By comparing what the two observers see, it is possible to measure an angle—called parallax. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An observer of the present day, who knew the Arthurian legend only from Tennyson and people of that sort, would have been startled to see that the famous lovers were past their prime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the angle being measured is not between the observer and two distant objects, but rather the stars are being read as if they were the hands of a clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To something too small or sluggish to duplicate this experience–a snail, say–the idea that a boom box could seem to two observers to produce two different volumes of music simultaneously might seem incredible. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly adaptable. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It just wasn’t the same place, and yet each of us was honest, neither one a liar, both pretty good observers by any standard, and we brought home two cities, two truths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anticipating criticism by observers outside prison, if not those within, he added, Of course I am not so foolish as to think that I can see it from exactly your point of view. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

However Oriental the wrapper had originally been designed to look, it didn’t detract an iota from the single, impactful impression that Mrs. Glass, chez elle, made on a certain type of observer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They looked up at the window, saw the two observers, and smiled. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All the Finches had straight incisive eyebrows and heavy-lidded eyes; when they looked slant-wise, up, or straight ahead, a disinterested observer would catch a glimpse of what Maycomb called Family Resemblance. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When we enter, I see some Red Cross observers chatting with small groups of internees, and others with the Director. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And though few of them have met before, by the time the plats principaux are cleared, an observer would have thought that they had known each other for ages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to learn to be a better observer of all things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ebright wouldn’t reveal the time, but observers reported that his varsity had come in with the phenomenal time of 18:46. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision was strongly criticized by scholars and Court observers, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a compelling dissent, but Thompson did not get any money. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had no sympathy in their appearance, their expression: yet I could imagine that most observers would call them attractive, handsome, imposing; while they would pronounce Mr. Rochester at once harsh-featured and melancholy-looking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because Tycho was such a superb observer and had built such accurate instruments, this was the most sensitive search for parallax yet undertaken. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Several observers commented on Ellsberg’s intensity, the fire in his eyes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Rather, each observer has his or her own measure of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geyer and Schnooks immediately set out for Miss Hill’s residence and found her to be an acute observer and a willing gossip. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Thus this observer would think that a spaceship could get from A to B in time if only it could ignore the speed-of-light speed limit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point is that the theory of relativity says that there is no unique measure of time that all observers will agree on. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much depends upon this observer of the universe. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They flew low, Mark the key observer, searching the ground below them as they passed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Some observers considered Garfield’s assassination to be the tragic result of vicious political quarrels. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

According to the time of an observer who is at rest with respect to the earth, it may be that the Congress opened after the race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So one has a set of events, a region of space-time, from which it is not possible to escape to reach a distant observer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she stood in the nursery waiting for her cousins’ return she sensed she could write a scene like the one by the fountain and she could include a hidden observer like herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

How would we explain the global arms race to a dispassionate extraterrestrial observer? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was riding along in a cloud of visitors, bright-clad foreigners, observers from Europe, plumes and feathers and helmeted horsemen, reporters from Richmond, the solemn members of Longstreet’s staff. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other observers in Osage County noted that suspicious deaths were routinely, and falsely, attributed to “consumption,” “wasting illness,” or “causes unknown.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually some of the divorce’s trauma wore off or at least receded enough so that the casual observer would not notice, and Bloom merged himself timidly again with the currents of his time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

France dispatched thirty-two observers, Britain eighteen more, and still others set out from Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He apparently was unaware that he had a lone interested observer. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And to an observer therefore, perhaps barely there. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the first mixed gatherings I had ever attended, and I was far more of an observer than a participant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand and turn to the observers and nod. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

One such observer reported that in driving about southern Mississippi that fall she saw “no land birds at all for long distances.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I hear the scratch of the observers’ pens on their notepads; I give them a sideways glance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kepler was never able to be an effective observer of the heavens because of his bad eyesight, and in Graz he had no access to observational data. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even try to hide his disgust at the Red Cross observers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The observers were looking at the students’ most personal belongings, and our personal belongings contain a wealth of very telling information. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Such a day is not distasteful; for I find that I am no longer merely an observer, sat upon a dark deck; but I am engaged in the struggle, and this itself brings joy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One observer noted that “the veteran of legal battles does not go in for fireworks or courtroom histrionics but he makes his points all the stronger for his quiet reserve.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Most objects in the universe don't have a speed that every observer can agree on. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This time around, the observers’ ratings predicted with better than 80 percent accuracy which marriages were going to make it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The presence of the saloons,” one observer commented, “may be largely accounted for by the absence of decent and cheerful home life.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At one point, my client sneezed violently, causing a virtual stampede in the courtroom; most observers believed he was casting a spell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching the pre-game warm-ups, he seemed devoid of any emotional connection to the team, his infectious self-confidence dissolving into detached coldness, an observer peering in on something that had no place for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He agreed to come along as an observer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to America in time to be elected the first vice president of the United States, which most observers, including Adams himself, interpreted as a popular mandate on his historical contribution to independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was more disappointed than really necessary for a third- party observer to be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now, inexperienced observers do not understand why the shorts in rugby have to be the way they are, but just trust me, that’s how they need to be. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To an observer at a distance, it will appear to have been emitted from the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One must go to contemporary observers in Europe for a non-Texan opinion as to the nature of the tyranny that raised need for revolt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some observers have reported variable white clouds above that disk—most likely, clouds of methane crystals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both observers agree on the final result, though they might disagree about some of the details. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Director looks past me to the two Red Cross observers who are documenting the conversation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

What those observers of dorm rooms were doing was simply a layperson’s version of John Gottman’s analysis. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You might be able to go through this whole experience as an observer,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some civilian observers, maybe bureaucrats from the Department, stood by as several of us fired grenades onto the range using the gas gun. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each observer could use radar to say where and when an event took place by sending out a pulse of light or radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the pulse is reflected back at the event and the observer measures the time at which he receives the echo. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The site was excellent for Franny-observing, and also placed the observer within easy reach of an ashtray on the marble surface. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

KGB observers bugged CIA agents' phones and cataloged their daily routines. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

No particular observer’s measurements are any more correct than any other observer’s, but all the measurements are related. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the last truck of the observers leaving. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ten seconds for the observer on the ground might seem like only five seconds for somebody on the train. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Despite Welles’s apologetic words, some observers questioned his sincerity. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

What impressed me most as an observer was the entrance to the A train on 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Being an observer hadn’t been so bad in Stuyvesant. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared that each observer must have his own measure of time, as recorded by a clock carried with him, and that identical clocks carried by different observers would not necessarily agree. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What with this and the trouble yesterday concerning the lack of water in the radiator, it would not be unreasonable for an observer to believe such general disorganization endemic to my nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We begin with a video, about fifteen minutes long, on the history and philosophy of Wal-Mart, or, as an anthropological observer might call it, the Cult of Sam. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No impartial observer could criticize this Court for hindering the progress of the war on drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Using this procedure, observers who are moving relative to each other will assign different times and positions to the same event. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fundamental postulate of the theory of relativity, as it was called, was that the laws of science should be the same for all freely moving observers, no matter what their speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put observers in squad cars and had them keep a running score of how the officers’ behavior matched up with proper training techniques. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At the halfway point, he was an eighth of a mile ahead, and observers began speculating on when the boy in the black shorts was going to collapse. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was fifteen, and painfully aware that I was “just an observer in life.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though segregation and discrimination still prevail and still work a hardship, great strides have been made—strides that must give hope to every observer of the South. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any observer can work out precisely what time and position any other observer will assign to an event, provided he knows the other observer’s relative velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In comparison, the disappointments experienced by Britain’s eighteen scattered observers were mild. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Most observers, like most people generally, are in the northern hemisphere, so he had a lot of sky largely to himself, especially at first. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Though I knew he had been drinking, I wondered that an educated man and an observer could be so obtuse—could create such an embarrassing situation for a Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists just assume that we can’t really be the center of the universe–think what that would imply–but that the phenomenon must be the same for all observers in all places. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A civilian observer was a dangerous liability for the platoon—they’d have to watch out for him when they should be focused only on the mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of what one observer would call a massacre and what the Chicago Tribune would term “a crusade of death.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Thus time became a more personal concept, relative to the observer who measured it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each observer has his own measure of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it, she was an observer, buffered from the scrutinizing eyes of strangers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"This morning, gentlemen, whilst I was sitting on the terrace, I was an observer of your activities. There could be little doubt of your purpose. You were searching the island for an unknown murderer?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

For an observer approaching the boy, the stones seem to be going faster than for an observer who is running away; the velocity of the stones seems to depend on your direction and speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

No longer did he stab out with a foreleg as he ran, producing the curiously choppy duck- waddle gait that so many observers had mistaken for lameness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herr Bremann first visited Darlington Hall very shortly after the war while still in his officers uniform, and it was evident to any observer that he and Lord Darlington had struck up a close friendship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly, to any observers, I must have looked deranged. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hubble was a much better observer than a thinker and didn’t immediately appreciate the full implications of what he had found. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He imagines two observers in a field pacing out the distance between them, then leveling their eyes on a far-off landmark: a sailing ship or a smokestack. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

An aura is a color that your body exudes and tells the observer what kind of person you are; blue means happy, pink is loving, and black is mean. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A family sitting around a pair of Shabbos candles, surrounded by a barrier that observers could peek and prod through. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“In a few hours the observer gives in to the fatigue of the unnatural monotony.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many observers were waylaid by war, sickness, or shipwreck. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I am an observer," I told myself, as I watched Doreen being handed into the room by the blond boy to another man, who was also tall, but dark, with slightly longer hair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In 1998, Japanese observers reported that neutrinos do have mass, but not a great deal–about one ten-millionth that of an electron. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Pheasant sickness” became a well-known phenomenon: birds “seek water, become paralyzed, and are found on the ditch banks and rice checks quivering,” according to one observer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The reliefs go out, the observers stagger in, covered with dirt, and trembling. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every tick of his stopwatch takes more than a second from a stationary observer’s point of view. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

To an uninformed observer, Saxe seemed to be reading, innocently. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then observers moving at different speeds can disagree about whether event A occurred before B or vice versa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dorm room observers weren’t nearly as good as friends in measuring extraversion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since light travels much faster than sound, the sight of the blast reached observers almost instantly, while the sound rumbled toward them at about five seconds per mile. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s a good thing that I’m an excellent observer,” Claudia added. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wondered how all of this would look to the casual observer, or to the whites in their homes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different observers, moving relative to the ether, would see light coming toward them at different speeds, but light’s speed relative to the ether would remain fixed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt didn’t want to be strong-armed into dismissing Milton, whom he and virtually all observers agreed had done nothing wrong in his effort to load War Admiral in the gate the year before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m outside of myself now, watching everything unfold, like an observer wrapped in someone else’s skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The predictable response from the casual observer is: well, how much further? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, each observer would have his own measure of time as recorded by a clock that he carried: clocks carried by different observers would not necessarily agree. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I did want to stay as an observer. I am not especially anxious to mingle.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Lincoln spoke, one observer, Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, a free black woman, standing a few steps from the president, remarked that the lamplight made him “stand out boldly in the darkness.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, any observer who remained outside the black hole would not be affected by this failure of predictability, because neither light nor any other signal could reach him from the singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In relativity, on the other hand, all observers must agree on how fast light travels. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einstein realized that there is one way around this: the flow of time changes, depending on an observer’s speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

All the observers shared the unsetding sensation of having witnessed a cataclysmic event. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In his life, Donald wrapped himself in a kind of quiet that, depending on the observer, signaled imbecility or a reservoir of mystery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But since this town had grown up to serve the peculiar needs of the University, a careful observer could note small differences in the services the town provided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I’m the observer again—watching a girl being kissed by a boy, spring sun glistening around them, lighting their bodies in halos. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Each observer must be moving with constant velocity in a straight line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A very small boy, in a cotton sun suit, was standing close by, on her right, purely in an observer’s capacity. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She considered herself a passionate observer who strived to understand the wonders God had created. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

How she is a good observer, always noticing my mood and asking if I’m okay. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To some observers, the only sour note in Man o’ War's career was Riddle himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think I ever spoke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, I thought, was very beautiful, in an unsettling, almost medieval way which would not be apparent to the casual observer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even photograph the crime scene, which, in any case, had already been contaminated by the many observers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And yet to a casual observer, the Gangulis, apart from the name on their mailbox, apart from the issues of India Abroad and Sangbad Bichitra that are delivered there, appear no different from their neighbors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the raven were acting like a photon, then an observer on the train and the person standing still would have to agree on the value for the raven’s speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At the base camp the observers were instructed to lay prone in ditches excavated to protect them from the blast, with their feet pointed toward the tower. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the 1920s, in a direction opposite to M31, observers found a distant pair of spiral galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I dealt with what was happening to me by becoming more and more the detached observer, I was becoming Mersault, the character, and not Camus, the author. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If so, to an observer at a distance it would appear to be a particle emitted by the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s more an observer, with the dry, knowing manner of someone who likes to remain a little bit on the outside. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This somehow seemed more detached, as if I were really not in the picture and only an observer. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When “parallel” lines converge at the vanishing point in a painting, observers are tricked into believing that the lines never meet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Since the speed of the light is just the distance it has traveled divided by the time it has taken, different observers would measure different speeds for the light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we came down off the mountain with our rocket, all the observers were gone, but Buck and the football team were back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, at least a thousand myrtle warblers could be seen in migration during former years; in 1958, after the spraying of the elms, observers could find only two. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The observers in Athens before Marathon reported seeing a great line of dust crossing the Plain, and they heard the clash of arms and they heard the Eleusinian Chant. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life 1 have met the system face-to-face, fully determined to function within its context as an observer and critic in disguise, so to speak. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any one point in their history a hasty observer would say that all technological progress and diffusion had ceased. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the narrow confines of the galleries prevent us from becoming passive observers by forcing us into a direct confrontation with the works themselves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Field Notes are a compilation of the reports of seasoned observers who have spent many years afield in their particular areas and have unparalleled knowledge of the normal bird life of the region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We now know that Aristarchus’s sun-centered cosmos, with the stars set at a practically infinite distance from the observer, was absolutely correct, yet we have little evidence that anyone else thought his model worth proving. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Next, he sat with the condemned man as he was strapped into the chair and gave a hand signal to the executioner, hidden from observers behind a partition, to throw the switch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But an observer at B sees the waves as stretched out, while an observer at A sees them as compressed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But from the standpoint of an observer moving with you—perhaps the scooter has a second seat—none of these effects occur. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most observers, including Cunningham, had long believed that it couldn’t be done. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The explosion transformed him from lecturer to observer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

No matter where on the globe the observer is, an accurate measurement of that star’s height, or altitude, and the use of proper almanacs or tables will provide latitude. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

An observer in his dorm room that afternoon would not have considered Blair a revolutionary. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The verdict was cheered by observers in the courtroom, the crowd outside the courthouse, and most Americans who read about it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

George Orwell—a keen observer of what lay behind the glitter of constructed facades, social and otherwise—had met Julian on several occasions, and had not liked him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A deathly silence sucked the life out of the air as every last Glader stared at the row of windows, at the row of observers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In a recent study of the reaction to dying in patients with obstructive disease of the lungs, it was concluded that the process was considerably more shattering for the professional observers than the observed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To stand by and watch, observer at the death? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both obsessive observers of the natural world, Darwin and Mendel made their crucial leaps by asking variants of the same question: How does “nature” come into being? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was so thin, said one observer, that his hips could have made a passable hat rack, but he refused to eat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A skilled observer might notice there was something his gaze avoided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have always identified most strongly with Nick Carraway, the keen observer and narrator, a man both detached from and immersed in the events of the book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was an interested observer of the life around him, as I felt I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I am glad to be able to recall numerous occasions when the silver at Darlington Hall had a pleasing impact upon observers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As one observer noted, “The Catholics of Chicago are ministered to in twelve different languages.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you travel toward the observer at almost the speed of light, you will become enveloped in an eerie chromatic radiance: your usually invisible infrared emission will be shifted to the shorter visible wavelengths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of protestors—tipped off by the rooftop observers—surrounded the car the moment it came to a stop. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By the late nineteenth century the recurrence of this pattern had become obvious to many observers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That would mean that the two observers would disagree about when the raven meets the tree. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Your father is an observer of the Commandments. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Darwin, as his mentors had predicted, proved to be an excellent collector and observer of specimens. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Because horses who gain commanding early leads in match races generally win them, observers thought the bullet-breaking War Admiral held a considerable advantage over the historically slower-breaking Seabiscuit, even with a conventional start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When a European arrives in the West Indies and gets settled or set down for any length of time, he finds it necessary to provide himself with a housekeeper or mistress,” one eighteenth-century observer wrote. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Only a very sharp-eyed observer would be able to tell that it had once been torn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That said, at least an equal number of observers couldn’t get enough of “the upstart.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One observer compared his action to a duck waddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as she passed through the trees, it might have appeared to a distant observer that she seemed to twinkle, on and off and off and on, like a tiny star. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a thick build, short curly hair, wears a leather jacket, and seems to be a careful observer with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But with it, he wears a scarf in a brilliant scarlet, to distinguish himself from it as well, as a reminder that he is at heart a spectator, an observer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a small way, I had departed from my role as an observer and become a participant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each observer chose to fight off the tension in his own way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Frenchman never spoke of his private life, except to slip in certain subtle hints that would enable an astute observer to recognize his splendid past, his incalculable fortune, and his noble origins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures, from left to right, are the astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, an anonymous ancient observer, Brahe and Ptolemy, each surrounded by symbols of his work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was a Jew when he died, not an observer of the Commandments, but not a convert, thank God. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Einstein stated that if a number of people watch the same phenomenon—say, the flight of a raven toward a tree, the laws of physics are the same for each observer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The theory of relativity says that the laws of physics appear the same to observers moving at different speeds. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m from New York—down here as an observer.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the standpoint of a stationary observer, light reflected off you is reddened as you depart and blued as you return. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The observer’s path through space and time is shown as the vertical line on the left. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also thinking that, as cooler observers around me had been cautioning, it would probably be saner, cheaper, and easier for Jesse to try for the University of Illinois in the fall. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about his aura reminded an observer of an ill-treated dog just escaped from his captors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

White observers noted that things like this were happening more and more often. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m on the perimeter, the observer as always. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Thus the moving observer would say that if faster-than-light travel is possible, it should be possible to get from event B, the opening of the Congress, to event A, the 100-meter race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Urban exploring. We enter abandoned buildings, explore them, photograph them. We take nothing; we leave nothing. Were just observers.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He found he could escape to a place within himself where he was less of an accomplice—even less than an observer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When the elections were finally held, and certified by outside observers that included former President Jimmy Carter, Farmer was in Port-au-Prince. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that the decision to send the delegation rendered him unpopular, that it struck most observers as an act of political suicide, only confirmed for him that it must be right. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A few European observers before Holmberg had remarked upon the earthworks’ existence, though some doubted that the causeways and forest islands were of human origin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This makes it more difficult for light from the star to escape, and the light appears dimmer and redder to an observer at a distance. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when King addressed the overflow crowd crammed into Brown Chapel, he seemed “unusually subdued,” according to some observers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is much Hanna does not understand, such as how her brother’s girlfriend will fit into his priestly plans, but she’s an enthusiastic observer and a willing mediator between warring relatives. Anne Enright draws a rich, Irish family saga in ‘The Green Road’ 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Dyson is an excellent witness, an acute observer of personality and human foibles. Freeman Dyson’s Life, Through His Letters 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Finding yourself in the thick of the action, rather than a passive observer in the dark, helps people to feel alive, she says, as if they've truly experienced something. Immersive theater appeals to audiences wanting to take part in art 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Many observers objected to the casting choices when characters posters and a trailer were unveiled earlier this month. 'Gods of Egypt' Director and Studio Apologize for Film's Lack of Diversity 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

Close observers of network news see in this big risks — as well as a few positives. NBCUniversal invested heavily in the Olympics. Is that why NBC News has made it a major story? 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

“This is not about taking a political stand or what’s right or wrong; it’s about the donors,” says one longtime observer. Palm Beach used to be a nice town for billionaires. Then Trump came along. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Lamar, 34, is an astonishing technician, a keen observer of Black life, a proletarian superhero, an artist who reckons with moral weight in his work. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

The verdict came as a surprise to several legal observers, who noted that a judge in Britain had ruled two years ago that there was evidence that Mr. Depp had repeatedly assaulted Ms. Heard. Johnny Depp Jury Finds That Amber Heard Defamed Him in Op-Ed 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

The answer is what makes French politics so different from our own and so fascinating to foreign observers. “The Intouchables”: Racial comedy, French style 2012-05-22T20:45:00Z

Lamar has previously proved himself to be a sympathetic observer of female experience, and of the ways in which, for women, the pressures of home and street can intersect. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Reality is never fixed; the relationship between the observer and the observed is always shifting. Art Review: ?Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970? at N.Y.U. - Review 2012-01-13T16:11:35Z

And when the rest of the major U.S. airlines quickly followed suit, some observers even predicted that it could be the end of all travel fees. Perspective | No, this is not the end of travel fees. It’s just the beginning. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

As the excellent Sweet Life and Super Rich Kids attest, Ocean is a great observer of the sunny uplands of leisured youth. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-13T23:05:30Z

Other observers agreed she had done well, while noting that Lohan has been here before. Lindsay Lohan's tears mark the start of another bid to clean up and come back 2013-04-13T13:36:17Z

There is a lasting impact on the survivors, be it inmates, observers, or family members of victims. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

Fahrenthold’s story about the recording — which some observers said might deal a death blow to Trump’s presidential campaign — was the second major revelation, or “October surprise,” that came courtesy of an anonymous source. A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. Then the race to break the story was on. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Sweden’s “Force Majure,” directed by Ruben Ostlund and considered by most observers to be one of the two or three best foreign films of the year, unaccountably did not make the final five. Oscars 2015: Hollywood is strangely absent 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

A careful observer of gesture and language, Mattison writes warmly about her characters. Bombs and Bank Robberies: A Political Novel of the 1960s 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Agency observers also expect a renewed push to promote TSA PreCheck, the agency’s expedited screening program. Will the long airport lines of spring break 2016 be back again this year? 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

As a bonus, Ziukin sheds some of his austerity as the plot unfolds — the consummate standoffish observer ends up complaining of being suspected as “a thief and a deceiver, a scoundrel and a state criminal.” Review | A literary butler that makes Downton’s Carson seem positively fancy free 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Over the years Mr. Crouch faced criticism from gospel purists and observers of strict church tradition that his music was overly secular. Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

"All the hidden factors which make a static unmovable finished painting often only understandable to the trained observer become clear to any observer," he wrote. Oskar Fischinger: the wizard who angered Disney 2013-01-09T17:39:00Z

Pierre is optimistic, even ebullient, yet also a cleareyed observer of Haiti’s dysfunction. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Other observers were even more grandiose in their description of the river landing turned citadel: “The Gibraltar of the West,” they called it. ‘Vicksburg’ Review: The Falling Tide of Gray 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson, at his best, is a powerful comic observer; his punches land. Review: Mat Johnson’s ‘Loving Day’ Takes a Satirical Slant on Racial Identities 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Some observers suggest that the Labor Zionist gestalt engendered liberal Israel. What Israel Meant to Amos Oz 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

Back in 2006, when Mr. Bush polished off the Albert Camus classic “The Stranger” during his August vacation, observers were incredulous. Cultural Studies: Are You Reading What He?s Reading? 2010-09-03T18:21:00Z

Some observers think the tone of the GOP is too fiercely anti-incumbent to elect someone from an established political family. Jeb Bush is the most boring man alive: What’s worse than getting a “reply-all” email? Reading an entire book of Jeb’s 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Most observers think this will lead to the team changing it. Perspective | Washington’s football team may at long last get a new name 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Some observers said Lorenzana's was a case of "dressing for success" — trying to get a leg up as it were by accentuating her assets in a male-driven environment. Are they too sexy for their shirts? 2010-10-07T16:12:00Z

The longer works, however, show the Seattle writer’s skills not only as a storyteller but also as a perceptive observer of the social order. ‘Search Party’: stories of trouble and rescue 2013-07-18T19:56:28Z

The testimony of the Negro in regard to his past and present conditions and aspirations for the future is worth more than that of all the white observers that can be packed upon the planet.” The Tumultuous Path From Emancipation to Segregation 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Who knew the Kool-Aid Man was an avid observer of American politics? Kool-Aid responds to Cory Booker's comment during Democratic debate 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Ten years ago, close observers of Facebook noticed a change in the one-line mission statement that the company circulated on campus and beyond. The Claustrophobia of Facebook’s New Private “Living Room” 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

At the same time, Saunders has always been essentially an observer, which allows him to instill enormous empathy into his work. George Saunders' novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is remarkable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Reaction to that nugget was more mixed, with some observers appreciating the audacity of the twist and others asking if the franchise's core mythology was being undermined. 'Terminator Genisys': A sci-fi franchise faces its reckoning 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Ever the romantic, his second marriage just four years later in 2002 to British ex-model Heather Mills took observers by surprise. Paul McCartney to wed for third time 2011-05-07T01:52:33Z

She sharply observers the times when "My memory of these conversations is very accurate," while also admitting, several pages earlier, where "My memory is selective." In 'The Iceberg,' Marion Coutts recounts the death of her husband and achieves something extraordinary 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

It was as if I were an observer looking at a landscape. | Inside the Los Angeles Mormon Temple Visitors' Center 2012-11-06T16:52:10Z

Menon said he may be a "minority of one," but he thought there was more potential for success in Afghanistan than most observers in India. US embassy cables: Indian concern over security in Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:34Z

But that trauma, 50 years later, was very much there for every single person, whether they were a prisoner, a family member, an observer, or one of the attorneys. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

Her planned exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery, which she referred to as a “mini-retrospective” of work that has often encouraged observer interaction, will open on March 23. Gallery Wanted to Provoke Debate by Removing Naked Nymphs Painting. It Succeeded. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

We are not acting as judges, we are impartial observers. Tate show charts history of violence against art 2013-07-05T15:42:48Z

Royal experts and observers say there are many complicated reasons behind Harry and Meghan’s new path. How much did the British tabloids’ brutal coverage of Harry and Meghan impact their decision to ‘step back’? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Taylor proves himself to be a keen observer of the psychology of not just trauma, but its repercussions: how private suffering can ricochet from one person to injure those caught in his path. Jeremy O. Harris: Brandon Taylor ‘Subjugates Us With the Deft Hand of a Dom’ 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

And before long, parents and observers will start wondering what is wrong with these kids. Why are college students so stressed out? It's not because they're "snowflakes" 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

Most observers see terrorism, climate change and economic trauma as fostering the appeal of apocalyptic scenarios. World War Z unleashes an unedifying breed of zombie 2013-06-17T13:58:58Z

Many fans and observers on social media reacted with surprise to Tomei's potential casting, with some suggesting that she's too young for the role. Spider-Man reboot aims to snare Marisa Tomei as Aunt May 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

The observers immediately enter into a competition, imposing narratives upon the two women. In the House – review 2013-03-31T00:07:00Z

Rather than standing outside as an observer, Zimbardo played the role of the “prison warden,” who could grant paroles and hand out privileges or punishments. Inside “The Stanford Prison Experiment”: Six days in a fake prison, and how they changed the world 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Watch: To the casual observer, window washing is still the province of daredevils and lunatics. Cecil Beaton Through the Decades 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

The 1979 observer who thought the "Shadows" only looked good because the show was so large also described it as "disco décor," not art. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

While the current Keanu craze can seem a little over the top at times to outside observers, this is one aspect of it that is absolutely warranted. Will "The Matrix" add a fourth movie? 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

“Dream of a House” pays tribute to Price; it also awakens the observer to one of Price’s own observations. 'Dream of a House' tours the eclectic home of writer Reynolds Price 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

Any casual observer can see that Cage is entertaining, charismatic and wildly flamboyant, but what is it about the 54-year-old performer that deserves seven movies, played back-to-back? I watched Nicolas Cage movies for 14 hours straight, and I'm sold 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

He felt as if he had been pulled out of the orchestra seats as an observer, and momentarily wondered if he’d be able to remember his lines. Miriam Silverman Is ‘Unafraid of Embracing the Darkness’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

Going into the season, observers griped that there were slim pickings for the best actress category. The Carpetbagger: With Apologies to John Hawkes and Marion Cotillard 2013-01-10T16:56:03Z

After Kelley is sentenced to 25 years, his cause is taken up by an outside observer, who holds rallies proclaiming Kelley’s innocence. Perspective | Here are six new summer shows to watch as the TV pool begins to dry up 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Short of stature, and with a broad smile, Granado remained a benign observer of Cuban developments and, in later years, became a permanent source of anecdotes about Guevara. Alberto Granado obituary 2011-03-07T19:25:12Z

The scholar and the sailor evoke the fleeting interplay of observers and participants in a culture’s evolution. Music Review: ‘Oceanic Verses,’ at Pace, in River to River Festival 2012-06-26T21:49:08Z

If this wasn't bad enough, Tobey Maguire is miscast or misdirected, playing Nick as gauche, uncomfortable, unsophisticated, childlike – less an involved observer than an intruder. The Great Gatsby – review 2013-05-18T23:07:04Z

Simon’s central argument is that observers need to understand the racial, political and economic context of the unrest, and that violence will solve nothing. You won’t learn everything you need to know about Baltimore from “The Wire,” but it’s a start 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Viking wouldn’t comment on its delay, though observers tie it to domestic construction capacity. More Cruises on the Mississippi 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

"David Goodhart can invite who he likes to his own events," an observer said. Why the Mail's Peter Hitchens won't be making Hay 2013-05-29T09:04:50Z

Even the casual fashion observer recognizes its logo of interlocking C’s. Perspective | Karl Lagerfeld didn’t have a signature design — but he invented a new kind of designer 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Assembling what few of us were there to hear this music was a way of completing it — and ensuring that the only observers weren’t ones mounted to tripods. Perspective | As the novelty of Zoom wears off, classical music reluctantly embraces its new virtual reality 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

But some observers warn of dire precedent if she prevails – that films such as I, Tonya or The Post, depicting real people, might never be made or diluted to anodyne blandness. Olivia de Havilland, 101, on suing Feud: TV show 'put false words in my mouth' 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

She offered $34 million for the paper and its building, more than some observers said they were worth. What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

The 15 years between have made him a better reporter and a kinder observer. TV OD: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012-06-08T23:05:09Z

Some observers were critical of the decision to again not include an Oscars host. The Oscars won't have a host again in 2020, ABC entertainment chief announces 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

But most local observers agree that the food scene didn’t really improve until the French guys arrived — the chefs Joël Robuchon and Guy Savoy, principally, who showed up in 2005 and 2006, respectively. 36 Hours in Las Vegas 2013-05-09T21:33:51Z

He didn’t witness that execution as a pitying observer. Review | With his camera, Gordon Parks humanized the Black people others saw as simply criminals 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Sanders wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary, followed — in what some observers see as a troubling sign — by Vladimir Putin. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Renewed for a second season, the show regularly positions Black women as critical observers of everyday reality. The power of Black Girl Humor: When comedy and #BlackGirlMagic converge 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

