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LEFT-LIBERAL CHATTERING CLASS [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-03-03
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Social Organization
- Political Theories and Doctrines
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- limousine liberalism
1, record 1, English, limousine%20liberalism
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- radical chic 1, record 1, English, radical%20chic
correct
- left-liberal chattering class 2, record 1, English, left%2Dliberal%20chattering%20class
correct
- chattering class 1, record 1, English, chattering%20class
correct
- champagne left 1, record 1, English, champagne%20left
proposal
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The left-liberal chattering classes stridently denounced Mr. Asper’s allegedly excessive power over the media. Yet this is the same clique that advocates foreign-ownership restrictions. But if the Canadian media indeed are concentrated in a few hands, Ottawa’s foreign-ownership rules are to blame. 2, record 1, English, - limousine%20liberalism
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
to chatter: to utter rapidly and purposelessly. 3, record 1, English, - limousine%20liberalism
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
chattering class: a slightly pejorative reference to the "talking heads" on television and to writers in the left-wing papers. Compare "radical chic" 1, record 1, English, - limousine%20liberalism
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
radical chic: title of a novel by Tom Wolfe that holds up to ridicule the champagne left. 1, record 1, English, - limousine%20liberalism
Record 1, Key term(s)
- chattering classes
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Organisation sociale
- Théories et doctrines politiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- gauche-cachemire
1, record 1, French, gauche%2Dcachemire
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- gauche-caviar 1, record 1, French, gauche%2Dcaviar
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quinze ans après la fin de la Gauche prolétarienne, les anciens «maos» ont répudié la révolution. [...] Les voilà experts en communication, vedettes des médias, ou conseillers des hiérarques socialistes. [...] En 1970, ils se croyaient l'avant-garde de la classe ouvrière. En 1988, ils sont la gauche-caviar. 1, record 1, French, - gauche%2Dcachemire
Record 1, Key term(s)
- gauche caviar
- gauche cachemire
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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