The site is just a stone's throw across the East river from the subject of many of the most volatile arguments on Thursday night – Wall Street and its looming skyscrapers.
I thought about that day again when I saw the photographs of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi this week rowing outside a restaurant and followed the public debate that began at once about where the lines between volatile arguments and domestic violence might be drawn.
"I looked forward to volatile arguments punctuated by fists hitting tables and speeches that would grow increasingly fervid as the open bar loosened tongues and the nominees performed out of earshot in the concert hall," he revealed in the National Post yesterday.
Over time, rising above and refusing to engage in volatile arguments will teach your partner to hold himself to a higher standard.
They warn darkly of bigger swings in bank earnings and capital, complicating efforts by governments and regulators to dampen "procyclical" forces, and of a lack of long-term credit as banks shy away from the loans likely to have the most volatile values.The counter-argument is that higher volatility reflects market reality.
A July ruling by that appellate court has opened the door to a potentially volatile round of arguments as early as next month over whether lawyers for Mr. Polanski should be permitted, even without the director's presence in the courtroom, to show that the case against him was tainted.
Pre-election periods are generally volatile; Le Pen's arguments will have been given a boost by the vote across the Channel, increasing the pressure she can exert against the weak presidency of François Hollande.
Do your best to minimize conflict by being good-natured, not picking arguments with volatile people you don't know very well, or making off-color comments that could deeply offend the people around you.
My mild-mannered, liberal friend is no match in an argument with his volatile Gallic partner.
The case has become a volatile mixture of dry legal argument and intense emotion, with much riding on the outcome.
