Word: silver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nights charming London's nobs and snobs and captivating its kept women. His companions ranged from "Blasted Bet" Wilkinson, a "sad profligate girl" who was an ornament of Wetherby's, an inn where Hickey watched a battle between two half-naked women (he did not approve), to "Silver Tail," whore-in-residence at a sporting tavern, and Fanny Temple, the jeweled mistress of an elderly townsman...
...winning team received a large silver bowl, the John Quincy Adams Debating Trophy. Another award was given to Dan Kolb of Holy Cross for excellence in public speaking during the tourney...
Awakened at 2 a.m. from a sound sleep, Glenn had eaten a hearty breakfast (orange juice, poached eggs, a small filet mignon) with a surprise guest, Marine Corps Commandant David M. Shoup. The astronaut underwent a final physical examination, then began squeezing into his silver space suit. At 5:12 a.m. Glenn entered the capsule ("You don't get in it," he once joked, "you put it on'') and began his long wait...
...Giant Keepers. The American Association of Theatre Organ Enthusiasts numbers more than 1,500 devotees of the Mighty Wurlitzer and its cousins, the Silver Throated Barton, the Kilgen Wonder Organ, the Möller De Luxe, the Marr & Colton Symphonic Registrator. Among the cultists...
...Trust still wants no truck with the $5-a-week depositor, but there are signs that it will take clients who are merely silver-plated. Says President Buek: "We have tried hard to live down our reputation. We hate to have a man come in with only half a million and be afraid that we won't want to bother with...