The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
coast is clear, the
The authorities aren’t looking; one can proceed with- out fear of getting caught. Several writers hold that this term comes from the days of piracy and smuggling, when it declared the absence of coast guards. However, one of the earliest references dates from 1530, appearing
in J. Palsgrave’s book about the French language: “The kynge intendeth to go
to Calays, but we must first clere the costes.” By the late sixteenth century
the term was also being used figuratively. Eric Partridge regarded it as a
cliché from the eighteenth century on.
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