Word: cognoscenti
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...Behind the scenes, beyond the media, via phones and e-mail and cocktail-party chatter, the Republican cognoscenti are assessing the credentials of four men who, at one time or another, have talked about running for President. Each offers striking political and policy savvy gilded by the gubernatorial brush - although each has potential flaws as well...
...foreign-language Oscar? It's a toss-up, and there's always the chance that a dark horse will win. But for the moment, The White Ribbon and A Prophet are the Hurt Locker and Avatar of foreign-language films. And both will be remembered, at least among the cognoscenti, long after Cop Out and The Crazies hit the DVD remainder bins...
...nothing but showboating. Lysacek decided, coming into Vancouver, not to include one in his program; he tried it at the U.S. nationals in January and fell. But he's the only skater among the top competitors who made that decision, sparking all kinds of buzz among the skating cognoscenti about whether he was pushing the sport back...
...Eteaket, Edinburgh A newcomer to the tearoom scene, Eteaket, eteaket.co.uk, is a hit with the Edinburgh cognoscenti. Most of the 40-plus leaf teas are sourced from smaller estates around the world, which the company says secures a fairer price for plantation workers and is kinder to the environment. However, "it's not all kaftans and flower power," says owner Erica Moore. Hot pink and turquoise seating and brightly colored fondant fancies served on vintage cake stands inject the necessary note of playfulness...
...spirit of Ogden Nash; Yarrow set it to music, and a few years later the trio recorded "Puff the Magic Dragon." This children's song, with its fanciful friendship and lilting chorus, would dominate the Top 40 and be sung in summer camp forever after. To the cognoscenti, this was a drug song in pop-music code: Puff, drag-on, "little Jackie Paper." Hipsters began referring to the group as Peyote, Pot & Maryjuana - though Yarrow consistently denied the hallucinogenic connection. He was even more adamant in condemning Paul Shanklin's 2007 anti-Obama burlesque, Barack the Magic Negro, which Yarrow...