Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...undercover man for the late tariff-loving Boies Penrose. His law partner was Thomas W. Miller who, as Alien Property Custodian, spent a year in Atlanta penitentiary for conspiracy to defraud the Government. Lobbyist Taylor saw overseas service, has four battle clasps with a silver star citation. His greatest feat was putting through the first Bonus bill in 1924. He carries a cane, wears a stubbly blond mustache, has an eye that pierces the boldest Congressman. His salary is $6,000; he earns it and more. His boast is that one word from him to Legion headquarters and a deluge...
...Hutchinson plane is a black-&-silver Sikorsky amphibian named, of course, The Flying Family with the Italian Familia Volano* painted on either side of the nose. Also painted on the fuselage is a white winged circle enclosing the heads of a man, a woman and two children...
...Lamont was discovered at North Haven, Me., only 35 miles from Bar Harbor. Two grave problems might have brought Governor Norman across the Atlantic: reduction of Europe's War debts, and the possible return of Britain to the gold standard. To all Press inquiries Mr. Norman stroked his silver brush, said nothing...
Like a prestidigitator, Mr. Bennett produced a blue bag from his coat tails. Out of the bag came a big silver plate. Mr. Bennett handed it to Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin took out a red silk hankerchief. polished the plate carefully, slowly. A boy came in breathless with another blue bag containing another big silver plate. This plate Mr. Baldwin presented to Mr. Bennett. Mr. Baldwin then made a speech praising the weather. Mr. Havenga made a speech pointing out that nobody was under the illusion that he was going home with everything he wanted. Mr. Chatterjee made a speech...
...University of California Professor W. W. Lepeschkin took living yeast cells into a pitch dark room and killed them. In dying they gave off a short, x-ray-like radiation which affected some silver bromide (ray-testing compound) in the room...