Word: gold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four beaches between the Orne and the Vire that the man-toman battle was fought in most savage fury. On Sword, Juno and Gold beaches, British and Canadian troops hurled in an astonishing force of "specialized armor" -mine-clearing tanks, pillbox-blasting tanks, ditch-filling tanks, flamethrowing tanks-but the German 716th Infantry Division, in fortified seaside hotels and summer villas, fought back viciously, inflicting 4,000 casualties...
...Metz in the most spectacular armored advance of the war. There was the unforgettable moment when Paris was liberated. But those moments essentially had been made possible by the U.S., British and Canadian troops who, on that single day 15 years ago, stormed the beaches named Sword, Juno, Gold, Utah and Omaha...
...look as though they are wrapped in dry leaves. If they moved, you could hear them crackle." In contrast with the age-old tradition of hiring a model and making her a mistress. St. Louis-born Sculptor Allen Harris, 34, who last year won Philadelphia's Da Vinci Gold Medal, uses his own shapely wife as a model. Minnesota-born Paul Granlund, 33, has sold enough work to pay for casting nearly 100 figures. Like most of his colleagues, he plans to return to the U.S. Said Granlund. "Minnesota is a real live place...
...elegant music." Imported to Japan from China in the 8th century A.D., Gagaku was confined to the court in the 17th century, has been seen by the general public only since the end of World War II. No longer supported by the court, the troupe still uses the resplendent gold-and-silk costumes privately owned by the Emperor; a Pinkerton man is guarding them during the troupe's 16 Manhattan performances. (The troupe will also go on a cross-country tour, with stops at Boston, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles...
...called them together and gave them unusual instructions. "When I die," he said, "do not bury my body, but seal it in an urn. After three years, open the urn, and if my body has decayed, bury it in the ground. But if it has not, encase it in gold and place it in a pagoda...