Word: elitist
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...school's students feel about their place in the otherwise elitist educational structure of Harvard? "These are mature people who are looking not for the ticket but the education," says Bruce. "Because they're more mature, they're better able to deal with ego questions. The quality of education is what's really important...
...Georgian has "tapped, not in a cynical way but in a sincere way," the thirst of the electorate for a return to the "basic verities," for "tremendous change and...(at the same time) tremendous stability." Fallows argues further that the Democrat is "one of the most profoundly anti-elitist candidates to appear" on the American political scene this year. But Fallows readily admits he doesn't believe Carter is the "messiah." He says he recognizes "the shortcomings in him. There's a lot of stuff in what he says that I wouldn't particularly endorse. But when it comes...
Their contest should be among the most literate and witty in the nation this fall. During a panel discussion after the primary, Buckley referred to Moynihan as "professor," somehow managing to evoke with his richly cultivated tone the image of a chalk-dusty elitist woefully out of touch with reality. Up shot the Moynihan Mephistophelean eyebrow. With mock outrage he fulminated: "Boy, this campaign is getting rough. I might call you a businessman...
Imperial Family. "Our customers range from princesses to office ladies," says Okada. The store is a purveyor to the imperial family, outfitting Emperor Hirohito with suits and shirts. Competitors often snicker at Mitsukoshi's "imperial connection," charging that it makes the store snobbish and elitist. But Okada points out that half the store's business comes from affluent Japanese in their 20s and 30s who are attracted by Mitsukoshi's talent for combining modernity and tradition...
...like way, the most rarefied work of the art nouveau craftsmen was not accessible to a wide public. As the style spread through the decorative arts-furniture making, inlay, bookbinding, jewelry, glass-too much labor and fine material were devoured by it. It was, in very essence, elitist: the stylish style. But as Brunhammer rightly exclaims in the catalogue, "Thanks be for the snobisme that broke through the barriers between the arts and gave us such a profusion of fine works!" As it is in Proust, snobbery is often the essential subject of art nouveau. There is plenty of costly...