Word: zofingen
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Founded in 1959 by Ringier Verlag, a Zofingen publishing house, Blick wasted no time violating the national sense of propriety. "A foreign pest on national soil," cried one member of Parliament, after nosy Blick reporters demanded more than government handouts; orders went out that shut every official door on Blick's newsmen. Three Lucerne businessmen circulated a flyer labeled Pfiff-which means the skirl of a whistle, as blown by a referee calling a foul-that wishfully pronounced Blick dead. Instead, Blick's Lucerne circulation jumped from...
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