• Piastres affair, also known as Piastres scandal or Piastres trade (French: l'affaire des piastres, le scandale des piastres, or le trafic de piastres)...
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    Les sous, plural, is a synonym for money. « Se faire des sous », to make money. «Une affaire de gros sous » is big money business. « Être sans le sou »...
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    l'administration du gouvernement de Damas et entrave la bonne marche des affaire de la circonscription administratives d'Alep." [Translate: "Whereas France...
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  • started business with an authorised capital of £100,000, around 500,000 piastres, in premises situated at rue de Paris, subsequently rue Desforges, now...
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    scandals all happening during the war, starting with the Generals' Affair (Affaire des Généraux) from September 1949 to November 1950. As a result, General...
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