| 单词 | poised |
| 例句 | Boobie himself was well aware that all eyes were poised on him this season, and while he luxuriated in it, he seemed almost carefree about it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His detonator was lifted and remained poised while Donovan watched and cursed and blinked the sweat out of his eye. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Now, this is real nice,” she said, her fork poised above her plate. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They were all there, all of them: the twins, poised and alert in the windowsill; Francis, with his back to me; Henry beside him; and Bunny across the table, reared back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The orderly troupe of farm animals lined along the windowsill and the straitlaced dolls poised in the various rooms of their open-sided mansion waited for the gem of her first sentence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Matthew says, his coffee mug poised near his mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As 1935 drew to a close, the Radiation Laboratory was poised for a huge leap forward in stature and fame. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’s pouring water from the kettle through two filters poised over mugs and has begun singing to himself in Spanish. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Blue smoke curled from a cigarette poised in glittering fingertips. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat motionless, pencil poised, staring at the blank paper. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But she knew that even if the knives were not poised above her optic nerve, she would attend to her nephews only out of duty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And then at three or four in the morning, when the sun was poised to rise again, I would start the fast all over again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then, with his pencil poised over the form, Grandpa looked up over his reading glasses and asked, “Son, why ain’t you said nothin’ bout this up to now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ephialtes towered over Percy and Jason, both halves of his broken spear poised over their heads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In a corner of his brain he had just enough sanity left to realize that he was poised on the edge of a bottomless pit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood with my suitcase in my hand, poised to leave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He stares for a moment, the bottle poised at his lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was some time before the boy stopped battering at the motionless corpse, and even when he did stop, he held the bar poised over one shoulder, panting raggedly and looking around wildly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lombard's leaping body stayed poised in midspring then crashed heavily to the ground. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z A few women, poised to throw the next stones, dropped them quietly back into the gutter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute poised like a waxwork, Brother Louis lowered his shaking hands to Mrs. Coulter’s neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The colonel lifted the box of matches, took one out and held it poised against the striking surface, watching with glowering eyes for the chaplain’s next sign of defiance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Pollard, up in the saddle, was a lion poised for the kill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over my shoulder and saw Florah on the edge of the bed, her legs dangling over the side, poised to follow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This conferred instant credibility upon his preferred role as designated truth teller, poised to expose the chaotic reality beneath all uplifting accounts of the Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And the sled itself seemed to be poised at the top of a long, extended mound that rose from the very land where he was. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z His body was poised for a moment like some wounded animal and then he collapsed like a hunk of meat cut loose from a butcher’s hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A kudu stood, one foot poised, near the water; a monkey gazed at Nhamo from his perch in a mobola plum tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She seems poised to sit down without addressing these questions, but then changes her mind. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Only then did I realize I was poised in a sort of half-crouch, one hand out like a wrestler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He put on the gloves and took up the pencil in a trembling hand and held it poised over the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was poised to run, but before the bartender could even get out from behind the bar Emma had upended the drink he’d poured her, spilling brown liquor everywhere. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "For an instant in time I was free and alone in the dark night," he recalled, "poised between two worlds, belonging to neither." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Buddy crouched by the door and held the iron skillet by its handle, his arm flexed and poised. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The actors, poised in their places, paid close heed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Churning up sand, he raced to where the curious puppy was poised to paw at the jellyfish. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There Carl stood in the Islander s spotlight, a big man in bib overalls poised in his boat’s bow, a kerosene lantern clutched in one hand and an air horn dangling from the other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he’d pace up and down, up and down, restless, sighing, wandering through the aisles, the blackboard pointer poised in his hand, the pointer he used either like a conductor’s baton or a musketeer’s sword. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was holding the collar of his royal robes in one fist, and the tip of my sword was poised right over his face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His dagger was out, poised at her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The potter stood over the boy with the cane still poised for another strike. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And now I'm running, knowing this may be a trap, knowing the three Careers may be poised to attack me, but I can't help myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At eight hundred feet Henry slowed down the helicopter screws, and they hung for a minute or two poised above the fading landscape. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He grasped the bars of the window firmly, ready to pull, and stood poised. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of us are still poised around the plain, sizing up the situation, and she's got hers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But as I poised, uneasy, with a dry throat, the smooth white path from my feet to his feet blurred. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z One by one, Miss New Jersey greets the rest of the contestants, so gracious, poised, and well spoken. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Natural history, the subject that gripped Darwin at Cambridge, was not particularly poised to solve Herschel’s “mystery of mysteries.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A poised, unaffected person was never ridiculous, at least in his own mind, Dad told us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And still Harry stood frozen there, wand poised, Black staring up at him, Crookshanks on his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The ninja paused, her foot poised in the air. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Outside, the night seemed poised on tiptoe, waiting, waiting, holding its breath for the storm. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She found to her agony, that the doctor was still there, poised needle and all. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And inside the small chamber, kneeling before a darkness so black that it seemed poised to devour the world, was Cain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z By 1933, their collaboration had poised the University of California to take its place as one of the great academic centers of the world, one of the richest institutions and most ambitious. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The block was poised and in position; the hole was exactly the right size and shape. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the ferocious birds came to rest on the Crochan and for an instant remained poised there, beating its wings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z By then the grove was ringed by rangers, sliding past the bone-white trees, steel glinting in black-gloved hands, poised for slaughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I raise the knife, holding it in both hands, its tip poised two feet above his throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The runty little fox stepped out along the branch, tail poised for balance, then coiled himself and leaped out over the heads of the earthbound foxes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They all held polished violins under their chins, the bows poised at identical angles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But do you think it would attack us?” asked Hazel, watching it drop lower and recommence its poised fluttering. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the object that had frightened me half to death, standing right in the middle of the room, was the golden silhouette of a fetterling, poised to attack, with legends coiling around its chain body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The mantelpiece held, in brave confusion, photographs, greeting cards, flowered mottoes, two silver candlesticks that held no candles, and a green metal serpent, poised to strike. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I ran up the stairs and grabbed Rosaleen from behind, stopping her with one foot poised in the air, searching for the next step. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel looked down at her feet, poised in perfect third position, and then undid them and followed her mom into the kitchen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I held the pen poised above the paper for a moment, then put it down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, Messalla is as still as a statue, poised up on the ball of one foot, head tilted back, held captive by the beam. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The bundle I carried, for all that it contained so little, grew heavier with each step; my neck was stiff with the effort of holding my head steady, for the bundle was poised on top. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In an instant, I see his finger poised over the trigger and hear the bullet slide into the chamber, and I fire. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A group of tourists wandered along the streets, their cameras poised, their glittering eyeglasses shining like sparklers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Young oarsmen from the assembly chose a crew of two and fifty, as the king commanded, and these filed off along the waterside to where the ship lay, poised above open water. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A dozen strides put her right behind him, her finger knife poised. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But I sense the mass of warm bodies poised above us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Far back, almost in darkness, he is poised to strike. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had frozen in midcrawl, her weight all poised on one knee and one muddy hand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sing of its two cartridges, one for typing and one for correcting, that so eloquently represented her predicament, poised between the print of genetics and the Wite-Out of surgery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He just stared at the bowl with his spoon poised in his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His knees were slightly bent, like a runner’s poised for a race. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But in most of the photographs, he peered out from behind two sixteen-ounce boxing gloves, crouched low in a boxer’s stance, his arms poised and coiled like snakes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z However, he didn’t lose his grip on the suspension ring, and Lee could see him safely poised, ready to swing himself clear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He is not a maniac anymore; he is perfectly controlled, perfectly poised. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The deer was some way ahead, poised for flight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She noticed that Croy stood well back, poised to jump if the saw somehow slipped from her hands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But right now she was coming toward her, those aquamarine fingernails poised like talons. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The creatures swung upward, hung poised against the sky for an instant, then climbed swiftly and sped westward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She seized my arm and we were poised face to face in the middle of the walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Monsters stood in the grass beside the road; black iron dragons with jewels for eyes, roaring griffins, manticores with their barbed tails poised to strike, and other beasts she could not name. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z What would she have said to the prince’s bargain, had she known she would come to stand poised to lose so much? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The dog-driver held the axe poised in his hand, and as Buck shot past him the axe crashed down upon mad Dolly’s head. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not know that a man’s thrusts could suspend memory, that it was possible to be poised in a place where she could not think or remember but only feel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Paqo,” I said, poised to ask a question I had pondered for some time now, “where is Beyond? Is it past the stars?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And the Owner, with the icy stone of Talent poised to melt into his skin, was grinning. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then Maia, standing poised on tip-toe, lifted up her arms and sprang into the air. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It was as if the three fates were approaching, their scissors poised to snip the knot that was keeping Dedd’s life from falling apart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finnick, glistening and gorgeous, stands a few yards away, with a trident poised to attack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Emily’s pen was poised over her open binder, ready to take notes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And yet she had to wonder, as she lay on the floor, her sweaty hands poised to guide the spoke, if indeed she could ever love Rasheed’s child as she had Tariq’s. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The silver lightning flashed in his eyes and he knew that the men had taken pictures of him with the cat poised upon his shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Aurelia, for her part, entered the Colosseum with calm, steady steps, her head, draped with a blue and silver palla, poised, the picture of youthful dignity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I want to learn the beauty of being poised. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By early afternoon, we are poised to carry it out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He sat up quickly, pulled the book out from under him, put on a green eyeshade, and waited with his pen poised in the air. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They stand side by side, their hands folded together in front of their stomachs as proper young ladies should place them, but their smiles aren’t genteel and poised. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A third tumbler containing pieces of soft fruit stood poised at the end of the diving board. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z No ordinary clasp would suffice for such a weight, so the greatcloak was held in place by a matched pair of miniature lionesses crouching on his shoulders, as if poised to spring. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were so wrought and poised upon their huge hinges, posts of steel driven into the living stone, that when unbarred they could be moved with a light thrust of the arms, noiselessly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was nervously poised, waiting for what the new flow of events would bring. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I whip back around, arrow poised for flight, but what can be done? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Now he saw that the girl was almost a young woman, poised and imperious, quite the little Pre-Raphaelite princess with her bangles and tresses, her painted nails and velvet choker. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Islimach made a mighty leap, hung poised in the air a moment, then plummeted to the rocks below. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Her mother, hands still poised over the keys of the typewriter, stared at Flora with her mouth open. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I get to the front door, my hand poised above the handle, then I stop. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But above us, poised on the rock, he seems unconcerned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was almost as if it had quivered, though there it was, quite still, poised with a strange energy on those six insect legs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She turned to Frances, sitting smiling, her hands folded, her head poised on her long neck, her lips pursed ready to start talking again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Usually it came to no more than this: a deployment of troops, twenty-seven soldiers leaning, twenty-seven tiny olive-green rifles aiming, poised on the brink of battle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z My finger is poised over the fourth plate. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The problem is, I’m not poised at all. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I am poised on the middle of the sofa between their chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He was poised for battle against the chess establishment, the Union Bank of Switzerland, the Jews, the United States, Japan, Icelanders in general, the media, processed foods, Coca-Cola, noise, pollution, nuclear energy, and circumcision. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would start to make dinner, but would stop halfway, the water running full steam in the sink, her knife poised in the air over half-chopped vegetables, silent, tears flowing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat upon a bench threading a long needle in and out of a shoe sole and she stopped and held the needle poised and her mouth gaped open and showed her blackened teeth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Cob swiveled his stool around and peered at where Chronicler sat next to Bast, pen still poised over his paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The hollow looked up to see the rock sailing toward it and poised to jump again—but there wasn’t time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Well, thought Ishmael, bending over his typewriter, his fingertips poised just above the keys: the palpitations of Kabuo Miyamoto’s heart were unknowable finally. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ishtar held the pen poised over the checkbook. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z While the rest of the players scrambled around like puppies, this kid was a statue, hands poised waist high, eyes glued to the coach’s bat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then, when they were all poised, he cried in a voice that sounded like God’s, “Two.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He was poised on the teakwood transom, raising a beer in a toast to the great fish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When he finally pulled his gaze upward, he seemed almost surprised to find Chronicler sitting across the table, pen poised above his inkwell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Number twenty-three,” he says, before descending a small set of stairs near the proscenium and hovering by the edge of the front row, pen poised over his open notebook. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mommy stood poised over that option like a hawk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She had started humming sadly to herself, but she stopped, her rag poised midway between the bucket and the floor, as if suddenly aware of my presence behind her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z With all the scandals happening, the final between Team Phoenix Riders and Team Andromeda is already poised to be the most widely watched game in Warcross history. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stopped and my senses poised themselves on the brink of insensibility, ready to swoop away at the merest nod from me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After making this last entry, Teddy continued to keep his attention on the page and his bail-point pen poised, as though there were more to come. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I picture my hand stroking Teddy’s hair, grasping a bow poised above my cello, interlaced with Adam’s. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand perfectly still, the paper poised in my hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Captain Reed scrambled up the bowsprit and stood there, poised over the hissing sea, howling for the pure joy of it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The female goshawk rose, dove, and rose again, her huge feet with their black talons poised to grab her flesh. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was dashing and dejected, poised and chagrined. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Slowly she bent one knee, lowered herself, remained there poised, then rose again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maud was poised elegantly on the edge of her favorite leather chair, and I saw that she had changed out of her silk pantsuit and into one of her favorite embroidered Tbnisian tunics. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Emily’s pen was poised over her open binder, ready to take notes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The dogwood blossoms were poised, white and surreal and still against the darkening sky, the heavy air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wait too because Mom’s just come into the bedroom from the shower, and the first word poised to come out of my mouth would have had her up in arms. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He was still poised, wondering if she would pull him toward her, or let him fall alone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z You could see people poised nervously, waiting as tensely as if Mr. Birkway was going to announce someone’s execution. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Painfully, his muscles and bones protesting, he lifted himself from the mattress and poised, on one elbow, to thrust himself from the bed. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the bindings on her pink-and-yellow gown crushed her ribs, and the pearls and diamonds around her neck strangled her, she kept her chin high, poised. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But when eleven came he was still poised, waiting — holding his breath when she did, letting it go as she let hers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In one hand she raised a cup, while a golden serpent coiled around her arm, its head poised over the brim as if ready to drink. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On the ranch his possessions had never really been unpacked, for Lee had lived poised to go someplace else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But the audience of doctors has assembled behind the one-way glass, clipboards ready, pens poised. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The dog crouched, poised, as Alex turned toward an empty lot and hurled the stick as far as he could throw it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He saw now: it was a black tower poised above the outer pass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The J-3 was sitting at the beginning of the runway and was polished, painted, and poised to fly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Others argued that Denmark needed a more warlike king to challenge Norway, which stood poised to strike our leaderless state. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sensing that the GAC was poised to reject the Super, they worked to shore up support for the weapon well before the committee issued its report. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She stared at him as she stood poised for departure. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Singer held the pen poised above the paper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Meera moved in a wary circle, her net dangling loose in her left hand, the slender threepronged frog spear poised in her right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The soldiers stand before them, their rifles aiming at the group, their fingers poised on the triggers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger had the queer feeling that his own exhaustion formed a hair-line upon which his feelings were poised, and that the man’s driving frenzy would suck him into its hot whirlpool. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Every touchable surface was a disease waiting to happen, every speck of dust an allergen poised to swell your nose and clog your ducts, every toothbrush bristle a bacterial playground. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Like locusts they came, hung poised, descended all around him on the heather. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With dignity, Matthew opened the can of peaches and sat poised with a huge spoon he had selected from Lillian’s silver service. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Arms out, her body poised like a diving bird, she was just a shadow against the swirling mist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon is on the other side, hand poised to knock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The newly polished wooden hand was now poised above the desk as it once was, waiting for Hugo to make it a new pen. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z At one point, she launches up in the air, over a small barrel and lands poised on her tiptoes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We’re poised on the border with everything we might need for an eventual destiny assembled around us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My bow is poised over the strings now. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, once again, he was waiting for someone to tell him something; once more he was poised on the verge of action and commitment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was a successful mortgage broker, married, seemingly poised at the sweet prime of my life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Life’s unfair, Sosie thought as she poised her stick to strike. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This time her savior was an eagle, who poised on his great wings beside her, seized the flask from her with his beak and brought it back to her full of the black water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His body was spread and his eyes bulged like a great toad, poised to spring. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Georges Melies was sitting at a desk that he had dragged to the center of the room, a pen poised in his hand as though he were a giant version of the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Each assemblage is poised in the flow of solar energy, tapping off energy from metabolic surrogates of the sun. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He held his breath and waited, poised and tense. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z On my way back I kept my stick poised for instant use, but there was not a single boy in sight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom sat still, pen poised in hand, eyes fixed on her papers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana’s mother stood over the skillet with the spatula poised, like a scientist. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I catch his tongue poised on the precipice between his front teeth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She pointed to a bunch of people who were clustered around a redheaded boy and a girl in braids who sat on the couch across from each other, sketch pads poised on their laps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Whatever mechanism within you is responsible for adrenaline, it has never been so sleek and polished, so keenly poised to pump out a warming squirt of adrenal fluid. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A naked boy stood on the water, poised to duel with a bravo’s blade in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Elizebeth was one of the few people poised to detect such plans. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The judge said he feared that some will view the decision he is poised to announce without understanding the severity and complexity of distraction science. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was nothing to be surprised at anymore; the intention craft stood behind him, poised on the slope and perfectly level. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She was poised for running, as though she were going to sprint off, im-mediately, to wherever her father was. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As the inmate apologized to me, Goldman sized it all up and awaited my verdict: He was poised to jump the guy if I deemed it an attack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fog closed in briefly, and when it thinned the caribou was poised above Amaroq, his cleaver-like hoofs aimed at his head. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama hears it, too, and stops, her fingers poised a few centimeters off the keys. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One hundred fifty-four thousand of us G.I.s and Marines were poised to hit the Hagushi beaches. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire engine, polished and poised in another part of town? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams suspected that Hamilton, whom he had formerly distrusted and now utterly loathed, saw himself as an American Napoleon, poised to declare martial law and present himself as the available savior. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was black, and I didn’t know his name, but he was wearing an old-school Public Enemy T-shirt: Fear of a Black Planet—the bull’s-eye logo poised to eclipse the Earth. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After watching me for a while with her pen poised, Simone lowers her clipboard. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Despite his silence he is poised, alert, the comers of his mouth tensed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood poised on her stand; an arc of wire rose over her head and looped through two needle-holes in her fists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Alicia, are you pregnant?” she asked, still standing with a cake knife poised in the air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She hung poised there and counted to ten, then lowered herself slowly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was poised for running, as though she were going to sprint off, immediately, to wherever her father was. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The five of us stood poised, waiting, for a moment longer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Francie saw the white doctor coming towards her with the cruelly poised needle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The two were poised there, their heels over the gap. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The As were judged to be much more alert, poised, attractive, and well dressed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They rose, rolling up through him like smoke, into his throat, poised there behind the gate of his teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He licked the point of his pencil and poised it over a blank sheet of paper. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She held her pen, poised to take notes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For a moment he waited there, poised, and kissed her—he took her lower lip between his lips and gently held it there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nowhere was safe, not with the citadel poised to topple. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A Reb came over a rock, bayonet fixed, black thin point forward and poised, face seemed blinded, head twitched. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sleeper stared at the lightning bolt poised an inch from his heart. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I feel someone hovering over me, a man, whose hands are poised above my neck, ready to choke me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I clung to the rough plank, poised far out over the water, giving all my might to the service of balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the other window, my favorite one, was the kind-faced Jesus, poised with his hand in front of a large wooden door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was young but poised and had a knack for making her feel good even when she was inclined to feel otherwise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Not even an eagle poised against the sun would have marked the hobbits sitting there, under the weight of doom, silent, not moving, shrouded in their thin grey cloaks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z These links helped her break more messages, which she then shared with the agencies best poised to act on them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I am a delicate doll poised inside a snow globe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Professionals are positive, action oriented, opened minded, poised, adaptable, respectful, self-regulated, empathic, organized, prepared, and collaborative. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And I imagined here I was poised at the perfect doorway to break out of the prison of my father’s book. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I look out the window, at the planes perched on the runway, gleaming and poised for flight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He looked down and felt like a bird, or a god, poised above them all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I sat on the couch after the show, my pencil still poised over a blank page, and stared straight ahead. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She gets the spelling off the tag on my shirt, then, already poised to jot down the next name, says, “R-and-W.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stares straight at the lens, the knife in his hand, poised, for the camera’s benefit, over the cake, his face shining with impending adolescence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside is my brother, poised with a snowball, and Grace Smeath crowned with flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was poised for flight, but I was waiting for some event, some word, some act, some circumstance to furnish the impetus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt himself perfectly poised at the midpoint between wonder and dread, and didn’t know which to feel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I'm helpless as the first hunter crashes through the trees, spear lifted, poised to throw. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The White House butlers who staffed the residence, mostly African American men who were our age or older, stood poised to help us with anything we needed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She balanced the yellow notebook Robin had given her on her lap, pencil poised. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His Roman candle is still poised in the air, but the tube is smoking, empty. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In retrospect, that statement seems prescient, but it merely reflected the mood already widespread among the young in Durham’s black community as America stood poised on the cusp of a new and turbulent decade. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had a sudden vision of things watching him, from in among the trees, of eyes glinting, and spears poised. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Much like how he seemed poised to take care of us now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lily waits across the room poised at another door, expecting me to follow. