A positive attitude is something that goes deep and has an effect beyond a
plastic smile or a faking cheer.
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It was a time before "health & safety" got way too serious, and where we were told to always wear our PPS ("Pontins
Plastic Smile").
Pontins needs change; SUNDAY SHOUT
PLASTIC SMILE Greer poses on Killie pitch - but he hated surface
KO PLASTIC SCENE NOW? THE PITCH DEBATE
Plastic smile This girl flashes a grin in her recycled creation
A PASSION FOR FASHION
Mantel made headlines last month after she criticised Kate Middleton as having no personality and appearing to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect
plastic smile, during a lecture at the British Museum.
Author Hilary Mantel defends controversial comments on Kate Middleton
On the eve of the Duchess of Cambridge's return to the spotlight following her recent spell in hospital, novelist Mantel risked being carted off to the Tower after describing Our Kate as a "shop window mannequin with a
plastic smile".
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In a thoughtful lecture organized by the London Review of Books, Mantel suggested that Kate appeared "designed by a committee and built by craftsmen, with a perfect
plastic smile and the spindles of her limbs hand-turned and gloss-varnished." She also indicated that Kate's role is to be admired and to breed, and called her "as painfully thin as anyone could wish, without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character."
Old frumps should just shut up
WOLF Hall author Hilary Mantel likened Kate Middleton to a "shop-window mannequin" with a "
plastic smile".
@dailyrecord; Letters.
During a lecture at the British Museum, the double Booker Prize-winner said Kate appeared to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect
plastic smile.
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During a lecture at the British Museum, Mantel, the double Booker Prize winner, said Kate appeared to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect
plastic smile, in contrast to Princess Diana, who she described as awkward and emotionally incontinent.
Cameron defends 'plastic' duchess
During a lecture at the British Museum, the double Booker Prize-winner said Kate appeared to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect
plastic smile in contrast to Diana, Princess of Wales, whom she described as awkward and emotionally incontinent.
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During a lecture at the British Museum two weeks ago, the double Booker Prize winner criticised Kate as appearing to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect
plastic smile in contrast to Princess Diana, who she described as awkward and emotionally incontinent.
Duchess is 'shop window mannequin'
In his cross-gartered appearance before Olivia, Cordery's farcical Malvolio sported a "mustard-coloured superman suit with a zip dangerously unfastened to waist level, accompanied by a mandatory,
plastic smile" (Observer, 5/2/05) and "a speedbiker's black lace-up leathers" (Stratford Herald, 5/5/05).
Twelfth Night
I mean a real and genuine one, not a
plastic smile! I know you're thinking it's so easy to say it as I am just the writer and a dreamer, but mind you, this is the reality.
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Mantel said at the London Review of Books Lecture that the duchess was "gloss varnished" with a "
plastic smile."
David Cameron defends Duchess Kate over 'shop-window mannequin' comments