| 单词 | precipice |
| 例句 | He had spoken to the Mountain of Gont, calming it, and had stilled the trembling precipices of the Overfell as one soothes a frightened beast. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z At least God’s mercy is better than that of these monsters, and the precipice is steep and high. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I gripped the chain-link fence and edged down the mountain until I stood on the precipice of the ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z All I wanted to do was turn around, go home, and never find myself at this precipice again for such a stupid reason. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He feels himself standing at a very tall, very dangerous precipice, with no intention of backing away. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At die edge of the precipice he sat down. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have liked to say something about solitude, about night, about the mesa lying pale under the moon, about the precipice, the plunge into shadowy darkness, about death. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He is ready, eager, to stake life on the cruel quick test of the precipice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Guenever, in a dangerous frame of mind, began walking on the edge of a verbal precipice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Their path led them to the foot of the precipice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The eastern faces of the Ephel Dúath were sheer, falling in cliff and precipice to the black trough that lay between them and the inner ridge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to acknowledge it theoretically, and quite another thing to have a thin, shaky girl standing on the other side of the precipice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Sciron, for instance, who had made those he captured kneel to wash his feet and then kicked them down into the sea, Theseus hurled over a precipice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I write you at the precipice of my fortieth year, having come to a point in my life—not of great prominence— but far beyond anything that boy could have even imagined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Every time she closed her eyes, something made her sway and lurch as if she were at the brink of a precipice, and she snapped awake, tense with fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But west would lead them only into more labour and delay, back towards the heart of the hills; east would take them to the outer precipice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even the thought scared him Could the eagle have hurt Ghost, or knocked him off the precipice? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a skyless world, in which his eye, through dim gulfs of shadowy air, saw only ever-mounting slopes, great walls of stone behind great walls, and frowning precipices wreathed with mist. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Once again, he felt like he was on the precipice of something, about to leap into an unknown. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Our dependents are now sixteen. They stand on the precipice of adulthood, and it is now up to them to decide what kind of people they will be.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She described the torturous climb up the cliff at length, feeling the need to relive it inch by inch as Einar had told her he had, remembering each handhold, each precipice and narrow ledge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If she fell off the precipice she might tumble through the snow for all eternity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Sam thought he saw a last fleeting glimpse of it, peering back over the edge of the eastward precipice, before it ducked and disappeared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Four years ago, in 2016, we stood at a precipice as a nation. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath, then walked the last fifty yards to the giant precipice and touched it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Reynie had a panicky feeling in his belly, the kind he always got when he dreamed he’d fallen from a precipice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As the ground flattened, a huge stone precipice rose up ahead of him, just barely visible in the moonlight. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z At last they were going in single file along the edge of a precipice and Shasta shuddered to think that he had done the same last night without knowing it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He walked as if each step he took was driving a hated enemy toward a precipice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I catch his tongue poised on the precipice between his front teeth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “She made a bargain with me up there, on the side of the precipice,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But all I could see was the wrong'way-round Z and a line of boys, all Salim look-alikes, smiling and waving and saying goodbye and walking to the edge of a precipice. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Carefully,” Grandma said, taking a seat at the edge of the precipice. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In the end, worn out, they just cast themselves on the ground under the lee of a boulder lying not far from the foot of the precipice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z About halfway down the precipice, Annabeth said, “Stop, okay? Just a quick break.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The castle is on the very edge of a terrible precipice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We could not continue our march; but stopped in the midst of the road, and all swayed, as were we confronted with some great gulf or precipice before us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And they went up by steep ways, until they came to a high field below the snows that clad the lofty peaks, and it looked down over the precipice that stood behind the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Beyond it went a winding road that descended in many curves down to the narrow land under the shadow of Mindolluin’s precipice where stood the mansions of the dead Kings and of their Stewards. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Each morning I make my way along a narrowing precipice of written words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The birth of modern science—the offspring of theory and observation— teetered on the precipice of their mutual mistrust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the face of a precipice, sheer and almost smooth it seemed in the pale moonlight, a small black shape was moving with its thin limbs splayed out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He described having seen the truck ahead of his skid and go over a thousand-foot precipice; what was remarkable, he said, was the slowness with which it fell. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “The colossus lay like a medieval castle, built in the most inaccessible place, protected by precipices and rivers.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With one sentence he had lifted out of the silent dark the race question and I stood on the edge of a precipice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We sense from the beginning how high the stakes are, and as we watch George and Martha perform their devilish waltz ever closer to the precipice, the tension becomes almost unbearable. Theater Review: Tracy Letts in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ 2012-10-14T21:52:14Z I don’t mean because you’re standing on the precipice of learning you are unable to have children. My 20 minutes in fertility hell 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z “Please Hold Rail,” warns one ordinary corridor sign; a dazed worker, wearily ignoring it as he walks down the hall, is about to step off a precipice. Exhibition Review | 'Charles Addams's New York': The Perverse Pleasures Underneath the Ordinary 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z I also believe that the United States is on the precipice of civil disorder. Filmmaker James Stern on the era of “American Chaos”: “Worst situation since the Civil War” 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z And Knox, a boy who gets “volcano mad” and always feels as if he is on the precipice of getting into a whole mess of trouble, is a personable, affecting narrator. What Happened When Kelly Yang Moved ‘Back Where She Came From’ 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The ferry is also the best vantage from which to see the skyscraping rock precipice called La Peña, which rises high above the tennis courts and swimming pools of the Malibu-esque neighborhood below. Overnighter: Valle de Bravo, an Upscale Refuge Near Mexico City 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z If the Nielsen ratings do not improve, the academy faces a financial precipice: Most of its revenue comes from the sale of broadcasting rights to the show. The Oscar nominations are expected to be spread around. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Thompson never overtly imitates Armstrong, though he steps up to the precipice a few times. Ways to Spend a Virtual Day With Louis Armstrong 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z She captures a New York art world on the cusp — or the precipice — of extraordinary celebrity and extravagant prices. ‘Ninth Street Women’ Shines a Welcome New Light on New York’s Postwar Art Scene 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A jagged precipice across the cove was pierced by a natural hole, like a dragon’s eye, the forat in the local Catalan dialect that gives the hole-in-the-wall restaurant its name. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z There was lots of running up to the lip of the stage and balancing as if the fourth wall were a daunting precipice. Dance Review: ?Haze? at the BAM Harvey Theater - Review 2011-10-21T23:53:47Z But insistent politeness is one of the reasons our democracy and fractured relationship with the facts teeters on the precipice. It's the most wonderful time of year ... to not make your loved ones of color visit a sundown town 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Lee Ashworth and Alec Hardy Throughout the show, Detective Inspector Hardy represented human ingenuity and infallibility, often arriving at breakthroughs while on the precipice of a physical breakdown. 'Broadchurch' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: It Takes Two 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The new trailer for James Ponsoldt's biographical drama "The End of the Tour," however, finds Wallace -- as played by Jason Segel -- standing on the precipice of fame and clinging to normalcy. 'End of the Tour' trailer: Jason Segel takes on David Foster Wallace 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “That,” his partner Jack McCollough chimed in, “we are on the precipice of a new era.” Who Needs Big Brands When You Have Ella Emhoff, Bowen Yang and an Actual Beating Heart? 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Others are worried about the plight of bumblebees — about half the species in North America seem to be in some decline, and a few are on the precipice of extinction. Bee enthusiasts of all stripes flock to Washington amid pollinator concerns 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z For his part, Carson assembled a roundtable of experts for a special episode that addressed the issues and a nation on the precipice of chaos. Review | Peacock’s ‘The Sit-In’ recounts the amazing week in 1968 that Harry Belafonte took Johnny Carson’s place 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Her typically precarious constructions – be they the tottering boat or maquettes where tiny dwellings perch on cardboard precipices – are bittersweet reminders of the frailty of things. Artist of the week 150: Emily Speed 2011-08-11T15:26:52Z To reveal exactly where they're heading would spoil the journey, yet Moorhouse's narrative breathtakingly negotiates the precipice between laughter and despair. The Gift and the Glory | Theatre review 2010-04-04T21:30:00Z When he won the Nobel Prize the committee said his work “uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.” British Library Acquires Letters of Harold Pinter 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z In his latest novel, “Hummingbird Salamander,” where the world is at the precipice of an ecological disaster. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Near-future is a reminder that the present is teetering on the precipice of tomorrow. What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Ten passengers were killed and more than 50 injured; Dickens’s car derailed and hung over a precipice. Exhibition Review: Morgan Library?s ?Charles Dickens at 200? - Review 2011-09-22T21:48:27Z "I'm just trying to address this problem a few steps before the edge of the precipice instead of waiting until we are actually on the precipice." Met Opera shares bankruptcy fears 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “But I suddenly realized that I’m going to be scrambling to the edge of the precipice without a moment to breathe.” Ashley Bickerton, Unflinchingly Honest About His Work and Illness 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z I still remember the utter terror that overwhelmed me as we scrambled through dark fog up the vertiginous, scree-laden side of one mountain, unable to see the precipice ahead. Homage to the Scottish Highlands: walking in the Cairngorms 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z And when they were confronting the precipice of middle age, the boomers got the bittersweet balm of “The Big Chill.” Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z Give them an emotional precipice to jump from, and they’ll soar through the air and stick the landing. Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Uses Love as a Weapon 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Various hoary institutions, from the press to the two-party system are teetering disconcertingly on the precipice of something. How do we make America great? 'Necessary Trouble' and 'Against Democracy' take contrasting views 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z When they handed Pinter a Nobel Prize, the Swedish Academy said that he “uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms.” 