Then everyone laughed, Bull with less relish than the others, but he quickly recovered his lost momentum. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she overshot slightly, and her momentum throws her forward. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The group had momentum, and a probable trajectory—Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once back under the shade of the trees the stag regained his momentum — or found a new desire to live — and the chase was renewed with vigor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It barely grazes me, and I use the momentum of dodging the blow to stand up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The trick, he knew, was to stay off the brake and to keep his traveling speed low and steady, backing off the accelerator at the crests of hills and evenly gaining momentum in the dips. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My time with granddaddy slipped away as the domestic mill wheel gathered momentum, grinding its principal raw material—namely, me—into smaller and smaller scraps. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

All the kisses and endearments in the world couldn’t have derailed the momentum building up in District 8. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop it if he tried, and he knew he just had to let the momentum take him forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The students were not about to squander their momentum, however, which had overnight grown greater than at any time since the lunch-counter movement had commenced over three years earlier. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, however, paleontological momentum had moved to England. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wheels slipped but then pulled again, and Tayo could feel by the momentum of the truck that they’d make it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At one point he used his left arm to hoist himself up, and the momentum of the mass carried him forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But now all balance is lost and we plunge down headlong, both of us, noisily and without grace, gathering momentum and abrasions as we go. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I use her momentum against her and strike her hard when her back’s turned. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My pulse goes into spasm and gains momentum. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was like running downhill in a way; the momentum carried me through all sorts of experiments, big and small. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Grub squealed as he was released, his newfound momentum carrying him directly into three of his comrades. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My story tumbles out, gaining momentum like a boulder rolling down a mountain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spinning of the earth causes these mighty waves to spiral endlessly to the east, building momentum as they go. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the momentum for determining the Earth’s circumference passed to France. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could see the brush, but even with my momentum and swimming as hard as I could, the current was taking me away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I swing my legs around, a whirlwind of motion, catching her in the face as she goes to stand and using my momentum to climb to my feet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

These three components of the campaign on behalf of Newtonianism developed momentum over time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pioneer 1 arced through space until, sixty thousand miles out, not quite one-quarter of the way, it lost momentum and dropped back, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped left, and the Kaelish lurched forward, carried by his own momentum. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gathering momentum, I run into the living room, swipe the photos off the table, rip the framed cross-stitched roses off the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad misses, and momentum sends him tripping down the steps. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The momentum slams me into a flagpole and I cling to it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Operation Save Sir Fig Newton was picking up momentum, approaching the speed of light. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It picked up momentum as the heavy weight of the overbalanced top dove for the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig always provides the momentum behind our operations. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s the equivalent of a tactical retreat, or of the judo fighter using an opponent’s momentum against him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And you were telling me about your college fair, and that was definitely better,” he said, building a momentum. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They would leave the starting line with just enough of a surge to get some momentum behind the boat but then drop immediately to a low stroke rate of twenty-eight or twenty-nine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Strauss reiterated his familiar theme that the cessation of testing would have “severe repercussions” for the clean weapons program and that Los Alamos and Livermore would “lose momentum” during the suspension. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And Ben came with momentum, driven by fear as he entered the kitchen as a footsoldier bound by the rites of a perverted chivalry written into the family’s history. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you need only go halfway. Then you won't gain very much momentum." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Patrick Prendergast, the young mad Irish immigrant, took pride in Harrison’s renewed popularity and believed his own efforts at promoting the ex-mayor for reelection had had a lot do with the campaign’s new momentum. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I climbed hand over foot for as long as momentum would take me and then switched to a slower shimmy until the branches started and I could use them as steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When she had enough momentum, she let go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Horses carrying the kind of weight Seabiscuit was packing cannot afford to lose momentum. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” Claire said, and when Maya ran into her arms, she stepped back only a little bit, Maya’s momentum throwing both of them off. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Probably, it was true in all of the police agencies, as well as the armed forces, that training had its own physical and intellectual momentum and the spiritual side was left to the student. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Whichcee wavered and sagged a few inches to his left just as Wedding Call’s momentum carried him slightly to the right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Ezekowitz’s statement was typical of the small victories that kept Farmer’s spirits elevated and gave momentum to his mission. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He held the shovel low and let it drop back behind him a little so that he could get some good momentum. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had lost my momentum, my feeling of purpose. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So low you have to rock yourself a few times to build momentum to get up, but it’s not dirty. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The third one planted a heavily spiked arm into the stone, but its momentum was too much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t, we could’a rolled all the way down to St. Nick Houses just on momentum. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her arm, but the momentum carried him along as well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She could time the traffic lights so we could coast through intersections without using the brakes or losing momentum. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It didn’t close easily; you had to open it wide and then use its momentum to swing it shut. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Rowan knew Volta would never find the momentum to escape Goddard’s gravity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The drum roll mounts as she gains momentum. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two defenders sandwiched him and threw him off balance, but his momentum carried him on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most men faltered a little, so that they were not at their best momentum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her momentum had carried her to the other side of the gap! Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We were at home, we were pumped up, momentum was on our side. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a very young child she had learned to win by using the momentum of her opponent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius stumbled into the Night of Joy with such momentum that his smock swirled around his ankles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya couldn’t stop her forward momentum; her brain had been numbed too much by fear to make an intelligent decision anyway. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I think I see what Keegan is getting at—humans have innate impulses toward violence, yet today we try to deny it—but the momentum of his presentation pushes in the other direction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The giant’s own momentum lifted him off his feet in an unintentional pole-vault manoeuvre and he flipped over onto his back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The more general version of Newton’s law is F = p, where p is an object’s momentum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Once she started turning out the hors d’oeuvres, she gained momentum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mark didn’t know what else to do, so he dove forward, wrapping his arms around Deedee and squeezing tightly, letting the momentum of his body pull her free from her captors’ grasps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

However, in this context, momentum, velocity, and even energy can be used almost interchangeably. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

One moment they were flying into a strong headwind, forcing them to add extra power to maintain their momentum on the glide down. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Alas, words can acquire their own semantic momentum through history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The neighbors would see him water- falling down High Street, carried by the momentum of his speed, and they’d cry out, “Going for the Olympics, Goob?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew I wanted to continue studying the Arabic language and find ways to practice so I didn’t lose the momentum I’d acquired in Morocco. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Just this dizzy war, this fake, this thing with the old men making ...” I couldn’t help watching Finny as I spoke, and so I ran out of momentum. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even the relentless momentum of our ship—now carried by a steady wind—can stir these waters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There was the patter of small feet in the hallway, and then Charlie’s arms wrapped around me and her momentum nearly knocked me out of my chair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed to fill the very air about them as it gathered momentum; the ground began trembling with the rumbling noise. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Now, watch and learn," Whit said, and started demonstrating the blind handoff, a technique that usually only sprinters do during relays because of the momentum of the incoming runner. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But he made it through, the Berg’s momentum and the rope jerking him from the tree’s clutches. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I never stop to think about it. It might jinx the momentum.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pulled open the train door and leapt onto the platform, which seemed to be sliding underneath them as the train gathered momentum. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

These require constant attentiveness if you are not to twist an ankle or sprawl on your face—not a pleasant experience with fifty pounds of momentum on your back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The momentum presses me back against the skeleton chair, and the view out the window turns into a smear of color. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now that they had the attention and the sympathy of the nation, the suffrage movement couldn’t afford to lose any momentum. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

This led him on to mechanics, where he did important work on momentum and studied the nature of centrifugal force, demonstrating its similarity to gravity, and improved on Galileo’s treatment of the flight of projectiles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

At last, Noah hits the water without a splash as if he’s gathered no momentum on his way down, as if he’s been placed gently on the surface by a kindly giant. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They were a big help and let me use my lower limbs to provide some extra momentum, but they would only stay on for a minute or so before starting to slide off. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He stumbles to the side with the momentum of the train. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demigods rolled to either side, and Jason summoned the wind, using the giant’s own momentum to shove him into the water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Propelled by her downward momentum, Kendra found herself taking larger steps than she wanted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In a moment it’s gone, diving deep...but only so it can gain momentum as it rises again—this time with its mouth open. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Black Americans sent up a cheer of jubilation, and the ruling provided momentum and hope to grassroots civil resistance and social movements throughout the land. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As he gained momentum and height, he closed his eyes and breathed in the crisp cold air. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For him it is strenuous to climb a steep hill, because he has to keep pushing his own vertical mass upward and cannot gain any momentum. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twisting, she used his momentum to shove him onto her bed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even so, prison construction in the United States seems to have developed an unstoppable momentum. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The momentum, which had propelled her onto the runway, faded away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The second one caught up with it, picked its momentum from the crest of the wave, and both came down together like a rearing horse that falls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cage has enough momentum that the few who are distracted lose their balance and fall down, their compatriots trampling them as the whole contraption keeps turning. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mark used his momentum to turn his body and kick one of the women away from his friends. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Yet this view fails to reckon with the persuasive powers of Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller, which played the crucial role in creating momentum for the H-bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His momentum made his gaze shift up when he let go, and he caught a last glimpse through the small crescent gap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As the gravitational collapse continued, the primordial galaxies spun increasingly faster, because of the conservation of angular momentum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the words coming out faster and faster, the momentum building inside him like the words were all going to explode and he wanted to finish before it happened. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the bigger boy tried to butt him, Tendai used his momentum to throw him off balance. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the Twenty-Ninth Street beach, the anger was gathering momentum that would wreak havoc far beyond Eugene’s death, spattering blood across the city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The armored bear at the charge seemed to be conscious of no weight except what gave him momentum. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The momentum spilled forward and Moss landed on top of the large man who had been in front of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You should go sometime,” he said, and he felt a momentum building in him, so he rode with it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The revolution had been slow and ponderous, but it had weight, and that weight built up a momentum, and when that momentum finally broke forth, it was with a great and accumulated force. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I grab the barrel of Bob's gun, spinning around and using my momentum to wrest it from his grip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He let the motion carry him, and he could feel the momentum within, at first almost imperceptible, gathering in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is a split second of unstoppable momentum. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Will bounced from invisible rope to invisible rope, as if gaining momentum. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The rats would swing the cord round and round, gaining momentum until, judging the right direction, they loosed the cord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re messing with my momentum. This is the part where I crush you.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang down the hall, halting my momentum on saving my dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

More likely, though, conformity of expression gathered momentum because the record-buying, radio-listening public liked it better, and bands reflected the change in fashion for entirely understandable commercial reasons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It takes all of your momentum and you spend a week wondering how that steal slipped up on you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, she slowly inched back so she would have a little room to get some momentum before jumping. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As the speed increases, they swing in ever widening circles, lengthening as they gain momentum. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop its momentum, the Griever zoomed straight past him before it shuddered to a halt—Thomas noticed the thing was moving a lot faster now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She tries to slow her momentum through the water, but it's too late. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If he misjudges it, he may end up fouling other horses and being disqualified, checking his horse sharply and sacrificing his momentum or even falling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught herself before she went down, using her own momentum to keep moving. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she’d try to pick things up where she left off, but all that lost momentum made a big difference. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This magnificence, he sensed in his youthful self-importance, reflected the glorious momentum of his life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clearly, she also felt I could ride this momentum. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I help him off the ground and start his momentum. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I can see momentum pulling me out of her life. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I seemed to gain momentum as I progressed, like when water starts to wash away a dam made of sand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bombing and marines were not having any noticeable effect on enemy momentum. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He pushes the kid’s arm up behind his back and twists him around so his own momentum is his enemy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The momentum pulled Tree-ear off balance, and he tripped over the cart and tumbled headfirst to the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Yet the momentum of the thing held her—it was all of a piece. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One foot almost touched down onto the roof, but Tally was pulled up again, still barreling forward with the momentum of her leap off the hill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But he was riding the momentum of his outrage on Thyon’s behalf, and the flush of solidarity from one beaten boy for another, and above all, the thrill of discovery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They could sense a change in the momentum. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They charged ahead, building momentum, faster and faster. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The room goes heart-stoppingly silent as momentum carries him and Henry through the fall and down, down onto the wreckage of the cake on the ornate carpet, Henry’s sleeve still clutched in Alex’s fist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Neutrinos, like protons, electrons and neutrons, carry an intrinsic angular momentum, or spin, while photons have no spin at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time I am ready for the momentum the train gives me, and I run a few steps to diffuse it but keep my balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The momentum propelled the larger boy onward and he stumbled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Over the next two months, the match’s momentum ebbed and flowed, but from the ninth game on, Bobby, scraping his way back, took the lead and held on to it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are similar galaxies, as if stamped from the same mold, all over the Cosmos because these simple laws of nature—gravity and the conservation of angular momentum— are the same all over the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone sailed across the surface of the water, but the momentum of the pitch threw Wash off balance, and he tumbled into the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop, a victim of his own momentum, he fell into the roiling mess. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had entered into a bargain—trading the momentum of the movement for the mayor’s promise of a good-faith effort. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The social and organizational changes occurring at Langley were buoyed by the civil rights forces gathering momentum in the country. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Just before the sound reached her, Tally dragged herself into a full hoverskid, her momentum crushing her down into the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I have. I am. I will. But there are no miracles here. Just momentum. We can only hope it’s upward.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The entire momentum of her body went into a sharp twist, literally forcing Stubble Chin into trying a backflip. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to move away but I crashed into him, my momentum knocking him to the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I use her last bit of momentum in midair to swing myself up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful! I think this will really help us keep the momentum going,” she said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But despite the suspension of our official talks, with the approval of the leadership, I met privately with Mr. de Klerk in Cape Town in order to keep up the momentum for negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like that which cycles through Pachelbel’s ‘Canon’, these sequences were driven by the direction of travel of the bass line, giving forward momentum to the music, hence the name ‘harmonic progression’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He was still small compared to Alcyoneus, but he slammed into the giant with such momentum, Alcyoneus toppled into an icy watchtower that collapsed on top of him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

By the 1790s, the English abolitionists were losing popularity, momentum, and hope. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He miscalculated his momentum and lost his balance. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My pleasant, placid expression, combined with forward momentum, gets me to Prince Dain’s chambers without so much as a second look, even though I lose my way twice and have to retrace my steps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whether it was Luke’s unchecked momentum, or Ricky’s diminutive stature, Luke lost leverage almost immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The momentum of the argument abruptly broke from his control. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the pandemonium outside was intensifying with each minute; the raid, it seemed, was gathering momentum. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horse’s strong arms went around my neck and his momentum made us slide ten feet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect was to throw the boat momentarily out of balance and to abruptly check the crucial momentum that the crew was trying to build up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Another had a club, which missed its mark as she dodged, and she used his momentum to flip him onto his back. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the activity gathered momentum, and before I was aware of the change, there were the skunk cabbages poking their funny blooms above the snow in the marsh. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop rocked forward, this time with enough momentum to propel him to his feet. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had so much momentum, he came up and was running. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was tense, possessed, fearful that if he slowed or paused he might lose the courage or the momentum he needed to get out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane lands with a few bumps, and as we race along the runway, the forces of the plane’s momentum and the brakes oppose each other. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

For a few weeks, I preoccupied myself with gravity and momentum, atoms and cells, the Anglo-Afghan wars, instead of thinking about Hassan and what had happened to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a slight jolt underfoot as we begin our forward momentum. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first impression, it appeared that Fischer, overly eager to gain the psychological momentum of winning the first game, had overextended himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His foot slipped; his momentum carried him down toward the stream; and Balthamos, thinking of what Baruch would have done, kicked aside the priest’s hand as he flung it out for support. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But now she was crossing the street and running wildly only to go down at the curb and standing and going down again, with a bumped backside, completely unsteady, now that her momentum was gone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he became too absorbed in rubbing a particular horse’s nose in his defeat, he risked being unable to regain his momentum when the closers came after him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use the momentum from the rope to swing onto its head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the campus, many students had come into contact with one of the early icons of a mobilization that seemed to be gaining national momentum. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

By mid-1780 the Cherokee resistance regained momentum when they began raiding squatters’ settlements within Cherokee territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

My momentum carried the hilt forward six inches. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp crack revealed a small victory, but any elation ended when he realized that the momentum of his swing was now pulling him back down to land right on top of the creature. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the girl reached them, she grabbed hold of the doorway to stop her momentum. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He came with speed and momentum, dazzling speed for a boy encumbered with the ball, and Jim Don moved out heavily, menacingly to stop Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his argument gains momentum, he begins to regain mastery of his tongue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The idea of a bus boycott had been gaining momentum throughout the black community for months. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if it drew in on itself, gathered the momentum it needed, and then began to grow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my bike and run with it down the sidewalk, hopping onto the seat once I get enough momentum. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I needed to get some momentum going so that I wasn’t just sitting with my feet dangling in the puddle below me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But the momentum had to go somewhere, Shay had explained. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Despite setbacks, the women’s movement was gaining momentum. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I walk back in the swing and let the momentum push me forward as I pump my legs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They turned the ball over with sloppy throw-ins, and were called for offsides seemingly every time they managed to gain some momentum. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The cab driver took the corners with such momentum that were thrown together first on one side of the back seat and then on the other. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because of course he managed to make it nerdy by relating it back to science and talking about momentum and stuff. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Armstead called a time-out in an attempt to kill our momentum. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Armpit’s left fist was still gaining momentum as it connected just below El Genius’s nose, flooring him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Facing the danger that the Tribune’s suggestions might take hold, Ida Wells-Barnett mounted a counterattack, bringing together powerful white friends who were able to stop the segregationists’ momentum. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The machine had enough forward momentum to be able to fly on its planes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In midair, he had grabbed me by the shirt, and Annabeth by the arm, and was trying to pull us out of a crash landing, but Annabeth and I had all the momentum. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

You’re moving so quickly that your momentum pulls you faster and faster, like something getting sucked down a drain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The campaign gained momentum when Miss Harbottle decided that all the girls in my class would enter their handiwork in the Fentress Fair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once her brother-in-law appears, the novel gains momentum, becoming both a story of transgressive love and one that evokes the mythology of the American West. 13 Books to Watch For in November 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

“The Bronze” had a lot of momentum going into Thursday night’s premiere. Sundance 2015: 'The Bronze' Does Not Exactly Wow on Opening Night 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

But with the increased momentum, many food trucks were also increasingly exposed to people who weren't as keen on their message. The 2020 social justice movements were fed by chefs and food trucks 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z

Five years ago, as same-sex marriage gained momentum, a relative newcomer to gay activism launched a controversial strategy to win nationwide marriage equality in one fell swoop. Meet two activists who brought sweeping change to the gay rights movement

The momentum shift from the last debate of the GOP campaign may end up benefiting Romney, instead. Santorum missed opportunity at GOP debate 2012-02-23T12:10:00Z

The Dean Scream came to be seen as the unofficial end of his campaign, but Dean said the worst moment was three weeks earlier when he realized his momentum was “slipping away.” ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

One hundred and twenty-five years is a long time for one subculture to maintain its momentum. Gloves off 2012-08-10T23:30:00Z

Grimes, an original “Rome & Jewels” cast member, said he was hopeful about the change he is seeing on an institutional level — and that programs like Harris’s would help with the momentum. At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Merida points to “the breadth, ambition and momentum of our work since August.” If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained?

You have the energy from the first draft, the momentum, the "go", but then you try to shape it more. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z

But where Ravel's starting point was Viennese waltzes, Baker's "cheap imitation" – his own description – draws from the spirit and momentum of dance music from the clubs of the 1970s and 80s. BCMG/Wigglesworth – review 2013-02-17T17:05:22Z

His long and undulating sentences tumble forth with unexpected power and momentum. ‘All the Land to Hold Us’: A west Texas tale of hardship 2013-08-15T19:18:08Z

Though losing some momentum in the middle, “Bodied” mostly maintains an irresistible, deliriously offensive roll, jabbing sharply at racism and misogyny with rhymes that spark and fizz. Review: ‘Bodied,’ a Shockingly Funny Battle Rap Satire 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Part of the bill’s momentum is undeniably connected to its initial fail in March and to save face for a Republican White House and Congress. American Health Care Act passes the House, but its future is still uncertain 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

“I’ve built this up to try and be a door, so I can use this role, this momentum, to give opportunities. Because I was given an opportunity by another actor called Femi Oguns,” he says. John Boyega: ‘It’s important to voice your truth’ 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

But movies win for all kinds of reasons besides great writing: consolation, sheer verbiage, momentum. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Plank employed a few tricks to keep momentum going in the right direction. Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank And His Underdog Horse Farm 2012-09-07T13:00:00Z

It didn't quite come off: there can be a self-perpetuating momentum in a super-speed performance, but it is more difficult to sustain the energy of a more measured approach. St Matthew Passion | Classical review 2010-03-23T22:20:00Z

The question is how long can its ratings momentum last. Can NBC keep up its ratings swagger without NFL, "The Voice"? 2012-11-16T12:02:15Z

There’s a lot of fog, and a lot of heavy breathing, and some beautiful lighting design, but not a ton of momentum. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Carol’ and ‘The Durrells in Corfu’ 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The images are artfully crafted, but the narrative lacks momentum. ‘We Might as Well Be Dead’ Review: Housing by Neighborhood Watch 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

And while their destinies fatefully converge on the twin towers in a way that is almost novelistic, the book's suspense and momentum do not reduce the idea of narrative to page-turning compulsion. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

Director Jenny Sullivan sustains momentum and interest through the play’s two acts — an unusually long stretch by today’s solo-show standards. Before Black Lives Matter there was Clarence Darrow, brought to life onstage in Ventura 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

“Fall forward as you turn in the pirouette! Relax your muscles, use your weight for momentum!” ‘How Am I Going to Dance to This?’ Ratmansky’s New Music Frontier 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Ms. Hadid’s professional journey started late but gathered momentum, culminating with 36 projects under construction or in final drawings, and others in the pipeline. Building Zaha Hadid’s Bold Afterlife 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

He works within a loose blues framework, but builds a fierce rhythmic momentum that suggests he’s heard a few punk records, too. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z

Will Argo capitalise on the momentum of the Globes and Baftas and take the top prize? The ticking clock begins 2013-02-24T16:56:00Z

She showed me her technique of sliding one foot forward a bit to get momentum before stepping down, then quickly moving the other one. In the Netherlands, exploring the Wadden Sea — on foot 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

A disco revival gathered momentum during the pandemic years, as musicians and listeners found themselves yearning for the joys of sweaty, uninhibited communal gatherings. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

The book begins badly, with some simplistic Shakespeare "interpretation", but gains momentum as Oatley moves on to Jane Austen and explains with enthusiasm the results of his and others' experiments on readers. Et cetera: non-fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:03Z

And the passacaglia of the third movement progressed with persuasive momentum. Review: A Rising Star Debuts With the Philharmonic 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Contrast the momentum of that scene with the chronic sales depression of the rest of the music business, and Christian music looks like a vibrant pop subculture. ArtsBeat: Christian Rocker Tops the Chart 2013-01-16T17:35:54Z

And humility on the acceptance trail and momentum will continue to matter, perhaps more than ever. The Carpetbagger: What Does the Producers’ Tie Mean for the Season? 2014-01-20T20:37:46Z

Two years ago, Slumdog Millionaire's astonishing run kicked off here and Boyle's follow-up looks to have gained similar momentum. The King's Speech rules Toronto film festival 2010-09-20T09:46:00Z

With bent knees, she manipulated the momentum of her turns and could tilt into crescent-shaped back bends. Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

As Trump gained momentum, as he marched towards the GOP nomination, his message started to resonate with these entire communities – including those that were doing well economically. What I learned after 100,000 miles on the road talking to Trump supporters 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

With its slow, low-slung momentum, his set was deeply sonically strange and unusually emotionally complex. Nicolas Jaar is the renaissance man of electronic music 2011-03-12T00:07:22Z

"Haptadâmã" is emphatically an ensemble piece of great rhythmic complexity, energized by a continually changing sense of forward momentum. Review: Sculpture park a perfect setting for Esoterics' exploration of ancient myth 2010-05-08T18:39:00Z

“Just as the book was getting its momentum from great reviews, it got put on pause, and that was difficult.” How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

It’s also a fitting analogy for the country trio’s own super-sonic momentum over the last year. Lady A moving at jetliner’s pace in life, studio 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Seattle neo-soul singer Allen Stone kicks off 2012 with a lot of career momentum, starting with two nights at the Neptune with the Seattle Rock Orchestra. 16 top arts picks for the week of Jan. 8 2012-01-05T00:02:04Z

Other nominees Better Call Saul, Pose, Ozark, This Is Us, and Bodyguard all have sizable audiences and, for the most part, critical praise, but likely lack the momentum to topple Westerosi dominance. Emmys 2019 predictions: who will win, and who should win? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Where was the momentum in these miniature costume dramas? Review: A ‘Punk Ballerina’ Turns to Film and Fashion 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Part of the playbook is to create a feeling of awards momentum — swinging from one nomination to the next and then ratcheting up the ads to underline them. The 'Boyhood' awards season campaign comes of age, delicately 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Even cloistered in our own invisible bubbles, we sense the momentum of the herd pouring down the hillside. What the Caribou Taught Me About Being Together, and Apart 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

But of course, when one paddles out and misses a swell, one is left waiting for momentum, a gathering of energy that may, in fact, already have passed. How to avoid writing an awful screenplay 2013-04-22T22:05:00Z

The Weinstein Co. could be trying to keep the movie in front of audiences in hopes of building momentum for the film's music during awards season. Specialized box office: 'Cantinflas' open strong, 'Chef' hits $30 million 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z

“It’s a really weird feeling being a part of someone else’s momentum—being caught up in this wake of stuff.” The Baby From Nirvana's Nevermind Is 25 Now 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

He cited the film's momentum and the fact that "it isn’t done with its run." Box office: 'Guardians' on top, 'If I Stay' 3rd, 'Sin City' crashes 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Scott likes to throw a lot on the screen — the movie churns with roaring men, galloping horses, shrieking minions — which can clutter up a story but here creates insistent momentum. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

Although we were the same age, her career picked up momentum faster than mine. Sarah Kane's debut play Blasted returns 2010-10-24T20:31:00Z

One year in, the music press's campaign to insist that – despite all evidence to the contrary – we're living through a golden age for indie rock seems to be gathering momentum. Palma Violets – review 2013-02-14T15:30:02Z

Events turn a shade darker in the second part, and the momentum flags a bit when the focus shifts from dentistry to driving lessons. The Boorish, Comic Life of an Exquisitely Awful Dentist 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

The extensive floor work, the constant falling and rebounding, the out-flung arms and exhilarating running, jumping momentum are all here, bound together with remarkable musicianship and craft. A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Some readers of “Transcendent Kingdom” may miss the romantic sweep of that novel and the momentum Gyasi achieved by leaping a generation and a continent every few chapters. In Yaa Gyasi’s New Novel, a Young Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family’s Pain 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Throughout, what George insists upon most — from himself and his bandmates — is clarity: Melody is never sacrificed to flair or crossfire, even as the momentum builds. Lana Del Rey’s Sisterly Solidarity, and 10 More New Songs 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The full force of the street, its randomness and strange symmetries of movement and slight repetition, are made manifest – as is the momentum of street photography. The best photography books of 2012: an alternative selection 2012-12-21T16:01:33Z

Indeed it was the shameful behaviour of the British during their short-lived occupation of Kabul – the double-dealing of Macnaghten, the sexual licentiousness of Burnes — that gave Afghan resistance to the imperial interlopers its momentum. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z

As the group began to gain momentum, Save Beirut Heritage started a media-savvy campaign to raise awareness about the threats posed to the city’s oldest buildings. Middle East: Beirut's Old Buildings Again Under Threat 2011-01-26T20:00:05Z

It emerged from bankruptcy in 2016 but has struggled to build momentum. The Sacrosanct Endowment? Not Anymore for Some Arts Groups 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

The novel moves with momentum, told in short chapter bursts, newspaper reports and even scripted dialogue. Judy Blume’s ‘In the Unlikely Event’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

These dance spectacles were arresting — their endings were especially striking — but also characterized by what some saw as a dogged aestheticism that could feel heavy-handed and lacking in dynamism or momentum. Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z

When “First Winter” was introduced this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, there were complaints that its characters were dislikable and paper thin, its momentum plodding and its theme a cliché. Movie Review: ‘First Winter,’ a Benjamin Dickinson Film 2012-11-16T00:09:10Z

If the film’s goal was to curry culture-consumed internet circles’ favor, momentum was not with “La La Land” heading into the Globes and a sweep would certainly spell doom. The Golden Globes Awards never fail to disappoint the easily disappointable 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

Jonathan Porretta danced the role with exceptional momentum and muscular force on Wednesday. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

In addition to its clear debts to the Russian classical tradition, the one-movement work features passages with rock momentum, and others with the grooving energy of 20th-century pianists like Oscar Peterson. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Industry officials with access to box-office data privately spent the weekend marveling at the ability of “The Dark Knight Rises” to maintain much of its momentum in the wake of the killings. ‘Dark Knight’ Leads at Box Office in the Shadow of Massacre 2012-07-22T16:12:25Z

Your angular momentum is changing because running straight is easier than running around a curve.” You can be a high-level athlete whether you’re 20 or 70. These competitors are proof. 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Through his background in social care and links to Stockholm council, he found funding and the project gathered momentum. LGBT retirement home: the end of the rainbow 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

And the winner is: "Dragon 2" has the momentum and is viewed as more of an artistic achievement than its commercial competitors. The Oscar ballot, with predictions in each category 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

“We’ve been building comedy momentum on Tuesday, and we finally have the shows that have exactly the tone that we are looking for,” Reilly said. Britney Spears Joining Fox?s ?The X Factor? 2012-05-14T23:24:07Z

She is in danger of coasting on her physical allure and prone to attaching herself to decisive men in order to obtain the forward momentum she professes to crave. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z

He capitalized on his championship momentum by signing with IMG Worldwide, which owns and operates Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, for marketing and endorsements. Noticed: Victor Cruz, Off the Gridiron, in the Front Row 2012-02-15T21:47:23Z

But if we had to designate one as the worst, it would be “The Next Right Thing” because it’s something of a momentum and mood killer, even if that’s by design. Here We (Let It) Go Again: ‘Frozen 2’ and Movie Musical Sequels 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Here, he listens to Shiv’s argument that ATN could slow the Mencken momentum. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap: The Will of Some People 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

Once that happens, it doesn’t matter if the monsters aren’t as elaborate as those in a film, or if a beer ad breaks the momentum every 10 minutes. ‘Do No Harm,’ ‘The Walking Dead’ and Other TV Horror 2013-01-18T23:36:30Z

The intended effect is to kill off momentum, to deny a sense of comfortable, legible progress. The Guardians: An Elegy by Sarah Manguso – review 2012-07-06T21:55:15Z

Another part is to keep property taxes low, and a third portion is to fund economic development, hopefully to build modest momentum to carry over after the big whoop-de-do. Appomattox, Va., linked to Civil War history, looks to the future

Seeming to gain joy and momentum with each melodic loop, the stickiest brain music soundtracked our inner dialogue for weeks on end. Tortured by music: The year's most insidious, relentless earworms 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

“It affected us an extraordinary amount, including the delay of almost two years coming out of the Public, so the momentum we had had dissipated,” Nugent said. ‘For Colored Girls’ to Close on Broadway, Reflecting Tough Season 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

The human dimension is painfully cliché, and Oie’s clunky orchestration of intersecting individual stories flattens the film’s overall momentum. ‘The Tunnel’ Review: Fire in the Hole 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Whenever there is a crisis, perceived or real, and whenever there is a historical momentum that unleashes it, even kind neighbors can turn into xenophobes. ‘Britain Is No Home to Me’: Five Artists Respond to ‘Brexit’ 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

That double-power-trio setup allows composers to keep a certain momentum going, even when decorating a piece with novel material. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

The momentum carried into the show's more rhythmic and visually stimulating second half, which found the vocalist employing his trademark falsetto cry and engaging the crowd. Peter Gabriel's experiment with strings attached 2011-06-21T14:26:00Z

There are only three scheduled stops for 2023, but Lake Superior cruising is gaining momentum. Lake Superior is Cold, Sparsely Settled and Known for Bad Weather. Perfect for Cruising, Some Say. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

