Word: danishness
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Italy dropped out the next day, promising an early return. As the tumultuous week ended, speculators turned their attention to the French franc, the Irish punt and the Danish krone, all of which neared the bottom of their permitted range in the E.C. exchange mechanism...
...Sweden (not a member of the European Community, but exposed to its economic winds) raised its overnight interbank lending rate to a towering 500% in a desperate bid to support the % krona. As the Germans resisted pressure for a further cut in interest rates, the French, Danish and Irish currencies all found themselves struggling at the bottom of their permitted exchange rates, and the European monetary system experienced its worst week ever...
Frederik had originally planned to live in a rent control apartment, but a citycouncil resolution and the prospect of damagingpublicity forced the Danish government to transferthe prince to his current digs...
Frederik, accompanied by his chamberlain PerThornit and Danish Consul General Leif Donde, wasrepeatedly asked if he feared for his safety afterthe murder of an MIT student from Norway earlierthis week...
...accordance with Danish custom, theprince did not comment on any matter that might beconsidered political. He said, however, that hisknowledge of political science would allow him toanalyze his country's situation and, as king,participate in the Danish government behind thescenes...