Word: snob
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...that Firestone) was already an auto blueblood. Although educated at the élite institutions of Hotchkiss and Princeton, Bill was especially interested in labor and what working people do. His passions tended toward sports, American history and the environment. His parents hoped he would not grow up a snob, and his mother drove him across town to play hockey in a working-class league instead of in the fancier Grosse Pointe, where he grew up. He still plays twice a week--right wing--in a competitive league...
...Michelin status in 1996 to colonize Las Vegas and Tokyo and supermarket refrigerators with gourmet fast food. Many talented chefs refuse to join the ratings rat race altogether, opting to run more casual bistros. Some latter-day sansculottes can't wait for the extinction of la cuisine snob. But since when does democracy mean a dictatorship of taste? If haute cuisine disappears, so will the whole web of specialist artisanal producers that it supports. And the consequences could be even more grim. The best of the best cooking, even at prices that risk inspiring a new French revolution, is much...
...heard of the South Beach diet. Now get ready for the latest pound-shedding plans from Sonoma County and Park Avenue. Based on each locale's particular tastes, these new regimens aim to make dieting more palatable by mixing snob appeal with an occasional glass of Pinot. Here's a look at the "destination diets" and a few other weight-loss books worth sampling...
...detested John Simon.Yet here he sits, 80 years old and perfectly arranged from tie to penny loafers, facing the charge of snobbery that’s shadowed his entire career. It’s a charge he seems to embrace.BEING JOHN SIMONIt’s hard work becoming a snob. Simon left his native Yugoslavia as a boy, exploring theater during grade school in England and the United States. He organized one play during a brief stint of “very undistinguished service” at an Air Force professional school, but lacked cooperative actors...
...girls are carefully sizing up a pair of jeans with broadtail patch pockets. ?Ciao !? Addis says when he spots them. He doesn't know them per se, but he quickly explains that the friendliness is part of the Dolce & Gabbana strategy. ? Other designers, they are very snob. Dolce and Gabbana are never snob,? he says. ?They are friendly. Ciao! Ciao...