In his mid-thirties, he still looked like a coarse peasant, although it had become more a matter of style since success and his knowledge of the world had softened his roughness and refined his ideas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The will said, Sing in praise of this generous land. The will said, May God thy gold refine. America, Angela, America! Purple mountain majesties, Angela. Whoopee!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Europe, another innovator, Charles Babbage, born the son of a banker in 1791, was developing an early calculating machine at the time that Morse was refining and evangelizing the telegraph. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This may not be as refined as you’re used to,” she apologized, “but it’s what we have in the house.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe as much as a hundred, depending on how refined it was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We were behind the glass saying, ‘There isn’t going to be an aesthetically refined prototype!’” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The answer is straightforward: he had begun an experimental programme of testing and refining his theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Others, like Dorothy Hoover and Doris Cohen, had highly refined understandings of theoretical math, differentiating their way through nested equations ten pages deep with nary an error in sign. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, you mouse—you nasty cur. With goodness all around you—don’t you dare suggest a thing like that! Why is your sorrow more refined than my sorrow?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, refined folk always used I shall or we shall to refer to the simple future, not I will or we will. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no reason to go that far. It would just be wasteful. Besides, the resin makes a powerful painkiller when properly refined. People could use the medicine ...” “... and you could use the money,” Denna said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took out a number of small steel splinters from my thighs with delicate and refined distaste. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His motions were smooth and effortless, refined, as though he were dancing a waltz. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s known to be quiet and refined, and he seemed, from our superficial acquaintance with him, to be nice. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I can tell she’s getting older in the entries, her language becoming more refined as time separates her from the fringe where she once lived, her reactions becoming more moderate. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She lived in a cheap basement flat on the fringes of a very refined neighborhood and studied her betters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They do, however, claim that we are not cultivated and refined to the same extent. To remove this impression, the thought and work of this bureau has been mostly bent from the start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“If he’s paralyzed from the neck down, he can’t go to the prom, either,” I muttered, refining my plan. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All week she refined the plan for it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam knocked on the door with a not terribly refined fist. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was used in heavy industry to render other compounds like refined gasoline or polyvinyl chloride for plastic pipe production. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Against all logic, he continued to hope that sooner or later the quiet, awkward little girl who glided through his house would display the Frenchman’s elegant manners and refined charms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This highly refined coordination and cooperation must be multiplied out across eight individuals of varying statures and physiques to make the most of each individual’s strengths. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This was the Aristotelian system, which was later refined by the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another experiment aimed at refining the answers, Dr. Atchley is working with scientists at the Imaging Center in Kansas City. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Quickly it was realized that petroleum in volume not only could be used to bind bowels and banish scabby growths but could be refined into lucrative products like paraffin and kerosene. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning of the seventeenth century, another astrologer-monk, Johannes Kepler, refined Copernicus’s theory, making it even more accurate than the Ptolemaic system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We can sculpt and shape the neural circuits to refine the brain. We can drastically improve people’s abilities. “This is my dream.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how much they refined it,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These are the definitions I need to refine. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Francis’ grumbles did not disturb me, however, because further refining of our latest backbone without a solution to the bases would not represent a real step forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Since going off to private school—and hanging around the Object—my tastes had been changing, becoming refined, I thought. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I made refined smacking noises with my lips. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His voice, easy and refined, carries in it the authority of someone who runs a huge corporation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In England, farm breeders had refined the creation of novel breeds and variants to a highly sophisticated science. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

During our years on the island we kept up a continuing dialogue about our beliefs and ideas; we debated them, questioned them, and thereby refined them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it as refined as all of the papers would have us believe? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It captured the light and refined it and gave it back in silver incandescence. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Obviously, Ayesha has refined cultural taste, and I totally approve of this friendship,” my dad says, and chuckles a bit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were going to work themselves into top physical condition first and then worry about refining technique later. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In his systematic fashion he continued to refine the company’s infrastructure and services—and continued to be extraordinarily successful at escorting amateur climbers to the summits of big, remote mountains. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A veritable fountain of youth in our dolmades and taramasalata and even in our baklava, which didn’t commit the sin of containing refined sugar but had only honey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I know. It never does. Anyway, what I want, Jake, is your full cooperation. We must become true partners in this enterprise so I can refine and replicate my formulas.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that it’s kinder The way that he scratches, the way that he peers at what he’s scratched up- and, of course, more refined to treat him with earwax. grime from his skin. courtesy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“A refined girl like you,” he said, “should not have to sleep in the streets. If you come with me, I will find a proper place for you where there is plenty of food.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was proud of their shame because it meant that he had the ability of begetting refined children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, Peeta empties our breadbasket and points out how they have been careful to include types from the districts along with the refined bread of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Goldman worked on his decision tree for years, steadily refining and perfecting it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I don't have anything so refined as pure oxygen flow. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana suggested cutting off his tail to make him more refined, but Clara had a tantrum that degenerated into an asthma attack and no one ever mentioned it again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a trigger for her. But she’s learning. Being out of the system forced her to refine those social skills on her own.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Her laugh, when she’s with them, is refined and low, like a woman’s laugh on the radio, except when she forgets herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its horns were a more refined version of what they’d been, fluting out to tight spirals, and the eyes that filled the empty sockets were large and shining. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"The exact quotation," she announced loudly, hoping she was right, "is Spend it wisely and may God thy gold refine." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

With most of the slaves working the mines, and only a few toiling inside the ramshackle refining sheds, the giant yard was almost deserted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But every time I ask it, the question is refined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been refining his sketches of Persepolis ever since we got back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, however, for the next five years nothing happened, largely because MacKaye occupied himself with refining and expanding his vision until he and it were only tangentially connected to the real world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hard facts would come only when further data had been collected which could allow the crystallographic analyses to be carried to a more refined stage. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I spent three years at Miss Preston’s honing my combat skills, refining my manners, getting an education. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She imagined something more refined, perhaps an off-the-shoulder silk with a gathered bodice and small, tasteful bustle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It is simply that he was hoping to weather the trouble by refining to become conscious of it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The North Carolina Citizens’ Councils, offspring of the New South, were more refined in their methods. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a plum-colored dashiki Koffi knew at once was expensive despite its subtlety, and he exuded the air of someone senior and refined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that Inka metallurgy was, in fact, as refined as European metallurgy, but that it had such different goals that academic experts had not even recognized it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I would’ve thought you were too refined for some hot sauce on your eggs.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Crystal gazing is a particularly refined art,” she said dreamily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Some people consider which more refined or elegant than that. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had the outlines of a plan, and I think I went on refining it for several days before it occurred to me it wasn’t actually necessary to carry out all the steps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, Turtle, you may be right about putting our money in the stock market. I remember the will said May God thy gold refine. That must be from the Bible." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mercedes was a refined little bat, though, and she never attacked by flinging handfuls of pebbles; that would have been unspeakably crude. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at his hands: they were not those of a refined, intelligent aristocrat, but of a man who has nothing interesting to say. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the most refined voice in the Middle Atlantic States. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

To rehearse and refine the procedure, Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Emmett took human skulls home at night and practiced cutting them up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In time, as with Newtonian mechanics, the “central dogma” of genetics would be vastly refined, modified, and reformulated. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

His drinking in Nsukka—his auburn, finely refined brandy—had sharpened his mind, distilled his ideas and his confidence so that he sat in the living room and talked and talked and everybody listened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just had to refine our method of communication. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Undaunted, we got stronger every day and refined our technique. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His awkwardness makes him very endearing, although it’s clear my daughter prefers more refined dancers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my thinking, it was refined that she didn’t fuss at Grandpa about not having the house wired for electricity. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“They’d refine it into medicine. It’s a powerful painkiller. The price won’t be nearly as good as if we went to the other sort of people, but still, half a loaf....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I thought you say nice, refine peoples comin here at night.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary helped her son refine the vehicle until they possessed something that could roll down the street with its pilot, as the racers were known, in the drivers seat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Now growers who knew all about plantations, mills, and refining found sugar waiting for them on islands as beautiful as Hispaniola had been when Columbus arrived. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

They both are, with their oily, refined support of the Nazis. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ancient objects produced by black hands . . . refined by those black hands with results that no human hand today can equal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would lose himself in thoughts of her, and plan his next letter, refining the phrases, trying to find comedy in the dullness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As they conquered lands around the Mediterranean Sea, they spread word of how to grow, mill, and refine the sweet reed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

One thing I appreciate about South Africa is that we have not yet refined the system to the point where we feel the need to lie. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A plantation was not a new technology but, rather, a new way of organizing planting, growing, cutting, and refining a crop. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She is a refined sort of person—she met me at the door when I came out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I see that the keenest brains of the world invent weapons and words to make it yet more refined and enduring. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my ears they sounded refined, educated; I had a tendency to mumble, and when nervous, to stutter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If one accepts the premises and definitions, one must accept what follows from them, but one can frequently reject premises or refine definitions or choose a different mathematical approach. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln can clearly see that Richmond—or what’s left of it— barely resembles the refined city it was. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chocolate and peanut butter—despite the fact that I do my best to avoid the intake of refined sugar—are a worthy combination. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The subtle and refined "hurl my body at the wall" technique had some flaws. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember one professor at Stanford who confirmed the concept and its function but said he wanted to be invited back when we got to an ‘aesthetically refined prototype,’” Dowell remembers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

All this was torture to me—refined, lingering torture. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Properly called the Öpik–Oort cloud, it is named for the Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik, who hypothesized its existence in 1932, and for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who refined the calculations eighteen years later. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow he would find food and refine the camp and bring things back to sanity from the one completely insane day. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The student was about to start off, but Joinville’s round, refined voice called him back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The General was a portly, ugly man, his manners were not refined, and his talk was conspicuous for an eagerness to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the perfectly cut frock coat and vest of all Kerch merchants—dark, refined, deliberately staid. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She pictures three-hundred-pound sacks of refined white sugar deep in the hulls of ships. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His kid was very handsome, well dressed, and quite refined. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each week, they dug new mass graves behind the refining sheds. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But I suppose he’s got to refine his technique somehow. Good game, Harry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And when he returned home to Louisiana, he applied his knowledge of engineering to refining sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The second possibility, that there is an infinite sequence of more and more refined theories, is in agreement with all our experience so far. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today it is the most valuable food product refined from corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And so Emily lay back against the pillows for another several minutes, her creature having slunk away, and patiently planned, and revised her plans, and refined an order for them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The definition would refine itself over the years. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There they began to apply skills they had learned from the Muslims: how to plant sugar cane, and how to refine sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

If nature could achieve such remarkable effects on animal populations through survival and selection, Galton imagined accelerating the process of refining humans via human intervention. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The way people dress here,” she said, “it’s more refined. You can’t get away with jeans.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After Lio had left, Mama would say, “What a refined young man.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We refined the trigger chemical, created a once-a-day pill. Over a few months, our old faces came back.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had gotten it into her head that the Protestants were more refined than the Catholics. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth was dabbing at her mouth with her paper napkin, ever dainty, ever refined, even as the slot machines clanged and beeped one room over. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Our aim is to enhance, Your Highness. The first arcana is meant to refine one's natural disposition, or help one develop his or her talents, so that he or she may meet their goals." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Clearly, it wasn't refined enough yet to send out a notice to The Annals of Mathematics or anything, but Colin felt good enough to slink back into his shirt. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She acted just as refined as whitefolks in the movies and books and she was more beautiful, for none of them could have come near that warm color without looking gray by comparison. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d turn up for coaching on Saturday mornings and spend hours listening to Frank, refining my technique, and trying again and again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her family was rich and she was very refined—Lily was into books and opera— and we had black husbands, so we had that in common. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Root drew a house of three stories with gables and a peaked roof, in red brick, buff sandstone, blue granite, and black slate; Burnham refined the drawings and guided construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Stoicism is many things — it was devised and refined over centuries — but the basic principles can be summed up quickly. Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

All of which muddies our understanding of PTSD—and refines it. Who’s most susceptible to PTSD? 2012-12-10T17:31:00Z

Putting the videos up on TikTok hasn’t just helped generate buzz for the project — it’s also helped her refine it. Harvard senior’s Disney-inspired Korean musical a hit online 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

One of the reasons the Beach Boys are still so revered is that Brian Wilson's compositions are awesomely refined and deliciously intricate. The Beach Boys musical: wouldn't it be awful? 2010-10-04T14:09:00Z

McLaughlin said that reducing carbohydrates, eating more whole grains instead of refined grains, reducing sweets and reducing alcohol can all help reduce high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, as well. Chicago woman loses 143 pounds, reverses diabetes: Expert weighs in 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Sinaisky's conducting was so cool as to be uninvolving, while the playing was uncharacteristically rough from an orchestra primarily associated with refined virtuosity. BBC Philharmonic/Sinaisky 2010-07-25T20:45:00Z

Atmosphere A refined rusticity; more casual and tightly arranged in the Taverna, and more formal and spacious in the Dining Room. An Identity Crisis at Italienne 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

The space is unpretentious and yet still refined. Chez Ma Tante, Where Falafel and Kedgeree Live in Harmony 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

Like her signature sheath dresses, the handbags are refined, crisp edged and vivid. T Magazine: Power of the Purse 2011-06-09T13:00:15Z

It plans to continue to refine its technology, hone personalization in order to better corral the sprawl of products it offers, expand internationally and explore events and real-world interactions with its community. Missed the Latest Supreme Drop? Head to Grailed 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Iñárritu and his writing partners penned the script with the character generally in mind; when Keaton was cast, they refined it slightly to reflect his experience. Human foibles give 'Birdman' its superhuman wings 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

And I felt if there was any talent I had refined from Ethos, it was the ability to think about things differently.” Encounters : Peter Thum’s Mission: A Jewelry Line Created from Guns and Bullets 2013-07-03T20:11:14Z

Not only is that a matter of simple fairness, but also any additional information allows you to refine and, where appropriate, voice your opinion with the I-don’t-know-the-whole-story asterisk still in place. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When two friends are no longer speaking to each other 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

A few years later, she teamed up with Kaye and Knatz, who further refined the idea based on their experiences at the University of California, San Diego. Anorexia: you don’t just grow out of it | Carrie Arnold 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Honey is healthier for you than refined sugar. 25 “facts” that really aren’t: You’ve heard them all your life and they just aren’t true 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Here he was taut and refined — simple in the best sense — while Mr. Hallberg was too labored, too self-aware. At the Joyce, a Feast of Dancers at a Sometimes Meager Table 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

True evil can be refined, but never tamed. Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z

HBO Max will also be able to refine its algorithms for subscribers who watch "The Batman." David Chase might hate HBO Max's "The Many Saints of Newark" — but it’s the wave of the future 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

These were just prototypes, and the students spent the next few weeks refining their text prompts until they could squeeze some originality out of the machine. An Art Professor Says A.I. Is the Future. It’s the Students Who Need Convincing 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

By her very nature she helped refine its broad physical comedy with thoughtful details, imbuing it with an unlikely believability that transformed it into a perpetual showcase for the foibles of human nature. The Woman Behind Lucy?s Laughs 2011-08-06T20:30:18Z

Mr. Zacharias certainly seemed like a man with nothing to prove, offering understated, refined music making of impeccable taste. Music Review: Christian Zacharias, Pianist, at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-15T22:43:05Z

Tartan, tattersall and glen plaids evoke a refined and masculine feel, perfect for a formal living room or study, while madras has a casual association that can set the tone for a more laid-back space. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

Sniffing out indie design and threads among the Zara-Camper-Swarovski-Mont Blanc mafia, however, requires a refined nose. 36 Hours in Cannes, France 2013-04-18T20:53:11Z

Past mime festival audiences have seen dancers tossed around by a giant car factory robot; plastic bag “people” blown to life by wind fans; juggling refined to the point of ballet. London International Mime Festival: Wordless Physicality That Smashes the Glass Box 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

For a long time it was something ugly, but jewelry is catching up with refined, simple, high-quality pieces. Piercings Are Back, Subtle and Sophisticated 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

As computing technology progressed, David Behrman continued to refine his electronic setups, resulting in interactive performances, alongside live players, of ever-increasing elegance. Celebrating a Union That Rewired Classical Music 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Many of the ideas Breuer had refined in Geller would appear in a house he designed that was built in MoMA’s garden in 1949, broadcasting its ideas to an international audience. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

The concert closed with Bartok’s six Romanian Folk Dances, which Ms. Grimaud performed as refined and urbane, contemporaries of Berg’s sonata rather than quaintly folksy. Music Review: Back at the Keyboard After a Difficult Interlude 2011-02-01T21:43:30Z

To maximize the intake of iron and zinc, try to ensure your child is eating whole-grain foods over refined grains. My kid has gone vegetarian. What do I need to know? 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

He was connected by birth to the land where blues began — his older cousin was first-generation country blues singer Booker "Bukka" White — and helped refine the music for mass consumption. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

While engineers and mechanical innovators refined the technologies of steam locomotion, the nation’s image makers helped to elicit consensus among the citizenry about what railroads were and where they would take the nation.” Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z

The fast-casual aggressively promotes its two chefs, whose résumés include far more refined — and pricey — restaurants. Fast Casual Nation: The movement that has changed how America eats 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

For me, it’s captivating combinations of new and old, simple and elaborate, rough and refined. Eddie Ross: Ideas for mixing it up for fall entertaining and decorating 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

It is the great leveler, a puncturing of pretension, and those who find pie throwing beneath their refined comic sensibility deserve nothing more than a lemon meringue treat, smack in the kisser. Comedy’s Sweet Weapon: The Cream Pie 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

“That would be barely more expensive than rubbing alcohol, and probably not as refined.” Gulp. How’d we get to the $22 cocktail? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Or my mother-in-law Sue’s citrus-glazed sweet potatoes, which she has refined endlessly in her upstate New York kitchen. These Thanksgiving Recipes Aren’t Just Side Dishes. They’re My Memories. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

But her recital had its own kind of drama, not the less effective for being so refined. The Artistry of the Soprano Julia Bullock 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

The Santa Barbara was funky, grassy, and fun to drink, while the Sancerre was floral and refined, with many nuanced flavors. ‘Listening’ to Sancerre Tell Its Story 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z

At the end of the movie, sitting among the critics and refined entertainment reporters, he asked again. Why Parents Worry More About Sex than Violence in the Movies 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Internet culture is vast, varied and ripe to be spoofed, as is the emerging online workplace environment being formed and refined as we journey further in to the social distancing era. "Saturday Night Live at Home" shows us the honesty in live comedy without an audience 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z

It was their refined cunning, I insisted, their devious, scholarly intellects, not mine, that delivered the triumph and the anguish that was Windfall. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Songs like "Junk" and "Every Night" continued his efforts, refined during his Beatles heyday, as a balladeer for the ages. Beguiling Paul McCartney box set of eponymous solo albums showcases the former Beatle's deep range 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Dear Heloise: Recently, I discovered the benefit of adding ½ teaspoon of organic refined coconut oil to a stovetop pan of oatmeal, rice or other grains that occasionally boil over. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Soup for a windy day 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

They’re just more refined representations of the way Mr. Iyer and his trio perform in real time, with a rhythmic logic and a coordinated bustle of breaks and intersections. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

As an art that lives in the bodies of dancers, who shape and refine its contours, dance reflects a collective creativity. Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

In his performances and many recordings, Mr. Cuénod was praised for his light, clean, almost ethereal tenor; refined musicianship; and faultless diction. Obituaries: Hugues Cu?nod Dies at 108; Versatile, Light-Voiced Tenor 2010-12-08T04:29:00Z

This carved ring is then sliced with a knife — sideways, like a loaf of bread — so that the cross-section forms the crude outline of a figure, which is refined, carved and painted. Dreaming of an Artisanal Christmas 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

He walks aided by a cane and speaks in a refined British accent that carries no hint of his pre-World War II childhood in Germany. The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z

Like its predecessors, “Three Days,” on Monday night, is a highly refined example of the currently popular true-crime genre. Review: ‘Three Days of Terror’ Relives the Charlie Hebdo Attacks 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

The first Iron Man film, released just one year after the Spider-Man franchise wrapped, began to refine the formula. Everything You Need to Know About Marvel and Sony Teaming Up For Yet Another Spider-Man Movie 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

It wants to further refine those fractions, to perhaps 10 or 20 of the most beneficial proteins, and bioengineer them: no plasma needed. Could ‘young’ blood stop us getting old? 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

The island also housed a plant that refined fish into oil and fertilizer; the smell was unimaginable — and, later, when waste-processing facilities replaced this plant, unspeakable odors wafted as far as Lower Manhattan. A New History Celebrates Brooklyn’s Heights, and Depths 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Churchill's painting style matured over the years, and his brushwork became more refined, exhibit curator Tim Riley says. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

This collection seemed modern and refined: a cloud of a sweater above a midcalf culotte skirt; exceptional coats that might be in rough-weave wool, shearling or tweed, scattered with sparkle or decorated with Mongolian lamb. 2010-02-16T13:23:00Z

"I loved the contrast between the gold and white coupled with this refined column silhouette, which I revisit a lot," Saunders said in a statement. Gold, sneakers, models? Fashion's Olympic moment 2012-08-13T16:24:09Z

They are always refined and made of the best possible materials. David Chipperfield wins Royal Gold Medal for architecture 2010-10-07T10:30:00Z

Back in the 1930s, a Harvard-trained African-American anthropologist, Allison Davis, and his equally refined wife, Elizabeth, risked their lives to study life under Jim Crow in a remote section of Mississippi. Isabel Wilkerson Loves Books. That Doesn’t Mean She Treats Them Gently. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Still, for much of the show what he presented were sophisticated sports clothes in complex fabrications that, while admirably refined, only served to underscore the reality that couture sportswear is an oxymoron. Staying in the (Fashion) Moment 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

I’m on catch-up with all those professional mothers who refined their style over the baby and toddler years. Motherlode Blog: The Ups and Downs of ‘Seesaw Marriages’ 2013-04-18T13:18:02Z

Although some of these may be less refined than others and offer a smattering of beneficial antioxidants and minerals, they all count as added sugar. Four foods a sweet tooth should always have on hand 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Soon after, he resolved to refine his artistry, and he applied to work for a New York City restorer. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Referring to one of the world's most refined and glamorous classical musicians? Viktoria Mullova: from Russia in a blond wig 2011-08-16T21:30:00Z

She now has a third of the opera, an hour's worth of music, which will need refining. Work-in-progress 'LSD: The Opera' is powerful musical theater 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

He adopted, he thinks, about 80% of the suggestions, then submitted to the attentions of "a completely brilliant" copy-editor and subsequently refined the book through four stages of proofs. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z

“Whether we’re talking about superfoods or regular foods, they are all their most super when consumed in the form as close to nature as possible without added sugars and refined fats,” Johnson says. The organic label and the fine print

Williams' quietly powerful performances have received a great deal of attention over the years, but in this premiere Turner grants Sansa a refined serenity disguising a stone-hearted chill that feels utterly new. "Game of Thrones" recap: It's a reunion! The dying can start any day now 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Saunders has always been fiercely ambitious for his writing, but lately has refined his idea of what constitutes trying hard. George Saunders: a life in writing 2013-01-12T12:01:01Z

“I’m not a big fan of really refined dress shirts,” he said. Trading Up: The Circle of White 2011-01-11T23:40:06Z

Inside, ceilings embellished with plasterwork decorative forms and floors of wide-plank wood lend the rooms a refined air. On the Market: A Cape Dutch House in South Africa 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

The writers were refining the characters and their motivations and he felt pretty good about that. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

If something strange and refined is going on in Nashville, something not tied to the city’s musical present but to its researched past and imagined future, he’s often involved in it. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-11-22T23:10:00Z

IFC entered this crowded market this fall with “The Birthday Boys,” a show starring a Los Angeles troupe of that name that is refined, cerebral, well groomed: the polar opposite of Murderfist. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z

“It’s an opportunity to see these powerful, bold and somewhat brutal sculptures within the refined elegance of Renzo’s architecture,” Mr. Griswold said. Inside Art: Christie?s to Auction Art From Lehman Brothers? Holdings 2010-06-03T22:13:00Z

You can detect elements of Page’s refined sensibility in Benech’s book “Twelve French Gardens,” in which he, like Page, borrows from both classical and English gardening styles. The Shoes of Le Nôtre 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z

Pickett flew from Oklahoma to New York to study at the school and refine his submission tape. How to cast Emmy-worthy reality shows 2010-05-27T00:21:00Z

It’s “My Fair Lady” when she gets plucked off the Russian streets by Dmitry and Vlad, who school her in refined deportment so she can pass for a princess. Perspective | If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

“What serious pianist would prefer an electronic keyboard to a refined Steinway or a piano by any other excellent builder?” said Paul Jacobs, the chairman of the Juilliard School’s organ department. Pipe Dreams: Will an Organ Roar in the New Geffen Hall? 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

“It’s more sophisticated than the original, more refined.” Mapplethorpe Jewelry Inspires a New Collection 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

But “Mulaney” also bears the telltale scars of more than a year’s worth of tweaking and refining. Fox’s ‘Mulaney’: When a bad sitcom happens to a great guy

With a refined design by Rockwell Group, the three-bedroom Nobu Villa boasts all the luxuries synonymous with a Sin City stay minus the excess. Las Vegas’s Nobu Hotel opens an impressive new villa 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

These algorithms are fluid enough to adjust and refine themselves depending on what a subscriber watches. David Chase might hate HBO Max's "The Many Saints of Newark" — but it’s the wave of the future 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

Foods high in sugar and refined carbohydrates, for example, are known to cause high blood sugar and obesity. Your microwave dinner is making you obese: What the food industry doesn’t want you to know 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

His rueful tone of voice, however, indicated that he wished Bunny Mellon’s quiet, assured, and above all intelligently refined elegance were far more appreciated these days. AD Honors Bunny Mellon 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

In an unexpected intersection of celebrity pop music and ballet — that most refined of the performing arts — Paul McCartney has written a major orchestral work for the New York City Ballet. Paul McCartney Composes Work for City Ballet 2011-02-23T23:05:59Z

The Fragonard paintings, in some cases, were supposedly painted “in an hour,” though that probably included significant retouching and refining after the sitting. Review | A recently discovered document unlocks the mystery of Fragonard 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

His bold yet refined buildings that often recall nature fuse old-world Chinese and modern idioms, using inexpensive materials, like recycled bricks and tiles, as building material. Architecture: Wang Shu of China Advocates Sustainable Architecture 2012-08-09T15:29:52Z

Liu said the pandemic and the resulting postponement of the event — held every five years — from 2020 helped him peacefully concentrate on music and refining his playing. Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Computer programs helped devise the canyon’s parametric curves; Gang refined the creases and pleats. Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

Following years of over-indulgence on refined foods, they have slowly become insulin resistant. Put down the donut: When Americans became hooked on sugar instead of natural fat, obesity ballooned 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

Poulenc wrote the French libretto, adapted from a play by Georges Bernanos, and his music is an uncanny balancing act: restrained yet lush, refined yet wrenching. Music Review: ‘Dialogues des Carmélites,’ at Metropolitan Opera 2013-05-06T22:35:02Z

One of Mr. Matson’s first tasks after joining the company was to refine the practice of producing ink copies of documents without the use of messy black carbon paper. What in the World Is a $590 Scratch-and-Sniff T-shirt Doing in 2020? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

You refine your own aesthetic and style and preferences. Dance: Liam Scarlett Choreographs ?Viscera? for Miami City Ballet 2011-12-30T23:09:10Z

It was a rich and refined collection of pieces that fit perfectly with what you expect, and hope, to see from Mr. Gn. Special Report: Fashion: Seeing Collections as the Buyers Do 2011-03-08T18:52:09Z

The gentlemen looked elegant and refined but mostly faded into the background as fashion’s supporting players. How Bryce Dallas Howard’s size 6 dress won the Golden Globes red carpet 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

They were cozy, family-run establishments celebrated for splendid views and cuisine that integrates the heartiness of South Tyrol with the refined flavors of northern Italy. Hut Skiing in the Dolomites: Storybook Scenery and Grappa Included 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

When a team of museum curators reviewed the museum’s working collection in 2012, it refined its argument to include Mistake Creek Massacre in the National Historical Collection. What became of the Mistake Creek massacre? 2013-07-04T06:12:57Z

Her potent and refined rendition of “Casta Diva” was a treat. Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z

Ms. Mutu has always worked in three dimensions and her control of materials like paper pulp, red soil and wood have been refined to the point of slickness. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Compared with the raw material of your average blog, it has been refined and distilled to within an inch of its life. Are professional book reviewers better than amateurs? 2012-10-01T10:21:40Z

Painters and musicians have long been protected in a similar way – it is both an entitlement and a necessity for creative people to study and refine their craft. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z

Pet wellness in general has become an even bigger industry, and has spawned a subset of social media influencers and Facebook groups devoted to refining the diets of all kinds of domesticated animals. The Diet Worked For Them. Now Their Pets Are on It. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson, moonlighting from his grumpy goofball role on “New Girl,” seems to be refining a new millennial romantic archetype: the stoic, shaggy dream guy. Movie Review: Zoe Kazan Plays Disparate Twins in ‘The Pretty One’ 2014-02-07T00:05:05Z

Her spirituality is intended as ecumenical, and she has been building and refining it for decades. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

The refined dramatic control of Lee’s craft leads to intensity, the sense of latent and potential violence, of springs coiled and ready to snap, in every shot. Spike Lee’s Vampiric Remake 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the best thing one can say about the book is that in each of its sentences lurks a whole volume for a thoughtful Adam II to tease out and refine. ‘The Road to Character,’ by David Brooks 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

Being a chef, Mr. Mirarchi ignored me and kept refining his marathon tastings, very gradually. Restaurant Review: Blanca in Bushwick, Brooklyn 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

“We wanted to start the menu with a course that was a little playful and whimsical, yet still refined,” the partners said. Sixty Three Clinton Opens in the Lower East Side 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

More recently, on local radio, I've sought to refine my audience to a smaller group – sometimes as low as 200 in half-term holidays. Alan Partridge: How I became a national treasure 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

The rhythm is immediately locatable as Brazilian but, with an acoustic guitar and harpsichord chiming on top, it's an ornate, refined sound, perhaps at odds with the subject matter. Readers recommends songs about South America: The results 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z

Read widely, and constantly work to refine and redefine your own work as you do so. 21 Pieces of Writing Advice From Stephen King 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

His quaveringly sensitive, refined, yet defiantly insistent voice – “Everyone has been very kind....” – became much imitated, much parodied. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

The best thing you could ever say to your credit is you refined it a little. The Gaslight Anthem: 'Fans look up to us. That's creepy' 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z

The Texas red yucca is smaller and more refined. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

At times as refined as a European opera singer, at others raw with back-alley bombast, Gardel was one of Argentina’s first tango superstars. Throwback tunes: Reissues from Frenchmen, Argentines, Brits, lumberjacks and Vaudevillians 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement Once the collection was repatriated in 1962, Dubuffet refined his definition of Art Brut and adjudicated what fit in it. ‘Art Brut in America’ Highlights Outsider Artists, No Longer Looking In 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

"You have to have a very refined palate to appreciate it," said Amore, recalling how the Alongis fermented basil leaves for six months and made all of two tubs of basil gelato last fall. 'Eat Pray Love' exalts purists' gelato in Rome 2010-08-16T19:26:00Z

It's a masterful, multilayered bend with a Black woman casting herself as the nation's most famous sexist bigot playing opposite a refined British thespian goofing around as a C-lister entertainment magazine host. Trump satirist Sarah Cooper's new Netflix special is a joyous acknowledgement that we're not OK 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Abraham Lincoln understood this, channeling his love for theater while refining his own declamatory style; Winston Churchill’s greatest creation might have been the beloved and respected World War II leader known as Winston Churchill. Perspective | Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

The rare find dates from 950-800BC, with beautiful refined incised decoration at the finials. British Museum takeover safeguards buried treasure agencies as quango goes 2010-11-23T18:30:00Z

The curators split a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and compiled distinct lists of artists, which they refined together, with Duckett selecting Black artists exclusively, in keeping with her institution’s focus. What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

Though they are the most sensational dancers in ballet today, they are by no means the most refined, and they are showing signs of caring less rather than more about refinement as time passes. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in ‘Don Quixote’ 2013-05-26T21:24:19Z

Those who succeed are the ones who evolve, expand or refine their original ideas. How does a 45-year-old rapper stay relevant in a genre that feeds off youth? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

So it’s surprising to hear that she doesn’t think of herself as a refined singer. Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Green Day was always more refined and has honed its edge to the point where its music scythes down conservatives with such scalpel precision that many don’t even realize they are being punked. Power chords and Pollock: Art history and a theoretical superstructure of punk 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

Similarly, we can expect continued use of artificial intelligence and machine learning by providers as they refine their understanding of our preferences for their own purposes. Four ways your TV subscriptions could change because of the cost of living crisis 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z

She worked hard to sophisticate him, getting him out of his hideous cheap blue suits and into respectable tweeds, refining his Midwestern accent. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

