Word: du
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deposited me by myself on French soil, the school where I was taking a course offered an orientation movie for its newest arrivals. The film was sweet; three interwoven plots presented the theme "Discovering Paris" by tracking three sets of starry-eyed tourists from their arrival at the Gare du Nord through their respective monument studded days. The most romantic segment followed a beautiful blonde model from Copenhagen en route to a day's shooting. Arriving early in the morning, the model wandered happily up the Champs Elysees, down the busy thoroughfares...paused at outdoor boutiques to finger exotic clothes...
...simple solution for unemployment. Says Finance Minister Jacques Delors: "Work sharing should not be considered the principal instrument in the struggle against unemployment but rather an important tool." Concurs Michel Sailly, a spokesman for the pro-Socialist Confédération Française D&3233;mocratique du Travail, France's second largest union: "We realize that continuing on our path to the 35-hour week is not the only answer to unemployment, but it is still an important part of the solution...
...Etoile du Nord...
...would have trouble handling relations with the board and the public and within the company. Says one board member, former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton: "He is very possibly the brightest chief executive I've ever dealt with. But he did have some difficulty expressing himself." Yet former Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro, another board member, says that this has not turned out to be a problem. Says he: "The beautiful thing is that Opel has come out of his shell...
While it was getting leaner, Conrail was also getting stronger. With deregulation, it has been able to cut prices and grab business from other carriers. Last year, for example, it hauled 875 carloads of water-purification chemicals that used to travel by truck from a Du Pont plant in Delaware. Conrail also snagged a fuel-hauling contract from Lake Ontario barge operators and moved 6,583 carloads of fuel oil for the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp...