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France's nuclear force de frappe is the pride of Charles de Gaulle's old age, and he dotes upon it as part of his ultimate legacy to France. Last week De Gaulle journeyed south to Provence to see for himself how his offspring is growing. He watched...
Strutting on the Stage. The French government, not pleased by the aggressive sound of force de frappe, prefers to call its creation a force de dissuasion. The theory behind the force is that not even a nuclear power would want to destroy France at the possible cost of the retaliatory...
Hurt Pride. The trouble is that the force is hurting French pride in many other ways. It has already cost $8 billion that France can ill afford, and it is still costing more than $2 billion a year. Its costs amount to about 10% of the national budget in a...
But there is more to the Mayor's aversion than drugs, On LSD and marijuana, he is actually enlightened. "It's wrong when people don't understand the dangers and consequences of drugs," he says. "But if they do, why, I'm in no position to make a judgment. Look...
There are limits. Last Sunday morning the Mayor appeared on television to gloat over what hippies are calling "the Great Bust." A few hours later, unperturbed hippies were smoking grass on the Cambridge Common. "Smoking marijuana?" challenged the Mayor last week, taking a quick sip from his frappe. "Have you...