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Alice Aycock is fighting to prevent the removal of her work, the Star Sifter, from Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy Airport.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2012
Free kick crossed by Daniel Grainger, clearance made by Tamas Sifter.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2011
"Most of the stuff we go out to find turns out to be dry holes," says Private First Class Mike Sifter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The desire of the Divine Sifter hath been to store up every good thing for Mine own Self.
From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh
The Rev. Derby Sifter now stepped forward, and the parties took their places.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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