The current value of the dollar, more than 700 Lebanese pounds, hardly indicates that peace is at hand.

I paid him 1,000 Lebanese pounds (approximately $2) for the job.

"Five men, and we sold our fish for 50,000 Lebanese pounds, 10,000 each."

The Lebanese pound is now 545 to a dollar; last September it was 350.

The dollar is being sold on the black market with a 40-pound increase in its value of 410 Lebanese pounds before the assassination.

One hundred dollars, or 67,500 Lebanese pounds, is a big sum to pay each month for power.

The more the argument grew, the more the Lebanese pound lost in value.

The Lebanese pound has recovered some value, and new stores are opening.

Since the beginning of the year, the Lebanese pound has regained nearly 35 percent of its value.

This has further hurt the already depressed Lebanese pound, which has lost 12 percent of its value in the last two weeks.