Word: peseta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sank, in five days establishing four successive post-World War II lows against the Japanese yen. To Washington's alarm, the dollar fell not only against the strong German, Swiss and Japanese currencies but also against some of the world's weakest moneys?the Italian lira, the Spanish peseta, even the Canadian dollar, which earlier had fallen further and faster than its U.S. cousin...
...plunged below $2. It dropped to $1.915 before rising slightly to $1.928 at week's end. The Italian lira has lost 18% of its value since January; it now stands at 806 to the dollar, v. 633 only one year ago. Beset by economic troubles, Spain devalued the peseta by 10% last month. There are strong indications that the French franc may also be forced into devaluation...
...labor force, are jobless. Another 8% or so have had to seek work abroad, and other European countries are now telling their "guest workers" to go home. Rising oil prices have exacerbated Spain's already unhealthy payments deficit. Pressure is mounting for a devaluation of the peseta, which would mean higher prices for imported raw materials and thus more inflation...
...Republic. The decoration has been awarded to French Philosopher Albert Camus, British Employment Secretary Michael Foot and Trades Union Leader Jack Jones. To finance their activities, the Republicans rely upon the generosity of supporters willing to buy government bonds that are based on the Civil War value of the peseta (5 to the dollar) and backed by no known resources...
...mother raped by the Fascisti. He swears revenge and years later the adult Dax (Bekim Fehmiu) helps a Castro-style Latin American leader named Rojo (Alan Badel) to survive a bloody uprising. On the way to the palacio, Dax becomes an insatiable voluptuary. According to Robbins' five-peseta psychology, the poor niño is cursed with the inability to feel-with his heart. With everything else, yes. But with that overworked organ...