Word: fancier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lone Ranger ("Hi-yo, Silver -awa-a-a-a-a-y!")» Soo-oo-per-ma-a-an, The Shadow, and an ear-shattering collection of other thrillers kept on blasting through millions of loudspeakers; the announcer's thrilling command-"Ask mother nOw!"-echoed louder than ever. Fancier and more complicated box-top premiums (Planetary Maps, Atomic Bomb Rings, Magni-glow Writing Rings, Detective Badges, Compass-Magnifying Glasses, Explorer's Sun Watches) came flooding through the mails...
...them was a childhood memory: his father had once ordered an enormous red divan for his Paris bistro, hoping to attract a fancier clientele. When it arrived, it was too big for the bistro, so his father punched a hole in the wall of Roland's adjoining bedroom to make it fit. At night, young Roland could see a little into the cafe; he remembered particularly one regular customer, a "beautiful woman," of whom he could seldom see more than a white arm and shoulder. Another idea in Petit's head came from watching a performance of South...
...taking off from a scant three yards behind the line of scrimmage and weaving his way through the openings (as in the T), Fullback Davison got up his speed well back, power-piled his way into the Cornell line the way fullbacks used to do. To make it slightly fancier, the play included an old-style fake reverse. Davison ripped through center for ten yards...
With Imagination. Big, 37-year-old Dave Garroway, an amateur mechanic, gem cutter, tile-setter, photographer, bird fancier, cabinetmaker and bibliophile, says his scriptless show is planned by "four guys sitting around a table." The other three, all under 35, are Writer Charlie Andrews, an ex-hobo; Producer Ted Mills, an expatriate New Yorker; and Director Bill Hobin, an ex-drummer. The Garroway show's top council, with Burr Tillstrom (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) and Documentary Expert Ben Park, make up the brain trust of the close-knit, argumentative group that has developed the Chicago school. Explains...
...world were to be transformed into an animal kingdom, a dog fancier would have a wonderful time typecasting members of Congress. In both houses it would be easy to spot such specimens as the mournful mastiff, the excitable spitz, the busy dachshund with his close-set lawyer's eyes, the bloodhound with his air of sad preoccupation. Furthermore, there is an engaging and familiar quality about the aimless circling, the friendly tail-wagging, the snoozing and occasional fang-baring which take place on the floor...