Word: stylishly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eighth president of Wellesley, she is a member of a rare species. In the whole of the U.S., there are only five other women who head major colleges: stylish Sarah Blanding of Vassar, Sweet Briar's pert Martha Lucas, Barnard's Millicent Mclntosh, petite Rosemary Park of Connecticut, and Bryn Mawr's stately Katharine McBride. "I do hope," said Dean Mclntosh, "that Miss Clapp knows what...
...deep-chested, dim-witted fashion, Mature loves his wife. But Lizabeth loves nothing but penthouses, stylish parties and Wall Street wolves who, for a consideration, can boost her to success as an interior decorator. Her pushing ways cost Mature a chance for a secure job as football coach at the state college. The job goes instead to his buddy and teammate, Sonny Tufts...
Better built, more attractive homes, more stylish and durable clothes could also be readily available. With precise enthusiasm, Prophet Moulton gives such detailed examples of potential progress as non-warp, non-scratch, non-splinter pleasure boats, and plastic violins which might all but rival the Stradivarius in tone...
...moved to superlatives. The reserved London Times called it "this massive and relentless play." The Daily Express was ecstatic: "This play seems to lay the soul of America bare, throws across the footlights, flat in your face, all the hopes, fears, frustrations, inhibitions and terrible yearnings of a nation . . ." Stylish first-nighters, equally moved brought back Paul Muni (who played Willy) and his cast for 15 curtain calls. Said one sequined dowager: "I don't think I understood it all, but I certainly feel weak...
...Reader Ripley's memory has wandered slightly: the stylish Bank Exchange's presiding genius was Duncan Nichol, and potent Pisco Punch ("Two, and you'd hug a wildcat") was his invention. Pisco John's was a sailors' pub a few blocks away...