Word: jo
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...intoned De Gaulle, "I was re-elected President on December 19, 1965, for seven years by the French people. I have the duty and the intention of completing this mandate until the end." To make certain that the French people heard clearly, De Gaulle instructed Information Minister Joël Le Theule to repeat his message word for word to waiting newsmen...
...political and editorial protest, especially so since De Gaulle has sold a dozen Mirage 3s to Lebanon and is dickering to sell 54 more to Iraq. Every major non-Communist paper in France denounced the ban on arms to Israel. In reply, De Gaulle harshly raised, through Information Minister Joël Le Theule, an old European phobia over Jewish influence in the press: "It is remarkable how Israeli influence could make itself felt in circles close to the information media." Le Monde rightly rejected the charge as "insulting...
Then he scribbled a note on a piece of paper and handed it to Minister of Information Joël le Theule. It said simply that a communique would be issued at 7:45 that evening. Neither Le Theule nor any other Cabinet official, except perhaps Couve, had a clear idea of what the President would do. Typically, De Gaulle did not make his decision known to his Cabinet or talk about his solution. He said only, "Thank you, gentlemen. I will take your views into consideration...
Without Miracles. That ridiculous act reflects the tension that grips Brazil these days. A vast majority of Brazilians applauded the overthrow of Leftist João Goulart in 1964, and the cleanup started by the new military-backed regime of General Humberto Castello Branco was obviously necessary. When War Minister Arthur Costa e Silva was elected President by Congress in 1966, Brazilians listened to his promise to "humanize" the bureaucracy, promote a "Year of Education" and declare war on inflation. He did manage to slash the annual rate of inflation from 40% to 25%. The nation's gross national...
...private Wallace seems virtually emotionless. Always busy, he spends little time with his four children (Bobbi Jo, 23; Peggy, 18; George, 16; and Lee, 7); his late wife, Lurleen, reportedly once nearly divorced him as a consequence of his neglect. Yet in his anxiety to maintain a power base for his presidential bid, he did not hesitate to run her for Governor in 1966 (she died of cancer last...