Word: coin
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...other side of the coin, of course, landed in the opening game fiasco with UMass. The Amherst contingent ran roughshod over the Harvard defense for 367 yards total offense, and 210 of those yards came from Pennington's deadly right arm. The Crimson secondary could not blunt the UMass serials, and the Harvard zone was thoroughly ineffective. Pennington was irrepressible against Harvard, hitting the quick slant pattern at will. These thrusts into the belly of the zone accounted for over 150 yards alone. The rest of the Harvard defense had its share of lapses too, and the Crimson gave...
...medals and plates. Danbury Mint, for example, commissioned the Medal-lie Art Co. to produce a $48 silver campaign medal with the profile of Richard Nixon on one side and George McGovern on the other (voters undecided between the two would then presumably be able to flip a coin). To raise funds for the National Audubon Society, the Franklin Mint made silver plates decorated with etchings of birds. The mint recently started a series of presidential plates for the White House Historical Association. Medals produced by Franklin last year earned the United Nations...
...Thanks, Anex. There seems to be some activity down on the field...yes...it looks like its time for the loss of the coin. They're introducing the captains. It looks like we're just about to get under way. There's the toss...and Harvard wins it. The Crimson chooses to receive and Harvard will defend the goalpost in the open end of the stadium. Anex while we've got a minute, let's look at some of the areas where the Crimson figure to be strong this year. You've given us a good look at the weaknesses...
...mistake, the first such defect in U.S. coinage in 17 years, is the sort of accident that numismatists love. The Mint in fact knew nothing of the bad pennies until two of them were sent in by collectors asking if they were valid coins. Now some collectors have placed ads in Coin World offering $95-$125 for one of the pennies...
Nowadays a great many adolescents, like Yeats, seem to be simply tossing a coin, and singing the same refrain...