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...Rump," declares Mr. Dale, "doesn't mean 'a portion of the original whole.'" Turn to Funk and Wagnalls "Standard Dictionary": "rump ... 3) Figuratively, the last or poor end of anything; an inferior remnant, spec (R) the Rump Parliament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 8, 1929 | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...printed in early April, entitled "To a wife about to start on a shopping tour." The last stanza read: So when you dare declare to me You will not buy a hat Today-yon lie and know you lie!-I will not credit that! The signature was: "WILFRED J. FUNK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Rhymester Funk | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...course of a 1,623-word mass-circular letter mailed last week, soliciting new subscriptions (and offering royal scarlet art-pattern atlases as a premium), wrote Publisher Wilfrid John Funk of the Literary Digest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Flaming Funk | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...ETIQUETTE (an entirely new 1928 edition),? Emily Post?Funk & W agnalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Conduct | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...went into partnership with Mr. Funk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Game No. 7 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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