We realized right quick doing so would kill momentum. Here's Why Game of Thrones Timelines Don't Always Seem to Match Up 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Auster builds a nice moral momentum as the past converges on the present. 'Sunset Park': Paul Auster's novel of one young man in recession-era America 2010-11-18T00:02:00Z

Constellation Theatre Company’s current staging figured to be the most promising, riding the momentum from its seven Helen Hayes Awards last spring for its first musical foray, “Avenue Q.” ’Tis the (campaign) season for ‘Urinetown’ 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

"I feel a bit of a fraud. So many books I get halfway into and lose momentum." 'Calvary' could mark a signature role in Brendan Gleeson's career 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

"Most editing is painstaking but this was an exciting scene to edit because it had momentum of its own and an obvious magic," she said of the dance scene itself. Sally Menke: the quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success story 2010-09-29T15:24:00Z

Its Mahler First was an artful roller coaster of momentum, bursting with sly dances. 10 Days at the Salzburg Festival, Music’s Disneyland 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Perhaps not since the demolition of the original McKim, Mead & White building has there been similar momentum and a similar alignment of the political stars. Penn Station Is a Perpetual Mess. Change May Be at Hand. 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

The Andante lost momentum amid all the flourishes; the Scherzo sounded almost camp. Music Review: A Lang Lang Solo Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-30T21:17:22Z

Strobe lights flash and momentum builds, recedes and builds again. Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z

After that, the momentum of the auction pushed Weinstein into three no-trump. Bridge: Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Match 2013-12-06T22:18:06Z

Unfortunately, this revelatory approach, adeptly straddling the line between their roots and their major label demands, loses its momentum by the fourth track. The Avett Brothers’ Slick but Charming New Album 2013-10-18T09:45:18Z

It's like when you listen to Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' or 'Slippin' and Slidin'' — it was that connection between momentum, fun and the idea of losing it at any second. After 40 years, Bill Payne performs under his own name 2013-06-06T18:49:00Z

Riding high on that momentum, the company set its sights on advertising in the New York subway system. What makes an ad for ‘period-proof’ underwear too risque? 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, Charles Mackerras's conducting produces warm and vivid tones, though there's not always enough momentum. Cos? Fan Tutte 2010-05-23T21:45:00Z

And Berry’s decision to shift perspectives throughout the first two-thirds of the book, from Claire’s slightly unhinged present-day head to a third-person recounting of the past, messes with her momentum. A Daughter’s Search for a Father Wanted for Murder 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

The bell is lifted from the lower body by momentum, which helps propel the arms in various patterns and directions. Urban Athlete: Kettlebell Fitness Classes in Manhattan 2013-01-03T22:24:34Z

But this seven-day week schedule became something I quite enjoyed cause I liked the momentum. Zhang, Bale blossom together on "Flowers of War" 2011-12-22T13:34:28Z

It opens and closes with harshly sonorous chimes; in between, Hough creates a restless musical maze that gains momentum until it becomes a seemingly unstoppable toccata. Stephen Hough – review 2013-01-22T12:18:59Z

But as momentum grew, so the mission expanded to concerns about xenophobia, racism, domestic violence and the targeting of Muslims and gays. From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a global show of unity for women's rights 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

The V2 is used when a racer is moving fast — across flat terrain or on gradual downhills, or to build momentum going into an uphill. 2010-01-28T06:21:00Z

The performance soon took on a momentum of its own. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z

The incident is a reminder of the high stakes of this feral climate, but risks derailing the production’s momentum. Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Fuller, who won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with “A Soldier’s Play,” never gives this new military-themed work enough momentum, and the characters always seem to be embodied situations rather than individuals. Dancing some pleasing duets at the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Vocally, "Post Break-Up Sex" and "Blow It Up" shrug their collective shoulders at messy situations, but the insistent momentum hints at ironic contrasts probed by the Strokes a decade ago. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z

So why is the A.A.P. endorsing a marketing initiative that even hospitals are rejecting as nationwide public momentum grows to stop this tactic? Motherlode Blog: Does the A.A.P. Logo Belong on Formula Gift Bags? 2013-12-19T22:39:47Z

They’re all about forward momentum, dollops of melody, layered repetition that mutates as it goes, and out-of-nowhere pivots and swerves that turn out to serve an underlying plan. Review: On ‘La Di Da Di,’ the Latest From Battles, Momentum Is a Driving Force 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Historical breadth and a narrative momentum are the novel's greatest strengths. In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner – review 2012-09-29T21:55:01Z

In the second half of "The Matrix Resurrections," these influences become a significance hindrance to its creative momentum. No one can say if "The Matrix Resurrections" is good or bad. Either way, it makes you think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Will he one day sustain a three-act role with complete momentum from beginning to end? 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

For the first time the jury chose 11 films instead of 10, with many already gaining momentum this awards season. Boyhood and Birdman make AFI list 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

It took time — decades, actually — to gather this momentum. At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

Pushed from behind, whipped hard from the side, that strange moment of redoubling, taking on another’s force, momentum: you lurch, stagger, and are through. Broken collarbone? Just roll with it 2013-06-02T17:00:00Z

"The momentum building for 'The King's Speech' is headed in the right direction." 'Little Fockers' tops box office, Coens have best opening ever 2010-12-26T22:02:00Z

They want to keep building momentum and proving the global power of their sounds. Record labels said Latin trap was ‘going nowhere.’ Billions of YouTube views proved them wrong. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

She began a petition to get Mr. Kelly’s music off Atlanta airwaves, and the momentum spread throughout the country, backed by the force of #MeToo. As R. Kelly’s Trial Begins, Here’s a Timeline of the Allegations 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

The production as a whole feels hazy, and it seldom acquires the sweeping momentum that a show about time’s tidal pull demands. ‘Fortress of Solitude,’ Now With Musical Numbers, at the Public Theater 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

This irrepressible pianist’s year has been dominated by the Bad Plus, the famous ensemble he joined in January and immediately rewired, giving it a cooler push of momentum and a savory, new harmonic makeup. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chase built up momentum by subtly accelerating the tempos. Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened,’ Insights into What Made the Musicals Sing 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Though the trip is the framework, the interactions among Mary Bee, the women and Briggs are what keep up the forward momentum. Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test 'The Homesman' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

For her two-week engagement at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan, Dorrance has presented an oddly uneven experience, lethargic in its momentum. Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

The coastal city of Salonika, often overlooked by tourists in favor of Athens, has been gaining momentum for the last several years with its prolific cultural scene. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z

But as is frequently the case in books by investigative reporters, everything the editor made him leave out of his coverage for the sake of clarity and narrative momentum now becomes string for the book. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

"For this album, we made visuals because we wanted to do something with a particular song, and then it built up its own momentum," she says. Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project 2014-02-27T02:04:21Z

Easing back on the shooting difficulty helps the game’s overall accessibility, as does a control refinement that more intuitively distributes a player’s motion and momentum — and his shooting or ball-handling decisions — between your two thumbs. NBA 2K13 2012-10-09T21:52:22Z

This was a lot for a 10-episode series to capture – some of it felt breathless — and it would be easy to imagine the second season struggling to keep up the momentum. “Mr. Robot” in moral free-fall: Groundbreaking season 1 sets up intriguing stakes for next act 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

The hourlong composition, resisting its own momentum, breaks into too many disparate pieces, nearly as loose and attenuated as the stuff on the floor. Review: A Tap Prodigy, Growing Up in Public 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

De Brossard's all-male response to the Virgin Mary's suffering permits and explores masculine emotion and vulnerability as its expression of grief, at times alarming in its dissonance, gradually gathers momentum. Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet – review 2013-04-16T16:10:34Z

Even more fatally for the book’s momentum, Woodward and Costa devote 20 pages — a lifetime by their pacing standards — to behind-the-scenes negotiations for President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

For example, you might jerk your torso backward to create momentum during a biceps dumbbell curl. To build strength at home without buying bulky equipment, try resistance bands. Here’s how. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere there are passages of Bach-like counterpoint, Handelian coloratura, simple lullaby and Modernist astringency, all unified by a stunned, inexorable dramatic momentum. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z

There is little stopping the momentum of “Let It Go,” the hit song from Disney’s blockbuster “Frozen.” The Carpetbagger: How ‘Let It Go’ Upended the ‘Frozen’ Plot 2014-02-14T17:45:37Z

As much as it improvised atop its structures, the group burrowed into them, building tension and momentum from within, turning them into meditations or shaping them into galvanizing crescendos that crested in a standing ovation. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

Her singular voice, with relentless momentum and emotional switchbacks, is propulsive. Marlon James' views of a crime in 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Now, one of its quieter themes is providing new momentum to the Copenhagen dining scene’s ascendance: “To combine the best in Nordic cookery and culinary traditions with impulses from abroad.” In Copenhagen, New Nordic Meets Old Italian 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

That is to give life on canvas to the aforementioned New Woman, who has a modern streamlined momentum all her own, going where she chooses and ruling her own destiny. Review: In ‘Lempicka,’ Blond Ambition Is Set in a New Key 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Still, that pause hardly slowed the onrushing momentum that Mr. Washington, a commandingly charismatic tenor saxophonist and bandleader, has gathered since the release of his momentous debut, “The Epic.” For Kamasi Washington, It’s About Keeping an Open Mind 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

His knack of interlocking consecutive movements into one long sweep makes for gripping momentum. Dunedin Consort – review 2012-12-21T18:07:41Z

Tom bullishly declares that he can "cook anywhere", but of course part of him realises that abandoning his job in the big city could be a fatal blow to his career momentum. The Five-Year Engagement – review 2012-06-21T14:29:01Z

Both films went into tonight with some momentum. What the 2015 Golden Globes Mean for This Year's Oscar Race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

The story’s surfeit allows Eifman to indulge in ostentatious and extravagant momentum and gestures, and he’s very good at that. With Fitzgerald adaptation 'Up & Down,' Eifman succeeds on his own, melodramatic terms 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

By comparison, "The Dark Knight Rises" is plot-heavy, obsessed with process, laden with expository dialogue and flashbacks that bog down the momentum and - dare I say it? - just flat-out boring at times. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z

It messed up his momentum, but the trade-off might have been worth it, since the flub added an electric spontaneity and unpredictability that was a drawing card. Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ Strikes Back 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

The momentum gradually builds as you guide Faith across crisply delineated rooftops; the pace is unrelenting and the attention to detail sharp. Mirror's Edge 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

One of the fears that is expressed is that if Rio dropped the ball on the Paralympics, then the momentum and progress the movement has had would be lost. Netflix's stunning new Paralympics doc "Rising Phoenix" erases stigma through visual elegance 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z

Just as Mr. McGregor builds momentum and erases it in quick, agitated sparks, the monotony of watching a woman’s legs split apart can’t be underestimated. 2010-02-12T22:27:00Z

“That collective voice is not going to lose momentum.” Time’s Up Hires W.N.B.A. President as Chief Executive 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

But that doesn’t affect the show’s hard-driving momentum, carried by Ms. Nash’s pop-rock score, or the lurid familiarity of its plot. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ and ‘Murder Ballad’ 2013-05-23T02:00:01Z

Director Victor Garcia builds momentum, if no great tension, as the mayhem progresses. Horror thriller 'The Damned' an exercise in dumb moves 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

But the screenplay by Will Collins is too episodic for the movie to build much dramatic momentum. Movie Review: ‘My Brothers,’ Directed by Paul Fraser 2012-11-30T00:49:55Z

But they lost momentum after Putin became president in 2000, partly out of fear of a newly repressive climate, partly succumbing to apathy. Russia's artists enter political fray in elections 2012-03-01T11:36:13Z

Two months in, the momentum started to slow between Josie’s owner and me. Your Dog Has Seen Me Naked 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Her role, she said, would be to carry that momentum forward. Legacy Russell Is Named Next Leader of the Kitchen 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

These days, the momentum seems to be toward eliminating gun laws, rather than adding to them. “Crazy people will be able to get their hands on guns”: Legal expert Adam Winkler on why outright gun bans won’t prevent another Charleston 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Anderson’s previous film The Grand Budapest Hotel also secured the opening gala spot at the Berlin film festival in 2014, and though early in the year gained considerable momentum during awards season. Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs to open Berlin film festival 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Kore-eda also wrote and edited “Shoplifters,” and he builds momentum as he fills in a larger family portrait, often by following individual members separately into the world. ‘Shoplifters’ Review: A Family That Steals Together, Stays Together 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

There are exceptions, but fashion gala ballets, and their costumes, rarely survive to become repertory; instead, the event’s tenure has shown a slow erosion of dance — of steps, of musicality, of theatrical momentum. Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Blending these contrary elements into seamless, forward-rushing momentum is terrifically hard. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z

The funny thing about a backlash is the way it opens things up and builds momentum on its own. The inevitable Taylor Swift backlash begins: Watching the critical mad love crumble, right on schedule 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

And so the show’s sense of momentum relies mainly on tragically beautiful eye candy, high manners and lifestyle — the building blocks of televised Anglophilia. Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ is best when viewed like separate little movies 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Although “My Church” benefited from iHeartRadio’s “On the Verge” program, which requires country stations to play chosen songs a certain amount of times, it’s matching radio momentum in sales. Maren Morris isn’t trying to be a country music ‘savior,’ but she’s just what Nashville needs 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

The momentum carried over to the Heartbreakers’ “Hypnotic Eye,” a roots-rocking studio album that was released in July. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Sept. 5-11 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The cause gained major momentum and attention after a June 23 hearing where Spears passionately declared to Judge Brenda Penny that she wanted her freedom. ‘Toxic’ podcast explores Britney Spears conservatorship 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

The momentum enabled Pinto to hire a showroom in New York to market the line to store buyers this fall. Maria Pinto once again on road to White House 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

The momentum carried into the fall with the second season of the established hit “Stranger Things,” and continued this year with the high-profile additions of “The End of the ____ing World” and “Everything Sucks.” On Netflix, a Growing Wave of Shows for and About Teenagers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Over a driving funk vamp, he and Ronald Bruner work as a percussive unit; each note has heft and precision, but a chancy momentum too. Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

The Bunty of the title is a financially beleaguered Bombay movie producer, trying to scrape together the money and momentum for a comeback. Theater Review: ‘Bunty Berman Presents ’ at Acorn Theater 2013-05-10T02:00:01Z

The result maintained an invigorating momentum throughout its duration. Harrison Birtwistle – review 2013-01-13T18:15:01Z

At the core of Mr. Mitchell’s quartet is the rhythm section, which has worked as a trio, with Mr. Tordini providing a center of gravity and Mr. Weiss creating a shifting momentum. Matt Mitchell’s Jazz Gallery Concert Showcased New Material 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Pacing is difficult in a project like this, but an urgent momentum takes over right where it’s most needed, creating the sense that a solution is within grasp. Review | If serials are the new way to solve mysteries, maybe ‘The Keepers’ can help close the case of Sister Cathy 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

But the momentum of the van still finds a way to percolate down through the levels. Film review: Inception 2010-07-09T23:17:00Z

Finding himself with new momentum and the flexibility to make new episodes of “Comedians in Cars” when he wants, Mr. Seinfeld said he knew exactly how he planned to use this freedom. Jerry Seinfeld, Online Force 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

This performance had inexorable, tense momentum through Handel’s violent mood swings. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ at St. Thomas and Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z

By then, Kelly’s influence was waning — he had not scored a Top 40 hit in a decade — and the campaign against him coincided with the momentum of #MeToo. With R. Kelly on Trial, What Has Become of His Music? 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Johnson plans to keep the momentum going this summer, featuring a different band each time. Black joy: The power and politics of Go-Go music in the era of Black Lives Matter 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

The tenor saxophonist and flutist Anna Webber recently put out “Clockwise,” an album full of atonality and friction and discomfited momentum — not to mention, some of New York’s premier improvising musicians. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to top the opening of “Lonely Moments” — the way its spare octaves, separated at first by bewilderingly long silences, gather momentum and burst into rousing, syncopated harmonies. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

They are involved with maintaining the action’s momentum, but they also move with a vocabulary that is sometimes in harmony with scenes across time, like spirits. ‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

But events soon acquired a momentum of their own. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

Even if the performance clearly was more rehearsed than improvised, there was no denying the velocity and headlong momentum of Green's unison lines in both hands. The maturing pianism of Benny Green 2011-05-20T14:27:56Z

Its dramatic momentum comes not from questions of which horse will win run best, but from matters much murkier, derived from the rules of claiming races. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z

Ditto Nixon’s ruminations on being “ugly”: Spacey is a wily enough actor to make them work, but they drag at the movie’s momentum. Review: Spacey Meets Shannon, and Prez Meets King, in Elvis & Nixon 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

“It feels like we’re on the cusp, developing momentum with so many artists and different projects — it’s becoming a cultural hub.” Go to Boise for its arts scene? Yep! The booming city is undergoing a cultural renaissance. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

A: I definitely feel a shift, and I’ve felt it for a while — or just a lot of momentum. Randall Park’s directorial debut is an ode to flawed Asian Americans 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

He uses an enormous orchestra and chorus, but deploys them judiciously, guided less by dramatic momentum than by atmospheres both sacred and profane. Review: ‘The Devils of Loudun’ Offers No Escape From Horror 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

Ravenna’s delivery of the poisoned apple to Snow White is brilliantly done, perhaps the movie’s best revisionist moment, but after that the momentum declines sharply. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z

“I’d sooner play something which sounds simple and repetitive than clutter up the sound. It’s all a case of keeping the beat and carrying momentum.” "Talking Heads: 77," released 40 years ago tomorrow 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately that emotional authenticity is tied to a narrative strategy that loses its momentum. ‘I Declare War’: Playtime turns serious for 12-year-olds 2013-08-29T20:30:21Z

Watts tended to pull his right hand away on the upbeat, giving his left a clear path to the snare drum — lending the beat a strong but slightly off-kilter momentum. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Tracking shots — of subways, grain fields, iron works, depending on the district — are deployed to convey the challenger’s swelling momentum. Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

And the album, which runs under 45 minutes, exerts its own momentum, so that the most dazzling track, “Ambient Pressure Thereby,” arrives with climactic intensity, as an onrushing confrontation. New Music: Albums From Wisin y Yandel and Giant Giant Sand 2012-07-02T21:53:46Z

The Paris dancers bring pulsatingly to life its difficult rhythms, its beaming geometric lines and its singing momentum. Review: The Paris Opera Ballet, Under New Management 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

In parts, the work is marvelous, particularly toward the end when he creates ripples of canonic movement across chairs and builds momentum towards a sudden, surprising close. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Performs at Dance Theater Workshop 2010-06-03T22:40:00Z

"If you're coming into a legacy show, just the momentum of the institution will make it hard to make the show your own," Miller said. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

In my opinion, the reason that Trump happened is because you could feel some progress having real momentum over the last five, 10 years, and that was terrifying to a lot of people. Lindy West reclaims the "witch hunt": On comedy, feminism and why terrible men think they're victims 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

This philosophy, while absurd on its face, effectively cripples any momentum toward helping suffering populations and is an old favorite of the Republican Party. Hillbilly sellout: The politics of J. D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” are already being used to gut the working poor 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

"When you have a story that has the kind of explosive momentum these stories do, you have to scratch your head and ask why people find this so interesting, what gives the story traction." 'Happy Valley' has many views of Penn State's Sandusky scandal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

In folk circles, “Why We Build the Wall” has picked up momentum as an anthem against the Republican candidate. Billy Bragg’s Railroad Songs 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a fantastic true story told with a galumphing momentum. Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2010-03-11T05:31:00Z

But as its momentum accelerates, and its special effects transform it into a pulpy cartoon, “Predators” loses its judgment and turns into a frantic, clichéd chase film. | 'Predators': Adrien Brody as a Hunted Earthling 2010-07-08T23:31:00Z

Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, the eight-minute “Inexorable Passage” felt packed, and moved along with momentum. Review: Iranian Female Composers Speak Indirectly to the Moment 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

Approaching it from the top was no better; I would gain too much momentum and slide straight past. Stepping Across the Ice: Teffi (1872-1952) 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

A late spurt of momentum for Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was only enough, in the end, to secure it the best screenplay award. Cannes 2014: Winter Sleep takes Palme d'Or in ceremony of upsets 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Beginning with a loud purr of press rolls on the snare, rhythmically suggestive of a revving engine, it conveyed momentum without tempo, melody without key. 2010-02-15T01:06:00Z

As the song gradually lost momentum and crawled to a stop, the singer, physically slight but wildly charismatic, concluded with a haunting line: "All is calm, nothing is right." Cold Specks surveys the ages during confident Echo set 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Siobhan Magnus, though, was the clear winner of the night with a mesmerizing performance that just gained momentum throughout "Paint it Black." Stones night on 'American Idol': Only Siobhan Magnus nailed it 2010-03-17T18:58:00Z

At first, the Rolling Stone piece seemed to add to this momentum. How Rolling Stone’s campus rape story could discourage victims from speaking out

“The filmmakers built this world out with such attention to detail that people were ready to come back and enjoy these characters. We’re really excited about the momentum as we head into the holidays.” Box Office: 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Tops Thanksgiving Box... 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

Again and again the Farrell dancers revealed music, on many levels: they anticipated it, arrived with it, showed details of its meter and the sweep of its larger momentum. Suzanne Farrell Ballet Presents Balanchine and Robbins 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

As the performance continues, he often ups the momentum by interrupting it; there is some latent tension underneath all that gentility. The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

I think Jimmy Fallon, who’s been the dominant guy for a year and a half or so, has been very shrewd in how he’s loaded up his show to thwart what momentum Colbert has. “If any network had a chance to put Tina Fey in that job, they’d throw every man overboard”: Bill Carter surveys the late-night landscape 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, Holden says, there's a "lack of coherence and narrative momentum," and "with no real story to tell, only so much can be done." 'Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' overbooked but affable, reviews say 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

He led the orchestra on Sunday in broad expansions before focusing it back into tumbling momentum. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

It's intriguingly murky stuff, but the show sits awkwardly between fact and fiction in a slack and often uncertainly acted production that entirely lacks the thriller-like momentum it requires to make you care. Gibraltar – review 2013-04-01T14:34:36Z

But the lack of momentum and Howard's constant resetting of time and place mean the novel builds toward its conclusion by fits and starts. 'Driving the King' a bold reimagining of civil rights era 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Jarren: I remember when he said not to lose momentum on anything you do. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

There’s little sense of completion, only empty momentum. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in a Tribute to a Fast Train 2014-02-05T21:50:27Z

Tempos were surprisingly Victorian; “He Shall Feed His Flock” and “He Was Despised” were positively limacine, and the final section of “Worthy Is the Lamb” lacked momentum. Early-music expert leads NSO in fresh but uneven interpretation of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

The drummers were tight, propellant, filled with momentum. The Grateful Dead jam in mostly perfect harmony in Santa Clara 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

He tried for years to turn it into a film, but it never got any momentum. Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

The investigation is a tad leisurely, its momentum sapped by flashbacks to the drowning and related intrigue and puppy love. ‘The Dry’ Review: Small Town Blues 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

This gives the film a little momentum, which it needs so as not to overstay its welcome. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

After a month-plus blizzard of commentary, normcore may be a hypothetical movement that turns into a real movement through the power of sheer momentum. Normcore: Fashion Movement or Massive In-Joke? 2014-04-02T21:56:25Z

Too slow, and it loses momentum, or worse, deflates like a droopy soufflé. Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

By now, it is hard to imagine anything stopping the momentum of “La La Land.” And the Oscar Winners Will Be ... 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

They’re an uncommonly good match: Her playing is dense and richly stacked; his is fluid, letting the gentle persuasion of his ride cymbal lace the music with momentum. The Best Live Jazz Performances of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

The engagement of African-American artists with African art gained momentum during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. John Edmonds and the Allure of Africa 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

“To increase sales would go against our domestic market. For British customers, nothing has changed and we want to keep momentum with those local customers. Raising prices would send a wrong signal.” Watches See a ‘Brexit’ Boom 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Its Producers Guild and Directors Guild awards give it a momentum that will be hard for another movie to overcome. The Oscar ballot, with predictions in each category 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Scott has always had a seemingly unstoppable momentum, but you do have to wonder about this right now. Ridley Scott on sci-fi epic Raised By Wolves: 'Watch it with three bottles of wine!' 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

A special issue of the respected journal Cortex will shortly be dedicated to the neuropsychology of hypnosis, additionally pointing to the growing momentum of the scientific revival. Vaughan Bell: hypnosis is no laughing matter 2012-07-21T23:05:09Z

Perhaps fittingly, given its title, the second half of the novel — the trip back from the House of the Dead — has more narrative momentum and suspense than the first half. Into the Woods 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

As the civil rights movement gained momentum, the A.C.L.U. took on their case, and in 1967 the Supreme Court ruled in their favor in Loving v. The Film ‘Loving,’ About a History-Making Interracial Couple, Sets Cannes Abuzz 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

When the music’s first and second movements end, Ms. LeCrone has built up enough dance momentum to continue the choreography through a few seconds of silence, arriving finally ready to start the next section. Dance Review: Ballet and New Music Mix, Meet and Mingle 2011-06-26T22:30:27Z

After the juice was restored, either because of the break in momentum or coincidentally the game became, well, a game, as the 49ers pushed Baltimore improbably to hold on for a last-seconds victory. Super Bowl Watch: A Fiery Stage, Lights Out and a Voice from Beyond (Oh, Yeah, and a Game Too) 2013-02-04T15:04:57Z

After all, the play prioritizes its high-concept, heightened comedy over character building, plot or any of the usual forces behind a work’s momentum — so its engine runs out of steam almost immediately. ‘Fall River Fishing’ Review: So She Dated an Axe Murderer 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

But soon their momentum would screech to a halt. Meet the Brothers Osborne, the embodiment of country music’s evolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Journey allows the player to move through a set of landscapes profound in their audio and visual beauty with no instruction, but with the momentum, disorientation and hope that emerge from any journey in life. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: A Playwright on the Art of Video Games 2012-12-26T13:00:50Z

Generally speaking, it’s hard to regain momentum after a bad sequel: “Cars 2” was Pixar’s first flop with critics. Diverse Crowds Fuel ‘Cars 3’ and ‘All Eyez on Me’ at Box Office 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

It involves making the choice—the movement, the momentum—to put good quality food into your body. Grab a spoon, and dig in: This ultra-creamy smoothie bowl will be your new favorite breakfast 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

And having benefited from the momentum online, organizations like African Americans for Humanism and Center for Inquiry-Harlem have well-attended meet-up groups, and others like Black Atheists of America and Black Nonbelievers have been founded. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z

But these pauses, meant to be pregnant, sap the dance of what little momentum it accrues. Dance Review: Heidi Latsky Dance Performs ‘Gimp’ at Lincoln Center 2012-08-05T21:27:28Z

But when he launched into his hit single, “Electric Love,” the party’s momentum hit critical mass. LACMA's star-jammed Art + Film Gala and how it signals a turning point for the museum and the city 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Back to the congas, then: He attacked them with declaratory force, shifting the emphasis in his groove but endlessly adhering to a headlong standard of momentum, in rough accord with Mr. Watts. Music Review: Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band at the Blue Note 2012-05-25T22:30:07Z

He tackled showing the physical act of sperm donation in a funny way that gives good momentum and energy to the show. Review: Mike Albo Makes a Biological (and Emotional) Journey in ‘Spermhood’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

The first is “the product of the Great Migration,” except, for him, “The Great Migration is an idea: the idea that we will use momentum to leave our past.” Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

It has a bright viciousness to its humor, and a similar snowballing momentum and ironic doom — except it’s also a zombie show. What Should I Watch After I’ve Binged ‘Dead to Me’? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

If the "X-Men" franchise is able to similarly streamline and keep up its momentum, its future — based on its past — will likely look bright. 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' ups the ante on super-sequels 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Jane Glover, the RAM's director of opera, who also conducted, elicited momentum and fluency from the small but accomplished orchestra, and gave expert encouragement to the singers. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z

Having lost his momentum as a photographer there, Barnor took a steady job as a cleaner at Heathrow Airport — a change in course that he has described as a typical immigrant story. The Man Who Pictured Ghana’s Rise at Home and Abroad 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

He doesn’t add many act-outs to sell a line or weave bits into a story to build comic momentum. Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The dance musical also gathered momentum with a shiny new version of ZooNation's Some Like It Hip Hop, written, directed and choreographed by the indefatigable Kate Prince. The best dance of 2012: Luke Jennings's choice 2012-12-15T23:00:02Z

Conversely, during "Bad Girl" he invited several women from the audience onstage and hand-picking them slowed down the momentum of the show. Usher turned up the heat on a cold night 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

For a while, as its groove gathered density — but still no real momentum — it seemed like the buildup to some kind of melodic event. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z

But instead of rushing to Broadway before this season’s Tony Awards deadline, producers decided to wait and open in the summer, allowing time for the show to be revised but risking a loss of momentum. 'Hamilton' Off to Hot Start at Broadway Box Office 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

It will be Paris' first gourmet Cantonese establishment but presumably not, if the Asian invasion gains momentum, its last. Fabulous Paris: The Shangri-La Hotel 2011-02-03T14:15:00Z

Messenger of Peace, told a ceremony honoring the winners Tuesday evening that "creativity is essential" in order to create momentum for nuclear disarmament. Actor Michael Douglas says the winning posters in a global competition to commemorate the first UN General Assembly resolution 70 years ago calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons "instantly create a universal message of peace." 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

The plot advances through each woman’s story; as the symmetries between them pile up, along with misunderstandings, the novel accumulates momentum and emotional power. A Mother and Daughter and a Town Made of ‘Brass’ 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

“It was a bummer not to be able to push off of all that momentum,” Ms. Leichter said. What Snoop Dogg’s Success Says About the Book Industry 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

“There’s a ton of momentum in the box office,” Dave Hollis, president of domestic distribution at Disney, said of the trio of recent openings — “Solo,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Deadpool 2.” Box Office: 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' looks to edge past $100... 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z

Can it maintain its momentum long enough to justify investing all that time? The Americans – TV review 2013-06-02T05:00:00Z

The bring-your-dog-to-work trend is gaining momentum in Thailand, particularly at companies like advertisement firms that are known to require irregular work hours. Putting on the dog: Thai ad agency employees bring pets to work 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Suddenly the synergy hit, and the momentum struck, and then everyone got excited. Grizzly Bear Takes a New Approach on Its Album ‘Shield’ 2012-09-16T07:23:03Z

It’s a frantic novel that builds up little to no narrative momentum. Review: ‘The American People, Volume 1’ by Larry Kramer Retells History With Passion 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

And it’s a band that creates momentum even when standing still. Music Review: Salome and Landmine Marathon at Union Pool 2010-07-14T21:46:00Z

Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings are building some serious, churning momentum – we even have our first mosh pit sighting of the weekend, for better or worse – but the rain rolls in and things get dicey. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z

Lerner said Marshall’s momentum is one of the reasons she chose to locate Gentle Harvest’s headquarters and first store here. Cisco co-founder Sandy Lerner’s next big idea: Redefining road food 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

And as they stack up, says Drizin, they “develop a momentum that is very difficult to stop.” Can we predict a wrongful conviction? 2012-09-09T14:00:00Z

After a pitch-perfect pilot episode that aired in late October, the series hasn’t lost much momentum. The best TV shows of 2015: ‘The Affair,’ ‘Master of None,’ ‘Fargo’ and more 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

There are Brechtian gestures and live looping and Groucho Marx glasses and plastic fish littering the stage, which rob the story of momentum. Review: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ That Clowns Around With Tragedy 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

This approach has given the show space to work, but it has also cost the series crucial momentum. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 5: Somebody Do Something 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

But Doyle displays less adeptness with creating memorable images or narrative momentum. ‘Lorelei’ Review: A Rural Melodrama, Lost at Sea 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Legal experts and courtroom observers generally dismissed that suggestion as a bluff, perhaps designed to throw prosecutors — who ended with a lot of momentum — off balance. Jurors in sexual-assault trial of Bill Cosby begin deliberations 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Chapters address issues from parenting to clothing to emotional attachments and offer daily practices readers can use to keep the momentum going. Get organized this year ? declutter! 2011-01-12T22:39:04Z

