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Word: superdollar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1985-1985
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...upward surge of the superdollar was news around the globe. THE DOLLAR IS DEFYING ALL LAWS OF GRAVITY exclaimed Madrid's financial daily Cinco Dias. Newspapers across France's wide political spectrum were equally excited. Read the front page of Paris' conservative Le Figaro: OVER 10 FRANCS, THE DOLLAR HAS GONE THROUGH THE CEILING. One edition of the Socialist tabloid Le Matin included a replica of a $1 bill. By buying a copy for the newsstand price of 4 francs, the newspaper proclaimed, readers could get a "dollar" at a 60% discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dollar As King Currency | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

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