Word: edithe
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...French have always likened their republic to an imaginary woman, Marianne, but have never allowed a real one to govern it. Last week, in a bold attempt to revive France's sluggish economy and give new zest to his flagging Socialist regime, President Francois Mitterrand named longtime political associate Edith Cresson, 57, an aggressive booster of French industry, as the nation's first woman Prime Minister...
Most Europeans believe a "transition" period is necessary to give their automakers time to improve their productivity, but the countries disagree over how long this should go on. France's Minister of European Affairs, Edith Cresson, says liberal policies will result in the "murder of the European car industry" and argues that the Community should impose a 10-year transition period, starting in 1993, during which Japanese imports would be kept at current levels. The European Commission, which is negotiating a deal with the Japanese, is pushing for a five-year transition...
Translated by Edith Grossman; Knopf; 285 pages...
...many on the G.O.P.'s right wing. They would have preferred an outspoken champion of their cause, like Federal Appeals Court Judge Edith Jones of Texas, a law-and-order advocate who was the President's second choice. But they take comfort from the fact that Bush's pick has the strong backing of White House chief of staff John Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire who appointed Souter to the state supreme court in 1983. Says one senior Republican: "There's been a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod among conservatives who think Souter is Sununu...
Speculation immediately focused on a wide range of possible replacements. Among the most prominent: U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr; U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills; two Fifth Circuit Appeals Judges, Edith Jones of Houston and Patrick Higginbotham of Dallas; and Thornburgh. Bush also has given Gray a list of at least three Hispanics he wanted checked out as possible Justices...