Word: silver
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...there, a forceful, coarse old Irishman and a vivid, a wild little girl. She had jewels and many gowns and a Steinway piano. She rode keen horses. The town band played at her parties and serenaded John Driscoll on his birthday; he had bought the bandsmen their silver instruments and when they played for him he treated with his best whiskey. He had wrung a great fortune out of contract labor in Missouri swamps...
...large number of entrants has been accounted for by the new plan of dividing singles players into two classes, according to their ability. This plan was first successfully put into practice last year. Winners in both divisions will be awarded silver cups. There are no seeded players in either singles event...
Underlying causes: 1) nationalization by Soviet Russia of a doubtful majority of the Bank's shares; 2) disorganization due to civil war of the Chinese Eastern Railway largely owned by the Bank; 3) record depression of the world silver market last week to 59? an ounce, the Bank having the largest silver holdings in China...
...must have dreamed its pattern many times before he dared to record it. Such spraying valleys, such a flight of flowers and beasts, are the speech of a man who loved the world and knew its changing story. Reds ring together like swords clashing in a book; the silver of the hills, mountain greenery, the gold of the sea, blend and flash under the square border where no wind blows, where the genii squat on their haunches, half-gods patient of subjection, waiting without haste for the repose of all things...
...Union tenins tournament this fall will be divided into two classes, for outstanding and medium singles players. This plan, successfully put into effect last year, increased considerably the number of entrants. In addition to the two singles competitions, there will be a doubles tournament. Silver cups will be awarded to the winners in the three classes...