Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...involves standards of comparison. It is easy to sigh for the days of Senators with tongues of silver and minds of steel, to forget that some of today's Senators rank high in character and vision, that few of the present Senators are as bad as some specimens of recent history-the Bilbos, Huey Longs, "Pappy" O'Daniels and "Cotton Ed" Smiths. Some are merely time servers and seat warmers who are as incapable of harm as of greatness. There are others whose antics are sometimes cheap and whose motivations are sometimes sordid. But their faults...
...live in the cooperative houses seem to prefer them to all others. "A homelike atmosphere, responsibility, and Radcliffe's only course in Home Economics" seem to be the main attributes, as well as the benefits from a flaming red telephone booth, red checked table cloths, and "nicer" china and silver...
...will be the first practical rain-making test in the East. Howell plans to run it whenever conditions are favorable next week. He will shoot fine particles of silver iodide at cold-water clouds to cause condensation and precipitation...
...cantor chanted the blessing of the wine and drank deeply from the silver goblet, one young woman whispered to her companion: "And that's real wine...
...Messrs. Nelson, Reynolds and Keenan were not solely interested in silver; they hoped that their mine contained uranium. If it does, Nelson thought that it was his job as a public duty to get the uranium...