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How'd she get such a high-tone crowd to turn out for a show from the network that brought us the Kardashians?

Rob Lowe and "Potomac Fever" help VIP Washington get over its fear of reality TV The Reliable Source 2011

Louis Vuitton wasn't alone among high-tone European brands.

In Tokyo, Responses Vary in Tony Shops Mariko Sanchanta 2011

Once, in New York City, someone took me to breakfast in a rather high-tone joint and urged me to try the steel-cut oatmeal.

Maria Rodale: Visit to My Back Porch: Michael Perry Maria Rodale 2011

He has conducted yet another masterclass in the confection of high-tone, middle-brow Oscar bait and has succeeded triumphantly.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close gleams with Oscar worthiness 2012

Once, in New York City, someone took me to breakfast in a rather high-tone joint and urged me to try the steel-cut oatmeal.

Maria Rodale: Visit to My Back Porch: Michael Perry Maria Rodale 2011

The high-tone intellectual argument for that position was supplied by Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, a transplanted Thatcherite, at the same Aspen, Colo., gathering where Zuckerman spoke.

Robert Scheer: There's Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons 2010

Locally, the town is a bit infamous for their high-tone, Adult-onset Cryabeetus population.

Regretsy – Regretsy Press 2010

They sponsor high-tone organizations like the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, the founding director of which was Dr. John Graham, who George W. Bush rewarded in 2001 with an appointment as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

James Hoggan: The Dose Makes the Poison -- in Chemicals and in Public Relations 2009

When Diana's stepmother suddenly thrust her onto Amanda after enrolling the girl in a high-tone private school, Amanda chauffeured her sister in a crappy pick-up truck.

Stanton Peele: The Kids Are All Right -- They Didn't Become Addicts 2009

Born in a canebreak1 by an ol 'mama hound, no high-tone mama can make me walk the line

Big Bill Broonzy Lyrics 2009