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To: long-gone who wrote (37459)7/21/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116764
 
Museum director: Trojan gold will remain in Russia

<< The Trojan gold seized by the Red Army in Berlin at the end of World War II will remain in Russia, a museum director said Wednesday.

Russia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down parts of a law that prevented the return of art plundered by the Soviet army from Nazi Germany. But it upheld articles saying Russia is not obliged to return the art to governments of ''aggressor nations'' - meaning Germany and its wartime allies.

The decision means Russia will keep the disputed gold collection, known as King Priam's Treasure, from the ancient city of Troy, said Irina Antonova, the director of the Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum, Interfax news agency reported ... more ... >>

abcnews.go.com

Hard to part with all that gold.

:-))




To: long-gone who wrote (37459)1/12/2000 4:14:00 PM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116764
 
Then Ron, today I heard the Federal Reserve is now questioning how the productivity numbers & employment numbers are produced. Seems the Dept. of Labor has long been "bending" the numbers by classing temp. workers as in the service industry even WHEN they are working in manufacturing.....
Hmmmmm
When the numbers can't be trusted....

Guess my grandfather was right, "Figures never lie, but liars do figure".