Bob Hope: Movies: …“Buttons and Bows,” and “Silver Bells.”

Mexico: Resources and power: …colonial period was the so-called Silver Belt, a region that extended from Guanajuato and Zacatecas in the Mesa Central to Chihuahua in the Mesa del Norte, with outposts such as San Luis Potosí farther east.

paper birch, (Betula papyrifera), ornamental, shade, and timber tree of the family Betulaceae, native to northern and central North America. See also birch. The paper birch is usually about 18 metres (60 feet) tall but occasionally reaches 40 metres (131 feet); it can also be small and sometimes

yellow birch, (Betula alleghaniensis), ornamental and timber tree of the family Betulaceae, native to northeastern North America. See also birch. Among the largest of birches, yellow birch grows to 30 metres (100 feet) on cool moist bottomlands and on drier soils to elevations of 1,950 metres

Fagales: Betulaceae: pendula (silver birches) and B. nana (dwarf birches) are circumboreal (i.e., extending to the northern limit of the tree line); the two species very nearly coincide in their ranges, with the dwarf birches extending farther into the Arctic. They now occupy most areas that were glaciated…

bluestem: Silver beardgrass, or silver bluestem (Bothriochloa saccharoides, formerly A. saccharoides), reaches 0.6 to 1.3 metres (about 2 to 4 feet) in height and has silvery white flower clusters 7–15 cm (about 3–6 inches) long; it is a forage grass in the southwestern United States.

bromine: Production and use: Silver bromide (AgBr), an important component of photographic film, is, like silver chloride and iodide, light sensitive. Traces of potassium bromate (KBrO3) are added to wheat flour to improve baking. Other bromine compounds of significance include hydrogen bromide (HBr), a colorless gas used as a…

The Emperor Jones, drama in eight scenes by Eugene O’Neill, produced in 1920 and published in 1921. The Emperor Jones was the playwright’s first foray into Expressionist writing. Based loosely on an event in Haitian history, the play shows the decline of a former Pullman porter, Brutus Jones, who

Asian carp: black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), following their accidental introduction into waterways in the United States, are collectively referred to as Asian carp.

Thomas B. Costain: …as Kublai Khan’s China, and The Silver Chalice (1952), about the early Christians in Rome.

Silver Charm, (foaled 1994), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1997 won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but lost at the Belmont Stakes, ending his bid for the coveted Triple Crown of American horse racing. Silver Charm was foaled in Florida and purchased by trainer Bob Baffert

magnesium processing: Electrochemical applications: …anode and a cathode of silver chloride or cuprous chloride. When activated by water, they rapidly build up voltages of 1.3 to 1.8 volts and operate at a constant potential between −55 and 95 °C (−67 and 200 °F).

Silver City, ghost town, Owyhee county, southwestern Idaho, U.S., 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Boise. Founded March 10, 1863, it quickly displaced Ruby City as the centre of the Owyhee mines and was county seat from 1866 to 1935. Rich silver lodes in the nearby War Eagle and Florida mountains were

John Sayles: …Casa de Los Babys (2003); Silver City (2004); and Honeydripper (2007).

Silver City, town, seat (1874) of Grant county, southwestern New Mexico, U.S. It lies just east of the Continental Divide, at an altitude of 5,931 feet (1,808 meters) in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range, on the edge of Gila National Forest (of which it is headquarters). It was established in

Celosia: Lagos spinach, or silver cockscomb (C. argentea), is an important food crop in West Africa, where it is grown for its nutritious leafy greens.