'Being Harold Pinter' ★★★★ 2011-01-28T04:46:37Z It struck me as a cogent metaphor for how we live today: constantly teetering on the precipice to grasp at the latest popular thing. Keanu Reeves Is Too Good for This World 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z I decided not to hate myself for finding my footing on the precipice that is American capitalism. 'I wanted something that was mine': why I bought a house at 25 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The question that pushed me over the precipice of uncertainty was, "If you do nothing, will you regret it in 25 years?" "Am I gay?" I'm a middle-aged woman reinventing her life after marriage and kids — and I'm not alone 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z But I suppose that Ms. Sun’s implicit message may be that for families like Evelyn’s, the precipice is never distant. Review: ‘Pike St.,’ Where One Woman Speaks for All 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z A likable wastrel takes up with a beautiful woman, who offers him the choice of leaping from a precipice to his death or being licked by a pig, as ultimately happens. Review: A Japanese Writer’s Reveries Inspire ‘Four Nights of Dream’ 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z We jumped crevasses, clung to dark precipices and felt the weight of air snapping like hungry mouths at our feet. Cliff camping in Colorado: postcards from the ledge 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Hood, where Witherspoon hurls a boot into a precipice in a fit of frustration, the crew had to take two ski lifts and hike a half-hour with gear and a live fox. Director Jean-Marc Vallee is on a 'Wild' ride in Hollywood 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z I just wondered when my life was going to cross the precipice into true adulthood. Modern Love: Hearts, and Lives, Out of Step 2011-04-14T19:07:08Z Although flashing plenty of technique of her own, she never went over the precipice, showing the kind of control we expect from professionals. A mixed bag from six young musicians (and from the judges) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Though some daredevils were quick to share photos of themselves at the same precipice, others were more skeptical of the desire to achieve such a feat. Twitter users scold woman who posed on 2,800-foot mountain's edge: 'No picture is worth falling' 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Fifty-five years ago last month, The New Yorker published Baldwin’s astonishing essay about the United States teetering on a precipice. The Glow From ‘The Fire Next Time’ 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z “One thing we don’t need right now, as individuals or as communities, is any more risk, especially at the precipice of a serious recession.” Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z But blasts of violence underline that young, black America is on a precipice. Tragic, funny and weird: Donald Glover's Atlanta is a new high for TV comedy 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Certainly his courage couldn’t be doubted, even if the precipice of public performance helped urge it along. “Plimpton!” doc tells tale of literary heavyweight 2013-05-28T20:05:00Z Rather than hurl herself off a precipice, she wanted to Skype with her boyfriend, David. After the Election, a ‘Whole Foods Democrat’ Returns to Church 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z In an early scene Roma approaches a stranger in a Chinese restaurant and gets him to the precipice of investing in Florida land in which he shows little interest. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z Or is that just because being a teenager is inherently comical on the precipice of sadness? Get to know Griffin Gluck, your next new favorite boy next door with a dark side 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. AP timeline details Michael Jackson's last day 2010-06-20T16:46:00Z The show followed Irvine as he attempted to revive restaurants on the precipice of demise with a $10,000 budget and plenty of creativity and hope. Robert Irvine opens up about “Restaurant: Impossible” cancellation at Food Network 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z “I had walked the precipice and seen it all; and at the critical moment, one man’s generosity pushed me safely away from the edge.” Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 A recent entry was from an elderly man on the precipice of a “scary and exciting” move alone to a new state, where he said he had no context. California’s Highway 1, With Memory Riding Shotgun 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He wanted advice and would listen to anything, and it would have been easy to send him toward the certain precipice of divorce, given our history. Modern Love: Modern Love - Friends Without Benefits 2013-01-10T20:42:11Z “What I know is that you are the smell of frightened girlhood just as it teeters over the precipice of the change,” King writes. ‘Tacky’ Finds the Joy in Bad Taste 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The language throughout “Battle” suggests that its characters exist in a state beyond volition; they rush over precipices with the conditioned reflexes of lemmings. Kieron Barry’s ‘Tomorrow in the Battle’: A Love Triangle 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z It's really great to play someone at that point in life, where she's on the precipice of something. Seda reunites with Simon for Season 2 of 'Treme' 2011-03-23T15:57:08Z Ms. Bullock has arrived at the precipice of an important but unconventional career. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It all sounds marvellous, but charmed as I am by the situation and their enthusiasm, I'm beginning to think the Grahams may have fallen off the edge of a Wagnerian precipice of insanity. Bringing Wagner to Gloucestershire 2010-07-22T22:06:00Z Meanwhile, amid scenes of everyday violence, the Cold War brings their world to the precipice of nuclear destruction, as it did our own. “Watchmen,” “The Boys,” and the False Hope That Superheroes Can Save Us 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Breaking with the notion that holidays are a time for joy and cheer, the Quad has put together a lineup in which get-togethers take place on a precipice of unease. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z All this context is according to “Thunder at Twilight,” Frederic Morton’s excellent book on Vienna at the precipice of World War I, in which he tells us that Trotsky penned despairing essays about his homeland. Vienna is cited as the world’s most livable city. Most exciting? Not so much. 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Yet she seems somehow still perched at the precipice of the important career that should, by all rights, be hers. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW at Zankel Hall 2014-05-11T20:28:02Z She climbed her way back to a career as an actor and producer from the precipice of former-child-stardom. In ‘Wildflower,’ Drew Barrymore is determined to find the silver lining 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Now, Mr. Moretti said, “He gets to stand up at the edge of the precipice and start pointing — ‘Go there, go there.’” Spike Jonze, Cinema’s Big Kid, Gets a New Playground 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Yes, it was also why I set the film in '79 — it was about the precipice of something. The J.J. Abrams Interview: Inside Super 8 2011-06-06T10:25:00Z We are nearing the precipice of America’s point of reckoning, and we must not lose momentum. Nine black artists reflect on the question: “Is America at a point of reckoning?” 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z They rarely seem to be dancing on a precipice. Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Where most movies of this kind would show the hero redeemed, humbled and domesticated at the end, Phillips leaves Packouz dangling from a moral precipice at the final fadeout. Bros in the heart of darkness: Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s ”War Dogs” is a scathing indictment of Dick Cheney’s America 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Ullman finds exactly the right measure of sinister hostility lurking in his chipper, guitar-strumming Rick; it’s a performance balanced on the precipice between sunny caricature and murky depths. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z His sculptures look mangled or on the precipice of ruin. A Sculptor Takes His Craft to the Skies 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The entire Copenhagen concert follows this pattern, plunging along the precipice. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z Growing is a restatement of what Schumer does best: there are no new directions, but it proves that even on the precipice of motherhood, she is still the daddy of carnal standup. Growing: Amy Schumer is the daddy of carnal standup 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z If Dano’s Wilson is the manic genius teetering on the precipice, Cusack’s performance presents an entirely different persona — one we meet many years later as he’s crawling out of the hole he has fallen into. Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Nothing much actually happens, but there is a restlessness, a tension that pushes nearly every moment toward an invisible precipice of violence. ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ Review: A Gambler and a Writer at Odds 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Think of the instant a piece of fruit is at peak ripeness, just before it teeters on the precipice of pruniness. This $12 Chilean red is just begging to be paired with grilled meat 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z By definition, Campbell's work here is sparse, human, delicate, as if he's singing these lines while dangling from some unimaginable precipice. Essential tracks: Kate Pierson makes up lost time with 'Guitars' 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Park scatters several amusing nods to the Hitchcock picture throughout “Decision to Leave,” notably with lurid close-ups of eyes, rooftop chases and a gnarled tree jutting atop a treacherous precipice. ‘Decision to Leave’ Review: A Labyrinth of Desire 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z We watch it flatten railroad bandits and cushion her when she plunges down the side of a rocky precipice. Review: In ‘Bella,’ an Indomitable Heroine Goes West 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The show ends on something of a precipice, with a group of “blackwares” initially exhibited in 1968 at the Quay Gallery in San Francisco. Peter Voulkos, an Influential Sculptor Who Broke the Rules 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I think my Doctor is quite reckless - he takes everything to the precipice and then jumps off and then BOOM! The new Doctor 2010-04-02T08:04:00Z Poised on the precipice of a PR blitz, Garbage saw their album lost amidst the world's understandable grief. Shirley Manson on the album that expanded Garbage's sound: "We got royally punished for it" 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Both Elizabeth and Phillip seem to me to be on emotional precipices. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The conversation is poised on the familiar precipice of understanding that every child reaches when they learn their parents are as weak, scared and human as anyone else. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 6: I Love Elliot 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z You hear her, you see the precipice, and you don’t feel like you have any say in the matter. Critics? Choice: New CD?s by Christina Aguilera and Lil Jon 2010-06-06T22:04:00Z America teeters on the precipice of authoritarianism, and that jeopardy affects every institution, no matter how seemingly detached from partisan politics its mission. Perspective | The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z And right now, despite any concerns about "cresting the precipice," Pitt exudes contentment. Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for Pitt 2012-11-28T19:47:08Z It’s enshrined in Muybridge’s mesmerizing “Panorama of San Francisco,” shot from the rarefied precipice now known as Nob Hill, where Stanford was putting up an enormous mansion. Art Review: Tracing Muybridge, Pioneer of Photography, at the Corcoran 2010-04-26T22:54:00Z At the murderous height of the massacre in "Marrow," Philip Carteret is too late in discovering the edge of this dark precipice. America's legacy of racial terror and Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Marrow of Tradition" 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Amid the checkered floor and low lights, Guy, an Irish busker, and Girl, a Czech dreamer, spend a couple of hours suspended on the precipice of love, both eager and afraid to fall. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “It’s that looking over the precipice and seeing nothing but sky, and hoping that when you jump off, you can fly.” Modern Marvel 2011-03-25T16:14:29Z Ilana was on the precipice of several big things in her life, and I wanted to visualize that transformation. Our Favorite Arts Photos of 2021 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z One character’s face looks “like it was permanently on the precipice of discovering that the true nature of the world was one of sadness and isolation, even when surrounded by those we love.” Review | Kevin Powers’s first novel exposed the horrors of the Iraq War. Now he takes on the Civil War. 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “We permanently live on the precipice of divorce, and we are not good role models for how to have a good marriage!” Podcast & Carol & Ted & Alice 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z They told me I should be focusing on that, as I'm getting older and cresting the precipice and heading down the other side: `You should really bank one of those.' Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for Pitt 2012-11-28T19:47:08Z Operators at the Grand Canyon and the Willis Tower have installed glass overhangs so that visitors can step out past precipices. Chicago’s new ‘Tilt!’ puts you over the edge - of a skyscraper 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z There is a scene in The Sixth Sense where tiny Cole, played by Osment, is squirming on the precipice of his bedroom. The Sixth Sense: the film that frightened me most 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z All I know for sure is that minor league baseball today finds itself in a place it has never been before: on the precipice of real, profound change. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z There is little doubt humanity is on the precipice of massive change in how we work. Three Books Consider What Happens When the Robots Take Over 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z From the top of the bridge, looking over the precipice to the creek below inspired terror, but seen safely from below, he wrote, the arch “is delightful in an equal extreme.” Perspective | Rekindling the wonder of Natural Bridge, once a testament to American grandeur 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z If there is a stridency in what I say it is because I believe Nigeria is once again on the brink of a precipice. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z Hiking on the edge of a 30-foot precipice with a canoe on your head is an interesting challenge. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z “South Africans never had the luxury of dawdling at the psychological precipice of great change,” she writes. An Empathetic Account of the Complexity After Apartheid 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z In the mid-15th century, the Incas built this improbable citadel nearly 8,000 feet up on a skinny ridge between precipices where the Andes meet the Amazon basin, and abandoned it a hundred years later. Hiking to Machu Picchu past sacred Inca peaks 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Each time, her subjects were on the precipice of adulthood, attending their high-school graduation, an event that includes a prom. Prom Pictures of Ukrainian Teens on the Verge of an Uncertain Adulthood 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z After living for a short time in Manhattan, Mr. Still, in 1961, moved to Westminster, Md., where he continued to paint bold, dramatically colored, textured canvases evoking stone precipices, jagged mountain ridges and thundering cascades. To View Clyfford Still Retrospective, Just Click 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The enticing peril of precipice or the delicious calm of a soul mate’s embrace — in which of these terrains will Sara find her transcendence? Review | Adventure seekers — and a few ghosts — make a dangerous trip up a mountain in ‘Mysterium’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Without another word to the college kids behind him, he had thrown himself over the precipice after her. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z “I feel like I’m on a precipice, jumping off for good,” Mr. Krasinski said. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z More interesting musical moments were humming on the side stages, or at the precipice of stardom. Electric Daisy Carnival is reliable onstage, more captivating off it 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Some lesser poems feature lines that teeter on the precipice of bluntness and cliché: “You’re contrary/You are the misfit/All along/Though you don’t think it/You are wrong.” Books of The Times: Philip Larkin?s Complete Poems, Edited by Archie Burnett 2012-04-09T21:28:30Z At the same time, “Musical Prophet” catches Dolphy perched on the edge of a precipice of his own seeking. How Eric Dolphy Deepened My Love of Jazz 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Yet Lange, who also directs, is occasionally guilty of excess that places his work on the precipice of parody. Ted Lange takes the helm of an 'Othello' prequel at the Odyssey 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Here they were, on the precipice of musical history, and they had fallen off it, into love. A Playwright and a Songwriter, Finding the Right Words 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z On the precipice of an opening battle, one of Nikolai’s soldiers complains that their strategy is a terrible idea. Review | Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Rule of Wolves’ is the latest action-packed installment in the Grishaverse saga 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “We are looking for people on the precipice of a great discovery or achievement.” Jumbo: The MacArthur “Genius” Grants 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z I imagined that the film might skillfully edge toward the precipice of sentimentality without tumbling over, and that I would likely shed a tear or two as the end credits rolled. I Accidentally Walked Into “Border,” and It Kind of Changed My Life 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z I often shake my head at myself, amazed and baffled that I’ve asked to do this a second time: to stand at the precipice and jump. Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z The trail from the petroglyphs onto Delicate Arch eventually winds through narrow rocky passages and over creeks, until the final cautious steps along a precipice that then opens onto a ridge. On the rocks, with ice: Utah’s national parks just as spectacular in the offseason 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Glenstone, like contemporary art, is always perched on the precipice of being ridiculous. Perspective | Glenstone opened as a connoisseur’s delight. It’s reopening as an oasis for everyone. 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z His lawyers said that generally, there are sometimes periods of “public panic,” when “the criminal justice system teeters on a dangerous precipice.” Bill Cosby, Citing #MeToo Bias, Files New Appeal 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Gibbons’s radical cantilevers, he says, “danced at the edge of a precipice.” Antiques: Michael Cardew, British Ceramist, Is Subject of a Biography 2012-12-21T05:27:15Z It is our job, she argues, to pull these men, and the country they are so ready to take with them, back from the precipice. In America, Is Power in the Hands of Too Many ‘Mediocre’ Men? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z This is a cocktail designed for a reawakening, and we’re on the precipice of a grand one. The Espresso Martini Is Everywhere (Again) 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z He always stands at the edge of some precipice or other, oblivious to how to connect. 'Woolf' driven by dangerous George 2010-12-13T00:23:32Z The mystery of death, whether notional or real, places us on a precipice that we spend a lot of our lives avoiding. A Dance for the Dead 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z We were, Milley suggests, closer than we knew to the precipice. Two Accounts of Donald Trump’s Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z We ended up pinned on a ledge above a precipice with both of them looking at me. Why We Do It: The Family Ski Trip: Why Do We Do It? 2011-12-09T19:25:17Z His life, once so illustrious, now hovers in the strange confluence of conflicting hospice timelines — suspended at the final precipice while he rushes frantically through the inventory of his past. Review | In Russell Banks’s ‘Foregone,’ a dying man comes clean 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The stacks look like small shrines to mountain solitude, carefully balanced at the edge of a precipice. People Are Stacking Too Many Stones 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In an era rife with disinformation — and American democracy teetering on a precipice — that’s the wrong place to be. Perspective | It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The book’s ending leaves mortals trembling on the precipice of post-human greatness. Review | In Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall,’ there is life after death 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z It careers into the crash barrier, hangs there for a moment and then lurches over a precipice. The Returned recap: series one, episode one – Camille 2013-06-09T21:10:00Z Like that dance, “Haieff” lives, seemingly, in the open air, on the precipice of something. It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z She’s on the precipice of a change that will define her long reign. Review | In ‘The Crown’s’ new season, a delicious friction between Elizabeth and Jackie 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Nearby text describes how another emperor’s mother was strangled during this period, and the father of a third was “forced off a precipice on his elephant.” Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z It's easy to be cynical, and I do think that our democracy and politics are at some sort of precipice right now. "Voting is important but insufficient": Scott Warren on youth power in politics 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The buoyancy of “Another Round” comes from these moments of unpredictability, when the characters teeter on the precipice of either ecstasy or injury. ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Muybridge was a daredevil who had himself lowered over precipices by ropes, and ventured on to escarpments where his team of pack-carriers refused to follow. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z I find myself, on the precipice of retirement, looking forward to leaving America and moving to Africa. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z That democracy is a precipice is not new. "Voting is important but insufficient": Scott Warren on youth power in politics 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z He looks like he’s making an entrance onto a stage, which suits a character on the precipice of a new adventure. ‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Just as Eve is accepting the forbidden fruit from the serpent, in the distance an ibex stands perched on another kind of precipice. Exhibition Review: ?In the Company of Animals? Opens at the Morgan Library 2012-03-02T21:47:25Z Forty-five minutes into the seventh Fast & Furious movie, Vin Diesel drives towards a huge precipice. Mission impenetrable: are Hollywood blockbusters losing the plot? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “Now, on the precipice of a new chapter, we are stronger and we are filled with gratitude for all that we learned and experienced together.” The Washington Ballet bounces back with the capital’s first post-pandemic gala 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Mario is back in his stellar playground of planetoids, asteroids and fields of shifting, tilting tiles suspended over infinite precipices. This week's new games 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Among them: Moon and Mr. Snuggles, wings on their backs, balancing on the precipice of a cliff. 'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Coming-of-age themes are eternal, but on “Red Band Society” young people on the precipice of love and angst can’t be certain they will live long enough to feel it. ‘Red Band Society,’ Set in a Pediatric Ward 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z That will require quite the investment of patience and space — and, for those of us who may be approaching an actuarial precipice, optimism. Wine Review: Barolo 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The subjects’ fates are nearly always poised on a financial precipice. Three Great Documentaries to Stream 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Six children, ranging from waist-high to the precipice of adulthood, surround the animal from all sides, breathing silently, their faces caked in mud. 'Captain Fantastic' Asks What It Means to Be a Good Parent 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z So upon the precipice of my return to therapy I told Shauna about Lori, and admitted to having mixed feelings about what I was getting back into. When my therapist dared me to sleep with her 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Yes, obviously, they were on the precipice last season. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Can the Center Hold? 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Some teams would walk their dungeoneer off a precipice for no reason. How we made Knightmare 2013-04-08T16:58:00Z Like Icarus he is at the precipice, and time passes sensuously slowly. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Duncan is clearly trying to convince himself that he’s not an addict, while the narrator is trying to convince himself he’s on the precipice of becoming a professional actor in L.A. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Acting and Amateurism 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z In 1922, while pursuing mining opportunities in Canada, Treat attempted to turn his motorcar around on a narrow mountain road and wound up plunging into a precipice. End of the line at Golden Gardens, ca. 1908 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z We are at once frightened by and drawn to the precipice. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “We’re at the precipice of a new dark age,” he says ominously. Devil's advocate: are satanists now the good guys in the fight against the evangelical right? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Inside the opening was a striking sight: a huge, almost spherical bundle of twigs and branches, balanced on a precipice. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Because she’s just about to enter this precipice of going to Lifespring and doing all these things for herself, and then this happens and totally derails her plan. Kirsten Dunst, on Her Emmy Nomination and Life After ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Everyone in this artful novel is hovering on a precipice. Books of The Times: Tash Aw’s ‘Five Star Billionaire’ Captures China’s Changes 2013-08-01T20:48:21Z "I'm always on a terrifying precipice of really having no idea what to do next," he chuckles. Louie is finally coming to the UK 2013-01-19T06:00:00Z Are her caretakers faltering on the precipice of nervous exhaustion? In ‘Memory’s Last Breath,’ Remembering Life, Before It’s Too Late 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In “Selling Kabul,” her characters also stand on the precipice of leaving almost everything they know. ‘Selling Kabul’ Holds Up a New Mirror After the Taliban Takeover 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Numerous journalists have published books and articles retracing the paths that led the world economy to the precipice two years ago. | 'Inside Job': Dissecting the Wall Street Meltdown 2010-10-07T16:57:00Z “The edge of the cliff! It’s crumbling!” she said, flapping her hands as if to keep herself from tumbling off a precipice. Sharon Olds Sings the Body Electric 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z For businesses on the precipice of significant debt, that matters, but those numbers probably pale in comparison to the sheer value of the airtime. Television Review: On ‘The Profit,’ Marcus Lemonis Rescues Small Businesses 2013-07-29T21:44:55Z "Every minute of every day, we were on the precipice of failure, which is an exciting place to be," Marsh says. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones find mutual orbit in 'Theory of Everything' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z But now that the future of the Great British Bake Off is at a precipice, it’s time to distinguish – ruthlessly – what is essential about the show from what’s merely familiar. I love The Great British Bake Off, but won't miss Mel and Sue 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Easier to know: the precipice on which parents of young children have been living. America slouches into a new pandemic year 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Cunningham was in Big Spring, a West Texas town on the precipice of an oil boom; not its first. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Texas Oil Boom Fuels a Family Saga 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z “Going out on this tour is a pretty huge precipice for him,” Mr. Bates said. A Dark Prince Steps Into the Light 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z I crept up to Nick and leaned over the precipice. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It seems that you gravitate towards these parts and stories that have am edge of comedy that is right on the precipice of tragedy and sadness. Get to know Griffin Gluck, your next new favorite boy next door with a dark side 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Instead of providing some kind of certitude—about reality, about politics, about our individual and collective fates—Mirza leaves us teetering on the precipice of the unknown. An Artwork for an Age of Anxiety and Ayahuasca 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z What he became on the American frontier — blossoming as an artist but also perhaps wavering at the precipice of mental collapse, is almost as mysterious as the missing works. Artist?s Work, Out of Attics, Goes to Walls of a Museum 2010-08-25T02:26:00Z It opens when they are at the precipice of womanhood, halfway through the book. What Greta Gerwig Saw in ‘Little Women’: ‘Those Are My Girls’ 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z An enterprising local balances on the precipice, shooting photos for tips. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z In between all of this work, Grace is putting the finishing touches on her memoir — and is also on the precipice of recording new Against Me! music. Laura Jane Grace’s rebel music: “I doubt you’re gonna find a successful civil movement or social movement that doesn’t have a soundtrack” 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z How, one wonders, did we get to this bilious precipice? Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Up in the plane, Marrone is ready, coiled on the precipice where the metal cabin floor meets the sky, buoyed by a wind-whipped fear of what awaits: a mile and a half of free fall. A jumping accident left him paralyzed, but Ned Wulin continues to train skydivers Later in the season, this time opposite Tiler Peck in Robbins’s “Other Dances,” Mejia seemed to be on the precipice of a new maturity — with both his partnering and the precision of his bounding jumps. Rising Out of the Pandemic, City Ballet Ushers in a New Era 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The movie industry was already on a precipice. The Future That Hollywood Feared Is Happening Now 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z This is a woman on the precipice who's been emotionally hijacked by herself. Veep star 'would relish' drama roles 2013-10-18T08:30:45Z But he’s starting to find himself inside the work: “I’m at this precipice,” he said. Get to Know the Colors on Paul Taylor’s Palette 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Even so, as we watch attempts to codify the erasure of trans people and the history of African Americans, we're already at the precipice of reverting to a history long sworn would go unrepeated. Thank you to that white man down in Florida: Lessons learned from reading a banned book 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The recordings on “The 50th Anniversary Collection” were about to fall over that legal precipice. Sony Issues Bob Dylan Recordings to Keep European Copyright 2013-01-07T18:02:56Z As I look over the precipice of my third decade, I am relieved that I met J at 25. Want good sex? Get married 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z And yet on the precipice of clinching the nomination, Biden, the three-time candidate for president, was pining for his old desk. This is Joe Biden’s biggest moment. Why does he feel so small? 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z As a sprawling human drama, poised on the precipice of a violence that you know is waiting for its beguilingly drawn and assayed characters, it is a riveting work of art. Review | ‘The Ferryman,’ an explosive, exhilarating human drama 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z "We're frequently looking for people on the precipice of something really big," said Cecilia A. Conrad, vice president of the MacArthur Foundation who leads the Fellows Program. Meet MacArthur's new 'genius grant' winners 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But they put the Parr house on a precipice, “so that it looked like a rocket taking off,” Mr. Eggleston said. How ‘The Incredibles’ Got an Upgrade 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z "It’s a little more difficult," Farooqui said on the precipice, "but if that’s what we need to do to preserve the land, then it’s not too cumbersome." Party of 4? Your trail is ready. Busy parks try reservations 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “What if your mother had aborted you?” is a question that people like to ask each time we step up to the precipice of a Roe v. Protect the sacred lives of women: To be pro-life, you must change your life 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Instead of plunging into the void, he steps back from the precipice. Perspective | On Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake,’ mixed emotions swirl toward the void 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Photograph: Simon Annand/Glyndebourne We're on a precipice, people; a precipice of Gods and monsters, heroes and dwarves, and some of the greatest/most controversial/most transcendent/most odiously grandiloquent music ever written. Too much Wagner? Try these instead 2013-07-21T16:47:24Z It’s an image of Ms. Winner on the precipice between regular young woman and accused felon. Staging Reality Winner: An F.B.I. Transcript Becomes an Offbeat Thriller 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z My brother does the pose – perched on a precipice – while my nerves get the better of me. Views you don’t get on the freeway … across America by train 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z This time they are terrifying and bring the Federation to the precipice of war. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “I just want to go back because I love it. When that process becomes too much, I’ll be at the precipice of a choice. But it’s not right now and I’m enjoying it.” With ‘Bumblebee,’ John Cena finds his stride in Hollywood 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Finally, we reach the aftermath, when Cumberbatch went on an "adrenaline junkie drive", skydiving, hot-air ballooning and generally "looking over the precipice". Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z That act, set on a stark precipice overlooking the sea, is the prettiest in the show, and also the dullest. Music Review: ?Tosca? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-12T23:36:27Z And as I put my arms around this unknown girl, I felt like I was teetering on the brink of a precipice, a precipice that Ruby was in danger of falling over. Melissa Lucashenko: 'If I live to be 100, I’ll never forget the first day I visited my daughter on that ward' 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z “We’re really on the precipice of being able to do this,” Goldberg said. Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It’s a step toward one day restoring sight 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue,” he said later in Cairo. Live updates | Negotiations underway for 3-day humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, officials say 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In Naomi Alderman’s “The Future,” a not-so-far-off, distressingly authentic Earth tips over the precipice. Author event: Naomi Alderman at Third Place Books 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z It’s been four years since horse racing found itself at the precipice of a perception problem about the safety of its athletes. A shaky start, but Breeders' Cup aims to shake trend of high-profile horse deaths 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In addition to groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs and extreme heat, the U.N. report highlights melting glaciers, ecosystem collapse and space debris as systems nearing precipices. U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate tipping points. California is nearing several 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Alabama is currently at a precipice when it comes to birth, and the rest of the nation must be invested in the outcome. As birthing hospitals close, Alabama's maternity care crisis is a warning for the rest of the nation 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z As of Sunday, the conflict has also left more than 2,300 Palestinians dead and the Middle East on the precipice of a wider conflagration. An Arab paramedic who treated Israelis injured by Hamas militants is remembered as a hero 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Now, we are on the precipice of a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions. A massacre incites war and our humanity is among the casualties 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Together, they tell a harrowing story of profound psycho-cultural trauma, in which the once-ubiquitous assumption of our collective indestructibility has been undermined and replaced by the now-widespread belief that we stand inches from the precipice. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland condemned the attacks on Israel, warning in a statement: "This is a dangerous precipice, and I appeal to all to pull back from the brink." Israel 'at war' as Hamas unleashes surprise attack from Gaza 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland said: "This is a dangerous precipice, and I appeal to all to pull back from the brink." World reacts to surprise attack by Hamas on Israel 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Last year, Pierce County Superior Court officials knew they were standing on the precipice of the state’s highest-profile trial in years. Lessons from George Floyd’s death prepare WA court for police murder trial 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He used that time to explain to Republican lawmakers, many of which left, how Congress had arrived at the precipice of a shutdown. Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy’s new stopgap bill 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z “We cannot inch towards agreement while the world races towards a precipice,” Guterres said. As the world’s problems grow more challenging, the head of the United Nations gets bleaker 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z These elusive species, native to Indonesia and the Indian subcontinent, are among the rarest of the rhino clan and find themselves on the precipice of extinction. Rhinos are a story of survival and hope, but we are driving then perilously close to extinction 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Locals stand near the ragged tarmac precipice, peering over and taking photos. Libya floods: A barren wasteland with a lingering smell of death 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z It already teetered on the edge of the mountainside, but what is now left is slumped above the precipice. Morocco earthquake: "We need help from whomever will give it' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “Sound Transit is on the precipice of making decisions that will waste your time, over and over again, forever,” the group Seattle Subway wrote this week in The Urbanist. Harrell, Constantine light-rail ideas add years, money to Sound Transit planning 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Landslides in Himachal Pradesh killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way. Landslide destroys buildings in north Indian mountains 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Once considered a more financially sound developer, its woes are a chilling signal to homebuyers and financial firms as peers also edge toward the precipice in the absence of large-scale help from Beijing. Asia stocks stall, yuan slips as China cuts rates 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z "It's putting the fishery on sort of a precipice right now." The ocean is shattering heat records. Here’s what that means for fisheries 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z “My team, with the help of Eric Adams, has taken this system from the precipice of collapse,” Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina said on Thursday. Federal judge will hear arguments on potential takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z That sort of thinking led to the segregated, stratified megalopolis of today, which seems perpetually on the precipice of collapsing on itself. Column: This 'hot labor summer' is unifying Los Angeles in a way few could have imagined 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The recurring debt-ceiling brinkmanship highlights the structural weaknesses in U.S. fiscal governance — so the more acrimonious they are and the closer they come to the cash-flow precipice. ‘Vindicating’: An Analyst Who Lowered the U.S.’s Credit Rating in 2011 on Fitch’s Downgrade 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Today's indictment starts the process of pulling us back from that precipice. Trump finally indicted for Jan. 6 plot: Here's why this is the big one 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Bill is at the precipice that the family crossed with Christy a long time ago. The Vanishing Family 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z On the precipice of turbulent seas and gale-force winds, it stands as a stalwart sentinel of safety and security. The fabulously creative (and personal) mailboxes of Bainbridge Island 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “We are by any analysis not on the precipice of a human catastrophe but in the very midst of one.” ICC prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z "I think we are at the precipice of a lot of devastating things if we don't start making decisions that put our environment first," she said. In the wake of the East Palestine disaster, other train towns wonder: Are we next? 