She said the lack of social media at the time made it very difficult to apply pressure and build momentum for a cause the way the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag did for Black actors. The disabled hope their Oscar moment can become a movement 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

By sleeping from a high perch, they get extra momentum as they drop into flight. Ever wondered how animals sleep? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The momentum drops sharply, however, when Mussolini gains power and vanishes from Dalser's life, and the film, too – though Timi reappears briefly as Mussolini junior. Film review: Vincere 2010-05-13T22:50:00Z

If "Oblivion" packs in comparable domestic crowds, it will help maintain the action-star momentum Cruise regained with 2011's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." '42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas 2013-04-14T19:56:12Z

Occasionally, the story’s momentum is slowed by Mangan’s enthusiastic attempts to turn the novel into a threesome, with Tangier as its third character. Review | Who’s telling the truth? ‘Tangerine’ is a twisty tale of friendship, death and deceit 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

Eight of the last nine best picture Oscar winners built awards-season momentum at the festival. Which Toronto International Film Festival movies are Oscar material? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

But with the introduction of Ike, a dodgy plastic surgeon who also runs a medical foundation for disfigured children, the plays starts to lose focus, momentum and control. While You Lie 2010-08-11T21:30:00Z

Climatically, this may have been a climax, but for the company, it was an unfortunate interruption of the momentum built in the first week of its winter season. Review: City Ballet Celebrates Balanchine and Heeds Mother Nature 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

“Breaking Bad” has gained momentum as it’s aired; its ratings keep going up. “Breaking Bad”: “He’s a pure psychopath” 2012-07-22T19:00:00Z

The longer it goes on, the more momentum it accrues, and the more forceful kind of attraction I possess. Gender Outlaws, Floating Freely Outside Binary Boxes 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The rest of the album ranges from sections of sharply arranged forward momentum to quiet, scattering moments like this one. The Playlist: Cardi B Isn’t Going Anywhere and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

I am hopeful that momentum from the "me too" movement will help put limits on the behavior of these musical geniuses, but it would be a tragedy for them to fade away. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Still, this very limited judicial enterprise, and the momentum that the Duch trial created, have been decisive in allowing, for the first time, a national public debate on the Khmer Rouge era. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Lingering tempos in the first movement and the pizzicato Scherzo didn’t create momentum or open space for newly discovered details. Review: A Rising Star Takes Her Turn, as the Met Turns the Page on Levine 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

In the last few months, however, momentum has been building behind a band that seemingly everyone is into. Haim: 'Next time, why don't you come to Los Angeles?' 2012-11-24T00:01:05Z

In recent years, the British awards have helped underdog films gain momentum for Hollywood success. Clooney, Pitt, Streep due at British film awards 2012-02-12T11:42:10Z

We never realized that it was going to turn into a series that was going to gain so much momentum. Laguna Beach, 10 Years Later: All This Drama Started With the Black and White Party 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

The event began that June, gathering unanticipated momentum with locals and tourists. The Treasure Hunters of Block Island 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

One of the things “UnREAL” has struggled with this season is its tendency to reach for twists rather than finding natural momentum. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 5: Somebody Do Something 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

The album regains momentum on its final trio of songs, which are suddenly populated with other female voices and names. Lana Del Rey Takes a Road Trip Into the Past 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Its rounded design continues to mock the forward momentum of the jet plane, even after Chuck Yeager, piloting the Bell X-1 research plane, breaks the sound barrier for the first time in October 1947. Weird suburbia: How atomic bombs and UFOs created modern America 2014-03-16T18:00:00Z

Ben Affleck's film steadily and deservedly has been racking up key prizes leading to the big night and has unstoppable momentum. AP writers pick `Argo' for Oscar best picture 2013-02-21T17:46:04Z

And there is the possibility of continuing the momentum with new and exciting ideas.” Harvesting the Seed Corn 2012-09-14T16:21:47Z

The power of time is central to Ms. Rowling’s books — even as her narratives hurtle forward with an irresistible momentum, Harry’s understanding of Voldemort and himself involved excursions into the past. Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Explores the Power of Time 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

In the bracing climactic stanza, he builds momentum while taking a wider view, explaining how the impossible beauty standards promoted by magazines prepare girls to be music consumers. On Comedy: Bo Burnham Releases His Comedy Special 2013-12-25T22:24:40Z

In the meantime, this live stream, which isn’t really live, fulfills a lot of functions: as a fund-raiser, a teaser, a way to maintain momentum and keep a young cast feeling energized and occupied. Broadway Adjourns, but the ‘Sing Street’ Band Plays On 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

The story gathered a little momentum, while at the same time the cheesiness increased. My Stephen King problem 2012-07-06T14:42:00Z

Fans hounded her for a sequel, and Ms. Hall’s publisher and agent urged her to write another novel to capitalize on the momentum. Karen Hall Alters ‘Dark Debts’ in a New Edition 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

But though conductor Nicholas Chalmers launched the overture with momentum and purpose, it took a while for the performance to catch fire dramatically. The Flying Dutchman – review 2013-02-19T15:23:00Z

Slowly, patiently, with unstoppable momentum, he explains in his ramshackle English that the full stop is all very well for other writers, but it is not for him. László Krasznahorkai interview: 'This society is the result of 10,000 years?' 2012-08-24T08:40:29Z

Green's debut novel, "Looking for Alaska," was also picked up by Paramount back in 2005; after sitting on the shelf for years, it recently picked up momentum with Sarah Polley coming aboard as director. John Green headed back to screen as Universal acquires 'Let It Snow' 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

The production is hardly unique in struggling to maintain consistent momentum throughout a drama whose central image of a woman tethered to a wagon is the very definition of a long haul. Mother Courage and Her Children – review 2013-03-03T14:55:09Z

“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” masterfully recreates 1969 Los Angeles, but the film seems to have lost awards momentum. Oscars 2020 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Smith’s career gathered momentum through the 1980s and ’90s, gaining more popularity in Europe than in the United States. Carrie Smith, Singer in ‘Black and Blue,’ Dies at 86 2012-05-27T05:16:12Z

On the page, this bifurcation works, but on the screen it saps the story’s momentum, partly because there’s no violence in the room to distract you from the genericism and puerility of the dialogue. Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

He’s the kind of player who doesn’t miss notes, yet he cuts and pries at his momentum, too. Live Jazz: Three August Standouts, From Gilad Hekselman to Rebolú 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

For the rest of us, the line between exuberance and self-indulgence is a lot thinner, and the overriding tone of his recent films is not tension or momentum, but self-satisfaction. Why Quentin Tarantino's inner movie nerd should stop directing his films 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

The Bach “Passion” stagings have shown off the best qualities of both him and the players, combining scrupulous style, individual virtuosity and theatrical momentum. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

With momentum from the documentary and downtime during the pandemic, Schmersal decided to finally open the Brainiac archives — old suitcases filled with cassettes, photos and ephemera. 26 Years After Its Singer’s Sudden Death, Brainiac (Briefly) Returns 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

But the prison breakout seems to be gaining momentum. How today's female directors broke out of 'movie jail' 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Davis is rightfully a rising talent, and one of her greatest gifts is her ability to build narrative momentum. The top 10 graphic novels of 2014

It generates not just momentum but, as Chase recognised, suspense. Don't Stop Believin': the power ballad that refused to die 2010-12-16T22:14:01Z

In recent years, the band has tried to follow up on touring momentum with recording sessions. The Rolling Stones Paint It Blue on Their New Album 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

And while it went on far too long — Wonder’s hammy impersonation of a tough DJ in the last half-hour deflated the momentum — it was a stunning evening. Stevie Wonder brings it all back home | Concert review 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Thunderbitch plays them with the fluctuating, headlong momentum and dynamic ups and downs of a band performing together live, egging one another on, watching for signals. Review: ‘Thunderbitch’ Features Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

“The script’s bare bones are familiar,” wrote Maslin, “yet the film also has fine acting, steady momentum, a sharp eye and a very warm heart.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘American Masters: Roberta Flack’ 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

Perhaps more of a drawback, although one that often recedes as Krist’s narrative gains momentum, is what the title metaphor implies — an insubstantial and fleeting fiction. Los Angeles as the City of Dreams, and Nightmares 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

For those who are concerned about Trump’s apparent recent surge of momentum, the Oz appearance represents something truly grave. Trump's Dr. Oz Appearance Was Startlingly Straightforward 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

But that franchise fizzled out by its third sequel in 1987 as yawning audiences turned away from the growing silliness, so there was no industry momentum leading up to “Batman.” How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

But it was light-footed, too, and created an unstoppable momentum. Philharmonia/Salonen ? review 2011-02-11T18:04:52Z

I started having traction in music in college and had that fork-in-the-road moment, and I thought, “Music has some momentum, I’m going to go over here.” Jennifer Nettles Had Sung ‘She Used to Be Mine.’ But Not While Crying. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

It feels like West has the momentum behind him for his extraordinary portrayal of Fred West in in Appropriate Adult – he took the same category at the 2012 Royal Television Society awards. Bafta TV awards 2012: who should win? 2012-05-25T13:14:35Z

But such arguments clearly have not stopped the other side’s momentum. The lonely lot of the anti-pot crusader

By the third season, Halt and Catch Fire’s momentum was unstoppable. The best TV of 2016 … that you probably didn't watch 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

All the while, he moved through the space trance-like, crouching and rising in slow motion as if to delay momentum, yet too often the cautious placement of his body parts resembled a game of Twister. Dance Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Dances a Work by Christian Rizzo 2014-05-08T20:54:15Z

But the composition of the piece — how the images accumulate, the pacing, momentum and emotional force — needs sharpening. Moroccan dance ‘Identity/Identite’ is bold and liberating, but its intentions aren’t clear

“The technique is all about the natural body and the natural world: wind, momentum, water.” Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z

Diesel is currently riding high on the global success of "Furious 7," and Lionsgate is no doubt hoping some of that momentum will carry over to "Witch Hunter." 'The Last Witch Hunter' trailer: Vin Diesel shifts gears to fantasy 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

The naval collisions and melees play out in panel-like renderings that are bold and satisfying for the first half-hour but lack the momentum and bombastic je ne sais quoi of “300.” Movie Review: In ‘300: Rise of an Empire,’ Greeks Under Siege Again 2014-03-07T01:38:02Z

At the start of its current season, Scandal regained its momentum with episodes that dealt with real-world political issues. Scandal's Fake Donald Trump Isn't Believable 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Piker kept the momentum up on his channel throughout the debates this fall. How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

As the music gained momentum, Moran gently increased the pressure on his piano’s sustain pedal, loosening the notes as they charged forward. Perspective | Jason Moran is making jazz history. Don’t miss it. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

On Sunday, momentum built for the investigative journalism drama “Spotlight,” which was named best picture by both the New York Film Critics Online and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It’s Indies vs. Blockbusters in Film Critics’ Awards 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

She’s articulate yet free in her body; swirling to the floor and rising up again, you feel that her cascading sense of momentum, for all her grounded glory, has a weightlessness, too. Review: Three Dancers, One Solo. How Do They Make It Their Own? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

Was there a new cultural revolution at work: the emergence of English as a global communications phenomenon with a supra-national momentum that made it independent of its Anglo-American origins? Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z

On the strength of the artistic and personal momentum, the Glasgow-birthed collective kept going, even performing as part of the programming surrounding the London Olympics in 2012. Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

In many instances, the musicians played with the affective power of motion, especially where Beethoven interrupts the momentum with incessant questions, some profound, some comical. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace at Zankel Hall 2014-03-05T23:16:12Z

Season 12 maintains this restored momentum throughout the episodes made available to critics, and Walter is central to that. The joy of Jessica Walter's final "Archer" missions before our favorite terrible mother abandons us 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

But life sometimes collects an unearned momentum—somebody wins an election, somebody else remembers your name—and before long I found myself working at the White House. The Beginning of a Goodbye to Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

In Italy, there has been little forward momentum. One American’s quest to teach Italy — the motherland of espresso — how to do it better 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

It's an issue that clearly needs addressing and one Lammy believes is building momentum. Young, black and proud to be a father 2013-03-23T09:00:32Z

The clouds gathered and dispersed for several kilometers, occasionally releasing their contents upon us but never enough to hinder our momentum. How to travel the world with 2 little kids: Teach them that every step counts 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

In recent years, the awards, known as BAFTAs, have helped small British films gain momentum for Hollywood success. 'Artist,' 'Tinker Tailor' up for UK film awards 2012-01-17T12:40:16Z

His latest EP, “AHJ,” has its own spry momentum and even a collaborative air: it was released by his band mate Julian Casablancas’s Cult Records. Pop & Rock Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The Minneapolis versions unleashed the suppressed anger in “Idiot Wind” and brought the momentum of a band to the long quasi-narratives of songs like “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.” On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

“We want to keep the momentum of last year’s awards moving forward, which we don’t want people to think for any reason was some kind of a fluke,” Ms. Quatrano said. James Beard Foundation Makes Changes to Diversify Its Awards 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Sugary drink tax success in the US has followed momentum internationally. Sugary drink taxes could be threatened by Trump administration, experts say 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

The empty exhibition schedule, which is going to be very difficult to fill, threatens to interrupt the museum's momentum. MOCA's latest challenge: a practically blank exhibition schedule 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

A lot of those scenes are funny or touching, to be sure, but momentum and resonance are lacking. 'Submarine': Getting below the surface of a teen's life 2011-06-09T20:11:05Z

His dips and leans tested momentum, which soon became a pattern — not only with him, but the cast. Review: Spinning and Toiling, but Not Finding Coltrane’s Sacred Love 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

It’s not easy to put on a concert like this: It takes preparation and momentum. Rubén Blades at the Rose Theater 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

How do you make sure to sustain the momentum of this moment for black creators? The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

During a flood, we see cows somersaulting in a river that moves “with a momentum inseparable from drowning.” In Shaping Her Own Story, She Upends a National Epic 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Bittman “clearly relishes the mad ambition of his undertaking,” Ted Genoways writes in his review, “often buoying the reader across waves of information with the sheer momentum of his narrative.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

But the many short sections fail to generate much suspense, momentum or historical illumination. Review: The Body Is Also a Percussive Instrument 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

The film, which premiered at the Venice film festival last August, began awards season as frontrunner, before losing momentum. Oscars 2019: Roma and The Favourite vying for glory with 10 nominations each 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

From those trailblazing Japanese groups, the northern lights as tourist attraction gained momentum around the globe. Viewing the Northern Lights: ‘It’s Almost Like Heavenly Visual Music’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

I manage to rack up some early momentum. I Finally Made it to ‘Jeopardy!’ and Was Beating James Holzhauer. Then He Got Rolling. 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

But the result was awkward, certainly squandering momentum and making the next generation seem rather self-involved. Woody Guthrie’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party 2012-10-15T16:43:47Z

Listened to over a couple of weekends, it would probably lose its fizz and momentum. Heard Any Good Books Lately, Zelda? 2010-09-30T17:16:00Z

By keeping her scenes short and jumping constantly between her protagonists, Holofcener creates an illusion of momentum and forward progression. Seen it before? 2010-06-14T14:31:00Z

And while the first movement’s structure was clear enough to sound like Haydn on acid, its momentum constantly seemed to ebb. Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

He called his orchestral approach “multidimensional drumming” and explained that it emphasized “layers of sounds and rhythms” rather than linear momentum. Jerome Cooper, a Multitextured Jazz Percussionist, Dies at 68 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Such controversies did little to slow his momentum. Jerry Blavat, D.J. Who Channeled the Soul of Philadelphia, Dies at 82 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

I gave the show a slightly inflated A-minus for its effort, hoping that further episodes would deliver on the narrative momentum of the premise. In TV’s Silver Age, a logjam of shows that are ‘pretty good,’ but not great 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

She met with potential donors last month and said that with the festival, “I think we’ll begin to build some momentum.” Television: From PBS, a Sampler Festival 2011-10-09T03:30:15Z

And any momentum lost during their encore break was more than made up for by a rousing guest appearance from “Moving Mountains” singer Brendan Reilly and their Sam Smith hit “Latch.” The Best Things We Saw at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

In Newsday, Gordon Cox wrote, “‘Saint Lucy’s Eyes’ doesn’t boast much narrative momentum, but Wimberly shows an admirable talent for the unhurried development of her characters and for dialogue that consistently rings true.” Bridgette Wimberly, Playwright and Librettist, Dies at 68 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

These flights of fancy are fundamental to the play’s queerness, but Jesse Jou’s unhurried direction drains momentum from the characters’ risky decisions. Review: ‘Bruise & Thorn,’ a Gay Fantasia at a Laundromat 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

As the night gained momentum, Jagger sang of wandering Central Park and muttering in “Miss You.” Rolling Stones open 2015 tour with sold-out gig at San Diego's Petco Park 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

It seems momentum is gathering to provide a suitable legacy for a writer who found success despite a start in life many would struggle to imagine. On the trail of Alan Sillitoe's angry young man 2011-08-15T20:30:03Z

The larger company maintains a restless, relentless momentum on a fluorescent-lit, institutional set while the ceiling lowers oppressively in the second third. Tibetan choreography master seeks the unknown in others 2010-05-20T06:36:00Z

A new renaissance in black film-making is declared every few years, but this time it feels there’s some truth and momentum to it. Barry Jenkins: ‘When you climb the ladder, you send it back down’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

The building boom did not lose its momentum after the games. Beijing Hotels to Benefit From Olympic Boom 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Richard Baker conducts the Aurora Orchestra in a focused account of the worthwhile score, which supplies abundant atmosphere and menacing momentum. The Lighthouse – review 2012-10-12T17:10:14Z

Who wants slick, hi-tech momentum when each set is a joyful work of art? The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

But it also sacrificed its narrative momentum at times. "The Stand" is barely alive enough to capture this year's "end of the world as we know it" vibe 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Two days after the show, the negativity has taken on a momentum of its own. Why has the media mauled Whitney Houston? 2010-04-15T10:44:00Z

But by then, the dinner was taking on its own momentum — and a whole new class of entertainment celebrities had emerged. The golden age of the White House correspondents’ dinner (yes, there was one) 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Interweaving scenes of their mother’s hidden story of survival in an unnamed war-torn country that resembles Lebanon, the movie has the inexorable momentum of a Greek tragedy and culminates with a shattering revelation. 2011 Films: ?Melancholia,? ?Tree of Life,? ?Moneyball? 2011-12-17T02:03:03Z

Nearly two years later, “Pieces of You” started to gain momentum. Jewel Wants You to Be Present 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Feminism's critique of glamour gained momentum, although it was never an uncontested orthodoxy. Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z

Amy agreed about the meal but felt like the conversation never quite got any momentum. Date Lab: ‘I don’t care about impressing anybody, at all, other than myself’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

It's likely to gain even more momentum with the upcoming awards season. Reese Witherspoon: 'Wild' success shows hunger for films with strong women 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

As an actor, you're always trying to get to that point with the material where it's not green, where it's kind of lived in and trying desperately to get the momentum of the material. Piven hints at payback for Ari Gold in "Entourage" 2011-07-21T12:32:50Z

Shortly after founding Tolstoy College, Planck left academia to start a farm in rural Virginia, inspired by the “back to the land” movement then gaining momentum. The Unlikely History of Tolstoy College 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

The lyrics were in English, while the grooves were fusions that put momentum first. SXSW Came Back With Genuine Joy. Here Are 15 of the Best Acts. 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

While die-hard fans and dance fanatics will respond on the opening weekend, ongoing competition from superheroes and cute cartoon characters may slow momentum in subsequent weeks. Review: More not necessarily better for 'Step Up' 2012-07-26T00:51:09Z

The rhythms of “Sunset Song” are out of sync with the momentum of modern life. Review: ‘Sunset Song’ Shows a Woman’s True Grit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Once identity politics gains momentum, it inevitably subdivides, giving rise to ever-proliferating group identities demanding recognition. How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

In “Ocean State,” O’Nan is subverting the thriller, borrowing its momentum to propel this bracing, chilling novel. A Thriller Wrapped in a Story of Sisters and First Love 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

Yet when it comes to the momentum game, they still matter—and those speeches do make an impact when final votes are cast. What the 2015 Golden Globes Mean for This Year's Oscar Race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

In many of the solo dances what remains prominent is how the weight of the head drives the body’s momentum, engaging the torso to bow and tilt like a boat in choppy water. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Performs at BAM 2012-10-20T02:40:07Z

Dej Loaf, with her unclassifiable style, her defiant composite sound, and her distinct youthfulness, is a fitting emblem of this cultural momentum. A Female Rapper Pushes Forward 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Early design concepts compared the building’s layout to the movement of a discus thrower, starting low to the ground and gaining momentum through circular revolutions before releasing energy into the air. At the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, All Athletes Are Equal 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

What results is neither fish nor fowl, but a disappointingly stilted hybrid that gathers momentum only to hit one roadblock after another. ‘The Invisibles’ Review: On the Run and in Plain Sight in World War II 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

At the time, the field of wine criticism was gaining momentum—the magazine’s circulation that year surpassed a hundred thousand—and written tasting notes were moving beyond encyclopedic reference books aimed at wealthy men. Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

But after the interval the play finds momentum, and Butler's score includes some fine moments of sophisticated split action and song. Run! – review 2012-06-12T17:18:30Z

“A Great Wilderness” arrives as the “ex-gay” movement of camps and counseling centers aimed at “praying away the gay” is losing momentum. ‘A Great Wilderness’ has world premiere at Seattle Rep 2014-01-15T21:32:35Z

Mitchell believed that a song’s momentum should always push upward, ascending like the slope of a mountain into the unknown. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone

From the menacing bass clarinet line that opens the first movement, the focus was on instrumental color and dramatic momentum. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z

One part of the former regulations was designed to police a longstanding practice called “chandelier bidding,” under which auctioneers announce a series of fictitious bids on a work to help build momentum in the crowd. New York City Eliminates the Rules That Govern Art and Other Auctions 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

"A Gentlemen's Guide to Love & Murder" and "Once" would have been minor productions the last few years until Tonys momentum turned them into major hits. Tony Awards 2015: Six story lines to watch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

While the Magna Carta failed to maintain peace at the time, it gained particular momentum in the 16th and 17th centuries when it helped lay the foundations for Britain's constitutional monarchy. Four surviving Magna Carta copies on show together after 800 years 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Without sacrificing the piece's poetry or blurring its scales and other clusters of notes during the near-terrifying momentum he generated, Watts probed the score's breathtaking architectural sophistication. Pianist André Watts is playing like a teenage phenom at age 69 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Much will depend on the momentum, if any, generated by the candidates at the top of the ticket. Iowa up first in economy-themed campaign 2012-01-03T03:23:00Z

The narrative tightens up and gains momentum as it builds toward that deadly evening at the Lorraine Motel. The Civil Rights Movement Photographer Who Was Also an F.B.I. Informant 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

“Man” has a familiar sense of sad adventure, but it also has punchy humor and momentum. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Documentaries like “The Jinx” and “Making a Murderer” became hits and with “Serial” losing momentum in its second season, there was something of a perfect environment for Hardstark and Kilgariff to launch their show. ‘My Favorite Murder’ and the growing acceptance of true-crime entertainment 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, the sisters recovered their momentum by returning to their own muses and inviting the crowd to behold the worlds — of the past, of the future — that live inside their songs. Ibeyi capitvates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

It is the only sport where momentum is equally balanced by fate. Actor Graham Greene on how fear & golf relate: "It's a game where you get to play against yourself" 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Well a similar thing is happening in Mexico, where producers are combining the traditional shuffle of South American folk and cumbia with the momentum of techno. Scene and heard: Tribal guarachero 2010-06-15T14:00:00Z

But he said the series, though it was mostly well-received by critics, did not have the creative momentum or viewer support to warrant a third season. FX pulls plug on border drama 'The Bridge' 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

"We are giving our customers a variety of options to optimize their pizza-eating experience as we build on our business momentum," Nicolas Burquier, chief customer and operations officer for Pizza Hut, said in a statement. Pizza Hut to add 'Hut Lane' at redesigned restaurants for pickup of digital orders 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

In the few weeks since the ruling, the question remains: Does such a verdict mean that the reproductive justice movement is gaining momentum? “A step in a long staircase toward equal access to freedom”: Supreme Court’s abortion ruling a small victory in a neverending fight 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z

But the film never hits its stride, rambling through plot points that don’t really cohere, while hokey flashbacks about Min-jae’s dad sap momentum. ‘The Policeman’s Lineage’ Review: Undercover and Overcaffeinated 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

McGinniss Jr.’s story usually goes fast, but the momentum sometimes stalls because the book is carved up into so many chapters — 97, in fact. This couple will stop at nothing to keep their house and marriage afloat 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

They must find where to breathe, but also where to maintain momentum, in music full of emotional extremes and Romantic grandeur. Leif Ove Andsnes on Chopin’s Ballades, ‘the Peak of Romantic Piano Music’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Both men faced renewed recriminations as the #MeToo movement gained momentum. Four Directors Cast Out of Hollywood. Four Different Futures. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

"Rush" is purely abstract, depicting no specific object but conveying an urgent sense of conflict and momentum. Sculptor Philip McCracken's cosmic turn 2011-12-15T21:01:06Z

“House of Cards” is good at mood and style, but it’s not as good at plot mechanics, or maintaining a sense of momentum. A Speedy Refresher Course for Your Summer TV Favorites 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Lee's career was exploding in China and gaining momentum in the United States by 1973, but he passed away just a month before his biggest hit was released: "Enter the Dragon." 10 amazing facts about Bruce Lee 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

Now, with momentum at its back, the academy should ride its sudden wave of innovation. No Thanks. Really, Oscar Winners, Skip That Part. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Mackintosh didn’t want a film to detract from the momentum of the Broadway show, and he stipulated a five-year wait. ‘Les Misérables’ on Film, Cameron Mackintosh’s Dream 2012-12-22T20:56:53Z

But there was something about the work on “Leftovers” that Noah responded to, a momentum that the character wasn’t going to give up, which he thought was important for Gloria. Carrie Coon, the Simultaneous Star of ‘The Leftovers’ and ‘Fargo’ 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Here he played Mozart with goal-directed momentum and engaging flair. '60s organist Anthony Newman continues to perplex and astound 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

They don’t do anything to really slow down that momentum towards a wrongful conviction.” Can we predict a wrongful conviction? 2012-09-09T14:00:00Z

Boreyko's slowing down of the melody at the beginning of the final section was a fussy detail that sat strangely in an otherwise stylish account, but the momentum didn't seriously suffer. Prom 44: RNO/Boreyko 2010-08-19T11:14:00Z

He added that he felt hopeful about the momentum, which he attributed in part to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. On This Land: Dance Presenters Honor Manhattan’s First Inhabitants 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

It was a momentum destined to be sustained until Ellington's death in 1974. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z

The band released two more albums and appeared on Jools Holland’s program, in the U.K., but never developed commercial momentum. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

One key to success, says Field, is the momentum and support around social movements such as Go Sober for October. Alcohol-free months are all the rage – but will a sober October lead to long-term health benefits? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

How they’ve gotten to this point is itself a master class in how to leverage a fortuitously timed gift and turn momentum into transformation. A January to remember: Migos gets it all, fans ask for more 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Show Even in times of tight budgets, finely crafted beer remains a relatively approachable luxury, and few American regions have more brewing momentum than San Diego County. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z

Some scenes work better than others — an extended-family party is a gem, a class project screening is a dud — and momentum slows toward the end. 'Appropriate Behavior' an uneven but fun dating adventure 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

By the time the 1950s rolled around, the company had employed extensive branding techniques to keep the momentum going. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z

AP: What was the strategy to ride the momentum after the show? Q&A: Rapper D Smoke takes patient walk to Grammy recognition 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

But it has a clarity and momentum that make it a surprisingly good fit for presentation in a theatrical environment. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z

Yet Granger failed to sustain the momentum of those years, meandering into television, some stage work and often indifferent European and American movies. Farley Granger obituary 2011-03-29T11:59:19Z

To maintain fund-raising momentum, the museum tried to exist in some fashion long before the construction materials had even been delivered. How the Fight for a National African-American Museum Was Won 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

Ms. Monheit is also singing more softly than before, lending her improvisations a lighter, springier momentum. Music Review: A Plush Voice Discovers Some Room to Be Frisky 2010-10-22T21:27:00Z

Lurching relentlessly from one conflict to another, the movie distills its emotions — and maintains its momentum — in conversations of remarkably controlled intensity. Review: In ‘Ava,’ a Tehran Teenager Fights Oppression 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The overall arc and momentum sometimes felt distorted, but Ms. Lim’s intellectual analysis and emotional engagement resulted in fresh, vigorous interpretations. Music Review: H J Lim Performs Piano Sonatas at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-05-21T04:01:15Z

But the fortunes of the restaurant were tethered to the city’s: Turin’s once-thriving industry tumbled in the 1980s and ’90s, regaining some momentum when the city hosted the Olympics in 2006. | Sleeping Beauty 2014-05-05T21:20:48Z

They build their momentum up to Awards nomination day, then reap the benefit from the free, and priceless, publicity attending the announcements. Box Office: Rite Makes Might 2011-01-30T05:10:00Z

The Shape of Water leads the pack but Three Billboards has momentum after sweeping the Globes and other awards. Oscar nods pour in for The Shape of Water in year coloured by #MeToo 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

After the park idea picked up momentum, Kratz decided that the opportunity to build something lasting for his community was too great to pass up. Can D.C. build a $45 million park for Anacostia without pushing people out? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

The trio never reached much collective momentum, but maybe it didn’t mean to. Music Review: Wayne Horvitz, and Sax and Percussion, at the Stone 2010-04-08T22:12:00Z

The momentum for Starbucks employees organizing shows no signs of stopping, after several stores in the Buffalo, NY area successfully voted to join Workers United this week. Starbucks "partners" continue to find success in union efforts 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

This is especially true in the finale when the floor-show set piece is robbed of its momentum. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: dammit Janet, it doesn't quite work 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

The momentum broke down when a rash of right-wing military coups swept the continent, but the link between art and architecture remained firm and continues to. Museum and Gallery Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Much of his latest album, the fifth installment of his “Overseas” series, boasts the rugged conviction of rock music and the tangled melodic momentum of a fugue. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

This shocking, irrational threat — a violinist promising to sever himself from his art — gives the story a queasy momentum. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Giving Your Friend the Finger 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Message, means and momentum,” he said, without explaining exactly where the means and momentum will come from. Meet the 19th most likely guy to win the GOP presidential nomination 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

And she managed to change outfits — and heap gobs of praise on her audience — without losing much musical momentum. Lady Gaga’s feel-good spectacle at Verizon Center

It shows that we are gaining real momentum. Oldham wins funds to develop new heritage centre and theatre 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z

“It is all just starting to gain momentum. I think we can all feel the rumbling, the coming to the boil of the narrative voice of women.” Feminist war movie captures zeitgeist at Cannes 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

If it is able to operate successfully, attracting crowds and building on its momentum, the African American Museum may create a path forward for other museums now being sought. An extra patina of pride on African American Museum’s second day 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

It seemed like a done deal — until "The Artist" began gaining end-of-year momentum, and people started noticing that Jean Dujardin is just about as charming as Clooney, and he tap dances to boot. Voil?! Oscar predictions ? with a French twist 2012-02-24T10:43:32Z

China’s emergence as an endurance sport superpower will add further momentum to this bizarre but compelling cross-cultural trend. Chinese burn: how the People's Republic has become an endurance-running superpower 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

The revived "Spider-Man" franchise appeared to be losing momentum when the second installment was released last spring. Amy Pascal's exit hints at new script for Sony 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The director Janice Engel gives “Raise Hell” such momentum — it’s a whoosh of a movie — that you are quickly swept up in its sights and sounds. ‘Raise Hell’ Review: For Molly Ivins, Writing Was Fighting 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

The festival is hoping to build on the momentum from last year's London 2012 Festival and Cultural Olympiad in building new arts audiences. UK Family Arts Festival launches 2013-06-18T16:59:34Z

By starting at the beginning rather than travelling retrospectively, a sense of momentum – sometimes imperceptible – emerges. First Footprints, Broadchurch – TV review 2013-07-14T22:04:43Z

