Word: rial
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America's actions have added to the economic problems. When Clinton announced the embargo on April 30, the rial collapsed. No other country has joined the embargo, and Iran will find other buyers for the $3.5 billion worth of oil that the U.S. purchased in 1994. But the boycott may hurt nonetheless: most of Iran's oil-production equipment is American, and badly in need of spare parts...
Some of us felt that the very nature of the advertisement transaction--that is, its financial nature--required our collusion in a way that transcended the apolitical requirements of eRTL rial objectivity. The advertisement demanded that we participate in its "reopening" of debate; it required that we accept $700 into our coffers, which we were unprepared...