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Word: karner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...birds, fishes, minerals, poems, songs and flowers. Last year, after interminable conflict among advocates of barbecue, gumbo and chili, Texas legislators finally designated the last as State Dish. This year a skirmish shaped up in the New York legislature over the selection of a State Insect (praying mantis vs. Karner blue butterfly), and in New Jersey over a State Fish (bluefish leading); a struggle over the wild turkey left Alabama still, alas, without a State Game Bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Trivial State of the States | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

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