Sidney Howard: …The Most Happy Fella (1957); The Silver Cord (1926), a devastating portrait of a mother and the effects of her possessiveness on her sons’ lives; and Yellow Jack (1934, in collaboration with Paul de Kruif), a dramatized documentary of the conquest of yellow fever. Other works include Lute Song (1930,…

dik-dik: saltiana), and the silver dik-dik (M. piacentinii). Kirk’s dik-dik (M. kirkii), the best-known dik-dik, is a common resident of acacia savannas in Kenya and Tanzania. Guenther’s and Kirk’s dik-diks overlap in Kenya. An isolated population of Kirk’s dik-dik, different enough genetically to be considered a different species, inhabits…

Silver Disc machine, image of an aircraft engraved on a medallion by Sir George Cayley in 1799 with his initials to commemorate his conception of a powered aircraft. The Science Museum of London preserves a small silver disc, engraved by Cayley, representing the first modern conception of an

Branson: Silver Dollar City, a popular theme park with dozens of craftsmen demonstrating 1880s Ozark-style skills, is 9 miles (14 km) west. A commercial airport, the first in the country to have been financed entirely with private funds, opened in 2009. College of the Ozarks (1906),…

honesty: Two of the species, annual honesty (Lunaria annua) and perennial honesty (L. rediviva), are widely grown for their fragrant flowers and papery seedpod partitions, which are used in dried-flower arrangements.

construction: Postwar developments in long-span construction: …large sports stadiums as the Silverdome (1975) in Pontiac, Michigan, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982) in Minneapolis. Air-supported structures are perhaps the most cost-effective type of structure for very long spans.

Neil Gaiman: Two sequels, The Silver Dream (2013) and Eternity’s Wheel (2015), were conceptualized by Gaiman and Reaves and written by Reaves and his daughter Mallory.

migration: Catadromous fish: …15 years before changing into silver eels, with enlarged eyes; they swim downstream to the sea, return to the spawning grounds (Sargasso Sea), and die.

Emmitsburg, town, Frederick county, northern Maryland, U.S., situated near the Pennsylvania border 23 miles (37 km) north-northeast of Frederick. Settled in the 1780s as Poplar Fields or Silver Fancy, it was renamed about 1786 for a local landowner named Emmit (sources disagree on his given name).

silver fir, (Abies alba), tree growing to a height of 150 feet; abundant in the mountainous regions of central and southern

silver fox, (Vulpes fulva), red fox of North America in that colour phase when the fur is black with interspersed silver-tipped hairs. See

Duke Snider was an American professional baseball player who was best known for playing centre field on the famed “Boys of Summer” Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s. Snider was raised in Compton, California, where he came to the attention of the Dodgers while playing for Compton Junior College.

David Pearson was an American stock-car racer who was one of the most successful drivers in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) history. Pearson could well have been the greatest NASCAR driver of all time had he competed in as many races as his rivals. He never raced a complete

silver gilt, gilded silver produced either by the fire-gilding method or by electrolysis. In the former, earlier method, the object is covered with an amalgam of gold and mercury. The mercury evaporates when the piece is fired, leaving a gold deposit. In the latter method, the silver object is

silvergrass, (genus Miscanthus), genus of about 10 species of tall perennial grasses in the family Poaceae, native primarily to southeastern Asia. Eulalia, or Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis), and several other species sometimes are grown as lawn or border ornamentals for their silvery or

hake: 5 feet) long; the silver hake (M. bilinearis) of the American Atlantic; and the stockfish (M. capensis) of South Africa.

crystal: Covalent bonds: …formed from the copper and silver halides. Three (AgF, AgCl, AgBr) have the sodium chloride structure with six neighbours. The other five (AgI, CuF, CuCl, CuBr, CuI) have the zinc blende structure with four neighbours. The bonding in this group of solids is on the borderline between covalent and ionic,…

hatchetfish: …hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata), and the silver hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicula), which is olive above and silver below.

cloud seeding: …carbon dioxide (dry ice) and silver iodide have been the most effective; when used in supercooled clouds (composed of water droplets at temperatures below freezing), they form nuclei around which the water droplets evaporate. The resulting water vapour deposits into ice crystals, which build quickly as water droplets attach themselves.…

