Lately, Ms. Sassen, who is Dutch but grew up in Kenya, has used her medium for self-analysis, creating graphic color-saturated compositions that mine her childhood memories yet underscore her status as an outsider in a part of the world she will always consider home.
That it hasn't enjoyed a home run "exit" yet underscores how times have changed, with fund investors — known as limited partners — willing to wait for their cash returns because, frankly, they don't have much choice; the game has changed.
Yet it underscored the sensitivity of the visit.
The scene is endearing, sad and funny, yet it underscores a fundamental problem with "Ruins".
Indeed, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, yet again underscored her desire to keep Greece in the euro, saying Tuesday night in Panama that Greece should remain.
With the London Symphony again in the pit, Colin Davis set unusually broad tempos, yet they underscored the nobility and beauty of this incomparable opera.
Overall, the discussions throughout the day reflected a clear sense of momentum for emissions trading in North America and beyond, yet also underscored the need for further research and critical debate.
In retrospect, her idealism (or naivete) was stunning, yet it underscored a certain innocent and courageous spirit that was the hallmark of those years.
That story took place about 30 years after Rabbi Sally Priesand became the first woman ordained by the Reform movement, and yet, it underscored for me at the time how quickly landmark, historic changes can become powerful lessons in normalcy.
