But the news comes with one sour note: a million dollars doesn't get you much house these days.

Would a 50-cent piece or a silver dollar get him to stop?

I lose a dollar just to get people in the door.

"They've always kept their good teams together - they didn't let dollars get in the way."

Only dollars got you a room and a good meal.

A billion dollars gets you to be a global competitor.

Two hundred dollars don't get you much of a car.

Ten dollars wouldn't get her very far, but there might be more where these came from.

Having less than forty dollars to get him through the next three days, he had done the usual.

A million dollars will maybe get the player 30th place on the money list.