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But the intellectual underpinnings of Ms. Monte’s songs are always subsumed by the pleasures of melody and by the comfort of her voice: the poised tension and release, the delicacy and yearning. Music Review: Marisa Monte Performs at the Beacon Theater 2013-06-27T21:44:04Z But here we are, this time, now — with "Fresh Off the Boat" poised to premiere. For a dad stung by stereotypes, 'Fresh Off the Boat' is point of pride 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Here we get mysterious thumps from an attic, overly poised children, an old woman who peels her hand instead of a potato and, finally, generic-looking special effects that violate the D.I.Y. spirit of the enterprise. ‘Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin’ Review: Still Recording 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z It was second only to local TV news as the most popular news platform and seems poised to pass that medium, too, project director Tom Rosenstiel said. Report: Internet usage transforming news industry 2011-03-14T04:06:09Z The programme was completed by an elegant and poised performance of the "little" A major Sonata, D664, and by a mixed but compelling interpretation of the sprawling masterpiece in B flat, the Sonata D960. Emanuel Ax ? review 2011-03-23T17:43:10Z Cohen told the two Vanguard leaders that Microsoft Corp. was poised to buy a company he launched called Ecast and enticed them and others to invest in the startup with personal and foundation money. Former activist gets prison in Calif. for fraud 2013-01-29T23:19:08Z “The film has her poised to be more important to more people than ever, and comics gets to be the proving ground for the character.” Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Fix Marvel’s Woman Problem? 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z A drooping shark, made of stuffed beige cotton, sits at an undersized modern desk, fins poised as if it’s typing. ‘Cosima von Bonin,’ Swimming Against the Tide 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Jackson was poised for a great leap of faith, one testing himself and those who believed in him. AP timeline details Michael Jackson's last day 2010-06-20T16:46:00Z Near the center of the picture two women are each poised on point. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z Admittedly I slept through most of it, but each time I woke up the ambience was of something poised and delicate being held aloft, ever so carefully. At Moogfest, Electronics Stimulate Ears and Emotions 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Having just marked its 10th year, the festival is poised between being a regional showcase bubbling with spontaneous interventions and a smooth international canvas. The Details: In Praise of British Design 2012-09-26T22:11:26Z Meanwhile, social media popularity may mean that Erewhon is poised for a bigger stage. How Erewhon Became L.A.’s Hottest Hangout 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z A D.C. native still in her 20s, Daneshpour opened the afternoon quietly with a poised, utterly clear and graceful performance of Haydn’s Sonata in F Hob. Pianist Sara Daneshpour stuns at the American Art Museum This poised, youthful orchestra joined the Trinity Choir in a program devoted to four works by Elena Ruehr, a composer on the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music Review: New Territory, With Hues of Nature 2011-05-20T23:04:06Z This yard scrubbing leaves the neatnik poised and ready to intercept the very first leaf to yield to gravity. Americans love mulch — and many of us are misusing it 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The same might be said about their doctor, Verônica, whose rootlessness and vexation Mr. Gomes gingerly records in this poised feature. ‘Once Upon a Time, Verônica,’ a Marcelo Gomes Feature 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z With the New York Philharmonic poised to perform Stockhausen’s “Gruppen” in the Park Avenue Armory next week, it appears that much, if not all, is forgiven here for his ill-judged characterization of the Sept. Make Music New York: ‘Musik im Bauch’ at Make Music New York 2012-06-23T00:19:09Z Yes, the movie has already been shot and edited, and is poised for release. John Oliver teases return with 'Fifty Shades of Grey' audition 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z If only the people of Earth realize there’s something out there greater than us, he said, perhaps then we can set aside the petty differences that are poised to destroy us. UFO truthers want to make Roswell an issue for 2016. Meet their lobbyist. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Scattered about on a visit this summer were recent sculptures: a couple dancing the tango, a batter poised at home plate, a ballerina doing a pirouette. Art Is Fleeting, but Red Grooms Is Forever 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The Horrors' enjoyable Skying, out this week, may not be it, but they do sound poised to make one. Who will make the next Great British Rock Album? 2011-07-14T21:00:02Z Just a metaphorical baseball bat poised over my head. Teaching ate me alive 2012-09-15T19:00:00Z Though the Franklin estate would appear poised to take in considerable future earnings, in the short term it faces mounting financial challenges. A Year Later, the Fight Over Aretha Franklin’s Estate Deepens 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z We might identify with her plight, every arrow poised against her as she plays high-stakes poker in a man’s world, her intelligence always read as conniving, her ambition as manipulation. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z “Justice League” opening next weekend, Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” on Nov. 22 and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” launching on Dec. 15, the industry is now poised to end the year on an upbeat note. Box Office: 'Thor: Ragnarok' thunders to $56.6 million second weekend 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The new entries are poised to stimulate a market rocked by bad publicity. In Transit Blog: More Ships Sailing the Caribbean 2014-01-28T16:02:48Z It seems as if, each year, there's an opportunity to explore an exciting new technology – each more powerful than the last, and each seemingly poised to transform art and society. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Those who have fallen in love with powerlifting — a slower version of weightlifting, often with heavier weights — say they feel stronger and more poised, regardless of their size. ‘Strong over skinny’: Women powerlifters ditch stigma around bulking up 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Kigawa is always a poised guide through the most daunting music, as in his preternaturally unruffled evening-length survey of Pierre Boulez’s complete solo piano works. Review: Taka Kigawa Masters the Conflicting Rhythms of Ligeti 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z South Dakota is poised to enact the first statewide restrictions on transgender students in the country, after the senate on Tuesday approved a bill forcing transgender students to use separate restrooms and locker rooms. Separate ‘bathroom bill’ for transgender students poised to pass in South Dakota 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Stuck in a confusing time of hormones, the series' Claudia is poised on the brink of adulthood but will never move forward, never grow out of her shifting moods and dramatic fantasies. The eternal sadness of the child vampire 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Her festival now firmly established as a wellrespected mecca for film lovers and filmmakers alike, Johnson seems poised to expand its role as a place where deals are made. Emma Stone glitzed up the Middleburg Film Fest. But that’s not why people came. 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Her Phaedra was poised, lustful and tragic to her sorrowful end, before a conventional happy finale punctures the effect. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z Now the floor tiles have been pulled up and the room is under restoration — and Hemings’s life is poised to become a larger part of the story told at Monticello. For decades they hid Jefferson’s relationship with her. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z With the pandemic, protests and another March on Washington planned for August, this year is poised to become a historic one for organizations advocating for racial justice. Philanthropy for protests against racial injustice are pouring in 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes, you almost suspect there are concert saboteurs with cellphones poised to disrupt a performance at the most crucial moment. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-04T21:35:50Z You could tell at that point in time that he was poised to be a headline act of arenas because of his confidence on stage, his interaction with the crowd. New ACMs co-host Luke Bryan shakes things up 2013-04-03T17:01:04Z The chain, poised to open another branch in Virginia Beach, promises “scratch-made fun.” Tupelo Honey in Arlington is an experience that’s far from sweet 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Every guest praised her work, and certainly, the anchor seemed to as confident and poised as ever. Megyn Kelly, bizarro Jon Stewart: Watching her Trump-less debate, you almost forget how scary the GOP field is 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z With Donald Trump in the White House, a savvy media strategy boosting donations and a new Supreme Court justice on the way, ADF is poised to become more influential than ever. Inside the Christian legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The Best Picture category is poised to make history. The 2019 Academy Awards: What to expect from Sunday's 91st Oscars ceremony 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z “The American story is wild, uncapturable and discomfiting, and our fiction — our literature — is poised to challenge and deeply change us as it becomes ever more inclusive and ecocentric.” Author Joy Williams honored by Library of Congress 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z From outlying neighborhoods that beckon with new restaurants and bars, to the historic center, where Mr. Sorrentino’s protagonist, Jep, wandered through so many scenes, Rome remains poised to prove that its beauty runs deep. What to Do in Rome 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Despite an absent father and a mother in rehab, Rose is poised, mature and smart enough to have won a full scholarship to Barnard. The Greatest: Susan Sarandon as Another Mad, Sad Mom 2010-04-02T09:20:00Z Those present-day scenes are the movie’s only sign of clumsiness, though Khan, so impressive as the displaced widower Sunil in season three of In Treatment, tells the tale with a poised poignance. Ang Lee’s Life of Pi: Storm and Fang, Water and Wonder 2012-11-20T15:00:06Z From the opening Adagio, passionate yet poised, to the ideally spirited Allegro finale, that sonata is a particular highlight of an intimate, stylish album. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Rye is the grain of choice at Ole & Steen, a chain of more than 90 bakeries and cafes in Denmark and England, now poised to open Thursday near Union Square. New York Gets a Fresh Batch of Bakeries From Abroad 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Interior Department officials said they’re poised to establish new herds on historical bison range. Arsenal bison return _ but limited space to roam 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Most of the recording took place in February, around the time the French authorities were poised to dismantle part of the camp, a decision that affected some musicians featured on the album. Refugees in Calais ‘Jungle’ Record an Album 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Servers, with a finger poised over lips, signaled everyone to eat in silence. A New Alinea Plans to Serve Emotions as Well as Entrees 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z We know this because they seem poised to repeat them. Perspective | The media is helping Trump turn the bogus ‘Obamagate’ into the 2020 version of Clinton’s emails 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z There she is, slender, fashionably coifed, eminently poised — again and again and again — in photos with a future president, Donald Trump. Ghislaine Maxwell’s tawdry fall from grace — and her new PR push 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She is thus poised for action when she senses danger to Scott: In ‘The Promise,’ Robert Crais wins our hearts with an unusual hero: A dog 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Even the way Diane counts down numbers on Nothing I Can Do is poised and pregnant with things unsaid. Alela Diane: About Farewell – review 2013-07-27T23:05:05Z In measured, data-driven prose, Beckley demonstrates that no country is poised to upend American primacy, not economically, not militarily and not technologically. What Is America’s Role in the World? Three Authors Offer Very Different Views 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Just two weeks ago, this would have been a shocking statement; many thought "American Dirt" was poised to be the darling of the 2020 publishing world. Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Will displaced Corcoran works speak to us in the National Gallery, or in any of the other Washington museums that are poised to receive them, as they did in their old home? Corcoran demise raises question: How do we separate art from its institutions? A growing wave of bright young R&B talents is poised to make a bigger splash across Seattle, and possibly beyond, as this new generation of artists comes into its own. Seattle’s R&B scene heats up as a new generation of talents take the spotlight 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In a bustling kitchen in Upper Manhattan, Kendall Joseph, a young actor wearing fire-engine-red oven mitts, stood poised by the stove. Take a Look: ‘Reading Rainbow’ Goes Live, With New Friends to Know 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Like any savvy pageant participant, Derek is poised and in control even as he reveals the bruises beneath his bravado. ‘Mister Miss America’ Review: A Fight for the Crown 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z When the dust settled, the Hawks found themselves in third place in the Central after seemingly being poised to run away with it just two weeks ago. Blackhawks lose 4th straight; Sharp injured 2012-01-09T05:11:00Z “She’s remarkably poised for her age,” said one who, like several interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid crossing a key White House source. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is suddenly the star of the feel-bad story of the day 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The first person, then, simultaneouly implicates Glgut in what he is describing while reinforcing his distance from it, establishing In a Strange Room' as a work poised between memoir and fiction. In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z The extended “Star Wars” universe seems poised to completely invade our consciousness. How “Star Wars” changed the world: “It feels real in a way the stuff on ‘Star Trek’ probably doesn’t” 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z While Will is poised to be reinvigorated as the TV journalist he was always meant to be, "The Newsroom" already has reinvigorated Jeff Daniels. A big story developing on HBO's 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-20T09:16:04Z This year, polarizing Australian rapper Iggy Azalea seemed poised to rekindle that controversy. 2015 Grammys: One dark night of the soul 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The company employs almost a thousand workers in its 16 outlets around the country and is poised for even more dramatic growth. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti With luck, a new generation of writers, directors and actors — steeped in a non-binary, anti-shaming sexual culture — is poised to reclaim sex as a crucial element of mainstream style. Perspective | Sex is disappearing from the big screen, and it’s making movies less pleasurable 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z I don't want it to be all cool and poised and polished. Colum McCann: a life in writing 2013-05-25T07:30:01Z In 2007, his major traveling retrospective opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and he joined the Gagosian Gallery poised at the pinnacle of the art market. Takashi Murakami Teams With a Professor to Explore the Historical 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z White House spokesman Judd Deere, who was hired by Hicks, described her as “poised, no matter the situation, and totally committed to her work.” Hope Hicks returned to the White House to pull Trump across the finish line. Then coronavirus hit. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Her face is arresting, with large, alert eyes and cheekbones that seem poised to burst, “Alien”-style, out from beneath her pale skin. Noomi Rapace Arrives in Hollywood, by Way of Outer Space 2012-05-27T14:10:42Z Upon looking at it though, scissors poised, the Queen of Fashion declared: "I don't think I've ever seen this before so maybe my assistant chose it." Trailer trash 2012-12-09T00:06:22Z But the resort seems poised for a transformation. At Montana’s Big Sky Resort, limitless vistas and rural charm 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe stood at the center of the Webster Hall stage on Friday night, each poised behind a keyboard and a drum in a tight cluster — part face-off, part huddle. Review: Lucius, a Band Willing to Test Itself 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The great soprano Gundula Janowitz, as the Prima Donna and Ariadne, sings with silvery tone and a mood of poised, melancholy introversion, as if she were a marble statue awakened to life. Richard Strauss Recordings Recommended by Critics 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Which means that, given Africa’s high birthrates, continued emigration and increasing rates of conversion to conservative Christianity, it may be poised to rejuvenate the countries that once colonized it, both religiously and demographically. Ross Douthat Has a Vision of America. It’s Grim. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The Brotherhood, while ecstatic over Morsi’s reported victory in the presidential race, appeared poised to clash with Egypt’s ruling generals as the political crisis deepened on Monday. New early pregnancy blood tests can accurately tell paternity 2012-06-20T14:03:00Z Analysts were poised to ask tough questions about the deal and the strength of Time Warner's business plan if it intended to remain independent. 21st Century Fox withdraws bid for Time Warner 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Netflix is moving deeper into the Christmas movie business after last year’s “A Christmas Prince,” the story of a young journalist sent abroad to write about a man who is poised to become king. U.S. cable TV and Netflix offer a stockingful of Christmas films 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Arena — where the mission under Artistic Director Molly Smith has been “American Voices” — seemed poised to make a national splash both developing and producing new plays. Be serious: Can tough-minded theater survive on D.C.’s big stages? 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Two shows are poised to debut that are not only admirably ambitious but also move their respective networks several giant steps out of their comfort zones and into space previously reserved for prestige cable. ABC's 'American Crime,' USA's 'Dig' up the ante on Thursdays 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The paradox: Although poised and intentional, these moments appear candid and natural, as though if you weren’t here to witness them right now you might just miss them. Zanele Muholi, a South African Artist Who Uses Self-Portraits as Visual Activism 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Towering over the dazzling technical virtuosity on display, anchoring the entire enterprise, is Lancaster — poised, nuanced, contemplative, the embodiment of a woefully endangered notion called noblesse oblige. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z And a world poised to welcome the Antichrist. ‘Left Behind’ Stars Nicolas Cage as a Pilot 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “Started” is a beautiful, 11-track album rich with self-affirmations within a looming, large world seemingly poised to crumble all around us. Singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone is in a different place from where she started 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z While poised to escalate under the Trump administration, violence from immigration authorities is nothing new. Taking humanity hostage: What a brutally violent ICE raid tells us about Trump’s creeping police state 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The agency was poised to announce a policy shift that would require resort fees to be included in the initial price quote, according to multiple sources. Hotel resort fees, hidden charges bemoaned by travelers, are climbing higher than ever 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Conor offered poised renditions of the lilting Nocturnes No. 5 in B flat, No. 6 in F and the lively No. 18 in E, “Le Midi,” a rondo masquerading as a nocturne. Music Review: Celebrating an Irishman Who Preceded Chopin 2011-03-14T23:00:13Z Roth’s skills as narrator are everywhere as taut as a bowstring with its arrow poised to fly. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z When his intense stare gave way to a soft smile, Ms. Walradt began to wonder if Mr. Travers might be poised to use the “L word,” which had not yet come up in conversation. For Two Longtime Acquaintances, a Second Chance at Love 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Daya’s “Sit Still, Look Pretty” was a poised refusal to do either. The queen of this year’s Jingle Ball? Her crown is a beanie. 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Indeed, by early accounts, Washington is poised to become even swampier under the new regime. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Le Coze was, in the early years of Le Bernardin, a constant and striking presence in the dining room, poised and perfect, attired in Chanel outfits, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Still the Boss of Le Bernardin, Maguy Le Coze Strides On 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Its tiny kidneys are grilled with spiced apple, cured olives and onion on skewers that are served poised like scimitars across a pistachio-laced salad sharply dressed in cumin vinaigrette. Captivating flavors at Ballard's Golden Beetle 2011-06-02T20:10:05Z It holds the promise of opening up new frontiers for the integration of journalism and art in a socially oriented 21st-century performance piece poised at technology’s cutting edge. Meeting ‘the Other’ Face to Face 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Few other pianists around today play Chopin with as much understanding and poised mastery as this. Chopin: The Complete Waltzes ? review 2011-07-21T20:40:01Z But which movie is poised to win the biggest race of them all and take the Oscar for best picture? Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z At one point both were airborne, two beautiful roosters frozen, suspended, their clawed feet poised to strike. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z She is looking toward the camera, head up, toothbrush poised at her smiling, foamy mouth, the joy effervescent in her eyes. Modern Love: Appreciating a Difficult Mother 2010-03-12T18:40:00Z With minimum suggested donations starting at $50, the event was poised to generate significant financial help for a traumatized nation. Chicago's jazz artists play searing music for Japan 2011-04-02T15:11:00Z With the release of Conway’s new full-length album “From King to a GOD,” the group is poised for even greater success. Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But now the buff heartthrob of America’s disco era is poised again to be the center of attention, in a way few fans could have imagined in 1976. The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the all-American hero of the 1970s ended up here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The playing was poised, but it left a ways to go in profundity. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Bond is poised not just to save the world one more time but also give movie theaters a lift while he’s at it. Daniel Craig on bidding Bond goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The first performance, a Friday evening, sounded fine, the players poised. Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z But within them is an intractable despair, something that can’t be alleviated by a neatly placed vocal harmony or a poised chorus. Aimee Mann Traces Elegant Despair on ‘Mental Illness’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The outdoor markets in Queens and the Bronx are poised to open. Kono, Yakitori From an Expert, Opens in Manhattan’s Chinatown 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The poised Carpenter suggests Robert’s emotional scars without overemphasizing them, and Anderson reveals Cait’s volatility, vulnerability and charm. Review | Acting warms Washington Stage Guild’s too-tidy ‘Bloomsday’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z There were poised geometric ensembles and bursts of individual acrobatics, a ballroom scene, embraces and battles, even a brief bit of drunken comedy, all clearly telling a story. Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean Kingdom? at City Ballet 2011-09-11T04:00:07Z It includes many pieces from the BAM exhibit, plus a couple of playful new cats that look poised to create mayhem. The Week Ahead: a tribute to MLK Jr., Timberlake at the Key 2014-01-08T23:53:48Z And, shocker of shockers, I’m poised to tell you why. The Tipsy Diaries: The Eggnog Resisters? League 2010-12-09T16:36:00Z It was clear from this unorthodox opening that this was a precocious and poised comic more interested in originality than convention. Hannah Einbinder: Portrait of a Young Comic on the Cusp 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z "How to Train Your Dragon" seems poised to accomplish something similar, especially if the filmmakers remember to tap into the rich load of characters they've introduced here. 'How to Train Your Dragon' breathes visual fire into 3-D tale of friendship 2010-03-24T23:35:00Z They are not gracious or accomplished or poised. Riff: ?Housewives,? Rebranded 2011-11-18T23:36:00Z But true to the rest of the St. Vincent catalog — this is her fifth solo studio album — “Masseduction” stays poised between passion and artifice, trusting listeners to decrypt its paradoxes. St. Vincent Makes Her Move Into Pop With ‘Masseduction’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z A name jumps out from Whit Stillman’s first feature, “Metropolitan,” from 1990, with a historical power that virtually gashes the close-knit texture of its script and rends the poised canvases of its images: Averell Harriman. “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z She is poised to make a comeback this summer with “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” which will be released in the United States this June by Alfred A. Knopf. After a 20-Year Hiatus, the Booker Prize-Winning Novelist Arundhati Roy Returns to Fiction 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z This scenic city is now poised to become a destination for contemporary art. Inside Art: Richard Prince’s ‘Canal Zone’ to Be Shown at Gagosian 2014-04-04T00:09:56Z He was "wonderfully poised, informed," patient and kind and animated by a "markedly sly, sardonic and satiric" sense of humor. Joyce Carol Oates writes memoir of grief 2011-02-11T13:01:04Z The Winnie I have known through the years has always been poised, with zeal, passion, and self-assurance. A mother's letters to her son in prison: Jesse Jackson Jr.'s mother wrote him every day 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The results may seem puzzling, but it is clear that at the time they were all convinced that art was poised to enter an era of unlimited possibilities. Sonderbund show recreated 100 years after galvanising Europe's art world 2012-10-02T13:00:29Z There were so many of them — fluttering clouds of wings poised on plants — that we lost track of time doing nothing but watch them. A backcountry refuge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It is true that Canova is stiller, more poised, than his predecessors in Italian sculpture. How I finally warmed to Antonio Canova, rival to Michelangelo 2010-08-24T14:35:00Z The owners of the Glover Park hotel are poised to renovate the entire property, dining room included. Review | Glover Park Grill woos its neighborhood with all-American cooking 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z There are other side characters that feel completely superfluous, showing up and seeming poised for development before being suddenly dispatched and rendered irrelevant. "Terminator: Dark Fate" works 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z But Plame herself — blonde, radiant and poised — was in town, to promote both and Lucy Walker's documentary Countdown to Zero. Countdown to Zero: Valerie Plame at the End of the World 2010-08-02T16:30:00Z Alexandria Restaurant Partners is doubling down on efforts to attract customers to the waterfront with Barca, a spacious Mediterranean-themed wine bar serving small plates, which was poised to launch at the end of March. Review | A Potomac view meets polished cooking at Ada’s on the River in Alexandria 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z HBO’s blockbuster fantasy epic Game of Thrones is poised to sweep the board at the Emmy awards after netting 24 nominations on Thursday. Game of Thrones set to dominate Emmys after netting 24 nominations 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z As a sprawling human drama, poised on the precipice of a violence that you know is waiting for its beguilingly drawn and assayed characters, it is a riveting work of art. Review | ‘The Ferryman,’ an explosive, exhilarating human drama 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z With the book poised for release, it’s too soon for Heti to know what her next project might be. Sheila Heti Is Still Asking Questions 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z It's fulcrum is Marie Arnet's Lulu, the perfectly poised, ice-cool blank on which every man she encounters can create his own fantasy; her performance is both wonderfully controlled and superbly sung. Lulu – review 2013-02-10T17:30:27Z Gracefully poised in person, she did not shy in print from comparing the worst of contemporary American architecture to the totalitarian excesses of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. Ada Louise Huxtable, Architecture Critic, Dies at 91 2013-01-08T00:34:22Z This is the pause before the music happens – before the composer writes down the first notes, before the ensemble, poised to breathe as one, begins to play. Poem of the week: Schubertiad by Fiona Sampson 2010-08-02T10:49:00Z Eileen and Vinnie only know each other casually for now, but this episode holds their stories in neat parallel, as visionaries poised for a shot at success, but in businesses mediated by treacherous forces. ‘The Deuce’ Season 1, Episode 2: Rinse and Repeat 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Reilly said the show is “poised for a creative renaissance” and has Hudson and Parker lined up for multi-episode guest slots. Britney Spears Joining Fox?s ?The X Factor? 2012-05-14T23:24:07Z And you’ll be unlikely to forget the image of Mr. Whitaker poised with anxiety and resignation on the staircase to his room, terrified of saying good night to the imaginary life he has created below. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The country is poised to elect socialist politician and former coca farmer Evo Morales, who’s threatening to nationalize the country’s lucrative natural gas industry, a move that worries many in Washington. ‘The Dismal Science’: a dark brew of angst and economics 2014-01-22T22:35:56Z Mobility on demand is poised to change the way you get around on vacation. Travel Wise | From bus to bike to Uber to scooter, how to get around while traveling 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z She films the performers with a poised camera; her incisive angles and smooth pan shots emphasize the dances’ visual counterpoint and overlapping rhythms. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The eatery’s latest outposts are poised to join the chain’s 28 other shops in Italy, among Domino’s 16,000 locations in 85 other nations. Twitter users question Domino's reported 880-location expansion in Italy: 'This is the home of real pizza!' 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Women in Latin music are poised for a breakthrough. A comedian’s Cholofit videos spoof gentrification and our fitness-craze culture 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Busy as it is, a rope of fried octopus poised atop a parsley salad, baby artichokes, chorizo, papaya chutney, chile-reddened tofu sauce and a partridge in a pear tree makes a diverting group pick. Review | I want to cheer for Pom Pom. But it’s complicated. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z IA&A is poised to begin the search for its new president, which could take 18 months or more. Big changes afoot at Hillyer 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A seven-time Oscar nominee, Glenn Close is poised to pick up her first statuette for her finely crafted work as a secretive spouse in “The Wife.” Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The latter is a beautifully poised, meticulous, but also creative shaping of a new museum out of the bombed-out ruin of an old one. Coming up short 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z David Mackenzie's prison drama stars Jack O'Connell, who may not be particularly well known in the US for his work in Skins but seems poised to explode before long. Guardians of the Galaxy can't save US box office from a soggy summer 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z A select group of established designers had begun this move a few seasons before, but Mr. Jean-Raymond was arguably the first who made that decision just when he was poised for stardom. The Man Behind the New Front Row 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Advertisement “Black Earth,” whose American edition arrives with ringing endorsements from Henry A. Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Leon Wieseltier, among others, seems poised to generate a fresh round of argument, in scholarly circles and beyond. Timothy Snyder’s ‘Black Earth’ Puts Holocaust, and Himself, in Spotlight 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z After a recent run of successful DJ gigs and that well-received Daft Punk collaboration, Moroder is poised now to release his first album in 30 years. Giorgio Moroder Is the Godfather of Modern Dance Music 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Her forehand was clean and metronymic, her backhand powerful and poised. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z But several books in recent years have spewed fire and brimstone, claiming that algorithms are poised to obliterate white-collar knowledge-work in the 21st century, just as automation displaced blue-collar manufacturing work in the 20th. Machines for thinking 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The suit was finally settled in November because, according to the main players on both sides, the other side was poised to lose. Condo wars: How a water leak turned into a $30 million lawsuit 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z It is the bravura performance of a writer, poised at the edge of the day’s vast darkness, gathering all the warmth and light of our inner summer. Review | Ali Smith’s ‘Summer’ concludes her seasonal quartet on a high note 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Tetzlaff went home to Germany because the child he and his partner were expecting was poised for an early arrival. Review: At Carnegie Hall, Brahms Piano Quartets, With a New Baby as a Coda 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But because of the dexterity of the filmmakers and the surprising resonance of the performances, it’s hard not to feel for them, even when they are poised on the cusp of yet another terrible decision. The empty charter school dream: “Togetherness” sides with smug hipster parents and falls apart 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z He believes that a basic-cable share of 15 for “The Walking Dead’’ “might be the beginning of the end,” an indicator that zombies and dragons are poised to overwhelm reporting and realism. David Simon of ‘The Wire’ finds drama in public housing. But will the public tune in? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z She wasn’t done until she had flaunted some wailing lead guitar and then eased the song back down, with poised dynamics at every moment — the kind of real-time musicianship the Grammys still hope to reward. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z At the end of the cultural and political tumult called the 1960s, five major African American stand-up comics were poised to achieve crossover greatness. Book review: ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ by Scott Saul 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It is poised to reappear at New York’s Second Stage Theatre in spring 2016. Ben Platt, on pitch in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Kanneh-Mason’s playing is more poised than fiery: levelheaded, though not exactly cool. The Sheku Effect: A Classical Music Star Rises 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z After all, how often does a novel that seems poised to reward your immersive attention diminish in its power, conspicuously and all at once, as soon as it tries to engage your predictive attention? Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The whole production shows us that he appreciates how Prokofiev’s ballet is poised between touching romance and biting sarcasm. Mariinsky Ballet in ‘Cinderella,’ Under Alexei Ratmansky 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Thiel’s hedge fund, Clarium Capital, seemed poised to make a killing from the crash that he — in true contrarian form — had long been predicting. ‘The Contrarian’ Goes Searching for Peter Thiel’s Elusive Core 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Regardless, the film is poised to break records for the weekend currently held by Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day.” 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trumps 'Kingsman' at Friday box office 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The film now is poised to do what only four movies have managed before at the Oscars: win best picture without a nomination for its director. Does Oscar crown await Affleck's 'Argo?' 2013-02-21T16:23:11Z Despite sagging ratings, "Law & Order" had been considered likely for renewal next season, when it would be poised to surpass "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running drama. Will 'Law & Order' live on, to break a TV record? 2010-05-14T11:36:00Z They gather in silence to gawk at the paint whisperers — small teams of conservators poised on scaffolding and encased in two glass cubes. Showtime at the Musée d’Orsay: Watching Varnish Dry 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z With so much buzz–and not to mention measurable success–Iggy Azalea is poised to be this year’s breakout music star. Hip Hop Is Run By A White, Blonde, Australian Blonde Woman 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The annual cinematic blitz that is the Tribeca Film Festival is once again poised to hit. Critic?s Notebook: At Tribeca Film Festival, Porous Borders on Display 2012-04-15T18:31:43Z Berlin was escaping the Russian revolution, Deutscher was fleeing from the armies of the Third Reich, poised to take Poland. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic by David Caute – review 2013-06-20T07:00:34Z Occasionally, though, this most poised of poets did let his mask slip. Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Bridgen - review 2012-12-14T22:55:11Z It is poised to become even larger with its pending $3.9 billion purchase of Chicago-based Tribune Media, which owns or operates 42 stations in cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Sinclair Broadcast Group solicits its news directors for its political fundraising efforts 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “It will leave you with enough energy to still do the dishes perhaps with another half glass poised next to the sink,” she said of the ColleStefano. What Is a Great Wine? Verdicchio di Matelica Has Some Ideas 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z This directness of approach also kept the late quartet in communion with the two early quartets, Op 18 Nos 6 and 3, performed in the first half with the same poised motion and honeyed tone. Artemis Quartet - review 2011-01-23T18:18:53Z On the outside Victoria was poised, like the banker she is. Modern Love: Perfect, With Childbearing Hips 2011-02-17T23:32:30Z With the film poised to go international, he was plunged into a non-stop round of meetings and interviews. Toronto closes after very public festival 2012-09-13T10:22:04Z She’s so poised on the page, so reserved, that distance can slip between teller and tale. For the Performing Arts Students in This Novel, Drama Is a Way of Life 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But along some 200 miles of windswept Atlantic beach south of Casablanca, seaside meadows sprout billboards touting planned resorts and vacation home communities, suggesting that Morocco’s second coast is poised to boom. Morocco’s Other Coast Emerges as a Destination 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z In the meantime, the soundsuits are tragic figures, girding themselves for violence, their bric-a-brac shells poised to absorb pain, which inevitably comes. A Nick Cave Survey With Plenty of Bells but No Whistles 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Now, with the additional media and theater-world attention that come with a New York production, “Sweat” is poised to speak more forcefully in the national conversation. What happens when factory jobs disappear? Playwright Lynn Nottage investigates in 'Sweat' 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Now the house is poised to meet a much wider audience. Investor donates his gravity-defying John Lautner-designed home in Beverly Crest to LACMA 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z His alert and poised camera captures, with seeming hypersensitivity, deep and hidden harmonies running through great spans of time. Which Movies to See in January 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z And now yet another reminder to anyone poised to ask a woman this question: Just don’t. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Get busy on the adoption paperwork — and keep trying to conceive 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Pretty and poised, she is ostensibly the most successful of the group, with her soon-to-be-M.D. boyfriend, her Princeton degree and her job at a hospital. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z “Parasite” is poised to be that rare thing: a foreign language movie capable of drawing big crowds in theaters and contending at the Academy Awards. Fall Preview: Bong Joon Ho and ‘Parasite’ are coming for you 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Judging just from this setup, the series seems poised to trace the rise and fall that brought him to this post-Walter White nadir. A Better Direction for “Better Call Saul” 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z We always think of Austen as so poised and elegant; there is a sort of rage underneath that lives in this character, which I really liked seeing. Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s true that he came off as poised and possibly leader-like, though all of the love for Rubio expressed on TV and online centered on his presentation, not his policy. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But the audience burst into such enthusiastic applause at the “false” ending that the players, after waiting for a moment with bows poised, finally just shrugged, smiled and ended the piece right there. Review | Jupiter String Quartet delivers on its name with an out-of-this-world performance 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z When we have something like that, then we are poised to upset the apple cart, and that can be turned around in as little as 24 hours. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z She has always seemed poised, someone of conviction and confidence, if not arrogance. Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick' 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z But the book’s real artistry is in how the focus enlarges, from Margaret’s misbehavior to those who gawked at her, pens poised over their diaries. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Offense and defense remain delicately poised for both players throughout the game, but Black proves better able to negotiate the tactical shoals in the game’s decisive phase: 32. SANDS: Cadets battle as D.C. summer chess scene heats up 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Centuries of grotesque, open-mouthed gargoyles are poised on a wall overhead, as if prepared to spew venomous rainwater. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z These invaluable records of her creative process, long used almost solely by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, are now poised to become available to a much broader public. Watching a Choreographer Build: Trisha Brown’s Unusual Archive 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z With the release of their "She Loves You" single, the Beatles were poised to shift from a regional to a national sensation. The role Beatles roadie Mal Evans was born to play 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z But instead of referencing her other credentials, it chose to headline the piece: “Mother of three poised to lead the BBC”. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Showtime hasn’t found a genuine hit since Homeland debuted in 2011, but the network appears poised to change that unfortunate trend with upcoming drama Billions. The First 'Billions' Trailer Is Here 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The courts need her poised, showing the level of anger that makes her seem believable but not hysterical. The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He was poised to go on to study for an advanced degree when he graduated in 1968 with a major in transportation economics. A Carlyle group co-founder steps out of the philanthropic shadows He seemed poised for a popular breakthrough that never quite arrived. Al Jarreau, seven-time Grammy-winning singer, dies at 76 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “De Materie,” which runs from March 22 to 30, seems poised to become one of the most talked-about events of the spring season. A Powerful ‘Elektra,’ Sheep at the Armory and Other Spring Classical Highlights 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z “The air went still, as if poised to disappear.” What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z This second volume is lucid yet intense in the poised Opus 31 sonatas and vital in the “Waldstein.” ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Luiza Borac, Alisa Weilerstein, Cédric Tiberghien and More 2014-02-26T19:54:43Z When Presley enlisted, Lewis seemed poised to inherit the crown of rock 'n' roll royalty. Jerry Lee Lewis a ball of promotional fire with new book, albums 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z One comes to admire Clark's poised diffidence, his lack of eagerness to please. Dan Clark ? review 2011-04-11T17:30:52Z She clasped her hands in front of her, smiling and nodding at appropriate intervals, a poised act of filial duty. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s piping and childlike in “Party,” while it’s low and poised in “Imagining My Man” except for sudden, vehement interruptions: “I do not have the answer,” she cries with cutting dissonance. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z All across the city, spring is — well, if not exactly springing, then poised for a dramatic pop. Where Spring Is in Full Bloom 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z “IN NEGROLAND”, writes Margo Jefferson, “we thought of ourselves as the Third Race, poised between the masses of Negroes and all classes of Caucasians.” A world apart 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But now the museum, with the help of a promised gift from one of the most comprehensive collections of Native American art in private hands, is poised to catapult itself well ahead of that curve. Native American Treasures Head to the Met, This Time as American Art 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z His latest movie, "Furious 7," is poised to collect $115 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Vin Diesel: 'Furious 7' and the unlikely road to stardom 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z In 2009, he was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and appeared to be poised for a major comeback when the charges against him were revived last year. Bill Cosby issue flares anew after 2005 deposition is released 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Two years ago, Caleb’s life - and his comedy career, in particular - seemed poised on the brink of possibility. Rehab continues for comic wounded in shooting 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Our habit is to tilt toward the future, perpetually poised for the next move, the strategic opportunity. How to say goodbye 2012-06-10T16:00:00Z Netflix and other streaming giants are poised to nab streaming rights for popular TV shows as the battle for streaming viewers intensifies. Viacom buys exclusive cable rights to 'Seinfeld' from Sony 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s payoff time: Los Angeles’ dance community, after decades of slow progress, is poised to have a season that’s unprecedented in its breadth and quality. Baryshnikov, Diavolo, BodyTraffic and more: L.A.'s dance scene gears up for a breakout season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “Her voice whispers breathily, swells right up to the verge of tearfulness and then gracefully backs away, ever sympathetic and ever poised.” Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for July 18-24 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Groth was poised and confident before an audience that included former New Yorker colleagues like Mr. Trillin, whose phone messages she once delivered. Janet Groth Describes Her Life at The New Yorker 2012-06-27T22:01:52Z When Chinese writer Li Juan joined a family of Kazakh herders for a frigid journey to the winter pasture where their animals graze, she found them poised on the cusp of change. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “He’s incredibly, infinitely more poised than almost anyone I know,” Mr. Smith says. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z With a strong sense of place, style and community, the city’s namesake hotel is poised to become an anchor in the New Durham. A Durham Hotel With a Sense of Place and Midcentury Style 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Millennials, the generation that began to come of age after the turn of the century, have given no indication that they are poised to step in. The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z So when “Stay Positive” launched, they were poised to build on that success. Their last “easy” record: The Hold Steady’s “Stay Positive” and what came after 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z In the longest and most theatrical section, “Jwala: The Flame,” Ms. Prakash began with only her hands illuminated, one poised above the other like the wick of a candle. Review: Mythili Prakash Is Fiery at Dancing the Gods Festival 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z She was poised, too, to secretly cooperate with Andrew Morton, a tabloid reporter determined to blow the lid on the Wales’s terrible marriage. A Low Point for the Monarchy, in a New Season of ‘The Crown’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Together, they make for an amusing odd couple: She’s poised and deliberate; he’s frenetic verging on feral. Where’s the Party? Ask Benny Blanco. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The South Korean class satire, directed by Bong Joon Ho, is poised to be this year’s highest-grossing subtitled release in the United States. For Those Who’ve Seen ‘Parasite’ and Want More 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z "I think given the lack of family films both this past summer and in the current market, 'Alexander' is poised to do very well," he said. For indie's Miguel Arteta an excellent, good move to make kids' film 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, it is already the biggest draw of any Coen brothers film – poised to at least double the business of No Country for Old Men, their biggest previous hit. True Grit: Rooster to the rescue 2011-02-06T21:31:00Z At 25, Ms. Rashad, who graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2008, seems poised between drama school and stardom. Condola Rashad Shows Star Qualities in ?Stick Fly? 2012-01-04T22:54:01Z Eventually, a Gordon type emerged: poised young women who could also express some kindness, some vulnerability. In ‘The Bear,’ Molly Gordon Is More Than the Girl Next Door 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Thousands of theater owners and studio executives are gathering this week amid rising expectations that the motion picture industry is poised to hit the jackpot. CinemaCon: Theater and studios bullish on 2015 box office 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The concert’s other — and equally arty — peak was the poised, otherworldly performance by FKA twigs. Review: Iggy Pop Salutes David Bowie at Tibet House Concert 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Da Vinci’s Demons” is but the latest costume extravaganza poised to charm the fashion set. On the Runway Blog: Historical Dramas Play Out in Fashion, Too 2013-04-19T18:41:40Z The play’s conclusion, a scene so gentle and soft-spoken that it’s almost thrown away, finds Frisky poised to turn back into Martha. 'Liberian Girl’: A Harrowing Descent Into War 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The opera is at its best in these long swaths of music poised between churning intensity and stillness. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Gordon’s inconsistent season had left him on the qualifying bubble, but at the Richmond International Raceway in early September, he looked poised to capture a spot with fewer than ten laps remaining. At Home With Jeff Gordon: The Superstar Driver Is (Finally) Shifting Gears 2013-10-08T14:00:00Z Open only since December, the scenic restaurant was poised to expand its offerings last month to include lunch and pastries . Review | The creators of Cava aim for something loftier with Julii 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z He is now poised to play a supporting role The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a magic-realist drama to be directed by Martin Scorsese. Sacha Baron Cohen tipped for Walter Mitty remake 2010-04-19T14:14:00Z A London studio is due to open in Covent Garden next year, and the company is poised to float on the New York stock exchange. 'I'm riding Le Tour in my spare room': the indoor cycling revolution 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z “We are proud to be pioneers of beer delivery and are well poised to take on more markets in the coming year.” Pizza Hut announces expansion to beer delivery program 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z There’s no warning not to try this at home — which is regrettable, given how many viewers the movie seems poised to captivate with Mr. Goldsworthy’s worldview. Review: In ‘Leaning Into the Wind — Andy Goldsworthy,’ an Artist Grapples (Again) With Time 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z She is an adult by the end of the novel, poised and deliberate. “The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z And on “The Late Show,” what she was projecting was poised and dignified pain. Megyn Kelly, vulnerable and terrifying: Why Donald Trump should be scared of tonight’s big interview 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z He is polite and poised, his accent remaining distinctly South Yorkshire even though he has lived in Salt Lake City, Utah for six years. Queer Eye's Tan France: ‘The word gay was never mentioned in my parents’ home’ 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Once merely embarrassing and ridiculous, the annual White House correspondents’ dinner is poised to tip over into journalistic self-abasement. Cancel dinner plans. Send ‘nerd prom’ to the history books. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z He directs while playing the violin with the athleticism of a skateboarder: half on, half off his podium, poised and daring. ACO/Tognetti 2010-08-31T22:00:00Z His answers, even the ones that hint of rehearsed, PR-approved sound bites, lack the disquietingly poised delivery that many young stars learn to perfect. Finn Wolfhard doesn’t really want to be famous 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The final chord of each Schumann piece was poised in such a way as to point forward to the beginning of the next one. Review: Hersh recital opens Olympic Music Festival season 2010-07-04T18:03:00Z “Their music was a lot of different things, but rarely was it as dreamy or as poised as Holly’s solo stuff.” Music: Up From the Underground, Into the Light 2010-02-19T20:16:00Z Now, the film stands poised to shape perceptions of the issue for Americans far beyond the nation’s capital. Movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ stokes debate on CIA torture 2012-12-15T03:44:31Z ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Massachusetts doctor who ran against Republican Mitt Romney for governor a decade ago is poised to challenge him again as the Green Party's nominee for president. Doctor poised for Green Party nod for president 2012-07-14T07:55:08Z Travelers are poised to stop the tipping epidemic. Perspective | Are consumers tired of gratuitous gratuities? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Julianne Moore is terrifying and hilarious as an actress with career issues and mommy issues, and Evan Bird is spookily poised as a sociopathic child actor with issues of his own. A Brief Look at 10 New York Film Festival Features 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Købke is a patient, careful artist, but what he records, so accurately, is a world whose routines seem poised on the edge of infinite mystery. Christian K?bke: Nordic exposure 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z These horses are poised between the energy of their wild inheritance, and the elegance of a tamed creature. Horses shaped our art of war and peace 2011-08-29T09:44:37Z But as the boomers’ children take over, there is concern among administrators and trustees that millennials are not poised to meet the financial and leadership demands of increasingly complex — and expensive — museums. Museums Special Section: Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons 2014-03-19T20:40:58Z We know of Pike’s Amy only what we see here: She is pretty, poised, always alert, ready to flash the witty remark that illuminates or scolds. Gone Girl Plays a Fatal Game of Love and Marriage 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z You seem further along than you realize, poised on the threshold, ready to bring your back foot off the ladder of your divorce and onto this new place of your own creation. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A newly divorced woman doesn’t want to be angry the rest of her life 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And Ms. Chopra, who now seems poised for American success as the Guess Jeans model and a singer, holds the screen like an old-fashioned movie star. Movie Review: ‘Gunday,’ a Bollywood Action-Thriller 2014-02-16T21:40:13Z Christopher Jones, an actor who seemed poised for stardom before abruptly abandoning his movie career in the late 1960s, died on Jan. 31 in Los Alamitos, Calif. He was 72. Christopher Jones, Actor Who Quit Field, Dies at 72 2014-02-09T02:11:02Z This image, I felt, was poised just at that cusp moment where it’s also positing a future.” Magazine Covers About 9/11 2011-09-09T23:30:24Z He was solid in the Transporter series and after the considerable success of that franchise he seemed poised for studio stardom. Star package fires The Expendables 2 to box-office dominance 2012-08-20T16:47:54Z Thus, the mixed martial arts popularized by UFC over the past two decades seems poised to eclipse boxing once and for all. Meet Ronda Rousey: The greatest fighter in the world — and just the badass America needed 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z It is no exaggeration to say that the entire opera world is poised to hear the soprano Deborah Voigt sing her first Brünnhilde. Spring Performance: Music: ?Ring? Resumes, With All Eyes on Br?nnhilde 2011-02-20T02:02:17Z I’m poised to reach for a piece when my steward, with the flourish of a magician, extends the box sideways, unveiling more treats on two swinging shelves. Pineapple and Pearls review: Dining so fine, we’re seeing 4 stars from the start 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, McDonald was poised to be the muse for a new, sophisticated Broadway. Audra McDonald captivates a Bowl audience, but she's meant for more 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z A recent entry into the single-friendly business segment is Porch, the home improvement resource perfectly poised to meet the needs of households without handymen. Finding The Perfect Boyfriend: Technology In The Cat Lady Economy 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Martin Scorsese's "Silence" is poised to find its voice at Paramount Pictures. Paramount closing in on Martin Scorsese religious drama 'Silence' 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s very happily followed by the reciprocity of the male-female duet, beautifully poised between friendship and romance, and affecting in its response to the music’s melody. Justin Peck’s ‘Rodeo’ at New York City Ballet 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It wasn’t about admiring the superhuman diva onstage; it was about how she would be a poised cheerleader for all the grown-up, independent, imperfect Everywomen listening and singing along. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z According to early ratings data, Sunday's Super Bowl is poised to set a record in terms of TV audiences of more than 106 million viewers when final figures are released later on Monday. "Glee" Super Bowl episode more than doubles audience 2011-02-07T18:40:39Z Millions still live who recall the Soviet-American standoff — the Cold War — when tens of thousands of hydrogen bombs were kept poised in submarines, bombers and silos. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Boyle, who at her best possesses a poised reserve when she sings, just as often conveys the awkwardness and flat-out discomfort of someone for whom all this attention is a difficult thing to bear. Susan Boyle's awkward, cringe-inducing stardom 2010-12-01T16:02:00Z Explosions in the Sky seems especially well poised to work with filmmakers interested in profound stories about triumphant underdogs. Texas Monthly: Fans Always Called Explosions in the Sky ‘Cinematic’ Anyway 2013-08-10T22:31:20Z Brutalism was popular throughout the eastern bloc but the former Yugoslavia made it its own - seizing on it as a way to forge a visual identity poised between East and West. Yugoslavia's brutalist relics fascinate the Instagram generation 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s not everyday you encounter teenagers as courageous and poised as these ones, which was why Barnett initially felt compelled to their stories. 'Visibility is so important': trans teen athletes shine in new documentary 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Marxism Today is, though, nicely poised between scepticism and near admiration. Fastest! Tallest! Marxist! The visual art of Phil Collins 2011-02-06T22:29:00Z Maison Hugo It has taken Florian Victor Hugo and his wife, Michelle, several years, but this descendant of the novelist is finally poised to welcome customers at what he calls a “brasserie moderne.” The Fall Restaurant Preview 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the only plausible endpoint for this album, poised between music and entropy. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Releases a Surprise Album 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z For his part, Garbo managed to persuade the Germans that an entirely imaginary million-man army — the First United States Army Group — was poised to strike strategic targets. “Agent Garbo”: Wartime’s greatest double-cross 2012-07-08T22:00:00Z Emanuel laid out his plans for the casino money just days before Senate are poised to discuss how to deal with Quinn's concerns about the gambling legislation. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z The refined, poised timbre with which he imbued the first suite became a warmer, more expansive sound in the third suite, which concluded the program. Antoine Tamestit Plays Concert for Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Here is Joe, delicately poised between this world and the next, in a suspenseful, beautifully constructed book with scenes as stirringly valedictory as a chorus of “Danny Boy.” The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But most of the music was poised and subdued. Music Review: How a Club Becomes a Salon for a Night 2011-01-16T22:12:45Z From the era of Billie Holiday to that of Amy Winehouse, singers with cult followings have often seemed poised over a black of hole of pain that might swallow them at any moment. Arts & Leisure: How Hugh Jackman?s Two Sides Make Women Swoon 2011-12-08T16:00:00Z The reverie was cut short as Lim flipped an omelet onto a foam plate and delivered it to the group, waiting with chopsticks poised. Getting a taste of Singapore’s famously flavorful street food 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Strands of solo instruments emerge from a billowing cloud of sound, poised between meditation and violence. Kaija Saariaho: 11 Essential Works 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z After 30 years of pranks, power chords and evolution, Seattle’s big little indie label is poised to thrive in a rapidly changing industry. Sub Pop at 30: How a Seattle record label’s storied past prepared it for the future 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet when the axe was poised for digital radio station BBC 6 Music, a listeners' protest campaign led to its by the BBC Trust. Mark Thompson: A hard act to follow 2012-09-15T01:03:43Z By the episode's conclusion, Haqqani and his thugs are poised to do just that as they rapidly make their way through a tunnel leading into the compound. 'Homeland' recap: Prisoner exchange part of far bigger plot 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z We were poised on the lip of an enormous bowl. A Family Ski Adventure in the Himalayas 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Posture-induced feelings of power and competence will make you more at ease and poised, not change your personality. Studied: The Right Stance Can Be Reassuring — Studied 2013-05-03T23:12:24Z It suggested that the man poised to become the first African-American president, one celebrated for his language and his eloquence, could not possibly be such a good writer. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z They must be poised for the split-second, life and death moments, too. Can police police their biases? 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Bankruptcy Court Judge Bruce Markell in Las Vegas is poised during hearings March 29 and April 8 to rule on questions about who owns what. Sign says 'For Sale,' but Newtons intend to stay 2013-03-16T02:16:05Z On the one hand, it is poised to expand its programs with a new 23,000-square-foot, $34-million building, scheduled to open in April. ArtsBeat: New Director Named for Weeksville Heritage Center 2014-03-03T17:36:58Z When someone fits the bill, the show will bring that person back often, and Emma Stone seems poised to becoming a regular. Saturday Night Live review: Emma Stone rocks as real Donald Trump weighs in 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z It is actually implementing, consciously or not, a complex five-point strategy poised to make our minds shut down. Beware the Trump brain rot: The cognitive effects of this administration’s actions could be disastrous 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Universal's upcoming animated feature "Minions," which hits North American theaters July 10, is also poised for a big opening. 'Jurassic World' to cross $1 billion worldwide after 13 days 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z We “met” on 120th Street, on the south side of Marcus Garvey Park, another city landmark designed around a spectacular eruption of Manhattan schist — with a 47-foot-high watchtower from the 1850s poised on top. A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “Most people are significantly less busy these days,” added Phil, poised to continue using the limitations of quarantine dating to his advantage. Date Lab: They had the most chemistry she has felt in a while 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Luchini’s scruffy, unshaven Serge surveys the world with the contemptuous glare of a know-it-all poised to pounce on an adversary. Movie Review: ‘Bicycling With Molière’ Deconstructs ‘The Misanthrope’ 2014-04-22T21:13:30Z Birdsong, a fluty soprano who bore a resemblance to Ballard — the women even had the same shoe and dress size — was professional, poised and well practiced. The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z “Yes,” Ani might counter — and she’s absorbed so many punch lines that, like the culture at large, she’s poised to explode. ‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ Review: Lean In, to Outrage 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In addition to leisure visitors, the new resort is poised to draw business travelers from the area’s growing auto industry, which includes plants for Volkswagen and Audi. In Puebla, a New Rosewood Resort 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Cuzco and Rio de Janeiro need not fear: Asunción, a city of about 500,000, is not poised to become the next tourism capital of South America. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Paraguay’s Capital, Small-Scale Charms 2013-04-17T14:21:28Z Whatever her private views on politics and race, her public self was always poised and wholesome. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z The trigger for the poised, genial Philomen’s accumulated, unexpressed anger to erupt is sexual and domestic, not overtly political. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z Though he spends a lot of time trembling, as if from the exposure of being wet and naked, Mr. Peet’s Franklin is too unfailingly poised and articulate to engage us emotionally. Review: This ‘Daddy’ Has Issues. A Pool and Alan Cumming, Too. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In a party dress and fancy slippers, sitting with her older sister, Ms. Allen was equal parts poised and girlish. The Carpetbagger: A Sleepy Cosette and a Hungover Fantine 2012-12-14T19:15:57Z “Desirée is so poised and so charming, so substantial and capable, but nonetheless I told her how important it is to always stand up to the West Wing,” Ms. Baldrige said. Death of Letitia Baldrige Is Loss for Society as Decorum Fades 2012-11-05T18:32:08Z Now, at the age of 30, the Israeli wunderkind is poised to succeed his mentor at the helm of the acclaimed symphony. Tough act to follow: Young maestro leads Israel Philharmonic 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, the photos that accompany those early days show a young artist already calculating how he appears, as self-possessed and poised as he would be years later. 'David Bowie Is': How do you fit a rocker into an art museum? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Told in poised, often shimmering prose, these tales distress and confound. Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z What is clear: the way children of interracial parents think about race is poised to shape the mind of the nation. Daughters of Interracial Couples are More Likely To Say They are Multiracial 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Was my mother — tall and poised and beautiful, too, downright luminous — exceptional? What I talk about when I talk about Woody Allen 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Every bird is facing into the breeze, poised to take flight. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent She's almost preternaturally poised: hands folded in her lap under the artfully draped folds of her black dress, she resembles nothing so much as a china figurine. Selena Gomez, tween queen 2011-07-21T21:13:00Z More restaurants are embracing online ticketing, with hopeful customers poised to click weeks in advance and pay in full when batches of seats are released. Restaurant Report: Lazy Bear in San Francisco 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z She is keen to establish the category, poised at the intersection of high jewelry and painting or sculpture, as a scaled-down extension of the artist. Art’s New Perch: Your Neck, Not Your Wall 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Thomas clearly realized that by settling in and focusing on a single ensemble poised for adventure, he could foster curiosity among both players and audiences. After 25 Years, San Francisco’s Maverick Conductor Moves On 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z In summer, the bridge’s rail is lined with bathers poised for a 15-foot jump into the channel between tidal pond and sea. Martha’s Vineyard, the Off-Season Version 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z We seem poised to fall backward — and, to this end, Klass’s conclusion, “The Promise of Safety,” feels like a warning. Is This a Good Time to Be Born? Comparatively Speaking, Yes 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Scattered incongruously on distant bluffs were several pumpjack oil drilling rigs, most of them inactive, poised over the earth like herons. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Filming in black and white, with poised images isolating the action, Munch directed a film that, at a casual glance, looks as if it might even be a documentary. The Front Row: “The Hours and Times” 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z On the surface, “Always Shine” is a tense thriller about failed female alliances — much of the time it seems poised to become a remake of “Persona,” as made by the horror director Alexandre Aja. Review: Two Friends Take a Trip, Heavy Baggage in Tow, in ‘Always Shine’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Part 1 is at its best when exploring why China, which 500 years ago seemed poised to dominate the world, did not. Television Review: ‘Civilization: The West and the Rest,’ on PBS 2012-05-21T22:06:27Z Now the show is filmed and poised to be AMC’s next big hit, the only thing they have to worry about is whether fanboys will be angry about changes they’ve made to the beloved comic. Preacher: 'It's bigger than Breaking Bad. It's a romp' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But the real trouble came some two decades later, when Capote’s bilious short story “La Côte Basque, 1965,” an excerpt from his planned masterpiece-to-be “Answered Prayers,” was poised for publication in Esquire magazine. A Factual Account of Truman Capote, Notorious Embroiderer of Truth 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z In the Ravel concerto, he was rhythmically crisp in the opening movement, poised in the lyrical central Adagio and nimble in the concluding Presto. Pablo Heras-Casado leads the L.A. Philharmonic through a riveting performance of Ravel and Stravinsky 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z She will play Agnes, a well-off suburban matron whose poised exterior can no longer mask deep frustrations, especially with her husband, Tobias. Glenn Close Returns to Broadway in ‘A Delicate Balance’ 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Their sound was too small for the Usher Hall, but was still thrilling – the Mendelssohn buoyant and radiant, the Haydn gracefully poised. ASMF/Isserlis/Bell ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:17Z But for that brief period, Culture Club seemed poised to get a new singer. Boy George to reunite Culture Club in 2012 2011-01-28T10:15:54Z The End of the ‘Idol’ Era As TV's most popular show seems poised to lose its crown to 'Dancing With the Stars,' we wonder how America will be different when 'American Idol' becomes a has-been. How American Idol Lost to Dancing With the Stars 2010-04-21T17:48:00Z Like leopard and cheetah prints before them, florals have become so pervasive in the marketplace, she added, that they are poised to become “the new summer neutrals.” Spring Fashion, Hand Yourself Bouquets 2014-04-16T21:59:50Z They stop and stare while she finds the sweet spot where gravity will miraculously hold a diamond-shaped slab of rock poised on a granite boulder. The Gimlet Eye: Microcosms of Life: Absurdities With a Cast of Strangers 2010-04-15T01:20:00Z By this measure, the Shed is poised to be a big hit. Perspective | Along New York’s High Line, a $500 million effort to bring the arts to everyone 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. George said he believed New Balance was “poised to take over Adidas’s spot.” What Does the End of Yeezy Mean for the Sneakerverse? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z By contrast, Heller’s direction of “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” has a focussed and poised energy unlike that of any other film in contention. 2019 Oscar Nominations and Predictions (And Who Should Have Made the List) 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Everything about his playing is poised and beautifully proportioned; textures are luminously clear, and he copes with Scriabin's subtle shifts of emphasis and texture very skilfully. Scriabin: Travel Preludes – review 2013-07-25T16:30:00Z The slow movement, with its exquisite string and woodwind writing, was beautifully poised. RPO/Karabits – review 2013-03-21T18:17:23Z “If it had to do with properness, she taught it. She was tough, but when she got through with you, you were poised and professional … and thankful.” Motown royalty Diana Ross to perform at Wolf Trap 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In one poem, he writes of “gross-bellied frogs” sitting “poised like mud grenades,” and in another, of “a rat-gray fungus” creeping over a fresh cache of fruit, portending rot and decay. An Appraisal: Capturing Rhythms of Nature in Poems 2013-08-30T23:11:07Z “This weekend is merely the calm before the proverbial Marvel-powered storm as ‘Black Panther’ is poised to leap into theaters with potentially record-breaking results,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore. 'Fifty Shades Freed' Tops Box Office With $38.8 Million, 'Peter Rabbit 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s a poignant read for everyone this month, Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, as America’s presidential primary voting season is poised to begin. When the past is present: What slave narratives teach us about our greatest human desire 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Everyone said she has raised a son who is smart, empathic and poised. Mary Boone Is Not Done 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The strength of this conviction led him to create a program that sought to undermine an entire society poised to kill. Fred Rogers, quiet radical: The misunderstood legacy of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z On yet another level, "Days of Future" appears poised to serve as a series handoff, shifting the focus from the adventures of the original cast to the upstarts of "First Class." 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' ups the ante on super-sequels 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But they do have a network of people poised to help. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Along with ventures like the long-running, two-part “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” these productions seem poised to sate our desire for someone to snap their fingers and replace anxiety with wonder. How chill can Broadway get? Lin-Manuel Miranda and company throw down some ‘Freestyle Love’ to find out. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z I paused my morning routine, poised to cheer, to imagine nominees’ reactions and fantasize about all the shine heading toward some deserving black folks whose stories had thrilled me. Maybe Hollywood’s not racist — it just has a processing disorder 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “Not to insult you, Daddy,” says the very poised little girl, perhaps 8 years old, “but it was kind of boring for a little child.” ‘Boyhood' — still on the big screen 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z And Mr. Hill finally seems poised to break out as a major literary talent. Nathan Hill Is Compared to John Irving. Irving Compares Him to Dickens. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z With two extensions under its belt, and a current scheduled close date of June 30, 2018, it is poised to continue its current trajectory. ‘Hamilton’ Leads a Strong Week on Broadway 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Dramatically poised atop a protrusion of rock that rises from the valley floor, the city commands panoramic views of mountain ranges in every direction and is popular with tourists. High in the Hills of Corsica 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z The Canadian government is poised to tackle that problem by announcing a Buy Canadian food campaign. Fish, sausage, even honey: Food fraud is hidden in plain sight 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z "With the main harvest now at risk and trade and movements of goods severely restricted, food insecurity is poised to intensify in the weeks and months to come." Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to West Africa to help curb epidemic 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z And now that she has a Nobel Peace Prize under her belt and political aspirations in her future, Malala is poised to become the first world leader from Generation Potter. Why Malala's Story Sounds Like Another Story You Already Know 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Interviews with friends and associates, as well as an examination of her writings, reveal her as a complex figure with, as Jacqueline Jackson diagnosed, much to say — poised and self-assured, yet wary. Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It is also a relief to see the adult Ms. Walls, poised, well spoken and remarkably good humored. Cultural Studies: Missed the Author?s Tour? See the Video 2010-07-09T18:01:00Z “This Is Pleasure,” by Mary Gaitskill, a volume the size of a large cellphone or a slender gift book, seems perfectly poised to stir up a ruckus. Review | A new novel explores the nuance of #MeToo accusations. Are we ready for that? 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Her voice whispers breathily, swells right up to the verge of tearfulness and then gracefully backs away, ever sympathetic and ever poised. Critic’s Notebook: Albums by Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan 2014-05-07T21:46:14Z To anyone who doubts that there are hidden layers to Ryder’s occasionally insipid persona, her performance in Martin Scorsese’s poised period drama is as robust a corrective as could be hoped for. Heathers is back – but is it Winona Ryder's best film? Her top 20, ranked! 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Tobi bellows at the husband, who is poised to strike his wife. Patrick Stewart: 'I can store emotions. No experience is ever wasted' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Tanowitz, who smartly and thoughtfully distills ballet technique into fresh, inventive forms, is well poised to illustrate Eliot’s ideas on space, movement and stillness with elegance and clarity. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The veiled mystery of the opening arpeggiated chords was wonderfully poised; and his understanding of the composer's revolutionary use of the sustaining pedal was revealed brilliantly in the finale of the Waldstein sonata, Op 54. Llyr Williams 2010-07-19T21:31:00Z Of course she was an elegant and poised role model, an achiever and an exception. Lorraine Hansberry, American radical: She pushed RFK to make “a moral commitment” on civil ri... 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Mackenzie Bezos is also poised to potentially become one of the wealthiest women in the world. Jeff Bezos' divorce drama and those awful sexts: Why we can't look away 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Kurt Waldheim, a former United Nations secretary general, was poised to become Austria’s president, despite newly exposed details of his Nazi past. Piano lessons with a side of philosophical sparring 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Now, she seems poised for something bigger: Fame, perhaps, or just as unsettling, a loss of control. Amy Seimetz Goes Behind the Camera With ‘Sun Don’t Shine’ 2013-04-19T21:22:23Z Mraz is poised to release his new album, "Love is a Four Letter Word," April 17. Jason Mraz to play Gorge 2012-04-03T17:14:03Z For jackin, poised as it is between underground and overground in Birmingham and Leeds, the question is how much bigger can it get while still maintaining what makes it so vital and fun? Jackin proves dance music is alive and bouncing – but mostly outside London 2013-05-28T15:51:00Z The performance piece, which can be streamed online when it is live at Flashpoint Gallery, involves a poised, ram-rod-straight young blond woman with a vacuum. Perspective | The performance piece ‘Ivanka Vacuuming’ seems to irk the first daughter even more than ‘fake news’ 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z In fact, there are no weekly eliminations: Everyone, according to the poised lead judge and Hirshhorn director, Melissa Chiu, deserves to be there. Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance at an Art Career 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Senate begins the impeachment trial, Zucker is poised once again to reap those precious ratings. Perspective | They may be at odds now. But Trump and CNN’s Jeff Zucker have always had one thing in common. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Given those pre-release single sales, “Life at Best” seems poised to open in the top five of Billboard’s Country Albums chart and perhaps within the top 10 on the Billboard 200. ?Crazy Girl? Takes Eli Young Band to a New Level 2011-08-07T06:30:07Z Dickinson is riveting as the lesser-known Giovanni, a poised young Black woman with a soft surface and a spine of steel. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He stopped for a bit and then, as the caseload spiked once more this fall, recommenced, with a beautifully considered, poised yet yearning performance of Bach’s Partita in E Minor on Nov. 16. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z I always imagined the quintessential girl of men’s dreams to be taller than me, thinner, more poised and blond. For Best Hookup Results, Use Your Words, O.K.? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Though they did not immediately rule, the judges seemed poised to issue a decision quickly. NY judges may limit filmmaker raw footage ruling 2010-07-14T22:18:00Z While he is poised in this moment on his recording of the work, Mr. Levit played it live in Zankel Hall with far more mystery and a hint of despair. A Chord Vanishing Into Eternity: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments This Week 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z There’s a cheekiness to how poised she is in seemingly impossible balances, how at ease in high-torsion coordinations of limbs. Review: In ‘Pas de Detour,’ Cornfield Dance Plays With Obstacles 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Mathis — poised, animated yet also quite private — was pushed onto a big stage to talk about herself and her writing. Buzz Over Ayana Mathis’s ‘Twelve Tribes of Hattie’ 2012-12-10T22:42:33Z But Payton is nothing if not a politician — and with the poised smile of the many, many politicians before him, he graciously accepts this campaign trail meal. “The Politician”: From Olive Garden to green juice, food reveals the show’s true politics 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z He begins in 387 B.C., with the Gauls poised just north of the city, and ends in 1944, as American troops slip in from the south to expel the Nazis. Rome Wasn’t Sacked in a Day 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Copenhagen’s culinary awakening and Stockholm’s trend-setting fashion may have ignited the world’s current infatuation with Nordic culture; now Helsinki is poised for the spotlight. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Though rain sheeted down and floods threatened, she was poised and miraculously dry in jeans, a floral raincoat and high-heeled boots that played hell with her feet. Denée Benton, Tony Nominee, Embraces Her Inner Natasha 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The human race, one prominent advocate declared in 1909, was poised “to dry up the springs that feed the torrent of defective and degenerate protoplasm.” The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z We are trapped in history, poised between two world wars. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Or dancers poised in wide-stretched leg positions will pound a heel to the floor, sometimes with a loud but decelerating pulse. Dance Review: Pam Tanowitz Brings a Certain Eccentricity to Dance at Joyce 2014-02-05T22:27:31Z If those tracks are any indication, the “Red” and the “Blue” albums are poised to take the Beatles’ incomparable sound to even greater heights. "Now and Then": The history of the Beatles' final song and how it's getting released 46 years later 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Her performance, as a whole, was something rare — poised, emphatic, nongrandiose, self-contained, empathetic, extravagant. Music Review: ‘Women Who Worship’ at McDonald’s Gospelfest in Newark 2014-05-11T21:55:03Z A massive red statue of the word “Blood,” poised before a picture-perfect cane field. On a Caribbean Rum Trail 2014-02-21T19:02:44Z What they don’t know is that off the air, this poised celebrity is soft-spoken and insecure, and his divorced sister wants him to play father to the Brazilian orphan she’s adopting. Fall Movie Release Schedule 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This was not the poised sniffling that the moment called for. Watching Trump Win at the White House 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It seemed as if an army of vacationers were poised to succeed in destroying what centuries of war and colonization did not. In Mexico, turning the tide for Bacalar’s threatened Lake of Seven Colors 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Baldwin speaks in poised, impassioned paragraphs and concludes that Western civilization will either be opened for all to enter or demolished by those excluded. The Glow From ‘The Fire Next Time’ 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Nucky also made more than $2 million in the stock market by manipulating his shares in a corporation that’s poised for dramatic growth in the liquor business once Prohibition laws are repealed. 'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Nucky's criminal saga ends after 5 seasons 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z “We wanted to show, even in a time of great crisis, she was poised. And she was somebody who had great courage and who had a lot of promise ahead of her.” What really happened at Chappaquiddick? A new movie explores the truth we’ll never know. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Much of the writing for the eight voices of Corp's own choir, Apsara, is poised and beautiful, and some may well find it far more rewarding than I do. Corp: Dhammapada ? review 2011-03-17T22:15:01Z In between scenes, the poised actors discuss interpretation of character, making connections to contemporary politicians and histories of performance. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z Another, by Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino, depicts a woman with scissors poised to snip off her tongue and nose in an allusion to the violence Brazil suffered during its long dictatorship. Hammer Museum gala brings out the stars, and an Ava DuVernay speech about men 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z After publishing stories in a constellation of outlets, such as the New Yorker and N+1, Anthony Veasna So was poised to be a new literary star. Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z But Lim’s preternaturally poised and poetic, tautly exciting Rachmaninoff deserved the clicks. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z And who is poised to cut the ribbon at Friday's grand opening? Upstate NY town paying tribute to `Wonderful Life' 2010-12-10T12:37:00Z Filmed in poised and sun-splashed wide-screen images, “Irrational Man” conveys a lofty serenity that’s in conflict with the characters’ emotional and moral crises. The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A slow-moving rhythmic gesture — an inhalation poised on a high note that slides to an exhalation on a lower one — runs through the piece. Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z They die natural deaths, and then some are transformed by taxidermy into sculptural objects, as in the rooster poised at the hilt of a 12-foot-long steel sword at the entrance to the Detroit show. Playing Chicken With the Art World 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z And after signing with Warner Music, she now looks poised to achieve the same level of fame on a global scale. Pop music’s beauty standard is depressingly narrow and white 2013-09-09T19:52:00Z It is a brilliantly acute sketch, typically poised between exact observation and the desire to tell a story: Combination of shrewd business woman, genuine artist, lonely middle-aged woman anxious to please, and mad-woman. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z In another scene the two actors are sitting like acrobats on a swing – as pert, poised and potty as Gilbert and George, if more gaudily attired. Willem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please' 2013-06-16T18:00:06Z But interiority remains scant for these handmaids, who are mostly silent figures, important only when the show is poised to bludgeon us with another empty girl-power message like the closing scenes of Episode 4. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 6: Trade Delegation 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Her art — controlled, quiet, tough, painstakingly poised — is, in a sense, designed to avoid it. The Joy of Reading Between Agnes Martin’s Lines 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Sebastian Boswell III presents feats of mental acuity and physical agility, but his style is poised uncertainly between suave man of mystery and angry insult comic, a fruitless combination. A Double Dose of Divine, and Other Reports From the Fringe Festival 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z McLorin sings it like an early music performer, poised and delicate with feathery ornaments. Rosalía Issues an English Request, and 9 More New Songs 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Visitors return to it repeatedly, often with cameras poised, sometimes just staring in disbelief. Nam June Paik at the Whitney: A Work of Dizzying Complexity 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Burne-Jones loved girls who were similarly poised between childhood and sexual maturity in a way that has made later generations feel queasy, but which among his contemporaries was by no means unusual. The Last Pre-Raphaelite by Fiona MacCarthy - review 2011-08-25T09:00:01Z Her playing was poised and passionate, lilting and sparky, and the rest of the ensemble followed suit. Concerto Caledonia/Podger; Osborne/Johnson – review 2013-06-10T13:07:34Z With a newly installed designer Raf Simons at the helm, poised to show his first couture collection in Paris next month, Dior is looking forward to rave reviews again. Big picture: Sophia Loren for Christian Dior 2012-06-15T22:00:55Z You can always opt to approach them with love and assurances, not poised to burn it all down. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Finding out in your late 30s that you’re not an only child 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Here he shot a business colleague who was not poised to harm him, a partner who was about to hit the open road. Breaking Bad Watch: Four Terrifying Glimpses of Walter White, Lost Cause 2012-08-27T16:09:22Z According to Mordaunt Hall’s review in The New York Times, “Shiraz” boasted about 50,000 extras, 300 camels and seven elephants — one drafted as an executioner, foot poised to crush a condemned man’s skull. ‘Shiraz,’ a Silent Spectacle of India, Returns 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z She seemed poised, in the paradoxical senses of the word: serene, yet ready to leap. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Outside, everyone is sopping, squelching, poised to erupt. Cannes diary: day seven 2012-05-22T13:56:07Z She was at her best in the rarefied environs of the plays of Edward Albee, a world poised between the upper-middle class and eternity. How Marian Seldes Took the Stage 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z They circle him, poised like dancers, at about 2:18 in the video below. How Bruce Lee Exploded a Stereotype With a One-Inch Punch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Shredding his way through the Scherzo, his tone was poised, even lavish. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a menacing, dreamlike tableau: two identical knife-wielding men, poised for an attack inside a cockfighting ring. GALA Theatre weaves a swift and taut ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z It is well placed to profit from the actions of a wayward, bellicose US administration; poised to become the undisputed global superpower. Ai Weiwei: ‘Without the prison, the beatings, what would I be? 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z And his stage time was, let’s say, abundant; if he wasn’t cutting in between the swans, he was poised on a cliff directing their movements. Review: Hungarian National Ballet Opens With a Stale ‘Swan Lake’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z It has earned $83.6 million to date, and is poised for further gains as the awards season enters the home stretch. Natalie Portman romantic comedy leads box office 2011-01-23T18:24:45Z This year, “Ted Lasso” is poised to be one of the night’s biggest stars, with 20 nominations — breaking the freshman comedy series record of 19 nominations that was held by “Glee.” What’s on TV This Week: The Emmys and Monday Night Football 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z An edible sphere filled with yogurt rests on a silver absinthe spoon, poised over a flute of fennel juice, green apple, celery and more. Pineapple and Pearls review: Dining so fine, we’re seeing 4 stars from the start 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z All either have spread nationally or are poised to. The search for America’s best food cities: Washington, D.C. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The piece is a poised exercise in color and form, but also a succulent simulation. Review | In the galleries: Pulsating dramas of light and sound 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The hotel is by a contemporary art gallery and employs concierges poised to provide insights on local exhibitions. Roundup: Latin America Lodging, From Panama to Peru 2013-09-10T21:18:31Z The show, or rather what’s in it, is a button-pushing marvel: ethereal and gross, graceful and utterly manipulative, and poised on a line where fashion turns into something else. Art Review: The Shock of Fashion, When It Turns Into Something Else 2011-05-04T23:32:08Z Yet he’s never quite broken through to a mainstream audience, something he may finally be poised to do. Trey Songz poised for a breakthrough with 'Trigga' 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Yahoo! is poised to occupy the middle ground, which really is the future of media. Yahoo! stokes Internet flames with "Burning Love" 2012-06-04T18:29:52Z She reached into a teetering mound of supplies that, with one ill-placed tug, seemed poised to topple over. After Hurricane Dorian, one Bahama island is ready for the winter rush 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Recognized as Banksy’s earliest large work, the image depicted a stuffed animal akin to Snuggle, the fabric softener bear, poised to hurl a Molotov cocktail at three riot police officers. Art in Bristol, England, Moves Beyond Museum Walls 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z “I truly feel that he is poised to have broader recognition.” Mark Ryden: Drawing a Dividing Line 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z For those watching closely, this tenor saxophonist — who plays with a wary tone and folds bubbling rhythms into his molten improvisational flow — appeared poised for an illustrious career as a bandleader. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z His Bach, for instance, was poised, well mannered, and a model of clarity. Review | Nathan Lee makes ambitious Washington debut 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Kenney is still finishing his artist diploma at the New England Conservatory, but he recently moved to Brooklyn and is poised to become a regular sight on stages across New York. Bow Aquiver, a Calligraphic Violinist Comes to Lincoln Center 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The evil lift poised over the shark tank a distant second. My favourite Bond film: The Spy Who Loved Me 2012-09-28T10:21:34Z With its unconventional heroine and unflinching portrayal of an abused girl’s fight to save herself, “My Absolute Darling” seems poised to become the breakout debut of the year. A Debut Novelist’s Descent into Darkness 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Apple Inc. is poised to unveil what analysts and record label executives hope will be a game-changer in the way consumers listen to music. Apple's new music streaming service could revive the recording industry 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Both films did notably strong business in China, which is poised to exert ever more power with studios eager to lure viewers in that enormous and still-growing market. Perspective | This summer showed us that all kinds of movies can become hits on their own terms 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Miami Beach is poised to be home to a couple more in the next few months. Latest Sizzle in Miami? Food Halls 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Coming off a period of perhaps its greatest relevance in memory, Saturday Night Live seems poised to be a big winner at the Emmys. Here’s Who Should—and Actually Will—Win Emmys This Year 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The play within the frame remains sketchy, watercolor-by-numbers reminiscence poised between the misty sentimentality of Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness!” and the sassier sentimentality of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” Review: ‘What I Did Last Summer,’ a Letter of Apology From an Ex-Teenager 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z With an undead dragon now under his control, the Night King seems poised to wreak complete havoc on the people of Westeros. This Tiny Game of Thrones Detail May Confirm a Mind-Blowing Bran Stark Theory 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z They arrive poised, leave poised, tell practised anecdotes, appear open but are closed. Bria Vinaite: from Instagram entrepreneur to starring opposite Willem Dafoe 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z His surprise-released second album, “Wasteland,” which is full of songs and skits about romantic suspense — both good and bad — is poised for a big debut on the Billboard 200 album chart. Lizzo Conquers Self-Doubt With an ’80s Jam, and 7 More New Songs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z After the wave swirls across the stage, Mr. Reagan, poised against a red sky, is a more captivating sight as he emerges alone, moving haltingly. Review: Gallim’s Dancing Waves of Contractions and Contortions 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He was poised to become a successful emigré in England, but he was haunted by the problems back home. What does Afghanistan need? Some major rebranding, says its 32-year-old ambassador. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The elegant sparkle of Ms. Lee’s work was irresistible, yet she never overplayed or outshone her colleagues in a poised, congenial account. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Plays Mozart at Alice Tully 2013-05-22T20:36:14Z The Largo is easygoing but poised, with quivering trills and lyrical passages shot through with dissonance. American Symphony Orchestra’s ‘This England’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-03T21:17:17Z He’s now roasting about 200,000 pounds of coffee annually and is poised to open a fourth location in a few weeks, featuring two Slayer espresso machines. America's biggest coffee snobs are not in Seattle, but wide-eyed and alert in Alaska 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Passages evoking stormy desperation, beatific serenity, boisterous high spirits and a flight from the furies were delivered with vivid articulation and poised phrasing. Review | A mother and son making beautiful music together 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z As we look to a masked future, it seems poised for rapid evolution. Masks are changing the way we look at each other, and ourselves 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z And now, as darkness fell on the mountain, his team, competing for the first time, was poised to win it all, surging into the lead in the finals. Competitive Tobogganing in Maine. Well, Sort Of Competitive. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z But Snohetta’s initial scheme undid the formal logic of how the mass of the granite facade is poised on its monumental base of big-footed columns. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z This “disruptive idea” is poised to reach fruition with the announcement Tuesday of a new venture that aims to reinvent how art is shown. Will Superblue Be the ‘Infinity Room’ Writ Large? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Coming out of country and pop, instead of hip-hop, Ms. Swift isn’t that confrontational; she proceeds with poised self-confidence, smiling zingers and songs that bounce along in major chords. Battle of the Sexes at the iHeartRadio Concert at Madison Square Garden 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z What is nice about Smith is that he seems poised and ready for a long, successful career, no matter which way the winds of pop music sway. Sam Smith Is Just Getting Started 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In its way, Ben Affleck's suspense thriller Argo, about the 1979 hostage crisis, is every bit as fiercely patriotic and it is now poised to become the wild card success of this year's awards season. Lincoln sets stage for celebration of US history 2013-01-09T10:53:59Z “The Bachelor,” in its first season with a virgin in the main role, seems poised to focus on sex in every episode and could end up feeling sleazier than ever. Analysis | The new Bachelor is a virgin. But this season will be more sex-obsessed than ever before. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Those present-day scenes are the movie’s only sign of clumsiness, though Khan tells the tale with a poised poignance. Ang Lee's Life of Pi: The Next Avatar 2012-09-29T00:40:28Z Dude is getting paid and here I am poised to pocket some trickle down. Yes, the hotel clerk hates you 2012-11-21T19:53:00Z On a weekend when “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is poised to challenge box-office records, “Dreadful” offers a smaller, quieter alternative in the category of tortured bands of heroes uniting to save the world. Review: ‘Penny Dreadful’ Returns for Season 2 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Just as Daley is poised to start her dream job and move into a California cottage with her doting boyfriend, her father nosedives, and Daley moves back home and tries to save him. New Books by Ivan Doig, Ayelet Waldman and Lily King 2010-07-14T22:50:00Z Its November, 2005 live episode at first seemed poised to overcome the crutch factor. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z The soundworld of instrumental rattlings and rustlings is still there, with many textures poised on the boundary between defined pitches and what many would regard as noise, but the musical journey is clear to follow. Lachenmann weekend - review 2010-10-25T21:29:00Z This poised documentary posed difficult questions for defenders of cultural boycott about creative freedom, and for flouters like Simon, about political responsibility. TV review: Coming Here Soon; Imagine: Paul Simon's Graceland 2012-07-03T23:04:01Z The problem isn't the content of the speeches, but their sanctimonious, bulldozing, I-will-brook-no-argument tone, which is poised somewhere between a crusading newspaper editorial and a David Simon talk show riff. How "Treme" untangles the lessons of trauma 2011-04-25T13:26:00Z Forms pull apart yet remain poised and in balance. Luchita Hurtado abstract artworks mix cultures like colors, to rousing effect 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Brown is well poised to exploit a fresh readership. Sarah Brown to pen 'intimate' memoirs 2010-06-13T23:05:00Z "You look at her and you think she's so poised and then something wicked comes out of her mouth." Actress Patricia Morison reminisces as 100th birthday nears 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Moore is, as always, poised and canny in her depiction of a self-possessed woman in the process of unraveling. Movie Review | 'Chloe': Amanda Seyfried Goes on an Undercover Mission 2010-03-26T00:40:00Z Liu is now poised to be a breakout global star after gaining attention on the Canadian sitcom “Kim’s Convenience,” but not everyone is convinced he’s right for the part. Simu Liu shuts down critics who say he’s "too ugly" to play Marvel’s Shang-Chi 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z They appeared poised to hang on to the governorships in Michigan and Wisconsin and Kansas and Pennsylvania, and they’d picked up a crucial Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Silverman, tall and poised, has a warm presence, listening to questions as intently as she answers them. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Impressively credentialed and equally poised, the former Ukraine ambassador’s testimony prompted a standing ovation in the hearing room, but it didn’t prompt adoring comparisons to any deceased icons. Perspective | What does female authority sound like? Marie Yovanovitch and Fiona Hill just showed us. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Aizawa’s refined playing proved an ideal match for the men’s poised interpretation, the first movement’s melody, wistful and robust by turns, unfolding with characterful vigor. Music Review: Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert at the Met 2013-01-14T22:11:48Z That record, Passive Me, Aggressive You, also topped the New Zealand charts, leaving the band perfectly poised for a British invasion. Hitting the big time 2011-03-07T16:40:17Z Joey Baron, the drummer, played melodies on his drums and cymbals, keeping his foot half depressed on his bass-drum pedal, the batter poised and trembling before the drumhead. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z Now, with their apparent demise, Jupiter is poised to be the Congo's new celebrity. Jupiter & Okwess International: Hotel Univers – review 2013-06-11T10:15:07Z This year's treasures include Charlie Hamilton James's black-and-white image of two cheetahs in perfect symmetrical pose; and Frits Hoogendijk's photograph of a young lioness poised at dawn to begin the first hunt of the day. Best science books of 2012 2012-11-29T15:05:01Z The tricky part, of course, is that no one knows what the dress they are poised to copy actually looks like. The Royal Wedding: Waiting for the Dress 2011-04-22T23:06:37Z “We were poised to be nimble, especially in a moment of unimaginable crisis for arts organizations,” Ms. Gass said. Come to Vote, Stay for the Art 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The institution seemed poised to jettison the orchestra and turn future festivals over to the visiting ensembles that had been outplaying the hometown band for years. Mostly Mozart, Mostly Improved 2013-07-26T20:05:06Z After years of sustaining themselves on the cheap-to-produce but profitable reality genre, the NBCUniversal-owned cable networks are now poised to mingle at the scripted cable party. Bravo and E! networks take the plunge into scripted TV programming 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The Edible Academy is poised to satisfy even bigger appetites. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z No pressure for a young conductor who seems poised to conquer even bigger, greater challenges. L.A. Phil's Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla conducts herself with aplomb 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z All three seem poised for potentially suicidal lives of anger, frustration and violence. ‘Free the Mind’: Finding hope through meditation 2013-07-25T21:47:33Z “Justice League” opening next weekend, Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” on Nov. 22 and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” launching on Dec. 15, the industry is now poised to end the year on an upbeat note. Box Office: 'Thor: Ragnarok' thunders to $56.6 million second weekend 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The company is poised to follow the lead of the opera Nixon, who toasts his Chinese hosts by proposing a "long march on new highways." San Diego Opera seizes the hour with prophetic 'Nixon in China' 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Alongside poised, dignified Mildred Loving, her main gig right now is Tulip O’Hare, a formidable, sassy gun for hire in Preacher. Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. Loving is one of those for me' 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Lap Chi Chu’s lightning and Broken Chord’s music and sound design help create the sense of a quotidian world poised against endless night. Theater Review: In ‘Appropriate,’ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Subverts Tradition 2014-03-17T02:00:16Z By the time of Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America, Mr. Abramoff and his allies were poised to work the levers of power. | 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money': Alex Gibney?s Documentary About Jack Abramoff 2010-05-06T22:58:00Z Now that Lanvin is firmly established, it is poised for a new phase of growth. Elbaz puts his fingerprint on Lanvin 2011-11-14T17:59:04Z On the screen, in a loose white blouse and multiple necklaces, she was poised, sisterly, a study in luminous self-acceptance. True Romance: Janet Mock on the Final Season of ‘Pose’ 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z She was poised and positive, and focused on issues like making child care accessible and improving working conditions. A Donald Trump Speech Whose Sunny Spots Came Mostly From the Stage Lights 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z “It is significant authority we are giving the federal government,” cautioned Roberts, whose court now appears poised to strike down a major piece of domestic legislation for the first time since the Great Depression. Justices suggest Medicaid expansion is unconstitutional 2012-03-28T19:01:00Z Her Annie is very poised and sure of herself, and she seems more like a visiting lecturer on the subject of passion rather than its avatar. ‘The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Now the Syrian army, backed by Assad's Russian and Iranian allies, is poised to recapture the city after taking back all but a pocket of rebel territory in the east. Pictures of splendors past: Aleppo before the war 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z She's undoubtedly been affected by the seediness she saw around her while growing up, but the face she presents to the world is perpetually poised, emotions firmly in check. Alicia Keys: 'Everything I do comes from a primal place' 2011-07-14T20:30:02Z Now, with a slate of upcoming prestige pictures and nary a big commercial project in sight, Stewart is poised to put further distance between herself and her "Twilight" past. Kristen Stewart going further from 'Twilight' with prestige-film slate 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Both works benefited from her keen musical vision, poised and fluent touch and acute feeling for sounds and silences. Mitsuko Uchida's makes for eloquent Mozart with CSO 2011-01-28T18:48:33Z Both men had previously been nominated, so Boseman is poised to become the first actor to win a posthumous Oscar for his only time at bat. Will People of Color Win All Four Acting Oscars This Year? 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In most other ways, though, servers are poised and helpful. Restaurant Review: Little Park in TriBeCa 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z With the population poised to fall off a cliff, it has never been more important to save even a single right whale. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Adele, whose third studio album 25 is poised to break album sales records, appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday, where the star serenaded the crowd with song from her latest project. Watch Adele Perform 'Water Under the Bridge' on Jimmy Fallon 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z “She was just really beautiful and smart and poised,” said Lynn French, who grew up in the District, and hung out in the same social circle. Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z McGraw is poised to release a new album, "Two Lanes of Freedom," on Feb. 5 and will tour later this year. Country star McGraw focus of ACM concert special 2013-01-23T17:37:30Z "Blank Space," about her reputation as a woman with "a long list of ex-lovers," was as savage as it was poised. Sam Smith, Taylor Swift take charge at KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z “Milk Street’s Cooking School” feels poised and restrained compared to most other food shows, less frenzied. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z These skiers were early adopters of a ski design that is poised to dominate the retail racks. In Transit: Ski Trend: Rockered Skis 2010-12-16T17:15:24Z The New York Times "utterly manipulative... poised on a line where fashion turns into something else". McQueen exhibition comes to London 2014-04-25T10:27:05Z Ali Jackson’s drumming was a slyly knowing period piece; the finesse of his snare-drum rolls, accelerating then tapering down to a few poised taps, was one of the band’s delights. Music Review: Pairing Their Sounds and Sharing the Blues 2011-04-10T21:52:38Z Now, however, Mr. Hardy is planted firmly on “that all is poised to change” terrain: He plays the title role in the probable summer blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road,” due May 15. Tom Hardy on Life as the New Mad Max 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Two sculptures that draw their inspiration from ancient goddesses are poised to be among the biggest stars of Sotheby’s important Impressionist and modern art auction on Nov. 4. A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z For its opening presentation of the season, Young Concert Artists of Washington chose pianist Yun-Chin Zhou, still a student at Juilliard but manifestly talented and poised. Pianist Yun-Chin Zhou opens Young Concert Artists of Washington series All of which serves to paint a portrait of the artist as delicate flower, poised to wilt at the first sign of trouble. 'Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes' 2010-04-02T12:17:00Z Now, some say, the trend, which trickled down from the runways of Chanel, Giles Deacon and their rarefied ilk to fashion hot spots around the country, seems poised to go mainstream. Young Trendsetters Streak Their Hair With Gray 2010-04-01T18:37:00Z With a poised and tender voice of her own, she was claiming songs that are part of her shared heritage as a Brazilian musician, as much as they might be a daughter’s inheritance. Music Review: Maria Rita, From Brazil, Revisits Her Mother’s Songs 2014-02-03T23:07:48Z It was even poised to recognize the indigent as a constitutionally protected group, like racial minorities, under the Equal Protection Clause. A Supreme Court for the Rich 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Not a cube, by the way, more a rhomboid, to be pedantic — poised like a ballerina on point. Take a Virtual Tour of the Financial District and the Battery 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Following the show’s successful debut, transgender characters appear poised to enter a number of other programs, ushering in a new chapter for television. Hollywood’s Surprising New Character 2013-08-02T09:45:43Z “The focus of this record is about personal power, collective power, collectivism,” Ms. Garcia said in a recent Zoom interview, poised on a cream-colored couch in her London living room. Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Birmingham, at the time among the most racially divided cities in the country, was not poised to greet the riders neutrally. Television Review: Voices From the Buses on the Road to Civil Rights 2011-05-15T22:04:53Z At any rate, this poised and delicate account showed Blumine's freshness and charm as part of an overall reading with an absolute identification with the material, demonstrating Jurowski's flair for Mahler's ultra-complex idiom. LPO/Jurowski ? review 2010-12-06T22:00:00Z “You told her you were poised to get as much as $20,000, and you told her you would share the proceeds” if she provided the photographs, Ms. Bonjean said. Judy Huth Tells Jury That Bill Cosby Sexually Assaulted Her as a Teen 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z As her English-language roles multiply, the French accented actress may just be poised to rival Hollywood's leading ladies. French actress Clemence Poesy poised for stardom 2011-05-14T00:17:45Z Tourism to Houston overall, in spite of Harvey, is poised to grow this year. A Year After Hurricane Harvey, Houston’s Tourism Industry Is Shaken but Recovering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z She’s poised and graceful; the anxiety she talks about is all but invisible to onlookers. Transcending the Beltway: How Ari Lennox avoided becoming a ‘SoundCloud singer’ 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z There is, for example, Pelham Crescent, a Regency curve poised before an unruly cascade of rock, which faces the spectacle of the sea like a theatre balcony. The tragic battle for Hastings 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z The film, which stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up superhero actor struggling to mount a Broadway play, opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday to stellar reviews and looks poised to be an awards-season player. 'Birdman' flies high with rave reviews at Venice Film Festival 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z They're alluring, aloof, always poised in some glossy limbo between the sinister and the seductive, the moody and the menacing. Gregory Grenon: oil-on-glass paintings with a stained-glass glow, at Traver Gallery 2012-07-20T15:16:04Z She is poised and immaculate, and has the kind of charismatic sunbeam dazzle of the very famous and assured. Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s about dividing women and I’m not going to be a part of that’ 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Judging from Thursday evening’s performance of the Britten and Sibelius “sea” works, and the Sibelius symphony, the SSO should be poised to make an excellent impression on California audiences. Seattle Symphony vividly evokes the sea in works by Sibelius, Britten 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In the Violin Concerto, Hilary Hahn’s lean, focused sound was a perfect fit for this orchestra and this repertory, poised between rawness and refinement. Review: The Minnesota Orchestra’s White Light and White Heat 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z On the contrary, the playing was vibrant and poised, and even distinctly sensuous, throughout their performance, which started at 11:40 a.m. and ended at 5:38 p.m. Music Review: Ne(x)tworks Quartet Plays Feldman?s Six-Hour Work 2010-04-12T22:43:00Z Alibaba is poised for an initial public offering and is set to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Lionsgate, Alibaba plan subscription video streaming service in China 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Lexington Barbecue, a homey, well-kept family restaurant, is a good example of a traditional place that draws tourists and is poised to keep thriving. Why North Carolina’s barbecue scene is still smoldering 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z This was a hardworking freelance life with no institutional support and little comfort, at times awkwardly poised between art, photojournalism and celebrity portraiture. Portraits of the artists 2011-03-05T00:07:22Z In Berg’s Violin Concerto, Mr. DePreist molded careful, sympathetic accompaniment for Itamar Zorman, a wiry, poised Israeli violinist whose splendid playing conveyed precisely the right mix of tenderness, agitation and spiritual succor. Music in Review 2011-03-28T23:29:12Z This year, Seattle duo THEESatisfaction is poised to do the same thing. Seattle's THEESatisfaction poised to wow crowds at SXSW 2012-03-07T22:20:05Z It’s been a string of banner years for documentaries, and 2020 seems poised to follow suit, with a number of films examining pop stardom, ambition and celebrity. From Taylor Swift to Parkland: 10 documentaries to watch in 2020 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z A whole different, far less compelling show begins, one about an ambivalent Marine turned terrorist who appears poised to sell out his family and his country for one little saucer-eyed boy. Riff: ?Clues That Lead to More Clues That Add Up to Nothing? 2011-12-16T17:03:47Z Now in eighth grade, the drums-guitar-bass trio is poised to dispel any notion that they are merely a novelty act. 9 Under the Radar Artists You Should Be Listening to Right Now 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z He has written epoch-shaping criticism, published novels, and produced a body of art poised on a line between Minimalism and Conceptualism. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Tension between the U.S. and China mounts as their navies are poised for battle in the East China Sea. US-China relations are grist for satirist's mill 2012-05-07T17:48:11Z “Pure Comedy” is a poised, polished, thoughtful scream of despair. Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Others lean into space at odd angles, Buster Keaton-like, or are poised to leap from a building ledge or airplane wing. Rodney Smith, Whimsical Photographer, Dies at 68 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Mutu, who at 47 is tall and poised, likens her facade sculptures to caryatids. Wangechi Mutu: A New Face for the Met 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z When those beautifully poised women with lithe legs and supersize smiles came forward for their final bow, I was as pleased as anyone else to pay them their due. Review: ‘New York Spring Spectacular’ Barrels Into Radio City 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Now it is poised for a return to outdoor display on the grounds of the Woodmere Art Museum in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood here. From Shed to Museum: Bertoia Sculpture Returns to Public Square 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z There’s the Winged Victory of Samothrace, headless and rampant and poised for flight. Corcoran demise raises question: How do we separate art from its institutions? But CIA officer Mathison can see something no else does: that Brody has been turned and is now a double agent poised to attack America. Claire Danes on the end of Homeland: 'It was so nice to play such a badass' 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Interviews with friends and associates, as well as an examination of her writings, reveal her as a complex figure with, as Jacqueline Jackson diagnosed, much to say — poised and self-assured, yet wary. Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But as Chu's film reveals through home movies from Bieber's small town outside Toronto, early YouTube clips and interviews with the people who discovered him, he's preternaturally gifted, freakishly poised and incessantly hardworking. Capsule reviews: 'Justin Bieber,' 'Cedar Rapids' 2011-02-11T12:37:23Z Now UTA, which is privately owned by its partner-agents, is poised to be a juggernaut. The power of comedy is subplot in agency war 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In due time, we’ll peer in on her private life and ponder its relevance to her work and reputation, but for now we know her as a poised paragon of artistic accomplishment. One Indelible Scene: the Master Class in Ambiguity in ‘Tár’ 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Drivers in Los Angeles heading north on La Cienega Boulevard these days might notice a bronzed gentleman smiling down at them from billboards poised on either side of the street. On ‘Golden Bachelor,’ Looking for Love and a Pickleball Partner 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z She’s played an action hero and sung Sondheim, and she’s poised to have her most memorable performance yet in this fall’s The Girl on the Train, out Oct. How Emily Blunt’s Mary Poppins Will Be Different 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The novel ends – if I'm reading it correctly – on a note of poised ambiguity. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z With strong early word of mouth and solid reviews, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill's "22 Jump Street" was poised to be a hit before Schmidt and Jenko even began their latest antics. '22 Jump Street': Is it time to end the brand-name craze? 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Once past a tentative-sounding start in the Ave Maria, the choral singing was splendidly poised, in the unaccompanied Laudi above all. Prom 12: Academy of Santa Cecilia/Pappano – review 2013-07-21T13:08:06Z Overcrowded packaging plants and under-regulated imports are filling our kitchen with invisible spores and sleeper pathogens poised to turn our children into Patient 1 of the next global pandemic. This Life: Take Back the Trash 2011-03-04T19:17:02Z In its early years, poised on the brink of the digital revolution, it was known for the DIY, analog dissemination of its ideas and values. Riot Grrrls stake a new space in 'Alien She' 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The bigger mystery is what kind of series FX’s high-rated new drama will become in a second season, in which it seems poised to become a very different kind of horror show. American Horror Story Finale: They Really Are a Screa-um, the Harmon Family! 2011-12-22T13:47:17Z Audio drama is poised for a major comeback. Billy Crudup in 'Harry Clarke': A deviously brilliant performance is reborn as an audiobook 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” appears poised to join the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author JD Vance signals US Senate campaign 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The new couples-only Sandals Barbados, which opened late last month, is poised to be one of the most upscale in the group of 15 all-inclusive resorts. A New Sandals in Barbados 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z To be poised between worlds, to be “teetering” and vulnerable to forces beyond one’s control? This Week in Fiction: Antonya Nelson 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Now Skepta is poised to remake grime in the image of its beginnings. Review: Skepta Returns to the Rugged at Palisades and MoMA PS1 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Two decades later, and with two Emmys apiece, Brown and Braugher are poised to share the Emmys spotlight, and not for the first time. Sterling K. Brown and Andre Braugher’s Lives Keep Intersecting 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The place looks jazzy, irreverent and poised — like a madcap Cole Porter lyric come to life. T Magazine: The Importance of Being Nicky 2014-04-10T16:46:16Z A taste of old Milwaukee poised to slake the thirst of history buffs, the former factory conceals residentially styled rooms. Hotel Review: Brewhouse Inn & Suites in Milwaukee 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Erbe’s translucent performance is poised at the bright, disorienting intersection of pain and wonder. Review: A Sex Crime Disarranges a Tidy World in ‘Something Clean’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But if “As You Like It” and “Hamlet,” the opening productions by the new artistic director, Michelle Terry, are any gauge, the Globe looks poised to continue provoking — albeit in new ways. Blind to Race, Gender and Disability, Shakespeare’s Globe Goes a New Way 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z This is Virginia Woolf poised at the threshold of her remarkable career as both a writer and publisher. Virginia Woolf: Her life in pictures 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The song is poised to debut high next week on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Aguilera's "Tonight" connects with radio listeners 2010-04-10T01:50:00Z It may be a surprise to learn that blush, a makeup item long associated with 1980s-style glamour, is poised to make a major comeback. Embrace the Blush 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t right, but it was right on time,” Carlile declares, rising to an operatic peak and, in the final iteration, leaping up from there, perfectly poised between personal heartache and stagy flamboyance. Brandi Carlile, Larger Than Life and Achingly Human 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z But at the top of the hill, a row of figures in bright puffy coats waited poised to barrel toward me, and panicked, I struggled back onto my feet. Rapture in the Zoom 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Long known for sport fishing, Loreto, on Baja California Sur’s eastern coast, is poised to become one of Mexico’s next luxury destinations. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z Its not-so-secret weapon is the poised, calm performance of Yen, who somehow manages to play Ip as both character and archetype. "Ip Man 2": China's anti-Western kung fu phenomenon 2011-01-29T01:30:00Z Fandango, the nation's largest online movie ticket company, said Wednesday that the upcoming Marvel film is poised to be the biggest August pre-seller in the company's history. Audiences ready to marvel at 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Netflix is poised to lose popular comedies “Friends” and “The Office” as the battle for streaming viewers intensifies. Classic sitcom 'Seinfeld' will head to Netflix in 2021 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Her Instagram presence is full of beautiful images of poised black women, queenlike and draped in beautiful jewelry. Chicago muralist claimed black woman’s stunning Michelle Obama image as his own 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z But he saved his flashiest moves for “Kiss”: hip twitches, shoulder shakes and moments of poised near-stillness when the drumbeat moved just an elbow or a wrist. Music Review: True Guitar Hero, With More Love and Less Leer 2010-12-16T22:00:26Z With Britpop in vogue and lording over the charts, Oasis was truly poised to bring the long-running festival to new heights. Morning Glory days: "Oasis Knebworth 1996" revisits a watershed event in Britpop concert history 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z It may just be that the little thing is indelible, a permanent resident in my visual memory, poised to pop up whether it’s there or not. A Tiny Masterpiece by Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Charles Finch, praised this debut thriller, calling it “as fast, flexible and poised as a chef’s knife.” Paperback Row 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The network — which is poised to end the season in fourth place among the advertiser-preferred demographic of viewers ages 18 to 49 — needs to field a strong new hit. At ABC, Thursday night is prime Shonda Rhimes time 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z As of press time, Lee says lawyers were reviewing plans for a 7,000-square-foot restaurant featuring a takeout space and two dining areas, one devoted to fine dining, poised for the Navy Yard next year. Peter Chang restaurant review: A master’s cooking, times two 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z During the ominous opening timpani taps, the players seemed poised to follow Mr. Robertson, but then they swept into a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday,” rocking him back on his heels. National Youth Orchestra Prepares for Concerts 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z After a record $155 million opening weekend, “The Hunger Games” is poised to become Hollywood’s next major franchise. ArtsBeat: Ask 'The Hunger Games' Director Your Questions 2012-03-27T15:42:41Z Dusty and rumbled, he's almost glacially poised, except when he uncoils ruthlessly into violence. Visceral performances bring stardom for Tom Hardy 2012-05-21T13:07:47Z A robust 1951 black-and-white Jackson Pollock was precariously poised between calculation and chance. LACMA's 'Space Sculpture' shot from center stage to oblivion 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z But with the museum poised to bring thousands of new visitors to a once-isolated part of the city, some residents are anxious about the project’s impact on accelerating gentrification. In an East Boston Shipyard, a Watershed Idea for Art 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The ideas for the shapes that become Ken Price sculptures begin with drawings, “but the same drawing might make all of these forms,” he said, gesturing toward six works in progress poised on a tabletop. The Blobs Aren?t Talking 2010-03-03T23:54:00Z Leno told how he was poised to make his network debut on Dean Martin's show in 1974 when news came that President Richard Nixon had resigned in the Watergate scandal. After 22 years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his farewell 2014-02-07T20:58:39Z At the same time, some hope that by reckoning with its troubles, the Met is poised to turn a corner. Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’? 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Suddenly, in what is often an innocuous reply to the arching opening phrase, slicing accents began to undercut the poised serenity. Review: Christian Tetzlaff Sharpens Mendelssohn’s Edge 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z AP: Do you think this country is poised to make any progress on issues of racial justice, and especially around education? The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z I have enormous admiration and respect for this very beautiful, glacially poised film, although it was sometimes too opaque to capture the heart as well as the head. Cannes 2015: Peter Bradshaw predicts the award-winners and Palme d'Or 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Andres seems equally poised in both jovial and reflective modes, but neither his celebrations nor his broodings really convinced. Review: American Contemporary Music Ensemble Beckons, Playfully, at Miller Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Set in the early 1960s, when the procedure was criminalized in France, it arrives in the United States at a fraught moment, with the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. ‘Happening’ Review: An Abortion Story, an Existential Drama 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z As a professor of theater and media who has written extensively on the elements of stage drama, I wonder: Are writers and directors finally poised to move beyond these narrative tropes? On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Jonathan Benno’s latest, the crown jewel of his collection of spots in the restored Evelyn Hotel, is finally poised to open. Jonathan Benno Opens His Latest in the Evelyn Hotel 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The front shows a teenage Cahall, broad-shouldered and handsome, with a mop of blond hair, staring directly into the camera and poised to make the tackle. Wilson High Principal Pete Cahall: ‘It’s time to come out’ as gay After setting records overseas, Walt Disney's Marvel "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is poised to dominate the domestic box office with an anticipated opening of about $200 million. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' expected to conquer box office 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z As poised and lovely as most of the collection is, lines like that strike home, blood-tipped spindles swaddled in thread. Sublime New Fantasy Fiction 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Christian Gerhaher's poised Christ undergoes a profound disappearing act, singing first onstage but removed out of sight to distant balconies as the evening progresses. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga reached back to “Smile,” the 1954 song with music by Charlie Chaplin, in a poised Broadway mode. Pop Music Faces the Coronavirus in Prime Time 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z In his for the Telegraph, Neil McCormick praised her "uniqueness... a coolly cerebral quality that maintains tension between her poised singing and playing and the deep, dark depths of her fierce and sensual songs". Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z Music in London had reached a tumultuously creative moment when Hendrix arrived and was perfectly poised to receive him. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z Ms. Ullrich, 27, seemed comfortable with the recital format, increasingly confident and poised as the evening progressed. 2010-02-11T20:55:00Z A scrappy organization founded to provide affordable studios, and largely ignored by the city’s marquee art institutions, was suddenly poised to become a major player. A Cinderella Story for the Miami Art Scene’s New $100 Million Player 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Do we care that Trump’s daughters were both in white—Ivanka serenely poised in trousers under a long asymmetric jacket; vivacious Tiffany in a double-breasted coat with gold buttons? Inaugural Fashion: White Is a Color of Mourning 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The swan maidens, this time real women, are bewilderingly gorgeous as they skim across the stage or frame it, poised like statues. In ‘Swan Lake,’ Mariinsky Ballet Shows Off a New Generation 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The view here is that of an eagle poised above the Red River--hundreds of feet below--and the rugged, sheer cliffs that enclose its gorge. Visit the South's Arch Country 2011-05-18T13:20:07.640Z Serra’s long, poised, dynamically unbalanced takes offer a seemingly tactile array of eighteenth-century textures. Albert Serra’s “Story of My Death” 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Such poised musicality was often in shorter supply during the main part of the recital, after which Mr. Achúcarro, 77, looked exhausted. Music Review: Joaqu?n Ach?carro at Mannes College the New School for Music 2010-07-23T23:25:00Z With Naritsugu poised to assume more power, a quiet movement among aging samurai to deal with him grows. '13 Assassins': Shocks set the stage for an electric, emotional samurai battle 2011-05-19T19:57:05Z Generally speaking, her songs are about processing personal experience to maintain an attitude of her poised self-control; they are about finding courage. 2010-01-30T05:31:00Z Scott called her “uncannily poised” at the time, and nothing’s changed in the intervening three years. Review: In Apple’s ‘Home Before Dark,’ a True Cub Reporter 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z From the first pages of her memoir, “The House in France,” Ms. Wells’s poised and self-reliant nature comes through. Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z Indeed, it’s easy to imagine that an Aarons effect seeped into Terry Richardson’s photograph in the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar of a russet-haired model poised languidly over a stone parapet. Slim Aarons’s Photographs of Celebrities and Moguls On View in SoHo 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Raw Sound is anything but: this is a honed sound, powerful and polished, pristine in its poised, punchy poignancy. New band of the day (Knesset No 1,484) 2013-04-03T16:32:38Z “This weekend is merely the calm before the proverbial Marvel-powered storm as ‘Black Panther’ is poised to leap into theaters with potentially record-breaking results,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore. 'Fifty Shades Freed' Tops Box Office With $38.8 Million, 'Peter Rabbit 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Christie’s had put together a banquet — 80 works total, 22 of them expected to sell for more than $10 million and nine poised to bring more than $20 million each. A Warhol Leads a Night of Soaring Prices at Christie’s 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z These ghastly Santa's Helpers infiltrate the world, poised to do their master's murderous bidding. Fox's 'The Following': bloody, ghastly, ill-timed 2012-12-20T14:55:26Z Bloomberg News first reported that Charter was poised to clinch Time Warner Cable, its long coveted prize. Charter Communications nears deal to buy Time Warner Cable 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Others are black and whites, intended for an album cover, of Madonna looking poised and fragile. Trove of 1980s Madonna pop culture awaits auction 2014-01-22T13:44:44Z Namor and the kingdom he leads are poised to remind a global audience of the rich world of Mesoamerica that thrived – until European contact beginning in 1502 led to conquest, decline and eradication. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Alongside Ocean’s 8, she has a starring role in what is poised to be one of next year’s more groundbreaking features: the screen adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians. Awkwafina: ‘I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z There, art is poised between the shadowy illusion below and the clear California sun above. An early look in the Broad museum reveals a show that doesn't quite gel 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z If the start of spring break is any indication — when an average of more than a million fliers a day passed through security at U.S. airports — domestic summer travel is poised to pop. 5 Things We Know About Flying This Summer 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Then he added: “In an April that may be apocalyptically cruel, that is how we are poised, desiring spring.” Bach in My Heart, and My Heart in His Hands 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z In 2012, Mr. Rodriguez was living in New York and poised to break through with a show, but it fell through. Suffering for Your Art? Maybe You Need a Patron 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The secret is poised somewhere between triteness and disarming simplicity. ‘In Front of Your Face’ Review: Clumsy Interactions, Pensive Revelations 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z On one occasion, when a group of guests arrived at Bernie's home, they included a poised and beautiful woman who told him she was a singer. Bernie Andrews obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z Ms. Pulitzer’s brush manages to express a wealth of poised, controlled craziness — or perhaps a crazed, controlled wealthiness. Critical Shopper: Lilly Pulitzer: Fashion With a Colorful Narrative 2010-04-06T21:43:00Z Gravity pulls down on its visually buoyant form, which seems miraculously poised to drift on a gust of air. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Her presence will be missed in next week’s finals, but I imagine we haven’t heard the last of the immensely talented, incredibly poised India Carney. 'The Voice' recap: India Carney departs just shy of the finale 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Now, after bankruptcy, GM is poised to grow again, if and when the market for new cars and trucks bounces back. The Secret To Lower Labor Costs At GM 2011-09-20T21:16:18Z The data suggests couples who have thorough conversations and make deliberate decisions together may be better poised to forge stronger commitments and follow through on them. The Major Mistake You're Making Before Getting Married 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Now the house is poised for its star turn on the big screen. | West Village: A Town House in History and Now, in Fiction 2010-08-08T20:52:00Z I blazed through “Lola,” a debut as fast, flexible and poised as a chef’s knife. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Moving to slow the exodus of filming to other states and countries, California lawmakers are poised to quadruple tax subsidies for location shooting to $400 million a year. California poised to hike film tax credits to stem runaway production 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z With Full Frontal, Bee is poised to take Stewart’s lead in hitting current affairs head on, but from a firmly feminist perspective. Samantha Bee: 'I'm the only woman stupid enough to do this job' 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z One week he's poised to be the wunderkind chef of a big-time downtown restaurant; the next, he's slipping away from the success he'd hoped to achieve, falling from the grace he's yet to taste. A chef's painful road to rehab 2011-06-06T22:43:00Z In his hospital room, Hopper seems poised to receive a deathbed secret when mortality intervenes. Review | There’s no shortage of novels about what happens when the Earth stops spinning. ‘The Last Day’ may set a new standard. 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z I tell him that the whole Guardian fashion desk is poised to offer him tips on which one to buy. Howard Jacobson: 'I've been discovered' 2010-10-13T17:14:00Z And yet as adrift as it may be in this gender-neutral zeitgeist, Playboy may be better poised for brand longevity than competitors like Esquire or Maxim. Holy Cottontail! The Playboy Club Is Back Again 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Natalie Bergman's sly, poised vocals suggest there's a lot more to these songs than first meets the ear, a hint of sophistication and nuance that puts the melodies a cut above. SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z Although at 15 she had the writing skill of a 10-year-old, that didn’t prevent her from expressing joy in her life and appearing poised and sociable. ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter,’ by Kate Clifford Larson 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Sixteen years after Wim Wenders' eponymous documentary about the Cuban music group debuted, the follow-up, "Buena Vista Social Club — Adios," is poised to begin production, Broad Green Pictures announced Friday. Cuban music documentary 'Buena Vista Social Club' gets an encore 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Designer for the age of austerity Topics: impr, Unit Editions’s forthcoming monograph on Herb Lubalin already seems poised to be the design publishing event of the summer. Designer for the age of austerity 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z Along the way, he presented an image of his small television operation as a David poised to overcome the Goliaths of cable news — and perhaps even join forces with the Trump family. Chris Ruddy and Newsmax went all-in on Trump. Now they might pay a price for it. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The band was flying high on the heels of two hit albums, "Garbage" and "Version 2.0," and they were poised to enjoy even greater levels of stardom and influence. Shirley Manson on the album that expanded Garbage's sound: "We got royally punished for it" 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z His lips are pursed, his fingers are poised and he’s playing his saxophone with deep concentration. Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z As movies that don’t feature a superhero become more rare in theaters, Netflix continues to position itself as a destination for indies poised to find bigger audiences on couches than in megaplexes. 16 Original Movies You'll Be Able to Watch on Netflix in 2016 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Taking a page out of the Goop handbook with a direct and poised approach, she pulls Julie aside and tells her, "Have a seat." "The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans" recap: Somebody's baby tonight 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z In The Finest Hours, those waves seem poised to swallow us, too, particularly if you opt to see the picture in 3D. Review: Chris Pine Rescues The Finest Hours 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly plays a movie star poised to make the jump from silent films to talkies, but his beautiful leading lady has a terrible voice, in this classic 1953 musical. Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Parenthood' and more 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Back in the United States, Nixon, poised to run for the presidency, gained stature as a tough anti-Communist in his set-to with Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union. Jack Masey, Whose Exhibitions Showed American Culture to World, Dies at 91 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The poised 19-year-old who didn’t want to be a star was tickled, not threatened, by the mogul’s eruptions of temper. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z And when Washington, D.C., was poised to legalize gay marriage in 2009, the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington ended its foster care program and threatened to stop its social services. Gay couples have happier kids 2012-09-04T01:00:00Z We learn that following her disappearance, Tara's parents were transformed overnight from confident and poised people "to frail, powerless, elderly, and lost individuals". Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce – review 2012-07-04T07:00:02Z Nanni gives us a handsome classical figure whose head, regally perched atop the poised hexagonal mass of the composition, is a fine adaptation of ancient Roman portraiture. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The chicken wings, drenched in a sauce meant to pay tribute to D.C.’s mumbo sauce, look poised to fly off their plate. Emmy Squared finds diners opening wide for Detroit-style pizza 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Each of those events changed the world on its own, and taken together they made America in 1968 feel like a nation poised above the abyss. How Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley spawned Jon Stewart, Bill O’Reilly and all the horrors of TV news 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z She, on the other hand, was poised and, as ever, word-perfect, cutting a dashing figure in yet another outrageous Philip Treacy hat. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z An attractive, poised woman, she seemed a forbearing partner for a man whom associates describe, not altogether unsympathetically, as demanding and self-critical. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z In his enclosure, he’s palpably open, already poised to be converted; in his emotional deadness, he’s intensely alive. Bah, humbug! The many faces of Scrooge 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z In a dusty corner of this dusty neighborhood poised between decay and fabulousness I discovered a funky public badminton center. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z The funny, observant coming-of-age drama “Eighth Grade” is also poised to be the rare movie as beloved for its sharp writing and formal beauty as for its warmth and optimistic spirit. Perspective | Quality vs. pleasure: Just because a movie is good doesn’t mean you have to like it. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Now he's poised to become the David Guetta it's OK to like by appearing at a series of US festivals this summer. New band of the day – No 1,277: Madeon 2012-05-28T15:40:05Z A five-concert Perspectives series this season at Carnegie Hall, which began on Thursday with a poised and quietly satisfying chamber-music program, may get her more New York fans; she deserves them. Review: The Radiant Modesty of Janine Jansen at Carnegie Hall 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z In the role of the Greek slave Mirra, soprano Alexandria Shiner was poised and confident, though her uniformly stentorian delivery robbed the character of much of its vulnerability. Review | Franz Liszt’s unfinished ‘Sardanapalo’ opera makes its U.S. premiere at Library of Congress 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z This is a show that is poised to any political affiliation. "Proven Innocent" and the power of social justice TV: "Audiences aren't dumb. They're fascinated" 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Yet Congress is now poised to make this system a permanent feature of U.S. law. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z After the worst advertising slump since the second world war, revenues are also finally poised to recover, according to City analysts. Britain's Got Talent leads ITV into Saturday night ratings battle 2010-04-16T18:45:00Z Both Feng, the male, and Huang, the female, faced the decoratively carved bronze doors, as if poised to take flight in the middle of the night. Xu Bing Installs His Sculptures at St. John the Divine 2014-02-14T22:56:02Z This is also a familiar runway for Seales — being wheels up, poised for takeoff. Amanda Seales was always ‘Smart Funny and Black.’ Finally, everyone else sees it. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z One interesting feature of both businesses is that they are poised to succeed whether Obamacare is repealed or not. Two New Ventures Simplify Consumer-Driven Health Care 2011-09-23T00:18:39Z She had dozens of messages, all about the breaking news that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion showed that the court appeared to be poised to overturn Roe v. Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Nyong’o, another Oscar novice, was more poised, and even more touching. Oscars 2014 Recap: 12 Years a Slave Is King, and Lupita Nyong’o the Princess Bride 2014-03-03T15:59:17Z “Tookah,” her extremely poised new album, reaches its synthpop apogee with a track called “Speed of Dark,” which starts as a breakup song and ends as an invitation to run away together. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z With a few weeks to go, the boys from Brooklyn were poised to make another run at the championship. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z I envy them to no end, knowing, as many of us already do, that they are poised to embark upon a lifetime's journey seasoned by a soundtrack of unparalleled quality and renown. Paul McCartney’s “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present”: A visual feast, if flawed, for Beatles fans 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z I liked my life now, as a poised and confident middle-aged woman. Recreating a TWA first-class meal, 20 years later 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, a new generation appears poised to embrace her, late or not, possibly sensing that the opportunity to see the former Fugee shouldn’t be missed. Lauryn Hill to resurface at the Showbox Monday 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Rentrak also noted this holiday weekend is poised to become the largest on record for the North American box office. 'Star Wars' Sets Christmas Day Box Office Record 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z We yearn to know whether Elizabeth, a former dancer, will escape the overbearing clutches of her rich husband, Roland, who is poised to buy the supposedly haunted house. Taking Steps | Theatre review 2010-03-29T20:30:00Z I grew up in a 1920 house designed by Morgan in the Berkeley Hills, giving me a chance to study her poised, materially rich and site-specific approach up close. A new blueprint for architectural excellence 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The result is a film poised rather uncertainly between the personal and the cultural. ‘Kid 90’ Review: Celluloid Dreams 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z It seems counterintuitive now, when countries like China and India are poised to become giants on the world stage, but design-wise, we’re all a little bit Italian. At Home in the World 2010-10-12T14:29:00Z One of the characteristics of a city poised for a comeback is a population that was booming before tough economic times made relocating difficult for most Americans. America's Best Housing Markets For Investors 2010-09-10T23:30:00Z He flaunts how powerful he is, and is poised to foil the board’s gameplan to secure 35 years of his intellectual property before asking him to resign. That Twist and 4 Other Things We Learned About Westworld 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Beckinsale displays a powerful sense of gesture; her poised head and precise gaze seem to divide and organize the space around her. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, it’s hard to shake the perception that she is not only gaining on Mr. Schuman but also fast becoming the locomotive of the pair, poised to steam past him in influence and clout. Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z Meanwhile, Singh’s poised presence and command of a second language constitute a remarkable feat in itself. Hurler would rather play ball than pitch film 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Her confrontation with Jon unfolded largely as most viewers probably expected it to — arrow poised but stymied by tender cave memories. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: The Battle at Castle Black 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But these plays — even the funniest of them — vibrate with fury and disgust, and they’re poised to go wide. Trump, Trauma and a War That Won’t Go Away 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z She speaks from experience — at 27, the itinerant artist and poet is admired in European and North American art circles for precariously poised arrangements of urban discards found near the venues where they’re shown. Turning Trash Into Poetry 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “Arrested Development” is poised to outperform Netflix’s first original series of the year, “House of Cards,” which was released the same way in February. ‘Arrested Development’ Returns on Netflix 2013-05-23T19:10:17Z Recounting his arrival at the State Department early in the Obama administration, Farrow offers himself as the ingénue, poised for an education in the ways of Washington. In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z If shop you must, then head out to the Zurich West neighborhood, sort of the Williamsburg of the city, which is poised between industrial use and hip urban renovation. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z The administration seems poised to deploy her heavily. Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The problem was not that Berg’s first opera had been a disaster, that this unknown student of Arnold Schoenberg’s was poised to be sent back into his former anonymity and abject poverty. ‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The peach blossoms at both locations are poised to bloom on schedule, and Demuth and his colleagues are hoping for a frost-free April. Climate change is already hurting fruit breeders, and consumers could soon feel the pain 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Allred is sharp, energetic and poised always to pounce or defend. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Read more about the restaurants Florence Fabricant is most excited about this season, along with old favorites poised for a comeback. The 2017 Fall Restaurant Preview 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape several fields, from email marketing to computer programming. Can A.I. Write Recipes Better Than Humans? We Put It to the Ultimate Test. 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z When I visit the church I always ponder Jonah’s dirty toenails, so lovingly painted, and also the tiny, feathery white dove poised at Noah’s feet, a tour de force of illusionism and unlikely poetry. Neapolitan Church Portraits Speak to the Earthly World 2013-01-15T16:43:33Z Swimming back into the void, the light revealed two rocky outcrops poised above the waterline that did indeed resemble thrones. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii 2012-11-30T19:41:37Z James, with her preternatural maturity and confidence, seemed poised for a win over Ganzer, whose voice and persona seemed to be in a more transitional phase. 'The Voice' recap: Coaches offer tips, makeovers in final Knockouts 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Rates are higher, too, but at least the rooms are now worthy of the hotel’s gleaming white exterior, which looks like a classic ocean liner poised to set sail. Check In, Check Out: The Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z Late on in the book, poised between school and university, Janice is loaned an evening gown by a friend. All Made Up by Janice Galloway ? review 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z Whether sharks were visibly present or not, these news articles magnified a growing cultural anxiety of ubiquitous monsters lurking and poised to kill. Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Howard County native Margo Seibert, a recent star of “Rocky” on Broadway, sang a gorgeous rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s “Children Will Listen,” punctuated by recitations from a trio of poised school kids. John Hurt receives Shakespeare Theatre Company’s annual award It seems poised to become Anderson’s most misunderstood film, just as surely as it seems poised to become an instant cult classic. ‘Inherent Vice’ is complex and subversive. Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty normal. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z As T’Challa, he was coolheaded and poised while leading a powerful nation and putting his people first; he truly earned respect instead of abusing power. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Huang and his leather jacket are poised to step neatly into that gap. Silicon Valley Has a New Style Icon 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Both authors specialize in apparently civilized settings where long-buried discord is always poised to erupt, usually with lethal consequences. Books of The Times: ‘The Cutting Season’ by Attica Locke 2012-09-05T21:12:22Z The auction is poised to set a new record for the sale of a Monet portrait. Three Monet Masterpieces Are on the Block 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z “Picture parents watching small children at the community pool. They are not gathering information; they are keeping an eye on the scene. They look inactive, but they are poised for action if action is required.” The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Throughout her father’s unhinged Presidential campaign, she was easily his best surrogate; she is so poised that she could soften her father’s persona just by standing near him. Ivanka Trump’s Terrible Book Helps Explain the Trump-Family Ethos 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The songs illuminate passion, impulsiveness, ambivalence and uncertainty, yet the structures La Havas created are lucid and poised. Lianne La Havas Traces the Arc of a Romance 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z “Are you ready?” he asks dramatically, his finger poised on the play button. ‘Guantánamo Diary,’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Nearby is a gracefully poised "Virgin and Child" by Giovanni Bellini, Titian's teacher, although it is not in the best physical condition. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Forrest might have seemed poised at that point to become an A-list star. Frederic Forrest, 86, Dies; Actor Known for ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘The Rose’ 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z "It's not an issue I think will be laughed out of court, but I don't think it is poised for a victory at this point," Schacter added. 'Sister Wives' family challenges Utah bigamy law 2012-07-25T09:46:04Z Set free, White was poised for stardom and had just had a child with his new wife – Goldstein’s secretary. Murder, mystery and a hit record: the unbelievable story of Ike White 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Not only is he poised to get married, he’s joining forces in a major drug deal with some of the criminal he’s been successfully representing for years. The Counselor: Hard-Boiled Hokum 2013-10-24T09:45:41Z Yes, Democrats looked poised to lose the House, but the margins weren’t nearly as dire as prognosticators had warned. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z According to Hoffman, the works at the very top of the price list are poised to achieve the strongest results, as much as 50 percent or more than their pre-sale estimates. Brighter days seen for beaten-down art market 2010-04-16T16:29:00Z Facing rising more demand for low-fat consumer goods and rising poultry consumption, in 1987, food trend experts estimated that chicken was poised to "push pork out of second place in consumer hearts" behind beef. Fake news and the “other white meat”: How pork became poultry, and why it matters 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The documentary, Kenigsberg added, is “poised unsatisfyingly between an explosive exposé and a self-conscious put-on.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z When I arrive, he's sitting outside the Bluebird cafe, poised to order chicken pie. Brian Cox: Physics is better than rock'n'roll 2011-03-24T08:01:00Z If there were constants running through the recital’s poised first half and galvanic second, they were Matsuev’s razor-sharp articulation, suppleness of phrasing and unerring sense of the way a musical argument unfolds. Pianist dazzles in Strathmore recital 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Besides being solid rock and rap bills overall, each of the following four concerts features a local act poised to do something exciting this year. From Case Studies to The Physics, a hot week in Seattle music 2011-01-13T20:25:05Z Service was shaky in the early days, now poised and very helpful. This May Be the Best Beef at Any Korean BBQ in New York 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The first season was a commercial and critical hit and it looks poised to get even better. From Broad City to Vinyl: here's what to watch this winter 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z “She is poised and carries herself with dignity.” The Post’s 2016 Teacher of the Year: A ‘one-woman powerhouse’ in Md. 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Charter Communications is poised to scoop up Time Warner Cable in a $55-billion deal that would make it the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California. Charter nears $55-billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z This alert and classy Britisher seemed poised for Hollywood stardom in the early 1970s. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z “With these prices, the late actor appears to be poised to become the next Paul Newman of celebrity car collectors.” Late actor Paul Walker's vehicles garner $2.33 million at Arizona auction 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Now this gifted British singer-songwriter is poised to command solo stardom: His debut album, “In the Lonely Hour,” will be released on Capitol in June. Pop & Rock Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:40:13Z The nine-minute work borrows the format of a TED talk -- slick but spare staging, poised and practiced speaker, live audience -- but tweaks it, in both subtle and substantive ways. Liz Magic Laser subversively splits medium from message 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “She was strong and poised and unapologetic,” she said. Taylor Swift Spoke Up. Sexual Assault Survivors Were Listening. 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z A modern controller is made to be held inside a gamer’s loose cradle of thumbs, forefingers and middle fingers, all poised to respond rapidly. Less Flailing, More Pushing: The Joy of Joysticks 2012-07-06T14:17:58Z The United States is poised to test the hydrogen bomb. In Simon Mawer’s ‘Tightrope,’ a Female Spy Masters the Tools of Her Trade 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The brothers are cool, poised, mostly humble, barely registering on the scandal-o-meter. Eric and Don have the Trump name, the money, the genes. Here’s what makes them different. 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z On Thursday it seems poised to power through a pandemic. A Thanksgiving Parade, Unfazed by Snow or Wind, Takes On a Pandemic 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The artist’s approach is clearly improvisational, but as the freewheeling yet poised “As for the Future” demonstrates, Michael knows exactly when to stop. Review | In the galleries: Biennial survey celebrates Mid-Atlantic artists of many mediums 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Early in the awards season, the thriller “Drive” seemed poised to earn a few Oscar nods, namely one for its supporting performance by Albert Brooks as a menacing crime boss. | Below the Line: The Sounds of 'Drive' 2012-02-22T18:57:43Z He daringly chose Liszt’s deliriously difficult “Transcendental Études” for his semifinal round, and in the finals played Rachmaninoff’s classic Third Concerto with a power and — more important — poised poetry that had a standard sounding fresh. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Now Entertainment Weekly reports that the Oscar-nominated actor is poised to head into darker territory: he has signed up to star in the latest instalment of the notoriously nasty horror series The Human Centipede. Eric Roberts to star in The Human Centipede 3 2013-05-30T15:18:28Z And Sparks gives an truly poised performance especially considering she, like her fellow American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, is a novice making her feature film debut. Sparkle: Whitney Houston's Last Picture Show and Jordin Sparks' First 2012-08-16T16:17:09Z “Fifty Shades of Grey” is poised to whip up big box-office numbers over the Valentine’s Day weekend. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to seduce Valentine's Day weekend moviegoers 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In a year when European entries seem poised to dominate the proceedings, Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu,” which is representing Mauritania, offers a welcome alternative that is also timely in its choice of subject. 2015 Oscars: With Russia's Unexpected Choice, Foreign-Language Race Takes Shape 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z This full-throated, fearless young singer, featured on The Chainsmokers’ hit, “Closer,” is poised to make her mark, having sold out Madison Square Garden. Bumbershoot 2016 highlights by day 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In this context and after a weekend showing the constant interplay of tradition and innovation in Stravinsky’s work, “Mavra” was the ideal conclusion, savvily poised between nostalgia and modernity. Critic’s Notebook: Bard Music Festival Celebrates ‘Stravinsky and His World’ 2013-08-12T21:49:21Z On a more positive note, the poised Carkuff deftly calibrates her portrait of Rachel. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage With that impasse, Mr. Nahmad said he is poised to fight on in the courts. Owner of a Modigliani Portrait Is Adamant the Work Isn’t Nazi Loot 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z For the BBC these are markets on the cusp – with audiences poised somewhere between eager curiosity and fanaticism. Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who: 'I've been watching the show since I was five' 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There were coos and fond chuckles, but also some faint “tsks” as scores of electronic shutters clicked and index fingers poised to post. The Latest Bridal Dress Collections Showed Few New Wrinkles 2014-04-18T21:15:29Z Her colleagues and family describe a preternaturally poised and diligent performer. She’s 17, Sardonic and Ready to Sing in ‘Beetlejuice’ 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z They are poised with a stillness that is a necessary part of the process to ensure a clear image with a lengthy exposure. Capturing a 21st-Century War With 19th-Century Technology 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z See Bad Saint, a pop-up poised to become a restaurant in Columbia Heights, and Bistro 7107, the Crystal City retreat whose consultant is a celebrity chef in Manila. Purple Patch review: Where the spark of Filipino cooking charms 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Now, going into the finale, Harry is about to go on his mission back to Poland as Lois is poised to give birth with no intention of marrying him. "Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama "World on Fire" and Season 2 plans 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z "This obviously translates beyond acting to everyday dressing, which is about feeling confident in what you're wearing and looking poised in all situations." What's shaking fashion? An adult-quake 2012-11-15T18:24:09Z Rose seems poised on the brink of glorious transformation in a new era of redefined expectations and roles for women. Before 'La La Land' and 'Dear Evan Hansen' there was 'Dogfight' 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z With the opening this month of Dover Street Market New York, the sleepy neighborhood of Kips Bay is poised to become the epicenter of the city’s fashion map. T Magazine: Fashion’s Purest Visionary 2013-12-06T20:36:25Z In The New York Times, Ben Brantley applauded that version of the “raw but tasty” musical for being “poised between deadpan wonder and frat-house humor.” Alex Timbers and Les Freres Corbusier Do History as Mash-Up 2010-04-04T02:53:00Z This year, the Met was poised to announce his retirement as music director when he was given a reprieve by his doctor, who thought an adjustment in his medication might better control Mr. Levine’s symptoms. Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The photograph accompanying Mailer’s piece showed him standing in a boxing ring, poised to deliver his punches. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z What’s even more wrenching is that at the time of his death, Michael was poised for a major resurgence. George Michael’s magical fluidity: Remembering the pop icon’s modern and progressive sound 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z She is pretty, poised and imperious in the way that can come naturally to tall, beautiful, blond women, but also weary and blue — a platinum princess suffering from metal fatigue. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Paisley was poised to start rehearsals for the water-themed tour when record rains inundated the area. Musicians lose millions in gear in Nashville flood 2010-05-06T00:16:00Z Here was a group of ineffably refined paintings that felt hard-won yet unstudied, perfectly poised yet bristling with life. An Appraisal: Scott Rothkopf, Chief Curator at the Whitney, Recalls Ellsworth Kelly 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z She remained poised even as he pawed at her arm. Music Review: Send in the Heartthrob, Cue the Shrieks 2010-09-01T22:20:00Z Then my computer crashed, and I missed the climactic moments of the Secret Library, an online escape-room-style experience poised at the intersection of gaming and immersive theater. Escape Rooms in an At-Home Era? Here’s the Key 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The very day 19 months ago when the hit musical from the U.K. was poised for the adrenaline rush of its New York opening night, the lights went out, figuratively and literally, on Broadway. ‘Six’ was shut down on the day it was set to open. It’s finally getting its big Broadway night. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But over the course of an hourlong conversation, in which Star remained charming and poised, if rarely introspective, I began to think I had him all wrong. Darren Star Finds Sex in Another City With ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In any case, the returns on being a sitting Democrat in Congress seem poised to diminish in a hurry; those who stay on may soon pine for screaming matches over what bills to pass. It’s been a tense year of infighting for Democrats. And this might be as good as it gets. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “How do I do what you do?” she asked, expectantly holding a pen poised above a notebook. What It’s Really Like to Eat Your Way Around the Globe 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A poised 22-year-old from Chicago, she stepped off the college track after high school to “hack” her education, which to her meant traveling the country to protest atrocities in war-torn Uganda. Saying No to College 2012-11-30T22:03:33Z “It’s an Interview-style magazine with high-level photography and writing,” said the earnest yet poised Mr. Johnson. Scene City: A Party for Himself 2011-02-23T23:07:00Z Kiernan was an actress and so poised and — I hate to say it — a freak. Growing Up on ‘Mad Men’: A Conversation With Matthew Weiner and Kiernan Shipka 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Angling to dine with the British royals, the extended Trump family reminds a colleague of the ’60s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” poised to flip the finger bowls. Stephanie Grisham, the Latest White House Memoirist, Offers Apologies and Payback 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The details of furnishings, décor, costumes, of gestures and postures and diction, are rendered in poised and wide-eyed images that drink in the material spirit of the age. Two Films About Nazis Show the Difference Between Engaging with History and Exploiting It 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z “Skating is a way of life up here,” the native Quebecois said, as my sturdy Nissan S.U.V. pulled up, poised to plow through the snowy roads of southern Quebec where I’d come simply to skate. Where Trails Are for Skating, Not Hiking 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The former, played with great precision, offset outer movements full of rhythmic energy and inherent menace with an Andante of poised, balletic grace. LSO/Davis ? review 2011-03-23T17:41:58Z He is a fearless Muslim leader who, when we meet him, is poised to overwhelm the Venetian forces in Negroponte, a colony off the coast of Greece. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z And now it seems she’s poised to become a powerful voice on women’s health. Angelina Jolie’s Public-Image Turnaround 2013-05-14T18:49:07Z At the time Baaba Maal — known as "The Nightingale," for his high, clear voice — was performing mostly for West African audiences, but he was poised to cross over. Baaba Maal sings and chats at The Triple Door 2011-10-06T21:06:08Z Neurobiology may indeed be well poised to promote this kind of synthesis. A Nobel Laureate Asks What Makes a ‘Disordered Mind’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Despite Baroque opera’s remarkable recent surge in popularity, few 18th-century works, with their outsize proportions and elegant aesthetics, seem poised to enter the Met’s regular repertory. ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z If Mr. Schumacher seems surprisingly poised for someone who is about have his choreographic debut at one of the world’s top ballet companies, it is in part because he has worked so hard for it. Troy Schumacher Prepares His First Work for City Ballet 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Nancy Pelosi, elected the first female speaker of the House 12 years ago, was poised to assume the role again. Perspective | Who cares whether you think these women are likable. They’re in power now. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Antique tableaus of wildlife poised to flee or attack are worth the killer upkeep because they continue to draw crowds. Antiques: Shining New Light on a Modernist 2011-08-11T21:43:28Z It would be a pleasure to report that “Queen of the Mist” seems poised to become the popular hit that has so far eluded Mr. LaChiusa. | 'Queen of the Mist' : ?Queen of the Mist? at the Gym at Judson - Review 2011-11-07T03:01:01Z Through the stillness of her camera and the flexibility of her vision, she transforms a skeletal tale into a rich portrait of innocence poised on the very brink of awareness. Movie Review: ‘Nana,’ by Valérie Massadian, Enters a 4-Year-Old’s World 2013-01-25T01:47:55Z Though audiences won’t see Bruce grow up to become the Caped Crusader, it’s the search for his parents’ killer that appears poised to drive much of the action in Gotham’s first season. Everything You Need to Know About Gotham's Main Players 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Just as Amazon created a new platform to retail goods online, he argued, Groupon is poised to become the world's "commerce operating system" for local businesses. Groupon draws inspiration from Amazon 2011-11-04T11:09:00Z On Thursday, Trump is poised to notch one of his biggest legislative victories of his term with the expected passage of a major trade deal. The impeachment vote felt like a funeral. But what died? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z You had the sense of Mr. Bennett, poised, calm and good-humored, as a lighthouse in the middle of a churning musical sea, illuminating the way for all approaching ships. Music Review: Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-09-19T22:54:03Z Author Phil Stamper thought it was strange when "Handbook for Mortals" was climbing and poised to knocked "The Hate U Give" off the No. 1 spot on the Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list. Did a YA book buy its way to the top of the New York Times bestseller list? 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z That much was clear from their finely poised performances of two late Haydn symphonies, Nos. If the music is Baroque, don't fix it 2011-01-26T15:22:15Z Cats were poised and graceful, and they killed vermin and snakes, but that doesn’t really explain why they were worshiped in Egypt for thousands of years. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “Black Panther,” poised to be a formidable awards contender this year, may change that. Michael B. Jordan Is Finally in Control. Now What? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z But we can’t resist the Dock Dynasty sign, nor the scarlet kayaks poised on the Hanalei River bank in such alluring, aquatic style. On Kauai’s north shore, the town of Hanalei enchants 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z “La La Land” has become the darling of this self-congratulatory award season: After winning a record seven Golden Globes last month, it is poised to dominate the Oscars, having earned 14 nominations. ‘La La Land’ Is Stuck in Its Own Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z An earlier glimpse inside her dressing room revealed a scene of grave calm: dress neatly on its hanger, make-up artist poised with tools. The girl with the mighty mouth 2011-03-27T00:02:01Z It is poised to open with 175 rooms and branches of popular local restaurants, including Big Star and Smoke Daddy. Hotels That Bring Sports Fans Close to Their Teams 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Thus does Gurney, exercising the divine omnipotence of playwrights, generously present the last of his muddled men of privilege, resigned to his extinction and poised on the edge of the eternity of the open sea. Review: The Ages of A.R. Gurney in the Wistful ‘Final Follies’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Mograbiah, sometimes known as pearl couscous, takes the idea on a bit, having the comforting, frugal qualities of rice but possessing an extraordinary texture, poised between pasta and couscous. 20 best vegetarian recipes: part 3 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “I don’t like to hear people say that I am poised and maintaining a good appearance,” she later said. ‘Jackie’: Under the Widow’s Weeds, a Myth Marketer 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z I have a small tray decorated with two gorgeous, red-lipped glamour girls, poised for the good life in front of a lush bush of bright pink flowers. What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The Oscars are poised to be especially bland this year, with their lack of diversity, predictable narratives and old-fashioned reverence for movies about white male rage. Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl? It’s the Role She Was Born to Play 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Poor Emilio, who is usually so poised and mature, is taking a fair amount of ridicule. "Project Runway" recap: What tools 2010-03-05T15:06:00Z Properly poised in the earlier piece, the Takacs players adopted an earthier sound and a volatile temperament that suited Schubert’s mood swings and nervous fits without selling short his delicacy or serenity. Music Review: Interpreting Several Phases of a Singular Creator 2011-02-27T22:57:49Z It is Jessica Chastain, her hair as black as a raven’s wing, her eyes as mad as cracked marbles, her remarkable chin poised to trouble the sleep of the righteous. ‘Crimson Peak,’ a Guillermo del Toro Gothic Romance in High Bloody Style 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z We have no idea what they were talking about, but we imagine it being totally posh and poised. Pippa Middleton, Michelle Dockery hang out at Wimbledon 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Uptight ponytails Loose plaits and that 1980s stalwart the French plait are poised for a comeback, mark our words. The Measure: what's hot and what's not 2013-05-18T06:00:17Z But sexploits are also nothing to be too garrulous about, especially with people who are poised to evaluate us for job promotions and raises. Social Q’s: Bail on This Bond 2014-02-14T22:07:54Z If black aesthetic traditions were once accommodated by American cinema merely on the margins, if at all, now they’re poised to permanently transform the medium, as well as what spectators expect and accept from it. Perspective | With ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ Barry Jenkins is redefining cinematic beauty 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It ends on the morning of 11 September 2001, with the Good Friday agreement in place and the bombs of another terror cell poised to change the world. Max Stafford-Clark: by hook or by crook 2010-09-05T20:30:00Z Mosquitoes are poised to be the biggest party crashers of the summer. Don’t let bugs ruin your summer fun: Party pros share their secrets 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z “Wakanda Forever” is poised to be the next film to really garner excitement for lots of people. The Women of ‘Wakanda Forever’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Christie's says the fire-color painting is poised to set a record for the artist. Yves Klein painting could bring $40M at NY auction 2012-04-05T15:21:10Z Even Mr. Finckel’s poised solo in the slow movement lacked a certain drama. Music Review: Piano Trios From a Pair of Kindred Masters 2011-02-08T22:23:04Z We are moving away from the coiffured and poised heroine towards someone who seems more unformed and raw. Britain's tough new actresses look to redefine our heroines 2011-04-02T23:13:41Z Going into the weekend, the third “Hunger Games” installment was poised to do well. 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1' wins slow weekend at box office 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z In the slow second movement, silky, misty strings made a poised counterpart to familial interplay in the winds. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In a photo taken when she was nineteen or twenty, she wears a pointed collar, her young face already mature, poised—she looks away, knowing that the camera will keep looking at her. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Powerful Personal Style 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Positive psychology looks poised to enter the mainstream. Why A Little Bit Of Badness Can Be Good For Social Technology 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The highlight was an expansive yet poised, open-eyed performance of the dusky Composition No. 56, which pivots from jumbles of activity to softly droning, continuously mutating stillness. Review: Wet Ink Ensemble Pays Tribute to Anthony Braxton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Teetering on the edge of a new era, the National Symphony Orchestra this week offers a program poised midway, even uncertainly, between old and new. At a moment of transition, NSO offers the old-new: 20th-century classical works 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Pittman updates that catalog regularly with fresh party shots and images of designers poised somewhere near the edge of fame. Chasing Fashion’s Cutting Edge 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z "Horrible Bosses" is poised to bring in more than $25 million over its first three days of release. "Horrible Bosses" director vents on unemployment 2011-07-08T21:52:37Z This time he’s in London, poised to fly out to LA for the Oscars. Ruben Östlund: ‘All my films are about people trying to avoid losing face’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Interview clips from his early fame, included in “Being a Human Person,” a new documentary directed by Fred Scott, show a fresh-faced, sometimes glib fellow seemingly poised for industry success. ‘Being a Human Person’ Review: Watching a Surrealist 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In his brief but brilliant heyday, from the late 1950s to the mid-’60s, he seemed poised to take a place in the literary front ranks. James Purdy, a Fabulist Haunting the Fringes 2013-08-26T21:23:20Z In 1518, he seemed poised to overrun the whole of North Africa. When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Disney is poised to swell even bigger under a proposed $71bn deal for most of 21st Century Fox. Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its 'secret weapon' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Zwirner is poised to open a second space in New York, just a block from his West 19th Street gallery in Chelsea. Inside Art: Henry Buhl?s Collection of Hands Photographs at Sotheby?s 2012-03-08T21:57:49Z Also, poised around the room are copper pots from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – handed down by Conklin’s mother. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The problem is that, with George Osborne poised to burst the balloon, all that looks like pie in the sky. David Cameron's 'big society' is already being conducted by our orchestras 2010-10-19T16:03:00Z Extraterrestrials, kinetic creatures called Mimics that look like somersaulting metal octopuses, have conquered most of Europe with their lashing tentacles and are poised to take over the rest of the world. Tom Cruise Battles Invaders in ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The conversation is poised on the familiar precipice of understanding that every child reaches when they learn their parents are as weak, scared and human as anyone else. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 6: I Love Elliot 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z President's day weekend, which is poised to land in the record books for ticket sales. 2010-02-14T20:09:00Z The tenor Stephen Costello sang with blithe, poised arrogance — and his characteristic physical stiffness, his stock gestures, somehow worked. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z They stare back with a profound sense of confidence, as poised and calmly self-assured as Gunther's otherwise unnerving boy. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z But her voice, while penetrating, is not broad — it’s a kind of fine-tipped pen of sound — so she gives the impression of being more poised than impassioned. Review: ‘Mefistofele’ at the Met Opera Is a Devil That Dances 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z A champion in the field, Gannicus is poised to bring his owner greater and greater glory. | 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena': The Adventures of Spartacus Sixpack 2011-01-20T22:57:54Z But “Exit West” is likely to draw a much broader audience, and seems poised to become one of this year’s most significant literary works. Global Migration Meets Magic in Mohsin Hamid’s Timely Novel 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z In the 1950s the Olivetti company, famed for its typewriters, seemed poised to capture the nascent computer market. New & Noteworthy, From Adventure Journalism to Civil Rights 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Cheerful and preternaturally poised, she spends her free time tending to the flower beds in her rooftop garden in Brooklyn and working on her rudimentary French. ‘Station Eleven’ Joins Fall’s Crop of Dystopian Novels 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z CARDIFF, Wales — Lin-Manuel Miranda sat patiently in a shabby, capacious hot-air balloon, as a technician checked the lighting on a stuffed bird poised overhead. ‘His Dark Materials’: Witches, Quests and Talking Animals 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Next weekend, "Rogue One" is poised to shake things up. Box Office: 'Moana' narrowly edges out 'Office Christmas Party,' 'La La Land' impresses 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The sonic details of “Evermore” are radiant and meticulous; the songwriting is poised and careful. ‘Evermore,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Sequel, Is a Journey Deeper Inward 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z When it began, Kendall was poised to supplant Logan as chief executive, but Logan shreds that plan in the first episode. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z "When I left television, where I worked as a cultural commentator, it looked as if we were poised to move on in all manner of directions," she said. It's a man's world… but why is sexism ingrained in the arts? 2013-03-24T00:06:27Z With sensuous yet lively strings, the English Concert offered poised playing throughout, even on difficult-to-control period woodwinds and brasses. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Fora is currently only available to restaurateurs, but it's poised to become more readily available this spring. We tasted 10 vegan butters in the name of science 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z China is the world's biggest exporter and is poised to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy. Yao Ming, others film ads to boost China's image 2010-08-04T12:06:00Z Gibbon’s opus was about Ancient Rome, of course, but the subtext was clear; were Europe’s superpowers poised to meet the same fate as the vanished empire? Culture is dead — again: It’s the end of civilization as we know it (and maybe we feel fine) 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z It is poised to overtake the US as the world’s biggest film territory. Fan Bingbing’s mysterious disappearance: what it means for China’s elite 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The quartet played attentively, poised or just harsh enough, savoring the suspense; none of the new pieces overstayed. Review: Julia Holter and the Spektral Quartet in the Ecstatic Music Festival 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Shafer Canyon Road rises from the Utah desert like a coiled snake, six switchbacks and 1,200 vertical feet of sandy, sunbaked malice poised between us and lunch, beers and one final killer view. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Not content with that, now he's poised to launch a label off the back of System's success. Clubs picks of the week 2013-02-16T06:00:10Z Now Mr. Platt is poised for a different kind of breakthrough. Ben Platt, From ‘Pitch Perfect’ to an Anxious Teen on Stage 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z But by the late 1950s, television was poised to become the prime mainstream vehicle for the civil rights story. Art Review: ?For All the World to See,? on Civil Rights Era 2010-05-20T21:48:00Z In "Tower Heist," Eddie Murphy seems energized and poised for a comeback. 'A Thousand Words': Smashing hopes of Eddie Murphy comeback 2012-03-08T20:48:04Z Ms. Putman went on to work with other hotels, including the Wasserturm in Cologne and the Pershing Hall in Paris, creating shadowy designs poised at what she called “the perfect balance between discipline and revolt.” Andrée Putman, Global Interior Designer, Dies at 87 2013-01-21T03:48:51Z With this thrilling restaurant, which opened a little over a year ago, he is poised at last to attract widespread international note. Choice Tables: Sorry to Disappoint, but I Ate Well in Berlin 2012-01-27T17:43:35Z "No. like this!" he corrects a soldier-actor poised to throw his tear gas bomb under-handed and chides the crowd for not reeling back with enough force. Drama meets daily life in Palestinian film 2012-07-23T11:16:24Z "Miss Scott Thomas's poised silences suggest a middle-aged shrewdness rather than the confusion Emma would surely feel about the turns her life takes." Warm reception for Harold Pinter revival 2011-06-17T11:50:28Z It’s of his hand, fingers open, poised to let go. Portrait of a Friendship in the Face of Cancer 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z If the digital glitches were overcome quickly, initial advance sales appeared poised to push past those for “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” from Disney and its Marvel Studios unit, in early March. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Is a Hit at the Presale Box Office 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Riggs raced to introduce the amenity days before Christmas, when the hotel was poised to serve hundreds of patrons in its restaurant and D.C. Review | Now that’s room service: What it’s like to check into a hotel just for dinner 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “When the art market improves — and it certainly will — our company is poised to do very well for shareholders.” Sotheby’s Posts Gain in Latest Quarter 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z It's the eve of the American civil war in Albany, New York, and the wealthy Sutter family is poised to participate. First novels: Catherine Taylor's roundup - reviews 2011-02-26T00:07:44Z The McNally troops are exquisitely poised, self-assured, able to spot a misplaced butter knife from across the street. Back to Pastis for a Second Helping of Nostalgia 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z After a feverish decade of acquiring rights to the best books the West has to offer, China is poised to become its own picture book provider and, in all likelihood, an exporter as well. The Caldecott Medal Needs an International Makeover 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z With an ideal location for exploring Spain’s largest city, the Urso seems poised to become a go-to for travelers looking for upscale accommodations in a neighborhood that isn’t overrun with tourists. Modern Meets Classic in a Sleek Madrid Hotel 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z After winning best supporting actress prizes at the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild awards, Swedish actress Alicia Vikander looks poised to repeat on Oscar night for her performance in “The Danish Girl.” Rooney Mara can’t win for “Carol”: Even in the best supporting actress Oscar race, men’s stories matter more 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Ever poised, Joan stood by him this season, loyally encouraging and sympathizing and only once irresistibly whupping him with a vase. 10 things to love about 'Mad Men' 2010-03-19T22:40:00Z The world looks poised to return us to its freedoms. Unlocking the Secrets of Your Pantry 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Her voice stays poised and airy; vistas and abysses open around it. New Music From Kathryn Calder, Buxton, Nadine Shah, East India Youth and Tal National 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Hersch is best known as a jazz pianist, but he also writes poised concert works. Review: A Pianist Makes Carnegie Hall His Home 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Fox is poised again to win the ratings race for viewers ages 18 to 49 — the category most advertisers covet — by at least half a ratings point over its nearest challenger, CBS. TV networks are deciding who's in and who's out 2011-05-16T17:42:06Z Pretty and poised, he had the packaging and the product: a clear, confident tenor that could turn powerful or intimate at will. Eddie Fisher: The Songs, the Sins, the Scandal 2010-09-24T22:35:00Z Plenty of movies this year are poised to be sold as Important at awards time. Fall is the season for Important Movies. But must issues trump excellence? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Magnin described the period around Moore's departure as "challenging," but said that the theater is now poised to expand its strategic mission to include more performances and the possibility of producing or co-producing original shows. Wallis Annenberg Center names Paul Crewes as artistic director 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Without powerful, poised, flexible singing — “beauty of tone and correct emission,” as Lilli Lehmann, a great Norma, put it — we feel none of the necessary awe for the character. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z All four predators are poised for the attack, their insides a powder keg just waiting to explode. Inside the Perfect Predator and The Air Hospital | TV Review 2010-03-26T06:45:00Z In one corner, Salvador Dalí’s “White Aphrodisiac Telephone” — the receiver is a white lobster — seemed poised to ring with some arch message from the moustache-twirling Surrealist master. Scene/ Seen: Sowing the Seeds of Culture 2011-02-18T12:00:05Z A Grammy nomination for best rap album and a management partnership with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation near the end of his life had the rapper poised for a move deeper into the mainstream. Man Who Shot the Rapper Nipsey Hussle Is Convicted of Murder 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Leaping antelopes, prancing giraffes and snakes poised to strike are among animals and reptiles depicted with astonishing clarity in the ancient paintings. British archaeologists find cave paintings at 100 new African sites 2010-09-17T15:35:00Z For if ever there was an example of delicately balanced charm, poised to go flat or splat, it is the 2006 Irish movie that inspired this show. | 'Once': ?Once,? the Musical, at New York Theater Workshop - Review 2011-12-07T03:01:07Z As the second half of the first season begins, the show seems poised to tunnel deeper into the maze of its own memory banks. The Latest “Westworld” Reveal Shows It’s No “Game of Thrones” 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Povich is tall and poised, with striking blue eyes and a long face that is all sharp angles. How a fed-up group of ‘Good Girls’ beat the ‘Mad Men’-era sexists 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z With her tone as poised as it was subtly refined, she explored the many planes on which Bach's structure operates, highlighting its protean variety of texture in a performance that touched the sublime. 5 stars for 9-hour Bach Marathon 2013-04-02T10:24:08Z Each poised message operates as an advertisement, a promise, a reiteration of artistic and commercial creeds. There’ll Be a Theater Season. But How and Where and When? 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z On Sunday night, with the second son, Kendall, poised to take it all, his younger sister, Shiv, betrayed him. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Anais Mitchell’s “Hadestown,” a dark folk opera about young lovers trapped in the underworld, is poised to collect the prize for best musical, after receiving a leading 14 nominations. Race, sexual politics and the underworld in spotlight at Broadway's... 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z At times wild and purgative, the album is also full of moments like this one: poised, stubbornly hopeful, grounded in Lake’s memories of a more revolutionary age and seeking to stir that energy up again. SZA’s ‘Ctrl’ Bonus, and 8 More New Songs 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z California lawmakers are poised to quadruple funding for the state's film and TV tax credit program, but industry supporters aren't leaving anything to chance. Proposal to expand California film tax credit to get a show of support 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z In “We Can Joust or We Can Just Make Out,” two aquatic animals sporting unicorn horns do indeed seem poised between sparring and canoodling. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But as with any TV series poised to again compete for viewers against a myriad programming choices across big screens and small, the show needed a publicity pop to put it back on the radar. Downton Abbey's Bottle Bonanza 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Last week, Adam Aron, AMC’s colorful chief executive, told analysts on a quarterly conference call that moviegoing is finally poised to bounce back from the pandemic and cited these theatrical exclusives and others as evidence. ‘The Batman’ Opens With Blockbuster Ticket Sales 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z The novel is famously unfinished: In a world poised to enter a cataclysmic war, definitive resolutions are elusive. ‘The Man Without Qualities’ Acquires a New Volume 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z But Ms. Parks makes it clear that the family portrait she paints here is nothing less than a map of a nation that is divided within itself and poised to fall. Theater Review | 'The Book of Grace': At the Public, Suzan-Lori Parks?s Family Reunion 2010-03-18T03:57:00Z And given that this wasn’t a finance/housing bubble recession, investors and households were poised to respond to the lower rates. We’ve been brainwashed 2012-06-14T17:21:00Z For once the "Fast" franchise is poised to slow down, if only for a moment to say goodbye. 'Furious 7': Looking back as a franchise does the same 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Action Bronson: The burly, bearded rapper from Queens is poised to release his major-label debut later this year and has been whipping up a frenzy in London before returning to the states for Bonnaroo. On the farm: Here are 10 must-see acts at Bonnaroo 2013-06-12T17:00:17Z It’s easier to look around and try to determine who in popular culture is poised to take her place, and the answer is no one. The TV Watch: Showbiz Diva Gives Thanks and Signs Off 2011-05-25T22:00:20Z It was on the back of this triumphal despair that Banerjee looked poised to sweep into power, promulgating paribartan, or "change". Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z A fluids pioneer best known for introducing the speak-easy PX in Alexandria almost a decade ago, he’s poised to open a contemporary tiki bar and rum distillery on the redeveloping Southwest waterfront in 2017. The search for America’s best food cities: Washington, D.C. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z And while her third book of personal insights, “Look Alive Out There,” is poised to continue this legacy, its one-liners do far heavier existential lifting than their predecessors. The Essays Are Personal. The Truths Are Universal. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Evans’s voice is more bitter and mocking; it’s a little more poised. Music Review: Venom P. Stinger at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn 2010-05-13T20:31:00Z In a phone interview, Kloots, who is 38, was warm, poised and direct, breaking down only when asked how she saw her own future. ‘He Never Quit’: Nick Cordero’s Widow on Grief, God and Perseverance 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z When Orpheus is poised to lead his wife up to earth’s surface — agreeing not to look back as he does so — this Eurydice, her memory still fuzzy, is uncertain. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Strategic Hotels is over the worst of a very bad time and could be poised for real share appreciation. Stay With Blue-Chip REITs in 2011 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z Amazon is poised to descend on the area, and the theater itself, a brick-walled room on a quiet block, is preparing to move to a larger location nearby. Review: A Dreamy, Madcap World of Things and the Ungraspable 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z And now here I was, in a place redolent of a long-ago past, trying to corral my thoughts, my pencil poised over a blank page in my notebook. Home Alone With the Ghost of Emily Dickinson 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z A reviewer at Gothamist raved last week: “It’s early, to be sure, but Nix seems poised to be one of the best openings of 2016 so far.” Vegetarian and proud: without meat, Nix packs a bite 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Through the particular filter of this encounter, she is as poised, funny and self-deprecating as she is on talk shows and "Saturday Night Live," a totem of her youth she has hosted several times. Emma Stone is soaring with 'Cabaret' and 'Birdman' roles 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z They found a receptive audience among Protestant ministers, Jewish social activists and others poised to join the emerging civil rights movement. Maurice S. Friedman, Biographer of Martin Buber, Dies at 90 2012-10-06T01:01:48Z Sam Mendes’ war film “1917” is poised for its national expansion next week after a second weekend of packed theaters in limited release. 2020 box office starts off with ‘Star Wars’ still on top 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z It's a heartfelt yet poised defense of the U.N., a respectful consideration of opposing arguments, and a charting of a pragmatic course — straight down the middle of the ideological road. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z But at the very moment that Weeksville is poised to elevate its profile, it is struggling. Weeksville Black History Site Hobbled by Dip in Donations 2013-12-20T23:11:21Z Like many of the buildings lining the fetid waterway, it is poised for a rebirth. The Batcave, a Graffiti Landmark in Brooklyn, Grows Up 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But Miranda's sung-through show is poised all the same to become a landmark work through its sophisticated melding of urban music styles and bold historical reclamation. Through 'Hamilton,' the Founding Fathers might once again make history 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Throughout our conversation, he has been charming company while also giving the impression of a runner on the starting blocks, poised to scarper the second he hears the pistol. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z His poised, earthy Rameau is almost as audacious, if only because this repertoire has for far too long been seen as the province of period ensembles, and taboo for symphony orchestras. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But there is a tiny subset of unresolved and evil endings that leave their protagonists poised, helpless, on the brink of cataclysm, with the reader forever conscious, forever appalled and forever powerless to intervene. Coming to bad ends: stories that refuse closure 2012-11-20T11:53:34Z The LPs that have long existed as the gateway for new Beatles fans are poised to take the Fab Four’s incomparable legacy to even greater heights. The Beatles' "Red" and "Blue" albums reinvigorate the beloved songs with sparkling new clarity 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z And this time, the “Bond girl” has been replaced by a “Bond woman,” an elite 00-agent poised to take an even bigger job. Perspective | Should 007 be played by a woman? Why not? Seven books by women in the spy world show us how it’s done. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z If inclusivity is already a central doctrine of the franchise, Kurtzman said, then “‘Trek’ is perfectly poised to represent everybody, in a very profound way. Can ‘Star Trek’ Chart a Way Forward? 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “Redbone” and “Terrified,” two falsetto ballads laced with paranoia and fear, stay poised between plush vocal-group soul and synthesizer subversion. Childish Gambino’s ‘Awaken, My Love!’ Sounds Like the 1970s 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Wario and his colleagues said the country is poised to enact new incentives that would provide up to a 32% rebate to filmmakers. Kenya courts Hollywood with film industry incentives 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z As old manufacturing capitals disappear, new innovation hubs are rising and are poised to become the new engines of prosperity. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z Next year, the company is poised to dominate that category. Can ‘The Irishman’ Help Netflix Rule the Best-Picture Race? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z A poised presence, Krishawn nicely underplays Tilly’s moods while exuding the kind of wonderment that the entire play seems designed to express. Review | Sarah Ruhl’s quirky take on depression at Constellation 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z And so Hamburg, bigger than all but Berlin, remains a bit of a mystery, poised to become a thrilling discovery. 36 Hours: Hamburg, Germany 2012-01-19T16:06:15Z Not only is the vast trove the finest holding of its kind in private hands, the collection is poised to anchor an ambitious new museum being launched at UC Irvine. A storied art collection shrouded in mystery will anchor new UC Irvine museum 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z No longer content with defining epic television, "Game of Thrones" is poised to redefine it by making a genre built on action and archetypes irrefutably human. 'Game of Thrones' enters Season 5 at war with it all 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Smith Story traveled the country for years trying to build a wholesale market for the brand, and she was poised to enter a dozen new markets this year, selling mostly to restaurants. For winemakers, 2020 was the year that ‘dropped us to our knees’ 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z As seen by the left, Reagan lulled Americans back to sleep at the moment that an unhappy, failure-haunted country was poised to wake and see itself clearly for the first time. Purpose and worth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z We’re told, often enough, that as a species we are poised on the edge of the abyss. Edward Snowden meets Arundhati Roy and John Cusack: ‘He was small and lithe, like a house cat’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z And, wow — the deafening roar near the matinee’s end, when Harris got Huff around the neck, poised to pummel him. Perspective | Watching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theater experiences of my career 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Perversely, what seems poised to be a story of a tortured soul’s revenge instead turns inward. How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z For that reason, the street was poised to rebound more quickly than shopping destinations that rely on heavy traffic from tourists. On Madison Avenue, a New Vibe 2012-08-16T00:25:24Z Arriving at a time when politicians in Washington are poised to give massive tax breaks to corporate America, Akhtar’s “Junk” could offer a treasure trove of valuable lessons. On Broadway, dramatic riches await, in both words and music 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Related: Academy poised for radical rule-changes to tackle Oscars diversity crisis “We don’t bring them up,” Redford said. Robert Redford at Sundance: diversity comes out of the word 'independence' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z As her wry sculpture proclaims, we are poised to be overwhelmed. 2017 California-Pacific Triennial at OCMA: The art of building up (and tearing down) 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z And now, he is poised for a comeback on his own. Art That Lets You Walk on Water 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z After opening to strong box office in eight cities, the film is poised to expand to wide release April 15. Cast of ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ forged a team — on screen and off 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Chesney is poised to reach a milestone - and perhaps clear a path - as he readies for an Aug. 13 visit to New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. Country star Chesney chugs to touring milestone 2011-07-28T10:21:08Z Macron was poised to launch the next stage of his reforms, including a reordering of the national education system, when the Benalla mess began; these are currently on hold while the inquiries run their course. Will Scandal Sink Emmanuel Macron? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The subjects’ fates are nearly always poised on a financial precipice. Three Great Documentaries to Stream 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He poised himself as the champion for Black people around the world. Ken Burns' new "Muhammad Ali" docuseries is worth going the distance 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Sitting at a table in the museum’s Center for Poetic Thought in Brookland’s Arts Walk corridor, museum leaders admitted that the single-room institution, poised to turn 15 next year, has baffled donors and visitors alike. A poetry museum that eschews having a home 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Banners fly overhead and sculptures depicting the animals of the zodiac are poised along the sidewalk. In Asia, Layovers That Let You Take in the Sights 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Although a few songs had a rockabilly twang, most were slow, pensive and sparse — just two backup musicians sharing keyboard, guitar and drum — with her voice poised between hovering guitar lines and stark simple beats. ArtsBeat: The Full-Album Set Is a Plus for Fans and Bands 2011-03-18T18:56:55Z On the inside, Plath may have been a neurotic poet, but externally, she was a cultivated, poised Smithie, determined to rise professionally and to shine socially. Cultural Studies: Seeing Sylvia Plath With New Eyes - Cultural Studies 2013-05-03T22:54:52Z Not unlike Singapore itself, he is poised between two worlds, linked to modernity and tradition. A Multifaceted Singaporean Painter Breaks Barriers 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z His self-discovery just happens to be very public and poised to sell millions of copies. Justin Bieber's Believe: The Pop Prince Comes of Age 2012-06-19T10:45:48Z In fact, I had read it, and Ms. Knox is impressively smart and quite poised, really, when she explains the choices she made. To Campuses Without a Compass 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The billionaire was mostly poised throughout his testimony, his deep voice occasionally quivering when he discussed the potential downfall that Francis' claims could spark. Casino mogul denies threatening porn producer 2012-09-05T00:41:12Z Fandango, the nation's largest online ticket company, said on Wednesday that the upcoming Marvel Studios blockbuster is poised to be the biggest August pre-seller in the company's history. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' captures 93% of Fandango ticket sales 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Zhao, the clear front-runner, is poised to be only the second woman to ever win the award, and the first woman of color. Is this an “Asterisk Oscars” or a sign of things to come? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Jones indicated that all three are poised to one day own and run the team as a unit. Keeping the Cowboys Cool, as N.F.L. Takes the Heat 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Rather, it is perfectly stacked, poised plotting of the type we’ve become less used to seeing in mainstream entertainment, each turn deepening the human stakes rather than merely shifting them. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 1 – Parasite 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Cory is a gifted football player, poised for a college scholarship, but Troy—a failed athlete—demands that he prioritize his after-school job over practice, effectively choking off the kid’s dreams. Review: Reverent 'Fences' Works So Hard...It Stops Working 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Places like Antigua are even poised to see an uptick in tourism as they welcome visitors who may have been planning to go elsewhere in the Caribbean. The Recovery Process: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Hopefully Morris, who is expected back shortly after recovering from surgery, will get a second bite at that particular fruit, with a fall menu poised to debut upon his return. Review | Cherry needs to bring more heat to the W Hotel 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z When he hesitates over signing a document, his poised pen brings to mind Hamlet’s timid sword, hovering over the neck of his usurping uncle. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The music is poised, but it’s not hiding anything. New Music: The National, Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums 2013-05-20T21:46:46Z His texts, based on a story from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” were brilliant and witty, but his delivery was too ironically poised to be convincing. Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z They are poised between tradition and the magnetism of modern Chinese life; one family member, a 19-year-old girl, dreamed of going away to college. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z However, “Saturday Night Live,” with more nominations than any show not titled “Game of Thrones,” was poised to win in the category. Networks, Streaming Services Square Off at the Emmys 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Looming in front of me is a 210-ton, off-kilter modern steel pyramid that looks a bit like a whimsical rocket ship poised for takeoff. Germany’s Ruhr valley beckons with converted coal mines and a unique industrial heritage 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z With the Olympics poised to annex the borough from next month, this weekend it was the turn of music superstars. BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review 2012-06-25T10:18:00Z Mr. Beard, in bookend scenes at the play’s beginning and end, is affectingly poised between these two poles, a youth who has yet to take solid form. Review: ‘Skylight,’ With Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, Opens on Broadway 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z At some point, you may find yourself staring down a gun barrel poised within inches of your face. ‘Assassins,’ Sondheim and Weidman’s Musical, in London 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The results, which were posted on a prepublication Web site run by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, are poised to reignite controversy about how such everyday exposure might affect human health. “It actually has me concerned, and I’m an expert”: Major cell phone radiation study reignites cancer debate 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z He referred to "Scandal" star Washington as "poised, delicious and divine." Travolta, Spielberg light up Foreign Press lunch 2012-08-10T11:16:04Z At the end of each performance, Schreck faced one of two poised New York high school debaters over whether the Constitution should be kept or abolished. