Ms. TWI MESTA(ph) (Bank Manager): We're a lot more fortunate over here compared to them.

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Ms. MESTA: For us I think it just puts a confidence that they can sleep at night, resting knowing that they have food or money available for food.

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Does the name Perle Mesta strike a bell with anyone?

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An American socialite and a U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg as appointed by Harry S. Truman, Mesta is notorious for being associated with a certain infamous phrase coined for the over the top soirees she held in Washington D.

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