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...chance," I said. No lawyer who has compared himself to Atticus Finch is likely to turn the trial of the century over to a deputy. What profilers have found out about the personality type known as the Creampuff Bully is that even though he tends to surround himself with tough guys, he always has them withdraw to the wings when the spotlight goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Pillow Fight, Interrupted | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

After jumping out to a 3-0 start against creampuff competition, Harvard suffered its first of several closely-contested setbacks at the hands of George Washington...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: W. Hoops Drives High | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...that Clemson beat the point spread in nearly every football game this fall, then fooled everyone by turning creampuff against Pitt in the Fiesta Bowl...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of '77: Should Old Acquaintance Etc. | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Among the high-living union bosses spotlighted by the McClellan committee last summer was the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' creampuff-plump President James G. Cross, who had spent union dough lavishly for personal expenses, including upkeep of a girl friend several times convicted as a tart. After studying the testimony, theA.F.L.-C.I.O.'s rock-firm President George Meany ordered the 160,000-member union to get rid of Cross or else. Last week the Bakery Workers' Cross-bossed executive board balked at the order. Meany & Co. promptly suspended the union, sending it to join Jimmy Hoffa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Into Exile | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...Manhattan store had received some 30 orders. The title mysteriously appeared on Boston's list of banned books. Enterprising Publisher Ian Ballantine quickly had publicity-prone Shepherd ghostwrite such a book (with Fantasy-Fiction Writer Theodore Sturgeon). Some 30 days later they served up an 18th century creampuff (" 'Gadzooks,' quoth I, 'but here's a saucy bawd!' ") dedicated to night people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Night People | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

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