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...s ‘most always sick on the ocean. I’m going to give the stewardess fifteen dollars for looking after her. I don’t go down more ‘n I can avoid. It make... ...haow?” Troop raised one shaggy eyebrow over a suspiciously mild blue eye. “Dollars and cents,” said Harvey , delighted to think that he was making an ... ...” said Harvey , delighted to think that he was making an impression. “Cold dollars and cents.” He thrust a hand into a pocket, and threw out his stoma... ...art of America was filled with people discussing and envying his father’ s dollars. “Mebbe I do, an’ mebbe I don’t. Take a reef in your stummick, youn... ...ber; an’ your pa-I’m real sorry I hain’t heerd tell of him-may give me ten dollars efter all your talk. Then o’ course he mayn’t.” “Ten dollars! Why ,... ...wait till you see your pa to reward me, then?” “ A hundred and thirty-four dollars-all stolen,” said Harvey , hunting wildly through his pockets. “Giv... ... you have been doin’ at your time o’ life with one hundred an’ thirty-four dollars, young feller?” “It was part of my pocket-money-for a month.” This ... ... 12 Captains Courageous was—indirectly . “Oh! One hundred and thirty-four dollars is only part of his pocket-money—for one month only! You don’t reme... ... to the Banks, workin’ fer our bread. We don’t see the ha’ af of a hundred dollars a month, let alone pocket-money; an’ with good luck we’ll be ashore...

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...ftly. “Isabel’s poor then. My mother tells me that she has but a few hundred dollars a year. I should like to make her rich.” “What do you mean by ric... ...sh you had kept your pretty things.” “I have the money instead—fifty thousand dollars. Will Mr. Osmond think me rich enough now?” “Is it for that you d...

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...Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "sound as a gold dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The im- for... ...Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "sound as a (old dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The ia- for... ...Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "sound as a gold dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The in- for... ...Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "sound as a gold dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The in- for... ...ompany began business in 185 1. It is and always has been "sound at a gold dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The ia- for... ... Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "aound at a foU dollar." Ascertain what the Barkshirc can do for you and yours. The ia- for... ...ength, and must be submitted before May 11. The income of a two thous- and dollar fund, part of which was given by Elizur Smith, Esq., is appropriated... ...* Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "loundu a goUl dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The la- for... ...Company began business in 1851. It is and always has been "sound as a fol* dollar." Ascertain what the Berkshire can do for you and yours. The ia- for...

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...n instinct. Successful businessmen and women aspire to greater things than a boring cubicle and a nagging boss. If you’re waiting to act on a million dollar idea you might dumb yourself down a notch. Figure out and work your way to success. Make the idea you have a brilliant one. “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, and live on tha...

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... to sea. I owned a sailboat called the Ariel, and worth about seventy-five dollars. She had a half-deck or cuddy, and was rigged sloop-fashion—I forge... ...ary. The first quality commands a high price in Canton, being worth ninety dollars a picul; the second qual- ity, seventy-five dollars; the third, fif... ...lars a picul; the second qual- ity, seventy-five dollars; the third, fifty dollars; the fourth, thirty dollars; the fifth, twenty dollars; the sixth, ... ...; the fourth, thirty dollars; the fifth, twenty dollars; the sixth, twelve dollars; the seventh, eight dollars; and the eighth, four dollars; small ca...

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...ce is our coupe. This began life as a buckboard, and we bought it for five dollars from a sorrowful man who had no other sort of possessions; and the ... ...fferent from others of his type, and as he stood he was worth ten thousand dollars on the Company’s books. But if you had bought him at his own valuat... ...e, you would have saved exactly nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-eight cents. A heavy Mogul freight, with a short cow-cat... ... Call him a hundred pound at the outside. He’s worth about four ‘n’ a half dollars. Ain’t it awful? Ain’t it enough to give you nervous prostration? A...

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...om. Slen Kuskitt has become a drug lord. He has temporarily abandoned a 42-foot ketch. In it he has hidden a dead body and drugs worth four million dollars. The boat gathers barnacles and moss. Pete buys it at sheriff's auction and reclaims it. Friends trick him into naming it Sexy Lady. Nothing will stop Kuskitt from recovering his hoard and sinking Pete. Ignorant ...

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...42 Brain Drain 43 Moaning my Name 44 Manic 46 The Edge of the Pool 89 Domesticated 91 Don't Give the Girl Jager Shirt 93 Dead Mice 93 Million Dollars/Someone Forgot 95 Victory is Mine 97 The Peace Accord 98 Gunpowder Adrenaline 99 Jac My World 101 Ugly is Ugly 102 Egg Sandwiches and Chinese Food 103 Problems Letter 105 Maiya and Julie 106 At Home in Cloth ...

