Word: sophisticatee
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The purchaser loses when the stock does not move enough to cover the costs of the put or call, or when it moves the wrong way. Then the buyer loses the amount he paid for the option. While puts and calls are primarily used for speculating, they are also being...
Its latest issue, far from being a reversal of the trend towards well-dressed mediocrity, is as representative of the pseudo-sophisticate ethic as any of its predecessors. Except for one fine piece of reporting on the activities of David R. ("Yours for racial integrity") Wang, the December Ivy is...
He is admirably supported by an unusually talented cast. Cecil Parker and Michael Gough hilariously lampoon the stolidity of a pair of English industrialists without being in the least unkind or unlikable. And shapely Joan Greenwood is absolutely perfect as the rebellious daughter of the industrialist who employs our hero...
Nothing enrages the sophisticate more than olives, onions or other hors d'oeuvres in a martini. But a twist of lemon peel is usually acceptable. In faraway Wisconsin, the latest cult insists on an anchovy-stuffed olive.
Of the four leads, Kenneth More and Kay Kendel are pleasantly cccentric in their respective roles of bachelor and pseudo-sophisticate. A married couple, played by John Gregson and Dinah Sheridon, supply arch opposition. More dialogue for the cast, instead of reliance on the same comedy situation, might have boosted...