Word: aficionados
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...detective fiction aficionado who finds time to read every day, Faust makes a point of soliciting literary recommendations from faculty members and students with ties to countries on her trip itinerary. Books topping her list range from Nelson Mandela’s 700-page autobiography and South African politics writer Leonard Thompson’s “History of South Africa,” to the “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” novel series set in Gaborone, Botswana...
...Only the top 3 to 6 of these [preliminary winners] have a lock on the election,” wrote local political aficionado Robert Winters on his Web site, the Cambridge Civic Journal...
...Chef Ryan Farr also gets raves from participants in his San Francisco hog-butchery classes. "It gave me a greater respect for my food, which is exactly what I was after when I signed up for the class," food aficionado M. Quinn Sweeney wrote (accompanied by photos) on his blog...
...sect also uses the Internet to spread its gospel. On one online forum, hundreds of supporters sing the praises of Christ and La Familia. "Victory to La Familia Michoacana, gloryfying Jesus by helping others," writes one aficionado who calls himself Fran. "Evil will only reign until Jesus stops it," writes another who calls himself the Messenger. "Nobody is saved from divine justice and they cannot imagine the pain and suffering they will go through...
...to.Having known Cosby as a “well put together kid with his head on straight” who seemed to steer clear of “gang-like crowds,” Toffoli said the news of the shooting was all the more surprising.A Pokemon card aficionado in his childhood who once amassed an entire book of the much hyped collectibles, Cosby later channeled his energies into playing basketball and maintaining his ’95 BMW.“He was very proud of this car,” his mother recalled.Cosby said that...