| 单词 | single-minded |
| 例句 | Still, game or not, when it came to the mat, Luke was a single-minded killer put on the earth by whatever gods were in charge of taking dudes down, and hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z These were the men I feared—the ones who dug and dug and dug—single-minded and deliberate. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He was single-minded, cutting through the air before him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Unwillingly, my mind flashes back to the single-minded concentration on the Commandant's face as she cut into me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She paused briefly to get her bearings and then she attacked, astounding the audience with her speed and single-minded sense of purpose. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In front of him stood Bigwig, sodden wet, undaunted, single-minded—the very picture of decision. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was that destructive single-minded love of his. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But the preacher doesn’t hear them, most likely thanks to his advanced age and his single-minded focus on the stretch of material covering her bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And the single-minded determination that had propelled him through twenty-five years of green- grocering in a famous ghetto of America would serve him a few last days, and through any of my meager execrations. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The viruses, instead of being single-minded agents of disease and death, now begin to look more like mobile genes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had never allowed my accursedly single-minded male brain to linger over every detail about her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We’re finally in that single-minded place where we do what we have to do, whatever it is. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I kept up my single-minded obsession with finding food, to the point where I had no time or room in my mind for other thoughts. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Nick can be pretty single-minded when he’s feeling intellectual. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Orchestras are run by maestros, and maestros are powerful, brilliant, single-minded, highly entrenched men who run their organizations like their own private fiefdoms. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I do not deny that my mother and sister can be a bit... single-minded, but what would you have me do?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With Tom, she might have been able to linger at the door on some excuse and hear what Yoren was saying, but Desmond was too single-minded to trick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s weird, Noise, but almost wordless, cresting the hill in front of us and rolling down, single-minded but talking in legions, like a thousand voices singing the same thing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not with the old man and his single-minded whims. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Her father’s second marriage had only made her life miserable, and she had never respected Ana’s single-minded quest for a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It is possible to extrapolate that a good part of El Sistema’s success is due to these trappings, or at least to the single-minded focus on spreading the gospel of social action through music. Jos? Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela 2012-03-01T13:00:00Z It would be easy for the film to portray Elbe as a straight-up pioneering hero, but Redmayne brings nuance: Elbe is selfish, but because she is single-minded. “The Danish Girl’s” ersatz Oscar bait: Academy can pat self on back for Eddie Redmayne’s undeserved nomination 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Her prey is two-legged, but single-minded: men who equate a woman’s inebriation with consent. ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Richard Williams was often maligned for the single-minded way he raised his daughters, but Will plays him empathetically as a stubborn hero, leaning into his doggedness but never making him an object of derision. Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But we soon see the toll that Forrest’s single-minded work ethic takes on him. ‘Review,’ a Workaholic’s Slapstick Tragedy Nears Its End 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Some members complained that the single-minded focus on the bubble was diverting attention from the museum’s core mission — its collection and exhibitions. Hirshhorn Museum Drops Plan for an Inflatable Garden Roof 2013-07-16T22:48:16Z To Mr. Ansari, the musicians he satirizes are fascinating not for their over-the-top lifestyles but for their single-minded devotion to their craft. Comedian Aziz Ansari Will Host MTV Movie Awards 2010-06-03T23:23:00Z But it does play like an odd match of form and content: a story of single-minded humanitarianism framed as a relentless action spectacular. ‘Mosul’ Review: In Iraq, This Time It’s Personal 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Each installment of the show is a self-contained portrait, tracing the arc of an individual’s life from hungry mortal to culinary icon: childhood influences, adolescent traumas, the triumphs and pitfalls of single-minded ambition. In Praise of “Chef’s Table” ’s Wild Overuse of Slow Motion 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The first season of “UnREAL” was a shark: single-minded and unstoppable. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 5: Somebody Do Something 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Not to criticize ballet, but you have to be so single-minded.” Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks 2010-12-03T15:27:00Z If there’s a thematic core to this hour, it’s a proud affirmation of single-minded professionalism. 4 Comedy Specials to Watch: Seasoned Stand-Ups Making Debuts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Had he come out on his own, Meek Mill would just be shouting, but under Mr. Ross’s umbrella he’s exulting, a logical response to the single-minded commitment to success his boss employs. Critic’s Notebook: Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill, Rappers With Debut Albums 2012-10-28T21:48:03Z Ferociously single-minded, very impressed with herself and determined to take her new school by storm, she’s also a quick-to-embarrass country bumpkin, a classic setup for teenage comedy. British Spies, Japanese Teens and a German Cop’s Wild Ride 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z A single-minded sense of direction returned with Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, its story shaped by Ticciati into a single chapter of long paragraphs. SCO/Ticciati – review 2012-11-14T16:16:58Z St. Thomas’s single-minded focus on music, combined with its ornate rituals and the ceremonial red robes worn for performances, make it unique. The New Wizard Teaching at the Hogwarts for Choir 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Quinn’s single-minded heroism was all the more striking this week as most of the show’s other key characters, one after the other, proved themselves weak, misguided, cowardly or kind of evil. 'Homeland' Recap: Oh Quinn, I'm Sorry I Doubted You 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Most of us believe that learning is better when you go at something with single-minded purpose: the practice-practice-practice that’s supposed to burn a skill into memory. Ditch the 10,000 hour rule! Why Malcolm Gladwell’s famous advice falls short 2014-04-20T15:30:00Z With single-minded focus, he seeks out the most dangerous blazes. ‘Playing With Fire’ Review: A Firefighter Comedy Running on Embers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Now 10 years after teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe, Sir Edward, a retired financier, still complains of empty rhetoric and worries about the inevitable casualties of a single-minded focus on profits. A Political Satire on Stage, and Not About Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Like many reformist innovations, this one was initiated by a single-minded individual, a saintly citizen of Liège named Juliana who had visions of Jesus urging her to campaign for a special day honoring the Eucharist. Art Review: ‘Illuminating Faith’ at the Morgan: Images of the Eucharist 2013-07-04T20:22:28Z He’d met Stephen Stills — Year of the Rooster, Capricorn, tenacious, single-minded — in 1963, when the Modern Folk Quartet played the Village Gate in New York. He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z In Scott’s single-minded pursuit of an offbeat musical vision, he has been compared to Frank Zappa; one talking head describes him as “an audio version of Andy Warhol.” Movie Review: ‘Deconstructing Dad’ Recalls Raymond Scott, Musical Inventor 2012-07-12T22:55:28Z The better way is to be Isaiah Berlin’s versatile fox, not a single-minded obsessed hedgehog, or to embrace Machiavelli’s virtues of imitation, adaptation and approximation. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Compared to that album, “The Ascension” is single-minded, but far from simplistic. Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Swift and single-minded, the action — alternating breathless respites with bursts of hysterical motion — flows through a cabin in the woods, as we lose family members and gain a monosyllabic mountain man. Movie Review: ‘Alien Abduction,’ a Thriller Directed by Matty Beckerman 2014-04-03T23:51:56Z Rather like her single-minded characters, when Ms. Benjamin hits upon a joke she likes, she keeps banging away at it as if it were a gong. Theater Review: ‘The Explorers Club’ Pokes Fun at a 19th-Century Sanctum 2013-06-21T02:00:01Z "He is engaged in a single-minded mission to get justice for his daughter, Flora," said Benson, a Fringe veteran who has created plays about Noel Coward, Samuel Johnson and the death of Princess Diana. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z In recent years, Waters has brought a single-minded discipline to advocating the things she values: organics, local farms, methods of buying and cooking food that a 19th-century French housewife would recognize. Alice Waters Retraces the Path That Led Her to Chez Panisse 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “Being Elmo” is a likable documentary that tells the story of Mr. Clash’s single-minded pursuit of puppet excellence, which began when he was a teenager in Maryland. | 'Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey': ?Being Elmo,? About the Puppeteer Kevin Clash ? Review 2011-10-21T01:45:47Z His willingness to do whatever it took, Mr. Doonan writes approvingly, “is a measure of his single-minded, uncomplaining approach to life, his resilience and his inability to accept defeat.” Simon Doonan Has Been Keeping Busy 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The coordination in the final scene of Act I was shaky, and the single-minded focus on the cello line in “Batti, batti” a bit extreme, but much of the performance was crisply paced and played. Music Review: ‘Don Giovanni,’ Staged by Claus Guth at Staatsoper in Berlin 2012-07-08T19:24:24Z But in Mattie they have created a character whose single-minded pursuit of vengeance has unmistakable resonance. | 'True Grit': Wearing Braids, Seeking Revenge 2010-12-21T23:00:16Z Saul Leiter, an unassuming but ferociously single-minded artist, delighted in photographing the streets of New York, focussing above all on the rounded, the sensuous, and the colorful. Saul Leiter’s Painted Nudes 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z His single-minded focus on art oscillated between the vocational and the spiritual. Review | Want to go deep inside a great artist’s mind? MoMA’s Cézanne exhibition is the one to see this summer. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z And that audacious desire to be recognized as one of the greats is both the single-minded subject and the hammering rhythm of his ferocious performance in Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” opening Friday. Miles Teller Looks Beyond ‘Whiplash’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Even when her single-minded pursuit of a quarter-final place was rudely interrupted by the weather while trailing 2-3 in the first set, she accepted it as merely another part of the unique Wimbledon adventure. 'Princess' Eugenie aiming for Wimbledon coronation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In the manner of a Benny Hill sketch or an off-brand French sex romp, “Visitor From Hollywood” is single-minded, its action consisting solely of Jesse’s escalating stabs at seduction. Review: In ‘Plaza Suite,’ the Ghosts of #MeToo Haunt the Halls 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z To be honest, I'm not sure what it is, but Make Me Stinked carries their point emphatically and with single-minded intensity. Readers recommend: songs about smells – results 2013-07-04T13:00:02Z The considerably lower-budgeted “Rubber” wittily makes do with a single — and ferociously single-minded — car tire. | 'Rubber': The Tread Life on This Tire Is Something Else 2011-03-31T22:24:37Z The single-minded fanaticism of the cult members that inspires their terrorism is illuminated along with the heedless profit-grubbing of the big corporations. ‘The East’: Spy, ecoterrorists combine for riveting viewing 2013-06-13T21:21:23Z With his single-minded commitment to singing about ratchet love, he’s like The-Dream without the emotional baggage or the conscience. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Known for her singular vision, Taymor is also notorious for her single-minded determination to see it through and has been given wide discretion and artistic license to make Spider-Man fly. Lead actress in Broadway's 'Spider-Man' drops out 2010-12-31T01:03:11Z Even in a career characterized by its single-minded devotion to alienating the audience, "Trash Humpers" stands out for its sheer perversity. The most hated man in art-house cinema 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z This opera might be considered an allegory, as in both cases a greedy, lust-filled man left ruin in the wake of his single-minded pursuit. Vespertine company is small but mighty in ‘Lucretia’ 2014-01-11T19:12:28Z Instead of laying down plodding rock-steady lines, his riffs gad about with squirrelly industry, something that hasn't impressed his more single-minded collaborators. Thundercat finds a place for his bass 2013-07-05T12:00:00Z Damian Lewis, as a single-minded British agent, proves better ballast to Mr. Skarsgard and together they suggest what might have been. Review: A Professor Drawn to the Mob in ‘Our Kind of Traitor’ 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And Arya, newly arrived in Braavos, takes a course of action that makes sense by the dictates of the plot but is hard to reconcile with the headstrong, single-minded character we’ve seen before. On ‘Game of Thrones,’ a Change of Scene 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Soon she was “facing lunatic dealers and DEA agents” with a single-minded determination that she also credits with her subsequent scientific tenacity. The science of addiction: a personal struggle to kick cocaine gives a neuroscientist unique insights 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z In his way Tallow is almost as weird as the hunter, and yet he’s also oddly endearing, so single-minded you can’t help rooting for him. Books of The Times: ‘Gun Machine,’ by Warren Ellis 2013-01-02T21:35:39Z What emerges is not so much Lynch, but two very distinct Lynches: the single-minded and reclusive visionary who is also a savvy media player; the hermit who very consciously nurtures his brand. David Lynch: ‘You gotta be selfish. It's a terrible thing’ 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Half his class at Stuyvesant were poor immigrant kids whose single-minded work ethic and drive bowl him over. ‘Little Failure’: misery, then mastery for Gary Shteyngart 2014-01-09T21:07:21Z What Mitch McConnell “lacked in charisma or interest in policy he more than made up for in discipline, shrewdness and shamelessness — all of which he employed in the single-minded and dispassionate pursuit of power.