Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must then maneuver to maintain it. Michele Theriot of Santa Monica, Calif., a 37-year-old theatrical producer, has been scrambling ever since her daughter Zoe was born 2 1/2 years ago. In that short period she has employed a Danish au pair, who quit after eight months; a French girl, who stayed 2 1/2 months; and an Iranian, who lasted a week. "If you get a good person, it's great," says Theriot, "but they have a tendency to move on." Last September, Theriot decided to switch Zoe into a "family-care" arrangement, in which she spends seven hours...
Third, the British and the French, who have powerful navies, are in fact on patrol around the gulf. As for the West Germans and the Japanese, they have no global navies to send. (We arranged for that after World War II.) Shall America wait then for the Canadians and Italians before venturing back into the gulf? As Secretary Shultz points out, the British have two frigates and a destroyer in the area, which is more, proportionately, than the U.S. has. The French also have warships in the region protecting their own vessels. Shouldn't they be acting with the United...
Elie Wiesel in his article on the Klaus Barbie trial ((ESSAY, May 11)) says, "France under Petain fully collaborated with Hitler's Germany." I must disagree with the word fully. If this were so, why were the French Jews in the Vichy-controlled territory not ordered to wear the Star of David as in other Nazi-controlled countries? And why was the percentage of deported French Jews so much lower than that of other occupied countries...
...college stint. "I did it in four years, and I worked hard," said the model-actress proudly. Growing a bit teary-eyed, she added, "I didn't set out to prove anything to anyone except myself." Looking smart in her black mortarboard and gown, Shields received a B.A. in French literature with honors. But just as she once vowed not to let anything "come between me and my Calvins," Shields never let French lit come between her and her career. Her busy schedule included magazine cover shoots, roles in three movies and birthday parties at trendy nightclubs like Chippendale...
...Lebanon, while no new hostages have been seized, a leader of the Islamic radicals made a chilling prediction. Said he: "The kidnapers have an interest in freezing this until the American and French elections...