| 单词 | reassuring |
| 例句 | I think of reassuring her by telling her that my childhood is over anyway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It was far more reassuring to go on imagining that Linus had taken ill on the plane to New York. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But then the remaining flight attendant closed the door, and the look on her face was anything but reassuring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But there was a reassuring stability to being with her, a certain safety in her whispering and her study room with the pencil sketches of Shakespeare on the walls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sure it will be dead again once Christmas is over,” Connor said, which was obviously reassuring to him, but not to me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “True,” he said, reassuring me of his ignorance, “but strings are cheap.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She put her hands into her pockets and her fingers closed around the reassuring shape of the stone with the hole in it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The conversations no longer ended in reassuring laughter, and the living room often seemed clouded with uncertainties, with unfinished knowledge, as if they all knew something would happen and yet did not know what. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby’s face softened as he put his arm around his wife’s shoulders and gave her what seemed to be a reassuring hug. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia gripped her knife harder, its cold curves reassuring in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even though he kept reassuring me, I was afraid he really did feel like I was picking Mrs. Hidalgo’s advice over his. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z There was a time when we didn’t hug, after she’d told me about being gay; but then she said I didn’t turn her on, reassuring me, and we’d gone back to it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a hint of the old bombast, the old peacock tail, and reassuring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And Mami wasn’t the only person stuck at her job with no way of reassuring her family that she was all right. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There was something reassuring about the rhythm of the grunts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the leader, Kerling tabled the decision, reassuring Neubauer that it would be discussed later when the group was reunited in Chicago on July 6. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z From above the woman’s figure looked even more matronly and reassuring. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks, River,” said an unmistakable voice, deep, measured, reassuring. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The bling of the text sounds like reassuring company. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “My dear friend, surely there is no doubt of it? I thought your reassuring manner was only to smooth things over till we are dug out of the snow and the police take charge.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother came over and gave Luke’s shoulder a reassuring squeeze before turning back to the stove. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I got the idea he was reassuring himself more than me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I can see that he is trying to sound reassuring, but he might as well be telling me fairy godmothers are real, because nothing he says right now will make this okay. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He picked her up and gave her what he hoped was a reassuring hug. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He heard Kamau’s voice in his mind, reassuring and confident as always. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The immediate appeal of Lamarck’s idea was that it offered a reassuring story of progress: all animals were progressively adapting to their environments, and thus progressively slouching along an evolutionary ladder toward perfection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A cute present—but presumably the men didn’t feel the need to drop reassuring teddy bears off at other men’s air regiments just before a combat mission! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But Ma just gives me a thoughtful “hmm” before giving her bag a reassuring pat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Her speech is nothing. She is a harmless creature,” said the white-haired gentleman in a reassuring tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Which didn't sound exactly reassuring, and I'd read enough about those two in the first chapters of the book to know that Capricorn meant what he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She crossed one ankle behind the other and heard a reassuring click. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You did good, Will,” she says, nodding at me, reassuring me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Gogol does not find this observation particularly reassuring. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As he ran, he sent his voice ahead of him, entreating her, persuading her, reassuring her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, who did not feel as sanguine as he had pretended when reassuring Hermione, was glad to reach the gate and the slippery pavement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She gives Marisol a reassuring pat on the hand before we leave, with a few urgently whispered words: “It’s going to be okay. Everything will be fine.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Banks was patting her children gently, first one and then the other, and murmuring words that were meant to be reassuring. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Alex felt a familiar wave of resentment, which he ordinarily fought to keep under control, but this morning welcomed as an old, reassuring presence. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z His voice was as reassuring as it had been the day of her trial. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The two talents had a reassuring weight to them that had nothing to do with how heavy they were. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a hard thing to explain. Having a servant you can depend on in these troubled times...I find it reassuring.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But apart from that, the atmosphere was oddly peaceful and reassuring. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gentle, reassuring snores came from her parents’ room, but the door was closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Dr. Spires held out a pamphlet, flashing a reassuring smile. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This is reassuring, because these things speak of a hardworking farmer, and hardworking farmers are usually sincere people. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Life at Aunt Queen’s was sometimes hectic, but somehow always comforting and reassuring. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As Oshiro lay on the ground with blood soaking into his uniform, he heard the reassuring whup-whup-whup as the medevac landed nearby. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He could tell that the girl was worried for the child, and he tried to smile at her in a way that was reassuring. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z When I woke in the middle of the night to find the room full of ghosts, the reassuring sound of her soft breathing sent them away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Karim was reassuring Baba that his brother had a big truck of “excellent and first-class quality,” and that the trek to Peshawar would be very routine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was reassuring to be back in the regent’s warm embrace. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the noises of all those men around us, not all of which were exactly suitable for polite company, got to be reassuring in a certain way. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And how reassuring to hear him say it like that—casually, naturally. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked at him and struggled to say something appropriate, something reassuring, something that expressed my gratitude to him for being so patient with me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sound of his bullets bouncing off the door was deafening—but somehow reassuring—but after about a dozen shots he stopped. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It’s reassuring to see just how high the overall level of accuracy is in our group. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He gave my hand a firm, reassuring squeeze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes a soft word, a reassuring comment, passes between families, but mostly we’re inside our own heads, thinking of what lies ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z These days it is reassuring to know that nature and physics, in their present meanings, have been interconnected in our minds, by a sort of hunch, for all these years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A commonplace, practical reply, out of the train of his own disturbed ideas, was, I was sure, the best and most reassuring for him in this frame of mind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A lone mercenary was never reassuring, even in the best of times. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They nodded sympathetically but seemed confused by my anxiety I called Walter before leaving for Sweden, and he told me that the interview had gone fine, which was reassuring. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Peeta looks me right in the eye and gives my hand what I think is meant to be a reassuring squeeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She tried for a reassuring smile, but she couldn’t quite muster one. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I kept picturing him reassuring Vera that everything was going to be all right. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There was something restful about it, something orderly and reassuring. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As she curled my fingers around it I felt the cold, reassuring weight of a coin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Andrew worked all day so I did not see him much, but it was reassuring at least to have him home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Leader put a reassuring arm across the blind man’s shoulders. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But Bull’s voice, at its worst, was reassuring and soothing compared to the D.I.’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, it’s reassuring to know that it worked.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Adjusting for age, I realize some of our opponents may be elderly, which is both sad and reassuring. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His mouth curled up into something that was supposed to be a reassuring smile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Al gives me a forlorn look, and I smile back in what I hope is a reassuring way. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He means his words to be reassuring, but I don’t think any words could possibly sound heartening right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But Art and Archaeology was reassuring to them: I could veer off in the archaeology direction and take to digging things up, which was more serious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Finch,” I said in a reassuring tone, “I have lived and worked and gone to school with non-Muslim people my whole life. I don’t feel uncomfortable in those situations.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As if to prove me wrong, she reaches an arm around my shoulders and gives me a reassuring squeeze. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The view from here is the shoe repair counter, which is not very world-class but is reassuring to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His arms went around her again in a comforting, reassuring gesture. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I seemed sure of was how big and reassuring his hand felt as it took mine and squeezed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I'm not sure why this is reassuring, but it is. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But she was not allowed to enjoy her discovery of this reassuring resemblance for long. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Distant horns honked—reassuring bleats that the men were still being held back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Lucy was next to them, as tiny and quiet as ever, but she reached up and patted Liam on the shoulder in what I guess was supposed to be a reassuring way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t deny either that the idea that Sirius was much nearer was reassuring; at least he wouldn’t have to wait so long for a response every time he wrote. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A few girls giggled, but I turned to Poppy and gave her a reassuring smile. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Still, our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gold bangles and a beautifully crafted flat gold chain that she touched from time to time, reassuring herself that it was there and that it was hers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly, gaunt, his staring pelt full of goose grass and fragments of burdock, was talking with the three hutch rabbits and reassuring them as best he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel put a reassuring hand on Kit’s shoulder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On her hard bare feet she went to the hanging box where Coyotito slept, and she leaned over and said a little reassuring word. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched my arm in that mute and reassuring way of men who share a moment of crisis. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind, as he stopped to sniff it, was reassuring, carrying only the scents of evening dew, may and cow dung. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The slap and slide of chalk's a reassuring sound. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some laws of physics would be reassuring right now. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The gaunt sellsword made for a much more reassuring presence than the boy would have. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Annabeth pressed next to him at the rail, her warmth reassuring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if she was talking to me or to herself, but either way, it wasn’t reassuring. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But I stare back at him with a look that I hope is reassuring. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If I’m wondering who pilfered the petty cash, it’s more reassuring to hear Not Jones; he’s an honest man than Not Jones; he’s a very honest man. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Left alone with him for a minute or two, she chatted and made reassuring remarks about his operation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He smells faintly of cigarettes and leather, a reassuring smell that reminds me of my grandfather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Nearing the fire alarm, V tapped her pocket for the reassuring feel of the photo and—with a gasp—discovered that it wasn’t there. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I glance over at Sophie, hoping to give her a reassuring smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The one pertinent item, however, was not reassuring. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Somehow, a yelled reassurance did not sound very reassuring. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And when they begin, other sounds, the sounds' that make a constant, reassuring background to the cubs’ lives, fall silent. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In Chicago the editors of The Inland Architect tried to be reassuring: “Existing conditions are only an accident. Capital is only hidden. Enterprise is only frightened, not beaten.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She knew the place was as immutable to the changes of time as an iceberg, but there was something reassuring about that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was reassuring to know that the world had not flung out of orbit, that time passed the way it used to, before any of this. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I gave him a reassuring pat, “It’s okay, boy,” and he settled down. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Several times I carried on alone for a half hour or so, but without Francis’ reassuring chatter my inability to think in three dimensions became all too apparent. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I heard Deborah reassuring Theresa that she would take care of her, and then she took Theresa in her arms and rocked her until they were both asleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you could also be wrong,” Liam said, dropping a reassuring hand on Zu’s head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She nipped his finger, perhaps rather harder than she would ordinarily have done, but hooted softly in a reassuring sort of way all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Tubs’s left arm began to ache from the weight of the chocolates and he shifted his burden to his other arm, taking a moment to pat the reassuring bulge of his wallet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt for the iron and salt that she always kept in her apron pocket, the bundle a reassuring weight in her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was reassuring just to look at him, riding slowly forward into the sunlight on the black Irish stallion: Dutch Longstreet, old Pete. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But Thomas rolled over and refused to say another word, worried he’d mess up this new sense of being encouraged, eradicate the reassuring calm that filled his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A terrible, shameful image comes to me: Kamal with his delicate hands, his reassuring manner, his sibilant speech, contrasted with Scott, huge and powerful, wild, desperate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Silvertongue was tall, almost too tall to hide here, but it was reassuring to have him close, even if his heart was beating just as fast as Farid's own. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He put his arm around me and I felt his reassuring bulk. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His manner of speaking is so calming, so reassuring, it makes me like him again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On the radio, the idealized world of One Man’s Family and the just and reassuring tales of The Lone Ranger were runaway hits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped her hand over mine for just a second, very gentle and reassuring. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was reassuring to hear people, but then again, we couldn’t get to them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He gives a reassuring thump on my back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The government continued reassuring whites that the situation in the ghettos was under control, that it was only a matter of time before complete order was restored. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to sound firm, like I’m not idly reassuring him, but I am. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I can imagine the feel of his hands, the weight of them, reassuring and protective. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As if attempting to smooth any ruffled feathers, he closed the letter with the reassuring words “I’ve been putting a lot of thought on the uranium matter.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Without stopping the flow of reassuring words, Taran raised her hoof. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It was reassuring to see the young soldier’s head nod in agreement— until he added, “God and Trujillo willing.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously Cynthia had been worrying, and Teresa was reassuring her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “The amazing thing about Miss Teen Dream is that it’s all about girls coming together — different races, creeds, ethnicities,” she said, looking from girl to girl with a reassuring smile. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He’d been so worried about lifting her spirits, and here she was reassuring him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “We look after it in a minute,” I say in that reassuring voice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Allen was also listening for the reassuring noises of animals: the whine of mosquitoes, the whir of crickets, the scurry of rats in the underbrush. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Their noncommittal smiles, the way they seemed to have everything under control was too reassuring, too studied, too managed to make me comfortable. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s a little reassuring, actually, to think that Haymitch might have been right. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Don't be. We're going to have a fabulous time," he says, giving my cheek a reassuring pat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His heaves echoed in the locker room as if he was choking, the sounds more horrible and violent than usual, but by now they had become reassuring, an encouraging vital sign. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He missed the reassuring tick of the rasping old clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was, however, reassuring to catch these glimpses of him, even if he did look very strained and anxious. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He glanced nervously at the speaker on the wall, reassuring himself that no one was listening. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Is he just reassuring her because she’s my mother, or does he really believe that I am capable? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He concluded by reassuring us that Kerry was walking with Jesus now. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham was decisive, blunt, and cordial; he spoke under a level blue gaze that Olmsted found reassuring. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I lay there, staring up at the light and wondering why Mr. Galanter had used that word, when I saw one of the orderlies glance down at me with a reassuring grin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s annoying, but also reassuring that she doesn’t think it’s that big a deal, when the loss has felt overwhelming to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I make my voice as reassuring as possible. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She followed the boy, steadying him, when he needed it, with her hand and her reassuring voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nico didn’t like to be touched, but somehow this brief contact with his father felt reassuring - the same way the Chapel of Bones was reassuring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He took a step forward, intending to give the boy a reassuring pat on the shoulder or mutter some word of apology. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It takes getting used to. But,” she added in a reassuring tone, “once it’s happened, I’m certain you wouldn’t want it any other way.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As I go, I give my mother a reassuring smile over my shoulder. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom is reassuring, like a mama bird who knows we are ready to fly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Caesar covered his face and Fletcher placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He probably wanted to look reassuring, but in centaur form he towered over me, casting a shadow across the table. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When he finally spoke, he tried hard to sound reassuring, but the pounding of his heart made his voice shake. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody will pass,” I said, trying to be reassuring. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am not sure I find her answer reassuring, either. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was so solid, so reassuring, but Frank couldn’t protect her from Death. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The fact that I, a phage person, found what he was doing important was reassuring. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There was a fragrance of new hay and the warm reassuring smell of cattle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A count of five later, the lights flickered on, and the crash bracelets steadied her as the board reactivated, rising smoothly up under her feet with reassuring solidness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her footsteps were soft and reassuring on the dirt floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Of course you can come,” said Kit, stooping to give the child a reassuring hug. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It will be her face America sees reassuring the nation in time of crisis, promising vengeance on the shores of the ROC. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z An afternoon breeze had kicked itself into a gusty wind, and the shade on the window tapped out a steady beat that was pleasant and reassuring. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z My mother came away from our wagon and Ben met her halfway, chuckling and saying something reassuring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The doctor did not regard it as particularly dangerous or painful, reassuring Booth that he could treat the injury. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be reassuring to have you go as well. As for Chesnutt...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In a reassuring voice, James said, “It’s easy to miss stuff like that. That’s why two eyes are better than one. No offense to the Cyclops.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And I know his thoughts are extra busy with his own concerns, especially after some technical difficulties slow us down, and we get through everything together with patience and reassuring smiles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Flashing Zu a reassuring smile, I added, “You’ll be ahead of everyone else your age by the time things go back to normal.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Have to send flowers, of course, but Merrigot is most reassuring.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As for me, I spent the evening hours reassuring the parents and offspring who called me their home. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But his mother laughed again in a reassuring, affectionate way. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I asked him if he would send my parents a reassuring note, explaining that I would be staying with a friend for Christmas break. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Distant horns honked—reassuring bleats that the men were still being held back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The familiar constellations must have been reassuring in the midst of an unexplored ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl whimpers, and Christina walks over to her, mumbling something in a reassuring voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Normally, she would have taken control of a situation like this, directing the care of Lola, reassuring her mother, listening to the doctor’s advice, consulting with Leon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’s also calm and reassuring, he exudes a patient kindness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Resettlement of the Children of Ham is continuing on schedule,” says the reassuring pink face, back on the screen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In a reassuring voice, James said, “It’s easy to miss stuff like that. That’s why two eyes are better than one. No offense to the Cyclops.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mark tried to give him a reassuring look. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The rebel passed the first few cottages, so snug and inviting to his comfort-loving soul—smoke rising in the still evening air, and the reassuring smell and sounds of humans everywhere. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He said no brave and reassuring words, he simply sat alone and rocked himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought he was reassuring her, because that’s what selfless people do, but now I wonder if he was repeating something he had studied; if all his Abnegation tendencies were just Erudite traits in disguise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The driver cursed and complained but Paul murmured reassuring words to him in French, as I couldn’t be stopped now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Well, isn’t that reassuring. Go now. You have some nasty surprises to deal with, and I must defeat Blinky!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I smiled back, reassured—although one wouldn’t expect green teeth to be reassuring. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It would have been really reassuring, except that Mom’s voice quivered at the very end. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But the vet took one look at the injured dog, gave them a reassuring smile, and led them inside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She smiles at me the reassuring smile of an older sibling. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When she does, she gets the most peaceful feeling, as if there’s a cool and reassuring hand on her forehead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The earmuffs made him appear, at the same time, reassuring, amusing, and, ultimately, loveable. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Through the speakers, the security is reassuring the crowd, saying, “A transistor sparked in the upper levels of the dome, but everything is under control now. Please mind your steps and follow the exit signs.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She stumbled as she hurried through the darkness of the bamboo tunnel, and emerged onto the reassuring geometry of the paving stones. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For me those same symbols are reassuring reminders of public success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From the long hugs at arrival, to the reassuring hands on shoulders in the security line, even a young couple, arms around each other, waiting at the gate, touch is everywhere. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A reassuring thought as Frank hunted poisonous fire- breathing devil snakes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Not me, I liked it from the start; it sounds so reassuring, especially at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One mile behind him were macadam and the reassuring sounds of an automobile or two—one of which was Reverend Cooper’s car, driven by his thirteen-year-old nephew. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Baransky is laughing her easygoing laugh as she politely declines his offer of chocolate coins, then turns to our mother with a reassuring smile. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The response was less than reassuring—just a twitch of a stubby finger to follow. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Hazel was reassuring Frank that he’d done everything he could for his grandmother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Half an hour later Bast brought a bowl to his master’s room, reassuring him that everything was well downstairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My uncle had two discrete eyebrows—not a single connecting hair between them—which was deeply reassuring, because I had always worried about growing a Persian Unibrow. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She puts a reassuring hand on my shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z This would seem reassuring and tidy, and there are some important disease problems for which it has already been done effectively, demonstrating that the direct, frontal approach does work. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Monteverdi knew that blending these related chords in one piece of music would create something tranquil, reassuring and ethereal. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, willing herself to be rooted there, in that chair, and she gripped the armrest until the pattern carved in it rose up to meet her fingers, solid and reassuring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the drone of the tractor has been reassuring. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I got out of the car, swung my bag around to my side, gave Mom a reassuring smile, and slammed the door shut with my hip. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This suggestion may have been reassuring to those unfamiliar with the Court’s equal protection jurisprudence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now, for example, I would be reassuring the Pharaoh that the flood was a gift from the gods, that once it receded, the rich black earth of the delta would bring forth abundant grain. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Always the optimist, Alma kissed her daughter’s forehead and gave her a reassuring smile. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally, I catch a glimpse of Haymitch, which is reassuring, or President Snow, which is terrifying, but I keep laughing and thanking people and smiling as my picture is taken. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The emptiness upsets him, but the weight of the camera is solid, reassuring in his hands. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The fragrance of his pipe tobacco preceded him, reassuring me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to pull myself together to be calm and reassuring, the way I was when we said our good-byes the day of the last reaping. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he was a man of some six feet three inches, and his countenance, though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging, could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Counterpoint, to Bach, was the ultimate set of laws in music; obeying these laws was for him something beautiful, uplifting and reassuring. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There were ottomans and framed photographs and curio cabinets full of souvenirs, their very frivolousness reassuring. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Amari gave him a reassuring hug, then she looked at Polly, who sat next to her, scratching the mosquito bites on her arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see him, couldn’t even turn my neck anymore, but just the weight of his palms was reassuring. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “We’ll figure it out, sweetheart,” my mom says with a reassuring pat of my hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Howard was privately distressed but publicly reassuring and confident. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound was reassuring, even though it was muffled and as flat as the light. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The holes and tunnels of an old warren become smooth, reassuring and comfortable with use. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hideo talks to her in a low, affectionate voice, his hands on her shoulders, reassuring her that he will send for groceries right away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s something nostalgic and reassuring and sweet and silly about the earnestness with which we looked at things. Jennifer Grey: 'I don't understand people who re-enact Dirty Dancing' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Burstyn, winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Tony, is a constantly reassuring presence in a smaller but essential role. Review: This 'Picnic' basket has a sexy drifter 2013-01-14T01:33:12Z It turns out that this pose not only best shows off what they are wearing, but also might send reassuring signals to their brains that they are capable and competent. Studied: The Right Stance Can Be Reassuring — Studied 2013-05-03T23:12:24Z It can even be reassuring to know that your economic fortunes aren’t tied to a single company or field. She Had 3 Jobs to Support Her Music. Now All Are Gone. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z It was reassuring, during a time when nothing seemed normal and predictable about the world, to feel we could see possible outcomes of situations. Tarot helped me take advice from my mother 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z It was probably reassuring and a bit escapist for him to play that role.” Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z "We're quite interested in the term 'legibility'," he says hesitantly, before reassuring the board that "we're desperate to try and make it feel like one building that isn't sat on a funny suitcase". Pitch battle: watch four star architects compete to design NY tower 2012-11-19T15:08:49Z He keeps reassuring them that the more things change, the more they will stay the same. When Jeff Koons painted Michel Jackson white 2013-06-10T16:18:00Z Even the drunk stranger — a sweet norm named Max, played with sweet norm charm by Jake Lacy from “The Office” — is warm and reassuring. Shocking movie portrayal: Why “Obvious Child” is a revolutionary fairy tale 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “It was reassuring. Other casinos didn’t go to these measures.” Headed to a casino this summer? Here’s what to expect. 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z She writes: Aborted weddings are as cinematically moreish as champagne, such as the popular choice of Wayne's World 2's spoof on The Graduate that is tragic, comic, exciting and reassuring. Clip joint: tattoos 2010-08-25T11:31:00Z Each time Mark disappoints himself, Cheryl remains a reassuring, encouraging coach, and they make progress. Movie Review: ‘The Sessions,’ With John Hawkes and Helen Hunt 2012-10-18T22:04:26Z A mainly rose-tinted book, then, and one that parents of teenage festival-goers may find strangely reassuring. Scenes from British music festivals 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z "Don't worry," they seem to be reassuring us. A high-style, intermittently substantive 'Caesar' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z When you hear those frantic calls for help on the radio, and the reassuring voice of the OnStar operator, it’s hard not to be moved. Onstar Mirror: When Only a Human Will Do 2012-05-03T19:37:44Z That is the reassuring but unconvincing message of “Bright Days Ahead,” a lighter-than-air carnal romance. Movie Review: In ‘Bright Days Ahead,’ a 60-Year-Old Woman Takes a Lover 2014-04-24T23:35:20Z It was all formal, stately, predictable and curiously reassuring. Review | Trump has tried to coopt the Army. This new museum shows why that won’t be easy. 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Another reassuring detail is the plastic shield over the cloth mask worn by whoever serves you. Review | Shake up your dinner routine with a (short) road trip 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Most important, Mr. Green is his old self: arriving anywhere he wants around the beat, gliding or leaping, importunate and reassuring. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Smoldering Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Hell, maybe there’s something reassuring about the fact that even though she’s Tina Fey, she actually hasn’t figured it all out any better than the rest of us. Cultural Studies: Tina Fey and Me 2011-04-08T19:18:59Z But this predictability is an illusion, because at any moment, the whole reassuring framework could collapse. My favourite Hitchcock: North by Northwest 2012-08-03T16:45:00Z Tendler's eyes brightened and she relaxed and smiled, and Mulaney bounded back to the set, the most reassuring man alive, perhaps not the future of the sitcom, but the future of comedy. Comedian John Mulaney is the throwback kid 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z And that’s exactly what makes this collection at once thrilling and reassuring. ‘The Bitch in the House’ Has a Sequel: ‘The Bitch Is Back’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s reassuring to remember that not everyone is crazy and unpredictable, and that books, even books about crime and punishment, can help restore our equilibrium in this season of high anxiety. John Grisham Brings Back His Hero Jake Brigance for a Third Case 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Though most of my favorite theater novels provide an abundance of comfort, the literary equivalent of family-size concessions candy, Alarcón’s 2013 book, set in a nameless South American country, offers a less reassuring read. Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In a rap world that evolves daily, Cole is a reassuring throwback to the genre’s past. J. Cole takes a somewhat tedious trip all the way through ‘Forest Hills Drive’ 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Stéphane tries to be a reassuring, reasonable presence in his parents’ lives, but his own history of mental illness and drug addiction makes this difficult. ‘Vortex’ Review: A Split Screen and a Shared Fate 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In that brief, panicked period of wondering, before the reassuring verdict of a home pregnancy test, I vividly imagined two futures for myself. My mom finally made her choice, after a lifetime colored by the one she wasn't allowed 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z It opens with a punch to the gut — “In the fullness of time all that lives will die” — but goes on to strike a chord that is equal parts factual, thought-provoking and reassuring. A Scientist Puts Things in Perspective 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Because a warm, comical, reassuring movie about Hitler seems like the logical sequel to a warm, comical, reassuring movie about Jim Crow. Will the Oscars Get as Nostalgic as Hollywood Did in 2019? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Throughout the interwar years many people believed the Nazis’ reassuring mendacities because they wanted to. Review | Nazi Germany as a travel destination: A new book explores how Hitler duped tourists 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The poster This is slightly more reassuring, because there are two Blackbird posters and they both actually work. Michael Flatley's self-financed spy thriller: what you need to know 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Rather than reproduce the reassuring image of gentility and glamour we’ve come to associate with Jacqueline Kennedy, it continually undermines that consensus version of one of the 20th century’s most private public figures. ‘Jackie,’ art and accuracy in a post-fact world 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I have all these books, but it’s reassuring to see them in such familiar surroundings, a reminder of what doesn’t dissipate. Book stalls, used books and other pleasures of New York City 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z “As this fake world grew, all of us went along with it because the simplicity was reassuring,” Curtis’s insistent voice-over tells us toward the beginning of his long documentary, which he also wrote and edited. Adam Curtis’s Essential Counterhistories 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z It is reassuring to see people who remind me of my aunts and uncles – even their mannerisms are the same. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z No matter how impressive the résumé or the uniform, no matter how official and reassuring they look. Perspective | John Kelly and the myth of the ‘adult in the room’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z True Grit and The King's Speech, also up for best picture, have a reassuring conservatism, but The Social Network's take on the American dream is more unsettling. David Fincher: unfriended by Oscar? 2011-02-02T21:31:01Z But silence on these events is a political bias too, painting a reassuring vision of a politically untroubled NHS. If only soap operas didn't wash their hands of politics 2012-11-12T20:30:01Z It has been, after all, a dark and confusing period in storm-struck, waterlogged New York, and it is reassuring to be in the company of a Sandy you want to cuddle instead of flee. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z It's a really reassuring fable about how good it is to be mortal. Justin Cronin, Author of the Next Big Vampire Novel, The Passage 2010-06-11T08:25:00Z That is reassuring, though just as the paranoid sometimes have enemies, those crying that the sky is falling may one day be right. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z As for Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, they were “disappointed and felt strongly about reassuring the journalists at Fox News” that what Hannity did “is not acceptable,” according to a person close to them. Will Fox News survive as a house united? A look at the cable network’s ongoing drama in the Trump era. 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z It's a reassuring gesture to potential customers who yearn for the tamer Hollywood romances of yesteryear. "Larry Crowne": Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts' tepid screwball love affair 2011-06-29T20:01:00Z The confirmation of Curtis’ appearance is a reassuring sight for fans of the franchise, but it should come as no surprise given McBride’s love of the original film. Jamie Lee Curtis Will Appear in the Next 'Halloween' Film 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It strokes a reassuring possibility that we can all remain sixth graders. Motivators of 2010: Technology and Greed 2010-12-17T19:43:28Z At a time of great uncertainty, that can be an oddly reassuring question as well as a scary one, if only because it can help to be reminded that uncertainty is nothing new. Once Upon a Timeline in America 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The novel makes the stunned Zakalwe ask just this question, to be told by the reassuring but patronising Sma: "It's all done with force fields ... don't try to understand it all too quickly." Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-27T21:50:00Z For audiences unaccustomed to eating dinner with strangers, let along spending five hours with Sophocles, Mr. Iskandar is reassuring. Sean Graney?s ?These Seven Sicknesses,? Sophocles at Flea 2012-01-12T18:12:27Z Compared with his riveting recital, simultaneously reassuring and bewildering, the orchestra concert earlier in the evening was not bad but bland. Paul Lewis Plays Mozart and Schubert at Mostly Mozart 2013-08-08T23:12:58Z Check, check, check and check, I thought, reassuring myself. The Challenge of Perfect Phyllo 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Their architecture is reassuring to Chinese buyers not just because it suggests American suburban plenty. How Arcadia is remaking itself as a magnet for Chinese money 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Still, Mr. Rauch fills his book with reassuring research on why a midlife malaise is normal, as well as some sound lessons on how to cultivate happiness in general. ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z And it is lovely to return to Rattlestick, where the indoor air moves in a soft, reassuring breeze. ‘Ni Mi Madre’ Review: A Son’s Stinging Tribute to His Mother 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z "Often people find that colleagues are more supportive than they'd expected. Mine started to reach out, asking me to lunch and reassuring me that the world hadn't moved on that much since I'd left." Loneliness: a silent plague that is hurting young people most 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Everyone here is muddling through in a way that is totally reassuring to watch. Have you been watching ? Stella? 2012-02-10T11:19:38Z But he lets nothing disrupt the deep, reassuring rhythmic flow that underlies his playing. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Watching them argue playfully on screen or in person is both entertaining and somehow reassuring, like eating hot buttered toast in a perfectly heated bubble bath. Bake Off's Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry: 'We argue over every cake' 2012-11-18T00:08:03Z “Our findings were especially reassuring given that we were able to use a different approach,” Charlton said. Contraceptive pill does not contribute to birth defects, say researchers 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In this strange new world it’s reassuring that the catchphrases are, more or less, intact and, more importantly, Homer and Marge are still in love. The Simpsons: are the couch gags the only things left worth watching? 