Word: silver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stalk the small sparrowlike birds that frequent Vietnamese canals; from time to time, one of the soldiers would lunge for a bird and fall into the water, to the uproarious laughter of his comrades. Souvenir-hunting Rangers moved among the wounded Viet Cong prisoners, pulling from their fingers their silver identification rings...
...charged by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan with the day-to-day burden of bringing about this goal is a lifelong, dedicated European. Blue-eyed, silver-haired Ted Heath, 46, was born on the Kentish coast within sight of France-or "the mainland," as he calls it today. In his maiden speech before the House of Commons in 1950, Heath urged the government (in vain) to join the European Coal & Steel Community, the germinal economic pact that was planned as a first step toward the federation of Europe. Last month E.C.S.C. members finally agreed to study Britain's application...
...energies. When he had finished, Hampton Court probably covered eight acres of land, contained 1,000 rooms, was the largest single structure built in England since the days of the Romans. The cardinal employed 2,500 artisans and laborers, filled the place with ornaments and vessels of gold and silver, covered the beds and furnishings with the costliest silks. He had, in fact, a Sybarite's passion for finery, and he let it be known that he was not averse to accepting "official" gifts. At one point, when the Venetian government was pressing for some trade concessions, its ambassador...
...Pollak Lectures were established in 1954 by a gift of Leo Silver, in honor of the Austrian-born journalist and literary critic. They are intended to deal with some aspect of the study of government and to encourage careers in government administration and politics...
...Marx and Lenin, assorted serious explanations of Communism by authorities, and a range of less scholarly books down to paperbacks with scary titles and bloody hammers and sickles on the covers. Established textbook publishers are now beginning to enter the field with professional treatment. (TIME Inc.'s Silver Burdett will publish The Meaning of Communism this winter...