Word: francon
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...best—novel, “The Fountainhead,” published in 1943, tells the story of an independent-minded architect, Howard Roark, who rebels against the collectivist ethos of New Deal America. The sex scenes between Roark and his on-again-off-again lover, journalist Dominique Francon, are so violent that Roark could probably be charged with rape today. And, post-9/11, readers may be less tolerant towards Roark, who has a disturbing propensity to blow up architecturally-unsound buildings in New York City. Nonetheless, Rand’s pulpy prose still proves riveting...
Marcel A. Francon, associate professor of French Literature, said last night that Lecanuet also attracted support with his slogan "the French Kennedy." "He appealed to conservatives who want close economic ties with America," Francon explained...
...Francon is "fairly certain" that De Gaulle will be re-elected. "De Gaulle's opponents are mainly from the extreme right and oppose his domestic policies," he explained...
...Francon feels that De Gaulle's protege Georges Pompidou, could not replace De Gaulle at this time because of his lesser prestige. Only De Gaulle can "speak for France as a whole," he said...
...Gaulle's death would be a tragedy," Francon believes, because "he is a kind of savior." Francon thinks that De Gaulle's claim to "represent the spirit of France is fundamentally true...