There’s also an everyday deceptiveness to “Set and Reset,” in which ribbonlike bodies caress the air and defy gravity with unceasing shifts of momentum. Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

And if “Beautiful” never acquires the flashy momentum of “Jersey Boys,” it may come in part from the deferential gentleness of its heroine. Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at Sondheim Theater 2014-01-13T03:00:12Z

The story also suffers from its division into three acts and an epilogue; it loses emotional momentum with each new section. ‘My Wonderful Wanda’ Review: The Secret Life of a Caretaker 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

Kwan has hopes that the current momentum can only mean better things on the horizon. 'We're part of a greater movement': Hollywood finally gives Asian stories a spotlight 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

“My reaction was that you’re going to need people to lean in immediately to generate momentum,” he explains. Washington’s Olympic team: The A-list sports fans vying for the 2024 Games

But her bandmates knew a great tune when they heard one, and the track’s aerodynamic momentum perfectly matched the Go-Go’s’ increasingly skyward ambitions. The Go-Go’s Made History 38 Years Ago. There’s Still More to Their Story. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

The opera has sounded scarier and more chaotic — its blood bath met with bombast in many interpretations — but Runnicles insisted on the possibility of dramatic momentum at a more restrained scale. Review: Two Sopranos Make an ‘Elektra’ Both Mythic and Human 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

In Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the momentum was on another level, thanks to the crisp brilliance of piano soloist Nikolai Lugansky. Prom 44: RNO/Boreyko 2010-08-19T11:14:00Z

He's so annoying that the subsequent films lose momentum without him. Paranormal Activity recap: reliving a phenomenon 2013-07-26T10:00:00Z

Last year's telecast lured 41 million U.S. viewer -- the most-watched Oscars in five years -- and organizers hope to maintain that momentum. "King's Speech" awaits Oscar sweep? Not so fast! 2011-02-16T22:22:57Z

"American Sniper" will likely keep some momentum, thanks to awards buzz, strong critical reception and an A-plus grade from audience polling firm CinemaScore.  'SpongeBob' to soak up box office, push 'American Sniper' out of top spot 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

But the play’s mixture of ruefulness, bleakness and bittersweet domesticity never becomes gripping, and drama and momentum are in such short supply that you feel you’re living the tedium the title character has embraced. Review | Drama and momentum are in short supply in ‘Doña Rosita’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

We never go very deep, but the story skips along the surface, propelled by rom-com momentum and charm. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

“For Once” never accumulates momentum, poetry or energy. Dance Review: Movements in the Cunningham Mode 2011-04-29T21:20:53Z

Daily life is deteriorating as theft and looting gather momentum, despite ruthless punishment by the authorities. Prussia goes west 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

But the stop/start end result fails to sustain any satisfying momentum. "Green Hornet" never reaches top speed 2011-01-12T22:47:03Z

The finale did leave me wondering how much forward momentum it has, with the death of Vee, the most addictive character. 'Orange Is the New Black' Finale: It's Almost Like 'Thelma and Louise' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

The video hit the Web, and Green was hoping he would build more momentum around the groovy song without spending much money. Lyric videos become strong way to promote music 2013-02-06T14:15:14Z

The first act maintains an exciting momentum, but Act 2, which should hurtle us toward the catastrophic meeting with the great white whale, bogs down in static exchanges. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z

Bicket's approach was relaxed, never driving the music unnecessarily, if occasionally underplaying the individuality of its gestures and its sense of momentum. Prom 26: The English Concert/Bicket – review 2012-08-03T17:25:24Z

“I feel like I had so much momentum in my career, and I was afraid of losing that.” The Road Back: ‘How Am I Ever Going to Dance Again?’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Perched on the knife edge between tragedy and comedy, her delivery gives the narrative — which tends to drift, sometimes beguilingly, sometimes less so — much of its momentum. Movie Review | 'Mother': Bong Joon-ho?s Fierce Love: Better Not Make This Mom Angry 2010-03-12T00:04:00Z

As you stumble and stutter your way through his multi-layered compositions, momentum shifts and you’re off and running, your imagination flying through abstract spaces with no limits. What to see in L.A. galleries: Andrew Masullo's off-kilter world, plus Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

The resulting difference in speeds illustrates conservation of angular momentum, which children can learn about from an on-site explainer. Science and Secrets in City Playgrounds 2011-04-14T22:10:38Z

Whatever the groove, Mr. Watts doubled as bricklayer and demolition man, setting up substructures and pummeling against them, always with momentum in mind. Music Review: Azar Lawrence Quintet at Jazz Standard - Review 2011-12-15T23:04:44Z

This quest provides the book’s momentum and tension, but readers will also enjoy mischievous Mai’s clandestine motorcycle rides, the banter with her teen translator and her budding friendship with a frog-loving cousin. The best children’s books for February 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

A fluke discovery of dozens of Price’s unpublished scores at her abandoned Illinois summer home in 2009, which was then publicized in 2018, added significant momentum that has grown unabated since. As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The trend has gained momentum since the U.S. Federal judge to rule on Pennsylvania’s law barring gay marriage 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z

The nominations add to the musical’s momentum after it won seven prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday. 'La La Land' Gains Momentum With 11 BAFTA Nominations 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Self-doubt turns to defiance and then to righteous anger in “Irrelevant,” a thumping, guitar-strumming, generalized pop-rock protest that makes up in spirit and momentum what it lacks in focus. Lizzo Conquers Self-Doubt With an ’80s Jam, and 7 More New Songs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

In “Piano Phase,” the two women periodically pull up short, and their swinging limbs, slowing as they fight momentum, suggest something like longing. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Reprises Her ‘Fase’ 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

It is essential for the perception of Muslim Americans to gain depth and momentum through art and literature that is free to engage, explore, critique and expand its inherent Muslim-ness. We need diverse influences: Artist Shahzia Sikander on her multicultural past and our future 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

While eager to seize the momentum, some see little reason to trust that talk of greater inclusiveness will translate into results, or that even well-intentioned incremental steps toward diversity will produce substantive change. Opening the Doors of Design 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

With clarity and momentum, he builds the case for his melancholy, which — by virtue of being born into this historical trajectory — we each have been bequeathed. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z

Hoping it builds momentum to compare to the action that swept across the Scottish highlands! ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Their momentum is towards betterment, overtly so in The Good Place and far more complicatedly in BoJack, and in direct opposition to most TV comedy they deal in consequences. How BoJack Horseman and The Good Place changed comedy forever 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

The performance baffled the audience and the comics on the dais at first; once it gained cornball momentum, it seemed to be a brilliant spoof of the old-world roots of insult comedy. Norm Macdonald, Comic Nonpareil. (That’s a Word He Might Use.) 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

As always, Mr. Hollinghurst maintains an almost perfect balance between momentum and still life. Books of The Times: ?The Stranger?s Child? by Alan Hollinghurst - Review 2011-12-11T21:24:58Z

“Finally things are starting to crack open in this moment and have been for a little while. I’m hoping that this momentum that we’re seeing continues and grows.” A new generation of Asian American artists is expanding Bruce Lee’s legacy 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

There’s something about the stop-start that I just lose all momentum. The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira on Michonne and Planning for Zombies 2013-10-14T16:22:17Z

As the couple squabbled in a partly realistic, partly fanciful living room designed by Christopher Scott Murillo, events failed to build momentum, emotions refused to flow. In 'Yohen,' Danny Glover is like a bull in a pottery studio 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

As the voice of a young boy sings a treble solo, Calvin Richardson begins a slow, swirling solo, often dropping to the floor, then propelling himself back up with curving, undulating momentum. Review: An American in London (Bernstein, That Is) 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

The Chinese special-forces action film “Wolf Warriors,” meanwhile, lost serious momentum, earning $8.7 million in its second full week in theaters after a fast start. 'Furious 7' could hit $400 million in China, set to lap 'Transformers' in days 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

The momentum, in other words, began more than four months before the academy ignored Affleck and was then carefully managed in the ensuing weeks. 'Birdman' looking solid in Oscar race, and momentum is a big reason 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Last year, Oxford American won a National Magazine Award for general excellence, and the momentum is clearly continuing. Oxford American celebrates its hard-won 25th anniversary 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

Richard’s problems, with their attendant complications, give “The Guest Room” an edge-of-the-seat momentum that propels the reader straight to the last page. ‘The Guest Room’ review: A bachelor party devolves into murder 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

British-born maestro Edward Gardner spurred the Seattle Symphony, SSO Chorale, and three particularly fine soloists forward in a performance of Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius” that never lost focus or momentum. ‘Gerontius,’ where have you been? Seattle Symphony brings seldom-heard piece to vibrant life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Established in 1987 to honor that legacy, the Greenwich Village Folk Festival once organized annual concerts to showcase established and emerging folk talent, but lost momentum in the mid-90s. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

The book is uneven, but it has great momentum, like waves hitting the rocks. The Merman of Her Dreams 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

The Canadian drama, tracing the love/hate relationship between a mother and her gay son, has been gathering critical momentum since it swept the Directors' Fortnight honors in Cannes last year. 2010-01-11T03:31:00Z

Once a fan fiction scenario gains enough momentum to achieve escape velocity, it is elevated into mainstream tabloids, which are rife with reports of Depp’s courtroom flirtations and epic witness-stand one-liners. TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Furst’s clever machinations gain real momentum in the second half of the novel, where Ricard and his new companion, Leila, become embroiled in a plot involving Polish laborers, torpedoes and possibly deadlier weapons. Rounding Up the Spies of World War II in 4 New Books 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Opening with “Second Hand News,” the concert quickly gained momentum with such songs as “The Chain,” “Dreams” and “Rhiannon.” Fleetwood Mac lights up Tacoma Dome | Concert review 2013-05-21T18:11:45Z

The best historical murder mysteries combine the compelling momentum of detective fiction with a plunge into the past that’s both enlightening and exciting. Review | Two historical mystery novels plunge readers into the past while keeping them guessing 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

Byzantium is a pretty broad drama, and perhaps might have worked as well or better as a three-part television serial, but it has its own confidence and momentum. Byzantium – review 2013-05-30T14:31:01Z

It’s after the tide turns and the plot’s ironic switcheroo is executed that this “True West” loses its hilariously agitating momentum. Review | Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano go at it hard in ‘True West.’ But the fight ultimately fizzles. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

They reimagined the upward gaze as an escape into another dimension of feeling – away from the relentless forward momentum of modernity. We spend so much time staring at our phones. What do we miss when we don't look up? | Mel Campbell 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

No troupe in New York these days rides the storytelling momentum of theater more resourcefully or enthusiastically than Bedlam. 'Seagull' and 'Sense and Sensibility,' From Bedlam Company 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Ahead of Sunday evening’s Golden Globes, a handful of contenders added momentum. 2020 box office starts off with ‘Star Wars’ still on top 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

But the rushing momentum of what happened, both scary and exhilarating, is most evocatively conjured by the details of first-person reminiscence. Review: ‘The Fall’ Delivers Stirring Protest in South Africa 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Leo, in a fit of desperation, approaches Dani with an appalling proposition that will continue the momentum of the young couple’s relationship and keep Sticks on track for his college tryout. ‘Somewhere in Queens’ Review: Rooting for the Underdog 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

But though the piece could be tightened — I wouldn’t have missed some long spoken monologues — Ms. Silec is savvy about maintaining dramatic momentum, and the performers execute every shift in tone with subtlety and agility. Carmina Slovenica Sings the Haunting ‘Toxic Psalms’ 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, we took that momentum and moved it to Thursday night, and that really established what Thursday nights would mean for NBC for the next several decades. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z

Neither is the plot — it takes about 70 seventy pages for the story to gain momentum. Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is looking a little long in the tooth 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The housing mania had so much momentum that when golf’s popularity waned in the second half of the decade, developers simply dropped golf from their equation. Fairway to heaven: What happens to an abandoned golf course 2014-03-13T12:45:00Z

An unassuming piece that opens in a pensive, rambling manner, the Turina gathered momentum in fits and starts, fairly bursting at the seams by its conclusion. World-class musicianship on display at Chamber Music Society Winter Festival 2011-01-28T19:29:03Z

A snowballing rhythm gains momentum with each new example of quick passing. How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

"Weather Vane" thrives on propellent rhythmic momentum, and suggests "Autobahn"-era Kraftwerk. 'At Long Last ASAP Rocky' a psychedelic trip through grief 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z

Some veterans hope so, and the discipline’s second life online has lent momentum to their campaigns. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

This is a book that takes some time to gather momentum. ‘Ninth Street Women’ Shines a Welcome New Light on New York’s Postwar Art Scene 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

But when it finally went out, over three weeks late, it had lost momentum, and almost certainly viewers. TV review: Merlin; Good Cop; The Thick Of It 2012-10-14T13:00:00Z

They're mixed: Entertainment Weekly called it a "jumbled, slightly surreal narrative that struggles with momentum." Broken toe spurs Neil Young to write 1st book 2012-10-05T11:36:10Z

“My hope is to keep the positive momentum going. Wayne has been a great leader for the Smithsonian, and we’ve partnered on most of the major initiatives currently underway.” Smithsonian names chief financial officer Albert Horvath as interim leader

Each player has their own distinct touch, and inside Leppin’s compositions, the collective seemed to be approaching maximum sensitivity, generating momentum without grandeur, cultivating intimacy without sentimentality. Review | Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash is making a jazzlike sound you can look forward to 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

It creates suspense and forward momentum in the narrative. The Amish survive the apocalypse in 'When the English Fall' 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

There is the odd moment of untidy co-ordination, but conductor Christopher Bucknall generally does a good job in maintaining momentum and cohesion. Orfeo – review 2013-01-24T17:46:08Z

“Often there seems to be nothing but ideas, raised and dispensed with, elbowing aside character, emotional momentum and story coherence,” James Poniewozik wrote in his review for The New York Times. What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Politician’ and ‘Creepshow’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Hugh Evans, founder and CEO of Global Citizen, said he wants to keep the momentum going. Prince Harry, Jennifer Lopez make voices heard at Vax Live 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a tangle of hooky, soundalike punk songs with its own inexorable momentum. Sleater-Kinney, the Decemberists and Belle and Sebastian look to add to their legacies 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Others are likely snapping up sought-after timepieces simply because rising prices make them seem like an attractive momentum play as an investment, at least for the moment. Why Are Rolex Watches Even More Expensive Right Now? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

While Hollywood has presented a united front, raising the bar for award-show activism with the flashy debut of the Time’s Up campaign, the music world has so far lacked any similar momentum. Will the Grammys Have a #MeToo Moment? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Flash Bobs have been gaining momentum as conservative politicians across the United States have pursued laws targeting L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

Later episodes are able to shed some of this awkwardness in favor of forward momentum. Review | What if more TV shows were anthologies? Viewers might be less overwhelmed. 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Even in the standards, he did strange things — advanced matters of touch, surprise and momentum. Music Review: Sometimes Even the Lulls Are Full of Action 2011-06-26T16:18:17Z

The subtext of “Girl on Fire,” full of collaborations with other singer-songwriters, is that marriage and motherhood have given her new freedom, confidence and momentum. New Music: Kid Rock’s ‘Rebel Soul,’ and Alicia Keys’s ‘Girl on Fire’ 2012-11-26T23:07:45Z

A late surge in momentum for Richard E Grant ahead of Sunday night’s Oscars peaked on Saturday with victory at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Richard E Grant and Glenn Close get late Oscars boost with Spirit Awards wins 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

Of course all of this momentum could vanish at any moment. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage Make Films for Paramount 2012-02-01T23:10:23Z

The project was given momentum by the fact that its launch coincided with Newman being made redundant: as he put it Tw1tterband became "a distraction from the woe". Meet Tw1tterband 2011-03-02T15:23:51Z

The evening’s special guest, Marilyn Maye, delivered a rich, hearty “I’m Still Here” that was expressively undercut by the breathless momentum. Music Review: Isn?t It Rich? Isn?t It Loud? Xylophones for Sondheim 2010-11-21T22:51:00Z

Cutting short all intermission also gives the action a hurtling momentum. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z

The protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline gained momentum on social media in 2016 thanks to the advocacy of local indigenous community leaders. Thank Ariana Grande for breaking the media blackout on the Amazon wildfires 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

That’s what happens here when Frank, riding on strong momentum in the presidential primaries, gets stopped in his tracks by a controversy about his connections to the Ku Klux Klan. ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 3: The Trump-Underwood Connection 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

In other words, she hasn’t lost any of her personal momentum she gained that fateful day in November, continuing the battle to equalize and civilize. Knock Down the House: behind the year's most rousing political documentary 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

But the production isn't quite pressurized enough, the battle lacks momentum, and the ending is sentimentalized. A kinder, gentler 'Dance of Death' at A Noise Within 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

"So we need to keep up this momentum," the first lady said. President Obama is challenging Americans to continue to help military members and families making the transition to civilian life 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Over 30 minutes, the work unfurls a fluid stream of instrumental colors, from shimmering filaments of sound to broad sighing gestures that build with unrelenting momentum into muscular blocks of dark matter. Scorched Silence, Fragile Rebirth, Award-Winning Music 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

In a series of virtuoso solos, the sense of the dancer’s momentum was infectious; the ensuing series of male-female duets had singing serenity. Dance Review: School of American Ballet Workshop Performances 2013-06-03T21:09:56Z

Sunday’s episode was as busy as the typical penultimate installment of a show of this scale, but it stubbornly refuses to straighten itself out and gather momentum in the expected fashion. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

Xaviera Simmons started as a photographer, but her work in recent years has gained breadth and momentum, incorporating performance, painting, poetry and sound. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

After opening a few satellite clubs that diluted the brand, the Vertical Club lost momentum. The Way We Worked Out 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

The intriguing question of Kenny’s character — not his guilt or innocence, but the quicksilver temperament that makes both seem plausible — fades as the story of Betty Anne’s hard work and sacrifice gains momentum. | 'Conviction': Her Brother?s Keeper, No Matter the Cost 2010-10-14T23:03:00Z

“Rather than going away somewhere and losing the momentum of your training, we push you in a structured, productive and convenient way,” Mr. Roberts said. Vacationers Stay Fit (and Out of the Gym) 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

As a result, their sections struggle to find momentum and weight. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

As much as I hated losing momentum, I had to stop and see. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Those shifts lent momentum to the kind of “hard mode” dance challenge preferred by the Rodriguezes. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The series has been met by rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, and continues to gain momentum in the buzz department. Amazon's Hysterical, Saucy 'Catastrophe' Marks An Inspired Win In The Binge Wars 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

“At first, each chapter feels more like a deft character sketch than something with the forward momentum of a novel,” Hanah Beech writes, reviewing it. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

“Films don’t change the world, movements do,” she added, pointing to the momentum that the film “Gasland” gave to the anti-fracking movement. ‘Racing Extinction’ and ‘This Changes Everything’: How Films Market a Harrowing Message 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

On ARTPOP, Gaga lacks forward momentum in the same way she did on Born This Way. Lady Gaga’s New ARTPOP Doesn’t Always Live Up to Title 2013-11-11T17:12:01Z

Directed with fiery wit and rushing momentum by Rupert Goold, this London import, which won last year’s Olivier Award for best play, is a work that takes all manner of audacious license, poetic and otherwise. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

Here, it was more like a radio dial finding a station, with the orchestra unsteady before settling into flowing momentum. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Death’s End,” the final installment of Liu Cixin’s Three-Body trilogy, in which the narrative and conceptual momentum of the series takes off at a scale and velocity I couldn’t possibly have imagined before reading. Jia Tolentino Wants You to Read Children’s Books 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

That's formidable competition, and yet the contender with all the momentum is “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which came late in the year but has picked up all the big animation prizes. Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The “concert” wasn’t an awards show, but there were three major awards, and the last one was given out a half-hour before the end, sabotaging the momentum. For a Broadway Torn by a Pandemic, a Split-Personalities Tonys 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

And they gained momentum and sonic cohesiveness as the evening unfolded. 'Four Others' charge hard at Jazz Showcase 2011-04-01T15:34:00Z

But McCabe chillingly reveals it early enough that the book loses some momentum in the second half, becoming less incident-rich, more recursive. This Novel Recounts a Haunted Sibling Relationship in Epic Verse 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

When the music kicks in, Ms. De Keersmaeker represents its emotions as physical forces: gravity, momentum. Review: Torrents of Emotion in a Dance Dish Served Cold 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

His momentum carries him to the base and then 10 feet beyond it. Weingarten: Way off base

But “Night Music” never quite achieved focus or momentum, and this is true of much of Mr. Magloire’s work. Dance Review: Bare Bones, Fleshed Out With Music 2011-02-06T22:22:41Z

After building confidence in moviegoing over the summer, delta has sapped some of Hollywood’s momentum. A fall movie season (like everything else) in flux 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The suits are likely to draw momentum from the guilty verdict. Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The supernatural chatter can grow tedious at times — the novel would have benefited immensely from some judicious pruning — but their voices gain emotional momentum as the book progresses. Review: ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Shows a President Haunted by Grief 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

The Zac Brown Band is riding some serious momentum right now with an in-demand live show, three No. 1 singles, a recent Grammy win and two albums in Billboard's country top 10. Zac Brown Band scores fans with sizzling live show 2010-06-11T14:45:00Z

The Cleveland Orchestra handled the bracing momentum and jagged rhythmic crosscurrents of Mr. Adams’s symphony with confidence. Music Review: A Chance to Hear Bruckner Anew, by Himself and With an Unexpected Partner 2011-07-18T22:00:36Z

Nonetheless, you squint to understand what you’re looking at, and scramble to keep up with the associative momentum of Godard’s mind. ‘The Image Book’ Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

The novel is stronger in the second act; as the play is set into motion, the Dases — and the book itself — find their momentum. A Multitude of Hauntings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

Yet, they used the momentum from “Cruise,” one of the most-downloaded country songs in history, and kept going, releasing 14 more songs that went to No. 1. Florida Georgia Line could have been a one-hit wonder. Instead, they built an empire. 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

The candidate has a strong and committed team of volunteers, and implied that momentum had shifted in his favor in recent days. Narrow Maine caucus win for Romney 2012-02-12T02:37:02Z

At the same time, the exhibition occasionally piles up so many layers of self-referential material that it loses some valuable momentum as it pauses to chase its own tail. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

Two overlong speeches by board members before each half did nothing for the concert’s momentum, nor did the time it took the orchestra to tune. Review | Washington Bach Consort starts strong but hits a wall in its season finale 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

What a fantastic sendoff for the character, and what a compelling  ending for a season that took its time gathering momentum. Breaking Bad Watch: The One Who Knocks 2011-10-10T16:00:00Z

It all had the monkish purity of form, rigor and lack of extraneous froufrou that defined Balenciaga in the first place, powered by the pull-the-walls-down forward momentum that marks Mr. Gvasalia’s work. Falling for Couture’s Gravitational Pull 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Cardiff Council said the planned relocation was great news as it looked to rebuild momentum in the city's economy. BBC Wales' Cardiff HQ up for sale 2013-08-01T16:16:19Z

When the dancers joined the band, the music locked into its most hypnotic momentum, at once visceral and timeless. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Nottage’s writing falls into expositional phases that provide the actors with plenty of realistic detail and local color but these passages slow momentum. Who are these Trump voters? For a thoughtful portrait, turn to playwright Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

The moment proved far too pandering for many critics, but without it the entire momentum of the “Endgame” climax comes to a screeching halt. Someone edited the women out of "Avengers: Endgame," but the joke is on the sexist trolls 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Contemporary parallels recede, though, as the struggle between Stanley and Blanche acquires momentum. Review: A Darwinian ‘Streetcar’ With a Feminist Streak 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Given the complexities they were juggling, it’s a wonder they didn’t either short-circuit or get lost in some byway and lose momentum. Art Review: When Picasso Changed His Tune 2011-02-10T22:50:56Z

The one faster piece, “Yes or No,” has headlong momentum and an incandescent piano solo. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

If she were to sit on a stool under one silhouette light, accompanied only by a piano by her side, she would take back the momentum Siobhan Magnus has swung her way. 'American Idol' Was Only Rock 'n' Roll But I Liked It 2010-03-17T17:10:00Z

It regained momentum after Jean Cooney and Meredith Johnson, both on the initial Creative Time team, became the heads of Times Square Arts and Governors Island Arts, respectively, with both organizations joining as co-presenters. On Governors Island, a Machine That Jolts History 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

And, powered by Jim Parsons’ star appeal and great reviews, An Act Of God continued to gain momentum, adding itself to the list of shows in the “best week ever” club. Broadway Box Office 6/22: 'Skylight' 'Fun Home' 'The King And I' & 'Curious Incident' See Big Gains 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

“Once a magazine’s mind is settled, once it brooks fewer challenges to its certainties, its momentum flags,” he writes, adding that Commentary’s style is “more cramped and crabbed than before, the pages less commodious.” Benjamin Balint?s Inside Look at Podhoretz?s Commentary 2010-06-11T22:30:00Z

They give the play, directed by James Macdonald, a choppy momentum as it works its way toward an explosive, melodramatic finale. Marvel a marvel in diffuse 'Book of Grace' in NY 2010-03-18T01:46:00Z

Though the piece goes through changes of tempo, it loses momentum here and there in its 65-minute duration. Review: A Work That Conjures Desert Sands and Whirlwinds 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Instead, as the pandemic barreled into Manhattan in March 2020 and they began quarantining at each other’s apartments, their talks about when and how to marry took on momentum. After Two Dating Apps and 98 First Dates, Something Was Different About the 99th 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

Toward the end there is a burst of intellectual momentum as the discussion turns to the challenges of sustainable planning and large-scale construction in a rapidly developing world. Movie Review: ?How Much Does Your Building Weigh,? on Norman Foster 2012-01-25T01:00:22Z

His tempos sometimes lagged, but even when they were swift, the orchestra lacked energy and momentum. Music Review: ?Barbiere di Siviglia? at the Met, With Isabel Leonard - Review 2011-10-02T21:26:40Z

Fike, after all, is a symbol of the music business’s newfound momentum. The Twenty-Three-Year-Old Who Embodies the Hazy Future of Pop Music 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Veyette, a generous partner, pushed too hard in his early solos but eventually calmed down, finding his momentum in the bouncy music. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Ranges From Donizetti to Jazz 2010-05-26T21:43:00Z

It was a tough campaign for the Republican nomination, but once we had won South Carolina the momentum was with us. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight by Karl Rove | Digested read 2010-03-29T23:05:00Z

What the characters do share, not only with one another but with the novel as a whole, is a quality of embodied and astonishing momentum, of exponential change triggered mostly by chance. A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

The advance preparation was key to not only the band’s strong execution of the material, but also to things like the transitions between the songs, keeping energy and momentum going from track to track. Bruce Springsteen takes you to “The River” on his new tour: A heartfelt, back-to-basics show — that so far avoids politics 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

“It seems like I got momentum and I don’t have limits.” Jesse Treviño, Chicano Artist Whose Muse Was San Antonio, Dies at 76 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

Santorum, the Iowa runner-up by a handful of votes, and Gingrich were scrambling to create some sense of momentum for their campaigns. Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire 2012-01-11T01:03:00Z

In this view of creative momentum, the key to solving a problem is to take a break from worrying, to move the problem to the back burner, to let the unwatched pot boil. The Myth and Magic of Generating New Ideas 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

But in truth, the quest for early momentum in the awards season has been under way for weeks. Film Festival Opens With a Crowded Slate 2013-09-06T17:09:25Z

Don’t they realize how much more momentum a coda acquires if the music and dance sweep on? Bolshoi Ballet Turns Back the Clock in Its New York Season 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

On his new album, “Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard,” the elusive elegance of Clayton’s piano sits at the center of a quintet with its own hard momentum. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

"The cavalry is on its way to get the momentum going, so it's all about big names and big franchises," Dergarabedian said. Summer of superheroes ride to Hollywood's rescue 2011-04-27T22:16:09Z

For Blasim, history is a matter of malignant coincidence and unthought-of consequence, a beast with its own momentum. The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim – review 2013-03-20T09:01:01Z

These sets offer a rare opportunity to hear Mr. Iyer, a pianist of rippling momentum and a latter-day musical thought leader, alongside the quicksilver saxophone of Mr. Coltrane. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

If the average Bollywood product is a shiny yellow Lamborghini, Gangs is a filthy, great freight train, carried along by relentless narrative momentum, fluid camerawork and a throbbing soundtrack. Anurag Kashyap: 'Bollywood is to blame for India's inability to deal with reality' 2013-02-28T19:33:00Z

The season builds screwball momentum as Jack and company try to outrun the consequences of their choices. ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: It’s Only a Paper Moon 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

Which means they have real impetus and momentum and could make themselves a lot of money and sell a lot of records. XTC: 'Is there a place in rock'n'roll for a Princess Anne lookalike?' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-23T13:09:00Z

And while it isn’t written in 18-point font on the lyric sheet, there’s still plenty of Texas to be heard on this album, namely in its excellent grasp of momentum. Parquet Courts: Rock-and-roll against oblivion 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

"These larger sales contribute to a greater feeling of stability across the U.S. that's helping drive momentum for the top-tier class of properties." America's Most Expensive Mansion Sells 2010-06-18T19:16:00Z

The momentum could have shifted on the Packers' first possession, but it didn't because Aaron Rodgers had a rare misfire. Giants knock Packers out of playoffs 2012-01-16T00:56:00Z

Leto said he hasn’t been strategically marketing the group to capitalize on his Hollywood momentum. Jared Leto: ‘My Oscar is a filthy mess’ 2014-04-25T20:50:57Z

Yet in the opening scene, he was a dynamo, carrying the whole ballet with his unbroken momentum. New Faces (and Bodies) in Classic Roles at New York City Ballet 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The film probably does a better job than the books of humanizing the Prop 8 case and explaining its context with well-edited momentum. ‘The Case Against 8’: Lights, camera, equality

Maybe it was always going to be impossible to maintain that kind of momentum. The Pirelli Calendar Finally Makes Women Subjects Instead of Objects 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

The creators had already scheduled and cast the musical, building up so much momentum that they searched for a way to continue despite the pandemic. The pandemic ruined one musical’s debut plans. Not for long 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Turn off the lights at the bar and it’s hard to get any momentum going in the rest of the space. What Americans Missed Most About Going to Restaurants. (It Wasn’t the Food.) 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

Events like these create momentum around books that’s hard to replicate in real life. Meet the YouTube Stars Turning Viewers Into Readers 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Its centerpiece, a 74-minute silent DVD titled “In the Shadow of the Maggot,” is a dazzling feat of stylistic quotation, appropriation and reprise that lacks Mr. Bock’s usual forward momentum. Art in Review: JOHN BOCK: ?In the Shadow of the Maggot? 2011-08-04T22:00:07Z

Here too we see the momentum of the narrative, the inevitable outcome of the plot that Boyle has put in place. T.C. Boyle reflects on the beauty of fiction, the seduction of a reader 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

The verbal humor makes “The Climb” seem smarter than it is, just as Covino’s dexterity with pacing and camera movement provides some comic momentum. ‘The Climb’ Review: The Dudes Abide 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

The movie, uneven as it is, has terrific momentum and passages of concentrated visual beauty. Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

The year saw a rise in games like this and growing momentum for so-called free-to-play games. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Surprises and Challenges for Video Games in 2013 2013-12-24T13:01:19Z

Unlike most of her other books, this one struggles to get any momentum going, to the point where you may glaze over instead of eagerly leaping in. Sinister Doings at a Luxury Spa? Must Be a New Liane Moriarty Novel 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

But while Mr. Ford sympathetically depicts the isolation and crushing loneliness Dell experiences, the second half of this novel lacks the organic momentum and deeply felt emotion of the preceding pages. Books of The Times: ‘Canada,’ a Novel by Richard Ford 2012-05-21T21:59:38Z

That worm of doubt is the fulcrum on which the show pivots, generating sufficient momentum to make just about anything seem possible. Jennifer Moon's mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

What he doesn't impart in Dawn Treader is any dramatic momentum. Richard Corliss reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010-12-09T19:20:00Z

The sense of momentum keeps escalating: the female lead does a series of sideways-shooting jumps as if she’s brightly firing herself from a cannon. Dance Review: First a Toast to the Past, Then the Frolics of a Bubbly Balanchine 2011-06-01T22:30:32Z

