Sentences with phrase «of gold fever»

Its claims to fame are numerous and include a heritage walk, a history that dates back to the 1880s gold - rush in South Africa (it played such a big role in the time of gold fever that it had its own stock exchange) and it's the home of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of Jock of the Bushveld.
That should have been the first sign of gold fever.

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Gold fever around the world The metal's 10 - year bull run has given rise to all manner of new ventures seeking to mine it, buy it, sell it, hoard it, melt it down, even tell its story.
She is the author of «Fever: The Dark Mystery of the Bre - X Gold Rush,» winner of the National Business Book Award.
The bitcoin craze sweeping the planet with the ferocity of a Trump tweet is inspiring songs, creating millionaires, unnerving banks and giving writers and filmmakers potent narratives of Gold Rush fever and dark web intrigue.
Although the mental and physical problems from metal toxicity have escalated in recent years, our very language tacitly acknowledges the historic toxicity of certain metals: «Mad as a hatter» from the Civil - War - era's crazed use of mercury sizing in hat manufacture, «gold fever» from the murderous greed of early prospectors, «lead poisoning» as black humor for «getting shot,» and, more recently, «get - the - lead - out» exhortations from trainers who would have us exercise long and hard in order to sweat out toxins and melt excess fat.
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We then cut to Erebor where Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) is behaving very out of character as the gold fever has him in its thrall — much to the despair of the rest of his company, especially Bilbo (Martin Freeman).
As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough - and - tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever.
To explain in a few paragraphs a story that ranges from the frozen gold fields of the Yukon to the yellow fever swelter of Cuban hillsides, from the racial turmoil of post-Reconstruction North Carolina to the most humble, remote village in the Philippines, is a fool's errand.
The fever and loose hair, dark brown with threads of copper and gold, had brought an illusion of great health to her face.
In season 10's «Lottery Fever,» the Griffins win the lottery only to squander all the money on lavish lifestyle choices (including a suit of solid gold).
Gold Fever: How to Double Your Golden Gains Editor Greg McCoach reveals a little - known loophole to profit from the rising price of gold: It pays twice as much as other investmeGold Fever: How to Double Your Golden Gains Editor Greg McCoach reveals a little - known loophole to profit from the rising price of gold: It pays twice as much as other investmegold: It pays twice as much as other investments.
But by 1972 gold fever loosened its hold as mining activities ceased and attention turned to discoveries of gold reserves elsewhere.
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Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina, for instance, referred to the global commotion over digital currencies as a «gold fever» sweeping nations, and expressed misgivings over their use as a surrogate for money.
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