Word: pound
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...security system by taking hostage the families of the two employees who knew that day's access codes. While thousands of Christmas shoppers milled around the bank, they made three trips inside to pick up the stolen cash. Northern Ireland's monetary system is based on the British pound but uses notes printed by local banks. The theft was so big that Northern Bank decided to withdraw all its cash - more than $560 million - from circulation to make most of the stolen money worthless. The political deficit looks harder to fix. "It's a serious setback, let's face...
...Director Michael Radford, going heavily for brooding atmosphere, has shrouded the canal town in dank mists until the Adriatic could be the river Styx. He has also wrapped the play in historical perspective, noting the sorry plight of Jews in 1596 Venice. This makes Shylock's demand for a pound of Christian flesh his righteous revenge for all the spittle and slander he has absorbed. Pacino emphasizes Shylock's gnomish outsider status: the victim as hero. And though he has a few oratorical geysers, he mostly understates his venom. Pacino seems to recall, from his early Michael Corleone days...
...Preventive Medicine, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control calculated that planes burned 350 million gal. more fuel in 2000--at an additional cost of $275 million--than they would have if passengers had weighed on average 10 lbs. less. There's no plan to charge people by the pound--as they do for extra-heavy luggage--but double-width passengers are sometimes asked to buy two seats. --By Sora Song
...falling dollar really such a big deal? Since 2001, it is down 33% against the euro and 20% against the Japanese yen and has weakened against the pound and Canadian dollar as well. This broad slide has made goods produced in the U.S. more affordable to foreigners with stronger currencies. In the short run, foreign buying is a boon to U.S. factories that only now are emerging from their worst rut since the Great Depression. In fact, though U.S. officials say they want a strong dollar, the open secret in Washington is that they are in no rush to make...
...going to buy two oranges this morning, but they cost so much, we put them back. It's so expensive, it's so sad." More important, the cost of foreign goods in the U.S. is increasing. Consider: at import-foods shop A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, N.C., a pound of European Brie has shot from $6.99 to $8.29 in a year, and even at that price, the store makes less profit. "We try to educate our staff" about the dollar impact so they can explain the prices to angry customers, says manager Briggs Wesche. And it's not just...