Word: silver
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...biggest man hunts in Arizona's history pursued the murderous Tison family, and police set up a roadblock near Tison's home town of Casa Grande, Ariz. Soon, a silver van slowed at the signal from police, then sped on with a blast of gunfire from its windows. Five miles down the road, alerted deputies at another roadblock fired at the passing vehicle, killing Donald Tison. After a half-hour gun battle his two brothers and Greenawalt surrendered. The father, Gary, fled into the desert...
Many people have accused governments of piracy, but few have as good cause as Melvin Fisher. In 1971 Fisher, 56, located a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622 carrying 47 tons of gold and silver. Since then, he and his company have been diving for the treasure, which could be worth as much as $600 million. The mission's cost so far: $5 million and four lives, including that of Fisher...
Otherwise, the salvaging was going smoothly, 40 miles off the coast of Florida, until the state government ran up the Jolly Roger and demanded the loot. It seized $1.5 million worth of treasure, including a rare astrolabic instrument worth $500,000 and some 1,800 silver coins. In 1975, however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Florida's territorial waters extended only three miles out to sea. Still, Florida sued to keep what it had taken...
Number one honcho--subject to some debate--is one Robert Hackett, an All-American swimmer who as a freshman last year launched a one-man crusade against the Harvard record book. One more thing: before coming to Harvard, Bobby won a silver medal at the Montreal Olympics. He's not a bad bet to take a gold or two at Moscow, either...
...Silver Fizz Perrier water, this year's fashionable fizz, has been available in the U.S. since 1908. That same year, Cartier, the international jeweler, also arrived on these shores. Moreover, the two French enterprises originally enjoyed the patronage of Napoleon III, who had good taste if not much else. So how to celebrate their twinnage? A diamond-studded Perrier decanter, peut-étre? Nothing so bourgeois. What Cartier has designed for Perrier is a $45 three-piece sterling silver set consisting of an artfully shaped bottle opener and two engraved bottle stoppers...