Word: stuffier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stuffier Minneapolitans were always a little embarrassed by Mitropoulos' lack of dignity. But last week, as their symphony rounded out its season with an appeal for funds to balance the $250,000 annual budget, they thanked their stars for it. "Never mind my dignity," said Conductor Mitropoulos. "If necessary to continue the orchestra, I'll take the men to Seventh and Nicollet [heart of downtown Minneapolis] and play there and then pass...
Stern's freedom from the stuffier forms of British insularity, will applaud her enthusiasm over the Grand Canyon, the Mt. Wilson Observatory, the Marx Brothers. Litterateurs will admire her fondness for Jane Austen, deprecate her passion for the Elsie Dinsmore books. Newsy nosers will note her family were well-to-do London