Word: dollar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel better about money, trainees play financial games, dance to songs about money, imagine cash piling up on their laps and chew dollar bills. Some of the trainees are reluctant to chew at first. Explains Ruby Buchanan, 30, a cosmetics distributor: "I thought about all the places it has been, and all the hands that touched it. Then, as I chewed, it just began to feel like a piece of wood. I think it helps change your perception of money. I now feel less guilty when I spend, for instance." Trainees are given "treasure maps" and told to paste...
...game, weren't fooled by this nonsense. Intuitively they understood that Fidrych was a ballplayer of the old stamp, the kind that played before the game took on the attributes of a big-money promotional sport. He wasn't another imposter like "Catfish" Hunter, whining about his next million dollar bonus. Nor was he a giant-sized "hot dog" (alias superstar) like Reggie Jackson. He played ball with spirit and enthusiasm, albeit a little oddly--with a sincerity that caught the fancy of all who watched him. And the fans flocked by the tens of thousands...
...overruled. Blumenthal and Schultze had only marginal influence on the energy and Social Security reform programs, two of the most important projects affecting the economy since the Inauguration. While Schultze has been urging tax cuts, those two programs will hit the economy with a double whammy of multibillion-dollar tax hikes that may halt growth. Officials concede the economic impact of some programs was not sufficiently taken into account but add that only the President can weigh the social as well as economic factors in a decision...
...planned eventually for Reno, where the company faces new competition next year from two large hotels now under construction, the MGM Grand and the Sahara. In still another move designed to boost income, Harrah's has begun manufacturing more $1 one-armed bandits-slot machines that take a dollar to play. They produce higher revenue per pull and are even more profitable than the company's moneymaking nickel and dime slots...
...Billion-dollar lawsuits are popping up everywhere...