Word: franco-american
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...even before De Gaulle fell last week, the Franco-American freeze was thawing. The U.S. bombing halt in North Viet Nam, coupled with the opening of peace talks in Paris, eased one major cause of tension. De Gaulle's own position lost some of its majesty, both within and outside France, after the student riots a year ago and the autumn monetary crisis that almost forced devaluation of the franc. De Gaulle had courted the Soviet Union during a triumphal tour in 1966 and had implicitly excluded the U.S. from his often-stated vision of a Europe "united from...
...European tour is both good international tactics and sensible domestic strategy. Europeans were outspokenly dismayed by Lyndon Johnson's preoccupation with Asia at the expense of older Atlantic allies. Nixon's trip will counter that impression, perhaps inspire new purpose in NATO, and probably advance a Franco-American rapprochement. At home, the President can hardly expect a sudden breakthrough in the overweening problems of racial discord and dissent about the Viet Nam war. Europe is the area in which he can best hope to make some quick and perhaps dramatic progress...
...down in the south of France eating bouillabaisse with local fishermen, up north touring the farm lands, or in Paris hosting a diplomatic do or two, chances are U.S. Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver is out on a tennis court. Last week it was a Franco-American match in the gardens of the French Senate, as Shriver, playing alternately with U.S. Amateurs Chuck Pasarell and Arthur Ashe, went into action against a pair of French aces. After four games, the score was 2-2, then a smashing Shriver forehand put away the fifth game of the foreshortened...
...summer long, the word has been out: the target for September is Portugal, the occasion the twin parties to be given by Franco-American Oil Millionaire Pierre Schlumberger and Bolivian Tin King Antenor Patiño. The Schlumbergers began getting ready for their bash four years ago, when they bought the 20-room 16th century Quinta do Vinagre (Vinegar Villa) at Colares, a coastal resort an hour's drive west of Lisbon. For months, architects and decorators have been transforming the grounds into an illuminated Eden, complete with a chandeliered pavilion for dancing. Rumor had it that...
With thousands of workers off the job at company plants across the country, Maryland broilers destined for Campbell chicken-noodle soup were in danger of turning leathery. At its plant in Paris, Tex., the company's output of Franco-American spaghetti products was running at least 50% below normal. But tomatoes were far and away the biggest casualties. California tomatoes intended for Campbell cans withered on the vine. Ohio patches went unpicked, and migrant workers hungrily moved on. Around Campbell's tomato-red brick home plant in Camden, N.J., the rich blaze of overripe fruit faded as mold...