Word: fussier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This season, grand opera at Manhattan's Metropolitan opened with a slightly fussier fuss than usual. Last week, however, the Met got in the groove-a few new voices and a new red carpet, but the same old scenery, same old gilded box holders, and opera's perennial bright angel, NBC, occupying Grand Tier Box 44 for the Saturday matinee, Boris Godunoff...
...dead 25 years may be nominated. When the Hall of Fame was originated in 1900 by N. Y. U.'s late Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken, it was expected to be filled by the year 2000. But The Electors whom the University appoints for each quinquennial election have grown fussier & fussier. In the election of 1900 it was easy to fill 29 niches with superheroes. In 1905 eight lesser heroes were elected, in 1910 ten, and since then the number has steadily dwindled until last week there were but three...