Word: fanciest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...target date for the merger is September, 1970. Supposedly Curlier House, Radcliffe's fourth and fanciest house, will be completed at that time. Currier is looked on as a major step toward coed housing. Its separate entries and general comfort (similar to Mabel Daniels) will make it easier to attract men to Radcliffe. Unfortunately, as Mather House has taught us, it may be September, 1971, before Currier is actually fit for habitation. So far, however, Currier is on schedule...
...right diagnosis? Did he prescribe too many drugs before he knew what the real trouble was? Did he pick the right surgeon to operate? Were all those lab tests necessary? Did the surgeon charge too much? Why does a hospital room cost $60 a day, more than the fanciest resort hotel room? Why doesn't insurance cover more of those bills...
...eleven friends in five weeks rounded up enough books, cigarettes, candy, peanuts and soap to fill 3,500 cartons. Boston's Christmas Festival Committee, which is usually preoccupied with decorating the Common in late fall, raised $3,000 to buy gift packages from the city's fanciest grocer, S.S. Pierce. In Richmond, a neighborhood civic association passed the hat, bought 1,656 fruitcakes. A Charleston, W. Va., record-store owner asked teen-agers for their old records, was deluged with 3,300 in one week...
...save Daddy money because earrings can no longer fall down side walk gratings or get left behind in telephone booths (what woman leaves a regular earring on her telephone ear while calling?). Moreover, they argue - with some reason - that pierced earrings are by far the most attractive ones available. Fanciest are the ethereal antique candelabra and gypsy gewgaws, but most popular are the simple gold, pearl or jade "buttons" - perhaps be cause they do not catch on sweaters...
...emporium (reputed to be the city's most profitable), and the other floors are hidden behind a huge bill board, which reads "This Is Macy's -The World's Largest Store." Macy's leases it for one of the world's fanciest billboard prices...