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Word: fife (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this age of noise there are still those who pursue the ancient art of whistling. Their fife-like tones can't be heard, but they pucker up their lips just the same. They are not trying to create music but to release emotion. They are voicing their low mentality and confessing their sense of defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Whistling Morons | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

Died. George V's eldest sister, H. R. H. Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, 63, Princess Royal, Dowager Duchess of Fife, called by Edward VII "Your Royal Shyness," ist member of British Royalty to become a cinemaddict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 12, 1931 | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

...Thisbe, U. S. eight-metre boat, after trailing by 300 yards most of the way in the deciding race; an international match for the Canada's cup on Lake Ontario off Rochester, catching Quest, Fife-designed Canadian yacht, in a spinnaker run on the next-to-last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won Aug. 25, 1930 | 8/25/1930 | See Source »

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