Once ensconced on the island, Lennon would refine many of the tunes that would comprise his "Double Fantasy" album with wife Yoko Ono. John Lennon sailed to Bermuda through a storm, "screaming sea shanties and shouting at the gods" 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

The anecdotes are translated by William Murray Golf employees into concepts that the brothers refine — say, switching a print’s miniature golf carts to Eisenhower-era ones. Bill Murray and His Brothers Venture Into Golf Wear 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

He wanted, and achieved, a refined style in both his music and his life: that is why he went to New York, and was so happy there. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z

Often on this show, after a well-regarded chef prepares a refined dish, Bronson will take it over to his band, the Special Victims Unit, or to the guest crafters, and feed them. Action Bronson, the Leader of the Most Joyously Disorienting Show on Late Night 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The crux of Dolce’s criticism of Michelangelo is that the artist was somehow just a little coarse, attracted to coarse bodies and tempted to display a vulgar virtuosity over a refined aesthetic reticence. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

At Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 10 of these oils on canvas hum with a kind of quiet dynamism that is simultaneously raw and refined. Lee Mullican's colors crackle with energy 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

But you might also think of it as a more refined taste. 14 reasons why we love D.C. area farmers markets 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z

Each new title seems only to refine and distill the Pulitzer winner’s already gorgeous skills. Review | Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Oh William!’ is yet another dazzler 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

It looks very refined, but at the same time they are really simple dresses to wear.” Fashion Review: Donatella Versace Revists Her Brother?s Last Collection 2012-02-24T19:31:24Z

But the old-fashioned form happens to be a perfect match for the refined pleasures of this delightful publication, an essential read for comedy nerds. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

The work of writing is in the revision and the refining. Jon McGregor: My desktop 2012-06-20T09:06:32Z

In the Mozart and Schubert, and later in the second half, each note was considered and shaped and refined. Anne-Sophie Mutter with Lambert Orkis: A night of perfection | Classical review 2013-03-04T17:52:30Z

Here, the persona of celebrity blankness he so carefully cultivated is refined to an almost self-parodic extent: a mask of a mask. The 10 best … photographic self-portraits 2013-03-23T16:00:00Z

Ms. Downing took Ms. Gilhart to Europe for the collections and refined her eye. Julie Gilhart: Bouncing Back With a Digital Twist 2013-09-04T21:41:47Z

Cooley’s protégé, Bud Frazier, continued the work of refining artificial hearts, eventually championing a design in which the device doesn’t pump so much as continually whir. The Quest to Create and Perfect an Artificial Heart 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

In Ashton’s version, the most fascinating details are in its contrasts: indelibly refined épaulement with twisting and bending torsos — a proper exterior concealing simmering emotions. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

“He will also be an incredible ambassador as we continue our efforts to bring a refined vision of the listening experience to a larger audience, both at the Center and in the greater Washington community.” Kennedy Center names Mason Bates as composer-in-residence 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

“Oil, Then Acrylic” refers to some artists’ belief that oil paints are more refined than acrylic ones, just as canvas is considered superior to burlap. In the galleries: Watercolors reveal a forceful vision at Touchstone 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Design Week is a high-end affair known for its refined wares, made from precious materials and polished for pricey consumption. For a School in Nairobi, Furniture That Functions 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

Then I stopped being shocked and just started to kick back and wait for the next elegantly refined design feature to come my way. Video Game Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, New Game From Blizzard 2010-08-01T21:48:00Z

Ms. Kuhn conveys as much insight and empathy as more overtly dramatic singers without straining for a showstopping theatricality; her delivery is refined but not prim, her intonation impeccable. Judy Kuhn’s Homage to a Family of Composers in the American Songbook Series 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

In this instance, however, it resulted in an evening of refined sensuality that nevertheless led to a feeling of satiety before it reached its close. Prom 26: BBCSSO/Runnicles ? review 2011-08-04T10:13:53Z

A New York entrepreneur, Michelle A. Goldberg, developed and refined them just before the pandemic hit. A Macaroon Crossed With a Mounds Bar 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

We refined the details — who would watch our son when, how we would talk about it at parties. Modern Love: Happily Ever, After Divorce 2012-06-01T15:44:50Z

There are poplar groves surrounding historic temperance camps and churches of such refined severity that architects from around the world come to study them. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z

Sequels allow characters to be developed, worlds to be expanded and stories to be refined. Nearing the endgame: is Hollywood's lust for sequels destroying cinema? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

The Dutch artist and architect Constant Nieuwenhuys spent around 20 years of his life refining plans for New Babylon, a utopian city that would sprawl across the world and be run entirely by robots. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

The Fairmont has a refined restaurant, Habitat, that features locally sourced food, and lots of events space. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: The Fairmont Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh 2010-08-14T05:01:00Z

For instance, those who take joy in cooking have, most likely, already refined an instinct for quality culinary wares. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Over the course of the next few years, Ailey trimmed and refined “Revelations,” reaching a relatively final version in 1964. Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations’ still dances into audiences’ hearts 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

“Repealing environmental regulations will create all sorts of new jobs: oil refining, fracking, clean water historian, keeper of the last six bees ...” Colbert joked. Late-night TV roasts Trump on climate: he 'surrendered Florida to the ocean' 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

But her feelings are also in accord with the old, primitivist formula whereby the less refined something is, the truer it is. Elena Ferrante’s New Book: Art Wins 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

It’s almost as if, after all these years, he’s still refining his answer, still sorting through his feelings. The man who knew too much about Richard Nixon 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

Above all, Ballet Theater is looking more like a company than ever before — an important, world-class one, vividly musical, excitingly refined, with performers seizing the moment again and again. Review: Alexei Ratmansky’s Ballet ‘Whipped Cream’ Is a Candyland Triumph 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

If Mr. Fassbender is too refined to play a bloodthirsty warrior, Mr. West is every centimeter a carnivorous military beast. | 'Centurion': Two Vastly Different Enemies Share a Common Thirst for Blood 2010-08-27T00:01:00Z

In contrast to those heavy-handed elements, there are, throughout, exquisitely refined passages of geometric and organic inlaid patterning rendered in different woods and metals. Peeking Into the Gilded Age at the Met 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Ms. Taymor encouraged them to come back to New York and help her, particularly with the refining of lyrics and of the sound. Superstars Never Guessed the Size of ?Spider-Man? Challenges 2011-06-13T22:15:25Z

This rosé of pinot noir is quite refined, its cherry and watermelon flavors guided with laser-beam precision. Keep it in mind for grilled salmon. 5 wines to sip outdoors

The repertoire of dishes is fragrant, diverse and highly refined, based on complex culinary techniques. Persian Cuisine, Fragrant and Rich With Symbolism 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

A refined doorman at the nondescript building leads me to the elevator, which opens directly into his 11th-floor penthouse. The Enlightenment Of Russell Simmons 2012-10-18T14:42:42Z

Once I have those established, I refine them. Mom’s a Corpse. Dad Looks Mad. At Least the Light Is Nice. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

High-carb diets are common in Asian and poorer nations, they said, where people eat a lot of refined carbohydrates such as white rice. Both low and high-carb diets can raise risk of early death, study finds 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

It’s an update on more refined American classics, diminishing the rigor but maintaining an air of exclusivity. Shopping at Band of Outsiders 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

The Whiteheads are also here, represented by two refined vases and two large, relieflike grids of glaze samples that look almost exactly like art now. Art In Review: ?The Woodstock Story Told in Paintings, Photography, Sculpture and Ceramic? 2012-01-19T23:47:18Z

Teaching kids old-fashioned penmanship, proponents like her argue, helps refine their fine motor skills and their visual cognition, while beefing up the lobes known to underline successful reading. Meet the Mother-Daughter Team Set on Saving Cursive 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

That’s where the company excels, on the line between refined and loose. Critical Shopper: Massimo Dutti in Midtown Manhattan 2012-11-27T18:08:33Z

Writing the book, she added, taught her a lot about the effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome, of which she now considers herself a victim, and also helped refine her thinking about terrorism. Private Trauma Gives Jessica Stern Insights on Terrorism 2010-06-29T21:43:00Z

The same could be said for Mr. Cohen, who keeps refining his collection. Inside Art: Steven Cohen and Douglas Cramer to Sell Pieces at Christie’s 2012-09-20T22:59:26Z

A few years later, Mr. Brownlee, also 41, entered the game, his presence cooler but his voice even more refined. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z

Service at the young restaurant, though, needs refining. Just in time for Oktoberfest: A ‘chic’ Ballston beer hall for the masses 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Certainly French dining is more refined than the homey one-pot wonders of the Philippines, but is that even relevant? Not all cuisines are created equal, so which country has the worst food? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Molly’s tests to discover the potentials of protein binding and Elliot’s algorithms to refine this process are naturally meant to resonate on a more personal level, as both struggle with more intimate questions of chemistry. | 'Completeness': ?Completeness,? by Itamar Moses - Review 2011-09-14T02:01:02Z

Her embroidered Thom Browne black gown, with its white, off-the-shoulder neckline, was appropriately extravagant and refreshingly refined. Perspective | The Golden Globes red carpet showed it’s okay to delight in fashion rather than just tolerating it 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

Then again, Mr. McGuinness’s translation probably doesn’t lend itself to a more refined approach to the play. ‘Electra’ Stars Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic Theater 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

“Yours Unfaithfully,” Miles Malleson’s 1933 play, now receiving its world premiere at the Mint Theater, is a refined, rueful and often shrewd comedy about polyamory, written decades before open relationships were quite so openly discussed. Review: ‘Yours Unfaithfully,’ on an Open Marriage and Its Pitfalls 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

This is mythology, but it’s not mythology that’s refined slightly over time. Modern Marvel 2011-03-25T16:14:29Z

Swann encourages people who want to refine their hosting skills to throw more parties and mix things up: different groups, different sizes and different occasions. A beginner’s guide to being a good dinner party host 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Chappelle didn’t have months to refine his material, smooth his transitions, build the act. Dave Chappelle Stumbles Into the #MeToo Moment 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

This element, often distracting, is especially out of place in Act I of “Giselle,” where the male peasants greet one another with the refined manners of dandies at a salon. Dance Review: Paris Ballet Opera’s ‘Giselle’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-15T21:45:22Z

Any cocktail with the word Bâtard in it is a safe bet, including the Inglorious Bâtard, a refined mezcal take on the margarita. 10 Galleries to Visit in SoHo and TriBeCa 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Wood had spent most of the day avoiding this type of scene in favor of further refining his routine. How Roy Wood Jr. crushed the toughest room in comedy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

They present more regularly than mainstream playwrights, gradually develop loyal followings and, since they are working with low budgets, they are allowed to fail and to refine their aesthetic. Critic?s Notebook: Festivals: Under the Radar, Coil, Other Forces, American Realness 2012-01-03T23:36:36Z

Its object lessons in how Helen learns to refine her wartime photography are succinct and powerful. Books of The Times: Tatjana Soli?s ?Lotus Eaters? Offers Lessons From Vietnam 2010-03-29T04:59:00Z

Since TV dramas weave multiple narratives through an entire season, a refined sense of structure is as necessary as economy. Playwrights Shuttle to TV and Back 2010-11-19T20:43:00Z

This is a refined realism of the sort Flaubert himself championed, storytelling that accrues detail by lean detail. A Portrait of a Stalwart Life, and of America Itself 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Comeback Kid” is the closest approximation of the ultra-catchy singles that peppered “Treats,” but the production is more refined, the claustrophobic aggression of the debut replaced by sweet, wobbly vocals, and a more spacious arrangement. Album review: Sleigh Bells, 'Reign of Terror' 2012-02-20T03:53:00Z

In the second act, he set aside the attitude of youthful bravado for more refined statesmanship as James Madison, Thomas Jefferson’s BFF. How a ‘Hamilton’ Super Fan Got Cast in the Broadway Show 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Clad in gray-pink Dakota granite, the refined, muscular building conveyed an uncanny combination of heaviness and delicacy, solidity and transparency. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The powerful corporations that dominate the global sugar market are also facing slowing demand, especially in the United States, for refined sugar that is used in everything from coffee to cakes. Has sugar lost its sweet spot? Paraguayan plant upends market 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

The strength of Sacai is a sweet simplicity: stripes, flower patterns and a refined way of depth by detail. Fashion Review: Lush, Sporty, Luxury 2013-06-30T17:01:59Z

In humans and animal models, elevated consumption of refined sugars and saturated fats – a combination commonly found in ultraprocessed foods – promotes eating by desensitizing the brain to the hormonal signals known to regulate satiety. Diet can influence mood, behavior and more — a neuroscientist explains 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

As he speaks, Coates seems to be working out the logical string on the spot, circling back to the beginning and editing himself, refining the argument, then re-refining it. With Atlantic article on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates sees payoff for years of struggle

The waiver also authorises the board to change its mind about a work's status, at any time, a sensible addition given that art scholarship is always being refined. Warhol's box of tricks 2010-08-20T23:03:00Z

The creative team starts by spewing out ideas and listing them on a white board, then spending several weeks culling and refining concepts and sometimes combining them. At Universal Orlando, Halloween Fright Is a Full-Time Job 2011-10-25T17:25:57Z

His research shows that with more engagement, introverts can refine their social skills and increase their confidence. How parents can help introverts thrive (without trying to turn them into extroverts) 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

Completed in 1905 the mansion is a looker, one that reflects the refined taste of its owner. Rochester, N.Y., blooming with appeal

Even the most rustic-looking bread might be made with refined flour. A primer on whole grains: What they are, why they’re important and how to find them 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Swelling music and Kelsey Grammer’s refined narration supply the appropriate sobriety, but the film is too intent on promoting the nobility of its cause to worry about engaging the uninitiated. Movie Review: ‘Until They Are Home,’ a Documentary Directed by Steven C. Barber 2012-08-31T00:31:54Z

Cooke still embodies the refined and confident aesthetic for which she is known; on the day we met, she wore a charcoal tunic layered with one of her signature neck-to-waist-length tubular gold necklaces. At 97, preeminent jewelry designer Betty Cooke is still inspired to create 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

Hanks is an actor who has something Nasa-ish in his own professionalism, a guy who has refined and fortified his technique over a long period of time and just gets on with it. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

There was a certain wildness in her choreography, too — a slippery chaos bubbling beneath the highly refined surface — that fits with the natural world. Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

After I became a mom, I got custody of most of the holidays, and I've typically used my position as host to play around, refine and try new things. Stay inside Black Friday and eat scones instead 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

The routine hauling out of memories, shaping and refining them against one another’s versions of what happened, is not routine for someone like you. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z

His goal wasn’t to be the refined artist whose work hangs in a museum but to be the one who’d put memorable images into the world and into readers’ heads. First Encounters with the Art and Presence of Saul Steinberg 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Business was conducted in cozy, refined rooms adorned with Louis XIV to Louis XVI furniture and favorite works by French artists Greuze and Fragonard. Not up to the massive Louvre and its long lines? This small art museum is much more intimate. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

Ever since the fringe was invented, this festival has achieved a vitality that is different from other festivals, however refined and avant garde their approach may be. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

Som opened with a boxy knit white T-shirt paired with refined skinny trousers in a rose print rooted in a shade of tangerine. A touch of nerves over security at NY Fashion Week 2011-09-09T20:32:18Z

It’s going to be refined: “I didn’t put no baloney sandwiches in there. That might be in my second book. That might come with the hood recipes in there too,” he said. Forget the handmade wreaths. Now Martha Stewart hangs with Snoop Dogg and makes weed jokes. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

Concluding the concert was an account of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, stirring for its brisk tempos, taut rhythms, transparent textures and refined solo work by the principal winds. Music Review: An Exuberant Conductor and a Starry Violinist 2011-08-07T21:48:50Z

Then it was refined by Tony Rice, whose guitar belonged to White. Listening to Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

"During this period of his life, Caravaggio was forced to finish his paintings very quickly, and therefore he refined his technique in order to achieve this objective," said restorer Anna Maria Marcone. Caravaggio's Lazarus restored 2012-06-15T16:07:29Z

Later, I feel like trying something more refined, so I return to my desk at 10.30pm, hoping to find a ballet group in the US. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z

But “Divertissement” dripped with sincerity and purpose, celebrating the glory of the small detail and refined dancing. A dance 'Tour de Force,' minus the force, at Segerstrom Center 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

And while we don't need another recording of Barber's Adagio for Strings, Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic's is wonderfully refined. Barber: Cello Concerto; Cello Sonata, etc – review 2013-01-17T21:31:01Z

Manipulative in the extreme and full of advice for Leti and Tic, Christina's secret weapon is the fact that she appears to most who see her as refined, delicate and harmless. "Lovecraft Country" sorceress is America's Next Top Karen, joining TV's other ultimate Karens 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

A refined performer, her solid point work was consistently airy -- that contradiction so difficult to master. Mikhailovsky Ballet's 'Flames of Paris' makes rousing West Coast debut 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

The best of these artists refined their work by exploiting the technical capacities of the boxy Graflex view camera that was their preferred instrument. See how Japanese American photography from 1920-1940 is still 'Making Waves' 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

He’s now refined the exploratory manner of “Hôtel des Amériques” to the point where it seems capable of refreshing even the most conventional movie forms. André Téchiné, Director of ‘Unforgivable’ 2012-06-24T01:23:01Z

Video games are the frontier of fiction, a cultural outpost that is intoxicating if not always refined. Those Underappreciated Female Video Game Pioneers 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Several of its dancers — Lydia Abarca, Ronald Perry, Lorraine Graves, among others — stay in mind as glamorous stage personalities and refined stylists. At Dance Theater of Harlem, Where’s the ‘Theater’? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

“My voice was refined and created through her,” he said. Diana Gibson, mercurial mentor on L.A.'s stage scene, dies at 69 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

Each was like a refined version of a dish you might prepare over an open fire in an Amazonian camp. A Peruvian Chef Makes a Striking Los Angeles Comeback 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z

From an early point, Mr. Camnitzer made clear that for him art was not about claiming mastery of a medium or refining an identifiable style. Art Review: In the Beginning Was the Word 2011-02-16T13:00:07Z

An extravagantly talented young female performer who's already capable of generating massive laughs, but is still working to refine her comic voice. This week's new live comedy 2013-01-12T06:00:17Z

It's crude and refined, often in the same instance. Hunderby: why this Julia Davis comedy is worth watching 2013-01-14T10:00:00Z

It took many centuries for us to refine our romantic relationships into more than just a tumble in the foliage when the time was right. My friend says he is in love with me. Should I give it a go? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

Although the pieces are not currently available for sale, Chen plans to continue refining the prototypes and developing new ways to use the material. Royal College of Art Student Designs Water-Responsive Materials 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

“It is traditional, elegant, refined, but with complex herbal notes of a traditional English garden,” Mason told the Daily Mail. Prince Charles launches a gin with herbs picked from his garden 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

Schönebaum said that “lighting is part of the set,” and has come up with what Gerlach called “a refined visual approach” that is realistic compared with the other two contributions. One Opera, Three Acts, Three Different Stagings 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

Her performance was so probing and lucid, and so matched by the refined playing of the orchestra, that this popular piece sounded fresh and bracing. Review: Concertgebouw Orchestra Shows Off Its Legacy at Carnegie 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

His experience with steely yet lush Finnish contemporary music has prepared him to lead the Philharmonic while it is still in the process of refining its approach to this hall’s clear, if slightly clinical, sound. Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Sánchez’s modern touches — a concrete awning, minimalist wood furniture — add a refined touch, while a clay comal, where a cook makes tortillas, speaks to the humbler origins of the cuisine. Enrique Olvera Brings His Genius to Oaxaca, Mexico 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

“I suppose if I spent some time I might be able to refine my impersonation of him,” the 58-year-old said. Alec Baldwin says he may retire 'satire-resistant' Donald Trump impersonation 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Now he’s commuting between Los Angeles, where he lives, and New York, where he’s trimming the script, offering pointers to actors, refining word choices that don’t strike him quite right. ‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

“Some,” the editors note, are “refined, even elegant, others crude, formal, playful, or mock-authoritarian.” Review | The art of protest 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

The Bloch-Bauer home in Vienna may be a refined stereotype of good feeling, but that is how Maria remembers it from her youth: a family album etched in gold. Helen Mirren in Woman in Gold: The Queen Stands Alone 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

The movie has gone through more gestations than the monster in Scott’s : a comic book, two video games, three sequels to the source novel and, of course, four increasingly refined versions of the film. Blade Runner at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott's Dystopian Vision 2012-06-25T14:31:59Z

For some, Mr. Fellner’s insightful, beautifully self-effacing Beethoven may be almost too refined. 2010-02-15T05:55:00Z

So we’ve refined technologies that turn our conquering gaze down, down, down. We spend so much time staring at our phones. What do we miss when we don't look up? | Mel Campbell 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

This recipe, handed to me by a native of Austin and refined over decades, is ideal for potlucks, Super Bowl parties and stormy days. Texas Chili Makes a Welcome Guest 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

Stone was still refining the details in recent rehearsals, with a meticulous eye on the speed of the turntable and whether one of the singers should be wearing a jacket instead of a cardigan. Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

In Crispin’s view, “Smith is an uncelebrated illustrator,” who took the original tarot imagery and refined it “into something that really does resonate.” Making the Tarot Literary Again 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

When compared to the slick, refined content of its main competitors, on this evidence it seems unlikely the Medal of Honor series will survive without a major rethink. Medal of Honor: Warfighter – review 2012-11-11T00:06:00Z

Especially as an arranger, Mr. Connick favors broad musical strokes — sudden roaring fanfares and blasts of noise — over more refined gestures. Music Review: Harry Connick Jr. Performs on Broadway 2010-07-16T21:19:00Z

Their bodies — refined and buttery — may drip and swerve, yet they never crash. Review: Trisha Brown’s Dances Find a Home at Judson Church 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Acharya’s refined sculptural firmness, complex gestural eloquence, subtle musical phrasing and articulate grace are enough to extend most ideas of masculinity. Dance Review: Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival 2013-08-16T22:24:56Z

Mr. Svensson’s cooking refines the wildness of New Nordic cooking without losing its naturalness and occasional naïveté. New New Nordic Cuisine Takes Hold in Oslo 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

After a series of shows that illustrated Mr. Wu's more refined side, I suspect he was feeling a little pigeonholed as an evening-wear designer, or perhaps the dreaded "nice guy." | On the Runway Blog: Jason Wu: Naughty or Nice 2012-09-07T19:54:52Z

That effect is of course an illusion here; the authors have been refining their show for years. Review: Going From Schlub to Slick in ‘The Other Josh Cohen’ 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

It wasn’t enough that the feisty young ensemble already exhibited an explosive energy the likes of which had never been imagined in the refined realm of chamber music. Robert Mann: A musical revolutionary on par with Cage, Bernstein, Callas and Gould 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

But this important if sitcom-y family reunion has given him a golden opportunity to refine and reaffirm what family really means. Amusing, sensitive 'Immediate Family' tackles sexual orientation, race 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Using the heart of the buckwheat seeds, its soba is white, making it more delicate and refined. Sarashina Horii, Specializing in Soba Noodles, Opens 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

The remainder of the sonata offered plenty of glimpses of Mr. Abdelmoula’s impressive technique and interpretive intelligence — refined, no doubt, by his own experience as a composer. Review: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula Displays Both Delicate and Robust Tones 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

We need more of these studies to verify and refine the findings. The Anti-Redskins Ad On The NBA Finals: Only One Question Really Matters 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

The impulse to virtuosity, to elaborate and refine and outdo earlier work, might explain the slightly surreal “Battle of the Nudes,” by Pollaiuolo, an engraving that was influential throughout Europe. Review | Getty exhibition shows how the naked body became a subject for art 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

“Why should we not remand this to the district court for a more refined analysis?” Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Chevron-Filmmaker Case 2010-07-14T18:50:00Z

A fully realized Sellars/Viola “Tristan” was introduced at the Paris National Opera in 2005, though the creative team seems to keep refining the staging, which opened at Teatro Real on Jan. 12. Operas Filled With Forbidden Love in Madrid 2014-01-28T13:02:07Z

"This can be said for rice, pasta, cereals, flour and other whole grains that go through the refining process." These are the worst foods for your health, experts say 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

The camel presentation is a work in progress, and the Goddesses are eager to refine their maneuvers. Ringling Circus Camels, One Hump or Two, Are Singular Attractions 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

But just know that if you’re the kind of person who is always talking about gluten, refined sugars, food dyes, preservatives, and clean eating, no one is going to want to hang out with you. How Making Mom Friends Is Like Dating 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

A certain menace emanates from a story's first page and builds almost imperceptibly to its climax in a refined but savage violence. Dame Beryl Bainbridge obituary 2010-07-02T12:46:00Z

Set in a valley with staggering views of the Dolomites, this refined but relaxed wellness resort opened a year ago and is already an old pro at hospitality. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

She worked with private clients and friends to refine the workout and the apparatus over years, waiting for her youngest child to enter kindergarten before opening the Manhattan studio. The Resistance 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

While the occasional sweet treat or bowl of refined spaghetti is OK, try your best to incorporate as many whole grains as possible into your diet. The worst foods for heart health, according to experts 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

In cramped cubicles, eight men and women work with the 3-D maps created from drone photographs, refining them and adding information, including details about land ownership and archaeological excavations. Drones Are Used to Patrol Endangered Archaeological Sites 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

A sake, painstakingly engineered by Mr. Yamashita in consultation with local brewers, partnered these refined salty nibbles perfectly. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Most white, unaged rums are made industrially, that is, from the molasses byproduct of sugar refining. Rum Rebranded, From Martinique 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, truck crews in New York are refining their acts, taking projects they incubated at the market and sharing them with new audiences. All the World?s a Stage, Even the Back of a Truck 2011-04-24T00:48:35Z

Mr. Chang’s relentless drive to serve food the likes of which you’ve never seen anywhere else is finally backed, in these refined quarters, by a fully modern form of luxury. Top New York Restaurants of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Full of long takes of characters wandering in dark, creepy spaces, it contains seeds of the style that Mr. West would refine in later movies. Arts & Leisure: Building Suspense With Ti West and ?The Innkeepers? 2012-01-20T16:14:33Z

Here the faces register character and emotion above garments whose refined textures include fur, embroidered trim, fringe and ordinary cloth seemingly created by thousands of punches with a pinpoint. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

The concept of grace—refined ease of movement and manner, as a way of pleasing, assisting, and honoring others—wove through this endeavor. Blame it on the baby boomers: Yes, pretty much everything 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

Will education be refined and accessible without any connection to the ways we earn a living? “Writing Is an Act of Pride”: A Conversation with Elena Ferrante 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Assuming my campfire pancakes were to catch a chef’s eye, the standard way of turning them into a brunch dish would be to refine them. Chez Ma Tante, Where Falafel and Kedgeree Live in Harmony 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

To create what would become the Diamond chair, Mr. Bertoia fashioned a rough platform to sit on and then sculpted forms out of wire around him, refining as he went. Richard Schultz, Designer Who Made the Outdoors Modern, Dies at 95 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

If the wood house took a traditional archetype and made it contemporary, then the folded dwelling reimagines a highly refined private residence as a model for mass production. Tiny Architect-Designed Houses to Build at Your Desk 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

“Charm,” he writes, “is a sort of refined insincerity.” The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

There’s a refined symbiosis in the bond Miller forges with the thoroughly winning Mavrikes, who manages to convey humor and inner strength even when Will retreats into a defensive pout. Review | Boy meets boy in ‘Girlfriend,’ and the audience falls for them both 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

A more refined and polished facade will suddenly look fresh. Perspective | Fanny packs. Prairie dresses. Luxury shower shoes: Is fashion trolling us or what? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

The flavor profile includes dried red fruits, refined woodnotes, white pepper, some leather and tar.” 11 Wine Pairings for Your Favorite Halloween Candy 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Like a stand-up comic, he refines the works after each reading based on the reactions of his audience. David Sedaris on a 12-Page Attention Span 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Juliet Stevenson brings her lovely low voice and grace to the narration, ranging easily in accent through Britain’s social classes, from plummy British consul, clipped headmistress, refined Miss Benson down to Enid, a feisty cockney. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

The music, which hovers between the high Classical and early Romantic styles, is refined and almost mystical, starting from the serene opening Andante. New Recordings: Schubert Fantasie by Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich 2012-07-08T03:53:04Z

Titled “Landscape,” the room-size installation is somewhere between a severe exposition of the sculptural limits of geometric abstraction and a refined department store display of luxury goods. A walk through Isabelle Cornaro's 'Landscape' 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

The menu was freshened up, too, with refined Mediterranean and German cuisine that looks south for inspiration. The Europe Issue: A Weekend in Munich 2010-04-15T21:18:00Z

They discovered that the statues had thick walls — an indication that they were crafted in the era when Michelangelo was working, before Italian bronze technology was refined. Two Bronze Sculptures Are Attributed to Michelangelo 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The first few iterations of the harvester, introduced in the 1960s and refined in the decades following, reduced the labor required by 92 percent, to about 24 minutes per ton. Perspective | One big reason some foods cost so much more than others 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

In practice, he accepted that most refined of honours, the Order of the Companions of Honour, from no lesser personage than Her Majesty the Queen. Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 20th Century by Eric Hobsbawm – review 2013-03-31T08:00:06Z

They own a spa which is all about refining the senses. The name of this book is a secret by Pseudonymous Bosch - review 2012-08-07T08:00:00Z

Richardson takes up that idea but gives it a very refined and nuanced elaboration that makes it much more plausible than it ever was in Heidegger. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

He first worked on a series of small sketches, refining as he went. Chris Ofili paints backdrop for ballet chief's final bow 2012-07-06T11:27:31Z

The power in his muscles is both animal and refined, particularly in the big seduction scene where he sways with Baby to Solomon Burke’s plaintive yet surefooted “Cry to Me.” 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

The tag had a motto that could have worked for Rothmans as well, an appropriate mix of apology and boast: “It’s still the same classic fit, just refined a little bit.” Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper: Rothmans Rebrands, Trying to Cater Younger 2012-03-20T22:18:55Z

"Total Life Forever," released this spring on the Sub Pop label, expands the spiraling prog-rock of its 2008 debut, "Antidotes," while simultaneously refining it. Foals return to Seattle after producing one of the most exciting records of the year 2010-10-21T20:23:00Z

Over decades, as an athlete and then as a trainer, Glassman would work through and refine what he discovered in “Fran.” CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z

Color, light and space are more refined and translucent, and sometimes the accompanying shadows add momentary abstractions in the background. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Despite this torment he completes his education, becomes an engineer and builds and refines those railroad stations with an equal sense of romanticism and practical application. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

The magic lies in its simultaneous re-creation of a lost era of refined manners, or tehzeeb. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

A Dionysian spirit is reined in and refined until it becomes a precise worldly expression of something impalpable and divine. ‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The word no appears eight times on the Hu label: no palm oil, no refined sugar, no cane sugar, no sugar alcohols, no dairy, no gluten, no emulsifiers, no soy lecithin. We tried 17 dark chocolate brands to find our snack soulmate 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

“This is another significant step towards personalised breast cancer treatment and we hope these practice-changing findings will now help refine our use of chemotherapy on the NHS.” 'Precision medicine' for breast cancer could cut need for chemotherapy 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Horne's refined taste extended to the furnishings in her Upper East Side home. Lena Horne's NYC apartment artifacts to be sold 2011-02-23T16:25:09Z

And in her filthy new work, Wong performs some truly refined vulgarity, working the crowd into a frenzy with virtuosity. Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

While his color palette has stayed fairly consistent, other aspects of his costume got more refined over the years, including his stylized “S” emblem. Costume Drama: The Highs and Lows of Superhero Uniforms 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

This week Born Ruffians released its follow-up, "Say It," refining their vocal style while beefing up instrumentally. Poppy, peppy Born Ruffians can't shake sincerity 2010-06-03T22:23:00Z

The music represented a mix of Afro-Cuban, Spanish and other influences, tempered with American jazz and refined by Cuban, Puerto Rican and other musicians living in New York. Larry Harlow, Influential Figure in Salsa, Dies at 82 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

During quarantine she did a full tour of drive-in stand-up shows, refined a new hour of material, launched an online cooking show with her husband and secured a book deal. In ‘Good on Paper,’ Iliza Shlesinger becomes a leading lady 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

His latest project, while still refined, is much more reserved. A Taste of Barcelona’s Evolving Dining Scene 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Charles Koch, he warns, “learns from his mistakes, refines operations and advances forward relentlessly in pursuit of singular goals.” What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Tan is, of course, among the most thoughtful, elegant and refined of pianists. Melvyn Tan ? review 2011-08-17T17:43:06Z

Mr. Barnatan is a sublimely refined young pianist, and his Ravel was judicious, with a striking simplicity in the slow movement. Review: New York Philharmonic Performs Esa-Pekka Salonen’s ‘Nyx’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

