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Word: flossier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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Though the Borough of The Bronx already boasted the Yankee Stadium and the world's biggest zoo, New Yorkers toiled like stage hands to fix it up with a world capital as well. The finished product was flossier, in a restrained, global way, than either El Morocco or Club "21," and could be reached by both the I.R.T. and Independent subways. But any resemblance to Versailles, The Hague or Geneva was purely coincidental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: UNO-in-The Bronx | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

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