Sentences with phrase «middle class comfort»

It evokes a quiet style of White middle class comfort, which many Americans do not live.

For all Dworkin's intellectual elegance and flashes of humanity, he ultimately offers the «autonomous» members of the middle class a comforting rationale for serving our own interests while continuing to feel that we are good people.

That nuttiness - albeit safely couched in middle - age and upper - middle class comforts - is on display in Lawrence Kasdan's Darling Companion, a shambling and not exactly deep ensemble piece centered on a long - married couple (Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline) and the dog that comes into, and then out of, their lives.

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Assuming you've also paid off your mortgage, that's enough for a middle - class couple to retire on in reasonable comfort even if you have no other savings and no employer pension.

At the core of the middle class is some idea that they can somehow find this place of comfort, which becomes a compromise for any possibility of financial freedom.

Ride - sharing apps have taken off among Vietnam's rapidly expanding middle class as they provide four - wheeled comfort in a country better known for chaotic swarms of scooters and Southeast Asia's most expensive taxi fares.

It may be comforting for Labour to think this is the normal situation, that Labour and the Conservatives are normally seen as working class and middle class respectively, but when YouGov asked a similar question about Labour in 2007 the party were seen as closer to professional and business people than to the working class and the poor.

Megamind lands in a Metro City prison, where he learns evil, while Metro Man is coddled in upper - middle - class comfort.

Born in the age of abundance, repulsed by middle - class comfort and complacency, the 22 - year - old Emory graduate staged a personal revolt.

It's similarly suspicious of middle - class mores, and determined to up - end class comforts.

When a new Japanese family arrived in the middle of the school year, the origami instructors worked with the principal to encourage these children to sign up for their after - school class, where they could show off Japanese culture as experts while experiencing the comfort of using their own language in a classroom setting.

The new generation introduces the new RWD platform and raises the comfort and luxury standards of the middle premium class.

The front seat is based on the seat frame of a middle - class sedan and fitted with springs and padding optimized for seat hold and ride comfort.

Agility Control suspension secures a very good handling, meanwhile ride comfort is at the level of a Mercedes middle class saloon.

While onboard tech and comfort are adequate, it's this car's 4.6 - liter, 32 - valve V - 8 Northstar power plant that differentiates it from its 3.6 - liter V - 6 CX and CXL siblings (although the V - 8 is offered as an option on the latter) and from other upper - middle - class sedans.

Mercedes has tried to raise the comfort, safety and luxury standards of the middle range even higher, with the new C - Class.

But their happy, middle - class world — a life of education, work, and comfort — implodes when their country is engulfed in war, and the Taliban rises to power.

She couldn't provide the basic material comforts of the middle class.

Hemingway's father was a doctor — who, like his son, eventually committed suicide — and Hemingway grew up in comfort in the suburbs of Chicago during a golden age of white, middle - class mobility.

Business class cabins are located at the front of the plane, with the middle seat kept free for extra legroom and added comfort.

Each place has something unique to offer, whether they are a hip boutique hotel with all the modern comforts and world - class amenities or a rustic Eco-haven in the middle of nowhere.

5 Most men, despite lip - service to equality, are reluctant to give up this «natural» order of things in which their advantages are so great; for women, the case is further complicated by the fact that, as Mill astutely pointed out, unlike other oppressed groups or castes, men demand of her not only submission but unqualified affection as well; thus women are often weakened by the internalized demands of the male - dominated society itself, as well as by a plethora of material goods and comforts: the middle - class woman has a great deal more to lose than her chains.

From the exhibition text: «Growing up, Rolon bore witness to the ways households adapted to new American middle - class lifestyles with homes, walls and furniture embellished with exotic colours, textures, patterns and items, creating a sense of identity and comfort.

During the previous presidency of Vladimir Putin, Russia's top Kyoto officials insisted they would not take on mandatory emissions cuts for fear of hindering the comfort of Russia's middle class and the development of its industries.

In these conditions, upper - middle - class liberals started questioning and resenting hyper - materialism, even while enjoying the status and comfort it offered.