| 单词 | middling |
| 例句 | I came up with no conclusions, but I did get a middling headache. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was of middling height, his shrewd peasant’s face weathered by wind and sun, his grizzled beard and brown hair well salted with grey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were men of middling birth, by and large; merchants' sons, lesser lordlings, sometimes even foreigners, but judging from their results, far more able than their highborn predecessors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was good eating; but I’d had my appetite whetted for fried middling meat to go with it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an inch long, middling green, and otherwise unexceptional in appearance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Why, this old stray dog has come and eaten our middling meat clear up,” I said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I found him at daylight when Mama told me to step out to the dog run and cut down a side of middling meat hanging to the pole rafters. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She's haughty and well-dressed enough to pass as the daughter of a man of middling political success. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I knew only that we were the best students coming out of what was thought to be a middling, mostly black school in a middling, mostly black neighborhood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Big dragons, small dragons, dragons of middling size. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Skim milk, crusts, middlings, bits of doughnuts, wheat cakes with drops of maple syrup sticking to them, potato skins, leftover custard pudding with raisins, and bits of Shredded Wheat. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z On the day Seabiscuit settled in at the Detroit Fair Grounds, Pollard was in North Randall, Ohio, sweltering through August at a middling racetrack called Thistle Down Park, which was wrapping up its summer meeting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her English was middling at best; her reading comprehension minimal. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Today I had nothing to do but traverse four middling mountains over seven miles of well-marked trail in clear, dry weather. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The smell was delicious—warm milk, potato skins, wheat middlings, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and a popover left from the Zuckermans’ breakfast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was middling tall, and slow of speech. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The school he represents, Rider, is a middling institution in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with a hefty price tag—about $45,000 for tuition, room, and board. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Her skin is a middling color, darker than mine. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t look to me like you do. And I have a middling name, too.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Content to tell its time-shifting story without soaring above its source, The Skin I Live In is only middling Pedro — which is to say, better than 78% of other people’s films. Movie review for new Pedro Almodóvar film "Skin I Live In" 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z A hefty sauce pour, ranging from gravy to gastriques, can transform a middling dish into a sensational one. 5 classic sauces to add to your cooking arsenal 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z The polyphonic narrative that ensues has the pacing and urgency of a spy thriller but the middling stakes of a book about a group of privileged kids sending each other cryptic texts. Review | Can a thriller also be a feminist social critique? Lisa Lutz gives it a try in ‘The Swallows’ 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z It looked increasingly as though O'Dowd might be yet another good actor destined to drift along in roles of middling quality. Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood 2012-05-18T22:01:08Z The best of the middling at Hula Girl is probably poke, Hawaii’s popular raw fish salad. Hula Girl captures the look and feel of Hawaii, if not always the flavor 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z And no matter how good or bad or middling they are, I learn something new from every one. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Who Cares? 2011-10-27T15:42:53Z The one in New Malden is now a middling Korean restaurant surrounded by much better Korean restaurants. Brad Pitt visited Wimpy – he must have excellent taste 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Last year at Toronto, Ron Howard's racing movie "Rush" earned a fair amount of love from audiences, but its middling box office derailed its Oscar campaign before the season even began. TIFF 2014: Verdict remains out on Downey's 'The Judge' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z He has also appeared in a raft of fine and middling smaller movies. ‘The Contractor’ Review: The Pine Identity 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Too many middling artists have been selected and the results have often been lamentable. Salvaged saints: Michael Landy's martyrs invade the National Gallery 2013-05-22T18:30:01Z Muzijevic has had a middling career, including stints as a dance accompanist, but this recital showed an artist of rare intellect and skill. A pianist with a penchant for the unusual 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The Weinsteins have been experts at turning even middling films into Oscar gold. 2010-01-14T18:15:00Z She frequently tries to imitate Mr. Paiva’s techniques, with middling success. Cutting Up Big Fish and Cultivating an Even Bigger Fan Base 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z There really is no other way to explain Marvel's interest in a film-maker whose CV is middling at best and whose movies have hardly registered at the box office. Who can Marvel trust to take charge of the Guardians of the Galaxy? 2012-08-24T16:22:46Z The show’s first season featured just seven episodes, lacked any recognizable stars and scored ratings that could generously be described as middling. The 'Next' Seinfeld Has Already Been on TV for a Decade 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It has also suffered from middling reviews in comparison to its predecessor, which was one of 2012’s biggest sleeper hits and went on to make $549m worldwide. Ted 2 struggles at US box office as Jurassic World and Inside Out beat $50m 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z In their eighth film together, the star and his favorite director turn the '60s horror soap opera into a middling pastiche with a seductive supporting cast First of all, dark shadows? Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows: Death Warmed Over 2012-05-10T10:45:28Z In a time when films are either gigantic, nine-figure epics or indie pictures on a pauper’s budget, a middling movie has its theoretical charms. Ride Along: Kevin Hart, Small Cop 2014-01-15T18:37:17Z "Silver Spoons" turns 40 in September, a benchmark worth noting only if you remember that "Silver Spoons" was a popular if middling early '80s sitcom. Reality bites: How reckonings and the post-truth age ruined pop culture anniversary nostalgia 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z At other times the reviews were more middling, with some critics suggesting her dancing was missing depth. A Dancer’s Farewell, Not as Choreographed 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z When the semifinal gave us two marvels and a pair of middling folks, and one of the better ones whiffed it, her season-long consistency didn't save her. "Great British Baking Show" was a showstopper, redeemed this season by fantastic contestants 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z What’s unarguable is that after two decades of a middling editorial career, Lee in the early ’60s was suddenly writing and editing the most electrifying range of superhero stories ever printed. Review | ‘True Believer’ tries to capture Stan Lee. It isn’t easy. 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z After the cuts, institutions scrambled to adapt to getting even less support than the middling assistance the government had previously offered. How a Scrappy Arts Group Survived the ’90s 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z To avoid his former lover’s wedding, the middling novelist Arthur Less decides to accept every literary invitation he receives, cobbling together a multicountry journey from New York City to Japan. New in Paperback: ‘Anatomy of Terror,’ ‘Less’ and More 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The way that a given science fiction story negotiates those tensions is one of the factors that separates the truly great from those stories which are middling, common, and forgettable. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z But there comes a point at which all their energetic efforts fail to compensate for a middling script. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Of course it may improve as it finds its feet, but at the moment, it's a very middling kind of deal. The Middle 2010-08-31T07:00:00Z From the 1830s, smaller, less elegant editions were marketed to middling families, and became a commonplace of early Victorian childhood, then of a passionate nostalgia for that childhood. Projections of puppet theatre 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z “A married woman of middling status was usually called Goodwife or Dame, while lower-status women didn’t get any honorific at all.” The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Despite mixed reviews and middling box office, this ensemble dramedy was a moving, highly enjoyable look at all things familial. Our Level the Playing Field picks: Awards for those Oscar has overlooked 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The real challenge, both authors argue, is not to get rid of the bad teachers, but to attract and keep good ones and improve the middling majority. Back against the blackboard 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Since its inception in the late 1990s, Fox 2000 has had a sometimes stellar, sometimes middling, sometimes awful track record at the box office, producing movies such as “Marley and Me” and “Catch That Kid.” Do ‘middle-class’ movies have a future in corporate Hollywood? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “It’s much more insidious to have middling, ancillary female roles where the women are not part of the plot — where they don’t advance anything,” she said. Amanda Peet Defends Treatment of Women on 'Game of Thrones' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It's the middling spans - the programme note that says: "this production will run approximately three hours and forty five minutes with one interval" - that threaten aches and yawns. Endurance performances: Why length matters in the theatre 2012-06-19T07:23:01Z New York is 28th overall with middling numbers all around. The 5 happiest (and saddest) states in America 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z But Iowa as a whole is essentially white, working-class and right-of-center — though, true to its middling status, ranks 24th among America’s 50 states when it comes to self-identified conservatives. Iowa’s Heartland Beyond the Campaign Trail 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The women of Broadway are talking about their middling season. Disappointing Season for Broadway Women 2010-05-14T03:32:00Z Among the Core Four of Marvel’s Avengers team, 56% is a middling sophomore slump. Captain America Clips Rio 2‘s Wings 2014-04-13T20:09:45Z That split isn’t a liability; it defines the group’s shared disposition, even during a middling performance like Wednesday’s, in which the New York-based trombonist Ray Anderson and the singer Fay Victor joined the group. Review: Instant Composers Pool Orchestra Plays at Roulette 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But the alternative is to be middling the whole time, isn’t it? Earl Sweatshirt on balance, tour simulators, 'fighting the right fight' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The sort of thing concocted by men whose collegiate experience taught them little beyond how to turn self-serving reminiscences into middling indie movies. ‘Pretenders’ Review: A Little New Wave Love, a Lot of Misogyny 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Evans is as likable as ever, but it got middling reviews in the US and made approximately 20 times less than the last Avengers. The cape of no return: the perils of playing a superhero 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z There are some surprise middling dishes on the menu. Review | Some like it hot. Pappe’s Indian fare is made for those who do. 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z She transformed an obscure single written two decades earlier by George Usher, a local musician, from a middling power-pop number into something transcendent. The Big City Is Good for Country Music 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps best to travel forth knowing we are all part of the same giant family, with all its joys, annoyances and middling moments. How to handle anti-Americanism when you travel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It is just a selection of 15 paintings, mostly of middling quality, on loan from a museum in Bergamo, Italy, that is under restoration. Art Review: ‘Bellini, Titian and Lotto’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-07-05T21:59:59Z The niche nihilism was also off-putting to critics, with none of the sequels beating the first film’s middling 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Saw too much: why the horror genre doesn't need a torture porn comeback 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z I’m only a middling fan of Cecily Brown’s paintings, but she has stuck to her stylistic guns and respect is due. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Amazing Spider-Man 2, Step Up All In, and Hercules, all with familiar themes, did poor to middling in ticket sales. Movies Are Having Their Worst Summer Since 1997 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The latter, a middling stab at pop ubiquity, drops the album's IQ by a few points. Kimbra cooks up virtual layer cake of sound 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z For a star with 14 No. 1 tracks on Billboard’s Hot 100 — and 63 songs on the chart to date — a middling return could be tantamount to a flop. Rihanna: Since She’s Been Gone 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It had been released in a brutally truncated and mutilated form to middling reviews. The Wild Bunch: No 4 2010-10-19T10:51:00Z But don't trust Salon's middling review or scathing takedown; watch it for yourself for the style and performances, if not for the subtle storytelling. The best new movies you can watch from home in March 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Now he directs films such as Thor and appears in middling TV movies and stars in Nordic noir. Kenneth Branagh: The star who forgot how to shine 2011-03-31T20:31:01Z Audiences awarded the film an A- grade, while The Shallows earned a middling B+ and Independence Day: Resurgence notched a lowly B. 