Sentences with phrase «of upper class»

Others believe that pouring the tea first is a trademark of the upper class, as their china could withstand the boiling heat while lower - quality cups were likely to crack unless cooled first by milk.

At the time, travel insurance was almost exclusively a product of the upper class and upper middle class, as few others could afford to travel.

The style arose around 1640, when fashion conscious barristers swapped fancy neck ruffs for «falling bands» of plain linen to conceal the collar of their shirt; known as jabots, these pieces of linen were thought to be an essential component of upper class, male fashion in the baroque period, and were originally very wide and flamboyant.

What is helping — in spite of the upper class and government penchant for SUVs and luxury sedans — is an ongoing push for small cars.

The large swathe of sail fabric, like a blank canvas, is reflected back at Chase (and the viewer) who occupies the side of the upper class passengers, marked by mobility and literal ascendancy.

The exhibition's namesake painting shows a young boy wrapped in American flag, standing by the pool on the backdrop of an upper class suburban house.

As one collector told me before the auction, «This is the downturn of the upper class.

In his day, colleges were a place for cultivation and socialization of young men of the upper class or professional schools turned out officers, clergymen and other specialists.

Whereas art had been used as a tool of the upper class, photography leveled the playing field by becoming the first democratic art to find itself in the hands of the people.

Born to wealthy parents, Cavaglieri filled his paintings with members of the upper class and their trappings: fashionable young women (and, though they appear less frequently, men) strike poses in opulent interiors laden with exotica.

Like many of the upper class hotels, it boasts an outdoor pool, fitness center, spa treatments, as well as its own private beach.

The Dalmatian was originally used to guard the carriages and horses of the upper class in the 1800's.

Developed in Cuba, it was once a favorite of the upper class of the country.

They were a favorite of the upper class.

By the late 1800s, the breed had caught the attention of the upper class and had moved into some of the finer homes in France.

Popular among hunters for the breed's hunting and retrieving skills, the poodle began making waves with ladies of the upper class who thought the natural curly coat and affectionate nature of the breed were appealing.

The Japanese Chin remained in the hands of the upper class, and they were given as gifts to diplomats and foreigners who provided noted services to Japan.

Havanese were considered luxury items and the dogs of the upper class.

During the Cuban Revolution, many of the upper class Cubans left Cuba for the United States.

Working in the kitchens of the upper class, she left a trail of disease in her wake, until one enterprising and ruthless «medical engineer» proposed the inconceivable notion of the «asymptomatic carrier» - and from then on Mary Mallon was a hunted woman.

Although private wealth is the basis of the hegemony of this group, philanthropy is essential to the maintenance and perpetuation of the upper class in the United States.

Available in seven trims, pricing starts at just $ 19,995 for the American Value Package (AVP) to one of the upper class trims like our Crossroad tester, which came in at a base of $ 24,995.

In addition, some of the upper class students have taken classes in the past at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

Not funny enough to be truly called a comedy (as it is often labeled) it's a part of the upper class partner switching light comedy genre.

Fortunately, Leigh's grubby humour (and lampooning of the upper class, including a hilariously lisping John Ruskin) makes Turner someone whose company remains a pleasure.

Leslie Hope succinctly sums up the pretentions of the upper class with a cutting monologue.

The grungy headquarters of The East and the slick opulence of upper class gatherings are drawn in vivid detail, and the editing propels events forward with a harrowing edge.

British - born ingénue Cummins, curiously enough, gets top billing over Mature (who was by far the bigger star in 1947) and Vincent Price is the wily detective who knows how to play upon the arrogance of the upper class as he builds his case against Mature.

Gentlemen's Agreement — A film designed to win Oscars disguised as a politely liberal examination of the evils of upper class anti-Semitism.

Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice.

Summary Capsule: The squandered potential of an upper class family of geniuses gets one last chance at redemption when the deadbeat dad, the architect of their woes, attempts to win his back into the fold.

Social commentary of a slightly different kind, Mike Binder's The Upside of Anger is the sort of upper class dysfunction opera that's fallen on hard times (The Safety of Objects, Fallen Angels, A Home At The End of the World, Imaginary Heroes) since the glory days of American Beauty and The Ice Storm, finding itself rejuvenated after a fashion in the smart, warm performances of Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.

The Francis Coppola script and Jack Clayton's direction paint a savagely genteel portrait of an upper class generation that deserved in spades what it got circa 1929 and after.

The fact the app is targeted to a specific market of upper class adults aged between thirty and forty makes the focus of the app very specific unlike any other dating apps.

Known for its sophisticated flare, you won't help but feel part of the upper class while wearing this one.

It was widely thought that silver utensils and goblets contributed a bluish hue to the skin tone of the upper class, resulting in the term «blue - bloods.»

The habits of the upper class consisted of using sliver plates.

He said, «the definition of social protection goes that we are helping the vulnerable but my personal belief is that we are not helping the vulnerable, but it is an investment in the future of the upper class.

It is also a name that is widely chosen for the daughters of the upper class British society, making it very likely that the name will soon be seen all over the place in America!

Breastfeeding rates seriously declined because of the upper class being told it was barbaric.

With all its dubious aspects admitted, Deuteronomy is still a remarkable recovery of Yahwist order, when held against the practice of Judah under Manasseh; and when held against the alternative of a complete destruction of Yahwist order through the Exile and the dispersion of the upper class, it has proved to be its salvation in the form of the Jewish postexilic community).9

They demand nothing short of upper class / caste domination in our society to end and strive for a new order wherein the wealth of nations is no longer concentrated in the hands of a few, but wherein people actively participate in the development and well - being of the nation.

We tend to stick in our suburban, middle class sanctuaries - we are inundated by a world of upper class media and entertainment.

How could anyone suppose that the lower class — the workers, employees, peasants — will unprotestingly accept the dominance of the upper class — bourgeois, capitalist, bureaucratic, technocratic or whatever?

If the Christ paradigm offers salvation to the rich via his identification with the oppressed masses in their struggle for justice, this route must really mean a greater enrichment of experience for that rich man than, let us say, the enjoyment of good books and music which the continued leisure of the upper class could have afforded him.

With the cancellation of the health care levy (which it should be pointed out was graduated and not a flat amount like the old premium), and the NDP tax increases kicking in at 130K and not 100K like the Prentice budget, the NDP has made sure the upper middle class (and some of the upper class) are paying less taxes than under Prentice's budget.

Although some people believe economic status is overrated; many people want to know how much income you need to be considered part of the upper class.

Titled «The Basic Viewpoint and Policy on the Religious Question During Our Country's Socialist Period,» it reasserts the standard Marxist view of religion as a response to the human fear of the terrors of nature — a response manipulated by class societies to rationalize the power of the upper classes and justify the plight of workers and the poor.

Unlike the Europeans, who held that good manners were the property of the upper classes, Americans nourished the conceit that anybody could learn etiquette.

Imitation of the drinking habits of the upper classes is one important factor in influencing th drinking patterns of the middle classes.