Word: franco-american
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...world beset by political strife, these young ambassadors make politics personal. A French exchange student lived with Gail and Richard Marshall, 54 and 56, editors at the Fresno Bee, during the "freedom fries" period of Franco-American relations. When the girl's brother called, spewing blanket attacks on Americans, the young diplomat retorted, "I'm here. I know what Americans are thinking and saying...
Bush and French President Jacques Chirac will probably demolish what's left of Franco-American friendship. If the two leaders had even a dash of decency, they would admit their faults and work to solve the Iraq problem. The friendship between our two countries was one of our greatest treasures. The propaganda on each side of the Atlantic has been tremendous, and now Americans feel the French are their enemies, when in truth we are their friends. Come back to earth, Bush and Chirac! CHRISTIAN CHEVALIER Grenoble, France...
...make sure this popular boycott doesn't become a durable sentiment." So Guigal got on the tgv to Paris last week to meet with representatives from all of France's wine-growing regions, to talk about what can be done to turn the page on this nasty chapter in Franco-American relations. Louis-Fabrice Latour, whose family has exported Burgundy to America since the U.S. Civil War, shared his concerns. "Sales to the States fell between 20% and 30% in March," he says. "It's not just the boycott; we know the dollar's low and people have been spending...
...kilogram tub of peanut butter from the Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona. "We figured that would hold him," his wife says, "until I could get there with the Hamburger Helper." Alisha shows off the well-stocked larder in the condo: Welch's Strawberry Spread, Bush's Original Baked Beans, Franco-American Gravy and Post Cranberry Almond Crunch cereal, all of it personally delivered by Alisha?who is completing her nursing studies at Northern Arizona?when she arrived on Christmas break...
...bringing an explosive end to his career as CEO of the Franco-American media giant Vivendi, Jean-Marie Messier managed a rare feat in the world of global business. He combined Gallic intransigence with Yankee arrogance to infuriate shareholders and employees on both sides of the Atlantic. The French hated him for selling out their culture, acting like a foreign mogul and moving to New York City. North Americans hated him for losing money and refusing to concede that his strategy had faltered. Even as the company's stock price descended to new lows, he spoke of running Vivendi...