单词 | prodigious |
例句 | On the other hand, ignoring the museum visitors was a prodigious undertaking. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She had always had the makings of a legend in her: the prodigious strength, the fearlessness, the religious ardor, the visions she had in which she experienced moments of prescience. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z By which time the original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos—a prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Nuts could be harvested in autumn in prodigious quantities and then stored for the winter in underground storage pits up to six feet deep and six feet wide. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Also present in prodigious numbers are microscopic mites and primitive wingless insects called springtails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “My dragons have developed a prodigious taste for mutton since we began to pay the shepherds for their kills. Have these claims been proven?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They often collected in prodigious, not to say rapacious, quantities. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I gave the drapery a prodigious yank and was free. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But instead of water, prodigious waves of cotton lapped around our house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And the idea of remaining in a poor agrarian setting, in any capacity, was anathema to a child with such prodigious talents and cocky self-assurance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They erected elaborate ceremonial buildings and prodigious numbers of forts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A year of rowing had given him prodigious strength in his arms and shoulders, and he worked his way through the pile of cedar bolts like a machine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It must have taken a prodigious effort for Con to pull himself out of there. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Indian fire had its greatest impact in the middle of the continent, which Native Americans transformed into a prodigious game farm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although Washington was not, like Adams or Jefferson, a prodigious reader of books, he was an obsessive reader of newspapers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Altogether he produced some six hundred anatomical papers, a prodigious output. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The noise of that prodigious slap by which her departure was accelerated was like a pistol shot. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When this boy, son of the captive Princess of Corniculum, awoke, the flames evaporated, leaving him unscarred; some years later, as this prodigious conflagration foretold, he was crowned King of Rome. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He signed up for the men’s gymnastics team, where his prodigious upper-body strength made him a standout on the rings, the high bars, and the parallel bars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She is about a foot taller than me and walks with a stick and a prodigious limp. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Oh! yes,” said Elizabeth drily; “Mr. Darcy is uncommonly kind to Mr. Bingley, and takes a prodigious deal of care of him.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “He’s American,” observed a man sporting a prodigious beard. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Science and technology were developing at a prodigious speed, and it seemed natural to assume that they would go on developing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The sea is only a receptacle for all the prodigious, supernatural things that exist inside it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Turk’s strength grew more prodigious with the months. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We have been for months constrained in scenes of prodigious sickness and desolation; we cannot but feel gratitude that we exchange these sad prospects for new views. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z During the initial battles on school desegregation, he used his prodigious energy to organize a chapter of the White Citizens’ Council. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Standing on this limb, you could by a prodigious effort jump far enough out into the river for safety. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “He excretes in prodigious amounts, Karen, not seen on the earth since prehistoric times when dinosaurs let fly,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All this has come about because of the sudden rise and prodigious growth of an industry for the production of man-made or synthetic chemicals with insecticidal properties. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If there were no books, no written records, think how prodigious a time twenty-three centuries would be. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Guts on the walls; his prodigious brain emptied out onto his bedspread. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Sybil dismissed this prodigious feat—the man got lucky with regards to his master is all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z White corpuscles are formed in the lymph glands and in some of the marrow cells at a variable, but still prodigious, rate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mulch had a prodigious appetite for tunneling, and that, unfortunately, is a literal translation. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It seemed so simple and so prodigious at the same time that overnight he lost all interest in his experiments in alchemy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He said to the boy in play, “It’s lucky you’re so prodigious sweet-faced. Otherwise we’d all feed you to them sharks for introducing fleas.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It has mouth parts adapted for piercing and sucking, and a prodigious appetite for the chlorophyll that makes the world green. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Notable for its equally prodigious strength and stupidity, the troll is often violent and unpredictable. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "And we must not neglect the other costs. Robert will want a prodigious feast. That means cooks, carpenters, serving girls, singers, jugglers, fools . . ." "Fools we have in plenty," Lord Renly said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They met in graduate school; he flitted from lab to lab with a prodigious curiosity but little perseverance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “What a prodigious idea,” Tamika said, this time wearing a real big grin, like the one she had in the picture with her uncle at the science center. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was the kind of prodigious output that even aspiring male engineers could only hope to replicate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As a youth, he displayed prodigious talents for magic and for chess, at which he could play two blindfold games simultaneously. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The chaplain braced himself with a prodigious effort of the will and plunged ahead brazenly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For more than two years the canal inadvertently diverted virtually all of the river's prodigious flow into the Salton sink. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even his granddaughter’s prodigious talent for extravagance was able to make a dent in his purse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were no match for her, even though there were four of them against one of her: She was a witch, as Harry knew, with prodigious skill and no conscience. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Its stink is prodigious—my eyes is near watering—and the hounds is coming—by God—what does a body do?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “And now we can’t go to the observatory, since it’s still closed because of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma. But making our own app—together—sounds prodigious.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The combination of his prodigious mind and his infectious grin was unbeatable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He would not believe that the Jesus Bible, with its absolutely prodigious abundance of words, gave no specific instructions to mothers of newborn twins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Essentially, Collins was saying that Bobby Fischer’s talent was God-given, innate, and all Collins could do was serve as a guide or bystander, offering encouragement and nurturing the boy’s prodigious gifts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The food was nothing special, but the servings were prodigious. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In his public life, he demonstrated a prodigious talent for promotion and manipulation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon the Road, we passed a prodigious Number of Companies, & some went towards Cambridge & some away, & there seemed a great Confusion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yossarian reached out instinctively for balance and then launched himself forward In a prodigious dive that crushed the three combatants to the ground beneath him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “That is the most prodigious girl in this school!” he pronounced. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We can thereby ingest, store and communicate a prodigious amount of information about the surrounding world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the only time we were interesting was when we were accused of atrocities or being slaughtered in prodigious numbers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Since then he had carried out such a prodigious number of pretty experiments that virtually no one except Cavalli dared to work in the same field. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z How could the chemical have built up to such prodigious levels in the grebes? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Or was there something mixed up in their blood, maybe in their brains too, which made them capable of accomplishing prodigious feats, which seemed beyond the capability of even the best among us? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On May 28, following two and a half months of prodigious effort, a high camp was dug tenuously into the Southeast Ridge at 27,900 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A prodigious breeder, the Horklump will cover an average garden in a matter of days. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The hit of the village was the Japanese contingent, whose tradition of prodigious gift giving made them the collective Santa Claus of the Games. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And yet there again, the Neurocase paper I cite above on the prodigious memorizer of 7t describes how the subject’s “self-report indicates that imagining affective situations and high emotional content is critical for successful recall.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And so, in consequence, there are infinite habitable worlds; what hinders? ... these and suchlike insolent and bold attempts, prodigious paradoxes, inferences must needs follow, if it once be granted which ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And how must our Wonder and Admiration be increased when we consider the prodigious Distance and Multitude of the Stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Hough’s playing was just as prodigious technically, and I found his conception more engrossing. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z Brands, a prodigious author and history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, allows neither man to get away clean. Even Headstrong Generals Must Answer to Someone 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z A former Manhattan resident who began his career as a fashion illustrator, Mr. Tierney was renowned for his prodigious research. Tom Tierney, Who Made Paper Dolls an Art Form, Dies at 85 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z We do, however, reap the rewards of her lifelong prodigious reading, as she investigates the cultural connotations of pain, from the etymology of the word in various languages to its interpretations. Books of The Times: Melanie Thernstrom?s ?Pain Chronicles?: The Cures and the Myths 2010-08-19T22:42:00Z He also consumed prodigious amounts of food, which caused his weight to balloon to more than 300 pounds. Pop: Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer, Is in Resurgence 2012-10-20T23:23:03Z But the most irresistible irony lies in the revelation that the father of the modern polygraph was himself a prodigious liar. The unconventional family that gave birth to Wonder Woman 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The way I see it, the book appears to blend prodigious research with conjecture. ‘ZeroZeroZero,’ by Roberto Saviano 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z For years, Mr. Ferlinghetti — writer, publisher, artist, San Francisco bookstore owner, social activist and prodigious traveler — was an integral part of the countercultural zeitgeist. Patti Smith, Paul Theroux and Others on Places Near and Far 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z For Paganini’s prodigious talent included a virtuoso guitar technique, and he composed a vast quantity of solo guitar works and pieces for guitar and violin. The Week Ahead: June 19 ? 25 2011-06-17T18:54:18Z In an age before near-universal digital access to everything, Rudolf’s collection was a prodigious display of his authority and the reach of his empire. