Word: clink
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Wall Street and Fort Knox are still there, of course, but their mystique is fading fast. Not even James Bond's nemesis Auric Goldfinger would try to rob the fort anymore; bullion is in a two-decade-long slump. Nowadays, real money doesn't glitter or clink. It blinks across the world's computer screens. More wealth is created--or destroyed--in an instant than J.P. Morgan could have comprehended. Net-savvy investors are reaping the rewards and assuming the risks of controlling their financial destiny...
Chase you gave, though not for long This race went to the swift, not strong A woman of 40, authorities think, No hope she'll end up in the clink...
...titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If you can't come up with titles, try a few sharp metaphors of your own; they at least have the solid clink of pseudo-facts...
...with spring here...ugh, we all know what that means--off with the layers and, one hopes, the weight. I figured most Americans put on seasonal padding the way I do. I start overindulging around Thanksgiving, gorge and imbibe my way through holiday parties, and by New Year's--clink!--I've inflated one full dress size, and I remain that way for months...