| 单词 | precursor |
| 例句 | I had never witnessed mass chaos, but just the weekend before I had seen the precursor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The awesome supernova explosion ejects into space most of the matter of the precursor star—a little residual hydrogen and helium and significant amounts of other atoms, carbon and silicon, iron and uranium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One set, for example, was simple aptitude tests developed by the Institute for Educational Research, a precursor to the group that now develops the SATs. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A quick survey of current diseases lets us trace out four stages in the evolution of a specialized human disease from an animal precursor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In this Attic roughneck polity, you can think of Plato—with his radical idealism, intellectual rigidity, and hatred of the mob— as a sort of ancient precursor to Conservative MP Enoch Powell. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This capacity, Beadle understood, was due to the presence of enzymes within the cell—proteins that acted as master builders and could synthesize complex biological macromolecules out of basic precursor chemicals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z From a patent lawyer’s perspective, the ideal invention is one that arises without any precursors, like Athene springing fully formed from the forehead of Zeus. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My neck was starting to itch, the telltale precursor to an outbreak of hives. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Scientists in laboratories throughout North America and Europe began fusing cells and using them to map genetic traits to specific chromosomes, creating a precursor to the human genome map we have today. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They thought of them as the precursors of men and they defined them far more clearly as individuals than they had earth and heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Its failure was a precursor to the falls that would later inevitably take place all over the country, on Wall Street in New York and State Street in Boston. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Those wild cereal harvests were precursors to the domestication of the earliest crops, the cereals wheat and barley, in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a kind of precursor to death. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Anger. Very nice. Useless to me, alas, but as it is so often a precursor to sorrow, I confess that I do like it.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Xan could feel a little rattle, deep inside the young man’s chest—the precursor to loss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z In reality, even for the most famous and apparently decisive modern inventions, neglected precursors lurked behind the bald claim “X invented Y.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Their status as precursors led archaeologists to believe that the subsequent emergence of other complex societies was due to their example—or their conquest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In a way, that terrible episode became not only the precursor but also the symbol for all the horrible viciousness that would follow. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They turn out to be little separate creatures, the colonial posterity of migrant prokaryocytes, probably primitive bacteria that swam into ancestral precursors of our eukaryotic cells and stayed there. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That could have been the precursor to an independent African discovery of iron metallurgy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What hand, Darwin asked, had guided the creation of such different varieties of finches on those distant volcanic islands or made small armadillos out of giant precursors on the plains of South America? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Like their precursors, they tend to be brash, confident, and unapologetic. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Chiefdoms characteristically have an ideology, precursor to an institutionalized religion, that buttresses the chief’s authority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Along with allowing passengers to flout Prohibition and drink to their heart’s content, the “booze cruises” were the precursors of the luxury cruise business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z This speech would stay with me in a way that a hundred of its precursors had not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From the precursors of food production already practiced by hunter-gatherers, it developed stepwise. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The reaction vessel is initially transparent: the precursor gases are entirely invisible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her illustrations are prescient precursors of the Internet’s inexhaustibly rich supply of cat pictures: LOLcats of the Edwardian age. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The Oscars may not be until late February, but the four-month marathon of campaign receptions and precursor prize-giving ceremonies is already well under way. Alicia Vikander: ‘I made five films in a row before I had a scene with another woman’ 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Nancy’s death, as shocking and unfortunate as it is, turns out to be a precursor to the real story here, a long tease for the twist Hall saves for the end of this surprising book. The Lies That Bind, and Break, a Friendship 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Another early steel piece was “Bed of Spikes,” a bed of nails exaggerated to the sinister scale of railroad spikes; in many ways it was a precursor to “The Lightning Field.” Walter De Maria, Artist on Grand Scale, Dies at 77 2013-07-27T01:54:42Z Seen by some as the precursor to Bonnie and Clyde, this is the story of Bart, a gentle, decent man with an unhealthy obsession with guns. 'A pas de deux of sex and violence': a poet's guide to film noir 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z It won precursor awards and nominations, including a best documentary prize from the Producers Guild, earned a 99 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and held the top spot on many prognosticators’ lists. The Snubs and Surprises of the 2018 Oscar Nominations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Styrene's attitude and energy inspired other female singers, and she was often cited as a precursor of the 1990s "riot grrrl" movement. X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene dies at 53 2011-04-26T13:09:32Z “Emotion Side B” is less musically dynamic than its precursor, and it’s shorter, with just eight songs, two of which have already been released in Japan. Carly Rae Jepsen’s Ecstatic Hymns to Love 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z His lawyer said on Sept. 28 that Dutta had been sent a legal notice, which can be a precursor to a lawsuit, for making a false allegation. India’s #MeToo movement takes aim at alleged sexual misconduct,... 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The precursor to the essentially harmless manic pixie dream girls of more recent times. 'Everyone else was just a bit player': my night out with Elizabeth Wurtzel | Suzanne Moore 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z And with more efficient aircraft giving longer ranges, some believe it is merely the precursor to the ultimate goal of a non-stop journey between London and Sydney, a further 4½ hours further east. First non-stop flight between Australia and UK set for take-off 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The awards are precursors to the main Emmys ceremony airing Sunday, Sept. 19, on CBS. ‘SNL’ hosts Rudolph, Chappelle win guest actor Emmy honors 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Larson’s precursor to “Rent,” is a musical about the playwright’s attempts to get his dystopian rock musical, “Superbia,” produced. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z She then led a 25-day sit-in in 1977 in San Francisco, demanding the enforcement of federal legislation that was a precursor of sorts to the Americans With Disabilities Act. The Activist Star of ‘Crip Camp’ Looks Back at a Life on the Barricades 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Readers outside Scandinavia tend to think of Andersen as a precursor of Disney, but read The Little Mermaid in its original version, and you'll discover he was anything but. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists all explored many of the same themes and subjects of their precursors, such as blossoming orchards, one of Daubigny’s favorite subjects from the 1850s to the 1870s. Exploring Daubigny, Through His Influence on van Gogh 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Literary studies, when Bloom was coming of age, tended to advance a rather smoothly linear notion of inheritance and invention: writers took what they needed from their great precursors and discarded the rest. Misreading Harold Bloom 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In effect, he treated the theatre like a precursor to what didn’t exist yet, namely, home video. “The Image Book,” Reviewed: Jean-Luc Godard Confronts Cinema’s Depiction of the Arab World 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Entering Mexico, the seven gunfighters are not invaders but a force for liberation; providing help and leadership for people in an underdeveloped country, they are precursors to the Green Berets or the Peace Corps. Then and Now: Hollywood Remakes as Election-Year Players 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z What about the chances of the six nominated movies that reaped none of the precursor awards? Predicting Winners by Hunch and History 2010-03-05T04:51:00Z In this area, his precursor is Anton Chekhov, whom Williams admired tremendously. Review: Marisa Tomei, in Extremis, in ‘The Rose Tattoo’ 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z These renderings of mystical “guardians” are precursors of two newer pictures of silhouetted patchwork figures that wear crowns. Not all right angles in ‘Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The cartoon “Dark Minions” consists largely of animatics, the rudimentary precursor to finished animation. Watch List: Original Pilots, Judged by the Masses 2013-04-22T21:43:18Z Black music was veering toward the blues, while white string bands were categorized as “hillbilly,” playing music that is acknowledged to be the precursor of today’s bluegrass and country music. Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z We know the difference between a harmless trickle of water and the precursor to a flood. Let me do sobriety my way 2012-08-18T16:00:00Z But they’ve both been largely frozen out of the Oscar conversation, following a lack of interest from other precursors and critics’ awards. For your consideration: this season's most overlooked film performances 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Looking back, he remembered coughing and feeling feverish that day, possible precursors to his stroke. Man’s best friend: Dog alerts neighbor when owner has stroke 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Among these was Tom Rush’s 1968 album, “The Circle Game,” a precursor to the 1970s singer-songwriter movement led by, among others, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, both of whom contributed compositions to the Rush album. Bruce Langhorne, Guitarist Who Inspired ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ Dies at 78 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z “Before the Taste, there was a precursor to it called ChicagoFest, so it’s been around in some form even longer than it’s officially been around.” Savoring the Flavors of Chicago 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Being a precursor might be better than not being remembered at all, but it’s also vexed. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The idea, a precursor to the Internet, was to let Pentagon labs and contractors share data and research on the same network. ‘WarGames’ and Cybersecurity’s Debt to a Hollywood Hack 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z "This is one of the great masterpieces of 20th century art and to see its precursors all in the same space is amazing," said Stephens. How Picasso helped British art turn modern 2012-02-13T19:38:09Z At the time, the outdoor desert venue had never held a rock show, and this event served as a kind of test and a precursor to future events there. The Appeal of the Coachella Way of Life 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray filed the papers with Los Angeles Superior Court in a precursor to a formal appeal being lodged with a California Appeals Court. Michael Jackson doctor plans to appeal conviction 2011-12-03T01:48:06Z We stopped for the latter two essentials, and for some local insight into surf conditions as a precursor to a planned stand-up paddleboard outing. Waikiki Beach is only two miles of Oahu. The rest is well worth checking out. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Those pieces were clear precursors of much of the exuberant contemporary music of the second half, which the choir sang with infectious energy. Music in Review: SCHOLA CANTORUM DE VENEZUELA 2011-11-04T22:27:19Z It's also a precursor to Bernstein's centenary next season, and the Phil has never done "Casablanca." L.A. Phil plays 'Rebel,' 'Casablanca' and 'Waterfront' as the live-to-picture craze grows 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Newly restored, it is screening at Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan along with its precursor and a seldom-seen sequel, “Pictures From Life’s Other Side.” ‘My Girlfriend’s Wedding’: Her Life Plays Like a Movie 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z A decade earlier, Louis and his wife, Mary, rose to global fame by discovering the skeletons, footprints and tools of human precursors in Tanzania. Welcome to the Ruthless, Cutthroat World of Paleoanthropology 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z She's also accumulated several precursor awards this season, most importantly the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, so her win is all but a lock. