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Word: stuffiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...annual exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest U.S. show, put on by the nation's oldest art school*-and more often than not it is the stiffest, stuffiest major art show in the U.S. Its Temple Medal (no cash) is the second most important U.S. art prize (first: Carnegie Institute's annual $1,000 award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Philadelphia Goes Modern | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

Buying war bonds was patriotic but dull for months on end, a duty of the stuffiest kind, which wounded one's wallet at the same time it depressed the spirit. Then the Treasury soft-pedaled the grim reminders of danger, need and duty, and called in Hollywood and Broadway. As one man the pressagents ordered: "Cheesecake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Cheesecake for Victory | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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