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Two decades ago, she moved to Massachusetts to become what she called a "fancy-pants professor at Harvard."

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

Of course, I'd take Gehry over Modernist bores like Corbusier and Mies any day, whose own purportedly practical aesthetic frequently didn't work very well, relying on fancy-pants technology to solve problems inherited common-sense could have fixed from the get-go.

The Dangers of Architectural Positivism 2009

Could Joe Biden's long-term skepticism of the newfangled, fancy-pants counterinsurgency techniques favored by retired General Petraeus now get traction?

Virginia M. Moncrieff: Obama's Winning Move: Negotiate with the Taliban Virginia M. Moncrieff 2011

Now all the other Jesus Freaks will mock him for having a pink Bible, like one of those fancy-pants Sodomites, and they'll have no choice but to stone him to death.

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Small Minds and Giant Jesus. Tallulah Morehead 2011

For the frugal-minded readers, the total cost of all the ingredients I used (including the same fancy-pants olive oil I made the mix with) came out to $4. 21CDN.

A Miss and a Surprise Hit Sarah 2009

My less fancy-pants 89 cent Safeway Hot Dog buns, however, have the mystery code "JW 158" and "S8111."

Great Moments in American Corporate History (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Really, dishes kind of stink too, especially after cooking fancy-pants dinners that require lots of pots and pans.

Productive Sunday « Biodork 2010

I still love those guys, been reading it since back when it was SliceNY and I still catch up with it every few weeks, but the over the top worship of fancy-pants pies gets a bit old after awhile.

A New 99 Cent Pizza Battle Surfaces | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009

Without a hint of an accent, and carrying himself like a cultured city-boy, Jesse, a supposed farm worker-cum-grocery clerk, seems to have an endless supply of cash in his wallet (chained to his belt, natch), not to mention a fancy-pants camera (which might have also benefited from being chained down – it disappears during the story).

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

For the frugal-minded readers, the total cost of all the ingredients I used (including the same fancy-pants olive oil I made the mix with) came out to $4. 21CDN.

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