Some industry observers say the rise in top-end supply will stimulate demand. Hotel de Crillon banks on recovery in Paris pulling power 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

He claimed there was fraud; he also said GOP observers were prevented from witnessing fraud. It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

Many international observers doubt the veracity of this "confession", and casualty figures from other sources are inconsistent with the numbers given by the doctors at the press conference. US embassy cables: Doctors 'pressured' to release civilian casualty figures during Sri Lankan conflict 2010-12-16T21:30:40Z

Much about a buzzy evening served to remind an observer of the role that chance and mischance play in any Hollywood success. Inside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

But some close observers of Mr. Clinton, who loves mysteries and thrillers, say they are not entirely surprised that he’s trying his hand at fiction. James Patterson and Bill Clinton Team Up to Write a Novel 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

Historical analogies that serve political pundits occasionally aid observers of television trends just as concisely. Viewing Like It?s 1979: Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011-09-17T23:45:19Z

The city’s recent uptick in restaurants is partly to blame, says chef Zack Bruell, an observer of the scene since the early 1980s. 10 top places to eat in Cleveland, for convention-goers and the rest of us 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Geoff Dyer is an idiosyncratic literary observer, a Brit who regularly writes for the London Review of Books. Geoff Dyer on his new book, 'Another Great Day at Sea' 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Those are the ectoplasmic wisps of the corona that scientists obsess over, and that more art-inclined observers may see as recalling the glowing halos of Renaissance painting. How Do You Paint an Eclipse? Work Fast in the Dark 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Some observers are dismayed at what they see as the lack of transparency, and the slow trickle of information from both the foundation and the National Archives. The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

To a casual observer, I’m tabulating receipts or writing letters, but what I’m really doing is waiting, almost breathlessly, for Carol. Untamed 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

One observer said it almost felt like a Grateful Dead concert. Guys who like My Little Pony gather for 'BronyCon' 2012-07-01T19:46:05Z

Kim is never quite sure why she makes the decisions she does, and is only intermittently able to be the sardonic observer of her own life typically demanded by the post-“Bridget Jones” genre. Tina Fey reinvents herself in the rich Afghan War dramedy “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

In other words, Stacie has been planted here to play the rational observer. "Real Housewives of D.C.": Meet the new frenemies 2010-07-31T23:01:00Z

Was he there as a neutral observer or to ask serious questions? TV review: Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald; Married in Britain 2013-01-17T22:00:15Z

For the careful observer, however, deeper regional differences emerge. ‘Love Island’ in the Land of Gender Equality 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

It also discounts the role of performance in everyday life, and the potential function of the camera as a catalyst, not simply an observer. Television: Reality-TV Originals, in Drama?s Lens 2011-04-17T04:00:04Z

With schism on the ground and corrupt leadership at the top, any objective observer of the European scene in 1540 would likely have concluded that the days of the ancient Church of Rome were numbered. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

Hollywood observers said they're hopeful that Simonds' studio will help fill a void in the marketplace left by the major studios' increased focus on franchise pictures. Adam Fogelson to head film group at Robert Simonds' new studio 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

To the innocent observer, insects seem quite different in character: they display an amazing diversity in appearance and abilities. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z

The permanent observer mission of the Holy See at the United Nations referred the Guardian back to statements made by Auza. US anti-pill campaigners promote menstruation tracking app in Nigeria 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

Such a vision is sorely needed today as the two-state solution loses its appeal to Israelis and Palestinians and now seems to many observers more like a delusion. Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Yes, many observers would say: evil has surely roiled in the predatory hearts of priests who abuse the youngest of their flock. 'The Rite' Review: Anthony Hopkins Speaks of the Devil 2011-01-28T09:30:00Z

When observers reported seeing fantastical solar phenomena — a sighting called “the Miracle of the Sun” — it was treated as corroboration. ‘Fatima’ Review: Blinded by the Light 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Of the famously aggro handshakes he inflicts on foreign leaders, she writes, “Various media observers described Trump’s behavior in such instances as a show of dominance.” A Trump Biography for Teens Is a New Lens on the President’s Totalizing Awfulness 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

But we should be more attentive observers of children’s unique ways of thinking and doing and let those dispositions be our guide. Beyond the summer book list: How to cultivate a childhood reading habitat 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

A new generation of young urban observers will be grateful. Children's Books: ‘George Bellows,’ by Robert Burleigh 2012-07-04T15:00:00Z

Before the start of the 162-game season, many observers expected that pressure from fans would force the pay-TV providers to the negotiating table, or face mass defections. Dodgers remain off most TVs in L.A. as dispute continues 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

It's all in keeping with Parker and Stone's relentless commitment to keeping observers of whatever stripe off balance. South Park: The Fractured But Whole Review 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

“It is a rancid, despicable attempt to make some kind of sick artistic statement,” said one observer. Perspective | Can a noose be art? There’s one hanging from a porch in Washington that’s here to challenge your assumptions. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

The book’s legacy seems destined to be one of observation, not character — though when the observer is this gifted, is that really any wonder? Elif Batuman turns her gifts to fiction in 'The Idiot' 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

This time, two observers sanctioned by the Guinness World Records were invited to clock the proceedings and report back to Guinness headquarters. Movie Cram II at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

So I don't necessarily agree that everyone's choice is something you have respect as an observer of culture. Can we stop pointing out how famous women are aging? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z

The existence of an invisible, BlackBerry-obsessed social observer copies shamelessly, of course, from the conceit of “Gossip Girl.” | 'Pretty Little Liars': A New ABC Family Series From Sara Shepard?s Books 2010-06-07T21:44:00Z

For many modern observers of the film business, globalisation has killed the idea of a national cinema – a form of film-making in which a picture can demonstrate its loyalty to a particular local cultural sensibility. The troubled heart of Ealing and British postwar cinema 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z

Combs, former state agriculture commissioner and comptroller of Texas, met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Tuesday, leading some political observers to speculate that she could be named to head the Department of Agriculture. Will a former romance novelist be the next U.S. secretary of Agriculture? 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Hunt, 34, is clearly aware that his career trajectory mystifies industry observers. Sam Hunt catapulted to stardom five years ago. So where’s his second album? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

“His idea of a meal,” one observer recalls, “was Ring Dings, Devil Dogs and a Pepsi.” Books of The Times: ‘Bruce,’ a Springsteen Biography, by Peter Ames Carlin 2012-11-06T13:00:00Z

But I’m going to guess that most observers would consider Patrick Wilson better-looking than most of us. Is She Really Going Out With Him? 2013-02-12T19:33:59Z

And even the casual observer will have noticed by this stage in the show the strange prevalence of wax as a medium, from Beuys to Barney, in the past century of art. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review 2012-12-23T00:06:37Z

Why is it not a surprise when Ms. Proulx tells us she is a nobler observer of birds than the rest of us? Books of The Times: A Novelist Wills Her Dream Home Into Being 2011-01-04T17:12:56Z

Whereas Strachey despised the commercial and political might the industrial revolution made possible, current observers look at our own sclerotic polity and contrast it with the Victorians' towering ambitions. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it 2013-05-14T17:30:01Z

His novels are about discovery and revelation, and how slowly they arrive even for the most meticulous observer. Kazuo Ishiguro, a Nobel Winner Whose Characters Are Caught Between Worlds 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

All the action takes place in and around the hotel as the Major becomes a semi-detached and increasingly confused observer to the goings on of the Archer family and the other guests. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z

To some industry figures and observers, the Weinstein allegations, if true, reflect one of Hollywood’s great shames, particularly considering that his reputation remained untouched for so long despite decades of allegations. 'We're all complicit': Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

But the most important innovation in these homes can’t be seen by the casual observer. Here's How Families Can Know More, Waste Less and Save Money 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Even many casual observers may now be aware of the hurdles facing female directors, particularly when they try to storm the big studios. Report Finds Wide Diversity Gap Among 2014’s Top-Grossing Films 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

As one observer tweeted, “I mean, when does a baseball coach scrunch up their team cap — it ain’t when they’re winning, is it?” Trump, (Tie) Undone 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

To cultural observers, the groups are a sign of the increasing red carpetization of the prom, a tradition that didn’t always revolve around fashion. Upload a Prom Dress Photo, and Hope for the Best 2010-05-12T23:09:00Z

As an observer, he’s brilliant; as an assassin, he’s hobbled. ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Most observers say the protocols airlines put in place to make the public feel safe about flying again — especially deep cleaning and mask mandates — will continue. 5 Things We Know About Flying This Summer 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Photos seem to be shifting us to that observer perspective, distancing us in some way, so it’s clearly a reconstructed memory.” Shutterbug Parents and Overexposed Lives 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

He's also an astute observer of the cultural differences between France and America. The 'French Jerry Seinfeld' sets himself up for big things in the U.S. with 'Oh My Gad' 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

Even Rick Kirkham, the ostensible neutral observer who produced an abandoned reality show about Exotic, wears a safari hat, as if a lion might creep up at any moment. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Close observers of the New York scene will also know the Chilean-born chef, 42, from her pop-ups at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, the Mayflower Inn in Washington, Conn., and Fulgurances Laundromat in Brooklyn. Mena, From Victoria Blamey, Opens in TriBeCa 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

“I was anticipating someone doleful, distracted — not this funny, hard-boiled observer of her own life whose letters read like short stand-up sequences,” Sehgal writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

And, no, Ms. Astley did not think the skirts were too short, as some observers did. On the Runway Blog: A New Set of Eyes 2012-11-09T19:55:11Z

He was a caterer to the wealthy and a comedian of manners, yes, but also an acute observer of daily life, keen absorber of influences, and a tireless reinventor. Art Review: Inspiring Comparisons With Vermeer 2011-04-28T21:46:13Z

Goldman is a keen observer and an apt guide to Mexican politics and society. Review: ‘The Interior Circuit’ by Francisco Goldman

As the media grappled with the reports about O’Reilly last week, Murdoch was portrayed as a “pragmatist” and a “savvy political observer.” Rupert Murdoch’s disturbing corporate legacy: chronic sexual harassment in U.S., rampant lawbreaking in UK 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

Here goes: The audience in specials is fundamentally manipulative, a bullying intrusion on the relationship between artist and observer at home. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

In this context, many observers north of Watford will feel regret at the fate of the most recent northern show on BBC1. Grimetime TV: why the north rules 2011-08-03T20:30:00Z

But observers of airline frequent flier programs expect there to be good news for people like Ms. Elgin. You’re Not Flying, but You Can Still Think About Frequent Flier Miles 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

To his credit, the author is frequently a good observer of everyday life among professional football’s proletariat, and he gets some important things said. Review: In ‘NFL Confidential,’ Protein Shakes Instead of Bling and Booze 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

The UFO positioned itself over the lone elk and beamed it right off the ground, though the observers couldn't discern any "visible means of support," attached to it. 11 strange stories from the national UFO reporting center 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Some observers have suggested that workers today are never “turned off”. Do you work more than 39 hours a week? Your job could be killing you 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Even in its glory days, the New York house never managed to achieve the cultural currency of its British predecessor, according to Michael Musto, the longtime New York night-life observer. Soho House Is Taking the Party Global 2012-06-01T22:43:25Z

But Mr. Pinckney’s prose here lacks the poise of Isherwood’s and the lyricism of James Baldwin’s, to mention another observer of black expatriate existence. Review: Darryl Pinckney’s ‘Black Deutschland’ Is Set in 1980s Berlin 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Franz is a thoughtful observer but largely absent of strong political convictions, unlike some of his colleagues, who throw themselves into Iran’s revolutionary protests. A French Novelist Confronts Orientalism 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

As a result, “Lady Dynamite” feels like firsthand notes from the edge of stardom, where, tellingly, Maria’s sense of humor is continually lost on mainstream observers. ‘Lady Dynamite’ looks at mental illness with self-awareness and satire 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

But while “Too Big to Fail” might do a better job explaining how the financial crisis happened to confused observers like Michele Davis, “Billions,” I think, does a better job of explaining why. “The point of having f**k-you money”: We’ve seen how the economy broke down in ’08 — Showtime’s “Billions” shows us why 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

What the magistrates and other observers found most confounding about the case was the diary itself, which even her own lawyer described as “monstrous.” “Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace”: Divorce, Victorian-style 2012-06-18T01:00:00Z

That is why some observers paused when the gossip website TMZ, founded by the lawyer Harvey Levin, broke the divorce story Tuesday morning in a report that included Mr. Offer’s statement. Angelina Jolie Turns to Divorce Specialist Laura Wasser 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

Netflix's highly anticipated K-drama takes place in space and follows a team of space observers who attempt to retrieve samples from a secretive and abandoned research station known as "the silent sea." From President Meryl Streep to an adorable pufferfish, here's what's new on Netflix this December 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

These movies established Mr. Hughes, the screenwriter and director, as an empathetic observer of a teenage generation and Ms. Ringwald as a paragon of 1980s film and fashion. Molly Ringwald Recalls John Hughes 2010-09-17T15:46:00Z

But although change is happening, it is too slow for many observers, who point to the all-male shortlist for the best director category. Baftas 2019: The Favourite reigns – almost – supreme as Roma takes best picture 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

But, for an outside observer there was something admirable in the wait. Perspective | Harvey Weinstein’s conviction allowed victims to have messy stories. That’s revolutionary. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

If that happens, “then it’s a dogfight” among the three frontrunners at the Oscars, one veteran observer said. The Carpetbagger: Alfonso Cuarón May Be a DGA Favorite, but ‘Philomena’ Is Rising Fast 2014-01-24T18:43:51Z

And when there isn’t an observer with the power to get word out, widely and quickly, then bad actors—whoever they are—can act in secret. In Ferguson, It's Now Guns Vs. Cameras 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Only keen-eyed observers with prodigious powers of memory will detect significant differences between the labels for the new exhibition and those from 2006. Perspective | The White House may be chaos, but our old presidents are looking dignified 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

While industry observers believe full-scale production of this type of algal jet fuel is five to eight years off, Pyle insists Sapphire's technology is for real. Jet Green 2011-07-20T22:00:00Z

He is a subtle observer of human interactions. Review: ‘What Belongs to You,’ a Story of Desire and Outcomes 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

To some observers at the time, this seemed like madness: why give away such an advantage to the company that was set on becoming your deadliest rival? As the reborn Kindle proves, looks don't count for everything 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

The wait felt endless, as long as six hours for some observers. On the Oscars red carpet: Gawking, quick conversations and tequila 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Hijinks do not separate man from beast, as any cat owner, squirrel friend or chimpanzee observer knows far too well. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

That the project attracted “Chernobyl” creator Craig Mazin is for many observers a sign of a rising stature for video game adaptations. Is it finally game on for video game adaptations? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Full of ideas and opinions, she is constantly engaged in the life around her – as a participant, not just an observer. Mandy Colleran by Jake Arnott 2012-07-06T21:55:21Z

While ABC’s swift decision stunned observers, it suggests companies are learning from recent PR stumbles by the likes of United Airlines and Uber. Why ABC reacted so swiftly to Roseanne’s racist tweet 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

But for the millions of viewers not in the stadium, the television experience is one of distance, and the perspective that of a more detached observer. In the Super Bowl, the Women Lead at the Half 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Thus to the outside observer Searle seems to be responding consciously, yet manifestly he is not. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z

And it wasn’t just a matter of length, that article continued: …Zhivago in the book is more a passive observer, a spokesman for Pasternak’s own vision and soaring humanism than a Hotspur to action. How 'Doctor Zhivago' Went From Page to Screen 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Katniss, at a decisive moment, is a mere observer, her skills held in abeyance in anticipation of later opportunity. “Mockingjay” Is a Paean to Movie Producers 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

“There was a passion of repressed emotion in his face,” one observer wrote, “evident I think to Her Majesty, who watched him with sympathy not unmixed with anxiety.” Troubled Jewel in the Crown 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

From the perspective of this observer, their efforts were as, if not more, exciting to observe than a lot of what was presented on video or live on runways. Post-Lockdown Paris? Think Youth and Sex. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

He was this keen listener and observer of the people around him.” PBS Adds Animation to NPR StoryCorps Interviews 2010-08-13T17:55:00Z

Behind Ayckbourn the entertainer lurks the sharpest observer of human folly in modern British drama; and one who, through Absurd Person Singular, proves that 1972 may not have been so bad after all. Absurd Person Singular, 40 years on 2012-05-25T21:55:04Z

Industry experts and observers praise the power mesh from Liebaert, a textile firm in Belgium. The Bralette Is Back. This Time Blouses Are Optional. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

“The idea I took from it was precisely the idea that there is no such thing as a dispassionate observer, that every narrative is inflected by the narrator’s bias.” Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

And most observers do not necessarily think these writers and directors are rejecting the influences of their indie ancestors. Texas Monthly: Sundance Lineup Shows Texas Films Transcend Slackerdom 2013-01-19T23:53:20Z

But he’s still considered one of the smartest strategists in politics and is likely, observers say, to advise future campaigns, although not in an official capacity. The rise and fall of the Podestas, Washington’s powerful political brother act 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

“It went to London. And so I think market observers are watching Brexit quite carefully.” Auction Houses Find New Ways to Survive 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

For longtime observers of Spotify, the Young episode is the latest strain in the company’s complex and frequently troubled relationship with artists. Behind Neil Young vs. Spotify, a Fraught Relationship With Musicians 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Bond, a canny political observer, seems to take pleasure in Kiki’s privileged conservatism and accidental progressivism. Kiki and Herb Make America Great Again 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Some include Mr. Ai, the art-star activist and observer, tangentially involved, hoping to shine a brighter light on the refugees’ plight before moving on to his next crisis or exhibition. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Disinterested observers might note that his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones is 25 years his junior, just as Bailey’s spouse, Catherine Dyer, is 23 years younger than the photographer. Viagra: the little blue pill that revolutionised our sex lives | Observer profile 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

Instead, Tarantino's movie has two men who barely know Tate come in and save the day, rendering her character an observer in her own narrative. The problematic history in Tarantino 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, as someone who grew up in Coffeyville, the Kansas township adjacent to Inge’s Independence, this observer can attest to the veracity of tone this intelligently gripping "Picnic" achieves. William Inge's 'Picnic' finds the universal in a small Kansas town 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

National Pasta Day observers have countless ways to celebrate, whether it be with their favorite box of spaghetti, pasta maker or local Italian restaurant, there’s really no wrong you can do. National Pasta Day: Fun facts about the noodle 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

For many observers, the announcement raised yet more questions about the ideological underpinnings and policy parameters — indeed, even the very existence — of a Trump Doctrine. In Trump-era movies, the war will not be normalized 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

He starts dreaming of a career as a private investigator, a profession for which he is already well prepared — among other things, he's a and sharp observer of all the people around him. Blake Nelson and the runaways of Venice Beach 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The casual observer might attribute astrology’s surging popularity to the stereotype of the narcissistic millennial. Venture Capital Is Putting Its Money Into Astrology 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

It’s impossible to nail down definitively why these films are such strong draws, but some industry observers have theorized that the country’s polarized political situation is driving moviegoers to films about decent, generous, high-minded people. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Mister Rogers: Hollywood’s Newest Breakout Stars 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

The fix, to many observers, seemed obvious: she needed to step inside the baseline and play more aggressively. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

But without more research and standards, observers worry that investments in climate-smart agriculture will support greenwashing — misleading claims about environmental benefits — rather than a fundamentally different system of production. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

Some World Down Syndrome Day observers have noticed that sock-like shapes have a similar appearance to chromosomes. World Down Syndrome Day: How 'eye-catching' socks became a tradition 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cohen, a New York filmmaker and video artist with an eye for rough urban landscapes and eccentric artistic characters, is a patient observer and a cunning, subtle storyteller. Movie Review: Jem Cohen’s ‘Museum Hours’ Explores Links of Life and Art 2013-06-27T21:18:15Z

Or as a bemused observer in “Later Life” notes of its classically Gurney protagonist, “When you die, you’ll probably say, ‘Excuse me.’ Review: They Meet Again in ‘Later Life.’ Will Fireworks Follow? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

“In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him.” Perspective | Joshua Abrams and Natural Information Society — beautiful music, ugly times 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Rather than an idealized representation of justice, Welch’s judge seems to represent Preminger’s ideal spectator, and perhaps Preminger’s ideal citizen: the observer who knows the limits of observation. DVD: Preminger?s ?Anatomy of a Murder? on DVD 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z

The subject of the film is performance, and the filmmakers are no mere observers of the action, they’re its catalysts. All Documentaries Are Participatory Documentaries 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

But whether Chinese authorities will put the brakes on "Furious 7" remains to be seen, said writer-producer Robert Cain, a longtime observer of China's film industry.  'Furious 7' may beat 'Transformers' record at China box office 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

As in most of his films, Mr. Dumont assumes the aesthetic and moral stance of a semidetached, some would say pitiless, observer of the human condition. ‘Li’l Quinquin,’ a New Mystery by Bruno Dumont 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

Even as an observer, it is difficult to leave the laboratory. Art students find inspiration in the lab 2013-03-19T09:00:01Z

Was it exciting to be an observer in the world, as you see people consuming the show — not just once a week but the whole thing in a weekend? ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Kevin Spacey of ‘House of Cards’ 2013-07-18T15:01:29Z

Airy red, blue and white patterns, some derived from exotic tiles, looked beautiful and refreshing to this observer, wilting from the unseasonable heat outside. Coach, Peter Som, Jason Wu and Creatures of the Wind, Fashion Week, Spring 2015 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Still, there are stories that will delight fans and casual observers. In ‘Wildflower,’ Drew Barrymore is determined to find the silver lining 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The line shocked many at the time, but Trump’s sentiment proved somewhat prescient: Despite a series of statements that many political observers found outrageous, Trump was elected president last month, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump's boast that he could 'shoot somebody' tops Yale list of 2016's notable quotations 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

About a mile down the road, a team of observers waited for Young to pass, including 62-year-old Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell and several other longtime, respected runners who dubbed themselves “The Geezers”. Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn’t stop Robert Young – but something else did 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

"All parts of the gym are clearly visible to observers, making it difficult to hide abusive coaching." Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

"Children are astute observers of tone – they loathe adults who patronise them with a passion, adults who somehow assume they are not sentient beings because they are children," she said. Martin Amis: Only brain injury could make me write for children 2011-02-11T12:50:24Z

When that same observer phoned Luke Air Force Base about the event, the operator told him they had received calls from many other witnesses, too. 11 strange stories from the national UFO reporting center 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Every songwriter wants to have a tool of familiarity to gain entry into the casual observer’s ear. Van Dyke Parks on 'Blurred Lines' verdict: 'Too little, too late' 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

That’s a tricky phrase, of course, and it invites observers of the industry to assess our own complicity. Hollywood on the Brink 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

The word and its implications are for the viewer to ponder, but the artist maintains some control by writing from her own point of view, so the text is backward to the observer. Review | In the galleries: University of Maryland spotlights six former students 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

They looked, one observer said, the way people dress today. In the Age of the Yellow Vests, Designer Jeans. Really? 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

By kismet or clairvoyance, the year of #OscarsSoWhite was also the year that one of Hollywood’s most incisive observers of race was in the driver’s seat, having wisely ignored calls to step down in protest. Chris Rock’s Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

The win was an upset; “The Inheritance” had received, at best, mixed reviews in the U.S., and many observers had expected Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” to pick up the prize. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and ‘Inheritance’ Take Top Honors at Tony Awards 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

Broadway observers wondered how the Tony Awards committee would handle the little girls in big parts this season. Nine Broadway Shows Feature Child Actors 2013-05-30T12:00:01Z

What Jenkins doesn’t mention is his own role in what many observers consider the current renaissance in black independent film. ‘Madea,’ ‘Moonlight’ and the multitudes contained in black film 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

The photographer works, as does the President himself, for the public and, as such, functions as an official observer for the people. Donald Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

But I’ve given much of this column over to Cole’s analysis of the “grand bargain” because over the years I’ve found him a thoughtful, measured observer of the region. Santa Monica's 'grand bargain' on growth and housing: A model for other cities? 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

Still, they recognize it will usually be the first part of any story written about them, and observers who know nothing about their music will typically associate them with that one moment. The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

“Nightcrawler” and “Whiplash,” which surprised some observers by making it onto the list of Producers Guild nominees, continued their momentum with these nominations. Writers Guild Gives 'Nightcrawler,' 'Whiplash' More Momentum 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

This behavior may seem petty and irrational but should come as no surprise for observers of conservative media. How the Republicans wound up with Trump: E.J. Dionne explains in 'Why the Right Went Wrong' 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Only those sharper observers of human nature recognized that she must be meeting some deep need in me, too, for … something. Did my best friend really know me? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

By that point, he'd already won over even the most skeptical of observers. Ricky Martin puts his message in his moves at Allstate 2011-04-20T14:29:00Z

A less sceptical observer might say Gheorghiu is trying to impart a fragility and hysterical quality to the doomed courtesan. La Traviata 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z

To an audience that sought understanding instead of comfortable humor, Noah retained the demeanor of a knowledgeable outsider and observer while dropping truth nukes. Trevor Noah made "The Daily Show" his own — and better 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

The poll unintentionally captured what might be termed a polling observer effect– a scientific term used to describe processes which necessarily alter the quantity they are attempting to measure. Stop poll-shaming Trump voters: Mocking survey results won’t change minds—or the election 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

There are fewer photographs from the late ’70s than from earlier eras; the pickings, for a learned and well-read observer, were slimmer. He Was the Visual Voice of the Village Voice 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Many observers are also spitballing the idea that the large number of “Django” cast members may crowd the supporting category or split the vote. The Carpetbagger: De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson Are Supporting Actor Hopefuls 2012-12-19T23:28:11Z

The GI Film Festival opens in Washington this week in its ninth year as a corrective to the one- dimensional portrayals that many observers fear have influenced how the public sees the military. There’s a divide between civilians and soldiers, partly because of Hollywood 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

Even for an outside observer, the reasons for his rumored change of heart aren’t all that difficult to perceive. Is Netflix about to change how it releases original movies? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

We think we are the observers, but actually we are the observed. The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder 2010-05-08T18:32:00Z

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

The text has been praised by most observers, and rightly so. The right’s science/religion hypocrisy: So now they want to leave science to the scientists 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

An impartial observer might be forgiven for being surprised. The Stone Roses - review 2012-06-29T22:54:56Z

Some observers argue that it is too early to assume a BJP-led government would be interested in wading into ideological disputes. Ban of book on Hinduism tests India’s tolerance 2014-02-16T00:34:24Z

Some observers were willing to give Noah some time to settle in: He’s from South Africa, and was bound to take a while to develop a feel for American politics. Trevor Noah is a lightweight: Laughing at his own jokes while “The Daily Show” flounders 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

And the prisoners’ only real hope was that the activists who were summoned to be on the observers’ committee might somehow do something to avert bloodshed. Inside the Attica prison uprising: “We’re all less than nothing to the people that matter” 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

“It completely backfired,” an observer of the process told Ellison. 8 reasons Jared and Ivanka are as useless and detestable as anyone in Trump’s White House 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

Predicting made me feel like I was in the game—more than just a passive observer. My Father and Sandy Koufax 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

There were many memorable elements in a strong collection, but the one that stayed with this observer was an off-kilter palette that the designer Christopher Bailey deployed with real assurance. On the Runway Blog: In Milan, the Moments that Linger 2012-01-15T17:33:00Z

In her story the next day, Kemp noted that the observers were mostly White men alleging that the workers, mostly Black women, were breaking the law. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

Every story they told had a boisterous punchline between them; an outside observer could see that the common thread was about overcoming terribly tragic circumstances, but that was not the focus that day. Our last visit, on death row 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

As many museums across the world are struggling to regain visitors, cultural observers said that the Louvre’s decision to keep them at bay was likely influenced by one decidedly influential 16th-century Italian lady. Looking for Elbow Room, Louvre Limits Daily Visitors to 30,000 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

But in the room they are complex, dynamic organisms — the observers are performers, too. Live Music Is Back! (Live Music Is Back?) 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

While some early naturalists found evidence in the fossil record of animals becoming extinct, until the 19th century most observers considered extinction a physical and even theological impossibility. The Long History of Those Who Fought to Save the Animals 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

Most observers have no doubt that he will one day return, more brilliantly maddening than ever. Ready to roll in Cannes, but someone is missing … 2013-05-10T22:32:44Z

As one observer says about the club, it looks as if the Addams Family won the lottery and blew the money decorating. Leslie Alexander's Wine Club Asks For $50,000 Initiation Fee, Promises Ultimate Wine Experience 2013-09-05T13:00:00Z

Some observers have keyed in on how the behavior of Donald Trump and his Republican rivals is a sign of a political movement in disarray. The GOP’s gross Adam Sandler primary: Donald Trump, penis jokes and the pathetic state of conservatism 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

He was not a close observer of people, in these letters, nor of his environments. Review: In ‘Yours in Haste and Adoration,’ Terry Southern’s Thoughts Spill Out 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

A passive observer might wonder, shouldn’t these serious crimes be dealt with by the police? Why don't campus rape victims go to the police? 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

Some of the ballots that his observers challenged appeared to be done correctly, though, and so even if he wins the lawsuit he likely won't get all the challenged ballots tossed out. Campaign by U.S. Chamber to target federal regulations 2010-11-16T07:01:00Z

Nelson isn’t just a well-informed observer; she’s been consulting on the Emmy-winning drama since its second season, helping to ensure that the show’s writers make the chemistry of illegal drug-making credible. The real Walter White 2012-09-06T18:48:00Z

Unlike Jeopardy!, it’s more about the competitors than the observers. It’s not about IQ: How to win on “Jeopardy!” 2014-02-23T23:00:00Z

For the stars Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, that dynamic seemed to linger well into Ms. Fisher’s childhood: Ms. Fisher was the reverent observer, her mother the adored and observed. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, a Mother-Daughter Act for the Ages 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

But some industry observers remain concerned that sustainability goals could be used to justify anticompetitive discussions or agreements. When Does Collaboration Become Collusion? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

To a casual observer, a horror film just needs the scariest monster imaginable. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

The later it got, the more people were squeezed around the bowl’s rim, participants and observers in symbiosis. Supreme Opened in Brooklyn With a Giant Skate Bowl. We Dropped In. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Quite early on, some observers cast doubts on the overall authenticity of The Long Walk, and it is pretty well established that Rawicz did not make such a journey. The Way Back ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:13Z

An independent observer from the European Union declared the election a failure. Belarus Free Theatre finds safe refuge in Chicago 2011-01-20T18:44:20Z

The narrator of Jessica Au’s slim, spectral novel “Cold Enough for Snow” is a hungry observer, full of questions about her place in the world. A Mother and Daughter Go Sightseeing. They See Each Other. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Sleuthing observers speculated that the leak may have come from copies of the CD that were being sold in some European stores early. Beyoncé’ Unveils ‘Renaissance,’ the First of Three New Projects 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