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Or is this just how Big Pharma always operates, dodging the law and relevant moral principles in single-minded pursuit of Big Profit? A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Zeitlin’s grand experiment of keeping Hollywood at arm’s length has also meant he could maintain his single-minded approach to making movies. After the Oscar Glare, These Filmmakers Went Their Own Way 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z That "Blonde" played to her known qualities: smart, sassy, sweet and single-minded. Reese Witherspoon, from rom-com queen to 'Wild' woman 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Or why, for that matter, expect people who have lived with a single-minded dedication to a single narrow field of endeavor to know anything special, let alone anything practical, about life at large? Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The great single-minded warriors of the Iliad are all dead - Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, etc. Greek crisis: An odyssey seen through ancient myth 2012-06-24T11:41:12Z Diehl moves from looking stricken to single-minded but doesn’t bring much weight, moral or otherwise, to his pivotal protagonist. ‘Plan A’ Review: Seeking Vengeance for the Holocaust 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z He was also noted for a single-minded determination to write music full time, without the long-term teaching commitments many composers typically assume. John LaMontaine, Composer, Dies at 93 2013-05-15T02:27:49Z And the longer she and her husband persist, the more Meili realizes that she is merely a vessel for his single-minded desire for a son. Books of The Times: ‘The Dark Road,’ a Novel by Ma Jian 2013-06-11T19:33:26Z The unsmiling 37-year-old is single-minded, repeatedly turning the conversation back to the message she wants to convey: the world should know about the suffering of the Estonian people under Soviet and Nazi-German occupation. Sofi Oksanen bats for the Baltics at Frankfurt book fair 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “Rise of an Empire” is not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s very impressive in its single-minded dedication to creating a moviegoing experience designed to totally engulf its audience. ‘300: Rise of an Empire’: This violent sequel means war 2014-03-05T22:33:24Z One of the otters — in clear violation of the rules — barreled right at me, crossing the yellow line with single-minded focus. Stalking an elusive YouTube star: The adorkable red panda 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z This may explain why each new version of the musical has nudged the spotlight ever closer to the tightly wound patriarch with a single-minded crusade to transform his unmusical daughters into rock stars. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z That kind of single-minded pursuit certainly goes on. Gallerist Sam Chatterton Dickson on Boogie Woogie 2010-05-02T21:30:00Z BAMcinématek can’t show the film because of rights issues, but the series does include Tangerine Dream’s equally powerful collaboration with another single-minded Hollywood auteur, Michael Mann. Tangerine Dream’s Music in BAMcinématek Series 2012-06-02T23:03:01Z When generation after generation is subjected to a single-minded focus on abundance, taste is the inevitable casualty. The world's biggest chocolate-maker says we're running out of chocolate 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Stack’s icy single-minded performance was accentuated by the robust array of heavies the show supplied each week. ‘The Untouchables’ TV Series: Old-School Gangster Trapping 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It's incredible how focused and single-minded you have to be, and how hard you have to train, even to think about going to the Olympics, let alone standing on any rostrums. Blood, Sweat and Luxuries, Afghan Star and Olympic Dreams 2010-04-20T23:05:00Z The single-minded pursuit of test scores that concerns Shanghai’s government would never fly among parents who share articles like Teach Kids to Daydream and My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me. Motherlode Blog: Would a South Korean Lars Peter Hansen Have Won the Nobel Prize? 2013-12-04T20:41:27Z Written by a number of authors under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, the Nancy Drew novels featured a plucky 18-year-old amateur sleuth whose curiosity and single-minded pursuit of answers often lands her in tricky situations. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Both activities also suit an obsessive, single-minded temperament. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z It's a sure sign that we are now a nation of single-minded auditioners. Paul Morley introduces Showing Off ... Dance 2010-04-23T16:07:00Z He’s been writing since he was a teenager, forsaking everything else — work, family, romance — in his single-minded pursuit of literary fame. Review | A ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ pursues literary fame in ‘A Ladder to the Sky’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “I was very single-minded. I thought, ‘I don’t need to spend money arguing with people here.’ Seattle cellist Lori Goldston, who played with Nirvana’s 1993-94 tour, brings her silent-film scores to Base 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z But in Sir Roger’s view, these critics’ single-minded focus on Wagner’s anti-Semitism means that they fail to understand the many other ideas explored in the operas. Getting into Valhalla 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Lew Frankfort, the executive chairman of Coach and a board member of WeWork, gave a well-attended talk that included the advice to be “relentless and single-minded in whatever your quest is.” WeWork Goes to Summer Camp 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z LaFarge had a background in Freudian psychoanalysis and arguably conducted her own experiments on Nim while by her own admission seeking to undermine or derail Terrace's single-minded focus on sign-language acquisition. Pick of the week: The chimp they tried to turn human 2011-07-08T01:01:00Z At one point, I call him ruthless, which he doesn't appreciate, but he reconsiders and admits that he's always been single-minded. Paul Weller: National treasure 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Robert Silvers, the editor synonymous with The New York Review of Books, ran the left-leaning intellectual magazine with single-minded fervor from the time he co-founded it in 1963 until he died at 87 in March. Ian Buruma on a New Era at The New York Review of Books 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The result is an unapologetically feminist and furiously single-minded movie that might have benefited from more nuanced characterizations. Review: Seeking Justice After a Rape in ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z McGlue's pursuit of intoxication is so single-minded that he prefers drink over the company of women. 'McGlue' casts a groggy sailor into a drunken murder tale 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He moved people because he was so authentic, dedicated, single-minded and pure. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Two Adventurers on Very Different Missions to Borneo 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Whatever it is, it's state of the art film-making: lean, snappy, tense, gripping and as single-minded as its heroine in the 10-year pursuit of Bin Laden. This week's new films 2013-01-26T06:00:06Z But watching Hunter reacting to and absorbing some uneasy facts about her son in her single-minded pursuit for the truth is what makes “Strange Weather” so compelling. “I think that it’s easier to seek revenge than come to terms with someone inside.”: Holly Hunter stars in “Strange Weather” 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Focused, but not as single-minded as some of my tutu-wearing peers. Might Ivanka Trump Speak up if Her Father Guts the Arts? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “Rolling Papers” is more single-minded and less nimble than his mixtapes. Music Review: Wiz Khalifa Raps Beyond His Years 2011-03-30T16:06:49Z “If you’ve ever seen a tiger lock eyes on its prey, it’s really intense and they are single-minded at that point,” he said. Michael Myers Is a Terrifying Acting Challenge, Too 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z He is well aware that his single-minded pursuit of his art—and his career—made him a bad father to Cornelia. Noah Baumbach’s New Movie “While We’re Young” 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z And at the Paris Opera, behind his single-minded focus and solemn demeanor, a hint of playfulness occasionally resurfaced with the cast of “Turandot.” At 80, Robert Wilson Holds On to a Singular Vision for the Stage 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z If Dana sees a flaw, it may be Charles’s single-minded devotion to his soldiers. ‘A Journal for Jordan’ Review: Reflections on Love Built and Lost 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Woods is a champion known for both single-minded, grinding attention to detail and the occasional creative, surprising play. The TV Watch: Vulnerability in a Disciplined Performance 2010-02-20T02:50:00Z Morrissey, as single-minded Sharon, has the right creamy sound for “You Don’t Know Who I Am,” the song that is supposed to peg her as mysterious. Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ steps up to the melodic pulpit Even so, it took Mr. Rozier, a single-minded director known for feuding with his producers, years to achieve even modest acclaim across the Atlantic. Jacques Rozier, Last of the French New Wave Directors, Dies at 96 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Sharing in Schiff’s single-minded focus on the work at hand, in his act of extreme attention, is perhaps the main attraction of the lecture-recitals. Sleepless Nights with András Schiff and Beethoven’s Sonatas 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The great single-minded warriors of the Iliad are all dead — Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, etc. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z Throwing more punches than every other movie this year combined, this single-minded Indonesian martial arts epic doesn't let up until everyone in its baddy-infested apartment block, and the auditorium, is pummelled into submission. This week's new films 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z It’s a paradox: becoming single-minded among a multitude, feeling alone in a crowd. I Miss Being Part of an Audience 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z But the new “Justice” is an album of literal worship songs that is impressive, almost daring, in its single-minded focus on Bieber’s wife, model Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and, more opaquely, God. Review | What does ‘Justice’ mean to Justin Bieber? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z He has a cold, single-minded fanaticism for the Führer, and you could spot him as a bad guy a mile away. Review: In ‘All Our Children,’ Moral Authority Wades Into Nazi Germany 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z When it played at the Berlin Film Festival, Jessica Kiang, in The Times, wrote that it was “surely the most single-minded evocation of the discomfort of suppressing flatulence ever to get a major festival berth.” Summer Movies 2022: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Nora’s became the nation’s first certified organic restaurant, and her accounts of tracking down organic salt and installing a biodegradable carpet are amusing, illustrating her single-minded commitment to the cause. The story behind the woman who helped make healthy eating cool 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z CNN’s ratings on many nights are at a low point, which makes the network’s refusal to follow its more successful rivals down the path of single-minded opinionating all the more admirable. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z Where the symphony is a cataclysmic colloquy, the Quintet sounds like a single-minded expression of lament and loss. A guide to the music of Alfred Schnittke 2013-04-29T15:12:17Z It is a wonderfully single-minded performance, and there is strong support all round. Antigone – review 2012-05-31T16:02:44Z She devoted her life to turning others on to her single-minded passion. You know the names Klee and Kandinsky. A new exhibition explains why you also should know Galka Scheyer 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z It eventually made him a conspicuous target as America headed into World War II and the single-minded promotion of a nativist art was a little too close to the aesthetic dictates of Fascism. Grant Wood at the Whitney Both Thrills and Disappoints 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It was the girl's single-minded devotion to the violin that resulted in her mother's decision to fly with her once a week for three years from Seattle to L.A. to work with Lipsett. Next lesson for Simone Porter, 17: solo debut with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The lessons are so treacly, and their delivery method so single-minded, that the Valley Girl phrase “gag me with a spoon” springs to mind. ‘Spies in Disguise’ Review: Smug Agent Meets Gadget Geek 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s almost impossible to walk with single-minded purpose down Main Street in Flushing, Queens. Uighur Noodles, Terrifically Chewy and Earthy, at Nurlan in Flushing, Queens 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z But at its heart was a more single-minded aim: “Bringing together jazz and the ancestral forms,” Mr. Valdés said, “in a coherent fashion, and with quality.” Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The same is true of this sly, admirable but single-minded bio-pic. Review: Trumbo Is a Vital Lesson in Democracy 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Another advantage is that subtitles demand a single-minded focus on the show. Need to Escape? Stream These 12 Great Foreign-Language TV Shows 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z This single-minded pursuit is noble, admirable, even fanatic — and it is enough to bring even a spectator to tears. Amid the Fury of the Olympics, the Zen of the Trampoline 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z All these influences are there to see but completely, even rapaciously refracted through the powerful lens of his single-minded sensibility. Pablo Picasso and his influence on British art 2012-02-10T22:55:13Z Elegantly handsome with a salt-and-pepper beard, Gavin, 37, comes across as solitary and single-minded, the kind of artist who eschews the art world scene and would rather be in his studio than anywhere else. A Modern Take on the Hudson River School Tradition 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z And maybe there were fans of the left-leaning satire of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” who were made uncomfortable by the more single-minded focus of “The Nightly Show.” Larry Wilmore’s Characteristically Low-Key Farewell 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The other theme is the perverting nature of fame and single-minded lust for it. American Horror Story's Freak Show clowns and creeps absurd as ever 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It doesn't help that the sequel's story isn't a story at all, but the kind of single-minded narrative thread best suited to pushing a player along through a video game's multiple levels. 