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...Statue of Liberty's 100th anniversary party in New York harbor is still a month away, but people who bought U.S. coins minted to commemorate the event are already celebrating. The Liberty coins, which are available in sets containing a $5 gold piece, a silver dollar and a copper-and-nickel half- dollar, were originally put up for sale by the Treasury last October for $175 a set. They were an immediate hit with both Americans and foreign tourists. People bought the coins not only as souvenirs but as gifts for weddings, graduations and birthdays. In two months, the sets...
...fact that he harks back to both World Wars, the Depression and even Edwardian London is not so surprising. Alfred Burin was celebrating his 100th birthday, after all. What stirred up the media last week was that he still has a virtually full-time job, making him apparently the oldest working American. For the life of him, though, Burin could not understand all the fuss. Even when his cake at NBC's Today show caught fire, engulfing the centenarian in smoke, he was thinking of his job as chairman of the Globe Shipping Co. in Jersey City. "Such confusion," says...
...100th Game in 1983, three little pigs scurried onto the field at halftime, while, in the stands, fans were surprised to read in the what passed for the Yale Daily News that Eli President Bartlett Giamatti had resigned. The Crimson-created parody, it turned out, scooped the real Daily News by two years...
Going into the fourth quarter, victory--and a 100th career win for Deerfield Coach, Jim Smith--seemed a distant hope. The Big Green had overcome a 13-point deficit to bring the score to 13-9, but time was running...
With just eight seconds remaining, K.C. Smith made The Play of The Game. He caught The pass and scored The Touchdown that clinched The 100th Victory for his coach--all of which meant a great deal more to Smith than to the other players...