Word: dapperly
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...This turns out to be a tactical error. The ghost, a dapper old man with scribbled-over eyes, is very real and very evil, with a surprise personal stake in ruining Coyne's life, and it sets about its business in a fine, frightening style. Hill has a nice touch with those sinking moments when you suddenly realize that things, which you knew to be bad, are so very much worse than you ever could have imagined. "The dead pull the living down," is one of the ghost's tag lines, and it does its level best to deliver...
...scandal threatening the reputation of a man once known as Teflon Tony involves alleged impropriety behind closed doors. But the police inquiry launched in March 2006 isn't concerned with besotted interns or sexually promiscuous leaders. Blair and the New Labour Party he created in his dapper, middle-class image are suspected of getting too close and personal with money...
...1930s, and it has evolved into a ritual involving evening dress, a gourmet picnic and a sense of exclusivity. Glyndebourne is the oldest of the élite, followed by Garsington and, since 1998, Grange Park, which keeps up with the others on all counts - setting, performances, food and a dapper audience. While they all have priority booking for members, the public can obtain tickets months before the season starts - but be quick, since availability is limited...
...Does the moderate, smooth and dapper Rudd have the common touch? An election is due by late 2007. The Howard government has been under pressure for its part in President George W. Bush's coalition in Iraq and also because of several rises in interest rates. Rudd is the fourth Labor leader Howard has faced in three years. The P.M. always appeared comfortable rumbling with Beazley, less so against the maverick Mark Latham, who assumed the Labor leadership in 2003 at a similar point in the electoral cycle. With a new deputy leader, Julia Gillard, 45, Labor's first couple...
...Hautel Couture's boutique flagship, Dream, has followed its first property in midtown Manhattan with a sleek, glass-wrapped edifice in Bangkok www.dreambkk.com. Its resident manager, Adi Jaya, is a dapper Balinese who trained at the sumptuous Asian chain Amanresorts, so you can expect your total experience - accommodation, service, dining - to be sublime. Inside the guest rooms, the accent is purely contemporary: white walls and leather chaises, cerulean lighting, Egyptian cotton linen tucked into platform beds, iPod nanos and 42-inch plasma TVs, while the two suites boast deep-soak baths and bars stocked with Veuve Clicquot and 42 Below...