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Word: biff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SOUND OF MURDER echoes in the voices of a wife and her lover who plot the perfect solution to a husband who won't grant a divorce. The drama, by William Fairchild, stars Jeannie Carson, Hurd Hatfield and Biff McGuire. Dennis, Mass., Aug. 11-16; Skowhegan, Me., Aug. 18-23; Ivoryton, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Aug. 15, 1969 | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

...BIFF: He's got no character--Charlie wouldn't do this. Not in his own house--spewing vomit from his mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The True Story of a Disenchanted But Not Hung-Up Son of Harvard | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...BIFF: People are worse off than Willy Loman. Believe me, I've seen them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The True Story of a Disenchanted But Not Hung-Up Son of Harvard | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...BIFF: I didn't mean...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The True Story of a Disenchanted But Not Hung-Up Son of Harvard | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...defensive statement by self-described "gun fanatic" Charles A. Whitman, father of Mass Murderer Charles J. Whitman, that "I raised my boys to know how to handle guns" echoes the plaintive wail of another father, Willy Loman, protagonist of Death of a Salesman, who in exasperation over his son Biff, cries out: "Why is he stealing? What did I tell him? I never in my life told him anything but decent things." Particularly in light of the Austin tragedy, Whitman's utterance seems just as hollow, counterfeit and pathetic as Willy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1966 | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

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