Word: silver
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...officer was sent to Cruft Laboratory on 19 Oxford St. to investigate the theft of an unattended and unsecured silver Apple Macintosh laptop with carry bag for a total value...
...Among the exhibit's most strikingly bizarre objects is a gilt and silver ewer, which was entombed with Li Xian, a general during the short-lived Northern Zhou dynasty (559-581) in Ningxia. The ewer's shape is typical of the Sasanians who ruled the area that is now Iran, and whose designs the Chinese appropriated for everything from tableware to clothing. But it probably comes from Bactria, in modern-day Afghanistan. And the figures on its surface seem to be characters in the Trojan War. Whoever cast the ewer seems to have been more concerned with style than mythological...
Harvard’s performance in the second half lent a silver lining to the loss, as it came against one of the top teams in the nation. Syracuse took the field fresh from defeats by No. 3 Georgetown and No. 6 Virginia...
...Summers said that none of these four proposals constitutes a “silver bullet” that will end the underrepresentation of women among tenured faculty...
...though he may be. Indeed, the Faculty’s choice to vote in greater numbers for the proposal of Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol, which articulated regrets over Summers’ actions but also interest in reconciliation and future collaboration, indicates that there is a silver lining in the Summers storm. Moreover, many of Summers’ most fervent supporters—who may not have wanted to concede even the regrets expressed in Skocpol’s proposal—would add to the tally of those seeking improved relations. All this should signal...