Word: gold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turf-covered plain near Delhi, a splendid assemblage gathered Jan. 1, 1877. The High Officers and Ruling Chiefs of India took their seats behind a gilt railing in an amphitheater of blue, white, gold and red, to hear Queen Victoria proclaimed first Empress of India. They rose to their feet as a flourish of trumpets announced the arrival, across 800 feet of red carpet, of His Excellency the Viceroy, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Second Baron Lytton. The proclamation was read, the Royal Standard was hoisted, and artillery fired a grand salute of 101 salvos. Mixed bands played God Save...
Last week, 32-year-old Adele graduated from the university, won the Gold Medal for her 3.93 (perfect: 4) average-highest in the university's 73-year history. Then, while she waited for a newspaper job, she went back to her roulette tables...
...slender, decorous man with old-world manners, Dr. Morrison wears gold-rimmed glasses that do not quite hide the fire in his eyes. Even in his youth, he never lacked for words. Like his father, he became a minister of the Disciples of Christ, a denomination originally formed by Presbyterians who wanted less sectarianism and more church unity. Once in his preaching career Dr. Morrison, in the pulpit of a church he was visiting, discovered a clock with a warning sign: "Preach not over 30 minutes." Dr. Morrison preached right on past the deadline...
...present gap between American exports and imports. The U.S., which must supply most of the goods needed to put Europe on its feet, is now exporting nearly $12 billion a year more than it is importing. Up to now, the gap has been filled by hoarded dollar balances, gold reserves, loans and credits. But these dollar balances are being used up so fast that in Manhattan last week, Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs warned: "The level of our foreign trade in the immediate future will be largely determined by the volume of American...
...Canned Gold? Paramount alone had 20 pictures in the can, filmed mostly at 1946 costs. These canned goods were the best kind of an investment if costs went higher and box office stayed up. But if box office skidded much more, it might be hard to make a profit on expensive pictures from the can. 20th Century-Fox's Production Chief Darryl F. Zanuck, with $12 million already sunk in Forever Amber and Captain from Castile, was worried enough to postpone a third costume spectacle...