HONG KONG — As it moves rapidly to become the world's leader in nuclear power, wind energy and photovoltaic solar panels, China is taking tentative steps to master another alternative energy industry: using mirrors to capture sunlight, produce steam and generate electricity.
While grateful for Guston's approval, he veered from tentative emulations of Old Masters (Veronese and Velázquez remain favorites of his) toward the auras, though not the forms, of Barnett Newman's stark Abstract Expressionism, Donald Judd's minimalist rigor, and the chroma of color-field painting.
Often rather brash, White is paradoxically also a master of the tentative.
That said, it was nice to see a tentative reconciliation between Scully and Masters, particularly as the Provost is clearly the father that Masters wishes he had.
But like Wilt, James can look tentative and often seems unable to master the moment.
It's the earliest work that intrigues the most, though, insofar as it shows the tentative emergence of a modern American master.
Mr. Cornejo, who might indeed be our generation's Baryshnikov, and Ms. Lane are perfectly matched physically, but seemed tentative with each other, and did not always master the intricacies of the partnering.
They want that voice -- sometimes regretful, sometimes rollicking -- accompanied by a tentative piano or an acoustic guitar that she mastered only 10 years ago, one chord a week, while slinging pizza in Harvard Square.
Murray lost to the Argentinian Del Potro in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters recently, principally because he became tentative, something he will need to guard against when playing the similar Cilic.
According to the band, the album is "finished" (though it is still in the process of being mastered), and there's talk of a tentative 2016 release.
