Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eyelid. "Can I talk to you about how even a one-dollar donation would improve class spirit...
...Your dollar begins here...
Families from all over the country and the world pay top dollar for transportation to Cambridge and hotel accomodations for Commencement week. Most hotels charge much higher prices during this time and demand a minimum stay of three nights. For those families who live farther away and for those students with larger families, the cost of attending graduation is considerable...
...much had France paid for its citizens' freedom, both to Iran, which brokered the release, and to Islamic Jihad? Interior Minister Charles Pasqua insisted that "not a franc, not a dollar, not a deutsche mark" was rendered. But another French official said the Iranians were interested in re- establishing diplomatic relations, which were broken last summer. They also wanted repayment of a $1 billion loan made to France in 1974, which they argue has appreciated considerably because of accrued interest. France has so far paid back $660 million...
Multimillion-dollar cases like Conlan's are suddenly proliferating, giving the banking industry a dreaded new buzz phrase: lender liability. Gone are the days, says Victor Roy, a Louisiana banking lawyer, when "suing a bank was ! like suing the Pope." While the increase in lawsuits can be attributed in part to growing litigiousness, some bankers have themselves to blame. In the early 1980s, lenders aggressively sought new borrowers in farming and oil, pushing generous loans under the presumption that the good times would keep on rolling. But when the bottom fell out of petroleum and commodity prices, many ventures were...