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...took the opportunity to drop out. L??vesque, who speaks a fine, colloquial English, worked in Europe as a broadcaster with the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II, and for Canadian radio in Korea. Afterward, he quickly became Quebec's most popular television newsman. L??vesque first...
Trudeau in 1952, at the behest of their mutual friend, Gerard Pelletier, in an encounter that set the tone for most of their future dealings. "You speak well," said Trudeau brusquely, "but can you write?" Trudeau then reminded the startled journalist that L??vesque was two years overdue on a promised contribution to Cite Libre...
Despite their differences, the careers of the two Quebecois are curiously intertwined, and reflect both the unity and conflict within Quebec's tightly knit society. Said Claude Ryan, until recently editor of Montreal's intellectual daily Le Devoir: "Destiny has for a long time prepared Messieurs L??vesque and Trudeau for a decisive confrontation...
...L??vesque was born in New Carlisle (pop. 1,100) on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula. The son of a local lawyer, he attended Laval University in Quebec City, where he earned a B.A. but spent much of his time playing poker (he is "reckless" at it, says a partner of later days). L??vesque was suspended from Laval's law school in his third year for smoking in a lecture hall...
...L??vesque was elected a member of the Quebec Liberal government headed by Premier Jean Lesage, and thus was in on the beginning of the Quiet Revolution. As Minister of Natural Resources, L??vesque soon established himself as a radical force within the Cabinet, and in 1963 pushed through one of the most important measures of that period: nationalization of the province's private electrical utilities into Hydro-Quebec (current assets: $6.5 billion). At the time L??vesque was labeled "René the Red" for his advocacy of the scheme. He was twitted by Trudeau, then a Montreal law professor...