Word: francoise
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forty years ago this Sunday, Mao Zedong stood on a balcony overlooking Tiananmen Square and said, "The Chinese people have stood up, and the future of our nation is infinitely brighter." Infinitely messier is closer to the mark today. The economy's course is uncertain. Provincial and municipal governments will...
The son of a messenger for the Banque de France, Delors is very much a self- made man. After graduating from high school, he worked for his father's employer by day and acquired degrees in law and economics at night. Politically, he has operated both sides of the fence...
Fukuyama's provocative thesis, spelled out in the summer issue of the National Interest, has stirred up a heated debate in neoconservative circles both in the U.S. and abroad. Around Harvard Square in Cambridge, reports Owen Harries, co-editor of the quarterly, the issue is sold out and copies have...
Only France made some serious attempts to build pressure. In addition to deploying two warships to the region, President Francois Mitterrand dispatched a flood of envoys to Moscow and key Arab League capitals, which command some leverage over Syria. But Mitterrand's diplomacy cut little ice in Lebanon, where France...
Love him or hate him, John Silber is impossible to ignore. The spotlight of controversy seems to seek him out. Earlier this year he was in the headlines with an audacious fund-raising plan to take out life-insurance policies on students and alumni. In May, Silber scored a double...