Betty Blue, Miss November, 1956

Betty Blue, Miss November, 1956The Etymologist in our Research Department insists the word "buxom" is descended from a Middle English grunt meaning "pliable and obedient." It would be nice to think that Miss November, pretty Betty Blue, is both, and furthermore that she is "readily incited; prone; of speech, mild and courteous" — definitions of "buxom" Noah Webster lists as obsolete. But businesslike Betty (she's currently working as an office manager in L...