Sentences with phrase «by swanking»

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The story opened in a swank Protestant church where at the conclusion of the service a poor, unemployed, shabby young man got up and told his story of unemployment to the startled parishioners and ended by saying: «You can't all go out hunting up jobs for people like me, but what I am puzzled about when I see so many Christians living in luxury and singing, «Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave, and follow Thee,» is what is meant by following Jesus?

After a contentious year of protests by competing restaurant owners, Santangelos, Tinley Park's swank, upscale eatery, whose landlord is the village's Park District, has closed - for now.

So while Sampson's colleagues sweated out the prospects of an unprecedented government shutdown, he scooped up $ 2,500 a head from 75 donors in a swank luxury suite - fattening his war chest by $ 187,500.

Unleashing a literal boulder on the tired swank of the British crime subgenre, Jonathan Glazer builds his debut feature not on flashy con jobs marked by the coolness with which they're executed, but the anxiety with which these jobs and the people associated with them bear down and haunt weak and insecure ex-criminals.

Perhaps with «Fifty Shades Freed» we've seen the last of the female wish - fulfillment fantasy, a smart young woman being dominated by an S & M craving billionaire whose private jet, unlimited shopping budget, assorted yachts and many swank townhouses, chalets and farms are the secret to his real sex appeal.

The film's major setpiece involves the birds destroying a swank benefit at the Guggenheim by sliding down the spiral gallery and into an orchestra.

Part of the aesthetic pleasure afforded by writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread» lies in the swank fabrics and carefully tended 1950s settings surrounding the Day - Lewis character.

The modes are as different as the French Riviera swank of Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (May 25 - 27) and a double bill by H.G. Clouzot, France's most cold - sweat - inducing director.

Once fully dressed, she and her husband, Dr. Bill Harford (Cruise) make their way to a swank party thrown by wealthy friend Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack, in a role once meant for Harvey Keitel).

It introduced the slightly sassy Volvo 850 sedan, which was followed in quick order by even more alluring models — the truly hot C70 convertible, the swank S80 and S60 sedans, and the V70 wagons, including the wonderful Cross Country.

With traditional publishing, you're at Cape Cod, and all the beaches are privately - owned, and the only way you can get onto one and party is to somehow luck into an invite to one of those swank - ass rich - people galas attended by, like, Al Gore.

An aesthetic nod to uptown swank (the Bar Pleiades has beige - quilted walls that were inspired by a Chanel handbag) mixed with contemporary accents (a striking six - foot tapestry of Kate Moss greets guests in the lobby).

West and South Maui have restaurants that range from informal seaside fish houses to swank, candle - lit dining rooms with swans gliding by in a lagoon.

Museum - quality exhibitions by major postwar artists are the bread - and - butter of the swank gallery run by powerhouse dealer Robert Mnuchin.

«Today, at the entrance to the swank new replacement facility (in the same location as the old one), and surrounded by native plantings and an elegant molded concrete facade, is a commissioned, site - specific sculpture by New York City — based artist Jean Shin, titled Reclaimed.

Yet even as they teeter of the edge of bankruptcy, the National Post felt it important to have a reporter covering the climate denier's conference held this week at the swank Marriott Marquis in New York and sponsored by the notoriously unethical Heartland Institute.

The picturesque town is surrounded by beaches, historical sites, a national wildlife refuge, and swank summer homes.