Word: nickel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hungry Manhattan, the 10% rule of thumb was as dead as the nickel fare. Three trade associations threw some light on the going rates: 15% on restaurant checks; 20% to 25% on cab fares; 25? for bellhops (two bags). A shine was 15?-plus...
Gruff, honest Bridgman assigned Robert to a project involving a copper-nickel alloy. Oppenheimer built a furnace, made his alloy, completed the study with sufficient precision for Bridgman to publish the findings. Says Bridgman: "A very intelligent student. He knew enough to ask questions." After hours, at the Bridgman home, the conversation ranged far & wide, giving Oppenheimer chances to display his often irritating erudition. Once Bridgman identified a picture as a temple at Segesta, Sicily, built about 400 B.C. Young Oppenheimer quickly set his professor straight: "I judge from the capitals on the columns that it was built about...
Jurist Prudence. In Memphis, Judge John W. Wilson recessed court for five minutes when Juror Ewell P. Thompson announced that he had to go out and put another nickel in the parking meter...
...large number of pamphlets at a nickel apiece will also be placed on the block...
...Mirror also pulled a neat trick in the matter of price. A recent price rise to 7? has cut street sales of other papers. The Mirror outmaneuvered rival papers by sneaking into the field (with a modest 100,000 circulation guarantee) at a nickel...