Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...went through every one of the shots mentioned in TIME . . . and he made every one of them-including the silver dollar shot...
...Bells Speak. For the first time since the carillonneur had left for the Royal Air Force, the 53 bells in Ottawa's Peace Tower, rising high over the plaza, came to life. Carillonneur Robert Donnell, on special furlough, played America, the Beautiful, then The Maple Leaf Forever. The silver notes shimmered in the cool midday air; the crowd cheered and waved its flags...
Irving Karess's marriage was honored by his platoon mates who gave a party for him at the Oxford. Grille last week. With Karl King as chairman and John Horne as MC a boisterous time was had by all. As gifts he received a sterling silver sugar and cream set, a leather traveling clock and other gifts we can not mention...
Currency regulations change so fast that they always have to be looked up again at the last minute. In Mexico, for instance, you can carry all the money you want- provided it is all in silver and two-dollar bills. England, on the other hand, set a $50 limit. For most countries the best rule is to take as little cash as possible-but Costa Rica won't take a chance on letting you in unless you have $250. (Incidentally, it is almost impossible to estimate costs on trips like these. Some expense accounts run over...
...Testament is to know what it means." The British Bible, he says, was written "for the plow-boys of England."-He thinks that modern readers want to know that "about the sixth hour" means "about noon," that "wine mingled with myrrh" means "drugged wine," that "fifty thousand pieces of silver" means...