Word: coins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beer glass on the table and brought his mind back to the problem. This time he made proper allowance for the slippery patch of beer in the secondary, and the quarter spun through the craftily placed defensive team of dimes and broke into the clear for a long gain. Coin-spinning was a real art, he thought...
...begun without good provision of money beforehand . . . is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews...
When war began in Korea, Americans had good reason to believe that the sinews of their war machine were tough & thick; never in peacetime had U.S. coin been spent so lavishly on the armed forces of the nation...
...first agonizing weeks in Korea proved well enough that all this coin had failed to develop the sinews of war. Said one military man: "The fist is still there, but the muscles of the arm have been wasted away...
Said Krips, bewildered: "I have been received ... by the Pope, who gave me a special coin, by the Queen Mother of Belgium, who gave me an autographed picture, by Schuman, who gave me a kiss on both cheeks. I come to the U.S. and they give me Ellis Island." The New York Times called it "the latest ... in a long series of incidents that have made certain aspects of our immigration procedure look little short of ridiculous...