5 worst social media fails by politicians this year 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

His gaze projects strength and certainty, his voice absolute calm. "The Girl Before" confirms the villainy of minimalism 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

"It was a very rich experience," he said, adding that playing Gollum again was "an absolute thrill". Jackson's Hobbit: the journey begins 2012-12-07T05:09:12Z

Despite the heightened reality of his fiction – the occasional swerve into magic or mysticism – Pears describes himself as an "absolute realist". Tim Pears's 'small acts of resistance' 2010-03-18T14:00:00Z

They were enmeshed in a trans-Atlantic culture of musical debate about its form: programmatic or absolute, patriotic or universal, classicist or Wagnerian. Review: Douglas W. Shadle’s ‘Orchestrating the Nation’ 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Speaking of the new Kodak cameras, he writes: “To every man, to every woman, the universe is just a setting to the absolute little picture of himself, herself.” From Nabokov and Lawrence, Giants of 20th-Century Fiction, New Volumes of Nonfiction 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

“If he does win … it’s going to be absolute fire for the Oscars.” Gary Oldman, the Grammys and doubts over Hollywood's #MeToo commitment 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

“In these thick South American forests, especially on cloudy days, a compass is an absolute necessity,” he wrote. The Dread and Bewilderment of Walking in Circles 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Some paintings shock with their absolute perfection, like the sublime “Girl With Pigeons.” Morris Hirshfield Rises Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Instantly, you are much more effective because you appeal to a part of the audience who thinks you’re speaking about absolute bigger truths. Guillermo del Toro on Strong Women and the Haunted House in 'Crimson Peak' 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Ewanick is smart enough to know that without the CMO title, and without absolute control over GM's marketing efforts, he wouldn't stand a chance to make an impact, so he walked away. GM Scores A Marketing Coup 2010-05-05T17:55:00Z

Our uncle was an absolute fan of The Kinks and The Smiths. "Baby rockers" land the right punches on debut album 2011-09-23T11:30:34Z

Look, it is the absolute truth: you cannot please everybody. Inside the ‘Other History’ of Comic Book Superheroes 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

“What interested me,” she said, “was that as we age, those seemingly unbreakable barriers that define us, our gender, they begin to crack, to blur; they’re not absolutes anymore.” Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

It was an absolute circus — and everyone loves it when the circus comes to town, right? The 8 biggest David Beckham revelations from's Netflix docuseries "Beckham" 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

Look at it in reproduction, though, and the picture’s an absolute stunner, particularly on the Internet. Art Review: Celebrating a Painter’s 150th Anniversary 2012-05-24T18:41:19Z

Declaring himself the “battle-tested leader” of a vaguely defined movement for freedom, he invited Detroit to bask in “a night of absolute redemption, a night of winning.” Critic?s Notebook: Belligerent and Boozy, and That?s Just the Audience 2011-04-03T20:27:46Z

However, loose fruit like bananas, apples and pears or bulk items weighed by the pound like cherries, grapes and bags of peaches are an absolute no-no. Is it OK to eat grocery food before purchasing it? It’s a pretty divisive topic 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

But "she's been an absolute trouper. She has been working her butt off without a single complaint, and that crew loves her." Katherine Heigl is in a good 'State' as she returns to TV 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

American Atheists, founded in 1963, is a serious organization that advocates the absolute separation of church and state and a view of life that emphasizes the here and now and provable. Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

But it was the absolute worst thing I could have done. John Isner Is Always Looking for Extra Leg Room 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The most absolute solitude, at least in my experience, and not just narrative experience, is always, to paraphrase the title of a very good book by Hrabal, too loud. “Writing Is an Act of Pride”: A Conversation with Elena Ferrante 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Possessing absolute and never-ending superiority in developing and deploying the world’s most advanced and destructive arsenal of war. An American century of carnage: Measuring violence in a single superpower world 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

My mother was right when she said: “It would have been an absolute miracle.” IVF: 'I had the dread feeling that I was part of some greater experiment' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

“He was an absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time.” Watch George Michael on an Early Version of Carpool Karaoke 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

The other school, which I belong to, is that Paul is espousing an absolute divorce from Jewish tradition, and this innovation is so unique that it is nothing less than a wholly new religion. ArtsBeat: The Life of Jesus: Reza Aslan Talks About ‘Zealot’ 2013-08-02T20:42:32Z

Frenzied and goofily good-natured, “Day Shift” is all sensation and not much sense — except, of course, in its belief in the absolute utility of a union card. ‘Day Shift’ Review: Stakes Out 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Opera fandom is often built around a preoccupation — zealous, territorial, absolute — with distinctive voices. Bel Canto Rarities, Delivered With Unflashy, Revelatory Style 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

I managed to order an absolute fireball of a cocktail that I meekly sipped throughout the meal. Blind date: ‘I asked if he could grow a proper beard’ 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

“This historic achievement is possible because all of our film studios are bringing their absolute best to the table, telling great stories of all kinds that resonate with audiences across borders, gender and generations.” Walt Disney sets $7bn box office record in 2016 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

“I’m making them at home, and it’s an absolute mess.” Strokes’ Moretti Engages in Interactive Art 2013-10-30T14:40:44Z

And I found myself settling into West Cork with an absolute, delightful happiness. Jeremy Irons Is Transported by Renzo Piano and a Dog Named Smudge 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

We want to be reassured, we comfortable museumgoing types, that people who compromise, people who lack absolute moral courage, are not wholly lost to humanity. Walk Through This Exhibition With Dread. You Know Where It Leads. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

The title sequence of the second series is a thing of absolute beauty. True Detective's opening credits: a thing of beauty (that goes on a bit too long) 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Weber declared, “A real director should be absolute”; she repudiated the very concept that a producer could interfere with her work. “A Real Director Should Be Absolute”: Lois Weber’s Prescient Thoughts on Filmmaking a Century Ago 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Even Eddie Murphy – unquestionably the most successful SNL cast member – chose an absolute turkey, Best Defense, for his first movie after leaving the show. ‘She was our Michelle Obama’: how Gilda Radner changed comedy for ever 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

In this episode, Jack is the absolute proof of that. Hannibal recap: season three, episode five – Contorno 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Your performance in “Monster” was an absolute tour de force. Charlize Theron Answers Questions From Times Readers 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

It's the culmination of a piece which, if it is to play to fulfilling effect, must be taken at full tilt, but with absolute precision. Chase the Dream; Tales of Beatrix Potter ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:16Z

On top of that, her dramatic commitment is absolute, and she’s a great colleague to work with.” Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z

“I needed to get as close as possible to the absolute worst that I feared.” What Happens When Your Baby Isn’t Who You Expected? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

"This is going to be an absolute horror show," my partner, who was watching with me, said delightedly. With buttercream, bits and beavers, “The Great British Bake Off” is finally back to prime saucy form 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

This absolute oblivion on their part, this lack of sharing, is powerful. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z

I remember him saying that it was “an absolute blast”. Edgar Wright, Alice Lowe, John Landis and Ben Wheatley on zombie king George A Romero 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Of course, there will be times when you do not want the absolute truth. My husband lies to me! 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

The things that stuck with me were the American homespun things with clapboard houses, and, most of all, Frances Hodgson Burnett, an absolute genius. Eva Ibbotson: Ogres, aunts and happy endings 2010-10-06T11:57:00Z

His lifelong investment is instead in the traditional values of the conservative movement – that is, keeping labour cheap and threats to established wealth and big business at an absolute minimum. Who will win my bogan vote? 2013-05-27T01:30:00Z

Absolute black, like absolute white, is a nothingness. Entombing Lenin’s tomb: “Black Square” and the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

Is it the absolute worst, most terrible, heartbreaking event of your lives together? Two Real Stories That Will Change Your Mind About Cheating 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

And, to me, it's the absolute most vulnerable part of the book, and therefore, I think the most important. Julia Turshen unites healthy and comfort in the kitchen: Delicious "does not have to be complicated" 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

“You’re combining an innovative formal idea with an absolute master playwright.” The Apple Family’s Checking In on Zoom. You’re Invited, Too. 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

One thing about “Esplanade” was not democratic: its absolute precision. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z

Never mind what hardware it's collected, or its director's gender; this movie's an absolute knockout. "Winter's Bone": American film of the year? 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z

And this is what we celebrate in Wikipedia is pretending that there’s some absolute truth that can be spoken that people can approximate and that the speaker doesn’t matter. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z

We mourn today but we will not be mourning forever; we will fight and continue to celebrate the absolute beauty and gift of being trans and nonbinary. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

My belief was that the exercise of observing and writing down details with absolute accuracy would strengthen and enhance what they wrote, as well as suggesting ideas. Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z

As the author notes, many forms of expression considered characteristically French—classicism, belief in scientific progress—emerged well before the 1789 revolution under absolute monarchy. They think, therefore they are 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

It was a rare meritocracy that allowed me to work my way toward my absolute dream job as a sex writer. From negging with a pick-up artist to leather hounds: A sex writer’s greatest hits 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Your absolute best show of all time may not be on this list. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z

So the butcher was expressing a fundamental Protestant belief: the word of God must be absolute, certain, unquestionable, because it is the only thing we have to live by. Anne Boleyn and the theatre of reformation 2011-07-08T21:55:13Z

Chile’s boutique hotel business is booming these days, most notably with last December’s opening of two stylish resorts that changed the way travelers experience the absolute remoteness of Patagonia. | Patagonia's Best Beds 2012-04-23T20:35:12Z

Science is, by its nature, about evidence-based probabilities not absolute certainties. The dark truth about chocolate 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

If Meursault was marooned in a realm of absolute sensual truth Adam says whatever swirls into his head in any given situation, often turning linguistic fallibility into vatic profundity. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-05T10:00:02Z

With singers and players mostly drawn from I Fagiolini and the Feinstein Ensemble respectively, this was Bach pared down to absolute basics. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-03-23T23:00:00Z

It was home, and home was rock'n'roll, and Springsteen's secret is his absolute belief in what he's doing. 'If Bruce Springsteen had been British he would have been Leo Sayer' – a classic feature from the vaults 2012-11-13T15:39:23Z

In Friday night's statement he called it an "absolute honor" to get the job. Disney says JJ Abrams to direct next 'Star Wars' 2013-01-26T09:01:03Z

In 2006, the Post’s Tim Page called him “an absolute powerhouse of a pianist, capable of vanquishing the most technically demanding music in the repertory.” Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year

For the most part, experts say yes, but it’s not an absolute must for everyone to observe. Does 'Dry January' actually improve your health? 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

One of the great pleasures of concertgoing is the chance to hear a classic masterpiece performed by an absolute master. At Seattle Symphony, masterful and moving collaborations 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Once absolute faith is no longer possible, perception moves forward on a case-by-case basis. Second Sight 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

The house was an absolute wreck, he didn't cook or clean anything, left pizza boxes stacked on the counter, and dirty laundry piled on the laundry room floor. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If your shiftless fiance won’t take out the trash, put him on the curb 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Trust was your absolute enemy, the potential cause of your exposure and possible death. Restless – and its roots in the Cambridge spy ring 2012-12-21T22:55:09Z

His origin story is rooted in “absolute, overwhelming fear,” as he wrote in his memoir. Perspective | Little Liddys everywhere: The legacy of a political ‘super-klutz’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

That scene has not exactly thrived in the “sunshine of absolute neglect,” a phrase the critic Dave Hickey has used in another context. Detroit Artists at Marianne Boesky and Marlborough Galleries 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Council House Ballroom Chris Hecker is an absolute game development star, a fascinating writer and speaker on games technologies and a leading advocate of the indie development scene. The Gamecity Festival: the ten events you must not miss! 2010-10-25T11:42:00Z

They point out that the Ryan plan builds on the success of Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit, which has been successful at reducing premium costs on an absolute basis: a remarkable achievement. The Two Approaches to Medicare Reform: Rationing vs. Individual Choice 2011-08-17T14:26:34Z

“I was gobsmacked by her ability to inspire, galvanise and mobilise people through various different tactics; she was an absolute force of nature.” From ice queen to hothead: how Cate Blanchett negotiated stardom on her own terms 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

Quincy Jones, who helped choose her to perform in “Soundtrack of America,” the African-American music series that opened the Shed last April, hails her as “an absolute tap dancing star” who “knows her roots.” A Tap Dancer’s Place: After the Horn Player, Before the Drummer 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

You'll have guessed already that it features the big man himself, though surely that's the absolute bare minimum for any book that can truly call itself Christmas reading. Season's readings: Babar and Father Christmas by Jean de Brunhoff 2010-12-03T11:22:00Z

“This piece is an absolute jewel,” he said. Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ Doesn’t Deserve Your Eye Rolls 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

But in a statement on his official website on Tuesday, Iommi said he was just speculating and described the report as "absolute nonsense." Tony Iommi denies report of Black Sabbath reunion 2011-08-16T22:01:24Z

In my final speech, I say: “The thing we must be most afraid of is the destructive power of absolute beliefs.” Bryan Cranston: ‘I’m a mutt. I relate to that. It’s what I am’ 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z

It is to take the absolute worst events in your life and use them to bring out not just your best, but the best of those around you. Gabrielle Giffords’ inspiring comeback 2012-09-07T17:30:00Z

So the exhibition has to manage a difficult balance: The prejudice against the use of color was never absolute, and the marginalization never entire. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

Songs such as “21,” “Baby Sitter” and the violent challenge “Up the Street” show his candor, as DaBaby is at his absolute finest when liberated. Review | DaBaby proves he’s one of hip-hop’s most intriguing figures at sold-out concert 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

Much of Ms. Bush’s power stems from her absolute sincerity, the sense that she is unaware that anyone might find what she’s doing ridiculous. Keely Garfield Draws on Kate Bush at Danspace Project 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Although he hasn't been at the absolute top of his game in the runup to the tournament, the 16-time champion remains world No 1. TV highlights 23/07/2013 2013-07-23T06:00:19Z

On Slate, Jenny Hendrix wrote: “Subtly menacing, but not without humor, the novel derives momentum and tension from the space between its clear, intelligent language and the absolute unreliability of its narrator.” Whiting Awards Celebrate 30 Years With 10 Winning Writers 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

The Global Reading Challenge is one of my absolute favorite things about the Seattle Public Library — and I felt this way long before I became a librarian here. Shelf Talk | And here are the 10 children's books selected for Global Reading Challenge! 2011-11-01T20:02:48Z

“To my absolute surprise, he wound up being quite amiable, and the most caring individual that I have ever known.” Jerry Vale, Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

The West Coast premiere took place Sunday at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Lee's production is an absolute marvel of lucid storytelling. In 'Casa Valentina,' cross-dressing men show their feminine side 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

While in Avignon, the Diary also paused to reflect on the absolute unshockability of French audiences. This week's arts diary 2011-07-26T21:00:03Z

Mr. Cooper’s smartest decision, other than casting Lady Gaga, is the absolute sincerity with which he’s taken on this material, in all its gorgeous, gaudy excess. Review: The Gorgeous Heartbreak of ‘A Star Is Born’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Even with the brief distance of a few months since the end of prohibition, the sheer stupidity of the drug war appears absolute. Canada Has Made Pot Super Boring 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

It was absolute “bedlam” in that place, according to the editor of Melody Maker, who covered the show in an article aptly titled “The Night Carnegie Hall Went Berserk.” The Beatles Invasion 50 Years Ago: Wed., Feb 12, 1964 2014-02-12T10:30:07Z

But the salient historical fact was his absolute devotion to the art of Korin, who had died long before Hoitsu was born. Art Review: Rimpa Painters at Japan Society and the Met 2012-09-27T22:19:07Z

After Emancipation, she and other slaves leave the plantation, Jane seeking Ohio and absolute freedom. Susan Straight's Great American Novels: 'Fools Crow' and 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

“There was absolute fear in New York,” he said. Smokers Might Be Lighting Up More 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

For a film geek this movie is absolute heaven, a dream symposium in which directors, cinematographers, editors and a few actors gather to opine on the details of their craft. Movie Review: ‘Side by Side’ With Keanu Reeves Charts Filmmaking Advances 2012-08-30T22:01:06Z

"The nominating committee are absolute lovers of animation. They get together and carefully watch each film." Oscar nominations 2015: Broad animation field leaves out 'Lego Movie' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

She was completely convinced he was the absolute embodiment of the romantic hero and life with him was going to be bliss. Why the monarchy needed Diana: "She had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Big Brother’s pronouncements are treated as absolute truth by his acolytes, even when they defy rational thought — so Black is White, 2+2=5, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” Why Orwell’s ‘1984’ matters so much now 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

The show runs like clockwork – lots of mini-dramas made big, absolute choices to be made and Adjey to the rescue in the third act. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-10-06T06:59:00Z

The fun will range from chess instruction for absolute beginners to United States Chess Federation Scholastic tournaments for students in grades 1 through 8. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 14-20 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

“It was me wanting to meet them halfway but realizing it had to be pretty absolute. It was an either-or thing. There was not that much middle ground.” Bowen Yang of ‘S.N.L.’ Is a Smash. And a Mensch. 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

He tends to combine absolute certainty with a complete misunderstanding of what he is talking about. Review: In ‘The Speechwriter,’ Barton Swaim Shares Tales of Working for Mark Sanford 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

He has an absolute unique talent of inspiring everyone around him to not only do their best but do things that are in his best interest. Oscar Week: Best Supporting Actor Nominee Christoph Waltz 2010-03-05T07:30:00Z

On the contrary, the impact of each ingredient in a dish is even more pronounced because it contains only a handful of them, and of the absolute highest quality. The Japanese Fried-Rice Omelette That Rewired My Brain 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

And that they even think of accusing me of a conspiracy to shame India—what absolute nonsense. “I am infuriated by India right now”: Delhi gang-rape documentary director lashes out against government ban on “India’s Daughter” 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

But watching James Franco giving James Franco the business is an absolute pleasure. ‘The Deuce’ Season 1, Episode 3: Making It and Faking It 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