Pavement: …with David Berman, recording as Silver Jews. Malkmus also recorded the solo albums Groove Denied (2019) and Traditional Techniques (2020). Kannberg’s post-Pavement band, Preston School of Industry, proved less interesting than either of Malkmus’s groups.

tarpon: The Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus; alternate name Tarpon atlanticus) is found inshore in warm parts of the Atlantic, on the Pacific side of Central America, and sometimes in rivers. Also called silver king, grand écaille, and sabalo real, it habitually breaks water and gulps air. It…

Joan Tower: …the Uncommon Woman (1987), and Silver Ladders (1987). For the latter work, Tower became the first woman to receive the Grawemeyer Award. She also wrote concertos for clarinet (1988), oboe (1989), flute (1989), piano (1985 and 1996), violin (1991), percussion (2001), and bassoon (2013). The acclaimed Made in America was…

Bradley Cooper: …in a mental institution in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). The dramedy was directed by David O. Russell and costarred Jennifer Lawrence, both of whom became frequent collaborators. Cooper’s second Oscar nomination was for best supporting actor for his performance as a wacky FBI agent in Russell’s American Hustle (2013), which…

Venice Film Festival: Among these is the Leone d’Argento (Silver Lion), which has been awarded for achievements such as best direction and best short film, as well as for runners-up among films competing for the Leone d’Oro. Notable Leone d’Oro winners include Rashomon (1950), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), and Brokeback Mountain…

silver maple, (Acer saccharinum), large, spreading tree, of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), popular as a rapid-growing shade tree. Native to eastern North America, it is widely cultivated elsewhere. It grows to 18 metres (60 feet)—higher under favourable conditions—with a short, stout trunk and

Olympic Games: The medal ceremonies: …medal, for second place a silver medal, and for third place a bronze medal. Solid gold medals were last given in 1912. The obverse side of the medal awarded in 2004 at Athens was altered for the first time since 1928 to better reflect the Greek origins of both the…

silver nitrate, caustic chemical compound, important as an antiseptic, in the industrial preparation of other silver salts, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry. Its chemical formula is AgNO3. Applied to the skin and mucous membranes, silver nitrate is used either in stick form as lunar caustic

silver processing: Chemical compounds: Silver oxides (both Ag2O and AgO) serve as the cathodic materials in silver-zinc primary and secondary (i.e., rechargeable) batteries. The high energy density of the primary batteries (as measured by available electrical energy per unit weight) is responsible for their employment as miniature power cells…

battery: Zinc–silver oxide battery: Another alkaline system, this battery features a silver oxide cathode and a powdered zinc anode. Because it will tolerate relatively heavy current load pulses and has a high, nearly constant 1.5-volt operating voltage, the zinc–silver oxide battery is commonly used in the…

Nevada: Mining and cattle-ranching decades: …in the 1890s, and the Silver Party grew out of the Free Silver Movement, taking members from both the Democratic and Republican parties, though mostly the latter. In the 1890s, candidates of the Nevada Silver Party won election to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and to the state…

Ashikaga Yoshimasa: …retirement he built the famous Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku-ji) in the Higashiyama, or Eastern Hills, area of Kyōto. There he practiced the Japanese tea ceremony, which he developed into a fine art, and sponsored many noted artists, potters, and nō (classical dance-drama) performers. Today the Higashiyama period, as this cultural era…

North Sea: Physiography: …1,500 feet (450 metres), and Silver Pit, nearly 320 feet (95 metres) deep, off the bay of The Wash in England. These trenches may have been formed at the time of the last glaciation, when parts of the North Sea were free of ice, and rivers coming off the mainland…

electroplating: Principal applications.: Silver plating is used on tableware and electrical contacts; it has also been used on engine bearings. The most extensive use of gold plating is on jewelry and watch cases. Zinc coatings prevent the corrosion of steel articles, while nickel and chromium plate are used…

poplar: Common species: The white poplar (P. alba)—also known as silver poplar for its leaves, which have white felted undersides, and as maple leaf poplar for the leaves’ lobed margins—is widely spreading or columnar in form, reaching 30 metres (100 feet) in height. The gray poplar (P. ×canescens), a…

silver processing, preparation of the ore for use in various products. Silver has long been valued for its white metallic lustre, its ability to be readily worked, and its resistance to the corrosive effects of moisture and oxygen. The lustre of the pure metal is due to its electron configuration,

