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silver nitrate
silver nitrate , chemical compound, AgNO 3 , a colorless crystalline material that is very soluble in water. The most important compound of silver, it is used in the preparation of silver salts for photography , in chemical analysis, in silver plating, in inks and hair dyes, and to silver mirrors. ... Read more
silver
silver metallic chemical element; symbol Ag [Lat. argentum ]; at. no. 47; at. wt. 107.8682; m.p. 961.93°C; b.p. 2,212°C; sp. gr. 10.5 at 20°C; valence +1 or +2. Pure silver is nearly white, lustrous, soft, very ductile, malleable, and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. In ... Read more
free silver
free silver in U.S. history, term designating the political movement for the unlimited coinage of silver. Origins of the Movement Free silver became a popular issue soon after the Panic of 1873, and it was a major issue in the next quarter century. The hard times of 1873-78 stimulated adv... Read more
German silver
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amalgam
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amalgamation process
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Bland-Allison Act
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sulfide
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Encyclopedia entries related to " Phil Silvers"

Silvers, Phil(ip)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Silvers, Phil[ip] [ né Philip Silver ] (1911–85), comedian. The Brooklyn‐...A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972). Silvers was most known for his years in television.
High Button Shoes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...book), Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics). [New Century Theatre, 727 perf.] Con artist Harrison Floy ( Phil Silvers ) arrives in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1917 and hoodwinks Mr. and Mrs. Longstreet ( Jack McCauley and Nanette...
Blyden, Larry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Song (1958), Bert Lahr 's sidekick Doc in Foxy (1964), the Snake and other roles in The Apple Tree (1966), Phil Silvers 's sidekick Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972), and the social‐climbing...
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...the start that, whatever his gift for melody, it was as a lyricist that he excelled. Broadway revivals in 1973 with Phil Silvers and 1992 with Nathan Lane as Pseudolus were both popular, and the musical remains a favorite in amateur theatres across...
Neil Simon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...collaborating again, and from 1947 to 1956 worked as a team writing comedy for television hits such as the Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers Shows. Simon continued writing comedy for four years after his brother quit to become a television director. Some...
Simon, Neil
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and from 1947 to 1956 they wrote comedy for television shows starring Jackie Gleason (1916 – 1987) and Phil Silvers (1911 – 1985). Simon continued writing comedy after his brother quit to become a television director...
Fred Ebb
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prolific career has encompassed writing lyrics for the stage, the silver screen, and television, in addition to directing and producing...Vamos introduced him to a professional song-writer named Phil Springer, who agreed to take Ebb on as a student. Their first...
Idaho
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...still economically important, produces phosphates, gold, silver, molybdenum, antimony, lead, zinc, and other minerals...he was elected governor again in 1986 and 1990. Republican Phil Batt, elected governor in 1994, was succeeded by Republican...

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Jarrico, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Salt of the Earth, made with other Hollywood blacklistees, 1953; worked as a television writer on such series as The Phil Silvers Show and The Defenders, mid-1950searly 1960s; left the United States for Europe, where he worked for the following...
Burlesque
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Broadway. Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Bert Lahr, W. C. Fields, Mae West, Jackie Gleason, Bobby Clark, Phil Silvers, and Bob Hope began their careers in burlesque. Some burlesque striptease artists also graduated to stardom, most...
Vaudeville
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Milton Berle, Sarah Bernhardt, Eubie Blake, Sammy Davis Jr., W. C. Fields, Cary Grant, the Marx Brothers, Phil Silvers, and Ethel Waters. BIBLIOGRAPHY George-Graves, Nadine. The Royalty of Vaudeville: The Whitman Sisters and the...
Olympic Games, American Participation in
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...268 medals (930 gold, 714 silver, 624 bronze). While medals...Olympics (825 gold, 632 silver, 547 bronze). With 154 medals (59 gold, 55 silver, 40 bronze), the United...double sculls, 1924) Skiing: Phil Mahre (alpine skiing [slalom...
Aiello, Danny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Gress); Old Enough (Marisa Silver) (as Mr. Bruckner); Once...Up Artist (Toback) (as Phil); Radio Days (Woody Allen...Nights (Eddie Murphy) (as Phil Cantone); The Preppie Murder...Wilbur Falls (Glantz) (as Phil Devereaux); Bring Me the Head...
The Matrix
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Productions, Grouch II Film Partnership, and Silver Pictures; distributed by Warner Brothers...Barrie Osborne (executive), Joel Silver, Erwin Stoff (executive), Andy Wachowski...Andy, Larry Wachowski, Geof Darrow, Phil Osterhouse, Steve Skroce, and Spencer...
Penn, Sean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Generation Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, 1983; Silver Bear Award, Berlin Film Festival, Independent Spirit Award...Penn) (as Gunther X); Cool Blue (Mullin and Shepard) (as Phil the plumber, uncredited) 1989 Casualties of War (De Palma...
Stone, Sharon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...the producer Michael Greenburg, 1984 (divorced 1986); 2) Phil Bronstein, 1998; children; adopted Roan Joseph. Education...Verhoeven) (as Lori Quaid) 1991 He Said, She Said (Marisa Silver and Kwapis) (as Linda); Scissors (DeFelitta) (as Angie...
The Killers
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Charles D. Brown (Packy ); Donald MacBride (Kenyon ); Phil Brown (Nick ); Charles McGraw (Al ); William Conrad (Max...Dayton, Ohio, 1974; revised edition, Chicago, 1985. Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, editors, Film Noir, Woodstock...
Touch of Evil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...nightclub ); Keenan Wynn (Man ); Joseph Cotten (Detective ); Phil Harvey (Blaine ); Joi Lansing (Blonde ); Harry Shannon...Andre, Orson Welles: A Critical View, New York, 1978. Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, editors, Film Noir, Woodstock...

