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That story also runs on the Los Angeles Times front--where the lead is a California election story--but below the paper's survey of Monica Lewinsky's possible career moves (samples from various PR mavens: Go on Oprah, go on Barbara Walters, don't go on Howard Stern).
The mavens are fools to fight the "tide of language change."
Press mavens wring their hands when news organizations are caught being brutal or irresponsible.
The only women included are cosmetics mavens Estée Lauder and Madam C.J.
But to my mind, there are no aficionados more annoying than music mavens who prattle on about bootlegs.