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met His writing is infused with the results of his prodigious research in its libraries. How to Find the Spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Walker likens Houston’s prodigious perspiration to the sweat, tears and saltwater graves of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, tracing the consumption and disposal of Black women over three centuries. Review: ‘The Whitney Album’ Looks to Theater to Remake a Painful Past 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A more flamboyant side of Mr. Bronfman’s artistry emerged in a prodigious account of Brahms’s Sonata No. 3, written when the 20-year-old composer bore the weight of being heralded as Beethoven’s heir. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-25T21:50:22Z The exchange is in keeping with Mr. Allen’s oft-repeated insistence, on-screen and off, that life is meaningless, which may be true even if he seems feverishly bent on refuting it with his prodigious cinematic output. Review: Woody Allen’s ‘Irrational Man’ Explores Life’s Randomness 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This first Fall Reveal indicates how the museum pulled off this prodigious effort. The Word at MoMA Is ‘Rotation, Rotation, Rotation’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z On Friday night, Angela Meade brought her prodigious gifts to perhaps the most daunting role in the bel canto repertoire, the Druid priestess in Bellini's "Norma." New roles for Racette and Meade at DC Opera 2013-03-18T16:33:09Z A smooth-talking guitarist, Johnny has dropped his stutter and — rumor has it — picked up prodigious musical skills from a pact with the Devil. ‘Covenant’ Review: When Inner Turmoil Is Its Own Ghost Story 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The recurring presence of some does feel unnecessary, like the piano teacher who was the only witness to Soren’s prodigious outburst. Books of The Times: ‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon, Set in New Mexico 2012-07-17T21:16:28Z Tracey also possesses a prodigious talent for dance, which the narrator lacks, despite a strong passion. Zadie Smith’s New Novel Takes on Dance, Fame and Friendship 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Yet for all his seemingly peripatetic energy, Taylor also has the capacity to zero in on what he’s doing and to produce a prodigious amount of work. The ‘Slow Burn’ That Is Henry Taylor 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Less obviously, but also less equivocally, Sjon is a prodigious student of the techniques of earthbound fiction. A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Red Smith could have been talking about many denizens of the rail when he called Joe Palmer “a prodigious liar where truth was not important.” ArtsBeat: The Small and Pleasurable World at the Track 2013-05-03T14:00:48Z He was able to push through the renovation project through prodigious fund-raising and canny politics. Reynold Levy’s New Book Names Names, Including the Met and Peter Gelb 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z "Bruce Nauman: The True Artist," a new and lavishly produced book from Phaidon, probes the question with wit, insight and a prodigious amount of research, plus a good deal of personal experience. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Within the space of a chapter, Adam’s alertness to fraud will come to seem a corollary of his own prodigious fraudulence. Ben Lerner’s ‘The Topeka School’ Revisits the Debates of the ’90s 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z A debut novel, “The Great Fire of London,” came a few years later, and he began to churn out books at a prodigious clip. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z Painting was not only part of this "prodigious output," Sandys says, but "it's also what enabled everything else." Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The second act includes appearances of a werewolf and a severed limb — prodigious, sensational macabre excesses that are neither subtly psychological nor laughably over-the-top. Theater Review | 'The Duchess of Malfi': Sometimes Brothers Can Be Too Protective of a Sister 2010-03-08T22:18:00Z And he had a prodigious memory for comic literature and could quote whole routines — with the accuracy they deserved.” Stuart E. Hample, Humorist and Cartoonist, Dies at 84 2010-09-24T05:18:00Z The soccer god just clinched a major EuroCup win for the national team of Portugal, but it’s the Real Madrid team that’s paying out of pocket to keep his prodigious skill on their side. These 10 Celebrities Earned the Most This Year, Says Forbes 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Mackintosh was a prodigious architect, interior designer and artist, and the city has a wealth of his work. 36 Hours in Glasgow 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z In recent months, after years of relative silence, Mr. Bowie went on a prodigious streak, inspired in part by his fading health, according to the few people who knew. David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final Message 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Beyond her prodigious vocal skills, Ms. Bumbry brought a famous sultriness to her roles, a reputation she put to good use for a 1970 performance of “Salome” at the Royal Opera House in London. Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Her maneuvering of these hefty garments, as she tosses the shawl with matadorian zeal or hoists the ruffles to display her prodigious footwork, reveals both elegance and grit. Review: In ‘Flamenco Sin Título,’ the Many Sides of Olga Pericet 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z His star, as it were, is Gunda, a prodigious sow of uncertain age who, when the movie opens, has just given birth to a litter of a dozen or so piglets. ‘Gunda’ Review: A Remarkable Pig’s-Eye View of the World 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet all this still barely scrapes the surface of Zorn's prodigious output over four decades. John Zorn – review 2013-07-14T15:00:01Z Filipink, a prodigious crocheter who personally processed several thousand yards for the project, said she likes how it is a disruption — “taking a very indoor craft relegated to the women’s sphere and turning it outdoors.” Imagine Spider-Woman With a Crochet Hook 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z He and his prodigious crew started with the grounds, which had been cultivated as a pleasure garden but were seriously overgrown. Balinese Beat 2010-06-01T04:00:00Z Cuts to the arts, far from being a prudent saving, are in fact a prodigious financial waste. Memo to Jeremy Hunt: Hands off the arts budget 2010-05-13T15:06:00Z There’s nothing new about movies taking liberties with the truth, and the canard that Herman Mankiewicz was the main architect of “Citizen Kane” has been rebutted by prodigious scholarship. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Despite the prodigious hamming onstage, these performances have a lived-in quality that keeps everyone, if not always on the same page, then in the same world. Theater Review | 'Happy in the Poorhouse': At Theater 80, the Amoralists Look to Palookaville 2010-03-15T21:58:00Z Whatever else it is, Holy Motors is a two-hour product reel for its prodigious, protean star. Holy Motors: Leos Carax Flirts with a Cinematic Masterpiece 2012-10-19T15:07:14Z It’s noticeable here how little attention the bass player Flea’s prodigious playing gets. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z That set her on a course toward this book, for which she began doing prodigious research. Books of The Times: ‘Saul Steinberg,’ a Biography by Deirdre Bair 2012-12-13T23:12:59Z To be sure, the lawn consumed a prodigious amount of psychic energy and agricultural expertise well before it opened. New Art for Lincoln Center: Lawn Care 2011-04-27T11:00:00Z Snowbird, with its base-to-peak 110-person tram and larger hotels, burnishes a more industrial ambiance, although once you point your skis — or snowboard — downhill, you quickly become one with this prodigious mountain. Alta and Snowbird are renowned ski destinations, but crowded. Head northeast for Solitude. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Ironically, it was by the time the Mongol dynasty was set on a path of irreversible decadence that a period of prodigious transformation of Chinese art took off on a grand scale. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z Penn’s prodigious darkroom skills, his perfectionism and pronounced taste for exoticism led to reams of images that titillate without leaving any lasting sense of depth or meaning. A photographer squanders his talent in fashion and magazines 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Michelle’s prodigious talent, her success to that point in her career, and her keen understanding of the unsavoury aspects of office politics make her initial scepticism over dating a subordinate understandable. When Barack met Michelle: the presidential biopic as love story 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Then let's pause, and take a few minutes to wonder at the prodigious, sadly lost talent that was Martyn Bennett. Readers recommend: songs about Scotland – results 2012-12-06T14:27:37Z “Sustainability begins with the proper orientation of a building,” observes Overland founding principal Tim Blonkvist, whose prodigious environmental track record includes the Lady Bird Johnson National Wildflower Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin. Light Footprint 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamelin, even given his age, experience and prodigious gifts, is still waiting to record staples like the late Beethoven sonatas. King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown 2011-07-22T15:32:31Z Famed for fiction, Harrison was also a poet of prodigious appetites. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z While these blades date from the turn of the 19th century, tailors’ shears remain prodigious in size. How Elegant, How Lethal 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z The Kenya Experience Iten is known as the ‘Home of Champions’, so prodigious is its output of Olympians. Running among the ruins: seeing Cambodia at a trot 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z The work’s prodigious construction speaks to a comprehensive grasp of musical history as well as an affinity for a Continental style instead of the folkloric sources that invigorated Bartok and Kodaly. Music Review: American Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘Hungary Torn’ 2013-05-03T22:12:20Z Food technologists, who know MSG as a “salivation enhancer” and “flavour potentiator”, are fully aware of its prodigious ability to modulate our perception of otherwise humdrum ingredients. Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Sumbry-Edwards, the prodigious tap dancer and choreographer, was addressing the audience at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival here on Thursday. Review: Mourning in Tap Shoes at Jacob’s Pillow 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Jonathan Wright Trumping Young Apprentice, particularly now it's been axed, is Child Genius, a televised contest to find the most prodigious tykes in the land. TV highlights 11/06/2013 2013-06-11T06:00:03Z The Crawfords allowed a reporter to peer digitally over the family’s shoulders and watch as Logan spoke her lines, displaying a prodigious memory. Theaters may be dark, but theater-makers are still finding ways to dazzle you 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Those words are also the perfect description of this singer’s own prodigious, exciting talent. Music Review: Virginia Woolf?s Words, a Singer?s Voice 2011-05-03T22:04:56Z Our initial response to these hieroglyphs of oppression, desire or death may be to admire the prodigious skill with which he produced them. Keith Haring, the Political Line – review 2013-05-14T13:01:35Z He recalled the joyful, enthusiastic, ambitious, prodigious writer whose work influenced his own. “Talking of Dead Jack” 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s unknown who the only credited co-star, Carey Mulligan, will be playing, or how Josh Singer’s script will juggle Bernstein’s extraordinary career and prodigious private life. The most exciting movies of 2020 – biopics 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z As his successor, the board tapped Paul LeClerc, a Voltaire scholar with prodigious fund-raising skills. Tony Marx’s Challenges Running the New York Public Library 2012-10-10T22:41:42Z Many young readers who love the prodigious oeuvre of Roald Dahl can nonetheless cite at least one thing within it that gives them the ick. A Rosier View of Roald Dahl 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The challenge for the visitor is how to navigate Portland’s prodigious dining options — no small task given that there are literally hundreds of restaurants in this city of fewer than 70,000. Choice Tables: Portland, Me.: Locavore in Menu and Décor 2013-08-29T19:13:32Z As it follows its restless characters on their movable bacchanal from Paris to Pamplona this production demonstrates the prodigious theatrical imagination of its creators. | 'The Select (The Sun Also Rises)': ?The Select (The Sun Also Rises)? - Review 2011-09-12T02:01:06Z But not much intimidates the prodigious British composer Thomas Adès. Review: In This Opera, You Can Depart, but You Can Never Leave 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z A prodigious builder of musical bridges, Jennifer Koh is a violinist with a number of ongoing projects meant to connect people, disciplines and eras. Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner play in the transforming spirit of Beethoven 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Its characters tend to be unhappy people who find happiness only when they are using their prodigious minds against one another. The Question at the Heart of “The Good Wife” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z He was a prodigious horseman from a young age, billed at the age of four as the "World's Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper". Voice of Pinocchio dies aged 87 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Robbins, often inspired by Balanchine, sometimes remarked that he felt like a beginner beside Balanchine’s prodigious example. Jerome Robbins, Ballet’s Mr. ‘Take It Easy, Baby,’ at 100 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Some combination of awe and repugnance and confusion that she’s spent so many of her obviously prodigious talents spinning stories for men who need their stories spun. Perspective | Farewell to Kellyanne Conway, the ultimate Woman for Trump 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Now in its 23rd season, this heady summer series has turned its prodigious intellectual and artistic resources toward illuminating “Saint-Saëns and His World” in two weekends jam-packed with concerts and lectures. Critic’s Notebook: A Bard Music Festival Weekend of Saint-Saëns 2012-08-13T21:46:15Z Both these books were constructed on a foundation of prodigious research. Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Peck, a prodigious virtuoso whose musicality is her most renowned asset, last week made her debut in the central role of the Mozart classic “Divertimento No. 15.” Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z In its modest way, this marked the return of Jean Simmons, a prodigious daughter. 2010-01-24T20:25:00Z Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 17th century water spouter Jean Royer, able to swallow prodigious amounts of water and then spout said liquid in colors and aromas pleasing to the senses. The Curious, Astounding Collection of the Magician Ricky Jay 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Bongino had almost no election infrastructure, mainly tooling around the Southwest Florida district with a single aide, fueled by prodigious quantities of Five Guys burgers. Dan Bongino isn’t just taking over where Rush Limbaugh left off — he’s building a conservative media universe 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z I found myself less awed than some of my colleagues by the spectacle of so much prodigious acting. And the winner is ... the ensemble cast: How Broadway's best acting was a group effort 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z His prodigious output went beyond his newspaper columns and reviews, encompassing a string of best-selling cookbooks, many co-authored by longtime friend Pierre Franey. Review: Bio details revolution in approach to food 2012-05-07T14:57:09Z She bolstered the orchestra’s shaky finances and proved herself a prodigious fund-raiser, more than quintupling its endowment to $276 million this year. A New York Philharmonic Coup: Deborah Borda Is Named the New Leader 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z But his prodigious drug abuse, temper tantrums, propensity for domestic violence and poor choice of movie roles often made him a Hollywood pariah. Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 2010-05-29T18:24:00Z Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features In this prodigious photograph, a mother and her daughter behold the gory tide after the seas around Sydney filled this week with what looked like blood. A sea of red that evokes thoughts of more than just algae 2012-11-30T13:20:02Z Another one of its faults is its prodigious seeding: You will find old specimens — they are hardy and live as long as lilacs — with dozens of seedlings growing at their feet. A shrub to brighten the dog days of summer 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z However sympathetic are the characters and Ms. Exarchopoulos, who produces prodigious amounts of tears and phlegm along with some poignant moments, Mr. Kechiche registers as oblivious to real women. Critic’s Notebook: Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme d’Or 2013-05-23T22:01:08Z “Superstar” is a prodigious torch song that fits comfortably among other beloved anthems in the band’s catalog: the blissed-out “Myth,” the romance of “Lover of Mine.” Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In Mr. Grossman’s prodigious imagination, Fillory, like magic itself, is equal parts whimsy and darkness, coziness and danger, populated by the wondrous and the weird. Book Review: ‘Magician’s Land’ Ends Lev Grossman’s Trilogy 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z He attributes his prodigious accomplishments in no small part to the cooperative character of the community, and the nation, in which he was raised. Saving Local Communities in a Globalized World 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z By the time the girls left school, their musical ability was prodigious. Haim: 'Next time, why don't you come to Los Angeles?' 2012-11-24T00:01:05Z Friend and colleague Eric Bogosian praised Hoffman for his courage and humility, as well as his prodigious output in theater and films over 20 years. Friends, fans mourn Philip Seymour Hoffman at candlelight vigil 2014-02-06T02:08:06Z A prodigious talent from Ukraine with a determined stage mother, Mr. Polunin is a controversial figure in the ballet world. Review: Bad Boy of the Royal Ballet Regains His Footing in ‘Dancer’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The memoir was among a body of work including more than 30 books of fiction and poetry produced by Angelou during her prodigious career. First lady, Oprah to honor Maya Angelou at memorial service 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday at 83, built such a prodigious and protean résumé that it’s hard to pin him down. The Sublime Mike Nichols 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z But now, just as Facebook and Twitter have become the prodigious muck-spreaders of our age, a handful of clandestine startups are using technology to stem the flow. ‘A threat to health is being weaponised’: inside the fight against online hate crime 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Rotating through these three points of view in short, snappy chapters, the narrative rapidly generates a prodigious quantity of subplots, each adding its own pressure to the general sense of impending disaster. William Boyd’s Madcap Burlesque Revisits the Summer of 1968 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Yet it can never have been easy to keep company with a moody, mercurial, compulsive human being, one noted for his prodigious appetites for sex, alcohol and drugs and his lacerating tongue. 19 Things About Betty Catroux 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z New Jersey had a prodigious wine industry before Prohibition, but has produced mostly fruit wine. New Jersey Wineries, Like Auburn Road and Bellview 2013-05-02T21:59:15Z Belinda Mulrooney, a young Irish working woman, came to Dawson with a trunk of trade items, a savvy business sense and a prodigious work ethic. 'Gold Diggers': Six lives drawn to glitter of Klondike gold rush 2010-10-14T20:46:00Z Despite Vidal’s prodigious literary imagination and Buckley’s editorial prowess, both were dinosaurs of the drawing room whose pseudo-patrician affectations rendered them instant parodies of intellectuals. Buckley, Vidal, and the Birth of Buzz 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Pableaux Johnson, a child of Louisiana with prodigious knowledge of this city’s food scene, was among the crowd. Critic?s Notebook: Seeking Tastes of the ?Real? New Orleans 2010-04-28T04:17:00Z It’s Mann’s masterwork in the classic sense of the term—a proof of his mastery, which is prodigious. The Stylish, Empty Realism of Michael Mann 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Houston was, ultimately, a pop singer beholden to her songwriters and producers for material worthy of her prodigious, gospel-trained instrument. Kot: Houston had a voice that served the song 2012-02-12T22:06:00Z He was renowned for his prodigious powers of archival research, and his books were correspondingly known for including seemingly everything he unearthed in every archive he visited. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But Bush did not seek to hinder access to his former aides and Draper has performed prodigious research, including conducting interviews with several hundred former national security officials and scrutinizing recently declassified government documents. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Celery’s bright, citrusy flavors mollify with heat, and its stalks provide a prodigious range of textures. The Real Heart of Thanksgiving 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Selections from this prodigious output are lovingly documented in two new titles from Siglio Press. A movable feast of words in Ray Johnson books 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Now his prodigious drawing skills seem to explode. 3 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Nicosia's title, Memory Babe, was one of Kerouac's childhood nicknames, earned by prodigious feats of recollection. Visions of Jack Kerouac ... in an epic 13 volumes 2013-07-24T18:00:01Z A few years after Parker's death, in a brief memoir of their relationship, Macdonald wrote warmly of his "ability to perceive" and of an intellect which, although untrained, was "prodigious". Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z Brand's own characters are better: Caroline, who rationalises her prodigious self-indulgence as so many "little treats" to herself; the filthy and fiercely macho army captain Rosie Fielding. Katy Brand 2010-04-23T21:00:00Z On Currensy songs the rhymes serve as reassurance, quick jolts of focus that are a reminder of a world outside his prodigious haze. New Music by Currensy and Ashton Shepherd 2011-07-11T22:19:20Z He has no friends, and his prodigious talents and painstakingly acquired skills, which should win him at least an employee-of-the-month citation, make him a candidate for termination instead. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z That his current publisher should exploit his popularity by reissuing much of his prodigious output is mere marketing. Letters to the Editor 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The prodigious Mr. Brown also appears in a new solo, “Through Time and Culture,” which he writes is “about transition and perspective.” Review: Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Heats Up at the Joyce 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Carrados, a blind man, possesses prodigious deductive powers and preternatural acuity in his remaining senses. The best new audiobooks for your summer vacation 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The abyss is human, not divine, a work in progress, whether made with a poet’s metaphor or with a vast prodigious bulk of Styrofoam. I lost my virginity in a waterfront brothel 2013-06-03T15:32:00Z The plot twists here are satisfyingly surprising and plausible, but it’s Slaughter’s prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers. The horrific night that changed a family’s life forever 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Watch Mad Max: Fury Road again and you’ll notice that the little dialogue Hardy has is often dubbed in post – the words spoken don’t quite match up with the movement of his prodigious lips. All hail Will Smith and Tom Hardy, Hollywood's bad accent kings 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Opened two years ago on the grounds of the Seattle Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass showcases the prodigious talent of the Northwest glass artist Dale Chihuly with a series of jaw-dropping indoor and open-air installations. 36 Hours in Seattle 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z In this soulful and revealing autobiography, Andre Agassi recounts his 21-year career as a prodigious tennis player, including insight into how the sport ravaged his body, and why, despite his success, he wanted to escape. During Wimbledon, 3 Books Give Insight Into World of Tennis 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Still, the ear was repeatedly seized by arresting combinations of timbre, like a glowing mix of harp, percussion, harpsichord and celesta that surfaced near the end, and Mr. Fulmer’s prodigious playing commanded attention throughout. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble Plays Fulmer and Kapica 2010-04-30T20:24:00Z Almost every account of Blackstock’s work will call him an “autistic — or artistic, or prodigious — savant.” Gregory Blackstock’s intricate world is a charming one, too | Art review 2012-12-13T22:17:36Z Her concentration is ferocious, her ability to draw us into her world prodigious. Dance Review: Modern-Dance History Times Five, With Plenty of Theatricality 2010-12-14T06:00:17Z She is known for her theatrical flair, prodigious leaps and detailed performances. ABT Ballerina Is Attacked 2010-06-15T16:31:00Z Even as we approached the end, we cursed the prodigious mudholes and the fickle skies. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z Today, the sisters and their prodigious offspring, four generations of which are photographed here, still look to Wanda, 92, for guidance in life and in business. T Magazine: Women of the House 2014-05-02T19:45:16Z He remains devoted to the philosophy of that project, which has informed both his playing and his prodigious songwriting. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z Leader offers a considerably longer, more straightforward account, with no particular agenda, thesis or ax to grind, stuffed to the rafters with the results of his prodigious research. A comprehensive study of a Nobel laureate 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z This background, Stephen Holden wrote in his review for The Times, turned Chris into “a tormented loner” endowed with “prodigious abilities.