Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sudden Relaxation. Into that anxious atmosphere one day this week flew the silver, white and blue U.S. transport carrying Radford and Robertson. Their plane touched down at Taipei airport at precisely the scheduled hour of 11 a.m.. thereby satisfying Admiral Radford's passion for on-the-second arrivals. It was a sweet and winy morning, and Chinese and American greeters basked in the sunshine as the big plane landed. A Nationalist military band and a guard of honor stood by to salute the visitors. Heading the welcomers was Nationalist Foreign Minister Yeh, whose mood was not nearly...
...silver trophy will be awarded to the winning college club, and awards will be given to the winners in the various events...
...always stood in the parish-house garage. But then Father Lagrave bought a car, and the hearse was moved under the protecting eaves of the schoolhouse. This was not satisfactory; parents complained that their children were depressed by the sight of the great black carriage with its silver trimmings, and the village authorities complained that the children were clambering all over it and scratching the paint. So the hearse was moved to the butcher's. That was not satisfactory either; the big slabs of meat hanging near by were said to be causing mildew in the hearse. Last December...
Ever since cloud-seeding began (TiME, Aug. 28, 1950), the scientific rainmakers have been haunted by a stimulating worry. They feared-or hoped-that their Dry Ice and silver iodide might do more than wring the water out of local masses of susceptible clouds. Rainmaking might possibly start meteorological chain reactions, conjure up violent storms, bring blizzards whistling down from Canada, or even beckon hurricanes off the open sea. This possibility had a military angle: timely cloud-seeding from a safe distance might mess up the weather of an enemy country. Last week Meteorologist Dr. Jerome Spar of New York...
...morning in early summer. A silver haze shimmered and trembled over the lime trees. The air was laden with their fragrance. The temperature was like a caress. I remember . . . that I climbed up a tree stump and felt suddenly immersed in Itness. I did not call it by that name. I had no need for words. It and I were...