Word: coins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Thesis- One April afternoon in 1917 George W. Norris of Nebraska stood before the U. S. Senate and cried out: "We are going into war upon the command of gold. ... I would like to say to this war god, 'You shall not coin into gold the lifeblood of my brethren.' ... I feel that we are about to put the dollar sign upon the American flag." Senator Norris' words were not history. They were the judgment of a man upon contemporary events...
...South African Kaffirs and if Haile Selassie expects his affairs to return status quo ante after the shooting dies down he is likely to receive a smart rap on the "kisser." Indeed it would appear that the Newshawk Negus had better send his "obit" to the linotyper for the coin of fate may be tails on both sides...
...From February 1933, the last month in which we were on the old gold coin standard, to the present, wholesale prices have risen 35% and the cost of living 16%," Dr. Kemmerer declared. "Many important items of food have shown spectacular rises during this period. The public, particularly our women folk, are becoming increasingly concerned over these continued advances in the cost of living; and consumers' strikes are being reported frequently...
...China. The Japanese high command were with their Emperor Hirohito watching autumn maneuvers at Kyushu. The Chinese high command were, with the greatest unanimity ever seen in China, at the Kuomintang Party Conference in Nanking. The Nanking Government plumed themselves on their brilliance in having called in all silver coin and bullion (TIME, Nov. 11), thus forcing the Japanese-dominated banks of North China to declare for either Japan or China. Last week Japanese Army men warned the North China banks not to deliver the silver to Nanking. Slowly maturing was the Japanese-inspired plan for five provinces of North...
...this the Chinese pack, each card of which stands for a certain amount of "each," the name of a Chinese coin. The most rudimentary of the packs is a Koreau set set of long, thin, oiled papers called playing sticks, which originated from arrows used for divinatory purpose, later developing into games...