Word: alphand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Poetess Dame Edith Sitwell, whose connections with Peru had hitherto been obscure. Last weekend Berckemeyer did it again: an after-theater supper for British Actor Sir John Gielgud. French embassy parties, while never very big, are among the most enjoyable, are distinguished by the beauty of Ambassador Hervé Alphand's second wife (he was divorced, remarried last summer) and the ambassador's after-dinner impersonations of Winston Churchill and France's René Coty. ("If I had my choice between Maurice Chevalier and Alphand," says an admirer, "I'd take Alphand...
Speaking on France's economic situation to students at the Business School, Alphand stated that France is undergoing a "crisis of growth" because of the tremendous rate of expansion it has experienced since World War II. He favored the common market plan as a possible solution to France's problems...
...Alphand cited that growing population rate as a contributor to inflation, adding that population growth in France had surpassed that of her neighbors, "as you can see by our prime ministers. They are getting younger and younger...
Commenting on the advisability of attending a summit conference without Soviet guarantees, Alphand said, "After the Russians have woken you up with a Sputnik, they want to put you asleep with a summit...
...Alphand asserted that France is morally correct in refusing to grant Algeria its independence, since "we cannot be sure whether the Algerian citizens really desire independence." He continued, "We are ready to grant a cease-fire, hold a free election, and discuss with the elected representatives the future of Algeria...