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Dominant Male. In St. Louis, Mrs. Mildred F. Boers complained in divorce court that her husband, a four-foot midget, had stood on a chair and punched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 31, 1948 | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Well-turned Aquactress Esther Williams put on a well-cut swimsuit and won coast-to-coast publicity with a denunciation of the midget-size swimsuit: "Why, they come off in the water. If you can't swim in them, what good are they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Lowdown | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

...speak of these remarkable birds as "midget parrots." They are, of course, of the parrot family, but their correct name is shell parakeet or budgerigar . . . These remarkable birds . . . can not only be trained to act but to talk as well. My bird, Blue Boy, has a vocabulary of over 400 words which have been distinctly understood by many of his visitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...greatest shows, with a smash Hooperating (67.2). There were a few missing ingredients (the color and smells), but the long-distance lens caught such unusual details as a close-up of Unus' one-fingered stand, the dazed expression on a midget bareback rider's face, an elephant's wink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Busy Air, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...Only one midget car showed up for the Eliot softball game, but there were enough players in it to whip Dunster, 7-0, in the first and possibly the last errorless House game. Bob Crichton clouted two home runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Walks Over Adams 8-5 | 5/1/1948 | See Source »

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