Bringing out piquant details all over, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s music director, luxuriated in the score — a bit too rhapsodically, as momentum kept slackening. Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

The ancillary nonsense, though, sapped the momentum of the show, which ran three hours and somehow still didn’t have room for “The New Girl in Town,” a smart, punchy number from the film version. Review: ‘Hairspray Live!’ Had Power Voices but Still Lacked Power 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Ganz’s natural tendency to savor tender, lyrical passages sapped the first movement of some of its structural cohesion and momentum. A night of Chopin by a pianist with impressive finesse 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

"The Small Backs of Children" is not always enjoyable, but it is fierce in its vision, with captivating prose that carries its own momentum. Lidia Yuknavitch's 'Backs of Small Children' evokes discomfort even as it dazzles 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

“The sport gained momentum almost instantly,” he said. Triathletes, 40-Somethings, Going for Youth 2010-10-22T21:50:00Z

“When you’re getting started, you’re like a baby horse getting shot through a cannon,” he said, seated at his kitchen table in Brooklyn and gesturing to illustrate the momentum of the projectile. Josh Ritter Flies Low, But Stays on the Radar 2010-05-05T21:55:00Z

The pace is relentless, and what matters throughout is not so much the quality as the sheer quantity of historical data and description: it's a book distinguished by its density and its momentum. Altai by Wu Ming – review 2013-06-01T08:02:25Z

As a haunting a cappella score builds momentum, they descend, twisting slowly through the semidarkness, until their chairs come to rest on the floor. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

A turning section for all three dancers seems as if it might lift the energy of the piece — they use momentum to whip themselves around — but after a bit, they move onto something else. Dance Review: Marie-Christine Giordano at Danspace Project 2012-06-08T22:14:32Z

Self doubt took over, questioning whether he deserved his success, and he became enslaved to an internal pressure to not squander his momentum and come through for those who invested in him. Travis Thompson gets real about mental health, dark side of success on pivotal new “YOUGOOD?” 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Off that momentum, “Drive My Car” managed an astounding four Oscar nominations, with citations in picture, director, adapted screenplay and international film. 2022 Oscars Nominations: Snubs and Surprises for Lady Gaga and Jared Leto 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

But they never connect into a comprehensible story with any momentum. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': Good vs. Evil, Hanging by a Thread 2011-02-08T03:01:17Z

Though the winners are chosen by a jury made up of only a handful of film insiders, the Gothams can still provide momentum and a clutch of positive headlines for the contenders who triumph there. ‘Everything Everywhere’ Takes Top Prize at the Gotham Awards 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

For Shakespeare’s remains to be detected, electrons in the atoms of his bones would have to absorb energy and momentum from the radar waves and then kick it back out. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

But to give his book momentum, Mr. Butler endows Lee with a big, indiscreet mouth and has him carry a torch to rival the size of the Statue of Liberty’s. Books of The Times: ‘Shotgun Lovesongs,’ Nickolas Butler’s Debut Novel 2014-03-09T19:24:51Z

Although “The Gifted School” starts too slowly, once the story gets moving, it builds impressive momentum. Review | Parents will stop at nothing to get their kids into a prestigious school 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

His death at 65, after prolonged illnesses, halts the momentum of an astonishing musical dynamo. Willem Breuker obituary 2010-07-29T17:27:00Z

Some of the dance passages felt lengthy and random, and slowed down the emotional momentum. Framing a difficult past with sequins and hip-hop

Even as #MeToo loses some momentum, she foresees intimacy coordination sticking around – and taking off. 'We want to make sure everyone's safe' – how to film a sex scene 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

The film debuted to terrific reviews at Cannes last May and the momentum has just continued and continued, winning three Golden Globes and is also now nominated for 10 Oscars. Baftas 2012: The Artist biggest winner with seven awards including best film 2012-02-12T22:08:15Z

It will be interesting to see what kind of momentum “Side Show,” the Bill Condon-directed musical revival about conjoined twins, can muster. Tony Awards 2015: Five nomination story lines to watch 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

“Younger companies are getting off the ground with quality work. That is the upward momentum,” Kostakis says. Perspective | The Baltimore theater scene’s new projects: Buildings and songs 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

There was a sense of momentum, and being surrounded by nearly three dozen other professional camerawomen felt inspiring, Autumn Eakin, a cinematographer who was at that gathering last year, said. Female Cinematographers, Not Content to Hide Behind the Camera 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

In fact, such perseverance is awe-inspiring, especially since it leads to tremendous momentum and feeds into their ongoing popularity. Why Fleetwood Mac's music resonated so deeply in 2020 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

As an adventure story, “With the Old Breed” has a momentum that might put some modern readers in mind of Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air.” ‘With the Old Breed,’ an Intimate Look at Terror in World War II 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Too often, she tries to build momentum through portentous foreshadowing and cryptic dialogue. ‘The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,’ by Fatima Bhutto 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

“Gentleman’s Guide” received the most Tony nominations overall – 10 – so the show has some momentum, but Mr. Mays and Mr. Pinkham could split the vote among fans of the show. ArtsBeat: Tony Awards 2014: ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,’ ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Lead the Nominations Field 2014-04-29T13:30:44Z

Johnson's works are driven by the momentum of their own ceaseless making. Wonder and despair, frame by frame: The stirring animations of Ezra Johnson 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

But he keeps stymieing momentum, especially with his treatment of sensitive issues. 'Bottle Grove,' by Daniel Handler book review - The Washington Post 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

As in the Duplasses’ other movies, the momentum is accelerated by quick zooms, abrupt edits and a restless camera. Movie Review: ‘The Do-Deca-Pentathlon,’ From Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass 2012-07-05T21:06:58Z

"Ga'Hoole" is a gorgeous and occasionally exciting movie that loses some of its heart and forward momentum in clutter, laborious title included. 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole': Animated combat fantasy shows its talons 2010-09-23T20:21:00Z

Each set builds momentum for the pinnacle of the parade: crossing the stage. Soka Tribe classes turn the explosive energy of Carnival into a fitness routine 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

“I like to sit back and sculpt,” she said after rehearsal, “I think in images and momentum and structure.” Sculpting With Bodies at American Ballet Theater 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

The premiere sacrificed that momentum in favor of defying expectations. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Horseman With No Head; Ben Franklin With No Breeches 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

These musicians summoned the momentum of flamenco or created eerie electric-guitar drones and effects. Music Review: Emel Mathlouthi at the French Institute’s Tunisia Festival 2013-05-23T21:52:42Z

The suit says Leakes’ negotiations for the season came as the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining major momentum, with Leakes a vocal supporter. NeNe Leakes sues saying racism accepted on ‘Real Housewives’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

But while plenty of ideas are in play, they fail to achieve much momentum. 'Faith' best part of Seattle choreographer Pat Graney's 'Faith Triptych' 2010-10-22T21:54:00Z

Reviews were positive, with the New York Times critic Ben Brantley noting that the songs “glimmer with hints of the urgency and wit” that lend the musical score of “Rent” irresistible momentum.” ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’: A Musical Based on a Musical About Writing a Musical. We Explain. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Yet “I would” is built too loosely to accrue momentum or meaning. Dance Review: Rachel Cohen and Jody Sperling Perform at Danspace 2013-06-28T21:49:57Z

But the plot ends up losing momentum as it tries to entangle Fergus, the contraband pistol, the vicious Redcoats and Jamie’s call to action. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 2: The Prison I Live in Now 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

There’s a certain momentum and there’s a certain economy to them. Comedian Mike Birbiglia on His New Movie, Sleepwalk with Me 2012-08-22T12:00:43Z

The set’s narrative momentum, the sense of a story rushing forward, rarely flagged. Music Review: Jon Hendricks and Jimmy Heath at Rose Hall - Review 2011-09-25T22:00:26Z

Drums too were part of the operation, good for urging on workers' momentum. David Lang, Michael Gordon and So Percussion toy with minds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

“It’s much like momentum investing in stocks,” he said. Watches Are Yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their Money Into More Money 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The best political comment tumbles through the ages like a snowball, gathering mass and momentum with each new appreciation. Emma Goldman: a thoroughly modern anarchist 2010-10-06T12:00:00Z

Moreover, English had developed a supranational momentum that gave it a life independent of its British, and more especially its American, roots. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

He said that the museum faced skeptics early on in the campaign, but the new pledges exhibit "resolve and momentum." LACMA receives a historic $75-million windfall, creating an energetic and hope-filled momentum 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

There was little by way of narrative momentum, nothing about the Jimmy and Kim plot that said, “You need to tune in next week.” ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 7: Jimmy Goes Backward 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Intriguing in theory, the notion felt disruptive and sapped momentum in practice; that the individual movements retained their sparkle and charm attested to Saint-Saëns’s sure craft and imagination. Critic’s Notebook: A Bard Music Festival Weekend of Saint-Saëns 2012-08-13T21:46:15Z

“The economy has built momentum,” said President Obama, calling for “economic patriotism” on Capitol Hill to limit partisanship during this mid-term election year. A sampling of editorials from around New York 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

With all the momentum that the #MeToo era has gained, the backlash has often been overwhelming. Bill Cosby’s prison sentence: Why the next phase of #MeToo should prioritize survivors 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

In a room together, physically or virtually, they operate like a kind of perpetual motion machine, volleying inchoate thoughts and hypotheses with no apparent loss of momentum. ‘Don’t Break It!’ The New Hosts of ‘Radiolab’ Remodel a Landmark 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

His survival tests the film's credibility, but the plot's momentum holds absurdity in check while Vincent races to rescue his son and perhaps redeem himself in the process. 'Sleepless Night': Cop races to find son in breathless French thriller 2012-08-16T20:56:06Z

Several powerful men, in several industries, have had their worlds kicked out from under them as the #MeToo movement has gathered momentum. Disgraced by Scandal, Mario Batali Is Eyeing His Second Act 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

Weill’s delicate orchestrations muster momentum and dramatic atmosphere that Anderson’s book largely lacks, and while many of the lyrics for the chorus are heavily portentous or stodgily annotative, the singing is terrific throughout. | ?Lost in the Stars?: Pursuing a Prodigal Son, Who?s Strayed to the City 2011-02-04T23:55:30Z

The big winner in all of this is the fall film festivals — Telluride and Toronto, in particular — that launch these contenders into the Oscar season with enough wiggle room to build buzz and momentum. Oscars 2015: 'Boyhood' undone by its outsized Oscar campaign 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

Some have attributed the momentum of his trial and his conviction now to the influence of the 2019 Lifetime documentary, "Surviving R. Kelly." R. Kelly found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking, following years of controversy 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

In this case, the momentum of the falling chain accomplishes the pouring action; the time delay created by the chain switching directions causes the upward motion. The Physics of Rihanna: Can You Actually “Pour It Up”? 2013-10-03T18:20:35Z

It was an early indicator of the link between personality and commerce that gathered momentum as the century progressed. When the Old Masters Were the P.R. Agents of the Rich and Powerful 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

The event gains momentum this week as the 5th Avenue Theatre opens "On the Town," the first of two Bernstein-scored Broadway shows it will produce. Seattle festival celebrates the many facets of Bernstein and his music 2010-04-07T22:17:00Z

Dramatic punchiness in the arresting opening chorus was sometimes undermined by fuzziness in the orchestral and choral parts, and occasional untidiness recurred later on, though the conductor's sense of momentum maintained cohesion and impetus. St John Passion – review 2013-03-31T17:31:01Z

When it comes to programming DanceAfrica, Mr. Salaam is looking for a certain kind of artistic momentum. DanceAfrica Celebrates Rwanda and a ‘Living Sense of Grace’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

As the #MeToo movement gathers momentum, friends of Cooper’s start to confide their own experiences of inappropriate behavior by Harvard faculty. New Book Returns to an Irresistible Theme: the Harvard Murder 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

Ms. Gentile plays original compositions that are at once grimy and resonant, tightly layered and charged with momentum. For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Dixon attempted to capitalise on the momentum by founding a lobbying and self-help organisation, the Jazz Composers Guild. Bill Dixon obituary 2010-07-22T17:15:00Z

As it gathers momentum, alcohol addiction inevitably affects the drinker, visibly damaging the architecture of their life. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

Bonello, never much interested in narrative momentum, keeps the idea of story at a steady distance for the first hour. ‘Zombi Child’ Review: Race, Class and Voodoo 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

She used two songs from “Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection” — “Part of Me” and “Wide Awake” — to keep the momentum going. Bass, sweat and cheers for Katy Perry at Tacoma Dome 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

The compositions were also notable for a vital sense of momentum, with the scores featuring interludes improvised by Mr. Riley and Mr. Zeigler. Review: Gyan Riley Begins an Intimate Residency at the Stone 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

This sometimes dampens the theatrical momentum, but given the fantastic realms into which the story ventures, the reliance on direct address is understandable. ‘Lionboy,’ a Fairy Tale Set in a Dystopian Future 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

By releasing the episodes with phases of the competition, Netflix is hoping to build momentum with fans and avoid spoilers, but this isn’t happening with more shows right now, Netflix said. No, Netflix Is Not Abandoning Its Binge Format 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

That confusion over blurry boundaries and accountability, the sense that there was no one impartial to turn to, has propelled Ms. Ireland into a cause that is gaining momentum in the industry. Sex and Violence, Beyond the Script 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

He kicks while playing guitar, while singing; this straight-ahead momentum offsets the troubled yearning of his lyrics, littered with biblical references and lifts from Shakespeare. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z

After a peak of momentum, the final minutes find the group relaxing into more meditative, minimalist moods. 17 Players in Five States, Composing Over the Internet 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

“I Hate It Here” gathers great momentum, especially early in the nearly 90-minute production, as shorter vignettes are delivered in quick succession. In Four Audio Plays, No Stages but Lots of New Voices 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

He added that if you don’t push forward and “grab the trapeze,” the show risks losing momentum. Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

But with all its diligence, “Fatherland” maintains the momentum of the best mysteries and a commendable balance, considering all the forms of intergenerational trauma present here. A Grandson Investigates the ‘Reasonable’ Nazi in the Family 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

Festering and fuming are sworn enemies of forward momentum and your greatest obstacles to achieving the lifestyle you slipped into so seamlessly during that spoiling summer. I’m cold and angry at my mother – how can I stop? | Mariella Frostrup 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Peace, prosperity and democracy in Europe still have serious momentum. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

“We brought it in to catch the momentum of the summer menus,” said Tanya Cohn, the company’s brand manager. Red, Wet and Bitter … but Not Campari or Aperol 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

There's a slow inner momentum to much of the music that, if you're not careful, can drag a little. The Pilgrim's Progress: Vaughan Williams's masterpiece returns at ENO 2012-11-05T17:39:26Z

But "The King's Speech" pulled an upset over the Facebook tale "The Social Network" at last weekend's Producers Guild of America Awards and picked up more momentum with its lead at Tuesday's Oscar nominations. Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' 2011-01-30T11:48:09Z

In all its intricate momentum, the band only complements Mr. N’Dour’s kindly clarion of a voice, which is equally sweet, lithe and resolute. Youssou N’Dour Performs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

"There was a momentum to take us to war — something took us to war in Iraq." Jon Stewart grills Judith Miller over her Iraq reporting 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

"The lack of momentum is hurting everybody across the board." "Tron" leads weak pack of newcomers at box office 2010-12-20T02:05:27Z

And, while I wouldn't say this should be standard practice, the piece gained an unstoppable tragic momentum. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z

He learned from them fast cutting between scenes, fantastical milieux, spare dialogue, quickfire narrative momentum – not to mention how to discombobulate readers by shifting times and introducing characters elliptically. Philip Pullman: Why I love comics 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

We were still catching up on bills from the birth of our daughter, and this pandemic put a hard halt to our momentum. ‘I have about $80’: how eight people spend their money during lockdown 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Anyone who has seen Macbeth or Julius Caesar played straight through will know how much the performances benefit from the momentum. Are theatre intervals really necessary? – open thread 2013-02-14T13:35:00Z

It's a work whose tensile rigour and utterly compelling musical momentum couldn't have happened without Bennett's structural thinking, but that also sings and stomps with expressive and stylistic freedom. A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z

As such, he feels a responsibility to take advantage of the momentum and keep moving in a dizzying number of directions. Idris Elba’s Toughest Role Yet: Going Brutal With Grace for ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Cycling at predictable intervals between Keith’s long, interior harangues and his brief, prickly interactions with the director, the play acquires a ticktock rhythm that prevents the buildup of momentum. Review: In ‘American Moor,’ an Insider’s Guide to ‘Othello’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Sometimes what helps is a little momentum, which would point in another direction: In May, innovative Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai took the Man Booker International award. Who will win the Nobel Prize in literature? 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

In an instant I was pushing through legs, tumbling down the planks to the bottom of the ramp, momentum pulling me back to my dad. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z

Or maybe it was simply the magic and momentum of opening night. 'Hamilton' opening night in Hollywood: Stars, song and some tears 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Advocates hope the momentum from relief efforts will build a long-lasting community dedicated to the cause. Months after Hurricane Florence, undocumented farmworkers still struggle to recover 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

Here he adds just one more instrument, the piano of Mr. Pilc, who works in splashes of stark color and pushes a centrifugal momentum. The Playlist: Mavis Staples Warns of Deadly Force, and 9 More New Songs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Rather than building momentum, the editing tends to favor a highlight reel approach. ‘Domino: Battle of the Bones’ Review: Juicing Up the Game 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

That might yet work if it were simply funnier, if it built momentum from the cascading disaster of the ill-conceived trip. Review: ‘Camping’ Is a Long, Uncomfortable Trip 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

These episodes are never dull — Atkinson’s a sly and witty observer, with a gift for finding the perfect detail — but the reader can’t help noticing a lack of narrative momentum that begins to feel deliberate. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

This film tells the story of his success with the company, using the preparation for a pair of reunion concerts this year as narrative momentum. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ and ‘Beerland’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Communist forces were already gaining momentum in the countryside after 1962, which is partly why the South Vietnamese military had grown so disgruntled and why the Kennedy administration wanted a change. The War That Never Goes Away 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

In a series the mystery is not resolved in 2 hours, or even 20; these sorts of shows almost always lose momentum or are prematurely canceled. | 'Persons Unknown': In New NBC Drama, Guests Check In but Don?t Check Out 2010-06-06T22:11:00Z

Imagine a season in which Claire’s aspirations are allowed to gain some momentum; where the fact that she starts to dress like George Washington pays off. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

So the question band members now face is how to capitalize on that momentum, which has been aided by the growing availability of African music on the Internet and in compilation discs. Antibalas, Afrobeat Band, Hopes for Post-‘Fela!’ Audience 2012-08-06T22:32:17Z

The more those tendencies collide, the better he is, as in “Hearts That Never,” which is doubly obsessed: with the romance in the lyrics and with a relentlessly blipping synthesizer momentum. New Music From Kathryn Calder, Buxton, Nadine Shah, East India Youth and Tal National 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

By contrast, Tharp’s lifts in “Sinatra Songs” speed up the momentum rather than clotting it. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

It retains the lengthy French plantation sequence without losing too much of the original cut’s momentum. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The opening march’s headlong momentum was frighteningly articulated, with the bows of cellos crunching against strings. Musicians Love the Conductor Kirill Petrenko. It Shows. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

It’s a bold move, in the middle of a season just starting to regain its momentum, for a show to take a week away from the central narrative and lurch to a side story. The Walking Dead Watch: The Arrow in the Door 2013-03-11T15:18:46Z

The music ought to feed the musical’s momentum, but the orchestral streamlining exacerbates the sluggishness of Lapine’s overwritten book and the repetitive emphasis of some of Sondheim’s lyrics. Stripped-down staging brings clever moments in this long, long journey 'Into the Woods' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

I hesitated, not wanting to ram him, and in that instant lost my momentum and bobbed into the hole. Explorer: A Rinse and a Roll on a River in Nepal 2013-06-21T18:25:51Z

After a dry spell in the early evening, “The Artist” gained momentum as the major awards were presented, beginning with a prize for Mr. Hazanavicius. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z

Scattered across each track are boxes containing weapons, which you need to disrupt other racers’ momentum. Review: Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart 8’ defies gravity 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The 1992 video helped raise the profile of surfing as more than a laidback hobby, and the “momentum” moniker followed the friends as they became international competitors and, eventually, rivals. A Surrogate Family Takes to the Waves in ‘Momentum Generation’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Nor does the play resolve the conceit it takes two acts to set up, of a romance built on deception, despite promising its revelation as the primary source of narrative momentum. ‘Smart’ Review: A.I. in the Living Room 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

I watched as they flapped their wings, got some momentum going — and for a second I thought, “maybe this time,” until they settled back down and quietly paddled away. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z

As with the measured momentum of a fine novel, her characters’ quirks and anxieties and passions are revealed by degrees. Theater lovers will get hooked on the marvelous moviehouse play ‘The Flick’ 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Despite some cynicism about the promises for change, the predominant mood is one of a momentum that must be seized. The Music Industry Is Wrestling With Race. Here’s What It Has Promised. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

His performance was full of energy and momentum. Rodriguez ends International Piano Festival with imaginative takes on classical pieces

The film doesn’t have much momentum going into awards season since it came out earlier in the year, but don’t rule Stewart out. And the Oscar may go to: 30 key movies that could win big next award season 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

But William Anderson’s writhing electric-guitar lines largely failed to penetrate the din, and a lengthy final sequence featuring Mr. Thompson’s recorded voice, a “White Rabbit” sample and electronic crackles sapped the work’s momentum. | American Composers Orchestra: Louis Andriessen and Orchestra Underground at Zankel Hall 2010-04-11T21:04:00Z

Production company Prospect Park picks up the license to recreate the dramas online, but momentum stalls. Online Soap Operas Coming Back to TV 2013-06-26T21:49:35Z

This is an action-driven yarn — the equivalent in the Shakespeare canon of a popcorn picture — and Mr. Nunn’s careful editing improves the tale’s sometimes haphazard momentum. Review: In ‘Pericles,’ Much Ado About a Lot of Things 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

At 28, her career has an unstoppable momentum. Hayley Atwell 2010-10-09T23:05:00Z

The movement to ban so-called ex-gay conversion therapy has gained momentum in recent years, with state Legislatures in California and New Jersey implementing policies to protect young people from the anti-LGBTQ pseudo-therapy. Former “ex-gay” leaders come clean: “Conversation therapy harms people” 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Missing within those motifs, which repeat yet rarely develop, is momentum. Review: Gallim’s Dancing Waves of Contractions and Contortions 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

He, too, teased out details — a dancing ostinato in the basses near the end, prominent from the moment it started, took on a relentless terror — but didn’t sacrifice momentum or primal energy. Review: A Guest Conductor Reveals the Philharmonic’s Potential 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

As the second season of “Jane the Virgin” winds down, the momentum has slowed down as well. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 20: Are Jane and Petra Friends? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

But recapturing that early momentum at this 11th hour might prove elusive. 'Birdman' looking solid in Oscar race, and momentum is a big reason 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The plot builds with such precision and momentum that it’s readable, over and over. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

The device of having one piece of information travel up the chain of command gave the story a needed momentum, Mr. Chandor said. The Carpetbagger: Oscars for Screenwriters Are a Cliffhanger 2012-02-01T22:42:55Z

“Timeless” is like old-fashioned TV with a modern sense of momentum and wit. Perspective | Summer is the right time for those TV shows you’ve heard about, but never got around to watching 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Hitches and hiccups complicate the choreography without sacrificing momentum. Review: ‘Prize’ Puts Dance and Drumming in the Spotlight 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

The trouble with this debut novel is that with its loose structure, the story ambles along with little momentum. ‘The Stories of Jane Gardam,’ and More 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Poignantly “Sing Your Song” loses its momentum and focus after the assassination of Dr. King, though it’s hard to know whether Mr. Belafonte did too. | 'Sing Your Song': ?Sing Your Song,? Documentary About Harry Belafonte - Review 2012-01-12T23:04:54Z

It was, as Axelrod recounts, a fortuitous opportunity: The campaign gathered momentum as the war in Iraq soured, leaving Obama to benefit from his consistent opposition. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

This was the period when the oil crisis deepened, Margaret Thatcher began her political ascent, older cities saw wealthy residents flee to the suburbs and the environmental movement gained momentum. Our edifice complex: 'High-Rise' and its dystopian architecture hit the big screen 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

But the concert lost none of its momentum. Concert review: Black Keys at the United Center 2012-03-20T14:36:00Z

Lovely, richly written but hardly electrifying — so what accounts for this novel’s explosive momentum? A thriller with heart: Hannah Tinti’s ‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’ 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

The show could have lost momentum; instead it opened up and gained depth, physically free of the claustrophobic jailhouse confines but still tightly linked to them in psychological and thematic terms. When a Break From TV Brings More TV 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

Binging created the momentum needed to glide past holes in the story line that strained credulity. Did You Watch ‘Bloodline’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

After that, the responsibility fell on those kids who took part to keep the momentum going. New MTV show takes on high school stereotypes 2010-07-27T11:00:00Z

Though each maintains its identity, the resulting dynamic momentum accrues from the thrill and complexity of the resulting collisions. Philharmonia/Salonen – review 2012-06-29T17:30:01Z

The momentum created has also led to other negative impacts for the Russians, including restrictions placed on social media distribution of their state-controlled media outlets. In wartime battle over imagery, so far it hasn’t been close 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Disaffection has its own momentum, and even the people who weren't bored by Jonathan Ross in an elemental way were nevertheless bored with seeing him on the telly. Jonathan Ross bids farewell to the BBC 2010-07-17T00:01:00Z

“It starts in the city, creates this noir-type tension and atmosphere, then transfers to the farm, but loses none of that momentum and keeps you in suspense until the end,” he says. The Inspiration Issue: Rian Johnson Builds a Better Time Machine 2012-09-26T16:08:34Z

An even game in both momentum and score tilted in the Predators' way when Klein's dump-in skipped past a startled Crawford to give Nashville a lead it never relinquished. Toews hurt in 5-2 loss 2012-01-22T05:27:00Z

The body’s momentum, whipped up by a brisk calligraphy of the limbs, keeps the axis swaying off-center. Review: Brian Brooks Moving Company Keeps Things Off-Center at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The latter took a while to gather momentum, though the Fugue, when we reached it, was perfect in its implacable weight and grandeur. Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Joshua ? review 2011-03-10T17:39:03Z

That process is already underway and is likely to gather real momentum by the time election day 2016 is over. The 9 states where marijuana will be legalized last 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Their storytelling momentum builds into a gallop that irresistibly pulls us along. Theater Review: Royal Shakespeare Company Adapts 2 Hilary Mantel Novels 2014-01-22T22:33:43Z

There was consistently distinguished solo playing, while Gergiev maintained momentum and poise while ensuring an ongoing dramatic continuity. Prom 42: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Gergiev 2011-08-16T11:10:01Z

On Saturday he was flexible with the singers without ever losing momentum, and the orchestra bloomed for him. Review: ‘Siberia,’ Umberto Giordano’s Opera, Unfolds at a Russian Prison Camp 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

It’s got so much going for it: mellowness, intensity, space, polyrhythm, slow grooves, deep funk, momentum — and teacherly lessons, in the English-language tracks “To Whom It May Concern” and “Which Way Africa?” Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z

Coda, a tiny deaf drama that ended up on Apple TV+, has started to gain momentum. Oscars 2022: the winners, the losers, the dresses, the show – live! 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

The work is hugely impressive in its epic sweep and architectural momentum, but what makes Schuller happiest is the musicians' response to the score. Gunther Schuller: Conducting? He wrote the book 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z

A win for either film would create momentum going into the Academy Awards. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Extinction — The Facts’ and ‘Hysterical’ 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

It was a reunion, which brings its own momentum. Critic?s Notebook: Houston?s Jazz Stars, Celebrated in TriBeCa 2011-01-16T22:59:55Z

"We're the best, the best, the best," they keep insisting as they beat their wings, threaten critics and achieve a scary chorus-line momentum. Children's Film Festival Seattle is so good other cities want it, too 2011-01-26T22:52:05Z

“Buds and rotting spots, seeds and broken blossoms, earthly night solar light — bound themselves together in one momentum.” Fleeing a Caribbean Plantation Into a Mythic Wilderness 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

Ratings momentum for the Golden Globes loss some steam Sunday night. Golden Globes ratings down from last year 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

There are periodic pauses, but as the solo gains momentum, Huxley, with the camera swirling around him and the stage, maintains his pristine placement and seamless harmony. Review: Sofia Coppola Brings New York City Ballet Back to Life 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Partly, this is thanks to how he builds momentum. Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

The Witch Is Dead will be the nation's No 1 by the end of the week – I'm not sure it will sustain the momentum – but it doesn't need to. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z

The best place in Seattle to experience the forward momentum of electronic music is the Decibel Festival, happening Wednesday through Oct. Decibel Festival and the future of electronic music 2011-09-24T15:16:03Z

The 21-year-old won four awards, adding momentum to a comeback that began with his Michael Jackson tribute at the BET Awards last year and continued with his album, "F.A.M.E." 4 honors for Chris Brown at music-heavy BET Awards 2011-06-27T10:36:13Z

Solos arrive in short, furious bursts that ornament the forward momentum. Album review: Converge, 'All We Love We Leave Behind' 2012-10-15T16:08:00Z

Singer Trey Songz, whose star rose this past year with the R&B chart-topping smash "I Invented Sex" and other hits, says he wants to continue building on his momentum with new material. Trey Songz wants to ride momentum with new album 2010-08-04T14:32:00Z

These lectures get the job done, but, along with frequent detours into back story, sometimes feel like a frustrating countercurrent to the momentum of the book’s present, ongoing plot. The Daughter of a Revolutionary Becomes a Wedding Planner. Drama Ensues. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

Part of me wishes we could bring back that momentum of the “degenerate” art. ‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

“This show is nothing but momentum,” James Poniewozik wrote of the previous season in his New York Times review. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Mrs. Maisel’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

The group’s residency had started in February, and it had begun to gain momentum. She Had 3 Jobs to Support Her Music. Now All Are Gone. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

But also I’m trying to build a strong, well-organized campaign on the ground that gains momentum steadily. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Layne and James are appealing, but perhaps because their characters’ lives are so fragmented, their performances never build the emotional momentum or find the depths of feeling the story needs. ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Review: Trusting Love in a World Ruled by Hate 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

And yet, as Oscar season cranks up, Rourke’s film and its well-liked stars have been entirely absent from precursor lists – Golden Globes included – while The Favourite continues to gather momentum. Killer queens: how The Favourite reigns over Mary Queen of Scots 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Bogged down by insufficient momentum, an episodic plot and a protagonist bound to get on many readers’ nerves, “Quicksand” without the jokes would be unendurable. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

The writers still have yet to fix whatever is stalling the momentum the show enjoyed at the outset of the Trump era. "Saturday Night Live" has a problem not even Matt Damon can solve 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

The momentum carried through to the finale, and with the balance reoriented around the strings, the thread of the music turned long and tightly drawn, a building chain of setup and payoff. Review | Noseda returns to the NSO podium and, just in time, finds the narrative 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

“The momentum is massive at the moment, there’s a huge shift going on,” Taituha said. 'The time feels right': Prince Charles welcomed to New Zealand's founding site of Waitangi 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Only after establishing a groove in the band's infectious jam "Red Eyes," for example, did the band move into bottom-end live-drum momentum, rolling within it with a lubricated ease. Coachella 2015: Alabama Shakes, Tame Impala among top Friday moments 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

And the trend we were seeing was that our movie seemed to be gaining momentum, not losing it. Blogging "City Island": Anatomy of an indie breakout 2010-04-26T12:30:00Z

In the States, however, its bullet-train momentum was halted by the ignoble figure of Harvey Weinstein, as Bong joined the long line of directors to fight “Harvey Scissorhands” over the film’s final edit. Parasite: how Bong Joon-ho returned home to make his masterpiece 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Graves pushed and reacted to the music with playful precision, creating momentum and counterpoint while dismantling patterns before they began. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z

"My hope every time I write and perform is to build momentum to get people to push for change." One man's mission to fight patriarchy with poetry 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

