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Unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U.S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. In addition to the dollar the coinage act officially established monetary units of mill or one-thousandth of a dollar (symbol ), cent or one-hundredth of a dollar (symbol ), dime or one-tenth of a dollar, and eagle or ten dollars, with prescribed weights and composition of gold, silver, or copper for each. It was proposed in the mid-1800s that one hundred dollars be known as a union, but no union coins were ever struck and only patterns for the $50 half union exist. However, only cents are in everyday use as divisions of the dollar; "dime" is used solely as the name of the coin with the value of 10, while "eagle" and "mill" are largely unknown to the general public, though mills are sometimes used in matters of tax levies, and gasoline prices are usually in the form of $X.XX9 per gallon, e.g., $3.599, sometimes written as $3.59910. When currently issued in circulating form, denominations equal to or less than a dollar are emitted as U.S. coins while denominations equal to or greater than a dollar are emitted as Federal Reserve notes (with the exception of gold, silver and platinum coins valued up to $100 as legal tender, but worth far more as bullion). Both one-dollar coins and notes are produced today, although the note form is significantly more common. In the past, "paper money" was occasionally issued in denominations less than a dollar (fractional currency) and gold coins were issued for circulation up to the value of $20 (known as the "double eagle", discontinued in the 1930s). The term eagle was used in the Coinage Act of 1792 for the denomination of ten dollars, and subsequently was used in naming gold coins. Paper currency less than one dollar in denomination, known as "fractional currency", was also sometimes pejoratively referred to as "shinplasters". In 1854, James Guthrie, then Secretary of the Treasury, proposed creating $100, $50 and $25 gold coins, which were referred to as a "Union", "Half Union", and "Quarter Union", thus implying a denomination of 1 Union = $100.
1. Whats a $20 coin called?
2. When did they stop making it?
3. How much was a half union worth?
4. When was the Coinage Act?
5. When did they consider calling $100 a Union?
6. What's a dime's value?
7. What system is the US dollar based on?
8. Were any Union coins ever made?
9. Was thee any paper money worth less than a buck?
10. Which is worth more? Coins or bullion?
11. Did they make a pattern for the $50 Union coin?
12. Paper currency worth less than a buck is called?
13. What was it also sometimes called?
14. Are Eagle and Mill widely known by the public?
15. Does the Spanish milled dollar use the decimal system?

Numbered answers:
1. "double eagle"
2. 1930s
3. $50
4. 1792
5. 1854
6. 10
7. decimal system
8. unknown
9. yes
10. coins
11. yes
12. "fractional currency"
13. "shinplasters"
14. no
15. no

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(CNN) -- There is no evidence to suggest that the two men who used stolen passports to get aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had anything to do with its disappearance Saturday as it was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, an official said Tuesday.

"The more information we get, the more we're inclined to conclude that it was not a terrorist incident," Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble told reporters Tuesday at his organization's headquarters in Lyon, France.

Here's what we know about what happened, how it happened and why.

WHO ARE THEY?

The passengers are Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, 29, and Pouri Nourmohammadi, 18.

They entered Malaysia on February 28 using valid Iranian passports.

CNN obtained an iReport photo of what appears to be the two men with two of their friends. Metadata from the photo indicates that it was shot with an iPhone at 8:20 p.m. the night before the plane departed. CNN has blurred the faces of the other two men to protect their identities.

WHAT HAPPENED?

To fly out of Malaysia, Reza and Nourmohammadi used passports that were stolen in Thailand, a booming market for stolen passports. The passports belonged to citizens of Italy and Austria.

"Thailand remains a robust venue for the sale of high-quality, false passports (which includes altered, stolen passports) and other supporting documentation," said Paul Quaglia, who has been working in the region as a security and risk analyst for 14 years.

The Italian, Luigi Maraldi, 37, told reporters he reported his passport stolen in August. The Austrian, Christian Kozel, 30, had his stolen in July 2013.
1. What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
2. When?
3. Where did it take off from?
4. Where was it supposed to land?
5. What were the names of some of the passengers?
6. How old was the oldest one?
7. The youngest?
8. Did the two have passports in Malaysia?
9. Are those the ones that the two used when departing?
10. Do officials think the two were terrorists?

Numbered answers:
1. to do with its disappearance
2. Saturday
3. it was flying from Kuala Lumpur
4. Beijing
5. Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza Pouri Nourmohammadi
6. 29
7. 18
8. Yes using valid Iranian passports.
9. used passports that were stolen in Thailand
10. No. the more we're inclined to conclude that it was not a terrorist incident,

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CHAPTER XVII. THE BALCONY AT IMANO'S

At six o'clock that evening, Tavernake rang up the Milan Court and inquired for Elizabeth. There was a moment or two's delay and then he heard her reply. Even over the telephone wires, even though he stood, cramped and uncomfortable, in that stuffy little telephone booth, he felt the quick start of pleasure, the thrill of something different in life, which came to him always at the sound of her voice, at the slightest suggestion of her presence.

"Well, my friend, what fortune?" she asked him.

"None," he answered. "I have done my best. Beatrice will not listen to me."

"She will not come and see me?"

"She will not."

Elizabeth was silent for a moment. When she spoke again, there was a change in her tone.

"You have failed, then."

"I did everything that could be done," Tavernake insisted eagerly. "I am quite sure that nothing anybody could say would move Beatrice. She is very decided indeed."

"I have another idea," Elizabeth remarked, after a brief pause. "She will not come to me; very well, I must go to her. You must take me there."

"I cannot do that," Tavernake answered.

"Why not?"

"Beatrice has refused absolutely to permit me to tell you or any one else of her whereabouts," he declared. "Without her permission I cannot do it."

"Do you mean that?" she asked.

"Of course," he answered uncomfortably.

There was another silence. When she spoke again, her voice had changed for the second time. Tavernake felt his heart sink as he listened.
1. Who did Tavernake look for?
2. Where did he look for her?
3. At what time?
4. Did he call her over the phone?
5. From where?
6. Was he happy to hear her?
7. Did he always enjoy her presence?
8. Who they were talking about?
9. Did she agreed to him?
10. About what?
11. Who Beatrice didn't want to see?
12. Was she firm about her decision?
13. Who was disappointed about it?
14. And Elizabeth too?
15. Did Tavernake try hard to convince Bearice?
16. Did Elizabeth want to go to her instead?
17. Did she want him to bring her there?
18. Who knew where Beatrice was?
19. Did he have her permission to tell it to others?
20. Did Elizabeth think he would be firm about his conviction at the end?
Numbered answers:
1. Elizabeth
2. Milan
3. moment or two's delay
4. yes
5. booth
6. yes
7. yes
8. Beatrice
9. no
10. ou must take me there
11. Elizabeth
12. yes
13. Tavernake
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. no
18. Tavernake
19. no
20. no