Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tuberculosis, and eels caught in the nearby lagoons, it had a period of illicit prosperity in the 1920s. When the Valle Trebba was drained by a reclamation project, its muddy bottom proved to be an ancient necropolis. Out of 1,250 tombs came bronze vases and candelabra, gold and silver jewelry and a wealth of beautiful pottery. Part of it was of Etruscan manufacture dating as far back as the 5th century B.C. Much of the rest was Greek of various periods...
...Weit a year and a half," he said, drinking his coffee. "Than Morther'll be proud. No more dixie drinking cups, no more running around for seconds. Only candle light and silver, with linen table cloths and lots of time to cat. I long to be a clubman," he sighed...
...members packed their brief-cases, a small man with white hair and silver-rimmed glasses approached a reporter...
...kill, it signals the crew of a target launcher parked out on the desert. A small, solid propellant rocket roars into the sky. When it reaches 40,000 feet or higher, a spring pushes its nose off, releasing a parachute whose silk is covered with a thin film of silver. The silver reflects radar waves like the skin of an enemy aircraft. As the parachute drifts down slowly, the missiles climbing up from below attack it intelligently and blow it to shreds...
...plaster images of the saints, which look like refugees from a candy factory. For decades, they have been sold in great quantities by the supply stores that ring the church of St.-Sulpice in Paris' Latin Quarter. The figures invariably have red and blue garments with gold and silver borders, and piously uptilted blue or brown eyes. As decoration they may be innocuous, but as objects of veneration they are absurd...