Word: awing
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...roof with friends, and as night descended we?d point out some of our favorite skyscrapers, their lights festooning them as artful as a Disneyland castle. ?Stand here and you can see both the Empire State Building and the Woolworth Building,? I would say, civic pride mingling with aesthetic awe as we indicated the world?s tallest glamorous building and its downtown elder brother, Cass Gilbert?s neo-Gothic Cathedral of Commerce. Then, sotto voce, I?d add with a dismissive wave, ?And the World Trade Center.? In our glittering family of commercial monuments, the towers were the hulking twins...
Jay’s dexterity astonishes; watching him one feels not tricked by his feats but rather in awe of his abundant talents. When he cuts cards against an audience member who has drawn a two, he muses, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could cut a three?” He remarks matter-of-factly, “I can,” as he does precisely that. Soon after the show begins, the audience is convinced there is nothing Jay can’t do with a deck of cards. Jay proves...
...photo album provides the perfect opportunity for a coy game of girl-chases-boy. This cheerful innocence springs chiefly from Amélie’s adorable impishness, which Tautou conveys almost effortlessly. The slightest smile and the most imperceptible raise of an eyebrow convey so much, whether childlike awe or mischievous glee. In her hands, even an over-the-top line like, “I’m nobody’s little weasel,” comes across with precisely the right mixture of poignance and irony...
...Some in the army would like to hit the Palestinians harder. Others, who don't, fear that they'll end up having to do so, just because ineffective operations like last week's incursions fritter away the Palestinian awe for Israel's military might. By using tanks last week, Israeli officers say, the next time Israel goes into the Palestinian towns it'll have to do so with even more force. That's an ugly prospect: in the last week, 29 Palestinian civilians and 13 policemen died either in gunfights with Israeli soldiers or when they were caught by loose...
...Center for the Visual Arts, seeks to make this relationship accessible and concrete. Kertess has selected a small but rich and diverse body of work; these dozen paintings and photographs by seven artists illuminate some “options” in contemporary art. Viewing the works—awe-inspiring for their large size yet friendly and accessible in this familiar context—one is forced to contemplate the nature of what comes after the minimal, the reality behind a picture’s pure color, form and abstraction...