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Chump Change

1.10.05 @ 12:01AM

The missing American nickel. Plus: Skyscraping. Torture niceties. NPR and Neumayr. Stern dismissal. Plus more.
p> A NICKEL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS br> Re: Lawrence Henry's The Mystery of the Vanishing Nickel : /p>

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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