They reflect a more simple and gentle era.

Had he been born in a simpler era he might have made quite a name for himself.

This is part of its charm, going back to a simpler era when the nation seemed much bigger, more regional.

And that is why Coriolan was sent to this simple era, where his crippled state doesn't matter.

All of the changes have left some nurses nostalgic for a simpler era.

"Sesame Street," its producers say, was the product of a simpler era, when children were less familiar with the television set.

It begins with the concept of community policing, a notion from a simpler era whose time has come again.

In a simpler era the choice usually wasn't difficult: movie stars were expected to outshine their subjects.

HE says that his career path is not some relic from a simpler era.

But their hand-wringing does not disguise the show's nostalgia for a slower, simpler era.