Word: nickel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...action. A special wire was opened to Washington over which the Comptroller of the Currency and the R. F. C. directors were told what was happening. When it was suggested that Wall Streeters might get money into the Ford pot, Mr. Ford flared: "I'll not put a nickel in it if they're in-not a nickel...
...telephone. I've been trying to call my wife since last night to tell her I wouldn't be home." After he explained that he was unable to get his bill changed anywhere in Detroit, the apple vendor loaned him a nickel...
...That's a slug. That's no nickel...
...shoulder-bumping mass of humanity which surged its way into a Brooklyn subway station one evening last week was Oscar Winheld. Oscar Winheld, 65, an unemployed bricklayer, had been looking for work all day. Someone had given him the only nickel he had. He dropped it into a turnstile slot. He walked toward the landing platform. A special officer of the subway company laid his hand on Oscar Winheld's shoulder...
...city's merchants would draw their shades but keep their doors open during the funeral. Said he: "I'm not going to ask them to close because I don't think Calvin Coolidge would want that. He knew what they've been through. Every nickel counts with them. He wouldn't want them to lose a sale...