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The show includes numerous iterations of each generation as well as earlier BMW models that are considered precursors to its design. See Why BMW’s 3 Series Has Been a Design Darling for 40 Years 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Sportswriter Pierce Egan is credited with this precursor to the modern egg nog. 5 historical hot cocktails that are perfect for cold weather 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z I’d assumed, naively, that these chats were intended as precursors to sex itself – the old-fashioned kind, with bodies and tissues and the squelching sound of two anxieties smacking together repeatedly. Unzipping the murky trend of explicit phone pics | Eva Wiseman 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Carrington eventually lands in a sanitarium, where doctors treat her with a precursor to electroconvulsive therapy. Leonora Carrington, the surrealist storytelling genius you've never heard of 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z There is no absence of imagination here, just that age-old phenomenon, an artist adopting a language from precursors, tinkering and improving rather than overthrowing. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z It evolved in the precursor to mammals, probably not as a food but as an anti-infection substance. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z The Jacquard loom, an early-19th-century mechanical loom that helped revolutionize the textile industry, used punch cards to direct the weaves, a precursor of computer software. Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke’s Homespun Abstractions 2012-11-11T22:48:11Z Mr. Savall’s aim was to chart some of those international paths of influence, and also to showcase the development of the first instrumental music composed fully independent of dance or vocal precursors. A Musical Handshake Spanning Centuries: Venice in New York 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The scholar Simone Browne, whose book “Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness” was a cornerstone of Kiwanga’s research, considers the laws to be a precursor for more recent stop-and-frisk approaches to policing. To Illuminate History, an Artist Turns Out the Lights 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z It was a precursor of the punk music that would soon sweep across Britain's music scene. Cult musician Wilko Johnson "so alive" as death approaches 2013-02-04T15:54:13Z The festival serves as a more intimate and experimental precursor to the Singapore International Festival of the Arts, which starts in August. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Additionally, I’ve realized that, since so many of the components of the Brooklyn movement were being done to less fanfare in Portland a decade earlier, it’s important to sympathize with that Oregonian precursor. Will.i.amsburg 2013-05-01T22:16:49Z All signs point to yes, as Ali has swept the precursors this season for his work as the gifted pianist Don Shirley in “Green Book.” Oscars 2019 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Per Garner, spitting image is now 23 times more commonly used than its precursor. 5 Common Words That Used to Be Totally Unacceptable 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z By its nature Mr. Douglas’s new quintet suggests more of a mentor-and-apprentice dynamic than its precursor. Critic’s Notebook: Dave Douglas’s New Album, ‘Be Still’ 2012-09-23T21:32:21Z By the time the Roman agronomist Cato the Elder wrote his famous treatise on agriculture around 160 B.C., the techniques for salt-curing ham he describes were well established, the precursor of today’s prosciutto and speck. Yes, Ham Can Be a Surprisingly Easy Spring Project 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Negrin presents “Rinaldo” as a precursor to Mozart’s “Magic Flute”: a parable about the difficult quest for enlightenment and the temptation of the dark side. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z Short of this, studies could look only at the prevention of HPV throat infections, not cancer or cancer precursors directly. The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus 2010-09-03T19:00:00Z According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the dudebros’ efforts to derail the Friday night protest was only a precursor to more violence. Campus suspends fraternities after members wave dildos, throw eggs at anti-rape protesters 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Constable, who is known for his expressive brushwork, often done with a palette knife, and for mixing colors on the canvas, is now viewed as a precursor to Impressionism. With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z A notorious precursor to Driskell’s “Two Centuries” exhibition was a botched attempt in 1969 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to dedicate an exhibition to Black culture. Perspective | The bright light shining on America’s best Black artists has a fascinating backstory 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Seventy-five years ago this week a concert took place in Washington DC that many people see as an important precursor to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Calm operatic voice for civil rights 2014-04-09T07:07:48Z There it quickly rendered “Pop Idol,” the already wounded “American Idol” precursor, irrelevant. Singers Embrace the TV Road to Stardom 2011-05-22T01:30:15Z Mackintosh's masterpiece is the Glasgow School of Art of 1897-1909, later hailed as a precursor of modernism on account of its simplicity and abstraction, but which is far more than a diagram of the future. Outcry over Glasgow School of Art extension 2011-02-25T19:22:40Z Mr. Scott-Heron’s question is a coincidental but telling precursor to the one Gucci would pose to its models, and consumers, nearly 50 years later. Gucci’s Diversity Drag 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The resulting "living brushes" work, a precursor to performance art that took hold in the 1980s, is now estimated to sell for $10 million at Christie's. Iconic Yves Klein work a spring auction highlight 2010-05-10T14:56:00Z In addition, about 5,500 women are diagnosed each year with a non-invasive or ‘in situ’ breast cancer, which may be a precursor to invasive cancer. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z A cuddly cub filmed in the summer of 2006 might be sprouting a mohawk-style tuft of hair the following year, the precursor to a mane. Lion movie highlights dangers in SAfrica 2010-10-14T18:41:00Z An important precursor to "The Matrix" in the dystopian tradition and a near-classic of the 1970s European design aesthetic that Fassbinder imbibed so thoroughly, "World on a Wire" deserves consideration on its own terms. The 10 greatest "missing movies" 2011-07-20T00:30:00Z Mr. Russell, the director of "Silver Linings Playbook," was left off the guild's list, considered a key precursor for the Oscars, not only for best director but also for the eventual best picture winner. The Carpetbagger: A Setback for David O. Russell, a Boon for Ang Lee and Tom Hooper 2013-01-08T20:32:04Z The record, with an energetic vocal performance by Mr. Strong, was released on the Tamla label and later on Anna, both precursors of Motown. Barrett Strong, Whose ‘Money’ Helped Launch Motown, Dies at 81 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The station has often been used to broadcast documentary-style films about Kremlin foes, which often served as precursors for criminal investigations. Battle for control over Bolshoi escalates 2013-03-20T14:18:31Z He possessed dozens of paintings, including masterpieces, by both his precursors and his contemporaries — from Delacroix and Corot to Manet, Renoir and Cézanne. A Glimpse Inside Claude Monet’s Private Art World 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Ivanir notes that blueberries are also rich in vitamin C, "which is a precursor for collagen production in the body" and is more effective in preserving collagen than supplementation. These foods can help you look and feel younger, experts say 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Sales explored many of these issues in a 2013 Vanity Fair article that was a kind of precursor to this book. Review: ‘American Girls,’ on the Secret Online Lives of Teenagers 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The final new series is "Off the Record," which looks at current popular music and then attempts to trace the many influences and precursors in music that made the song possible. Fusion expands its Snapchat offerings with five new miniseries 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Some feel like precursors to nothing so much as screen savers. Art Review: ‘Ghosts in the Machines’ at the New Museum 2012-07-19T21:45:40Z This urbane album doesn’t pair Reynaldo Hahn’s seldom performed violin sonata with its clearest precursors — the much better known sonatas of Fauré, whom Hahn revered. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z A camera obscura — a precursor to the photographic camera — is an optical device used to project images. Movie Review: ‘Tim’s Vermeer’ Chronicles an Attempt to Make One 2014-01-30T23:17:13Z Some have since gone extinct, like the serpent and the ophicleide, precursors of the tuba that look like plumbing designed by Dalí. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Is Milan fashion for summer 2012 steeped in nostalgia — or an ominous precursor of hard times ahead ? Special Report: Fashion: The Jazz Age and Milan?s Summer 2012 Collections 2011-09-23T17:57:36Z O.K. so, I realize we have one more episode left, but barring further Bob complications, this one provided the big reveal of the season: Benson is a precursor to Fonzworth Bentley, not a Wharton graduate. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: In the Echo Chamber 2013-06-17T13:43:56Z The late-summer film festivals, from Venice through to London, have had their say, while nomination lists for some of the season’s earliest precursor prizes are being compiled. Streaming: Meryl Streep kicks off a season of starry Netflix offerings 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z She founded the Fabian Society, precursor of the Labour party, and still had time to write 60 novels, among them the most purely funny pages in the language. The parent trap: art after children 2010-08-01T20:30:00Z In 1977 she released a hit that served as a precursor to modern techno music titled “,” which made her among the first female artists to use synthesizers in a recording. Legendary ?Queen of Disco? Donna Summer Dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:34:52Z Ms. Hall and Mr. Fraser met in July 2014 at a house party in Manhattan that was a precursor to a “grits and biscuits” party held later that evening for young black professionals. Crisscrossing Paths and Then a Connection on Campus 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Constant grazing and snacking means that the digestive system is permanently working – and therefore also permanently producing insulin, potentially leading to insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes. Happy ever after: 25 ways to live well into old age 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z It's definitely from another age – Heathrow is tiny and the security is minimal – but the fans' enthusiasm is a precursor of the airport footage that would became a 60s trope. Pop at the pictures: When Cliff Richard ruled the charts 2012-08-23T12:28:59Z Notably, litigation over the precursor to the modern polygraph gave rise to the seminal Frye opinion from the D.C. Are polygraph tests reliable? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Superficially, “The Wire” was the precursor of many streaming dramas, which, assuming that audiences will binge them at a fast clip, dispense with traditional TV structure, following the “every season is an episode” philosophy. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The Enchanted Duplicator of the title is a mimeograph – a precursor to the photocopier and the chosen distribution medium of the fan. In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades 2012-08-13T16:34:00Z Working en plein air, the painters from this group were precursors to the Impressionists and also paved the way for a zillion Sunday painters with their outdoor easels. Art Review: ?A Passion for Drawings,? Charles Ryskamp?s Bequest, at Frick 2012-02-23T23:27:54Z “Of course Oscar was a precursor of the theater of the absurd in that play,” he says of “Earnest,” Wilde’s last and greatest comedy. The Importance of Being Astonished 2011-01-09T02:00:58Z Acting as a rather neat precursor for the darker direction the Sheffield four-piece would take on Humbug, ’505′ closed their second album on an ominous and brooding note. 12 Amazing Songs With Just Three Chords 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z It is often cited as an important precursor of punk rock. Sean Bonniwell, Singer in the Music Machine, Dies at 71 2011-12-30T00:25:56Z Later, Reed describes torturous punishments at Auburn that were typical at the time, including frequent whippings and a device known as the shower-bath, a kind of precursor to waterboarding that was occasionally fatal. Prison Memoir of a Black Man in the 1850s 2013-12-11T22:27:21Z But rather than just be ordinary, like precursor Malcolm In The Middle, the whole show has to make a fuss of the fact that it's about how hard being a middle-class American is. Isle of MTV 2010-09-04T05:45:00Z But if there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that obesity is as close to a surefire precursor to health problems as anything can be. Perspective | 6 ideas for curbing our obesity epidemic 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z After the second world war companies started to swap downtown for the suburbs, establishing office parks like AT&T’s celebrated Bell Labs, a precursor of the “campuses” favoured in Silicon Valley today. Inside the box 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z The play also can be seen as a fascinating precursor of themes Wharton would go on to explore in her masterpiece, “The House of Mirth.” A Lost Edith Wharton Play Emerges from Scholarly Sleuthing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Just as significant, albeit on a more modest scale, were Wyatt's translations of Petrarch's sonnets, the precursors of a whole tradition of sonnet-making that continues down to today. Poster poems: Translation 2010-08-20T09:42:00Z Only this time, it’s not the precursor to make-up sex on the floor. Mad Men Watch: Three Bad Trips 2012-04-23T12:00:25Z He was the precursor for a lot of approaches to presenting dance that people tried later. ‘Everything Crossed Over’: Michael Clark’s Cheeky World of Dance 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Cervantes' Don Quixote is recognized as one of the world's greatest literary works and considered a precursor of the modern novel. Coffin with Cervantes' initials found in Madrid 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Most recently, the Minuteman Project vigilante campaign was really the precursor to Arizona’s immigration law — SB1070. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z "I think those are the sort of right precursors, if you will, for future development," he said when asked about expansion plans. As Shanghai's Magic Kingdom turns one, Disney pushes further into China 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z And reliquaries, containers made to hold such remains, changed in form, style and meaning over centuries, in the process taking on lives of their own, becoming precursors of the modern, secular art object. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z The album, produced by Carlos Niño, recalls jazz precursors like Max Roach as well as hip-hop loops and West African folk drumming. The Playlist: Burial and Laura Marling Slip Deeper Into the Void 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z A prominent yet mysterious polymath, he is best known for his Photo Realist mirror paintings and for helping to lay the cornerstones of Arte Povera, the polyglot Italian precursor to Post Minimalism. Art Review: Reflections on the Self and the Wider World 2010-12-16T23:33:38Z The highly detailed “The Game Console” is an exception, documenting everything from the precursor to Pong to the current generation of consoles, like the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Books about gaming are becoming big business 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z This made him something of a kindred spirit to his later composer colleagues Tchaikovsky and Glazunov; and, in due course, a precursor of the modernism of Stravinsky and Balanchine. The Ambiguous Sexism of Marius Petipa, Ballet’s Towering Master 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Aragona is named for the medieval kingdom of Aragon, precursor to modern Spain, but the food is particularly inspired by Andalucia, Catalonia and Valencia, coastal regions that give way to mountains. Poise, great food fulfill chef’s passion at Aragona 2014-02-13T21:38:24Z Its formal experimentation and playfulness are regarded as precursors to the novels of Nabokov, Calvino and the American postmodernists. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z But Mr. Abbado did underline one connection, making much of Haydn’s little interruptions for solo turns, precursors all to the oboe cadenza Beethoven inserted out of the blue into the first-movement recapitulation of the Fifth. Music Review: A Fresh Face Confronts a Seasoned Mahler 2011-03-18T22:24:01Z “It was really one of our precursors as fusion musicians. They played modern music but they were mixing in a lot of our traditional rhythms, it was really important for us,” Aka Kora told me. When Burkina Faso Vibrated with a New Culture 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Effectively, it’s a precursor to the musical collages that would become a feature of her pieces. When Pina Bausch Made Tanz Into Tanztheater 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z His work, considered a precursor to Abstract Expressionism, combined Surrealist symbolism with fervent political views; the result is both playful and socially conscious. In Transit: A Broad Look at Mir? at London's Tate Modern 2011-04-12T10:00:19Z This little book of 1640 was precursor to Lexington and Concord, and, ultimately, to American political independence. Historic psalm book could fetch $30m 2013-04-17T12:17:24Z Officially it's a precursor to the Glasgow Film Festival, but there's plenty to justify this as a festival in its own right, and not just for the kids. This week's new film events 2013-02-02T05:59:01Z Sponsored by the Park and the New York Hall of Science, this event, which begins at 8 p.m. and costs $10, is a precursor to the Submerge! Spare Times for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z They show cavernous stone rooms filled with soaring arches and a dazzling tangle of stairways — a precursor to M.C. Review | Susanna Clarke’s infinitely clever ‘Piranesi’ is enough to make you appreciate life in quarantine 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But by 2018's "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," the precursor to "Dominion," it was clear humans had lost that war. "Stranger Things 5" should go full "Jurassic" 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Anderson quotes an erstwhile ornithologist who had joined the Office of Strategic Services, the C.I.A.’s World War II precursor, lamenting the office’s breakup once the conflict had ended. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Yet these dynamically composed, splendidly colorful pictures differ from their Japanese precursors in significant ways. Review | In the galleries: At cultural center, art that’s tethered to South Korea 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Will the new digital cinema absorb its precursor entirely, or will they continue to coexist? The New Season: How Digital Is Changing the Nature of Movies 2012-09-06T16:55:25Z Rose gold is not always the inevitable elemental precursor to populist revolution. The Semiotics of “Rose Gold” 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z In the 1930s, an American grocer named Sylvan Goldman invented the precursor to the modern day shopping cart, using a folding frame that was fixed on a set of wheels. Everyone Has a Theory About Shopping Carts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Turned out to be the precursor of ‘Animal House.’ Ivan Reitman, Director of ‘Ghostbusters,’ Is Dead at 75 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “Queen and Country” doesn’t quite have the bittersweet intensity of its precursor. Review: With ‘Queen and Country,’ John Boorman Continues a Tale 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It is a precursor of sorts to “Lot Ball,” the idea of “pavement as world,” as Mr. Fisk put it. Phish’s Art Director Calls Four Shipping Containers Home 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s not that it eschews that earlier novel’s complex, tangled family portraits, illuminating the ways in which one generation embraces or rejects the expectations of its precursors. Books of The Times: ‘NW’ by Zadie Smith 2012-08-26T19:49:57Z And also, more important, as a precursor and foil for Kant’s more systematic inquiries into human development. ‘Why Grow Up?’ by Susan Neiman 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Norton also became a precursor to what is now a broad field of young labels, like Light in the Attic and the Numero Group, that specialize in tasteful, “curated” reissues of obscure recordings. Norton Records, Still Rocking, Is Releasing a Lost Dion Album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Do you think being a mother is an important precursor to writing well about it? ArtsBeat: Leaning Toward the Light: Molly Ringwald Talks About Her New Novel 2012-08-15T15:45:38Z Several of these are sixth century B.C., suggesting that he was the chief precursor of the various godlike men whom the fifth century rendered more classically harmonious. The Body Beautiful: The Classical Ideal in Ancient Greek Art 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The first three of the work’s four sections are their memories, each more dubious than its precursor. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z The results: Feeling cheerful and dejected at the same time was a precursor to improved well-being in the following sessions. The 10 Most Unexpected Ways to Be Happy, Backed By Science 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The title comes from a signature bit with Grenfell playing a harried nursery schoolteacher, and in addition to observational skits that seem like precursors to Lily Tomlin’s galleries, Grenfell warbled optimistic tunes. Review | Elaine May’s porn star play leads a pack of escapist comedies 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The experimental movement was the precursor of minimalism and conceptual art, and they challenged people's perceptions of art, space and materials. German artist Otto Piene dies aged 86 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, Ms. Bracken might be considered a precursor to Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray, whose recipes usually can be completed quickly and easily and without a lot of fancy ingredients. Peg Bracken?s Cookbook Returns, Canned Soup and All 2010-08-18T22:03:00Z His performances on “The Tonight Show” led Carson to invite him to be a guest host, , creating a precursor of sorts to “The Larry Sanders Show” a decade later. No Flipping: Remembering Garry Shandling 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean it will win The Globes are by no means a precursor for the eventual winners at the Oscars. Oscars 2016: what will lead the nominations and who will surprise? 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Particularly illuminating is a triplet of the abandoned "Jenny at 16," a precursor of "Jack and Diane," which follows in both demo and finished form. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z Yet people have been making flavor concentrates out of dried meat, salt and spices—aka the precursors to Cup-o-Soup—all over the world for thousands of years, from the Americas to Eastern Europe. Bouillon powder is your pantry's new secret weapon 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Her blend of whimsy and spookiness, the dreamy images that seem to tap right into the collective unconscious suggest both an antidote to Disney and a precursor to Tim Burton. You Know These 20 Movies. Now Meet the Women Behind Them 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The British group’s top winner serves as yet another strong precursor award. Alejandro González Iñárritu's DGA win proves Oscars race is unpredictable 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z I dug into a crusty, personal-size sourdough loaf served with clarified butter, a fine precursor to the delicately flavored cured fluke with turnips and sorrel. A guide to Scandinavian food in New York City 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z For the most part the dominant religions of the region, in particular Islam, were fairly tolerant of the minority ones, more so than Christianity was towards its pagan precursors in western Europe. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z As a precursor to "I Know What She Like", singleton Aston announces to us that he knows what women want: "DVD nights". JLS ? review 2010-12-26T00:04:09Z Usually the most reliable of Oscar precursors, the DGA this year tapped only two of the five nominees, the lowest number since 1965. Oscars 2013 best picture race: five reasons why it's so open this year 2013-02-21T16:22:40Z “The Larry Sanders Show,” often cited as a groundbreaking precursor of shows like “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “30 Rock,” was the second show of Mr. Shandling’s to take an unorthodox approach. Garry Shandling, Star of Groundbreaking Sitcoms, Dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Clues are abundant; not for nothing was Mr. Adams’s brand of Conceptualism called Story Art or seen as a precursor to Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled Film Stills.” Art Review: The Independent, an ?Exhibition Forum? in Chelsea 2012-03-08T23:28:30Z Most holiday revelers are familiar with eggnog, so why not this season go back in time and try the precursor to this Yuletide staple, the syllabub? Celebrate the holidays with syllabub, the festive cocktail that is the precursor to eggnog 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “I think what happened to us is sort of like a precursor to what everybody finds out once they’re married,” Mrs. Bailey said. 6 Tips for (Gracefully) Handling Rain on Your Wedding Day 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z But it is all a precursor to today's main attraction: Charlotte Church. 'I've just gotta sing' 2010-03-24T07:00:00Z Structurally, Black Rock is an important precursor to the Twin Towers. The Hidden Feats That Built New York’s Towering Skyscrapers 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Any pianist approaching the task today has to begin by deciding where to come down on the issue, since precursors lurk at every point along the spectrum. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z But Cohn serves as a precursor of more than simply Trump, the man. Roy Cohn and the Making of a Winner-Take-All America 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But with “American Hustle,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity” each collecting a big precursor prize, it’s turned into a three-way race. The Carpetbagger: ‘Gravity’ and the Directors’ Contest 2014-01-30T13:30:02Z In the throes of passion, he feigns a collapse from which his musicians revive him, and executes a one-legged precursor of Jackson’s moonwalk. Out of Sight? Not James Brown 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Philip uses his agent Charles Duluth to help him gain access to an early precursor to the Internet; Nina faces the threat of a potential FBI polygraph exam. April 9 TV Picks: ‘CSI’ on CBS 2014-04-08T19:30:43Z Yet the escape of much of Europe from the dead hand of a corrupt and backward-looking Catholic church was surely an essential precursor of the continent’s success over the next 300 years. Religious warring 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z They helped popularize the use of credit cards and 800-numbers for over-the-TV sales and their work is seen as a precursor to extended 30-minute infomercials and round-the-clock shopping channels, including Home Shopping Network. Google to sell glasses 2012-06-27T20:15:00Z When the war began, he was recruited as an agent by the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the C.I.A. ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’ Review: Play Ball, Fight Nazis 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Some see the Scottsboro trials as a precursor of the civil rights movement of later years. Real story behind Scottsboro Boys 2013-10-17T10:03:54Z This is a pretty close race, with all of the documentaries having some edge in precursor award shows. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z And so far this season, it’s his “Argo” co-star Alan Arkin who has received the lion’s share of precursor nominations, for playing a bombastic — and fictional — studio executive. The Carpetbagger: De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson Are Supporting Actor Hopefuls 2012-12-19T23:28:11Z The 1773 Sheffield Declaration — a precursor to the Declaration of Independence— was probably drafted here, and one of Colonel Ashley’s house slaves, Elizabeth Freeman, known then as Mum Bett, surely heard both discussed. 