| 单词 | showpiece |
| 例句 | If you leave Mr. Kugler’s office and proceed through the long, narrow hallway past the coal bin and go up four steps, you find yourself in the private office, the showpiece of the entire building. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was the showpiece of our living room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The 184-inch, nestled within an enormous, circular red-domed building resembling an enclosed carousel on the hilltop above campus, was still the Rad Lab’s showpiece. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The showpiece of separate development was the Transkei, led by my nephew and one-time benefactor, K. D. Matanzima, who had successfully repressed almost all legitimate opposition to his rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In some ways, I decided, women are showpieces in American society, too. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer duly contrived “an elegant theory to rationalize these results,” and when Bohr came for his visit, the work was trotted out for him as a showpiece of Rad Lab science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Apollo, of course, was the showpiece of the community, with live entertainment as well as movies. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There’s precedent for devoting specialized attention to the problems of everyday living among architects and industrial designers, who may toggle between showpiece commissions and small, affordable houses. Can Fancy Chefs Excel at Fast, Cheap Food? Two Case Studies 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But it's finely and flashily orchestrated, allowing Pappano to turn it into a showpiece of considerable brilliance, and giving Simovic plenty of Gypsy-style passage work that he dispatched with terrific dexterity. LSO/Pappano - review 2010-12-17T22:00:00Z Apart from the three leads, this opera is a showpiece for chorus and orchestra, and both sounded in fine form under Mark Elder, a conductor with ability, experience and no Met-related baggage. Review | With spectacular squib of ‘Samson,’ Met Opera grasps at new start 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Without wasting half the budget on ill-acted chit-chat and scenario manufacture, the biggest showpieces always open, rather than close, the Final Destination movies: you get exactly what you paid for, immediately. Has Final Destination reached its nadir? 2011-08-19T23:06:58Z “Misty,” a vocal showpiece for Vaughan, had its luscious moments, but its juiciness was underplayed. Review: Dianne Reeves Leads Journey of Jazz History at Rose Hall 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The opening bassoon line was here less a solo showpiece than a mellow song nestled modestly within the textures of the strings. Review: Without a Note of Beethoven, an Orchestra Shines 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Fodor had made his early reputation with dazzling showpieces by Paganini, Fritz Kreisler and Henryk Wieniawski, and critics took him increasingly to task for what they saw as the triumph of flash over substance. Eugene Fodor, Violin Virtuoso, Dies at 60 2011-03-02T16:04:21Z During the religious turbulence between the Great Schism and the Reformation, St. Andrews was the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, and its cathedral was its showpiece church. St. Andrews: Hit the links, books and beach 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z This is the first clue that Julian Fellowes' latest period drama is a different creature from his PBS showpiece, announcing the story's soul with forceful a string section in furious conversation with baritone brass swell. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The museum’s showpiece, however, is the view from the top floor, where floor-to-ceiling windows frame a stunning panorama of the Piazza Duomo. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Milan 2011-05-19T20:51:31Z Dudamel revealed not normally noticed connections between this showpiece and the concerto. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Rather than being treated as a great showpiece, it became dark and tense, even a little ominous. In Vadym Kholodenko, talent and tragedy mix 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Not to be outdone, Israel, in its showpiece video, quoted a prior Authority: “Let there be light.” In Kazakhstan, a World Expo Is All About Energy (and Dancing) 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z There were some obvious showpieces here like Top Gun flight suits done up with tricky zippers, including a version in black pleather, but I don’t think there’s a big market for those. On the Runway: Richard Chai and Patrik Ervell Stick to Their Guns 2011-02-14T15:28:58Z Calvin Royal III, a soft-spoken, long-limbed dancer with smiling eyes, was practicing a passage from the thrilling—and exhausting—showpiece “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,” by George Balanchine. Man to Man 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Better yet, take the marble double staircase, a showpiece by renowned architect Stanford White, where newspaper heiress Eleanor “Cissy” Patterson and countless Washington debutantes floated up to the ballroom. From ladies’ club to luxury apartments: The Washington Club bids Dupont Circle farewell Dinosaurs sent to auction are often showpieces, sold without information. On the trail of the dinosaur rustlers 2013-01-19T20:00:04Z In the more melodic passages he produced a lovely plangent sound and elegant phrasing, but in virtuosic showpieces like his Act 2 aria, ornaments often came out smudged and colorless. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The label harks back to aristocratic prewar building names, which were often affixed to glamorous architectural showpieces to lure the upper crust. From ‘Liz’ to ‘The Jason’: The bizarre trend of fancy apartments with human names 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z By the end of the first episode, a yellow barricade of police tape further cordons off the building—an “American Gothic” showpiece. “The Act,” Reviewed: A Juicy True-Crime Drama That Deconstructs Soapy Tropes 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the guitarists latch onto more demonstrative ideas: attacking the cascading slant of “Odd End,” and the multiphase plot of “The Scent of Light,” which could serve as a representative showpiece. Albums From Rick Ross and Keith Jarrett 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Grounded with a rap-sung chorus, "Love So Soft" is bound to appeal to fans across genres and generations; it also works as a nice showpiece for her voice. Kelly Clarkson Brings the Soul on New Song 'Love So Soft' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z This season is simultaneously mournful and playful, full of dramatic showpieces and inspired absurdities. Review: ‘The Leftovers’ Has One More Cosmic Joke to Tell 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But he delivered incendiary solos and impressively funky rhythm work on his guitar, most notably on the jam showpiece “Cosmic Slop.” Garry Shider, Guitarist and Singer in P-Funk, Dies at 56 2010-06-21T04:08:00Z The showpiece is a heated, free-form swimming pool with an infinity edge and an attached hot tub. Country house or city house, there’s a way to extend living space outdoors 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z This is clear right down to the fact that his showgirl flamingos were more remarkable as showpieces than as a cohesive ensemble; precision was not their strength. ‘Alice (in Wonderland)’ a pleasant retreat of fleeting charms 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. McKenzie immediately hired Mr. Corella, then a corps de ballet member of a small company in his native Spain, and cast him in showpiece technical roles like the Bronze Idol in “Don Quixote.” Dance: Angel Corella and Ethan Stiefel Move on From Ballet Theater 2012-06-29T19:55:43Z At least four international galleries are investing in showpiece spaces in the capital. For Art Dealers, the Place to Be Is Still London 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The new work was part of one of Gaffigan’s signature inverted programs, with the big work on top, tapering off after intermission with two smaller ones, the last an orchestral showpiece. Race, justice and 'Unchained': L.A. Phil premieres new work by James Matheson 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z After a quick tour of the ornate Grand Palace, the estate’s showpiece, we headed to the sprawling gardens, known for their over 100 fountains. St. Petersburg’s Unexpected Side: Plenty of Family Fun 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The other showpiece moment was the gorgeously paced last-act scene on the train to Canada, a model of suspense designed to lead us to all the wrong conclusions. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z This is high-octane opera – massive showpiece follows massive showpiece; every gesture, musical and theatrical, is exaggerated, every passion heightened, every grief extreme. Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies ? review 2010-11-21T00:09:00Z As Olympia, Mizuho Takeshita, wearing a hoop skirt that bounced with her perky movements, sang with fluid coloratura in her showpiece aria. Music Review: ‘Tales of Hoffmann,’ Showcases Young Voices at Kaye Playhouse 2013-07-14T20:22:59Z From 1973 onward, they worked together to create one-off showpieces for Mr. Bowie’s stage personas and music tours, including the 1973 “Aladdin Sane” tour. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The night’s showpiece was a 7 1/2 -minute film that rendered those ancestors larger than life. At the African American History Museum, a giant flicker of things to come 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z In Alan Ayckbourn’s latest play, the showpiece of Brits Off Broadway, a manor house becomes a girls’ school and then an arts center and then a hotel. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z At the close of this book, I couldn't help remembering the souvenir shops in the showpiece plantation houses. The Cutting Season by Attica Locke – review 2012-09-28T07:00:01Z There seems little risk that Kroenke and the league, with so many eyes on its return-to-L.A. experiment, will allow the stadium itself be anything less than a well-appointed, over-the-top showpiece. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The second selection reached back further, to her Bolshoi Ballet beginnings with the Soviet showpiece “Flames of Paris Pas de Deux.” Review: In ‘Force of Nature,’ Natalia Osipova Is Absorbed in Memories 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z And in a showpiece like the “Paganini Variations,” which the pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs on Oct. Does Brahms’s Obsession With Rhythmic Instability Explain His Music’s Magic? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Last week focused spectacularly upon his interests and strengths — new music, Finnish music, new Finnish music, symphonic showpieces. Salonen, Denk serve meat-and-potatoes Mozart, Beethoven 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Announced today, the museum's showpiece autumn exhibition will draw on its "unparalleled" collection of Egyptian books of the dead, collections of spells provided to help the departed find their way. British Museum to recreate Egyptian journey to the afterlife 2010-06-17T15:21:00Z But ballet’s bravura steps and story showpieces still exerted mystique. This LGBTQ ‘Giselle’ celebrates individuality, putting a spotlight on non-inclusiveness in classical ballet 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Alongside the Pereira and Chin showpieces, it felt a little penny plain, despite its energy. LA Philharmonic New Music Group/Dudamel/Adams – review 2013-03-15T17:33:23Z Reese is such a magnetic superstar, and it was a showpiece for her. ‘Legally Blonde’ Oral History: From Raunchy Script to Feminist Classic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z But the character’s showpiece came in Season 3, when Dewey’s knack for both baroque victimization and abject gullibility coalesced in an episode in which he was convinced that his kidneys had been stolen. R.V.s and Stolen Kidneys: Life on the Fringes in ‘Justified’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z But a true double stock is a culinary showpiece, an investment of time and ingredients that is worthy of its own spotlight. Win Thanksgiving (and Post-Thanksgiving) with Double Stock 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The 1861 public debut of one of his big showpieces, “The Icebergs,” almost exactly coincided with the declaration of war. American Eden, After the Fall 2013-01-10T22:01:26Z But it is a fiercely demanding showpiece that illustrates the proximity of country music to opera; it is also a surefire crowd pleaser. Music Review: A Star Takes an Excursion Out of Her Comfort Zone 2010-10-20T21:25:00Z The new home of the Brotherhood Sister Sol is an architectural showpiece on a quiet street of old tenements in West Harlem. In Harlem, a Playful New Youth Center Is an Instant Landmark 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The result, says Kennedy, is that "philosophical masterpieces end up sounding like shallow showpieces, designed merely to show off technical mastery of the violin". Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z “A spectacular showpiece,” Allen Hughes, a critic for The New York Times, wrote after the Delacorte premiere. Brian Macdonald, Eclectic Choreographer and Director, Dies at 86 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z We’re not talking basic white gowns either, but showpieces elaborately embroidered with sparkling pearls, beads and flowers, putting new emphasis on couture-level detail work. Oscars 2015: White dresses a hot trend on the red carpet 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Yet his programme wasn't built solely round showpieces, and his charm now spills towards a moodier Romanticism. Juan Diego Fl?rez 2010-05-11T21:05:00Z Less home than showpiece, the house was built to impress and entertain: Grand salons, mirrored ballroom, 16 bedrooms, impressive art and antiques. From ladies’ club to luxury apartments: The Washington Club bids Dupont Circle farewell A few downtown showpieces, like the urbane Riverwalk and glamorous Millennium Park, have reaped immense financial windfalls for the city. In Chicago and Philadelphia, the Difference a Park Makes 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z After helping to survey the District of Columbia, Banneker compiled his first almanac, replacing Wheatley’s “Poems” as abolitionists’ finest showpiece of black capability. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Klibonoff also joined Mr. Fain for the American premiere of “Pendulum,” a brief, coursing showpiece given a whirlwind account. Music Review: Glass?s Players Warm Up for a Festival in August 2011-06-13T22:17:30Z Dorman's piece is a playful, acrobatic concert showpiece, not a place to find grit. