Word: polloi
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...Braniff International Corp. took over managerial control from the man who was once its chairman and began doing away with his members-only notion. "Tres Vidas," announced Braniff, "is a private-membership country club. Guests are currently being accepted on a get-acquainted basis ..." With visions of the hoi polloi overrunning their dream resort, remaining members began to shy away, hastening the downfall of Tres Vidas. By 1974 Braniff had converted Post's dream into an open resort, and was making an all-out bid for middleclass tourists. But they too stayed away, preferring the Las Vegas glitter...
...candidates, however, are banking on support from the more than 400 registered Cambridge voters in the Harvard student population. "I wouldn't be the one that Harvard students would vote for anyway," Fitzgerald said. "I don't belong to the same aristocratic hoi polloi as them, so I suppose I'm at a disadvantage...
...Well, if he wants us hoi polloi to continue buying his automobiles, he had better stop confusing us with that well-known auto color, hulla blue...
...Henry Ford II's observation: "New models every year and all this hoi polloi about introductions and all that are becoming passé," outdoes Mrs. Malaprop at her best...
...while the compacts grew in size and power over the years, the automakers now are expected to pay Volkswagen something of a compliment of imitation by leaving their subcompacts basically the same in size and style from year to year. "New models every year and all this hoi-polloi about introductions and all that are becoming passe," says Henry Ford. "Planned obsolescence is out the window...