Word: goldings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last summer, in its twelfth return to the ancient city of Sardis, the 33-man archaeological team unearthed a new cluster of houses, gold refinery equipment, a unique sculpture, and masses of pottery...
...Following up last season's discovery of a gold refining plant, the team unearthed piles of refining materials in other locations, suggesting that Lydia produced several hundred ounces of gold a week...
...chronic foot-in-mouth habits, which are costly in terms of both dollars and prestige, began to be revealed the moment that he was appointed. Last December, Kennedy said that he wanted "to keep every option open," including the option of asking for an increase in the price of gold-and that set off a new flurry of gold speculation on the London market. In June and again in July, he said that the Administration might be forced to consider putting controls on wages and prices. President Nixon issued firm denials, but Kennedy's remarks shook business and caused...
...managed by Director Irving Lerner in a style that might be called Eisenstein modern, and devotees of the Hollywood spectacular will cherish the bravado of the two leading actors. Robert Shaw bellows and glowers in his ornate armor like a psyched-up Errol Flynn. Christopher Plummer, in cloak, loincloth, gold necklaces and flowing hair, looks like the lead singer of a particularly exotic rock group, and his attempts at a Peruvian dialect occasionally make him sound like one. His performance is unabashed camp, consisting about equally of ego, bluff and plain old Spam. It is obvious that...
...Harvard experiment is contained in a 40-inch box that is open at one end. The box is plated with gold to distribute heat evenly. A cluster of 13 light detectors-much like the electric eye on a camera-keeps the box pointed at the sun. A small telescope mirror collects solar rays coming through the open end of the box and then reflects them onto a diffraction grating, a row of closely-scaped lines that breaks the light up into a spectrum. This spectrum constantly changes as different chemical reactions occur...