Word: barter
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...scene is a bakery, somewhere in Europe. Customers are queueing up to make their purchases. But instead of money, they offer a pair of ice skates, a guitar, a wheelbarrow of coal, a teddy bear. A sign above the counter reads, "?-day. Expect Delays." Another says, "Barter here." If you need a further clue as to what's going on, there's a calendar displaying the date...
...Their shacks are built of cardboard, driftwood, old iron and fraying plastic. Near-naked children play tag among the filthy debris. Only one in three will survive beyond the age of five. Most of the Boa Vista squatters have no formal identity papers. They have to beg, steal or barter for food and clothing. Motorists who drive along the potholed road below the cliff-dwellers look the other way. "Yes, we know about Boa Vista," said a U.N. aid official, "but it's regarded as a no-go security risk. You get out of your car and they...
That is changing, however, as word of their benefits spreads--and as doulas come up with creative ways of expanding their services. Stephanie Soderblom of Mesa, Ariz., has a nontraditional and nondiscriminatory fee system. She asks $450 for a birth but will do payment plans, sliding scale and even barter for services. Says Soderblom: "I'll never do a birth for free, but I've done births for a quilt, a picture frame and even homemade cookies." Her payment philosophy comes from her experiences working with young, single mothers. "I didn't want these girls to feel as if they...
...former first lady and just 10 for her opponent Rick Lazio. Soon after the election, the local rabbi of the Skver sect was soon granted a personal meeting with the president to discuss the commutations. All four men were set free--and this time around Clinton appeared to barter votes, as opposed to cash, for pardons...
...Reagan who famously proposed a missile shield, and even more famously refused to barter it away at the Reykjavik summit, an event many historians consider the turning point in the cold war. That marked the beginning of the Soviets' definitive realization that they were going to lose the arms race to the U.S.--and that neither threats nor cajoling could dissuade the U.S. from running...