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After the bargain with the Socialists had been struck, Communist Party Boss Georges Marchais, in a rare moment of candor, dropped his usual ebullient swagger and admitted that his party had not exactly been dealing from a position of strength. Said he: "I would be a hypocrite if I were to try to hide that we would have preferred to go into the government in a more comfortable situation from the point of view of our influence." He added lamely: "Some will call this capitulation. I call this the continuation and the development of the Communist Party's policy...
...heavily while producing that other-worldly movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Hers is a terrifying odyssey from the front lines of the movie business to a retreat behind the white walls of her Benedict Canyon home. She is one of the few celebrities who will talk with candor about a close encounter of the worst kind...
...most valid criticism of Mitterrand's nationalization plan is that it alienates the business community while assuring no real economic or job-sustaining benefits. With surprising candor, Finance Minister Jacques Delors admits that all the new economic measures will not significantly lower unemployment in the short run and will spur the country's growth rate by only .5% this year...
...backyard, Jackie Onassis was stung by the publication of her "Dearest Ros" letter to Roswell Gilpatric, which was said to have driven Ari to Callas behavior. Billie Jean King's recent revelations were due less to a spasm of candor than to more than 100 letters she wrote her secretary. So it goes, from post to pillory. Lee Marvin made legal history a few years back when he lost a "palimony" suit to Michelle Triola Marvin. One of his letters to Michelle closed: "Hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby." It proved that...
...think that our moments of greatest candor are also our moments of greatest danger; that the same thoughts inscribed at the pitch of pure freedom return to place you under arrest...