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Freud’ and ‘Ghost World’ 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z To celebrate the prodigious polymath’s life and work, museums are hosting special exhibitions and tour operators are taking travelers on Leonardo-inspired journeys across Western Europe. Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z A prodigious researcher, Morris leans heavily toward the “more is better” school of biography. An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z By my count, Tyler Perry currently has four series airing new episodes on OWN, though I should be forgiven if I missed any while drowning in his prodigious output. Empire's state of mind: the new TV shows highlighting African Americans 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Vocally, all of this contained passion requires prodigious breath control from a singer. Review: The Versatile Soprano Diana Damrau Sings at Carnegie Hall 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s hard to decide whether to be more awed by the performers’ indefatigable energy or their prodigious powers of recall. Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The sum total of printed words is prodigious. More than 125 years after his last crime, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Belgrave Joe weighed 18 pounds — before his “extreme weight loss,” Mr. Fausel said with a smile, referring to the dog’s current skeletal state — and was “prodigious in his offspring, so he really influenced the line.” A Museum of Man’s Best Friend, From Fossils to Virtual Reality 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z By the time it saw the light of day, Vin Diesel had captured the public's fancy as a chrome-domed crook with prodigious driving skills. What makes a film an albatross for an actor? 2011-07-07T21:30:01Z He shaped the languid, meandering melodies with patience and prodigious breath control. Martin Frost at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin engaged in prodigious drinking sessions there. Redesigning the Polo Lounge 2012-10-12T22:02:43Z Although gifted with prodigious technique, Chopin stood outside the “flying trapeze school” of pianism. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z At this stage in his career, Carrey was pumping out films at a prodigious rate – this was his seventh in three years – and he was figuring out new moves at every turn. Jim Carrey's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z This too takes prodigious amounts of water, pumped from more than a mile below the sand. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z He frequently posts about his prodigious collection of metal memorabilia on social media and occasionally sells pieces of it. ‘Behold Death, Darkness, Chaos and the Void’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The problem seemed to lie in the fertility of Gaultier's imagination: There were just too many ideas on the catwalk, and the collection got lost somewhere in that prodigious creativity. Punk spirit lives on in Paris, with Gaultier show 2010-10-03T00:16:00Z Balzac was a prodigious coffee drinker, and the movie, though its characters run on champagne and schadenfreude, is nothing if not caffeinated. ‘Lost Illusions’ Review: The Sweet Smell of Success 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z In a properly run world, Silverberg would by now have been among the authors honored by that literary quarterly, since his has been one of the most prodigious careers in all American letters. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The firm’s output is prodigious and diverse, ranging from vest-pocket urban parcels to rural expanses. Rooms With a View 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z She began looking for a meaningful focus for her prodigious energies. Girls, Uninterrupted 2010-08-13T22:38:00Z At every turn Mr. Grenadier matched his grounded ease and prodigious technique. Music Review: Pat Metheny at the Blue Note - Review 2011-10-14T23:15:27Z Woods was already a cellist of prodigious technical gifts and sharp intellect. Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Tripe aside, cooking classes are an ideal way to learn a thing or two about this region’s prodigious culinary tradition. Under the Tuscan fork: Florence for foodies 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Even when detailing the most sordid episodes, Keefe’s narrative voice is calm and admirably restrained, allowing his prodigious reporting to speak for itself. In ‘Empire of Pain,’ the American Dynasty Behind OxyContin 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The exhibition, which is roughly divided into historical sections, compares the relative restricted output of historical female artists with the prodigious output of artists today. Sia in Budapest and Louise Bourgeois in Shanghai: Global Arts Guide 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Directorial concepts can enliven, but the intelligence of the characters and the prodigious playwriting mind behind them is the true source of enduring entertainment. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z A prodigious producer of memos, Rumsfeld also reflects on the meanings of words in juxtaposition, including his dictum that there are "known knowns" and "unknown unknowns". Director Morris defends his 'smiling Rumsfeld' film 2013-09-04T18:59:09Z It is also, however, the work of a prodigious and unruly talent. ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review: It’s a Stressful Afterlife 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Lee’s prodigious talent for physical description causes her to overindulge at points, and a few passages of “Red Island House” sound like copy lifted from a high-end travel magazine. Review | In ‘Red Island House,’ an American woman is enchanted, then repelled, by her time in Madagascar 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Among the larger tensions that organize the prodigious outpouring of creative energy during this period is one between self-discovery as psychological project and self-discovery as social or ethnographic project. Artists helped make the Mexican revolution an international phenomenon 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z But another reason for its success lies in its prodigious attraction to art lovers.” Exhibition Review: 17th Century Art: The Landscape Comes of Age 2011-06-03T12:00:43Z Only keen-eyed observers with prodigious powers of memory will detect significant differences between the labels for the new exhibition and those from 2006. Perspective | The White House may be chaos, but our old presidents are looking dignified 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The movie spends considerable time demonstrating Christian’s prodigious abilities. Review: In ‘The Accountant,’ a Savant With Daddy Issues Has a Dark Secret 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Jesus is a wacko or a charlatan, a prodigious or pathetic lover. A Norwegian Novel Complicates the Canon of New Testament Fiction 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z One thing that differentiates roasting a duck from roasting a chicken is the duck’s prodigious layer of fat. This Whole Duck Recipe Is Perfectly Imperfect 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Surely the sea was eternal, going on forever, its vast prodigious bulk 71% of the earth’s surface, not to be contained within the frame of history or chained to the oars of death and time. I lost my virginity in a waterfront brothel 2013-06-03T15:32:00Z Mark Kuller, a former tax lawyer who transformed his prodigious appetite for good food and drink into a diverse collection of critically acclaimed restaurants in Washington, died Oct. Mark Kuller, former tax lawyer who opened acclaimed restaurants in D.C., dies at 61 What he brought as the revolutionary leader Philippe was also familiar: prodigious feats delivered with ease and comic braggadocio. Mikhailovsky Ballet Performs ‘Flames in Paris’ in U.S. Debut 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z I cannot think of more than one or two conventionally healthy things that he did in my lifetime, unless I were to count prodigious napping and laughter. My father, the smoker: John Jeremiah Sullivan book extract 2013-03-02T09:00:00Z That would be yet another Montana book worthy of Doig’s prodigious talents. Ivan Doig’s ‘Sweet Thunder’: baiting the Anaconda monster 2013-08-16T21:57:10Z But theatergoers have, if not an awareness of these challenges, a keen sense that a degree of boredom is built into these prodigious tragedies. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Grace, a prodigious all-rounder, had come to be synonymous with the sport, and was still a formidable player at 50. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2010 and WG's Birthday Party by David Kynaston 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z Mr. Cornell’s already prodigious drug use and his parents’s divorce also exacerbated his depression. Chris Cornell, whose Soundgarden helped forge ‘grunge’ sound, dies at 52 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s executive and artistic director, said Mr. Geffen would be missed for his deep knowledge and prodigious memory. Carnegie Hall’s Contemporary Music Master Will Go to Berkeley 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z This prodigious, impeccably maintained contraption has all the bells, whistles, horns and glockenspiels of the traditional organ — and it’s painted in all the lysergic colors of the Day-Glo rainbow. Critic at Large David Kipen on El Segundo in literature 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Absorbing in scope and expressive in detail, the piece offered compelling evidence of Mr. Lewis’s prodigious imagination and persuasive skill. Music Review: George Lewis, Composer Portrait, at Miller Theater - Review 2011-11-13T23:12:08Z On the coasts of British Columbia, the prodigious rainfall, sunny summers, and rich soil thrust the cedar and spruce upward; the taller ones shed their lower branches like the vestigia of a rocket ship. The Dread and Bewilderment of Walking in Circles 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z He laughs easily, and though a prodigious talker — we see him lecturing and also holding forth in the laboratory and at a family Seder — he seems like a good listener as well. 2010-01-08T03:32:00Z Smith is less concerned with Eliot’s prodigious intellect and spiritual searching and more interested in her relationships with men, which is understandable. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Down the decades, as Hare became the darling of the boulevard, his own high estimate of his prodigious achievements has never been quite matched by the public response. ‘The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir,’ by David Hare 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Bell’s output was prodigious and his range enormous. Daniel Bell, Ardent Appraiser of Politics, Economics and Culture, Dies at 91 2011-01-26T16:05:52Z As proved by her prodigious blogging at a site called Velvet Coalmine, she draws on a range of reference points, from the Spice Girls to the left-leaning conservatism of "Blue Labour". Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones – review 2013-05-16T06:00:08Z The yearning seems a hideous irony — a torturer’s job, after all, is both to ruin a body and render it “expressive” — but in Mark Doten’s prodigious, provocative debut, “The Infernal,” it’s more. Rumsfeld, Rice and Gonzales make cameos in a dark, comedic novel 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z This compact, fast-moving portrait of the artist proceeds through a flurry of images, many of them gleaned from Mr. Frank’s long and prodigious career. Review: ‘Don’t Blink — Robert Frank,’ a Portrait of a Quintessential New York Artist 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z In his 13 years in Congress, Cantor was a strategic pragmatist and prodigious fundraiser. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z His unique combination of slightly goofy charm, deft comic timing and prodigious vocal agility made him downright irresistible. Review: Pretty Yende debuts at Met in Rossini romp 2013-01-18T14:23:11Z Wickenden’s commitment to keeping her trio in the frame and in focus showcases prodigious narrative control. An Unlikely Alliance in Upstate N.Y. and the Fight for Black and Women’s Rights 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Case in point: Vicky Chow, the prodigious Canadian pianist currently embedded in the Bang on a Can All-Stars, de facto house band of the entrepreneurial revolution. Music Review: Contagious Sounds Takes Stage at Cornelia Street Café 2013-09-06T20:41:51Z Perhaps his musical gifts — his innumerable melodies, his harmonic convolutions, his endearing voice — are so prodigious that they overwhelm any skepticism. Review: At Desert Trip, Rocking Beyond the Hits With a Vengeance 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z That is taken as read in litcrit circles these days, and it will take a prodigious revisionist to make a case for the overblown novels and reverse the orthodoxy. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z Cora realizes that this is what it looks like when the prodigious work of enslaved people isn’t stolen from them, “bled from them.” How “The Memory Police” Makes You See 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The author and playwright, known as much for his gossip-column lifestyle and controversial political views as for his prodigious literary output, died in 1912. Stockholm as Strindberg’s Muse 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Those tableaux are one indication of Delacroix’s prodigious output: At his death his studio alone contained about 850 paintings and 6,500 drawings. In Transit Blog: In Alabama, a Wide-Ranging Delacroix Show 2014-05-07T16:00:10Z But even under the weather, Humphries, an Australian gentleman of prodigious build and even more prodigious wit, couldn't resist unleashing a fusillade of delicious quips and subversive sallies. Though her purple hair shows no silver, Dame Edna prepares to retire 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z An overstatement, maybe, even if only because Mr. Ross’s prodigious belly, normally flaunted as a sign of uncaring power, looked slimmer than usual. Music Review: Rick Ross Promotes ‘Mastermind’ Album at Best Buy Theater 2014-03-04T21:54:48Z From the start of this debut novel, Cala flexes her prodigious comedic muscles, managing to render the three friends both as sympathetic heroines and as the victims of lives more humorous than they would like. Finding the Comedy in Tween Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z There, she ushered the orchestra into a cool new concert hall; introduced a new music director, Gustavo Dudamel, and made him a star; and proved a prodigious fund-raiser who whipped the orchestra’s finances into shape. Cloning Yo-Yo Ma: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Moments 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Jeffrey’s prodigious talent was visible in both cut and construction, as was an effort to make his often outrageous styles more accessible. What We Saw at London Fashion Week Men’s 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z After his death, Socrates's ideas had a prodigious impact on both western and eastern civilisation. Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z Loamy soil, prodigious snowmelt and lots of sunshine sustain a richly diverse agriculture whose color and character seem more aligned with parts of the Midwest than the “Left Coast.” In the Yakima Valley, Serious Wines and Sweeping Vistas 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z He taught her how to hawk up a prodigious gob of spit. A Memoir by Viv Albertine, Punk Rocker 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Though certain aspects of the score suggest that Mr. Aucoin has yet to define fully his composer’s voice, he clearly has prodigious gifts. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z This overview cannot even begin to pay homage to the prodigious research informing Friedman’s analysis. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z And he rarely acknowledges either his tremendous work rate – he writes and directs a film a year – or his prodigious imagination. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z Before that, he hit No. 1 in July with “DS2,” his first commercial project following a prodigious run of three free mixtapes in five months. Future Earns His Third Straight No. 1 With 'EVOL' 1460-07-02T05:00:00Z And I couldn’t help but wish they’d used their prodigious fame to deliver something more than a tour through their Rolodexes. Perspective | Is this feminism? What to make of the new shows from Hillary and Meghan. 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Mitchell is able to scamper nimbly across decades of Holly’s life, using his prodigious gifts as a writer to illuminate the very different chapters of her story. David Mitchell’s ‘The Bone Clocks’ Explores a Girl’s Journey 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Even with its prodigious output, the group edits each piece collectively. Syrian Film Collective Offers View of Life Behind a Conflict 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and, for that matter, most superhero movies are prodigious feats of intelligence, made with extraordinary attention to detail. The New “Avengers” Is Really About the N.S.A. 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A prodigious art collector and chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts, he has become entangled in a few culturally related scraps lately. Collector’s New Face-Off: Giant Nude Statue in Old Westbury 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z His book will be "the unbridled truth, the in-your-face, up-close and prodigious tale of Steven Tyler straight from the horse's lips," he said. Aerosmith rocker promises debauched memoirs 2011-04-12T21:08:33Z For some performers that prodigious output isn’t enough. Music Review: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall ? Review 2011-11-21T23:08:19Z The 350-page collection traces the formation of the author’s ideas, the breadth of her interests and her prodigious gift for language. Analysis | Toni Morrison has kept the public at arm’s length. Now she’s letting people in on her terms. 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z This attention, this promise not to interrupt, this act of breathing free, is prodigious. Let me finish: how to stop interrupting… and change the world 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z A self-taught composer who once referred to himself as “a high school dropout without a single earned degree,” he became a prodigious educator, holding several important roles at Tanglewood after his arrival in 1963. Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z MS Child Genius: Five Years On 9pm, Channel 4 Third series of a programme exploring the mixed blessing of prodigious talent revealed early. Tonight's TV highlights: Keith Richards: A Culture Show Special 2010-10-27T23:04:00Z We are both ambitious eaters and prodigious walkers, so neighborhood and cuisine are up to you. Hey, Mr. Critic: City Foodie Tours for Teenagers and Adults Alike 2011-03-24T16:02:56Z Even for those of us who keep our feet firmly at sea level, there's something magically alluring about Mount Everest — that "prodigious white fang," as climber George Mallory described it in the 1920s. 'The Wildest Dream': A historic Everest climb showing in IMAX 2010-08-05T22:08:00Z The scale was small, but these were prodigious productions. The Rainbow Man Brings His Mishmash Appeal to TikTok 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In the Chicago Tribune, Lehrer is a “seemingly prodigious young writer.” Jonah Lehrer throws it all away 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z It ran down the characters’ prodigious sex history. Review: Two and a Half Men Stays True to Its Wicked Heart 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Crumbling railways, roads and bridges — yes, this problem is prodigious! Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The industry’s most prodigious auteur may be entitled to a rest. Side Effects: One Pill Makes You Murder 2013-02-08T05:01:30Z One of the most casually prodigious alto saxophonists of today, Zenón devotes most of his creative energy to exploring the music of his native Puerto Rico, always through a vigorously intellectual lens. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The prodigious tats on Faux Molesley make me want to rescue his PBS doppelgänger from the prison of plot drabness that has him slathering on black hair dye in a misguided lunge at youth. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Do We Really Want Anything to Change? 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z In addition to her prodigious prime-time work, she appeared occasionally on the soap opera “All My Children” in the 1990s. Anne Meara, Comedian and Actress, Dies at 85 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z He doesn’t seem otherwise affected by his prodigious consumption and, for some reason, the filmmakers seem amused by it. Review: In ‘Small Town Crime,’ Trouble Is His Business (Natch) 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Takemitsu’s prodigious gifts as a film composer were highlighted this month at Film Forum, which showed a variety of his cinematic collaborations. Music Review: Movies as a Form of Music 2010-12-19T22:31:25Z While there are undoubtedly more gondolas and walkways in front of the building than there were in 1880, Cross clearly made a prodigious leap. A Literary Leap to Give Tourists Pause 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z The key to roasting a duck is to provide the prodigious layer of fat on the breast an adequate opportunity to render, ensuring a result that isn’t overly greasy. Perspective | Take it from a butcher: A turducken isn’t worth the trouble 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z McCartney's creative energies were simply too fecund — and his musicianship too prodigious — to exist among such petty constraints. "The McCartney Legacy": An in-depth study of Paul's angsty transition from Beatle to solo superstar 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z We were sitting on the patio of the visitors center, waiting for a group to gather for his “Big Tree” walk, a five-mile hike to see more prodigious timber. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z A part of his enigma, though, also resides in his prodigious talent and remarkable work rate. Prince: Why, five years after his death, the Purple One still reigns 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Hall’s lungs are now shot, emphysema, the toll from pneumonia as a child and decades of prodigious smoking. Philip Baker Hall is your favorite actor whose name you can’t quite place 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In early films like "Dead Calm" and "Days of Thunder," the prodigious nature of her red curls signaled the presence of someone fierce and formidable. In honor of `Brave,' 5 great movie redheads 2012-06-21T16:31:09Z There can scarcely have been a war zone or salon in the world untroubled by Hitchens' attendance, his ubiquity matched only by his prodigious output, moving Gore Vidal to anoint him his "dauphin". The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z But more than honors, Roth, who died Tuesday at the age of 85, had readers, generations of them, the result of his prodigious skill and extraordinary productivity. Perspective | Philip Roth died before he could win a Nobel Prize. He didn’t need it. 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The computerized imagery in “Godzilla” is so prodigious, and therefore so greedy for the filmmakers’ attention, that it seems to have sucked the life out of the writing. Anthony Lane: “Godzilla” Review 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z As Charles disintegrates mentally, Caesar makes prodigious strides; in a lovely scene at the dinner table, Caesar notices that Charles is holding his fork the wrong way and gently reaches over to correct its position. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Chimpan-tastic! 2011-08-04T16:05:00Z His chemically assisted swagger is long gone, but Ryder makes up for it with unconventional mike techniques – horizontal, held by the tip – and prodigious swearing. Shaun William Ryder ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:43Z Smith’s voice is a prodigious instrument: a pearly, androgynous croon, at once powerful and defenseless. Bile and the Beat Fight Heartbreak on Sam Smith’s ‘Love Goes’ 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A popular myth even traced her prodigious talent to the very heart of the Blitz. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z "Black Swan" features some of the most magnificent ballet sequences ever created for cinema, but Nina is supposed to be a dancer whose prodigious technique is a little cold, mechanical and even fearful. "Black Swan": Even better than you've heard 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z He and his partner Rachel Scott – a textile artist and prodigious knitter who sits quietly in the opposite corner of the room as we talk – hope to change that. Frank Bowling and the politics of abstract painting 2012-07-02T18:59:01Z The musician whose prodigious innovation dominates much of the proceedings is Bud Powell. The Year’s Most Essential Jazz Reissue 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Amazingly, it succeeds — thanks, in part, to Otsuka's prodigious research and her artful, agile distillation of the facts. Julie Otsuka's novel of Japanese picture brides 2011-09-15T19:18:04Z After meeting a “prodigious young astronomer,” Aubrey urges Edmund Halley to study astrology. Finally, a biography of the man who invented biography 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z If stories are melodies, Swanberg is the most prodigious melodist working in movies today, and “Win It All” reveals the deep originality lurking within tunes that strike the ear with a deceptive simplicity. “Win It All” and the Mighty Gambles of Joe Swanberg’s Moviemaking 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z With modest resources but a prodigious work ethic, Brontë attended Cambridge University, published poetry and fiction, married the sensitive, intelligent Maria Branwell and settled at Haworth in West Yorkshire. Unrequited love fuels the 'Fiery Heart' biography of Charlotte Brontë 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Her prodigious output was, at best, uneven, but the ideological certainties that fuelled Chinese contempt for the impassioned realism of her fiction have crumbled away. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Levinson's highly stylized "Euphoria" is nothing if not a temple to stylistic excess but Zendaya's prodigious talent holds up its center; it is that show's oaken truth. Even Zendaya can't save the stylish "Malcolm & Marie," a tantrum in search of a reason to exist 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Hers was a prodigious memory, but to achieve such effects it also took finesse and courage. Angela Lansbury, Broadway’s Beloved Everywoman 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z As usual, Piranesi’s principal weapon was the print, and his commitment to supporting his case and his prodigious energy gave rise to a further series of majestic works covering a wide range of topics. Review: Piranesi's Elevated Etchings 2010-10-20T11:22:00Z But a character grappling with choices of prodigious ethical or moral weight lures us in. Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan share a sensibility on separate stages 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Throughout his papers, he seems constantly to be driven by complementary impulses: the feeling that his tools — however prodigious — are not quite sufficient to the task, and a hunger to specify the paths of improvement. Inside Sonny Rollins’s Jazz Archive, Headed Home to Harlem 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Now 25, he continues to astonish audiences with his technically prodigious, insightful and imaginative playing. Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall and ‘Salome’ at the Met 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Bennett's prodigious musicality has meant, I think, that his work has been undervalued. A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z And if familiarity can breed contempt, it can also breed the wonderfully casual affection and playfulness on display Friday, as these two prodigious dancers flew through the well-worn grooves of their characters. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Quixote,? Pirouetting at Windmills 2010-05-31T22:37:00Z Imports in China, another prodigious brandy consumer, are also on the rise. Yo, Sippin' on Korbel: Californian Brandy 2011-12-08T15:05:00Z The Lunella of the series is warmer and friendlier than her more peevish comic book counterpart, but she possesses the same prodigious mental might. A New Marvel Hero Battles Supervillains and Teen Angst 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z They are photos that capture the boxer popping and smoking and throwing lightning bolts in the ring — testaments to what the fighter José Torres called “his prodigious magic.” Review: For Muhammad Ali, an Endless Round of Books 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But a prodigious hero presents another challenge to the writer: superhumans risk alienating the common reader if they simply stride blithely over obstacles, making the race look too easy. Stories played out in games 2010-04-16T14:30:00Z Another guest also seized the spotlight: the prodigious South African singer Sibongile Khumalo, between her sets at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s club next door, Dizzy’s. Music Review: Hugh Masekela Played His Horn and Sang at Rose Theater 2014-04-06T21:43:49Z They took lives and damaged, among other buildings, the Galleria Estense in Modena, where the Velázquez normally hangs alongside other works from the duke’s prodigious collection. Art Review: ‘Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este,’ at the Met 2013-04-18T20:19:23Z Born in 1933, he was a prodigious alto saxophonist as a teen-ager and a rising star at twenty-two, burdened with sloganeering praise as “the second Charlie Parker.” The Best Archival Jazz Releases of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z I couldn’t afford any of that stuff, but I knew I had a work ethic that was prodigious. The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s a lovely miniature, capturing its subject – a 13-year-old African American girl who happens to be a prodigious Little League baseballer – with unsentimental affection. Streaming: curate your own Spike Lee season 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The German winds up with a scar on his forehead; Candy's wound is sustained on his stiff upper lip, henceforth covered by a prodigious moustache that gets progressively sillier. Good fellows: Martin Scorsese and Colonel Blimp 2012-10-28T13:00:01Z A prodigious talent, Liberace learned to play the piano at the age of four and was able to memorise difficult classical pieces by the time he was seven. Liberace: the 10 things you need to know 2013-06-07T11:27:40Z Wickenden’s book about the alliance that formed between Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward and Martha Coffin Wright, she added, is a “masterpiece” of structure, demonstrating “prodigious narrative control.” New in Paperback: ‘How Beautiful We Were’ and ‘No One Is Talking About This’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Among the newer offerings is khua kling, a southern dry curry of rough-cut pork belly, with no coconut milk to temper the prodigious chiles that keep going off, trying to one-up themselves. Hungry City: Paet Rio in Elmhurst, Queens 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z "Ash was a prodigious talent, one of the most significant editorial figures in modern publishing, famous for his breadth of reading and grasp of history," Knopf president Sonny Mehta said in a statement. Ashbel Green, editor of Cronkite, dies at age 84 2012-09-19T16:52:12Z He was a Lutheran, a prodigious producer of cantatas; the Mass is Catholic. A concert mass gets an intimate performance 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Kwame Onwuachi, the chef of Kith and Kin, is a prodigious talent who has worked at Per Se and Eleven Madison Park in New York. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The guy I'd heard about was this brash, flashy, prodigious altoist who played lots of notes, but the music wasn't like that at all. Holding out for a hero: Soweto Kinch on Joe Harriott 2011-07-21T21:30:01Z Thomas Edison remains one of the most prodigious talents in American history, and this landmark new biography of the scientist and inventor goes far beyond his most famous creation, the lightbulb. 18 New Books to Watch For in October 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z His prodigious output also includes film scripts, plays and features for The New Yorker, where he’s a longtime writer. In ‘God Save Texas,’ Lawrence Wright Ranges Far and Wide 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z They are bracing artists, both for their dramatic details and prodigious technique. Mikhailovsky Ballet Makes Its U.S. Debut at Lincoln Center 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Adjusting his best-laid plans with each opening-week surprise, he seemed more at ease than ever before in his young yet prodigious career. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Balanced but tangy,” like the Duet beer he tastes in a mountain town in California, this book whets a prodigious thirst. Books Of Style: Surprising Histories, With Drinks 2011-12-16T22:36:27Z According to Nina Nelson, my guide at the museum, Strindberg bought prodigious quantities of coffee beans from the shop and would clip and affix the image to his correspondence. Stockholm as Strindberg’s Muse 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “The Golden Shovel Anthology” structures itself around the form developed by the prodigious poet Terrance Hayes, whose own poem “The Golden Shovel” opens the book. Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He’s knocked out by Alana, instantly smitten, a thunderbolt moment that Anderson memorializes with a prodigious tracking shot that gets both the camera and the story’s juices going. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A prodigious wordmonger, he produced stacks of articles, poetry and unpublished lyrics. House of Earth by Woody Guthrie – review 2013-02-14T12:00:01Z This prodigious rate of creativity is normal for Mr. Hong, a chronicler of the human condition and the pleasures and pitfalls of attraction. Films of Hong Sang-soo Capture Pleasures and Pratfalls of Attraction 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z It is not a stretch to say that capital is always looking for the next great thing, something that would provide prodigious returns. When capitalism consumed the Internet 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z BORDEAUX, France — Bordeaux, the region, is unrivaled historically as the greatest, most prodigious producer of fine wine in the world. A Museum Bridges the Divide Between Two Bordeaux 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Just now there are at least 11 prodigious American-born young women dancing in six different American companies, who deserve to be called ballerinas. U.S. Ballerinas Redefine an Art, but What About History? 2013-07-05T17:15:59Z She is, by her own admission, a prodigious talker, seeming at once to choose her words carefully and to wander through mazes of memory and free association. T Magazine: Patti Smith, Requiem Lass 2011-10-14T15:15:24Z “The revolutionary explosion is a prodigious fiesta in which the Mexican, drunk with his own self, is aware at last, in a mortal embrace, of his fellow Mexican.” Artists helped make the Mexican revolution an international phenomenon 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The first track from the prodigious Los Angeles rapper's surprise new album is grim and claustrophobic. Essential tracks: Kacey Musgraves offers straight talk in new song 'Biscuits' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z They masked prodigious bigotry and made a whitewash of history. Review: ‘Blood at the Root,’ a Tale of Racial Cleansing Close to Home 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Known for his dark good looks, ready Western charm and prodigious technique, Mr. Fodor was awarded second prize at the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow. Eugene Fodor, Violin Virtuoso, Dies at 60 2011-03-02T16:04:21Z When I ended up in the south at the last minute in a sort of prodigious gift from the universe, I set off on a mission to Saint-Paul de Vence. In southeastern France, touring the village where Marc Chagall found inspiration 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But for all the myriad awards and prodigious list of productions, it is for his amused humility, in his life as in his art, that I most hold him dear. Appreciations: Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-27T17:14:00Z However, for all of its prodigious research coupled with careful qualifications, the book sometimes overgeneralizes. The D.I.Y. Way to Heal the Social Fabric: Don’t Do It Yourself 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Which means that it’s fully within their prodigious imaginative capacities to also be humane. Perspective | The ‘difficult genius’ trope was always problematic. Now it’s obsolete. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z She stirred Voltaire’s interest in science, but he couldn’t follow her into the depths of Newtonian physics, lacking her prodigious mathematical skills. Critic?s Notebook: A Mistress of Voltaire, Set to Video 2011-06-05T22:05:53Z Bacon, who died in Madrid in 1992, had a prodigious output and is best known for warped portraits that became stranger and stranger in the later years of his life. Booka Shade in Marrakesh and Francis Bacon in Bilbao: Global Arts Guide 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z During the last decade he was forced to cancel numerous engagements and greatly reduce his once prodigious workload. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The Museum of American Tort Law itself lies in a prodigious tract of museums. Ralph Nader's Tort Museum 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z In an obituary of his colleague, Moore wrote of the "prodigious amount of work" that went into the mapping project but, also, that "his personal enthusiasm was inspiring". Picturing science: Mapping the moon 2013-06-11T07:25:01Z “Good News” proves Megan’s prodigious talent, but it also suggests that, with a bit more digging, this gem could emit an even more prismatic shine. Snapshots of the Many Megan Thee Stallions 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s one thing — a complicated, prodigious thing — to write such fastidious lyrics, and then to mock that fastidiousness by rhyming “Hallelujah” with “what’s it to ya.” An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z At points, the prodigious cast of characters and their quips feel eye-rollingly familiar. ‘A Boy Called Christmas’ Review: Kindling the Holiday Spirit 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z From his beginnings, which were dazzling, the artist freely switched from landscapes of prodigious boldness — “The Voorhaven,” around 1895 — to more traditional and exquisitely sensitive portraits like the profile of a Dutch woman from Zeeland. Art Review: Severini and Van Dongen, Restless in a Rudderless 20th Century 2011-06-10T12:19:58Z As an artist with prodigious technique and wide-ranging interests, he is an ideal role model. New York String Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z In recent years, but especially on this album, he’s become the least quotable great rapper, with lines that land harder more because of his voice than because of his wit, which was once prodigious. Critic?s Notebook: Lil Wayne?s ?Tha Carter IV? - Review 2011-08-30T22:28:26Z Jason, for all his prodigious talent and carefully honed technique, finds himself permanently stalled on the career ladder, unable either to advance or to quit. Review: In ‘Jason Bourne,’ a Midlife Crisis for a Harried Former Assassin 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Flannery, now 38, is married to a successful artist named Charles, a boorish alpha male who’s self-centered and prodigious in both physicality and temper. Illicit Lovers, Reunited in Adulthood 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The Sonata No. 1 in E minor shows a young composer of prodigious talent beginning to grasp the depth of his inheritance. Music Review: Steven Isserlis at the 92nd Street Y 2013-01-28T22:31:28Z That Mr. Sheen makes us love the nasty piece of work that is William Masters is a testament to his prodigious talent. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Everywhere You Look, Love Triangles 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z A clue in the script: “Moses’ life is so prodigious and his reach so great,” Hare notes, “that I have chosen to concentrate on just two decisive moments in his extraordinary career.” ‘Straight Line Crazy’ Review: The Road Rage of Robert Moses 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z When she sang that Puccini aria on “America’s Got Talent,” the crowd was dazzled by nothing more or less than her prodigious vocal abilities. Jackie Evancho and the Politics of Childhood 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Like Jefferson, Bolivar was a wonderful writer, a man whose prodigious linguistic gifts helped to change the Spanish language itself. Three books on the revolutions that America's uprising helped spawn 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Bowers said the famous sex researcher Alfred Kinsey had been impressed by his prodigious achievements. Scotty Bowers, ‘male madame to the stars’, dies aged 96 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Allen appears completely uninterested in creating heroes or in using his prodigious language gifts to simply evoke a distant time and place. 