| Hundreds of accounts and bills have been received, audited and paid, and scarcely any two correspond in piaster equivalents. |
| And several deep fryers popping out awameh, spheres of doughnut-like delights that can be had for a single piaster, or about a penny and a half. |
| All my trouble, all the hard work, and not a piaster, not a piaster! |
| Keynote public lectures during the conference will be given by Lauren Piaster and Yang Huilin, looking at James Legge from Western and Chinese perspectives respectively. |
| The entrance fee is 50 piaster for Egyptians and 5 pounds for foreigners for the children above 6 years of age. |
| They could be bought in the markets for a piaster, or less than five cents. |
