By the middle of the sixteenth century, financiers and traders commonly accepted bills of exchange in place of gold or silver for other goods.

到了16世纪中叶，金融家和商人普遍接受汇票来代替黄金或白银进行商品交换。

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For decades, MayDay parades in Moscow have taken place under clear blue skies, aircraft having deposited dry ice, silver iodide and cement powder to disperse clouds.

几十年来，莫斯科的五月节游行都是在晴朗的蓝天下举行的，他们飞机上撒下干冰、碘化银和水泥粉来驱散云层。

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The Canadians were the silver medalists in this event in 2006 while the Americans finished in sixth place in Turin.

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That put silver in second place for the strongest commodity futures markets, beaten only by orange juice.

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Having all the medals in one place illustrates their evolution and you can learn interesting trivia, like the fact that the first modern Olympics in 1896 lacked gold (silver was first place, bronze second and third place finishers received no medal), and since 1972, host cities have been free to change the design of one medal, usually the silver.

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