Word: jobs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tending to give credence to De Gaulle's oft-proclaimed prophecy that after his departure chaos would ensue. Then he dismissed Gaullist Jacques Foccart as Secretary-General for African Affairs. Knowledgeable Frenchmen were delighted: Foccart's African designation was in fact a façade for his job as boss of the Gaullist "Barbouzes," a thuggish lot of secret police and informers...
...changes is the rise to power of military leaders who do not necessarily favor Lin and his slavish support of Mao's all-out radicalization. With Chou's moderate faction hit hard, the new army types are expected to take over Chou's old job of tempering Maoist extremism...
...chief problem is that some intellectuals are helping to run society-while other intellectuals are busy accusing them of botching the job. Many denounce the Viet Nam war as "an intellectuals' war," because assorted academics helped conduct it. Meantime, the New Left has attacked liberals for having failed to cure the country's social ills. Caught in this cross fire, the intellectuals are wavering between passive despair and revolutionary fervor. Today, many intellectuals are unsure of where they fit into U.S. life, unsure of how to apply their intelligence to rational reform -even unsure of just what...
...return to dispensing pills on his suburban rounds? Not a bit of it. "I'd rather be a conductor than a doctor any time," Bialoguski said. Whereupon he packed his reviews and his pocket-edition scores into a battered briefcase and set out in search of a job...
...Secretary of State is, in effect, the Vatican's Prime Minister. Villot is the first non-Italian to serve in this capacity since Spain's Cardinal Merry del Val held the office under Pius X from 1903 to 1914. While there was some surprise that this sensitive job would go to a non-Italian, the appointment was in keeping with Paul's long-declared intention of internationalizing the Curia. Two years ago, 20 of the 24 highest posts in the Vatican bureaucracy were held by Italian prelates; now, only eight top posts are held by Italians. "This...