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Chump Change
The missing American nickel. Plus: Skyscraping. Torture niceties. NPR and Neumayr. Stern dismissal. Plus more.
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A NICKEL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
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Re: Lawrence Henry’s
The Mystery
of the Vanishing Nickel
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Lawrence Henry asks if there are “any ideas?”
p>Yes. Round all transactions to the nearest nickel and eliminate pennies. (There must be an economic law at work because, at the end a long day of shopping, despite all attempts to get rid of them, I inevitably find four pennies in my change.) br> — Gordon Paravano br> Sedona, Arizona /p> p> Nickels are heavier, so people would rather have dimes and quarters. br> — unsigned
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