The result was, to some refined eyes, a mish-mash of styles incorporating not just the Middle East but also arts and craft and the baroque. Leighton House: a private palace of art 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z

In each case, the mixture of post-Wagnerian chromaticism and refined orchestral sensuousness is typical of a style that left an indelible impression on French music for decades. D'Indy Symphonie sur un Chant Montagnard Français; Médée; Saugefleurie – review 2013-04-11T20:45:01Z

At Wednesday’s matinee this was danced by Melissa Hamilton, delicately pretty, if tentative, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Sergei Polunin, a beautifully refined dancer who didn’t look as if this were his favorite role. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Nutcracker? in London, Four Different Versions 2012-01-02T23:38:52Z

Finn still seems to be trying to refine his own vision, but he says he plans to expand the theater palette. Perspective | How the Kennedy Center’s theater chief sniffs out Broadway-worthy winners 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Why did the corn refining industry not do its own studies to prove Goran wrong? New evidence on fructose in Coca Cola, Pepsi and other sodas in the US 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Its ratings success hinges on strong feelings about its lead star, rather than the show’s reputation for offering a refined take on what it means to be an American family. Cold comfort: how the Roseanne revival portrayed a bleak America 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

But the original designer’s meld of the raw and the refined was inevitably missing. Special Report: Bottega's Fashion Fusion 2010-06-20T16:23:00Z

The company looks remarkably refined this season, and so did its guests, David Gaulein-Stef and Asha Thomas, who delivered the New York premiere of “Ghazals,” a collaboration between Ms. Thomas and Mr. Brown. A Premiere for Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence at the Joyce 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

“Love, well, what to say? . . . Love as I’ve known it, in fact, is a lava of crude life that burns the refined one, an eruption that obliterates understanding and piety. . . .” Review | In Domenico Starnone’s ‘Trust,’ infidelity takes an unlikely form 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Honeck’s trademark flexible tempos, along with the spectacularly refined playing he draws, enliven this Dvorak war horse. Classical Playlist: Sting, Dvorak, Monteverdi Choir and More 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

But watching “On the Record” this week made me refine my objections. Perspective | Movies have become their own form of justice, even when they don’t make it to the screen 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

She reprised it this season, and if her sound didn’t have quite the bloom of some years ago, her performance was refined and affecting. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z

“There’s a certain point where you just have to say, I’m not going to refine it anymore,” Butler said. Trial and error: Seattle’s board game designers and players work out bugs together with playtests 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

It drills for, and refines, oil; sells thousands of oil-derived and petrol-related products; and operates in all the major markets in the world. Steve Jobs always seemed eerily familiar and now I know why 2011-02-13T00:05:36Z

Arriving two weeks before the release of “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s tatterdemalion drifter romance, the director’s “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” surveys a more refined coupling, not of people, but of pumps. ‘Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams’ Review: For the Heel of It 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

In the process, he’s showing us his own moves — the signature playbook of serial predation, as refined and choreographed as any staged back flip. ‘GLOW’ Brings #MeToo to the 1980s 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t have the flamboyant floral display of, say, a magnolia or dogwood, and its chief ornament, the peeling red bark, requires a more refined appreciation. This distinctive tree is vastly underappreciated — and it’s dying out 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Traveling as the Bartletts did certainly refines the eye, and, yes, your tastes change with age and experience. A new compendium of garden elements

"I really played with the duality of this woman, from one side very tailored, very refined, very modern, very sleek, and from the other side more gentle, more feminine," said Giornetti. Ancient and modern architecture inspires at Milan fashion week 2013-09-23T00:37:20Z

As Balthazar, Mr. Cage, having worked with the director, Jon Turteltaub, on the popular “National Treasure” series, refines the oddball intensity he brought to those pictures and mixes in new flavors of wackiness. | 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice': Nicolas Cage Teaches a Dweeb He?s Magic 2010-07-13T21:29:00Z

Wohl is also determined to refine the popular impression that her little sister was an innocent done in by Warhol’s Svengali. ‘As It Turns Out,’ a Sister’s Remembrance of Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

Harvesting from the West an inestimable treasure of experiences and observations, these adventurers then refined this raw material into reminiscences, novels, diaries, letters, reports and tales of adventure, both actual and imagined. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

To be honest, there is something infantilised about all filled food, no matter how refined. Kitchen gadgets review: Dexam stuffed burger press – a mangled patty dribbling cheese 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

My love for cologne helped to refine my sense of smell. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Last year’s theme was punk and that was so wild and fantastic, but you’re going to see a very refined look tonight,” said the model Karen Elson. At Met Gala, Fashionistas Dress Up in Tribute 2014-05-06T02:57:58Z

“Divertimento No. 15” is certainly the greater work: seldom if ever does intensely refined virtuoso classicism stay so pure, so radiant. Ashton and Balanchine: Compare and Contrast 2010-07-01T22:36:00Z

In order to display the nuances of terroir, the wines must be graceful, subtle, refined and suggestive, rather than simply powerful and coercive, in which case those fine notes can be lost. The Value of Burgundy, Regardless of the Price 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

“August Blue” is Levy’s eighth novel, and since her 20s, she has been refining her ability to evoke feeling through writing rather than to narrate it. With a Doppelgänger Novel, Deborah Levy Embodies Strangeness 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Why is abstraction often associated with male-inflected industrial things and materials, like house paint and hot lead, and industrial processes like distilling, refining, abrading and polishing? Review | Artist Lynda Benglis became controversial in an instant, but her career has thrived for decades 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

The show endures a scattered installation, includes overly refined displays of empty skill, and wanders off message in spots, especially with several sculptures that don’t seem to belong here. Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 20-26 2013-12-19T23:15:33Z

The director, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, interviews only the lawyers, judges and generals who helped to create and then refine the laws, enforced by the military on a civilian population. ‘The Law in These Parts’ explores justice in Israel’s occupied territories 2013-01-17T22:18:12Z

The 21st century may be spinning off its axis, but Ray's refined aura is absent starry-eyed idealization. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

That’s as it should be of anything that exists only in memory, which has a way of refining and expanding those elements of an encounter or event with which you connected most personally. The Mythic Performances That Are Keeping Me Company 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

However Strand, the NYT reviewer, whose palate is undoubtably more refined than that of Guardian staff, reported the same croissants to be “the finest you will find anywhere in the world”. So this is what the 'world's best croissants' look like. But how do they taste? 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

We will need to refine the concept further at the state level before we can jump in with both federal feet. Report: Obamacare's High-Risk Pool Spending Doubles Government Estimates 2012-02-26T01:05:16Z

I was completely entranced by this rare specimen of sensitive human male — rustic maintenance man by day, refined consumer of literature by night. Modern Love: A Love for the Ages, but Which One? 2011-05-12T21:31:23Z

In any case, Holyoake refined and defended his thought about secularism across more than a half-century of published work. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z

Tallow is a byproduct of the beef industry and is refined into wax to be used in many budget-priced candles, LaVanier says. Candles are comforting us in a dark year. Here’s how to choose the right one for you. 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

His dancers, surrounding his desk, connect to one another in the shadows, pulling and pushing against each other with refined, pulsating partnering. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Troupe Links Stories and Dance 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

She is forthcoming, though, about her appearance, which she has refined, she said, to counter Betty’s girdled period image. An Interview With January Jones of ‘Mad Men’ 2013-05-17T22:09:45Z

You must adjust how you move, refine how you approach the water and embrace your environment. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

The floral imagery and techniques of making, printing and folding paper are rooted in East Asian artistic traditions, yet “Lulled Land” isn’t all dainty and refined. In the galleries: At Hamiltonian, a birthday celebration of a different sort 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Morrison began refining his new sound, the one that would eventually become “Astral Weeks.” The rage of Van Morrison and the battle behind his masterpiece, ‘Astral Weeks’ 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Because the drugs work this way, humans have learned how to refine their essence into concentrated forms that heighten the rush. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

But Diaz, who is 29, has had time to refine and tighten the script since he wrote it in drama school in 2018. Review: ‘You Will Get Sick’ Tells the Untellable, for a Price 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

But they continued for three more weeks, further refining the creature’s mannerisms. Creating a Tiger for ‘Life of Pi’ 2012-11-18T04:13:01Z

That trend continued Sunday afternoon at the National Gallery of Art, but the reverberant acoustics of the museum’s East Garden Court didn’t flatter the refined sound of this excellent quartet, formed in 2002. Review | National Gallery’s East Garden Court doesn’t do any favors for Parker Quartet 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

Furniture is not fashion; industrial products require time to be properly refined and tooled. The Details: Making the Best of It at the Milan Furniture Fair 2013-04-17T22:33:36Z

Even as a girl, Colette could see that her mother felt a deep nostalgia for the refined life she’d left behind. Colette’s Burgundy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

"While refined carbohydrates get a bad reputation for their negative impact on health and increased risk of heart disease, whole grains have the opposite impact," says Kristin Gillespie, MS, RD, LD, adviser for Exercisewithstyle.com. These are the best foods for your heart, experts say 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

In the early days, he gave them haircuts, chose their distinctive clothes and even refined their name. De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

You focus, rather, on the more or less refined execution of familiar conventions. 2010-02-15T06:00:00Z

They and Mr. Brownlee are unlikely candidates for stardom in this most refined of operatic styles. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z

Fialkowska's refined delicacy suits this arrangement admirably, forcing us to revisit the music afresh and listen again to the clean lines of accompaniment delineated so strikingly by string quartet and double bass. Mozart: Piano Concertos 13 & 14 – review 2013-03-03T00:05:11Z

Throughout, Raury is backed by a mélange of space-soul and soft rock produced largely by Malay, who cut his teeth refining his brand of earthy romanticism with Frank Ocean. ‘All We Need’ is the New Album by Raury 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

This kinetically charged composition, carved in extraordinarily refined detail, is a marvel of formal and metaphorical concentration. Art Review: A Life-Affirming Female Force, Ready to Rumble 2011-07-07T21:58:23Z

While Dublab keeps refining its niche in the global streaming music landscape, it will soon establish an even greater local presence. Low end theories: how Dublab became the world's best online radio station 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Richard creates garments with attention to innovative fabrications, focusing on his ability to combine unique handcrafted skill with a refined high fashion sensibility.” Queen Elizabeth makes surprise appearance at London fashion catwalk 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Horace, the most refined of Roman poets, was the son of a freed provincial slave. Alan Bennett’s Latest Nonfiction 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

We didn’t create a project that was all about constant refining. House Tour: Livingston, N.Y. 2010-08-19T21:26:00Z

Presumably the 3D's main role is to substitute for the "liveness" of the original performance, and there's no doubt that 3D adds a lusciousness of texture to the company's already refined and polished visuals. Pina ? review 2011-02-13T22:15:41Z

And at dusk one day, Ms. Chávez led me across Popayán’s refined plaza. In Southwest Colombia, Treasures Are Forbidden No More 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Uchida’s recitals are an annual delight for New York pianophiles, and this year’s program plays to her considerable, refined strengths. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

D.C. is all about refined, subtle improvements: an unlined face on HD television, a healthy glow in the conference room. Washington’s secret to staying relevant: a little Botox here, a tuck there

His work is in part a homage to low-cost commercial printing, although his screen­printing technique is more refined than the four-color process of old “Fantastic Four” books. Galleries: ‘The Art of Comic Books,’ ‘Wait,’ ‘Vivid’

Lucretius deepened and refined this view, packaging his revolutionary ideas in a most palatable form: a poem. 'The Swerve': An ancient poem lights a modern fire 2011-10-06T19:16:04Z

It was a refined and tightly controlled performance. A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

One popular approach to mitigating some of the ill health effects of low fiber and high refined carbohydrates has been to limit carbohydrate intake. Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

The inner movements, more considered and refined, found conductor and orchestra on their usual form, however. RLPO/Vasily Petrenko 2010-05-24T21:31:00Z

Martin Helmchen, one of today's finest young pianists, was the well-nigh perfect soloist in the Mozart, playing with refined muscularity and wonderfully alert to the melancholy poetry that lurk beneath the work's gracious surface. Hall?/Elder - review 2011-02-27T17:47:54Z

Firstly you'll combine melted, refined coconut oil, coconut sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Giada's chocolate-packed skillet brownie is the gluten-free dessert you didn't know you needed 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

This doubling added layers of meaning, and the cross-gender casting, as in “Curlew” and its Noh precedents, supplied a distancing that refined and distilled emotion. Review: Mark Morris Shows the Gift of Intricate Simplicity 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

A Seattle company called Sustainable Oils supplied the seeds, which Honeywell then refined into jet fuel in Houston. Jet Green 2011-07-20T22:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine Mr. Rock releasing a club set after hardly any time to refine it, the way Mr. Chappelle did over New Year’s. In Chris Rock’s New Special, a Humbler Master at Work 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney, in 2012; now whatever’s left of his world view has been mined and refined into narrow and simplistic norms. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger's underwear, but this time al-Qaida developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials said. U.S.: CIA thwarts underwear bomb plot 2012-05-07T21:44:00Z

The rule of thumb is to always start sharpening your knife on the coarse side and then moving to the refined side to finish. The very best way to sharpen your knives 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

It was after she quit school following years of bullying that Haze started posting videos from her Washington DC living room, refining an audacious flow that spews out complex rhyme after complex rhyme. New music: Angel Haze – New York 2012-07-04T06:00:00Z

“Tea With the Dames” features these women not just serving up refined dish but frankly comparing notes on the fears and anxieties of an actor’s life. Review: In ‘Tea With the Dames,’ Four Legends Dish on Acting and Love 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Try replacing the chain with clear fishing line and satin ribbon for a more refined effect. Create a Warm Welcome 2010-12-08T16:05:00Z

While the S was super fun to drive on twisties, the more refined XKR version I tested had a spiffy matte black aesthetic called the “black pack.” Jaguar XKR Is Hot Rod Sweet on LA 2011-10-03T20:42:29Z

Themes and motifs that echo across his books — survival, mortality, the perils of power and the possibility of rebirth — are amplified and refined. ‘The Bone Clocks’ Is David Mitchell’s Most Ambitious Novel 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

And as the staff revs up for the incoming crowd, Adria and his lieutenants are still refining, experimenting, tasting. A film for foodies: Culinary creativity at elBulli 2011-07-19T20:23:09Z

“All of their taste is so refined and so cool,” Mr. Marshall said, as if he were giving away his secret. King Krule, a Cult Singer in the Making, Is Setting the Terms Himself 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

From the outside, it looks like a traditional village house, but inside, the top floor has been converted into refined guest accommodations, replete with such homespun touches as wood-burning stoves and poplar-beam ceilings. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

Though his songwriting was always characterized by a graceful simplicity, Mr. Bell continues to refine his work. William Bell, a Stax Records Team Player, Upholds and Extends 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

The members of Theater Ballet are not only refined dancers but also unaffected actors. Review: New York Theater Ballet Is at Home in St. Mark’s Church, Part of Danspace Project 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Despite her gleaming beauty, Ms. Ramaswamy presents herself with a forthright simplicity, imbuing her refined, sculptural muscularity with a tranquillity that contrasts with the springy exuberance of her feet. Review: Ashwini Ramaswamy Goes Solo at the Drive East Festival 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

He once imagined a time when his sophistication as an artist and storyteller would become so advanced and refined that his work would become effortlessly shorter and concise. Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Class participants were told to write down funny things in their lives, and refine some of those thoughts into an act. Kids get grown-up laughs at NYC comedy club 2013-01-12T16:20:12Z

They pluck at and complicate the idea, pull up its credit score, refine it. Yes, No, Maybe So: A Generation of Thinkers Grapples With Notions of Consent 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

Although "Animal House" is chiefly remembered as a comedy about college, the movie’s satire penetrates beyond the refined environment of the campus to target American culture more generally. From Bluto Blutarsky to Donald Trump: The United States of "Animal House" at 40 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

Speaking of elegant, does the Bay Area now hold the greatest concentration of creatively refined gardens in the country? The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

“When some people tell a story, like a Grandpa Simpson story, the needle will just barely move,” he said, whereas the “really refined” stories of a podcast like the Moth are in the “high green.” The Podcast That Tells Ingeniously Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Fall Asleep 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

“In their isolation, they seemed to have refined this not uncommon principle of social organization into a remarkably pure state,” Mr. Gardner wrote. Robert Gardner Dies at 88; Filmed Cultural Practices 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Though the food might be refined, there are no table linens. A Refined Seattle Restaurant, Hold the Table Linens 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

It was a cousin to his exquisitely refined Newland Archer in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Age Of Innocence in 1993. Daniel Day-Lewis: an extraordinary career of acting artistry – is it really all over? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

They went to the production offices, pitched their idea to the writing staff, wrote an outline that was further refined by the show’s writers and then a script that was also revised. ‘Game of Thrones’ Writers Take On ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ 2013-07-24T20:59:33Z

It is also here, in the estate’s old carriage house, that Coppola has spent the past two years restoring and refining a new – and he says definitive – version of that film: Apocalypse Now: Final Cut. Francis Ford Coppola: 'Apocalypse Now is not an anti-war film' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

“A lot of other raw cookie doughs are made with things like refined sugars, preservatives and animal byproducts,” she said on the show. She Sells Cookie Dough That’s Better for You 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

From the outside, it looks like a traditional village house, but inside, the top floor has been converted into refined guest accommodations, replete with such homespun touches as wood-burning stoves and poplar-beam ceilings. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

He believes that “being a modern worrier is just…the moth-eaten sign of being human” and playfully suggests that people should refine Descartes’s famous dictum to: “I worry, therefore I am.” Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Her excellent line of sweets, built with local flours, includes seasonal takes on that childhood favorite, the Pop-Tart, which Cotton refines into something lighter, fresher and crispier. Slipstream pours on the coffee love. And they can cook, too. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Now I substitute date sugar for the refined stuff in my cakes and Indian rice puddings, and enjoy lassis with roasted cumin and black salt instead of sugary ones. Healthier recipes for three Indian dishes | Cook residency 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

And a riotous eight-foot-tall work by Cecily Brown serves as an exuberant counterpoint to the subtly calibrated palette of pale blues, grays, and creams in the refined living room. Steve Gambrel Imbues A Storied Manhattan Duplex With His Signature Style 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

As Donna Anna, Vanessa Vasquez deployed a crystalline or steely bite as the situation demanded, with finely drawn phrasing: refined wrath. Review | WNO’s new ‘Don Giovanni’ is a monster that feels timely without trying 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

The new one looks like the inside of a boat, and they’ve refined the quality of the wood and materials. Q+A: Patrick Dempsey on His Passion for Vintage Cars 2014-02-04T05:00:00Z

A few constructions call for refining and consistency, most of all the wan mushroom soup, poured over unlikely companions of quinoa and celery root. Review | A new chef freshens up the Ashby Inn, just in time for road-trip season 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

That village-like charm, coupled with residents’ famously refined palates, is what attracted Cash Black to the area seven years ago. Five Places to Visit in Beverly Hills 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Some stones have two sides: a coarser side for removing dents and sharpening very dull blades, and a more refined side for polishing and edge refinement. The very best way to sharpen your knives 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

It is not the refined quality of an Los Angeles factory or of, say, 3x1, Scott Morrison’s SoHo facility. A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways 2013-08-14T22:12:21Z

Those lessons were further refined as she endured new challenges — the heartbreak of failed romances, the divorce from Murray. ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

A latter-day surrealist and the most versatile draftswoman, Ms. Neri drew and painted horses, dinosaurs, advertising signage, male and female nudes, and other images in crude and refined ways, creating streams of restless, disjunctive consciousness. Art Review: 5 Artists in ‘Energy That Is All Around: Mission School’ 2014-04-24T21:50:22Z

Everything about them is delicate and refined, from their buttonlike cups to their grasslike leaves. These miniature flowers are perfect for small spaces (and budgets) 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

And if you refine your preferences with a click or two, you get even more specific styles. Critical Appraisal: Google Fashion Shopping Site Makes Debut 2010-11-18T05:10:00Z

After a year of refining her visuals before local groups, she raised money to hire Berkeley-based filmmakers, Free Range Studios, to put together the video that became "The Story of Stuff." Seattle native's 'Story of Stuff' videos go viral 2010-07-28T22:50:00Z

"You need time to make a refined product." 3D or not 3D? 2010-05-18T07:25:00Z

Whatever the case, the old-school sweatpant, made modern with a slim cut and more refined fabrics, is now being heralded as the “new khaki.” | Luxe Sweatpants 2014-02-04T22:50:27Z

After she retires next month, she said she hopes to devote more time to what she says has become her passion — refining the law in Pennsylvania and maybe in other states. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

Superbly translated by Martin McLaughlin, these letters place Calvino in the larger frame of 20th-century Italy and provide a showcase for his refined and civil voice. Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 – review 2013-05-29T13:42:12Z

Montana almanacs advertise refined saloons “in metropolitan style,” and New Hampshire books trumpet some newly invented “double coiled metallic telephones.” Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z

Over a few weeks, revisit these lists together and add to or refine them as necessary. How to Prep Your Relationship for Post-Pandemic Life 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

Christ attributed the long wait for his first full-length partly to his desire to step out of the spotlight and refine his craft. Trance Music Is Coming Back. Evian Christ Is Part of the Revival. 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z

In an interview, Anderson recalls the young Jones as having “a lot of drive. Not a terribly big audience. At that time it was just raw energy. He’s more refined now.” How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The oil will be pumped down to Port Arthur, Texas, where it will be refined and shipped off to foreign nations. My 1,700-mile hike across the XL Pipeline 2013-01-20T12:45:00Z

On the walls hang deft renditions of types: a soldier; women refined and not so refined; a well-dressed older gentleman, seated at a cafe; and a laborer in a cap. Art Review: ‘Hopper Drawing,’ at the Whitney Museum 2013-06-06T21:44:48Z

Now, many months and miles from Winston-Salem, he’s rethinking and refining, and looking to strengthen his voice. These Drama Students Trained for Years. Then Theater Vanished. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

It shapes mini-dramas about human trials and ritual, yet it also refines the body into pure form, a language of lines and arcs, surging, lengthening and blending together with the buttery ease of oil paint. Alvin Ailey’s signature works shine at Kennedy Center 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

The music "tasted different; it's more refined," he says. Big Man Clarence Clemons is living in the future 2010-12-11T15:46:00Z

A line of bath products made with Icelandic herbs added a note of refined localism. In Iceland, Seeking a Luxury Hotel Amid the Rustic Charm 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Pictorialism asserted its artistic status through refined, metaphoric and subjective expression that summons up paintings. Minor White snaps into focus again in Getty Museum show 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

For centuries it was a commodity harvested by slaves and refined into something white. Sour sweet 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Over the last decade, its fraternal order of contributors — the pianist Ethan Iverson, the bassist Reid Anderson and the drummer David King — have held fast, patiently refining their brand of superhero jazz. Music Review: Together for 10 Years and Still Totally Committed 2010-09-17T20:08:00Z

Fiasco is not without skills or beliefs, but neither are as refined as his self-regard. Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt 1 – review 2012-09-27T20:53:01Z

Her distinctive rhythms, her ability to distill the essence of a thing: these are refined pleasures indeed. Review | Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

The foods that are served through these programs typically provide whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes rather than sugar-loaded, refined or processed foods that are common in restaurants. Americans are eating lots of unhealthy food – except at school, study finds 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

But the idea could be refined further into a brutal amalgam of Twister, charades and contract bridge. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z

Like uranium, Elizabeth Taylor was an unstable element that could be variously refined unto many enormous potentialities. Elizabeth Taylor: Weapon of mass obsession 2011-03-23T22:16:00Z

Drawing from a new album the group made a refined mess, with Mr. Lederer playing his tenor saxophone and clarinet in prayerful gusts, against the drumming of Matt Wilson. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z

One might even theorize it has refined love itself out of the equation. Why "Temptation Island" is back and "90 Day Fiancé" is having a moment 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

What We Saw from the Cheap Seats – Regina Spektor Her sound has become more refined and less chaotic, but do not be tempted to interpret this as renouncement of her sparkling creativity. Feedback loop: your reviews and comments 2012-08-06T09:53:38Z

I started with a basic salad, which was anything but: the endive, walnut, Stilton and apple combination was light and effervescent, beautifully refined. A Paris Farewell 2011-03-25T18:55:10Z

Lower class no-hopers congregated on the brick bridge at the end of the high street, refined failures on the stone bridge out in the meadows. John Mullan's 10 of the best: bridges 2012-07-13T21:55:04Z

The show had an extemporaneous feel, though many of the arguments and punchlines had been refined over 36 hours of tweeting, chatting and podcasting at Crooked headquarters. The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Every Sunday night for six years, Louis Kornfeld and Rick Andrews have walked onstage at the Magnet Theater in Manhattan and created a refined hourlong play from scratch. Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Taymor encouraged them to come back to New York and help her, particularly with the refining of lyrics and of the sound. Bono never guessed size of 'Spider-Man' challenges 2011-06-14T06:55:46Z

People who populate paintings by the French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau tend toward delicate aristocrats, sashaying through his dreamy, pastoral landscapes and refined soirees. Watteau in Wartime, and a Miami Showcase for Anselm Kiefer 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Tall and willowy, Hatala is a powerful dancer with a refined quality, every move beautifully clear, whether it’s a sharp pop or the flutter of an arm like a breath of wind. Janet Jackson hired her as a backup dancer. Instagram made her a star. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Still, this was a refined and loving performance. Music Review: David Zinman Leads Philharmonic in Mendelssohn and Mozart 2013-12-06T22:21:02Z

The app didn’t seem to refine its suggestions based on my rejections. Tender is Tinder for recipes, but with similarly disappointing choices 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Ten years on, they’re still tweaking, refining and adding new bits. In This ‘Peter Pan,’ Something Always Goes Awry. That’s the Plan. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

He says a script for "Sin City 2" is being refined, and he hopes for two sequels to last year's "Machete" - at least one of which will bring the blade-slinging star into space. Rodriguez announces `Sin City,' `Machete' sequels 2011-07-22T10:31:04Z

“Murder boards,” in Fox parlance, are sessions in which each moderator’s questions are refined — pared if they are too long, scuttled if they are too “weedy.” Chris Wallace, moderator of the first GOP debate, plans ‘some doozies’ 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

They don't come back to the result set immediately to click on another result or to refine their query. Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z

Goods in the exhibition definitely made by slaves are as refined as a boxy cherry armchair, carved around 1800 at a Monticello workshop. Antiques: New Antiques Websites Join Crowded Field 2014-02-13T20:33:28Z

Part 2 shows the spare motif being boundlessly elaborated and steadily refined, now mostly in acrylic. Survey of Agnes Martin's powerful yet meditative work draws a straight, vibrant line to Zen 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

But it was something else altogether, sweeter and more refined than I ever imagined, studded with slivers of garlic. If you’re wondering what a model neighborhood restaurant looks like, here it is 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

He also refined the work’s peculiar system of “just” intonation tuning into something even more idiosyncratic, while exploring new combinations of favored chords. Six Hours and 24 Minutes Later, a Minimalism Classic Is Back 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

“Since then,” he said, “I tried to refine the use of smoke and fire. It all goes back to my childhood.” At Saison, the hearth’s fire and smoke set the beat for the kitchen 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

It's new territory for her, and it's exciting to consider the idea that they will continue to get to refine it and argue about it and discover things in it. "Hacks" creators on the final act & gloriousness of Jean Smart: "I feel like she is Deborah Vance" 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

The poetry and tension of Stuart Stratford's conducting is admirable, while the singing is consistently refined, precise and expressive. Lucia di Lammermoor – review 2012-06-08T17:03:40Z

They had much in common: a refined taste in bands, identical Palm Pilots and similar ideas about art and “where things should be going.” Mirror Images in the D.J. Booth 2011-01-05T23:22:41Z

Many refined their paintings back in the studio. Review | You’ve probably never heard of these artists, but they painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Richie Carlsen, a lobsterman who runs a gym and coaches the high school soccer team, said Salt was unusually bustling and refined. Wanted: A Nice Dinner Place for a Maine Island With a Long, Hungry Winter 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

It has continued to refine the designs, culminating in the Lionheart. Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z

Even if it doesn’t appear as robust, refined and specific an achievement as, say, “Transparent,” the show still has the confidence to jump along a tightrope of displeasure. You Don’t Like the Girls in ‘Girls’? That’s Its Genius. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hamilton, small and powerfully built, blazes across the stage; Ms. Hopkins-Greene, tall and refined, adds a knowing, more mature touch to her sensuality. Another Dancer Gets to Dream, Baby, Dream in ‘Oklahoma!’ 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

It took him a few more years to smooth things out and achieve the refined delicacy he has maintained ever since. Review: ‘Ron Nagle: Five O’Clock Shadow,’ Delicacy and Tension on a Small Scale 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

On Monday the German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott joined the orchestra in a soulful performance of the Cello Concerto that was particularly memorable for his sensitive playing and refined sound in the quiet passages. Budapest Festival Orchestra Has Fun at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

It marks him out as a “Yahoo among the Houyhnhnms — too old, dirty and wasteful to pass, even in this bad light, as a member of Seattle’s uniquely refined middle class.” Books of The Times: ?Driving Home,? by Jonathan Raban - Review 2011-09-15T21:30:23Z

Mr. Muti has shown, time and again, that Verdi’s settings of texts are hardly less responsive and refined than the French Baroque “tragédies en musique” of Lully and Rameau. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

“It does seem that way. They refined their technique.” 'Pack of hyenas': how Harvey Weinstein's power fuelled a culture of enablers 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

The unaccustomed mix led to a sound that was a little rough around the edges in places, more vehement than refined, but the chorus overall did nobly. Review | The BSO gives them something to shout about with an edgy program 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

No matter how refined and experimental the execution of the dish, fried potatoes are always a winner, as are bombas, the traditional Barcelona dish of mashed potato balls stuffed with beef. Madrid for Kids? Try D.I.Y. Spanish Immersion 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

The festive cocktail and dinner napkins, place mats and table runners are made from unprocessed linen hand-embroidered in India with folkloric motifs for a look that's at once rustic and refined. | Heather Taylor Home's Linens 2012-12-17T16:51:15Z

Mr. Choueiri also attributes the surge in production to big data, the computer-assisted analysis of consumer behavior that helps companies refine their offerings to specific audiences. A Fragrance Debut? First, It’s Lights, Camera, Action 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

Quality food, served in refined gathering spots, has been such a winning formula that Durst is replicating it in its building at 825 Third Avenue, which is also undergoing a $150 million renovation. The Corporate Cafeteria Is Broken. So How to Feed Workers? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

“I’m constantly refining what I’m doing,” he said. If He Does This Met Opera Job Well, You’ll Never Know He Exists 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Golden caster sugar is made with natural, unrefined cane sugar, whereas regular caster sugar is refined for that pure white color. What is caster sugar, and does it really make a difference in baking? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

This show elucidates his constant dialogue with the loose, gestural brushwork of Abstract Expressionism, which in Dalí’s hands is often a kind of refined calligraphy usually executed in shades of white and gray. Art Review: Antics Aside, a Dal? of Constant Ambition 2010-09-02T21:32:00Z

Like any Southern city worth its salt, Richmond has a genteel side that’s been carefully refined over the centuries. What’s new (and old) in Richmond, Virginia’s trendy capital 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

A refined pan sauce, warmly spiced and ruddy with paprika, draped two thick slices of meat, as well as a trio of semmel knodel, outstanding boiled bread dumplings seasoned with onion and herbs. Visit Heidelberg Haus for homestyle German cooking 2012-05-03T20:15:05Z

The story as told by Grann is detailed and linear, in a prose style both spare and refined. ‘Trial by Fire’ Review: A Strong Case Against the Death Penalty 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

"Consuming large amounts of bread or refined carbs can cause blood sugar spikes followed by a blood sugar crash, causing one to feel sluggish," Walsh said. Tom Brady reveals he doesn't eat bread and experts say it can keep you young 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

They speak like middle Americans too, and they inhabit a realm of moral ambiguities that’s overseen by a man with both a wicked sense of humor and a highly refined sense of right and wrong. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z

So editing and refining and creating a coherent story, or feeling, was the challenge. Grace Wales Bonner Has Set Her Sights Beyond Fashion 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

The new dining room in the Loews Madison Hotel adds to the scene a refined taste of Argentina and a serious young chef, Louis Goral. Rural Society by Jose Garces: an urban, sleek and smoky ode to steaks and more

Even those who generally consider themselves too refined for reality TV — the microwave dinner of the entertainment world — are closet fans. The Mating Game 2010-10-22T22:20:00Z

The greens were vinegary for my taste, and my brunch guest – a teenage daughter with a palate refined on classic southern, soul food cuisine – wondered why the biscuits tasted like scones. What Happens When Marcus Samuelsson Takes Harlem to London? 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

The academy taught teenagers to cook dishes that tasted nearly as refined as those served by betoqued professionals. Dorothy Cann Hamilton, who opened a French cooking school in Manhattan, dies at 67 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Aside from a few rhetorical flourishes, the prose is refined, intense, and poetically physical. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The refined, cool-climate wines produced in Tasmania's boutique wineries rarely leave the island, so you pretty much have to experience them in their pristine native habitat, one stop short of Antarctica. Tasmania: One of the Wine World's Best Kept Secrets 2012-06-19T11:55:00Z

I was looking for something less demure than hand massages from a tuxedoed gent, but more refined than overly tanned guys in electric pink G-strings. The “manservants” craze: Why women’s sexual fantasies are so embarrassing 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

The recitatives have refined vitality, and the ensembles are exquisite, including graceful choruses and a closely harmonized trio that anticipates the Three Ladies of Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” Music Review: Eccles’s ‘Judgment of Paris,’ at Washington Square Festival 2013-07-10T19:59:16Z

But the most mesmerizing couple is Mr. Angle, the company’s most refined partner and male dancer, and Ms. Hyltin, a gutsy wisp of ballerina, who after a nasty slip, regained her momentum with daring. Dance Review: ?Agon? and ?Chaconne? at New York City Ballet 2010-05-20T21:22:00Z

He refines her cold-warrior instincts with heavy doses of Churchill, and disciplines her patriotism with an informed sense of England's glorious past. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – review 2012-08-23T07:00:02Z

Beer aficionados compare it to cognac, and like that refined tipple, Utopias is meant to be sipped in about a two-ounce pour served at room temperature. A chance to taste the world’s most expensive beer 2013-01-17T00:14:15Z

The New Atheists are actually as literalist as the fundamentalists in this regard, while the church itself refines and redefines Paul's eloquent words. And Man Created God by Selina O'Grady - review 2012-12-20T07:00:02Z

A leaflet from 1942 noted: “Her acting lessons mainly consisted of refining her German pronunciation.” The 'Nazi Marilyn Monroe': Goebbels had very nice eyes – but he was a devil! 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Adams, 37, has been steadily refining his hangdog roots-rock in recent years and finding subtler ways of chiseling his experience into song. The Week Ahead: Dec. 4 ? Dec. 10 2011-12-02T19:02:33Z

When it comes to frying, I've tried several frying oils over the years, from canola to vegetable to refined coconut oil. Sourdough cider doughnuts put everyone in the fall spirit 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

Instead, Ma offered Bach refined and distilled, with interpretations that felt at once intensely personal and utterly inevitable. Review | Yo-Yo Ma shows yet again why he is so universally beloved 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

All the familiar flavors of Thanksgiving, but in a cleaner, more refined format. 16 leftover turkey recipes that don't start with "Thanksgiving" or end with "sandwich" 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Some forceful directorial guidance could hone this wandering series of stories into a more refined show that sticks to a theme and a through-line revolving around Mr. Trump. Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The flavor-packed preparation threatens to overwhelm the more refined pleasures of the fish, but you’ll probably need to devour the entire dish to be sure. Where to eat at MGM National Harbor: We taste all the top restaurants 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

He took over the orchestra in 1970 and built it into an ensemble of impeccable precision, known especially for its refined string sections. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

“As her pictorial approach to human anatomy improved with experience, so did a glamorous sheen that helped refine the ‘good girl’ style of the time period with more natural, feminine women.” Lily Renée Phillips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies at 101 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

But the Neanderthals refined the art of knapping to create the Levallois spear head, an intricately faceted point that could effectively maim or kill an animal as large as a mammoth. Books of The Times: ?How to Think Like a Neandertal? ? By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ? Review 2011-12-27T23:05:30Z

But Kruger has kept up with it, turning to different modes of presentation and media, refining her messages, sharpening her wit. Review | Artist Barbara Kruger is still right about everything. Let’s listen up. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Here, as throughout her career, her dancing was selfless and refined. Carla Körbes Grandly Bows Out of Pacific Northwest Ballet 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

It’s so interesting the way this very refined cuisine of the mandarins and then the nationalist officials contrasted with horrible poverty, and then how the communists tried to apply revolutionary ideology to food as well. There is no “Chinese cuisine” 2012-12-03T12:45:00Z

Even the most refined aristocrat of antiquity would have been told nursery stories by his first attendants, who were illiterate slaves and peasants. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z

In an unexpected intersection of celebrity pop music and ballet, that most refined of the performing arts, Paul McCartney has written a major orchestral work for New York City Ballet. ArtsBeat: Paul McCartney Collaborates With City Ballet 2011-02-23T19:28:55Z

Zeldin wrote sketches of scenes, which he refined into an outline through a series of workshops. His Shows Take On Big Issues. They’re Also Good Yarns. 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere in the Ravel, Ms. Jansen’s centered tone and rich vibrato and Mr. Barnatan’s precise, crystalline sound yielded a refined intensity that put the “Blues” movement in its Parisian perspective. Music Review: Violinist Adds Intimate Stage to a Concert Hall Week 2011-03-02T23:02:56Z

So, I’m going to refine your question to eliminate writers I actually know and choose Sarah Winman’s “Still Life.” How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

She aims to groom the Washington Ballet in the more refined, elegant language of the classics and first-rate contemporary works. Julie Kent, sweeping the Washington Ballet forward 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

It’s a refined, moodily lighted program, lasting just an hour even with costume changes. Review: Wendy Whelan’s ‘Restless Creature’ Is Full of Jagged Rhythms 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

The chosen few gather for 12 weeks, refining new works under Jones' guidance. Young Composers Workshop introduces sounds of tomorrow 2012-04-30T21:26:04Z

As well as supporting 55 or so artists over their two-decade span, Artangel pioneered the use of unconventional venues and refined the notion of spectacular one-off art events. Artangel: Frontline warriors 2011-03-21T21:30:00Z

My first instinct was to protest this reckless growth — until Phan mentioned the couple’s previous restaurant, the painfully underrated Green Papaya in Bethesda, a pioneer in pushing Vietnamese cuisine into more refined and rarefied air. Banh Ta Deli review: Where Vietnamese sandwiches pack in artistry and balance 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

The movie’s namesake, she is prickly on the outside but refined and vulnerable underneath, and Ms. Balasko’s wonderful performance captures every layer. | 'The Hedgehog': Behind the Prickliness Lies a Generous Heart 2011-08-18T23:17:46Z

If you cook it medium or medium plus it gets leathery but cooked perfectly, it's some of the cleanest meat you'll taste, and it will be similar maybe to the venison, but more refined maybe. Christmas in July: Christopher Haatuft teaches Gordon Ramsay about reindeer and Neo-Fjordic cuisine 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

Thoughtful and refined, but with plenty of good humor, Ms. Kent is likely to set a high standard. Julie Kent on Her Plans for Showcasing Washington Dancers 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

In the Chinese zodiac, it’s the Year of the Rooster, but at this Tibetan celebration, it’s the Year of the Fire Bird, which sounds, well, more refined. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

“That he later revised the piece with extremely refined textures shows us that this work was dear enough to him that he thought it worth revisiting and redoing,” he says. At Seattle Symphony, this will not be Rachmaninov’s business as usual 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

No other artist enjoyed that twin ability at painting reality in refined detail while portraying sitters with such a punch in his psychological scrutiny. Art: At the National Gallery, Art That Made the Leap to Real Life 2011-04-29T11:57:27Z

“Rather, I would say that it’s a deepening and perhaps refining of a language so that it speaks in evermore poetic ways.” An Opera Composer of Intimate Spareness Returns to Myth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

I grew up in Greenwich Village, where James Ingo Freed and I. M. Pei designed a refined trio of high-rises, two of the towers for New York University families, the other for low-income Mitchell-Lama residents. How to Build Affordable Housing in New York City 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

The Mariinsky Ballet, which many of us remember as the Kirov, is generally known as the elevated, refined, instructive, grand, and most serious of ballet companies. Dance Review: Horseplay for the Staid Mariinsky 2011-07-13T22:23:04Z

The helpful person frees others, refines the world of its mess for them, and of that dirty work there is no end. Dirty Work by Gabriel Weston – review 2013-06-28T09:00:01Z

Peppercorn is said to have helped "delineate between sweet and savory," and was often used in tandem with salt - and rarely with any other spices or seasonings - to add a refined, heightened flavor to dishes. Your salt and pepper shakers have a surprisingly spicy history 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

Marc-David L. Seidel, who co-authored the study , explained that working adolescents benefit from the early introduction to the workplace, boasting higher earnings and refining their networking skills. That Lousy Summer Job Can Help Kids Get Ahead 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Christoph Waltz claimed the first statuette, winning best supporting actor for his role as a refined bounty hunter in "Django Unchained." SHOW BITS: With work done, time to go play 2013-02-25T03:26:09Z

What gets you leaning in is Wertenbaker’s whirlpool of verbiage, the lofty defining of terms and the pragmatic refining of practices. Review | ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ blooms with contradictions at Ford’s 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

The exercises are efforts to refine some aspect of the students’ technique. The Week Ahead: May 27 — June 2 2012-05-25T18:53:41Z

ON the phone, Mr. Cutler, who had previously compared the current staff of Vogue to an all-star baseball team, refined the metaphor further. Grace Coddington Is Always in Fashion 2012-11-17T11:00:00Z

Yet his art did not shift over the years as much as refine and concentrate; he returned to old themes in new treatments. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z

The payoff in the delay was more time for Medrano to refine his concept, an advantage evident in the smooth integration of the evening’s elements — and the rich evocation of tango’s varying styles and rhythms. Perspective | The tango is back. And it’s never felt more vital. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

And Viktor&Rolf Mariage’s refined gown molds to the body and flares into a mermaid silhouette and is finished with embellished shoulder straps. Brides Still Want Their Dresses and Designers Are Designing 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

American Schoolgirl Art American teenage girls in the 19th century were trained to produce disciplined handwork to prove to potential suitors that they had patience and refined tastes. Antiques: Panoramic ?Vision? Back From Tour of Spain 2010-03-04T22:22:00Z

When he painted himself, he painted what he really saw, with truth and a refined honesty. Portrait of the artist: Miriam Margolyes, actor 2011-01-03T21:59:01Z

Outside interests used to include gymnastics, but that’s been refined to tumbling. The kids steal the show in ‘The Sound of Music’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The British choreographer Frederick Ashton took aspects of this tradition of noble male classicism in the person of the Royal Ballet dancer Anthony Dowell and refined them to a new peak of eloquence and beauty. The Watch List: American Ballet Theater?s Spring 2010-05-13T20:58:00Z

The mist is palpable, and the film was almost entirely shot with natural light and flame, further refining the reality. The Witch: ‘Good horror is taking a look at what’s dark in humanity’ 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Gray dreams of one day refining his personal version of manna into a marketable product that capitalizes on both its mystical name and the real-world health benefits of bee pollen, such as its antioxidant properties. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

In some ways, it sums up Delvoye’s current mind-set: refined, even subdued, but still risqué and obsessed with the body. | New Provocations From the Belgian Bad Boy Wim Delvoye 2013-05-16T19:00:48Z

“That sugars, particularly highly refined sucrose, produce peculiar physiological effects is well known,” wrote Sidney Mintz, whose 1985 book Sweetness and Power is one of two seminal English-language histories of sugar. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Over the next two years he and Ms. Hills refined the give-and-take of their collaboration. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z

Over the course of a season, newcomers will refine characters based on their environment — a morgue, a cemetery, a sideshow — finding distinctive ways to move, to scream, to wield a chain saw or an ax. When ‘Boo!’ Is Only the Beginning 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

What ensued was a highly collaborative process, in which writers, composers and producers tweaked each other’s work — and songs — refining what Mr. McHenry and Mr. McDonald had already created. After a Director Dies, Friends Finish His Life’s Work: A Zombie Musical 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

So refined is Yaegashi’s paint-handling that the marks made by the individual bristles of her brush matter in ways rarely seen. What to see in L.A. galleries: tiny paintings of breathtaking beauty, photographs of the super-smart 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

While Ms. Haberman has refined several numbers in the show, “Rockettes to the Rescue” is groundbreaking both in terms of technology and in propelling the dance group into the 21st century. Dance: Rockettes in a Rebooted ?Christmas Spectacular? 2011-11-05T05:23:40Z

Her progress as an artist involves a lot of casting off and refining away, a process of retirement into a space that is nurturing and meaningful to her, no matter what the world thinks. Review | This visionary artist lives on an island. Does that make her insular? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Lace insets, bra tops, sheer fabrics and sharp tuxedos turned into shorts kept lively what were really refined, classic silhouettes. Starlets, Klum get refined at NY Fashion Week 2012-09-07T21:25:09Z

I was wondering, did you always have this many biblical stories in you or was it something that had to be refined for the book? "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji reflects on DMX and her destiny: "God's out here playing tricks on me" 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

Anonymous Dogs are beasts — unless we’re speaking of mine, who is more refined than Lady Astor and better company than the Lifetime Movie Network when you’re at home with the flu. 2010-01-30T01:36:00Z

It teaches and refines; it prepares the senses and leads to new understanding. Web Site Review: The Metropolitan Museum?s New Web Site 2011-10-06T22:45:35Z

Of course, filmmaking is more collaborative than book-writing, and the process of working with others caused me to rethink and refine some of my own ideas. My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Archer and Jockers, who met at Stanford and come from a publishing and an academic background, respectively, built and refined their algorithm over the course of four years. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jacob’s brother, Mike, is an architect, and he designed a refined 350-foot rectangle cantilevered out over the hill that uses the surrounding trees as supports. The ‘Cabin Porn’ Commune 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

And with Ms. Ehle, a two-time Tony winner, doing some of her most subtle and refined work ever, this seems inevitable. Review: ‘Oslo’ Fills a Large Canvas in a Thrilling Production 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Trotovsek used it to showcase her clean and refined tone and musical sense of phrasing, especially in the slow movement, marked by a radiant pianissimo sound and impeccable intonation. Violinist Lana Trotovsek gives radiant performance in Embassy Series

“I hope it is more refined and three-dimensional,” said Mr. Krakoff of this new collection. Special Report: A Sunshine State of Mind 2010-09-16T15:40:00Z

Phil Ochs attempts the thesis that America's history of killing is inevitable: "The eyes of the rebel have been branded by the blind/ To the safety of sterility, the threat has been refined." Readers recommend songs about assassination: The results 2010-08-26T22:30:00Z

The result - for readers who may not understand the succinct extract from Variety - is that Gregory's Girl, slightly refined, is now doing excellent business in New York and a clutch of other US cities. From the archive, 7 August 1982: Gregory's Girl gets a new accent 2012-08-07T06:30:00Z

You can sense that in the wines, too, largely pinot noirs and chardonnays that are both charming and delicious, if not always perfectly refined. The Oregon Trail 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Luke Treadaway, however, makes the most of Laertes’s transformation: from refined gentleman and doting brother to unhinged revenge seeker, wildly swinging a gun at the news of his father’s murder and sister’s suicide. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Parents encourage the baby’s speech, and help refine its inflection to their particular language. Why all babies say “mama” 2013-05-13T16:16:00Z

Rereading isn’t so much about examining a younger self or an older self; it’s about locating sensibility, that thing that’s refined and honed and modified and sharpened over a lifetime. Perspective | Meg Wolitzer on rereading — and avoiding — her past work 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Olympian Simone Biles—arguably the best gymnast ever—in an ad for Tide Pods, which, like Biles, we learned, are packed with refined, concentrated power. The Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio: Let the Games Begin 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

And then you got really wrapped up in watching what you would do to refine what you do?’” Alison Krauss: Vintage Country. Modern Self-Awareness. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Knighton managed to get guest roles on “Law & Order” and “Bones,” while Mr. Wayans wrote for his father’s series, “My Wife and Kids,” as well as “The Underground,” refining his standup on the side. Television: ?Happy Endings? and Its Bumpy Beginning 2011-10-15T22:30:09Z

“I also avoid processed foods, refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup and trans fats,” she says with pride. Using Fiction to Show How Self-Control Becomes Self-Destructive 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Ripe produce and fresh meat and seafood are used in harmony with distinct blends of spices to create dishes that are both refined and intuitive. 9 cookbooks that make great last-minute holiday gifts for the foodie in your life 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

This is not happening: "The 43-year-old filmmaker said the 'Sin City 2' script is being refined, while 'Machete' may see two sequels, one of which will be set in space." Five pop culture items we missed 2011-07-22T23:01:00Z

At 85, with a remarkably varied résumé spanning the worlds of dance and theater, she's a regal presence of refined elegance who turns heads whenever she's spotted at a performance around town — which is often. At 85, Carmen de Lavallade is the rare L.A. legend much of L.A. doesn't know 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

She and Mr. Siddig, tall and courtly with a gently ironical glint in his eyes, are a fine match — both subtle, refined actors playing characters who proceed cautiously through life, carrying their disappointments lightly. | 'Cairo Time': Patricia Clarkson in Egypt in Ruba Nadda?s Script 2010-08-05T22:15:00Z

In fact, on reflection, the collection proved to be subdued and refined, both stately and traditional in its references to archaisms like tailcoats and brocades. In Paris, the Hunt for Real Emotion 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

I explained to the officials how the neighbouring villages of our Federal Capital City were refining their urine in order to make drinking water. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z

In the three years since its canceled premiere, Soper has worked to refine the libretto. An Eagerly Awaited Opera, Delayed by the Pandemic, Opens at Last 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

On her website, she raves that this brownie is able to give you all the flavor and decadence of a normal brownie, without quite as many refined sugars and carbohydrates. Giada's chocolate-packed skillet brownie is the gluten-free dessert you didn't know you needed 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

She went on, “Cheyenne, far from being a wild town of border outlawry, is a center of refined elegance and fashion.” Road Trip: Cross-Country, by a Road Less Traveled 2013-07-03T21:39:09Z

In response, another Twitter user shared their own grandmother’s church book recipe — albeit a “refined” version, which calls for white wine and garlic. Twitter discovers 'White Castle Pate' exists — here's how to make it 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

A new country-inflected sound, sentimental but sophisticated, was taking shape, its refined instrumentation honed in clubs like the Ash Grove and the Troubadour and then burnished in the studio. Linda Ronstadt Discusses Her Memoir and Parkinson’s 2013-08-28T15:53:56Z

As he refined the character, his language grew vaguer and vaguer, an evolution that was actually an articulate comment on the decline of clarity in political rhetoric. Critic?s Notebook: Comparing Fred Armisen?s ?SNL? Obama to Dana Carvey?s Bush 2011-12-05T06:52:36Z

Even well-planned storage systems must be refined and updated, and winter is the time for that, before the haste and zeal of gardening puts them to the test. One important winter chore for the gardener 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Paparazzi and contemporary art are two topics apt to bring out sneers from Hollywood types who consider themselves too refined and clued in to be, well, Hollywood types. ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: Art Snobs Get a Gory Comeuppance 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Titles on the mattes appear to be printed, but are in fact drawn by an exquisitely refined hand. Art Review: Georges Hugnet?s ?Spumifers? at Ubu Gallery - Review 2012-01-05T22:30:33Z

Dance trio PONx3 practices weekly, putting together spreadsheets critiquing and refining each other’s performances, all while holding day jobs in software engineering and research science. K-Pop World Festival came to Seattle looking for the next great star. Here’s who they found. 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

The rich could justify their place in society, he argued, by claiming to have more refined tastes. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

When I started my brand, I wanted to bring a very elegant and refined vision that elevated the location of Blackness within culture. Grace Wales Bonner Has Set Her Sights Beyond Fashion 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

After lunch we considered touring the turn-of-the-century Moss Mansion, perhaps refining our aim at Three Sights Indoor Shooting Range. A Rookie’s Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Richard Watkins was the soloist in Weber's Horn Concertino, his tone distinguished in its refined mellowness; he even pulled off the unusual "chords" the composer asks for – one note played, the other hummed. Britten Sinfonia/Wigglesworth ? review 2010-12-01T22:29:00Z

She is too refined for Texas, and is “adjudged more or less permanently Nervous.” Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Works by Gustav Klimt and Ellsworth Kelly helped Burch refine and expand her understanding of color. Tory Burch Curates an Auction for Paddle8 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

As nostalgia sets go, it hit the mark; this wasn’t the time or the place for Costello to dive into his more refined later material. Concert review: Riot Fest at Humboldt Park 2012-09-17T05:46:00Z

This refined olive cashmere jacket with a hunting patch at the shoulder and bellows pockets was a great distillation of the military mood we’ve been seeing. | Ralph Lauren 2011-02-07T23:28:10Z

Still, Mr. Hamelin’s refined approach, if not the way I think of the piece, was fascinating. Music Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘Inuksuit’ at Ojai Music Festival 2012-06-08T21:08:54Z

Maybe it was that he was short, shy, wore glasses, and was the child not of refined German Jews but of unwashed immigrants from Eastern Europe. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z

Strauss responded to the times and his critics by retreating further into his work, refining his own distinctive blend of Neo-Classical precision and lyrical expansion. Strauss Joins Sibelius?s Vacation 2011-07-22T15:31:19Z

The other echoing influence is the refined technique of Dalí, who single-handedly reversed the Surrealist aversion to meticulous realism and the old masters. Art Review: ‘Drawing Surrealism’ at the Morgan Library and Museum 2013-01-24T23:00:37Z

Works made by this method are the most refined and the earliest in the show. Art Review: Vessels of Clay, Centuries Old, That Speak to Modernity 2011-04-07T20:56:46Z

She even loved working for Bonnie Fuller, the less refined, more sex- and celebrity-focused replacement to Ms. Whitney. How to Quit a Magazine, by Cindi Leive 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

It’s the ethos, anyway, of Phoebe Philo at Céline, who effectively shrugged off any inheritance in favor of her own weltanschauung when she arrived in 2008 and has been refining her lens ever since. The Weight of History, the Art of Invention: Balenciaga, Céline, Undercover and Comme des Garçons 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

The product is one of a new crop of upscale hand sanitizers, frequently formulated with refined scents and emollients. These Hand Sanitizers Smell Good, Kill Germs 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

Since Turrell is constantly refining his ideas about light and space, there’s no real expectation he will ever declare it done. T Magazine: Seeing the Light 2013-05-09T18:01:22Z

It’s a rich, finely balanced imperial stout, full of smoky coffee and dark chocolate leading to a warm, lingering finish and a refined bitterness. Beer of the Week: This anniversary beer is a reason to celebrate 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

As Emerson wrote about such refined pleasures, “Nobody tasted blood in it.” How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

What I mean by that is it's really important for the portrait not to be too refined, too exact. Top 10 Tips: Susanne du Toit 2014-04-18T23:46:49Z

White remained a constant and reliable presence, refining her shtick as an old lady with spicy proclivities — interior thoughts that had a way of coming out as perfect punchlines. Perspective | Goodbye to Betty White, popular culture’s beloved (and saucy) great-grandma 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

As they enjoyed the refined fantasy provided at the Nines, a man wearing a black velvet tuxedo jacket named Jon Neidich kept a close watch over things. Millennial Nightlife Swanks Up 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

An 1893 Eadweard Muybridge zoopraxiscope, “A Couple Waltzing,” works like film to give you the impression of a slightly less refined pair stepping as they rotate. ‘Dance: Movement, Rhythm, Spectacle,’ an Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

While not specifically based on Zweig’s work, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” conjures some of its defining traits: quickness, compression and a highly refined sense of the nuances that separate comedy from tragedy. Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Is a Complex Caper 2014-03-06T15:00:02Z

Ms. Aizawa’s refined playing proved an ideal match for the men’s poised interpretation, the first movement’s melody, wistful and robust by turns, unfolding with characterful vigor. Music Review: Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert at the Met 2013-01-14T22:11:48Z

But the danger is that the sound becomes neither one thing nor another: it's not rich and indulgent, but neither is it refined enough to be properly invigorating. Scottish Ensemble ? review 2010-12-17T22:45:00Z

“As with any new product we roll out, we know that we’ll need to make adjustments and refine the process,” Mr. Carter said. New TripAdvisor Warnings on Sexual Assault Draw Criticism 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

Carlo Bergonzi, one of the 20th century’s most distinguished operatic tenors, renowned for the refined interpretive taste and keen musical intelligence he brought to his art, died on Friday in Milan. Carlo Bergonzi, Masterful Operatic Tenor, Dies at 90 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

It’s a beautiful wine, pure and refined, with an edge of earthiness and a hint of red fruit. Champagne Seeks to Discover Itself in Single-Vineyard Wines 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

It’s an art that combines the polar opposites of free emotional rein and rigidly refined expression. What to Stream This Weekend: “The Bartered Bride,” A Brilliant, Rarely Seen Max Ophüls Opera-Based Musical 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Bacigalupi and Ma, for rounds three and four of the Lucas sweepstakes, have refined both their pitch for what the museum will look like and the issue of what precisely it will hold. George Lucas' museum designs for L.A. and S.F.: a first look at competing plans 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Alexander said he sees the Tocqueville bar as “very relaxed but very refined.” Restaurant Bars at Daniel, Tocqueville and Riverpark 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

With her tone as poised as it was subtly refined, she explored the many planes on which Bach's structure operates, highlighting its protean variety of texture in a performance that touched the sublime. 5 stars for 9-hour Bach Marathon 2013-04-02T10:24:08Z

They have empowered a passel of younger talent who are digging into, expanding upon and refining the aesthetic provocations of the hip-hop generation. After Kanye, After Virgil, After Heron 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

The music blends the raw and the refined; everything from 808 drum machines to orchestras figures into the mix. Taking chances to 'Dream' 2012-11-21T18:53:44Z

There, in the birthplace of Gabriel García Márquez’s magical realism, are the city’s most refined restaurants, its museums and balconies that spill over with flowering bougainvillea. 36 Hours in Cartagena, Colombia 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

How often do you get to see art conceived, refined and finished as you look? The Hot List: Immigrant Movement International, in Queens 2012-06-21T21:56:19Z

And in a shelfie-scape fit for the most refined minimalist palette, the shop features midcentury sculpture, artful tomes, and the Row’s expertly crafted handbags. Check Out the Row’s Design-Savvy Shop on Bergdorf Goodman’s Recently Revised Sixth Floor 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Other outtakes show lyrics getting refined — Harrison stripping clichés out of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” — and grooves evolving as in “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Deep Inside the Beatles’ White Album, 50 Years Later 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

“But it was much more refined to indicate that she is headed to a new chapter in her life.” The Inspiration Behind the Great Clothes on ‘Insecure’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Its loose, cheery songs were on the sanity-preserving side of catchy, and the show’s messages about bodily autonomy and healing processes were surprisingly refined. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Haizlip used his refined taste, eccentric character and outsider’s perspective both to guide the show’s aesthetic and to define its goals. ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

Now the refined building, completed in 1910, is taking a radical approach to a longtime problem. Streetscapes: Ring Around the Collar at 535 Park Avenue 2013-08-01T21:28:06Z

By contrast, Bonhams is the most refined auction of the weekend, as might be expected from an English house. Best looking rides on the block in Monterey this week 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Sarah is working on refining her invention and coming up with an app version. Florida middle-schooler wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge with music therapy invention 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The work includes fiery abstractions made with clotted oceans of paint and delicate prints with hues of pink and refined tracery. Review | They’re women, they’re black and they don’t make art about that 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

How did she refine her language, her scene construction, discover a way to enlarge what are here little more than political and social commonplaces, to expose a universal human core? Review: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' reveals a darker side of Maycomb 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

But as the plot progresses, her clothes become more refined. How Dakota Johnson's Outfits Were Designed for "Fifty Shades" 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Its subtitle is “The Marvelous Sugar Baby, an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World.” Kara Walker Creates a Confection at the Domino Refinery 2014-04-25T14:00:08Z

For weeks, these young men and I did our best to refine our offstage hub-bub. Learning 'Lear': The How-To's of Hub-Bub 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Baldassano’s final product, unlike the wines made by the typical home winemaker, is refined. The Winemaker of Avenue C 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

And new business ideas get better when smart people from different disciplines randomly bump into each other in the same building to discuss and refine those ideas. Jolie signs up Coen brothers 2013-02-26T13:13:14Z

Those cases are often cited by EPA officials and refining industry representatives defending the expanded waiver program. Exclusive: Trump EPA did not await court ruling to loosen biofuel... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

But don’t count on him — or the series — dropping the refined impoliteness. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Evil’ and ‘Sunnyside’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

As Saturday night turned into Sunday morning, though, the restaurant that Ziebold spent a decade refreshing and refining into a dining destination suddenly faded to black, its pilot light permanently extinguished. A final service for CityZen: Warmth, memories and an eye to the future

"But one of my favorites has always been making meals for her, especially lunch. It has been during my 'Martha Years' that I have really been able to refine my salad making." 5 of our favorite cookbooks to carry you into 2023 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

Today, our idea of soup is more refined, but the classic combination of stock and bread is embedded in the Latin root of the verb suppāre, meaning "to soak". ‘Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living’: a (condensed) history of soup 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

It’s a kind of resolute searching in the darkness that has come to define his work, which has, in turn, documented and informed, defined and refined the era in which he lives. Hedi Slimane, Designer Turned Photographer, at the Top of His Game, Again 2011-11-09T23:26:41Z

“Working with our Japanese partners to refine the design was always an expected part of the process.” Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

But far from refining comic dialogue for the actors working around him, David Baddiel was deep into his next project. David Baddiel 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z

Inside the Bauhaus Theater, at the campus in Dessau, the programming was more refined. At the Bauhaus, Music Was More Than a Hobby 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

For years, especially at the higher end, tequilas were becoming so refined that the spirit’s typical vegetal characteristics were sanded off. Tequila Picks Up Mezcal’s Smoky Habit 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Never content, he’s still replanting vines and refining his operation, including constructing a new building to house his farm equipment and making improvements to the tasting room. Jim Law of Linden Vineyards: The Virginia wine industry's oracle marks 30 years

Some people spent their pandemic confinement learning a new language, refining their cooking skills, increasing their step count or gardening. A New Novel by Louise Erdrich Haunted by Covid and George Floyd’s Death 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Porter cuts a striking figure in the refined world of classical music. Next lesson for Simone Porter, 17: solo debut with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

But in recent years, thanks to increasing awareness and more refined diagnoses, much ground has been gained in understanding both the condition and the people who have it. Susan Boyle’s powerful, graceful Asperger’s statement 2013-12-09T16:05:00Z

“Richard creates garments with attention to innovative fabrications, focusing on his ability to combine unique handcrafted skill with a refined high fashion sensibility.” Queen Elizabeth makes surprise appearance at London fashion catwalk 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

It is earthy and refined, ancient and modern, both playful and deeply serious. New Nordic Cuisine Draws Disciples 2011-08-24T04:40:04Z

Mr. Bicket’s superb players brought clarity and suppleness to their stylish and refined playing. Review: Joyce DiDonato Is Wrenching in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Or bringing a slightly refined kind of focus to that creative table… Brandy Clark, the Raymond Carver of the Hot Country charts: “I live in a world where we have to tell a whole story in just three minutes” 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z

But those with more refined tastes will also find a more subdued sense of chic. 36 Hours in Moscow 2010-09-30T20:40:00Z

Then the researchers tried controlling for refined grain intake, meaning they were really looking at the link between whole-grain gluten intake and heart disease risk. Perspective | Want a verdict on gluten-free diets? You won’t find it in a study. 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

She refined her expertise, combing the Salvation Army store in Camden, N.J., near her home. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z

Her elegant, refined wardrobe matches her surroundings, and these trappings are part of the boundary setting. With Uzo Aduba as a therapist, "In Treatment" returns in a sunnier location for a darker time 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z

This restaurant is as polished and refined as Chachawan is hectic. In Hong Kong, a World of Menus 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

It's not completely like that; the piece straddles Prokofiev's transition from his window-smashing, bad-boy early period to his more refined later Soviet period. Conductor James Gaffigan a bracing presence at Disney Hall 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

With his richly resonant acoustic guitar playing on an outpouring of small-batch recordings, Mr. Rose had spent the last decade refining a contemporary take on old-time traditions. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z

Although the hallucinations were the result of a tumour I was willing to give it a go, setting aside my queasiness for a reading experience I anticipated would be both refined and bizarre. A healthy dose of sick lit 2010-09-03T09:09:00Z

One of the most technically refined dancers in the company, Mr. Huxley said that Ms. Woodward reminded him of himself just a few years ago, when he rehearsed as if his life depended on it. In ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ the Hard Work of Being Princess (or Prince) 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

As he and Mr. Hunter refined the script, “There’s a war of attrition going on,” he said. The King’s the Thing, Not the Play, for an Actor Who Would Be Lear 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

His 1960s-era Morse is resilient, but not a hard case; refined, but put off by popular diversions that excite the average person. As "Endeavour" approaches the end of its run, more of us should appreciate its mystery 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

According to this model, an excess of refined carbohydrates interferes with the self-balancing equilibrium of the metabolic system. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

"Gut health is also negatively affected by the standard American diet that lacks fiber and consists largely of processed, refined grain products." These are the worst foods for your health, experts say 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

