Word: punch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first punch he chipped my tooth. The second punch he belted my nose. The third punch I don't remember...
...seems to be solidifying his position as the nation's No. 1 phoney tunesmith; he is currently working on a pushbutton adaptation of Rubber Duckie. Phone musicians have learned not to begin pushing out a tune as soon as they lift the receiver. If the first number they punch is 0, for example, they will automatically get the operator. Even worse, the tune they select might well complete an expensive call to London or Paris. Experienced players usually place a local call to a friend and tap out new melodies to him only after the connection has been made...
...line of John Harwood, Bernard Lafrancois and Mike Callaghan provided the scoring punch for the Quakers, and Harwood picked up a goal and four assists. But Penn has a balanced attack with seven players with 20 points or more, and center Bobby Read leads the Ivy League in scoring...
...another startling thrust last month, the FTC proposed that broadcasters be required to give critics of commercials equal time to make counterclaims similar to antismoking ads. Conceivably this could lead to ecologists taking to the air to punch holes in auto and gasoline ads, chemists knocking down mouthwash promotions-and a flock of advertisers fleeing the home screen. The FTC has also called for companies using promotions that it deems deceptive to run "corrective" ads admitting the error. One such commercial is being broadcast for Profile Bread, which was touted by the Ted Bates Agency as a diet loaf, though...
Wilson does not have the slashing wit of a Lenny Bruce, the angry bite of a Dick Gregory, the satirical punch of a Godfrey Cambridge, or the intellectual edge of a Bill Cosby. His approach is at once older and newer than that of the others. The message about racial injustice is the same as Gregory's, for example, but Flip sneaks it in and shakes loose a laugh before the audience can object. After telling a story about Indians, he asks: "How would you like it if you bought a $50,000 house and somebody came along...