Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...room misuse" fines are highway robbery. The fines are generally much higher than the price of buying a new square foot of paneling, installing a new wooden slat, or repainting a wall. But then again, that's not what the money is used for. It goes to replenish the coffers of the superintendent's office...
Theoretically, the money my dorm neighbors pay to the fund will someday pay to spruce up the paint in Hollis, fix a door hinge in Grays, or repair the hole in the ceiling of Matthews Hall...
...West or are absorbed by it, there are economic problems for us," she continues. "We have no money." Her doubts tumble out. "The culture in the West -- it's nice, but the buildings don't go together. New buildings and old buildings. Jarring. West Berlin is too new . . ." And, of course, there are those lights...
...learned in school that in the capitalist countries the boss makes the money from the workers. And now we know our leaders are the same. That is why we are so sad." She is chagrined at the signs all around her that ordinary East Germans -- including the bartender in the disco -- are playing currency- exchange games with visitors from the West...
...This all should have happened long ago. Now if we can make this into a democracy and get some of the money back, this could be one of the most pleasant places to live. Give us a few years. Nobody here gets sad watching Dallas on West Berlin TV and says, 'I wish I had a dress like that.' We don't want to be the Taiwan of Europe...