Word: surpluses
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...surplus is being used to flog the tourist industry generated by the bonanza of Olympic publicity and the banishment of Princip's ghost. Sarajevo has devoted a $2 million fund solely to cementing the Olympic image by staging additional world-class sporting events--world speed-skating championships, European bobsled championships and the like--in hopes of attracting the fans and tourists who follow them. So far, the strategy is working. With round-trip air fare from New York and seven days in a hotel at the foot of Olympic ski runs costing just $680, the tourists are coming...
Finally, the Japanese, who often sit on the sidelines during international economic turmoil, could help settle currency markets by making it easier for foreigners to invest in securities denominated in yen. The country should speed up its efforts to bring down import barriers and thus reduce its gigantic trade surplus, which is expected to reach $55 billion this year...
...cents to 9 cents for burley, but that covered only $175 million of the $1.6 billion they borrowed between 1982 and 1984 and are legally obliged to pay back to the Government. The farmers are trying to work out a deal with the cigarette companies to buy up the surplus tobacco, but the long-term prospects remain grim...
Stephen L. Buffo '86, one of the auctioneers, said the House Committee hopes to plant a tree outside the House with a bench under it. Any surplus will go toward Cabot House's April ball, he added...
...irksome that a university sitting on a $2.3 billion endowment claims that it must wait for outside contributors to kick in the $17 million needed for Quad renovations. If administrators are at a loss as to where the funds might come from, we suggest the $6 million surplus from the recently concluded Harvard Campaign might be a good place to start...