In the studio last week, he was still refining details; should he stomp the floor here with his heel or slide his foot forward? Dancing to Bach’s Cello Suites 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

Her playing was refined and soft-spoken in its brilliance throughout. Review: Beatrice Rana, a Young Pianist, Holds Carnegie Rapt 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

But the most refined was Mr. Sims in “I Wanna Be Ready,” balancing the steely prowess of his body with an otherworldly aura. Alvin Ailey Troupe in an Evening of Mostly Ellington 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Mahler originally included the “Blumine” movement in that symphony before eventually extracting it: No great loss, as this performance — refined, but for an overexuberant trumpet solo — showed once more. The Met Orchestra Aids and Abets Operatic Dabblers 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

It means being stuck with clothing she didn’t like and didn’t want to sell on her own site — not after working so hard to refine Tibi’s aesthetic. Surviving Fashion’s Summer From Hell 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

Limiting simple sugars and refined carbohydrates may improve certain aspects of metabolic health, as these are some of the most easily digested and absorbed calories. Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

When the Mughal emperors settled in Kolkata in the 15th century, they brought their refined courtly cuisine, which flourished there, even after declining elsewhere. Bengali Cuisine in the Suburbs of Mumbai 2010-07-25T10:00:00Z

The Equalizer is a remake of the 80s TV series that starred Edward Woodward as a sort of refined Charles Bronson, taking out street scum with a Walther PPK and a stiff upper lip. The Equalizer review – Denzel Washington: ordinary guy, cool killer 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

We use fabrics that are a little less refined, while still luxurious. Custom Suits for Guys Who Thought They Were Out of Reach 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

"Zero to one" refers to starting something from scratch, going from nothing to something, which he says is more challenging and much more important than refining an existing idea. Silicon Valley provocateur Thiel takes on 'many-sided mediocrity' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

But this summer, a few travel platforms have instituted or announced fixes designed to make travel planning easier, by refining searches, creating more informative maps and streamlining loyalty programs. At Last, Online Travel Planning is Becoming (a Little) Easier 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

The site is uncurated but lets users search for artwork using broad terms, such as landscape art, or more refined searches, such as aerial beach photography, with some pieces priced as low as $5. Need some affordable artwork to spruce up your place? Try these websites. 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

A long-distance relationship with a worldly, refined, emotionally puzzling and highly desirable fashionista was exactly what I needed to cure my breakup-induced depression and heartbroken social reclusiveness. Lord of the engagement rings 2013-02-20T01:00:00Z

He and other members of the American team spend hour upon hour refining their technique. 2010-01-28T06:21:00Z

Like a Fellini film, the G-Rough deftly balances the refined and the rugged, creating a sophisticated hotel with both a sense of place and a sense of style. G-Rough, a Roman Hotel Both Refined and Rugged 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

In place of those typical Puccini melodic outbursts that grab you and won’t let go, this ingenious score folds refined lyrical strands into a nearly through-composed musical fabric. Music Review: Puccini?s Western Seeks Lyrical Gold 2010-12-07T17:10:00Z

Yet fitting in is a skill he’s refined. You’d think this Chicago-area school could close its race gap. A new TV series tries to find out why it can’t. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Mamet contrasts Teach’s macho postures with Don’s gentler but by no means refined version of masculinity: avuncular yet menacing, slower to anger yet never quite nice. Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

Despite some initial awkwardness, our visit with Monsieur Pinon went well; giggling, we attempted to both understand his French descriptions and convince him that our palates were more refined than they are. A quick offseason visit to the Loire Valley, birthplace of the French Renaissance 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Fonteyn refined every detail of her dancing, and you see this in how she conveys emotion through her entire body. Shakespeare: huge dance fan. Check out these Bard-themed dances on DVD

Over time, designers refined the reinforced heel and fiddled with its angle. Shoe Obsession for the Ages: Prince’s Killer Collection of Custom Heels, Now on View 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

I think it’s possible to keep refining something until you’ve managed to kill it. ‘The Far Side’ Is Back. Sort Of. Gary Larson Will Explain. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Both explanations fail to give the labs enough credit for the degree to which they have refined their mission, say filmmakers both veteran and novice. This Year, Sundance Will Savor Its Homegrown Projects 2011-01-18T23:19:16Z

The Style Invitational’s real; It’s never refined or genteel. Style Invitational Week 1193: Poedtry II, plus winning limericks 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

And so it does — a most refined one. Review | Emilie’s, from chef Kevin Tien, brings some good news to the Hill 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

The area is lined with beautiful parks and lively cafes filled with locals, many dressed in refined and classic styles. | Video: Fashion Simplicity With Ease in Paris 2014-03-13T00:17:42Z

The block-printed papers are each available in six colors from Farrow & Ball’s refined palette. Farrow & Ball’s new wallpapers 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

One of Bill's perimeter pits becomes the site of his meet-cute with Frank, who is everything Bill does not appear to be: he's gentle, refined and admittedly vulnerable. In "The Last of Us," Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett battle loneliness at the end of the world 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

Or that Higgins strips her of her ragged clothes and Cockney accent so she can become a refined if useless lady. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

This kind of value is, in his analysis, the only real value that “refined” tastes have. Riff: ?Why Write Novels at All?? 2012-01-13T22:19:00Z

He helped connect them to a professional woodworker in the Glendale area who helped refine the group's initial design concept. From the ashes: Artists create teahouse in Griffith Park with wood from 2007 fire 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

They suggest using a subtle contrasting welt to turn an ordinary pillow into a more refined finishing touch. Rules for throw pillows: That mountain on your bed is probably going overboard 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Pair with a TV show: Such a delicate and refined tipple was doomed by the passage of prohibition – a subject explored in depth in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. The unloved cocktails that deserve to be the toast of the bar 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

He added that his life, divided between Europe and Africa, helped refine that perspective. Henning Mankell, literary master of ‘Nordic noir,’ dies at 67 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

My husband and I attended a live version of "The King's Jester" in late 2021, when Minhaj was still refining it. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z

Diaz has begun putting those qualities to use in offstage roles, helping choreographers refine and untangle their ideas. A Swiss Army Knife of a Dancer, Making a Virtue of Versatility 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

She worked on her dance wear collection for Body Wrappers and choreographed a refined, sculptural ballet for six at the Vail Dance Festival. A Ballerina’s Nightmare: ‘Am I More Than Just a Dancer?’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

In the past, what stuck was the dancers’ refined, fresh presence; here, they forced it. Fall for Dance at City Center: The Old Man Shows How It Is Done 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

Her work can be rough or refined, and sometimes both at once, as evidenced by a stunning group of ceramic wall reliefs with jagged edges and silky iridescent glazes. From Pedestal to Petri Dish, Liz Larner Makes Sculptures for a New Era 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

The perfect distillation of Nirvana’s newly refined sound was “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which Cobain later described as his jokey attempt to write “the ultimate pop song.” Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Made, and Unmade, Alternative Culture 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Whereas hip-hop could bring joy to the masses while retaining a sense of experimental play, perhaps indie rock had become too “refined and effete,” increasingly detached from “lived, earned experience.” Whither the Indie Band? 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

They ended up allowing time to refine the design. Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The algae produce oil that can be refined into various types of fuels. Jet Green 2011-07-20T22:00:00Z

In conversation, she puts it more bluntly: “People expect me to be kinder, wiser, more refined — more ‘joy lucky.’ Amy Tan: Still ‘Joy Lucky’ after all these years 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

“He was always refining his music, which provided the order in a life that was in every other respect chaotic,” Vincent Canby wrote in his 1976 Times review of the film. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and the Soul Train Awards 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

On the one hand, tantric yoga served to increasingly refine consciousness as a means to achieving divinized embodiment or, in other words, becoming a god while remaining in the body. What most Americans don’t know about yoga 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Laredo elicited a spirited and precise rendition, with refined playing from the principal strings. Music Review: New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-31T00:30:22Z

So should dieters stop worrying about how much fat they eat and cut down on refined carbohydrates instead? Which diet is best: low-fat or low-carb? 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

The mouthwatering sauce gets its sweetness from molasses, rather than refined sugar, which adds a distinctive deep flavor and valuable minerals. Sloppy Joe’s fun on a bun. But it can be healthful, too. 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

“All of that came out of Detroit,” Mr. Clayton said, referring to popular moves like skate trains and tension drops, “but he refined it and made it better.” Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Having skimmed through his plays while studying for a degree in Schoolboy French at Hull University, I couldn't see how his refined 17th-century sensibilities would appeal to a contemporary audience. Mersey Molière 2013-02-05T18:00:47Z

No matter his chosen backdrop, it's Ellis' vocals – subtle, refined, yet bleeding with hurt – that take centre stage. Tim Jonze On Shuffle … modern country music 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z

As contemporaries, the Queen no doubt had an influence on dog owners like Ada, who regards the Cavalier King Charles as the ultimate refined lady's companion. The value of Pumpkin on "The Gilded Age," descended from a breed that's all about the good life 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

“Nothing about it is refined,” said George C. Wolfe, a senior adviser working on the festival, which is called NYC Free. Little Island Unveils Free Monthlong Festival With Over 450 Artists 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

So while Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to refine his agenda, including that promise of 200,000 units of affordable housing, he might consider a streetcar connecting Red Hook to Astoria. Critic’s Notebook: Imagining a Streetcar Line Along the Waterfront 2014-04-20T22:32:54Z

Despite the exhibition’s refined tastes and selective approach, the sculptures have still become a playground for children and a curiosity for New Yorkers. Cow Parade Returns to N.Y.C., but Please Don’t Steal Them This Time 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

Inside, the décor spoke of Norway’s longstanding quest to become European, sophisticated and refined — chandeliers everywhere, doilies on the dinner plates, pictures of German royals on the walls. Exploring Norway’s Fjords by Car and Boat 2012-06-29T16:47:27Z

The Southbank Centre says that we are at an early stage, and that it will "refine the brief, which will include an appropriate mix and usage of space". Why the Southbank Centre redevelopment plan is sheer folly 2012-08-04T23:05:31Z

The gesture is more likely to save her reputation than his, considering he’s basically a bed-dwelling Hobbit with the refined charm of a leaf blower. What's with all the sooky, disappointing men on TV right now? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

The experience reinforced her belief in an architecture of strong, even bold moves, one whose impact didn’t depend on luxurious materials and refined details. | Diamond in the Rough 2013-05-08T17:01:53Z

I’m constantly trying to refine it–the Series 2 I started in 2006–and what I enjoy is the constant refinement of it. Roger Smith, Watchmaking Revolutionary 2011-08-17T15:34:22Z

Over the next two decades, Cline's work in narcotics helped refine the city's approach toward investigating drug sales and trafficking. Hundreds honor ailing former cop boss 2011-08-15T00:50:00Z

If guacamole grew up it would become this smooth, refined butter. 7 Ways to Use Avocado That Go Beyond Guacamole 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Hear it after it’s settled a little, when its sound untangles, and the arrangements become refined. Music Review: The Hammond B-3 Lion Roars, Backed by His Pride 2010-12-31T22:40:24Z

Spare but not austere, dynamic but never histrionic, “The Suit” is the work of a stage maestro, whose artistry is akin to a distiller refining raw grapes into smoothly potent spirits. ‘The Suit’: A fitting personal and political allegory 2014-03-21T23:14:10Z

Everything is otherwise decorous, courteous, refined – and yes, kept guiltily secret. After Such Kindness by Gaynor Arnold – review 2012-08-10T21:55:02Z

But it was the "best friend" persona, refined and practised over decades, that made him a contender. The strange screen life of Ronald Reagan 2011-02-09T14:26:55Z

I have an idea and I'll try it in Seattle and maybe refine it a little more in Calgary and refine it a little more in Vancouver. Bob Newhart celebrates 50 years in show business 2010-05-12T16:39:00Z

You wouldn’t think there was much debate about this, but Christal Sczebel of the Nutrition in the Kitch blog rejects the usual “puffed refined rice” in favour of the brown version. How to cook the perfect chocolate crispy cakes 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

"As she fumbles and grows more and more flustered, it occurs to me that I could refine her motor skills with the aid of a riding crop." - p. 'Grey' by EL James: 13 we sentences can show you - and 20 we can't 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Her pain was offered as something other than an abstraction — but so was her perseverance, girded by the drive to refine raw experience into art. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

Scientists were able to refine Apophis’s orbit around the sun thanks to radar observations earlier this month, when the asteroid passed within 10.6 million miles. NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Both Willett and Lichtenstein say they think nutrition guidelines should classify potatoes with grains; Willett would group them with refined grains and Lichtenstein would position them between whole and refined grains. Potatoes get a bad rap. They don’t deserve it. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

We read somewhere that Cuushe is taking this kind of music to the next level, but she's more, as we say, refining than redefining it. New band of the day: Cuushe (No 1,364) 2012-10-03T16:15:05Z

Specifically, in pulps like “Black Mask,” where he honed and refined his detective character Philip Marlowe in stories that boiled hard and talked tough. ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

More than anything, Saison seems to be a glimpse into the dreams of an audacious imagination, made real through the ephemerality of smoke and made refined through the primitivism of fire. At Saison, the hearth’s fire and smoke set the beat for the kitchen 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Or will “Springsteen on Broadway” be a comparatively sedate affair, with a “song list” rather than a “set list” and a refined, linear story to impart? Perspective | Bruce Springsteen is a totally new thing for Broadway. Will it change because of him? 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

Mere mortals can always trod to the ocean, but for those plebeians among us who like to dabble in more refined tastes, there’s the pool at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. A beach house residency, literary happenings and the bookmobiles and book clubs of yore 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

The Greenwich Village bar offers “refined but simple Italian food, aperitivos, coffee and cocktails.” London bar named best in the world in new ranking 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

The company ran private tours last year in order to refine the content. On the Trail of Ghosts in Paris 2010-03-21T11:00:00Z

Another floor up, a staff is dedicated entirely to refining the exotic skins. | A Rare Look Inside the Atelier of Louis Vuitton 2013-06-13T19:06:05Z

The "grand" part of the theatre's title is due, in part, to the cinema's refined origins – the first screen was built in the ballroom of the Palace Hotel almost 100 years ago. Cine-files: Grand Teatret, Copenhagen 2013-04-10T08:46:14Z

But it wasn't like that at all, he was very laid-back and controlled, and the show had a very refined theatricality. The best performance I've ever seen: Enda Walsh 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Both women liked the inspiration panel, and also how refined the search was. Critical Appraisal: Google Fashion Shopping Site Makes Debut 2010-11-18T05:10:00Z

How long should it take to write and refine a screenplay? The Misplaced Nostalgia for Movies Like “The Graduate” 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Badiee’s refined, creative dishes reflect what is fresh from the on-site farm and in season, like strawberry gazpacho and an ever-changing “foragers’ bounty” that highlighted ramps and morel mushrooms in the spring. Eight road-trip-worthy restaurants in Maryland and Virginia 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

The orchestral sound is not always refined or absolutely precise. Götterdämmerung; BBC Proms – review 2012-07-21T23:05:54Z

Fabricated of brick, stone and flawless geometry, this palace was one of the glories of the Italian Renaissance — not only for its divine architecture, but for the refined elegance of the nobles who gathered here. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Changing the cladding and refining all the details stayed true to the exterior's quirky charms while making it way more sophisticated. Pour On the Cottage Charm 2012-11-05T19:51:01.043Z

"Like many vegetable oils, soybean oil is highly refined. This means it goes through an extensive process involving numerous chemicals to extract it from corn and make it into oil," said Cowin. These are the worst cooking oils for your health, experts say 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

The collection also included some refined knit dresses, in tank styles, and skirts with subtle lacey effects. Ala?a: Double Take 2010-10-11T23:40:00Z

Vanni was a Florentine and Paolo came from Siena, where the most refined and elegant Italian is spoken, and they convinced me that Tuscany was certain to captivate a romantic Englishman. Once upon a life: Paul Bailey 2011-01-09T00:05:19Z

It also disregards Robert Watson Watt and the many others who refined the system after Tesla’s work. There are no lone inventors 2013-04-03T18:56:00Z

Working on my novel, at first it was hard to override my instincts to distill and refine. This Week in Fiction: Elif Batuman on Writing Fiction vs. Nonfiction 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

Emma Hamilton looks even younger than the 29-year-old whom Ibsen specified, and has the kind of refined beauty we associate with Jane Austen TV heroines. Hedda Gabler – review 2012-07-11T16:33:08Z

Plus, these are made with whole-grain, rather than refined, rice cereal. Crisped rice treats without the cloying marshmallow? Sweet. 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

A more specific answer might be found in the adjective “sophisticated”, which often gets paired with “taste” to describe a refined sensibility or liking for complexity. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

And there's always the risk of refining things so much that there's nothing left. Clip joint: Simplicity 2010-05-26T12:29:00Z

But her singing became more refined and interior as the evening wore on, and her final plea for peace was heart wrenching. Music Review: ‘Aida’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-25T23:03:14Z

The aesthetic is as refined as that of classic French cuisine, but unique to Montreal. L’Express, the Beloved Montreal Bistro Where So Much Began 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

For a generation raised on the ragged, spontaneous aesthetic established by “The Blair Witch Project” and refined on YouTube, the images are entirely of a piece with their cultural lexicon. ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ N.W.A. and the new vernacular of protest 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Today, signs of economic recovery are emerging, but it’s a more refined wave of affluence than what the flashy boom years had to offer. 36 Hours in Dublin 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

The monumentality of her survival, the blood of her past now “refined,” made white, built to crumble. Kara Walker's Radical Domino Sugar Sculpture 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

It just produced beautifully refined and streamlined clothes under the typically Gaultier headline of Punk Cancan. Special Report: Fashion: Gaultier: From Cheek to Chic 2011-01-27T18:38:23Z

While souvenir shops and tattoo parlors are still part of the area’s kitschy charm, they now share sidewalk space with high-class hotels, refined bars and restaurants and even a new Trader Joe’s outlet. Heads Up: Hollywood Comeback Trail 2011-06-10T18:55:00Z

To its own detriment, the narrative concentrates too much on genteel domestic scenes and refined romantic conversations. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

But they illustrate how Amazon is refining its approach to original scripted content, which is increasingly important to attracting new members to its Prime membership program. Amazon's path to TV success takes cues from old school Hollywood 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

It was not uncommon for the more musically refined religious communities in Paris to decorate their liturgies with pieces sung by professional musicians. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Dylan says that until now, he was “never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band.” Bob Dylan's Next Project is a Frank Sinatra Cover Album 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Or you become aware of pieces or things that don’t meet what has now become a very refined appreciation. Roger Smith, Watchmaking Revolutionary 2011-08-17T15:34:22Z

Long-established teams at Yale, Harvard and Princeton are mere upstarts by comparison to teams with even more refined heritage from Oxford and Cambridge. ‘The Boys in the Boat’: UW team vanquishes Hitler’s crew 2013-05-29T22:21:04Z

He's golden-haired, tough as a whip, fierce and yet refined, pristine, delicate. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z

Most rum in the Caribbean is made from molasses, the byproduct of refining sugar cane. Rum Enthusiasts Have a New Obsession: Fresh-Cut Sugar Cane 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

If those people who argue that sugar and refined grains are at the heart of America’s diabetes and obesity epidemic are right, it throws a different light on the cereal aisle. Breakfast was the most important meal of the day — until America ruined it 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

Their gestures are simpler – and frequently more useful to their players than the refined curlicue preferred by some career conductors. Thomas Ad?s 2010-04-29T20:45:00Z

We are still only making 10 pieces a year, but every single piece is different, and we’re constantly refining it and trying to improve it, and that for me is the thrill of watch making. Roger Smith, Watchmaking Revolutionary 2011-08-17T15:34:22Z

Catherine is refined yet comically crude, abruptly announcing at one point, “I’ve really got to take a dump.” Louise Linton Has Made a Movie 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

Mr. Thomas first presented a version of this program in 2005 at Zankel Hall and has been performing and refining it since. Music Review: Nu? Is This 2nd Ave.? No, It?s Lincoln Center 2011-04-06T21:59:09Z

Doma refined and sharpened his tribal silhouette, sending out long, lean pantsuits and elaborately folded coats with an Eastern twist instead of the bulky, monastic fare of seasons past. Move over Galliano, Lady Gaga makes debut 2011-03-03T16:17:00Z

When sugar is refined, "the juice squeezed from these plants is boiled to a syrupy mixture from which sugar crystals are extracted," according to The New Food Lover's Companion. 9 best molasses substitutes when your jar is empty 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z

Over the next few sessions, they managed to articulate their differences while refining their ideas for the company’s future, and the tension lifted. Anger Management: Why the Genius Founders Turned to Couples Therapy 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

"One recent study identified an increased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in individuals consuming refined grains compared to those consuming either whole grains or white rice." The worst foods for heart health, according to experts 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Louis often seems like living proof of the ten-thousand-hour rule—you can feel him evolving and refining with each set he performs, and his new special is no different. Weekly Culture Review: “Big Little Lies,” Pepsi, and More 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

From the exacting and refined to roughshod experiments, they rekindle the period's flaming intensity. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z

Indeed, you can think of Ms. Bamford as the Wes Anderson of stand-up: Both are refined artists whose meticulous and sensitive set pieces are formally daring and stubbornly committed to a distinctive aesthete’s sensibility. Maria Bamford’s New Special Is a Kind of Inspired Gibberish 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Those few lines were refined down to the slightest pause and intonation during months of phone-schmoozing with smart, hardworking Americans employed at magazines and newspapers around the country. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z

Those results put sugar squarely in the crosshairs, and it is becoming increasingly apparent that rather than fat, the more problematic elements of our diet involve refined sugars and other processed carbohydrates. Adam Liaw: five scientific developments that will change the way we eat 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

This refined game is all about the pleasures and wonders of the journey. Pick a Card and Be Transported: 7 Board Games From Around the World 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

These poems, with their careful word choices and refined music, demand multiple readings and reveal more each time. Best poetry of the month: New collections by Billy Collins and Robert Pinsky 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

As he has refined his brand, Johnson has stepped out. Dwayne Johnson: fast, furious and fun 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Just as exceptional is the supremely refined look of the Mariinsky performers. Dance Review: The Mariinsky Presents Its Shimmering ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-01-31T22:42:57Z

But it’s also clear that their riffing process — the constant refining, considering and questioning — is one that still excites and consumes Coen, even if it’s with other collaborators. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

I aspired to mold, refine, perfect my post-puberty body — which was decidedly less lean than my childhood body — into a conventionally beautiful one. Exercising to Slim Down? Try Getting Bigger. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z

Guided walks, talks and re-enactments are to the fore, as well as fireworks and torchlight parades, not to mention high tea and literature for the more refined time traveller. This week's events 2011-03-19T00:06:55Z

Generally, refined means elegant and cultured in appearance, manner or taste, or with impurities removed. No food is healthy. Not even kale. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

Here, though, is a complete collection of Moeran's songs, and they reveal the half-Irish, half-English composer to have had a refined literary palate and a sensitive ear for setting his chosen texts. Moeran: Complete Solo Songs 2010-05-27T21:35:00Z

And I smiled every time I spotted a bottle of wine for under $55 at Le Coucou, a reformed and refined homage to the fancy old-school French restaurants that have mostly vanished from New York. Top New York Restaurants of 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Yet Green applies these highly refined artifices to situations and settings that are ordinary, contemporary, even documentary-based, and their effect is critical, even comedic. Eugène Green's “The Son of Joseph,” a Grand and Comedic Drama of Father and Son 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

“Now turn and step, and step with a little hop,” instructed Mr. Tune, ever the perfectionist, as he refined the simplest of routines — the curtain call bow — an hour before opening night last week. Tommy Tune Recalls Studio 54 Glory Days in New Show 2011-11-15T23:13:43Z

The chef returned to his refined roots this year with the March opening of Marine Hardware, bringing back high-end ingredients like foie gras and truffles. A Refined Seattle Restaurant, Hold the Table Linens 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Tucked into the curve of a canal and framed by willow trees, today’s cityscape seemed gentler and more refined than the one Vermeer saw in 1660. Cultured Traveler: Drawing Yourself Into the Scene 2013-12-12T16:43:08Z

However unvarnished the Dardennes’ movies appear, however seemingly plain and obvious, their approach is refined, and the movies themselves are highly stylized. ‘Tori and Lokita’ Review: Precarious Lives in Exile 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

With Ben, Herschel becomes determined to refine the Greenbaum legacy once more. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘An American Pickle’ and ‘Shawshank Redemption’ 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

Even sugar that claims it was made in the USA may not have been grown within our borders; rather, it may have been imported in the form of raw cane sugar and merely refined here. Searching for ethical sugar 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

The ramens are a little smaller and more refined than usual, which may not be top priorities for the average ramen fiend. Masa’s Chef Comes Out From Behind the Truffles, at Tetsu 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

It’s rare that such vast yet refined artistry is recognized by the industry. The 2015 Oscar Nominations: “Selma” Snubbed and Wes Anderson Triumphant 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Yet the houses were refined enough to satisfy friends like the actress Betty Grable, who visited Mr. Bates in the Pines, and to appear repeatedly in magazines like House Beautiful and Architectural Record. Harry Bates, Modernist Architect of Long Island Homes, Dies at 95 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

That group weighed in, voted and ultimately helped refine the brand’s 51 colors and their names, including After Hours and Westside Local. Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. McQueen found that New York’s streets offered a visual reinforcement of his message that this addiction can strike in any community, no matter how refined. Movies: Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender Team Up in ?Shame? 2011-11-27T05:31:02Z

But Bond is the refined, simplified bastardisation of a deeper archetype. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z

Now, Chien-Pott is working with the dancers to refine the choreography and to make it as authentic as possible. A Dance Company Looks to the Future With a New Artistic Team 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Rao said the GOI was "refining" its legislation on civil nuclear liability and was committed to implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. US embassy cables: Americans reassure India over Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:36Z

Using steam engines to generate electricity and refining the technical work of many other scientists, Fessenden sent speech over a distance of one mile on December 23, 1900. We know about Edison, Bell and the Wright Brothers, but Fessenden? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

And I have the sometimes hilarious, often affecting and always refined productions from the radio and podcast series “Playing on Air” to thank for my new favorite form of pandemic-time entertainment. My Ears Have Been Opened by the Audio Play Explosion 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

He was an Ivy League-educated executive who lived in Atlanta, Georgia, and had the refined manners of a 19th-century aristocrat – until, that is, it came to the subject of his current president. Readers recommend songs about assassination: The results 2010-08-26T22:30:00Z

His Ninth has gotten more restrained and refined and more maturely ambiguous over the years. Dudamel and Beethoven — and Vin Scully — for the common man 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Caroline Forbes The great English saxophonist Evan Parker has been refining a unique and influential virtuoso technique for over 40 years. Music picks of the week 2010-04-30T23:21:00Z

But that’s no surprise, considering how, at age 59 with nothing left to prove, Seinfeld continues to revise and refine his stand-up act. Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ back for 3rd season 2013-12-31T22:33:52Z

Servers provide bread for scooping up the yolk mixture, and the overall experience was one of a deliciously unceremonious breakfast nudging up against a more refined dinner. 2009-12-31T18:01:00Z

The first suites were taken lightly, as if sunnily refined sketches; it was in the final three that Mr. Ma entered another sphere. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

It’s got a tortured naturalist dive bar upstairs with a refined downstairs. Faulkner and Football in Oxford, Miss. 2011-10-14T18:55:01Z

But she's quick-witted and well aware that her dramatic transformation into a well-spoken, refined lady is both a blessing and a curse. Seattle Shakes delivers a fine 'Pygmalion' 2012-02-28T23:02:04Z

Evert says many different plans can work if they emphasize non-starchy vegetables; minimize refined grains and added sugars; and rely on whole foods over highly processed foods as much as possible. Perspective | Explaining insulin resistance, and how to reverse it 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

We tend to want to refine a single, manageable truth from any crucial situation; but the world is motley, unruly and various. Webcams in Ferguson offer noncurated views distinct from TV news 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

The company’s press officer, Kelly Ryan, has said that Mr. Ratmansky has made changes to the production: “adjustments mostly to refine and clarify details.” From Movement in Ancient Art to Radical Choreographers 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Dorn's poetry is many things at once: rangy and compressed, rough and refined, metaphysical and crude, slangy and grandiloquent, subtle and hectoring. Collected Poems by Edward Dorn – review 2013-02-01T16:01:01Z

It would be hard to imagine the Miró creating a coarse sound on any instrument, so scrupulous and refined is the musicians’ technique. Review | The Miró Quartet takes up legendary instruments to honor the ghosts of chamber music past 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

There were sporty parkas, tops inspired by hockey jerseys and even some more refined halter dresses. Skin is forever in at NY Fashion Week 2012-09-09T15:12:09Z

He’s a refined gent, but in his writing quite mad.” Robert Harling, Screenwriter, Returns With ?GCB? on ABC 2012-02-29T22:54:28Z

Banville more effectively captures the warped dynamic of the miserable mismatch between Isabel and Gilbert, with the “refined yet savage stalking of each other that their marriage had become.” 'Mrs. Osmond' takes up where Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' left off but falls a bit short 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

You sense the team may still be refining the final sequence of their 90-minute show, but it’s an intriguing premiere. Adapting to the times: Mexican lovers, Irish terrorists and James’s ghosts 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

The refined, poised timbre with which he imbued the first suite became a warmer, more expansive sound in the third suite, which concluded the program. Antoine Tamestit Plays Concert for Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s urban and rural, masculine and feminine, casual and refined. It’s universal.” Perspective | Why you’re seeing enamelware everywhere 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Still, maple syrup is an added sweetener, and it is expensive, so use it sparingly and as a replacement for more highly refined sugars in cereals, sauces, dressings and baked goods. Perspective | Four good-for-you foods that are uniquely American 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

For decades, Mr. Jackson has been refining a delicate balance of working hard and hardly working. The Samuel L. Jackson Method 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The son then went to medical school and eventually found his calling in researching the extremely refined, nearly invisible workings of the brain. A Deep Dive Into the Brain, Hand-Drawn by the Father of Neuroscience 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

I lucked upon brilliant, generous editors who were more interested in developing my half-baked story ideas and refining my prose than having me fetch their coffee. From negging with a pick-up artist to leather hounds: A sex writer’s greatest hits 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

And in recent years, the pianist Aaron Diehl often seemed like gleaming proof of that idea, an embodiment of jazz historicism at its most earnest and refined. Review: Aaron Diehl’s ‘Space Time Continuum’ Is a Jubilant New Album 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Isabella won’t have to retool the design for a different cuisine, and Carroll gets to continue to refine her menu in a dream of an inherited kitchen. Requin review: A witty chef’s smart spins on coastal French cuisine 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

On a grander scale, though less refined architecturally, are the cultural developments in the Kursky industrial area. Moscow's architectural heritage is crumbling under capitalism 2010-08-10T13:50:00Z

E-mail was refined as programmers used it to sort out ridesharing to Dead concerts. The Lingering Legacy of Psychedelia 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

While this dessert would taste perfect if you stopped there, McGarry takes her makeover one step further by dressing up her cookies with a simple yet refined peanut butter drizzle. These nostalgic peanut butter cookies reimagine one of your favorite childhood desserts 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Larry Proulx proposed writing an essay extolling the joys and virtues of jaywalking — as though it was an art form to be refined and savored. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I declare these jokes groundbreaking 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

I only wonder why there are not better makers of rice wine here in Korea, though I can buy such already, it's not as refined as the Japanese make. Born in Japan, and Now Made in Brooklyn: Sake 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

But as the emphasis shifted from students parroting proofs to forming their own, geometry remained exalted for its power to cultivate deductive reasoning, to toughen and refine the mind. ‘Shape’ Makes Geometry Entertaining. Really, It Does. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Technology has refined all of the physical legwork and emotional messiness out of the hunt for love. Why "Temptation Island" is back and "90 Day Fiancé" is having a moment 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

So an anti-inflammatory diet involves avoiding foods that elicit inflammation, such as fried foods, refined carbohydrates, sugar, red and processed meats, and lard. Long COVID: a range of diets are said to help manage symptoms – here’s what the evidence tells us 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

It’s a slick, refined pop production — the drums are authoritative and agenda-setting, the guitars thickened to approximate something like rock. The Playlist: A Punk Response to Violence and Neil Young’s Return to Love 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

It was an awkward collision of boxy auditorium and greenhouse-style lobby, which Mr Gehry would rapidly refine into the unfurling leaflike exterior that was ultimately built. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

The new book’s epigraph explains that “to refine, to clarify, to intensify that eternal moment in which we alone live there is but a single force — the imagination.” A Writer Who Finds Grace Beneath the Violence in His Stories 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

At least one course a visit resembles an experiment rather than a refined recipe. Arômes review: A chef’s imagination runs wild. Sometimes a little too wild. 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

In contrast to his exploration of humanity’s dark side in books like Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Conrad’s pen-and-ink work displays a light, refined line. Famous writers’ art and design 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