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z They turned the bunkhouse into a library; along with a collection of local religious texts, there is a prodigious array of “Star Trek” paperbacks. They Built It. No One Came. 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The correspondence in this prodigious collection will thrill scholars and fans alike. 9 Books to Watch For in December 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z All of which means it will take her a bit longer to become herself — or rather, to persuade the world of her prodigious powers. Hilary Mantel Takes On Royals and Rebels in a Book of Essays 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The first is the fact that Institute personnel, in focusing so completely on Luke’s minor telekinetic abilities, ignore the one weapon he can use against them: his prodigious intellect. Review | Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ turns our political moment into gripping horror 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z One of modern cinema’s great observers, Mr. Wiseman is also a prodigious listener, a visual artist who thinks like a musical composer. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Faye, a once prodigious student at the Stockholm School of Economics, where she met Jack and his future business partner, Henrik, is no doormat. In ‘The Golden Cage,’ a Kept Woman Grabs the Keys to the Kingdom 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Such perceptions flow from a prodigious memory and a fertile imagination. Review | What got lost in one writer’s garden 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Instead, drawing on a prodigious memory, Cope spun memorable tales from mundane training incidents and absurd and wondrous encounters in battle-scarred European towns. 'How the World Was' a vivid tale of a 20th century California boyhood 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Watkins gained a reputation for reliability, prodigious talent and unruffled, good humour whatever the situation. Derek Watkins obituary 2013-03-25T16:29:10Z The reason he didn’t make this cut, Lindsay believes, is that Yogi’s boyish, generous personality had come to overshadow his prodigious skill. ‘It Ain’t Over’ Review: When Yogi Berra Saw a Strike, He Hit It 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Jordan M. Wright’s collection of political memorabilia is unquestionably prodigious. All the Presidents’ Memorabilia: A Collection Languishes 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In the end, this eye-pleasing show amply proves the aesthetic value of the objects and the prodigious talent of the women who created them, but leaves a few broader questions unanswered. '17 Swedish Designers' exhibit at Nordic Heritage Museum 2011-07-01T17:54:36Z But the success was accompanied by their prodigious abuse of drugs and alcohol. Aerosmith, singer end feud for European tour 2010-02-25T20:40:00Z Both are prodigious, Church with her voice and Shields with his guitar. McGee on music: The twin talents of Charlotte Church and Kevin Shields 2010-04-21T15:09:00Z Tara Helen O’Connor, well known as a prodigious flutist, showed an enviable prowess on the prominently deployed contrabass flute, an instrument resembling a subway pole with keys and an angled head joint. Music Review: Talea Ensemble and Ekmeles at the Czech Center 2013-05-17T22:02:36Z Brothers vaulted to public recognition by winning "The $64,000 Question," the most popular television game show of the era, and with her prodigious knowledge of boxing. TV psychologist Joyce Brothers dies at age 85 2013-05-14T00:16:30Z But seeing Cardi back in her natural element — in her natural medium — is a reminder that she is clearly an artist of prodigious natural verbal gifts. Hip-Hop Rivalries Aren’t New. But the Battlefields Have Changed. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Garcia, though only forty-three, had deteriorated into the title role, so that a song that had once seemed evocative, almost actorly—an imagined character conveyed by a man of prodigious gifts—now seemed downright real. Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Hacker, a prodigious translator from French and Arabic, said she views the highly structured poetical form as freeing, rather than a restriction or problem. Festival of Books: Poetry, from sonnets to the 'language of the street' 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Above all, he was a prodigious writer whose collected works ran to 48 volumes. The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio – Poet, Seducer & Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett – review 2013-02-04T07:00:01Z As befits a man of such prodigious reputation, Newton left behind a voluminous trove of papers: more than 7m words filling hundreds of notebooks and loose sheets of paper. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Her great gift was her ability to braid a prodigious amount of facts into strong storytelling, with her easy yet authoritative voice serving as the unifying touch. Craving more “Game of Thrones”? Read this book now 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z In that drama, Holland’s character dealt with aggression with grace and steadiness, holding tightly to his confidence in his prodigious skills. “Castle Rock” and the quiet terror of being the other 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Lusseyran was a teenager whose unusual characteristics — a prodigious memory, a moral clarity and a knack for strategy — made him ideal to run a clandestine organization. Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Portions are so big, we never made it to dessert, something to kick oneself for given Earnhardt’s prodigious baking skills. The Tokeland Hotel: What happens when an excellent Seattle chef takes over Washington state’s oldest lodgings 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Of the three it was the last, a multi-narrative soup of soppy vignettes, written and directed by Curtis, that went on to have the most prodigious afterlife. Behind the scenes of Comic Relief’s Love Actually: Andrew Lincoln’s creepy cards return 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Never mind the brushstroke, insisted Magritte, who undersold his prodigious painterly talents. Review | René Magritte was an enigma. A new biography tries to make sense of the genius. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z While “Tree of Smoke” confirmed for some critics Mr. Johnson’s prodigious literary talent, others were not persuaded. Denis Johnson, Who Wrote of the Failed and the Desperate, Dies at 67 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z A prodigious aggregator of high art and popular culture, Mr. Leckey is a profoundly British figure, shaped especially by the country’s postpunk and dance music scenes. Mark Leckey Captures the Exuberance of Pre-‘Brexit’ Britain 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Spend an hour or three scrolling through Butina’s prodigious social media presence, and certain themes emerge. Perspective | Maria Butina was the ultimate NRA Cool Girl 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Onstage next to Yevgeny Sudbin, a prodigious Russian pianist and a noted Scriabin advocate, Mr. Crawford triggered lights from an electronic keyboard. Music Review: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in Newark - Review 2012-01-09T22:57:25Z Diana Abu-Jaber, author of the memoir “The Language of Baklava,” indulges in a prodigious use of exclamation points, with a chaser of self-flagellation. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Ms. Wang, 29, a prodigious virtuoso who brings charisma and a flair for fashion to the stage as well, is best known for elegant, technically scintillating performances of Romantic repertory and 20th-century works. Review: Yuja Wang Tackles Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier,’ Assured to a Fault 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z The author himself grew up to develop his own crippling vices — he recalls being introduced to heroin as a high-school senior — as well as a prodigious writing talent. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z She brings prodigious power to her disconnected utterances - set to some of Strauss' most daringly dissonant music - and her very lowest notes in particular are crushing in their brutal force. Goerke stars in Lyric's blood-soaked 'Elektra' 2012-10-07T14:41:09Z This was evident not only through her prolific use of drugs, but also by her prodigious skills in bed. My twisted rehab sex life 2012-12-20T23:41:00Z Whenever I’m especially rattled by the parlous state of the world, I take comfort in Frank Kermode’s “The Sense of an Ending,” a little book written by a literary scholar with a prodigious mind. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z It is how we honor the prodigious gift of being alive. Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop? 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Robin Williams, who died of an apparent suicide on Monday at the age of 63, was an actor of prodigious comic gifts both on stage as a stand-up comedian and on-screen as an actor. Robin Williams: A comic actor with classical training 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z A looser feeling, with swaying grasses, prodigious seed heads and falling leaves, adds a new dynamic. Three stunning gardens that will change the way you think about fall 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z This omission made us feel that much more pleased with ourselves, given that Ma Cuisine is famous for its prodigious wine list. Seduced by Beaune in Burgundy 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Lynch, who died Sunday of melanoma at age 69, spent the next 20 years as the network’s senior political editor, shaping its political coverage based on extensive surveys and prodigious analysis. The ukulele-playing data-loving pollster who taught Washington how to woo women While the Met has become a prodigious fund-raising machine in recent years, its board members warned last year that donations could not continue to rise faster than the company’s costs. Metropolitan Opera Board to Have a New President 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Though not a large church by European standards, it nonetheless remains the supreme accomplishment of its creator: 17th century Italian architect Francesco Borromini, whose prodigious talents unfortunately brought him more misery than joy. Baroque architect reaches across centuries to influence another in 'La Sapienza' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z As busy as he kept himself directing, Reitman was even more prodigious as a producer, shepherding a wide variety of projects. From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z In fact, there seems to be a prodigious appetite for shows about the paranormal. Chalk and cheese: the baffling marriage of TV presenters with their subjects 2011-07-07T09:57:43Z Mr. Unsworth’s books, characterized by prodigious research and propulsive narrative force, have long been renowned in Britain and have gained a broad international following in the last few decades. Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z Testament to her charm and prodigious work ethic are other contributions, including a top-end IT network provided at the personal order of the Estonian president. From Kabul love affair to Afghanistan's first centre for study of its history 2013-03-26T17:36:42Z Simultaneously charismatic and repellent, with an appetite for wine, women and song and a prodigious belief in his own greatness, Carlos is a mock-Shakespearean blend of cruelty, genius and vulgarity much as Tony is. "Carlos": International terror, Sopranos-style 2010-10-15T00:01:00Z She is also a prodigious audience-involver, which has its weaknesses and strengths. Comedy gold: Sarah Millican's Chatterbox 2012-11-08T10:37:20Z Under his watch the company grew from regional respectability to international renown, and mounted 35 world premieres, a prodigious tally. Houston Grand Opera Holds to Its Promise of Excellence 2011-02-09T16:15:56Z Men and women alike have prodigious and actively indulged appetites for anything that might further the pursuit of a good time. Review: Encores! Serves a Bathtub Martini in ‘The New Yorkers’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z On screen, he plays dreamers and schemers: men with prodigious appetites and a wonky moral compass. Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus 2013-06-02T20:00:00Z “Swanson, a prodigious researcher, recounts how in their nearly 200-year ‘attention-grubbing’ history Rangers burned peasant villages, slaughtered innocents, busted unions and committed war crimes. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Stone, a prodigious accumulator of things, says he has 50 winter suits and 20 summer suits, all custom made. Roger Stone, a master of dark political arts, is playing the Russia scandal for all it’s worth 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Swanson, a prodigious researcher, recounts how in their nearly 200-year “attention-grubbing” history Rangers burned peasant villages, slaughtered innocents, busted unions and committed war crimes. The True Story of the Texas Rangers 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Over the decades Hurt's workload has remained prodigious, although he takes fewer starring roles than in the 1980s. John Hurt: Profile 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Percy, a porcupine puppet of prodigious proportions, emerged from her giant stump home for an audience of schoolchildren and media members at a Los Angeles park on Tuesday. Quills and thrills as prodigious porcupine puppet unveiled 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Thus, he uncorks sentences like this: "we is all of us taking a deserved rest, for we expended a prodigious, a fantastic, a burdensomely amount of laboriousness and energy." Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z His face, trim and elfish in his author photo, was covered in a prodigious black beard. Explaining the Popularity of Letters of Note 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Wood's talents are truly prodigious, as both a performer and a writer. Victoria Wood: 'I feel at the BBC I'm not trusted, not valued, not needed' 2010-09-27T06:59:00Z But the diverse elements merge into a personal voice, deployed with prodigious technical skills. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Oscar-winning composer is back on his feet after canceling a string of concerts because of a collapsed vertebrae that raised questions about the continued prodigious output of the 87-year-old legend. Morricone marks 60 years as Hollywood's go-to music man 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z This retrospective is a reminder of how prodigious Hitchcock's body of work was. Alfred Hitchcock: from silent film director to inventor of modern horror 2012-06-15T21:55:07Z For some, the prodigious powder of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort isn't enough to overcome the bother of getting to the mountain from the East Coast. In Transit Blog: United Offers a Lift (Nonstop) to Jackson Hole 2012-11-27T18:00:04Z This means adding plants so that they read in the landscape with others, and removing some seedlings to bring definition to a prodigious colony of, say, greater celandine or columbines. At the Mount Cuba Center, native plants flourish in their natural setting 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z "The Interestings," published last year, prompted a reviewer for the Guardian to declare Wolitzer a "writer of prodigious energy and detail." Meg Wolitzer's 'Belzhar' nurses its teens back to emotional health 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Leon Russell: The silver-haired pianist remains in serious competition with ZZ Top for the most prodigious facial hair in rock ‘n’ roll. Tonight's top shows: Leon Russell, Daniel Lanois 2013-06-17T16:36:00Z The founder and first violinist of the Arditti Quartet is one of the most prodigious soloists of his generation. REDCAT champions cultural ambition and exchange with fall lineup 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Nyback, a prodigious collector of found film, will introduce each screening. Dance and documentaries fill Seattle-area screens 2010-06-11T00:01:00Z The attack is humane but headlong; the background reading is prodigious and pertinent; the evidence is marshalled with vigour and rigour; and the writing is laced with a casual, populist wit. The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker – review 2012-11-19T07:02:01Z He demonstrated prodigious breath control in “The trumpet shall sound,” to which the trumpeter Scott McIntosh added a note of teenage exuberance bordering on excess. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ by the Oratorio Society at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-25T19:53:56Z A defiantly eclectic, extravagantly moustached actor-turned-musician, his prodigious output, sent out into the world under a confusing array of names, is primarily informed by folk or country. Old music: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes) 2012-06-12T10:24:00Z Mike Nichols built such a prodigious and protean résumé that it’s hard to pin him down. Mike Nichols’s Serious Showmanship 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z His most obvious superhuman talent, at least until the story gets its game on, seems to be an ability to consume prodigious amounts of booze without obvious consequences. Review: In ‘Beirut,’ a War-Torn Backdrop for American Spy Games 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z As evidence of Mr. Kitman’s prodigious research into Washington’s intemperance, he cited a mention that the general had gained 28 pounds during the war, which lasted more than seven years. Marvin Kitman, Satirist Whose Main Target Was TV, Dies at 93 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Gaultier has a prodigious imagination, and his creativity can sometimes get the upper hand and overshadow the clothes themselves, but Wednesday's collection hit the sweet spot between fancy and rigor. Couture ends with revolution, as masses enter show 2011-07-06T22:46:06Z The ever-present sea, part sustainer, part destroyer, permeates both of Casey's books: its ferocious possibilities, its prodigious supply of livelihood and, for lifelong shore dwellers, its refuge from any shoreside storm, inside or outside oneself. 'Compass Rose': John Casey's sequel to the 'Spartina' story 2010-11-18T00:02:00Z A prodigious pig, a one-legged chicken and a herd of lissome cattle are at the center of this extraordinary, palpably intimate look at the everyday lives of a group of animals. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z These are prodigious plants, each one growing the equivalent of a pound of finished, ground coffee. A Journey to Colombia’s Coffee Belt 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Dulli is a blowzy, heartfelt storyteller, a sex symbol for the down and out, and a prodigious and surprisingly respectful coverer of R & B standards. The Week Ahead: May 20 ? 26 2012-05-20T08:00:06Z I’m not talking about “Us,” with its jump scares and prodigious helpings of gore. It’s a critic’s job to be fair. But when animals are involved, it gets dicey. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z What sets The People's Key apart from Oberst's prodigious output over the past 15 years isn't its lyrical density or conceptual assurance, but the taut, bright, propulsive vitality of its musicianship. Bright Eyes: The People's Key - review 2011-02-10T22:20:01Z A prodigious songwriter and distinctive singer, the Canadian’s 1960s work made hits for other acts, and in the ’70s, he and his moody ballads rode high on the pop charts. ‘Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind’ Review: A Troubadour Looks Back 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Hodge is an actor of prodigious daring and resourcefulness, powers that are sorely tested here. Theater Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Opens in London 2013-06-26T16:33:57Z Mr. Kuhn is a prodigious pianist whose talents reveal themselves gently. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z First we meet Rose, standing in the kitchen of a ramshackle seaside cottage and ignoring a prodigious nosebleed. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z He simply stands upon the podium and conducts with clear movements of his arms, and gets the orchestra to make a prodigious noise. Review | An old hand shines anew in Bruckner 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Bentley also turned his prodigious learning to delivering a series of lectures endowed to discredit every religion except Christianity. ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished Just like Woody Allen, his flashes of genius are diluted by a prodigious output which seems half-conceptualized, barely finished. It’s time to bring James Franco's reign of half-assed artistry to an end 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z White’s prodigious talents are already manifest in these pages. ‘Charles White: A Retrospective’ Review: Shimmering Black History Brought to Life 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z He’s not the only one turning in a deficient impression: Neither Coleman’s King nor David Garrison’s Richard Nixon are up to the task of satisfactorily resetting our prodigious memories of those figures. Review | In ‘The Great Society,’ history marches numbingly on, and on, and on, and on 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z His was a life of prodigious work and self-sacrifice but also profound blundering. A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Her prodigious research is based on many important archives located in Britain, Germany and the United States, on Fuchs family papers and the papers of major scientists. The Spy Who Handed America’s Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z But it can also be a period of prodigious growth. In-Betweens: 2 Middle Grade Novels About the Costs and Benefits of Being 11 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z A prodigious fundraiser, in the past decade alone he has added at least $28 million from private sources, according to USC. Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z His prodigious mind, he believes, still has the upper hand over any such copy since his convoluted stories only suggest meanings through the clouds of the unknown that surround his characters. For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us ‘see through lies’ in a world divided by walls 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Like Scott, DeSantis has also blown through a prodigious amount of money. Trump’s campaign cash overwhelms his GOP rivals. Here are key third-quarter fundraising takeaways 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z He called on Laufer, a longtime family friend, to work with Jacob to take his prodigious written notes and turn them into music. Autism silenced this L.A. teenager. It couldn't stop him from creating a 70-minute symphony 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z His prodigious output, however, is not matched by the size of his readership. ‘Our Language Is Dying’ 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z He was also a devotee of a movement called “effective altruism,” determined to give much of his prodigious wealth away to worthy causes, from pandemic prevention to the preservation of American democracy. What you won't learn from Michael Lewis' book on FTX could fill another book 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z His theatrical legacy, apart from his considerable accomplishments in film and television, is prodigious. Commentary: Critics weren't invited to David Mamet's new play. Then the show's star, Shia LaBeouf, sent a personal invite 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The first time I played at Kenilworth Road, Ricky Hill was a young, prodigious talent who went on to play for England. Who is a model pro? Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Ferguson, as prodigious a talent as he is, might not have been given a regular run of games at another club after moving from Bohemians in 2021. Ferguson bags hat-trick as Brighton beat Newcastle 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z His love for the Dodgers never waned and over the years, he began accumulating what would become a prodigious collection of Dodgers collectibles and memorabilia. His Lahaina restaurant was a Dodgers paradise. He lost it but says 'I feel blessed' 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Given the prodigious real estate boom in the People's Republic, one could be forgiven for assuming that's mainly what Pettis is describing, and such data surely factors into the next two charts. China's Great Leap Backward: So much for the next dominant superpower 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z “The government has made an egregious error in judgment in charging Mr. Lewis, an 86-year-old man of impeccable integrity and prodigious accomplishment,” Zornow said in a statement. British billionaire, owner of Tottenham soccer team, arrested on insider trading charges 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A lawyer for Mr. Lewis, David Zornow, said that prosecutors had “made an egregious error in judgment in charging Mr. Lewis, an 86-year-old man of impeccable integrity and prodigious accomplishment.” Joe Lewis, Billionaire Owner of Tottenham Soccer Club, Charged with Insider Trading 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z He showed prodigious musical ability as a boy upon receiving an accordion as a Christmas gift and soon after his family moved to Rio began playing professionally. Prolific Brazilian pianist João Donato, famed for bossa nova and beyond, dies at 88 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z In recent years, Schiff and Porter have been among the most prodigious fundraisers in the House. Adam Schiff dominates rivals in fundraising for California's U.S. Senate race 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s so massive that it burns through its nuclear fuel at a prodigious rate, and even though it has a bigger fuel tank, so to speak, it won’t live long. Meet the Stars of the ‘Summer Triangle’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Norway, once a prodigious source of immigrants to Seattle, was the home country of just one. Seattle welcomes 501 new American citizens at July Fourth ceremony 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z But his prodigious skills with mathematics and technology landed him work on military computer systems instead of in combat. Edward Fredkin, Who Saw the Universe as One Big Computer, Dies at 88 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Thomas Edsall explores why Donald Trump can lay claim to the title of most prodigious liar in the history of the presidency. Your Monday Briefing 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s alliance with the Christian right is a study in political opportunism, one that has yielded prodigious dividends for both. In Pitch to Evangelicals, Trump Casts Himself as Christian Crusader Who Helped End Roe v. Wade 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z |
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