Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...again called to the door by bellhops delivering champagne and other charivarious gifts. By week's end, the Curtsingers' haul included a five-diamond wedding ring, a bridal bouquet with orchids, a Hollywood-New York round-trip flight, a week in a hotel, a set of sterling silver, a vacuum cleaner and a whirl of nightclubs and shows. In future, equally hardy couples may get trips to Paris, new cars, prefabricated houses...
...hotel drew a wide and wealthy following. General Phil Sheridan lived there, delighted by the splendor of its huge Corinthian rotunda, Italian marble staircase, ornate sparkling chandeliers and a barbershop floor inlaid with silver dollars. Potter Palmer was almost as proud of his House as he was of his wife-of whom he once said fondly: "There she stands, with $200,000 [in jewels] on her." Only once did his hotel fail him. The Infanta Eulalia of Spain cut short a visit with Mrs. Palmer, then the queen of Chicago society, because she was "the wife of an innkeeper...
...time he was dressed, his senior subordinates were recommending that the ship be abandoned. Scrappy Captain McVay, who won the Silver Star for gallantry as second in command of the cruiser Cleveland in the Solomons, was not convinced at first. The court must decide whether his delay in issuing the order increased the ghastly loss of life...
...pencil using silver instead of lead...
Four days later, the Dynamos outclassed Cardiff, 10-1. This time the Russians' pre-game offering was a single bunch of roses; from their Welsh foe the Dynamos received eleven miniature silver miners' lamps...