Sentences with phrase «placid at»

The New York University MFA graduate absorbs the inspiration surrounding him, turning his interpretations into paintings that seem placid at first sight.

Instead, the solar wind is surprisingly steady and placid at the edge of the solar system, and no one knows why.

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Levy, a professor of historical theology at Providence College, overturns the image of a placid medieval Church and shows instead that the crises of interpretive authority that we associate with the early modern period in fact have their roots in the turbulent controversies of the Middle Ages.

There are those who are by nature placid and even lethargic, and there are tempestuous beings whose passions are at white heat and whose temper is on a hair trigger.

His feelings are unbound, yet his desire, placid and passionless, stops at....

And among the 800 at Grinnell, on that placid campus in the hollow between the Skunk and Iowa rivers, was Howard Grimes, a linebacker then, an insurance man now.

By churning the once - placid water and contorting themselves into flip turns, they strike at a basic myth about age.

evening is often a time of the day when our babies and young children can go from their previously placid, contented selves to crying, unhappy infants seemingly at the flick of a magic switch.

In contrast to that placid scene, Paladino and his campaign manager Michael Caputo got into a Wednesday - evening dustup with New York Post columnist Fred Dicker at the Sagamore in Bolton Landing, where Paladino was addressing a Business Council meeting.

LAKE PLACID — Titans of North Country business, education, tourism and politics gathered at a ballroom here last week to finalize and vote on the projects that they hoped would net the region millions in state funds next year.

But at the moment, in his office, he regains his placid demeanor when the next question focuses strictly on his science.

placid tactile at heart an old fashion romantic hard working great sense of humour divorced with a grown up daughter likes the usual nights in or out hoping to meet a lady to share that elusive happy ever after?

In the new film, he gives one fond and musing speech — «I grew up lookin» at Oklahoma, from the south bank of the Red River» — that may be the most placid interlude in any Friedkin film, and the cinematographer, Caleb Deschanel, backs it up with some tack - sharp images of busy pizza parlors and empty pool halls, where life clatters on or comes to a lonely halt.

When you look at Turner's oil and watercolor masterpieces, of churning oceans under thunderclouds and placid lakes under sun - drenched bridges, you may imagine a slender fellow wearing fancy clothes, gently kissing the canvas with his brush, held between three fingers.

Surges of emotion roil under placid surfaces in the new drama «Columbus» — at least in theory.

At the age of 52, he has done alright for himself and his wife Ethel (Laura Dern), able to afford a comfortable, if modest, lifestyle in a placid Illinois neighborhood.

France's ugly history of racial aggression and unrest, particularly relevant at the present moment, briefly punctures the film's placid surface when local thugs attack and nearly burn down Maison Mumbai.

At a railway station, a man and a woman sit talking, too quietly for us to hear; a casual acquaintance of the woman then sits down uninvited and proceeds to babble incessantly, until the man is forced to say a placid goodbye and catch his train.

Road imperfections are handled without drama, but the placid ride comes at the expense of cornering precision.

People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid ecstasy, and ease of heart, that are like honey on the tongue.

I was enjoying a peaceful lunch with a dear friend at an outdoor cafe in Portland, Oregon, when my cell phone rang and my usually placid, always refined eighty - nine year old mother screeched: «It's not guilty on all counts, and Nancy Grace is having a cow!»

At first, it seemed a simple story, but the more I wrote, the more I disturbed the placid surface and uncovered treasures in the depths.

«And while the haunting imagery of Sept. 11 may have made investors hypersensitive to the recurrence of disaster — and made earlier years seem placid by comparison — such macro events aren't unusual at all.

After significant fury, the implied volatility settled out at a baseline level, and the carry trade returns because conditions are more placid.

This results in a pet that is more placid, less moody and less at risk of reproductive diseases.

As we come to a home visit with our own tried - and - true arsenal of wand toys, we are always able to eke out at least a bit of interest in play — even from the most senior or placid of cats.

Manual Tartar Removal If your pet has a placid temperament it is not difficult to scrap the tartar from the teeth and clean under the margins of the gums at home.

In between his placid snuggles, Italian Greyhounds will suddenly explode into a burst of vigorous running and leaping, tearing pell - mell around the house or yard, darting and zigzagging at breakneck speeds and literally bouncing off the walls, fence, sofa, or beds.

If you are looking for a placid, well behaved cat that is content to meet you at the door when you come home from a hard day's work, then this cat is not the right choice for you.

Presa Canarios may be very impressive, intimidating and imposing to look at, but they are actually known to be well - behaved, calm and placid dog breeds that thrive in a good home environment.

Nestled at the entrance to enchanting Desolation Sound, tranquil and friendly Cortes Island boasts placid lakes, quiet beaches and rugged gorges.

Gerroa Shores is a unique holiday park tucked away on the banks of the placid Crooked River at Gerroa, just across the road from the popular Seven Mile Beach.

Gerroa Shores is a unique holiday park tucked away on the banks of the placid Crooked River at Gerroa, just across the road from the popular Seven

If diving is not your thing, or you're bringing small children with you then there are snorkeling tours available, as well as placid canoe tours that allow you to see the reefs from the surface of the water, sailing charters and day trips to the Palau Aquarium at the Palau International Coral Reef Center.

At the Baga bank of river placid, there is a Chapel of St. Annie, a STD boot providing best Communication facility for tourist built by Dona Engracia Braganca, a former Head Mistress of St. Joseph High School and her son Michael provide speedboat entertainment for people driving for the view of river and showing scenes of Dolphins and Crocodile upper reaches of Mandovi River.

Herds of the more placid robots are just as likely to run away and stare at you from a distance if startled, as they are to charge at you and kick with their powerful legs.

In the images from Venice shown here, the perpetual flux of water appears nearly as placid and intangible as the sky, evoking the mythical aspects of the city and at the same time grounding it in the reality of photography.

Diebenkorn often said how much he owed to European painting and the debt is acknowledged here, in the second room of the show, in big works depicting human figures framed in landscape — on a terrace, at a window — or secluded in shady interiors, in placid unanimity with their surroundings, sunken - eyed, reading, or lost in contemplation.

Katz's love of contrast recently found large - scale expression at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, where nine smaller pieces make up a wall installation that brings placid, minimalist pleasure to an undeniably hectic place.

The ethereal aesthetic quality of the portraits done by Aleah Chapin at Flowers Gallery evoked a personal history that resonated in a soft placid glow for Chelsea's Thursday art night.

Clocking in at just over a minute, the video features only the names of the artist and gallery and the dates of the show interspersed among a sequence of loosely related images — a placid seascape, a scuba diver descending through murky water,

Tiny surface ripples and a slow greenish glow at the base conjures thoughts of the sea at night when a small breeze awakens the placid surface.

So it seems the actual situation may be between my vivid imagination (stronger EN as more evidence of GW) & those placid weathermen (it's only nature in the form of EN, nothing at all to do with AGW).

Just when I thought I'd seen the strangest stuff VR had for me, I discover George in the Tub, a satirical dig at former US politicians within a placid VR experience.