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- This could have been Katzenberg's idea; as head of Disney animation in its palmy "Renaissance" years (1988-94), he had hosted ever more elaborate industry previews of his films .
- He represents the Old Guard in the very flower of its maturity, in the palmy days of McKinley and Mark Hanna, when " a little group of wilful men " did more than make gestures .
- Not surprisingly, as the Commons assembled on Budget Day last week, its mood was far different from the palmy days of Empire, when members turned out in top hats and tails.