And being part of the genetically interwoven lordly fabric of Britain is not what it was.

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Heating, ventilation and a very robust multi-mode massage function complement this lordly perch.

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This compares with some 200m hectares devoted to cattle ranching, much of which is extensive (a Brazilian cow enjoys, on average, a lordly hectare of grazing).

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To be sure, British envoys to the Holy Land probably found more in common with lordly Ottoman administrators than with the exuberant faith of Orthodox Christian peasant-pilgrims.

ECONOMIST: The Crimean war

In the beginning, there was the lordly general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), a Bible-quoting, sixty-four-year-old Republican with a strong moralistic streak and a sharp eye for business.

NEWYORKER: Artful Dodgers

Hawass is a lordly, well-dressed man of sixty-two.

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