Word: bluffer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Baffling the Bluffer...
...advances, but a few months later she discovers that he is really not married at all. Naturally enough, the lady is vexed. "How dare he make love to me and not be a married man!" And she hatches an absurdly sinister plot, involving "the other man," to make the bluffer suffer. But the plot miscarries in a very funny scene, and before long, the relationship is satisfactorily altared...
Unglamorous Slogan. Quick-minded rather than reflective, Kubitschek seldom does any off-the-job reading heavier than historical novels. On the job, he prefers oral briefings to written reports. His favorite sedentary diversion is poker; a bold, unfathomable bluffer, he usually wins. He has no hobbies, no interest in sports. "When I was young, I was too poor," he explains. "Later I was too busy...
...game: "poverty" or "Depression" poker. Each week each player puts up $100. If he loses his hundred he continues to play on a dole, thus has a chance to win back his money and can-in any event-keep his losses to a maximum of $100 a week. Biggest bluffer: Harry Truman. Big winner: Harry Vaughan...
...incident also drew the attention of the authorities to Bekbayev, who, reported Pravda, turned out to be an "ignoramus, bluffer and suppressor of self-criticism." Among other crimes, he had only had a grade-school education and had issued himself two phony diplomas, one of them making him a "Master of Sports...