| 单词 | ponderous |
| 例句 | The revolution had been slow and ponderous, but it had weight, and that weight built up a momentum, and when that momentum finally broke forth, it was with a great and accumulated force. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Edna was glad to be rid of her father when he finally took himself off with his wedding garments and his bridal gifts, with his padded shoulders, his Bible reading, his “toddies” and ponderous oaths. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, a faint, ponderous beating of drums called. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sewing machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, bygone make. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The colonel’s ponderous, farinaceous cheeks were tinted suddenly with glowing patches of enthusiasm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Driving his flock before him he entered and closed the cave’s mouth with a ponderous slab of stone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The admirals, heavy with responsibility, paced their quarter-decks with ponderous tread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If we could hear the passengers on the train speak, their voices would sound slurred and sluggish, like a record played at too slow a speed, and their movements would appear similarly ponderous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He sat mutely in a ponderous, stultifying melancholy, waiting expectantly for Corporal Whitcomb to walk back in. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A trumpet blast sent the horsemen forward at a ponderous walk, splashing down into the current. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he took off with ponderous flight and circled and lowered, circled and lowered until the others danced in joy and hunger at his approach. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating;—not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its weight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Any astronomical photograph of a galaxy is merely a snapshot of one stage in its ponderous motion and evolution.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lord Wyman was looking down at Rhaegar as if he were a roach in need of a hard heel... yet then, abruptly, he gave a ponderous nod that set his chins to wobbling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In a thick drawl, more ponderous than his low mass responses, the priest spoke the Latin phrases with a sonorous, dramatic discernment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave a ponderous shake of his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yossarian was alone in a ponderous, primeval lull in which everything green looked black and everything else was imbued with the color of pus. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The air was thick and ponderous with humidity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Our sense of galaxies as ponderous rigid bodies is mistaken. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In their company I attended grainy black-and-white movies in which ponderous, turtlenecked men slogged the stony beaches, cursing the gulls for their ability to fly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Cordelia’s father sits at the head of the table, with his craggy eyebrows, his wolfish look, and bends upon me the full force of his ponderous, ironic, terrifying charm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A sly twist on the formulaic reporting and ponderous tone of conventional obituaries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He had a nurse and a son-in-law, and he was prone to long, ponderous silences when he had not been drinking too much. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He dropped to the floor of the boat with ponderous ease. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He blew out a ponderous cloud of blue, foul-smelling smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The sun was a ponderous circle without edges, a roar without a sound, a blazing glare so thorough and remorseless that even in the Fosters’ parlor, with curtains drawn, it seemed an actual presence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His maester's collar was no simple metal choker such as Luwin wore, but two dozen heavy chains wound together into a ponderous metal necklace that covered him from throat to breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The giant’s pace was a ponderous one, despite the length and girth of those legs, and he was forever stopping to knock snow off low-hanging limbs with his maul. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their once rounded bodies were angular and bony now, sharp small bones like the bones of birds, except for their ponderous bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Climbing above the South Summit with my regulator delivering just under two liters of oxygen per minute, I had to stop and draw three or four lungfuls of air after each ponderous step. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “They’re off!” cried the Wart, holding his breath with excitement Slowly and majestically, the ponderous horses lumbered into a walk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As we rushed the cow, that ponderous beast — uneasy still in spite of its four-legged stance — fled; and we gave up our race for aimless crawling and darting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The steps in the gravel sounded heavy and ponderous, like those of a large man. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother didn’t judge me for being ponderous. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But on a checkup visit, he was dismayed to find that the manager was focusing his sales effort not on Buicks but on ponderous Thomas Flyers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It beat, a deep ponderous throb of sound, and each pulse sent out a wash of indigo light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The streets wind in and around, the houses are large, ponderous, Georgian, set off with weighty shrubbery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print and dead man's sentiment. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I started the ponderous conversion between currencies, then smiled as I realized it was unnecessary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When elephants encounter the skeleton of an elephant out in the open, they methodically take up each of the bones and distribute them, in a ponderous ceremony, over neighboring acres. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People often tell me that academics have no choice but to write badly because the gatekeepers of journals and university presses insist on ponderous language as proof of one’s seriousness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Then on heavy feet, made more ponderous by the guilt of the living viewing the dead, the adult church marched up to the coffin and back to their seats. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This ponderous world spins on its axis in less than ten hours. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not attractive to look upon, very short and from an early age bald, and he was ponderous at learning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When it comes to making a watchable film, though, The Alamo's tone of unrelieved gloom isn't a great start, and nor is its ponderous pace. The Alamo: a cannon that fails to fire 2012-11-08T11:37:47Z This is not the moment for ponderous blockbuster cinema: concentration spans, we are told, are plummeting in the Covid era. From Ida to The Evil Dead: 10 of the best films under 90 minutes 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z This is entirely apt, because time, in all its ornery complexity, fleeting and ponderous, slipping through the fingers even as it weighs upon the soul, is a central theme in Beckett’s 1958 one-act. | 'Krapp?s Last Tape': ?Krapp?s Last Tape,? With John Hurt, at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T03:01:00Z Hitchhiker seems of a piece with two earlier slices of ponderous and troubled autobiography, 1970's Helpless and 1973's Don't Be Denied. Neil Young: Le Noise 2010-09-23T14:30:00Z The opening “Ride of the Valkyries” was stern and ponderous, more heavy-artillery maneuver than airborne revel. Music Review: Alan Gilbert Leads a Program of Haydn and Rouse 2013-06-21T20:22:22Z For all its intensity, Son of Saul is never ponderous. Review: Holocaust Drama Son of Saul Is Rigorous, Demanding and Rewarding 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Early on, I was very ponderous about accepting awards and I became more lighthearted about it the more awards that I won. | John Lithgow 2011-09-02T14:00:51Z Both “Solitary,” a solo performed by Mr. Spencer Bell, and “Stopgap,” a trio, are terribly serious and rather ponderous. Dance Review: Soaking Wet Is Presented at West End Theater 2010-05-14T22:20:00Z Apart from one good but minuscule solo, in which a dancer aspires upward in rapid, flickering gestures, the work’s dynamics are consistently heavy, ponderous. Talking About Love, Demonstrating Violence 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z This would be ponderous as sociology were it not for the dancing. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “It’s a delicious immorality play with an excellent cast, but the tempo is slow and oddly ponderous — a romp slowed down to a dirge,” Alessandra Stanley wrote in The Times in January. Video: ‘French Masterworks: Russian Émigrés in Paris 1923-1928’ 2013-06-07T20:56:00Z Instead I got something equally as ponderous, for the opposite reason: “You cut through the legs and the breast, and you always save the wing.” Perspective | My grandfather has carved the Thanksgiving turkey for 70 years. Here’s what he taught me. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Even for a movie about a writer detached from his emotions, it’s ponderous, like a lucid dream gone bad. Review: In Wim Wenders’s ‘Every Thing Will Be Fine,’ Nothing Is 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z An advance review in Kirkus called the book an “astute, acerbic cultural critique,” if “occasionally ponderous and strident.” Matthew Crawford and How to Survive Brain-Eating Distractions 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z On occasion in the “Dumky” she took this dramatic gift a bit too far, with excessive vibrato and ponderous bowing, as if she were playing in italics. Music Review: Weilerstein Trio, With Alisa Weilerstein, at Bargemusic - Review 2011-10-02T21:27:27Z Additionally, many of his sentences are long and ponderous, in the way many college professors write. 'The Secret History of MI6': A history of Britain's spy agency 2010-10-20T23:38:00Z Perhaps he tried too hard; the performance lost tension and became weighty, almost ponderous. Review: The Jaap van Zweden Era Begins at the Philharmonic 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s angry but not ponderous; the songs are bright and bouncy, almost cartoonish, colored with stripes of pop and hip-hop and reggae, consistent with Ms. Stefani’s style and aesthetic and outlook. Popcast: Gwen Stefani Returns 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Surprises were not always welcome, as in the over ponderous Fifth, when the piccolo player stood up for the prominent solo near the end. Proms 9, 10, 12 ,13: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Cadogan Hall Proms; Falstaff – review 2012-07-28T23:06:25Z Their characters may be distilled a little too directly from their past roles, and they can’t always bring the more ponderous dialogue to life — Ms. Tomlin sometimes seems to be reciting it in a trance. Review: ‘Grace and Frankie’: Fonda and Tomlin Continue to Shine 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s a ponderous hour of television made worse by acting that does nothing to liven what’s on the page. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 7: Crossing the Border 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Directed with lots of air-devouring pauses by Daniel Aukin, with a stark black set designed by Eugene Lee, this Signature Theater production calls ponderous attention to its great metaphysical themes. Theater Review: Sam Shepard’s ‘Heartless’ Opens, With Lois Smith 2012-08-28T02:00:00Z The wordless yearning emo love stuff is unavoidable but Vampire Diaries is a faster, funnier, more entertaining alternative to the increasingly ponderous True Blood. States of bliss 2011-01-29T00:05:00Z It isn’t morbid, nor is it vain, a celebrity’s ponderous concerns about her legacy. Annie Lennox Cleans House 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Due to ponderous music rights conflicts — Murphy’s Motown addiction is an endearing trait, but costly — only one season was made available on DVD, and the show’s been nearly absent from syndication. “Murphy Brown” returns revived, but not refreshed 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z That film's protagonists only have to travel form their small town in Pennsylvania to New York City, yet the weight of that odyssey is many times more ponderous than Bailey and Veronica's sunny expedition. "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z If there were more such Corman-esque thrills and chills, and a whole bunch less ponderous Bergman references, we'd all be better off. "Season of the Witch": Nicolas Cage's ludicrous medieval mashup 2011-01-06T02:02:00Z His ponderous way with black oil paintstick isn’t much in evidence here, except for a single drawing installed in the front window. Art Review: Richard Serra?s Sculpture at Gagosian Gallery - Review 2011-10-05T21:35:03Z Though taxing on my ponderous bike, they added interest and variety. Where Berlin’s infamous wall once stood, humans and nature now flourish 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, his prose lacks Mr Goldblatt’s fluidity, and his descriptions of matches and players are frequently ponderous. Intersections 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z And there was a ponderous debate about the nature of evil – is it moral or biological? – awkwardly bolted on. Rewind TV: Zen; Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent; Silent Witness ? TV review 2011-01-09T00:05:37Z It takes compelling singers, though, to convey the expressive subtleties of vocal writing that can come off as ponderous. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z But such a ponderous sight also sets the stage for “Secus,” and Mr. Naharin’s matter-of-fact ability to cut through choreographic malarkey. Dance Review: ?Juilliard Dances Repertory? at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-03-30T21:31:38Z As much as any of the year's more ponderous best picture contenders, Jesse Moss' documentary speaks to the mythic core of America. From Prop. 8 to Joe Paterno, six contenders for feature documentary 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z “Printemps qui commence,” the first of these, was downright ponderous in its delivery, as if bogging down in all that rich chest voice. Review | With spectacular squib of ‘Samson,’ Met Opera grasps at new start 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The Allegretto was that light balance, performed by these two gentlemen with the apt drama of a ponderous cup of tea. The Romantic, the modern at Seattle chamber-music fest 2012-07-24T21:01:07Z Again, though, the problem was not so much Redmayne’s interpretation of the role as the hackneyed script and ponderous direction, and for me, the film’s worst crime was being boring. A fantastic leap – trans cinema's breakthrough moment 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Keaton's Riggan Thomson, the washed up actor attempting a comeback with his own ponderous Broadway play, contends with the voice of his most famous film character, the super hero "Birdman," who berates him with criticism. 'Birdman' director's flight of fancy may reap reward of Oscar 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Maybe this is a carry-over of Jordan’s ponderous prose; maybe it’s the effect of too much cautious respect for the source material. Review: This ‘Wheel of Time’ Goes Nowhere Fast 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Over the course of the album, however, there's a tendency to throw in some ponderous instrumental interludes, mention "space" and "time" and assume that's enough. Midnight Juggernauts: The Crystal Axis 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z These themes are sometimes posed in Rebeck's script with harrowing power — and sometimes with ponderous monologues and obvious plotting. 'The Bells' at Strawshop: haunting landscape, haunting secret 2012-02-03T00:18:04Z Frankie heads toward her 15th birthday with more of a solid sense of her identity, and maybe slightly more appreciation for her mother along with the same, ponderous load of self-entitlement that drives Sam crazy. Pamela Adlon wants you to let "Better Things" wash away the anger 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Backyard’s version is faithful to the heartsick melodies of the original, but not to its ponderous mood — thanks almost entirely to the band’s cannonade percussion, which demands a very different physical response. What a viral cover of Adele’s ‘Hello’ means for go-go 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But the pleasures here have less to do with celebrity than with the astonishing fluency of van Dyck’s preparatory drawings and monochrome “grisaille” paintings, from which engravers made their more leaden, heavy and ponderous reproductions. At the Frick, clothes do make the man, and the woman 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet consider how ponderous this task of ending “Game of Thrones” happens to be. "Game of Thrones" recap: The Iron Throne apparently goes to the person with the best story 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z When Mr. Daisey would move into what felt like prepackaged or prepared material, he tended to fall into an oracular, slightly ponderous tone that left me disengaged. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z After Mr. van Zweden opened the Philharmonic season with an alternately bombastic and ponderous account of Stravinsky’s “Sacre,” it was a treat to hear the extraordinary performance Mr. Thomas led at Carnegie. A Rare Side-by-Side of a Thrilling Stravinsky 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The schematic pattern of all this grows ponderous. “Wanderlust,” Reviewed: Toni Collette in a Self-Help Soap Opera 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z With more ponderous calculation, Matthew Brandt submerges his large photographs of lakes and reservoirs in the actual waters depicted for long periods, causing the imagery to partially disintegrate. Art Review: ‘What Is a Photograph?’ Opens at the I.C.P. 2014-01-30T23:57:35Z But to watch all of Burns’ war series, in succession, would be a ponderous undertaking. Ten years in the making, "The Vietnam War" is broad and stunning 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z A riveting follow-up to last year’s Jay DeFeo retrospective at the Whitney Museum, this exhibition of drawings, photographs and photocopies finds this artist moving past her ponderous masterpiece, “The Rose,” in fits and starts. Jay DeFeo 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Off parade, the McQueen man wore sleek suits, occasionally slashed open at the shoulders, and coats in herringbone or pinstripe, suggesting a modern update on the ponderous Victorian gentleman. Special Report: Fashion: Illuminating Shades of Gray 2011-01-19T19:14:24Z A little “ponderous” might helped the track resonate. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z These must have been harrowing existences, but their retelling makes for very good and suspenseful, if occasionally ponderous, reading. ‘Secret City,’ an Epic Narrative History of the Closet in the Capital 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z As usual, Craven and Williamson have a nicely concealed plot switchback and a ponderous conclusion, which reaches for a "Taxi Driver" level of significance without quite earning it. "Scream 4": More meta than ever! And almost as much fun 2011-04-14T00:35:00Z Imagine a Samuel Beckett play staged inside a ponderous metal box. At Studio Theatre, the elevator operator runs this show 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s a series of ornate but ponderous creations, a shelf-busting set of Fabergé ostrich eggs. Review: ‘The Romanoffs’ Is Elegant but Frustrating 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z As California chardonnays were becoming softer, oakier and more ponderous, Stony Hill’s never changed. A Napa Favorite Goes Back to the Future 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The ponderous music that blares when Arnold’s phone rings is amusing, and then it’s abruptly not, having transformed, call after call, into a dirge, a requiem, a discordant family bleat. ‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z But the ponderous interlude served mostly as a platform for Snipes to complain about his mistreatment at the hands of the media and the judicial system. After 25 years, King is giving up his CNN throne 2010-12-16T14:46:04Z Yes, the talk may be arch and precious and on occasion ponderous. Theater Review: ?Edward Albee?s The Lady From Dubuque? at End Stage Theater 2012-03-06T03:00:39Z That they can’t always jolt the show to life, or overcome its tendency toward a critical mass of self-consciousness and ponderous seriousness, isn’t their fault. Review: The Perfect Timing of ‘Westworld’ Season 3 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Fashion speaks ever more eloquently, but it can sometimes feel like a ponderous semiotics seminar. Perspective | Little Richard would have been the first to say his style was fabulous. He was right. 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z In that regard, the most effective scenes force Scrooge to gaze upon the pain he and Marley wrought with his business practices, including a disaster with a ponderous death toll. There’s no comfort and joy in FX’s excruciating “Christmas Carol” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As striking as some of Mr. Khan’s images are, there are stretches when he becomes ponderous and even sappy. Dance Review: Akram Khan Company?s ?Vertical Road? at Montclair State 2012-02-09T22:46:38Z While at times ponderous, Cohen’s sweeping review is impressive and necessary. A Supreme Court for the Rich 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But Mr. Little and Mr. Vavrek also introduce mythological fates, characters who guide the couple and are often fortified by intoning choruses in heavy-handed episodes that turn “JFK” ponderous. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Like the latest album, the show was thrilling at times and ponderous at others. Review | For Bon Iver, it remains all about the voice 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z When sent the first chapter of his ponderous tome, she gently reminded him that a book should be a work of art. The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z His Beethoven had heft and rectitude but it came across as ponderous and imposing, somehow above it all, rather like the hall itself. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z It was perfectly sufficient for the orchestra: the performance was just fine, if a little ponderous. Jarvi’s insouciance gets results from the NSO 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z If there was a weakness, it was in a tendency to the emphatic, which led to a slightly ponderous, heavy-handed stress of the beats in the last part of the Berlioz. Ludovic Morlot brings a pretty French touch to NSO concert 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Despite its new setting, this “Romeo” was more ponderous and rushed — yes, both! — than groundbreaking or romantic. Review: Romeo and Juliet Leap to 1960s Hong Kong 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z From the deadening brown drapery that engulfs Beowulf Boritt’s minimal set to the ponderous music that saturates the scene breaks, the heavy-handedness of the staging is at odds with the delicacy of the writing. Theater Review: Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham in ?Painting Churches? 2012-03-07T03:00:16Z It conjured a feeling that was equal parts ponderous and agile; atop a walrus, I would be nimble among obstacles, yet able to plow through anything unavoidable. Think you can’t ride a bike in the snow? Fat biking is here to prove you wrong. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Short choral works — including the celestial “Salve Regina” and “Statuit ei Dominus,” with its colorful woodwind writing — offer further glimpses of Mr. Pärt’s tender and ponderous sides. ARVO PäRT: ‘ADAM’S LAMENT’ AND OTHER CHORAL WORKS 2012-10-28T04:20:05Z It’s ponderous; after a while you can’t help wondering what the hubbub is all about. Dance Review: Agitated Rhythms and Other European Motions 2010-10-27T22:02:00Z Beautifully relaxed family scenes help us forgive the ponderous direction, as does a wonderfully low-key Linh-Dan Pham as an ailing Vietnamese American who befriends Antonio and tugs at his Asian identity. ‘Blue Bayou’ Review: No Direction Home 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Never has a lively book been burdened with such a ponderous title; it’s hard to believe that a writer as fine as Spring actually dreamed this one up on his own. Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z It suffers from theatrical whiplash and ponderous repetition; some variations speed by while others fizzle out. The Return of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Isn’t City Ballet’s Reawakening 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z It offered no ponderous theories about surfing’s “mystique.” Perspective | The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and ‘The Endless Summer’ told us about surfing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z But her preoccupation with our planet’s ponderous apocalypse also highlights the paradox of human invention: We make things to preserve our memories, ideas and cultures, and we also make things to destroy them. Three of Fiction’s Brightest Stars Have New Books — of Poetry 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z And wrapping up all of the stories in this sprawling epic is going to be a ponderous task. Now, where were we? “Game of Thrones” returns with an hour that resets the board 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Too many stretches of dialogue are written in a declamatory, slow-moving style that becomes ponderous. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Why get everyone on their feet for Take Your Mama if you're just going to drop them with a ponderous new song called Year of Living Dangerously? Scissor Sisters; Gossip ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:04Z In the company of Mr. Lee’s delicate contrapuntal arrangements of sand, rope and boulders, Dia’s American and German all-stars suddenly seemed a bit ponderous. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z It is weighty, ponderous, pieced together from relics of lost worlds. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, Redesigned 2013-08-02T19:53:12Z Despite its murky lighting, the production is more ponderous than truly dark. Dance Review: Ballet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ at the Joyce Theater 2014-04-24T21:55:25Z An ambitious, seething work with moments of vibrant sensuality as well as ponderous passages, the 35-minute Quintet represents a fascinating distillation of Wagner’s influence muddled with French tradition. Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Spotlights Albéric Magnard 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z His conducting tended toward the more lush side of Beethoven interpretations — not nearly as ponderous as the Romanticized heft that dominated much of the 20th century, yet lacking the dashing lightness of historically informed performance. Review: Beethoven’s Biggest Concert, Now With Heat 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Muller uses broad brush strokes in her ponderous and simplistic dance drama, which was given its premiere at the Cedar Lake Theater on Wednesday. Dance Review: Virgins, Pimps and Other Facts of life 2011-06-24T21:35:03Z It also pretended to be slightly more interesting than it was, full of ponderous ballads and benign banter. Relatable, golden-voiced Sam Smith at the Paramount 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z There’s more of that in this ponderous documentary, in which Mr. LaChapelle’s video is featured, as well as background music like Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” Review: Bad Boy of the Royal Ballet Regains His Footing in ‘Dancer’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z That notion is at once tempting and ponderous. New York Fashion Week: New York Fashion Week; For Proenza Schouler, a Big Leap 2012-09-08T01:10:01Z We never meet a woman by that name, but that’s the least of the oddities in this ponderous puzzle, set in 2040. Review: In ‘Judy,’ Societal Regression, Circa 2040 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Satisfying as the physical action may be on the whole, it’s repetitive at times, and occasionally ponderous, with digital effects of highly variable quality. ‘Black Panther’ Review: An Epic to Pounce On 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z In its ponderous beginning, 11 dancers wear headphones and pose so artificially that you don’t believe for a second that they’re actually listening to music. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanico at the Joyce Theater 2013-04-17T21:37:30Z And unlike Bin Laden's ponderous video sermons, Zarqawi used the Internet to bolster his reputation as a fierce jihadist and outlaw warrior. 'Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS' offers brilliant biography of Abu Musab Zarqawi 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z After opening on a shot of the two pillars of the series — a lurching zombie and tears — the episode consisted mostly of misery and thudding symbolism, and was, frankly, pretty ponderous as a result. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: On the Road Again 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The Dany segments, with their ponderous orations and garish costumes, can approach “Clash of the Titans” camp. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Whispers, Threats and Baby Blues 2014-04-28T03:23:02Z It's a big sound without being ponderous, and sticks in your head like a burr. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z The indirect, sometimes ponderous humor of the book has been broadened and turned into punch lines, the ghost-story elements have been emphasized, and much of the budget appears to have gone into the costumes. Review: ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,’ a Battlefield Where Magic Is the Weapon of Choice 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The mere sight of this basic piece of furniture, which occupies center stage at the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn, almost moved me to tears before Mr. Greenspan’s brief but ponderous play even started. Review: Remembering the Way It Was (Not) in ‘The Things That Were There’ 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Alas, to me, and many others, many aspects of “Dark Meadow” are both ponderous and ludicrous. Review: Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham Works at Juilliard Dance 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z But his critique of that system is so weak and his artistry so ponderous that “The Nauru Elegies” must be counted, at best, a missed opportunity. Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z Yet despite passages of affecting dialogue and poetic quotations from Gospels and Psalms, the libretto is long and wordy and sounds even more so in Mr. Adamo’s often ponderous musical setting. Music Review: Mark Adamo’s Opera Makes a Wife of Mary Magdalene 2013-06-20T22:14:00Z It’s that very humor that keeps the movie floating, weightlessly, above the appalling bedrock of its ponderous assumptions. “Green Book,” Reviewed: Peter Farrelly’s Bland, Regressive Flip on “Driving Miss Daisy” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Critics seem to agree that Watts herself makes for a magnetic central presence, but the plotting and pacing around her is too ponderous, too lax. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z For me, the paintings aren’t transporting enough to escape their ponderous setting, instead giving off a strong whiff of self-indulgence. What to see in L.A. galleries: An ode to a black sci-fi trailblazer and Lari Pittman 'Mood Books' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z James Poniewozik, in The New York Times, called it a “series of ornate but ponderous creations, a shelf-busting set of Fabergé ostrich eggs.” A Romanov Is Not Too Happy With ‘The Romanoffs’ 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z But on the band’s new LP, “Why Love Now,” Korvette resists the ponderous sincerity that often comes with putting away childish things. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Its impeccable serious-mindedness is nothing to scoff at; what some saw as ponderous now seems merely prescient. 2001: A Space Odyssey: No 1 2010-10-21T10:54:00Z This grim, ponderous drama, about how the family and friends of an addict cope with his death by overdose, adopts a relentlessly solemn tone befitting its subject. ‘No Future’ Review: On a Downward Spiral 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I know sophisticated readers, devoted science fiction fans, who can’t stand it, finding Herbert’s prose inept, the action ponderous, and the whole book clumsy and tedious. Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This five-movement work, which can seem ponderous, danced and pulsated towards a breathtaking finale which won cheers as the last note sounded. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z At close to 45 minutes, this was the evening’s longest selection and its most ponderous. At Fall for Dance, Flamenco, Clowning, Classical Moves and a Bit of Homicide 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z And Gat’s frequent silent sections — initially giving the setting a kind of haunting, heartbreaking poignancy — turned ponderous. Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The Fourth was a case in point, too neutral and ponderous an account to fit the composer’s most foreboding and destructive piece, and with playing that, at times, verged on blare. Review: Brahms at the Boston Smphony, With Hélène Grimaud 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Eschenbach’s direction was ponderous and humorless, with no lilt to the phrasing, and the audience couldn’t muster enough applause for a single curtain call. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It may have proved tougher than they expected, if only because Copland switches gears so frequently, putting supple string lines in the spotlight one moment, then shifting to ponderous wind and percussion figures the next. Music: Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood 2010-08-17T22:36:00Z But it is a trudge, and strangely ponderous in its smallness. Review: Bill Fay’s ‘Who Is the Sender?’ Harks Back to Another Time 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Even so, the accumulation of scenes grows increasingly ponderous the more the choreographers grapple with the idea of what sight really means. Review: Junk Ensemble Explores Darkness and Danger in ‘Dusk Ahead’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But the Cure softened once it got to “Faith,” one of the most ponderous albums in its catalog, and a record that set the template for a decade-plus of elegiac grimness. Music Review: The Cure?s Reflections Tour, at the Beacon Theater - Review 2011-11-27T22:50:25Z Otherwise, the piece risks being weighty and ponderous — in other words, no fun. Kurt Weill’s Path From Europe to Broadway Was a Straight Line 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Werner Herzog, whose documentary "Encounters at the End of the World," took a rather more serious look at the region, provides ponderous narration. 'Penguins of Madagascar' hit by a blizzard of puns 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z That said, the script is also bogged down by being so ponderous —the film rarely pauses to have fun with anything. Alita is a fascinating badass. "Alita: Battle Angel" fails her at every turn 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Meandering, ponderous and lacking tension, "The Essex Serpent" is in desperate need of more bite. "The Essex Serpent" review: Apple TV+ series needs more bite 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The Scorch Trials” adds nothing new to the unkillable dystopian genre, but it’s at least less ponderous than its predecessor. Review: ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ Pits Hardy Teenagers Against a Mysterious Organization 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But any kind of ponderous, misconceived stage or screen effort, mainstream or outre, can trigger that reaction. Risk-taking Seattle theaters offer wild surprises 2011-12-01T00:35:04Z It was a lighthearted moment in an otherwise confusing, ponderous evening, which was full of false endings and choreography that was both frustratingly repetitive and limited in scope. Dance Review: ‘Rian,’ From Fabulous Beast Dance Theater, at Gerald W. Lynch 2012-11-10T00:56:45Z Get lodging and transportation in one, without the fat price tag or ponderous progress of driving a big RV. Deal on wheels: Small camper van ideal for Yellowstone in fall 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z And Fassbinder’s unresolved themes and obsessions — sex and identity, suffering and power, victims and victimizers — seem ponderous and pat. Theater Review: ‘In a Year With 13 Moons,’ Directed by Robert Woodruff 2013-05-09T21:08:43Z He, at least, is unburdened by the responsibility of any heavy lifting relating to the play’s more ponderous ideas about the lost and lonely finding solace in the gloaming. | 'The Milk Train Doesn?t Stop Here Anymore': Reaper Arrives? Grab a Kimono 2011-01-31T03:01:00Z An episodic stylized story of the rabbi who tries to save Jerusalem from Roman invaders, it manages to be serious without being ponderous. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z For the Kashmir stories, Roy relies on a looped, nesting structure familiar from “Small Things”; though occasionally ponderous, it heightens our suspense. Arundhati Roy’s Return to the Form That Made Her Famous 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z But the first few scenes were more ponderous than enlightening. Dance Review: Francesca Harper’s ‘Art Prototype 2013’ Mocks Beauty Shows 2013-08-18T21:57:41Z But the piece grows slack and ponderous as it consciously reaches at the status of oratorio and Mass, with phrases from Genesis woven into the imagery and musical fabric. Review: Traces of Anachronism in an All-Steve Reich Evening 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The third movement, a ponderous scherzo, is not so effective. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z In one seductive chapter after another, we’re led through an extended elegy that expands from private sorrow to lost empire, a potentially ponderous scope that makes the novel’s gracefulness all the more remarkable. ‘No. 4 Imperial Lane’: A powerful elegy for lost love and lost empire 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The House of Lords "she found soporific" and "ponderous". Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z The social generalisations certainly suggest a would-be politician; the ponderous, slightly old-fashioned language possibly suggests why he never became one. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z The answer may lie in the band's ponderous, six-minute masterpiece, She Gets Out the Scrapbook. Will Furniture finally enjoy the comfort of success? 2010-07-13T15:27:00Z Glum, ponderous songs about madness, mortality and greed, punctuated with tense instrumentals. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z But in some of the slower movements in both works, the music seemed distorted by her ponderous tempos and mannerisms. Philippe Entremont Conducts; Simone Dinnerstein Performs; Music by Ezequiel Vi?ao 2012-02-03T23:02:08Z “Shakespeare’s Sonnets,” a mostly ponderous evening that Mr. Wilson created in collaboration with the Berliner Ensemble, features music by the singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and uses 25 poems as a springboard for a bizarre, dreamlike pageant. Robert Wilson Puts ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets’ (in German) Onstage 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z And the more ponderous aspects of “Storefront Church” are leavened by some of Mr. Shanley’s sharpest comic writing in years. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z For a series that's interested in authenticity, research isn't that ponderous of an undertaking. Bake fails: Is this the worst season of "The Great British Baking Show"? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z He's too ponderous and intellectual to act quickly and outsmart those who operate on impulse. 'Tony and Susan': a resurrected novel of love and marriage, divorce and payback 2011-08-03T20:54:03Z This capsule summary might lead you to believe that the tone of this season is ponderous, or, worse, pandering and dutiful on the subject of women’s trauma. “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Reviewed: Meryl, Meryl, Meryl 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Anton Bruckner’s symphonies are often compared to Gothic cathedrals: great ponderous, airy massive towers of hewn rock. Eschenbach, NSO offer mammoth but gentle Bruckner in season’s final program. Some like it, others find it ponderous and tasteless. Does Stirling work? 2011-04-01T23:05:23Z For nipples with a wrestler’s BMI, so ponderous and large that they’re visible through a stab vest? What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z It was one of those nights in which the dancing, clearly in the vein of Ms. Brown, was luxurious, but the piece itself grew ponderous and, at times, tritely cute. Dance Review: Elena Demyanenko and Dai Jian Collaborate 2014-02-16T21:32:46Z The actor, best known for playing ponderous hunks in such films as “Boyhood” and “Before Sunrise,” is also the author of two novels, but here forgoes fiction for a different vehicle. Ethan Hawke: Actor, novelist — spiritual guide? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But album by album the settings have growing more stately: aiming for and sometimes reaching lofty heights but lately, particularly on the 2008 album “Narrow Stairs,” ending up burdened and ponderous. Critics? Choice: Brooding Now Laced With Hope 2011-05-30T21:33:36Z The ponderous symbolism and overcalculated squiggles of Pollock’s first years got channeled to something rhythmic, automatic, almost dancing, and almost drippy. Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The sermons have a lightness of touch but the subjects are big and ponderous and serious.” London Series Turns Sermons Inside-Out 2010-09-07T10:00:00Z Yet his images are ponderous compared to the ethereal drawings and paintings in which Tolkien pictured places such as Rivendell and the Shire. Why Tolkien was a fine modern artist 2012-11-29T15:29:21Z Tracking devices fixed to their shells reveal their ponderous treks. Two Children’s Books Offer Hope for the Environment 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z It's a book just too heavy for its weightless hero, too ponderous for its uplifting message. The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne - review 2012-08-03T21:55:06Z At the memorial’s center is the starkly ponderous $5 million monument of black granite designed by Mr. Leon. Museum Review | African Burial Ground Visitor Center: A Burial Ground and Its Dead Are Given Life 2010-02-25T22:31:00Z Kissinger has made the case for himself in an outpouring of thick, ponderous books, most especially his more than 3,000 pages of memoirs, published in three volumes. Henry Kissinger and the Puzzle of the Middle East 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The New Yorker called it “ponderous” and “preposterous”. Big stars, little interest: when movie heavyweights fizzle on TV 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z It’s the ponderous seriousness that hangs over the movie like last week’s weather — the fog of white-savior grievance that has shrouded Gotham and the Batman for as long as many of us can remember. ‘The Batman’ Review: Who’ll Stop the Wayne? 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Designer Michael Howells suspends three giant bees, with ponderous symbolism, over the stage and dresses the dancers in a wilfully bizarre motley of feather, fishnet and fur. Rambert Dance Company ? review 2012-05-16T17:32:04Z But while the flailing and the goofing has been meticulously choreographed, it grows ponderous, and your indulgent smiles tend to get more perfunctory once you realize that this is all there is to the show. ‘The Cardinals’ at the Public Theater 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Silly wigs are duly donned, ponderous dialogue deadeningly delivered, sandy swords soporifically swung and CGI scenery splashed around dazzlingly, presumably hoping to distract us from the wooden performances. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-10-13T23:05:39Z The first episode, “My Struggle,” isn’t good: it’s all leaden, paranoid exposition—a too-accurate evocation of the show in its ponderous, alien-conspiracy mode. A Return to the Nostalgia of “The X-Files” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z All of this was missing in a transcription that sounded persistently legato, dark and ponderous. Diderot String Quartet’s odd rendition of Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Shots of the Egyptian president in Berlin, where in an odd mix of Arabic and English he attempted a ponderous comparison of western and eastern cultures, were cut with Youssef's mimicry. Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef will not let his humour be silenced 2013-06-11T13:05:45Z And yet its 50 minutes of ponderous texts set to fluffy nebulae of diatonic music sometimes felt endless. Review: A Musical Tale of the Cosmos, Birth and Death 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The World Trade Centre feels ponderous, corporate and old-fashioned by comparison. Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z "There is a huge gulf between the weighty, ponderous way that buildings are made and the way the theatre works," says Dillon. Is this the future of the South Bank? 2013-04-16T09:31:45Z The scenes with the monkeys in the lab are very ponderous fun. Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry 2011-01-15T00:05:49Z So it's somewhat ponderous that the humans were awarded the medals. 2010-01-28T23:00:00Z When Saul dangles the promise that his case will make Oakley's career, Oakley isn't convinced, citing the ponderous mountain of evidence against his one-time adversary. S'all done: "Better Call Saul" closes with a journey through time and regret 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Never mind that Stewart had the dual luxury and ponderous task of overhauling "The Daily Show" after the self-aggrandizing bro who came before left. Trevor Noah made "The Daily Show" his own — and better 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Yet, in striving for grandeur, the ponderous sometimes prevailed. Music Review: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-02-04T23:37:45Z His Mozart, Haydn and Bach, for example, sound a bit ponderous by today’s standards. ‘George Szell: The Complete Columbia Album Collection’ Review: A Maestro’s Time in Cleveland Still Shines 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z For Mr. Brooks, this exploration of fluidity — lugubrious, ponderous — offered little in the way of a change of course. Review: Brooks Moving Company Hews to Safe Uniformity 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The story separates the two of them, then lets their romance fade away in favor of their daily grind, food prep shots and ponderous fungal montages. Movie Review: ‘Now, Forager,’ by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin 2012-10-02T22:54:46Z He makes ponderous pronouncements to himself; compares the thud of bricks thrown by the local feral youth to the sound of falling bodies from the World Trade Centre. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z But the ponderous construction involved in getting there places a drag on its energy, to the point that the production asks not for the audience’s patience as much as perseverance. Smart Watch: “My Brilliant Friend” and “Escape at Dannemora” mark the start of awards (ba... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Creating music of charm, quirk and sublimity with a computer is no more unlikely a notion than making it on a ponderous wooden coffin with ivory keys, felt hammers and taut metal wires. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z Thus the ponderous detours into much-trampled areas like the history of barbecue, the varieties of Chinese food and how to choose kitchen equipment. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z Accordingly, while “Top Secret” offers a cogent, informative peek into a historic chapter in 20th-century journalism, as an evening of theater it is static and a little ponderous. Theater Review | 'Top Secret': A Vietnam War-Era Fight at New York Theater Workshop 2010-03-10T03:02:00Z “Trade Practices” has features in common with Foundry Theater’s ponderous “How Much Is Enough: Our Values in Question” and Pig Iron’s cash-focused “Pay Up.” ‘Trade Practices,’ a Collaborative Show With Funny Money 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Still, the opera is often riveting, with passages of great beauty interspersed among the ponderous moments. ?A Quiet Place? Of Dysfunction And Dystopia 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z It may surprise you to learn that this heady mixture isn’t in the least pretentious or ponderous, but rather sweet, searching and deeply intelligent. Review: ‘Ipsa Dixit’ Makes an Unlikely Opera Out of Aristotle 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z If “Parenthood” were cynical, or if “Thirtysomething” were less ponderous, you’d get something like “Tangle,” an engrossing and talky drama about a few suburban families who are nursing some serious ennui. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s a delicious immorality play with an excellent cast, but the tempo is slow and oddly ponderous — a romp slowed down to a dirge. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z It probably strikes him as too ponderous, too definitive, too “grand” — “possibly the single most repulsive characteristic.” In ‘The Last Days of Roger Federer,’ Geoff Dyer Ponders the Twilight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Sokolov offered a more ponderous, structural reading, with elaborate ornamentation occurring mainly at transitional moments and tending to disrupt rather than enhance the flow. The Verbier Festival Revels in Mixing It Up 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z It gets the job done, just about, but it’s a ponderous journey. Phil Klay’s New Novel Is a Sobering Look at America’s Wars 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z That's easily their best song, though, because by New Beat they lose their lightness of touch and it all gets a bit ponderous, the Sting-like "oh-oh"s starting to seriously grate. New band of the day ? No 956: Young Buffalo 2011-01-28T16:22:16Z The clean prose of chapters such as "Tanks", "Bombs" and "Grozny" is choked by ponderous soliloquies where over-wrought metaphors are stretched beyond breaking point. I Am a Chechen! by German Sadulaev, translated by Anna?Gunin ? review 2011-01-15T00:07:01Z The pace is deliberate but not ponderous, evoking “the rich pleasures of great 19th-century fiction,” as the New York Times critic A. O. Scott wrote when “The Woman Who Left” played briefly last spring. Lav Diaz and Pedro Costa: Slow Cinema on the Cutting Edge 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z From the days when the Who were better known for explosive art-pop singles than ponderous concept albums. Readers recommend: songs about running – results 2012-08-02T16:55:49Z But the result sounded more ponderous than tragic. Review: The Met’s New ‘Samson’ Succeeds Only as Kitsch 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The dialogues have a deliberateness, so too the ponderous moments standing in front of rubble. Kaneto Shindo – master of Japanese cinema 2012-06-22T21:55:17Z It wouldn’t be a Bang on a Can Marathon if there weren’t a couple of ponderous performances, or meandering ones that were ideal soundtracks for bathroom breaks. The Bang on a Can Marathon, Still Lovably Scruffy Online 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z When the pathos of his lyrics required a ponderous squish-face, he still appeared to be grinning. Review | Are Ed Sheeran’s songlike secretions actually holding the universe together? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Instead of coming to life, the work is imprisoned there in the ponderous person of the author, who typically speaks in a kind of embarrassed monotone, afraid to inflect or dramatize too much. Heard Any Good Books Lately, Zelda? 2010-09-30T17:16:00Z There’s an excerpt from a ponderous essay she wrote when she was 14, and a drawing of a cat she sketched at age 12. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Beyond that, he unobtrusively conveys the personality of the various characters, including the manipulative Lizzie, irresolute Frank, ponderous Fawn, patient Lucy and, most gloriously, a fractious Scot, speaker of high-Caledonian argot. Review | The words of Martin Luther King Jr. as you’ve never heard them before 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Although Gamble asserted that it was ponderous in comparison with other, lighter single-handed weapons. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct preview 2013-01-11T15:08:38Z With that ponderous caveat in mind, I am left to ruminate on the benefits of the proposed Second Amendment to the Constitution. Second Amendment time-traveling: If only the framers could have envisioned the NRA 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The third movement and the anthemic finale threaten to break into full-blown fugues a number of times yet prove anything but ponderous or academic. Music Review: Minnesota Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:59Z Perhaps this makes "Melancholia" sound less ponderous than it is. 'Melancholia': Dunst goes doomsday-mad 2011-11-17T23:00:14Z The soundtrack strives for a quirky, melancholy resonance befitting its tragic subject, but too often it comes off as gimmicky and ponderous. Album review: Damon Albarn, 'Dr. Dee' 2012-05-07T15:28:00Z And yet, there was something ponderous about this approach. Review: Stéphane Denève Leads the Philharmonic in What Feels Like an Audition 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z With a declamatory acting style and ponderous blocking, the work comes across as an intellectual exercise rather than a theatrical experience that engages both the heart and mind. 2010-01-31T03:59:00Z Set in a copy of its original ponderous gilded frame, the painting now has an impressive room around which the rest of the galleries turn. Art Review: Metropolitan Museum of Art?s New American Wing Galleries - Review 2012-01-16T04:58:27Z Mr. Sharp’s ponderous words — delivered as sighs, as much as singing — took a reflective tone over the unerringly bouncy backdrop. Pop Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z This may sound too cute to be true, but is stylistically of a piece with his ponderous, unflappable manner and what appears to be his perpetual state of amused incredulity. Christopher Walken: ‘I don’t need to be made to look evil’ 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Sharp’s ponderous words — delivered as sighs as much as singing — take a reflective tone over bouncy backings. Pop & Rock Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z I know that no dancers will be struggling under ponderous raven heads with huge beaks; Vicki's costumes have the elegance of couture. Raven Girl takes wing and flies onstage 2013-05-04T06:00:35Z Mr. Scher’s dance for eight, hewing to the music much more closely, was more ponderous. Dance Review: ?Music of Elliott Carter Interpreted? at the Guggenheim 2011-10-04T21:24:12Z The production felt big but not ponderous, leaving plenty of air for Kushner’s droll humor. The Best Theatre of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z “Yes, both those films are about divorce,” he says, in his careful, rather ponderous way. Noah Baumbach: ‘Marriage Story illustrates that to take sides is folly’ 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The roll-up may be more ponderous than its predecessor, but the opening scene is far more action-driven: a small rebel spacefighter is being chased by not one but four giant Imperial Star Destroyers. Secrets of the “Star Wars” drafts: Inside George Lucas’ amazing — and very different — early scripts 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Neither side seemed in much of a hurry in a drab first half, with a lot of ponderous possession, aimless passing and set-pieces taking an age each time. Miovski sends 10-man Aberdeen to final at Hibs' expense 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z But also, regrettably, less of movies like “Reptile,” which tries to match its star’s unpredictable magnetism with a forced eeriness, only growing more ponderous and unfocused, like a case getting colder. Review: 'Reptile' sheds the skins of too many other superior mystery movies 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The prospect of three or more months-long trials of different defendant groups, each repeating the same evidence, is daunting and beyond ponderous. Column: Trump's aide Mark Meadows faces a huge legal setback. It should worry both of them 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z While written editorials can sometimes be ponderous and intimidate readers, the impact of a well-done cartoon is instantaneous, Pett said. Editorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z “The FDA moves at a ponderous pace and the industry knows that and exploits it,” said Dr. Robert Jackler of Stanford University, who has studied the rise of disposables. Thousands of unauthorized vapes pour into the U.S. despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Gay: Often when we’re talking about literature, people treat it with a capital “L”: It has to be ponderous. The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Instead, four years after Barr first ordered Durham to investigate the investigators, he produced a ponderous, 316-page tome that interminably chews over information that has long been in the public record. Column: Why Special Counsel John Durham's report takes so long to say so little 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The home side wanted it more and were simply too athletic and powerful for ponderous Spurs. Newcastle humiliate Spurs to close on top-four finish 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z But where the earlier series could be ponderous and self-serious, “Mrs. Davis” is thoroughly a comedy, albeit one that gathers weight as it goes along. 'Mrs. Davis' review: Betty Gilpin brilliantly battles artificial intelligence 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z He also told confidants that he wanted Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to stop acting like a ponderous judge and to take decisive action. Biden’s Response to Trump’s Indictment? 4 Ways to Say No Comment. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z There are moments when the pummeling virtuosity of “Chapter 4” sputters and stalls, when its entrancing beauty takes an unproductive, ponderous turn. Review: Something ‘Wick’-ed this way comes (again) 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z If even this ponderous pace continues — a questionable assumption in today’s parlous markets — it will take two years to reach the $6 trillion range. Will the Fed Keep Tightening as Banks Fail? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In case that sounds ponderous, it bears emphasizing that “Decent People” also provides a great deal of pleasure. How a gossipy, not-so-cozy mystery nails the segregated South of the ’70s 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The obituaries for Leach will stress his innovative “Air Raid” offense and his success at smaller programs, which he likened to pirate coves from which he sneak-assaulted ponderous royal navies. Perspective | In the esoteric mind of Mike Leach, football was just the tip of the sword 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z When they've looked ponderous, trying to drop deep to hold on to a lead or clean sheet, such as in the second half against Ecuador, they have paid the price. Senegal are 'dangerous' opponents for England 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z But the whole Belgium side paid the price for a ponderous performance, with Morocco capping a magnificent second-half display when Aboukhlal fired Hakim Ziyech's cutback into the roof of the net in stoppage time. Late Morocco goals seal stunning win over Belgium 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Germany is rightly notorious for its ponderous bureaucracy; this kind of project would normally take years, but the authorities slashed away at red tape to enable completion in under 200 days. Ukraine war: How Germany ended reliance on Russian gas 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z When people ask me what I do, I sometimes find myself putting that phrase in air quotes, since it can sound so dull and ponderous. Finding the New in the Old on the Intellectual Life Beat 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The defender was slow and ponderous to react, resorting to bundling the forward over in desperation. 'England show spirit - but how can Maguire start?' 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The dialogue can sound stiff in this tale of warring clans and courageous loyalty; scenes of mourning can feel ponderous. Review | It’s movement, not dialogue, that carries Synetic’s ‘Host and Guest’ 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z She went on to cycle through a series of additional high-concept costumes, each not-so-quick change accompanied by a ponderous video about … the quest for liberation in a world bent on dehumanization? At superstar stadium spectacle, Lady Gaga crashes through the surface 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z This kind of movie can easily become ponderous and pretentious, but Putka keeps everything wide open, in the spirit of his befuddled protagonists. Review: Hugh Bonneville of 'Downton Abbey' plays against type in thriller 'I Came By' 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The agency has long been criticized as too ponderous, focusing on collection and analysis of data but not acting quickly against new health threats. CDC director announces organization shake-up aimed at speed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “His writings are ponderous and sometimes unbelievably boring.” Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z But no need to make, you know, ponderous statements. Mike Davis is still a damn good storyteller 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It didn’t sweep at Cannes; ponderous documentaries won’t be made about it. Perspective | ‘Elf’ showcased James Caan’s soul 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z After more than a decade of low inflation and interest rates, policymakers are now in an environment of high inflation, where there isn’t time for ponderous decisions, only swift and decisive action. Inflation Is Posing 19 Problems for One Central Bank 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z But Time Out added: "It's just a bummer the play's not better. For all Comer's charisma, the text is stodgy, and the drama ponderous and lacking nuance." Prima Facie: Critics praise Jodie Comer in her West End debut 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z As a pair, “Macon” and “Georgia” don’t feel leaden and ponderous like a “mature” album might. Perspective | As Jason Aldean plays to the right, his sound takes a quiet left turn 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This is realism with all the ponderous weight but little of the visual payoff. Commentary: In 'Alma' and 'Apartment Living,' kitchen-sink realism returns to the theater L.A.-style 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z India's batting had been ponderous in their win against Pakistan and defeat by New Zealand, leading to a call for greater intent from captain Mithali Raj. India hammer Windies at World Cup 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Manchester United are a more ponderous outfit at the moment, unable to kill off games they should be winning with ease and looking susceptible at the back. Leeds v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The bustle of interest in Congress, in turn, sparked a rare reaction within the opaque and ponderous offices of the V.A. The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z All of that is weighty, ponderous stuff, and Sandra Bullock’s latest, “The Unforgivable,” puts a mid-’90s thriller veneer on it. Review: Sandra Bullock, great supporting cast bolster uneven 'The Unforgivable' 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s the script’s most ponderous motif and a reminder that Knight, as erratic as he is prolific, has a weakness for belaboring already blunt metaphors. Review: Kristen Stewart's 'Spencer' continues the Diana-ssance. But don't call it a biopic 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But despite its grand ambitions, the film gets lost in its ponderous ideas and caught in the constraining box of what an MCU film has to be. Marvel’s Eternals is big, beautiful, and empty 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Momoa brings the most levity to the occasionally ponderous film, sauntering from scene to scene with smiles and swagger. Dune puts an epic franchise ahead of its epic story 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This remake will confirm a stereotype of Bergman as psychologically ponderous and dull. HBO's 'Scenes From a Marriage' doesn't work. Bergman's original shows what's missing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Zawahiri is the ideologue of al-Qaeda, a man of thought rather than a man of action, and his writings are ponderous and sometimes unbelievably boring,” said Riedel, the former CIA official. As opportunity beckons in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda’s leader squabbles and writes ‘comically boring’ books 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The new round of hearings are proceeding in much the same fashion as the 41 previous ones over the last decade, which is to say they are fractious, ponderous and without an end in sight. It's been 20 years since 9/11, but the accused mastermind of the attacks has yet to stand trial 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “The tone he used in his prose — ponderous, ceremonious, civilized — was the precise opposite of the tone they wielded.” Colm Tóibín pens gripping retelling of Thomas Mann’s life in ‘The Magician’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Plucked from the base of a ponderous fountain in Paris’ Place de la Concorde, he’s a cast-iron spectacle with an odd cap of gilded foam. Review: Celeb photographer Matthew Rolston's fabulously weird Pageant of the Masters portraits 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z While the movie is undoubtedly crafted with care and precision, for me it was often itself stuck in the mud of the ponderous atmosphere it seems to insist upon. Did you love or loathe 'The Green Knight'? Either way, you're not alone 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z They fell to Sweden, 3-0, in their opening match and seemed tentative and ponderous at various points thereafter. U.S. Falls to Canada, a Stinging Blow in a Frustrating Olympics 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Though at times ponderous, the book is valuable reading for anyone drawn to the strange beauty within and just beyond science, and who wonders, as Poe did, what role a poet has to play. Edgar Allan Poe’s engagement with American science 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z If anything, their innings put India's ponderous effort into an even starker light. England cruise to ODI win over India 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z We were too slow and ponderous in possession and we did not need two men in that midfield holding role. 'What England need to change against Czechs' 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Vanity Fair tended to agree, declaring the "ponderous" piece to be "doomed" on arrival. Critics close curtains on The Woman in the Window 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Some of that might be put down to the slow nature of the pitch, with the long grass affecting the pace of England’s passing and making the team’s buildup appear ponderous. Kane back scoring for England in 2-0 win over Albania 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z That premise is goofy enough to be fun but, as executed by writer-director Justin P. Lange, the movie is too ponderous and dry — neither endearingly trashy nor effectively scary. Review: Exorcism thriller 'The Seventh Day' is too ponderous to raise a decent scare 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The issues she confronted in that role were politically thorny, economically ponderous and personally dangerous. A Nigerian corruption fighter nicknamed ‘Okonjo the trouble maker’ could shake up the WTO 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z “He was ponderous and always needed reams of data before choosing a course of action.” Jeff Immelt Oversaw the Downfall of G.E. Now He’d Like You to Read His Book. 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z His style was ponderous and scripted; even supporters called him wooden. David Dinkins, New York’s First Black Mayor, Dies at 93 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The findings suggest that the enormous herbivores of later eras, whose ancestors probably looked a lot like Buriolestes, lost these features as they transitioned to their ponderous new lifestyle. We’ve Rarely Seen a Dinosaur Brain Like This Before 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z As everyone knows who watched the hearings or read a journalistic account of them, Barrett’s raised notepad introduced a conspicuously light moment into these ponderous and predictable “hearings.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Barrett photo caption could have used more context 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z We've got a Pandora's Box full of reasons to believe our country has been seized by villains who don't care whether the entire system is crushed under Trump's ponderous bulk. Let's imagine the unimaginable: A second term for Donald Trump 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In ponderous tones with long pregnant pauses he promised the following. The unexpected rise of Japan's new prime minister 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z A man whom even critics concede is “interesting” became ponderous and boring. Opinion | Don’t let Trump’s distractions bury his record 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Despite the static poses, the gentle blur resulting from ponderous exposures records subtle signs of life, whilst all around remains motionless, halted. When home is both prison and sanctuary 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The PAC is accusing ministers and regulators of taking "too ponderous" an approach to improving infrastructure. England's future water supplies at 'serious risk' 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z At the conference, they met representatives from N.F.L. teams who were looking to automate the often ponderous task of tagging game footage. Can’t Scout Players in Person? The N.F.L. Turns to a Brooklyn Start-Up 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The last song - “Ode to the Mets” - is weighty, both ponderous and soaring, shapeshifting through various styles - a band looking back uneasily. Review: The Strokes triumph on their 1st album in 7 years 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z He was accused of being unable to do his job, of being undeserving of his pension, and was compared to Eeyore, the negative, ponderous donkey character from AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories. No 10 helping to smear top civil servants, says union leader 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The book is marketed as “propulsive,” but I often found it ponderous. Review: `Amnesty’ is a satisfying but frustrating read 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Because they're all terrified and impotent, quivering in the ponderous shadow of Trump. Did Trump try to bribe Julian Assange with a pardon? Well, he won't be impeached over it 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Parscale's Death Star is the latest wireframe to be installed, fortifying the president from totally collapsing under the ponderous weight of his own illegitimacy. How should Democrats fight back against Trump's billion-dollar "Death Star"? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Beyoncé’s ponderous Spirit was the lame old wildebeest eaten by the younger jackals on the Lion King soundtrack, so this is Lizzo’s to lose. Grammys 2020: who will win the big categories – and who should 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The voice crackling over the subway’s speaker system seemed off somehow: It was peppy — sarcastic even — and lighthearted in a way that clashed with the usual, ponderous tone of the daily commuting grind. Awkwafina’s Latest Role: Subway Announcer. New Yorkers Have Thoughts 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Like the broader system of government, which is designed around cumbersome checks and balances to prevent impulsive action, the traditional decision-making process for employing military force is ponderous. Perspective | Why did the Pentagon ever give Trump the option of killing Soleimani? 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Claude Puel began their transition from a counterattacking team to possession-based unit but did not understand his players well enough to see it through, leaving Leicester ponderous and prone to lapses in concentration. Brendan Rodgers’ reborn Leicester should not be overlooked in title race | Paul Doyle 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Their players’ despondent body language when Son Heung-min opened the scoring spoke volumes, and was reflected in the ponderous defending that assisted Spurs’ second and third goals. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z After Mr. Rogow concluded a ponderous, sometimes confusing cross-examination, the judge waited until the jurors had left the courtroom, then told him that he had “tested the patience of the jury a great deal.” Witness in Stone Trial Says Political Operative Misrepresented Him 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In ‘My life in technology’, he recalls rejecting the Latin word mathematica, learnt at school, as too long and ponderous. From sci-fi reality to sound, jet stream to light speed: Books in brief 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z One of few champions for the dystopian epic was the Guardian, which argued that it contains enough “thrilling set-pieces, blood spattering the camera lens, to compensate for the ponderous longueur in between.” All the lukewarm Apple TV+ reviews, from 'Morning Show' to 'Dickinson' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z They played straight-forward rugby, but it was ineffective and ponderous, missing any snap or bite. Dragons lack fire, not short on spirit at Rugby World Cup 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In his classic treatise “Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics,” Woodrow Wilson described the processes that accompany impeachment as “ponderous and difficult to handle,” not unlike the steps required to formally amend the Constitution. The Danger of the Supermajority Requirement in an Age of Impeachment 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z In each case the major problem was the same: a ponderous midfield being shredded in transition. For decadent, deficient Real Madrid the problems start in midfield | Jonathan Wilson 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In the end, however, Ad Astra offers little more than ponderous vagueness masquerading as depth. The gloriously surreal space epic Ad Astra is half a great movie 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z I found other parts of this slim book, totaling 124 pages of text, sometimes ponderous, packed with rhetorical questions that at times felt meandering. Review | On college campuses, managing the tension between inclusion and ideas 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Trump has hurled his ponderous bulk through wall after wall, Kool-Aid Man style, and once he leaves office, it’ll be up to the rest of us to repair those Trump-shaped holes. How do we recover from the surreal nightmare of this presidency? It will take some work 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The first the Brazilian made for himself just seconds into the game, robbing a ponderous Ahmed Elmohamady and charging towards the box from the left before fizzing his shot well over Tom Heaton’s goal. Harry Kane’s late double takes Spurs past resurgent Aston Villa 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The ponderous response plan, for example, underestimated the speed at which a fire would spread in Notre Dame’s attic, where no sprinklers or fire walls had been added to preserve the architecture. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anybody knew 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z This is a long novel, heavy with characters, back story and Scandinavian angst, but never feels ponderous. Nordic noir master Jo Nesbø takes another dark twist with 'Knife' 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He portrayed the current situation as the opposite extreme of the meticulous though sometimes ponderous decision-making process pursued by the previous administration. 'Whimsical, uninformed': French ambassador's parting verdict on Trump 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps the only discordant note is how long it takes the ponderous DeChambeau to play. Bryson DeChambeau said all week in Dubai his game was a little off … and then on Sunday he went out and won by seven - Golf Digest 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Kermit Lynch has a lesson for all writers on drink: “Wine is, above all, pleasure. Those who would make it ponderous make it dull.” From Brideshead to Bond: top 10 books on booze 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Many column inches are also spent on the ponderous speeches and daily movements of Xi Jinping, whether he is meeting the Togolese president, examining oversized vegetables or casually chatting to workers at a toy-mouse factory. Inside China’s audacious plan for global media dominance 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z This year’s group looked slow and ponderous on offense. Why the Seahawks' Earl Thomas flipped off his own team after fracturing his leg 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Not long ago, most California white wines weren’t known for their acidity; that’s because most were styled after a rather ponderous iteration of Chardonnay, and were relatively thick and cloying, about as mouthwatering as milk. Wines of the week: Weirdly refreshing white blends you should be drinking now 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Yet despite its singular star and bursts of audio-visual vibrancy, the film may prove more ponderous and patience-testing than enlightening or involving for all but the most intrepid viewers. Review: Eclectic jazz percussionist remains enigmatic in documentary ‘Milford Graves Full Mantis’ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z They will never have to prove themselves worthy of continued life, capable of standing on their own two ponderous, therapod feet. How politicians have corrupted the concept of “survival of the fittest” 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Not only are they complex, ponderous and costly; they also offer small returns to investors. Development-impact bonds are costly, cumbersome—and good 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The winning goal was a thing of beauty; the bigger concern lies in a defence that looked slow and ponderous when Japan came forward. World Cup 2018 power rankings: Brazil reign while Sweden still edge England 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Things turned ponderous right from the opener, when North Carolina and Oregon State played the longest nine-inning game, by time, in the tournament’s 72-year history — 4:24. Pace of Play Problems Plague College Baseball, Too 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Anti-American sanctions might sound like an extreme forecast -- until we begin to look at how our relationships are being crushed under the ponderous weight of Trumpism. What’s next for Trump after G7: A supervillain alliance with Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping and Putin? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The consensus from critics is that it led to an "unnecessary", "pointless", "cumbersome", "baggy", "badly written", "ponderous" and "boring" bit of TV. '13 Reasons Why gives me belonging' 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z "As drama, this is pointless, cumbersome, baggy, badly written, ponderous and boring." 13 Reasons Why return 'is unnecessary' 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Over the next few weeks, these larvae will shape-shift into ponderous insects, whose males have a can opener for a forehead and a name previously owned by a Roman demigod. Watch a Sausage-Size Insect Transform From Larva to Beetle 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z They set up camp in West Brom’s half and waited for an opening to present itself, hogging possession but ponderous with it. Jake Livermore’s late winner keeps alive West Brom hopes of staying up 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z And the European Union’s cautious, often ponderous approach to policymaking is now clashing directly with Mr. Trump’s unpredictability and aggressiveness. Europe Is Annoyed, Not Grateful, After Trump Delays Tariffs 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Those, he wrote, suffered from Washington’s vogue for institutional buildings to be “as gravely monumental, ponderous, heavy and Pharaonic as possible.” Perspective | When D.C.’s Intelsat building blasted off, it gained a lot of admirers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The prose becomes more matter-of-fact and less luminously ponderous. Review | A father on the run, and a young daughter trying to understand her world 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In perhaps a nod to that policy,Cuba’s official press was largely devoid on Wednesday of ponderous coverage of the Castro family’s ceding power. Castro rule in Cuba nears end as Miguel Diaz-Canel named sole candidate for leadership change 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z His decision to forego the match looked justified considering West Brom’s dreadful form, but the visitors easily coped with United’s ponderous attacks and looked dangerous going forward. United loses to West Brom 1-0, gifts EPL title to Man City 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z One look at its austere cover and ponderous subtitle and you know this is meant as a lasting, highbrow work — a big-think story of values and institutions clashing with tribalism and self-interest in Washington. Review | In his new book, James Comey calls for ‘ethical leadership.’ But does he live up to it? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z When handed possession, they were ponderous and resorted far too often to flicks and feints no better than hopeful. Olivier Giroud seals Chelsea’s comeback win to stun struggling Southampton 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Not everyone will be as ponderous as Ciro Immobile when presented with such generous gifts. International football: talking points from the latest friendlies 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The film’s abiding impression is of a ponderous mystery, complete with miracles and exorcisms, unfolding gradually amid brownish hills and grey lakes. Redeeming Mary Magdalene 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Early on, some obvious foreshadowing and convenient plot developments keep the story from becoming ponderous. A Quiet Place blends horror and drama in a silent world 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z A big difficulty in widening such bottlenecks is cumbersome procedures, legal hurdles and ponderous bureaucracies. Latin America needs an infrastructure upgrade 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In patches of ponderous prose, their book describes the ways in which treatment inhibits romance. Sex After Cancer 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Architecturally, Rotterdam contains some serious mishaps: enormous harlequin-print facades in assaulting primary colors; ponderous glass cantilevers. Why You’ll Want to Visit Rotterdam in 2018 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Everton was ponderous in attack, highlighting its desperate need for a striker in the January transfer window. Man United beats Everton 2-0 to end run of draws in EPL 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Are permits and regulatory approvals quick and reasonable or ponderous and hostile? Opinion | Luring Amazon to your city: A how-to guide 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Given the circumstances — utter crisis — it sure sounds ponderous. Coaches know what’s wrong with college basketball. It’s time they start fixing it. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “I guess I was always an archivist,” he said, smiling, surveying the spread, his glasses and ponderous forehead giving him an owllike bearing. Claes Oldenburg Is (Still) Changing What Art Looks Like 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Though the film suffers from its ponderous tone, and could stand to be about 20 minutes shorter, it boasts multi-dimensional, complex performances from its two above-the-line leads. Blade Runner 2049 and Tron: Legacy have a surprising number of things in common 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Around 1,500 Apollon fans made the journey from Cyprus and an enterprising start by the visitors, combined with the latest square-pegs-in-round-holes team selection and ponderous display from Everton, brought them early reward. Héctor Yuste earns 10-man Apollon Limassol draw with sluggish Everton 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Her eldest son, once so like her, shows signs of developing the ponderous looks of Philip, his grand-father. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen if this careful review will streamline the ponderous system or add another difficulty for the harried lawyers and hundreds of thousands of immigrants trying to work their way through it. Undocumented Immigrants May Get Less Time to Make Their Case 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The challenge is to avoid getting caught up in abstract corporate strategies or ponderous economic theories. Meet the Graduates of Walmart Academy 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z What was created was an elaborate concept piece, complete with lengthy interludes and ponderous spoken bits, tracking the progression of a single day into night. The Moody Blues open the season — and flirt with self-parody — at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z They were ponderous in possession and lacked bite in attack. Southampton 0-2 Arsenal 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The first 45 minutes were slow and ponderous, and the only exertions by the Southampton keeper were three very comfortable saves. Liverpool 0-0 Southampton 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z This is not a superhero movie in the ponderous mold of DC Comics’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” or even its fellow Marvel movies centering on Captain America and the Avengers. Review | ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’: Bigger, better — and more touching — than the original 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said he suddenly made “ponderous, unsolicited remarks regarding Francis, dinners, and women” to colleagues in the war zone and asked for help in erasing data from his electronic devices. Admiral’s illicit history with ‘Fat Leonard’ goes back 20 years, prosecutors say 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Humanity’s stubborn adherence to outdated modes of thinking is just one of the concerns of Pelsue’s script, which focuses on compelling character snapshots and doesn’t get too bogged down in ponderous allegorical broadsides. Review: Clever satire ‘Wellesley Girl’ imagines a futuristic kind of democracy 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z “It’s like a ponderous giant; that’s the nature of the beast.” History points to protracted and tough Brexit negotiations 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Politics may have once struck the ultrarich as a ponderous, ladder-climbing pursuit for stiffly programmed former class presidents, but President Trump has demonstrated that it can at least be tried on one’s own terms. Fame, Fortune and an Itch to Run for Office 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z At the end of the ponderous tale, script appears on the screen: “The will to succeed is always welcome here.” 84 Lumber and the big-budget Super Bowl ad to nowhere 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z On the other hand the attack was often ponderous, producing little pressure or consistent creativity in the final third of the field. Shallow MLS player pool continues to hamper national team 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The most recent installment, 2012’s prequel “Prometheus,” grossed more than $400 million worldwide, but critics and audiences were divided on the film, with some finding it ponderous and confusing. ‘The Young Pope,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ and more ‘Star Wars’: 2017 Movie and Television Preview 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Against the ponderous ground wars Obama considered the military to favor, Obama turned to the CIA’s drones, the NSA’s global surveillance dragnet and the secretive but violent raids of the Joint Special Operations Command. Obama's legacy: the promises, shortcomings and fights to come 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z But the film is ponderous, the performances mostly subdued. 7 movies open the week of Dec. 16: Here’s how they rate 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Anyway, thanks for dragging some of the realities of this ponderous issue into the daylight but it needs to be done. The Problem With One-Size-Fits-All Health Insurance 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z But when he replaced Blair in an uncontested succession, he proved ponderous and inept, and went down to defeat in the ensuing election. The human factor gave us both Brexit and Trump | Ian Jack 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “It was like being inside a robotic suit of armour. It was hard, uncomfortable and ponderous and the suit didn’t always move the way a human would,” he says. The robot suit providing hope of a walking cure 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Although the fictional parts are arranged to be dramatic — a pioneer story, full of obstacles — the staged scenes on Mars and on Earth are oddly plodding and ponderous, pious and platitudinous. Ron Howard takes us to 'Mars' (and it's a bumpy ride) 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The narrator is awkward, socially insecure, with a “ponderous and melancholy” face. Zadie Smith’s ‘Swing Time’ explores female friendship — and dancing 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Amongst the litany of government buildings in Seattle that people commonly love to hate, the ponderous King County Administration Building is usually at the top of the list. 7 great midcentury-modern moments in Seattle architecture 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Save the Day is very meta and acknowledges the absurdity of its premise, plus all the cliches that make Vote Your Future so ponderous. Vote Hollywood: ranking this presidential election's celebrity PSAs 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z But the Nerazzurri were desperately ponderous at times and there was a grim inevitability as they conceded twice in the final 20 minutes to throw the points away. Mauro Icardi v Inter's Ultras: an unhappy chapter in his ongoing San Siro saga 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Their defence remains ponderous, error-prone and, against the better teams, obliging. The Premier League returns: how are the title contenders shaping up? 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Their best win of the season, the 2-1 at Old Trafford, was built around a period of crisp, targeted early pressing that disrupted United’s ponderous central block. Liverpool and Spurs are setting the Premier League pace, in more ways than one | Barney Ronay 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A somewhat ponderous first half leads to a hard-charging second, filled with ingenious fight-scenes, glorious ocean liners and sublime underwater moments. Review: Wee, weird heroes star in ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z But elephants are likely to top the bill with countries bitterly divided over the best way to protect the ponderous pachyderms. Deep divisions over elephants to dominate key species meeting - BBC News 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Federal lore abounds with examples of the ponderous and protracted rule-making process. Federal drug testing rules race to catch up to illegal prescription drugs 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z They also realized the ponderous process to produce an official federal rule — it’s not uncommon for it to take five years — could leave them with something already outdated before it saw the light of day. Federal officials plan aggressive approach to driverless cars 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z It was a ponderous, artless performance, but who cares? After 22 years, the Rams are back in LA. Was it worth the wait? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Watford deservedly lead against a ponderous Manchester United, who look like a collection of players rather than a team. Watford v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Conte's animated touchline body language screamed out frustration as Chelsea struggled to exert any sustained pressure on Liverpool and were far too ponderous for long periods. Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z In those moments it must have been startling for the home crowd to see how ponderous their team looked in comparison. Manchester City’s derby delight as De Bruyne inspires triumph over United 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z And also a fair tolerance for ponderous philosophizing, because this film has quite a bit of that as well. Ranking every 'Star Trek' movie and TV series from first to worst 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Schiff went on to say, “If you play this piece at Beethoven’s tempi, then it’s not ponderous anymore. . . . It is not a piece in marble. . . . It is incredibly human and alive.” Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Now automation takes over in every sector, machines do most of the heavy or ponderous work; only relatively small number of workers is hired to revamp or supervise. Can Clinton or Trump Recapture Robust American Growth? 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Lester may have been a ponderous manager, but he was admired by staff and was admirably devoted to enforcement of the Coastal Act. This TV muckity-muck and coastal commissioner thinks the columnist is a conspiracy theorist 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Slow, ponderous and clumsy, his slip against Ireland in the last 16 created confusion that led to a second-minute penalty. A look at some tactical choices for France vs. Germany 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Yet, we fully expect them to beat Slovakia this afternoon, who felt themselves unable to cope even with England’s ponderous attack. Germany v Slovakia: Euro 2016 – live! 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Excess paperwork and ponderous regulation deter small and medium-sized businesses from exporting within North America, says Laura Dawson of the Wilson Centre, a think-tank in Washington, DC. Three amigos and two spectres 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The autofocus system is slow and ponderous, and you can hear the lenses cranking away as they rack back and forth trying to lock focus. Hasselblad’s X1D is a photography nerd’s dream camera 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But it's nevertheless inside iTunes, which remains a ponderous and confusing amalgam of too many functions and features. macOS Sierra preview: Siri is just the beginning 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z England’s build-up play is still too ponderous, allowing defenses to get in shape and making them harder to penetrate. Hodgson pleas for patience as England disappoints again 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet, we fully expect them to beat Slovakia this afternoon, who felt themselves unable to cope even with England’s ponderous attack. Germany v Slovakia: Euro 2016 – live! 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z They did so in spectacular fashion, overwhelming a ponderous Russia side with one of the most impressive performances in Welsh football history. Russia 0-3 Wales 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Brussels and its multiple officious agencies are remote; their ponderous processes offer no prompt resolution to the issues that worry Britons most, including a surge of immigrants via the borderless E.U. A ‘Brexit’ would be perilous not just for the U.K., but for the world 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Unlike Italy, which in its 2-0 victory over Belgium moved with great efficiency as a unit, France’s transitional phases are proving more ponderous. Silky at times, France lacking cutting edge at Euro 2016 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Batman is defined by his barely varying rage — there's a funny little fan-art concept about that floating around the internet in a wide variety of iterations — and Batman Begins established a particularly grave, ponderous tone. The Indistinguishable X-Men: the narrowing range of superhero emotions 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z There's no lengthy opening cutscene or ponderous tutorial — your character starts the game in chains, breaks free in seconds, and the action begins from there. Doom is the Mad Max: Fury Road of video games 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z When they don’t — and there are some misfires here — the results are strident and ponderous. ANOHNI's new album HOPELESSNESS is stunning, strident protest music 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z He called the film “corny” at times but also vastly more entertaining than ponderous climate yawners like Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2007 “The 11th Hour,” which bombed at the box office. ‘Climate Hustle,’ anti-climate change film, to air in theaters Monday 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z This new generation of public feminists, including Beth Ditto, Lena Dunham and Tavi Gevinson, cite her as an inspiration, finding in her writing a ribald and ponderous succession to the New York School. The Poet Idolized by a New Generation of Feminists 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z With the Lakers last season, he seemed miscast inside the team’s ponderous offensive system. Jeremy Lin Tries On His Newest Label: Solid N.B.A. Player 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "So AJ gets a belt, looked slow ponderous, & still looked like a bodybuilder, let me slay the lamb," he wrote on Twitter. Ruthless Joshua claims IBF world heavyweight crown 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z “An elephant, a ponderous house, / A melon strolling on two tendrils.” Joy, fear and hating the word ‘bump’: nine things I learned about pregnancy 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z But today at least the West’s ponderous wait-them-out approach to the murderous fanatics of the caliphate looks like capitulation. In Brussels, Europe Is Struck at Its Heart 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Melissa Click’s firing process was abnormal, legal but beyond the intentionally ponderous steps outlined for consideration of a faculty dismissal, which involve a series of considerations by departments and faculty before final execution by administration. Recent Missouri Editorials 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Asian stocks took a step back on Monday after three consecutive weeks of gains as a retreat in oil prices left investors in a ponderous mood about the health of the global economy. Asian stocks ease as investors wary after oil drops 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z A tangled bureaucracy, knotty laws and ponderous courts mean that while India ranks eighth in protecting minority shareholders, it trails in 178th place for enforcing contracts and in 183rd place for securing construction permits. Bouquets and brickbats 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The country’s ponderous labour code, currently longer than the Bible, should limit itself to basic protection of workers, and leave bosses and unions within firms to hammer out finer details. Working nine to four 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z EST 09:16 12 min: United do look purposeful when attacking though – none of that ponderous stuff – and a slick move sees a Mata cross flicked away from the poised Lingard by the head of ... Manchester United v Arsenal: Premier League – live! 