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...PENNY THAT ROLLED AWAY, by Louis MacNeice (Putnam; $2.25), is a coin's-eye view of the world pegged on the comic misadventures of "a dime called Dinah and a nickel called Nick and a brown baby sister called Penny for short," who "lived in a Piggy Bank up on a mantlepiece." British Poet MacNeice, a junior member of the Auden-Isherwood-Spender literary axis of the '30s, pitches his pennies in and out of trouble with enough sly surprises to clinch his first bid for fame with the lollipop...
After 5½ hours, Paula's time came. The nurse reported to Dr. Martin: "The baby's crowning a nickel's worth," i.e., showing just a bit of its head. Minutes later, Paula gave birth to a healthy, 7½-lb. daughter. But the mother was hemorrhaging badly. Dr. Martin called the center for an emergency "wrecking crew." Within 20 minutes, a second doctor and nurse arrived with whole blood and plasma. Three hours later, assured that neither Paula nor her baby would suffer further complications, the crew was ready for another mission...
...desperate effort to retard the national development of federated giving (e.g., Community Chests). Undoubtedly, it is more than a coincidence that Flint and Michigan have been notable in the successful application of this principle." One Flint resident said that he would never give "another nickel" to Red Cross. Mas sachusetts' Governor Christian Herter de manded an apology to Worcester. Fund officials in all three cities acknowledged that they had turned only token sums over to the Red Cross. But they pointed out that the special funds went toward replacing losses suffered in the storm, edu cation of orphans, patching...
Into the big jukebox went another nickel, up went the amplifiers to full power, and out into the night blasted Bye Bye Blues in a mighty shockwave of sound...
...road-tested by General Motors Corp., but mass production of the bus is a long way off. Chief advantages of the vehicles: light weight, little vibration, use of a wide range of fuels, and clutchless operation. Drawbacks: high fuel consumption and scarcity of heat-resistant metals needed, such as nickel, cobalt and molybdenum...