Word: coined
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Caveat Emptor. The tax angle has also heightened the appeal of shares in oil wells, which enable the investor to claim the 27½% depletion allowance and write off the expenses of drilling and operating the wells. There is speculation in money itself: the growth of coin collecting in recent years has nudged the value of uncirculated coins up as much as 70% a year. Diamonds, long a solid investment, are attracting more investors than ever; prices of small stones have risen 7% in the last year. Another longtime investment area, commodities futures, is winning new enthusiasts. For as little...
...naked Kalahari bushmen, whose ways have not changed since they learned to paint on rocks 15,000 years ago. At the polling place-in some cases a tidy brick schoolhouse, in others a thatch-roofed hut beneath a twisted mopane tree-each voter received a handful of col ored, coin-size counters representing the candidates of five political parties. Cynics called it "the tiddlywinks poll," but when all the cardboard disks were counted last week, Bechuanaland had wisely and overwhelmingly elected as its first Prime Minister an African leader with just the right qualifications: moderation, modesty and multiracial understanding...
...government has finally given up, is now preparing to remove the troublesome 50-centime coin and replace it with a new half-franc piece of different size. Also adding to the morale of inflation-ridden Frenchmen will be a new 10-franc piece, purposely made very heavy to give "the impression that the franc is a solid, stable currency...
They already are. But the Sydney System, as they call it, only sounds simple. The gambler plays a machine until he gets a high-scoring symbol on the reel farthest to his left. Then, after inserting another coin, he gingerly eases the handle forward until he feels tension, pauses, eases the handle even more gingerly farther down until he hears two clicks, returns handle to its normal position and gives it a sharp, final yank. If expertly performed, this maneuver freezes the lefthand symbol, usually brings up a corresponding symbol on the second reel as well. If not, repetition...
...Minted by special procedures to ensure perfection. The U.S. Mint gives proof sets a double stamping for a more distinct impression; the Canadians stamp only once but handle the coins especially carefully, making sure that no coin touches another...