This is a remarkable story of secrecy, discovery and self-expression, delivered by a skillful observer. Debut Novels Reveal the Fragility of Female Bonds 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Right from the start, the rangy Gascon native had observers on the edge of their seats. The search for America’s best food cities: Washington, D.C. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Industry observers began questioning the Stones' sales after blogger Bob Lefsetz pointed out the situation on his blog. Rolling Stones struggling to sell high-price tickets in US 2013-05-03T12:27:03Z

The complex seems pretty wide open to the casual observer, but one guesses the CIA likes to have its people nearby during all illegal covert operations. "The Losers" an action film for ADD sufferers 2010-04-22T11:43:00Z

Historic Discrimination Some observers, including Native Americans themselves, wonder whether the historic discrimination against Native peoples  has perversely spawned a culture that rejects modern values such as respect for women. Navajos’ bad medicine 2012-10-08T18:15:00Z

Given the superlative quality of what he had amassed, few observers were surprised when the four-day sale broke records. A Look at Fashion Designer Jacques Doucet's Collectibles 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Lunch is curry in the courthouse canteen, where Woodhouse is joined by Val Cottier, an observer who was due to sit on another trial, only the defendant didn’t show. 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

According to academics and close observers of Hollywood culture, the reasons are multifarious, and suggest that the movie business is going through a profound realignment of priorities backed by broad cultural, political and legislative changes. The end of erotica? How Hollywood fell out of love with sex 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jackman was singing, over and over, the first lines of a new song, written for the film and being heard for the first time by most of the observers. ‘Les Misérables’ on Film, Cameron Mackintosh’s Dream 2012-12-22T20:56:53Z

He is a lovely, mournful observer of Detroit’s people. Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z

Self is a drunk and a hedonist, and an acid observer of life. Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z

Ms. Pausch said she hoped her memoir would enlighten such observers. Book by ?Last Lecture? Author?s Widow 2010-10-08T17:04:00Z

When she staggers into the outside world, she meets an army of passive observers who film her on their phones while she's tracked by "hunters" in terrifying masks. TV highlights 18/02/2013 2013-02-18T07:00:02Z

Many observers outside the negotiations expressed frustration with the slow pace of talks. Lima climate talks fall short, making 2015 breakthrough less likely 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

She is the observer, and we see a lot of things through her eyes. "Alcarràs" filmmaker on farming families losing "this way of life" in Catalonia 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

Ms. Deitsch may be a nuanced observer of Lubavitcher life, but she delivers nothing so grand, complicated or original as what she describes. Review: ‘Here and There,’ a Renunciation of a Sect, Tinged With Love 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Some observers argued that these men need to be able to make a living. Perspective | What do we still want from Monica Lewinsky? 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Because the first “Get Back” preview released last year was so upbeat, some observers worried Jackson was sanitizing an undeniably messy and bitter period in the Beatles’ storied history. How Peter Jackson shifted the dour context of ‘Let It Be’ into a fuller, more human ‘Get Back’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Osborne is a startlingly good observer of privilege, noting the rites and rituals of the upper classes with unerring precision and an undercurrent of malice. Affluent Idlers Find a Just Cause in a Refugee Swept Ashore 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

The Flemish master, a savvy observer of court life, noted at the time Buckingham’s “arrogance and caprice.” Newly found Rubens portrait of King James I lover unveiled in Glasgow 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Tunick’s showstopper, however, is a 1917 self-portrait by Marc Chagall that was already attracting notice before the fair opened, and beautifully depicts Vitebsk, Russia, with the artist hovering over it as an observer of history. At the Tefaf Fair, Modern Masters and the Self-Taught Variety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Relocating so frequently made her a keen observer of cultural subtleties. With ‘The Searcher,’ Tana French Ventures Into New Territory 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the young woman who spent her formative years in the boisterous landscape of fabulists that was the Chelsea Hotel did so more as an amused observer — preternaturally wise and self-deprecating — than an egocentric performer. Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z

As books proliferated, some observers attacked the whole idea of such mass distribution of information. 'The Shallows': Is the Internet changing the way we think? 2010-06-17T20:15:00Z

In many cases, groups and observers who keep and assess figures on the careers of artists are not convinced by the stats Johnson uses. The New York Times sells out artists: Shallow data paints a too-rosy picture of “thriving” creative class in the digital age 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

Sure, a fresh wave of obituaries was to be expected in the wake of a string of contretemps that jolted even the most jaded observers of our scandal-saturated mediasphere. Mel Gibson will work in this town again 2010-07-13T06:42:00Z

As the Bagger has reported, industry observers think there’s a three-way race: “Gravity” vs. The Carpetbagger: How’s Your Ballot Looking? 2014-02-11T21:15:09Z

His victory in the trial surprised some legal observers, because a judge in Britain had ruled in an earlier case that there was evidence that Depp had assaulted Heard. Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

To some observers, the proliferation of insurance products begs for smarter government regulation, if such a thing is possible. Do you really need travel insurance? 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

To peer at the pictures is to become part of them, as the observer’s reflected image merges eerily with the images of pink, blue and purple clouds. Review | In the galleries: Delicate works show concern about the footprints we leave on our planet 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

The attorney general's office plans to monitor the changes by naming an independent observer who attends the CAI board meetings and by receiving the results of the independent audits for three years. APNewsBreak: 'Three Cups' author mismanaged group 2012-04-05T16:59:10Z

Pearl Buck’s life was one of cultural dualism, combining East and West, principally in China and America, and she was an observer. Review: ‘Pearl’ Visits the Many Worlds of ‘The Good Earth’ Author 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

One observer says about him early on, “We all worked 20 hour days, and he worked 23 hours.” ‘Elon Musk,’ a Biography by Ashlee Vance, Paints a Driven Portrait 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

That said, it’s obvious to even the casual observer that our greatest minds were housed in brains that behaved very badly. Brains Behaving Badly: Why So Many Comedians End Up Self-Destructing 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

One contemporary observer likened Fuller to “a ray of life,” a metaphor that finds an echo in one of Marie Curie’s descriptions of her and her husband’s night visits to their lab. ‘Radioactive’ Review: Marie Curie and the Science of Autonomy 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

For the Bowl production, "I'm going to talk to them as a friendly observer. They're probably under a lot of pressure, so I'll probably judiciously offer notes and through the director mainly," he said. Cast gives 'Hair' a quick styling before Hollywood Bowl shows 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Most observers expect Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi to begin entering braver territory after the comforting nostalgia of The Force Awakens. Star Wars: The Last Jedi – the five most outlandish fan theories 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

He’s also interested in sharing his unique perspective, that of a “Moroccan, Jewish, French, Francophone, Anglophile, American observer,” as he put it. Gad Elmaleh: Talking Funny in French and English 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

It will be a different kind of thing, but we will always need writers and thinkers and observers. Lois Lowry in Conversation With a 10-Year-Old Reporter About Her New Book 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

At one lovely moment, he turns from observer to collaborator, blending his own voice with his father’s in a song. Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

But Davidson insists that he is less an activist or an intellectual than an observer, pure and simple. “I’m an Outsider on the Inside”: An Interview with Bruce Davidson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

But Sam passes on his ticket to heaven for the time being and lingers in New York like one of the angels in Wings of Desire, a sympathetic observer to the living. Ghost at 30: the shock romantic blockbuster that tried to do it all 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

Jordan Mackay is an acute observer of the wine world and an excellent writer and reporter. The Best Wine Books of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

And the archive, she added, “is not for the casual observer.” Thomas Pynchon, Famously Private, Sells His Archive 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

Savannah Stehlin, presumably following Mr. Ghuman’s directions, plays Spork as a largely silent observer, her limpid gray eyes taking in the lightly surreal satire spinning out around her. | 'Spork': Life on the Fringe 2011-05-26T23:49:14Z

But I felt more like a keen observer than a sexual plaything. Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

Well-crafted elements “reveal the character of the garden, express the taste of its maker and add interest for the observer.” A new compendium of garden elements

Jacobson, who has described herself as an introvert masquerading as an extrovert, is approachable but also watchful, an observer before she is a participant. In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

A portrait of the playwright as a young dissolute man, Edmund is the fragile observer of the inferno engulfing his family. Alfred Molina, Jane Kaczmarek and the slow burn of a 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

Amazon opened its first physical bookstore in its hometown of Seattle in 2015, eliciting shock from industry observers. Amazon will open 3 more bookstores, including one in Pacific Palisades 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

There, she remains as clownish and self-deprecating as ever, a droll observer of human folly and every viewer’s best friend. Television: Ellen DeGeneres, ?American Idol? and the Power of Niceness 2010-04-04T02:34:00Z

"Karimova has always been very visible on Uzbekistan's political and cultural stage, and some local observers believe that she is the being groomed as the president's successor," the cable said. Uzbek first daughter looks for love, gets none 2011-09-15T12:46:08Z

Rieger was an astute observer of human nature who helped a garage full of cab drivers with big dreams cope with their even bigger failures. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

If the whimsy sometimes upstages her abilities, Chandler is hardly the first artist to be as much entertainer as observer. Review | In the galleries: This art will really speak to you 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

One panel is meant to commemorate the abolition of slavery in France in 1794, but, to Niang and other observers, it perpetuates grotesque racial stereotypes. The Campaign to Remove a Shocking Painting from the French National Assembly 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Even worse, as an observer pointed out to Oyelowo, in one scene Mara wasn’t wearing a bra, something potentially offensive to Christian audiences. The rising influence of faith-based movie fans 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Some D.C. observers recorded more than 20 inches. Here’s how Washington kids celebrated Snowzilla 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Mason called himself an observer who watched people and learned. Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z

To another observer, the clothes swallow the wearer, reducing her to a childlike state, a full-grown woman playing dress-up. The Next Big Thing in Fashion? Big Things 2014-04-23T22:56:50Z

But some observers - including media mogul Rupert Murdoch - liken it to a cult. Holmes faces Cruise, Scientology in fight for Suri 2012-07-03T00:49:25Z

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said during a visit to Luxembourg that the planned total of 250 observers would not be enough "considering the current situation and the vastness of the country". Arab ministers urge Syria to open up to U.N. monitors 2012-04-18T11:43:03Z

But what about “Generation Z,” the generation born after millennials that is emerging as the next big thing for market researchers, cultural observers and trend forecasters? Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

The most cleareyed observer, however, turns out to be a pet rat — evidence that this family, a microcosm of modern anxieties, is more imperiled by its silent dysfunction than by outside enemies. ‘Human Factors’ Review: Paranoia is the Family Business 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bahari, who was born in Tehran and studied film and communications in Montreal, was among the hundreds of observers and demonstrators swept up by the Iranian government in June 2009. Jon Stewart Tells Maziar Bahari’s Story With ‘Rosewater’ 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Fitzgerald does something very similar with Nick Carraway, who knows Gatsby and is involved with him, but is also an observer. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z

That leads industry observers to a startling conclusion: Movies that sell tickets in pairs do better than those that sell tickets one at a time. Box Office Weekend: An Old Dragon Rises to Nick Kick-Ass 2010-04-18T23:00:00Z

The decision prompted pushback from some observers, who worried that, despite the measures, the festival would spur infections and burden Berlin’s hospitals amid a wave of Omicron cases of the coronavirus. ‘Alcarràs’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

“The Ren & Stimpy Show” drew criticism from observers who deemed it unsuitable for children, citing its crass jokes and sexual innuendo. Ren, Stimpy to make TV comeback in new Comedy Central show 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

To many observers, it seemed an odd match. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Seeing aliens advocating the Black Lives Matter campaign cleverly makes the point that even extraterrestrial observers can see our world needs to change. New York’s Sidewalk Prophets Are Heirs of the Artisans of France’s Lascaux Caves 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

It makes observation more difficult, because once the observer becomes the observed, behaviour changes. Bryan Cranston: ‘I would go to malls, sit near arguing couples and watch them’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

It took a level-headed observer of no particular insight or special knowledge to understand that Donald Trump’s deficiencies of character, outlook and experience made him unfit for office. The Military’s Illusions About Donald Trump 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

This is just my opinion, but I think that lifting up your head and becoming an observer of what’s around you is very valuable. Ask Amy: College-bound girl worries about pledge to parents 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Graves is a subtle observer of feelings – falling in love does indeed create a new and surprising sense of mortality and terror of death. Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day 2012-02-10T22:52:01Z

For some observers, such as Nesrine Malik, free speech defenders are concealing their real interests behind misleading language. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

But then she takes pity on me, a supposedly trained observer, and pulls up the loose gray sweater she’s wearing to reveal her secret. Rachel Weisz Has a Big Surprise 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

“It took a level-headed observer of no particular insight or special knowledge to understand that Donald Trump’s deficiencies of character, outlook and experience made him unfit for office,” Eliot A. Cohen writes in his review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Despite the big plans, some media observers remain skeptical. Under new ownership, WJLA-TV takes a slight turn to the right

According to Billboard's survey of record executives and industry observers, the 2011 Grammys will likely field its strongest and most competitive collection of record and song of the year nominees in recent memory. Eminem seen as top contender in Grammy race 2010-10-02T03:19:00Z

Some observers believe that, such is Mandela's legend, the part is unplayable. Two films of Mandela's life set to go head to head at the box office 2013-06-14T16:39:13Z

As an observer on Saturday, Mr. Comer pointed out that “‘Conquest’ plays with how polarized the country is at this moment and what it means to try to create a space of assembly.” Pope.L’s Group Crawl: Protest, Pathos, Provocation 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

With each exciting or mundane story from the girls’ upbringings, Turner makes the reader feel that he or she is the only observer in the world at that spot in Bronzeville. Review | ‘Three Girls from Bronzeville’ is a story about growing up on Chicago’s South Side — and so much more 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

To some European observers, the election of an Islamist president in Egypt and an Islamist government in Morocco is viewed with suspicion. The Fes festival resonates in the real world 2012-06-26T07:30:02Z

Springsteen observers and aficionados widely agreed that this was the best opening night of a tour in years. 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

“Nothing escapes this vigilant observer,” Simler writes — while showing a black cat’s tail and one hind foot peeking out from under a rug while it snoozes. Are You a Dog Person or a Cat Person? Or Hamster, or Turtle, or ... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

As if, as one character reports him saying, “any given entity can only be defined as a function of its observer.” The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Imagined Through His Collisions With Others 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Marshall “clings so tenaciously to a seemingly hopeless job,” one observer noted. A Marshall Plan for China? It Existed, but Even Marshall Couldn’t Pull It Off 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

To the uninformed observer, the Puerto Rican rescue dog, a guest at the property, was chasing an imaginary squirrel. Why be a square? Yurts offer vacationers adventure-in-the-round. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

An art historian, Clark was charming, socially ruthless, terrifying in his confidence and, as one observer put it, “supernaturally debonair.” ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

"It is very difficult, if not impossible, to gather evidence and information through traditional means. Large parts of the country are inaccessible to observers, as they are controlled by terrorist groups," the report said. Syrian war damages nearly 300 cultural heritage sites, report says 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

The casual observer would see a town, or a highway in the distance. Fishing by Lantern on an Island in Kenya 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

To an amateur observer, the quality of their performances looked higher than usual for a film drama, while the pieces they had to dance looked mostly vapid, garish or both. | 'Mao?s Last Dancer': Bruce Beresford on Li Cunxin?s Immersion in America 2010-08-19T23:20:00Z

You see, an oft-repeated phrase at PEP, the Parental Encouragement Program, is: “Children are poor interpreters yet keen observers.” Perspective | My son isn’t grieving his grandfather. Should I be worried? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Problematic parents, vulnerable children, fond but critical siblings — all serve as observers of Claudette’s and Daniel’s dramas and remind us that our most profound bonds are forged in the crucible of the family. A marriage based on secrecy is threatened in ‘This Must Be the Place’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Little wonder that one observer described a steel mill at night as “hell with the lid off.” ‘Steel’ review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

It is awake to the ways in which the story, as invented from Wright’s mind and reiterated in earlier adaptations, lulls its observer into easy satisfaction. A New Adaptation of “Native Son” Reaches the Limits of What the Text Has to Offer 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

When asked if an observer would really notice the split-second discrepancies, he replied: “It would sound like a train wreck.” Broadway Adjourns, but the ‘Sing Street’ Band Plays On 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

Woods is a thoughtful observer and an exceptionally engaging, gentle, and funny presence. Three Excellent Podcasts to Start the New Year 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

But observers say that while he has attempted to tackle the issues facing the Vatican, Benedict is unwittingly part of the problem. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z

District Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey crowded with media and observers hoping to catch a glimpse of the reality television stars. 'Real Housewives' stars plead not guilty in New Jersey tax, fraud case 2013-08-14T23:09:43Z

Stephens, like other observers, frames Honnold’s ascent of El Capitan as something that transcends particulars, ranking with the universal and all-time great accomplishments. Do Good Climbers Make Good Capitalists? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The effect, for the receptive observer, was as if the room were separating into its constituent parts. Back at the Whitney, Tinkering With Perception 2013-06-16T21:39:08Z

Some news organizations and observers regard it as a too-chummy atmosphere for reporters to hobnob with the officials they are supposed to be covering objectively and adversarially. Samantha Bee to Roast Trump on Same Night as Correspondents’ Dinner 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it is because he is a sensitive observer, and an outsider, who recognizes what a valuable asset the factory is in Mr. King’s world — maybe more than Mr. King does. A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways 2013-08-14T22:12:21Z

"The Interview," observers note, lacks the stylistic character of many cult movies — far from bizarre or campy, its jokes are largely of the mainstream studio variety. Sony's 'The Interview' on strange ground, but is it in cult-film zone? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Did you ever think of making him an acolyte of the Breadman rather than a skeptical observer? This Week in Fiction: J. Robert Lennon 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Typically, friends and observers said, he liked to stay in the background. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z

Mainly, that’s because they took the same poll back in March, before the Court heard oral arguments – and before the observers polled saw the questions the Court asked. Watchful Waiting - For the Supreme Court 2012-06-20T22:48:12Z

If the case does go to trial, many legal observers have wondered if an unbiased jury can be found in the case of Jackson, one of the most idolized entertainers of all time. Jackson doctor faces preliminary hearing 2011-01-03T20:52:08Z

But her writings, described by Mr. Thomas, show her to be an astute observer of presidential mood swings. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z

That clarity has afforded observers the chance to appraise Warhol objectively. Review | ‘Warhol’ paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Although the move may be a sound business solution for NBC News, there are observers troubled by the message it sends about journalistic standards. Move provides second chance for MSNBC as well as Brian Williams 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

These organizations are the reason the D’Orazios have invested so much in infrastructure for the farm, though it might seem like overkill to an observer. Their Produce Is Pristine Enough for Picky Chefs. But They Give It Away. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

A contested theory in quantum mechanics is that of the observer effect, how the very act of surveying a particular system might change its state. Review: In ‘Quantum Joy,’ Observing the Unreliable Nature of Reality 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Whether you are the hardest of hardliners on crime, or the most liberal observer, every single one of us has a vested interest in an enlightened approach to reducing offending,” he will say. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z

She has become a salient lesson to many observers of just how badly wrong a Hollywood career can go, and of the high price modern American fame can demand of the most vulnerable celebrities. Lindsay Lohan's tears mark the start of another bid to clean up and come back 2013-04-13T13:36:17Z

Nearly all the former students I spoke to had tales about AAMPLE, either as participants or observers. After a law school shuttered, aspiring lawyers hired real lawyers to sue it 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

They are works that prompt observers to wonder: Who thinks of stuff like that? Inside Rand Corp.'s impressive art collection 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

Neither a maverick nor a visionary, he’s an alienated insider, a participant observer, a kibitzer at the table where the big guys make the big bets. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

“If a ballot falls on the floor what do you do?” a tall, fastidious official observer asks her. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

That, at least, is the view of some political observers. 5 things that could change American minds about socialism 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

Vindman reminded observers that a military uniform is not only an emblem of a warrior; it is also a mark of an honorable individual. Perspective | Lt. Col. Vindman’s uniform spoke loud. His humanity spoke louder. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Cummings’ role is the showier of the two, but it falls to Henderson, as straight man and observer, to provide a through-line. Mom and Dad sever all ties to you. But why? The compelling mystery of 'The House in Scarsdale' 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

He was also a first-hand observer of the civil rights movement. ‘True Grit’ novelist Charles Portis dies at age 86 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

Most observers swiftly recognized that the 1976 renovation, which built a new theater in the shell of the 1962 building, had not solved the hall’s acoustical issues, and had introduced new aesthetic ones. After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Industry observers suggest the consolidation will bolster Hachette's position in its ongoing dispute with Amazon. Hachette buys Perseus as Amazon dispute bites J.K. Rowling 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Topics: , Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Church of Latter-day Saints, , , There was a moment earlier this spring when longtime observers of Mormonism’s racial politics felt they had reason to celebrate. Can the Church of Latter-day Saints accept its racist history? 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z

He is not the laid-back hero that rock stars like to pretend to be, but neither is he the fearful observer most rock stars actually are. 'If Bruce Springsteen had been British he would have been Leo Sayer' – a classic feature from the vaults 2012-11-13T15:39:23Z

Many observers of the 2012 Republican primary debates remarked that the cacophonous chorus line of presidential hopefuls resembled a large troupe of clowns piling out of a tiny car in the circus. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

It is liberating for observers too to see how easily and how intimately the creation of theater and the experience of watching it can be integrated. | 'Gob Squad?s Kitchen (You?ve Never Had It So Good)': ?Gob Squad?s Kitchen,? Inspired by Warhol, at Public Theater 2012-01-24T03:01:11Z

Cameras are the ultimate manifestation in social life of what in physics is sometimes called the “observer effect”: There is no such thing as observation that doesn’t impact the things being observed. Review | Illustrating the guilty: James Earl Ray, Jean Harris, Charles Manson 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

I am a documentarian, interested in sociological issues – but I'm not a passive observer, or a fly on the wall. Photographer Lauren Greenfield's best shot 2010-03-31T21:30:00Z

But Heino observers say it is just the latest expression of his far-right sympathies. German far-right singer Heino stages controversial comeback 2013-02-24T13:34:30Z

Make-believe storytelling, which is to say , wasn't exclusively about being an observer – not for me, at least. Mohsin Hamid on his enduring love of the second-person narrative 2013-03-22T07:00:02Z

Teigen has since emerged as our reigning celebrity spectator; she walks among the stars but is positioned as their observer and judge, laughing and cringing as she goes. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Some observers, like Frank Sesno, director of George Washington University’s media school, called it praiseworthy and, in its wide scope, “astonishing.” Perspective | Editorials defending the press are a nice start. Here’s where to go next. 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

There were so few of us that the observers became as much a part of the show as the doers. Dance Review: Series of Deft Negotiations Involving Ill-Advised Attire 2011-06-02T21:56:41Z

As one mildly shocked veteran observer noted at the time: "They couldn't keep their hands off each other." Peter Hofmann obituary 2010-12-02T18:44:00Z

That skirmish aside, some observers believe it is inevitable that talent agencies will become bigger and more buttoned-down as they evolve within a rapidly changing global entertainment industry. Wall Street investors to Hollywood talent agencies: 'Show us the money' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

But since the last of the rebel groups hung up its arms in 2008, international observers are guardedly optimistic that Burundi might finally be on the road to a lasting peace. Surfacing: Burundi?s Freewheeling Nights 2010-04-30T15:48:00Z

When the group is together working through the items on its agenda, the camera is more participant than observer, and it turns a gathering of individuals into a complex collective organism. Review: ‘BPM (Beats Per Minute)’ Captures the Fierce AIDS Fight 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

To the sympathetic observer recalling Lohan’s early promise, this fall from grace—largely played out in the public eye, and punctuated periodically by halfhearted stabs at a comeback—has seemed both painful and interminable. The Precarious Spectacle of the Girl Boss in “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club” 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

When the character played by Thulin, who had starred in Bergman’s masterly Wild Strawberries, mutilates herself with broken glass, the sceptical observer may see a contrived or even self-parodic flourish. Bergman: why are the great director's women all tragi-sexual goddesses? 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

In fact, many observers thought the agency installed the 740 body scanners in 160 airports with an understanding that no one would be forced to use them, ever. What the TSA’s new body-scanner rules mean for you 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

And the new, evidently final, season of “Fleabag,” arriving Friday, demonstrates that Waller-Bridge, as a writer, observer and nimble performer, is flipping terrific at this — even better than the last time. Review: As She Was Saying, Brilliantly, in a New ‘Fleabag’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

To the casual observer, neither Caspian nor Compass looks much like a failure: both took hundreds of millions of dollars. From Harry Potter to Narnia: the pressure on film franchises to perform 2010-12-09T22:59:00Z

But a tier of shows that were displaying signs of weakness may have a more challenging path back, industry observers said. Broadway extends its shutdown for nearly two more months as anxieties rise about its future 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

It’s as if neither stage has a place for these Black women beyond their roles as outside observers and truth-tellers. In Two London Plays, Being Black Means Looking From the Outside In 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

Some observers, including James Poniewozik of Time, are already hailing the show's demise as a rare triumph for good taste and basic humanity.  Fox pulls low-rated 'I Wanna Marry 'Harry'' from schedule 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

“All actors tend to be keen observers of human nature,” Brown says. When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

Even the most discouraged cultural observer, though, would be heartened by the National Book Festival. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Hollywood observers tend to group these movies together as part of a faith-based trend that earned 2014 the nickname “the Year of the Bible Film.” From ‘Exodus’ to ‘God’s Not Dead 2’: The new wave of religious movies, explained 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

Although there are now signs from China that some fashion production lines are slowly starting to resume manufacturing, few industry observers are expecting things to get any easier for retailers. ‘Our Situation is Apocalyptic’: Bangladesh Garment Workers Face Ruin 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

“Really, Zuck, you could have worn ANYTHING, and you chose this?” tweeted one observer. What to Wear in the Metaverse 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Some observers, he notes, call what has happened in Zimbabwe “politicide”: “As genocide is an attempt to wipe out an ethnic group, so politicide is the practice of wiping out an entire political movement.” Books of The Times: Where Dissidents Are the Prey, and Horror Is a Weapon 2011-05-23T18:30:27Z

But, as is the way of good theater, an observer can glean a lot more about subjects like Putin by observing what he does as opposed to what he says. Chris Wallace takes on Vladimir Putin, and is not outfoxed 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

A sharp observer maybe, but not a follower. On the Runway Blog: Planet Fashion Gets Some Fresh Looks 2012-05-17T22:33:44Z

In recounting a season on the farm, at first he seems more observer than protagonist. A memoir of growing up on the farm that advised the White House’s Kitchen Garden

Tweets from the Windy City’s flock of architecture observers. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

You must be a quick study and a keen observer, with a broad, analytical knowledge base. When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

For many observers, Ms. Buss’s own milestone was equally moving. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

You can be an anonymous observer all your life, but then you never get the platform to transform those observations into art, or whatever it is you want to transform it into. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

It is policed by young Israeli soldiers who treated me, a casual observer from another world, with disdainful aggression. Tear down this Israeli wall 2011-03-11T21:30:03Z

Ms. Verveer didn’t understand the newfound interest in the youngest Clinton’s political motives, and thinks most observers are jumping to conclusions. Now on Twitter: Chelsea Clinton, Unbound 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

“I became an actor because I was an observer. It’s said that actors are observers and they’re thieves. You observe life and then you steal from it,” says Davis. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Thompson is a keen observer, with an eye and ear for detail and nuance. 6 Books for Thinking, Drinking and Changing the World 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Given the recent controversies, many observers expected this year’s award to go to an uncontroversial choice. Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

All of this has left me agnostic; where I was once a fervent observer, “Grantchester” has made me a skeptic. The Unholy Pleasures of “Grantchester,” The Original Hot-Priest Show 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

Imperiling a hit show and a job that paid a reported $1.8 million an episode - or earning him north of $43 million a year - must be Sheen's undoing, observers said. Without 'Men,' is Charlie Sheen winning or losing? 2011-03-08T13:46:04Z

Tomorrowland’s failure was immediately labelled a sign of Hollywood’s inability to produce successful original content by observers. Worrying future for Tomorrowland as it tops US box office with weak $40.7m 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

A shrewd observer of herself as well as of other people, she avoids the twin traps of psychobabble and too much information. How to stay married. (Don't get divorced) 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Including observers in the celebration, she asked witnesses to join hands and encircle the celebrants. The secret history of gay marriage 2013-09-08T14:30:00Z

Dogs and their humans are required to stay there for the duration of the competition so that outside observers can visit. This year’s Westminster Dog Show was unlike any other — at a castle, with grass sticking to fur 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

Then you talk about this very Buddhist idea of detachment, and being able to be an observer in the events of your life. What comedian Pete Holmes knows about the self and love, and self love 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Through it all, Nick and Rachel remain the clear-eyed observers through which the reader experiences the preposterousness around them. The opulence and drama of the Asian jetset in 'China Rich Girlfriend' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

The United States is operating detention centers on its southern border that are dangerously crowded, unhealthy and inhumane, according to independent observers. Perspective | Will our migrant detention cages be studied in tomorrow’s museums? 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Balanchine was an observer, and he loved the differences between people. After the Curtain Falls: Talking to Suzanne Farrell, Artist and Muse 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

According to talent agents and industry observers, the reasons include clever branding, the protection of artists and crews in the pandemic and a cold calculation of financial efficiencies. Why Pop’s Biggest Stars Are Staying Put for Long Residencies 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

To many outside observers, Wubbels was in no need of a maturity makeover. A Musician’s Turn to Improvisation Bears Fruit 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Some industry observers have suggested Jacobs has been encouraged by the success of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd, the U.S. affordable luxury brand whose sales have been enjoying stellar growth. Designer Marc Jacobs leaves Vuitton to float own brand 2013-10-03T00:08:15Z

To an outside observer, the video holds no great significance. Kim’s Video Is Back. What Even Is a Video Store in 2022? 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

In foreign news, North Korea, in what some observers view as an act of deliberate provocation, launches a missile that lands in downtown Honolulu. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

The supreme observer was no linguist, and nor was he a historian. Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott – review 2012-06-01T21:55:09Z

Despite the success of Swift and the Zac Brown Band at last year's ceremony, many country observers say this year's crop of new artists is unlikely to garner many nods. Eminem seen as top contender in Grammy race 2010-10-02T03:19:00Z

“Maybe this will compel people to be more active, to transform them from just observers into people who get involved in this issue,” she said. An American in D.C. A refugee in Iraq. And a powerful exhibit that let them talk face-to-face. 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

In his later years, the image finally settled into that of droll and philosophical observer of the times, an elderly, craggy-faced man who maintained his military bearing in public despite a host of ailments. Philip, in role with no job description, was queen’s bedrock 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Those justifications turn out to be every bit as self-serving and false as the casual observer of human nature would automatically expect them to be. 'We're the bad guy': inside the shocking new film about wild fish 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

“Without pretense or show, Mrs. Cleveland kept up pleasant conversation with men who are leaders in theology, medicine, finance, railroads,” an observer noted. The first celebrity first lady: Frances Cleveland

As for Owen, when an observer feels the urge to lecture infuriatingly wrong-headed Will from her seat, yet simultaneously understands his motivation, it becomes obvious that the actor has capably done his job. In Liana Liberato We 'Trust': A 14-Year-Old's Harrowing Turn Elevates Tale of Pain and Pedophilia 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z

