Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...style and etiquette. Because it sticks to this practical approach and limits dog handlers to amateurs, the eight-year-old championship has become the nation's best test of a hunting dog in the field. "What we look for." said L. B. ('Bud") Maytag, 68, the retired, silver-haired washing-machine king and perennial host for the event, "is just a plain shooting dog with his Sunday clothes...
till-now look lean forward expectantly. Dumpy ladies in basic black sit corset-upright and clutch stout, thick purses; the men from Seventh Avenue flick at their silver-white ties, exchanging grunted comments. The babble quickly hushes as the first model appears, and upon each face falls a stolid mask of calculated indifference, for any flicker will betray the spectator's interest to watching competitors...
Ball of Fire. Surrounded by his new creations-done in hot yellows, blues and "searing crimsons, and flecked over with brush strokes in glittering silver and gold that often made them appear to be glowing chalices-Ferren admitted he was as surprised as his old comrades in arms. "What does it mean?" he asked. "You tell me. This hits a man right down where he ticks. All I know is that it had to happen. First I started with two lines, like a figure; then came a central ball of fire in a parenthesis. I closed the parenthesis, and there...
...canes with silver knobs...
...White Swan; for a toy to win twice in a row was unlikely. The cocky Airedale, Westhay Fiona of Harham, stumbled and broke gait. The Dalmatian, Ch. Roadcoach Roadster, defied show-ring manners with the curving droop of its tail. But through all the long interlude, the long-haired, silver-blue Afghan stayed cool and aloof, a champion without pause...