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...part in a six-month free trial of the entire range of our beauty care cosmetics. Simply open the attachment and follow the link to claim five hundred dollars worth of exclusive crèmes and lotions. Sincerely, Esmé d’Antin, Senior Executive Officer, The Phoebe Foundation of Beauty.’ ‘Not bad,’ Sebastian laughed. ‘She uses tonnes of makeup. Does the link work?’ ‘No, all she...

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...ational claims from being fully extended. Money: All money figures are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Political entities: Some of the count... ...di- tures, $5.8 million (1984) Monetary conversion rate: 2.70 East Caribbean dollars=US$l (December 1986) Fiscal year: probably calendar Anguilla (co... ...tures, $44 million (1984) Monetary conversion rate: 2.70 East Caribbean (EC) dollars=US$l (November 1986) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications... ...7.0 billion; deficit, $2.3 billion Monetary conversion rate: 1.55 Australian dollars=US$l (14 January 1987) Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June Communications... ...ion; expenditures, $414.9 million Monetary conversion rate: 1.175 Baha- mian dollars=US$l (November 1986) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Ra... ... million; expenditures, $323 million Monetary conversion rate: 2.01 Barbados dollars=US$l (November 1986) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications... ...on; expendi- tures, $90 million (FY84/85) Monetary conversion rate: 2 Belize dollars=US$l (November 1986) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications... ...endi- tures, $218 million (FY85/86 est.) Monetary conversion rate: 1 Bermuda dollar=US$l (September 1986) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications... ... million (1984 est.) Monetary conversion rate: official cur- rency is the US dollar Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications Railroads: none Highw...

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...give me for saying, you're young and naive. We have already spent billions of dollars trying to stop the drug trade. The more drug dealers we captur... ...ACs (Political Action Committees) in this country that contribute millions of dollars to further their own interests. It's also perfect for launderi... ... said, "You come to me with a plan that makes no sense. You want five million dollars to fund a powerful Senator's Presidential campaign with drug m... ...ontation was headed and decided to pull back. "Michael, to grant five million dollars, I must have an answer," he said sheepishly, hoping to turn Br... ... reveal your sources, and yet you expect me to divulge mine?" "Five million dollars to a candidate, by your own admission, who wants to put us all... ...Senator, how do you intend to fund your campaign?" "The old fashioned way, a dollar at a time." The woman frowned and sat down. It was obviously n... .... So, let me see if I can piece some of this together. Brand has five million dollars to give us. And, I'm sure you're not going to tell me where it... .... Maybe, he really can help. He's already gotten commitments for five million dollars. Like it or not, we're on our way." A voice came over the int... ...Brand said, trying to sound perturbed. “What did you expect for five million dollars?” Brand didn’t answer. “We may have some serious problems,”...

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...sm. More romantic but only a little less humorous that his mature works, it tells of the vicissitudes of poor Lord Dawlish, who inherits five million dollars, but becomes a serially disappointed groom. When the story opens Bill (Lord Dawlish, a thoroughly pleasant man) is engaged to a demanding actress. His first thought when hearing of his massive legacy from a stranger w...

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...apter in the trilogy. It was released in 1983 and grossed over 265 million dollars. Just before its completion, however, Lucas announced that he was l... ... is short in stature, but he is larger than life. He has given millions of dollars back to his university, and he has put his heart and his soul into ... ...that Joe called Mr. Sullivan and told him he had to turn down his million- dollar offer. Throughout his career Joe has been offered NFL jobs with the ... ...e of those maga- zines and seen rods and reels that cost over a thou- sand dollars and lures that are upwards of twenty bucks, just for one lure. If y... ...r league baseball, identical to the ones they use in games, costs over ten dollars. When was the last time any of you went out and spent ten dollars f... ...be able to find a qual- ity rod and reel combination for about twenty-five dollars. Fishing line and a few lures will probably run you about ten bucks... ... a gun to hunt. A quality rifle is going to run you at least three hundred dollars. Just like fishing, you need a rifle to hunt. I’m not a hunter myse... ...’m not a hunter myself, but I’m pretty sure a deer license is about thirty dollars, and that only al- lows you to hunt one species, whereas a fishing ... ...range clothing, and ammunition for your gun. This will cost at least fifty dollars. Three hundred and eight dollars to hunt only deer for one season. ...

