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Word: puniest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Editors asked for more. Dave invented Rochester's Mayor Walter Tripp (in real life proprietor of the Jiffy Lunch), had him announce a Reduced Production County Fair, dedicated to New Deal crop control. Prizes were offered for the scrawniest pig, puniest pumpkin, cow yielding the least milk, the most sterile quart of soil. A special prize awaited the farmer entering fewest exhibits. Appreciative, Associated Press sent the tale over its wires. From all over the U. S. letters poured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Taleteller | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...about borax claim jumping and the love of Noah Beery Jr. for Saloonkeeper Rambeau's spoiled daughter (Anne Baxter). Its sandy wastes are punctuated by one good crack. Says Mule Skinner Beery describing his sire: "He had twelve other sons besides me. I was always the youngest and puniest. Gosh, he was a fine old feller! Never raised a hand to none of us boys-'cept in self-defense." If I Had My Way (Universal) will thrill countless admirers of Singer Bing Crosby by making him the foster father of Songstress Gloria Jean, Universal's 12-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

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