31.  As with the old regime, the new currency system could be devalued by a specified, tiny amount every few days, but no more than that.

32.  As with the rand Eurobonds, a koruna Eurobond allows international investors to add a new currency to their portfolios without having to deal with domestic settlement systems.

33.  As the advent of the new currency approached, he sensed that Britain might wind up on the sidelines.

34.  At the time, the government was struggling to satisfy the strict fiscal requirements for taking part in the new European currency, the euro.

35.  Banks and investment firms will have to spend billions of dollars to adapt their accounting systems to the new currency.

36.  Before becoming president, Cardoso headed the Finance Ministry, where he instituted an inflation-suppression plan that included a new currency, the real.

37.  Before the new currency was set up, the politicians joined the bankers in declaring stability and strength would be the sole considerations for it.

38.  Beginning this month, national central banks across Europe will start shipping the new currency to banks, which will make it available to stores in November or December.

39.  Both the old and the new currencies can be used until the end of February.

40.  Both support plans to abandon the German mark for the euro, the new European currency.