Word: silver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...longer did Wilder risk racial polarization by talking about putting prejudice to the test. Now 58, his hair silver, his manner reassuring and his smile infectious, Wilder had grown far too adroit to speak of racial issues in anything other than soft, almost dulcet, tones. Throughout the 1980s, Wilder had consciously shaped his persona to make his blackness and ground-breaking achievements seem almost boring and quietly inevitable. He did not disown his racial identity, tossing off laugh lines like, "How can I not think of myself as a black man? I shave." His style, rather, was to envelop...
...Means of Ascent, began to run in the New Yorker. The excerpt details a shameless pattern of deceit in L.B.J.'s early career. Among the juicier disclosures is how Johnson, as a noncombatant in World War II, was able to parlay 13 minutes under enemy fire into a Silver Star, which he then had repeatedly presented to himself at public ceremonies. Alice Glass, who according to Caro was Johnson's mistress as well as the lover of one of his most influential supporters, had a more realistic view of Lyndon's war. "I can write a very illuminating chapter...
...Name P Cl Hometown 1 Michael Francis G JR Braintree, MA 3 Brian Popiel D SR Thunder Bay, ONT 5 Kevan Melrose D SR Red Deer, ALB 6 Ted Donato F JR Dedham, MA 7 Rich DeFreitas D SO Manchester, NH 9 Matt Mallgrave F FR Silver Spring, MD 11 John Weisbrod F JR Woodbury, NY 12 Steven Flomenhoft F FR Riverwoods, IL 14 C.J. Young F SR Waban, MA 17 Peter Ciavaglia F JR Buffalo, NY 18 Ted Drury F FR Trumbull, CT 19 Tim Burke F SO Wellesley, MA 21 Kevin Sneddon D SO Burlington, ONT 22 Brian...
...mostly by volunteers and Eliot Housestudents, "An Evening with Champions" wasconceived in 1970 by Eliot resident and 1970 U.S.Men's skating silver medalist John M. Petkevich'71-73. Officials said the event is the secondlargest contributor to the Jimmy Fund...
Appearances included routines by national champions pair figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi and Rudy Galindo, 1989 Canadian silver medalist Michael Slipchuk and two time Olympic and five time world champion skating legends Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov. Celebrity co-hosts 1979 World Champions and five-time national figure skating champions TaiBabilonia and Randy Gardner also appeared...