Word: mavens
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...lack of success to establish the existence of the yeti, or Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. But no creature has been sought so assiduously as "Nessie," the Loch Ness Monster, a mysterious beast first reported in Scotland's Loch Ness in 565 by St. Columba. Now a monster maven from Boston named Robert Rines has finally achieved a degree of success in the hunt for Nessie. Although he has not actually brought the monster to bay, Rines has produced what he believes are pictures of Nessie...
...highfalutin horticultural techniques. Every summer for the past 20 years, she simply picked out the flowers that came closest to the ideal and saved their seeds for replanting: "I put red strings on the flowers that looked good and green ones on those that looked pretty good." Adds Marigold Maven Burpee: "This wasn't just luck, it was persistence. She just did the right thing...
...favorite male chauvinist taunt is that men make not only the best chefs (Carêeme, Escoffier) but the most demanding gourmets too. To kill the latter canard, New York magazine's food maven Gael Greene helped organize a ladies' feast at Manhattan's posh Four Seasons restaurant. One of France's premier chefs (helas, un homme), Paul Bocuse, whose Lyons restaurant bears his name as well as the Guide Michelin's esteemed three stars, flew over the day before the banquet burdened with such Gallic specialties as pate de foie gras, truffles, Mediterranean bass...