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How to use gold in a sentence

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I have two brick-coloured sofas and floral curtains with brick and gold to match.
The man's tunic made of very thin brick-coloured wool and decorated with gold silk on the neckline and cuffs.
Of the seven metals known in antiquity, only gold occurred regularly in native form in the natural environment.
As a consequence, conversion rates between different currencies could be determined simply from the respective gold standards.
The gold standard was suspended at the outbreak of the war in 1914, with Bank of England and Treasury notes becoming legal tender.
The Bank is custodian to the official gold reserves of the United Kingdom and around 30 other countries.
Other cultures in Asia Minor later materialised their currencies in the form of gold and silver coins.
In 1847 he discovered that the optical properties of gold colloids differed from those of the corresponding bulk metal.
These coins continue an existing national practice of minting of silver and gold commemorative coins.
Silver was the most common metal in the economy, although gold was also used to some extent.
Furthermore, the tree's triumph over death is celebrated by adorning the cross with gold and jewels.
In athletics, the country has a proud history with 14 gold medals at the Asian Games.
It has a tradition of carols stemming from the Cornish who settled the area as gold miners in the 19th century.
It held that a nation's wealth depended on its accumulation of gold and silver.
They are almost always small and grotesque, mischievous or outright evil, and greedy, especially for gold and jewelry.
A dense burst of glittering silver or gold stars which leave a heavy glitter trail and are very shiny in the night's sky.
Once limited to silver or gold effects, colored crossettes such as red, green, or white are now very common.
The European economy was dependent on gold and silver currency, but low domestic supplies had plunged much of Europe into a recession.
Most of the gold and silver items appear to have been intentionally removed from the objects they were previously attached to.
A wide range of colours, many overpainted to achieve a different effect, and much gold and silver are used.
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These remains include a Frankish sword adorned with gold and garnets and a tafl game with Roman pawns of ivory.
To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic.
They received a boost from the heavy emigrant movement of gold rushes in California and Australia.
The sovereign would then drink to the champion from a gold cup, which he would then present to the latter.
Released in 1974, Sheer Heart Attack reached number two in the United Kingdom, sold well throughout Europe, and went gold in the United States.
Adam's imagination provided the idea of gold stacked upon gold behind iron bars for the scenes in the United States Bullion Depository.
It's the gold standard and what any other technology has to match up to, but none have, in my opinion.
In 1908, Australia defeated Great Britain, claiming the gold medal, the score being 32 points to three.
In 1924, the United States again defeated France 17 to 3, becoming the only team to win gold twice in the sport.
There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren.
In 2004, a special gold version of the trophy was commissioned to commemorate Arsenal winning the title without a single defeat.
For the first time, the crest was rendered in colour, which varied slightly over the crest's lifespan, finally becoming red, gold and green.
A special gold version of the Premier League trophy was commissioned and presented to the club the following season.
In 1950, Leeds switched to yellow shirts with blue sleeves and collars, white shorts and black, blue and gold hooped socks.
Five years later, after becoming a professional club, they switched to a chocolate and gold striped kit.
The Current Home ODI Kit consists of green as the primary colour and gold as the secondary colour.
The Away Kit is the opposite of the Home Kit with gold as the primary colour and green as the secondary colour.
The Home Twenty20s uniform consists of black with the natural colours of Australia, green and gold strips.
Cricket was also included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal.
For example, in 1904, Thomas Hicks, a gold medallist in the marathon, was given strychnine by his coach.
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The only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympic Games is Great Britain.
The most successful competitor was German wrestler and gymnast Carl Schuhmann, who won four gold medals.
Michael Phelps won his first medals in Olympic Games tallying 6 gold and 2 bronze medals.
They certainly were for the host nation who won 29 gold medals, the best haul for Great Britain since the 1908 Games in London.
Olympic team's total 23 gold medals, or as many as the nations of France, Germany and Italy combined.
She also was the only American woman to win an athletics gold medal during the 1948 Olympics.
This was the second of the United States' seven consecutive gold medals in Olympic men's and women's basketball.
France won three gold medals and Italy two, while Great Britain captured five medals overall, but none were gold.
All four gold medals, and 10 out of 12 awarded in total, were won by the United States.
Six gold medals were awarded in equestrian, individual and team dressage, individual and team eventing and individual and team show jumping.
Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter, who would claim a gold medal in Helsinki, won bronze in the team jumping event.
