Word: alaine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was speculation about whom Giscard would name Premier when the National Assembly reopens April 3. Early on, the rumors favored Health Minister Simone Veil, who the polls say is France's most popular political figure, and two prominent Gaullists, ex-Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte. By midweek, however, Elysée sources were confidently predicting that Giscard would reappoint Raymond Barre. After all, it was no coincidence that the three goals of Giscard's new administration-economic recovery, social justice and bureaucratic reform -were spelled out in the presidential address in exactly...
...American life. Through a contrast between day and night scenes, Demme unfolds the schizoid nature of CB use. Surfacing under a miasma of grays and blues, the CB becomes a sinister force in the town. Rain also showers the darkness, but it dirties as much as it cleanses, recalling Alain Resnais's evocation of the contaminated rain after a nuclear explosion in Hiroshima, Mon Amour. During the day, when the CB appropriates a docile mask, bright sunshine dominates the cinematographer's vision. The soundtrack, too, depicts both sides of the community. Basically low-keyed, the music alternates between clean...
Speaking slowly for effect on television, pugnacious Communist Party Chief Georges Marchais last week called the nation's Minister of Justice, Alain Peyrefitte, "a liar.'' "That's a good start," responded the Minister mildly. A few days later, Premier Raymond Barre derisively branded Marchais an "Ali Baba," whose economic program was pure fantasy. Socialist Party Leader Fraçois Mitterrand reproached his supposed allies, the Communists, for insulting him. "That's a simple lie," retorted the Communist daily L'Humanité. Gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac had earlier described as an unsavory plot the alliance of small parties supporting President Valéry Giscard...
Four other French businessmen have been seized and released (for ransoms as high as $3.2 million) in the past three years. But Empain is the most important yet, and his kidnaping occurred at a time when such crimes have become regular incidents elsewhere, especially in Italy. Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte appealed for Empain's return, citing the "hundreds of kidnapings" in Italy and their effect on that country. Said he: "We don't want a reign of violence and anarchy" in France. Other wealthy Frenchmen noted grimly that Empain habitually went about without bodyguards, something no Italian...
...Alain Chapel, 40, owner of the three-star restaurant, Alain Chapel, in Mionnay: "You have to love either what you are going to eat or the person you are cooking for. Then you have to give yourself up to cooking. Cuisine is an act of love...