62 Sentences With "nickels and dimes" | Random Sentence Generator

Hoarding pennies, nickels and dimes, he is finally able to purchase them.

Friendly relations can help, but trade balances are not nickels and dimes issues.

Without this, I'd have a cup on the corner begging for nickels and dimes.

From there, she said, focus on shared financial goals instead of the nickels and dimes.

Well, let me tell you how many nickels and dimes we're talking about: nearly $60 trillion.

So, let's see how this nickels-and-dimes story leads to core problems of American economic growth.

The key to Apple's fortune is obviously selling high margin iPhones, not these ways it nickels and dimes us.

He played blues for nickels and dimes, and figured that he'd have to make his livelihood in the fields.

His life in America now was a matter of nickels and dimes, and each needed to be accounted for.

Having already made inroads in the robo-advisor business in recent years, BlackRock is coming for your nickels and dimes next.

M. complains constantly about spending even a dollar on any meal and nickels and dimes over every expense, even while on vacation.

Talk reciprocal nickels and dimes with Beijing, and make sure that the people we call our friends and allies are following the same approach.

That rush would then be reaffirmed and sustained by the stars, hearts and thumbs-up that constitute the nickels and dimes of social media validation.

This effort comes at a time when Alphabet is trying to enforce financial discipline over a broad empire that was famous for not worrying about nickels and dimes.

If this sounds like a utopian world where happy consumers are forking over extra nickels and dimes where they never would have in the past, it is — for brands.

Profiting socially on nickels and dimes When we speak of disruption in the startup industry, it would not be uncommon to invoke an innovative technology or a visionary founder.

In particular, Toadstool Geologic Park in Nebraska was seeing a lot of small-scale thefts, he said — old mammal bones being flipped for nickels and dimes on the black market.

We wholeheartedly encourage everyone who's able to head on over to the digital music platform, open thy wallets, and throw down some nickels and dimes for a damn good cause.

Bacteria that cause food-borne illness -- including Salmonella and a pathogenic strain of E.coli -- have been shown to survive on pennies, nickels and dimes and can hide out on ATM machines.

Steven Matteo, a councilman from Staten Island who opposes the bill, said that it "nickels and dimes" his constituency and will bleed hundreds of millions of dollars a year from everyday shoppers.

"If somebody wants to pay it, he'll sell it, but it's not going to sell for nickels and dimes," said the person, who discussed the $300 million figure with Finkelstein within the past year.

Together the siblings wrote many No. 643 hits, including the 1991 duet "Rockin' Years" with Ricky Van Shelton — Dolly's 23rd and Floyd's eighth — and 1978's "Nickels and Dimes" from her chart-topping Heartbreaker album.

"For what is a few nickels and dimes for them, they get to see how this model works, and if there's any validity to it they can apply it in their own business," Jindel said.

Behind me as I walked slowly back home, the lights from the Yemeni bodega shone, illuminating the American night, promising treats to feed our late-night hankerings in return for our American nickels and dimes.

They would play poker sometimes, betting nickels and dimes and quarters, shoving their coins into the kitty, which was the name they gave to the spot at the center of the table where the money collected.

"The old-timers would tell me that during the Depression, there were signs on banks that said, 'No Dogs, No Cabdrivers,' and that taxi drivers had to save nickels and dimes to buy their medallions," Mr. Pollack recalled.

After breakfast, we'd dump the money from the tobacco tins onto the kitchen table and count coins, stacking quarters and nickels and dimes into wrappers from the Worcester County Institution for Savings, while my father updated the Accounts, and made the Collection List.

The present U.S. administration will rue the day when it started its mindless demolition of the alliance with petty nickels-and-dimes taunts and rips at European unity, a project bringing peace and prosperity to a continent that lit up the world twice last century.

"They're incredibly valuable on the financial metrics of understanding how to get costs out of the business, how to be more streamlined, how to think about the organizational structure differently, how to find nickels and dimes throughout the organization," and at getting maximum value out of real estate, Mr. Jones said.

Navajo women copied the patterns but substituted velvet for the satin and made buttons out of nickels and dimes. These stylish skirts are still fashionable today, for Navajos and non-Navajos alike.

"Charles Walker & the New York City Blues Band > Blues from the Apple" Joe Lee Wilson is a mainstream jazz vocalist who was making his name in Manhattan's loft scene of the 1970s. He recorded a highly buzzed session at WKCR in 1972, which Oblivion launched as Livin' High Off Nickels and Dimes, a New York jazz radio sensation in the autumn of 1974.Kathleen Loves Music. "Joe Lee Wilson > Livin' High Off Nickels and Dimes" Oblivion's last album was its inspiration.