Edoardo Mangiarotti won three medals, two silver and a bronze, having previously won a gold medal in the 1936 Games.
The tournament was ultimately won by India, who defeated Great Britain to claim the country's first gold medal as an independent nation.
In the men's pommel horse, a tie was declared between three competitors, all Finns, and no medals other than gold were awarded in this event.
One of host nation Great Britain's three gold medals at the Games came in the Swallow class from Stewart Morris and David Bond.
The United States won eight gold medals, including all six men's events, and 15 medals in total.
Turkey was the most successful nation with six gold medals followed by Sweden receiving 5 gold medals.
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1948 Summer Games, ranked by number of gold medals won.
The United States finished at the top of the table winning 46 gold medals and winning 103 medals overall.
Crafted by Thomas Lyte, the trophy is made of mixed metals including sterling silver and 18ct gold plating.
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They play in a distinctive strip of a claret shirt with thin gold hoops, claret shorts and claret and gold hooped socks.
Promotion to the Second Division had been achieved, and there was pride once again in the famous claret and gold jersey.
He is the gold standard from which the rest of modern British golf has to be judged.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Rose won gold at the men's individual tournament.
On 30 December 2016, it was announced that Rose had been awarded an MBE for services to golf following his Olympic gold medal.
The first official event did not take place until 1927 for which Ryder donated a gold trophy.
The first woman to win an Olympic boxing title, she is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's flyweight division.
At the 2009 National Games, Hubei won both the gold and silver medals, with Inner Mongolia winning bronze.
In 2006, Moss was awarded the FIA gold medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to motorsport.
He won the gold medal in the Men's Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Ainslie won silver at the 1996 Olympic Games and gold in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Laser class.
Both his gold medal winning Laser and Finn dinghies are currently displayed at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
His gold medal at the 2012 Olympics was presented by two Royal former Olympians, Princess Anne and King Constantine of Greece.
This encouraged Baldwin III of Jerusalem to plan an invasion that was only halted by the payment by Egypt of a tribute of 160,000 gold dinars.
The helm on which the crest was borne was originally a simple steel design, sometimes with gold embellishments.
Microprinting of hydrophobic gold surfaces with carboxy terminated thiols generates hydrophilic domains.
Manx athletes have won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, including the one by cyclist Mark Cavendish in 2006 in the Scratch race.
The Scottish team won a record number of gold medals, which Alan Bisset said would help give voters more belief and confidence.
This is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic gold medals for Great Britain.
The British team won, making them the only nation to win an Olympic cricket contest and the only Olympic gold medalists in cricket.
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The most successful Games was in 2000, when Great Britain won the gold and bronze medals.
I bent my head for Kausalya to put on the fourteen-stringed meenakari gold necklace.
In 1715, pirates launched a major raid on Spanish divers trying to recover gold from a sunken treasure galleon near Florida.
Another famous 'capture' was that of the Spanish frigates Thetis and Santa Brigada which were loaded with gold specie.
While their and others' attacks brought home a great deal of money, they hardly dented the flow of gold and silver from Mexico to Spain.
The USA Rugby 7s team won gold at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, with Las Vegas hosting the USA Sevens yearly.
The blinding lights seen on Fifth and Madison Avenues are mirrorlike silver and gold daytime handbags from Louis Vuitton.
However, these larger gold and silver issues were virtually commemorative coins and had limited circulation.
The measures were also unsuccessful at defending the gold standard, which the National Government had ostensibly been created to defend.
Instead of the predicted disaster, cutting loose from gold proved a major advantage.
As a result, British exports became more competitive on world markets than those of countries that remained on the gold standard.
Due to the abandonment of the gold standard in 1931 Britain was able to cut interests rates which led to a drop in real interest rates.
Volleyball team won a gold medal in Olympic 1976 Montreal and two gold medals in FIVB World Championship 1974, 2014 and hosted.
If Middle Eastern oil is denied to us for a year or two, our gold reserves will disappear.
The coat of arms of Ireland features a gold harp with silver strings on a blue background, which dates from the 13th century.
Whilst presiding over the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor traditionally wore ceremonial black and gold robes.
Robes of black and gold are now worn by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in the House of Commons, on ceremonial occasions.
Treasury notes had full legal tender status and were not convertible for gold through the Bank of England.