She booked movie-of-the-week roles, a guest spot on shows including “NCIS” and “The Closer,” but the big auditions didn’t work out and she felt a lack of momentum. That Voice You’re Hearing? It Might Be Hers. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

Robinson sometimes imparted brief harmonies with deep vibes chords; Noble made twanging jaws-harp noises with the edge of a small cymbal; and episodes of almost laid-back shuffling periodically decelerated the generally hell-driving momentum. Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith – review 2012-08-29T14:31:43Z

So, in the first series we see Tony murder a "rat" in a single episode, while a far wider plotline of his toxic relationship with his mother gathers momentum throughout the series. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z

With “Wildlife,” then “Dannemora,” and now “True West,” he had been running nonstop, the culmination of 14 unbroken years of momentum. Paul Dano’s Cup Runneth Over (and Over) 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Our attention shifts back and forth between the two men, which provides narrative momentum at the cost of dramatic and psychological depth. Review: In ‘Crown Heights,’ Justice Delayed and Denied 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Why can’t her panicky antics simply serve the show’s zany momentum, without unleashing existential crises or darker themes? Perspective | Sure, ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ could reach for more importance, but that’s not why it’s here 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

The trilogy’s spectacular conclusion hits hard, having built momentum across a tremendous universe, and alongside a legitimate player history, preserved in a huge list of variables and decisions spanning three different games. Mass Effect 3 Review Roundup: Pleasing Even the Usual Critics 2012-03-06T15:45:15Z

Back in 2001, animation's digital revolution was slowly but surely gaining momentum. "Shrek" at 20: celebrating the film’s unique brand of animated anarchy and sardonic irreverence 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

Present participles enhance the poem's momentum, the syntax is loosened, and the reader shares the speaker's experience of watching, though car-windows, a flow of moving images. Poem of the week: Autobiography Without Pronouns by Tiffany Atkinson 2013-04-08T10:09:25Z

And, adorable though Mr. Cozic is, the quirky history of the rock tends to stop the musical’s momentum cold. Review: In ‘Up Here,’ Boy (and All His Inner Demons and Angels) Meets Girl 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

So the name of the game is nostalgia, and the show moonwalks by with the momentum of fans happy to see and hear some of the most iconic performances of Jackson’s career. Best and Worst Moments of the 75th Tony Awards 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

For a band that finally reached that perfect synergy just a few songs earlier, it’s a shame the momentum doesn’t last just another spin around the dance floor. Hot Chip's In Our Heads: Between Earworms and Experimentation 2012-06-12T17:30:07Z

The poem moves fluently with rhythms that suggest the momentum of the road, while the narrative continually veers inward, like the car shifting lanes. Poem of the week: Interstate by Anne-Marie Fyfe 2011-04-11T09:39:57Z

Yet they don’t look all that different from the paintings she exhibited at the Guggenheim in 2010, as the Arab Spring was just starting to gain momentum. Art in Review: Julie Mehretu: ‘Liminal Squared’ 2013-06-13T20:52:39Z

With a sound that was a combination of arena rock and back-alley bar band, the J. Geils Band gained popular momentum with the 1978 album “Sanctuary,” and became renowned for presenting dynamic live performances. J. Geils, guitarist whose band had hits with ‘Centerfold,’ ‘Freeze-Frame,’ dies at 71 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

As he gained momentum in the polls heading into primary season, a curious thing started to happen. The Man Behind the Trump Piñata 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Some of the pictures were festival favorites, which publicists try to translate into momentum with critics’ groups and other prize givers. The Art of the Oscars Long-Shot 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

“I want to keep up the momentum,” she said. Mary Lambert: ‘Same Love’ singer strikes out on her own 2013-01-11T00:57:53Z

But too much momentum can also be a problem. Review | As a fast-paced caper, ‘The Flight Attendant’ soars. As a story about alcoholism, well, there’s turbulence. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

“On screen,” he continued, “there are delays, there’s a lag, there’s an Internet outage. Anything can come and derail the momentum. Whereas in the space, you’re all focused on it.” Perspective | A play is birthed online, and I was in the delivery room 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Recently resurfaced and lightly traveled, this skating path was swift on the downhills, met by gentle inclines that slowed my momentum as I approached the slushy river. Where Trails Are for Skating, Not Hiking 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

A few times, while trying to get momentum, my front tire unexpectedly lifted off the ground. Along the Virginia Mountain Biking Trail, the adrenaline soars

In the final act Corti skilfully gathered the momentum in the crowd scene. La Fanciulla del West 2010-08-25T21:15:00Z

Then there's the more amped-up "Beast," which is all forward momentum as the lyrics briefly turn inward while musing over a missed opportunity. Teen angst still afflicts Mary Timony in adulthood 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

In Mr. Marsalis’s arrangement of “Teru,” for five harmonized saxophones, Mr. Shorter played in defiance of momentum and the unbroken narrative. Review: Wayne Shorter Goes Solo With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

One season could be sustained by two, maybe three pieces of gossip, rehashed tirelessly over many episodes, gaining just a tiny bit of forward momentum with each fight over who said what to whom. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z

It’s that downward momentum suggested by the title. ‘Vortex Temporum,’ a Sensual Blend of Music and Dance 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

Then keyboardist Gary Husband launched the first of a string of creative interventions with a Fender Rhodes solo that sustained his boss's flying momentum. John McLaughlin ? review 2011-07-13T17:25:32Z

The seaside spot, which focused on farm-to-table, was named Canada’s best new restaurant in 2007 — the first such recognition for any Newfoundland establishment — adding momentum to an emerging restaurant culture. Moose, Anyone? In Newfoundland, Food Both Rustic and Sophisticated 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

In a review for the Los Angeles Times, staff writer Carolyn Kellogg praised the novel, which she called "an uber-story, defined by irony and metaphor .... Rarely does such a ruminative novel close with such momentum." Steve Martin joins 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' adaptation 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

But this hourlong work accrues a particular urgency and momentum. Review: Her Lips Are Blue, Her Dances Unpredictable 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

And then my directing debut, which was dead in the water at New Line, went from having no momentum to having momentum, the weekend right after "Bridesmaids" opened. Early signs of a "Bridesmaids" bump 2011-09-27T16:01:00Z

A faceless account of the Third Symphony fogged its lucid textures, and despite lean, longing playing from the strings, the single-movement Seventh never gained much momentum. Music Review: Jan Lisiecki Makes Debut With New York Philharmonic 2012-12-14T22:19:09Z

It, too, allows the momentum of archival footage to replace heavy narration. Perspective | What’s better than a TV shot of Apollo 11? The looks on the faces back home. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

"One thing just led to another, the more I put down the more I wanted to do, momentum just built," Fleming remembers. Baltic Fleet – New Band Up North #33 2013-07-22T16:00:00Z

Their effort gave the spectacle noise and momentum. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

As the reform movement gathered momentum in the spring of 1819, women stepped onto the public stage, setting up Female Reform Societies in a number of towns. Women's role at Peterloo revisited in Manchester anniversary walk 2012-08-15T09:33:47Z

The exquisite visual features prove enriching, rather than distracting, yet the narrative struggles to sustain momentum. Review: New Novels by Paul Murray, César Aira and Others 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

Its greasy momentum is thrilling and easier to achieve than it sounds, thanks to an auto-targeting system. The Best Video Games to Get Lost In This Holiday Season 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

As sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann says, the shift away from family life to solo lifestyles in the 20th century was part of the "irresistible momentum of individualism". Ewan Morrison: what I'm thinking about ... why capitalism wants us to stay single 2012-08-11T12:01:34Z

There are limitations to that approach, just as there was a saturation point for Mr. Brown’s cloud-of-dust drum solos, each one bursting with kinetic motion but strangely devoid of momentum. Music Review: Jaimeo Brown at Drom 2013-05-16T21:48:50Z

Even before the primary season began, Romney strategists were concerned about maintaining momentum this month because of the dearth of binding contests. Santorum racks up wins in three states 2012-02-08T07:15:00Z

As the Satanic panic gathered momentum, politicians accused bands of hiding evil messages in tracks, particularly if you played them backward. On Wednesdays, we wear Hellfire Club shirts: the Satanic panic of "Stranger Things" 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

A group of more than 60 state notables, including Freeman, signed a full-page ad in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger this week advocating a new flag, an attempt to spur new momentum. In Mississippi, defenders of state’s Confederate-themed flag dig in 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Agnelli, the Italian “X-Factor” judge, offered the quartet some advice for building on its current momentum: Tour as much as possible, get experience under their belts and continue to be themselves. They Won Eurovision. Can They Conquer the World? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

"I like the idea of a voice having momentum," he adds, "and a reader picking up on that." Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z

“People are looking for touchstones from history that give credibility and direction and momentum to their current activities.” Learning About the Civil Rights Era Through Travel 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

And two indicators of high-end momentum also rose: transactions over $900 increased by 3 percent, while the professional-contractor business, which handles expensive home renovations, posted increases in transactions and the amount spent. Top Retailers Report Strong Profit, but Walmart Shoppers Struggle 2012-02-23T21:32:24Z

We were working furiously, trying to keep up the momentum, because the world was watching us. ‘We took our anger and channelled it’: Parkland students Jaclyn Corin and Delaney Tarr on becoming activists 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

Between its unsympathetic, charisma-free characters and a flashback-dependent narrative style that grows choppier and more convoluted as Brad's mutinous plan ensues, the film never builds the requisite momentum. 'Coldwater' fails to tap into drama of youth reform centers 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Pelosi’s endorsement is widely seen as a reaction to the Globe and as the lifeline the congressman needed to blunt Markey’s momentum. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

This “Right Stuff” is far more suited to the drama of domestic dust-ups than portraying the historic momentum that put the Mercury Seven in space. Review | Whatever ‘The Right Stuff’ is, this Disney Plus adaptation could use more of it 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

“Hightown” loses some of its momentum in later episodes — the story bogs down a bit and the pieties about addiction and taking control of your life move more into the foreground. ‘Hightown’ Review: Crime on Cape Cod, With a Hint of Elmore Leonard 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

With little objective conflict to depict, and with its phantasmagoric storytelling often ripped free from time and causality, the egregiously overlong “Widow Lincoln” feels almost devoid of forward momentum and suspense. ‘The Widow Lincoln’ at Ford’s Theatre shows a first lady in mourning 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

The Big Short has the momentum that Steve Jobs lacks, and is likely to be awarded for distilling a challenging book into an engaging narrative. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Lewis can still do that quick yodel in his voice, can still inject Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie" with momentum and joy. Jerry Lee Lewis and Pat Boone spread their religions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

She lifted into the air, but as she landed, her momentum tugged her forward and nudged her off step. How a new dance gets made: Behind the scenes at American Contemporary Ballet 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

I've always exempted a number of chaos cinema works from my own rants, notably the "Bourne" trilogy and Fox's "24," where I think the style complemented the story's sense of paranoia and relentless momentum. Why are so many modern action movies terrible? 2011-08-24T12:25:00Z

But between the singer's transparent production and ambitious arrangements, there's less drift and more momentum. War on Drugs finds better chemistry 2014-03-07T20:07:00Z

But momentum builds once the lights turn dusky and Ms. Lafferty rolls feverishly on the floor or settles into positions that reveal the physical duress of stillness. Review: Beth Gill’s ‘Catacomb,’ Dreamlike and Site-Specific 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

“We knew that momentum was building,” she said, but being in a theater full of costumed devotees was something else. The Rise of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

The weightiness of von Trier’s story arc is signaled right away, with the occasional solemn glissando or a rest that halts the music’s momentum. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Possibly it couldn’t be: that record was a rounded whole containing the unlikely magic of a new group on a good day, a band with its own sound, identity and momentum. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-05T21:33:00Z

But the momentum that started with “Hamilton” in the theater only accelerated during the Trump administration. How Theater Stepped Up to Meet the Trump Era 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z

Admirers of that movie will find echoes of its themes and traces of its look here, but they will miss its intellectual vigor and narrative momentum. Christoph Waltz Drowns in Technocracy in ‘The Zero Theorem’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

New release "The Man With The Iron Fists" was unable to beat "Argo's" momentum this weekend and came in fourth with ticket sales of $8.2 million. "Wreck-It Ralph" hammers box office, sails over "Flight" 2012-11-04T20:50:30Z

That’s precisely the point of a late sequence in which he shifts between a multitude of characters and as many locations without losing you, his narrative thread or momentum. | 'The Dark Knight Rises’: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ With Christian Bale 2012-07-18T17:49:45Z

Start 2017 with good health and momentum, rather than a long list of resolutions. 11 strategies for getting through the holidays without weight gain 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

But as the weeks went on, that momentum waned; while a nomination may be in the cards, ultimate victory is not. The Carpetbagger: Oscar Nominations? Let the Guesses Begin 2011-01-19T22:49:35Z

Broadly speaking, the movement hasn’t achieved much momentum, scale or urgency. No more Mr Muscle: the activists championing body confidence for men 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z

When the blogosphere started buzzing months before the release of "Zombies," Rekulak knew the company had a hit and wanted to capitalize on the momentum. Philly book publisher the BRAAAINS! behind phenom 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z

The admission of shared responsibility at the end doesn’t register: you’re carried away by the momentum of the band. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

"We definitely are the campaign now with the momentum, the enthusiasm on the ground," he said on CNN. Rick Santorum says he's got momentum 2012-02-08T14:33:00Z

"We also agree that we must use our civilian and military momentum to support a durable and favourable political resolution of the conflict." Barack Obama: Afghanistan war is on track 2010-12-16T21:31:39Z

The older art-house crowd that could have made the film a sleeper hit has not yet returned to theaters, so awards momentum will have to come from pure love of the movie itself. Which Films Lead the Biggest Best-Picture Race in Years? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Exhilarating moments of birding, when skaters move as one as a flock of birds or a school of fish, revealed the rush of momentum: deep edges, flow and, again, that glide. Review: The Brooklyn Academy Dips a Toe Back in With Live Skating 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

He summoned up spry performances of Rossini's Silken Ladder and Il Signor Bruschino overtures, lacking nothing in characterful wit or dynamic momentum. Britten Sinfonia/Wigglesworth ? review 2010-12-01T22:29:00Z

The game involved taking tiny stutter steps and long strides without altering your pace or losing your momentum, regardless of where you were going. Review | In a year without dance floors, Theo Parrish knows the way forward 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Both shows struggled mightily at the box office before the Tony nominations in late April, and each needs to win the best musical Tony on Sunday for momentum in ticket sales. Strong Sales for 'Gentleman's Guide' Ahead of Tony Awards 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

The bring-your-dog-to-work trend is gaining momentum in Thailand, particularly at companies such as advertisement firms, which typically require unusual work hours. With furry co-workers, long days aren’t so ruff 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

As for the rest of the show, it lacked dramatic shape and momentum, partly because those canned awards would have given the live event more tension and emotion. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

The script at times tells you too much and at others too little, and fails to sustain its narrative momentum. Film: At Venice Film Festival, Love, Sex and Bickering 2011-09-06T11:55:32Z

“I love the first half where you change up the groove, but it still keeps all the momentum,” he told them. Bicycle Diaries: Cruising With the ‘American Utopia’ Family 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

Jeremy Renner is no spring chicken at 41 but ever since his stunning performance in The Hurt Locker, he's been gathering momentum on the fringes. Jeremy Renner is a shot in the arm for the Bourne-again franchise 2012-08-13T11:56:30Z

The film fueled revenues, piqued interest in 3-D worldwide and added momentum to IMAX's expansion. IMAX inks new theater deal in Japan 2010-04-20T05:38:00Z

There was also a general lack of momentum to the night — exemplified by staid choices, like having the Best Animated Film nominees represented by still drawings, as opposed to something, well, animated. Oscars 2015 Recap: Saved By the Music 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

He kept gaining momentum, and by the time we were ready to say, OK, let’s get serious now, who should really be president, he was already being sworn into office. South Park depicts Donald Trump being brutally murdered 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

It was just too much, she concluded, though she longed to be part of the momentum. This group trains women to run for office. Here’s how one outraged, post-Trump class fared. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

The fifth nominee, Paul Thomas Anderson, though respected in Hollywood, helmed a little-seen film with no awards momentum in “The Phantom Thread.” Hollywood Honors Its Best at the Academy Awards 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Scott added that the movie’s director, Nicholas Stoller, is “good at keeping the momentum going while also finding time for offbeat grace notes and occasional bursts of emotional candor.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Danny’s House’ and ‘Sacred Games’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

His playing is notable for its clarity of texture and for its momentum, particularly in vast sonatas that can sound meandering in less capable hands. King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z

As Mr. Trump’s momentum grew, the household showed signs of strain. He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be Saved? 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z

“The market is wacky. History means nothing. It’s more about momentum and trading,” said Douglas Walla, a private dealer based in New York, commenting on the current vogue for KAWS. Contemporary Art Evening Sales Bring $981 Million, Led by Koons and KAWS 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

In their eyes, the past few years have been ones of incredible momentum for their cause. How Rolling Stone’s campus rape story could discourage victims from speaking out

Mr. Sides writes in forceful, dignified, obscenity-free language and creates the momentum of a tightly constructed nonfiction film. Books of The Times: Hampton Sides?s ?Hellhound on His Trail? Traces Martin Luther King Jr.?s Killer 2010-04-21T22:24:00Z

He fidgets around the stage, gesticulating madly and repeatedly interrupting himself, his raspy, stuttering sentences building momentum before ending in a pointed fizzle. Review: Colin Quinn, Full of Nostalgia for Gritty Old New York 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Small, formal patterns, notably canons, operate within the larger forward momentum of the whole, like a clock mechanism. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

The positive momentum from my summer Himalaya trek had faded, along with all interest in a job search; I was in no condition to interview for — let alone start — a new job. Modern Love: Gifts for the Broken-Hearted 2010-10-15T21:20:00Z

From there, said David Sarlitto, executive director of Ocean State Job Lot’s charitable foundation, the project gained momentum. 11,000 Free Pairs of Shoes Will Dance Across New York 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

He was investigated and charged by a district attorney’s task force formed to take on sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry as the #MeToo era gained momentum in late 2017. 20 new sexual assault counts for adult film actor Ron Jeremy 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Several factors seem to be driving the momentum. Anthony’s Doerr’s ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Hits It Big 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

It favors empathy over momentum and ambiguity over conclusion. Review | ABC’s striking ‘American Crime’ returns with heavy tales of human exploitation 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

But instead of derailing the project, Chilton's death gave it momentum. Big Star's third album finally gets star treatment 2011-03-23T22:16:48Z

But the question remains how to keep the momentum around Latin music growing. What’s next for Latin music after the summer of ‘Despacito’? 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

The shoot’s intentional shoddiness — authentically kitschy in the original — rings false, with Hazanavicius spelling out the crew’s missteps in such a way that flattens the humor and kills the momentum. ‘Final Cut’ Review: A Feeble Rise of the Living Dead 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

A slight equipment disruption did nothing to curtail the band’s momentum; once properly re-plugged in, they rocked on with vigor as if nothing had happened. Funhouse legacy celebrated at Columbia City Theater | Concert review 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

“Side A: Just a Closer Walk With ’Trane” chugged along in fits and starts, losing momentum in deep valleys of silence, occupied only by a soloist here or there tapping barefoot wildly. Frida Kahlo meets John Coltrane in electric dance homage 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Cline can’t come close to sustaining her novel’s early momentum. Review: ‘The Girls’ Has a Great Start. Too Bad About the Rest. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

In January, as protests against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak gathered momentum, thieves broke into the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo. Arm museum guards to prevent looting, says professor 2011-07-10T13:12:23Z

In addition to gaining momentum in the PR war with NBC, O'Brien also saw his sluggish "Tonight" ratings -- a big reason for his ouster -- surge last week. 2010-01-18T16:50:00Z

Courts, a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Texas quartet, slammed together songs like bumper cars, which gave its set a relentless momentum. Pitchfork Festival 2013: It's a wrap 2013-07-18T17:01:00Z

And that is something, considering its long sustained dramatic momentum, at which we should marvel. 'Mad Men' achieved high drama without all the dead bodies 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

Evolution results from the tension between disruption and order, a recognition that change is part of the being and momentum of the self. From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

When the plot circles back to those opening moments, the movie finds a momentum that ends spectacularly. Benicio Del Toro brings out the menace in 'Escobar' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

The director, Kelly O’Donnell, manages to ride herd on the proceedings, building a fine, fizzy momentum. Theater Review: ‘Hearts Like Fists’ by Adam Szymkowicz Staged by Flux Theater 2012-12-05T21:59:01Z

This does not bode well for her wedding plans or, for that matter, the musical’s dramatic momentum. | 'Death Takes a Holiday': Set Aside That Scythe, and Let?s Put on a Show 2011-07-22T02:01:27Z

This issue has momentum and the people who voted for Biden will not forget the promises made. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

The studio is banking on a strong Thanksgiving showing to boost momentum and justify its $48 million price tag. Box Office: 'Fantastic Beasts 2' charms with $62 million debut 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

When presidents are unhappy with policy, politics or lack of momentum, they tend to seek staff changes to try to recover.” Sean Spicer’s embattled tenure as press secretary reaches its most precarious moment 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Now the singer and songwriter is trying to regain the momentum lost when the pandemic swallowed her debut and turn it up to 10 for her second album, “Hold the Girl,” due Sept. 16. If It’s All Going to Hell, Rina Sawayama Can’t Wait to See You There 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

Despite an aggressively formulaic nature and virtually no believable story momentum, this phony tale of a simultaneous bachelor/bachelorette party eventually glides into a second act of extremely amusing and well choreographed set pieces. Think Like a Man Too review: 'A Vegas wedding without the hangover' 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

“Korngold’s music is always on the front foot, the minute you start bedding in, and it loses its momentum and its direction, you’re in trouble,” Wilson said. Has the Time Come for a Long-Ignored Korngold Symphony? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

“With this momentum toward creating meaningful progress, we look forward to continuing and strengthening our diversity and inclusion efforts at Prada and across the industry,” they continued. Prada workers to receive racial sensitivity training following blackface merchandise scandal 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

“Breaking Bad” was deliberate too, yet at the end of four years, it had established Walter as the drug lord Heisenberg and had built momentum for one last season. ‘Better Call Saul’ Is Great TV. Well, Part of It Is. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

I ran with it for a while—the momentum of that first paragraph carrying things along. This Week in Fiction: Charles Yu on Therapy and Storytelling 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

The slow movement, opening in a mood of profound sadness, gradually acquired a relentless momentum as it progressed that took it into troubling, curiously disconsolate emotional territory. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z

After losing momentum, the coaster reverses along that track, going through the station again and continues backward up the other side of the track. Taking the Plunge on California’s Coasters 2013-08-01T20:30:31Z

“American Ulysses” gains real momentum with the Civil War — from Grant’s first days, drilling 80 recruits on Galena’s streets, to his brilliant Vicksburg campaign to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

She’s a former competitive swimmer whose life has no forward momentum. ‘Losing It’: A 26-year-old virgin plots her own deflowering 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” carries a hefty $175 million production budget, so it will need to keep up momentum worldwide to turn a profit. Box Office: 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Tops Thanksgiving Box... 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

Tooze follows these fluctuations with such remarkable narrative zest that, despite the ominous presence of multi-columned charts, the whole thing proceeds with fluid and often elegant momentum. Book review: ‘The Deluge, the post-World War I global order, by Adam Tooze 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

“Discovery of Slowness I” depicts a stack of turtles topped by a snail with three darting hummingbirds inspecting this revelatory lack of momentum. Robert McCauley’s paintings combine playful appearance with serious intent 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

“It takes the momentum of my book itself and walks you through this discovery of one thing after another.” Tracing a Family History Through the Journey of a Tiny Figurine 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

But listening with eyes closed, in a home that has had to stand in for the world during the pandemic, the music’s momentum unfolds inward. Musical Travel Companions for a Year of Going Nowhere 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

“I’m extremely proud of the efforts of our team. We’ve built good momentum as we gear up for the upcoming summer selling season.” Corona beer disputes coronavirus 'misinformation' following backlash for hard seltzer ad 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

Then came the “Carmen,” a perfect example of the way in which a single production can shift a singer’s momentum with a company and a city. Keep Going, Keep Going, Even at the Met 2011-04-03T02:14:50Z

Having played this music around the world with such far-flung experimenters as Bill Dixon and Roscoe Mitchell, Mazurek has come to understand its inner workings, so the music now flows with unstoppable momentum. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z

Without compelling melodies or lyrics to shore them up, or any real sense of forward momentum, there’s no way to rescue these slippery songs from themselves. Alabama Shakes’s latest is a departure gone too far 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

Other translations peak at this point and quickly lose momentum as the father recounts a long list of souls who will be reborn as Aeneas’s descendants and glorify the warrior’s name. Newly discovered works by Pablo Neruda and other best poetry this month 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

To keep the momentum going, Shahade is launching a new online group called the “Madwoman’s Book Club.” How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Started a New Debate About Sexism in Chess 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

But if Daisy provides the forward momentum that keeps the reader leaning in, turning pages, her disappearance is in no meaningful way what this novel is about. A Mystery Wrapped in Race, Class and Silence 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

And yet, there is momentum in these works: Hong Kong was always a way station for Mr. Diao’s family, which was intent on going West. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

It proceeds entirely by its own rules and on the momentum of its director’s audacity. Film: A Fresh Look Back at Jean-Luc Godard?s ?Breathless? 2010-05-21T17:18:00Z

None of these are especially funny on their own, but he picks them up and dispenses with them so quickly that they do take on a diverting momentum. How Carrot Top Wins in Vegas (Yes, He Can Be Funny) 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

For a while the action’s sheer momentum shoots across them, but as the story reaches its big revelation — triggering a truly white-knuckle response — it leaves a key character’s motivations underexplained. In Sharr White's 'Stupid Kid,' a family grapples with the past, the audience with disappointment 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

That was enough for his last-minute inclusion in the debate — but, as his watch party attendees in Des Moines nodded and cheered politely, they seemed only to reinforce a sense that his momentum was elsewhere. The debate watch parties of Democratic campaigns: A detailed comparison 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

The Nigerian superstar Burna Boy juggles regrets, justifications and resentments as he sings about a romance wrecked by career pressures, drawing nervous momentum out of a strumming, fluttering sample from Toni Braxton. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

But after their six years together individual momentums are forcing a group hiatus. Pangea 3000, Sketch-Comedy Troupe, on Disbanding 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z

“I do feel that, in this music community at least, there has been a gradual shift in momentum in that regard over the past 20-plus years.” Myra Melford Builds Anew With an All-Star, All-Woman Quintet 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

While “The Harder They Come” had a trim and nearly relentless story, this movie’s eschewal of narrative momentum can hardly be understated. ‘No Place Like Home’ Review: Self-Discovery in Jamaica 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

As the zombies attack, the living scramble from car to car and on and off the train, ratcheting up the momentum. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the movement towards independence was given huge momentum by the late poet Edwin Morgan, who left £1m to the SNP in his will in 2011. The writers Alex Salmond is courting now will hold him to account 2013-07-14T20:00:01Z

“Bollywood is constantly evolving and growing, as is India,” he said, “and the show is caught up in that momentum.” 2010-01-19T10:35:00Z

“Crazy, Stupid, Love” takes its time, understanding that digression can be more important, and more satisfying, than relentless forward momentum. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z

Still, the momentum is especially — and poignantly — palpable in “Robert & Ethel Scull: Portrait of a Collection,” at Acquavella Galleries in Manhattan. Art Review: At Acquavella, Art From Robert and Ethel Scull?s Collection 2010-04-15T21:53:00Z

The moment was indeed worth an ovation, for the turn of events is gratifying and — should the productions gain further momentum and extend again — a remarkable change of fortune. Perspective | Broadway is off to a shaky start, but a last-minute reprieve for two acclaimed plays lifts spirits 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

So while “Everything Everywhere” and “Women Talking” are coming out of the WGA ceremony with momentum, the real battle is still to come at the Oscars, and surprises may be in store. ‘Everything Everywhere’ Wins Writers Guild Award, Sweeping Major Guilds 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

It shows us talent, determination and individual sensibility being molded into great art and maintaining its momentum over time. Alex Katz: Six Ramps of a Painter’s Progress 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

But the momentum of the band earned them a chance to perform the uplifting anthem as a part of President Joe Biden’s inauguration night TV special. Black Pumas grab Grammy attention with fusion of rock, soul 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

Alexis Bylander, senior policy analyst for the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center in Washington, D.C., told AP that "momentum is building" in regards to more and more states beginning to adapt similar policies. Students from these 8 states can now enjoy free schools meals permanently 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z

But the set regained momentum when he played The Gambler and Islands In The Stream. Mumfords close Glastonbury festival 2013-07-01T01:34:54Z

What pulls against the relentless momentum of biography is the sweet inertia of life, a lot of which is spent drunk, in bed, on the road, hanging out with friends or all of the above. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Spielberg navigates this warehouse with his usual dexterity, loading every frame with information without losing the clarity and momentum of the story. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

New Orleans’ reconstruction gathered momentum, as did my own recovery. Strung out during Katrina 2012-08-30T15:57:00Z

Chavis, as Joey Lane, a “professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago” and the owner of a “vegetarian coffee shop,” tells us the mission is “to harness the momentum of human ingenuity.” Interactive ‘Toast’ by Dog & Pony DC is not fully cooked

In videos from the show, you can see her hesitate and back off, then regain her momentum. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

She built momentum through the decade but still groused through fallow stretches until a mind-changing experience with “Ragtime.” Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Komunyakaa tends to reach peak intensity in longer works that afford him the space to stretch out, gather momentum and amplify resonances. Review | Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

It started to get momentum and everything just started falling into place. ArtsBeat: Charlie Sheen Talks About 'Anger Management' and Anger Management 2012-06-13T13:00:21Z

The acting trophies, along with a best writing award for the show, gave “Homeland” momentum as it headed toward the best drama award. ‘Homeland’ And ‘Modern Family’ Win Big at Emmys 2012-09-24T03:53:11Z

The challenge for the show’s producers is to build on the series’s momentum from last season and transform from critical favorite into critically acclaimed hit. Television: Timothy Olyphant in Elmore Leonard?s ?Justified? on FX 2012-01-05T12:00:00Z

A powerful wave created by the ship's momentum engulfed the slipway, smashing it to pieces and plunging onlookers into the river. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z

Throughout, Alana keeps fuming and blazing, steadily lighting up Gary and the film as brightly as Fourth of July fireworks, even as the story slides here and there, and gathers and loses momentum. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, the commitment to emulating those old musicals derails a show that had been moving along nicely: a dreamlike ballet is thrown in near the end, killing the momentum. Theater Review | 'Yank!': Stealing Kisses Before ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? 2010-02-25T03:48:00Z

The performances are strong, the narrative gathers momentum as it progresses, and the camera is alive to the beauty of the Algerian countryside. | 'Of Gods and Men': Between Heaven and Earth 2011-02-24T22:55:48Z

She knows it’s necessary to keep the momentum going. The Czech Fashion Model Karolina Kurkova Seems to Be Everywhere 2014-01-15T21:27:19Z

The play’s suspense ebbs away, along with much of its comic momentum, as the plot grows more contrived and implausible. Theater Review: ‘Fly Me to the Moon,’ With the 1st Irish Festival 2012-09-13T02:00:00Z

But the most mesmerizing couple is Mr. Angle, the company’s most refined partner and male dancer, and Ms. Hyltin, a gutsy wisp of ballerina, who after a nasty slip, regained her momentum with daring. Dance Review: ?Agon? and ?Chaconne? at New York City Ballet 2010-05-20T21:22:00Z

March Madness is a little over a month away and both teams in this Atlantic Coast Conference matchup will be looking to develop momentum as the regular season begins to wind down. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Some Like It Hot’ and College Basketball 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The story moves in a straight line, gathering momentum and suspense even as it lingers over odd, everyday moments. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Chance plays a significant role in how the piece transpires, but there was a sense of firm intention, of dramatic momentum. Review: A Trio of Micro-Operas in the East Village 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

This is quantified by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, which says that there is a trade-off between knowing the position and momentum of a particle. Circle in a circle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

