Word: silver
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...daringly steep angle, but the players seem at home on it. This leads up to a massive wall in the rear, which opens to varying widths to allow the entrance of people or light. Place is indicated by a few pieces of furniture or props--notably a huge suspended silver eagle, symbol of Roman military; and a marvelous sculptured group of three draped and faceless figures, which adorns Brutus's garden...
...tenth anniversary, officials decided to forgo the standard promotional hoopla and instead advertised a money sale. Each of the first 35 customers in line last Wednesday morning got to purchase a $100 bill for $80. There were similar sales of descending denominations capped by the sale of 1,800 silver dollars at half price...
Daume's concern about the Olympic housing rule was curious. For one thing, the rule has been broken before; in Mexico in 1968, for instance, West German Millionaire Josef Necker-mann, who won gold and silver medals in dressage, stayed at the luxurious hotel Maria Cristina. For another, it has never been the U.S. Olympic Committee's intention to house Hunter (providing he makes the team) behind bars. In the past year, Hunter has represented the U.S. in Colombia, Britain and the Soviet Union without being locked up in local jails between bouts. South Carolina's Manning...
Santa's visits-and other remarkable East German stratagems-may well result in an early Christmas this year for the nation of 17 million. The gifts: enough gold, silver and bronze medals in Munich this summer to put East Germany in a class with both the U.S. and Russia in the 1972 Summer Olympics...
...Nixon. The subsequent announcement of his decision to resign as Secretary of the Treasury sent tremors through Washington. In the 15 months that he has worked as the only Democrat in Nixon's Cabinet, Connally emerged as an extraordinarily powerful figure in Washington and abroad. Tall, immaculately tailored, silver-haired and handsome-a sort of Florentine prince from Texas -Connally left the negotiators for great nations awed by his skill as a bargainer. His execution of a revamped U.S. international monetary policy was at once suave and tough; it was essentially his hard-line protectionist thinking that underpinned Nixon...