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...paper from a majority to a blocking minority. Plenel led the editorial makeover, hunting for scoops and flexing the paper's political muscle. Le Monde broke the story of President François Mitterrand's long concealment of his prostate cancer, and it was all over Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Trotskyite past...
...important for its future." The other reason the referendum is crucial, of course, is that the result is important for Hollande's future, too. Hollande's rise in the PS has been as unassuming as it has been steady. Tapped in 1997 to occupy the party leadership that Lionel Jospin vacated to become Prime Minister, Hollande found himself captain of a sinking ship after Jospin's presidential bid unexpectedly imploded in mid-2002. Hollande nevertheless forged party unity in the notoriously fractious PS. But the party's fortunes only revived last spring, with stunning wins in regional and European elections...
...Student Activities. To be formally acknowledged, a club must submit a constitution, a complete list of officers and members, and endorsements from two faculty advisers. All clubs must have at least ten undergraduate members. The faculty sponsors of the Celtic Club include Lindsay Page, a first-year proctor in Lionel Hall, and Tomas O’Cathasaigh, Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies, who is also director of graduate studies in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures...
...soul to God. Change flowed from the secularizing of another rite of passage: weddings. Troubled that the only option available to couples who didn't wish to marry in a church was a legalistic ceremony performed by a pokerfaced official in a registry office, Australian Attorney-General Lionel Murphy in 1973 launched the Civil Marriage Celebrant Program, which soon gave couples the option of a personalized service. Officiating at funerals was a natural progression for many celebrants, of whom there are now more than 1,800 in Australia and nearly as many in New Zealand. "We're leading a process...
DIED. ILLINOIS JACQUET, 81, innovative tenor saxophonist and bandleader; of a heart attack; in New York City. At 19, playing with Lionel Hampton's band, he bleated out an 80-sec. solo on Flying Home that became legendary. He was a master of the style known as screeching and was equally adept at slow ballads. In addition to playing with most of the jazz giants of his era, he was invited by President Bill Clinton to perform a duet on the White House lawn at his first Inauguration...