Word: silver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...photons hit other chromium atoms, knocking them off their energy shelf and making them emit more photons of red light. The photons that move sideways escape from the rod, but a few of them hit its polished ends, which the scientists have covered with a thin film of silver that reflects nearly all of them back into the rod. This reflected light moves lengthwise between the two end mirrors, traversing .all of the ruby rod, knocking billions of chromium atoms off the energy shelf and releasing a vast amount of red light, all of whose waves are in step...
...Danes were polishing and shaping bits of bone and amber into small beasts and birds to be used as both ornaments and currency. Six thousand years later, the farmers of Jutland and Zealand were fashioning bowls and beakers as sophisticated as any found anywhere in Europe. In time, bronze, silver and gold objects appeared: the viking bracelets and necklaces on display at the Met could have been the work of the finest goldsmiths...
Beauty has poured out of both castle and cottage. The rich had their silver-laden chairs, nobility had its gold table service, and royalty had its jeweled Order of the Elephant. But there were ornate crowns for village brides, carved and painted cupboards for the peasant, delicate silverware for the merchant. All classes had their art, and art served all classes. By tradition, the nation's architects and sculptors have lavished as much talent on furniture, glassware, pottery, silverware, and even toys, as on stone or canvas...
...past two regattas, the varsity sailing team has exhibited a penchant for the almost-win. If they can turn that tendency into the almost-loss, the Crimson skippers will bring home the silver tomorrow night...
...Btfsplk's cloud had its spots of silver lining. Flying from Chicago into Memphis, Nixon got the biggest crowds in the city's history, outdrawing Democrat Kennedy's visit the week before. Down on the Mississippi waterfront, crowds twice as great as Kennedy's clogged the street for a block to hear Nixon. Rain, started falling, umbrellas snapped open, but no one left. Nixon spoke out on civil rights, and when he said "Let's make our country the shining example for all the world to see of equality for all," many whites cheered along...