Word: strengthing
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...specify what kind of structure they had in mind. That created a very large opening for Jürgen Mayer H., a Berlin-based architect who understands that a solid structure can be a thought balloon. What Mayer, 42, proposed was a series of six voluptuous forms made of high-strength laminated wood that would rise above the plaza like massive mushrooms--or shade trees. Or maybe they're umbrellas. Whatever you think they look like, the Metropol Parasol, as they are officially called, refuses to be one thing--or to serve one purpose. With a café layered into their upper...
...work over the past ten years has been somewhat uneven. When they’re weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...hard-edged persona. However, after he steals the car and begins to bond with the child, the belligerent rap is replaced by composer Mark Kilian’s soothing tribal music. The film’s amateur cast delivers amazingly deep performances, which can either be attributed to the strength of Hood’s vision or to its own African backgrounds. More often than rousing speeches (which could lose their effect on American audiences since the movie is in subtitles), silence and poignant facial expressions dominate the majority of the film. Hood’s actors pantomime his sermon...
...from societal constraints triggered an explosion in the use of the medium, one that allowed for “a vast range of expression of artists working with this medium,” said Anderson. “[The Fogg’s] exhibition will explore a little known strength of Harvard’s art museum collection,” said Stebbins...
...accounts of her teammates, Hayley Bock may have the most firepower to put that excitement into action.“Hayley is a huge hitter,” Vertovez says, “She can park that ball.”Bock appreciates the praise but also recognizes the strengths each freshman brings to the table are comparable to her own.“It’s great they think of me as the big hitter,” Bock says. “But that’s not fair—we have two great pitchers...