November 9th, 2009

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Schott's Miscellany 8 November 2009

The Louvre, in Paris, opened as a public museum (1793)


BRIC

The BRIC states are: Brazil, Russia, India, China.

From this group, a number of additional terms have developed:

BRIMC = BRIC + Mexico

BRICS = BRIC + South Africa

BRICA = BRIC + the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar

BRICET = BRIC + Eastern Europe and Turkey


I can wish the traveler no better fortune than to stroll forth in the early evening with as large a reserve of ignorance as my own.
Henry James (1843-1916)
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