Word: silver
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...flared up again in the chaotic Democratic Republic of the Congo and the endangered mountain gorillas are in the crossfire. Only 700 mountain gorillas, the males known for their moonlit silver-haired backs, exist. More than half live in Virunga National Park, a conservation area in eastern Congo that stretches into bordering Uganda and Rwanda. But last weekend rebels loyal to the dissident Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, took over the last protected section of the gorilla habitat in the park, raising questions over the fate of this last known population of the great apes. "The rangers were forced to flee...
...Despite the College’s freeze on UC funds in response to the UC’s intransigence, there is a silver lining. Now that the UC has proven willing to act in open defiance of the administration, surely we can expect it to mobilize with the same force to campaign for lower textbook costs for low-income students or to persuade the University to adopt more socially responsible investment policies. Perhaps in the future, the UC will save its political capital for campus advocacy that matters rather than petty fights over students’ rights to get drunk...
...folio from Iran, it’s easy to imagine the excitement an original reader must have felt when flipping through the pages for the first time.Overall, the exhibit is a good sample of a famous tale in Islamic society. Unfortunately, it is overshadowed by the large collection of silver pots and blue tiles on display in the room. Although these artifacts might extend the viewer’s interest in Islamic culture, “On the Path of Madness” is worth seeing for its literary and historical value alone. Some may even be inspired to read...
...available to anyone - or rather, anyone who can spare $35,000 a night (and is thus not merely anyone but probably a rather grand someone). The amenities include 24-carat gold-plated bath fixtures, a fully equipped hairdressing station and carpets woven with 22-carat gold and silver threads. This is the most expensive place to stay in town - quite a superlative, given the sorts of prices the British capital is notorious...
...1980s Eliasson and two friends formed a break-dance crew and spent four years playing Danish clubs (in silver spandex costumes whipped up by his mother). Eventually they won a Scandinavian break-dancing championship. "I was always dancing," he says. "Four or five hours a day, with a mirror in front of me. It gave me a great sense of what the body could do in space, how you could gain control of your body." He pauses. "Also, it was very cool...