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Word: dogood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Baker a little apart from the long and distinguished line of American newspaper humorists who preceded him, a line that is older than the nation itself. The first regular humor column in the New World appeared in Boston's New-England Courant in 1722 under the byline "Mrs. Silence Dogood," a pseudonym for young Benjamin Franklin. In one typical effort, Dogood/Franklin needled Harvard for turning out budding scholars who were "as great blockheads as ever, only more proud and self-conceited." Well, it seemed funny at the tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Humor Man | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

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