They replaced the gold coin in circulation to prevent a run on sterling and to enable purchases of raw materials for armaments production.
By the 1860s, most industrialised countries had followed the lead of the United Kingdom and put their currency on to the gold standard.
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The British Gold Standard Act reintroduced the gold bullion standard in 1925, followed by many other countries.
Historically, large infusions of gold or silver into an economy also led to inflation.
This was largely caused by the sudden influx of gold and silver from the New World into Habsburg Spain.
The standard specifies how the gold backing would be implemented, including the amount of specie per currency unit.
The gold standard was partially abandoned via the international adoption of the Bretton Woods system.
Leaked Mossack Fonseca documents made it possible to establish that the daughters also owned Londex, the majority partner in the gold enterprise.
Undeterred, reasoning from the coarseness of the gold that it had not traveled far, they had set out in search of the mother lode.
A Literature Nobel Prize laureate earns a gold medal, a diploma bearing a citation, and a sum of money.
In the United Kingdom, he was awarded 9 platinum, 11 gold and 8 silver albums, and in the United States, 5 platinum and 9 gold.
A gold medal that is officially added to France's total is given to Luxembourg.
Bob Tisdall also won gold for Ireland in 1932, competing in the 400m hurdles.
The arms of Ireland since the sixteenth century have been a gold harp with silver strings on a blue field.
The decline in international trade resulted in an increase in gold smuggling by Kuwaiti ships to India.
Ethiopian athletes have won many Olympic gold medals in track and field, most of them in long distance running.
In terms of medals and gold medals won per capita, Finland is the best performing country in Olympic history.
The event has brought Finland nine Olympic gold medals, five world championships, five European championships, and 24 world records.
From the Iron Age there are more extensive examples of patterned objects and gold work.
Along with the remains of the ancient ruler were found burial treasures which include a bronze and gold dagger, a wooden bowl and a leather bag.
The three gold medals were won by the cyclist Chris Hoy and the silver was won by Katherine Grainger in rowing.
Their King was the gold piece, England the trickster, and Thomas Howard the halfpenny.
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The mob then attacked two friaries in the town, looting their gold and silver and smashing images.
Steamships brought gold seekers from eastern US ports who trekked across the isthmus by foot, horse, and later rail.
The Flight of Souls Window by Louis Comfort Tiffany won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
The furniture of de Feure at the Bing pavilion won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
The crown was melted down and Mosman added 41 ounces of gold mined at Crawford Moor in Lanarkshire.
At the intersection of the arches is a golden monde, painted blue with gold stars.
The monde is surmounted by a large cross decorated in gold and black enamel and pearls.
Commonwealth gold medalist Ross Murdoch, who also competed at Rio 2106, is a student at the university.
Gordon Reid, wheel chair Olympic gold medalist in 2016, was a tennis scholar at the university.
All these pieces of paper are, issued with as much solemnity and authority as if they were of pure gold or silver.
Notes issued by central banks had a theoretical risk when they were backed by gold and silver.
The track sold over seven million copies by mid 1977, and was awarded a gold disc.
Byzantine Emperors sometimes issued documents with gold seals, known as Golden Bulls.
This allowed the UK government to close the London gold market to stem the losses being suffered by the British pound.
Socks were black with gold trim, either as stripes or as a solid bar at the turndown.
France won the first gold medal, then Australasia, with the last two being won by the United States.
Sandra Schmirler led her team to the first ever gold medal in women's curling in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Kiribati also won its first ever medal at a Commonwealth Games, a gold in the 105 kg men's weightlifting competition.
Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.
Wales has also had a significant history of mining for slate, gold and various metal ores.
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Alluvial gold deposits could be worked and the gold extracted without needing to crush the ore.
Because the Earth was molten when it was formed, almost all of the gold present in the early Earth probably sank into the planetary core.
As a precious metal, gold has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts throughout recorded history.
As of 2016, the world's largest gold producer by far was China with 450 tonnes.
The transmitted light appears greenish blue, because gold strongly reflects yellow and red.
Alloys containing palladium or nickel are also important in commercial jewelry as these produce white gold alloys.
Blue gold can be made by alloying with iron, and purple gold can be made by alloying with aluminium.
Less commonly, addition of manganese, aluminium, indium and other elements can produce more unusual colors of gold for various applications.
Although gold is the most noble of the noble metals, it still forms many diverse compounds.
