Word: punching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Regarding Physician Armstead Hudnell's suggestion to punch a small hole in the cigarette, I tried it and discovered very little trace of nicotine in the filter on the punched half. Then I punched two holes-more effective! I then punched three, four and five holes. With a pair of scissors I snipped a hole all the way around the cigarette. Would you believe, not a trace of nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide or smoke? What a Golconda...
...lived with Mr. Punch, they said
Strength in Silences. For the past few years, friends and critics alike have waited impatiently for Malraux's own assessment of his career. Last year his first wife, Clara, beat him to the punch by publishing her version of their early years together. "But her picture of the thoroughgoing "misogynist," whose early rebellion had "reserved areas that he could define as it suited him, or according to his own advantage," served largely as a reminder that it was Malraux's version that was really needed...
...mean, mean, mean. Don't punch cattle, punch a few women instead. Never waste a punch when a knee in the groin will do. Eliminate the love interest; it gets in the way of the violence. Surly, coldblooded, money grubbing antiheroes are the best, especially if they grunt a lot. And, most important for the successful western, it should be filmed in Spain by an Italian company with a cast of American stars and Italian and Spanish gypsy extras...
...wife and get a leg to stand on. In return, the two find a candidate to marry Debbie: Van Johnson, a chipmonkish used-car salesman. Up to here, the infighting and jabbing are worth watching. But in the final rounds, Writer Norman Lear and Director Bud Yorkin pull their punch lines. The result: an unconvincingly happy finale...