| 单词 | practical |
| 例句 | Physics, Chemistry, and Biology had been replaced by Fundamentals of Industry and Agriculture, because of Chairman Mao’s instruction to “combine education with practical experience.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason he had helped Marcus and Salim carry out their practical joke, maybe because that’s all he thought it was. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s also a very practical reason for clambering up and down mountains, or doing anything arduous and unglamorous, what PIH-ers called “scut work.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I want to be logical, practical, the way Pop taught me to be when dealing with injuries. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Since the Research Corporation already held his patent on the cyclotron, which was the only practical apparatus for manufacturing radioactive substances, “therefore it is not necessary to have a patent on the substances themselves.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Being born with a sickly resemblance to Henry Fonda was the first of a long series of practical jokes of which destiny was to make Major Major the unhappy victim throughout his joyless life. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Indeed, it was one of the greatest feats of practical geometric inference in history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Camenae began as useful and practical goddesses who cared for springs and wells and cured disease and foretold the future. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumfoord was thinking in a military manner: that an inconvenient person, one whose death he wished for very much, for practical reasons, was suffering from a repulsive disease. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wash away the poor firsts” said Auntie, practical now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t someone have put Harry’s name in the goblet as a trick, a practical joke? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Roy was a practical boy; he knew the odds were overwhelmingly against him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s so quintessentially practical that most people would never guess she has a thing for angels. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She concealed her anguish under the brisk, practical mask of a schoolteacher. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it would be laughable for me to continue to study luxurious and abstract knowledge when a world of practical utility awaited my laboring hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not a theoretical joker, like me, but a practical one, which means he actually carried out his jokes. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He did this, he knew; he dispensed with things, trying to be like other people — decisive, practical — only to discover he’d overdone it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a list of practical, achievable goals that can help a newcomer build a stable, productive life; it usually includes English fluency, job training, counseling, and lessons in money management. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Where will he sleep?” asked Ben softly in a practical tone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They were like children crying out that they would build a house—but, when it came to building, they had not the practical ability. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To use the technical term, general intelligence and practical intelligence are “orthogonal”: the presence of one doesn’t imply the presence of the other. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I took the stance that our actions should be based not on idealistic considerations but on practical ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What matters for present purposes is Montaigne’s rejection not of the practical knowledge, of wine-making and bread-baking, of his day, but of the learned knowledge, of medicine, geography, astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But would it be practical to manufacture anything in orbit? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And remarry he did, to a princess from a neighboring kingdom, a practical union that made both kingdoms stronger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z By the time he came to produce it, Rhetoric answered a directly practical problem. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Kaori had explained that television was too practical, too traditional, too everyday for the Tanaka daughters, but the poor kid didn’t seem to get it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Lyra’s way to brood; she was a sanguine and practical child, and besides, she wasn’t imaginative. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The official ideology abounds with contradictions even where there is no practical reason for them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I love the symbolism, Daniel, but it isn’t practical. Paper clips don’t rot; berries do.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he issued a statement to the press complaining about how he had “received no co-operation from the Police Commissioner and no help or practical suggestions from the Governor.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I wonder just how many outcasts have been driven to suicide because of just one too many tauntings or practical jokes on a particular afternoon? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The mulefa, practical and anxious to find out, offered at once to build her whatever she needed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "I'm sorry," I said, trying hard to sound practical, "but I don't go to movies." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z To practical men of industry the possibilities seem real enough so that at least one major electronic corporation is preparing to set up a laboratory to test them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Presently, however, two more practical people arrived in the little wood. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She brought it out calmly, “He developed a sense of humor—it’s an escape, you see, a method of partial escape from reality. He became a practical joker.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z There were times when they all favored practical theories. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no sense in being anything but practical though, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her practical reasoning last night now seemed cowardly, unimaginative. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z In the jockeys’ room he orchestrated a string of clever practical jokes, sequestered himself in corners to pore over literature, and mystified his fellow jocks with aphorisms from Omar Khayyam and “Old Waldo” Emerson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would be killing two birds with one stone, writing a novel and learning something practical as well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z That practical difficulty probably explains the tantalizingly early appearance of some technologies, followed by a long delay in their further development. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two andys together—this isn’t a moral question, it’s a practical question. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He may not have experience in practical application, but he’s done research. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He chuckled quietly at the memory, like a schoolboy who has just played a particularly good practical joke. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Though hawking had a practical purpose — obtaining meat for the table — this was perhaps less important than the excitement and prestige the sport provided. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z She was friendly but practical, and she had lots of cheap things to suggest, like baths with Epsom salts and even feeding the chicken some olive oil. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The Wart had heard about people who lived on berries, but this did not seem practical at the moment, because it was July, and there were none. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, in practical terms, it was impossible not to turn away from an inmate occasionally—as Rufino’s shiner demonstrated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Put their tails down and slunk right out from under the best practical joke ever thought up by man or boy in Cold Sassy, Georgia. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Well, that is progress! And did I just hear some mention of yeast? Are you reading a cookbook? That would be a very practical thing to study.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z While this book is thus ultimately about history and prehistory, its subject is not of just academic interest but also of overwhelming practical and political importance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the practical rather than the medical standpoint this distinction is of little importance, however, because these petroleum solvents are an inseparable part of most common spraying practices. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Five dollars was the kind of money you could live on for a week back then, but practical considerations were unlikely to occur to a bug boy in such a situation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had wanted something practical, something she could use to stave off her growing fears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Partly it was the old pleasure that he always derived from mastering new tools and solving practical problems—working out the angles and planes at which the cedar would or wouldn’t cleave cleanly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Here was an opportunity to make practical use of the theories in which he had marinated for years—and in the service of a fight against Fascism that he took seriously indeed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sweet was not formally educated, but she trained Dad well in the practical aspects of life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But in practical terms, concerted cultivation has enormous advantages. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I ate alone and walked back to my room in the snowy twilight, with a sour, humorless feeling as if I were the victim of a practical joke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Generating an electrical charge of a few thousand volts was practical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ah, to have had a practical education in knots! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, my God!” he wailed, and all his practical composure went up in hysteria. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He’s a fighter, a practical voice chides me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I’d color-coded our collection of maps with tags made of free paint chips from the hardware store, a practical bit of flair learned from season 4, episode 11: “Neat for Next to Nothing.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Seems the gas station man was a real card and liked to welcome dumb rookies with his little practical joke. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before tackling this problem, however, we need to unpack the apparently straightforward notion of practical knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Radar, which has so many uses in modern navigation, didn’t exist in a practical form in the 1930s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As a practical matter, they have no other choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In a way this was Finny’s view, except that naturally he saw it comically, as a huge and intensely practical joke, played by fat and foolish old men bungling away behind the scenes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie flew the practical test for her “A” license, the basic pilot’s license, six months before all civil aircraft were grounded in August. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I know you had to be practical and use what you had. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She was the practical one, the unemotional one, the good student. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Or we can try, in an immediate and practical way, to fix the flawed snap decisions that distort the course of justice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There were practical reasons for his joy, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z These bureaucratic minefields are the modern-day equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests—“colorblind” rules designed to make voting a practical impossibility for a group defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This was, in part, because the Egyptians were of a practical bent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He stares at me, his eyes following my body from my head to my feet, not lingering anywhere—a practical, scientific gaze. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Was that just a practical calculation of our chances of survival away from the district? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I reach my street five minutes before I usually do, according to my watch—which is the only adornment Abnegation allows, and only because it’s practical. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The accidental visit of Aunt Maggie to Memphis formed a practical basis for my planning to go north. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained a wealth of practical information on surviving at sea after a shipwreck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We sang at the campfire and raced chariots and played practical jokes on the other cabins. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But for most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The counselor had recently tried to redirect him from his focus on English to more of a science and math orientation so he could take something practical, like engineering, in college. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Decide what notes must be in those chords, find a practical fingering for them, play the notes and see what they sound like. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And once the advice became practical and personal, it became memorable. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “More practical arrangements. Have you got a safe at your house?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In my reading of Marxist works, I found a great deal of information that bore on the type of problems that face a practical politician. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only practical approach to Nomansan Island was by the long, narrow bridge that ran from its bank to the mainland’s wooded shore a half mile away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “We have a few preliminary questions before the practical demonstration. Your name, miss?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But it does show how ingenious Galileo was, and his skill at practical work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There were also practical reasons why he wanted to broker a compromise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The practical art of conducting men,” he answered. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson’s personal approach to her life and career was disarmingly modest and practical. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He had learnt as a practical business that fundamental statements like this had to be said at least twice, before everyone understood them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Their concerns tended to be practical rather than philosophical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A practical man, he apologized at once for his thoughtless heresy, then cheerfully repeated the assertions throughout his subsequent writings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I think it must be a practical joke. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They studied mechanics in theory but they had no practical interest in machines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Probably any one of the boys from the Palace Flophouse could have made the truck run, for they were all competent practical mechanics, but Gay was an inspired mechanic. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two types of preparation: practical and mental. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This theory, like Huygens’s theory of oscillating systems, grew out of a piece of practical work connected with astronomy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In the beginning I knew no Kikongo beyond the practical words she taught me, so I was spared knowing how she cursed our mortal souls as evenhandedly as she nourished our bodies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like “knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When it came down to it, though, I don’t recall our taking many practical steps towards defending Miss Geraldine; our activities always revolved around gathering more and more evidence concerning the plot itself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Oberth figured out the mathematical equations which proved that space flight was practical. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It is simply a practical and effective one if your goal is the acquisition of new knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Too warm for the Mexican heat, but practical. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So the CPS school-choice program did help prepare a small segment of otherwise struggling students for solid careers by giving them practical skills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We did not tarry, but Charles, who is ever practical in his considerations, swept in to secure the man’s musket and powder horn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Part of it was practical: without a phone or even the internet, there weren’t many options outside a dusty zipper case of CDs his mom had from high school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Understanding fractions, and decimals, and percentages, and even geometry—all that was practical. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My father operated from a practical place, sensing that resources were limited and maybe so, too, was time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The practical range of cannon fire was about a mile, so in a battle on land that was the crucial range for improving vision. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “They’re much more practical—and very useful for Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, happy days, and happy-go-lucky.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor could they ignore the old ladies’ practical advice to improve their English through Bible study class on Wednesday nights and, later, through choir practice on Saturday mornings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was always on to me to learn shorthand after college, so I'd have a practical skill as well as a college degree. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The car is a very expensive one, a Whirlwind; better than the Chariot, much better than the chunky, practical Behemoth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are nonmagical beings. But I have learned a few practical principles that help me manage things. Nothing you would find very remarkable.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As a military man, he was skeptical about explosive devices that were too powerful to serve as practical weapons, and less impressed than Truman with the idea that bigger was invariably better. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Furniture was standard throughout the community: practical, sturdy, the function of each piece clearly defined. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I found myself wondering if this was all some monstrous practical joke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Your father’s a very practical man. No, we need something stealthier than a pool.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Jay Cee interrupted me now and then to tell me something practical or a bit of gossip. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I think about stepping closer to him, not for any practical reason, but just because I want to see what it would be like to stand that close to him; just because I want to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “If this is a practical joke ...” He slowed the car. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Father had been practical, he probably would not have been trying to fly in the first place. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Ewell said, “1 didn’t think it was, ah, practical. We were waiting, ah, for many reasons. We had marched all day, and fought, and your orders were a caution against bringing on a general engagement.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you please put all your books back in your bags. Today’s will be a practical lesson. You will need only your wands.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This was the practical thing to do, he hinted, to imprison the man rather than risk the anger of Haitians who were starting to lose confidence in Captain Carroll’s leadership. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Instead, for practical purposes the collision of advanced Old World and New World societies began abruptly in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was the person folks called for advice, prayer, and practical help when someone got into trouble or ended up in jail. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had consumed practical guides to homicide investigations, so I knew that the longer it took to solve a crime, the more likely it was that it would never be solved. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z They were a practical people and they did not care about “Violet-tressed Muses who inspire song,” or “Lyric Apollo making sweet melodies upon his golden lyre,” or anything of that sort. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pappa was just a deeply practical man, which Rishi could appreciate. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Flamenco dancing had no practical application in the closed society prevailing in the capital back then, but Nicolas ran a discreet announcement in the paper offering his services as a teacher of that fiery art. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His sister, who was a hard, rather practical person, used to complain that there were too many scents at Manderley, they made her drunk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Cicero was a model of the practical rhetorician. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I might have to give up on practical. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z That voice was practical, and served as yet another reminder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If you think about it, though, there really isn’t any practical difference between those two things. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Then let’s put this on a practical basis right now. Do you want Negroes by the carload in our schools and churches and theaters? Do you want them in our world?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And in her practical way she scraped together a small square of dust, and with a twig from a pigeon’s nest began drawing a map on the floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “No wonder you don’t wear it. This watch is practical. Look here.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So for all practical purposes you were up to your neck in a crime in which a man was murdered. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed by pain, weeping silently, my mouth open and my hands at my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As the practical details piled up in his mind, Conant, who had come to Chicago still imbued with the skepticism about atomic weaponry prevailing in Bush’s circle, finally began to reconsider. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Clearly this was not satisfactory either for keyboard tuners or composers, who were in practical terms restricted to certain keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was only a practical vessel of helpful service, waiting to be filled up with recipes and knitting patterns. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Père Lafontant despised the concept because he knew what it meant in practical terms: the simplest technology was for the poor, while the rich had the resources to afford the best technology. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Awesome, right? We’re a practical people,” I say, only half kidding. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And since it doesn’t come naturally to many elementary students, it must be furthered by doing numerous problems, some practical, some more fanciful. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not the most practical pursuit. Art is a nice side hobby, for when you have the time. But it’s not something you pursue for itself.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A howl of laughter went up irrepressibly. “. . . this monstrous practical joke,” the Director shouted. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But these were laboratory experiments, still a long way from practical application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And then, ever practical, he said, “What did you do with the wood?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Maybe turning water to wine is more impressive and practical, but what you’ve done is no mean feat either.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Merle Tuve, who was still struggling to produce high-energy particles with his obstreperous Tesla coil, saw little practical application for Lawrence’s curved variation on a linear accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Hence the laughter of the women to whom he made proposals, the practical joking of his equals among the men. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a year she was prepared to exchange the frog on the dissecting table for some small, practical concessions. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved the way she would sit up naked in his bed, her long white back swiveled away from him, look at her watch and say in her practical way “Oops, I must be off.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But what I knew to be practical advice didn’t lessen my disappointment at not being able to watch Ernie march triumphantly to the stage to receive that diploma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If I have any goal for Blink, it is that it will encourage this kind of practical problem solving. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z To build a school was to unite the practical and the moral, Farmer realized. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In the Motor-HJ, boys trained on motorcycles and learned practical mechanical skills and traffic and car regulations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And also, as I said at the beginning, I am writing it down for somewhat more practical matters. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z On a practical level, living on a five-hundred-yard-long mesa was a daunting task. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The key issue here is one of timescale: How long should one wait before dismissing a theoretical achievement or a technological advance as having little or no practical relevance? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For guitarists, pianists, and other chord players: Get some practical practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For practical purposes, it would probably be best for us not to be biologically social, in the long run. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the term ‘natural philosophy’ was unsatisfactory because it implied the new philosophy was rather like the old, that it had no practical application. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For various practical reasons, principally to do with the long, punishing winters of northern New England, there are only so many available months to hike the trail each year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He had the confidence of a person who knew practical things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Combing out Ruth May’s hair at least seemed motherly and practical, so I concentrated on that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In his spare time, Louie crashed society weddings, worked as a movie extra, and harassed his housemates with practical jokes, replacing their deviled ham with cat food and milk with milk of magnesia. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z When Valentine’s addresses took a stern tone, his practical disposition overcoming his generosity, Gloria stepped in to smooth matters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When they reach the point of the lesson that includes the practical demonstration, he instructs the boy to place the ring on his own hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I supposed there was some sense in creating practical things. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There is no practical way to remove them by treatment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The system of mass incarceration is now, for all practical purposes, thoroughly immunized from claims of racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “And then they found it wasn’t very practical as a church.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I never sought to undermine Mr. de Klerk, for the practical reason that the weaker he was, the weaker the negotiations process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The great intellectual achievements of antiquity had few immediate practical applications. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever organized and practical, he went on to ask her to think about the decisions they would have to make—mostly where they would live. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Communism had found a moral code that could control the conduct of men, yet it was a code that stemmed from practical living, and not from the injunctions of the supernatural. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the days of modern embalming, incense had a practical application. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Electric blue in colour, up to eight inches in height and very mischievous, the pixie delights in tricks and practical jokes of all descriptions. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Equal temperament, or the ‘well-tempered’ keyboard, wasn’t perfect, but it was a practical solution to what had hitherto seemed intractable problems. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the lecture and this small sampling paled in comparison to the main event of our chemical-agents education—the practical class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it practical—a way to raise children without interference? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z First her mom thinks Alicia and her dad are ganging up on her to play a practical joke. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One Harvard computer, Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Seeing how I’m not very inventive, I had to pilfer the idea from John Asscraft, who’d recently handed out some practical advice for staying alive in an orange America. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Statistical significance and practical significance are two different things. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they demanded to look in her tow sack, it contained nothing practical, only odd tokens she had collected, like a small wooden duck and a blue glass bottle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nor was Galileo, when he invented the hydraulic press, working on some new, practical problem that only a competent engineer could tackle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There are practical side effects to all this costly effort. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For the state, a death sentence would be the most practical verdict. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A practical joke backfires, and suddenly you’re treated like Jack the Ripper. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dunstan Thorn was not in the Seventh Magpie that evening: he was a practical lad, who had, for the last six months, been courting Daisy Hempstock, a young woman of similar practicality. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I stared at Annabeth, figuring she’d crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z What I admired most was his flair for practical jokes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ever the pragmatist, Rutherford was the first to see that there could be a valuable practical application in this. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was less dramatic and far more practical than her girlhood had led her to believe. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Galileo’s physics was intended to be practical but turned out to be of little practical use in its most obvious field of application. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z According to the latter criticism, it is not enough to consider good institutions as a proximate influence whose origins are of no further practical interest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The real problem is convincing the board that this kind of research has practical value.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z His mind leaps from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of burning skyscrapers to very practical issues, such as how to get a duvet to stay on a bed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “The Persians were master poisoners. These are practical handbooks, how-tos if you will. I don’t know of anything quite like them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My foot grew numb and wooden from the cold, and while that worried some rational piece of me, my practical side was just glad there was one less part of me that hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “However, a man, an arcanist, must focus himself on the present day. He must attend to practical things.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pollard’s injuries, involving fragmented bones that ground together each time he moved, were agonizing, and medicine offered few practical solutions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t wear any of my shoes, except my ski boots, which are not very practical around the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Quintilian goes on to argue, interestingly, that sometimes what might be decorous in practical terms could be unbecoming sub specie aeternitate. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This to the practical bum is not difficult. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, she was practical and a sociology major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "These handmade candles are both practical and romantic," she said, peddling her wares from apartment door to apartment door to frightened tenants at seven in the morning. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they wanted to rent an apartment smaller and cheaper but better situated and generally more practical than the present one, which Gregor had found. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He was impatient with his lessons, mouthed off at teachers, got poor grades, spent his hours coining witticisms and engineering elaborate practical jokes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone practical like Perilee might tell me it was only the buffalo grass, warmed to sweetness by the spring sun. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But is it possible, in terms of practical engineering, to travel close to the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The difference in the speed of clocks at different heights above the earth is now of considerable practical importance, with the advent of very accurate navigation systems based on signals from satellites. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was interesting stuff, but it also felt practical. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If telescopes with a magnification of 20X had had a practical application, they would have had them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I had one very practical reason never to work in the daytime, aside from my inclinations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But we were mainly there for practical reasons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was busy climbing my ladder, which was sturdy and practical and aimed straight up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Confining ions in a magnetic field for about one hundred orbits was practical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The enlisted men were playing a practical joke! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He combined practical and theoretical knowledge, as Hooke had in watchmaking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Grandpa had thought up Southern Independence Day way back in February as a practical joke on the United States of America. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In this way, my family was quite practical. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I said I thought a ridge that flattened out on top and had a little depth would be easier and more practical to hold than a succession of small mountains. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Was it practical to plan Apollo that way? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The valuable things were books and records, surgical instruments and optical glass and such things that a practical working burglar wouldn’t look at twice. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This number plays the role of “practical infinity” for computer problems which are solvable but only theoretically. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s so practical. Have you always known what you wanted to be?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He uses phrases like “mutual respect” and “exemplary manners,” while people slump in their seats and yawn, waiting for practical information like grading or homework policies. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A practical idea, perhaps, the way things were going, but suppose an accidental shooting took place? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z White women were sprinkled throughout the crowd, many in the front row, their knee-length skirts sensibly accessorized with the practical footwear that could stand up to treks across the Langley campus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In this respect, then, the way Estraven proposed for us was highly practical. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Students are encouraged to consider social problems and responses to ‘practical’ dilemmas in a modern world through which angels and devils no longer dance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This is my favorite part of the day, practical drills, getting to actually work with the splendor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Skeet was an extrovert, a goofball, a practical joker. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For practical purposes it is not particularly important which of these men is right. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He ran a squad of obstreperous newsboys, whom he loathed, and who loathed him in return, as was clear by their taunts and practical jokes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He could be more patient, more cautious, more practical. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z On Earth, for all practical purposes, mass and weight are the same and so the terms can be treated as synonymous, at least outside the classroom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some scientists who are willing to concede the potent effect of environmental radiation on man nevertheless question whether mutagenic chemicals can, as a practical proposition, have the same effect. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He asked about practical things; he asked about me and told her how much money he was sending her and how much was designated for what. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I understand that this is not a confession of love, just a practical consideration. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The project took about fifteen years to complete, a testament to the civil engineering of the day and an indication of the extraordinary practical capability of the Ionians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: Outside of the instrument's practical range, it may be a strain for even a very good player to play long or tricky passages. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In those days on the Hill, any who could claim “professional” status—teachers, preachers, practical nurses—also considered themselves superior. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the arts, it is also the most practical. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In his case, bail was a practical not a theoretical issue. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With all this at stake, could there be a practical way out that let each side claim some victory? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He decided to concentrate on more practical matters. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “From a purely practical standpoint,” Haukelid conceded, “they were undoubtedly right.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All the girls had “duty work assignments,” like Christine’s post at the library, a practical way to teach them responsibility and discipline. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I am practical and circumspect; he is impulsive and direct. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z During the hot, muggy Washington, DC, summer, Lin worked with an architectural firm on practical aspects of the memorial. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I think this is just astonishing—because it is offered as the sort of practical stage-management advice that a modern person would never think of applying to something entirely imaginary.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A disdain for the practical swept the ancient world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In a purely practical sense it would probably be correct to say that it all began when Sophie Mol came to Ayemenem. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t practical for the brush, but it was cheap at the sale.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman was always a practical boy with an orderly mind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The “no hair” theorem is of great practical importance, because it so greatly restricts the possible types of black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a practical expression of the self-aggrandizing impulse that inspired other megastructures in the new Hellenistic kingdoms, such as the renovated Temple of Apollo at Didyma, or the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Building an Army and Navy In restoring Cleopatra’s lands, Mark Antony was as practical as he was generous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Although he was able to keep up and manage very well, he learned little of practical value. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “They taught it. I didn’t take it. I had more practical things to learn so I could one day support my family.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z And I remembered Aunt Gloria saying how Salim was a practical joker. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to paint full-time, but with a wife and five children to support, that was not practical. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was both a secondary school and a teacher training college, but it also offered courses in more practical disciplines, such as carpentry, tailoring, and tinsmithing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have something else to tell or show me; he was too practical to take pointless walks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The challenge was coming up with a system that was secure, practical, and speedy enough to be used for thousands of messages a day. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In its place came empty discussions about matters that had no practical connection with the desperate needs of the masses of Jews. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There were practical jokes, including one on Hubert Hudson, the navigator, who was generally considered an oddball and a sitting duck for jokes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And that’s what Virgil needed, only he also needed real, practical guidance. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Rowan tried to be more practical, picking out staples like eggs, flour, and various proteins and side dishes to go with them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Random for most practical purposes, they are actually generated by a deterministic formula which imposes sufficient order on the numbers as to render them useless for some applications. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could not challenge their dedication, I could still question the philosophical and practical underpinnings of Marxism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was more practical to try and persuade the Northerners to admit Igbo children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A practical example was provided recently by the parks in a city in Holland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe this was a practical joke on a big scale. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z A more practical possibility is that such low-mass black holes might have been formed in the high temperatures and pressures of the very early universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I advanced their understanding on this point, but the issue soon moved from a philosophical question to a practical one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In letters that were passionate and practical by turns, they did whatever they could to elide the miles between them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We dumped our loads and sat on the ground, bedraggled and spent, and stared at the lagoon as if it had just played a terrible practical joke on us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He could see a run-down building and have not only the vision to see what it might become, but also the practical knowledge of what it would cost and how long it would take. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then he drifted off in his novel costume, the sergeant’s ultimate practical joke on him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But despite the relative proximity of the bus to civilization, for all practical purposes McCandless was cut off from the rest of the world. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo’s theory was practical; it just took a full century to pay off. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Have we time?” she asked in a practical way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This made nonviolence a practical necessity rather than an option. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The men who run the affairs of nations today are, by and large, our practical men. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She still hoped to begin French and Latin as soon as practical. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Her practical knowledge and skills were found to be normal. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But then again, I’m already in the loony bin; how practical am I going to get? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’m just being practical. This is what happens when people die, Jacob.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The voice I had heard on the terrace was calm and practical. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But they had no practical motives in mind. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For various practical and historical reasons, the AT goes nowhere near them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This number is infinitesimal—zero, for all practical purposes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For all practical purposes, he would never be able to vote again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Craig, meanwhile, insisted that Dad would want something basic—modest and practical and nothing more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Penelope longed to talk the whole business over with Miss Mortimer; it was too late now to get up and write a letter, but she resolved to set pen to paper as soon as practical. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The parachutes are turned to more practical uses. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s saying that she wants to be useful in a practical way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This woman who was so down to earth and practical in all other aspects of life sublimated her childhood passion and lived it tragically. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And teosinte, unlike wild wheat and rice, is not a practical food source; its “ears” are scarcely an inch long and consist of seven to twelve hard, woody seeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. V explains to Mom how this is exactly right tor me, and Mom, instead of being practical and sensible and thrifty like she usually is, seems to agree. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Life on Euclid Avenue had taught me—maybe forced me—to be hard-edged and practical about both time and money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Carrying herself with the dignity of a queen did not prevent Cleopatra from staging tricks and playing practical jokes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z So even if we are not really alone, in all practical terms we are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They looked at once practical and adventurous—the kind of boots that could really take a person somewhere. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Most practical people would have cut the cord right there, would have broken away from Bodega like a rancher shoots a horse with a broken leg. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Medieval painting, for instance, is to a large extent “applied,” in the sense that it embellishes surfaces which serve other, practical purposes as well—walls, book pages, windows, furniture. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still in “mom” mode and I had to deal with the practical matters of our trip, such as making sure no one got lost or got on the wrong Metro. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The surgery-and- injection techniques developed by you and Dr. Strauss must be viewed as having little or no practical applicability, at the present time, to the increase of human intelligence. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As a practical matter, sachems had to gain the consent of their people, who could easily move away and join another sachemship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “She’s practical. She knew they had to be fed and she fed them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But, Link—this is just not practical. There’s no synagogue in Chokecherry.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a fleeting moment I wished I’d put on my skirt that morning instead of the more practical pair of Chester’s old overalls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They were practical professionals, like nurses and teachers and certified med techs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Yossarian was stunned by their overbearing vigor and zeal, by their practical, direct efficiency. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Francie saw practical black two-seaters drawn by a single high-stepping horse controlled by dandified young men in kid gloves with edges turned back to look like inverted cuffs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z However, I tried to stay calm, too, and be practical. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It often involved solving practical problems or making something new, and that appealed to her considerable and burgeoning intellectual curiosity—a curiosity that had already made her an unusually proficient student at school, scholarly even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The first great, practical achievement of the new science was Newcomen’s steam engine of 1712—the very engine Swift was presumably mocking when he complained about mills being built where there were no rivers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the most glamorous of disguises, but Citra knew it was practical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dell and I talk about practical things now in my weekly sessions. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z If it is considered practical in these instances, why not for all? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z What did he expect to find, an advice column on practical miscegenation? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z At the mall she stalks ahead, chin high, eyelids twitching because I won’t try on the practical, “stylish” clothes she likes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’d originally wanted a practical partnership, but now I think I’m getting the fairy tale anyway.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She wondered how David always managed to think practical thoughts, no matter what horrors were in front of him. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I frankly hope this is the case, not only because it relieves my mind, but in a practical sense. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z A commonplace, practical reply, out of the train of his own disturbed ideas, was, I was sure, the best and most reassuring for him in this frame of mind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Emma and Charles had been very practical when it came to furnishing their house. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good men are often more practical than pretty,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The architects’ questions became slightly less challenging, more practical. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So here’s Cicero the practical man—making himself into the orator he needs to be. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Forgive me if I hope to put a few of our pumpkins to more practical use. You boys come help us cut the rest of our harvest so we can get them loaded.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was the one bit of practical advice I ever got from Hand Clap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Some very practical minds had on occasion tried to divert his attention to another part of the store. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Goodness knows how many tens of thousands of people suffered unnecessary agonies under the surgeon’s knife because no one thought of the gas’s most obvious practical application. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She created tinctures and studied the practical use of deadly poisons in Scythe Curie’s personal apothecary and toxic herb garden. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Joining these groups was a practical way to protect yourself from suspicion. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was a practical habit, but a comfort, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There Oppenheimer delivered an impressively detailed explication of atomic bomb physics, along with his own rough estimate that 100 kilograms of U-235—that is, 220 pounds—would be enough for a practical device. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Knowing him to be the more practical of the two. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not surprising then that not everyone was convinced of the practical utility of the new science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For practical purposes, the fact that feeding is interrupted promptly is of course an enormous advantage, for crop damage stops almost as soon as the pathogen is applied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was nothing sanctified about the laws of the streets—the laws were amoral and practical. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There was even nasty and deliberate sabotage, presumed to be by American men: practical jokes such as sugar in a fuel tank, which could—and did—prove deadly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z One major problem remained to be solved before it could be put to the test — a practical method of insect sterilization had to be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But that is the end of it; everything else he criticizes from his own practical point of view. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next moment, she said in a practical tone, “Now we have to move in with Milton.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I nod slowly, waiting for Boy21 to start laughing, for Coach to come running in with the rest of the team, pointing at me and howling at the elaborate practical joke, but that doesn’t happen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks,” said Gregor, grateful someone had thought of the practical side of traveling with Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It is a national organization, with overseas branches, whose purpose is to help those living in rural areas—and the children particularly—develop practical abilities and moral character. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In New York the boys were always playing practical jokes on each other and pooling their food and clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z God, going north, and rising on the wings of power, had become white, and Allah, out of power, and on the dark side of Heaven, had become—for all practical purposes, anyway—black. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even I wondered, from a practical standpoint, if leaving the team was a good idea. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “This one’s temporary, and I have to go in every week for adjustments, so it’s just a lot more practical to have it like this.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z An outsider might think he stopped for practical reasons, but my sisters and I know better. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Put another way, Reggie’s team saw no reason to believe this was anything but a practical deal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Legally, as well as for all practical purposes, he was blind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They patiently waited for the campaign to get back to the greater good of forging practical solutions to massive problems, but that shift never took place. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock on the wall—a hideously ugly and practical thing, in Kaori’s opinion—said it was two nineteen. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions against eavesdropping to be gleaned from that. In the meantime, we shall deal with the squirrels.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z To return to the agricultural past, as some thinkers about the beginning of the twentieth century dreamed of doing, was not a practical solution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And so it was for me, as a child in the Depression, with that same practical innocence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z While Mac considered the most practical escape plans, Eddie Daniels hatched the most imaginative ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually we encounter the opposite situation: the result is of potential practical significance but of almost no statistical significance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, such as gold or uranium, elements prized because of arbitrary economic conventions or aesthetic judgments, or because they have remarkable practical applications. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was extremely upset, but Mrs. Sharpe was sympathetic and practical. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z At this time molecular work on DNA in England was, for all practical purposes, the personal property of Maurice Wilkins, a bachelor who worked in London at King’s College.* Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z With a little practice, a Libran could learn to soar and to wheel to his heart’s content, both for recreation and as a practical method of traveling across his miniature country. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For some chemicals no practical field method of analysis exists before a chemical is registered for use. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Unlike academically oriented research organizations, the NACAs laboratories always strove to live up to the “practical solutions” of their founding mission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He was expecting a test, but instead Mr. Pennyworth said, “I think it is time to spend a few days on practical matters. Time is passing, after all.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I also visited with my sister Mabel, the most practical and easygoing of my sisters and of whom I was very fond. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, to aspire to colorblindness is to aspire to a state of being in which you are not capable of seeing racial difference—a practical impossibility for most of us. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Born in 1964 in the tiny farm town of Benjamin, Utah, the son of a plumber, Singleton was a nice kid but a poor student, shy, a follower, a practical joker. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She looks older, wearing the drab 13 clothes that flatter no one, with her long yellow hair in a practical braid instead of curls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But he had to be practical—she likely had just wanted to have an impassioned discussion about the evils of arranged marriages and controlling parents and was disappointed it wasn’t coming to fruition. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Kainene and Olanna. Her name is the lyrical God’s Gold, and mine is the more practical Let’s watch and see what next God will bring.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Almost a week ago, Mama put it into two practical plaits down my back, but they’re getting frizzy at the edges. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Both began as practical technologies and became scientific instruments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Unlike at the Seneca Falls meeting, which focused on legal and intellectual ideas of women’s rights, the second convention emphasized practical pocketbook issues. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Bibi had never been taught to be a woman; the illness had left her naive in most practical matters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a practical symbol, communicating the patient attitude that has allowed the people here to stay for so long, watching and waiting. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Marxism doesn’t stand a chance in Latin America. Don’t you know it doesn’t allow for the magical side of things? It’s an atheistic, practical, functional doctrine. There’s no way it can succeed here!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was only Mother who said that, as Dad thought we should learn more practical skills. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The knowledge acquired in dissection had few, if any, practical applications. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus it is a structure distinguished from the practical, everyday kind by its scale, order, permanence, or solemnity of purpose. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked in town but weren’t too practical. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So when it came to college, they had assumed she would go somewhere practical, like Pitt or perhaps Penn State, to study something like business or hotel management. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was only sensible and practical to supervise that place. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She obviously had a practical cunning which Winston lacked, and she seemed also to have an exhaustive knowledge of the countryside round London, stored away from innumerable community hikes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And, of course, in many practical ways, the Romans were much more advanced than the Elizabethans—better roads, central heating, proper baths. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Like practical jokers, chairs offered themselves and then pulled away at the last moment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We should be practical. Face it, I am a much better size as a model.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She let me choose a couple of new outfits—with jeans—none of those practical, baggy sweat suits for this trip! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We stood there in May’s beloved and practical garden, and Cletus searched the handout for some good words to say to bless the whirligigs that now had a place to spin and fly and live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The vast majority of these “anti” women were educated, married, wealthy white women, who enjoyed the privileges of their status without considering the practical problems facing poor and powerless working-class women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Classic style overlaps with plain and practical styles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A lifetime of practical and comfortable considerations settled atop the spark inside her like a thick, heavy blanket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Johannesburg, I moved in circles where common sense and practical experience were more important than high academic qual-ifications. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was her last practical joke," said Maxim, “the best of them all. And I’m not sure if she hasn’t won, even now." Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But when Marcos announced his plane trip, no one believed that his contraption could be put to any practical use. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a practical black bag with innumerable zippered pockets and compartments just perfect for Patria’s goodwill supplies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Both are way more practical than dissecting literary symbolism.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Sammy said that white women were very practical; he had heard so many of them express how they felt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One man who took such apocalyptic speculation seriously was Leo Szilard, the energetic and resourceful Hungarian physicist who had tried to patent a prototypical cyclotron just before Lawrence’s practical invention. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence replied that “the idea of a federation of democracies may have much practical merit, but... I would not think of using my position as a scientist in furthering such a political movement.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks had developed a level of practical experience and technical understanding a thousand years more advanced than anyone else nearby. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It was a practical and effective school of medicine, which Hippocrates insisted had to be based on the contemporary equivalent of physics and chemistry.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he asked her about the wardrobe change, she claimed she had realized how practical these clothes were after making some for Leo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I wondered was this Grandpa’s idea of a practical joke or was it a sermon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It has to do with one of the questions which in the whole range of parasitic pathology can, with the greatest right, claim to be of practical importance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Such are the distances, in fact, that it isn’t possible, in any practical terms, to draw the solar system to scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would go fishing, a practical way of resting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s possible, too, that her decision was a practical one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And I could think of no rational or practical reason why my father should try to find out who his father’s father was. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s practical in nature: that is, it’s not knowledge for its own sake. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In those days, children wore heavy, practical shoes that felt like they would outlast a steel monument, so whenever you could go barefoot, you appreciated it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many practical advantages to being classified as Coloured rather than African, such as the fact that Coloured men were not required to carry passes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This does not sound like a very practical proposition, at least not in the immediate future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the other end of the table were various histories, theoretical treatises and practical handbooks on landscape gardening. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Again the courthouse doors were closed, for all practical purposes, to claims of racial bias in the administration of the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She was artistic, smart, strong, outgoing, and practical. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z However, we still use Newton’s theory for all practical purposes because the difference between its predictions and those of general relativity is very small in the situations that we normally deal with. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was practical, in a basic sort of way, an efficient shoplifter, and occasional thug who did not care about being liked as long as the other kids, all smaller, did what he said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Always, on nights returning alone, there were worries about practical matters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Orion seems entirely practical from an engineering point of view. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Proof’ thus covers both necessary truths and practical tests, and it has the same etymological root as ‘probe’ and ‘probability’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a very practical application of acting with a very difficult audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Two Theoretical Results A large part of the attraction of probability theory is the immediacy and intuitive appeal of its practical problems and of the simple principles which enable us to solve many of them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A practical way to enter the trailer had never been devised, and now the Zeitouns didn’t need it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Even if — especially if — we did not receive the death penalty, there were practical reasons not to appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were not on their shifts, the probationers were in lessons in their free time, or lectures, or at practical demonstrations or studying alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After a suitable pause, Riddick expertly shifted gears and began talking about the charrette in practical and even somewhat technical terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Although the scientific panel had proposed informing Britain, France, China, and Russia, in practical terms the real question boiled down to what to tell the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or were they looking for a practical tool for finding meaning in everyday life? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A practical woman, she could not invent stories and told only true ones. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So where does something like practical intelligence come from? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But he opened with a bang: “The object of the project is to produce a practical military weapon in the form of a bomb in which the energy is released by a fast-neutron chain reaction.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the panic subsides — Jonah was right about the Braxton Hicks contractions, much to Amy’s annoyance — certain practical questions settle in: Why is Cheyenne working this late into her pregnancy? ‘Superstore’ Was the Perfect Comedy for Less-Than-Funny Times 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z So you might want to try the no-cost, practical steps first and invest in testing only if there seems to be a problem. How to fix antique telephone operator stools 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Although it was deemed too irritating for practical use, American dermatologist Albert Kligman became determined to find the optimal dosage for acne treatment. Retinoids remain the gold standard for fighting acne and wrinkles. Here’s what you should know. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Lisa—who nonetheless shares Maverick’s larger ideals—inculcates in the children a practical and fundamentally apolitical route to success. “The Hate U Give,” Reviewed: An Empathetic, Nuanced Portrait of a Teen’s Political Awakening 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It’s good, practical information for one, but particularly fun to see Larry squirm over talk about sponges stanching the flow and about creative uses for needle-nose pliers. ‘The Deuce’ Season 1, Episode 4: No-Go Zone 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z In LeVine’s formulation, it becomes not merely the most modern or practical choice but also the most meaningful. A Brief History of Oaths and Books 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The practical and legal difficulties of the Oregon law, which allows gravely ill patients the option to end their own lives, are personalized here. You still have time to catch some daring, funny, touching solo performances 2010-03-17T18:53:00Z But for all the good sense of a practical coat with a fur collar, what impressed were the ghostly effects of the optical illusions on organza slithering across the body. Fashion Review: Moncler and Pedro Lourenco Send Out Digital Designs 2012-03-06T19:18:50Z The war in every practical sense seemed to be over, the rebellion crushed, the nation saved and the evil of slavery vanquished forever on this continent. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Over a decade later, the route was finally completed, both a practical civic improvement and what may be the world’s largest World War I memorial, indelibly carved into the rocky coastline. Stunning Vistas and Wildlife Along Australia’s Great Ocean Road 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z They are also windows into the peculiar relationship between editor and writer, a relationship that is formal, practical and decorous and also unnervingly intimate. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Strand is practical to the end and has to be admired for clear thinking. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Place is Dangerous 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z This book is very much the most personal book I've done, but it's also the most practical. Julia Turshen unites healthy and comfort in the kitchen: Delicious "does not have to be complicated" 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Russell sees industrial invention as creative work, the envisioning of a product in terms of its personal, practical, and emotional connection to a consumer’s life—a work of imagination and of empathy. David O. Russell’s Self-Reflexive “Joy” 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z “The philosophy is, nude when possible, clothed when practical,” Ms. McMullen said. The Joy of Cooking Naked 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Offer him tons of support, encouragement and practical help to leave when he is ready, but accept that he may choose to stay. Perspective | Ask Amy: Parents worry about son in abusive marriage 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In practical terms this meant my symptoms seesawed between two extremes: depression, lethargy and lack of appetite when my thyroid wasn’t working well, and anxiety, insomnia and weight loss when it was working on overdrive. My doctor told me it was all in my head; I might have died if I’d believed him 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z SUN Inspiration for turning unused and forgotten objects into practical and beautiful items for gardens by Lorene Edwards Forkner, author of "Handmade Garden Projects: Step by Step Instructions" and other gardening books, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2011-11-10T00:20:05Z As for practical tips: Look to your stepdaughters’ friends, because their parents will get used to the idea of you soonest. Carolyn Hax: A younger stepmom getsfrozen out by the 40-somethings 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The arrangement was, in part, a practical one. Noticed: Daughter Leads, Mom Follows in Fashion Sync 2011-08-05T20:08:48Z The movie is laced with more practical mysteries. Sound of My Voice: You'll Want to Listen to This Cult Leader 2012-04-26T17:42:32Z But it’s the family room, texturally rich and done in a calming, practical palette, that best exemplifies another aspect of this house—and clients. Breaking the Mold 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z The thing about obscure and weird horror is that there’s no practical end to it. Jean Rollin and Lucio Fulci: Maestros of Horror 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z One of the things that I’ve learned is that with all the technology, you cannot fake practical speed. The Fast & Furious Art of the Car Chase 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Moreover, the new reboots have rebooted practical effects. Hollywood’s Turn Against Digital Effects 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s a big question — as a matter of policy, national purpose and social cohesion it’s the big question — made up of a knot of local, individual, practical decisions. What Happens When We Lose the Art That Brings Us Together? 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z This is hardly a bleeding heart issue -- it's practical as well as ethical. Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z In part two, Conran goes color by color, giving practical tips on decorating with different hues—from choosing a shade, to evoking a style by combining colors, to creating a palette with natural materials. Sir Terence Conran’s Definitive Guide to Color 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z These individuals are strong, practical types: often well-educated, idealistic, committed and entitled. ‘Seaweed Chronicles’ Review: A Fragile World at the Water’s Edge 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Despite their practical function, Wolff’s photos go far beyond the promotional; they are a part of the Blue Note label’s authentic devotion to the artists. A Blue Note Founder’s View of Jazz Music’s Private Side 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z George R.R Martin points this out first: “My books have a cast of thousands, so for practical reasons they’ve had to cut or combine many characters,” he said. George R.R. Martin: 5 Characters He Wishes Were on 'Game of Thrones' 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “When she called up I thought it was one of my friends playing a practical joke,” said Professor Frantz, who became Ms. Williams’s adviser. Venus Williams, Off the Court 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z For something like a sandwich, and something where a three-foot long sub actually isn't really that practical of a party food, because you have to cut it all up and everybody get whatever. From cheesy brie bites to gooey jalapeño poppers, "Savory Baking" has a place at your holiday table 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The design was a practical success, and soon the U.S. Look inside Art Deco Mailboxes, a new volume from Norton Architecture & Design Books 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z It has, for all practical purposes, two new stars. Review: Halt and Catch Fire Works the Bugs Out in Version 2.0 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z And from a practical point of view, for a fan, the sooner I can watch the episodes the better. NBC Announces Plans to Burn Off Final Parks and Recreation Season 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z From the start, it was a feat of classic Scandinavian design: clean, practical, reliable and somewhat revolutionary with its “clutch power,” which made it easy to snap and unsnap. | The Shape of Things 2014-04-08T13:00:00Z We Millennials do not think total change is practical, possible or even desirable. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z The final reason practical effects are hip again is the grubbiest: they’re a piece of the swag we call “fan service.” Hollywood’s Turn Against Digital Effects 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z I pitched for it and I pitched a vision of practical effects and wanting to really bring in the culture of New Orleans and bring in Black culture and cast a Black lead. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The twine that suspends the flowers was both practical but also meant to dispel any illusion of the wind being real; showing my cards, as it were.— How We Saw the Arts This Year 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z As writers about television, we do tend to note the differing circumstances, economies, legal or practical constraints and degree of freedom that influence the kind and number of programs being made. How should television be defined nowadays? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Even when the truth comes to light in your books, it may not be the whole truth, and it may not matter, for practical purposes, whether the truth is out at all. How Tana French Inhabits the Minds of Her Detectives 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z When her father dies, there is no grief or elegiac impulse, just a practical regret. The Siege by Helen Dunmore 2011-02-12T00:05:20Z In 1960, liberalism was ascendant; the problem, Goldwater wrote, was that conservatives seemed “unable to demonstrate the practical relevance” of their philosophy — free markets, limited government, a strong defense. Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Vikings’ gods were practical, but also mysterious and wonderful. Vikings Star Travis Fimmel and Creator Michael Hirst Talk Season 2 Finale 2014-05-01T15:37:54Z Among the practical points here is Mr. Silverman’s closing suggestion that you start lying about yourself to avoid being accurately pigeonholed. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z For many artists, their dreams were more contained, more practical, defined by years of struggle that had tested their resilience. Future of Music Summit 2013: Dreams, modest and otherwise 2013-10-30T02:12:00Z And I am the primary target of her support requests — emotional and practical needs. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A friend is leaning hard, and it’s weighing heavily on this reader 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The film’s absorption in practical matters is exhilarating, and also startling. Film: In Line at the Movies, Hoping for Good Enough 2010-11-20T19:14:00Z Though I didn't retain as much practical kitchen knowledge as I wish I had, I'm clear on the difference between upper-case "C" Champagne and lower-case "c" champagne. This deliciously simple fish recipe has an unexpected secret ingredient 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The work of Oscar Tuazon, born in the United States and based in Paris, “For Hire,” as the installation is called, is not just a visual environment; it has its practical uses too. Inside Art: Rothko, Warhol and Pollock Works Headed to Auction 2012-03-29T22:29:47Z By designing practical pieces, such as safari jackets, trench coats, peasant blouses and Le Smoking suits, Saint Laurent "played a part in the transformation of his time." 'L'Amour Fou' centers on the partner of late designer Yves Saint Laurent 2011-05-23T15:07:04Z Elff’s early vision for Ted was driven by the idea’s big implications, but it was only when the pandemic and its practical demands set in that things came to a head. How a mannequin head could revolutionize how orchestras and audiences come together 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Jones refers to this as “me taking urban hip-hop and Justin Biebering it,” but it’s also practical because the names make the moves easier to teach. Twerking Their Way to a Sweaty Workout Nirvana 2014-03-12T23:27:10Z During the performance sequences in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the movie sometimes employs Mercury’s actual vocals from the Queen archives, but that wasn’t always practical — some scenes demanded a stunt vocal-cord performer. He Sounds Just Like Freddie Mercury. And That’s Good for Business. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Among others, structural engineers, practical poets of often towering imagination and import, have also figured out how to scale those heights. The Hidden Feats That Built New York’s Towering Skyscrapers 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z But for Brent, entertaining his minions was a sacred charge indivisible from any practical accomplishments. 'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years 2013-05-14T14:26:08Z With and without dialogue, he charted simple stories and routines with a practical elegance rarely seen since the silent era. Pierre Étaix Is Honored at Film Forum 2012-10-14T02:03:03Z “Joy” redeems practical engineering for the consumer marketplace, not as a matter of creating needs but of finding unacknowledged ones. David O. Russell’s Self-Reflexive “Joy” 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Or you could read the reëmbrace of practical tools as the freedom from restraint: the director dove headfirst into the computer and ultimately found it as limiting as the tools of the eighties. Hollywood’s Turn Against Digital Effects 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z High school kids are in a position to get practical. How to Help Your Kids Keep their Resolutions 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z To lend realism and authenticity to the film, producers shunned soundstages and relied mainly on practical locations in Beverly Hills, downtown L.A., For 'The Gambler,' filmmaker sought a less familiar side of L.A. 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “I come at it from a pretty practical place,” said Ms. Herbert, who is a television writer and producer. The Nanny Factor in Hollywood Marriages 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z In practical terms, Wickersheimer and Mezzocchi are thinking about how much they need to disguise the play as a play — a problem, they note, that feeds into Haley’s theme. How to design a dystopian play 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But those who condemn Live Aid in relation to the Ethiopian famine may be failing to comprehend the legacy of the event, which transcends the practical realities of one sole political cause. When the Revolution Was Televised: Live Aid, 30 Years Later 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z But I counteracted confusing the audience by having practical case studies. “Some folks believe blockchain will save the universe”: Inside Alex Winter’s “Trust Machi... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The phenomenal success of “The Exorcist” essentially signaled the end of Mr. Blatty’s comedy career, making him for all practical purposes the foremost writer in a new hybrid genre: theological horror. William Peter Blatty, Author of ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 89 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Crowley, the director, said: “What I’m always surprised by is how practical they are. But sitting around discussing scenes and the meaning of a moment, nothing interests them less. They really are hands on.” Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh, in Love and Battle 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z That’s a great and welcome step towards progress, and one the school is currently working to implement on a practical level. Women’s college cancels “Vagina Molologues” for being “reductionist” 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z There's a third, wholly practical reason why Parker was drawn to destruction when she started out: she's accident-prone. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z In conversation, he compared Hales to the literary critic Francis Fergusson: both men, he said, possess “an acute, practical, deep sense of action as a movement of the soul.” When Robert Pinsky Wrote a Video Game 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z While Perhach details the practical implications of not having such a fund, there are also emotional costs involved. Beyond the “F**k-off Fund”: Even if you’re “bad with money,” you can take control of your finances for the long-term 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z However, few would turn to Shaw's Guide for a lesson in practical economics. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z Being a practical person and very forthright, Elder, who works for a mortgage company in Lafayette, Louisiana, sat down to write. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr Tumble’s Christmas Something Special 2015 Over in the UK, Christmas specials take a more practical approach. Charlie Brown v Blue Peter: holiday TV specials in the US and UK face off 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Some drawings, such as Caulfield's, are made out of practical necessity, a step on the way to making a painting. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z The disadvantages, he said, are mainly practical: “I could use more electrical outlets now.” L.A. Reincarnation: New Art Spaces in Vintage Settings 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Bittar prefers older women for both practical and political reasons. Up Close: Alexis Bittar?s New Designs Leave Lucite Behind 2012-02-21T18:02:41Z The books and papers hold scientific, artistic and literary value as well as enduring practical advice for gardeners. Opening the door to a place of plants and privilege 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z State your reasonable preference, but offer a practical solution, too. I Shouldn’t Tell My Employer I’m Vaccinated, Right? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Rather, the idea is that our moral traditions have an internal practical logic to them, even when it’s not apparent on the surface. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z The opening of a few hotels in the last five years has helped unlock this region as a point-to-point cycling destination in a way that wasn’t previously practical. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z Faces are often hidden by hair or paint, and the actions performed, one step above primal, suggest conditions — yearning, mischief, concealment — more than practical functions. Berlin photographer's first show in L.A. carries a strange potency 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Not that it’s really a matter of contention—not as a practical matter, not as a matter of fact. The Pill’s Difficult Birth 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z There is more than a hint of dualism in the notion that some better self – the term seems fair – has to be distracted by ingratiating pleasures to accommodate the practical business of biology. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z There's no question that she became both an abstract muse and a very practical one. Bob Dylan's lyrical muse Suze Rotolo dies at 67 2011-03-01T22:12:08Z We love some materials despite their flaws, and dislike others even if they are more practical. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z Throughout the concert, friends and colleagues also praised Toshi Seeger as the couple’s practical half: “Toshi really drove that train,” Ms. Collins said. Musicians Join in a Seeger Tribute at Lincoln Center 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Listen, the only problems are practical ones, such as when you are stuck on a train and might not be home in time. Observer Ethical Awards 2013: Joanna Lumley – National Campaigner of the Year 2013-06-15T23:07:16Z Unlike his son, my father inherited his father's practical skills, from gardening to carpentry. Barrie Edgar obituary 2013-01-17T15:41:47Z “With a practical effect, all your senses are telling you this is real.” In ‘Jurassic World,’ Old-School Effects Make a Comeback 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z This orchestration, Muhly explained, therefore aims to make the work more practical to perform in standard houses, beyond Santa Fe. Nico Muhly Modernizes Monteverdi With ‘Irreverent Veneration’ 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z These not only made scant practical sense but lacked the advantage of demonstrating the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” axiom that men often have the best gams. At Milan Men’s Week, the War Lives On 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Both men and women tended to prefer the practical choice. 3 scientifically proven ways to be a better gift giver 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z They also saw how a profoundly disabled person could structure the practical parts of his life using technology and with the help of personal assistants. Alan Martin obituary 2013-02-08T17:15:37Z But she also was a pragmatist; she was not merely designing for the sake of beauty, she also focused on practical considerations. Fact-laden Schiaparelli biography gives little shape to the woman or her designs As a practical matter, Talmadge says, it’s virtually impossible to get officials or civilians to provide accurate information about issues such as human rights, the military or North Korea’s nuclear program. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z On one hand, the way he gardens is practical. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The copyright difficulties he encountered on his previous film are sidestepped by a cinema history first: the practical, if inelegant, innovation of placing the studio trademark in the film itself. Georges Méliès's Robinson Crusoé film resurfaces in Pordenone 2012-10-10T14:22:02Z Some were practical, like how to get better cell phone reception, while others were whimsical, like building a raft from rice cakes. Popular YouTube ‘King of Random’ dies in paraglider accident 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Agnes is a skillful woman married to a restless man whose talents are more imaginative than practical. Review | Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ reimagines the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Architectural practice was threatened by both economic depression and political forebodings and now Scott had practical problems too. A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011-01-29T00:06:16Z So choose the one that is most workable and practical and fair. My mom has Alzheimer’s 2012-11-21T01:00:00Z That there’s an aesthetic to it beyond the practical aesthetics of a successful process? How to be a better burglar: Creeping around in buildings with Geoff Manaugh and Jeff VanderMeer 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z But staring back blankly at friends doesn’t seem practical. The Drink That Stands Between Recovery and Relapse 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He knew I was very practical, and he had heard about this course and he told me to go along. Roger Smith, Watchmaking Revolutionary 2011-08-17T15:34:22Z They turned to MoMA for help, partly because of its history with the film and partly for a practical reason. Guess What’s Back From the Grave? ‘Night of the Living Dead’ 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Whether it’s relevant to you or not, the practical information helps create a vivid impression. “Travel Man,” Richard Ayoade’s Travel Show for People Who Hate Travel 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Forman had already acquired a practical interest in the cinema – he and Wigram had planned to make instructional films to augment their battle drill courses. