Word: coin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nicolette Milnes Walker, 28, is a brisk British girl who describes herself as a humanist and hedonist and claims to make decisions by balancing pleasure against conscience. When these conflict too horrendously she flips a coin for or against; but instead of abiding by the toss she analyzes whether or not she is happy with the result and if not, overthrows the coin's decision. Perhaps following such methods-though she admits wanting to get away from it all and to impress men-Nicolette decided to sail all alone across the Atlantic...
Died. Jimmy Rushing, 68, blues singer, whose high-pitched vocalizing was featured by the Count Basic band and other groups for 47 years; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. While his urgent style popularized songs like Good Mornin' Blues and Coin' to Chicago, Rushing's bulky frame inspired his theme, Mr. Five by Five...
After several days of deliberation, the athletic directors of the two schools chose Princeton as the only mutually acceptable site for the playoff. The home team will be selected by a coin toss...
...they kill themselves--which the lieutenant must do on a point of honor--they make love for the last time. Rather than fearing death, they look forward to it--a fitting climax to their lives. The suicide scene itself is excruciating; this is the other side of the Japanese coin--but it has a ritual elegance. The utter simplicity of the preparations for death and the complete trust of the couple that they are acting correctly carry them along; within its own context the action is perfect. Can one accept it? It is powerful to those who can, horrifying...
...review of "crown democracy" and even for abolishing the crown. Technically, such talk is treasonous, but no legal action was taken against the newspapers. New drachmas have been minted carrying the King's image; but in place of his coat of arms, the obverse side of the coin depicts the phoenix emblem of the revolution. The word royal has been dropped from military designations and the titles of almost all civil institutions. The next step, many Greeks predict, is for Papadopoulos to decree the monarchy dead...