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Word: monoprix (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...rebel F.L.N.; the city's growing economy absorbed them without missing a beat. In the spending splurge, rents went up-400% in some parts of the city. Simca auto sales jumped from 3,000 in 1954 to 14,500 in 1959, will hit 20,000 in 1960. Monoprix. France's largest five-and-ten store, expanded from two to nine stores. The number of stores selling radios, refrigerators, household equipment has increased fivefold. They do so well that bank deposits doubled in one year. "Who are the new millionaires in Algiers?" says one government official "Broadly speaking, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Boom Town Amidst Rebellion | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

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