Word: utterly
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...clubhouse was built between 1790 and 1813, but the 142-hectare estate is even older - previous occupants have included Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I, who was kept prisoner there by the Scots in 1647. It was Stoke Park that moved 17th century politician Sir Edward Coke to utter that famous line: "An Englishman's home is his castle." For a few hours, it can be your castle...
...should not be completely convinced by the façade of utter refinement—indeed, those who came seeking a night of class were also there seeking, well, a bit of something else. It is the perfect place for middle-aged men to feign a fascination with Renaissance art in endeavors of female flattery. “I painted that,” one man whispered in my ear as I observed a work by Diego Velasquez. While one regular patron of the event raved about all of the gorgeous men she had encountered there, two female first-time...
...utter failure,” said council member Jason L. Lurie ’05. “It was an embarrassment...
...remember: whenever utter quiet intervened, in those tiny moments where, apparently unbidden, every conversation stills, that she used to playfully whisper, “Ezeh sheket?...
...when Zubaydah was confronted by the false Saudis, writes Posner, "his reaction was not fear, but utter relief." Happy to see them, he reeled off telephone numbers for a senior member of the royal family who would, said Zubaydah, "tell you what to do." The man at the other end would be Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, a Westernized nephew of King Fahd's and a publisher better known as a racehorse owner. His horse War Emblem won the Kentucky Derby in 2002. To the amazement of the U.S., the numbers proved valid. When the fake inquisitors accused...