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...dollar coin was designed to replace the ill-fated Susan B. Anthony coin, which has been a thorn in the side of the U. S. Mint since it started producing the coin...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Keep the Change: Initially Popular Dollar Coin Loses Its Golden Shine | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

...billion, a 334% increase over the first quarter. In Continental Western Europe, the trend is even steeper: 27 deals worth $3.84 billion last year, up from three deals worth $224.3 million in 1998. Significant transactions include KKR's $940.5 million acquisition of British conglomerate Wassall, whose primary holding is Thorn Lighting, a manufacturer of light fixtures; and the $1.4 billion buyout of the German bathroom-fixtures maker Friedrich Grohe, led by BC Partners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lure Of Privacy | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

This Saturday, the Crimson will face off against Brown, a team that has traditionally been a thorn in the side of Harvard...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. & W. Track Unleash Against Huskies | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...legal circles, few issues are thought to be much thornier than the separation of church and state. But Tuesday, a U.S. district judge in Cincinnati dove right into the thorn bush, declaring Cleveland's four-year-old voucher system illegal. Although the program will continue until a higher court makes its ruling, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled that the voucher program - which allows families to send their children to private schools using public funds - is unconstitutional. Because most of the subsidized students attend religious schools, Oliver said, the vouchers provide taxpayer money for religious instruction. Ohio's attorney general vows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sending the Kids to Religious Schools? Don't Count on Public Funding | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

Mounsey, Ivy League player of the week twice this season, leads the Ivy in scoring with 19 goals and 10 assists for 48 points and was a thorn in the Crimson's side all day long...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Field Hockey Ruins Brown's Perfect Bid | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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