This music is every violinist's ultimate challenge: even lairy Nigel wouldn't dare approach it with less than absolute focus and respect, and a focused, respectful Nigel Kennedy is a very exciting musical prospect indeed. Top of the Proms 2011 2011-07-07T20:30:02Z

“There must be absolute trust that the doctor is acting only and solely in the best interests of the patient,” Brunet said. NHS dementia plan to give GPs cash for diagnoses criticised as ‘ethical travesty’ 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

“The Equal Protection Clause does not require absolute equality,” Powell famously wrote. Two New Audiobooks Inspire Teenagers to Make Real Change 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

It is, in my opinion, the absolute best way to enjoy a whole fish. Von Diaz’s Essential Puerto Rican Recipes 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Right now, I'm half way through episode 9, and the series is an absolute triumph, superb in every respect -- casting, story, wardrobe, music, sets. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

"I wish him the absolute best," Robin Roberts said on "GMA" Wednesday morning. "GMA" invites Chris Brown back after outburst 2011-03-23T20:57:10Z

A subject who doesn’t report any reading may not be a non-reader in any absolute sense. Why We Don’t Read, Revisited 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

By finding the absolute elemental flavors in the intent. No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

No one Christ is absolute, no one vision definitive. Perspective | Seeing Tintoretto in Venice is very nice. But so is seeing his works in a well-lit museum. 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

Lewis, among other veterans of several wars, Tolkien knew first hand the dead-end outcomes of absolute power. 4 books for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien 2013-12-20T23:28:45Z

But collectively, I look upon you with a disgust that amounts to absolute detestation. Second (and third) time’s a charm 2012-12-11T16:04:00Z

“He is my absolute favorite, a fascinating character who was studying law and didn’t even turn to art until about 18,” Bober says. Perspective | Genoa and the Baroque: The most spectacular art you’ve never heard of 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

He'd make these stuffed eggs occasionally, and to my sister and me they were the absolute height of sophistication to our primary school selves. Family life 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

In an attempt to impress Victoria, Beckham played his absolute best that day. The 8 biggest David Beckham revelations from's Netflix docuseries "Beckham" 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

But in all this advice, the most important element, the one, true, absolute key to personal, financial, aesthetic and every other kind of success as a writer, is invariably left out. What every writer needs to succeed 2014-02-27T23:59:00Z

“All of this, ‘Oh, he went to L.A. because there is too much competition in New York is absolute nonsense,” Mr. Fabius said. Giant Steps for Dance in Los Angeles 2012-10-19T00:40:07Z

The only feature of Megan’s illness that marked a qualitative departure from normality was her absolute conviction that Verma was also smitten. ‘I just knew he loved me. I could see it in his eyes’: can a psychologist cure lovesickness? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Even with this kind of research, we can’t say with absolute certainty that the salt decrease is responsible. What America can learn from the U.K.’s massive sodium experiment 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

The absolute best method for choosing better wines is to consult the experts face to face, not those on apps. No-Sweat Answers to Some Basic Wine Questions 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

The results of all this testing are three brand-new but still perfectly classic Thanksgiving pie recipes that are the absolute best of their kind. The Absolute Best Pumpkin, Apple and Pecan Pies for Thanksgiving 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

He bellows commands and facts with absolute certainty before insisting he means the opposite moments later. A worthy return for PBS' "All Creatures Great and Small" celebrates the value of the little things 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

Right on through to the finale that sticks both men in hideous bedazzled vest combos, they bring absolute commitment to their performance. Ishtar at 30: is it really the worst movie ever made? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

There is no tyrant as absolute as the one who knew you when you were in diapers. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Writing is an act of communication, and that’s the paradox at the heart of Emily — while we think of her as this absolute loner, no writer can be satisfied as a loner. ‘Dickinson’ Uses the Civil War to Explore Modern Divisions 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

From a bounty of low, low moments in “Parental Guidance,” it’s difficult to choose the absolute lowest. ‘Parental Guidance’ a waste of Billy Crystal’s and Bette Midler’s talents 2012-12-24T16:49:41Z

We tend to measure material satisfaction by those around us — not in absolute terms. Why Don’t Rich People Just Stop Working? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

With this taken into account and with guilt suitably assuaged, it has to be said that this particular punch, thrown in Mel Brooks's seminal slapstick masterpiece, is an absolute peach: quick, clean, and decisive. Clip joint: knockouts 2012-10-03T16:41:34Z

And always make sure you quote absolute risks/benefits, not just relative. Michael Hanlon on science writing: 'You need a bullshit detector' 2013-04-10T06:00:01Z

Interest from large corporate heads provides added financial stability and cushion to independent promoters with varying degrees of involvement, the absolute brand evangelists, but with little to no experience. Are Mega-Corporations and Wall Street Killing Electronic Dance Music? 2012-07-03T13:59:00Z

Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, nationalized the oil company in 1980. Museums' disturbing transformation: relentless commercialization 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

In her battered leather jacket and Tony Lama boots, she binge drinks and raids medicine cabinets and does her absolute best to court death and destruction. Elizabeth Hand's mystery series takes on art and death on the way to whodunit in 'Hard Light' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

But I think the third season’s going to be an absolute nightmare — it’s just going to be Hallmark card after Hallmark card. ‘Ted Lasso’ Is Back, but No Longer an Underdog 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

“We start by looking at the absolute worst-case scenario and work our way back from there.” The Art of the Pitch in the Midst of a Pandemic 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

“I always try to do the absolute best that I can because I feel a moral obligation,” he said. Loving Art to the Moon and Back 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

"We have an absolute right to play it," said Tom Stephenson, a partner in Dallas-based Look Cinemas. Some theaters drop 'The Interview' amid Sony hacker threats 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

At this point it’s tempting to think — and people do — that we’re switching aesthetic worlds, from traditional to contemporary art, though no absolute break is evident. Art Review: ?African Innovations? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-09-01T12:00:00Z

But she doesn’t expect authorities to have fully distributed the vaccine until mid-2021 at the absolute earliest. Perspective | How will the covid-19 vaccines affect your travel? 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

“No day is fun, but some days are better than others and then some days are just the absolute worst,” Grimes told the outlet. Florida man says he's been stuck on cruise ship in Italy for 8 weeks after testing positive for COVID-19 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

Nobody can say answer that with absolute certainty. Will your favorite TV shows and movies survive Warner Bros. Discovery's culling? 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

Lancel had to crawl towards the wildfire, knowing in the last instant that he had failed to serve his faith and that the consequential defeat would be absolute. Game of Thrones finale: fancy some son pie? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

I was barrelling through the streets in an absolute frothing fury. Lucy Mangan: I'm in Edinburgh and I want to kick something to death 2012-08-24T22:00:00Z

“The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials in absolute tatters,” he told a news conference in London. Jeremy Corbyn reveals dossier 'proving NHS up for sale' 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

In the novel, June’s entering the van was not the absolute end. Review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Moves Into a Dark Future 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Don’t misunderstand me: It’s your absolute right to stop City Slicker from traipsing across your lawn. Social Q?s: Tip, Tip, Tip 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z

I felt like I was at my absolute best with the best possible partner. Keegan-Michael Key Puts Comedy Aside and Shoots for His Dreams 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

The answers she reaches are frankly equivocal, which in our era of dueling absolutes is commendable if sometimes a little frustrating. Why Intellectuals Support Dictators 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z

Now “only to my absolute closest friends will I share what I’m doing.” Meet James Middleton, Kate Middleton’s Brother and Co-Owner of Boomf 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Related Now Booking | Patagonia Two stylish resorts are changing the way travelers experience the absolute remoteness of Chilean Patagonia. | New Hotels in Chile 2012-05-23T22:00:30Z

From a strictly culinary perspective, though, I must admit: chicken noodle soup wasn't my absolute favorite for the longest time. This unexpected secret ingredient will radically transform your chicken noodle soup 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

In the event of an absolute technical failure, footage from a filmed dress rehearsal will be shown. The Apple Family’s Checking In on Zoom. You’re Invited, Too. 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

Both are classical; that is, harmonious and proportionate – the two most absolute Renaissance assimilations of the Greek style. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z

As is always the case regarding absolute statements about art, this was wrong, and women were especially good at demonstrating why. At Terminal 5, a Triple Bill of Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz and Torres 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

The day is beautiful and the calm is absolute. Returning to the scene of the crash: A survivor of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash reflects 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

Even right now with the Olympics, these are women who are doing the absolute most and best with their female bodies. Elizabeth Banks Swears By Rob Reiner and Finger Sandwiches 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Likewise, the rules are simple but absolute: Everyone must support themselves, and no one must die, at least not on the island. 'Fortitude' features polar bears and cold-blooded murder 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Morricone is best known for his film work, but we must never forget his large catalog of “absolute” music — his classical compositions. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

“But at the end of the day when it’s just us, even when he’s seen me at my absolute worst, he loves me for me.” For Two Cloggers, 20 Years to Get in Step and Get Married 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

If something increases your risk of developing a nasty cancer by 30%, this is only significant if the absolute risk is substantial; if it is in the one-in-a-million category then it is not news. Michael Hanlon on science writing: 'You need a bullshit detector' 2013-04-10T06:00:01Z

The piece is inspired by elements of ritual and landscape — and sounds like an absolute must-see. Datebook: The Hammer's new acquisitions, a daylong performance in Echo Park, sculptures of female guerrillas 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

As everyone will know, this track is an absolute smasher. DJ T Williams's favourite tracks 2012-11-10T00:06:22Z

"This is my absolute favorite way to cook this sweet, creamy, and velvety winter squash, as it's fast, easy, and cozy." Serve these Thanksgiving side dishes on the big day 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

Cynthia Erivo is an absolute marvel in the lead role of Celie, playing her at first with defeated deference, then indignation and then righteous might. Review: Cynthia Erivo amazing in ‘The Color Purple’ revival 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

This was when my crush was at its absolute height. 'It's time to let you hear the song which earned me a juvenile restraining order' 2010-04-07T14:40:00Z

Bill was an absolute innovator right from the get-go. What It Was Like to Be Photographed by Bill Cunningham 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

But the once mysterious craft is increasingly turning into a high-end reality show — long-running spectacles that appeal to donors who lavish money on makeovers, but trouble some conservators accustomed to quiet and absolute concentration. Showtime at the Musée d’Orsay: Watching Varnish Dry 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

“I very quickly came to learn not only is he beautiful, he’s also an absolute fool,” meaning “kind and sweet and silly.” The Dress Code was ‘Fly and Gay’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

They called it "synth school," and it taught them to nix facial expressions and hand gestures and to move "with absolute grace, like in a Japanese tea ritual," Brackley said. Are the robots here to serve? AMC's sci-fi thriller 'Humans' explores 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

In harrowing scenes of personal sacrifice — or deadly self-righteousness — we see an unlikely group drawn together by their absolute conviction that our rapacious destruction of trees is an act of mass suicide. Review | The most exciting novel about trees you’ll ever read 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

“There are some subtle, intelligent concessions to a child’s view of the absolute, unappealable arbitrariness of adult power,” she added. What’s on TV This Week: The Olympics and the Jonas Brothers 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

For example, he may be a terrible wingman, but the absolute champ at _______. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: With his friends, it’s wine and dine, but with hers, it’s just whine 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

I've had an absolute ball and I continue to do so. Portrait of the artist: Sharleen Spiteri, musician 2010-09-20T21:30:00Z

The singing is straightforward and plain, at times even a bit rough-hewn, with no vibrato or unnatural polish, and no sense that a homogenous blend is an absolute value. Music Review: Early Mass, With Its Exoticism Intact 2010-12-10T23:35:00Z

If someone puts me in a room, I'll have 25 minutes of absolute quality, then for the rest of the day I'm useless. Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey: halves of the Dot 2013-05-15T17:30:01Z

To some, it is an indictment: He put his family above the interests of his country, over which he had absolute power. Russia Reopens the Last Czar’s Palace, a Century After His Execution 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

She released his fingers, knowing, with absolute certainty, that the love they felt for each other was so strong they would spend the rest of their lives together. ‘I just knew he loved me. I could see it in his eyes’: can a psychologist cure lovesickness? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

And Standards and Practices said, “You cannot say that,” and Elton John was like, “This is absolute madness! You have to say it!” How SNL turned prim Queen Elizabeth II into a punk brawler 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Zhang denies all suggestions of impropriety and has called the reports "absolute libel". Zhang Ziyi files lawsuit over 'prostitute' claims 2012-06-13T11:52:26Z

Still, the several works by them here suggest that absolute automatism was rarely achieved, if it was even desired. Art Review: ‘Drawing Surrealism’ at the Morgan Library and Museum 2013-01-24T23:00:37Z

Given their absolute lack of chemistry one can't be penalized for wondering whether their friends pushed them together based on that point in common, but ultimately that doesn't matter. Let's have a cringey talk about multiracial identity, from "Ginny & Georgia" to Harry and Meghan 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

"My loneliness most tragic / my bewilderment unanimous / my perpetuous silence / and my absolute consolation." A small, but potent gesture in support of Tania Bruguera at the Hammer 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The absolute number is not really what is of great interest here. Front Row: I.B.M. Predicts Heel Heights - Runway 2011-11-23T18:51:41Z

Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the official house band of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, is an absolute highlight. Who is the real Stephen Colbert? An early peek at his Late Show 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

But whatever the motivation, “1966 Live” captures one of the most important tours in rock history, and it’s an absolute gem. 5 CD box sets to wow baby-boom rock fans 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“I think it’s of absolute importance to react with compassion and love for ignorance - there is no other option,” she said. Venice festival's only woman director gets sexist heckle at film... 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

"We've come to pay tribute to a lady of Leicester. She was an absolute gem," he said. Author Sue Townsend's funeral held 2014-05-02T16:49:28Z

The definition of slowness in movies isn’t absolute—it refers not to the speed of action but to the ratio of ideas to action. Jeff Nichols’s “Loving”: An Airbrushed Portrait of the Interracial Couple Whose Struggle Changed History 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

The "Star Wars" movies deal in moral absolutes. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

After a 1932 coup that shifted the Thai government from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, and a period of devastating rice shortages, the new regime made a push toward nationalism, efficiency and public health. The Art of Making Thai Noodles, Far From Thailand 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

I honestly feel my absolute best when this is what I consume- this literally elevates my mood, makes any pains go away and keeps me functioning at my peak! They mock vegans and eat 4lbs of steak a day: meet 'carnivore dieters' 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Reading them, I was surprised that in the absolute brutality and human rights violations, just how eternal this story is,” Ms. Pinchuk said in a video interview. In Stone and Fabric, Two Artists Explore the Quest to Find Home 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

It was a mixture of total terror and absolute happiness. Andrew WK: 'The return of the girl behind My Destiny' 2010-04-15T13:58:00Z

It is absolute rapture to see him in his element in “Drop Dead Perfect,” a Peccadillo Theater Company production at the Theater at St. Clement’s that began at Penguin Rep in Rockland County, N.Y. Review: ‘Drop Dead Perfect,’ Winking Melodrama, Returns to St. Clement’s 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

MisterMenu is the sort of man who says, “I should just like to announce, with absolute conviction, in full chief executive authority, that I do, most certainly, like being me.” Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Gaga isn’t in possession of an absolute laser voice like Carrie Underwood, but she’s come a long way for someone whose massive success has never been predicated on singing perfection. Lady Gaga treats fans to expansive, smart hit-filled set 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

An hour and a half outside town, the main lodge greets you with absolute silence, apart from the occasional birdcall or the rustle of monkeys overhead. A trek to gorilla country in the Congo

It feels like absolute magic when I can revive something that might have otherwise been thrown out and provides a much needed antidote to our frantic must-have consumer culture. You don't have to be rich to lead an 'eco friendly' lifestyle - here's how I do it 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

The two of them communicate absolute trust in each other, and inspire the same in the audience. ‘Ordinary Love’ Review: In Sickness and in Health 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

“One of These Things First” is not only a departure but an absolute treasure. ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

The the United Arab Emirates’ seven emirates are overseen by hereditary rulers who hold absolute power. Dubai Denies There Were Plans for an R. Kelly Concert 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Emma divulged that her fiancé, Richard, was in on the surprise, though the heels from heaven were an “absolute shock” and indescribably sentimental. Bride finds secret message from her late mother on wedding heels 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

What Langer and others quickly discovered was that the headlines were reporting the relative risk of developing breast cancer, which sets a much scarier tone than the absolute risk. Perspective | Scary headlines aside, drinking milk probably does not cause breast cancer 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

And his absolute favorite occurrence, he says, is when pregnant women attend his shows, giving him a chance to reach children before they are even born. He’s a 6-foot-6 corrections-officer-turned-singer. And D.C.’s toddlers love him. 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

“I have had an absolute ball,” the judge says. Crufts uncovered: ‘Dog people look like hairdressers with very small clients’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t my No. 1, absolute dream, but it was pretty great … and trying to be a writer was too risky. ‘Cat Person’ in The New Yorker: A Discussion With the Author 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

On the contrary, the absolute and unbroken mediocrity of “Thor” is evidence of its success. | 'Thor': Have Golden Locks, Seeking Hammer 2011-05-05T15:52:08Z

He conveys a ferocious and absolute seriousness even when the going gets silly, and he finds the soul in each new angry-everyman cipher he is asked to play. Movie Review: Liam Neeson in Joe Carnahan?s Thriller ?The Grey? 2012-01-26T22:19:02Z

According to Munn, Hitler was a politician by default, and grudgingly settled for absolute power only after his dreams of being a painter, architect, writer, composer and actor came to nought. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn ? review 2012-05-17T12:35:57Z

There is only one point of view, and this absolute confinement to the narrator’s voice and perspective is Ackerman’s most important commitment. An unusual first novel by a veteran of the U.S. Marines 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Chords are rare, open spaces gape, and absolute silence is possible mid-song. Music Review: Xx at Paradise Theater 2012-10-28T17:23:15Z

