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When I wrote the proposal, I said that my last chapter would be about the revolt against this class, for some of the same reasons that Lemann hints at (without sufficiently detailing) in his book: They are selected too early; they live in a culture that is detached from the rest of the culture; the income gap between them and the rest of the culture is widening.
CNNfn and its more appealing counterpart CNBC (more anchors who look like Harrison Ford, more hints of futility and world weariness, fewer catchy names for segments--I believe CNNfn has something called "Margin Monkeys") are the ESPN of business news for an audience that watches the economy as if it were sports.
Kate is a character whose face you should want to scrutinize for hints of a larger awareness, but I found it hard to look at Streep, who's always busy radiating virtue.
Funchal, the island’s capital, major harbor, and only city of any note, merely hints at Madeira’s riches.
I've tried hints from subtle to overt that I don't really approve of what he's doing, but I don't want to kick him out.