Word: falutin
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...year last spring expressed confusion about the stringent Core guidelines, and doubts about how effective the guidelines were in producing the ideal Core courses. Robert C. Chapman, professor of English Literature, who teaches Literature and Arts A-11. "Theatre and Drama," called the goals of the new curriculum "high falutin'," adding he hoped his course was "within the limits of what the Core people wanted...
...Come see her wed the handsome Prince." Notes the Houston Grand Opera's general director, David Gockley: "Opera tends to be a stilted, exotic, expensive kind of entertainment that rules out a great deal of the population." Gockley founded TOT in 1974 precisely to break down the high-falutin image that opera still has in the boonies, as well as to create a training ground for emerging talent...
...same muffed attempts at high-falutin' crop up in the cooking. Cafe Promenade probably has the only menu in the world that boasts both Osso Bucco "Milannaise" and Tunapuff Sandwich. And while the prices are extravagant, the food is only mediocre...
...defeat was a bitter pill for the Crimson to swallow as it seemed to confirm the nagging doubts that had surrounded the Harvard eleven going into the game. With the exception of a couple of breathtaking plays that accounted for Harvard's two touchdowns, coach Joe Restic's high-falutin multi-flex offense flim-flammed for most of the game...
...credentials of Stenhouse and Wilhite are remarkably similar. In addition to their high falutin averages, both sluggers spend the winters as playmaking guards on their basketball quintets. Stenhouse was delighted just to earn a berth on Frank McLaughlin's squad, but by the season's end he was a vital cog in the team. Wilhite came off the bench to galvanize the Lions' offense the past two years and scored a career high 27 points against Brown this season...