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...faces of the coins will be familiar, except for the date, which will be 1776-1976. But the reverse sides will be totally new. The Kennedy half-dollar, which will become available this week, will feature Philadelphia's Independence Hall. Some time next month, the U.S. Mint will start releasing Washington quarters that will carry the image of a colonial drummer boy. In September, the Eisenhower dollar will appear, graced by the Liberty Bell and cratered moon...
...will surely be squirreled away as collector's items, there should be more than enough to go around. The Government plans to issue 300 million dollars, 550 million half-dollars and 1.6 billion quarters. They are meant to be, in the words of Mary Brooks, director of the mint, "small pieces of our historical and cultural heritage...
...area of remarkable personalities, the last bastion where great men can come out of the desert and do unbelievable things." One of the men that the Secretary surely had in mind was Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia, with whom he had ceremoniously sipped mint tea in Riyadh only six days before the King was assassinated last week. When he died at the age of 69, Faisal was not only among the richest men in the world, thanks to Saudi Arabia's incredible oil wealth, but one of its last absolute monarchs, and a powerful voice...
...object lessons in how to craft the kind of movies they are not supposed to be making any more-movies that are smart, funny and piquant. Because Donen's films are usually so polished, there is a tendency to think of him as a specialist in after-dinner-mint amusements, but that designation does him an injustice. It ignores the abounding vitality and brassiness of On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and It's Always Fair Weather -all co-directed with Gene Kelly, and each among the greatest of film musicals. The Little Prince...
...satisfaction and optimism as he talked with TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn after the Rabat summit last week. The P.L.O. leader was not wearing his customary checkered kaffiyeh and dark glasses, but was dressed in an olive-drab military uniform and had a small pistol strapped to his belt. Over mint-flavored tea and pastries in the white guest villa that Morocco's King Hassan had provided him, Arafat smiled and chuckled often, his quick, jerky gestures reflecting boundless energy. Tired? Not at all, he said. "I only get tired when I don't work." Among the points...