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z They’re well worth talking about, but that would leave no space for the showpiece, and it deserves a lot of attention. George Pelecanos Explores New Terrain in ‘The Martini Shot’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Pros: Absolutely first-class programming, in a historic, atmospheric showpiece of the Berlin cinema scene, whose own history is almost worthy of a movie itself. Cine-files: Babylon, Berlin 2011-07-12T09:00:10Z Her powerful soprano has an acid brightness that is well suited to coloratura showpieces, but can lack warmth in more tender exchanges. Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Puccini’s orchestration is skilled and well suited to the purpose of supporting the voices, but “La Bohème” is no orchestral showpiece, as Mr. Rizzi seemed determined to make it. Review: ‘La Bohème,’ in All Its Excessive Glory 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In 1966, the bluegrass fiddler Richard Greene invented the basic chop and put it to work as a showpiece while soloing. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z With an idiosyncratic mix of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Scriabin, two short pieces by Granados and a Liszt showpiece, the 24-year-old Grosvenor summoned the likes of the great Vladimir Horowitz. At 24, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers virtuosity beyond his years. If you haven't heard him, hear him now 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Colors and volume change, but the path is sure, as a showpiece becomes a road map for constancy in an environment of certainty. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Samuel Wilson and Ashley Murphy attempted “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,” a challenging traditional showpiece that George Balanchine choreographed for his own company on this stage in 1960. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem at City Center 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z This showpiece hasn’t been sung so well on the Met stage since Luciano Pavarotti owned the part in the early 1970s. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Now, “Good Day, Good Night” will be the showpiece of another yearlong Brown rollout. A New Phase of ‘Goodnight Moon’? 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z There’s something heartening about audiences in shorts and T-shirts leaping to their feet in a concert hall to cheer well-turned showpieces by Ravel, Barber and Jacques Ibert. At Mostly Mozart Concerts, Casual Vibes and High Musical Values 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Brien proceeded into the audition room, which will also serve as a recital hall and is the center’s showpiece. National Opera Center Is to Open in Manhattan 2012-09-14T16:47:40Z Roomful’s great showpiece is the Partita for 8 Voices, a four-movement work by one of its members, the alto Caroline Shaw, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for music. Review: Roomful of Teeth Stretches for a Piano Premiere 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z There was a fluidity and warmth to his playing throughout the program, which concluded with a joyous, bravura performance of Paganini’s showpiece “I Palpiti.” Music Review: Aleksey Semenenko, Young Artist Winner, at Merkin Hall 2014-02-06T23:34:15Z Sung and played with freshness and spirit by the Venice Baroque and six youthful soloists, this disc – full of showpiece da capo arias and gleeful coloratura – may up your game on the obscure opera front. L'Olympiade: the Opera ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:27Z Mr. Hamelin closed the program with an athletic, thundering account of Liszt’s “Réminiscences de Norma,” a showpiece that draws on every form of technical flourish in the Romantic piano arsenal. Music Review: Rationality Meeting Romanticism 2011-05-12T21:30:23Z The second half of the program was given over to two of Ottorino Respighi’s orchestral showpieces from the 1920s: the seldom encountered “Brazilian Impressions” and a rousing “Pines of Rome” to close. Review | Percussion concerto offers less bang than whimper 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Only on a tour can visitors enter Gropius’s faithfully reconstructed office, which was a showpiece for the first official Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Järvi's brand of theatricality borders on affectation, but it went down well with the young players and proved suitably dramatic in the macabre showpiece of Liszt's Totentanz. National Youth Orchestra/Kristjan J?rvi ? review 2011-01-06T21:44:01Z We're not talking basic white here, but showpieces elaborately embellished with sparkling pearls, beads and flowers showing off fashion's dying art of couture workmanship. Oscars 2015: Red carpet fun with Moore's sequins, Nyong'o's pearls, more 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z But they were also built to last, and every middle-sized American city still has a few of them, preserved as museums or municipal showpieces. The New Gilded Age: A bigger con job than the first one 2014-04-26T16:30:00Z His passagework, so key to these showpieces, lost clarity in faster moments. Music Review: Vadim Repin and Itamar Golan at Alice Tully Hall 2012-03-19T21:51:00Z “Woodstock” was chopped up into staccato phrases, turning that hymn to flower children into a percussive showpiece. Tierney Sutton Reimagines Joni Mitchell Songs 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, such showpieces didn't support the evening's ambitious premise. 'Watershed' misses its moment to commemorate civil rights 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The organization has also become a showpiece of Miami’s cultural scene. Perspective | Michael Tilson Thomas was once the ‘bad boy of classical music.’ Now, at 74, he still conducts with childlike delight. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Angel’s Bone” was a showpiece of a range of work, not all of it developed here. At an opera festival, tales of drug cartels. At opera houses, same old song. 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “It used to be a showpiece for tableside service, but not anymore.” Coravin creates sleeve to address bottle breakage problems The sprawling observation deck is the showpiece, with its scalloped canopy, dipping pool, cocktail bar and outdoor-living-room lounges. In Burma, a cruise along the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Bagan On the surface this is a spiraling showpiece, with spinning right-hand figures and dancing left-hand chords. Marino Formenti, Fully Engaged, at NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It is contemporary but it already looks dated to a time, the ’80s, when luthiers began catering to collectors’ tastes not just for fine instruments but also for visually impressive showpieces. Art Review: It?s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song 2011-02-10T22:57:32Z Wijaya’s brief for what came to be known as Villa Keliki was straightforward enough: “We wanted a showpiece; we wanted to impress; we wanted to pull out all the stops.” Balinese Beat 2010-06-01T04:00:00Z Hell’s range of sinners presents a clear opportunity for Bartok’s strategy — evocative showpieces as different doors are opened — but the score of “Il Viaggio, Dante” remains resolutely, drearily homogeneous: dully dyspeptic even in paradise. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “When I Was Your Man” is the most anguished song of Mr. Mars’s career, and here it was the showpiece. Music Review: Bruno Mars, Just Part of the Band at Barclays Center 2013-06-30T21:33:14Z In many ways Chopin’s variations fall into the then-standard category of light, fanciful, unabashedly brilliant showpieces for piano and orchestra. Listening to the Piece That Made Chopin’s Career 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z This is the only musical in the West End with showpiece numbers celebrating local bus timetables and the ITV2 daytime schedule. This week's new comedy 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Liberty Cinema Mumbai’s best Art Deco showpiece is, appropriately in this city of cinema, a movie theater. | A Bohemian Getaway in the Heart of Mumbai 2014-04-16T17:57:22Z From there on, it was one orchestral showpiece after another, each beautifully wrought. National Philharmonic brings its unique touch to a vintage lineup 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Here as on the album it suggested a showpiece, scaled for attention-grabbing. Music Review: Nnenna Freelon: Vocalist Who Bends Melodies 2010-05-12T20:28:00Z But for an uncompromising choreographic vision that also managed to be a powerful company showpiece, it was Kyle Abraham’s “Untitled America” that triumphed, first to last. The struggle, the hopeless fury and the joy of life, all captured by Alvin Ailey Dance 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In a broadside at fellow musicians, he said that some were sidelining Bach into "a rarefied and effete ghetto" while others were turning "philosophical masterpieces" into "shallow showpieces". Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z But if the plainer commercial dresses seem too quiet by a designer’s standards for the runway, the showpieces sometimes looked too heavy and complicated. | Fashion Review: Exit Paris, Winking 2011-03-10T23:42:03Z Though radically different in style, these plotless showpieces share structural similarities and, especially, a string of complex, effervescent women’s solos. L.A. Ballet's ambitious all-Balanchine program leads to missteps, but also one big triumph 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s a showpiece for a middle-aged Hollywood rich guy. ‘#blackAF’ Review: A Second Portrait of the Artist, With More Scars 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z This may have been the closest Chopin came to writing an unabashed virtuoso showpiece. A Critic and a Pianist, Close but Not Quite Friends 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Kissin concluded the program with a muscular rendition of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor, a virtuoso showpiece and vehicle for his dazzling technique. Music Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T20:57:19Z More than looking back, Bell returns the 19th century showpiece, with its ingratiating Spanish-French character, to the 1980s. It's an old-school night at the Hollywood Bowl with Stravinsky and Joshua Bell 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z After listening to her gorgeous rendition of “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s “Norma,” now one of her showpiece arias, there was no doubting why. Review: National Council Auditions Winners Named at Grand Finals Concert 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Organisers said the singer's private life was irrelevant and went ahead with the show, the highlight of the week-long Mawazine World Rhythms festival that has become the cultural showpiece of Morocco's secular-leaning monarchy. Morocco gives Elton John a rapturous welcome 2010-05-27T09:59:00Z The pavilion, designed in 1967 by Frank Gehry, is a showpiece of Columbia, Md., a planned community founded in the 1960s with elimination of race and class divisions as one of its goals. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s a male showpiece, and Craig Salstein, dancing with a crystalline connection to the music and a lack of mannerism, was in command. Ballet Theater Offers ‘Sinfonietta’ and ‘Seven Sonatas’ 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Playing all 24 of these virtuoso showpieces in one concert is a rare feat and an arduous task. Music Review: Rachel Barton Pine Performs at Rockefeller University 2012-03-22T21:02:22Z If you are going to conclude an important inaugural concert with a shameless showpiece, well, picking this skillfully written, dazzlingly orchestrated and colorful score was the way to go. Andris Nelsons Begins Tenure Leading Boston Symphony 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z At times I found myself thinking that it would have been enough to be in the presence of these vivid characters as they grieved, that maybe we didn’t need such a showpiece of a structure. In This Y.A. Novel, the Grief Comes Before the Tragedy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z People who regularly travel to the North Korean capital describe its churches as showpieces for foreign residents and tourists. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The plot devices are standard issue — the meddling maid, the fainting spell, the complications and happy ending — but Donizetti’s melodies gleam at moments like the first-act duet for Isabella and Camillo, and Isabella’s closing showpiece. Music Review: ‘Olivo e Pasquale,’ From Amore Opera, at Connelly Theater 2012-11-05T22:32:50Z Rather than tossing off these virtuosic showpieces as mere appetizers, though, Baráti probed into them with extraordinary intensity and an almost orchestral range of expression. Review: In a violinist’s high-wire act, virtuoso Kristóf Baráti transfixes 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The onboard ranger explained that the onetime showpiece of Glacier Bay has receded out of sight, a retreat of more than 30 miles since Muir first saw it. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Ohlsson’s patience turned the showpiece Fifth Sonata turned into a smoldering fireball, erupting in thunderous, magnesium brightness at the end. Garrick Ohlsson Sets Scriabin in His Russian Context 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z He demonstrated some admirable technical chops during Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, easily conquering the double octaves and other athletic maneuvers of this popular showpiece. Music in Review: Yale in New York in an All-Handel Evening at Zankel HallMacedonian Pianist Simon Trpceski at Zankel Hall 2012-02-28T23:30:49Z You might argue that the last act of this version suffers from extensive cuts that leave only classical showpieces, omitting the character and comic specialties that Petipa included for variety. L.A. Ballet delivers a classically pure 'Sleeping Beauty' The premiere of Wilful Chants, for which the chorus and brass were joined by the percussionists of O Duo, made for an even larger vocal showpiece. Proms 30 & 31: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBCSO/Davies 2010-08-09T11:32:00Z A re-creation of this 18th-century sofa is now a showpiece of Mount Vernon’s front parlor, a room that reopened Feb. 16 after being closed for more than a year of restoration. Keeping up with the Washingtons: Historians just found evidence of the first sofa in Virginia 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The quiet island of Vieques, six miles off Puerto Rico, gained an architectural showpiece when the 22-room El Blok opened last month. 8 Distinctive Caribbean Inns for a Range of Budgets 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Then he set bow to string and tore into yet another pyrotechnic showpiece. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Elder's reading of Sergei Prokoviev's Fifth Symphony was middle-of-the-road, neither as dark as some nor as glittering in showpiece fashion as others. CSO: Hough, Elder, Tchaikovsky a match made in heaven 2011-01-07T20:59:00Z As Mr. Ramsay put it, the kitchens that were largely just “showpieces” in people’s homes “are actually working kitchens now.” Grooming Home Cooks, and a Reality Franchise 2010-08-31T22:46:00Z Views of the country are largely limited to satellite images and footage of showpiece spectacles like the “mass games,” stadium-filling pageants of synchronized acrobatics. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z In the days before recordings, familiarity with the operas of the day was sustained through such piano transcriptions, a practice Liszt elevated into recital showpieces with elaborate riffs on favourite moments all woven together. Thomas Ad?s 2010-04-29T20:45:00Z Liszt’s fantasies on operas are not just clever showpieces. Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein at Mannes Festival 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The moment is nothing if not ripe, as evidenced at the recent Emmy Awards, the showpiece of an industry scrambling to replicate the crisp, early 1960s elegance of “Mad Men.” Noticed: The Image of Marilyn Monroe Is Everywhere ? Noticed 2011-09-23T21:58:50Z It would be a schoolwide showpiece, gathering older students into starring roles while providing unlimited bit parts for little children. Southern Journal: No Place Like Home 2012-10-01T15:20:14.377Z The inevitable “My Funny Valentine,” which Chaka Khan’s influential interpretation turned into a flamboyant vocal showpiece, was restored to its previous incarnation as a tender statement of devotion. 2010-02-15T00:59:00Z “You’ll Never Walk Alone” became a crude showpiece for delivering sustained high notes. Music Review: Broadway Cowboy of Australia 2010-12-01T05:15:00Z She set her sights on a new intellectual centre, built for Afghan students rather than as an empty showpiece. From Kabul love affair to Afghanistan's first centre for study of its history 2013-03-26T17:36:42Z But Ms. Devieilhe’s impetuous and sparkling rendition of that showpiece was only the encore — an afterthought, really — for an evening of delicate, nuanced French art songs. Review: A Rising French Singer Makes a Delicately Brilliant Debut 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Rose, in his muscular, often explosive readings, seemed intent on reconciling them by playing Brahms with a weight and volume more typically lavished on Liszt’s showpieces. Music Review: Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt 2011-07-18T22:08:46Z From the first variation, he smothered the gorgeous tune in filigree, apparently harking back to those pianistic showpieces of yore. Marc-André Hamelin Gradually Ups the Ante at Carnegie Hall 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Yes, it mattered that the company staged those brilliant Act 2 showpieces against the backdrop of a giant pretzel that looked like prison bars. In a season full of 'Nutcracker,' the brilliance of Balanchine shines through 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The soloists on these three evenings brought personal flair, if not the last word in technique, to their showpieces. Mostly Mozart’s Repertoire Broadens With Its Audience 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z They are found in both the poorest neighborhoods and exclusive enclaves and can be modest ramblers or multimillion-dollar showpieces. ‘Murder houses’: The haunting final chapter in true-crime stories 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Some of the cardboard sets and props could have been bought at a garage sale, and Nemorino sings his showpiece aria in what appears to be a forest of giant cauliflower. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z A true double stock is a culinary showpiece, an investment of time and ingredients that is worthy of its own spotlight. The Open Secret of Thanksgiving, and a Recipe 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Rae brought plush radiance to the confessional aria and brilliant, agile singing to the showpiece. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Gill will attend an all-day party in the pub, one of many events that will combine a celebration of the wedding with watching the FA Cup final, the showpiece end to the English soccer season. The media are agog but are Britons really bothered about royal... 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Though not seamless, Shafer's rendition of the fiendishly difficult “Candide” coloratura showpiece, "Glitter and Be Gay," brought the audience to its feet. Bernstein's spirit brought back to the stage, from 'Fancy Free' to '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Seen solely as a company showpiece, "Untitled" sold itself successfully. L.A. Dance Project explores flyaway dynamics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z That act leads to the famous “mad scene,” an extended showpiece for sopranos notable for the intricate vocal line and elaborate ornamentation that typified the bel canto style of early 19th century Italian opera. Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The water nymph Rusalka sings her lyrical showpiece, the “Song to the Moon,” while lying atop a kiosk. Music Review: Stefan Herheim?s ?Rusalka,? at Th??tre Royal de la Monnaie 2012-03-09T23:41:56Z The string sound is lush and flexible and there is a real spark in the winds, perfect for short showpieces such as the Dukas. RSNO/Den?ve ? review 2011-02-01T18:05:46Z “Le Corsaire” fairly bursts with virtuosic showpieces and spirited good times, but it’s also the most inane work in the classical canon. An 18-year-old new ballet star salvages an outmoded tale of pirates, slaves and stereotypes 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Higdon’s concerto is a showpiece in the classic Romantic style. Music Review: Sound That?s Lush and Slow, Speedy and Precise 2011-02-16T22:49:49Z There are five Lucky Onion hotels and restaurants, but the showpiece is the chic No. 131, which opened in late 2013 on Imperial Square. In England, Cheltenham Enjoys a Cultural Renaissance 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But his big showpiece demanded a very different kind of flexibility. Music Review: Theater of Early Music, Daniel Taylor, Deborah York - Review 2011-11-16T23:05:40Z A showpiece of the Society’s exhibition “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming,” the window had once stood in the home of Rebecca Nurse, a Salem woman who was hanged for witchcraft in 1692. Sarah Ruhl and Rebecca Taichman on Conjuring ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z When a writer’s previous novel was an operatic showpiece that earned the Man Booker Prize, his new novel has a lot to live up to. Review | If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z In the Snohetta-designed architectural showpiece she asked about an empty niche and learned it was a memorial space where the ancient scrolls would have gone. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z His caliber of keyboard brilliance had not often been encountered in blues, his early 1950s recording of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's showpiece "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" establishing his reputation and giving him his famous nickname. Blues musician "Pinetop" Perkins dies at 97 2011-03-22T00:39:00Z The programs, too commonly a numbing pileup of tired showpieces and frustrating excerpts, disappoint. An All-Star Dance Gala Takes Risks and Soars 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z “It has speed control and direction control. It’s something you’d be happy to have in any room because it becomes a showpiece.” The best table and desk fans, according to experts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The question is how you define success in such an expensive showpiece. Perspective | Along New York’s High Line, a $500 million effort to bring the arts to everyone 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z “Happy Voices,” an unabashed orchestral showpiece, is decidedly Wagnerian, both in heft and in spirit. Critic’s Notebook: At Tanglewood a Focus on a Group of Composers 2012-08-14T21:47:03Z Nearby hung the Louvre-Lens’s crowning showpiece, the French icon “Liberty Leading the People” by Delacroix. Heads Up: A ‘New Louvre’ North of Paris 2013-05-08T16:34:37Z All four moved freely between classical showpieces like Saint-Saëns’s “Fossils” or Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” and arrangements like their own clever mash-up of the “Jaws” theme with Weill’s “ Mack the Knife.” Review: Salut Salon Mixes Whimsy and Virtuosity 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Each of them stops the show at least once, Flórez with a dazzling sequence of nine top Cs in his showpiece number; Dessay with her poignant aria of farewell. La Fille du R?giment 2010-05-20T21:00:00Z It’s one of the ultimate showpieces for orchestra, and Morlot conducted it with an emphasis on the contrasts: huge, powerful statements, overwhelming brass, delicately shimmering textures. Seattle Symphony’s festive concert opens a season with much to commemorate 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z As a showpiece for the film industry, it wants to nudge audiences off the couch and back to the multiplex or art house. An Onstage Slap Gives the Oscars More Drama Than It Bargained For 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In the extended showpiece “Et incarnatus est” in the “Credo,” she interweaves her immaculate soprano with the intricate woodwind lines, sweet and tender. Recording reviews: A limpid soprano’s chance to soar 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Bostridge negotiated their demands with an interpretive security — as well as thoughtful accenting and magnificently crisp diction — that made these showpieces sound easy. Music Review: One Tenor, Three Voices, in Arias From Handel?s Era 2011-05-10T21:10:48Z There were no cockamamie showpieces or garments suitable only for a teenage wraith. Alexandre Mattiussi, the Designer of the Label Ami, Creates Buzz During Paris Men’s Fashion Week 2014-02-19T22:13:39Z This breakthrough 1711 work, Handel’s first opera for London and the first Italian opera written to order for a London theater, was conceived as a fantastical entertainment full of showpiece arias for virtuoso singers. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z Endowed with sweetly spun melodies and a bravura finale, the concerto is an unapologetic showpiece for a virtuoso performer. Music Review: An Exuberant Conductor and a Starry Violinist 2011-08-07T21:48:50Z Her friends live together nearby in a building they designed themselves, a cross between commune and architectural showpiece. When You Roast Your Friends in a Book, and One’s Your Landlord 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z On the available evidence his accounts of these dazzling showpieces were energized and detailed. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Concert in Prospect Park 2012-07-12T22:23:49Z The young Mendelssohn was a virtuosic performer on piano and violin, and this concerto is an unabashed showpiece for both instruments. Music Review: Proud Parents With Cameras, Clicking Away 2010-12-26T21:39:04Z You can stroll past beat-up outrigger boats, which look like showpieces from a maritime museum, and past fishermen on wooden stilts. Next Stop: In Postwar Sri Lanka, Beaches, Temples and Military Checkpoints 2010-03-12T02:50:00Z The showpiece is a lengthy interpretation of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” with a brief detour into George Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z There are suggestions that colleges do a poor job of actually educating students, and that the cost issue is a result of bloated administrative salaries and a rush to build showpiece campuses. ‘Ivory Tower’ Evaluates Issues in Higher Education 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The $28 million makeover of the showpiece hotel in downtown Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the Adelphi, took five years and was a source of much curiosity in the celebrated spa and gambling refuge. A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z As encores he offered a lovely rendition of Siloti’s arrangement of Bach’s Prelude in B minor and then another showpiece, Liszt’s “Campanella.” Music Review: George Li, Pianist at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-11-02T22:39:01Z With a lush wooded set and fetching costumes, it’s an impressive showpiece of the company — its animation and utterly right, go-for-it hamminess. Washington Ballet’s season finale: Space Age world premiere & earthy classics 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Having begun to play professionally by the age of 11, he got a manager when he was 12, and toured with showpieces like Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” and Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Conrad Tao Was Never Just Another Prodigy 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z This was not a typical showpiece for Wang, who likes dazzling technical challenges. It's nice to have L.A. Phil 'family' like Yuja Wang, Salonen 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Sous-vide cod with black bean sauce was flabby and, like the scallops in a long canoe-shaped dish with peppers and onions, not a showpiece of sparkling freshness. Imagination Worth the Added Price at Midtown’s La Chine 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A tiny painting of a bulbous pepper by Wilkinson’s mother-in-law, Jan, fits in a kitchen nook, while a 7-foot-long contemporary work becomes a living room showpiece. Original art, cheap price tags in Wilmington 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z On the closer, “The Penultimate Chance,” he finally allowed himself a showpiece exertion. Music Review | Chris Dingman: Vibraphonist Dazzles, but Without Fanfare 2010-03-19T21:36:00Z Transition to a much tonier cultural scene at the 125,000-square-foot Shaw Center for the Arts, the showpiece of a revitalized downtown. 36 Hours in Baton Rouge, La. 2014-02-14T17:57:08Z The showpiece of the museum, called the Dream Machine, needs little explanation. At long last, the National Children’s Museum opens its doors 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z And if there is a slight sense of business as usual – this is very much the Matvienkos' showpiece – then it has to be said that business is good. Mariinsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Balanchine/Robbins triple bill ? review 2011-08-06T23:06:13Z In this instance, there is something old-fashioned about the result, like a Rimsky-Korsakov showpiece with an extra century of orchestral know-how thrown in. Total Immersion: Unsuk Chin ? review 2011-04-11T17:31:24Z Like Bach, Ysaÿe used a wide range of expressive and technical elements in the Ballade, a showpiece that displays Mr. Bell’s virtuosity, rich tone and characterful playing to full effect. Sam Haywood and Joshua Bell at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-16T22:38:31Z The owners did not treat the house as a showpiece. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z And she built the Saint-Saëns showpiece with an effective dramatic sense that proceeded from the work’s graceful beginning to its sizzling finale. Music Review: New York String Orchestra With Jaime Laredo - Review 2011-12-25T21:55:35Z She seemed least comfortable with her showpiece aria, “Marten aller Arten.” Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The version by Jonas Dominique, played to the hilt here, refashions four of the dances into a shameless, brilliant showpiece. Review: Martin Frost, Clarinet Virtuoso, Dazzles as He Dances 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In 1972, Robbins used the music to make a showpiece for the students of the School of American Ballet and performed the part of the Ringmaster; here, the recently retired Maria Kowroski did the honors. Review: Ghosts Hover Over a New Collaboration at City Ballet 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Tall treelike pillars define the space, and the showpiece, coming in a few weeks, will be a giant silvery apple with an arrow through it parked on the roof. Chinese Tuxedo, Cantonese in a Grand Chinatown Space, Opens 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z As cities around the world raced to build showpiece museums and opera houses in the ’90s, Zumthor built something timeless, Teutonic in its logic but sensuous, too. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Presented with modest plans, Kroc pushed back, insisting on a “showpiece of exceptional quality.” How Joan Kroc’s surprise $1.8 billion gift to the Salvation Army transformed 26 communities 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z In addition, there will be a showpiece inspired by TV's nostalgic nail-biter, Stranger Things. King-size creation on display at NEC Cake International 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Their World Cup campaign was clearly a successful one as they reached the final, but they received criticism for several underwhelming displays on the way to Sydney's showpiece. Lionesses exposed as Olympics qualification in doubt 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z It was third time lucky for the Swede, who previously found herself on the losing side in the European showpiece for both Barca and former club Wolfsburg. Is Rolfo your Women's Footballer of the Year? 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z You were really battling to find mitigation, and in a showpiece event, you have to be very careful. 'South Africa the greatest team in World Cup history' 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z But they ground their way to victory on that occasion to kick-start a campaign that came within three minutes and one point of beating South Africa in the semi-finals to make Saturday's showpiece. England sneak past Pumas to win World Cup bronze 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z While France fell in the last eight, it is New Zealand who will take on South Africa in the showpiece game. Savea closes in on greatness as final looms 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Australia's win against France in the 1999 final is the biggest in a Rugby World Cup showpiece, with 23 points separating the sides at the final whistle. Rank the top 10 teams in Rugby World Cup history 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Six months out from the World Cup and with Borthwick having plenty of options in the back row, Earl’s hopes of making it for the global showpiece looked slim. Ben Earl shows value of perseverance to become England’s unlikely star at Rugby World Cup 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Catalans fell at the final hurdle once more in their second Grand Final appearance, having lost to St Helens in the showpiece two years ago. Marshall hopes Grand Final win starts Wigan dynasty 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The big question for France will be whether they can call on their talismanic leader Antoine Dupont, who shared a word with his coach before kick-off, for that "second" showpiece with South Africa. 'Incredible' Portugal provide dramatic pool finale 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z These are problems that showpiece competitions in other sports would not allow to fester. 'Imperfect World Cup is a fight for survival' 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z While Ireland won 19-16 when the sides met in Dublin last year, it is well known that South Africa are a different beast at rugby's global showpiece. Ireland earn statement win over holders South Africa 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, it’s the Pacific island of Fiji warming hearts at rugby’s showpiece. Flying Fiji lifts everyone’s hopes at Rugby World Cup. Eyes now on big Ireland-South Africa showdown 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Like every Irish player to have graced the World Cup, his relationship with the quadrennial showpiece has been fraught. Ireland talisman Sexton ready for last dance 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The showpieces of the Seattle sanctuary are its stained and leaded glass windows and dome, designed and fabricated by Povey Brothers Glass Company of Portland. Where to find the most stunning Seattle architecture, according to a historic preservationist 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z But rarely, if ever, has an England team arrived at the global showpiece with such little form and momentum. Written-off England ready for 'big dance' 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z BH: "Where it all started! Rugby has come on such a long way from that first point. It put it on the global stage to creating a showpiece for the sport we dearly love." Rank the top 10 Rugby World Cup moments 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Now the match-up has ignited over the past few months following three compelling contests in the French Open semi-finals, the Wimbledon showpiece and this month's Cincinnati final. Djokovic back to world number one after US Open win 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Julia's inspiration came from the mud of mid Wales where the "whacky" showpiece had become a bucket list event for alternative thrill-seekers. Wales: 'I love bog snorkelling because it saved my life' 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Now the match-up has ignited over the past few months following three compelling contests in the French Open semi-finals, the Wimbledon showpiece and last week's Cincinnati final. Another Alcaraz-Djokovic epic? Can Gauff challenge Swiatek? 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Russo said England would approach the showpiece fixture like a "normal game" and the squad have been "relaxed and excited" in training this week. 'Locked in' England will handle pressure - Russo 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z There were jubilant scenes on the court as England wound down the clock to edge out the Silver Ferns and reach Sunday's showpiece in Cape Town. England beat New Zealand to reach first World Cup final 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Cape Town hosted the Quad Series in January as a warm-up to this summer's showpiece and Potgieter said teams had a taste of what was to come. South Africa ready to 'showcase' historic World Cup 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Nigeria and South Africa were drawn in the same World Cup qualifying group on Thursday in a re-shaped African competition that will lead to at least nine teams at the 2026 showpiece in the U.S., Africa’s World Cup qualifying draw launches new format and at least 9 teams towards 2026 event 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z While the ground hosting this year's showpiece may have been renamed, it still offers a home advantage for Gloucester, who will be backed by the majority of the 8,000 fans that have bought tickets. Gloucester and Exeter eye history at 'Queensholm' 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The showpieces in 2024 - when Wembley will host the Champions League final and Germany the European Championships - will be a "unique experience" for fans, he added. Istanbul final not perfect for fans - Uefa president 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “It certainly seems to be a showpiece for Assembly Republicans that they can’t get their Senate colleagues to buy into.” Wisconsin Assembly to vote on allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Could it join the list of great showpieces in the competition? Vote: Which is the best Champions League final? 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In one sense, a showpiece event like a world final should not be framed in the context of a Test series that is still more than a week away. Devastating bowlers put Australia in command 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. Russia bans ‘unfriendly’ countries’ journalists from showpiece economic gathering 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The showpiece is being played 70 days before the start of the 2023-24 Premier League season on Saturday, 12 August. City v United in first all-Manchester FA Cup final 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Whether it works, or ends up as more showpiece than workhorse, is another question. Hopes for a downtown Seattle streetcar find new life in Mayor Harrell 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z AC Milan's 4-0 win over Barcelona - who had been the favourites - remains the biggest margin of victory in a Champions League final, and the joint biggest in any European Cup showpiece. Vote: Which is the best Champions League final? 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In the first women's showpiece to be played at Scotland's national stadium, a nervous and cagey first half passed almost without incident before two goals in two minutes won Celtic the game. Celtic beat Rangers to claim Women's Scottish Cup 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Abbas I reformed the military and civil service and built a showpiece capital city, Isfahan, which remains one of the masterworks of Persian Islamic art and architecture. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Manchester United were debuting in a major cup final, the video assistant referee was used for the first time in the showpiece and there was a world-record crowd for a domestic women's game. Relentless Chelsea's FA Cup win a 'victory for the grind' 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Here's everything you need to know about the Wembley showpiece. Man Utd 'rebels' face serial winners Chelsea in final 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The backlash reached a crescendo at last week’s Miami Grand Prix, which was added in 2022 as a showpiece for American fans. The Florida Man of Formula 1 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z This World Cup is expected to be the last for the 31-year-old loose forward, who will join French club Racing 92 after the rugby showpiece. Springboks’ Kolisi has surgery, in race to make World Cup 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Almost 18 months on, South Africa’s $8.5 billion transition showpiece looks more like a cautionary tale. How developing countries are being failed by the West’s green ambitions 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The showpiece event, one of the highlights of the Scottish horseracing calendar, is set to take place on Saturday at 15:35. Security stepped up for Scottish Grand National 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Tickets for the showpiece final at the 90,000-seater venue sold out on 3 May. Man Utd 'rebels' face serial winners Chelsea in final 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Assistant coach Richard Hodges, who gave this week's media briefing on Thursday, is expected to take the helm at the Judgement Day showpiece. Cardiff suspend director of rugby Young 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The composite skeleton, featuring 293 bones, was a showpiece of an auction that featured some 70 lots, and the skull was set up next to the auctioneer’s podium throughout. T. rex skeleton sells for more than $5M at Zurich auction 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The call-up of paratroopers, part of Russia's wider mobilisation, underlines the degree to which the Ukraine campaign has exhausted the country's professional army, of which the 331st has been a showpiece. The cost of the Ukraine war for one Russian regiment 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The planet's leading development body hopes that its upcoming showpiece joint Spring Meetings with the IMF in Washington will help it raise more money to tackle its key mission. China's loans to Africa worry World Bank President David Malpass 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The FIE’s decision has already affected its competitions after the organizers of an upcoming event in Germany on the showpiece Grand Prix circuit refused to stage it. Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The identity crisis at the heart of India’s showpiece soccer final: The Indian Super League is a television spectacle, but what is it like in person? Your Monday Briefing 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to stage soccer's showpiece event, came under scrutiny from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers ahead of the tournament. Qatar Airways eyes rapid growth as travel demand rebounds 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Gujarat were extremely poor in Saturday's showpiece opening game, both with the bat and in the field. Norris and Harris star in WPL wins 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Barca were arguably even more dominant when the two sides met in the showpiece at Wembley two years later as Messi produced a masterclass, scoring one goal and setting up another for David Villa. Man Utd v Barcelona - the classic meetings 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Uefa commissioned the independent report three days after the match - the showpiece of European club football which Liverpool went on to lose 1-0 - took place in the French capital. Uefa 'responsible' for Champions League final chaos 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Playing English football's showpiece occasion outside of England for the first time while Wembley Stadium was rebuilt initially caused controversy. BBC: What's been 'occurring' in Wales for 100 years 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Several Black votes interviewed at the polls said they had seen little activity from Republicans in the city and described the GOP outreach center as more of a showpiece for the party. GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin’s Black voters 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z But this Sunday's showpiece in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale will be the first where both the starting QBs are black. Super Bowl or Kelce Bowl? - your guide to NFL showpiece 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z It will be the fourth time the season showpiece has come to the city. Race, rap and the Arizona Super Bowl that never was 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The showpiece will take place on 5 March at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park. Arsenal beat Man City to reach League Cup final 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It has pitched the bike as a tool for rescue workers, infrastructure inspection and as a showpiece for public entertainment. Japan startup selling $550,000 Star Wars-inspired hoverbike to list on NASDAQ 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Injuries have also played their part with Klopp rarely able to field his strongest XI; the defence that faced Real Madrid in the showpiece Paris final has played together once this term. 