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Word: punned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grade Pun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1951 | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...pun on the Sept. 10 frontpiece of TIME ["When a fellah needs a friend"] is as atrocious as the character referred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1951 | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

Woltman also succumbs to the temptation to pun on "Crimson" and "Red." Field was president of the CRIMSON during his senior year, as was Joseph F. Barnes '27, who also earns mention in Woltman's piece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter Critcizes Class of 1927 | 9/27/1951 | See Source »

Despite these faults, "Remains To Be Seen" (It's a pun on the body) has some good moments. The tricks and humorous situations of the professional's farce are liberally sprinkled throughout the play and, as isolated examples of the playwrights' skills, they are rewarding...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: The Playgoer | 9/26/1951 | See Source »

...first U.S. concert, he defied his managers, dismayed the audience and pleased the critics by playing two solid hours of Beethoven. In later years, Schnabel (who became a U.S. citizen during World War II) took more pride in his atonal Schoenbergian compositions than in his playing. A pun-making perfectionist, Schnabel refused to play encores, would never coddle an audience. Said he: "My only employer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 27, 1951 | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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