Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...consular services will be combined in a single foreign service. New recruits will be chosen by competitive examination. Those passing will be given an 18-month traveling scholarship to study languages and history abroad. (Said Liberal M.P. Vernon Bartlett: "It will no longer be almost essential to have a silver spoon in one's mouth when one is born or an old-school tie when one is adolescent...
...Silver Lining. In Brooklyn, announcement that the Axis seemed to be diverting the contemptuous attention of scoffers was made by the pleased Society for the Prevention of Disparaging Remarks About Brooklyn...
From here in, the Varsity was never headed. BU threatened twice, paced by forwards Joe Silver and George Gaudreault, who scored almost at will to account for all but four of the Terrier points between them. Both times they moved to within three points of the Crimson, but short spurts kept the wolf from the door...
Captain Joe Silver, who tallied 26 points against Northeastern, is the Terriers' big gun. He and George Gaudreault, recently shifted from center, pair off at the forwards, Gordon Botsford jumps center, and Freshman Wilbert Cingolani and Ernie Mitchell are the BU guards...
...audience with the Pope," Penny explained, "was the most wonderful of experiences. I was taken to a small Throne Room of the Pope's Palace. ... He gave me a pearl rosary and one for my wife and a silver crucifix for each of us. Then he gave us his blessing...