'We wanted a fresh start - but we've been worse' 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z After three previous semi-final defeats, the third seed finally reached the Melbourne showpiece by beating Russia's Karen Khachanov in the last four. Djokovic eyes Slam record to deny Tsitsipas first 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z It is a second major final in six months for Kazakhstan's Rybakina, while Belarusian Sabalenka is contesting her first Grand Slam singles showpiece. Rybakina and Sabalenka set for final showdown 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The showpiece stadium has been damaged but not destroyed, and the Ukrainian Premier League is now being played in Kyiv and the west of the country. Shakhtar owner pledges $25M to Ukrainian soldiers, families 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Despite the obsession with four-year World Cup cycles, three major nations have changed regime less than a year out from the showpiece in France. 'Jones exactly what rugby union in Australia needs' 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z But, she adds, the intention behind making this film was not its popularity but to use it "as a showpiece to tell the world that they could make cinema for the world stage from Bombay". Devika Rani: The myths surrounding ‘Bollywood’s longest kiss’ 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z As snooker prepares to host one of its showpiece tournaments, the sport is in the midst of its biggest ever corruption investigation. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Once a showpiece on a prominent corner lot of the Spring Valley street, the structure sat vacant and decaying for years. Spring Valley English Tudor house on the market for $5.25 million 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “They didn’t want him to be treated as a number and just as a showpiece.” Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “They didn’t want him to be treated as a number and just as a showpiece.” Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Strikes and labor unrest followed price increases and consumer good shortages so severe that even showpiece Moscow stores were bare. Fallen colossus: USSR’s terror, triumphs began 100 years ago 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Her greatest asset, however, is Krieps, a more than worthy co-conspirator in bringing to life a caged showpiece before carving an artfully fictionalized escape plan from her gilded frame. Review: Vicky Krieps is magnetic as the Princess Diana of her day in 'Corsage' 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Founded in 1999 and based in the Munich suburb of Aschheim, Wirecard became a showpiece for a new type of German tech company that could compete with the established titans of Europe's largest economy. Wirecard witness admits guilt but pins German fraud blame on ex-CEO 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Social media was sent into meltdown, sports stars around the world were transfixed and those in Lusail Stadium were treated to a mouth-watering showpiece. Story of a 'breathless & insane' World Cup final 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It is a contrast to how the showpiece match of the last major men's football event played out. 'For women, it feels safe without alcohol at games' 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In the story of the tournament, an Arab nation has used the platform of a global showpiece on Middle Eastern soil to raise an issue that means a great deal to many in the region. France v Morocco: World's support behind Atlas Lions for semi-final 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Brazil had danced into the quarter-finals of the World Cup but their dreams of a showpiece jig in the final ended in tears at Education City Stadium. Brazil 'mourning' after Croatia end World Cup dream 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z A reclaimed elementary school, built around 1901 and close to Basilica’s net-zero campus, now serves as a showpiece, design innovation hub and media center for the couple’s interest in green design. Where veteran rockers go to reinvent themselves 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z This looked like the team they were talking about before the showpiece started in Qatar, with the mercurial Messi leading the younger generation. 'This was the night the real Argentina stood up' 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Photo collage: A V.I.P. entrance at Qatar’s showpiece stadium replaced a mural celebrating migrant workers. Pandemic Learning Loss 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z As intensive and worrisome as Aisha’s hauntings are — artfully handled with subtle visual shifts, sly edits and oozing audio cues — Jusu doesn’t present them as sensationalistic high points or showpieces of victimization. Review: Nikyata Jusu’s 'Nanny' artfully centers an immigrant's terror in a palpable nightmare 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Sitting, beaming, in the most prominent position of any guest at the global sporting showpiece, the de facto Saudi leader looked like a man back at the international top table. Analysis: At World Cup, Saudi crown prince moves back on to global stage 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z In the build up to Wales' first appearance at the global showpiece since 1958, Wales manager Robert Page had insisted Bale would wear a OneLove armband in Qatar. Welsh dismay at Fifa's OneLove armband stance 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z "The whole tournament was excellent. It was a good showpiece, and it shows where the international game is going with Samoa in there." 'The whole World Cup was excellent... where now?' 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z They will defend their 50-over title in 11 months' time in India as one of the favourites, with the next T20 showpiece in the Caribbean and the United States following six months later. England secure legacy among nation's greatest sides 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Pakistan have produced their own remarkable recovery to reach the showpiece but were beaten 4-3 by England in a T20 series in their own backyard last month. England beat India to storm into World Cup final 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Advisers to Mr. Trump said privately that they believed he wouldn’t declare his candidacy at the rally, his final event of the midterm cycle and a showpiece for candidates in Ohio, a reliably Republican state. Trump, eyeing another run, keeps G.O.P. focus where he wants it. 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The showpiece is likely to be against holders Australia or 2008 champions New Zealand but before then, a semi-final against either Tonga or Samoa awaits at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on 12 November. 'Humble' England roll on after 'royal performance' 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The backing of a huge Old Trafford crowd in the showpiece match - and the delight at Stephen Crichton's late consolation try - told its own story. 'The whole World Cup was excellent... where now?' 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The showpiece game for women’s soccer will take place on April 6 at Wembley Stadium, three months before both teams go to the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. England to host Brazil in women’s Finalissima in April 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Beyond the Wallaroos lies a potential semi-final with Canada and a 12 November showpiece final, with New Zealand or France the likeliest to prevail in the other side of the draw. England thrash South Africa en route to last eight 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Organized by decade, “Ice Cold” illustrates the hip-hop arms race to procure and produce increasingly elaborate, individualized showpieces. What hip-hop bling reveals about American status anxiety 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin said the attacks were retaliation for a blast Saturday that damaged a showpiece bridge linking Russia to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula seized by Moscow in 2014. Analysts: Russian missiles seek to levy pain, could backfire 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The 35-year-old Argentina star will play in his fifth World Cup but is still seeking his first title at the showpiece tournament. Lionel Messi says World Cup in Qatar will be his last 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Most worrisome of all was the Champions League final, European soccer’s showpiece occasion, between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris in May. While deaths are rare at soccer games, aggressive policing can light a match. 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z It raises the question of whether there will be similar occurrences in Qatar at FIFA’s showpiece occasion. Racist abuse of Richarlison shows FIFA still has work to do 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Victory for St Helens brings to an end Woolf's time in charge on a major high, having won the showpiece end-of-season event in each of his three seasons in charge. Record-breaking Saints beat Leeds to retain title 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s a showpiece of its foreign policy and a reflection of its own multicultural and multiethnic population that has long been touted as a crossroads between East and West. Russia’s war in Ukraine the backdrop to pope’s Kazakh visit 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z He was outclassed by Rafael Nadal in the French Open showpiece earlier this year, but few expected him to make such a deep run on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows. Everything has come so fast - Alcaraz 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The women's final is a repeat of last year's inaugural showpiece with defending champions Invincibles facing the Brave. Teams prepare for Hundred finals - everything you need to know 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Lyttle moved on to trim a closet and some windows next, starting in the laundry room because it was small and not a showpiece space. Local DIYers share their tips for tackling a midsize home project in a single weekend | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z But it will not sink in the time, labor and expense needed to turn an acquisition into a showpiece. Beverly Hills Car Club and its ‘Real Housewives’ owner sell dream cars. Some spark legal battles 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Lena Oberdorf, 20, who has a string of world-class performances to her name, is spurred on, rather than overawed, at the prospect of the showpiece at Wembley. Pressure off relaxed Germany going into Euro final 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Both teams have been the standout sides in the tournament, each conceding just one goal, and have shown their class to reach the showpiece at Wembley. England on brink of history as Germany await 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z When England face Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday, one player in particular will feel relief at just being at the Wembley showpiece. Germany 'winner' Popp conquering Euros heartache 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Tickets for Sunday's showpiece at Wembley - which has a 87,200 capacity - have sold out. ‘Sorry lads, we’re all sold out' - Stanway on final 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z But who cares about the Qatar showpiece anyway when you've got a European spectacular with three Scottish clubs guaranteed group-stage football. Pressure on as unique Scottish season dawns 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Sunday's showpiece will be held at a sold-out Wembley, which will have a capacity of 87,200 and could set a new attendance record for a match in a European Championship, either male or female. 'We won't forget everyone who came before' - Scott 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z England have only reached one major tournament final before, losing the Euro 2009 showpiece to Germany. I never felt England were going out - Williamson 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Denmark, losing finalist in the last continental showpiece in 2017, exits in the group stage. Spain to play host England in Women’s Euros quarterfinals 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z With the showpiece event returning to the height of summer, BBC Sport takes a closer look at what to expect. Rivals and record-breakers head to T20 Finals Day 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The players traded 14 breaks of serve and an array of eye-catching winners in a seesaw encounter that thrilled the showpiece court's large crowd. Hewett into Wimbledon final after superb fightback 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Rice cut her off, calling it “a drop in the bucket” and “a showpiece, and you know it.” GOP says Biden intentionally boosts gas prices to aid his climate agenda 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z And buses and subway cars did not always look like showpieces, bombed instead with amateur tags. For 2 graffiti artists, New York’s subway was irresistible and deadly 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Liverpool fans described heavy-handed policing, organisational chaos and overcrowding at last Saturday's showpiece game. Uefa apologises to Liverpool and Real Madrid fans 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Liverpool fans have described heavy-handed policing, organisational chaos and overcrowding at the showpiece game, which was moved to Paris from St Petersburg following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. French minister's final comments 'disgraceful' 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The stakes could scarcely be higher for Wales when they host Scotland or Ukraine in the one-off tie, hoping to end their 64-year absence from football's showpiece tournament. Much-changed Wales impress in defeat by Poland 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The showpiece game of the European club season kicked off despite fans still trying to get inside. Tear gas fired at Liverpool fans amid CL final stadium chaos 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Though far from their fluent best in the showpiece, Peet has engrained a steely determination in the side with a never-say-die attitude. Wigan edge Huddersfield to win Challenge Cup 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Kent beat Somerset in last year's showpiece at Edgbaston to lift the trophy for a second time, 14 years after their first. Kent challenged to make history in T20 Blast 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “Maya Déco,” a bravura Mayan decoration with a dazzling cadenza, became a showpiece for Dueñas. Review: The environmental impact of composers Ellen Reid and Gabriela Ortiz, indoors and out 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately, these spectacles landed as showpieces, decor meant to spruce up the place, yet registering like an overblown theme party. Review | Washington National Opera’s ‘Carmen’: High in promise, low on passion 