Rumaki (1950); Kobe Beef (1959) and Wagyu (1971)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    The ProQuest LOS ANGELES TIMES is now at May 1953.  We'll have
> "Murphy's Law" in a week or two, and maybe "the whole nine yards" by
> year's end.

But haven't we already passed the big "Murphy's Law" milestone, seeing
that John Paul Stapp's celebrated 1950 press conference is not covered by
the L.A. Times?

Fred Shapiro


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