Word: dollarization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There has been no $3 million dollar loss as the Justice claims," he said. Hammersehmidt added that "the effect on giving to Brandeis has been minimal...
...bill works well as an advertising ploy, he said. "I've been in stores where I give a two-dollar bill and people say 'You've been to Ferranti Dege,'" he said...
Using the bills also saves the store money, Casey said, as it makes it easier to give correct change and prevents large losses from theft, because if two-dollar bills are used, twenties must be kept under the cash drawer and would-be thieves can't reach over the counter and grab them...
...store acquires its bills at BayBanks Harvard Trust, and officials at BayBanks and Ferranti-Dege is the only business in the Square that orders two-dollar bills on a regular basis. The bank goes through about 2000 two-dollar bills every other week, according to BayBanks officials...
Both IDF and HAC are working under the Overseas Development Network (ODN), an international charitable organization founded by a Harvard student and based in Cambridge that frequently coordinates such activities. Bike Aid, another ODN program, will match the amount the fast raises dollar for dollar. Members of Bike Aid, including several Harvard students, participate in a summer-long ride across the country each year, and last year raised over $200,000, an official at ODN said yesterday...