| 单词 | affectation |
| 例句 | His normal intolerance of affectation did not extend to the elegant symmetry of Mess Night. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Esthetics as a parlor affectation is ludicrous and sometimes a little obscene; as a way of life it sometimes attains dignity. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was Robbie, who exasperated her with his affectation of distance, and his grand plans which he would only discuss with her father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “What will we buy?” asked Jo, ignoring the latter part of his speech, and sniffing the mingled odors with an affectation of delight as they went in. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Zooey gave a genuine roar of laughter, as if he clearly relished seeing any affectation brought to light, his own included. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “You don’t know what I can do. Snow produces a glow and a tingle, if applied rightly. Your indifference is half affectation, and a good stirring up would prove it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped his English sounded like Olanna’s; he hoped, too, that his affectation would frighten this soldier into not asking him any more questions. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What happened to your limp? Was it an affectation, or the real thing?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If Dolores knew, she would crawl up in her blanket of affectations and die circumspectly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the crucible of the moment, none of these subsequent affectations or interpretations mattered much, if at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she slid her shades up onto her avatar’s forehead—a blatant affectation, since sunglasses didn’t actually affect a player’s vision—and looked me up and down, making a show of sizing me up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Hymn is written objectively, simply, without a touch of affectation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For another, cigars, with Zooey, were not in any patent way a young man’s affectation. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z What had once seemed an honorable inclination now struck me as a heavy and inconvenient affectation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something--most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning--and one day I found what it was. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And someone says that my Catholicism is a mere affectation, an attempt to play the Evelyn Waugh eccentric to a bland and vulgar secular age. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Subtly and without affectation, Thomas challenges a visitor to measure up to some of the most gifted and popular thinkers and artists of the not-so-distant past. Hank Willis Thomas opens a 'Black Righteous Space' at the California African American Museum 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z On the fluid strummer “Waiting on Words”, Auerbach adopts what is practically a Bee Gees vocal affectation, and the song becomes a psychedelic custard. REVIEW: The Black Keys Go Big on Turn Blue 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Is it a mood, an emotion, an affliction, a form of social protection, a gateway to the essence of the self, the human condition, or a modern affectation? One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z One, I suspect, is an affectation designed to disguise the other, but I am 33 and no longer sure which is which. 'I am not naturally magnetic': can you learn how to be charismatic? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z On this point, teenage affectation and a certain philosophy of wit overlap. The ’90s Cartoon That Mattered? ‘Beavis and Butt-Head.’ (Fight Me.) 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z But aside from these flashier affectations of showbiz, Mr. Lewis, 86, made little effort to disguise his fragility. Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ 2012-07-18T12:00:00Z The bowtie is the affectation for hipsters, barbershop quartet singers and television pundits, not the leader of the free world. The best and worst presidents on TV 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, “Duo” was redeemed by Russell Janzen and Ms. Fairchild, who delivered a gloriously honest performance, unmarred by comment or affectation. At New York City Ballet, Hits, Misses and Daring Dancers 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z But the generic arena affectations and the lack of audience interaction were minor problems compared with Grande’s biggest one: Her gorgeous four-octave soprano was often obscured by her bass-heavy backing band. Review | Not much ‘dangerous’ about Ariana Grande’s live performance 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The expert comic actor Carson Elrod fleshes out Dapper with a veritable arsenal of mimicry and affectations that make his every appearance a delight. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The fedora is his most enduring sartorial affectation. The purity of driven work: Bill Cunningham, model for a committed creative life 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He began using his middle name, David, as a professional affectation. Gary David Goldberg, Creator of ‘Family Ties,’ Dies at 68 2013-06-24T14:07:06Z Slyly, she begins by underplaying the grand lady affectations; she’s a Dolly who might really have lived on the Lower East Side, who still has an accent and a coarse, hoydenish swagger. When You Switch Up on a (Broadway) Star 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z That she achieves all this with perfect clarity and no self-pity, and with her sometimes kooky affectations modulated into an aptly self-deprecating charm, is a mark of Ms. Parker’s maturity and the production’s. Review: Mary-Louise Parker, Resounding in ‘The Sound Inside’ 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Assuming that his personality will be the sum of his affectations, he tries smoking a pipe, "listening to French crooners" and scanning the dictionary for obscure words that speak to his condition. Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. Russell Brand on Amy Winehouse: 'We have lost a beautiful, talented woman' 2011-07-24T22:14:47Z Somewhat restrained and not nearly as mannered as some real-life divas, Moore needed to be more over the top in her affectations to befit a faded star of stature. `Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy 2012-02-20T16:57:08Z Mr. Levine’s shrugging hip-hop affectations are spot-on and funny, and Mr. Ashe’s anxious eagerness to ingratiate himself with his friend strikes a touching chord. Review: ‘Kill Floor,’ a Drama About the Beef Dividing a Mother and Son 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z But what kind of destiny measures up to this novel’s affectations? Books of The Times: A Family Speaks in Someone Else?s Words, but at Least It Chooses the Best 2011-01-16T18:30:55Z The giant head, which never leaves Frank’s shoulders, even in the shower, looks more like an affectation or a long-term art project than a necessary source of psychic protection. ‘Frank,’ About an Offbeat Band and Its Eccentric Leader 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But she has resisted gendered marketing of her music, and her songs mock teen-girl affectations even as some of them are about pining after a boy. Billie Eilish and the Changing Face of Pop 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “Those were the exact words,” Hoffman said, noting the irony that at a time when ostensibly straight rock stars were rewarded for gay affectations, actual gay people were punished for them. Lance Loud Was an Early Reality Star. He Was Also a Gay Punk Pioneer. 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z We had to find the musicality of era-specific speech and behavior, without it feeling like an affectation. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “It’s sad, I listen to the affectation on some of my earlier records and I’m like, I’m really trying hard to cover that up.” Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson Embrace Their Roots, as Plains 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z It is a blurriness perfect for a film preoccupied with cultural reinvention, the compromises and affectations made in aid of success. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z If his easy manner is an affectation, then he's a better actor than plenty of the professionals in town. Bruce Springsteen: 'People thought we were gone. Finished' 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z The Judson collective, among other things, eschewed affectation and mannerism in performance, and for that reason Pat Catterson was an especially riveting sight. The Best Dance of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s not an affectation — well, except that time I got myself invited to a South Carolina state senator’s house to see his Confederate flag. Lonnae O’Neal: Why I sometimes sound blacker than others 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Stand-up can get away with being a disconnected collection of setups and punch lines, but aiming for more should not be considered some kind of gimmick or affectation. Moses Storm and the Case for Pretentious Modern Stand-up 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z In these latter days, it’s not possible to articulate something profound about society’s fragility by striking a series of eccentric affectations. Review | Don DeLillo’s ‘The Silence’ is an absurdist look at our technology dependence 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Walking, standing — everyday movements performed by dancers without affectation to create something new, a kind of pedestrian classicism. Easy Does It: Bringing Old-School Wisdom to City Ballet 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Yet she also locates a molten core of anger — and honor — in Irene’s affectations. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z She insisted in interviews that this wasn’t an affectation, but the result of her penchant for mimicry. Jessye Norman Was a Diva, in the Best Way 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z They call him, in an example of the movie’s flavorless affectations, Disease Boy. ‘The Tiger Rising’ Review: A Cage of Clichés 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In buying his land, which he calls “Sutpen’s Hundred” — the name itself a straining toward colonial affectation — he treats not with a white man but with a local Indian chief, a Chickasaw. Riff: How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z Disingenuous affectations of my former indifference to health were becoming increasingly implausible. 5am ice baths and a strict vegan diet: my year of living (very) healthily 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Tell me you haven’t muttered this under your breath: “He refuses to wear a coat, an absurd affectation, as if coats were somehow ‘square’ or un-cool, as if there were something ‘hip’ about hypothermia. ‘Us’: A fractured family’s trip into parenthood’s regrets While her voice resembles that of Billie Holiday, there’s no sense of imitation or affectation to it, as Dalton’s unique reading of Holiday’s “God Bless the Child” demonstrates. ‘Karen Dalton: In My Own Time’ Review: An Elemental Musical Force 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Alas, though, no matter how garlanded the Oscars are, the Academy is always seeking out new affectations and ways to congratulate itself. How do you know when the Oscars have gone vegan? Answer: they keep telling you 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “When you connected with her, you knew you were connecting with a real person, not a masked person, an affectation of a person. And that’s unusual in fashion.” Roxanne Lowit, Fashion Photographer With a Backstage View, Dies at 80 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z No more Mr. Tough Guy affectations, he said. Josh Brolin Revels in the Role of Go-To Guy 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z His approach to the first movement of Mozart's D major Sonata K311 was straightforward enough, without affectation or contrivance. David Fray ? review 2011-07-21T14:31:23Z He's of that generation – and has that generation's self-protective affectation of jauntiness. Dear Lumpy: Letters to a Disobedient Daughter by Roger Mortimer and Louise Mortimer – review 2013-06-05T11:00:04Z In the late seventies, he gave poetry up, saying that it now seemed to him an affectation, like wearing a necktie. Postscript: Alastair Reid (1926-2014) 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It's the product of something you're not doing, the point where sloth meets affectation – the sweet spot I've been searching for my whole life. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z While the diction is sometimes childlike, even in her maturer poems, their "direct line" to sharp, unmediated experience guarantees them against affectation, and the reader warms to their sensuousness and apparent candour. Poem of the week: The Candle by Katherine Mansfield 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z It was a shadowy hero for a new generation and it helped strip away the colorful affectations of the 1960s “Batman” TV show. ‘Dark Knight III: The Master Race’ Comic Book Prompts Reflection and a Look Ahead 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z But I’m becoming less so, the more we see of his bombastic grandstanding and mustache-twirling affectations. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z This does not mean a nasal affectation, along the lines of that corny old nerdy-voice stereotype that mid-level black comedians do. Sorry to Bother You: is this the most shocking anti-capitalist film ever? 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Vack wrings a great deal from his few words, evoking a troubled past without force or affectation. Review: In ‘I Believe in Unicorns,’ a Princess Meets Her Punk Prince Charming 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The European suits and the shoes with crepe soles … It seemed to Mr Bridge that all of this was an affectation. Lionel Shriver: rereading Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell 2013-02-15T18:30:01Z Was Eliot’s echo—“I trust so”—of Groucho’s stiff, formal language a deliberate dig at Groucho’s affectation or, perhaps, a parody of polite conversation? The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z I’m concerned this affectation will hurt her professionally, and she’s good at her job. Work advice: Want a side of vocal fry with your order? 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z There are moments of white-liberal affectation so sublime that they waft off the page like laughing gas. How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Despite the white makeup, wig and Elizabethan ruff, he doesn’t camp up the female role with a falsetto voice or drag-queen affectations. Now Is the Rylance of Our Discontent 2013-11-27T10:45:21Z Contrasting Warhol's sagging male tits and self-conscious poise – the trussed-up belly, that wig, the neatness of his shoes – she gets both his woundedness and his affectation. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z It’s no coincidence that much of this story takes place in the American desert, a territory that burns away ornament and affectation. Review | Claire Vaye Watkins’s new novel approaches motherhood — with a torch 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z And it improvises on decades of work on the right to stitch the words “effete” and “liberal” together, painting a whole swath of the political spectrum as a feminine affectation. The Medical Mask Becomes a Protest Symbol 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z It could come off as an affectation, and read like standoff-ish arrogance in print. Vampire Weekend: 'People tried to pretend we were rich idiots' 2013-05-03T10:30:00Z With the strings often evocatively gauzy, wind solos slicing piquantly through the textures, he and Guerrero conveyed the work’s mercurial swerves of mood without affectation or exaggeration. Review: Schumann at the Philharmonic. Robert, Too. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z And yet she delivers a performance free of affectation, more than holding her own opposite such veterans as Bridges -- indeed, quite often she steals the scene. Young actress comes clean about "True Grit" 2010-12-09T23:04:00Z The affectation becomes a symbol of conformity, and worse, a betrayal of self. When Black Performers Use Their ‘White Voice’ 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z “Piercing” also leads up to a wryly funny punch line that made this viewer a little more forgiving of its plentiful affectations. ‘Piercing’ Review: A Killer Romance 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z And he was sumptuously at home with the blues, as a style and a sensibility but never as an affectation. Ray Bryant, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 79 2011-06-04T04:45:24Z As you sit with it, you begin to realize that its formal and self-referential curlicues aren’t affectations but aspects of its inquiry. When Political Theater Ditches the Disguises of Fiction 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z When an actor tries to ace a beloved musician’s voice, affectation or general aura, we’re eager to buy in. Perspective | Here’s the problem with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (and every musical biopic ever made) 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. McNally’s Callas is a flamboyant, larger-than-life personality, a molten core of fierce pride, anger and despair wrapped in layer upon layer of affectation, self-aggrandizement and withering sarcasm. A Tough Mama Tries to Find Her Inner Diva 2011-06-23T23:07:53Z It seems my minimalist preference was not a sign of sophistication; it was merely the affectation of an ignorant American. How to transform a bakery croissant into something marvelous 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z But here, for the first time, we saw Carrey without the affectations. Jim Carrey's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Wilcox, meanwhile, is a moving character study of an isolated survivalist, stripped of dialogue and affectation, that marks a bracing change of pace for the usually more mannered Quebecois auteur Denis Côté. Streaming: is the Brazilian film Araby the movie of the decade? 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z But while the birds in that famous “Portlandia” sketch were merely a cute affectation on T-shirts, the octopus has political implications. Put an octopus on it! 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z Whatever effect was hoped for, this viewer just saw affectation. Review: In ‘Cocote,’ an Ambitious Director Undercuts His Simple Story 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Thank God, though I hold them the dearest pleasures in the universe, I have a consolation independent of them in the certainty of your affectation. John Keats letter to Fanny Brawne set for auction 2011-01-25T17:32:31Z She sang them here, with beautifully judged understatement and appropriate lack of affectation, while Adams' orchestral lines wrapped themselves comfortably around her voice. LSO/Adams – review 2013-01-20T16:31:00Z But here he sang with a brassy, almost classical affectation that acted like fingers arched in the air to form quotation marks. Music Review | Gabriel Kahane: Tied to a Time and Place, but Not a Single Style 2010-03-04T22:54:00Z He has no perceptible charisma, while his pseudo-scientific methods and historical affectations are absurd in the extreme. TV highlights 11/12/12 2012-12-10T20:00:02Z But in the ensuing years, it’s become less a resonant worldview than an empty affectation, a way of signaling sophistication and with-it disillusionment — and little else. At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It’s down to whether it’s being worn with ease and conviction or as an affectation. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z The tendency is to understand it as the cousin of affectation, one of the dark arts of charlatanry. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z “Old sport” may be the two hardest words for an American actor to say, but for Gatsby himself they were an affectation, so it is possible to overlook Mr. DiCaprio’s overdone accent. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z He says the difference between Cole Porter and Noël Coward is the difference between “affection and affectation.” Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z She doesn’t have actorly affectations or a good side to turn to the light. In a Double Bill, the Avant-Garde Meets a Very Good Girl 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “He’s not full of affectations. He knows who he is and what he’s interested in exploring. He’s the genius brother that you want to follow and say, ‘I want to do what he’s doing.’ ‘Inherent Vice’ is complex and subversive. Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty normal. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z He’s a reprobate with no confidence in grace, reduced to keeping his spirit afloat with a mixture of self-deprecating irony and the affectations of civility. Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Obama also had a peculiar smoking style, a little affectation. Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z But in 80 minutes of concentrated storytelling that is as much Brothers Grimm as Kafka, the affectations barely matter. | 'Metamorphosis': Inhabiting a Six-Legged Nightmare: What Becomes a Monster Most? 2010-12-02T22:14:00Z I am able to ignore his irritating affectations and pretence at being bish-bosh working class. Jamie Oliver's 30-minute meals are an affront to cooking 2010-12-22T13:30:00Z And among Toulouse-Lautrec’s many talents was the ability to divine a performer’s trademark affectation or gesture, and give it succinct visual form. Toulouse-Lautrec: A master of branding, a lover of celebrity 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s a fair definition of everybody else onstage: These folks just can’t stop dissecting one another’s behavior and motives and affectations. Theater Review: ‘A Month in the Country,’ at Williamstown Theater Festival 2012-08-10T23:46:48Z Seb’s fussy jazzman antiquarianism is, in any case, an entirely plausible millennial affectation. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The elbow patches on his jacket, so endearing at first, started to look like an affectation instead. Dating my therapist 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. McInerney writes well enough that he could have long since shed these ancient affectations and obsessions. Review: Jay McInerney’s ‘Bright, Precious Days’ 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The most divisive aspect of Stuttgart and of Stirling's later architecture is the postmodern affectation of its stone cladding, in pseudo-Italian stripes. Does Stirling work? 2011-04-01T23:05:23Z By standing on their hind legs, they literally prance around in fancy dresses, their odd gaits waived away as an aristocratic affectation. Thomas the Tank Engine, neocolonial fantasy: What his new international pals, and the backlash against them, signal 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Some might see a sort of hipster-twee affectation, but I think there’s a more genuine impulse at work.” The ‘Cabin Porn’ Commune 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z But most of all it is her ebullient warmth, buoyed by fluid skill and an utter absence of affectation, that brings greatness to mind. Review | The Washington Ballet awakens with a lavish, triumphant ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A term like “ultrasound” is “an anthropocentric affectation.” ‘An Immense World’ Is a Thrilling Tour of Nonhuman Perception 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z They liked a big show, and even admired affectation. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z And I want to say something about his weird affectations, but I have every week so far, so whatevs. 'Idol': Pia nails Whitney, Haley fumbles it 2011-03-17T02:32:00Z Put together, the pieces of her life don't fit because they're affectations. "Yellowjackets" gives us more of Misty's origin story in "Digestif" 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Even Kem, whose music can feel antiseptic, studiously stripped of any stray affectations, gave in to religion. Music: Kem and Jos? James Perform in New York 2010-08-10T22:28:00Z The pâté is rich, earthy and beautifully seasoned; it’s Michelin-star cooking, really, but presented without affectation. You ate what?! A fearless foodie’s foray into the bouchons of Lyon 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Butler falls squarely in the middle of this pack, giving a decent performance that adopts some of the affectations of its subject and loosely parodies the other ones. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Marling relies neither on the faux-quirkiness nor the vocal affectations of some of her peers, and the spare simplicity of her arrangements belies her remarkable versatility. Laura Marling | Pop review 2010-03-25T23:30:00Z This rule gets tricky when it’s not clear whether a trait is intrinsic, or is a bizarre affectation, specifically chosen, and deeply revealing of some aspect of personality or culture. Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z I didn't believe in Lights' character in the temper-tantrum scenes of "Lights Out," so his actions seemed more like cliched movie tough guy affectations than credible psychological flaws. So long, "Lights Out" -- you coulda been a contender 2011-04-05T14:01:00Z “I really know that it is a hopeless affectation,” Mr. Lang said in an interview. where have classical music’s uppercase letters gone? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z It is an affectation in the aristocracy; in the lower classes it is merely an excuse for avoiding work.” Books of The Times: ?Death Comes to Pemberley? by P. D. James - Review 2011-12-26T22:48:22Z At one end of the gallery, a large-format photo of a modernist Foggy Bottom building spotlights its aerodynamic affectations. In the galleries: Blasts from the past 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z His affectations and obsessions guide the film’s structure, and when he is finally challenged, the film itself is questioned. The best films of 2018 … that you didn't see 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But the affectations only accentuate the impact of his dazzling hipness when he sings. Kurt Elling 2010-07-05T20:31:00Z The works have a frankness, a lack of affectation or mannerism, which to my mind makes them all the more approachable and direct. Rachel Whiteread: Through the eyes of a child 2010-09-06T20:31:00Z Despite the strong Southern affectations and dry cracks about “valley girls” that pepper her tracks, she is actually Australian, a source of enduring contention in the rap community. Pop Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Even the jazzy score sounds like an affectation. Review: ‘Laugh Killer Laugh’ Works the Noir Waterfront 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z To type it without irony is a strange affectation. In defense of film and TV "hoaxes" 2010-10-22T14:31:00Z At the time it seemed more like a styling affectation than a trend with commercial legs. Front Row: How Cold Is It? Enough to Make Long Johns Stylish 2011-01-12T20:10:43Z No doubt intended to be a hipsterish affectation, the mustache instead made him look like a ripe pubescent whose father hasn’t bought him a razor yet. Justin Bieber Killed the Mustache 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z And aside from the aesthetic affectation, this method also provides an added amount of security. | Clutching Men’s Bags, Big or Small 2014-01-18T18:46:56Z Joshua McGuire is excellent as the supercilious Ruskin, whose affectations Turner cannot help but mock, and whose critical engagement with him he doesn't understand, so which makes him nervous. Cannes 2014: Mr Turner review – Timothy Spall plays artist JMW Turner with relish 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s her sound, not her affectation; she doesn’t make it cute. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z He signed off with a certain affectation, an identifiable term, so I'm not using it here. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She swiped right, and now it feels so, so wrong 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z More disconcerting than the awkward literary affectations is how Stern writes about the actual history of the war. In ‘My War Criminal,’ the Bad Guy Controls the Conversation 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Williams’s finely calibrated performance was utterly free of the tics and affectations that are so tempting to someone who has come to count on and crave the audience’s love. Robin Williams: Frenetic, often fearless actor brought brutal honesty to best roles He still arms himself with acidic volubility against colleagues who illustrate the varieties of human pettiness, narcissism, and affectation. “The Shakespeare Requirement” Is a Sad-Professor Satire That Burns with Moral Anger 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Unlike natural fears, these unfathomable symptoms — sometimes relatively harmless affectations, sometimes devastatingly distressing and impairing — cannot be explained by consideration of their context or by understandable reactions to memories of past dangers. Our new era of anxiety 2012-06-02T22:00:00Z Pahud is refreshingly free of affectation and exudes consummate ease onstage. Review | Emmanuel Pahud dazzles at Kennedy Center 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Unlike others, he had no Reed affectations, yet he looked like Reed—the older version, or an illustration of him, as drawn by an affectionate caricaturist. “The Bells”: Lou Reed Out of Doors 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Her affectation, after all, is an existential choice. | 'The Select (The Sun Also Rises)': ?The Select (The Sun Also Rises)? - Review 2011-09-12T02:01:06Z So all that eye-popping clothing you wore on the show was a kind of affectation? Doc Severinsen Recalls High Notes, Low Notes and Everything in Between 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z She serves her guests meatloaf or veal stew and shuns every manner of culinary affectation and fad. Saving the Endangered Dinner Party 2012-11-28T23:49:55Z Not only does Bourdieu’s “game of distinction” foreground the kinds of cultural affectations that the novel of manners has always loved to skewer; now the characters themselves are hip to the game being played. Riff: ?Why Write Novels at All?? 2012-01-13T22:19:00Z At the other end of the scale — convincing at every instant, not a single false note or affectation — was the performance of Ms. Cojocaru on Saturday. American Ballet Theater Presents ‘Giselle’ 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The credibility bookcase, with its towering, idiosyncratic array of worn volumes, is itself an affectation. The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z His appearance changed over the years along with his affectations, such as a fan he at one time carried and fluttered incessantly. Karl Lagerfeld: fashion's prolific commander-in-chief 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z That affectation becomes increasingly funny, even as it reminds us of the peculiarity and the impermanence of our own lives. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “For Christmas,” Ms. Heiny writes, using the intrusive affectation of the second person, “Boris gives you a framed poster of the major food groups.” Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z It sounds like music made by musicians who might respect hippies but who are not hippies themselves: it has no self-congratulatory folksy affectations. Listening to Devon Sproule 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z He said his "consolation" was "in the certainty of your affectation". Keats love letter sold for ?96K 2011-03-29T20:48:25Z This second night of his European tour features a live band and a lead violinist, an unnecessary affectation that has also been made possible by Kanye West. Drake/ J Cole ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:38Z The players insist it’s all about affection, not affectation. 'Lost Title Tracks': Recording the greatest songs that never were 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z An attractive aspect of Hewitt's playing is her way of creating contrast in a way that avoids affectation. Britten Sinfonia/Hewitt ? review 2011-04-05T17:45:01Z The characters may be objectionable but they are usually well-intentioned and always recognisable: their affectations will resonate in enclaves from Williamsburg, Brooklyn to Stoke Newington in London. TV streaming: six of the best shows 2013-02-16T16:00:00Z He is admired for his elegance, immaculate technique, sterling tone and lack of affectation on stage or interpretively. Pianist Yundi adds some flair, but his Beethoven still lacks drama at Bowl 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The tradition is gorgeous, but too often the shows are dishearteningly high on affectation and low on artistry. Spring Performance: Dance: Speaking In Rhythm Of Footwork 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z They both found the sincerity, and even a kind of wisdom, in the affectations of women for whom theater was both a religion and a game. Jan Maxwell Was a Star Made for the Stage 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Bands like the Stone Roses, or at least their progeny such as Oasis, did their level best to banish arty affectation from pop. New band of the day ? No 931: Alpines 2010-12-15T16:48:54Z A fashionable affectation, honoring the royal family’s German origins. Review | Cheer yourself up with light comedies from another era 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z She writes of a Lagos filled with climbers, debating the merits of American affectations versus English ones for their children, gravitating to those who hold enough power to dispense favors. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z The novel engages the tropes of the comedy of manners, a genre of societal critique that dates back to classical Greece and locks its gaze on the affectations and hypocrisy of the upper classes. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z But the cast –which notably includes Sophie Thompson as a provincial squire’s wife with worldly affectations – plies comic exaggeration with synchronized precision. Critic?s Notebook: London Theater Journal: It's About Time 2012-02-02T15:38:37Z Singing standards with forthright sweetness and hardly a jot of flowery affectation, Ms. Haden creates a serene foil for Mr. Motian’s brushwork, with its cobwebby flutter. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z Instead, her singing has a wonderful, uncomplicated directness, utterly free of mannerisms or affectation. Sandrine Piau/Roger Vignoles – review 2012-10-14T15:34:41Z Decades later, her speech is still festooned with quotations from the Bard, an affectation that makes her even more eccentric. ‘No. 4 Imperial Lane’: A powerful elegy for lost love and lost empire 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z She’s got useful questions and tensions in her whole presentation, between affectation and plainness, between being a kind of historian and a blank slate. Music Review: Angel Olsen at the Glasslands Gallery 2012-11-13T23:41:46Z But affectation is the last thing that springs to mind when Bradley unleashes his secret weapon, a scream that's simultaneously joyously cathartic and profoundly unsettling. Charles Bradley: Victim of Love – review 2013-03-28T15:30:01Z I only wish he could break his habit of facing his soloists and mouthing their words as they sing, an attention-grabbing affectation, and also a distraction. Review: ‘Theodora,’ Once a Handel Flop, Is Celebrated Anew 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Järvi's brand of theatricality borders on affectation, but it went down well with the young players and proved suitably dramatic in the macabre showpiece of Liszt's Totentanz. National Youth Orchestra/Kristjan J?rvi ? review 2011-01-06T21:44:01Z One interviewee is a film professor who has named each of his cats after a Cordova affectation. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z With no affectation whatsoever, and a voice directly wired to her emotions, she makes Lucille our way into a story we might rather turn away from. Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet is young and ardent without affectation, and Donald Crisp and Anne Revere as Mr. and Mrs. Brown act most intelligently. Elizabeth Taylor: how Guardian critics rated her films 2011-03-24T08:30:00Z Obviously it was a literary affectation, or just a communicative tic. Just Friends? Let Me Read Between the Lines 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s true: in conversation, Adams is gracious, candid and free of movie-star affectations. In Arrival, Amy Adams Takes a Listening Tour of the Universe 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z His character, Moose, is a walking bundle of quirks and affectations that barely even register as human. The Fanatic: John Travolta and Fred Durst made a horror movie together 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Stylistically, McCann leans very heavily on one particular syntactical formation, the sentence capped by two or more lilting verbless fragments, which comes to seem like a mechanical affectation. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann – review 2013-06-01T07:30:01Z Likewise, despite his rebellious affectations — preternaturally black hair, a Dead Kennedys T-shirt, Doc Martens with red laces — Theroux comes across as highly disciplined. Justin Theroux is the main course in 'The Leftovers' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “It’s because I’m bald. What do you call that style – le pork pie? I just like hats. Maybe it’s an affectation – but it’s better to be elegant than not.” Jacques Audiard: ‘I wanted to give migrants a name, a shape… a violence of their own’ 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s a moment of naughty joy, a triumph of knowledge over education, of taste over breeding, of style over affectation—but, good-natured at its heart, it’s also a moment of unifying anti-snobbery. The Beautiful One: Prince On-Screen 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Riley renders this affectation literally in “Sorry to Bother You,” dubbing white actors’ voices over the black faces onscreen, including David Cross, of “Arrested Development” fame, for Mr. Stanfield. When Black Performers Use Their ‘White Voice’ 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z At first this smacks of affectation: after 20 pages, one asks what is the point of an imitation of Tristram Shandy when one might just as well read . The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf – review 2013-01-11T20:00:04Z But she’s also marvelous at making — or perhaps letting — her dancers look their best, distinctive without affectation. Dance Review: Vicky Shick’s ‘Pathétique/Miniatures in Detail’ 2014-04-18T22:12:12Z In cutting Scott, he goes beyond a mere lack of affectation into positive derision, mocking the pretensions of the refined society that mocked him. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He doesn’t have — Jim Downey calls them ‘handles’ — almost like this port of entry where you get in there and mess around with his mind or his affectations. “‘SNL’ is still the center of his universe”: “Live From New York” author goes deep on Lorne Michaels’ legacy and the future of “Saturday Night Live” 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Never cloying, she comes at her role simply and without affectation, and suggests that happiness is less birthright than stubborn spiritual discipline. Review | Hayley Mills became a Disney darling at 12. Her new memoir recalls how it went from there. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Strewing the plate with tender, pale-green pine needles seemed like an affectation at first, but their flavor lifted and brightened the whole package. At Gem, a Teen Wonder Plays in the Big Leagues 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z For all of their genre affectations, Porter’s songs are still too traditional for this to be remotely acceptable. Iago and spouse can’t carry punk ‘Othello’ 2014-03-18T23:08:32Z “Not at all” was precisely what Mr. Selznick — who sought a lack of affectation conspicuously absent from child stars of the day — wanted. Tommy Kelly, Who Played a Hollywood Tom Sawyer, Dies at 90 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z By the time he left university and started teaching classics at Birmingham, this sort of high-spirited affectation had largely burned away. Letters of Louis MacNeice edited by Jonathan Allison 2010-06-05T08:05:00Z This is not an affectation, failure is what writers do. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z A decade and a half later — no tattoos, kids, felonies or affectations — as normal as this mad city allows. Is this the face of L.A.’s next major artist? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It was a strange and endearing habit, one that showed a disregard for the literary world’s affectations. Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z “Starting with ‘and’ is an affectation derived from Eliot that is very tempting, but you should avoid it at all costs,” she paraphrased. Up Close: Lisa Grunwald?s True Colors 2010-04-21T21:07:00Z The actors distinguish themselves through affectations: a raised eyebrow, a bow, a giggle, a swept leg, a daintily dropped handkerchief, a cleared throat. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Under all of the affectations and complicated narratives lay massive hooks and a good, if overused, grasp of the power of dynamics. Review: Mumford & Sons Switch the Sound Up on 'Wilder Mind' 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Does that mean a mechanical dive watch is nothing but a retro affectation? Does Anyone Actually Go Diving With a Dive Watch? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z I wanted to ask, trudging through “Fifty-Two Stories” — these affectations? A ‘Full Deck’ of Chekhov, With the Translators as the Wild Cards 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Monsoon contorts her face with the rubbery magic of Lucille Ball, while Scales, in addition to being a virtuosic pianist, has mastered the cadences and affectations of 1930s screwball film. | Jinkx Monsoon’s Joyfully Cracked Ode to Vaudeville 2013-07-17T22:20:27Z But much of “The Official Preppy Handbook” just codified widely known information about high-WASP habits and affectations. Books of The Times: Preppily Perplexed? A New Guidebook 2010-08-29T23:10:00Z Mr. Buatta was mischievous, and he liked to poke fun at the affectations of the world he inhabited, but he was serious about his work and relentless in his pursuit of perfection there. The Death of Chintz 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Williams matches Ms. Smith in amusing affectations. Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z No one at Rose’s seems to fear Silverman, even with his spiky black hair and tattoo-covered arms, which are more a chef’s affectation than signs of any menace that lie within. Rose’s Luxury chef Aaron Silverman masters the art of serious play The gestures and affectations aren’t just acts of glorified mimicry, however; they are a statement on the Venn diagram of gay male tropes and a particular brand of performance by women. ‘This American Wife’ Review: Wives Out, Knives Out 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Lincoln replied that he had never worn whiskers: “Do you not think people would call it a silly affectation if I were to begin it now?” Can we talk about the senior citizens running for president and how they try to look younger? 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The three muses, sealed off in their pretty posing and affectations, didn’t register his ridiculousness, making the ballet seem shallower than it is. City Center’s Balanchine Festival Lacked a Balanchine Quality: Boldness 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Groff draws her readers into the mind of Bit, the first kid born into the midst of Arcadia’s affectations. Books of The Times: ?Arcadia,? a Novel by Lauren Groff 2012-03-18T20:59:20Z Things that once appeared immovably vital are now relics to be examined, mourned, and recast as affectations. Why Record Stores Mattered 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But as she carefully presents Frankie’s absurd affectations, she doesn’t convincingly reveal the genuine, roiling hurt that they disguise. Review: A Housekeeper Claims Center Stage in ‘Member of the Wedding’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z For a brand that eschews affectation, this is maybe the one misstep, the stuff of R.R.L. and its ilk. Critical Shopper: Thinly Veiled Restraint 2011-03-09T18:33:56Z Despite Vidal’s prodigious literary imagination and Buckley’s editorial prowess, both were dinosaurs of the drawing room whose pseudo-patrician affectations rendered them instant parodies of intellectuals. Buckley, Vidal, and the Birth of Buzz 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z When not riffing on the affectations of contemporary foodie culture, she has sport with the posturing of self-help gurus. ‘Season to Taste,’ by Natalie Young 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Every essential is there: vocal and physical beauty, superior technical resources, a wide range and a deep musicality that allows her to communicate words and music without affectation. Mezzo Joyce DiDonato dazzles in sold-out song recital at U. of C. 2011-02-19T21:07:00Z More often, the weirdness and affectations seem gratuitous. Review: The new 'White Men Can't Jump' has some game but falls short of original 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Carroll proved long ago it’s not an act or affectation; it’s just who he is, for better or worse. Pete Carroll enters his 50th coaching season even more fired up than usual about Seahawks 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Outside of news and sports and awards ceremonies, live television has been something of an affectation since the 1950s: a stunt, a gimmick, occasionally an aesthetic experiment. Chris Rock's Netflix special packs a punch, despite some mistargets and live gimmick 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Reading the book on paper, you might notice the literary affectations — the one-sentence paragraphs, the super-short chapters, the occasional fancy phrase or five-dollar word — and have your doubts about Harry’s contribution. Review | Prince Harry’s audiobook is worth a listen, even if you’re sick of him 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z A creature of social affectation, he’s lost touch with any artistic authenticity he might once have possessed. Commentary: The case of a mysterious Edward Albee play that has resurfaced in L.A. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Some said that what we saw as a lack of intelligence was in fact a regional affectation: Walker speaks the way many Black people in Georgia speak. Competence and common sense prevail in Georgia 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z She embodies Wednesday with her flat affectation and utter disdain for her peers. Netflix's 'Wednesday' is the 'Addams Family' spinoff we deserve 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But “Decision to Leave” is also needlessly complicated and at times almost impossible to follow, its narrative inscrutability often coming across less as the result of nonlinear storytelling than as simply a cinematic affectation. Review | ‘Decision to Leave’: Murder, romance and a plot that’s hard to follow 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Many officials speak of producing offspring as a moral duty, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemning those who don’t as indulging in a decadent bourgeois affectation. Iran is urging people to have babies — and making life hard for those who don't want to 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z De Armas came to believe Monroe’s affectations were manifestations of her unmet emotional needs and distress, but the vocal range was only one aspect of her task. Ana de Armas never expected to play Marilyn Monroe. The opportunity changed her life 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z "Faith and values" politicking, once an affectation of the religious right, had now become a Democratic "best practice." How Democrats dumped secularism, found God — and doomed Roe v. Wade 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z But like those affectations, its sole purpose is to give him cover. Perspective | Boris Johnson is a master of distraction. What if that stops working? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z For that bourgeois affectation, she said, he was taken for a “study session” and never came back. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Stopping and spirit animals are just the kind of affectations that make “serious actors” such easy fodder for ridicule. Perspective | William Hurt was a serious actor, with all the baggage the term entails 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z With his affectation for a kerchief tied around his neck and popped-collar jacket, Bogdanovich cut a singular figure as he often made public appearances to speak about his films or those of his filmmaking heroes. In Peter Bogdanovich's best movies, and some of the worst, the past and present collide 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z After all, Lasso’s aw-shucks affectations mask a deep wellspring of anxiety, alcohol dependence and naïveté. What Did Romney and Sinema’s Halloween Costumes Really Mean? 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z If it’s an affectation, it’s one she’s had so long that it’s natural to her now. In her Theranos fraud case, Elizabeth Holmes is speaking for herself 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Ten layers deep in sardonic detachment, I felt humiliated that a stranger might believe I’d bought into the empty affectations of the biker. I Fell in Love With Motorcycles. But Could I Ever Love Sturgis? 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z And Taylor-Joy’s performance — which captures the way a naive young woman might try on the affectations of sophistication, like a dress that doesn’t quite fit her — is a lovely contrast to McKenzie’s more unaffected innocence. Review | Edgar Wright’s horror film/love story ‘Last Night in Soho’ is equal parts delicious and disappointing 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Like many of Finn's recent records, it was initially recorded on tape - not just as an aesthetic affectation, but because of the way it changes people's habits. Crowded House's Neil Finn: The most debauched we got was water fights 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The casually tossed-off insults, morbid asides, petty bon mots and arch affectations toe a treacherous line, constantly threatening to become insufferable. Review | Michelle Pfeiffer reigns over flawed ‘French Exit’ with mesmerizing hauteur 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The beret is the perfect affectation for the searcher, the seeker and the student. Are the beret wearers of Silver Lake and Echo Park here for revolution or croissants? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The child actors match such understated cinematic ambience with great lack of affectation. Review: Flashback to Lebanon '1982,' for an empathetic look at life with war on the horizon 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z It never overdoes the retro affectations, and the lengthy middle section that slowly builds to the appearance of a choir is particularly fantastic. Adele – every song ranked! 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Chalamet frequently extols how much he likes old things, old movies and books and music, even seeing his gambling habit as some sort of charming, Damon Runyon-esque affectation. Review: Woody Allen is back with 'A Rainy Day in New York.' But it's just more of the same 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z “There are no affectations with him, in terms of his personality or what he needs on set,” Dunst continues. The endless intrigue of Jesse Plemons 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z But even if they clash over Boston’s lighter skin and his affectations, they did all end up in the same place for a reason. Review: ‘The 24th’ is a sobering history lesson for today 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z We’re also years on from her early albums being mocked by critics for their sometimes flimsy affectations. Lana Del Rey's swipes at her peers of colour undermine her feminist argument | Laura Snapes 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z His ability to adopt an aw-shucks affectation even as he bears witness to some of the most bizarre things committed to animation makes him one of the most endearing aspects of the show. Rick and Morty’s Chris Parnell thinks Jerry would do very well in quarantine 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z With his new personal style, Warhol was breaking down any distinction between affect and affectation. Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But today “eh” is more likely to be used as an affectation than as a feature of oral expression. In truth, 'eh' may not be as Canadian as the world thinks 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The weighty worlds of art and academia intersect with palpable affectation in “Impossible Monsters,” a visually studied but dramatically muddy first feature by Nathan Catucci. Review: Broadway's Santino Fontana takes a dark turn in the pretentious ‘Impossible Monsters’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Teams are seeking to convey authenticity and gravitas by adopting traditional European-style handles such as FC and United that are, in a North American context, affectations. Austin Gilgronis: why would a US rugby club name itself after a cocktail? 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The fashion critic said “the coat is a distraction” and “a discomforting affectation taken to a ludicrous extreme.” The Washington Post attacks Melania Trump's 'ridiculous' jacket after approving her Christmas decorations 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Potter’s modesty is not an affectation and it is true that, six months into his tenure, Brighton have not quite stopped the world turning on its axis. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z He sometimes wore eyeliner under one eye, as “my latest affectation” and as a reminder for bartenders to look their customers in the eye. Gary Regan, ‘Joy of Mixology’ author who helped lead cocktail revolution, dies at 68 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Devoid of actorly affectations, the performances imitate the understated expressiveness of the colorful statuettes in that they encapsulate human essence without words. Review: Questioning masculinity in Peruvian drama ‘Retablo' 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Now, at 74, if anyone has earned the right to casually drop names and use terms such as “lover” without affectation, it is her. Carly Simon on turning down Donald Trump: 'I thought he was kind of repulsive' 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z If there’s anything more tedious than listening to the F-bomb-laced blather of stoned teens it’s enduring a privileged white kid’s hip-hop affectations. Review: Alex Wolff's ‘The Cat and the Moon' quickly wears out its welcome 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z They have canine features, but human affectations, like mythological creatures that exist in dreams. William Wegman: ‘Weimaraners are serious and try hard. They’re spooky and shadowy’ 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Having said that, what was once a careless affectation increasingly begins to look essential. Raising hopes and denying gropes: Tory conference leaves no fantasy untouched 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z “I think there’s a little bit of an affectation in the question of, you know, ‘Is it fun?’ ” he told me. How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Such disconnect might sound like arty affectation, but the opposite is true, for what quickly comes across is wholly recognizable life. Review: Dianne Wiest faces an apocalypse in Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Aside from a few flourishes and affectations, the arguments start to sound like Mad Libs. The Poway Synagogue Shooting Follows an Unsettling New Script 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But it also works for him because Gen X affectations don’t have much downside for straight white men. Perspective | Beto O’Rourke is a walking, talking Generation X cliche 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z They love Disney, and their house was pink, and their room was purple, and the way that Gypsy's voice had this affectation, and all the layers of deception. ‘The Act’ shows a new side to the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case — and its two stars 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z No 15-year-old, ever, has pronounced it “sol-yoo-tion”, so this is just one of those affectations they teach you at legal eagle school, along with thinly disguised greed and functional alcoholism. Worried about Brexit? What, with these geniuses in charge? | Marina Hyde 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It appears to be a curious hangover from that 70s habit of serving steak with grilled tomatoes, an entirely pointless affectation. How to eat: a steak sandwich 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s only when those affectations fall away that the film gets somewhat close to authenticity. Reviews: Danish comedy ‘St. Bernard Syndicate,’ French disaster flick ‘A Breath Away’ and more 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Ersatz soul gives itself away at 20 paces: too much vintage window dressing, too many post-Winehouse affectations. Tunisian techno, Xitsongan rap and Satanic doo-wop: the best new music of 2019 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z There remains, true to form, beauty in the chaos she conjures, both in the cosseting string section and the sense of awe she exudes without affectation. The 50 best albums of 2018: the full list 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z "I would argue very strongly that it is definitely not an affectation," she said. How has Calvin Harris kept his accent? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Sophie’s transformation is no mere affectation, but a deep, conscious choice that, as we later learn, keeps the drab, sad reality of her actual self at bay. Review: Corinne Shor explores identity with style in solo piece 'I am Sophie' 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Sounds like the affectation of an old fogey. Prince Charles at 70: is this multimillionaire really a role model for frugality? 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z This referencing of some of our finest cinematic artists isn’t some pretentious affectation; it’s crucial to the way Jenkins sees his characters and the world they inhabit. 'If Beale Street Could Talk' wraps Toronto in a loving embrace, while 'High Life' and 'First Man' probe new frontiers 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The hippie affectations of “Mass” drive many people up the wall, but it stands as Bernstein’s wildest, bravest creation, its anarchic shouts of “Dona nobis pacem” giving voice to the composer’s radical politics. Leonard Bernstein and the Perils of Hero Worship 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Hughes, meanwhile, sees contemporary parallels in the way Thackeray's creations are obsessed with surface affectation and superficial finery. 'Without Spielberg I'd be the Vanity Fair maid' 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z He disliked affectations, often skewering social mannerisms in his works, and he lived offstage the simplicity he espoused on it. Paul Taylor, prolific modern dance choreographer, dies at 88 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z This seems like some sort of affectation, and it annoys me. “A Refugee Crisis” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z He wasn’t even putting on an affectation — that was him. Classic Hollywood: For 30 years, Jim Cummings has brought Winnie the Pooh to life 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Without superfluous affectations, the closed Aeons have a sparse sound that leaves plenty of air around each instrument or vocal, exposing everything in a recording, and doing so with the utmost realism. MrSpeakers Aeon Flow headphones review: songs of ice and fire 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z When the audience laughs at Bregoli’s affectation — part Florida, part Brooklyn, part misconceived Black Vernacular English — she calls them all “hoes,” then invites them to fight: “Cash me outside, howbowdah?” The Big Business of Becoming Bhad Bhabie 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z That is the heart of absurdity—to see the defenses and pretenses and affectations we’ve built up shatter and crumble in the face of an indifferent universe. The USGA remains its own worst enemy - Golf Digest 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z There are many photos of him, and his symbol is omnipresent, but I was hoping for evidence of his outsized quirks and affectations—clues to some bigger truth. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “People see the superficiality of the fashion world and maybe then see affectation. But that’s not me.” ‘Race does define me,’ says André Leon Talley — and now the fashion icon is ready to talk about it 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z But, sometimes to his detriment, he never wore it as a pose or affectation; he left those life experiences understated, or simply unstated. Opinion | President George H.W. Bush is an extraordinary example for our times 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z For all the slogans and all his affectations the new boss is just the same as the old boss. Fifa’s ‘hardline approach’ at World Cup will be to take the money and run | Marina Hyde 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z These little affectations only add to the overall equipoise, in the same way that a completely bare waiting room is eerie but a waiting room with a ficus evokes no feelings at all. Letter of Recommendation: Airport Layovers 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z If Garfield captures the spiritual dimension of the role with majestic anguish, Harrison clarifies that the character's camp flair isn't merely an affectation but how he moves through an oppressive world. For the Berkeley Rep revival of 'Angels in America,' the play is the thing 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The white suit was a Southern affectation that Wolfe did not succumb to until he called New York City home. Perspective | The genius of Tom Wolfe’s white suits 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It's by far the best scene in the show — as it is in the movie — and not just because watching children mimic adult affectations is so delightful to us as a species. 'School of Rock': When Axl Rose meets Andrew Lloyd Webber 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z That she does so is hardly an affectation but rather a reflection of her confident personality and, yes, her sense of fashion. Opinion | Melania Trump’s remarkable hat 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Cochet said some of his artist friends dismiss his choice of phone as a hipster affectation, an artist’s asceticism. A simple flip phone is the new protest statement 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z In a quest for instant credibility, newborn franchises such as Atlanta and Minnesota drape themselves in Anglicized affectations such as “United” and “Football Club”. MLS's turf problem: can a league be world-class on artificial grass? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Casual observation lends itself to this being a strange affectation practiced by Asian women. Do Face Masks Really Keep You Healthy? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The trend manages to cram a tremendous number of tedious affectations into tight quarters: design fetishism, ostentatious minimalism, costly self-abnegation. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Givhan described the practice as long ago having ceased being about fashion and becoming more about affectation. Opinion | Melania Trump’s remarkable hat 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z That the affectation of something exquisite is possible not just at any moment but at the right moment. Was Jordan Spieth really good in 2017 … or really lucky? It's time for a closer look - Golf Digest 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s a stark setup, wonderful in its lack of affectation. Perspective | My favorite things in 2017 theater in Washington, New York and beyond 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Literary affectations were not appreciated – style was anathema. Will Self: memories of the artist as a young addict 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Put aside, colorful though they make this article, the peculiar cultural affectations of affluent hipsters, yuppies, and instant tech multi-millionaires. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z All you have to do is readjust your mind-set to a time when a ridiculously plummy accent was a sign of status, and not an affectation routinely adopted by estate agents in the Cotswolds. Review: The Crown on Netflix ★★★★☆ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z She hopes to curtail her frequent use of cursing, to improve her grammar and to develop a more sophisticated affectation. For Teenager, ‘What I See in the Mirror Is Not What I Am’ 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Masks once considered an affectation of hypochondriac tourists are these days routinely worn by government workers and regular people on the street. Anger rises as toxic air chokes India’s capital 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z She’s a little dorky and he’s a little awkward, but the affectations are minimized, and these two traverse that familiar path from loathing to longing with a more tempered comic edge. Seattle Rep’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ goes for maximum farce 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z But I'm not sure if that means people confuse, say, annoying hipster affectations with gentrification itself. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The one thing that threatens to detract from Molly’s Game is an opening sequence that’s overstuffed with directorial flourishes and affectations. Molly’s Game is proof that Aaron Sorkin directs exactly like he writes 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s a stupid affectation, but thematically appropriate, so give me a break. Reading Stephen King’s It is an exhausting way to spend a summer 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This did not stop her being judgmental of everybody else’s online affectations, but that, of course, was the inherent paradox. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Despite Trump’s many affectations toward Christian faith, it didn’t matter if he was God’s man. Yearning for the end of the world 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z His counsel included those dress-down sweaters and other no-frill affectations — a response to the perceived high-handedness of the disgraced President Nixon. Again breaking ground, Trump takes the permanent campaign to new heights 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The failures of this nation exceed the bizarre affectations of its would-be autocrat. My fellow Americans, it’s time to intervene in our failed state | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Television laugh tracks are often thought of as one of the worst sitcom affectations. The internet saved the laugh track 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “To skip showers, she cultivated the pirate-style bandana into a permanent affectation at work.” Perspective | A horror story: What would you do if the U.S. economy collapsed? 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s got style and swagger to burn, and some of the set pieces are ingeniously staged, but it panders to the lazy affectations of a generation raised on lip-sync battles and late-night karaoke culture. Review | ‘Baby Driver’ has musical swagger to spare, but is ultimately a fetishistic ode to mayhem 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z To some, it is an unalloyed gesture of love by a caring and sensitive man; to others, it is an embarrassing affectation. Novak Djokovic’s peace mission may have neutered killer instinct – McEnroe 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z But there’s no need for that kind of affectation. Chris Buck's best photograph: Billy Joel in the dark with an Applause sign 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But to genuine medical conditions as an affectation? 'A little bit OCD': the downside of mental health awareness | Dean Burnett 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Fashion a yachtsman in Newport, R.I., might slip on for cocktails, but it conjures no such affectation on Gabrus, whose swagger is more longshoreman on tug boat. Wild, brash and funny Jon Gabrus takes on Hollywood's bruising world of comedy 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z For the buffoonish and endlessly ineffectual Van Peteghems, affectation knows no bounds. Bruno Dumont goes unexpectedly light with wacko French comedy 'Slack Bay' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Such habits were not to be construed as affectation. Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinema of Resistance 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The affectation had come to define him: Carlson was primarily known—and, in no small number of television households, reviled—as the self-assured young conservative who dressed like a spelling-bee champion. Tucker Carlson’s Fighting Words 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z That the word ‘English’ is preceded in the name of the library project by the word ‘evolving’ is no empty alliterative affectation. Not just dwingey chimbles: dialects are alive and kicking 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps the indoor moat is too shallow, or the indoor waterfall imperfectly framed, or the home’s third turret is an unnecessary affectation and must be destroyed. From a factory in Paterson, mansions for the 1 percent 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z A jet-black carpet that rolls ZZ Top-style nearly down to his belly button, the filmmaker’s prodigious facial hair might strike you at first as some kind of hipster affectation on steroids. The Hendrix-fueled vision that led Jordan Vogt-Roberts to take 'Kong: Skull Island' was a monster undertaking 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Mackey-Kallis said “like,” as a speech affectation of young speakers, is perceived as “cool” or “generational speak.” So, Um, How Do You, Like, Stop Using Filler Words? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z His devotion was strict but without affectation; you’d never picture him in spats. A D.J. Who Brought Two Decades to Life 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding his opposition to Trump, and his highbrow affectations, French is an obsessive with the usual checklist of niche grievances. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles to read in this 'peak Trump' week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Zardulu speaks slowly, either as an affectation of mystery, or because she carefully chooses her words. She staged a viral story. You fell for her hoax. She thinks that’s beautiful. 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z They were a declaration of surrender — or, at their silky best, an affectation. The fashion industry really wants you to wear pajamas on the street. Don’t do it! 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z They also referred to China as “Shina,” a Japanese affectation regarded as highly derogatory following the wartime occupation. Hong Kong Hears Case Brought Against Rebel Lawmakers 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z What mostly triggered the outpour of anger from pro-China groups however was their pronunciation of China as “Shina” — a Japanese affectation first used during the wartime occupation and consequently regarded as highly derogatory. Hong Kong Separatist Lawmakers' Third Swearing-In Delayed 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The most enchanting aspect of “22” is the way that Vernon’s voice grows in confidence, shedding its affectations, digital or otherwise. Bon Iver’s New Voice 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The Zetas originated from a team of élite commandos who defected from Mexico’s armed forces, so the cartel was prone to paramilitary affectation. The Teen Killers of the Drug War 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z They talk like we do but with some funny affectations, eh! Bouncing with Canada and how to break a tie 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Right now, though, it's too expensive to be much more than an affectation, but perhaps the seeds for something bigger are being planted. This glowing obelisk will grow weed in your bedroom at the touch of a button 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “He liked to have the affectation of going to a working-class bar and stuff like that,” Birgeneau says. Meet the college dropout who invented the gravitational wave detector 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But the pivot is hard for Victoria’s Secret, which was built on affectation, not authenticity. How the ‘Bralette’ Has Upended Victoria’s Secret 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z But the shop’s sleepy affectations belie the mischief of his work. From Cathedral or Saloon to Guitar 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z An annoying affectation that runs through the play is the use of German accents for comic effect by characters who are, after all, speaking their native language, in which they would not have accents. Review: Billowy Bloomers Made Her the Talk of Düsseldorf 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z And rappers’ penchants for bling and Krug mirror Hamilton’s own aristocratic taste in clothing and society, an affectation for which he was widely criticized. ‘Hamilton’: A patriotic and subversive story of will, skill and a quill 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Even so, the novel he so opportunistically crafted — for all of its he-man affectations and naked voice-of-a-generation strivings — does hold up remarkably well on rereading. How Hemingway turned from obscurity to phenomenon 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Like her alter ego, the 26-year-old is warm, vivacious and refreshingly free of affectation. Danielle Brooks sinks her teeth into the Taystee role on 'Orange Is the New Black' 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z As much as she tells herself that she closed the door on that night and never thought of it again, her affectations suggest otherwise. 'Outlander' recap: The one where no one's ready 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z For the Humboldt farmers, Sonoma County's subterranean tasting rooms and Tuscan affectations offered a glimpse into a rarefied realm of legal intoxicants. North Coast marijuana growers fear a takeover by 'Big Alcohol' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But that may be too much of an affectation. Smile! The Polaroid-Style Instant Camera Is Back 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Turntable life is all about retro affectations, right? TRNTBL is the hyper-connected turntable we didn't know we needed 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a weird affectation, but he tells me it symbolises attention to detail. Anderson Paak: ‘If Dre had called five years ago, I don’t think I’d have been ready’ 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Then there is the self-pity, that most deplorable affectation of Western intellectuals, who have never once faced the smallest threat of persecution or punishment for their writing. Notable & Quotable: On John le Carré 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s an affectation to mask the bewilderment of error, age, whatever. Smiles Come and Go, but Will Carmelo Anthony Stay in New York? 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z It would be easy to portray the film's attention to detail as either fetish or affectation, yet for Eggers it served a specific emotional idea. Director cloaks 'The Witch' in period details to immerse cast and viewers 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Leroy also encounters a trio of Ebonics spouting Chinese Americans; one of them mocks him for his affectations by adopting an exaggerated Chinese dialect and telling him to “chop-chop out of this place!” Vanity's legacy: from an underwear-clad Prince protege to children's movie actor 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Critics claim that beards are not only an irritating affectation but can potentially harbour unpleasant bugs. Are beards good for your health? - BBC News 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z For another, any hint of affectation is neutralized by the fact that, throughout, Gardner remains grounded, literally: sliding on ice in the winter, sinking into muck in the spring. What We Think About When We Run 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It goes with the shtick: an affectation that fuels the mystique of unattainability—fashion as a highbrow art form. Why Do Fashion Models Look So Cranky? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “The boot tuck is an affectation that goes in that direction.” Your Top 7 Men’s Style Questions for Fall, Answered 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But if Black Mass reminds us of one thing, it’s that those affectations account for a tiny fraction of his considerable talent and presence. Black Mass review: Johnny Depp and the make-up problem 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z And OMI sounds fantastic, stripped of affectation and sitting right at the front of the mix. This week's most important songs: Justin Bieber, OMI, and more 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Vidal was only slightly less pompous, with affectations and mannerisms that seemed, even to his friends, over the top and perhaps out of character. A life in feuds: how Gore Vidal gripped a nation 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z At first, her voice’s nasal quality sounded like an affectation designed to hide a limited vocal range, but its creaking textures went on to turn into a powerful and emotive device. Ten reasons why Rihanna has become the 21st century's ultimate pop star 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z This line between seeming sincerity and affectation is thin, but it matters. Miguel's Wildheart is less heart, more horny 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Cam’s a twitchy, chain-smoking goofball whose symptoms suggest the affectations of an eccentric and whose genuine endangerment of his daughters is only rarely acknowledged by the tonally incongruous script. ‘Infinitely Polar Bear’: A child’s-eye view of manic-depression, with laughs 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Perry’s glasses, he said, could come off as an affectation. Rick Perry would be first specs-wearing president in modern history 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But there is something else that “Aloft” fails to do that is much worse than its affectation of vagueness. ‘Aloft’ floats above its characters’ feelings 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Miss Piggy — known for her French affectation — declared: "Moi