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Think of it as a French Beetle. For almost a half-century, Citroën's 2CV - better known as deux chevaux (two horses), a reference to its underpowered engine - was hugely popular with farmers and urban bohemians because of its cheap price and trouble-free engine. Fourteen years after the last deux chevaux rolled off the assembly line, its appeal endures. The essential piece of any car collection, its appeal stretches well beyond France, with clubs active across Europe, Israel, Australia, the U.S. and Japan. The car has long been popular with visitors to France, and now Florent Dargnies...
...News Board: Vio Barco '87-'88 of Dudley House and Bogota, Colombia; Andrew J. Bates '90 of Pennypacker Hall and Washington, D.C.; Emily M. Bernstein '90 of Matthews Hall and New York, New York; Katherine E. Bliss '90 of Canaday Hall and Dallas, Texas; Gil Citro '90 of Holworthy Hall and Northbrook, Illinois; Jennifer M. Frey '90 of Holworthy Hall and Alleghany, New York; Terri E. Gerstein '90 of Pennypacker Hall and Cromwell, Connecticut; Julie E. Gibbons '90 of Stoughton Hall and London, England; Susan B. Glasser '90 of Matthews Hall and Montclair, New Jersey; Vindu P. Goel...
...invitation, the brainchild of Yardling Gil Citro '90, at first requested Bok's presence for a date in mid-October...
...button. Early on, he spoke to state visitors of his interest in splashy automobiles. Taking the hint, they plied him with examples of the motorized best that Western technology could offer. Brezhnev was a notoriously bad driver; yet at one time his stable included a Rolls-Royce, a Citroën-Maserati and a Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC. And Nixon remembers giving a Lincoln Continental to Brezhnev at Camp David. Brezhnev's eyes shone when he saw the car. Without warning, he waved Nixon into the front seat, took the wheel and roared off as Secret Service men looked...
...Mitterrand faces a major challenge from people of his own party's stripe: French workers. After a honeymoon period of benign cooperation with the government, unions are becoming increasingly unruly. Last month a walkout disrupted production at the country's two major automobile companies, Renault and Citroën. Laborers at both firms were demanding higher wages and other benefits. Coming from the Socialist President's natural constituency, such unrest should remind Mitterrand that support can never be taken for granted, and that in politics, seven years, not to say 14, is a very long time...