“The style is a trifle primitive,” one observer wrote about Anderson’s prose, “gauche, aggressive, maudlin ... it speaks in pungent slang.” Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z

Wang is neither a staid observer nor a formal interviewer, but an active participant in the scenes she captures, often intervening gently from behind her hand-held camera. ‘All About My Sisters’ Review: Family Matters 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

“Egypt captivated the entire world but, more importantly, Egyptians surprised and mesmerised themselves,” one observer recalled, as they overturned “the received wisdom” that Egyptians were “docile and apathetic.” The Egyptian Satirist Who Inspired a Revolution 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

But, unlike most observers of primate behavior, Martin scrutinizes all this not as an outsider. What We Can Learn From Insanely Rich Parents 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

When "Lou Grant" was canceled after five critically acclaimed years, many observers, including Asner himself, wondered whether politics were to blame. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

While building his business, Mr. Kaplan had nurtured another passion — some observers called it an obsession — first privately, then in public, almost spectacular fashion. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Last March, Paltrow also miffed observers and gave rise to the "mommy wars" with her comments about life being "much harder" as a celebrity mom. Gwyneth Paltrow: Online comments are dehumanizing -- like war 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Alam is an especially keen observer of the dynamic between Rebecca and Cheryl, who loves and is grateful to Rebecca and Christopher but also bridles at their well-meaning ignorance. In Rumaan Alam’s New Novel, Motherhood Lit Tackles Race, Adoption, and White Privilege 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

The collection, housed in a windowless rear chamber, was amply stocked with physical evidence collected over the years by Bigfoot observers local and far-flung. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z

She writes in one case about her sense of helplessness: “I felt that I was simply an observer of some catastrophic brain event.” A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, it is easy to root for Kempton, who is seen as a kind of Robin Hood or Don Quixote, as observers note. In "The Duke," Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a real-life art heist charming 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

I asked Bret Thorn, columnist at Nation’s Restaurant News and longtime observer of the restaurant industry, about salads. Why salad is so overrated 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

Ken Taylor said he continues to feel slighted by a movie that he says makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. citizens caught in the crisis. Canada ambassador says he feels slighted by "Argo" 2013-02-23T04:02:08Z

For some observers, the most interesting thing Judd was doing at this early point was playing with space, in unusual ways. The Many Moods and Pleasures of Judd’s Objects 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

It’s a rage that protects the most delicate observer’s heart. A Poetry Collection That Squints Hard at the Culture, in Pain and in Joy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Industry observers say Rock in Rio USA has two hurdles to overcome. Rock in Rio takes a gamble by coming to Las Vegas 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Still, awards observers chuckled as the nominations were read out by rapper-actor Snoop Dogg, perhaps the only notable Black celebrity who would be willing to return the HFPA’s phone call after such a contentious year. Golden Globes nominations 2022: The complete list 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

One contemporary observer compared the morgue to a theater of crime and the newspaper as its program. Out There in the Dark, All Alone 2011-04-10T01:20:47Z

It was prefaced by an anecdote about a man urinating in a New York subway station, Ms. Murney’s disgust and another observer’s mean-spirited reaction. Review: Julia Murney in Honesty Mode at Feinstein’s/54 Below 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

From the perspective of a very tired observer at home, Williams' usage of the term associated with frivolity and celebration seemed to be pushing it a bit. Ain't no party like an MSNBC party, even on this weirdly sober Super Tuesday 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

She is a discreet and careful observer, inserting herself into the story only when it might seem evasive to do otherwise and refraining from passing judgment on Mr. Assange. Review: Revisiting the Mystery of Julian Assange, in ‘Risk’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

What gave him joy was the human comedy, of which he was an astute and affectionate observer. My hero: Victoria Glendinning on John Gross 2011-01-15T00:06:05Z

Careful observers might note a few differences between how non-U.S. institutions rank on Reuters’ regional innovation lists, Asia’s Most Innovative Universities and Europe’s Most Innovative Universities, and how they rank on the global innovators list. Reuters Top 100: The World's Most Innovative Universities - 2017 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

Some observers celebrate the Christian practices associated with the original All Hallows’ Even, which could include attending a church service, fasting and praying. History of Halloween: The origins of the holiday 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Some observers doubted that a relatively unknown collector would have access to a rare Kahlo drawing, leading to accusations of fraud. Setting a Kahlo Drawing Aflame in Search of an NFT Spark 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Even as virile men were exalted, it was assumed that each had a fatal flaw—a sexual, physical, or temperamental weakness—which observers knew would be uncovered. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

During the 10 years of Purcell's leadership, the number of member and observer governments affiliated with IOM more than doubled to over 100 and were spread all over the globe. As Ukraine's refugees seek safety, one expert says US 'can't be paralyzed' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

Such reactions from both Erdogan partisans and neutral observers raised the question of whether the first lady — or her husband’s administration — was making a statement. The first lady watched school kids coloring in Tulsa. The Turks saw links to terrorism. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The festival, she continued, “tempts the cynical observer to get all misty-eyed about the artistic fruits of democracy in America, even as the works critique the maladies of society.” John Reilly, 74, a Champion of Documentary Video, Dies 2013-08-12T02:12:58Z

Longtime observers of the Washington dining scene are apt to smile in recognition. Review | These chefs had just started a new gig when the world changed. You need to taste their food. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Allen dolefully accepted his role as an observer of women’s lives rather than an inhabitant. Woody Allen’s Distinctive Female Characters 2013-07-17T12:00:01Z

She was like one of the “Blade Runner” replicants come to life, one observer said. Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

While Houston performs with power and aplomb in most of the live footage, observers say she was already showing signs of the damage to come. Nick Broomfield on his damning Whitney Houston film: 'She had very little control over her life' 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

The move was derided by at least one observer as spectacularly wrongheaded, but "Marriage Ref" was sampled by an impressive 14.5 million viewers. NBC gives Olympic boost to 2 new comedies 2012-08-07T20:37:12Z

For such a keen observer of social norms and an effective satirist of the ways gender is complicated by them, Schumer has a shockingly large blind spot around race. Amy Schumer: comedy's viral queen 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

Broadway observers wonder if in today's climate -- as Washington weighs sweeping financial regulation -- audiences want to see corporate culture on stage. Enron on Broadway: tale of risk is itself risky 2010-04-23T16:38:00Z

But his music is often less specific, conjuring vast, swirling expanses that make the listener feel more like a participant than like a mere observer. Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘The Light Within’ Highlights Ensemble Program at National Sawdust 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

The crimson backdrop isn’t the only clue that Lewis is something other than an observer of pretty scenes. Review | In the galleries: Black women artists collaborate on innovative book project 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Jacques is a strikingly dispassionate observer, who speaks plainly and strips his narratives of extraneous detail. The Tiger Lillies ? review 2011-07-21T17:17:28Z

“I start projects with the belief that there is no ordinary or extraordinary thing in the world, but rather everything is interpreted by the observation of the observer,” Mr. Melamed said. ?SeeWatchLook?: Street Scenes at the High Line 2011-10-28T22:50:38Z

“Warhol was a social observer from the very beginning, and it’s important to see the portraits in that context,” said the show’s curator, Donna De Salvo, a deputy director at the Whitney. Show Us Your Warhol! 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

He says that his works do come from an emotional place but that he doesn’t view himself as a Trump supporter so much as a Trump observer. The most famous pro-Trump artist in the U.S. has moved into his ‘Mueller’ phase. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Bezmozgis is such an astute and compassionate observer, a meticulous historian and a gifted stylist that, even when suspense and momentum seem to be lacking, the pages still tend to fly by. Books of The Times: One Jewish Family in 2 Worlds, Outsiders in Both 2011-04-10T19:00:16Z

A few weeks after the story broke, the media reported that Ontario history buff Gord Young claimed to have cracked the code thanks to his great-uncle's World War I Royal Flying Corp aerial observers book. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Coyne recalled that observers were especially impressed with how she and her siblings showed grace during her family’s “soap opera”-level of drama. Katherine Schwarzenegger was born in the spotlight. She’s choosing to stay there. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

In tweets and on Facebook Live, she gave followers a firsthand look at the vote-tallying and at the coterie of Republican observers who showed up to watch. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

He’s such a sharp observer of human nature that he notices something different about Evie, a new inmate arrested for murder just as the epidemic begins. Stephen King and Owen King imagine a world where women aren’t woke 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

“There are two types of flattery,” says Jane Hitchcock, a novelist and social observer who grew up around the 1 percent. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Pondering its stark exterior, observers might guess that the modernist Norwegian citadel photographed by Dornith Doherty is some sort of prison. Review | In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

That is not as worrisome as some observers claim. “The Tinkerers”: How corporations kill creativity 2012-12-30T17:00:00Z

Industry observers said no one in the adult space likes talking about what they spend making celebrity content, but they tend to be more expensive than regular productions. Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn 2010-09-03T05:48:00Z

The exquisite beauty and variety of show-quality daffodils is evident to the casual observer, but the traits that distinguish one snowdrop from another are harder to understand. The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Emmanuel got the election observers to drop him off in town, at his nephew's flat. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

It appeared to an outside observer following the progress of the project that the whole thing might fall apart. Perspective | A play is birthed online, and I was in the delivery room 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

And as a fellow observer of the human comedy, I’ll throw him a bone. Books of The Times: Marilyn, Dostoyevsky and Me, Her Pup 2010-12-06T20:40:00Z

This trend in partnerships is proving to be a boon for restaurants and celebrities, according to analysts and observers. The Era of the Celebrity Meal 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

These things happen so often that the woman in question might not even notice — unless, of course, she happens to be an experienced, professional observer of restaurant service. "No one suspected me": Women food critics dish on dining out for a living 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

For many Star Wars observers, Abrams seems like a natural choice. J.J. Abrams to Direct Next Star Wars Movie? 2013-01-24T23:13:21Z

Philip — whose name, in the 2005 book by Philip Roth, was Philip Roth — is a sensitive, curious child, perhaps a novelist in the making, and more the observer of the story than its protagonist. Once Upon a Timeline in America 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

He is a master of atmosphere, a fine observer of the cross-hatchings of human motivation and a vivid noticer of detail — of “rain-lashed glass” and “doves canoodling under the tables of pavement cafes.” A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Once we put a name on something, as Linnaeus did compulsively, we’ve identified ourselves as the observer and the named thing as the observed — a barrier is placed between, lines are drawn. A Botanist in Swedish Lapland 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

A social observer of invigorating insight, she reveals a knack in this absorbing comedy-drama for nuanced accounts of the travails of blue-collar men and women and the questionable choices that illuminate their complicated lives. Review | Detroit’s assembly line brought to vibrant life in ‘Skeleton Crew’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Would I really be allowed to remain a strictly neutral and doggedly silent observer? Theater Talkback: From Seat to Stage 2010-10-07T16:15:00Z

As Georgia has become an increasingly popular filming location in recent years, industry observers have been expecting a response from Hollywood — and it appears to be here. Alyssa Milano joins growing Georgia boycott in response to anti-abortion heartbeat bill 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

To casual observers that might look a lot like the Smith dynasty are simply installing generation 2.0. Act your age: the new wave of high-powered child stars 2010-07-22T20:59:00Z

But Mr. Martínez’s voice, that of an attentive observer who has seen everything but still has the capacity to feel indignation and sympathy, comes through intact. Books of The Times: ‘The Beast’ by Óscar Martínez Details Immigrant Trek 2013-12-17T21:43:42Z

In his memoir he is both the agent and the observer of a life without roots. O mio babbino caro 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Although Wilder is anything but a detached observer, I was intrigued by the intensity of his comments. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z

Winehouse was one of life's great observers, with a knack for selecting the right, cutting line. Amy Winehouse: songs in the key of life 2012-07-22T17:00:12Z

Mr. Vale’s serenades were compared by at least one observer to those of a Venetian gondolier, and he endeavored to preserve his genre’s lush and pleasing style, particularly as rock-and-roll commanded increasingly large audiences. Jerry Vale, crooner of the 1950s and '60s, dies at 83

She transforms journalism into poetry, leaving us with feelings rather than thoughts, with a sense of culpability and responsibility that, as observers of injustice, we share. In 'Shallcross,' C.D. Wright was at the height of her powers 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

It provides a moment of great visual drama — especially when viewed from an elevated perch — until it dawns on the observer that the scene doesn’t change. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Gay and closeted, he was an outsider as a child, an observer. To Make ‘Fellow Travelers,’ Ron Nyswaner Had to Fall in Love 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, with the help of some expert observers, here are a few. As Trump era nears, is the media ready for the challenge? 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

And undoubtedly Greenaway's work does challenge observers to think again about their responses, to engage visually and rigorously with what is on the screen. Film review: Nightwatching 2010-03-25T14:45:00Z

How observers and participants parsed the civil unrest along the familiar lines of peaceful protesters, rioters and looters, drawing competing moral distinctions between nonviolence and violence. America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

The key to a lasting book is that instead of being an observer, appreciating the quality of the writing or a clever story, the reader unwittingly becomes a participant, sucked into a completely different reality. Kathryn Erskine's top 10 first person narratives 2012-02-09T12:13:49Z

Many observers of the film-making world detect in this a panicked reaction to Hollywood’s growing alienation from the art of cinema. Arthouse v blockbuster: will superheroes wipe out serious movies? 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Some observers wrote him off as a serious artist. Big ovation as Villazon returns to opera in Vienna 2010-03-23T00:50:00Z

The performance was having the desired impact on casual observers too. Yo-Yo Ma helps launch Citizen Musician movement 2011-01-30T22:21:00Z

For wannabe, seasoned pro and curious observer alike, these tales from the creative front lines are, like good TV, as insightful as they are entertaining. 'Showrunners' a lively snapshot from TV's creative front lines 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

I could make my case to an impartial observer. Thief 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

All I suggest is that we realise that, while there may be something dark in the heart of Tennessee, he was also an acute social observer with a sharp eye for the human comedy. Tennessee Williams at 100: funnier than ever 2011-03-28T14:22:40Z

His Heisenberg pseudonym was borrowed from the physicist whose uncertainty principle is popularly understood to express the idea that the presence of an observer changes the nature of what is observed. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z

With that, and with the hostility to the Irish that he witnessed during the early 20th century, he became an observer. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z

Any observer of urban policing will note a sharp contradiction. 'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

To some observers of social media activism, #challengeaccepted represents a clear example of “slacktivism” — campaigns based on social platforms that require little effort of participants. Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Some observers thought the images were too clear, so realistic that it took away from the magic of the film medium. Comic-Con crowd goes crazy for 'Hobbit' footage 2012-07-15T00:00:10Z

He’s just a professional observer of the Web — and, given his own social media fixation, perhaps the oldest teenager around. Nev Schulman of “Catfish”: “I’m addicted to social media” 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

That she is a young white girl — 15 is also her age — literalizes outsider participation in hip-hop, and shrinks the distance between participant and observer. Bhad Bhabie and Noah Cyrus, Invented From the Ground Up 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

But overall, art world observers continue to note the widening gap in values between Sotheby’s and Christie’s contemporary art auctions. Auction Houses Gear Up for Frieze Week 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Gruner’s 2007 video “Centinela” involves a severely modern fountain and a solitary observer who lends a Romantic mood to its changing evocations of placid pond, ocean waves and thundering breakers. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

His arrest on securities fraud – the charge of running a Ponzi scheme was unrelated to the price gouging – gave many observers a sense of divine justice. This isn’t a free speech case: Professor who calls Sandy Hook killings a hoax deserves to be fired 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

He’s a sensitive observer, sober but alert to wincing varieties of humor. A Filmmaker Put Away for Tax Fraud Takes Us Inside a British Prison 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Some observers countered that it would be reckless to write off the possibility of a nationwide slide into fascism, even if, in the initial years of the Trump presidency, it was too early to tell. The Debate Over the Word Fascism Takes a New Turn 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

Angela Luca, a legendary Neapolitan singer and actress, smolders in an archival clip, while an observer explains that he likes "the way her nostrils flare." 'Passione: A Musical Adventure' hits the right notes 2011-07-14T19:31:05Z

For most of that time, it was danced, according to one observer, “deliberately and decorously.” The Best Facts I Learned from Books in 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Kokkoros has been shooting stock footage for a living since 2009, the year industry observers say the demand for generic imagery really took off. Who are all those smiling people in campaign advertisements? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

When people did read to themselves, observers were moved to take note. Perspective | Forget all those reading lists. During a quarantine, any book will do. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

In the last pages of the book, the falcon, now acclimated to his observer, keeps him in sight; he is Caliban, Baker writes, to the falcon’s Ariel. Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

At the time, it seemed like a quick end of a promising career to most Music Row observers. My way: Eric Church cuts unusual path to ACM win 2011-03-31T15:52:08Z

It has done well enough with audiences that, as one box-office observer put it, “it almost goes without saying a fourth film is likely in the works.” Watching “The Purge” in Our Year of Nightmare Politics 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

One observer refers to the two friends, out in the New England Airbnb they rent, as characters in a sitcom, “Lucy and Ethel Do Euthanasia.” Sigrid Nunez Follows ‘The Friend’ With a Sorrowful, Funny Novel About Death 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Many of these pictures involve what Bonanos terms “the New York observer, observed.” Weegee the Famous: The Master of Down-and-Dirty Street Photography 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

If these 3-D pranks are in the surreal tradition of Salvador Dali’s melting watches, Park also wants observers to ponder loss. Review | In the galleries: Doubling down on artworks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

As widely predicted, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” was nominated, and the three other nominees – “Aladdin,” “After Midnight” and “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” – were viewed as likely by some Broadway observers. 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

In a breath of fresh air, Brisett acknowledged that he should not be mistaken for a policy wonk or even a political observer; nevertheless, he said he recognizes the significance of Obama’s presidency. “Dear Big O”: Patriots quarterback wrote a tribute to Obama on his White House visit honoring the Super Bowl 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

In one of the play’s wittiest lines, an observer expresses surprise at the tears pouring forth from the actor’s eyes as he confides his fear of his wife’s infidelity. | 'The Guardsman': In the Berkshires, Revisiting Molnar?s ?Guardsman? 2010-07-19T21:49:00Z

Isobel returned to the playing field and found Lady Violet’s missing knife wedged in a chair, a move that some observers said should have resulted in penalties for offsides and illegal use of hands. ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: Showdown Between Lady Violet and Isobel 2014-02-03T03:00:53Z

For close observers of the cultural phenomenon that is “Hamilton,” a new milestone in the musical’s unfolding journey was reached last week: the appearance of the understudy in the title role. The Thrilling Uncertainty of the Understudy 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

But he is an observer of human society too, everywhere he goes. The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace – review 2013-01-11T07:00:21Z

This still allows for some contextualisation from key observers or protagonists in the story, but also for a real sense of the moment from the clip itself. A week in radio: BBC Radio at 90 2012-11-15T20:00:01Z

As one observer put it, when the lights go off, comedy turns into tragedy. Watching Them Turn Off the Rothkos 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

“He is a great observer of the multitudes of selves we all carry around inside ourselves, and how we experience hypocrisy and tragedy simultaneously in our lives,” she wrote in an email. Blue staters make their case in satirical ‘Coastal Elites’ 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

This time, astute observers and title readers will have noticed, he has broken with tradition and taken as his travelling companion Hugh "Outnumbered" Dennis. Accidental Farmer and Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar 2010-12-22T08:00:04Z

Alzheimer’s, after all, does not just place old memories before an observer; it also profoundly changes both those memories and their observer. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

She makes the point that she has been "a keen netizen and observer since the mid-90s, and I figure that, as with the Bible, everything you might say about the internet is true." Noises off: Netizens of the world unite 2010-09-17T15:29:00Z

Catchpool is a dutiful observer, but Poirot is of course the more striking character, with his droll commentary and endearingly fussy personality. Agatha Christie, played by Sophie Hannah, returns with ‘Closed Casket’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The Flemish master, a savvy observer of court life, noted at the time Buckingham’s “arrogance and caprice.” Newly found Rubens portrait of King James I lover unveiled in Glasgow 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

In both cases, the passive observer becomes the active protagonist. Review | Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman deliver a silly, fun pastiche of hard-boiled crime fiction 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

The presence of women from decades ago is implied, yet the exact image is left to be conjured by the observer. In the galleries: City life, and the possible menace that lies beneath 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The moptop-era Beatles and the groups that followed in their wake seem to have charmed the entire nation: to the casual observer, no one appears to have been buying anything else. The bizarre lost world of 1970s cabaret pop 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z

Decades ago, many pieces by George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham seemed windowless worlds to many observers, and still do to some; the meanings of Mr. O’Connor’s work may yet happen to me. Review: Tere O’Connor’s ‘Long Run,’ a Dance All About Dance 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

“However,” the researchers wrote, “both users and observers expressed negative feelings in the respective situation, such as embarrassment and anger or guilt and unease.” Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Other People’s Screens 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

The trial, say observers, will reveal how much power the resurgent Russian Orthodox church and its head, Patriarch Kirill, wields. Pussy Riot trial over Putin altar protest due to begin 2012-07-30T02:00:01Z

Barnes is a wicked observer of the fastidiousness and pedantry of the suburban male. Pulse by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z

Janet Brown, executive director of the Presidential Commission on Debates, told me that candidates don’t get to say who the moderators are, despite what many observers believe: “They don’t pick them. They don’t approve them.” Why you should watch Monday’s debate — even if you’ve made up your mind 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

To most observers, the career of Chicago architect Jeanne Gang might seem neatly divided into two chapters: before the Aqua Tower and after. AD Innovator: Jeanne Gang 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

The casual observer might think the visually intoxicating journey through our Milky Way galaxy, early on, is executed by displaying random points of light to represent random stars. Adler's new sky show blends fact with fantastic 2011-07-06T22:13:00Z

Close observer, tireless reader and writer: This tells us more, yes, but not all. Review: ‘Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work,’ by Susan L. Mizruchi

The staging by Rep Stage’s co-producing artistic director Joseph W. Ritsch makes repeated design and technical missteps that pull an observer out of the story. Missteps mar ambitious play ‘Technicolor Life’ 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

To many observers, the fact that “Unplanned” didn’t receive a review from a staff critic was an outright snub, another example of a liberally inclined media overlooking or marginalizing views they don’t agree with. Perspective | Was ‘Unplanned’ a victim of media bias or an example of grievance-as-marketing? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

But he believes "the real topic is diminished" when observers link Hollywood entertainment with high-profile mass shootings like those last year in Connecticut and Colorado. Bruce Willis: Don't infringe on Second Amendment 2013-02-06T13:41:12Z

Ask performers what they were like as children, and you'll often get one of two answers: "I was the center of attention" or "I was a quiet observer." Lakeith Stanfield, Contemporary Chameleon 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

To measure creativity, he combined daily creativity ratings from expert observers, individual surveys, and peer reviews. 12,000 Steps to Being More Creative at Work 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Some observers, however, see this as having  a seriously detrimental effect on her work. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z

“Diana is a keen observer of historic works of art,” said Brooke Kamin Rapaport, deputy director and senior curator of Mad. Coming to Madison Square Park: Drippy Abstractions and Headless Figures 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

Unlike most productions of “Into the Woods,” in which a semi-omniscient observer sets up the scenes, this one divides the narration among the performers. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

And the result is an incomparable look behind the veils and the curtains that have hidden Iyer, the peripatetic observer, as he surveys the world in his travels. 'The Man Within My Head': Pico Iyer's unlikely muse 2012-01-18T21:16:08Z

Assuming a more pedestrian, scaled-down, appropriate-for-the-setting look, by contrast, can communicate seriousness — but can also remind jurors and other observers, perhaps inconveniently, that megacelebrities are, after all, just frail and fallible humans like everyone else. Perspective | At trial, Gwyneth Paltrow is dressing for where she’d rather be 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z

Many social-media observers pointed out that, given its title, Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” was especially tone-deaf when it was played at Trump’s Oct. Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to turn it down 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

For those ten to twenty minutes, you are a welcomed observer into a life that may be drastically different from yours—and you can’t look away. Watch “Strolling,” a Powerful Web Series About the African Diaspora 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

It's putting women in their place again – ensuring they're less the subjects, the observers, doers, protagonists – than the objects, whose primary function is not to do, but to be looked at. Anne Billson on One Day 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z

Don McCullin is best known for his unflinching photo reportage of war, famine and disaster from around the world, but he is also a fine observer of youth culture. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z

Yet an observer can’t help noticing that she has begun, for the first time, to smile in her dust jacket photographs. Mary Gaitskill Looks Unhappiness Straight in the Eye 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

I remained a passive observer on the registry site, but it was our first step onto the bridge. Motherlode Blog: Donor Siblings, and a New Kind of Family 2012-07-01T11:00:09Z

This is not the sort of thing that usually happens in French elections, which to an American observer are almost unbearably reasonable in their decorum and restraint. Can Obama’s Hope Sway the French Election? 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

He appears worn out: a languid participant in sex, a bored observer of life, a man without purpose who perceives no meaning beyond making or spending money in "a system that is out of control". Cosmopolis – review 2012-06-16T23:05:37Z

The reader is also an observer, who adapts gestures, facial expressions and intonation in response to cues. How reading aloud can be an act of seduction 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

And while he’s a thoughtful observer, Mr. Ansari’s ideas can too often seem derivative. Aziz Ansari Plays Madison Square Garden 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Should one wish to use a real tree, there are strict replanting requirements, so most Christmas observers celebrate with fake ones instead, and understandably — holidays are stressful enough without worrying about reforestation. Embracing my family's quirky holiday traditions from far away 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

"National Gallery" is a balance between the art and the observer. 'National Gallery' a portrait of humanity on canvas and on-screen 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Many art-world observers see Newport Street as a bid for Mr. Hirst to establish his profile as a curator and museum builder, and consolidate his legacy. Damien Hirst: From Artist to Curator 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Given the dolls’ anatomical accuracy and occasional tear-stained faces, observers have often asked her if Bartlett had a very, very dark side. A Naturalist’s Notes on London; Bettie Page Photos 2012-08-10T04:47:10Z

At one point, actor Daniel Wood, sharp as a tack as the drunken butler Stephano, sat with some picnicking observers and ate their food. Review: 'Macbeth,' 'Tempest' among plays staged for free at parks around the Sound 2011-07-19T04:48:06Z

Nevertheless, most observers ultimately praised the decision by the festival to go ahead. ‘Alcarràs’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

But some observers think she will have a hard time finding traction in Washington’s corridors of influence. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

She also surprised many observers in a wine-colored Stella McCartney at the Bafta Awards. Red Carpet Watch: Oprah Winfrey, the Comfort Queen 2014-02-21T22:01:03Z

In the break for lunch, Cottier tells me how she came to be an observer. 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Worse, observers say, her mother actually encouraged this image management. Nick Broomfield on his damning Whitney Houston film: 'She had very little control over her life' 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Supernatural observers who, by the way, always seem to be freighted with the petty bigotries and terrors of the person being observed. Don’t trust the religious 2012-07-02T18:20:00Z

Occasionally, Ms. Holt would drive back to the site and invite observers to meet her for a free-form talk and viewing experience. Nancy Holt, Outdoor Artist, Dies at 75 2014-02-12T05:00:30Z

Patrick, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV adaptation, is a tortured toff — abuse victim, drug addict, fading aristocrat — but also an arch observer of his circle, which happens to be the Diana-era Tatler set. New & Noteworthy 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

He has also said that the three states of being for this sculpture — creation, change and death — bestow on the observer a “concept of mortality and how life is a cycle.” At 37 feet tall, Jeff Koons’s flower-draped ‘Split-Rocker’ demands a whole lotta love 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

“It is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure,” he says, in a speech an observer calls “brave.” ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Premiere: Holographic Mustaches 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

The question of whether Thayer is right about the Martian observers remains open enough to lend the novel a science-fiction sheen as well. ‘The Slippage,’ by Ben Greenman, and More 2013-04-24T21:29:52Z

She trusts in her technical command and her engagement with art history, and she is unafraid to be mistaken for a mere observer. Maureen Gallace’s Restrained Palette of House, Sea, Sky 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Interviews with company executives and industry observers suggest that Fashion Fair has been squeezed between cultural shifts in the cosmetics market and business challenges specific to a stand-alone brand. What happened to Fashion Fair? Why the black cosmetics brand is so hard to find. 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Some observers suggest that the restrictions on audience behavior are snobbish, elitist, or even manifestations of white privilege. Filming the Show: Pardon the Intrusion? Or Punish It? 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

This is a rising brand — and that should fill observers of the London men’s wear scene with hope. The Best Things We Saw and Heard During London Fashion Week Men’s 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

And we all have been close observers to adolescents. How They Assembled the ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Puzzle 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

One of the characters rips into real-life people, including Stoppard and Madeleine Albright, saying they took too long to discover their family history, calling them “blind observers” who played it safe. Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

The tie as most observers could never remember seeing it before, at least around the neck of this president. Trump, (Tie) Undone 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chang is not a fastidious French kitchen god, a high-energy American showman or an Anthony Bourdain-like poetic observer. Review: David Chang in the Comfort Food Zone on Netflix 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

If Affleck does indeed spend the next few weeks clutching trophies on podiums, observers can choose from two narratives. Sexual harassment claims could have sunk Casey Affleck. Instead, he soared 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The Costume Institute turns 75 this year and was founded, its curator Andrew Bolton reminded an observer, with the mission statement of “celebrating American creativity, innovation and style.” ‘Stick It to the Man’ and Other Lessons From the Met Gala Cocktails 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

She’s a keen observer of human drama; that empathy is at the core of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee Biographer Charles Shields on His Latest Edition 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bujalski, 36, previously known as a wry, deadpan observer of his own generation, shoots their interactions in state-of-the-art late-’70s analog, which is to say in bracingly hideous and therefore strangely beautiful black-and-white video. Movie Review: ‘Computer Chess’ Depicts Programmers in 1980 2013-07-16T22:06:36Z

Flavia, who has a sharp and refreshing voice, is a brilliant chemical experimenter, a keen observer of human nature and a whiz at insinuating herself into odd situations. New in crime fiction: Benjamin Black and Jacqueline Winspear 2010-04-07T23:22:00Z

He remains visibly fascinated by all kinds of life and social change around him, but instinctively cleaves to the role of his lifetime – as an interested observer, watching a new generation clamouring for environmental change. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

“Things are designed for me to be a participant and not just an observer.” Museum Visitors Damage 800-Year-Old Coffin by Putting Child In It For Photo 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

It’s so easy now with TV and film for audiences in a more traditional setup to sort of check out, and just be observers. Balagan Theatre to stage an intimate ‘Les Miz’ 2013-09-05T20:37:26Z

Past examples of television interviews that seem to play to exaggerated ethnic stereotypes have been the subject of online mockery that struck some observers as racist. Charles Ramsey's turbulent 15 minutes of fame 2013-05-08T20:21:10Z

For many new observers, trimming a long table plays second fiddle to living the Nguzo Saba, or seven principles of Kwanzaa. Five Kwanzaa Celebrations Around the Country 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Although the screen test they did for Dirty Dancing had more than adequate sizzle, on-set observers noted that there wasn’t always accord between the two. 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