He pronounced himself “60 to 70 percent” pleased with the show during this talk in late September, and said he’d never stop refining it. ‘He Must Have Superpowers’: Asi Wind and His Sublime Card Tricks 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

While cultured meat may produce relatively less greenhouse gas than conventional livestock production in certain conditions, researchers need to refine the process before it can be cost-efficient and brought to scale. Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new — cell cultures are common tools in science 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

In a phone conversation, the veteran Financial Times critic Clement Crisp described him as “a man of refined tastes and extreme knowledge.” Mikhailovsky Ballet to Make U.S. Debut at Lincoln Center 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

A refined gothic nightmare in the manner of Henry James. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

The Galante performances, led from the violin by Mr. Biondi, were typically energetic and refined, and beautifully suited to the differing qualities of each work. Review: Europa Galante Tells the Story of a Musical Orphan in ‘Chiara’s Diary’ 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

Even more important, this exhibition demonstrates the power of aesthetic objects to refine taste. The French, improving American taste for more than 200 years 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

He steeped himself in the sordid and the refined, the red-light bars and the villas, the decadence and the apprehension of a city whose freewheeling spirit was about to be extinguished by Nazi terror. Footsteps : Looking for Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin 2013-04-12T19:04:41Z

In two paintings from 1987, the impasto brushwork evokes obstreperous actors before refined stage sets. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Under the superb direction of the veteran Michael Greif, the show has been subtly refined, its brasher comedy softened, and the performances have grown in delicacy. Review: In ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ a Lonely Teenager, a Viral Lie and a Breakout Star 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Fischer and the orchestra offered meticulously refined, lovingly shaped performances that nonetheless overflowed with vitality and a sense of musical discovery. Budapest Festival Orchestra at Strathmore 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

He rewrote it for its 1996 Broadway debut, and now, 20 years later, even though he says the play is unchanged, he is reworking and refining it — adding a joke here, altering a word there. Sam Shepard Takes Stock of ‘Buried Child’ and the Writer’s Life 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

By critical assessment, Ms. Merrill was an athletic, ice-blond goddess with refined features and impeccably sculptured hair but an otherwise colorless presence in movies. Dina Merrill, actress and philanthropist of aristocratic poise, dies at 93 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

It’s unclear what Ms. Winslet is doing in this movie, even if she routinely likes to ditch the refined English rose thing for something down-market and a little rough. Review: In ‘Triple 9,’ an Appealing Cast Can’t Rise Above the Violence 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Sadly, it's doubtful whether Deschamps Ostwald's research, though invaluable, will dislodge or even refine the commonly held view of Schumann's life: talented, sensitive artist can't cope, goes mad, jumps in the river. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z

Meanwhile, some devices aim to refine dabbing into a less messy and intimidating process. Wanna get really high? Take a dab in the world of concentrates 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

For Mr. Sadie, Mr. Jacobs’s “rough and explosive sound” was “alien to the refined and elegant age to which the music belongs.” Ren? Jacobs?s Harmonia Mundi CDs and DVDs 2011-11-20T02:15:30Z

They were also particular, refined and muscular, with their gridded concrete ceilings. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Besides my grandfather, Uncle Stan was always my favorite among the male relatives of that generation: witty, charming, and refined, with a deceptively sweet and gentle way of being sardonic and even, on occasion, sharp-tongued. The True Meaning of Nostalgia 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

“This isn’t just putting it up to put it up. Michael really wants to work on it and refine it.” Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway musical in ‘A Strange Loop’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

She is known for a somewhat refined Surrealistic figurative style, especially in large drawings. The Lower East Side as Petri Dish 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

This journey is for each of us to develop into more refined versions of our self with a capital "S." "A king's ransom": SAG-AFTRA's Fran Drescher calls out "maniacal" Hollywood CEOs for their "greed" 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

Much of the character and her archetypal qualities weren't refined until they were on set shooting. Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z

Hussein Chalayan also worked with panels and a double silhouette in a refined collection that drew on Japanese culture. | Fashion Review: Turning the Gaze Back to the Clothes 2011-03-04T00:33:54Z

To populate a community under extreme duress, van Hove assembles a cast with refined antennae for the story’s tempests and tendernesses. ‘The Crucible’ as you’ve never seen it 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

All that, and they are so much better for you — chock-full of produce, made with whole grain instead of refined, oil instead of butter, and a modest amount of added sugar. Make your mornings glorious with these easy, healthful muffins 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Seo and Ms. Lane are on the understated side: Ms. Seo, willowy and refined, is the epitome of elegance, while Ms. Lane, smaller, even dainty, possesses a vivid expressiveness. Wanted for ‘Don Q’: 2 Ballerinas, Experience and Comic Skills a Plus 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

Inspired by camp houses and his own family’s outdoor gatherings, stylist Scott Martin created a look that beautifully blends the rustic with the refined. Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece 2011-11-10T22:50:04.523Z

In most cases, Vetsch has not only smoothed out the wrinkles of dishes he inherited, he’s refined them and made them more attractive. Bistrot Lepic review: The Georgetown bistro will make you forget 14th Street 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

He was talented, cooking elaborate and refined meals for Virginia's gentry. Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Their last season at City Center, in December 2019, was exhausting — not that you would have known by their dancing: refined, impassioned and, as always, vibrating with life. Two Ailey Stars Will Now Turn Their Focus to Baby Steps 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

As any good scientist knows, there will always be questions to hone, theories to refine, and techniques to perfect. Pop neuroscience is bunk! 2013-06-08T15:30:00Z

Art both refines and connects, bridging the chasm between our solipsism and the world. Review | Phillips Collection is turning 100 and showing what future of classic museums can be 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

The second is the corresponding authenticity of Helena’s emotions about her father, painfully revisited and refined as she tracks him. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Fleck’s concerto, “Night Flight Over Water,” proved such a satisfying experience for both sides as they refined the piece that everyone wanted more. Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider join for Seattle concert Feb. 4 2014-01-30T20:25:30Z

But ideally, that means refining it, not just repeating it. New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Indeed, this compact, jam-packed hybrid -- which travels to La Mirada after its Burbank run -- may be the Troubies’ most refined synthesis of artistic mission and subversive attack yet. 'ABBAMEMNON' a fun, jam-packed hybrid 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

“He was always refining his music, which provided the order in a life that was in every other respect chaotic,” Vincent Canby wrote in his 1976 Times review of the film. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and the Soul Train Awards 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

The conductor Bertrand de Billy refined the score’s occasionally astringent harmonies and piquant climaxes. Review: Poulenc’s Nuns, United by Faith, Return to the Met 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

Working on Haydn helped me tremendously to refine the early Beethoven period. Celebrating Beethoven’s Birthday by Not Playing Beethoven 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

The central goal of the new master plan, its main urban and civic idea, is to extend and refine this evolution, ultimately turning the station into a transportation hub in the round. Metro's Union Station master plan a significant shift 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Anchored by its historic cathedral, Milan is a modern, time-is-money metropolis of refined tastes. Historic hits in Italy’s most mod city 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

You can detect traces in “Gesualdo” of the refined textures favored by the spectralists and also their preoccupation with single notes. Prince, Killer and Composer,' Gesualdo' Inspires Sound and Fury 2010-10-19T11:30:00Z

Art houses have been more proactive about reaching out to their communities, Bernard says, but they should take this time to refine those efforts even more. Perspective | With the theatrical movie business in peril, art houses might hold the key to survival 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

And she has not even begun to refine her ideas. T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z

Metallic finishes throughout add more refined touches, and an industrial-style chandelier is the focal point in the entryway. London Gets a Chic New Wine Bar 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

This is a reined-in kind of drawing, not lines looping in space but a surface completely worked over in ways both random and refined. Art Review: ‘David Smith: The Forgings’ at Gagosian Gallery 2014-01-02T21:55:28Z

That infinitely refined process is the aesthetic behind the Rockettes and their precision dancing. Perspective | The Rockettes, still kicking after 85 years. Here’s why we love them. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

In this country they’ve refined it to a subtlety beyond belief.” In ‘Italian Ways,’ Tim Parks Again Tries to Explain Italy 2013-06-07T21:25:53Z

Social Eating House does not aspire to be a Pollen Street Social; the idea here is refined food in a funky atmosphere. Choice Tables : London’s West End, a Stage for Good Eating 2014-02-13T22:55:59Z

This capacity to draw inspiration from different genres was fundamental in the development of his career and unlike the sesquipedalian Lezama Lima, author of the masterpiece Paradiso, Piñera combined Cuban vernacular with more refined language. A hundred years of Virgilio Piñera, l'enfant terrible of Cuban literature 2012-08-03T17:09:31Z

The violist Meredith Treaster was soulful yet refined in Donald Crockett’s “to airy thinness beat,” and appropriately rough and folksy in the second of its three movements. New-Music Performances Open the MoMA Summergarden Series 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

A paradigm of refined comic exaggeration, Elizabeth Stanley is Claire de Loon, the anthropologist who finds her perfect primitive man in Ozzy. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

More refined surroundings harmonize with the refinements in the productions. Review | Mean girls are at home in Ghana, too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

That said, with excellent acting across the board and irrefutable topicality, “Watching O.J.” is, though still refining, largely respectable. In 'Watching O.J.,' verdict day still resonates onstage 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

But Robuchon took this simple idea and refined and enriched and ennobled it. What Joël Robuchon Meant for French Cooking 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

Both are refined dancers who let technique speak for itself. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ Returns to American Ballet Theater 2013-06-18T19:59:17Z

In Act 2 the company's refined classicism couldn’t offset major dramatic lapses. Missteps aside, Los Angeles Ballet brings new life to 'Giselle' 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

Stellar meals can also be had at the new Gold Cash Gold, occupying a converted pawnshop in the Corktown neighborhood and serving refined Southern classics. A Creative Renaissance Breathes New Life into Detroit 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Rural Studio trains Auburn University students to design highly refined buildings for poor communities, mostly in west Alabama. On a Design Mission in Mississippi 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

The strings-only orchestra, often reduced from the full number of stands, was lush and refined. Guest conductor sets a fast tempo for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dibble, a former dancer with the Royal Ballet, is a wonderfully refined classical technician. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z

Also like his grandfather, Mr. Elkann has a refined appreciation of value. The Europe Issue : How I Fell for Milan 2011-04-15T18:55:00Z

He is considered, verbose, dapper, charming, mysterious, vain, pretentious, aphoristic, arrogant, refined and absolutely catastrophic. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

TNT is almost certainly relying on 1980s nostalgia to bring in viewers for Dallas, rather than a refined appreciation of histrionic family sagas. Dallas set for comeback with JR at the helm 2011-02-02T17:35:45Z

A list equally as long could be compiled for Benmont Tench, a keyboardist who has refined the ability to say the most with the least, but let’s start with “Running Down a Dream.” Tom Petty at United Center: The stealth protest singer 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

We refined, purified, cleared away for her face. Hubert de Givenchy on Audrey Hepburn 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Then that gets sculpted and refined, and we add layers of paint and texture — veins, freckles, hair. How ‘I’m a Virgo’ Pulled Off Old-School Movie Magic 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Speaking of the cabin, it may be the most refined interior ever crafted by Cadillac. Cadillac Debuts the Sharp 2014 ELR Electric Coupe 2014-01-20T05:00:00Z

At Celine, she pared down and refined, ushering in a minimalism that wasn’t dull or austere but cozy and comforting. What Is Lost in Hedi Slimane’s Celine 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

After dropping out of college, Fonda picked up acting in his hometown, Omaha, taking lessons from Marlon Brando’s mother, Dorothy, while Stewart refined his craft as an architecture student at Princeton, his father’s alma mater. Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Seen Inside and Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Eating more whole grains instead of refined grains is a good move for your heart, and whether they contain gluten or not is up to you. Perspective | Want a verdict on gluten-free diets? You won’t find it in a study. 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

And here we are, occupying the refined urban island right in the center of it. What to do in Washington’s national parks, from hikes, to drives, to multi-day adventures 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Because even though Amy has the upper hand, it is Emily who seems like the gracious hostess in their shared scenes, operating according to refined social instincts that never quite abandoned her. | 'Wings': The Shadows of an Airborne Life 2010-10-25T03:00:00Z

After these “table reads” Morgan refines and reworks, or the direction of travel might change mid-flow. Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

He tailors and refines reggaeton and other beats to suit her voice; he also strives to match her ambitions. Karol G’s Songs Conquered the World. On a New LP, She Reveals Herself. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

It incorporates new science on multiple food ingredients and nutrients; does not penalize total fat or focus on saturated fat; and gives negative points for processing and refined carbs. Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

As the schooner made its easterly approach to the island, Lennon was anxious, no doubt, to begin his sojourn in the sun and to refine many of his most personal and heartfelt compositions. John Lennon sailed to Bermuda through a storm, "screaming sea shanties and shouting at the gods" 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

Later the artists would begin to refine the proportions and physical features as the story became more set. Pixar’s ‘Brave’: How the Character Merida Was Developed 2012-06-17T02:33:01Z

An aspiring artist and writer, he also wears his hair long, but with his delicate features and refined air, he is often mistaken for a girl. Review: A House Car? For ‘Microbe and Gasoline,’ It’s Freedom 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

The chefs sampled oysters at 5 a.m., cheeses at 6 a.m. and a refined version of tête de veau for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. | Club des Chefs des Chefs 2012-07-27T19:59:55Z

It’s clear Raheem spent the past three years refining its sound and it’s rewarding to hear that evolution so clearly. Radio Raheem finds its identity, and performs for a cause 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

The book reorients our perspective, distills a life and brings it into focus — the very work of revision and refining that its subject loved best. What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

Later on, switch to soft tailoring for a more refined look. Shopping Snapshots: April 25 2013-04-24T20:13:20Z

Isabelle describes her husband’s creations as “refined, authentic, simple haute cuisine”. 10 of the best foodie retreats in rural France 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

At the grande dame of Durban hotels, the refined colonial-style Oyster Box, a major draw is the popular curry buffet. In Durban, South Africa, 13 Curry Stops in 5 Days 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

As they head into their Cherry Lane run, they were continuing to refine the script, working in moments where they could interact with audience members or find places to improvise. In ‘Oh, Hello,’ Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Have a Stage Senior Moment 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Kang’s first album review ever in The New York Times described the disc as “gorgeous” and “serious, refined music.” Eyvind Kang: Prolific musician searches for spiritual sustenance 2013-02-28T23:06:23Z

“They are on the front lines of human drama,” Buckland writes, “witnessing and preserving bodies in motion, the refined gesture, the thrill of victory and the despair in defeat.” Images that preserve the triumph, heartbreak and thrill of athletic competition 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Rent,” based on Puccini’s “La Boheme,” has a challengingly slippery plot to begin with: Perhaps Larson would have refined the structure had he lived to see his show’s official opening. Perspective | ‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent: Live’ could break us up. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

But although we knew it was coming, the audience could not have predicted the extent of the white-hot rage lurking behind Hannibal Lecter's refined disguise. Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z

More skin is revealed: diamond-cut dresses in black and white silk organza, or the unfettered summer look of a black eyelet shirt over one of those clingy elliptical skirts, suddenly refined in jet black. Fashion Review: At Givenchy, Coming Up for Air, and Taking a Step Forward 2012-10-02T00:26:10Z

I don’t think they are; they are revisiting, refining and expanding on their visual, intellectual and moral ideas. Recycled Films and Bitsy Screens 2011-05-22T00:43:01Z

Frankenthaler, who died last year, was known for having refined a technique of pouring pigment directly onto canvas laid on the floor, an approach developed by Jackson Pollock. Inside Art: Getty Institute Buys Knoedler Gallery Archive 2012-10-18T19:48:31Z

He’s not trying to refine Ethiopian cooking as much as he’s honoring it with quality ingredients, the hallmark of every good chef. Review | The 10 best Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington area 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

This week, the Harvard School of Public Health released its findings on the cost difference between a diet “rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts” and one “rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains.” What the latest fight about healthy food is missing 2013-12-06T20:41:00Z

And, as his Tchaikovsky showed, he is capable of refined music making. Music: Two Young Pianists, Forging Connections 2010-02-25T22:49:00Z

Pop off the skis, head into Manzanita restaurant and warm yourself by the open fire before dipping into refined yet hearty continental dishes made with local ingredients. What to Do in Lake Tahoe 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

He has refined this concept in his capacity as a professor at San Francisco State University, where he directs the world music and dance program. New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z

She has forged a bond with Tyler Angle — like his brother Jared, a refined and redoubtable partner — that is deepening her command of each ballet’s poetry. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z

In New York, the cote de porc a la “shake & bake” at the new Bistro Pierre Lapin weighs in at about a pound of refined nostalgia. Perspective | In an era of excessive food waste, a plea to restaurants: Cut down your portions 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

He also seems aware that he has to continually refine what is modern while balancing it against the demands of an established label. Fashion Review: The Cavalry Can?t Save Them 2010-03-06T03:11:00Z

Meanwhile, Seven-Eleven is refining its coffee further with a process called husking to remove the silverskin layer that carries a bitter and rancid taste. Japan's Java wars: Convenience stores angle for coffee market crown 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

And he said he’s still refining the process. Ink Rx? Welcome to the World of Paramedical Tattoos 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

She and Man Ray refine it together and call it “solarization,” signing their names beneath a print of her face in profile. Review | Lee Miller was more than Man Ray’s muse 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Not only is the food refined and authentic, it’s also affordable for the area. At Home in Bangkok 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

A wealthy commoner, he craves acceptance by those highborn and dedicates himself to learning their refined pastimes, like fencing and dancing the minuet. Review: Rich, Crude and Craving Acceptance in 17th-Century France 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

A variety of cuisines will be included, "from rustic to refined," Posen said. A bigger, badder DKNY and black and white at Vera Wang 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Magnificently refined in his prime, sloppier in his later years. Mysteries of a Venetian Perfectionist Revealed in Washington 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

In the first half, Strauss's most refined tone poem, Don Quixote, took a little while to gather the measured momentum and pristine exactness its neoclassical undertones demand. LSO/Previn ? review 2011-01-18T22:31:01Z

Inside, ceiling frescoes, walls finished with marmorino plaster, and rustic parquetry floors lend a refined but cozy atmosphere. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Think of Doha as the refined, relaxed cousin to ostentatious Dubai. Instead of luxurious, bustling Dubai, try underrated Doha 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Back then it was just a novel chemical compound like any other: innocent, newly refined, culturally neutral, stripped of any meaning, its future bright and still full of promise. An Anatomy of Addiction: When Two Brilliant Minds Met a "Miracle Drug" 2011-08-05T10:30:00Z

He anticipated their refined sense of beauty before they were even born. Baby, it's cold outside: art's best nativity scenes 2012-12-24T08:00:04Z

Mr. Armani said that he had always admired “the captivating culture and the refined sense of aesthetic” of Japan and that he was “profoundly moved by the tragic events unleashed by the earthquake last March.” Special Report: Fashion: Armani's Homage 2011-07-05T17:09:19Z

Hillary Clinton was tapped to right the United States’ foreign policy, Samantha Power to refine its humanitarian goals. After “Lean In,” the road to workplace equality 2013-09-17T11:43:00Z

Outside investment last year has allowed them to expand into new categories like knitwear, and to refine their offerings to better suit reality. Fashion Review: Jason Wu, Rag & Bone and Suno Show at New York Fashion Week 2014-02-10T00:14:58Z

By doing so, it conveys Mollino’s spirit: iconoclastic, uncompromising, seductive, refined and more than a little devilish. Design: The 'Diabolic' Carlo Mollino, Reanimated 2011-09-23T18:30:08Z

Mr. Horowitz revived that idea and refined its focus in “Falla and Flamenco” on Saturday afternoon and evening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, this time with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Performances at the 92nd Street Y and the Brooklyn Academy 2010-04-20T22:44:00Z

The program she assembled, songs by Debussy and his circle, was refined and cohesive. Review: A Rising French Singer Makes a Delicately Brilliant Debut 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

In truth it embraces bohemia in a very refined, very Swedish way, vintage hat stores and jewellery shops mixing with chilled-out cafes. Coffee and calories in chilly Gothenburg 2010-12-18T00:06:48Z

Anyone concerned that there are no new ways to say old things should consult Pusha T, who dutifully wakes up every day and refines refreshing approaches to rapping about the spoils of the drug trade. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The tavern pours a kind of refined Puerto Rican moonshine called Pitorro from Port Morris Distillery next door, also a partner in the tavern. Gun Hill Tavern Opens in the Bronx 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

There’s a marvelous contrast between his build and his manners: he’s stocky, with powerful legs, but his manner is courteous and refined. Critic’s Notebook: American Ballet Theater Presents ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 2013-07-07T21:18:29Z

Inside, a grand double staircase was replaced by a single one, windows and doors were redesigned, and more refined and proportional moldings were installed. James Burrows 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

With instruments and choir dominating, this “Solomon” was more refined than immediately vivid — understated even amid all the score’s pomp. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Upstairs a series of large color photographs of cloudy, sometimes sunset-tinted skies restate at a higher pitch the tensions between high and low tech and primitive and refined. Art in Review: JIM HODGES 2011-11-17T22:17:54Z

This behavior was refined in the theaters of 18th- and 19th-century France, where the term “claque” — from the phrase “to clap” — was coined. Designated Cheering Spectators Thrive at the Bolshoi Theater 2013-08-14T21:19:18Z

After receiving his master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1930s, he traveled around the world refining his aesthetic sense and gathering new ideas. George Nakashima exhibit unveils the grain of a true craftsman 2012-09-20T20:51:06Z

Although its mechanics are refined, the appeal of its essentially brain dead nature depends very much on you. This week's new games 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

The Oscar outlook will be further refined by nominations Wednesday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Thursday for the Golden Globes. Clooney's 'Descendants' leads LA critics awards 2011-12-11T23:22:15Z

Quilts soon caught her eye, quilts in which traditional patterns were interpreted in unique ways, quilts in which the artistic vision included a refined sense of color and abstraction. Everyday materials made extraordinary: Southern quilts at BAM 2012-06-27T20:39:03Z

In February of this year, Anne Klein unveiled a more refined collection of shoes and handbags — constructed from leather, not PVC, with more discreet embellishments and more modern proportions. Can a faded fashion house reclaim its 1970s glory? Inside the effort to save Anne Klein. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Browne’s vision of a nun’s habit is austere and refined and incorporates black mink. Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Over time, though, highly refined penmanship styles, visual equivalents to the cadences of the spoken word, were designed specifically for the Quran, and masters of those styles were revered as cultural stars. ‘The Art of the Qur’an,’ a Rare Peek at Islam’s Holy Text 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

This four-star hotel offers a gourmet restaurant highlighting refined dishes crafted from local, seasonal ingredients. Once war-torn, Slovenia has become a green retreat 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

“We cannot make the mistake with Romans of supposing that they were refined, like the Greeks they envied and imitated,” he writes near the end of this volume. Books of The Times: ?Rome,? a Personal History by Robert Hughes - Review 2011-11-21T23:26:49Z

You’ll find the barbarity of “Assassins,” distilled by Sondheim’s refined sense of the absurd, a weirdly enjoyable dive into crazy. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Whole grains are more satisfying than refined ones. Shrink the ‘window of eating,’ and maybe I’ll shrink, too 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

It resides in the way that we speak, in the ideas that get refined and reworked and encoded in ordinary words until they seem harmless enough. What Normalization Means 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Describing the process as “simple,” he quickly got to work refining the nuances, improving only a single cue before the first session. What It Was Like to Compose the Rogue One Score in Four Weeks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Schenkkan constantly refined a large amount of material to get to the heart of Johnson and the "bare-knuckle struggle" that culminated in the 1964 Civil Rights Bill and his battle for re-election. Actor Bryan Cranston steps into LBJ's shoes for Broadway debut 2014-01-22T22:54:08Z

But Madeleine’s cooking, I would discover, is just what I found in most French homes, more rustic or refined, depending on the household, but the same traditional dishes, the same casual, economical, uncomplicated approach. I thought French cuisine was the height of precision. My mother-in-law taught me an easier way. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

The courses, refined and restrained, seem designed with food critics in mind. Review | In Richmond, two new enchanting reasons to drive and dine 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

Produced by Lee Townsend, it’s a casually refined collaboration that takes advantage of both musicians’ versatility. Music Review: Enjoying the Quiet Pleasures of a Meeting of Minds 2011-06-07T21:45:26Z

Pretty and refined, Anika is from a privileged family and hasn’t experienced hard life of the streets like Lucious and Cookie. How to catch up with … Empire 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

There was nothing that was refined and understated. Styles Q+A: Ivanka Trump, Never Far From the Family Name 2013-08-30T20:33:31Z

The director, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, interviews only the lawyers and judges and generals who helped to create and then refine the laws, enforced by the military on a civilian population. Movie Review: ‘The Law in These Parts,’ Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s Documentary 2012-11-13T23:03:10Z

A conversation can be had – a decision made, a plan refined – in a matter of minutes, no matter where in the world the two parties happen to be. From me, with love: the lost art of letter writing 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

Whenever I'm in London or Paris and everything is refined, for some reason I feel like a cowboy. Queens Of The Stone Age: Josh Homme comes back from the brink 2013-06-01T05:00:01Z

But mostly, Wilmore’s distinctly refined, diplomatic air comes from his style and delivery. Larry Wilmore’s big night: Late night’s elder statesman steps up in tonight’s career-defining role 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

But her rugged father and refined mother wanted more than just a rural life for their precocious daughter, and that led to another toughening experience. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Quiet, gracious, white-tablecloth dining is hard to come by anymore, but you’ll find it here, enhanced by superior service and chef/owner Holly Smith’s refined Northern Italian cuisine. 18 love songs, movies and more to set a Valentine’s Day mood 2014-02-13T01:20:35Z

Now, it’s hard to understand it any other way than an act of refined generosity. Eyehategod Maintains Hopelessness and Rage in Lyrics 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Ha refined Ellis’s appearance, modeling him after Muhammad Ali. A Black Superman? It’s Happened, and Could Again. 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

Compact, if conceptually substantial, it opens with a couple of 19th-century vases that embody the Arts and Crafts ethic of investing utilitarian objects with value through handwork and refined, nature-inspired imagery. Feat of clay 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

But why should sushi be respected only in the most refined of environments, when the bill invites vertigo? At Daigo Hand Roll Bar, Sushi Looks to Its Humble, Glorious Roots 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

"Then, hopefully, find a time next year – along with postproduction of the second part of the Hobbit – to shoot Tintin 2 for two years, after which I'll work to refine the images of the film." Peter Jackson plans Tintin 2 for 2015 2012-12-13T11:50:58Z

Turned upside-down, each diamond is set within a hexagonal shape that reinforces the geometry of each stone, "transforming it into something refined, delicate and precious," Zuckerman says. | Eva Fehren's Tennis Bracelet 2012-11-20T20:09:47Z

The fourth was refining our new technique to fabricate these large structures, which is basically making flat panels and heat forming it in an oven. An 8,000-Pound Tribute to the Power of the Beehive 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

He oscillates, as David Nevins, the chief executive of Showtime, noted, between “more brutal and more refined.” Liev Schreiber, the Reluctant Rake 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

These are the basic elements of Martin’s art, and it took time, about 45 years, for her to find and refine them. The Joy of Reading Between Agnes Martin’s Lines 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Many of the builders didn't have much experience constructing Baroque architecture, having instead created sets for less refined endeavors such as "Survivor" and "The Price Is Right," which tape just a few doors away. L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

What we do know about maple syrup these days is its huge growth, driven by consumers who are looking for natural sweeteners and moving away from refined sugar and corn syrup. Vermont’s maple syrup business is booming, thanks to technology and changing tastes 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

As he refines his torments, the show further unpeels the characters. Review: In Season 2, ‘The Good Place’ Blows Itself Up, Hilariously 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

It was only when he came back to California that he decided to live the musician's life and refine his ideas for Cayucas. New band of the day - Cayucas (No 1,410) 2012-12-05T16:46:35Z

She throws around words like “sophisticated” and “refined” in outlining cats’ personalities as well, both real and pretend. Inside the Colorado Mansion where the kittens of BDSM run wild 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

Yet drawing transparent, glowing playing from the orchestra, Mr. Nézet-Séguin had this score seeming not just refined, but musically significant. Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

The cast members are as crude and as refined as they need to be, though a few bits of physical comedy are stretched past the breaking point. Review: ‘39 Steps,’ Frenetic Thriller Spoof, Rises Again 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

He mastered the bromoil process early on and later developed and refined his own techniques for lighting, multiple exposures and the like. 'American Grotesque' resurrects William Mortensen's photos 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

While Vail or Whistler provide a more refined winter vacation experience, Revy, as the locals call it, is wild and untamed. The search for pure, untouched powder at three Canadian ski resorts 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

In this programme with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, he occasionally lacked the kind of spontaneity that can kick-start the band into top gear, but generally the playing he drew was streamlined and refined. SCO/Benjamin – review 2013-04-29T17:48:32Z

When we talk about reducing intake of refined carbohydrates, think first of sweets that are eaten alone before you cut the staple carbohydrates that are often served with vegetables, arguably the healthiest core food group. Why it's time to stop hating on pasta 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

Multiple efforts to depict the discovery of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes are included, and taken together they suggest four different vectors of imagination, not a single process of refining. Review | A Rubens exhibition asks: Are first thoughts best? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

While its outward play of thrusting white concrete provides the lasting image, the building's interior is no less refined. Has Preston bus station reached the end of the road? 2012-12-17T10:39:47Z

The marinade strikes a bold sweet-salty-savory-spicy balance without the heaps of refined sugar found in many like it. Mango and chicken meet, marry well and happiness ensues 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

For those who prefer a more refined respite, Bargemusic in Brooklyn is offering free admission to several afternoon classical music concerts. Weekend Miser: Urban Camping, Bargemusic, Museum Mile Festival 2010-06-03T22:18:00Z

But a list is about culling, refining, refraining from the temptation to throw 25 titles at readers. One More for the Road: Mary Pols? Top 10 Films of 2011 2011-12-30T14:20:36Z

While Mr. Sternberg does casual well, Mr. Ervell excels at refining the same sportswear looks each season: a trim navy suit, a belted poncho, a windbreaker and a simple sweatshirt. Fashion Review: Wrapping Men in New Colors for Spring 2010-09-13T21:43:00Z

In the fourth movement these elements return in a more domesticated form, colored by some beautifully refined writing for winds. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

A vision of both human civilization at its most celestial and human energy at its most brilliantly refined, it’s one of the most exalted peaks of Balanchine’s idea of classical style. Even Balanchine’s Arithmetic Contains Drama 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

The camera could help one see both beauty and ugliness in the world, refining our sense of both social and artistic vision. Review | Dorothea Lange used photography to make an ugly world beautiful. She used words to give that beauty meaning. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Now the London-based private club Soho House has refined that formula by opening up its new Miami Beach branch to visitors who stay in one of its 50 guest rooms. Hotel Review: Soho Beach House, Miami Beach, Fla. 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z

Detective fiction, as conceived by Edgar Allan Poe and refined by Arthur Conan Doyle, was originally a celebration of the powers of the individual, idiosyncratic mind. Television: Idris Elba Flirts With Demons in ?Luther,? on BBC America 2011-09-28T20:31:05Z

Soon there would be shades of lipstick to test and dance moves to refine and dialogue to alter. Tina Satter Readies the Stage for ‘Ancient Lives’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

And, he says, it doesn’t require formal training or growing up in a refined environment, although that certainly might lay the groundwork. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

I had begun my research across the street, at a branch of the chain Atelier Cologne, which, though its wares are made in France, looks nothing like my ideal of a refined French parfumerie. Critical Shopper: Shopping at New Brooklyn Perfume Stores: Atelier Cologne and Twisted Lily 2014-04-15T21:45:24Z

Although there was a whiff of vintage in caftans, palazzo pants and patchwork dresses, as well as the models' floppy tams, the pieces were too refined for such a threadbare category. On the Runway Blog: Chanel: Giving Some Soul 2012-07-03T21:43:43Z

Here he proved an elegant and intelligent musician with a refined and resourceful technique. was so drawn to this work that he wrote elaborate cadenzas for the first and third movements, which most pianists play. Music Review: At Mostly Mozart, Osmo Vanska and Antti Siirala 2010-08-15T22:23:00Z

He has been refining his presence and making noise about his Trump dynasty for years. Edward James Olmos unloads on “dangerous” Donald: “Trump is the worst-case scenario for this country” 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

Look, high-temperature refining may lead to more potentially carcinogenic contaminants, according to the European Food Safety Authority, but it doesn’t necessarily think it’s unsafe. Deconstructed Nutella: nuts, cocoa – and 58% sugar 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

This book refines her teaching into a cogent programme – with exercises, charts, the lot. Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z

For many people, telling this tale is as close as they will get to understanding how a comedian’s set, refined through repetition, can’t help but blur the line between truth and fiction. Can Daniel Kitson Redefine the Relationship Between Comic and Audience? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson refined and extended the process he developed for “John Somebody” in several subsequent works. Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

