Word: swankier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gree ley Square. In the 34 years he spent on the throne, first as president of Gimbel Bros., Inc., and later as chairman, Gimbel personally changed the family firm into an empire that this year will sell $600 million worth of merchandise in 27 Gimbels stores and 27 swankier Saks Fifth Avenue stores. Beyond that, with a zest that lasted almost up to his death last week at 81 of spinal cancer, Gimbel roamed his adopted city as its conscience, urging on everything from bigger buildings to better education. "Anyone who lives in this city," he would say, "and doesn...