Mark Carney enters his first rate-setting meeting as Bank of England governor this week armed with further evidence of Britain's economic recovery, as a wide-ranging survey signals rising confidence, strong export growth and job creation among UK businesses.
The unanimous decision to raise rates, the first time in months that the 10 members of FOMC had all agreed on policy, came at the end of the committee's first rate-setting meeting since the election of Donald Trump as America's next president.
Frank Rich's review led with, "There is, at least, a first-rate set".
It's a razor-sharp moment, brutal and harsh, delivered by an excellent actor on a first-rate set.
The Swedish players had already made that point on recordings, particularly in a first-rate set of Nielsen symphonies conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen for Sony Classical.
It helps him underline ironies, emphasize oddities and bond with the audience as Charlotte takes us on a tour — literally — of her stuff (the first-rate set is by Hugh Landwehr) and, less literally, of her life.
The Billboard review was positive, calling it "a first rate jazz set" on which "Costa swings as ever on piano".
Most impressively, the production values are first rate, which sets AMC and OLTL far above most of the web soaps that have popped up in recent years.
"By some chance of fate, in this great Garden State, we are run by someone who's first rate," the children set out, singing the song through twice.
Linda Stasi of the New York Post stated "the monsters are first rate, the virtual sets are very cool, the acting is excellent.
The lead is played by a British film star, Helen Mirren, the cast is uniformly excellent and Mr Hytner's work is first rate, as is Bob Crowley's set.
