Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...multimillion-dollar election was a disaster for the American people and a boon to television. Most of this money was spent to produce worthless political rhetoric. If the Federal Government wants to slash expenditures, it should start by cutting campaign financing, an area that can well afford...
...European Community's agricultural export subsidies. Brock even threatened to start a trade war by dumping 200,000 metric tons of butter on the world market in an effort to undercut European prices. Angry Western European ministers called for scrutiny of the U.S.'s multibillion-dollar farm programs. Said Denmark's Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen: the U.S. is "trying to get us to give up a lot without giving anything in return." In the transatlantic dueling, the Japanese were overlooked, and Foreign Minister Yoshio Sakurauchi went unchallenged as he blandly pronounced his nation's largely...
...Cambridge Rent Control Board is scheduled to decide later this month whether to allow Harvard to proceed with its multimillion dollar conversion plans...
...militant group of tenants in Harvard's 60-unit Craigie Arms apartment complex had agreed to drop a multi-million dollar suit against the University, Harvard, in return, had agreed to make provisions in a renovated Craigie Arms for some low-and moderate-income tenants...
...night. Such enthusiasm for Mexican dining was once largely confined to the Southwest, but now Chi-Chi's and other aggressive chains are sweeping through the heartland like modern conquistadors. With moderate prices and robust fare, they are capturing an ever growing chunk of the American dining-out dollar. Mexican-style eateries gulped down a hearty $3 billion in revenues last year, or nearly 4% of total U.S. restaurant sales. They bit off only $1 billion as recently as 1977, by contrast, and accounted for less than 2% of spending for away-from-home meals...