Sentences with phrase «society ladies as»

Yorkshire terriers were very popular lapdogs of high society ladies as well as high - ranking political figures, with one particular dog having lived in the White House together with the Nixons.

Brooks Brothers makes a great button down — not at all older society lady as most of their clothes read.

This unique love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.

This unique love story follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.

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«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

In our history, in our society, in our churches, the heterosexual box is that into which girls are pressed into ladies who should marry and who must be held within the social order as subordinate to husbands, fathers, or father - surrogates — regardless of the unique and individual capacities, needs, and desires of either women or men.

By uncritically copying white society's class system and materialism, as well as the sterile ideal of the turn - of - the - century white, southern lady, Starks kills both his marriage and, eventually, himself.

Indeed, he creates a virtual phantasmagoria of suffering from actual instances of human barbarity that he has read about in Russian newspapers: Turkish soldiers cutting babies from their mother's wombs and throwing them in the air in order to impale them on their bayonets; enlightened parents stuffing their five - year - old daughter's mouth with excrement and locking her in a freezing privy all night for having wet the bed, while they themselves sleep soundly; Genevan Christians teaching a naive peasant to bless the good God even as the poor dolt is beheaded for thefts and murders that his ostensibly Christian society caused him to commit; a Russian general, offended at an eight - year - old boy for accidentally hurting the paw of the officer's dog, inciting his wolfhounds to tear the child to pieces; a lady and gentleman flogging their eight - year - old daughter with a birch - rod until she collapses while crying for mercy, «Papa, papa, dear papa.»

Around that time, local spirits industry legend LeNell Smothers nominated Gullo as a member for the New York chapter of the charity - driven society Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC).

And women who are unable to breast - feed because of an unsupportive workplace might ask themselves whether having the significant influence of the First Lady behind breast - feeding could help us, as a society, eventually overcome those sorts of obstacles.

The son of former Foreign Secretary Lord Hurd and MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner - who is minister for civil society in the Coalition Government - is today marrying Lady Clare Kerr, the elder daughter of the Marquess of Lothian - better known as former Conservative Party chairman, Michael Ancram.

Dr. Zanetor came across as a lady packed full of ideas, a lady who is passionate about touching lives and elevating society.

The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama has called on the Ghanaian Society to encourage community service with effective supervision for minor offences as an alternative to imprisonment to help reduce congestion in the prisons.

This would basically dictate some of the basics such as who would initiate the flirting; who would pay for dates; what the role of the lady was and what the man was expected to do... basically, it referred to what society terms as the acceptable dating channels and model.

The daughter of an actress (Elaine Inescort) and a British journalist, Frieda Inescort learned the intricacies of High Society on a first - hand basis as the personal secretary of Lady Astor.

Grace, whom Timothy characterizes as «a society lady who spends her time rescuing wretched niggers,» seems a stand - in for upper middle - class whites who have «good intentions» with regard to racial justice.

There are plenty of talented components to this cast, and most every one of them has his or her time to shine, even such much too briefly present forces as episodes 1's Martin Sheen - who nails both Irish - American accent and depth of the good - hearted slaver who comes to find flaws in the traditions he has had to follow - and episode 3's Richard Jenkin, who effectively despicable in his audacious portrayal of a despicable radical racist who is as willing to die as he is to kill to preserve his questionable sense of order - and plenty of other people in between, from the compelling Dennis Haysbert to the charming Danny Glover, so you know that it's saying something to proclaim that leading lady Halle Berry is this series» strongest performance, delivering on powerful layers and emotional range in her engrossing portrayal of a mulatto who is trapped in society by her mixed race, and will face many unbearable hardships that will test her innocence and humanity.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

There is Emma Stone of course, but also Meryl Streep, who gives one of her ripest, richest, gamiest and maddest performances (something like her Maggie Thatcher tribute act in The Iron Lady) as the off - key society warbler in Florence Foster Jenkins.

These problems are invariably posed as personal — in The Lady Pays Off, Evelyn Warren (Linda Darnell) wants to be seen as a woman rather than a mother; in Week - End with Father, Brad (Van Heflin) wants to be seen as a real man rather than a sensitive father — but are generally also depicted as the result of social pressures and, especially in Evelyn and Brad's cases, the ideological positioning of women and men in American society.

