Word: dollarization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...never had any. But those tomatoes were served at the first staff meal she ate at Chez Panisse, site of her dream job. "My meal is sort of like the edible sound track to my life," says Goin. "I chose Lang & Reed Cab Franc rather than some amazing million-dollar Burgundy, and I realize it's because it's the wine my husband and I fell in love over...
...little for the Rockies, who tried to compensate by loading up on sluggers and pitchers. One colossal mistake: signing two gimpy pitchers in 2000 for $172 million. Come 2002, the Monforts were in trouble. Rumors of bankruptcy or a fire sale abounded amid a multimillion-dollar cash call from the other partners...
...sector can wring plenty of cash out of toll roads by essentially behaving like the private sector and charging market rates for usage. The express lanes of State Road 91 in Southern California, for example, carry some of the highest tolls in the nation--at peak hours, nearly a dollar a mile--which may annoy drivers but help pay for the state's transportation needs. The Pennsylvania Turnpike commission has produced a plan to raise turnpike tolls and attach tolls to other roads in the state...
...Oona’s, the 35-year-old Harvard Square institution, is its daily inventory. Shelves and racks are stuffed with leather jackets, satin dresses, western-style shirts, and wool coats. Kathleen White, founder and owner, searches far and wide for every hidden treasure, which ranges from two-dollar T-shirts to pieces so rare they are only displayed by request. “I buy from everywhere—estates, dealers, auctions, right off the street,” she says. “I sell wearable clothes, but during Halloween it all becomes costumes.” Those...
...with so many disputes in Washington, the actual difference is dollar terms is fairly small: Bush supports a $25 billion expansion of SCHIP, while Democrats insist on a $35 billion increase. And after the beating the G.O.P. has taken in the last month, on Wednesday the President sounded downright conciliatory on the program. "I made clear that if putting poor children first requires more than the 20% increase in funding I proposed, we'll work with Congress to find the money we need," Bush said in his opening remarks at a White House press conference. "I'm confident...