Word: jeane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last two issues, Le Canard charged that Giscard, both when he was Finance Minister and after he became President in 1974, had graciously accepted 50 carats in diamonds-the first 30 alone valued at $240,000-from Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the sadistic former "Emperor" of the Central African Republic...
...politician's worst enemy. Last week the French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné charged that President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, while serving as Finance Minister six years ago, had accepted a 30-carat tray of diamonds worth $240,000 from Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who was deposed as Emperor of the Central African Republic last month. There is no law prohibiting French politicians from accepting such largesse. The Elysée Palace, in fact, while trying to minimize what it called the "nature and value" of the gifts, did not deny that...
...hottest ticket in Boston since the 1978 playoff between the Red Sox and the Yankees in Fenway Park. The present President, Jimmy Carter, was invited, but ex-Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon were not. That was the decision of the Kennedy sisters-Eunice Shriver, Patricia Lawford and Jean Smith; they outvoted Brother Ted, who did not favor the public snub...
Regardless of what the FBI did in the Jean Seberg case, as a champion and admirer of the Black Panther cause, why should she have felt disturbed, distressed or discredited? That is racist thinking, and if I were black I would feel insulted...
Bougas received her toughest challenge to date in the finals yesterday, as Jean Osachuk, the second seed from Mt. Holyoke, put up a stiff fight before falling 7-5, 6-2. Leading 5-2 in that first set, Bougas allowed Osachuk to knot the score at 5-5 before taking the next two games...