Word: silver
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...South, farmers were still planting root crops in the dark of the moon, and above-the-ground crops when the moon was full. This practice, probably as old as agriculture, was supposed to steer the plants' efforts in the right direction. Elsewhere, farmers still believed that a silver coin in the churn would make butter come faster; that a storm was brewing when pigs ran around with sticks in their mouths, or when cats and rats played together after sundown...
West Point, peaceful enough since the truce with the British in 1780, was in the front line again. This time the conflict was over West Point's government-owned cache of 225 million oz. of unpledged silver. The opponents: U.S. manufacturers v. the Silver bloc...
...Short on silver throughout the war, U.S. silver users have been hit even harder in peace. Production of aircraft engine bearings, silverware, dental fillings, film emulsions, etc. is being crippled. The estimated needs for 1946 (125 million oz.) could be easily met out of the U.S. hoard. But the silver bloc will not let the U.S. sell...
...most powerful group of its size in the Senate, the bloc gains most of its punch from a loose partnership with the Farm bloc. In 1878, it maneuvered an act through Congress which required the Treasury to support the silver market in the U.S. at a price high enough to hand western mining interests a substantial subsidy. Then followed more than a half century of special-privilege legislation, culminating in the Silver Purchase Act of 1934. This bill required the Treasury to buy silver until its holdings equaled 25% of the U.S. monetary reserves, or until the price reached...
...Others: blue green and apollo blue, yellow and blue grey, silver grey and dark silver grey, warm cream and copper rose, light green and grey green. All ceilings are either off-white or light cream...