Word: silver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this summer -- was hardly a storming at all. The outnumbered and ill-supplied defenders (whose oppressed prisoners consisted of just two lunatics, four forgers and one aristocratic ne'er-do-well put away by his family) finally surrendered when they saw themselves confronting the rioters' artillery, which included a silver-inlaid cannon originally given to France by the King of Siam. And the commandant of the Bastille, who had tried to avoid further bloodshed, was subsequently hacked to death, his head stuck on a pike and paraded through the streets...
...last year at the Masters World Championships held in Brisbane, Australia, Whitten captured three medals (two silver, one bronze...
...When the silver-plated telephone rings in Marina Osadchuk's clothing and beauty boutique, it chirps like a canary. These days it sounds as if a cageful of canaries has been let loose in Osadchuk's store in Moscow. People call constantly to inquire about the handmade suits and dresses, priced at 200 to 700 rubles ($320 to $1,120), or to make appointments to get their hair done for 15 rubles ($24). With 50 customers a day, Osadchuk has more business than she can handle...
...grinning golliwog. On promotion tours he startles fans by handing out 3-in. plastic black doll pins as mementos. His first Louvre show, a spoof on the Mona Lisa, included such numbers as "Jungle Lisa loves Tarzan" (decollete leopard-print gowns) and "Moona Lisa" (Plexiglas-bubble headgear and silver- star-studded dresses). At his second Louvre show, two weeks ago, the crowd shrieked and whistled its approval for such outfits as "Cowboys" (fringed jackets and pony-skin patterns) and "Blackamoors" (gold and silver turbans over satin cocktail suits). The invitation to the show featured a photo of Kelly naked...
Responding to scenes of the melee on the evening news and to calls from Barry and Jesse Jackson, Atwater reluctantly resigned. Most of the students' other demands were met, including amnesty for the demonstrators. One protest leader, April Silver, exulted that the students had made an "international statement to the world." Youthful hyperbole, perhaps, but the students had sent a clear message to Atwater and the G.O.P.: It will take more than just strumming the blues to realize their dream of a Republican "rainbow coalition...