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Cornell (72): Len Palmer 3-0--6; Drew Martin 11-3--25; Josh Wexler 2-1--5; John Bajusz 7-4--18; Wolfgang Florin 1-0--2; Mike Millane 2-7--11; Derek Williams 0-0--0; Eric King 1-0--2; Bryan Colangelo 0-1--1; Rusty Cooper 1-0--2; Wayne LaPier 0-0--0. Total...
CORNELL (64)--Len Palmer 4-0--8; Drew Martin 5-2--12; Ken bantum 12-4--28; Derek Williams 0-0--0; John Bajusz 6-0--12; Wolfgang Florin, 0-0--0; San Givens, 0-0--0; Mike Millane 0-0--0; Dean Kartonas 2-0-4. Totals...
...shilling, 20 shillings to the pound-the pound will equal 100 new pennies under the new system. Both new coins are equal in value to certain old ones: 5 new pence equals an old shilling and 10 new pence has the value of a 2-shilling piece (a florin). They are, however, the only two coins that are interchangeable in the entire series, which will be completed by the time conversion becomes total on February 15, 1971. The new coins caused a certain initial confusion: some London bus conductors refused to take them, taxi drivers grumbled at the nuisance...
...worth that weight in silver. Similarly, it took 240 pennies to make a pound because that was the number of pennies that weighed a pound.* Shillings joined Offa's awful system in the 16th century, and that basically formed the current currency setup-though such denominations as the florin (2 shillings), half crown (2½ shillings), guinea (21 shillings) and sovereign (approximately 3 guineas) came along at various times...
When a telephone pole fell on his car during a storm, Rodney Bowman of Florin, Pa., suffered a broken back and sued the Columbia Telephone Co. for $10,830 in damages. In defense, the company argued that the accident was an "act of God." Last week, ruling against the company, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court suggested that it was time to abandon this venerable defense (the term dates back to 1581). "The loose use of the name of the Deity in the realm of the law should not be a matter of our approval," said Justice Michael A. Musmanno. "There...