Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...following countries were represented at the meeting: Abyssinia, Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Phillipine Islands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States...
...pound. In Rio, bankers close to President Getulio Vargas rumored that he would peg the milreis to the dollar. Close second last week to the increasingly almighty dollar was the French franc. Turkey, which has quoted foreign currencies on Istanbul exchange in British pounds, switched all quotations into francs. Bulgaria and Rumania switched to francs for export-import business quotations. Czechoslovakia, which has quoted her goods in pounds for export, quoted proudly last week in the stable Czechoslovakian crown. Since the U.S. holds 44% of the banking gold (more than twice as much as France) rivalry between dollar and franc...
...Black Sea was black and stormy around the royal palace at Exinograd, Bulgaria, when Tsar Boris looked out a seaward window. He saw six people in a tiny boat; they were fighting a losing fight with mighty waves. King Boris called a mechanic, jumped into his own motorboat, and "at great personal risk" sped out, towed the six to safety...
...Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria was in Bayreuth as usual last week. So was ex-Crown Princess Cäcilie of Germany, Prince Wilhelm of Wied who was reigning Prince of Albania for a few months in 1914; the Grand Duke of Hesse and a scattering of Russian, Greek and German nobility and ex-nobility. The weather was bad. Toscanini had his old rheumatism again. Many tickets had been cancelled; prices for room & board were reduced. The Festspielhaus restaurant had been "very tastefully decorated." Then enough people bought tickets at the last minute to fill the house, the weather cleared...
...success of the expedition in Bohemia has attracted attention in other countries, and it has been invited to excavate in Germany, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Hungary. These invitations will be accepted as soon as opportunity is found; indeed, some work in Jugoslavia is planned for next year. A recent visit to Belgrade established valuable connections there. As the expedition comes from America its disinterested approach is commonly recognized and it is able to accomplish what political boundaries would otherwise render difficult. Although the funds in hand are somewhat insufficient the staff has been able to excavate on a larger scale than...