Word: silver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...became a company commander in the 77th Division, and sailed to the Pacific battles behind a swashbuckling D'Artagnan mustache. An able infantryman who enjoyed the challenge and camaraderie of military life, he was popular with the troops, who called him "Brother Rock." He gave each soldier a silver dollar for Christmas, and woolens knitted by Mother Rockefeller and her friends. The 77th went through the Guam and Leyte campaigns, and Rockefeller became a major on the 305th Regimental staff...
...regiment. Rockefeller was the senior surviving army officer, and though seriously burned about the face and hands-it cost him his mustache and six weeks in hospital-he assumed command until help arrived the next day. He came out of service in 1946 wearing a lieutenant colonel's silver leaves and a bronze star with oakleaf cluster...
...events inside. Then, suddenly, a rhythmic wave of stamping feet told them that the Bundestag delegates of West Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union had elected a new candidate for Chancellor. Moments later, C.D.U. backbenchers rushed out with the news: the man was Kurt Georg Kiesinger, 62, the silver-haired Minister President of the southwestern state of Baden-WUrttemberg...
...Assagai-who could hardly have been more capitalistic, since he is owned by Charles Engelhard, the "Platinum King," and grew up in the Bluegrass of Kentucky. Assagai, for his part, shared an illustrious ancestor (Man o' War) with France's Behistoun and Silver Shark. Silver Shark, in turn, was related to Britain's David Jack, and the U.S.'s Tom Rolfe...
...with the Silver Spoon. Son ot a Stavanger shipowner who started out in the days of sail, Bergesen spent 20 years dutifully propping to take over the family firm. Then, in 1935, he struck out on his own: his father, then 72, seemed unwilling to retire -ever. Bergesen bought a 14,000-ton tanker and put it into a long term charter. Using the ship as collateral, he later purchased a faltering shipyard in Stavanger at a bargain price, installed oversized construction docks, then cashed in handsomely after World War II as one of the few European builders who could...