Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...therefore could not sign, we were told that if we did not sign we would be put off the boat and taken back to the prison camp. Naturally we all signed. Then we received empty envelopes which originally contained our money. The trunks were ransacked; all our clothing, linens, silver, and household belongings were gone, as well as valuable documents and papers. When I told Admiral Muselier about this theft he said: "If you don't like it, you can return to the camp. Your baggage is confiscated." This, after he had assured us that it was safe...
...Tall, silver-maned James F. O'Connor of Livingston, Mont, is a great spender, a great friend of the farmer, a man who cares not a fig for a balanced budget. He is also an isolationist, fought the Neutrality Bill which was intended to benefit the British and French. One day last week Congressman O'Connor delivered himself of a long speech favoring big WPA appropriations, increased farm benefits. Next morning he was horrified to see himself quoted in the Congressional Record as saying: "Let us not forget that allies must be provided with beef...
Last week Westinghouse staged a special demonstration of recent and current research, with the atom-smasher as star performer. Spectators handed the operators silver coins which were put under the atom-smasher, made artificially radioactive, returned to the nervous owners - who were assured that their gingered-up coins were harmless, would cease to radiate in a few days...
Weight throwers from nearby colleges and even one from Bowdoin are entered in the open competition for "useful sterling silver prizes." George Downing Howard Mendel, Nat Heard, and Dick Pflster are among the Harvard men in the events which will be held in the two cages. Admission is free...
...Roman courtesans squinted at their reflections in polished silver, bronze. Louis XIV's mistresses had tin-and-mercury-backed mirrors at Versailles Palace...