Word: dix
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...American Eagles, the first U.S. gold bullion coin ever issued, were snatched up within two days last week. Twenty-five authorized dealers bought the entire supply of 558,000 oz., worth some $237 million, creating a temporary shortage of the costly coinage. "We're thrilled about it," said Hamilton Dix, a spokesman for the U.S. Mint. "We expected to sell 2.2 million oz. in the first twelve months. At this rate we'll reach that in ten days...
...mint will offer an additional 152,000 oz. this week and 125,000 oz. every week after that. "We'll keep these coins coming as long as there's demand," says Dix. "We're working 24 hours, seven days a week." Unlike gold commemorative coins issued by the Government, which are limited editions, there is no ceiling on the number of Eagles that can be produced...
...lanky, 6-ft., 3-in. pitcher from Dix Hills, N.Y., felt some pressure last Saturday with several scouts watching. He responded with a perfect game for six and two-thirds innings of the seven inning contest against Trinity...
...minority of Germans, as mad, bad and dangerous to know: frantic orphans of the fatherland, nut eaters, Nietzscheans, stargazers, communards, Spartacists, reciting overloud yeas to nature and nays to society. Among them are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Franz Marc, Emil Nolde and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, George Grosz and Otto Dix...
...quintessential Nebraska football player. Under the hometown column of the team roster, occasional entries from New Jersey and Texas, California, Colorado or even Connecticut are fairly obliterated in a hailstorm of small Nebraska towns. It reads like the appendix of an almanac: Plattsmouth, Scottsbluff, Bell wood, Fremont, Waterloo, Dix, Ponca, Shelby, Wahoo, Hildreth, Crete, Burr... Steinkuhler is from Burr...