For its season at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Fishman Space, Summation offers two new pieces, "Pathological Parenthetical Pageantry" and "New Work," to a score by Kyle Olson of Minneapolis.
Ken made himself a second Martini, and then, gazing up at a part of the roof that leaked during thunderstorms, he delivered a self-summation that offered me an unexpected glimpse of how I might live more happily, a vision of potential liberation from the oppressive sense of financial responsibility that my parents had bequeathed me.
In an article in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, one of many summations of policy offered in recent weeks, Mr. Powell declares that contrary to popular perception, the United States has worked closely with other countries to confront the threat of terrorism, nuclear proliferation and instability.
He and his wife made field trips to the Sudan in 1909 12 and 1921 22 and offered a summation of their years of work in Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan (1932).
After the 17-man crew of the Swan 56 Neva scrambled to drop the spinnaker during the first race of the Swan American Regatta earlier this month off Newport, R.I., the professional foredeck hand and America's Cup veteran Wally Henry offered this summation: "Never have so many worked so hard to sail so slowly".
It offered a summation of the reality of Dilla's situation at the time: though he was very ill – he died of a rare blood disease, aged 32, three days after the release of Donuts – he remained positive and resolute, producing a parting gift that sustained his reputation.
Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times offered a summation of the majority opinion in a 2008 profile of Stewart that doubled as his highbrow coronation.
Still, he offered a blunt summation of America's shortcomings.
He explained that he had been sympathetic to Hands until Citi's lead lawyer, Ted Wells, had offered an impassioned summation.
The concert on Friday evening (kicking off two consecutive weekends of events and a third in October) offered a musical summation of Prokofiev's career.
The Wildcats have won only one of their four games so far, but Smith offered an upbeat summation of his side's chances for the year ahead despite a difficult but competitive start.