The added metal is oxidized and dissolves, allowing the gold to be displaced from solution and be recovered as a solid precipitate.
Because the Earth was molten when it was just formed, almost all of the gold present on Earth sank into the core.
On Earth, gold is found in ores in rock formed from the Precambrian time onward.
Based on the published values of 2 to 64 ppb of gold in seawater a commercially successful extraction seemed possible.
The legend of the golden fleece may refer to the use of fleeces to trap gold dust from placer deposits in the ancient world.
The top prize at the Olympic Games and many other sports competitions is the gold medal.
Some European king and queen's crowns were made of gold, and gold was used for the bridal crown since antiquity.
Great human achievements are frequently rewarded with gold, in the form of gold medals, gold trophies and other decorations.
Winners of athletic events and other graded competitions are usually awarded a gold medal.
Aristotle in his ethics used gold symbolism when referring to what is now known as the golden mean.
Similarly, gold is associated with perfect or divine principles, such as in the case of the golden ratio and the golden rule.
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South Africa, which had dominated world gold production for most of the 20th century, had declined to sixth place.
During the 19th century, gold rushes occurred whenever large gold deposits were discovered.
The first major gold strike in the United States occurred in a small north Georgia town called Dahlonega.
Unlike India where gold is mainly used for jewelry, China uses gold for manufacturing and retail.
These gold ore dumps are long term, highly hazardous wastes second only to nuclear waste dumps.
For exchange purposes, mints produce standardized gold bullion coins, bars and other units of fixed weight and purity.
In preparation for World War I the warring nations moved to fractional gold standards, inflating their currencies to finance the war effort.
On that imaginary island, gold is so abundant that it is used to make chains for slaves, tableware, and lavatory seats.
Many holders of gold store it in form of bullion coins or bars as a hedge against inflation or other economic disruptions.
In a monetary system known as the gold standard, a certain weight of gold was given the name of a unit of currency.
In late 2009, gold markets experienced renewed momentum upwards due to increased demand and a weakening US dollar.
Gold further rallied hitting new highs in May 2010 after the European Union debt crisis prompted further purchase of gold as a safe asset.
Nickel is toxic, and its release from nickel white gold is controlled by legislation in Europe.
By 2014, the gold jewelry industry was escalating despite a dip in gold prices.
For example, gold is used in the connectors of the more expensive electronics cables, such as audio, video and USB cables.
Fine gold wires are used to connect semiconductor devices to their packages through a process known as wire bonding.
Even some modern esotericists and forms of alternative medicine assign metallic gold a healing power.
The use of gold crowns in more prominent teeth such as incisors is favored in some cultures and discouraged in others.
Colloidal gold is used in research applications in medicine, biology and materials science.
The technique of immunogold labeling exploits the ability of the gold particles to adsorb protein molecules onto their surfaces.
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Gold metal was voted Allergen of the Year in 2001 by the American Contact Dermatitis Society, gold contact allergies affect mostly women.
It was then electrolytically refined and the anode mud exploited for the platinum and gold it contained.
Metallic silver and gold are removed and recovered economically by means of the Parkes process, in which zinc is added to lead.
Silver and its alloys with gold are used as wire or ring seals for oxygen compressors and vacuum equipment.
The gold coins are of uncertain use but may have been struck to be used as alms or for gifts to Rome.
One story relates that Gytha, Harold's mother, offered the victorious duke the weight of her son's body in gold for its custody, but was refused.
There was an extensive use of gold and silver plates, jewels and enamelling at court, which would have been richly decorated.
Others were said to have drowned, weighed down by the belts of gold they were wearing around their bodies.
A large quantity of gold was said to have been thrown up on the beach at Porth Alerth, with some families becoming rich overnight.
Believing that there may have been gold there he asked them to send back likely samples.
They did this and thus Murchison knew of the existence of gold in Australia before Edward Hargraves' discovery.
One reason why the Federal Reserve did not act to limit the decline of the money supply was the gold standard.
By the late 1920s, the Federal Reserve had almost hit the limit of allowable credit that could be backed by the gold in its possession.
The gold standard was the primary transmission mechanism of the Great Depression.
According to later analysis, the earliness with which a country left the gold standard reliably predicted its economic recovery.
Britain went off the gold standard, and suffered relatively less than other major countries in the Great Depression.
Greece went off the gold standard in April, 1932 and declared a moratorium on all interest payments.
