Word: fernand
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Most participants agreed that reform of the international monetary system had to start with a reduction of the "dollar overhang"−the $80 billion or so held by central and commercial banks, by companies and by individuals outside the U.S. Fernand Collin, chairman of Belgium's Kredietbank, proposed that the U.S. Government sell dollar bonds abroad. By so doing, said Collin, the U.S. would reduce the pool of volatile money and could use the proceeds within...
...cluttered with large egos, his rivals call him their chef de file (party leader). Says Alain Chapel, one of this year's new three-star men: "He was shaking the coconut tree while the rest of us were still learning basics." Actually, Bocuse and his mentor, the late Fernand Point, were shaking the tradition of Escoffier, who personified the elaborate approach that many foreigners think of as being the whole of French cooking. Says Jean Didier of the Guide Kleber: "If Point was God, Bocuse is his prophet...
...exhibition spans 50 years of French art, from an early Monet, Lady in the Garden, Sainte-Adresse, 1867, to a superbly rigorous and almost abstract design of what appears to be architectural motifs-pillars, blocks, steps-painted by Fernand Léger: Composition, 1918 (see color). To look at the stately procession of now-certified masterworks that falls between is to realize how inquisitive and catholic a taste Schuhkin had. This pudgy, stuttering Moscow importer held passionate convictions about the value of the "new" school of Paris, and backed them with an enthusiasm shared by no other collectors...
Died. Fernandel, 67, elastic-featured French comedian who mugged his way to international cinema fame in The Little World of Don Camilla (1951); of cancer; in Paris. His real name was Fernand Contandin, but he preferred "just one name. Like Napoleon." He won an amateur singing contest in 1928, eleven years later was voted the most popular screen personality in France. His lantern jaw and Grand Canyon grin once prompted Actor Sacha Guitry to inquire with impeccable Gallic politeness: "Has anyone ever told you, monsieur-how odd-that you look like a horse...
...Died. Fernand Gravey, 64, Belgian actor whose bilingual charm won him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic; of a heart attack; in Paris. His Hollywood successes include The Great Waltz and The King and the Chorus Girl. After serving with the French Resistance during the war, for which he was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1950, Gravey returned to the French stage and screen (Harvey, La Ronde) and finally brought his flashing smile and Gable mustache to Broadway as the star of Beekman Place...