Oliphant
Americannoun
noun
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Retiree Pattie Oliphant bemoaned the “sad state of affairs” for Carney, his family and the office of mayor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Oliphant and Gerstenzang are former Times staff writers.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
Though even if Oliphant were still drawing today, there’s no telling how often or easily his work would be seen.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
Musing on movies about the nuclear threat and broader Cold War issues, Oliphant taps into his years as an ’80s high school student who could not learn to stop worrying and love the bomb.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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