Reviewers and interviewers often describe Newton as “refined” or “delicate”. Thandie Newton: ‘I wake up angry – there’s a lot to be angry about’ 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

The most refined dish is the duck consommé, its heady layers of flavor teased from dashi and wonton broth, a clear liquid canvas for delicious hats of duck pasta. Review | In a hip new hotel, Brothers and Sisters makes a stylish splash 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

At this point you can imagine Frey developing a more and more refined realism, but instead she went the other way, toward robust, archetypal simplification. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z

He’s refined and enjoys the sumptuous pleasures of life. The Blacklist: America’s Next Top Wicked Genius 2013-09-23T09:45:36Z

All of the exhibits were made in the last five years, at a time when digital art and design have become more aesthetically refined and intellectually challenging. Design: London Portrays Past and Future of Digital Art 2009-12-14T11:34:00Z

He had a growing list of things to refine: the set’s paint job, the lighting, the layering of a party scene’s crowded action. The Met Opera Spirits ‘Rigoletto’ to ‘Babylon Berlin’ 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

The show is raising eyebrows in the refined city ahead of its premier on Monday night. South Carolina reality TV series raises eyebrows in polite society 2014-03-02T18:05:59Z

These, he explained, were his heroes: the doctors responsible for developing and refining cleft surgery. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Like the creep in real life, the creepy critic is an imitator of good habits, trying to channel his obsessive interests or his raw enjoyment into refined, intellectually respectable forms. The Age of Creepiness 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

His humor was mordant, with a refined sense of the absurd, but never cruel. Denis Johnson’s Generosity 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

He characterizes them as "rather intellectual and refined" vintners who were "seeking the expression of the fruit and stone — not the expression of modern oenology." A New Generation of Mediterranean Wines 2010-07-21T10:15:00Z

He went on to become known for striking musicality, accessibility, an often eccentric sense of humor and a refined, at times highly technical use of everyday movement. The Paul Taylor Company Without Paul Taylor 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

He refined the brand’s aesthetic, removed flashy labels, and brought an emphasis back to quality and craftsmanship. Look inside Bottega Veneta’s sleek new Boston boutique 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

But it was incredibly exciting to set loose your inner 14-year-old and to refine it, because being 14 is not all fun. James Cameron and the Cast of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Hold Their Breath 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

Over the years, he has refined his filmmaking, honing the way that he tells stories, how he organizes cinematic time and space. ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

Actually, he’s in search of something a little more refined and less modish. Music Review: The Old-School Style, Unafraid to Be Imperfect 2010-11-19T22:45:00Z

That meant refining the track list to favor uplifting songs and limit his more confrontational political music. Chris Blackwell Is Music’s Quietest ‘Record Man.’ His Artists Speak Loudly. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

His crusade against the tyranny of the 9-5 would refine its social component to shed the hangups about manliness, and the economic stakes would rise considerably over the following decades. Office Space at 20: how the comedy spoke to an anxious workplace 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Finding the perfect balance between the two is still something I'm refining every single day. Jacob Aron on science writing: 'Analogies are like forklift trucks' 2013-04-15T06:29:00Z

The only genre that he works in now is the one he’s been refining for decades, with its smooth and jagged edges, blessed and beautiful women, soulful meditations and eruptions of violence. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Both letters were written in refined cursive and were dated May 11, 1867. She found handwritten letters from her enslaved ancestor: ‘I’m just blown away’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

McQueen found black synthetic fabrics that imitate plastic and bubble wrapping for three suave ensembles, although the more you look at them, the more refined and less like garbage bags they seem. Art Review: ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture,’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2013-05-09T20:07:09Z

Every time I presented the show, I found ways to refine it. John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

On my first morning, I stepped onto sand as refined as cake flour and walked barefoot for miles. Despite the Caribbean country’s name, Turks and Caicos is not a duo like Batman and Robin 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

"At 17 she was described as being a very beautiful, very refined lady – not that this was what Day wanted." Author unveils the story of real Prof Higgins and Eliza Doolittle 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z

Thirty-odd albums later, Hamilton still eases his way around the same dance – with an ever more refined skill that makes it increasingly irrelevant whether his materials are dated or not. This week's new live music 2011-01-01T00:05:40Z

Patrick Grant of E. Tautz, the impeccably stylish tailoring label celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, offered refined classics with a twist, like a taupe, dual-pocketed bomber in nylon with matching shorts. The Best Things We Saw and Heard During London Fashion Week Men’s 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Worrell’s varied repertoire of keyed instruments included the electric organ, harpsichord, melodica and clavinet, but his style seemed always to contain a bit of that inexplicable style he helped refine: funk. Bernie Worrell, keyboardist and songwriter for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 72 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Greeley says contemporary exterior design is “polished, refined. There’s zero compromise in aesthetics.” The new American status symbol: A backyard that’s basically a fancy living room 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

No, I’m not opposed to refined sugar and heavy cream the way he is. Bouley in TriBeCa Still Goes Its Own Way, Seductively 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

At the new Bellemore, diners in the West Loop are treated not just to refined food and glamorous design, but the kind of pretension-free dining that characterizes Chicago’s vibrant restaurant scene. 36 Hours in Chicago 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

My preference is refined coconut oil, which is solid at cool room temperature. Sourdough cider doughnuts put everyone in the fall spirit 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

Over the next two decades, Cline’s work in narcotics helped refine the city’s approach toward investigating drug sales and trafficking. Hundreds honor ailing former cop boss 2011-08-14T22:42:00Z

Musicology and musical performance are more closely linked — musicians often work with musicologists to refine and unveil new critical editions of composers’ scores, for instance. Perspective | Women give voice to a male canon. It happens to be ancient Greek. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

His refined, surgically precise performance ticks off seventh leaps, endless passaggio singing, clean runs and, in “Phrase,” a pianississimo high B flat. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

I oversee the chefs, help create dishes and refine existing dishes and manage food cost and inventory. A candid discussion with a semi-finalist for a James Beard Award for Best Chef Southeast 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

Even the vehement moments of his works are refined. Music Review: Damien Top and Linda Hall at Symphony Space 2012-09-10T02:23:04Z

Paul Musco, a founder of Gemini Industries, a precious metals refining company in Santa Ana, is a vice chairman of Los Angeles Opera’s board. Placido Domingo, Deborah Voigt to headline opening of Chapman's new arts center 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Venture capital infusions enabled the company to hire dozens of employees, crunch data and refine a mobile app in advance of cannabis turning fully legal this month. Pot entrepreneur and ex-felon fights for black role in California's budding industry 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

“There, I think that it is possible to enter those conversations safely, or maybe an even better word is with love. I think that’s how communities refine and stick to each other.” At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Choua’s chefs spend up to three hours kneading a refined flour dough that’s eventually smoothed into a skin to wrap around a meaty filling. “A lot of people in this area used to go to New York” for Shanghai soup dumplings. “Now they can stay here.” 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

It’s modern, but done in such a refined and elegant way. A priest, a prince and a bird-catcher walk into an opera: ‘Magic Flute’ returns to Seattle 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

This is a book to revisit regularly for comforting food, seasonal inspiration and to refine your cooking techniques. The Best Cookbooks of 2021 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

“It’s familiar, and it has a refined feel to it,” she says. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

This very large orchestra not only played with ferocious spirit and genuine personality, but it also produced refined performances notable for credible polish. National Youth Orchestra is sensational at Disney Hall 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Black declined to share a copy of the script, saying he was still refining it. Illuminating California?s Proposition 8 Trial, Onstage 2011-07-17T21:45:22Z

Despite the rumbling buzz surrounding this comic who has refined his skills for nine years, first in Chicago and then New York, obscure dance companies have been reviewed more often in the mainstream press. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z

Sometimes, the top of the heap is dusted with stark white powdered sugar, rendering the cake an ideal mix of rustic and refined. The autumnal apple stack cake is rich in flavor and Appalachian folklore 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z

It is a refined, restrained and sometimes breathtakingly beautiful response to the poem. Review: In Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Song of Songs’ the Beloved Is Beauty 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z

“They pay attention to new technical developments, to the highest level of finishing and decoration, to refined aesthetics.” Special Report: Watches: Tourbillon Returns, Defying Economic Gravity 2011-01-16T22:30:18Z

A former Los Angeles boutique owner and stylist, Hillary Rush took over her father’s two-decade-old clothing store three years ago and refined its women’s and men’s wear to reflect her fashion sense. Deep in the Berkshires, Housewares and High Fashion 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

These compendiums of longing are not tossed together like salad but edited and refined to reflect what we’re consuming now. The art of holiday catalogues: Selling the $300 ax you never knew you wanted 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

New York, so fabulously full of so many kinds of refined high art, needs a museum dedicated to the great D.I.Y. low of the folk and outsider kind. Critic's Notebook: Preserving the American Folk Art Museum?s Place in New York 2011-09-19T12:00:00Z

The two dancers, as they echo and repeat and refine each other's moves, develop a relationship that becomes cheerful, wry and sweetly pragmatic. Richard Alston Dance Company 2010-06-17T20:30:00Z

One of the main culprits for weight gain and fatigue is a diet high in refined grains and junk food that is high in calories but low in nutrients. Perspective | Want a verdict on gluten-free diets? You won’t find it in a study. 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Jones declared as he prepared to refine the cast’s work. Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Subtle and refined, “After You” is a modern ballet worth saving. The Best Dance of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Frederick Douglass’s inclusion on the list, Mr. Goodyear writes, was because of his successful exploitation of the new medium in order to create a dignified, strong and refined image to counter racist stereotypes. Museums Special Section: In Washington, 100 Examples of the Epitome of Cool 2014-03-19T20:36:17Z

Browsing online even allows us to refine searches by these characteristics. "Gluten-free water" shows absurdity of trend in labeling what’s absent 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

But his playing was so deliberate in its intentions, alternately refined and feisty, and so intriguing that I was affected and impressed, especially with his engrossing account of “Kreisleriana,” a teeming, craggy Schumann masterpiece. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z

But it is also an elegant piece with a refined French sensibility, a work that looks back, especially to Gluck. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z

“The wall doesn’t look too refined, but it bears the marks of our nation’s long history and culture,” said Cho Si-young of the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, which is in charge of maintaining the fortress. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z

The story glows with enchanting asides and stitches together how Jesus' life and meaning were edited and refined through the ages from contradictory accounts and incongruous translations. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

Most of the products on grocery store shelves, however — think bread, pasta, white rice, bagels, cookies and pastries — are made of refined grains rather than whole grains. A primer on whole grains: What they are, why they’re important and how to find them 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

While a baseball cap would let Nicole Slaven, the owner of Dora, fulfill any legal requirements, she puts on a “mood altering” forest green cloche that she says makes her feel more “polite and refined.” Crowns for Kings and Queens of Coffee Bars 2011-01-11T23:43:40Z

And when early images from “Sonic the Hedgehog” were coldly received, the creators chose to delay release to refine the movie’s effects. ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Review: Fetch Me if You Can 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

But there is an abundance of events throughout the year for sports enthusiasts around the globe, from the British-centric Commonwealth Games to the rough-and-tumble Rugby World Cup Sevens to the refined World Equestrian Games. Where to Watch Sports in 2018 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Currently, she is organizing a road trip across America—a “mobile laboratory,” during which she will test and refine the Human Harp prototype on bridges and other structures all the way to the West Coast. Turning Bridges Into Music 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Her style of hyperlinking in real time matches the hybrid way she works, reifying, refining and recollecting the thoughts that make a person up. The Many Lives of Martine Syms 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Ethan Stiefel is fair, elegant, a superbly refined classicist whose dancing retains an innate purity and clarity of line even in virtuoso display. Dance: Angel Corella and Ethan Stiefel Move on From Ballet Theater 2012-06-29T19:55:43Z

“If you want your space to look a little more refined, a fandelier is a better choice than just a ceiling fan,” she adds. Love your ceiling fan but hate its clunky look? Meet the ‘fandelier.’ 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

“Toy Story 3,” which makes remarkably subtle use of 3-D, also explores a range of cinematic techniques undreamed of in the first two chapters, and refined in recent Pixar films like “Wall-E” and “Up.” | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center 2010-06-17T19:23:00Z

People often sleep in these photos, in fact, or they just sit around in poses of refined languor. William Gedney’s Travels in India 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

While refined coconut oil doesn't have a coconut-y flavor, it still brought something savory to the party. The absolute best way to fry an egg, according to 42 tests 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

Seldes’ voice — low in register, refined in manner — was one that took pride in its training. Marian Seldes: Her life and career were a master class 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

And the pianist skillfully refined his touch to convey Beethoven’s chaotic outbursts or reflect his withdrawals into solemn introspection. John O’Conor performs at Catholic University for International Piano Festival

Throughout the run of “The Myopia” the producer and director helped me refine my performance. In His Own Words: David Greenspan, Actor and Playwright 2010-03-26T16:28:00Z

Artists of color are celebrated and several presentations focus on older artists, trying to refine old narratives and biases. The Independent, More Inclusive Than Ever 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Behind the magic of each piece is a highly refined piece of technology. Random International installs torrential rain in Barbican gallery 2012-10-03T13:05:23Z

Now in her early 30s, Ms. DeVille has been exhibiting in the city for nearly a decade and developing increasingly refined and cogent forms of sculpture and installation. Artists in Residence Display Work at Studio Museum in Harlem 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Gone were corsets and the parasols that shielded refined ladies’ delicate complexions from the sun. Review | A look back at the elegant highs and the wartime lows of the French Riviera 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

And, of course, poor "redneck" girls are supposed to know they can't really "compete" with more refined, wealthy girls of the world. Here comes Honey Boo Boo's surprising home-truth 2012-08-13T17:25:43Z

For the cover, we tried to find a mix of the classic and the contemporary, the refined and the doodled. R. Sikoryak’s “Get the Picture” 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

For Ms. Chavkin, each iteration of the show has been a chance to try to refine her vision — recasting, restaging, rethinking. Her ‘Great Comet’ Glowed. Now She’s Heading to ‘Hadestown’ 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Corrigan explains that he conceived the refined silhouettes with ease of use in mind, noting, “It’s comfort first, comfort last, comfort always.” Timothy Corrigan Debuts New Fabrics, Furniture, and Carpets Inspired by His Homes in L.A. and France 2014-02-14T05:00:00Z

The shore, with its necklace of jewels — some bawdy, some refined — still sparkles even though there are missing or damaged pieces. Summer on the Jersey Shore, After the Storm 2013-08-02T19:39:00Z

Like Leonardo he would spot people in the street with striking features and draw them – every finished figure is the result of numerous studies and refined and re-refined poses. Federico Barocci: divinity in the details 2013-02-16T09:01:00Z

But they treat these conventions as jumping-off points to a very refined brand of goofing around. Zaniness of 'Inside the N.B.A.' Doesn’t Depend on the Score 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

The smaller orchestra used for the Ravel concerto looked almost like a chamber ensemble by comparison, appropriate for the refined performance Ms. Cooper gave. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z

It was the work of a young writer with refined gifts. This Time, It’s Dear Dad, Not Evan Hansen 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Unlike those choreographers, who initially rejected dance technique, Ms. Meehan insisted that highly trained dancers execute her own nonballetic idiom with refined precision. Nancy Meehan, a Dance Choreographer, Dies at 85 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

I’ve spent dozens of hours at the driving range over the past couple of years, seeking to refine my technique, only to feel like I was taking one step forward, then two steps back. A stiff golfer tries to loosen up with clinics’ personalized assessments

Further, modest reductions in carbohydrate-rich foods, especially those high in refined carbohydrates, may help promote fat loss for some people. Perspective | Carb cycling adds a new spin to a low-carbohydrate diet 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

In this town, their refined taste is not going to protect them. TV style icons of 2020: Schitt's Creek's absolutely fabulous fashion overload 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

When I refined my search for nonstop flights departing before 11 a.m., the cheapest rate increased to $389. 2010-02-16T21:02:00Z

Glaze compositions and firing techniques were refined to produce light-colored hues, and new enamel colors were introduced for porcelain painting. A Pair of Chinese Ceramic Hares Is on the Block 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

A refined take on stone fruit, Ms. Kiss’s amethyst “plums” are accented by delicate leafs made of gold. A ‘Plant-Based’ Gift Guide 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

What part of your writing process over the years most helped you refine this part of your writing, do you think? Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

In the intervening decades, we’ve been eating more processed food, more refined grains, more sugar and more calories. Perspective | How can we feed our kids better? Start by taking a look in the mirror. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

To Maron, it’s protected to write a joke down on paper, refine it and then successfully deliver it to a crowd. Marc Maron's taking risks to get the story 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe you prefer coconut sugar because it’s less refined or may cause less of an insulin spike than white sugar. ‘Healthy’ sweeteners, protein-powerhouse quinoa and other nutrition myths, debunked 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

“They have to be more refined than ever before.” The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Not so much for her ceramics and enamel work — though she was a brilliant and refined designer in both media — but rather as an author. Shining a Light on Forgotten Designers 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

But this most refined and conscientious of musical personalities has just done something surprising. A guide to George Benjamin's music 2013-02-25T12:41:11Z

For his part, Mr. McEwan said that the rehearsal period helped him refine his screenplay. How Ian McEwan, Novelist, Became Ian McEwan, Movie Consultant 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

A high level of refined and exciting playing is a good start. Review: Israeli Chamber Project Offers an Emotive Mix of Old and New 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

“You know what, pocket watches are a lost art,” he said, “so what we got to do is bring this genre back to the fold. Style, I think, is something that refines you.” J.B. Smoove of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Shops the Diamond District 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

The thorn in Matisse’s side for most of the years encompassed by this show was Picasso’s ferocious “Demoiselles d’Avignon” of 1907 and Cubism, its more refined aftermath. Art Review: Matisse at MoMA: Carving With Color 2010-07-15T16:01:00Z

“The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” refined this axiom to its philosophical essence. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z

Efforts are now underway to add or refine a definition of consent in several states, such as New York, Vermont and Utah. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

But the food from a concise menu is anything but: refined, excellent and graciously served. Where to Eat and Drink at 14 N.Y.C. Museums Right Now 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Mr. Abraham is a beautiful dancer — unpredictable and spry, with the kind of articulation that is likely to become only more refined and subtle with age — but his packed productions are somewhat unconvincing. Dance Review: Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Kyle Abraham at Lincoln Center 2013-08-02T21:47:35Z

Dozens of dancers continue to attend exacting rehearsals and refine their craft with each leap and pirouette. Rio ballerinas struggle amid Brazil's financial crisis 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

Yet Payne’s mother still managed to instill in her daughter the “respect for refined behavior and manners and etiquette” she had picked up before her marriage, when she worked at a Roman Catholic monastery. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

They are a long way from being stylistic clones, as their opening entries demonstrated: cellist and younger brother Gautier was slightly impetuous, violinist Renaud more confidently refined. Prom 6: OPRF/Chung ? review 2011-07-20T09:48:43Z

The New York design firm Meyer Davis Studio transformed a sprawling 1970s oceanfront condo building into a breezy yet refined oasis. A New Wave 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

If you have been longing to indulge in more refined luggage, now may be the time to spring for something new. The Latest in Luggage: The Bold and the Beautiful 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

With Mozart and Beethoven, I feel like I'd be tinkering with something that is already much more revised and refined in its exposition. Bach in business 2010-07-29T20:45:00Z

They began the lengthy process of refining Zsela’s songs into recordings, painstakingly constructing them from the top down. Meet Zsela, a Singer Perfecting the Art of Taking It Slowly 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

A tribe of two, Land practices a distinctly 21st century form of syncretism, melding the sacred and prosaic, the refined and the raw, the trappings of devotion and the principles of design. Commanding work on an unconventional canvas by a tribe of two 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say ‘demanding,’ because it doesn’t sound nice,” he said the other day in a courtly accented English refined at the Sevenoaks School in Britain. Eleuteri, a Vintage Jeweler, Brings Italian Glamour to New York 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Restoration Hardware’s 2014 holiday book says its been refining faux fur for 30 years and that it’s “ultrasoft, cozy and with all the weight and nuanced shading of the real thing.” Faux fur: Why is it all over the house?

Diplomacy is the refined face of what would otherwise be vicious conflict. From ‘Camp David’ to ‘Oslo,’ Forging Drama from Diplomacy 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

But the tensions in “The Rules of the Game” — between the rich and the poor, between propriety and libertinism, between order and pandemonium — are so refined as to be almost sui generis. What Makes a French Comedy One of the Greatest Films of All Time? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

The novel opens on the subway, where, as a “model senior citizen, wholesome and refined,” Hornclaw “skates under the radar, sitting with her head bowed, reading the enlarged words” of her pocket-size Bible. Speaking in Tongues: Novels in Translation From Around the World 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

“I made a practice of not working serially and not refining,” she said. Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

From the very beginning of Hitchcock’s British period, it is clear that the director began to develop the themes that he later refined in his Hollywood period. In Hong Kong, Exploring Hitchcock's Early Days 2010-08-20T10:00:00Z

Pier Francesco Mola’s refined 1659 portrait sketch of Pope Alexander VII is all crisp detail from the waist up and all waxy meltdown below. A Question Still Hanging at the Met Breuer: Why? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

The fact that he continued to tweak and refine his pieces over decades was exemplary, and is even more so in an era when composers, aided by composing software, are tempted to indiscriminately overproduce. John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Coach, 46 years old and a refined industry veteran with a mostly salt-and-some-pepper beard, said that up to 85 percent of the pair’s job is mentorship. Atlanta Rap Keeps Evolving. Quality Control Is Taking It Global. 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The actor tapped into her dark side, which she refined on “Boardwalk Empire,” where she played a woman likely enough to level a shotgun at a foe. Police drama ‘Line of Duty’ is unlike your usual cop show 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

The flavors moved in rapid waves: first a few clinging, savory drops of dashi, then some already-melted beef fat, followed by the flavor of the lean meat itself, sweet and refined. A Rare Treat on Delancey Street: A Chef Who Cooks for You 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

We would try out rough props then refine them and actors would contribute their own ideas. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z

Some of the most refined cooking in Paris is now found in restaurants that are young, loud and fun. Japanese Chefs Make Their Mark in Paris 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Gin, she said, “was made by the Dutch, then refined by the English, and I always joke, perfected by Tasmanians today.” In Tasmania, a Gin Boom Showcasing Native Plants (and Even Sheep Whey) 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

Highlights in this show, “Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman,” include a tender and refined drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, dating to 1647 and done with an unusual combination of black, red and white chalk. 3 Choice Museums and a Treat for Kids, No Subway Trips in Between 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

The decadent Donuts & Coffee Milk Chocolate Bar from Compartes in Los Angeles takes that flavor combination and really refines it. Treat yourself to fancy versions of your favorite childhood Halloween candies 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z

Most are still essentially forms of cake, held up with lots of butter, refined flour and sugar. Here’s how to make delicious muffins that are actually good for you 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

He may sound glum on "I Don't Like ..." but that tone is one he designed himself, one more brick on the path toward refined -- and autonomous -- self-expression.  Earl Sweatshirt stakes claim as a producer on new album 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

Yet the selection also includes the mostly metal sculpture of Mitra M. Lore, whose creations are both brawny and refined. Review | In the galleries: A D.C.-Madrid ‘conversation’ between artists, two shows infused with color and light, and Persian perspectives 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

From Liva Marc’s perspective, refining the stone in Madagascar means creating steady jobs and keeping more of the value of the crystals in the country. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

You should also avoid too many refined cereals, sugars and animal fats, which can all heighten inflammation in the body, which weakens the immune response. Colds, flu and COVID: How diet and lifestyle can boost your immune system 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

For those of a more mystically medieval Christmas mind-set, the Hilliard Ensemble's "Transeamus" brings refined, mysterious awe to obscure 15th century British carols and motets. Holiday music gifts: Leave the best for last-minute 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The Monkeys and the Mumfords are the dutiful archivists; the Stones are the bloody archive, using their appearance on the Pyramid stage to help refine their own legend. The Rolling Stones will reign supreme until there is a new counterculture 2013-03-31T00:06:28Z

And unlike cupcakes, choux are so refined and very French.” T Magazine: Let Them Eat Choux 2011-05-03T17:30:07Z

Their night together — which plays out over almost a quarter of the novel — is a chaste tryst of refined conversation and anguished reflection. Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

Her refined voice is wonderfully pliable, her sense of text acute. Classical Playlist: Christiane Karg, Alan Feinberg and More 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Replace it with sugar or refined grains, and it’s a health loser. Eat less meat, a government panel says. Is science on their side? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

Where the book shines is in Bowden's reconstruction and refined analysis of the intelligence operations that turned up bin Laden's location. Mark Bowden's 'The Finish' relates the hunt for bin Laden 2012-11-08T21:04:04Z

But it's never overdone: the textures remain beautifully refined, the pacing perfectly natural, the ending magical. Messages ? review 2011-04-03T20:45:01Z

“It’s really more of a studio, an active place where artists refine, resolve and share their ideas.” | Studio Services 2014-02-05T14:02:04Z

But , like Aardman’s Flushed Away, is both more refined and less distinctive; it looks like every other classy animated film for kids. Arthur Christmas: Santa Goes Corporate 2011-11-22T16:00:38Z

In the process, they contributed to the birth of the lush orchestral Nashville Sound, refining the rough-hewed provincial music for which the city was known into something that appealed to a wider audience. Anita Kerr, an Architect of the Nashville Sound, Dies at 94 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

No: with its factory-like bulk, its sleek cladding and forest of chimneys, it's a refined brute of a building. James Murdoch's Sky scraper 2010-09-26T20:29:00Z

They learn their minute-long routine at the first practice, hone their formation at the second rehearsal and refine the whole dance on the last day. With age comes ‘Wizdom.’ The Wizards’ 50-and-older dance squad is thrilling crowds. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

"I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a five-piece band," Dylan said in a statement. Bob Dylan to release Sinatra covers album 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

At first I gave up red meat and refined foods. Black Vegans Step Out, for Their Health and Other Causes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

It is clearly the home of someone of refined taste. Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead 2013-03-01T07:00:12Z

The refined granular sea salt you might find in a bulk bin is ideal for everyday cooking. The Single Most Important Ingredient 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Rough ideas are refined, old gameplay is made more fun, and better technology improves graphics and sound. Video Game Review: Resident Evil 6, by Capcom, Makes Its Debut 2012-10-02T19:39:33Z

A play on feathers and fur gave a lush darkness to the Demeulemeester collection, which is increasingly more refined. Special Report: Celine's Chic Severity 2010-03-07T18:39:00Z

The solos, duets and trios are largely in what ballet folk call demi-character style, emphasizing energy, speed and characterization rather than refined amplitude. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Simmons thinks both "Top Chef" and food shows in general need to keep refining their game, even at a tradition-steeped time of year, because everyone seems to be a sophisticated foodie. Holiday TV programming is a feast for adventurous foodies 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

He prides himself on bringing what he calls a more refined, nuanced approach to Sri Lankan cuisine. On Staten Island, Savoring Flavors of Sri Lanka 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Alstat saw the dairy through a transitional period, helping to set up standards of practice and working to refine the cheeses. Her goat-cuddling event went viral. But most days, it’s all about the cheese. 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

The wrinkled washed suits adorned with fabric-covered buttons had a refined rock ’n’ roll attitude, and the white cotton T-shirts bonded with a slab of pressed fabric should be well-priced winners. 2010-01-19T05:09:00Z

She said he helped her refine the fried rice. Cuban-Chinese arroz frito is a reminder of a complex past 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Gwyneth Johnstone was an artist of great dedication, whose characteristic style – a hallucinogenic, haunting pastoral – was forged more than half a century ago and developed and refined over the decades. Gwyneth Johnstone obituary 2011-01-06T19:02:23Z

And Irving Morrow, a local architect and skilled illustrator, refined those ideas further, accentuating, in Mr. Starr’s words, “the stepped-back segments rising vertically on all sides” of the twin towers. Books of The Times: The Building of a Symbol: How It Got There, and Why It?s Orange 2010-08-23T19:38:00Z

Unrefined carbohydrates, such as whole grains, are good, but refined carbohydrates, including sugars, are not. Studies saying fat is not that bad are misleading, scientists say 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to take Mr. O’Brien’s gift for refined silliness for granted, since he has been doing the job for nearly a quarter century. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

But away from the structure’s great atriums, life for the ordinary denizens of South London was often less refined. In London, looking backward to move forward 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Haydn’s refined symphony earned the name “Philosopher” because of its unconventional first movement, a stately Adagio. Review: Susanna Malkki Returns to the New York Philharmonic 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

The character on this album is the product of several years’ refining, a process that began with her 2006 single “Unfaithful,” an aching song befitting a singer with far more shading to her voice. Critic's Notebook: Rihanna’s Album ‘Unapologetic’ Makes Most of Her Talent 2012-11-20T18:20:20Z

But this does remind you that true excitement and creativity on the runway is often something that is quite simple or refined, and almost invisible in its effort. On the Runway Blog: Lessons in Shopping Discounts 2012-11-23T21:26:11Z

Soon enough, we hear, Zoi will be throwing a frying pan around in the more refined confines of Madison Park with Mahoney. Tako Truk dudes take Sostanza space in Madison Park 2010-07-15T21:07:00Z

Koenig, whose inflamed vocal chords were the cause of the cancellation, sounded refined and politely chirpy in voice. Vampire Weekend makes amends for canceled Marymoor show 2010-09-23T20:12:00Z

A New York theater producer who had brought the project to Arena, Mindich watched the show catch fire with audiences as its creators refined and reshaped it during the inaugural summer run. D.C.’s secret export: theater 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Salonen drew sensitive and colorful yet refined and lucid playing from the orchestra. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Brings Mahler to Carnegie, Ever So Coolly 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

He's an actor who personifies a refined, confident intellectual masculinity, and he stands out without needing to be the loudest voice in the room. "Love Life" resets the rom-com by presenting a Black man's perspective on what it's like "out there" 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

On stage, Scofield is both severe and fragile, embodying a sort of refined ferocity. zoe | juniper duo promises more wizardry at On the Boards show 2014-03-19T18:53:49Z

These foods are high in refined starch and sugar, representing 42% of all calories in the U.S., compared to about 5% of U.S. calories from unprocessed red meats, and 3% from processed meats. Should you avoid meat for good health? How to slice off the facts from the fiction 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

No butter, refined sugar or white flour, but still delicious. Summer vegetarian recipes 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

If you fully use MyMagic+, databases will be watching, allowing Disney to refine its offerings and customize its marketing messages.” Disney is spying on you! 2013-01-17T23:11:00Z

Teaching there, surrounded by scientists and technologists, helped to refine his thinking and his work as an artist. A Master of Image and Information 2010-10-10T13:00:00Z

In its sound — warm, refined and balanced — you could hear an unmistakable connection to its home city’s venerable tradition of string playing. My Favorite String Quartet 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z

Harklinikken’s formula, refined over 20 years, is derived from plants and cow’s milk. Is This Treatment the Cure for Hair Loss? 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

He was the best, most enigmatic part of “Prisoners,” Mr. Villeneuve’s somber thriller from last fall, and he continues to refine his quiet, watchful presence into a powerful and idiosyncratic acting style. Movie Review: ‘Enemy’ Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Twice 2014-03-13T23:11:40Z

“Cendrillon” has some of Massenet’s most delicate, sweet and refined music. Opera Review: ‘Cendrillon,’ From Massenet, Is Playing at Juilliard 2014-04-24T22:40:30Z

Ms. Voigt is one of the world’s great interpreters of the weighty and refined operatic roles of Wagner, Strauss and Verdi. Deborah Voigt, Meet Ethel Merman 2010-07-22T19:27:00Z

The programmers for Film Comment Selects possess the refined tastes of practiced cine-mixologists, along with a yen for the outré. Critic?s Notebook: Castaways, Soldiers and a Good Car Chase 2011-02-17T22:53:03Z

She's more strident, overbearing American cowgirl than sophisticated French noblewoman schooled in the refined manners of her age. Review: Comic elements overshadow the story at heart in ArtsWest's staging of 'Emilie' 2011-01-27T23:43:17Z

The $6 billion a year corn refining industry repeats the mantra that sugar is sugar. New evidence on fructose in Coca Cola, Pepsi and other sodas in the US 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Matthews said that museum officials are using the delay to refine a special exhibition, which has not been announced. International African American Museum Delays Opening 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

Ease your kids’ entry into the early days of their educations by helping them develop and refine essential “soft skills.” Get ready for kindergarten with practical tips, tricks, and tools 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

Flour was refined differently, fruits were cured differently and even sugar, which we take for granted today, was more difficult to refine. Some commonly accepted "truths" about the origins of Italian food may actually be myths 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

I was playing and playing and playing because I knew I had something that I had to be refining. The Gaslight Anthem: 'Fans look up to us. That's creepy' 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z

He knows that in the best horror, the vulgar dances with the refined. Review: ‘The Pumpkin Pie Show,’ Night of the Voting Dead 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

