Word: chichi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...homes of the rich and famous with wall-to-wall flamboyance and fidgety fuss; of cancer; in Oxfordshire, England. Hicks, a sworn enemy of chintz, eschewed the staid flowery prints in favor of eye-popping solids, which he boldly mingled with modern paintings and patterned carpets. Among his chichi clientele: King Fahd and royals Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who became his peers after he married Lady Pamela Mountbatten...
Students across the U.S. are about to find out if she's right. Mandatory volunteerism, once the province of chichi private academies with a runaway sense of noblesse oblige, has become the latest reform fad in public schools. Though Maryland's statewide requirement is unique, nationally almost one-fifth of students surveyed last year said they attend schools that mandate service. Even cash-strapped urban schools are joining in. In September, Chicago announced that it will demand 40 volunteer hours from its students, starting next year. Philadelphia officials have debated similar mandates, and Miami began requiring 75 hours of service...
...deeply his bailout from a burning Avenger torpedo bomber in World War II had shaped him. He was only three months beyond his teens when ground fire hit his plane as he thundered in with four 500-lb. bombs to drop on a radio tower and facilities on Chichi Jima, a volcanic island held by the Japanese. He followed the book, completed his drop and then told his two crewmen, Ted White and Jack Delaney, to bail out. He turned the plane to lessen wind on their hatch, looked for them but could not see them in the plane...
Well, maybe. But cigar bars are sprouting up all over the place, with sales of premium, hand-rolled cigars rising about 50% this year, to nearly $600 million. Luxury goods from Jaguars to jewelry are flying out of stores, and Manhattan's chichi restaurants can't possibly charge enough...
...Brattle Square. But getting a seat can still be a struggle. Imagine an audience full of over-achiever grad students whose hauteness depends on seeing Now Voyager one last time. Kendall Square Cinema Hip art flicks, an espresso bar, and faux-art-deco interior make this the most chichi theater in town. After getting off at the Kendall-MIT stop, you have to cut through the Marriot, negotiate a deathly intersection, cross train tracks, and trudge through the dubious and probably health-threatening wastelands and parking lots of Genzyme. Good Luck. Coolidge Corner This non-profit independent theater sports...