Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Billy Hobbs, '71, heavyweight rowing silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics, slaps his significant girth, smiles and says, "This is a change in strategy...
...Bill Wambsganss; 17. Nippy Jones; 18. Lou Brock; 19. Denis Menke; 20. Vic Wertz; 21. Ed Charles; 22. Herb Pennock; 23. Ed Stroud; 24. Benny Kauff; 25. Walter Maranville; 26. Bobby Thomson; 27. Orlando Cepeda; 28. Lou Novikoff; 29. Frank Howard; 30. Clint Courtney; 31. Gray Eagle; 32. The Silver Fox; 33. The Peerless Leader; 34. Old Reliable; 35. Hoot; 36. Moonman; 37. Gates; 38. Hondo Hurricane; 39. Spider; 40. Mighty Mite; 41. Dixie and Harry Walker; 42. Carlos and Lee May; 43. Christy and Henry Mathewson; 44. Stupid question--too many to list, all with any correct answers...
That season Beckford reset her mile record at the Mason-Dixon Games at 4:45, crossed the tape only one-tenth of a second behind Jan Murdoch for a silver medal in the 800 at the Milrose Games in New York and took third place at Senior Nationals in the same event...
...financial centers experienced a whiff of panic last week. In two days of frantic trading, the price of gold on the London exchange soared a breathtaking $50 per oz. to $447 at one point; then it plunged back down almost as steeply, closing the week at $385. Silver, platinum and copper also gyrated wildly. Said a New York bullion trader: "The market's gone bananas...
Other investment metals have been better buys in the past year. Platinum, at $5 10 per oz., has risen by almost 75% since last October. Silver, at $15.92 per oz., has nearly tripled, largely because investors have been buying it as a sort of poor man's bullion...