Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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BERTRAM S. SILVER...
...time went on, however, the young Maharajah's other hobbies gradually gave way to a more consuming interest: collecting an unrivaled harem of eight senior wives (who were called Maharani and were privileged to eat off gold dinnerware) and 150 concubines (who were called Rani and ate off silver). At the time of his death at 46 in 1938, His Exalted Highness' unflagging devotion to these helpmeets had earned him the informal title, "His Exhausted Highness." The memory of that devotion was perpetuated in a nursery of 52 sons and daughters...
...Manhattan's Central Park South one afternoon last week and glided to the curb before the plush and towering Hampshire House overlooking the grass, trees and lake in lower Central Park. From the back seat edged the car's solitary passenger, a handsome, meaty man with wavy silver hair. He was dressed in a businesslike grey summer suit, red and white striped bowtie and soft black loafers. Stepping to the pavement, he turned slightly, tossed the driver of the rented limousine a "Thank you, James." Then David John McDonald, 53, president of the United Steelworkers of America, strode...
...classic example of the Puritan limner's art. Typically, seven-year-old Margaret meets the eye not like a real girl in a real world but like a dream of one. Her body looks no thicker than a dress on a clothes hanger. The ringleted hair, silver necklace, lace, drawstrings and bows are presented distinctly. But it would be hard to guess how Margaret looked from the side. Her square-toed shoes scarcely touch the floor, and though the floor is seen from above, Margaret stands at eye level. Nevertheless, the portrait is superb as well as typical limning...
...tropic-pack film to the black children. Their parents snatched the shining tin away, fearing it was a whiteman's charm. An old man thumped Hughes's chest and cried: "You come to pay respects to Lenshina, all right. But don't come bring silver magic...