36 Hours in the Berkshires 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z In a way, it acted as a precursor to her role in Downton Abbey, allowing her to show her prowess with Julian Fellowes’ sharp dialogue, playing the role of a compellingly mean countess. Maggie Smith: five best moments 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In season 2 he was having visions of Alison in the headlights of a car, a precursor perhaps to his obvious paranoid delusions in this season. ‘The Affair,’ Season 3, Episode 5: Back to Block Island 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Here’s a look at some of their notable precursors. No role too small — or nose too big — for an Oscar 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The pair are performing Legends of the Summer together at the closing gig on Sunday, a precursor to their US tour of the same name. Jay-Z bags first UK number one album 2013-07-15T05:57:13Z At the time, Croatian nationalists began casting the Ustashe in a more favorable light as patriots and precursors of the modern Croatian state, a revisionist approach that continued after the war ended. Croatian leaders tread softly in face of World War Two revisionism 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Gallery 37, the precursor to After School Matters, started in 1991 on Block 37, a then-vacant parcel in the heart of Loop. Watchdog questions cash to Mrs. Daley charity 2011-10-04T17:39:00Z He meant the way in which any original work creatively misreads a precursor text. Over Gardens Out - review 2010-10-21T23:38:00Z But "Prometheus" is more a precursor than a straightforward prequel to "Alien." Director Scott revives 'Alien' DNA in 'Prometheus' 2012-06-05T17:39:09Z The Philadelphia exhibition follows the history of the company from its origins to the age of modern banking, including among its display a slightly archaic-looking money access center, a precursor of today’s ATM. Perspective | For Wells Fargo, history is an asset. And a useful distraction. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But those of us who championed its 2005 precursor, the artfully petrifying “Wolf Creek,” neither need nor want reminding. ‘Wolf Creek 2’ Features an Even Scarier Australian Outback 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z In the landmark 1972 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” a precursor of sorts to the Houston show, the Radicals were largely represented as designers of conceptual environments. Living With Freaky Furniture 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z With his deep, cognac baritone and his vintage-hipster lexicon, he seemed an appreciative throwback, eager to share credit with his precursors while mindful of keeping a little for himself. 2010-01-08T03:51:00Z This was the first alternative American cinema, the precursor to today’s independent films. ‘Pioneers of African-American Cinema’: Black Filmmaking Aborning 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z When he created “BeTipul,” the Israeli precursor to “In Treatment,” he used “Scenes” as proof of the concept “that two people can talk for an hour and it can work,” Levi said. Shooting ‘Scenes From a Marriage’: ‘I Cried Every Day’ 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Insulin resistance is a precursor to many chronic conditions, so it needs to be kept at bay with a sustainable exercise and eating plan, not with a silly fad diet. Perspective | Explaining insulin resistance, and how to reverse it 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The idea of a record from a major star studiously avoiding radio play is a relatively new one, with the most aggressive precursor to such a move being Yeezus. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z Drew envisaged the story as a film musical that he would direct, and which would appear in cinemas as a precursor to the release of the record. Plan B: 'Strickland Banks may be soul, but it's still real life' 2010-12-16T22:29:00Z In 1977 she released a hit that served as a precursor to modern techno music entitled “I Feel Love,” which made her among the first female artists to use synthesizers in a recording. Legendary ?Queen of Disco? Donna Summer Dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:34:52Z By contrast, his student Aristotle, interested in examining the world around him and trying to explain it, is a better fit as a precursor to the modern-day scientist. Has Physics Lost Its Way? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z But “Dubliners” is the more accessible precursor to that masterwork, so much so that a few of the characters from these short stories also inhabit “Ulysses.” Honoring James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners,’ Published 100 Years Ago 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z They will demonstrate magic lanterns, early precursors of movie cameras. Presto! A Museum Becomes a House of Illusion 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z There are some noises with the animation, but they’re so sparse that when they do appear, it’s a pleasant, albeit scary, surprise—and in some cases even a bit of a precursor to the plot. Apple Is Launching a Magical, Enhanced Version of the Harry Potter Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Hamilton’s method, he said, is so original that he struggles to identify exact precursors. Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Dia has also decided to sell its only Newman, “Genesis — The Break,” a 1946 abstract canvas that is a precursor to the artist’s so-called zip paintings, which feature feathery bands of contrasting color. Inside Art: Dia Foundation to Sell Works to Start Acquisition Fund 2013-06-27T20:21:13Z Her Amanda is the protagonist of “The Pretty Trap,” Williams’s slight but intriguing one-act precursor, which is being given its New York premiere by Cause Célèbre at the Acorn Theater. | 'The Pretty Trap': A Mother?s Familiar Optimism, Without the Familiar Letdown 2011-08-05T22:55:29Z Short of this, studies could only look at the prevention of HPV throat infections, not cancer or cancer precursors directly. The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus 2010-07-21T20:15:00Z The book, first published in 1937, is the precursor to the Lord of the Rings, which Jackson filmed 10 years ago. No end in sight for New Zealand's Hobbit saga 2010-10-26T11:04:00Z This was a precursor to getting the Greyhound bus contract. Author of a new book recalls the Red Apple Rest, an iconic roadside eatery 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z In that sense, she was the precursor of Williams. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z Their relationship was a constantly revised arrangement, forged against norms — a precursor of pods and friends with benefits. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z If he were to see the Roundabout version of "The Cherry Orchard," Chekhov, one of Beckett's precursors, would have said the same thing. Review: All’s Not Well in This ‘Cherry Orchard’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z He puts it well: “Maybe all my questing after India had been the precursor to my moving more honestly away from it.” A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z I believe Pretty is accompanied by a glass harp, which consists of bowls filled w/ water and which is the precursor to the glass harmonica. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z If these two clarifications are merely precursors to realizing you’re not in love anymore, then so be it. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can relationships grow if not headed toward cohabiting, marriage, kids? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z She cites Goldfrapp's label Mute, as well the likes of Warp and Ninja Tune, as precursors and inspirations for what Sónar and its affiliates do. Music patronage: our generous benefactors 2011-08-10T20:10:01Z That made Maria recall a sort of spiritual precursor, an earlier animation involving a pregnant pause at the top of a diving board. At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z This exhibition brings together around 50 of her more personal works, including self-portraits and nudes, and examines her legacy as a precursor to mainstream feminist artists. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The adinkra motifs are considered a precursor to his majestic tapestries. ‘Love at First Sight’ Inspired This African Art Collection 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The “edgy host”, the flubbed pre-written banter and the drunken buffoonery of usually controlled movie stars turned the Golden Globes from a little-seen Oscar precursor to a cultural attraction in its own right. Golden Globes: thank you, famous people, for embarrassment, insincerity … and Mel 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Though the SAG Awards are considered among the more important Oscar precursors, recent winners have sometimes diverged from precedent. SAG Awards 2022: ‘CODA,’ Will Smith and Jessica Chastain Take Top Prizes 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z The series exposed American audiences to Japanese anime, serving as a precursor to children’s shows like “Dragon Ball Z,” “Power Rangers” and “Pokémon.” Peter Keefe, Creator of Cartoon ?Voltron,? Dies at 57 2010-06-11T05:07:00Z Later, he endures a precursor of waterboarding that involves a hose attached to his mouth. Movie Review: ‘The Railway Man,’ a True Tale of Wartime Torment and Reconciliation 2014-04-10T22:30:18Z When he was discharged, he joined Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel Comics and then drew for National Comics, now DC. Comic book artist Gene Colan dies at 84 2011-06-24T13:53:07Z The Polk Awards are to the Pulitzer Prizes what the Golden Globes are to the Oscars — precursors and frequent predictors. Perspective | Don’t forget how the movement that changed Hollywood started: With great reporting 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The notion of milk's potency as a precursor or catalyst of civilisation has often proved controversial. Milk: A Local and Global History by Deborah Valenze ? review 2011-07-29T23:08:16Z In its own fashion, "McCartney III" functions as the logical extension of its precursors, each acting as lodestones of sorts for signal moments across his long career. Paul McCartney's spectacular return to form: New solo album "McCartney III" sizzles and soars 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z The overwhelming sense was of humiliation, that friend and precursor to moral rightness. Jokes and Shame, from Chris Rock to Donald Trump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University award for the documentary, which was the precursor of the current CBS News magazine "48 Hours Mystery." Former CBS News vice president Lane Venardos dies 2011-08-20T23:31:05Z “Silk” sounded especially ominous, a precursor to the cold air and steady rain that soon hit the festival grounds. A look at how they lived the Sweetlife (Festival) 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z But Kramer never imagined that their breakfast was a precursor to a hostile bid. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z I am disproportionately opposed to “library bars”, believing they will eventually be seen as the conceptual precursors to such repurposed spaces as operating theatre restaurants and hospice spas. What Donald Trump’s butler saw: behind the scenes of a real-life Xanadu 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Granted, this was a TV show, not a movie, but it is a spiritual precursor to "Inside Out." 'Inside Out,' 'The Matrix' and more: Ranking cinema's notable head trips 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Douglas, with his famously intense stare juxtaposed with his relaxed delivery, looks like the precursor to Tom Cruise at his best. Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z The encounter was the precursor to a series of jobs at Arena, which culminated in Wager becoming Fichandler’s successor as artistic director in 1991. It’s almost impossible to overstate Zelda Fichandler’s impact on American theater 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z And this implicitly sculptural figure is but a precursor to the monumental women that emerged in the wake of Picasso’s exposure to the ancient Iberian sculpture of Spain, starting in the summer of 1906. Art Review: Lines That Kept Moving and Knew No Boundaries 2011-10-06T22:45:51Z His speeches were rich in images and ideas – precursors to the remarkable but incontinent style of Chávez or Fidel Castro. Bolívar by Marie Arana – review 2013-06-15T15:00:01Z Delightful are the full embroidered wool felt skirts in electric fuchsia, blue and purple by the Boutique of Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo - a chic precursor to the poodle skirt of 1950s Americana. 1950's hourglass chic feted at Paris fashion museum 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Down a grand, winding stairwell adorned with retro carpeting and vintage French posters, the brasserie — with its all-day, en français menu — is an Art Deco homage to its precursor via Jazz Age Paris. Cultured Traveler: Underground London 2014-01-17T21:43:10Z Like a precursor to Dwight Schrute in “The Office,” Phoebe is a Trojan horse for dark humor on a network sitcom. 25 Years Later, It Turns Out Phoebe Was the Best Friend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “I met many people from the trans community, both men and women; I particularly wanted to meet people from different generations, as the film was set at a time when there was no precursor.” Danish Girl director Tom Hooper: film industry has 'problem' with transgender actors 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z As a result of — or, maybe, as a precursor to — these changes in attitude, discussing menopause is no longer taboo. Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Also here are two mesmerizing precursors to the sculptures: drawings made with soot from Ms. Bontecou’s welding torch. Art Review: Lee Bontecou , From MoMA?s Permanent Collection 2010-08-12T21:12:00Z The giveaway aimed at mothers was an early precursor of a consumer-influence technique known today as “targeted marketing.” How Big Pharma Grew Addicted to Big Profits 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “Wilko Johnson was a precursor of punk,” the British singer and songwriter Billy Bragg said on Twitter after Mr. Johnson’s death. Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But it racked up strong performances at precursor award shows leading into the Oscars. When Best Picture Winners Overcome a Release Early in the Year 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Château Simone The name of the producer, in a kind of precursor to an Art Nouveau font, is superimposed over a rendering of the chateau and its vineyards. How to Read a Wine Label, in 12 Easy Lessons 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Since the Garner grand-jury decision and its Missouri precursor, the private processes of powerful people have started to seem like our public problem. We Can Handle the Truth 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Far from admiring our ability to open our hearts after a vat of vodka, they pity us the emotional reserve that makes inebriation an essential precursor to communication. Even though the guy I’m seeing has a girlfriend, he’s very attached to me | Mariella Frostrup 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z He was not only one of the greatest artists of his time, but also the precursor of Dada and surrealism. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z The poet, addressing herself to the mastery of her precursor and her feeling about their comparative power, offers a tribute. How beabadoobee’s “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” Reckons with a Rock Idol 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z This is useful as a precursor to later examples of congressional alarmism; Charlie also gleans tactical advice from the proceedings. Jake Tapper’s ‘Hellfire Club’ Takes Us Back to McCarthy-Era America 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z All this is a precursor to "tools for thinking about evolution". Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z The melodies were unassuming, shaped with restraint, never pointed; sometimes the players dropped any attempt at expression, distilling the music to its harmonic essence almost as if it were a precursor to minimalism. Prom 7: Belcea Quartet ? review 2011-07-20T09:57:37Z Take “Belle of the Ball,” a serene, waltzing dance that surely nods to Johann Strauss Jr., the Viennese waltz king, who can be seen as a historical precursor in his homeland to Anderson in America. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z In time he will find his way to the US, join the army, get recruited into the OSS, the precursor of the CIA, and fight for his adoptive country. Chris Weitz: once upon a time in East LA 2011-07-28T20:55:01Z The highly detailed “The Game Console” is an exception, documenting everything from the precursor to Pong to the current generation of consoles, such as the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Review | Books about gaming are becoming big business 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Martin calls its music “lush and restless and revolutionary,” a precursor not only to Freud and Einstein, but also to the Smiths. Books of The Times: To Wagner, With Love and Morbidity 2010-12-27T23:09:40Z Within weeks of his checkout, he and Ms. Ladd, 60, had struck up the precursor to a text relationship. They Could Be Anything They Want (Together) 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z I ended up living on the outskirts of Lyon, which is where the first so-called urban riots kicked off – the precursors of the riots of the 2000s. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z The electronic keyboard was capable of creating a wide variety of sounds and was a precursor to modern synthesizers. Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, of Disneyland’s Main Street Electrical Parade fame, dies at 87 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Each year, the organization throws a tastemaker-studded gala as a precursor to the house’s opening. Inside Design’s Biggest Night of the Year 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Michelle Obama planted the White House garden in her first year, a precursor to her “Let’s Move!” program to reduce the childhood obesity rate. Seen but rarely heard: How Melania Trump is approaching the public role of first lady. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Gaining some rebel flavor, the folk movement became a precursor, musically unlikely as it seems, of punk. Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z In the 1950s he joined the Compass Players, the precursor to Second City, where he teamed with fellow comic Elaine May. Remembering Mike Nichols: Twitter Tributes and Times Reviews 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Salon des Invites Renaissance-era cabinets of curiosities - those rooms filled with exotic geological samples, horns and feathers purportedly from fabled animals, and other arcane bric-a-brac - were the precursors to the modern museum. T Magazine: Salon des Invites 2012-11-05T14:00:29Z Mr. Cohn — who will perform at Le Poisson Rouge on July 28 — has a smoky, artfully strained singing voice, and, with one big exception, he manages not to sound unduly swayed by his precursors. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z Then gradually, with changes in taste, one by one they entered private collections, then museums, being valued most recently as precursors to the early-20th-century German Expressionist painting that is a Neue Galerie specialty. Art Review: Odd Faces, Strange in Their Day, but Familiar in Our Time 2010-09-16T22:37:00Z When he brings up skiffle, the 1950s musical precursor to the British Invasion, he is primarily interested in how Lonnie Donegan’s skiffle version of “Rock Island Line” appropriated Lead Belly’s. Books of The Times: He Heard America Singing 2011-01-30T17:14:05Z His way of interpreting Machiavelli shows him, as he puts it, "creating his own precursors". The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z Quan has also won nearly all of the precursor awards for this category, save the BAFTA, so it's really no contest. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Through his eyes, we get to know her as a witty, opinionated, driven young woman, the starry-eyed precursor to the stylish first lady and tragic veiled widow who will supplant her in the popular imagination. He Knew What Jackie Gave Up for the Kennedys. This Is His Story. 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In many ways, it was a precursor to big tech and its relentless hunger for user data: Lepore calls the company “Cold War America’s Cambridge Analytica.” 15 Books to Watch For in September 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z West’s painting style is traditional, if less detailed than that of her precursors. In the galleries: At Osuna, scarlet makes a splash amid Hamami’s black-and-white 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A wider audience got to know him through Julian Temple's 2009 documentary "Oil City Confidential," which restored Dr. Feelgood to its rightful place as punk precursor - with Johnson as its wide-eyed shaman and storyteller. Dying guitarist Wilko Johnson rocks until the end 2013-02-04T11:16:03Z There really hadn't been any precedent for such a particularised display of devotion, but then where are the precursors to Reeves himself? Keanu Reeves: 'I would've broken Kubrick' 2011-01-13T21:30:01Z Dickey’s true subject is not the District of Columbia but its raffish, rowdy, gap-toothed precursor. Book World: ‘Empire of Mud,’ by J.D. Dickey Both were precursors to the athleisure that currently graces or blights city streets, depending on your point of view. ThighMasters, Jazzercise, Yoga and Other Chapters in the History of Women and Exercise 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z But it's worth asking whether zero tolerance of the N-word, for instance, might be a precursor to, or an after-effect of, more enlightened thinking. Lesbian and gay film festival: the language of LGBT love 2013-03-22T08:00:02Z Those meatballs were the undeniable precursor for the Hamburg steak, a ground beef patty originally flecked with bone marrow and kidneys, which sold for 11 cents at Delmonico's Restaurant starting in 1837. Was the cheeseburger actually invented in Louisville, Kentucky? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But consistency is a precursor to faith, I tell him. Motherlode Blog: Going to School on Rosh Hashana 2012-09-14T15:24:52Z “My mother wasn’t as bad as, what are those Chinese mothers? My mother was the precursor to the tiger mom. She was the Jewish mom.” Peggy Siegal, Best Hostess in a Supporting Role 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s deft wordplay seems like a precursor to Miranda’s rap style by the end of a section in which Renée repeatedly sings, “And another hundred syllables/Came out of his brain.” 'Spamilton': Musical spoof lands its punches softly, and with a smile 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The two-plus minutes of comedy serves as a precursor to all the McCarthy we will get from now until spring. Melissa McCarthy Is About to Have a Really Big Year 2012-10-01T16:00:37Z The life-or-death chess match between the humans and HAL offers precursors of some of today’s questions about the prevalence and deployment of artificial intelligence in people’s daily lives. “2001: A Space Odyssey” still has insight on future decades later 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z It is widely considered a precursor of the music video, and its influence can be felt in movies as varied as Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” and David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet.” Kenneth Anger, 96, Dies; Experimental Filmmaker Left a Pop Culture Legacy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But it wasn’t just an appearance by a super-cute puppy that made this morning’s episode of the show different from its thousands of precursors. Bob Barker Does Something New For His Return to The Price Is Right 2013-12-12T17:04:56Z Spielberg Collects Honors; Quvenzhané Collects Puppy Purses In this topsy-turvy Oscar season, where down is up, at least for Ben Affleck, one of the precursors that awards-watchers pay close attention to is the editing prizes. The Carpetbagger: Spielberg Collects Honors; Quvenzhané Collects Puppy Purses 2013-01-30T19:29:03Z Of humble origins, the precursors to cottage cheese were, as its name suggests, very much homemade. Cottage cheese isn't tasteless — you just need to buy the good stuff 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z This nod to Renaissance England was also a tribute to the Elizabethan obsession with miniature portraits: precursors of photographs and carriers of outsize emotional significance. Phyllis Chen Performs With Toy Pianos and Music Boxes 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Even his breakout 1984 film role in “Another Country” feels like an early precursor of what was to come. ‘What I feel like, finally, is an artist’: How Rupert Everett reinvented his career 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Stark but never static, these performances call up a few precursors, notably Max Roach’s work for solo drum set. Drummers’ Choices: Setting the Beat, Calling the Tune 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z If she does so, she’ll find an imposing precursor in Simon’s own film. What to Stream This Weekend: “Young Solitude,” a Far-Reaching View of High-Schoolers in Suburban Paris 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z "Babylon 5" really is a precursor to the style of storytelling that is common for so-called "prestige" television shows right now. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z It will appear alongside the National Archives’ original Presidential Proclamation 2537, which is considered a precursor to the 9066 order, as it called for the registration of immigrants from enemy countries. Roosevelt's signed Executive Order 9066 on Japanese American internment to go on view in L.A. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The omnipresent "azur" of his empty skies is a precursor of, among other things, Larkin's "deep blue air, that shows / Nothing". The Poems in Verse by Stéphane Mallarmé, translated by Peter Manson - review 2012-06-15T21:55:09Z That makes it a precursor to Picasso’s Cubism, which is never just about uncovering some new way for pictures to represent life. Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “In C” is among the essential precursors of “No Sharps No Flats,” an interactive sound-art installation at Transformer. In the galleries: Artwork that’s designed to fail 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z A shop sign in the form of a hanging sheep would appear to be a precursor to the familiar Brooks Brothers golden fleece. Art Review: ‘Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,’ at South Street Seaport 2012-08-02T23:17:05Z Opponents of short-term, whole-home rentals won council approval in May of a temporary ban on the issuing of any new licenses for whole-home rentals, a precursor to Thursday's proposal. New Orleans city council member moves to ban 'whole home' vacation rentals 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z He started working in radio in the early 1970s, joining Minnesota Public Radio as a board operator and later working on “The Morning Show,” a precursor to “A Prairie Home Companion.” Tom Keith, Creator of Radio Soundscapes, Dies at 64 2011-11-02T03:54:16Z The bread is served as a precursor to any meal with the exception of dinner. Everything you need to make Georgian cheesy bread 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Both are hallmarks of the throwback soul era that nourishes him as an artist; here they occasionally conspired to call up the style of Marvin Gaye, his most germane precursor. Music Review: Maxwell and Jill Scott Play Madison Square Garden 2010-06-27T22:53:00Z First of all, it proposes the Russian dramatist as a sort of precursor to the Irish Nobel Prize winner in his examination of futility as an existential component of human life. Avant-Garde Theater, or a Musical: Who Says You Need to Choose? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The millions shipped from the Slave Coast, which included Benin, carried their music to the Americas, where it mixed with Spanish guitars to create "son", the precursor to modern salsa and Congolese rumba among others. Salsa lives on in Benin though the Cubans have gone 2012-11-05T16:21:39Z Mr. Indiana saw Demuth as a precursor — an artist who had worked in a crisp Precisionist style and used words and numbers symbolically. Robert Indiana’s Best: A Mini Retrospective 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Empty Space and its precursors paint their drama across a canvas reaching from the infinite scale of space-time, down through the quantum universe and into the depths of the human heart. A brave new world: science fiction predictions for 2013 2013-01-03T12:11:44Z He named his start-up Thunder Beast, a term for bison among Plains Indians, who made a sassafras drink that was a precursor to root beer. A D.C. root beer company, an energy drink behemoth and an ugly trademark fight 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Back then, personal ads and phone chat lines were a lifeline for young queer people—in a way, they were precursors to the dating apps we see now. Douglas Stuart on Growing Up Queer Before the Internet 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z This abandonment is the precursor for a catalogue of unexplained disasters, geological rumblings and Desiree's own arrested emotional development. First novels: Catherine Taylor's choice – reviews 2012-08-24T21:55:02Z They were precursors not just to imperial conquest, but also to more positive manifestations of contemporary globalism. Review | ‘Civilizations’ is the most ambitious story about art ever told on television 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The other interesting thing about the song is that it sounds like a precursor to techno. Old music: The Human League ? Empire State Human 2012-02-13T12:26:06Z So are the extended vocal techniques learned from experimental precursors like Meredith Monk as well as borrowed from throat singers and screaming shepherds. ‘Toxic Psalms,’ in the Prototype Festival, Explores Ethical Choices 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Back then mainstream publishers were starting to pay attention to what was called “multiculturalism,” the precursor of today’s diverse books movement. Why Do Kids’ Books About Black Hair Draw So Much Attention — and Controversy? