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Dealmaker for the revolution? Put to Dole, the thought provokes the characteristic response he offers when he doesn't want to answer. "Hmmmm...ughhh," Dole mutters as his lips pucker, a cringe preparatory to their rapidly moving up and down for a second or two--a disconcerting gesture his aides call "the lip thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL THE REAL BOB DOLE PLEASE STAND UP? | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...script provides a perfect framework for some winning one-liners. There is, for example, some insightful commentary from Ms. Ballzov. "When you've been sucking on the lemon of life as long as I have," she notes, "sometimes you have to pucker up and kiss it on the tuchus...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Cross-Dressing With Boris | 2/22/1995 | See Source »

...dresses at home intended as gifts for Angela's first birthday. "If you walked up and said her name or if you were someone she recognized, she would have a smile or a laugh. And if you mimicked giving a kiss, she would try to pucker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brief Life of Angela Lakeberg | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

...surrounded by dour poverty. Yet the phantoms are threatening an epidemic, and even the essential cuddliness of Harvard could fall prey. For the moment we occupy in Cambridge a University of beguiling loveliness and reassuring warmth: on cold winter nights as you age and your skin starts to pucker and flop on your body, the landmarks of benighted Harvard will return. Think of the steps of Sever, London broil, Au Bon Pain, and crappy newspapers: how our decrepitude will look back on these with affection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For the Moment | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

...Autopsies also disclosed lethal doses of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide in body tissues, proving that the fire and explosion occurred while the passengers were still breathing. I. Irving Pinkel, a former NASA expert who also investigated Apollo 1's fatal fire, found two fuselage holes with an "outward pucker," indicating an explosion from within. Finally, four members of the refueling crew swore there was no icing problem before the plane took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gander Different Crash, Same Questions | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

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