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...Progressive" and "practical" got the most foreign votes as the outstanding U.S. characteristics. But 52% of the English called Americans "conceited" and 46% of Frenchmen called them "domineering." Only 34% of Frenchmen (who have received $2.5 billion in U.S. postwar aid) called the U.S. "generous." The Russians got it all-round for being "cruel," "backward" and "domineering," and only a spot of praise as "hard-working...
...pact with the devil." Pinay fought back. From his notes in a big cardboard folder he drew some startling statistics. Example: French peasants and the petit bourgeois have hoarded more than 15 times as much gold as there is in the Bank of France. The obvious reasons: 1) Frenchmen distrust their own paper currency, which seems to buy less every day; 2) many wealthy Frenchmen have avoided paying taxes for so long that they no longer dare invest their money for fear of being found out. By restoring confidence in the franc, and by waiving prosecution of past tax offenders...
...travelogue stuffed with melodrama. And the show gains freshness because it is lavishly peopled with European actors-usually Swedes-in the supporting roles. "Swedes learn English in grade school and speak it very well," explains Reynolds. "Their accent is so slight that I can make them be Russians or Frenchmen or whatever I want...
...largest group in the French Assembly-had kept in line behind their stern leader. By staying out of coalition governments, which fell one after another, De Gaulle hoped to show that the constitution of the French parliament was unworkable and must be reformed. Judging by the despair Frenchmen felt at the collapse of their 13th postwar government, De Gaulle had almost made his case...
...cool, logical recesses of their minds, Frenchmen knew they had neither the resources nor manpower to fill a European vacuum left by an unarmed Germany. They could not even defend themselves. The cream of their army (about 170,000 men) is in Indo-China. They have been able to supply the men and the equipment for only five of the ten divisions they were supposed to have ready for NATO by this year. The remaining five had only half their quota...