The result is an absolute delight, the kind of happiness that sometimes slingshots out of despair with such force you can’t help but cheer, amazed. Review | Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ delivers pure joy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

“The whole time, you get no breaks and no rest, which pushes your mind and your body to its absolute limit,” he says. ‘Steve Austin’s Broken Skull’ vs. ‘American Muscle’ 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Carol Muske-Dukes has this lovely appreciation: “Lucie's friends all knew that she lived a life fueled both by eccentric passion and an absolute unrelenting committed rigor,” she writes. Books newsletter: Tayari Jones, Jesse Ball, Lucie Brock-Broido and more in books 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

Richard was a wonderful man, a consummate professional and an absolute joy to work alongside. Richard Briers dies aged 79 2013-02-18T13:36:00Z

When we finished and the curtain came down, there was absolute silence. Director Maria Aitken, keeping Coward’s blithe spirit alive

The issue came up again last month with comedian Jim Norton, who argued that comedians need absolute freedom in order to function. Lindy West: Finding ‘invisible hypocrisies’ 2013-07-03T22:48:49Z

“I would’ve had an absolute heart attack if I seen this on the bus!!!” another wrote of the discovery. Escaped snake caught on bus terrifies passengers: 'Never getting on a bus again' 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

The pathos is right on the surface, as the women stroke their tiny dogs and discuss money, independence and the absolute necessity of escaping their parents. Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted,’ About the Choices Actresses in Pornography Make 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

There’s always the fear that someone is going to find the absolute formula, the certain rhythm that is going to lock into the heartbeat of the universe and forever be the sound of pop. The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z

It gives little scrutiny to political dealings in the 18th and 19th centuries between Prussia and Russia, both absolute monarchies that opposed the French Revolution, allied against Napoleon and took part in dividing up Poland. ‘Russen & Deutsche,’ at Neues Museum in Berlin 2013-01-05T00:57:53Z

It wasn’t completed until 1985, but it did what “The Memory of Justice” didn’t: it approached the Holocaust with an absolute directness, accepting fully the impossibility of showing the unshowable and filming the unfilmable. Two Prescient Films About the Memory of the Holocaust 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Pull your kayak out of the water and drive about 10 miles above Little Falls to find Great Falls National Park, a favorite of white-water kayakers — but these rapids are only for absolute experts. In D.C., Trading Politics for a Paddle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Harrison Ford was ready to be done with “Star Wars,” and made his exit absolute in “The Force Awakens.” About that ‘No Time to Die’ ending… 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Brooklyn is lousy with them — earnest young men and women who are dead serious about the craft of writing and whose faith in the fundamental communicability of the mysteries of the creative arts is absolute. Book review: ‘Bomb: The Author Interviews’ doesn’t capture magazine’s signature voice 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Director Stephanie Shroyer understands that the secret to landing the ornate verbiage and ideological content is a light touch and absolute conviction of delivery. 'You Never Can Tell' at A Noise Within: A buoyant revival of George Bernard Shaw's comedy 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

“He is an absolute joy to be around,” said Lisa Blatt, a D.C. lawyer who used to work with George and just happens to be a supporter of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. George Conway is the man at the center of everything 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

And spirituality deals with absolutes – there's absolute evil, absolute good. "The Good Fight" bosses on that inevitable violent finale, optimism and delivering us to "Evil" 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Rice is an absolute necessity to both sides. 6 Latinx and Asian pantry staples this recipe developer swears by 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

So my absolute goal was to have a strong female perspective. ‘Before Sunrise’: The Making of an Indie Classic 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

I am the absolute opposite of an art film snob, whatever that is. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

“I think from a sales and marketing perspective, it’s an absolute home run.” Super Bowl/Olympics Sunday about to become routine for NBC 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

But it's a terrific performance and a scene where the killer finally emerges and reveals themselves – that turn from civility to absolute mad barbarity is really very shaking. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

"I was able to watch him at the absolute peak of his career," said Kingsley. Scorsese and "Hugo" team up to celebrate movie making 2011-11-22T21:20:47Z

Now layer in the visuals, which is where the "Moonlight" director exerts absolute mastery. "The Underground Railroad" is a relentlessly tough, yet gorgeously rendered television masterpiece 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

So this idea that all wealth is inherited — it's absolute statistical hogwash. Dave Ramsey: We must teach kids the RIGHT way to handle money, right now 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

We still don't have the absolute details on how that happened. Giving a voice to the Delphi murders victims and families: "It never goes away, that pain" 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z

Today’s playlist is devoted to one of my absolute favorite musical conventions: the parenthetical song title. 13 (Great) Songs With Parenthetical Titles 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z

Decadence depends on a self-conscious blurring of conventional moral absolutes. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

The later pursuit of the absolute by modernists produced the inevitable reaction of post-modernism and the loss of depth that entailed. The joy of cubism 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z

"So we started questioning, what’s this dog doing here in the middle of absolute nowhere?" Couple adopts abandoned dog after noticing she was chasing their car 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Gulman uses this special as a way to discuss some of the absolute lowest points of his life and we, the audience, relive those moments with him. HBO’s comedy special “The Great Depresh” is a painfully funny look at mental health 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

His images are generally poised, polished and perfected; he works best with absolute stillness. Sebastião Salgado: Genesis – review 2013-04-13T23:06:24Z

Gaga's guaranteed nutty outfit is the only absolute sure bet, however. Will Northwest nominees get Grammy props? 2011-02-11T21:32:23Z

This turned out to the absolute perfect soundtrack for my experience. Chipotle's not dead – there's just more for us brave souls who still want to eat it 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

“Nothing was taken seriously, except putting on an absolute epic spectacle,” he recalled. Fake blood and real meat: GWARbar gets ready to open in Richmond

But most importantly Trump doesn’t believe that any rules apply to him and he is obsessed with holding absolute power. Michael Moore’s terrifying “Fahrenheit 11/9″: Trump is the symptom, not the disease 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

In kindergarten, every Friday I wore a Powerpuff Girls jacket, because that was my absolute favorite show. Civilities: This transgender person wants to help you understand her experience 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

But Phish, and their fans, don’t wait around for absolute value. Why Would You Go to a Phish Concert, Let Alone 13? I Found Out 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

“It’s this idea of expressing absolute joy — break dancing in the sky,” he said, noting that break dancing began in New York City. Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

I now make a point of sticking up for anybody I see bullied, if I didn't I'd feel like absolute hell. 'I wasn't there at the end': your biggest regrets in life 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

“In terms of his creative process, she was the absolute center of it.” Michel Faber Plans to Stop Writing Novels 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

“What people don’t understand about this business is it needs an absolute core of infrastructure,” Mr. Dolman said. Third Place? In Auction World, Phillips Is Making Strides 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

In their heavily researched 2005 book, "Mao," they contend that "absolute selfishness and irresponsibility lay at the heart of Mao's outlook." 'The Beginning of the Great Revival': Chinese history gets lost in translation 2011-06-23T20:42:03Z

These reservations are offset by the absolute confidence and visual style that Wheatley always shows. Cannes 2012: Sightseers – review 2012-05-24T11:59:47Z

Alex: No. I get asked that question a lot and it’s an absolute no. In “Tell Me Who I Am,” a man discovers his life was a lie told to him by his twin 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

I looked on those binders with a feeling of absolute joy.” Scientology Fascinates the Author Lawrence Wright 2013-01-02T22:27:36Z

If this episode is the closest Jack gets to absolute revenge, then so be it. Hannibal recap: season three, episode five – Contorno 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

They were contemporaries, after all, working different sides of the street, one exploding the limits of symphonic form, the other boiling them down to the absolute essentials. Salonen Was Born to Conduct Sibelius 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

New York is home to the absolute strongest, fastest, world’s champion-est Joneses – as in, the neighbors you need to keep up with. | The Fabulous Lives of Others 2011-03-15T22:07:49Z

It’s not a melting pot, but a web of lived relations, where the Old World’s absolute categories of race, language or religion mix and mingle. The Art of Caribbean Exchange, in Gold, Stone or Hardwood 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

And much of this is the fault of evangelicals themselves, with what is too often an all-or-nothing approach to, say, the literal interpretation of the Bible, narrowly defined moral absolutes, a deep-seated anti-intellectual prejudice. My body was going nuts: How I thought about sex as a teenage evangelical virgin 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

No matter what she is the mother of my child and I only wish the absolute best for her.” America loves a single dad: When was the last time a single mom became a viral hero just for raising her kids? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

The second is celebrities who, faced with absolute gratification, publicly combust: Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Woody Allen. Cultural Studies: On Celebrities Good and Bad, or Alec Baldwin 2012-06-29T20:57:20Z

Kennedy's real talent is in following her muse into the depths and reporting back from there with absolute honesty. The Blue Book by AL Kennedy ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:06Z

In all of his plays, there is no absolute evil and no absolute good. Why Shakespeare is … Palestinian 2012-06-11T14:10:02Z

Douching is an absolute no-no as it removes lactobacilli, which are there to prevent infections. How to look after your vulva 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

His tyranny is viewed in existentialist terms, not as a product of mental aberration but as an extreme abuse of the freedom conferred by absolute power. Caligula – review 2012-05-27T16:55:01Z

“The fantastic imagination of the hero” is what reveals the profound desolation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” but also what redeems the play from absolute bleakness. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

In a telephone interview, Ms. Leventhal, the Kepler’s first violinist, compared this attention shift to a “Zen-like” focus on the present: “You are not dealing with absolutes like ‘an A is an A,’” she said. Players Are Wanted for Ben Johnston’s Works. Some Sacrifice Is Required. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The pace quickens as he races against time, the nonnegotiable absolutes of physics and distance. ‘The Martian’: stranded on Mars, botanist battles to survive 2014-03-12T19:03:18Z

By day four, the Robbins household was gripped by absolute panic. Motherlode: Why Moms Should Quit 2011-05-04T15:45:23Z

They are recognizably late works in their makers’ careers, infusing absolute mastery of craft with an almost reckless sense of freedom. At Venice Festival, the Wisdom of Lunatics, the Wildness of Age 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

I think it’s an absolute pendulum that’s constantly swinging back and forth. To The Manners Born: The Great-Great-Grandson of Emily Post Wants To Bring Civility to The Internet 2013-04-11T09:45:49Z

At 25 or 30 rupees, it’s an absolute steal. Mumbai, a City Both Uplifting and Heartbreaking 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

The disillusionment with institutions that might once have provided some hope of salvation, or at least a little reassurance, is sweeping, universal, absolute. ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ and Other Apocalyptic Movies 2012-06-15T18:30:00Z

An unusual man with a very unusual life, there on the absolute peak of Shooter’s Hill, where to this day, he sleeps not five paces away from the spot where he was born. Alan Moore Digs Up 'Unearthing' and Lays His Comics Career to Rest 2010-07-26T22:05:00Z

All of a sudden I had this absolute luxury of a vibrant green pasta sauce that became the easiest thing to make. Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman on curing culinary FOMO 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. David Oyelowo on the Role That Made Him a Method Actor 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

"He gives the character such an inescapable melancholy – a certain perseverance in the face of absolute resignation to his fate – that he becomes a more tragic figure than ever," says Todd Gilchrist at Indiewire. The Dark Knight Rises gets off to flyer with US critics 2012-07-16T11:32:03Z

It is the rarest thing in Tintoretto — in this torrent of movement, an absolute stillness. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

“All you notice is the absolute unspecialness of them . . . he seems to use the exact same amount of time for each activity.” “Seasonal Associate” Is a Labor Memoir for the Amazon Era 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

“We decided that the new companion was going to be non-white, and that was an absolute decision, because we need to do better on that. We just have to,” Moffat said. A Black Actor Was Almost Cast as Doctor Who Lead 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Though Kentucky originally tried to stay neutral in the war, in 1861 Unionist candidates won nine of the state’s ten congressional seats and absolute majorities in both houses of the State Legislature. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Compare this to the solicitude the Lord shows his Adam and Eve, their freedom even to disobey and the absolute importance of their choice, dire as it is. The Truth and Fiction of Adam and Eve 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

They agreed that claims of the “absolute character” of scientific truth, and the supposed triumph of Enlightenment reason, needed to be challenged. Joyce Appleby, Historian of Capitalism and American Identity, Is Dead at 87 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

That was the role I had to take on in the group, when really I was an absolute mess.” Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on surviving the trolls: 'People were saying horrific things' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

While it is true that presidential pardons are exercises of virtually absolute power, they tend to be more symbolic than functional, since the miscreants are seldom if ever still being punished. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I hereby pardon you and you and you and you ... 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The believability is absolute as this long-suffering mother waves away attention yet fusses to keep her almost disintegrated family together just for an afternoon. ‘Moment’ review: Kitchen-sink realism makes this Irish drama shine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

There are still moments of absolute brilliance, with tracks like Turn Blue’s “Fever” holding their own against old favourites. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

No wonder he could stand above the moral quagmire that manages to suck in every other character in the movie, and no wonder that his absolute faith in Batman never wavers. The Next Batman: Is John Blake the New Bruce Wayne? 2012-07-25T12:00:15Z

“The relative universe means there is no absolute container,” he said. 50 Years of Marriage and Mindfulness 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

Not only that, but to do so a few days after witnessing the fallout faced by Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez is absolute lunacy. How the media at large failed Gayle King 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z

And the plot resolution of Kill the Moon – that Earth’s satellite turns out to be an egg – has become a running joke on social media to express absolute disbelief. Doctor Who: Steven Moffat's highs, lows and time-travelling hijinks 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

"There's just been this earth-shattering, not recent, but absolute crash-and-burn heartbreak and that will turn out to be what the next album is about," she told Vogue in a cover story for its February edition. Taylor Swift aims at Jake Gyllenhaal on new album? 2012-01-18T00:06:09Z

It’s been an absolute pleasure to see it blossom in phase two, in a much bigger, more comfortable, brightly cheerful space, on East Broadway. My Favorite Restaurants of 2018 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

The Castros have forced themselves into phenomenal shape for the one-minute a year when they have a chance to be the absolute best at something. Take my wife, please! 2012-10-04T20:39:00Z

It was the same thing as Carry On films and spaghetti westerns being regarded with absolute contempt – whereas they're now seen as masterpieces. Fab furore: Is it time to re-evaluate the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour? 2012-09-25T17:33:00Z

And then by 16 or 17, of absolute chaos, stories that you couldn't even begin to unravel the logic. What "O.G." star Jeffrey Wright learned from the real inmate actors in his new HBO film 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

Originally written for the Paris Opera, the Hollywood of the 19th century, it is spectacular, flawed and often confusing, and it is Verdi at his absolute best. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

Most of them seem to contain a mixture of familiar faces or places and an absolute mishmash of brain confetti. Ever wondered why we dream? 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

She says that this issue will become more commonplace and that there is no ethical absolute regarding contact. Ask Amy: Man’s donation results in multiple dividends 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

People’s fear of this state of absolute inactivity is so great that they would rather be dead. Emptiness doesn't have to mean nothingness: it could mean happiness 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

In the course of six episodes, heroes become villains, principals are killed off then resurrected, as all the while Mayhew stares goggle-eyed at a succession of British character actors having an absolute ball. Neverwhere: box set review 2013-05-02T15:22:25Z

Paul Weller, I reminded him, had recently called Thatcher and her followers "absolute scum". How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z

The idea with this is we were very much walking hand in hand with total, absolute failure all the time ... Keira's 'Karenina' flips costume drama on its head 2012-11-15T13:55:15Z

For instance, the slaughter of elephants or the absolute destruction of so much of our food supply through chemical with Monsanto, especially. “Racism is really just a mask for greed”: Salon talks to Alice Walker on the 40th anniversary of “Meridian” about the power of revolt 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

Although influenced by European modernism, their motto was to paint with absolute freedom of content and technique, resulting in each artist working in a distinct style of painting.” Special Report: Art in Perspective: Not Just Modern Art, but Indian 2011-03-03T13:30:04Z

To the new girlfriend: A word of caution: It is never the case that one former spouse is the absolute worst and the other is blameless. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Want to help boyfriend’s daughter? Stay on the sidelines. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

This is not just muscular writing by Mr. Lew; it also has the ping of absolute authenticity. Review: In a Teenage Take on ‘Richard III,’ Now Is the Prom of Our Discontent 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The appeal of a gamebook then is that it allows the reader to be at the absolute centre of the story. How Fighting Fantasy beat traditional games 2012-08-28T09:50:51Z

“The absolute best way to find a low airfare now is Google Flights,” George Hobica, the founder of Airfarewatchdog.com, which allows users to track and compare ticket prices, told me in November. You Googled It, We Answered It 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

There is something compelling about such absolutes, delivered in a vocal style that, when not recalling a rutting stag, galvanises like a motivational speaker who shares your record collection. Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z

Asking friends to flex their amateur spinning skills may be a suitable alternative, especially if the dance party is an absolute must-have. Where Are All the Wedding D.J.s? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

“As fellow musicians can understand, checking in my violin is an absolute non option.” Violinist claims Southwest Airlines forced him to leave flight after he refused to check $80,000 instrument 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

"She was an absolute fantastic girl and I was quite nervous at first." Kilts and whisky hit Cannes screens in Ken Loach film 2012-05-22T16:38:49Z

Mr. Cerveris’s performance catches the extraordinary blend of charming good manners and absolute artistic purposefulness that so characterized Balanchine. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Nikolai and the Others,’ a Theatrical Portrait of Balanchine 2013-06-10T21:45:47Z

And I'm not saying that to defend everything I said as if it was the absolute best choice, but it's also an award show, and you're powering through 14 acts filled with 20 plus awards. Harris doubts Oscar host return 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Scott called the first part “an absolute joy to watch.” A Filmmaking Life Gets a Sequel 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

This is not a recommendation made with snark or condescension, but done with absolute sincerity. Want to run for president in 2020? Here’s your summer reading list! 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s an absolute time of freethinking and openness,” Ms. Bell said. Five Kwanzaa Celebrations Around the Country 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

