Word: limited
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Poincare, took over the control of French finances last year (TIME, Aug. 2, 1926). At that time, with the franc daily plunging to new depths, the amount the state owed the Bank of France stood at 38,350,000,000 francs - 150,000,000 francs under the newly constituted limit, previous Finance Ministers having raised the loan limit to keep pace with the printing presses...
Last week the total advances that the Bank has made to the state stood at 24,650,000,000 francs and the legal limit of the government's borrowing capacity established by law at 32,000,000,000 francs. Thus, whereas France last year had a margin of only 150,000,000 francs upon which to draw, today she has 7,350,000,000 francs at her disposal in a currency worth nearly double what it was. This improvement is due: a) to the daring reforms put into effect by M. Poincaré, recently dubbed "Master of France...
...accord now reached represents a compromise obviously unsatisfactory to the Persians, who sought to raise the trade limit to 35,000,000 rubles. The threat^ of the railway is primarily inspired by British influence, which aims at strengthening Persia as a buffer state between India and Russia...
...Roughly, the outside limit of a healthy person's capacity...
...Stillman, hearing the shutters click, thought publicity had reached its limit and passed beyond. She rushed forward crying: "This is for my friends, not for photographers...