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So after some chases and trappings, they get time to search for this clover in a big patch, and luckily find it, just when Leprechaun has got his gold and realised one coin is missing.
First, the theatrical
trappings
are obvious, with long, tedious, dialog scenes of little import, and even less wit or charm.
Obviously not, and the film is far too aware of its B-movie
trappings
to ever aspire to be anything more than cheesy, kitschy entertainment.
Fair enough the 80's
trappings
didn't help, but what was unforgivable was the performances by EVERYONE involved.
One has the
trappings
of power and success, but who really has the raw power?
Add the inexplicable fits of mania and paranoia exhibited by Jane and you've got all the
trappings
of a very mediocre and forgettable carnival ride.
Moreover, unlike The Rockford Files and others which strain credibility by portraying a supposedly successful detective as always having trouble paying his bills, Cannon shows a very successful detective surrounded by the
trappings
of success such as a beautiful Mark IV and an expensive penthouse apartment.
Sketch-like comedy with mod
trappings
has a group of griping American tourists (including Murray Hamilton, Norman Fell and Mildred Natwick) taking in the sights of Great Britian and Europe by bus, each displaying his or her own (irritating) idiosyncrasies.
On seeing the film, I was satisfied with the way that they managed to work around the original's cold war
trappings.
Takeuchi's performance is strong, as usual, even given the crappy
trappings.
He did not travel the globe apologizing for his country or displaying the
trappings
of power for the sake of self aggrandizement.
So, naturally, I was surprised when it began to show
trappings
of a fantasy.
By banishing all
trappings
of justice, this mindset is oblivious to the suffering of the peace-loving civilians who comprise the vast majority of those living in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Everything in this new China – where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) still rules, but the ideas of Karl Marx are as dead as they are in Russia – is for sale, even the
trappings
of its Maoist past.
Though Qaddafi’s female guards were mocked as the
trappings
of his eccentricity, they actually represented his desire to liberate women.
Without a critical press, Latin America’s undeniable advances toward real democracy – development of an informed, empowered citizenry and governments respectful of the legitimate boundaries of power – will be endangered, even as formal electoral
trappings
become more routine.
Though it had moved from dictatorship to democracy, the
trappings
of the fascist system lived on through a corporatist approach to market regulation and widespread government meddling in finance and industry.
Communism, as a ruling ideology, disappeared in Russia and has become so diluted in capitalist China that little more than its symbolic
trappings
– and a Leninist party with a monopoly on power – remain.
Moscow nowadays has all the
trappings
of high-end capitalism: Prada, Fouchon, Rolls Royce.
Yet, public infatuation with the external
trappings
of democracy is usually the norm.
States that are eager to enjoy the
trappings
of great-power status – the deference accorded their diplomats, high-level global parlays abroad and important diplomatic conferences at home, and the assumption that they must be consulted on major events or crises in their regions – must accept the burdens that go with it.
He was intelligent, impressed by technological progress, perhaps even gifted, but untutored and impulsive; he reveled in the
trappings
of power and delighted in uniforms.
Democratic transitions throughout the hemisphere had made guerrilla warfare unjustifiable: as Che foretold in his La Guerra de Guerrillas in 1962, wherever the
trappings
(or, one might add, the realities) of democratic rule prevailed, taking up arms was pointless.
Kosovo would thus gain some essential
trappings
of statehood.
Some party members are eager for cabinet portfolios and the other
trappings
of power; but many more would rather stay out and fight.
Nowadays, they dress up their dictatorships in the
trappings
of the rule of law.
Clearly, the false
trappings
of a state provided as part of the Oslo peace process have resulted in little tangible change for Palestinians.
If this constitution were accepted in anything like the proposed form, the EU would gain many attributes and
trappings
of statehood: its own president and foreign minister, its own legal system.
The formal
trappings
of a real court always seem better than instant justice, even if the end result is also death.
Although all the formal
trappings
of a true electoral contest are in place, important aspects of authenticity are glaringly absent.
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