According to the other, it flows from the top down, and consists of absolute moral truths that are discoverable through rigorous analysis. Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Did you know that power corrupts, and absolute power blah blah blah? Katniss meets the new boss: The Tea Party, the Bolsheviks and the “Hunger Games” finale 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

The warming spices of cinnamon and nutmeg, the hearty moistness of oatmeal, the simple yet decadent coconut-pecan topping—it is absolute perfection. Meme’s Oatmeal Cake is a buttery, autumnal treat for even the most beginner baker 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

He is known less as a writer, though, than as an interpreter of other people's songs, and at his absolute best he deserves to be treated as rock's Sinatra – a superlative interpreter of superlative songs. Rod Stewart: 'I thought songwriting had left me' 2013-04-19T05:00:01Z

For Andre, defending comics’ right to be offensive is an absolute. Comedian Eric Andre: 'We don't tell guests a thing ...' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

In her first story collection, Ms. Ausubel, the author of the novel “No One Is Here Except All of Us,” is an absolute eccentric, in a mostly positive sense. ‘Norwegian by Night,’ by Derek B. Miller, and More 2013-05-29T20:35:37Z

And often lengthiness can be the absolute soul of wit, as in Proust or Dickens. Isaac Mizrahi: By the Book 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The movie is unappealing on so many levels, but its absolute ugliness is a real mystery. Judy Moody: A Total Bummer 2011-06-10T18:45:00Z

"The regime demands absolute loyalty and devotion and sees religion as undermining this," he said. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Its quest for absolute invulnerability implies total control, and rather than sharing a virtual mind with J.A.R.V.I.S., The New “Avengers” Is Really About the N.S.A. 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

The absolute last word in tragically hip happenings — that you’re not attending — is the late-summer Burning Man arts festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. | The Fabulous Lives of Others 2011-03-15T22:07:49Z

The price is often justified by offering the product as an absolute safe alternative to tap water. How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z

On the contrary: It makes a virtue of its absolute obviousness. Review: In ‘Me Before You,’ a Broken Man Meets a Free Spirit 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

And he said to me with absolute sincerity: "Believe me the pleasure is all mine." Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z

“There’s no absolute narrative structure, there’s no beginning, no end, and yet you’re there for 90 minutes watching fragments of life. The film gives a lot of freedom to the audience.” ‘Sacro GRA’ Highlights the Open Roads Film Festival 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Her charisma is overpowering, her power unchecked and her confidence absolute. ‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

"Sharks are a punk rock group with absolute heart and hardcore DIY ethics." New band of the day ? No 892: Sharks 2010-10-21T10:16:00Z

But the country has transitioned from absolute monarchy to a democratic, constitutional monarchy. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

For Adès, this way of hearing is an absolute, a golden thread he follows in each piece he writes. A guide to Thomas Adès's music 2012-10-01T15:19:00Z

Did he look happy that his beloved sister had finally achieved her dream of absolute power? ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Finale: Long May She Reign 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

"Elton is a real core artist for Radio 2 and an absolute favourite with the listeners, so to have him host a show is a match made in heaven." Sir Elton to present Radio 2 show 2012-08-06T10:36:40Z

California Gov. Edmund Brown had the unenviable task of deciding whether to commute death sentences to life without parole — absolute judgments over life and death that continued to haunt him through his later years: “I executed 62 people. I’m sorry”: An executioner turned death-penalty opponent tells all 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

“I’ll be honest, all my dad friends share the same view, lockdown has been an absolute blessing in terms of spending time with our children, and seeing them grow and develop,” he says. Pandemic could lead to profound shift in parenting roles, say experts 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

It is my absolute favorite way to cook: low on fussy technique and big on flavor, with lots of wiggle room for creative variations. Ellie Krieger’s family-favorite chili recipe

One thing that’s really incredible and I think important in the illustrations in this book, is while Marwan talks about absolute devastation and violence and hardship, there's still a dignity to the photos. Showing dignity and depth in Syria 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Everything now revolves around him. Our work schedules, date nights and grocery trips. It is all for the best — he is an absolute delight and a joy in our lives.” In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference

The rise of such absolute poverty since the passage of welfare reform belies all the categorical talk about opportunity and the American dream. ‘$2.00 a Day,’ by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

He conveys it with absolute solemnity, but maybe he's having me on, testing my credulity. ZZ Top: Dalís of the Delta 2012-11-08T19:00:00Z

Benny had an absolute belief in his own talent. Herrmann: Scoring the best 2012-08-04T00:16:46Z

For birders, there’s an absolute wealth of species. Visiting the nation’s newest national park: Indiana Dunes 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

That was how that five years in the district continued: just an absolute crucible of violence and isolation. Charlie Hunnam Is a Cat Person 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

"We’ve been in this biz nonstop for 40 years" Barry said. "It frankly hasn’t needed a movie to be an absolute rock star in terms of product sales." 'Frozen' helps drive $107-billion year for entertainment licensing 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

There are gorgeous stories of resistance — fleeting moments of absolute liberation. "Sissy" author Jacob Tobia says we all have "a coming-of-gender story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

However, despite all this, a time jump done well can be a thing of absolute beauty. Small-screen time jumps: forward-thinking TV or lazy storytelling? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

He was a genius and an absolute visionary – the way these people count beans, he could count ideas. How I got Malcolm McLaren to stand for mayor of London 2010-04-09T09:13:00Z

Adams wrote his score with adoration for and absolute control of the English language, and with the unshowy confidence to take on Shakespeare, whose poetry teems with musicality. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

But compared with any other movie, “Avengers” is an absolute behemoth, effectively combining characters from four different franchises into one. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Quantico’ and the N.F.L. Draft 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

It was his mother’s “absolute certainty” that she was going to be stricken at any moment. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z

Dear Carolyn: At least one of my husband's relatives, but usually two or three, will find a moment when we visit to express their absolute disgust with our large metropolitan area. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A DNA test and a long-kept family secret 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

"We are working on it," Parfitt told a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast today, adding that it was "absolute rot" to say there was no music on BBC TV. BBC looks to develop flagship TV music programme 2010-09-29T15:25:00Z

Less noticed by the press than those two — and many others far less famous — Bell just plays, rarely veering these days from the absolute center of the standard repertory. Review: On Thanksgiving, Gratitude for a Dependable Violin 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Giedroyc, who helped decide the nominees, said it was "an absolute delight to reconnect with my inner child and help shape this shortlist". Walliams picture book up for prize 2014-03-27T17:36:18Z

In some ways, if she is lying on a lilo then it's even more of a devastating image, considering the nature of the song and the absolute spiritual collapse that's happening all around her. Nick Cave: 'The greatest feat of artistic honesty would be to retire' 2013-02-15T05:39:45Z

"She had the family's only telephone, television and car, thus consolidating her absolute power," he wrote in his official biography. Family Ties creator dies aged 68 2013-06-24T10:07:21Z

And yet, as I told Atkins, his characters still remind me of my absolute lowest, most abject moments. An Artist Who Explores the Deep Creepiness of Facial-Recognition Technology 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

But there is a very interesting moment at the beginning where she has hit an absolute wall, post-surgery, and is utterly alone, and can't acknowledge that she's in a state of despair. "She Will" star Alice Krige is haunted and haunting: "There must be something a bit odd about me" 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

Ms. DiDonato’s mastery of the gymnastic elements of bel canto singing is absolute, and the seeming ease with which she binds them into the musical and emotional context of each phrase and scene is breathtaking. Review: ‘La Donna del Lago,’ With Fiercely Athletic Vocals 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

This form of surveillance power would be less concerned with absolute ever-present forms of observation; instead it would be merely satisfied to maintain or "sample" events within certain established parameters. In-work dining at Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook causes spike in divorce rate 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

It was never a pursuit of the absolute. The joy of cubism 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z

“To say that I am fuming about the actions of this individual is an absolute understatement,” Marshall added later. Pizza restaurant worker’s lie led to South Australia lockdown, officials say 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

I'd rather have seen one work that had been developed with absolute rigour and control. Culture coach: the week's essential arts stories 2012-07-20T09:40:00Z

Everything he did—every single movement, every gesture, every step that he took, from the time he left that dressing room and walked onto the stage, was in absolute, total immaculate rhythm. Seal: Prince ‘Made It OK For You to Be You' 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Carell was drawn to the character because he wanted to play "an absolute jerk." Arkin and Carell make magic in `Wonderstone' 2013-03-13T13:47:11Z

As ever, the key to his performance was the absolute seriousness he brought to it – particularly in that piercing, commanding gaze. A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

Next point: If your absolute favorite series isn’t on this list, that doesn’t mean it’s terrible or I’m not a fan. Best of 2016: From “The Crown” to “Superstore,” here are the 15 best series of the year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

“Danny is an absolute heartthrob who is known throughout his sport as someone who is always super-approachable and absolutely hysterical when it comes to his sense of humor,” Ms. Simpson said. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

"Being Irish has been nothing but an absolute gift. They say that the greatest revenge is the laughter of your children. Well, I'm f**king laughing." "The Big Door Prize's" Chris O'Dowd: "Being Irish has been nothing but an absolute gift" 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

A gifted tenor with absolute pitch, Mr. Swingle also worked as a backup singer for such entertainers as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Blossom Dearie. Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s fandom is so swooning and absolute it nearly inspires chagrin. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wright said he saw Mr. Brill’s point but added, “There’s no absolutes.” Critic?s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman?s Show 2012-01-11T23:09:20Z

In it, she says Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire was the best of the famous players, but also "the worst tipper" and "the absolute worst loser". Aaron Sorkin to adapt poker memoir 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

For the rest of her life Ms. Grey looked back on this engagement as the absolute peak of her stage career. Beryl Grey, Acclaimed British Ballerina, Is Dead at 95 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Maybe a human will/ Always be more/ Distressing and absolute/ Then what he/ Makes./ My girl problems 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, he added, “90 minutes at most is like the absolute max for me” on Zoom. Date Lab: They share a deep love ... for the arts 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

It makes absolute sense to them that he'd show up and be their friend. Phoning home again: `E.T.' 30 years later 2012-10-06T16:48:58Z

Chai also lectures and teaches ballet classes, which attract professionals, absolute beginners, white, black, Asian, young and old. London's Ballet Black wants to take success abroad 2010-03-29T15:47:00Z

Society and journalism conspire, Moore noted, creating an unfair standard: “While men get to be flawed and human and complex, women are mostly allowed to audition only for pedestals, for sainthood, for absolute purity.” Perspective | How sexist will the media’s treatment of female candidates be? Rule out ‘not at all.’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

For me, Awkwafina was an absolute revelation in this part: smart, delicate, nuanced, yet also tough when the role calls for bewilderment and anger. 1917's Golden Globes glory fair reward for thrilling and distinguished work 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

But, by the end, all sentimental absolutes — beginnings, ends, loneliness — become red herrings. Review: Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ Shares Thoughts of Life and Death 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

The absolute preference in the fictional kingdom Westeros for a male ruler is expressed in the series' opening scene. HBO’s "House of the Dragon" was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

It’s not spoiling things to say that Kajzer survived the absolute worst humanity had to offer only to abandon life’s greatest reward. A Quest to Reclaim a Family Home Unearths a Past Buried by the Holocaust 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Birtwistle's concerto nails one of the conventions of the genre with absolute assurance: Tetzlaff's violin line was always audible against the orchestra. Birtwistle premiere - review 2011-03-06T17:00:13Z

This is why I was shocked to find upon revisiting the book as an adult that it is absolute, unadulterated trash. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

But even if we're only just beginning to play tapestry catch-up, the ruling houses of church and absolute monarchy certainly paid close attention back then. 'Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV': Splendid pomp and circumstance at the Getty 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

For a group to perform without printed music requires both thorough preparation and absolute trust among players. Critic’s Notebook: Chiara Quartet Records Brahms by Heart 2014-03-28T21:55:47Z

But the Nashville Symphony, to its credit, played each work with absolute commitment and passion. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

In the inside-out world of “The Boys,” which just concluded its third season, Hughie discovers that there are no moral absolutes. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

In every way possible the show's writers remind us that although Rick's has absolute faith in his intellect, he's merely a mortal who changed the universe by inventing something grand. How "Rick and Morty" and "Loki" built thoughtful altars to apathy for everything we hold dear 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z

There was no harm done, Hugh was an absolute gentlemen and his friends were very lovely and they just walked off. Hugh Grant turned away from Edinburgh comedy show 2012-08-20T12:55:04Z

“I feared our life together was not based in absolute truth,” she writes. Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive This is absolute classic British black-and-white , creepy and atmospheric despite – or perhaps because of – the elegance and gentility of its visuals. The Innocents: No 11 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:44:00Z

“That this unique manuscript will be back in Haworth is an absolute highlight of my 30 years working at the museum,” Ann Dinsdale, principal curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, said in a statement. A Tiny Brontë Book Comes Home 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

“The Majorcan countryside is not at all a place to go in search of inspiration; but admirable for people whose minds already teem with ideas that need recording in absolute quiet. …” Robert Graves Found ‘Perfect Tranquillity’ in Majorca 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Like most of his staring figures and usually glaring creatures, Hirshfield’s paintings themselves seem eternally alert, with an absolute stillness and absence of narrative that seem notably modern. Morris Hirshfield Rises Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

In 1911, doctors noticed that children with epilepsy stopped having seizures after two days of absolute fasting, the point when their bodies would have been forced into ketosis. High on fat, low on evidence: the problem with the keto diet 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

When Walpole died in 1797 he left the house to his niece and it soon passed by marriage to the Waldegraves – and two successive heirs described sadly by Lord Waldegrave as "absolute gangsters". Strawberry Hill will open doors to public once again 2010-09-23T16:23:00Z

"This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor." How (not) to do Juneteenth 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z

Justice is eventually served in “A Replacement Life,” along with plenty of black comedy, but the book is less about doing right or wrong than about where absolutes, moral or otherwise, do not apply. ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

In the first episode, he goes from just an absolute mess to his first step on the road to Damascus, which is to be a mercenary. Can Tony Gilroy Bring New Hope to ‘Star Wars’? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

For better and for worse, paper remains our absolute all-time favourite self-extending prosthetic technology and device. Can paper survive the digital age? 2012-11-09T09:20:27Z

And I mean feeling it all – joy and complete despair, confusion and absolute anger. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z

He concluded that it is: “One of the saddest movies you can imagine and an absolute joy to watch.” Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

But as long as it is happening, one wishes the Earl might square his desire to grope the help with his absolute denial of Sybil’s right to run off with young Driving Miss Crawley. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z

Those tended to be scheduled on nights with a full moon, by “absolute cosmic coincidence,” said Splash. The Time-Warped Charm of Valerie June 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

"That pilot was the absolute best choice for me at the time," said the actor, who was raised in the Chicago area and later in Georgia. Kyle Chandler fishing in new streams with 'Bloodline' 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

Meat costs rose by 3.8%, but the absolute increase was high, with a kilo of fillet steak costing up to A$60 for a kilogram. The cost of living is biting. Here’s how to spend less on meat and dairy 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

Still, she treats the material with absolute seriousness, dignifying the bits that don’t deserve it, swerving into an emotionalism that the script doesn’t remotely earn. Review: ‘Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings)’ Is a Mangled Love Letter 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

“But for those who never stepped into a hôtel particulier, it is a chance to discover absolute beauty.” In Transit Blog: Paris Exhibit Shows How the Other Half Lived 2011-10-28T10:00:22Z

These players may not be at absolute peak, but they’re still exquisite. A Ride to the Polls? Not With That Vote 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

We did our absolute best in the spur of the moment, and I think that kind of fresh, fast response is incredibly helpful to many writers.” Jim Butcher, One of the Authors From Ambermush 2011-09-23T23:00:21Z

Most shows are told from the comforting perspective of absolute omniscience, which guarantees a return on the viewer’s investment of time. Step 1 to start loving ‘The Affair’: Admit there’s no such thing as truth 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Sullivan writes with absolute dedication and precision, bringing a previously obscure suspect to the fore. A Strong New Lead in ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

Because my daughter’s syndrome doesn’t come with an absolute life end — because while some die at birth, others live on to middle age — I can forget how fragile she is. Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z

Founder and scriptwriter Sonja Linden exposed on Wednesday night, in a superb and moving one-off dramatisation, the plight of asylum-seekers in Calais, and their absolute and often misplaced faith in England, the promised land. On a Clear Day You Can See Dover 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

What in the absolute hell is going on in that town? Leslie Jones Gets Revved Up by Vinyl, Live Tweeting and ‘Euphoria’ 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

“The Years” is an earnest, fearless book, a “Remembrance of Things Past” for our age of media domination and consumerism, for our period of absolute commodity fetishism. Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

A false dilemma is when two options are given as if they are absolutes when, in fact, there are many other choices. Perspective | I don’t want to spank my toddler. I don’t want to raise a brat. So what are my options? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

“House of Cards” is about many things — the absolutes of power, the contagious nature of scandal, how politics are personal — but it is fundamentally about a marriage. Robin Wright, Putting on a Director’s Cap 2014-02-05T15:49:53Z

If you are a single child in China, you deserve the absolute best, starting with schools. China’s little emperors – the children without siblings 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

You were an absolute shining light Christina and you made your mark. Celebrities and YouTube Stars Pay Tribute to Christina Grimmie 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

He might start to tell you a lie, as his old habit indicates, but then stop and say, No, I’m going to tell you the absolute truth. My husband lies to me! 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

I'm an absolute sucker for writing about food. Food writing, glorious food writing 2011-07-15T11:53:01Z

“Nothing will ever be scarier than that. It goes from complete absolute terror to the most magnificent bliss you’ve ever felt,” he added. Will Smith feels 'absolute terror' in Grand Canyon bungee jump 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

And ‘Take Five’ presents a man who loses his five senses one after another, until he is left a shimmering spot in absolute nothingness — at which point one either finds God or goes mad. D. Keith Mano, Novelist Who Tackled Christianity, Sex and More, Dies at 74 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

