But it speaks of their greatness that these short poems, despite being swamped by so many of his other efforts, still manage to stand out.
It's a blessed position, but a frustrating one, too — not only to be so close to true greatness and fall short, but also to know, each and every time, that your best will not be enough.
Consumers and brand leaders are learning that greatness has a shorter shelf life these days.
The libretto — a collaboration between Miller and the playwright Arnold Weinstein, who also wrote the text for Bolcom's first major opera, "McTeague" — is charmingly dated... "A View from the Bridge" falls short of greatness, but it does not aim for greatness, either.
It's fine, but it stops short of greatness.
But sadly, it falls just short of greatness.
Nothing short of greatness achieved by recipe and program would satisfy him.
The film, directed by Ridley Scott, falls far short of greatness, but it's quite a spectacle.
But that was with Chicago, a good team just short of greatness, and he was still young.
This was one of those sporting occasions – a good way short of greatness but utterly memorable, with a sliver of controversy – to encourage applause and set aside cynicism.