'Kung Fu Panda 2': Hyperflexed 3-D takes kick out of sequel 2011-05-24T20:04:05Z The program notes for “Lucky Stiff” unabashedly proclaim it “a zany piece of fluff,” and Actors Co-op's revival of this 1988 musical farce pursues that objective with single-minded intensity. The humor is deadpan, or just dead, in 'Lucky Stiff' 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z But what if no trustworthy authority can control the big picture and politically single-minded individuals and small groups can easily produce unpredictable, large-scale havoc? Art Review: ‘Adhocracy’ at the New Museum 2013-05-09T20:27:22Z Their approach to food is methodical and impressively single-minded. Don’t Fence Me In: The Comforts of a Sheep Video 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The British series, which debuted in 2018 and wrapped up this spring, follows a globe-trotting psychopath assassin who favors Vogue-worthy outfits, and the brilliant, single-minded MI6 investigator who becomes obsessed with her. In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s not hard to see the work as a symbolic exercise in which single-minded focus on cultural tradition leads to obliteration. From Innovation to Provocation, China’s Artists on a Global Path 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Richard, the younger brother by two and a half years, was the more single-minded of the two, devoted to songwriting and little else; he was also known to have a blustery temper. Robert B. Sherman, Songwriter for Disney, Dies at 86 2012-03-07T02:44:10Z Mary Sutter's goal may be single-minded, but her motivations are many. 'Wench' and 'My Name is Mary Sutter': Novels of 19th-century women 2010-05-12T23:20:00Z Max’s cold, single-minded determination is undermined only by Mr. Piccoli’s soft brown eyes, which communicate unspoken and enigmatic hurts. Movie Review: Claude Sautet’s ‘Max et les Ferrailleurs’ 2012-08-10T04:20:08Z Extraordinarily single-minded and intrinsically suspenseful, “Le Trou” is often compared to Robert Bresson’s “A Condemned Man Escaped,” made a few years earlier. ‘Le Trou,’ a Very French Prison Drama, Steals From Its Maker’s Life 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z It arrives not as a sampler of possibilities, but as a single-minded statement: a group of songs that are emotive yet elusive, slow but infused with undulating motion, at once earthy and otherworldly. Meet Zsela, a Singer Perfecting the Art of Taking It Slowly 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z A lack of time … it's a refrain he employs frequently, whether the subject is clothes, politics, MTV or any of the other forbidden fruit that might cause him to waver on his single-minded rock'n'roll path. Hüsker Dü: "Hardcore is bands with three initials" – a classic interview 2013-05-15T13:53:36Z What I appreciate about Shapiro-Barnum's conversations is that they truly reflect the weird, single-minded obsessions that only young kids can have. 6 best corn recipes for anyone and everyone 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z And Sarah Lund, of course, possibly the most single-minded detective in TV history, but also seriously fallible and therefore believable, and now officially the coolest woman in the world. The weekend's TV: The Killing 2011-03-26T23:15:01Z In a feat of single-minded determination, Bateman shot a lot of his movie in a New Jersey warehouse, later adding time-consuming computer-generated effects. 5 Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Manson picked up something else in prison: an appreciation for the Beatles and a single-minded determination to become an even bigger rock star himself. ‘Manson’: twisted ambition, manipulation and murder 2013-08-16T20:15:06Z Then again, Garcia noted Jordan was a single-minded winner, “So it’s highly believable he didn’t pay any attention to anything but his stats and his win-loss column and winning a championship.” Rap Soundtracks the Michael Jordan Doc. The N.B.A. Wasn’t Always That Way. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z In the scenes that he narrates, Jojo describes his mother’s single-minded focus upon getting to Michael as a kind of erasure: In ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing,’ a Haunted Road Trip to Prison 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It became clear, though, that this vision of a single-minded electronic tyranny simply wasn’t going to happen. Critic's Notebook: In Tron Franchise, Cyberpresent Looks a Lot Like the Past 2011-01-14T17:29:26Z A 90-minute celebration of chocolate, this single-minded show parks on its topic and stays put. Theater Review: ‘The Chocolate Show!’ Celebrates a Common Obsession 2014-03-05T20:33:34Z It inspired the music site Pitchfork to note the single-minded intensity of this “possible madman and authority-critiquing refusenik that was marginalized in his own time, only to later be viewed as a seer.” Mark Stewart, Fiery British Rocker, Is Dead at 61 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But merely staying abrasive would be too single-minded for Sleigh Bells. Critics? Choice: New CDs by LCD Soundsystem and Band of Horses 2010-05-16T22:45:00Z Its inspired and single-minded purpose is to chronicle any grasping attempts by music writers to characterize Mr. Casey, the talky, confrontational lead vocalist and lyricist of the Detroit postpunk band Protomartyr. The Playlist: Britney Spears Puts on a Show and Tove Lo Plays it Cool 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The first time I spoke to him, he sounded very grave, very single-minded. Aundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Three 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z As slick as a blood spill and as single-minded as a meat grinder, “Nobody” hustles us along with a swiftness that blurs the foolishness of its plot and the depravity of its message. ‘Nobody’ Review: A Wolf in Wimp’s Clothing 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z He’s made bad movies and good ones, hits and flops, and pushed them all into the marketplace with single-minded determination. Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence 2014-02-01T19:30:00Z This fear stands in contrast to Ellmann’s mountain lion, with her single-minded focus, her stark and queenly solitude. Can One Sentence Capture All of Life? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Impeccably installed, the exhibition contains, in addition to “Aten Reign,” four earlier installation pieces that are just enough to summarize Mr. Turrell’s single-minded trajectory. Art Review: James Turrell Plays With Color at the Guggenheim 2013-06-20T23:01:56Z But shows where we encounter an artist’s single-minded, highly personal pursuit that proceeds one object at a time tend to feature past masters. 2010-02-14T03:58:00Z But Zemeckis, a protege of Steven Spielberg who is more single-minded than his mentor, was not going to be deterred by a simple thing like someone else getting there first. ‘If you hate heights, you won’t be comfortable watching’: Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on high-wire drama The Walk 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Their example of strong and single-minded pursuit of their goals provides worthy examples of the traits I believe are worth cultivating in your life. How will you change your life — or the world? 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Fary, 29, has been single-minded about forging his own path and breaking down barriers as he goes. Fary Isn’t Joking About Race in France Right Now 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z But what else would we expect from a figure of such single-minded purpose, who in these titles is revealed? Osama bin Laden's bookshelf revealed: What you can learn from his reading list 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Resnais denies that he was ever so airlessly single-minded an intellectual. Alain Resnais: vive la diff?rence 2010-06-22T21:00:00Z But she invests it with a studied dignity and single-minded calm that more than excuses the occasional cross-continental wandering of her accent, both home to America and, in places, to the English home counties. Top of the Lake – TV review 2013-07-15T06:00:16Z It's this kind of single-minded obsession that means advertising folk value nothing more than a good backpat; reassurance that the long nights and bad dinners are worth it. Dumb Ways to Die: 10 great Australian adverts 2013-06-25T00:57:06Z On “After Laughter,” Paramore is single-minded again, but not of the same mind as it once was. Paramore Tries to Find Itself in the ’80s on ‘After Laughter’ 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “I’ve never been single-minded in my pursuit of acting as a career,” he said. William Schallert, Father on ‘The Patty Duke Show’, Dies at 93 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z This alien can’t want anything; if it kills me it dies but it seems very single-minded and set in its purpose. ‘Mortality,’ by Christopher Hitchens 2012-08-31T22:50:05Z Today, the Navy and its single-minded mission are long gone. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard It’s Full Steam Ahead 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Richard Donner, the tough, single-minded but playful film director who made Christopher Reeve’s Superman fly, Mel Gibson’s deranged detective lethal and the young stars of “The Goonies” pirate-adorable, died on Monday. Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ Films, Dies at 91 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Certainly, in terms of being an actor, I was very single-minded. David Tennant: 'My bedpost really has very few notches' ? interview 2011-08-19T21:58:02Z His condition makes him a single-minded worker on the side of the angels, but it also gets him and his family into trouble: he cannot tell a lie, or keep his faith hidden. 2010-02-12T23:26:00Z Sporting a white fright wig and a languid Australian drawl, Benedict Cumberbatch memorably portrays Assange as a single-minded iconoclast driven by a childhood trauma that is revisited obliquely in surreal flashbacks. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z “The Runner,” Amir Naderi’s stylized memoir of his boyhood in Iran, is a notable feat — a movie at once objective and subjective and single-minded throughout. ‘The Runner’ Is a Gem of the Iranian New Wave 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Besides his prolific output, he was known for an almost single-minded devotion to his craft. Ravindra Jain, Bollywood Film Composer, Dies at 71 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Even as her runway pieces serve a single-minded purpose — ‘‘I wanted a space of my own,’’ as she put it — Guo Pei’s evening dresses are hardly pedestrian affairs. T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z Native to every continent except Antarctica, tireless in their urge to propagate and expand, they have evolved an astounding social organization with single-minded discipline. Armchair Traveler: Book Review: Adventures Among Ants 2010-06-10T18:38:00Z Among family members, opinion is divided over how Kenny Jr.’s single-minded fixation on art should be handled, his father said. House Proud: Pink Robots at the Gate 2013-08-21T22:22:38Z The performers’ valiant striving for nuance notwithstanding, “Closet Land” is a rather single-minded piece; it is also one that explores familiar territory. ‘Closet Land’ is courageous and uncomfortable, but also predictable 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z He was not looking around, but listening to the person on the other end with single-minded devotion. China’s little emperors – the children without siblings 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z He has been so single-minded in his pursuit of upbeat Broadway bravura that one would scarcely be surprised to learn that he had choreographed his own birth. Possessed: Graffito in Jerry Mitchell’s Bedroom Is a Daily Reminder 2013-05-24T21:27:34Z It was your ability to stay single-minded in pursuit of your goal: I wanna get next to you. Lonnae O’Neal: Whither the mack-daddies? 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Neither "Spotlight" nor "The Big Short" endorses such a single-minded focus. Films once were an escape from work. Now, they celebrate it. What gives? 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Nathan built his business with a single-minded passion for excellence, tasting the uncooked frankfurters himself, Mr. Handwerker said, and wearing a disguise while standing in line at 3 a.m. to hear the customers’ reactions. Chat & Chow: Making ‘Famous Nathan,’ a Film at the Tribeca Festival 2014-04-24T14:00:02Z It was Ms. Waters’s intense, single-minded commitment to her brother — conveyed in her insistent correspondence — that caught the attention of the Innocence Project. From Waitress to Brother?s Savior, Then Hollywood Hero 2010-10-12T22:57:00Z Mr. Opperman was single-minded about extracting the most from those he taught. Kalmen Opperman, Master Clarinetist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-06-22T23:28:00Z This focus on discipline and inner strength has surely influenced his approach to his work — single-minded, ascetic — and the controlled nature of the pieces themselves. Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z Producers said the miniseries will focus on Cheney's "single-minded pursuit of enhanced power for the presidency was unprecedented in the nation's history." HBO options Dick Cheney book for TV miniseries 2011-03-21T21:10:08Z But Bazawule’s industry peers and admirers do not regard him as a single-minded careerist, and say that his interests in multiple art forms are equally sincere and equally valid. Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Has horror lost some of its disreputable pleasures, not to mention its single-minded determination to terrify? Home Is Where the Horror Is 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z I fell into that single-minded focus on earlier days. This Week in Fiction: Annie Proulx Discusses Her Upcoming Novel, “Barkskins” 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z James McArdle's excellent Abrahams has the right single-minded intensity. Running is his way of proving himself as an Englishman – his "weapon" against being Jewish. Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z Ms. Bennett, who is portrayed as somewhat of a single-minded perfectionist on the show, said she knew to expect some drama. ‘Break Pointe,’ a CW Reality Show About Ballet West Dancers 2012-05-29T22:07:57Z Always there is the power struggle of parallel careers conducted with a driven, single-minded fervor by artists at the peak of their creativity. | 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky': Jan Kounen?s Tale of Artists in Love 2010-06-10T23:28:00Z All told, we received more than 350 online entries, reaffirming our faith in literacy, language and the single-minded pursuit of fame. Seattle Times Poetry Contest finalists 2011-04-27T22:15:04Z Some women are single-minded and clear about what they want, and they just need their self-determination respected. “I wish we talked about ‘choices’ instead of ‘choice’”: A Texas abortion counselor on how to change the conversation about abortion 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Jimmy returns home emboldened by the example of Crazy Horse, a leader concerned more for the well-being of his people than single-minded victory. Three children’s and young adult books we love, December edition 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Capote’s stare, she claims, conveys his “total commitment and single-minded sense of purpose”—a quality that is shared, she observes ominously, “by criminals and geniuses.” What Two Forgotten Pieces Tell Us About Harper Lee 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z He remains as scholarly in his single-minded respect for musical tradition as ever. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Invariably the answer was a single-minded determination and commitment to rebuilding a new generation of proud and committed Jews. “Why forgive?” Exploring the complexities of forgiveness on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The single-minded artist fending off compromise in order to realize a vision is a powerfully romantic narrative, but great art is just as often about effective collaboration. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Heroes from Sir Lancelot to Tom Mix wore white in the great contests to express purity and single-minded devotion to the task at hand. John Travolta's white suit to star in V&A exhibition 2012-08-06T23:16:00Z His single-minded focus on the project and his constant interrogation of his own motivations and self-worth made for compelling music but toxic living. How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Everyone is single-minded and obsessive to the point a viewer can all but predict lines and attitudes before a scene begins. "Dark Stranger" a serviceable Woody Allen comedy 2010-05-17T04:43:00Z “I don’t think I’m single-minded in the way I approach things,” Mr. Johns says. Jasper Johns Isn’t Done Yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Smith’s single-minded dedication to a fairly mirthless bohemianism is both notable and discomfiting; the reader, almost inevitably, falls short of Smith’s own moral measure. The Theology of Patti Smith 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z A compact, bearded man with a serious manner punctuated by a staccato chuckle, he shows a single-minded devotion to his craft. Music: Playing With the Orchestra in Baltimore 2012-07-13T16:19:48Z And, as the documentary footage of his arrest and trial make clear, he is someone with a strong, single-minded personal style. Books of The Times: “Life After Death,” by Damien Echols 2012-09-19T21:18:19Z He also knows that not everyone has the luxury to be so single-minded. Fashion needs more powerful black voices — so Ethan Miller created a new way to help 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z At other times, it’s clear that the restaurant can’t maintain a single-minded focus on doing absolutely everything right. Bouley in TriBeCa Still Goes Its Own Way, Seductively 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z "Saying what you believe others want to hear is of course a form of lying," Knausgaard writes and in doing so seems to revel in depicting himself as a narcissist, coward and single-minded egotist. A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgaard – review 2013-05-11T17:00:02Z Seeing oldsters perk up and boogie can be a tonic, but Mr. Rossato-Bennett’s single-minded stumping for the cause makes for a less than interesting film. Movie Listings for July 25-31 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z This young, attractive and, by necessity, single-minded mother chats amiably with the parade of caregivers and concerned women coming through her one-bedroom apartment in Queens. Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “Gold-Diggers Sound” — named after the Los Angeles studio where the album was made — is more confidently single-minded. Leon Bridges Brings Southern Soul Into the 21st Century 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z With the single-minded focus that was to color the program to come, Farrell graciously accepted the award, without a word, and swiftly left the stage to her dancers. Critic’s Notebook: A bittersweet triumph for Suzanne Farrell and her company 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z No matter how righteous the cause, however, such a single-minded focus on danger and doom subtly reinforces the message of our era of apocalypses everywhere: abandon all hope, ye who live here and now. America’s psychic numbing: Why we’re so obsessed with “apocalypse” 2014-02-26T13:30:00Z But the key to "Sister" is Bee's voice: clear, strong, single-minded, and not to be denied. New in crime fiction: talented debut mysteries and thrillers by Matthews, Dugoni and Martini 2011-06-08T21:22:03Z Yet it is to the great credit of “Geographies of Solitude” that it never feels expository: It turns an ecology lesson, and an account of a noble, steadfast, single-minded pursuit, into art. ‘Geographies of Solitude’ Review: Exploring a Wild Island 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z This single-minded, purist streak can come across as being rather privileged. Julian Schnabel: ‘Why can’t a white person tell the story of a black person? Everyone is pink inside’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “The play, strongly felt and single-minded, has an impact far greater than one would receive from reading historical documents,” Mel Gussow wrote in his review for The New York Times. James de Jongh, Who Put Stories of Slavery Onstage, Dies at 80 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z In a way, I envy the single-minded vacationer, one who is all-in on cycling, skiing, golfing, wine tours, fly-fishing, whatever. Lessons in travel — and bravura writing — from ‘The Best of Outside: The First 20 Years’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z But none of that got in the way of her single-minded pursuit of amassing as gloomy a filmography as she could manage. Dark star 2011-01-08T00:05:01Z But a bigger part of us wanted her to throw it all in and become the single-minded, crime-fighting fanatic we knew she still was. Has Sarah Lund in a fluffy jumper gone soft in the final Killing? 2012-11-17T23:14:00Z It is single-minded and precise, a coming-of-age story complete with castle, magician and king. Rumpelstiltskin Redux 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z It was the realisation of a project so grand in ambition, and microscopic in detail, that even people who get highly excited about food might pause to wonder at the single-minded obsession of this chef. Heston Blumenthal: 'I like a kebab as much as the next person' 2011-02-13T20:30:00Z But this album, Mr. West’s fifth, is a reminder of how single-minded he is and how musically gifted; it’s easily his most florid record, and also, oddly, one of his most stark. The Purpler the Bruise, the Sweeter the Song 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z But, like some single-minded collectors, he was bitten by the bug and had become obsessed with bringing the sculpture back to Seattle. '70s George Tsutakawa fountain finds its way back to Seattle 2012-03-23T03:11:30Z By most accounts, the single-minded, loner-idealist tough guy at the center of the Billy Jack franchise was based on an amalgam of cowboy archetypes, Asian martial-arts film archetypes and Mr. Laughlin’s image of himself. Tom Laughlin, 82, Star of ‘Billy Jack’ Movie Series, Dies 2013-12-17T01:29:45Z “Shelter Me” is single-minded in its goal: It wants people to consider adopting a dog from a shelter. Critic’s Notebook: Dogs on TV, Beyond the Whispering 2012-05-29T18:19:29Z In the end, Sharknado 3–like the CGI monsters that are its true stars–is the beast that it is: single-minded, greedy and ravenous. Review: Sharknado 3, Bigger, Hungrier and More Commercial 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Williams nicely observes some optical illusions the single-minded metaphorist might miss. Poem of the week: Descent by Frances Williams 2010-06-14T11:26:00Z That is the fascinating, single-minded focus of “Balenciaga: Spanish Master,” an exhibition that opens Friday at the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute on Park Avenue. On the Runway: Balenciaga Exhibition Opens 2010-11-19T00:49:00Z It was very freeing to be that single-minded and selfish. Katherine Heigl on Returning to TV and Embracing Utah Life 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z And Enriquez is particularly adept at capturing the single-minded intensity of teenage girls. In Three New Collections, Characters on the Edge 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z It's no secret that wildfire-prone regions need to shift from a single-minded focus on suppression to one that includes much more controlled burning and forest resilience. Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60% 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Hilmy’s single-minded focus in ensuring Minaret’s viability shows no signs of waning. Secret shows and a cult fandom are behind this jazz phenomenon in L.A. 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The director’s single-minded attention to detail helped make ‘Zodiac’ a compelling look at a serial-murder case. David Fincher ‘not responsible’ for incels co-opting 'Fight Club': 'We didn’t make it for them' 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday evening, a group of Sierra Club members met before sunset at Mount Diablo State Park in Walnut Creek in hopes of witnessing a few of these desperate, single-minded, eight-legged prowlers. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z But it is similarly single-minded, deriving much of its pressure-cooker tension from the precise re-creation of situations in which we, as spectators, catch ourselves judging Liv and Hanna’s actions. Review: Check into 'The Royal Hotel' for well-wrought dread that's all too familiar to women 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z His point was that a single-minded pursuit of a title can lead to reckless decisions that actually subvert those efforts. Jerry Dipoto tells Mariners fans what they don’t want to hear 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z He was unchallenged and single-minded, sending an excellent toe-poke from outside the box right into the corner to end the tie as contest. Rangers beat Livingston to set up Hearts semi-final 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Married to a star immunologist, she eschewed the single-minded pursuit of her own research in favor of balance, often helping younger colleagues advance their work while remaining out of the scientific limelight herself. Her work paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. Now, she’s fighting for recognition 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z War, however, is their single-minded vocation, even if it leads to a nuclear holocaust with Russia or China. They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Iraq. Now they're lying about Ukraine 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z In Strasbourg, France, where the European Parliament met, she earned the nickname Madame Écosse — Mrs. Scotland in French — for her seemingly single-minded focus. Winnie Ewing, Who Transformed Scottish Politics, Dies at 93 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Some Indians have been inspired by Mr. Modi to also remain single and single-minded. ‘The Country Is His Family’: Why Modi and Other Indian Leaders Stay Single 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z For the first half or so of the game, he’s largely doom-and-gloom stoic— refusing to process a tragedy and see more than a single-minded view of the world. Review: 'Final Fantasy XVI' goes full 'Game of Thrones' with medieval battles and mysticism 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z He has two of the key requirements for this legal battle: First, a single-minded determination to keep going without settling, and second, being rich enough to take the financial hit if he loses. Prince Harry, hacking claims and the royal court case of the century 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Loyola wrote a book, the Spiritual Exercises, that encouraged a mystic veneration of the Church and a single-minded devotion to its institutions. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, the court hasn’t been “as single-minded in its approach,” he said. Retired Justice Breyer calls Supreme Court in his clerking time a ‘court with a mission’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z It freed him from the need to resolve every last inconsistency, and Choi seemed at peace, distanced from the single-minded obsessiveness that had been its own kind of prison. For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Powell’s appetite for basketball left an impression on the similarly single-minded Leonard. With Kawhi Leonard out, Norman Powell is ready for latest Clippers crisis 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Pockets of thick fog along the road could not obscure the latest advances in Israel's massive and single-minded project to settle Jews on land Palestinians want for a state. Jeremy Bowen: Israel's unclear road ahead 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Critics say the administration should be doing more to call out China’s more mercantilist approach to the continent, one whose single-minded focus on money hurts African recipients in other ways. U.S. steps up its game, but China has a head-start in Africa 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has lost the “single-minded” focus it had during the civil rights era, according to retired Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Retired Justice Breyer calls Supreme Court in his clerking time a ‘court with a mission’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z They see real zero as a whole new lens with which to view equitable climate action, one that rejects a single-minded, technocratic focus on greenhouse gas emissions. Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’ 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Some players can lose sight of other people and aspects of life in a single-minded pursuit of success, but Son remains hugely popular at Spurs for his joyful and considerate character. 