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Word: silver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shortly after 6 a.m. on Saturday an engineer climbed into the newly exposed space to evaluate the test. He was astonished: something had moved inside a silver Chevrolet Sprint. Excited rescuers crawled cautiously closer. They found a man, alive and semiconscious, still strapped into the front seat. When a paramedic shouted, the man moved his head. Struggling gingerly for five hours, they extricated Buck Helm, 57, a shipping clerk, who managed to wave an arm as he was lifted to a waiting ambulance amid the cheers of exultant searchers. His condition was described as critical but stable. He had survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earthquake | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Wooster's rendition of "Sonny Boy," accompanied with tap dancing, was done with enough finesse to warrant a snicker, but by the time he started into "Every Cloud Has a Silver lining," the snicker had faded to a grunt. Duke builds up an expectation for greatness that is just not realized. The rest of the play moves at such a schizophrenic pace that this sluggish type of ending leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Pass the Butler | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

...Marden, the Olympic silver medalist from nearby Concord, won the women's singles championship for the fourth year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walker Stops Sudduth at Head Regatta | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...couldn't believe my three eyes," said the alien, a 9-ft.-tall assemblage of humps, arms and legs, outfitted in silver overalls and bronze boots. "This planet is so much like my own. When I landed in my pink space ball, the sunset lighted up tall nonnatural structures that resembled the state housing collectives back home. I've gone through your papers and read all about the two-headed Abominable Snowmen and the psychic cures for arthritis -- Oh, the secret balsam-water diet that lets you lose 40 lbs. in two days and prevents tooth decay? Leonid wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elvis | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Some other prominent American rowers who have won the Head in past years are Anne Marden, who also earned an Olympic silver medalist in Seoul, and Andy Sudduth, a 1983 Harvard graduate who has won five times and is the course record holder for the men's championship singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Crews, It's More Than a Party | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

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