Word: silver
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Caroline painted in aqua script across the bulbous nose of an old Convair fuselage looms up unexpectedly and stuns you. There sits one of the most evocative remnants of Camelot, silent in the pale winter sun, assaulted by the sounds of pizza parlors and service stations. The suburbanites of Silver Hill rush by this tiny corner of Maryland uncomprehending. Thirty years ago, the world knew. Two engines would belch smoke and roar a message of adventure, as John Kennedy staked out his New Frontier across the nation...
...Enola Gay, shorn of its wings, its long fuselage in two parts, commands center stage in this singular historical drama. There is something spiritual and awesome about walking up to the silver flank with the stencil that was put on a few days after the B-29's famous mission: FIRST ATOMIC BOMB, HIROSHIMA...
...Standing 12 feet away, the smell of perfume fills the air. The clothes the women wear seem like nightime versions of the ones worn by the earlier bus passengers. Above-the-knees skirts have taken the place of cotton-slacks, and silver evening bags now hang where functional purses did earlier in the day. As they get on the bus, their high heeled shoes tap against the metal stairs...
...black, shorty nightgown -- presented not as a romantic gesture but to twit her for being too prim. "Bill was saying, in effect, 'Loosen up,' " she recalls. Safire was introduced to Helene in 1962 by motion-picture executive Edward Bleier. After a whirlwind wedding, Safire presented Bleier with a silver matchbox engraved, "To Ed, the perfect matchmaker from one of his matches...
...Joseph R. Palmore '91 Joshua M. Sharfstein '91 Eric S. Solowey '91 Editorial Editors: Adam L. Berger '91 Joshua M. Sharfstein '91 Feature Editor: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Sports Editor: Michael R. Grunwald '92 Photo Editor: Yi Lin '92 Business Editors: Raymond Nomizu '91 Copy Editor: Peter R. Silver...