Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite their hurt feelings, the Saudis insist they will not cut off Egypt without a dime. But they are not likely to be as generous as they were in 1977, for example, when they reportedly provided Cairo with around $1 billion in aid. "We deal on the basis of principles, not emotions," says Saudi Information Minister Mohamed Abdou Yamani. "No matter what has happened, our relations with Egypt remain the same." A Saudi newspaper editor in Jidda is more blunt. "Sure, we will let the Egyptians attack us and insult us," he says. "Then they will send us a letter...
...heart of the hubbub is a thin, badly worn and chipped silver disc about the size of a dime. On one side, it is stamped with a cross; on the other, with a stylized animal head. Found in 1961 by an amateur archaeologist named Guy Mellgren, the coin was turned over Animal head to the Maine State Museum in Augusta four years ago and described as a 12th century English coin. But Riley Sunderland, a retired military historian and also an amateur archaeologist, had his doubts about that identification. While vacationing in England last summer, he discussed the coin with...
...rationalize the low benefits provided in the form of a social security check by pointing to the supplementary income provided by pensions, one-half of all Americans are not currently covered by any type of pension plan. In addition, many of those who are covered never see a dime of the money they or those employers have put away for retirement, either because of the loopholes in the law or the inadequacies of the particular pension plans...
...attaché ran a red light in Washington and plowed into another car, permanently paralyzing one of its passengers, Dr. Halla Brown, 66. After 19 months of hospitalization and round-the-clock nursing care at home, her medical bills have exceeded $300,000, but she could never collect a dime from the attaché. Two years later, a car driven by a Senegalese embassy chauffeur struck and killed a 19-year-old road worker in suburban Virginia. The embassy carried no liability insurance on the car, and the victim's family could not then bring suit for damages against...
Soccer coach George Ford: "If I had a dime for every time I said 'We couldn't put the ball in the net,' I could buy Pele and never have to say it again...