Finally at the end of the path, a gaze towards the last house on the left, and Poof!

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And then poof, there was Mr. Murray slogging through a confounding second-round upset on a cool evening full of squandered chances.

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Take the toy off the portal, and poof, the character disappears in-game.

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Poof, the Kindle disappeared, just as Jeff Bezos had promised it would.

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She then emerged to make a few standard-issue remarks and then--poof!

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In other words, poof, no tax hike on the middle class.

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Many of the companies that will go public in the year to come are far more substantial than the dot-coms that rose to fame in a flash and disappeared in a poof.

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Suppose Microsoft didn't have any stock options -- poof, all gone -- and had to compensate all of its employees, from Bill Gates down to the lowest-paid stock clerk, with straight salaries.

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"Poof, and then it's out, " he says.

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And poof, the art director is gone!

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And poof, the copywriter is gone!

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Some office space went poof.

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Poof, you have a record.

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