| 单词 | midget |
| 例句 | “Quiet, midget, before I feed you to a spider.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I hated it, Mary Anne. I hated having those luscious, gorgeous hunks of womanflesh throwing themselves on me. I would have preferred ugly male midgets.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “We better get a chair for the midget to stand on,” Mary Anne teased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Big goon like you, growing about an inch a day, and this midget kid, this crippled little humanoid, he actually scared you. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “You heard her, Mama. You heard her call me a midget.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you ever grow to be over three feet tall, we’re going to have a fist fight, midget.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the year because I turned ten shortly after, and as soon as I did, Caitlyn dubbed me the “double digit midget.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He crossed through the courtyard and entered the orchard, followed by all the inhabitants of the house as well as the foreign midget, who was smiling scornfully, these poor savages, oh God! The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what about the little midget there? Aren't there enough children in this house already?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When it finally sank in that he wasn’t coming back, I lugged my guitar into the music store, where the manager led me to my teacher, a perfectly formed midget named Mister Mancini. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My elementary school was the tiniest of midgets, compared to the giant that was Iona. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “How nice of you to come by,” exclaimed the man, who could have been the midget’s twin brother. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She could walk under an ordinary hound; in fact, she was a regular midget. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you punch me, midget, they’ll be burying you in a match box that same night.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m the tallest midget in the world. May I help you?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z When Bubba laughs and eats at the same time, he becomes a midget volcano. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was that crippled midget kid," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z At an age when most children are still in diapers, Blanca looked like an intelligent midget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even when we got off, the midget wouldn’t let me go. ‘We’re off it,’ I says to him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of kamikaze planes, suicide boats, human torpedoes, and midget submarines had been prepared by our enemies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you the midget?” asked Tock again, with a hint of uncertainty in his voice. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Where’s the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I’m pretty or not?” she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be playing two midgets who attend the wedding,” Olaf said patiently. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Beneath my moral outrage was a strong sense of possessiveness, a fury that other people were sinking their hooks into my own personal midget. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Nobody cares what the midget has to say.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z E.T. - the most famous alien of our time; seeking a very small woman or accomplished professional midget performer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At noon she would rush home and fix Chester some delicacy for lunch, like a midget fruit salad or an entire vegetable dinner so small you could serve it on a silver dollar. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go around back and ask the midget?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z And the massive round fruit towered over them so high that they looked like midgets from another world beside it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "You’re the Taylor”—Josh let go of my coat—"who grassed on those little midget Kray Twins who were squeezing my brother for money?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the picture Momma was sitting on a real live little midget horse. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z "I am fed up with you useless bunch of midgets!" roared the Trunchbull. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was smart and beautiful—poetry from a midget Shakespeare. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z If things worked out the way I hoped, I'd someday mention in interviews that my accompanist was both my best friend and a midget. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Orr was an eccentric midget, a freakish, likable dwarf with a smutty mind and a thousand valuable skills that would keep him in a low income group all his life. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And a car arrived with six midget wrestlers in it. Fab furore: Is it time to re-evaluate the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour? 2012-09-25T17:33:00Z “I made a film called Even Dwarfs Started Small with an entire midget cast,” he announces at one point, apropos of nothing. Werner Herzog: 'I'm fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes' 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z If, in government, Clegg can appear as more co-equal than squeaking midget, if the casting's just all wrong, then the cartoon circus may have to leave town for a while. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z "But after a while, throwing money around is not sensible, even if the midget is willing." Dizzee Rascal: 'The music just got bigger and better' 2012-06-21T22:00:01Z They called him the midget Euclid, and baby Einstein. Joel Kupperman, Scarred by Success as a ‘Quiz Kid,’ Dies at 83 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z As in: “Sorry I’m late. I was doing a midget in the alley.” ‘Cloak and Dagger’: Lame and lamer There were also jokes about "midgets" and how it's hard to remember that people with facial disfigurements are human because they don't look human. My disability is not a joke 2010-04-13T18:30:00Z When a Beatle asks for midget wrestlers in the middle of the night, apparently you find them, because sure enough, the finished movie includes some. Television Review: ‘Magical Mystery Tour Revisited,’ the Beatles on PBS 2012-12-13T23:39:38Z He also described himself, in a line that’s unpublishable here, as being as small as something that might be excreted by a midget. Review: ‘A Kim Jong-il Production’ Recounts a Bizarre Legacy 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z It strikes me as unfair to go as far as Ricardo Hausmann, a former Venezuelan planning minister who is now a Harvard professor; he called Mr. Dudamel a “musical giant but a moral midget.” Gustavo Dudamel and Valery Gergiev Face National Issues 2014-04-03T12:00:01Z “When I wake up, my colon feels like it’s going to explode, like there’s a midget punching me in the gut with every step,” he writes. Review: In ‘NFL Confidential,’ Protein Shakes Instead of Bling and Booze 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The other is Can't Buy Me Love, performed by the Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang: three men huffing away accompanied by a dancing midget in a wig. The bizarre lost world of 1970s cabaret pop 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z But “midget” has long been considered derogatory, said Gary Arnold, a spokesman for the advocacy group Little People of America. With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z In late 1938, after Mr. Raabe heard that Hollywood was hiring midgets for a film, he took a leave from his job and boarded a train west. Meinhardt Raabe, Legendary Munchkin, Dies at 94 2010-04-10T00:42:00Z He was 22 years old and a show business veteran, earning money for college as a "midget" performer, as they were called then, when the movie was shot in 1938. Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 2010-04-10T06:34:00Z “I never sounded like a child so there were some people who thought I was really a 30-year-old midget.” Rose Marie obituary 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “When midgets,” he begins in a monotone, followed by an oddly dramatic pause, “play miniature golf, do they know?” ArtsBeat Blog: Senators and Congressmen, All Trying for a Laugh 2011-12-05T16:53:17Z Dinklage plays James, who introduces himself as the “town midget” and whose primary function in the film is as the butt of many jokes. Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “Storekeepers, policemen, firemen, musicians, wagon drivers and others who live there are all dwarfs,” the article reported, though it failed to differentiate between dwarfs and midgets. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "It seems to me to be a roundtable of delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation." Thank you, Meghan McCain! "you were at my wedding Denise...." is the meme we all needed 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z During a tour to California, the boy made his film debut as a midget in a 1926 Fox short, "Not to Be Trusted." Legendary film and TV star Mickey Rooney dead at 93 2014-04-07T05:38:50Z Her image of a blind couple, huddled in one another's arms and dwarfed by their bed, or Russian midgets in a sombre living room, speak of tribal tendencies as necessary armour in a tough world. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-22T23:06:30Z “I want to eat cookies and still be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model; what’s next, you can be a midget and a Rockette? What’s wrong with having a physical standard for something?” “Dear Fat People” shlock-vlogger freaks out over Ashley Graham’s Sports Illustrated cover: “Barbie had to look like she eats cheeseburgers to make feminists happy” 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z My wife and I were both in show business, were both midgets. Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 2010-04-10T06:34:00Z Space swithers between two and three dimensions, the men seem variously giants or midgets, the sea appears flat as a picture; and time becomes mysterious too. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z He once said he felt “like a midget in the world of giants.” Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z There was no real script, let alone a plot, just slightly hallucinatory scenes of the Fab Four with punters, avant-gardists and wrestling midgets. Rewind TV: Hunted; Monroe; Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; Best Possible Taste: the Kenny Everett Story; Exposure: the Other Side of Jimmy Savile; Welcome to India – review 2012-10-06T23:05:46Z And he proceeds to tell the story of how, while in a flulike delirium in a hotel room, he came under the misimpression that midgets were the bearers of a strain of ovine flu. Theater Review: ‘Sorry,’ by Richard Nelson, at the Public Theater 2012-11-07T19:53:52Z "By working at these world's fairs as a midget, I was able to work my way through the university," Raabe said. Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 2010-04-10T06:34:00Z There are bad-taste quips about midgets, prefiguring the subject of his forthcoming sitcom, Life's Too Short . The Office ? still doing the business 2011-07-08T10:12:30Z Ms. Creighton’s book includes the poignant story of a female midget musician from Mexico, nicknamed Chiquita, whose cruel business manager required her to play piano alongside a chimpanzee that also had musical training. Echoes of an Exposition, and an Assassination 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Downey Jr looks down and sees a toothless ginger midget who, like everyone in Victorian London, speaks with a terrible Irish accent. Sherlock Holmes: Quick, old boy ? to the sequel! 