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Word: poof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Poof!" "Mr. Georgescu," said the visitor, "if you want to see your children, this can be arranged, and I am proposing to you the following deal: you may see your children within the year if you will agree to collaborate with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Course of Honor | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Zambeti: Poof! Do you take things that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Course of Honor | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

Onassis lunched with the Prince several times, made himself useful around the palace to the extent of finding a 137-ft. diesel yacht for Monaco's boss. "People said I gave him a yacht," said Onassis. "Poof! He paid for it, 51 million francs, about $125,000." In any case, the Prince decided to drop his money-raising scheme. Instead, he approved Onassis' plan to buy control of the Sea Bathing Society from its 31,000 stockholders. When the directors returned from their money chase to tell the Prince that four of the biggest banks in France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: The Man Who Bought the Bank | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

...years went. As she grew older, Betsy became more observant, noting the good &. bad manners of the nobility, describing charitable dinners for the poof, fretting over the escapades of Eugenia and her four other sisters. One day in December 1.819 Fremantle fell dead, and the following day, for the first time in 30 years, Betsy made no entry in her diary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life in Passage | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

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