Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party on Saturday, September 22, Winthrop House apparently violated the regulations by charging a two dollar admission for while serving beer...
...coalition of Labor and Likud, the country's two major political groups, decided to cut this year's $23 billion budget by $1 billion and devalue the shekel by 9%. That latter move, which dropped the currency's value from 354 shekels to the U.S. dollar to 397, was meant to stop a run against the currency that was dangerously draining the country's foreign reserves...
...economy showed several signs of vigor last week. The dollar set records against the French franc and Italian lira and was worth more than three West German marks for the first time since 1973. To foreign investors, said Walter Heller, who was President Kennedy's top economic adviser, "the U.S. is the safest and most profitable haven around for investment." Bond prices surged on the belief that the Federal Reserve Board is easing its monetary policy. Stocks also rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 30 points to finish the week...
...never that they'll do so in a brand-new, multi-million dollar stadium that's only half complete...
...Mondale's primary opponent Colorado Senator Gary Hart, referred to the Carter Administration's handling of the Iran hostage crisis as "our days of shame." Bush also swiped at Mondale as the tool of "special interests" who is "asking the working people to pay off his billion-dollar promises...