Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pinprick, a victim first feels a tingling sensation in the fingers and lips, then dies within ten seconds of painless paralysis. Indeed, according to Colby, U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers carried the toxin-contained in the grooves of a tiny drill bit that was concealed in a silver dollar -when he was shot down over Russia in 1960, but chose...
...longer run, the country's economic prospects are brighter. International arms of Texaco oil and Kennecott mining, among others, have shown interest in developing the country's rich but largely unexploited natural resources (oil, gas, zinc, gold, silver). Somare hopes to tap other sources in Australia, Japan, Britain, West Germany and the U.S. for additional development capital. Although they now have their independence, the people of Papua New Guinea are not likely to be liberated of their liking for that Western cargo...
...raiser. But its collection is still one of the world's greatest, and if you haven't seen it after all these years you should quit stalling. Right now last spring's bicentennial binge, "Paul Revere's Boston," is finishing its five-month run. It's interesting for colonial silver-and-furniture buffs, but I for one am becoming very bored with the eighteenth century. just opened is an exhibit called "Northem Prints of the Late Middle Ages"--including Holbein's Dance of Death, Durer's Melancholla and other masterpieces. Certainly worth catching. Through Dec. 7; the MFA is free...
Eminent Domain. Butte was originally settled by gold prospectors, but it owes its development-and recent decline-to copper. In 1882, a prospector named Marcus Daly found a 5-ft. vein of 30% pure copper ore while searching for silver. Daly's discovery touched off a wild scramble for the precious ore, which was eventually won by Anaconda. By 1910, the company owned the rights to the minerals underlying 90% of the city. It also held the right of eminent domain, which allows it to buy up any sur face property that stands in the way of its operations...
...boots." Now the 700 members of the Girls Rodeo Association have given their "Man on the Trail" award to part-time Cowboy Steve Ford, 19, the President's youngest son. Despite competition from Actors Warren Beatty and Tennis Star Jimmy Connors, Ford rode off with the prize, a silver belt buckle. "He's just about the closest thing to the big man in Washington−an outdoor type with executive demeanor," cooed Association President Margaret demons. "The girls would love to tie up with him on the trail to happy destiny...