In years' gone by in Brahmin Boston, the saying went "The Lowells talk only to Cabots and the Cabots talk only to God." Fast forward and the NY Times reports that in 1979 the two most common surnames in the Manhattan telephone directory were Smith & Cohen (sounds like a vaudeville act) - the Social Register listed 600 Smiths and only one Cohen - but Cohen didn't mind - he was too busy running his hedge fund.
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