'Finding Dory' on Track to Be Disney's Highest-Grossing Film of 2016 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z They would never bust into your boss’s office to complain about a middling performance review. Social Q’s: Girls Not Allowed 2013-08-01T18:38:42Z Now and then, a middling dish escapes the kitchen. Centrolina review: Without bells and whistles, it’s simply good 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, for the most part, it was a brilliantly-cast middling anthology series whose best chapters were middling, by overall standards. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Reviews of the Dardenne brothers’ last film, The Unknown Girl, were uncharacteristically middling, but as Cannes fixtures they are sure to be up for consideration. Cannes 2019: 20 films we hope will be at the film festival 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In the end, though, his success as an entrepreneur was only middling. What It Is Actually Like to Be in the Engine Room of the Start-Up Economy 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A debut novel focuses on cycling, performance drugs and the personal failings of Sol, a middling British racer on the Tour de France. New in Paperback: ‘Florida,’ ‘Robin’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Despite its middling reception, the studio hopes “The Grudge” remains a draw throughout January as the lone option catering to moviegoers itching for a scare. 'The Grudge' Kicks Off 2020 Box Office as 'Rise of Skywalker' Rules Again 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z That’s especially obvious in the great works built on middling books. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Audience used to put up with the middling blather, buying into the “it gets better” promise that often proves false. The rules of TV are coming "Undone" 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z Recently, though, she received the first middling performance evaluation of her life. Tamar Adler and the rise of the quiet cook 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z More to the point: In national and especially in global terms 1,100 feet is a middling number. Wilshire Grand Center, the new tallest building in L.A. and a schmoozer in the skyline 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Or, in the tradition of the middling movie, expect next to nothing. Ride Along: Kevin Hart, Small Cop 2014-01-15T18:37:17Z Jaws was a middling thriller with some fine suspense sequences, and not highly rated when it was published in 1974. Success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a true Hollywood box office triumph 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z It was one of the middling films that characterized Mr. Mazursky’s last several years as a director, but it spoke to his fascination with social customs. Paul Mazursky, director of ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ and ‘Harry and Tonto’ dies at 84 Though vastly different in setting, both films offer refreshingly rare protagonists, yielding spirited — if occasionally middling — results. ‘Madres’ and ‘The Manor’ Review: Maligned Women Uncover the Truth 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z It started off as a film of middling quality but later made its way to TV as the dark and witty series it was always meant to be. 20 years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: share your stories and photos 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z My short-form report card reads this way: low to middling marks for Metro and Pershing Square, high ones for Grand Park. Women's March Los Angeles demonstrates city planning's need for 'radical flatness' 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And the plots are not all that original: One group with particular super powers fights another, with zero to middling character development, otherwise it's a typical war movie. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Quintessential Pulp mix of wit, acuity, pathos & bile relayed in irresistibly anthemic style. @redlikejungle A song that conjures infinitely more visceral imagery than the middling movie it was written for. Pulp: a beginner's guide 2012-12-20T09:26:21Z He has a lousy beat in comedy -- he has to champion the truly middling because there are so many not-very-good "talents" on the scene, making for slim pickings. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The first production, in 1882, was the middling operetta “The Witch,” by Abraham Goldfaden, regarded as the father of the modern Yiddish theater. ‘New York’s Yiddish Theater’ Explores a Fractious Heritage of Melodrama and Musicals 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Last year's "GBBO" was a mix of middling bakers with one or two superbly skilled competitors. "Great British Baking Show" was a showstopper, redeemed this season by fantastic contestants 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Has there really been a lot of clamor for a sequel to "Johnny English," the middling 2003 James Bond spoof starring Rowan Atkinson? 'Johnny English Reborn' is clueless, like its hero 2011-10-18T23:42:04Z It had been out of print for years, but there were used copies online in middling condition for $30 to $50. My children are hooked on Faulkner! 2012-12-03T20:30:00Z After a run on Mexico's Televisa network, with a middling 14.6 percent of the households as viewers, the show premieres on the U.S. New TV soap scrubs image of Mexican federal police 2011-06-16T18:25:08Z Vegetables have long been relegated to boring lead-ups to the main event, middling sidekicks to beefy superheros – delicious, maybe, but just not quite enough. A New Year resolution that's good for you and the planet: stop eating meat 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z And through ruthless business savvy, the narrative goes, Microsoft strong-armed the market despite a middling product, terrible customer service, and ruthless cost cutting. When Apple took over 2012-10-14T15:00:00Z This one’s here sheerly on speculation — all we’ve seen is a middling trailer. The Summer TV Lineup: 13 Series to Watch 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The film had a middling reception last fall at the Toronto film festival, but is expected soon to have a distribution deal that will bring it to theaters this year. ‘Mad Men’ Enters Its Final Season in an Altered World 2014-04-11T21:56:36Z Yet even in these middling cases, personal essays rarely got even cursory attention from admissions officers. Your College Essay Doesn't Matter As Much As You Think 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Each of these would merit a middling TV movie at best. Smart Watch: The notorious “RBG” comes to CNN and more top TV picks for the week 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z He also covered “Royals,” Lorde’s ode to the middling Kansas City "baseball" team. Friday Coda: Africa mix, Crue, FlyLo, grumpy Jack White and more 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Beware of the deadliest kind of review there is, such as this one — the namby-pamby assessment, a middling blah and whatever for a high-profile TV series. Review | The real mystery of HBO’s ‘The Outsider’: Why isn’t it better? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But this program of two ballets set to live music and a film — more polished than Chamber Dance’s efforts yet just as middling — was little more than efficient. Review: Diane Coburn Bruning and Ashley Bouder Stretch the Rules of Classicism at the Joyce 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z But semiprofessional productions in which the artistic company is clearly out of its depths or middling professional productions that put on arty airs can be quite a slog over five acts. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z This is what happens when writers marry themselves to a middling premise. Unless "Cobra Kai" learns new moves, it may be time for Netflix to sweep the leg 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Witness the strong showing for the horror movie "Smile," which came out on the same weekend opposite "Bros" to middling reviews but raked in $22 million. The promotion for "Bros" was botched. But its ordinary rom-com trappings may also be to blame 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z And now that middling reviews have begun to trickle in, for some, she’ll be the only reason to make a donation to the movie’s already hefty box-office take. How Wonder Woman Steals the Spotlight in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It was, to borrow words the former New York Times critic Anatole Broyard once used to describe a middling Philip Roth novel, “reasonably funny, reasonably sad, reasonably interesting.” Garrison Keillor Turns Out the Lights on Lake Wobegon 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z As it stands, “A Luminous Republic” reads too often like a middling civil servant’s report: underlined by good intentions and promising themes, but ultimately unenlightening. A Town Is Besieged by Children, Foreign and Violent 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Because the songs are less delicate and ingrown, more lusty, suddenly you realize you’re hearing a group of middling talent. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-04T22:04:46Z By the 1,500-meter run, Jenner needed only a middling time to claim gold. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z While the decision to swap sweeping strings for bleeps and bloops has met some middling reviews, they’re unlikely to faze the young band considering what it’s already endured. Ra Ra Riot’s new album is a pleasing radio-ready departure 2013-02-07T23:24:56Z The fat-shaming, such that it even exists, is brief and nowhere nearly as harmful as the middling idiocy of the entire effort. Perspective | I would have ignored ‘Insatiable,’ but your outrage made it seem interesting. (It wasn’t.) 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Released to great fanfare but poor reviews and middling first-week sales, the album currently sits at No. 3 on the Billboard charts. Mariah Carey debuts new 'melodic beverage' called Butterfly 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The reviews were middling and it didn’t even break even. Dear Movie Industry, We Have Thoughts 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Her career was in danger of hitting the skids, as she seemed content to sleepwalk through a series of middling comedies. The Morning Show: TV so excellent it will make you totally resent Friends 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z If you’ve forgotten, this was a feud that started with great fanfare, but ended with a clump of middling music, including “Back to Back,” which Drake updated on Saturday with a new, unprintable lyric. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The songs of “Joanne” are confident but modest at best, middling at worst. Review | Lady Gaga tries on yet another new hat at Capital One Arena — but it doesn’t quite fit 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z “Aladdin” is one of Disney’s big summer tentpole releases, and more pressure has been added to the film in the wake of the middling critical response and box office for Tim Burton’s “Dumbo.” "Aladdin" footage of Will Smith’s singing Genie divides CinemaCon: "It is pure nightmare fuel" 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s one of several formulaic new comedies joining CBS this fall, powered by a millennials-versus-grandpa-Gen-Xer plot, and premiered at the end of October to reviews most accurately described as middling. Fall TV Ratings: The networks felt our election pain too 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z It was a middling set, with a sort of rambling, memory-erasing quality. Call Her Maybe: Erykah Badu’s New Mixtape in Brooklyn 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z It can be refreshing to watch a respectful exchange rather than what Almond might call a “middling cable shoutfest.” Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z X-Men: Apocalypse received its fair share of middling reviews following its May release, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that the comic book movie was subjected to Screen Junkies’ infamous Honest Trailer treatment. X-Men: Apocalypse Honest Trailer Shows Franchise Just Going Through the Motions 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s already been released in Spain, to middling reviews, but that’s not likely to deter Cannes’ perennial auteur worship. Cannes 2019: 20 films we hope will be at the film festival 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Judging from the middling sales of last year's "DJ Hero," I'd guess not. Review: 'Rock Band 3' hits all the right notes 2010-10-26T21:32:00Z Hank's novel, as his cocky, middling talent of a student reminds him, is an afterthought. Bob Odenkirk scores with "Lucky Hank," a frustrated guy who shares DNA with his "Saul" conman 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z But the film is listing under the weight of distinctly middling reviews, and is currently rated 43% “rotten” by the critical aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. In the Heart of the Sea flounders at US box office with $11m 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Content to tell its time-shifting story without soaring above its source, The Skin I Live In is only middling Pedro — which is to say, better than 78% of other people's films. Movie review for new Pedro Almodóvar film "Skin I Live In" 2011-10-13T17:10:00Z Brash, nasal and opinionated, Mitzi Shore took a middling comedy club on the Sunset Strip and for a time made it the center of American comedy. Pauly Shore: Eyewitness to Comedy History 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z AMC, home to "Mad Men" and "The Walking Dead," gave reality programming a try to middling success. Bravo and E! networks take the plunge into scripted TV programming 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Cornwall is only about half the size of it neighbor, Devon and both are only middling sized counties in a country that is not particularly vast. In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z At first Charlie liked the reassuring hum of middling celebrity, as “when a stranger’s face morphed into surprised delight” upon recognizing him in the street. Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Remove that middling, piddling beat, one of the few concessions to modernity, from Black Market Red Roses and it could be a Gilbert O'Sullivan song. New band of the day – Luke White (No 1,336) 2012-08-22T15:23:00Z Given all the good will toward the band, and Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury, that might have been enough to make it a populist cause célèbre, despite middling reviews from critics. A Pocket Guide to the Oscars’ Beefiest Controversies 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z “Stewart was hailed as a hero: Here, at last, was a man brave enough to condemn the tyranny of a middling cable shoutfest,” Almond writes. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z Make writing only a middling priority in your life. What’s the secret of good writing? 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Each of these films shares a number of characteristics: a recognisable star lead, a wide theatrical release and a middling or underwhelming performance at the box office. Clicked back to life: how Netflix is reviving forgotten film flops 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Certainly there’s a quotient of mad greed in the market’s giddy rise, but mainly among middling collectors and most dealers. A Fearful Frenzy: The Art Market Now 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The recognition bodes well for Nemes, whose debut counted as one of the few true high points of an otherwise middling year. Top honor at Cannes goes to story of Sri Lankan immigrants in France 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a parallel trade in "populuxe" brought curtains, coffee pots and card tables, wallpaper and hot water bottles to middling and even some plebian homes in Paris: a democratisation of luxury. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z So far, only two episodes in, the Thornton character gleams wickedly when he intermixes his assignments as a hitman/conman with his meddling into middling lives. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Boots on the Ground 2014-04-23T03:22:49Z Within hours on Tuesday, Ms. Griffin, who self-deprecatingly acknowledged her middling celebrity in a reality show “My Life on the D-List,” posted a video apology to Twitter. CNN Fires Kathy Griffin From New Year’s Eve Broadcast Over Trump Photo 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The Tony ultimately went to “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” which unquestionably benefited from the win after several months of middling ticket sales. Strong Sales for Broadway's 'Aladdin' and 'Beautiful' 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z In 1967 the company was a tangle of middling energy businesses, including oil refining, engineering and a few pipelines. The Truth About Koch Industries 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The Amazing Spider-Man ultimately comes across as a middling effort and will feel disposable to hard-core comics fans, moviegoers and gamers. Video Game Review: The Amazing Spider-Man, From Activision 2012-07-10T22:59:59Z How do you measure three hours of chaotic visuals and middling audio most of us were never meant to see and hear? ‘Rent Live’ Review: How Do You Measure a Show You Were Never Meant to See? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A visionary upholding of our biggest musical institutions, or a middling, treading-water settlement until the next funding round? The cuts axe was a salami slicer after all - but it's only a stay of execution 2011-03-30T17:32:32Z But Insomnia and The Prestige are both very middling, and when the dust settles Inception will surely plummet in critical estimation. Is Christopher Nolan the new Stanley Kubrick? 2010-07-15T16:15:00Z Maybe speaking to extraordinary times is too much burden to place on one middling action fantasy. An Alternative America Hits Home in ‘The Man in the High Castle’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Nothing in this movie is ever middling, or allowed to muddle along. “Suicide Squad” Reviewed 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Now, it describes a rump of companies of middling significance among the holdings of conglomerate parents, struggling to keep pace with younger rivals. Over the hills: Quentin Tarantino and the end of Hollywood as we know it 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z “Back home, I was a middling student, very quiet,” he said. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Overall, Paul and Prue agree that pastry week is a step up from the middling performances during last week’s chocolate challenges, but that could all change during a deceptively simple showstopper challenge. "Bake Off" shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The season that concluded in late April was a middling one for new musicals. Tony Awards 2019: ‘Hadestown’ wins best musical, and ‘The Ferryman’ snags best play 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Benjamin is the new intern at a cramped, busy and crumbling hospital where bureaucratic needs trump proper patient care in the fast-paced but middling French film "Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor." 'Diary of a French Doctor' takes pulse of the wrong MD 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z At least so says every other actor making the move to the small screen and every critic complaining about a middling superhero sequel while logically comparing it to an episode of Breaking Bad. Grace of Monaco's Emmy nominations show film still has standards TV doesn't 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But a bigger problem was a lack of popular shows, especially in the fall, when musicals like “Scandalous” and “Chaplin” did middling business or worse. Summertime, and Broadway Living Is Hard: Attendance Drops 8 Percent 2013-09-04T21:49:50Z Age has not dimmed their radiance and power onstage, even in middling plays. London theater, 2013: Not a bargain, but the real deal 2013-05-08T21:15:06Z As The Times’s Howard Beck noted at the time, however, “a vast majority of them are rookies, middling veterans and fringe players.” ‘High Flying Bird’ Is Rich With Historical References. Here’s a Closer Look. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Snow White and the Huntsman drew middling reviews on its release in June but took an impressive $394m at the global box office, sparking talk of a sequel. Kristen Stewart takes a bite of Snow White sequel 2012-11-20T13:56:05Z "But, sadly, this is a sector that most of the rest of the industry has neglected as of late with middling comedies." Black actors face snub at Oscars 2010-10-01T07:41:00Z “Traveling Sprinkler” is a middling thing with sensational bits. Books of The Times: ‘Traveling Sprinkler’ Is Nicholson Baker’s New Novel 2013-09-09T21:31:25Z NBC has only two comedies on its fall schedule, newbie People are Talking and a retooled version of middling hit Undateable, and only four comedies set to come in at mid-season. TV upfronts: NBC shies away from comedies as Fox enters the post-Idol era 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, considered a star political actor by pundits, turned in a middling performance. First GOP debate was more like a reality TV show 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “Who Is Rich?” takes place over a few days at an artists conference, one of those gilded summer retreats where hopeful adults of middling talent are taught by writers and painters of fading repute. Sex and the middle-aged man 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z But none of his siblings spent decades in a box, having been swindled by a cheap man whose talent level might be described at best, as middling. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z So it's rather galling to note that this, with its queasy synths and sparse drum-slaps, is rather excellent and that it's only one of the middling tracks on his Gutter Rainbows album too. This week's new singles 2011-01-22T00:06:43Z On the flip side, she has little tolerance for middling hotel restaurants. The life of a hotel reviewer: Hang out in lobbies and bars, sleep in king-size beds 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Starring Matt Damon as a reluctant psychic who's mysteriously connected to two other people with afterlife experiences, was directed by Clint Eastwood, and continues his middling record in helming films he doesn't appear in. Box Office: Paranormal Active; Eastwood Not So Much 2010-10-24T14:30:00Z “The Ranch” is only a middling comedy, loaded up with corny and broad gags. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He was born in Brooklyn and had middling success as an actor and comic before turning to gag writing. Paul Mazursky, director of ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ and ‘Harry and Tonto’ dies at 84 This was aimed squarely at the "middling classes", and was published, Fox notes dryly, while Diderot was still struggling with the famous Encyclopédie, which had yet to publish any plates. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z The novel earned encouraging reviews but achieved only middling sales, Mr. Happold said. Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The sense of squandered opportunity suffuses director Rosa Joshi’s debut production for Folger, and it’s a shame, because the talents of that premier Shakespearean, Edward Gero, are stranded on a middling evening. Review | The Folger turns one of Shakespeare’s histories into a problem play 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z She edited collections of Shelley’s poems and wrote six more novels, with middling success, few of which are now read. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The actor’s most recent performance, as war photographer W Eugene Smith in drama Minamata, premiered this year at the Berlin film festival to middling reviews. Johnny Depp says he has been asked to resign from Fantastic Beasts franchise 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z "State of Affairs" received largely negative reviews and generated middling ratings, despite a premium time slot following "The Voice." NBC cancels Katherine Heigl comeback vehicle 'State of Affairs' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Anderson’s made a lot of great films and a few middling films as well, but The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of his finest, especially in terms of direction. Alternative Oscar Picks: The Best Losers Of 2015 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Both are probably glad they steered clear, with middling reviews helping to further sink the McConaissance. Nah Nah Land: the hyped films that failed to get any Oscar nominations 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The record had middling success in most of the United States. The story behind the gigs that helped launch the legend of Eva Cassidy 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Princes content with their middling status were allowed to prosper. Personalized Bottles, Ceramic Royals and Chinese Artifacts 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z That and a scene from the other middling comedy that similarly locked up Aniston, are absurd reminders of how much stupidity floats in this industry's stream beside once-in-a-generation shows like this one. "Friends: The Reunion" is The One We Could've Lived Without 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z But the show was met with mostly middling reviews. 'Ready to go to war?': full trailer for Oscar-tipped Fox News film Bombshell 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The show, which has thus far earned middling reviews but proved a strong crowd-pleaser, is a spin of sorts on Hollywood's own current obsession with remakes, reboots and adaptations. 'Finding Neverland' treads an increasingly common screen-to-stage path 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z This time, his musical is much better but is ultimately let down by the same problem: a sometimes middling book. 'Bonnie & Clyde' has murderous leads, killer songs 2011-12-02T23:27:18Z And it helps even when the movies are middling or worse. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z "What 'Nightmare on Elm Street' did is bridge the gap between the middling last part of spring leading into the summer," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. 'Nightmare,' 'Iron Man' lead US, overseas bills 2010-05-02T19:31:00Z Giant new apartment buildings and swanky renovations cuddle up to its flanks, having routed tenants and businesses of middling means. High Line Rhapsody 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The result was a concert that was unenlightening, middling entertainment: nonjazz for dummies. Music Review: Feinstein Hosts ‘Sweet & Low Down’ at the Allen Room 2012-06-07T20:27:24Z Critics have almost universally praised the show, though the viewing numbers have been middling. Michael Schur on ‘The Good Place,’ Ted Danson and Kantian Ethics 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z As AC/DC's headlining set attests, rock is alive and well at Coachella, the evidence being the middling, forgettable guitar-centered acts dotting the days. Which of Coachella's smaller acts will go on to make it big? 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Like the original film, which received middling reviews but went on to become a cult classic, the sequel has not been well received. Box office: 'Dumb and Dumber To' edges out 'Big Hero 6' for No. 1 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z But it was and is a lighthouse of history and artistry in a gale of middling noise, featuring thoughtfully collated collections of seminal works made by and starring cinematic legends. Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery? 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z But this time, the transformation was for nothing; reviews are middling and awards are nowhere to be seen. Worth the weight? The actors who made drastic body changes for terrible movies 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Animation also ruled in the United States and Canada, where the Easter-themed romp "Hop" was No. 1 for a second weekend, overcoming a challenge from a middling band of newcomers. Cartoon birds, bunnies rule world box office 2011-04-11T02:55:27Z Maybe this is intended as a thumb in the eye of the English-speaking world, and maybe you need at least a middling command of French to get much out of "Film Socialism." Cannes: Godard, still alive and still baffling 2010-05-18T15:30:00Z I like my apartment, but the longer I spend in it, the more I notice its middling little flaws. 