Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...winning boat, coxed by Dave Wineberg, included Dave Tew, Dave Fellows, Rick Wilson, Ross McConnell, Phil Sancken, Jim Evarets, Phil Harris, and Chuck Czeisler. They jumped out to a short lead early in the race, and held on for the distance to claim the silver trophy and champagne...
...Brookline, Mass., discovered that auto exhaust and industrial fumes create a new atmospheric phenomenon-a layer of "dead sky" composed of tiny, concentrated particles. Unmoved by either wind or rain, the ever thickening mass of filth hovers over Boston-and presumably other cities. The stagnant cloud has a faint silver lining: while making Boston's rain heavier, it will divert major storms from the city. The researchers do not yet know the dead sky's effect on human health...
...Last year I found it impossible to get textbooks, and thought the whole administration of the Coop was pretty inefficient," Paul A. Silver '72, one of the challengers, said yesterday. "Then the cut in rebates was announced the same day nominating petitions were due for the Board of Directors, and Idecided that maybe the Coop wasn't being run so well...
...Silver also cited his opposition to the Coop's recent expansion and emphasis on home furnishings. "The whole point of going to the Coop is to get things cheaper than anywhere else, or at least to get a rebate," he said. "How many students go there to buy beds, or color televisions...
...Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which conducts liberal-arts training for New York police officers. Law Professor Isadore Silver argues that the U.S. has had it relatively easy so far because terrorists have been committing acts that are more symbolic than anything else. "They attack police stations, corporate headquarters, research labs, but more often than not. they call and warn in advance that they're going to do it." Says Silver: "It's as though they were sending up one last desperate cry: 'Damn it, pay some attention...