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Word: philodendron (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Surrounded by luxuriant potted philodendron and inspired by the framed motto "Printer's lead has changed the world more than gold," Editor-Publisher Baer cooks up his Bratwurst-heavy humor in offices just two rubble-strewn blocks from the headquarters of East Berlin's government. In addition to Tarantel, Baer puts out a daily, satiric cartoon-and-text press service for some 800 subscribers in the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Armed with a Snicker | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...that your knees rub against the dial buttons, you can almost see Ed Sullivan. We cling to it, all ten inches of it, because we imagine that any minute now it will be valuable as a collector's item. Pull out those tubes, plant it with philodendron, and there's your conversation piece." But then-every time the Kerrs save up $299 for a bigger set, they use the money to take a trip some place where there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Collector's Item | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

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