Word: dollar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Every time a batter gets a hit off Andy Messersmith or any other million-dollar pitcher, he should be given a raise simply because a million-dollar pitcher should be unhittable...
...Million-Dollar Manager...
...practically ignored new developments in their natural campaign issue: the economy. While other West Europeans were beginning to enjoy the passing, at long last, of a stubborn recession (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS), Italians had new gloomy statistics to ponder. The lira dropped to an alltime low of 920 to the dollar, despite heavy intervention by the Bank of Italy, which spent a reported $1 billion to shore it up in March and April alone. Mean while, the balance of trade deficit, it was also announced, increased by $1.5 billion in the year's first quarter, equivalent to the total deficit...
...centerpiece of Kissinger's speech was a billion-dollar International Resources Bank, designed to encourage increased private investment in developing nations, particularly those that international companies might ordinarily consider poor business risks. The bank's essential features would be that it could be used as a mechanism to stabilize prices of commodities and guarantee investments. In Kissinger's view, such a bank, which would be financially backed by the industrialized and oil-producing countries, would serve as a conduit between private foreign investors and host countries, handling key negotiations, including fair profit-sharing arrangements...
...streets, increasing average commuting times by as much as 20% and raising the accident rate by 10%. Others ignored the diamond signs and used the restricted lanes whenever patrol cars were out of sight. Students and the unemployed gathered at access ramps; they offered themselves as passengers at a dollar a head for cars with fewer than three occupants. The buses, meanwhile, ran virtually empty. Of the 90,000 free-ride tickets distributed by the Southern California Rapid Transit District to lure new riders during the first two weeks of April, only 315 were used...