Word: silver
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Scotch-Canadian namesake who, a good Baptist minister and college president, campaigns for the Anti-Saloon League in Nebraska. But not often, for he takes care to give "c/o Supreme Court of the U. S." as his address, in Who's Who, and wears a short beard of silver-tipped distinction. He is usually to be found on the vested-rights side of economic questions, for which Labor loves him little...
...fire.' . . . The Richard's bo'sun leaned out of a port. 'Fire, and be damned to you.' " For a long time guns flashed in the night and the great dark sails, punched by cannon balls, slipped down from the spars and let an unshadowed silver brighten the noisy, bloodstained decks. Finally Jones took Pearson's sword and said to him, " '[You have fought] heroically. I hope your sovereign will suitably reward...
Along the Champs Elysees tall flagpoles appeared, to be followed by other tall flagpoles along the Grands Boulevards. American and French flags began to flap in thousands on both the Left and Right bank of the Seine. The government announced that a silver medal would be struck in honor of the Legion's visit. Out came the bunting and the banners of welcome all over the city. Signposts in English would direct the former doughboys to the sights of Paris. And immediately those sights began to take on colorful decorations. From base to summit the Eiffel Tower would...
...Longwood, Pa., there were turf terrace seats on which 1,200 people might sit; below these a stage winged and backed by boxwood bushes. Under the stage there were dressing rooms, lounging rooms, large-sized bathrooms. In front of the stage, fountains were ready to lift a shining silver curtain of water...
...repertory will consist of the four most successful plays in recent Guild production: Arms and the Man, The Guardsman, Mr. Pirn Passes By, The Silver Cord...