Word: dollarization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...While the Zune Marketplace is fairly similar to the iTunes Store, at least for music, Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Points in lieu of dollars and cents. As I understand it, this is a way to guarantee credit-card transactions of $5 or more - the minimum amount of points you can buy is 400, at that price. The trouble is, because there's an exchange rate of 80 points to the dollar, it's easy to think you're paying less than you really are: Tenacious D's new album lists for 1,200 points. That...
...square off against Army again. “The biggest difference between the top ten teams and Harvard is not talent, but money,” said Fred J. Bressette, the Northeast Rugby Union’s vice president of colleges, referring to Army’s $2.6 million dollar rugby facility. “Harvard is as talented as any team I’ve seen this year.” Despite low initial expectations and a lackluster opening to the season, the club has rallied of late to secure the second seed in the northeastern bracket...
...employment prospects of being a Yale graduate are dour. And you rightly fear the one dollar cost of beers at our tailgate this year. Who knows if you’ll ever get a job? It doesn’t help matters that your Council of Masters strives to shield you from the light by ceasing to provide shuttles to transport you from your misery. But keep your chins up; Harvard has a charitable side. Despite having to rummage aimlessly through your wasteland and mix with your lot the night before last year’s game, free parties await...
This Saturday, the Crimson faithful might not have to choose between the tailgate and The Game.And no, it’s not because the tailgate will not allow outside alcohol and will charge a dollar per beverage within its gates.Instead, there is a possibility—quite an intriguing one at that—that the Harvard men’s soccer team will be hosting the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Ohiri Field concurrently with the tailgate. That’s the Sweet Sixteen of college soccer, people.Now, granted this possibility comes with a giant...
...Beazley addressed the Brisbane Institute about the "time squeeze," which he declared was as stressful for families as paying the bills. "Coping with the collision between work and family time is one of the toughest parts of modern family life," he said. "Because a dollar lost can be recovered. But you can never get back a precious minute lost. It's gone forever." The "time famine"?a result of clogged roads, demanding employers, inadequate childcare services and slow Web connections?would "shape the politics of the future," he said. Not only did he have a plan to reduce these pressures...