Word: silvering
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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President Cárdenas had several reasons for changing his mind. In the folds of Mexico's hills lie great deposits of antimony, manganese, mercury, tungsten, fluor spar, molybdenum. But big producers have never worked them, have concentrated on gold, silver, zinc, copper. The other metals have been left to the Indians, who grub them out of the ground, trot down to the market centres with a pat of tungsten, a tin of mercury whenever they need money for tortillas or pulque. The sales to Japan helped prime small native industry...
Tiffany also has a factory (in Newark, N. J.), shapes its own articles of gold, silver and bronze, engraves invitations, calling cards, etc. During the Civil War the plant turned out ''miscellaneous military supplies" for the Union (Tiffany policy permits no details). In World War I it made surgical instruments. Tiffany also makes jewelers' trade rules, helped introduce to the U. S. the English standard of sterling silver 925/1000 fine...
...Lord and Lady and their six assorted offspring are full of charades, false whiskers and profound contempt for rich Uncle Gabriel.Touched for another loan, Uncle G. comes to call, bringing his wife, regarded by the Lampreys as mad if not actually a witch. Uncle G. expires with a silver-plated meat skewer in his eye; Detective-Inspector Alleyn puts them all through the hoops. Delightful story...
Crimson shippers ran away with the silver yesterday on the tickets River when they totalled 81 points against six other Universities during the Brown Invitation Regatta...
...races started at 1:30 and continued until the wind died late in the afternoon. Five were scheduled, but the fifth was called off for of wind. Prizes were silver trays...