Word: depue
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Recovery. While the Deputies' ballots arrested the fall of the franc last week, they failed to give it an upward trend because: One. The "sales tax" passed the Chamber by a vote of only 227 to 103?that is, with 190 abstentions, thereby indicating that the Depu- ties are not sincerely behind it. Two. These "benevalent absten- tions" were due only in part to the fear which the Deputies felt for the franc. The Radicals, especially the Socialists, who abstained did so at a price: the reluctant inclusion by the Government in the budget bill as finally passed of clauses...
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