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Word: silver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day, out on bond, the strikers returned. Boomed union president Paul Silver: "We will picket employers where we find them-at their plants, their homes, or on their Miami Beach vacations." But the police came back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How Far? | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

Hauled into court, Leader Silver was given 90 days in jail (or a $100 fine), the others 30 days (or $10) each. Said the judge: "A frightening attempt to intimidate the occupants of a household, a flagrant violation of the privacy of the home." Most Detroiters agreed. While the pickets were free on appeal, Mr. & Mrs. Ailes were swamped with calls from citizens offering to mount guard with deer rifles and bird guns against further demonstrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How Far? | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...home, Ed shaved in a $7,500 goldleaf bathroom, ate in a white-and-silver dining room at a glass-topped table, relaxed in a game room with a miniature pool table flanked by a rolling bar. Eighteen years ago Ed had been a Pullman-car porter. Now he had the golden touch. Would it work on the kidnapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: The Emperor Jones | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...victory was Army's third in four years and brings the Cadets right up even to the Mikkolamen in total number of wins in the Heps. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the silver cup has been held by out of the academies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Loses to M.I.T.; Trackmen Wind Up Fifth in Heps; Nine Vanquished by Green | 5/21/1946 | See Source »

...most ambitious of British cinema's popularity polls, sponsored by the Daily Mail, drew ballots from 547,767 of Britain's 30,000,000 cinemaddicts. Eligible for prizes: anything & anybody British appearing on the screen during the six war years. Prizes were "Silver Stars"-a slim silver figure on a globe, holding aloft a star. Winners & also-rans best known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Britain's Best | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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