Word: yen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yen-Tsai Feng, librarian of Harvard College, describes Bond's success in bringing top collections to Harvard. "Often with donors it is his quietmanner, his deep knowledge and his caring for the books themselvesand the library in his charge "Feng adds, "It is also a gentle humor...thatis important in any career to succeed...
...franc's plight has been aggravated by the persistent strength of the dollar. As high U.S. interest rates draw funds into greenbacks, the dollar last week rose to its highest against the Japanese yen in several years, and set postwar records against the French franc, Italian lira and Canadian dollar. According to a closely watched indicator published by the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., the dollar's trade-weighted value is now higher than it was in 1970. Fulfilling an agreement reached at Versailles, the Reagan Administration last week broke with its free-market doctrine, selling dollars in foreign...
Naohira Amaya, former Japanese Vice Minister for International Affairs, said at the forum that the "closed nature" of his country's market and an undervalued yen had strengthened its trade position in relation to the U.S. and added that American industry has failed to keep pace with Japanese productivity...
Giugiaro applies the same basic principles to all types of products. He creates paper, clay or metal prototypes, and is prepared to furnish layouts of the product's assembly line, drawings for the necessary tools and estimates of production costs down to the last lira, mark or yen...
...economic turn-around promised by Ronald Reagan is still dim and distant, but at least one stunning shift in U.S. financial fortunes has already unfolded: the rebound of the dollar. Since January, the American currency has risen by 14% against the Japanese yen, 27% against the West German mark and 33% against the Italian lira...