Sentences with phrase «quaint ideas of»

To be sure, that government was high on impunity (more than any military government before it); and had a quaint idea of mechanical «discipline», in the whip - coerced queues its War Against Indiscipline (WAI) programme decreed.

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Add to this the often saccharine depiction of martyrs in Christian art and legend, and one has a situation in which martyrdom is seen as a pious, quaint idea from an earlier age.

In the post - «Bourne» era, the idea of a lone operative working in the shadows, holing up in rustic European towns while dodging impeccably cutthroat, improbably glamorous enemies, seems almost quaint, even kitschy — the cloak - and - dagger equivalent of a Hummel figurine.

The simple inclusiveness of that idea and the feeling behind it — the sense that this nation, with all of its troubles, is something we're all in together — may sound especially poignant now, and even a bit quaint.

And there is at least one key change between that era and today: if the idea that life matters seemed quaint in the»60s, then it's downright obsolete in 2001, gone the way of the 8 - track and the Betamax.

Those scrumptious names are a pair of Americans» idea of what passes for quaint, the film being adapted from the 2008 novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.

Those of us of a certain age know that school should start after Labor Day, but that, like cassette players and phones with cords, is just a quaint old - timey idea in many parts of the country.

«The idea that the first chapter is the only promotion in a world of 24/7 conversations seems downright quaint to me.

It's a quaint idea, I know, but the» standard industry practices» of publishing -LSB-...]

While I do love me some indie films, I really hate the idea of not being able to enjoy Locarno for the quaint colorful town that it is.

Think quaint hilltop town, add a cheerful local pancake operation, a couple of interesting hikes, and a few places to overnight, and you get an idea of what to expect.

Outside resort gates, a wonderland awaits: Mayan ruins, jungles, rainforests, wildlife, marine activities and quaint villages filled with friendly people, so if your idea of a honeymoon includes adventures, say the word and make a list of the things you want to see from the resort's long menu of options.

But by introducing the techniques and, even more crucially, the attitudes of industrial production into the realm of the fine arts, Mr Stella provided a road map to the digital age where the idea of the hands - on artist is increasingly quaint.

While the idea of historically identifiable «-- isms» has largely been jettisoned as a quaint 20th — Century notion, there are certainly notable areas of artistic practice that seem to, for whatever reason at certain moments, gain traction with large numbers of artists.

Then again, it could mean that very idea of rebellion has grown quaint.

Now they are going to try a quaint, 19th century idea: blowing air over blocks of ice mounted under the cars.

The idea that a man who created an entire right - of - centre network is now standing back in protection of journalistic independence is beyond quaint.