"I turned the spare bedroom upside down looking for the decorations. It was an absolute pigsty by the time I was done with it - stuff was everywhere." Woman discovers her ex threw out most of her Christmas decorations 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Life for O’Connor was made up of absolutes; people were absolute, sharp, knives without handles. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Ryan Connolly, co-founder of bespoke travel operator Hidden Iceland, says that “even at the absolute peak of the pandemic, you could still go into shops” while abiding by the distancing guidelines. Iceland and other destinations are opening to Americans, but should you go? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

Way back when, though, they were the bright hopes of indie, one consequence of which was that they were invited to support the Smiths when that group was at their absolute peak in 1986. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'roll 2011-03-03T22:31:01Z

Split into two sets, Friday's concert was an absolute delight, featuring songs from Carlile's new album, "Bear Creek," as well as earlier recordings. Brandi Carlile and Seattle Symphony offer a stirring, lush delight 2012-11-24T20:32:14Z

Carol Kane is an absolute delight as Ruth, who is soon revealed to be famous movie star Bette Davis. Review: Lucas' 'The Lying Lesson' a gentle comedy 2013-03-14T00:33:12Z

“The Young Pope” largely reads as an implausible, if cautionary, tale of absolute power, sprinkled with hints of true divinity beneath Pius’s cruel veneer. HBO’s ‘The Young Pope’ is confounding, captivating and one of the most unsettling shows in years 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

“We were entering a new age, where there was no absolute right and wrong,” Biden observes, gesturing toward “alternative facts,” “fake news,” and all the rest. The Absurd Biden-and-Obama Crime-Fighting Novel That Can’t Escape the Present 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The trouble is that, unlike religious belief, medical science doesn’t traffic in absolute certainties. Toni Braxton’s strange diagnosis: Checking the science on her autism claims 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

“Our support for Richie is absolute,” the band said in a statement. ArtsBeat: Richie Sambora to Miss Bon Jovi Tour 2011-04-29T14:00:17Z

We all know that word is a cartoonish absolute with no place in any conversation about creative endeavors,” Field said. ‘Everything Everywhere’ Takes Top Prize at the Gotham Awards 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

The absolute best way to mash potatoes depends entirely on how you prefer to eat them: If you like them fluffy and somewhat lumpy, use a hand masher. The absolute best — and worst — way to mash potatoes, according to so many tests 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

He cautions against using such absolutes as “never” and “always” and to avoid stereotyping and generalizing. Should you talk politics on a vacation abroad? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Lightman begins with absolutes, “ethereal things that are all-encompassing, unchangeable, eternal, sacred.” Must Science Conflict With Spirituality? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

It was the first such appointment in almost a century, long before the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. Camo and crop top: Thai palace publishes consort pictures 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

These scenes seem borrowed from Westerns and war films, but they retain the absolute simplicity of their comic strangeness: the disproportion between ant-sized Scott and the scale of the world that he knows. "Ant-Man" Is a Superhero Movie for Skeptics 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

"I love you. Really, I love you," Shiv tells Kendall moments before she kills his dream of attaining absolute power. A devastating end to "Succession" wakes up to the truth about the Roys: "We're nothing" 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

"It's all a downright, absolute, blackguardly lie," he said — perhaps joking, as Pythons will. Monty Python's Chapman in a new film, years after his death 2011-06-27T23:57:04Z

And speaking of being sweet and lovely, you've got "Frog and Toad," which is absolute joy. "It's like a warm hug": Yvette Nicole Brown on the timeless, compassionate charms of "Frog and Toad" 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z

But the more sublime the landscape or representation, the more he yearns for an idealized “place of absolutes” in which that perfection becomes permanent. The American Side of France’s Greatest Postwar Poet 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

The physical world, seemingly so absolute, shimmers with uncertainty. Walking tours are the real fringe theatre 2010-12-20T11:38:27Z

Her absolute silliness is the condition of her wisdom, and maybe vice versa. Review: ‘A Madea Family Funeral’ Is No Cause for Tears 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

Otherwise, the bow should be a subtle modification of absolute stillness. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Her command of a club stage, this one in particular, is absolute. Jazz Listings for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

I'm trying to remember exactly when "Cracker" started because "Cracker" embraced that with its sleeves rolled up with Robbie Coltrane's Fitz, who was, you know, a gambling, drinking, smoking, absolute wreck. How "Endeavour" dries out the heroic drunk detective myth 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

Now Rachel cannot stand “the absolute loneliness, the bottomless homesick loneliness of years upon years of lies, the deep cold void of a loneliness no mortal can imagine.” Review | Does living forever sound ideal? These 5 new books will change your mind. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

He is an absolute joy, but not in a great phase for going to restaurants, which is totally normal. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Baby, don’t go — taking a 20-month-old on a night out 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

There are threatening undercurrents to both Mike’s faux-friendly chatter and the Kitchen brothers’ absolute silence. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 2: Crime Isn’t for Amateurs 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

For an absolute showstopper Christmas dessert, look no further than this soft and spiced gingerbread pound cake dripping with an eggnog glaze and sprinkled with tart candied cranberries. 24 molasses recipes, from expected classics to sweet surprises 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

The officiant, Margaret Cammer, a retired acting State Supreme Court justice and Mr. Cammer’s aunt, said her initial reaction had been absolute joy when she learned the couple would finally wed. After 25 Years Together, Why Marry? Why Not? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

“When you take a wounded person and infuse them with absolute stardom and celebrity status, all you’ve transformed is the external,” he said in a telephone interview. | Fantasia Barrino: A Tried and True Diva Takes It From the Top 2010-09-03T20:26:00Z

Attacking the Reverend, plotting revenge against Nora — these are dark emotions, sure, but also a sign that the Remnant’s power over them is not absolute. 'The Leftovers' Recap: The Show Can Feel Like 'The Twilight Zone,' With Pretensions 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. Alain Badiou: a life in writing 2012-05-18T21:55:11Z

But in 2005, a friend lent Barwick a little red looping station, allowing her to layer her voice in interwoven strata, webs of absolute feeling. Julianna Barwick Left Her Ghosts in New York. Then the Healing Began. 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

His characters shift wildly from scene to scene, but that instability emerges from an actor in absolute command of his instrument. In ‘The White Lotus,’ Michael Imperioli Takes a Vacation 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

They exist in absolute isolation from everybody else. What is a fair price to see a gig? 2012-10-27T01:09:09Z

In this regard, they expand the Western beyond movie conventions or practical politics and into the absolute—the picturesque ridiculousness of life that ends, often suddenly, with death. Review: The Coen Brothers “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Is Six Giddy, Cruel Twists on the Western 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Scott wrote in his review for The New York Times, “and it’s an absolute joy to watch.” What’s on TV Thursday: The Latin Grammys and ‘The Souvenir’ 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

It’s not surprising: Williams was an absolute master of creating a character that resonated with people one way or another. Where To Watch Robin Williams' Best Movies 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Their interaction, warmth and experience made them an absolute joy to watch. I can't wait to see their evolution together continue next season.” Lopez, Urban, Connick, Seacrest returning to 'American Idol' 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

“I changed his position, his bowings, his fingerings, and I was just in absolute shock that he was able to take everything in so quickly. I knew I was working with somebody special.” Perspective | With ‘Roots,’ violinist Randall Goosby makes a first impression with lasting impact 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Conroy is as tough a dramatist as he is a journalist: he doesn’t settle for easy melodramatics, neat resolutions or moral absolutes. Scandal in the Second City: Two Remarkable Shows From Chicago 2012-06-27T12:00:43Z

"There is no shortage of books but some of them are atrocious and some of them are absolute gold," said Frude. GPs to prescribe self-help books for mental health problems 2013-01-31T17:42:10Z

Then she pins down what it is she really wants to say – the absolute heart of the matter. Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Who gets to lead and how absolute should their power be? Review: ‘The Walking Dead’ Goes Even Bigger in Season 6 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

When he says no, it’s not usually an absolute, but, like Wright’s, more of a not-right-this-second response. I just don’t want to have sex with you! 2014-04-05T22:30:00Z

Korngold admitted that listeners might hear the terrors of Nazism in it, but still insisted that it should be seen as “pure, absolute music, with no program whatsoever.” Has the Time Come for a Long-Ignored Korngold Symphony? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Every picture in this book is everyone looking like they are having the absolute time of their lives, and I believe they really are. David Burtka says it's on you if your kids are fussy eaters 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

“Trump, on his absolute best behavior, still talks about race like it’s fantasy football.” Late Night Mocks Trump’s Appeal to Hispanic Voters 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

Eventually people will decide absolute certainty isn't necessary for action. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Because the year’s absolute best series could well be ahead of us. Here Are the Best TV Shows of 2016 So Far 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

But this introduction to Chaplin shines whenever he performs, displaying his comic genius for doing everything wrong to absolute perfection. ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Review: Not Enough Funny Business 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

“People may not initially have been thrilled” by the prank, Boese says, “but it’s definitely now regarded as an absolute classic.” April Fools’ Day is a garbage holiday. Here is its terrible history. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

How do you balance that – the support and the absolute hostility? Royal hoax DJs interview – full transcript 2012-12-10T08:26:16Z

Yet the story is grounded in absolute realism — it lacks even the faint whiffs of magic that appear in the previous volumes in the trilogy. Kate DiCamillo’s New Novel May Be Her Finest Yet 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Striving for absolute precision seemed not the driving concern. Review: Met Opera’s Next Music Director Captains a Blazing ‘Dutchman’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

It’s not only possible for a contemplative magazine to live side-by-side with a scrappy digital news organization, she says, it’s an absolute necessity. National Geographic explores new frontiers with Gary Knell at the helm

After a month of what Mr. Ehrlich called “absolute persistence,” they had lunch in the Hamptons, where they discovered a shared passion for food, music, wine, travel and above all, family. A U-Turn Leads to a Date for Longtime Friends 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

The Eleventh Hour has the advantage of a 65-minute running time, but even so it's an feels like an absolute triumph. Doctor Who: Matt Smith's debut in The Eleventh Hour - the verdict 2010-04-03T18:25:00Z

It’s a lot to sift through, so we’ve plucked out 100 of the absolute best movies included with a Prime subscription right now, to be updated as new information is made available. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

In a world dominated by men and religion, her very body is something over which men barter, and Giovanni's passion is only sated by absolute possession of his sister's heart. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 2010-09-27T22:20:00Z

While I didn’t struggle with addiction, I was an absolute codependent. I Quit a Famous Rock Band 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

Encompassing these vanishings is a more absolute void: the absence of memory, confiscated by the state and replaced by ideology. Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

But for the greedy and adventurous, each one is an absolute trip. Portland à la cart: the city's brilliant street food scene 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Well, it only took three episodes for Travis to learn what viewers knew since the pilot: his son Chris is the absolute worst. Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2, episode 10 – Do Not Disturb 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

Hazel and Gus possess an absolute moral authority, an ability to assert the truth of their experience that few can share and many might covet. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Sets Out to Make You Cry 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

“Ever since I was a kid, we projected ourselves as the absolute leader of the free world,” Mike said. WATCH: Adam Schiff and Killer Mike lament America’s declining democracy on “Real Time with Bill Maher” 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

“Strip yourself of hesitation and doubt, train yourself to an absolute singularity of purpose.” A Heroine in the Mold of Huck and Scout 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Ridiculous choreography, the music an absolute cacophony, but strange not without a certain talent. Stravinsky goes digital 2013-05-30T20:32:00Z

But one of my absolute favorite summer soups puts garden vegetables and herbs in a creamy yogurt-and-buttermilk base. A soup that’s as easy to make as a salad? (It’s not gazpacho.) 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Nothing can have absolute or accidental priority in monochrome, nothing can leap out simply by virtue of its colour. Sebastião Salgado: Genesis – review 2013-04-13T23:06:24Z

My absolute favorite lace dress was in navy, with short sleeves, a slim fit and a neckline filled in with a maroon dickie in crinkly cellophane. On the Runway: Marc Jacobs: The Beautiful People 2011-02-15T03:14:29Z

In its day, MTV was an absolute wonderland of television, and there are so many other shows it could haul back in from the wilderness. From Beavis and Butt-Head to Pimp My Ride: which MTV shows should be revived? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

Pete’s heart is huge, his love absolute, and he wrapped it around the children as much as me. ‘Get a lock on the bedroom door’: how to have a sex life when you've got children 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z

Anderson is an absolute hoot as Otis’s mother — barging in on his anxieties and causing him to have new worries. Review | ‘Sex Education’ is a bracingly frank look at high school’s busy birds and bees 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

The absolute best foraging finds, though, are the mushrooms. Perspective | If you’re trying to decide what food to grow yourself, here are 8 places to start 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

"There's maybe a central character who thinks espionage is an activity where there is no absolute right or wrong on either side." Cold War celluloid 2011-05-06T16:54:34Z

Cherub is an absolute must for everyone who enjoys a thrilling book which keeps you interested at all times. The Cherub series by Robert Muchamore 2011-07-19T14:19:43Z

The absolute acme of 1980s British auteurist cinema, Distant Voices, Still Lives and A Zed & Two Noughts couldn't be more different to the current breed of blockbuster: both intensely personal, inward-looking, and defiantly unconventional. Distant Voices, Still Lives and A Zed and Two Noughts: watch the double bill 2012-11-16T10:00:00Z

Captains weren’t absolute rulers, but elected leaders who commanded only during battle. Is piracy a radical force? 2012-09-03T14:30:00Z

But by choosing roles in which she’s able to spin variations on an edgy young woman with deep, almost scarily intense passions, Stewart is making the absolute most of her fame. How Kristen Stewart Shook Off Twilight to Become One of the Best Actresses of Her Generation 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Joe Shlabotnik can buy the same brushes and paints as Picasso, but Shlabotnik, faced with the same blank canvas and the same absolute possibilities, will use these tools to far lesser effect. "Jupiter Ascending": Wachowskis in Outer Space 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

“Just sitting in a room wearing sleep shades, hanging out with other blind people wearing sleep shades, there was just a feeling of absolute normalcy and camaraderie and joy,” he said. What Does it Mean to be Blind? A Writer Chronicles The Loss of His Vision 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

“Bonnie has such integrity,” Blunt said, “and absolute discipline and very high standards. She’s happy to own that. She’s right, without embarrassment.” Beneath Its Pink Cover, ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Offers a Story About Power 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

But the play behind the scenes was absolute trust. Zawe Ashton Isn’t Here to Be a Victim of Your Projections 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

She insists on absolute loyalty, as does Trump, and turns on anyone who abandons her. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

On her brisk, no-nonsense website, Tana French — whose new psychological thriller, “The Witch Elm,” enters the list at No. 7 — promises her readers: “I’ll do my absolute best not to waste your time.” We Decided to Spend Some Time on Best-selling Novelists’ Websites. Here’s What We Found. 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

With about 30 canvases he reveals his system with absolute, but unfortunately appalling, clarity. Albert Oehlen ? review 2011-08-09T12:59:00Z

So I’m rehearsing all through the play, and I get to his final speech about himself before murdering his wife — “one that loved not wisely but too well” — and suddenly it made absolute sense. Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear Approach ‘Othello’ 2013-09-12T16:21:07Z

“You can do nothing or everything. I call it absolute freedom.” Traveling alone isn’t for everyone — but for these adventurers, it’s the way to go 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Reclamation projects by mining corporations since the 1970s may have made mined areas “look a little less than an absolute wasteland,” he observes. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z

“The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power,” Otto said, referring to Daemon but also to himself. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

The political establishment that represents them suggests that our economic disaster, coupled with what is perceived as social decline, is reason enough for their return to absolute control. “Clybourne Park” makes us all look bad 2012-06-11T20:20:00Z

I can say with absolute certainty and no proof whatsoever that the idea for the television phenomenon “Glee” was conceived here. The Tipsy Diaries: Getting a Kick From Piano Bars 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z

"They were stupid Americans who the system gave absolute power over other human beings," Moreh said. Ex-Israeli security chiefs speak out in Oscar documentary nominee 2013-02-02T13:00:50Z

He was able to make these little miracles with absolute effortlessness. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

Owl Babies: Martin Waddell Absolute terror and absolute reassurance are perfectly balanced in this stunning picture book, illustrated by Patrick Benson. The best children's books: 0-2 year-olds 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z

I have heard the song countless times, but watching her and hearing her ... an utter revelation and absolute joy. Critic?s Notebook: On the Stage, Old Words Are Reborn 2010-12-31T22:25:35Z

“The one silver lining of the absolute horror of the pandemic was that we already were really very much in that emotional headspace,” he says. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

In this account, Schoenberg and his followers were the aural equivalents of abstract painters such as Kandinsky, who engaged in the pursuit of the absolute. The joy of cubism 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z

“For a guy who only lived to be two months short of his 25th birthday, there is an absolute ton of stuff out there.” Excavating the Lost Work of Peter Laughner, a Rock ’n’ Roll Tragedy 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

The control exercised; the "treatment" administered – it's all so absolute and inhuman. Pinter's Hothouse will never cool down 2013-05-09T10:45:25Z

At my absolute laziest, I go for Sam Sifton’s baked potato recipe, which isn’t so much a recipe as much as a foundational guide to making baked potatoes: oil, salt, 450-degree oven, and 50 minutes. What Our Food Reporters and Editors Make When They’re Too Tired to Cook 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

“Magnetic, populist, irreverent, he seems bent on absolute power. A small band of patriots, devoted to the country’s democratic traditions, must decide how to oppose him. Their decision rocks the familiar and the civilized world.” ‘Julius Caesar,’ With Echoes of Trump, Will Run in Central Park 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

What stirred this thought was the absolute shock that the only thing between the life and death of my child was a moment’s impulse. Jemima Kirke: Total Parenting Control is Futile 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

The women in your plays are such hags, darling; absolute witches and hags, if you don't mind my saying so. Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z

