Word: punches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reporter tried to roll with the punch: "Well now, hasn't Marciano beaten Matthews...
...companions were not unanimously impressed by Hutchins. One observation: "[He] is an administrator . . . not an educational philosopher." Explained a senior: "Some of the class expected more than they got." But most agreed that Hutchins was no cautious pedant: "He's a name-dropper but not a punch-puller...
...guess those are the four most important people in the world,' said a voice behind me." All this was too much for some of Her Majesty's most loyal subjects. "Sickening gush," snorted crotchety old Columnist Hannen Swaffer. "Almost turned me into a republican." And last week Punch was moved to a page of parodies that were only too close to what the columnists often write. Sample Punchlines...
...been pushing sparring partners around as he polished up his wild assortment of slaps, jabs, backhanded cuffs and spectacular double uppercuts. He had bothered little with the big bag. "Phooey to that," said Hurricane. "I like to box with guys. A big bag can't punch back. I like to get hit. Then I fight better. When I'm hit, yeah man, that...
Today he is again a hero-but for opposite reasons. With the exception of Punch (see cut), no public voice has been raised against his policies. Even the far left New Statesman and Nation has hailed him as "the new darling of the Labor Left." Eden obviously relishes his role in Geneva, delights in recapturing the glamour of his League-of-Nations days. His friends picture him as the only real diplomat on the Western side. Is he not the only one who can lunch with the U.S.'s Bedell Smith or France's Bidault, yet take...