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Word: poofs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus inspired, Pinter enrolled in 1948 at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but found it "a poof's paradise-well, that's a bit unfair, but there was a terrible atmosphere of affectation and unreality, ankle bands and golden hair." Later he got a job as an actor, played with various repertory companies, and married Actress Vivien Merchant (they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: Caretaker's Caretaker | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

...deaf to his impertinent insistence that the U.S. halt military aid to neutral India, got only silence from Catholic Kennedy when he asked for U.S. help in controlling Pakistan's soaring birth rate. (Said Ayub: "We want to be able to make 'em take a pill, then poof, that's that.") But Ayub did not hesitate to tell Kennedy exactly what he thought of Nehru ("People think he's thinking. Actually, he's just in a trance"), and dismissed SEATO as a weak-spined organization, daring only to "send telegrams back and forth." He submitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capital: Brass & Iron | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

...expect he will surpass his previous show ing. I am sure that when we meet again in Rome we shall be good friends." Just Poof. Kuznetsov, Johnson, Yang and a husky long shot from Oregon named Dave Edstrom (best score: 8,176) will likely turn the decathlon competition in Rome into the tensest in history. "It's only going to take one bad event to bump a guy right out of a gold medal," says Coach Drake. "A bad start in the sprints, a puff of wind at the wrong time in the high jump or pole vault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: To Do a Little Better | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

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