Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...capitalist scholar's response: "One dollar...
Unbelieving, Shalnev said, "The fate of an entire country on one dollar...
...seem to represent a conflict of interest, the facts beneath the surface suggested otherwise. It turns out that city deposits in the Chinatown bank were doubled after Bradley made a phone call to the Los Angeles treasurer. The savings and loan bank, meanwhile, was involved in a multimillion-dollar tax dispute with the city, and had been awarded several zoning changes. Following those disclosures, Bradley repaid his $18,000 fee to the Chinatown bank and quit his job as director of the thrift institution, but the taint of impropriety remained. "Dubious moonlighting," the Los Angeles Times called...
Apparently, the guys in our room last year had waited a while to pay. We called them to inform them of the dollar amount. With astounding calmness, they apologized and took the bill. No problem, they told...
When Ann Hopkins came up for partnership at Price Waterhouse in 1982, she looked like a shoo-in for a promotion. Of the 88 candidates -- all the others were male -- she had the best record at generating new business and securing multimillion-dollar contracts for the Big Eight accounting firm. Yet Hopkins' nomination was put on hold after she was evaluated by several male partners as being too "macho" and in need of a "charm school." One of them advised her to "walk more femininely, talk more femininely, dress more femininely, wear makeup, have her hair styled and wear jewelry...