Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 500 people and animals turned out for Curious George's 50th birthday party (casual attire), including George Plimpton, Zippy the chimp, and Harvard President Derek C. Bok. Proceeds of the $100-a-plate benefit went to aid a half million dollar fund drive for Philips Brooks House...
...bill, dubbed the National Community Housing Partnership Act, would provide $3 for every dollar raised by an eligible community group. According to a Kennedy statement released Monday, the money would help build 25,000 to 50,000 units of affordable housing. At least 60 percent would go to cities and urban counties...
...first years of the decade now begins to look hopeful, but here again the projected growth is severely contained. The nation's industries were running at more than 82% of capacity in December 1987. That's good. But consumer spending is decelerating. That's bad. The value of the dollar falls abroad. Good. More countries are becoming industrial giants. Bad. All of industry these days talks like an executive fitness center, in terms of slimming down and wising up. The brayings of protectionists suggest that the onetime home of swaggering competitiveness is beginning to see itself as a large island...
...limit of $1,000 on individual campaign contributions. The paper also reported that Karl picked up the tab for private jet flights, funded an aide who has been working full time for Hart, and agreed to settle an unpaid $96,000 loan to Hart for 10 cents on the dollar...
...national education budget in six of its seven years, the Reagan Administration has begun to appreciate the stakes. This year education is one of the few areas where funding will be increased. In his State of the Union address, the President is expected to announce a billion-dollar boost for the 1989 Department of Education budget...