Word: mints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...First issued in 1797, it is being replaced by a thick metal-alloy coin. Like the Susan B. Anthony dollar in the U.S., the heavy coin has been unpopular. But since the useful life of a paper pound is ten months, vs. 40 years for the coin, the Royal Mint expects to save $3.75 million a year. The British have already dubbed the new coin the Maggie, after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, because it is hard, rough around the edges and, says one Member of Parliament, "pretends to be a sovereign...
Katherine Ortega's role as Treasurer of the U.S. is much more than "largely honorific" [NATION, Aug. 20]. Ortega, the G.O.P. keynote speaker, is responsible for three major agencies within the Department of the Treasury: the U.S. Savings Bonds Division, the Bureau of Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. She supervises more than 5,000 employees and manages a budget of some $280 million. Under her supervision, holdings of U.S. savings bonds have risen nearly 11%, to well over $73 billion. Ortega is a decisive, take-charge leader...
...Mint condition. Immaculate. Owned by a little old lady in Pasadena, who drove it only to the bank. Despite those chromy come-ons for used cars, trouble often lurks under the hood. An estimated 50% of used autos suffer mechanical failures within 45 days of the sale. To make car shopping safer for consumers, the Federal Trade Commission in 1981 devised a rule that ordered dealers to disclose a car's known defects on a window sticker. But last week the FTC staff relaxed its requirements...
...three columns and two TV slots a week come first. Writer's block? No such luxury is permitted. If there is an idea whirling around in her head, it's a great day. If not, she checks notes she has written to herself "on breath-mint wrappers, blank checks and hotel stationery." She relies now more on narrative than on the famous one-liners she fired off as a beginning columnist "because I was afraid people wouldn't wait for the story...
...precious-metal coins have been slow movers. Officials at the Mint blame that mainly on weak marketing, and will try to boost sales next month by offering the coins through banks and thrift institutions...