Word: chintz
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...revolution be financed by $200 leather jackets? Why not? After all, if you believe in the revolution, it shouldn't matter where the money comes from. On the other hand, the moral fabric of such an operation feels a little like chintz. But that's probably middle-class folk-purist inverse snobbism...
...work out at Y.M.C.A. "Swim and Slim" classes-exertions that have served more to re distribute her weight than to take it off. She is an enthusiastic amateur dec orator and refurbished the Governor's exquisite 19th century mansion at Annapolis in a style she calls "Victorian with chintz." Her husband, however, included an imported sauna bath in the restoration...
...lots of catsup in ballrooms and garages. Corman, a set-happy director, lets the furniture generate most of the suspense in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. You're on the edge of your seat, in anguish: Will the next chairs zipping into the picture be dressed in chintz or campy antique satin...
About 20 people were kneeling Japanese-style on chintz-covered pillows arranged around three low tables. We smiled at everyone as we lowered ourself to the floor...
About the only economies encountered were in furnishings, thanks to Harold and Dorothy Macmillan, hardly the types to let their imaginations run riot. They ordered everything "very plain and simple," vetoed damask and brocade for the walls, had the bedroom done in chintz. Last week, with the renovation finally finished more than a year behind schedule, the total bill stood at an astronomical...