Word: declassee
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Few names glitter so dazzlingly in the jewelry business as Cartier, but for decades relations among independent Cartier houses in Paris, London and New York City have been as flawed as a bargain-basement diamond. Around the turn of the century, rather like a cutter splitting a precious stone, three...
There is nothing Donleavy enjoys more than spoofing the follies of polite society. He has had some time to observe these, having fled the hopelessly declasse shores of New York City, his birthplace, to more genteel echelons in Ireland. His first novel, The Ginger Man, instantly revealed an affection for...
In addition, investigations into the nature of revolutions indicate that Jencks is totally mistaken in attributing the existence of revolutions to educated refugees from the lower classes. Rather, it seems that the major leaders of past revolutions have been what Max Nomad, a student of revolutions, called "declasse intellectuals"--members...
A quick survey of this grouping of "declasse intellectuals" would include Karl Marx, the Ph.D. who couldn't find the much-sought-after teaching post; Fidel Castro, the lawyer; Che Guevara, the medical doctor; and Salvadore Allende, the medical doctor.
People couldn't decide whether it was chic or declasse to be interviewed by The Times. The Ivy Club--confronted by a camera crew from NBC--had barred all press from their formal extravaganza Saturday night. But the earthier crowd at Cottage seemed for the most part thrilled by the...