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Leading that revolt is young revolutionist Luigi (Vincenzo Crea), while much older Silvestro (Luca Lionello) hopes to change things from within, by running for a public office usually held by the gentry.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Some of the gentry might prosper and over the decades expand their presence to additional households, while others might go penniless and turn over their properties to those still or newly rich.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
The city boomed, but voters forgot the bad old days, and the combination of public unions and the gentry left took charge of the political debate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 June 2021
King Charles reportedly plans to do away with rites like the traditional presentation of gold ingots to the monarch and nix a Court of Claims (to determine coronation duties for members of the gentry) in the run-up to the big event.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
The opera explores the cultural collisions between Black freedmen, who arrived in the British Isles with no money and no welcome mat, and the gentry in a tale that didn’t get much airtime in American history books, Hannah Edgar writes for the Tribune.
—chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
In Europe, exotic animal collections were often displayed in garden settings for the amusement of the gentry, and by the late 18th century, for the general public as well.
—Michael J. Renner, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2022
In West Virginia terms, Manchin has been a member of the gentry—corporate, political, and personal—for decades.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
Potter was in his mid-30s, and this brazen impetuousness caused much huffing among the gentry (the face tattoos, perhaps, of his time).
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2021
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Some of the gentry might prosper and over the decades expand their presence to additional households, while others might go penniless and turn over their properties to those still or newly rich.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
The city boomed, but voters forgot the bad old days, and the combination of public unions and the gentry left took charge of the political debate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 June 2021
King Charles reportedly plans to do away with rites like the traditional presentation of gold ingots to the monarch and nix a Court of Claims (to determine coronation duties for members of the gentry) in the run-up to the big event.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
The opera explores the cultural collisions between Black freedmen, who arrived in the British Isles with no money and no welcome mat, and the gentry in a tale that didn’t get much airtime in American history books, Hannah Edgar writes for the Tribune.
—chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
In Europe, exotic animal collections were often displayed in garden settings for the amusement of the gentry, and by the late 18th century, for the general public as well.
—Michael J. Renner, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2022
In West Virginia terms, Manchin has been a member of the gentry—corporate, political, and personal—for decades.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
Potter was in his mid-30s, and this brazen impetuousness caused much huffing among the gentry (the face tattoos, perhaps, of his time).
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2021
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