Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hrkac] is extremely quick," Marsh said. "He can just take off on a dime...
Though the whole petty scenario evokes a kind of low-budget replay of one of the Godfather movies, it is not clear whether Philadelphians are more surprised by the nickel-dime size of the alleged gifts or by what appears to be the extraordinary pervasiveness of the practice. But there is little doubt around the city about the damage to the administration of justice...
...machine only accepts change--exact change at that. No fives, no ones and no change machines for five dollar bills. Quite often, the dollar bill changer is broken too, meaning that to use the machines, you must be carrying around 17 quarters, a dime and a nickel...
...doll, it is found in almost every epoch and culture, reaching back to the little votive objects of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as the creche miniatures of Europe in the Middle Ages. Even the cheapest five- and-dime figurine is kin to the priceless Japanese ceremonial dolls that museums covet and to the feminine miniatures some African peoples still present to adolescent girls when they reach sexual maturity...
...they nickel and dime us like they did inthe past, we won't get anywhere, but more moneyseems to be available now," he said. "The projectswe're looking at tend to be expensive," he said...