School children contributed nickels and dimes. Within two years from the start of the campaign, the city raised an amazing $406,000. On September 15, 1892, with the city appropriating tax monies for free library service, the doors of the new public library opened. On the first day, 388 names were registered; by the tenth day, 2,160 names were entered.

An obscure Knoxville street musician named Charlie Oaks, who often played at the terminal for "nickels and dimes," wrote a song about the wreck. In 1924, Oaks became one of the earliest musicians to commercially record what is now country music.Charles Wolfe, Tennessee Strings: The Story of Country Music in Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1977), p. 8.

This group of dedicated organizers made house to house collections to purchase land for the church and school building. The nickels and dimes amounted over a period of time until $402.10 was collected to purchase two lots on Warren and Huron Streets. It was decided through the advice of Rev. Valentine Czyzewski, to purchase land on Olive between Huron and Grace in 1907as the site of construction.

Specific dates of specific denominations that are rarer than others or minted in lower-than-usual quantities may also be taken from circulation, such as 1970, 1987, or 2002 to present halves, 2009 nickels and dimes, or 2002-2008 Sacagawea dollars. Some people search the rolls for error coins that have defects from the minting process and can be worth more than face value to collectors.

The statue proved so popular that $15,000 in nickels and dimes was raised to purchase it through a campaign called "The Kids of Kansas City." The statue was dedicated in 1922 as a permanent memorial to local Indian tribes. It is currently located east of Southwest Trafficway in Penn Valley Park, which is south of downtown Kansas City. Half-size replica of The Scout in Seville, Spain.

He later recalled "I just really enjoyed it ... I could just sit down and play it and play it – it's a beautiful relaxation, until this day. But it wasn't like I was playing in the pub for nickels and dimes or anything. I was really embarrassed about it and I kept it pretty quiet". From 1980 to 1981, Savage was on piano and backing vocals in Happy Orphans, with Jim White on drums.

Ulysses was born in Prescott, Arkansas, to George Washington Thompson, and Hanna Pandora Driver. His mother died of typhus when Ulysses was seven years old, and he ran away from home at age fourteen. Initially, he worked in positions of traditional labor, but he obtained the early skills of an entertainer while dancing in the street for nickels and dimes. His experiences led to a job performing a Juba Dance in a traveling medicine show.

The musical was written as a political satire, specifically spoofing political and police corruption that the Seabury Commission was investigating. It also satirized show business, showing the far-fetched economies, such as seeing 4 films with a room and bath for 10¢. The musical did not ignore the Depression but rather found humor in it. There were many titles considered, among them Nickels and Dimes, but Berlin came up with the final title.

Wright was born in Centerville, Tennessee to Jake and Mary Cobel Wright. Wright and his brothers, Sherman and George performed together in their youth. Johnny told the Terre Haute Tribune Star: "My brothers Sherman, who played harmonica and George, who played violin and myself, we used to play on a corner in front of the courthouse for nickels and dimes." After his father died when he was 10 years old, Wright's family moved north to Richmond, Indiana, for work.

Following the session, John Lomax wrote, "Oscar (Buddy) Woods, Joe Harris and Kid West are all professional Negro guitarists and singers of Texas Avenue, Shreveport. ... The songs I have recorded are among those they use to cajole nickels and dimes from the pockets of listeners." Local records suggest that Woods continued to live in Shreveport, and after his recording career was over, he played again as a street musician and at dances. Woods died in Shreveport in December 1955.

Reverend Clyde Allison introduced the concept to local Presbyterian churches. On Halloween 1950, the Allisons recruited their own children and their community's to go door-to-door collecting nickels and dimes in decorated milk cartons to aid children in post-World War II Europe. They collected a total of $17 and donated all of it to UNICEF. In 1953, the United States Committee for UNICEF, later renamed the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, started actively promoting the program.

These ornaments include Gilbert with a model of the building, Aus taking a girder's measurements, and Woolworth holding nickels and dimes. Two ceiling murals by C. Paul Jennewein, titled Labor and Commerce, are located above the mezzanine where it crosses the south and north wings, respectively. The staircase hall is a two-story room located to the west of the arcade. It consists of the ground level, which contains former storefronts, as well as a mezzanine level above it.

However, Ruth was undaunted and took stock of her assets and determined that she had sacrificed and saved enough nickels and dimes to pay for her tuition and enrolled at the Ryan Flying School. These activities were reported regularly in the San Diego Sun. Ruth’s instruction began on September 9, 1929 at Ryan Field (Dutch Flats), the same airport from which Charles Lindbergh had used to start his journey in the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927.

