Angie worth his weight in gold right now, but these users, they sometimes went down fast.

The contemporary ecclesiastics recorded with wonder many instances of the Visigoths ' clemency: Christian churches saved from ravage ; protection granted to vast multitudes both of pagans and Christians who took refuge therein ; vessels of gold and silver which were found in a private dwelling, spared because they " belonged to St. Peter "; at least one case in which a beautiful Roman matron appealed, not in vain, to the better feelings of the Gothic soldier who attempted her dishonor.

There were the seeds ( spermata ) or miniatures of wheat and flesh and gold in the primitive mixture ; but these parts, of like nature with their wholes ( the homoiomereiai of Aristotle ), had to be eliminated from the complex mass before they could receive a definite name and character.

It was as if he feared that if he looked upon them they might vanish like the gossamer gold of the leprechaun.

When this woman wanted to buy a golden necklace ( no name given ) forged by four dwarves ( named Dvalinn, Alfrik, Berling, and Grer ), she offered them gold and silver but they replied that they would only sell it to her if she would lie a night by each of them.

" In a reference to the first known historical Boii, Polybius relates that their wealth consisted of cattle and gold, that they depended on agriculture and war, and that a man's status depended on the number of associates and assistants he had.

Their possessions consisted of cattle and gold, because these were the only things they could carry about with them everywhere according to circumstances and shift where they chose.

The exiles then return to Jerusalem, where they distribute the gold and silver and offer sacrifices to God.

As they were identified as elements, the existing names for anciently-known elements ( e. g., gold, mercury, iron ) were kept in most countries.

" Materialistic persons always desire to make the body comfortable, and for this they require huge amounts of gold.

They attempted, in particular, to convert lead into gold, for which purpose they used reactions of lead and lead-copper alloys with sulfur.

Since for the Aztecs, gold had no intrinsic value, they did not have big solid pieces of gold, instead they preferred wood covered with gold.

After those pieces were melted, they only gave a fraction of the gold that Cortés and his men expected.

Concurrently, until the early 1980s, U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard captains selected for promotion to the rank of rear admiral ( lower half ), would wear the same insignia as rear admiral ( upper half ), i. e., two silver stars for collar insignia or sleeve braid of one wide and one narrow gold stripe, even though they were actually only equivalent to one-star officers.

Drake and his party found that they had captured around 20 tons of silver and gold.

The small band of adventurers dragged as much gold and silver as they could carry back across some 18 miles of jungle-covered mountains to where they had left the raiding boats.

When the Portuguese first sailed down the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 1430s, they were interested in gold.

Lower-priced jewelry may still use gold plating over pewter, nickel or other metals ; items made in countries outside the United States may contain lead.

Coco Chanel greatly popularized the use of faux jewelry in her years as a fashion designer, bringing costume jewelry to life with gold and faux pearls.

The history of discovery and use of the elements began with primitive human societies that found native elements like copper and gold, and extracted ( smelted ) iron and a few other metals from their ores.

Similarly, a gold reflective layer does not guarantee use of phthalocyanine dye.

The use of a foreign company for the extraction of gold at the largest mine in the Western Hemisphere has startled and concerned many Dominican's who believe that this gold is Dominican gold and should be extracted by Dominican companies and not foreign.

Diocletian took to wearing a gold crown and jewels, and forbade the use of purple cloth to all but the Emperors.

Although evidence-based medicine is regarded as the gold standard of conventional clinical practice, limitations or criticisms of its use exist, such as:

Beginner's flutes are normally made of nickel, silver or brass which is silver plated, while professionals use solid silver, gold, and sometimes platinum instruments.

While most of his proposals-" to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics ( including a consumer price index ) in order to facilitate this effort "-are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional-reserve banking still " remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom ".

The talent coin of gold in use during the periods of Grecian history both before and during the time of the life of Homer weighed between 8. 42 and 8. 75 grams.

Pure gold is too soft for day-to-day monetary use and is typically hardened by alloying with copper, silver or other base metals.

Because of the softness of pure ( 24k ) gold, it is usually alloyed with base metals for use in jewelry, altering its hardness and ductility, melting point, color and other properties.

During a period of hyperinflation, bank runs, loans for 24-hour periods, switching to alternate currencies, the return to use of gold or silver or even barter become common.

The previous gold standard test for IC / BPS was the use of hydrodistention with cystoscopy.

Higher purity levels are less common with alloys at 22 K ( 91. 6 % pure gold ), and 24 K ( 99. 9 % pure gold ) being considered too soft for jewellery use in America and Europe.

