Word: golds
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...Heisman was one of the first items to go. The $500,000 inventory list submitted to Fujisaki by the Goldman family lawyers also included a $700 Buffalo Bills helmet, a $25,500 Andy Warhol silkscreen of Simpson, Simpson's $60,000 Chevy Suburban, a $40,000 14-carat gold necklace with 89 diamonds, plus an assortment of golf clubs, Baccarat crystal vases, Limoges china and sports trophies. While the Goldman estate also seeks stocks and interests in five Simpson companies, it is not clear if Fujisaki made a decision on confiscation of investment portfolios. In any case, O.J. probably hasn...
Such penury seems baffling when viewed against the backdrop of Zaire's extravagant natural endowments. Beneath its vast territory lie 60% of the earth's cobalt and much of the world's supply of industrial-grade diamonds, plus substantial reserves of zinc, copper, manganese and gold. But ever since the prices of metals began dropping in the 1970s, Zaire's economic progress has been frozen. Stagnation turned into catastrophe in the late 1980s, when the cold war ended and the Western powers that had bankrolled Mobutu as a bulwark against communism informed him that his credit...
...globe, she prayed for the women and children of the world, one continent at a time. In fact, so savvy did Sister Mary seem, so tuned in to her surroundings, that University of Kentucky epidemiologist David Snowdon began to think of her as a kind of gold standard for successful aging...
Everyone should understand the role of records in establishing rights and legitimizing identities and liberties. The dramatic case of the search for Nazi gold is an excellent example of the value of records not only in documenting historical facts but also in preserving essential evidence. For us at the National Archives and Records Administration, the role of preserving and providing access to this essential evidence of history is at the core of our mission. JOHN W. CARLIN, Archivist of the U.S. National Archives Washington...
...store over the next couple of days unless Arafat, currently traveling in Sri Lanka, directly forbids the bombings from taking place. But Arafat is not in an accomodating mood. "He can't tell me what to do," he snapped, scoffing at an exortation by foreign policy advisor Dore Gold that he return to Israel to deal with Palestinian extremists. While Arafat was staying out of sight, Palestinian police in Hebron formed a human chain Monday to separate Israeli troops from stone-throwing protestors, even as their counterparts in Bethelem stood idly by as 200 Palestinians battled with Israeli soldiers armed...