Word: priceyness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Square holds its own against other college towns, with an abundance of restaurants and shops. It's also pricey and corporate--chains like Abercrombie & Fitch are displacing a generation of mom-and-pop stores. "Good Will Hunting" hangout Au Bon Pain and the ubiquitous Store 24 are downscale retreats...
...keeping the dollar strong could have a downside too: It keeps American exports pricey in the eyes of consumers in resurgent Asian and European economies. So Greenspan's best hope for reducing the trade deficit is that the interest rate increases he has made already may be enough to slow the U.S. economy and curb its voracious appetite for imports. "Interest rate hikes generally slow down consumption after about a year," says Baumohl, "and the Fed has been raising rates since last June, which ought to slow down imports." Overall, he says, Greenspan shouldn't be too worried...
...movie that made fun of them. It takes so little to set them off that even talking about singing makes them sing. "We only sing in times of trouble," says Chris Kirkpatrick, before belting out a Let It Be that doesn't attract the attention of anyone in the pricey hotel restaurant. That's because the members of 'N Sync--whose first CD sold 7.8 million copies--are anonymous to the adult diners. The adults no doubt assume that the five bald black bodyguards dressed in identical outfits of blue jeans and denim jackets are the platinum-selling pop band...
...then Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University, declared on Larry King Live that the school had dropped its ban on interracial dating. Before Dubya starts raising more money, now that he has solidified the nomination, he needs to send some of his pricey spin doctors out to draw attention to this change in policy...
...communication these days, Brian says, "I own a really cheap phone that doesn't have a ringer that works." He does, however, have his hopes set on a pricey animated M&M telephone...