| 单词 | prod |
| 例句 | The Masks prodded and pushed the She Elephant into another. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z No sluggers greeted me; none poked at me or prodded my body with their strange alien instruments. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Their driver prodded her with his heel and kept her moving. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It makes me feel strong every time I get poked or prodded. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Dedd prodded her with an elbow and whispered, “Think of it as life insurance.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Without prodding, Post said quietly, “I don’t think I shall advocate that dome; probably I shall modify the building.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He had a bruise under one eye—when he prodded it, experimentally, with one finger, he found it hurt deeply—and a swollen lower lip. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He felt like they’d prodded the poisonous snake about as much as they could and the snake was about strike back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Every time he came near the bars a tiger prodded him gently with a stick and this made Admiral Boom swear dreadfully. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She skipped back to prod through the re mains of the firepit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A small cadre of black policemen patrolled up and down, prodding and protecting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After he had prodded my stomach and I had done my yelping routine, he said to me, ‘Now you can get dressed again and seat yourself on that chair. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Within an hour, the doctor arrived and he went through the same prodding and poking and I did my yelping at what I thought were the proper times. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Livingston, habitually a gloomy personality, was beginning to chafe under his mentor’s relentless prodding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ash knew she could not conceal her fear; she felt a prickling sensation along her limbs where the fabric of the dress touched her, as if there were fingers prodding her to move. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The flames tried to settle, and he prodded them to dance again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z After nearly a decade of prodding by Douglas Moore and others, King was at last prepared to endorse a national nonviolent direct-action campaign aimed at ending Jim Crow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When he prodded Wez with the toe of his boot, the boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She blew on the sediment and began turning it over with the handle of the spoon, prodding it to let the heat out Later, she was able to sort it with her fingers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost fell asleep standing up, and Miles had to prod me out of my stupor when it was time to go. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He prods her gently in the right direction. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z After breaking off a long Jimpson weed to use as a prod, I got up on Rubin’s shoulder, and he raised me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma prods me in the back with her cane, so I walk out of the kitchen ahead of her and into the dark hallway. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Under Pendleton’s prodding, Hamilton agreed to a statement disclaiming any recollection of the conversation as recounted by Cooper. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The man behind me was laden with two baskets; he kept prodding me with them until at last I turned round in irritation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too busy now and had to be prodded to take note of his former star agent. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Oreius prodded us with his javelin and herded us out of the stateroom, followed by the two human security guards. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "It means we’re going to shut you two pretty birds in one of our cages overnight," said Basta, prodding them roughly in the back with his shotgun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Nyanriak grabbed us and her five small children and herded us along with the crowd, prodding us to run as fast as our short legs would carry us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He prodded it with his finger and it didn’t move at all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She prodded Miele, gently, to cut his weekly egg consumption to two, from seven. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Not hastily, as one would explore a hotel room, expecting no surprise, opening and shutting the desk drawers, the cupboard doors, unwrapping the tiny individually wrapped bar of soap, prodding the pillows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Some prisoners were tortured with electric cattle prods as punishment for violations of the prison’s rule. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He spends an hour with Ruby, poking and prodding. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not concealing facts, but feelings, attitudes, convictions which she did not want me to know; and she became angry when I prodded her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wheeled out the stool and settled down, poking and prodding Fig’s trembling girth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This may be grounds for suspicion by the reader and a prod to self-improvement for the writer, but it is not a failure of consistency or logic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Ralph was not religious in general, but in times of hardship, gods grew up, some to test and prod, others to look in on him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a prodding at my back as if someone were pushing two sticks against it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Some carried cattle prods that could deliver a painful electric shock without leaving a telltale mark. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He poked and prodded a bit around the back room, looking in the cookstove and under the table. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “They might have brought him to the house on Midsummer Eve,” Grandma prodded. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Yet the very idea of the oath itself—appearing at the end of that first chaotic year—became the final goad that prodded many once-loyal citizens to turn militantly anti-American. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Our relationship had taken on this pattern: I gently prodded him to do something; he would mull it for days or weeks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeked through my crusty eyes as a fungal zoo of a toe prodded my arm, and a grizzled, bearded face framed by ashy predawn light leaned over me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She stood in back of me and prodded and pinched, forcing me to translate her bargaining, word for word. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For six hours she had been slowly prodding The Brain—for six fruitless hours. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z George and Martha curled around the caduceus, which shimmered and changed into something that looked suspiciously like a high-voltage cattle prod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark uses his billy club to prod a demonstrator. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it can make itself invisible,” said Hermione, prodding leeches to the bottom of the cauldron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He hummed happily under his breath as he prodded Scragg with his foot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Amari stood close to Afi, shivering with fear and disgust as the rough hands of each of the white men examined and prodded her arms, thighs, calves, and breasts. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Rae continues with the lesson, trying to prod us to share our opinions, but an unexpected blanket has come down on us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z So another doctor will poke and prod and then send me to someone else. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The centaur’s fingers prodded the keyboard with lightning speed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z One of them on each side of her, they prodded her in the direction of the museum elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He would have left him there but noticed that it was a child, not an old black man, as it first appeared, and he prodded the body loose, netted it and hauled it aboard. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He turned away, lighting lamps with prods of his wand, not looking at any of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The man prodded him sharply with something he carried. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z At least no one prodded, or asked questions, or said, “For Pete’s sake, snap out of it.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She prodded one with her toe until he sat up groggily and said, "Eh? Whas?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Moushumi leans over the pan, watching the contents come to a simmer, prodding the pieces of chicken with a wooden spoon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She opened the kitchen drawer that held the napkins and the tablecloths, and she prodded about in it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The rude stranger in the supermarket—who knew what problems he was wrestling with, haggard and thin-lipped as he was—had intended to offend her but had instead prodded her awake. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The one area where no amount of prodding seemed to work was his social skills. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, several family friends prodded a few amplifying rewards from the otherwise-loquacious patriarch. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He prodded moodily at the lumps of charred gray fish on his plate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “A few weeks,” I said, still trying to prod my sleepy brain. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Your friend is staying out very late with his horse,” Fletcher finally prods. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I prodded at its middle, hoping it was done feeding and would drop off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And “This is Giles,” said Maxim, prodding my arm, and Giles stretched out an enormous paw and wrung my hand, squeezing the fingers limp, genial eyes smiling from behind horn-rimmed glasses. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people lined the riverbank.The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, prodding them with their rifle butts, shooting into the air. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We obey and he circles us, prodding us like animals at times, checking our muscles, examining our faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Mona muttered, prodding at her with the end of her staff. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For the next few minutes she pokes and prods, pulling the hair back from my face and smoothing it into submission. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Dumbledore, prodding the thoughts in the basin again; Bertha sank back into them, and they became silvery and opaque once more. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I climb into the too-large bed and let the nurses poke and prod me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had been hunted by bloodhounds, shocked by cattle prods, chewed by police dogs, peppered lightly with shotgun pellets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Muhammad turns to me, raising his eyebrows taut in an effort to prod me to answer without thumping me on my back, as he would have done at home. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z This was merely embarrassing but then—being prodded a bit too energetically by the attorney—he suddenly and quite without warning lost his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Mom, I’m going to marry a white man,” I prodded her. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Oliver Wood was crouched over a model of a Quidditch field in the corner, prodding little figures across it with his wand and muttering to himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He prodded my chest with a wrinkled finger, and made a tsk noise with his tongue against his teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They prodded the prisoners with cutlass points and slapped out with flat blades at the helpless defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was very conscious of his black skin and there was in him a prodding conviction that Jan and men like him had made it so that he would be conscious of that black skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark points a billy club and, beneath the club, an electric cattle prod at a voting rights demonstrator on the steps of the Dallas County Courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z At some stage, I began prodding him with a foot, the way he’d been doing to me earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered the cattle prod, and it turned back to a staff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The sight of her turning the body over and pressing and prodding at the head and torso with her bare hands turned my stomach. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He gave the old scar a closer examination, and prodded it again before looking up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Just remember what I did to your buddy,” Boss whispers to Mark when it’s his turn to get prodded. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The Tiger General prodded the dead man in the leg. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, completely hidden beneath the Invisibility Cloak, emerged into the sunlight outside Honeydukes and prodded Ron in the back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z After an agonizing hour of doctors poking and prodding, eight men carried Garfield on the mattress through the train station to the exit. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I had to catch myself as the black man prodded the horses forward. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When I prodded him with the gun through my coat, he got the message and stepped forward. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She introduced herself as Thrym’s sister, and she reached down and pinched Loki’s pretty cheek between her fingertips, and she prodded Thor with one sharp fingernail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Harry ducked swiftly down behind his cauldron, pulled one of Fred’s Filibuster fireworks out of his pocket, and gave it a quick prod with his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He gave it one gentle prod with his index finger before straightening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And I had a kind of vision of Chrissie and Rodney, back at the Cottages, in the months leading up to this moment, probing and prodding this subject between them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But, prodded along by the Jackboots’ rifles, I did wonder about him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Oh, he prodded and persuaded and inspired and bribed the boys to do right, but he never forced them, never commanded, never shouted. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Fuller himself was being arrested, the policeman taunted him with the baton, repeatedly prodding him in the stomach and then sticking it between his legs and twisting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Long ago, somehow, some committee of scientists, prodded by footsore wives, found enough money to cover it with a layer of sand. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, her father despaired at incompetences and breakdowns in procedures, at the rough, professional hands that prodded him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Outside Hagenback’s Animal Show, the most famous traveling zoo of the day, handlers prodded four trained lions into full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Still holding the gun that had killed Herod Sayle, he walked over and examined the body, prodding it with his shoe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I lay like that for a few moments, and might easily have fallen asleep if Tommy hadn’t kept prodding my knees with a toe. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we all know you had some indiscretions in your youth, Professor,” Humble prodded. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The boots stopped, and a German toe prodded Helena’s side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It gave me an out- of-body sort of feeling, to cast my sense out into a crowd this way, prodding distant corners for traces of danger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Archer tapped the edge of his scar uncertainly, prodding the uneven, knotted skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her bare hands worked them into the ground, prodding and gentling, as if putting to bed an endless supply of small children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He prodded the damp ground with the toe of his good shoe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was greeted with affectionate laughter and applause, and was prodded to rise to his hind feet and give something like a bow to acknowledge his public. