| The hostages were freed in batches several months later after several million dollars in ransoms were paid. |
| For a few thousand dollars in ready cash, the newly hired private guards give up the possibility of a lifelong guaranteed retirement income. |
| I want to catch up to all those affluential people who've wasted hundreds of dollars at the tanning salon. |
| We've got money to burn and whole industries have grown up around us because there are just gazillions of dollars up for grabs. |
| Along with the afghani, Kabulis use U.S. dollars and Pakistani rupees to buy groceries. |
| All but one have now been released, but only after millions of dollars in ransoms were paid. |
