The former Army officer with the plummy accent, and slightly austere manner, assumed office on 25 March 1963.

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College students and graduates are well aware of the impact a plummy placement could have on their careers.

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Although many people call him devious, pompous, snobbish, plummy and aloof, he is also capable of great charm and warm friendship.

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And the plummy tones of Blowers instantly evoke the idyll of summer evenings, village greens and ample pints of frothing ale.

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And a surfeit of plummy accents can deter talented applicants.

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Christie's, Sotheby's and other bastions of the traditional art establishment have been trying for years to attract these nouveau buyers-young, self-made and thoroughly unimpressed by titled pedigrees and plummy accents.

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The slightly cloying, plummy oyster-and-bacon pad thai elicited the opposite response, as did Filipino short ribs kare-kare, which, though well flavored with coconut, peanuts, and pickled chiles, were almost chalky in texture.

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The thematic structure permits the queen dialogue with her inner child, and on press night "Lilibet" was played remarkably forcefully by Nell Williams, with an accent so accurately plummy it was practically fruit salad.

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