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...prose stylist, Gould often shows more paunch than punch, and one word that seldom describes his columns is biting. Last week, however, Critic Gould bitingly (and amusingly) bit the hand that feeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Cactus Jack | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

...gait was unhurried, the paunch impressive as a Roman emperor's, the head massive as a Percheron's. Producer Sam Spiegel, to the strains of the theme music from Lawrence of Arabia, was advancing down the aisle of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to accept the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: The Emperor | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...looked different, too. The wattles and jowls were gone. She has lost more than 30 Ibs., now weighs 102, but when someone asks her how much weight she has lost, she says, "About 185 Ibs."-i.e., her former husband, Producer Sid Luft. Instead of the familiar semi-kimono paunch-hiding maternity robes, she was wearing tight skirts and ski pants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: The New New Garland | 11/16/1962 | See Source »

...phone rings. The man who answers is lower middle-aged with a lower middle paunch. He looks something like a nearsighted kipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Shy Man | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

There is youth in Italy: Troy Donahue, 25, the puppy love of umpteen-agers, who is obviously growing with experience (particularly in the paunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: See Italy First | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

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