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...devaluation of their own currencies. In some cases, it is also the only way to do business. Taxi drivers in Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan, prefer their fares in dollars, as do some restaurants in Kiev and St. Petersburg. Says a Russian importer of IBM computers, pulling a thick wad of $50 bills from his pocket: "What do I need rubles for? I want real money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like Them Hot | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Pasqualino showed the three teenagers "a wad of money" and offered to buy them marijuana and other drugs, Nikhoul said. Pasqualino then invited he teens to lunch at The Tasty in Harvard Square...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Alleged Pornographer Solicited Teens | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...with an unsuccessful vision quest during which he is sprayed by a talking skunk.) But Erdrich loses interest in Lipsha's love troubles, and we hear nothing more. Similarly, a chapter in which Lyman Lamartine, Lipsha's rival, goes off to Las Vegas and loses a big wad of the tribe's money leads nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Old Bear, Laughing | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...Parlifunkadelicacy thick groove hittin ya in your backside gang, doin it to ya in yer eardrum in 3D heavy thick and sweaty (no more meaty beaty big and bouncy) "I wanna know if it's good to you baby when you do what you do to me," know wad I mean, and BREAK and Groove Me and BREAK Get Up and Get Down and BREAK and Curtis Mayfield is still hangin tough cuz Freddie's Dead and BREAK babe-E I need to get down. For me to get down I got to get in deep. In deep. Down deep...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Make It Funky | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...weight problem? You can enroll in Weight Watchers, share your pain on Oprah, or now, thanks to the ever expanding rights of victims, phone Uncle Sam. You won't lose those extra pounds overnight, or get back your self- esteem. But you could get a wad of cash or that job you've been wanting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Obesity Rights | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

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