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z That’s unfair, of course, to the work and the artists, who were making these works not as precursors to anything else, but because it was meaningful to them at the time. Review | In the shadow of Picasso and Matisse, Paul Klee offered Americans something new 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But her newer paintings are more likely to use triangles, some of them much larger than their four-sided precursors. In the galleries: At Hillyer, a universe of change, instability and chaos 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The crunchies are, I believe, a precursor to the cocoa nibs and chocolate pearls appearing on dessert menus everywhere. Perspective | Carvel soft-serve still has the power to melt my heart 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Born in 1939 in Fulda, Germany, where he now lives again, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the early 1960s, when Joseph Beuys, a precursor to the precursors, was teaching there. Last Chance: Franz Erhard Walther, in an Interactive Show at Peter Freeman 2010-04-27T22:04:00Z In many ways, Milch was the precursor of this late golden age, bringing a previously unseen depth and realism to the police procedural with "NYPD Blue," which ran on ABC from 1993-2005. The future tense of joy: "Deadwood" creator David Milch recaptures memory in "Life's Work" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z This novel captures the lives and voices of a group of poets and musicians who emerged from the black nationalist movements of the late 1960s and served as important precursors to rap and hip-hop. What to Read Before or After You See ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Because of obvious precursors, saxophonists may be the chief new inheritors of the style. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z Like their Nazi precursors, the Communist rulers of East Germany scorn the subjectivism and decadence of modernist art. ‘Never Look Away’ Review: A Lush Adventure in Sex, Politics and Painting 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z It was already his favorite of the Shakespeare tragedies, and it did not take much of a leap to envision the title role as a Trump precursor. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Four years later, he became a correspondent and worked on the groundbreaking "Hear it Now" documentary series, the radio precursor to "See it Now." Pioneering CBS Newsman Joseph Wershba dies at 90 2011-05-16T14:33:10Z All slow builds and serrated digital bass lines, this show works as a precursor to the annual Halloween-themed FreakNight show a few days later. Your week in Seattle music: Chromeo, Big K.R.I.T. and more 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z One company, Melbourne, Australia–based Mesoblast, is already in late-stage clinical trials, treating hundreds of chronic heart failure patients with stem cell precursors drawn from healthy donors’ hip bones. Stem cell therapy for heart failure gets a gold-standard trial 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Oyelowo's lack of an Oscar nomination two years ago for "Selma" was a key precursor to what became the "OscarsSoWhite" protest against the Academy Awards. Oyelowo brings 2 inspiring tales from Africa to Toronto 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Personal testimonies and manifestos were spread through photocopied fanzines – the precursors to blogs – and distributed by hand or through the mail. Riot Girl: still relevant 20 years on 2011-01-20T23:30:01Z During World War II, Dr. Schorske worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, and his duties included compiling a psychological portrait of Nazism that would explain its appeal. Carl E. Schorske, historian who won the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 100 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z This is only fitting, since the movie, in the manner of precursors like “Rushmore” and “Garden State,” is more or less the movie Oliver would make about himself. | 'Submarine': Coming of Age, and Then to Terms 2011-06-02T21:46:17Z “Come Out,” for instance, performed seated on stools with action concentrated in the torso, looks like a precursor to the second, mostly chair-bound section of “Rosas.” Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Youthful Dances Get a Youthful Jolt 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z While billed as a way to build consensus, many residents were suspicious that it was really just a precursor to ramming through big changes. Brazil’s Ilha Grande has what Rio does not — pristine waters 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z That is, if you believe in the predictive power of the precursor awards, that seemingly never-ending parade of accolades from all sorts of official-sounding groups. Predicting Winners by Hunch and History 2010-03-05T04:51:00Z Not only is it a new musical but it’s also an entirely original one, with no precursor movie, novel, cartoon or play to give it shape and curb appeal. What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Cohn — who will perform at the Moore Theatre Nov. 4 — has a smoky, artfully strained singing voice, and with one big exception, he manages not to sound unduly swayed by his precursors. Marc Cohn releases covers collection 'Listening Booth: 1970' 2010-07-19T22:41:00Z Ultimately, she takes comfort in deciding to see her own decomposing body as “the precursor to earth and stardust.” Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z To call her a precursor to Angela Carter is to get as close as possible to an accurate literary comparison, but there's also something uniquely original about her voice. Sisters By a River; Our Spoons Came from Woolworths; The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns – review 2013-07-28T09:30:00Z This sketch, also from The 1948 Show, is clearly a precursor to some of his other manic shopkeeper exchanges. John Cleese chooses his 5 favorite comedy sketches 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The Blanche character appears as “Gladys” in a precursor to “Streetcar” called “Interior: Panic,” a title that speaks volumes about both the character’s and her creator’s states of mind. Tennessee Williams, Restless and Revising 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z It was an impressive finale to an Olympics precursor that can only be judged a gold-medal production. BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review 2012-06-25T10:18:00Z The series title is a hat tip to Erik Satie’s “Furniture Music,” a deliberate form of background music and thus an avant-garde precursor to Muzak. Art in Review: Mika Tajima: ‘Negative Entropy’ 2014-03-27T20:28:25Z The Golden Globe Awards are often seen as a precursor to the Academy Awards. Here Are the 2016 Golden Globes Nominees 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z If this nominates Brancusi as a precursor to postmodern photography, stranger things have happened. Art In Review: CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI: ‘Brancusi: The Photographs’ 2012-05-31T21:30:38Z The precursor to the National Guard, volunteer militias like the Seventh Regiment were first formed to prepare for foreign, and then domestic, threats. A Gilded Age Setting for a Huge Art Show 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “Mata Hari,” the ballet, imagines her as a precursor to Madonna or Lady Gaga, said Ted Brandsen, the choreographer and the director of the National Ballet. The Mysterious Mata Hari, in Dance 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Alongside are wonderful pinto beans and crumbly/creamy corn masa that tastes like some ancient precursor to Southern grits. A taste of exceptional everyday Mexican cuisine at Mezcaleria Oaxaca 2012-03-08T23:34:51Z The sign’s request for use of locks is merely a precursor to the gym’s denial of liability for theft. If You Love Me, Why Won’t You GoFundMe? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “On the whole, it was middle class young people who had the luxury of dropping out. It was a precursor to the whole gap year thing.” The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “Why carry something in your hand when you could carry it in your head, instead,” Roth writes of the Elicit, the precursor to the Insight. What Happens to People Who Support a Corrupt Government? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The error occurred during Saturday’s online creative arts Emmys, precursor to Sunday’s main ceremony and the culmination of a week of events honoring technical and other achievements. Oops, says Emmy: ‘This Is Us’ actor gets Emmy after mix-up 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z After college and a series of uninspiring jobs, she joined the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, and was sent to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Julia Child, a legacy of teaching the joy of food 2012-05-08T16:02:11Z Where this “Wall to Wall” presentation differed most from its precursors was in its inclusion of international performers. Music Review: ?Wall to Wall Behind the Wall? at Symphony Space 2010-05-16T21:58:00Z Depicting a farm couple from Woodstock, where Bellows summered during the last several years of his life, the Wase portrait’s dry, honest realism is justifiably seen as a precursor to American scene painting. Art Review: ‘George Bellows,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-15T23:23:38Z They can be seen as formal precursors to the vertical lines, called “zips,” with which the Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman divided his fields of color in the 1950s and ’60s. Georgia O’Keeffe, ‘Modernized’ by MoMA 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead, he gathers predictions from many sources and weighs their reasoning along with whether they put enough stock in precursor awards. The Carpetbagger: Think You Can Beat Them? Readers Who Get the Top Categories Right 2013-02-06T19:50:58Z In a move that officials hastened to say was not a precursor to its demise, the festival — popularly known as FringeNYC — is taking 2017 off. New York International Fringe Festival Will Skip 2017 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z With such work , Mr. Camnitzer was a precursor of the strain of recent Conceptual art known as institutional critique, which takes the art industry as its target. Art Review: In the Beginning Was the Word 2011-02-16T13:00:07Z His device, purchased by the FBI, was the precursor to the modern polygraph. Are polygraph tests reliable? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z But perhaps what is most analogous between the early 70s and the present is the way in which blaxploitation films then were like the urban precursor to superhero films today. The return of blaxploitation: why the time is right to bring back Shaft and Foxy Brown 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z And how is this for an unsubtle parallel to current affairs: the territory known as Kievan Rus is the precursor to several modern nation states, including Belarus, Ukraine and, yes, Russia. "Vikings" kicks off its final season with its own "tender moment" in history 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The argument hinges on box office performance and an analysis of the movie’s elements, rather than the usual prognosticator benchmarks of precursor prizes and the like. Attention, Office Oscar Pool Players 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z After all, the only actress who hit every notable awards precursor was the “House of Gucci” star Lady Gaga, who wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar. Who Will Win This Year’s Wild Best Actress Race? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Beaton initially made his name photographing the “bright young things” of 1920s London, the more refined precursors of what we now call “club kids.” Review: In ‘Love, Cecil,’ an Aesthete Ahead of His Time 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Life at the Bauhaus was in many ways a precursor to the bohemianism that took hold in America’s liberal arts colleges half a century later. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Anticipating that this response was only the precursor to a wave of rejections, I braced myself by increasing my application output. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z The team then tested for brain damage in the cortex and hippocampus by staining the rats’ brains for amyloid precursor protein, a biomarker used to detect axonal injury. A new treatment for head trauma: Inducing deep sleep may protect our brains 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Davies is also bringing back a live version of 1960s music show Ready Steady Go!, a precursor to Top of The Pops which featured performances from the likes of The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. Meltdown maestro 2011-06-07T07:32:30Z But as always with the Oscars, precursor awards are helpful predictors, until they’re not. ‘La La Land’ Picks Up 11 Bafta Nominations 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The five covered open-air retail spaces, constructed in the 19th century, are the precursors of today’s malls. Explore London's Legendary Arcades and Markets 2013-12-27T05:00:00Z If this is in fact a precursor to divorce, by the way, it’s hard to see how living together unhappily will prevent one. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can living apart keep a marriage together? 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z That way, the new poem always remains in conversation with its precursor. Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Despite this, by no stretch of the imagination was Germany a wholly authoritarian, militarist, and expansionist country or the precursor of a fascist or Nazi state. First world war: next year, let's remember a world, rather than a British, conflict 2013-07-23T04:00:00Z A flop at its 1976 premiere, the show can be seen as an inventive precursor to "Hamilton." Bernstein's spirit brought back to the stage, from 'Fancy Free' to '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z "Incident on 57th Street" is a gritty West Side Story-style tale that acted as a romantic precursor to "Born to Run." The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z First lady Eleanor Roosevelt battles New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia as the two create the country’s first Office of Civilian Defense, the precursor to what we know today as the Department of Homeland Security. