"The throng in front of the Finland Station blocked the whole square, making movement almost impossible and scarcely letting the trams through," recorded NN Sukhanov, a leading chronicler of the Russian Revolution who was waiting there that night.
The meal is narrated almost from the minute you sit down, starting with a printed card tied to a box of savory black-and-white cookies ("the quintessential New York treat"), and scarcely letting up until you leave, when you are handed a pocket-size book of historical background on the food you've just eaten.
Highsmith soaks her prose in a disgust worthy of Graham Greene, starting with an account of lunch at the Frankenberg's cafeteria ("a grayish slice of roast beef with a ball of mashed potatoes covered with brown gravy") and scarcely letting up.
From this highly strung opening, the tension scarcely lets up as the boy starts appearing on the fells around the lake where Dusty lives: pale, translucent, lethal.
I felt sorry for Gyllenhaal, berated in both his personae for being weak, and for Adams, strapped and laced into a role that scarcely lets her breathe.
Click here to view The Lego Movie trailer The family hit took off with that stunning $69.1m opening weekend and three weekends later has scarcely let up the pace, crossing $200m in its fourth weekend of release.
Yet when it comes to Iran some Indian politicians scarcely let pass an opportunity to tom-tom an "independent foreign policy" and "deep civilizational ties". In fact, despite all the talk about ancient ties, Iran's ruling mullahs are completely at odds with India's proud tradition of pluralism, and aren't exactly known for their appreciation of Indic culture.
The Caesar of the first film was a household pet who wound up as a commander of simian troops, on the Golden Gate Bridge, whereas the new movie dumps him directly into battle and scarcely lets up; by the end, he is chucking grenades and setting off fireballs, like any old hunk of muscle in an action flick.
She promptly bought one for her husband, who, at least while traveling, has scarcely ever let go of it.
I couldn't go, for instance, without Laurel and Hardy, at whom some perfectly reasonable people scarcely smile, let alone laugh.
Although Ms. Bedford offers a visual suggestion in the play's final seconds that the lovers might still find happiness, she scarcely explores — let alone resolves — the emotional issues that suddenly face them.
