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The Fall of the American Consumer
JICWyllie
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3-12-2008 2:53 PM
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3-12-2008
5:02 PM
gwendolyn
more and more Manhattan stores are accepting Euros and at least one has gone Euros-only.
Huh?
I wonder if Euros will be accepted down in Crawford.
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