Word: silver
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MINING REFORM: Congress on Thursday abandoned attempts to reconcile bills passed by the House and Senate to reform the 1872 Mining Act, which has allowed mining companies to take title to land for as little as $2.50 an acre and mine billions of dollars' worth of gold, silver and other minerals without paying royalties. Environmentalists and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt vowed to amend the mining law to ensure pollution control and a decent royalty for taxpayers. But that effort failed under pressure from the mining industry and its allies among Western lawmakers...
With Grateful Dead tours being about as consistent as the seasons, it's easy to forget about the fact that they're getting old. One look at them, however, and it's easy to see-Garcia and Kreutzman are both silver on top, and Weir's hair is pretty thin for the "young guy" of the band...
...Halloween night in Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, children out for trick- or-treat stopped by the elegant N Street townhouse of Averell and Pamela Harriman. They were greeted by a maid in a white apron holding a silver tray full of dimes. How novel! The wealthy Harrimans -- Pamela was the daughter of a British baron, Averell a financier and former Governor of New York -- were handing out money instead of candy. But not a lot. The maid cautioned: "Just one dime each...
...Really Silver Bullets smoked through the first two rounds of the tournament before hitting a Harvard wall, as the Crimson looks to close out the game...
...Bonds looks for room to maneuver, but Daphne 'Lewis & Clark has him covered. Jose Can-seco 'de Mayo' runs in too, but the clock is running down to 15 seconds and things are looking bad for the Really Silver Bullets as Bonds tries to pass to Canseco, and Oh my God Canseco doesn...