is thrilled." Miss Piggy is recipient of prestigious New York museum award 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Miss Piggy - known for her French affectation - declared: “Moi is thrilled.” Miss Piggy is recipient of prestigious New York museum award 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The steps he has created for Fairchild show us the qualities that have made this man so beautiful and rare a star: his speed, his concentration, his touching gravity, his lack of affectation. A New “American in Paris” 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z He is trim and neat, from his shaved pate to the tilt of his white straw hat, an affectation developed over a decade of living in this city after leaving the seminary in Berkeley. Rash of exposure deaths in Gallup, N.M., blamed on an old foe: Alcoholism 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z According to The Journal, Obama’s millennial affectations and his age-inappropriate preening provide context for the rise of ISIS, our crummy foreign policy, immigration amnesty’s wrong turn. How ‘You Do You’ Perfectly Captures Our Narcissistic Culture 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z It is not an obnoxious affectation when a devotee uses the word “we”; it’s a literal confusion in the brain about what is “me” and what is “the team.” The psychology of why sports fans see their teams as extensions of themselves 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z This flattened tone seems, at first, like an affectation. Michel Houellebecq’s Francophobia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Still, Lincoln’s fear that the whiskers would be ridiculed as a “silly affectation” was not completely off the mark. The Super Cute Story Behind Abraham Lincoln's beard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z In a version of the genteel affectations that freed American slaves brought with them two centuries ago when they came here, the double-cheek kiss, for decades, was the standard greeting. Ebola’s Cultural Casualty: Hugs in Hands-On Liberia 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z But for the vast, vast majority, wearing sunglasses indoors is an affectation. Is it ever acceptable to wear sunglasses indoors? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The primacy of nerd culture is not an Ezra Klein affectation; it’s fallout from the fact that nerds are making an awful lot of money these days. National Review declares war against the nerds 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z But, reading “Public Enemies,” a collection of confessional letters exchanged by Houellebecq and the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, one realizes that it’s not an affectation at all. Michel Houellebecq’s Francophobia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z I tell myself that it's not an affectation, an expression of "scarcity thinking". A community's tales 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z There's no narrative here, no affectation of emotion beyond the relationship of the music, the movement and the space containing it. San Francisco Ballet – an American company in Paris 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It also makes affectations like misspellings look more plausible than they would coming from an "adult". What is the Turing test? And are we all doomed now? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z One of Tim Cook’s oddest affectations is his affinity for the phrase “customer sat” when he’s speaking publicly. WWDC 2014: Apple's Not-So-Secret Plan To Keep You Hooked Forever 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Comedian Louis CK is a recent enough arrival to the ranks of the economic elite to still be able to lampoon its presumptions and affectations. The Rich As Apex Predators 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z While the bartenders are amiable, they share a dated affectation of calling everyone “sweetie.” Boîte: Stairs, an East Village Gay Club, Opens 2014-03-06T00:41:04Z SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In conservative politics, solar power is often dismissed as an affectation, part of a liberal agenda to funnel money to “solar cronies” of the Obama administration and further the “global warming hoax.” Fissures in G.O.P. as Some Conservatives Embrace Renewable Energy 2014-01-26T02:45:25Z But he must do so without showing the least strain or hint of affectation. The Prince's Man 2013-07-27T00:51:24Z Upon arriving in Kolkata I thought I’d sprinkle my behavior with some starlet affectations. India Ink: Failure in Bollywood 2013-07-26T11:45:41Z In part, of course, these affectations are the fashion of the times. Is Lewis Hamilton the new Tom Cruise? We can only hope so 2013-03-13T22:00:01Z They are laughing at the dainty affectations of the Leawoof toffs. Working class voters: why America's poor are willing to vote Republican 2012-10-29T17:42:07Z Psy’s character may be more than a little ridiculous in his aspirations and affectations, but he’s not unhappy. The Wholesome Hidden Message of ‘Gangnam Style’ 2012-09-24T14:45:16Z Psy’s character in the video may be more than a little ridiculous in his aspirations and affectations, but he’s never unhappy. The Wholesome Hidden Message of “Gangnam Style” 2012-09-24T14:45:16Z His total freedom from all ceremony and affectation perfectly charmed me. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z To a vast majority, fountain pens are an affectation. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z Otherwise, in between the flexing and bat-twiddling that have progressed from affectation to endearing personal ritual, Bell was a picture of restrained right-handed elegance. England's Ian Bell rediscovers himself after his desert doldrums 2012-05-19T18:48:15Z Sylvia bought an eye-glass next day, and though all agreed with one another in private that it was an affectation, everybody assured her that she was a girl who could wear an eye-glass with advantage. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z I am glad he knows me; and yet that very candour, Sir Edward, some people call affectation, and some impudence. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z He was a hale and hearty-looking fellow, full of noisy jests, with a great affectation of joviality; but in his twinkling eyes and about his pursed lips there was the peasant's wariness, astuteness, and greed. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Richard of Woodville expressed his thanks, though, with the ordinary chivalrous affectation of the day, he denied all merit in what he had done, and made as little of it as possible. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Such half-silence enhances the grandeur of their gestures, so expressive and simple, in which dignity is closely allied to humility; and being totally devoid of affectation, constitutes the most poignant display of adoration imaginable. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Come, Albert," he said, "come! this is affectation. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z His vulgar affectation and bombast made his writings a mere caricature of the old Attic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z A SWAN, superior to the rest, Sprung forth, and thus the fool address’d: Conceited thing! elate with pride, Thy affectation all deride; These airs thy aukwardness impart, And shew thee plainly as thou art. Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z The style is free from humbug and affectation, and none of the stories are incredible…. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Following his example, even nowadays, the Arabs are remarkable for their extreme decency, although devoid of all affectation and having nothing in common with the hypocritical mock-modesty of Puritans. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z In a preface, Erasmus speaks slightingly of the Adagiorum Collectanea, with that affectation from which few authors are free, as a little collection carelessly made. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z I think him one of the very worst of the clever bad writers who infest modern literature; full of bombast, affectation, conceit, in short, of all the vitia, tristia, as well as dulcia. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z There was no affectation in their honest hearts, and they received a hearty salutation without blushing any more than might have been expected. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z I despise affectation, Henry," answered Eliza: "yet not from me, but my mother, you must receive your answer. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z We again took our way to the house, and Annouchka again began to laugh and frolic with more affectation than before. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z If one could only cure her of her affectations she would be a charming companion for the great man, but as it is.... The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z This is no phony affectation: I went to law school and college with the help of scholarships; so did my wife. Why Romney Thinks He Can Win an 'Out of Touch' Fight With Obama 2012-04-09T12:05:20Z She was charmed with him,—with his honest, manly simplicity, his utter want of all affectation. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z That Forsyth, despite his affectations and his London ways, was a man of action who could face pain as well as danger, this deed of his was in itself enough to prove. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z I confess that, being already displeased, I was so much the more wounded by this forced merriment and strange affectation. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z She looked back at herself a year ago sitting in Clarehaven church, with almost a blush for the affectation of it all, or rather for what must have seemed like affectation to other people. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Tiberius, says the same author, composed a lyric poem on the death of Julius Caesar, but his style was full of affectation and conceits. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For this he was especially fitted by his genuine tenderness and his freedom from affectation, by the sweetness and gentleness for which Lamb praised him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The man's laziness was all pretence and affectation. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Towards evening she yawned two or three times without the least affectation, and went to bed early. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z With the help of Republican and Democratic mayors, it has built thousands of affordable single-family homes — a weirdly bourgeois affectation, that! Gotham: From a Fake Union Organizer, an Anti-Liberal Scheme 2012-04-03T02:09:52Z That no traces of the Protestant spirit should appear, would be next to an impossibility; and the affectation of Catholic feeling, where it did not exist, would be offensive from its very unreality. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Etiquette, when it becomes too glaring by affectation, imposes no longer either upon the populace or upon the courtiers, but becomes ridiculous to all. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Of course this sort of thing, which was for the moment a sincere idea with Kingsley, became a mere affectation among his followers and admirers. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z With so many perfections, amidst the praises of all persons, from the sovereign down to the beggar in the street, her heart was incapable of vanity; affectation and arrogance were unknown to her. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In religion, affectation, or, as it is fitly called, hypocrisy, is reprehensible in the highest degree. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z "That is as may be," I answered with an affectation of recklessness. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z In him the hardness, asperity, and arrogance of the sect had altogether disappeared, while the affectation its paradoxes tended to produce was greatly mitigated. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z An utter absence of cant, affectation, and sham distinguishes them. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The florid style is a mixture of affectation and commonplace. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The other vices are limited, and have each a particular object; but affectation pervades the whole conduct, and detracts from the merit of whatever virtues and good dispositions a man may possess. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Having become odious since 1610, by serious and unjustifiable enterprises, it felt the necessity of uniting, with its political intrigues, the affectation of learned labour and literary employment. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z At Worcester, a scapularied Fox is kneeling before a small table or altar, laying his hand with an affectation of reverence upon—a sheep’s head. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z In the House of Commons the freaks of the poor lunatic were for a long time supposed to be only more marked eccentricities, or, as some thought, insolent affectations of eccentricity. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z With all this affectation and artifice, there is on this account a kind of simplicity and nature about them, after all. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Beauty itself loses its attraction, when disfigured by affectation. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z It was said that he was in the habit of trying to appear like the Reverend, but since the pretended seriousness of that one had never affected Jean Baptiste, Glavis' affectation had still less effect. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z He caught her hand and bent over it with an affectation of gallantry which became him well, for in his costume he made a handsome figure. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z There was no affectation about him; he was almost as much of a plain, unpretending soldier as General Grant himself. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Seymour Delafield now laughed without any affectation—and exchanging a look of perfect consciousness of each other's meaning, they separated, as the preparations for the business of the evening were about to commence. Tales for Fifteen 2012-03-21T02:00:38.090Z There is hardly any bodily blemish which a winning behavior will not conceal or make tolerable; and there is no external grace which ill-nature or affectation will not deform. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Carefully inculcated politeness, combined with the knowledge that from the doorway the cook was eagerly watching us for sign of appreciation, induced us to choke it down with an outward affectation of gusto. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Lucie called him uncle, but not as she called Joseph Maillard uncle; here was no relationship, no formal affectation of relationship, but a purely abiding trust and friendship. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z It would be affectation to ignore the fact that Prince Napoleon flung many years away in mere dissipation. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z To suppose these words written in irony, or in a modest affectation, is to credit St Paul with something like an ineptitude. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Having mentioned pride as being opposed to true politeness, I may class affectation with it, in that respect. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z They are men, 51 generally, of the most earnest, unstudied simplicity of countenance; and when they come upon the stage, it is singularly without affectation, and as the character they represent would appear. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z And yet, at the back of all that affectation I believe there is something. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z By simplicity I do not mean freedom from pretence or affectation; for no man can be more thoroughly unaffected and sincere than Gladstone. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It is an affectation of appearing considerable, that puts men upon being proud and insolent; and their very being so makes them, infallibly, little, and inconsiderable. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Simplicity is not vulgarity; but the looking to affectation of any sort for distinction is.” The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z You will scarce get through without being surprised into a tear; but, if affectation and fantasticalness in such a place do not more grieve than amuse you, you will much oftener smile. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z She must have thought it was all affectation, Jewish cunning. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Then she investigated his eternal welfare, overcame a certain affectation of virile indifference to religion, and extorted a promise that he would undergo "confirmation." Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z How much more heavenly and powerful would beauty prove, if it were not so frequently impaired by the affectation and conceitedness of its possessor! ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Never assume an air of haughtiness, or speak in a dictatorial manner; let your conversation be always amiable and frank, free from every affectation. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z It does not occur so often in Europe that one may not sentimentalize about it without the charge of affectation. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z "Listen to him!" exclaimed Mrs. Burtenshaw, drawing herself up with an affectation of injured dignity. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Of course, I knew it was an affectation, but it was a very charming one. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z It is undoubtedly this trick of phrase, this affectation of a new-found style, which has caused their widespread newspaper notoriety. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z If, now, such a sight were seen in Rotten-row, however pleasing to the philanthropist, it would be called an affectation of absurdity. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z It was an affectation of abstruse cookery throughout. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z It doesn't much matter, Mr. Frame, I hate all this affectation over a lot of musty, fusty pictures. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z And taking western Christianity in particular, both the Roman embodied in Mary and the Protestant embodied in Jesus, we affirm that it has no longer real life, but only the “ghastly affectation of life.” Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z He made the first harmony of the Gospels—an early witness to the power of their sheer simplicity in a world of literary affectations. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Men may ridicule simplicity of life and manners; but there is an honesty of heart superior to all affectation, which need never be afraid. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Attracted to the intellectual eclecticism and social affectations of the Victorian era, he edited a 15-volume set of the collected works of Walter Bagehot, the 19th-century political essayist and constitutional arbiter. Norman St. John-Stevas, Tory Dismissed by Thatcher, Dies at 82 2012-03-09T21:40:53Z How often is the sublime rendered ridiculous by bad taste and hyperbolic affectation! Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The dancing was better than usual, because there was less of affectation and ennui. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Depend on it, this is all wrong, either absurd affectation, or ignorance equally unfortunate. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Not a few defects are observable amidst all his beauties; the design in his naked figures is extremely careless; his grace is carried to a degree of affectation, and his more spirited attitudes are violent. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z He was young, handsome, decidedly vain, though quite free from affectation of speech or gesture. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z His affectation is not comparable to Byron’s, nor his egotism to Wordsworth’s, but their very pettiness excites a sensation of the ludicrous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z This may sound like affectation, but it is nothing of the kind. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z There is, however, a possibility of carrying this modish manner to such an extreme as to make it the very height of affectation. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He derived from his father-in-law his maxims, rather than his forms and attitudes, which display an original air in Bianchi, and are at once graceful and beautiful without affectation. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z For instance: our reprobation of bright color is, I think, for the most part, mere affectation, and must soon be done away with. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z The "Essay" is a small book, written in a homely, business-like style, without affectation of depth or pretence of learning, but it is charged with original mental force. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z They were the Earls of Oxford of course, and in this case there is no affectation of confidence in the standard of average knowledge in the use of the words "of course." Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It is always desirable to err on the safe side, where there is a possibility of misapprehension, or of incurring the imputation of affectation, or of a love of display. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He writes without a trace of affectation, and his simple, compact, yet polished style breathes of out-of-doors in every line. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Rubens and Rembrandt are its two greatest men, both deeply stained by the errors and affectations of their age. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It is pure affectation to pretend to be above such small matters. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z His foibles are more to the taste of some of us than the affectations of Horace Walpole. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Hence the affectation of such peculiarities simply subjects one to ridicule, and, in many instances, to the contempt of sensible people. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Delaroche was not troubled by ideals, and had no affectation of them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It is lucky if in German writers we ever find so much as a sentence without affectation. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z And Gerard was but a boy still in some things; swift to see, and to loathe, affectation. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z When the band strikes up 'See the Conquering Hero come,' it's sheer affectation not to look up. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He fancied that he understood the Genius Loci; its hatred of affectation, and almost of eloquence, its dislike to be bored, its preference for the easy, the conversational, and the personal. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The affectation and pretension of some of the more youthful clergy are such as to provoke a smile. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Connected with this general humility is the total absence of affectation in these men,—that is to say, of any assumption of manner or behavior in their work, in order to attract attention. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Some critics have stated that Gauguin's head was turned by this adulation, but in reality, under a new veneer of affectation, he remained what he had always been. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z But the affectations of the pedants or the sciolists should not be allowed to cast discredit on the fair name of Ignorance. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Don't do that," I commanded, "don't give me any more affectation. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z The Franklin has an excellent chaplain—one who commands the respect of all on board by his consistent life, though without any cant or affectation, while his uniform kindness and sympathy win their hearts. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The Netherlands work is, on the whole, the worst; because, in its ridiculous double lines, it adds affectation and conceit to its incapacity. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It would be an affectation to pretend I feel poetical this afternoon. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Tall and slight, wearing his clothes with an elegance free from affectation, he suggested "class" and "blood" in every inch of him. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z There is no affectation—no show-off airs in her riding. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z As a designer of furniture Darly travelled in a dozen years or so from the extremes of pseudo-Chinese affectation to classical severity of the type popularized by the brothers Adam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z German dulness and English affectation, have of late much multiplied among us the use of two of the most objectionable words that were ever coined by the troublesomeness of metaphysicians,—namely, "Objective" and "Subjective." Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z "I begin to think it's nothing but an affectation," she persisted. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z But I am happy to say that I am not; as a general thing, they are mere feminine affectations. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z The ladies are also quite graceful in their manners, and forget not to practise those pretty little airs of affectation which some of their white sisters so ably perform. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Her style had, as time went on, altered for the worse, and this book is full of extraordinary affectations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z She encourages him to tease her by her affectations. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z She was, like himself, absolutely devoid of affectation, and he felt that she was quietly making an estimate of him. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z While they are travelling the high-road to preferment and honour, their wives are proceeding with railway speed in the paths of affectation and conceit. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z |
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