Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...token of the new uneasiness, the British invited another significant guest to Malaya: General Phao Sriyanondh, the silver-haired police chief of Thailand. The British gave General Phao a helicopter tour of the defenses, and persuaded him to help work out a "general pattern of operations" on the narrow Kra Isthmus, north of the Malaya-Thailand border. The British have evidence that the Communists are training new jungle forces in a safe redoubt across the Thai border. "We will have to be more careful about our future," agreed Thailand's tough General Phao...
Last week Silver charged that at least 15 sellers of vacuum cleaners, food freezers, storm windows, "have gypped . . . our public out of millions." For example, the decoy couples called a station about a sewing machine advertised at $26.50. They were visited by a sharper who confided that the machine was not very good; its needle was apt to snap under heavy strain and could not be replaced. Then he offered a $50 discount on a $189.50 model...
...such tactics, said Silver, the sewing-machine agency was able to peddle 3,500 machines last year, for about $600,000. Only 36 persistent people could be found who had been able to buy the $26.50 model. In another case, an upholstering firm that advertised a $69 renovating job on the air made an average sale of $160 on responses, for a total $117,000 last year. Warned Silver: "People were just inviting the burglar into their homes...
...five to a picket post along the block. Newsboys ran past, shouting: "Assassination!" At the Baltimore & Ohio terminal, all train traffic stopped as detectives searched passengers, trainmen, mail bags. It was 7:22 a.m. The surgeon general of the United States leaned across the bed and placed two silver coins on the President's eyes...
...Location. In London, the research center of the British gold, silver and jewelry industry announced that henceforth engagement rings will be sold on major cruise liners to take advantage of shipboard romances that frequently cool off on shore...