1.   They accept American dollars and other hard currencies.

2.   The American dollar finished the day up against foreign currencies.

3.   Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.

4.   The third map shows the distribution of values of Gross National Product in American dollars for the same countries.

5.   Also available are flights to Canada, where the American dollar is buying more these days.

6.   American lawmakers are becoming disenchanted with an alliance in which American dollars and troops are welcome, but American ideas are not.

7.   Although the Hong Kong dollar is linked to the American dollar, it is psychologically supported by China, since last July the sovereign authority.

8.   American dollars have replaced Ecuadorean sucres as currency.

9.   An extremely handy feature of Bookpages was its ability to translate British pounds into American dollars or the currency of choice.

10.   And journalists have become their prey, especially Western journalists carrying large amounts of American dollars and valuable equipment, like cameras.