Word: silver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lowell: le, Sutton, lt, Igo; lg, Lane; c, Brown; rg, Marble, Mortimer; rt, Cletcher; re, Silver; qb, Hopper; lhb, Wales; rhb, Jones; fb, D. Silver...
...couple of years ago," recalled Bingham, "M.I.T. did a really fine job. A spectator could really make out the letters sitting stop the goalpost, or even on a silver flask in the Soldiers Field stands. Yes, that was an engineer's product," he recollected...
...fire in his bedroom singlehanded, was rewarded with: 1) appointment as honorary deputy fire chief, 2) honorary membership in the Uniformed Firemen's Association, the Uniformed Fire Officers' Association of Greater New York, and the International Association of Fire Fighters, 3) a shiny, new, silver fire extinguisher...
...Real Me. Paar sometimes proved to be a bigger hit with G.I.s than either of his famous predecessors, mostly because of his almost foolhardy brass-baiting. Once he squelched a noisy, silver-barred heckler by cracking, "Lieutenant, a man with your I.Q. should have a low voice, too." He once addressed a commanding officer as "My dear sir-and you are none of the three-." Or, apologetically: "I suppose I shouldn't talk about officers so much. Some try, a few are sincere, and-what the hell-a couple even know what they're doing...
Quantity. For the great mass producers, the judges also had kudos: a gold medal for Roma's dry vermouth, a silver medal for Wine Growers Guild's grape brandy, gold medals for Italian Swiss Colony's Pinot Noir and California port. But for 14 different varieties out of the 45 judged, the entries were so poor that no gold medals were awarded. This was thin news for the industry, already harassed by the same drop in sales that had hit liquor companies. With much of last year's record crush still unsold, vintners plan to crush...