The committee would advise city officials and a private developer who’s refining plans for updating Bergamot, the former railroad depot and freight yard that opened as an arts complex in 1994. Will Santa Monica Museum of Art leave the city? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

The great detective’s partner in this extravagant adventure is not the stolid Dr. Watson, but that most refined and fastidious of American novelists, Henry James. ‘The Fifth Heart,’ by Dan Simmons 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Southern California has a rich history of stadium architecture that includes Dodger Stadium, the Rose Bowl and the Coliseum, but those buildings are open to the sky and a good deal more reticent and refined. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

It was an ideal end for a dinner of refined bistro food. An Identity Crisis at Italienne 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

He wants to have the nicest suits, the best apartment, the most refined font and coloring on his business cards. American Psycho at 20: a vicious satire that remains as sharp as ever 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

The music blends the raw and the refined; everything from 808 drum machines to orchestras figure in the mix. Miguel connects with the soul of R&B 2012-11-21T16:19:00Z

There are various words that always come up when I talk or think about starting a new collection: awareness, sharpness, fabric, reduced, new, refined, discretion and attitude.” C?line?s Phoebe Philo Has Her Disciples 2012-03-01T19:22:18Z

One of the most refined tasting menus around commences with a little ceremony. Sushiko’s vegan omakase menu is an invitation to skip seafood at a sushi bar 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Now, Szabo said, he’s refined that singing in his practice, “which is this amazing melting pot of different influences.” Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

By this she means anything composed primarily of refined wheat, which would be, um, 90 percent of the American breakfast repertoire: pancakes, waffles, bagels, toast, muffins, biscuits, scones, croissants, and so on. Breakfast was the most important meal of the day — until America ruined it 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

“Old Lovegood Girls” is the story of that relationship: a friendship fused in the intensity of college and then refined and tested afterward for decades. Review | Gail Godwin has been writing novels for 50 years. Her latest proves she has no intention of coasting. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

She keeps asking men in positions of power about the escorts—asking for the simplest acknowledgement of their existence—and is more often than not, rebuffed with irritation, as if she’s offending their refined sensibilities. “True Detective” recap: A shocking shooting, a horror ending, and “We get the world we deserve” 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

Even a show like "The Moth," which features stories told live without notes, workshops its pieces for months before tapings, reworking and refining the material over and over before recording. Jessica Abel's Graphic novel 'Out on the Wire' draws out the secrets of radio storytelling 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

There is something to admire in a refined appearance, careful fit and chic silhouette. 'Mad Men' fashion line debuts 2011-08-10T20:52:03Z

But this was one of his most dramatically charged and refined performances at the Met. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z

You work through and refine and refine until you arrive at the precise piece of sculpture or painting or novel or whatever it is. "Another Year," another Oscar bet for Mike Leigh 2011-01-03T03:52:59Z

Working with Mr. Stewart, Mr. Harrell began to refine his talent for producing vocals to the level where he’s now on retainer for his biggest clients, who won’t record without him. Kuk Harrell, Justin Bieber’s Vocal Producer 2012-06-29T12:43:09Z

As Peru’s fortunes have gone, so have those of pisco, reaching a golden age during the flush mineral boom of the late 19th century, when an influx of Italians introduced refined winemaking techniques. Pursuits: Enjoying Pisco Cocktails in Lima, Peru 2012-04-13T17:51:13Z

Rolling Stone called it "at once elegant and more refined but also warmer and more intimate" while Pitchfork said in their review, the album was "deftly executed, with a surplus of style." How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

It’s the dainty sound made by objects and gestures of genteel dignity and refined luxury. “Get Out”: Jordan Peele’s Radical Cinematic Vision of the World Through Black Eyes 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

At Wempe, Mr. Hartley was greeted warmly, with mild fawning by Michael Guzman, a dapper salesman in a tailored suit, who praised Mr. Hartley’s refined taste. Justin Hartley of ‘This Is Us’ Meditates on His Rolexes 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

And the result was polished, refined and ostentatious in an ironic way. Special Report: Fashion: Nicolas Ghesquiere at Balenciaga Mixes Heritage and Style 2011-09-29T17:18:23Z

It is a long way from Stewart's attempts at refined home-making. Rachael Ray, the new queen of US cookery ? and she can't bake 2010-12-05T00:07:00Z

So she applied her tried-and-true techniques, and went on to refine her turkey formula over the years. Padma Lakshmi’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Slow Roasted and Richly Sauced 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Mix up the fabrics, the weights — a rough-textured fabric with a more refined one. Guidelines for Wearing Prints That Clash 2010-04-14T23:30:00Z

See more of the relaxed and refined Chicago penthouse decorated by Michael S. Smith. Michael S. Smith Decorates a Luxe Chicago Penthouse 2013-12-30T05:00:00Z

Over the course of the three years, the conservancy worked with the local officials and the city’s Department of Parks & Recreation to refine the proposal through several iterations. Decades After the Central Park Jogger Attack, a City Marks Its Mistake 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

"A refined lady, but one in need of freshening up." Venice film festival opens with controversial 9/11 drama The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2012-08-29T17:39:46Z

As for their all-important food scenes, Montreal’s muscular, hearty cuisine offers a robust counterpoint to the French capital’s refined traditions. True North 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Ruta does rustic as well as he does refined. The Grill Room review: A new reason to go, thanks to Frank Ruta & Co. 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Suggesting the image of a great bird lifting upward over closed windows, the piece distilled the rigorously refined visual vocabulary Mr. Kelly had developed over a long career. Ellsworth Kelly, an Artist Who Mixed Abstract With Simplicity, Dies at 92 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

I took that information, we made some decisions, refined his proposals to me, which is what you ask your water commissioner to do, and then I stood. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z

But that version of the sensors was simplified and then removed as Cameron himself worked on several sketches to refine the crest shape and the way the head worked. Creating the Exiled Sea Creature of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

During this shoot, the experience of speaking only to the camera made the acting more concentrated and refined. ‘Between the World and Me’: From Page to Stage to Screen 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Generally it means eating more plants, less sugar, refined or otherwise, avoiding gluten, cutting down on carbs, and of course cutting out red meat, salt and laughing. Clean eating: yet another pious diet to squeeze the joy out of good food 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

The crossover path between experimental voyagers and indie-rock darlings is well trodden, and from Spiritualized to Mercury Rev it's studded with groups opting to refine their sound, not quest for a new one. Animal Collective: Centipede HZ – review 2012-08-23T14:31:01Z

Painted-brick walls, a wood bar, and cobalt velvet banquettes help create a nice balance of rough and refined. Community Tavern opens in Chicago 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

It's not the most refined picture, no, but it's worked quite well for me so far. How I turned my hallway into a dining room 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

In the current context this admonition seems to imply “let’s not get too refined here,” which the show’s organizers certainly did not. Art In Review: ‘Forget About the Sweetbreads’ 2013-01-24T23:44:39Z

But what Lessig wants is to create an enlightened citizenry refined enough to act collectively; he cites as an example the citizen-driven effort to draft a new constitution for Iceland after the 2008 financial crisis. Could Politics Be Fairer? Two New Books Say Yes 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Franken has been opening with that joke a lot lately as he’s been refining material in basement rooms around town in preparation for a national stand-up tour. For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

We might further refine the investigation, for example by asking, “Why would two different people in the same movie do that?” or, yet more rigorously, “Why would Ryan Phillippe do that?” | 'MacGruber': Will Forte in a ?Saturday Night Live? Sketch Made Film 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

With press conferences in Chicago and Paris, Google announced the launch on Tuesday of its expanded, technologically refined Google Art Project. ArtsBeat: Google Art Project Expands 2012-04-03T16:50:43Z

We're constantly refining the process to get it faster and faster. The weird new world of computer-animated news 2011-01-31T08:00:00Z

Even as she was housebound and dying of renal failure, the notoriously private Dietrich continued to refine her own legacy, confident that people would puzzle over her words and belongings for decades to come. Marlene Dietrich’s Marginalia 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

Processed foods rich in refined grains and sugars, like refined cereals, breads, crackers and energy bars, and processed meats fall at the bottom. Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

To make the masa, Janet shows me how to combine refined lard with baking powder in a stand mixer. Homemade pork tamales are the ultimate weekend cooking project 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z

But living there revealed a city split along a new axis: the edgy east and the refined west. In Transit Blog: The Top 10 of 2011 2012-01-05T19:04:13Z

They are expertly diced, refined and tightly edited in a way that convinces a viewer that it’s easier to keep watching than to consciously click away. Quibi is here with two dozen new shows. Are any of them worth watching? 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z

Brooklyn also became the world’s center for the refining of South American sugar cane. Exhibition Review: Looking South, Not East, Into New York?s Past 2010-09-16T22:55:00Z

Think of his wine-enthusiast Miles in "Sideways," a man of refined taste who nevertheless erupts by pouring a vat of wine over his head. Paul Giamatti talks about his Golden Globe-nominated role in 'Barney's Version' 2011-01-13T19:53:06Z

He’s a comic force of nature with, just like Wes, a highly refined exemplary human soul. Jeff Goldblum Goes Wild With Wes Anderson and Thelonious Monk 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Bahnsen has now become renowned for her refined but seemingly effortless dresses that combine the fine detailing of French couture and the simplicity of Scandinavian design. The Danish Designer Making Fanciful Dresses With a Dark Side 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Enter William Rees-Mogg, a man of oppressive scholarship and sonorous ethics, living testimony to the refined days of upmarket Fleet Street that supposedly swept away. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z

When Wilder protests that one of Chandler’s ideas for the screenplay is a touch too refined, Chandler snaps, “You don’t like subtleties?” ‘Billy & Ray’ Explores the Making of ‘Double Indemnity’ 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Quince's co-owner and executive chef Michael Tusk is "doing tremendously refined, technically precise food with roots in Italy and also with great international flair," Ellis said. Michelin hands stars to 54 San Francisco restaurants 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

The refined selection at this vintage emporium, which is spread over three locations, includes only pristine pieces from the 1920s to last season. What to Do in Milan 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Unusually for designers, they often write about their work in the middle of the process to refine their thinking and identify any weaknesses. Design: Creating Objects to Recall the Past 2011-07-24T13:20:03Z

He praised Milsom's "extraordinarily refined technique, the brushwork, so smooth, so delicate". Jailed artist wins portrait prize 2013-10-24T12:01:30Z

His writing has become refined, in the direction of formal exercises that remain somehow transparent, and his voice is beginning to sound complete. Music: He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z

Many coleslaw recipes are drowning in not just mayonnaise but also sour cream and refined sugar. Healthful mayonnaise-free coleslaw

The restaurant showcases Mr. Deiaco’s refined take on Italian food, and soon, wines will be available to accompany the food. Baked Pastas Nodding to Florence Come to the West Village 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

I see myself starting to paint much larger walls while at the same time refining and evolving my work indoors and in galleries. | Max 'RIPO' Rippon 2012-10-09T18:00:32Z

The blog would be a place to workshop and refine ideas, and a forum for debates that seemed marginal within academia but too dense for mainstream magazines. Mark Fisher’s “K-Punk” and the Futures That Have Never Arrived 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

The Los Angeles–based designer, who is known for mixing a love of old-world antiques with a casually refined sensibility, emphasizes that this project was truly exceptional. James Costos and Interior Decorator Michael S. Smith at Home in Spain 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

These concrete pieces rest on beautifully crafted walnut pallets or sawhorses, skewering another expectation by fashioning an ostensible "support" more precious and refined than the sculpture resting upon it. It's not what it seems: Unraveling the secrets of Analia Saban's 'Threadbare' 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

The comic sensibility animating the show’s most difficult roles is blessedly refined. Review | The revolting children have comic bite in ‘Matilda the Musical’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

She was, she wrote, “intelligent, educated, refined; true; honest, just, poetical, philosophical; broad-minded and big-souled, and womanly above all things.” The Misplaced Feminism of Ms. Monopoly 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

Painting this refined and gorgeous is in short supply today and precious. Avigdor Arikha, Israeli Artist of the Everyday, Dies at 81 2010-05-01T04:48:00Z

By exploring species and assembling comprehensive natural history collections, we ensure that scientists have access to the evidence needed to refine our understanding of evolutionary history. New species top 10 2010-05-23T16:38:00Z

Luckily, America just so happens to want to see a classic, refined rumba, and Rumer and Val delivered it. 'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: Threesomes Mean Triple the Fun 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

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

Listening to Mandell's refined diction is like reading a handwritten letter by someone with the most marvelous penmanship. Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Then it’s on to Normandy’s fishing villages, which yielded graphite renderings of half-timber houses and boats so refined they might almost be daguerreotypes. Théodore Rousseau Retrospective at the Morgan 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Elegance in art has more to do with decorum, good taste and refined sensibility. Art Review: Sophisticates? Sketchbooks 2011-05-26T22:23:15Z

In her etchings Isabel Bishop managed to make even caricature look refined, as she does in the 1946 “Tidying Up,” a picture of a woman examining her teeth in a mirror. Art in Review: ?PEGGY BACON AND HER CIRCLE? 2011-08-04T22:00:07Z

“Our goal is to refine the image of urban America,” Mr. Theodore said. Up Close: The Bearded Dandy of Brooklyn 2011-01-05T01:17:06Z

True to the improvisatory nature of the genre, Gewirtzman opened with a brassy, off-the-cuff approach but switched to a more refined differentiation of voicing in the fugal sections. A young virtuoso makes his D.C. debut 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Miller recommends a simple rectangular mirror over a mantel “for a refined statement.” Tools and accessories for a well-outfitted fireplace 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Paper or foam models are the next stage – think paper dolls, flimsy and flat – and finally, the works still in play become refined three-dimensional models. Soon to rule the roost at National Gallery of Art: A 15-foot blue chicken 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

After a four-night run in Stratford last year, they are refining the piece for its appearance at the Edinburgh international festival next week. Camille O'Sullivan: From cabaret to chaos 2012-08-13T17:44:54Z

The recipe doesn’t veer far from Grandma’s, except that rather than refined sugar I use a modest amount of maple syrup, which adds a lovely layer of flavor. This maple-kissed banana pudding will remind you of the simple pleasures of childhood 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

The continuing relevance of Carlin’s material is partly a result of how he learned to compose and refine it over a career that spanned nearly 50 years. The Strange Afterlife of George Carlin 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

These performances reveal what’s confrontational, challenging, jolting, and disturbing in classical music, which, all too often, is heard and received as a kind of refined ambience. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Voltaire and a group of Haitian planners spent several days last week refining their plan at the University of Miami, for example. Architecture: Plan Calls for Rebuilding Haiti Away From Port-au-Prince 2010-03-30T22:02:00Z

The Jailbreak team sent Van Dammit to the 2014 Great American Beer Festival, and though it didn’t win a medal, the feedback they received encouraged the team to keep refining it. Beer of the Week: Jailbreak Brewing Van Dammit 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

Here was a group of ineffably refined paintings that felt hard-won yet unstudied, perfectly poised yet bristling with life. An Appraisal: Scott Rothkopf, Chief Curator at the Whitney, Recalls Ellsworth Kelly 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

One is young, exquisitely refined and triumphant, and the other older, rougher and stoically resigned. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The spare purity of the final pas de deux offers a glimpse of the unity of body and spirit, emotion refined into abstraction. Review: Ballet Is Spectacle in ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

You couldn't have had a more marked contrast: Victorian lieder and refined pre-Raphaelite paintings just 200 yards across campus from the panic and the unheeding hype. My rural escape from election panic and hype 2010-05-03T08:00:00Z

The rules also require that half the grains be whole grains, which generally provide more fiber and other nutrients than refined white flour. The Domino’s Smart Slice Goes to School 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

The E. coli are currently fed on sugar and yeast extract, which suggests that the resulting fuel would be expensive compared with the kind refined from oil found in the ground. Gut microbe makes diesel biofuel 2013-04-25T15:14:00Z

More refined was the baritone Marco Nisticò, too light in voice and manner for the imposing French governor, Montfort, who turns out — in a twist that makes no one happy — to be Henri’s father. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z

With such an emphasis on pursuing and refining an individual’s creative voice, jazz is mostly immune to any lingering fallout from Tuesday’s verdict. 'Blurred Lines' verdict: In jazz, the vibe is everything 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Open to all comers, from students to off-duty bouncers, Bar sounds like a cross between a house party and highly refined performance art. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

People across racial lines deemed the Black woman with straight hair as more “polished, refined and respectable” and “more strongly recommended” them for an interview, the study found. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Planned shots, along with audio levels and lighting, are refined during rehearsals. To the Rescue This Year: The People Who Put Orchestras Online 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

Her playing here, as throughout the evening, was intensely restrained and beautifully refined. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-21T20:08:54Z

And we should forget the notion of moderation – any refined sugar is excessive. Is there such a thing as sugar addiction? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

He spent a day refining his escape plan, which would require a two-mile swim to shore. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Substituting quick-cooking oats for the usual refined bread crumbs serves to lock moisture in the mix, keeping the result supple and tender while adding fiber and whole-grain nutrition. This is how you make a meatloaf that’s lean and hearty — not to mention tasty 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

A trendsetter of refined taste, who popularized empire dresses, developed many new strains of roses and became the first to decorate with a leopard-print rug? Discovering Joséphine Bonaparte in Martinique, Italy and France 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

I read these press releases from all festivals, “This is going to refine, this is going to be the best,” blah blah blah. Paul Tollett Discusses His Latest Project, Panorama Music Festival 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

And yes, expecting every book about David Bowie to be as eloquent, artful and refined as David Bowie is expecting a bit too much. David Bowie remembered by his admirers, collaborators and friends 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

But the refined yet visceral Bartók performances by the Calder Quartet were commanding. Feeling the sonic rush at the Ojai Music Festival 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

He ended the first half with Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, though his refined playing, even in the onrushing final movement, brought nothing particularly fresh to this staple. Music Review: Murray Perahia Plays at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-11-06T22:27:16Z

For his fall men’s collection, the designer Richard Chai homed in on individuality, and the striking relationship between “unconventional beauties in refined clothes.” | Richard Chai 2011-02-13T15:00:29Z

Her refined taste in largely older material from the American Songbook coincides with an appealing homeyness and a warm, easygoing personality. Joyce Breach Performs Standards at Don’t Tell Mama 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

She suddenly develops refined artistic tastes, becoming appalled by the decorating scheme in her own apartment. Review: ‘iZombie,’ the Undead as a Force for Good 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

“The idea here is that it’s home cooking but elevated, refined to the nth degree.” Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

At its best, comedy in the theater mixes that kind of refined complexity with the energy of a stand-up club. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z

Someone like Scott Turow, who commands attention but is refined enough to respect my intelligence. Learning to Love Airport Lit 2012-02-17T20:39:16Z

Increasingly the festival, which returns to La MaMa on Friday, has become more refined. He Focuses the Eclecticism of La MaMa Moves! 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

The chef’s langoustine maki roll, with its top hat of crustacean meat and crispy onions, looks like something you might find at the mall, but it eats like something far more refined. Review | Sushi Gakyu’s thrills lie beyond the menu 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement Some of the best disquisitions about art come from the painting itself, which, yes, is a character, and a very refined one at that. Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

In “Number 34,” a 1949 painting on paper, the drip technique is so adroitly scaled down that it seems overly refined, almost Rococo. Art in Review: Jackson Pollack: ‘A Centennial Exhibition’ 2012-12-06T23:09:05Z

Upstairs, a more refined setting includes burgundy-velour-upholstered banquettes and wood chairs with elegant blue leather trim and stud details. The Traditional French Brasserie Gets a Refresh in London 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The furnishings include modern canopy beds, boxy but refined sofas and chairs, and velour benches and settees in a consistent palette of earth tones and gray. Lake Como Gets a Modern Update 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Over decades, he has refined a process to hide his considerable craft, the artist’s touch, so to speak, in order to produce seemingly factory-made objects that remain inimitably his own. He Lost Fingers in an Accident. Now It’s Inspiring His Art. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

So how did art by the Pope of Trash find its way into this temple of refined taste? We took John Waters to a John Waters art exhibit in Baltimore 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Indeed, Ms. Portman’s Jackie preens with a purpose, assiduously refining and exploiting her style in a way that was ripe for the television age. Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

In “Return,” an intricate braiding of driving rhythms, beaten jumps and refined épaulement, Mr. Garland, just like the final number of his ballet, is super bad. Dance Theater of Harlem Comes to Celebrate Brooklyn! 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Located in a historic building that was originally a bank, the space is refined but relaxed with huge windows overlooking the high street. In Wales, inventive cocktails without the mumbo-jumbo 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Everything was scrupulously presented and the inner detail refined, but in the huge span of the opening movement and the patchwork of the scherzo, one section never related meaningfully to the next. Proms 24 & 25: BBCSSO: London Sinfonietta 2010-08-05T10:57:00Z

According to Fierstein’s recent memoir, “I Was Better Last Night,” the show took nearly five years to complete, so you have to wonder how nobody could find an hour to refine this temporary personality transplant. Review: A Faithful ‘Kinky Boots,’ With All Its Pizazz and Pitfalls 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

African-American artists, most 19th-century critics argued, lacked the refined cultivation of white, Eurocentric genius, and could create only simple music that lacked artistic depth. The story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America’s first black pop star 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

It was recognized as a Christmas classic in 1843, when it was revered in "The Symbol, and Odd Fellow's Magazine" as a more refined version of "a long concocted beverage," the Flip. 5 historical hot cocktails that are perfect for cold weather 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z

All three contrast the deliberate and the random, the refined and the earthy. Review | In the galleries: A colorful survey of Washington artists 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The creators continued to refine the show, sometimes ruthlessly. Arts & Leisure: The Twisty Road to Uganda and Broadway 2011-05-13T12:35:30Z

In an evocative, genderless collection photographed in the fading light of day at a waterfront fun fair, Mr. Van Noten offered his refined version of the same idea. Post-Lockdown Paris? Think Youth and Sex. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

He’s so clear, so refined yet not quite of this world. At New York City Ballet, Hits, Misses and Daring Dancers 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

Everyone who worked with David knows well how he resisted letting the world see work that was not refined to his exacting standard. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z

No visual language is being refined, much less being reinvented. Perspective | I don’t root for movies to fail. But here’s why I’m making an exception for ‘Jurassic World.’ 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, said to indicate intuitive, introspective, refined people born this year and in 2001, 1989, ’77, ’65 and ’53. A celebration of the Year of the Snake in the Chinatown ID 2013-02-07T18:35:16Z

The youthful emperor was also a style leader, popularizing a boyband-style haircut that the exhibition calls “dashing yet refined.” Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Her clothing style was refined professionalism — affordable polyester and discreet darts. How women reclaimed their place in fashion’s spotlight in 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

The arts help us to refine our reality. Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

As children gained their own spaces, their own toys, and their own diminutive furniture, beginning in the nineteenth century, refining, proselytizing, and testing designs meant for children was women’s work. The Hidden Women of Architecture and Design 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

The Bloomsberries could be at turns backbiting, encouraging, critical and adulatory; their “radical and subversive code of conduct,” coupled with a refined taste for the good life, shaped Keynes’s approach to economic questions. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

That idea — that in spite of high salaries and endorsement deals, athletes are fundamentally workers, generating profits for the owning class — is refined and complicated as Ray pinballs from one meeting to the next. ‘High Flying Bird’ Review: A Thrilling Dunk on Capitalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

For the creative team, it was a chance to not only further refine the writing but also to incorporate a crucial, as yet unrehearsed element: the illusions. For My Next Trick … Opening a New Musical in Tokyo in a Pandemic 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Yamamoto is known for incorporating modern culinary techniques with the refined, traditional kaiseki dinner. A $1,000 Day in Tokyo for $100 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

He also found a clever way to add a burrito to his refined collection of dishes, and justify the bundle’s $32 price. Review | A chef steeped in tacos takes Mexican cuisine on an upscale ride 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

“Geishas are highly refined entertainers who have undergone years of training,” she said. Cultural controversy swirls around Seattle Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

There are already more refined corners of YouTube where artists are finding a new and international audience for their work, and, rather than fine art, many of those are animators, filmmakers and 3D artists. Bedroom to Guggenheim 2010-06-14T04:00:00Z

Armstrong earlier announced he will open an Asian restaurant, his first in Washington, which will focus on his refined interpretations of Filipino cooking, the native cuisine of his wife and business partner Meshelle Armstrong. At least 20 restaurants — and not a single national chain — planned for Wharf 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

After the interval, Drucker swapped into the first violinist's position for Berg's Lyric Suite, making for a more muscular, refined ensemble. Emerson Quartet – review 2013-02-28T17:46:22Z

But these refined married men were apparently further enlightened by the state of matrimony. Studied: The Marrying Kind: Born or Made? 2011-01-15T01:29:31Z

Those who might wish to caricature him as a cartoonist or a clown will be disappointed by the refined and generous Modern housing he recently designed in Amsterdam. Much of a Dutchness: the Hotel Inntel Zaandam 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

For me, second to refined coconut oil is canola, which I find fries dough efficiently and leaves less of that fast-food-reminiscent aroma floating about in the kitchen than other oils, such as vegetable oil. Sourdough cider doughnuts put everyone in the fall spirit 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

In the press notes, Tafdrup, who wrote the script with his brother, Mads Tafdrup, explains his belief that social conditioning has made us too refined, blunting our survival instincts and even our common sense. ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Impolite Company 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Before it ever gets built, though, they have to define and refine hundreds of details and — perhaps the biggest challenge of all — convince everyone that they can realize such an ambitious vision. The push to see Seattle waterfront transformed 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

Above all, the piece creates a symbiosis of technique and poetry that subsequent works would further refine. A guide to George Benjamin's music 2013-02-25T12:41:11Z

"I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a five-piece band," he said. Dylan to release 'uncovers' album 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

On the healthful end are minimally refined grains and legumes; soft drinks are at the opposite end. Mr. CrossFit vs. Big Soda: A profane fitness guru’s wonky war with the soda industry 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

She jokingly remarked, “Whoever thought Johnny Swing would become so refined?” Newly Minted Work by a Change Artist 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

Ms. Collins does not appear to dig in or refine. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

“Witchcraft,” part of the 92nd Street Y’s venerable Lyrics and Lyricists series, focuses on his seldom-heard stand-alone pop songs, many of which are wittier and more refined than his brash, swinging show tunes. Review: ‘Witchcraft: The Jazz Magic of Cy Coleman’ Summons a Bygone Era 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Other yogurts often have sneaky sugars, via the naturally occurring sugar in fruit jam, or the addition of refined sugar to many yogurt products. So, you’re pregnant — here’s what’s safe to eat and drink 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

The sublime cruelty of the scene is as noble and refined as it is quietly terrifying. Amber Heard and the Artistic Problem with Contractual Nudity 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Exports of refined products were down 14.4 percent in February from January, suggesting the additional crude imported is staying in China to meet local demand. Column: China's resilient commodity imports contrast with weak... 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

“One of the key reasons is to refine the collection, to make it a better, stronger example of a particular artist’s work,” Mr. Weinberg said. The Permanent Collection May Not Be So Permanent 2011-01-26T22:59:45Z

Andy Warhol refined the image of Marilyn Monroe till it was almost insubstantial, a hieroglyph in place of a likeness, with neither age nor identity nor expression. Now please pay attention everybody. I'm about to tell you what art is 2011-03-06T22:30:00Z

This was so not obvious to me when I graduated college, and it’s taken me years to understand and refine this point: Not everyone is meant to work the same way. How to Not Work for the Rest of Your Life 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

If flawless technique is the rule rather than the exception among pianists these days, refined musical intelligence and voracious curiosity are as rare as they’ve always been. CD reviews: Cellist Isserlis shows guts in Bach 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

The programme ended with Ernö Dohnányi's feisty Serenade Op 10, a piece so full-blooded it might have been written for five times as many players, and which the Hebrides's trio attacked with refined gusto. Hebrides Ensemble – review 2012-06-15T12:58:16Z

Elbow's Build a Rocket Boys! refines their warm, opaque approach to stadium rock. Mercury prize shortlist sticks with the tried and tested 2011-07-19T14:11:54Z

That way of eating — friendly yet refined, adventurous yet cozy — deserves more than one meal a year. Bird Is the Word at a Restaurant in London’s Shoreditch 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Like alcohol, vinegar was refined all over the world in different ways, shaping cuisines as both a preservative and a flavoring. Exploring the Sweet Subtleties of Vinegar 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Sisk, who is quite a special dancer, made an instant connection with the audience and deepened it with a refined, elastic quality of great authority and ease. Ballet West ‘Nutcracker’ at the Kennedy Center 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The art of the tease is rarely as refined as in “The Handmaiden.” Review: ‘The Handmaiden’ Explores Confinement in Rich, Erotic Textures 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

You should eat others — such as meat and refined grains — in smaller amounts. Forget government guidelines. Here’s how to eat better, in 6 easy steps. 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

But in New York, Tribeca has a more refined meaning—it’s the definition of extreme gentrification. Karl Taro Greenfeld on His New Book, Urban Origin Myths and Whether Dads Can “Have It All” 2012-08-01T17:59:13Z

They went through 22 revisions of the pilot script and hired a local playwright to help them refine it. Three suburban guys had a crazy dream: To make a sitcom. Then Ed Asner signed on. 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

Other changes include a new logo, a new color scheme, and what the brand describes as “sleeker furniture” and “refined signage.” Chuck E. Cheese ditching animatronic band, getting rid of tokens as part of nationwide redesign 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

There is nothing refined, however, about the frantic opening of Schumann's Piano Sonata No 2. Steve Reich, London Sinfonietta; Mitsuko Uchida; Tallis Scholars – review 2013-03-10T00:06:07Z

Not only because of the sugar in so many breakfast cereals, but also because the refined grains they’re made of are virtually the same thing, once they reach your bloodstream. Breakfast was the most important meal of the day — until America ruined it 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

They sought knowledge, refined science, supplemented symbolism with data. Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Mbaye spent so much time studying New Orleans dining and refining his own Senegalese dishes, the fusion cuisine that emerged seemed almost inevitable. A New Orleans chef finds a place for fusion in the Black diaspora’s cuisine 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

Sugar, too, has been refined from its original form to heighten its rush and concentrate its effects. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

His scientific reputation was undeniable, but he had neither the refined manners nor the sparkling wit that flourished at Frederick’s court. The master of them all 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Spalding is upping the ante even more next month: Starting on September 12, she plans to write, record and refine a new album, “Exposure,” completely from scratch over the course of just 77 hours. “We always are pleasantly surprised at what we have in us.”: Esperanza Spalding talks about making an album in 77 hours 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Comedy relies on surprise, but refining your jokes requires repetition; it follows that most of the best comedians are experts at faking freshness. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

But, especially with the move to Madison Square Garden, the audience isn’t there for refined theater so much as for a holiday spectacle. Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Story,’ at Theater at Madison Square Garden 2013-12-15T22:32:32Z

“Part of the problem has been having the technology and the resources to be able to refine” the waste, she said. Your Next Necklace May Have Gold From an Old Phone 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

It became the fashion for rich patrons to maintain singing slave-girls whose refined artistry earned them rock-star fees and a life of luxury. Songs of the city 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Inside the residence, wood paneling and exposed beams strike a tone both rustic and refined. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

“Nuts!” is fiercely original in its ingeniously dramatic storytelling, its vision of the place of such stories in the media-scape, and its aesthetically refined yet good-humored vigor. The State of Independent Film in 2016 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

“The refined beauties of ambiguity,” Bernstein wrote in a graceful pencil script on the title page of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. Mahler Said What to Whom? 2011-02-03T22:00:06Z

Perhaps the emblematic vocal style of the day, it’s widely used in pop and hip-hop, but his ambiguity is of an elevated, refined sort. Post Malone Smears All the Genres Into One (Emotions, Too) 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

The collection’s clean lines and midcentury silhouettes are a nod to the hotel’s refined glamour, while nautical colors evoke the yachts docked offshore. New Outdoor Furniture Looks to a Famous Hotel for Inspiration 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Owen refined this further, codified it and made it the basis of his industrial philosophy. Scottish town that changed the world fights for its rights 2013-03-31T00:06:09Z

In 1967 the company was a tangle of middling energy businesses, including oil refining, engineering and a few pipelines. The Truth About Koch Industries 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Port Neches is a petrochemical refining center located near the Gulf Coast about 13 miles southeast of Beaumont, Texas. Disney ‘regrets’ performance by visiting school drill team 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

He was so handsome and refined and cultured. Max’s Kansas City Reborn for Los Angeles Art Fair 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Blumenthal’s meal summoned a similarly eerie poignancy as we feasted on these refined, fanciful renderings of dishes rooted in the residue of a lost city. How to Eat Dinner Like the Last Citizens of Pompeii 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

Their structures are polished and refined, compared with the necessarily rough-hewn finishes of structures thrown up with voluntary labour in a few weeks. Britain's best young architects 2011-01-09T00:04:06Z