Word: elyse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Communist Party Chief Georges Marchais, though visibly shaken by his first-round setback, was hardly resigned to a marginal role under a Mitterrand presidency, however. Indeed, Marchais was quick to show that ill urging his disciplined followers to vote for Mitterrand in last week's runoff, he was making...
The political erosion is apparent in the opinion polls. Five months ago, Giscard was expected to take 35% of the vote in the first round and 59% in the second-round runoff between the two top vote getters. Now four polls give him only 27% to 28% in the first...
To be fair, Giscard tried, at least at first. In 1974 he played the accordion in public, dressed in a V-neck sweater, rode the Paris Metro-a formidable effort at creating a sense of California-style informality. He walked instead of riding in state down the Champs-Elysé...
In his revised vision of the presidential role, Giscard can be haughty and even arrogant. No better example exists than the furor aroused by a gift of diamonds he received from former Central African Despot Jean-Bédel Bokassa. When the issue was first raised in October 1979 Giscard...
No one in Giscard's entourage has any doubt that a disgruntled electorate will punish the President in the first election round. In next month's runoff, though, his advisers are counting on French apprehensions, rather than gratitude or affection to win Giscard another seven years in the...