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Maurice’s energy, creativity, forcefulness and forthrightness helped him break ground creating, directing, choreographing and starring in two Broadway shows: “Uptown … It’s Hot!” in 1986 and “Hot Feet” in 2006.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Her music shivers and glimmers but never lacks forcefulness; lush and often ominous, veiled in dark mystery, her pieces evolve with the muscular sinuousness of snakes.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

While Tatum’s even-keeled nature is typically viewed as a virtue given his night-to-night consistency, greater intensity and forcefulness are needed on nights such as this.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022

That last bit, about keeping inflation expectations anchored, is critical for understanding the forcefulness of the Fed’s response.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2022

He was crying now with a forcefulness that alarmed me.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson