Word: nickels
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...standing above party strife and class divisions. "We yearn for symbols of national unity," wrote Tory Elder Statesman Lord Hailsham in the Sunday Telegraph. "The Americans have their Constitution and flag. In addition to our flag, we have our Queen." Nonetheless, as Hailsham told TIME London Bureau Chief Herman Nickel, he fears that the institution of the monarchy remains "vulnerable to a bad monarch" and that even a good Queen like Elizabeth "cannot serve as a court of appeal against the follies of democracy." For that reason, he now feels that Britain also needs a written constitution and a bill...
...nickel saved is a nickel earned...
...Nickel-wise but pound-foolish...
...billion pennies a year (compared with 9 billion today); by then, the cost of manufacturing a penny will be about 1.5?, more than double today's cost of .67?. The Treasury is debating the matter and will not make its recommendation to Congress until next year. A nickel for its thoughts...
...rickety hot plate sits on the counter. It is the mark of an asceticism that Ted Hesburgh seems to impose on himself-almost as though he felt a need to reassure himself that he still is a priest. "After all these years, 1 haven't got a nickel in the world," he says, "and I like that...