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  • I even found editor Anna Wintour 's first appearance in Vogue's pages—long before she worked there—in September 1971, when she attended a high-society birthday bash that appeared on the magazine's society page.

    Now Online: 120 Years of Vogue Fashion Christina Binkley 2011

  • It takes the reader from Ms. Vreeland's childhood through her high-society years at "Harper's Bazaar," "Vogue" and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Books on Fashion's Secrets, Even Theft Christina Binkley 2011

  • They're going to know that wine is not for the high-society types alone, And they're going to know that their mom and dad treasure their '06 Ravines, or their Roman Roth merlots, ortheir' 05 Loire Valley reds -- even though they bought the bottles for less than $15.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • Mr. Corrigan held the door open for Yetta, once again acting as though she were some fine high-society heiress.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • They're going to know that wine is not for the high-society types alone, And they're going to know that their mom and dad treasure their '06 Ravines, or their Roman Roth merlots, ortheir' 05 Loire Valley reds -- even though they bought the bottles for less than $15.

    Rants 2009

  • He was an exotically menacing figure for the high-society hostesses of the Faubourg Saint-Germain, and his comrades included the likes of Balzac and Dumas.

    Louis Bayard - An interview with author 2010

  • Another high-society wedding just two months later—this time between Lady Tamara Grosvenor and his old chum Edward van Cutsem—threw the rumor mill into overdrive when Jecca and Wills showed up again, sans Kate.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • The dark and twisted plot involves two high-society types, Pierre ( Thierry Lhermitte ) and Thérèse (Anémone), who get stuck with Christmas Eve detail at a telephone counseling service, where a run of increasingly wacky characters stumble in.

    Last Year, Last Chance Steve Dollar 2011

  • (From Amazon. com): The last two years have been monstrously unpleasant for high-society journalist Gus Bailey.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR DECEMBER 6TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009

  • Her blog, once full of obscenity-laced tirades against her high-society rivals, is now a must-read for its anti-Kremlin manifestoes.

    Wrapped Up in Russia's 'Mink' Revolution Gregory L. White 2011

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