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Spare a thought for the Catholics of St Louis, Missouri, weighed down as they are with ponderous spiritual matters. Missouri Catholics in cookie crisis as archbishop questions Girl Scout values 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z But it’s all suddenly very ponderous, and Howson is allowed to burst off up the other end. Norwich City v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The only frustration for Anfield lay in the ponderous touch of Christian Benteke, a striker clearly struggling for confidence, yet even he ended the contest after telling contributions for Allen’s and Teixeira’s goals. Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool kids kill off Exeter City’s FA Cup dream 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He tries to carefully curl a low shot towards the bottom right, but it’s too ponderous and easily blocked by Moore-Taylor. Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City: FA Cup third-round replay – as it happened 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z But too often it becomes ponderous and anodyne. How Louis van Gaal has gone from Manchester United hero to close-to-zero 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z It slows these tracks down, renders them ponderous. Pusha T's Darkest Before Dawn is a skeletal and steely stocking stuffer 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z But it’s all suddenly very ponderous, and Howson is allowed to burst off up the other end. Norwich City v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Kenny’s bones have been in Hawaii for several years, Stuck explains, but DNA testing - to identify positively each soldier whose remains were found in that grave - is a ponderous process. Remains of Korean War veteran identified, heading home 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z He tries to carefully curl a low shot towards the bottom right, but it’s too ponderous and easily blocked by Moore-Taylor. Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City: FA Cup third-round replay – as it happened 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Griffiths appeared ponderous as his familiar instinctive finishing deserted him. Griffiths takes blame for exit 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Bravely, he and his men attacked, but the slow, ponderous planes without fighter support were chopped up by Japanese fighters and anti-aircraft guns. Sioux Falls man shows, tells stories of aviation heroes 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z He’s overly ponderous, and a chance to put the game away is spurned. Watford v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z NATO's problem is that such a strategy is still embryonic while developments in Europe's neighborhood are moving faster than the ponderous approach of the 28-nation defense pact, created in 1949 to deter the Soviet threat. Upstaged NATO searches for '360-degree' response to Russia 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Speaking before his name was linked with the Sunderland job, Bradley was ponderous about whether he could prove the US manager who sparks keener interest in the American coaching stable. Will an American ever coach in one of Europe's top leagues? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And there’s probably few better ways to frustrate someone who is used to working in leadership in an agile, market-responsive organization than to put them into a ponderous, slow-moving procedural political administration,” Rackaway said. Few original Brownback cabinet secretaries remain 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Until Depay slid in the opener in first-half stoppage time, the hosts looked ponderous in attack but once they went 2-0 up after good work from Anthony Martial, Sunderland had little to offer in response. Manchester United 3-0 Sunderland 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z He’s overly ponderous, and a chance to put the game away is spurned. Watford v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z He drawls along in a ponderous manner like a hick farmer standing in a pulpit pretending to be God.” The Journalist Who Was His Own Inside Source 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The result was emphatic but the display was ponderous, particularly in the first half when Eden Hazard, usually Chelsea’s most dangerous player, missed a penalty and routinely lost possession for his team. Chelsea hammers Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in the Champions League 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Recent years at the organization, however, have proven the reform process to be slow and ponderous. FIFA Chief Auditor Proposes Radical Shakeup of Top Officials 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Home advantage and the increased tempo of Villa under Tim Sherwood ought to give them the edge over notoriously ponderous opposition in a match where goals and entertainment look guaranteed. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Much of Everton's play was laboured and ponderous and, despite improving in the second half, they owed their recovery to a moment of brilliance from Barkley. Everton 2-2 Watford 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z They were particularly ponderous in attack against the Gunners last weekend, creating very little in the Community Shield showdown at Wembley. Chelsea v Swansea City: Premier League – as it happened 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Weak links Opponents will take note of our sometimes ponderous midfield and the inability of our strikers to hit the net. Premier League fans’ verdicts part 2: Newcastle United to West Ham United 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z I wanna say he quit the game because somehow it had become too burdensome and ponderous for him, and now he hits it and quits when he takes the stage. What Do Poker And Crack Have In Common? A Pro Tells All 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z It doesn't help that the actors saddled with the ponderous, baffling script are devoid of charisma and interpersonal chemistry. 'Mad Women' tests credulity, patience and good taste 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As things stand, FIFA’s ethics committee cannot even release the names of the officials it is investigating until the case is closed—a slow, ponderous process that often takes years. FIFA’s Ethics Committee Seeks More Transparency 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z They were particularly ponderous in attack against the Gunners last weekend, creating very little in the Community Shield showdown at Wembley. Chelsea v Swansea City: Premier League – as it happened 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Here the plot is flatter and slower and the writing more ponderous. Go Set a Watchman launch – follow it live 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z All of Kennedy’s worst traits — the ponderous self-importance, the leaps of logic, the worship of state power — were on display. The Supreme Court made the right call on marriage equality — but they did it the wrong way 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The characters are quirky, the film’s plot deals with social issues/topicality without being navel-gazing or ponderous about it, and the action is real. 'Green Lantern,' 'Fight Club,' And More Flops That Topped Their Opening Weekends 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It is a long, ponderous process to grow the gourds, sometimes needing a full year to reach their perfect ripeness. Marshall man carves out new career with gourds 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z England's pace might come in useful against an experienced Norwegian side that has looked ponderous at times. Europeans turn on the style as World Cup enters knockout round 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Here the plot is flatter and slower and the writing more ponderous. Go Set a Watchman launch – follow it live 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The ponderous and unnecessary set of procedures in place is allowing the Islamic State to exploit our desire to avoid civilian causalities to commit atrocities on the ground. How to defeat the Islamic State 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z And while that has stimulated substantive debate on those issues, it's also slowed the already ponderous Senate process to a crawl. GOP Majority Making Some Progress in Congress 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “There are great anecdotes but it may not be sufficiently remunerative to justify the creation of what may be a ponderous auditing apparatus.” Giving Taxpayers a Cut When Government R&D Pays Off for Industry 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z He describes “How to deal with Norman Mailer?” as the “first ponderous sentence” of Buckley’s obituary for the novelist. Mailer and Buckley’s Combative Camaraderie 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z As a linguist and former librarian, I had long pictured Webster as the stuffy 19th-century figure who gave his name to the ponderous dictionary displayed on a stand in the library. Noah Webster Would Have Loved Urban Dictionary 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z That’s why the parties at Davos are where the ponderous Alpine gabfest is most likely to create real value for the assembled technocrats and plutocrats. Plutocrats Gone Wild 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z For Mr. Lulaj, the building was far more than just a ponderous shell. La Foresta in Killingworth is a Farmhouse With Big Visions and Big Portions 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Its ponderous name notwithstanding, New York City Football Club isn’t burdened with the history that New York’s other pro sports teams carry with them. Watching N.Y.C.F.C. at Yankee Stadium 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z "The lead in its feet has a lot to do with the ponderous lyrics, but at the heart of the matter, this material doesn't cry out to be a musical," it said. 'Finding Neverland' gets its hook into Broadway 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Above this slightly ponderous fray, the Chicago rapper and singer Tink runs through her skill set. The Musical Dangers of Globalization 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z I really do think the pace that Liverpool have in midfield, the forward positions and wide areas will prove too much for United, whose football is so ponderous in comparison. Lawro's predictions v the Eggheads 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The WHO, notoriously slow off the mark when it came to Ebola, is widely regarded as too ponderous and bureaucratic to react with the speed needed to nip an emerging epidemic in the bud. Never again 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z At this rate, ponderous and chin-scratching articles about the Democrats’ problems with the white working class should be just on the horizon. 2016′s grotesque beginning: How Jeb & Hillary are quietly competing to win Wall Street’s heart 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z As pressure mounted on former captain Alastair Cook at the back end of 2014, England were regularly criticised for their ponderous approach at the beginning of an innings. What have we learned at World Cup? 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Compare them to others who were more ponderous and overly cautious. There's A Need for Speed: 5 Surprising Keys To Accomplish More Faster 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, the 1919 award was perhaps one of the Nobel Committee’s least auspicious decisions, for it inflated Stark’s already ponderous sense of self-importance and entitlement. How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Predictable, ponderous and without imagination, Cambridge United looked the livelier side and any potential threat United did pose was produced at such a pedestrian tempo it was easily snuffed out. Man Utd twitchy, Cambridge terrific as two worlds collide 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z But the forum’s real theme is less ponderous, and more constant: the power of networking. The network effect 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z If the industrial age was about stratified, multilevel decision making, a ponderous process heavy on bureaucracy and overhead, the social age is about being nimble and flatter — more focused, more agile. Go Social Or Go Home: How Leaders Can Win In 2015 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The magical atmosphere and eccentric characters lighten the ponderous tendencies in “The Hobbit” movies — and this is the last one! From ‘Annie’ to ‘X-Men,’ Family Filmgoer’s favorite films of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But the movie is ponderous and sometimes slow. Review: 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' -- An Improvement Over DeMille 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The big companies are more reliable – at least some of them – but their ponderous legacy structures are not sustainable. The Ugly Cost Of Developing New Drugs -- Can We Make It Prettier? 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Liverpool were ponderous going forward, short on confidence and devoid of the intensity that is the trademark of Rodgers' work. Chelsea and Liverpool 'poles apart' 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The provocative, sometimes ponderous, meditation on environmental ruin, intellectual freedom and the demise of manifest destiny? ‘Interstellar’ movie review: There’s a lot, but does it add up to anything? |
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