Some especially small works displayed lying flat under glass show Mr. Arakawa seemingly invoking other exotic cultures, but one sheet covered with especially stern black marks might be the visual equivalent of a Gregorian chant.
Although Albuquerque made his mark under the stern John II and gained his experience in Africa, his reputation rests on his service in the East.
Harm the innocent or besmirch the reputation of the regiment, he said in the biblical cadences that this stern Presbyterian favours, and "the mark of Cain" will be upon you.
Despite its moderato tempo marking, the cool, stern first movement has restless energy and startling shifts of harmony, conveyed with articulate grace in this splendid performance.
Hushed meetings are held behind closed doors, all-staff emails are sent out with stern bold headings or celebratory exclamation marks, gossip runs rife about which departments did better or worse than predicted.
Wing Ibrahim Affelay had the look of man who was desperately short of first-team soccer (which he is), and in the back line, the Danes singled out young Jetro Willems as an easy mark, and gave him a stern examination.
There was marked contrast between Mr. Nixon's stern tone on Vietnam and his conciliatory, even sympathetic, comments on the Soviet Union's position in the strategic arms talks in Vienna.
If you spent a few minutes with him, you heard stern musical opinions -- about the high-water mark set by bebop, about the elements that make a band work, about rhythm and harmony.
(CAROLINE MILLER, the New York magazine editor in chief; HOWARD STERN; PETER BOYLE; VICTORIA GOTTI; JACK NEWFIELD and MARK GREEN were among the nearly 400 guests. The movie will be shown on Showtime next month).
The road led from a store just inside Quebec that sold liquor, across the border (now marked by stern-looking warning signs) south along Lake Memphremagog.
Tritons torpedo system consisted of six Mark 60 torpedo tubes, four bow and two stern.
