Sentences with phrase «upper crust»

The book's overall focus is the luxurious lifestyle of the artistic upper crust.

While living in upper crust Camden Town, Mr. Bennett offered to let Ms. Shepherd park her van in his driveway for a few weeks until she could make other arrangements.

In 1942 at the decadent Hotel Raffles in Singapore, a collection of snooty upper crust British colonialists make dry comments and deprecating remarks about the invading Japanese.

See his staggering 2000 adaptation of Edith Wharton's «The House of Mirth,» starring Gillian Anderson, a near - surgical dissection of hypocrisy among the New York upper crust at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th.

Flom hailed from New York's Garment District and, following law school graduation, was shunned by upper crust firms.

More than 20 million people are taking Coursera courses through these ivy league and other upper crust schools.

His goal, after all, is not to build an exhaustive database but to gauge the abilities of the preprofessional upper crust.

Keep looking for that alternative leader to bring Labour back to the neoliberal fold, guys, but the pompously upper crust Benn just isn't going to do it.

Klein is known to brag about his public school upbringing in the Bronx, but his dining habits are definitely upper crust.

Texans — Marshawn Lynch, upper crust red geographic area train.

I didn't want to look too upper crust so added a bit of fun by pairing with a short skirt and (you knew the color would come in) a bright neon yellow bag.

Nice locations, Maggie does a good upper crust English accent and Stephen Rea is a fabulous actor even with thin gruel such as this..

Jason gets a taste of the scandalous lifestyles of the Hollywood upper crust while dealing with his growing romantic feelings for Lisa who just so happens to be dating TV hunk Hayden Field (Brian Hallisey).

The greasy upper crust landlord (Greg Cruttwell) might seem over-the-top to many but I know a few people actually like that!

Instead of granting credentials for Thurgood to practice out of his state of licensure, the Judge (James Cromwell) denies Marshall's vocal participation as any form of lead counsel, placing the case in Friedman's hands against the sharp upper crust prosecutor Loren Wills (Dan Stevens).

Earlier in the week, the release of the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary nominees caused a stir for snubbing James's heart - wrenching and expert look at the brutal violence that characterises daily life in the drug - laden neighbourhood adjacent to James's own upper crust Chicago community.

Yet this is typical of her stories that involve a lot of gossip shared over tea sipping in countless drawing rooms, while Austen examines the moral decay of some of 19th century England's wealthy upper crust.

Ray isn't one for talking — and the show's interesting in suggesting that he, by not really trying, blends more easily into the L.A. upper crust than his class - climbing spouse — but unlike Walter White or Tony Soprano, Ray doesn't seem to have a good reason not to open up to his wife about whatever secret history he's harboring.

Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, which was based on Edith Wharton's 1920 Pulitzer Prize - winning novel about illicit romantic desire thwarted by the rigid social strictures of the New York upper crust during the Gilded Age, came as something of a shock when it was released in 1993.

The director let all the actors use their native accents, so you have everything from Buscemi American to very upper crust British speech — not one of those fake Russkie accents in sight.

Too bad, for it would have been an appropriate place for the sneering upper crust to receive the message that emanates from the 2015 Kia K900: you overpaid.

The 2005 Lexus SC430 upper crust convertible did not have the Lexus Link assistance system.

The French upper crust once lived so luxuriously the masses decided to chop their heads off, perhaps hoping to find gold inside the aristocratic piñatas.

This long (more than 600 pages), nutty tome covers a fractious year in the life of the Princeton upper crust in the early 20th century.

Abstract art still riles Britain's cultural upper crust, but major abstract artists have been academicians for some years.

Jafa's provocative enshrouding in garments alluding to Jones» utilitarian, wily and theatrical gender disguise furthers the artist's detailed representation of sexual complexity and class - leaping daring within Black America and mock - horror at the same time within the imaginations of the nation's allured and seduced lily upper crust.

Chambers USA recognizes this versatility and awards the firm upper crust ratings in energy, environment, corporate / M & A, tax, and real estate, among others.

The correspondence also touched off an unusual lobbying campaign among the upper crust of the local political class, aiming to pressure Tribune Publishing to sell.

This is not adjusted for income level as the people I know with more then 3 kids are in the 10 % upper crust.

I'm not judging anybody who has these things... maybe they really do need them for their mission to reach out to the «upper crust» but if so, my question is «How's that mission going?»

In the futuristic Metropolis, (and almost every dystopian future) wealth and privilege are reserved for an upper crust of society, while an enslaved working class allows for excesses and keeps the city running.

It is possible to discover, beneath the inevitable layers of childish wishing and escapism that may at times form the upper crust of symbolic consciousness, a long and continuous straining after mystery on the part of the human race.

Hi Namita... tried this one yesterday... turned out well... had a query... the upper crust was bit sticky..

But the very best part of the pan lies between that upper crust and the meaty sauce: the layer of cornbread that abuts the tomatoes.

That combination of potential and production makes him a candidate for an upper crust deal next offseason — something between the lines of the three - year, $ 42 million deal Allen Robinson signed with the Bears and the three - year, $ 48 million pact Sammy Watkins agreed to with the Chiefs.

you'd think we were pretending like we don't know how the real world operates... I»M NOT SAYING IT»S RIGHT or THAT I CONDONE ANY OF THE 223 RIDICULOUSNESS... I'm simply saying it's hilarious we are shocked that the upper crust gets off easy or that there's rules «they» play by and rules the rest of us play by... it's been going on since the dawn of civilization, why are we so taken back?

Wild didn't have a lot of their upper crust in the lineup and the Jets fall in a shootout.

He could recruit players away from LSU, but he couldn't recruit the upper crust of his own fan base, who poisoned him by refusing to invest money.

The biggest story of the 2016 — 17 Premier League season was the establishment of the six - team hierarchy, so here are six takeaways, courtesy of each member of England's upper crust.

Because the cast iron pan was preheated, your pizza should have already begun crisping up on the bottom and around the edges, but we still need to get at that upper crust.

This novel will have you cracking up as you read about the moms of Manhattan's upper crust.

When it comes to an upper crust, Mrs C clearly has the upper hand.

UPPER CRUST: Hiram Monserrate strolls outside Papaya Pizza in Corona, Queens, where workers say the disgraced ex-senator is «the boss.»