2010-05-19T11:32:00Z Now he’s just another Brooklyn schlub — though one with the resourcefulness to overcome his lowly status, and the wayward charm to win over a woman he calls “a midget in a chemo wig.” Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator: He Has Ways of Making You Laugh 2012-05-14T14:30:51Z What if the midget or the girl with one arm really felt pain? Books of The Times: ?Collected Poems? by Jack Gilbert 2012-03-13T12:00:00Z I once drove an American band who just took drugs or slept; I've seen bands giving each other split lips and black eyes; one band had a bus full of strippers and midgets. Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z There's a story that he hired a pair of midgets from the local circus to act as witnesses and thus disguise his lack of inches. Amateurs in Eden by Joanna Hodgkin ? review 2012-02-10T22:45:01Z Pixies and flibbertigibbets haunt the budding woods: Puck and his train of midgets are busy in town and country.” The merry month of May 2012-05-21T09:31:23Z It's like Wilt Chamberlain in a gym full of midgets. As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion" 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Crawford Price only survives in a handful of press clippings that refer to him as a “sepia midget.” “The Wizard of Oz,” the Last Munchkin, and the Little People Left Behind 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Over the years “midget became closely associated with the sideshow, the freak show, being objectified, being put on display,” he said. With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z They were interchangeable, expendable and numberless, so turning these midget chunks of 8x8 pixels into characters was a major achievement for 1991. The 10 best video-game characters 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z And Mr. Richardson said that Spike had asked his announcer, Spyder, the sole tall member of the group, not to use the word midget. With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z Videos created ample work for Playboy playmates and for choreographers, dancers, mimes, animal trainers, pyrotechnicians, hairdressers, aestheticians, dry-ice vendors, coke dealers and midgets. Books of The Times: ?I Want My MTV,? by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum - Review 2011-10-24T23:31:14Z On the set of a Van Halen video, midgets — presumably the ones hired to grope a high-heeled lady tied between two stakes — handed out mushrooms. I Want My MTV: Drugs and Money and Cows in Boardrooms 2011-11-02T11:00:30Z And I was like a midget, and I had dinner with her. Ridley Scott: ‘I wanted to scare the shit out of people. That’s the job’ 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z “I would rather be called a midget than a little person,” he said recently, “because I consider myself a very large individual.” With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z For spectators dulled by the midget movies of an arrtstically timid era, the film may be a chore. Terrence Malick's To the Wonder: Rapturous, Forbidding, Wondrous 2012-09-02T18:36:04Z That said, I wish that Puppet wasn’t such a proponent of the word midget. With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z For no apparent reason, Snow White lives with 7 midgets, gets kissed and moves out for better accomodations, again with no explanation. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “The authors have met many midgets who are constant consultants of Ouija boards, star seers, and crystal gazers,” Bodin and Hershey write. “The Wizard of Oz,” the Last Munchkin, and the Little People Left Behind 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z I felt like the “anything goes in California, baby” vibe was being jammed down my throat in a way that all the groin-assaulting midgets in the world couldn’t fix. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z As work slowed down for the Jolly Boys, Minott was reduced to performing at a carnival sideshow at Coney Island, singing Island in the Sun while a female midget danced with a male giant. Oldest swingers 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z In the beginning of 'Little People' it used to be like, 'little person! midget! freak!.' TV's ''Push Girls'' break wheelchair boundaries 2012-06-03T13:01:54Z He took the book’s title from her beach nickname, Gidget – a contraction of “girl” and “midget” – and sold the film right soon after. Turning the tide: why surf films have lost their counterculture cachet 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Raabe said some little people resented the word "midget," but that was the description widely used when he was in show business. Raabe, 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin actor, dies at 94 2010-04-10T06:34:00Z There was Owen, dominant, imperious, a bit of a swine, and there was the Boy David, a snivelling midget stuck in his pocket. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z "I'm not going to lie, it can be fun throwing money over a naked midget in one of the most famous gangster strip clubs in America," he offers, sagely. Dizzee Rascal: 'The music just got bigger and better' 2012-06-21T22:00:01Z “Paul got me up about 2 in the morning and said, ‘We want a dozen midget wrestlers for tomorrow,’ ” recalls Gavrik Losey, who worked as a line producer on the film. Television Review: ‘Magical Mystery Tour Revisited,’ the Beatles on PBS 2012-12-13T23:39:38Z “You don’t intend to make a career out of midgets, do you?” Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76 2012-03-30T05:32:16Z And that doesn’t count the motorcycles, midgets and sprint cars he wrote about. Shav Glick, longtime L.A. Times motorsports writer, inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Like other pejoratives for disabled people, the word “midget” has been widely understood as offensive since before most working wrestlers were born. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z He’s won in sprint cars, midgets and trucks, won on a variety of surfaces and rarely seems to take days off. Kyle Larson’s already busy schedule will ramp up before May’s 1,100-mile ‘double’ 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s a little like being the tallest person at a midget convention, but congratulations to Mr. Dreyfuss for stating the obvious. Richard Dreyfuss goes after Hollywood for ‘vomit’-inducing Oscar rules 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of guys that are tall. He can sense that if there’s a mental midget on the court, it’s over.” At 5-foot-8, Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell stands atop the Sweet 16 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Jeff Gordon was trading paint in quarter midgets in Northern California 11 years before he was old enough to have a driver’s license. Inside Rajah Caruth's transformation from gamer to rising NASCAR driver 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Yet, unlike other slurs for disability, “midget” has no basis in medicine or law. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Carlson, infamous for assailing people’s looks, also called Fauci a “an even tinier version of the Dalai Lama” and a “Stalinist midget.” Almost everything Tucker Carlson said about Anthony Fauci this week was misleading or false 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “I hate the little midget,” Mr. Eisner had said, according to Mr. Fields’s courtroom questioning. Bert Fields, Lawyer to the Hollywood Elite, Dies at 93 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z But given everything he drives — stock cars, sprints, midgets — he sees more new tracks than just about anyone. New track, new test: NASCAR’s top series heads to St. Louis 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Dr Erin Pritchard, a lecturer in disability studies at Liverpool Hope University, argued the word midget was a form of hate speech. Marks & Spencer: Midget Gems change name after academic's campaign 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Critics say midget wrestling is an exploitative and dangerous spectacle that fuels public harassment and glorifies a derogatory slur. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “I needed to learn the discipline of dirt racing. I went to late model races, I went to midget races, I went to sprint car races,” Daniels said. Crew chief Cliff Daniels rode intense drive to NASCAR title 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A U.S. economic giant confronted a Soviet economic midget with nukes, and the two sides did impose arms control guardrails. Xi Jinping thinks the West is done 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Racing under the “midget” name surfaced into the 1980s within Seattle, inside the old Coliseum and Kingdome. Half-size race cars sported big appeal, but not everyone applauded 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Unser, who also won sprint, stock and midget car races, came from a family steeped in racing and closely associated with the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. Bobby Unser, three-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 87 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Under mounting public pressure, the Sonoma County Fair Board had asked him to drop the word “midget” from the event billing, rebranding the match “Short Sleeve Sampson’s Wrestling Warriors.” California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Navy midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb that had fallen from a U.S. Today in History 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Skeptics suspected he was an adult midget masquerading as a child. Diego Maradona, mesmerizing soccer star and Argentine legend, dies at 60 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z A side-show ventriloquist forms an underground trio with a strongman and a midget. Movies on TV this week: 'Tootsie' on Showtime; 'Halloween' on AMC 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z “I’ve been a race fan all my life,” said Newman, an Indiana native who started racing quarter midgets when he was 4. Ryan Newman, a ‘walking miracle,’ will be in field for NASCAR’s return at Darlington 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z There, “midget” came to differentiate those with endocrine disorders, whose figures mirror average-height people, from those with skeletal dysplasias, who are far more common and physically distinct. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Those include the dwarf cuscus, a large-eyed marsupial; the anoa, a midget buffalo; the Sulawesi crested black macaque, locally known as yaki; and the babirusa, or deer-pig, which is renowned for its large tusks. Where Bats Are Still on the Menu, if No Longer the Best Seller 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z A ventriloquist works a pet-shop scam with a carnival pickpocket, midget and strongman. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 26, 2020 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z “Beat him so badly that this midget gremlin won’t even have a shot even with a trillion dollars,” Mr. Menaker said. The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z That could also be the mental midget in me. Are hoodies acceptable golf attire? Golf Digest editors weigh in - Golf Digest 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “The term ‘midget’ in the dictionary is something below average, smaller than average,” said Kikyo, the Fallen Flower, as she touched up her eye shadow in the trailer ahead of the match. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “And who do we got? A f---king midget,” Grossi said. ESPN Cleveland suspends analyst who called Baker Mayfield a ‘f---ing midget’ 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z With the encouragement of his uncles and his mother, Groover started wrestling at the age of 8 in the Millville midget program. Inspirational wrestler with cerebral palsy 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Carla, who moved to Manchester from Bermuda three years ago with Nai'm, says she was called by his school and told another pupil had called him "a black midget". Racism exclusions up in England's primary schools 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Last month, Hockey Canada decided to change its age group names, including the “midgets.” A high school in North Dakota calls its teams the ‘Midgets.’ Activists want that changed. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In the abstract, “midget” might well be a synonym for petite, or a sub-genre of athletic theater. California's dwarf community wants to KO the 'M-word.' These wrestlers are pushing back 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Canada’s hockey governing body announced Monday it will do away with the term “midget” and other traditional-age categories in its boys and girls hockey ranks. Hockey Canada to stop using 'midget' as age category to make sport 'more inclusive' 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr Prigozhin has kept a low profile for years, but in 2011 he told a St Petersburg newspaper about a children's tale he once wrote, which featured midgets defending a king against enemies. Powerful 'Putin's chef' cooks up murky deals 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z During winters, when the Northeastern outdoor racing season was dormant, he announced smoky, three-quarter midget races inside armories in New Jersey and on Long Island. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The Canadian Lacrosse Association followed suit last week, replacing division names such as “midget” with number-based classifications, with the president of Little People of Canada calling the decision “a win-win-win.” A high school in North Dakota calls its teams the ‘Midgets.’ Activists want that changed. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Today, the wooded park includes courts for tennis and basketball, softball and Teener and Little League baseball fields, a playground, the Bob Tobash Walking Trail and fields where midget football teams practice. From a past of pigeons, Hegins Park now thrives on wine 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Hockey Canada said the term midget, novice, peewee, atom and bantam would be replaced by age descriptive names from under-7 to U21. Hockey Canada to stop using 'midget' as age category to make sport 'more inclusive' 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Kilimnik, whom prosecutors have linked to Russian intelligence, was nicknamed the “angry midget” for his short stature and temper. Trial of High-Powered Lawyer Gregory Craig Exposes Seamy Side of Washington’s Elite 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In Canada, the midget hockey level ranges between ages 15 and 18. Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby has been wearing this garment since he was a teen 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The Agriculture Department in 2015 stopped referring to some small raisins as “midgets” after a request from the Little People of America. A high school in North Dakota calls its teams the ‘Midgets.’ Activists want that changed. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But soon Tom began worrying about people he called “the Bubbas from rural Georgia” and the “mental midgets.” Their neighbor was arrested on terror charges. This is how a ‘typical American community’ reacted. 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Over the years, he purchased dozens of mostly British bikes, 38 classic midget and sprint cars and 70 automobiles from a variety of eras. Car collector's 'dirty little secret' discovered after death 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Jarrett worked his way through go-karts, midgets and sprint cars, often with his dad turning wrenches for him, patiently biding his time. Jarrett to become seventh Andretti to run at Indianapolis 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Denise McAllister, a contributor for The Federalist, a conservative website founded by McCain’s husband, slammed the daytime talk show hosts in a March 25 tweet as “delusional mental midgets” that lack “emotional regulation.” Meghan McCain's Twitter clapback resurfaces on 'Jeopardy!' 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Ireland was a midget with a big advantage: British ineptitude. How the Irish backstop emerged as May's Brexit nemesis 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z My comment was directed at The View and the mental midgets who surround you. ‘You were at my wedding Denise’: Meghan McCain’s Twitter clap back goes viral 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “There are no giants at the moment, there’s none, they’re midgets,” said Sally Bigwood, who used to run a business training accountants. Shakespeare's birthplace mirrors a scepter'd isle riven by Brexit... 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “Coming from midget hockey, we practiced two to three times a week with two games on the weekend and 36 in all,” he said. At 16, Tyrel Bauer uprooted his life to play amateur hockey. Can he turn it into a ticket to the NHL? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z There were fat-women jokes, and they made fun of a midget. Fox oral history: Inside the legendary studio at the end of its run 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z My father is a midget of a man, shorter than my mother, and much quieter. “All Rivers” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z “It seems to me to be a roundtable of delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation.” ‘You were at my wedding Denise’: Meghan McCain’s Twitter clap back goes viral 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Bryce said that when he “descended to the miniature, mite and midget size” he had “many a scoff and jeer as to the absurdity of the production”. Why we are fascinated by miniature books 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Thursday’s report says the one of the submarines - also known as midget submarines - was built in 18 months. Iran says it has added 2 mini submarines to its naval fleet 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Thursday’s report says the one of the submarines — also known as midget submarines — was built in 18 months. Iran says it has added 2 mini submarines to its naval fleet 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He’d eyeballed Colorado at a fairly young age — not a surprise given his Little League coach played there and his midget team was named the Buffaloes. As the legend of Max Borghi grows at Washington State, he and the Cougars return to where it began 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “It looked like it was made for a midget or something,” Leuchter said. Electric chair builder worried Tennessee execution will fail 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Some, however, will transition to full-size racecars, including midget cars, sprint cars and stock cars. Nascar’s Future Depends on These 5-Year-Olds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z That included midget car races and various classes of motorcycle races. Perspective | Fans of fast motorcycles still spin their tires for Maryland’s Vista Raceway 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Dacey, D. M. The mosaic of midget ganglion cells in the human retina. Restoring vision 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z You do not realize you are dealing with an irrational, immature mental midget in trump. Macron Critiques Trump’s Policies in Speech to Congress 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Among her insults, she called him a “physical and moral midget, a consummate failure in life, love, dentistry and politics.” The silencing of Malta's anti-corruption campaigner 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z For racers who graduate from quarter midgets and venture out into larger cars, the risks increase drastically. Nascar’s Future Depends on These 5-Year-Olds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z On July 17, 1960, Moroney lost control of the midget car while passing another driver on Vista’s Turn 4 and hit a cable that was stretched across an opening on the side of the track. Perspective | Fans of fast motorcycles still spin their tires for Maryland’s Vista Raceway 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Are you going to be a midget wrestler? A giant feat: Marathoner with dwarfism conquers Boston, life 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s the battle of the titans and mental midgets And guess who’s gonna win? Trump Is ‘Saving Us’: Minnesota Mining Country Warms to Tariffs and G.O.P. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The serial entrepreneur Dean Kamen, best known for inventing the Segway, said, “You feel like you’re walking around here as an intellectual midget.” At Mars, Jeff Bezos Hosted Roboticists, Astronauts, Other Brainiacs and Me 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “If you’re not involved in it, you just don’t get it,” said Mr. Shipman, who raced quarter midgets in the 1960s, and whose son, now grown, once raced, too. Nascar’s Future Depends on These 5-Year-Olds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Serial entrepreneur Dean Kamen, best known for inventing the Segway, said, “You feel like you’re walking around here as an intellectual midget.” At Mars conference, Jeff Bezos hosted roboticists, astronauts, other brainiacs and me 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Many endure not just the usual rigors of training but cruel taunts from onlookers - “Hey, check out the midget” - as they put in their miles. A giant feat: Marathoner with dwarfism conquers Boston, life 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The Ward is best known for firing the first American shot in the Second World War, when it attacked a Japanese midget submarine near Pearl Harbor early on Dec. 7, 1941. Five facts on the discovery of WW2 warship 'Lady Lex' 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Out of vengeance, Barea offered the ignorant guess Monday night after the Dallas Mavericks guard learned Wall had called him a “little midget.” Perspective | For John Wall, it’s not about being liked. It’s about learning how to best wield his influence. 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z A majority of young racers will try their hand at quarter midgets and proceed no further. Nascar’s Future Depends on These 5-Year-Olds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Barea responded to Wall referring to him as a “little midget” by telling reporters: “I don’t like him at all now. But I don’t think his teammates like him, either.” ‘We can’t knock facts’: Bradley Beal agrees with outside criticism of Wizards 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “I think I’m a great teammate. I don’t let that affect me. I probably could’ve used a better word than ‘little midget.’ The Wizards like John Wall and Bradley Beal just fine, thank you very much. They just want to win. 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The Ward is best known for firing the first American shot in the Second World War, when it attacked a Japanese midget submarine near Pearl Harbor early on Dec. 7, 1941. Five facts on the discovery of WW2 warship 'Lady Lex' 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It came from his mouth as effortlessly as Wall’s “midget” comment. Perspective | For John Wall, it’s not about being liked. It’s about learning how to best wield his influence. 