Gin Without the Tonic: Go on, act like Gatsby this summer. But real aristocrats had a code

Things that were once associated with the Protestant establishment--vacations; golf and tennis and fly-fishing; boats; schools like Andover, Harvard, and Yale; Lilly Pulitzer shifts and flood pants from L.L.Bean--are now what almost everyone seems to want. There are still titans with a conscience in...

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Published in:Newsweek 2012-08, Vol.160 (7), p.5
Main Author: Cheever, Susan
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Etiquette
Gin
Trust funds
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Summary:Things that were once associated with the Protestant establishment--vacations; golf and tennis and fly-fishing; boats; schools like Andover, Harvard, and Yale; Lilly Pulitzer shifts and flood pants from L.L.Bean--are now what almost everyone seems to want. There are still titans with a conscience in the 21st century--Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Oprah Winfrey, for instance--but some of the rich hang on to their money until the eagle grins.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X