| The movies of the nineteen-thirties taught him about penthouse life and the quainter locutions of the gentry. |
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| But it's also that Hollande provides a quainter and, for many, more comfortable vision of what a French politician should be. |
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| While normal folk go to the garage, muttering prayers of thankfulness, and get the barbecue out when the warm days finally arrive, some of us of a quainter disposition get out the moth trap. |
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| The Lodge, a 40-room annex that offers a quieter, quainter option to the main hotel's constant hum and bustle, was recently remodeled in a contemporary Western style. |
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