| 单词 | mercifully |
| 例句 | We have to stand for a few minutes in the doorway of the train while the cameras gobble up our images, then we're allowed inside and the doors close mercifully behind us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Cecilia, mercifully still in her underwear, was climbing into the pond, was standing waist deep in the water, was pinching her nose—and then she was gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The back of Hagrid’s enormous shaggy head — he had mercifully abandoned his bunches — emerged over the crowd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All drat could be hoped for now was that the end of their journey had come quickly and mercifully in that wilderness. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sex, mercifully, was a closed chapter in her own life. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He smiles a little at that, then mercifully stops stalking. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For the rest there was nothing I could use, but these were smaller and mercifully soon stopped bleeding. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Mantell’s twisted spine remained on display at the Hunterian Museum for nearly a century before being mercifully obliterated by a German bomb in the Blitz. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Famished but with no prospect of food, in a cramped room filled with strangers, mercifully, I quickly sank into the oblivion of sleep. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “The Devil has indeed been here,” cried the priest, “and he has tempted our miller into theft! But let us deal with this thief mercifully, for which of us could withstand the Devil?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They mercifully sat on the other side of the room, but they were facing Seven, which made her squirm in her seat a little. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Just keep your hands where I can see them,” he says, mercifully not forcing my arm out of joint again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The awkward silence that followed was mercifully broken by Piper, tugging on Maniac’s arm: “Where’s my birthday present? Wha’d you get me?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We arrive midmorning at Laguna Beach, where the marine layer still creates an overcast haze, keeping the shoreline mercifully cool. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He curled up and tried to sleep away his pain; the tight thongs pinched, but his swollen hands were mercifully numb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The weaving shed was farther along, mercifully in a shady area surrounded by large trees. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, mercifully, we heard the front door. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He and Prokofiev were both mercifully spared the treatment accorded writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose criticisms of Soviet authority in his books and public statements landed him in a Siberian prison camp. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z First he turned off the engine, which automatically and mercifully silenced the whistle. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And so I walked up Stratton Mountain on an overcast, mercifully cool June day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At least, mercifully, Oscar’s eyes are fixed to the opposite corner of the room. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Our only hope will be for his neck to break quickly so that death will come mercifully. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The weight mercifully lifted from her shoulders, and Tally pulled herself over the edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Harry and Hermione left in a hurry before the noise attracted Filch, and went back to the Gryffindor common room, which was now mercifully empty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Fat Lady was snoozing and not pleased to be woken, but swung forward grumpily to allow them to clamber into the mercifully peaceful and empty common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Construction of the Mines Building had gone smoothly, thanks to a winter that by Chicago standards had been mercifully benign. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The pants, mercifully, were light gray, though his chestnut suede boots looked too new for masculine pride. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With time, the queries about our adopted—and decidedly eccentric— little boy had mercifully ceased, and, considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes, that was a considerable relief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mother played along nicely, Father looked on stonily, and Ravi was mercifully absent because of a cricket match, which did not prevent him from commenting at great length on the event. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The ride to the studio for the interview is bumpy but mercifully quick. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After the cheese was—mercifully—taken away, Lord Bertulf lifted himself to his feet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then, just as the sun mercifully starts to set, I see someone emerge from the elevator and make her way toward me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The rest of the trip—mercifully short—was spent in a cloud of sour vomit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They slept in the same place that night and most of the following day, and the weather mercifully continued warm and sunny. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto squirmed under my shirt as I went, but mercifully didn’t make any noise. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a cold night, but mercifully without wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh,” she says, and mercifully doesn’t ask “David who?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z My father, as I say, came of a generation mercifully free of such confusions of our professional values. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A candidate star must be ten to twenty times as massive as our own Sun and "we don’t have anything of the requisite size that’s that close. The universe is a mercifully big place." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z How she knew I knew how to drive she mercifully chose not to discuss, but by then I had begun to turn around. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All week, Henry had been mercifully preoccupied with drilling a well out in Smith County, which kept him away for long hours. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z With a mercifully brief 10-minute prep time, it's a wonderful addition to your weeknight dinner rotation. 30 easy soup recipes to slurp all winter long 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z If I was teaching a writing class, which mercifully I don't have to do, here are some passages I'd refer to by way of illustrating some technical lessons. A lesson in teaching writing 2011-02-21T12:30:53Z Resembling more of a European art film than an American indie, "Fishing" mercifully doesn't incite the kind of root-for-the-Americans simplicity that "Phillips" ultimately did. 'Fishing Without Nets' fails to catch interest 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Star Wars deserved its terse, bold title: here was a cosmic carnival, a flaring light show that was violent but mercifully harmless. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Most of the thank you speeches at the Royal Opera House were mercifully short. Baftas 2012: The Artist biggest winner with seven awards including best film 2012-02-12T22:08:15Z As a musical, it has many negative virtues: no flimflam, no scenic excess and, mercifully, nothing resembling the deep-south blackface number from Love from Judy entitled Get Out Your Old Banjo. Daddy Long Legs – review 2012-11-07T23:00:00Z So, I asked DeNeen if she would be on camera and mercifully, she said, "Yes." "There was a lot of envy at Black success": Director Dawn Porter on new Tulsa Massacre documentary 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Videos projected in small, dark rooms all are transporting and mercifully not too long. ‘Unorthodox’ Faces Paradox at the Jewish Museum 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The other two boys mercifully walked away, but Ben's legs were trapped around the gun turret. New Afghanistan exhibition offers insight into life on frontline 2011-04-07T13:59:32Z I did, however, return in 2015 to my native flyover state, where I once again live, only in an even more rural, mercifully private and snake-free farmhouse. Masterpiece Rental: My Life in the ‘American Gothic’ House 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z We stopped instead at every mercifully cold stream. Sky-high trekking: taking on California’s High Sierra Trail 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z It helps that the Crying Jordan often mercifully obscures the shamed person’s face. Crying Jordan: The Meme That Just Won’t Die 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Meadows demanded, before she mercifully was allowed to escape the cameras. Perspective | The Michael Cohen hearing wasn’t a hearing at all. It was cheap theatrics. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z War was still interested in us, but mercifully not in Europe. World War II, Ukraine and the Future of Conflict 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The whole experience, floating from one provocative thing to another, amounts to a near-perfect blend of profundity and ephemera—like one’s own thoughts, mercifully elevated. The Paris Review, a Poem a Day, and an Iran Explainer: Three Podcasts to Listen to in January 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Such boudoir scenes abound in this book, and they are both good and mercifully brief. A Recovering Sex and Porn Addict Tells All 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z I certainly remember the look of stark terror on the officers' faces as it lurched towards them before mercifully rolling to a halt, blocked by an overturned car. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z There was a great deal of grace — and, mercifully, a much more successful acoustic blend — in Nielsen’s Quintet for Winds. Review: Boston Symphony Chamber Players Balance Acoustics and Expression 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Wrapped around a communal pool, living room and outdoor breakfast nook, it’s a mercifully flat walk from three restaurants and the beach. 36 Hours in St. Barts 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Terrible occurrences come in specks—sometimes clustered, more often mercifully spread out. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Nor, mercifully, will you read a single word about the craft of acting. ‘One Lucky Bastard’ by Roger Moore The book, mercifully, is not about addiction of any kind, though it is about mental illness—albeit, a fictional character’s. From recovering to recovered 2012-09-08T12:00:00Z K’ Road, as it is mercifully abbreviated, reminded me of some hybrid of Bedford Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and St. Mark’s Place in the East Village. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Auckland, New Zealand, a Frugal Trifecta 2012-03-20T17:25:56Z “You know,” he said, his eyes mercifully fixed on the road. Talking Sex With Dad (in the Ford Taurus) 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z I was asked, by the vet, some years later, as Clark lay on the surgery table, eyes open, yet no longer breathing, lifted mercifully away from his misery. Dog funerals may sound self-indulgent, but there should be no shame in pet grief | Grace Dent 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z We are mercifully too self-aware to ignore the ramifications of political and cultural complicity; even the morality of revenge became suspect. Forget Halloween. TV shows have thrills and chills all year-round 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The child actors here are all terrific, straightforward and vigorous and mercifully untouched by preciousness. | 'Matilda': ?Matilda,? by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London 2012-01-31T11:00:00Z Mary Louise’s attention was, mercifully, focused elsewhere, with her attempting to rouse some police interest in her son’s death. Big Little Lies recap: season two, episode three – The End of the World 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z In George Balanchine’s era dancers weren’t carbon copies in body type or personality; mercifully, the same holds true today. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in a Balanchine and Robbins Program 2012-01-27T22:23:54Z The museum also promises cocktails that, mercifully, adhere to ’70s-era prices. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “For ten long years he drifted—past the memories that marked his life, past all that was familiar…and mercifully, finally past the fear. There was laughter in those years, but there was never humor.” Ronald Reagan's Daughter Criticizes Will Ferrell For Upcoming Alzheimer's Movie 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps mercifully, this hourlong special has no relation to the “Night at the Museum” movies. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Succession’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The kitschy use of the children's choir, mercifully only in the first and last sections, is problematic, but the rest is thrilling. Muhly: I Drink the Air Before Me 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z "Home Alone 3"? Oh wait, that already exists, even if we've all mercifully purged it from our collective memory. "Home Alone" itself shows why a Disney+ reboot Is a bad idea 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Despite its pastel-hued jewel-box of a capital, its rich archaeological history, a clutch of top-notch hotels and food to compete with anything on the peninsula, Campeche remains mercifully lost to tourism. In Campeche, Pyramids Are Everywhere. Crowds Are Not 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “Honey, I told everyone I was the heiress of Woodlawn Cemetery,” she once remarked to me between takes in some mercifully long-forgotten underground movie. Remembering Holly Woodlawn, a Transgender Star of the Warhol Era 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “When I first emerged from my mother’s womb, I was already rehearsing my Academy thank you speech. But it was so long ago, mercifully for you I’ve forgotten it.” Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z When the film mercifully finished, I crawled into bed and stared wide-eyed at my door for most of the night while my friend snuffled peacefully, completely oblivious to my terror. The Sixth Sense: the film that frightened me most 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps I was also remembering that, like Guinness, Philip wasn’t much of a lover on screen, but mercifully, we didn’t have to bother about that in our movie. John le Carré on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Sui’s costumes — including metallic skirts for the women, which were removed, mercifully, for the pas de deux — were burdened with so many folk dance details that they looked old-fashioned in the worst way. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Rooney stood there, Gest hadn’t thought through what to do next and everyone looked a combination of impressed and embarrassed until the editor mercifully cut to a break. David Gest: from impresario to star of British reality TV 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z After barely stirring to life, “Night Train to Lisbon” mercifully expires. Movie Review: Jeremy Irons and Lena Olin Star in ‘Night Train to Lisbon’ 2013-12-05T23:12:57Z The “veil” is the exoskeleton, punctured by diagonal cuts and distended windows that look a bit like the webbed packing material that has mercifully replaced Styrofoam peanuts. The problem with The Broad is the collection itself 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Grisham is the more outspoken, to the point that the word “soapbox” actually figures in “Rogue Lawyer” when Rudd mercifully promises that he’ll try not to overuse his. Review: John Grisham and Michael Connelly, Making Their Cases in New Novels 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z After a while Shteyngart mercifully flies in her parents from Cleveland for support. A Road Trip Novel Distills America Through Gary Shteyngart’s Hipstamatic Mind 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Revival mania continues with this return to Fraggle Rock, which is mercifully faithful to the quirky, wistful original. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z PS3PC Medal of Honor Warfighter Electronic Arts The mercifully short campaign tells a muddled, incoherent tale of global terrorism, complete with gratuitous flag-waving and overstated reverence for the military. Medal of Honor: Warfighter – review 2012-11-11T00:06:00Z Yet the reason to see “Cats” is not for what is changed but for what is blissfully, mercifully the same. Memories of “Cats” 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Hope quipped that for those uninterested in contemporary music, the piece was mercifully short. Bold and exciting, all-star Chamber Music Society plays a thrilling concert 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z But Burien, Wash., a relatively affordable suburb just south of Seattle and west of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, avoids such a fate with flight paths mercifully positioned to the east. Five Places to Go in Burien, Wash. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z New York City Ballet is, mercifully, the house of Balanchine. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z That was followed by a trailer for “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” during which I caught a mercifully brief glimpse of Stringer Bell from “The Wire.” Riff: Why Is That Nice Girl From ?Friday Night Lights? Fighting a Bunch of Ninjas? 2012-03-09T19:22:00Z After a media outcry, the site, quite mercifully, is back. Essential Arts & Culture: Visceral border art, a 'guileless' Wilshire Grand, must-see African sculpture 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z For the anxious pie maker, she includes detailed instructions that are mercifully easy to follow. The 19 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z There are, mercifully, no awkward attempts to wedge the songs into the story line. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z His family must cope with a new Simon, subject to outbreaks of violence, a little slow and yet, poignantly, relatively normal, with the unwipeable smirk of late adolescence still mercifully preserved on his face. First Love 2010-08-25T07:00:00Z This doesn’t cancel what’s come before, a solidly built and mercifully commentary-light fable, based on the Sinclair Lewis novel, about creating a religious act and taking it on the road. Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ steps up to the melodic pulpit The words are like an incantation, a spell — intoxicating for children and mercifully unannoying for parents, even on the hundredth reading. A New Phase of ‘Goodnight Moon’? 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z 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 So, the 2-hour show that consisted of more bad singers than commercials was mercifully over. "American Idol" recap: Holy war 2010-03-03T13:04:00Z I found it mercifully distracting when he'd talk about his book deals while examining me. My disapproving doctor father hated my work — but we had more in common than I thought 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z They are not, mercifully, of the classic spectrum of types so frequently found in war movies. Review: In ‘Operation Crucible,’ Terror and Reassurance 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, late-night hosts were notoriously savage in their treatment of women such as Anita Hill and Lewinsky; the latter was mercifully teased for both her looks and her sexual history. Late-night shows still make fun of politicians’ looks. Are these jokes justified — or even funny? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Three years after Blade Runner, Terry Gilliam gave us another wondrously bleak future, mercifully played for laughs. ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe’: what Blade Runner 2049’s dystopia tells us about 2017 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z But the new opera is mercifully free of assumed dialect or folksy musical Americana. Snakes on a stage: Opera focuses on a Pentecostal pastor 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z On the roof, I was alone, mercifully and surprisingly, with a squinting view of the Manhattan skyline. Can Hip Rolls Help? Finding Uplift in Debbie Allen’s Instagram Class 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z They still exist in some form, so, yes, we’re not talking about mass death or destruction, mercifully. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A move has hit her like a ton of bricks 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Blending voodoo and ventriloquy, forget 'unusual', Devil Doll is mercifully unique. Clip Joint: ventriloquists 2010-09-01T17:06:00Z The lunch muffins are mercifully beige and more fibrous. Eat more avocado! What I learned from the study that will change how we eat 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z His prose is as clear and limpid as water, his ear finely attuned to the timbre of the period though mercifully free from archaisms, his characters drawn with subtlety and wit. Secrecy by Rupert Thomson – review 2013-03-23T15:00:01Z “Like a cattle car, except the cows are mercifully slaughtered at trip’s end,” another chimed in. On the Road: As Penny-Pinchers Hover, Business Trips Rebound 2010-11-30T06:20:00Z The resulting “Wartime Elegy” — charming, patriotic, quirky and, mercifully, part of the company’s digital programming — was more than moving. Best Dance Performances of 2022 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But playing a role as a bird-woman circus freak, and soing several mercifully vague sex scenes with a guy who looks like a sculpture of Thomas Jefferson carved out of ham -- that probably isn't it. "Passion Play": Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke, together at last 2011-05-07T16:01:00Z Read more Philip French said: Heard but not seen on stage, J M Barrie's Tink is her usual Disney sorority Barbie-doll figure in this mercifully brief animated movie. What films have you been watching? 2012-12-17T16:42:22Z This is a mercifully straightforward framework, gently imposed. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Top 10 lists, including my own, have mercifully come and gone. Moments in Reading That Salvaged an Often Sour Year 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z That, perhaps mercifully, is all there is room for. Who let Brad Pitt’s fashotainment shoot happen? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The detour mercifully delays the women’s arrival at the beach, where one of them has an unfortunate accident involving laxatives and the surf. ‘Jersey Shore Massacre’ Blends the Slasher and Beach Genres 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “State of Affairs,” is more purple but also more open-ended, and the focus has mercifully shifted from Charlie’s tortured inner life to plain old torture. Hope Davis Stars in ‘Allegiance’ on NBC 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z There are even segments on Heather Mills and Big Brother, although the one about Mills mercifully shows no actual footage of her. Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T05:45:00Z When my parents finally, mercifully, divorced, I was just fourteen. What to make when you're having Michael Pollan over for dinner: white lasagna with roasted vegetable 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The interpolation of a character playing the ghost of Skipper, who appeared in previews, has been mercifully exorcised. Theater Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ at Richard Rodgers Theater 2013-01-18T03:00:00Z The trip, now mercifully ended, instead provided a rolling photo essay of international embarrassment. Donald and Melania Trump’s Last Judgment 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “You” is ridiculous and depraved and moody and dark, but mercifully it leaves you jazzed, not miserable. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The great 19th-century political cartoonist could never have imagined a presidential campaign like the one that is, mercifully, about to end. In the galleries: Trump in poncho and sombrero, Clinton as a suffragette 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The speeches delivered on the promise of backslapping and swear words but — mercifully — tended toward brevity. Will Smith Calls Bradley Cooper ‘Beautiful’ at Film Gala 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The dip was mercifully quick, utterly freezing and duly captured on film. Frugal Traveler Blog: Partying Above the Arctic Circle 2012-07-10T20:39:47Z Anyway, I'm done with "Twilight" until next summer, mercifully. A report from "Breaking Dawn, Part 1," and more Oscar news 2011-11-17T18:56:11Z Which he does, both brutally and mercifully, but at great cost to himself. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 3: Plane Crash 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Lee’s art is not cruel, mercifully, but it is unflinching. For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Yong’s book is funny and elegantly written, mercifully restrained when it comes to jargon, though he does introduce a helpful German word that he uses throughout: Umwelt. ‘An Immense World’ Is a Thrilling Tour of Nonhuman Perception 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z But now is the time when yours truly, the Bagger, dips in to report on this high-visibility, low-consequence, mercifully distracting horse race. Movie Awards Season Kicks Off in High Gear 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Equally undeniable is that in the 21st century, most of us from that bubble are mercifully shielded from the worst of our violence. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z On Wednesday night’s show, mercifully the last audition episode of the season, Ms. Lopez was at her calm, thoughtful best. ArtsBeat: 'American Idol': ... and Don't Forget J.Lo! 2011-02-10T05:56:04Z Some kid shows are hectic to the point of discomfort, but “Pete” is mercifully chill. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z At least it didn't feature any digital cat buttholes, which the visual effects editors mercifully decided to delete. 20 epic fails from the history of pop culture 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In a world rocked by war, disease and toxic politics, not to mention raging wildfires that mercifully spared Sebastopol last year, the eco-wacko statuary offers welcome relief. In Sebastopol, Calif., recycled junk sculptures with a Wine Country backdrop 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “The Avengers” raked in a billion dollars – and received universal acclaim – even though it mercifully omitted the emotional journey of an average sad-sack guy who morphs from a weakling into a powerhouse. Enough, “Spider-Man”: No more origin stories! 2012-07-03T15:10:00Z I sang it to my husband, round and round, when the delivery became complicated and I lay fearful, mercifully numb from an epidural, as the doctors took over. Family life 2012-12-29T00:05:54Z This past holiday week has been mercifully busy: I bought gifts, saw old friends and family and consumed meal after meal. Asymmetric love, part two: I'm flying to see him, and he knows it 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The showers not only delayed the start; mercifully, they also lowered temperatures and tamped down the softball-infield dirt that normally creates mini-dust storms on dry days. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z There are few such overt references in “Totally Crazy!,” mercifully. Paris Cabarets: Can We Ask for More Than the Cancan? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The Voice, mercifully, has wrapped up for another year. The Voice 2013: Harrison Craig an unsurprising winner 2013-06-17T21:33:08Z Weirdly, and mercifully, ending our marriage was not utterly devastating. Cultural Studies: The Good Divorce: Cultural Studies 2011-10-28T22:22:24Z Still, despite those sepia tones, “Clock Dance” finally starts to work in its second half when all its largely superfluous foundation-setting is mercifully finished. Review | ‘Clock Dance,’ Anne Tyler’s 22nd novel, feels familiar — for better and worse 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z But, mercifully, she was taken off air and replaced by a less well-lubricated colleague, with the explanation: "Paula is not feeling well with it being her last afternoon show and has gone home." Paula White: the BBC presenter who went on air 'drunk' 2013-05-13T15:56:00Z The deluxe version also, mercifully, eliminates the original album’s snippets of “Lion King” dialogue. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The former top cop was “dead” for a mercifully short time, having fallen after killing the Horseman of War. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Angels and demons 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z When he starts crying blood she tells him to give it a rest so she can get on with her death scene, which is mercifully short. Camelot: episode 10 2011-08-05T21:01:01Z There was no videotape, mercifully; no one would even have considered such a thing. In search of Christine Chubbuck: The mystery of TV’s first on-air suicide 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Mosquito netting, contraband until recently in this so-called Bare Bones course, is also, mercifully, allowed. A wilderness survival course leaves a novice camper hungry, cold and triumphant 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “I think we’ve been making headway against this bacterial infection in our hospital,” the administrator said mercifully. Style Invitational Week 1081: It’s the stupidity, stupid — be a dumb-ask That mercifully not-raining night, we drove to a moonlit beach and got our limits, which the hotel kept in the walk-in for us. The Tokeland Hotel: What happens when an excellent Seattle chef takes over Washington state’s oldest lodgings 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The second half, mercifully, was uninterrupted, and we were finally able to admire both men's artistry. Boesch/Martineau ? review 2011-04-04T21:00:01Z He proceeds, messily, bloodily and not particularly mercifully, from there. Harry Brown: A Gran Torino That Drives on the Left 2010-04-29T20:55:00Z All this is resolved in a teary, mercifully short set of speeches at the end, affirming the importance of family love and the need for even highly competent canine parents to recognize their children’s independence. Movie Review: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Reboots the Time Machine 2014-03-06T13:00:01Z The resulting tri-tip steak is perfectly cooked and intensely flavorful — and the cut, also known as Newport, Santa Maria, triangle and bottom sirloin tip, is mercifully inexpensive. How to Grill the Perfect Steak 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Literature also seems mercifully free of the idea, so prevalent among music-lovers and opera fans, that reinterpretation poses some kind of threat to the original text. Perspective | Women give voice to a male canon. It happens to be ancient Greek. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Listen to Girl I Know and the high keening vocals that, mercifully, sound nothing like Keane. New band of the day – Black Light Dinner Party (No 1,469) 2013-03-12T16:11:55Z Hays’ piece, though mercifully short, was predictably hostile to the idea that any neophyte might effectively grasp what he was trying to say. Harvard's first online architecture course: Does it make the grade? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z We whiled away the 45-minute wait for our ride in the hotel bar which, due to its insistence that we pay for our drinks, was mercifully empty. Winner's diary 2011-02-28T16:48:07Z Remounted for this performance — mercifully, the masks from last season are gone — this sharp dance is not unlike a machine, which starts with a solo for Ms. Wiles that demonstrates her clean, swirling power. Review: BalletNext, Seeking Abandon in Jazz 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z My journey to become a citizen in the United States of America was mercifully short and uneventful. The day I said goodbye to a country I could no longer call home 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z This rather ingenious optical game is, mercifully, deconstructed and clearly explained in the “How to Write Your Own Square Word Calligraphy” page, which you’ll find facing the back-of-book answer key. Feasts for Young Readers’ Eyes 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z What hasn’t changed, mercifully, is her glorious abandon. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z There's a nice clip montage, which mercifully does not include "Little Fockers," and DeNiro comes up to speak, after a long and warm ovation. Live-blogging the Golden Globe ceremony: Melissa Leo 2011-01-17T03:00:07Z Everything is up to chance, but one thing is mercifully certain: No nutcrackers here. The Week Ahead: Dec. 19 ? 25 2010-12-16T15:14:51Z But, mercifully, Stanley also appeared frequently during the 1950s in live television dramas. A Beginner’s Guide to the Golden Age of Live Theater on TV 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z His set on Wednesday was mercifully devoid of signature hits like “Wives and Lovers,” songs that are embarrassments in these postfeminist times. Music Review: Jack Jones Performs at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-06-28T21:08:42Z It was also mercifully ahead of its time — no flagrantly cringe-inducing moments, flippant racism or heinous misogyny. We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Those days are mercifully distant – decent, locally sourced food is now intrinsic to the festival experience. Posh nosh replaces dodgy festival food in 2013 2013-05-10T23:00:07Z Perhaps mercifully, she and Mr. Rose did not interact very much. The TV Watch: ?CBS This Morning? Makes Debut With Charlie Rose 2012-01-09T22:52:29Z Property programmes, perhaps mercifully, disappeared when the crunch first hit. Nostalgia TV: a comfort blanket when times get tough 2013-04-11T11:23:51Z It was a day of musical thunder and lightning — but mercifully little rain — Tuesday at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre. Mayhem Festival delivers musical thunder and lightning 2012-07-04T20:16:04Z Or the notion that McCartney might very well have gleaned the phrase "let it be" from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" — but mercifully, not from the bad quarto, it turns out. Paul McCartney’s “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present”: A visual feast, if flawed, for Beatles fans 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z For “In Twilight,” a premiere that mercifully wasn’t about vampires, Mr. Bahiri explored the idea of internal pain. Dance Review: Medhi Bahiri and de Mille Works by Ballet NY - Review 2011-11-20T22:59:48Z And she looked a whole lot better than Ferrell, who mercifully spared us the midriff top. Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Fallon re-create 'Tight Pants' 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z In mercifully clearer language, the Stage website reports that this boils down to "an Oyster-style culture card designed to encourage repeat attendance at arts events across the capital". Does anyone know what Boris Johnson's London culture card is actually about? 2010-06-10T13:57:00Z Understandably, and mercifully, P. D. Q.’s compositional activity has slowed in recent years, but as Mr. Schickele pointed out, P. D. Q. is the only dead composer who still accepts commissions. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z I waved my hand in front of my face to get relief from a sudden bout of flop sweat until, mercifully, the closing doors cut me off. Modern Love: Alone When the Bedbugs Bite 2010-11-18T22:10:00Z Lying at 34m, they were mercifully beyond the destructive reach of the coral-trashing cyclones that turn up here every so often. Billy Connolly: 'I hate going on holiday' 2013-01-26T09:00:00Z For those less fascinated by the Victorians, Palma includes plenty of derring-do, although mercifully less gore than figured in “The Map of the Sky.” ‘The Map of Chaos,’ by Felix J. Palma 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Also, “S-Town” mercifully departs from “Serial” by releasing all of its seven episodes at once. Liked ‘Serial’? Here’s Why the True-Crime Podcast ‘S-Town’ Is Better 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night at City Center the Fall for Dance Festival offered its third program, a mixed bag of ballet, tap, contemporary European dance — the generic variety — and, most mercifully, the Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. Dance Review: Fall for Dance Festival at City Center - Review 2011-11-03T01:15:46Z I’m to share a dorm for four but – mercifully – there’s just two of us this weekend. ‘No sex please, we’re meditating’: peace and positivity on a weekend retreat 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z How, as the years pass, we may wish to be mercifully retouched! Portraits of the artists 2011-03-05T00:07:22Z The theme is "The Playful City", and events are mercifully free of either Union Jack-waving or serious international competitiveness. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-22T15:10:34Z It’s almost 2 a.m. when we retreat to the mercifully heated seats of Redman’s car. The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Another lies nearby, with a clearly preserved and mercifully tranquil-looking face. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum – review 2013-03-26T00:09:44Z Unlike those affairs, this caravan of alternative music and thinking was mercifully free of ‘We are the world’ preachiness.” Lollapalooza at 20: Highlights, lowlights, revolution and evolution 2011-07-29T05:34:00Z Ortberg’s transition is mercifully free of grim stoicism, flexing instead an array of satiric voices, chief among them riffs on Christian parable. The Masculine Mystique: A New Kind of Trans Memoir 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Some programs were mercifully given two performances, like the “Messiah,” sublimely intimate with agile soloists joined by Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya. The Classical Music Event of the Summer Is in Salzburg’s Shadow 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z This, therefore, is virtuoso writing whose end, mercifully, is not self-display but the healthful mobilisation of the will. A Hospital Odyssey by Gwyneth Lewis 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z Most people, mercifully, are not saints, least of all in the churn of competitive industry. We Can Handle the Truth 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Holly Gibney, with her laundry list of disorders, is mercifully spared that same fate, and that same problematic framing, while continuing to keep her creator and his readers intrigued. Stephen King's "Holly" reframes his hero's mental illness as an asset 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z They may die mercifully after us or they may die before us but in either case they will die just like we will die. How to protect my children? 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z Still, this is a fine picture of a lost world – mercifully lost. The Fishing Fleet by Anne de Courcy - review 2012-07-13T21:55:05Z It also mercifully interrupts a tone that leans dangerously toward cracker-barrel omniscience, evoking Garrison Keillor spinning folksy tales of Lake Wobegon crossed with the avuncular narrator of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” | 'It?s Always Right Now, Until It?s Later': ?It?s Always Right Now, Until It?s Later? - Review 2012-01-09T03:01:00Z Some, like the Barbarians — "all the way from the caves in old Cape Cod," according to MCs Jan and Dean — were probably so bemused that they were invited that they were mercifully unfazed. The best concert film you've never seen 2010-04-11T18:01:00Z And, some may say mercifully, "The Voice" skips an "American Idol"-style extended audition process. 'The Voice' adds a gimmick to reality talent shows 2011-04-27T02:31:10Z Unlike most documentaries dealing with such subjects, though, Grylls mercifully resisted the temptation to leave us with an ending that suggested "maybe there's something in it after all!" TV review: Who Do You Think You Were 2010-09-03T21:31:00Z The presenter segments were nothing special, but they were mercifully brief. What Happened at the 2016 Emmy Awards 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The museum also promises a cocktail program that, mercifully, adheres to ’70s-era prices. Around Town for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z "Originally I wanted a two-story Shingle Style house with a Hamptons vibe. Scott talked me out of it . . . mercifully." Real-Estate Maven Kurt Rappaport's Striking Malibu Home 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z At birth, he joked, "I was already rehearsing my academy acceptance speech, but it was so long ago, mercifully for you, I've forgotten it." Oscar is better late than never for Christopher Plummer 2012-02-27T04:05:03Z It’s an astounding, slaying parody, while also, mercifully, offering us a future that avoids today’s ever-expanding disaster. Review | In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham,’ Hillary doesn’t become a Clinton. And Donald Trump isn’t president. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The friendly giant is well acquainted with loneliness and grief, conditions whose sources are hinted at in ways that may mercifully elude the understanding of the very youngest viewers. Review: In ‘The BFG,’ a Director and an Actor With Big Shoes 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A retooled, mercifully shorter, new season, titled Scream: Resurrection, is airing over three nights this week in two-hour chunks, passed off to VH1 after spending a horrifying time on the shelf at MTV. Scream is back! But does the horror genre need Ghostface any more? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The judge at his trial was mercifully liberal, however. Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Like a tour guide who knows how to hold the attention of a gaggle of distracted school kids, Gipson, an art historian, does a fine job keeping the text fun, digestible and mercifully brief. Holiday Gift Books for Children 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z That voice-over is mercifully spare, the landscape atmospherically barren and the action nice and tight. Movie Review: Vin Diesel Returns in Latest Riddick Film 2013-09-05T21:52:59Z After what must seem like an eternity to the courting frogs, our little band mercifully moves on. Resort stay in Costa Rican rain forest is the ‘good life’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 60th anniversary this season and along with that, the work of another choreographer who mercifully is on the earth right now: Ronald K. Brown. Review: Evoking Ailey, a Beautiful Conversation Between Choreographers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Support: Please help her just by treating such incidents as necessary and mercifully low-stakes lessons in managing friends and friendships, and in managing her own sense of self. Carolyn Hax: A map for an unsure teen navigating friends and life 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z There are few jarring passages like this, mercifully, but when they do appear, they have the effect of inducing in the reader a strong desire to shake Julius for being an insufferable know-all. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z And so we reunite with an ACN newsroom in which the news, both national and internal, is taken seriously and every player granted a level of professionalism, though not, mercifully, personal perfection. Credit's due when the final credits roll on 'The Newsroom' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Recent art attacks, while mercifully less damaging, have similarly singled out works of true power. Rothko vandalism: why are the greatest works attacked? 2012-10-08T12:42:35Z None of the above seems, mercifully, to apply to nonfiction. For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Theater companies, which in the grief and panic of the coronavirus pandemic’s early days cobbled together one dry Zoom play reading after another, have now — mercifully — had time to develop more-imaginative formats for digital consumption. Perspective | As live stages await their big comeback, theater on camera is getting better and better 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, though, the biggest price was paid for a portrait from Picasso’s post-World War II years, which mercifully looks back to the distant days of Fauvism. 2010-02-03T15:25:00Z There are more than 50 characters in the novel, but, mercifully, Haynes provides us with an easily referenced list. Review | Natalie Haynes’s ‘A Thousand Ships’ brilliantly reframes the Trojan War 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Which, in this case, stops mercifully short of spilling entrails and bifurcating skulls. 'The Musketeers' captivates in swordplay, intrigue on BBC America 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z “The Tale of Samuel Whiskers” was sometimes unbearably long at bedtime, but mercifully so when my son was wearing his nebulizer mask. Motherlode Blog: So Much More Than Peter Rabbit 2013-07-29T00:28:08Z No real tension, or release, just a mercifully rushed conclusion to the redundant spectacle. Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury ? Or How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse 2012-05-07T10:45:29Z In this one-man show by the veteran South African choreographer Robyn Orlin — political, poignant and mercifully funny — Khoza, stunningly loose and in command of the crowd, reveals a quick mind and lissome physicality. Review: Dressed Up in Saran Wrap and Ready to Dance 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Wings was the enormously successful – if extremely average – outlet for this idea, captured here in this mercifully brutal edit of the band's 1976 US tour film. TV highlights 05/07/2013 2013-07-05T05:59:00Z I am on the verge of asking her if she has any pets and if she knows the way to the post office when Lee mercifully returns. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z Jacob, who was 5, was mercifully drifting off to sleep in the back seat after having done his best to pretend he enjoyed watching his first live races. Dirt-Track Racing at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey 2011-09-01T23:09:31Z Each confesses his or her woes in a “Chorus Line”-style monologue, all mercifully brief. Dance Review: At the Irish Rep, Popular Music, Traditional Dance - Review 2011-09-13T21:39:58Z And mercifully, there's no sign of the architect himself. Memo to Venice Architecture Biennale: architecture before architect, per favore 2012-08-29T13:13:06Z Despite being a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Sciences Po in Paris, Mr Filiu is mercifully disdainful of academic jargon. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Her tone is naturally burnished, and while she could easily show off with fearsome runs, she mercifully holds back. Review: TV Crooners (and Danny Aiello) Head ‘Home for the Holidays’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z There are a few women in the story — Jill Hennessy plays a tough but tender veterinarian, Ms. Allen runs a ranch for retired horses — but there isn’t a lot of romance or sex, perhaps mercifully. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z As Brent Staples wrote in the Book Review, Ellis “is a remarkably clear writer, mercifully free of both the groveling and the spirit of attack that have dominated the subject in the past.” 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z There wasn’t a lot to it, but it got the job done and was mercifully less earnest than “Passage!” Journeyman conductor offers sleek and pleasant evening 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z There my friends and I found the holy grail of bowling: 48 lanes mercifully free of music and muscle. Back-to-Basics Bowling (No Fancy-Pants Stuff) 2011-04-28T20:14:48Z There are two types of relationships in Robert Ellis’s world: the ones that survive despite — or maybe because of — their toxicity, and the ones that die, often mercifully. New Music: Albums From Sun Kil Moon and Robert Ellis 2014-02-10T22:49:08Z Your fondness for or access to wine doesn’t even depend on it, mercifully. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her friends’ pro bono advice isn’t helping things 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z This perspective was, mercifully, gentle to the red and purple states, too. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The presenters and winners seemed to have more room to improvise and put their own spin on the evening — but mercifully, the show itself still managed to wrap up on time after just two hours. ?The Help,? Dujardin win at lively SAG Awards 2012-01-30T09:58:10Z The presenters and winners seemed to have more room to improvise and put their own spin on the evening - but mercifully, the show itself still managed to wrap up on time after just two hours. `The Help,' Dujardin win at lively SAG Awards 2012-01-30T11:50:22Z Bad performances are cut mercifully short, losers and weirdos are spared humiliation. The TV Watch: ‘American Idol,’ at 13, Is Trying to Stay Relevant 2014-01-29T22:14:53Z But today was all about Keen Ice and his mercifully shorter gallop around the New Orleans Fair Grounds track. Jerry Crawford has two goals: Delivering Iowa for Hillary Clinton and winning the Kentucky Derby 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The other rooms were devoted to “Totoro” and had mercifully higher ceilings. Our Favorite Magical Creatures Live at Ghibli Park, So We Had to Go 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z We talked together for a half-hour longer before, mercifully, wrapping up. How Joe Rogan does what he does: My day with America's most famous podcaster 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Beyond writing that “the kitchen was redolent with the tang of yeast,” Mr. Sides goes mercifully easy on the made-up particulars, preferring to take a cool, clinical view of Galt and his subsequent travels. Books of The Times: Hampton Sides?s ?Hellhound on His Trail? Traces Martin Luther King Jr.?s Killer 2010-04-21T22:24:00Z But it feels markedly better, and there’s enough of the gate centered behind me that it mercifully pulls focus from my boiled-potato head. TMZ's new 'selfie' tour of Hollywood isn't just for Gen Z 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Passing sentence, judge Lord Arthurson told Miller cases of this nature were "mercifully rare". Man jailed for abducting schoolgirl while dressed as woman 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The instructor has been suspended—mercifully—but myself and many others have been warning of how our universities have… Stanford suspends pro-Palestinian lecturer accused of shaming Jewish students in class 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z How they failed to reach base safely in the final 17 innings of the best-of-five series, which mercifully ended on Wednesday night with a 4-2 defeat at Chase Field. Hernández: Playoff implosion of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman a bad omen for Dodgers' future 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z When the final bell rang Saturday night, mercifully ending the lopsided sparring session, Canelo Álvarez touched gloves with his vanquished foe, hugged him, and gave him a pep talk. 'I'm back.' Canelo Álvarez proves he can still dominate in triumph over Jermell Charlo 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Last January, this is where the Rams disastrous 2022 season mercifully ended; where it was closing time for their historic Super Bowl hangover. Matthew Stafford gets Rams off on right foot with convincing win over Seahawks 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Sunday’s mercifully overcast skies and intermittent sprinkles, after the festival’s scorching opening day, made for an appropriately Seattle homecoming, setting the mood for the Sub Pop alum’s weighty, Southern-charmed indie rock. Review: Revamped Bumbershoot is a reassertion of Seattle’s identity 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But there was reason to hope that Telluride, the rare low-key event where celebrities can typically blend into a mercifully paparazzi-free crowd, might feel the pain less acutely. 'Nyad,' 'Rustin' and 'Wildcat': The Telluride biopic, three ways 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Stone mercifully doesn’t abuse any bunnies in “Poor Things.” 'Poor Things' brings hot sex and Stone-cold brilliance to the film festival season 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z There’s nowhere to hide for the White king in the mercifully quick finale: 18. Rising junior chess star Jason Wang impresses at 10th Washington International 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z With sweat and ichor spewing everywhere, referee Harvey Dock got to double-dutchin’ in and out of the middle of the two gladiators before he finally, mercifully, stopped the fight. 'I told you so.' Terence Crawford savors pummeling Errol Spence Jr. and his critics 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Thanks to his wholly undeserved privilege, he has failed time and again as a businessman and, mercifully, failed to overturn the 2020 election. Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Hernández and Raleigh hit back-to-back solo homers in the fourth to mercifully chase Germán, who gave up a career-high 10 runs - eight earned - and eight hits. Mariners hammer struggling German as Woo gets his 1st win in a 10-2 rout of the Yankees 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And the number of severe injuries caused in crashes that, mercifully, riders have survived are too numerous to mention. 'Shock but no surprise as cycling looks for answers' 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Soon, mercifully, the restaurant closed, and we said goodbye, and they went off to do more late-night editing. Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The most immediate fix is mercifully affordable, at least in the short-term. A billion new air conditioners will save lives but cook the planet 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z All this means nothing is certain as Round 1 finally, mercifully, arrives — ending months of speculation founded in everything from fact to fantasy. 2023 NFL draft: Who will Chargers pick first? There is depth behind the 21st choice 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z ASTER: Only, you know, mercifully no cameras for posterity. Q&A: Aster, Phoenix try to discuss ‘Beau is Afraid’ 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It mercifully ended Sunday, with a 157-101 drubbing by Golden State. Blazers lament disappointing season, look to the future 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “Yellowjackets” mercifully exited this mode to split into two timelines, one covering the aftermath of the crash and another following the survivors, now in their 40s, in the present. Review | Has ‘Yellowjackets’ bitten off more than it can chew? 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z When it mercifully ended James had roared back to score 33 but also wore six turnovers and a perpetual grimace. Plaschke: Wilting loss reveals stark reality for Lakers. They are not a championship team 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Inflation needs to come down, but if it means throwing a lot of people out of work later this year, the Fed already has the flexibility to move slowly and mercifully. The Fed Has Targeted 2% Inflation. Should It Aim Higher? 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z There were broken bones, slipped discs and sore heads over the years, but mercifully never anything more serious. Top Gear's chequered past: Crashes, controversy and Clarkson 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Maryland went on to overwhelm its opponent into committing 24 turnovers and opened a 36-point lead before the game mercifully ended. Perspective | Faith Masonius is not just a basketball player — she’s Maryland’s team mom 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Granted a second free throw by the rules, mercifully, Hauser connected, and the pro-Spartans crowd let out a cheer of fine sarcasm. Does Tom Izzo still burn to win? Ask the whiteboard he broke vs. USC. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Bruised egos and battered gear are common, serious injuries mercifully rare. Kitesurfing Californians found the perfect beach in Baja. Then they gentrified it 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z They are mercifully liberated from the annual burden of trying to end their playoff drought, and have a roster dotted with appealing and productive players. Mariners begin ‘normal’ spring training amid optimism and concern 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The concerts over the weekend included, mercifully one at a time, Concerto No. 1 on Thursday, the rhapsody on Friday and the super popular Concerto No. 2 on Saturday and Sunday. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z I am also mercifully uninterested in middle seating; after far too many years of shepherding large groups of children to the movies, I always choose the aisle for easy access to the restroom. Column: The real reason AMC just raised prices for 'better' seats 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z When the stock market crashed three years later in the epic financial crisis of 2008, that idea mercifully died a quiet death. House Republicans eye massive spending cuts as ultimate way to "own the libs" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Campbell, 22, and her group had parked themselves on the Union Pub patio around 9 p.m., after the House had mercifully adjourned, and let the unseasonably warm night unfold. With the House on the rocks, a nearby bar elects ‘Speakers of the Pub’ 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z While that number is mercifully lower than the record years of 2020 and 2021 — which saw 22 and 20 such disasters, respectively — it still represents a high amount of suffering. The toll extreme weather took in the U.S. during 2022, by the numbers 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “They had one really tough question about why Alex Berenson hasn’t been kicked off from the platform; otherwise their questions were pointed but fair — and mercifully we had answers.” Twitter Files: Ex-FBI lawyer tried to have Trump post on his COVID recovery labeled misinformation 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The Packers drove to the two-yard line and then mercifully ran out the clock. No Baker Mayfield magic this time as Packers roll over Rams, eliminate champs 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “Miraculously, mercifully, the count of days detained has ended at 294, and our friend, our sister is headed back home where she belongs,” the Mercury said in a statement. Brittney Griner’s release celebrated by basketball world 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Bernard remembers her toddler curiously touching a GPS tracker in her jacket, mercifully unaware of what it was or why she was wearing it. She provided an abortion to a 10-year-old. She’s still fighting for her patients. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Director-writer Chinonye Chukwu mercifully distances the audience from the savagery of the act, positioning her camera far from a shed from which briefly heard is a faint cry and the sound of a beating. ‘Till’ review: Danielle Deadwyler channels a mother’s grief in brilliant performance 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Former Vice President Dan Quayle’s mangling of a United Negro College Fund advertising slogan, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind,” has, perhaps mercifully, been dropped. From Trump to RBG, the new entries in Bartlett’s Quotations 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z While their first-floor garage flooded, ruining the cars, Gregg said the house mercifully didn’t flood and she couldn’t bear to leave it. Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z There’s access to more functions in a quick settings panel, too, including the flashlight — the phone mercifully warns you to turn it away from your face before pressing the volume key to enable it. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 review: almost there 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s a good thing that season 3 is mercifully short. Netflix’s Locke and Key ends with a whimper in final season 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The wait mercifully ended on May 4, when Kirkland got a call from UW’s compliance department while driving home from a workout. Jaxson Kirkland returns to UW with a surgically repaired right ankle — and a smile that bears explaining 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Android 12 on the Pixel 6A is mercifully free of major bugs. Google Pixel 6A review: midrange parts, Tensor smarts 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z With the right software, the process can be mercifully simple. Deleting files is not enough. Here is how to properly erase hard drives. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Once it mercifully landed, Espino had faced 10 batters, retired eight and been on the wrong end of two giant swings. Old friend Kyle Schwarber blasts the Phillies past the Nats in a laugher 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z On the 111th, Smith — perhaps emboldened by the Mason jar of vodka his wife had mercifully delivered a few holes earlier — rolled in the final birdie of the day. Perspective | Over 112 holes of muni golf, the sport’s possibilities shine through 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z When he mercifully tapped in for his double-bogey 5, he was 5 over with the meat of the golf course still ahead. Mickelson meltdown comes early — with a 4-putt at US Open 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z "I had always dreaded losing her," the Queen wrote in her grief, "but I am ever so thankful that her suffering was so mercifully short." Corgis: How the queen fell in love and started a phenomenon 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But I still drove to the mercifully peaceful school and sat there, imagining what life would be like if it hadn’t been the roofers I heard. Column: 'What are we doing?' After the Texas school shooting, Sen. Chris Murphy speaks for us all 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z And then Robles — for no reason — uncorked a throw that sailed over third base, where it was mercifully backed up by pitcher Victor Arano. Perspective | The Nationals aren’t just bad. They’re hard to watch. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z When it’s cold and misting and the roof is mercifully extended over an “electric factory” experiencing an outage … Robbie Ray’s rotten fourth inning sinks Mariners in 4-3 loss to Rays 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Omicron was mercifully less likely to kill a person than previous variants. Virus mutations aren’t slowing down. New omicron subvariant proves it. 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Maybe it was the mercifully brisk pacing — each episode clocks in at 45 minutes. 'Yummy mummies with predatory husbands' took over TV. Blame David E. Kelley 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Shipping problems will eventually be sorted out, and covid outbreaks will mercifully ebb. Opinion | Inflation might take a bite for longer than you think 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The regular season’s penultimate day featured a visit by a Sacramento Kings team mercifully near the end of its record 16th consecutive season without a playoff appearance. Clippers fine-tune their lineups ahead of play-in tournament, rout Kings 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The game was full of firsts for two teams who have gone with a youth movement as they play out the string and wait for the season to mercifully end. Danforth scores late goal to lift Columbus past Flyers 4-2 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Idyllic calmness is always mercifully just around the corner. Review: The hidden message for Ukraine in Mahler's Seventh Symphony 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The judge was told Byrne "mercifully" decided not to kill the child when he re-entered the property and had said to himself he would "rather go to jail". Worcester River Severn killer given hospital order 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But in the frenetic final seconds, they mercifully swallowed their whistles. Perspective | The thing about that ‘survive and advance’ cliche? It’s true. Just ask Illinois. 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z That sounds complicated and painful, if also mercifully devoid of emotional baggage. Review: 'Deep Water,' an erotic thriller with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, runs hot and cold 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Barr was easily Trump’s most effective and important Cabinet member, and showed far more competence and cunning than Trump’s prior attorneys general, Jeff Sessions and the mercifully brief acting AG Matt Whitaker. Review | William Barr’s memoir blasts Trump and Giuliani — and ignores his own partisan excesses 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z This Batman calls himself “Vengeance,” though we are mercifully spared another ugly reenactment of the personal tragedy he’s avenging. Review: Batman needs a renewal. 'The Batman,' starring Robert Pattinson, isn’t quite it 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Pattinson, joining the mercifully sparse brotherhood of Superheroes Who Are Too Moody to Wash Their Hair, here plays a young, eerily pale and very intense Bruce Wayne. ‘The Batman’ review: Robert Pattinson swoops down in this very dark and long reboot 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z For the next minute or so, she felt every bump and turn, her body whipping back and forth, as she wondered when the ride would — mercifully — end. Fast Sleds, Black Women and Two Decades of Medals 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z One evening, Karl sat down with some bourbon, mercifully poured into an opaque mug so I couldn’t see how many fingers. This ‘wine mom’ never questioned her drinking. Then she stopped for a month. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z He’s all about fitness and nutrition but, mercifully, isn’t shallow or narcissistic. Review: Familiar rom-com 'I Want You Back' has its pleasures 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The wound — mercifully shallow, surprisingly bloody — was instantly caked with citrus. Perspective | If I could learn to cook for my partner during a pandemic, anyone can 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z After all the scuffling over single-payer healthcare legislation, the author mercifully killed the bill himself. Single-payer healthcare in California is out of reach. Universal healthcare is a better bet 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The party has mercifully abandoned talk of defunding the police after that concept was repeatedly rejected at the ballot box. Opinion | When it comes to crime, Democrats are in danger of being mugged by reality 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z His memory has mercifully deleted the gory details of his Olympic misadventure, and he hasn’t watched it on video. Elliott: Nathan Chen's quest for gold motivated by fulfillment and joy, not redemption 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Eleven hours of terror in a Texas synagogue ended mercifully this past weekend when the three remaining hostages escaped without injury. Opinion | How did the Colleyville synagogue attacker get into the U.S. — and how did he get a gun? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z My two cats usually wake me up at exactly 6 a.m. for breakfast, but on this morning they had mercifully let me sleep in. ‘I Woke Up to Find My Girlfriend Sitting on the Edge of the Bed’ 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Prescott threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Corey Clement early in the fourth quarter to make it 37-20 and set the mark and, mercifully for the Eagles, get him out of the game. Prescott throws 5 TD passes in Cowboys’ romp over Eagles. 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z I’d recommend Google’s Pixel 5 instead — it’s not the newest phone out there, but it’s speedy enough for what you need, and mercifully small compared to most other Android phones. Ask Help Desk: Big phones, big problems 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z After Allie’s death, a 4-year-old boy on a bike was hit in a crosswalk and thrown, mercifully, in a way that left him with mostly scratches. Perspective | At 5, she was killed riding her bike in a crosswalk. Her legacy should be safer streets. 