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When the new dollar coin came into circulation last spring, it was supposed to spark a small revolution...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keep the Change: Initially Popular Dollar Coin Loses Its Golden Shine | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

...local bankers and shop owners say that the coin's size, weight and striking resemblance to a piece of foil-wrapped chocolate have kept it from becoming the Square's currency of choice...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keep the Change: Initially Popular Dollar Coin Loses Its Golden Shine | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

...dollar coin was designed to replace the ill-fated Susan B. Anthony coin, which has been a thorn in the side of the U. S. Mint since it started producing the coin...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keep the Change: Initially Popular Dollar Coin Loses Its Golden Shine | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

...random voter voting for each candidate (i.e. polling numbers). For example, a deadlock in the polls does not mean that exactly 50 percent of people will vote for one candidate and 50 percent for another, but rather that any random person's vote behaves like the flipping of a coin. So just as you would be surprised to get exactly 50 million heads out of 100 million tosses, you would be equally surprised by a voting deadlock. Of course, as the polls become more uneven, the coin becomes lopsided and the probability that a tie will occur decreases drastically (because...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Old School: The Electoral College | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...festivities continue outside the Science Center today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., where Habitat will host an empty-pint quarter toss. Anyone who lands a coin in the middle container will win a free pint of Ben & Jerry...

Author: By Colin K. Jost, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Habitat Offers Up Free Ice Cream | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

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