Word: francoise
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Renault's secret is that it is run like a private company. The government provides about 10% of the financing, but it does not meddle in such decisions as the choice of car models. "We tell them what we are doing, at which point they can agree or disagree...
Heart to Heart respects the charm of the quotidian, finds in its little dramas wisdom and absurdity, sadness and folly-and, above all, liveliness. This cheering, but unsappy outlook is much in evidence as the younger generation of French directors, like Diane Kurys and Jean Charles Tacchella, crawls out from...
The opposition rallied to the attack during the six hours of debate that followed Mauroy's speech. Francois Ceyrac, a spokesman for Big Business, later summed up the criticism: "Nationalizations are an economic absurdity that threatens to become a catastrophe for the French economy."
Scene 1: The Rue de Solferino is a long winding street near the Eiffel tower that houses the Scoialist Party headquarters, sandwiched between a bakery and an apartment building. The night of the second round of the historic legislative elections on June 21, the crowd in front was thick and...
The Reagan Administration last week could not be fairly accused of ignoring foreign affairs. Vice President George Bush was in Paris, where he held what he called "warm and friendly" talks with France's new Socialist President Francois Mitterrand (see WORLD). Secretary of State Alexander Haig returned to Washington...