Coordinates: 51°34′34″N 0°29′19″E / 51.5761°N 0.4886°E / 51.5761; 0.4886
Basildon ( /ˈbæzɪldən/)[citation needed] is a town located in the Basildon District of the county of Essex, England.
It lies 25 miles (40 km) east of Central London and 11 miles (18 km) south of the county town of Chelmsford. Nearby towns include Billericay to the north, Wickford northeast and South Benfleet to the east.
It was designated as a new town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill, created from the conglomeration of four small villages, namely Pitsea, Laindon, Basildon and Vange (the new town took the name Basildon as it was the most central of the four villages).
The local government district of Basildon, formed in 1974 was first led by Ryan O'Rourke and encapsulates a larger area than the town itself; the two neighbouring towns of Billericay and Wickford, as well as rural villages and smaller settlements set among the surrounding countryside, fall within its borders.
Basildon Town is one of the most densely populated areas in the County of Essex, mostly due to its influx of families from the Boroughs of London. However, it is thought that Basildon's population will continue to increase as many people are re-locating to the Town from the Boroughs of London, Essex and the Country. This is mostly due to Basildon's booming economy in industrial areas, the Towns tertiary sector, and its close travel link to Central London.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
Plot
Young, attractive and vivacious, model Diana Scott is firmly decided to become rich and famous as well. To succeed, she does not hesitate to take bold steps. After a while, she literally strikes gold: she meets Robert Gold, a well-known TV journalist, who not only introduces her into new social and professional circles, but also abandons his family to live with her. Diana seems to have happily combined success and love. However, in those roaring sixties, others are ready to offer her even more money, fame, and, seemingly, fun than Robert can...
Keywords: abortion, actress, advertising, bisexuality, boredom, businessman, comedy-of-manners, controversial, cynicism, fashion
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Miles Brand: It was said of her great-grandmother that the only members of the cabinet who weren't her lovers were the ones who had reason to believe they might be her father.
Miles Brand: ...a man of few words, all of them long.
Robert Gold: Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time.
Miles Brand: Why, Carlotta. How savage we are tonight. Did someone go back to their wife?::Carlotta: If he had, you'd have been there to greet him.
Diana Scott: Taxi!::Robert Gold: We're not taking a taxi.::Diana Scott: Why not?::Robert Gold: I don't take whores in taxis.
Diana Scott: Imagine if...::Miles Brand: What?::Diana Scott: It took three.::Miles Brand: Took three?::Diana Scott: Sexes. To make a child.::Miles Brand: Very entertaining.::Diana Scott: Everything would be different, wouldn't it, quite different, with three sexes.::Miles Brand: Haven't we got enough problems with two?
Diana Scott: I asked you to go. Why haven't you?::Miles Brand: Because I've stayed.
Miles Brand: My impotence, my darling, makes a pair with your virginity.
Diana Scott: [during a fight with Robert] We're NOT married. At least, not to each other.
Robert Gold: You're just a whore baby, nothing but a whore and I don't take whores in taxi's