His writing is old-fashioned in the finest sense graceful, articulate, full but not fussy.

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An open double parlor, beautiful (but not fussy) plaster cornices and medallions, aged pine floors, and 7 restored limestone mantels are just a few of the special details of this magnificent house.

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Meanwhile, show employers you're flexible and not fussy.

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Rivera is not a fussy man.

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That is not to say it is fussy, because what differentiates Turkish food from other national noshes is its rustic and honest base.

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The liberals should not, he says, be fussy about their choice of partner, so long as they manage to win a slice of power.

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It did not mean playing a harpsichord strung with modern steel, or fussy ornamentation as a piece was played.

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Parents of over-fussy babies, or tantrum-prone children, will not be pleased to discover it is their very attentiveness that is making matters worse.

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What the politicians have now plucked up courage to advocate would not come amiss in most other fields of German life: fewer fussy rules, more flexibility and greater competition.

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Global chains like Starbucks were surprised when they failed to take root in Australian cities, seeming not to have noticed there was a fully formed coffee scene already in place and some very fussy customers to contend with.

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