Word: sir
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Malacca, which was controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch, and finally by the British after 1824. But the island of Singapore (in Malayan "Lion City''), a feverish mush of mangrove roots and black mud 27 miles long by 14 broad, was practically uninhabited until far-sighted Sir Stamford Raffles set up a trading settlement on the island in 1819. had the whole island ceded to the East India Co. five years later...
...Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1937 was the president of the British League of Nations Union (1 Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 2 the Earl of Bewdley, 3 Sir Thomas Inskip, 4 Walter Runciman, 5 Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw...
...sure you're mistaken, sir. This JUST came in YESTERDAY. You won't find anything newer in the Square. Got lots of demand for this suit...
...What are you thinking of, sir...
...like that one, sir?" he warbled, coyly snatching off the price...