Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Investors are turning from stocks to tangible goods like gold, silver and jewelry. The price of silver has more than doubled in the past year, to more than $5 per oz. Prices of new gold jewelry at Tiffany's have climbed 35% in the past year. Banks report that demand for pennies has doubled in recent weeks as the price of copper topped...
Neither O'Keefe or any of the other guards wear guns. Only their light blue shirts and navy blue pants distinguish them from the inmates. A few wear silver badges pinned on their shirt pockets. One or two thick silver rings full of jangling keys dangle from a couple of the guards' belts. The guards, many of them Boston area college students, joked and laughed with the inmates...
Behind senior Tony Jenkins and Lou Silver, a 6 ft. 7 in. junior, the Crimson took a 41-39 lead with just 16 minutes to play in the second half and stayed out of the Lions' reach. Harvard withstood a last-minute rally by the Lions and held on for its 10th win in 22 outings...
Game scoring honors went to Cornell junior guard Tod Clasky, who hit 10 for 17 and four free throws. Sophomore forward Adolph Johnson (18 points) was next for the Big Red. The 6 ft. 7 in. Silver was the game's leading rebounder, pulling down 12 errant shots...
...Lions in scoring with an 11.9 point average, followed by John Byrnes and Jerry Boone. But it was Cornett Lewers, a 6 ft. 4 in. sophomore forward from Brooklyn, who hurt the Crimson in Manhattan on February 8. Sanders's squad took that game 58-51, as Silver ignited a second half rally...