'Bubbly, clinical & a Spurs legend' - Son celebrates century 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z In the country’s single-minded pursuit of its “zero Covid” policy, local governments exhausted their coffers to comply with strict testing, quarantine and lockdown rules. China’s Cities Are Buried in Debt, but They Keep Shoveling It On 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The defendants “have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal” and “with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted,” she wrote. Gladys Kessler, Judge Who Curbed Deceptive Tobacco Ads, Dies at 85 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “I have a more developed sense of my own frailty and vulnerability than he does, I think, whereas he’s got this kind of single-minded lack of, sense of self-preservation,” he said in a recent interview. Taron Egerton slots Tetris story into place in new biopic 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Van Lith, a junior, has brought that same single-minded attitude to Louisville, which faces Mississippi on Friday at 7 p.m. WA native Hailey Van Lith returns to Seattle with Louisville women’s basketball 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The candidate must be dedicated to a single-minded goal: Make life slightly less Dickensian for us in every way possible. Commentary: Now hiring! Low-profile art world family seeks personal assistant 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z She was single-minded and physically gifted, but she seemed driven less by competitive ambition than by the sheer joy of the ride. Eileen Sheridan, Who Dominated Cycling in Postwar Britain, Dies at 99 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z By now, the couple said, their differences have in some sense helped maintain boundaries, almost like a firewall against the idea of a single-minded family entity. The Iveys reach rare feat: A family member in every level of government 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z "I didn't have that particular pressure. I was in a position to be pretty single-minded about the job," she says. Jacinda Ardern's burnout highlights the pressure world leaders face 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z This borrowed cloak of newsiness reduces the complexity of fiction into a single-minded polemic. 'The Deluge,' an epic new climate novel, drowns us in catastrophes 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z This time, the economies of the world — ours included — are already seeing the inflationary impact and the drag on growth caused by Putin’s single-minded aggression. Opinion | Time is not on Ukraine’s side 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z In between crises, Benedict pursued his single-minded vision to rekindle faith in a world that he frequently lamented seemed to think it could do without God. Benedict XVI, reluctant pope who chose to retire, dies at 95 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, he set about the job with a single-minded vision to rekindle the faith in a world that, he frequently lamented, seemed to think it could do without God. Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The candidates are lured by single-minded focus on the shiny logos heavily investing in their computer science education program. Big Tech job market: Look to smaller employers 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In its single-minded pursuit of the “zero Covid” strategy, the Chinese government was omnipresent and omnipotent, using its unlimited resources and unchecked power to control the nation. With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z An eccentric and sometimes gruff scientist with a gray beard and a weathered look, Balcomb had a single-minded devotion to the whales, with their bones displayed around his San Juan Island home in Washington state. Ken Balcomb, friend to the orcas who helped end their captivity, dies 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Park puts a sly spin on the genre’s tropes, a lovelorn dupe one moment and a single-minded investigator determined to find the truth the next. Oscars 2023: Actor power rankings 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z These sections seem perfunctory and suggest that Feiring’s single-minded and often ideological focus on natural wine may have closed her off — or perhaps shielded her — from potential connections with a much broader world. The best wine books of 2022 get up close and personal 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z But in the case of Beijing’s pollution, the Chinese government tackled it with single-minded focus when its scale became too daunting to ignore, forcing rapid, coordinated action in response to public anger. Beijing Is Tackling Its Air Pollution Problem. Why Can’t New Delhi? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Decades later, Mr. Schjeldahl showed a similarly single-minded focus as an adult, throwing himself headfirst into writing at the expense of parenting his daughter, Calhoun. Peter Schjeldahl, revered art critic for the New Yorker, dies at 80 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The administration’s insistence on a single-minded security rationale for the export controls has done little to ease business leaders’ concerns. Economic ties with China take a backseat to national security 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z “The males will wander up to a mile this time of year,” said Billotte, who was careful not to step on any of the single-minded, love-sick tarantulas crawling in front of her. Single in Colorado: Male, lovesick, would die to find mate, has eight legs, can travel 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “This single-minded extremism must end, and we implore President Biden to recognize the humanity in preborn children and the genuine life-giving care needed by women in this country.” Biden’s struggles with Catholic voters, bishops creates drag on Democrats 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Some investors have been more hesitant to call a peak, citing the Fed’s single-minded focus on bringing down consumer prices, which have proven far more stubborn than many expected this year. Analysis: As U.S. Treasuries tumble, some investors say turning point is near 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Days such as Thursday are the kind of moments the single-minded players in the locker room have been trying to avoid. Perspective | Commanders can rebrand all they want. Dysfunction is their true identity. 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “What if she’d been a more single-minded journalist and a lousier friend?” he asked. Totenberg tests tenet of journalism with source friendships 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Still, it reads as a sincere, if single-minded, attempt to look at the actual events of Bourdain’s life. Column: 'Blonde' and the new Anthony Bourdain book are suicide whodunits in which the answer is obvious 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Still, with its single-minded focus on humankind’s habit of violence and vendetta, “Host and Guest” feels blunt in a way that Synetic’s best shows have not. Review | It’s movement, not dialogue, that carries Synetic’s ‘Host and Guest’ 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In a single-minded pursuit of profit, the multinational corporations behind salmon farming exploit public resources and ignore public health. Salmon farming’s dirty business 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The country’s stringent and single-minded focus on avoiding and eliminating the coronavirus at all costs also explains Mr. Xi’s long absence from the global stage. China’s Leader Emerges from Covid Bubble for First Foreign Trip Since 2020 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Former Labour minister Chris Mullin described in his diaries a briefing with Charles and how taken aback he was by his single-minded focus and his readiness to risk "treading on official toes". What kind of a King will Charles be? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z China’s pursuit of zero Covid has often been single-minded, overriding all other concerns. China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Bind: No Easy Way Out Despite the Cost 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Although underlings sometimes found Mr. Robertson single-minded and hypercompetitive, he said it would “thrill” him to be remembered for giving his money away. Julian Robertson, 90, Dies; Brought Hedge Funds Into the Mainstream 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Yet, as Professor Fair readily acknowledges, his model’s single-minded exclusion of noneconomic factors inevitably misses some important things. Think the Economy Is Hard to Predict? Try the Midterms. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z NASA’s study represents a potentially profound break from that single-minded tradition. NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The Federal Reserve pressed on with its single-minded pursuit of taming rising prices last week as it raised interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point. This Week in Business: Recession Fears 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z "From its earliest days, the Forest Service pursued a single-minded goal regarding fire: minimize the size and number of wildland fires, if not eliminate them all together," Smith wrote. Why fighting fire with fire might actually save Yosemite's giant sequoias 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Now antiabortion folks must ask themselves how much they value the lives that they have altered, the lives they may have mid-wived into being with their single-minded political force? Perspective | No matter if one feels relief or devastation, the weight of overturning Roe is profound 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z This is a shift after years of placing athlete safety above all else after the scandals exposed what critics said was the USOPC’s single-minded focus on money and medals. Tensions sparking change in US Olympic world, but how much? 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Throughout the decades of fusion research, plasma physicists have been single-minded about reaching the breakeven point and producing excess energy. Fusion power may run out of fuel before it even gets started 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Charles Kernaghan, who with a single-minded passion and tireless energy exposed the prevalence of sweatshop-made goods in America’s toy sections, department stores and celebrity fashion lines, died on June 1 at his home in Manhattan. Charles Kernaghan, Scourge of Sweatshops, Is Dead at 74 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It was in his successive roles — “The Color of Money,” “Rain Man,” “Born on the Fourth of July” — that Cruise’s single-minded ethic of drive and focus came into their own in toes-up, thoroughly inhabited performances. Perspective | The secret of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is that it doesn’t try too hard 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Bohmer remembers a self-possessed young person with a single-minded focus on fighting injustice who wanted to learn from other more radical activists on campus. How Karen Bass went from South L.A. activist to mayoral hopeful 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Across the Thames, at the National Theatre through June 11, Walker is displaying flawless authenticity as a single-minded reformer in a becoming revival of the Emlyn Williams chestnut, “The Corn Is Green.” Perspective | Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer and other stars light up London plays 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z But he said it could be overcome “based on the single-minded unity of the party and the people,” according to the state media reports. North Korea Says Its Covid Outbreak Is Spreading Fast 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z That single-minded mission meant coming to Washington every January for the March for Life to mark Roe’s anniversary. Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z While Germany was helping build two undersea pipelines to dramatically increase its imports of Russian natural gas, Lithuania was spending its taxpayer money with the single-minded goal of breaking free. A history of Russian oppression fueled Lithuanian energy independence 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Medina Spirit represented everything they admire about thoroughbreds — their beauty, strength and single-minded determination. Medina Spirit Was Pulled by the Forelegs Into a World That Let Him Down 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z They honed in on their deficiencies with a single-minded determination that shows maybe they’ve learned a few lessons from underwhelming recent drafts. The Seahawks didn’t try to do too much in the NFL draft, and that could be just what they need 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Cops, in particular, are so much collateral damage in Alex’s single-minded mission to take out the members of the international sex-trafficking cartel. Review | Noirish ‘Memory’ is a cut above the average Liam Neeson action flick 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Her single-minded focus dredges up the trauma through recurring nightmares and a blurring of reality. Now streaming: ‘We Own This City’; final episodes of ‘Grace and Frankie’ and ‘Ozark’; and more 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “The Palace Papers” depicts a Crown single-minded in its survival drive, with the queen its ruthless instrument. Review: Tina Brown's prescription for the royals: Never mind Meghan, don't ever change 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Even before he was elected, he radiated a kind of single-minded evangelism about his project for France. Emmanuel Macron: From political outsider to president 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Some lawmakers of color said that Ms. Hochul’s single-minded pursuit of stricter bail laws, absent critical investments in their communities, left them feeling betrayed. Hochul Emerges From Budget Talks Unbowed, but Not Unscathed 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z She collapsed in tears on the court and has been almost single-minded in wanting to finish what the team missed out on then. No. 1 South Carolina women beat Creighton, reach Final Four 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z In many ways Putin has accomplished something Ukrainian residents and politicians thought was nearly impossible prior to the invasion — a united, single-minded Ukraine. Report from Ukraine: Life goes on and spirits remain high — Putin wasn't counting on that 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z And one man's extraordinary single-minded dedication to getting his wife back. