Word: blimpism
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Carl Giles (TIME, Dec. 11, 1950), Norris shows Giles's influence in his own work. Norris populates his world with shy, baffled citizens, harried housewives, fiercely determined children. He lampoons everything from Canada's first native-born Governor General and the laws against colored margarine to Colonel Blimpism at the Club. Typically, his prize-winning drawing spoofs the zeal of the Canadian Mounties searching for smuggled American cigarettes...