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But music will always appeal to a dumber part of us than politics do—rhythms and melodies sound the same to nihilist immigrants in New York and to Tea Party precursors in Los Angeles. Polarized Punks 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z While bath salts originate primarily in Asia, bath salt precursor drugs are now being manufactured in Malaysia, West Africa, and Iran—places previously off the radar when it came to drug manufacture. The year in synthetic drugs 2012-12-26T17:48:00Z At issue was a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking — a precursor to creating a federal regulation — ordered in the waning days of the Obama administration. Transportation department taps brakes on proposed regulation requiring disclosure of airline fees 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z China was soon consumed by a full-scale Japanese invasion, and the brutal killing of one innocent was but a precursor to the deaths of many more. Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder? 2012-04-30T15:45:50Z Viewed as a precursor of the computer, the 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism forecast astronomical and calendar events using gears and dials. Robots, clocks and computers: How Ancient Greeks got there first 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The Replacements, which broke up in 1991, were immediate precursors for him. Review: Beach Slang Arrives From Philly, Prepared to Punch 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The problem with disordered eating — often a precursor to eating disorders, where behaviors start to become more rigid or compulsive — is that it’s often not caught and treated early. Could social media’s ‘healthy food’ focus be contributing to a little-known eating disorder? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z It was a clear precursor to Happy Valley, in both its noirish tone and subject matter. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z As a “kinetic sculpture,” he said, it was a precursor to “Moving Chains.” On Governors Island, a Machine That Jolts History 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Black women took centre stage again in the 1990s with movies such as Set It Off, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale, all precursors to Girls Trip. Have Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time got black feminism all wrong? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z When satisfied with this precursor, he distills it into a smaller print. Review | In the galleries: For ‘Inheritance,’ a wealth of compelling large-scale portraits 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z One was the Glorfindel, the precursor to the modern synthesiser, a wooden box with knobs on, named after the Lord of the Rings character. How we made: Richard Branson and Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells 2013-05-20T16:44:32Z This year I'm doing the Here and Now tour ... on my own," but "it's kind of a precursor for what I'm doing with Culture Club in 2012. Boy George to reunite Culture Club in 2012 2011-01-28T10:15:54Z Blunt’s Mary can be charming, and she’s a lovely dancer, but she is more self-absorbed, haughty and stern than her precursor. Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The Department of the Navy also worked with the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, to develop a shark repellent. Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Newman suggests that three further precursors of modern capitalism also emerged during this period. The Trade Secret by Robert Newman – review 2013-06-07T17:35:01Z If social media data are truly a precursor of the Grammy victor, the sole woman of the rap song category will reign supreme. Grammys 2015: Beyonce, Taylor Swift lead Twitter rankings of nominees 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Fogelman doesn't believe that "Pitch" is based in folklore either, but more a precursor to when women do play pro sports with men. Tim Curry on new 'Rocky Horror,' Cookie on 'Empire' fashion 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Rubikis thrillingly goes all-in on cacophony, proposing the moment as a madcap yet finely wrought precursor to contemporary works like John Adams’s Chamber Symphony. An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Her true precursors, she says, are the 1880s artists who worked copying paintings in the Louvre. How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z He loved all of it, and he covered it all, too, in lively pieces that read like precursors to the New Journalism-era reportage of Tom Wolfe and Terry Southern. Review | Before Billy Wilder ventured behind a camera, he was a precocious journalist honing his sharp wit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to a mass performance that was a precursor to the Arirang show, the highlight of which was a giant mosaic displaying a rocket flying into the sky. North Korea to stage massive dance spectacle 2010-07-22T07:01:00Z “It doesn’t just reflect on you, it reflects on the administration, and in a sense it’s a good precursor to this other stuff.” Julián Castro could be VP next year — or out of a job. He’s ready either way. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Rather than representing the final fetid flowering of Florentine painting, Bronzino now seems like a mesmerising and hyperreal precursor to Caravaggio. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z And yet, as Oscar season cranks up, Rourke’s film and its well-liked stars have been entirely absent from precursor lists – Golden Globes included – while The Favourite continues to gather momentum. Killer queens: how The Favourite reigns over Mary Queen of Scots 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Among Popper’s possessions is a boxed set of Charlie Chaplin DVDs, and while it may be presumptuous of Mr. Carrey to clown in such company, he is also paying tribute to a great precursor. | 'Mr. Popper?s Penguins': A Home Invasion by the Antarcticans 2011-06-16T22:03:05Z As all-encompassing as it is, the waiver is a modest precursor of the legislation now making its way through Congress. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z Its precursor, the East India Marine Society, was founded in 1799. Frugal Traveler: History Beyond Boston 2010-12-22T04:00:50Z The painting was historically important, a precursor to one of the major lost works of the artist, but “this is not a trophy Velázquez,” Mr. Jordan said. Historian Donates Velázquez to Prado 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z William J. Burns, the dogged detective who did much of the legwork on the case, later became director of the Bureau of Investigations, a precursor to the FBI. The 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times has been the subject of books and film. Now it's a bus tour 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Long before Harold Bloom advanced his theory about the “anxiety of influence,” Vasari recognized that the struggle for artistic excellence pits living artists against the most formidable precursors. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The current trend for primates to be portrayed as victims, and us the villains, does have some precursors. What monkeys mean in the movies 2011-08-03T20:00:03Z He also collected postcards from the public responding to his requests for observations of local bird populations, a precursor to modern-day birdsourcing. Antiques: Digitizing Scrapbooks of the First Bronx Zoo Director 2013-08-29T21:12:11Z Is there a fate worse for a painter than being remembered primarily as a “precursor” to a later, very major development in the history of Western art? Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z With 630 guests, the Gridiron dinner is the more intimate precursor of the better-known White House Correspondents’ Association gathering. At the Gridiron dinner, a Republican governor roasted Trump 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “Ashputtle,” the tale of a very different killer, takes its source material from the Brothers Grimm story, a dark precursor to the better-known “Cinderella.” ‘Interior Darkness’ for those who love horror — and even those who don’t 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Dramatist and music critic George Bernard Shaw was among those who, a century later, viewed Gluck as a direct precursor to another German opera innovator, composer Richard Wagner. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z One of the earliest ideas we had about the precursor to hobbits was that a being of incredible power lands in their backyard. ‘The Rings of Power’: The Showrunners Unpack That Twisty Finale 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The composer and conductor Pierre Boulez made it his life’s work to render orchestras more modern, and for this Bartok recording, he turned to new technology: Quadrophonic sound, an early precursor of today’s surround sound. 100 Years of New York Philharmonic Milestones, by the Earful 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Mad Men in many ways is the precursor to Masters of Sex in its exploration of the growth of feminism in the 1950s and 60s. 21 TV Shows That Revolutionized Female Sexuality 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z She visited the camps of protesters against capitalism’s excesses, a precursor to the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States. Rosalia Mera, Co-Founder of Zara, Dies at 69 2013-08-22T00:07:00Z From the other two precursors, Ivey learned about light and depth, all suggested with loose yet precise gestures. Review | In the galleries: At two Washington spaces, art of a political caliber 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The outcome of this final dialectical exchange between educated man and superstitious boy suggests that the power of doubt, hailed by Galileo as the precursor of knowledge, can be a sword that cuts both ways. Theater Review: F. Murray Abraham in ?Galileo? at Classic Stage Company 2012-02-24T03:00:00Z In each case, he has endeavored to ensure that the remixes reflect the spirit and sound of their precursors. Remixed "Revolver" to reveal new layers of the Beatles' extraordinary musical powers 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z I believed that a zygote is not a person, and a four-week-old clump of cells is a precursor to human life. Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The symbolism of autumn may be as a precursor to death, but nature's dormancy also allows living things a hope for renewal in springtime. Review: 'A Picture of Autumn' is bitersweet 2013-06-11T00:37:09Z Bleached’s latest record opens with the galloping “Keep On Keepin’ On,” whose clap-along paean to “that beat” echoes those precursors’ first single, “We Got the Beat.” Bleached stays on the beat at DC9 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Rather than a precursor, Rousseau’s landscapes, often melancholic, represent something marvelous, remote and slowly disappearing from consciousness. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Published in 1939, Marvel Comics #1 introduced characters including Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch, a precursor of the character of the same name that was later a member of Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Super-valued: Special copy of Marvel Comics #1 fetches $2.4M 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z When I look at that film now, particularly in relationship to this series, it's this interesting precursor to the series' themes. Bill Nighy on being an alien rock star in Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z That may sound like the precursor to a job interview, but the point is to ensure that the needs of attendees are met. Polyamory Works for Them 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z But the Frankenthaler exhibition should really be seen first, in deference to the influence of her early stain paintings: specifically, “Mountains and Sea,” hailed as a precursor to Color Field painting. Helen Frankenthaler at Gagosian and Morris Louis at Mnuchin 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Graveyard poets, precursors of the Romantics, focused on human mortality and often depicted in their work a lonely nocturnal wanderer among tombs. Poem of the week: Pervigilium Veneris 2011-03-21T11:04:18Z Ward’s drama is a precursor to this bracing trend. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Growing up in Nigeria, I experienced this dish as a welcome offering, with bowls handed to arriving guests, a restorative precursor to an evening’s meal. Sugared and Spiced, This Creamy Porridge Comforts 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z He enters institutions of privilege often denied his precursors. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z Porras are the precursors to gazpachos but made with fewer ingredients – sometimes just bread or dried fava beans, garlic, olive oil and water. The best food they ate in 2015 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The fable facade is a deceptive precursor for a film that’s definitely not for kids. ‘The Djinn’ Review: A Boy Whose Wish Comes True 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z MI6's precursor — the Secret Intelligence Service, or SIS — was formed in 1909, partly because of concern about "the challenge of an aggressive, ambitious, imperial Germany." 'The Secret History of MI6': A history of Britain's spy agency 2010-10-20T23:38:00Z He even has a CBE from the queen, for goodness sake — the precursor to knighthood. Sting, the tireless troubadour “You All Over Me,” a vault highlight with a harmony vocal from Maren Morris, is a precursor to “Clean.” Review | Taylor Swift’s new take on ‘Fearless’ piles on the nostalgia, along with some revenge 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z DEB As for films, the most memorable chief of staff is probably Martin Sheen, who played A. J. MacInerney in “The American President,” Aaron Sorkin’s precursor to “The West Wing.” From ‘The West Wing’ to ‘Veep’: Chiefs of Staff, Imagined and Real 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Walther is one of the precursors of relational aesthetics: that welter of participatory art forms that sprang up in the 1990s and emphasized social interaction above all else, especially art objects. Last Chance: Franz Erhard Walther, in an Interactive Show at Peter Freeman 2010-04-27T22:04:00Z He was sympathetic to blues and folk music and had one of his biggest hits in 1951 with Johnnie Ray’s “Cry,” a histrionic performance often cited as a rock ’n’ roll precursor. Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z But really, you can look at all that as a precursor to what comes next. No flirting on the Tardis? Good – Doctor Who was never about romance 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z An animatronic precursor to our era of creepy drones, somewhere in a netherworld between human and robotic, the deafening, dramatic result is scary-beautiful. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z An Appalachian waltz called “Midnight on the Mountain” similarly has its precursor in “Midnight Tears.