Word: garnet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Society for Psychical Research, encouraged the "young and eager psychic," and soon Ford was in London, way beyond the league of Snoddy, Tubby or even Moody. One night, several hundred pounds sterling worth of gems manifested themselves at a seance patronized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Ford drew a garnet...
Died. John Garnet Carter, 71, onetime real-estate promoter (Lookout Mountain's Rock City) and originator (1928) of the on-again, off-again national craze, miniature golf; of a heart ailment; in Chattanooga...
...shame and a detriment to such long-established denominations as Presbyterianism, Methodism, Catholicism, etc., that such persons are permitted to "preach" . . . "Prophet" Jones cannot seriously consider himself serving God or Christ by wearing topaz and garnet rings, a $17,000 diamond bracelet, and sporting over 400 suits...
...Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, the Dominion of God, Inc., of Detroit, the Prophet Jones (who calls himself the Rt. Rev. Dr. James F. Jones on more formal occasions) feels it necessary to maintain a certain sartorial splendor. The Prophet wears topaz and garnet rings, a $17,000 diamond bracelet, and says he had 400 suits the last time he counted them. Nevertheless, since June 1949, two of his female followers have burned with a desire to equip him with more truly Universal raiment...
...first test is the visual test. Holding the tulip-shaped glass up to the 'light, each member carefully guages the color of the wine and tries to describe it. The most common colors are ruby, garnet, topaz, amber, or green-gold. The wine is also examined for sedimentation and described as either cloudy or clear. The viscosity is examined to determine whether the wine is syrupy, oily, or watery...