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...ill be- come a safer and cleaner country. The ques- tion of making a quick dollar or destroying one of the last tranquil spots on earth is at stake in... ...ucture, Aeropostale, and many more. Why? Why are we all running to pay top dollar for a little label that says, “Abercrombie”? I think the “wear brand... ... they know how gull- ible teenagers are today. We are willing to pay fifty dollars for a pair of jeans just because they have a label (on the back tha... ...xt to you—what is he or she wearing? Why do you think teenagers pay thirty dollars for a T-shirt with a little brand name attached to the sleeve? The ... ...kes it hard to ignore these ads. We have to start small. Stop paying fifty dollars for those jeans. Stop going into these stores and buying overpriced... ...e into these worthless acts so they can be conned out of their hard earned dollars, I respond curtly, while still walking, ‘Leave me alone. I don’t ca... ...I think, as he continues. “You can see all this and more for a measly four dollars and filly cents.” “Deal,” I say as I hand him the money. He reaches...

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...wo camel loads! RANKIN. Have you been paid? THE PORTER. Only one miserable dollar, Bikouros. I have brought them to your house. They will pay you. Giv... ...villainous a trio as that Moor and the two Krooboys, to whom you gave five dollars when they would have been perfectly satisfied with one. RANKIN (thr... ...ve been perfectly satisfied with one. RANKIN (throwing up his hands). Five dollars! ’Tis easy to see you are not Scotch, my leddy. LADY CICELY. Oh, po... ...aptain Brassbound’s Conversion (indicating Marzo) would cut a throat for a dollar if he had courage enough. MARZO. I not understand. I no spik Englis.... ...where you can put up as long as you please. The customary charge is half a dollar a man per day and his food. I charge double. SIR HOWARD. I suppose y... ...BOUND. T ell him what you have seen here. That is all. Johnson: give him a dollar; and note the hour of his go- ing, that his master may know how fast... ...d ere I go out from his presence, O Johnson el Hull. JOHNSON. He wants the dollar. Brassbound gives Osman a coin. OSMAN (bowing). Allah will make hell... ...is cut, the Sultan of Morocco may send Sidi’s head with a hundred thousand dollars blood-money to the Colonial Office; but it will not be enough to sa...

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...;-’’ the merchants and captains think that they have not earned their twelve dollars a month, (out of which they clothe themselves,) and their salt b... .../2 cents) by the small wine glass. Their hides, too, which they value at two dollars in money, they give for something which costs seventy five cents... ... hides, and which have been carried twice around Cape Horn) at three or four dollars, and ‘‘chicken skin’’ boots at fifteen dollars apiece. Things sel... ...he money they carry tied up in a handkerchief;—fifty, eighty, or an hundred dollars and half dollars. I had never studied Spanish while at colle... ...or capture by the soldiers and Indian blood hounds, whom the offer of twenty dollars would have set upon them. After the day’s work was done, we ... ...ll day, with the privilege of riding them down to the beach at night, for a dollar, which we had to pay in advance. Horses are the cheapest thing in... ...cheapest thing in Califor- nia; the very best not being worth more than ten dollars apiece, and very good ones being often sold for three, and four. ... ... could not get any Sandwich Islanders to go, though he offered them fifteen dollars a month; for the report of the flogging had got among them, and ... ... breakfast, the captain went up to the town, and offered a reward of twenty dollars for him; and for a couple of days, the soldiers, Indians, and all...

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...h a vast community into the small change, the simple circulating medium of dollars and ‘nick- els,’ we can only say that the consequent per- meation w... ...added a more sumptuous type of car, the parlour car, ac- cessible to extra dollars; and then came special types of train, all made up of parlour cars ... ...e shall prefer help- ing our neighbour to robbing him—legally—of a million dollars. “Do what good you can now, while it is unusual, and have the satis...

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...slamming the door to the bathroom. Hair sleek and glossy, face made up, stomach sucked in, nipples hard – she almost looked sexy. Taking two, hundred-dollar notes, a couple of condoms and three white tablets from a pot on the dressing table, she flapped the money in front of her reclining paramour before tucking it into the purse sitting on top of his clothes. ‘Want to fe...

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... big noisy room like they were royalty. “Your usual table?” he asked over the quick stomping band and the burbling crowd noise. Mack slipped him a dollar and leaned in close. “No need, Gus. We’re here to meet someone. We can take care of ourselves.” Gustav bowed low and then withdrew, leaving them to scan the crowded room. Unfortunately – for Mack and Mickey – Th...

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... continue to rise. As the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) enumerates this: ‘Natural disasters are becoming more costly: in constant dollars, disaster costs between 1990 and 1999 were more than 15 times higher ($652 billion in material losses) than they were between 1950 and 1959 ($38 billion at 1998 values) The human cost is also high: over the 1984–2003 ...

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...e of its service. A college student can order an entire meal for under ten dollars, and the food is exceptionally good. Baby’s specialty is a “sack of... ...te. Another Baby’s specialty is the giant basket of cheese fries for three dollars. These two items make a meal that is both appealing to the taste bu...