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Mentally I prodded myself into remembering that I was speaking to a member of the Communist International. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if it means they reprogram me like Suma, I will not let these people poke and prod him like this. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They agreed, without any prodding, without the shadows of obligation or compromise, on Barack Obama. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Josh Wolf says the drugs in his jacket were sold to him by your brother,” my father prods. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z After some prodding by Dad, the motion on allotting work finally was introduced and passed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgie reached out over the water to prod a few leaves loose with his stick. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The guard’s fingers passed over the spot between Kaz’s teeth where he’d wedged the baleen, then pinched and prodded the interior of his cheeks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But you gathered all your babes, right?” her mother prodded gently. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z By the time I turned my attention back to him, Chubs had collected himself enough to start poking and prodding me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The police were allowed to do whatever they wanted—tease, taunt, humiliate, shove, prod, provoke. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He felt Abra’s certainty wavering and he knew that he could prod it further. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He prodded a larger piece with a serving spoon to make sure the meat slipped easily from the bone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Snape seized the branch Lupin had used to freeze the tree, prodded the knot, and vanished from view as he put on the cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I let the flapping of wings and the squawking and the pecking and the prodding continue, relaxing one muscle at a time, resigning myself to becoming a pecked carcass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sefia prodded the calluses forming on her hands and waited on the quarterdeck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They learned about the rights of welfare recipients, about housing codes, about how to prod the city council and various governmental agencies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked us over, prodding my shirt with the tip of his sword, poking Grover’s jeans. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z V Mrs. Levy lay prone on the motorized exercising board, its several sections prodding her ample body gently, nudging and kneading her soft white flesh like a loving baker. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He inspects my stump, prods it, measures it, then says, “Outstanding!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Four days later he again prodded Hunt: “The delay you are causing us by not forwarding scale drawings is embarrassing in the extreme.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Tucker prodded the binding of my calculus book. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z This time we don’t say much: there’s none of the verbal prodding there was at lunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A spear that whistled past him—reminding him of his trainer’s proddings—simply enraged him more, so that he pursued the thrower in an avenging bound, and tore out his throat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z On our walk, the soldiers are everywhere, prodding us along. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast prodded his shoulder with a finger, looking it over dubiously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nailer suddenly felt weirdly ashamed that he had prodded the huge creature. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her breasts were a little larger, though, prodding the fabric of her blouse. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Was there any word from her?” prodded Yossarian, who had been brooding incessantly about the girl, wondering how much she was suffering, and feeling almost lonely and deserted without her ferocious and unappeasable attacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After waiting and prodding, Mr. Daniels finally says, “I’ll draw a name out of a hat or tell the council that we don’t have a representative. C’mon, folks. Step up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he and Mrs. Cadaver gouged and prodded and tunneled around in the dirt until the poor old rhododendron flopped onto its side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “She’s supposed to be, but—” One of the boys stepped forward and prodded the light with a finger. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Tell me about this paradox,” I prod, trying to distract her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I meant to wave, to send them an encouraging sign, but I froze in fear when I saw the German guards marching beside them, prodding them along with their rifles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He poked at my legs with his walking stick, prodding me to walk faster. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I swear, the kid could have been a brain surgeon for how sharp and accurate his pokes and prods were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They poked and prodded me all through the afternoon and evening until finally the doctors shook their heads in amazement and told me I was totally okay. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll still think delivering your sister to be prodded and executed is evil!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Her elbow prods one of my sore muscles—I have more sore muscles than not-sore muscles, this morning— and I wince. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, I expect so,” said Dumbledore, withdrawing a fresh bottle of silver memories from inside his robes and uncorking it with a prod of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think of giving Kreacher anything. Do people usually give their house-elves Christmas presents?” asked Harry, prodding the parcel cautiously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Grandpa prodded the logs in the fireplace with a poker. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z At sight of the man panting and dying there, she slips down to enfold him, crying out; then feels the spears, prodding her back and shoulders, and goes bound into slavery and grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t you ask your dad? Maybe he’ll say yes this time,” Amy prodded as we sat on the picnic table bench in her backyard, resting after playing jump rope and riding bikes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Muthu prodded a broken bottle at the base of a mound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He prodded the straw to close the gap but to no avail, so he threw his arms up in mock despair. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was looking at her closely through his half-moon spectacles, his long fingers gently prodding and poking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z To measure something, you need to prod it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Whenever he seemed about to dry up, Cecilia prodded him with another question. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As the demonstrators were marched five blocks to jail, singing freedom songs, they were repeatedly jolted by cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting worn down by telling it over and over, but I plodded through it, the detective prodding me with questions: When did you find the drill? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They have helped each other set their goals, and they will prod each other into reaching them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Using her walking stick as a prod, she pushed the man away and wrenched her wrist free from his grasp. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People were still being driven into the Great Hall, prodded along with shouts and the butts of the spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She prods the chicken, flexes a wing, pokes a finger into the cavity, fishes out the giblets. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They prodded us to keep moving, but they lacked any enthusiasm. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He poked and prodded Fig’s trembling body, pausing every so often to scribble down notes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She moved on to a rhododendron bush, which she was poking and prodding when a car pulled into her driveway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She herded them along, sometimes going ahead of them, sometimes walking behind them, prodding them with the butt of the gun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gently now, she prods Minou, “Tell me what the girls had to say today?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He would, although, paradoxically, it inflamed more than abated his homesickness to try a mouthful of a dish and pronounce, after some prodding, that it was too salty, too sweet, too spicy-hot. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched Lupin seize a broken branch from the ground and prod the knot on the trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Max had not compelled him to talk; he had talked of his own accord, prodded by excitement, by a curiosity about his own feelings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When prodded he will say that he worked hard for his money and that others can do the same. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The stories that Vivian began to tell only with prodding, in dutiful answer to specific questions, are spilling forth unprompted, one after another, so many that even Vivian seems surprised. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Gilly could feel Miss Ellis’s fingers on her backbone gently prodding her through the doorway and into the house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Alys spoke in a calm voice while she rose, prodded the fire, and reached for her clothing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A family sitting around a pair of Shabbos candles, surrounded by a barrier that observers could peek and prod through. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Grows push and prod at my sides, worming their way beneath me, and I let them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She manages to sleep through the morning racket—until Grandma Knife's big toe prods her, making her yelp. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He had pushed Boobie in football and prodded him and refused to let him quit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached her rifle tip up and prodded Otto’s forehead, causing him to shriek and stare imploringly in my direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ve got way too many secrets involving our newly coupled mutual friends, and I don’t trust that they won’t explode out of me with the right prodding. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Slowly and surely, if prodded correctly, Dr. Finch would unwind the reel of his strange lore to reveal reasoning that glittered with a private light of its own. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One of them came over and prodded her here and there with the end of his rifle, as though he were testing a piece of meat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was finally beginning to feel the sting of her stepmother’s slap across her cheek, and when she prodded at the corner of her lip with a careful tongue, she winced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Except Miles, of course, who only deemed it necessary to give me one prod. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Then one brave little first-year darted up to her and prodded her backside with his big toe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It wasn't a smart thing to do, but she was outraged by their prodding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Myrna prodded and shifted the Renault through the city traffic masterfully, weaving in and out of impossibly narrow lanes until they were clear of the last twinkling streetlight of the last swampy suburb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is unbelievable,” said Ron, approaching the mirror and prodding Crabbe’s flat nose. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She shook her head, looked away as she prodded in the churned-up earth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She prodded me to attention when the preacher railed against pride and vanity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He therefore pulled his wand out of the inside of his robes, cast a nervous look around the office, looked back at the contents of the basin, and prodded them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He alone remained defiant, spitting venom at the queen’s men as they prodded him along with their spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was right, but I prodded her to speak anyway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He paces around the house, peering and prodding at it, muttering to himself and making small whistling noises. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He prodded once more his attache case - which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from - and said: 'I suppose you've been wondering why I never let go of this case. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At Hunt’s brusque prodding the architects got to work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We get to the foot of the hill, where the crowd is thicker, pushing and prodding on all sides. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z A cold finger, rubber-clad and jellied, slides into me, I am poked and prodded. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I get poked and prodded like this every morning. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The man in the black-and- gold armor stepped up behind Father and prodded him sharply. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The agent pushes or prods something, and it moves or changes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He has never, from what I can tell, sipped anything stronger than a beer, and even that was during a Father’s Day barbecue, at his uncle’s prodding. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She watched a group of Dime Lions prod the desert lizard with long spears. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Moira got hold of her cattle prod and her whistle, ordering Aunt Elizabeth to unclip them from her belt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z From above, they goaded and prodded the short boy, who responded by hacking away at the door with his sword. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were always ready to start striking with their billy clubs and jabbing with electric cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But although Rita was worried, she was also determined, and finally, after a week of prodding, she convinced Walter to look through his files to find someone who might be a good fit. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hesitantly, I prodded the mound closest to me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Their wide wakes rippled through the lily pads and rolled the canoe abruptly from side to side, prodding Joe back to alertness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I felt a gentle prod against my ribs under my left arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Septimus prodded the dead goat experimentally with his foot, moving its head; it had received a deep and fatal wound to its forehead, equidistant between its horns. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “So what happened to Robbie?” he said, prodding his spatula into the yellow, lumpy concoction. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They poked and prodded my body to try to find out if all my internal organs were where they should be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Paul prodded the burgers and I saw that Jill was on the porch too. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I envied them the order of their lives, the precision with which they marched with no prodding and no harsh glances, the mysterious black figures beside them like veiled anchors. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He rambled on with this fraudulent recollection while Henry, pale and ill, endured his prods and backslaps as a well-trained dog will tolerate the pummeling of a rough child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And she had no idea that her preferences prodded him to such excesses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She prodded Hazel in the back with her sword. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Englishman prodded him, and the boy asked her about the man who cured people’s illnesses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Seamus got so impatient that he prodded it with his wand and set fire to it — Harry had to put it out with his hat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Everyone looked up and mumbled, though it was evident that he was going to tell us what he had been up to whether or not we prodded. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The marmalade cat prodded him with an indolent paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s like opening our lobby door, the cold air prodding me to move. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A stone beside the window seat drew his eye, but all his tugging and prodding went for naught. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She crept close and prodded the girl’s hand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Not you, too!” he gives back, although when I prod him for an explanation, he zips his lips and goes, “All I know about love is that it’s a four-letter word.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She hurried over and gave him a prod. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Harry had caught Ron prodding Dean’s poster of West Ham soccer team, trying to make the players move. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They were creeping up on him, hiding in the shadows of his mind, poking and prodding him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The threatening voice went on and on, daring him, ordering him, provoking him, rousing him for battle—but always keeping him off, prodding him back. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The doctor examines the baby, prods her, raises her eyelids, feels her neck, arms, legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tourists reminded him of other places and elicited in him a prodding doubt that living here was what he wanted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My sisters moved around, prodding and testing the moonlit path with each footstep as they milled around. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She prodded the coals with the tip of a stick. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Mask uses one hand to yank Darin up by the neck and the other to prod me on with his scim. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The cattle prod’s on the table, its thong around her wrist. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just — just prod me or something in future, all right, don’t bend over me like that ” Harry pulled back the curtains around his four-poster, took his glasses from his bedside table, and put them on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After a little pushing and prodding, one side of the crate cracked open. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The guards prodded him up the steps, into Breakwater’s cavernous stone keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would prod me to try a few more bites. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I lay on the bed and she began prodding my tummy violently with her fingers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “This little lad,” he said, letting go of Pippo's throat and prodding him in the back so roughly that he stumbled against Meggie, “told us he’s gone out. Gone out where?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z After that they fetched a milk cow, belonging to Rafael Maestas, that had bucked like hell last year if you zapped her in the udder—just before the chute gate opened—with a cattle prod. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Erudite girl prods at any weaknesses she sees, and so does Cara, and soon they are all shored up, like we have just built a secure structure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She glanced at Conrad to see whether or not her prodding was affecting his stingy attitude. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi prodded each of them with an elbow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Their trainers used large steel hooks to pull the beasts one way or the other, to prod or punish them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Come on,” he told Hazel, prodding her with his foot like she was an overturned turtle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The innkeeper nodded to himself as he continued to prod the thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Farmers developed techniques such as locking animals inside pens and cages, bridling them in harnesses and leashes, training them with whips and cattle prods, and mutilating them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She prodded Pecola inside, and taking the underwear from me, told us to stay out. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She muttered and prodded me all the way back to the house, “Little girl chopping cotton. White girl chopping cotton. Tate girl chopping cotton. Lord help me.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “There has not one word been spoken that makes sense 1” For the last few moments Goodwife Cruff had been vehemently prodding her husband. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She stroked the tails, prodded the bellies, pried apart the gutted flesh. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Another prodded Penny down off the platform with the butt of his spear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But like me, she’d all but given up, having prodded him and been shut down enough times already. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hera, encouraging him to prod a poisonous snake with a stick when he was four years old. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You’re right,” said Hermione, prodding Ron out of the chair with her foot and offering it to the first year again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After that, it only took a little prodding to learn the old man’s name—Erastis—and a little more to get him to exchange a few copper zens to have his fortune told. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “That Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets,” said Harry, throwing the Cloak over Ron and prodding him in the arm to make him walk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He pulled, pushed, and prodded, and Neel struggled and practiced and memorized, until slowly the mysteries of algebra and geometry managed to untangle in his brain. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I could feel its heat between my legs as he pressed and prodded me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Since the moment school let out, they had been wheedling and prodding for stories about their mother. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instinctively I recoiled, and then I prodded it gently with my elbow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "What's this?" barks office manager Mark, prodding uncomprehendingly at a wilting flap of salad leaf draped over a burger in client Mike White's restaurant kitchen. Meat Men, where butchering is life 2012-11-23T16:00:00Z They’re prodding her to keep them exhilarated, praising her praising the Lord. ‘Amazing Grace’: How Aretha Franklin Took Us All to Church 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Their roles in the story fall somewhere between hood versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and a Greek chorus, somewhat neutral parties who see all and prod conflicts into being, mostly to keep things interesting. "Reservation Dogs" is steeped in pop culture. The difference is that its homages star Native actors 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Thomas, for example, is shown raising the very finger he will later use to prod Christ’s wounds. What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z “Oh come on,” people often prod, unconvinced by my nonchalance. When my birth mother found me 2013-09-16T23:30:00Z Her cadenzas lifted Mozart’s themes and gently prodded them into different idioms, refracting their scales through a contemporary prism into different, darkling keys. Review: At the NSO, a composer in delightful dialogue with Mozart The prodding often elicits frustration, anger and sadness. These Men Are Waiting to Share Some Feelings With You 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Elmo is clearly interested in pushing and prodding this permeable membrane between viewer and performer. Dance Review: Series of Deft Negotiations Involving Ill-Advised Attire 2011-06-02T21:56:41Z No pesky commissars prodding and scolding, just a bunch of people doing what they want, which coincidentally happens to be what the companies with the biggest advertising budgets want them to do. Arts & Leisure Preview: Defy the Elite! Wait, Which Elite? 2011-01-14T19:33:01Z As the band acclimatised, Iverson mingled speculative prodding and elegant long lines over Lasserson's fast walk and Williams's foaming cymbals on Just in Time, and imparted purposeful focus and harmonic ambiguity to Wayne Shorter's Juju. Ethan Iverson – review 2013-04-22T17:07:40Z It’s all the more mystifying because Ms. Krall, when prodded by a rhythm section, can really swing. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Between enigmatic spells of gazing into the distance, they entangled themselves in restless, breathless, prodding skeins of movement, as if intent on awakening the air around them, the ground beneath them. Review: ‘Shore,’ a Dance and More Over Space and Time 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z This is a series that moves and twists, and prods the audience’s sensibilities. “Mary Kills People”: An agile drama about the risky business of delivering a good death 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Mostly they were silent as he poked and prodded the Beatles’ “Across the Universe,” which would have been better left unmolested. Music Review: Never Shout Never at Irving Plaza 2010-04-28T22:56:00Z The GR made itself a prod and an irritation, devoted to making people remember the same terrible moment forever. Review: The Leftovers Season Finale: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z From wearing see-through nun habits to suggestively swallowing a rosary, the pop star, who was raised a Catholic, has consistently prodded her faith’s strict sexual conventions. Noticed: For Catholics, Open Attitudes on Gay Issues 2011-04-22T19:37:06Z In April, with NBC prodding Mr. Nevius to deliver for May sweeps, Ms. Stewart was refusing to turn over scenes she shot in Germany because of a continuing pay dispute. The Long Goodbye 2011-05-27T20:36:29Z Thurgood rapidly takes the lead while slyly poking and strategically prodding Sam to rise to the occasion. Review: In ‘Marshall,’ a Legal Pioneer Gives History a Shove 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The goal is to prod viewers into considering the role that marketing and material goods play in the authors’ celebrity. ‘Cult of Celebrity’ exhibition explores similarities between Shakespeare, Austen 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But in the wealth of archival footage shown in "The Vow," Raniere is the quintessential con artist in schlub's clothing, skilled in manipulating people by prodding at their egos until he reaches a weakness. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Might that prod my “broody gene” into action? ‘I want to want a baby’: can I kickstart my broody gene? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z “What really blew my mind this week was that they didn’t just reject the script, they declared that the subject itself was too sensitive to be prodded at with humor,” he wrote. This is the #YesAllWomen comic the New York Times wouldn’t publish 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Nothing prods the making of art like ambivalence, and Chatwin was lucky to have his roaming impulse countervailed by a strong “compulsion to return.” The Wanderer 2011-02-25T17:39:26Z So here are a few life-improvement series that might prod you to make a few seasonal shifts, including at least one that’s gone but not forgotten. Smart Watch: Not all reality TV is trash! These unscripted shows are actually useful 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Another prodded him to approach the Little Bookroom, which publishes guides. Up Close: Manhattan as Warhol Knew It 2011-08-03T20:10:42Z By his efforts, he prodded the Judiciary Committee to make its case firm. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Muammar el-Qaddafi: “Luckily, I was skinny and always managed to slip through the crowd until I got in amongst the girls, where, like everyone else, my questing fingers poked and prodded in every direction.” Books of The Times: ‘Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution’: Essays From 8 Nations 2013-12-30T21:05:36Z He also suggested that he was prodded into using the racial slur during the conference call, which had been set up for training purposes following comments he made concerning the NFL’s kneeling controversy. 'Papa' John Schnatter speaks out about ousting, taste-tests current Papa John’s pizzas on podcast 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The title track is a hard-struck, enigmatic melody, prodded at and danced around by Bisio, that becomes a purposeful walk, a lighter contemplation, and then a flood of sound before the bassist's tumbling solo. Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio: Floating Ice – review 2012-12-13T22:06:01Z We coughed politely, we prodded him; when he raised his head we pleaded for his story. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z So why did the talented young actress show up this week to be photographed and gawked at, poked and prodded and stuffed into a bunch of things she probably won’t ever wear again? Scene City: From the Hollywood Stage to the Runway: Celebrities Work the Fashion Week Shows 2014-02-14T23:58:08Z The dancers, including the ensemble, in either black or polka dots, fully embrace over-the-top abandon and emotion, prodded on by the music. Review: What Does Ballet Need Now? Not Retro Fantasy. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Day and night they continued to approach me, poking and prodding at my belly. Personal Journeys: The Tricks and Trials of Traveling While Fat 2010-10-21T00:45:00Z It didn’t help that crew members had been prodding and poking the actor through the sheet. Raw director Julia Ducournau on how to make a horror film as creepy as possible 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Firth is exceptional at capturing the future king's imperious yet melancholy air, the underachiever waiting to be prodded into something more. 'King's Speech': A pair of restrained scene-stealers 2010-12-16T16:18:00Z "Harper Lee was ahead of her time, and her masterpiece 'To Kill a Mockingbird' prodded America to catch up with her," Bush said. Harper Lee remembered by a president, publishers and more 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s McPhee’s way to prod landscape and people until an avalanche of the verifiable tumbles into his notebooks. In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Above all, the book demands that readers seriously engage with its arguments, while also prodding them to reexamine their own beliefs about art, madness and moral responsibility. Review | Kay Redfield Jamison puts Robert Lowell on the couch in an exhilarating biography 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Gibney deftly weaves Mr. Haggis’s recollections in with the history of the church and with those of other interviewees, who largely talk without audible on-camera prodding. Review: Alex Gibney Takes On Scientology in ‘Going Clear’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Zurga prods his townspeople into urgent business: A new village headman must be chosen. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z As I prodded a platter of shumai with my chopsticks, I was overcome with a sense of warm contentment. I don't believe in cheat days anymore, but sometimes I still miss them 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Instead, she prods her readers to channel their energies inward and respond to their own desires rather than those of the marketplace. “The Artist’s Way” in an Age of Self-Promotion 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z I gently prodded him with the blade of my oar, but he was beyond caring. Montana on my mind: It’s not just about the fish, really 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Lord Renwick’s own role in prodding the process along is well chronicled, not just by these extracts from his diaries which he selected himself. Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z How do you end the poking, prodding and whining when your family hits the road? Motherlode Blog: Siblings, Squabbling in the Car 2012-06-15T15:33:49Z Of course, questions aren’t action or suspense but merely motives for the artist, prods for creation; filmmakers craft their work on the basis of the questions they choose to address—and the ones they ignore. What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Usually, when an M.C. asks, “Do you want to dance?,” the question is a prod. Dance Review: Roclan Gonz?lez Chavez in ?Kings of Salsa? - Review 2011-10-18T20:50:41Z And Cooper, with his well-honed gift for balancing journalistic prodding with restraint and compassion, was on his game with the Winehouses, attentively coaxing them about her youthful promise and later struggles. Anderson Cooper's suave, stilted debut 2011-09-12T22:20:00Z There’s a commitment I’ve made over the last year really,” prodded by his new manager and musicians he respects, “and now you’re seeing the results of that.” 2010-02-12T21:05:00Z Every one of them “pokes and prods, making it seem that the devices are malfunctioning.” Review | Modern life, as seen by a writer without a smartphone 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z With Rubin carefully prodding McCartney along the way, we are treated to stories about the origins of the songwriter's work, as well as the nuts and bolts that went into making them possible. "McCartney 3, 2, 1" is Hulu's engaging series delving into the Beatles' songwriting magic 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z But while styled as a condemnation of Mr. Obama, this book — appearing just as the Republican primary contest is getting underway in earnest — is actually a prod to the Republicans seeking to succeed him. Review: In ‘Exceptional,’ the Cheneys Make Obama the Villain 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, when prodded, even very gently, Laws's argument fell apart in the manner of a badly made piñata. The David Laws story is nothing to do with gayness. It's about money 2010-05-29T23:06:00Z Does he need this kind of mystery to prod him to get his life back on track? Haruki Murakami on Asking the Right Questions 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Ripi poked and prodded Richardson on a recent Tuesday, using blue and pink needles, until his body resembled a road map marked with 120 destinations. Acupuncturist Treats 40 N.F.L. Players in 4 Cities 2010-11-30T19:29:00Z “It was as if someone poked me with a cattle prod,” Mr. Rapp testified. Anthony Rapp Said Anguish Returned When He Saw Kevin Spacey Onscreen 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z At one point, Senator Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, prodded Campbell to articulate the necessity of an American presence in Afghanistan: How “Homeland” Helps Justify the War on Terror 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z With little prodding, they shared their ancestral customs. