"Fusty" it may once have been, but, with hindsight, it seems that fustiness can have its advantages, not the least of which is solvency.
The Union Jack backdrop and jacket represent both a punky subversion of a national symbol and a serious statement about the rebranding of a fusty, static, class-ridden country as the international centre of a synaesthetic youth culture.
Port Racine, Saint-Germain des Vaux, +33 2 3352 7531, hotel-lerguillere.com, doubles from €87 Jean-Louis Couture dreamt of owning this seafront hotel ever since childhood, and three years ago he finally bought it for his daughter, Géraldine, who has transformed a fusty old property into a chic address.
In practice as well as in principle, the fusty old idea of comparative advantage still works.
In his "Cantos", Pound seldom bothered to mention whose fusty trunk he was happily ransacking.Where, then, does honest allusion, which authors want readers to catch, stop and sly thievery begin?
Class matters less: the fact that the Tories are gaining popularity led by an Old Etonian is, strangely, a sign of progress.Under Mr Blair, fusty old Britain has become an international exemplar of openness.
The difference between the local conventions and those of my employer mean that after I have finished writing an article I must check I have caught all the familiar "Dilmas" and "Marinas" and replaced them by those strangers, "Ms Rousseff" and "Ms Silva".Sometimes our rules make us sound entertainingly fusty.
The Empire State Building, once stuffed to the viewing-deck with fusty, dark wood offices, has become home to several geek-filled open-plan floors.
Caps are a last-ditch effort to preserve a fusty model with artificial limits that resemble broadcast TV.Providers want to offer faster speeds to justify more expensive monthly rates, even though current bandwidth is sufficient for nearly all purposes bar video streaming and downloads.
Trendy new courses have replaced fusty old ones.
To top it all, Mr Ozawa also wanted to be made deputy prime minister.Mr Ozawa's views may be a blast of fresh air along the fusty corridors of the LDP's headquarters, but he should have known his former party better.
