Hannah Verdier It's episode three of the show about a team of elite customs officers who talk entirely in vacuum-packed exposition.
Boeldieu and Captain von Rauffenstein (played by the director Erich von Stroheim) recognize each other as members of an elite whose customs, tastes and family connections link them across national boundaries.
These analyses have been very successful in delineating political culture, administration, and kinship ties, and have provided important information on elite taste and customs.
By and large, rulers countenanced any religion as long as it did not interfere with civic pagan ritual; the elite adapted Roman customs, displayed Roman gods beside their own and celebrated dinner as the social and intellectual high point of the day.
Davis's boots, like those of most elite speed skaters, were custom made from molds taken of his feet and surprisingly low-cut — not much higher on his ankles than a pair of Converse canvas sneakers.
They showed off silver lapel pins signifying their elite status, carried around custom Vineyard Vines canvas totes and exuded collective amazement after watching Olympic ski jumpers do flips into a giant swimming pool.
Pinpointing the origins of minghun is difficult, but scholars have found allusions to the practice in different ancient texts, including the Rites of Zhou, a guidebook of appropriate Confucian behavior written around the third century B.C. Commentators on the Confucian classics have argued that the ancient educated elite disapproved of the custom.
Jack was the 'bespoke' tailor of the elite entertainment world, making custom suits for Sinatra, Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon and even Fred Astaire.
You'll sleep well on your custom-crafted Elite Slumber bed facing your private balcony, mean you will wake up to ocean views, or perhaps an exotic port.