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage Shadow’s cynical logic in prodding Tom to marry Baba seemed especially right in this staging. Music Review: In Yielding to Temptation, Losing a Chance at True Love 2011-06-27T21:19:10Z How far we'll go in allowing ourselves to be co-opted into "malevolent systems" depends on who is doing the prodding. Rewind TV: Dragons' Den; Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words; My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special 2011-08-06T23:05:53Z Indeed, the memories that unfold under their prodding don’t show much to be proud of. Review | In ‘The Man Who Saw Everything,’ Deborah Levy questions our notions of reality 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It's a tough 80 minutes, but performances are committed, the final section grips, and the show prods at notions of guilt, suggesting that sometimes perpetrators can be victims, too. Nineveh – review 2013-05-01T13:01:12Z The female gaze here is strong, effectively revealing the ugliness of patriarchal oppression as older men seek to control a young woman, poking, prodding and imprisoning her. They filmed the opera 'Vireo' on Alcatraz. Soon you can stream it on your iPad or phone 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z After some prodding by her husband, though, Whitney researched arm wrestling-specific workouts, which noted the importance of pulling an opponent’s hand toward her. Farming by day, arm wrestling by night The group crafted the order a year ago and then spent months prodding several senior administration officials, including Joe Grogan, the White House head of the Domestic Policy Council, people involved in the planning said. Draft Executive Order Would Give Trump a New Target: Modern Design 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The guy I was dating couldn’t understand my fear and continually prodded me to buy a ticket and fly somewhere. My fear of flying 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z And why spend a hundred dollars or so to be thus prodded mnemonically? ArtsBeat: He's Having a Baby: 'Birthday' in London 2012-06-29T18:30:51Z The small, coloured mat aims to stimulate relevant pressure points by prodding every millimetre of one’s back with the 8,820 plastic points of its cleats. Can a bed of nails really relieve stress and insomnia - or just make me squeal? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z They provided me with resources, with support, and with honest, professional assessments offered without judgment so that I never felt pushed or prodded in any direction. I had an abortion at Planned Parenthood — and I’m not ashamed 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z They were about to play their blues theme to close out the first set when Holt prodded the pianist. In the year jazz went avant-garde, Ramsey Lewis went pop with a bang 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The Admiralty, prodded by Franklin's indefatigable wife, Jane, kept up its search for nine years. 'The Man Who Ate His Boots': The Northwest Passage ? it had to be there 2010-03-19T22:30:00Z The Apple Watch reminds you to get up — welcome prodding for those who spend hours in cars or planes. For Travelers, How Smart is the Smartwatch? 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z And without any prodding from me he offered a pretty good description of what was going on. The Art of Summer: Music of the Spheres (Whoosh! Thud! Crack!) 2011-07-20T15:27:07Z Best start prodding those pizza crusts for bounce. World Pizza Championships: where dough-obsessed divas battle it out 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z It takes prodding, but Vanda gets her way and then the true tragicomedy begins to unfold. Roman Polanski knows the ropes in 'Venus in Fur' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z He returned for a second break that was even better than the first – bouncing off Harris's prodding chordwork, steering phrases through vaulting octave leaps, and winding up on catlike valve-warped yelps. London jazz festival: Ambrose Akinmusire/Robert Glasper – review 2012-11-11T17:38:24Z Up to that point, he had turned down his agent’s prodding to audition for “Guardians,” but then he changed his mind. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this season he dangles the possibility before Shiv, secretly, only to prod her into embarrassing herself out of the running at a family business dinner. "Succession" ends its second season with a killer instinct 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Soon she is surrounded by a swarm of others who poke and prod at her — rubbing her nose, her hair, a knee — with nasty aggression. ‘Kontakthof,’ by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at BAM 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Obama stunned the cable industry in November when he prodded the FCC to begin regulating the Internet as it would a public utility — a proposal that the cable industry is expected to resist. Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is no longer viewed as inevitable 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z As she prodded my fingers with a needle-like instrument, she went on. “When a woman is smarter than a man”: My mother’s lessons in beauty and independence 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Jeffrey Lewis was crouched on the floor of his East Village apartment one recent evening, stuffing his self-made CDs and comic books into a backpack while his brother, Jack, prodded him to hurry. Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator 2011-11-22T23:09:54Z It took almost no prodding, dear reader, to get Mr. Cooper to launch in a pretty good impression of Mr. Day-Lewis, screaming about his milkshake. The Carpetbagger: Bradley Cooper, Relaxing in Bed, Enjoys Golden Globes Adulation 2012-12-13T16:43:10Z With a little prodding, he’ll gush about obscure European art films. ‘Inherent Vice’ is complex and subversive. Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty normal. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s possible that this bracing book will prod young readers to get involved in amendment-making, in order to form a more perfect Constitution. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z After success with her essays and an invitation to participate in the gathering — and prodding from her husband — she added poetry to her efforts. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s one of many salient questions that Rankine offers in a tone both prodding and demanding of action. Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Whether it's much more than that is debatable, and you do wonder why a Scottish company is prodding the hillbilly mentality when it might tell a similar story closer to home. The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo 2010-08-30T15:38:00Z I jumped at this chance to lose weight with a few of my colleagues, figuring the humiliation of public failure would be the perfect prod to get me back to a more comfortable self. I have something to lose, and counting points may help me get there 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z A chance encounter with the actor Richard Burton, who had also grown up near Port Talbot and somehow become the toast of Hollywood, would help prod Hopkins toward performance. Anthony Hopkins Makes It Look Simple. (And Maybe It Should Be.) 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Some candidates, like the ever-relaxed Dr. Carson, simply ignored the panel’s prods to mix it up. Review: In Republican Debate, CNN Throws Candidates Into Ring 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The letters prodded the stars to disclose when they are paid to compliment products on Instagram or other social media. FTC warns celebs Klum, Vergara, others about social media ads 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Board of Education decision, he gave the notorious “Pound Cake” speech, where prodding for a particular kind of self-betterment turned tsk-y. Cliff Huxtable Was Bill Cosby’s Sickest Joke 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z A prodding quote attributed to Paul McCartney appears onscreen: “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.” ‘A Taste of Whale’ Review: Blood in the Water 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z As I opened up to friends and family members, they prodded me with questions: “What do you mean you can’t get pregnant?” and “How old are you again?” Motherlode Blog: Secondary Infertility: I Have One Child. Why Can’t I Get Pregnant Again? 2013-07-24T13:18:10Z He finally concludes that “you must be you!,” an affirmation likely accompanied by a playful prod at the tiny nose of your precious, singular baby. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He’s got other work underway, and if you prod just a bit, a complaint or two as well. Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z She also prods them to discuss their pet, initially by asking about basic information — things like breed and age — that then spur long, emotional emails filled with tales of love and loss, Eriksdotter said. This woman quit her job to paint deceased pets. Now, there’s a six-month wait for her works. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “I’m not here to poke or prod you,” he says softly. Dying is hard. Death doulas want to help make it easier. 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The FCC is trying to prod telecommunications companies to extend and upgrade their networks. New FCC definition of high-speed Internet may affect Comcast-TWC deal 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Brooks is not the only country artist in recent years to prod at the practical implications of the genre’s cultural narrowness, by which I mean its enduring whiteness. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z “I do feel like Cecil B. DeMille when I’m putting together the whole thing, with a bullhorn in one hand and a cattle prod in the other to keep everyone on track,” Webre said. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Airlines continue to poke, prod, redesign and shrink their seats to maximize revenue while giving at least an illusion of comfort. Care about every inch of airline legroom? Do your homework. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Holladay spent years researching the book, and identifies Rich’s endless self-reinvention as the central theme of her work: “The absence of a knowable self was her deepest wound and her greatest prod.” 16 New Books to Watch for in November 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z When the exhibition opened in February, 100 years after Mr. Sullivan presented his work, many of the people who attended were the descendants of those who had been prodded and violated by the anthropologist. In Hawaii, Reimagining Tourism for a Post-Pandemic World 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He wrote about that fish, “the fish of a lifetime,” he called it, for a local club of anglers, and then, with some prodding, expanded the tale for a regional magazine. The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z As a pioneering musical matchmaker, Mr. Kirshner discovered many of the era’s best songwriters, prodded them for hits and shopped the results to top artists. Don Kirshner, Shaper of Hit Records, Dies at 76 2011-01-19T04:15:09Z Getting them to meet took some prodding: Mr. Khubani’s father, knowing that his son was going to Asia on business, offered to pay his way if he stopped in Jaipur. Field Notes: Parental Involvement Can Help in Choosing Marriage Partners, Experts Say 2013-01-18T21:31:10Z For the next two weeks, while doctors prodded his legs and fed him blood thinners, he wanted nothing but books. Clive James Got It Right 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Use a metal skewer to poke and prod the eyes like an optometrist and find the one that feels the softest; once you do, push the skewer through to create a hole. How to safely open a coconut 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The classically trained musician was educated at the Boston Conservatory and after some prodding, modestly admitted he can play a double-digit amount of instruments. ‘Pageant’ star on over and underdressing for stage 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z His favorite accessory is an electric cattle prod, a detail that links him to the Southern sheriffs occasionally shown terrorizing civil rights demonstrators on television. Review: ‘The Shape of Water’ Is Altogether Wonderful 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z As Amendola gently prodded him with questions, Best kept attendees spellbound with stories about the Beatles' early days. Playing "Twist and Shout" with Pete Best 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The idea seems to be that prodding athletes into spouting platitudes about games they just played constitutes journalism. The awesome dad move that smashed sports’ boys’ club: Stephen Curry’s MVP parenting: 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Later, dominatrix Wendy wields a cattle prod in the bedroom, but Chuck is too distracted to engage. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 3: The Women of Wall Street 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z While Valentine credited the Rock Hall for making progress, she also prodded the organization to do more. Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Carole King Join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The second piece featured six violinists from ICE playing almost continuous buzzing, trembling, often quietly frenzied music, prodded along by percussion. Music Review: ?Nine Rivers? at Miller Theater - Review 2011-09-18T22:20:23Z Only after her various tests and proddings came up clear, did I eventually agree to give a sample. Why I prayed for my testicles 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z More than a month later, the carriers, prodded by Senator Charles E. Schumer, offered a second wave of amnesty to a very small niche: passengers whose children attend schools affected by the hurricane. In Transit Blog: Delta and JetBlue Waive Change Fees After Sandy-Hit Schools Shorten Breaks 2012-11-29T20:52:37Z The scrutiny means she’s been prodded to excavate her own past, after she was drugged and assaulted by an unknown assailant in her 20s. Michaela Coel: 'Like Arabella, I realised my life was about to change for ever' 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Another is tormented with a cattle prod and defends herself with a flask of acid. Book review: ‘Blue Labyrinth,’ by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child In particular, he faulted policymakers for pursuing agendas that prodded “the political destinies of distant places to evolve in a manner beneficial to American . . . interests.” Gabriel Kolko, historian who skewered U.S. economic and foreign policies, dies at 81 That reach prodded Angel Rivera to participate in the first episode “Mystery on the Rooftop.” ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns, Because 2020 Isn’t Scary Enough 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The racial dynamics of the crime and its investigation are implicit and they play out naturally without the script prodding them along. Review: American Crime Is a Mystery With Meaning 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z These and any of a thousand other proddings of the sharp stick would send travelers out on the road. Travel: Philip Marsden’s ‘Rising Ground’ and More 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The keyboardists shift from question marks to exclamation points — one moment prodding against the groove, the next soloing in colorful bursts of noise. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z My New York-bred impatience prods me to skip out and get to the views, but there appears to be no escaping. Atop New York’s One World Trade Center, a rush of hope and memories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Ms. McDonald walked the floor, adjusting her students’ poses with a gentle prod. Marijuana and Yoga Pairing Up in Classes 2012-12-05T17:57:21Z Continue cooking until the meat feels tender when prodded with a fork and all the milk has coagulated into small nut-brown clusters. The 20 best Italian recipes: part 3 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z For the first time — perhaps to prod the mainstream movie factories to speed up inclusion efforts — Sundance prominently included statistics about its 2019 class. ‘Layered, Intense and Authentic’: Sundance Lineup Is Announced 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Nobody talks about it much these days, yet when you prod people’s memories, it often wakes dormant affection of the “oh yeah, I liked that one” variety. My streaming gem: why you should watch Breakdown 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Here, however, the samples are not objects to be poked and prodded, sorted and classified, but intrinsic parts of ourselves. Male or female? Black or white? The paintings of Lezley Saar play with labels and expectations 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Under the General’s subtle prodding, plus electrodes attached who-knows-where, Scorsese screamed that is “better than Raging Bull.” Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator: He Has Ways of Making You Laugh 2012-05-14T14:30:51Z The two films earned nearly $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, but extravagant costs prodded Disney to ditch the franchise. Richard Corliss reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010-12-09T19:20:00Z You'd think this might be information Frances would lead with, but Paul has to prod it out of her. "In Treatment" recap: Have Sunil's sessions come to an end? 2010-11-30T13:30:00Z The "optimism cycle," in contrast, prods students to greater effort because they tell themselves a different story. Books: "Redirect," and "Willpower" offers clues on rewriting life story 2011-11-07T15:17:03Z At least within the law, he added when prodded. Is Lars von Trier Trolling Us? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Layering understated movement with conversational text, in obliquely funny and surreal ways, “Heera” prods at themes of memory, imagination, aging and coming-of-age. Performing and Creating as Equals Across the Age Gap 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Desperate to do something — to jolt her father into action, maybe even prod him to leave his wife — Margot reveals her parentage to a sympathetic journalist she meets at a party. A Teenager Plays With Fire and Family Secrets in ‘The Margot Affair’ 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Trump, cleaning out his ice-cream dish, pushes and prods on the Russia investigation, pressing his advances. Review: ‘The Comey Rule’ and What a Fool Believes 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z I prodded him to answer, and at last he said, sheepishly, “A peanut.” Modern Love: He Had Her Attention, and Then He Lost It 2010-04-16T20:55:00Z I touched the ground with my poles, prodding gingerly. In Austria, Saunas, Schnitzel and World Cup Skiing 2012-12-07T17:10:36Z She simply prods it with her fork, declares it OK and proceeds to eat. "You never go into the upper kitchen" and other survival tips from a waiter in Paris 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Also prodding him was Brad Grey, who became chairman and chief executive of Paramount Pictures in 2005. ‘Zoolander 2’ Creates a Model-Slash-Juggernaut 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z A chorus of spirits mocked him for his “dogrel rhymes” and prodded two fairies to “pinch him for his crimes” in music that walked a blissful line between gentle joking and intense needling. Review: Purcell’s Elaborate Scores, Elegantly Executed at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The reason to come back now was because my youngest kids were prodding their old man to do something. Phil Collins, pop star and self-deprecating dad, on his new memoir 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z So, in diner booths and around late-night campfires, they circle one another, poking and prodding, teasing and sharing. ‘Jockey’ Review: Hit Hard and Still Riding 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z And it very likely wouldn’t exist, she admits, had it not been for the gentle and insistent prodding from her editor. Amy Tan, the Reluctant Memoirist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z But the churning piano becomes more intense, prodding the violinist into fitful bursts until the piece regains composure and fades away. Music Review: Chelsea Music Festival Features Debussy and Cage 2012-06-17T22:11:49Z Bring out the dinosaur prods, we've got one on the loose. Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-01-01T00:05:30Z Adults in the audience are prodded to recapture their long-lost moviegoing innocence, while their young companions are patiently directed to giggle warmly or gasp in amazement. Review: In ‘The BFG,’ a Director and an Actor With Big Shoes 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z We prod the murky spaces ahead with our shovels and axes. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z He grew up in Oregon and, after some prodding, shyly admitted he’s the director of European operations for “a restaurant company.” Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The Mai Tai killer has advanced from poke and prod to slice and dice. In "American Horror Story: NYC," New York is depicted as small and rashy 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he reckons a free-market solution is going to need some legislative prodding. Living near an airport could be toxic 2013-09-08T17:00:00Z Jared Kushner got a break from the crush of guests only after a publicist tugged on his arm and prodded him toward the podium. Citizen Kushner 2011-06-24T21:35:16Z He has written extensively about art that is embedded in social life, and the power of art to prod the conscience and change the world. Perspective | Helen Frankenthaler came from wealth and privilege. Her art transcends that. 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Then, after a lazy, mostly covered simmer with a little liquid to help vegetable become sauce, all that's needed is a little prodding with a wooden spoon to finish the job. The silkiest pasta sauce from any vegetable you've got 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Amid our own dire straits, Okada prods us to consider how we got here — and what we urgently need to change to save ourselves. ‘Zero Cost House’ Review: Could Thoreau Save Us Now? 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z “Museums today can’t seem to leave us alone; they prompt and prod us as many of us do our children.” Nice Museum. Where’s the Art? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But this modest missing-persons case leads to a vengeance drama involving an electric cattle prod with enough volts “to knock a steer sideways.” Marilyn Stasio Plays Bad Santa in This Holiday Crime Column 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Music that has become cliché felt renewed, as if Williams' score were what prodded the creative process. John Williams' mastery on display at L.A. Philharmonic season opener 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Only after much prodding does she confess that, yes, she already had a novel published, but its dismal reception left her so sore, she all but gave up hope. Anna Gunn and Billy Magnussen Star in ‘Sex With Strangers’ 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z He prods, pounces, guffaws and interrupts: “Please spare me the lecture.” In Conservative Prime Time, It’s Now Fox and Enemies 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Are these experiences prodding young listeners to give the established classical scene a try? Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z At their best neither shies away from prodding interviewees with tough questions when the need arises, hence the sustained criticism for treating recent celebrity subjects like, well, celebrities. Morning TV confessionals: From Nick Sandmann to Jussie Smollett, these interviews fail us 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Hilariously, this august figure now prods keyboards, beefing up Yeah Yeah Yeahs' disco numbers. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – review 2013-07-20T23:07:01Z For his gentle prodding to succeed, it would require a climate so kind that somebody else would be in the Oval Office. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Fearlessly flexing her instrument, she released uninhibited streams of consciousness that prodded her musicians to follow her into wide-open spaces where they seemed happy to go. Music Review | Dee Dee Bridgewater: A Woman and Her Band Commune With a Legend 2010-02-19T06:19:00Z A percolating episode, played mostly on mallet instruments, prodded the orchestra to synthesize what had happened along the way, as this engrossing piece concluded. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Even a “banal” story like this tiger-cub number admits “multiple interpretations,” and the prod to “reduce the work to a single idea” does a disservice to both reader and text. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z As much as I prodded myself, in the end I could only think of this as a boon. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z “He even thrice nodded his head back and forth in time with the chant, as if to prod the audience on.” Perspective | What do ‘Lock her up’ and ‘Send her back’ have in common? It’s pretty obvious. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z And he was not confrontational; he rarely asked anyone, let alone a politician or policy maker, a tough or technical question, preferring gentle prods to get guests to say interesting things about themselves. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z “Seth and Evan really prodded me for like a year,” he said. The Carpetbagger: For '50/50's' Writer, the Hardest Part Was the Drama 2012-01-13T19:56:38Z A passerby had spotted it, and was prodding it with a wooden stick. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z These women taunt and prod one another, their insecurities and fears often colliding like bumper cars at a carnival. ‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: The Saga of Female Friendship 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Actors are incredibly hard, because they don't have a subject, a story, so the real nightmares often happen with them because you're just prodding blindly. From Rhys Ifans to Madonna: writers on their worst celebrity interviews 2013-06-07T17:06:35Z Ziff says the industry tends to see models as objects to be poked, prodded and painted, rather than as sensitive young women. Model's documentary exposes fashion's darker side 2010-09-27T17:58:00Z They are being repeatedly squeezed and prodded in a mammography machine by an actress, Rebecca Hall, who plays a technician. Nicole Holofcener and Her Latest Film, ?Please Give? 2010-04-24T02:35:00Z The suspects were convicted in part on a confession Misskelley later recanted, one filled with conflicting details that critics claim was coaxed and prodded by police interrogators. Review: 'West of Memphis' seizes reins of justice 2012-12-21T16:20:22Z In the face of dwindling broadcast ratings, ABC has prodded the academy for category tweaks that will allow more blockbusters to be featured. Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like? 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Evans’s campaign for these markers has included lots of bureaucratic prodding, including some rather terse emails to the Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, Both Sides 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “He can’t speak at the beginning of the piece. He nods, and when he’s prodded, he shouts.” Charles Wuorinen Adapts ‘Brokeback Mountain’ as Opera 2014-01-24T19:26:19Z A twist on that theory even suggests that backers of one or another of Ms. Bigelow’s politically connected professional rivals helped prod several powerful senators into criticizing “Zero Dark Thirty.” Directors Guild vs. Oscars: An Unusual Year 2013-01-24T13:33:49Z He also has the occasional patch of dialogue that serves to prod viewers who may have lost their way in the thickets of Marvel mythology. Thor: The Dark World: A God-Awful Villain Steals the Thunder 2013-11-06T23:49:43Z After repeated prodding, he recounted his romantic history, beginning with a high school relationship in which he and a girlfriend broke up and got back together “1,500 times.” 2010-01-28T07:20:00Z The idea that interaction is good for us is patronising and treats us as lazy-minded idiots who must be prodded like cattle in order to respond. Tate Modern's waste of space: why won't interactive art leave me alone? 2012-08-16T14:06:12Z “It’s hard to put into words when you walk out of the hospital,” he says, “but flying overseas, being poked and prodded and cut open – it means nothing now, compared with what we have.” ‘There was nothing wrong with my wife – it was me’: the men waking up to fertility problems 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z It is a show that prods viewers to consider “the institutional and symbolic polarization that increasingly defines American society,” Ms. Fraser said. Artists Grapple With America’s Prison System 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z To make his first movie, Shaun was posed, poked and prodded thousands of times, all under the burning heat of the studio lights. Sheep thrills as Shaun hits cinemas 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Before I prod her toward this glaring contradiction, Campbell is already laughing at herself – she has a raucous guffaw that doesn't quite fit her dainty appearance. 'I never wanted to be an actor,' says screen star Neve Campbell 2011-04-07T21:05:01Z It muddies any facile ideas about nature and the human, and prods at how we pleat our prejudices, politics and desires into our notions of the animal world. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes fraught exchanges between singers are prodded along by stubbornly repetitive instrumental riffs. Review: Fort Worth Opera’s ‘Buried Alive and ‘Embedded’ Conjure Poe’s Dark Terrain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z For example, do not pinch, poke, prod, disturb, feed or stand on the animals. In Florida, should the manatees swim alone? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z More prevalent in the exhibition is photography that focuses on photography itself, as if it were a patient suffering from a possibly terminal illness and compelled to poke and prod itself from every conceivable angle. ‘For a New World to Come,’ Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z If you think addiction couldn’t happen to your nearest and dearest, Robinson gently prods you to think again. Looking for a Book to Read With Friends? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z He was someone who called, he talked to you, he would prod you. Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Again and again, he returns to the detention center where Misumi is being held, prodding and poking his client. Review: In ‘The Third Murder,’ Guilty as Charged Isn’t the Whole Story 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Just days before the play would begin previews, Ms. Senior was still prodding him to adjust the script. Being Bella? Harvey Fierstein Doesn’t Need a Dress to Try 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z At one point, he repeatedly prods a female dancer until she turns and sticks out her hips just so. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z Archbishop Tutu, in apron and tongs, manned the braai, frequently prodding the steaks as grill cooks do everywhere. South Africa, One Nation United by the Grill 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z But after Shannon’s prodding, Spike and I sat down to watch. The Daily Spike: Service puppies take the spotlight in 'Pick of the Litter' 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The woman, though, just looked at it sideways and prodded her Blackberry. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z I watched a tourist try on sneakers that were on sale, prodded on by his wife and glared at dismissively by the store’s workers. The Inevitability of Supreme 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Our kids were poked and prodded, asked a thousand questions and sat in front of countless puzzles, and what we walked away with was a copious stream of initials: PTSD, RAD, F.A.S.D., Motherlode Blog: Foster Parenting Creates a Future, Without Erasing the Past 2013-01-27T14:41:46Z And in the video, the band members are filmed up close as their faces are aggressively poked and prodded. The Playlist: Pusha T Spurns the Doubters and Kendrick Lamar Tempts the Critics 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z And how can having someone prod your body with skinny needles relieve aches, pains or horrible hay fever? So you want to give acupuncture a try. How do you pick a provider? 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z There’s a fight-to-the-death scene involving a cattle prod that still has me cringing. Review | ‘Winter Counts’ hits the sweet spot between gritty thriller and social novel 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z “Obviously, everything is going really well,” McPherson, who is nonbinary, said, prodding a toothpick between their teeth. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The length of the train on Odette’s wedding dress certainly prods memories of Diana. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ by Australian Ballet at Koch Theater 2012-06-17T22:05:37Z Beautiful high-resolution photographs of farm animals on a rustic background, which produce their respective noises when prodded. This week's new games 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z The man places his hand around Catherine’s face and grabs her by the chin while prodding her in the back with a sword that he is slowly unsheathing. Art: The Gloomy Brilliance of Lucas Cranach 2011-03-04T12:00:05Z When men are asked, “so, when are you going to have kids?” it’s a gentle prodding into full adulthood, which is assumed to begin at parenthood. Rachel Sklar smashes the pregnancy “cone of silence”: Why it’s still women’s work to explain fertility 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z It opens with a jaunty, rustic theme; goes through a pensive episode; and keeps breaking into contentious arguments prodded by feisty exchanges between the soloist and a snare drum. New York Philharmonic Responds to Attacks in Paris 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z So the room has a strange status — not quite a historical artifact, not entirely a shrine, more like an architectural prod to the conscience. Perspective | Jefferson’s Monticello finally gives Sally Hemings her place in presidential history 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The pair seemed, Mr. Belzer noted, dangerous — a template that subsequent generations of comics adapted to their own times, using comedy to prod, startle, challenge. For Jerry Lewis, Few Statuettes but Lots of Influence 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Our clothing was assigned the first day and cleared with costume and we wore the same thing each day as the musky people smell increased and slept-in hairstyles were prodded back to center. Best of 2018: I am a "MasterChef" survivor 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Try to remember to be gentle when you prod about homework or ask the dreaded parenting question, “How was school?” Perspective | How do we help our tweens and teens with the return to school? 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z She designed curved corrals intended to reduce stress on animals being led to slaughter and taught workers how to herd animals without excessive electrical prodding. Emmy-winner 'Temple Grandin' encores on HBO 2010-10-20T23:31:00Z Given that description, I needed some prodding from my editor to watch the movie, and that's my job. The Interrupters: Heroes in an Urban War Zone 2011-08-05T19:55:00Z And on any scorn-rating it scores pretty highly: the book basically consists of a series of prods, pokes, gags, winks, in-jokes, rages and philosophical wind-ups. Exodus by Lars Iyer – review 2013-02-27T11:00:01Z As he lies dying, Phoenix interrogates him, pours water on him, slaps him with his own tie, prods his injury, then gives him a painkiller. Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Electronica, jazz, dubstep, metal and, yes, even folk have gone into the pot, and find themselves prodded into interesting new shapes by a band who are simply curious to see what happens. Best albums of 2012, No 7: Alt-J – An Awesome Wave 2012-12-06T14:25:00Z Unable to see or properly breathe, encased in soaking clothes, they inch through the maze while being hosed, prodded and screamed at. Extreme haunted house: inside the real life kingdom of masochists 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Well, our culture suffers from terminal rationality, and the strange tale pokes and prods at the mystery in our lives. Books of the Dead 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Osborne, for one, needed no special prodding. Jeff Koons Lends a Hand and a Name 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z And this, ultimately, is the most salient feature of “Wayra”: It prods remembrances of other experiences without managing to be terribly memorable itself. Acrobatics and High Winds in ‘Fuerza Bruta: Wayra’ 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Early in life, the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was bestowed the nickname gaflen, or “fork,” for his talent at detecting weakness in others — and his taste for prodding at it. The Life of a Philosopher for Whom Life Was the Main Question 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The doctor’s wife was a psychiatrist, so he knew to keep prodding, which is something Dr. Fisher said is rare. I Gave Birth, but My Husband Developed Postpartum Depression 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Like Major Tom, she is prodded and primped; like her dog, she has to learn to walk the right way in the show-ring. Major Tom – review 2013-05-12T14:00:21Z Then a new set of doctors, prodded by his family, determined that what ailed the artist wasn’t his health but overzealous attempts to manage it. The not-so-simple comeback story of pioneering artist Sam Gilliam 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Sullivan prodded him to visit Ms. Sanford a second time in October. After Scandal and Divorce, Jenny Sanford Learns She Can Love Again 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Amstell continues to prod at the artifice of celebrity and success, but this time by turning his lampooning eye inwards. Simon Amstell’s Ego 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Humor is usually her electric prod of choice. An Account of Surviving Assault Mixes Horror and Humor 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z With this he points, prods, slicks, licks and hits metal surfaces. "You never go into the upper kitchen" and other survival tips from a waiter in Paris 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He prodded me about my seemingly impulsive query, trying to determine a health or comfort cause behind it. "You want a rich lady mouth": Could fixing my teeth fix my life? 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Despite my gentle prodding, his absolutist positions made the conversation pretty one-sided, but I was gratified to be outside the New York City echo chamber. Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z Any time I feel like I am being manipulated or prodded or curated in any way, shape or form, I lose interest. "What a confusing country we live in": Michael Shannon on his gun violence movie "Eric LaRue" 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Do journalists really need additional prodding to censor themselves about Islam even more than they already do? We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z I think Ms. Hearst likes a smart prod. At Gabriela Hearst, Cashmere and the Carlyle Are Close at Hand 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Instead of knights in armor, man-size rats with glowing red eyes populate the stage, an experimental laboratory where minders in scrubs and face masks prod and push characters on and off stage. Rats and recycling: Wacky Wagner at Bayreuth 2011-08-03T22:16:04Z No, not the one in San Bernardino, the tragedy that is dominating the airwaves and prodding “prayerful” tweets from politicians. This is why Trump is winning: “Muslim Killers,” manipulated fear and the other mass shooting we ignored 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The artist thought deeply about the nature of objects and art — and how the boundaries of each might be prodded and poked and, perhaps, blown to smithereens. How the iconoclastic life and quiet death of L.A. artist Chris Burden was captured in a new documentary 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z He prodded the directors, a fractious bunch, to forge what Julian Raby, director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, called “a common vision.” Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z For several seasons, she tried to prod listeners, and perhaps performers, to think differently about music by bringing in artists from other disciplines to discuss what they do. Music Review: Soundtrack for Bird and Turtle, and Other New Music 2011-03-29T21:48:48Z But some novelists have turned to music not to envy its Orphic power but to prod a bit dubiously at the very idea of attention as we’ve come to conceive of it. Music, Fiction, and the Value of Attention 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z I’ve heard of women on set being openly poked and prodded by male studio executives who discuss their unsuitable size – and these actors are tiny in the first place. Hollywood’s grim century of fat-shaming: from Greta Garbo to Chlöe Grace Moretz 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Industrial-strength counterpoint weighs down the first part of the finale, which is prodded forward by an imperturbably steady walking bass line. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z It's a classic example of the interviewer as irritant – TV death by a thousand gentle prods and pokes. How Morrissey fell for the Stephen Colbert effect 2012-10-11T13:21:09Z Director Michel Franco's film, "New Order," a stinging indictment on economic inequality, is electrifying — like a cattle prod to the nether regions. Michel Franco's dystopian drama "New Order" is an electrifying cattle prod to the nether regions 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z “When I sat next to him, I was like, ‘I’m 100 percent sure it’s him,’” Ms. Giridhar said, “but I didn’t want to prod or be weird or creepy.” When Celebrities Fly Coach 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z But hearing Dylan prod the melodies and finesse the rhythms allows them to be reanalyzed with the Talmudic scrutiny they deserve. Review: Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z These days, the staff is taught to prod customers — gently — to reconsider when the list gets too long. Chipotle wannabes find D.C. the perfect place for have-it-your-way cuisine An extra on a Disney show said the crew referred to that C.C.O. as the “pool noodle Nazi” for the foam pool accessory repurposed to prod extras into six feet of social distance. Have You Satisfied Your Covid Compliance Officer? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z It “echoes through her brain on an endless loop,” prodding her to upbraid him during their final hours together. The most pleasant novel about pornography you’ll ever read 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Because of her preternatural intelligence, Holly was poked and prodded as a child by scientists who eventually pronounced her a medical wonder. Review | The real mystery of HBO’s ‘The Outsider’: Why isn’t it better? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z He begins his story in childhood, prodded by a demanding mother, attached to his more loving father, to whom he gravitated when his parents divorced. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z In some ways, she’s a passive doormat, whom Emma is able to prod into asking David to sign over his house to them over an epically uncomfortable dinner. Review: ‘Sally4Ever’ Sends a Black-Hearted Valentine 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He thinks this through, prodding at his cake. Julian Barnes: 'I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z But the former New York Times writer also had a rebellious streak that prodded her to draw her own conclusions about historic nationalism. Seeing through fire 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In his defence, Kanner never used a cattle prod, unlike some other doctors trying to treat autistic children. Horrible history 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z After some prodding, the photographer turned his lens to her. Renate Reinsve Steps, Reluctantly, Into the Spotlight 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z They prod the elephant to see whether they can get it to make some room. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z It's a wonder, then, that turn-based strategy games, whose very essence is map prodding, aren't more popular on touch screen devices. This week's new games 2011-04-08T23:08:02Z Critics say the cards prod consumers to spend ever more money so they can collect points toward perks such as free air travel, reduced hotel rates or preferential treatment at travel destinations. The public may be losing its affinity for travel credit cards 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z You would think a music director would be eager to put his name on new works, to prod his company to foster the future. Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z I was sad about this but also relieved, knowing how vulnerable I felt to prodding. Trying Out a Forgotten (and Free) Service: Personal Shoppers 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Buddy Guy prodded the president, saying he'd heard that the president sang part of an Al Green tune recently, and adding, "You gotta keep it up." Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues 2012-02-22T13:28:08Z Perhaps most crucially, music should be used sparingly so that the film allows viewers to make their own associations and connections, rather than continually prodding and poking them toward a particular feeling. Is the success of a movie score measured only on screen? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The protesters were there, he explained, to prod artists and audiences into action. Critic's Notebook: Balcony Seats Can Help Economic Inequalities in Arts 2011-12-29T18:00:01Z Experts predict airlines and other travel companies will now try even harder to bait customers with low prices and then prod them into paying extra for something they want. Don’t expect annoying airline fees to go anywhere anytime soon | Travel Troubleshooter 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z “At every point,” Dr. Lofton writes, “the preacher prodded, focused, named and decried.” Beliefs: The Church of Oprah Winfrey and a Theology of Suffering 2011-05-28T00:30:15Z All together, the series is a strident deconstruction of western narratives, both popular and academic, that prods the audience to probe their assumptions. ‘Sometimes, it’s shocking’: Raoul Peck on his bold new colonialism series 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z And yet under Steve’s persistent prodding the emotionally restrained Larry admits he’s found himself dreaming of his last encounter with Dane. | 'The Dream of the Burning Boy': Flying Above Emotions, Then Grounded by Trauma 2011-03-24T02:30:27Z By the time I’d finished exploring I was left with a profound feeling of satisfaction, as if Black Mirror had prodded me towards the ending it felt was best. Black Mirror's Bandersnatch: Charlie Brooker's meta masterpiece 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Brodesser-Akner prods the form of the marriage novel as though it were a sleeping lump on the other side of the bed. “Fleishman Is in Trouble” Turns the Marriage Novel Inside-Out 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z He’s a raw nerve who can’t help prodding and probing himself where it hurts, less like the lead of Louie than the “Larry David” of Curb Your Enthusiasm, except buttressed by much less money. TV Tonight: Maron 2013-05-03T09:45:23Z Kennedy had told me the same thing last summer — that they would publish only to prod federal officials into action. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril Complicating matters, he introduced a life-size Muppet-like puppet, Carlos the Lion, who served as a sort of elder antagonist figure, constantly prodding Chance to remain on message. Chance the Rapper Honors Chicago, His Hometown, With Magnificent Coloring Day 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z In the print series known as “The Disasters of War,” he is a virtuoso of violence: shading it, savoring it, prodding it toward us with blunt intent. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In most mainstream cinema, the story tugs you along — or prods you into its mazelike corridors and toward dead ends — encouraging you to wonder what happens next. ‘I Was at Home, but …’ Review: In Grief, What Dreams May Come 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z I suspected he thought of me as a lab rat to be prodded through a maze. My Marriage: A Course in Desert Survival 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And “God Is Dead?” in particular, may prod you with its title. Black Sabbath’s New Album, ‘13’ 2013-06-07T16:18:21Z Once when prodded by a journalist for answers he was reluctant to provide, he playfully threw up his hands and pretended to end the interview, saying, ""Genuk! Gil Cates led with wit, charm and confidence 2011-11-02T18:26:12Z The pencils are super-appealing — not a clinker in the set — and doggedly tenacious: they stay put till prodded. | Pencil This In 2011-03-02T20:30:43Z On a recent morning, Hebald took a metal spatula to a slab of clay, swatting, prodding and flipping it before pounding it with a wooden meat tenderizer. Sculptor's creative juices still flowing at 93 2010-12-20T19:16:02Z I poked and prodded, picking fights designed to reveal any holiday man tendencies before I got hurt, before I became too invested. The Gift of the Missing Men 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Big old museums, the most change-aversive of institutions, are way behind the times and are being prodded hard to move forward these days. After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “But after some prodding, he threw up his hook hand and said, ‘Arr, I am just tired of always having to be the bad guy with her.’” A Toddler Detective, Pirate Parents and Other Witty Treats in Simon Rich’s ‘New Teeth’ 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z It said it did not allow the use of prods in its operations, and would talk to its trucking company about the electric prod seen in the video. Animal Rights Group Says Video Shows Abuse of Sheep 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z I prod the girls on the subject of romantic rejection. All This Panic: the most relatable film about teenage girlhood ever? 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z “I wanted to prod practitioners to be more resourceful, more improvisational, to not let them forget that they are creative problem solvers,” Mr. Cordova said. Art Basel Miami Beach Was Canceled, but the Show Goes On 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z But these folks, who might not look out of place at a church picnic until they open their mouths, didn’t need much prodding. ?Sunset Daze? Gives Older Folks Their Reality Show 2010-04-27T02:05:00Z He proved it not by pushing and prodding it, not by milking it for the last ounce of sentiment and swoon, but, rather, by conducting with a light touch. Dudamel celebrates a summer favorite to the beat of the USC marching band 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z He looks at the snake and away, prodding it rhythmically with his stick. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z Cheerleader and counselor, impresario and guru — he will push and prod in a rehearsal room for greater clarity, deeper character, more truth. The Unimaginable 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Becoming a mother has often prodded Seyfried to look back on the arc of her own life, and from her vantage point in the Catskills, things play a little differently now. Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z No more than 25 percent being hit with an electric prod. Can slaughterhouses be humane? 2013-04-22T02:00:00Z But it seems to me that the production is reaping the dubious reward of its constant goading and prodding. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But a meeting with Piet Mondrian quickly prodded him into abstraction, which he souped up in surprising ways. When It Comes to Calder, the Same Piece Is Always Different 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Imagine that over the course of your lifetime a flock of people, many of them women, have prodded, inspected and peered at your nether regions. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Said Obama: "I'm not big on someone's personal lives being poked and prodded and that ends up being the primary issue." Obama: Issues more important than personal lives 2011-12-15T23:46:10Z Born in Mississippi in 1933, he started painting early and kept pushing and prodding the medium. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z This isn’t the citizenry selecting a leader to govern for a set term; it’s wherever crowds happen to converge, often prodded into position by a marketing team. Nice Museum. Where’s the Art? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Despite some reliance on stereotyped shorthand, Russin and director Sarah Figoten Wilson believably show how these characters mercilessly — and noisily — prod and poke one another’s emotional sore spots at every opportunity. Family and faith set to simmer at Ruskin's 'Face in the Reeds' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The police again prodded Tree Man to dismount, and again Tree Man refused. The Tree Man Outside My Window 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z When Larson introduces himself as “a musical theater writer, one of the last of my species,” the line prods fans to protest that his as-yet-unwritten rock musical would galvanize a generation of creators. ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ Review: A Bohemian’s Rhapsodies 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z She didn't get into comedy until she was nearly 40, after her first husband, Sherwood Diller, prodded her for two years to give up a successful career as an advertising and radio writer. Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95 in Los Angeles 2012-08-20T20:27:41Z I was off in a daydream as I returned to those lovely days, but my mother prodded me under the table to tell me it was time to stop. The Birthday Party and the Airman by ?ukasz D?bski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 2011-04-08T10:22:00Z Mr. Shepherd’s engrossing 12-minute work begins with the oboe playing a fidgety, twisting melody, prodded along by plunked sounds and curt chords in the strings. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z Music cues provide unnecessary goosing; cheap re-enactments trace the shooter’s whereabouts; and the director, who is sometimes on camera, intersperses good questions with manipulative prods to his grieving subjects. ‘Parkland: Inside Building 12’ Review: Recounting the Attack in Painful Detail 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z They weren’t prodded at all, though there were some surprises, like Linda’s hair, which she’d done for a job for someone else. George Michael’s Freedom Video: An Oral History 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z We spend all day together, just sort of prodding each other and saying I bet you can't do that, but I bet I can. Dinos Chapman's debut album: here comes the Luftbobler! 2013-02-19T18:24:32Z "Writing prods the mind to find meaning in experiences," Wilson said. Books: "Redirect," and "Willpower" offers clues on rewriting life story 2011-11-07T15:17:03Z The slime videos tend to begin with hands—young, pretty hands, with piano-player fingers—prodding the surface of whatever goo in question. The “Oddly Satisfying” Pleasures of Slime Porn 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Rock, Mr. Chappelle and Louis C. K. create tension by prodding their audiences; Mr. Ansari more often caters to his, taking stands that ruffle few feathers. Aziz Ansari Plays Madison Square Garden 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In between their feats, Wednesday continued to prod at Shadow’s difficulty with the supernatural in ways that felt reheated from last week. American Gods recap: season one, episode three – the man with fire in his eyes 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Both lawyers were repeatedly prodded on his location. Zimmerman attorneys withdraw from case 2012-04-10T21:25:00Z I genuinely think because of Trump's prodding, he doesn't allow that. Trevor Noah talks to Salon about worrying less about Trump’s spelling and more about democracy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z For a generation of backpackers now gone gray, the tattered paperback accounts of his treks through China, Africa and South America were a prod to adventure, bibles of inspiration under many a mosquito net. Would the Pandemic Stop Paul Theroux From Traveling? 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z If Internet-speak usually provokes in you a nasty Pavlovian response, akin to being shocked by a small electric cattle prod, you are not alone. “Tinted meatball Donald Trump”: How the “celebrithet” took over the internet 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z They’re playful but also confrontational, prodding at the conceptions of working-class immigrants in these communities as menacing. JR’s Street Gallery Comes Indoors 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z He thinks she offered him a cigarette, she thinks he was the one who prodded her into trying a Gauloise. ‘The Affair’ on Showtime Stars Dominic West and Ruth Wilson 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Those numbers may pick up as the rave reviews — and news of Ruiz's death on Friday at 70 — prod discerning cinephiles into taking a chance on a masterpiece on Portuguese. Box Office: The Help Is the Boss of Conan and Spy Kids 4D 2011-08-21T05:20:00Z A onetime single mother herself, she asked me why I wasn’t dating and prodded me for stories about my life. Modern Love: Just the Two of Us, When One Toddles 2011-08-25T22:25:10Z When she prods him about his early life, Tsukuru hesitantly relays the scarring story of the loss of his four friends. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z L ate last year, prodded in part by Taylor, the D.C. That empty patch of grass? That could be the District’s next farm. 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Fellow celebrities such as Will.i.am criticized him or prodded him to change course. Kanye West’s Comments Follow a Familiar Playbook. Will They Work This Time? 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Reed freely admits she needs some pushing and prodding at times. Rondi Reed: The ultimate role player 2011-05-18T22:33:00Z Meanwhile, writers from the 1830s and 1840s prodded men to aspire to svelte bodies, strong trunks and no excess body fat. Why do men obsess over six-packs 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z This was the “How much?” people had prodded me about, and it wasn’t the half I’d assumed. I am not Pocahontas 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z We poked and prodded the snowpack, checking for weak layers, and examined the crystals for shapes that looked prone to sliding. Explorer: Avalanche Survival: Know Your Snow 2010-12-10T21:49:00Z Spotted, Not Melted After a year of prodding, my hair stylist finally persuaded me to color my long, “virgin” brown hair. Social Q?s: Social Q?s 2010-07-01T23:16:00Z Mr. Hunt said in a phone interview last week, when prodded to recall Mr. Newsome. Art: Rashaad Newsome, Blending Hip-Hop and Heraldry 2011-10-20T20:08:10Z It smoothly responds to our prodding, pinching and swiping so that we may do our duty as good little online citizens, working, shopping and distracting ourselves endlessly. The power of touch: what will it be like when we can all connect again? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith and Mr. Erwin kept prodding Ms. James: “Ma’am, is this your cat?” Music Review: Swing That?s Smoked and Saucy and Will Stick 2011-01-07T23:26:43Z Mr. Trump prods for response, and he gets it — at awards shows, on your Facebook feed, in Super Bowl ads, in N.B.A.-coach press statements. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z With no cage to protect us, professional divers flanked the group, gripping aluminum prods in case the predators became overzealous. 2010-01-15T17:14:00Z The best of reality TV, “UnREAL” observes, comes from something genuine pouring into the camera; but as it turns out, you can poke and prod authenticity in all kinds of ways. From the Duggars to the Bachelorettes, we’ve made our cynical TV beds — and this damning critique of our “reality” obsession couldn’t come at a better time 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Between the lines, I see siblings whose differences have been exposed and prodded to the point of releasing toxins. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can’t understand why brother blocked your number? Hello? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Is America capable of going on a diet and eating healthier without being pushed and prodded and punished to do so? Candy: The next battle in America’s health war? His ubiquity, Betancourt said, is proof that Miami’s museums and collectors alike have finally embraced the city’s own artists, prodded by Art Basel’s attention to made-in-Miami work. Art Basel Miami Beach Returns, Smaller but Ready to Party 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Her works are as much fun to look at as they are to prod and fondle. Go ahead, touch the art. That's the point of 'Twiddle, Poke, Hold' 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z As emcee of a broadcast notorious for its predictability and geezer audience, MacFarlane may bring a cheekiness that prods younger viewers to check out the Oscars just to see what he might pull. Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards 2013-02-22T15:15:11Z Each word seems carefully weighed and prodded for sound, taste, touch. Immerse yourself in Percival Everett's 'Half an Inch of Water' and Joanna Walsh's 'Vertigo' 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The larger issue will be simply to prod enough academy members to see the late-breaking "Sniper." Christmas movies vying for Oscar voters' attention 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z She wrote thousands of columns that poked, prodded and — she hopes — soothed some heartache in her adopted metropolis. A legendary Chicago newspaper columnist bids farewell — and wonders who will be left to tell her city’s tale 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z In 2006, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act required food packaging to identify ingredients more clearly; manufacturers were prodded to call casein, for example, what it really is — roughly, milk. It’s bad enough to have a food allergy. But then you have to deal with the skepticism. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The road to yes involved a fragmented political landscape, an insistent fan base and gently prodding studio executives. Why Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Couldn’t Quit Jason Bourne 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Ben finds himself prodded toward behavior that he can justify but not condone. Books of The Times: New-Wave Drug Dealers in Don Winslow?s ?Savages? 2010-07-07T22:18:00Z Their punishment consists of being hounded by men wielding priapic clubs who poke and prod them, ceaselessly, eternally. When They Graduated From Rape to Murder, Their Sister Turned Them In 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In late summer, tiny buds emerge along fresh twigs, which grow until falling autumn temperatures prod the tree into dormancy. Climate change is already hurting fruit breeders, and consumers could soon feel the pain 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Moyers was kind of poking and prodding her, and she was just resolute and radiating throughout the whole thing. Amandla Stenberg Sees Beauty Underwater, and Strength in Maya Angelou 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “She is constantly by our side, prodding us with questions, offering speculations, reporting on exciting discoveries,” Martin Puchner writes in his review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The crowd at King’s Theatre, in Brooklyn, took some prodding to get on its feet. Erykah Badu Delivers 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z It prods my presence as a black woman reporter, a perspective that has often been silenced and underrecognized, if not entirely missing, from many of the supposedly “authoritative” historical accounts. Edgar Arceneaux’s labyrinthine ‘Library of Black Lies’ invites endless interpretation 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Both before and after this transformation, she is chased, threatened, prodded, eaten, humiliated, even tied up and whipped. Review: In ‘Shadowland’ Opening the Makeup Case and Unleashing a New World 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Obama realized that and brushed O’Reilly’s prodding off with, “If you want to be President of the United States, then you know that you’re going to be subject to criticism.” “Do you think I’m being unfair to you?”: When the halftime whistle blows at Super Bowl 51 Bill O’Reilly will grill a new POTUS. Or will he? 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Return to the oven and cook for a further 8-12 minutes until the birds offer the merest resilience when prodded. 20 best autumn recipes: part 2 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The best she can muster is to pick up a stick and sort of gently prod the rat thingy's haunch. The five most pathetic female film characters of all time 2011-03-08T19:30:01Z What audiences really need is some gentle prod to consider how the works on view tug at the heartstrings of whiteness. Review | NGA’s exhibit of Dutch marine art skates over issues of slavery and colonialism 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Her performances have the kind of intelligence and emotional range that prods an audience to find that heightened capacity in themselves. Maryann Plunkett Is a Radiant Everywoman 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Outing, whose high point came and went in two or three years, also prodded the media to reconsider the rules of engagement when it came to public figures and their personal lives. Meet two activists who brought sweeping change to the gay rights movement There’s an irony that that whole Tea Party revolution was supported and prodded by super PACs. How God’s will and an awful lot of PAC money made Ben Carson seem like a legitimate candidate 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z So he goes to the fish market to prod clams, watches in awe as a bar owner beheads a bottle with a sword, then throws together four different risottos, all beautiful. Midsomer Murders 2010-05-05T07:00:00Z In the opening passages, Simmons's short brass motifs invited high strings rejoinders, prodded and stretched by Ben Reynolds's asymmetrical drumming. Fringe Magnetic ? review 2011-02-10T17:19:22Z The beans require overnight soaking, but need no poking or prodding until you're ready to make hummus the next day. 30 Yotam Ottolenghi recipes big on flavor, low on effort 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The first compares the N.F.L. “combine,” where would-be pros are prodded and assessed by coaches, with slave auctions, where human bodies were likewise inspected, measured and objectified. Review: ‘Colin in Black & White’ Finds Kaepernick Before He Took a Knee 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “Apex,” slower still, gurgles in an eerie stasis, with microtonal sighs prodded by restless timpani. Classical Recordings: Pascal Dusapin?s Seven Solos for Orchestra 2010-05-13T14:41:00Z The pressure to perform surpassingly forever prods at us—an urge arising from within almost as much as from without. “Seasonal Associate” Is a Labor Memoir for the Amazon Era 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Ali Catterall Arrogant super-surgeon Michael isn't really viewing all this supernatural prodding to become a better person from his dead ex-wife as much of a gift – "Can't you just haunt somebody else for a while?" TV highlights 28/08/2012 2012-08-27T19:00:02Z Wilford is a good singer who even strums guitar from time to time, but the acidity of his Judas prods him to roughly roar too many vocal lines. Review | Signature’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ looks hip and sounds vintage 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Over the course of a day, judges poked and prodded the animals, felt their fur, stroked their tails, looked at their teeth and tested their agility. Fancy felines hit Hanoi for first ever cat show 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Throughout it all, Vargas is our able guide, part inquisitor and part instigator, prodding these white people and their wondrous presuppositions, arching his brow whenever someone says something “problematic.” The Trouble with “White People” 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z I first met him when he walked into the Woody Creek Tavern waving a giant cattle prod and a Taser gun ... A Minute With: Johnny Depp and his "Rum Diary" 2011-10-26T09:13:19Z “The Cruelest Ride: Electric prods, spurs and bucking straps,” read one poster. 