Word: nickel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...collapse. On a tape of a CFTC meeting played at last week's hearing, Commissioner David G. Gartner blithely queried: "Do you think there's any possibility the Hunts are just having fun, just horsing around? Like playing Monopoly like you and I might do, or nickel-and-dime poker...
...little Grove City College has never bothered anybody. Especially not the Government. Especially not about money. Like other institutions in the Christian College Coalition, G.C.C. is fiercely protective of its independence, both fiscal and spiritual. Dreading secular influence, the Presbyterian-affiliated school prides itself on never having taken a nickel from Washington, even in a time when private colleges get over a third of their operating budgets directly or indirectly from federal sources. Frugal Grove City provides its 2,200 students with a strong academic program, particularly notable in engineering and accounting, plus room and board, all for just...
...already alarmingly dependent on imports for many of its most critical industrial raw materials. In all, 98% of America's manganese, 97% of its cobalt, 93% of its aluminum and 91% of its chromium come from foreign ores. More than 50% of its tin, nickel, zinc and tungsten ores are also imported. The supply of several of these materials is susceptible to interruption because they come from either the Soviet Union or from unstable southern African nations that suffer serious internal troubles. The most important minerals include...