His self-serious moralizing and the ostentatiousness of his characters' rectitude make Richardson difficult to embrace.
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His mansion, outside Sin City ("away from the madness," he clarifies), is Cribs-level in its ostentatiousness.
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The ostentatiousness of golden chapels and white pillars has been replaced with equally conspicuous values of goodness and morality.
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Rev Run was well past his rap career peak when the show aired, so the genre's ostentatiousness was largely absent.
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Authorities have also increased regulation over the past two years, coinciding with a central government campaign against ostentatiousness among public officials.
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The industry is recovering from a more than two-year decline that coincided with a government campaign against ostentatiousness among public officials.
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It has been his pride and his palace, a soaring black skyscraper overlooking Manhattan that seemed to match Donald J. Trump's ambition and ostentatiousness.
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The notorious $15,000 ostrich jacket, the desperate living beyond his means, the ostentatiousness — these all very predictably go with the pretense of the boaster.
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This means The Bride lacks both the ostentatiousness of Two Suns and the stark majesty of The Haunted Man: it's a bleak, bloody road trip record.
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The issue here is Linton's ostentatiousness on social media; the fact that Linton tagged all her designer labels and used her wealth to belittle another woman online.
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This being a very special event, the Centenario is a very special car that embodies the ostentatiousness for which Lamborghini (the company, not necessarily the man) is so well known.
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"Thousands and thousands of pills magnify the obsessive ostentatiousness that is still common today in our society where affluence means everything, and status prevails of possessing the desire of others," he says.
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The tattoo was done by Boston Barber and Tattoo Co, which, according to its Instagram page, has experience with Patriots-related tattoos, although none approach the extravagance and ostentatiousness as the above work of art.
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That's because when people make money here, they usually spend it in less showy ways than in other business hubs like Los Angeles or New York, and tend to prioritize peace and quiet over ostentatiousness.
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Her willingness to berate senior politicians, her ostentatiousness, her lack of reverence for male members of the ruling party — all of it put her outside the bounds of how an African first lady is expected to conduct herself.
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In 22008, after Mr. Tsvangirai celebrated his second marriage with a glitzy party attended by guests arriving in Bentleys, Mercedes and BMWs, some of his followers were aghast at the ostentatiousness of the display and questioned who had paid for it.
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It does, however, gain a lot of mileage by lampooning a familiar kind of culinary ostentatiousness — like Sasha promising that her latest establishment will feature "transdenominational" Vietnamese food — that peaks in a perfectly staged dinner for four in a restaurant whose name, Maximal, says it all.
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Dubai was practically built to be an Instagram backdrop; its skyline and borderline-absurd sites — an indoor ski-slope, a tennis court atop the world's tallest building, a man-made island shaped like a palm tree — make the city a Disney World of the kind of generic ostentatiousness that defines the influencer aesthetic.
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The disciplines of costume and character design, in video games, have become synonymous with ostentatiousness and flamboyance—rather than the grungy perfection of Kane and Lynch's thrown-together ensembles, or Cole Phelps's immaculate pinstripes, hairstyles, wearable gadgets, and distinctive monsters, often from fantasy and sci-fi games, are what enthusiasts fawn over.
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The cauldron was described by one Congress representative as "Imeldific," referring to the supposed ostentatiousness of the cauldron. Questions were also raised about mismanagement, faulty preparations, and unfinished facilities.
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Anthropologist Ruth Benedict used the terms to characterize cultures that value restraint and modesty (Apollonian) and ostentatiousness and excess (Dionysian). An example of an Apollonian culture in Benedict's analysis was the Zuñi people as opposed to the Dionysian Kwakiutl people. The theme was developed by Benedict in her main work Patterns of Culture.
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In luxury manuscripts an entire page might be devoted to a historiated initial. Both the size and the ostentatiousness of a manuscript reflect both on the status of the manuscript and on its owner. Manuscripts meant for everyday use, typically by friars or university students, often had little illumination, and hardly any elaborate historiated initials or flourishes. Manuscripts commissioned by wealthy patrons or for a wealthy monastery were often illuminated, and in gold or silver rather than pen and ink.
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The costumes of the two incarnations of the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh are the same, consisting of gaudy, outlandish colors. In the modern continuity, the crazed Bruce Wayne comments that, despite the ostentatiousness of the costume, Robin had dressed this way for years, implying that it reflects the "total confidence" of the Zur-En-Arrh Batman in his ability to attract the attention of his enemies whereas the Earth Batman dresses in dark colors to attack his foes in the shadows.
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The narrator's manner towards male homosexuality is consistently aloof, yet the narrator is unaccountably knowledgeable. This strategy enables Proust to pursue themes related to male homosexuality—in particular the nature of closetedness—from both within and without a homosexual perspective. Proust does not designate Charlus' homosexuality until the middle of the novel, in "Cities"; afterwards the Baron's ostentatiousness and flamboyance, of which he is blithely unaware, completely absorb the narrator's perception. Lesbianism, on the other hand, tortures Swann and the narrator because it presents an inaccessible world.
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Browne further found "the ostentatiousness of it all [...] irritating". Regarding the song's themes of Japanese fashion and culture, Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani found it "maniacal" for the singer "suggest[ing] she'd like to 'get' four of the girls and name them Love, Angel, Music, and Baby"; he described the action as "rife with subversive social commentary". In a generally positive review, Winnie McCroy from The Villager enjoyed the song and the Harajuku Girls' contribution, and thanked them for "add[ing] some international flavor to an already stellar track". A critic from Sputnikmusic awarded "Harajuku Girls" four out of five stars, declaring it "one of the more interesting songs of the year", in addition to complimenting its "interesting, danc[e]able beat" and "rather brilliant" production.
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Music Times also gave the song a very positive review, stating that "the bombastic, ominous opening has its tension cut quite quickly with uncharacteristically restrained vocals from J, though she soon builds up to those powerhouse volumes and notes that she's been well known for". Billboard awarded the song 3 out of 5 stars, saying that "While her vocals flirt with ostentatiousness, 2 Chainz is all chill, smoothly rhyming 'corridor' with 'Oreo'." The Wire was less positive in his review, saying that compared to 'Bang Bang', the song is a "stepdown", adding that "'Burnin' Up' makes it clear Jessie has the recipe down – take one strong vocalist, add popular producer and rap verse, stir. But like any good cook, the recipe isn't enough".
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