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z As the visibility worsened fears grew that the poor, beleaguered Champions Cup might suffer another cancellation but, mercifully, we had a game. Glasgow beat Exeter at foggy Scotstoun 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z So while the mortality rate we are seeing right now is mercifully lower, I think as a disease it is a very fit virus and it’s severe. Coronavirus live: Omicron poses real threat, says Moderna chief; Pfizer says Covid pill near 90% effective 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Finally, mercifully, the 11-month endurance test that has been women’s tennis this year is approaching a fitting end in this near-mile-high city in central Mexico. Women’s Tennis Stages a Fitting Finale to a Zany Year 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z A series of laterals by the Lions on the final play ended far short of the end zone as the clock mercifully hit all zeros. Comedy of errors as Steelers, Lions slog to 16-16 tie 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z The game ended with Oregon on Washington’s 1, mercifully choosing to run out the clock rather than run up the score. Huskies can’t finish upset of No. 4 Oregon and come away with more unwanted scrutiny in loss 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z As a result, these earbuds have a much smaller form factor — and their carrying case is mercifully far more manageable. The best wireless earbuds to buy right now 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z With the Panthers down, 15-3, in the fourth quarter, Coach Matt Rhule mercifully directed Darnold to take a seat and put on the Benched Quarterback Cap after taking a beating from the Giants’ pass rush. Daniel Jones Lifts Giants; Jets Hit a Familiar Low 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z A week of nonstop questions about his fractured relationship with Goff — and the trade that sent the former No. 1 pick to the Lions in exchange for Matthew Stafford — was finally, mercifully, over. Matthew Stafford, after week of Jared Goff questions, is the answer as Rams top Lions 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z In the first four games of the A.L.C.S., the Astros’ rotation staged its own slasher film, each with a mercifully short running time. Justin Verlander Is Not Walking Through That Door 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Then the schedule mercifully gave them last weekend off. Jones out for the season as Terrapins try to regroup 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” Guelzo’s scrupulously measured assessment, is mercifully free of the grandstanding by which many moralists nowadays celebrate themselves by indignantly deploring the shortcomings of those whose behavior offends current sensibilities. Opinion | This scrupulous biography of Robert E. Lee is exactly what the country needs 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Crosby, mercifully, ended the streak of futility to lift the Packers to their fourth straight win and keep auditioning kickers away from Lambeau Field this week. Special teams were downright ugly in Week 5 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The first half ended with Tagovailoa throwing his fourth interception on a heaved pass as time mercifully expired — finally a mistake the Hawkeyes couldn’t turn into a touchdown. Maryland’s dream opportunity rapidly turns into a nightmare in a 51-14 loss to No. 5 Iowa 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Here I’ll offer a clarifying word or two on the mechanics of the act, even if the movie leaves them either mercifully or disappointingly vague. Review: Outré sex and violence aside, Cannes-winning 'Titane' is a surprisingly sweet love story 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The neighborhood around the storied stadium, one of the authentic scenes in American sports, a neighborhood comfortable and tidy while mercifully shy of posh, had blossomed into technicolor. Analysis | The Packers certainly have stirred a lot of thoughts and feelings for just two games 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z And when the dam broke, mercifully, some points poured through — 28 of them in the first two quarters and 52 overall. After two frustrating losses, the dam finally breaks in Washington’s 52-3 win over Arkansas State 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Which they did when the clock mercifully ran out as the sun began to set. Perspective | Navy and Air Force met on 9/11, which meant football was just a small part of the story 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The hype song "Jump Around" blared inside Jack Trice Stadium heading into the fourth quarter, but it hardly caused a stir in the stands on a hot, mercifully overcast day in Ames. No. 9 Iowa beats No. 10 Iowa St 27-17 to keep Cy-Hawk Trophy 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The hype song “Jump Around” blared inside Jack Trice Stadium heading into the fourth quarter, but it hardly caused a stir in the stands on a hot, mercifully overcast day in Ames. No. 9 Iowa beats No. 10 Iowa St 27-17 to keep Cy-Hawk Trophy 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Instead, I gravitate toward recipes that require little or no cooking, of course, but also toward those where the oven use is mercifully brief. Quickly broil eggplant and bread for this bruschetta with garlicky skordalia 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Nature does not share our values, and mercifully, we may choose not to emulate all of nature’s ways. The Idea That Trees Talk to Cooperate Is Misleading 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z He said while the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 at the moment was "mercifully much lower than it was previously", he insisted the number was "not trivial". Covid: Be cautious as England lockdown ends, urges Whitty 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z He said that while cases are rising, the number of deaths "remains mercifully low". Covid-19: England lockdown end still set for 19 July - Javid 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z While that has mercifully ended, Mr. Lang said he was still being bothered by trucks sounding their horns late at night or getting lost and ending up outside his home. They Voted for Brexit, but Not the Giant Truck Park That Came With It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Finally, mercifully, after 53 minutes, the Bucks survived another round of Durant heroics to claim a 115-111 victory and advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three years. Bucks hold up under the pressure of another Kevin Durant classic to reach the East finals 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z The oval charging case is mercifully way smaller than the giant one that holds the Powerbeats Pro, and the red color of my review unit is quite eye-catching. Beats Studio Buds review: big ambition, imperfect execution 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z He also alleged that the game was supposed to go to 21 before he and Cruz agreed to mercifully cap things off at 11. Jimmy Kimmel spars with Ted Cruz on Twitter, takes the fight to his late-night monologue 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Now, as increasing numbers of Americans are getting vaccinated, the risk of many activities is mercifully plummeting. It's Time to Reevaluate How We Talk about COVID Risk 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Many of the other major races were shaped by health and consistency, attributes that took on added value during a rocky and unpredictable campaign that will mercifully reach its conclusion May 16. Analysis | The 2021 NBA award picks reflect consistency through a most inconsistent season 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z If you’re reading this outside Arizona, you might be mercifully unaware that the fight over the 2020 election continues to limp along here. Opinion | Arizona is still fighting about the 2020 election. No good can come of it. 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z He was mercifully pulled in the second and probably won't be in Cleveland much longer. Garver homers twice, Twins connect 6 times to blast Indians 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z He was mercifully pulled in the second and probably won’t be in Cleveland much longer. Garver homers twice, Twins connect 6 times to blast Indians 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z He was mercifully pulled in the second and probably won’t be in Cleveland much longer. Garver homers twice, Twins connect 6 times to blast Indians 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z With Jacksonville set to pick Trevor Lawrence at No. 1 and the Jets most likely taking Zach Wilson at No. 2, this is where the draft begins and where all the speculation finally, mercifully, ceases. 2021 N.F.L. Draft: Trades Hint at Team Needs 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Plus, the walk to the stage was mercifully short. Review: Not quite a movie, but the Oscars were a love letter 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Rogen’s adolescence in Vancouver was, in his telling, an essentially untroubled one — he remarks in “Yearbook” that his life has been relatively low on adversity and mercifully unmarred by tragedy. Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Now, Helena is in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, on the eve of the series' first race, having made it through the Suez Canal, mercifully, before the Ever Given blockage. Extreme E's plan to change the way we race 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Crosby's eighth goal in his last 12 games against the Sabres 3:57 into the third left Buffalo in an all too familiar position: woefully behind with the clock mercifully ticking down. Sabres' winless streak hits 15 as Penguins roll to 5-2 win 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Crosby’s eighth goal in his last 12 games against the Sabres 3:57 into the third left Buffalo in an all too familiar position: woefully behind with the clock mercifully ticking down. Sabres’ winless streak hits 15 as Penguins roll to 5-2 win 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z After so much tragedy, we now find ourselves mercifully closer to the point of normalcy. Vaccines Are Here. So Is Reckless Behavior. 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z But now, as the number of new coronavirus cases mercifully falls throughout the country, a quieter suffering demands our attention. Perspective | We focused on covid. Now our other patients are suffering. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The speech was either the summary of a mercifully short political career — or the inaugural address for a Weimar America. Opinion | There’s only one political party right now 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “When I first emerged from my mother’s womb, I was already rehearsing my Academy thank you speech. But it was so long ago, mercifully for you I’ve forgotten it.” Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Lindquist said weather conditions were mercifully dull in 2020, seesawing between too wet and too dry, and ultimately resulting a “mixed-bag” year with average crop yields for most major crops, including grain, hay and soybeans. Cadillac area farmers glad 2020 over, nervous about 2021 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z “But I don’t think it’s the vaccine” that accounts for the mercifully light flu season, McCauley says. COVID-19 measures also suppress flu—for now 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z And here we will use that handiest of Hollywood conventions as we mercifully and none too slowly ... L.A. Affairs: My first movie role, my first movie kiss, and then this happened 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z He used Wednesday’s hearing, mercifully his last as chairman, to mention “the Russian collusion hoax,” “censorship” of conservatives, “financial entanglements of the Biden family,” Hillary Clinton and the Steele dossier. Opinion | We’ve finally identified the source of fraud in the 2020 election. It’s Ron Johnson. 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z And “Sound of Metal,” taking its cues from Ruben, mercifully spares us most of the expected rehab-drama clichés: the violent relapses, the group-therapy wisecracks, the snide confrontations with someone keen on hazing the newcomer. Review: Peak Riz Ahmed in 'Sound of Metal,' a moving drama about deafness and addiction 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He tapped in — mercifully — to finish the 12th with a septuple bogey. Tiger Woods shoots a septuple bogey on 12 at Masters 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z We won’t hold it against the players, all of whom seem justifiably grateful for the chance to claim a green jacket before the calendar mercifully flips past the abomination known as 2020. Column: A Masters unlike any other — and one we didn’t need 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But, mercifully, Sanders isn’t on the ballot — much as Trump tries to pretend otherwise. Opinion | I’m not just voting against Trump — I’m voting for Biden. Here are eight reasons. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Sad news for the local crime-fiction community: Author Gary Alexander has died “at the ripe young age of 79, after a mercifully short battle with brain cancer,” as his online obituary reads. Fall is here. Embrace the incoming cool weather with 2 chilling new crime-fiction books 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z In Norman, the visitors threw around the choice word for all known individual or team sports problems — “adversity” — and said other things mercifully. Perspective | What to make of this strange college football weekend? 2020 is unpredictable. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The artist burned several of his paintings in the “bonfire of the vanities” in 1497 but not, mercifully, the Birth of Venus and Primavera, two of the world’s most famous and popular paintings. 'True beauty for the ages': $80m Botticelli to appear at auction 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Though the damage was mercifully minimal, it was obvious that the museum needed to upgrade, particularly given that 90% of Rotterdam is below sea level – and with climate change, the percentage is increasing. The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The 2020 Tour de France ends today, with no end of drama in the actual race and mercifully little away from it. Tour de France 2020: Pogacar set for victory on final stage into Paris – live! 