Word: fromanteel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wilfrid Eady, bone-tired after a year and a half of financial negotiations with Canada, Argentina, India and Egypt, had been dispatched to Washington, along with other financial experts. Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, was vacationing in the south of France. Set in rapid motion by the crisis, he "dipped down" in Britain for a quick check with Whitehall and the Bank of England's headquarters in Thread-needle Street, arrived in the U.S. unshaven and with his old school tie (Eton's black with narrow light blue stripes) holding up his pants...
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