Word: dollarized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...From European villa-rental agencies to African safari operators to most American cruise lines, many summer 2008 prices were set in dollars up to six months ago. So even if the dollar continues its downward trend, costs are confirmed now for travel later...
...Travelers can take advantage of lock-in prices to save on travel outside Europe, too. Kenyan luxury-safari group Governors' Camp, www.governorscamp.com, released their dollar rates back in March for visits through the end of 2008, including stays at their new gorilla-spotting and trekking lodge in Rwanda. So has Johannesburg-based CC Africa, www.ccafrica.com. Its 2008 itineraries - featuring golfing and gourmet safaris throughout southern Africa along with scintillating new journeys in India - were priced back in August...
Senator Chick Grassley's investigation of multimillion-dollar ministries does raise First Amendment issues, but they're easy to deal with [Nov. 26]. While the government can't investigate whether Prosperity gospel is good theology, it must act upon probable cause if it believes that commercial activity is being conducted under the guise of religion. Otherwise, Ford Motor Co. could simply rename itself the Church of Our Ford and decline to pay taxes and comply with the Fair Labor Standards...
...actually support the price hike. They argue that the original system encouraged women to use more expensive brand-name drugs at government expensive when cheaper generics would be just as effective. Moreover, some dismiss concerns over the price increase as insignificant, claiming that a mere 40 or 50 dollar price jump for monthly oral contraception does not constitute a significant portion of a college student’s budget. Both of these arguments, however, ignore the crucial fact that the health of women is at stake; many women, both college students and otherwise, could only afford to buy birth control...
...HAVEN, Conn.—Students glimpse it briefly: the cracked sidewalks and Family Dollar, the mural advertising the pawn shop that accepts gold, electronics—what it takes to make it from one week to the next...