I am the absolute worst for giving away the endings of films. Michelle Dockery: ‘I fell flat on my face during a curtain call. It was epic’ 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Simplicity is the absolute expression of mastery,” Jake noted one day while we watched an ice-pick-wielding bartender aggressively transform a dense ice cube into a sphere. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

“But more important was the feeling of the absolute freedom, creative extravagance even, hundreds of ships, creatures, parallel worlds, a complete cosmogony.” C?dric Delsaux?s Photographs of ?Star Wars? on Earth 2011-12-11T00:53:02Z

For the show to devise and dismantle this magnificent scheme is a sign of its absolute commitment to making Richard miserable. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 3: Julia Roberts and 11 Men 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

This, of course, is absolute nonsense, and they all know it. I almost died in Syria 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z

A writer like Alan Moore is an absolute genius, I don’t want to let him down. The Shakespeare of Marvel comics: “Just as [Stan] Lee’s writing humanized superheroes in the 1960s, this book humanizes Lee” 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

“We plan carefully and reduce risk to an absolute minimum.” German Artists Say They Put White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

At any rate, this poised and delicate account showed Blumine's freshness and charm as part of an overall reading with an absolute identification with the material, demonstrating Jurowski's flair for Mahler's ultra-complex idiom. LPO/Jurowski ? review 2010-12-06T22:00:00Z

There is nothing “wrong” with being shy, private or simply unsure, but honesty is the primary and absolute relationship requirement. Ask Amy: Turncoat friend is red herring in relationship 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

What are your absolute favorite aspects about Taiwanese cuisine? "Taiwanese food is an underdog": In her new cookbook, Clarissa Wei writes a love letter to Taiwan 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z

When Molly faces her first crisis, the flashing lights and shrieking bleeps are an absolute marvel, immediately summoning terror. Review: In ‘Spaceman,’ Floating in a Most Peculiar Way 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

It's certainly not a sure bet, as the actual decisions are made in absolute secrecy. Divining the winners of the 2012 Newbery, Caldecott medals 2012-01-21T23:50:36Z

“As a Pacific Northwest girl, it’s an absolute dream to play Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge,” she confessed, recalling seeing Arcade Fire and the Pixies there in 2005. Sasquatch! Music Festival 2018 recap: Artists of all ages made beloved fest feel vital 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

"From the point of view of Polish history," it "showed absolute ignorance", he said. US criticised for seeking Polanski arrest 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“We want absolute control over how we design the shot,” Mr. Esmail says, especially for scenes of people in a facility designed for surveillance. The Surreal World: TV Delves Into Paranoia, Anxiety and Misinformation 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

Huston follows this peculiar narrative contour with absolute fidelity. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z

Each element makes some sort of sense in itself as strategy, but, in the aggregate, they produce an insane system of interlocking absolutes. The Half-Century Anniversary of 'Dr. Strangelove' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Klout attempts to boil down complex social interactions into a single, absolute number. Even Justin Bieber has a dark side 2012-05-29T15:35:00Z

The absolute quiet of the space, disturbed only by the occasional hare, capybara or long-tailed lizard, is a reminder of how empty much of the country’s interior is. On the Road to Uruguay’s Barely Known and Beautiful Beaches 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

In “War Machine,” the absolute absence of intimacy, of psychology, of characters’ self-revelation in thought and desire, is a failure of form and style as much as of content. Brad Pitt’s “War Machine” Stays on the Surface of American Politics 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The Victorian house was an "absolute pit" when she moved in 15 years ago with her husband, a furniture designer. Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z

The only way she interferes is that there is an absolute agreement that none of the lines can be changed by the actors. Shhh, Don't Tell Other Directors: Working With Kids Is Easy 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

That would mean the absolute world to me.” Why Aussie keeper Ryan hopes his World Cup bills keep on rising 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

One of the geeky joys of “Wildflowers & All the Rest” is observing Petty at the absolute peak of his songwriting powers, making small, intelligent tweaks to these songs in progress. The Raw Roots of Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers,’ Revealed at Last 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

Next, we start whittling the list down to our absolute favorites. The gift (cards) that keep on giving 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z

“In that position, the first lady has to have absolute confidence that you’re on your game,” the staffer said. How Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop lover from Philly, became social secretary 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Cultures do not exist in some absolute sense; each is but a model of reality, the consequence of one particular set of intellectual and spiritual choices made, however successfully, many generations before. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond – review 2013-01-09T10:22:31Z

She is also an absolute wizard with a bow and arrow. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’: Enter the dragon 2013-12-12T00:35:31Z

Because it tended to grant absolute authority to private commercial interests and because its racial make-up in the post-slavery era was overwhelmingly African-American, the South’s convict-lease system was distinctive.  Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z

You feel the absolute commitment of Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, and you wouldn't be surprised to hear they needed to go to the hospital after the scene was filmed. Arthur Penn: a gentle man and a master of violence 2010-09-30T10:47:00Z

Bringing the two together, and doing that with McGuinness, was an offer Kelly said he couldn’t refuse: “Spider-Man was my absolute favorite character growing up…. Deadpool is the cornerstone of my career.” In 'Spider-Man / Deadpool,' Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness unite Marvel's super smart alecks 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

The Beatles were well-rehearsed but looked like they were having an absolute lark, and that joy immediately came through the screen, multiplying the catchiness of the songs. Critic’s Notebook: CBS’s ‘Grammy Salute’ Belongs to McCartney and Starr 2014-02-10T10:19:55Z

Then there is the press screening, laid on for writers, bloggers and journalists, in which absolute silence should reign, but in which people are permitted light-pens. Why I've seen the light over my flashy iPhone 2011-01-04T12:37:12Z

With amaro, dark rum, Angostura bitters, cola, and Champagne, there's a lot going on but somehow it all just works together like absolute magic. 15 best champagne cocktail recipes to elevate the everyday 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

But in my highly subjective opinion, this is the absolute best way to make it. The best way to make kimchi, according to my Korean mom 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

"One of the absolute best affordable Pinot Noirs I have ever come across, Tobiano delivers way above its price point in terms of quality," Moll says. Chillable red wines may be synonymous with poolsides, but they're equally great in long sleeves 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Nobody could escape this feeling – not even me, and I'm an absolute recluse. Calling out the saddest sacks of 2021, a reckoning by Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's ... friends 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

“We all chase our tails from one art fair to another, but the heart of the matter is that New York, and America, are the absolute center of the commercial art world,” Mr. McCaffrey said. Frieze New York Expanding Its Scope 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Is that a challenge to absolute monarchy we hear amid the romance and dancing? Review: Bway's 'Cinderella' filled with freshness 2013-03-04T02:33:11Z

But his political position makes him an absolute gift, because of his status in this coalition. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

As George Bernard Shaw wrote, Bach’s theme is religion and Mozart’s is characters, but “Beethoven was the first man who used music with absolute integrity as the expression of his own emotional life.” 17 Works, 9 Hours, 10 Days: My Beethoven Quartet Marathon 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

The truly poignant, tragic part is that Hoffa’s absolute faith in Sheeran never wavers for a moment. The Irishman: the murder, the women, the ending – discuss with spoilers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Underwood isn’t just unnecessary—given that he embodies the absolute height of power, he’s a creature of the past for a show that’s hunting for new worlds to conquer. Let's Talk About the Crazy Twist in House of Cards Season 4 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

As a young woman the writer kept a diary, striving to record her life with absolute honesty. Elena Ferrante’s New Novel Is a Suspenseful Story About the Sins of Parents 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

Thankfully your position is less vulnerable now but I’m still concerned about his behaviour, which at absolute best displays an utter disregard for his responsibilities as a parent. My stepdad won’t stop watching porn in our house | Mariella Frostrup 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

Brosnahan’s reluctance to express even the mildest of political views – and determination to dodge absolutes – is mirrored in the show in which she stars. ‘It’s about a woman finding her voice’: Mrs Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan on great roles – and controversial men 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

"For me," he told TIME's Desa Philadelphia in 2004, "the challenge is taking a B-movie subject like ghosts or aliens or monsters in the woods and treating it with absolute respect and sincerity." The Last Airbender: Worst Movie Epic Ever? 2010-07-01T19:50:00Z

Although the two orchestras appear so different – the Venezuelans with their grown-up professionalism and absolute concentration; the Scottish children still fresh to their instruments – they are related. Big Noise orchestra's classical music proves instrumental in social change 2012-06-20T19:38:32Z

Among the many phrases Trump likes to tweet repeatedly, the authors point to one — “absolute right” — as the most telling. How Trump Is Remaking the Highest Office in His Own Image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Some bad shows are bad for their absolute badness; some, like this one, make the list for their badness coupled with their taking up space that could have been devoted to better shows. Vacation Robo-Post: The Worst TV Shows of 2011 2011-12-28T13:33:45Z

In many ways the absolute archetype of buttoned-up Merchant Ivoryism – almost comically so. Emma Thompson's best films – ranked! 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

“The first time I heard him, it was clear, he was an absolute natural with phenomenal ears, a great memory, and tremendous dexterity on our instrument.” The continued impact of jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

As Jesse David Fox wrote for Vulture, Food Network was an absolute juggernaut through 2013 or so, when it began to sharply decline in ratings. As Giada departs The Food Network, an appreciation of the channel she helped define 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton This is an absolute knockout, and all the more remarkable for being in some ways unexpected. La Cenerentola – review 2012-05-24T10:19:28Z

Powyss’s “real and fascinating thesis to test” is whether a human being can survive in absolute solitude. Living in Extreme Isolation: Is It Possible Without Going Mad? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

How unexpected: The two unexpected experiences were the absolute beauty and ecological diversity of the country and the wonderful friendliness of its people. Exploring Costa Rica, from one side of the ocean to the other 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

That aspect of "We Are Lady Parts" is clear and, given the dearth of shows starring and about Muslims, let alone hijab-wearing women shredding punk music with absolute tenacity, it is noteworthy. "We Are Lady Parts," a fierce new comedy about a Muslim punk band, rocks our world 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

He always had absolute confidence in what he was doing and where he was going. Photographer Horace Ov?'s best shot 2010-08-25T21:30:00Z

Pitch is not absolute, as there are no instruments. Shape note singers keep American tradition alive 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

But here is a coherent and rigorous theory of pleasure that is also an absolute blast. Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL,’ Fleshing Out a Sequel With Heart as Well as Pecs and Abs 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, people weren't going for the absolute joy of seeing a show. The insiders' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013-07-30T07:35:47Z

“If it’s not kind of working, then it’s not working. When it does, there’s an absolute joy in that.” New Tears for Fears songs ‘plumb the depths of our souls’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

For absolute gladness, there is no topping Jenny Vidbel’s animal acts. Review: At the Big Apple Circus, Discs Fly and So Do People 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

“He has an absolute duty to know that what is in the gun that is being placed in his hand is safe.” Prosecutors Say Alec Baldwin Had ‘Absolute Duty’ to Check the Gun 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

“The traditional English cottage garden is an absolute haven for insects,” says Fellowes. More birds and bees, please! 12 easy, expert ways to rewild your garden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Prior to Einstein, it was believed that time was absolute. Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Albert Einstein in Carlo Rovelli’s New Audiobook 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Some days, we see things clearly, understand certain truths as absolute and imperative. Review | Artist Barbara Kruger is still right about everything. Let’s listen up. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

“It was an absolute thrill to play with him — amazing!” Plucky students meet ukulele master 2014-04-27T05:50:49Z

It is not a spoiler to say that this multiracial household does not quite experience absolute harmony. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z

Bottom line: Humanity's absolute dominance of the non-human world is justified, because if things weren't this way, we'd all be prey, just as in primitive times. Why we're fascinated by animal attacks 2010-08-18T11:01:00Z

Quite astounding paradoxes could result—Counter-Reformation bishops who enjoyed “absolute” rule could only fume quietly over their Jewish or Protestant populations, free to practise their religion under imperial protection. Neither holy nor a failure 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Banville tells readers, only partly in jest, to expect an "absolute masterpiece of crime fiction." Writer Banville enjoys new lease on life as Black 2011-07-12T21:04:27Z

The distance is relatively modest in absolute terms, about 193 miles. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Although she dabbled in theater, her focus on school was otherwise absolute. The Mysterious ‘Parking Lot Attendant’ at the Center of a Web of Intrigue 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

Science doesn't sell absolute certainty, so ignore the scientists - besides, there are some scientists that think it's all about solar output, which proves the rest are ideologues. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Daniel Kaluuya’s eyes evoke absolute unmitigated terror and my over-active imagination immediately clicks into high gear every time I look at a photo of that scene. Daniel Kaluuya Isn’t Waiting for Your Approval 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

But at least its actors took weakly written moments and made the absolute highest use of them. As "Game of Thrones" ends, we have to ask: What do we expect from a series finale? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

“I was there in the glory days, when it was, with Frankfurt, one of the absolute world leaders in music and theater,” Lang, 60, said. Seattle Opera head Aidan Lang to step down in 2019 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Human greed and perseverance will always be this show's roiling guts, especially once we know these characters and all they're capable of, for better or for the absolute worst. "The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

We're not exactly sure why, but cleaning the windows is one of those tasks that gets put off until the absolute last minute. How to get your kitchen windows squeaky clean and streak-free 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

"I can say with absolute certainty that this will not happen, this state filter," said Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, a prominent advocate of online freedom. Iceland seeks internet pornography ban 2013-02-25T09:13:52Z

"This statement is important for U.S. consumers because they expect the absolute truth — which means no ambiguity," a representative from Sheehan & Associates PC wrote to Fox News via email. King's Hawaiian being 'deceptive' about where its rolls are actually made, lawsuit alleges 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

That in "The Good Fight," they're not allowed to be considering absolutes; to do so would be to work against their clients. "The Good Fight" bosses on that inevitable violent finale, optimism and delivering us to "Evil" 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Billy Porter, always a revelation, turns in a performance that makes this season an absolute must-watch. This one (only) goes up to 11: the Best TV of 2019 and the many runners-up 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

It's all to do with our collective psyche and the archetypes and absolutes we recognise as what masculinity means. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z

Seldom do you hear such an explosion of absolute joy at the end of a Seattle Symphony concert. Stephen Hough and the Rach 3: a leap-out-of-your seat experience 2012-06-15T15:04:04Z

Know these feelings, and you will have the reward of experiencing the absolute beauty of “Fidelio,” the greatness of the tragedy of “Otello.” Jon Vickers, acclaimed Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

He simulates it, in the old series and the new one, with a mix of what Phillips calls “utter control and absolute abandonment.” Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

In writing this story, I was thinking about the tremendous power that parents have over their children—a level of absolute control that can often be destructive. Emma Cline on Anger and Nostalgia 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

Mountain mints are absolute magnets for nectar feeders in late summer. A gardener’s guide to saving the monarch 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

In “Zero Decibels” Mr. Foy goes in search of an impossible dream: absolute silence. Books: Meditations on Noise in 3 Books About Silence 2010-05-17T22:17:00Z

But what’s most surprising is the absolute indifference towards female filmmakers in this category. Oscar snubs: Meryl Streep robs another great actor, and other injustices from 2017 nominations 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

I think Thatcher was an absolute fairy godmother. The villain of political pop 2013-04-08T17:00:00Z

But if “Sky Boys” doesn’t offer absolute realism, it never fails to entertain. | 'Sky Boys' : A Boy and a Building Help Shape Each Other 2011-02-22T22:02:27Z

I can say with absolute assurance that no truer words have been written about prayer. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

She added: “He’s an absolute joy. That’s why everyone loves him. I personally wouldn’t trust someone who didn’t.” You May Not Know Jack Antonoff. But You Probably Love His Music. 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Shot in 12 days last autumn, A Field In England had a "microbudget" – roughly the same as half an hour of TV, reckons Wheatley – which allowed him absolute creative freedom. Ben Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy' 2013-06-22T05:00:00Z

The common trait that struck me most deeply while watching "Disclosure" is the absolute grace and forbearance these men and women display despite every indignity foisted upon transgender people. Netflix's potent "Disclosure" explores how Hollywood has both damaged and uplifted transgender lives 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

And this carries a kind of absolute freedom. | Christo on Jeanne-Claude, the Art of the Process and Trying to Drape a River in Fabric 2014-04-23T22:43:44Z

The report “is trying to turn the dial away from the absolute primacy of research toward a healthier balance of research and teaching,” he said. Humanities Committee Sounds an Alarm 2013-06-18T21:48:54Z

While there's still much to learn about the early days of cinema exhibition, when directors had no absolute control over how their films sounded, we're moving forward. Pianists play it again at the silent movies 2011-04-12T14:25:01Z

Rather than “extending” the vocal instrument, I see Lincoln as mining its absolute essential and maximal emotional range, something only approximated in mimicry by horns and other instruments. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

However, in the hands of Meryl Streep, she became an absolute tyrant. From Bran Stark to Boris Johnson: TV heroes and villains of 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Well, the absolute indifference shown by Grace to her kids here is startling. Grace of Monaco review: Cannes opens with a royal biopic worse than Diana 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

She was my absolute champion, she supported me completely. My mum only had a few months to live. So we rented a van and took a road trip 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Italian food is at its absolute best, capturing the simplicity of the product by allowing it to speak for itself with little or no manipulation. World Chefs: Scott Conant paves path to recreate restaurant meals 2013-11-19T16:24:48Z

I think that “Electric Ladyland,” which was his third album, is an absolute masterpiece. Keegan-Michael Key Reaches into the Past With ‘Midnight Run’ and ‘Electric Ladyland’ 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

It was a joy singing what he'd written and to see his face when he was happy with me, but also he was an absolute stinker if I didn't get it. Jane Birkin: My family values 2013-01-18T17:45:01Z

Little Richard made most of his definitive recordings in the 1950s, when he was an absolute revelation. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

But, like so many things in the law, it's not an absolute slam-dunk. Katy Perry's "California Gurls" on safe ground 2010-08-17T02:01:00Z