Lloyd Bacon: Warner Brothers: …Wings for the Eagle, and Silver Queen (all 1942) followed. Action in the North Atlantic (1943) was an exercise in patriotism, with Bogart and Raymond Massey defending their ship from a German submarine attack. It was probably Bacon’s best action picture at Warner Brothers, though it proved to be his…

coho, (Oncorhynchus kisutch), species of salmon, family Salmonidae, prized for food and sport. The coho may weigh up to 16 kg (35 pounds) and is recognized by the small spots on the back and upper tail-fin lobe. Young coho stay in fresh water for about one year before entering North Pacific waters;

ancient Greek civilization: Social and commercial exchanges: …known as “Silver Shields,” or argyraspides, had taken their name from the conquered Persian treasure of precious metal.

anti-Semitism: Nazi anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: …the German-American Bund and the Silver Shirts.

Forsyte family: …of The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926), and Swan Song (1928).

Silver Spring, unincorporated community, Montgomery county, central Maryland, U.S., a northern residential suburb of Washington, D.C. It was once the site of the estate of journalist and politician Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876), whose son, Montgomery, served as postmaster general in Abraham

Silver Springs, series of artesian springs, in Marion county, north-central Florida, U.S., about 5 miles (8 km) east of Ocala. The springs, which discharge an average of more than 73,500,000 cubic feet (2,080,000 cubic metres) per day, have the world’s largest flow. The water maintains a constant

silver standard, monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined as a stated quantity of silver and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of silver, unrestricted convertibility of other money into silver, and the free import and export of silver for the

Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America. It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the west. It ranks seventh among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area. It also, however, is one of the most sparsely settled.

Arthur Hiller: Films of the 1970s: …hits of his career with Silver Streak (1976), a comedic take on Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes (1938); the film was a blockbuster, in large part as a result of the teaming of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Hiller continued to earn laughs with The In-Laws (1979), an

Silver Surfer, fictional superhero of comic book fame, introduced in 1966 by the Marvel Comics team of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee as an enemy of the Fantastic Four, but soon remade into an ally and champion of humankind. In early 1966, Fantastic Four #48 was originally intended to feature the

John Banville: Benjamin Black books and mystery series: …the 1950s: Christine Falls (2006), The Silver Swan (2007), Elegy for April (2010), A Death in Summer (2011), Vengeance (2012), Holy Orders (2013), and Even the Dead (2015). The eighth installment, April in Spain (2021), was released under Banville’s name. Other Benjamin Black books include

children’s literature: Contemporary times: …example among many was Serraillier’s Silver Sword (1958), recounting the trans-European adventures that befell four Polish children after the German occupation. The Silver Sword was a specialized instance of a general trend toward the interpretation for children of a postwar world of social incoherence, race and class conflict, urban poverty,…

Sean O’Casey: …by the Abbey’s rejection of The Silver Tassie, a partly Expressionist antiwar drama produced in England in 1929. Another Expressionist play, Within the Gates (1934), followed, in which the modern world is symbolized by the happenings in a public park. The Star Turns Red (1940) is an antifascist play, and…

tetra: The silver tetra (Ctenobrycon spilurus) is a deep-bodied fish that is flattened sidewise; it grows to 9 cm and is silvery in colour.

thermoreception: Properties of thermoreceptors: This phenomenon, known as the silver Thaler illusion, was identified in the 1830s by German anatomist and physiologist Ernst Heinrich Weber. Today, it has been hypothesized that the presence of TRP channels in certain mechanoreceptors underlies the phenomenon of spontaneous cold sensitivity. Such molecular evidence has been crucial in improving…

