Word: tokenized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there hasn't really been a significant change in dollar policy post-Rubin. In the 1970s and '80s, the Treasury Department was constantly buying or selling foreign currencies to push the dollar this way or that. Since 1995, when Rubin took office, Treasury has made only a couple of token moves and since 2000 hasn't intervened at all. World currency markets are so huge and active, the thinking goes, that trying to manipulate the dollar is largely futile...
...life of these “phresh” rappers includes standing in front of their expensive cars, caressing their “Dougie” hairstyles, and hitting up the club—where they further caress their “Dougie” hairstyles. In between are token hip-hop video screenshots: the rappers’ faces complete with shades, grillz, and bling juxtaposed with scrolling close-ups of well-oiled legs. Hos in short denim skirts and stilettos do the “Dougie” dance, there are shots of rims, and a recent rap-video...
...first it seems interesting not to reveal the true reasons behind Newell’s disappearance, as it represents the idea that we can never understand these characters who live in such vastly different worlds than we do. The nature of individual action—and, by the same token, the nature of modern life—must always be an enigma for others to scrutinize endlessly in recordings. However, the external description, while allowing for unknown motives, fails to yield realistic characters. This is a natural, if unhelpful, aspect of the world as seen through the camera?...
...presidential ambitions changed the relationship's dynamic in 2004. More important, the two need each other now. Bush is still a potent fund raiser, pulling in $67 million to the Republican National Committee in 2007 at events like his frequent luncheons and dinners around town. By the same token, if anyone is going to protect the legacy of Bush's war on terror and Iraq, it is the senior Senator from Arizona...
...Still, Tompkins says that while this issue of “token service” crosses her mind, she doesn’t wring her hands about...