Word: usual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...usual, her favorite costume is the wrap-around towel that does not quite wrap around. Unhappily, the makers of this movie spend so much time exposing Brigitte that they seem to overlook the exposition of the story-which becomes especially unclear whenever Actress Bardot is on the screen. Still and all, the plot makes more sense than some of the subtitles. "Merde!" cries Brigitte, and the English translation helpfully explains: "Ouch...
...Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough and widow of the duke, who took control of the family fortunes "with her usual energy . . . self-satisfaction . . . omnicompetence and exasperation." Declaring "I mortally hate abuses or money foolishly thrown away," Sarah reigned over her descendants from the cradle to maturity for two full generations. Her letters bubble with energetic, dogmatic advice, orders and maxims, particularly when the young scions are studying on the Continent: "All the French women are cheats"; "It is better to go without . . . civilities than to pay too dear for them"; "Dancing gives men a good air and fencing should...
...Baker's Wife can be summed up in four words: a Marcel Pagnol production. It has the usual kindly, middle-aged fat man and the usual beautiful young thing who strays from the straight and narrow; after alarums and excursions, the fat man forgives the young thing, and all is well again. Romantic love and romantic pride sustain another defeat at the hands of the gentler virtues...
...Selwyn Lloyd rose to tackle a question in the House of Commons, there were rafter-rattling cheers, and the Right Honorable Member for Woodford, Sir Winston Churchill, walked in through the great oak doors on his first visit to the House in four months. Pale and less cherubic than usual, the old parliamentarian made his way to a corner spot near the Treasury Bench, chatted with members from both sides, voted twice with the government on minor issues. Next day Churchill's chauffeur-driven Humber made a turn on Parliament Square, collided with a bus. Unperturbed, Sir Winston grinned...
President and Mrs. Pusey will be at home at 17 Quincy Street as usual this Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. and will be happy to welcome members of the faculties, and others holding Corporation appointments, and their wives or husbands...