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z Behind this practical concern lie stark and frequently unspoken resentments and divisions. Cross Cuts: The Hard Work in ‘Before Midnight,’ Amour’ and Other Films and Shows 2013-06-19T15:15:49Z His practical attempts to improve his new friends’ lives meet, inevitably, with mixed success. Lives Other Than His Own 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Sala, good-hearted and oddly practical in spite of himself, is a prototype of Dr. Gonzo, the bulky lawyer who would be Sancho to Thompson’s Quixote in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” | 'The Rum Diary': Hunter S. Thompson?s ?Rum Diary,? With Johnny Depp - Review 2011-10-27T22:54:08Z Ms. Grand emphasized that she wanted this collection to be practical: sports shoes “with hidden platforms” and purses small enough to grasp but practical for smart women’s needs. Hogan Gets a Little Love 2012-09-20T18:20:19Z He’s well known in Broadway circles for his blog, “The Producer’s Perspective,” which provides readers with practical advice on how to break into the industry. A New Festival Shows Off Creators Ready to Launch 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z There is still no clarity about what Brexit will mean in practical terms. Boris in Union Jack underpants? Musical comedy finds the fun in Brexit 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z That’s why it’s the most democratic genre and, as such, it invites variations as diverse as the practical and imaginative modes of democratic life. Eugène Green's “The Son of Joseph,” a Grand and Comedic Drama of Father and Son 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He thinks it's a practical joke, because the music is fragmentary, halting, dissonant and weird. Have you heard the new Elgar? 2010-10-15T15:01:00Z As Massimo Pigliucci explained in “How to Be a Stoic,” Stoicism is very much a practical philosophy of life that promotes social engagement and a genuine concern for others, not resignation and passivity. Letters to the Editor 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Finkel’s account, based largely on interviews with Breitwieser, is of a romantic hero who disdains practical details as much as security ones, and who is “crushed” when Stengel deigns to buy Ikea furniture. How Did a $2 Billion Trove of Art End Up in a Random Attic in France? 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Not because the system was designed that way, but because that is the practical result of an immigration court system that was never resourced by Congress. “We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Just managing one’s own “practical things” is exhausting on top of everything else, and you’ve shouldered at least part of the load for another. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s not bragging if you can back it up, but alas, she cannot 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The line between scholarly and practical spheres of influence is becoming blurred. When Classical Musicians Go Digital 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “They look so chic,” he says, “yet they are so practical.” That old fussy china can fit your casual lifestyle. Designers talk about how. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z His showdown with the city fathers who bankrolled him, especially Parkhurst, is partly a matter of practical business and personal insult. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Not Out of the Woods Yet 2011-10-24T11:51:54Z "Originally, that was going to be a physical build, but we couldn't quite work out the animation with something practical," said White. 'Transformers' roll out in Universal Studios ride 2012-05-21T15:10:09Z Plus, the space was needed for practical reasons. Critic’s Notebook: Ilan Volkov’s Tectonics Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland 2013-04-23T21:48:02Z But as time went by, Ms. Lipson decided to focus on getting a building donated, instead of constructing one, and it began to seem more practical, he said. Robin Parness Lipson Works for New Jersey Art Museum 2010-08-17T22:31:00Z There are also arguments – philosophical and practical – for not using public money this way. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z As C.J. and Sebastian work out the fantastical science of time travel in a garage, it feels practical, grounded in the reality of black American life. “See You Yesterday” and the Perils—and Promise—of Time-Travelling While Black 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z He learns practical matters such as handling guns and reading, and more complicated ones such as role-playing and biding his time. Django Unchained – review 2013-01-20T00:06:00Z In practical terms, Rodis is a mediator among actors, directors, producers and crew. How HBO is changing sex scenes forever 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z She noticed it was sometimes more trendy than practical: there were people who liked talking about minimalism more than actually minimising, she said. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “When people talk about the mechanics of acting, I’m wary of it. Not because it’s anything fancy or mysterious or complicated or ethereal. It’s all practical stuff. Acting is. …” Bill Nighy, Master of Misdirection 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z They were also practical in a way Albers might have approved: If a “White Painting” got scuffed, no problem. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Gottman uses anecdotes and dialogues from years of research at his "Love Lab" near the University of Washington to explain "complex scientific ideas into insightful and practical advice," says the book jacket. NW Books: 'What It Is Like to Go to War,' 'Skyjack' 2012-09-10T20:40:04Z In those 800 vials, he had created a supply of cells that for practical purposes was almost infinite. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Mostly, there’s a lot of good, practical advice. The stuff of the best 2017 wine reads: Everyman advice, a con man, a legendary region 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z After discovering the practical value of evolutionary computation, Suominen began reading about evolutionary biology. Former Christian fundamentalist: Science robbed me of my faith 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z The rest of the things are actually pretty much practical orchestration or stylistic kinds of things. 'Crouching Tiger' composer Tan Dun will give L.A. Phil a martial-arts workout 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But what the technology offers above all are practical solutions to the way we live. What’s Hot (and Cool) in Home Lighting 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z He wanted life to be an adventure, while Mum was more practical and hard working and constantly rounding us up to do the chores. My family values: David Hasselhoff 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z It is invigorating and irritating, astute and facile, rigorous and flippant, fair-minded and score-settling, practical and hyperbolic, and maybe a dozen other neurotically contradictory things. ‘Unwanted Advances’ Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z His practical work is half-ruined by a calculated piece of sabotage, something his beloved could have worked out — his Eliza, who wanted so much to learn. Love Among the Ruins 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Never mind that most of us will find little practical use for information on quantum mechanics, the military stratagems of World War II or the private lives of British aristocrats. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z He is no fan of the literary limelight or tortured artistic musing; his is a practical approach to his craft, working a nine-to-five day, usually on several projects. My hero: Roddy Doyle by Kerry Hudson 2013-07-19T15:59:00Z Really, TWC’s storm names bother me on a gut level, not a practical one. Buy the Sky and Sell the Sky: The Weather Channel Is Now Branding Winter 2013-01-04T13:00:07Z "Ethical and practical guidance for councils regarding the sale of art already exists and was drawn up jointly by the LGA and Museums Association," she said. Henry Moore sculpture decision raises fears for public art 2012-11-07T20:16:35Z Much like Rock’s decision not to participate in the boycott, the Kungs’ decision to participate in the bit made moral and practical sense, which makes it all the more heartbreaking. “Parading kids onstage … to be the butt of a racist joke”? This is Chris Rock’s idea of progress? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The book also provides practical guidance on assessing and responding to threats. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Hubby left for another woman. Now her son’s pulled into their orbit. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z On the practical side, though, Drexler said price is a factor in long-term success. American Made: New ideas fuel fashion 2012-10-17T19:40:11Z "These miniature works of art . also give many artists the opportunity to test their practical ability and to confront unprecedented constraints," Venet writes in a fully-illustrated book that accompanies the exhibition. NYC exhibit focuses on jewelry by famous artists 2011-09-28T17:13:08Z This chimed in perfectly with his own practical experience and thinking. Art Review: Making of a Bauhaus Master 2011-10-21T12:30:12Z And a practical set of proposals — some borrowed and some new, some innovative and some highly sketchy — for restoring economic growth and creating jobs. Books of The Times: ?Back to Work? Has Bill Clinton?s Ideas for America - Review 2011-11-07T19:14:59Z "Wood" was for tools, charcoal, logs, greenwood furniture, hurdles and a thousand other practical uses, whereas "timber" was reserved for building and the best furniture or implements such as wagons and carts. Monty Don: 'Why we must save our woodlands' 2011-01-30T00:06:27Z Self-portraits can be practical: some artists lack the funds to pay for a professional model, or they’re sketching out a new technique and want to keep the stakes low. 'Portrait of the Artist' collects portraits and selfies from the Royal Collection 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Do you think tertiary art colleges have the balance right between teaching theory and concepts and teaching practical skills? Yoko Ono answers your questions 2012-06-20T16:45:26Z In the 21st century, digital files might be more practical, particularly for a cash-strapped federal government agency. 'The perfect combination of art and science': mourning the end of paper maps 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Just when you thought fashion couldn't get any less practical ... high-heeled hiking boots are the latest footwear fad, says Imogen Fox. The folly of festival fashion 2010-08-12T11:34:00Z As much as “In the Margins” is a philosophical monograph on the nature of writing, it is also a practical manual. ‘In the Margins’ Offers a Path Into Elena Ferrante’s Mind 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z One of the signatures of the “Mad Max” series is the elegantly choreographed, seemingly gravity-defying practical stunts, and this one involved Norris driving into two other vehicles and then into a ditch. George Miller Is at the Cannes Film Festival Making ‘Furiosa’ (That’s Right) 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “The rugs are not only luxurious, they are also very practical,” Ms. Harris said. Sister Parish Rises Again, in a Pop-Up 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The upstairs quarters, which included a study, a master bedroom and a guest room — also called a “stranger’s room” – were reached by a winding stairwell that Yeats used for both practical and metaphorical purpose. The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It turns out the bicameral mind was more than just a theory that inspired Arnold’s development of androids, but an actual practical application. Westworld recap: episode six – Maeve and Felix sitting in a tree, E.D.I.T.I.N.G 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z So for me, from a very practical standpoint, all of the ancient grains and the flours that we use for the pasta is grown in Ohio. "We'll all get there together": Chef Edward Lee on restaurants' resiliency and #MeToo in the kitchen 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z What started as a practical move, though, ended up being his way to stay sane, and creative, he said. The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z She is a visionary and a practical woman at the same time. | The Real Deal 2014-02-15T01:16:44Z He likes her, she explains, but he might not vote for her; he’s not sure it’s the practical thing to do. Perspective | Loving Elizabeth Warren means having a plan for when America breaks your heart 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z A deposit against damage, and a written explanation that it may be used to return the room to the condition in which it was found, is reasonable and practical. Perspective | Miss Manners: Run your B&B like the business it is 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Her ultimate rejection and repudiation of her father and his world is more than merely practical—it’s a sort of monastic renunciation. Watching “The Irishman” on Netflix Is the Best Way to See It 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Europeans of the medieval and early modern period ventured abroad for a variety of reasons — trade, crusade, exploration — but the bulk of the practical travel advice pertains to pilgrimage. What tips for traveling have changed since medieval times? Surprisingly few. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Squires said that although the young filmmakers’ education at Hampshire had grounded them in ideas and theories, it was not a traditional film curriculum and was short on practical matters. Amy Stechler, Documentarian Who Helped Define a Style, Dies at 67 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It is already adding positive vision and practical change to everyday life. Rise of the New Economy Movement 2012-05-22T12:56:00Z As Donatella Versace stood nearby explaining why her collection looked so skimpy, Ms. Ward, her new stylist, offered some practical wisdom. Fashion Review: Milan Collections Bottega Veneta, Fendi, Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Marni, Missoni: Fashion Review 2012-09-24T21:56:12Z I learnt an immense amount – practical and inspirational tips that I have never forgotten. The artists' artist: modern composers 2011-08-03T21:29:01Z For all practical purposes, one can argue that "Let the Bullets Fly" is simply an entertaining action comedy. Chinese director coy on political satire's message 2011-01-11T14:49:09Z I don’t want to think this is just vulgar materialism, or that Dollar is ripping them off, but instead that they are paying for sound practical financial advice. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z There is no O’Connor doctrine — no overarching philosophy — just a series of practical accommodations to the issues before her. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Despite this belief, Americans are actually fairly practical when it comes to considering the supernatural when buying a home. Haunted houses don't scare off new home buyers, new study reveals 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z But according to Cosmopolitan, sending an explicit selfie past its stare-by date to a new lover really does pose ethical and practical dilemmas. Should you ever send nude pictures taken for an old lover to a new partner? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z And how plausible is this theory as a practical matter? John Oliver on coronavirus conspiracy theories: 'People are going to get burned' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z “The cultural disenfranchisement I experience as a Puerto Rican has prompted me to seek a practical alternative to the orthodox museum,” Montañez Ortiz wrote, in an article published by Art in America, in 1971. The Battle Over the Soul of El Museo del Barrio 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Some Bot artists are just excited about the machine’s practical applications. 3-D Plastic Art for the Masses: Ready to Print 2011-05-13T12:32:37Z Then, for the next fortnight, my concerns over the practical, physical and psychological effects of SRS intensify by the day. My transgender journey: I cry for 30 years of feeling like an outsider, but I know that I’m ready for this 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z This is the superpower of practical telepathy: detecting and decoding minds at source. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z He said there were also free events organized by the festival itself, including “Conquering Performance Anxiety,” a session teaching practical mindfulness, breathing and meditation, and “A Mentally Well Fringe,” a series of therapeutic drop-in sessions. At Edinburgh Fringe, a Spotlight on Mental Health 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The dozens of practical and affordable Korean spas are less known, tucked away in office buildings throughout Koreatown and beyond. Don a yang mori head towel at Wi Spa in L.A.'s Koreatown 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But a lesson I learned from him, one I’ve returned to during this time, is more practical in purpose: a dish I find myself making over and over again. The First of the Year 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z This deal gave practical support to Finmeccanica's business activities but, more importantly, the company was able to use the gallery's facilities and prestige to give the appearance of legitimacy to its work. Arms manufacturer halts National Gallery sponsorship after protests 2012-10-10T16:29:45Z Photographs were taken not only for their beauty, she notes, but also for practical functions, such as recording a country’s architectural heritage and documenting strategic military positions. Early Architectural Photography On View in a New Exhibition 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z He doesn’t bother with Trump’s flagrant character deficiencies; he is horrified by the practical effects of the president’s ignorance. Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z I think, for all practical purposes, he wanted to go and wanted a comrade to go with. Tommy Stinson is the most positive man in rock ‘n roll: “All of the bad thoughts died with my brother” 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z In a grimly practical way, the emotion of being inside one was a pleasant reassurance of self-deception. This nuclear fallout shelter was untouched for 55 years. It might come in handy now. 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Surely, plastic would be more sensible than birch on such occasions, but very little was practical about the Artek workshop, starting with the distribution of paint to toddlers. Design Notebook: Your Chair, Mr. Aalto. Yes, It Now Has Eyes. 2011-06-29T22:29:21Z Her anonymity presents an obvious practical problem – but the inconvenience is eclipsed by surprise. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z I sort of liked the cage effect, and again they’re in black, so pretty practical. What I Wore: Robbie Myers on the Ease of Dresses 2012-10-28T03:58:01Z As a senator he’d directed, in a practical initiative to lessen the suffering of his poorest constituents, the development of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. 50 years after Robert Kennedy’s assassination: Don’t get caught up in conspiracy theories 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z He was not the first to intuit its practical applications. A History of Getting Hammered, and Why Some of Us Should Keep Doing It 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z This is a theory that seeks to establish a set of rules of behaviour for practical ethics, but takes as its starting point the individual as moral agent. The Good Place: how a sitcom made philosophy seem cool 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Since Obama came to power, however, the feverish debate has died away for depressingly practical reasons. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z At a practical level — especially during a crisis — money inside big institutions such as art museums is fairly fungible. Perspective | This is how bad things are for museums: They now have a green light to sell off their art 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The models carried big leather bags as well as practical smaller bags in the company’s iconic black nylon. Prada plays with classic clothing cliches to create contemporary looks 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Lonergan poses these questions not in the abstract, but as practical matters. Review: ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and the Tides of Grief 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z On the one hand, not many practical concerns, given that this is Taylor Swift, one of the most connected, wealthy and powerful people in the modern music industry. Taylor Swift Says She Will Rerecord Her Old Music. Here’s How. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z This is a question I initially skipped because it seemed a little too practical, and I am by no means a publishing expert, or anything close to it. The problem with self-publishing: “Just because there are lottery winners doesn’t mean playing lotto is my retirement plan” 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The boy is in a jam and wants advice; he’s already in deep, so Nas gives him a chillingly practical kind. The Eternal Greatness of Nas's 'Illmatic' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Born in Atlanta, Williams moved to Pittsburgh as a child, and her family traded the legal terror regime of Jim Crow for the unchallenged practical discrimination of the North. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z As a practical matter, being forced to pay cash from her own pocket may prompt a steely-eyed edit of the belongings she really wants to keep. Mom, Can’t We Speak English Here? 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Beribboned, hooked, horned, it grew to comical size, its practical function outstripped by the symbolic one of advertising what it was intended to protect or conceal. In London, Cheetos Tans and a Codpiece Are in Fashion 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Hardy offers “a more realistic recommendation for the practical minimal requirement of 150g/day of glycemic carbohydrate intake beyond the ages of three to four years”. What leaders of the Paleo diet movement think – and why they're wrong 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z But surely most fans of the show would be fascinated by a little more context about the structure and practical realities of Gilead. Perspective | We survived another grueling season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Here are 3 things we need from Season 3. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Travel accommodations so often amount to practical pit stops on the line between Point A and Point B. When the hotel is the destination 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z In “Lady Bird,” Metcalf — herself nominated for an Oscar — is all the things we’re fascinated and frustrated by in a complex matriarch: she’s wry but sensitive, demanding but practical, tough but supportive. Happy Mother’s Day to These Oddballs and Malcontents 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z That out of the way, the common barriers — and solutions — to getting kids vaccinated are practical ones. Should doctors withhold bad news? 2012-06-07T15:20:00Z I just was moving my family over to the London for a job, and I had so many practical things going on in my life. "You want a big mountain to climb": "The Bear" star on why Cousin Richie is so satisfying to play 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s the most practical system, Mr. Klein said. The ‘Cabin Porn’ Commune 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s a brilliant sendup of the way some privileged people respond to the gentlest, most practical efforts to combat discrimination. Review | Mateo Askaripour’s ‘Black Buck’ is an irresistible comic novel about the tenacity of racism in corporate America 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z In any practical sense, the village that Thula and her friends are trying to save is already gone. Review | In ‘How Beautiful We Were,’ an African village goes up against an American oil company 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z This shows an intelligent architectural balance, between urban theatre and practical planning, that mirrors the V&A itself. The V&A goes underground with shortlisted designs for new gallery 2011-03-03T16:50:41Z In the 40 minutes that followed, the director made observations both practical and philosophical, switching fluidly between Russian and English. Russia Locked Him Up. But He’s Directing an Opera 1,400 Miles Away. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Names are “a very functional and practical way” to do so. Babies? Surnames: To Hyphenate or Not? 2011-11-23T22:02:03Z The downside to this can be found in the umpteen practical considerations that demand respect. Singing in the rain: Regent's Park musicals hit the high notes 2012-05-30T09:04:56Z Her Bathsheba is brisk and practical, frank and friendly, and a little impatient with the trio of suitors who admire her moxie even as they compete for the honor of suppressing it. Review: ‘Far From the Madding Crowd,’ the Rom-Com 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Their suggestions were practical and, in some cases, surprising. Here are the places that want your old eyeglasses, towels, blue jeans, vases and more 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z If you’re an artist, then at least as a practical matter you ought to consider reincarnating in Florence in the late 15th century. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The press marks are more decorative than practical, but I like the way they look when the shortbread is baked. How to go from zero to shortbread in less than 60 minutes 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z When I asked Ursula if she actually wanted to get married, she took a practical view. His first reaction to his blind date: ‘I did not feel worthy’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z There was enough flexibility in the college’s art, architecture and design courses to include strategic subjects, such as leadership and creative thinking, as well as carpentry, metalwork and other practical skills. Putting New Tools in Students' Hands 2010-08-22T19:30:00Z A. My parents always knew that I was an artistic kid, but they are practical people. Samya Arif, a Pakistani Artist Aiming to Go Beyond Ornamentation 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z And so the best thing about the Cooper Hewitt’s approach to beauty is, paradoxically, that the objects on display exist largely outside the realm of the practical, or even desirable. The Meaning of Beauty in the Age of Ive 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z A practical, yet emotional man, his eyes welled up with tears as he expressed his gratitude of sharing the holiday with all of us. Gathering, grief and the pandemic Passover 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z By far the least expensive — and maybe the most practical — of all the devices is the toll transponder. 6 car accessories to make your road trip, and driving record, smoother 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z I like to think that much of our fascination with this topic arises from our heritage as practical problem-solvers — the curiosity that drew our ancestors toward danger in order to begin puzzling ways around it. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z What there is, for practical comedy-writing purposes, "nothing amusing about" is good role models: a caring, conscientious father who doesn't get into scrapes – that's the stuff of government information films, not funny programmes. Homer Simpson isn't a positive role model for kids? Eat my shorts… 2013-06-15T23:05:26Z “Militant, but in a practical way,” she added, of the clothes. Anger Management at Prada and Moschino 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z But it ends with a list of practical lessons that can be drawn from California’s recent history to the national politics of coming years. How California Turned Into a ‘State of Resistance’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z It was like the capsule wardrobe equivalent of cookware — practical, timeless, even elegant, in a way. An enamel butter warmer is the not-so-frivolous luxury I want for fall 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there is probably no practical way to remove scratches from vitreous china. How to remove dirt from textured vinyl flooring 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z He and Mr. Fish discussed staging it at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., where Mr. Lester was acting artistic director at the time, but costs and other practical barriers made it impossible. ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reimagined at Bard College’s SummerScape Festival 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z She sees the practical advantages of digital publishing in terms of portability and storage. Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson tells why she vetoed ebook 2011-03-25T19:12:00Z Here are a few practical uses for a leftover sweetened condensed milk: How to use up the rest of a can of sweetened condensed milk 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Each medical round is filled with sad stories and practical challenges. Fear, hope mark life inside Ebola center in Sierra Leone: Witness 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Architecture “is not terribly controversial. It is something that has both a practical and an artistic element to it,” he said. The Obamas face the paid-speaking circuit — and all the questions that come with it 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z A little smart shopping and practical do-it-yourself ideas transformed the junk room into a guest suite that looks like a million bucks for much less. 2010-02-17T18:12:00Z Those fields commonly are now regarded as more practical, influential and forward-looking -- and as surer pathways for young people hoping for secure, well-paid jobs and older workers who want to change course in midstream. Federal humanities grants aim to put scholars on best seller lists 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Then there’s just the practical requirements of spending all that time outdoors. Preschool Without Walls 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z General help is available under its publications section, where a variety of practical topics are examined. 5 secrets of successful gardeners 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The vast majority of these drives were practical and transactional, just a routine part of being a turkey farmer during the era. Once upon a time, your Thanksgiving turkey took a very long walk to get to your table 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z These questions are not merely practical inquiries; they also evoke the way that a work teeters between its past and its future. How I Solved It: Making My Desktop Into Art 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z A Rome cleaning woman ventured some practical objections, as well as artistic. Vatican slams new pope John Paul sculpture 2011-05-20T12:50:09Z The decision to serve arroz con pollo was practical, Mr. Andrés said: It’s a local dish, and the ingredients were available. Finding Strength in Sofrito in Puerto Rico 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Sign up for Time for Parents, a practical weekly newsletter to help you with the hardest job of all: parenting. Marine Corps Drill Instructor on Disciplining Your Child 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s also practical, allowing less air to reach the food so it keeps better. A Storage Container That Adjusts to You 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z According to a friend, Mildred was “awkward in all practical things of life” — an inept cook and an indifferent housekeeper. A Remarkable Work of Family History Vividly Recreates the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Germany 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “Trump didn’t read. He didn’t really even skim. If it was print, it might as well not exist. Some believed that for all practical purposes he was no more than semiliterate,” Wolff writes. Should you read the book 'Fire and Fury' about Donald Trump? 