'The Longest Ride' premiere is Hollywood's first rodeo 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Gail, who loves her son unconditionally, gently prods him to find his own place and get a job. Review: In ‘James White,’ Facing Adulthood With Uncertainty 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z I woke up in the morning and waited, I prodded at lunch and waited, I watched Holmes subject himself to a number of unfortunate triple comb-over options and still I waited. Waiting for book 'go' 2011-01-05T12:22:13Z Pushing, prodding and grabbing were the most common acts, accounting for 35% of all violent scenes across the 11-year period of research. Hollyoaks is now 'most violent soap' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Finally, Ms. Linsey was unleashed, her voice roaring, while Mr. Jones got impressionistic with his electric guitar, playing scraped-up, wobbly chords that poked and prodded at the edges of Ms. Linsey’s lines. Music Review: Songs Say One Thing, Actions Another 2011-01-11T22:20:25Z Ever since they found their groove on SNL, they’ve been quizzed and prodded about the one thing that interests them the least – their gender. Maya Rudolph: ‘I'm not a woman in comedy. I'm a comedian' 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Last year's telecast provided enough of that with The Slap, which Kimmel gently prodded in his monologue and a couple of times during the ceremony. How the Academy Awards managed to be both uplifting and disappointing -- everything, all at once 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Her careful consideration of their childhoods will prod young readers to think of what better sort of girlhood is possible for the next generation. Three books to inspire young readers to bravery 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z They poke and prod, attaching straps and plastic limbs while Ataqullah stares blankly. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z We’ve both been bald, chemo infused, radiated, hospitalized, scanned, poked and prodded, terrified we wouldn’t live to see our children grow up. The Out of Towner: Cancer Survivors See the Play ?Wit? 2012-02-16T23:10:38Z As a filmmaker, he doesn’t yet have the comic timing to prod a laugh from a montage of rats and garbage. ‘Better Nate Than Ever’ Review: Castaway Seeks Broadway 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z It's a big enough tragedy that these animals end up in slaughterhouses, where they are kicked, shocked with electric prods and finally dragged off the trucks to their deaths. Memorials urged for animals killed in crashes 2011-12-26T12:13:00Z The show is at its best when it’s prodding at points like this, and Rick and Daryl’s scenes continue to be this season’s best. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monster 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Albee said he didn’t know in which direction Mr. Weaver would prod Mr. Sanders, if any. Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign? 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z It opens with startling, crisp orchestral chords that prod the flute into scurrying figures, quickly taken up by other instruments. Music Review: Elliott Carter?s Concerto for Flute - Review 2011-09-30T22:55:05Z In short, airlines are leveraging their high luggage fees to prod infrequent customers into giving them their unquestioning loyalty. Airlines are resorting to increasingly devious ways to charge you for luggage 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Behind the camera or as a prodding overseer, Tsui Hark was the central creative figure of a truly popular national cinema. 'Detective Dee': A Masterpiece from a Hong Kong Cinema Swami 2011-09-01T05:10:00Z Kai is rapt, prodding me to take more photos and reporting on the animal’s every move as I make dinner. A father-son backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon is an introduction to adventure 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Each note prods the other instruments to respond with splattering, skittish figures and bursts. Review: Eighth Blackbird Ensemble Plays Sleeping Giant’s Suite 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z I cry, as the tiny, glossy curds finally emerge after I've prodded them gently towards cooked over low heat for what feels like hours. Egg cookery by emotional state: An essential guide 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z After some prodding, the entire class attends the funeral of the mother of a black student. E.R. Braithwaite, author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Identified on one of Nathan’s tapes as a helpful “product of your imagination,” the Muse keeps prodding Nathan to get back to work, to focus, to shut up and sing. Theater Review: Culture Project?s Revival of ?And God Created Great Whales? 2012-02-16T01:03:49Z His scheme was to devise his own corrective biography, ostensibly with Miller as authorized author, while behind the scenes Roth would, in effect, ghostwrite it with proddings and minute supervisions of method and means. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Then Jesse sent a story called “If I Was Fluent in …,” the first of many pieces in which he prods and pokes at cultural stereotypes. Editing Jesse Eisenberg 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z In the most touching and arresting scene in “Mixtape,” he interviews his mother, Mable, gently prodding her to talk about the effects of poverty and discrimination on her family. | 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975': ?The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975? - Review 2011-09-08T22:17:49Z In another segment, a worker from a trucking company that delivers live animals to the plant repeatedly stabs an electric prod into a truck in an apparent effort to get the sheep inside to move. Animal Rights Group Says Video Shows Abuse of Sheep 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “After much prodding, Buddy agreed,” said Jacqueline Bober, curator at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, adding that “the song helped set the tone for early rock ‘n’ roll songs for its instrumentation.” Peggy Sue, namesake of Buddy Holly rock classic, dies in Texas 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z When horrible things start to happen, we don’t know what they mean, but we are prodded to suppose that they must mean something. Review: In ‘Hereditary,’ the Horror is Slow-Cooked and Homemade 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Jackie Calder, the society’s curator, said that counterculture veterans will probably need little prodding to reminisce while being recorded by scholarly teams. Irish Artifacts and Provenance 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It would not unplug the scent, probably because these trademark smells are proven to elevate the mood of guests and prod them into spending more. Hotels are happy to accommodate guest requests — up to a point 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But the Magic Kingdom also employs squadrons of black-ops researchers to poke, prod and pry. Arts & Leisure: New Muppet (and Movie), Leading Franchise Into New Era 2011-11-16T16:00:12Z But Mr. Baron was infuriated that a Brant might again run Interview when Mr. Brant’s company ignored months of prodding to pay him his money. The Great Interview Magazine Caper 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z A book to prod lazy correspondents, email addicts and people who still enjoy writing real letters. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z After a global wave of figurative painting that poked, prodded and examined the human body from every perspective, the art world is now overrun with critters. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z It is classic Ono, tweaking and prodding those who come to see her work. Finding Yoko Ono’s New York 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Now you can at least pretend to give us your full attention for the five minutes you’re prodding our vulnerable, unclad bodies. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z After a bit of prodding, he makes noises about his "second home" and "down the road" before dissolving into "this is off the record". Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities 2010-06-28T07:00:00Z More philosophically, the show pokes and prods at empathy and morality, and the ways that othering whole categories of people makes it easy to dehumanize them. Review: ‘Just for Us’ Reaches Across the Chasm 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Tirelessly prodding the scab of denial and the bruises of Holocaust memories, he wonders why his strangely incurious mother, Hannah, never questioned her parents too closely about the war. Movie Review: ‘The Flat,’ a Jewish Family History in a Documentary 2012-10-18T23:12:36Z After a lot of prodding, Mr. Friedberg was able to film in El Quijote, the Spanish restaurant at the Hotel Chelsea which operated for 88 years before it closed last year. ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Offers a Tour of a Lost New York 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z It doesn’t take a lot of prodding for me to make silly noises. Film: Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz on ?Shrek? 2010-05-15T02:23:00Z He also has a cattle prod that he threatens to use on Cherry every time she uses the word “like” as an interjection instead of a verb. Books of The Times: How to Handle a Pop Star in Carl Hiaasen?s ?Star Island? 2010-07-20T22:00:00Z “What the robo-call problem prodded us to do,” Kopec says, “was to recognize that there has to be a technical piece to this solution as well.” How robo-callers outwitted the government and completely wrecked the Do Not Call list 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Some prod the object gingerly, like drivers checking a freshly flattened hedgehog for signs of life. Dynamo: Magician Impossible – now that's magic 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z There are at least two types of confusion that art produces: Disorientation, which is a good thing, unsettling our certainties and prodding us in uncomfortable new directions; and befuddlement, which is confusion without purpose. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He takes hell mighty seriously and is determined to prod the reluctant Kyle into joining him in the fight. Review: In ‘Outcast,’ Hell, as a Plot Device, Has Its Limits 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “The truth is that she was a huge part of my life for a long time, longer than people realize,” Mr. Carl said after much prodding. Rocking on His Own, Lady Gaga?s Ex 2012-03-07T20:50:25Z My father prodded me to think about chess in a focused manner – and, by extension, think thoroughly about everything else: life, physics, family, homework. The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon – extract 2013-02-23T08:00:19Z Most crucially, it prods at the links between freedom of hearts and minds and the freedom to gather in public spaces. Beats 2012-08-20T13:30:20Z Later, Fonda was prodded by King to reveal details of her relationship with record producer Richard Perry. Jane Fonda at Tribeca: 'Hillary Clinton will be president' 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldsmith, 34, came to podcasting after prodding from a friend, hoping that it would make him feel less stir-crazy during the pandemic lockdowns. Podcasts About Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z These are no mere donkeys, poked and prodded into carrying our bags up steep hills; these animals’ brains are being taken hostage, their nervous systems forced to cooperate with our plans. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Flip the fish, and cook for another 3 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily when you prod it with the spatula's edge. Yes, you deserve a fancy fish sandwich 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Barnett seems both the deliverer and recipient of its gentle prodding. The Future Is Big. So Courtney Barnett Still Sings About Small Things. 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z These are tunes that don’t prod or pander. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “Ordinary is just what you’re used to,” Aunt Lydia tells her charges, cattle prod in hand. “The Handmaid’s Tale”: A dystopian tale of female subjugation that hits close to home 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The piano part, mostly shifting chords with active inner voices, cushions the searching violin but loses patience and starts prodding the music with leaping octaves and gnarly bursts. Review: Juxtaposing Contemporary and Classical, Sometimes With Forearms 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “Remember,” one friend prodded her when she had shirked work for too long, “you are a writer, not other people’s cook.” A World-Class Writer and a World-Class Freeloader 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Lanois said the project started as an all-acoustic album, but he began prodding Young to get at what was in his heart. Neil Young's new album, 'Le Noise,' reaches deep, climbs to new musical highs 2010-09-28T00:20:00Z The dancers, with thin voices and self-conscious delivery, taunt one another with sarcasm, all the while pulling, poking and prodding one another’s bodies. Dance Review: Tiffany Mills Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-06-04T22:11:54Z It prodded your brain awake as it broke your heart. TV review: The Secret History Of Our Streets: Deptford; EastEnders 2012-06-06T21:00:01Z Stonehouse's "Devils and the Dead" series of paintings on old black-and-white studio portraits, many with internal captions, similarly skews the familiar, playfully prodding it into the realm of the odd or grotesque. From Fred Stonehouse, haunting portraits and visual poetry 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The dentist called Nicole into the exam room, poked and prodded a bit, and listed some treatment options. “Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy 2014-03-10T23:00:00Z Yet even the interesting sections are often marred by cinematic music employed to prod your emotions. Theater Review: ‘Bikeman: A 9/11 Play,’ on a Journalist’s Sept. 11 Experience 2014-02-20T23:38:15Z She prods at the cloud of confusion surrounding the word — its philosophical roots, literary history, political uses and inadvertent comedy. What Is Your True ‘Character’? And Who’s to Judge It? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z But “The Teacher” doesn’t dare take its premise to darker places by having Maria prod the parents too far beyond the bounds of their own moral compasses — a logical conclusion of this story. Review: ‘The Teacher,’ a Classroom Satire on Political Corruption 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Never before in the course of human events have our noses been so poked, prodded and downright invaded by foreign objects at our own behest. It’s the golden age of the swab, a 99-year-old invention that has never been more crucial 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z After a long month of drinking, the night you give it up, you can feel your body prodding you toward waking and going out for one last drink. I don’t call it Drynuary, but I still stop drinking every year for a month. Here’s why. 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The reader needs no such prodding; the drama, as it develops, is real enough. The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A book publicist gently prods her about her ethnic heritage — “You’re not … anything else?” the publicist asks after clarifying that June isn’t Asian. She Wrote a Blistering Satire About Publishing. The Publishing Industry Loves It. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z After Brubeck's death at age 91 on Dec. 5, Bennett's camp prodded Sony to see if a tape of the Washington concert existed and it was quickly located. Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered 2013-06-19T15:55:12Z I tend to do a lot of poking, prodding, and lid-lifting, aka all the things most recipes tell you to avoid. This is my favorite way to cook baby back ribs 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z A tart of white onion, bacon and asparagus splintered into shrapnel-like bits when prodded with a fork, but the savory smoky meat, sweet onion crust and crunchy asparagus merged perfectly when reunited in the mouth. Choice Tables: Lisbon?s Culinary Golden Age? 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z After a friend prodded him to audition for an episodic theater piece at the Pyramid, his stage career began. Edgar Oliver, Actor and Raconteur, Hews to His East Village Past 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Then, with only a little prodding, he discusses frightening events in his life: a blackout, a mugging. Review: In ‘Intimacy,’ What They Did for Love 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Ross eventually progressed to a full apology, but only after prodding. Critic’s Notebook: Lil Wayne and Other Rappers Run Afoul of Propriety 2013-05-07T18:41:15Z I woke to the gentle prodding of a flight attendant asking me to raise my window shade for the landing in Windhoek. 7 Days, 1,500 Miles in Namibia 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z It detailed the results of the exams, the pictures, the prodding, all those tiny vials of blood. In Matters of the Heart, We’re in This Together 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z |
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