Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...finals with an unfamiliar (and visibly stiffer) pole. Straining and pressing for all he was worth, he failed in three attempts to clear 17 ft. 10½ in. Wolfgang Nordwig of East Germany topped 18 ft. ½ in. to pick up the gold medal, leaving Seagren fuming with a silver. The usually easygoing U.S. vaulter thrust the pole into the hands of an I.A.A.F. official and turned away angrily from Nordwig's extended hand. Seagren returned to shake hands, but his anger was scarcely concealed. "The only difference between the pole I'm using...
...Gurney: "To England, this teeming womb of privilege." His luncheon companions, each a member of the House of Lords, raise their glasses in solemn salute. Later, at home, his manservant Tucker (Arthur Lowe) offers the earl (Harry Andrews) his evening whisky and a selection of nooses on a silver salver. "May I suggest the silk, sir?" Tucker says respectfully. The earl accepts, and begins his evening ritual, first stripping to his long underwear, then donning a regimental uniform jacket and a white ballet skirt, and finally stringing himself up for a harmless little swing. The earl, however, mucks...
...Treasury Department remains magnificently unimpressed by that logic. "We have determined that the purchase of a gold futures contract is the same as a purchase of gold itself," says Thomas W. Wolfe, director of the Office of Domestic Gold and Silver Operations. "It would certainly be an illegal activity for the 99.9% of us who have no Government authorization to deal in gold." Traditionally, the Government has feared that any form of U.S. ownership of monetary gold might lead to an alternative-and possibly preferred-form of tender, thus weakening the dollar. The threatened gold war between investors...
...East German contingents were left to battle for the runner up spot. The two boats battled neck and neck for three-fourths of the race, until, with 200 meters to go, the Americans sprinted furiously to sign out the East Germans by 06 of one second. The U.S. silver medal effort was over three seconds shower than the New Zealand winning time...
...strong finish placed Parker. Before the Games he had pagged the U.S. squad for a third place finish at best. The silver medal surpassed his expectations...