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Collaborating with Nagata Acoustics, which also worked on the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Mr. Gehry draped the ceiling in curvilinear acoustical sails ready to catch a varied blast of projections, from commissioned videos and theatrical light shows to master-class lectures.
Gehry Leaves the Risks to the Kids Julie V. Iovine 2011
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He has not, of course, and yet the oldest manager in the business has never properly offered his account of what happened that night – 27 May, 2009, the Champions League final and a 2-0 win for Barcelona that, for long spells, amounted to a master-class in the art of retaining possession.
Alex Ferguson says Manchester United will be well primed for Barcelona 2011
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In 2010, Cancellara provided a classics master-class on his way to adding a second career victory at Roubaix to his Tour of Flanders win the week before.
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This film, if nothing else, is a master-class in underacting.
Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Let Me In (2010) Scott Mendelson 2010
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It was a bit of master-class in how to play off of performance expectations, and in how magically you can up the stakes of humor the less you give away the joke.
Archive 2008-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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It was a bit of master-class in how to play off of performance expectations, and in how magically you can up the stakes of humor the less you give away the joke.
Fragende Ode Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The original, though, remains a master-class in cinematic smarts by a 29-year-old filmmaker who made up the rules as he went along.
The Timeless Appeal of 'Breathless' Tobias Grey 2010
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It is a bit like attending a blog-based master-class.
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The original, though, remains a master-class in cinematic smarts by a 29-year-old filmmaker who made up the rules as he went along.
The Timeless Appeal of 'Breathless' Tobias Grey 2010
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The exercise in shadow-boxing conducted by the TUC ... and the middle-class media [was] antiphonal and combative, a master-class in non-communication that reminded one of PG Wodehouse's aunts bellowing to each other 'like mastodons across a primeval swamp.'
Newspapers go back in time to launch new attacks on the trade unions 2010
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