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...Sophia alone could make his project take wing. Soon he noticed that she was paying only the faintest attention. Eventually the great actress explained: It was the Muppet hour, and she absolutely must see them. A blow to his ego, admitted Lord Grade with a shrug of his cigar, though not an unendurable blow, since Grade's ACC organization finances The Muppet Show. (Grade, who is short, bald and whimsical, by no coincidence strongly resembles Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, the mad scientist of the Muppets...
...excuses herself and goes to the ladies' room ("I'll just freshen up my war paint"), not returning until the man has settled the bill. b) She offers the man a cigar, quarrels with the waiter's addition, pays the check from a roll of 50s and makes a knowledgeable remark about the vicissitudes of the Baltimore Colts. c) She extracts from her ice cream dish a fragment of broken glass brought along for just this purpose. She and her companion complain loudly about foreign objects in the food, and both exit in a huff, leaving the check unpaid...
Close But No Cigar...
...flannel suit vest and pants, with little bulges of fat straining the buttons, says that Frank has been aggressive, and tonight's debate looked particularly good because for once they had all spent some time working on his speeches. As we're talking, Mastrangelo bites down on the wet cigar he holds in his mouth. He doesn't want to hear anything about the way the campaign went earlier this fall. He wants to start all over, and hopes it isn't too late. He pats a young Harvard type on the back, "I'm really expecting...
...that she speaks into is thick with cigar smoke. We are standing outside the main ballroom to the Park Plaza Hotel where the AFL-CIO convention has been in session for several days. Tommy O'Neill is leaving the room, shaking hands with people. "Hi, I'm Tommy O'Neill, and I'm running for lieutenant governor, I'd like to ask for your vote." He is patted on the back. "Good luck, Tommy...