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Word: punier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...biologists at Uncle Sam's Fish College think the plan will work for virtually all the Columbia's estimated 240,000 Chinooks-though it may result in a punier breed of fish. But oldtime fishermen are skeptical. Said Forest Ranger Grady Miller, gazing moodily at a Wallowa Lake dam that has completely destroyed a once-great salmon fishing ground: "Civilization and salmon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: School for Salmon | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

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