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z After more than five decades in prison, Van Houten was again on the precipice of parole. Many assumed Manson murderers would never be freed. How Leslie Van Houten did it 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Liza Rankin, the incumbent running to retain her Seattle School Board seat representing North Seattle families, says the state’s largest school district is teetering on the precipice of major change. The Seattle Times editorial board recommends: Debbie Carlsen for Seattle Public Schools District 1 | Editorial 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z When I commented that 35 must weigh like a mountain, Mr. Liang responded, “It’s the precipice.” No Job, No Marriage, No Kid: China’s Workers and the Curse of 35 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “We might be on the precipice of discovering new physics.” Euclid telescope to seek source of dark energy—the biggest mystery in the universe 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z And if you pause for the span of a single breath, plunger strained to apogee, and hover at the precipice of launch in that moment-between-moments — your field of vision narrows, your eyes dilate in delight. Pinball is of the body: Why modern tech is plagued by obsolescence 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z But Les Steele, recently named SPU’s interim chief academic officer, said: “There is absolutely no fear of falling off the precipice at this point.” Seattle Pacific University announces 40% cut to programs, steep layoffs 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Daniel Ellsberg often heard that he was inspiring, but he was always more interested in what people would be inspired to actually do — in a world of war on the precipice of nuclear catastrophe. Daniel Ellsberg is gone — but he left us an important message 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z I think we might be on the precipice of things getting much worse. Former gun company executive explains roots of America’s gun violence epidemic 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Started in the 1930s but finished as World War II raged, Eliot’s last great work is obviously reflective of an England on the precipice, often given a religious framework. Review: The magnetic Ralph Fiennes transports 'Four Quartets' from page to stage to screen 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In an interview, Klowden said it’s less likely that the current strike will nudge the state into another recession — the entire country, he noted, was already teetering on the precipice last time around. Impact of writers' strike on L.A. economy could surpass 2007 stoppage, experts say 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Hollywood is standing on the precipice of a strike that could shut down the industry after members of the film and television writers’ guild overwhelmingly approved a walkout earlier this week. The existential threat driving a potential Hollywood writers’ strike 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Ellsberg often heard that he was inspiring, but he was always more interested in what people would be inspired to actually do — in a world of war and on the precipice of inconceivable nuclear catastrophe. Daniel Ellsberg is gone — but he left us an important message 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Washington state is on the precipice of making history. WA's momentous new gun laws draw a line | Editorial 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Set in present-day, “Dead Ringers” takes it a step further, daring to show that no matter how advanced we believe ourselves to be, that the miracle of life still balances on the precipice of death. Review: In 'Dead Ringers,' the miracle of life balances on the precipice of death 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “But I think he was kind of on the precipice of making it. This was his life and he really loved it.” Beloved Andy Eide, dead at 53, ‘helped facilitate a hockey market when there wasn’t an NHL team’ 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The standoff has raised the stakes for McCarthy, since the consequences of inaction — the first-ever government default — could devastate an economy already teetering on the precipice of recession. Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z My son, Harold J. Morris III, is serving a 20-year sentence for a cannabis conviction while Maryland is on the precipice of making millions of dollars a year off the sale of cannabis. Opinion | Maryland’s hypocrisy on recreational marijuana 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “Sudan is on the precipice of civil war,” warned Alan Boswell, director for the Horn of Africa for the International Crisis Group. Airstrikes hit Sudanese capital as paramilitary force clashes with army 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z A coalition of civilian groups that signed a draft of that agreement in December called on Saturday for an immediate halt to hostilities, to stop Sudan sliding towards "the precipice of total collapse". Sudan military rivals fight for power, killing at least 25 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z A report from Care England and the HfT care provider in March warned that adult social care was "on the precipice" when it came to costs. Social care reform funding halved for England, government confirms 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Like so many others, he had traveled for months and covered thousands of miles traversing jungles, mountains and deserts to arrive on the precipice of what seemed a new, and promising, life. After a deadly fire in a border lockup in Mexico, migrants bring anger, tears and a birthday ballad 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The path ends at the recently-added departure deck — where rusted metal outlines of men and women stand in memory of those who departed by boat — and a haunting gate and footprints at the dock’s precipice. Bainbridge Island: A spring driving tour of the island’s parks | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Here, they’re walking the combinations right up to the precipice of too much, stopping only when they’ve achieved an intensification of pizza joy. This tiny Seattle spot is making world-class pizza 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Fifteen years later, Credit Suisse Group AG found itself on a similar precipice. On the precipice: How Credit Suisse's day of drama unfolded 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Jackson, 35, guided Morales back from the precipice. L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid 'horror' of deadly drug overdoses, crime 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z As had become customary over the past four seasons, there was no reason to panic at the precipice of a state title game appearance. After three-peat, unheralded Madison makes it back to state title game 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z It felt to many like an exercise in taking a small step back from a precipice. Iranian nuclear program provokes scramble to prevent conflagration 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Households and businesses were hit especially hard after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove up the cost of natural gas needed for heating and helped push the U.K. to the precipice of a recession. In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Even if the tyrant in the Kremlin refuses to get the message, the Russian people need to comprehend that their country is teetering on a precipice. Biden’s train ride leaves Putin in the dust 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In her campaign announcement for the chair, Karamo said the state is on “the precipice of tyranny, which voting alone will not be able to overcome.” Leaderless Michigan GOP seeks new direction in chair race 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Her gritty play Thursday night put the Hoosiers on the precipice. No. 2 Indiana uses late surge to beat No. 5 Iowa 87-78 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z As citizen Iger, he told an industry conference in September that traditional TV “is marching to a distinct precipice, and it’s going to be pushed off.” Disney's Bob Iger says ESPN is not for sale. Now the pressure is on 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “It was widely seen as being an impossible goal. And we’re now on the precipice of achieving that,” he said. L.A. is shutting down its largest gas plant — and replacing it with an unproven hydrogen project 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Plagued by deforestation, drought, fires and other human disturbances, the iconic ecosystem is teetering on a dangerous precipice, scientists warn. One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z First, it is clearer than ever that Xi is an agile autocrat; his sense of self-preservation kicked in last month as he was nearing a precipice. Opinion | Xi’s course correction reveals an agile autocrat under pressure 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But now, the Union, N.J.-based chain is on a precipice, as a slow, years-long decline metastasizes within a haze of strategic missteps, bad investments, patchy inventory and indifferent shoppers. For Bed Bath & Beyond, bankruptcy may be the only option 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z But Georgia is only the fourth team since 1980 to win two straight national titles and to reach this precipice of history. Dawgs for 3?: Georgia has chance to make football history 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “The commonality is the standing on the edge of the precipice,” said David Niven, an associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati. State lawmakers turn to creative solutions in speaker fights 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z More than that: He has held together a M.A.S.H. unit and moved it from the precipice of fading to irrelevance back into playoff position, ascendant when it could be crumbling. Perspective | The surging Capitals have been boosted by a forgotten strength: Their coach 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He helped lead the government to the precipice of an historic default on government debt by insisting on the cuts. Hardliner Jim Jordan emerges as a Republican alternative for U.S. House speaker 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z How many horror stories are there of wives who helped support husbands through medical school or business school only to be left right as the men are on the precipice of financially leveling up? A tip for unmarried couples: Romance has a bottom line 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Their staunch, public resistance seemed to foreshadow tougher battles on the horizon in a Capitol that often legislates from the precipice of a fiscal cliff. Senate approves $1.7 trillion omnibus bill to fund government 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The Ukrainians for weeks have defied predictions that Bakhmut was on the precipice of falling to Russian control. Zelensky visits Bakhmut troops, venturing close to bloodiest fighting 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “And I think we’re on the precipice of turning it into a jewel not just for Orange County, but for all of Southern California.” Conservationists near goal of turning Orange County oilfield into nature preserve 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “One thing Trump and election deniers have done is broaden the ideological spectrum of those who care about walking us back from the precipice,” he said. Two Groups Quietly Spent $32 Million Rallying Voters Behind Voting Rights 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “We seem to be at the precipice of so many crises,” she said. This composer combines South Indian classical music and Western choral tradition 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z We’re tuning into it at the last possible moment, at the edge of the precipice she saw us inching ever closer to, while it maybe can still do us some good. The expanding orbit of Seattle science fiction writer Octavia Butler 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z School funding in Northern Ireland is "on a precipice," according to a school head and union leader. NI Education: School funding in NI is 'on a precipice' 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Today we discuss liars, deniers and standing at the precipice. Column: Liars lose and deniers are denied. In the midterms, democracy comes out ahead 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z He stood at midfield in the Rose Bowl, a triumphant figure poised at the center of the national prep football universe, basking on the precipice of retirement from a long and illustrious career. Column: With no accountability, Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson retires under a dark cloud 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Iger may make even more radical changes, having recently said that traditional cable and satellite TV is headed for a “precipice.” Disney is not what it was when Bob Iger left. Does he have the magic touch to turn it around? 