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...Hello, Euro...
...your report on the switchover to the euro [LETTER FROM EUROPE, Jan. 14]: I don't know if the euro is as huge a success as politicians all over Europe claim, but it certainly has changed the way my neighborhood looks. It's like Moscow in 1965, with lines everywhere. Want to buy some bread? You have to wait while the shopgirl is busy calculating, exchanging francs for euros, and making change in both currencies, since she doesn't have enough euros in her register. After 15 minutes you finally have your baguette, and you head toward the post office...
...Utter chaos, untold mayhem"--those were but a few of the gloomy predictions on what changing over to the euro would cause in France. But the arrival of the euro proved to be a fabulous and magical moment, as distrust gave way to sheer excitement. Oddly enough, for all the minor inconveniences that switching to a totally new currency overnight could have generated, there was a prevailing sense of conviviality and togetherness as French people started fiddling with their euro coins and bills. Buying my usual baguette at my local bakery on Jan. 1, I witnessed a spending frenzy...
...years before the end of his term; in Maastricht. On his appointment, the French government claimed it had reached an agreement that he would retire early to make way for a French candidate. Duisenberg denied such a deal had been struck, but rumors dogged his stewardship of the fledgling euro...
...euro convenience store, carrying exotic luxury items such as imported chocolates, crème yogurts and variety condoms (as opposed to the standard Trojans found in all four stores...