Sentence examples for crux and from inspiring English sources

And therein lies the crux, and possibly the paradox, of the Atavus project.

Whether voters think the environmental agenda creates jobs in alternative energy or hurts the business climate, chiefly through higher energy prices, is the crux, and business itself is split on the issue.

The couloir presented them with three especially steep and difficult passages (each known as a "crux") and had at the top one of mountaineering's greatest hazards, a serac – a glacial ice column that at any moment might collapse without warning.

Walter, of course, never admits to being the bad guy, which is both the crux and, increasingly, the limitation of a series that is often called the best show on television.

Don't you know our people, Henri?" In one brief exchange Matalon portrays the distance between Israelis, burning in their crux, and French Jews, so very French, and fuzzier about it.

The truth of the matter, the photography center's Mr. Hartshorn said, is that "it's like a detective story, the crux and core of which is that we don't know.

Alpha Crucis, also called Acrux, brightest star in the southern constellation Crux (the Southern Cross) and the 13th brightest star in the sky.

Beta Crucis, also called Mimosa or Becrux, second brightest star (after Alpha Crucis) in the southern constellation Crux (the Southern Cross) and the 20th brightest star in the sky.

Weelkes's "Hosanna to the Son of David Robinsonon's Missa in Die Tribulationis; Poulenc's "Tristis Est Anima Mea"; Ducasse's "Crux Fidelis"; and other works; David Shuler, music director and organist.

Victoria's "Reproaches," John IV of Portugal's "Crux fidelis" and de Lassus's "Adoramus te"; Gerre Hancock, organist and choirmaster.

Bach's Cantata 78, Clemens non Papa's "Crux Fidelis" and other works; Martha Sullivan, soprano; Emily Eyre, alto; Jos Milton, tenor; Joe Damon Chappel, bass; and the Bass Players; Peter Kupfer, concertmaster; Rick Erickson, organist and music director.