But at that point, the investigation stalled and never regained momentum, in large part, Toobin says, because Mueller was overly cautious. Why the Mueller Investigation Failed 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

“The Great Comet” received the most nominations of any production, but the momentum this spring has clearly shifted to “Dear Evan Hansen.” And the winner is ... a tie? Why this year's Tony Awards are so impossible to predict 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

These were then given over to cycles of repetitions with the momentum and texture gradually gaining weight. Kronos Quartet Plays Laurie Anderson’s ‘Landfall’ at BAM 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

It was banging, booming, swinging, defiantly modern music with runaway-train momentum. Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Wolf Hall took a tumble after building momentum the last two weeks, while Something Rotten and Gigi both made over $100k in gains. Broadway Box Office 4/5: Disney Dominates Easter Weekend 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Cooper made the better film, but “Bohemian Rhapsody” has all the momentum, and it ends with a multisong concert that will clinch this win. Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

There are occasional bumps and excursions, but the momentum is irresistible. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Starting with a busily syncopated drumbeat and feedback drawn from Mr. Dunn’s amplifier, it kept building momentum until the wave crested, and the tempo halved. Music Review: Tomahawk at the Best Buy Theater 2013-06-04T21:41:58Z

The hybrid documentary approach provides a scaffolding for understanding the players and the stakes, and it doesn’t disrupt the narrative momentum, as there is none. “Valley of the Boom,” Reviewed: A Rah-Rah Reënactment of the Dot-Com Cataclysm 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

The pressing menace of that score’s ostinatos works against Mr. McGregor’s restlessness, the way he’s always pulling the plug on momentum. Dance Review: Wayne McGregor at Montclair State University - Review 2011-10-28T22:16:09Z

Neither man’s career seemed to lose much public momentum after those incidents. The Inevitable Rehabilitation of Ray Rice 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

These elements were flattened in the otherwise admirable forward momentum. Schubert’s final sonatas given impressive rendering by Israeli pianist 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Turning back toward the ship again, the whale began gathering momentum. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

A steady pulse is almost always thrumming somewhere in the orchestra, lending the piece a surging momentum. John Adams, Jonathan Biss and Symphony have a stellar night 2012-11-09T17:13:04Z

We see each side struggle with unity and discipline over revenge and going rogue, with causes taking precedence over family relationships, lured into a violence that creates its own momentum. The next Homeland? The problems with Fauda, Israel's brutal TV hit 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chappelle slows his voice down, enunciating, stopping his comic momentum to linger on an image. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z

The news cycle Yancey speaks of is, of course, the era of #MeToo, five weeks old and instead of losing steam, gaining momentum. The sexual-harassment epidemic has been diagnosed. What’s the cure? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Harris tells his story with nary a flashback, just unremitting forward momentum right up to the final chapter’s climactic taunt — “Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?” Misfits, Stalkers and Kiddie Sociopaths: The Latest Thrillers 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

There were no lulls in his set: just slashing momentum and dominion. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z

But she is someone with influence and enough power to attract some momentum. From #Scandoval to "Love Is Blind," understanding the new reality heyday in this Hot Labor Summer 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z

Can he keep the momentum up for another week, or will the Hillsborough single steal James's thunder? Christmas No 1: which song gets your vote? 2012-12-17T16:16:17Z

When the sleety villainess menaces people, the production achieves needed focus and momentum, like a snowball speeding toward its target. Review | No winter wonderland in slushy ‘Snow Queen’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

"We hope to continue this momentum across the rest of our properties and throughout the operating season," he said. Cedar Fair: Takeover not happening 2010-04-06T18:19:00Z

Suffering from a surfeit of international stars and locations, this join-the-dots drama zips between a series of emotional episodes without ever gaining much momentum. This week's new films 2012-08-10T23:05:23Z

But the play maintains its momentum in the second half, and the idea of Rome as a city of thuggery and superstition is balanced by the cerebral debate about the morality of murder. Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-11T21:30:00Z

Earlier this month he released “On My Way to You,” a collection of originals and standards, many of them pumped with extra muscle and steam-engine momentum, performed with a trio. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

But the songs — yearning ballads and square-dance romps rich with fiddle, piano and banjo, beautifully played by a nine-person band — provide a buoyancy that keeps the momentum from stalling. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

“The Artist,” with its backlash-defying momentum, ever so slightly widened its lead over “Midnight in Paris,” which lost a bit of ground, in the best picture race; there was no change in the overall order. The Carpetbagger: Times Readers Cling Tight to Early Oscar Leaders 2012-02-01T18:21:33Z

Still, a strongly relevant message does not absolve the series or its creators of fulfilling some of the essential requirements of momentum, character development and follow-through. Review | David Simon’s take on ‘The Plot Against America’ nails the fear, but not the emotions 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

So really, rock music and the momentum of the ’60s, the wave was carried out and dissipated. Love Story: A Q&A with Singer-Songwriter Robyn Hitchcock 2013-03-05T20:02:08Z

The comic tone is sustained in Wild Abandon, but with the viewpoint shared between three sets of characters there is a certain dissipation of comic energy and momentum. Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne ? review 2011-07-29T21:58:00Z

But the momentum is sustained, and the reader acquires some awesome Chinese tradecraft as well as some memorably vulgar Australian slang. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

The win added more momentum to the awards-season campaign for “The Irishman,” which on Tuesday was also named best film by the National Board of Review. ‘The Irishman’ named best picture by New York Film Critics 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

In any case, Mr. Hulce said, they felt the need to maintain the momentum and chemistry of their company. Why ‘Tootsie,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ and the Temptations Hit the Road 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

But the narrative's momentum is interrupted again and again. Netflix's uneven but informative "This Is a Robbery" makes the world's biggest art heist feel stale 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

But historically, American tinkerers were a relatively eclectic bunch who hatched extraordinary, life-changing innovations by sheer will and forward momentum. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z

In 2013, Sidney, then 87, asked if I would help edit his memoirs, and the prospect of a trip to Paciano to discuss the book soon gathered momentum and colleagues. Travel: Olive oil in Paciano, Italy

But now, an “Argo” juggernaut — an “Argo”-naut, if you will — seems to be rolling along and gathering momentum as we head toward Hollywood’s top prize. ‘Argo’ on a Roll with Big Win at SAG Awards 2013-01-28T11:03:01Z

It is an occasionally brutal style of climbing where quite often, upward momentum requires the climbers' to suspend his/her body weight on jammed fist. Rock climbers scale heights of indignation at poet's Cultural Olympiad trail 2012-08-01T15:39:00Z

This typifies a work in which too much of the action happens elsewhere and the dramatic momentum is delayed while characters reminisce about the past. Lay Me Down Softly ? review 2011-07-13T18:10:00Z

Because the film arrived so late in the season, Paramount Pictures neglected to send screeners to the guilds that, through their own nominations, can help build awards momentum. Oscars 2015: Diversity is the biggest nomination snub 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

For those of us who’ve come simply to watch a TV show, the news is essentially good, with a pace and story momentum that is often surprising, enlightening and satisfyingly saucy. Review | ‘Mrs. America’ tells the story of the women’s movement from the dark side of the Force 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

It’s as if we’re listening to a series of long-running circular arguments rather than watching a drama with some forward momentum. Review: ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage,’ a Hero for Harlem 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

And his “Potemkin Stairs” — an evocation of the famous “Odesa Steps” sequence form the Eisenstein film “Battleship Potemkin” — has a modernist momentum that honors the artistic source material. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

"We've been building comedy momentum on Tuesday and we finally have the shows that have exactly the tone that we are looking for," Reilly said. Fox has 3 new shows on fall schedule 2012-05-14T14:24:14Z

“We just want to galvanize momentum around renewable heating and cooling.” Harnessing an Unusual Kind of Natural Energy: Dancers’ Body Heat 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

The first half of the book builds to a fuller account of the climactic event in the story’s past, and I wondered whether there would be enough narrative momentum left for the second half. Review | ‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’ is a dazzling debut full of unforgettable characters 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

King’s sprawling narrative loses focus at times, but it regains momentum with the occupation of Odessa by Nazi-allied Romanian forces during World War II — and the destruction of the city’s ancient Jewish community. Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z

Myth 2: I’ll lose all my contacts and momentum from my current group. Why Lateral Career Moves Are Good Moves 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

His characters move in such a fog for so long that the narrative momentum sometimes slows, and themes arise like faint aromas or partially noticed objects at the edge of your vision. Book review: ‘J,’ by Howard Jacobson, is a chilling tale of our anti-Semitic future

Indeed, with the show’s Tony triumphs in the bag and its one-year Broadway anniversary approaching, the question will be how to keep the momentum going. 'Hamilton,' the movie? Why screen adaptions of stage musicals take so, so, so long 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

It harnessed punk momentum to torrents of intelligent verbiage, as Patrick Stickles worked himself up to a raspy bawl and at one point went down to mosh with the crowd. Music Review: Scrambling and Personalizing the Rock Timeline 2011-07-17T22:10:21Z

If the set as a whole lacked a cumulative sense of momentum, there were several individual highlights. LSO/Roth – review 2013-04-15T17:13:29Z

Having evolved from a solo artist, Van Etten is accomplished at bantering with her audience, but Tuesday night that coffeehouse skill slowed the momentum of the set. Sharon Van Etten delivers a stately performance at the 9:30 Club

Skrillex’s music rarely deals in atmospheric buildups and gradual payoffs; it’s about immediate momentum. Music Review: Skrillex Packs In the Decibels at the Brooklyn Bowl 2014-02-11T22:24:02Z

At this point, that sense of momentum may be what we need. Julia Fox, Eric Adams and the Return of the Suit 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Things were starting to happen for us and that felt like a big boost of momentum. EXCLUSIVE: R.E.M.’s Mike Mills remembers band’s David Letterman appearances, how he broke the news of his retirement 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

The tag-team momentum of the piece is what makes it work so well. Perfect match: Seattle Dance Project, choreographer Ohlberg 2013-03-27T23:21:23Z

“Without a break it gains a forward momentum and an inexorability which completely parallels these last months of Violetta’s life. “This is not a concept production in any way. New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

“If a show had any type of momentum and has attracted a group of passionate fans,” Simon said, “there will be some type of preservation effort.” What Actually Happens When a TV Episode Gets Pulled? 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

Supporters of both museums have long been working to build momentum for the new institutions. Smithsonian Picks Two Sites for Museums Honoring Latinos and Women 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

Finding a way to perform these quieter songs in concert is a new challenge, as is resuming the band’s momentum, but the Chai members were sanguine about the future. Chai, a Band With an Ethos, an Aesthetic and a Sound All Its Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Plans to stabilize and repair the painting and allow public access have been percolating since the 1960s, and gathered momentum in the 1990s. Antiques: Commeraw Pottery and a Siqueiros Mural 2011-10-13T20:38:56Z

"Furious 7" kept its momentum going at the box office for its third weekend in a row. Box office: 'Furious 7' stays on top; 'Paul Blart' sequel a strong second 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, the prime minister’s wife and a champion of Greek culture and craft, agreed that it was important “to keep the momentum that is existing right now, where the art scene is flourishing.” The Athens Art Scene Goes Contemporary 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

A campaign, Choosing Wisely, to help doctors to cause less harm is gaining momentum across the world. Five things doctors do that they shouldn’t 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of “The Last Ship,” said that he asked Sting to perform in part in hopes of creating momentum to keep the show running into Tony Awards season in June. Sting to Join the Cast of His Broadway Musical 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

As Silver showed, Obama not only had the lead, but also the momentum, prior to Sandy's arrival. Worst ideas of 2012: ignoring reality 2012-12-28T23:00:00Z

The series only gains momentum and viewers as each negative story breaks. Why "The Biggest Loser" is the most American show 2010-05-25T19:01:00Z

Only a drippy version of Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel,” sung by the backing vocalists, exhausted the momentum. Prince at the United Center more fizzle than sizzle 2012-09-25T06:45:00Z

He said the "impulse" or change in momentum, caused an artery in his neck to burst. Charges in fatal party punch case dismissed 2011-10-12T17:09:00Z

In that way — the momentum of a group — crypto investing isn’t altogether distinct from how people have invested in the stock market for decades. They Did Their Own ‘Research.’ Now What? 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

It loses momentum in its first half and is burdened with dialogue that seems to have been whittled from the twigs. In ‘Saints & Strangers,’ a noble attempt to tell Thanksgiving’s grimmer truths 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

At this stage of the race, it’s hard to imagine “La La” losing momentum. ‘La La Land’s’ Damien Chazelle Wins Directors Guild Award 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

The album similarly embraces celebratory ritual; one solo interlude, “Fats Elegy,” on acoustic and Fender Rhodes pianos, creates a feeling of minor-key momentum, movement without destination. Barbra Streisand’s ‘Partners’ Is a Duets Album 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

That assistance, which came with limits such as a temporary ban on widespread layoffs and stock buybacks, helped the industry weather a long slowdown before the recovery gained sustained momentum this year. Pete Buttigieg Is Trying to Fix Air Travel With a ‘Dashboard.’ What’s on It? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Across that and other pastoral originals and a choice take on Van Morrison’s “Fair Play,” Walker created music with rolling momentum, one that required he maneuver through rhythmic patterns. Ryley Walker explores a pastoral past with mesmerizing folk set at the Echo 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

"Our forecast for the Denver housing market is for recovery continuing this year from the early 2009 bottom and gaining momentum through 2010 and beyond." Reaction To Forbes Ranking Of Denver Housing Market 2010-04-19T19:21:00Z

Finally, he disputed my comment that with only four or five productions a season, the once-busy company seemed to lack anything like momentum or critical mass. Critic?s Notebook: Ushering City Opera Into a New Era 2011-08-12T22:27:56Z

While it yielded unscripted thrills, the random approach risked thwarting momentum. Elvis Costello's wheel of fortunate songs makes for thrilling show 2011-05-16T13:47:00Z

But Mr. Ellner also wanted to drum up popular momentum for the bill, to frame it as a moderate issue. Up Close: A Gay Rights Power Player Who Wields a Mighty Phone 2011-06-29T22:15:49Z

And within months the women’s mission began to dovetail with the growing chorus of those saying #MeToo, and momentum for #MuteRKelly picked up. R. Kelly Faces a #MeToo Reckoning as Time’s Up Backs a Protest 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

But the song never develops momentum – verse after verse without a chorus. Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest' 2012-09-07T16:48:00Z

With its slow-motion momentum and absence of color, “Visitors” is very different from the Qatsi trilogy, in which gorgeous, time-lapse photography and pulsing music evoked the rush of civilization hurtling into the unknown. Movie Review: Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ Is a Slow Parade of Faces 2014-01-23T13:00:01Z

Mr. Decas sets the standard with his opening hymn to the momentum. | 'The Momentum': Life Is an Existential Cabaret, My Friend 2011-02-09T01:42:27Z

The studios are heavily promoting their upcoming tent-pole pictures and hoping the momentum continues through the busy year. Hollywood is on track for a record year, some analysts say 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

By its second night, it becomes clear that the new “Roots” prizes momentum and efficiency above almost everything else — it’s a “Roots” for a world in a big hurry, the CliffsNotes version. History’s engaging new ‘Roots’ is faithful to the original and woke to the present 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Though hints of Frisell's famous country- impressionism and waltzing momentum were present, this was music far closer to the cool ambiguities of the paintings themselves. Bill Frisell: Sign of Life: Music for the 858 Quartet ? review 2011-08-25T20:46:01Z

Perhaps the greatest disappointment was that some major names seemed on the verge of giving us great films, then lost momentum – or, literally, the plot. Cannes 2015, week two report: perfect Pixar but Gus goes gooey 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

But with the Italian architect Renzo Piano engaged and several key trustees and the museum’s director gung ho, the expansion gained a kind of inexorable momentum. Study Shows Expansion Can Be Unhealthy for Arts Groups 2012-06-27T21:16:40Z

EMI is a wonderful business with a great team and a new creative and operation momentum. EMI Music Names a New Chief 2010-03-11T03:01:00Z

The period arrangements of modern songs, like the Eurythmics’ “Love Is a Stranger” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” give these anthems a clumping momentum that might be described as disco polka. Review: In ‘Love Und Greed,’ Mad Jenny Doffs Her Hat to the Have-Nots 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

Though the dancers gradually display more technique and more energy — they do splits, they leap, women throw themselves onto men’s chests — there is never any sustained sense of momentum. Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-03-08T22:36:23Z

The reaction built momentum, and culminated in the threats and anger to which I later became desensitized. I killed the beloved hero of my books, and reader reactions were intense. Would I do it again? 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

Yet few of the guests aboard on a recent sunny Saturday appeared to be concerned about momentum. To Bimini, ‘SuperFast’ but Leisurely 2014-03-18T07:35:40Z

“I want to help build momentum and get more native voices out there,” Mr. Orange said. With ‘There There,’ Tommy Orange Has Written a New Kind of American Epic 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

But as the season winds down and the pretenders are eliminated, the allure of the out-of-nowhere “Idol” contestants develops a momentum of its own. Despite 'Voice' challenge, 'American Idol' is still music show to beat 2012-05-05T16:48:00Z

Worse, because he repeatedly blasts back to the past, Leitch never manages to build sustained narrative momentum inside the train, which badly flattens the movie overall. ‘Bullet Train’ Review: Ride and Die 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

As Damrosch puts it, Gibbon broke with “tedious chronicles of fact,” maintaining a “storytelling momentum” that is “constantly enlivened by memorable incidents and characterizations.” The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Track titles such as "NoSleep", "TaxiTaxi" and "Girls" set the tone, and sharply plucked strings combine with double bass and piano fragments to create momentum. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z

Gang of Four lost its initial momentum with a career that straggled into the 1990s as the band tried slicker, more electronic pop and dance music. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z

“Skull Island” has momentum, polish and behemoths that slither and thunder. Review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Crosses a 1933 Classic With ‘Apocalypse Now’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

After the presidential and congressional contests are decided in November, a number of major tax and budget issues will converge on Washington and new momentum for comprehensive tax reform may follow. Obama to propose corporate tax rate of 28 percent 2012-02-22T13:24:05Z

Impatient viewers should skip ahead and start with Episode 3, “Nixon’s Women,” which is essentially “A League of Their Own” but for astronauts, and from there the show quickly builds its narrative momentum. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Disney "showed great momentum across all their business lines," said Lazard Capital Markets analyst Barton Crockett, who rates Disney a "buy." "Avengers" helps power Disney profit in quarter 2012-08-08T10:11:53Z

“The best part is that these huge results jump-start momentum for the summer season,” said Greg Foster, chief executive of Imax Entertainment. ‘Furious 7’ Wins the Box-Office Weekend 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

He dispatches the general narration slowly enough but does so in an urgent, news-bearer’s voice that is in perfect accord with the novel’s feeling of unstoppable momentum. A buffet of darker themes, skillfully served as audiobooks

Parents Waging a Battle Against the Ultimate Foe “Declaration of War” is a manic sprint whose style and momentum recall French New Wave films like “Jules and Jim” revved up to double-time. Movie Review: ?Declaration of War,? Directed by Val?rie Donzelli 2012-01-26T23:30:42Z

And empowerment will always demand our sustained momentum. "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Yet it helps every pop hopeful to have a core following to get momentum started. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z

As "Succession" enters its fourth and final 10-episode season, Shiv, Kendall, and Roman refuse to cede any momentum, and neither does Daddy or the show. Ready to reinvest in "Succession"? Skim the Roys' portfolio to get up to speed in time for Season 4 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

For some artists, the momentum and the square footage are enough. New Art Galleries Enjoy a Los Angeles Advantage: Space 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

But the 10-episode series has a solid story, plenty of forward momentum and, for the American viewer, an unfamiliar setting that supplies guilt-free exoticism. Watch List: ‘The Straits,’ an Australian Series at Hulu.com 2012-12-14T22:58:41Z

While the momentum that carried Mumford & Sons and others to mainstream success eventually drew them toward more modern rock sounds, Old Crow remained sonically steadfast. Old Crow Medicine Show Looks to the Future While Picking at the Past 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

To inject momentum, the World Bank Group on Monday said it would provide a further $200 billion over five years from the start of the next decade. Political leaders arrive in Poland in race to deliver on U.N.... 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

“My role is to create something that gathers momentum and is really welcoming to people who share this passion.” Tom Kaplan: Billionaire King Of Cats 2013-10-08T14:00:00Z

Sam Moore from Sam & Dave, and of course James Brown, those were the great masters of momentum and how you keep a show going. The Boss on Broadway: Bruce Springsteen on His ‘First Real Job’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

Owen surely inhabits the breadth and panorama of the Victorian tale, but her rush for more stories, more characters, diffuses the momentum of any central storyline or theme. Vampire novel ‘The Quick’ has rich Victorian details but too many characters, plots

“New Year’s resolutions help set the tone for your year,” she said, “but follow-through is often difficult, and we wanted to find a way to keep the momentum going.” Getting in Shape This Year? Hotels Offer Deals to Help You. 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

It was , the consistently great singer, vs. , the dark horse with the momentum at the end. 'American Idol' finale recap: A former paint salesman takes crown 2010-05-27T16:16:00Z

“You have to make enough progress in the first year to continue to get people’s attention and keep the momentum going,” Van Lee said. Meet the management guru who is trying to fix the D.C. arts commission 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Devine's immaculate sense of pace and mood kept everyone riveted through both the hurtling momentum of Christ's arrest trial and the protracted anguish of the crucifixion. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-03-23T23:00:00Z

An organic spirit permeated the reading, with momentum that was neither propulsive nor slack but simply natural, patient. Review: After 55 Years, the Helsinki Philharmonic Returns to Carnegie Hall 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

His narrative for this novel is tightly written with an appealing forward momentum and deft comedic touch. 'In One Person': John Irving's novel of desire, two ways 2012-05-09T21:16:04Z

Kurylas was shortlisted as one of five finalists, but a shift in political power threatened the memorial’s momentum. Local architect designs Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine

It also proved awkward, landing on tunes that hindered the show's momentum. Elvis Costello spins rock 'n' roll wheel at Paramount 2012-04-13T17:12:05Z

Climaxes are graded over time — smaller ones kept in proportion — and the sense of holding something in reserve gives the sprawling piece a momentum that more emotional conductors miss. BSO offers excitement and maturity at Strathmore

“BrainDead” is no “Good Wife,” but it does have the Kings’ sense of wit and momentum. ‘BrainDead’ makes every easy Washington joke there is, but it’s still entertaining 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Palin, good-looking, confident and proudly conservative, is a sensation at first, commanding huge crowds and donations, but her thin record, her ignorance of the issues and her tangled syntax stymie the momentum. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z

His rhythmic storytelling voice does justice to Follett’s gift for maintaining narrative momentum over hundreds of pages, and his special talent for conveying arrogance and villainy — so satisfyingly abundant here — is on full display. Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ comes in a powerful audiobook version you’ve got to hear 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

But they don’t want to lose momentum, either, so the campaign Web site lists opportunities to endow staff positions and fund educational programs and acquisitions. Smithsonian Campaign is one big goal, made up of several smaller ones 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Not even Trumbo, a film tailor-made to appeal to Academy members – it’s all about Hollywood – could gain momentum. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

The #MeToo movement has gradually gained momentum in South Korea, with allegations of abuse having been made against numerous prominent men in politics and the arts. South Korean actor Jo Min-ki found dead after sexual assault accusations 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

But suffice it to say that the logistics of the plot are secondary: Malcolm and Jess provide the real momentum behind this novel. ‘The Half Moon’ Has a Powerful Pull 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

Her brand now operates in the space between the avant-garde designers whose challenging ideas provide fashion's momentum and the commercial meat of selling those trends at mass level. New York fashion week: Victoria Beckham's snug fit between extremes 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

In front of a dictaphone, Chassagne needs to gather momentum, like a spinning top. Arcade Fire: 'It's a lot easier to get smaller' 2011-02-10T21:36:01Z

It is fair to say, though, that the momentum is with the movement. The California Fur Ban and What It Means for You 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

The earthy momentum of the music carries lyrics full of contentious romance, hard knocks and betrayals, in songs with titles like “Trouble,” “Amnesia,” “Substantial Damage” and “Suspicion.” Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

By the late-60s the black is beautiful and black power movements, with their celebration of a distinctly black aesthetic, had gained momentum and passing became passé. 'Passing for white': how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

But only briefly unfortunately – Dream Trigger 3D soon loses momentum. Dream Trigger 3D ? review 2011-07-16T23:05:53Z

"The momentum carries you up to that point, and you have to start thinking of things differently, or inevitably you do start thinking of things differently." Their last “easy” record: The Hold Steady’s “Stay Positive” and what came after 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Wheeler declined to reveal the Navajo words used for that and other catch-phrases, as a way to "build momentum" leading up to the movie. Native American tribe plans to dub 'Star Wars' in Navajo 2013-05-02T01:14:08Z

And for Romney, a win will only add to his lead and momentum ahead of more consequential races in Arizona and Michigan at month's end, and Super Tuesday the following week. Romney heavy favorite in Nevada caucuses 2012-02-04T17:01:00Z

Instead of speed, it offers precision, gathering small morsels of spoiled hope until the story’s momentum feels absolutely overwhelming. ‘The Year of the Runaways’ review: ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ for the 21st century 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

“So this unfolding of momentum happened, and I think we just braved it. And went for it.” The Persistence of Vision (Trisha Brown’s, That Is) 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

When the new, somewhat happy family left the apartment building, the momentum change was apparent almost immediately, even if the travel scenesfelt a bit tossed together. The Walking Dead Watch: “Live Bait” 2013-11-18T03:00:39Z

Ford has momentum, but the test will be with its new small car, the Fiesta, which goes into production in Mexico before summer. Toyota's Sales: Not As Good As They Look 2010-04-02T22:26:00Z

Like the screaming rockets of “Gravity’s Rainbow”, the Beatles had reached brennschluss, the point of altitude at which the thrust gives out, and, after the White Album, there was not much left but dying momentum. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

Leading both his Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet and his namesake orchestra, Mr. Palmieri sustained a headlong momentum almost from start to finish, heaving coal into the furnace from his conductor’s perch at the piano. Music Review: Eddie Palmieri’s Retrospective at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-12-17T05:06:51Z

Three parties here in 2010 climaxed with a monster all-nighter on New Year's Eve and they continue the momentum with tonight's Valentine fancy dress number. Clubs picks of the week 2011-02-12T00:05:37Z

The song shows all the hallmarks of a runaway hit: it gained so much momentum in all formats that it surged to the top of charts tracking radio airplay, online streams and digital sales. ArtsBeat: Queens of the Stone Age Earns Its First No. 1 2013-06-12T19:35:35Z

The movie is so unconcerned with narrative momentum, however, that the viewer may be apt to forget there’s even a story in the first place. Review: A Free Spirit Remains Undaunted in ‘Baden Baden’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

“I think we’re in an interesting era for women and the topic is gaining momentum, but there is a long way to go.” Wonder Woman reborn: how she stole limelight from Batman and Superman 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Criticism of the cartoon began to gain momentum on social media starting on Saturday. N.Y. Times apologizes for anti-Semitic cartoon featuring Netanyahu and Trump 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Opening with a hushed murmur of bass drums, gongs and hand-cranked sirens, the music picks up momentum in its ninth measure when a military snare drum raps a jagged tattoo, bongos burbling alongside. Into The Music: The Clout of Edgard Var?se?s ?Ionisation? 2010-07-16T14:55:00Z

This lush, much more playful than you’d expect film’s momentum is driven by a single question: Why did he want to leave this world? Chicken with Plums: Savory and Sweet Film From the Creators of Persepolis 2012-08-16T12:00:32Z

The brevity of Kennedy’s tenure finds its counterpoint in this encyclopedic chronicle of those tumultuous years: the victory over Nixon, the challenges from Moscow and Southeast Asia, the momentum of civil rights. 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

"I just stopped pursuing things," he says, "and let the momentum of my name roll to a stop." The stop-start career of Seattle choreographer Mark Haim 2012-03-21T21:35:03Z

“This new generation of leaders share a lot of values, and is thinking a lot about the momentum they can develop together,” she said. Minnesota Theaters Embrace New Leaders, and Others May Follow 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

The opera is relatively short - just over two hours including intermission - but the second half loses momentum once Hohepa dies. New opera celebrates imprisoned Maori hero 2012-03-16T10:01:06Z

Like that film, “Lyle” has a brisk, whimsical momentum that is utterly infectious in the early going. ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ Review: Bopping to the Crocodile Rock 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

The account, she said, gained momentum because it seemed to bolster the reputation of Pope Pius XII, whom Jewish groups have described as being indifferent to genocide. An Italian Saint in the Making or a Collaborator With Nazis 2013-06-19T23:11:51Z

Freedman and Lutvak are endlessly resourceful but certain scenes swell unduly and choruses of songs could be cut for the sake of that all-important consideration in comedy—momentum. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

It start accreting and it builds positive momentum. Anthony Williams looks back 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The Leftovers was always going to be a show about exploring the aftermath, but who wants to stew in a jacuzzi of suffering, week after week, without any forward momentum? The Leftovers season finale: how much more gloom and grief can we take? 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Even so, the Scherzo had a nice momentum, in the way that a searching beginning gradually finds its dancing feet. Review: Boston Symphony Chamber Players Balance Acoustics and Expression 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Quality is somewhat more important than quantity; there isn't such a heedless rush to keep cranking out new episodes at a breakneck pace just to preserve momentum. The problem with American remakes of British shows 2011-02-09T15:01:00Z

This jingoistic war-at-sea movie, redeemed by neither narrative momentum nor fully formed characters, will test the patience of the most ardent military fanatic. Review: In ‘Northern Limit Line,’ the Koreas Do Battle 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Fiction, nonfiction, history, essays, criticism, dirty jokes, Picasso’s “Guernica” — it’s all storytelling, and anything with ideas and momentum is a story. Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

He compared their momentum to a pinball machine with the shooter pulled back, ready to rip. The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

They were featured during a long, sagging mid-concert stretch of unaccompanied solos, and it took the show some time to recover momentum afterward. Queen + Adam Lambert Take On Madison Square Garden 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

As it gathers momentum, “Kingdom Come” becomes a procession in slow motion, a chorus of mourners gathering. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

The Agent’s tale moves with alluring and hypnotic momentum — at 72 beats per minute, to be exact, a common pace in Ashley’s music. Review: An Espionage Opera Remains Enigmatic and Urgent 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Eventually they create something – using accordions, mandolins, harps, guitars and drums – with the visceral attack of rock and the rhythmic propulsion and thrilling momentum of dance. New band of the day ? No 874: The Mariner's Children 2010-09-23T14:57:00Z

The film was praised as was Pitt’s turn, but neither found awards momentum. Brad Pitt and the Beauty Trap 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Rebuking her errant child, a formidable mother wags her index finger so vigorously that the momentum wafts her hand over her head. Review | ‘The Wizard of Hip’ has energy to spare in lively MetroStage production 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Could congressional scrutiny over such an emotionally charged issue as torture be affecting "Zero Dark Thirty's" awards momentum? Will torture questions hurt `ZDT's Oscar chances? 2013-01-16T18:31:06Z

But the music, for good and ill, is unmistakably that of Delius, sweepingly ecstatic and beautiful at times, but mostly lacking the forward momentum, let alone the darts of musical characterisation, that sustain dramatic interest. A Village Romeo and Juliet/L'Arlesiana – review 2012-10-28T18:15:11Z

It wants to do the impossible and tell its subject’s story while de-emphasizing the negative to sustain inspirational momentum. Movie Review: ‘Winnie Mandela,’ Starring Jennifer Hudson and Many Outfits 2013-09-05T21:38:48Z

“Friends” derived its narrative momentum from Ross and Rachel’s on/off/on/off thing, but had four more players in reserve to ensure the show wasn’t entirely about an implausibly drawn-out affair. Fall TV’s rom-com boom: Why it’s so hard to translate this genre to the small screen 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

But the inauguration of the Göttingen Handel Festival in Germany, in 1920, propelled a momentum that has resuscitated a flood of pieces from the decades before Gluck and Mozart. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

“I thought the office would do more in public to generate momentum behind a broader kind of urban agenda,” the Drum Major Institute’s senior adviser on federal urban policy told City Limits magazine. Do Democrats hate cities? 2012-09-08T17:00:00Z

