In any given session, some of the folks who come to my office in a suburb of Washington, D.C. will be fundamentally hostile to authority, motivated by prodigious self-interest, willing to attack if the odds look good and fiercely defensive when aggrieved.
Most of the time these prodigious Ailey technicians are busy attacking flimsy pastiches like "Forgotten Time," which takes its cue from the haunting spirituality of its score, by Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, but never manages to approach the specificity and intensity of that gorgeously strange choral music.
Podolski and Klose are the first partners chosen in attack, despite neither being a prodigious scorer with his Bundesliga team.
Osteochondrosis characteristically attacks the upper vertebrae of prodigious young piano players, whose spinal columns bend like canes toward the keyboard.
With Karim Benzema the leader of the attacking line, M'Vila may well showcase his prodigious talent as a new boy on the block.
Exiles director of rugby Brian Smith, who returned to London Irish as boss after resigning from his position as attack coach with England, added: "James is a prodigious talent, a lot has happened in Australia and he has come over here to put that behind him.
The attack is humane but headlong; the background reading is prodigious and pertinent; the evidence is marshalled with vigour and rigour; and the writing is laced with a casual, populist wit.
As for her overall record in the minority, allies said Ms. Pelosi remained a prodigious fund-raiser and had driven the party's political message attacking Republicans for their plans to overhaul Medicare.
Swansea's attacking play was rapier sharp, inspired by Leon Britton's midfield play, Dyer's prodigious work on the wings and some stellar flicks and touches from Michu.
Prodigious activities beckoned.
