In the finale Mr. Nézet-Séguin coaxed vehement playing from the orchestra, with brutal, slashing power and pummeling rhythmic intensity.
That's a very loose analogy, in which Roth would have to be Picasso — the energy, the slashing power — and Updike would be Matisse: the color, the sensuality.
We have cheaper and cleaner options: Co-generation and energy recycling have the potential to generate 40percentt of our nation's electricity, slashing power costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
President Obama's Clean Power Plan--which calls for slashing power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 32percentt by 2030--has 2030--has 2030--haseated resistance from some policymakers and fossil-fuel companies.
Green campaigners are still reeling from a decision last year by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) to slash solar power subsidies in a move that infuriated the industry, including many small businesses, some of which have gone bankrupt as a direct result of the clampdown.
The advance, reported in the 17 February Nature, could slash the power needed to run the all-LED displays that may soon adorn car radios, cell phones, and laptop computers.
Rising taxes and soaring gasoline prices have combined to slash spending power at the lower end of the economy, according to executives from fast food chains, discount retailers and other companies that cater to budget-conscious consumers.
And in "Nonviolence," when the chorus quotes a Hindu text calling for kindness and renunciation, the music has a slashing, relentless power.
Public surveys suggest that most voters do not share the Republicans' fervor for the deep cuts adopted by the House, or for drastically slashing the power of public-sector unions.
Slashing solar power subsidies for homeowners will kill the fledgling UK industry "stone dead" and cost tens of thousands of jobs, say major solar businesses in response to government proposals published on Monday.
