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There is
whiff
of the rake about him, and that gives him an enchanting edge.
There's a strong
whiff
of half-baked anarchism about them.
Just one
whiff
of the noxious polluted air from 2030 brought home the point that no amount of data can.
When I hear even a hint of idealizing or the faintest
whiff
of nostalgia in a session, I go, "Phone, please."
I think they got a
whiff
of how much it stank early on and they were going through the motions for their paychecks.
A mediocre film at best, "EG in B" features some members of the band Chicago, a
whiff
of action, some philosophizing, and lots and lots of boring dramatic filler.
It's a great yarn, with a
whiff
of political correctness.
Visconti revels in the portrayal of beauty, it's passing, and the
whiff
of decay beneath.Trained as an opera director, Visconti blends Mahler's music and imagery seamlessly in his finest film since "The Leopard" (another stunning film, which greatly influenced Coppola's Sicily in the "Godfather").
This perception is not helped by the
whiff
of condescension that permeates most movies that have approached Bollywood from an outsider's perspective.
A little research reveals that the producer was star Leslie Caron's husband, thus the
whiff
of nepotism suggests the beginning for this awful film.
This electrifying musical has more than a
whiff
of egotism from it's star, the musical genius that is Prince.
"I like cheap perfume better; it doesn't last as long..." - Ralph Meeker's convict character (Lawson) tells this to Barbara Stanwyck's Helen character, after he gets a
whiff
of the perfume that she picked out w/her husband in Tijuana...! This line cracked me up, and also seemed like a metaphor for this film - that cheap is better than expensive, because a cheap perfume-loving man who has a way with a 2 x 4 is a better man to have around in the long run!
The government gets a
whiff
of the corruption and sends a plant in to investigate the abuses.
Toss in a female cop with perpetual PMS (Mok), a
whiff
of pathos, lots of sass, pop culture trimmings, plenty of cool action with personality, classy stylistics, stunts, effects, CGI, etc. and you've got one fun girl power action chick flick.
There is no undertone of despair as there is in so many forties noirs, there is instead the
whiff
of corrupt wealth and fame, which was so fifties.
Only complaint: some of the skits have the usual faint
whiff
of misogyny we've come to expect in British sketch comedy.
Being removed from the US, they should be highly sensitive to any
whiff
of information that their money may not be safe there.
If there was not outright corruption in the $7 billion in contracts awarded to Halliburton, whose former chairman was Vice President Dick Cheney, there was undoubtedly a strong
whiff
of crony capitalism.
If they fail to apply the same standards to their own leaders, is there not a
whiff
of hypocrisy?
If bank failures typically reflect real underlying problems, sensitive professional investors can be expected to react quickly when any
whiff
of panic is in the air.
It remains calm in the face of events, seeking at all cost to avoid doing anything that might be construed as encouraging excessive risk-taking or creating even a
whiff
of inflation.
With a king or queen unable to say or do anything that may cause a
whiff
of controversy, the monarchy has been stripped of its power of action or reflection.
That
whiff
of careening, heedless adolescent fecklessness is part of what makes the archetypal American male presence alarming when he is equipped with a global cudgel.
When I did arrive in America, to be an Indian still carried a
whiff
of the exotic and the unfamiliar.
While it assigns responsibility to Japan for WWII, and even unflinchingly names the political and military leaders who bear responsibility, one can still detect a
whiff
of reluctance in its failure to fully describe some of Japan’s war-time actions.
Yet there is an undeniable
whiff
of nostalgia in the current rapprochement between two powers that are both conscious of their relative decline in the world.
So, if the exit is small, even the faintest
whiff
of smoke can trigger a stampede.
Among the lessons to be learned from the events of 1914 is to be wary of analysts wielding historical analogies, particularly if they have a
whiff
of inevitability.
The Personal Ties that BindDENVER – State visits to the United States by foreign leaders often carry a
whiff
of domestic American politics.
Defenders of these ill-fated cross-border takeovers worry that a sinister
whiff
of the twentieth century’s worst moments is in the air.
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