Word: silver
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...broadening the position's reach that it later became a path to power for other female Texas politcians including U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. In 1988, half way through Richards' second term, she took that confidence and her persona to the Democratic National Convention, wowing everyone with her silver hair and stiletto tongue. Her famous poke at then Vice President George H.W. Bush - "Poor George. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth" - prompted talk of a national role someday and a gift from Bush in the form of a silver charm, shaped like a foot...
...nano bears a resemblance to the fondly remembered iPod mini-not only does it have the same rounded sides, but on $199 4GB models, its aluminum body comes in silver, pink, green and blue. A black finish is reserved for the 8GB nano, which will sell for $249, competing with SanDisk's recently launched 8GB Sansa flash player. Contrary to some speculation, the new nano does not play video (as the Sansa does), but it will play music for 24 hours on a single battery charge...
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...Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design," which opens at the Wolfsonian museum in Miami Beach, Fla., on Nov. 10, will offer visitors a unique take on more than 200 influential works by designers like Eliel Saarinen and Elsa Peretti, as well as historical artifacts. Blown-up advertisements will accompany the pieces to illustrate how taste has been influenced by and created for the American public...
...chose more than 9,000 panels of titanium, the same material that covers Gehry's celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. It's a metal with a soft, refulgent glow and a variety of personalities. Gehry's titanium has a slightly golden cast. Libeskind's shifts from gray to silver and even to a peachy ocher, depending on the time of day and quality of the light. The shimmering surfaces and his endlessly fascinating massing of forms ensure that his Denver museum is interesting even on its windowless sides. Like George Clooney, it has no bad angles...