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strange bedfellows From the aristocrat who set fire to himself as a cure for hiccups to reading 'Paradise Lost' in the nude, when does the merely ecCentric become genuinely scary? Nigel Farndale visits the lunatic fringe
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TWO WORDS KEPT CROPPING UP IN THE OBITUARIES OF Boris Yeltsin:
'charismatic' and 'eccentric'. They often go together, which is why
no one minds being thought of as eccentric. On the contrary, some
people describe themselves as eccentric, even though they are
describing a mental condition of sorts, a brightly coloured skiff
bobbing about in the ocean of 'abnormal psychology'. The English,
especially, pride themselves on being eccentric, considering it a
term of endearment, a synonym for whimsi...
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Strangely enough, the English eccentric is alive and kicking
Yorkshire Post
; ... final, Boris Johnson gets more bonkers by the hour and Take That - minus Robbie - have reformed. All of which is apparently good news for the health of the country. "Eccentrics experience much lower levels of stress because they are not concerned with keeping ...
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U.S. psychologist proves British are most eccentric
Chicago Sun-Times
; LONDON Few people know Britain's famous eccentrics as well as American psychologist David Weeks, who has made a two-year study of people he calls "happily obsessed." Weeks, principal clinical psychologist at Scotland's Royal Edinburgh Hospital, has studied 130 of those people who help give the
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Eccentric,moi? A new survey claims that 18 of the world"s 20 greatest eccentrics are British. Two of this illustrious crew are baffled by the label - after all, what"s strange about wearing a stovepipe hat or pitching a tent in your living room?
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; CLARISSA DICKSON-WRIGHT TV CHEF I suppose it is a compliment of sorts in a nation that has always loved its eccentrics to be numbered among their selection. I have to say, when I told them of this eccentricity poll, many of my friends reacted: 'What? Only number 12? They can't know you very well.'
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Eccentricity as Englishness in David Copperfield.(Critical Essay)
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
; In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric.
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Armani's bold eccentricity The Collections / Milan
International Herald Tribune
; Suzy Menkes International Herald Tribune 02-25-2004 So Giorgio Armani is going into the hotel business? Well, no prizes for guessing what the first guests in Dubai will see: minimalist design, the beige tones of gray or running water colors and that sleek modern furniture that the maestro already
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