Shostakovich is about permanent ambiguities, relentless questions.
And her clipped replies to his relentless questions imply a decision to embark upon this vigil in solitude, thank you very much.
Responding to one of their relentless questions, I will go as deep as I can into an explanation of, say, a solar eclipse.
When I first got to know Liaquat, about a year ago, I thought his book project sounded interesting, if specialized; now I try his patience with relentless questions about the current mess.
Yet the personal dimension of the race has been a stubborn hurdle for Mr. Romney, aides said, a point of frustration accentuated by relentless questions raised by the Obama campaign about Mr. Romney's tax returns, wealth and overall character traits.
His advisers concede, however, that the theme became muddled as they sought to hit other notes and as Mr. Romney struggled, in the face of relentless questions about his core convictions, to establish his conservative bona fides.
By the time my turn comes to file into his office, Bob Crow has been giving back-to-back interviews for hours, and has the beleaguered air of a man worn out by relentless questions.
But whatever the current rationale, before Friday's cave-in, Osborne's star signing Mark Carney was facing the prospect of spending the next year fielding relentless questions about whether a housing bubble is inflating, at the same time as the Treasury was pumping out taxpayer-backed loans.