MU.ZZ.LE is the second studio album by Gonjasufi (Sumach Ecks), following his first album, A Sufi and a Killer. The record was released by Warp on 24 January 2012 and produced one single "The Blame". Reviewed by 23 critics on Metacritic, the album received an average score of 69% which means "generally favorable reviews". Meanwhile, the song "Nikels And Dimes" was sampled in the track "Nickels And Dimes" by rapper Jay-Z from his 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail.

The McMillan Fountain is a public artwork by American artist Herbert Adams located on the Reservoir grounds. The fountain, completed in 1912 and dedicated in October 1919, consists of a bronze The Three Graces placed upon a pink granite base. Cast by Roman Bronze Works, the fountain was originally part of a large landscape setting designed by Charles A. Platt. A tribute to James McMillan, the fountain was paid for by citizens of Michigan, who raised $25,000 by way of pennies, nickels and dimes donated by public school children.

In his words: "We went after people for nickels and dimes, many of them poor and in many cases illiterate people who didn't know how to deal with a government agency." Requard admitted that he saw the returns, but denied that he leaked them. Reporter Jack White of The Providence Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting about Nixon's tax returns. Nixon, with a salary of $200,000, paid $792.81 in federal income tax in 1970 and $878.03 in 1971, with deductions of $571,000 for donating "vice-presidential papers".

Honest Tom PomposelloKathleen Loves Music. "Honest Tom Pomposello" was an album of Americana "roots music", spanning from the expected blues, to folk and R&B;, utilizing nine musicians recorded over two years."Honest Tom Pomposello" @ The Oblivion Records blog With only two reliably commercial records, Fred McDowell's Live in New York and Joe Lee Wilson's Livin' High Off Nickels and Dimes, Oblivion found it could no longer be sustained off the passions of its founders, the saga of many independent labels with inadequate capitalization. The company ceased operations in 1976.

Billie looks on from the audience as Huck and L.C. have a showdown. Huck deliberately folds a winning hand, going out in third place. A few minutes later, L.C. gets rivered and goes out in second place, losing the title to Jason Keyes (Evan Jones) who had "won his entry in an online satellite" (a nod to Chris Moneymaker, who did win the 2003 Main Event after a similar entry to the tournament). After the tournament, L.C. offers his son a one-on-one rematch, playing only for pennies, nickels, and dimes.

Banks was born in Dallas, Texas, to Eddie and Essie Banks on January 31, 1931; he was the second of twelve children. His father, who had worked in construction and was a warehouse loader for a grocery chain, played baseball for black, semi-professional teams in Texas. As a child, Banks was not very interested in baseball, preferring swimming, basketball and football. His father bought him a baseball glove for less than three dollars at a five and dime store and motivated him with nickels and dimes to play catch.

Marshall stated that Williams told him that he had decided to "destroy the Hank Williams that was making the money they were getting". He attributed the decision to Williams' declining career: "Most of his bookings were of the honky-tonk beer joint variety that he simply hated. If he came to this conclusion (of suicide), he still had enough prestige left as a star to make a first-class production of it ... whereas, six months from now, unless he pulled himself back up into some high-class bookings, he might have been playing for nickels and dimes on skid row."Flippo, Chet; p.

All songs originally released on Get Up! except where noted # Fill Your Head With Rock (new song) # Get Up! # Nickels and Dimes (new song) # The Past Is Back (To Kick Your Ass) # Eat My Dust (new song) # Baby Likes To Ride # Boomerang Lover # Cyberspace Girl # Living Life Large (new song) # The Power Of Rock 'N Roll (originally titled "Do You Believe In Rock And Roll?" on Get Up!) # Bonus Track: Heavy Metal Love "Heavy Metal Love" was a re-recording originally from No Rest for the Wicked. All songs written by Gord Prior, Steve Georgakopoulos and Brian Vollmer except "Heavy Metal Love" by Paul Hackman and Brian Vollmer.

The standard set of designs has Canadian symbols, usually wildlife, on the reverse, and an effigy of Elizabeth II on the obverse. Some pennies, nickels, and dimes remain in circulation that bear the effigy of George VI. It is also common for American coins to be found among circulation due to the close proximity to the United States and the fact that the sizes of the coins are similar. Commemorative coins with differing reverses are also issued on an irregular basis, most often quarters. 50¢ coins are rarely found in circulation; they are often collected and not regularly used in day-to-day transactions in most provinces.

261x261px 298x298px Reverend Burk was rector of an Episcopal church in nearby Norristown. The money for the chapel was raised in small increments (nickels and dimes), and its stone walls were built a "few feet at a time." In the religious and patriotic zeal of the day, Dr. Burk was active in trying to preserve Valley Forge, and in the establishment of the Valley Forge Museum of American History (the predecessor to the Valley Forge Historical Society). A previous attempt to build a memorial church at Valley Forge had been launched in 1885 by Baptist minister James M. Guthrie, who raised funds and began building before running out of funds.

