Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Society remains discretely polite since Ladies are not passed, like machine-washed glasses, under the ultra-violet eyes of a House Superintendent. Instead, their presence is recorded on small white cards to be deposited in little boxes on the entry walls which, howbeit, look little like silver trays...
...take in the teas at the master's place; if you don't like the sandwiches, you can always clip the silver for your hope chest. But for really tough silverware, you can't beat the Bick. Freshmen and other undesirables eat at the Waldorf, but the "in-group" gathers at the Bick at 4 a.m., when the fresh pastry arrives...
...desk, the President looked at the contents and remarked, "I'm afraid most of these things are for boys." (Actually, many of them are for the President, e.g., half a dozen bottles of assorted potions and pills.) But he found an 1890 (the year of his birth) silver dollar and a white ballpoint pen for the girl, and a penknife for her eleven-year-old brother. As the other people who were promoting the cause filed out of the room, the President and the little girl were still rummaging happily in the big drawer...
...commanded amphibious landings under General Eisenhower during World War II) as "the old Viking admiral." On another day the President entertained Ireland's John A. (for Aloysius) Costello, who identified himself as a "very unimportant Prime Minister of a very important country," and presented his host with a silver bowl full of shamrocks; in return, he received a framed picture...
...sixth successive year, production hit a new peak with nickel deliveries of 290 million Ibs., while the company also delivered 263 million Ibs. of copper (worth $100 million), 1.637,000 Ibs. of cobalt (worth $4 million), 445,000 oz. of platinum (worth $20 million), plus smaller amounts of gold, silver, selenium and tellurium...