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Sweet memories of Reagan and the Iran hostages....

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Tue Jul 24th, 2007 at 04:35:04 PM EST
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It's an old ploy of Chirac's too. French hostages released after long captivity in Lebanon in 1988 between the two rounds of the presidential election, after probable (but strenuously denied) payment of a ransom.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 24th, 2007 at 05:07:54 PM EST
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