The Caterpillar's team, funded by nickels and dimes it collected from vending machines inside company break rooms, just began to scratch the surface of its potential in the annual national AAU tournaments from 1945 to 1951 (all hosted at Denver). The Cat Diesels were placed among the top four twice: a third in 1949 and a fourth in 1951. They also joined the newly formed amateur league the National Industrial Basketball League in 1947, finishing second behind the Milwaukee Harnischfegers in their first season. Peoria would turn a corner without knowing it at the end of the 1947–1948 season with the acquisition of an obscure 29-year-old guard from Southeastern State College in Oklahoma named Warren Womble.

Vi Hart and Nicky Case, creator of Coming Out Simulator 2014, teamed up following a talk on the lack of tech event diversity and women in STEM delivered by Hart, which convinced Case "of the necessity of active measures". The article applies ideas from game theorist and economist Thomas Schelling's 1978 paper Micromotives and Macrobehaviour which describes how small personal bias against diversity leads to greater segregation in the general population. It is also based on Schelling's 1971 paper Dynamic Models of Segregation. Case described Schelling's model as "perfect – simple and fun to play"; Schelling played his own model on a chess board or graph paper with nickels and dimes, moving them one by one.

He has been touring and recording with Social Distortion since the When the Angel's Sing Memorial Concert held in June 2000, which was held to benefit Dennis Danell's family. Wickersham also co-wrote "Angel's Wings", "Faithless" and "Nickels and Dimes" along with Mike Ness for Social Distortion's 2004 release Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll as well as "Machine Gun Blues", "Far Side of Nowhere" and "Take Care of Yourself" with Mike Ness on Social Distortion's latest release Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes. In 2008, Wickersham was on tour with Mike Ness' solo band along with Social Distortion. The Vandals wrote a song about him: "Johnny Twobags", released on their album Live Fast, Diarrhea.

24, 1947. I remember > the exact moment. I was standing with my father, Bartley Crum, by a phone > booth near Union Square in San Francisco, feeding him nickels and dimes > while he made a series of intense phone calls to Dore Schary, who was the > head of MGM. > If you're wondering why he had to make those calls from a pay phone, it's > because our home phone was bugged by the F.B.I. At that point I was too > young to quite grasp the significance of those bugged calls, but I did know > that my father had been one of six lawyers who had just defended the > Hollywood 10 in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) > in Washington.

Later, this type of feature was discontinued in an effort to legitimize the machines, and to avoid legal problems in areas where awarding free games was considered illegal, some games, called Add-A-Ball, did away with the free game feature, instead giving players extra balls to play (between 5 and 25 in most cases). These extra balls were indicated via lighted graphics in the backglass or by a ball count wheel, but in some areas that was disallowed, and some games were shipped with a sticker to cover the counters. Pinball was banned beginning in the early 1940s until 1976 in New York City. New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia was responsible for the ban, believing that it robbed school children of their hard earned nickels and dimes.

Boss Hogg and Rosco are brothers-in-law because Rosco's older sister, Lulu, is married to Boss Hogg. Rosco has just more than $43 in his savings account, and often tries to join Boss in indulging in high-calorie dishes (which usually results in him getting his hands slapped). His patrol car (in the first season a 1974 Dodge Monaco or a 1970 Dodge Polara (first two episodes), 1974–5 AMC Matador, and 1976 Plymouth Fury. In later seasons a 1977 or 1978 Dodge Monaco or Plymouth Fury) which also serves as his daily driver except for a few episodes where he has other cars, such as a 1977 Pontiac Lemans in the 3rd season episode "To Catch a Duke" which he apparently saved his nickels and dimes for, as he claims.

These spacious, moated enclosures were among the first bar-less exhibits in the country. In 1955, a local San Francisco newspaper purchased Pennie, a baby female Asian elephant, and donated her to the zoo after many children donated their pennies, nickels, and dimes for her purchase. Over the next forty years, the Zoological Society became a powerful fundraising source for the San Francisco Zoo, just as Fleishhacker had hoped when he envisioned: "…a Zoological Society similar to those established in other large cities. The Zoological Society will aid the Parks Commission in the acquisition of rare animals and in the operation of the zoo." True to its charter, the Society immediately exerted its influence on the zoo, obtaining more than 1,300 annual memberships in its first ten years (nearly 25,000 today). It also funded projects like the renovation of the Children’s Zoo in 1964, development of the African Scene in 1967, the purchase of medical equipment for the new zoo Hospital in 1975, and the establishment of the Avian Conservation Center in 1978.