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z There’s something almost primal and reassuring about their ambivalence toward convention. HBO’s ‘Girls,’ ‘Looking’ and the delicate balance of vignette 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z We need more balanced, reassuring voices telling women not to feel guilty if they can't nurse exclusively for months on end. Motherlode Blog: Must-Reads: Feminism, Travel, Milk Wars and More 2012-07-16T15:21:03Z There’s something strangely reassuring about Manna’s bird’s-eye view of her subjects. In Jumana Manna’s Film, a Wild Plant Crosses the Political Line 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z It conspicuously lacks the smooth, reassuring density of cold hummus that we Brits have come to love. How to eat: hummus 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The writing is on the wall, and time is limited for Bieber to be this toothless puppy, this mix of forthright sexual energy and reassuring impotence. The essential unseriousness of Bieber Fever 2010-07-07T22:12:00Z Many reporters prefer the reassuring comfort of the pack. Seymour M. Hersh — the Journalist as Lone Wolf 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z For thousands of years, humans have looked to butterflies as a reassuring symbol in times of change. Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, the book’s message is clear and bracing: King understood that it’s children who will lead the way, and the man’s faith in the future is reassuring even now. Children’s Books About Black History, Heavy on Biographies 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z His approach is polite, pleasant and reassuring without being bland. Music Review: Allan Harris Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2012-08-29T21:21:53Z In many ways, of the two, the material theory is more reassuring. A New Theory of Distraction 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z When you and Bruno go on holiday, is it reassuring to know he'll catch any grenades that are thrown at you? B.o.B: 'I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop' 2012-11-08T14:49:00Z I tried to offer Jo a reassuring smile and realised it was identical to the one I had seen on her face so often since Isobelle had died. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Put that way, might not helmet hair be a reassuring counterpoint? Weighing In on the ?Callista? Gingrich 2012-02-10T23:51:11Z However, in some places the book does offer a useful, rounded portrait of Miss Suu Kyi, now aged 70, as she finally takes over running the country—and none of it is reassuring. All change, or not 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The way he lures Athena from his memory to the stage parallels the way Almond appears to be coaxing Love through her performance, reassuring her with his eyes of her singular charisma. The cult persona of Courtney Love in 'Kansas City Choir Boy,' more concert than musical 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Like a harrumphing, discursive companion on a long walk over tough terrain, his grouchy presence became reassuring. Shipton and Tilman by Jim Perrin – review 2013-03-27T11:00:01Z Almost all good stories address change in some way or another and that might, subtly, be just as reassuring. Can you suggest any moving house books for a worried seven-year-old? 2012-05-28T16:29:43Z In the case of this modern dance master it’s reassuring and maybe even true: on July 29 Mr. Taylor turned 80. Dance Review: Celebrating Paul Taylor at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2010-08-08T22:44:00Z Perhaps other survivors find that protective or vigilante instinct reassuring, but not this one. Is romance and recovery as difficult as it seems? A rape victim reflects on the triumphs and traumas of her dating life 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z There's something deeply comforting and reassuring about stuffed shells: perfectly cooked, pliable pasta shells filled to the brim with the creamiest ricotta mixture imaginable, doused in sauce and cheese galore and baked until perfectly golden. This cheesy, nostalgic stuffed pasta dish is the coziest indulgence for sweater weather 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z This coolheaded stoicism, often squelching in marriage, felt reassuring and uplifting when contemplating divorce. Modern Love: Happily Ever, After Divorce 2012-06-01T15:44:50Z Or are they doing something more crafty — handing out vice presidencies like reassuring pats on the head, while allowing voters to still put a man in the Oval Office? Perspective | The hazards of asking male candidates whether they’d choose a female running mate 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z “We’re taking a European approach,” a museum staff member said, reassuring me that there is a pump and filter system, and a mandatory shower. Art Review: ?Carsten H?ller: Experience? at the New Museum - Review 2011-10-27T22:24:36Z "I find the clichés of the form reassuring," she wrote. Kids, your mom deserves better than brunch 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The softly drawn, detailed illustrations underline Chloe's energy and spunk, and also create a reassuring picture of family life. Picture books for summer break 2012-06-09T02:01:04Z This was reassuring, yes, as viewers could tell themselves — as I could tell myself — that our lives were richer, no matter our bank balances. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z It's one of the many things people misremember about the show, which is fondly recalled as a cosy, moralising bit of nostalgia, in which the bobby on the beat figured as a paternal, reassuring presence. Your next box set: Dixon of Dock Green 2012-07-19T19:00:01Z Mamere, the story’s reassuring anchor and moral grounding wire, wants to be a doctor and dreams of reuniting his family. In ‘The Good Lie,’ Sudanese Refugees Adjust to America 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The album is warm, well paced, reassuring, confident and manageable in length; it’s also self-consciously naïve in feeling, floppy and weirdly distant. Playlist: New Music From Mark McGuire and Twin Sister 2011-09-24T22:15:07Z This is reassuring, I say, because, of course, Google Maps is enfeebling our innate abilities to find our way. ‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Viewers familiar with the series that originated this college by-product will probably find the presence of an exposed male member and gore reassuring. "Gen V" is bloody and raunchy enough to live up to the expectations set by "The Boys" 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Circling like tribal warriors, biting the air, the men end up bouncing around like frat boys, reassuring us not to be unsettled by their aggression. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-04T23:22:16Z There may be something a shade too reassuring about the final deference to truth and idealism. Rashomon: No 5 2010-10-17T10:51:00Z The virtuosity of theatrical craft, by comparison, is reassuring in its transmissibility and manageability; it’s nearly quantifiable, which allows critics to play teacher and assign the equivalent of a numerical grade. What “Fences” Misses About Adapting Plays for the Screen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Nor is it particularly reassuring, to me anyway, that this example of data collection and forced speech was required by corporations — Samsung and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation rather than the government. Jay-Z Is Watching, and He Knows Your Friends 2013-07-04T22:23:46Z These dense, near-sculptural drawings reward prolonged inspection, but time spent with them is not reassuring. Review | In the galleries: Dark hues that paint unsettling portents 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Mion said she finds it reassuring to know that, when the time comes for Edoardo to join in the family business, he can rely on his father as a cicerone. In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Surfer-to-teacher ratio was a reassuring one to one on the first day of camp, then dropped to two to one as more campers signed up. Learning to Surf in Queens 2012-07-19T21:23:08Z As for those couples reassuring themselves that their home ownership goal would only be deferred for a few years, we wish you luck. Netflix's "Marriage or Mortgage" invites us to look back at a time when bad decisions were a luxury 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z He insisted that the audience members shed their self-consciousness and let loose as well, reassuring them by saying: “It’s okay. You’re at a Kirk concert.” Kirk Franklin makes gospel music feel like a party 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z I didn’t have much more to tell except for a brief fling with square dancing, which I don’t think was reassuring. Like to have lots of partners? Then contra dancing’s for you 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The selling rate was a reassuring 81 percent by lot. At Old Masters auctions in London, many works go unsold 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z “Look how much you care for the dogs,” my friend Audrey kept reassuring me. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z It's almost reassuring to look back at that time and see that we were even dealing with that then. "PEN15" stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle: "We still feel like we're in seventh grade" 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z It's very reassuring and British and makes me feel I know where I'm at. Jessie Ware: 'I'm such a bully about food' 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z Kiwi society functions in a way both recognizable and reassuring to Americans: everyone speaks English, people shake hands when they meet, and they eat bacon and eggs for breakfast. Frugal Traveler Blog: Notes From a New Zealand Newbie 2012-03-22T18:00:48Z In an era when higher education is becoming unaffordable for more and more Americans, it’s certainly reassuring to know that at least one corporation isn’t necessarily looking for Ivy League degrees. Welcome to Plutocrat-geddon! Obama and Thomas Friedman flatter our new billionaire overlords 2014-04-22T16:03:00Z What’s changed since then has been in equal measure reassuring and unsettling. To survive, this Shakespeare troupe is offering online classes and videos. Are branded masks next? 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Even more than in Paris or London, the history of colonialism and immigration is written on the surface of Brussels, in ways both reassuring and depressing. Marcel Broodthaers’s Brussels, and Mine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Though its overall vibe is still more reassuring than revolutionary, an exciting, unsettled energy runs through its exhibits, and I found it more difficult than usual to make this standout list of only 10 picks. An Elegant Return to Form at Independent Art Fair 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The big one wasn’t cold or negligent; she was a reassuring presence. The Enduring Wisdom of ‘Goodnight Moon’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z They prove that the generation gap is not dead, that we are not all trotting hand-in-hand through the fields of Latitude to see Fleet Foxes, and that's reassuring. Pendulum are the sound of youth ? just not mine 2010-06-03T10:41:00Z There's always something reassuring about a band whose ending really is a full stop; this way, there is no opportunity to taint the legacy. How Talk Talk spoke to today's artists 2011-02-28T16:58:05Z Besides, there’s nothing quite like the reassuring motion of a train car and a window-seat sunset to lull a traveler to sleep. Day Tripper: All aboard for tacos, espresso and breweries in Vancouver. (Yes, that Vancouver.) 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Still, the transition from her free-rein early years to her grandmother’s reassuring, yet no-nonsense brand of parenting couldn’t have been easy – for the girls or for their grandmother. Parents again: the growing number of Americans raising their grandkids 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z It wasn’t that he provided anyone with certainty but that he was calm and reassuring within life’s uncertainty. Lots of Love for Garry Shandling 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Still, I found it helpful — not reassuring, certainly, but mind-expanding — to be reminded of our place in a vast cosmos. This Is How It All Ends 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z He was mildly reassuring, and when I spoke to Tony the next day he said he had no intention of sacking me. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z And for generations of women who were stereotyped and bullied into polite smiles and reassuring deference, pink was their bane. Perspective | For Nancy Pelosi and the new women in Congress, fashion was a defiant statement of purpose — and resistance 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It helps that he looks like the perfect receptacle, his bulked body and colossal head both reassuring and intimidating. Review: ‘Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru’ Depicts a Self-Help Prophet 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z In any other situation, that would be reassuring, but at a kink party, it’s vaguely accusatory. My “50 Shades” sex party 2012-06-17T01:00:00Z As a teenager, I found the idea mildly disgusting, not to mention insulting, and yet it was oddly reassuring. How to stay obsessed and enamored: The best way to save a marriage is sex 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z It is somehow deeply reassuring to see Ms. Mirren, who turns 70 this year, step back in time as Elizabeth and persuade us that she is whatever age she wants to be. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z After all, it’s reassuring to print the legend, often expedient to go with the two-dimensional cartoon. How well do we know our heroes? A new book shows the darker side of Martin Luther 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Do you feel that film is morally obligated to avoid reassuring answers? 2009-12-28T16:02:00Z “Bad Luck” glides along on gently ticking drums and a lacework of guitars, distantly suggesting Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing,” yet it’s anything but reassuring. Khalid Has Fresh Insecurities and a New Set of Musical Tricks on ‘Free Spirit’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Mandelson is later shown speaking to the prime minister over the phone, reassuring him about his performance in the first televised debate. Revealing documentary shows unguarded side of Lord Mandelson 2010-10-15T10:13:00Z Like a well-functioning family home, there is an unspoken contract under its roof and the reassuring predictability of its routine, a language that we all speak so easily. Ottolenghi’s Test Kitchen Is Closed. But the Recipes Keep Coming. 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z These spaces are like the fitting rooms at fancy boutiques — the rooms with the skinny mirrors or the warm lighting or the reassuring salespeople. Perspective | The SoulCycle and Equinox controversy hits close to home — because they’re selling an idealized version of you 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z You want an outfit that says by day, “I’m reassuring people it’s OK to blame Muslims for the banking crisis” but at night reads more, “I’m a hoot at dinner parties.” From the time Trump's tweets disappeared to David Davis's Brexit diary: satirists take on the news 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Even though my brain was trying to jump out of my skull, I knew to listen and be present, to speak with reassuring words: “I hope you know that I love you forever, unconditionally.” Jill Soloway Tells the Personal Story Behind “Transparent” 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z A synth bass heaves underneath, and for a moment things feel darkly reassuring. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z If Marianne Elliott, who is directing Curious Incident there, was feeling anxious before she sat down to talk with me, Haddon and playwright Simon Stephens, the men are not reassuring her. A Curious Incident on stage: the National does Mark Haddon's novel 2012-07-25T18:01:00Z Armed police on quad bikes patrol the beaches – reassuring but not the most relaxing sight on a fly-and-flop holiday. Tunisia keen to show tourists that it’s safe to return 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z In the gloom of the Great Depression — the unemployment rate was 25 percent as Roosevelt took office — the 32nd president was reassuring but far from Panglossian. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Unwisely he takes several reassuring snorts from a hip flask beforehand. Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z They all cited the attracting and the reassuring of donors as a continuing challenge. Los Angeles Is Attracting More Top Dancers 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Mueller’s look was reassuring mostly because it accurately reflected his demeanor. Perspective | Pictures of Robert Mueller tell the story of a man who is finally free 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z And dreadful though it is, the appalling turn of events has given him his role: he must support Devorah, and he must reassure her, and keep on reassuring her, that all will be well. New man becomes new dad – the very hard way 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z “Seeing a space like this open up right now is kind of reassuring,” he added. Mar-a-Lago Has a Feisty New Neighbor 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z I had some lovely, kind, reassuring and funny messages; my favourite was from @janinegibson: "You seem to be feuding with what comes out of Michael Winner's blackberry when he sits on it." Got to get this off my chest 2011-02-20T00:05:50Z This is reassuring, but only up to a point. A Brooklyn Restaurant’s Answer to Cabin Fever: Summer Camp 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z It’s full of digitally splintered chipmunk voices and bursts of drum sounds — like blasts of a confetti cannon — with a galloping beat and that reassuring refrain, “I’ll be alright.” New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z Her vocals come in like a strange, reassuring savior. Listen to Frøkedal 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z We like cautionary tales about the dangers of greed and reassuring distinctions about the sources and uses of wealth. The Luxe Life in ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Bling Ring’ and Other Films 2013-05-16T12:00:01Z From the outset, she says, the horse race aspect of being a female Hollywood star was something that she was very good at reassuring herself didn’t matter. Dakota Fanning: ‘There was an expectation – to fail, to succeed’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z “Warm and Beautiful” and “Silly Love Songs,” sung very quietly by Mr. Pizzarelli, were reassuring islands of calm in a program whose other songs about relationships evoke doubt and confusion. Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, Feeling Deeply, at Café Carlyle 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z I do not remember the substance of what she said, only the even, reassuring tone of her voice that made this task seem possible. In a Commanding Literary Voice, Maya Angelou Sang Out to the World 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z On this day, Ellie has already saved herself by the time he arrives; but at least he gets to give her the reassuring hug he never gave Sarah. ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: There But for the Grace 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z She’s reassuring, like a medical professional, but bubbly, like a sorority sister. From Push-Ups to Bralettes: Victoria’s Secret Revamps 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Blunt seems to read this painting as a reassuring sign that American electoral politics have always been messy and fractious. The controversy behind the painting that will hang at Trump’s inaugural luncheon 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z We use them as a way of reassuring ourselves that what is going on around us is not completely haywire. 'America beats on you so hard the whole time' 2012-06-16T23:05:27Z Audience members are tagged with a Reproduction Candidate number and led through decontamination while a reassuring voice intones, “In the future, there’s nothing to be afraid of.” | 'The Annihilation Point': The End Is Near; Let?s All Exit Laughing 2011-01-11T23:36:15Z For many writers, she notes, fog “became a symbol for the threat to the clear outlines of a hierarchical social order as it dissolved moral boundaries and replaced reassuring certainties with obscurity and doubt.” “London Fog,” a study of the great city’s legendary atmosphere 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z “We need to voyeuristically live our pain through other people’s pain. Viewers sit at home and want reassuring that other people go through rough times.” 'Once the couple gets together, the tension is lost': how sitcom romance died 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Douglas tried reassuring him that she wouldn’t tell anyone what a “good kisser” he was. Pigs in Hollywood: Moonves is as bad as Weinstein 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Ferguson, he said, was the first to call him, reassuring him he would be fine when he got back to Manchester. Me, marriage and a big regret: David Beckham tells all for Desert Island Discs 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z A security governor, struggling to make reassuring sounds, explained: "You always hear about the ones that die, but an awful lot are saved." Wormwood Scrubs 2010-05-18T10:04:00Z As Mr. Neef went from one meeting to another throughout the day in early October, he listened more than he spoke, sometimes only intervening with a question or a brief, reassuring comment. Running the Paris Opera Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Come On. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “No problem,” he smiled, giving my arm a reassuring little squeeze. Safety or politeness? That time I let myself be taken captive — because I didn’t want to be rude 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z This novel, however, is nothing if not reassuring. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies: a middlebrow triumph 2013-01-29T22:55:16Z Food for thought, perhaps, but the public's trial-by-prank makes for some pretty uncomfortable viewing, especially when the results aren't as reassuring as intended. TV highlights 27/06/2013 2013-06-27T06:00:06Z When U. goes to see Peyman for clarity about "The Great Report" he is told that "It will find its shape," which U. finds less than reassuring. Tom McCarthy keeps protagonist and readers guessing 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z First Impressions: There’s something about the inherent design language of a Land Rover that is reassuring. Car of the Week: Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 2012-08-07T16:01:20Z Inspired by Hogarth's morality tale in eight paintings, the opera has no organic unfolding or reassuring emotional climax. The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z His playing is pleasant and reassuring, but also distinctive: He’s influenced in equal measure by Bill Evans and Red Garland. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The thin culture bunnies of east London will love it and so do I. On the best-titled track of the week, Guy Harvey's reassuring tones reminisce, I guess, about childhood. This week's new singles 2011-08-05T23:08:27Z I was dumbfounded by the response: nearly 1,000 likes and a lively discussion among friends and followers reassuring me that I was not alone. I’m Not a Dad, but I Rock Like One 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Fink said NBC News sent a strong and reassuring signal to viewers and nervous advertisers in 2015 by suspending anchor Brian Williams for six months after finding that he exaggerated various stories. At Fox News, a wall of silence surrounds Bill O’Reilly 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z That two impressive public intellectuals like Alan Wolfe and Lawrence Lessig are weighing in on the challenges of our times, joining so many others, is reassuring. Two Leading Intellectuals Analyze What Ails America 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z I wanted to hopefully be a reassuring voice in all of that. "Make every mistake once": Natasha Pickowicz's secret to being a great baker 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Far from reassuring us, this manic demeanor telegraphed to us that things were even worse than we thought. Riff: The Divorce Delusion 2011-07-08T04:00:45Z William's fear of the grizzly is dealt with in a delightfully reassuring way, and the watercolour pictures have a depth to them which ties in perfectly with the theme. Lucy Coats's top 10 bear picture books 2013-03-21T12:47:16Z It’s reassuring to think that the bombs don’t always work, though it’s possible that the Hezb-e-Islami group Mr. Quraishi followed was not as well financed or trained as its Taliban or Qaeda compatriots. Television Review | 'Behind Taliban Lines': The Afghan Side of War 2010-02-22T23:24:00Z As we saw from the success of “Downton Abbey,” the reassuring rigidities of the British class system can do wonders for angsty Americans. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He was a modest, calm, reassuring man – a good listener and a good talker – someone you longed to be with. Geoffrey Burgon obituary 2010-09-22T18:10:00Z And initially this sounds a little too reassuring. A Battle for the ‘Soul of America’? It’s as Old as America, One Historian Notes 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z There’s also a reassuring feeling here that nobody brought Black Lightning back because of a token need or a niche pursuit. Review | ‘Black Lightning’ plays well to its strengths, rather than playing like a token effort 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Even in mourning, Ms. McLachlan is determinedly reassuring on “Shine On.” Critic’s Notebook: Albums by Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan 2014-05-07T21:46:14Z “If the university expelled all the guys who did what you did,” she says with a reassuring laugh, “they would lose a lot of money.” What’s Wrong With Men in America? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Before the virus, the sports calendar was predictable, almost reassuring. Perspective | After coronavirus delays, sports leagues are back. But hockey in August feels weird. 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The reassuring and warming sensation of belonging to a knowledgable elite is gone the first time you see a teenager pull out a West Ham-customised iPod and start listening to Jedward. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z Simultaneously expansive and reassuring, they are, for many, the very definition of consolation. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z For large swaths of the last few years, Drake has been at his tensest, so it’s reassuring to hear him rap with muscles and attitude relaxed. The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Noticing his partner’s posture and mood, he asked himself how a friend would respond and decided that the right move was to be generous and reassuring, to downplay the issue. Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Here Mr. Indiana harnessed the cheerful and reassuring language of mass advertising and the visual cacophony of roadside gambling establishments to communicate a message that was simultaneously dark and celebratory. Robert Indiana’s Best: A Mini Retrospective 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The final, reassuring reveal that Kalinda was working a long con on the prosecutors rather than selling out Will, followed by Dana slapping an impassive Kalinda in the courthouse. ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: Moments Savored, Loose Ends Tied Up 2012-01-30T06:00:19Z The president, the physician and the scientist formed a reassuring chain of male authority, and the notion that fatty foods were unhealthy started to take hold with doctors, and the public. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Readers of the next day’s Los Angeles Times were introduced to the gag via the reassuring headline, “Santa Barbara Is Still OK; A-Blast Report Just Hoax.” From “phreaks” to Apple: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s “eureka!” moment 2013-02-16T14:00:00Z Mr Wallace’s editorial voice is reassuring, acknowledging the unfairness of the system while being careful not to stir up explosive passions that might prove explosive. Past prints 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z On “Separating,” her breathy incantations fit snugly into the equation: somehow both fey and reassuring. The Playlist: Taylor Swift Has a Miserable Crush and 12 More New Songs 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z But as a homage to the leadership and commitment of the elders who have gone before, the film was reassuring as well. Perspective | At the Toronto International Film Festival, you can feel anxiety in the air — and on the screen 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The notion behind them is that a comfortable amount of weight on your body feels reassuring and calming — and can even increase serotonin and decrease cortisol levels. Can I spend my way out of my anxiety? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s a pristine, nonsectarian afterlife where arrivals are greeted by a sign reassuring them, “Everything is fine!” in the cheerful green letters of an organic cereal box. Review: In ‘The Good Place,’ Kristen Bell Is Dead and Crabby 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The Lennon, McCartney and Starr families lived down the street in their respective homes, all of us in a reassuring row. Are you my (substitute) mother? A guide to picking your celebrity stand-in parents 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z In fact, the meeting couldn't have been more reassuring and agreeable. Mario Vargas Llosa: an unclassifiable Nobel winner 2010-10-08T10:50:00Z He spends a lot of time reassuring his wife that she must be imagining the scary things she’s been seeing around the house and that ghosts aren’t real. In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z In bad times, it's easy to snuggle within a reassuring notion of the past. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z Mr. Taylor may be a reassuring figure now, but for decades he was a drug addict who hung desperately on the edge of the abyss. Music: James Taylor and Carole King?s ?Troubadour Reunion? Tour 2010-06-03T15:39:00Z Robert Ashley is no longer with us, but his voice — calm, mellow, reassuring, quizzical, amused, earnest — lives on. Review: ‘Quicksand,’ Robert Ashley’s Enigmatic Spy-Thriller Opera 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z “This was a moment when George Washington was not interested in cultivating a military hero persona, but in reassuring the public that he was a civilian president,” she said. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The proclivity of C.E.O.’s for misleading and falsely reassuring shareholders is also vividly recalled, in a book that works hard to combine insight with color. Books of The Times: Roger Lowenstein Traces ?The End of Wall Street? 2010-03-31T22:53:00Z The way the syllables have sturdy corners, but there’s still a liquidity between them — it’s as reassuring as my mother’s voice. Love Music to Surprise You? Jon Caramanica Recommends TikTok Dives 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z He says reassuring if somewhat oblique things such as: “You are not a mass-market product,” and, “If you are getting rejected, you haven’t worked out what you want,” and, “The magic word here is, choose.” 50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The auteur in Mr. Rose finds it appealing, and reassuring, that Le Coucou will be supported by a well-oiled engine of commerce. Daniel Rose, an American in Paris, Comes Home to Cook 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Coronavirus cases in New York are at a reassuring low, and the state is on its way to reopening. Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z I was wrong, though, because what she needed that evening was exactly what she got — an outpouring of bewildered, reassuring messages among friends as the news trickled in. Manchester was an attack on girls 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Foner's smart/naïve good girls retreat to safer territory, where the reassuring center does not hold. Great cast but 'Very Good Girls' could be better 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z His playing of the Sonata in E major, Op 109, captured the work's balance of innocence and overwhelming power, all tightly controlled; a tiny smudge was almost reassuring, proof that Williams is indeed human. Ll?r Williams ? review 2010-12-15T23:00:01Z Cary Grant, the greatest movie star of them all, spent the prime years of his career reassuring people that everything was going to work out all right in the end. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z Matlock was a reassuring figure for viewers to visit, and Griffith made him that way. A few ways to enjoy and celebrate Andy Griffith 2012-07-03T20:17:11Z It's all about reassuring conservative Christians that all this religious oppression and cruelty is justified. What the Ruby Franke story says about the Christian right 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The shows both stir and soothe very different kinds of pain and awareness, calling forth an intense and confusing panoply of emotions while also reassuring us about human persistence and art’s sustaining power. Critic?s Notebook: 9/11 Exhibitions Rekindle Grief in 3 Ways 2011-09-10T00:00:13Z Comics earn their way with audiences either honorably or dishonorably, but few proceed without the constant reassuring handhold of a laugh. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and Gary Gulman on Comedy and Depression 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Which is why seeing their affection up close on this tour was both an intensely mediated experience and also a reassuring one. Beyoncé and Jay Z Kick Off Shared ‘On the Run’ Tour 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z “It’s commendable and really reassuring that there are people who still work like that,” Mr. Newson said. Azzedine Ala?a: The Master of the Female Form 2010-12-09T00:04:00Z How reassuring to learn that in our young day they would have apparently made us lovable. Submarine plumbs the depths of self-satisfaction 2011-03-21T10:31:19Z Do you find the subjects troubling or reassuring? Motherlode: What Your Teens Are Reading 2011-05-17T20:27:54Z As Lahiri, who cites Trevor as one of her major influences, says, “There’s a gentleness, a reassuring quality” to his fiction. “It’s such an embrace to read his work.” William Trevor in The New Yorker 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But it’s oddly reassuring, and obscurely enlivening, to know they exist. Perspective | These U.S. Agriculture Department paintings of fruits and nuts are actually stunning 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z All this must be very reassuring to a monarch in her twilight years. The Strange Evolution of Queen Elizabeth's Cultural Influence 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Such archness is kind of reassuring, especially given Vivian’s gallows gauntness and pallor. Theater Review: Cynthia Nixon in ?Wit,? at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-01-27T03:01:00Z One of her English characters, reassuring another, says, "Good heavens, this isn't Africa." Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z “I guess if you’ve got a boring life, other people’s boring lives are reassuring.” Review | In ‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill,’ Abbi Waxman introduces a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z And, of course, they were wrapped in the reassuring embrace of black. Perspective | At the Paris shows, disparate points of view beautifully coexist 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The knowingly demented likes of Secular Haze and Ghuleh/Zombie Queen are both wildly entertaining and elegantly subversive, as a refined pop sensibility collides noisily with the reassuring thud of old-school metal. Ghost: Infestissumam – review 2013-04-11T21:00:01Z He maintains a sense of calm while talking with his freaked-out in-laws, reassuring them that, “The plane people are lovely.” ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap: Long Live the King 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Diesel has said he finds having an identity fixed on paper reassuring. Vin Diesel on Guardians of the Galaxy: 'I didn't realise how much I love trees' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Whether you find this reassuring is, I suspect, a matter of personality type. How to stop feeling insignificant | Oliver Burkeman 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z "Here, here" they cry, a reassuring echo of "ware"/ "where". Poem of the week: The bus to Ramallah by Jasmine Donahaye 2011-02-14T11:52:43Z The connection between them is nothing so obvious or reassuring as warm rapport and eye contact. Dance Review: Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith at the Chocolate Factory 2012-03-01T23:07:27Z This narrative had a built-in redemption arc — a reassuring comfort to anyone put off by the harrowing emotional content of a record with lines like, “Wish I could write songs about anything other than death.” Julien Baker Explores the Art of Doubt on ‘Little Oblivions’ 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Its production values are not Hollywood quality, but its message is a steady and reassuring one, and parents might find it helpful in talking about this, or whatever the next unthinkable event might be. Motherlode: Talking to Children About Tragedy 2011-07-19T14:51:45Z Carlson’s booking of Kelly, which was a surprise to Fox News management, spurred the network to issue an unusual statement reassuring staff that there was no risk of Kelly returning to the network. Megyn Kelly seems ready for her TV comeback. That’s controversial. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z A possibly reassuring note is struck in the credits, which reflect the efforts not only of Ms. Lapa, granddaughter of survivors, but also of Himmler’s own great-niece. ‘The Decent One’ Draws on Himmler’s Personal Documents 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The kids were constantly around, which was tiring, but they were seldom out of reach, which was reassuring. Being stuck at home with the kids is hard. So is sending them back into the world. 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z For the last time at home on Sunday, Scully will open his broadcast with the same reassuring greeting: "Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good afternoon to you wherever you may be." Scully heads into final week behind mic at Dodger Stadium 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Such a bag is reassuring, ready to cope with any eventuality: a book to read on a journey, a bottle of water in the event of thirst. The secret life of handbags 2011-04-05T13:00:18Z Part 2” looks much like most contemporary dystopian future worlds, one that’s by turns similar enough to ours to be reassuring and different enough to be diverting. Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,’ Katniss’s Final Battle 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z So it is reassuring to consider a project such as Flint, a documentary film five years in the making. 'It was just left to the people': behind a chilling documentary on the Flint water crisis 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The film was in that space between them and that was reassuring for me. "They are both lying": Claire Denis on creating ambiguous tension between her "Stars at Noon" lovers 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z A response arrived that was reassuring and convincing. How I Lost the Fiancé but Won the Honeymoon 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But it's also reassuring to know that stand and stir television is still persevering today. While the Food Network is in flux, Magnolia shows there’s still a hunger for stand-and-stir TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z To us they are, like many miniature things, reassuring evidence of our sovereignty over life and what’s in it; to them we are intruding giants, blundering and dangerous. Art In Review: TOMOAKI SUZUKI 2012-11-29T20:26:18Z It was reassuring, though it hadn’t been my first thought. Tom Ford, Where the Rich and Famous Go to Look Rich and Famous 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Also reassuring was the energy in the warm, packed bars. Back from the brink: new breath for tourism in Istanbul 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z She finds it reassuring because, as she explained, whatever then happens is some kind of fate, and in that lies mystery and curiosity. The Repurposing of a Vogue Editor 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z It was all done with such confidence and good humor that even her riskiest decisions felt reassuring. Review: Maxine Linehan Transforms the Popular Into the Personal 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Who's reassuring the captured cops that they will be released if they surrender? Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Five 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z This is reassuring; however, the glow rather than the stare is not quite the real thing. Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure, translated by AND Haskar ? review 2011-03-25T13:00:01Z Sherlock may be a caricature of cleverness but his unashamed intellectualism is somehow reassuring as the world goes stupid. The return of Sherlock: ‘Being a hero isn’t about being bigger, richer, more powerful' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z On the one hand, she lived in fear of incorrectly reassuring a patient that a particular symptom didn’t warrant a referral to a specialist for further investigation. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z At worst, the words are like a lucky charm, barely glimpsed but nonetheless reassuring by their presence; at best, they create a unique synthesis of sound and sense. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z “During the first six months, tests showed that the treatment was working. I’m still on the trial, which I find reassuring and, fortunately, my cancer is being managed well.” Prostate cancer trial stuns researchers: 'It's a once in a career feeling' 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Later, I did talk to him, and it was amazingly reassuring. ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z I clamped my mask back on, the last exhale of juniper a reassuring companion as I headed to the gate. Two years later, I’m still measuring life in Martini glasses 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z I said to myself, “This guy would be reassuring.” The Carpetbagger: Working With Kids Isn't as Hard as They Want You to Believe 2012-02-08T15:30:31Z None had picked up the virus – but the reassuring part is the efficiency of the tracing process in the UK. Ebola: what is the real risk to the UK? 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z There are sentimental and reassuring movies about vengeance, and comforting stories about the resistance to historical oppression. ‘The Nightingale’ Review: A Song of Violence and Vengeance 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z I think that was reassuring to both of us. Bourdain collaborator Joel Rose: “Anthony was just as your mom saw him on TV” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Lewis’s father wasn’t a presence in her life, but his role was played by a series of reassuring ’80s television dads. Rebound, rediscovery, rebirth: How Jenny Lewis made her best album in more than a decade 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It means reassuring her peers that their anger and anxiety are both appropriate and that they shouldn’t be afraid to share their concerns. The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z It sounded like an existential crisis, an appeal to personal bravery, a reassuring anthem of empathy. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z At first Charlie liked the reassuring hum of middling celebrity, as “when a stranger’s face morphed into surprised delight” upon recognizing him in the street. Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But it also was somewhat reassuring in that the government is taking an even-keeled approach to solving what is essentially a private-sector problem. Copyright director, congressman put onus on private sector to solve digital crisis 2011-10-04T00:26:00Z But now we know that it will be built here in Los Angeles, and that is incredibly reassuring and it makes us very, very happy. The public voice of George Lucas' museum talks diversity, access and how this museum aims to be different 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Offerman is a reassuring man to talk to in a crisis. Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z On the page or on the screen, they are as a rule as regular and reassuring as any children's book or situation comedy. True-crime documentary 'The Jinx' may leave mystery intact 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z We are losing the reassuring voices of our pragmatic mothers saying, You don’t have to do this. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z For “Digital Empathy,” Julianne Swartz has hidden audio equipment in elevators, bathrooms and drinking fountains that plays digital voices intoning ostensibly informative, affirming and reassuring messages. Critic?s Notebook: Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets 2011-08-18T22:26:28Z Mel and Sue are back in the marquee, there are reassuring cutaways to some extremely satisfied–looking sheep, and the judges are still Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry. TV OD with Peter Robinson 2012-08-10T23:05:10Z These slender mattresses, built for one, gave a reassuring sense of distance from a spouse whose electrical charges or breath may be suspect. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She meant this to be reassuring: Google, she explained, didn't engage in such covert data-mining. SXSW 2011: The internet is over 2011-03-15T08:00:03Z The word was evocative and reassuring, read one way, and also potentially “Manson family creepy and weird.” The Gimlet Eye: ThirtyDaysNY Is a Bookstore Experience in TriBeCa 2010-04-21T23:35:00Z In part, that’s because of the constancy of his voice, which is impassioned and reassuring. Critic’s Notebook: Future, the Voice of Hip-Hop Today 2014-04-23T21:48:24Z But it's agonising to watch Oliver deliberately create such an awkward moment – and thus reassuring, somehow, to learn that he finds the process pretty agonising himself. John Oliver: a very British coup 2013-06-07T22:00:00Z As a psychologist who cares for adolescent girls, I spend a lot of time reassuring anxious parents that their daughters aren’t crazy. Your Teenage Daughter Isn’t Psychotic—and 3 Other Things to Stop Worrying About 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Garten and Gaines are both reassuring and kindly, and a main reason people love them so much is that you want to hang out with them. How Joanna Gaines and Ina Garten deliver a one-two punch of comfort (food) TV 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z "PEN15" lures us back on that hike and drops us into the wilds without warning, naked and afraid, while reassuring us that everything is going to be alright. As "PEN15" draws to a close, we're left in the hell of seventh grade, exactly as it should be 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z However, the resulting erosion of the reassuring personal relationships between sellers and buyers made them particularly susceptible to food scares. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z She had trained as an actor and you could hear it in her voice: low, reassuring, with a touch, always, of irony. Julian Barnes 2013-03-30T07:00:25Z Equity might begin by reassuring producers once again that the process isn’t a ruse for a done deal; producers, in turn, might devise a counter-plan for moving the discussion forward. Debate heats up over proposed changes to L.A. 99-seat theater plan 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “Many times,” Pipher tells us, “when I have faced a significant hurdle, I’ve witnessed a green shooting star . . . a reassuring signal from the universe.” Review | A new book promises to help women find joy late in life. If only it were so simple. 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Even in a bad genre book, you've still got the curiosity and the reassuring knowledge that the writer will eventually deliver against the conventions. Literary debate 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z All of them, however, are infused with an idiosyncratic tone and worldview — fiercely moral though sometimes cruel and filled with poetry, eccentric characters and a reassuring sense of community. You won’t want Louise Penny’s latest to end 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z But while it is reassuring to hear Behar and others proclaim that there is no need to discuss "women and comedy" because women "own comedy," it's also hard to believe. 'Makers' celebrates some of the women who've made America 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z He could be the deep, reassuring source of calm in the frenzied, cutthroat world of Broadway, where powerhouses like Merrick considered actors “unruly children.” Biff Liff, Broadway Manager and Powerhouse Agent, Dies at 96 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s a reassuring primer for understanding human behavior, which might come in handy as you gird yourself for your next trip through that apocalyptic hellscape once known as Whole Foods. Perspective | What to watch when you’ve seen everything else? Oh, now you want to hear from the TV critic. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “Feminists have spent a lot of time and energy reassuring men that no, we don’t really hate them, that they’re welcome,” Harmange said. With ‘I Hate Men,’ a French Feminist Touches a Nerve 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z I like most of the personalities on it, and I find something about their — it’s not monotone, but it’s soft tones — very reassuring. Adam Brody Feels All the Feels With Surfing, ‘Avatar’ and Cate Le Bon 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Each one bore the message “I am still alive,” turning an urgent medium often associated with bad news into a steady, reassuring pulse. Art Review: Simple Truths in Matters of Life and Death 2011-03-24T21:40:03Z I ask how lockdown has been for him and he switches back to reassuring dad mode. Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Presidents became skilled at reassuring the public that they preferred comfort food — often made by black cooks — over fancy food. In the White House kitchen, hiding in plain sight There's something very reassuring to me about having cake as an everyday part of my family's life. This simple baking hack will help you get the most out of every cake you make 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Taylor frequently told me in a reassuring way — it always made me giggle — “I’m going to outlive everybody.” Inside the Wild Mind of Paul Taylor 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Never before has a joke that blue been so warmly reassuring. Emmy Paradoxes 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z As we ponder the developments 2011 may bring, this week's poem, "Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine", may offer a reassuring perspective. Poem of the week: Twenty-eight and Twenty-Nine by Winthrop Mackforth Praed 2011-01-04T10:56:26Z Ultimately, it’s reassuring for cinema, and its future prestige, that it’s to this medium that Miyazaki, Soderbergh and Lynch and still want to return for that mythical one last job. Why are so many directors un-retiring? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z As dictators around the region fall or are challenged, Tunisia, while far from untroubled, offers a reassuring example of what might emerge from the wreckage. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Until then the Man is to Black Rock City what the Empire State Building is to Manhattan: a locating device and a reassuring beacon. Rod Garrett, the Urban Planner Behind ?Burning Man? 2011-08-28T21:53:10Z But—even though it inspires a strong urge to avoid living in California—it’s also strangely reassuring. “The Big One” Podcast: Anticipating a Devastating L.A. Earthquake 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z And yet the gentle drama that they've fashioned errs on the side of the predictable and reassuring, downplaying the passion and ire of Gralton's politics. 'Jimmy's Hall' is a subdued story of Irish activist Jimmy Gralton 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A minor bump on the road to a reassuring, job-creating compromise! Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z In the midst of so much uncertainty, the products were reassuring and hopeful: One day soon, we will be speed-wheeling through international airports and sleeping fitfully at cruising altitude. At the annual Travel Goods Show, plenty of pack-worthy products 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z As with Kornacki’s gymnastic election-map elucidations, I’m hoping for a news product that adds up to something reassuring, even while I know full well that newscasters have no control over the news. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And this is a reassuring attraction, because those aspects don’t really shift. My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead 2010-12-03T15:18:00Z Starting in the late 1930s, he wrote more than 50 of them — breezy yet carefully constructed works that became reassuring staples of pops programs. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Some advice-givers dole out punishing slaps or withering rebukes; others ladle out cups of verbal hot cocoa, reassuring and soothing. Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It was a reassuring message to viewers that the stunt was an anomaly, as unlikely to become a habit as Jack's sobriety was. "30 Rock's" ambitious, uneven live episode 2010-10-15T13:16:00Z The mix of nostalgia and hope helped make the young Andrews a reassuring figure in the anxious landscape of postwar Britain. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The film flips this, reassuring us of Barney's innocence, of his goodness. Did Barney need another version? 2011-01-27T11:34:22Z Constitutionally unable to bear such uncertainty, Coldplay turned the melancholy synth refrain into a heroic guitar riff and threw a reassuring arm around those lonely shoulders: "Let's talk!" Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night five: Computer World 2013-02-12T15:13:31Z At the moment, Cole's book looks to have a better chance of winning the sales bout, if only because its reassuring title is Cheryl Cole: Official Autobiography. Media Monkey's Diary: Chris Moyles, Kelvin MacKenzie and Olympic dolls 2012-07-15T18:30:01Z When Britain is a confusing and fragmented place, The Crown’s stately, touching progress is deeply reassuring: it goes on and on, just as the Queen has done for the lifetimes of nearly all of us. Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Whether you're left astonished or impatient by the ending, knowing this part of the journey is only the beginning is reassuring – and makes us hope we don't have to wait long for the continuation. "Dune" is the masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic we've been waiting for 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z They are the same questions that many people are asking now, which is why the company’s commitment to its guidebooks is reassuring. Where now for travel? Lonely Planet closures point to an uncertain future 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Should the West End experience a power failure this summer, it's reassuring to know that the Gielgud has a human equivalent to air-conditioning. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z The cast has those — and residuals— but not the reassuring workplace rhythm and camaraderie. ‘Big Bang Theory’ stars reflect on show’s end, next steps 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z None of them could have predicted that they would be turning their homes into theaters and reassuring the neighbors that the bloodcurdling shrieks are just a work thing. To Love, Honor and Co-Star: Making Room for Two on Zoom 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s been a dream of his to bring it to PNB, which has a long connection with Balanchine — “such a reassuring and comforting name,” he said, to PNB audiences. PNB to shelve its beloved version of ‘Nutcracker’ in 2015 2014-02-12T05:44:33Z Even his sculptures, whose solidity should be reassuring, seem to be on the move. Pat O'Neill plays fast and loose at Cherry and Martin 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Did I say these pictures are realistic, topographic, reassuring? The still waters of Dutch landscape paintings run deep 2010-04-29T11:02:00Z It’s a reassuring moment in these times, when walking at night in a hoodie can have different, even troubling associations for a child of color. ‘Goodnight Moon,’ but Not Just Yet 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z When NBC ordered Farrow to stop his interviews, he was put in the position of trying to reassure his nervous sources while his employer wasn’t reassuring him at all. In ‘Catch and Kill,’ Ronan Farrow Recounts Chasing Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Yet, while their words and drawings may be reassuring, there is still precious little evidence that their hopes will come to fruition. London's Olympics legacy faces early disqualification 2013-07-21T18:30:01Z Admittedly, it also tees up a lovely, melancholy coda about the reassuring comforts of a familiar home — something anxious islanders can especially appreciate. ‘Deep Blue Sound’ Review: Searching for Orcas and Longing for Community 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Which is what I want: movies that, rather than arriving at pat or reassuring conclusions, embrace the complications of reality and invite the audience to really think about it. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z It seems smaller than you might expect, but it's a reassuring reminder that you're in the right place for the Oscars. Oscars: Reporter's diary 2014-02-27T09:51:07Z While these often came to be seen as gentle and reassuring, Moore intended them to have an erotic charge. Dark side of sculptor Henry Moore on show in London 2010-02-22T20:22:00Z He was surrounded by reassuring staff and family. Perspective | Trump got his crowd and his fireworks, and peddled his fiction 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z There’s something reassuring about sliding into the hands of a seasoned professional like Unger. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The effect is eerie but oddly reassuring, as if all the films we have ever seen are part of the same unspooling narrative. The second coming of Jesus: how the Big Lebowski bowler was resurrected 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z There is something even more excellent, and even more reassuring, than the otters and hagwars, in the Lake Salvador area. Giant Otters of the Amazon; Spiral – review 2013-02-10T08:00:06Z The world Brockmeier has populated is both lonely and a reassuring cocoon. 32 of the year's best books 2011-12-07T23:43:04Z Another rave to the team at Swedish Hospital, who were reassuring, kind and competent. Rant&Rave: 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Her instrument was softer, subtler, more assimilated and reassuring — in a word, nice. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And yet, beyond the reassuring awfulness, there is potential for change. Declutter so you can reclutter – Kondo has a new master plan 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z What’s been reassuring about this season of “Idol” is how committed to form each contestant is. ArtsBeat: 'American Idol': The Top 11. Again. 2011-03-31T20:45:12Z When Ryan got kicked off for drunken, loutish behavior, he was escorted into a van, where you could see someone putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Lifetime’s ‘UnREAL’ Traces the Cracks in Reality TV’s Fourth Wall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Some quibbled with it, but, in the era of “fake news,” it was reassuring to see a project so thoroughly devoted to sticking to the facts. Perspective | Best TV shows of 2017: ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Vietnam War’ and more 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The handiwork here is also proof positive of the reassuring resilience of the American musical and how marvelously adaptable, in capable hands, the form remains. History as you’ve never heard it before 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But his mother did not balk when he asked to join a student exchange program in Germany, reassuring him simply, “we’ll figure it out.” Art, Darling 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The late-night comedian then showed a clip of the president reassuring the world on Thursday afternoon by doubling down on his threats to North Korea. Stephen Colbert imagines a fate for North Korea worse than Trump’s “fire and fury” 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z It is breathtaking and reassuring, leaving little doubt that no matter how brilliant Tintoretto was, there was more than just brilliance in his vision. Review | Tintoretto was brilliant and ambitious. This new exhibition shows he was also sublimely weird. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s a powerful metaphor, simultaneously menacing and reassuring, and it’s the first thing that connects the Afghan Whigs’ first album in 16 years with that band’s revered catalog. Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself” 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Meg Cabot does a great job at reassuring girls all over the world through the Princess Diaries that it's OK to not be perfect, whether you're royal or not. The Princess Diaries: Seventh Heaven by Meg Cabot- review 2013-05-11T11:00:00Z I find it reassuring that plants are fellow travelers of a sort; there’s a kinship there that must lessen any sense of isolation and loneliness. The garden has lessons for us in this quarantine, if we are willing to stop and listen 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Which might actually be the most reassuring thing about this crazy experiment. Analysis | ‘Love Is Blind’ acknowledges that dating is too visual. But it doesn’t offer a real solution. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Their obvious differences — Ms. Galás, the gloomy siren; Ms. Monk, winsome and whimsical — belie similarities: a shared edge of anxiety, sly humor and an ultimately reassuring grounding in the body and its processes. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z This is reassuring to so many men and those invested in their power, even at much lower levels. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation: The patriarchy strikes back at #MeToo 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Under the crystal of cambered sapphire it's just a fog of numbers – a layer of technical precision that's meant to be reassuring but I find as panic-inducing as a maths exam in a nightmare. Mach2 modernism 2010-07-02T11:03:00Z But this strategy is so vulnerable to miscalculation, misperception and sheer bad luck, that it is not a very reassuring one. Waves of trouble 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In these troubled times, the continuing determination to turn Paranormal Activity into a blockbuster franchise is strangely reassuring. Paranormal Activity 3: Is there a demon in the house? 2011-07-27T07:58:18Z "Believe me, you're not the first to ask," he sighed, reassuring me that I was still getting the same amount. The only sugar-rimmed margarita worth drinking 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z If you’ve ever wondered if your family is “normal,” Davies’s story offers a reassuring reality check. This Is Parenthood — and Not Just the Charming, Photogenic Parts 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z For strong, outspoken women, reassuring me that what happened wasn't my fault? Surviving vs. thriving: How "I May Destroy You" is helping to shatter my shame 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z It squatted next to the kettle, reassuring and increasingly wrinkled. ‘I cultivated a joy in little things ’ - coping with isolation in the wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Yet Mr de Waal’s occasional confusion is also reassuring: a reminder that however accomplished an artist, there is never a single story to be told about a material, an art—about anything, perhaps. Chasing perfection 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “Initially this sounds a little too reassuring. But Meacham quickly adds that America’s survival has never been automatic.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “She really holds your hand,” Ms. Rose said, adding that it was reassuring to see pictures of the famous people she had treated, many of whom had scrawled words of tribute on their head shots. For Joan Rivers’s Doctor, Fame Delivers Its Bill 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z We don’t get much feedback on our parenting, so lacking our own report cards or trophies, it’s tempting to use our children’s success as immediate and reassuring evidence of our parenting success. The big problem with rewarding kids for good grades and punishing them for bad ones 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z He gratefully remembers being told during his long hospital stay that he would someday be all right, even when the medical evidence was less reassuring. Books of The Times: ‘The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty’ by Dan Ariely 2012-06-28T19:44:45Z Who say out loud, as a reassuring, hopeful tagline, “Men are good.” Men’s rights activists, gathering to discuss all the ways society has done them wrong But DeGeneres knuckled down and toured the country, reassuring nervous affiliate stations that she did not have a “gay agenda”. Ellen DeGeneres: darling of both middle America and the coasts | Observer profile 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Photograph: Annie Collinge for the Guardian There is something oddly reassuring about the fact that Steve Reich lives in precisely the kind of house you might expect Steve Reich to live in. Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead 2013-03-01T07:00:12Z I found it reassuring and so did the hospital midwives. Thank you to ... my midwife, for reassuring a pregnant dad 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Yet when the music stopped, she immediately relaxed, touched her partner Hirano’s shoulder and shared a reassuring nod with him. Bringing Consent to Ballet, One Intimacy Workshop at a Time 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z "And I think it will and should be reassuring" to people who like their current coverage, said Gene Sperling, an economic adviser in the Clinton White House now working for the senator from New York. Clinton Presents Plan For Universal Coverage 2007-09-18T10:00:00Z But these days there's a bit more time to write, and she gets recognised in the street – as Jill Tyrell – just frequently enough to find it reassuring. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z The predictability “is very reassuring to people, especially during a pandemic when people have little else to do on a Friday and everything else in life seems so unpredictable,” Dr. Suler said. Is It the Weekend? Not Until He Says So. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But there is also something emotionally reassuring about returning to a beautiful benchmark with punctual regularity. Where Summer Never Changes 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Some things are just so reassuring, don't you think? Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z Many women, including Nygaard, find this statement to be less than reassuring. Are all tampons toxic? No one seems to have the answer 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The travel industry hopes that reassuring travelers will push them to return sooner. Perspective | Would-be vacationers approach summer travel cautiously 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The episode begins the day after the events of last week, immediately reassuring us that baby Mateo is O.K. before jumping into this week’s big plots. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 6: Jumping Ahead 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s part of a long, distinguished line of beautiful costume dramas that allow us good liberals to luxuriate in the silken folds of privilege while reassuring ourselves that such privilege is doomed. Review | Is the end of an American dynasty a real tragedy? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “He said ‘the pandemic is over,’ which is weirdly not reassuring at all. Late Night Recaps the Queen’s Funeral 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z I was unable to tell if he meant this to be reassuring. T Magazine: Hostel Takeover 2011-03-21T19:16:12Z A TV or radio studio during dead time is peculiarly reassuring: presenters often swear spectacularly in down-time because of the pressure to speak cleanly when working. TV matters: Andy Gray 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z I text with my friends, all more worried even than I am because the government and media haven't presented much in the way of reassuring facts. Marriage in the time of coronavirus: Sheltering in place, together, in the U.S. outbreak epicenter 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Coming home early, he worries that, however reassuring, the relationship with mother is limiting, castrating. Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review 2013-06-19T10:20:14Z It is reassuring to note that Blackwater Worldwide was expelled from the association in 2007. Shakespeare's best 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z Art Project proved to be a reassuring lesson for the museums. The Met and Other Museums Adapt to the Digital Age 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z On her new Epix show "Perpetual Grace, LTD," the 71-year-old, two-time Oscar nominee sports long, pale hair, a reassuring smile — and an underlying sense of menace that will give you chills. "I want to be like Betty White": Jacki Weaver on success after 60 and why ageism is "unimaginative" 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Another is more placid and predictable: a running image of a bus where all the Glorias sit, reassuring one another. ‘The Glorias’ Review: Hear Them Roar 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z I was scared that talking about it could make it worse, but when you've got someone reassuring you, you can clear your head and think straight. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s just reassuring to be reminded that the world is so much larger than our national news cycle. Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Don was asked to add a reassuring word to the troops. Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom 2010-10-14T21:27:00Z The often bleak speculative fiction of Octavia E. Butler might seem an odd escape from the news, but I found most of the vampires in Butler’s final novel, FLEDGLING, somehow reassuring. New & Noteworthy, From French Pancakes to a Bipartisan Road Trip 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Watching "Everything's Gonna Be Okay" is like slipping into a warm bath, being wrapped in a loving hug or listening to a reassuring talk. "Everything's Gonna Be Okay" is pretty darn great, actually | Salon.com 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Watering down that principle by reassuring ourselves that we can make righteous judgments about who should be allowed to sell their books might be a dangerous step backward. Perspective | A hateful, conspiracy-filled book just got harder to buy. That’s no cause for celebration. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z For anyone alarmed by all of the widespread predictions about A.I. swallowing whole entire job sectors, the show’s measured coverage might prove reassuring. 6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I. 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z I do not use exclamation marks or reassuring phrases to make him feel more comfortable. "Dear Father" letters and DNA tests 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z It was reassuring in a way, to be in such a world. Perspective | Reading will supposedly make you a better person. That’s not the real reason to pick up a book. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s a publishing euphemism that carries more than a whiff of misogyny, implying that fiction written by and about women is by definition something less than literature — heartwarming rather than cerebral, reassuring rather than challenging. Anne Tyler, Close-Up Artist, Zooms Out for a Novel of Family Rifts 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z It's gentle and reassuring with beautiful artwork and a great positive message about love. David Melling's top 10 books featuring hugs 2013-01-21T09:00:00Z But in public, and in her later years especially, “I think she always wanted to be two things: reassuring and recognizable,” Mansel says. Queen Elizabeth, fashion icon? Yes. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Obama, quietly reassuring, holds her confidante for a moment and gives her permission to let her emotions flow. "Becoming" is a feel-good portrait of Michelle Obama that's a better concert film than biography 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z And the performers who push and cajole you into alternative lives are subliminally reassuring presences, whether they’re telling you you’re a genius or a piece of rubbish. At ?Malfi? and ?Bum Bum? in London, Active Audience 2010-08-12T22:26:00Z My colleague James Poniewozik noted then that the show had an “almost reassuring” quality amid the circus atmosphere of the campaign. On Season 6 of ‘Veep,’ Satire Meets Its Match 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Zachariah OHora’s marvelously ugly but endearing creatures live in a reassuring landscape of bright green trees and red toadstools that promise forgiveness even as accusations are hurled. What’s So Funny, Kid? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Lest all the artifice of breed descriptions, chemistry-set jargon and ingredient rebranding in the posher kind of restaurant make a certain kind of diner suspicious, a parallel recent trend is the reassuring adjective "proper". Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z Go Go Children, Bristol Nine 'til two, three quid in and real turntables: there's a reassuring sense of tradition to Go Go Children. Clubs picks of the week 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z In the face of all this, the arts soldiered on, tenderly, often gloriously, reassuring us and reminding us about the power of beauty, creativity, and hard work. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The song went to No. 1 and cued several reassuring “answer” songs, none of them penned by Goffin. Remembering Gerry Goffin, the '60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Rashad's Wednesday tweet seemed to fly in the face of those experiencing pain from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling, and her more apologetic tweet, like Howard University's statement, hasn't been reassuring. Howard University stands by Phylicia Rashad after controversial Bill Cosby tweet 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Amid all this, the organizers put out a reassuring statement that plans were proceeding apace for April 29. Cancel dinner plans. Send ‘nerd prom’ to the history books. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z A history of a flower’s traditional use is reassuring. For cooks, flowers aren’t just a tabletop decoration — they’re an ingredient 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z She says it in the calm, steady, reassuring tone I so wish she’d been able to summon more often when I was a child. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z But Marx knew the human world is an arena of struggle and history more than a collection of reassuring anecdotes. Ten Billion by Stephen Emmott – review 2013-07-05T07:01:01Z There is, of course, something reassuring in the conceit that one’s own group of parents is superior to another group of parents. Motherlode Blog: Are Poor Parents Poorer at Parenting? 2011-09-20T16:36:51Z She was speaking philosophically as well as literally, and you are free to take her words as either reassuring or disappointing. Review: ‘The Grand Paradise’ Summons a ’70s Pleasure Palace 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Otherwise it was booked mostly with that non-hip-hop black-pop mainstream of the last 20 years: new and old R&B, and a reassuring bottom line of gospel. Critic’s Notebook: Essence Music Festival With Mary J. Blige, in New Orleans 2012-07-09T22:42:42Z His palette of blues and ivory is calm and reassuring, with shading and shadows subtly distinguishing between the real and the not real. Jenny Han’s new YA novel and other best kids’ books for September 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s an intelligent work of theater and ultimately a reassuring one. Review: In ‘Red Hills,’ a Guided Tour of Atrocities 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Even so, it's somewhat reassuring that returning writer-director Joss Whedon's sequel is earning mostly favorable, if not effusive, appraisals from critics. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is overpacked but earnest, reviews say 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Sometimes a reporter’s doggedness shows through in situations where a more complicit, reassuring tone is probably what the morning audience, and the show’s producers, would prefer. television: Ann Curry and the Ratings for ‘Today’ 2012-06-20T12:00:00Z There’s something reassuring about a bad movie that doesn’t ask you to think or feel or even pay attention; we can all be happy D-minus students huddled together in communal self-disgust in a D-minus world. | 'Grown Ups': Adam Sandler in Blatant Acts of Naked Regression 2010-06-24T22:53:00Z One answer, at once peculiar and persuasive, lies in the unassuming person of Lebel, a consistently reassuring presence who seems, even when bearing very bad news, to provide a measure of calm and safety. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z “The idea that there will be a nonprofit entity that is dedicated to making sure the Sun survives for two more centuries and making it a good newspaper is just very reassuring,” Bowie said. The Baltimore Sun was spared a hedge-fund owner. Now it will try to survive as a nonprofit. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z When at last a sound came from within, it was not reassuring: a deep, resounding clang of metal on metal. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z When Celeste eventually perked up — and piped up — I felt a flash of embarrassment and tried to hush her with a reassuring bounce. From pacifiers to Picassos: Museums cater to a younger clientele 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z That sense of family grounded Selena’s most spectacular performances in a reassuring warmth and stability, and as she explored a growing range of styles, it kept her sound impressively cohesive. Selena’s Special Genius 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The music toys with nostalgia, with the reassuring dependability of structure and instrumental arrangements. Review: Angel Olsen’s ‘My Woman’ Goes Fearlessly Retro 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z There was something reassuring about the bustle of the L.A. studio, its limited, modest mode of production. Finding Authenticity in a T-Shirt 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z As mothers have been reassuring crestfallen girls since the first time a boy picked on them during recess, the mutual exchange of insults is commonly understood to mask true love. Why "Bridgerton" and "Sanditon" dialed back the sex – and came out stronger for it 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z It was maybe reassuring to a lot of queer artists to see that they can go out and make music, but I fought against it. Zebra Katz: 'Creating a strong, black, queer male is something that needed to happen' 2013-05-25T18:00:00Z For scale, theatricality and deeply reassuring flavor, its only rival is the sukiyaki, but the kamonabe comes with a dividend: a bowl of rice cooked in the leftover broth as a second course. The Restaurant That Became Japan’s Unofficial Ambassador 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The comparison is presumably meant to be reassuring, though not so reassuring that you’ll resist another 400 pages devoted to American decline. The Cry of the Centrist: In ‘Tailspin,’ Steven Brill Bemoans a Polarized America 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z It's reassuring to know that nothing has changed. The Darkness re-form for Download festival 2011-03-15T09:28:47Z A DiCaprio victory would prove very reassuring to those who vote for him; it would be a self-addressed message of hope. My 2016 Oscar Predictions 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “We live in a moment that demonstrates how we need to move past comfortable and reassuring myths, and to confront our history with a critical eye,” he said. Scholar of World War II Homefront Wins American History Book Prize 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z And in its final minutes, a reassuring metaphor of sorts in our safe return to dry land after such a maelstrom — safe harbor and the calm that comes with conclusion. Review | At the NSO season opener, Noseda leads a show of force and a showcase of talents 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Without seeing the full movie, it’s impossible to say, but the connotations of another line she speaks — “all this knowledge about everything! I don’t know what to do with it!” — are not reassuring. From coquette to cold-eyed killer: How Scarlett Johansson became the face of female horror 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z At this point, I was still reassuring myself that this man was just like others I had met — a little too pushy, but ultimately just looking out for me. Safety or politeness? That time I let myself be taken captive — because I didn’t want to be rude 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z I patted my back pocket, heard the reassuring clink of my keys and walked into the hall, closing the door behind me. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Fifty years later, the daughter reviews what became of all four girls, reassuring her mother on her deathbed, “You did a marvelous thing. . . . We are all happy enough.” Book review: ‘Honeydew,’ short stories by Edith Pearlman 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the variations among vintages are reassuring characteristics of good wines. How to Think About Wine Vintages 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “Board games are one of the few outlets in life where that is kind of a socially acceptable thing,” said a reassuring Erik Arneson, who writes books on tabletop games. Trapped at Home? Board Game On! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z White Claw's official account tried to be reassuring, responding: "We have the best team in the business working on this." Millennials freak out over nationwide shortage of White Claw 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Scientific conclusions, reassuring in 2001, were now no salve for parental fears. Jenny McCarthy’s new war on science: Vaccines, autism and the media’s shame 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Those qualifications do exist—we expect our president to be a lawyer, to be educated at an Ivy League school, to be married, to speak in reassuring platitudes. Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Even at its most endearing, the Saint-Exupéry story is far from the kind of smugly reassuring children’s fable manufactured by Hollywood nowadays. Review: Fanciful Classic ‘The Little Prince’ Is Turned Into Modernist Fable 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The leaves turn wine-red in early autumn as a reassuring harbinger of fall and winter. The 15 best trees and shrubs for fall foliage 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z That’s reassuring for both of us – if we can get through this, we can get through anything. Love in the time of corona: 'This wasn't how I planned it, but she said yes' 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z I can’t think of anything more forward-looking or reassuring at the moment than planting tulip bulbs. Perspective | Planting bulbs offers a bit of hope for better things to come. Even this year. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In a way, this is probably reassuring to her. This Week in Fiction: Camille Bordas on What Things Are Worth Worrying About 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The idea that terrorists must be fools belongs alongside other reassuring lies that we tell our children, such as "all bullies are cowards". Four Lions may roar, but its laughs are hollow 2010-05-10T10:09:00Z In many ways, the poison was the personality in Christie’s stories—the element of surprise amid an otherwise reassuring collection of country-house clichés. Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of Poisons 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z I should have focused on reassuring him, but my mind was racing – how to get my story straight? Experience: I was hospitalised with a sex headache 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But that shouldn’t necessarily be reassuring, because the desire is likely contingent on certain conditions that aren’t so rosy. Will Walmart eat L.A.? 2012-06-26T19:39:00Z The character he’s playing may be pinging through life’s clutter a little lost, but Sobelle always projects a reassuring measure of control. Clowning around with yesterday’s junk in ‘The Object Lesson’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z During her premiership, Thatcher was generally seen as a comic fantasy figure, representing either reassuring domesticity or monstrous fanaticism. How will Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher compare to past portrayals of the Iron Lady? 2011-02-10T15:26:00Z “Right now we’re about reassuring people that orders will be fulfilled.” New York Bridal Fashion Week Goes Virtual 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z For philistines mystified by the value attached to so many artworks that to an untrained eye look worthless, Mr. Cenedella comes across as a reassuring voice of sanity. Review: ‘Art Bastard’ Depicts Robert Cenedella, a Rebel Artist 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “He was so comforting and reassuring, making sure I was 100 percent the whole time,” she said. They Believed in Each Other 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z “The Trial of the Chicago 7” offers an absorbing account, in some ways alarming and in some ways reassuring, of an earlier moment of polarization and violent conflict. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “Knowing your director of photography has that kind of commitment to the project is unbelievably reassuring.” Ari Wegner: A Cinematographer Who Knows Actors Down to the Eyelash 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z For others, the plant’s presence can be reassuring. What’s the Point of a Fake Pot Plant? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And they make a point of reassuring audience members that they will not do anything they don’t want to do. You Are Getting Sleepy. When You Wake Up, You Will Be an Improv Star. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z That’s a reassuring fantasy, because, as anyone who watches an old Hollywood movie knows, most movies didn’t speak to everyone equally. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Tom Finkelpearl, the city’s cultural affairs commissioner, finally ended the fractious meeting by reassuring the crowd that the 4-3 vote by a panel of judges was only advisory. New York’s Race to Build Monuments Runs Into Friction on the Ground 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z People don't love Mister Rogers just because he was reassuring. Mister Rogers was actually a badass: New film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” shows his tough side 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z His sense of irony and hyperrealist vision that cuts through the usual romanticization and is so reassuring. | 'The Painted Word' 2012-11-07T20:00:17Z A kind word or reassuring smile from somebody on staff would help the time pass. Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z But at heart it was a reassuring, Reagan-era fable about the importance of following rules. Video: New DVDs: ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch,’ ‘The Space Children’ 2012-06-17T02:43:01Z It’s this amazing capitalist critique that feels very reassuring, depicting a world already turned upside down.” Oprah’s Book Club Dropped Her Novel. It Still Became a Best Seller. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “I’m happy with my husband,” she says, but then undercuts that claim: “He loves me even when I look bad, which is not at all reassuring.” In Yasmina Reza’s Novel, a Dinner Party Descends Into Chaos — and Then Tragedy 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z It was somehow reassuring to know that even gussied up as a lady who lunches and lectures, Ms. Finley hasn’t lost the power to disturb. 2010-02-11T23:23:00Z Although awkward, this scene, shoehorned into the film to be reassuring, crucially tilts a movie that might otherwise be misinterpreted as an invitation to embrace madness in the direction of medical common sense. Review: ‘Touched With Fire,’ a Love Story Between Two Bipolar Poets 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z "The Beatles were fairly reassuring, apart from their funny haircuts, but the Stones and everything else was pretty aggressive," she said of the '60's sea-change in pop music. Downtown and all around New York with Petula Clark 2012-01-24T17:55:42Z The interviews, archive footage and his reassuring guiding hand make it a remarkable achievement. Tonight's TV highlights: The Sinking Of The?Laconia 2011-01-06T00:05:01Z It’s casually embedded within scenes – a glance, a smile, small moments of reassuring affection – until halfway in when the pair are kidnapped. Finally, a major Hollywood franchise movie with a gay romance | Benjamin Lee 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Most of the stops, which are being given benches and information boards, are in the reassuring arcadia of the county's national parks, but Verity emphasised "the secret corners which Turner discovered 200 years ago". Turner in Yorks 2010-06-28T07:28:00Z It’s reassuring rather than haunting, which is a shrewd and successful commercial compromise, but a compromise all the same. Review: ‘Coco’ Brings the Pixar Touch to Death 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He is apologetic about what he did, reassuring that he is happy I found him, etc. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her biological father welcomes contact but not openness 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z From an artistic perspective, it's the reassuring follow-ups that are the aberration, not the ambitious failures. Britney is capable of a cult hit. Hold It Against Me fails to deliver 2011-01-13T22:14:01Z It was a scary time, but as we followed the orders to “shelter in place” — a phrase we’d never heard before — it was reassuring to think of the suspects as cowardly. Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z Or as Carl Sagan once said, “It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” Stop giving equal time to pseudo-science! 2014-03-24T14:08:00Z Most reassuring, on the other hand, is the "good news" that "when decisions seem hard they probably are". Etcetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice ? reviews 2011-08-05T21:55:00Z The narrator David Attenborough’s voice is warmly reassuring, even when telling us that wildlife populations are in decline. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in April 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The poem ends on as reassuring a note as “Winter Recipes” permits itself — which is to say, not very reassuring at all: Review | Louise Glück’s first collection since her Nobel gracefully captures our fragility 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Viewers seeking an ideologically reassuring ending — about the depredations of capitalism, the value of sisterhood or the glories of the free market — are likely to be frustrated, even shocked. Review: In ‘Equity,’ No Room for Sisterhood Amid Gloves-Off Wall Street Warfare 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Roozen’s tone was always firm but never hectoring and delivered with an attribute other garden show gurus lacked, a smooth Dutch accent that was authoritative and reassuring. Jos Roozen, horticulturist who dispensed gardening advice over the radio, dies at 70 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Farce is a reassuring form for both audiences and directors. Farce is everywhere on stage – but why? 2012-06-10T17:30:01Z As compelling, even reassuring, as the rational method is, it is never the whole story. Secrets of Stonehenge 2010-07-23T12:29:00Z It is also a reassuring, almost palliative object on its own: these drawings and writings, arranged so artfully and carefully, feel like an anchor in an increasingly unsteady world. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “There’s something reassuring about waking up to a new Michiru album, like coffee being served. I want my spa music, too.” Tim Hecker Helped Popularize Ambient Music. He’s (Sort of) Sorry. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In any case, he offers us a reassuring morality tale of virtue if not immediately rewarded, then ultimately redeemed. Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z She loses interest after he describes being beaten up on a train and then having an oddly reassuring epiphany inspired by the sight of a smiling rat in a deserted lot. Theater Review: Belarus Free Theater’s ‘Minsk, 2011’ at the Public Theater 2013-01-17T22:04:19Z After a historically awful year, you can take it as either bewildering or reassuring that television steams ahead on a mostly steady course, providing familiar entertainment amid the vast disruptions of politics and the pandemic. Winter TV Preview: 21 Shows to Watch 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z So it was reassuring to see a healthy Monday-night crowd at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for the Czech Philharmonic — a historic ensemble standing at a musical crossroads. Review | Czech Philharmonic showcases musical birthright 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Typically, the anchors are men and women approximating some idealized vision of a reassuring American couple-on-air breakfast buddies. The Odd Couple 2010-05-07T22:14:00Z For those who shop by model and style number instead of cut and fit, the sea of inoffensive blues and greens and browns and blacks may be reassuring. 2010-01-21T08:10:00Z Somehow it's reassuring to see that stars aren't immune to the lure of good food and a comfy sofa, despite enormous pressures and incentives to be thin. Celebrities weigh in on struggles 2010-06-08T20:37:00Z Do they find an art form with historical roots a more reassuring investment? A Shadow Market at Art Basel 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Willughby's kindly, reassuring manner meant his clientele ranged from the gentry to the poor. Rare book of midwifery horror up for auction 2012-06-28T15:07:42Z It lies at the heart of successful publishing, old and new, and there is something very reassuring about that. Ten ways to save the publishing industry 2012-10-12T07:00:07Z Then use the comments to discuss whether this is a reassuring reality check, or rationalization? Motherlode: Families at (Parallel) Play 2011-04-29T20:53:19Z The staffers, who were kind and reassuring and made no pretense of maintaining the whole pirate thing, pushed our boats to a spot on the opposite bank. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Is Underwood an archetype with the purpose of chilling the audience, or ultimately reassuring it? How similar to real life politics is House of Cards? 2013-07-04T02:13:44Z At this point he’s most genuine when being reasonable, wistful, reassuring or grateful: to a woman or to his entire audience in the aw-shucks-thank-you “I’ll Always Remember You.” Albums From Terius Nash, George Strait, Cymbals Eat Guitars 2011-09-05T22:44:58Z A co-worker put a reassuring hand on her shoulder: “It’s Putin’s dirty money,” he explained. A Russian Fast-Food Chain Tries Its Luck in America 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Palmer will be back at her desk on Monday, and said that a priority would be reassuring funders of the viability of the society. Poetry Society reinstates Judith Palmer as director 2011-08-18T15:41:19Z It’s hard to pinpoint why I find sanctuary in noise, but I have for as long as I can remember: The reassuring wheeze of an A/C unit. Perspective | You call it a root canal. I call it a bittersweet symphony. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z His Missouri twang, mellowed by the California sun, is as friendly and reassuring as the real Walt Disney’s used to be every Sunday night when he introduced his television broadcast. Movie Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ With Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson 2013-12-12T15:00:18Z So it is reassuring to see Ms. Zepeda-Wilkins working with the kind of financial resources typically reserved for men in the restaurant business. A San Diego Chef Taps the Crosscurrents of the Mexican Border 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z What I saw wasn't always reassuring, or even fun, but it had to do with the current state of the world. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z As a relatively popular presidency, and the most vulgar and corrosive national election of modern times, both wind down, a nation looks for reassuring signs — and often finds them in the rearview mirror. Nostalgia? Yestalgia! Why reviving old shows is exactly what we need right now 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He hosted the show through both a global and personal health emergency, reassuring and booksmart to the end. Alex Trebek has died: Remembering the "Jeopardy!" host who made asking questions fun 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z “I rewatch it when I’m stressed as low-level distraction, but also to return to reassuring worlds with low jeopardy and known outcomes,” says Lucy. The age of comfort TV: why people are secretly watching Friends and The Office on a loop 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z And there’s something oddly reassuring about that simple, obvious fact, especially now, as the most common refrain among those affected by the coronavirus shutdown is: Where, when and how does this all end? Perspective | On a last walk through the National Gallery, I’m reassured by images of an uncertain future 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z If a visual artist wants to make art that is beautiful and reassuring, great — I want some of that! Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The first and most significant reason is that the dinner jacket is, as David Mitchell remarked, a "tremendously reassuring" way for men to look unusually smart. It's not elitist to dress up for the opera 2012-10-04T09:48:12Z “It was actually quite reassuring,” Robertson told me – because it meant hygge was definitely “a thing”. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z I find the idea reassuring, yet I watch my son and his peers capitulating more each year to the narrow range of games and conversations expected of them. Beyond Battles, Boogers and Pranks 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, they quickly became friends, and when he was asked to compose the score, Mr. Williams agreed immediately: “I thought ‘Dear Basketball’ was a very reassuring and contributive little piece.” Kobe Bryant Could Add an Oscar to His Record of Wins 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Both of those thoughts are very reassuring, especially considering the alternative offered by the reality. Revisiting The West Wing: A Stirring, Comforting Fantasy 2013-04-19T18:50:47Z The thrill of all that blurring movement was balanced nicely by the reassuring safety one somehow feels in an overheated room with a picture window vista of mackerel-sky infinity. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Wiig’s character is every middle manager who clings to her authority by association; she shows her boss small reassuring smiles while revealing subterranean loathing toward the young woman with the promotion. Can Kristen Wiig Turn On the Charm? 2011-05-01T08:30:02Z But beneath the titillating promos of graying swingers canoodling in hot tubs, there is a more reassuring portrait of adults who can still act like kids but are at peace with their twilight years. | 'Sunset Daze': Living It Up in the Golden Years, on WE tv 2010-04-27T19:57:00Z The presence of a Williams score is an boon to Abrams’ strategic marriage of old and new, an element as reassuring as Harrison Ford’s return as Han Solo. John Williams on 'Force Awakens' score: 'I felt a renewed energy, and a vitality' 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z So many Turks look to history, or at least a comfortable version of it, for a reassuring answer to the question: Who are we? Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z The closeness of the father and child is a reassuring note in most of the illustrations: a hand on the shoulder here, a hug there. 3 Picture Books: How to Hike, Camp, Relax in the Great Outdoors 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “There’s something reassuring about knowing this is mine and Rachel’s spot. And so, when thinking about Will and Lyra, that felt right to me.” Building the Worlds of His Dark Materials 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It's reassuring to see that new, purpose-built arenas, such as the First Direct Arena in Leeds, seem to be embracing those ideas in drawing up their seating plans. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z You don’t want to build in drama and turn it into a scene from “General Hospital,” but you want to use language and phrasing that is truthful, clear, complete, forthright and reassuring. My daughter’s birth father suddenly wants to be in her life. Should we let him? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z First impressions could hardly be more reassuring: Marshall is a soothing, sober man in colourful clothes. ‘It hits you over the head’: can I survive my midlife crisis? 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s rhythm as resilience and life force, an innate sense of confidence that makes even her bitter songs somehow reassuring. Playlist : New Music by Lianne La Havas, Jovanotti, Blonds and Opossom 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z And if the German press say your friends’ art sucks, that’s OK, too — reassuring, actually, as evidence that this rotten colonizers’ world has no place for us. The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever. 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Russian promoters, SAV Entertainment, issued a statement reassuring fans that the two shows would be going ahead. Elton John's Russia gigs to go ahead 2013-12-06T11:30:54Z However, some guests might find a test reassuring after sitting on a crowded plane or packed beach for several hours. The latest hotel amenity doesn’t involve massages or cookies: It’s a free coronavirus test. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z My father was a good man, very reassuring, but sometimes his job got to him. Experience: I grew up in a cemetery 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z To the freezing crowd gathered across the Mall on Inauguration Day, Taylor sang “America the Beautiful” in a reassuring tenor that radiated the warmth of hope. ‘Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines: The Life and Music of James Taylor’ 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A reassuring number of young Turks still smoke. Back from the brink: new breath for tourism in Istanbul 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Thus far I am empathetic, mainly listening and reassuring her that this will pass and she is loved, but I wonder if I’m actually encouraging self-pity. How to be your daughter’s confidante 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z But why would Stannis choose to follow Melisandre’s advice, especially after reassuring his daughter several episodes back that he loved her so very much. Why Did That Horrible Thing Happen on 'Game of Thrones'? 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The Sotheby’s result was doubly reassuring, given the auction house’s bumpy year. Robust Bidding at Contemporary Art Auction Bolsters Sotheby’s 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z "As I was working on them, I found the portraits of these deaths hugely and strangely reassuring. The beauty of the life comes spilling out," she writes. In 'The Violet Hour,' Katie Roiphe looks at five great writers shuffling off this mortal coil 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z I might be depressed, but can still ferret out a punch line and find this weirdly reassuring. My terrifying chemical storms 2014-01-12T21:00:00Z It’s reassuring to watch a movie where the stakes are apocalyptic at all times. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In one scene, Meghan is seen reassuring Harry before he goes on stage to deliver a speech to veterans in New York. 6 royal revelations about Prince Harry and more in Netflix docuseries "Heart of Invictus" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z For Moses and Kitch, poor young black men in a modern American city, the warm greeting “Yo, kill me now” is always answered with a reassuring “Bang bang.” 10 Works Over 5 Years by Black Playwrights. All Intended to Unnerve. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “Freaky Friday,” in its lessons about generosity and mutual understanding, was deeply reassuring. Beyond 'Freaky Friday': An Appreciation of Mary Rodgers 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z For 30 years, he’s embodied for us ideals of fairness and competence, reassuring Americans that there are, indeed, correct answers to some of life’s questions, and that facts matter. Go ask Alex: How I learned Alex Trebek really does have the answers 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z None of these seem to do much good, and the warnings themselves seem futile, or more reassuring than actually helpful. The Summer of Shark Politics on Cape Cod 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Can it be helpful, reassuring or enlightening to others if they are? Teen book club: Is The Fault in our Stars 'sick-lit'? 2013-01-11T09:00:00Z Maybe for that reason, “The Circus” is a kind of reassuring sanity break for politics nerds. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z As the reassuring title of Tom Lehrer’s contemplation of nuclear annihilation puts it, “We Will All Go Together When We Go.” Music Review: At 92nd Street Y, the Art of the Satiric Comedy Comes Alive 2010-05-09T22:15:00Z She kept reassuring me that she wouldn’t mind if I gained weight. Not Every Breakup Is About Being Broken 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z My conversation with Douglas Mass was reassuring, too. New York Dining Is Moving Indoors. How Nervous Should You Be? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “Hearing a reassuring voice on the other end of the line is powerful,” she said. Turkey Trouble? At Butterball, Operators Are Still Standing By 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z It's a fatally miscellaneous scene in a movie that shifts from farce to grotesque to melodrama to straight-to-video action flick, without pretending to make sense or reassuring us that we're having a good time. "Super": The sad-sack superhero indie reaches its insane apex 2011-03-31T00:31:00Z It was a way of reassuring the world, and themselves, of their social distinction. Edith Wharton?s World, Recast for ?Gossip Girl? 2011-03-02T22:22:52Z But just like the larger shifts that certain Oscar wins underscore, the box office numbers are reassuring proof that the state of our movie culture is not as dire as some insist. Manohla Dargis’s Top Films of 2012 2012-12-15T00:37:44Z Scott Thomas is a precision instrument on screen, so it’s oddly reassuring to find her so wayward in person. Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘For me, Brexit is a disaster – talk about not knowing where you belong’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The album’s sound is conspicuously regionless: the snoozy low end of the West Coast, the reassuring thump of the East Coast, the quirky effects and tweaks of the South. Music Review: Wiz Khalifa Raps Beyond His Years 2011-03-30T16:06:49Z This reassuring balance of costs and benefits makes for a tidy historical footnote while managing to gloss over the few reasons why the War of 1812 still matters today. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z It would be reassuring to think that Hilary’s experience was exceptional. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Isn’t it reassuring that there are young male dancers for whom elegance matters? Review: City Ballet Debuts in Season Finale 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z With its clearly defined struggles between good and evil, life and death, and heaven and hell, kindergarten horror is reassuring in its predictability. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z You can see why she has a reputation for reassuring investors and energizing collaborators. In ‘Little Dancer,’ Susan Stroman shows the art of perseverance Pumpkin pie spice, on the other hand, encompasses more of a breadth of flavor, offering warmth and a bit of spice in addition to the reassuring familiarity of cinnamon. What is actually the difference between pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z That’s not reassuring, especially since it was only four years ago that the center, grappling with budget woes, dissolved the Lincoln Center Festival to focus on reinventing Mostly Mozart. Review: Mostly Mozart Returns to Lincoln Center, Quietly 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The tone of “Beginners” is modest and reassuring. In ‘Beginners,’ a Writer Takes Up Chess and Surfing and Singing and Juggling and … 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z He was my best friend, kind, intelligent and handsome, whose presence I found – and still find – reassuring. 'Meeting new women became an addiction': one woman, 30 dates 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z "Prey" does a good job of reassuring us about the dog, even though it may have been inadvertent. Sarii of “Prey” and the importance of letting the dog live 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z If “Life” seemed tame after the feral “Buffalo,” it was reassuring to know that beneath the bad-boy bluster, Mr. Mamet was a softie when it came to that business we call show. | 'A Life in the Theatre': From Mamet, a Backstage Bouquet 2010-10-13T04:30:00Z “First Republic is a bank with no teller lines,” Mr. Gladwell has told his listeners in a reassuring, singsong voice. First, a Word From Our Celebrity 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z There is something reassuring in its bizarre familiarity. Night Vale comes to Brentwood with 'It Devours!' 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The road map’s very physicality, unlike fleeting images on MapQuest or Google Maps, seems warmly reassuring in this time of physical distancing when we can’t touch others. Maps new and old offer shelter-in-place globe-trotting — and lessons in human history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The music still streaming over the loudspeakers is by turns reassuring and creepy. Hunted at the Zoo in ‘Fierce Kingdom’ 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s a reassuring, if temptingly reductive, message, consonant with recent war films that have rejected boo-yah bellicosity for more restrained portraits of military operators as principled, highly skilled professionals. ‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “The director’s job is to extract as much money as possible from the ultrawealthy, while reassuring them that their values and collection remain secure and unthreatened.” What Does It Take to Run a Museum? The Job Description Is Changing. 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It felt a little too complacent, though, to coherently reposition Bond: highlighting Britain's fallen world-status through him, then redundantly spending its last hour on a reassuring trip down pop-cultural memory lane. God Loves Caviar serves up a hero for Greece 2012-11-20T16:17:00Z “If we do lose one of them, thank God there’s a spare Doocy. Fortunately, folks, for every medical professional out there reassuring us, there’s a TV professional re-scaring us.” Stephen Colbert: Fox & Friends has Ebola! 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It’s reassuring to believe that if you just do everything right, you’ll be safe. Who deserves to die? 2012-06-29T15:50:00Z It was the reassuring tenderness of their origins. My year — and yours — of cooking Quick & Dirty 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z He keeps one reassuring hand on the bird President Obama approaches to issue his proclamation. Becoming the National Thanksgiving Turkey, a slightly cheesy story That’s more reassuring than much of the advice dispensed by authorities who focus on putting out fires while ignoring the larger crisis of climate change and its relationship to the current pandemic. ‘Jaws’ Is Still Devouring Us. SOS! 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In among all the frenetic disemboweling and beheading, it was a relief to witness a reassuring domestic scene of genuine family love. Rewind TV: The Kennedys; The Crimson Petal and the White; Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis; My Brother the Islamist 2011-04-09T23:05:33Z Last week, the numbers continued to seem reassuring to the never-Trump forces. Nate Silver blew it when he missed Trump. Now he really needs to get it right. 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z You think about the city elevator inspectors who evaluated this thing, and you wish that one of them were here alongside you, his presence the most reassuring safety certificate of all. Chicago’s new ‘Tilt!’ puts you over the edge - of a skyscraper 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z As long as everybody wears masks and keeps their distance, it’s reassuring. Take a Virtual Tour of the Financial District and the Battery 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z That’s reassuring, but I’m still worried about that umbrella I left on the train last week. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 31-Nov. 6 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “I think in such a hurried, digital age, where everything is constantly being renewed, it’s reassuring to own something concrete,” Mr. Mathiesen said. Special Report: Watches: Paying a Tribute to Another Mind-Set 2010-03-19T15:50:00Z As reassuring as that seems, though, it’s not that simple when considered in a larger context. Let’s watch a murder 2012-06-10T01:00:00Z Blatant contradiction of the two insults aside, the segment provoked national ire, even eliciting a reassuring phone call from President Obama. If the “C-Word” fits, let’s embrace it: Women don’t need to be sheltered from this one powerful insult 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z I find the familiarity of the rooms reassuring and like the lack of surprises. Service stations: my secret love affair 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z All this built to Ms. Trump’s speech, which, in contrast, was reassuring and upbeat. G.O.P. Convention Begins With Trump Written All Over It 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z With Syria hanging fire, a nuclear-armed Pakistan on the brink and the Afghan war dragging on, that is not a reassuring state of affairs. Books of The Times: ‘Confront and Conceal,’ by David Sanger 2012-06-05T21:34:04Z Comrade Venu has a calm reassuring, manner and a gentle voice that will, in the days to come, surface in a context that will completely unnerve me. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Two 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z Many of the shows offer the tantalizing possibility of rescue and redemption, reassuring fans that, as is repeated like a mantra on “Manifest,” “all things work together for good. …” The Dead Get a Do-Over 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Which is reassuring, because what then follows, in “The Part After They Sing,” is complete chaos. My Grateful Dead romance: My favorite polyphonic jam, one more time for us all 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The agent was “gracious, calm, polite, and reassuring,” you told me. My United Airlines tickets expired — can you make them unexpire? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z There's a Hobbit discussion – though chances are it will be more like a support group, with fans reassuring one another that the film really will get made, eventually. Comic-Con: Preview night 2010-07-22T12:58:00Z “Hearing this can be enormously empowering and reassuring to people living with HIV,” said Deborah Gold, the trust’s chief executive. End to Aids in sight as huge study finds drugs stop HIV transmission 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z These flash-card facts are balanced by one of the museum’s central and most reassuring themes, that culture is persistent, people survived, built connections and created a rich diaspora of new meanings. The African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z These multi-media combo-packs were meant to be a way to lure those customers back by reassuring them that they had to buy a movie only once. DVD and Blu-ray customers stayed loyal to their formats in 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Here is an assurance that is probably not very reassuring: Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Take my mother-in-law’s stuff . . . please! 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Auction house executives were soon reassuring clients that the business was financially stable. Auction House Owned by Russians Tries to Distance Itself From War 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z "It's reassuring, I think, to the American public to see the same family," he said. 'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89 2011-11-09T17:57:19Z But most people do not have Mr. Gardner’s passion, time and devotion, and most prefer historical narratives kept simple, reassuring and triumphal. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z I was quick to affirm his thoughtfulness with reassuring texts, handwritten notes and quiet thank-yous right before we drifted off to sleep. My unreal reality TV romance 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Back at home, that husband, “Clark,” a man who was, in reality, Philip Jennings, a Russian spy, began spooling out the usual hypnotic, reassuring spiel about their bright future as soul mates. “The Americans” Is Too Bleak, and That’s Why It’s Great 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Once I’m in the zone, I don’t hear anything but the reassuring thud of my own pumping circulation and a consoling subaqueous muffle. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Many residents wrote messages reassuring their families they were okay during the difficult time. Nursing home residents, isolated during pandemic, send uplifting messages to families via Facebook 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z He is sincere and reassuring and not somber. Would you help your good friend die? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z But the secret spice of the experiment’s success, which reportedly took even the Google Cultural Institute by surprise, might be the soft, reassuring comedy of failing, of falling short. An art critic weighs in: Here’s why you’re enchanted by that Google art-selfie app 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z She is incredibly calm and speaks in this very reassuring way, but there is also this amazing air of suppressed tension that is fantastically exciting. Access all arias: Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House 2013-01-04T11:59:01Z And really, isn’t that kind of reassuring, the idea of being swept up into the predetermined artificial flow? ‘Sorry Robot,’ a Musical Sci-Fi Noir at New Ohio Theater 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z "It's a Wonderful Life," that reassuring holiday spectacle, is really the most terrifying Hollywood film ever made. "It's a Wonderful Life": The most terrifying movie ever 2010-12-25T00:01:00Z The surfaces are glossy and reassuring; the inner workings are slyly playful. Burna Boy Faces Success and Second Thoughts on ‘Love, Damini’ 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z American actor MacLeod Andrews delivers the main text in Pete’s voice, which varies from amiable and reassuring to resigned and appalled. The five best audiobooks of 2014 Thank you for reassuring us with your sanity after this guy showed up. Here’s to Bob, Luis, Gordon, and the “Sesame Street” Grownups 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Tourism boards are heartily encouraging people to visit and reassuring vacationers of their offerings and resilience. When Will Tourists Be Able to Return to the Florida Panhandle? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It presents an even more complex persona, one who is less reassuring but no less vulnerable. Drake, 'Nothing Was the Same' review 2013-09-23T02:13:00Z “I think he felt that seeing him and the press argue was in some way reassuring to the American people that life was going on.” Loyal to God and Trump, Mike Pence Defends His Record 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Bread, probably your first taste at Stable, is reassuring. Review | Stable plants a hearty Swiss flag in the Washington dining scene 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z They are also both using figurative art to construct allegories, Beckmann’s ambiguous and disturbing, Ziegler’s clear and reassuring. Artworks labeled degenerate in Nazi Germany are N.Y. hit “There was something very methodical and no nonsense about the website that I found reassuring,” Ms. Misner wrote. With an Arsenal of Apps, a Fearful Flier Faces the Skies 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Trying on such ideologically aligned clothing is reassuring, but only one part of a well-designed life. Luxury Has Gotten Jumbled, but Not at Bottega Veneta 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The counselor is played by real life social worker Kelly Chapman, who worked with Hittman on developing the scene, and her reassuring steadiness grounds the whole encounter. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director on making her anti-"Juno" film: "I just got on the bus" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Yet there was a pang of emotion — it somehow felt reassuring. Balmain calls for peace and truth in Paris Fashion Week show 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Diggs, the Broadway actor and singer, narrates his own children’s book about a father separated from his son, reassuring him that even though he’s not around, “you are always in my mind and my heart.” New & Noteworthy 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z It was a familiar sound in any decent Central European restaurant: the reassuring whack-whack-whack of a chef flattening the schnitzel I’d ordered from the waiter a minute earlier. Dining in Style, at 90 Miles an Hour 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Even still, Todd Jones’s screaming remains guttural and cathartic as ever, a reassuring rage that remains undimmed. Fans Are Ready to Drive ‘Nails’ Into Their Ears 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z This is a key passage, the articulation of a principle, or an aesthetic, so subjective that our common, reassuring pieties are rendered moot. Denis Johnson had ruthless honesty and transcendent power 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z It was impressive, but so was his reassuring tenor filigree on “Body and Soul,” the set’s lone standard. Music Review | Joe Lovano and Us Five: Celebrating 75 Years of Grooves in Village 2010-02-26T22:49:00Z But each packed its schedule with hosts who could fashion news into opinion, opinion that would guarantee its like-minded audience a reassuring hour-after-hour TV refuge. CNN looks for a substitute when news can’t deliver 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “But there’s no liberal reassuring the audience by correcting them.” A Play ‘Meant to Trouble’ From a Writer Raised in Conservatism 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z When it comes to reassuring train bears, alas, it’s hard to top Paddington and his red sou’wester. A Hat Tip to 4 New Picture Books 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z It was reassuring to start off with a toilet joke, somehow. Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show” Début 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Legs crossed, arms self-protectively pressed to their chests, they were rapt as Ms. Martin, chirpily reassuring, sought to address that eternal, and eternally vexing, question: Just what is it women want? Wednesday Martin Dares to Call Her New Book ‘Untrue’ 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z “The data for newborns are quite reassuring, there are few risks that they get infected, even fewer risks that complications occur,” she said. Geneva baby's arrival shows life goes on amid coronavirus chaos 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Every time I watch Fred Rogers interact with children or adults, he always offers a reassuring voice, that we belong. New Mister Rogers film downplays his radical edge: “His work was deeply political” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z We should celebrate those notations more, not as gaps in our knowledge or opaque footnotes, but as reassuring proof that there is still a spirit of unselfish public purpose among us. Perspective | In light of Plácido Domingo’s fall, let’s rethink naming things after the rich and famous 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z He played a serial killer on “Dexter,” of course, but his peevish undertaker David Fisher on “Six Feet Under” was no more reassuring. David Bowie, Celebrated by His Friends 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s a reassuring amount of dust on some of the older wall decorations that lets you know they’ve been here longer than the latest startup, and intend to stick around. Barhop by ferry for a beer-filled weekend in Bremerton and Port Orchard 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z When you scroll down, there’s a memo warning against “soliciting regretful parents for adoption”, and reassuring users that there should be “no shaming of women or men for their non-euphoric feelings”. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z So her presence on the couch, talking to host Chris Hardwick, was surely a bit calming and reassuring to emotionally distraught fans. 'The Walking Dead' still a ratings monster with mid-season finale 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z They all shared a powerful and reassuring assumption: that the surrogate mothers were earning the kind of money that could turn their lives around. Paying for baby: the trouble with renting a womb | Abby Rabinowitz 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “This was an experience for her, and it was reassuring to me.” Howard and Lois, reunited: Elderly couple separated by virus finally meet again 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “What I find so energizing and reassuring,” he said over lunch recently, “is the ideas of strong characters and plotting — these are the things that cut across draconian borders.” Perspective | The world still comes to Washington’s stage 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z I tried, with marginal success, to be calm and reassuring. A stranger, twisted and bleeding on the sidewalk. What would you have done? 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Rather than radical, though, its understatement and methodical tone feel reassuring, like throwbacks to a bygone, more sophisticated age. ‘Spotlight’ celebrates a vanishing form of journalism and of filmmaking 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z These protocols may seem familiar — and reassuring — to visitors from New York or Los Angeles, but they’re almost nonexistent throughout Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach Returns, Smaller but Ready to Party 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z It was reassuring and calm, but the words were rather more troubling. A 'high-risk' year for the future of the BBC 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z But with so many collectors in town — it was difficult to remember the Christie’s and Sotheby’s salesrooms being so crowded — plenty of works lower down the price scale sold for reassuring amounts. London Auctions Are on the Rise, but a Big Failure Casts a Shadow 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z From volume to volume they make variations on the same jokes, and that too is part of the reassuring appeal of the series. Tintin Is a New Breed of Comic-Book Hero for Most Americans 2012-01-02T20:37:06Z Nation was enthusiastic and reassuring about the projects but, Cusick said: "Then I never heard from him again." Raymond Cusick 2013-02-24T18:19:55Z And, frankly, it was just really reassuring to see everybody — just to see a lot of people you had known or worked with. How a TV Ad Enticed Broadway Crowds Right After 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Her “Football Landscapes,” taken all over the country, showcase different climates and conditions, with the sport as a reassuring constant. Art In Review: CATHERINE OPIE: ?High School Football? 2012-03-29T21:55:28Z In her sustained passion, her grounding in the body and its processes, her somber focus, her technical rigor, she is still a tonic: grim yet reassuring, a granitic testament to the truth. Diamanda Galás Gives Voice to Unbearable Pain, Once More 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z His persona is curious, reassuring and a little firm — the encouraging teacher who instills confidence by telling you that yes, you can do this. Joshua Weissman's cinnamon French toast has nothing to apologize for 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z We’re told there will always be an England, which is reassuring, but will there always be an English manor? ‘We That Are Left’ review: Can the British manor house survive? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s reassuring to know that Sofia Coppola, like any other parent out there, has also been enslaved to Frozen. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Either way, it conveys a reassuring sense of the enduring, gracious habitability of the human world. Art Review: Sophisticates? Sketchbooks 2011-05-26T22:23:15Z When they wrote to their younger children, they were careful to limit themselves to scraps of reassuring information. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Though probably apocryphal, this story is quite reassuring to those of us who work in the film and TV business. So ?Lost? Is Over: Now What?s to Be Found? 2011-01-28T14:32:47Z My process is more time consuming but personally more reassuring. Washing meat is cultural, yet mandatory 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “It is dangerous to think of them as a moderating influence, as reassuring as that may feel,” he said. John Oliver on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner: president 'can't even get nepotism right' 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z She holds your hand during the rather intimidating Viennese Sacher torte, reassuring you through the three pages and 12 steps that it will all be wonderful in the end. The Year’s Best Baking Cookbooks: Radical Ideas, Classic Treats 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The idea that life comes down to personality is a reassuring fantasy, perhaps especially for readers struggling to find their own paths and selves amid the confusions of adolescence. Review: ‘Insurgent’ Brandishes a Tougher Shailene Woodley 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z As Juan, a drug dealer who becomes a father figure to the young Chiron, Ali is a reassuring presence in the film’s first third. Oscar Spotlight: The Actors 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z What’s hard to get one’s mind around is that everyone who’s singing this tune—the police, the wife, the prosecutor—seem to think that it’s reassuring. The Chapel Hill Massacre Blues 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z It may be nearly half a decade late, but it is reassuring to know that freedom of speech in Britain has, in certain quarters, won the day. Donald Trump has battled to block my film's release for years. Now he has failed | Anthony Baxter 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z But there is a reassuring logic to her proposals for navigating difficult passages with greater reliability and less strain. Critic’s Notebook: Golandsky Institute Helps Musicians Avoid Pain 2012-07-19T21:52:06Z But maybe the most reassuring thing about a dictionary is its finite nature. Lexicography unbound 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It was reassuring to see it at work again, in continuity with the program’s other, older selections. Review: Mark Morris Live(ish) Seems Almost Like Old Times 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z I hoped a meeting with Welty might be reassuring. The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Shelton is a reassuring singer, with deep Southern contours to his voice, and he relies on them more than he does his melodies — he’s more of a convincer than a crooner. For Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, You Can’t Teach an Old Country Bro New Tricks 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z I’m still nervously awaiting the sycophancy, but there are reassuring signs that the defensive, preemptive counterprogramming is continuing. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Mainstream media fawning over Biden? Hardly. 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The terms of reference for the commission looking at replacing the Human Rights Act with its promise to enshrine the European convention rights in British law and protect and extend British liberties sounds reassuring. Coalition agreement - the full deal at a glance 2010-05-20T14:13:00Z But it’s also reassuring, as it indicates that the wine is alive and not a denatured, shelf-stable beverage. When to Open a Bottle: Aging Wine Without the Anxiety 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, anonymity and secrecy grew in the midst of fiercely expanding urban life, but Holmes, all-seeing, was reassuring: Old traces of human activity remained, if you knew how to read them. Exhibition Review: A Sherlock Holmes Exhibition Stops in Ohio 2014-02-14T23:25:09Z This film didn't soothe audiences by inviting them to laugh yet again at reassuring figures of fun. Why The Dictator isn't Great 2012-05-16T14:38:23Z Given the timing, Tarantino’s film is hardly reassuring. Can Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt save Hollywood? 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “Memphis” and “Million Dollar Quartet” retell an old, now reassuring story: how early rock ’n’ roll breached barriers of race and class. Rock Music Becomes the Mainstay of Broadway Musicals 2010-05-14T23:36:00Z But with apocalyptic action films attempting to address the imbalance, it’s reassuring that even when the world is ending, gender equality is at the top of the agenda. Why disaster movies are leading the way for age-appropriate relationships 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s dark and reassuring, just the kind of sheltered saloon you’d want to end up in after working up a thirst in the park. Restaurant Review: Tavern on the Green 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z But there is no sign that Britten found this reassuring. Music Review: Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia,’ Presented by Mannes Opera 2013-05-12T21:58:05Z The agency found some vendors were trying to keep consumer confidence high by reassuring buyers it was “business as usual” while others acknowledged the challenges caused by the coronavirus. Cannabis users rush to darknet to stock up for lockdowns, EU report says 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z That, to me, was reassuring and the most evocative. Along a Fast Track, a Pause for Nostalgia 2011-03-24T21:43:12Z There are certainly more reassuring ways to prepare for a meeting with him than looking at previous interviews. Dinos Chapman's debut album: here comes the Luftbobler! 2013-02-19T18:24:32Z They say employees are upbeat about the merger so far, and they find that reassuring. The American Airlines, US Airways merger ain’t over till it’s over 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z He added that it was reassuring to see that parents believe that schools are part of the support network for their children. Pornography risks should be taught to children as young as five, say parents 2013-05-20T06:01:01Z Palmer was upbeat about the prospects of reassuring funding organisations, though she admitted that "you wouldn't want to be starting from here". Poetry Society reinstates Judith Palmer as director 2011-08-18T15:41:19Z There’s something about that which, for a child, is reassuring. Katee Sackhoff: ‘Most women in my family marry and have children. I was different’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z That was reassuring, Mertens said, because he had something very personal to share with his coach. Football player’s coming-out story disproves every dumb theory about gay athletes 2014-02-01T13:00:00Z “To be able to offer something that looks and sounds and feels familiar is deeply reassuring.” Theaters may be dark, but theater-makers are still finding ways to dazzle you 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z I find that mismatch — the idea that your life doesn’t have to be a parallel entity to your work — reassuring. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Sight’ Balances Grief, Freud and Parenthood 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s reassuring that Mr. van Zweden, from all reports, had worked hard to persuade Ms. Borda to come to New York . A First for New York: New Conductors at the Met Opera and Philharmonic 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Kidman brings a reassuring warmth and certainty to the role, particularly in a late scene in which Sue reveals to the grown Saroo the vision that inspired her to adopt. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Certainly Mr. Prouty’s sessions are a reassuring constant in uncertain times: a way for dancers to put their bodies back together again. How an Elite Cross-Trainer Is Helping Ballet Dancers Stay Fit 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z On the other hand, there’s something oddly reassuring about the show. ‘Snooki & Jwoww,’ on MTV, Begins Its Final Run 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z All of them are immediately appealing, written with lyrical notes that are both reassuring and exacting. Ruth Reichl Recharges in the Kitchen 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Holmes has been translated into dozens of languages and has universal appeal, but he is, above all, a reassuring, even flattering figure to the British. The TV Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Sherlock’ Is Back on PBS 2014-01-17T23:38:27Z In most places, there was a significant police presence, which was mostly reassuring. Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts 2013-04-12T18:36:34Z These questions become doubly important in the case of Cunningham, who eliminated the reassuring frontal focus of traditional dance. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It's a voyage into the unknown for the six of them, and there's a reassuring familiarity when Phronesis return as a trio for the encore to do their insular, hypnotic thing. Phronesis – review 2013-04-08T16:21:19Z The trustworthiness of seniors lends a reassuring air to any pitch, even for tasteless and objectionable products like Wonga.com, or Werther's Original. The new Visa advert 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z What works better by far for Mr. James here are the earnest ballads of his own design, like “You Can Count on Me,” which eases the album to a warmly reassuring close. New Music: ‘Bankrupt,’ by Phoenix, and ‘The Beat,’ by Boney James 2013-04-22T22:07:35Z Each key came in a safe-deposit box envelope, those small, stiff oblongs that close with a reassuring snap. The Elite Browse and Forage at Frieze Art Fair 2013-05-10T21:06:57Z It’s reassuring to remember that all sorts of intellectual—and hallucinatory—predilections can find a way into mathematical work. The Myth and Magic of Generating New Ideas 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z If that makes any of them nervous, a trip to Hillyer Art Space should be reassuring. In the galleries: ‘Spring Solos’ at Arlington Arts Center 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z What makes Uncaged compelling is that it’s just as interested in upholding and reassuring the typically rigid genre convictions in contemporary country as it is interested in defying and bending them. Zac Brown Band Defies Country Expectations with Uncaged 2012-07-06T12:00:24Z It's easy to forget the bigger picture when you're working on the details and it was very reassuring to remember that my science was needed. Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows 2013-02-10T00:04:02Z As a designer, Abe exists at the halfway mark on an ever-shifting aesthetic continuum that stretches from the most familiar, reassuring clothes to the far reaches of conceptual design. Perspective | At Paris Fashion Week, designers reworked the tuxedo and explored the meaning of color. And, oh yeah, Kanye showed up. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z From their despair emerges something reassuring: a feeling of commonality and a modest sense of hope. Lost in the woods 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z It's reassuring that Earl uses such skills for entertainment rather than evil. TV highlights 17/05/2013 2013-05-17T06:00:06Z In recent months, Italian populists are still making veiled threats to break up the coalition, and the official denials are not 100 percent reassuring. Are You Ready for the Financial Crisis of 2019? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The voice at the other end of the phone was reassuring. 2010-01-05T06:10:00Z Reeves is somehow reassuring, with an enviably serene manner. Why I love… Keanu Reeves 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The presence of Penn & Teller in the audience was a sort of insurance policy, reassuring us that we were seeing what they were seeing. Disillusioned with The Magicians 2011-01-17T14:26:03Z “He does that to me all the time,” Gonczar remembers reassuring teammates who confided in her. The Victims of Larry Nassar Who Dared to Come Forward First 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Your enjoyment of the series might hinge on how you feel about the whole "Glee" phenomenon, but there is something reassuring about this show's message of self-acceptance and contestants' support of one another. Tuesday TV Picks: 'The Glee Project' on Oxygen 2012-06-11T21:04:04Z Surprisingly, this version of “The Plastic Bag Store” still manages to be a theatrical experience, with an audience gathered in a darkened space, where the soft hum of the ventilation system is unobtrusively reassuring. Don’t Eat the Breakfast Cereal. It’s Made of Plastic. 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z “It’s reassuring because we just made this music ‘cause we like how it sounded, ‘cause we wanted to make it. And the fact that it’s resonating with so many people, it’s reassuring,” he said. R&B singer Daniel Caesar blazes trail with celeb fan base 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The song, of course, is about a girlfriend reassuring the singer that “everything will turn out alright.” Drugs, paranoia and a creepy Charles Manson connection: Why we’re still fascinated with the dark drama of the Beach Boys 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z It offers a weird sense of intimacy, which may be reassuring, even comforting around the holidays but only makes the Wolf’s pursuit of the Mouse that much creepier. Is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” a date-rape anthem? 2012-12-10T21:14:00Z Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Tony Hall, the outgoing chief executive of the Royal Opera House, cuts a reassuring figure. New BBC director general Tony Hall: 'It's about setting the conditions whereby artists flourish' 2013-03-02T09:01:06Z “It was reassuring to him when he did ‘Walk on the Wild Side.’” Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z It's a reassuring thing, and it's a thing that probably happens more in the folk world than in the popular music world. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Having a police officer at the clinic might feel reassuring to workers and patients, she thought, but it also could signal something unnecessarily alarming. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z This is worthy, reassuring stuff maintained in fine professorial style and serving to remind us that darkness is not inevitable. Insights Into the Brain, in a Book You’ll Wish You Had in College 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z What’s more, without ever arriving at a reassuring proposition about the world, they rearrange your assumptions about what it means to be in it. Review | The acclaimed, exasperating sculptures of Rachel Harrison get a star turn at the Whitney Museum 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Page after page offers the reassuring reminder that you can best fight your panic by refusing to fight the panic. Desperately Seeking Hope and Help for Your Nerves? Try Reading ‘Hope and Help for Your Nerves’ 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z And Mark was so reassuring on set because he’s been through it before with Lynn. He slept with a lesbian: Summer’s hottest rom-com 2012-06-13T00:05:00Z On stage was Braids, the affecting and skilled Canadian band that is temperate on the surface and vigorous underneath, and for the most part the mood was shamanistic, dreamlike, reassuring. Music Review: From Braids, Eruptions of Art Rock at Glasslands 2013-08-27T22:11:59Z She was carrying on for her audience, a retinue that included a translator, the movie’s publicist and her makeup artist, a reassuring sidekick on Ms. Vega’s travels. The Star of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Picks a Few Come-Hither Dresses 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z There is something reassuring, though, about the predictability of a tidying guru asking you to clear just enough space to house a range of her own branded products. Declutter so you can reclutter – Kondo has a new master plan 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z But Baymax, much like the movie itself, represents technological optimism at its shiniest and most reassuring. ‘Big Hero 6,’ an Animated Film Based on a Marvel Comic Book 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Individually these gaffes seem inconsequential, but collectively they are as confusing as the original designs were clear and reassuring. Design: How to Ruin a Great Design 2011-03-13T19:30:07Z By the phone’s light we see rain leaking in through closed windows and under doors, and we hear her aunt’s reassuring accounts of how various household pets are faring. Puerto Ricans Expand the Scope of ‘American Art’ at the Whitney 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z There is something reassuring and comforting about crossing a fully stocked larder off the to-do list. You’ll Definitely Want to Keep This Savory Sauce on Hand 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In contrast to many movies about atrocities, including some documentaries, there is nothing reassuring about “German Concentration Camps Factual Survey.” Revisiting Concentration Camp Atrocities in Shattering Clarity 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z |
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