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...April wind blew harshly and rain pelted down, but Paris' unruly students turned out by the scores of thousands last week to renew their protest march against the government. DEBRÉ, YOU BRIBED THE WEATHER BUREAU, said one slogan. MAMA, MAMA, YOUR SON IS IN THE STREETS, said another. And again: DEBRÉ, YOU BASTARD, THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE YOUR HIDE...
...specific target of their wrath was Defense Minister Michel Debré, whose new draft law ended student deferments for anyone over 21. The police reacted sternly to the protest, in some cases clubbing down the students, but the next day, not entirely by coincidence, Debré let it be known that he would not be a member of President Georges Pompidou's new Cabinet. The same day, it was announced that the controversial Loi Debré would be reconsidered...
Back then, the cry was, "De Gaulle to the museum!" This time the target, like the crowds, was much smaller. "Debré salaud, on aura ta peau!" (Debré, you bastard, we'll have your hide). Gaullist Defense Minister Michel Debré, a perennial villain of the French left, was under fire for sponsoring the new draft...
...fowl-like characteristics may shed some light on the evolution of reptiles into birds. Trouble is, he says, scientists may never get the chance to look for more specimens. In September the government expropriated the area for a missile and artillery range for the French army. Defense Minister Michel Debré has promised that the government will continue to allow digs at Canjuers, but Thomel admits to a certain Gallic skepticism. "The army will be shooting near the site," he says, "and the soldiers will pilfer the beds and keep or sell fossils as souvenirs...
...foreigner. Shocked at this unpatriotic profiteering, De St. Cyr informed Delon, who sent for a friend from Buenos Aires. Equipped with his foreign passport and $54,545 of Delon's money, the friend made the purchase. Delon handed the prize over to the Defense Minister Michel Debré, who presented it to De Gaulle's Order of the Liberation, founded to honor Resistance heroes...