10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NANNYISH»
Discover the use of
nannyish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nannyish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Muggles, Monsters and Magicians: A Literary Analysis of the ...
... this emphasis on the responsibility of the individual and the longing for moral
unambiguousness, Harry Potter is "the perfect hero for the late 1990s, a time
when readers are looking for reassurance and a certain nannyish moral certainty.
2
Restitution: Past, Present and Future : Essays in Honour of ...
If it is nannyish to impose liability in contract, then it is nannyish to impose it in
restitution. The second possibility is that the parties meant to draw up a detailed,
2 [1937] 3 All ER 759. 3 See especially United Australia v. Barclays Bank [1941]
AC ...
Gareth H. Jones, William Rodolph Cornish, 1998
3
Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte: Tuairisc Oifigiúil
From something in the Minister's speech for which she is in no way to blame I
cannot help observing the 7 o'clock extremely nannyish attitude of the Irish State
towards the whole subject of buying and selling drink. Needless to say, it is not ...
Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil, 1983
The main reason I haven't been to California before is their impertinent, nannyish
tobacco fatwa. This is the only place on earth where smoking can kill you stone
dead in seconds: you get so frothingly angry at the temperate health fascists, ...
5
Foreign Investment in American Telecommunications
At other times, the phrase connotes a nannyish concern that listeners and
viewers receive their recommended daily amount of various intellectual and
cultural nutrients— the informational equivalent of the USDA listings found on the
sides of ...
6
From Mt. San Angelo: Stories, Poems & Essays
Without budging, rapt and transfixed ("Now, now," I can hear him say in the
nannyish tone he occasionally affected, "that's a bit over-donne, Milton, it won't do
") beneath the lamp post, oblivious to the stares and double-takes of people
hurrying ...
Never, never.' They were walking with a swift sense of purpose up a gravel path,
now chequered with lights from windows of the house. Viola felt herself being
swept reluctantly along, not daring to hesitate again. Richard was being nannyish
, ...
Mum used to tell the story over and over, with nannyish indulgence, as if it were
proof of my tendency to mischief, until even Luke forgot he was the guilty party. A
piece of family history was mine. Couldn't the same apply here? There was more
...
9
Reading Series Fiction: From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp
When it is explained to her that she has many things the children would like to
share (an island, a dog, a wreck), the narrator provides a nannyish explanation: It
wasn't [George's] nature to share anything. She had always been an only child, ...
10
My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking
For shallow- and deep-frying, please let me be nannyish once in this book and
ask you not to use wads of paper towels for draining, but to line a baking sheet or
tray with layers of brown paper (supermarket bags, for instance) and put a layer ...
Niloufer Ichaporia King, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NANNYISH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nannyish is used in the context of the following news items.
Brighton beach smoking ban would be ridiculous
This is a city that likes breaking rules but still has a nannyish zeal to make them nonetheless. There's a case for a smoke free area of the beach ... «Metro, Jul 15»
Queen at Princess Charlotte's christening may have cast mind back …
Whenever in the ambit of terrifyingly nannyish former Education Secretary Lady Shephard, 75, Cameron addresses her as 'Auntie Gillian'. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Take the money or keep your principles: The moral dilemma for PRs
Does that make us nannyish and dull? I don't think so. I think it says very clearly that we all need to take some responsibility, do what we do ... «PR Week, Jul 15»
Britain's day of burning hell. Survivors' eye-witness accounts
Meanwhile the UN is seizing the opportunity to advance its nannyish, finger-wagging agenda. The United Nations has urged countries to create ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
NYC officials want high-sodium warnings
While city officials and health experts applauded the initiatives, some critics saw them as nannyish. facebook. twitter. linkedin. google +. reddit. «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
New York City Could Be First To Require High-Sodium Warning …
While city officials and health experts hailed the initiatives, some critics saw them as nannyish. ___. Associated Press Chief Medical Writer ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Here's The Canned Barleywine You Need
... beer—plus I've read every word of Mosher's excellent Tasting Beer, which gives me great faith in this new one (despite the nannyish subtitle). «Deadspin, May 15»
The 11 Most Powerful Women in Food
... this ranking, we hear from readers outraged that we would "honor" this or that person, whether a corporate honcho or a nannyish naysayer. «Huffington Post, May 15»
Best new non-fiction paperbacks: Revealing stories of life's laughter …
... make way for brutalist flats, grammar schools are replaced with comprehensives and the people begin to seize power from a nannyish state. «Express.co.uk, May 15»
America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food for 2015
... whether a corporate honcho or a nannyish naysayer. And every year, we answer that this is not necessarily a ranking of our favorite people, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