6 ideas that changed how I decorate my home 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z For two seasons on ABC, “Agent Carter” was a critical darling with middling ratings. Hayley Atwell, Swapping a Secret Agent for a Hot Mess 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z This play received middling reviews when it debuted on Broadway in 2009. Datebook: African skies, a Pokémon festival and paintings by flies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z But sherry-sauced pineapple and chicken lettuce wraps resembled middling Chinese takeout, while mini chorizo left my mouth feeling like I'd smoked a pack of Camels. Woodstone Tavernas speak tapas, with different accents 2011-07-21T19:34:04Z Ann Richards, grossed a middling 24 percent of its maximum possible amount last week, while “The Testament of Mary,” starring Fiona Shaw as the mother of Christ, grossed about 27 percent of the maximum possible. ArtsBeat: ‘Motown: The Musical’ Surges at Box Office Ahead of Tony Nominations 2013-04-29T20:42:16Z Every year around this time he must feel just like Graham Greene: another diss from the Nobel Committee, and another middling adaptation of one of his novels. American Pastoral: why can't cinema get Philip Roth right? 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z When Taylor died, the sense of there being something middling about both her brow and status subsided into a kind of well-disposed neglect. Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era? 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Had I never seen him act I would assume, from his own words, that he was poor to middling at best. Christopher Eccleston: ‘I really felt that I was going to die’ 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z There was a lot of that going around on Wednesday night: effusive praise for somewhat middling talent. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: All Hail the Return of Simon Cowell 2011-09-22T13:18:55Z For Danes with middling socioeconomic status, there’s not much difference. Men live longer when they marry younger spouses. Why don't women? 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z And while we happily stretch to be generous with harried waiters who were long on effort but short on results, why keep tipping a stylist for making his middling job worse? Social Q?s: Social Q?s 2010-07-01T23:16:00Z Admitted to West Point, Grant proved a middling student overall, though he excelled in drawing and mathematics. Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z But a far bigger problem was a lack of popular shows, especially in the fall when musicals like “Scandalous,” “Bring It On,” and “Chaplin” did middling business or worse. ArtsBeat: Summer Attendance Falls on Broadway, but High Prices Lift Sales Totals 2013-09-03T22:01:13Z Cooper's "Anderson" has had middling ratings in its debut year, but was nominated for best informative talk show along with "The Doctors" and "The Doctor Oz Show." `General Hospital' leads way in Emmy nods 2012-05-09T17:31:08Z The grades were middling, and little had improved from the previous season. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Even “Mr. Saturday Night,” a middling entertainment onstage, shines in its recording. How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z In the second game of the match, Auger-Aliassime sent down a middling serve right into the strike zone of Pospisil’s backhand; the toss and follow-through of his service motion carried him far into the court. Félix Auger-Aliassime Is Trying to Stay Calm 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Mind you, even middling Rodgers and Hart is celestial Anyone Else. On Your Toes at Encores!: Dancing With the Real Stars 2013-05-10T21:01:31Z Apart from a middling review in Variety, Hollywood paid little attention. 'The Room' Review: The Awful Cult Movie Everyone Loves 2010-05-26T22:15:00Z The middling classes went in for still lifes and history paintings. Review: Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But it highlights a vital shortcoming concerning the military’s treatment for addiction: Care, among those willing to seek it out, has long been difficult to access and only middling successful. Addicted troops ignored 2012-09-18T18:32:00Z The reviews for that show in New York were middling, not stellar, while in Edinburgh the show won numerous awards. Brooklyn Theater Company Heads to Edinburgh International Festival 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Future’s ambitious and eccentric first album, “Pluto,” sold only 40,000 copies in its first week, a middling debut. In Atlanta, Where Hip-Hop Meets Strip Clubs 2012-09-05T17:39:14Z As a detective story, the eight-episode season is middling, and by its end, the reason to revive this particular franchise remains, well, a mystery. Review: ‘Perry Mason’ Returns, Hard-Boiled and Warmed Over 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z From War Casualty to Zombie, and Happy to Be Undead A middling zombie movie elevated by clever writing and gooeylicious special effects, Kerry Prior’s “Revenant” toys with big themes but settles for uneasy laughs. Movie Review: ‘The Revenant,’ Horror-Comedy Directed by Kerry Prior 2012-08-23T23:44:35Z Despite getting work for magazines like Spin and Dazed & Confused, his success was middling. Young Photographer Breaks the Rules, Finds Success 2010-07-30T23:50:00Z All of which is to say that as a predictor of Oscar glory, the NBR is middling at best. Why 'Mad Max’s Win as the National Board of Review's Best Movie Matters 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In 1958, he released “Belafonte Sings the Blues,” which is my favorite of his records, though it is, by most accounts, a middling entry in his discography. Harry Belafonte and the Social Power of Song 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z That was slightly less than the $13.9 million paid this month in New York for a middling quality 1990 Christopher Wool word painting. From the Monastery to the Auction Salesroom 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But a handful of places, including Alabama, use red/yellow/green plus a middling orange level: red/orange/yellow/green. The Unmitigated Chaos of America’s Attempt at Color-Coded Covid Guidance 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Toppings/garnishes: I think drinking a whipped cream-topped beverage out of a mug is middling at best and frustrating at worst, so I omitted. Push the (hot chocolate) envelope this year with these delicious customizations 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z It is slightly unfair to say that this reboot of “Pete’s Dragon” is middling on a larger scale, but it’s not entirely inaccurate either. Review: In ‘Pete’s Dragon,’ a Magical Bond in Peril Again 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But in jimmying the original into a more serious musical format as it proceeds, it achieves only a middling geniality. Review: Sarah Silverman’s ‘Bedwetter’ Musical Has Sprung a Leak 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Though expectations may be middling and Houston’s family is unhappy about the project, there is still hope that their upcoming Whitney Houston biopic Whitney might restore favor with viewers and fans alike. Watch the Trailer for Lifetime's Whitney Houston Biopic 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z And while the twice-married, twice-divorced Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had some fruitful outings together, they made enough bombs to average out with a middling score. Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard and the Long History of the Rumor Mill at the Box Office 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Where the Bay “Transformers” movies alternated between ecstasy and dullness, “Bumblebee” is consistently middling. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z But musically “Lifted Off the Ground” is limp, a light, middling, folk-influenced country album with only brief flickers of attitude. Music: Chely Wright Comes Out, Testing Nashville?s Tolerance 2010-05-05T23:41:00Z Isaac cage match, which supplies fair to middling action and sentiment and consistently satisfying laughs. ‘Moon Knight’ Review: Raiders of the Lost Identity 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Last summer's Andrew Garfield-starring "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" received middling reviews and took in less at the box office than each of its four predecessors. Amy Pascal to oversee new Spider-Man film made by Sony, Marvel 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z More importantly, though, I care way less about using middling produce than I once did. A love letter to all the produce I haven’t picked 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z As a result Tribeca is no longer a catchall basin for middling stray films seeking a showcase. Critic?s Notebook: At Tribeca Film Festival, Porous Borders on Display 2012-04-15T18:31:43Z The bird earns a 93, a middling score. Parlor rollers, pouters and mookees: Welcome to the world of fancy pigeons 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z But he no longer fears the ennui that follows a small-town upbringing, nor that of middling indie fame. Feels like Devon 2011-04-01T23:01:00Z A few other tracks are just downright middling. The Shins' Port of Morrow: A Worthy (If Bumpy) Trip 2012-03-20T10:44:29Z Or, as my wife and teenage son might put it: An opportunity for me to inflict my middling language skills on locals. Stuck stateside needn’t mean you can’t chat with foreign locals — and improve your language skills 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z As nondescript as her depressingly middling apartment — where we will remain for the duration of the film — Laura is painfully lonely. | 'Leap Year': Bridging Loneliness in Mexico City 2011-06-23T23:17:28Z In the early years of Web video, the few movie projects that slapped together a concept with emerging digital stars typically led to middling results. Can 20 Million YouTube Fans Make ‘Smosh: The Movie’ a Hit? 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z "Vinyl" launched with high expectations but received middling reviews. HBO cancels Jagger-Scorsese music drama series 'Vinyl' 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The show has generally been staged just seven times a week — one fewer than the industry standard of eight — and its box office grosses have been middling, and dropping this summer. Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Will End Its Broadway Run 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z So there’s no knowing whether the show will get its verve on again after this middling start. Review: ‘Sherlock’ Returns, Tracking a Smasher of Thatcher Busts 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Aside from an occasional breakout hit like “Blue Jasmine,” from 2013, the box-office returns for Allen’s recent films have been middling or worse. Four Directors Cast Out of Hollywood. Four Different Futures. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Besides joining some high-profile South Korean period pictures, this middling movie is also evidently an attempt to tap the appeal of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. ‘The Pirates,’ a Korean Swashbuckler 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Serena was released in Europe this month, and preliminary reviews are middling at best. Watch the New Trailer for Serena With Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He was an estimable performer but only a middling writer, a fact he grasped. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z She teaches poetry at a middling university and meets her best friend for lunch “because I didn’t have the energy to explain that I never wanted to see her again.” In Laura Sims’s “Looker,” a Sad Voyeur Mistakes Her Own Life for a Poem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Here the high-and-mighty trumpet, lofty solo violin, middling oboe and lowly recorder uncharacteristically perform interchangeable lines of undifferentiated passagework: There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In the letters, van Gogh’s perspective on Brooke, who was then 24, appears to be that he is fine as a companion but is a middling artist, so far. The Hunt for Clarity About van Gogh’s Last Days Leads to Maine 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z This band — also including Rhonda Smith on bass and Jonathan Joseph on drums — was better than middling, and more exciting than on “Loud Hailer,” though still basically a background for Mr. Beck. Review: Jeff Beck’s Virtuosic Sleight of Hand at Madison Square Garden 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s a pity that the omakase ends with unagi in a sauce as cloying and perfunctory as at any middling sushi bar across America. Omakase, on a Deadline, at Sushi on Jones 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Early on, Rushdie reveals that we’re reading a manuscript being written by a middling spy novelist who wants to write “a book radically unlike any other he had ever attempted . . . picaresque and crazy and dangerous.” Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But when a podcast listener chastises Harris for finding the Will Smith movie “King Richard” middling, she roars back. Seeing Yourself Onscreen Is Good, but Not Good Enough 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He cops to the emptiness of his hero right up front: “Everything about him was middling, pallid, lacking in color.” Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z While Nicol emphasises his middling qualities and berates himself for his averageness, Liam O’Dell, who has just completed a degree in journalism at the University of Lincoln, strives for exactly that. ‘My brain feels like it’s been punched’: the intolerable rise of perfectionism 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Putin, formerly a middling lieutenant colonel in the K.G.B. who had been given his first job in politics by Sobchak the year before, rarely left Sobchak’s side in those tense hours. Ksenia Sobchak, the Stiletto in Putin’s Side 2012-07-03T21:56:57Z That Sting’s arrival on deck is a similar attempt to increase his show’s middling box office revenue is beyond dispute. In ‘Last Ship,’ Sting Tries to Not Steal the Spotlight 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Leading off the Gotham Dance Festival, a fairly middling two-week showcase at the Joyce Theater that features five programs and many more choreographers, the Brian Brooks Moving Company unveils “Big City.” Dance Review: ‘Big City’ by Brian Brooks Moving Company 2012-06-04T21:13:32Z Its case was not helped by some middling reviews. A Casualty of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Controversy Speaks Out 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I’ll take that cacophony over the internal consistency of the Village — its oddly superior sense of rectitude, its sense that its middling architecture ought to put it at the top of the class — any day. Disneyland meets Hogwarts at $700-million USC Village 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z “Financial security, once seen as a middling value, is now tied as students’ top goal,” he writes. David Brooks’s Search for Meaning 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The subject of Tomasz Magierski’s middling documentary, Mr. Gross survived the Nazis and lived to tell the tale, and many more through animation, in his adopted country, Australia. Movie Review: Yoram Gross in ‘Blinky & Me,’ by Tomasz Magierski 2012-09-21T17:18:50Z I'd guess lawyers, accountants, marketing directors, middling executives in failed Scottish banks: the folks who under his watch, and a few previous watches, have come to live on the hill. