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  • Going from the Czar's tax collectors to the leaders of several radical movements aimed at destruction of the Russian Empire to the parties behind half the Soviet Democide to the disloyal and overly privileged "Cosmopolitans" of the post-Khruschev days.

    "It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!" Ann Althouse 2008

  • LISOVICZ: If women are really like the heroines of the chick-lit genre, there's a lot of love lost out there, but no need to cry in your "Cosmopolitans" ladies.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2004 2004

  • LISOVICZ: If women are really like the heroines of the chick-lit genre, there's a lot of love lost out there, but no need to cry in your "Cosmopolitans" ladies.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2004 2004

  • We've all been to gatherings where the testosterone to estrogen ratio is so askew that you feel like you may as well be chasing down beers on an oil rig or, in contrast, sipping Cosmopolitans on Cheerleader Island.

    Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011

  • We've all been to gatherings where the testosterone to estrogen ratio is so askew that you feel like you may as well be chasing down beers on an oil rig or, in contrast, sipping Cosmopolitans on Cheerleader Island.

    Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011

  • In the 1990s, the martini reemerged; in the last decade, produced Cosmopolitans of many colors and flavors.

    Drink To The Emmys In 'Mad Men' Style 2010

  • “‘Your guests will be able to wander between authentic New York street-food stalls,’” Wendy is reading aloud, “‘where they can enjoy tasty treats from hot dog carts and delicious wares from pretzel stands—and not forgetting that glamorous old-time speakeasy serving Manhattans and Cosmopolitans nonalcoholic also available.’”

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • “‘Your guests will be able to wander between authentic New York street-food stalls,’” Wendy is reading aloud, “‘where they can enjoy tasty treats from hot dog carts and delicious wares from pretzel stands—and not forgetting that glamorous old-time speakeasy serving Manhattans and Cosmopolitans nonalcoholic also available.’”

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • Mounting the imposing stairs attentive bartenders manned the desk ordinarily utilized by volunteers, dispensing Cosmopolitans, or whatever else one wished to down to beat the heat instead of information about the location of the new costume or Gout-Grec silver exhibition.

    Michael Henry Adams: Saluting the Met's Gay Gala! 2010

  • In advance of Sex and the City 2 coming out next week, the event was dubbed "Tech in the City" and included the requisite but so passé Carrie Bradshaw-inspired Cosmopolitans.

    Product Preview: Whirlpool Vantage Washer and Dryer 2010

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