Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...both cases the servicemen had found the broadcasts more entertaining than disturbing. Both Sally and Rose had almost been forgotten by everyone. When silver-haired Mildred Gillars stepped from an Army transport plane in Washington at week's end (see cut), the only real point of interest was why the Justice Department had suddenly decided to make up for two years' lost time...
...Brooks, he ate California grapes, munched a hamburger, downed chocolate milk and lemonade. He posed with, but refused to kiss, the Toni Twins. "That would be like Jim Folsom," he explained. He laid a hand on the back of a 1,500-lb. grand champion Hereford bull, awarded a silver platter to the owner of a prize boar, and shook 1,650 hands in 55 minutes. At every stop, he was mobbed by autograph seekers. Illinois Republicans could not have been more pleased...
...dredging operations in the Delaware River, Army divers found the wreck of an English vessel sunk in 1750. Unable to raise the ship, the Army pumped most of its cargo through a suction pipe, spewing a mass of silt and 18th Century pewter plates, brass buttons, locks & keys, and silver shoe buckles on the riverbank...
...toward decentralization has already set in, partly because the Gimo has had to rely on trusted local commanders in remote areas to equip and organize their own commands. In North China, local authorities have been buying arms for militia forces independent of the Central government, and the use of silver dollars (banned by the Central government in 1935) has spread. In Manchuria, General Wei Li-huang has recruited, equipped and trained four new divisions. Without the Ginio at the head of the government, the splintering process would be speeded up. Divided, the Nationalist military leaders would be easier pickings...
...Beverly Hills butcher advertising himself as "the Tiffany of the Meat World," displayed expensive steaks on red, amber, silver and blue Cellophane cushions...