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Word: puffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...light a fresh cigar, flick some ashes off, or just blow smoke into the air--and often takes this time off just before the punch line of a story, a pause that makes the tag all the funnier. And, after the first punch line, Holbrook often takes a second puff or so, followed by another line, inciting a fresh burst of laughter...

Author: By Pauline A. Rubbelke, | Title: Mark Twain Tonight | 11/14/1959 | See Source »

Richard Nixon, by Ear! Mazo. A fascinating biography, flattering but far from a campaign puff piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Sep. 21, 1959 | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Richard Nixon, by Earl Mazo. An expert biography, flattering but far from a campaign puff piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Sep. 14, 1959 | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

...Shoeshine, Umberto D. and The Roof), his participation in this featherweight import may come as something of a surprise. But since the films that earned him a place in cinema history have all been box-office laggards in Italy, De Sica is forced to direct and act in cream-puff romances in order to scrape up the financing for an occasional picture of his choice. In The Maid he almost seems to be describing his own professional plight-and that of the once brilliant Italian film industry-when he haltingly asks a doctor: "Isn't there something to-reinvigorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

Richard Nixon, by Earl Mazo. An expert biography, flattering but far from a campaign puff-piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

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