His insistent, stealthy style makes us think as he thinks.
He was known for his relaxed work habits and even more relaxed art installations, which did not all open on time, as well as an insistent sartorial style that presaged the "white trash" look.
Swung the ball at the Waca – that spelling, incidentally, is insistent Guardian style apparently, for those who wonder, despite the fact that the Western Australian Cricket Association, whose ground it is, themselves use WACA: it did swing, too, in early 1977, when the England team were en route from a successful tour of India to Melbourne for what was to prove a historic Centenary Test.
Each musician took a solo that suggested a hastily drawn portrait of his style: insistent and bouncy for Mr. Hoiby, methodical and temperate for Mr. Neame, feverish and shrewd for Mr. Eger.
Allen came on at the start, apologised (at some length) that "I'm not a talker", then proceeded to quietly dominate the show, while providing constant reminders of his relaxed, insistent and distinctive style.
Pregnancy was insistent that way.
It is American-style saudade, bittersweet but insistent, with a dash of high drama.
J. Hillis Miller's introduction in the old Penguin edition doesn't help: "The novel calls attention to its own procedures and confesses to its own rhetoric, not only for example, in the onomastic system of metaphorical names already discussed but also in the insistent metaphors of the style throughout".
Always the most avant-garde member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale's first new album since 2005 features pianos being hit by fists, screaming synthesisers and violas, insistent beats and Chic-style funk guitar motifs.
Mr. Cuomo's record as a manager, though, shows that not everyone can thrive under his style: forceful, focused, insistent on results, and disinclined to entertain dissent.
