Word: nickel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York, faced with the prospect of boosting subway fares, told an audience: "[It] isn't my fault that the nickel got grey-headed and bald. It has lost its teeth and hair ... it can't buy anything any more...
...quick look at history before the Second General Assembly of the United Nations adjourned. A group of children clustered around a counter as excitedly as though it displayed candy and comics rather than U.N. literature. A tall, blond boy jumped up & down. "Sammy," he cried, "Sammy, lend me a nickel...
...poll, and consistently fumbled the ball in every interview with the Dinning Hall management. The past month and a half has resulted in a thrill-packed orgy of neat, little plans and smashed, neat, little plans. During this time not one ounce of wheat has been saved nor one nickel set aside to buy C.A.R.E. packages...
...FULL MOON & EMPTY ARMS: Seven recordings of a sugared-to-taste version of _____'s Piano Concerto No. 2 were steady juke-box nickel-pullers...
...Wait Coulson, star end, had the last word. "Ox DaGrosa said he's going to play from concrete to concrete. Well, if we have anything to say about it, we'll have Holy Cross playing in the nickel seats...