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release: 'If any couple is going to survive this, it's them' 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Democrats argue that such criticism shows how single-minded the Republican Party has become about tearing down its opponents. Republicans Once Silent on Russia Ratchet Up Attacks on Biden 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Strickland sought to portray Walker’s death as the result of the police officer’s single-minded focus on arresting the teen, which invited confrontation. White Australian police officer acquitted in killing of Aboriginal teen, a case that gripped the country 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Second baseman Michael Busch is only two years removed from being a first-round draft pick, but the Dodgers’ No. 3 ranked prospect already talks with the single-minded focus of a big-leaguer. Dodgers minor league camp: Diego Cartaya, Bobby Miller, other top prospects shine 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Between Whoop’s single-minded focus and the lack of on-device features, it’s best as a secondary tracker for most people. Only athletes should give a whoop about Whoop 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Mackowiak said he believes that Trump and Pompeo are not assessing the moral implications of Putin’s tactics with their comments but rather his single-minded pursuit of his goal. Trump and his supporters praise Putin and dismiss Biden as crisis unfolds 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z These latter-day Rams traded away an inordinate number of draft picks in the service of obtaining current stars in single-minded pursuit of a Lombardi Trophy. Going all-in netted the Rams a Super Bowl win, but that strategy has yet to pay off for the Seahawks 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Valieva’s single-minded focus on her sport has helped her excel at just the right time. Before a Disputed Drug Test, a Russian Figure Skater Had a Rapid Rise 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The reaction in Russia has hardly sidetracked Mr. Putin from his single-minded pursuit of his strategic goals. How a Chechen Abduction Exposes Putin’s Problems at Home 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Sunday’s Super Bowl, thanks to the newly-expanded NFL regular season, falls just one day before Valentine’s, and the nation’s florists are warning single-minded football fans who have only the Cincinnati Bengals and L.A. Florists warn of higher prices, Super Bowl conflict for Valentine’s Day 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Artists performed songs and dances that demonstrated the “single-minded unity” of North Korean people and their devotion to build a socialist country “to be envied by the world,” the report said. N. Korean leader Kim attends concert glorifying his power 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Since Pyeongchang, he has been driven by a quest for fulfillment, not a single-minded hunt for redemption. Elliott: Nathan Chen's quest for gold motivated by fulfillment and joy, not redemption 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But before the competition had even ended he was plotting his revenge mission: a single-minded focus on World Championship gold in 2019. The 'internal battle' when counter culture meets elite sport 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z It was one of the most magical things that happened in our industry, to see a company so single-minded, so focused on simplicity, and really reinventing the customer experience. Seven CEOs and one secretary of transportation on the future of cars 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The discovery called into question the Biden administration’s almost single-minded focus on vaccination as the path out of the pandemic. Biden’s Pandemic Fight: Inside the Setbacks of the First Year 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Haworth, a veteran of Democratic politics, said she wants to bring the “aggressiveness” and single-minded focus of a campaign to the fight to regulate Big Tech. Big Tech foes launch ‘campaign-style’ initiative to push for antitrust legislation 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z It requires a discrete human intelligence working with single-minded purpose through trial and error and can succeed with a trivially small number of starting data points. Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Fans across the world agreed: Despite his soft-spoken personality and single-minded focus on his sport, Ohtani has become an icon wherever baseball is played and a known figure even beyond the game's traditional borders. One of a kind: Ohtani wins AP Male Athlete of Year award 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Fans across the world agreed: Despite his soft-spoken personality and single-minded focus on his sport, Ohtani has become an icon wherever baseball is played and a known figure even beyond the game’s traditional borders. One of a kind: Ohtani wins AP Male Athlete of Year award 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Trump, who tends to have a more single-minded obsession with demographics, seems more worried that the die-off is reaching the point where it might affect electoral outcomes. Don't get too excited about MAGA anger at Trump over vaccines — they won't ever ditch him 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Without mentioning the current difficulties, the paper said that “We should make our every effort to bolster our single-minded unity … by standing united behind respected comrade Kim Jong Un.” NKorea calls for unity on anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z And he argues that Germany’s vaunted scientific forestry, with its single-minded focus on maximizing timber production, disrupted those communities, creating simplified forests that are highly vulnerable to climate extremes. Germany’s trees are dying. A fierce debate has broken out over how to respond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z With the company’s financial health on the line, there was a single-minded determination to close a deal, Mr. Perriello recalled. How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “And sometimes you don’t realize how your passionate, single-minded focus on a goal is impacting the people around you, and stopping you from seeing what’s really important.” How Lin-Manuel Miranda made a one-man show into a Hollywood spectacle 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Federal Reserve for the past 20 months has put its monetary policy arsenal behind the single-minded goal of restoring U.S. employment particularly for the less well off whose prospects suffered most during the pandemic. A dovish rate hike? The case that loose Fed policy could backfire on jobs 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z That theory is that signing Beckham is subtraction by addition, given the possibility that his single-minded desire for the ball could cause dissension, especially on a team that has numerous other targets. Russell Wilson is back early from his finger injury, but is it in time to save the Seahawks season? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The motivation did not appear to be robbery — the assailants had taken nothing from either of the women, the police said — but rather a single-minded effort to injure a player. Masked Men Attacked a Soccer Player. Her Teammate Is Under Arrest. 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z A serial winner with Premier League success on his CV, a single-minded disciplinarian and an astute tactician. Why Conte might fancy Tottenham job 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A Justice Department inspector general’s report in January said a “single-minded focus on increasing immigration prosecutions came at the expense of careful and appropriate consideration of the impact of family unit prosecutions and child separations.” US in talks to compensate families separated at border 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Historically, a single-minded focus on abortion has driven mostly conservative voters. In Virginia, a Test of Messages and Candidates Ahead of the Midterms 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z His single-minded focus on the safe return of his daughter became our single-minded focus, too. Review | Drawing a line from Cold War brainwashing to the misinformation age 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The public sees single-minded, resolute, plain-clothed agents with earpieces and sunglasses talking into their sleeves standing within reach of the most powerful person in the world. Secret Service work is a grind, generating a ‘concerning level of risk,’ new report says 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Revenge against real or perceived enemies is the autocrat's single-minded goal. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “We have already seen how the administration’s single-minded focus on climate is causing them to downplay genocide. This is just another example of the Biden Administration’s dangerously soft approach towards Beijing.” U.S. Republican senators slam release of Huawei's Meng 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Why shouldn’t a woman show the same single-minded confidence that her male peers did? Opinion | The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is a Wake-Up Call for Sexism in Tech 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Now comes the Ryder Cup, where the world will get to see how his single-minded pursuit of non-conformity and power fits in the realm of a team competition. The disrupter: DeChambeau brings game, baggage to Ryder Cup 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In other words, there’s just not enough here to distinguish it from any number of post-apocalyptic entertainments we’ve had in previous years, other than the gratingly single-minded protagonist. Review | In the sci-fi drama series ‘Y: The Last Man,’ half of society drops dead, and it’s ponderous picking up the pieces 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But in recent years our interest in consent has become single-minded. Opinion | What’s Wrong With Sex Between Professors and Students? It’s Not What You Think. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z "The distractions of the outside world really aren’t distractions for JT. He has a single-minded focus all the time on being his best and being the best leader he can." Settled at QB: No. 5 Georgia has its man in JT Daniels 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “The distractions of the outside world really aren’t distractions for JT. He has a single-minded focus all the time on being his best and being the best leader he can.” Settled at QB: No. 5 Georgia has its man in JT Daniels 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Green, a widower, concedes that he’s caused his children pain but then says family ties are “peripheral stuff” compared to his single-minded focus on his Bigfoot quest. ‘Hunting Bigfoot’ review: Seattle-based filmmaker follows a man obsessed with finding Sasquatch 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Lake heaped praise on Tupuola-Fetui’s single-minded devotion to attacking his rehabilitation with positivity and relentlessness. UW football’s season just got a whole lot more interesting with the promised return of Zion Tupuola-Fetui 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z She’s got a very single-minded way of being able to do that. US volleyball star back for 3rd Olympics after giving birth 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Among the most common — and justified — criticisms of the anti-abortion movement is its single-minded focus on forcing pregnancy and birth, rather than investing in life, children, families, and pregnant people. Abortion bans aren’t just dangerous—they’re expensive, and taxpayers pay the price 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z While other video game companies might be juggling half a dozen titles in that same timespan, Riot’s focus was single-minded. Inside the ‘League of Legends’ studio’s plans to dominate your smartphone 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Many are creatures of habit with strict routines and single-minded goals, and the pandemic was the ultimate disruption. Physically and Mentally Taxed, Olympic Hopefuls Near the Finish 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z As President Biden begins to shift from a single-minded focus on covid-19 to his broader policy agenda, promoting policies to slow climate change will be at the top of his list. Perspective | What the Affordable Care Act can teach Democrats about climate-change policy 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z It was one of the most magical things that happened in our industry, to see a company so single-minded, so focused on simplicity and really reinventing the customer experience. Ford CEO Jim Farley on building the electric F-150 — and reinventing Ford 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z That single-minded discipline likely shielded him from the vices of the tango demimonde, with its proliferation of booze, drugs and other enticements. They called him tango's assassin. But Astor Piazzolla's musical reboot made him a legend 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Hans Luijten told me he found it a striking manifestation of her single-minded devotion. The Woman Who Made van Gogh 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The world record-breaking Olympic breaststroke champion has not only dominated 50m and 100m podiums since the last Olympics, but he has also become single-minded in breaking world records in the process. Tokyo Olympics 100-day countdown begins 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z She was convinced that comprehensive education should play a major part in creating a more inclusive society, and set about the task of abolishing grammar schools with a single-minded enthusiasm. Obituary: Shirley Williams 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z It is a complicated story with much to consider but there is no question individuals as driven and single-minded as Kane will want success, will want to be playing at the highest level. Is it time for Kane to leave Tottenham? 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z In the days after she died, Benítez became single-minded in his focus in getting her body back to Puebla. Mexican migrant deaths in the U.S. have surged during the pandemic. Getting bodies home is a challenge. 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z By all accounts intense and single-minded, Dr. Kariko lives for “the bench” — the spot in the lab where she works. Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z When asked in a 2016 interview with the Electrochemical Society to summarize the philosophy guiding his many years of single-minded research, Akasaki replied, “No pain, no gain.” Isamu Akasaki, 92, Dies; Nobel Winner Lit Up the World With LEDs 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z What sets them all apart from the herd, their special "gift," is a single-minded devotion to making money. More lies we live by: How exactly did America come to love billionaires so much? 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z He adds that we need “single-minded consumers who think — no, really think — before they feed another dollar into the bloated belly of a White supremacist economy.” Review | A conversation about race, but with whom? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The sacrifice of a few thousand lives won’t faze Brood X. It will carry on with its single-minded purpose: courtship, sex and hatching the next generation of cicadas. Brood X cicadas are about to put on one of the wildest shows in nature. And D.C. is the main stage. 