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...marvels at the copious flow of his invective ... Henry James [was] that "miserable little snob" whose preference for English society and English literature drove Roosevelt to near frenzy: 'Thus it is for the undersized man of letters, who flees his country because he, with his delicate, effeminate sensitiveness, finds the conditions of life on this side of the water crude and raw ... and so goes where he will be sheltered from the winds that harden stouter souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rough Riding from Black Care | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...everyone is into long novels, so you could get your uncle a book he could just look at, like The New Yorker 25th Anniversary Album which contains, among other things, lots of funny cartoons. Not only that, but think of the snob appeal this nicely done book will have when it finally comes to the Elephant's graveyard of Christmas book gifts--the coffee table...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Brain Coral for Uncle Eb | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...Coming out" became even more of a snob statement since it furnished the spectacle of a privileged class enjoying its privileges...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Pretty Maids All in a Row | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...been with Tiffany, the snob queen of Fifth Avenue and points south and west (it also has stores in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Beverly Hills and San Francisco). Last week Tiffany surprised almost everybody by agreeing to sell its whole business?lock, stock and bauble. The buyer will be Avon Products, Inc., the door-to-door giant that knows a lot more about cold cream than carats. Selling to such a mass-not-class company would seem to betray a rare streak of egalitarianism in Tiffany Chairman Walter Hoving, whose often stated political views would make Marie Antoinette's sound like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Avon Calling | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...after Agafya's property, a two-story brick house, the walls of which he thumps to test their soundness. Zhevakin (Randall Duk Kim) is a diminutive ex-naval officer who dreams of duplicating the girls of Sicily with their "rosebud mouths" and cushiony flesh. Then there is a snob of an ex-infantry officer, Anuchkin (Jake Dengel), who, though devoid of social graces himself, insists that any bride of his must speak French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARRIAGE: Gogol Dancing | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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