It’s a journey of leaving the past and moving forward and being free from anything that’s going to keep me from being my absolute best. Michelle Williams on her 'Journey to Freedom' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

"Negro," under slave conditions, quite apart from being a neutral racial category, became a term of absolute dehumanisation. The N-Word: a volcano kept active by the flickering embers of racism 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

It was written right before Schubert's death and seems to reach into the absolute depths of his emotions. At Town Hall: Joshua Roman and the Biava Quartet 2010-04-09T23:03:00Z

The entire movie is filled with an absolute splendor of the pulp sublime, and that moment is its very apogee. What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

There is no debating Hank's absolute selfishness or his corruption, and there's no denying how lovable he is despite his callousness. "Barry" returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

Robert King: First of all, that's a very good analysis, I do think "Evil" is working with absolutes. "The Good Fight" bosses on that inevitable violent finale, optimism and delivering us to "Evil" 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

In Hobbes’s “Leviathan,” he argues for absolute sovereign power as a defense against the state of nature and a life that is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” ‘Leviathan’ Turns on a Modern-Day Job 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Were these the absolute best cards to get? 8 Things You Can Do Now to Save Money on Travel 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

In all these judgments there can be no absolutes, only a sense of what is appropriate. We have the cenotaph: we don't need more memorials 2010-07-12T07:00:00Z

By the side of the absolute mastery of the plot, character and style displayed in her latest novel, “The House of Mirth” seems almost crude. Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Though fictional, this town reflects certain aspects of New England — like the plaques on older houses and patrician dropped “r”s — with absolute, flinty accuracy. ‘Very Cold People’ Makes Something Beautiful Out of a Painful Childhood 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

This performance makes a strong case for Betty Carter as the absolute most: the pinnacle virtuoso in a line of definitive musical masters. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

"This is an epic ride, and the standing ovations we have seen from the preview audiences have confirmed our absolute faith in the project," Bono and The Edge said in a statement. 'Spider-Man' postponed; Taymor out as director 2011-03-10T19:20:43Z

It was, no exaggeration, the absolute best bread I ever tasted in my life. Why Cook Over an Icelandic Geyser? Because You Can 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

In fact, Jay wrote, “absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it” — except, of course, to scratch that eternal itch for military glory, revenge or self-aggrandizement. Perspective | The media loved Trump’s show of military might. Are we really doing this again? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Our other absolute rule is that we never, ever eat dinner in front of the television. The secrets of long-term love 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Powering this was her attention-seizing interview with R. Kelly, in which she reacted to his explosive tirade by remaining unfazed and asserting absolute control. New CBS nightly news anchor Norah O'Donnell's morning show past is an asset now 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

The bravery and resilience of the heroines — their humor, their honesty, their pursuit of pleasure, the absolute charm of Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis — collides with an edifice of injustice that seems immovable. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Even to an absolute beginner, the spot looked tame. Learning to Fly-Fish, in Chile 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

“Occasionally she will have an absolute nuclear meltdown if some microscopic thing goes wrong, but it usually has to do with a prop.” The Gender’s the Thing: Harriet Walter Plays Shakespeare’s Heroes as Heroines 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

The reality, of course, is that there is no such thing as absolute safety; danger and disease are part of our everyday lives, and if we manage to avoid them it's pure luck. Now we are three: me, my daughter and my new fiancee 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z

Carrey and Jeff Daniels star as Lloyd and Harry, two absolute doofuses who get mixed up in a kidnapping and ransom plot. Stream These 10 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

“There’s something kind of nice about being able to do these shows acoustic and stripped-down. You’re forced to be yourself, your absolute self.” Florence Welch Slows Down the Machine for the Band’s Next Album 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

The thing that makes jerk "jerk" is the scotch bonnet chilli and pimento – you can add anything else you like, but the scotch bonnet and pimento are absolute musts. Finger-lickin' good: Mary-Ellen McTague's meaty barbecue recipes 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The depth he invested in the music was striking, demanding that it be treated seriously as absolute music, albeit passionately romantic, and taking away the schmaltzy air that sometimes surrounds it. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2013-05-06T11:47:52Z

Well, and one of the sketches that had me in absolute tears was the "Star Is Born" sketch about the woman who sings small songs for tiny dogs. "I love weird characters": Iliza Shlesinger on creating Cashew Albacore & her Netflix sketch show 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

My goal was to find the absolute best turkey breast recipe for Thanksgiving—or any occasion, really. The absolute best way to cook a turkey breast, according to so many tests 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

Rocketing down from a chopper towards a jagged escarpment, Polli needed absolute precision and commitment to hit his mark. Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

It's not as much about an absolute fresh start as it is about the ethos around here being, let's put it on the table, let's discuss it. MCA's new identity 2011-06-10T15:44:00Z

Indeed, it is not a memoir, nor is it an absolute history, nor is it entirely a personal reflection or a crepuscular credo. His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s a variety that is its own thing, a different shape texturally, a different flavor profile to any other and the absolute best food wine there is,” Mr. Lambert said. Leaving It All Behind for the Love of Nebbiolo 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Then, once Katie and Micah have invested every last ounce of faith they have in him – when he's their absolute last resort – he freaks out and legs it. Paranormal Activity recap: reliving a phenomenon 2013-07-26T10:00:00Z

Villon is in most ways the absolute antithesis of the Romantic notion of the poet as a somewhat effete figure starving in a garret and suffering for their art. Poster poems: Crime 2013-01-18T09:00:04Z

"We are concerned about the appearance of participation without our approval. It's unfortunate that some failed to recognize the optics and the absolute need to engage prior to this being developed." Juneteenth soul food festival canceled after all-white panel of hosts revealed 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

Having said that, the drawings are Blake at his absolute best. Picture books for children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:01Z

It is hard to say with absolute certainty which of the hundreds of paintings at Velveteria, Los Angeles' velvet painting museum, are the most strangely sublime. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

In every aspect of technique — from the smoky colors and the bustling, off-center compositions to the architecture of the story and the emotional precision of the performances — this film is a work of absolute mastery. | 'A Brighter Summer Day': ?A Brighter Summer Day,? by Edward Yang - Review 2011-11-24T21:00:30Z

But Chbosky’s true skill is in turning a book of absolute horrors — both fantastical and real — into an uplifting yarn. 20 Years After ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky Has a New Novel 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Her lone dancer TeeTee, who appeared throughout, was an absolute showstopper and star in her own right. Halsey’s arena-ready sound has a familiar feel 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

The Sex Pistols claimed to be anarchists and the antichrist, but they were absolute heaven to me. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z

Seeing this for the first time – and second, and third – provoked a bizarre somatic reaction landing somewhere between absolute hilarity and horror. As "PEN15" draws to a close, we're left in the hell of seventh grade, exactly as it should be 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

It’s just that he’s seen the absolute worst of the world, and he questions if God just got fed up with it one day and left without even a word. Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest' 2012-09-07T16:48:00Z

I’d say the absolute truth is that I respect Leo a lot. Johnny Depp Admits He Used to Be Mean to Leonardo DiCaprio 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

He made it, he says, aspiring to "the absolute commitment to the emotion of the moment." Cannes: 'The Immigrant' stirs emotional response 2013-05-25T21:43:18Z

An absolute masterpiece, it's less a vision of a musician giving glimpses into his real life than it is a vision of a human being who makes music. 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

He moved through his aria, from despair, to imagined joy, to grief once more, with absolute control and emotional conviction. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

No doubt any religious novelist faces this problem – the absolute necessity of opening up the exclusive private club to which you belong to the non-members who don't wear its tail-coats or drink its claret. DJ Taylor on the Catholic novel 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

I don't regret my tattoo at all, most tattoos I love started as the absolute worst ideas. 'I have a tattoo of Bruce Springsteen wearing 3D glasses on my leg' 2011-02-08T11:56:00Z

She also knows an absolute ton about broadband. Six women who made 2015: from Charlotte Church to Calais campaigners 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Instead, he’s honest with them, treating them not as friends or peers but as people whose entitlement to dignity and respect is absolute. ‘Mr. Bachmann and His Class’ Review: Learning From the Best 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

Some went well, many I knew were nonstarters within 20 minutes, and some were absolute Hollywood blockbuster levels of nightmare. Don't talk politics, sex or the ex: 10 ways to ruin a date 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

But you also feel the absolute devastation lurking around the corner for her husband Brett, who is finally becoming able to express his love for Michelle again. The empty charter school dream: “Togetherness” sides with smug hipster parents and falls apart 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, remember this: September is the absolute best time to go to the beach. Summer Streets 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z

Boiled down to its absolute essentials, in a mixture of spoken word and musical chunks, the story and the music captivated for its two — as opposed to 15 — hours. In a Wagnerian Whirlwind, One Conductor Breaks Through 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

He showed me my favourite pub in Europe – an absolute gem. Probably the best bar in the world: readers' travel tips 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Herzog, who has worked with Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone since the debut of “South Park,” said they have Comedy Central’s “absolute, 1,000 percent eternal trust.” ‘South Park’: After Two Decades, It’s Still by the Seat of Their Pants 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

He emerges without origin and vanishes again without destination; he simply exists, his cynicism the purer and more absolute for being unexplained. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

Writers," he said, "are concerned with representing . . . a more absolute and complete reality than reality itself. My hero: Alberto Moravia 2011-07-08T21:55:23Z

Gretel Ehrlich said of those yawning Wyoming spaces that she loves, “Its absolute indifference steadied me.” I know what she meant. Personal Journeys: A Case for Getting Far, Far Away 2013-05-16T17:46:20Z

I would be an absolute beginner in Yemen, Madagascar and Tasmania, which are on my list. Paul Theroux’s Travel Wish List 2013-01-11T19:49:59Z

Grief is never absolute, even for a legendary Graham work. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-03-19T22:17:11Z

Within a few years, the BBC would abandon the democratic phone votes of A Song For Europe, and instead assume absolute power. In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z

After 1688, when William of Orange took the throne, absolute monarchy died. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Writing in The Times, Bosley Crowther called it “an absolute knockout of a movie,” adding, “To miss it would be worse than missing ‘Psycho.’” What’s on TV Monday: Isabelle Huppert in ‘Elle,’ and ‘A Cat in Paris’ 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

There is also something moving and emotional about Mary Katrantzou ’s absolute commitment to color, pattern, embellishment and the concept of turning the mundane — a telephone, a typewriter or a pencil — into the sublime. Fashion Review: Sarah Burton Shows McQ, the Alexander McQueen Second Line 2012-02-21T18:19:33Z

I think I would like to say something against the destructiveness of absolute beliefs. Arts & Leisure: Notes of a Screenwriter, Mad as Hell 2011-05-19T15:34:47Z

Not much happens for 18 minutes, but it doesn't happen with absolute grace and charm. Readers recommend: songs about change 2010-12-17T00:01:03Z

“It is not necessarily the absolute levels which tell you your neurodegeneration is ongoing, it is the rate of change,” said Jucker. Blood test could detect Alzheimer's over 10 years earlier – study 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

But it was an absolute privilege to get to play that character. Q&A with Nick Offerman: Embracing ignorance and taking pride in working with wood 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Thea Sharrock’s adaptation, A. O. Scott wrote, “makes a virtue of its absolute obviousness.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Me Before You’ and ‘A Young Doctor’s Notebook’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Monet became a very rich man churning out 2,000 works, and one need only hop the Métro to the Musée Marmattan Monet to see, among some great paintings, plenty of absolute stinkers. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z

“And it is an absolute,” he continued, “that the protection of national security equities is an integral part of our mission.” Film on Bin Laden Hunt Leads to Pentagon Investigation 2012-01-07T00:48:01Z

"But at the same time pay absolute homage to the charming images we were all familiar with." 'Paddington' hopes to find a home in America 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

But what is striking is the absolute understanding of the ITV 29 that they must not blab. Shhhh! How keeping secrets became cool 2013-04-23T15:29:58Z

You might’ve noticed: A star-bedazzled movie called “The Post” has come out, and it’s absolute catnip for newspaper reporters — prompting fact checks, essays and lists of the greatest movies about journalism. Cal Ripken’s favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film about their profession 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

Her relentless pursuit of perfection and getting everything just right made working with her an absolute joy. Jerry Zaks on directing Bette Midler in 'Hello, Dolly!' and his sweet return to the Tony Awards 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Fifty:" "It was just an absolute ball for us to write it. 'Fifty Shades' musical is hornball heaven 2013-04-02T21:17:11Z

It was an absolute article of faith for Alastair that we were there simply to convey what it was Blair was saying, so the idea that something unscheduled would be news was anathema to him. Jeremy Vine: 'I've been tailgating the greats' 2012-06-09T23:05:09Z

Even after a week when Trump appeared to be hemorrhaging support, Sasse’s absolute opposition still carries a risk in a partisan culture that prizes being a team player. As the GOP’s anti-Trump, Ben Sasse picked a big fight. What would it mean to win? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

“There’s so much symbolism in that painting. I think that’s what really grabs people’s heartstrings. Russell is still considered the absolute blue-chip artist of our genre.” Charles M. Russell’s artwork sells for millions at Reno auction

Though H. P. Lovecraft was not widely appreciated during his prolific but brief writing career in the early 1900s, his love for and connection to his Rhode Island hometown were near absolute. How to Find the Spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Though she is not married and does not have children, she said, “I’ve found it’s an absolute truth that I am not separated from the comfort and joy of family.” Georgia Engel, a ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Sidekick, Takes a Star Turn 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

The absolute anonymity she granted her subjects elicited honest interviews, ranging from the beautiful through the mundane to the painful. United front: breasts without the airbrush 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

It heats in less than 20 seconds, dispensing a tall cup with astonishing crema: an absolute mattress of bubbles, smoother in the mouth than Clooney. Kitchen gadgets review: Vertuo coffee machine – a haughty home barrista 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

“How dare you? How dare you? How dare you not just mention us in your speech? You’re not going to mention us in these very grandiose speeches? That’s absolute hogwash.” Will the #MeToo movement catch up with Bill Cosby as his sexual assault retrial begins? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“In the Middle East, and in isolated pockets of Western Europe, we see people, especially young men, who love the idea of an absolute answer to everything,” he says. Philip Pullman Has Made a Career Building New Worlds. He’s Not Done Yet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

And style, for those 90 minutes, is — to phrase it in the absolute, hyperbolic terms Mr. Godard has always favored — everything. Film: A Fresh Look Back at Jean-Luc Godard?s ?Breathless? 2010-05-21T17:18:00Z

Her downfall occurs in her fatal fog of absolute certainty, about her own power, as well as God’s. Review | See ‘The Amen Corner’ and feel the power of James Baldwin 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

But the fact that it’s misunderstood is an absolute disaster. ‘House of the Dragon’: Paddy Considine Won’t Watch Sunday’s Episode 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

“True Detective” demands moral absolutes in order to derive meaning from its relentless, grinding sorrow. “True Detective” recap: Internal investigations and the shoot-out of the century 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

His aim, he wrote to his muse, Katy Katsoyanis, in 1947, was “to surpass the material, to annihilate it, reduce it to nothing, so that the spiritual achievement becomes an absolute morality.” A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

At six months, raccoons enter puberty, during which Rocket was “an absolute demon.” The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

His technical command was absolute, and, with orchestra and conductor supplying an accompaniment as notable for nervous energy as finesse, the results were exceptional. Proms 16 & 17: CBSO/Nelsons; SCO/Boyd 2010-07-30T11:09:00Z

My absolute favourite green space is the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. Great parks and green spaces in the UK: readers’ travel tips 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

And "The Good Fight" is dealing with the gray between the absolute. "The Good Fight" bosses on that inevitable violent finale, optimism and delivering us to "Evil" 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

It needs absolute precision for its “special effects” to work — and it got it. Ehnes Quartet wows crowd in closing chamber-fest concert 2014-02-03T17:59:31Z

If the Whitney retrospective has one value above all, especially for young artists, it’s Mehretu’s absolute refusal to accept a role so reduced. Julie Mehretu’s Long Journey Home 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Now, though, it looks like an absolute wonderland. How will a five-year-old daughter change James Bond's life? 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

It required absolute commitment on each actors’ part. Christopher Plummer remembered: 'It was a privilege to stand so close to greatness' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

"Some are absolute breakout films, and they are absolute pure profit." New Line conjures bigger contribution to Warner Bros.' bottom line 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Like Dunham, I chose to free myself from annihilating pain, even if that freedom came with the absolute inability to ever bear a child. Lena Dunham and I both had hysterectomies, but I reject her grand, unified thesis on infertility 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Beyond denying the will of over 80 million people who voted for Joe Biden, this lie also qualifies not as an ideology, but as an absolute denial of truth. Dostoevsky warned of the strain of nihilism that infects Donald Trump and his movement 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z

So here's what you do: You make sure that you always tell the absolute truth and don't hold back data. Anthony Fauci: The coronavirus pandemic ‘is not, as it were, under control’ 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

Those four are arguably just as good rehydrated as fresh, and also the liquid that kicks off when you rehydrate them is an absolute bonus, it's like liquid gold. World Chefs: Becky Selengut reveals magic of mushrooms in new book 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

All of this he delivers unapologetically; his conviction is, or at least seems to be, absolute. Ll?r Williams ? review 2011-08-23T10:26:37Z

It is well made, consistent, and an absolute delight, but often does not "show up" in articles like this one. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

“Childhood immunisations and immunisations for vulnerable older people and people with multiple health problems are an absolute priority for us,” said Prof Martin Marshall, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Missed vaccinations could lead to other fatal outbreaks, doctors warn 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z

The idea here was how mystery prevails even in the face of absolute transparency. Pilobolus’s naked display of magic

Before I Die left me an absolute mess; completely uncertain of what to do and how to live after it; overwhelmed by sadness, while stunned by the beauty at the same time. Before I Die by Jenny Downham - review 2012-10-08T08:00:00Z

We don’t know if language colonized a freak mutation or if the mutation was itself driven by the absolute need for language. Diamondbacks 1, Story 0 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z

