• Internet companies must be able to turn on a sixpence as business on the web constantly redefines itself.

    ECONOMIST: Do they have anything in common?

  • The Blues suddenly looked short of rhythm and their lack of sharpness was exposed when Benayoun strolled infield and slipped in Torres, the Spaniard spinning on a sixpence and lashing into the corner.

    BBC: Chelsea 3-2 Liverpool (4-3)

  • Vettori was bowling superbly, giving the ball plenty of flight and landing it on a sixpence outside off stump, and when Shoaib Malik chipped the spinner to cover, Pakistan were suddenly 71-4 and looking nervous.

    BBC: Gul heroics inspire Pakistan win

  • He kept to the end of his life the delighted glint-in-the-eye of a boy who has been paid eight shillings and sixpence for playing the accordion in Plumstead Working Men's Club, and can't believe his luck.

    ECONOMIST: Jack Scott and Reg Varney

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