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The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France.Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money.
Objections to fiat money can be traced back to at least the 1700s. In 1787 George Washington wrote to Jabez Bowen, regarding the Rhode Island pound: "Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce—oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice." [12]
Eisenhower applied financial leverage by threatening to sell US reserves of the British pound and thereby precipitate a collapse of the British currency. [216] Though the invasion force was militarily successful in its objectives, [217] UN intervention and US pressure forced Britain into a humiliating withdrawal of its forces, and Eden resigned.
Miami, [b] officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. [9]
The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.Built primarily between 1966 and 1975, it was dedicated on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001.
White is a racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly European ancestry.It is also a skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view.
As of 2022, Vermont was the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States at 2,550,000 US gallons (9,700,000 L), representing 50.7% of the nation's total production. [176] In 2021, its production value totaled $56.0 million at $32.00/gallon. [177] There were about 2,000 maple products producers in 2010. [178]