Word: dollarized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...chaotic jumble of tat on sale - you'll come across everything from Christmas decorations to carvings of decidedly non-native lions and giraffes. The paintings also betray a mélange of foreign influences, with pseudo-Impressionism and faux-Expressionism finding particular favor among local daubers targeting the tourist dollar. That said, the prices of objets d'art are low and bargaining is expected. You can start your negotiations by cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds...
...writers of NBC's My Name Is Earl likewise claim to feel little pressure to save a multibillion-dollar business. They just want to get the smoking episode done. In it, Earl Hickey (Jason Lee)--a ne'er-do-well trying to make amends to everyone he has ever wronged--resolves to quit cigarettes. NBC executives have asked for rewrites to make Earl more "active." Shooting is due to start in two days, so the staff of a dozen settles into comfy chairs in the writers' room, downs bottled water and bats around the problem: How can someone actively...
...Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) Campaign hopes to raise funds for two charities and for victims of Hurricane Katrina, through efforts including a Kuumba benefit concert in mid-October and the sale of three-dollar wristbands embedded with the words “Make Poverty History...
...addition to wristband sales and the Kuumba concert, STOP also plans to raise money through a dollar-a-day campaign, which will encourage students to donate one dollar every day to STOP during the month of October. Organizers also hope to add a link to the Harvard University Dining Services website, through which students will be able to donate Crimson Cash...
STOP will give the proceeds from wristband sales and the dollar-a-day campaign to two anti-poverty charities—they presently favor Rebuilding Together and Brother’s Brother Foundation...