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Mary, Countess of Buccleuch, "at the time of her marriage . . . was but 11 years of age, and Mr. Scott 14. The affair made a considerable noise and became matter of discussion before the provincial Synod of Fife, in 1659. . . . The presbytery was, however, absolved, because the order was grounded upon an act of the General Assembly allowing such marriages in case of necessity for fear of rape...
...which, being interpreted, means the Tennessee Valley Authority. Headed by David Lillienthal and Frank Morgan, this offspring of the Administration's left-wing is beginning to cause no small commotion over its plans and projects. All the doughty adherents of decentralization in industry are rallying around with drum and fife, eager to explore the possibilities of small units of production based on partial or complete use of the cheap electricity which the series of gigantic dams and power plants now constructed, under construction, or merely planned, are designed to furnish to the Valley. Blueprints have been laid...
Last month Author Linklater stood for Parliament as Scottish Nationalist candidate in East Fife, Scotland. His Juan in America, whose rogue's progress in the U. S. contained many an amorous interlude, so offended Scotch Presbyterian morals that Candidate Linklater polled only 1 ,000 of 30,000 votes cast...
...sharp-eyed Benjamin Franklin marked on the drums of the recruiting officers a rattlesnake with the inscription "Don't Tread On Me." The Marine Corps drums still bear that motto. In the act of 1798 which confirmed the Marines' organization, there was provision for a Drum Major, Fife Major, and 32 drums & fifes. In 1799 a band was formed at the Marine encampment in Philadelphia, then the U. S. capital. When the Marines moved to Washington, Drum Major William Farr began to give open air concerts near Georgetown, play for balls and routs...
Racine will tell you what he did with just a fife & drum...