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Ever since the War, the Government has been compelled to meet its prodigious expenses by issuing bank notes that were backed by an insignificant gold reserve. In other words, the value of the franc depreciated, causing prices to rise to new heights. This, in turn, forced the Government to issue still more paper francs. And so the dog went on chasing its tail...
...rate, M. Clemenceau was so excited that he forgot to give the usual pourboire to the female attendant who conducted him to his front seat in the fauteuils. Next morning he remembered this slip and, summoning his chauffeur, bade him take a ten-franc bill to the usher woman...
...franc began to sag. Finance Minister Clementel reckoned that, during the past three months, 14,000,000,000 fr. (about $700,000,000) had been exported. That explained the downward trend: The French were losing faith in their own currency...
...thirteen? I doubt it. Or change your crew trunks before a race? No, even if the doctor advised it. Well, it's the same way with shaving before an exam. You said the other day that you didn't hit English 28 very well; I'll bet a French franc to a Russian ruble you shaved that morning. Cut shaving, Bill; look at me: if I only had a little heavier growth and a less well-trained razor I'd be a Phi Beta...
...Finland's population is approximately that of Massachusetts, her size approximately that of California. The president, elected for 6 years, is Dr. Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg. Finland has three universities, seven languages, a mark the value of the French franc, a prohibition law. The season for outdoor athletics is short. Winter lasts from October to June, but the summer temperature-61° Fahrenheit-is kind to runners...