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Just like in the League Cup final in February, the FA Cup showpiece ended 0-0 through 120 minutes before Liverpool prevailed again. Liverpool beats Chelsea to win FA Cup, keeps quad bid alive 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Just like in the League Cup final in February, the showpiece ended 0-0 after regulation and extra time before Liverpool prevailed again. Liverpool beats Chelsea to win FA Cup, keep quad hopes alive 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z But Wasps will leave knowing they missed a good chance of reaching the showpiece despite a 13-point haul from Gopperth fresh from confirming his move to Leicester next season. Wasps suffer narrow semi-final defeat in Lyon 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The past five finals have been won by Chelsea or City, but it will be the first time the teams have met in the showpiece event, which will be shown live on BBC One. All you need to know about Women's FA Cup final 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The 2015 men’s World Cup in Japan was the first to be held in Asia, and taking the sport’s showpiece to the United States would be another step toward establishing a new market for rugby. United States expected to be named host of Rugby World Cups 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z After record wins against the Black Ferns in the autumn, this victory places England as firm favourites for the showpiece in New Zealand. England win fourth consecutive Women's Six Nations 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z As if the stakes were not already high enough, former France international Laura di Muzio says "the team that wins on Saturday will be world champion" come October's showpiece in New Zealand. Grand Slam decider a golden chance for England 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z They were beaten in the showpiece game but it is a clear indication that the draft system works given they were the NFL's worst team in the 2019-20 season. NFL draft finally arrives in Las Vegas 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Countries that have for years had precious little interest in the final stages of Europe’s showpiece tournaments have found themselves enjoying the best kind of soccer: winner-take-all in the springtime. You Decide Which Games Matter 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Rather than stepping up his preparations for snooker's showpiece event by spending time on the practice table, 38-year-old Selby instead withdrew from two ranking events and went on holiday to Dubai with his family. Champion Selby through and O'Sullivan leads 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Instead of ramping up his preparations for snooker's showpiece event, Selby instead took a holiday to Dubai with his family. Champion Selby considered not defending world title 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z But the building was intended more as showpiece than as habitable structure. Two San Diego museum expansions, one that defies critics, breathe new life into old infrastructure 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Sky Sports have made the showpiece event available to watch on Pick TV, Sky Showcase and the Sky Sports YouTube channel. England's World Cup final to be shown free to air 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Amid the progressive uproar, Disney is coming under attack from Florida Republicans for opposing "Don't Say Gay," which they have touted as the session's defining legislative showpiece. #BoycottDisney: How Disney's new CEO has managed to anger both sides of the culture war 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z That means Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was suspended for the game against the Czechs, could yet play in another global showpiece, at the age of 40. Italy misses 2nd straight World Cup in rapid fall from grace 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z For Italy, failing to reach the global showpiece — for what would be the second time in a row — would constitute a massive failure, and a remarkable comedown just eight months after winning Euro 2020. EXPLAINER: State of play in World Cup qualifying for Qatar 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z "Now it's at Wembley, it's huge and a real showpiece that every player will want to get to, in front of that atmosphere." Chelsea face Arsenal in Women's FA Cup 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z France won through to the 2011 showpiece effectively without a coach at all, as relations between Marc Lievremont and his players crumbled. Jones and England set to muddle on 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z He could not wait to come on to face Liverpool in the same showpiece at Wembley two years later, but now probably wishes he had stayed in his seat. 'Glorious win could turbo charge Liverpool history bid as Tuchel's bold Kepa move backfires' 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Kelleher made it 11 penalties from 11 for Liverpool but Kepa blazed wildly over the top as a high-class showpiece was decided by the finest of margins after 21 successful attempts. Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z The showpiece final in the European men’s football season will still be held on May 28 but at the 80,000-seat Stade de France. Ukraine invasion: What to know as Russian forces target Kyiv 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z European club football’s showpiece event on Saturday 28 May will now be played at the Stade de France. Champions League final moved to Paris, European last-16 draws – live! 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z British Prime Minister Boris Johnson highlighted concerns about the showpiece men's game being played in St. Petersburg on May 28 as he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin not to conduct a full invasion of Ukraine. UK government wants Champions League final moved from Russia 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The showpiece game in European football is due to be played in the Russian city on May 28, the biggest sporting event in the country since the 2018 World Cup. Russia risks Champions League final hosting over Ukraine 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Each club will receive 5,000 tickets for the showpiece in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on May 28, which have to be given to loyal supporters rather than to sponsors or club officials. Free tickets for 10,000 fans at Champions League final 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Think of something useful for the garage, say, then work up to your showpiece. 8 steps to creating a unique handcarved wood sign | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Bringing bottles out of the cellar into view not only creates a stunning showpiece but also offers an ever-evolving art display representing your individual taste. How to display your wine collection, no cellar needed 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Campion’s adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel is a western but really a psychodrama, a love story concealed as a hate story, a critics’ darling and an audience picture, an actors’ showcase and a technical showpiece. All 10 of the 2022 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z But his goal celebration on a 29-degree night was a showpiece worthy of a gymnast: a forward flip into a backward spring. Antonee Robinson goal lifts US over El Salvador in World Cup qualifier 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “It’s not real power projection. It’s a showpiece and nothing more.” Russian roar on Ukraine rings hollow to Latin America allies 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z That salvaged wood eventually became part of the city’s first showpiece for Camp Small’s output: the Cahill Recreation Center. Once a dump, Baltimore’s Camp Small transforms street trees into lumber 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Given both sides had played two games each following the final before a three-week winter shutdown, you would be forgiven for assuming the showpiece event was further in the distance. Daizen nets on debut as Celtic beat Hibs 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The 12th team to qualify for the showpiece will be decided at the Final Qualification tournament in February. Preview of the year ahead in women's rugby 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z It was also in 2020 when the couple turned their sprawling fence line into a showpiece, painting it the colors of the gay pride rainbow flag. In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Despite being keen to travel to Cameroon for the continental showpiece, Osimhen officially informed interim coach Augustine Eguavoen about his decision to withdraw on Thursday. Dennis and Osimhen out of Nigeria squad 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Only the city’s small Bimini Slough ecology park and its manmade watercourse stand as a showpiece reminder of the landscape that was. From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In addition to being a showpiece, LG Display is also pitching it as a potential alternative to VR headsets, though obviously it’d be a little more convincing if it had some 3D depth. LG Display brought a reclining curved OLED throne to CES this year 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Its showpiece mall, the Mall of the Emirates, is a major attraction in Dubai and is home to the indoor ski slope. Emirati mall, supermarket billionaire Majid Al Futtaim dies 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “The cake is a showpiece. It’s second to the bride,” Mrs. Weinstock previously told the Times. Sylvia Weinstock, master of the luxury wedding cake, dies at 91 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The showpiece of the visit is likely to be the delivery of the Russia-made S-400 missile defence system to India. Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z He served as the party leader of Shenzhen, the city next to Hong Kong that Deng promoted as a showpiece of China’s newfound commercial dynamism. Peng Shuai’s Accusation Pierced the Privileged Citadel of Chinese Politics 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “The cake is a showpiece. It’s second to the bride,” Weinstock previously told the Times. Sylvia Weinstock, master of the luxury wedding cake, dies at 91 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Ross' side will now face Celtic on 19 December back at the national stadium in their second consecutive domestic final, having lost last term's Scottish Cup showpiece against St Johnstone. Boyle's semi-final hat-trick stuns Rangers 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z It's 11 games undefeated domestically now for the finalists with a showpiece event to look forward to. Forrest off bench to send Celtic to final 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z That soccer’s quadrennial showpiece will take place without a player of that skill, that value, dulls its luster just a little. The World Cup Loses Its First Star 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The favourites dropped one by one as old rivals Australia and New Zealand secured a place in Sunday's Men's T20 World Cup showpiece in Dubai. Australia v New Zealand in surprise final 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Brathwaite says in 2016 his side were helped by the fact West Indies women played - and beat - Australia in their final before the men's showpiece. How do you prepare for a World Cup final? 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z New Zealand's Devon Conway will miss Sunday's showpiece against Australia at the T20 World Cup after breaking his hand punching his own bat. Conway out of final after punching bat 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Immediately afterwards, Hayes, whose team are second in the Women's Super League, said she wanted league leaders Arsenal in the showpiece at the national stadium. Chelsea and Arsenal set up final for season-defining rivalry 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z As well as the showpiece international event being pushed back, England's Ashes series against Australia scheduled for last autumn was cancelled, so this was their first victory since beating New Zealand in November 2018. England beat France to give Wane first win 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z St Helens captured a third Super League Grand Final triumph in a row to shatter Catalans Dragons' hopes in a tense and gripping showpiece at Old Trafford. Saints beat Catalans for three in a row 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The Dragons beat Hull KR in last week's home semi-final to reach the showpiece. McNamara warns of 'dangerous' Dragons 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Combined events once were a showpiece of Alpine skiing. ‘Looking ugly’: Why skiing might ditch its combined event 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z McManus encourages home cooks to think of your sheet pan as a tool and not a showpiece. How to clean and care for your sheet pans — and worry less about how they look 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “We are excited to bring our showpiece tournament to the exciting and vibrant city of Guadalajara in this unique year,” WTA chairman and CEO Steve Simon said in a statement. WTA Finals to be played in Mexico instead of China 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Breaking out of sterile tiled boxes, bathroom elements are finding their way into bedrooms, while bathrooms proper are becoming showpiece spaces with furniture-quality finishes. Bathrooms go super luxe as a place to retreat, relax and find time for yourself 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Velvet bags and the case for your sunglasses have been replaced by extravagant showpieces and highly portable kits that make organizing your essentials a breeze. The ultimate guide to cannabis stash boxes | Provided by Ionic 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Attention now turns to Saturday for showpiece final against Birmingham Phoenix. Brave thrash Rockets to reach final 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z An assured Brave side, who won all but one of their group games, await the winners of Friday's eliminator in the showpiece at Lord's on Saturday. Table-toppers Brave thrash Invincibles 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The jury is still out on whether levelling up will amount to much more than some showpiece infrastructure spending and a few thousands civil service jobs sent north. David Skelton: Is a new form of snobbery reshaping British politics? 