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Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
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HDAS has 1960 for "doofus".

William Patterson's new biography of Robert A. Heinlein indicates that
Heinlein had a cat named "Doofus" ca. 1945-1946.



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