We are principally interested in examining the role Hillary Clinton — as First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State — has played as a transformational figure in bridging women's development with democratic institutions in the developing and developed societies.»

Stillman infuses this sharp - witted, frisky tale — based on the Jane Austen novella Lady Susan — with a bubbly effervescence as the widowed Susan (Beckinsale) maneuvers her way through society and finagles her way out of scandal while trying to gain matrimonial advantage for herself and her daughter during a visit to her in - laws.

The first trailer for Phantom Thread, which debuted Monday, offers a first look at Day - Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, an English couturier designing for society ladies («dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock,» reads the film's synopsis) in the middle of the 20th century.

The Casting Society of America and the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival announced Sharon Stone as the recipient of its 2013 Humanitarian and Career Achievement Spotlight Award today.

As a society, we have some glaring areas of non-wholeness, and too often the ladies, minorities and especially women of color get the splintery end of that stick.

Little does he know that his cook, Verity, is using her position in his kitchen to hide from her family and her past as a society lady.

Which brings us to Lady Gone Wicked, as Adelaide attempts to re-enter society despite being thought dead, and Nicholas grapples with his unabated, disconcerting attraction to her.

Her first book Leading Ladies explores the contribution women make to society in their various roles as mothers, carers, career women, entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

Over time, these dogs became very popular as companion dogs, especially for ladies of high society.

A decade later, the breed became a coveted fashion statement for the ladies of high society as they toted the dogs around in large purses or under their arms.

We go to the Athens Area Humane Society and they tell us, you know, that there's what they described as a crazy lady who has been trapping cats for about three years here in Athens, including people's pets.

By the 1920's, Mrs. Barton was well known throughout the community as the «animal lady,» and had found a number of other society women with whom she shared a common goal.

After a little TLC, as you can see Imelda is now a gorgeous and confident «Red Hat Society» lady.

Utilizing society darlings such as Paris Hilton and Kate Moss, art world players such as Jay Jopling and music icons such as Lady Gaga and Rihanna, Barba expresses his debt to Art History and contemporary culture through a satirical and humorous slant.

In her later series with large - format color photographs, Sherman takes up such themes as fashion photography, fairytale figures, horror scenes and high - society ladies.

RM: Many of your recent works, such as Lady Rosa of Luxembourg (2001/2011), Women's House (Sunglasses)(2002 - ongoing) and Report on CEDAW U.S.A. (2011), expose the disregard for women's rights that today pervades both transitional societies and democracies that pretend otherwise.

The show is a sequel to the first Women's Art Society exhibition in October 2013, which took as its starting point the gallery's founding by Lady Augusta Mostyn.

One of the upstairs galleries is devoted to a brilliant hanging of Sherman's recent series of «society portraits,» featuring herself done up as fictional ladies of means, aging with varying degrees of grace.

The gallery has benefited from significant bequests including Lady Lavery Memorial Bequest 1935, Francis Bacon's Studio 1998, Sean Scully Collection 2005 and gifts from including The Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, The contemporary Irish Arts Society as well as from individuals.

«Tattooed New York explores early communities of body art aficionados — such as Native Americans, sailors and soldiers, society women, and «tattooed ladies» — as well as examine how identity is expressed through tattoos today.

She has been called upon to volunteer her expertise to many organizations including: serving as a Facilitator on professionalism for She's a BOSSE, an etiquette clinique equipping young ladies ages 12 - 17 for club memberships, organizations and scholarship interviews; Careeer Mentor for Black Career Women's Network (BCWN); as Region Six Representative for The National Résumé Writers» Assoc.; as a Competitive Event Judge for DECA: International Career Development Conferences; Mock Interviewer for SoCal ROC, Inc. and Résumé Analyst / Career Coach, for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Inc..

While attending Texas Tech, Kaiti was active in the student chapter of the American Meteorological Society and also worked for the Lady Raider basketball team as a student manager.

Madge Irene Davis, S.E.C. is described by her peers as «the best listener of the listeners» and the «first lady» of the Society.