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Word: silver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Last year Wegner won $20,757-enough to make him the world cham pion of bull riding and the proud possessor of a nicely tooled leather and silver saddle (worth $800) awarded in Denver last week. His winnings so far this season total $2,556, more than $1,000 ahead of his closest competitor on the rodeo circuit. But Wegner's traveling expenses alone run to $12,000 a year, and he bets on himself to make ends meet. "I went up to Omak, Wash.," he says, "and this outfit had a bull they said had never been ridden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: Braving the Bulls | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...yank. If expertly performed, this maneuver freezes the lefthand symbol, usually brings up a corresponding symbol on the second reel as well. If not, repetition of the process-and more change-will. A few more coins, a few more pulls to bring the third reel round, and hi-ho, Silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hobbies: How to Beat the Bandits | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

...INVITATION LIST, promised Inside Movie. Inside Inside Movie, some anonymous hack noted that Mrs. Kennedy had concluded her mourning period, and then went on to surmise exactly what kind of party she might now properly throw: "Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres ... a table set with the finest silver, china and crystal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Hollywood's New Cover Girl | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

...glad I'm a poor Guggenheim," says the lady in the silver fingernails with a twinkling pixy's ex pression in her eyes. But a Guggenheim Peggy emphatically is, granddaughter of the U.S. copper magnate, daughter of a millionaire who changed into his dinner jacket while the Titanic sank under him, and niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who bankrolled the Frank Lloyd Wright Museum in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collections: Poor Peg's Treasure | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

...Called "pound" because it was originally a pound of silver; the pound of silver then became known as "pound sterling" to distinguish it from ordinary units of weight. Now the two names are used interchangeably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Business: SOME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT GOLD | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

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