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  • In the have and have-not society of golden-age Athens, wallowing in luxury and public ostentation became a pivot for societal change, as the statesman Pericles suggested such showiness was ultimately not worthy of the Greeks, and altogether more a Persian way of carrying on.

    TV highlights 27/06/2011 2011

  • The genre that golden-age Dutch painters propelled to a finer art form and Impressionist painters including Vincent Van Gogh further developed, has since been tightly associated with this country—as is, of course, the chosen subject.

    Potatoes and Photography in Amsterdam Joel Weickgenant 2011

  • Since emerging from bankruptcy protection a year ago, MGM bears little resemblance to either the entity in its golden-age glory days or to what it was at its lowest point, when its $5 billion of debt kept it from making all but a handful of low-budget movies.

    For MGM, a Tighter Focus Erica Orden 2011

  • The name for this malady, he announces, is "golden-age thinking."

    We'll Always Have Allen's 'Paris' Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • As a writer and director he presided over a golden-age that spanned “Meatballs,” “Caddyshack,” “Animal House,” “Stripes,” and “Ghostbusters.”

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • In the have and have-not society of golden-age Athens, wallowing in luxury and public ostentation became a pivot for societal change, as the statesman Pericles suggested such showiness was ultimately not worthy of the Greeks, and altogether more a Persian way of carrying on.

    TV highlights 27/06/2011 2011

  • It's a record that recalls a golden-age of egocentric hip-hop, when Eminem and Biggie had lives worth talking about.

    Professor Green: 'Lily Allen put me back on my feet' 2011

  • To be sure, most of Stephen Sondheim's songs, many of which are glitteringly virtuosic pastiches of golden-age musical-comedy tunes, lend themselves to being performed as showstoppers.

    The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011

  • It feels like the flick should be in Black & White and star golden-age Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn and leading man Cary Grant.

    Flixnjoystix.com! » New Release Tuesday: August 25th, 2009! A Look At The Week’s DVD/Blu-rays: ADVENTURELAND, DISCO, & More! 2009

  • Here's someone who truly relished this return to the spotlight, and as golden-age contestants go, she delivered the goods better than most, with buckets of glittery personality.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2010

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