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Word: punch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actor that he is wanting. In the part of Colonel Korn, he violates the first rule of humor: if what you're doing is funny, you don't have to be funny doing it. Playing outpatients of Dr. Strangelove, he and his Tweedledummy Colonel Cathcart (Martin Balsam) italicize every punch line. Even their faces are overstatements. As General Dreedle, Orson Welles sweeps past like Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, all plastic and gas. Dreedle need only have GREED lettered across his middle to complete the cartoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some are More Yossarian than Others | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

...Ultra Brite's kiss-throwing commercials, she says: "Advertisers must think that women are stupid if they are to believe that a toothpaste will bring sex appeal." Other ads that the women found vexing included some for Crest toothpaste, Bold detergent, Dove soap, Colgate 100 mouthwash, Punch detergent, Ajax cleaner and Scope mouthwash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Liberating Women | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

...offense is likely to have more punch-certainly not less. A pro-type offense seems to be in the making, though it remains to be seen if Yovicsin has a passer at his disposal. He came to Harvard with a reputation for strong passing teams, but Ric Zimmerman has been the only quarterback here to provide the Crimson with an air attack...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 6/11/1970 | See Source »

...your neck to see the stage, as well as ordering from the Pops wine list. The wine list includes such delicacies as New York Burgundy and just about everything Pastene has ever made, as well as-inexplicably-Chateau Latour, year unspecified. A truly adventurous spirit may even order Pops Punch...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: The Concertgoer Pops Culture | 6/9/1970 | See Source »

...things about the Pops-rather like attacking motherhood, or advocating vivisection. There is something unfair in attacking this innocent, unpretentious organization, which does not claim any sort of musical eminence. Perhaps the best way to take the Pops is after several pitchers of their overpriced Pops Punch...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: The Concertgoer Pops Culture | 6/9/1970 | See Source »

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