They were not allowed to look in a mirror, lest their feelings about the way they looked affect observers’ impressions. Skin Deep: Makeup Makes Women Appear More Competent: Study 2011-10-12T22:18:30Z

And growing charges of voter suppression in the run-up to the midterm elections have prompted, for many observers, a similar sense of déjà vu. How Black Citizenship Was Won, and Lost 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Several media outlets and observers pointed to the absence of minority talent in marquee categories at this year's Oscar ceremonies. UCLA Hollywood study: Audiences favor more diversity in movies, TV 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

Whicker, he went on, was "a brilliant popular journalist and observer of the human state, who achieved legendary status among his peers and was loved by the great British public". Broadcaster Alan Whicker dies at 87 2013-07-12T16:18:54Z

To a sympathetic observer, the lack of campaigning films in Attenborough’s oeuvre might look like a canny political calculation about the most effective way to shift popular opinion over the long-term. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

So for now, Vogue is evolving, but observers cautioned against expecting immediate changes. Does a Changing of the Guard at Vogue Signal More Change Ahead? 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Cardi was the first woman to headline the festival, making Offset’s actions appear not only calculating and coercive to observers but also dismissive of a notable achievement. Offset’s ‘Toxic’ Apology to Cardi B Sets Off Social Media Outrage 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

It is a powerful work, and a resonant one, showing Mr. Neumann once again to be an astute, sensitive observer of the human condition in all its funny and desperate and, finally, beautiful frailty. Dance Review: ?Restless Eye,? by David Neumann, at New York Live Arts 2012-03-26T22:22:50Z

The jury’s verdict, which struck many white observers at the time as inexplicable, is situated against a background of longstanding resentment and mistrust that the prosecution misjudged and the defense successfully exploited. Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Many observers of today’s popular culture — and I include film critics — believe that most movies don’t come close to matching the drama, power and ambiguity of the best TV in its series form. David Chase's Not Fade Away: The Sopranos Sing the '60s 2012-10-05T23:52:58Z

A nearby observer invokes Melt Banana, and the comparison is apt. Pitchfork day 3: Off to a mellow start 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Her Sunday afternoon Santa Monica gatherings became the stuff of local legend, with Viertel supplying what one observer called the “social glue” that bound the émigrés into a community. The Unknown Hostess of 1930s Hollywood 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

To some observers, it is generic — Heather Havrilesky at BuzzFeed wrote a scathing diatribe against the show for embodying “the apotheosis of hipster family awfulness.” If you’re not watching “Togetherness,” you’re missing some of the best TV of the year 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

Though Matheus’s paintings draw from fellow Latin American artists and indigenous folk crafts, observers with a Northern Hemisphere background may think of Josef Albers. In the galleries: Inspired by their homelands and beyond 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

From the beginning, he was an astute observer of the social ecosystem. Review | Bill Cunningham left behind a memoir. It is, to use one of his favorite words, marvelous. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Me hanging out with the standard fare family, if I think about going my family cookouts, I always felt a little bit out of place just because of my space as an observer. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

Many observers say it was an odd song to choose given that the air among the mostly mask-less people at the rally could have been spreading the coronavirus. A look at artists who’ve objected to Trump using their songs 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

And each of these characters is a sharp observer of those around him or her, so many more lives are illuminated as well. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas 2010-05-07T23:17:00Z

In the United States, the mainstream news outlets like to portray themselves as observers, content to let events play out without interference. ‘Hack Attack’ Puts a Spotlight on Rupert Murdoch 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Already, the emergence of machine learning has led some observers to proclaim that, in the future, hospitals will be able to do without radiologists, pathologists, and other medical specialists. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

Tanks were blocking the road to the airport, but a group of military observers agreed to help Ben find an alternative route so he could fly to Amman. How we met: 'We were being fired at by a sniper' 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

But because Nickelback’s value set overlaps only minimally with many of those observers’, the group is actually one that can be hard for certain people to hear. Nickelback's 'No Fixed Address': Is anyone really listening? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

No, I'm much better as an observer of female cliques. Gill Hornby: 'We all go slighty bonkers when our children are little' 2013-05-19T06:00:25Z

“With the detachment of an observer, he realized that he’d pass the rest of his life here.” Review | A doctor races to contain a plague in Manchuria — but the bodies are vanishing 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

In a dissenting opinion, Judge Harry Pregerson stated that a reasonable observer would see the Jesus statue sitting on government land as "projecting a message of religious endorsement." Jesus statue on national forest land can stay, court rules 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

With a reported production budget of $200 million, observers say it will need to reap at least $500 million at box offices worldwide to pay off. 'Battleship' leads attack of game-based movies 2012-04-11T18:46:26Z

Like Whitman, Sleigh here plays with what the observer’s notebook can become. A Traveler to Troubled Lands, Called to Bear Witness 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

An impassive observer to the great junkstream of hype and trend, Mr. Boutilier, who lives outside Atlanta, often found himself perceived as an antagonist in his early reaction videos. The Young Men’s Style Council of TikTok 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

“The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution” Marcia Coyle possesses the background to prove that she is one of the most knowledgeable observers of the U.S. ‘The Roberts Court:’ informed look at today’s Supreme Court 2013-06-12T22:35:07Z

Whether it’s experimental or high-end traditional, many observers have noted the emergence in recent years of pricey barbecue. This is the future of barbecue: No regions, no rules, lots of innovation 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

For many observers, the "Big" adaptation will represent the latest instance of Hollywood cannibalizing existing intellectual property and capitalize on audience's familiarity with a title. 'Big' TV remake: Will the man-child comedy come of age? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

But PR professionals involving themselves in the creation of news is a far more troubling phenomenon, some media observers warn. The new journalism — and the PR firms behind it 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Tatsumi was a shrewd observer of his national culture. Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese Cartoonist of Dark Stories, Is Dead at 79 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

For all that Brenton remains fascinated by the psychology of terrorism, he was never a sympathiser – a distinction that has sometimes been lost on observers. Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

Ms. Goffman is hardly the first middle-class white observer to venture into black urban America and emerge with a marketable story to tell. Alice Goffman Researches Poor Black Men in ‘On the Run’ 2014-04-29T21:52:16Z

The Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry has built his career as an observer of Britain’s social morays, and his work — which ranges from ceramics to quilting to paint — reflects his varied interests. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

This film features an unreliable observer, as well as a lot of blood. The Silent House ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:31Z

Banks need to be seized, or at minimum assessed by a neutral observer, and their balance sheets cleaned up. Six reasons we may have another bank crisis 2012-08-20T17:53:00Z

We glimpse the psychological complexities of the English observers and their Jewish Israeli hosts, but the Palestinian Arabs are largely ciphers on whom western guilt can be readily projected. Rewind TV: The Promise; Mad Dogs; Outcasts ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:33Z

“Whoever comes out of this one is going to be a national star. The stakes are so high, the money is so huge,” says longtime political observer Larry Ceisler. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The situation with a perfectly formed stillborn baby is that as "theoretical" as the so-far untroubled, impending arrival may be to some observers up to that point, a real human being actually shows up. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

But at his core, Ai insists, he is simply an observer. 'Human Flow,' Ai Weiwei's feature-film debut, takes on the global refugee crisis 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Yet it’s hard not to identify with the unnamed observers, watching people much like ourselves, provisionally cocooned in a warm, well-lighted nest within a thick and far-reaching darkness. Review: In ‘What Did You Expect?,’ a Potluck of Election-Year Anxiety 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

For decades, comedian Bill Cosby was celebrated as a keen and vigorous observer of daily life. Bill Cosby attorneys claim he is ‘legally and functionally blind.’ What role will impaired vision play in his defense? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Although the second star was recorded for the first time by Western observers only in the 19th century, the Dogon suggest that their awareness of it goes far back into antiquity. Art Review: ‘African Cosmos,’ at National Museum of African Art 2012-08-30T21:48:16Z

The nominations didn't represent quite the diversity coup that some observers were expecting. Emmys 2015: 'Empire,' 'Transparent' nods signal new age of TV diversity 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

About Moroccans, Mr. Osborne observes, “They were born observers and critics, because that’s the way history had made them.” Books of The Times: ‘The Forgiven,’ by Lawrence Osborne 2012-09-25T21:17:10Z

He felt that was consistent with Mr. Gvasalia’s recent decision to fully obscure his face and body during public appearances, creating confusion among observers as to whether it was really him. Homer Simpson Was Made for Fashion 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

It was then that I realized that “Theatre for One” was something of a misnomer: the experience was all about two people, actor and observer—if that’s what I was. Close Encounters of the Theatrical Kind 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

It's easy to see why a keen observer of human nature like Nabokov would have been drawn to such a heartbreaking story as Horner's. Sally Horner was “The Real Lolita”: The 1948 crime that inspired Nabokov 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, observers across the globe noted with interest that he had opted for red outdoor shoes, reviving a centuries-old tradition that had lately gone dormant. The hidden meanings of Pope Benedict XVI’s ruby-red shoes 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

Even in an industry in which bad or erratic behavior is expected , insiders and observers are stunned by what authorities allege was fakery intended in part to get Smollett publicity and a raise. If proven, Smollett allegations could be a ‘career killer’ 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

But some observers think Trump should keep more distance between himself and Fox. After Putin summit, Trump once again anoints Fox as favored network 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

To the casual observer, George H. W. Bush appears one of our less memorable presidents–sandwiched between the glamorous Reagan and the charismatic Clinton, and then overshadowed by his two-termer son. Top 10 Nonfiction Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Industry observers and players told the Guardian there was a silent constituency which rejected the #OscarsSoWhite critique but did not speak out for fear of being branded racist. Oscars 'unlikely to change' despite race protest, insiders suggest 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

O'Brien's move to cable from broadcast caught most people off-guard and struck some observers as a big-time network star deciding to downsize. Conan O'Brien heads to TBS, not Fox 2010-04-13T17:20:00Z

Marton is a critical observer, especially of Merkel’s tendency not to articulate her deeper feelings, her frequent failure to win over hearts as well as minds. ‘The Chancellor’ Portrays Angela Merkel as a Droll Source of Sanity in a Mad World 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Long held as "vicious" or even "barbaric," pit bulls quickly became "courageous," a representation of valor and strength in the face of conflict for many observers, who sought out the dogs in record numbers. The changing face of “America’s dog” — and what it says about us 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

RT America’s approach to the news makes some American officials and foreign-policy observers wonder: Is it merely “an alternative voice,” as it likes to say, or something more sinister? How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

The drama they chronicle instead is more complex and subtle, a narrative in which they are ultimately not mere observers but, essential to its moral message, protagonists themselves. ‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

The tragedy has led some in Hollywood, along with incredulous observers, to ask: Why are real guns ever used on set, when computers can create gunshots in post-production? Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Today, there are benches for visitors, but in Henry’s day the court observers stood. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

It’s a dark prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions. Foreign Policy From the Dark Side 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

“Comedians I know, like Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, are some of the best human observers. Comedy has deep insights into our human defects that somehow affect the audience more deeply than tragedy.” Marion Cotillard: ‘Before my family, everything was dedicated to the character’ 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

This time around, Russell was in Iowa for a month, sometimes meeting up with the former second lady as she maintained a packed schedule — often busier than Joe’s, according to staffers and outside observers. Jill Biden is finally ready to be first lady. Can she help her husband beat Trump? 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z

Guelzo’s narrative is enlivened by frequent use of accounts by battle participants, observers and Gettysburg civilians, and his descriptions sometimes rise almost to lyricism. ‘Gettysburg’: sins of omission and commission in a brutal war 2013-06-26T22:17:39Z

But somehow Rhea Leman, the author of the second play this season built around just such an event, still hopes that we silent observers beyond the fourth wall might feel differently. Theater Review: ‘Gorilla’ at the Lion Theater 2013-05-31T18:04:10Z

A crisis can sometimes be an incubator for innovation, but some observers worry that there's a lack of bold new ideas -- and that without them, many city and regional orchestras are simply doomed. Can the symphony be saved? 2011-08-29T20:30:00Z

Some royal observers argue that regardless of what the memoir says, the monarchy has weathered scandal after scandal, and it would likely do so again. Prince Harry’s Memoir Is Due in January. How Explosive Will It Be? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

As an astute observer on Twitter noted recently, it’s like “all the fake shows engineered to tank NBC from the season premiere of ’30 Rock’: ‘God Cop,’ ‘Homonym,’ ‘Hotel Info.’ TLC hits a new low 2012-10-18T20:35:00Z

When you travel, especially by yourself — which is my preferred way to travel — you’re a forced observer. Why the Artist Mari Andrew Loves Solo Travel 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

“Some observers talk about the president as being at the apex of a pyramid, sitting atop the world. I have a different perspective. I see the president sitting at the bottom of a funnel.” How Can the U.S. Fix Its Foreign Policy? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

The first thing to say about Washington is that he’s an alert and often comic observer of the world. ‘Lot’ Offers a Fictional Look at a Vibrant, Polyglot American City 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

The studious observer can read a record as one reads the face of a lover: Seeing everything and nothing at once. Down with fascist iPods 2012-06-13T00:07:00Z

A keen observer, Dylan is inspired by everyday phenomena in such a way that they appear fresh, new and mysterious.” Art in Review: BOB DYLAN: ?The Asia Series? 2011-10-13T22:00:35Z

But of the composer himself I knew little, save for the familiar portrait of him: gaunt, haunted, proud, El Greco-ish, gazing directly at the observer as though he felt somehow betrayed. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

Part of what makes Stillman such a witty satirist and an acute observer of his own rarefied slice of the social world is his faith in affiliation as a fundamental character trait. Whit Stillman Pays a Visit to Jane Austen 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Yet behind the scenes, authorities grappled with something sobering: well-documented U.F.O. encounters involved multiple trained observers, radar data, photographs, marks on the ground and physical effects on airplanes. ‘Project Blue Book’ Is Based on a True U.F.O. Story. Here It Is. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Other observers in the music industry are not so sanguine about the arrival of this international musical stew. Is music tribalism dead? 2011-07-23T23:07:50Z

As I progressed through it, I found myself wishing to be a participant in society rather than an observer. From grad school to social work 2013-02-11T01:00:00Z

“I would rather be considered just an observer, not a judge.” Mohamed Khan, Egyptian Filmmaker, Dies at 73 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

It has baggage as well, dinged by observers who take exception to a South African-born actor of Indian descent who isn’t Muslim playing Al. ‘United States of Al’ puts war buddies on sitcom footing 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

When Jet magazine published the image, it galvanized white and black Americans, striking what many observers consider was the first shot across the bow for the mid-century civil rights movement. Perspective | The brutal video of George Floyd’s death can galvanize a nation. If we stop scrolling. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cox is equally appealing as Ishmael, an outsider and observer who in this version falls deep under Ahab’s spell. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z

You create problems in your life and it seems to the outside observer that you are self-destructive and it's foolish. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z

Sunshine by Jan Ormerod, published in 1981 Jan's inspiration was her children and she was a keen observer of their antics. Jan Ormerod obituary 2013-02-03T16:16:31Z

One observer at Fort Union, in what is now North Dakota, wrote: “The prairie has become a graveyard. Its wildflowers bloom over the sepulchers of Indians.” A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Yet some observers have speculated that all the recent drama could actually give the show a boost — assuming there are no more accidents. With new precautions after accident, 'Spider-Man' swings back onto Broadway and lands smoothly 2010-12-24T10:50:00Z

"By the first decade of the 21st century, observers described Detroit as 'a food desert' – a place without even a single, well-stocked supermarket within its boundaries." Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre 2011-01-02T00:02:03Z

I feel more legitimate as an observer when I am in that place so I seek it out. 'Genre snobbery conceals a deeper stupidity' 2012-08-27T14:34:29Z

“She is not a white man having a racial crisis, but she’s an astute observer of a society having a racial crisis,” she said. A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

At the end of Act 2, when fighters from several cantons pledge rebellion in a thrilling chorus, those modern-day observers strolled by again. Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z

They are both modest observers of their own sorrow, rather than declaimers of it; their loss is secondary to the person they mourn, who remains the main object. Too much grief 2011-08-19T21:55:11Z

But, the way outsiders do, he also became an uncanny observer of the world around him, someone who noticed everything. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

She's also a keen observer of human nature – "peeling back the nice surface of family life to show what's underneath", as it says on her website. Trouble in Toadpool by Anne Fine - review 2012-10-12T21:55:04Z

Watteau is an 18th century pop artist, immersed in the styles and pleasures that a misanthropic observer might despise. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z

Mr. McGuire is a close observer of changes in interior decoration, in dress, in stereos and television sets. ‘Here,' Richard McGuire’s New Graphic Novel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

He faithfully follows the thread of innumerable petty dramas that punctuate gang life, and highlights the strange centrality of envy, something many observers miss. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Their relationship grows so steamy so soon after her hiring that all but the most dense of observers — these include Don — will suspect that Dusty has ulterior motives. Review: In ‘Home Sweet Hell,’ Married Life Isn’t Heaven 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

“The meaning that a piece of work has, comes as much from what the observer brings to it as it comes from what the artist put into it,” Mr. Rout said. A Baby Photo Becomes an Internet Meme 2010-09-16T12:56:00Z

Through the window, which functioned as a mute observer of the goings on, the light kept changing, a further indication of time’s advance; as dancers made their crossovers, we saw them dimly hurrying past. Whole Selves Becoming Visible 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Writing nonfiction helped me figure out the world, fiction allowed me to revisit these memories, examine them as an outside observer, and to alchemize them into art, something I was proud to own. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

Be a casual observer and join the beauty of being a casual observer. The octopus is officially having a moment. This aquarist has been in awe of them for years. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

Still, some observers see signs that conservative media is quietly beginning to prepare for an imminent future under a president other than Trump. Conservative media has stayed devoted to Trump’s bogus claims of victory — but cracks are starting to show 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

It’s subtle work as the boys gradually become participants in the action, not merely observers. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

Jonathan Fenby, The Economist’s correspondent in Paris in the early 1980s, is a veteran and affectionate observer of France, and a biographer of de Gaulle. Citoyen, citoyenne 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

It turns out that observers have been fretting about headphones—and the disconnection they facilitate—for decades. Headphones Everywhere 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

“Always an anthropologically acute observer of cultural footprints and foibles, White reserves his sharpest satirical barbs for the most deserving targets,” Sarah Bird writes in her review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

The difference between annoying and adorable is the attitude of the observer. Carolyn Hax: After a deep emotional loss, remember the source of love given 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Watling arrived in Fiji about 35 years ago and was an astute observer of local politics and the issue of climate change. Paradise Threatened: Fiji’s War Against Climate Change 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

To my mind, the uninflected testimony of survivors, both prisoners and guards, is so vivid, so haunting, so infuriating that there was really no need to invent a ghostly observer. 'The Druggist of Auschwitz': at the core of a man without conscience 2011-04-22T21:20:31Z

Part of Lee's signature style is to incorporate situationally pertinent stills and archival footage within his pieces, giving the observer a moment to pause and reflect upon where this story fits into society's broader whole. With "Da 5 Bloods" Spike Lee triumphantly reflects with Black experience of the Vietnam War 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

During the tense crisis months that followed – the “secession winter” of 1860–61 – practically all observers believed that Lincoln and the Republicans would begin attacking slavery as soon as they took power. Did northern aggression cause the Civil War? 2012-08-29T21:41:00Z

I felt I was an objective observer and really just wanted to highlight a growing movement. Op-Docs: Black Women’s Transitions to Natural Hair 2012-06-01T18:54:49Z

The author is a perceptive observer of his mother’s agony, in particular. Review: ‘The Point of Vanishing,’ Howard Axelrod’s Memoir About Solitude 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

Nick is an observer, so he is watching a lot of this happen. Tobey Maguire: 'I always knew I'd be successful' 2013-05-11T08:00:00Z

A keen observer, Larys not only places himself where hot gossip might be served, but he’s willing to stir things up to get a reaction. ‘House of the Dragon’: Is Larys Strong the New Littlefinger? 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

Since the dark shadings of “The Sopranos” first transformed our televisions, cultural observers have agreed that what’s on there is as good as what used to be grandly known as the cinema. Fashion Meets Social Media at the Emmys 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

He is a constantly vivid observer of the world. In Ben Lerner’s ‘10:04,’ New York Is a Character 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

And this particular organ on display — which undoubtedly once contemplated the world with much curiosity as its observers now do — looks particularly inconsequential and stolid; it was preserved using “plastination silicone technique.” Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z

Though some observers suggested McCarthy might be stuck in a creative rut, "Tammy" ultimately crossed the $100-million mark at the worldwide box office, on a modest $20-million budget. Melissa McCarthy comedy 'Michelle Darnell' slated for 2016 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

He’s an heir of Ibsen, a master observer who calibrates the torments and emotional bruises, the rationed caresses and playful lies, with a clinical precision. Ingmar Bergman and the Risk of Ridicule 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The Royal, in turn, has influenced Mr. McGregor’s choreography, introducing a softening human touch to work that, according to longtime observers like Ms. Craine, has sometimes been dry, even didactic. 2010-02-06T04:38:00Z

As one observer put it, “Felons are mere machines held to labor by the dark cell and the scourge.” Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z

Welles’s use of shadows and low angles have led some observers to categorize “Citizen Kane” as a film noir. Watched ‘Mank’ but Never Seen ‘Citizen Kane’? Here’s a Primer 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

This is the position of the observers, of the artists or writers who must distance themselves from the world in order to see it. Review | In ‘Short Life in a Strange World,’ paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder help an author make sense of his existence 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Marian is entirely baffled about the labyrinthine rules of the social class while Peggy has both the blessing and the burden of sitting on its borders as an observer. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Surely, observers assert, we must all have missed a significant systemic cause of hunger in America if 5.8 million households still don’t have enough food. Are food trucks the future? Fighting food insecurity and gentrification one stop at a time 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z

Less passionate observers saw the name change as a corporate maneuver to grab a larger market share. Brands, symbols and emblems in Gajin Fujita's paintings at L.A. Louver 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Some observers also report that a close inspection of Okiku's mouth reveals erupting teeth. 7 allegedly haunted dolls 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z

She is a shrewd observer of a certain kind of middle-class woman, no longer young and not quite beautiful, whom society finds it easy to overlook. In Praise of Barbara Pym 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

He sees them plain, however, as the best observers do — like an entomologist poking at weird and sometimes venomous bugs. Books of The Times: ‘Four New Messages,’ Stories by Joshua Cohen 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z

I now knew that my job was to be an observer: there was so much to see, so many people to watch and draw. How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

The balloon dog sculptures made famous by Jeff Koons so closely imitate their twisted latex inspiration that some observers might think they would be better set in a circus than an art gallery. Art Fair Visitor Breaks a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

Matt Alt, a Tokyo-based author, blogger and longtime observer of Japanese pop culture, blames the industry itself for losing its edge. China making anime push as Japan hits slump 2010-03-29T02:46:00Z

There was considerable discussion of his protagonist – sensitive observer or self-deluding exploiter? The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-08-12T21:55:14Z

That declaration caught some industry observers by surprise given the challenges the channels have had with original content as of late. Many complications to consider if Turner tries to woo Kevin Reilly 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

But mostly, I’m an observer, learning what it’s like to grow old with someone you love for nearly 50 years. From a Sale, Lace Undergarments, Never Worn 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

The lunatic gunman, some observers felt, had been egged on by the paramilitaristic language and imagery of right-wingers in general and Palin’s own website in particular. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z

Hats off to Judge Merryday for his elegant and indubitably just ruling, but he leaves observers in a pickle. Who's the Papa? Hemingway lookalike competition dealt cruel blow 2012-07-04T13:13:09Z

And though the play’s actors might remain as observers, they cede the stage to the singers and dancers and rarely interact with them. Music Review | Les Arts Florissants: Take a Play, Then Adorn It With Opera 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z

Ms. Lipper’s photographs suggest the “no judgment” attitude of the artist playing neutral observer, but we as viewers are baited. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

As the whistleblower, I'm naturally an incorruptible observer of this operatic cesspool. Tom Service on the great opera scam 2010-09-01T20:45:00Z

“In the US, it’s down to whether an ordinary observer, not an expert in film-making, would recognise that A is based on B. That’s a very loose standard,” he says. Seen it all before? The Shape of Water and claims of movie plagiarism 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

I find the form most compelling when you are not just an observer but a specific character being spoken to. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Mottled in gradations of onyx and orange in patterns that resemble dyed fabrics, her pieces reward the careful observer with surprising shifts in color, pattern and detail. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

Berne manages a narrative that is two-pronged: She is the true observer, the omniscient eyes and ears of the book. ‘The Dogs of Littlefield’ review: Who’s poisoning the pets in this idyllic town? 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kovite similarly use their gifts as social observers to gently satirize the two other rarefied worlds their heroes traverse. Review: ‘War of the Encyclopaedists,’ by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Her explanation didn’t satisfy all observers on social media, who felt that Ms. Chan's employer acquiesced to the demands of people who emailed the station to criticize her outfit choice. Meteorologist Who Was Told to Cover Up Says It Wasn’t Sexism 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Without leaving the past altogether, she's emerged as a sharp and engaging observer of contemporary life. Shappi Khorsandi 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z

Weiner is a sharp, fearless observer of literary gender politics, and she is on to something. A touch of Franzenfreude 2010-09-19T20:00:00Z

Created in the 1970s, those large-scale works were made so that there were no observers, only participants. Dance Review: ‘Le Grand Continental’ at South Street Seaport 2012-06-24T21:47:27Z

The explanation for this, I think, is that there is a natural human fascination with the possibilities of stamina, both as a participant and an observer. Endurance performances: Why length matters in the theatre 2012-06-19T07:23:01Z

She is the ultimate observer, finding remarkable comparisons between Moscow and New York and Tashkent and parts of West Africa. The 10 best travel writers you’ve never read but should 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

Some observers ascribe Auerbach’s drive to paint to his difficult childhood. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

Many Oscar observers claim the selection process is eccentric and frequently ignores deserving films, producing a stodgy list that fails to engage cinema-goers. Oscars 2012: Foreign film nominees 2012-02-22T08:32:55Z

There's been no shortage of pieces in recent years that quote industry analysts or financial observers, all of them eager to offer insights on how to "save" Nintendo from the failure of the Wii U. Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata was always willing to take a risk 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

“Wiener-Dog” dramatizes these assumptions in the inscrutable presence of a nonhuman observer, a dachshund who goes by a few different names and endures the company of a variety of masters. Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

The steady drip of revelations led some observers to question whether the book itself would hold any new information. Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

For those of us who don’t have a future in biology, Mr. Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer. Books of The Times: ‘Spillover,’ by David Quammen, on How Animals Infect Humans 2012-10-02T22:11:49Z

This is not the whole story, however; Petterson is also a humorist, an observer of daily existence who is gifted not only with a subtle wit but with a real fondness for humanity. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z

As a casual observer, bike culture appears to be changing and growing extremely rapidly. The unstoppable rise of bikes 2013-10-21T01:30:00Z

“George chose to go out in a blaze of petulance,” said another observer who, like most close to the arts institution, spoke on the condition of anonymity. Producer George Stevens Jr. announces the 37th KenCen Honors was his last 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

The key will be enforcement, industry observers say. Perspective | How to tell if you have a qualified travel agent 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

At 14, Linda is both lonely and a keen observer of her natural world.  Emily Fridlund's debut novel 'History of Wolves' is chilling, in a good way 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

An observer of the scene for more than two decades, Curtas dates the dining shift to the 2007 recession, which cost many chefs on the Strip their jobs and begat a flurry of food trucks. Review | There’s no reason to gamble on Vegas restaurants. Here are your best bets. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

These brothers are handsome burgeoning cricket stars; many observers think they will become the Peyton and Eli Manning of their sport. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

A microphone can be a powerful weapon, and used indiscriminately it can make the person wielding it seem less like an astute observer of human nature and more like a big bully. Tracy Morgan is ready to make nice 2011-06-14T14:56:00Z

It was a scene already too familiar to courthouse observers. Celebrity Divorce: Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant 2010-08-20T22:15:00Z

Throughout Europe, observers of Candlemas would take candles to local churches for winter blessings. Groundhog Day history: How the superstitious tradition made it to the US 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

One is when an Arctic observer communes with his younger self and both find themselves threatened by a prowling polar bear. Greenland - review 2011-02-02T00:52:28Z

It puts the listener in the shoes of a curious observer spying the hanging shapes from afar and moving closer towards a sickening realisation. Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z

Johnson, winner of the ­Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, is a keen observer of the codes that signal racial identity. Book Review: A gently funny exploration of biracial identity 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

In what Ms. Graham called the “ninth chapter” of her “Frauenliebe und -leben” story, the singer moved from protagonist to observer, watching a new generation experience what she did, many years before. Review: From a Veteran Singer to a Newcomer, a Note of Welcome 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

The asymmetrical dark blue coat with gray pants looked to many observers like it had been designed by science fiction nerds. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

I was an observer, I felt human again. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z

Gurnah, 72, is the first Black writer to receive the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his selection as a long overdue corrective after years of European and American Nobel laureates. Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

“Somehow I tend to think that most ancient observers would be just as horrified as us.” Tracing the roots of misogyny to ancient Greece and Rome with Mary Beard 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Asked about the circumstances of the repossession and its effect on him, Mr. Desmond, an expert observer of others, said he was fuzzy on details and reluctant to “overinterpret” himself. A Harvard Sociologist on Watching Families Lose Their Homes 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

After seeking to end police abuse against Mardi Gras Indians and other New Orleanians for years, Howell was present this day as a legal observer. "Treme" feels like home to me 2010-04-18T15:01:00Z

To keep jurors, witnesses and observers from being privy to these bench conferences, obnoxious static is pumped through the overhead speakers. Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z

In Montmartre French observers looked at Mr. Ferguson with a certain amusement. An American TV Star Tries to Shine in the Hall of Mirrors 2011-06-17T16:18:37Z

In the online frenzy that the Kardashian photos ignited, some observers questioned the racial undertones of the originals. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Wolfe's is a look to lift the spirits, both of the wearer and the observer. Liberace to Carmen Miranda 2013-06-06T09:58:14Z

That little seems to be backed by fixed meaning or process isn’t, as some observers claim, a quirk of his campaign. Trump, the University of Chicago, and the Collapse of Public Language 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

For $15, holiday observers will get to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach. Zoos continue Valentine's Day tradition of naming cockroaches, animals after exes and loved ones 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Manet's evasive, uncertain brushstrokes and jarringly beautiful colours make him a compelling, cool observer – the embodiment of modern attitude. Last orders for Manet and life in Britain for Raphael – the week in art 2013-04-05T11:44:01Z

After Hilton and other observers decried Banks's language, she became indignant. Azealia Banks apologises for homophobic slur against Perez Hilton 2013-01-07T11:42:19Z

There are some fantastic things in this show, from Jamie Vartan's clever movable box design to the way it plays with ideas of the observer and the observed. Mass Observation – review 2012-07-08T14:41:48Z

