Word: coins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more economical sizes. Twelve-inch "dance singles" that feature extended versions of hit songs sell for as little as $3.49, and mini-albums that carry half as many songs as regular albums sell for about $4.49, instead of $6.29 to $7.99. At the same time, the appeal of coin-operated video games seems to be wearing off. Arcades that compete with the record industry for the spending money of 13-to 19-year-olds saw revenues fall 10% last year, and game business is expected to be off an additional 20% this year...
...such a grand occasion, the financial commitment sought by Reagan seemed piddling. As he put it, "The total amount requested for aid to all of Central America in 1984 is about $600 million; that is less than one-tenth of what Americans will spend this year on coin-operated video games." But failing to make such an investment, he insisted, would have dire consequences. "The national security of all the Americas is at stake in Central America. If we cannot defend ourselves there, we cannot expect to prevail else where. Our credibility would collapse, our alliances would crumble...
...more sensitive to the gusts of anxiety that shake Western Europe, and the Reagan Administration must moderate its language on East-West issues. At one point during the conference, Senator Tsongas told Richard Burt, "If you assume that the next battlefield is the European heart and mind, to coin an old Viet Nam expression, if that is where the fight is now, how does one rationalize the rhetoric which is giving the Soviets an advantage in that battle? What assurance can we give the Europeans that between today and the day of deployment the President will be advised...
...going to coin two new words to night Avanti Forte," the Mayor added explaining to a standing ovation that these words were Italian for forward with strength...
Following President Reagan's philosophy that private enterprise can do most things better than the Government, the Treasury Department announced last week that it has enlisted a private company to boost the lackluster business in U.S. gold medallions. The coins, previously sold only by the Postal Service, will now be distributed by J. Aron & Co., a Manhattan-based precious-metals dealer, and sold by some 3,000 banks, brokerage-house branches and coin shops...