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z You suggested I do something practical to remember my lost babies by, and I planted a camellia. A letter to … the kind stranger who shared her grief with me 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z We’re meant to see that there’s an emotional and practical order to these events — Hannah’s diminished standing and waning self-confidence lead to new incidents of bullying or abandonment. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Krznaric accomplishes what the other books do not by harmonizing a philosophical point of view with practical advice. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z “I’m very practical about how much work it takes to even say you’re a designer,” he said. Virgil Abloh Isn’t SHOUTING (He Just LIKES Capital Letters) 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Those practical effects were supplemented with computer-generated water effects to round out the look of a bedroom caught in a flood. How ‘Nanny’ Unleashes a Downpour in a Bedroom 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z They have designated duties, including whispering instructions, both practical and not, in the members’ ears. ‘City Council Meeting,’ Locally Tailored, From Here 2013-05-08T21:40:41Z Some people say that women aren't very good at practical things like reverse parking and putting up shelves. One last thing... Salt-N-Pepa 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z There are few portable lighting sources more practical than a headlamp. Best headlamp 2012-06-19T20:46:00Z Both performed excerpts from “Signals” when they were in the Cunningham company as part of his “Events” — his brilliant and practical way of recycling his work, in which dances were resequenced, generating wholly new programming. At Work in Merce Cunningham’s Playhouse 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “I took it to mean he was going to be very practical about this.” Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z That means getting out of the house and reaching out to others in a significant, giving, practical way. Spring cleaning for the soul: How one baseball wife found a way to win 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Fermenting vegetables is a relatively easy and practical way of getting a hands-on perspective of the process, before moving onto something a bit more cumbersome, like beer-brewing. Fermented vegetables are a critical part of worldwide cuisines — and for good reason 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Robertson largely kept these memories as secrets, acting on his mother's practical advice to never trust easily and to preemptively guard against the slings and slander of racism. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Interaction between the two institutions in the early years, though not without conflicts, was close, and this made practical sense. Honoring Latinx Art, Personal and Political 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Athletes who wish to use intermittent fasting should consider several practical issues before starting. How does intermittent fasting affect athletic performance? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z For legal and practical considerations, fictional teams are used in most series, distancing the story from reality. 'Ballers' on HBO aims to be rare sports-themed series with winning game plan 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z With its contemporary architecture, a funky lobby, spotless rooms and easy access to Potsdamer Platz, the hotel is visually enchanting, comfortable and practical. A Berlin Hotel Inspiring Grimm’s Fairy Tale Dreams 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z As a practical document of a sentimental education in showbiz, it hasn’t been bettered, particularly in its account of the creation of the play that made Hart famous, the 1930 comedy “Once in a Lifetime.” Theater Review: Several Moss Harts Are in ‘Act One,’ at Lincoln Center 2014-04-18T02:00:15Z “Pay overtime,” she told the billionaire, in a burn that was both fed-up and practical. Perspective | Warren and Klobuchar stopped tone-policing themselves. It created the realest debate moments yet. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z So if the “Report Your Neighbor” tip line serves no practical or legal purpose, why create it in the first place? White people don’t have to worry about Canada’s new “report your neighbor” hotline 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Friends weighed in, including Mr. Prady, who suggested she “be practical” and settle down with a “suitable mate.” They Wrote Their Love Story While Scripting Others 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The spot doubles as a park, even as it serves its practical purpose. Is that a forest downtown? 2012-07-07T16:00:00Z "The Mystery of Love & Sex," which was produced last year by Lincoln Center Theater, is cleanly staged on a bland, practical set by Takeshi Kata. 'Parenthood's' Mae Whitman explores 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Most Trump supporters will need to find more practical ways to let the world know where their allegiance lies. Bask in the absurdity of this 2018 #MAGA gift guide 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Since Harbin Hot Springs is clothing-optional, they worked naked, which is more practical than the alternative, Ms. Howard said; it’s easier to wash mud off your body than your clothes. SunRay Kelley, Master Builder of the Counterculture, Dies at 71 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z So we built all the sets first, constructed all the vehicles, did all the rain and the snow and the fog with practical effects. Denis Villeneuve Proved to Us He Loves 'Blade Runner' More Than Anybody 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z There's a practical reason for this – its makers want anybody to feel like they can be Master Chief, making him accessible to the widest possible spectrum of players. Paramount unmasks "Halo" for a perfect launch to the long-awaited video game adaptation 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z I know on a practical level Don Winslow was hugely inspirational, but this kind of high-concept thriller has to have a fairly different set of literary influences than the Duffy books? Authors Steve Cavanagh and Adrian McKinty: How growing up in Northern Ireland's Troubles shaped them 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z I believe my rule on practical jokes is that the person for whom the joke is played on must enjoy it the most of anybody. Penn Jillette does the math: America's next big magic star will be a woman 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z There are also practical guides —on how to apply sunscreen, how to not look like a tourist and the like —provided by Howcast and eHow. YouTube Introduces a Travel Channel 2010-09-24T21:02:00Z There are, of course, other practical considerations when the explorer ventures beyond the earth’s atmosphere. Watches That Connect With a History of Exploration 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Conservatism, as a practical political philosophy, is dead in this country. Fox News built a f**ked-up Frankenstein, dumb, angry and divorced from facts. Now Donald Trump will devour them 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The study ranges from the nineteenth-century work of Eadweard Muybridge in confirming the results of horse races to the comparison of lines in the abstract to their practical application in tennis. Highlights from the Third Week of the New York Film Festival 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z So I think we shouldn’t knock those practical things. We still think like ancient Romans: “The clash between the demands of homeland security and rights of the individual? We haven’t solved that” 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z "It is a hugely positive result in terms of practical cooperation resulting from the Good Friday Agreement." RTE channels will go on Freeview 2012-05-29T11:03:44Z His brother Marc, a lawyer who is also Mr. Dujardin’s occasional agent, remembered him as “a practical joker who amused even his own family.” French Twist: Jean Dujardin, a Comic Who Does Nuance 2011-11-20T01:57:20Z Iger's response is depressingly realistic: "I just don't know how practical that is," Iger says, explaining that this isn't simply a matter of financial viability. The problem with "The Problem with Jon Stewart" is that it's not more widely available 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z He worries about practical issues, such as what happens if GMO crops are grown next door and spread into his field, corrupting foods he aims to sell as natural or organic? Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Instead, I told people I wanted to be an actress, which I thought was much more practical, and I waited. Kids' books: Winners of Newbery, Caldecott medals share their inspiration 2010-07-02T06:00:00Z In a sense, this is also Goodwin’s aim: to purvey moral instruction and even practical guidance to aspiring leaders through the stories of four exceptional American presidents. The True Grit of Four American Presidents 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Whether in rags or riches, she was no-nonsense and practical, strikingly low on self-importance. Last Chance: Barbara Stanwyck Festival at Film Forum 2013-12-26T21:36:07Z “If they make a choice that is not practical, it puts you at loggerheads,” said Dr. Karl Neumann, the pediatrician behind kidstraveldoc.com. When Your Child Is the Travel Agent 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z While the lower floor emphasizes design items, the upper floor skews more practical. Nordstrom Now Sells Home Goods at Its New York Store 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Going solo is “practical, it’s exciting,” he said. ArtsBeat: Diamond Rings Match Eye Makeup to Sports Jersey 2010-10-21T17:56:00Z Rendered in a russet corduroy with clean lines and a coy exposed zipper, it skews more 1970s chic than factory-floor practical. It’s Really Time to Buy That Boiler Suit 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z It has other practical attributes: It will hold sloping soil against erosion and — unlike other ground covers — it doubles as a self-anchoring climber that will soften bare walls and hide plain fences. Revered, then reviled: Tracking the rise and fall of ivy 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Many of Robinson’s novels imagine, in detail, the practical habits of environmentally responsible and economically just societies. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New York 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Jem,” on the other hand, is all about groups of women and girls whose principal troubles are social, economic, emotional, and practical. Jem and Gender Theory 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The older generation — the one that created the Soviet system — is stepping away and leaving its children to deal with the moral and practical fallout. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap: ‘I’m Going Home’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes artists commit to a conceit for a reason that can be, as you say, very practical. "Scenes from a Marriage" boss Hagai Levi on empowering the wife to leave: "I have to fight for her" 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The practical and the poetic, yin and yang. An H.C. Westermann Retrospective Melds Humor and Provocation 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The game ceases to be interesting and becomes more like a practical joke — funny the first time but quickly wearing thin. What Pokémon Can Teach Us About Fiction 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z In any case, his point about climate change was never that it isn’t an apocalyptic threat; but rather, that thinking about it can short-circuit serious consideration of practical steps like conservation. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z She's always clad in feminine business professional and high heels, in contrast with the more practical post-apocalyptic attire of sweatpants and sneakers that nearly everyone else currently in government wears. Cures for a patriarchal hangover on “Y: The Last Man” 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z I don’t think it’s an accident that the most popular hidden-camera series on cable is titled “Impractical Jokers”; a practical joke is still an innocent enterprise that eventually brings everyone in on the laughs. The big Sacha Baron Cohen question: Can a harmless prankster become a weaponized troll? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z "For me, the fact that the story unfolds in summer was primarily a practical matter," she says, smiling. Claire Keegan 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Wearing fabric on your chest like that is not only very chic, but super practical. Oscar dresses reviewed by a man who knows nothing about fashion 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z But it’s also practical and, I hope, helpful. Everything Is Negotiable in This Asparagus Salad 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “I think Nic has a wild streak in her and a very practical streak, and she manages to balance both very well, and that’s evident in her work,” Ms. Watts said in a phone interview. Nicole Kidman on Lee Daniels’s ‘Paperboy’ 2012-09-09T15:30:32Z However high-minded the contents, the genesis of the collection was practical. A Personal Gallery of Social Justice 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z It is not merely a question of chic: There are practical considerations as well. Women of the Philharmonic Can Play It All. Just Not in Pants. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Beyond these practical changes, however, the pandemic prompted Rubin and his staff to double down on "bringing a very high level of hospitality to the job," he says. For liquor stores, sales surged during the pandemic. What will happen when drinkers go back to bars? 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The beefed-up dress code proved more aspirational than practical; only 10 summonses were issued in the six months after it took effect. That Cabby Dress Code? It?s Getting a Makeover 2010-12-01T00:42:00Z Recurring themes include the sordid marriage of madness and art, the often unseen presence of practical magic in everyday life, and the ways in which history can glue together a family and a community. Alan Moore’s sprawling new epic, ‘Jerusalem’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The redemption of these abstractions is genius—the irresistible force that blows practical objections aside. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z “I think it is interesting to see a behavior that has no practical value in an animal.” Is it normal to hoard? 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z Here, she abstracts its elements into a calmly grand practical fantasy. Agnès Varda’s Art of Being There 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z She's practical and highly efficient but dangerously speculative, with a focus on the world around her. Beyoncé, Obama, Lady Gaga – what does their handwriting say about them? 2012-10-14T16:59:02Z There is a long and rich tradition of debate in philosophy and cognitive science about the nature of those entities, which the three main aliens resolve with impressive practical acumen. Review: In ‘Before We Vanish,’ the Aliens Have a Lot of Questions 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z At the practical level, street performance doesn’t lend itself to commodification; his output in other disciplines, like line drawing and writing and producing plays, was ever so slightly easier to buy and sell. A ’70s Performance Artist Finds a New Audience 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z But on a practical scale, it mostly confirms that the Grammys process needs revising. Kanye West hit wrong note in latest Grammy diatribe 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z When not tending to waves of wounded GIs, Hawkeye and his pals passed their time playing practical jokes, carousing with nurses and drinking to excess. Alan Alda, star of TV's anti-war comedy 'M*A*S*H,' hailed for... 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Why hasn’t that point been reached already, given the practical reality that a minority of the voting population controls the Senate, the White House and, therefore, the federal judiciary? Letters to the Editor 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “My shop doesn’t offer everything I prepared for the competition — it’s not practical,” he said. Cultured Traveler: In Paris, Where Artisanship Becomes Art 2012-10-12T20:04:36Z Mentors try to equip them with practical, social and emotional skills to earn a living and live law-abiding, productive lives when they are released. A prison program in Connecticut seeks to find out what happens when prisoners are treated as victims 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Thankfully, the book also offers plenty of guidance — philosophical and practical — about managing those restricted eating windows. Shrink the ‘window of eating,’ and maybe I’ll shrink, too 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The brand managed to create something that's practical but also, classically beautiful. Gen Z, Le Creuset, and "aesthetic adulthood": Why young people are investing in this pricey cookware 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z His spiritual crisis presents itself as a series of practical problems: how to disable the sprinklers that douse him awake every morning; where to shower; what to do with his life. | 'Everything Must Go': A Picture Window on a Life Turned Inside Out 2011-05-12T21:43:02Z The fantasies crystalized in prison and he came up with this theory that once in centuries you find a leader in whom is embodied the two qualities – one, the visionary and two, the practical politician…. Hitler’s turning point: Without his year in prison, “he could have disappeared into the sands of irrelevance” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z With the movement into cities of the U.S. population, and much of the rest of the world’s people, we have had a massive de-skilling in how to do practical tasks. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z What that means in practical terms is that Mr. Botti engineers wave upon wave of glittery combustion, sometimes packing several boomlets into a single song. Music Review: Chris Botti on Trumpet at the Beacon Theater 2012-07-25T21:34:55Z Digital humanities scholars also face a more practical test: What knowledge can they produce that their predecessors could not? Digital keys for unlocking the humanities' riches 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z Ms. Condlln, too, likened the practical, technical nature of the work to stage fighting, which is tightly planned even when it feels explosive to the audience. Need to Fake an Orgasm? There’s an ‘Intimacy Choreographer’ for That 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The first will be practical and edited, emphasizing long-wear products and natural brows and lashes. Makeup and the Mask. It’s About the Eyes. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The book focuses on practical methods to connect to a teen and keep that connection strong. Perspective | What to do when an ex’s behavior is hurting the children 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z But semantics aside, for practical purposes, the social media giant is definitely in the media business, whatever other businesses it’s also in. What If the New York Times Experimented on You Like Facebook? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But not all equestrian cultures were so practical. On the World's Oldest Trousers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But “Swan Song,” a science-fiction drama written and directed by Benjamin Cleary, posits a scenario of doubling that’s just as much about acquiring emotional intelligence as it is about reckoning with existential and practical ramifications. ‘Swan Song’ Review: Second Life 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Indeed, Ken takes his son along to the track and lovingly passes along his practical and philosophical racing sense. The Airbrushed Racing History of “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z George Oppen, for something like a practical integrity, is an inspiration continually. How Ursula K. Le Guin Fooled the Poet Robert Hass 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Within a population, this is only practical if no two groups’ beliefs are ever at odds. Trump, the University of Chicago, and the Collapse of Public Language 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But while those are the bare essentials, a few practical items will heighten your enjoyment. A Starter Kit for Aspiring Wine Lovers 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z He provided an inventory that gives insight into the practical side of creating dance pieces: “Power tools, lights, rigging hardware, manual tools, scenic track and associated hardware, compressors, video and audio equipment.” Modern Dance Groups to Receive Hurricane Sandy Relief Aid 2012-12-25T22:42:00Z For well over a century, scholars were aware of some 111 pages of Liszt’s sketches for Sardanapalo preserved in a Weimar archive, but considered them too fragmentary to be of practical value. Review | Franz Liszt’s unfinished ‘Sardanapalo’ opera makes its U.S. premiere at Library of Congress 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Just don’t expect to see highly practical furniture where form follows function. A look back at the colorful work of the Memphis Group 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “Let me help make your loved ones’ memories of you nice — instead of awful,” she says, and proceeds to do just that in this short, practical guide to getting rid of stuff. Guides for Better Living From Around the World 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z What that means in practical terms is that the Lincoln Project ads are specifically designed to trigger the president. The Lincoln Project’s plan for preserving the union: Drive Trump out of office by driving him nuts 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z He did musical plays and studied privately but, as a practical matter, intended to study engineering. Bob McGrath, Longtime ‘Sesame Street’ Star, Dies at 90 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “I remember calling my mom and asking, ‘What do you think about this gift?’ and she pointed out how practical it was. Love Was the Main Attraction on Their Sightseeing Adventure 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The shoot’s emphasis on practical effects was not always easy on the actors. Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Most don’t attempt to get you to the top of a croquembouche, but appeal to you with simpler techniques, practical advice and interesting flavors — a flaky scone here, a splash of pomegranate molasses there. The Year’s Best Baking Cookbooks: Radical Ideas, Classic Treats 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z They are practical people who “just get on with it”. Hey, parents – leave those introverts alone! 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z "In French, a potiche is a vase or decorative object of little value and no real practical use that you put on a shelf or the mantle," according to media notes on the film. Venice: Deneuve hits the Lido to promote 'Potiche' 2010-09-05T16:01:00Z Choose a mixture of practical textures and materials, including nubby and quilted fabrics, leather, metal, wood and colorful accessories, for texture and interest. To brighten a family room, lose the leather sectional and paint the brick fireplace 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The decision to write it all down, however, was more practical than artistic. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth Writes About Her Band and Breakups 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Becker said that he and Ms. Scott wanted to move the book back toward its roots as a practical manual that both reflects and inspires the cooks of its time. How Jell-O Molds Claimed Their Spot on the American Table 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The books are repositories of mild gossip, practical wisdom, family news and playful ribbing. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Those who are committed to traveling can take a number of practical steps to manage the heat. Stockholm Instead of Rome? October Instead of July? How Heat Waves Are Changing Tourism in Europe 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The thought of an entire film accompanied, scene by scene, by hundreds of scents is an enticing prospect, but it's hardly practical. Lights, cameras, olfaction: scratch and sniff movies 2010-12-08T22:00:00Z The generous balcony looked nice, but there was no outdoor furniture, and thanks to typical conditions in the Windy City, it was more an aesthetic feature than a practical one. Check In/Check Out Chicago Radisson Blu Aqua Chicago: Hotel Review: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago 2012-06-15T18:44:02Z The regalia can add practical difficulty to Booker’s work, which involves plenty of heavy lifting. For Chakaia Booker, Whose Medium Is Tires, the Art Is in the Journey 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The teenagers seem a little more practical as JJ gets his telepathic sister to read the mind of a girl he fancies to see if he's in with a shot. Tonight's TV highlights: No Ordinary Family 2011-01-18T00:05:03Z And while knows there’s no question Riccardo Tisci put forth a vision of fierce feline fashion, when it comes to looks for more practical cats, critics felt Phoebe Philo’s Jaguars really had bite. | C?line Wins! 2011-03-08T00:18:48Z Christine de Lassus, 58, a fashion stylist, noted in an email that she “adopted a long time ago the sportswear/streetwear/oversize/minimalist/comfortable and practical fashion that seems to be the new norm.” Am I Done Suffering for Fashion? 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In Britton’s essay, she notes that the Nat Tate practical joke provides a useful roadmap for how some of the criminal artist forgers went about falsifying our impressions of history in order to profit. Never forget David Bowie masterminded "the biggest art hoax in history" 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z “There is no doubt that the ‘practical operation’ of the minimum coverage provision is as a tax.” Obama Administration: Obamacare's Individual Mandate 'is a Tax' 2012-07-06T16:15:36Z But when she ventures into the concrete domains of the “is” — offering practical advice and polemical warnings — “Why Grow Up?” turns a bit fuzzy. ‘Why Grow Up?’ by Susan Neiman 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z He made every effort to help her acquire practical experience as a director away from Bayreuth while still in her early 20s. Wolfgang Wagner obituary 2010-03-22T14:24:00Z Mostly, though, I order online – it’s more practical and it stops me getting things I don’t need, which inevitably happens in supermarkets. ‘I never really buy anything ready-made – not even sandwiches’ | Kitchen encounters 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Good old Dr. Phil offers a lot of practical wisdom on relationships. Ask Amy: Open e-mail brings out the worst in marriage 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s not only the closest but also the most practical, as it welcomes the most international flights in Germany. Oktoberfest means wine in Franconia, the enchanting German region you don’t know yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Notions like taste and practical chic are way too complex to sell today, when much of the world’s population is consumed with either acquisition or basic survival. | Slave No More 2014-02-06T16:00:26Z It is a reinterpretation of Joseph Campbell’s works — “The Hero’s Journey” and “The Hero With a Thousand Faces” — pointed toward practical writing advice. Jason Segel: By the Book 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “Winegrowers are busy, practical people working extremely closely with nature. Their livelihood depends on it. If biodynamics didn’t improve their grapes and wine, they wouldn’t touch it.” The cult of natural wine – 'this is like punk or acid house' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Crisply written, rational and practical, “Zero to One” should be read not just by aspiring entrepreneurs but by anyone seeking a thoughtful alternative to the current pervasive gloom about the prospects for the world. From one who should know 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z As a practical matter, the White House’s silence violates one of the core tenets of public relations — that is, always get a word in edgewise, no matter how damaging a story may be. Beyond ‘no comment’: The White House has no response — at all — to many media questions 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z The questions that come up repeatedly are practical ones. The story of one man’s pregnancy: ‘It felt joyous, amazing and brilliant’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z I’m of the “Let’s-fatten-you-up-until-you’re-too-obese-to-do-much-of-anything” school, while he’s more practical, or “mean,” as I’m apt to call it. Untamed 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Buildings so tall and thin were recognized even at the time as not particularly practical or economic. Renewing an Affair With the Empire State Building 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But his devotion to mariachi over other styles of music was, in part, a practical calculation. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z And instead of wallowing in fear and panic, he offers practical ideas for productive change. Michael Moore’s gutsy new film: Our military has not won a war since World War II 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Other than practical issues of which players will be available, Dubinets explains, SSO commissions afford composers “full freedom” as to subject matter, form and style for the piece. The next ‘Become Ocean’? Seattle Symphony to unveil new commissions 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Not very practical, but certainly shows the fun and entertaining face of London fashion. Mulberry, Illincic wrap up London Fashion Week 2012-09-19T01:16:05Z This was for practical as well as symbolic reasons. Has legal cannabis killed the bong? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z There’s a nice balance of scientific explanation and practical tips. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The musicians — essentially playing themselves in re-enactments of events that more or less really happened — are focused much of the time on practical matters. | 'No One Knows About Persian Cats': Indie Rock in Iran in Bahman Ghobadi?s New Work 2010-04-16T01:56:00Z Then there are the practical considerations, he added. Why Don’t More American Men Get Vasectomies? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z She dismisses pretension in favor of the practical. A Book to Distill Wine to Its Essence 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The panoramic view also lets you see the practical beauty of Chareau’s system of wrought-iron shelves, some almost reaching the ceiling. Going Head to Head With Pierre Chareau 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z And that’s without all the practical stuff: the food, the flowers, the ashes. The death of a sibling: ‘It makes no sense and never will’ 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Originally, that was all the book was going to be — a compilation of profiles distilled into practical advice for a variety of homes and lifestyles. After a year out of the spotlight, a new kind of ‘Young House Love’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z State Department still officially discourages travel to Iran, and there are other practical challenges to traveling there. