This was his freshest, most assured and most individual work to date.
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This was Ashman's vision at his most flamboyant and fabulous, and his most assured.
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Adios, due April 7 on Bloodshot Records, is Branan's most assured set of songs yet.
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It's an uncertain future for what used to be one of the most assured companies in tech.
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An activist filmmaker in the making, Bako's direction is most assured when he holds his camera in hand interrogating his society.
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Research shows, after all, that all over the world, laughter is one of the most assured signs of good relationship quality.
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When you are literally standing on top of five millenniums of art history, even the most assured artist can be spooked.
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Baidu must convince the most talented among them that its set of problems are the most interesting, and its chances of success are the most assured.
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"It's always stuck in the back of my mind as one of the funniest, most elegant, most sparking, brilliant, most assured pieces of writing," he said.
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Oddly, it was the formal wear that struck the most assured note in an Emporio Armani collection representative of Giorgio Armani's continuing design dialogue with Japan.
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While Blythe may not be the savviest, most assured leader, he does deserve credit for handling the job like an actual human being, something people on "House of Cards" rarely do.
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"Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 7): 97%What critics said: "The seventh and final installment of Orange is the New Black is its most thoughtful, its most assured, and its most satisfying yet.
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But the Pentagon argued strongly that the ground-based missiles were the part of the system with which they had the most assured communications, and that it was too risky to get rid of them.
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I fear that we are going to move from the race's current banality to an eventual, and most assured, sense of betrayal in which armies of voters see promises of radical change come crashing to earth.
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Crucially, we learn from this grocery scene — which is, incidentally, one of the breeziest, most assured and detailed novel openings in recent memory — that Audra has a preternatural knowledge of the life story of every person in a hundred-block radius.
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BRUNI: I'm glad you mentioned Nick Hornby because I think he's emerged as one of the nimblest, most assured screenwriters working today and because "Brooklyn," interestingly, marks the third time in a short span that he's been the deft teller of a woman-centric story.
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Portraying a widower driven from his home by visions of his dead wife in Conor McPherson's "Shining City," a great play being given an exemplary revival by the Irish Repertory Theater, Mr. Broderick turns in his most assured and affecting stage performance in years.
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Contrary to popular belief, "If you want to be the most assured that the dog that you're getting has a known personality that will fit in with your family, your lifestyle and other pets, adopting from a shelter is the way to go," says Paxton.
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And anecdotally, Harris and Warren came across in their first debates last week as among the most assured and crisp candidates on stage -- an important distinction as party voters consider who would be the best fit to take on the fearsome challenge of President Donald Trump.
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"If you look at the entire list of 20 or so people that he had, the one person the president could find on that list that would be most assured to rule in his favor should many of the things you're describing come before the Supreme Court, is this guy," Sen.
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As people who take sartorial choices with the utmost seriousness, it's that final task that we find to be the most sweat-inducing — decoding directives like "black tie optional" and "beach formal" can be a minefield of confusion, indecision, and doubt for even the most assured and self-confident of dressers.
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It's a shot that could have been lifted directly from the original Star Wars trilogy, and thus one of the few moments of pure franchise-fealty in writer-director Rian Johnson's otherwise rebellious new film, which is the springiest, most assured Star Wars entry in years—and a movie that drops a proton torpedo into our beloved galaxy far, far away.
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In this year alone, Jaboukie Young-White made a debut splash on Comedy Central, where Roy Wood Jr. also produced a savvy hour; Dulcé Sloan put out a strong half-hour, and in "Asian Comedian Destroys America!" on Netflix, Ronny Chieng, a sharp social critic with a magnetic delivery, produced one of the most assured comic hours of the year.
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" Sam Law from Kerrang! said the song "... spectacularly walks the line between fearfulness and ferocity ... Featuring one of the vocalist’s most assured performances, to the contrary, 'Heavydirtysoul' is a masterclass in both, with heaps of classic pop grandeur and that titular soul loaded on for good measure.
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By the time of his death in 1965 Maugham was one of the most commercially successful and gifted writers of the twentieth century, according to Bryan Connon, his biographer; The Times obituarist called Maugham "the most assured English writer of his time", and wrote that "no writer of his generation ... graced the world of English letters with more complete or more polished assurance".
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He likened the album's opening riff on "Paris" to that of something that resembled "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, and declared "Euphoria", as "a song Roy Orbison would have been proud to call his own".Hiorns, Benjamin (3 June 2014). "Howling Bells return from the (not so literal) desert with perhaps their most assured and interesting album to date". Subba–Cultcha. Gareth Davies. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
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After losing 2–0 against Brentford on 19 August 2018, Sheffield Star praised his performance, saying: "The goalkeeper's handling wasn't always the most assured but he made several key saves as Sheffield Wednesday folded under Brentford's attacking bombardment in the second half. Without him, the scoreline would have been much worse. He could do nothing about either goal." Despite this, Dawson continued to remain as the club’s first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the year.
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"The series draws on members of the local theatre community and the results are surprisingly decent. The individual performances may be the most assured on Public-access television, and many of the episodes do manage to invoke a certain eeriness.""The revolution is being televised" by Dale E. Basye and Jeff Meyers, Tonic, June 22, 1995, p. 13 After founding a Grand Guignol-style theatre in 1997, Harrel took a break to concentrate on songwriting and returned to theatre and video productions in 2005.
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Remedy holds a rating of 88 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". AllMusic's John Bush called the album "one of the most assured, propulsive full lengths the dance world has seen since Daft Punk's Homework." Marc Weingarten of Entertainment Weekly described Remedy as a "blissful joy ride", while Ted Kessler of NME called it "probably as good a dance album as anyone from these Isles has produced this decade." The Austin Chronicles Marc Savlov called the album "a top beat assemblage to rival any release this year".
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Bring It On was released to critical acclaim. Contemporary critics praised Gomez's ability to "play the blues as though they were from the Deep South" despite the band members' young ages and English origins, according to The Independents John O'Reilly, with the band being compared to numerous American artists. NME critic Steve Sutherland described it as "one of the most assured, poised, hilarious, out-there, plain don't-give-a-fuck enjoyable debut albums in living memory". Bring It On was awarded the 1998 Mercury Music Prize, beating out bookmakers' favourites The Verve.
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He himself, with only one trusty > soldier, whose name was Tonhere, withdrew and lay concealed in the house of > Earl [comes] Hunwald, whom he imagined to be his most assured friend. But, > alas! it was otherwise; for the earl betrayed him, and Oswy, in a detestable > manner, by the hands of his commander [praefectus], Ethilwin, slew him... In order to expiate the killing of Oswine, who was later reckoned a saint, Oswiu established Gilling Abbey at Gilling, where prayers were said for Oswine and for Oswiu. Oswine was followed as king of the Deirans by Oswald's son Œthelwald.
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Billboard critic Timothy White called it a "bittersweet serenade." In another review from the publication, Larry Flick called it a "deliciously fruitful collaboration with... Foster". Flick further added in his review: > Foster's flair for musical melodrama inspires Madonna to turn in what is > easily her most assured and full-bodied vocal performance to date. Amid a > swirl of strings and Spanish guitars, she spews the song's declaration of > romantic independence with a theatrical verve that perfectly matches the > stagey, potentially overpowering tone of Foster's arrangement without flying > over the heads of her youthful top 40 following.
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Fellow Village Voice critic Jeff Chang stated, "When Dizzee thinks very deeply—worrying about growing up, about those around him who won't grow up, about dying before he grows up—he sounds like, what else can we call it, the real thing". Entertainment Weekly stated, "Combining U.K. garage beats and a distinctly British sensibility, Rascal spits out phrases with the energy and finesse of a championship boxer". Rolling Stone wrote, "If you want a vision of the future of hip-hop and techno, get this record". NME called it "one of the most assured debut albums of the last five years".
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He achieved his highest Test score in 1989, when he made 200—his solitary double-century—against New Zealand at the WACA Ground, Perth. Boon scored three centuries in three consecutive Tests, against India during the 1991–92 home series; he achieved the feat once more in the 1993 Ashes series. His accomplishments with the bat during the 1993 English cricket season led to Wisden naming him as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1994 and describing him as "the most assured batsman in the Australian team". , Boon is ninth (with Neil Harvey) in the list of leading Test century-makers for Australia.
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As fewer than half of Dutch license applicants pass the examination on first attempt, some but not all Dutch driving instructors and texts for the theory examination teach the far hand maneuver as most assured to demonstrate safe exiting on both the written and road tests. That said, alternative exiting measures may also suffice in modern, bicycle friendly Netherlands. But evidence for such left or near hand instruction awaits documentation. The reach method is likely less practiced by Dutch motorists today than in the 1960s–1980s when Dutch road fatalities numbered in the thousands and prompted the Stop the Kindermoord protest movement to end the carnage.
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The album received favourable reviews, with an 84/100 aggregate score on Metacritic indicating universal acclaim. The Independent gave the LP a perfect score, saying it is "the most assured the band have ever been". Pitchfork stated that the album's lyrics are "more direct than ever", and praised many of the different songs: "[Violent Sun] is an urgent "last chance before the night ends"-type song, and their most romantic ever. It's thrilling to hear Higgs apply his odd-but-visceral writing style to a love song: "You can barely make a silhouette out/And you open your ventriloquist mouth/And the words are wrong but in the right order.
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The episode received a 1.7 rating and was watched by a total of 3.69 million people, making it the most watched show on Fox that night. Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A-, stating "An impeccably directed, character-driven story about children’s fears and grown-up responsibility, the episode, credited to writer Carolyn Omine, is one of the most assured, human, and outright best Simpsons episodes in years." The episode received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. Additionally, Carolyn Omine was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 68th Writers Guild of America Awards for her script to this episode.
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Andy Gill, also of The Independent said Commontime was full of engaging ideas and genial character, and "by some distance the most assured and complete" of Field Music's albums. While he felt the band's past albums have "suffered from a certain studiousness", he believed the songs on Commontime "appear simpler and less over-refined than before. There’s a greater openness to allowing tunes to prevail in their most hummable form, unsabotaged by proliferating variations and sudden shifts of direction." NARC Magazine writer Mark Corcoran called the album "another remarkable feat for Field Music" and highlighted its "sophisticated, intricate songwriting", particularly praising "The Morning Is Waiting" and "Trouble At The Lights" as "some of their most intricate but also most touching work to date".
