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...until she had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric. Lepers were a common sight all over India and in every part of Calcutta, but extending help beyond dropping a coin or two into their rag-wrapped stumps was not. As a child I was convinced even touching a spot a leper had rubbed against would lead to infection. The ultimate terror the city held had nothing to do with violence. It was fear of the Other, the poor, the dying...
...Harvard won the overtime coin toss and decided to go second. Holy Cross tried a trick play that failed, threw incomplete, then ran for two yards. A 40-yard field goal attempt missed wide right, so the Crimson only needed a field goal...
...irrevocable; the option of caller-only billing would be up to carriers, and therefore up to consumers. But the agency is betting that making the cell phone a little more familiar to traditionalists will increase use and competition, driving down rates. What's next? The coin-operated Nokia...
...COIN COLLECTING Congress is contemplating raising the President's salary from $200,000 to $400,000. One day the U.S. head of state may be able to buy his Singaporean counterpart a drink...
POCKET CHANGE The Susan B. Anthony coin failed miserably in its mission to drive the dollar bill to extinction. But it has found a niche in recent years at stamp and vending machines and rail stations--so useful that the U.S. Mint has finally depleted reserves of the coin minted two decades ago. It will have to issue a final 1999 batch to meet demand before Susan B.'s replacement, the gold-colored Sacagawea, makes its debut early next year...