Word: french
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agreement, such as it is, was not reached without tension and dispute. On the eve of the summit, Carter let it be known that he was "deeply angry" about a remark by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing that the Americans "haven't even started" to curb wasteful use of oil. Once the sessions began, however, Carter's principal opponent was not Giscard but German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who conducted what the American President wearily described to aides as a filibuster in favor of the European plan; the difficult personal relations between the two had rarely been more strained...
...Moreover, the SALT I agreement, signed by President Nixon in 1972, and the Vladivostok agreement signed by President Ford in 1974, permitted the Soviets to keep the heavy missiles in exchange for dropping their longstanding demand that the U.S. nuclear force in Europe, as well as the British and French nuclear arsenals, be counted under SALT. Said Lieut. General George Seignious, director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, last week: "I believe that we did very well in that tradeoff. I know our allies would agree." The arrangement was endorsed by Baker when he voted...
...negotiate with OPEC, or to put a ceiling on the price the seven countries would permit corporations to pay for oil on the Rotterdam "spot" market (users bid there for supplies not tied up under long-term contracts, and prices have shot as high as $40 per bbl.). French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, speaking on behalf of the European Community, outlined a plan to freeze European oil imports at last year's level and to "dissuade companies from lending themselves to transactions at excessive prices" in Rotterdam. But that stops well short of Giscard's earlier ideas...
...Giscard has so far taken only mild measures to conserve oil: lower home heating levels, stricter speed limits and vague ideas on producing a more economical car. Inflation remains a serious concern. Last year, seeking to buck up the investment rate by improving profit margins, the French removed the price controls maintained on many goods. But that kicked living costs up sharply-and is a big reason why 1979 inflation is expected to climb above the officially projected...
...full of the scent of lemons and mandarines and honeysuckle" and of something else: dread of the future that Hitler is planning across the border in Germany. Durrell is still prone to overripe passages, but some of his audacious effects work memorably. He describes the madam of a French brothel sitting in her establishment, "enthroned in wigged splendour like a very very old ice cream of a deposed empress." At its frequent best, Livia offers a world of cool, dark enchantment...