After years of administrative turnovers, chronic deficits, canceled performances and crippling labor disputes with the chorus and orchestra, the English National Opera was all set for a grand re-emergence.
While a pair of sneakers might not exactly make you "better" at your chosen sport, the right pair can help you stay healthy, prevent you from the distractions of performance-crippling frozen, wet and blistered feet and potentially keep you on the court or trail a little bit longer.
"In an uncertain regulatory climate, competition from local operators who take advantage of weak legal structures to cut corners on employee health and safety and labor standards performance can be crippling," he said.
Russia's economy shrank by 4.6% in the second quarter of this year, posting the worst performance since the crippling recession of 2009, the state statistics agency reported Monday.
Interestingly, if we didn't have the secret weapon of crippling peer pressure, this method of performance enhancement may never have been tested.
Several reasons have been suggested as to why she abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying, and the suggestion that the death of 21-year-old Bill Duffield severely affected her.
Poor performance on the ice, growing debts and crippling travel costs took their toll.
In other scenes, researchers discuss how to improve England's performance in international league tables and eradicate its crippling social class biases.
While Redmayne's performance ticks all the boxes (character possessing authentic genius – check; crippling but not incapacitating disability – check; sensitive cheekbones - check) Keaton's possesses a raw edge of lived experience that is undeniably gripping.
The movie, stark and often gravely beautiful, features a heroic performance from Scott Haze as an outcast who, with a gun in hand, descends into soul-crippling isolation and then spirals into madness in the Tennessee backwoods.
