Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only bargain in textbook shopping this semester: students buying sourcebooks for their spring classes get an arithmetic lesson for free. Prices have skyrocketed due to increased enforcement of copyright laws, according to sourcebook publishers...
...from seeing his popular support rise because of the Clinton rescue, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo is now facing widespread mistrust over his bargain with the U.S.,TIME Mexico City bureau chief Laura Lopezreports. "Everyone is asking what he gave away in exchange for it," Lopez says. "He's claimed that he has not compromised sovereignty over the issue, but there's still a level of suspicion in the general population that Uncle Sam wouldn't have done it if there wasn't more in it for him." Worse for Zedillo, whose image of weakness began with the Dec. 20 decision...
...billion, or $570 million each. That is well below the $2.2 billion that each of the first 20 B-2s cost. Even minus their hefty development cost, the first batch cost more than $1 billion a plane. But Northrop's new price tag is dubious, and the bargain questionable. Defense experts expect the final price to balloon. More important, U.S. taxpayers could be buying a flying white elephant with scant strategic value because the key weapons it requires to justify the investment don't exist...
...Japan's financial-services sector to American firms, giving them the chance to help manage some of the nearly $1 trillion in Japanese pension funds. American apples, meanwhile, made their debut on Japanese grocery shelves, where they sold briskly at prices of 78 cents to 98 cents apiece -- a bargain compared with the $1.28 to $1.58 levied for the homegrown variety...
...politics need not be a zero-sum game, in which G.O.P. gains always mean black losses. Despite their obvious differences, the two groups share much common ground, and given the power that Gingrich wields, it makes sense to bargain with him. Growing numbers of blacks have become restive within the Democratic Party, which they feel takes their votes for granted. There is more talk than ever these days about ways to increase black political independence. Many blacks who now vote Democratic are much more in tune with Republican positions on social issues. "Republicans at this time are standing for some...