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Wall first referred to Barea as a “little midget trying to get mad” while Barea said Wall was “trying to be a tough guy, but he’s not.” John Wall, J.J. Barea trade barbs; Barea: Teammates don’t like him 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “It was cool to me. It was funny. Just a little midget trying to get mad,” Wall said. A Texas misstep: Wizards have woeful offensive night against Mavericks 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “I was first inspired by him when I was in midgets dreaming of being like him. I was last inspired by him yesterday. Yes, I mean forever,” Andretti wrote. Racing legend Dan Gurney dies of complications from pneumonia 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z I always thought the press was responsible for the 5 W's, not every tweet of the mental midget currently occupying the White House. The Year the News Accelerated to Trump Speed 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The destroyer fired the first U.S. shot of the war when it encountered a Japanese midget submarine acting as scout for the Pearl Harbor attack. On the hunt for sunken ships, Paul Allen’s team captures rare footage of a sixgill shark 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Ward fired at a Japanese midget submarine just outside the harbor's entrance. See Wreckage of Vessel That Fired First American Shot in WWII 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z According to the eyewitness, the New York Times reporter Grace Lichtenstein, there were midgets dressed as dancing bears cavorting near a champagne bar and a carvery at courtside. Facts mix with fiction yet Battle of the Sexes may still be underplayed | Richard Williams 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “My deal with Chip is I can't race a sprint car or midget or anything really the night before I'm on track,” Larson said. Kyle Larson ready for busy weekend before NASCAR Cup race at Michigan 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z This is not to besmirch Eisenhower, who was no intellectual midget. Opinion | Who can save us from ourselves? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The nasty people called us communists and midgets. US pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z After she prevailed in court, Blainey-Broker played three years of boys’ hockey in the bantam, minor midget and midget divisions. Quest for On-Ice Equality Echoes a Fight From 30 Years Ago 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Racing go carts, mini-sprinters, and outlaw midgets with his older sister, Erin, from age 8, he learned how to keep those vehicles running with help from his father, Gary. Nebraska sheet metal shaper keeps craft alive 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “In the office, he had a kind of noble elegance, and then to see him there like a raging midget — you just can’t imagine a greater contrast.” Brunhilde Pomsel, Goebbels’s Secretary and Witness to Nazis’ Fall, Dies at 106 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Pomsel, who attended the event, said that he was transformed from a man of “noble elegance” into a “raging midget.” Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies at 106 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z I remember one of the west coast newspapers called us commie midgets. US pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The final mission of a World War II midget submarine provides the inspiration for Submarine Time Machine, an "immersive" large-scale community production by the National Theatre of Scotland in Glasgow. Theatre 2017: Will Hamilton rule the box office? - BBC News 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The nation’s largest oil company, Exxon Mobil—just one of many and a midget in global terms—is worth seven times as much as its biggest car company, General Motors. The Highly Charged Way to Play Electric Cars 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Of the 32 races he ran for points in those four quarter midget classes this year, Emerson won 19 of them and finished second or third in seven others. 12-year-old Indiana boy ready for next racing challenge 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He recalled watching the Great Lakes Invitational college tournament there with his father and skating there while playing midget hockey. Kings view epic nine-game trip as a team-building exercise 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z She knew next to nothing about Nascar when she met Bob East, widely known in racing for building sprint cars and midget cars. Stanford Graduate. ‘Survivor’ Contestant. Sprint Cup Driver? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “They called me a midget, or called me names,” Schreiter said. 115-pound prep football player impresses despite his size 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Auto Club champion, twice in sprint and twice in midget, and his last victory on Aug. 3 was his 112th career auto club win. The week’s passages 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z "While investors do not seem to care that earnings have been lower, the U.S. equity market remains the tallest midget in the crowd," Brady added. Wall Street little changed as investors assess earnings 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z A midget car race was staged on the quarter-mile dirt track. A look back at Jungle Park Speedway 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The next hurdle was recruiting some of the best players in the country away from their high schools, prep schools and minor midget teams. U.S.A. Hockey Has No Need for Miracles Anymore 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Sefolosha acknowledged getting into an ugly exchange of words with one of the officers, calling him “a midget.” Hawks’ Thabo Sefolosha Files Suit Against New York Police Officers 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z “You seem to have it all figured out when you’re fighting midgets,” sniped Diaz. Conor McGregor v Nate Diaz: Irishman ready to attack veteran's 'soft' body 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z When people call them "midgets" it strikes a particularly sour note with Michelle. 'You are the modern day Elephant Man' - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z "I'd have little midgets in there," he says, joking that he "could lay them down and put them in a provocative situation if he wants me to do that." Zombie Jesus Nativity Scene Causes More Trouble in Ohio Town 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Coach Marvin Lewis referred to him as "a midget" leading up to the game, and several players mocked his "money-rubbing" gesture while frustrating him. Dalton, Eifert combine on 3 TDs, Bengals move to 8-0 with 31-10 win over Manziel and Browns 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The protagonist is “former punk rocker” Duke Davis who is now somehow doomed to patrol a city park, beating up circus midgets and bulldogs. The 30 worst video games of all time – part one 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “He’s not about to be told what to do by a ‘midget’ police officer,” the prosecutor said. Charges of False Claims Are Exchanged in Thabo Sefolosha’s Trial 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I said, ‘If you saw me in a different place, you wouldn’t say that. You’re a midget.’ Thabo Sefolosha Says Officers Used Force Without Warning 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The McLaughlin school board last week dropped its mascot and nickname “midgets.” Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z On its website, Little People of America says midget is "a word that many people of short stature consider a slur and a word closely associated with the public objectification of people of short stature." School on Standing Rock to stop using 'midget' mascot following request from national group 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z On its website, Little People of America says midget is “a word that many people of short stature consider a slur and a word closely associated with the public objectification of people of short stature.” School on Standing Rock votes to stop using ‘midget’ mascot 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Yes, the government maintains federal raisin designations, and since around World War II the smallest ones, used mostly for baking, were marketed as “midget” raisins. USDA to stop referring to small raisins as ‘midgets’ 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z However, he knows what the transition consists of as he raced in quarter midgets and made the climb to stock cars. 12-year-old gearing up for life in an even faster lane 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z You don’t want to be a team of midgets and you don’t want to be a team of giants. BYU has high hopes for Twin Towers at receiver 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” recently founded a faux religious organization called “Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption” to highlight the people who profit from their claims to cure lupus and “make midgets grow.” John Oliver parody of tax-exempt status of televangelists pays off 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Longtime campground resident Arthur Pope, who’s written a history of the 150-year-old community off Camp Street, said lots of people used to think midgets lived there. A quaint bit of history tucked away near New Britain 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z So are schools that use “midgets” as their mascots. USDA to stop referring to small raisins as ‘midgets’ 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The word “midget” is derived from midge, a sand fly, and emerged in the 1800s to describe circus performers, according to a Little People of America flier. Little people group targeting ‘midget’ mascots across US 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Almost three decades later, it was a diminutive prisoner that some newspapers called the “midget bandit” who fled the prison in much the same way. Escape From Clinton Prison Was Neither the First, Nor the Boldest 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z “We have to step up to the plate as giants, not as political midgets,” he told the crowd. At Gray’s funeral, outrage over way in which he died 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z And when reporters did cover the offers, he called one of them a “midget” and said his story was “stupid.” Gurbaksh Chahal And Gravity4 Hit With Gender Discrimination, Illegal Surveillance Lawsuit 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z “Rand Paul will look like a giant among midgets if the rest of the field is all getting single digits or slightly above,” said Mr. Carney. Rand Paul challenge to Jeb Bush looms in wide open New Hampshire 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z High school officials elsewhere suggested they may be more receptive to dropping the “midget” nickname. Little people group targeting ‘midget’ mascots across US 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z As he built trust with the circus they allowed him to perform as a clown alongside two midgets, who performed a good cop/bad cop routine. A Clown Takes Us on a Behind The Scenes Tour at the Circus 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z In 1966, a U.S. midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb that had fallen from an American bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. Three-Minute Briefing: Boehner Saves a Step, Runs to Pelosi First 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “His critics are all ethically challenged and mental midgets by comparison.” Climate Change Researcher Offers a Defense of His Practices 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z He taught at hockey schools for 10 years and briefly coached a midget team, but he otherwise avoided the limelight. Val James, First U.S.