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z She could be practical when she wanted to—she was the first to add built-in bras to swimsuits—but most of the time she decidedly didn’t. Nonparelli 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z She relies on her family for practical and mental support. Losing her mind and watching it go: the slow suffering of Lewy body disease 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Terror doesn't just stop; its emotional and practical effects are inherited. The Asian men I never knew 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z We set up adult education internships to provide practical gardening and teaching support to explore the extent to which gardens act as forums where people address social and environmental justice. Community and school gardens don’t magically sprout bountiful benefits 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Park ends most chapters with groan-worthy puns and quirkily practical guidance for parents and comedians alike. Staring Down the Stigma of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Cruise, a contender for the most daredevil actor since Buster Keaton, was adamant that every stunt be accomplished with practical effects. Winning the Skies Without Losing Your Lunch: Filming ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The first march, on Bloody Sunday, was made up of primarily locals, she said, “men in plaid shirts, women in housedresses, aprons and practical shoes,” the clothing of “farmers, laborers, domestics.” Clothes and Character: 'Theory,' 'Selma' and 'Hobbit' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Extolling the virtues of dial-up dalliances, Suzanne Fellini recorded perhaps the most relevant and practical of the songs for a quarantine playlist. 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Part of the appeal of these stories is their intense preoccupation with practical matters, and the problems Pi must solve form the dramatic heart of the film. Movie Review: ‘Life of Pi,’ Directed by Ang Lee 2012-11-20T17:49:12Z In Duneier’s impressive and comprehensive volume, readers will find a greater sense of the complexity of America’s problem of racial inequality, as well as the urgency — practical and moral — of solving it. ‘Ghetto,’ by Mitchell Duneier 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z But he overstates his case and offers few practical solutions. No fear to tread 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z She has a distinctively concrete and practical way with photographs, and so avoids generic documentary techniques such as the vague and slow camera-moves, and the graphic transitions and effects that dematerialize photographs. The State of Independent Film in 2016 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Why do some pieces of clothing sport fake pockets when the real thing is so practical? The reason dresses and jeans have fake pockets 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The subject of the meeting is the legislature’s refusal to build a much-needed community center; frustration among the attendees mounts, until Barack addresses them and offers some brilliant practical suggestions to overcome the opposition. The Authentic Joy of “Southside with You” 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z When I was deciding what to lose from Hardy's narrative, first to go were the children: not least for practical reasons of casting. Thomas Hardy goes to the opera 2012-08-17T21:55:07Z In her e-mail, Carolyn Gillette drew a distinction between the practical way we talk about our political problems and the way we communicate in a hymn. A New Hymn for Charleston 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Costumes, trick-or-treating and practical jokes are a big part of Halloween festivities along with references to spooky creatures, including witches, ghosts and goblins – all of which might come from the holiday’s Celtic origins. History of Halloween: The origins of the holiday 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Other questions that Winner explores have practical import. What We Know About Art and the Mind 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z This sort of improvisatory rhythm isn’t the most practical career strategy. A Nicole Eisenman Midcareer Survey in Philadelphia 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “The perfect mix of practical, exotic and chic.” Noticed: Mochila Project Inspires Must-Have Bags 2010-06-30T16:55:00Z The designs sometimes continue on the inside of the vessel, a signal that the pieces are not meant for practical use. Review | In the galleries: Extraordinary images from ordinary settings in ‘Places We Find’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z This is surely practical, now that winter as we knew it seems to have been replaced by a series of disorienting warmish days alternated with Cataclysmic Weather Events. Critical Shopper: Mackage and Fjallraven — Critical Shopper 2012-12-04T17:13:55Z Are his paintings allegories, or entertainments, or something more – how shall we say this – practical? Botticelli's love drug 2010-05-28T09:31:00Z They also provide tremendous educational and practical value in helping people manage their greenhouse gases. Climate change can be stopped 2012-12-09T17:00:00Z If there was ever a personality trait that’s an indicator of potential psychopathy, it’s an overzealous practical joker. My streaming gem: why you should watch Creep 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The first, she noted, was romantic; the second was practical. Weddings: Four Decades Later, a Face From the Dorm 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z It's also a practical holiday that offers, among other release valves, a controlled forum for unburdening oneself of resentments, the Airing of Grievances. For the rest of us, there's Festivus: Celebrating 25 years of a "Seinfeld" holiday about nothing 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z How do those talks translate in practical terms? Matthew Broderick Misses the Theater Very Much 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z “There is no magic, but if there were, we’d use it for something practical, like cleaning the dog hair off the rug.” Newly Released Books 2010-12-16T06:34:36Z Reached in London by phone, Robertson explained that his motivation was actually practical: short calls would fit his schedule better than a few marathoners. For This Show, the Artist Went Overboard 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z We'd prefer they spend the money on something more practical but recognize they are free to spend it however they like. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Don’t get tied up in knots over a no-strings gift 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z I felt like a tourist walking around Manhattan in such practical shoes. Allergic to myself 2012-08-13T23:59:00Z Pappas: It was honestly a practical, a cinematic choice because we wanted Ezra to be a volunteer. Nick Kroll on returning to his filmmaking roots and the recommended age for starting "Big Mouth" 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Blackwood had her own problems and, as Hardwick predicted, could not give Lowell the practical and emotional support he needed during his manic phases. The Cutting Mind and Romantic Heart of Elizabeth Hardwick 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It seemed so random and quirky the townsfolk swore this must be a practical joke. Double-down on dining in Walla Walla 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z We shut off all the lights, so there's a point when there's no practical lighting at all. The Dark Knight Rises: the team behind the trilogy's epic finale 2012-07-13T23:01:00Z For all practical purposes, no two brains will ever be alike. Brain surgery with a tree saw: How one neurosurgeon changed the game for a Tanzanian hospital 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “On a practical level, is there enough talent today for that to be true, for Sphinx to become superfluous?” They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z You’re best known for Aqua, a skyscraper that is not just gorgeous and practical but gorgeous because it’s practical. | Q&A: Jeanne Gang, the Chicago Architect ? Q&A 2011-09-29T00:04:54Z A more practical idea might be an oxytocin spray or tablet. ‘Dogs have a magic effect’: how pets can improve our mental health 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z I have no other marketable or even practical skills to speak of. For Years, a Literary Villain Made Joe Ide Wary of Nurses 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The practical thing to do is to pack your own meal. Practical Traveler: Pack a Picnic for Your Next Flight 2011-06-22T14:52:34Z He’s an empiricist, with the practical sensibility of an engineer that he inherited from his father. CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z After a deft summary of the way women are silenced, interrupted, patronized, passed over and ignored in debate, speeches, meetings and discussions, Beard asks, “What’s the practical remedy?” Review | Author explains history’s muzzle on powerful women. Removing it is up to you. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z And in terms of cutesy monikers, marrying one’s best friend is definitely easier to stomach, and way more practical, than holding out for one’s soul mate. Marrying your best friend is a cliche, but a good one for women 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The challenge presenting itself as Ms. Haller, 46, began mapping out her fall collection, her third, was to find a way to combine idiosyncratic textures, colors and patterns in a distinctive yet practical way. New York Fashion Week’s Under-the-Radar Talents 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “I know bags, and I always want a bag to be functional and comfortable to hold,” she says, flipping the practical double handles of a small shoulder purse. 2010-02-03T04:30:00Z On a practical level, in tune with changing what once made her turn away from the theater, Hudes wanted to ensure the production contributes to moving the industry forward in terms of representation in casting. How Her Ancestors Reignited Her Return to Theater 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z These are intended for the Ukrainian moms with young children to pick up as they arrive with little or nothing in the way of practical supplies from their home country. As Ukraine's moms flee to Poland amid war, they're greeted by gifts of baby strollers 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z When Walker joined the Rangers in the 1840s, he brought with him a practical revolver, designed by Samuel Colt, which became a battlefield game changer. The True Story of the Texas Rangers 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z They also have a practical value, because while “Pachinko” is based on a self-contained novel, it is not a mini-series. ‘Pachinko’ Review: K-Drama, American-Style 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z For practical reasons, my brother took possession of her ashes. My Brother Hasn’t Buried Our Mother’s Ashes Yet, and I’m Mad 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Nowhere near practical, but a little bit more believable. ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z While physical measures such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol level are excellent markers, it simply isn’t practical to obtain such information in studies that include many thousands of subjects. Rich American seniors are getting healthier, not poor ones 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z From countless mistakes, ounces of spilled blood and gallons of sweat comes something simple and enduring; practical yet elegant. Sea of Love: A Father, His Daughter and the Boat He Made for Her 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z She forms real attachments to the wounded in her care but is flatly practical about any given man's chances for survival. 'Dreadnought': Cherie Priest's steampunk saga of a Civil War nurse and a big bad train 2010-10-01T22:00:00Z One preparation — described by multiple individuals and recognized as both practical and ridiculous — was to hide all the office candy bowls. Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z “When I try to articulate it, it sounds really abstract, but I think it’s actually very practical,” Odell says. Jenny Odell on why we need to learn to do nothing: ‘It's a reminder that you're alive’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Her practical mode of dress, which sometimes descended into the slightly disheveled, merely accentuated her wholesome and selfless concern for the dispossessed and needy. Defined by their look: First ladies must set the right tone with their wardrobe — is this too colorful for the age of ISIS? 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z This approach is not frivolous, but practical, attentive to the activities of everyday life. Museum Review: Shelburne Museum Is Opening a New Visitors Center 2013-08-16T22:18:25Z Energetic and practical – they were not earning much money then – she had arranged with a local florist to supply as many as she could. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z Opera, on a practical level, is all about teaching people to do the former and avoid the latter. How to survive the next four years on social media? Opera can help. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z That kind of good, practical wisdom is, I’m sure, why my ancestors chose to be Jews. New video explains why your mouth smells like garbage 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It's a mission by committed young artists to merge "the symbolic and the poetic with the practical," to "recycle the narrative" that is powerfully, imaginatively expressed. Going green in black America at heart of Marc Bamuthi Joseph work 2012-05-31T23:32:14Z “Canners” offers some practical lessons as well, and some fine examples of informal civic cooperation. Review: In ‘Canners,’ One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Nickel Treasure 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Singing is an athletic feat — jokes about fat ladies notwithstanding — and requires a focus on the physical and practical. How to survive the next four years on social media? Opera can help. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Or why, for that matter, expect people who have lived with a single-minded dedication to a single narrow field of endeavor to know anything special, let alone anything practical, about life at large? Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Patrick Hadley was briefly on the staff when Morris retired; he staggered up from Cambridge in a state of delightful disarray, indiscreet and erratic, but was a tonic in realism and practical attitude. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z They’re practical, of course — held outdoors, they don’t require excessive choreographic construction. Using the Wisdom of Dance to Find Our Way Back to Our Bodies 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z There were two reasons: one practical and one editorial. How Andrew Solomon’s memoir of coming out became a completely different story 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But Eastwood doesn’t fill the movie with the details of practical politics; he sets up Chris’s fighting with a mighty, intensely focussed abstraction. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Actually the animals are fairly ordinary – nothing you couldn't see in a zoo – but their bodies are built along lines that may have practical applications for us humans. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z “It doesn’t feel like that,” said Mr. Forsyth, who is a youthful 63 and looks and dresses like a lecturer on some practical topic, like industrial design. Film: Bill Forsyth to Discuss ?Housekeeping? at Film Forum 2010-04-14T21:46:00Z The other reason for its neglect is purely practical. The Duenna's 230-year elopement 2010-09-29T21:00:00Z Paul Myners, city minister under Gordon Brown, talked about the need to help create a "new generation of philanthropists" but also made practical suggestions: The Government can do a number of things. Bakewell, Bragg and Puttnam speak out as Lords debate arts funding cuts 2011-02-04T11:32:01Z But as a practical matter, it made you a promise — to fly you to Barbados — and then broke it. Delta stopped flying to Barbados — is our vacation ruined? 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Increasingly that knowledge is being turned to practical use, with some lovely effects. ‘Dogs have a magic effect’: how pets can improve our mental health 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He also offers solutions that are at once practical and utopian and always in progress, as research is, subject to updating, notating, revision. Art In Review: MORTEN TRAAVIK AND PETER FEND: ‘Power Games’ 2012-07-05T20:34:36Z The plots are both practical and idiosyncratic: a hydraulic press crushing a superhot ball; a palette knife incorporating two shades of paint; a rag applying mineral oil to a bowl. The “Oddly Satisfying” Pleasures of Slime Porn 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z A tone of practical encouragement to young artists prevails. Mo Willems and the Art of the Children’s Book 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z What stands there now may well be practical, and doubtless works, yet it's hard not to feel that the heart of the building was ripped out before it had even started to beat. The new BBC Broadcasting House: So what does ?1bn buy? 2011-01-23T21:31:01Z The items are drab, the labels practical: Banana Republic, J. Crew and the like. Becoming Elizabeth Holmes 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Behind Bars is a practical revelation of the poetics of musical communication. Top scores for the book that teaches composers how to communicate 2011-01-12T15:25:52Z It’s a typical Fairbanks solution: breezily practical, but undeniably eccentric. Douglas Fairbanks: extraordinary life of Hollywood founding father 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z So you have to select and sort and be practical in a different way. An Exit Interview With the Man Who Transformed the Oxford English Dictionary 2013-04-24T02:14:01Z Doris has brought Susan up to be practical and is ardently against anyone filling her daughter's head full of "legends, myths, or fairy tales." "Miracle on 34th Street" reminds us that home ownership was once an elusive dream for many Americans 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z One minute he’s funny and charming, the next he’s making you film him in the bath, and the next he’s taking a practical joke too far. My streaming gem: why you should watch Creep 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “In the Key of Us” includes practical tips for handling emotional problems like panic attacks and overthinking, as well as a list of resources to contact for support. Young, Gifted and Searching for a Sense of Self 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Their subject is imagination, and their purpose isn’t to spark it but to channel it, to put it to work, whether overtly, in the moral solution of practical problems, or covertly, as a consumer. “A Monster Calls” and the Stifling Lessons of Children’s Movies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In “Breakfast With Seneca,” David Fideler calls it a “supremely practical philosophy.” Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Most important in a practical sense, “into gear” and “asleep all day” aren’t your only two choices. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She was always the one with answers. Now it’s either/or questions. 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Here is practical advice from pros, along with updates on hair hydrating technology. Dry Winter Hair Is the Worst 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Coated in fibreglass, the roof has been shaped as much for practical reasons as for aesthetic ones – to keep sun, rain and snow at bay. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z Each "Cup Form" is shaped in a spirit of cozy kitchen utility but is way too big to be practical. UW faculty artists get an 'A' at Traver Gallery exhibition 2012-03-08T23:36:01Z His deep knowledge as a historian of modern Europe allowed him to identify links between fascism, past and present, and also to offer practical advice. History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z And turning up the romance level in practical partners is best accomplished over time. ‘At Least I Got You a Gift’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z He also emphasized the competition's practical value as an informal way for talented young singers to land jobs. Placido Domingo kicks off Operalia, says he's up for L.A. Opera opener 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z I had just moved into a new apartment with more counter space, which made owning this larger kitchen tool a little more practical. I committed to cooking one meal a day using my new air fryer — here's what worked (and what didn't) 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In practical terms there are only two logical courses of action for Mayer and Yahoo. One Way (Maybe The Only Way) Yahoo Can Succeed 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z On a practical note, the publication, at 5,000 copies, was a “more cost-efficient communication tool for us than a comprehensive seasonal advertising campaign at this point,” Mr. Vallot added. Fashion Brands Say Publications Are a Good Investment 2012-02-21T18:23:49Z There were some immediate practical problems with the work. Look, no embryos! The future of ethical stem cells 2011-03-13T00:05:26Z But in the following year, I began to put it to practical use. I lost 13 stone – now I know the truth about obesity 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Animals are, for all practical purposes, people, only somewhat furrier. Television: Animal Shows Are Taking Over TV 2010-04-21T22:01:00Z Another raised practical concerns: Gross Glienicke was too far away, he said, how were we going to restore the house from London? Saving the house we lost to the Nazis 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z A new book by interior designer Windsor Smith celebrates interiors that are at once elegant and practical. How to Design a Glamorous Space That’s Practical Too 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z On a practical scale, schedules have been wiped and income reduced to zero. 'There seems to be a Special Tone': Why Britney Spears is a five star film critic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z On the practical side, drawings are relatively inexpensive to make, transport, exhibit and buy, which benefits artists, as well as curators, art dealers, starting-out collectors. Drawing, a Cure for the January Blahs 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “A lot of it is illusions you would have seen in the vaudeville days — very simple, practical effects,” Timbers says of the show. The creators of the ‘Beetlejuice’ musical ‘tried to run toward Burton’ visually 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z One is practical, the other less so, but both evoke salty breezes. In the galleries: Jason Gubbiotti’s ‘War Paint’ at Civilian Art Projects The Tianjin Binhai Library was built for practical purposes, to serve the Binhai New Area, which was formed in 2009 by the merger of three districts of Tianjin, a port city in northeastern China. Where Libraries are the Tourist Attractions 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Daryl Friedman, the Recording Academy's chief lobbyist in Washington, said the library's National Recording Registry goes beyond its practical purpose of ensuring that recordings are preserved for generations to come. Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award 2013-04-18T04:31:05Z But now I’ve realised the point of them is largely practical. Our gay wedding: ‘Does one of us have to play the groom?’ 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z I like that creative with a mix of practical. Date Lab: Keep calm and meet your soul mate. Or not. A deeply felt and artistically accomplished spirituality is usually accompanied by an original sense of form—the practical repudiation of profane styles in favor of one that’s extremely purified or superbly adorned, or both. The Suffocating Solemnity of “The Revenant” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z That was just as well, for, as Anthony Brandt explains in "The Man Who Ate His Boots," even then it was recognized that any such passage would be of little practical use. 'The Man Who Ate His Boots': The Northwest Passage ? it had to be there 2010-03-19T22:30:00Z While you may want to tackle six recipes that all bake in the oven at different temperatures, it's not exactly practical. How to cook big meals when you're low on kitchen space 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Second, the practical implications – how will this research change our lives? Jo Marchant on science writing: 'You need a burning curiosity' 2013-03-13T07:00:01Z His sofas and chairs, with their lovely patterned fabric covers, are as practical as they are pleasing. Franz West: generous sculptural jester 2012-07-26T16:05:02Z She discovered the beauty of structures, vistas, and fountains and best of all created a practical all-green garden below a new porch. Landscape Revival 2013-02-25T16:20:02.927Z His book, you see, is a theoretical art-history text arguing that for practical purposes there is no difference between a copy and an original. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z There’s a practical reason for that: Shorter books get returned more quickly, which makes greater turnover possible. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Display cases contain ritual objects like god statuettes, incense burners and temple fragments, in addition to practical vessels for frothing and drinking chocolate. Antiques: Kerosene Lamps With a Long Afterglow 2010-03-25T22:03:00Z “Answer, rather, the practical matters,” he counsels, in accordance with the current pragmatist orthodoxy. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z I had a job in the bakery when I was younger, but it's not practical to do my GCSEs and have a job and social life at the same time. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z When I told Howard that we should meet again in five years to see if we were meant to be together, I thought I was just being practical. Let’s Meet Again in Five Years 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z It was often Schumacher’s job to be the practical one, figuring out how Russell’s profusely metaphorical ideas might actually work onstage. A Song and Dance Collaboration, Straight Outta Swamplandia 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It represented an idea of interdependence of which pulse-growing on an immense scale would be the practical outcome. Astana, Kazakhstan: the space station in the steppes 2010-08-08T00:59:00Z It’s both touching and unsettling to hear these tales of the practical limits of good intentions. Three Podcasts to Listen to in June 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Man Lab, which attempts to re-bottle some of his practical skills and intelligence into a kind of bluffer's guide for a generation of feckless men who can't change a fuse, less so. TV highlights 28/03/2013 2013-03-28T07:00:04Z She had a practical sense of how things worked; she wanted people to be involved in their lives, where they had agency. Holland Taylor Plays Ann Richards One Last Time 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z As I began embracing this aspect of my nationality more and more as the program continued, I knew that I wanted to craft an Italian-focused dish for my upcoming practical examinations. This crispy, buttery sun-dried tomato and rosemary gnocchi is the perfect fall dinner 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The problems that Wiseman finds are local, practical, intimate, but the emotions that he films are grand and tragic. Finding the American Ideal in Queens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Very few buildings are taller than 500 meters because of the limitations of those everyday devices that make high-rise buildings practical in the first place — elevators. Reengineering elevators could transform 21st-century cities 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z His gentle diaries went hand-in-hand with the writing of standard works – including Snowdonia and The Natural History of Wales in Collins' New Naturalist series – and practical conservation campaigning. Bill Condry's legacy lives on at Festival of Nature Writing 2010-10-22T15:07:00Z Mr Wenar does make more practical suggestions—for instance, that Norway, a country that imports almost no oil from unfree countries, should make a symbolic pledge never to do so. Corrupted bounty 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z I wasn’t no practical joker or anything like that. ‘I’m feeling really funny’: Tracy Morgan picks up the pieces on his latest tour 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z "Some cakes are purposefully more simple, practical, and classic in flavor and decoration. Some cakes are more elaborate and technical, to reflect something a bit more in my head at the time." “My failures taught me more than a perfect cake did”: 3 expert tips to become a better baker 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Against the dominion of capitalist profiteers and the top-down cult of technocratic expertise, it aimed to put practical, intellectual and spiritual means of self-determination into the hands of the people. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z But then again, she is, for all practical purposes, playing herself: a die-hard New Yorker pushing back against the city’s über-rich with a humor that hits very close to home. In ‘Odd Mom Out,’ Mining the Upper East Side for Comedy Gold 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z "When I heard I was getting this star, I felt like it was a practical joke." Mark Wahlberg gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2010-07-29T20:52:00Z Because sleep doesn’t carry the same stigma that still unfairly lingers for mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, dealing with sleep issues somehow seems both less scary and more practical to some patients. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The practical application was grueling: Hurt had to arrive on set at 4 a.m. and sit in the makeup chair for eight hours as the prosthetic was applied. How Christian Bale Became Dick Cheney (and Other Tales of Transformation) 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Both times, there were diplomatic and practical obstacles that the music, in its dazzling capaciousness, managed to transcend. Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z There was a blur of other information, but I don’t recall much, except that I did scan the room a few times for hidden cameras, just in case my roommates were playing a practical joke. When my birth mother found me 2013-09-16T23:30:00Z We would have no practical way to know for sure. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Ronda’s breathtaking perch above a deep gorge, while visually dramatic today, was practical and vital when it was built. Experiencing the soul of Spain in Andalucía’s hill towns 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z “We can offer a practical treatment. Anything else and we are out of our depth.” 'Masters of Sex' Recap: The Personal Is the Clinical 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z For Lorde, poetry is the practical means by which we sustain ourselves and chart a new world. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z This emotional strike was worsened by a practical one – I had given up my apartment just weeks before the breakup because we had intended to move in together. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z It airs during prime time as a place for the practical gardener to get advice and inspiration and the armchair gardener to be entertained. Britain’s ‘Gardeners’ World’ is the pandemic escape we didn’t know we needed 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z You could see where the practical set ended and the keyed-in computer generated backgrounds began. Too big? Too loud? Too real? Billy Lynn and other failed cinematic innovations 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He said he ended up with families applying to charters for practical reasons. Film director Davis Guggenheim hopes to reveal inconvenient truths about schools 2010-09-22T23:09:00Z She made an appointment, gleaned a few practical tips to help unlock the character, dressed in something more appropriate to the role, then went back for a second audition and nailed it. Arts & Leisure: Glenn Close as a Man in ?Albert Nobbs? 