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Word: dollar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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While Elvis Presley lived, there was not a single store hawking Presleyana in Memphis. But since his death last month, the reclusive rock pioneer has been merchandised in a manner that would arouse the envy of the smoothest huckster. Outside his Graceland mansion, peddlers vend memorabilia, including dollar bills with Presley's portrait in place of George Washington's (price: $8). A package of 19 original Presley records is being offered for $9,500. A Columbus, Ga., used-car dealer is restoring the singer's first Cadiliac to take on a national tour. A Delaware outfit called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Ripping Off Elvis | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...have to go to the orthodontist and sons that want to go to sleep-away camp, and that all of these things cost money. Lots of it, and the Cost-of-Living Index isn't going down, not to mention the Cost-of-Living-Well Index. Abstracting the Almighty Dollar from the picture might well give Maccoby a more interesting thesis for his book, but it only distorts the picture like a fun-house mirror. The sad fact is that only the absurdly wealthy can afford to play games with their money...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Games People Play | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Most recently, Ethiopia broke off a major, multi-million dollar HIID contract in 1975, during the leftward shift of the Ethiopian government that followed the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: The Whole World in His Hands | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

Although the actual Faculty budget increases yearly, less money is expended now in real dollar terms than in the early '70s, Kaufmann said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rosovsky Balances Faculty Budget | 9/14/1977 | See Source »

Although the actual Faculty budget increases yearly, less money is expended now in real dollar terms than in the early '70s, Kaufmann said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rosovsky Balances Budget, FAS Shows Slight Surplus | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

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