One-person, multicharacter stories often fail to develop suspense and momentum, but Miller has structured this one precisely. Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

The producers said in a statement that the added stars will bring excitement, momentum and elements of surprise to the show. Michael B. Jordan, Michelle Yeoh added to Oscars presenters 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

“This is so bad for the NFT community,” he added, explaining that the market needed strong sales to continue its momentum. Sotheby’s NFT Sale, Expected to Hit $30 Million, Suddenly Canceled 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

A last thought from Dr. Sturm, who, for all of her momentum, cautioned that G-Beauty is a marketing concept and that nationality doesn’t tell you if a product is “clean.” The Rise of G-Beauty 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Though it didn’t win, it had momentum, and after closing Off Broadway in 2005 the producers had Broadway in mind as the next logical step. A Not-So-Merry Mix: Shakespeare, Bluegrass and Randy Quaid 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

As the war gains momentum, Geneviève goes to Paris to further her study of the violin. Family Sagas: Three Novels Probe Generations of Secrets 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

And the skipping about among years, and from Dublin to London to America, fatally impedes the story's forward momentum. Ghost Light 2010-06-18T23:05:00Z

Ms. Leonard chalked up some of the movement’s momentum to “Obama disappointment,” saying that the president famously mobilized young people and Occupy may represent the “unpredicted second wave of that mobilization.” ArtsBeat: Editors Occupy Cooper Union to Discuss the 99 Percent 2012-05-07T16:56:24Z

At first, this shifting among characters feels disorienting, and the choice to include a cat’s point of view verges on silly, but as the novel builds momentum, the structure makes sense. Read It and Scream 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Receiving an award is a fickle honor — a function of timing, campaigning and momentum as much as talent — but winning the triple crown is a meaningful Hollywood achievement. The triple crown of acting: Only 22 people have ever accomplished this feat 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

When you reach the main entrance, the momentum slows, and the scene becomes more peaceful. Designed to Help Uplift the Poor 2010-02-18T17:25:00Z

As the series gained momentum, it lost some sense of the poetic and melancholic. In ‘Game of Thrones,’ the Pleasures of a Quickened Pace 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Gookin’s latest album — “Forward Music Project 1.0,” which comes out on Friday — adds to that momentum by presenting listeners with a fresh slate of compositions. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

There are some pretty steep hills, but they’re short, and the momentum from a downhill is usually enough to handle the next uphill. Weekend in Santa Fe 2010-05-20T21:31:00Z

One solo continues for five minutes, slipping inside the groove and then back atop it, all the while maintaining the fierce yet elastic momentum. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z

But the timing was fortuitous, as Glasgow’s hosting of the 2021 United Nations global climate summit created “a lot of momentum behind this kind of project,” Fleming-Brown said. Harnessing an Unusual Kind of Natural Energy: Dancers’ Body Heat 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

“Where Jayne and Barbara have thrived is that they use strategy to capture momentum of a changing, thriving city but also effectively educating their clients on how to access this new culture.” Stars of the See-and-Be-Seen Upend Washington 2010-12-23T23:42:46Z

His big speech carries zero emotional resonance; its dead air stalls the Act Three momentum. Mission: Impossible 4: Cruise Control 2011-12-16T21:29:31Z

But comedies, like campaigns, face challenges of momentum. ‘Mister America’ Review: The Returns Are In: Diminishing 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

“And a juggernaut is slow to lose momentum.” The Survivor 2011-06-01T20:37:21Z

Even in their occasional quiet moments, the songs on “Hellfire” have a white-knuckle momentum. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

The giddy momentum generated in the final movement felt less like written music than a gloriously extended improvisation. Northern Sinfonia/Dean – review 2013-05-12T13:55:17Z

We never needed to do that, though we did occasionally engage in some awkward kicking and arm flapping in order to get a bit of momentum. Take Me to the (Lazy) River 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

In the way of grief, it might help to accept its initially reluctant pacing as part of finding its momentum. The slow dread of "The Outsider," HBO's series that defies Stephen King expectations 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

They say maintaining momentum is key to forcing Putin's government to accept their demands. Gorbachev to Putin: Leave power peacefully 2011-12-24T17:27:00Z

But “Landscapes” is also a work of Mr. Petronio’s own design, full of his recognizable swoops and twists that both fight and fuel a body’s momentum. Review: Stephen Petronio Pledges Allegiance to a Dance Lineage 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The momentum built through each movement until the glorious Finale burst forth, brimming with crunchy rhythms and sparkling motifs. Review: Chamber-fest concert nourished body, mind and soul 2010-07-15T20:56:00Z

Other tales are brief and go nowhere in particular, and yet they engage through their momentum and vivid touches. The Eternal Greatness of Nas's 'Illmatic' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

All of this lends the Covington video a kind of moral momentum. What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

I really appreciate his focus on finding confidence in your own ideas and the importance of building forward momentum. Krysten Ritter: By the Book 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

At its best, as in an election sketch that included a voting machine come alive and a table of chattering pundits that rolled on- and offstage, the show achieves a deliriously silly momentum. Critic’s Notebook: Gee, Conan, That Joke Seems Familiar 2012-11-09T23:47:19Z

Meghan Trainor’s debut album, “Title,” opened at the top of the Billboard chart this week, riding the momentum of her anthem “All About That Bass” and her latest hit single, “Lips Are Movin.” Meghan Trainor Opens at No. 1 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Yes, it feels like Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" owns the momentum. Emmys 2014: Our final predictions for who will win 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

How do you maintain dramatic momentum in a gargantuan satire on the judicial system whose very subject is inertia? Bleak House 2010-07-11T21:16:00Z

Diehard R.E.M. fans may deconstruct it for meaning, but at more than five minutes it literally stops the momentum of an otherwise well-balanced album. Review: R.E.M. in fine form on 'Collapse into Now' 2011-03-17T17:22:11Z

That isn’t the case here, as scenes shift from one locale to the next with little connection or momentum. Review: ‘Most Dangerous Man in America (W. E. B. Du Bois)’ Focuses on Government Investigation 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

But the momentum is brief, dissipating a few lines later as he stops to mumble a lyric that should’ve been sung. Kanye West’s Only One Isn’t Very Good, but It Is Selling 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Do you feel like this momentum is something that's here to stay? "Reservation Dogs" and "Echo" star on the "appetite for Native stories" and living up to her name 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Although the Wages for Housework campaign served as a consciousness-raising tool, it gradually lost momentum without accomplishing the practical gains it sought. A Woman’s Place Is on the Internet 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Now with a cumulative box-office haul of $72.2 million, the story of King George VI's triumph over his stuttering affliction continues to build momentum as the Oscar favorite for best picture. Hopkins takes 'The Rite' to top of box office 2011-01-30T23:46:03Z

The guitarist and vocalist Camila Meza, who hails from Chile but lives in New York, allows harmonic development to guide the weaving momentum of her compositions. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

“Husbands” builds unbearable momentum behind racing guitar, drums and bass. Album review: Savages. 'Silence Yourself' 2013-05-06T15:28:00Z

A change of scenery sometimes proves dramatically fortuitous, as when a tree provides handy cover for one of many beheadings, but more often disrupts the momentum of proceedings. Review: An All-Female ‘Richard III’ Makes for an Evening of Discontent 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

Although clocking at 40 minutes, you will find just seven post-rock songs that go from slow psychedelic notes to big momentums of distortion, noise and epic choruses. August's best new music from across the MAP 2011-08-17T17:09:56Z

The series was still building momentum, but even at that early stage, the Robertsons readily acknowledged that their “reality show” wasn’t real at all. ‘Duck Dynasty’ Legacy: Real, Fake and Upfront About It 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

“The Power of the Dog” builds tremendous force, gaining its momentum through the harmonious discord of its performances, the nervous rhythms of Jonny Greenwood’s score and the grandeur of its visuals. ‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Wild Hearts on a Closed Frontier 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

But there are also a number of series and actors returning seemingly on the forces of momentum. As TV Keeps Changing, the Emmys Stay a Few Steps Behind 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The musicians, drunk on exhaustion or overexcitement, appeared to lose focus, and Gilbert switched from gently restraining the momentum to trying to manufacture it. Finding the Awesome in Bruckner’s Eighth 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

The album gathered momentum after a tentative start. Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

The pilot sets a panicky, very Scorsese-esque sense of momentum that carries through future episodes. ‘Vinyl’ is HBO’s HBO-iest show yet. That’s mostly a good thing. 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

What plot there is takes an agonizingly long time to rev up because there’s so much back story to fill in, and even when it reaches cruising speed the narrative momentum is rather leisurely. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Since then, though, "Avatar" has been building momentum steadily. 2010-01-19T07:42:00Z

“We’re pleased with the year so far, but there’s a lot of work to do to keep that momentum going,” Mr. Herbst said. Arts & Leisure: Vroooom Vroooom Living Roooom 2011-07-08T13:51:56Z

“Couch” was made as the Civil Rights movement gained momentum, and its implied horrors include racial violence. Review: Bruce Conner’s Darkness That Defies Authority 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Not that the plot is terribly intricate or surprising; it unfolds with the relentless momentum of a nightmare. ‘Annette’ Review: Love Hurts 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Granted, Rand’s prose, both purple and leaden, doesn’t have the resistance-proof momentum of Wagner’s music. Review: ‘The Fountainhead,’ High-Tech, Juicy and Full of Pulp 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

On top of that, it’s surprisingly forthright in its structure and momentum, going easy on the red herrings. ‘Wayward Pines’: M. Night Shyamalan’s addictive new effort 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

“They got so battered when they were new, and they had no momentum going at all, so I said, well, those are two dogs of my times,” he recalled. David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Keeping the sequel momentum going was DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” 'Think Like a Man Too' keeps 'Jersey Boys' at bay with $30 million 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

However, as Moonlight gains in momentum and cultural currency, there’s a danger in piling too much symbolic weight on its unapologetically slender shoulders: it’s an intimate character study, not an all-encompassing social dissertation. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

These scenes drag on, with no real forward momentum. Thousands of Years Ago, a Different Sort of Brexit 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a comedy that sustains multiple story lines with a freewheeling momentum. Review: From Twyla Tharp, 2 New Pieces for Her Anniversary Tour 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

If the thread breaks, you lose the momentum, and the phone goes quiet. Farewell to Peter Lennon, whose only film was worth a dozen by a lesser man 2011-03-21T14:17:57Z

It had things all ways at once: pummeling momentum, neat melodic hooks, crooning, screaming, fresh memories of youthful traumas and the songs to exorcise them. Music Review: Warped Tour Returns to Nassau Coliseum 2012-07-22T22:51:26Z

Set against the melancholy background of a well and a fallen tree, it earnestly captures the interplay between moral principles and family trauma in Sophocles’ play, only losing momentum in a couple of scenes. In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

I think it’s just a matter of energy and momentum. Heads Up: In Austin, Bungalows and Brews 2011-07-15T18:55:00Z

Kendall capitalizes on his eulogy momentum by authorizing Hugo to start leaking to the media about Matsson’s shaky standing with the Waystar board. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 9 Recap: Dearly Departed 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

I might have skipped the passage describing the creation by Hephaestus of a new set of armor for Achilles, which slows the momentum just when this hour-and-40-minute evening should be racing to its climax. Theater Review: ?An Iliad? at New York Theater Workshop 2012-03-08T03:00:16Z

"I think the Academy is a pretty conservative body and is often caught up in the momentum generated by the press," she said via e-mail. The Carpetbagger: Think You Can Beat Them? Readers Who Get the Top Categories Right 2013-02-06T19:50:58Z

All the momentum generated last week carried on into this episode only to fizzle out. Outcasts: series one, episode seven 2011-03-06T23:27:01Z

The means of Tree’s expirations are unoriginal and not especially scary, but the director, Christopher Landon, maintains a breezy momentum while she wakes, runs, croaks and repeats. Review: Dead Again … and Again in ‘Happy Death Day’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

She wanted her show to continue the apparent momentum they sparked. Wrestling With Politics at New York Fashion Week 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

“But that momentum is provoking an equal and opposite reaction on the right.” The Perils and Possibilities of the Never-Ending Protest 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

“White on White” is much better than the above, but it lacks the momentum and merciless intelligence of Cusk’s trilogy. In ‘White on White,’ the Traditional Landlord-Tenant Pact Is Ruptured 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

He may lay on the volume for effect, but he resists the idea of momentum. '60s organist Anthony Newman continues to perplex and astound 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

In terms of publishing and academia, I think those two fields will only catch up if the political momentum on the streets turns into something. ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

But over the course of her five-minute routine, Andrews builds a momentum that matches the emotional cadence of Houston’s voice. ‘When I Skate It Just Feels Free’ 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

The barrage of activity certainly makes us feel the full force of the pressures Johnson faced and goes some way toward maintaining dramatic momentum in the absence of a clear narrative arc. In ‘The Great Society,’ Jack Willis Stars as Johnson 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Romney, already the winner of the last five contests, carried momentum into "Super Tuesday." On "Super Tuesday," Romney and Santorum in fierce Ohio battle 2012-03-06T06:06:08Z

“The city has this momentum now that kind of rolls over everyone,” he said. For Detroit Artists, Almost Anything Goes 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

We had 1.5 now in two weeks, so we think that the momentum will come in. "Comics are not covered like other artists": How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

The only pause in momentum comes when he talks about Pollan. When It Comes to Living With Uncertainty, Michael J. Fox Is a Pro 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Fans of the show raved about it, which helped spread the momentum; the first season’s eight episodes became an instant treasure. Review | ‘Killing Eve’ resumes its anxiety-fueled story of two women who can’t resist one another 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

In a way, these are artefacts left over from a dead culture," says Mott, "but they speak more powerfully about what punk was really about, that moment of momentum and self-empowerment. Loud Flash: the art of punk 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

Added fan perks seem to be gaining momentum among big-name touring acts this year. Madonna Tickets Slated To Make Rebel Heart Most Expensive Tour Of 2015 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

For example, an important concept is the conservation of momentum. Video Game Review: Physics, With Wormholes by You 2011-05-10T16:13:25Z

But the film remains, ultimately, a tale of "the momentum of empowerment." "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Then her voice was piping and insistent, and she plucked harp patterns with the steady, relentless momentum she learned from West African music. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z

Those genres have the most momentum, but the in-between space is exciting now, too. Best Seattle pop music, 2010: arcs and top ten 2010-12-30T10:57:06Z

There's inherent tension in the music of "Rez Dogs," enacting the characters' entrenchment in their community and their momentum toward independence – perhaps in California or some other great beyond. On "Reservation Dogs," the raddest soundtrack on TV "breaks expectations" for Native storytelling 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Shortly before its release, however, the album was delayed — to be remixed by the label’s new co-chairman, Rick Rubin — and when it came out, months later, its promotional momentum had evaporated. Musical Survivor Hustles for a Second Chance 2011-02-08T21:54:19Z

After nearly claiming this year’s Song of the Summer crown with the shamelessly titled “Summer,” Scottish DJ-producer Calvin Harris is trying to keep the momentum going. Upward Motion 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

In the opening Allegro, Urbanski impeded forward momentum by inexplicably alternating between breaking up and slowing down the music. L.A. Phil concert favors theatrics over polished music-making 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

At the outset of the three-movement “String Creatures,” country-western “chop” accents — a percussive bowing of the strings that is repeated for rhythmic effect — lent the music propulsive momentum. Review: A Portrait Reveals a Composer With a Dramatic Edge 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

The bots help the topic trend, lend an air of grass-roots momentum and create enough of a mirage of a movement that real people then join in. On Twitter, a Battle Among Political Bots 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Often there seems to be nothing but ideas, raised and dispensed with, elbowing aside character, emotional momentum and story coherence. Review: Netflix’s ‘Politician’ Is a Chaos Candidate 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Her momentum is fueled by a wild curiosity, but the breadth of her sonic palate is more than a show-offy gesture of global fluency; it’s a metaphor for surviving the hyper-abundance of the information age. All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

She’s an award­-winning English poet and a playwright, and when she’s backed by the synthesizer-­topped wallop of her band, she’s also a fully skilled rapper with vehement momentum and an intense rhythmic drive. SXSW Music 2015: The First Day's Worthy Showcases 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

“It was easier,” she writes, “to fabricate a romantic narrative than admit I was ambitious — that I wanted my life to pick up momentum, go faster.” A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

With all its references to angels -- flying angels, freezing cold angels, dying angels -- this was a sudden momentum killer after Swift’s Halloween show. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z

The Colombian performer’s hoping to maintain that newly accrued momentum with “Empire,” the second single pulled from her upcoming eponymous tenth studio album. Shakira Ups the Grandeur on New Single “Empire”: Listen 2014-02-25T17:08:46Z

They're essential to understanding the book, but they also slow its momentum. 'A Perilous Conception': a test-tube mystery 2011-12-15T20:53:04Z

The piece begins in beatific, C-major stasis, as a jaunty hymn gathers momentum in canonic form. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

It has also faced two notable setbacks, including the sudden resignation of its chief executive this week, during its quest to overcome skepticism about its mission and momentum. Time’s Up a Year Later: Hollywood Women Test Their Clout 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

That spotlight has only gained momentum as each tour night revealed surprise songs and alleged easter eggs, ties to rumored flings, and a long-awaited Taylor's Version announcement of her 1989 album. Have you tried Taylor Swift's chai sugar cookies? 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z

Somehow this track works, despite the fact that it intentionally kills the momentum that most PE songs rely upon. Public Enemy Still Fighting, Still Fresh 2012-07-27T13:22:16Z

Yet while David Korins’s nifty revolving set is meant, I think, to summon the whirligig dizziness of farce, “Chinglish” only rarely achieves the sort of momentum that sends audiences into the ether. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z

It returns for its second season on Wednesday, with the momentum of that attention and the weight of expectations. Season 2 of ‘Mr. Robot’ Turns Inward From the Cyberworld 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

In fact, he bizarrely brings narrative momentum to a crawl, at a crucial moment, to highlight Schneider and Suvari in unfunny high jinks. 'You May Not Kiss the Bride': Comedy lacks old Hollywood magic 2012-09-20T20:48:14Z

Well, the good news at least stops the downhill momentum. Can?t Stop the Zombies: The Walking Dead Gets a Third Season 2011-10-26T12:10:44Z

The concentrated second movement, O Dwellers on the Lovely Earth, achieves a scherzo-like momentum that maintains interest; a brilliantly gleaming final chord ends Morris's account of seeing Iceland for the first time. BBCSO/Davis 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z

That momentum also put pressure on “Glass” — which with its $20 million budget and long script, Shyamalan said, was the toughest film he ever made. M. Night Shyamalan’s Biggest Twist? Coming Full Circle 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

They need surrogates to keep their momentum going. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t running for president, but she’s in the race 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

And, in true operatic fashion, its telling is equally dependent on a conductor’s momentum, and actorly, complex expression from the singers. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

“This guy” was Damien Echols, one of the three accused youths, and the focal point for a movement to free them that gathered momentum for many years. Filmmakers take up cause of West Memphis Three 2013-03-04T21:16:31Z

Social media analysis has shown that excessive length can stall a film's word-of-mouth momentum, particularly among the young. Is The Hobbit simply too long? 2012-12-12T16:15:00Z

Mr. Helmchen performed with a warm, fluid touch and poetic nuance in the slower sections, highlighted inner voices in the more tumultuous movements and sustained momentum throughout — no small feat. Music Review: Martin Helmchen at the Frick Collection - Review 2011-11-03T00:11:37Z

He added the muscle of punk and metal, the precision of drum machines and a gift for explosive momentum. Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters’ Drummer, Dies at 50 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

I had only had a gallery since 1993, and I had had some success, but I don’t think people really realize how much momentum you need to overcome professional inertia in the art world. On the Runway: Q & A: Philip-Lorca Di Corcia 2011-02-11T15:44:28Z

He’s not afraid to spike the momentum with dissonance and atonal shrapnel that would be right at home on a Sonic Youth album. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z

The slowly unwinding prelude led to a first act of gathering momentum that culminated in a confrontation between the lovers that was as swift as it was neurotic. Prom 19: Tristan und Isolde – review 2013-07-28T16:59:00Z

The last section, while it has a few fine, farcical moments, goes astray in trying to recapture flagging comic momentum and slides toward chaotic Greenbergian hostility. Review: In ‘While We’re Young,’ a Coupling of Gen X and Y 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

This year they’re marking the 40th anniversary of their debut album, “Tom Petty the Heartbreakers,” which appeared near the end of 1976 but didn’t pick up considerable momentum until the following year. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Greenfield, who also directed “The Girl Next Door,” seems entirely unable to find the humorous rhythm within a scene or generate any momentum from one scene to the next. | 'Something Borrowed': New Lovers and the Old Triangle 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z

Yet, he added, as the group rehearsed it with the virtual acoustics, a pattern of repeated undulating motifs built up rippling momentum until, as he described it, “the sound essentially achieved liftoff.” How a Historian Stuffed Hagia Sophia’s Sound Into a Studio 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

This material adds context to what would otherwise be a series of dramatic killings, but it meanders a bit too long, dampening the momentum built up during Tehlirian's journey. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

This plot bifurcation spreads out the book's momentum but not to ill effect. Michael Connelly sends Harry Bosch into 'The Burning Room' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

As the lyrics to “Slip Away” mingle the joys of music and lust, the song gathers momentum from fierce drumming and brutally plucked pizzicato strings. Perfume Genius Grows Brasher and More Introspective on ‘No Shape’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

But there is enormous good will and momentum for Ms. Davis, 51, who was given a standing ovation at the Critics’ Choice Awards, where she delivered a powerhouse acceptance speech. ‘La La Land’ Has an Oscars Edge: Its Hollywoodness 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

The Great Depression did a little to slow America’s momentum. G force 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

An ancient engine offers no momentum, About the power from an old vibration, And nothing but a little bit of venom. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

It’s heavy on monologues of self-revelation that, in the wrong hands, could freeze the show’s momentum. Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit’ Blends Rage With Gallows Humor 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Last night’s GOP debate appeared as Donald Trump seemed to be losing his momentum and Jeb Bush appeared to be fatally wounded. The “liberal media” lie: “The Washington press corps is much closer to Wall Street than it is to Main Street” 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Toward the end, “The Nomad” becomes a bit too bald, losing its momentum. Review: Eberhardt’s Fierce Ride, in ‘The Nomad’ 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

“It feels safe here, and there’s a lot of momentum in the air for bidding.” Basquiat and Other Artists of Color Lead a Swell of Auction Sales 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Her presence at Ballet Theater over the past two seasons is important; it has instilled momentum, a never-settle-for-less force into the dancers. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

But with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, momentum shifted his way, and in 1995 the work was completed. Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

Her lead role in “Station” seemed like a natural next step, but 2020 put a halt to the momentum. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

Crucially, the vocal lines manage to combine lyricism with character in a way that is direct yet never simplistic; underneath, the complex and substantial orchestral writing is charged with vivid colour and momentum. Bliss 2010-09-03T20:31:00Z

Hoping to keep the momentum going, Van Zandt conceived of the current show. Steven Van Zandt, a huge fan, reunites The Rascals 2013-03-12T13:10:11Z

“Painting With” is relatively ascetic amid Animal Collective’s catalog, but onstage its momentum was all that mattered. Review: Animal Collective, in Joyful Pursuit of Sensory Overload 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

With the project in motion, the momentum increased. 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to say what that had to do with “Paparazzi” — which mingles love, stalking and media awareness — but even when connections were cryptic, the show had its own momentum. 2010-01-21T09:05:00Z

After the rush of the first section, the book loses some momentum. Searching and slouching 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

So the momentum is clearly with the entertainment cluster, which this time includes films like “Life Itself,” a portrait of the film critic Roger Ebert. Documentaries Jostle Against Oscar Obscurity 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Conducting from memory, she waved her long, slender arms with a persuasive animation not only intended to shape phrases and cue players but also to seemingly bat away any resistance to musical momentum. L.A. Phil's Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights a fire at Disney Hall 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

He also drew attention for the speed of his playing, and for his ability to spin long solos without losing the melodic thread or breaking a song’s momentum. Kim Simmonds, a Key Figure in the British Blues Movement, Dies at 75 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

As in a Bach fugue, their overall rhythmic momentum was readily apprehended. 'Suyama: A Complex Serenity' illuminates the career of a prizewinning Seattle architect 2011-07-06T22:40:11Z

The Globes regained some 11th-hour momentum with surprising wins for "Glee," "Crazy Heart" and "The Hangover." 2010-01-18T05:46:00Z

Last night we got Team members Chase and Taub back on , and the show gathered a momentum that had been absent in the first few episodes of the season. House Watch: Score One for the Team 2011-11-08T13:43:47Z

Cage can also once again feel some mainstream momentum behind him. Nicolas Cage faces off with a new foe: Himself 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Shot over 12 years, the movie was a smash emerging from last year's Sundance Film Festival and won many critics prizes at the end of 2014, but recently lost momentum. At the Oscars, it's the night of the 'Birdman' 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Muybridge resumed his experiments in high-speed sequential photography in Philadelphia and his career regained some of its momentum in the later 1880s, but he never reached the heights of attention he had before the defamation. Eadweard Muybridge: Feet off the ground 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z

“We couldn’t help but look around and see the national momentum going towards the issue of racial justice, and Native American mascots specifically,” Ms. Davis said. Anatomy of a Mascot 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

The 1,000-person venue is the largest room he’s headlined, making Saturday a barometer for just how far this winter’s snowball of momentum has rolled. Seattle rapper Dave B, riding wave of momentum, to play Neptune 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Paul’s journey loses direction and momentum, and sour, nagging questions begin to intrude. Review: In ‘Downsizing,’ Matt Damon Sweats the Small Stuff 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

The real question, Putnam says, will be whether or not the Home Shows’ momentum can continue after the last encore. Pearl Jam’s ‘unprecedented’ Home Shows hit Seattle at pivotal time in homeless debate 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Returned to with more experience, along with noticeably more control, the score moved along with crisp transparency and a tense momentum that didn’t let up in the first act. Review: The Met’s ‘Akhnaten’ Takes a Post-Grammys Victory Lap 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

By 2008, when the UN was set to celebrate a world free of illicit substances, criticism of prohibitionist policies was gaining momentum. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

From “I’ll Know” in “Guys and Dolls” to “My Shot” in “Hamilton,” these thesis statements by leading characters typically come early in a show, hitching the plot’s momentum to their ambitions or dreams. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

“I was concerned there wasn’t enough time to sell tickets, but we didn’t want to lose momentum after Broadway,” said one investor, Alan Shorr, who put more money in for Off Broadway. How ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ Was Suddenly Canceled 2014-04-25T21:54:37Z

Cain — a self-styled outsider relatively new to the national spotlight — is facing a new level of scrutiny after a burst of momentum in the race for theGOP presidential nomination. Cain: 'Falsely accused' of sexual harassment 2011-10-31T17:57:00Z

The screen said: “Trump wins Ohio, gaining nationwide momentum.” What it felt like to be in Washington on Election Day 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Both movies are directed by Steve Pink, whose strategy is to keep the momentum so breathless that the story outpaces the mental agility of an audience with a presumed attention span of zero. Review: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ Heads Back to the Bubbles 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

It loses steam in the Hawaii section and only fitfully regains momentum until its gripping end. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

Sensing this momentum, the National Pork Board began using the catchphrase, “Bacon Makes It Better.” The Bacon Boom Was Not an Accident 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

But then, this, too, is the story of how Flowers generated momentum for the environmental justice movement. How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The "stories," far from being linear, follow a dream logic, with the costumes, makeup, movement, musical interludes and video effects sometimes taking priority over any overt narrative momentum. Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble gets the museum treatment at the Frye 2011-04-13T23:45:05Z

“He had that thing that some people call ‘momentum.’ Bob Johnston, 83, Dies; Produced Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Albums 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" scored the animated film prize, slowing down the momentum of frontrunner "The Lego Movie." Golden Globes: Surprise wins may throw curveball in Oscars race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

There's nothing particularly wrong with that setup, provided that it's actually setting the stage for some sort, any sort, of upward momentum. Flat. Stagnant. Well, 'Goodbye to All That' 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Something in her attitude to life, a kind of residual positive momentum, combined with the simple condition of being young, carries her forward. Frances Ha – review 2013-07-25T14:30:00Z

Revenge, trauma, child exploitation and environmental degradation — all of these, to one extent or another, undergird the feverish momentum of “Saloum,” a picture that proceeds with more visual brio than narrative clarity. ‘Saloum’ Review: A Paranormal Showdown in the Desert 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The “Late Show” team was also trying to sustain the momentum from its live episodes during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in July. Stephen Colbert Reboots ‘The Late Show,’ Fixing It on the Fly 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Met, wishing to recapture the momentum that saw record figures of 661,509 visitors to the previous year's Alexander McQueen retrospective, is likely to have been tempted by punk's potential for mass appeal. Punk fashion celebrated at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-02-11T19:42:30Z

She is the play’s sole key to forward momentum, encouraging Jude to reveal himself by way of the terrors he’s experienced. ‘A Little Life’ Review: A Collage of Unrelenting Torment 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Every once in a while, though, a candidate lands from out of nowhere, jolting the race and seizing momentum like Bill Clinton at a 1992 straw poll. Oscars 2015: A sudden surge for Julianne Moore and 'Still Alice' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

She fretted about seeming irrelevant and losing the career momentum that she had worked to accrue over decades in Nashville if she stayed home with her daughter, Ramona, who was born in 2019. The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

This is a Bond who, after vaulting into a moving train car, pauses to adjust a shirt cuff, a gesture that eases the scene’s momentum without putting the brakes on it. Movie Review: ‘Skyfall,’ With Daniel Craig as James Bond 2012-11-07T19:59:51Z

Drama does not always work in the way we intend it to–we can get too caught up in the momentum of our language and gestures to produce the effect we wish. Sexual melodrama on campus: The real story about college assault that David Brooks and Laura Kipnis don’t understand 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The anti-vaccine movement has gained momentum over the past two decades, as groups critical of vaccinations have thrived on social platforms. US sees more measles reports in first three months of 2019 than in all of 2018 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

This was by design; they’re hoping to use the Oscar momentum to draw local crowds. Irish Animators in a Strange Land (Los Angeles) 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

To maintain momentum, I swung by Dash for an old-fashioned. At a Danish Street Market, Flaeskesteg and Tacos 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

They slap skin and run wildly through the space, pausing to hop in messy pas de chats that end in stumbles yet regain enough momentum to lead into the next elusive gesture. Melinda Ring’s ‘Forgetful Snow’ at the Kitchen 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

The momentum sweeps you away till that last word, “trembling,” and the echo it sends back. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

It was hard to escape the feeling that the show had lost its momentum. Cheat Sheet: Catching Up With the Last Two Years of The Office 2013-05-15T09:45:01Z

Meanwhile, the #LeaveLOUD movement is gaining momentum among Black Christians who no longer see a home for themselves in white Evangelical spaces. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

The cast was filled largely with unknowns, and whatever momentum the show did generate in the early going would be stymied by the Fox network’s baseball-playoff schedule. an unavoidable hiatus for baseball playoffs. 11 Things We Learned About The O.C. from Series Creator Josh Schwartz 2013-08-14T09:45:30Z

There was a certain momentum when the group was on the road that’s completely disappeared as they’ve settled in one place. Walking Dead Recap: Pretty Much Dead Already 2011-11-28T14:00:49Z

As his argument about the corrosiveness of fame gains momentum, Mr. Burnham stands up, his thin but no longer lanky six-and-half-foot frame jittery with energy. Bo Burnham, Discovered on the Internet, Now Challenges It 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Interestingly, these flourishes are less frequent in the second half of the novel, perhaps because the growing momentum of his story compelled Cumming to focus on plot over phrase-making. ‘A Colder War’ by Charles Cumming spins spy intrigue in search for a diabolical mole

There had been a real momentum for me because I was new, and everyone was looking for the newest thing, but I hadn’t gotten a lot of the bigger accounts at that point. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Week, Ten Years Later: A Bond Forged in Tragedy 2011-09-07T01:27:28Z