Another observation Ansell made was the loss of gold during the manufacturing process.
In 1859, the Royal Mint rejected a batch of gold that was found to be too brittle for the minting of gold sovereigns.
As Canada developed, in 1890 calls were made for a mint to be built in Ottawa to facilitate the country's gold mines.
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Then in 2016, the mint announced plans for a digital gold currency that uses blockchain to trade and invest in gold.
Ceremonial Maundy money and bullion coinage of gold sovereigns, half sovereigns, and gold and silver Britannia coins are also produced.
The traditional bullion coin issued by Britain is the gold sovereign, formerly a circulating coin with a face value of one pound.
In 2016 the Royal Mint launched a series of 10 Queen's Beasts bullion coins, one for each beast available in both gold and silver.
Well, I think better a splendid fake than those little-bitty, itsy-poo nothing burger gold dinkies you wear only because they're real.
Daley Thompson was the gold medallist for the Great Britain team in the decathlon in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
Kelly Holmes won Olympic gold in both the 800m and 1500m, and set many British records.
They were lavishly produced, with full illustrations, and gold tooled,leather covers.
The Agris Helmet in gold leaf over bronze clearly shows the Mediterranean origin of its decorative motifs.
The inclusion of gold on an illumination alludes to many different possibilities for the text.
If the text is of religious nature the gold is a sign of exalting the text.
By adding richness and depth to the manuscript, the use of gold in illuminations created pieces of art that are still valued today.
Illuminators had to be very careful when applying gold leaf to the manuscript for fear ruining the color already placed in the illumination.
He won gold at the 1986 World Junior Championships and he soon switched to the senior ranks.
She became the first cyclist, male or female, to become the road race World Champion and Olympic gold medalist in the same year.
Representing Wales at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Winstone won the gold medal at bantamweight.
It entered the UK Albums Chart at number five and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.
It is certified gold by the BPI and platinum by the respective authorities in Australia, Denmark and New Zealand.
In the film, one could only travel to Sodor via The Magic Railroad or gold dust.
The ivory was apparently recovered some years later but the leather bags supposed to contain gold dust were never found.
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As an advanced economy the country also has the sixth worldwide national wealth and it is ranked third for its central bank gold reserve.
Their organizational models were not Roman, and their leaders were not normally dependent on Roman gold for success.
The tour included an official visit to Istanbul where Fisher dined with the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from gold cups and plates.
He introduced a gold cup for the ship which performed best at gunnery, and insisted upon shooting at greater range and from battle formations.
A number of other steamers were built around the turn of the 20th century, in part due to the growing fish industry and the gold rush.
During his stay in Hispania he became familiar with the agriculture and especially the gold mines of the north and west of the country.
He discusses why gold is unique in its malleability and ductility, far greater than any other metal.
Fine gold wire can be woven into cloth, although imperial clothes usually combined it with natural fibres like wool.
He rejects Herodotus's claims of Indian gold obtained by ants or dug up by griffins in Scythia.
Juveniles of both sexes are gold with dark brown bellies and sides with a dark stripe along the spine.
Lithuania has won a total of 25 medals at the Olympic Games, including 6 gold medals in athletics, modern pentathlon, shooting, and swimming.
Pliny the Elder wrote in his Natural History about Chryse and Argyre, two legendary islands rich in gold and silver, located in the Indian Ocean.
This region, he reports, is a sandy desert, and the sand there contains a wealth of fine gold dust.
The ground of the Deosai Plateau is rich in gold dust, much like the province that Herodotus describes.
Later authors such as Pliny the Elder mentioned this story in the gold mining section of his Naturalis Historia.
Agatharchides provides a relatively detailed description of the gold mining system of Aethiopia.
The oldest processed gold in the world was found in Varna, and the Black Sea was supposedly sailed by the Argonauts.
Iron, gold and silver were found in great quantities in the Western Carpathians.
After the Roman emperor Trajan's conquest of Dacia, he brought back to Rome over 165 tons of gold and 330 tons of silver.
Noting their gold ear ornaments, Columbus took some of the Arawaks prisoner and insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold.
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A classic gold rush had been set off that would have tragic consequences for the Caribbean's indigenous people and cultures.
Under John II's watch, the gold and slave trade in west Africa was greatly expanded.
Da Gama looked on through the porthole and saw the women bringing up their gold and jewels and holding up their babies to beg for mercy.
