Word: free
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...followed this statement with his own answer to "this strange conundrum. . . . It is because they fear the friendship of the West more than its hostility. They cannot allow free and friendly intercourse to grow up between the vast area they control and the civilization of the West. The Russian people must not see what goes on outside, and the world must not see what goes on inside the Soviet domain...
Every country allows the traveller to bring in, duty free, all the personal belongings he needs to enjoy his vacation, as well as a reasonable number of gifts for relatives and friends. There are no restrictions on the amount of goods which can be taken from a country, but the traveller is just allowed, to bring $400 worth of foreign purchased merchandise into the United States duty free, and then only if he has been out of the country at least 12 days. Anything over this amount will be taxed the regular import duties. Last year the government imposed...
...present time, there are two rates of exchange in most countries--the official government rate and the free market rate. These two rates vary considerably In France, for example, the official rate is now 214 francs to the dollar, while the traveller's rate runs about $18 francs to the dollar...
...present rate if the money is purchased in the United States. Foreign currencies can be purchased at the Harvard Trust at the going U. S. market rate. Downing will be glad to help students planning a summer abroad work out their monetary exchange problems. Comparison of Official and Free Market Rates In National Currencies Per One United States Dollar. Official Bank Rate March 15 Rate in the U.S. Country Austria (shillings) 10 30 Belgium (francs) 46.8 49 Czechoslovakia (koruny) 50 600 Finland (markkas) 135 400 France (francs) 214 370 Italy (lire) 575 650 Netherland (guilders) 2.6 4 Spain (pesetas...
...blood collected will go to needy families in Cambridge free of charge. Men giving their blood are entitled to as much blood as they or their imroeli family might need at any time in the future without any cost to them...