For some, the notion that intelligent machines will play a formidable role in the economy of the future is worrisome.
In the play, Katherine -- portrayed by Tony- and Emmy-winning Tyne Daly in perhaps her most formidable role -- visits the former lover of her late son 20 years after his death, only to find him now married to another man and raising a small child.
On this evidence, Rogers has a central role in a formidable apparatus of authority and capital – the old power of the Lords, the governmental power of quangos and government departments, the money power of property and real estate.
Vice President Dick Cheney is assembling a powerful parallel White House staff, including a mini-National Security Council and domestic policy team, to support his formidable role in shaping the Bush agenda and brokering it on Capitol Hill.
Nevertheless, the major formulation of his religious thought followed customary models, dictated by his formidable role in Buddhist history.
Most striking has been Ms. Graham's recent evolution beyond parts like the sprightly Cherubino from Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro" and into more attention-grabbing characters like the title roles of "The Merry Widow" and Offenbach's "La Belle Hélène," as well as the formidable role of Dido in Berlioz's "Troyens," which she sang for the first time in October at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
Next Thursday that formidable role is taken over by the fine young lyric tenor Stephen Costello, who made an impressive Met debut in the small role of Arturo.
