Word: split-second
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...changing what has proved to be a very successful strategy, blueliners will certainly be conscious of the greater distance they need to cover and the larger seams any misstep will leave open to an opponent’s attack. And that, in turn, will tweak the split-second calculation that precedes riskier defensive efforts...
That precision, for better and worse, pervades the play’s new Loeb Ex staging, which opened on Friday and runs through this Saturday. There’s precision in its characters’ affected mannerisms, split-second swivels of mood and stuffy social conventions; there’s artful precision in the slow pacing of its lighting changes. The play is a Swiss watch, and the Ex production exposes its grinding, churning gears for all to see: audience members box in the action on three sides, and the set—decorated with glass, sheer fabrics and transparent...
...Split-Second Exposures
During the trial, Byrne admitted to striking Trombly, but he and his lawyer argued that Byrne had used reasonable force in a terrified, split-second reaction to seeing the student reach for what he thought was a weapon. Byrne said the object in question proved to be a cell phone, but Trombly and another BPD officer testified that the phone had been confiscated long before...
...jury unanimously rejected Byrne’s claim that he had used reasonable force in the incident. Taking the stand last week, Byrne admitted striking Trombly in the Brighton station house but said that he had reacted in a terrified split-second after seeing the student reach for what he thought was a weapon...