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  2. Chilean peso - Wikipedia

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    The peso is the currency of Chile.The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960.Its symbol is defined as a letter S with either one or two vertical bars superimposed prefixing the amount, [1] $ or ; the single-bar symbol, available in most modern text systems, is almost always used.

  3. Speech code - Wikipedia

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    According to one scholar, hate speech complaints are up on campuses everywhere, pressuring universities to create speech codes of their own. He states: There were approximately 75 hate speech codes in place at U.S. colleges and universities in 1990; by 1991, the number grew to over 300.

  4. Unidad de Fomento - Wikipedia

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    The Unidad de Fomento (UF) is a unit of account used in Chile. It is a non-circulating currency; [1] the exchange rate between the UF and the Chilean peso is constantly adjusted for inflation so that the purchasing power of the Unidad de Fomento remains almost constant on a daily basis during low inflation. It was created on 20 January 1967 ...

  5. Chilean peso (1817–1960) - Wikipedia

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    The Chilean peso (symbol: $) was the legal tender of Chile from 1817 until 1960, when it was replaced by the escudo, a currency that was itself replaced in 1975 by a new peso. [ 1 ] It was established in 1817, together with the country's independence, and in 1851 the decimal system was established in the peso, which was made up of 100 centavos.

  6. Emergency circulating notes - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the impending invasion of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan and its establishment of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic, the Philippine legislature passed an act in December 1941, enabling the production of extra Philippine peso notes for circulation as a precaution of the Philippines being cut off militarily from the United States and European countries.

  7. Government speech - Wikipedia

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    Sullivan, [4] government-funded doctors in a government health program were not allowed to advise patients on obtaining abortions, and the doctors challenged this law on Free Speech grounds. [1] However, the Court held that because the program was government-funded, the doctors were, therefore, speaking on behalf of the government.

  8. Bureau of Customs - Wikipedia

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    When the Civil Government was established in the Philippines, the most important laws passed by the Philippine Commission were the following: Tariff Revision Law of 1902 based on the theory that the laws of Spain were not as comprehensive as the American Customs Laws to conform with the existing conditions of the country.

  9. New Generation Currency Series - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) began the 12-year demonetization process of the New Design Series when the New Generation Currency (NGC) project was started the formal conceptualization process, which was a meeting of the minds of people with diverse backgrounds and ideas: central bankers, artists, technocrats, historians, communication experts, and currency printers to further ...