Word: bonnes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...franc's devaluation as "the worst absurdity." Almost no one believed him. Speculation against the franc continued to mount until it neared crisis proportions, threatening to unbalance the entire, delicate mobile of the Western monetary system. The money managers and bankers of Europe and the U.S. assembled in Bonn in an emergency session, and solemnly rendered collective judgment that the franc must be devalued. The French braced for the worst, and the money men in capitals around the world prepared for the myriad adjustments in trade and currency flows that a cheaper franc would require. De Gaulle...
...parity of its currency. The run stopped only when the world's currency markets were closed down for three days to give the West's industrial nations, the so-called Group of Ten, a chance to solve the crisis. After three days of almost nonstop sessions in Bonn, the financial experts emerged confident that they had found the solution. In a showdown, the West Germans refused to revalue the mark...
...BONN--Devaluation of the French franc appeared almost certain early Friday morning...
...SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY, by John le Carre. A missing embassy official, stolen secret files and the illusion-fed machinations of the diplomatic life in Bonn are all part of the puzzle in this novel of suspense and political intrigue...
...Angeles Times; Robert Levey of The Boston Globe; Richard Long-worth of the Moscow Bureau of United Press International; Michael McGrady of Newsday, Long Island; Joseph Strickland of The Detroit News; John Zakarian of the Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, Decatur, Illinois; Miss Gisela Bolte of the Time-Life Bureau in Bonn; O-Kie Kwon of Dong-A Ilbo, Seoul; Yoshihiko Muramatsu of the Tokyo Bureau of Hokkaido Shimbun; Harald Pakendorf of Die Vaterland, Johannesburg; and Pedronio Ortiz Ramos of The Manila Chronicle. The Editorial Page Cartoonist was George Amick of The Trenton Times...