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z A Chinese admiral observes that Americans’ “moral certitude, their single-minded determination, their blithe optimism undermined them at this moment as they struggled to find a solution to a problem they didn’t understand.” How an admiral and a war vet-turned-novelist teamed up on a smart technothriller 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z These people recounted that Navalny never wavered in his single-minded mission to displace Putin, and never entertained staying in the West to wage his campaign from abroad. Special Report: In Germany's Black Forest, Putin critic Navalny gathered strength and resolve 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z It was Tuchel’s first open spat with a player since arriving, underlining his reputation as a single-minded coach who is not afraid to speak his mind. Tuchel’s Chelsea taking shape after whirlwind start 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z We never forget the reason we were founded: the single-minded pursuit of better, longer, richer lives for our patients. The power of science can help us treat — and beat — cancer 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “Unmasked” is a culmination of Ngo’s single-minded quest to depict an assortment of leftists as a unified vanguard whose mission is to “destroy the nation-state, America in particular.” Review: Andy Ngo's new book still pretends antifa's the real enemy 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z I’m going to be single-minded, focused and I want European glory and success.’” USMNT looks to capitalize on more swagger honed in Europe 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Rules dictating that all of us with kids were to forfeit our lives—our souls, even—to the single-minded pursuit of child rearing. Giving kids no autonomy at all has become a parenting norm. The pandemic is making this worse 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z The slowdown before now was due to Trump’s single-minded focus on his defeat since Election Day at the expense of the other responsibilities of his office. After riot, fears grow about Trump’s final days in office 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “I am satisfied that, in these harsh conditions, Mr. Assange’s mental health would deteriorate causing him to commit suicide with the ‘single-minded determination’ of his autism spectrum disorder,” Judge Baraitser wrote. Justice Department vows to extradite Julian Assange after British judge blocks request 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z After his February 2019 confirmation, Mr. Barr embarked on what department officials said was a single-minded mission to expose any wrongdoing by investigators. Barr Leaves a Legacy Defined by Trump 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The development of the vaccines is a testament to a single-minded focus by private industry and the government, which built on decades of basic research to accomplish an urgent goal. FDA authorizes a second coronavirus vaccine, a turning point in the pandemic 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Even if it’s achieved against the team pursuing the No. 1 draft pick with a single-minded purpose that is aided by a rare confluence of incompetent leadership, subpar talent and waning motivation. Yes, it was against the Jets, but we saw the ‘Seahawk football’ Pete Carroll loves so much 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The vaccine achievement creates a paradigm for vaccine development, proving that fast and flexible technologies paired with a single-minded focus by pharmaceutical companies and government can accomplish in 11 months what typically takes years. FDA authorizes the first coronavirus vaccine, a rare moment of hope in the deadly pandemic 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z If he is to implement it, Mr. Biden will also need a single-minded focus on overhauling immigration policy. Opinion | Biden needs to overhaul our immigration system. Because of Trump, it won’t be easy. 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z He explains the single-minded focus by mentioning something he read about Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was in his pomp as a bodybuilder. 'I won a medal but was distraught' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But, like every single-minded life, it develops some aspects and kills others. Arsène Wenger and the Gift of Time 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z This isn’t the first time that Florida voters have shown themselves to not be single-minded, that is, aligning 100% with the principles of a party they vote for. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z That graduate, Donald F. McGahn II, President Trump’s White House counsel, was known for his single-minded focus on remaking the federal judiciary according to his own conservative views. Rooted in Faith, Representing a New Conservatism: Amy Coney Barrett’s Path to a Court Pick 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The major beats of Brown’s biography are all there — his single-minded faith, his violent attacks on slave owners, his eventual execution by the state — but the space in between them is what is invented. The Good Lord Bird is a timely reminder that Americans aren’t usually fans of progress 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z He had no previous political fund-raising experience, but he threw himself into it with the same single-minded focus on making money he had brought to Hollywood and mortgage lending. Steven Mnuchin’s Deal Staved Off Catastrophe. Can He Make Another One? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s really just about staying single-minded in our focus about what needs to happen for us to beat the Miami Heat.” Lakers keep sharp focus on winning another NBA championship 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Be that as it may, “Broken Hearts” wends its way toward the foregone conclusion with a single-minded determination that is admirable, if not exactly unexpected. Review | Two 20-somethings meet cute — way too cute — in ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Pitchers are among the most single-minded of athletes, and few were as devoted to their craft as Mr. Seaver. Tom Seaver, Hall of Fame pitcher for New York’s ‘Miracle Mets’ of ’69, dies at 75 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “He’s developed a single-minded focus in terms of what he wants this team to accomplish,” Kelly said. No. 10 Notre Dame shooting for ACC, national titles in 2020 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Much has been made of the question of what motivates Miller, 35, whose prior experience consisted mostly of PR work for C-list lawmakers before leveraging a single-minded obsession with immigration into the office of then-Sen. Who’s ‘Hatemonger’ in chief? Stephen Miller's biographer explains Trump's true believer 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps a more lasting influence, however, was Mr. Rhodes’s single-minded dedication to his craft, exemplified by his professional-quality home studio. Emitt Rhodes, cult-figure musician called ‘one-man Beatles,’ dies at 70 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Through the single-minded pursuit of profit, humanity becomes what Reg Morrison called a "plague species." The pandemic is making us question the connection between work and money. That's a good thing 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z An earnest man who lacked the silver tongue of other civil rights orators, Mr. Lewis could be pugnacious, tenacious and single-minded, and he led with a force that commanded attention. John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z This makes Sampras, whose single-minded focus and businesslike commitment to substance over style places a heavier emphasis on records and results in assessing his legacy, something of a unique case study. The greatest: Pete Sampras – cool head with a weapons-grade serve 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z So my advice to you is: Don’t be too single-minded. A Master Storyteller’s Advice for Graduates: ‘Be Brave. Be Kind.’ 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s as if black people are being bidden to look up from the groundwork of daily living by the very forces that made our single-minded focus necessary. How does it feel to be black in newly 'woke' America? Strange - and dizzying | Chase Quinn 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Even before the pandemic, there were encouraging signs that American capitalism was beginning to shed its single-minded focus with maximizing shareholder value. Perspective | The end of life as we know it? Get real. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The huge impact on the economy and the extent to which other social and medical issues were neglected by the single-minded virus mission is also not yet clear. How 'overreaction' made Vietnam a virus success 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z David Toren, a Holocaust survivor and patent lawyer who waged a single-minded quest to recover art looted from his family by the Nazis, died on April 19 at his home in Manhattan. David Toren, Who Fought to Recover Nazi-Looted Art, Dies at 94 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The federal government will also need to consider the potential collateral damage of new public health crises and revisit its single-minded focus on minimizing COVID-19 fatalities. The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Churchill was single-minded in his focus on preserving the empire and failed to win “concessions more crucial for Britain’s future,” Preston argues. Review | Yalta’s idealistic goals, doomed by missteps and conflicts 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z The announcement reunites a wildly successful political partnership: Biden spent eight years reinventing the vice presidency with a single-minded focus on how he could push Obama’s agenda. Perspective | Biden transformed the vice presidency. Whom can he pick to follow his lead? 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z He said that required "a single-minded emphasis" in government and the health system on "scaling up testing and putting in place the ability to track down cases in the community and contact-trace". Some social distancing needed 'until vaccine found' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z With a single-minded drive for business success, he graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1970 and went to work for Coburn Optical, managing its lens division. Tom Coburn, unyielding ‘Dr. No’ of the House and Senate, dies at 72 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z “They almost had a single-minded focus on trying to close down” coal plants, said Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist. Iconic plant’s end spells doom for struggling coal industry 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z With an almost single-minded devotion - “Even if we’re not doing research, I’m always thinking about it” - he strives to understand birds in the name of protecting them. Teton Raptor Center scientist has brain and heart for birds 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z As I moved on from the Spice Girls, my single-minded fandom found new vessels. 'I should have grown out of this': how pop fandom shaped us 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It takes a lot to force soccer to allow events in the real world to interfere with its single-minded, self-regarding focus. Which League Is Best? The One Your Team Is In 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z His single-minded desire to win hasn’t endeared himself to everyone. Bradley Beal the scorer finds ways to become Bradley Beal the winner 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Adrian turns out to be a psychopath whose single-minded obsession with Cecilia squanders all the more intriguing capabilities of invisibility. Film Review: ‘Invisible Man’ is a cunning if empty remake 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z He was warmer and friendlier than ever, no longer a detached, single-minded competitor. Perspective | For NBA, no timeline for healing — but adopting Mamba Mentality is good place to start 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hodge’s lawyers said the request for a two-year prison term reflected the Boston prosecutors’ “single-minded obsession” with obtaining undeservedly lengthy sentences in the high-profile case. Douglas Hodge, ex-Pimco chief, given longest sentence to date in college admissions scandal 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Cummings scorns traditional political labels, but his admiration for single-minded entrepreneurs, his obsession with the role of off-the-scale IQ and his belief in self-regulating economic systems scarcely make him a promising recruit for the left. Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z At the time Bryant posted it, however, it made the social media rounds as a humorous reminder of his single-minded passion for the sport. Say hello to the bad guy: How Kobe Bryant crafted the Mamba mentality 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z This single-minded pursuit of efficiency masks deep problems. Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Cracks in China’s Facade of Unity 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And Gianna, by all accounts, carried the same single-minded determination that took her father to the top, along with a skill set and mannerisms that uncannily mirrored his. For Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna, impact on women’s basketball cut short in most tragic way 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “A single-minded twit,” was how Pepperell labelled the world No. 17, a remark he later called “unnecessary.” Ashun Wu opens with eagle two, leads by one while Bryson DeChambeau is lurking - Golf Digest 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Pitt and particularly DiCaprio were single-minded in their determination to make a go of it as actors. Once upon a time, Tarantino slept in his car and DiCaprio was a break dancer 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In the intervening years, we have very publicly reconsidered the single-minded intensity of our Clinton advocacy and apologized for exacerbating divisions between Clinton and Sanders voters. I worked for Hillary Clinton. Her attacks on Bernie Sanders are a big mistake | Peter Daou and Leela Daou 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z It was a tournament that again left the Liverpool manager enraptured by the single-minded focus and desire of his players. Operation win: Klopp’s focus and Liverpool’s momentum key to the title 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Democrats, the argument goes, have given up entirely on the business of representing the interests of the American people in favor of this single-minded obsession with destroying our duly-elected president. Don't panic! Yeah, Pelosi struck a trade deal with Trump. That's just smart politics 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z He’s worked with an almost single-minded zeal – becoming something of a gadfly as he pushed regulators, lawmakers and journalists to attend to the case. Age discrimination: Intel investigation drags on for years, worker protections lag 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Watson's middle brother, Zach, described Watson as a person with a single-minded determination: to serve in the military. Family of Josh Watson, Pensacola attack hero, calls for arming service members on military bases 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In contrast to the piecemeal approach of the US and its allies, Chinese policy appears focused and single-minded. US is losing the battle for Pacific power 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The French president took issue with Trump’s nearly single-minded focus on defense spending. NATO summit ends with Trump calling Trudeau ‘two-faced’ after video of world leaders apparently mocking the president 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z I had come to the Savoy on a mission: a single-minded quest, with many paths. The Intoxicating History of Gin 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z They are a single-minded group whose actions are “adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community”. Faith, but fury too, for Donald Trump at home 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z In two days, Ms. Añez rose from political obscurity to supplant Mr. Morales, the country’s first Indigenous leader and a leftist who led with a single-minded pursuit of his vision for 14 years. How an Unknown Female Senator Came to Replace the Bolivian Strongman Evo Morales 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Adam Cohen is disarmingly honest about the emotional complexity of his creative collaboration with his famously single-minded father. Adam Cohen on Leonard: ‘It was daunting finishing my dad's last music' 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Attorney General Bill Barr's single-minded mission to hamstring the FBI and the intelligence community appears even more sinister in this light. Don't quit now, Democrats: Wrapping up impeachment early is the dumbest idea ever 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Not that the #BackBoris brigade were any less single-minded in supporting their glorious leader. How did the election debate play out online? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Constantly vibrating at the background of Neely’s journey is his single-minded focus on the original trek and the way he trespasses at night to stay on course. Review: San Diego to San Francisco: An artful tale of walking California 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Ambassador to the European Union, spoke with Trump by cell phone from a restaurant in Kiev; the President’s emphasis was single-minded. The Sober Clarity of the Impeachment Witnesses 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Anchored by Driver’s single-minded portrayal, “The Report” gains intensity with flashbacks picturing the torture of suspected terrorists including Gul Rahman, who died in captivity. 'The Report' and 'The Laundromat': Two sides of American fraud and corruption 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Until now, Ms. Sloat said that “their perspectives — including a single-minded focus on defeating the Islamic State irrespective of the longer-term consequences — usually won the day.” In Syria, Trump Distills a Foreign Policy of Impulse, and Faces the Fallout 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He was single-minded, driven, almost obsessive; his family complained that he was difficult to call away from his desk for dinner. Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Her father, Tom Barwood, said: "She is a very single-minded and motivated girl and when she gets an idea, off she goes." Teenager foregoes birthday gifts to help food bank 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But perfection, no matter how it’s defined, is exceedingly difficult to achieve, and the single-minded chase can cause us to lose sight of what really matters. While Searching for the Perfect Vaccine, Keep Using the Very Good 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But while single-minded Stephen Miller, a committed immigration hawk since his high school days, pushes the executive branch to extreme crackdowns, the other two branches of the federal government are pushing back. Trump counterprogramming: New immigration crackdown while Ukraine scandal unfolds 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Given my single-minded focus on that possibility, I managed to ignore the way candidate Obama simultaneously called for an escalation of what he termed “the good war” in Afghanistan. A veteran in a world of never-ending wars and improvised explosive devices 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z But for Mr. Chirac, who traveled the spectrum from far left to center-right, ideology always seemed less about any core set of convictions than about furthering his single-minded — some would say ruthless — political ambition. Jacques Chirac, flamboyant French president who opposed U.S. invasion of Iraq, dies at 86 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z His purpose was single-minded: get information “very, very helpful to my client.” Giuliani’s Ukraine gambit at core of whistleblower complaint 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The field’s single-minded focus on accuracy, they say, skews research along too narrow a path. A.I. Researchers See Danger of Haves and Have-Nots 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “The Meritocracy Trap” is an exhausting book—bombastic, repetitive, and single-minded to the point of obsession, a mixture of Cotton Mather, Karl Marx, and MAGA. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Beckett, who miraculously balanced high literature with low comedy, is too complex for single-minded interpretations. Bill Irwin shares the secrets of Samuel Beckett in a masterclass at the Kirk Douglas 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Republicans are gleefully mining the divides, as they accuse Democrats of ignoring pressing policy issues in a single-minded quest to impeach Mr. Trump. Is It an Impeachment Inquiry or Not? Democrats Can’t Seem to Agree 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise, then, that the man who emerges from Segev’s comprehensive biography is a single-minded figure who relentlessly drives himself in the pursuit of achieving an independent Jewish state. Review | In Israel’s founder, many contradictions but a single-minded determination 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Now this single-minded insurgent is the most powerful individual in the British government, vaulted into Downing Street as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief strategic adviser. Opinion | The ‘Political Anarchist’ Behind Britain’s Chaos 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Last weekend, tens of thousands gathered in London to protest what they decried as Mr. Johnson’s disregard for democratic norms in his single-minded pursuit of Brexit. ‘They’re All Idiots’: Amid Brexit Chaos, Britons Lose Faith in Politicians 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Biden’s team argues that debates about differences of policy and style are a luxury for a party that should be single-minded in his focus on beating Trump. The debate Democrats have waited for: Joe Biden vs. Elizabeth Warren 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “He was always bright and single-minded,” he said. The shadowy strategist behind Boris Johnson’s Brexit push - The Washington Post 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps you were a bit surprised, possibly quite pleased, to see executives finally taking their social responsibilities seriously and abandoning their single-minded focus on increasing shareholder value. Opinion | It’s hard to argue against firms looking beyond investors. But let me try. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z That single-minded devotion overran nearly every other constituent, pushing aside the interests of customers, employees and communities. How Shareholder Democracy Failed the People 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z His colleagues speak of him with a mix of admiration, fear and derision, impressed by his single-minded determination and loyalty to the president, despite an awkward and sometimes off-putting style. How Stephen Miller authors Trump’s immigration policy - The Washington Post 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z His characters were bellicose, humourless, single-minded and angry as they burst out of saw-toothed panels and widescreen spreads. Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z She is running a famously single-minded campaign, with an emphasis on wealth and corruption. Elizabeth Warren Sells Populism to Professionals 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “Slow players do this to their playing partners, making the game less enjoyable. Problem is, the unaffected single-minded twit in this instance doesn’t care much for others.” Pepperell apologizes for calling DeChambeau a 'twit' 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z “Joseph White was a terrific sports writer, but he was never single-minded about sports,” said Michael Giarrusso, AP’s global sports editor. Joseph White, former AP sports writer, dies at 56 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z “Problem is the unaffected single-minded twit in this instance doesn’t care much for others.” Bryson DeChambeau Wastes No Time Responding to Slow Play Critics 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z “Slow players do this to their playing partners making the game less enjoyable. Problem is, the unaffected single-minded twit in this instance, doesn’t care much for others.” 'Complete and utter you-know-what', DeChambeau hits back at slow... 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z As they raced across the country, Connor said he and Davis were single-minded in their focus. The electric vehicle Cannonball Run record was broken twice in one month 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Known for her dogged determination and single-minded approach, it was her lack of flexibility and inability to form alliances across her party that helped bring about her downfall. Theresa May heads back to Maidenhead 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z And, more often than you might think in this large country of wealthy interests, the drivers are plain folks — not billionaires, not corporations, just determined and single-minded individuals. Opinion | This is the legacy of John Tanton. Will it survive? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z David Carroll’s single-minded mission and Brittany Kaiser’s erratic transatlantic meanderings provide a personal frame to these larger unanswered questions. The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z There are numerous reasons to believe his game won’t age well: poor shot selection, weak three-point shooting, multiple knee surgeries and a single-minded approach that relies heavily on his physical gifts. Analysis | As Russell Westbrook trade rumors pick up, the time is right for the Thunder to deal 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Schjerfbeck was single-minded, ambitious, tending to the reclusive and yet a chic dresser with a keen interest in fashion. ‘Finland’s Munch’: the unnerving art of Helene Schjerfbeck 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z It began more than two decades ago when the Williams arrived on the tour with a single-minded confidence that, coupled with the bravado of their father Richard, elicited hostility and resentment. The first person Cori Gauff thanked for her win over Venus Williams was Venus Williams 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z This leads to her vexation over Edward’s single-minded concern for Elizabeth. Review | ‘Draugen’ is a picturesque game about delusional thinking 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z This willingness to prolong the suffering of millions of Yemenis also underlines the administration’s single-minded obsession with countering Iran. Trump wants to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia. Congress must stop him | Mohamad Bazzi 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z I mean, there are areas where they cooperate, but they are very individualistic, single-minded. CNN's Jim Sciutto on who will win the "Shadow War" — Russia, China or the U.S.? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z His single-minded drive could defy advice to be more cautious. Out of turmoil, Infantino set to lead FIFA into calmer era 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It was a surprising move by Williams, who is often seen as a single-minded athletic machine. Mother Serena shows her compassionate side 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z After a year in which she saw her Brisbane-based parents for a total of 27 days, the single-minded Barty abruptly walked away from the game and took a surprising detour into professional cricket. Australia hopes for Barty party in France 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z But Richard Williams says the two men shared a rebellious streak – and a single-minded ambition. US briefing: Trump blocks McGahn testimony, Huawei and Niki Lauda 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The administration’s pursuit of immigration law violators displays a single-minded drive to instill fear in migrants and their supporters. This man could go to jail for 20 years for giving migrants food and water | César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “What’s new and interesting is fine, but it’s really just about being incredibly single-minded about the basics,” Lord said. Campaigns grapple with how to manage cybersecurity in 2020 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Develop the single-minded focus and determination of a champion. All-natural Caster Semenya asked to pay, despite doing nothing wrong 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “You know, I just felt this dude was a little delusional,” Ice Cube told Vanity Fair in 2016, reflecting on Mr. Singleton’s single-minded determination. John Singleton, director of powerful inner-city drama ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ dies at 51 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z During World War Two, the couple moved to New York but it was a loveless marriage, with Monir making progress in her artistic studies and Manoucher holding a single-minded determination to become a famed artist. The artist who lived and breathed Iran 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Now all Cassidy needs to know is if he’s got a locker room full of bloodhounds, in single-minded pursuit of their quarry, or some cuddly golden retrievers that just want a belly rub. Bruins, Leafs go to Game 7 for 3rd straight playoff matchup 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z She is stalwart: as single-minded as him, in her way. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z But he loves how single-minded and creative squirrels are in their quest. Perspective | Squirrels that fly and squirrels that jump round out Squirrel Week 2019 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Barr had “thrown out his credibility & the DOJ’s independence with his single-minded effort to protect” Trump. Controversy brews ahead of redacted Mueller report’s release 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The single-minded efficiency -- some would say arrogance -- with which Roberts ran the club as chairman from 1934 to 1976 established a road map for other chairmen to follow. What's It Like To Be A Member At Augusta National? - Golf Digest 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Her single-minded pursuit of these goals did eventually lead to a complex agreement, but when the details were made public, many in Parliament — and many of the most prominent Brexiteers in her own party — rebelled. Brexit claims another political victim in UK's Theresa May 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Being in a band was very important, he was very single-minded about it. ‘Ian Curtis wanted to make extreme music, no half measures’ 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z A single-minded focus on initiatives to boost engagement and revenue, at the expense of focusing on systemic rot within the platform, is precisely what landed Facebook in its state of perma-crisis to begin with. Instagram is facing a reckoning over misinformation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Her body was ailing, but so too was her mind after years of single-minded focus on little else but golf. Golf: Choi shoots sparkling 65 on return from 11 months off 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z |
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