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The preface to this chapter begins with Shinran discussing his belief in shinjin, or total entrusting to Amitabha Buddha, and how other schools focused on self-power are floundering in their efforts. In Chapter 3 itself, Shinran discusses shinjin in much detail, and why it is central to Jodo Shinshu practice. For Shinran, the total entrusting to Amitabha represented the most assured way for the common man to be reborn into the Pure Land, because rebirth would occur entirely through the compassion and wisdom of Amitabha. Again, Shinran quotes at length from both Tan-luan and Shan-tao who expounded the subject in detail in explaining the ideas of reciting Amitabha's and entrusting one's self to the practice of it.
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Most of them came only after Rowling became known as the author, but the early reactions were generally complimentary as well. After the revelation of the author's identity, Declan Burke of The Irish Times gave a very positive review, particularly enjoying its "satisfyingly complex plot that winds through the labyrinth of London's vulgar rich" as well as its characterization, and deeming it to be "easily one of the most assured and fascinating debut crime novels of the year." Writing for USA Today, Charles Finch echoed this sentiment, also writing: "In both its broad strokes and in dozens of flairs of perception like this one, The Cuckoo's Calling shows that all great fiction—even if it only concerns our workaday world—has its own kind of magic." Slate's Katy Waldman also reacted favourably to the book, lauding its narration and characters and drawing parallels between the book and the Harry Potter series.
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Although none of its singles reached No. 1, Hypnotize the Moon produced two consecutive number 2 hits in "Who Needs You Baby" (which Walker co-wrote) and the title track, followed by the number 5 "Only on Days That End in 'Y'" and the number 18 "Bury the Shovel". Hypnotize the Moon was certified platinum in 1996, making for Walker's third consecutive platinum album. This album received a four-star rating from Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who said that it was his "most assured, cohesive album to date" and that he gave a "consistently excellent performance." Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly thought that Walker did not show a distinct musical personality, but considered the song selection strong and gave it a B+. Richard McVey II of Country Standard Time considered it a "throwback" in sound to Walker's debut, while USA Today said that it lacked the "verve" of that album.
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" In The Encyclopedia of Western Movies, Gunslinger was praised for exploring the potential of a woman gunfighter, and that it was "the most assured of Corman's quartet of Westerns." In his book Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, Michael R. Pitts said that it was an "early six day Roger Corman cheapie that is rather appealing." Adversely, Bill Gibron, writing for DVD Verdict, gave Gunslinger a negative review, writing, "Roger Corman was responsible for a lot of smoldering cinematic cowflops over the course of his economically sound career, but Gunslinger has got to be one of the most overripe and ridiculous." While he stated that "Beverly Garland, who plays our dispassionate Rose, and John Ireland, as the cool and callous Cane Myro, are decent enough", he wrote that "there isn't much to recommend in this movie", saying that "there's too much unresolved intrigue, too many easy answers to rotten questions, to make heads or tails of what is supposed to matter.
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Born in Sheffield, Scott joined Bradford City as a youth player, and played 39 times for The Bantams, mostly as a Winger. In February 1937 he was signed by Arsenal, in exchange for Ernie Tuckett, though he only played as a reserve for the first two years at the club. At the start of World War II, Scott joined the Royal Air Force as a PT instructor, but still guested as a player for the RAF, Arsenal, Sheffield United, and England in wartime matches. By the time peace broke out, Scott had grown into being one of the country's most assured full backs, known for his pace and composure on the ball. He made his official first-team debut for Arsenal against West Ham United in the FA Cup in 1946, and his League debut on the first day of the 1946-47 season; he also made his official England debut against Ireland in September of that year. Arsenal won the First Division title in 1947-48, but after that Scott was blighted by injury; he was stricken with a bout of appendicitis in 1948, and then injured his knee whilst playing in an international for England against Wales on 10 November 1948.
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" Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic was critical with the album's length of over 70 minutes but considered it Norwood's most assured, risky album yet, stating: "Full Moon comes the closest to being a full-fledged, well-rounded album, as well as establishing a personality as a singer [...] There are plenty of moments here that are seductively smooth and even the filler goes down smoothly." He gave the album four out of five stars. Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani rated the album three stars out of five and compared it to Janet Jackson's 1986 album Control, commenting: "For the most part, Full Moon is certainly a forward-minded album, lifting Brandy's typically schmaltzy brand of pop-R&B; to a new, edgier plateau [...] The all-grown-up Miss Moesha seems to be making her final transition from sitting up in her room to sitting on top of the world." J. Victoria Sanders from PopMatters considered Full Moon "an achievement" and added: "As she proclaims her womanhood with throaty whispers and assertive wails, [...] this grown-up Brandy [...] has one thing in common with the cherubic girl she used to be: she still sings with relaxing humility and stylequalities the music world is in dire need of right about now.
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