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...reimpose the death penalty, had undeniable grass-roots appeal, but his support had been expected to reach no higher than 11%. Instead it mushroomed across the country, reaching more than 20% in eight metropolitan departments. The burly ex-paratrooper grabbed 28.3% of the vote in Marseilles, France's second largest city, topping all other major candidates. A total of some 4.4 million citizens supported the ultra-rightist. As the dimensions of Le Pen's breakthrough became apparent, the National Front leader declared on television, "We have the certainty of a political earthquake and a radical transformation of the national landscape...
Such an image of Gauguin, as Stuckey and Brettell show by exhaustive research, is mostly moonshine. The brute of fiction was not only a superbly intelligent painter but also a writer who left, as Brettell points out, the "largest and most important body of texts, illustrated and otherwise, produced by any great artist in France since . . . Delacroix . . . That he has always been treated as a businessman-turned-artist rather than an artist- turned-writer shows the extent to which his literary achievement has been undervalued...
...winner in last week's voting was Kim Dae Jung, 62, whose Party for Peace and Democracy captured 70 seats, a gain of 48, to become the second largest voting bloc. That showing marked a stunning turnabout in Kim's political fortunes. Because he refused to give up his presidential candidacy and rally support for the more promising Kim Young Sam, the country's other major opposition leader, Kim Dae Jung bore most of the blame for dividing the opposition vote last December, a blot that prompted his resignation as party leader two months ago. Now Kim not only will...
...joint ventures, with 140 formed since 1972. Western firms are allowed to own the majority share of a venture in Hungary, and sometimes receive generous tax breaks. Yugoslavia, the first East European country to seek joint ventures with the West, has formed 225 since 1967. One of the largest: a $62 million auto-parts plant co-owned by General Motors. In Belgrade the first McDonald's in Eastern Europe has been drawing more than 2,500 customers daily since it opened its doors last month. Says Pedrag Tostanic, Yugoslav managing director of the joint venture: "At all times I have...
Despite the resurgence, few ferry services manage to make a profit. Golden Gate Bridge District, the largest ferry operator on San Francisco Bay, lost $2.8 million last year. New York's subsidized Staten Island Ferry, by far the nation's busiest, costs just 25 cents for a round trip (vs. $1 for a subway or bus ride) and sails along with a $26 million annual deficit. Nevertheless, several prospective services are being proposed by entrepreneurs. In San Diego two firms have proposed water-taxi services to shuttle conventioneers and tourists between the city's new waterfront convention center and hotels...