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The Heisman Trophy favorite was mercifully pulled at the end of the third quarter, after completing 7 of 16 passes for 80 yards with three sacks and a pair of interceptions. ‘All I saw was purple’: Former USC QB Todd Marinovich and Husky greats reflect on iconic beatdown 30 years later 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Sally made landfall moving at 3 mph before mercifully speeding up, if slowly, thereafter. Gusts to 123 mph, 30 inches of rain and a 6-foot storm surge: Hurricane Sally by the numbers 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z It mercifully showed us a world more dysfunctional and perhaps more creepy than our own. TV has made 2020 bearable. The Emmys have never been more important 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z When teh final buzzer mercifully rang, they walked off in silence. Clippers collapse late as playoff ends with Game 7 loss to Nuggets 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Seattle ditched its signature run-establishing ethos in a 38-25 win against the Falcons and mercifully Let Russ Cook to open the season with an uncharacteristic pass-first tack, particularly on early downs. National media rank Seahawks among top NFL teams after Week 1 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Bouye, who was mercifully dealt to the Denver Broncos before this year’s draft. Column: Jags might be worst franchise in all of pro sports 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z For the Echols family, the wind mercifully stalled Thursday, allowing them time for an organized retreat. It's déjà vu in the Bay Area as fires again force evacuations and cloud the skies 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Among the mercifully rare instances of sudden death among athletes, myocarditis is one of the most common causes. Health experts worry coronavirus could cause lasting heart complications for athletes 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Mercieca is an academic, yet her book is mercifully free of scholarly cant. Review | A deep dive into President Trump’s doublespeak and other rhetorical tricks 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z We’ll see what it’s like to live in a world where pitchers don’t ever hit, their bats mercifully seized by institution of the designated hitter in the National League. In an MLB season like no other, even rebuilding teams like Mariners could contend 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Back in the car, masks mercifully doffed, windows and moon roofs open to the starry night, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” begins, early-evening raindrops giving way to an enveloping cushion of humidity and the occasional buzzing mosquito. The drive-in is back, in all its retro, slightly annoying glory 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z So with the first half of 2020 mercifully behind us, behold our rundown of the biggest winners — and losers — of the year so far. Music's winners (Lil Baby) and losers (John Lennon) for this Godforsaken 2020, so far 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Some on the left — mercifully not in the mainstream — are attacking statues of American icons such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant. Opinion | Funny how Trump’s dislike for ‘losers’ doesn’t extend to Confederate generals 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Ironically, and mercifully, the many strong statements against Rowling’s stance have benefited the trans community — particularly, given recent weeks of protests over racism, the Black trans community — even as the U.S. J.K. Rowling, trans rights and the curse of bathroom politics 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z But it’s one that mercifully avoids the trite sentimentality and emotional blackmail that have become clichés of the genre. Review: ‘Babyteeth’ is a sick teen in love flick with a bite 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Yet the region’s famed rivers remain open, mercifully. VIRUS DIARY: On a river, with rod and reel, he finds peace 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z After an hour, we mercifully ended our eyesore of a match. How I Found Common Ground With My Immigrant Dad on a Clay Court 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z We have, mercifully, slowed the daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases; despite a fearsome 125 deaths in this county as of Tuesday morning. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Turner, who also wrote and produced, is mercifully unconcerned with maudlin victories or redemption. Review: Stephanie Turner's 'Justine' navigates a well-drawn, bittersweet slice of life 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The administering of that grace — said to purify each young woman after the apparent defilement of her first period — is mercifully left to the imagination. Review: Creepy cult drama 'The Other Lamb' spins a beautiful but murky parable of female revenge 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Then he hit a weak dribbler down the first-base line that mercifully went foul, so lame was his attempt to beat it out. Baseball Season Opens With a Dash of Imagination 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z But Charlie’s tweet revealed another ghastly, and mercifully comical, aspect to this whole mess — all those closures means a lot of displaced critics. Suddenly, everyone's a TV critic. Here are some tips for your binge from an old pro 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z “I see one scenario where this virus mercifully dodges the homeless population or another scenario where it hits the homeless population quite hard,” said Randall Kuhn, a professor at UCLA’s Department of Community Health Services. An unexpected side effect of the coronavirus? A new urgency about helping homeless people 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z People with the motivation to wreak global destruction are mercifully rare. Why we need worst-case thinking to prevent pandemics 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z He and a doctor and six other people died — a number many epidemiologists considered mercifully low given that more than 11,000 people died in the West African outbreak, which lasted from 2014 to 2016. Nigeria Responds to First Coronavirus Case in Sub-Saharan Africa 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Tuesday’s debate, hosted by CBS, was mercifully short compared to some others, wrapping up after just two hours. The Democratic debate was heavy on vitriol and light on substance | Moira Donegan 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z There are, mercifully, institutional checks to limit a DNI’s ability to weaponize the intelligence community on behalf of the president’s personal interests. Opinion | Trump appoints a partisan propagandist to run the intelligence community 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Jason Garrett is finally, mercifully out as the Dallas Cowboys head coach. Why the Dallas Cowboys opening is the best coaching job on the market 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z A 33-23 win over the Browns on Sunday mercifully ended a season that will become a reference point for Bengals futility. Zac Taylor’s 1st Bengals season one for the record books 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The pleasantly thick peanut sauce accompanying both was mercifully unsweet. Wild Ginger turns 30 — how is this institution of Seattle dining holding up? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Lewis-Ranwell is believed to have slept rough in the city centre before walking into the Rougemont Hotel, where, mercifully, he would be arrested before he could kill again. The man who killed three times after police bailed him 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Georgia Tech: Collins’ debut season is mercifully over with the Yellow Jackets matching their fewest wins since 1994. No. 4 Georgia closes regular season with 52-7 rout of Tech 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z And then, mercifully, he changed back into his jacket. Opinion | I used to hate Mister Rogers. Then I discovered how much I needed him. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z At two hours, Wednesday’s event will be mercifully shorter than previous marathon debates. Newsletter: The dark side of Orange County 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “I wasn’t, mercifully, hurt. But I think Disney heard a few rather strong four-letter words that he never heard before.” Julie Andrews talks ‘Mary Poppins,’ 'The Sound of Music' and her favorite Hollywood stories 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Commissioner Bud Selig said he would not have allowed that, but, luckily, he never had to make the decision: With two outs, Pena singled home the tying run, and the game was mercifully suspended. Derek Jeter and Co.: The 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Paju’s menu is mercifully brief — just a dozen dishes — and the value is tremendous: generous portions for sharing, everything under $20. Some of Seattle’s most exciting food is happening at brand-new, modern Korean Paju 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The cat not only found the end zone but found a way to escape Monday night, which is more than most members of the Giants can do before their season is mercifully over. Column: NFL riding wave of sports betting 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z You, mercifully, did not die before you got old, which means you got old. Column: Relax, boomers. You're OK, just old 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s over now, finally, mercifully, a USC football era ending Saturday night on a field filled with mistakes surrounded by fans teeming with anger. Plaschke: USC's debacle against Oregon is final nail in coach Clay Helton’s coffin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Marantz chronicles the outrageous behavior but then, mercifully, elevates the conversation. Review | How pushing the boundaries of political speech can reshape society 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The interior of Paju is pretty plain, if you want to look at it that way, or maybe mercifully simple. Some of Seattle’s most exciting food is happening at brand-new, modern Korean Paju 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z When it was finally, mercifully over for the home crowd, Minute Maid Park gave a sarcastic cheer. Nationals crush Astros, 12-3, to take commanding 2-0 lead in World Series 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z A man of usual routine, McLellan did something different when his first drubbing with the Kings mercifully ended. Kings' opening week is a mix of patience, growth and frustration 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The “step-back” season of 2019 mercifully came to a close for the Mariners with something that only happened about once every three games after their 13-2 start to the season – a victory. Mariners defeat Oakland A’s in season finale and finish 2019 with 68-94 record 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Minshew was mercifully lifted after going 7 for 14 for 46 yards. Jackson, Ravens’ defense combine for 29-0 win over Jaguars 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z For the mercifully uninitiated, Smith was a kind of proto-Trump in the 1930s and 1940s. There's an old word for Trump's brand of nationalism: 'hatriotism' | Samuel G Freedman 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z There are mercifully few baseball players practiced in the art of eulogizing a teammate. Angels mourn Tyler Skaggs' death, celebrate his life at memorial service 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s unfinished business to be done in Manchester after yesterday’s rain, which mercifully continued just long enough to prevent a potentially ludicrous 20-over Indian run chase being awkwardly squeezed into the evening. India chasing 240 to beat New Zealand: Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final – live! 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z After Carasiti was mercifully removed from the game with runners on first and third, Wade LeBlanc’s first pitch to third baseman Chad Pinder was laced to left field for a clean single. Disastrous opening inning wastes Omar Narvaez’s big day in Mariners’ in 7-4 loss to Oakland 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Instead, the Nationals lost in 11 innings on Friday night, 7-4, to the Kansas City Royals, in a contest that mercifully ended after 4 hours 40 minutes. Nats rally in ninth, fall in 11th as offense fails to capitalize on chances 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Some Toronto Raptors fans cheered the sight of a fallen Durant, then mercifully applauded every assisted step he took toward the locker room. Kevin Durant’s injury reverberated throughout the NBA. In Prince George’s County, it hit home. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Inside, mercifully unharmed despite the lack of ventilation holes, was Isaac, a 32-year-old ring-tailed lemur, believed to be the oldest of its kind in North American captivity. Teenager admits to stealing a geriatric lemur from a California zoo 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Each day loops endlessly until you move forward, though mercifully you can speed past broadcasts with quick taps. Alt-Frequencies is an interactive audio drama about government conspiracy and time travel 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z “It was brazen, but mercifully brief,” Graham said. Perspective | ‘It’s scary’: Why we flinch when white nationalists stage a protest at a bookstore 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z He said he was "deeply distressed" at his loss but "mercifully, all three of them died instantly and with no pain or suffering". Dad's tribute to family killed in Sri Lanka 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z I went into a full defensive squat—what surfers call the poo stance—as Godfrey’s slide was mercifully halted by the poles of one of the gates. The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z And thank you for bringing me that glass of mercifully drinkable rosé midway through the movie. Dinner at a Movie: Yikes — a downtown Seattle multiplex ventures into real food and ‘Jartails’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “Forgive me, Albert,” he whispered, and a bright space opened up ahead, as if someone had mercifully lit a cave. The fast stuff 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z By the time the final horn mercifully sounded, the Hurricanes had 45 shots to the Capitals’ 18, which included a roughly 40-minute stretch in which Washington had just two. Perspective | Capitals’ Game 3 loss to Hurricanes exposes a key missing piece on the blue line 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The Washington Wizards’ offseason mercifully began after Tuesday night’s loss to the Boston Celtics, giving the team until September to chart a new course. No rest for the dreary: After disappointing year, a very busy offseason awaits the Wizards 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z At the same time, this tendency can serve the cruel or misinformed — giving shared language to Nazis and incels and other bleak dopes who were once kept mercifully isolated from one another. How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z They will mercifully end their season Saturday on the heels of a loss to their rival. Ducks end dismal season on high note with win over Kings 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z When the battle was mercifully over, Mike the Tiger was declared the winner. Perspective | Tom Izzo and Michigan State were in complete control vs. LSU 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z For those that do not escape, though, at least the end is mercifully quick. Watch the nightmarish attack of a phantom midge larvae 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Trump was already at his lush Palm Beach estate, a thousand miles from the White House, when the waiting game finally, mercifully, quietly ended. With Washington abuzz, Mueller’s report is delivered quietly 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The details of what happened at the end of their journey were, mercifully, not aired in court. What do we know about Alesha's killer? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z With the two wins this week improving their record to 40-26, the Celtics may be showing signs that they are finally, mercifully, learning how to cope. Are Kyrie Irving and the Celtics on the Cusp of Winning, or Losing? No One Can Tell 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z At the other end, Jonathan Quick was charged with all six goals and was mercifully removed for Jack Campbell. Kings fall to Panthers 6-1, losing their seventh straight 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z But on Tuesday afternoon, when the Mariners’ one-time ace met with the media, there was no mention of this “unique” hairstyle that was mercifully hidden by a headband. In the final year of his Mariners contract, Felix Hernandez acknowledges his baseball mortality 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Finally, the drilling, the jamming, the digging, it was all over, mercifully. At the National Zoo, a dentist had a tiger by the tooth 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z I three-putted so many times—seven in all—that when the show was edited for TV, they mercifully eliminated five of them. The Wisdom of Johnny Miller: A collection of his most candid and provocative commentary - Golf Digest 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z I instantly fell for Reckless’s Illustrious Buddha, a cloudy, New England-style IPA that, mercifully, trades more on its grapefruit aromas than its bitterness units and alcohol wallop. Review | A Philly cheesesteak that’s worth a drive to Olney 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Police murders are mercifully rare in Scotland and the last officer killed in the line of duty was PC Lewis Fulton. Murdered policeman remembered 100 years on 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The next time it rained, the inside of our house remained mercifully dry. Perspective | Water is fine when you’re thirsty. When it drips from the ceiling? Not so much. 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z But one element of the song mercifully didn’t go mainstream: namely the “Superman”, which Urban Dictionary details as the emission of a certain fluid that then dries into a cape-like layer. The greatest pop music dance crazes – ranked! 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z While the move mercifully ended Alford’s five-plus year tenure, one marked by consistent underachievement despite three Sweet 16 appearances, the Bruins’ real challenge lies ahead. For UCLA basketball, the easy part is over 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Mercifully, Bay’s wrecking-ball aesthetics are little in evidence in “Bumblebee,” which, compared with its bigger, noisier brethren, turns out to be a mercifully short, smooth ride. Review: 'Bumblebee' is a sweet, refreshingly small-scaled 'Transformers' prequel 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Over multitudes of winters, the once-grueling utilitarian chore evolved into a winter diversion for those who prefer the mercifully level to the rush and ruckus of downhill descents. 5 Flat-Out Ideal Cross-Country Ski Getaways 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z His arms pumped, his heavy legs lifted and Wagner mercifully arrived, lumbering 98 yards into the end zone, flanked by a trail of teammates. Nobody stuffed the stat sheet more than Bobby Wagner in Seahawks’ stuffing of 49ers 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The menu also features monkey brain, which, mercifully, is just hamachi and prosciutto. From hot ramen to hotter hot pot: 30 restaurant openings in Seattle and on the Eastside 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z There were just a few rooms, open and uncluttered, the walls painted mercifully white; it wouldn’t take long for R. to make his circuit. “The Frog King” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z This particular race mercifully ended at 3:44 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, a day before the Seahawks flew south for a divisional matchup with the Los Angeles Rams. ‘Harder than practice’: How Seahawks TE Nick Vannett is using Pilates to turn into a TD machine 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Halftime had mercifully arrived for the Washington Wizards on Friday night, but they couldn’t make it to the locker room without first being shamed by their own fans. Wizards continue perplexing downward spiral with blowout loss to Thunder 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z While outright hatred is mercifully marginal, fear and apprehension about influxes of immigrants and refugees are not. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The Devils would score two more times before the game mercifully ended. Caps are flat on second game of back-to-back, get routed by Devils 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Such direct remarks on the case itself were mercifully the exception, not the norm. Cristiano Ronaldo scoring for Juventus is just a goal, nothing else | Paolo Bandini 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z This year, the victim was equally wide-eyed Foltynewicz, who, in his playoff debut, allowed four runs in two innings before being mercifully pulled. Flashy Dodgers are right where they want to be this time of season - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z There, Woods mercifully put the match out of its misery by missing a must-make putt. Column: Ryder Cup’s ‘Captain America’ loses his superpowers 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The wait for firm answers is mercifully fading. Can LeBron Bring Back Showtime in Year 1? Don’t Bet Against Him 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z On the other two drives the games ended, mercifully so for Rams opponents. Chargers will have to lay it on the line to have a chance against the Rams' prolific defense 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The coffin, mercifully, turned out to be empty. A new disco den rises from East Hollywood bikini bar Gold Diggers 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Instead, I held my breath and waited until the intruder, ever so mercifully, abandoned his project and sauntered down the hall. How TripAdvisor changed travel 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Skating from one theater to another would be appropriate, of course, but is mercifully optional for the less coordinated among us. Review: Two exceptional films, 'Skate Kitchen' and 'Minding the Gap,' find poetry and community in motion 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Electronics are, mercifully, if inconveniently, banned from the Alexandria federal courthouse, meaning that it may be one of the most Trump-free spaces on the planet at the moment. The Most Blissfully Trump- and Twitter-Free Place in America 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z When his plate was half empty, a nurse mercifully fed him a few more bites. ‘My death is not my own’: the limits of legal euthanasia 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z But that their particular perversion appears, mercifully, relatively rare does not, as Becca Harrison has just demonstrated, mean we should not make contingency plans. Run into a Trump apologist in your local cafe and what exactly should you say? | Catherine Bennett 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The clip at nearly three minutes is mercifully nowhere near as long. 5 things we learned from the Bohemian Rhapsody trailer 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Cue abandoning my taxi, hiring a bike from a nearby shop and cycling to the stadium over the main highway, which mercifully they had shut for the afternoon. World Cup 2018: Guardian writers pick their highs and lows 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Those mercifully ended after a couple of years. A Woods-Mickelson match is mere manufactured hype - Golf Digest 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Corchado’s progressive leanings and preoccupation with cultural identity mercifully leave light traces on his narrative. Review | A personal perspective on Mexico’s mass exodus to the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The point wasn’t to mercifully end suffering, instead, “doctors in the program condemned children who they said would become a drain on the sate and/or endanger the gene pool of the German Volk.” A review of 'Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna' by Edith Sheffer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Mitchell, obviously exhausted, could only hope that the race would mercifully end before she was caught. Inside the USC women's track team's relay miracle at the NCAA championship 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z No big last-minute additions today; mercifully, there are no early-evening news alerts. Inside the writers room with Seth Meyers: How to make late-night TV in the Trump era 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Oshie could slap viciously at it, time it like a metronome and watch it finally — mercifully — rip into the back of the net. Perspective | Signed for moments just like these, T.J. Oshie cashes in to keep Capitals alive 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Picking myself up, I realized I was in the middle of the road and cars heading the other way had stopped, mercifully. Opinion | Drivers, help us cyclists get home alive 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Jones' night ended, mercifully for him, after former Duck Shea Theodore finished off a slick passing play by lifting a backhander over Jones' left arm at 3:28 of the second period. It’s a perfect Vegas show with a romp over Sharks 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, another rocky season in New York is mercifully over. LeBron plays 82nd game, rests as Cavs lose 110-98 to Knicks 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z By the time McIlroy’s day mercifully ended, the bounce in his step was gone, replaced by a dejected look and slumping shoulders. Column: This 1 may hurt even more for Rory McIlroy 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z He finished the hole at 10-over par for the tournament after, mercifully, making a nine-foot putt for octuple bogey, which is now a thing. Jordan Spieth’s birdie binge has him 2 up at Masters; Tiger Woods seven shots back 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z And mercifully, the feed will largely be shown in chronological order. Pinterest’s new feed has just your friends’ pins, and no algorithmic recommendations 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z On and on went the match until mercifully Bob Valentine, the Scottish referee, blew for time. World Cup stunning moments: West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982 | Rob Smyth 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Keen is mercifully brief with his indictments of big tech. Review | Rescuing humanity from big tech 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy sarcastically called the houseboat a “magnificent structure” that “was mercifully destroyed.” A Florida provocateur has his day before the U.S. Supreme Court — again 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s true: While some storms stick around for a while on other planets, storms on Earth generally tend to be mercifully short. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Soon Disappear... 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But all of the animal characters in Animal Crossing do eat certain animals, including shrimp and a wide variety of fish, which are depicted as smaller — and mercifully, not anthropomorphized. Animal Crossing is a dystopian hellscape 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The talk over lunch is still heavy on weather and grandchildren, and mercifully light on politics. Opinion | There’s a better kind of partisanship. I went on the road to find it. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Outrage followed, and his tenure was cut mercifully short. Opinion | How Trump Can Keep His Vows on Opioids and Infrastructure 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z “Britannia” might just be your cup of magic herbal tea, especially if you don’t mind the odd flaying, crucifixion and—offscreen, mercifully—castration. ‘Britannia’ Review: Blood-Soaked Drama, but Is It Bingeable? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Then, mercifully, the big waves never came, and within four hours, the authorities lifted the tsunami advisories that had once stretched from Alaska to the American border with Mexico. Earthquake Shakes Alaska and Sends a Shudder of Alarm Along the Coast 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The season ended, mercifully, with 23 players on injured reserve. Perspective | Redskins need to look at injury issues, no matter how much it hurts 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But politics were mercifully far from spectators’ minds, and people instead commented on each other’s kindness. On New Year's Day, blue skies and a postcard-perfect Rose Parade offer respite after a year of political tumult 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The reckoning upon us follows a year mercifully drawing to a close this weekend. Opinion | A storm is gathering 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z There’s mercifully no debate about whether a player made a “basketball move” before releasing said shot. The end is sigh: why US sports are somehow at their worst in the final reel 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Her young son and daughter began to wail and then, mercifully, scampered out the front door. AP Investigation: Rape of Rohingya sweeping, methodical 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z |
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