And if you tell them an article harks back to the 18th century, like as not they'll think this means 1800 on. |
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This movie harks back to a simpler time for cinema, and in today's world of bloated blockbusters, that's no bad thing. |
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He harks back to his earlier manner, and captures all the awe and freshness of seeing a view for the first time. |
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I quickly succumb to the languor and indolence that harks back to a more leisurely era. |
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This 60-year-old B-grade horror classic harks back to an era when the power to scare came by implication rather than gruesome goriness. |
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Despite a rocket lending a futuristic flavour to the panto, the traditional family show also harks back to the past. |
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That harks back to Victorian days when most guests arrived by train and as they entered the hotel, the reception was the first place they saw. |
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The new development takes its inspiration from the past and harks back to the original design of the public house. |
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Its style harks back to the days when wealthy industrialists commissioned architects to design gracious new homes. |
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Box hedging harks back to the past, but depending on its arrangement, can also look incredibly contemporary. |
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Firstly, however, is the arrival of Jenna G, a truly soulful diva, whose vocal style harks back to the heady days of Nina Simone. |
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His music harks back to a more innocent time, when heads-down, heart-on-sleeve rock was the glorious order of the day. |
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Pork tonkatsu, breaded with panko and fried to an ideal crispness in brown butter, harks back to the chef's schnitzel-sizzling days at Danube. |
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His relaxed guitar style harks back to the Hendrix of Electric Lady Land. |
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In his new production, Wim Vandekeybus harks back to a favourite theme: the dream. |
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It harks back to a time when love was free, flower power was king, flares were the order of the day, and people felt a little bit more chilled out about themselves. |
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Their brand of country harks back to the genre's golden age in the 1950s and 60s, with none of the nauseating sheen or gimmicky lyrics of contemporary countrypolitan material. |
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The fringing of the furniture also harks back to the 1670s by being straight, rather than bunched in the serpentine line characteristic of the following decade. |
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Wells's nickname harks to when he looked frail enough to snap like a string bean. |
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Her 'Three Craws' harks back to a children's song in auld lowlands Scots. |
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Intended to demonstrate the group's power and support, the imagery harks back to the torchlight processions of inter-war Nazism. |
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Whatever the interpretation proposed, in many civilisations it harks back to some solemnised form of public ritualised practice. |
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This one — reporting England's spawny win over Spain at Euro 96 — harks back to something that happened in 1588, for goodness sake. |
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This harks back to Lysenko who, in the days of the Soviet Union, told us that there was one biology for proletarians and one for capitalists. |
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His more recent work, however, harks at a disambiguation between balance and imbalance. |
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A debate on the death penalty is a debate which harks back to the development of a civilised legal system, which is something Europe already has. |
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An album that harks back to how they used to be made, with care and emotion. |
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That is a term that harks back to the time when the post was still the symbol of speed. |
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This harks back to the classic expression of social-democratic revisionism by Eduard Bernstein. |
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This is the kind of contract most frequently met with in the developing countries and in countries where the law harks back to the Roman system. |
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The Christmas tree, for example, harks back to a northern Germanic fertility festival and feast of the dead when greenery was hung up in the home to warn off evil spirits. |
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His next release is from Peckham's jazzy headnodder Al Dobson Jr, who appears here, as does Reginald Omas Mamode IV, whose cosmic rap steez harks back to Slum Village's most astral moments. |
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Mr. Malandain, using the Nijinsky title, also succeeds here, mainly because his twist on male autoeroticism harks back to the original theme and has an outlandish wit. |
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Birth of a French people in North America harks back to the historic days of the founding of the first French settlements in North America, and explores the nature of French colonization of the continent. |
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This choice made by NoFit State harks back to a long Welsh tradition of community art, a creative form that reflects an awareness of the inhabitants while strengthening social ties. |
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A child is born, an earthshakingly momentous event that not only harks back to Christ but confirms the life force and continues its journey. |
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Accompanying himself with his dulcimer, a plectrum instrument of his own handicraft, Niles harks back to the balladeers of old. |
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As well, a technique which harks back at least three decades to anti-nuclear and Left and Right Wing demonstrations in Great Britain, the renewed use of ball bearings and marbles against police horses has been suggested. |
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Unlike concertos of the aforementioned composers, Telemann's Viola Concerto is in four movements, and harks back to the church sonata in its sequence of slow-fast-slow-fast movements. |
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Unfortunately, the Council and the Commission's standpoint still harks back to the first half of the twentieth century, a time when cities, traffic and the economy were on a much smaller scale and growth was still welcome. |
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Aesthetically speaking, the interior architecture of Peter Silling harks back to the era of the classical skyscraper, set off to perfection by the elegance of high-gloss brass at the storey and apartment entrances. |
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The exhibition's combination of didacticism with morbid titillation also harks back to old horror movies and freak shows. |
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I am particularly grateful that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, in its opinion, harks back to my 1997 report on the situation of assisting spouses of the self-employed in agriculture. |
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As I said earlier, in my introduction, this government harks back to the Duplessis era, it is out of touch with reality, behind the times, old-fashioned, undemocratic and despicable. |
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Although the national side no longer have the legendary initials CCCP emblazoned on their shirts, their brand of football harks back to the halcyon days of the Soviet era. |
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This method harks back to Socratic maieutics, with significant guidance of the group by the teacher with a view to progressive and logical reflection on the basis of questions, reformulations and objections. |
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The game, Smurfs 2 is a traditional 2D platform adventure that harks back to those original Mario and Sonic titles. |
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A delightful debut that harks back to the early days of Chick Lit when heroines were flawed, funny, and forever battling for love and happiness. |
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The Latin name of the Swiss Confederacy, Confoederatio Helvetica, harks back to the Helvetii, the name of Galicia to the Gallaeci and the Auvergne of France to the Averni. |
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The widespread use of red brick characterises the city, much of the architecture of which harks back to its days as a global centre for the cotton trade. |
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The bike certainly harks back to the classic Bonnevilles, with a 1959-esque tank, an upswept silencer in brushed aluminium, black side panels and black cast alloy wheels. |
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