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Higher frequency of the global showpiece would increase player workloads, especially when there are still continental tournaments like the European Championship to fit in, which Wenger believes should also be every two years. Every year could soon have World Cup on Infantino’s travels 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Before then, there's a packed schedule looming next summer with three showpiece events - including the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham - in three months starting mid-May. Scott thrilled to 'fall short' & make history 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z A giant new showpiece building on its Mountain View campus was in the final stages of construction right as the pandemic hit. Google and Facebook to require vaccinations for in-office employees, paving the way for rivals to follow 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z According to the listing, the two-story showpiece includes six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, two kitchens, a sauna, wine cellar, movie theater and elevator. A Pasadena startup got billions selling COVID tests, earning executives luxury homes and jets 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Asked at a news conference whether the global sporting showpiece might still be canceled, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and meet with other organizers if necessary. In Tokyo, nerves are frayed and critics are loud, but the Olympics plow forward 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Two of gymnastics' showpiece events are staged on Monday. Tokyo 2020 Olympics day-by-day guide 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Players have so often desperately tried to avoid loss of form, fitness and the distractions of life going into the week of this showpiece event, notably during that agonising wait between the semi-final and final. Cas & Saints make Wembley dream sacrifices 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Oosthuizen also said patience is key to performing well at golf's showpiece events and he opened with seven successive pars before making three birdies through the turn. Oosthuizen leads Open after round one 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The sport started staging its own showpiece, the Rugby World Cup, every four years since 1987 but has remained dominated by the traditional powerhouses New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Faster, brighter: Olympics a ‘game changer’ for rugby sevens 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Thomas Tuchel's side lost the domestic showpiece to Leicester City but beat Manchester City in Portugal to lift European football's biggest club prize. Norwich sign Chelsea's Gilmour on loan 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Broadway is staging a fall comeback, while the new Moynihan Train Hall near Pennsylvania Station provides a showpiece of what’s possible with some investment in city renewal. NYC mayoral hopefuls hit the pavement on rainy Election Day 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z It left the showpiece final tightly poised, with New Zealand slight favourites to be crowned as the International Cricket Council's first Test world champions. NZ edge gripping third day against India 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z The frustrations of the weather interruptions are at least countered by the option of a sixth, reserve day for this showpiece final. Kohli blunts New Zealand in gloom 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z A reserve, sixth day is in place for the showpiece final to allow for play lost to bad weather to be made up. Rain delays start of India-NZ final 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, jump racing trailblazer Rachael Blackmore - the first female jockey to win the Grand National in April - will have her first ride at the flat racing showpiece. Royal Ascot to start with 12,000 crowd 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Successful vaccination rollouts across Europe and a growing number of those inoculated in Japan would allow organisers to safely host the global sports showpiece, he said. Most medical staff needed for Olympics secured - Games official 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Scotland and Ireland are still looking to qualify for the women's showpiece. Reorganised World Cup schedule released 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z And for the fifth time in nine seasons, players, officials and supporters will travel en masse to a different country for European football's showpiece event. Finals venues - should Uefa be more flexible? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Chelsea's run to the final was the first time an English side had reached the competition's showpiece since Arsenal lifted the trophy in 2007 - when it was known as the Uefa Cup. Chelsea squad pledge to return to final 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z However, it still welcomed the news that fans will be able to attend the showpiece event on 22 May. Scottish Cup final to have 600 fans 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The showpiece is set to be moved to England’s national soccer stadium from Istanbul after Turkey was added to England’s “red list” of countries of severe coronavirus outbreaks. UEFA meeting with British government on CL final at Wembley 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z He says the key to adding to the total is not peaking too early in snooker's showpiece event. Trump & Bingham ease into quarter-finals 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Emergency meetings were held by the English, Spanish and Italian leagues, whose showpiece competitions would be wrecked by the severing of a link to placings to European qualification. How UEFA president Ceferin crushed a Super League rebellion 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Davis, 48, was making his 12th appearance at snooker's showpiece event and outplayed the out-of-sorts 2005 champion in the opening session. Champion O'Sullivan level with McGill 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The 22 May showpiece will be held just three weeks before 12,000 supporters will be able to watch Scotland's first match at the European Championships inside the same stadium. No fan return for Scottish Cup final 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Jeeps and trucks are utility vehicles for some and showpieces for others, who bolt on lift kits, light bars and custom grilles. Beige on an S.U.V. Will Cost You, but for Pickups It’s Golden 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z She did much of the restoration herself, building a showpiece garden where she later would host lectures on growing herbs. She died of coronavirus at 94, but a commitment to community service lives on 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Last season was called early amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Celtic handsomely ahead of Rangers and crowned champions, having also defeated their rivals in the League Cup showpiece. Lennon leaves Celtic as manager 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z In these Covid times Sunday's showpiece match between Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs will be very different off the field, but promises to be a classic on it. Brady & Mahomes set for epic Super Bowl 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Manchester City will take on Tottenham in April’s Wembley showpiece aiming to win the Carabao Cup for a remarkable fourth consecutive year, a feat only Liverpool have achieved. John Stones exposes Manchester United to return City to Carabao Cup final 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Chinese workers built the AU’s showpiece new conference center in 2012 and Chinese technicians still help maintain the organization’s digital infrastructure. Exclusive-Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union - memo 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Tasting the joy of victory in Grand Final and Wembley showpieces. Sinfield 'overwhelmed' after £1m raised 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z After an elongated season affected by Covid-19, the two old foes, who finished first and second respectively, progressed to the showpiece final. Wigan face Saints in Grand Final decider 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Defeat means England will not reach the finals after finishing third in 2019, when the inaugural showpiece was held in Portugal. England fail to qualify for Nations League finals 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Not only did Stiles help see off a hostile Argentina side - furiously described as "animals" by the usually polite Ramsey - he then nullified Portuguese superstar Eusebio in the semi-final as England reached the Wembley showpiece. The 'toothless fella' who meant so much to fans 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Mehta’s repertory focused on late 19th century and 20th century showpieces — Bruckner, Mahler and Tchaikovsky symphonies, Strauss tone poems. Commentary: The L.A. Phil quiet no more 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z California leads the country on most climate issues; its showpiece is green transportation. California will keep burning. But housing policy is making it worse 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z A showpiece museum next to the pyramids is due to open next year, increasing the need for a rapid recovery in 2021. With tourists slow to return, Egypt's resorts and ancient sites face tough winter 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Now, young, cheerful women like Un A are promoting friendlier aspects of the country, especially its showpiece capital, Pyongyang. North Korean Propaganda Gets a YouTube Makeover: Fewer Parades, More Pizza 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z It works, blends in pretty well, and doesn’t rattle in my testing, but it’s hardly an elegant solution for this Smartwheel showpiece. Making the $4,599 Gogoro Eeyo 1S electric bike more practical 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The castle was opened to visitors and was known as "the showpiece of Wales". 'I'm A Celebrity...get me out of Conwy?' 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z But the true showpieces are those assembled by the most dynamic builder these parts have ever known. What matters most to Dabo Swinney? Black Clemson players, past and future, want to know. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The Grade I Haskell — the showpiece race at Monmouth — seems to be a race with two very good colts and five longshots. Monmouth jockeys pick up Haskell rides because of COVID-19. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Big Time Bake The final four bakers create cookies, cupcakes and a showpiece cake inspired by their travels in the season finale of the baking competition. What's on TV Monday: 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us'; MLS Soccer 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z He built three championship golf courses - including the new Twenty Ten course for the 2010 Ryder Cup, a biannual showpiece event where the best golfers from Europe play the best from the United States. 450 jobs under threat at Celtic Manor company 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Big Time Bake The new episode “Roaring ‘20s” challenges bakers to create cookies, cupcakes and a showpiece cake straight out of the 1920s. What's on TV Monday: American Experience on PBS; coronavirus 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z My wife loved the store, and its showpieces eventually grew on me. Perspective | With modern thinking, antique lighting retains its luster 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Big Time Bake Tension mounts as four bakers use savory foods in their cookies, cupcakes and showpiece cake. What's on TV Monday: 'The Bachelor: Greatest Seasons' on ABC 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z In Tulsa on Saturday, Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally since March, a showpiece event as the administration seeks to reopen a US economy battered by the coronavirus outbreak. Pence falsely claims Oklahoma has 'flattened the curve' ahead of Trump rally 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z This year’s showpiece was scheduled to be played at Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium on 30 May until the competition was postponed at the last-16 stage in March due to the pandemic. Madrid bids to host Champions League final if Uefa rules out Istanbul 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The last major football match played in England before all sport was suspended because of the coronavirus crisis was the European Champions League showpiece between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid. 'We were packed like sardines': evidence grows of mass-event dangers early in pandemic 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Two lustreless showpieces are part of the reason why Marseille’s then manager, Raymond Goethals, is seldom recalled as a great outside France and his native Belgium despite an extraordinary career spanning nearly four decades. Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan | Paul Doyle 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Instead of the master plans and showpiece projects usually beloved of mayors and planners, the city undertook a rapid and remarkable investment in the so-called “homogeneity” of the city’s pedestrian spaces. Opinion | The Spaces That Make Cities Fairer and More Resilient 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The region’s showpiece, Miami Beach, benefited from 61,000 cubic yards of new sand this year at a cost of $16m. Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z According to National Geographic, Green invested heavily between 2009 and 2014 to acquire 16 of those pieces, as he built a collection for the family’s showpiece museum. 'Dead Sea Scrolls fragments' at Museum of the Bible are all fakes, study says 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z But sport’s biggest showpiece, the Olympics, will still proceed as planned, according to Tokyo organizers. World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Trump’s other diplomatic showpiece, the agreement for denuclearization of North Korea, is also problematic as the presidential campaign heats up. Opinion | How instability in the Middle East could affect Trump’s reelection bid 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Games, with estimates of the cost of insuring the showpiece running into billions of dollars. Money, money, money: what's at stake if Olympics fall victim to coronavirus 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Thanks to the coronavirus, the showpiece Hong Kong Sevens and the Singapore event that follows have been postponed to October, after the Tokyo Olympics in July, should the Games survive the outbreak themselves. Eagles fly in to LA for USA Sevens as shortened game faces big challenges 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Last November, just two and half years after opening, the Marcianos shocked the city and the art establishment by abruptly closing their new showpiece. Inside the Marciano Art Foundation's spectacular shutdown 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z This issue was the showpiece issue for Democrats, who promised action after last year’s mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building. Virginia Democrats push liberal agenda — with a dose of caution 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, as well as the retirements of three under-30 stars who retreated because of long-term health concerns, the showpiece of the N.F.L. calendar was contested under a somber backdrop. Chiefs Defeat 49ers in Stunning Super Bowl Comeback 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In the Shuafat camp on Thursday, residents laughed at the idea of making their neighborhood a Palestinian showpiece. Capital in Trump Mideast Plan Makes ‘a Joke’ of Palestinian Aspirations 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z His 2018 U.S. tour, in which he hobnobbed with celebrities, tech leaders and corporate titans, was meant to be a showpiece for those ambitions. Saudi crown prince faces renewed scrutiny after Jeff Bezos' phone is hacked 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z In a sign that perhaps not everyone is happy with Tokyo hosting the summer showpiece, about 10 anti-Olympics protesters gathered outside the hotel hosting the ceremony. Fireworks, rings monument light up Tokyo six months before Games 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But the Cameroonian soccer federation announced Wednesday that the African showpiece will instead be held from Jan. 9 to Feb. 6 to avoid the country’s rainy season. Liverpool’s Klopp annoyed at Africa Cup of Nations change 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Now he is building what he says will be a showpiece garage at the Atlanta Motorsports Park. Country Clubs Where Drives Can Hit 150 M.P.H. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The shootings took place on the same day as one of the Kremlin’s showpiece events of the year – the annual press conference by Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, screened live across the country. Deadly shooting at Russian intelligence agency in Moscow, reports say 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Even for the showpiece track sprints that week, crowds sometimes numbered in the hundreds. Clásico Ends in Scoreless Draw Amid Independence Protests 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A venue that hosted 1966 World Cup and Euro 96 matches has not staged a showpiece game since the 2003 European Cup final. Tired, worn Old Trafford a symbol of Manchester United's faded grandeur 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The World Group, which featured home-and-away ties across the year before a November final, has now been replaced by an 18-nation showpiece in one city. Tennis: Pospisil keeps Davis Cup magic alive as Canada advance 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Jake Burton Carpenter, the pioneer who brought snowboarding to the masses and helped turn the sport into a billion-dollar business and Olympic showpiece, has died at 65. Jake Burton Carpenter, pioneer who turned snowboarding into a billion-dollar industry, dies at 65 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Arguably France’s most popular cyclist, Poulidor secured a record eight podium finishes at cycling’s showpiece event during his career but never won it, and never wore the race leader’s famed yellow jersey. Much-admired Tour de France cyclist Poulidor dies at age 83 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Still, both teams defied the odds to reach this showpiece. Opportunistic Sounders see off Toronto FC for second MLS Cup title in four years 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z This situation could be accentuated further if NYC FC go on to host this year’s MLS Cup, the league’s showpiece event. NYC FC are one of MLS's best teams – and they're still playing in baseball stadiums 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Saturday and left devastation in parts of the country, and forced the first ever cancellation of games - two on Saturday, and one on Sunday - at rugby’s showpiece event. 1st Rugby World Cup in Asia hailed a success in group stage 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Saturday and left devastation in parts of the country, and forced the first ever cancellation of games — two on Saturday, and one on Sunday — at rugby’s showpiece event. 1st Rugby World Cup in Asia hailed a success in group stage 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Defending champion New Zealand’s last group-stage game against Italy and the England-France game were the first games ever to be canceled at rugby’s showpiece event. Typhoon causes a 3rd game to be canceled at Rugby World Cup 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Defending champion New Zealand’s last group-stage game against Italy and the England-France game were the first games ever to be canceled at rugby’s showpiece event. Typhoon causes a 3rd game to be canceled at Rugby World Cup 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z In short, don’t expect another five-goal thriller in this Super Sunday showpiece. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z At the very least, it promises to be an animation showpiece, thanks to its unique crew and production. This fall anime season is full of superheroes, fantasy, and furries 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z What likely began as an offering to gods or ancestors broadened into a range of applications; dough figurines became toys for children, collectibles, banquet showpieces and a popular feature of festivals. The Dim Sum Chef Who Plays With His Dough 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Scotland has alternative stadia to fit the requirements of the national side and showpiece domestic matches. International football: 10 talking points from the latest round of games 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z In July, Games organizers announced plans to develop a Waterfront City in Tokyo Bay, involving demonstration events and fan participation in sports, as well as concerts and other performances during next year’s sporting showpiece. IOC hopes to remain relevant with Tokyo's 'urban festival' 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Purely in environmental terms, the blueprint of the first such showpiece staged in the Middle East not only looks miles ahead of the curve but a decent template for major 21st-century high-density sporting events. Football appears too self-important to bother itself about climate emergency | Louise Taylor 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The 38-year-old, capped 65 times by Japan, will be 38 years and 157 days old by the time the game’s showpiece tournament kicks off. Japan aiming high as host of 2019 Rugby World Cup 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Your lunch should be a showpiece while you are eating it, but it need not present itself beforehand. Go ahead and microwave fish, and other office lunch etiquette you should ignore 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The Europa League play-off first legs are upon us, we’re beating a brisk path to next May’s showpiece in Gdansk, and here are tonight’s runners & riders: Torino v Wolves, Celtic v AIK and more: Europa League clockwatch – live 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The channel is clearly hoping the longed-for find will materialise - and be celebrated in a television showpiece. Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Nothing short of winning either of Uefa’s two showpiece competitions this season will change that. Ajax start the Champions League in the third qualifying round. Is that fair? | Simon Burnton 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z City’s Kyle Walker made a last-ditch goal line clearance from Mo Salah’s effort in the dying moments and with no extra time being played the showpiece went to a penalty shootout. Man City beat Liverpool on penalties to win Community Shield 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Now it’s a showpiece they display at drum shows. Perspective | Love the D.C. flag? Now you can get a snare drum emblazoned with the design. 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The wildly galloping thieves at the end were a showpiece of whirling dervishes transformed into rocket-propelled worms. Review: Thomas Adès’ spectacular ‘Inferno’ gets the Wayne McGregor and Tacita Dean touch 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z For the Kiwis, the Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s on Sunday is a chance to avenge their drubbing at the hands of Australia in the 2015 showpiece. NZealand, England seek redemption, glory in World Cup final 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Open showpiece matches - and, regardless of what she says, everyone knows the American wants that record. Serena and Halep chase milestones in Wimbledon final 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z It is, after all, a showpiece occasion for Concacaf, the body that governs soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Women’s Soccer’s Big Moment, Big-Footed by Indifference and a ‘Clerical Error’ 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z One Shanghai-specific showpiece features sea cucumber in a sauce enriched with the distinctive taste of shrimp roe. Review: Does Jiang Nan Spring have the SGV’s best Shanghainese food? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The semi-finals and final will be staged in Lyon, home to powerhouse Olympique Lyonnais, historically the most successful club in women’s football in France, with the showpiece match slated for July 7. U.S. favorites in toughest-ever Women's World Cup field 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Esperance won the showpiece last week when Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca refused to continue playing because their equalizing goal was disallowed and no video replay was available. President Macron urges UEFA to scrap Champions League revamp 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z A shoulder injury forced Salah out of the Kiev showpiece last year. Liverpool beats Tottenham 2-0 to win UEFA Champions League title 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Her image will appear in the match programme for Saturday's showpiece Champions League final. Amputee footballer's Champions League honour 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Savannah would be an anchor showpiece, be it as a museum, restaurant, hotel, event venue or some combination thereof. Georgia editorial roundup 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Often dubbed his “dream project,” it combines devotion to Hinduism and modern infrastructure in a showpiece meant to enhance the country’s stature in the eyes of the world. How Narendra Modi is remaking Hinduism’s holiest city — and India in the process 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Saturday’s sold-out match at the 22,000-capacity Groupama Arena is the first time the women’s Champions League final is being held in a separate city to the men’s showpiece, which Mestre called “a wise move”. European final a step in "spectacular progress" for Barca women's team 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z But Saturday was miserable, the traditional showpiece of the English season reduced to a grim parade, devoid of any drama, there to satisfy the propaganda wing of a faraway regime. Manchester City’s sky blue smashing of Watford proves football is broken 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z The family's story led to them being given tickets for the Wembley showpiece, between Manchester City and Watford, by a sponsor and their exploits being featured in the matchday programme. Final trip for family on FA Cup journey 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The exhibition’s showpiece is its large, exhilarating, final room, full of dresses and candy colors and mayhem, presented in a two-tiered series of cubicles reminiscent of the “Hollywood Squares” set. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, camp is in the eye of the beholder 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z A new venue for the Champions League showpiece and it hosts the first final since 2015 not to feature at least one Madrid team. Belief fuels era of remarkable Champions League comebacks | Jonathan Wilson 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He won 27 singles titles, reaching a career high ranking of third in the world in 2013, which was also when he reached his only Grand Slam final, losing the French Open showpiece to Nadal. Nadal makes strong start in Madrid as Ferrer bows out 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The idea was to build a few showpiece games internally to kick off the new platform, pulling inspiration from a certain Kyoto game maker. Snap’s big plan to turn Snapchat into a gaming platform 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Roads in central Cardiff will shut on Saturday as 60,000 rugby fans are due at the Judgement Day Welsh derby showpiece at the Principality Stadium. Travel warning as roads and rail close 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z And the visuals that came with it — it was a showpiece for the world that I think is relatable to people and shows the power of the human spirit. Jim Nantz on Tiger Woods’s Masters win: ‘It’s the best event I’ve ever covered’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z This marks only the first wave of ticket sales for the summer showpiece, which begins on July 24, 2020. Olympics: Tokyo ticket lottery to launch for domestic sales on May 9 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The schedule was also noticeable for the number of finals taking place in the morning, partly due to the heat as well as considerations for U.S. broadcasters wanting showpiece events in prime time. Olympics: Tokyo 2020 marathons to start early due to heat fears 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z His recital was basically Bach, with none of his flashy arrangements or showpieces, with the exception of a romantically tinged improvisation and Toots Thielemans encore. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Cameron Carpenter are resurrecting classical music 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Their fans cherish the memory of when Graham Taylor took them to the Wembley showpiece in 1984, even if they lost to Everton. Gerard Deulofeu double takes Watford into Cup final after extra-time thriller 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The villages are showpieces of President Paul Kagame's policy of ethnic reconciliation, although some critics say the communities are forced and the reconciliation is artificial. 25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? Six villages try 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z The villages are showpieces of President Paul Kagame’s policy of ethnic reconciliation, although some critics say the communities are forced and the reconciliation is artificial. 25 years after Rwanda genocide, survivors forgive killers 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Brighter weather is forecast for the festival's showpiece Grand National steeplechase on Saturday. Racegoers brave Grand National weather 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The U.S. won the 2015 women’s World Cup, a title they will defend in France in June, while the men failed to qualify for the last edition of FIFA’s showpiece event in Russia in 2018. Serena backs U.S. women in soccer gender discrimination lawsuit 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z |
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