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z The entertainment was middling, though the audience seemed to enjoy it. They equated cruises with excess, so these first-timers set sail with a focus on wellness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It was contrived, middling in a festival filler kind of way. Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Speaking to The Ringer, Parks and Recreation showrunner Mike Schur made the case for sticking with shows beyond middling first seasons. TV's boom-and-bust cycle: why shows are hot … and then suddenly not 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z He loved the business part of the business, Mr. Azenberg said, made no bones about his middling aesthetic standards and went with his gut where his money was concerned. James Nederlander, Theater Owner Known as Broadway’s Last Patriarch, Dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z It cost a whopping $21 million, but considering what billionaires now pay to squirrel away middling Modiglianis, it seems a bargain. In Sanitation-and-Salt Complex in TriBeCa, a Salutary Lesson in Urban Responsibility 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z He is compact, of middling height and has short hair. Music Review: Eleh at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Brooklyn Heights 2012-09-16T21:43:05Z It has, however, tried to do a series of uplifting, lower-budgeted dramas such as “Million Dollar Arm” and “McFarland, USA,” with middling results. Box Office: ‘Miss Peregrine’ tops with $28.5 million, ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ ‘Masterminds’ bomb 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Although these days I no longer feel guilty about watching, despite my husband’s recurring criticism that the show is a middling soap opera. Skin Deep: An Hour to Pamper, Remote in Hand 2011-03-30T18:07:02Z I suppose that's partly a commentary on the middling quality of this year's Toronto lineup, which features many small-scale delights but few smash hits. "The Descendants": Clooney's Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad 2011-09-14T00:30:00Z Dunbar is now confined to a middling Midlands eldercare facility, the kind where the public rooms are much nicer than the dormitories and designed to offend as few people as possible with their cream-tea décor. Edward St. Aubyn sets aside autobiographical fiction in 'Dunbar' and updates Shakespeare's 'King Lear' 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The attractions of Kierkegaard — his severity and wit, the force of his rhetoric, his defense of the individual and the example of his solitary spiritual striving — survive even a middling biography. The Life of a Philosopher for Whom Life Was the Main Question 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Coming off winning the second Super Bowl title of his career after being traded by Denver to the Rams, Miller signed with Buffalo where he immediately muscled up a middling pass rush. Von Miller’s injured knee showing improvement with Buffalo ready to host Broncos, his former team 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z It garnered a middling B grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore. 'The Marvels' loses its powers with the lowest-grossing MCU opening ever 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Here’s the reality: The Rams have been a middling team — and without Stafford they could challenge to be even worse than last season’s record-setting Super Bowl hangover team. It's thumbs down for Rams, Matthew Stafford after blowout loss to Cowboys 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Not as Williams had another middling game, passing for 256 yards and not a single score. With heartbreaking, last-second loss, USC falls to 0-3 vs. Utah in Lincoln Riley era 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z In the series’ first episode since thee start of the Writers Guild of America strike, the live sketches were middling to flat. Somber Pete Davidson welcomes back 'SNL' with indelible nod to Middle East 'suffering' 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z And stars of middling mass, like our own, expand into a red giant, engulfing or scorching their planets and then dissipating to become a slow-cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The analysis did include a number of caveats, including the point that the level of overall taxation in the UK "is fairly middling when compared with other developed countries". UK on track for record tax levels, IFS think tank says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Kraken get off to a middling start like they did last season. Three thoughts on Kraken as they prepare for beginning of season 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z But even when healthy, and even when he was racking up sacks at a record pace, he was still rated as a middling safety by PFF because of his issues in coverage. Seahawks’ secondary seems like lockdown unit, but that might not be lock 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z "Like a middling journeyman boxer, the series suffers on account of its sluggish reaction time," he suggested. At Home With The Furys: Critics praise mental health depiction in Netflix show 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The European champions have underwhelmed in three of their four matches at the tournament, a 6-1 win over China the highlight following middling 1-0 wins over Haiti and Denmark in the group stages. England have Colombia plan without James - Wiegman 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Cuas is another middling middle reliever whose stock is at an all-time high as contenders stockpile bullpens. MLB trade deadline tracker: All the moves by the Dodgers, Angels and everyone else 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z But what are you going to tell them two months from now when he leaves Anaheim forever for only a middling draft pick? Plaschke: By keeping Shohei Ohtani, Angels once again failing to invest in their future 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Voucher supporters say Arizona is giving options to families; critics say it is sucking money from public education in a state with middling academic outcomes and low public school funding. $7,200 for Every Student: Arizona’s Ultimate Experiment in School Choice 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z It did not matter the Angels are a middling ballclub without Mike Trout. The Dodgers are favorites to sign Shohei Ohtani. Will the third time be the charm? 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z “Elemental,” like Indy 5, also premiered at Cannes to middling reception. Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Upon release it sold well but received middling reviews. Page to Screen: John Cameron Mitchell brings the spark to 'City on Fire' on Apple TV+ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z They suggested he lean into his middling changeup and add a cutter to his repertoire. Mariners’ scrapheap bullpen has found another late-blooming gem in Justin Topa 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The question for them — and several other middling clubs — is whether they’ll be open for business. The Dodgers have a flawed roster. What team will help them upgrade at the trade deadline? 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Beyond the draw of its main stars, “Platonic” is a middling comedy with plenty of the same gags you’ve seen before. Review: Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne are the best part about 'Platonic.' The gags, not so much. 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z A new stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain has received middling reviews from critics after receiving its world premiere in London. Brokeback Mountain: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist play receives middling reviews 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The Get the Lead Out assessment by the California Public Interest Research Group gave the state a “C” grade this year for its “middling” policies to protect kids from lead-contaminated drinking water at schools. Drinking water at 1 in 4 California child-care centers tests dangerously high for lead 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Rodriguez certainly isn’t the primary reason for the M’s middling start. Julio Rodriguez can’t save Mariners by himself, and trying to is hurting his season 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z It is all the more notable in today’s era of relentless self-promotion, when even the most middling political strategist turns up at postelection seminars, in podcasts and on the gaseous cable talk-show circuit. Column: He was a California kingmaker and political genius. But Michael Berman preferred anonymity 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z This is a picture that could do with a little bit of scenery-chewing and a whole lot of sensationalism — anything that would make its middling mystery plot more exciting. Review: A spot-on tribute to 'Halloween,' 'Friday the 13th'-era horror franchises 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Probably the best safety in this class, the Crimson Tide product brings speed and smarts to America’s Team, which was more middling than mighty on defense last season. Seattle Times 2023 NFL mock draft: What will Seahawks do with two picks in first round? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z That’s in part due to what Miliband described as “middling scores on discrimination, inequality, and democratic access,” combined with its legacy as a major global arms exporter. Analysis | Trump’s saga is part of a wider global ‘age of impunity’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Connecticut looked like a middling team, and it now played in the American Athletic Conference, which felt like a remote outpost compared with its glory days in the Big East. Perspective | Dan Hurley’s hard-charging U-Conn. team throws it back to the glory days 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Homburg” was popular in Europe in 1968, and another early song, “Conquistador,” rerecorded by the group with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada, was a middling hit in the summer of 1972. Keith Reid, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ lyricist, dies at 76 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z After another middling year, they might have their answer. Wizards’ playoff dreams are dead. Here’s what went wrong. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Overall, celebrity candidates have a middling record of success. From 'Boy Meets World' to the ballot box 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z And a patriotic medley that follows, featuring “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” is as blandly perfunctory as a middling college halftime show. Review | Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Bad Cinderella’ gets the title it deserves 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Cook, who has analyzed and written about emergency residency trends, said the rise of hospitals launching ER programs even while applications decline would result in programs considering more students with middling grades. Working in the ER used to be a cool job. Now medical students shun it. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Burr and Ross showed that if a person stares at an array of lots of dots, a later array containing a middling number of dots will appear less numerous than it would have otherwise. Babies Are Born with an Innate Number Sense 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Kartje: Don’t be surprised if we see several middling seeds still alive deep in this tournament. Roundtable: Our March Madness projections for UCLA, USC and others 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Asked to rate Kuroda's legacy at the central bank, respondents gave him middling to positive grades, overall. Nearly half of Japan firms want BOJ to revise negative rate policy: Reuters poll 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The film has received largely positive to middling reviews. Alice, Darling: The film putting coercive control in the spotlight 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z That includes the defense, where the Eagles took a middling group in most major statistical categories last season and made it one of the league’s best in years. Analysis | Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl could be decided not by QBs but who gets to them 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Kanye West and Eminem were among past stars with groundbreaking work overlooked for more middling fare and, for years, rappers complained their work was banished from TV. Grammys Moments: A rap tribute for the ages, Beyoncé triumph 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Of course there’s still a month left in the regular season, so the middling bluebloods can still turn it around. New bloods changing college hoops landscape 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Britain has become a middling island nation isolated off the coast of Europe, without the heft to matter on its own or to set the agenda in its partnerships. Opinion | There’s a remedy for Britain’s problems: Rejoin the E.U. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z “Black Adam” star Dwayne Johnson campaigned hard for a sequel to his antihero passion project after middling box office returns but couldn’t get the green light. DC Studios slate unveiled: James Gunn and Peter Safran’s plan to unify the comic book empire 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Without this opportunity, the United States would have had to put most efforts into the 2023 and 2025 Gold Cups and the Nations League, which involve teams only from Concacaf, a middling region. Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, Copa America will return to the United States 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z But the film received middling reviews from several critics, who pointed to its problematic politics, use of Hindu iconography and appropriation of tribal culture. Indian film RRR: Why the action spectacle is charming the West 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z If he’s right, the Commanders have a good amount of salary cap space and a middling draft pick to upgrade a talented roster with several glaring questions. Analysis | What to know about the Commanders’ offseason, from roster needs to QB options 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The NFC still has room for old men, reclamation projects, pleasant surprises and middling veterans. Perspective | In an age of QB brilliance, there’s no one quite like Justin Herbert 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z He arrived at Georgia as a walk-in 2017, which was Smart’s breakout year after going a middling 8-5 in his debut season. Get Smart: Kirby’s carves his own path to dynasty at Georgia 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z During his first two years, Meah was a part-time player who made a minimal impact on a middling Mountain West team, which prompted another move and a transfer to Washington. UW men’s basketball center Braxton Meah is starting to tap into an ‘unlimited amount of potential’ 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Jude: It’s possible Geno has become the middling quarterback everyone assumed he was going to be all along. Four Downs with Bob Condotta and Adam Jude: Answering 4 questions after Seahawks’ loss to Chiefs 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z In a different world — say, one where the movie “The Silence of the Lambs” hadn’t inspired hundreds of copycat films and TV series — perhaps the middling mystery-thriller “Mindcage” would be more impressive. Review: It's no secret why Netflix's monster movie 'Troll' is so popular 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The success of bipartisan negotiations in the ongoing lame-duck session will determine whether this is one of the most productive post-election periods in memory or just middling. Congress’s Productive Final Weeks 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Atlanta was 10th in payroll when it won the World Series in 2021, turning its middling roster to a monster one at the trade deadline. Should fans be upset that M’s didn’t take big swing at winter meetings? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The Bills made a major splash in March by upgrading their middling pass rush by signing Miller to a six-year contract in free agency. Bills’ Von Miller to miss rest of season after knee surgery 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Who would have thought that a movie that got only fair to middling reviews when it premiered would wind up with a live musical experience and a Diane Sawyer special? Column: 'Love Actually' is like fruitcake: love it or hate it (and I choose love), it's here to stay 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Luckily for the middling Capitals, the former has occurred over the past week, with the line continuing to flash its potential. Capitals’ second line is finding chemistry and heating up 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Despite being a hit at the box-office, the film received middling reviews from critics when it released in March. Vivek Agnihotri's Kashmir Files: Row over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's comment 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Ordinarily, that would mean a prime minister’s being awarded the least amount; a spouse a middling amount; and children, who generally have little or no say in their parents’ choices, the most. Netanyahu Awarded Damages After a Predecessor Called Him ‘Mentally Ill’ 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Wizards’ offense declined from potent, to middling, to stifled in the first three quarters - they scored 35, 24, and 18 points from the first to the third periods. Kuzma’s 28 points propel Wizards past Hornets 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The Wizards’ offense declined from potent, to middling, to stifled in the first three quarters — they scored 35, 24, and 18 points from the first to the third periods. Kuzma’s 28 points propel Wizards past Hornets 106-102 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The price of one of the bonds, which carries a middling rating — neither the top layer nor the bottom — has slumped 22 percent so far this year, implying a yield of around 17 percent. Why Office Buildings Are Still in Trouble 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Biden, with his middling approval ratings, threatened to be an albatross for Democrats. Republicans win control of the House in an unexpectedly close midterm 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Back in England, John was a skilled, hardworking piano player and tunesmith who had tried for years to gain a foothold in the business, with middling results. Elton John will take his final bow at Dodger Stadium. So let's time travel back to his legendary 1975 concert 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Now Biden has managed to defy history and a number of fundamentals — widespread economic anxiety, a middling approval rating, the chance for cranky voters to vent — that seemed to portend a very bleak Tuesday. Column: Biden as the comeback kid, Trump as the biggest loser: Takeaways from the midterm election 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Steelers have had 10 players suit up at cornerback or safety, with middling results. Steelers optimistic star LB T.J. Watt will return vs. Saints 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z By early October Trubisky’s brief stint as the starting quarterback was over and the defense was a middling mess that took turns wilting a little … or a lot. Watt’s injury altered Steelers path to contention in 2022 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z There is zero margin for error in a season filled with middling teams. A five-minute guide to NFL Week 9 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z With middling representation from major economies, according to a provisional speakers list, the likelihood of confrontations could be smaller, according to observers. Five Tensions That Could Derail the COP 27 Climate Summit 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z China was a middling fourth during qualifying, but as is often the program’s custom, looked far more polished during the finals. China tops Japan at sloppy men’s gymnastics championships 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z As we near mid-autumn, Friday, perhaps appropriately, seemed a pleasantly middling day in a transitional season, neither warm nor chilly, not bright, but with its bright moments. An in-between day in an in-between season, Friday had its moments 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Their playoff odds remain fairly middling among those who try to calculate such things — FiveThirtyEight.com has the Seahawks at 24% this week, for instance. Live: Seahawks-Chargers GameCenter: Live updates, highlights, how to watch, stream game 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Seattle’s playoff odds remain fairly middling among those who try to calculate such things — FiveThirtyEight.com has the Seahawks at 24% this week, for instance. Seahawks could win over some doubters with victory vs. Chargers 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z He did so after Buffalo was inconsistent against the run and its middling pass rush managed 42 sacks, with 14 of them coming in the final two games against the Jets and Atlanta. GM Beane’s impact apparent in Bills winning showdown at KC 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z One of the best pure runners in this year’s rookie class, Walker is set to get going against the Cardinals and their middling run defense. Pats’ Stevenson, Rams’ Kupp among best bets to score 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The consensus seems to be Los Angeles is on the rise after several middling seasons. Here’s how the Kraken’s Pacific Division foes spent their summer 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Broadcast shows offer easy pleasures, and this tends to be true of the middling ones as well as the best. ‘Alaska Daily’ turns an HBO-ready premise into broadcast TV. And it works 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z He nearly declared for the draft in 2021 only to return to Pitt instead after being told his prospects were middling at best. Kenny Pickett’s 1st start is final step of an unlikely rise 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The arrow is up on Pierce, who faces a middling Jaguars defense against running backs this week. FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 5 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z It was middling, which is perhaps the worst place to be for a series whose writing, particularly its political satire, hasn’t popped in some time. After cast shake-up, 'SNL' confronts weaknesses — but can't overcome them 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The Las Vegas Raiders are a middling rush defense and have allowed 21 catches on 26 targets for 193 yards and a touchdown to backs already. FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 4 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Some took heart from a middling performance by eurosceptics The League. Dollar stands alone as rate hikes rattle stocks 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Edwards, a former NFL head coach, was considered an unconventional hire when he was tapped by University President Michael Crow and Anderson to lead the middling program. Arizona State fires Herm Edwards following loss to MAC school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Edwards, a former NFL head coach, was considered an unconventional hire when he was tapped by Crow and Anderson to lead the middling program. Arizona State fires Edwards following loss to MAC school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z But one team and quarterback took it to eye-catching lengths — with middling results. Analysis | In the copycat NFL, now everyone wants a new-school offensive-minded whiz kid 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z The oddsmakers may not recognize it, but Marshall is not just a middling Group of Five opponent. Notre Dame coach Freeman ready for home debut vs Marshall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Buffalo signed Miller, the NFL’s active leader in sacks with 115 1/2, to upgrade what had been a middling pass rush. Super Bowl contenders meet as Bills, Rams open NFL season 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Bolstered by their antitrust exemption, MLB owners have long been able to keep pay below minimum wage and avoid paying players in the offseason, forcing many middling minor leaguers to work second jobs. Minor league baseball players take the next step toward unionization 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Miller’s addition raises the temperature further by muscling up what had been a middling pass rush. Von Miller settles in with Bills after leaving LA Rams 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “Bullet Train,” a heavily marketed action comedy starring Brad Pitt, delivered middling results. Movie Theaters Had a Great Summer. But There’s a Plot Twist. 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Speaker quality is middling, with audio produced by the phone’s single set of downward-firing speakers. Honor 70 review: no deal-breakers, no showstoppers 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The Apple Watch is known for its advanced health features, superior connectivity, seamless integration with iPhones, and, to be frank, middling battery life. What the Apple Watch Pro needs to succeed 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, two other films -- director George Miller's R-rated dark fantasy "Three Thousand Years of Longing" and the John Boyega-led heist drama "Breaking" -- also opened in cinemas to middling results. 'The Invitation' Tops Box Office With $7 Million in Catastrophically Slow Weekend 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z They’ve trained themselves to pitch big ideas and shoot down middling ones. The Age of the Oversharing Boss 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Buffalo retooled its line in part to address a middling pass rush. With Allen, addition of Von Miller, Bills built to contend 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Fabinho, the Brazil anchorman, was dropped against United because of a middling start to the season. ‘I’m concerned’: Liverpool under scrutiny after slow start 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The Pixel Buds Pro are a drastic improvement over their middling predecessor, boasting solid noise cancellation, improved battery life, and multipoint Bluetooth support. The Pixel Buds Pro just dropped to their lowest price ever on Amazon 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Although some Anti-Federalists, like Patrick Henry, were wealthy, most distrusted the elite and believed a strong federal government would favor the rich over those of “the middling sort.” American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z I admit this fan-favorite number’s middling placement might be a consequence of it getting overplayed in late elementary school. In honor of 'High School Musical 2' turning 15, here's every song ranked 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Brown came to American in 2014, so thin he looked like a middling breeze could blow him away. Perspective | Every NCAA tournament Cinderella owes a debt to Pete Carril 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z I was jolted by a line in “Middle-aged protagonist’s tale is somewhat middling,” Hamilton Cain’s July 23 Style review of “The Great Man Theory” by Teddy Wayne. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: She who boldly went 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Plug-in hybrids used in this way tend to achieve middling fuel economy and do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. After Losing Favor to Electric Cars, Plug-In Hybrids Gain Ground 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Playing middling teams from smaller conferences means yards can be gobbled like one of the Bruins’ lavish buffet spreads. Who says another winning season won't be good enough for UCLA? The Bruins 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Seattle got another middling start from Marco Gonzales, who like most pitchers this season, struggled to keep the top of the Yankees order off base and in the ballpark. Yankees dominate road-weary Mariners 7-2 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The show received middling reviews and ratings and was canceled after three seasons, but it became a TV mainstay in syndication. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ franchise, dies at 89 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Related As Dusk Falls’ couch co-op makes a middling thriller a lot more memorable Sign up for the newsletter Verge Deals Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. The 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro is $200 off for the first time 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Only this time it didn’t feel like that optimism will disappear in short order like it has every season since 2016, with middling quarterback play exacerbated by draft busts and free agent flops. Broncos sport fresh outlook after extreme offseason makeover 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “We don’t mean to see America become a middling nation in this century. We mean for America to lead this century.” Senate advances $52 billion bill to seed U.S. semiconductor manufacturing 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z At age 46, he’s published longform essays on esoteric topics while holding down a job as a writing lecturer at a middling New York college. Review | In ‘The Great Man Theory’ a middle-aged man can’t shift out of neutral 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Raindrop does some of this for you, too, trying — with middling success, in my experience — to figure out what kind of content you saved and categorize it accordingly. Trust me, you need a bookmarking app — and Raindrop is the best one 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Still, he was drifting, with middling grades and no idea what he wanted to do after college, except that it “needed to be far removed from Washington, D.C., politics, business and the military industrial complex.” Haunted by his father’s role in Vietnam, he turned to farming to grow a new legacy 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Another bogey on the 18th put me at 91 — very respectable at Tetherow for a golfer of my middling ability. Driving the Central Oregon Golf Trail 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Not that affordable With its less than stellar charging times, middling range, and questionable design, the bZ4X is more disappointing than I’d expected. Toyota bZ4X electric SUV review: mediocre at best 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Movie sites like Rotten Tomatoes have had to make changes to deal with review-bombing trolls to middling success. Epic Games thinks it has a solution for review bombing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The powerful lineup they hoped to rely on has been middling. Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi as their season continues to unravel 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Jones, who Pro Football Focus had going sixth overall in a 2022 mock draft published in May 2021, instead had a middling season at Florida last year and recently transferred to Arizona State. Don’t count on next year’s quarterback class to save the Seahawks just yet 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z San Francisco residents have long accepted a middling public school system, homeless encampments and open drug dealing as part of city life. San Francisco could vote out progressive DA in heated recall 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z "Many American officials, often of middling rank, are often dispatched with neither." How the U.S. has struggled to stop the growth of a shadowy Russian private army 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Johnson’s IndyCar results have been more middling than menacing, with no podium finishes in 17 career races. Johnson flashes speed, charm in 1st shot at winning Indy 500 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z With Allen overseeing a potent offense, Miller adds muscle to what had been the NFL’s top-ranked defense but with a middling pass rush last season. Von Miller makes his presence felt at 1st Bills practice 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But they quickly became estranged when Lim started to sell off talented players and seemed content on a middling place in the league standings. Valencia fans protest against owner Lim outside stadium 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z It didn’t help that the four installments that focused on one-off characters were mostly middling. Perspective | Why ‘Atlanta’ Season 3 was such a letdown 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Despite his success with his curve, his inability to consistently place his fastball is why his results had been middling. Angels Rookie Throws No-Hitter in Wild Blowout of Rays 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z On the whole, these shows are packed with A-listers but middling in quality; save for a few exceptions, they tend to be low on fresh insights and real surprises. Review | ‘The Staircase’ has more twists than the true-crime doc it’s based on 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But a stretch of six missed cuts in nine events and middling results in the FedEx Cup playoffs resulted in his season ending before the Tour Championship. Max Homa on life, golf after podcasting: ‘So far, so good’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The state for years faced deficits amid low to middling oil prices but recent high oil prices have led to rosier revenue projections. Alaska House passes bill to suspend motor fuels taxes 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Beane creatively overcame the team’s tight salary cap restrictions to improve what had been a middling pass rush in free agency last month. Buffalo Bills trade up to draft Florida CB Kaiir Elam 23rd 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z United to a middling 14-15-5 record, barely missing the postseason, but the club showed some signs of potential despite a myriad of injuries. D.C. United fires coach Hernan Losada after disappointing start to season 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Established with aspirations as an agricultural supply base for Russian outposts in Alaska, Fort Ross, headquarters of the Russian-American Company, lasted 30 middling years before the Russians gave up on it entirely. Russia’s Jamestown in America — and the oligarch who has helped fund it 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Voters like how President Biden handled the Ukraine war but not inflation, and his standing is middling in California. California voters say state is moving in the wrong direction, feel financial squeeze 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z On review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, the second “Sonic” earned a middling 67% rating, but scored a glowing A grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore. 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' zooms into first place at the domestic box office 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z He squandered a chance at birdie on the par-5 second hole with middling pitch. Tiger Woods Has an Up-and-Down Day at the Masters 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Pennsylvania’s Thaddeus Stevens expressed the dominant idea precisely: “The middling classes who own the soil, and work it with their own hands are the main support of every free government.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It also shows how fanning on an initial shot at on-ice respectability can have greater implications for an expansion team than a typical middling franchise in an established market. NHL insider: Kraken’s Ron Francis now must finish repair job that began with trades 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z But Mr. McCormick’s company, Bridgewater Associates, delivered such middling profits and charged such high fees that the Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund moved to sell off its Bridgewater holdings beginning two years ago. G.O.P. Senate Hopeful Faces Scrutiny Over Handling of Teacher Pensions 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z It received middling reviews from mainstream critics - more than one called it "exploitative" - but the film soon set off a heated debate on social media. Kashmir Files: Vivek Agnihotri's film exposes India's new fault lines 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Norway, which had quickly transformed from a middling economy built around fishing and farming into a petroleum-rich nation, started plowing money into Olympiatoppen, the organization that oversees elite Olympic sports. It’s Norway’s Games Again. What’s Its Secret? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Cheap and fertile western land seemed to ensure that no one would be trapped in a servile condition, and the middling economic status that underpinned republican government would always be available to the deserving. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Gu landed a middling run the first time, then fell off the third rail on her second attempt. Eileen Gu Gets Silver in Freeski Slopestyle, Adding to Her Gold From Big Air 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z It responded promptly nearly every time I said “Hey PlayStation,” though I’m not sure if having my DualSense controller persistently listening for my voice will affect its already middling battery life. Talking to my PS5 works better than I expected 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z However, I ended up with a device with a great concept and middling execution at a price I don’t want to pay. Kokoon Nightbuds review: a pricey Voltron of sleep tech 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Although the GasLog Glasgow’s cargo came from Egypt, a middling but growing gas power, most of the liquid gas flowing to Europe these days is from the United States. Natural Gas Shipments, Mostly From U.S., Ease Europe’s Energy Crunch 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Between the extremes, the “middling sort of people” from colonial days gave way to an urban middle class with new tastes, aspirations, and work habits. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Brady was the quarterback of a 5-5 Junipero Serra High School team in San Mateo who, despite the middling record, had attracted the notice of Division I colleges. Tom Brady never played for an L.A. team, but left his mark on Southern California 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Ben Waltmann, senior research economist at the IFS said the decision "effectively constitutes a tax rise by stealth on graduates with middling earnings". Graduates in England facing tax rise by stealth, says IFS 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z In a battle of middling Eastern Conference teams, Tatum led the Celtics to a 116-87 win over the Washington Wizards with a season-high 51 points. Jayson Tatum torches the Wizards with 51 points as the Celtics notch a blowout win 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Seems as if their defense might be at least fair to middling. Perspective | After demolishing the Patriots, Josh Allen and the Bills are a threat to the entire NFL 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z While some Americans had always fallen among the “middling sort” in income and social prestige, the new occupations were among the first to provide comfortable incomes from salaries instead of self-employment. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Fangio authored a remarkably forgettable tenure, posting middling records behind deficient quarterbacks. Analysis | What to know from NFL Week 18: The Colts blew it, and the Raiders played to just win, baby 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z And failing to finish in the top three in a middling region would be downright embarrassing — again. Analysis | For both U.S. national soccer teams, it’s a massive year 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Instead of squinting for silver linings in so much middling old music, couldn’t we strive to achieve a fuller and more nuanced understanding of its lingering whatever-ness? Perspective | 20 ways of thinking about nostalgia from a year of backward listening 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z This Seahawks-Lions game is starting to take on the feel of a middling college bowl game, isn’t it? Three things to know about the Seahawks’ Week 17 opponent, the Detroit Lions 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The Presbyterian and Methodist denominations remained popular with the elite, but Methodists and Baptists attracted members from all classes, including slaves, middling white women, and plantation mistresses. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Matthew Stafford had spewed turnovers in consecutive close games against middling opponents. Analysis | What to know from NFL Week 18: The Colts blew it, and the Raiders played to just win, baby 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z And after living with one for a while, I’ve come to mostly enjoy using it — the biggest knock against it is its middling battery life. Ask Help Desk: Big phones, big problems 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, employees at the well-regarded firm SHoP Architects said that they were seeking to change the formula of long hours for middling pay by taking a step that is nearly unheard-of in their field. Architects Are the Latest White-Collar Workers to Confront Bosses 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z West Virginia has a middling state and local tax burden — 26th largest in the country, according to the Tax Foundation. Opinion | A simple question about Build Back Better: What’s in it for West Virginia? 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Their society was divided by hereditary castes, led by a chieftain called the “Great Sun,” and included a well-defined nobility, a middling group called “Honored People,” and a lower caste called “Stinkards.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Morris moved to the southern part of the state in 2018 and turned Incarnate Word’s middling program into an FCS playoff competitor. New offensive coordinator Eric Morris settles in as WSU prepares for run-and-shoot finale 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The Lions rank 18th in adjusted fantasy points per target allowed to opposing tight ends, which is just a middling matchup. FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 15 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z A win would put Washington squarely back in the driver’s seat of the middling NFC teams eyeing the final wild card spot. Despite loss to Dallas, Washington still controls own playoff fate 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The Edge’s biggest crime is that it’s just too middling. Motorola’s Moto Edge 5G is a tough sell next to the Pixel 6 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The majority of residents were small or middling planters who tilled their own fields with the help of their families. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The line items for middling achievements are helping to mark the pathway for college football’s era of $10-million-a-year coaches. Big Contracts, Big Buyouts, Big Pressure: College Football Coaches Hit the Jackpot 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The seventh playoff spot, which was added last season, has given hopes to Washington and every other middling team in the NFL. Monday night game the most important of Washington’s season 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z On review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, “Afterlife” scored a middling 62%, while The Times deemed the sequel “listless,” “creatively bankrupt” and “unaware of the charm and appeal of its predecessors.” 