-Born Black Player in N.H.L., Publishes Autobiography 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z “It sends a signal to youth that the use of the word ‘midget’ to describe a small person is acceptable and humorous,” he said. Little people group targeting ‘midget’ mascots across US 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Seneca’s answer, if it can be counted as such, is metaphorical: “The wise man would not despise himself, even if he were a midget; but he would rather be tall.” The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Billy Matthews died from complications of cystic fibrosis before seeing Matthews plucked from his Arizona Bobcats midget team for the United States National Development Program. Auston Matthews, a 17-Year-Old Prodigy, Is Evidence of Arizona’s Flourishing Hockey Scene 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Manziel’s scheduled start against the Bengals received an unintended boost when Cincinnati Coach Marvin Lewis on Tuesday again apologized for calling Manziel a midget and said his comments were offensive and insensitive. Browns Decide It’s Time to Call Johnny Manziel Their Starter 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a visit to U.S. troops in Baghdad not to fear — Islamic State terrorists were simply “midgets” with a radicalized view of the world. Martin Dempsey: Islamic State terrorists are ‘a bunch of midgets’ 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z According to Reuters, Dempsey said it was critical to show that the Islamic State was not an unstoppable, towering force but instead is “a bunch of midgets running around with a really radical ideology.” Islamic State fighters are retreating from Baiji oil refinery, Iraq officials say The shorter midgets regard the U.S. with envy. 2015 Global Economic Outlook: Better Than 2014—but Not By Much 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z She was a staunch defender of Japan's pacifist postwar constitution and a campaigner for human rights in a country she described as "an economic giant, but a human-rights midget". Takako Doi obituary 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Lewis, the Bengals’ coach, called the 6-foot quarterback a midget during a radio show on Monday night and later issued an apology. Browns Decide It’s Time to Call Johnny Manziel Their Starter 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z A quick look at the show's website reveals a contortionist with three legs, a two-headed woman, midgets, a giant and a very, very frightening clown. 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' sponsors a costume contest 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z His five Chili Bowl victories are the most for any driver at the famed midget event. Kenseth likes title chances despite lack of wins 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Rucker reported that Romney even got some encouragement from a Democratic attendee, Brian Schweitzer, the former Governor of Montana, who said, “He would be a giant in a field of midgets.” The Return Of The Mittster? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The club opened in 2011 and its website promises a little bit of everything, including: "Stilt walkers, midgets, contortionists, tattooed dancers, jugglers, drummers ... magicians and fire eaters." Dubai officials deny entry to world's most pierced man 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z A pair of giants perished while a midget turned the tables on the godfather of the Red Keep. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Happy Father's Day (Spoilers Alert!) If Romney ran again, he said, "he would be a giant in a field of midgets." Romney says he's not running but criticizes Clinton like a candidate 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He later had a mechanical shop and, through an acquaintance, became interested in midget cars. Jack Brabham, Formula One champion, dies at 88 Brabham helped build a car for the American and later began racing the car himself, winning four straight Australian midget titles. Jack Brabham, 88, Who Raced and Built Winners, Dies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z A former Royal Australian Air Force mechanic, Brabham began racing midget cars on cinder tracks in Australia in 1948 before moving to Britain to pursue his career in the mid 1950s. Triple F1 world champion Brabham dead at 88 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The quintessential cheeky chappie turned his attention to cinema and, by the age of six, had his first film role, that of a cigar-smoking midget in Orchids and Ermine. Obituary: Mickey Rooney 2014-04-07T07:26:03Z It’s just that now it won’t be because of my knee; it will be because I’m a mental midget.” Logan Morrison ready to hit — and tweet — for Mariners 2014-02-25T02:01:21Z Students rushed the floor in celebration, but the coach’s favorite moment might be the first play of the night: “An alley-oop to my midget.” Washington area basketball players trek to Vermont for one last shot at glory 2014-02-13T17:43:21Z Then he met an American who raced midget cars. Jack Brabham, 88, Who Raced and Built Winners, Dies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z From the sea, the worst Iran can manage is suicide attacks launched from midget submarines – “Iran has several such submarines” – launched from civilian vessels. Bibi Won't Back Down 2013-11-27T23:05:23Z Every bank wanted to be the tallest midget: No one wanted to admit they had a problem because they didn’t want to stigmatize themselves. Hank Paulson: This Is What It Was Like to Face the Financial Crisis 2013-09-12T10:44:39Z “That’s like a midget cave,” he says, and the group chuckles on cue. Elon Musk, the 21st Century Industrialist 2012-09-13T20:37:58Z The company, a comparative midget with just 30,000 subscribers, cited the Fourth Amendment in rebuffing warrantless requests from local, state and federal authorities, showing it was possible to resist official pressure. Tiny Utah-based ISP makes a name for itself by rebuffing government snoops 2013-07-09T15:49:40Z Larson considers his accident in a midget car at Eldora Speedway last September worse because his car flipped after hitting the wall and then got hit broadside by another car. Larson eager to make noise with his driving 2013-04-17T17:49:10Z Recanate, who reacted to Biancucchi trying to engineer a move to Qatar by calling him a "stupid disrespectful black Argentinian midget", says the formal complaint "means nothing … Maxi is a man of low morals." Said & Done: the week in football – Ken Bates, Fifa's gift and Miss Bumbum 2012 2012-11-25T00:56:17Z Clairton’s seniors had played together since they were in midget ball at age 6. In Clairton, Pa., a High School Football Team Keeps a Town’s Heart Beating 2012-11-22T04:32:35Z “McKinney, at 6 feet 6 inches, is no midget, but the six inches that Kurland towered over him made the Tarheel appear like a pygmy,” The New York Times wrote. N.C.A.A. Tournament Returning to Madison Square Garden 2012-11-16T23:15:10Z Other key messages: Biancucchi, "the stupid disrespectful Argentinian midget", will be frozen out; Marques may be shot "for the good of the club"; and journalists must "stop asking stupid questions". Said & Done: the week in football – Barclays, Blackpool and Fifa 2012-11-11T01:02:48Z At 16, he drove a midget car on a cinder track carved from a used-car lot in Ashley, Pa. “It wasn’t for me,” he said. Chris Economaki, Rumbling Voice of Auto Racing, Dies at 91 2012-09-29T03:24:23Z It's not like he was playing against midgets. Wilson's success makes Gruden look like a genius 2012-09-23T01:12:04Z "He's not a little midget like the last guy," Hatcher said, according to the report. When getting overlooked isn't a bad thing for a quarterback 2012-09-21T18:55:04Z As both the midget in the country of Brobdingnag and the giant on the island of Lilliput, Lemuel Gulliver—the protagonist of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels—experienced firsthand that size is relative. Size Illusions Trick the Brain 2012-07-21T12:15:00.217Z Military experts say the opening salvos of any such conflict could prove hugely damaging, with even sophisticated warships vulnerable to suicide speedboats, midget submarines or truck-mounted missiles. Gulf sabers rattle as Iran sanctions bite 2012-07-06T08:55:47Z In midget football, Marshall played running back and soon showed he had inherited his father's gifts. Understanding Brandon Marshall 2012-06-24T00:44:00Z The title of “best-hitting pitching staff” may be akin to “world’s tallest midget.” Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals’ pitching staff can hit 2012-05-31T19:27:00Z He got his start racing midgets in the Midwest and won his first World of Outlaws race in Canada last July. Johnson gets wild during qualifying at Kansas 2012-04-21T21:38:08Z The single-seat midget plane was flown by just two men: Charles Lindbergh and test pilot Harry Brooks. Flying car aims to take wing in the commercial market 2012-04-20T00:35:00Z Hnidy was explaining the rules governing fighting at the midget level — one fight per season is allowed, and any fight in the last 10 minutes of a game brings an automatic suspension. Fighting Has Deep Roots in Saskatchewan Hockey 2012-02-28T22:02:21Z Here, then, is one of the host of midgets who are responsible for our soiled garments in our summer walks—the "frog-hopper," or "spume-bearer," in his perfection. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z And the troupe of midgets that are playing in the Mansfield Theater this week are coming and will give a real Punch and Judy show. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Last fall, he swept the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway, winning in three different styles of race car - midgets, sprint cars and silver crown cars - in the same night. Ganassi team signs open wheel standout Larson 2012-02-18T17:14:09Z In another moment these restless midgets 430 were assaulting, with fluent phrases of insult, the carven faces of certain fantastic images which form the bases of the clustered columns. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The Pentagon’s first public assessment of Iran’s military power in April 2010 listed four midget subs, 80 patrol craft and 18 guided missile patrol boats under control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy. Keeping Strait Open to Get Tougher as Iran Bolsters Its Forces 2012-01-18T01:08:11Z Two ladies and a little midget came in late. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The easiest way to catch these little midgets, is to wet the palm of the hand and then sweep it among them, or in the same way use a piece of sticky paper. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z Sunday.—Arriving at Beni Hassan at ten o'clock we went ashore and climbed on midget donkeys and rode away to explore the rock tombs. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z As we talked, the midgets grew so restless and inquisitive that she shook her long rod at them with a mighty show of fierceness, and shooed them out of the porch like so many chickens. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z “I guess,” he said, “it’s like saying, who’s the tallest midget?” G.M.?s Chief, Daniel Akerson, Shakes Up Automaker?s Staid Traditions 2011-12-08T17:48:45Z But vanity or anger is sufficient excuse for lifting the dark feathers that nearly conceal the beauty spot on the top of his head when the midget's mind is at ease. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Earlier this month a 16-year-old playing a midget hockey game in Edmonton died after a shot he was trying to block hit him in the throat. Slap Shot: Wings' Eaves Pays the Price for Blocking Shot 2011-11-29T18:57:37Z My father looked at us two boys, dressed in coats and ties and brimmed hats, and said, “These are not kids, these are midgets.” Essay: Football Team?s Success Detracts From Urgent Concerns at L.S.U. 2011-11-04T03:12:10Z The entire line, keeping rank, curves and twists behind the leader, all intent on protecting that poor midget at the end. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z No more I deemed of crowning consequence, That mortal clay to mortal eye should shine; That human mites should shout and sing in praise Each of the other's midget mightiness— A molecule, by atoms glorified! Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z A battle of the midgets in mid-air is a sorry sight. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z No coat of mail is proof against the attacks of one species of fly commonly called the midget, which is so small as to be almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The glory of all was the opal-crowned manakin, a midget in green coat and sulphur waistcoat, with a cap of scaly, iridescent, silvery mother-of-pearl plates, in no way akin to feathers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Morgan Finds It Tough to Stand Tall Morgan Finds It Tough to Stand Tall During the financial crisis, bankers at relatively strong institutions would joke they were the tallest midget in the bunch. Morgan Finds It Tough to Stand Tall 2011-09-30T19:05:12Z “One seat will be big enough for the midgets,”—a nickname given to Mary and Charlie,—Merry answered. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z James Franklin, the former Maryland offensive coordinator, dubbed him a local legend whose gifts were evident going back to midget league. Tavon Austin a triple threat for No. 18 WVU, returns to native Maryland to face Terps 2011-09-15T21:15:53Z The black fly and the musquito can only reach the exposed parts of the body, but to the midget every portion is accessible. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z This funny little midget alone knows where Gong Schow's wealth is buried. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z The brown midget showed angry distrust of us, knowing what devilry was in his own mind. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Then, in a store window in Glendive, I saw a midget of a stove that worked with gasoline pumped under pressure. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Was she not, after all, built to destroy these venomous midgets of the ocean? The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The kitten, a black-and-white midget suggestive of a Coles-Phillips drawing, rubbed insistently against the girl's foot. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z It’s called the New York Sharks women’s professional team, not minor leagues, not midgets, not Pop Warner. Former Steeler Starts Over as a Women?s Coach 2011-04-02T19:22:15Z “Guess the midgets haven’t reached you yet!” grumbled Billy, as he slapped viciously at an unseen plague. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z His management stunts like hiring midgets to perform at company Halloween parties rubbed Adobe the wrong way. Adobe Is Watching Every Click 2011-03-23T22:00:00Z The Swift was a formidable fighting ship, though built to tackle the midgets of the sea—the 130 feet torpedo boats. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z In 1966, a U.S. midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb which had fallen from an American bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. Today in History 2011-03-17T04:01:11Z Gradually the mist lightened and cleared away, until we could see the wide valley far below, with the tiny winding river at the bottom, and the walled fields and midget houses. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Then Fred began slapping and whipping the air, and finally Bob felt the mosquitoes and midgets bite, until all three boys jumped up again and began building a smudge fire. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z It was Jean, her golden locks held together by a midget sunbonnet, save for some vagrant curls which nestled against the peach-pink bloom of her cheeks; her chubby bare feet seeking cover in the grass. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z When they had gone the midget yanked the green curtains together with comical fierceness, then crawled under the top of the sheet that covered Sally. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "I'm Jem," answered the midget, coolly; "and I didn't mean nuffing." The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z Bad enough to be considered unglamorous, but to be considered less glamorous than a pot-bellied, bearded and bandy-legged midget is a cruel blow indeed. Hurley girlie man ends up in a spin of his own making 2010-12-17T00:05:03Z The Bully Next Door Throughout the fall, the Facebook profile set up in D.C.’s name taunted students: “At least I don’t take pics of myself in the mirror like a homosexual midget,” wrote “D.C.” As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up 2010-12-05T05:15:00Z "You think: 'Here's this little midget,'" he said, "but he's got some serious hops." Javier Hern?ndez lifts Manchester United spirits after week of turmoil 2010-10-25T21:30:00Z She edged over the side of the berth, the toe of her slipper groping until it found the edge of the lower berth in which the midget was sleeping. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Was noting with a mate the other day how many 190cm plus strikers Uruguay produces, especially compared to Argentina's mighty midgets. Salzburg v Man City 2010-09-16T16:00:00Z Actually, what he said was that he was going to "stomp the midget," then have Pacman "make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice." Time for Money Mayweather to shut up and fight 2010-09-04T19:32:00Z Canada and Sweden, alleges that a North Korean midget submarine fired a 500-lb. torpedo at the 1,200-ton on March 26, killing 46 South Korean seamen. Seoul's Findings on Warship Sinking Won't Calm Skeptics 2010-08-18T08:45:00Z Within a few weeks, the South Korean government privately became convinced that a North Korean "midget" submarine fired a torpedo that sunk the Cheonan, killing 46 sailors. Exclusive: How the Cheonan Really Sank -- and What Happens to the Koreas Now? 2010-08-13T17:40:00Z The midget won, for the moment at least. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The Cheonan went down, South Korean investigators say, when North Korea fired a torpedo from a midget submarine, which split the Cheonan apart. U.S. and S. Korea to Conduct War Games Next Week 2010-07-20T12:28:00Z The attack occurred in March when, investigators say, a torpedo fired from a North Korean midget submarine hit the ship, the Cheonan, and killed 46 sailors. U.S. Carrier Sent to S. Korea for Drill 2010-07-19T13:48:00Z No giant screen, not even a midget screen. Paul Wilson: Congestion leaves fans in jam 2010-06-13T14:25:00Z "They called me very unoriginal names, like 'midget'," she said. Hormone help 2010-05-08T23:35:00Z And she seized Sally’s wrist and shook her so that the midget had to cling tightly to the girl’s neck to keep from being catapulted to the floor. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z By necessity, they came into the world as midgets. 2010-01-18T05:00:00Z Nothing comes close on the ridiculous meter, however, to the former N.B.A. star Scottie Pippen issuing a news release in response to a story and video of his being beat up by midgets. 2010-01-11T17:43:00Z When they were awake, it was amusing to see the little midgets stick out their long, thread-like tongues, preen their pin-feathers, and stretch their wings over the nest. A-Birding on a Bronco We kept those midgets, a daily trouble and amusement, through the winter. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road And—you’re the baby-faced little she-devil that stole my graft with that little midget! Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Yes, they were both good horses, but I looked over the rest, and pretty soon I saw a rangy chestnut with a white foreleg and a midget of a boy up in the saddle. The Garden of Eden At 3:43 P. M. central standard time, the midget moon arose and sailed its course and then set behind the darkened picture of the Straus Tower. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 There are fifty-odd varieties of the banana in the archipelago, from the midget, which makes but a single mouthful, to the huge fruit eighteen inches long. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In a shower stall big enough for a midget I splashed away until I got a mouthful of water. Cue for Quiet She did not see David at supper, while she ate in the cook tent after having carried “Pitty Sing,” the midget, to the privilege car. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Jockey McCabe, a midget whose head and hands are busy under all conditions, rode a wonderful race. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 They stared at the naked, unconscious midget in utter amazement, as if seeing a thing that could not be real. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 In short," said a third man who failed to identify himself, "you may consider yourself as the driver of one of those midget rocket racers. Voyage To Eternity If either one can match you for funniness, you midget, I’ll lose my guess. Dorothy at Oak Knowe Sally shrank from her in horror, but the midget, still perched on her shoulder, patted her cheeks reassuringly. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z They called me the “midget orator of the Army of the Potomac.” Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine "Probably as close as man'll ever get to the feelings of a spark of electricity!" the midget replied. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Oh, we had it radio-controlled, with a midget T.V. transmitter mounted in it. A Mixture of Genius Why, that’s a long way back, when I was a mere midget. Dorothy at Oak Knowe “Thank you, Sally,” the midget piped, her eyes lifted toward Sally out of a network of wrinkles which testified that she was indeed a “woman grown.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z When Fort Sumter was bombarded, I was a midget of a boy; a barefooted, ragged newsboy in the city of New York. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine He did not notice that, with the lessening of the reduction's speed, a slight trace of control over his muscles had returned to the midget inside. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 We are mere dancing midgets on the scalp of stupendous forces that we do not even dimly apprehend. Ancestors A Novel I shivered as I looked at this midget, comparing her only garment, a torn calico dress, with my own stout hunter’s garb that seemed none too warm for such a day as this. Our Southern Highlanders But long after the midget was asleep, Sally lay wide-eyed and tense in the dark, her mind a welter of fears and love and doubt. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Nothing those midgets use is adaptable to us. Noble Redman Calling on every ounce of strength and will, the midget, now no more than one foot high, had reached the edge of the floor plate and pitched out onto the long laboratory table. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 "Twenty-seven years a cool cat, and now it has to be a crazy little midget that gets to you." Exile from Space No bird, not even the mighty eagle, standard-bearer of the republic, is too big for this midget to attack, and none fails to retire before his rapier-like beak. Upon The Tree-Tops Sally’s desire to laugh at the preposterous picture of the midget throwing a bull by the horns was throttled by a new and particularly horrid fear. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z This little midget has made me ashamed of myself by telling me my duty, and I'll do my best to teach those in this room. A Dear Little Girl "So!" roared the assistant, and his rush cut short the midget's shrill, frantic words. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Paul maneuvered a midget loading crane, guided the thing into launching position on the floor, then turned back to Dan. Martyr Then the midget horde withdrew, leaving them alone there under that eery glow. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The midget had scrambled from Sally’s shoulder to the floor of the car and as Bybee hesitated, her tiny fists beat upon his right leg for attention. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z A warrior armed with gun and hatchet and knife should have no fear of a midget white man who had been well beaten. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The thud of heavy footbeats came more slowly to the listening midget. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Now she takes care of the wardrobes and sort of looks out that the Human Doll don’t get lost in the shuffle; the midget, you know. Anything Once A case lawyer is like Moses and Sons; he can fit anybody, from Chang down to a midget. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit Sally understood from the midget, “Pitty Sing,” that a nightly poker game attracted the men to the privilege car and that fist-fighting and even gun-play was no uncommon break in the monotony. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Then, then was battle indeed Of midget men upon that wisp of grass The Golden Hynde, who, as her masts crashed, hung Clearing the tiny wreckage from small decks With ant-like weapons. Collected Poems Volume One Nearer he came, and with each step the watching midget's rapid breathing grew tighter. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Stands to reason two midgets like them couldn’t 23 have kept a high-spirited creatur’ quiet while they wasted enough good paint on him to cover a meeting house.” Jessica, the Heiress Whoever would have supposed," said he, at last, "that a little heathen midget like that, born underground, like a mole, would ever come to me and tell me my Christian duty. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated She looked doubtfully from Sally, whose eyes beneath the black lace veil were lowered to her tightly locked hands, to the platform opposite, where “Pitty Sing,” the midget, was stretching out a tiny hand invitingly. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Both were undeniably more skilful at handling the midget platforms than any of us men. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 He was taking no chances; his presence there seemed to destroy any hope of the midget's regaining normal size. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Groans answered the impacts and he knew his blows were taking effect. ree for a moment he dashed to Marjorie, felt for the midgets who swarmed around her. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Sure enough, Mrs. Peg came forth with four midgets in fur; a happy, romping family that splashed about the pool for hours at a time. A Mountain Boyhood “Don’t forget me, Sally,” the midget commanded sharply. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The universe was still a great ship rushing on, but he was no longer a midget in a little cockleshell about to be crushed. In a Little Town The midget's face grew suddenly very haggard as he stood there, staring at what looked like his death sentence. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 They fled down a tiny water-course, midget figures in an infinity of earth and sky, scurrying frenziedly from a red slug-like thing that lay askew in a mountain valley. Invasion A midget auto came skidding down the pirate ship's ramp, its driver standing on the accelerator. This One Problem In her miniature hands she was holding a newspaper, which was so big in comparison with her midget size that it served as a complete screen. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z In this tight snuggery, at a time when the corncrake's nocturnal music was first heard in the meadow by the pool, five midget water-voles, naked and blind, were born. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain There was a fire of exultation in the man's eyes as they glared down at the midget who lay on the laboratory table, just a few feet away from the chamber of the machine. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Behind him a tide of midget shadows washed from wall to wall; high keening cries, doubled and tripled by echoes, rang in his ears. Small World The Mercurian natives—he had seen them when ITA's expedition had cleaned out the burrows beneath the Dome and sealed them up—were midgets, the tallest not more than two feet in height. The Great Dome on Mercury Sally knelt to enable the midget to stand on the beaten down stubble which served as the only carpet of Sally’s new “dormitory.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He walked beside Little Calamity as that dispirited midget shuffled down the track from the judges' stand, saddle and tackle on his arm. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories Then the midget was standing in the chamber, both ends of the wire in his hands; and his heart was thudding madly as he pulled one of them. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 "Very well," said Mr. Reed, smiling down upon the little midget. Donald and Dorothy They were little yellow midgets, ranging from eighteen inches to two feet in height. The Great Dome on Mercury “You looked so pretty asleep that I hated to awaken you,” the midget told her. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z So they did; and the attendant listened in amusement to the performance; till finding themselves of so much interest to others the midgets began again glibly to spell and—both together. Dorothy's House Party That mighty row of columns, larger and higher than any cathedral pillars you have ever seen, makes us feel like midgets. Round the Wonderful World The little midget and his hatful succeeded, where big man and boys had failed. Donald and Dorothy An uncontrollable shudder took him as he saw what the diminutive claws of the midgets held. The Great Dome on Mercury Very carefully, for all her haste, she lifted the tiny body that nestled against her side and laid it tenderly upon the pillow, which was big enough to serve as a mattress for the midget. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Then again demanded Molly of the other midget. Dorothy's House Party “How could I, ma’am, when that little midget was getting the worst of it?” demurred Zeph. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Betty's two babies were cunning little midgets, the elder a boy, the younger a girl. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia It seemed hours that he pounded the helmet against the wall, hoping that the sound of it would be audible above the clamor of the midgets. The Great Dome on Mercury Betsy was torn between her love for Sally, whom she was convinced she had found, and her pride in being chosen to stand beside the midget. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Hatred from a little midget like you is very different from Frances's sober prejudice. Frances Kane's Fortune There were nine of these hungry midgets, and, like nine small boys, they not only were always hungry, but were capable of digesting everything. Wild Life on the Rockies There, in the centre of the grass-grown space, stood two comical little midgets, their smutty yet cherubic faces blooming brightly above garments highly coloured and earthy, too, as the autumn garden-beds. A Bookful of Girls And I wuz more than willin’ when the female asked me if I didn’t want to go and see the midgets, and we went. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands He was swept into the party, which Enid Barr refused to join, shaking her little golden head stubbornly and pretending a great interest in the midget, “Pitty Sing,” whose platform was nearest the exit. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z You poor silly midget! don't you know how the fairy's wand has changed you? Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "About what can such a midget as you get thinking?" The End of a Coil Due east a long, straight baby avenue led to a midget city. Jonah and Co. “The gutter—the gutter is where the dish-water goes, midget,” he answered, with a dry laugh. Northern Lights If Nita likes David, and—he—likes her—” “Don’t be absurd!” the midget scolded her, seating herself on a tiny stool to take off her baby-size shoes and stockings. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z A few days later it turned out to be one of the most beautiful feathered midgets of the Rockies, Macgillivray's warbler, which was seen in a number of places, usually on bushy slopes. Birds of the Rockies On her witty tongue the stubby pencil, the dull knife, and the teasing midget of an impudent freshman made a delightfully humorous tale. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls I pictured a tiny sawhorse, and a midget who labored with might and main to cut through a never-ending stint of twigs. Edge of the Jungle Nan took the good-natured little midget and sat down in a verandah rocker, with the baby in her arms. Patty's Summer Days Her dark blue eyes flew wide in startled surprise, then recognition of her surroundings and of “Pitty Sing,” the midget, dawned in them slowly. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z How'd you like to be a midget three feet high in a world where everybody else is bigger? This Crowded Earth Poor little midgets!" thought Genevieve, as she stepped on to the car; "I don't think now they really believe they've got those things. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch A schooner passed us, quite close, a midget which fairly danced over the running hills, lifting her bows and soaring upwards, light as a bird, and settling in the hollows amid a white cloud. Old Junk Bring it right in, please, and set it in—oh, I thought—" "You thought it was your trunk," giggled the lisping midget who faced her in the doorway, "but it ain't. Tabitha at Ivy Hall “Better tell your David how Nita’s been carrying on,” the midget piped from Sally’s shoulder. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Weigh less than two pounds when they're born, and never grow up to be any bigger than midgets. This Crowded Earth Now that they were engaged in a fight for survival, they felt like a gang of midgets attacking a herd of water-buffalo with penknives. Cum Grano Salis Mike the midget, inside the Platform, found one bloodied, panting, sobbing man who somehow had gotten inside. Space Platform A book of poems from Cassandra—she said her gift ought to make me the happiest of all because it would give me something new to recite—queer little, dear little midget! Tabitha at Ivy Hall Then she crept back into bed, unconscious that the midget was still awake and had seen her dimly in the darkness. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z How in the world will that child survive as a midget in a family of giants? This Crowded Earth What on earth do you suppose a midget like you can do in the harvest field? Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Mike the midget had gone peacefully to sleep again, curled up in a corner of the outgoing screening room. Space Platform They circled her—the midget of a schooner seeming pitifully inadequate to cope with this monster craft. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Then she sprang out of bed, careful not to “joggle” the midget, who had been so emphatic about her distaste for being joggled. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z There used to be an operation, in the old days, called a caesarean section—used on normal women and on dwarfs and midgets too, in childbirth. This Crowded Earth Barnum struck the apogee of his fortunes when he discovered another midget, Lavinia Warren, who achieved a success scarcely less than Tom Thumb's. American Men of Mind The midget said something biting in his peculiarly cracked and brittle voice. Space Platform Grimly the Miran ship was pursuing them, easily keeping up with the fleeing midget. The Ultimate Weapon She skipped down the steps of her own particular little platform and ran, with outstretched hands, to the midget. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "Oh, you midget, are you up here at midnight?" she cried. A Little Girl in Old Boston He was quite young when Barnum got him, and the showman took great pains with his education and training, for he wanted the midget to appear a finished man of the world. American Men of Mind Mike—the midget, you know—called me back just now to suggest that the people who tried to spoil the gyros might try to harm the four of us to hinder their repair!” Space Platform The crested head and breast of this midget are black. Birds of the Indian Hills "Why, there isn't room in the case of that clock for a thin midget, let alone a man!" Tales of Fantasy and Fact Small men, with midget minds, know femininity much better than do the great ones. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The midgets looked serious, for they loved the professor. The Music Master Novelized from the Play It was a midget in baggy, stained work garments like the rest of the men up here. Space Platform Fay, doesn’t it give you a rich warm kick to think of my midget missiles buzzing around in your tunnels, seeking out evil-doers, like a swarm of angry wasps or angelic bumblebees?” The Creature from Cleveland Depths "I didn't say I had a man there or a midget either," he explained. Tales of Fantasy and Fact "Who is census chief now?" asked the mad midget. Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas The midgets always shook hands with him every evening when he came to play. The Music Master Novelized from the Play “But take a guy like me!” said Mike the midget bitterly. Space Platform To see "the grim Klondiker," in meek attendance on a midget sovereign was highly diverting—so I was told by Mary Easton, and I rather think she was right. A Daughter of the Middle Border Here I discovered one of the midgets in a new position, its pointed helmet inclined farther downward, and its other extremity correspondingly raised, so that I could see beneath its body. My Studio Neighbors How he had hated the squirrel—a midget incarnation of mischief, whose whole life was spent in practical joking. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The midgets laughed, the skeleton scowled, the fat lady smiled; and the old man took out his violin and prepared to go to work. The Music Master Novelized from the Play The midget he’d seen up on the Platform nodded up at him. Space Platform After this you can leave that midget of yours in her care, Katherine. Peggy Stewart at School The first cast of my midget flies across the pool brought no answer. Wood Folk at School Comparison of her midget irritation with those that had put broad white streaks in my hair was amusing, but the rosy heart of a girl magnifies that which it doesn't contract. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn A little midget like you to speak of being a burden! More about Pixie In a separate, guarded workshop by a sidewall, the Chief and Haney and Mike the midget labored mightily to accomplish the preposterous. Space Platform "But you ought not to come down here half undressed, you little midget!" Prudy Keeping House In an instant the comparative midget shot up at top speed, out of danger. The Black Star Passes The midget minds of men in power He satirized from hour to hour, And on the stage portrayed the greed Of those who live by crime and creed. Shakspere, Personal Recollections "Does Mr. Lough know about it?" exclaimed the astonished midget. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Mike the midget said suddenly: “I got a hunch.” Space Platform From little things, little natural things, one deduces—I mean one takes a midget and makes of it a monster. The Call of the Blood "He's too much for me, that little midget is," he said, returning to his place. The Drummer Boy Judge Dot sat right next to me, he was a midget. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder And at courtly banquets, when the liquor was potent enough to inspire adventuresome bravery, midgets were tossed like medicine balls, from guest to guest, to provide entertainment for the ladies and gallants there present. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story He chucked appreciatively at the midget screwdrivers and things Tom was making. Four-Day Planet Her companion was puzzled; she felt certain some one was alarmed at the disappearance of this dainty little midget. The Story of the Big Front Door Food, space-plant pills, extra clothing, tools, including a midget atomic earth blaster, grappling hooks—nothing was overlooked. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Both were undeniably more skillful at handling the midget platforms than any of us men. Brigands of the Moon But it was Baron Leopold von Singer, an Austrian citizen and a man of great wealth, who lifted midgets out of the mental mire of being regarded as children and gave them their rightful place. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story You'll have plenty of time to get dried off, before we get there, Eleanor, so don't look so unhappy, you poor little midget. A Sweet Little Maid He was showing the others that even in the intramural pastimes a spaceship crew will indulge in, a midget was better than a full-sized man. Space Tug Le Rossignol esteemed the military dignity given to her imprisonment, and she was a hardy midget who could bear untold exposure when wandering at her own will. The Lady of Fort St. John It was the climax of her midget rages. Old Kaskaskia He cautioned all of us not to talk about your being smaller than common, being a midget. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Tom had brought along a midget model of his great atomic earth blaster, which he had invented to drill for iron at the South Pole. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X The cabins and air and food supplies for a spaceship's crew of midgets would cost and weigh a fraction of similar equipment for six-footers. Space Tug The girl stared helplessly at this midget seer. The Lady of Fort St. John Here he trudged between steep cliffs which made him seem almost a midget. Operation Terror Yes, there's confusion in literature—even in dictionaries—as to the proper classification of midgets. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Tom, meanwhile, was busy on another device, also highly miniaturized, combining features of both the electronic decoder and Tom's famous midget computers, known as Little Idiots. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X He could prove by mathematics that space exploration could be carried on by midgets at a fraction of the cost and risk of the same job done by normal-sized men. Space Tug Then he motioned to Joe and Charlie to seem to be busy over the midget camera, which was kept ready for instant use. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films "You crabbed my act, you big stiff," shrilled the midget truculently—and his huge vis-à-vis fell into a volume of excuse and apology. Destiny Our own Tom Thumb and his genial wife, Lavinna Warren, traveled extensively over the world to prove that midgets were intelligent and companionable people. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story The "punkeys" and "midgets" can outstrip them for voracity and the painful character of the wound which they inflict. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Mike the midget said crackling things in his small voice. Space Tug "No," he said, "we have too many men now to be taking a little midget like you." Private Peat "I said you thought he was a bad man," declared the midget girl. The Clarion Yet it's a form of praise encountered by midgets. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story The midget is a minute little creature, and is the most everlastingly sticky and exasperating pest in the catalogue of human torments. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He was a midget—not as other men—and he was dressed in a space suit with glittering metal harness. Space Tug The midget ate the nails from His famous antique claw. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library "I'm not going to be your grandmother, yet, midget," she announced, with decision. The Gay Cockade Finding them agreeable and companionable, he founded a midget city with all the conveniences and accessories of a municipality to include a theater where much talent was revealed. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story There was look of expectancy on the midget's face. Polly of the Hospital Staff Anything that came up from Earth would instantly be attacked by dozens of midget ships bent upon suicide. Space Tug "What do you know about old maids, midget?" asked Clover. Clover You bumptious little midget, do you think First Cause is going to trouble Itself about you and your petty concerns? The Law and the Word Led by the young minister, the seated audience rose to cheer his simple, earnest story of midget life and accomplishments. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Another midget boat, constructed on the same lines as that in which Bluff was seated, came flying down before the wind, and presently brought up alongside the other craft. The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness The midget showed no signs of the fumbling uncertainty the others had displayed—but he'd been a member of a midget acrobatic team before he went to work at the Shed. Space Tug In a few minutes we could make out plainly within that livid narrow outlet between the sea and the heavy clouds a concourse of midget ships. London River The midget sat quietly, and accepted with benign grace the milk and crackers fed to her by one of the maids. Marjorie's Maytime I just joined up because Baron Singer was collecting midgets, showing 'em a good time, with no thought of making a profit. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story "Do you really suppose he could remember a midget like you?" he asked, as he tossed her on to his shoulder. The Keeper of the Door The burly Chief and the forty-one inch figure of Mike the midget followed after them. Space Tug No, but we are a couple of big boys, and he is only a midget. The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island "Dear," she said, in her rich, throaty, strong voice as she looked pleadingly at the militant midget facing her. The Tinder-Box Yes, midgets—small in size and few in number—marry and raise families in about the same proportions as 'the big ones.' David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story I had thought Those midgets whiled away the vacuous hours After one war in training for the next. A Christmas Garland And—she says she doesn't mind being a midget so much since she heard about me. Space Tug |
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