With access to gold or to gold dust, the Quitamdeiras were able to purchase the freedom of their children's and their own.
Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.
The 1844 Bank Charter Act tied the issue of notes to the gold reserves and gave the Bank sole rights with regard to the issue of banknotes.
Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
Bangle bracelets in fourteen-karat gold that do not cost an arm and a leg are always in demand.
Open arthrolysis remains the gold standard for treatment of post-traumatic elbow stiffness.
To make window frames, apply gold 33 acrylic paints leaf to craft or art paper, let dry, then cut out frames with a craft knife.
I should be ready to do the job without being paid for it, though I don't say it is not sweeter to get both gold and revenge at one stroke.
Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.
The U.S. ski team beat the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic.
Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.
I dare not tell, do anything, or get anything done, because I am in debt to Bhangwan Dass the bunnia for two gold rings and a heavy anklet.
She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.
This bloke looked just like a candyman with his expensive togs and the glitter of a gold watch in the lights from the car park.
Besides the basic black dress, Chanelisms include pearls, sling-back pumps in beige and white, gold chains, and flame red and navy suit braiding.
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In a long-skirted, gold and green and white cotton affair that slides mildly over her chestal area right up to her neck.
There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.
The compere came onto the stage holding the gold envelope that contained the winner's name.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God.
Billed as 'earware' it's more jewelry than ho-hum headset and comes in black, silver and rose gold to accessorize with your every outfit.
For Chinese alchemists, gold held the key to the Elixir, the Eastern equivalent of the Philosopher's Stone.
Those stones were sustained or stayed by buckles and fermillets of gold for more firmness.
Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.
One room has a pink marble bathroom with a gold fleur de lys pattern around the tub.
He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.
Dad was the owner of a gold Ford Cortina with a black go-faster stripe and a raunchy-sounding engine.
Experience is the biggest gold brick in the world. All older people have it for sale.
You heard of gold farming? Selling multiplayer online game currency for real cash?
The gold farming industry turns one man's play into another's work, but most gaming workers see a clear difference between work and play.
Today, gold leaf can be machine-beaten to 0.1 micron and to 0.05 micron when beaten by a skilled craftsman.
I do not think that we gold plate European regulations although I think others, insurers and other industry bodies, may gold plate on our behalf.
One often hears of gold plated designs with reference to our engineers lack of concern for cost.
The New York exchange has kept hovering at only a little above the gold point.
In countries that accepted the gold standard, currency could be exchanged at a bank for a fixed weight of gold.
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The badge, known as the Prince of Wales's feathers, consists of three white feathers emerging from a gold coronet.
Cyclist Nicole Cooke won gold medals at the Commonwealth, Olympic and World championships.
By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.
While Portuguese were making huge gains in the Indian Ocean, the Spanish invested in exploring inland in search of gold and valuable resources.
Once Spanish sovereignty was established, the Spanish focused on the extraction and export of gold and silver.
The emperor gave them lavish gifts in gold which enticed them to plunder vast amounts.
Two of Pizarro's men reported incredible riches, including gold and silver decorations around the chief's house.
The king heard of his expeditions in lands rich in gold and silver and promised to support him.
Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo came first the women's race and multi Olympic gold medalist David Weir won the wheelchair event.
The goal of mercantilism was to run trade surpluses, so that gold and silver would pour into London.
This coincided with a major increase in gold production in Celtic areas to meet the Roman demand, due to the high value Romans put on the metal.
The large number of gold mines in France is thought to be a major reason why Caesar invaded.
During his tenure, he probably established the fort at Pumsaint in west Wales, largely to exploit the gold deposits at Dolaucothi.
Frontinus extended Roman rule to all of South Wales, and initiated exploitation of the mineral resources, such as the gold mines at Dolaucothi.
Britain's exports are harder to detect archaeologically, but will have included metals, such as silver and gold and some lead, iron and copper.
The dust was washed in a small stream of water and the heavy gold dust and gold nuggets collected in riffles.
These bronze pieces continued to be devalued, assuring the possibility of keeping fiduciary minting alongside a gold standard.
The shield or emblem of Sussex, sometimes referred to as a coat of arms, consists of six gold martlets on a blue field.
Gytha, Harold's mother, offered the victorious duke the weight of her son's body in gold for its custody, but her offer was refused.
It was roofed in with gold and silver beams, incrusted with pearls and jade.

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