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' electrifies box office, exceeding expectations 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Activision Blizzard is, apparently, a special place, a Southern California company home to increasingly middling but perennial hit “Call of Duty” games and the fantasy standby that is “World of Warcraft.” Commentary: Activision Blizzard will be forever stained if current leadership stays in place 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Reformers did not come from any single class, but they were most numerous in the middling ranks of society. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z With few exceptions, the celebrity biopic has long been the clunky white elephant of Hollywood moviemaking, a vehicle for reductive insights, canned uplift, middling impersonations and unexamined idol worship. Review: Will Smith rules in 'King Richard,' a Venus-and-Serena drama with a sharp spin 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Memphis, a middling team in the American Athletic, beat Mississippi State, which is ranked 17th by the selection committee. College Football Playoff Rankings Are an Ode to the Power 5 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The judges complimented Shumpert’s skills but gave him fairly middling overall scores. A ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge is especially critical of Iman Shumpert. But after one spectacular dance, that may not matter. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Oklahoma, undefeated and unimpressive after a series of narrow wins against middling opponents, was dropped to eighth — one step behind Michigan, which blew a 16-point second-half lead at Michigan State on Saturday. Oregon cracks initial top 4 of College Football Playoff rankings, Georgia ranked No. 1 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The established gentry took first place, and respectable blacks fell below middling whites but above white paupers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Coaches of middling franchises have doled out public support for their quarterbacks while speculation persists over whether any team will trade for Deshaun Watson, who faces open investigations into sexual misconduct accusations. N.F.L. Week 8 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The premier WR in perhaps the NFL’s most dynamic offense, Lamb will face a middling Vikings defense in what is shaping up to be a high-flying matchup with plenty of scoring. Cowboys’ Elliott, Chiefs’ Hill among best bets to score 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Snitker was leading Atlanta’s Class AAA team in the suburbs in May 2016 when the club fired Gonzalez, whose middling record had disappointed a city that had become accustomed to the playoffs. The Friendship That Shapes Atlanta Baseball 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z That’s a far cry from the early days in Brooklyn, when rival fans often outnumbered those of the Nets and Barclays had middling attendance overall. The Nets Had a Chance to Win Over New York. Now, They’ll Try Again. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Women and young people converted more readily than older men, the “middling” and “lower” sorts were more receptive than the wealthy, and the first large wave of African Americans entered the Christian churches. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z And even if McAuliffe wins, Democrats could still lose their majority in the House of Delegates — especially if McAuliffe’s performance is middling in battleground legislative districts outside of deeper-blue Northern Virginia. Opinion | Virginia Democrats must beware the enthusiasm gap 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z In a middling division, they lost the lead for good on Aug. 14 and never really recovered. Mets say manager Luis Rojas out after 2 losing seasons 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z In a middling division, they lost the lead for good on Aug. 14 and never really recovered before getting eliminated from postseason contention on Sept. 25 with more than a week remaining. After 2nd-half meltdown, Mets headed for offseason overhaul 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The next week, the Terps stumbled at middling Temple, and when they lost, 59-0, to Penn State a week later, all the goodwill was given back. Perspective | For Maryland, another opportunity squandered brings questions about what’s actually possible 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z For popular support, they touched the convictions of middling and poorer Americans, and linked legal theories to practical realities. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z At 85, the first day of the last weekend of summer seemed a middling day for mid-September. It was a sticky Saturday, but summer’s last one 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The forces boosting center-lefts globally have nudged the Liberals’ poll numbers there from poor to middling — a fitting metaphor for the movement’s prospects. As Populists Decline, the Center-Left Sees Hints of a Comeback 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Such applications could be done with today’s technology, though the middling quality of quick clones would make them a hard sell. Everyone will be able to clone their voice in the future 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z And that includes the along the goal line, where despite all of their firepower the Chiefs were a middling 58.9% in scoring red zone touchdowns last season. Chiefs toying with 4-tight end sets as opener approaches 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z White men posed the first challenge, for they now expected some form of public equality to replace the older hierarchy of “gentle” and “simple,” or the “better,” “middling,” and “lower” sorts. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Todd Gurley is available after one middling season with Atlanta, but a reunion seems unlikely with a player the Rams released only 17 months ago. Rams run low on healthy running backs as season approaches 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z From the outset, expectations were middling at best, apocalyptic at worst. Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics wind to a nuanced end 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z But much of the rosters were stocked with middling minor leaguers. Olympic baseball a cross between Double-A and Old-Timers Day 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Adding middling programs indiscriminately, without heavily scrutinizing the kind of revenue they bring, is exactly the type of panic move the Pac-12 should try to avoid. Conference realignment roundtable: Will the Pac-12 and Big 12 really merge? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Real plowmen and artisans won public office only rarely, but middling farmers, petty traders, successful mechanics, and ambitious country lawyers won elections in all the states. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z They only considered dealing Scherzer and Turner — and closer Brad Hand earlier Thursday — because they saw no shot in a middling division. Ace Max Scherzer, star shortstop Trea Turner set to go to Los Angeles Dodgers as Nats’ rebuild begins 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But ECB President Lagarde's first attempt since the strategy review received only middling grades from regular watchers of the euro zone's central bank. Lagarde's communication revolution falls short of hype: analysts 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Arizona hit a high by reaching the 2012 Western Conference Finals, followed by a series of middling finishes and small crowds. Arizona Coyotes introduce Tourigny as next head coach 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The playoffs beckoned only because, playing in a one-time division populated by all seven Canadian teams, Montreal was slightly less middling than fifth-place Calgary. Canadiens Are Still Out to Prove They Belong 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Many white men from the middling and lower classes increased their economic and political standing and won public offices they could never have gained before. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z At the same time, Netflix shares next to nothing with the public on its middling shows or outright flops. Nielsen Now Knows When You Are Streaming 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Though Logelin’s story of loss and perseverance is touching, there isn’t really anything deep or convincing about grief or parenting in “Fatherhood,” making this promising tale something more middling and a touch disappointing. Review: Kevin Hart struggles for sincerity in 'Fatherhood' 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Despite middling reviews for the actual film, its music appears to have done a fine job, though, with an Oscar nomination for best original song and a Grammy win for its soundtrack. Perspective | 14 musicals to stream while you wait for ‘In the Heights’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Patrons recalled it as a dimly lit institution with middling food, started by several New York Democrats, including Mr. Stringer, who hoped it would be a premier political haunt. Scott Stringer Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 2nd Woman 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Free, mixed-race people took jobs that might otherwise have gone to poor or middling whites, and they became intermediaries between the white elite and the mass of slaves and Indians. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “It’s become a much more standard part of the playbook of autocrats in smaller and middling powers.” As Dictators Target Citizens Abroad, Few Safe Spaces Remain 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z But the company, and its parent Facebook, landed on a more middling optional approach for everyone. Facebook, Instagram will let you hide ‘likes.’ If you want. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z So how should fans feel about this perpetually middling franchise at this point of the year? In Year 3 of their rebuild, the Mariners are slipping back into familiar territory. Is the plan working? 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z He should find himself on the all-NBA first or second team despite the Warriors’ middling performance, and he could land in the top five of MVP voting for the fourth time. Inside the numbers of Stephen Curry’s record-setting April scoring spree 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z In the English colonies, by contrast, wealthy whites extended a certain kind of equality to poor and middling whites while treating free people of color almost as badly as enslaved Africans. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Unlike U.S. sports leagues, in which a middling or low-performing team plays out the string of remaining late-season games without consequence, most European soccer teams have something to play for. Perspective | Soccer teams are owned by the rich. But as Super League shows, fans carry the game’s soul. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Curry shot 11 of 25 from the field and his team lost to the middling Wizards at home. Stephen Curry Is in the Zone 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Their homes, and knockoffs of them, have been definitive L.A., machines for living, dissolving again the distinction between indoors and outdoors, and once attainable by people of middling means. Mission Revival, Craftsman, storybook — L.A.’s home styles explained 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z A top-six forward to replace Lee and invigorate the Islanders’ middling offense and power play seemed like an obvious choice. Where the N.H.L. Contenders Stand Before the Trade Deadline 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Stamp Act protesters had reached beyond the elite, however, to rally the “lower” and the “middling” sorts against the threat to liberty. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z That’s fine on a given night, middling over the course of a year. Perspective | These Nationals have plenty of strengths — and at least one glaring weakness 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z And at that point, U.S. fans hope to see a new generation carrying a middling program into a new dimension. Perspective | USMNT flashes its potential in win over Jamaica. The summer and fall hold true answers. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But with Oladipo receiving middling reviews for his play this season, and his durability in question, the Rockets face challenges in generating an encouraging return. N.B.A. Trade Deadline: These Players Should Start Packing 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Syracuse’s seeding is a result of middling regular seasons, the kind that forces it to spend most of January and February on the dreaded bubble. Same as it ever was; Boeheim, Syracuse rolling into Sweet 16 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z That middling mark is actually up slightly from the group’s last report card, four years ago, when the grade was an ignominious D-plus. In the shadow of its exceptionalism, America fails to invest in the basics The nominations this year included some headscratchers including “Emily in Paris,” which was up for best TV comedy or musical despite middling reviews. Golden Globes 2021: Netflix leads studios in a stuck-at-home year with 10 wins 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Yet there were still questions — at least externally — about how the Pittsburgh Pirates’ top prospect would adjust at the plate after middling numbers at best during his rise through the team’s farm system. Pirates 3B Hayes looking to build off breakout 2020 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Last month, “Emily in Paris,” which debuted on Netflix and became an enormous hit for the streamer despite middling reviews, received two Golden Globes nominations including best television musical or comedy series. Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Jared Leto in “The Little Things,” which earned middling reviews, is a real head-scratcher. Golden Globe nominations 2021: ‘The Crown’ leads TV nominations while ‘Mank’ dominates movies 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z But his middling success with those taught him that what he needed was a stronger concept that he could over-deliver on, he says. Make way, sea shanties; TikTok's ingenious 'Internet Drama' has come for your socials 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z |
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