Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Virginia-he had three times been sentenced to death there-sailed north and discovered the valley of the Charles. There he proclaimed he had high hopes "to take Whales and make tryalls of a Myne of Gold and Copper". Fish there were, whales there were, but gold and silver there were not, as Smith probably well knew. He was thoroughly enchanted with the place and all he wanted to do was attract the interest and backing of Prince Charles so that he could return with an expedition to found a colony there...
Today's taste tends toward 19th century folk art represented by some delectable objects in the Whitney. The most splendid "unofficial" sculpture is a veritable New Jerusalem of junk and old furniture sheathed in gold and silver foil, the Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly, begun in 1950 in a Washington garage by a black janitor named James Hampton, and left unfinished on his death in 1964. It was meant for Christ at his Second Coming and may well be the finest work of visionary religious art produced by an American...
...first proposed, 16 years after the present plan was devised, seven years after excavation crews began tearing up the streets, the first subway system in the nation's capital was opened to the public last week-40 months behind schedule. In some ways the delay seemed worthwhile. The silver-and-chocolate-colored trains, guided by computers, glide at speeds of up to 75 m.p.h. on cushioned rails. For security, there are TV cameras that tilt, pan and zoom, as well as cops on every train. Many of the stations will feature $1-a-day "Park & Ride" lots for motorists...
...Silver Stud. Tales of Margaret's independent habits also got around. Most recently, the stories have focused on the close companionship between the princess, now 45, and Roderic ("Roddy") Llewellyn, 28, a brewery owner's son. Llewellyn, who sports a silver stud in his left ear and favors jeans and tank tops, recently accompanied Margaret-for the third time in three years-on a vacation to the Caribbean island of Mustique, where the Snowdons keep a four-bedroom retreat. Back home, according to London's News of the World, Roddy has had Margaret out on weekends...
...boasted some of the most elegant of America's unemployed. Locked out of their spring-training camps because of a dispute with the baseball club owners, major leaguers were all over the sunny sandlots at loose ends. The Cincinnati Reds' third baseman, Pete Rose, arrived in his Silver Shadow Rolls-Royce to work out at a West Tampa park normally used by Little Leaguers. New York Mets Pitching Ace Tom Seaver cadged $2 each from a pickup team of ballplayers to buy baseballs for early-March makeshift practice sessions. Like a youthful playground gang, a group of Oakland...