Word: silvering
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...League final was held in Moscow, because Chelsea is owned by a Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, who made his money investing in denationalized Russian industries. Since he bought the team in 2003, Abramovich has sunk over $1.1 billion into it, and bagged five trophies. That makes each bit of silver pretty expensive, but for a man whose personal fortune is estimated to be as high as $23 billion, the glory appears to be worth the price...
Linda Mahoney and her partner Edith Miller, both in their sixties, were among the first to line up to see Hillary Clinton end her bid for the presidency. Decked out in Hillary t-shirts and hats, the couple from Silver Spring also had printed signs pinned to their backs: "Remember in November to vote present...
...party: you have already alienated many women voters by crowning a man instead of a woman. Please do not compound that problem - and alienate senior citizens too - by implying that because of his age and presumed physical and mental diminution, John McCain is not fit to run. Nelson Marans, SILVER SPRING...
...economy has thus far dealt with the current oil price shock comparatively well, the United States and the rest of the world still face significant challenges in dealing with the rising global demand for energy, especially if continued demand growth and constrained supplies maintain intense pressure on prices. The silver lining of high energy prices is that they provide a powerful incentive for action--for conservation, including investment in energy-saving technologies; for the investment needed to bring new oil supplies to market; and for the development of alternative conventional and nonconventional energy sources. The government, in addition...
...visitors - whose view of Americans, of course, also come from movies. In a room packed with such priceless gifts as the solid-gold replica of mosque doors from Saudi Arabia and a large gold gong from Malaysia, is a small glass cabinet containing Washington's gifts: four bowls - two silver, two porcelain - bearing the White House insignia, given at various times by Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Energy Secretary Samuel Bordman. Another display shows a box of 12 autographed golf balls given to Nazarbayev by Clinton...