Word: jacquese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In France, the Commission is in the cross hairs because of a recent proposal to reduce Common Agriculture Policy subsidies, the biggest beneficiaries of which are France's notoriously volatile farmers. The government of President Jacques Chirac, who already blocked cap reform in 1999, has made it clear that the...
READ MY LIPS, being French, is wryer and dryer. A mousy, overworked executive secretary (Emmanuelle Devos) is given permission to hire a trainee-assistant. She chooses a newly paroled con (Vincent Cassel), a hunky lunk, but observant enough to divine her well-kept secret, which is that she is virtually...
MIDDLE EAST Israel Takes the Heat for a Deadly Attack An israeli attack on Gaza City killed a Hamas leader and 14 other people, including nine children. About 150 people were injured by the one-ton guided bomb, which destroyed two buildings and blew open three others. The attack's...
Veteran gamblers know not to count their money until the dealing is finished, and now the European Central Bank is learning the same lesson. Jean-Claude Trichet, the governor of Banque de France, was expected to take over the E.C.B. when Wim Duisenberg resigns the presidency next July. But the...
Had French business titan Jean-Marie Messier been a footballer, he might not be suffering disgrace and joblessness today. Last month, after France's World Cup humiliation, President Jacques Chirac advised disgruntled fans against turning on their beloved Bleus - warning "we mustn't burn today what we considered beautiful yesterday...