Word: barter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some circles coke is a barter item, readily accepted for dental work, as an accountant's fee or in exchange for a discount on a new car. "I have one friend who got stuck with staggering alimony payments," says Jim Groth, a Southern California newspaper editor. "He started dealing a little, and now he is paying off his wife in toot, and everybody is happy...
Carried by Westar II, INN'S feed provides the kind of national and international coverage few local stations could produce themselves, and at a bargain price: it is free. In exchange for the right to sell three minutes of national advertising, INN provides the show on a barter basis to affiliates, which can sell three minutes of local ads. Says Corporon: "Everybody makes money. And a national news show adds to a local station's prestige, so a little station tends to grow...
Libyan influence is more felt than seen. In the markets, small groups of Libyan soldiers in fatigues or civilian technicians wearing Castro-style caps barter for elaborately decorated Chadian daggers and other trinkets. Virtually the only buildings in town that are being reconstructed are the Libyan embassy and bank. No one is allowed to approach the airport, where Soviet-built MiG-23 and MiG-25 jet fighters are based, or the closely guarded garrison, where up to 7,500 combat troops, supported by Soviet T-54 tanks, are bivouacked. Diplomats say that Libya is providing funds for Chad government salaries...
...midst of shortages, almost everything is available-at the right price. Most Poles resort to an extensive black-market system where meat, food, clothes, jewelry, cars and appliances can all be had, provided the medium of exchange is not the zloty but the dollar, the deutsche mark or outright barter. Waiting time to buy a Polish-built Fiat can be shortened from four years to a few weeks if payment is made in dollars rather than zloty. The plumber, whose services are normally difficult to obtain, comes immediately if the bill is paid with a pair of nylon hosiery. Hard...
...liberal-left wing of the Democratic Party, which had been sorely disappointed by his performance to date. He also took an aggressive stance in support of Israel when he appeared at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in New York City last week. "We must never barter the freedom and future of Israel for a barrel of oil," said Kennedy, "or foolishly try to align the Arab world with us, no matter what cost." Declared a satisfied participant: "He said everything they wanted to hear...