Silver Thursday, the dramatic fall in the price of silver on March 27, 1980, following the Hunt brothers’ attempt to corner the market on the metal. Apart from a handful of reigning monarchs and despots, Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014) was the richest man in the world at the start of the 1960s. Like

torch cactus: …silver, or woolly, torch (Cleistocactus strausii) is endemic to the mountains of Argentina and Bolivia. Its numerous erect columns appear whitish in colour because of their numerous dense spines. The plants bear narrow red flowers along the length of the stems.

acacia: Major species: decurrens), and the silver wattle (A. dealbata). A few species produce valuable timber, among them the Australian blackwood (A. melanoxylon); the yarran (A. omalophylla), also of Australia; and A. koa of Hawaii. Many of the Australian acacia species have been widely introduced elsewhere as cultivated small trees valued…

Maeve Binchy: Her later novels include Silver Wedding (1988), the story of a couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary and the events that led them there; Circle of Friends (1991; film 1995), about a pair of friends who attend university in Dublin; Tara Road (1998; film 2005), in which two women—one…

Pompeii: Description of the remains: ) The House of the Silver Wedding, with its imposing high-columned atrium, was also built during this period, but it underwent later alterations. The handsome banquet hall and the exedra, which served as a schoolroom for children of the family, were decorated in the Second Pompeian, or…

silverwork, vessels, utensils, jewelry, coinage, and ornamentation made from silver. A brief treatment of silverwork follows. For full treatment, see metalwork. The oldest silver artifacts date from ancient Sumer about 4000 bce. The scarcity of silver, combined with its softness and malleability,

Horace Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and ’60s. The style was an extension of bebop, with elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and Latin-American music added. The style was marked by

Horace Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and ’60s. The style was an extension of bebop, with elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and Latin-American music added. The style was marked by

Long John Silver, fictional character, resourceful pirate, one of the main characters in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island

chevrotain: …members of the group, the silver-backed chevrotain (T. versicolor), which was first described in 1910, was not photographed in the wild until 2019. The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), larger than the Asian forms, is found in western equatorial Africa. It inhabits thick cover on the banks of rivers and, when…

mesia, (species Leiothrix argentauris), songbird of the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes). It is found from Pakistan through the Indochinese peninsula in scrub and secondary jungle. This 15-centimetre- (6-inch-) long bird is olive above and yellow below, with a black crown, silver ear

mesia, (species Leiothrix argentauris), songbird of the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes). It is found from Pakistan through the Indochinese peninsula in scrub and secondary jungle. This 15-centimetre- (6-inch-) long bird is olive above and yellow below, with a black crown, silver ear

fashionable novel, early 19th-century subgenre of the comedy of manners portraying the English upper class, usually by members of that class. One author particularly known for his fashionable novels was Theodore

migration: Flying mammals (bats): cinereus), and the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)—three species that roost primarily in trees and shrubs—are true migrants with strong powers of flight. They summer in the northern United States and in Canada and winter in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and probably also in the southwestern states. The southward…

genomic imprinting: Imprinting and fetal development: Additionally, in Silver-Russell syndrome (or Russell-Silver syndrome), a maternal uniparental disomy (both copies of a chromosome or partial chromosome are inherited from one parent), growth restriction is present. Similar effects are found in other cases of disordered imprinting. Preeclampsia, for example, in which disordered imprinting has been…

Canadian literature: Fiction: …of the Moon (1999) and Makeda Silvera’s The Heart Does Not Bend (2002) construct generational sagas of the African and Caribbean slave diaspora and immigrant life in Canada. Like Brand and Silvera, Shani Mootoo, whose Cereus Blooms at Night (1996) and He Drown She in the Sea (2005) unfold on…

John Cleese: …movies, including Time Bandits (1981), Silverado (1985), The Out-of-Towners (1999), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). He had leading roles in several comedies, such as Privates on Parade (1982); Clockwise (1986); A Fish Called Wanda (1988), perhaps his best-known film; and

