Word: pompous
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...yourself. And we thought that the Advo was just a pompous gas-bag inflated with the noxious byproducts of effete overeducation. But the Arbiter Elegentiae has spoken and it has left the dullard and unwashed Harvardian masses to listen and obey...
Craftsmanship is one of those old-fashioned words ruined by decades of pompous automobile ads. Applied to fiction, the word suggests a stubbornly unfashionable emphasis on structure and language over movie tie-ins and seven- digit advances. As Max Saw It (Knopf; 146 pages; $21) -- Louis Begley's second novel after his award-winning 1991 debut, Wartime Lies -- is simultaneously contemporary and the work of an elegant craftsman of the old school. Containing nary an ill-chosen word, As Max Saw It may turn out to be the most perfectly constructed novel...
...where is this film going?" The viewer understands the film follows Johnny 's aimless wanderings, but like, Johnny , the viewer sees the distinct change in the end, or so one thinks. By the end of the film, after the climactic moment of the abduction of Sophie by the pretentious, pompous, sex-crazed "landlord " Sebastian and the following attempts to kick him out of the house, Johnny returns from his many days of wandering, beaten to a pulp. His outward emotions change, almost as visibly as his eye blackens. But by the end, he opts not for love but for wandering...
Gough is completely believable as the patient but frustrated tutor and philosophical genius. Pompous and self-indulgent, this Russell is especially hilarious with his lover Lady Ottoline. Swinton, also well-known for her recent role as "Orlando," performs with a silly affectedness that would be shallow in any other film but here seems just perfect. Outlandish costumes and all, she sweeps into the stage-like set with just enough self-possession to keep from seeming pitiable in the face of Russell's abuse...
...looking to choose the new leadership at The Crimson this week. Candidates have been schmoozing executives of the 120th board (pompous name, eh? It's a remnant from those days of FDR and the pipe-smoking, post-adolescent males who founded the newspaper), trying to communicate their visions for 14 Plympton St. It's a fun process, this settling the question of succession. And even as you read this, presidential hopefuls are fielding tough questions and crafting diplomatic, yet passionate answers...