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Word: classiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classiest move would be to kick Duncombe out of the basketball program altogether. A fan should be able to go to a basketball game without having to fear the wrath of an unbalanced player frustrated about his poor performance...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: The Lost Weekend? | 3/8/1989 | See Source »

...America's classiest sports couple...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Of Tyson and Trump | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

Socialites who feel insecure shopping anywhere but at the most exclusive salons may want to consult the opinion of an unexpected new arbiter: U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet. Last week the Manhattan-based judge named the 55 classiest retail stores in the U.S. He compiled the list as a way of enforcing a November trademark-infringement ruling in which he prohibited the toniest U.S. stores from selling Elizabeth Taylor's new fragrance, called Passion (price: $165 per oz. of perfume). Sweet had ruled that the upper-crust marketplace already belonged to an older Passion ($270), which the French firm Annick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCENTS: Oh, to Be Too Tony for Liz! | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...CLASSIEST NEW STAR Spuds MacKenzie, the spokesdog in the Bud Light beer commercials and budding movie star. No contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of '87 | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...entrepreneur: "Leave skid marks at the edge of the cliff." Rush was about to leave some. The year before, 1980, he had failed to fill a 500-seat rock club in Boston for a Christmas show, at $7 a ticket. Now he booked the city's classiest concert house, the 2,600-seat Symphony Hall, for a year-end performance at $15. It was a $20,000 gamble, and it paid off in a sellout. A year later, when he repeated the concert, Bostonians talked of his "traditional" Symphony Hall year-ender. Next season public television filmed the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Hampshire: Skid Marks | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

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