Word: nickels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their quest to seize the White House, the crusading Republicans last week forgot their differences. Bush didn't "want to be nickel-and-dimed to death by details" lest he be forced to remember his principles; Henry Kissinger suddenly forgot about detente and linkage and all those things he so slyly sculpted while Secretary of State; even Bush-haters from Texas and North Carolina reserved their judgement until after the election...
...next to the Park St. MBTA station, Roger paces up and down, peering into the dark beyond the yellow edge of the streetlight. He launches into his spiel as someone approaches, voice as quick and confident as the man who sells vegematics on UHF channels. "Spare a quarter, dime, nickel, anything?" he asks; depending on the audience, the end of his pitch differs. If it is an older person, Roger needs a bath, some food, and he surely does. When young people pass, Roger explains with perfect frankness that all he lacks is a few cents...
...increase dramatically if Detroit's carmakers ever decide to start building them. Closest is General Motors, which has produced a prototype, the Electro Vette (a Chevette with lead-acid batteries). Last winter GM set up an electric car "project center," where it is working on an advanced zinc-nickel oxide battery with a range of 100 miles. GM EVs could be rolling off assembly lines as soon as the fall of 1983. Ford Motor Co. is working on a sodium-sulfur battery scheduled for lab tests...
...Office of Hearings and Appeals decision and reversed the reversal. It is now considering two proposals that would raise the fees of North Slope Alaskan crude. Both would hike gasoline prices for refiners like Sohio but would lower prices for others. Meanwhile, Sohio has already raised gasoline prices a nickel a gallon...
Last year, when the price of gold skyrocketed, leading class-ring companies were ready with nickel, chrome and stainless-steel substitutes. In an attempt to retain some glamour, manufacturers have given the alloys exotic trade names like Ultrium and Siladium. Salesmen now proudly point out that the gold substitutes resist tarnish or dents and will not leave rings around the finger. Says R. Lyman Wood, group vice president of Lenox Inc., an industry leader: "You can drop it or step on it. You can even wear it playing football...