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...relation to the Japanese yen. Twenty-five years ago, a $1 bill was worth 360 yen. Today it's worth only 100 yen, and at one point last Tuesday it dropped below 100. The most common affliction of U.S. travelers to Tokyo is not jet lag. It's sticker shock. For people who pay in dollars, the top hotels are so expensive, they ought to offer mortgages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Money | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

There's a bumper sticker you see occasionally when you're driving down the Long Island Expressway, and it captures perfectly the sentiment of many a New York hockey...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Confessions of a Killjoy New Yorker | 6/29/1994 | See Source »

...entering a counterintuitive era when closing bases costs money, the GATT trade agreement costs money, and reforming welfare costs money. And the public is already kind of sticker-shocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welfare Reform: The Vicious Cycle | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

Oregon and Washington decided to confront the privacy issue head-on. Cars registered to drivers who have previously had their licenses suspended or revoked must carry a special designation: either a colored license plate or sticker. This type of marking allows police to pull a driver over at any time to check the status of the license. New York has turned to harsher punishment: a rash of accidents inspired the state legislature to pass a law with escalating penalties for repeat offenders, including fines, criminal charges and as much as 30 days of jail time. A second bill, introduced recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlicensed To Kill | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

...terrific bumper sticker but terrible public policy," he says. "I won't wait for 'three strikes' to jail dangerous criminals. I want them off the street now, not after their third violent offense," he says...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: BACHRACH | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

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