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Word: moppets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decade that has seen much of the fun leak out of the funnies, a Popsicleset Punchinello named Good Ol' Charlie Brown has endeared himself to millions of newspaper readers with a quietly wistful brand of humor that is both fresh and worldlywise. Supported by an all-moppet cast and a flop-eared dog named Snoopy, Charlie Brown is the moonfaced, star-crossed hero of the fast-rising Peanuts strip. Less than eight years old. the seven-days-a-week strip is carried by 355 U.S. dailies and some 40 foreign papers, and has overflowed into such profitable sidelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Child's Garden of Reverses | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...Moppet Market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 13, 1958 | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...close pal of Hungarian-born Cineminx Eva (Ten Thousand Bedrooms) Bartok. The mystery was why he had visited Eva, 28, at her mother's cottage in a London suburb two days in a row last week. Also there to greet Milford Haven was Eva's mystery moppet Deana, born to her last October in London almost a year after her divorce from her fourth husband. Eva had refused to name the father-though brightly adding that "I know who he is." As the marquess strode from the cottage after a ten-hour get-together, shivering newshounds outside helpfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 6, 1958 | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

Fortunately, all three writers reach the same happy conclusion: Christmas is here to stay. This comes as no surprise to children's-book publishers. Whatever happens, it is always Christmas for them: the moppet market has become a mainstay of U.S. publishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Grinch & Co. | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...favorite turtle. The fun has worn a little thin by the time Eloise takes Nahnee, the turtle and her collection of champagne corks back to the Plaza, where Room Service is ever so happy to have her back. All in all, though, she is a magnificent moppet-une brat magnifique, as she might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: La Brat Magnifique | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

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