Word: crescendo
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...Juncker's grumblings were preceded by similar criticism across Europe in recent weeks as the dollar dropped, including concerns voiced by German business leaders and economists who had long viewed a strong euro as a symbol of monetary rectitude. That crescendo of protest led France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde to remind French economic daily Les Echos that Paris had long "sounded the alarm at the risk of irritating" more relaxed euro partners. She applauded signs that they had become "worried about the euro's level, and voiced their wishes to see concerted action" in response. Before...
...second-floor galleries of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. He was there to supervise the siting of Sequence and two other massive new pieces. Along with two more that were already resting hugely in the museum's sculpture garden, those works will be the crescendo of the Serra retrospective, organized by curators Kynaston McShine and Lynne Cooke, that opens at MOMA on June 3. But first it was necessary to get them indoors, which required two trailer trucks, a vast sliding wall, a crane, a 40-ft.-wide rolling gantry and a team of welders...
...case, he soon steamrolled to a crescendo...
...bang’ of Arts First, and this year especially so, since HRO is performing with us,” says Antonia W.H. Fraker ’09, who manages the Radcliffe Choral Society. “We’re being sort of advertised as the crescendo of the Arts First thing, which is part of the reason why we’re doing something so grand and epic as the Mahler.” At over 90 minutes in length, “Symphony No. 2” is an ambitious undertaking. “This...
...before kickoff the Kop was in full red-hued cry, singing, chanting, clapping. "We are not English we are Scouse," proclaimed one banner, referring to a local stew that doubles as the nickname by which the city ' s residents are collectively known. When the game began, so did the crescendo, one that would not let up, that would not let the 3,000 or so Chelsea fans who had traveled to Merseyside have much of a say in the matter. There would be no parting of the Red Seethe...