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Word: fish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Banana Fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...superlatives used by Reader Lawrence Griswold [TIME, June 26] in describing a bonefish (i.e., "world's greatest gamefish," "most elusive speedster") called to mind a tropical piscatory phenomenon known as the ''banana fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...usual elaborate fish-catching methods all fail with the banana fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...bright yellow of the banana and the almost metaphysical taste or smell it imparts to the water in its vicinity lures the banana fish, which strikes with lightning rapidity. As the fish flashes at the submerged half of the banana, the fisherman instantly pulls the fruit from the water. Now comes the time when the sportsman must outsmart this denizen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 10, 1939 | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

...less starch, sugar and fat than a Northerner. A desk-bound businessman needs practically no white bread, potatoes, cakes and pies. But for health and longevity, eaters of all ages and classes must tuck in one quart of milk every day, a variety of vegetables, fruits, fresh red meat, fish, and eggs several times a week. Also essential are whole-wheat grains (in bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Thought for Food | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

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