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-05T21:33:00Z Fogelman doesn't believe the series is based in folklore either, but more a precursor to when women do play pro sports with men. Fox's 'Pitch' isn't just a baseball show 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z He experimented with a wire recorder—a tape precursor, which recorded magnetically on steel wire. Jim Copp, the Forgotten Virtuoso of Children’s Storytelling 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z KSL reports he entered the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on Wednesday as a precursor to the assignment. 'Idol' runner-up Archuleta to start Mormon mission 2012-03-28T22:41:08Z A dramatic precursor immediately presented itself: Richard III. A Scandal-Scalded Murdoch as a Song-and-Dance Man 2013-09-03T21:50:31Z Like its precursor, “Olive, Again” tells of the lives of a host of characters beyond Olive. The Return of Olive Kitteridge, the Tart, Crotchety, Beloved Curmudgeon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It was a promising early success for a painter, and in 1972, Ms. Jaramillo was featured in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual show, the precursor to the Biennial. A Painter Who Puts It All on the Line 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z His closest precursor in this regard was Marcel Duchamp, with whom he had become friends in the early 1940s. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z It is some kind of masterpiece — an Art Deco precursor perhaps — especially for being made in 1910. Review: ‘Russian Modernism’ at Neue Galerie, Figurative Focus With Amorphous Results 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Dr. Seuss’s What Pet Should I Get? publishes in July to considerably less controversy than Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman but with one striking similarity: both were likely precursors to famous works. One Draft, Two Draft, Old Draft ... New Dr. Seuss Book 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In Ireland, people would walk the streets carrying candles in a hollowed-out turnip, the precursor of today’s jack o’lantern, or the carved pumpkin. Tricking and treating’s long history 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Thematically, this was a precursor to the Bourne films, even if the Bourne novels came first. Violent femmes: Atomic Blonde and Hollywood’s new wave of killer women 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Big stars also dominate the red-carpet media coverage of precursor awards galas like the Golden Globes, which take place on Sunday. Taron Egerton Tries to Keep ‘Rocketman’ Performance in Orbit 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Long before he became CIA director in the 1980s, Casey worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime spy agency that was a precursor to the CIA. Joseph E. Persico, historian who wrote of spies and FDR’s love life, dies at 84 The tide seems to have turned again in favour of much more potent forms of ecstasy as the shortage of precursors has ended. Ecstasy in comeback as new generation discovers dance drug 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The vulnerability she exposes in “Love That Bunch” — every flaw, from her nose to her hypochondria, is chewed over — is very much a precursor to today’s dominant comedic mode. The Yoko Ono of Comics, on Her Own Terms 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z During the late 1940s and early 1950s, “solitary self-expression” was in fashion among artists, Ms. Harrison said, making Rivers, with his borrowings, a renegade and a precursor of Pop Art. | Long Island: ‘Larry Rivers: Collaborations and Appropriations’ Is at Stony Brook University 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z Although some of this caffeine is extracted from naturally caffeinated products such as coffee or tea, most of it is synthesized from chemical precursors such as urea, in pharmaceutical plants in China, India and Germany. The buzz(kill) about caffeine: What’s really in your morning cup of coffee 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Outside the church, Byrd wrote florid music for the virginal, and pioneered the consort song, a precursor to the lute song. William Byrd: An Essential English Composer for Four Centuries 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Thiel initially thought that “beaming” money between PalmPilots, those chunky and short-lived precursors to smartphones, would be the next big thing; a former Stanford classmate convinced him to focus on email payments instead. Ambitions and Emotions Run Hot in ‘The Founders,’ a History of PayPal 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z This formal world on the edge of transition is the perfect context for Helena, a warring mix of servility and spunkiness, whom George Bernard Shaw saw as a precursor to Ibsen’s New Woman. | 'All?s Well That Ends Well' : Flawed Man Draws a Good Woman 2011-06-26T22:27:12Z Ms. Streep, nominated 15 times previously for an Academy Award only won when she garnered two major precursor awards. Predicting Winners by Hunch and History 2010-03-05T04:51:00Z In many ways, it is an important precursor to the project in L.A. L.A.'s Hauser Wirth & Schimmel is out to upend the definition of a gallery 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Couples' therapy became a widely chosen ritualistic precursor to divorce, aimed at clarifying for each party exactly when and how their spouse became reprehensible. "In Treatment's" darkest season yet 2010-10-23T23:01:00Z The great Amish quilts look like precursors to the minimalism of Sol Lewitt, Joseph Albers and Frank Stella. Quilts 1700-2010 | Art review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z A medicine cabinet with products like aspirin — a precursor, salicin, is in native healers’ willow bark — shows the ancient knowledge still in use. New Youth Center at American Indian Museum Focuses on Invention 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z It's swarming with characters, plot strands and refs to such dark literary precursors as "1984," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Brave New World." Review: 'Her Mother Was Imagination' is a drab showing of dystopia at Annex 2010-08-12T20:27:00Z No matter—you already know what Hogwarts looks like, and “Cursed Child” is after something different than its precursors. Finally, a New Harry Potter Story Worth Reading 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Displayed in “cabinet of curiosities,” these collections would eventually become more accessible to the public and were the precursors of the modern museum that evolved in the 19th century. Perspective | Is it a museum or not? The question is worth asking. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z With their winged and horned creatures, Makara’s paintings suggest Renaissance religious and mythological precursors. Galleries: ‘The Art of Comic Books,’ ‘Wait,’ ‘Vivid’ POP ART Consider it a precursor to the summer Warm Up parties. The Buzz 2011-05-11T21:32:55Z The precursor to that scene is harrowing and it’s one of the closest moments to Elizabeth being caught and it’s incredibly draining and emotional. 'The Americans': Keri Russell talks toothaches, bone breaks, motherhood 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z He’s won basically every precursor award, delivering charming victory speeches at the Baftas, the Golden Globes and the SAG awards – and is sure to give a strong one should he win Sunday. Oscars 2016: the winners and losers on the campaign trail 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z After its release in the summer of 1991, everything looked different, including its precursors. John Singleton Did Justice to a Poetic Vision of African-American Life 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Named after a Japanese horror film, it was a sort of anti-rock group that was a precursor to punk. Inside Art: Rivera Murals Are Reunited at MoMA 2011-11-10T21:59:34Z The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, is believed to be one of Salinger’s greatest unpublished works and a precursor to The Catcher in the Rye. Three J.D. Salinger Stories ‘Leaked’ Online 2013-11-29T08:43:28Z In what could be a precursor of digital-only exhibitions, Valentino is to unveil on Wednesday a fascinating project that offers an online exploration of the couturier’s fashion history. Special Report: Fashion: Gone Global: Fashion as Art? 2011-07-04T18:13:03Z His early television roles included an appearance on the show “Mission: Impossible,” the precursor to movie franchise of the same title, in 1969, the year his daughter was born. John Aniston, Veteran Television Actor, Dies at 89 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z "The Four Temperaments," originally created in 1946 for Balanchine's New York City Ballet precursor, Ballet Society, was based on the medieval idea of four predominant temperaments: melancholic, sanguinic, phlegmatic, choleric. Pacific Northwest Ballet presents an all-Balanchine evening 2010-04-08T20:14:00Z No. Serious power imbalance there, a common precursor to even more serious control problems. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He sends mixed signals about our future. But are they really mixed? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z When The King's Speech last month swept the Screen Actors Guild awards, traditionally seen as a reliable precursor of the Oscars, reaction was swift. The Oscars: Who calls the shots? 2011-02-24T21:45:00Z Shostakovich was the spiritual precursor to Ms. Xi’s moving Symphony No. 1, inspired by the 2008 earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China. Music Review: The Underwood New Music Readings at the Miller Theater 2010-05-24T23:34:00Z And it’s worth pointing out that the 94th Oscars were not so white, or so male, as most of their precursors. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z While the Arizona facility was used to study Earth's various biomes, it was also seen as a precursor to closed-living environments that would someday work off-planet. The best movies to stream in May, from "Star Wars" to "The Lovebirds" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z After 50 years, “M*A*S*H” holds up as a precursor to modern-day comedies that are more than just funny. Late Night Recaps the Queen’s Funeral 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Other early Muppets being donated to the museum include the precursors to Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, as well as Sam from "Sam and Friends" who would lip-sync to popular music. First Kermit the Frog being given to Smithsonian 2010-08-25T12:16:00Z His two-way wrist was an early precursor to cellphones. Case closed: Dick Tracy artist retires 2011-02-24T20:55:10Z It is a perfect story for our times, and a fine precursor to Steinbeck’s later masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Dancing to ‘Yellow Submarine,’ Neanderthal Extinction and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Forgoing realist painting’s modeling and gradations of color, both Goldberg and her famed precursor adopt a flatter look and a child-like vigor. In the galleries: Out of nothingness — art 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Terekhov joined her in 1963 in founding the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma as well as the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, precursor of today’s Oklahoma City Ballet. Yvonne Chouteau, Native American Ballerina, Dies at 86 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z As before, Manze seemed intent upon establishing Mozart as the direct precursor of Beethoven, whether in the relatively early violin concerto or the mature Mozart of “Don Giovanni” and the “Jupiter” Symphony. Some seriously gutsy Mozart stands out at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, of course, and there were “Easy Rider,” the Stonewall riots, “Abbey Road,” Vietnamization and Arpanet, a precursor to the Internet. The TV Watch: ‘Mad Men’ Returns to AMC on Sunday. 2014-04-10T12:00:01Z Onstage, the story ballets were distinct: “Billy the Kid” was written at the urging of Lincoln Kirstein for Ballet Caravan, a precursor to City Ballet; “Rodeo,” for de Mille; and “Appalachian Spring,” for Martha Graham. Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Nina Stern, who played recorders and chalumeau, a precursor of the clarinet, has made her home at the intersection of early and Middle Eastern music. Music Review: Great Music in a Great Space at St. John the Divine 2013-05-06T15:51:49Z When he returned to France and went looking for African artifacts in museums, he found them displayed in a building that was the precursor to the Quai Branly. We Need to Talk About Colonialism, This Artist Says 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z These vital spaces were the precursors to the tornado of artdom that is currently hitting downtown. Downtown L.A.'s hot art scene? It was just as happening in the '70s 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Those episodes are precursors as to what happens here. The Roys never had a chance: "Succession" sells Alexander Skarsgård as TV's finest Viking conqueror 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Shahrzad is a scrap of a girl, with round currant bun eyes, heavy brows and a wild Afro-style mop of hair, but she is also a reincarnation of her famous precursor, Scheherazade. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “So much attention has been paid to the history of the February strike, but this was the precursor to that,” she said. She Discovered What Happened to 400 Dutch Jews Who Disappeared 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a slide show of smiling black-and-white portraits from the 1930s looks like a precursor to Edward Steichen’s universalizing project “The Family of Man.” Assaf Shaham: ‘Division of the Vision’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s a road movie as much as a precursor to the Netflix series GLOW, but the climactic bout is a corker. Why I, Tonya is a game changer in the world of female sports movies 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Suicide’s music would later be more widely tolerated, recognized as a precursor of electronic dance music and industrial rock. Alan Vega, Punk Music Pioneer and Artist, Dies at 78 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Like The Wood Demon, Uncle Vanya's precursor, Ivanov offers a chance to see the theatrical master not yet certain of his powers. Ivanov – review 2012-11-12T18:01:24Z As usual, Grafton presents largely unfamiliar material — his last essay looks at precursors to Spinoza’s rationalist approach to biblical interpretation — in a clear, even breezy style. Review | My nightstand runneth over: A proud nerd recommends new intellectual and cultural histories 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z |
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