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Word: stuffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Moon is Blue belongs to a genre of its own; it is comedy that hovers close to the bedroom without ever quite making its way inside. One might say that the present production totters rather than hovers, but the point remains; it is very funny stuff. Surprisingly enough, the funny stuff is concocted with the most hackneyed characters imaginable: a personable young man of high principles, a fresh-faced ingenue, a jaded roue, and a belligerent Irish cop. The plot is too complicated to discuss, and wouldn't be worth it anyway; the humor derives from epigram and situation...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: The Moon Is Blue | 9/25/1958 | See Source »

...Robinson's idea of a small magazine for Harvard poets has merit, and he will deserve credit for bringing them out when he does so. "There won't be any of that philosophical stuff," Mr. Robinson said yesterday...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: Identity | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

...tried to check the flow with a fleet of patrol boats, the smugglers installed powerful diesel engines in their dhows, sped to secret rendezvous with mysterious tramp steamers far offshore, then raced for the Gateway of Winds faster than Pakistan customs launches could follow. From Gwa-.dar the smuggled stuff poured into Pakistan's markets by camel train, fishing boats and trailers pulled by souped-up Chevrolets along the sandy beaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GWADAR: The Sons of Sindbad | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

When young Aaron started the ball rolling the next day in the finals, he looked like a winner. He was two up after eleven holes. Coe confessed to being "mentally fatigued" and looked worn-out physically. But Charlie Coe has the stuff of a champ. Doggedly he put his swing back in joint, and poured on the pressure. By the 26th hole, the Georgia kid was three-putting greens, wallowing in sand-traps, ricocheting off trees. Coe eased his aching bones home to win, 5 and 4, by dropping a 25-ft. putt on the 32nd green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Charlie's the Name | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

...should also attract a host of auditors on opening day, even from among those who have long transcended the elementary stuff. Clambering up the Gropius-bleachers in Burr A gives one a chance to view both Sputnik-spotting Dr. Hynek, and cigarette-dangling Payne-Gaposchkin, Harvard's first woman professor, world authority on variable stars, and beloved eccentric of the first order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Trouble With Monday | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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