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When Phil Silvers died it was like losing a family member - he played such an important role in my life; THE FOUNDER OF THE WORLD'S ONLY PHIL SILVERS FAN CLUB IS LEAVING HIS CITY COUNCIL FLAT BEHIND TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO HIS HERO.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 8/13/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...when he launched the The British Phil Silvers Appreciation Society. He insists...at a certain point in my life, Phil Silvers was an obsession, but now it...to remember him.'' The British Phil Silvers Appreciation Society can...
The Phil Silvers Show.(News Ban Young Guns)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/24/2005; 700+ words ; ...Byline: By BRIAN LEE THE Phil Silvers Show, one of the best...began to slide and with Silvers himself becoming fatigued...him.: Did you know?:Phil Silvers' real surname...1996 movie Sergeant Bilko Phil Silvers earned a fortune...
Accidental Heroes of the 20th Century: 26: Phil Silvers, Actor
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/6/1999; 700+ words ; ...made gloriously immortal by the great Phil Silvers. Martin's trouble is that he suffers...pathological craving for action". Phil Silvers was the gambler's gambler...brief life between 1955 and 1959, The Phil Silvers Show achieved a level of sustained...
'Phil Silvers' is called greatest sitcom ever
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/1/2003; 380 words ; ...new British publication rates "The Phil Silvers Show," the saga of the work-shy...as the greatest sitcom ever. "The Phil Silvers Show" beat "Seinfeld" at...historian Mark Lewisohn. While "The Phil Silvers Show" ended in 1959 after...
Steve wins battle for his Bilko star; FAN FINALLY CONVINCES HOLLYWOOD THAT PHIL SILVERS DESERVES AWARD.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 11/11/2000; 610 words ; ...Walk of Fame star for American comedy icon, Phil Silvers. For Steve, chairman of the British Phil Silvers Appreciation Society, it was the dream...it would ever happen. For whatever reason, Phil just wasn't considered a big enough name...
BBC Magazine Says 'Phil Silvers' Best Show
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/30/2003; 325 words ; ...new British publication rates "The Phil Silvers Show," the saga of the work-shy...as the greatest sitcom ever. "The Phil Silvers Show" beat "Seinfeld" at...historian Mark Lewisohn. While "The Phil Silvers Show" ended in 1959 after...
Two of television's legendary sitcoms, You'll Never Get Rich, a.k.a. The Phil Silvers Show, (1955-59, CBS) and Car 54, Where Are You? (1961-63, NBC), were the brainchildren of Nat Hiken, without a doubt the most fertile comic mind in TV history.(TheFrontPage)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 3/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...sitcoms, You'll Never Get Rich, a.k.a. The Phil Silvers Show, (1955-59, CBS) and Car 54 Where Are You...Never Get Rich, a vehicle for the inspired comic dynamo Phil Silvers. Silvers portrayed Master Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko...
Two of television's legendary sitcoms, You'll Never Get Rich, a.k.a. The Phil Silvers Show, (1955-59, CBS) and Car 54, Where Are You? (1961-63, NBC), were the brainchildren of Nat Hiken, without a doubt the most fertile comic mind in TV history.(Media&Society)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 3/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...sitcoms, You'll Never Get Rich, a.k.a. The Phil Silvers Show, (1955-59, CBS) and Car 54, Where Are You...Never Get Rich, a vehicle for the inspired comic dynamo Phil Silvers. Silvers portrayed Master Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko...
Rugby Union: Six nations special: Phil's silver salvo; WALES: The glorious past MURRAYFIELD '77 AND A TRY TO REMEMBER.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/2/2002; 700+ words ; ...Byline: HUGH STEPHENS IT was a platinum try in the golden era and this season marks its silver anniversary. Murrayfield was the venue. 1977 was the year. Phil Bennett was the scorer. It started at one end of the field and finished at the other...
Motorsport: MARATHON MAN PHIL'S SILVER LINING.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sports Argus (Birmingham, England); 6/7/2003; 700+ words ; Byline: Martyn Pass PHIL Bennett heads down the road for a British...from Audi, BMW and Opel,' reflected Phil. 'I handed the car over after my stint...bodywork damage to the Porsche although Phil didn't get out to check on the welfare...