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...that's why we had to take him seriously," said Featherless, as the jeweler threw his son's sterling silver baby cup into the melt pile and handed him a wad of aerodollars. "The one who really worries the Republicans is Anderson...
...hope doesn't win elections, and Anderson must break through somewhere, and soon. Anderson is aiming to melt the party lines into the coalition that he needs. If not, he'll wear the "likable loser" back to Rockford, Illinois, before the winter turns to spring...
...fine pieces go to pot. "I absolutely refuse to melt down nice materials," says Jona than Hefferlin, the owner of Jonathons Coin in Los Angeles. From the daily glut, his wife picks out the valuable objects for resale. But at Manhattan's Empire Diamond & Gold Buying Service, where the queues form two hours before the store opens, almost everything goes to the smelter. Says Owner Jack Brod, who bought a Spanish-American War medal for its weight and paid only $75: "We might get more from a collector, but it's not worth looking for one or waiting...
Respect for the glowing handiwork of the Colombian Indians extends beyond the museums and the museumgoers of Colombia and the U.S. Even the guaqueros, who in the past would melt down these treasures, have come to recognize that an ancient art object may be worth more than its weight in gold...
...does not exactly help him to melt into the background the way spies are supposed to, but then our undercover people have not been having much luck in that respect lately. Maybe he is supposed to symbolize something. Or not. Who cares...