European observers showed no such hesitancy, nor did the Confederacy. The whole family of man 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Although Bright describes her work as an observer, she also resists being called a a photo journalist. WATCH: Photographer Sheila Pree Bright demonstrates how little has changed in exhibit #1960NOW 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

Was Hodler a coldly objectifying observer, or was this his way of dealing with grief? Art Review: ‘Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity,’ at Neue Galerie 2012-09-20T21:50:42Z

His prose was dense but not difficult, erudite but not pretentious; as an observer of human behavior he was both ruthless and generous, acknowledging characters’ finer attributes but homing in on their foibles. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z

Both composers breathe the intoxicating Spanish night air and dance the dances, but Ravel does so with his senses, as a participant, and Debussy as a rigorous observer. Getting to know — or at least trying to — Matthias Pintscher at an L.A. Phil concert 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

For Letterman, each of these episodes offered him a further education in the evolution of entertainment and deeper insights as an interviewer and observer of human nature. David Letterman Isn’t Here to Cheer You Up This Time 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Maintaining the pose of wry observer, he’s not likely to get introspective, revealing little of himself and rarely delving into hot-button social or political issues. Critic?s Notebook: Todd Barry at Caroline?s Comedy Club 2012-03-21T20:54:48Z

Jones, who retired last fall, says Tyler is a "great social observer," part of a tradition dating back at least to Jane Austen. Anne Tyler, still making it up 2012-04-03T12:39:08Z

“From heaps of huddled clothes on the cobblestones blood begins to flow,” an observer wrote. Beauty amid the horror of war 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

It's a touch that shows that Girls is far more self-aware than most observers seem to grasp, and suggests good things for the upcoming season. Girls season two premiere review: 'These people are not meant to be loved' 2013-01-14T16:19:00Z

They may share his pallor, his vertical hair and strange inflections, but he is as much an observer of them as we are. Christopher Walken: 'I'm a regular guy' 2013-03-21T19:00:03Z

And both are still in theaters, and will no doubt benefit from curious observers eager to see what the buzz is about. Critic’s Notebook: Of Golden Globes, hacked e-mails and Hollywood’s cockeyed integrity 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The idea that the EU could inspire an uprising seemed odd to some observers; Mr Kurkov makes clear that, to Ukrainians weary of venal government, Europe represents the rule of law. I witness 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

For Sammy Fabelman, the camera is his way to get closer to people and to be included, but it’s also what separates him from people because he’s in the position of the observer. Steven Spielberg Gets Personal 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

All 64 matches are available live on connective devices, making it easier for fans and lukewarm observers alike to tune in, Guglielmino said. U.S. World Cup soccer match kicks up ratings for ESPN 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

He's a very wise observer who sees the world in a very laconic way. Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z

Sprays of rapid-fire German filled the air, and the foreign language and constant references to "The Hoff" did not go unnoticed by observers. Hollywood auction draws devoted fans, rich collectors 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

But observers all agree — the problem is only getting worse. The Sacklers have donated millions to museums. But their connection to the opioid crisis is threatening that legacy. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Simmons later apologized, but it wasn’t enough to stop the harsh backlash from observers on Twitter, including a rebuke from a bandmate, Paul Stanley, who called his comments “clueless.” Who Trolled Us Best: Azealia Banks, Gene Simmons or Yacht? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

It might surprise some observers, though, that Westwood isn't aiming for shock value. Westwood blurs lines of fashion, art, culture 2011-04-20T22:01:06Z

The innocence, desire and drive on her face combines with the soft piano accompaniment to create tears in the eyes of the casual observer. This isn't tutus and tiaras: The ballet Grand Prix draws young, driven competitors in droves 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

"Scientists in general, but astronomers in particular, love Frederic Church because he was such a careful observer of the sky," Olson said. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z

Yet among the gloom some travel analysts and observers see reason to be hopeful. On an Indonesian Island Hit by Multiple Earthquakes, Can Tourism Recover? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Some observers believe many more are not registered. For children who fled war-torn Syria, a music school offers strength 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

A proud Hoosier born into a wealthy family in 1869, Tarkington was a shrewd but sympathetic observer of provincial American mores and politics. Booth Tarkington's Midwest captured in Taproot show 2011-12-15T21:00:12Z

Decades before Cunningham discovered how to choreograph on a computer, his dancers were likened to robots by some baffled observers. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z

“An outside observer might get the idea that Carney trafficked quite frequently in stolen goods, but that’s not how he saw it.” Review | With ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ Colson Whitehead proves once again that he’s a master of reinvention 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

As an observer, Barthas puts one foot in front of the other. Books of The Times: ‘Poilu,’ a French Memoir About Serving on the Western Front 2014-04-20T21:11:41Z

Though that decision comes at a high cost to taxpayers, several observers described it as a bold move. Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

It's hard enough to imagine a solution just as an armchair observer. Motherlode Blog: Solving New York City Bus Strike's Impact on Special Needs Students Isn't Simple 2013-01-17T17:23:11Z

The Leonardo sale was described by more than one observer as “mad.” Best art in 2017: Our critic's top 10 exhibitions, plus one very big worry 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

He would have qualified as what a shrewd social observer like Martha Stewart referred to as the “fancies.” Events Like a Drawing Center Benefit and the Winter Antiques Show Gala Cater to the Rich and Famous 2014-01-29T23:20:15Z

Don’t imagine that you’re just a passive observer of the events in this novel. Review | ‘The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures’ is a story that John le Carré might have written for ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

And though the numerous Koran folios that end the exhibition are unambiguously Islamic, keen observers will trace their Kufic script and gold and silver inks back to Byzantine luxury manuscripts in the earlier galleries. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z

Forgan, who is chair of the Scott Trust, owner of this newspaper, has a reputation as a liberal voice that observers saw as at odds with a cost-cutting coalition government. Peter Bazalgette: 'Maybe I don't qualify as great or good' 2013-02-24T00:06:07Z

Isadora Duncan’s troupe performed there, and observers compared the dancers’ chiffon costumes to petals in the wind. Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers Is Being Tended Once Again 2012-07-19T21:45:31Z

The memoir, at once elliptical, cerebral and peppered with literary allusions, sometimes lacks the visceral edge inevitable in an observer locked out of the couple’s drug den. A Wealthy Family’s Battle With Drugs Laid Bare, but to What End? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

But for many observers, protecting Black women from verbal insults stops short of physical assault. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Vivid instilled a sense of a production quality by, for example, hiring the original TV show's costume designers, which observers argue helped it stand out against cheaper parody productions. Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn 2010-09-03T05:48:00Z

Displaying an adroit way with language that lifts the film’s saggier, more formless moments, Mr. Fisher is an astute and pitiless observer of our less noble instincts. Movie Review: In ‘Blumenthal,’ Relatives React to a Playwright’s Death 2014-03-27T23:11:50Z

And that caused some observers to compare the much-hyped show to Rachel Maddow’s even more built-up presentation last year of a partial Trump tax return. Perspective | ‘Turn around, drop ’em’ was memorable, but the Stormy Daniels story is really about intimidation 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

Robbins paces these eclectic dances like scientific experiments; we become observers in his laboratory. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Revisits Three Works 2012-06-01T22:46:12Z

There are lots of controversies, but they usually come along with opposing opinions from different observers and in a broader context. A gutsy trio of newswomen in Sheila Weller's 'News Sorority' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

As a front row observer in the craft beer, kombucha, sour beer, and now natural wine movements, I must be with Alex on this one. A New Restaurant, Frenchette, Stands Up for Natural Wines 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

A look at her back catalogue should show that she's one of the finest observers of the human zoo, and a standard-bearer for women comics and regional voices, too. This week's new comedy 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

Through an accident of physics, the gore is presented in a way that makes it bearable to the casual observer. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

Manguel might best be described not so much as a critic but rather as a devotee of reading; one thinks of Susan Sontag, or of Clive James – observers, admirers, enthusiasts. A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z

But if you're really interested in being an observer, it's the ultimate place to be. Q&A: Regina Spektor talks songwriting, Broadway 2010-06-14T12:01:00Z

For the sustained observer, the depth of their sameness and the discipline it requires are what truly impress. Mirror Images in the D.J. Booth 2011-01-05T23:22:41Z

Yet Coldwell Banker's Gillespie says that focusing only on these statistics is misleading, and that observers shouldn't be surprised by the post-tax-credit swoon. The New Homebuyer Tax Credit Won't Die --Should It? 2010-07-01T22:54:00Z

My role here is only as an observer, but I’m allowed to taste to my tongue’s content, and the next two hours are a blissed-out escape from responsibilities, deadlines, grim headlines and anything that matters. Candy: The next battle in America’s health war?

“To the surprise of the few overnight observers,” Mr. Meacham writes, “the president of the United States read a few names, saluted the fallen, and left as quietly as he had come.” Review: In ‘Destiny and Power,’ George H.W. Bush Epitomizes a Vanishing G.O.P. 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

She is a keen observer with a journalist’s curiosity and the wisdom to know that the panorama becomes clearer the narrower the focus. Review | ‘Three Girls from Bronzeville’ is a story about growing up on Chicago’s South Side — and so much more 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

And, often enough, they remind us of her brilliance as a stylist, social commentator and observer. Joan Didion’s ‘South and West’ is a reminder of what the journalist could do 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

But most pioneering are those images that eliminate the outside observer, portraying the artist’s reclining body, alone or with a partner, from her own point of view, which also becomes ours. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Chung is a perceptive observer, especially of her own inner life. Nicole Chung’s Adoption Memoir, “All You Can Ever Know,” Is an Ode to Sisterly Love 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Even the most cynical observer has to admit: the puppet is objectively beautiful. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

But "Killers" is a dead end — it's doesn't have half enough sizzle to turn Kutcher into a money-making leading man, and it definitely won't encourage critics and other industry observers to treat him with respect. Ashton Kutcher: Tomorrow's Clark Gable? 2010-06-05T18:01:00Z

The dual roles of soldier and documentarian, participant and observer, must be difficult to reconcile for any combat photographer. “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

The pressure to churn out critically acclaimed and commercially viable collections season after season has made the industry a pressure-cooker, some observers say. Galliano trial underlines fashion sector pressures 2011-06-23T10:34:09Z

There is also an observation that Jane's work as a maid, allows her to be a keen observer of life. "Mothering Sunday" director on challenging politics through intimacy: "Nudity levels out classes" 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

In fact, industry observers now say it's not impossible for "Avatar" to beat the $1.84 billion worldwide total for Cameron's "Titanic." 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z

As threat levels go, this may not seem on par with the Cordyceps outbreak that destroys the world in "The Last of Us," because its symptoms aren't discernible to observers or tangible. In "The Last of Us," Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett battle loneliness at the end of the world 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

The United States only entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor — and even then, Samet says, contemporary observers remarked on “a general American indifference to the fact that the world was on fire.” ‘Looking for the Good War’ Says Our Nostalgia for World War II Has Done Real Harm 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

“The matter was hushed up,” one observer noted, “as so many scandals were in that day.” Manspreading, Renaissance-Style: 2 Experts Weigh In on Etiquette of Centuries Past 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

Tenacious and tireless, Billy Graham was blessed with what more than one observer called animal magnetism. Sarah Colt on Why 2021 Is the Right Time for a Film About Billy Graham 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

To a trained observer, Samuel Fromartz looks fully at ease as he shapes the pain de campagne loaves while waiting for a final baguette to brown in his home oven on Capitol Hill. Home bread master Samuel Fromartz learns by doing — and writing

“I wondered if maybe falling in love looked like a crisis to an observer,” she writes. ‘Heart Berries’ Shatters a Pattern of Silence 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

It's in advance of the advertising sales period known as the "upfront," in which some observers expect broadcast networks to rebound after some awful years. NBC will be new at 10 _ but it won't be Leno 2010-05-17T01:02:00Z

To some observers and critics, the hosts’ deaths highlighted talk radio’s often overlooked role as a vector of vaccine resistance and coronavirus misinformation. Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

A neutral observer would not conclude that Trump is fit for a mine. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Cave, the director, is a sharp observer of details: wet lips, nervous feet, the cocky way Stan plays air guitar on a severed thigh. ‘Fresh’ Review: First Date? Try the Veal. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

“I’ve always been much more of an observer of life than a participant,” he said. Conan Gray, a Budding Pop Singer Who Feels It All 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

Some observers are tipping its creator, Ang Lee, as a surprise winner of the director prize. Oscars 2013: live! 2013-02-25T01:16:07Z

Where did The Post suddenly find smart observers and sharp writers to staff the new section? Judith Martin: In defense of ‘women’s pages’ 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Radiohead’s snub last year mystified many observers who saw other 1990s alternative heroes like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day enter the hall the instant they became eligible. Janet Jackson and Radiohead Lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Always astute observers of the depersonalization of modern life, Parquet Courts on “Sympathy” raises an eyebrow at such ubiquitous conveniences as one-touch food delivery apps and household appliances that speak soothingly, “like a mother’s voice.” Fall Brings a Bounty of New Albums. Watch for These 3. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

So many other significant writers and journalists poured into Spain, as observers or participants, it’s hard to keep track of them. Review: Adam Hochschild’s ‘Spain in Our Hearts,’ About a Strangely Literary Conflict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

A keen observer of people and details, Adlon makes every frame feel purposeful. ‘Magical’ ending for ‘Better Things’ fifth and final season 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Cunningham, who died in 2009, used technology inventively throughout his career; for the works in this series, the camera is not an impartial observer but an active participant. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Over two major label albums and several mixtapes, Kodak has proved himself to be both an acute observer of both his own internal conflicts and the external circumstances that helped set him on his path. Kodak Black Grapples With Tough Questions in His Music, but Nowhere Else 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Yet if the Soviets knew much more about Deng than other foreign observers, the archives quoted in the two authors’ latest work do not offer a lot of evidence. Still in the shadows 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

The structure went up in less than a year, and when it was finished, observers scrambled to find words to describe it — an “iron church,” a “cathedral of machines,” a “temple of work.” 2010-01-19T18:11:00Z

He was also wearing hundreds of dollars worth of clothes—an REI Safari Tech shirt, polymer pants, expensive walking shoes—but there would be no way for the casual observer to know this. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z

I see him as someone who is both a really keen observer of the world and also decidedly not in it. Peter Sarsgaard talks about his role in the experimental ‘Experimenter’ 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

“As we know from his television work, he’s a great observer of people,” said Ms. Messud, author of “The Burning Girl.” ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

The creative partnership of Patterson and Parton — a thriller writer known for his often grisly plots, and a musician beloved by Americans of all political and geographic persuasions — struck some observers as odd. Dolly Parton and James Patterson Are Working 9 to 5 on a Novel 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

But 2½ hours of teenage insecurities turned into pop opéra bouffe make for a patience-trying endurance test for all but the most tolerant observers. Review | ‘Be More Chill’ found an audience online. But in a Broadway theater, it lost me. 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

Then again, the same interviews mentioned his attention to detail, whereas to many observers the shocking thing about Grimsby was not the elephants but the sloppiness. Is it cos I is wack? The rise and fall of Sacha Baron Cohen 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

But in literary circles, some observers saw a reticence in some quarters to name the specific forces that had long targeted Mr. Rushdie. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

This is not the first time Ms. Boyce has experimented with how art and observers interact. Gallery Wanted to Provoke Debate by Removing Naked Nymphs Painting. It Succeeded. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

The point is to agitate casual observers and leave them scratching their heads. Perspective | Fanny packs. Prairie dresses. Luxury shower shoes: Is fashion trolling us or what? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Aid groups should stop suppressing information about theft for fear of alienating donors, observers said. Food hijack by Islamic State fuels debate over transparency of aid 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Her audition earned kind words from her objective observer - an industry veteran who wound up becoming an acting coach for Dabis to prepare for the role. Filmmaker Dabis casts fresh Sundance face: herself 2013-01-19T22:01:06Z

When news of the choice got out, it inspired sighs among some observers. Becoming Modern: The Met’s Mission at the Breuer Building 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Maguire’s otherworldly coolness suits the observer drawn into a story he might prefer only to watch. Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby: From Jazz Age to Baz Age 2013-05-09T18:30:54Z

Foucault's dispatches from Tehran were one exception to the general incomprehension of western observers, best exemplified by the US president Jimmy Carter's dismissal of Khomeini as "crazy". Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z

Heading into the frame, most box office observers expected Just Go With It to win the session, but Never Say Never is now a real contender. Justin Bieber leads Friday box office with $12.4 million 2011-02-12T18:19:25Z

What remained, always, was the impulse to hold a dialogue with the observer, to leave the photograph open to interpretation, he said. A Look Back on a Life’s Work Capturing Conflict 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

They argue that the two systems are virtually identical and that trial observers will find trials in the two forums nearly indistinguishable. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z

Yet Thomson was the least prescriptive of observers. The democracy of American music 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

Hughes's judgment may have a kernel of truth, and yet the juxtapositions and disjunctions that characterise Polke's art reflect processes of thought to which even the most sober observer can relate. Sigmar Polke obituary 2010-06-14T17:40:00Z

There, the press statement said, “visitors transition into the role of the observer.” Watch Out: You’re in Ai Weiwei’s Surveillance Zone 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

In this series, Ms. Weems maintains the stance of omniscient, commenting observer, though this position was changing. Art Review: Carrie Mae Weems Charts the Black Experience in Photographs 2014-01-23T23:42:31Z

His autobiography details his misdemeanours in what close observers suggest was a wise strategy for getting all the bad stuff out into the open before it could be hauled up and used against him. Russell Brand: messiah or very naughty boy? 2013-06-15T23:05:40Z

Any observer looking at the three of us would conclude that the person who looked the coolest was Obama. Nick Clegg warns over Syria intervention 2013-06-20T09:42:24Z

For many British observers, Mr. Watson is as special an artist as Ms. Whelan. Review: ‘Whelan/Watson: Other Stories’ Pairs Stars of Ballet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Some observers note that Conway is one of the few administration officials likely to stay in Washington after Trump leaves and is quietly building relationships for the long game. Washington society and Team Trump: A year in, the fear and loathing is mutual 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

He is “an alert and often comic observer of the world.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Depending on the observer, this unexpected exactitude either inspires platitudes about diversity or is a reminder of a tumultuous past. Seven Places in Europe We Call Home 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Coming just after 9:30 p.m., the bold call blew election observers’ minds. Perspective | After Hannity’s travesty, Fox News redeems itself (just a tad) with a bold election night decision 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Late in the game Trusnovec — who seems just an observer of the proceedings at first — delivers a striking, slow, sculptural solo under an isolating cone of light. Paul Taylor company dances to a new tune at Meany 2012-10-06T20:28:04Z

Moore, a former musician and the author of three previous novels, is an astute social observer. Review | ‘Long Bright River’ is that wonderful thriller that subverts your expectations till the very last page 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Cruise ships, those fun-house microcosms of society, offer rich and sometimes lurid settings to social observers. Soft Children Confront a Hard World in Maile Meloy’s New Novel 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

And it’s here where “The Case Against 8” becomes more of an instrument in this drama than an observer. ‘The Case Against 8’: Lights, camera, equality

Georgie, strong-willed, strait-laced and Methodist by upbringing, stuck stoically and, some observers thought, foolishly by her husband while maintaining a considerable intellectual independence and finding outlets in social work and feminism, which irritated Burne-Jones. The Last Pre-Raphaelite by Fiona MacCarthy - review 2011-08-25T09:00:01Z

Either way, Mr. Baumbach is, as usual, a piquant observer of the manners and morals of the various demographic subsets of the white, urban lower-upper-middle class. Review: In ‘While We’re Young,’ a Coupling of Gen X and Y 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Restaurant observers say over-embellishment and quirky dish categories are ways for chefs to build their brands and distinguish their product from the competition. Menu confusion: Plates of all sizes in quirky categories befuddle hungry diners

Conservative talk radio, Fox News, offline publications, and the hundreds of online observer websites would simply not exist without an audience driven by a faith-mandated conscience and thusly predisposed to their messages. Jesus, big money and the GOP: Before Fox News, there was “The 700 Club” 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Stunned, Rydal offers his help and at that moment graduates from interested observer to guilty participant. ‘The Two Faces of January,’ From a Highsmith Novel 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

But in spite of his noble intentions, the Night Manager star was roundly criticized on social media by observers who found his remarks self-indulgent, tone-deaf, or just plain awkward. People Can't Stop Criticizing Tom Hiddleston's Golden Globes Speech 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

Some observers say he lifted passages inappropriately; others say he sufficiently cited the original sources. Pastor Mark Driscoll's books withdrawn from 180 Christian stores 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

She is among the first true anthropologists of old age, both participant and observer. What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

It was sexual, yes, and thus disturbing to the more placid and puritanical observers, but it was inescapably religious too, in the sense that religion evokes realities ordinarily hidden from the human eye. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Nick is an outside observer who becomes emotionally involved in the story he is telling. Why Gatsby is so great 2012-06-09T23:05:21Z

Lenny Bruce was perhaps the ultimate example of this — he wasn’t particularly funny, just a sly and subversive observer. This is your brain on selfies: The science of self-portraits, faces, art and the mind 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

The way I look at it is that broadcasters are just paid observers, just there to tell you what we see. 2010-02-02T21:30:00Z

On December 19, a presidential election in Belarus that international observers said was fraudulent sent protesters into the streets, including members of the Belarus Free Theater. ArtsBeat: Support for Belarus Theater Troupe Includes Rally, Benefit, and a Chicago Engagement 2011-01-19T21:22:09Z

Perry, who says she’s “an observer of life,” carries around a recorder to stash away phrases that strike her fancy. Sir Paul, Katy Perry Trade Songwriting Tips 2013-10-18T14:44:50Z

Unforgiving observers may write Mason Sr. off as a deadbeat, but, like Olivia, who sometimes lobs expletives at her unfazed children, he’s deeply loving. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Because of that, observers expect the flap to subside until the 2015 season. Time Warner Cable to broadcast final Dodger games on local TV 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer, Yiyun Lee, praised the book, calling Levy “an astute observer of both the mundane and the inexplicable.” New in Paperback: ‘Bowlaway’ and ‘Heart’ 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

The Washington Post’s Style section has published a New Year’s in/out list every year since 1978, gathering ideas and contributions from Post staffers and outside observers. Perspective | The List

Or maybe it’s just pretension, an instance of long-simmering Anglophilia among the American striver classes bubbling over into full-fledged imitation — or in the view of British observers, parody. Noted: Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms 2012-10-10T20:37:21Z

Still the greatest impact on sustainability, industry observers said, will ultimately come from the creators, collectors and viewers of art. Mindful of Its Impact on the Planet, the Art World Aims for Sustainability 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

Of course liberal or leftist observers from outside the Trump bubble, armed with elite education and enlightened attitudes to match, deride his work as ridiculous or offensive. Trump propaganda painter Jon McNaughton: "Greatest" artist of our time? 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

Not by their beauty, not by their youth, but by the fact that they’re living in a simulacrum, constantly observed though rarely acknowledging the observer. Lena Dunham on Love Island: ‘I'm asking the same question they do – can you love after hurt?’ 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

The bid was so quixotic that a handful of observers, some suspicious of McMullin’s C.I.A. background, wondered if someone was pulling the strings. Evan McMullin Is Trying to Save Democracy 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

In British terms, she is Henry Mayhew and Mass-Observation rolled into one — a stellar observer of the day-to-day and the mundane, a social historian of extraordinary talent. The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

We overhear scraps of conversation we barely understand, and glimpse codes, gestures and set phrases that as western observers we don't readily pick up on. 11 Flowers - review 2012-05-22T13:01:46Z

If Rockefeller had come — the observers were clear that they were never asking him to go inside the yard and be with the prisoners. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

And the station has sometimes set off controversy by becoming part of the drama, not merely an observer. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z

“I think I’ve just taken a different step. I’m an observer of human nature, but then I put it into a story for children.” When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

Indeed, several art world observers question whether the board has contributed to the museum’s problems, either by being overly hands-on or insufficiently unified. After Upheaval, MOCA Bets on Johanna Burton to Bring Stability 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

But, then, as we established in my first column, when it comes to dating, I’m more of a keen and curious observer than a source of any wisdom whatsoever. Date Lab: He wants kids. So does she. Is that enough? 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Many observers saw this as the final straw that caused Ailes to be deposed. ‘I felt angry that it took so long’: Gretchen Carlson on Roger Ailes’s ouster from Fox News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

But Ken Taylor - who said he feels slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo" 2013-02-23T17:28:08Z

Besides movie industry observers, speakers extolling the museum included owners of neighboring office buildings and homes, representatives from construction trade unions, and the Miracle Mile and Hollywood Chambers of Commerce. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures clears environmental review 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Runway shows are generally civilized affairs, with observers expressing themselves through creative outfits, not shouts. These Triplet Models Want to Take This Town by the Throat 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Then in a matter of minutes, Mr. Toobin, 60, committed the act that would make him subject, not observer, of scandal, investigation and commentary. The Undoing of Jeffrey Toobin 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

The prominent violinist Jennifer Koh wasn’t there, but she is a keen observer of issues of race in the classical field. Was Yuja Wang’s Concert Satirical or Offensive? It’s Complicated 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

That’s a verdict for the Supreme Court justice’s intimates and close observers to render, though Edward Gero’s lively performance at Arena Stage makes an extremely compelling case. Scalia and the intern, punching from right and left in ‘The Originalist’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

The issue of how neighbors and communities cohere — or fray — has long been on the mind of French observers. How a French Artist Turned a Stay in North Carolina Into Conceptual Art 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

As an observer of human behavior - my own as well - I'm pleased to see this story - I want to know what's going to happen next in the lives of the victims and of the accused. Disgraced by Scandal, Mario Batali Is Eyeing His Second Act 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

More knowledgeable observers can judge the show’s historical accuracy. Review: ‘Rebellion’ Pits Soap Opera vs. Drama of the Easter Rising 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

As outside observers, it’s not our place to diagnose O’Connor with an illness or disorder. Failing Sinead O’Connor: The ugly spectacle of mocking celebrities in crisis 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

“However,” he conceded, a certain percentage “have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things. It is this group of observations that we now are attempting to resolve.” ‘Project Blue Book’ Is Based on a True U.F.O. Story. Here It Is. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

World leaders are due to meet in Mexico in November for the latest round of climate change talks, but observers say they are skeptical about how far the biggest carbon emitters will agree to go. Film fetes small steps to address climate change 2010-04-22T15:02:00Z

To a casual observer, the game of squash looks easy. Looking to work out the mind and body? Squash might be the answer. 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

It is better that a juror asks a basic question, even if that is sneered at by observers, than for a jury to convict or acquit with uncertainty in their minds. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z

Questions immediately arise for any observer: How good is a Cunningham dance when the Cunningham company is not performing it? Dance Review | Lyon Opera Ballet: Works by Cunningham, Forsythe and Marin at the Joyce Theater 2010-03-11T20:24:00Z

What really is at stake, many observers say, is the quality of music in a country world renowned for its culture. Italian opera silenced by wildcat strikes 2010-05-06T12:09:00Z

The level of scrutiny the media subjects you to is amped up much more than observers imagine? “She’s going down”: Star GOP strategist Stuart Stevens on why Hillary Clinton won’t be the Democratic nominee 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

Kunzru’s work as a journalist, including two recent and indispensable essays in The New York Review of Books on the web-fueled rise of contemporary autocracy, shows he’s a shrewd and unsparing observer of recent politics. Afraid of a Lurking Evil, a Writer Goes Down the Rabbit Hole 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Up until recently, most observers have seen the second outcome as the more likely one. Blurred vision on the 3D bandwagon 2010-09-29T13:03:00Z

To some observers, Modernity describes an art with no center at all; to others, an art with a center that is everywhere. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z

It was a rich year for even the casual observer of campus life. The Year of the Imaginary College Student 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

Trump will need Fox News more than ever to fend off the undeniable truths of the report, which Dahlia Lithwick in Slate called a “highlights reel of things even the most casual observer already knew.” Perspective | Mueller’s report proves why Trump loves Fox News — and why he needs it now more than ever 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

A stressed populace and flood of early voting had many observers worried about a chaotic counting process, leading news organizations to warn against jumping to conclusions. News outlets preach caution as first election results arrive 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z

An observer might be tempted to see these three problems as entirely separate and unconnected. Perspective | All the problems at NBC News aren’t just coincidence. They’re symptoms. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Then he alerted the African observer mission, and returned with them to his house. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

In addition to being more successful in the ratings, the hostless broadcast was also well received by critics and other observers. The Oscars won't have a host again in 2020, ABC entertainment chief announces 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

At the end of any prosecution counsel's opening summary many observers assume it's an open and shut case. Louise Doughty: rereading the best courtroom dramas 2013-06-21T18:00:01Z

Borland was at the beginning of what most observers felt would be a long and lucrative career. The NFL is morally reprehensible: As players walk away from brutality, fans must do the same 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

That some of Franklin's observers admit to being compromised by drugs also accounts for their lack of judgment at the time. 'Tales of the Grim Sleeper' revealing look at accused serial killer 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

All of these series invite audiences to view the observer effect in action, noticing the subjects' behavior changing before our very eyes to suit the perceived requirement that we be entertained. HBO Max's cheeky and addictive "FBoy Island" is calling out reality dating shows 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

I am not the first observer who has noted the relevance of the movie “The Manchurian Candidate.” The Manchurian President: A classic Hollywood thriller tells us more about America than any history book 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Now, between the controversy over the film and the release of the emails, observers are questioning Pascal's future with the studio. Future of Sony's Amy Pascal questioned after hacked email revelations 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

He's explained why he likes each one, but sometimes a series reveals things about its observer that the person doesn't say. Obama releases his TV Top 10 List, reminding Americans that he (unlike Trump) is just like us 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z

Fetishizing Paris is part of a long tradition among American cultural observers, from Hemingway to Woody Allen, many of whom have romanticized the French capital as if its streets were bathed in Chanel No. 5. American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

Lipsyte is most commonly praised for his hilarious flights of fancy, but he is also a precise and perceptive observer, capable of impaling a lifestyle with one sparse aside. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-07T10:00:00Z

He, of course, is the dispassionate, objective observer with no ax to grind, only interested in reporting the scientific facts. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

Serpell is a pitiless and often very funny observer of people and of society. ‘The Old Drift’ Is a Dazzling Debut Spanning Four Generations 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Born in Winston-Salem, N.C., he is an astute cultural observer whose humor is informed by his interest in social commentary. Jerrod Carmichael’s Comedy, and Tourism, Call for Reflection 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

And while it’s too soon to tell whether men will embrace makeup with anything approaching women’s fervor, one trend is obvious, observers say: Beauty brands are pivoting toward more gender-neutral products presented in unisex packaging. Why beauty brands are removing gender from their marketing 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

Like Bill in the film, Boorman was very much an observer at 18. John Boorman catches up with alter ego in 'Queen & Country' 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

Their stories were much harder to simplify, and their testimonies encouraged online observers to mob-solve the contradictions, as if we were watching a confusingly structured true-crime narrative. The Search for Pizzazz at the Impeachment Reality Show 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Steinberg proves to be a keen observer, and a morally serious one. Books of The Times: True Tales of a Prison Librarian 2010-10-19T16:13:00Z

