Sentences with phrase «of chauffeurs in»

The feathery snow muffled the sounds of horses and engines but the burning cold made the smells sharper: gasoline, horse dung, the alcohol on the breath of the snoring postilions, the acrid cologne and cigarettes of chauffeurs in yellow - and red - trimmed uniforms, and the flowery perfumes on the throats of the waiting women.

Even if it's just for a few days, or a week if you're feeling brave, try to be the VIP instead of the chauffeur in your relationship by relinquishing control to your husband and see what happens.

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Sure, the people in the video are completely amazed at being chauffeured around by a machine, but of course they would be.

Nimbler and more exclusive than the big houses, R&R gets gowns to the rich and famous faster (four weeks instead of six months) and with a white - glove touch (Cartier on site; chauffeured rides in a Rolls - Royce).

This little gumdrop on wheels provides a glimpse of a world in which anyone, including children, the elderly, and the disabled, can jump in a car and be chauffeured to a predetermined destination.

CARACAS (Reuters)- Chauffeured around in a sleek black pick - up, the head of Venezuela's oil industry, Major General Manuel Quevedo, last month toured a joint venture with U.S. major Chevron.

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He drives the Rolls about the city with his head cocked back in a look of haughty superiority, and with all the marshaled dignity of a nobleman — or at least the chauffeur of a nobleman.

Even in writing the life of the legendary Churchill, said the New York Times, Gilbert «sought out the prime minister's former secretaries, chauffeurs and other employees to lend the narrative a populist perspective.»

So in 1999, I traded chauffeured cars and dinners with ambassadors for cowboy boots and life on a 240 - acre farm in the Rocky Mountain Northwest region of Montana, not far from the university where I now teach part time.

He realizes how fortunate he was to have a mother that kept all of her children in athletics, that chauffeured them from game to game to make sure they stayed active and out of harm's way.

Keeping Madden out of the fat lane will be the job of Jerry Knick, 38, a 15 - year - veteran Greyhound driver who beat out nine other finalists last week in a contest for the privilege of chauffeuring Madden from one CBS assignment to another for the next six months.

Jay will personally chauffeur NPOY JB and lottery pick MB to the NBA draft in NYC in one of those Nova parade buses.

He is chauffeured around town in a stretch limo, his appointments clicked off by Hal Kolker, once the personal representative of rock star Neil Diamond, now the Clippers» vice-president in charge of marketing and promotion.

When the Cardinals arrived at the Philadelphia airport late on the afternoon of August 25, a chauffeur in black livery was waiting for Musial, put at his service by John Taxin, proprietor of the Old Original Bookbinders (there are two restaurants in Philadelphia bearing the Bookbinder name).

might not be constantly ringing in our ears, but it's often replaced by endless loads of washing, packing of lunches and after school chauffeuring.

Patterson bought clothing, authorities said, while Hudson was accused of using the credit card on shopping trips in which she used employees as chauffeurs.

But instead of continuing to serve as the primary guardians of our children at play - hanging out a city window to check on our kids» play in the street below, or looking into the backyard to monitor a group of ten - year old kids playing touch football - today's mothers are usually found sitting in the stands, working behind the concession counter selling snacks and raffle tickets, working as team administrators, or chauffeuring their kids to and from practice and games.

I think parents overestimate certain risks, such as the idea of this subway trip, and underestimate others, such as the idea that your kids are safer being constantly chauffeured around in your car, when vehicular accidents are the leading cause of child death!

It's a tragic fact that, today in America, a woman can make a comfortable living and have a satisfying career as a chef, teacher, daycare provider, chauffeur or nurse, among many other things, but when performing any of these services as the mother of her own children, many people believe she is wasting her time.

Any parent will tell you one of his or her favorite parts of play dates is the down time these kid - friendly gatherings afford to moms and dads exhausted by the care - taking, chauffeuring, cleaning and refereeing involved in raising their children.

Hevesi resigned in 2006 in the wake of allegations that he used a state employee to act as chauffeur for his wife.

In return for helping the businessesman, Venditto got use of a private room at a restaurant, free chauffeur service for himself and his family, and discounted fundraisers at a restaurant, according to the indictment.

[258] Charged in relation to removal of documents and computers to conceal them from investigating detectives were former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, her husband, her personal assistant, her bodyguard, her chauffeur and the head of security at News International.

Nine officials in de Blasio's office have civilian government - paid chauffeurs, including four deputy mayors, his chief of staff, his press secretary and director of intergovernmental affairs.

He is regularly chauffeured in an SUV from the official mayoral residence to Park Slope so he can work out at the YMCA there, a detour critics have derided as a waste of time.

