Word: silvering
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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White Black Silver Spain...
...Gertrude Stein put it: "One must never forget that Spain is not like other southern countries, it is not colorful, all the colors in Spain are white black silver or gold, there is no red or green...
...very top of the Army ladder. A World War II specialist in logistical problems, he drew up plans for the 1942 invasion of Africa, negotiated the German surrender in Italy in 1945, but remained enough of a combat soldier to go to parachute school at 51 and earn the Silver Star under fire while commanding the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Commander of the U.N. forces in Korea (1955-57), he became Army Vice Chief of Staff in 1957, then Chief of Staff in 1959. Last week President Eisenhower announced that sometime Clean Sleeve Lemnitzer. 61, would be the next...
...proud moment in the life of moonfaced Earl C. Corey when he was summoned to Washington in May 1959 to receive the Department of Agriculture's Superior Service Award. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson himself pinned a silver medal on Corey's lapel, cited his "significant contributions to agriculture through his fine relationships with producing, warehousing and merchandising groups...
...Lynn Burke, 17, of the Santa Clara (Calif.) Swim Club, windmilled the 100-meter backstroke in 1:09.2 to break her own world record by .8 sec., set a furious pace that left 1956 Silver Medal Winner Corin Cone, 19, back in third place-and off the Olympic team...