He became a keen observer of people’s moods and mannerisms. ‘Friday Black’ Uses Fantasy and Blistering Satire to Skewer Racism and Consumer Culture 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

But one of its most instant delights was the sense of giddy communion last Friday, as fans and observers awaited, then savoured, the record in real time. Radiohead: The King of Limbs ? review 2011-02-20T00:06:06Z

One secret of NOLS’s pedagogy is that it lets students do things before they are competent or confident, but always with an observer ready to step in and help. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Hillary Clinton and elected leaders pledged to work with Donald Trump on Wednesday, the day after he won the presidency in what many political observers called an upset. Clinton and Obama urge support for President-elect Trump 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

But to many observers the news seemed like proof of the hypocrisy of Sisi’s regime. The Egyptian Satirist Who Inspired a Revolution 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

In turn this creating a virtual wall between whatever it is that we're filming and ourselves; one small device can transform us into dispassionate observers. Alexandra Pelosi's unfiltered "American Selfie" gives a complex picture of how we look to each other 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

Longtime observers point to Murdoch's pursuit of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. as an example of the mogul's tenacity. Time Warner is girding to fight Murdoch's takeover offer 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Linguistic observers have noted for years the apparent rise of “so” in connection with the popularization of certain subjects and modes of speech. The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

And not every observer agrees that Trump onstage is a trend in opera. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

Since he is leaving the desk for good this Wednesday, writers, wags and other cultural observers have littered the internet with top 10 lists dedicated to Letterman’s best moments on the show. David Letterman retires: the top 10 list of top 10 lists about The Late Show 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

He’s not a genius or a keen observer of details, actually, and he’s annoyingly reliant on the woo-woo. Marvelously strange: “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” asks us to trust that it’s all connected 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

But before The Unknown Hipster, there was Tom Wolfe, another generation's unimpressed art world observer and hipster decrypter. | 'The Painted Word' 2012-11-07T20:00:17Z

This of course is what writing, what literature, does; it brings us directly into the mind of the observer, collapsing the boundaries that separate us. 'I am provoked, disturbed' - David L. Ulin on the best books of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Change comes, no matter how many longtime observers or older company members resist it. City Ballet Readies Architecture of Dance Festival 2010-04-24T02:16:00Z

While Houston police said the cancellations were due to issues of permits and public safety, some observers have wondered if the content of the song caused the authorities to intervene. Kanye West's New Slaves screening shut down by Houston police 2013-05-27T10:34:00Z

To some observers, the changes are warning signs that a once-competitive industry has resorted to collusion to raise its profits. Three top airlines changed the pricing of multi-city tickets. Here’s how to avoid paying more. 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

As a result, while the luxury industry is in mourning this week, many observers were confident that Chanel would withstand Mr. Lagerfeld’s death. After Karl Lagerfeld, What’s Next for Chanel and Fendi? 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

This was an administration whose “Downfall” bunker memes wrote themselves, marking a political period many observers saw as the inevitable result of Americans’ infatuation with the amoral swagger and sharkskin impunity of classic gangster movies. Perspective | Trump’s bizarre post-election behavior isn’t a tantrum or a coup. It’s fan service. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

What JetBlue failed to advertise, but observers quickly noticed, was that it was also squeezing more seats into the cabin, increasing the number of passengers from 150 to 162. The travel industry touts product improvements while charging more and providing less 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

I am not a user, I am an observer. YouTubers at the mercy of the algorithm: “The idea is to post content, not have an interesting... 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

"El Cóndor pasa!" exclaims a joyous observer, looking up at the bird banking back and forth above the village. Fight of the condor: Peru bull fiestas threaten future of rare Andean bird 2013-01-29T14:54:28Z

But Crewdson's unsettling ability to evoke the ineluctable void between observer and observed — and between one human being and another — is beyond the reach of words. 'Gregory Crewdson': Zooming in on photographer's 'dramas' 2012-11-21T22:34:09Z

What gave you standing to speak up to your friend was simply being a somewhat disinterested observer who was called in to help. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend makes excuses for her roommate’s racism 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

They appear, behave and bleed like humans do — a visual lie the series foisted on its observers. We, Robots: As “Westworld” finale looms, we have about as much of a clue as the hosts 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

And it occurred to an observer some time later that the designer might also benefit from a gift subscription to Cosmopolitan. Fashion Diary: At New York Fashion Week, Constant Motion, Elusive Point 2012-09-14T21:14:15Z

Its appeal, the journalist concluded, lay in the liberation of the observer from the normal rules of politeness. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z

In one of the wittiest sequences, this suave, vain, silver-haired snake is shown emerging shirtless from the sea “like Ursula Andress in a James Bond film,” in the words of one observer, as flashbulbs pop. | 'The Conquest': ?The Conquest? Sarkozy Made - Review 2011-11-10T23:13:46Z

They too have been ingratiated: “I came as an observer,” he says. Review: A Jew and 16 ‘Nerf Nazis’ Meet Cute in ‘Just for Us’ 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

It’s an attitude one observer describes as brash, as well as unfair to arts leaders who’ve been laboring in the nonprofit trenches for years. Andy Fife and Randy Engstrom shake up Seattle’s arts scene 2013-01-31T23:13:51Z

The exhibition, we are told, illuminates “the experience of the war from the point of view of its participants and observers”; it “seeks to recover the deeply personal experience of the war.” Viewing World War I Through the Prism of the Personal 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Remember a few years ago when certain culture consumers began an ongoing obsession with “vocal fry”? It’s a guttural quality which, frenzied observers insist, is perpetuated by young women and needs to be stopped. Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

Pryor takes us into a prison in a country of rendition with an Australian observer – the kind of good, solid cop we see in TV police procedurals. Political cartoons, trivial and inconsequential? I think not 2013-07-11T23:30:33Z

Collaborating with two other artists in Madrid, they create interactive public art — art that encourages people to become a part of it rather than just being observers. ‘Meeting Bowls’ public art is designed to spark conversations 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

He might try several versions of an elevation, with differences that would not be obvious to a casual observer. Stirling buildings 2011-03-20T00:01:01Z

Owen Pallett positions himself as both the observer and the observed in the songs that constitute his new album, “In Conflict” — often within the same turn of phrase. New Albums From Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, Sleaford Mods and Owen Pallett 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The people of “Opus Jazz” are still unformed, raw, discovering who they are, and they play less for observers than for one another. Review: City Ballet’s ‘Harlequinade’ and ‘N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ Delve Into Human Nature 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

“But survivor’s guilt is not the right term. I was not a survivor. I felt more like an observer. “It’s the same with racial identity. Jeffrey Gibson: American. Native American. Gay. An artist's life outside labels 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

During his time as head of Chase from 1969 to 1981, Rockefeller forged such a network of close relationships with governments and multinational corporations that observers said the bank had its own foreign policy. Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at age 101 in New York 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

She becomes an observer of the children’s grief but distances herself from it and them. Review | Sue Miller’s ‘Monogamy’ interrogates what it means to be faithful over the course of a long marriage 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

But it’s not clear if the United States will even participate: As word spreads of Hitler’s ethnic-cleansing mission, some observers in the States move to boycott the games. Review: Jesse Owens Biopic 'Race' Fails Before the Finish Line 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

And all of it, to an outside observer, has the lurid thrill of a real-life “Game of Thrones.” ‘Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia’ Review: Grandiose Pursuits 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

As observers, she thinks she and Baird make a good team. 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

On the runway, it looked as though van Herpen’s model was wearing a meteor, one observer noted. Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future. 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

One observer went so far as to declare the Black church “dead.” A Black senator from Georgia 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Gossaert is almost Warholian in his fascination with surface, a rich observer of the physical world who hesitates to go beyond. Jan Gossaert's Renaissance ? review 2011-03-04T10:52:10Z

To the casual observer, this appearance represented nothing more than a pair of A-listers unafraid to appear to be slumming it if it means spreading the word about their new movie. Two men. One dream 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z

The author of numerous books, Mr. Lees was not just an observer of the music scene, he was also a participant. Gene Lees, Jazz Critic and Historian, Dies at 82 2010-04-27T03:33:00Z

Like all the best observers of track life, these writers know the pleasure is in the atmosphere and the company, and that occasional victories are little cause for confidence. ArtsBeat: The Small and Pleasurable World at the Track 2013-05-03T14:00:48Z

This "white noose", as one contemporary observer referred to it, helped strangle the inner city, both economically and socially, turning it into a series of large ghettos intercut by freeway. Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre 2011-01-02T00:02:03Z

And if she doesn’t mind eating with dead people, I’d also have Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr. Both were remarkable observers of human nature and America. James B. Comey: By the Book 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Brill is a keen observer of well-intentioned ideas, like trade adjustment assistance, executed badly. America Has Gone Off the Rails. Steven Brill Sees Ways to Get It Back on Track. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

For some observers, such efforts seem a bit past their prime. Pirelli’s Reality Check: Portraying Beauty at Any Age 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

“My cancer patient was blogging every day like it was his last,” the female narrator, an observer, writes in “The Lucky Lady.” Review: The Bold Voice of Rebecca Schiff, in 23 Stories 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

He used the secondary status of screenwriters — one of the most durable facts of Hollywood life — to his advantage, positioning himself as an indispensable craftsman and an insightful participant observer. William Goldman’s Journey From Page to Screen 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

To a more disinterested observer, it seems pleasant enough, with a soothing pace and shipboard and forest settings and other visual effects that are richer and deeper than the television norm. Amazon Unveils Children's Show 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Some observers believe Weinstein is faking or exaggerating his maladies in order to garner sympathy in his trial and sentencing. Weinstein's attorneys ask for leniency 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

To many observers the combination of Ms. Hearst and Chloé appeared to be a savvy match. Chloé Bids Goodbye to Gabriela Hearst 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

For any neutral observer, the latest chapter of Sheen's life looks more like a tragedy than the bawdy comedy many people are trying to pretend it is. Charlie Sheen, a star on the verge of a nervous breakdown, grips and revulses America 2011-03-06T00:15:46Z

Of course, the hat prompted head-scratching from observers pretty much from the get-go. Selling Melania Trump, One NFT at a Time 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

One observer in this novel refers to its predicament as “Lucy and Ethel Do Euthanasia.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Other observers called her project “a pop culture landmark we should welcome” and “a very powerful international statement about the currency of the language.” Bringing Attention to the Maori Language, One Song at a Time 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

In his presence, one observer said, you felt “the light of an Irish shower sun.” Books of The Times: ‘Mathew Brady,’ a Biography by Robert Wilson 2013-08-07T21:29:29Z

Cheryl Strayed, best known for her memoir “Wild,” joined this year after initially being a “cheerleader” and “observer on the sidelines.” Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

The more you try and keep a lid on your personal life, the more dramatic and shocking a privacy violation can seem to outside observers. After Celebrity Photo Hack, Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video Looks Even More Provocative 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Cline is an astute observer of the social rhythms of the upper middle class, particularly of those in the entertainment and creative industries. Emma Cline Knows First World Problems 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Even casual observers of Y.A. controversies might have seen the Jackson and Zhao incidents, coming so close together, as an acceleration of an already established trend. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Libby needs some of this savvy: smart but withdrawn, she becomes a keen observer of her father’s wily talent for treading the surface of life without getting weighed down by emotional responsibilities. Movie Review: Maya Kenig’s ‘Off White Lies’ 2012-12-07T01:50:18Z

He is a close observer, too, of surfing’s “male ego opéra bouffe.” Review: ‘Barbarian Days,’ by William Finnegan, Details a Surfer’s Pilgrimage 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

But some publishing observers are concerned about overkill. How rock music is saving books 2011-04-25T05:06:54Z

She found herself flattered by her subjects’ come-ons, titillated by dirty photos they had sent her and, by the end of the book, becoming more participant than observer. I unleashed my freak! 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Ms. Middleton seemed intent on pursuing a media-related path that inevitably kept her in the spotlight, an approach not entirely lost on some royal observers. Pippa Middleton Goes Out on Her Own. But She’s Not Alone. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

The handbook of the Frick’s paintings notes that one observer described the scene as “all aflutter, like a lady’s fan.” 2010-01-08T06:23:00Z

Leonardo was an avid observer of the world around him: he sketched in his notebooks people he encountered in the streets and tried to capture in his paintings the sort of specifics he’d recorded. Books of The Times: Ross King’s Deconstructs Leonardo and ‘The Last Supper’ 2012-10-29T18:01:10Z

And by obscuring her face, he says, the sculptor was profoundly rethinking the earlier marble, creating a more introverted figure and a new kind of interplay, inviting the observer to “approach her without being seen.” Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

"Glamour is the keynote" to the appearance of women in the East End, one observer noted, and "the Hollywood influence is much in evidence". Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z

Nor might a casual observer have expected the beguiling sweet-natured indie from a studio more famous for the Hunger Games and Divergent franchises. La La Land's success heralds return to Lionsgate's small-scale roots 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

"The observer is left with the imagery of the African subjects, or objects - and the perpetrators of the crimes are written on a small piece of paper. It's very one-dimensional." Exhibit B: Is controversial art show racist? 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Credited by some tech observers as a key innovation that helped TikTok create a sense of ongoing collaboration, “duets” are also a quick and easy vehicle for mockery. ‘It’s hard to put the brakes on it. We doubled down’: Charli D’Amelio and the first family of TikTok 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

Clay Shirky wrote: “Her knowledge of the power and risks of mathematical models, coupled with a gift for analogy, makes her one of the most valuable observers of the continuing weaponization of big data.” Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

More than the Golden Globes or the SAG awards or the Independent Spirit Awards, the Oscars welcome extravagance; observers expect haute couture — or something close to it. The Oscars red carpet showed us the most diversity of the night 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Confronted with such competition, most observers agree that California had no choice but to bolster its program. Are film subsidies worth it? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

Last week he jetted to Las Vegas to look into allegations that GOP observers were unable to look at ballots and diagnosed the country as a “banana republic.” It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

If critics identified in Mr. Botha a weakness, it lay in his acting abilities, which some observers found lacking in comparison with his vocal power. Johan Botha, acclaimed operatic tenor, dies at 51 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

He is a close observer of his fellow students’ writing styles. Review: Knausgaard Becomes a Writer in a Sick, Crooked World 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

And they gave observers a sense of how much of a stomach one had for political and cultural upheaval. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

There are other eyes on the building — security, cops and a few less expected observers. ‘The Universe Hit Pause’: The Ripple Effects of Broadway’s Shutdown 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

The wife of Prince William, the second heir to the British throne, visited Margate's Turner Contemporary gallery on Wednesday and told an observer that, yeah, she occasionally forgets she's carrying a little royal. Britain's slim Duchess Catherine sometimes forgets she's pregnant 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

In a symbolic twist, Greutert made his directorial debut on the sixth "Saw" film, which grossed just $31 million worldwide last year, with observers thinking that the franchise may be bleeding dry. 2010-01-20T08:15:00Z

But some observers think Boten--the buildings and the concession--will likely be sold. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z

Mr. Prêtre, whose last name means “priest,” sometimes conducted as though he were possessed, shaking his arms and writhing at the rostrum in a manner that reminded some observers of his American peer Leonard Bernstein. Georges Prêtre, French conductor who recorded with Maria Callas, dies at 92 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The on-board observers who collect critical data sometimes face harassment and even, allegedly, murder by the crews they monitor. In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

Sure, I tell myself, I live in a culture that is saturated by and obsessed with technology, but I myself am more an observer than a product of that culture. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

One such rule is the “halo effect,” in which thinking about one positive attribute of a person or thing causes observers to perceive other strengths that aren’t really there. From Michael Lewis, the Story of Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About the Way We Think 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Schuyler is the panoptical observer, taking in everything from a discreet distance. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z

This slight holding back of horror allows a brief moment of thought and reflection to the observer of what is, by any standards, a shocking scene. Malcolm Browne: man behind iconic burning monk photograph dies aged 81 2012-08-29T06:00:07Z

Champlin, who years later said that he "couldn't pretend it was a piece of reporting," was criticized for the article, which outside observers viewed as an "apologia." Charles Champlin dies at 88; former L.A. Times arts editor, critic 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

There were lifelong and trained activists in the group, but the march also swept up casual observers who joined when asked, “Do black lives matter to you?” The young people will save us: My experience marching with Black Lives Matter in Chicago 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

Wolff is so low-key he barely registers a personality, making Henry not much more than a numb observer of Ana’s begging and bartering. ‘Castle in the Ground’ Review: Dazed and Used 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Thirty-six most-important elections later, in 2012, an Atlantic writer requested the trope be retired because “pundits and political observers invoke the cliche so reflexively and so often that it no longer has any meaning.” Do you really believe this is the most important election of our lives? Because we’ve heard that before. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

Most of their cases were cut short by judges who, like me, are stoic, emotionless observers of the things that happen in the universe. I too am savagely impartial and should be a Supreme Court Justice 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

This kind of social mobility can be hugely confusing for observers who want everyone to stay where they're put. Arts cuts really do matter, actually 2011-02-03T11:18:59Z

Enter tender biscuits, served in a skillet alongside a bowl of pimento cheese that sees so much back and forth at the table, observers feel as if they’re watching a tennis match. Review | No, this is not another meat market 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

In the margins of the pages, saleroom observers occasionally scribbled prices, identified buyers and gave critiques of the art. Antiques: A Ballet?s Costumes Take Center Stage 2010-09-23T21:11:00Z

Bennett and Davies are less sports analysts than cultural observers, looking for amusing ways to frame the most compelling story lines of the tournament. ‘Men in Blazers,’ a Whimsical Soccer Show on ESPN 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Chairmanship rotates among the member nations, and all other participants have only nonspeaking observer status. What’s this Washington insider and billionaire’s wife doing in Alaska? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

And indeed, some observers depicted Jobs’ assholism as a deliberate management style. Trump, Jobs, Zuckerberg: We idolize jerks 2012-08-12T12:00:00Z

In our cabin, open on three sides, we felt less like observers than residents of the forest, along with monkeys playing in the trees directly above us and the leafcutter ants below. Explorer : In Search of ‘Wild’ Costa Rica 2014-04-10T20:09:26Z

A sharp-eyed observer of discontent, both emotional and social, he never achieved the name recognition of the French New Wave masters like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, who died on Tuesday at 91. Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

“Just to watch me order a bialy and chocolate milk in my English accent was enough to make any observer want to strangle me.” ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pryor is a keen and experienced observer of what is and isn’t effective in his field. Straddling Worlds of Performance 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z

To this untrained observer, there’s no difference in beauty between a 60 cent skin and a $1,300 skin. Online gambling’s weird new frontier: The $2.3 billion business of garishly painted virtual assault rifles 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z

Instead, as most everyone knows, Fyre was a disaster, becoming Instagram infamous for serving up “a tsunami of Schadenfreude,” as one observer puts it. Review | Yes, it takes two Fyre Festival documentaries to fully convey how easily we’re all scammed 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Even though I was just a casual observer and not his Mistress, I didn’t know quite where I fit into their relationship. Dominatrix for a day 2012-11-04T01:00:00Z

A little respect, say observers, goes a long way. Rolling Out the Rainbow Carpet 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Sharp-eyed observers noticed that the typeface used for Droga5’s online campaign was remarkably similar to the one that promoted the 2006 movie, “The Da Vinci Code,” based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown. Get in Line: The $100 Million da Vinci Is in Town 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

The role of the editor seems to have changed from being an observer of fashion to being a participant. | Fast Fashion: Franca Sozzani Hates Fashionistas 2011-09-23T17:56:30Z

It’s best appreciated in the context of a milonga, a casual gathering for amateur tango practitioners to come together and dance, and an event where a nondancing observer like myself is the exception. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z

As an outsider, he is, in effect, the passionately compassionate yet skeptical observer of Ines’s life and work. A Stilted Vision of a Declining Europe in “Toni Erdmann” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Along the Pearl River watershed near milepost 125, patient observers may spot a petite ringed map turtle basking on fallen trees in the river, identifiable by the yellow rings decorating its bony carapace. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z

Having grown up within two cultures and now living in two more, I became both an outside observer and an insider, helping my sons understand the cultural nuances while navigating them myself. Perspective | What raising multicultural sons has taught me about food and appropriation 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

One of many festivals on a crowded European music calendar, the Beethoven fest increasingly "punches above its weight," in the words of one observer, particularly for musicians. Wagner descendant heads a music fest -- Beethoven, not Bayreuth 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

To the outside observer, Jack Antonoff might seem like something of a workaholic. Jack Antonoff Doesn’t Want to Just Take Up Space 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Down Syndrome International and the UN are encouraging World Down Syndrome Day observers to think about inclusion means in 2022. World Down Syndrome Day: How 'eye-catching' socks became a tradition 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

To observers on the right and left alike, OAN’s chief goal seems to be to press the conservative cause. An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chang is a close observer of the ways society assigns high status to the food of some cultures and devalues the cooking of others. Why Does This Fancy Shopping Mall Smell Like Street Meat? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Some legal observers say the longer jurors deliberate, the better for the defense. Jury in Hudson-related case meet for 3rd day 2012-05-11T11:01:12Z

I'm not a photojournalist; I'm an observer and I'm very bossy. Jason Bell's best shot 2010-07-21T21:01:00Z

“The simplest of means,” one observer wrote, “had brought about an overwhelming effect.” Review: Wagner Would Have Liked AR, but Not This ‘Parsifal’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

To the delighted surprise of at least one observer, a considerable number of us apparently used the time in confinement to rethink some shibboleths about who gets to wear what. The Boys in Their Summer Dresses 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

"As a long-time Indiana resident, and an observer of Mike Pence’s political career for over a decade, one of the greatest flaws of his political career is his ambition," he wrote. Evangelical Taylor U community in uproar over Pence speech: "Deeply at odds with following Christ" 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The inmates invited observers into the prison, including the radical defense lawyer William M. Kunstler and Tom Wicker, a columnist for The New York Times. ‘Blood in the Water,’ a Gripping Account of the Attica Prison Uprising 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

May, who has written before on how to deal with anxiety and about her own experience as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, is an astute observer of life’s emotional discouragements. ‘Wintering’ Offers Hopeful Perspective on Embracing Difficult Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

Returning to port in Recife, Brazil, with the Osorio, the survivors of the Robin Moor were kept aboard until they could be interviewed by the American consul and a United States Navy observer. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

Olsson noted that Gurnah’s tone is “disillusioned and often austere,” but “he is a compassionate observer of the human predicament,” particularly in his portraits of young orphaned people and Black women. Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

On Dec. 19 and 20, as that city, the capital of Belarus, erupted in protests against a presidential election that international observers said was rigged, two members of the troupe were arrested. Escaped From Belarus, Actors Raise Voices 2011-01-05T00:00:51Z

"Biutiful" seemed to be continuing the theme, and some observers asked whether it was too much. In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Shortly afterwards, Panahi was released by the Iranian authorities, and many observers, particularly in France, attributed the decision in part to Binoche's actions. Juliette Binoche 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Local observers say the new additions to the lodging scene embrace the fact that a diverse group of travelers finds the “Bu,” as Malibu is affectionately called by surfers, compelling. New Malibu Hotels for Surf-Lovers 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

What he called there his "permanent condition of mild alienation" was temperamental – a distance from things that made him, in person, a wry observer of academic follies. Sir Frank Kermode obituary 2010-08-18T13:20:00Z

But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. William King, Sculptor Who Used Wit, Dies at 90 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Roth won every major literary award except the Nobel, and that omission became an embarrassment not to Roth but to the committee, which one observer suggested was “full of out-of-touch Swedish prigs.” Review | ‘Philip Roth,’ by Blake Bailey, is a colorful, confident and uncompromising biographical triumph 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Along with a short retrospective essay by Ms. Lippard, chapters by the exhibition’s organizers, Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin, clearly and engagingly explicate a genre that casual observers often find stupefyingly obscure. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z

We have no confidence as observers of middle-class manners nor do we have much, it seems, when we are depicting women as business leaders. House Husbands, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars – TV review 2013-06-10T06:21:47Z

Mr. Combes, 35, and Mr. Russell, 37, both had collections of artifacts from observer corps posts when they began restoring the one in Cuckfield, chosen because it was in relatively good shape. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

The massacre followed a rally addressed by the radical orator Henry Hunt whose peaceable nature was described by many observers. Women's role at Peterloo revisited in Manchester anniversary walk 2012-08-15T09:33:47Z

Or else this observer had not drunk enough coffee that day. Milan Is Still Making It New 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

The public realm is where private fears and unruly desires erupt, usually for the shock and delectation of observers. Exhibition Review | 'Charles Addams's New York': The Perverse Pleasures Underneath the Ordinary 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z

Clearly the most striking aspect of the news, though, is the changing-of-the-guard aspect of the restaurateurs’ youth, which might strike some observers as a gamble. The Four Seasons Space Gets a New, Younger Face 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

She took on the personas of soldiers and observers in the songs, floating above battlefields as she spoke of British conflicts from the disastrous attack on Gallipoli in 1915 to more recent actions in Afghanistan. ArtsBeat Blog: P.J. Harvey Nabs a Second Mercury Prize 2011-09-06T22:52:07Z

The lights fool the observer with their beauty. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

He is a great observer of wealth and brittle glamour in an age of empire. A matter for the Academy 2010-07-13T10:40:00Z

“Any guy who enjoys walking through Camden market and introduces you to his mates at a pub in Highgate where they’re watching the rugby is a MONSTER!!!!!” one concerned observer tweeted. With “London Boy,” the English Delight in Some Fine Mockery of Taylor Swift 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

Rankine is an astute observer who shows how frustration builds and silences people who routinely deal with expectations that do not apply to whites. The best in poetry: National Book Critics Circle Award finalists 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

I asked a few media observers whose views I particularly respect to share their thoughts. Perspective | The media’s by-the-numbers coverage of gun massacres must change 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

You then watch the action unfold as a helpless observer, your carefully laid plans often going appallingly awry at the hands of unpredictable enemies. Frozen Synapse - review 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

Feeding elephants buffet-style has been a longstanding tradition for holiday observers. Elephants in Thailand get fruit-and-veggie buffet in celebration of 'National Elephant Day' 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

One thing that has struck many observers of the trend is that the young female characters emerging in post-Twilight Hollywood are not overly sexualised. Bella beats Bond as Twilight movie topples Skyfall from box-office peak 2012-11-24T16:22:26Z

Bellamy, who died in 1998 at 70, saw himself not as an entrepreneur, but as “an observer who just happens to be in a position to give exhibitions to people.” When Dealers, Too, Were Romantics 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

I was much more an observer than anything! Kal Penn Explains How 'Battle Creek' Differs From All Those Other Cop Shows 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Initial observers suspected that it might be a recurrence of Lassa fever, caused by the Lassa filovirus endemic in West Africa. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

But to observers like Frederick Douglass Opie, a professor who specializes in food history at Babson College in Massachusetts, the lack of mainstream media attention calls to mind Ralph Ellison’s novel “Invisible Man.” A Belle Époque for African-American Cooking 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

But where some observers would see the interest as just a next-hot-thing marketing trend driven by a branding of “Blackness,” she doesn’t. ‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light’ Reveals a History of Neglect and Triumph 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

On social media, observers immediately zeroed in on the title. Prince Harry has a tell-all book with an already controversial title: ‘Spare’ 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

It requires you to become a close observer of minute variations and ponder the conundrum of how-are-these-two-images-different? Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Some observers were not satisfied by Dean’s answers. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

The message it is sending, said one observer, is that inclusivity isn’t glamorous. Victoria’s Secret and What’s Sexy Now 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

Vigalondo’s a better fantasist than he is a realist, a more imaginative wizard of metaphors than an observer of social life. “Colossal”: A Monster Movie Hiding Ugly Romantic Passions 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Two figures gaze raptly up at the Buddha; another, chin propped on hand, looks daydreamingly away; far below, two tiny observers feed lotuses to fish in a stream. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z

That, say TSA observers, is cause for concern. What the TSA’s new body-scanner rules mean for you 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Now that distributors such as Comcast and AT&T are trying to get bigger through acquisitions, many industry observers are wondering if programmers will team up too. '22 Jump Street' jumps competition. R.I.P. Casey Kasem. 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Other observers are less confident that rising tourist numbers are sustainable. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

It’s around this time that things get blurry and observers start to disagree. Critics and musicians take on 50 years of Dylan, album by album 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z

Yoshitake, now an assistant curator at the Hirshhorn, was working with the museum on the retrospective, and she recalls Thornton as an almost entirely silent observer. Sociologist Sarah Thornton scrutinizes the insular art world

She is an acute, sympathetic observer of Chinese society, skilled at capturing the discomforts, hypocrisies and uncouthness of everyday life, and the way that guilt and grievance corrode relationships. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning – review 2013-03-22T08:00:01Z

The White House hopeful talked about bathrooms so much that political observers speculated it hurt his campaign. Worst of 2016: Picking the year’s 10 biggest anti-LGBT foes wasn’t easy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

It will be sold in June, one lot in a month of sales that will be watched keenly by art market observers. Sotheby's to auction 'greatest Manet portrait in private hands' 2010-05-10T13:43:00Z

He is less a satirical observer of his nation’s foibles than an excavator of its mopey, mordant, steadfast conscience. Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

In a series of “Foolish Questions,” a person engaged in a perfectly obvious task is encountered by a too-inquisitive observer. ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s where observers have long looked for clues about human nature and for proof of immutable differences between men and women. What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

In the aftermath, many observers wondered if we’d entered a new stage of weaponized robotics for domestic use. The Truth About Killer Robots: the year's most terrifying documentary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

“He’s just a truly masterful observer of the world and of human behavior,” Britton said. In ‘The White Lotus,’ Mike White Takes You on Vacation 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

Some fashion observers saw it as an “about time too” kind of moment, including Long Nguyen, a prominent Asian-American fashion writer who says that he’s stopped attending Milan Fashion Week over perceptions of close-mindedness. Race, age, weight: Valentino backs diversity in Paris show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Self-delusion” is also, by definition, invisible to the self, but apparent to the outsider observer — or reader. Ask me why: Great writers on the Beatles songs they love most 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

The film critic Pauline Kael, a longtime Connery devotee, was far from the only observer to tumble to his athleticism, his “richly masculine” vitality, as she wrote, and his commanding physical presence. Clothes Make the Spy 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

The self-description she will settle for is "writer", but when I wondered if that word in this context meant sympathetic observer or explainer or advocate, she said it was more than that. India's bold, brilliant daughter 2011-01-29T00:06:38Z

Still, for all the fun that observers have in this spring rite of slate slicing, some caveats might be applied. Cannes film festival releases 2015 slate 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

"Many casual observers would be surprised to learn that while Sony is electronics, much of its current value is derived from a hidden gem — Sony's Entertainment division," Loeb said in the letter.  Activist investor Dan Loeb sells stake in Sony Corp. 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

All these ballerinas were considered definitive by different observers at the time. Dance on Video From Many Corners of the Web 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Says one longtime observer: “There are a lot of people in the state who think this is a steppingstone to the presidency.” The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Some observers wondered if Americans could warm to a foreign comedian skewering U.S. culture and politics four nights a week. New 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah heralds a new frontier in TV: diversity 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

