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Recent Examples of well-handledThat scene was potentially such a minefield, but so well-handled.—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023 With most action confined to the family home, Bulgaria passes well enough for Anytown, U.S.A., and technical contributions all around are well-handled.—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 19 July 2023 There’s a light feminist streak here, as both Amanda and Sinh save each other from despair at various points, while a callback that sees Amanda navigating chaotic city traffic as a pedestrian — thus showcasing her evolving confidence — is well-handled.—Courtney Howard, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
Grossman’s signature creation for the Martinez bar is an aged Negroni.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
Wines are then aged differentially—rosé and effervescent in steel, Sangiovese in large Slavonian oak casks, and Aglianico and Nero d’Avola in French oak barrels.
Driving a suburban family people mover, Luis obediently joins the shabby convoy of converted trucks heading away from the rave scene.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
His big number is a poignant song taken directly from the Eliot poem about that time in a cat’s life when paws begin to shake, the coat turns shabby and mice and rats no longer cower in fear.
Leaflets on the windows of beat-up R.V.s warned the more than 100 homeless people who live in this stretch of forest outside Bend, Ore., to get out by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, or else face a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
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Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing signaled an acceleration in artificial intelligence chips, which was lending support to beat-up chip stocks.
Join 1 other in the comments View Comments 2 stale baguettes, cut into small cubes
2 tablespoons of paprika
Salt and pepper
Water
A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Separate the garlic into cloves and dice finely.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
As if Nike didn’t have enough problems (sales slump, stale designs, unfocused branding, executive shakeup), the company recently found itself on center stage in one of those increasingly frequent cultural sideshows that masquerade as news.
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