From National Geographic London Book Of Lists: The City's Best, Worst, Oldest, Greatest, and Quirkiest, by Tim Jepson and Larry Porges.
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Then the worst — old-timers say the only — biblical August hailstorm in memory hit.
The budget process itself has been a throwback to Albany's worst old days.
Repeatedly, Shakespeare's sonnets defy time: Yet do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
Whereas the Grizzlies team was young and aggressive, the Nets team Hollins inherited is, at its worst, old, slow, and injury-prone.
A self-taught imitator of the old masters, he painted with facile but cautious finesse, aiming for realist transparency but achieving, at best, a moody illustration and at worst old-fashioned academic kitsch.
"Unfortunately Mr Mackay and now Mr Whelan have referred to some of the worst old-fashioned tropes which have been used in the past as the basis of antisemitism and stereotyping of Jewish people," he said.
After its disastrous convention in Chicago in the summer of 1968, which combined the worst old-style backroom dealing with bloody riots in the streets, the Democratic Party set up a commission to find a fairer, more equitable way of choosing delegates to the 1972 convention.
By George Packer January 30 , 2012After its disastrous convention in Chicago in the summer of 1968, which combined the worst old-style backroom dealing with bloody riots in the streets, the Democratic Party set up a commission to find a fairer, more equitable way of choosing delegates to the 1972 convention.
Here's what had to say about the worst old-school, no-longer-applies advice they've received.