It required a high amount of endurance and attention from both participants and observers: like any serious relationship, this one demanded a considerable, sometimes exhausting commitment. Dance Review: Maria Hassabi and Robert Steijn, Eyes Locked 2010-04-19T21:54:00Z

They embrace so passionately that a passing observer might think they were newly married. Jason Der?lo ? review 2011-02-23T19:15:00Z

Until the 1830s careful observers and interpreters of the world were known as natural philosophers. Review: In ‘The Cabaret of Plants,’ Richard Mabey Demonstrates Their Richness 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

Some observers argue that the growing ranks of the trade press do contribute, albeit indirectly, to broader accountability journalism. How reporters for niche publications conquered Capitol Hill 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

That became Joey’s role in “War Horse” — observer and witness as much as protagonist. An Undaunted Author Muses on His Unlikely Hit 2011-04-11T12:25:23Z

Thatcher's continuing ability to divide opinion was apparent as observers variously envied these young people their blissful ignorance of Thatcher or argued that the pros and cons of Thatcherism be taught in every school. Was Margaret Thatcher the first Spice Girl? 2013-04-09T16:27:14Z

In something of a setback, China’s reliably surging box office actually experienced a dip in growth last year, which most observers attributed to a lack of quality movies. Perspective | ‘The Great Wall,’ Matt Damon and Hollywood’s delicate dance with China 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Hardly had this period commenced before observers fell into the habit of referring to it as the “post-Cold War” era. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

This was noticed by observers when George Harrison, who preceded his colleagues to India, was staying in Bombay. From the Observer archive, 24 February 1968: the Beatles check into an ashram 2013-02-24T00:05:26Z

Is Nick a sensitive, wide-eyed observer, or is he a kind of exploiter? The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-07-22T21:55:09Z

Ignorance on the part of outside observers was mainly to blame, but the city’s food scene was still in the process of blooming. What Sydney Can Learn From Los Angeles About Dining 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Young is a sharp observer who revels in her sense of the absurd and uses precise language and striking images. Review | A New Zealand poet turns a lyrical eye on her homeland through essays in ‘Can You Tolerate This?’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

But, while “Testimony” proves that Robertson is an immensely capable storyteller and a keen observer of the gifts of others, he is less adept at explaining his own creative process. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

No, because it was already rotten due to the reality genre's version of the observer effect. Why is the third season of "Love Is Blind" so disappointing? Because we seen its type before 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. Review | In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

“Everybody talks at once; everybody orders at once; everybody eats at once; and everybody seems anxious to pay at once” is how a New York observer described the scene in 1868. Exhibition Review: ‘Lunch Hour NYC’ Opens at the New York Public Library 2012-06-22T22:04:35Z

Among menswear observers, this is a controversial move, this blending of the formal and the informal. Bill Clinton’s fashion challenge: How to dress when you’re no longer center of attention 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The pages are filled with hard-to-decipher handwriting, but what's striking to the casual observer is how much Beckett draws as well as writes. Why did Samuel Beckett draw doodles? 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

For most of the last few decades, when national theater observers talked about Texas, the conversation focused on just one theater: the Alley, in Houston. A No. 2 Theater Company Grabs the State Spotlight 2011-08-28T05:48:06Z

Their split is less puzzling to some observers than the fact that Murphy, 37, a three-term U.S. representative, even invoked the pop star as a voice of authority in the first place. Congressman's brief bout of 'Bieber fever' cured 2011-02-18T21:18:16Z

Whatever it is, that is a spiritual practice to start going, "Who is the observer?" What comedian Pete Holmes knows about the self and love, and self love 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

He is not the first White House observer to note that Trump is impulsive, childlike, narcissistic beyond description, intellectually shallow, and a habitual liar. From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

When the opportunity arose to join the 442nd as a forward observer, he jumped on it. Sus Ito's WWII photos reveal daily life of a little-known Japanese American unit 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Specificity is the ruin of "Westworld" in write-ups like this one, particularly in a season reliant on twists that the trained observer will probably see coming. Assimilate us, "Westworld": With humanity this horrible – onscreen and off – just let the robots win 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

First, Tibetans with Mandarin language skills should be included in the delegation along with neutral observers to record the discussion between both sides. US embassy cables: Tibetan frustration with the 'Middle Way' 2010-12-16T21:30:21Z

From 1933 until the end of the war, this intelligent and energetic man was reduced to an observer, watching the gradual erosion of civil society around him, first with incredulity and then with horror. Not Me: A German Childhood by Joachim Fest – review 2012-08-10T21:55:03Z

He grew to become a swift-fingered virtuoso and an audience-pleasing performer, though not a technician or an observer of the music’s formal ritual traditions. Manitas de Plata, Superstar of the Flamenco Guitar, Is Dead at 93 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

To be fair, there are so many players in this war, with so many complex interests, that even the most experienced observers may occasionally feel flummoxed. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Abrams is currently in production on "Episode VII," and many observers expected him to return for at least one sequel, but he'll be one and done. 'Planet of the Apes' and the rise of the midstream director switch 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

I once asked the director Katie Mitchell why she didn't allow observers into her rehearsals and she bridled. What really goes on in the rehearsal room? 2011-01-14T14:58:38Z

On the other side of the glass, a woman in purple running shoes walks up to one of the official observers. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Like David Bowie before her and Lil Wayne since, Björk posits herself as an alien observer taking giddy notes on a species that obeys “definitely, definitely, definitely no logic.” All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

Much has been written about Dylan the poet, Dylan the observer of political and social injustice; good for him with the Nobel Prize. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

She was very much an observer, watching everything. How we made the original Murder on the Orient Express 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

For many observers, Al Franken is the razor’s edge of this whole conversation about harassment, punishment and redemption. Perspective | We can’t let go of the Al Franken question. There’s good reason for that. 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

It also shows her getting pushback from self-righteous observers who suggest that she renounce all worldly goods before speaking her mind. Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ Melds a Rapper’s Music and Activism 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Not all are swayed by the approach; one observer is downright cynical. Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story 2013-06-14T06:53:07Z

Britannica reports that religious observers celebrate Hanukkah with Scripture readings, Psalm recitations, alms donations and hymn singing. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

Many Hanukkah observers display their menorahs in areas where the holy candelabrum can be viewed by inhabitants and guests. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

That is obvious to even the most casual observer of her life. T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z

Children are keen observers of adults having fun; it’s a bit like watching your parents and their friends bounding around with the unconscious enthusiasm normally reserved for kids at the playground. Day 28: How I Lost My Head on New Year’s Eve 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z

He does so with a subtlety that demands we be more than passive observers, that — to use a distinction made by Alex, talking about music — we listen instead of just hear. Review: ‘Heisenberg,’ With Mary-Louise Parker, Mines the Extraordinary in the Commonplace 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

Some observers have a less benign view of Mr. Trump’s rapport with his children. The Other Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Fischli is quick to point out that although some observers want to present his work as a poster snowman for global warming, this is not the case. “It was a commissioned piece,” he said. The Snowman as Modern Art 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Yet she persists in reading the accounts, while the numbness affects her ability to speak — and suggests the helpless horror of victims and observers alike. Review | In the galleries: Exploring the many perspectives of terricide 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

With her impeccable new album, the Portland singer-songwriter proves a keen observer of a world in which there’s always an injustice and smoke lingering in the air. Introducing Puget Sounds: The best new music from around the Pacific Northwest 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

Many political observers have recently noted the renewed relevance of the essay “Civil Disobedience” with Donald Trump moving into the White House, but that’s not the only reason the 19th-century thinker is on our minds. Celebrating Two Centuries of Thoreau 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

No agency would provide statistics on airport thefts, but industry observers said it was a significant problem. The Bay Citizen: The Case of a Stolen iPhone at a San Francisco Airport 2012-03-16T06:35:30Z

“But it’s something about the spirit and the body, and the observer and the observed.” With ‘Letters From Max’ Onstage, Sarah Ruhl Again Mourns a Poet’s Death 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

As a writer and observer, he shares certain similarities with his countryman Robert Macfarlane, whose “Landmarks” came out in the United States this summer. Review: ‘The Moth Snowstorm,’ and Other Natural Bliss-Outs 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Although many observers decried the lack of thoughtful reporting on the substantive religious issues of the day, story selection reflected the market. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z

Osborne is both a consummate stylist and a keen observer. Let’s not mince words: Lawrence Osborne’s ‘Beautiful Animals’ is a great book 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

An 1885 illustration from Harper’s Weekly shows “The Last Days of Pompeii” enacted with spectacular fireworks not far from the shores of Coney Island, observers looking over at the staged apocalypse. ‘Extreme Nature!’ Review: Horror and Beauty in the World Around Us 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Industry observers expect the movie to take in $70 million and if it does, get ready for a sequel. 'Godzilla' to crush box office. Net neutrality debate rages. 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

As Sony made the decision Wednesday to scrap the Dec. 25 release of “The Interview,” casual observers found themselves asking some very logical how-could-this-happen questions. The 'Interview' controversy highlights Sony's Amy Pascal anomaly 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Especially interesting is the way these observers inevitably saw the rock through their own lens. 'Levitated Mass' revisits dramatic pull of LACMA's rock star 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

There's nothing wrong with a stylized take -- this observer's final acting gig was the Fabulous Monsters' cross-gendered "Earnest" in the '90s, stylized and then some -- and the play is essentially a satirical construct. Taking liberties with 'Earnest' at A Noise Within 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

White observers are also still the dominant voices when it comes to evaluating Black music. Review | A new biography depicts B.B. King as ‘the first guitar hero.’ But does it truly see him? 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

But this was not the first chunk of ceiling to fall in a London theater, leading some observers to ask if theatergoers should keep an eye on the ceiling as much as on the stage. Ceilings in London Theaters Keep Falling Down 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Some observers, of course, hear that old-fashioned sound -- spare, warm, mostly acoustic -- as a repudiation of the boisterous, hip-hop-attuned vibe that permeates music by Nashville stars as ideologically varied as Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt. Kacey Musgraves is not here to flatter your progressivism 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Further complicating matters, these guarantors, whose identities are not known to other bidders, may also bid during the auction itself, creating a potential conflict, according to some observers. What to Watch in New York’s Fall Art Auctions 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

To the casual observer, ripping up turf, removing fences and dragging off hedgerows might not seem sophisticated. 'My awe at role in 2012 ceremony' 2012-07-28T10:08:39Z

He becomes an observer of others — an activity that quickly escalates from simply watching to stalking. A Psychological Thriller Asks, Are We All a Little Stalker-ish? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

For all his ribald satire, McKnight is a generous observer who paints an affectionate portrait of the bonds holding a community together. Little Johnny's Big Gay Wedding 2010-06-07T22:20:00Z

Charles wears his ring under his larger signet ring, so many casual observers believe he does not wear a wedding band. Prince William: Yes to marriage; no to ring 2011-04-01T10:53:09Z

As several cultural observers — #MeToo activist Tarana Burke, writer Mark Harris — have pointed out, it’s possible for someone to have a terrible thing done to them and also do a terrible thing. Perspective | Asia Argento, and the dangerous fallacy of the perfect victim 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

One of modern cinema’s great observers, Mr. Wiseman is also a prodigious listener, a visual artist who thinks like a musical composer. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

While no realistic observer of American sports could call this movie inspirational, these sequences definitely make it engrossing. ‘The Redeem Team’ Review: Squad Goals 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, some Oscar observers complained that the expansion devalued the significance of a best picture nomination and allowed undeserving pictures to sneak onto the ballot. Oscar mystery added to best picture race 2011-06-15T18:25:35Z

I moved from detached observer to active participant. The Flâneur Discovers Paris, a Step at a Time 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

To most observers, the contents of the diary would have seemed a mysterious cipher or code, which helped keep the contents of his private life a secret. 6 historical figures who kept secret coded diaries 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

I've always been an observer — and used performance and writing as a way of connecting with other people. Carrie Brownstein juggles writing, a band and acting in TV and film 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

But the measurement may be adjusted after The Washington Post learned that airport observers did not use accepted measurement techniques. Here’s how Washington kids celebrated Snowzilla 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

There was also speculation among observers — and even some Fox executives — that Murdoch's latest move was simply a negotiating maneuver. 21st Century Fox withdraws bid for Time Warner 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

I think I was beginning to detect a mystery that is not chargeable simply to the ignorance of the observer. The Chinese cook who saved my dad’s restaurant 2012-12-24T22:00:00Z

He also said that some imagine a third person observing their sessions; maybe my camera could be like that observer. Sarah Jones's best photograph: psychoanalyst's couch 2012-11-21T17:39:44Z

Theatergoers understood themselves to be part of the performance rather than passive observers of actions occurring onstage. Long Before ‘Hamilton’ Brouhaha, Theater Was Anything but Polite 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Phone hacking was widespread too, according to former journalists, although some observers say that tabloids pulled back from their extreme practices after Goodman's first arrest in 2006. UK media feels the heat after phone-hack scandal 2011-07-08T20:15:11Z

This is, I would point out, a landscape that many observers abroad with an awareness of European history find both alarming and bewilderingly self-destructive. Arts cuts really do matter, actually 2011-02-03T11:18:59Z

The rap awards were the most tortured, for artist and observer alike. Critic’s Notebook: Finding His Place in the Hip-Hop Ecosystem 2014-01-27T13:03:34Z

But even independent observers can't prevent nations from voting in bloc solidarity, long a notorious aspect of this event. A belligerent Eurovision night fit for a broken Europe 2012-05-27T11:22:18Z

If you watch him in rehearsal, making final adjustments before a ballet's premiere, you might be mystified as he calls out changes to lighting levels that aren't visible to an observer's eye. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rico Chiarelli lights the way 2010-12-03T21:21:00Z

Or do we view it as documentation of an artwork that only people who were there as participants and observers actually experienced? Art Review: Jeremy Deller at Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia 2012-09-27T21:09:36Z

The accusatory lyrics left many art-world observers wondering whether Mr. Barney planned to say anything in his defense — and what he is up to these days. Matthew Barney, Artist and Ex-Boyfriend, Gets Museum Show in Los Angeles 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Wyoming native Box is a gripping writer and a shrewd observer of his state's rugged wilderness. Tops in crime fiction: Best mysteries of 2011 2011-12-07T23:39:04Z

In January 1979, when Andy Warhol first showed "Shadows," a room-size installation made up of scores of silkscreen paintings, one critical observer of the exhibition was concise: Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

As widely expected by Broadway observers, the committee decided that the musicals “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “Violet” will be eligible for best musical revival Tony. ArtsBeat: In Tonys Derby, ‘Inishmaan,’ ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Hedwig’ and ‘Violet’ Eligible as Revivals 2014-04-25T19:27:58Z

At the now shuttered Newseum, journalists were sometimes presented more as prophets and agents of social change, like the civil rights movement, than neutral observers. Perspective | The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Case in point: To many observers, Monday's telecast was marred by a bit in which Television Academy Chief Executive Bruce Rosenblum quite literally put "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara on a pedestal.  Emmys 2014: A night of highs and lows for women 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

What, some observers have wondered publicly, if women in the workforce don’t behave exactly like men? After “Lean In,” the road to workplace equality 2013-09-17T11:43:00Z

“Nothing changed in her outward relationship to the world that would allow an observer to determine what she felt about what she saw.” Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

But the headline addition for most observers will be the new senses for "tweet" as a verb and noun. Oxford English Dictionary adds new sense of tweet to its Big Data 2013-06-20T12:04:39Z

Outside observers have found such queen bee business a wee bit condescending, but given that parts of Switzerland gave women the vote only in the 1970s, this is a statement. Why does L.A. need its own summer classical music festival? For answers, look 6,000 miles away 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Often Ms. Harvey casts herself as a soldier or an observer, a wraith hovering above battlefields. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-14T23:38:13Z

With Nick Carraway, the observer of all this wealth and privilege, transferred from narrator to supporting player, Gatsby is forced to explain himself and the import of his story in excessively literal arias. Music Review: John Harbison’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Opera at Tanglewood 2013-07-14T19:50:12Z

Some observers compared the dismissal to Richard Nixon's infamous "Saturday Night Massacre," in which Nixon had Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox fired. In tweet, Nixon Library clarifies that Comey's firing was not, in fact, Nixonian 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Box is a gripping writer and a shrewd observer of his state's rugged wilderness. Crime fiction: new books by Garry Disher, C.J. Box and Laura Lippman 2011-08-10T22:07:04Z

Young has always exuded a preternatural confidence on screen – often when experienced observers have suggested he has little right to. 'Where I'm where I've always wanted to be' 2012-06-16T23:05:17Z

All one has to do is be a good observer and notice the subtle signs, which, of course, is not as always easy as it sounds. ‘The Lost Art of Finding Our Way’: navigating by nature 2013-07-11T22:35:40Z

The ironist knows what other, more naïve, observers do not: that surfaces are deceptive, that the real story is not what presents itself, that conventional pieties are sentimental fictions. The Carpetbagger: A Defender of 'Les Miz' 2013-01-30T15:00:19Z

“Part of being an artist is being an observer of what is going on. In the Bay Area, you’re so mired in the congestion and costs.” How San Francisco broke America’s heart 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

Her narrators can be calm observers or central characters with elusive back stories. Review: Laura Marling’s ‘Semper Femina’ Seeks the Cryptic in the Plainspoken 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

As one observer here so aptly tells Bud, "If you try to go straight on a crooked road you'll only get flattened." 'Glass Chin' a neo-noir knockout with fight-ready cast 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

After the play, Wright told the Israeli audience that he hoped "holding up a mirror from a concerned and loving observer ... might help people get a different perspective on what's actually happening here." US reporter/actor plays to tough crowd in Israel 2011-05-20T12:26:08Z

“Gene,” an observer notes, “was a rogue planet in Roger’s solar system.” ‘Life Itself,’ Reminiscences of Roger Ebert 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

But Hirsch asked why the city had not done more to demand that the owners of these historic places, which to the outside observer appear to be mostly abandoned, keep them protected from the elements. A Pandemic, Then a Hurricane, Brings New Orleans Musicians ‘to Their Knees’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Many good editors are sort of introverted, shy people, observers of life. Kim Roberts, Kate Amend and Other Female Film Editors 2012-05-27T03:23:01Z

Many observers believed that Wright’s unconventional style didn’t mesh with Marvel’s more regimented approach. 'Ant-Man' cast expands with John Slattery, Judy Greer as cameras roll 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

The observer and his technology have a long history in film. They Shoot Movies, Don?t They? The Camera as Star 2011-02-19T00:02:14Z

On Sunday night, some observers were giving it credit for paving the way for “Parasite.” Oscar Triumph for ‘Parasite’ Reflects Academy’s Evolving Identity 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

In the meantime, the Venezuelan people are both observers and participants in the drama, paying the price for the political impasse that is consuming their country and their lives. An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

The opera’s 1904 premiere was met with “grunts, growls, gibes, bellows, sneers,” one observer recalled, producing a “pandemonium, during which it was difficult to hear anything.” Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ Returns to the Scene of a Disastrous Opening 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

In the book, Gordie was an observer of the whole thing, the writer – basically, Stephen King. 'He knows everyone is vulnerable to something': actors and directors on the grisly joy of adapting Stephen King 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

He was on a plane with someone else, either a passenger or an observer or something, and they crashed into a hillside. The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

Website Gold Derby, which surveys multiple awards observers, lists her among the top five Oscar contenders in the best actress race. Naomi Watts shared 'Impossible' with family 2012-12-21T14:55:09Z

These last couple of years, you’ve gone from being an observer and documenter to now sharing your opinion and being a part of the political conversation. Pete Souza on throwing shade at Trump: ‘I couldn’t just sit by and not do anything’ 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Our base became our small group of 10, which we were encouraged to think of as our “lifeboat”, sat in horseshoe formation, two therapists alongside, and four or five observers behind a table. I thought I’d grieved the death of my sister – until I found this retreat 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

We stow away with Belle, an aspiring actress and gimlet-eyed observer, and a gaggle of pals eager to bask in the wealth of their frenemy’s much older billionaire boyfriend. The Beach May Be Closed, but These Books Are Worth Opening 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

The artist as social commentator, activist, horrified observer is nothing new. Review: Artists illustrate war, politics and more in Seattle group show 2011-04-28T20:14:19Z

“His words made men cry,” an observer said, “even when they were not fully understood.” All-American socialism, from Eugene Debs to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The author is proud of his Gypsy heritage, and he is an unsentimental but affectionate observer of his people’s ways. Books of The Times: ?Gypsy Boy,? a Memoir by Mikey Walsh 2012-02-16T15:29:02Z

To an unkind observer armed with hindsight those words might ring a little too awkwardly true for all involved. The Week Ahead: July 3 ? 9 2011-07-01T18:34:09Z

I'm not an expert, but I am definitely an observer, an educated observer. Lake Bell on why New York and Nebraska need to laugh together over "Bless This Mess" 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Today, a dispassionate observer might choose any of those four, or all of them, over Borgnine. Ernest Borgnine: Farewell to Marty and McHale 2012-07-09T16:06:35Z

She ensures that Gin's evolution is authentic, a wary, quiet observer and survivor who plumbs the depths of her new world with heart and courage. 'In the Kingdom of Men': testing the boundaries of an oil worker stronghold 2012-05-30T21:40:11Z

Some observers argued it wasn’t actually a good game in terms of the experience, but it was instead merely an intellectual exercise, and the articles praising it were puff pieces that caved to P.C. pressure. What Is #GamerGate and Why Are Women Being Threatened About Video Games? 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers conduct interviews with prisoners, reporters, observers, and family members of the hostages to provide different perspectives on the event's impact. "Attica" filmmakers on mistakes from that fateful prison riot: "The media failed the prisoners" 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

But to cynical observers what was perhaps inevitable was that Hollywood executives would try to wring the collective trauma of Covid-19 for entertainment purposes and big bucks. Michael Bay pandemic movie trailer criticized as 'exploitation cinema' 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Depending on the cultural disposition and the age of the observer, it seemed either mildly threatening or wildly liberating. How the Memphis Design Movement Made a Comeback 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Wolfe’s pyrotechnics wouldn’t have mattered had he not been a brilliantly gifted social observer and satirist. Tom Wolfe Kept a Close, Comical and Astonished Eye on America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

Missen and Turner are fearless dancers and acute observers of human behaviour. Company Chameleon 2010-04-16T22:00:00Z

“Left-leaning observers and even moderates must now recognize the power of the conservative media in ways that were once overlooked,” he said. A conservative news crack-up? Things just got real for some partisan personalities. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

From the perspective of this observer, that seems like a stretch. Gucci’s Alessandro Michele on His Job Prospects 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

Leonard's Ethan is portrayed as a perplexed, almost impotent observer to his wife's spiritual crisis; but neither he nor the others sell the genuine, if deranged, vitality of fundamentalism. Higher Ground: When God Doesn't Talk Back 2011-08-25T07:05:00Z

Pinette is a comic fantasist instead of an observer, and the delight of hearing his adventures in obesity is almost all in how dextrously he puts things. Comedy gold: John Pinette's I Say Nay Nay 2012-12-28T11:13:32Z

I always assumed that’s who those monitors were for, but a New York Times Motherlode blog post opened my eyes to another type of parent who likes to use them–the observer. How Constant Surveillance Is Hurting Our Children 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

But he had set out, according to one observer, to "produce personalities", to diffuse his influence throughout film culture, not merely academia, and in that he was surely successful. Slade film school: the department that was nearly a movement 2011-01-28T17:10:06Z

What I love about the messy engagement between maker and observer is how changeable and subjective the whole situation is; how much it encapsulates the day-to-day in-the-mudness of being alive. ArtsBeat: A Critics Conversation: Modern Dance Madness 2012-04-03T14:14:19Z

To box office observers, the underwhelming numbers actually aren't a huge surprise; going into the season, there was a sense that this year's crop wasn't as strong as last year's. Hollywood's not so sunny summer 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

And yet, despite even his protagonist admitting to himself that he is "a slightly bored observer", it's to Evers's great credit that If This is Home is so readable. If This is Home by Stuart Evers - review 2012-07-14T23:05:50Z

When you put a camera and a film crew into a room, the observer’s paradox is almost always true – you can’t capture life because you’re in the way of it. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

The photo on the book’s front displays its subject in a deck chair, swiveling around to look at an observer. Books of The Times: ‘Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History,’ by Michael L. Gillette 2013-01-08T15:00:00Z

Other than twisting an occasional knob or dialing up computer beats, Wentz is primarily an animated observer. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z

Altamont was viewed by many contemporary observers as the symbolic death of the 60s dream of a burgeoning counterculture; by others as an inevitable result of the Stones' hubris and arrogance. Exile on Main St 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z

I thought they tasted like tuna, but a more acute observer said the flavor was like pork sprinkled with fish food. At Señor Frog’s in Times Square, It’s Spring Break Forever 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

"She took plain young women to New York, where she put them in stylish clothes, restyled their hair and makeup and then put their pictures in her magazine," wrote one observer. Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z

While $155 million is the official cost, industry observers said the figure was likely much higher. Robin Hood hits bull's-eye at worldwide box office 2010-05-17T08:57:00Z

Mason is an observer, a hazy, passive character shaped by the people around him and his experiences that unfold in a series of vignettes, all the small moments that comprise a life. Boyhood, Moonlight and beyond: the best coming-of-age movies 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

August: Observing a great observer: looking at this photograph, and all the others, in the Garry Winogrand show at the Met. My Favorite Cultural Moments of 2014 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

What feels fresh to the observer may not feel quite so fresh to the observed, and Elmaleh stumbled into his fair share of clichés in his sketches of the American absurd. Gad Elmaleh’s Translated Comedy 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

Reyes is a keen observer and inventive writer. 'Exiles in Eden': An insider's view of Florida in the depths of the Great Recession 2010-08-25T23:17:00Z

Mr. Weiner’s foray into fiction surprised a lot of Hollywood observers. ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Industry observers say the public spats often stem from contractual disputes between the pageants' Myanmar organizers and the winners. Beauty pageants expose dreams and dangers in modern Myanmar 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

If you speak to movie executives and box-office observers in Hollywood, this is already being spoken of as a fait accompli. Guardians of the Galaxy rule the roost as Hollywood looks to summer 2015 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

Or simply anything in the realm of news that the observer doesn’t like to hear. It’s time to retire the tainted term ‘fake news’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

His gifts as an observer are simply too large. V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

You can see why this dance prompted many observers to issue hosannas about the choreographer’s importance; I’m glad Mr. Corella has given us the chance to see it. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Even so, some observers seem perpetually taken aback by their success, said Contrino, the box office analyst. Onward Christian soldiers: War Room triumphs at the box office 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

What was perhaps more damaging -- and, to the outside observer, most intriguing -- is just how dull the life of the world's biggest rock 'n' roll band could be. The Rolling Stones' forbidden documentary 2010-05-22T18:01:00Z

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

One Chinese academic, now living in the United States, recalled that Liu would hover on the sidelines of these scenes, more observer than participant. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

He's a brilliant observer of the inner world, and writes about the intricacies of love in the family like no one else. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z

Whether observers, war tourists or participants, all were drawn to the first head-on collision between Europe’s expansive and unbending ideologies. The opening act 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

“Close neighbors always play the role of observer,” he said. Hirshhorn Museum’s New Curator Brings a Different Perspective 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

It shows Sowerby to have been a pioneering and perceptive observer of the way women's legal rights were subverted by social practice. The Stepmother – review 2013-02-11T18:03:35Z

As Jake comes to believe that the killers were dispatched by the Taiwanese government to silence Wen, he violates orders and becomes more than an observer. Movie Review | 'Formosa Betrayed': When the Language of Diplomacy Includes ?Kapow!? 2010-02-25T23:46:00Z

The Ancestral Pueblo people of Mesa Verde, like many communities long ago, were eager observers of the night sky. How ‘dark sky’ designations are giving communities new tourism appeal 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Mundy was no doubt aware that media and publishing industry observers would lock on to the book's roman à clef aspect: the Barclay brothers, Rupert Murdoch and Anna Raeburn have all been mentioned thus far. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z

"This is making my brain hurt … I just can’t see it," tweeted one flummoxed observer of the brain teaser. Internet baffled by photo of girl seemingly stuck in sidewalk 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

"These interviews offer a remarkable window into the intelligent, courageous, and keen observer that Jacqueline Kennedy was," Hyperion president and publisher Ellen Archer said in a statement. 1964 Jackie Kennedy interviews to be published 2010-04-13T11:19:00Z

He was a close observer and faithful recorder of bird behavior in its day-to-day ordinariness, but he imparts a certain liveliness even to placid scenes. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

In recent years, observers of historical relics and sculptures have damaged an 800-year-old coffin, a sculptural wall clock and an illuminated pumpkin. Art Fair Visitor Breaks a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

Union’s op-ed “is certainly bad news for Searchlight, in that it keeps the focus firmly on this issue going into Toronto,” said David Poland, the editor in chief of MovieCityNews.com and a longtime industry observer. Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker's rape acquittal lightly 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Some observers on Wall Street used to think that the best thing that could happen to Playboy would be for Hefner to act his age and honorably take up his slot next to Monroe. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z

Ms. Berlin is a subtle observer of class. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

A casual observer of American political news might be excused for thinking the 1970s never ended. In a new book, Bob Woodward plans to reveal the ‘harrowing life’ inside Donald Trump’s White House 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

In a moment that made some observers swoon and others cringe, Al Gore planted a full-mouth kiss on wife Tipper at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. The Trumps take their first official trip, and the world gets its first real look at the Trump marriage 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

According to one observer, when the Nvidia chief was walking around Computex in Taipei last month in his leather jacket, he was asked how he could stand the heat. Silicon Valley Has a New Style Icon 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Alex Garland, the creator of "Devs," has a singular way of prying open the observer's mind space in such a way as to make his stories linger on the psychological palate. "Devs" is Alex Garland's aesthetically mesmerizing and engrossing modern horror story 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Pankhurst took on the 20th century both as participant and observer. The British Activist Who Was a Spiritual Ancestor to Today’s Teen Radicals 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

“The passageways, corridors and courtyards are filled with urine and faecal matter,” wrote a contemporary observer. Better and better 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Other observers were more skeptical, suggesting that the formula was wearing a little thin the second time around. With $170.4 Million Sale at Auction, Modigliani Work Joins Rarefied Nine-Figure Club 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Most observers, me included, assumed it was part of the piece. Art Review: Crawling for Peace in a Not-Quite Salt Mine 2011-03-10T16:30:07Z

This comment was interpreted by many political commentators and observers, including Goldberg, as a jab at rank-and-file members of the Democratic Party. Whoopi Goldberg rips Ocasio-Cortez: "Before you start pooping on people ... you got to do something" 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

“I’m more of an observer than a talker,” she says. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

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

Now I’m going in early, ahead of my guys and I’m the forward observer now. Read the Full Interview With American Sniper Chris Kyle That Didn't Make it to Press 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

He is known as a thriller-minded observer of New York’s upper crust. Spare Times for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

To some observers, it recalled the gleeful tradition of American hucksterism à la P. T. Barnum. Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z