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Word: silver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book, they could send their old dictionary into Houghton Mifflin and get $1 back. The book's editor, William Morris, a onetime salesman who had a brief fling in summer stock, agreed to stay on after his contract expired and help with the promotion. He grew a silver Vandyke beard and plugged the book in a three-month whirlwind of appearances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: The Selling of a Dictionary | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...idol of America's young, Lyndon Johnson nonetheless seems to have a sneaking sympathy for some of their modes. He has not yet taken to bell-bottoms or lovebeads, but he did show up at the Middleburg Hunt meet in Virginia wearing his curly silver-gray locks in what could only be described as a Woodstock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 4, 1970 | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...Stanley Benham, 56, U.S. bobsledder who won world renown in one of the swiftest and most dangerous of winter sports; of a heart attack; in Miami. Benham represented the U.S. in international competition for 13 years, winning world championships in a four-man sled in 1949 and 1950, and silver medals for the two-and four-man events at the 1952 Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 4, 1970 | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

Teasingly Yours. At intermission, traditional candy butchers did a thriving business in "surprise packages" containing little nasties and taffy at a dollar a throw. Later, at the Gayety, Rose held court in a silver gown, signed men's shirttails with "Teasingly Yours, Rose La Rose" for $10. Bright young girls hawked pasties ($2) and tassels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Grinding to a Halt | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

...moon in fruitful conjunction. New witch recruits must be content to kneel before the altar and receive 40 purifying strokes across the buttocks. Some covens use whips made with shoelaces that may leave permanent scars. But Alex's group, Miss Johns reassuringly reports, uses a silver whip with thongs of embroidery silk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Coven of One's Choice | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

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