* 1933 – The U. S. Congress abrogates the United States ' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution ( 48 Stat.

But the skalds weren ’ t averse either to arbitrary, purely decorative, use of kennings: “ That is, a ruler will be a distributor of gold even when he is fighting a battle and gold will be called the fire of the sea even when it is in the form of a man ’ s arm-ring on his arm.

Technical mirrors may use a silver, aluminium, or gold coating ( the latter typically for infrared mirrors ), and achieve reflectivities of 90 – 95 % when new.

Another use of mica is in the production of ultraflat, thin-film surfaces ( e. g. gold surfaces ) using mica as substrate.

Researchers at Rice University under Prof. Jennifer West, have demonstrated the use of 120 nm diameter nanoshells coated with gold to kill cancer tumors in mice.

However, the 2011 throwbacks use the current-helmet, meaning the shades of gold on the helmet and jersey do not match.

Native copper, however, was found worldwide, along with silver, gold and platinum, which were also used to make tools, jewelry, and other objects since Neolithic times.

In 1092 however he reformed the coinage, and restored the gold currency in the form of the hyperpyron.

Cane toads have been confused with the giant burrowing frog ( Heleioporus australiacus ), because both are large and warty in appearance ; however, the latter can be readily distinguished from the former by its vertical pupils and its silver-grey ( as opposed to gold ) iris.

The seal was originally the colour silver, however in 1950, the university's Board of Governors changed the colour to gold to better match the university's colours.

Deflation sometimes occurred during the cycle's downturns under the gold standard ; however, there is no strong historical correlation between depressions and deflation.

Its gold colour differed from the silver-coloured Anthony dollar ; however, the succeeding Sacagawea and Presidential dollars matched the loonie's overall hue.

" He did however add this caveat, " Let me emphasize that this note is not a plea for a return to a gold standard ....

Diamond, iron ore and gold have also been found in the past, however a lack of investment and development policy has seen the region ’ s potential falter.

Admetus, however, allowed Themistocles to escape, giving him a large sum of gold to aid him on his way.

He is, however, hopeless at finding and identifying gold and often frustrates Scrooge by criticizing him for not being " McDuck-like " enough.

Through the 1860 – 1871 period, various attempts to resurrect bi-metallic standards were made, including one based on the gold and silver franc ; however, with the rapid influx of silver from new deposits, the expectation of scarcity of silver ended.

Ibn Šaddād furthermore claims that Tamar outbid the Byzantine emperor in her efforts to obtain the relics of the True Cross, offering 200, 000 gold pieces to Saladin who had taken the relics as booty at the battle of Hattin – to no avail, however.

He denied, however that the contest was personal ; he bore no ill-will towards those who supported the gold standard.

On October 20, 1890, however, Robert Miller " Bob " Womack discovered a rich ore and the last great Colorado gold rush was on.

By 1903 the allegiance of the state government had shifted, however, and Governor James Peabody sent the Colorado National Guard into Cripple Creek with the goal of destroying union power in the gold camps.

:— September, changed to Department of State ; Jefferson appointed ; John Jay continues to act as foreign affairs secretary until Jefferson's return from France ; from 1789 to 1883, however, foreign affairs of the United States are largely the responsibility of those wearing the gold braid of U. S. navy officers

The latter, however, did nothing to help the city, its expeditions held back by a revolt in Euboea ( probably paid by Philip's gold ).

Lack of a legitimate heir, however, remained a concern for Władysław I and in 1085 he and his wife Judith of Bohemia sent rich gifts, among which was a life size statue of a child made of gold, to the Benedictine Sanctuary of Saint Giles in Saint-Gilles, Provance begging for offspring.

This version already had an interface concept, however most of the interface were placeholders, it had a map, icons for abilities and unit commands and an eye-shaped display for gold.

The officials, however, agreed to give gold medal to Remigino.

Interestingly, however, he carries on to make an " ephod " out of the gold won in battle, which causes the whole of Israel again to turn away from God.

The treaty was more commonly known in antiquity, however, as the King's Peace, a name that reflects the depth of Persian influence in the treaty, as Persian gold had driven the preceding war.

It does however form alloys with, for example, aluminium and gold.

By the late 1850s, however, gold mining was beginning to decline and population dwindled as well.

Miguel Angel < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s mom, Rebecca, however, begins to relent on her opposition towards Miguel Angel and Estrellitas love once she realizes she was wrong about Estrellita ( she thought at first Estrellita was a gold digger ) and that it was her friend and Miguel Angel < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s ex, Santa who was the actual gold digger, and that her husband wasn't the man he pretended to be.