2011-12-09T13:00:00Z But property tours and personal emails to every guest aren’t practical for every hotel. Perspective | How to check into a hotel faster 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z And unlike Ann, a devout Christian, Loomis is an atheist and a scientist—he’s been protected from radiation by a high-tech suit—and views their situation in practical terms. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Craig Zobel Talk 'Z for Zachariah' 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z But it also serves a more practical purpose: setting the level of the art market. 5 Takeaways From Auction Week 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Friends helped us with practical arrangements like dealing with local authority rules and regulations. First music festival fully accessible to disabled people hits the right note 2012-08-07T13:59:01Z He was too genial for that, and too involved in practical ways with American musical life. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z She is tough, practical and – most importantly – absolutely hilarious. Eric Newby's other half 2011-04-05T08:00:04Z I think wars are often started and debated by politicians in white houses, white buildings, very far away from the practical realities of the places in which these wars are actually fought. "Taking sides is not my job": "Retrograde" filmmaker Matthew Heineman on documenting a war's end 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He asked IBM to help prepare material explaining Watson's development and the practical implications of the technology, which will be featured on the broadcasts next week. `Jeopardy' champs take on IBM machine 2011-02-11T15:03:25Z Reflexivity—the depiction of the material and practical conditions of the filmmaking within the film itself—is a canonical maneuver of cinematic modernity. The Front Row: “Taxi” 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z And I’m happiest to report the recipe collections that always draw me in the most — handsome, practical, full of dishes you have to try — come from the wisest cooks I know. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z In each of the season’s eight episodes, Kondo materializes in a home to bless it with her practical philosophy of purging junk. “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” Reviewed: The Organizational Consultant as Freelance Exorcist 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z And so he also structures his intellectual journey around a practical journey through four types of cooking. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review 2013-05-04T11:00:02Z Faced with a death in the community and the practical costs of surviving harsh winters, the residents of Bounty decide to try hibernation. Stories of Everyday Strangeness, in the Midwest and Beyond 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Some of them are practical, even factual, if you will. Under the big night sky: why we all feel so alone in the age of Trump 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z “From a practical perspective, we all pay taxes on these public lands and so to enjoy them is an exercise of our citizenship. It is what being American is all about,” she says. Being black while in nature: 'You’re an endangered species' 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z This answer could go two ways, the comfort route or the practical. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her husband left her, and her family is far away, but she’s not alone 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z He played child parts until he was a teenager, then decided he should take on a more practical trade and went to a vocational high school to learn the fur industry. Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater, Dies at 93 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s both a practical response to soaring housing costs and shrinking incomes, and an idealistic expression of good design and sensible resource use. Would you consider living in a much smaller home? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The vertical grooves are milled in as a design feature but serve no practical purpose, except for where pieces join. How to paint wainscoting that has tiny grooves 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Its offerings range from helpful and practical to fun, yet slightly unnecessary, such as a plastic wineglass that breaks down into a marginally smaller dome. Getting hands-on travel advice in Seattle area 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z As she imagines it, Bruno's insemination of her will be a purely practical matter, devoid of emotion. Lovesong by Alex Miller 2010-10-02T13:44:00Z And to be frank, a religious upbringing has offered my daughters some other practical, less spiritual perks. My uneasy Catholic motherhood 2013-05-26T20:30:00Z This practical attitude may have sown the seed of my downfall. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z Our experiences and personalities were so strikingly similar I couldn’t help but wonder if this encounter was an elaborate practical joke orchestrated by my friends. Putting Love to the Stress Test 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z “We’re not a group of people that like practical jokes,” he says. Jellyfish and Kanye: 5 Hilarious Behind-the-Scene Moments from Anchorman 2 2013-12-10T10:45:35Z The booking of that lucrative show, and the addition of the new loos, are representative of Codron's practical, managerial side. Michael Codron - six decades in the West End 2010-03-30T21:00:00Z How many suits of evening clothes have we?""We have three suits of full evening dress, sir; two dinner jackets –""Three.""For practical purposes two only, sir. Sophia Bennett's top 10 stylish reads 2012-07-12T07:00:00Z The practical locations, with real bodies moving through real spaces, underline the idea that something big is still at stake in the physical world. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z I hadn’t anticipated the practical and emotional help offered by other women – solidarity from those of my own age and staunch support from older feminists who had seen it all before. What I have learned from five years of Everyday Sexism 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z "In the age of moral and practical confusions, the self-help book is crying out to be redesigned and rehabilitated." Alain de Botton launches series of 'philosophical' self-help books 2011-04-06T15:59:10Z “This solution seems practical, especially in light of shortages in official swordsmen or their belated arrival to execution yards in some incidents,” said the Saudi committee in charge of the issue. 6 countries that still use lethal injection to kill prisoners 2014-05-08T12:30:00Z The rest of his answer was too profanity-laced to be published here, though he did complain that they were just a fashion accessory and “not practical” because “you can’t even ollie up a curb.” Penny Skateboards Find a Niche 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Copland's numerous crossings-out and revisions remind us that the greater the artist the more practical the craftsman. Next week's radio: from Shelagh Fogerty to Ebony: Black On White On Black 2013-06-08T05:00:08Z More often than not the organs are employed for their practical usefulness, whether part of a symphonic work or church service. The proof is in: The pipe organ is still the king of instruments 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The opportunities for an ensemble of multiple pianos are always going to be limited, if only for the practical reason that putting up to six grand pianos onstage together is a costly operation. Music picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z He’s Northern, very practical — not buttoned-up, but he’s not like an American guy talking about his feelings all over the place. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z Others have pointed to practical objections – US philanthropy comes from a completely different relationship between the public sphere and the arts: the US has a bred-in-the-bone culture of giving that we lack. Will philanthropists save the arts? 2010-10-21T19:30:00Z On a purely practical level, Wick’s many friends exist to infuse some humanity into this otherwise fearsome killer of men. John Wick Sure Has a Lot of Friends for a Lone Assassin 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z For a festival like the whirling Mevlevi dervishes’ commemoration of the death of the Sufi mystic Rumi, in Turkey, Fest300 is one of the few resources on the Web that provide practical information on it. Close-Up: Hotels, Festivals and Identity 2013-07-24T16:46:33Z With a little care and effort, compost piles are real assets, not just as a practical source of black gold but in instilling a sense of nurturing a greener world. How to compost, and why it’s a good idea That may be practical given the number of featured canvases, but it is also strikingly arrogant to paint over, as it were, van Gogh. ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Review: An Exquisite Portrayal of van Gogh at Work 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z From the practical to the philosophical… A reader in Lyons, Neb., is wondering about the meaning of parenting. Motherlode: Parents Who Wish They Weren't 2011-06-09T18:40:13Z Their eccentricities have made me more practical and more normal, in a way. Liv Tyler: ‘My fathers are both unconventional’ 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “I choose pleasure over what is practical,” she wrote in 2013. Elizabeth Wurtzel, ‘Prozac Nation’ Author, Is Dead at 52 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z For the most part, the German film industry displays a fundamental lack of aesthetic daring, of reconsideration of the physical and practical means of filmmaking. What’s Missing from the German Cinema 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z They need not be enumerated here; there is no practical benefit to extending your personal list of dreads. What Makes an American Hero? (Or a Canadian One?) 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z From a practical standpoint, the new headquarters centralizes the indoor and outdoor attractions offered by the Chicago Architecture Center. The Second City Claims First in Architecture 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z But though the results are gorgeous, they are also entirely practical: He paints trail maps for ski resorts. Rembrandt of the Ski Trail ‘Interprets’ the Mountainside 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And I am not even sure it’s practical. Perspective | Good kids sometimes lie to their parents. Shame and harsh punishments will only push them away. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z BS: For practical reasons, we were not looking in the Hamptons. The Sets of 2013-12-23T05:00:00Z In a time where we are inundated with stories of sexism, Peg’s refusal to do anything that cramps her style, while not exactly practical or realistic, feels like a satisfying middle finger to patriarchal convention. Perspective | Why Peg Bundy was the true ’90s-sitcom domestic goddess 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z And he offered some practical advice, sounding like a wary, streetwise descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Learn the rules hard and fast/Take care of yourself.” Review: John Mellencamp, Still Defiant, at the Apollo Theater 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z What sets Mr. Akomfrah apart from some of them, though, is his practical use of everything from BBC nature and cultural footage to music. On Multiple Screens, John Akomfrah Deftly Weaves Tales of the African Diaspora 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, even many independent films depend on more than emotional and practical connection to the actors’ and filmmakers’ lives—they also involve cinematic artifice, whether conspicuous or camouflaged. A Few Thoughts About British Actors Playing American (and African-American) Roles 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z He never abandoned his playful and practical sides. The magical movement of Calder’s mobiles — and mind 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z There might be a purely practical reason for the tune’s tripartite form, starting with track length. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Others described the change as practical, arguing that a new date for Halloween wouldn’t be so spooky. Snickers pledges to give away 1 million candy bars if government changes Halloween's date 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Albia, as befits her British origins, strongly objects to this display of animal cruelty, and takes practical steps to combat it. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – review 2013-05-09T08:01:01Z The show was dominated by form-fitting dresses and practical suits in city shades of concrete, asphalt and drywall white. Fashion Review: Day Wear Dominates at Elie Saab 2012-03-07T18:28:30Z My language may not be practical in holding a mainstream job or getting around in the world, but it is important to my identity as a Myaamia person. Effort to recover Indigenous language also revitalizes culture, history and identity 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z “The first principle of practical Stoicism,” he writes, “is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us.” Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z There are many stories of people cross-dressing not as self-expression, but for practical purposes, just as there are of people of colour passing as white. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z As a practical matter, that means not only that the players choose who will conduct them, but also that no one person overly influences their sound. What Makes the Vienna Philharmonic So Distinctive 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z It is also partly because the security zone wars in Lebanon created a different kind of Israeli — “allergic to ideology, thinkers of small practical thoughts, livers of life between bombardments.” Review: In ‘Pumpkinflowers,’ a New Style of Middle East Combat 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z “There was no duration, no practical details. There were a lot of ambiguities,” said Mr. de Goldschmidt, who in the end kept the piece. It’s the Art Form of the Moment (but It’s a Hard Sell) 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z But perhaps more inspiring, on a practical level, was the night she sat in Galway’s Town Hall Theatre watching Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company perform Cormac McCarthy’s play “The Sunset Limited.” Keegan Theatre finds Irish audiences enthusiastic about ‘A Few Good Men’ The term “food insecure” is widely used, but what a lousy term for hungry, with its whiff of the clinical, and a phrasing that speaks to neurosis rather than the practical. A Place at the Table: A Serving of Hard-to-Swallow Truths 2013-03-01T12:55:20Z I wanted to be practical in case Mike had a change of heart. Making a Splash: Jennifer Coolidge and Mike White Discuss the ‘White Lotus’ Finale 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Colfer hesitated to take the part -- until his practical nature took over. On the set as "Glee" begins its second season 2010-08-27T05:39:00Z I wasn't thinking of it at the time, of course – there were many more practical things to see to – but I realised it later, as I reflected on that remarkable morning. David Nobbs 2010-09-18T23:04:00Z Said Scott: “We are a very practical group.” Perspective | The low-key, high-style approach to crafting gardens for the stars 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z This lack of practical detail means this documentary plays as a human-interest story, built from predictable beats of adversity and triumph. ‘Not Going Quietly’ Review: Into the Long Fight 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Still, there remained the practical matter of how pregnancy could permanently rearrange their lives, and the entrenched expectation that a married woman puts her husband’s career first. ‘Summer, 1976’ Review: The Path to Freedom Starts With a Friendship 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In practical terms, this would mean doing as the humanists have done since the building of the library of Alexandria, more or less. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z And, for family and friends, it can sometimes feel as if there’s a fine art to picking the perfect gift that is both practical and special. Wedding Presents That Will Turn Any House Into a Home 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s as if the reality of Hatidze’s life and work, the practical relationships of filmmaking, were too messy and ambiguous for the filmmakers’ tidy hermetic schema. “Honeyland,” Reviewed: A Gripping, Frustrating Documentary About a Beekeeper’s Fragile Isolation 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Q. Most of your tips involve practical household products. How to foil leeches with pantyhose and other travel tips 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z In addition to his personal reasons for wanting to appear at the festival, there was the practical matter of preparing for the Carnegie concerts. Ozawa?s Illness Shadows Festival He Inspired 2010-12-10T16:53:00Z “We demystify therapy and take it out of a stodgy, dusty, stigmatized thing and make it practical and normal and real,” Mr. Brittle said. Podcast & Carol & Ted & Alice 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Such outcomes are a matter of luck, though, because timings are almost always practical rather than artistic. Why has ITV reduced Lewis to shorter, split timeslots? 2013-01-17T13:52:41Z “Once he saw the practical needs of the Rockettes, he started meeting them.” A Trump Inauguration Casualty: The Silent, Smiling Rockettes 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The chain uses local and organic ingredients when practical and meat from animals raised without antibiotics or added hormones. Ted Allen: food fights shouldn't be political 2011-02-25T22:38:09Z She has arguably done as much practical good as any playwright now working. Review: Eve Ensler Goes Deep ‘In the Body of the World’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z I thought it was fascinating that a person charged with a very practical problem would think about it from a biological perspective. My bright idea: Peter Miller on ants 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Without a certificate clarifying such practical details and their legal ramifications, performance art will remain a hard sell — and re-sell. It’s the Art Form of the Moment (but It’s a Hard Sell) 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Understood as a self-help book, “The Price You Pay for College” represents an extraordinary achievement: It is comprehensive and detailed without being tedious, practical without being banal, impeccably well judged and unusually rigorous. How to Pay for College (and Not Lose Your Shirt) 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z I couldn’t quite grasp what he was saying, at first: blah, blah, it wasn’t practical; I was very young. My grimly inappropriate boyfriend dumped me in the pub | Emma Beddington 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Introverted and practical, he was in many ways Warhol’s alter ego, and he served as the Factory’s unofficial foreman and manager. Billy Name, Who Glazed Warhol’s Factory in Silver, Dies at 76 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He responded to the practical simplicity of Icelandic farmers' houses. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Take This Waltz's practical wisdom about entropy in relationships and sense of resigned acceptance are leavened by an uncharacteristically active and talkative – and often very witty – performance from Williams. Take This Waltz unites Sarah Polley and Michelle Williams – and it works 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z A host of members and guest experts wrote and published several editions of a practical guide called “Successful Gardening in the Greater Washington Area,” the last edition of which published in 1990. Once a robust part of Washington’s social fabric, a men’s garden club meets its quiet end 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z I was too young to recognize that Nannie’s head scarf could be practical, even celebratory. How the Women of the Jemima Code Freed Me 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Curtis is a practical, thoughtful type of guy, and his two-fold response to his bad dreams reflects this aspect of his temperament. | 'Take Shelter': ?Take Shelter,? With Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain 2011-09-29T22:13:08Z She was a theatre and English student at Yale; not, she points out, the famous Yale postgrad theatre course that Meryl Streep took, but the undergraduate programme that offers no practical acting experience. Zoe Kazan: ‘There’s so much sexual harassment on set' 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The Tickle Me Elmo-grade fever over the skeletons made all the more absurd by the fact that there’s nothing practical, economical or convenient about owning a bone statue measuring nearly a whole story. Can gigantic skeletons save Halloween? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z I live on one such summit of cultural irony — a college campus — and though the interview with the philosopher provides some interesting insights into irony, it seems outside the realm of my practical experience. Are millennials too cool for sincerity? The truth about our love affair with irony 2014-05-11T10:59:00Z That gives way to a more practical choice. What 'Boyhood' cast, director learned about family while filming 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Two-spirit people were respected by native societies not only due to religious attitudes, but also because of practical concerns. The 'two-spirit' people of indigenous North Americans 2010-10-11T11:28:00Z Maybe a female president wouldn’t mean anything in a practical sense. We spent decades dreaming up the perfect female president. She doesn’t exist. 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z NGO helps nomadic communities around the globe with practical aid and ecotourism ventures. Hot Stuff: Rolling Up Your Sleeves With the Bedouin 2010-05-20T11:30:00Z A very practical user commented, “guess you have to throw out the whole plane.” 'Oh my God, no!' Horrifying photo shows man with bizarre wound on plane 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z For starters, Catastrophe is one of the best extended TV treatments I’ve seen of the simple, practical, physical facts of pregnancy. Review: Catastrophe Is Knocked Up, Grown Up 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z But in the moment, that was what brought the room together: a pugilistic, greatest-hits speech that framed his near-win as a historic and practical victory for the left. Boos, Cheers and Talk Therapy for the Democrats in Philadelphia 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z There was a practical reason for this – Klein had much better journalistic access to Clinton during the primaries than in the White House – but it was also a sound fictional decision. The story of O: A Presidential Novel 2011-01-21T12:15:40Z Collecting can, of course, be practical: Libraries and museums are valuable utilities. ‘The Keeper’ Reveals the Passion for Collecting 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But whoever made this image — probably an architecture student — wasn’t thinking in practical terms. Art review: ‘Architectural Image, 1920-1950’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z "I view the panel's decision as a practical one, especially in light of the Center's need to minimize financial risks," Nellams said in a statement. Cornish might lease Intiman's old home 2012-09-08T02:30:05Z Rather, suggest a practical solution: a weekly schedule you create together with clearly earmarked times for exercise, so you each know what to expect. Sometimes I Hate My Husband’s Peloton 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z I, both a romantic and a lawyer, attempted to argue my case — “Doesn’t love find a way?” — and he, the realistic, number-crunching one, pointed out the obvious practical hurdles. Accepting Applications for a Black Boyfriend 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “We just have to get through it,” he said, sounding stoic and practical. He Made Brooklyn Comedy a Scene. But His Life Took a Different Turn. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z It goes beyond the practical logistics that if thousands die north of the Wall, they will rise again as undead to attack that Wall. “Game of Thrones” politics: The perils of cultural assimilation during war 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Swirling one's glass may look showy, but it is also a practical way to aerate. How long does that open bottle of wine last, really? 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Then she became determined to live a life with George—which meant, for one thing, doing the practical work that made that life possible. When the Oppens Gave Up Art to Fight Fascism 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z On a purely practical level, archives are easier to pull together than live stream, and require no gathering. Perspective | In a time of uncertainty, classical music provides a sense of permanence 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Like her fellow progressive Mark Lilla, Ms. Gautney blames conservatism for this unhappy predicament rather than the left’s obsession with self-expression, but the practical relevance is the same. Blue States, Red Diapers, White Hair 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Bill Albert, chief program officer at the National Campaign, says one of the key takeaways from the survey is that, contrary to abstinence-only rhetoric, Americans are “quite practical.” Americans want sex ed 2012-08-28T18:22:00Z But the practical considerations — cost, efficiency, resource limitations — are often left unaddressed. How Fast Fashion Is Destroying the Planet 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Font studied architecture at university in search of a more practical profession. 2010-01-05T06:10:00Z All I could focus on were the practical things I could get done. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Week, Ten Years Later: A Bond Forged in Tragedy 2011-09-07T01:27:28Z Outside, Mr. Zehentner seemed the more practical of the pair, reminding her when she needed to leave and when to rest her voice. Penny Arcade is Still a Force in Edinburgh 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z There's a vibrant ease to Van Olphen's recipes that make this cookbook practical for at-home cooking, while also making the end result feel a little elevated. 9 cookbooks that make great last-minute holiday gifts for the foodie in your life 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Churchill popularized these so-called “siren suits” — one-piece zip-up garments — as practical bomb shelter attire. For History-Minded Tourists, London Marks Blitz Anniversary 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z “Men need things to be practical and active,” he says. ‘Our goal is to halve the male suicide rate’: why no-frills therapy works for men 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Copeland said staying at the Little Theater was not practical. ?Freud?s Last Session? Prepares to Move Closer to Broadway 2011-10-01T01:00:56Z Shorter might indeed be a superhero, but he’s also more practical than his reputation suggests. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Hopefully, the character’s popularity will lead to a greater investment in, and emphasis on, practical effects in large budget studio productions. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z This was practical when being 18 meant you were a helpful source of labor to support your family and not just a Belieber with a bad haircut and a Twitter account. I am Nick Miller from “New Girl” 2013-06-01T16:00:00Z Sometimes, one practical tool or encouraging statement can click for you and make parenting a little easier. Perspective | How do we help our tweens and teens with the return to school? 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Then metal shutters and walls seal off the building, and the 80 nervous employees realize this isn’t a practical joke but rather a kill-or-be-killed game. Review: ‘The Belko Experiment’: Kill or Be Killed 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Moving the league to another bowling center is not a practical option. Ask Amy: Bowlers roll gutter ball in choice to exclude 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Even with something ostensibly practical like a lure, “it was odd, the way he took his time and painted them and stuff like that,” his son Richard said. Art: Letting His Life?s Work Do the Talking 2011-02-20T02:02:00Z The blob-shaped chairs are designed to collapse under the sitter’s weight and return to their original shape, blurring the lines between functional object, practical joke and art. A Mexican Jewelry Maker Who Channels ’90s Nostalgia 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But beyond the practical, there’s also a more fundamental issue of what, exactly, fashion is for. Fashion’s Newest Frontier: The Disabled and the Displaced 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Van Norden and Rickaby embody the synergy that made the two physicists such a formidable team — Bohrs the imaginative visionary, Heisenberg the practical engineer — with Purl serving as both nurturing peacemaker and ironic commentator. Piecing together a mysterious wartime meeting in Rubicon's 'Copenhagen' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z By welcoming all wild bees, we get a practical benefit: They are good at pollinating garden plants, so we get fruit and vegetables and seeds and berries. A quarantine project that’s a win for you, your garden and pollinators: A bee house 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z My father, always the practical one in the family, asked whether I packed enough kosher frozen meals for the summer. Barrier between the modern world and me: No man in my family has ever dared shave his beard — until now 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Go-go boots and love beads would not do; they needed more practical clothes that fit their new lifestyles. Grace Mirabella, Who Brought Vogue Down to Earth, Dies at 92 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z For one thing, it’s more practical, and easy to digest for an audience. Perspective | Why female portrayals of power on screen need to evolve 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Extras include great practical advice for low-budget film-making and Edwards's winning short, Factory Farmed. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-04-08T23:07:47Z The practical challenges of living on the street bring the couple closer. Homeless in Seattle, and Marrying Under the Overpass 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z I must say the hair is also for very practical reasons. James Spader on 'The Blacklist': 'I Don't Know What Our Competition Is' 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Consumers are going to buy it — because it’s comfortable, familiar and, occasionally, practical. Perspective | Fanny packs. Prairie dresses. Luxury shower shoes: Is fashion trolling us or what? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z “I think it sounds very practical — you walk across the desert and get on a boat,” Carpignano said. Cannes 2015: For 'Mediterranea' director, boat people as film drama 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z He claims his bags are practical, not faddy, and are an "affordable luxury". Mulberry bags reports sales rise of 80% 2010-10-07T19:30:00Z This should be a major consideration for the coalition government as it debates the ambition and practical scope of the "big society". Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z With spells for everything from establishing boundaries to making peace with your body, the practical mantras and rituals in “Basic Witches” help banish toxic vibes and summon the sorcery to lead an empowered life. 13 new Halloween reads to chill, amuse, inform and terrify 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z There was a sense to some that his tears were of resignation, and stood in the place of a practical solution to America’s gun problem—a better strategy, a change of course. The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z There were umpteen practical questions to be answered. When my husband died, mushroom foraging helped me out of the dark 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z “And then there was the next thing, and the next thing. For me, it isn’t religion like a belief; it’s practical things you do.” Michael Peña: ‘Scientology made me a better actor’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Then, he said, he realized that “just trusting the text” was a more practical way to get through the show. Young Tony Nominee of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Gets Ready for His Big Day 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Zhao smooths away some of this social criticism, focusing on the practical particulars of vagabond life and the personal qualities — resilience, solidarity, thrift — of its adherents. ‘Nomadland’ Review: The Unsettled Americans 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z By picking indoor/outdoor fabric and subtle nautical accessories, designer duo Shannon Woodward and Danny Christmas help the family get a sophisticated but practical space. House Calls: A beach vibe for a family of five ACE rejects virtually all modern educational theory.7 The ACE curriculum includes no practical science and accordingly no investigation. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z Christopher Nolan praises Stanley Kubrick’s practical sets and his trust of the audience to absorb a single image without frenzied cutting. Hollywood’s Turn Against Digital Effects 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Additionally, if you moved, you would sacrifice your family’s financial, emotional and practical support. Perspective | Ask Amy: Single mom is in a New York state of mind 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Allen presents his Sid as the one sane man who, despite—or rather, because of—his neurotic inhibitions and practical artistic ambitions and ideals, remains invulnerable to such flights of grandiose and vapid thinking. Woody Allen’s Secondhand Sixties Radicalism 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Whether worn with trousers or a romantic dress, they’re practical and just a little punk. How to Wear Spring’s Best Work-Wear-Inspired Pieces 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z She did the cooking several days in advance of our arrival, because Grammie was a smart and practical woman. How to make your macaroni salad taste like Grammie’s 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Born into a working-class family in Stoke – he kept traces of the accent all his life – he had a good practical musical education, studying violin and cello, and playing the organ in local churches. The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z The difference, of course, is the sense of self-assurance that such children as the Brimberg girls got, as well as the practical means and social connections to help them realize their ambitious and impulsive projects. Shirley Clarke and Elaine Dundy: The Escape Artists 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A bit more on that in a second, but the practical answer is: it means he’s fired. Late Show Fires Comedy Booker, Revives the Are-Women-Funny Debate (Sigh) 2012-01-18T13:07:21Z Writer and director Brian Yarbrough said there were two reasons for setting “Sinking Sand” in Savannah: practical story purposes and the city’s beauty. Savannah back in Hollywood spotlight 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The street almost entirely eliminates the need for corridors, and is the main move in a simple but practical plan. Michael Gove's standardised schools not such a class act 2013-04-13T23:05:30Z The exhibition floors weren’t just practical and flexible. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z “Clearly that doesn’t work in opera. You can introduce your ideas, but they need to be practical.” Painting Wagner: Celebrated Artists’ New Work for the Opera Stage 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z How practical it will prove remains to be seen. Keep the dream alive: why waking up later is good for us all 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Children and grandchildren need to be taught smart, practical ways to behave with money. Dave Ramsey: We must teach kids the RIGHT way to handle money, right now 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z But concerned that his Japanese heritage might be a hindrance, Ito's parents pushed him to do something more practical. Sus Ito's WWII photos reveal daily life of a little-known Japanese American unit 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Because the city is honeycombed with hundreds of such education and recreational areas, the practical impact would be overlapping safety zones reaching broadly across the city. Speed cameras would be widespread 2011-10-26T03:43:00Z So sunny and practical are the natives, so clean and efficient are the city and its subway, the Tunnelbana, that I longed at times for any vestige of grit or darkness. Stockholm, and the Strangers Who Brought Me There 2012-06-15T18:37:54Z Many of the current crop of science-obsessed designers are seeking to translate scientific advances into practical solutions to urgent problems, such as helping us to live more sustainably, but Mr. Laarman’s approach is more old-fashioned. Design: From Lab to Life, a 'New World of Objects' 2010-03-15T13:40:00Z Ashley and Ali are practical people, a double MBA household of project managers who set up a daily iPhone alert to get ready for bed. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s a combination of changing the mentality around our winter lifestyle and taking practical steps to prepare for it. How to cope with the long, cold Covid winter? By enjoying the outdoors 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Spring cleaning always felt to me as much emotional and symbolic as practical. The Clean Queen Talks Quarantine 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Others explained Lennon’s speed as a function of his well-known impatience, but Phil McDonald, one of the sound engineers, offered a more practical perspective. Review | Revisiting ‘Imagine,’ in John Lennon’s own words and pictures 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It also introduced him to the band of linguists who were transferring their academic skills to the more practical — and profitable — world of the law. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In the end, The Authority sides with Eric against Russell, but refuse to help him out in any practical way, since they don't want to be tied to this "political tar baby." "True Blood" recap: Dirty dealings 2010-08-16T13:20:00Z Brooks is not the only country artist in recent years to prod at the practical implications of the genre’s cultural narrowness, by which I mean its enduring whiteness. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In practical application, that means not applying a purifying or oil-absorbing mask when your skin is parched. Sheet masks are everywhere, but do they live up to the hype? 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Money and the practical necessities of life would remain a lifelong torment for him, an artist forever locked into his own internal world of sounds and images. John Adams on Debussy, the First Modernist 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The suggestion was eminently practical, but a social grenade. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This readable and well-researched life celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a practical politician, unafraid to wield power even when it conflicted with his small-government views. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z In a very practical way, Kraftwerk aren't either – they rarely do interviews, don't do TV and never hang out at parties. Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band 2013-01-27T09:00:03Z He estimates that, of the 17 minutes or so of creatures in the two-hour “Jurassic Park,” about 10 minutes relied on practical effects. In ‘Jurassic World,’ Old-School Effects Make a Comeback 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z There are also a host of practical considerations in transferring the two-hour opera’s video projections, animation and lighting to places like a park in Port-au-Prince. Harlem Stage Prepares to Export Its Own Opera 2013-07-28T21:33:45Z Her action is also governed by the practical consideration that she trusts him more than she does the other guy, which may turn out to be a big mistake. Summer Movies: Gosh, Sweetie, That?s a Big Gun 2011-04-27T13:02:25Z But it’s also a chance to share wisdom both profound and practical, gleaned from six decades of lived experience. Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Their makeshift imprisonment in flimsy rope restraints poses yet another ethical quandary to our collected heroes, who must again reconcile their basic decency with practical concerns of resources and security. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z They are disciplined, clearsighted professionals, and the pressing issues they face are not moral, political or philosophical, but practical. Review: In ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ Oil, Fire and Greed 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z His tips are practical, accessible and, best of all, rooted in the desire to foster an honest dialogue with our children. New book helps unspoil kids after holiday gluttony 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Given the unavoidable imprecision of any selection criteria, many children being denied gifted services would be for all practical purposes identical to many of those selected. Why gifted education doesn’t make sense "Some characters, like Cookie Monster, require two performers with two practical hands." 15 secrets of "Sesame Street" puppeteers 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z There are, however, occasional practical considerations that justify pussy-footing, even suppression. Martin Luther King ? a whitewash can be right 2011-04-04T20:00:01Z And, she added, her training program emphasizes practical knowledge and looking inward for strength, not toward a guru or leader for empowerment. Stretch: Rebel Yoga 2011-01-22T01:50:05Z As a practical matter, the airline may accommodate you. Perspective | Here’s what happens when your aircraft is grounded 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Besides being stylish and practical, the tote and an entire capsule collection introduced last week help keep an indigenous tradition alive. It’s Almost Spring. Let’s Get Organized. 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The "Henry V" Chorus has a practical reason to be, as well. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z Equipped with practical information, you’re more likely to enjoy smooth sailing on your vacation — fully appreciating the economy, efficiency, and fun that cruising offers. Making the most of your cruise 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In these sequences, the film helpfully elucidates the practical side of filmmaking, and personal stories demonstrate how clear contractual practices can create a safer work environment. ‘Body Parts’ Review: Even Sex Scenes Have Rules 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z In these moments, a creature introduced to the audience as a practical effect will transition to CGI. In ‘Jurassic World,’ Old-School Effects Make a Comeback 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z There were two practical models made to stand in for Eagly as well. The making of Eagly, the "Peacemaker" scene-stealing, butt-kicking eagle whose hugs are miracles 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z His fear—that he, an aging, ill, Jewish refugee, would be conscripted into the French army—demonstrates the degree to which his intuitions often failed him in matters practical and political. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z This socialist was a learned man, a little bit of a romantic, but someone nevertheless devoted to practical solutions to very real problems. Review: In ‘Prairie Trilogy,’ All-American Stories of Socialism 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Yet even this relatively modest proposal seems detached from the practical realities of this heavily used but minimally maintained park. Review | In the galleries: Artists examine the divide between people and their surroundings 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “I look at myself as trying to help people find practical solutions,” he says. ‘Murder houses’: The haunting final chapter in true-crime stories 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Yeah, I was really, especially with "Bad Hair," I'm in love with practical in-camera effects. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But they were also practical, clearly intended to frighten kids — to stop them from running off at night or straying too far from home. The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “It is comprehensive and detailed without being tedious, practical without being banal, impeccably well judged and unusually rigorous. But the main title hints at a sensibility deeper than friendly advice.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z A passionate woman in the best sense of the word, always willing to help anyone in need, she was intensely practical, immensely hard-working and unstinting in her inspirational support for her Goldsmiths students. No?lle Mann obituary 2010-07-13T17:21:00Z They are not, in any way, practical or instructive but they do offer students of cultural studies a glimpse into social construction. My first house rule: don't watch property programmes 2013-06-27T02:32:05Z While using a QR code was an answer to a practical problem, she also likes what it symbolizes. Why Is This Night Different? (See QR Code.) 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In his own engagement with that "crisis", he defines it as "a crisis of spiritual issues, but also a practical crisis of ecology". Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z “Bach didn’t write it for practical performance,” said Karen P. Thomas, artistic director of the choral group Seattle Pro Musica. Mystery Mass: Seattle Pro Musica celebrates Bach’s enigmatic masterpiece in B minor 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z What do you hear parents say is their biggest practical challenge? Travel Help for Families With Special Needs 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z She's super bright, practical and excellent at her job, working in business as her father's partner, his equal. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z His role as coordinator is critical because Nolan prizes practical effects and in-camera stunts over computer-generated imagery as a way of creating the sense of physical bodies moving through actual space. The Technical Stars Who Help Pull Off a Christopher Nolan Narrative 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z One practical problem of this text mania is that the Bible, unlike the church, can't answer questions, clarify earlier statements, arbitrate disagreements or deal with new developments. How biblical literalism took root 2011-02-21T10:59:00Z Greg Weatherby, an Australian of Aboriginal descent, depicts Jesus and his followers as Mimi, spirit beings with elongated bodies who taught the Aboriginal peoples practical life skills and gave them culture. Searching for a Jesus Who Looks More Like Me 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The desire to scrub our homes within an inch of their lives as soon as the weather warms up also reflects more practical concerns, too. The secret to spring cleaning: don't just organize your stuff – get rid of it 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z If you like to stay organized on the road, it’s a practical alternative to luggage cubes. Perspective | New summer luggage gets back to basics 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The laser-cut metal shapes appear industrial and potentially practical, yet the resulting prints are earthy and unpredictable. Review | In the galleries: Washington Sculptors Group shows a playful nature 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z It also proved practical, efficient and, most importantly, successful. Deep and meaningful: Roman Ond?k's Time Capsule 2011-03-15T21:30:01Z He warned that if you wanted to learn how to prune a rose bush you would do well to look elsewhere — this was not a practical text for future Gertrude Jekylls. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z Damon is dressed like a father on the school run: sensible navy blue polo shirt, trousers with practical pockets down the side. Matt Damon: 'You're a better actor the less people know about you' 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Literary novelists, so many of whom lived in New York and couldn’t get the ash of death out of their clothes, faced a barrage of practical and theoretical threats to their creative enterprise. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z We stayed in touch for a while and I tried to help you find a practical solution to your situation. A letter to … The boyhood friend who couldn’t face coming out 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The reality is there’s a practical side of that, right? Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z As things geared up towards the trial, I began to reflect on the practical and literal possibilities in bearing witness. How an adopted girl's tragic death became fiction: David Guterson on "bearing witness" 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Pineda as Faye is adorned in stylish but practical attire for an intergalactic bounty hunter who regularly spars with violent outlaws, and leaps from planet to planet on the regular. Of course "Cowboy Bebop" is already inciting horny male outrage, and it hasn't even premiered yet 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z This practical collection of recipes is accessible to both edible newbies, as well as longtime pros who are looking for different ways to experiment with flavor and texture. Meet the cookbook author who's bringing Taiwanese-American flavors to cannabis edibles 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z How much should architecture be considered a humane pursuit, an artistic enterprise, a cultural event, as opposed to a practical work of construction? ‘Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry’ review 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z No less practical for the earthbound, the bomber turned out to be the biggest selling silhouette last year for designers like Todd Snyder, one of the earliest adopters of the trend. The Year’s Top Stories From the Fashion World 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The most compelling performance is delivered by Shannon Cochran as the writer’s practical, philosophical landlady, who sadly realizes that her later-life romance with a Jewish fruit seller is doomed by the darkness engulfing Berlin. A celebrated production of 'Cabaret' returns to its seductive ways 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Max Mara's heritage of practical luxury was highlighted by its focus on new camel fabrics for their coats, including spun alpaca and mouflon wool. Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan 2013-02-21T22:50:18Z My practical approach to this problem has taken the following forms: I found that my writing practice was fraught with fear and tension, and so I started doing the Amherst Writers and Artists method. Is journalism killing my creativity? 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z The high cost of making DNA today means genetic storage in biological hard drives will not be practical for a long time. Shakespeare's sonnets encoded in DNA 2013-01-23T19:21:30Z This umbrella is practical, and its bright yellow color is sure to get the user grinning. 15 Valentine's Day gifts beyond chocolate, roses and wine 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z I think we're getting more and more attuned to the practical reality of it. Tommy Tomlinson's book about losing weight is really about "the things that haunted me" 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Secrecy seemed like the practical, professional response in times of success. Hey, Amazon: Where’s my money? 2013-03-15T23:00:00Z There are other practical advantages to be considered, such as reaching fans outside New York and a younger audience in general. Determined to Salvage the Fall, Cabaret Plots Its (Outdoor, Online) Return 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This is true to life, a husband or wife providing complete moral and practical support. Sales consultant Angel Hill on Death of a Salesman 2010-05-09T21:15:00Z Tocqueville is good on this: how everyday practical activities where we have to cooperate serve as a nursery of the democratic personality. How Classical Music Can Help You Hear the Open Road 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “In our complicated times,” Taeuber-Arp wrote in 1922, “why conceive ornaments and color combinations when there are so many more practical and especially more necessary things to do?” The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Perhaps, in the most practical sense, we might agree that some basic understanding of civility is what compels us to hold doors open for strangers or to avoid cussing out the elderly. The Civility Wars 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Carrying on living where I was wasn’t practical: I needed somewhere with fewer windows and closer to hospital. Experience: I have lived in the dark for a decade 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Taylor also argues that Orwell was too unrealistic to work out a practical political programme. What would George Orwell have made of the world in 2013? 2013-01-24T06:00:00Z “There were scheduling concerns and practical concerns and financial concerns, so it was a megillah,” Mr. Kreisberg said. Can Superheroes Sing? The Flash and Supergirl Give It a Whirl 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But more practical people might be quick to say exactly the same thing. Woman pretends to be drunk and asks for help, is approached by gross men being gross 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z She started volunteering for her parents’ business, a company that creates platforms for project- and distance-based learning, thinking it would be practical. Opera Has Vanished. So Have Their Dream Jobs at the Met. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “I suspected that the Russian husband—it’s also for practical reasons,” Monteleone said. Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Some rise to the challenge with aplomb, delivering homemade chicken soup and brilliantly gauging the simple, practical needs of a family in crisis. My wife had cancer but my family didn’t call or visit | Mariella Frostrup 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Home/Work | The SoHo Digs of the Restaurateur Luke Ostrom In his restaurants and at home, Luke Ostrom exudes a style that is both practical and chic. | The SoHo Digs of the Restaurateur Luke Ostrom 2013-07-10T22:42:35Z After all, Test Match Special is on in pretty much every other room of our house and I still think cricket is an elaborate practical joke the world is playing on Americans. I've never seen … any James Bond film | Hadley Freeman 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In practical terms, Mr. Lacroix said the difference between fashion and stage is also about distance. What Christian Lacroix Did Next 2011-10-31T12:22:19Z Martin’s article also addressed aesthetic and practical issues specific to night photography. Art Review: What Photographers Saw After Sunset 2011-04-29T05:30:10Z “Philosophers can seldom put their knowledge to practical use,” Mr. Dennett said, squinting under the brim of a baseball hat reading “Freedom Evolves,” a play on the title of his 2003 book on free will. Daniel Dennett, Author of ‘Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking’ 2013-04-29T21:49:23Z A few of the most practical were in early childhood education, on track to receive their teaching certification. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z While Leighton's injunction technically applies only to the plaintiffs, Becket Fund lawyer Luke Goodrich said that as a practical matter, the state would now find it more difficult to enforce the regulation against other pharmacists. Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception 2012-02-23T05:35:08Z For frequent travelers, such devices aren’t practical solutions to take hither and yon. Tools for Sleeping Well While Traveling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z At times I try to be practical with my older daughter, who is about to start college in the fall — but it's emotional. Thomas Haden Church on his offbeat new "Acidman" role: "There is clearly something wrong with Lloyd" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Her short-shorts are demure by Miami standards, even practical on a humid night, but maybe the older couple she's approaching will get the idea that his campaign is about booty shaking. Ex-2 Live Crew rapper runs for Miami-Dade mayor 2011-05-16T12:28:09Z This book is the result of a long practical experience, a lively curiosity and a real love for cookery. Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z It’s brought into the living room for a practical purpose, to cut up some bread to help settle Abby’s stomach. Theater Review: ?Belleville? at Yale Repertory Theater - Review 2011-11-04T22:39:42Z But as a practical parenting matter, I don’t care. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z “But sometimes it’s hard to find the most practical way to clean something. Most of us just want to get it done quickly.” How to clean five tricky household items that you might be avoiding 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z While their advocacy for the full citizenship rights of blacks and women — crystallized by their campaigns to win the right to vote — unite them ideologically, the practical considerations in those battles divide them. Two heroes of 19th-century America seek justice. They get none in ‘The Agitators.’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z As a practical matter, though, most hotels don’t want unhappy guests. Perspective | When to change rooms in a hotel — or just check out 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z It is simply introducing practical, administrative change to facilitate wider participation. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z The controversy over practical skills is related to a different debate over how Millennials’ constant technology use is changing the way they think. Millennials Struggle to Pass Life Skills 101 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z "The concept grasps people's imagination and they start thinking about whether urban farming is a practical solution," said Bradford, who expects his company's VertiCrop system to begin being used in the U.S. in early 2011. 'Vertical Farm' envisions tall future for farming 2010-10-28T10:01:00Z Some of the advice offered was practical in alerting first-time writers to the more obvious pitfalls to avoid in the use of plot, narrator, language and so forth. Has Twitter's #badwritingtips improved writing? 2012-06-25T16:15:47Z There are plenty of practical recipes too, like omelets, biscuits and California rolls. The Best Cookbooks for Kids 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Meantime, over at the Adult Children Living at Home website, the practical advice is for the parents, not the girlfriends. Bill Clinton vs. Lena Dunham: The Shakespearean battle of boomers and millennials 2014-03-01T21:00:00Z A providential accident nearby soon deposits a handsome injured gentleman at their school; his friends visit; and vivacious Miss Asquith, practical Miss Pffolliott and scientific Miss Franklin become busy with more than their pianoforte lessons. A Jane Austen-esque novel for teens and other best books for young readers 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z With silver sneakers, bobbed blond hair and jeans, she looks a little practical for how you might imagine a fashion designer. This shepherd has found her niche in the farm-to-fashion movement 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite this torment he completes his education, becomes an engineer and builds and refines those railroad stations with an equal sense of romanticism and practical application. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z For him, it was a practical response to a problem. Fabulous Life Lessons From Gianni Agnelli 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z That she will go on as she has, with practical, elegant suits that don’t get in the way of her day or require much response from the peanut gallery. Kamala Harris in a White Suit, Dressing for History 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z The movie’s subject is the notion of liberation, one that’s as much aesthetic, philosophical, and emotional as it is practical and political. The Front Row: “Losing Ground” 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z A practical answer would be very unique specific details. How the web series “The Feels” gets oversharing and bisexuality right 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Six months after their “practical” flamethrower went for sale, a company in Michigan released the XM42, an $899 model that looks more like a toy. The incredibly dangerous weapon that is legal almost everywhere 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The practical office environment bears a resemblance to Wanzenberg's residential projects, which seems appropriate, since the intent of this Skowhegan branch is to foster community and creativity. Alan Wanzenberg designs the New York City branch of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z But in the culture that we have right now, in the world that we have right now, we use it for some pretty practical things. ‘¡Hola Papi!’ advice columnist John Paul Brammer is ready to show his true self 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z For Mohammed, the daily practical support of her extended family, which enables her to work part-time for Transport for London, is critical. Growing up fast: why parenting in your 20s is the new punk 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z For him, fishing is the great equalizer, and the the symbolic is more important than the practical. A Pair of Fish Tales: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2012-03-09T14:00:33Z Its second point, though, is more practical, if underdeveloped. Review: ‘American Jihad’ and the Problem With the Internet 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “I’m Capricorn, Virgo rising — very responsible, practical, realistic,” he said. Machine Dazzle: How Many Ways Can You Say Fabulous? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z And so the clothes on display were, for the most part, less than practical. Youth, Beauty and Politics at a Student Fashion Show in London 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z What he refers to as “practical intelligence” is similar to social intelligence in that it helps individuals learn nonexplicit information from their environments, including meaningful gestures or other social cues. Newspeak for the rest of us: Learning a new language can give new insight, improve tolerance 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z She offers her idea of practical advice for the new widow. Books Of the Times: The Shock Of Losing A Spouse 2011-02-14T05:27:15Z Mr. Fukunaga said he considered shooting on film in Super 16, but decided it wouldn’t be practical. Below the Line: Shooting ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z But then also there's a lot of television and film production in New Orleans, so there was a practical thing about it where we had the resources out there. Comedian Eric Andre: "This country's got a s**tty history" 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z |
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