Such absolute confidence and judgment explains why this brand is showing such powerful global growth. From Jil Sander to Burberry, there were men?s wear risks in Milan 2012-01-15T19:51:37Z

The film shows a people ruled by the absolute worst among them: a cadre of small and bitter men whose only goal is to outlast, and outlive, the other men sitting around the table. The Best Jokes of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

“Inside Out” is an absolute delight — funny and charming, fast-moving and full of surprises. Review: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Finds the Joy in Sadness, and Vice Versa 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

I think the artistic value of his cartoons is not that high; they are too simplistic, literal-minded and quite rudimentary, both in absolute terms and compared to several Egyptian cartoonists currently working on the revolution. Carlos Latuff: The voice of Tripoli ? live from Rio 2011-08-22T21:01:01Z

Photograph: Patrice de Villiers "Curry's my absolute favourite food," says Rolf Harris – painter and art educator, musician, creator of the wobble board, late-flowering patron saint of Glastonbury and international treasure in both hemispheres. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z

Kamala's absolute lack of concern or awareness of her hotness is a recurring comedy stream for Devi, but our expanded view into Nalini's interiority is particularly refreshing. "Never Have I Ever" returns smarter, funnier and at the mercy of its hormones more than ever 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Balsamic is an absolute treat — a balm, a curative, a condiment like no other — and it should be celebrated and enjoyed as such. The balsamic break-down: Here's what makes this Italian condiment so special 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

Its simple premise — take the thin-skinned venom and brazen duplicity the Trump administration has exhibited and render it as naked, schoolyard-bully aggression — was still effective, coupled with Ms. McCarthy’s absolute commitment. Review: ‘S.N.L.’ Targets Trump Again, With a Hint of Exhaustion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

But the solitude that came with that heartbreak allowed me time to learn that sex isn’t an absolute sign of who I am. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

His Twitter feed is an absolute minefield that, when it isn’t just a random jumble of spaces, misspellings and errant punctuation, takes a hammer to the notion of impartiality. There’s no need to watch The Apprentice. We are living it now 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

James Wood, senior manager of theater operations at El Capitan, told the audience before the screening that Throwback Thursday is "the absolute favorite thing we do." El Capitan gives power to the people in 'Little Mermaid' costumes 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Hendrickje and Rembrandt look back at us down the corridor of time in works that go beyond art, into the realm of absolute truth. Happy birthday, Rembrandt van Rijn! Why Google really shouldn't have 2013-07-15T12:26:11Z

Patton: There is no such thing as the absolute most perfect person. “Princeton Mom” gets schooled at her alma mater 2014-04-22T12:00:00Z

“Men hit on me in the street at an absolute minimum once a day,” says Anita Farrès, 18, a first-year law student. Ne me touche pas… the shift in sex and power sweeping France 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

So, here, without delay, is the absolute cleanest, most pain-free way to peel a hard boiled egg, no blowing or wooden cane required. How to peel hard boiled eggs perfectly, every single time 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

As repugnant as their record was in the United States, American eugenicists hit absolute bottom through their support of Nazi Germany’s infamous “racial hygiene” program. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z

To even be having conversations like this is an absolute privilege. Jessica Seinfeld on being a part-time vegan: "If I can do it, anyone can do it" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

And I think that that is a combination of Matt's crazy brilliance and the absolute gymnastics and massive imagination of Steven's writing. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Caroline Skinner, Executive Producer of 'Doctor Who' 2012-08-29T20:59:51Z

"I think there's an absolute responsibility to bring in younger people as well as a moral, ethical and cultural responsibility to widen the audience," he says. Tuning up for the Adelaide festival – the Edinburgh of Australia 2013-02-24T19:30:02Z

But even so, to then also eject your husband from the house and humiliate your son without telling them why you have had this absolute personality change is hard to swallow. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

It is absolutely lovely of course, a picture of absolute dreaminess. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z

Before the last silence, with birdcalls in the woodwinds, there is a spell of absolute fulfillment, of all-embracing spiritual warmth. The Shimmering Magnificence of Jessye Norman 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

I mean, my absolute belief is that we learn from failure, we don’t learn from success. Q&A: Vince Gilligan on Reviving Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Young added, “This approach has to do with finding absolutes and realities.” A ‘House’ Finds a New Home 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Their power was, in effect, absolute—anticipating Max Weber’s famous definition of the state: the agency with a recognized “monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force.” Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Hoffman followed up his research with a fascinating question posed to another 1,394 ultrarunners: “If you were to learn, with absolute certainty, that ultramarathon running is bad for your health, would you stop?” When 26 miles just isn't enough – the phenomenal rise of the ultramarathon 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

“The worst is the absolute loneliness,” he concludes. Theater Review: ‘In Paris’ Stars Mikhail Baryshnikov 2012-08-03T22:57:36Z

"This play from Bobby and David Goodale is an absolute hoot - a wonderfully crafted and joyful bit of perfect nonsense," said former Spooks star Macfadyen. Jeeves and Wooster head for West End 2013-06-03T06:32:46Z

Le Figaro wrote that she was a fairy tale that could be believed in, for she had been “irresistible absolute perfection.” She Was an Organist for the Ages 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

“The absolute enemy of any opera is routine,” said Mr. Lissner — who, for the record, is 65. An Unlikely Youth Revolution at the Paris Opera 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

He turns Mia into an absolute cipher, giving her nothing whatsoever to talk about. The Empty Exertions of “La La Land” 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

“He was at the absolute heights of Russian theater.” Amid Exile and Fire, a Revered Russian Theater Director Is Reborn 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The absolute best that a crossover episode can do is just about get away with it, as Arrow and The Flash tend to do when their characters jump into bed with each other. How to Get Away with Scandal and the problem with crossover TV episodes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The opening scene in Jeremy Page’s novel is an absolute stunner, even though we are mercifully spared from its final minutes. Newly Released Books 2010-12-16T06:34:36Z

“That is my absolute favorite of all of them,” he said. Stephen King Has Thoughts About Stephen King TV Shows 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

What we are learning is that the key may not lie in any absolute amounts, but in the ratio between sodium and potassium—the goal being to achieve a ratio ≤ 1. Is salt really so bad for you? 2013-05-27T18:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. I show you the absolute best place.” How I found the perfect koshary — an Egyptian delicacy — in Cairo 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

“You instantly recognise who it is,” said Paul Hollywood, the absolute liar. 'It looks like a haunted waxwork': The Great British Bake Off bust cakes – ranked! 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

I think it's absolute nonsense, if the truth be told. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Friends who grow it say it is an absolute magnet for hummingbirds. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

His picture, continued the auction house, "shows the artist at his absolute best and, for collectors, it ticked all the boxes – quality, superb condition, provenance and freshness to the market". Why last week's Turner auction made me queasy 2010-07-12T13:23:00Z

Most of the squabbles were about The New Yorker’s insistence on absolute clarity. Books of The Times: Fighting The New Yorker Over Extra Commas and Steaming Cowflops 2011-02-08T22:00:14Z

His reading is impressive if only because the piece’s challenges, its inflexible rhythms and demand for absolute precision, are all the more difficult with players confined to plexiglass cubicles. A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

Sure, he’s a hunk and great for drama, but his administration is an absolute nightmare. The best and worst presidents on TV 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

"This album truly, truly, truly acknowledges, I think, an absolute highlight in my life," he said. No hint of mellowing for ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon 2012-10-15T23:06:50Z

“Does the person wish they knew, for certain, for absolute certain, what their glances and touches and voices really do to those people? … How to know anything, for certain, in another's heart?” In her inventive novel 'The Answers,' Catherine Lacey experiments with the components of love 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

A monumental egotist, perfectionist and harsh taskmaster with a streak of paranoia, Brown reigned as the absolute monarch of his personal kingdom, answering to no one but himself. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

"The older generation has an absolute duty to… start talking to young people about the vision of 1945," she says. The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z

Li’s clothes are made in Italy, and finished with absolute precision — except when they aren’t. | Yang Li’s Deliberately Imperfect Style 2013-08-12T20:59:28Z

So the change in plans has been, he says, “an absolute heartbreak. I don’t mean to make angry my Apple overlords, but there is a difference in picture and sound quality.” Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

It isn't pure hatred or absolute adulation but a very strong "meh." Is Chris Pratt really The Worst Chris? 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z

The only thing a risotto needs is your absolute attention. My life in San Francisco’s restaurant alley 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

The flowing sculpture of Bernini, the costumed histories of Rembrandt, the Banqueting House ceiling on Whitehall exemplify the baroque style, so suited in its energy to dramatising Catholic faith or justifying absolute monarchy. Arcade Fire's Rococo lampoons a frivolous age through art 2010-12-02T16:35:00Z

Shovels & Rope, an Americana duo featuring Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, was an absolute delight as the evening's de facto headliner. No Depression at sunny summer Mural concert Friday 2012-08-04T15:24:04Z

“I think I am writing absolute, strict, exact descriptions of how the world is, whatever that world might happen to be,” he said. In “Moonglow,” Michael Chabon Builds a Scale Model of the Broken World 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

The shift hasn’t been absolute, and both conversations were going on then and to some extent now. Review | Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most controversial artists of the ’80s. Now he looks entirely innocent. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

“I exclude it in the most absolute way.” Book Theft in Italy, With a Hint of Politics 2013-12-22T21:48:46Z

“While I felt absolute joy at becoming pregnant, he became moody and needy, because I wasn’t giving him the attention he wanted,” she says. ‘He saw our children as possessions': my husband killed our sons 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

A. She’s very focused, and she is an absolute professional, even down to being punctual. A Word With: Paul Epworth: Paul Epworth, on Producing Adele 2012-02-09T15:58:40Z

This is not “Last Chance U: Cars,” but it is an absolute ton of fun and has some of the best “that’s a wacky contraption” training footage of any sports show I’ve ever seen. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

It was a place of absolute tranquillity, serene and still — the end of the world with no worldly concerns. Impossible to Forget: Lago Todos los Santos, Chile 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z

A lot of that efficiency came from Mr. Hector’s years of martial arts training, which taught him control, stamina, economy of motion and that absolute, unruffled presence. Jamie Hector Wants That Black Belt 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

When it comes to the theater, Mr. Cranston told me, “I don’t believe in absolute blind reverence to the material. I just don’t. Because it is a performance art. It’s not a painting.” ‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Subtle, sleek and experienced, this is a world-class ballerina at the absolute peak of her game. Romeo and Juliet ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:42Z

There’s one more beat, a moment of parting grace that shows why Boynton is the absolute master of board books. Plucky, Charming New Books for Toddlers 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

But the two find common ground, and the concert is an absolute jewel. New Caetano Veloso David Byrne album is a jewel 2012-03-13T00:33:04Z

To many artists and intellectuals, World War II had seemed an absolute conclusion to “Old World” traditions, and the early Boulez was prone to sociocultural positions that were hardly less radical than his music. Pierre Boulez, conductor of bracing clarity, dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

It's a bar-setting best for the series, if not TV generally, that also reminds us that we're rooting for absolute reprobates. "Barry" returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

"In terms of organization, it was the absolute worst," says one source. "He made their lives miserable": How the showrunner of a popular courtroom drama finally got fired 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

“To see a Jamaican act on ‘Top of the Pops’ was an absolute rarity in 1971,” said Caroline Robertson, the founder and owner of Westbury Music. Winston Riley, Jamaican Music Producer, Is Dead at 68 2012-01-27T02:34:11Z

It’s just off-putting enough to make us consider why we prize displays of absolutes in the heroes who fascinate us, and which of their sins we choose to excuse. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

The thing I find the most in common between the two women is that absolute requirement to be a full woman by being strong and vulnerable. Film: Bringing Love to Strong Women 2010-12-10T22:58:00Z

We also stick our Turnpike in the absolute worst area. Harlan Coben on why even bestselling authors get those self-loathing writer blues 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

“It’s the absolute truest test of a mechanical chronograph,” he said. Special Report: Watches: For Luxury Watches, Life in the Fast Lane 2011-11-24T14:00:41Z

“She is a 4-month-old border collie mix and is just an absolute joy to be around!” Oklahoma City animal shelter asks Area 51 raiders to 'come storm our shelter' instead, gets huge response 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

They have the potential to be fantastic or an absolute pain in the a**, it seems, like the rest of us. "The Big Door Prize's" Chris O'Dowd: "Being Irish has been nothing but an absolute gift" 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Would you believe this is the part that makes absolute sense? HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z

His daughter would observe as he took them apart “with absolute precision and fathomless patience.” A Box of Secrets Led to the Story of Her Father’s Painful Wartime Past 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

“I was hoping it would be very good or just an absolute hatchet job, but it is pretty bland stuff,” Mr. Reeves said. ?The Kennedys?: After the Debate, the Debut 2011-03-28T18:18:19Z

Because it takes you right back to absolute basics. Patrick Stewart, in Starz’s ‘Blunt Talk,’ Plays a TV Journalist 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Speaking from the very pit of the conflict is a group with an absolute belief in the transformative power of empathy and the possibility of resolving conflict without violence. Fighters turn to theatre to advocate Middle East peace 2010-07-22T16:46:00Z

“In absolute terms, it’s a modest increase but in relative terms, it’s nearly doubled,” Jena says. This pregnancy-related condition kills half a million babies, but isn’t getting much funding 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

The Feud was a show about people, really; even the questions were not about trivia or absolute truth but rather, what a contestant thought most other people would answer a given question, right or wrong. Richard Dawson, 1932–2012 2012-06-04T21:10:52Z

Speaking with an African accent that underscores his mythic presence as a war hero, Othello exudes the titanic certainty of someone who thinks in absolutes. Review: Jealousy and Lies in a No-Exit Theater of War in ‘Othello’ 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

The repressive governments of those imagined hellscapes are marked, primarily, not by their vast deception but by their absolute order. Perspective | Turns out the Trump era isn’t ‘1984.’ It’s ‘King Lear.’ 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

"These times are an absolute gift to the writer," Yorke wrote. The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War – review 2013-01-18T09:00:02Z

“God Only Knows” is an absolute masterpiece and one of the defining love songs of the 1960s. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Ferrante chose the protection of concealment, closing herself into a solitude that permitted her to write in absolute candor. The violation of Elena Ferrante 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

If you don't worry what happens to your main character -- the fictional Bill Henrickson or the real Kody Brown -- there's an absolute absence of drama. "Sister Wives" in legal spotlight for Season 2 2011-03-10T23:59:10Z

These last few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. Kaitlyn Bristowe has become Bachelor Nation’s unlikely lifestyle guru. A scrunchie for $15, anyone? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

"I hope Chaz and I run into you at Cannes in May," he wrote – Chaz of course being his wife, and the absolute bedrock of his personal and professional life. Roger Ebert: stimulating, authoritative critic with formidable internet presence 2013-04-05T09:15:32Z

In short, the presidential privilege of confidentiality is not absolute. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

The documentary stops dead at one point for speechifying about absolute freedom. Movie Review: Werner Herzog’s ‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’ 2013-01-25T01:35:29Z

And then some days I have absolute prang-outs of fear where I'm like, Oh. Can Nick Grimshaw make Radio 1 feel young again? 2012-08-17T22:00:51Z

“Believe women” was a reminder, not an absolute rule; the beginning of a process, not an end. Perspective | ‘Believe Women’ was a slogan. ‘Believe All Women’ is a straw man. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Todd did promise that “some absolute legends” would be on hand as presenters. In This #MeToo Moment, Academy Awards Want to Spotlight the Films 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

But the great marvel of this book is its absolute refusal to grasp at anything larger than the hopes and humiliations of these few marginal people. ‘The Year of the Runaways’ review: ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ for the 21st century 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

By the time the band gets to “Rock This Town,” the crowd is in an absolute frenzy, screaming, clapping and forgetting the carnage — at least for tonight. The Jersey Shore, a Month After Hurricane Sandy 2012-12-13T22:55:52Z

"I know that sounds ironic coming out of my mouth, but at this point I would throw that down as absolute." Scarlett Johansson withdraws from “Rub and Tug” amid backlash over her “insensitive” casting 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

It was a noble way to go, but Book Barristan is still alive and well, and there’s absolute no way he would have been cut down by some masked punks in a back alley. Game of Thrones: the shocking book moments that never made it to TV 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Johnston describes Argos’s work as groundbreaking and Rouse as “an absolute genius”. Australian police sting brings down paedophile forum on dark web 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

The French saw in Mr. Lewis a revolutionary, a man who dared, an experimentalist and a pioneer, and an artist with an absolute creative freedom. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

When he heard his play had been accepted, he had "20 seconds of joy and then absolute fear … I left the building and thought, I've got to write a play for Upstairs … Jesus, that's difficult." Royal Court theatre prepares to bid farewell to King Dominic 2013-03-10T07:00:00Z

The Black Angels, from Austin, play psychedelic rock as if the 1960s never ended, and they are absolute masters of it. Music Review: Scrambling and Personalizing the Rock Timeline 2011-07-17T22:10:21Z

An absolute tour de force of latex acting, with Swinton perfectly calibrating voice and posture to match. Tilda Swinton's performances – ranked! 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

“I thought he was a Hells Angels kind of guy, which makes me feel like an absolute fool beyond comprehension,” Mr. Gray said, in a phone chat. Charlie Hunnam: Pushy When It Counts (Picky, Too) 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

The absolute wild ways our bodies respond to that fear. What '80s kids also remember: On stranger danger, Satanic panic and generations of trickle-down fear 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z

And Thomas Mann, for the utter and absolute beauty of his writing. Portrait of the artist: DBC Pierre, writer 2011-01-17T22:00:03Z

But whatever it is that propelled Johns down the path of self-abnegation, the denial was never absolute or complete. Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

“The goal of life,” he decides, “is to gain an idea of what life is. In the absolute sense, of course, that changes nothing . . . but it helps our journey.” Review | A fascinating look inside the journal of a controversial German war hero 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z