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...eagle soared higher and faster than anyone had anticipated. All 800,000 American Eagles, the first U.S. gold bullion coin ever issued, were snatched up within two days last week. Twenty-five authorized dealers bought the entire supply of 558,000 oz., worth some $237 million, creating a temporary shortage of the costly coinage. "We're thrilled about it," said Hamilton Dix, a spokesman for the U.S. Mint. "We expected to sell 2.2 million oz. in the first twelve months. At this rate we'll reach that in ten days...
...minting and sale were authorized by Congress last year after the President issued an Executive Order banning the importation of Krugerrands from South Africa. That left the Canadian Maple Leaf as the major bullion coin available in the U.S. The public's appetite for such coins is already large, and a little-known fact will even enhance it: the new tax bill signed into law last week allows people to put gold coins in their IRA accounts, which surely will be used as an added selling point by dealers...
...their pathetic plight. And but for a few swallowed lines, the supporting cast keeps the inspiring lunacy going at a quick, clever pace. Stoppard's stock of metaphysical puns and absurd rhetoric of despair flies so fast that they rarely become over-bearing. From all sides of the coin, a spirited showing for two of the Bard's interchangeable bit players...
...flipped a coin. I asked my roommates. I searched my soul. What kind of personal computer would last me my college career...
...with this. You can't destroy the Mafia with just one trial." Nonetheless, Italian and U.S. authorities are optimistic that the Palermo trial will at least choke back some of the Syndicate's activities. "The New York and Sicilian trials are two sides of the same coin," says Sciacchitano. "We have had a continual swapping of help and information. We are prosecuting the same organization...