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...years under patrician, aloof President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing were enough. Twenty-three years of government by the same center-right majority had proved too much. As if they had been dared once too often to take the risk, French voters this week chose Socialist Leader François Mitterrand, 64, an unflappable veteran politician whom many thought a perennial loser, as the fourth President of the Fifth Republic. They thus embarked on the country's boldest venture toward the left since 1936, setting the stage for a risky economic transformation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: MItterrand: A Socialist Victory | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...that road. Cocktail Molotov is set in May 1968, when French students and workers virtually shut down their country. Alas for Anne (Elise Caron), that is the moment she chooses to defy her bourgeois mother and take off with her lower-class lover Frederic (Philippe Lebas) and his friend (François Cluzet). The trio have a vague plan: they will ship out from Venice and find happiness on a kibbutz in Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Roadies | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...Fabulous Fran, who ended the season with 103 points and the Ivy League scoring crown, then made it 3-0 with an unassisted goal...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Rip Big Green, 27-5, Clinch Ivy Title | 5/8/1981 | See Source »

Minuteman sue Caples cut the Harvard' lead to 5-2 at 3:59, but a "Fran-to-Maureen" goal with 2:35 left and a "Maureen-to-Fran" tally with 1:12 remaining gave the Crimson a 7-2 advantage at the half...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Win Eastern Championships | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...Fabulous Fran brought the laxwomen to a 4-0 lead with tallies at 5:39 and 3:42 off passes from Finn (the Den Hartog to Finn combination clicked four times on the day), and the Crimson went into the second half with a four-goal advantage that Northeastern never threatened...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Beat Huskies, 13-2, Look to Easterns | 4/30/1981 | See Source »

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