Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with the death of Dottie's Aunt Harriet, who spends her last moments on earth at a bargain basement clearance sale, Dottie inherits the money to make a new life. With this newfound freedom, Dottie moves her family from Queens to Manhattan and is off in pursuit of her dream...
...bargain-hunting tourists, some of the cheapest deals on the planet these days can be found in the former Soviet Union. The choices are certainly limited, but Americans in Moscow with access to black-market rubles can, for example, enjoy a reasonable meal for as little as $3 or take home a room-size, handmade wool rug for less than $100. But the plunging value of the ruble that makes such deals available to foreigners has been a nightmare for the locals. Since Russian President Boris Yeltsin lifted price controls in January, a move that pushed the inflation rate...
...Recycle not only offers such rareties as miniature plastic E.T.s for the bargain-basement price of a nickel, but it demonstrates that recycling can and does work...
...health-insurance premiums. Middle-class families with earnings of up to $80,000 a year could deduct premiums of as much as $3,750 from their federal tax returns. To cut the cost of policies, Bush urges small businesses to band together in "health-insurance networks" that could bargain for lower rates...
...billion. The post-cold war boom in peacekeeping has led to eight major new operations since 1988, with costs projected to reach $1 billion this year. The Cambodia venture alone is expected to drain $1 billion-plus over the next two years, but that will be a bargain if it buys peace in that devastated land...