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “Linear TV and satellite is marching towards a great precipice and it will be pushed off,” Iger said during Vox Media’s Code Conference in Beverly Hills. Key players in the Disney leadership drama 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z "We are stating clearly today that school funding is on a precipice and action needs to be taken now to develop a sustainable and fair funding model for the future," he will tell members. NI Education: School funding in NI is 'on a precipice' 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The EU warned Serbia and Kosovo last week that they are on the edge of a precipice and must resolve their dispute or face the prospect of a return to their violent past. EU holds talks with Serbia and Kosovo amid rising tensions 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z So for more than a decade, beginning in late 1917, Matisse stepped back from the precipice. Review | When the world was at its worst, Matisse was at his best 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In Pennsylvania, where votes continued to be counted, Democrats are on the precipice of taking control of the state House for the first time since 2008. Democrats surged to flip state legislatures, defying past GOP gains 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z They are on the precipice of falling out of playoff contention. Raheem Morris on Rams' Sean McVay: 'This is the most adversity he’s had' 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z UK access to EU research programme 'near precipice' UK-Swiss science deal as both barred from EU scheme 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The United States has stood at the precipice before. US voters fret about democracy, polarization before election 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “We think we are now on the precipice of the next wave of young guys. We need to make room to allow that to happen.” Plaschke: Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten backs Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Another told the AFP news agency that the country was "on the edge of the precipice; economically everything has stagnated". Peru: Police clash with protesters in capital Lima 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z And now, on the precipice of this long-awaited moment, they have tried to drive home the message that Qatar is more than ready to take its place on the world stage. The World Cup is Weeks Away. Will Qatar Be Ready? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z D.C. is at this kind of precipice of an explosion of its creative community that’s been burgeoning for so long. Rubell Museum director says visitors should ‘expect to feel electrified’ 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Casella may be an unfamiliar name, but his music — the sound of a world on the precipice — hits closer to home than you might guess. Review | Noseda and the NSO find a recipe for success: It’s an Italian sandwich 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Isaiah Thomas recovered the fumble for the Browns, and the Ravens were on the precipice of another blown lead. Perspective | In yet another torturous fourth quarter, finally the Ravens come out on top 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z New York, which last reached the World Series in 2009, is on the precipice of elimination against Houston for the fourth time in eight seasons. Javier, Astros romp 5-0 over Yanks, Cole, take 3-0 ALCS lead 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Leaders who rise to power via the establishment party and then charge off the precipice are a less familiar breed. Opinion | Liz Truss’s demise, and other economic lessons from Europe 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Donald Trump and the Republicans' assault on democracy is only escalating as the midterms approach and the future of the country hangs on the precipice. "They are going to convict very quickly": Glenn Kirschner on the trial of Donald J. Trump 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z But the misstep more than carried a news cycle, and it adds to the feeling that Rivera finds himself — and his entire operation — approaching a precipice. Perspective | Ron Rivera steadied the Commanders. Now his operation is trembling. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z But for those who want a no-frills account of how we ended up on the climate precipice, this is an essential read. Review | A dark tale of money corrupting politics — and destroying the climate 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z "We are at the edge of a precipice." NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “We are at the edge of the precipice. … We need help. And we need it now.” Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “That is something that’s really in jeopardy now and we are pleading for help from the state. And we’re right on the precipice of seeing pretty significant cuts.” WA hospitals still face record financial losses; more service cuts expected 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “What we might be at here is really at the precipice of really the collapse of the Russian army in Ukraine. A moral collapse,” he told CBS. Zelensky hails advances as open recriminations intensify in Russian media 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z “Afghanistan has remained on the precipice of uncertainty and violence,” he noted, and asked all parties in Myanmar to “respect the will of the people to elect their representatives.” UN speeches end with silence from Myanmar, Afghanistan 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Putin has reached so far that he is beyond bringing back from the precipice. Putin's doom: Russia expert Mark Galeotti on how a once-feared leader threw it all away 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z It has been such a magical season for this team, on the precipice of its first playoff berth in 21 years. Mariners blow nine-run lead in stunning collapse in loss to Royals 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Today that process has culminated in Ms. Meloni’s arrival on the precipice of power, after several decades in which hard-right elements were gradually brought into the political fold, legitimized and made familiar to Italian voters. Italian Voters Appear Ready to Turn a Page for Europe 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z That species is on the precipice of extinction, thanks to war and poaching. Why Fog Is So Vital to Life in California 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on the precipice of a significant escalation in Russia’s ground war, Mr. Biden called on world leaders to unite in rebuking the Kremlin. Biden at U.N. slams Russia as Moscow escalates assault on Ukraine 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Investor confidence in British assets sits on the edge of a precipice as new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng readies his first fiscal update, a Reuters poll of bond strategists and economists showed on Tuesday. Confidence in UK assets on thin ice, investors warn - Reuters poll 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z There’s a roiling debate about how close America is to the precipice of widespread civil conflict. American lies, fear and violence through a war correspondent’s eyes 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z These and countless other indicators all suggest a nation at a precipice. Local journalism can bring divided communities together 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Overladen with extra fuel, the plane bounced on the uneven ground, approaching the edge of the precipice. The harrowing, forgotten journey of the first transatlantic flight 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z I think most of the fans understand that a team doesn’t typically go from a 4-8 debacle to the precipice of the College Football Playoff, no matter who your coach happens to be. College football roundtable: How many wins do USC and UCLA need this season? 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z I think she knew that she was perched on the precipice of stardom. Sheryl Lee Ralph put in the time and the work. Hollywood is finally taking notice 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z I can tell you that I’m facing another precipice just like I did back then now. Taylor Jenkins Reid has ‘so much to say’ about ‘Carrie Soto Is Back,’ her shifting career and more 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z We live in an age of revision, in which art is impermanent, ever shifting, always on the precipice of being “fixed” or “updated.” No song, movie or show can escape the digital age’s revisionist urges 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “With Democrats possibly on the precipice of losing one or more chambers in November, it was imperative to act now.” A victory at whose expense? Climate activists grapple with political compromise. 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Toward the end of “Heat 2,” Shiherlis finds himself on the precipice of a new world in transnational crime — software systems that can penetrate any defense or shield offenders from crime solvers. Michael Mann's L.A. classic 'Heat' has a sequel, and it's a novel. Here's how he did it 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The Quest 2 price hike also arrives at a strange time, as it feels like we’re on the precipice of a big sea change in VR hardware. Yes, it’s weird for the two-year-old Meta Quest 2 to go up in price 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Now, Mills and his partner in cinematic beatcraft, Clayton Knight, are on the precipice of the biggest moment of their careers. Seattle to the core, ODESZA preps for historic hometown blowout at Climate Pledge Arena 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z At no time, including the Cuban missile crisis, have we stood closer to the precipice of nuclear war. NATO's endless expansion threatens endless war — and potential nuclear holocaust 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z World War II had ended less than two years earlier, and the United States and Soviet Union seemed to be on the precipice of another global conflict. 75 years ago, Roswell ‘flying saucer’ report sparked UFO obsession 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z For a few, gut-wrenching days, it felt to many here as though this young democracy was sliding towards some kind of precipice. Durban riots: South Africa still bears the scars one year on 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z I love being on that precipice and being excited and challenged by material and by the process of how the thing is made. How Taika Waititi transformed the role 'Thor' plays in the MCU 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Again and again, Yong tiptoes up to the precipice of another animal’s experience but never quite takes that final imaginative leap. Review | If only humans could sense the world the way animals do 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “What I can imagine is staying as active and outspoken as I can because I think our country is really on the precipice, Gayle,” Mrs. Clinton said. Hillary Clinton trashes new abortion ruling, Trump at Aspen Ideas forum 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z But the condo tower was on the precipice of collapse. One Button Could Have ‘Saved More Lives’ in Florida Condo Collapse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll adds even more weight to Luttig's warnings about American democracy as it teeters on the precipice of irrecoverable disaster. Is American democracy already lost? Half of us think so — but the future remains unwritten 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Global gas prices have sky-rocketed, driving surging inflation higher still and creating a bigger headache for policy makers trying to haul Europe back from an economic precipice. Germany risks recession as Russian gas crisis deepens 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z “We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window,” she said. Hillary Clinton indicates transgender rights ‘should not be a priority’ for Democrats 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "As much as your imagination can let you go there, you won't actually ever appreciate it until you're at that precipice yourself." Actress Clara Darcy: Why I'm starring in a play about my brain tumour 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z On the precipice of more damaging information coming out about his attempts to steal the election, Trump jumped on Truth Social to rage at the "Fake News Networks." Trump demands news networks airing Jan. 6 hearings give him “equal time” to discuss “voter fraud” 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z That historic anomaly left Emmer on the precipice of the majority, needing a net gain of five seats, but it also means there are few seats for Republicans to win. Analysis | Emmer tries to temper GOP confidence in a House rout in the midterms 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “I think people will watch the Jan. 6 hearings because they want to understand how our democracy reached this precipice,” he said. An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The industry is also on the precipice of a huge change. Arcades, Churches and Laundromats: A Trucker’s Haven on the Precipice of Change 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z "As much as you can push yourself to imagine it, it is never the same as actually having genuinely been there on the precipice," she says now. Actress Clara Darcy: Why I'm starring in a play about my brain tumour 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z In a letter to the European Commission, seen exclusively by the BBC, it describes the situation as "close to the precipice." Universities warn of EU-UK research scheme 'close to precipice' 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z This year, though, it’s the men’s team that is on the precipice of completing an undefeated season, as well as avenging their loss to Virginia in last year’s title game. Maryland men’s, women’s lacrosse teams prepare for another NCAA Final Four together 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Four years after falling to the Washington Capitals in the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals, the Lightning are on the precipice of becoming a dynasty. NHL playoffs see jump in TV ratings as Lightning go for three-peat, Battle of Alberta rages on 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The S&P 500 stands at the precipice of a bear market, defined as a 20 percent fall from the most recent high. Nasdaq tumbles more than 2 percent in choppy trading 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The S&P 500 remains on the precipice of a bear market, defined as a 20 percent fall from the most recent high, having dipped into that terrain Friday before squeaking out a late reprieve. Dow surges 600 points as Wall Street springs back from bear market 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Heard “was on the precipice of a great career,” Arnold insisted. Johnny Depp’s severed finger story has flaws, surgeon says 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “Imagine walking on the edge of a precipice — that’s what it’s like to sing the Barber duo,” she added. Teresa Berganza, celebrated Spanish opera star, dies at 89 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Ibrahim and I stood that afternoon on a precipice overlooking a city of terra-cotta roofs. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z But now, with the Supreme Court on the precipice of overturning Roe v. Republicans' "pro-life" pivot: GOP suddenly outraged by baby formula shortage 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Still, even as abortion is on the precipice of being outlawed, the vast majority of large, high-profile companies are opting to stay silent until their hand is forced. The reputational cost of impartiality: How long can Corporate America stay silent? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z It’s fitting, then, that the Sounders will lead the league to this new precipice. Sounders’ Breakthrough Title Cements Seattle’s Soccer Bona Fides 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But for the third time the 13-time winners came back from the precipice. 'What a game - probably the best I have ever seen' 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “We could be at the precipice of a really massive rollback of critical freedoms and protections,” he said. Roe threat enlivens Maryland’s governor race 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z What brought the court to its current precipice was not a fundamental shift in American values regarding abortion. Opinion | The Supreme Court might never recover from overturning Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z "You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America's constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History." House to hold hearing on Ginni Thomas' text messages to Mark Meadows ahead of 1/6 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “When Aidan started playing football in the seventh grade, he was locked in on his dreams in football. To see him on the precipice of fulfilling his dream is the most beautiful thing.” Hutchinson shaped by family, including a WWII veteran 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Her tears hang over the edges of her lashes; a single teardrop stays on its precipice for 15 seconds. Viola Davis, Inside Out 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z It said Khan’s stubborn refusal to step down had “rendered Pakistan’s entire democracy a farce,” and it expressed hope that the court’s verdict would “pull the country back from the precipice.” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “We need a stable political system,” he said, noting that confidence must be regained “before we completely fall off the precipice.” Sri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “We need a solution within weeks or the country will fall off the precipice,” Rohan Masakorala, director-general of the Sri Lanka Association of Manufacturers And Exporters of Rubber Products, told a news conference. Sri Lanka opposition threatens no-confidence motion, industry warns of 'fall off precipice' 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z "It is hoped that the verdict, delivered just as matters seemed to be hurtling towards chaos, will be able to pull the country back from the precipice," the English-language newspaper said. Pakistan's Khan vows to fight on after court rules against him 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z A modern nation “should have the system to prevent one person from taking the whole nation over the precipice,” according to one article posted on WeChat, the social media platform. Covid, Russia and Economy Put the ‘China Model’ to the Test 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Biden has accomplished a great deal in terms of defeating the coronavirus, rebuilding the American economy, and salvaging a country that was brought to the precipice of ruin by Donald Trump and his regime. Joe Biden defends democracy abroad — but what about right here at home? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis is on the precipice of history. March Madness 2022: North Carolina's Hubert Davis in rare company as team set for Final Four 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z South Carolina is on the precipice of getting back where they'd expected throughout the year. March Madness 2022: Aliyah Boston, South Carolina top North Carolina 69-61 in Sweet 16 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z South Carolina is on the precipice of getting back where they’d expected throughout the year. Boston, South Carolina top North Carolina 69-61 in Sweet 16 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “Marylanders have been fighting for free and fair elections for decades and for the first time in our state’s shameful history of gerrymandering, we are at the precipice of ending it.” Maryland judge rules new congressional map unconstitutional 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The Amazon is already believed to be at the precipice. We traveled deep into the Amazon to investigate deforestation. A grisly discovery awaited us. "We are on the precipice of a total collapse here in Harris County with public safety if we don't change direction." Houston crime victim's advocate calls on state Democrats to support tough bail policies amid crime surge 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The city is now at the precipice of another new era. In Waterfront Park, the seeds of a better Seattle 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “The most urgent challenge we would face is a nuclear-armed Iran or an Iran that was on the very precipice of obtaining a nuclear weapon.” As Ukraine war rages, diplomats near Iran nuclear agreement 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A cheating scandal in 2018 tarnished the court’s image, and the triple blows of 2020 brought it to the precipice of irrelevance. The Court of Master Sommeliers aims to restore its reputation after being plagued by scandals 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The Amazon rainforest is teetering on the precipice of a dangerous tipping point, new research warns. Amazon Rain Forest Nears Dangerous 'Tipping Point' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z So why isn't it flying off the handle as we seem to stand on the precipice of World War 3? Cryptoverse: The young HODLers keeping bitcoin on an even keel 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z But, locals say, if you listen closely, there are subtle clues of the dangerous precipice at which Europe now stands. On NATO’s eastern flank, subtle and not-so-subtle reminders of the war next door 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z There couldn’t be a more auspicious time for a movie about well-intentioned, troubled souls on the precipice of authoritarianism. Review: 'Fabian: Going to the Dogs' a romance in the shadow of authoritarianism 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Baseball is now on the precipice of losing regular season games to a work stoppage for the first time since 1995. Players reject MLB's 'best and final' offer to end the lockout 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “We are continuing to head for a precipice — we say our eyes are open to the risks, but when you look at global emissions, if anything, we are accelerating towards the cliff edge.” ‘Every second counts’: Global reactions to UN climate report 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “With warming climate, these forested areas are on a precipice,” Coe said. As drought lingers, larger and more destructive wildfires pose new threats to water supply 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In addition to talking to European allies and Americans at home, Harris has a message intended for Putin: Step back from the precipice of war or suffer the most severe sanctions ever levied against Russia. Harris to push Western unity, lash Russia in Munich address 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z In fact, you stand on the precipice of disaster — and you're running out of time. Trump threatens Hillary Clinton with death all over again — and nobody seems to care 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Speaking to reporters on a visit to Scotland, Mr Johnson said the situation was "very, very dangerous and difficult", adding: "We are on the edge of a precipice". Ukraine: Still time for Putin to step back, says Boris Johnson 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z As fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine increase, the UK prime minister said the situation is "on the edge of a precipice" but added that there is still time for Russia to step back. UK PM says Ukraine is in a very dangerous situation 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z "Sometimes outlandish, often criticized, and forever devoted to their art, these scientists and doctors have brought cognitive neurology to where we stand today: on the precipice of a molecular breakthrough," Peskin writes. Book review: decoding brain diseases, molecule by molecule 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z "We are on the precipice of a total collapse here in Harris County with public safety if we don't change direction. I'm choosing to change direction." Houston-area officials blast judges over dismissal of many criminal cases, call for accountability 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z She assured me that she has since stopped, adding: “The precipice is deep and always close.” This ‘wine mom’ never questioned her drinking. Then she stopped for a month. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The album opens in media res as Mellencamp’s antihero wanders life’s back alleys: lying, threatening, subsumed by worry and teetering on the precipice of violence. John Mellencamp still has plenty of fight left in him 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z “We could be on the precipice of being pushed to thinking about how higher education could be more accessible, more equitable.” Drop in college enrollment threatens to cause long-term economic, social consequences 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Throughout her career, she spoke of the need for artists to “go to the precipice and lean over it.” Maria Ewing, multifaceted opera singer, dies at 71 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z As one of the UK's most high-profile bankers "AHO", as he is known in some circles, is credited with dragging Lloyds Banking Group back from the precipice following the financial crisis. António Horta-Osório: The banker who can't stay out of the headlines 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “The evidence does suggest that Apple is near the precipice of substantial market power, or monopoly power, with its considerable market share,” she wrote in the decision. Epic pushes to overturn App Store ruling in opening appeal brief 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The Knicks and the Nets, as Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. of “The Sopranos” might say, are at the precipice of an enormous crossroad. The Nets Are in Third Place and the Knicks Are Clicking. Now What? 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z But the uncertainty around Mr. Draghi’s future has already unleashed pent-up political machinations and ambitions, pushing Italy back toward a dangerous, if familiar, precipice of instability. Italy Ponders a New Role for Draghi. Let the Politicking Begin. 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z At the precipice of separation, Anne and David went to therapy, and slowly they became more honest with each other. The Joys (and Challenges) of Sex After 70 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In many ways, Beirut is still seductive, still on the precipice of being “the next Berlin,” as hipsters like to say. 32 Years After Civil War, Mundane Moments Trigger Awful Memories 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z “I’m on the precipice of not being able to make it anymore.” Fewer groceries, more debt: Families brace for first month without child tax payments 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “This wasn’t an ordinary coming-of-age story — it’s a character who had some real life experiences behind her and was still at an exciting precipice.” From poor kid to elite wedding planner to debut author: Xochitl Gonzalez feels 'divine' 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Since Mr. Ghani has fled, the fundamentalist Taliban government has taken control of the country, which remains on the precipice of an economic and humanitarian disaster. Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani breaks silence, defends decision to flee 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z The ranks of the displaced are swelling as the country sits on the precipice of civil war between armed protesters and the military. Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Noseda brought it to a breathless conclusion, but it was a kind of breathless you get at any precipice. Review | At the Kennedy Center, the return of the ‘Messiah’ and a magnificent ‘Magnificat’ 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z "The series isn't quite at a precipice, but it's such an important couple of days," former England fast bowler Steven Finn told TMS. England not beaten yet, says Stokes 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Gonzalez didn’t know the extent of it two Februarys ago, but she was on a precipice of her own. From poor kid to elite wedding planner to debut author: Xochitl Gonzalez feels 'divine' 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Others are still on the precipice of development — and are working to ensure potential projects will benefit the lives of their residents. In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanization 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The United States has teetered on the precipice of a financial doomsday repeatedly this year as Republicans have warred with Democrats over President Biden’s economic agenda. Congress approves measure that would raise debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z McMinnville and thousands of other towns across the United States are on the precipice of receiving billions of dollars in the second-biggest legal settlement in U.S. history. Cities wracked by opioids close to getting $26B settlement 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z We want him to drive in exactly the manner he has that has put him on the precipice of competing with us for the world championship.” Mercedes, Red Bull play nice ahead of F1 championship 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “Too many Californians live on the precipice of eviction, worried that they and their family might someday be kicked out of their home,” Bonta said in the statement. California attorney general alleges home flipper Wedgewood illegally evicted tenants 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Defying polls and pundits, he led his 158-year-old party from the precipice of irrelevance to an unlikely victory — and now wants to show that the center-left can again become a political force in Europe. Can Germany’s New Chancellor Revive the Left in Europe? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The United States has never defaulted, even though partisan battles repeatedly have pushed the country to the cliff — including a protracted stalemate that brought the Senate to the precipice of crisis earlier this fall. House adopts bill opening door for lawmakers to raise debt ceiling, after Democrats, Republicans strike deal 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The United States has never defaulted, even though partisan battles repeatedly have pushed the country to the cliff – including a protracted stalemate that brought the Senate to the precipice of crisis earlier this fall. Democrats, Republicans say they’ve reached deal to avert another debt ceiling crisis 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z "But now many retailers are once again moving closer to the precipice with each passing day: a disastrous outlook." German COVID-19 rules put off shoppers, says retailer group 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “We’re really at the precipice of losing a constitutional right that we thought would be guaranteed to us for forever.” Religious abortion rights supporters fight for access 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z He was at that precipice once, landing as Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator in 2018. Holcomb still chasing dream of becoming NFL head coach 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The country was on a precipice from which de Klerk pulled it back by releasing Mandela and beginning negotiations. De Klerk’s death sparks debate over his role in apartheid 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Complicating things is that he’s like any other teen on the precipice of adulthood — confused, annoyed and dismayed. The 75 best TV shows on Netflix right now, according to our experts 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Tuesday seemed to tremble on the precipice of colder weather, with its official high in Washington at 54 degrees. On Tuesday, with a lull in the wind, autumn reminded us of what we are losing 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Between redistricting and what I saw in Virginia, the Republicans may be wrong about winning 70 seats in the House, But we are really on the precipice of democratic collapse. Election guru Rachel Bitecofer: Democrats face "10-alarm fire" after Virginia debacle 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “From the beginning, he understood … about it being a key part of our democracy, and we wouldn’t be at the precipice of getting support for local journalism without his support,” she said. Free Press roundup: Cantwell pushes to save local journalism; McClatchy drops nonprofit 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “So now, we’re finally at a precipice where we can provide this kind of support.” US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Today, the functionally extinct American chestnut tree, once the backbone of eastern North American forests, is on the precipice of a comeback. Perspective | If we want to save the natural world, we’re going to have to change it 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Today, the community is either on the precipice of a new era of inclusive growth, or more of the same — unmet needs and unrealized potential that reinforce an ugly narrative. Rainier Beach at a crossroads: Where is light rail’s promised housing and economic equity? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “Even after the budget, this government is still on the edge of a precipice,” he said. Israel Passes First Budget in More Than 3 Years in Lifeline for Government 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z And they were on that precipice while everybody around them was actively fighting the success of this thing. The secrets of the first real smartphone, with Dieter Bohn 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But in our current abnormal circumstance, with U.S. democracy on the precipice because of the extremism of the current GOP, everyone needs to understand that normal could well be catastrophic. Opinion | An abnormal Republican Party was treated normally by voters in New Jersey and Virginia 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In a WhatsApp message to his Cabinet read on local TV stations, Mikati said the country is “at the edge of a precipice.” EXPLAINER: Why frustrated Saudi is lashing out at Lebanon 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “It’s scary to jump off the precipice, and it is an investment to do that.” Fight the fright: Big, bold design changes don’t have to be scary | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The group slept atop the iconic rock, just feet from the precipice. On her 70th birthday, Alex Honnold's mom became the oldest woman to climb El Capitan 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z They were also constantly in the precipice of running out of cash, running out of resources. The secrets of the first real smartphone, with Dieter Bohn 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Every year of delay brings the world much closer to the edge of the precipice. There’s Still Time to Fix Climate—About 11 Years 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Thomas Kenniff believes that New York City is teetering on a precipice. Republican Candidate for Manhattan D.A. Sees a City on the Brink 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z But it’s also how Jacquot pays tribute to his mentor and friend, by adapting “Suzanna Andler” less as the movie you want than as an intimate walk along that precipice of desire or nothingness. Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg is caught between desire and nothingness in 'Suzanna Andler' 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z With one more win they can end Boston’s bumpy, unexpected ride across their seven-month season, as the Red Sox sit, once again, on the precipice of doom. With Houston on the Rise, the Red Sox Are on the Ropes — Again 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Democrats are on the precipice of an era without any hope of a governing majority. Opinion | David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Eventually, though, the country is going to reach its borrowing cap and approach the precipice of a default — warranting another intervention on Capitol Hill. Senate passes bill to raise debt ceiling into early December 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “At a time when we are on the precipice of passing a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure, the changes proposed today will improve certainty to avoid project slowdowns and litigation,” Mr. Carper said. Biden Administration to Restore Climate Criteria to Landmark Environmental Law 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z But it also threatened to be short lived, potentially returning the nation’s capital to the fiscal precipice once their short-term solution runs out in perhaps six weeks. Senate Democrats appear open to short-term debt ceiling reprieve from GOP 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z He said the U.S. and international community face a difficult path ahead in providing aid to the Afghan people on the precipice of a humanitarian and economic disaster. U.S. watchdog on Afghanistan probing allegations Ghani stole funds before fleeing 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “At a time when we are on the precipice of passing a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure, the changes proposed today will improve certainty to avoid project slowdowns and litigation,” he said. White House moves to restore key environmental review rules 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The Terrapins waddle to the precipice of something special. Perspective | For Maryland, another opportunity squandered brings questions about what’s actually possible 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z With the early start in elevation and a USC program teetering on the precipice of a rebuild, being ready for this game seems like a long shot. USC vs. Colorado: College football betting picks, odds and analysis 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to hold onto our places a little tighter, to linger a little longer, unsure whether we’re standing on another precipice. Perspective | A lot of museums reopened this year. But I was waiting for the Hirshhorn. Here’s why. 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Great work often seems to sit just on the precipice of failure; so much of what lights me up sits just shy of utter tripe. Review: Is Jonathan Franzen too big to fail? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Beijing has signaled that it will no longer tolerate the strategy of borrowing to fuel business expansion that turned Mr. Xu and his company into a real estate powerhouse, pushing Evergrande to the precipice. China and Evergrande Ascended Together. Now One Is About to Fall. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The Yankees have made it through to reach the precipice of a playoff berth, and they deserve to feel proud. The Yankees Find Their Footing at Exactly the Right Time 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Most of the speeches have taken on the tenor of pleas issued at the precipice, batting away the summit’s theme of “building resiliency through hope.” Women’s voices at UN General Assembly few, but growing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z To critics, Mr. Van Peebles’s reputation teetered on a cultural precipice. Melvin Van Peebles, fiercely independent filmmaker, dies at 89 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Dazzling in the season opener, Hurts again had the Eagles on the precipice of a touchdown. Hurts falls short in clutch in Eagles’ 17-11 loss to 49ers 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z When the show debuted twelve years, social media apps like Twitter and Instagram were on the precipice of becoming the cultural phenomenons they are today. 'Jersey Shore' alums Vinny Guadagnino and DJ Pauly D on why social media is a 'gift and a curse' 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of people on the far right who believe that the country is either already in a civil war or on the precipice of one.” Court hearings, guilty pleas belie right-wing recasting of Jan. 6 defendants as persecuted patriots 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Still, their activity drew a sharp reaction given the context of a pandemic year when tens of millions faced joblessness and the economy was on the precipice of a threatened depression. Fed’s Powell orders review of ethics rules following reports on regional president’s investments 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “Our healthcare system is truly on the precipice of collapse,” the physicians wrote. Covid live: thousands of unvaccinated French health workers face suspension; Italy ‘green pass’ to be mandatory in private sector 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In the most populous county of the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno County, officials warned last week they were so overwhelmed that hospitals were on the precipice of being forced to ration healthcare to patients. California coronavirus cases dropping, CDC says 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “The evidence does suggest that Apple is near the precipice of substantial market power, or monopoly power, with its considerable market share,” Rogers writes. A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple ruling 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z This is a poetic imagining of what it might have felt like for a woman on a precipice and in a certain state of helplessness. Kristen Stewart blows critics away as Princess Diana. She's ready to talk about it 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Apple trial, we could be on the precipice of profound changes in the way Apple operates. Apple’s next event will take place on September 14th 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, we are at the precipice of losing the last generation of Holocaust survivors, and with them our living memory of that time. Opinion | The Forgotten Jews of the Forest 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z We can only pause for a minute, clutching our to-do lists, at the precipice of another bounded day. Opinion | One Thing I Don’t Plan to Do Before I Die Is Make a Bucket List 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Soviak’s social media profile showed an exuberant young man charging into the world — diving off a rocky precipice, rock-climbing, hiking the Grand Canyon. He was a baby on 9/11. Now he’s one of the last casualties of America’s longest war. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “It’s almost unfathomable. We are on the precipice of a nationwide eviction crisis that is entirely preventable with more time to distribute rental assistance,” Benfer said. Tenants prepare for unknown as eviction moratorium ends 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z |
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