Word: coin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slim blue brochure that falls open like an accordion to reveal a thumbnail photo on each of its rectangular faces (among these are Bok, the chair's namesake George Seferis and an ancient Greek coin labeled "The Cost") was printed this summer. Apparently, that's about the extent of Harvard's participation in the campaign for funds. When asked if the University Development Office was actively arranging for the chair, Charles D. Thompson '48 replied that "actively is a funny word; my office is handling a lot of programs at this point" and conceded that, unlike with other programs...
...Ford mentioned that her honesty relative to her recent operation for cancer may well save the lives of countless women. On the other side of the coin, her honesty on abortion, which she supports, could well affect the decision of other countless women to destroy the lives of their babies, human beings...
...effective, arbitration must be binding, which many mayors oppose. Argues Lawrence Cohen, mayor of St. Paul: "The ability of the municipality to pay seems to be the last item to be considered in binding arbitration. Some feel that the arbitration process is equal to flipping a coin." Unable to settle among themselves on the means to make peace without inflation, the mayors agreed last week only on a watery resolution opposing a bill pending in Congress that would extend collective-bargaining rights to all Government employees. But that only sidestepped the problem of strike threats, which could sour urban life...
After meeting with a detective from another town, whom he had known from their days as choirboys, Regan implicated himself in the Fogg robery and then led police to his coin stash, and told them what he knew...
...Sete Seko. Mobutu has changed the county's name from the Congo to Zaire, instituted the new flag, and changed his own image in an effort to foster nationalism among his people. Mobutu's face appears on every Zaire stamp, and on all currency except for the very smallest coin. On coins minted in 1967, right after he came to power, he's depcited in an army uniform with rows of medals on his chest and a mean look on his face under his black glasses. Coins from 1969 show him in a business suit. In 1972 an African...