Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demand for their output has increased as well. Mexico's illicit heroin- refining labs have upgraded their equipment so that their product, previously a crude substance dubbed "Mexican brown," now competes with purer varieties from Southeast Asia. At the same time, Mexico's marijuana has made a comeback with bargain-minded smokers; it costs only $100 or less an ounce on the street, compared with $200 for California's superpotent sinsemilla...
...operators objected that the law barred them from the city's downtown, forcing them to unprofitable locations. Well, said the court, the town has no obligation to ensure "sites at bargain prices." The court's ruling in effect permits localities to scatter adult theaters, as Detroit has, or to concentrate them, as Boston has in its "combat zone." After the decision was announced, the mayor's office in Renton was deluged with more than 100 calls from officials of other cities looking for tips on zoning-ordinance design...
...Bargain Hunting...
Most shipowners around the world now avoid the steep costs of union wages and government regulations at home by registering their fleets with developing countries, notably Liberia, Cyprus and Panama. The latest popular flag belongs to a tiny South Pacific island group, Vanuatu, which charges a bargain- basement registration fee of $14,460, even lower than Liberia's $21,005. Vanuatu's fleet now numbers 100 ships...
...decade ago, it did so with the understanding that the magazine would remain an independent organization. In return for an office within the building, the Review published articles by institute fellows, interviews with guest speakers, and reports of livelier conferences. That was the extent of the mutually advantageous bargain between the institute and the Review...