Calistoga: …there he prepared notes for The Silverado Squatters (1883). His sojourn is commemorated by a monument within what is now Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. A petrified forest containing giant redwood fossils and Bothe–Napa Valley State Park are nearby. Calistoga has flourished as a popular resort and has developed an…

gorilla: …of the back—hence the term silverback, which is commonly used to refer to mature males. This saddle is much more conspicuous in eastern gorillas (G. beringei), which are jet black, than in western gorillas (G. gorilla), which are more of a deep gray-brown.

silverbill, any of several birds named for bill colour. Some finches of the genus Lonchura (see munia) are called silverbill. Lichenops (Hymenops) perspicillata, the spectacled tyrant, or silverbill, of central South America, is a tyrant

Pontiac: …was the site of the Silverdome (1975), a large indoor sports arena that was home to several sports teams, including the Detroit Lions (1975–2001) of the National Football League and the Detroit Pistons (1978–88) of the National Basketball Association; the stadium was demolished in 2017. Inc. village, 1837; city, 1861.…

silverfish, (Lepisma saccharina), species of quick-moving, slender, flat, wingless insect having three tail bristles and silvery scales. Silverfish normally live indoors and are found worldwide. They often are considered pests because they eat materials containing high percentages of starch, such

silvergrass, (genus Miscanthus), genus of about 10 species of tall perennial grasses in the family Poaceae, native primarily to southeastern Asia. Eulalia, or Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis), and several other species sometimes are grown as lawn or border ornamentals for their silvery or

Lone Ranger: …majority of the episodes, and Jay Silverheels became the embodied Tonto. Although the radio program ended in 1954 and the television show in 1957, the Lone Ranger’s adventures continued in various forms, including the movies The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and The Lone Ranger (2013).

silvering, process of making mirrors by coating glass with silver, discovered by the German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. In the process silver–ammonia compounds are reduced chemically to metallic silver, which is deposited on a suitably shaped glass surface. Modern processes may utilize

Saint Silverius ; feast day June 20) was an Italian pope from 536 to 537, a victim of the intrigues of the Byzantine empress Theodora. Silverius was born to the future pope St. Hormisdas before Hormisdas had entered the priesthood. Silverius was a subdeacon when the Ostrogothic king Theodahad

eucalyptus: Physical description: …inches) in diameter—are borne by mottlecah, or silverleaf eucalyptus (E. macrocarpa).

Beverly Sills was an American operatic soprano who won international fame many years before her Metropolitan Opera debut at age 46. After retirement from her singing career, she became a notable arts advocate and fundraiser. Sills was early destined by her mother for a career in the performing

Beverly Sills was an American operatic soprano who won international fame many years before her Metropolitan Opera debut at age 46. After retirement from her singing career, she became a notable arts advocate and fundraiser. Sills was early destined by her mother for a career in the performing

Fred Silverman was an American television producer and executive who, as head of programming at each of the three major channels in the United States (CBS, ABC, and NBC), introduced a number of shows that are widely considered classics. Silverman attended Syracuse University (B.A., 1958) and the

Sarah Silverman is an American comedian, actress, and writer known for her subversive pointed commentaries on the social construction of race, gender, and religion. Silverman’s father was a clothing store owner, and her mother was a photographer and theatre director. She and her three older sisters

drawing: Metalpoints: …to permanent drawing is the silverpoint, which requires special preparation of the foundation and, once applied, cannot be corrected. Its stroke, also pale gray, oxidizes into brown and adheres unerasably. Silverpoint drawings accordingly require a clearer concept of form and a steady hand because corrections remain visible. Because too much…

Phil Silvers was an American actor and comedian who was best known for the TV series The Phil Silvers Show (1955–59). He began his career as a boy singer in vaudeville and a comedian in burlesque. After making his film debut in 1940, he appeared as comic relief in many feature films. He acted on