The "Gloria" that he wrote for the Boston Symphony in 1960, for instance, is not a ponderous oration but a festive piece that he once likened to a 15th-century fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli in which angels can be seen sticking their tongues out at one another.
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They transformed the little stancible juke joint rhythm into a ponderous rock beat aimed at seated crowds and reverberant staves.
It is a ponderous business campaigning when you are president - all that need for protection and the weight of office on your shoulders.
The cleverness is somewhat vitiated by ponderous direction and a bit too much fine acting, but the Spierigs deliver the conceptual delight of a retro fifties-style classic.
On the proving grounds' high-speed circuit, as one might expect, the new Range Rover felt distinctly less ponderous and quite a bit more spirited and direct in handling.
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The tenor, a journalist who comes to interview the diva, turns out to be a wannabe opera singer himself, and in a fantasy sequence the two tediously execute the love duet of the diva's opera (about Eleanor of Aquitaine, of all things), a ponderous event with not one scintilla of musical heat or passion (that's the bit that ends with the bells).
The suspension can feel a bit ponderous and floaty.
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While the 2010 was bright and vivacious wine, the 2011 was a bit ponderous, lacking the charm of the previous vintage. (Mr. Mailvaganam was comparing the two at the time of my visit and offered me a taste.) We both agreed the 2010 was the much better wine.
The detailed planning and ponderous logistics associated with such a transfer increasingly foreclose options to change course.
The slow, ponderous system brought with it a massive storm surge.
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He also called the planning system in Scotland "unpredictable and ponderous" and said there was a need for a system which was faster and more efficient.
Being asked a favor always made Mother ponderous and powerful.
United increased their lead soon after, with Conway taking advantage of some ponderous defending to skip round Langfield and squeeze a shot in from a tight angle.
It helps that Mr Stepashin, aged 47, is a more engaging personality than the ponderous Viktor Chernomyrdin, 61, the last Russian prime minister to visit Washington, in March last year.
But the bigger problem is finding a way to discuss Russia's problems in a way that does not immediately lead to a sterile argument reminiscent of the ponderous tirades of the 1980s.
France, who recently switched to a 4-3-3 formation, lost to China in their final warm-up game and were too ponderous in possession against La Celeste, with a lack of understanding undermining their efforts.
With the joined clamshell approach, a blade exceeding 50 yards is exceeding ponderous to move.
Throughout the trial, John Dowd seemed like a great aging elephant, slow and ponderous but still capable of inflicting damage.
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If you want to renew your faith in movies, you must remember this: Fall is spring, a time of hope and blossoming when the poundingly ponderous productions of summer give way to films that might actually lift our spirits while engaging our attention.
The programmes are strangely ponderous, and strangely prone to long pans over empty theatres, given that they deal with such a dazzling subject.
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