Anti-terror cops are still chauffeuring around New York City bureaucrats, even on the heels of terror attacks in France.

Syracuse, NY — A Syracuse police officer who spent eight years chauffeuring and protecting former Mayor Matt Driscoll retired with the highest pension of 47 city workers in 2009.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

The government released figures today showing that Whitehall departments were charged a total of # 6.74 m for the chauffeur - driven services in 2009 - 10, compared to # 6.28 m in 2008 - 09.

The detail will now include a lieutenant, three sergeants and six detectives to chauffeur and protect Kelly and his family around - the - clock in the Big Apple and even out of town after he ends his 12 - year run atop Police Headquarters — at an estimated cost of more than $ 1.5 million a year, sources estimate.

«In Akwa Ibom, state law provides for N200m annual pay to ex-governors, deputies; pension for life at a rate equivalent to the salary of the incumbent governor / deputy governor respectively; a new official car and utility - vehicle every four years; one personal aide and provision of adequate security; a cook, chauffeurs and security guards for the governor at a sum not exceeding N5m per month and N2.5 m for the deputy governor.

Back in the summer, David Cameron announced that a Tory Government would reduce the number of chauffeur - driven cars available to ministers — not a move that went down especially well with those eyeing up jobs after the election.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

«Hugely expensive chauffeur - driven travel and costly meals abroad don't look good when this Speaker was elected specifically to improve the reputation of Parliament in light of the expenses scandal.

After all, mechanical chauffeurs can't get drunk or distracted — factors involved in 29 and 10 percent of fatal accidents, respectively.

Yale thought so highly of her that — unlike most immigrants — her first view of this country was through a limousine window as she was chauffeured from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

It was also just one of several dramatic advances in 2012 toward the creation of a viable auto - chauffeur.

As I spend most of the time in the car (as family chauffeur cum taxi service!)

Then add in the usual routine of kid chauffeuring, baseball games in the hot sun, working out and visiting family and friends.

Here is a brand that has brought suburban harshness right to the centre of the fashion conversation, grabbing the zeitgeist in what was once a bastion of the caviar - eating, chateau - living, chauffeur - driven happy fews, and having a laugh in everyone's face, of course.

Five vintage cars and their chauffeurs, alongside seven pairs of pedigree dogs were gathered together with the models in Brooklyn to stage this striking story of an iconic degree.

The older brother of my best friend in high school had a 1972 Monte Carlo with a Chevy big block engine, and when he felt magnanimous he would chauffeur us around on weekends.

Complete with a Xanadu - style dance routine, Pam Grier as Pluto's mother indulging in tired blaxploitation moves and rent - a-cameo John Cleese as a virtual reality chauffeur, this is a flop of epic proportions.

The Open Roads - distributed Marshall takes place 14 years before the lawyer's barrier breaking Brown v. Board of Education case, with Boseman's Marshall in Connecticut trying to defend a black chauffeur accused of raping his white employer.

As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder.

(In a critical part of the film, Ben becomes an unlicensed chauffeur to the impulsive Evie's whims.)

As karmic balance for running over Melissa McCarthy with a car in «Tammy,» director Ben Falcone starts «Life of the Party» chauffeuring his comedian wife in an Uber.

Starring: Colin Firth as King George VI, Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth, Guy Pearce as King Edward VIII, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Michael Gambon as King George V, Jennifer Ehle as Myrtle Logue, Derek Jacobi as Archbishop Cosmo Lang, Freya Wilson as Princess Elizabeth, Ramona Marquez as Princess Margaret, Richard Dixon as Private Secretary, Robert Portal as Equerry, Eve Best as Wallis Simpson, Paul Trussell as Chauffeur, Adrian Scarborough as BBC Radio Announcer, Andrew Havill as Robert Wood, Charles Armstrong as BBC Technician, Roger Hammond as Dr. Blandine Bentham, Calum Gittins as Laurie Logue, Dominic Applewhite as Valentine Logue, Ben Wimsett as Anthony Logue, David Bamber as Theatre Director, Jake Hathaway as Willie, Michael Gambon as King George V, Guy Pearce as King Edward VIII, Patrick Ryecart as Lord Wigram, Teresa Gallagher as Nurse, Simon Chandler as Lord Dawson, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Orlando Wells as Duke of Kent, Tim Downie as Duke of Gloucester, Dick Ward as Butler, John Albasiny as Footman, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Danny Emes as Boy in Regent's Park, Anthony Andrews as Stanley Baldwin, John Warnaby as Steward, Roger Parrott as Neville Chamberlain

SYNOPSIS: In 1941, African - American lawyer Thurgood Marshall defends a black chauffeur accused of raping and attempting to murder his socialite employer.