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Word: pfiff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wasted no time violating the national sense of propriety. "A foreign pest on national soil," cried one member of Parliament, after nosy Blick reporters demanded more than government handouts; orders went out that shut every official door on Blick's newsmen. Three Lucerne businessmen circulated a flyer labeled Pfiff-which means the skirl of a whistle, as blown by a referee calling a foul-that wishfully pronounced Blick dead. Instead, Blick's Lucerne circulation jumped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Lesson in Swiss | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

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