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Word: laziest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very long-living people. The older a person is when he dies, the more likely he is to die of heart disease. You make out that we Americans have the highest percentage of deaths from heart disease of any country in the world. The Australians claim to be the laziest and most easygoing people in the civilized world, but in New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia, 31.46% of all deaths are due to heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

Scripps was born on an Illinois farm, but he never let hayseed get into his hair. He was "the laziest boy in the county" and proud of it. Though he flopped at woodchopping and milking, he was a whiz when it came to moneymaking. He was still a teen-ager when he organized a wood & coal business and set teams of schoolboys to doing farm work for him. While his pals labored, Edward perched on a rail fence or reclined in the shade reading a book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Genus: Successful Crank | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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