The dinner has gotten so not Washington press corps, so not our class, that this year, the New York Times stuffily declined to buy a table. |
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Being in a sect can be oddly cosy, reassuringly and stuffily familiar – to the point where any voices outside it are no longer heard at all. |
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The Hotel Sacher Cafe is the place to go for authentic sachertorte, a rich chocolate apricot confection that was invented in this stuffily splendid establishment. |
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Gradually, hypocrisy was hunted down, often by fan rivalry and less convincingly by journalists who lectured about bigotry but stuffily believed they were always right. |
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