Word: gold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...press conference at Key West, Fla. "We have with us today a distinguished contributor to the Federal Register" said Ross. As the score of grinning correspondents and photographers could plainly see, the contributor was Harry Truman, who pulled up a wide-armed writing chair, sat down and posed a gold pen over a Western Union press form...
Turn off the hot tap, turn off the cold; Water is precious, scarcer than gold, Remember the supply is very very short, Don't use a gallon when you can use a quart...
...true soldier of Christ is based on obedience and discipline . . . Our youths, with their eyes on material things, disdain the priesthood. But I, who have had in abundance all that our youths dream of possessing, have come to say to you that all the world's gold, fame, power, applause and pleasure is not equivalent to one hour in the service of Christ...
...sexton for almost 40 years when his curiosity about the tombs finally got the better of him. One night while the nuns were safely asleep, Garcia pried open one of the coffins with a heavy metal hook. After fishing around patiently, he pulled out a fragment of gold brocade. Then, afraid of a sound scolding from the abbess, he hid his find, kept his secret to himself. Finally Garcia confided in Archeologist José Luis Monteverde, curator of national property. Monteverde communicated with Madrid and a joint committee of medieval experts, headed by 80-year-old Gomez Moreno, eventually succeeded...
...Dunster House Funsters took a tight 41 to 38 basketball decision last night over the Eliot House Elephants, while the Gold Coasters trod over a Leverett House team, 34 to 30. The Adams B team was not so fortunate, however, losing to the Bunnies by a 41 to 33 score...