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...that costs a penny, other than one’s thoughts. Even most vending machines and other mechanisms reject this obsolete orange orb. I admit that people do sometimes use pennies. They throw them into fountains; they put them in the “take a penny, leave a penny?? dish. But we don’t take the penny seriously as a unit of currency; when someone finds one on the ground, his or her first thought is, “Wow, good luck,” not, “Wow, I just made a profit...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich, | Title: The Penny Pinch | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...aptly named Lolita (Alexis Dziena). Underneath her optimistic facade, Stone adds a sense of vulnerability and loneliness that lends unexpected depth to her character. Tilda Swinton plays Laura’s polar opposite: Penny, the motorcycle chick who lives in a run-down house in the middle of nowhere. Penny??s venomous feelings for Don are nearly palpable, but in spite of her hard exterior, she seems fragile in a way that leaves you wondering exactly what happened between them...

Author: By Deborah Pan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Flowers’ Blossoms With Murray | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

...them. After all, purely by virtue of being born on American soil we’re all bound by the U.S. Code, a body of rules and regulations so long and complicated it makes software licenses look like kindergarten reading primers. You can go to jail for defacing a penny??how much worse can a company do in their fine print than that...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: License Disagreements | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

...been thinking ‘bout wide open spaces/Where my friends and I can roll and play/Oh, Maui’s calling me.” The song refers to the Maui Ape Preserve that The Gorilla Foundation, led by Dr. Francine “Penny?? Patterson, is hoping to build in Hawaii...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gorillas in the Mix | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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