Word: snob
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MUSIC ROOM. Another fine film from India's Satyajit Ray (the Apu trilogy): the tragedy of a snob who dissipates a fortune to impress a man he despises...
...salt. His squad mates love to hear stories of Pip's filthy-rich upbringing in a stately 18th century manor, couldn't care less when he tries to ignite their class feeling with tales of the French Revolution, and remain stubbornly suspicious of him as a snob who is slumming...
...Frederic Collins Hooper, 71, managing director since 1948 of Britain's Schweppes Ltd. (quinine water, Bitter Lemon), a bubbly Londoner who left a successful chain store busi ness to put some fizz in the 169-year-old mixer maker, quintupled Schweppes's output and profit with snob appeal advertising featuring Commander Whitehead among the Yanks and veddy British "Schweppigrams" at home;* of a probable heart attack; in London...
...where consumers respond best to ads that emphasize the product's health-giving qualities and list the ingredients. The Germans also prefer directness; to sell, a soap must stress cleansing power rather than fluffy wash or handy container. The Spanish have a confident serenity, and ads that suggest snob appeal fall flat. Italians, though they bred Gina and Sophia, are prudish about sex and seminudity. "We can't present a woman as a sex kitten," moans an adman in Italy, where the Maidenform girl is photographed modestly at home and forgoes Freudian dreams...
...seaside hotels in the past decade and Rumania about 50. Most of the new Black Sea resorts smack more of Miami than of Moscow, and often practice segregation-Westerners only. While Western tourists (mostly European) at first ventured East out of curiosity, they now go for the snob appeal of a Black Sea tan, or simply for fun on the cheap. Three weeks at Czechoslovakia's elegant spas of Carlsbad or Marienbad cost Westerners $125 to $175, and a fortnight's all-expense tour from Frankfurt to Bulgaria's bikini beaches starts...