“The dinner has gotten so not Washington press corps, so not our class, that this year, the New York Times stuffily declined to buy a table.”

“Being in a sect can be oddly cosy, reassuringly and stuffily familiar – to the point where any voices outside it are no longer heard at all.”

“The Hotel Sacher Cafe is the place to go for authentic sachertorte, a rich chocolate apricot confection that was invented in this stuffily splendid establishment.”