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...past 34 years, he has celebrated Pentecost Sunday by leading a small group of family and friends on a climb up the Rock of Solutré, a steep and scenic ascent near the medieval Abbey of Cluny in east central France. The locale has a special meaning for him. It was there that his wife's family sheltered members of the Resistance during the German Occupation. After the war, the annual Solutré pilgrimage became a tradition with François Mitterrand, an occasion to reunite with relatives and old war friends...
...made the climb in times of triumph, but more often in long seasons of defeat?as a minister under the Fourth Republic, as an opposition deputy, later as head of the Socialist Party, which seemed unable to take power. So it was no surprise that this year his step seemed to be more jaunty when he headed up the familiar rock in his new role: President of France...
...weak purchasing power. In addition to the dollar's new might, visitors are also benefiting from a 1981 slowdown in inflation in several European countries. By contrast, high inflation has eroded the allure of last year's tourist meccas, Portugal and Spain, where consumer prices continue to climb steeply...
Even so, as they crossed the eastern bank of the Gulf of Aqaba and began to climb over the nearby rocky red mountains, the higher-flying F-15s were picked up by Jordanian radar based at Ma'an. The station radioed the planes in Arabic, using international emergency frequencies. The Israelis were
Despite this, the value of the dollar continues to climb. Since the beginning of the year, the American currency has increased by 19.2% against the French franc, 16.3% against the British pound and 17.5% against the West German mark. Last week the pound was selling for less than $2 for the first time in more than two years, while the mark was worth only 42?, its lowest level in more than four years...