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Word: appallingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...towering cubes, pulled his mustache at its effervescent hostesses, been courteous to ladies who adored Art and worshipped macaroons, graciously eaten his dinner in houses where the butlers were gentlemen, in houses where the guests were lackeys, in houses where the company was so perfect as to appal epigram. In Manhattan are other artists, less dined. These read, in the Metropolitan press, of Zuloaga's feedings, of his exhibition. They read that 40,000 people had visited the exhibition, that $100,000 worth of pictures had been sold on the opening day,* that the Governor-elect of Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Exhibit's End | 2/2/1925 | See Source »

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