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Review: Pursuits of Happiness 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Like its progenitors, however, it’s poised and positioned to provoke. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In it, a despondent youth is poised to jump off a building when he spies Captain America facing a bevy of villains on a nearby roof. Marvel's Captain America fights new foe: suicide 2011-01-12T18:40:10Z When her dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer, at a moment when Visqueen seemed poised to break nationally, she took time off to care for him. Visqueen calls it quits, but not Rachel Flotard 2011-11-24T01:47:42Z There is a poised self-possession to Portman, an ability to play the fame game but retain distance and privacy. Natalie Portman: ‘JFK was a great proponent of civil rights. Trump is taking us backwards’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He's a phenomenon: modest, poised and natural, as well as brimming with talent. Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:06Z “It highlights what we’re uniquely poised to do: to create a love connection between the Miller, a great composer, a rising choreographer and a leading musical ensemble.” Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z If celebrities “do a series of good looks” on the red carpet, Ms. Cosgrave said, they are better poised to land lucrative contracts. On the Red Carpet, a Revolt Builds Over the Pageantry 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Even so, the actor — a bright and poised presence in a sunny vermilion dress — acknowledged that “Prey” joins an action-friendly résumé. Amber Midthunder Has a New Action Hero for You 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Ariosto’s perspective offers clues to why Cuba remains poised on modernity’s cusp. The 10 books to read — and gift — in December 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z So with the Black Keys poised to establish their place among the top tier of rock acts, the stakes for “El Camino” are especially high. Music: The Black Keys Change Gears With ?El Camino? 2011-12-01T18:34:37Z There, Ms. Smith has installed three aluminum sculptures of gold-leaf–covered birds perched on chairs; one work hangs from the ceiling, its fused seats dangling upside down as two birds appear poised to fly away. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It seems a particularly cruel trick of timing that just as Indigenous tourism in Canada was poised to meet its potential, it almost collapsed. Canada has reopened: Here’s why visitors should book an Indigenous experience 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z She remained poised throughout the exchange, explaining that she was “listening and learning” and that she hoped that knowledge would help her effect “incremental, positive change.” ‘I’m used to it’: Ivanka Trump faces boos and groans along with applause at Berlin summit 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z He looks poised and presidential in these debates. Poll: Perry falls, Romney and Huntsman surge 2011-09-22T13:47:00Z His death comes at a time when the Philharmonic is poised to reveal who will follow Alan Gilbert, like Mr. Boulez an inventive, varied programmer, as music director. Recalling Pierre Boulez, a Conductor-Composer With an Ear to the Alternative 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s razor sharp, with the blade poised to slice anyone at any minute. These Movie Scenes Might Not Be Important, but They’re Pretty Great 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z I didn’t, not really, until I was lying on my back with a woman dressed in white poised to inject a needle into my face. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Fearful of a repeat, Nevada dumped the app company, which also had been poised to handle the caucuses here. In Las Vegas, nervous Democrats have no poker face 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Pitre was poised to become one of the sport’s lucrative stars as it transitioned from counterculture to commercial empire. How a Pro Skateboarder Became an Apostle of Ancient Tuning 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Traoré's poised humility and attentive stage presence lend great pathos to this production. Toni Morrison's ghostly 'Desdemona' blends words and music in lyrical revision of Shakespeare 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Sarah and Jesse look so happy and poised and vivid, while everyone else seems a little fuzzy. A Wedding Day Saga Ends With Words From the Heart 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z A prominent black rectangle with two rounded corners poised on a fat dot suggests a cartoon truck backing into the frame, its bulk enhanced by a dense surface unusual for ink. Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z And the outstretched arm of the figure standing behind the reveler is one of the great American arms: strong, long, directive, poised to embrace. American Eden, After the Fall 2013-01-10T22:01:26Z He was pretty far off: In this reboot, which appears poised somewhere between homage and sendup, he’s the governor of California. The Best Films and TV Shows to Stream Over the Holidays 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z He turned to his visitor, his expression poised between expectancy and stiff resignation. At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z By describing the dynamic of life, and therefore this product is now, da, da, poised to win the market share, or whatever. Screenwriting guru tells all 2010-04-21T15:06:00Z But Ms. Gallace’s poised and thoughtful paintings, lovely as they are, do not merely offer a restorative pause amid the roar of New York. Maureen Gallace’s Restrained Palette of House, Sea, Sky 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z America is poised for the possibility of its first female president. How Marguerite LeHand Shaped the Franklin D. Roosevelt White House 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Sitting with my pen poised, waiting for more bills to come. Style Invitational Week 1463: Fork over some (new) spoonerisms 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Google Nest, a sponsor, was poised to turn on the tree, the lights; the fire. When Department Stores Were Theater 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z With hundreds of new clinics poised to open, the economics of surrogate pregnancies are moving faster than our understanding of its implications.” Books of The Times: Need a Kidney? A Skull? Just Bring Cash 2011-06-16T21:02:31Z Or so we’re inclined to imagine from looking at the buff Apollos and poised Aphrodites of the Classical Age. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z He said the company was poised to go ahead with its plans on Friday, for a limited theatrical release as well as a multiplatform digital release. Abel Ferrara Fights to Stop Re-Edited Strauss-Kahn Film 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The Philharmonic, sounding poised throughout the concert, was especially evocative in Stravinsky’s humid third tableau. Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Sue is a thin, well-dressed, poised and attractive woman somewhere around her early 60s, so close to my age. A liberal in the South: I didn’t mean to scream at that woman about abortion rights, but I was not in control 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z It is poised, tuned, and well made, a close reflection of the desires of its users and the intentions of its architect. Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review 2013-04-27T23:05:48Z It seems to indicate that Montaigne saw his own sensibility as poised on a knife-edge between being submerged in the ephemeral trivialities of contingent competition, and the lasting importance of life properly engaged with. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z The show seemed poised “to break down the border between outside and inside,” Mr. McEvilley said. Art: Letting His Life?s Work Do the Talking 2011-02-20T02:02:00Z I set out for the zoo to catch the afternoon sea lion and penguin feedings, my plastic gripper poised for duty. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan But young New Yorkers in particular are poised to handle this market. Brooklyn Bohemians Invade Berlin’s Techno Scene 2014-02-21T22:42:22Z Her subtle playing explored many delicate sounds, even at the conclusion of the final movement, where the piece seemed poised to ramp up to a boisterous finale, only to dissolve into airy silence again. Review | Ross emphasizes the new and the forgotten with Alexandria Symphony 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z This year’s festival includes the titles “Mutant Girls Squad,” “14 Blades,” “A Horrible Way to Die” and “Sharktopus,” which seem poised to deliver what their audiences are expecting of them, and perhaps a little more. Buried Alive at Fantastic Fest 2010-09-23T19:07:00Z Just as lawyers reliably benefit from divorces, bankruptcies and car accidents, auction houses such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s looked poised to profit handsomely from museums’ financial distress. Perspective | When art museums got a green light to sell their art, Sotheby’s and Christie’s came running 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z When Mr. Banks gives the Kid access to a Bible and lets him read Genesis and imagine Adam as a homeless man and his mother as Eve, this book is poised to preach. Books of The Times: Russell Banks?s Novel ?Lost Memory of Skin? - Review 2011-09-25T22:26:09Z In stark prose, he announces that the United States today faces a binary choice, “poised between two possible futures — one of conflict, even nuclear war, and one of peaceful cooperation.” What Is America’s Role in the World? Three Authors Offer Very Different Views 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Scott wrote in his review for The Times, “is that in spite of her name, she’s spectacularly graceless, utterly lacking in the poised femininity that the pageant celebrates.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Mr. Soul!’ and the Golden Globes 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z How can visitors support Boise’s cultural growth, which is real but precariously poised in this moment of the city’s history? Go to Boise for its arts scene? Yep! The booming city is undergoing a cultural renaissance. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Despite an anticipated drop in ticket sales, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is poised to dominate the box office for a second weekend. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to top box office for second weekend 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Gerstein was poised and elegant in the central andante but hard-hitting in the outer movements, which were superbly dextrous but short on wit. Philharmonia/Gardner – review 2013-02-19T18:09:42Z In the picture, Maxwell seems not caught unaware but rather poised and, perhaps, posed, as if for a twisted “Wish You Were Here” postcard. The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z As a student he drew everything in Rome from antique to Baroque sculptures — from the celebrated Apollo Belvedere, all poised restraint, to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s explosive sunburst, “Glory,” at the Vatican. Edmé Bouchardon's extraordinary drawings changed the way sculpture looked 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z And while it’s her job to keep the National Book Awards and the foundation's other programs going, she is clearly poised to bring the organization to a new level. Lisa Lucas, head of the National Book Foundation, wants you to love reading 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Moore managed to remain poised through her giddiness, but Redmayne interrupted himself mid-speech with a whooping “Wow!” and nearly ripped off his tuxedo tie. Birdman Soared, But Selma Stole the Show at the Oscars 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Raja is possessed with a rage against her son’s killer that seems to wrench her apart, even as she speaks with poised precision. A Syrian Filmmaker’s Urgent, Intimate View of Exile Deserves a U.S. Release 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z When we last see him, Ashbery is poised at a crossroads, his apprenticeship complete and the future cresting like a wave about to break. A Fascinating Deep Dive Into John Ashbery’s Early Years 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Standing on podiums, these felt figurines often look poised to entertain, holding a trumpet or an umbrella aloft. Artist of the week 90: Lothar Hempel 2010-06-03T13:49:00Z Winston’s back – and the nation’s back – is up against the wall in 1940, and he’s going it alone with the Nazis poised across the Channel. Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The waiters hover at a comfortable distance, their ladles poised over a steaming tureen. Tasting France Through 5 Signature Dishes 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z As one man lifts his arm, the camera follows the upward motion and then pauses on his delicate hand poised against the sky. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The programme felt very French: a cool, poised sliver that was nevertheless a bit idiosyncratic round the edges. Radio review: Home Thoughts From Abroad 2010-06-10T07:01:00Z The new show is poised to become another hit, Selesner said. Dion returns to recession-hit Vegas with new show 2011-03-16T10:49:18Z The last "Transformers" film seemed poised to exceed $100 million on its opening weekend but wound up falling just short, with $98 million. Sequel or reboot? Paramount plays it both ways with new 'Transformers' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Helbig, a poised, 29-year-old Internet comic whose YouTube channel, It’s Grace, has nearly two million subscribers, said she expected to find out if the E! network would pick up her pilot any day now. Grace Helbig’s Digital Path to Fame 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z He’s clearly poised to strike, and when he senses an opportunity, he does. ‘Herself’ Review: She Does It All 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Mears appeared poised and confident in an interview at his still-undecorated new office — reached through hallways full of costume racks and rehearsing performers. Oliver Mears Takes a Big Leap to the Royal Opera 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z On that immediate level, Phoenix's Joker seems poised to be a success. Will "Joker" further the stigma of mental illness? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Yet state documents show the number of Oregon weed farmers is poised to double this summer – without much regard to whether there’s demand to fill. How do you move mountains of unwanted weed? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z This probably won’t be hard-hitting journalism, but it will shed a light on the life of the woman who is poised to be the newest member of the British royal family. What’s on TV Friday: A Portrait of Meghan Markle and ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z A new series of handbags, led by the “Cara,” poised on a display table supported by a faux goat’s leg, showed just how seriously Mr. Zegna is taking the development of his brand. Fashion Review: With Stefano Pilati Designs, Agnona Intends to Grow 2014-02-23T18:27:08Z This raucous descendant of “Roman Holiday” supports the popular perception of Elizabeth as poised and responsible and Margaret as a mischievous, risk-taking flibbertigibbet. Review: After the Terrors of the Blitz Comes ‘A Royal Night Out’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z As an encore, the Emerson players and Mr. Pressler offered a poised, thoughtfully rendered interpretation of the slow movement from Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor. Music Review: Those Spirited Strings and Other Things 2011-05-12T21:15:48Z I thought the upwardly curving sprouts of newer arms made them look like fighters, fists raised, poised to defend the expansive fan of roots no other cactus encroached upon. "Finding the bones was heartbreaking": What I learned about migrants picking up trash at the border 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The rest of the production appears poised to overshadow the two stars and their story. ‘Space Dogs’ Review: To Boldly Go Where No Dog Has Gone Before 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z With "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" poised to sink its teeth into the box office June 30, Rosenberg talked about splitting the next installment "Breaking Dawn," murderous dreams and her new production company. "Twilight" scribe ponders failure, murder 2010-06-20T20:51:00Z Maybe it’s because I’ve just left my old dilapidated apartment and am poised to move into a new one, a less crumbling one, one where I hope to start a family. Steven Boyer Puts Down the Sock Puppet and Picks Up His Life 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It was not long ago that it seemed as if the companies of Silicon Valley were poised to renew and reshape American capitalism. The Fate of Most Silicon Valley Drones: ‘Live Work Work Work Die’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z However eternal its concerns, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” Ward’s new book, is perfectly poised for the moment. Faulkner and Other Ghosts Sing Through Jesmyn Ward’s New Novel 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z This time, Clinton is expected to face little primary competition — and the left-leaning entertainment industry is poised to become a major source of campaign cash. Hollywood likely to line up behind Hillary Clinton in presidential race 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Ford is alternately impressed and troubled by Bernard’s emotional range as he makes a foreshadowing note: Bernard is poised to be a formidable agent if he were to try overthrowing the park. 5 Illuminating Westworld Discoveries 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But even if that record doesn’t fall, plenty more are poised to. Will People of Color Win All Four Acting Oscars This Year? 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Heliker’s late paintings have a conversational quality too, not relaxed but poised, the way art can be after years of practice, when habit hides effort. Art in Review: John Heliker: ‘A Tribute’ 2012-06-07T22:50:50Z Although the New York Times said her performance was "very poised" it added "she seems more like a visiting lecturer on the subject of passion rather than its avatar." Ewan McGregor leads all-star cast in Broadway revival of 'The Real Thing' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The film is nearing a close, in other words, but Armstrong’s story as we know it is poised to begin. Music Review: Satchmo?s Story, Music Substituting for Words 2010-08-31T22:25:00Z He also found her “very poised and professional-seeming,” and “so positive and happy.” Love American Style When a Polish Immigrant Matches With Miss Minnesota 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Uncannily poised, Purifoy's composition has the look of a medieval icon. 'Junk Dada' assembles Noah Purifoy's overlooked, pivotal works 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z “Over all, the Western galleries seem much more poised,” said Adrian Cheng, a prominent Hong Kong collector and the scion of a multibillion-dollar real estate and retail empire. At Asia’s Hottest Art Fair, Taking Selfies With a Mao ‘Corpse’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Seeing me poised for flight, she grabbed me with her green eyes and said, 'What are you afraid of?' Short story: Message in a (Klein) Bottle by Russell Hoban 2012-07-19T16:04:37Z But now writer Will Self is poised to become the first writer in residence at that bastion of middle-class values, . Will Self in talks to become Radio 4 writer-in-residence 2013-01-18T17:02:38Z During the Q&A, Ness, 45, was poised and didn’t display a hint of anxiety. A film about the police and the ‘policed’ in Baltimore makes a run for the Oscars 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Under a Republican president, trans people would be poised to have even more of their basic fundamental civil rights taken away. For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z It is a nicely poised work that, despite its expressive modesty, is thrilling to hear when played with this kind of precision and sensitivity. PLG Young Artists ? review 2011-01-11T23:30:01Z He films with a wide-eyed avidity, a variety of tragic wonder that’s captured in poised widescreen images that are suffused with painterly northern sunlight. Bruno Dumont’s Vision of a Confused, Far-Right, Alienated France 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Indeed, I have an inkling she'd be perfect to play Kate Middleton in the inevitable biopic as she can do that poised, steely and yet a little shy English rose thing to a tee. Amy Adams: punching above her weight 2011-01-23T00:05:05Z The film is now poised to break the record for the biggest opening weekend for a motion pictue ever currently held by its predecessor, “The Avengers.” 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' opens with superhuman box-office strength 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Carmichael is an incredibly poised, even chilly performer, comfortable in silences, seemingly unflappable. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In one scene, the normally poised Grace is incensed when a male supermarket cashier doesn’t turn to serve them or even acknowledge their waves, pleas and yoo-hoos. Review: In ‘Grace and Frankie’ on Netflix, New Wrinkles in Comedy 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Stand-up is an art form full of control freaks, and most reliably funny stand-ups are poised performers who orchestrate laughs from the surprise and insight of their premises and punchlines. Jokes + Exasperation + Subtext = a New York Club Comic on the Rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z He stands poised on a Metro platform, beneath the streets of his home town, looking intently down the tunnel into the near future. Perspective | The bittersweet brilliance of Tommy Keene 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The animals appear well behaved, like professional fur models, but don’t let their perfectly poised paws fool you. Capitals traded pucks for pups in annual canine calendar shoot 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Hummus is poised to reach Greek yogurt-esque popularity, crowding refrigerated grocery store shelves with its own explosively vast array of flavors and brands. What most people get wrong about making hummus 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Its lead single, “Praying,” just rose to No. 24 on the Billboard 200, and the full album is poised for a No. 1 debut. Kesha and Taylor Swift Find New Voices 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z His good looks help; he has the poised, bespectacled, dimpled, even-featured geniality of a small-town TV anchor headed for bigger markets. Is John Green a Bigger Star Than Tom Cruise? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z In a year when moviegoers returned en masse to big-budget spectacles — and skipped nearly everything else — Oscar voters on Tuesday were poised to spread best picture nominations remarkably far and wide. The Oscar nominations are expected to be spread around. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z She plays Virginia Noyes, an actress with an ankle bracelet and a coke habit, who is poised on the verge a comeback that may or may not happen. Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Monday’s Pulitzer win will likely inaugurate a whole new season of honors for Miranda, with the Tony nominations set for May 3 and “Hamilton” poised to dominate. Pulitzers: Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ novel ‘The Sympathizer’ among arts winners 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z We might be poised for the second great railroad revolution in this country. Pete Buttigieg: ‘A lot of the mistrust in our country right now is the result of policy failure.’ 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Instead they immerse you in his disposition: poised, meditative, bold. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Adroitly poised between sincerity and mockery, laughter and tears, this eloquent “Falstaff” is a triumph for Mr. Muti. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Its owner walks away from the camera, poised on high heels, suit clipping her waist, hairdo a geometrical helmet. My favourite Hitchcock: Marnie 2012-08-13T08:31:07Z But “We Come Right,” a slow waltz undulating among two and later three chords, stays poised and mysterious as it contemplates oblivion. The Playlist: Cardi B Isn’t Going Anywhere and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Baldwin, as himself, seemed poised to accept the invitation, except that Mr. Johnson was actually referring to Tom Hanks, who joined him onstage. On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Alec Baldwin Sings a Swan Song for Trump 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Waiting at the river’s edge were dozens more animals, poised to cross. What the Caribou Taught Me About Being Together, and Apart 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Her body is pictured as the projectile in a giant “Sling Shot,” the camera a determined David poised to slay an unseen Goliath. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z The concept of Zef and its rap-rave fiesta sensibilities are poised as a means of pulling the nation under the flag of dance, wilding out, and having a good time regardless of one’s background. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Bittersweet, heartfelt and rendered in an eccentric, expressive style, the movie seems poised to draw dog-loving moviegoers like beagles to bacon. Film: Computer Animation, Made by Hand 2010-08-29T02:23:00Z Heller’s images are simple and poised, lucid but weighty—they vibrate with the expressive force that they condense and contain. “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Reviewed: Melissa McCarthy Finally Gets the Dramatic Role She Deserves 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She was the only one of the presidential candidates’ wives to appear during the campaign, and she is poised to be more hands-on than any Afghan First Lady in recent memory. Here Are 11 Influential Women You Should Know 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z They snapped photos of the coltish models poised on a dining table raised to double as a runway. ‘Nothing Says Chic Like Matching Your Drink to Your Dress’ 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z A painting by Frida Kahlo is poised to set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie's sale of impressionist and modern art. A painting by Frida Kahlo has set a new auction record for the Mexican painter at Christie's sale of impressionist and modern art 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In an endnote, Minford aptly characterizes these stories as “subtle, contained, cultivated, not showy; poised, poignant, leaving much unsaid for the reader to think about.” Review | The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z They were smooth and sleek, with brilliant wheels, racing curves, neat eyelets to hold the laces that ran a lattice up the ankle, and supple wheels poised under a sturdy base. Jackson Heights, Roller Skates 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Keith Nobbs provides a fierce, almost feral comic portrait of Jimmy, Strings’s personal assistant of 12 years, defensively poised to protect his employer and his own privileged position. Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Study of Bad Faith (and Behavior) 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z A painting by Rosenquist based on the opera “Tosca,” with fragmented faces and an image of a gun poised behind black lace, takes pride of place above the mantel. The Guy in the Painting? You Saw Him Foraging at the Junk Shop 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In “Flag Day,” Dylan is natural, poised and captivating. Sean Penn, with daughter Dylan, directs again in ‘Flag Day’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z It was a “liminal era,” Fox writes, “poised at the nexus of the scientific and the spiritual.” Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Check him out in a bust-length, life-size carving that seems to catch him poised in meditative liftoff. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The Broadway season, which ends this week, appears poised to set another record: Cumulative grosses are up 0.6 percent over last season, and attendance is up 1.6 percent. Jennifer Hudson Leaves ‘The Color Purple’ and Revenue Dips 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “Buzzing at the Sill” includes one of the last images taken of him; he appears poised and graceful in a grassy yard, homemade bow and arrow in hand. Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z When you were in crisis, poised at a chasm, he was your bridge across. Art Review: ‘Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-07-25T21:29:11Z “I do them because I hate myself, not because I’m taking care of myself. It’s poised to be wrenched away from activists and turned into an excuse to buy an expensive bath oil.” Soak, Steam, Spritz: It’s All Self-Care 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Movements mold themselves into phrases, becoming supple and poised. Connections: Triathlon Training With Chopin in Mind 2010-07-15T22:35:00Z Earlier this month, it was reported that Amazon.com is poised to launch a service to compete with Netflix. Less is more: the age of minimalism 2011-02-11T07:59:01Z When Ike was poised to invade Normandy, Petterssen told him to wait. Kurt Vonnegut’s POW nightmare: Inside the World War II battle that shaped “Slaughterhouse Five” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The camera keeps him at center, poised and cool, as he moves through the drinkers and dancers. The Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Possible 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z She said she and Ms. Merriman view themselves as “exceptionally poised to be the leading edge of the paradigm shift,” and are not becoming partners with Mr. Friedman to offer him any kind of redemption. Gabrielle Hamilton Plans to Partner With Ken Friedman to Run the Spotted Pig 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z At 57, Ms. Hill, the youngest of 13 children from a rural Oklahoma farm family, is in many ways the same poised, dignified woman America met 23 years ago. Anita Hill Is Celebrated in the Documentary ‘Anita’ 2014-03-12T11:00:02Z The key is to set the alarm on your phone for 8:59 p.m. and be poised to pounce the instant the clock rolls to 9 p.m. How to visit museums and more for free or for cheap in the Seattle area in fall 2021 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Keys was poised and confident throughout the concert. Alicia Keys set the world on fire at WaMu Theater 2013-03-08T17:54:31Z Savannah Guthrie, who co-hosts the four-hour extravaganza's third hour, is poised at the top of the list of Curry's possible replacements. 'Today' host Ann Curry takes hit, counts tomorrows 2012-06-26T20:42:10Z Gray’s still and poised realism seems to shatter from moment to moment with a nearly surrealistic spontaneity and subjectivity. The Front Row: “The Immigrant” 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z After playing county fairs, arts centers and bars, and splitting earnings so meager their wives stared at them plaintively, Anderson and his bandmates appear poised for something bigger. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z To add insult to injury, Equifax is poised to make millions off its own data breach, in which some 145 million Americans had their private information stolen. John Oliver Hacks into Equifax on Last Week Tonight 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Senators overwhelmingly approved the two-month extension of the tax break in a rare Saturday session and were poised to pass a spending bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown. Senate extends payroll tax cut 2011-12-17T15:38:00Z Though it's receiving lackluster reviews, "Tammy" seems poised to become McCarthy's next hit, with industry estimates pegged at $45 million over the long July 4 weekend. Melissa McCarthy: Despite outrageous antics, 'Tammy' is in everybody 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The joke was that he had been playing virtually nothing but ballads: one slow, perfectly poised song after another, presented so quietly that listeners leaned forward to catch each delicate moment. Music Review: Ryan Adams at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-07T22:57:44Z We’re all poised between hope and fear – the question is how the story will end. Obama’s State of the Union optimism: “The difference between Reagan and Obama is that Reagan believed it in his bones” 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Now Mr. Mishra seems poised for a fresh round of intellectual battle. Pankaj Mishra’s New Book, ‘Ruins of Empire’ 2012-08-27T22:17:42Z It’s possible you’re poised to carry an unhealthy family pattern over to a marriage. Carolyn Hax: In the doghouse for refusing to help care for pets The band are poised to release their 15th studio album, Push the Sky Away, which they perform in full tonight abetted by a string section and a mini children's choir. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – review 2013-02-11T12:19:50Z How exciting it was to see her poised confidently on the threshold. 2017’s best dance: The year when powerful women seized the spotlight 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z His images are generally poised, polished and perfected; he works best with absolute stillness. Sebastião Salgado: Genesis – review 2013-04-13T23:06:24Z Clean, "tolerant", and promoting a new album, Eminem seems poised to enjoy the zenith of his career. Eminem speaks out in favour of gay marriage 2010-06-18T09:16:00Z Yulia Lipnitskaya, the Russian figure skater who stole the hearts of viewers around the world during last week’s team competition, was poised to become the darling of this year’s Olympic games. Our figure skating obsession: Why America loves watching women fall 2014-02-20T21:45:00Z Two dressers from the wardrobe department stand poised; awaiting Bawden's running arrival, they wonder if they'll have to allow for a lavatory break. Wouldn't it be loverly? Behind the scenes at My Fair Lady in Sheffield 2013-01-13T00:05:36Z Houston, who died in February after her own battle with drug abuse, was poised for a movie comeback in "Sparkle" 20 years after her defining film portrayal in "The Bodyguard." Trailer from Houston's new film debuts on 'Today' 2012-04-02T14:46:09Z He was also an optimist: Alarmed by his wife’s volatility, he trusted in her poised, cool-headed mother to keep her in check. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z I was poised to call 999 if there was even the slightest worsening in his chest. My name is Jack Monroe, and I’m an alcoholic. But now I’m recovering… 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Rhode Island, Georgia and Missouri are poised to end their credits, while Connecticut and Michigan are looking at scaling back theirs. Newark's film hopes snag on New Jersey budget fight 2011-03-11T21:11:50Z The session's other new wide release, "RED," starring Bruce Willis and a cast of equally seasoned performers, also is poised to show some muscle as it enters the marketplace. "Jackass 3D" expected to lead weekend box office 2010-10-15T01:41:00Z The rapper, appropriately galvanized, seemed poised for battle. Gary Vaynerchuk Is a Rapper’s Best Friend 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z He described Ndiaye as “poised, quite gentle, and a consensus seeker. He’s here to appease the debate.” In a Palace of Colonialism, a ‘Quiet Revolutionary’ Takes Charge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z After the historic oral arguments in March, the two knowledgeable sources said, Roberts and the four conservatives were poised to strike down at least the individual mandate. The Supreme Court's John Roberts Changed His Obamacare Vote in May 2012-07-01T17:01:02Z But the actor and martial artist is poised for a breakout as his latest film “Avengement” hits theaters and VOD May 24. Will "Avengement" be a breakthrough movie for fan favorite Scott Adkins? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z By this point, the man who had slipped out of Baltimore with borrowed freedom papers was poised to play a central role in America’s postwar transformation. Frederick Douglass in Full 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z In the White House, Shine is poised to make big changes, according to colleagues — some of whom requested anonymity to be able to speak candidly. ‘Working for one guy’: Bill Shine’s journey from Ailes enforcer to Trump producer 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z |
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