The general effect was of a richness, in the use of fur and in the voluminous sleeves that swelled from slim dresses or, in a signature Herrera look, ballooned from a white organza blouse above tailored pants.
And then there was the noise, the great rising roar that swelled from 13,800 throats here at 7 59 on Friday evening: the unfettered, triumphant cascade of joy heard only at a major rock concert.
Tied to all that change is an anxiety that swells from the bottom: that Brussels will not take care of its citizens as gently and lovingly as the national capitals have in the past.
These galls—hollow knobby growths of plant tissue that swell in response to thrips protect insects from the outside weather.
Jojoy's base was a concrete bunker in a complex of camps and tunnels in La Macarena, an isolated mountain range that swells up from Colombia's eastern plains, protected by concentric rings of FARC troops.
In recent years, Sicily, like its cousin Sardinia, has been discovered by real estate developers, and areas along the coast, like Taormina, have been dramatically transformed into posh resorts that swell the local population from the spring through the end of summer.
That figure has swelled from 21.5percentt since 2006, the first year in which the ACLU's data set provides a full accounting of its use of private prison contractors.
Other critics have cited concerns about how the city has managed other high-price technology projects — notably CityTime, the automated payroll system that swelled to $700 million from $63 million, including what prosecutors called $80 million in false billing and kickbacks.
Limited to just a few simple lyrics, which they repeated dozens of times, the singers created an entirely absorbing ensemble piece that was alternately tragic and joyful, meditative and clamorous, and that swelled in feeling from melancholic fugue to redemptive gospel choir.
If the talks produce an agreement, Einhorn will pay $200 million for an unspecified minority share that will reduce some of the Mets' heavy debt load and help pay for annual losses that could swell from $51 million last year to $70 million in 2011.
Noting that a huge amount of the water damage caused by Sandy came from "backdoor flooding" that swelled up from unprotected channels, rivers and creeks, Mr. Bloomberg wants to place floodgates and tidal barriers at certain strategic locations, like Coney Island Creek or Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens.
