Word: nickel
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...years and is now a naturalized American citizen. Between 1967 and 1977, as chief executive officer of Amax Inc., a molybdenum mining and metals company, he transformed the sleepy firm into a giant natural resources company. In addition to coal, it has large holdings in oil and gas, copper, nickel and iron ore. Although MacGregor is credited with the foresight of having acquired metals and energy sources before their scarcity became apparent, he is criticized for a heavyhanded management style and for failing to keep a close eye on the company's finances. Says an analyst: "His attitude...
...Kentucky Derby in drag. Plugged Nickle's chances were rated highly after he won the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and the Wood Memorial at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, but the odds on his owner's winning a spelling bee were not worth a plugged nickel...
...night session a week ago settled most of the budget issues--the deepest cuts recommended by Superintendent William Lannon were ignored, but only at the expense of nickel and dime reductions in other programs...
...famous virtuoso like the Hungarian Jenö Hubay. Little Eugene obliged by making his debut at seven and touring Europe in his teens. But at 21, he was lured to the U.S. and then stranded by bungling promoters. Alone in New York, he was literally down to his last nickel when he landed a job in the orchestra that played between movies at the Capitol Theater. One day when the conductor failed to show, Ormandy led a section of a Tchaikovsky symphony on 15 minutes' notice. A new career beckoned...
William Marvy leans on an antique barber chair, whose cracked leather he has replaced with Naugahyde ("a fine product"). It is one of the grand old cast-iron, nickel-plated thrones made by the Emil J. Paidar Co. of Chicago. Paidar also made barber poles and, until it went out of business in the early '70s, was one of Marvy's last competitors. Before meeting Marvy, a visitor imagines someone like the last buffalo hunter, a badlands bad man left over from the century before, gloomily waiting for the great herds to come again. But Marvy sees himself...