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Word: purt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1977-1977
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...fateful day-gulp!-will never come. Shortly after Capp, 68, penned this panel last month at his Boston studio, he signaled his retirement. The frog-voiced, razor-witted Daumier of Dogpatch for purt' near 44 years casually told an assistant: "You can stop cutting the paper. I'm not going to draw any more." Last week Capp disclosed that he will have no successor. Said he: "I've tried one or two people, and it was clear that there would be an awful change." His last weekday strip will appear in newspapers on Nov. 5; his last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dogpatch Is Ready for Freddie | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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