Word: mend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problem might be solved. More than that, the country would be in better shape to play its part in the European Defense Community: with more troops at home it would have less reason to fear a rearmed West Germany. So argues an increasing number of politicians, whose spokesman, Pierre Mendés-France, came close to being Premier five weeks ago. Watching the U.N. negotiating with the Communists in Korea, they feel that there can be no dishonor in opening negotiations with the Viet Minh Communists...
France is not yet ready for Mendés-France's solutions. The expendable stand-in government of Premier Joseph Laniel was not talking truce last week, but it took the first move in setting up a situation from which advances might be made. It offered a larger measure of independence to Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam, the states of Indo-China, to encourage them to take a larger share in their own defense...
...coming 18 months-in the event that an absolute majority of the Assembly should disapprove of his government-France's seat-hugging Deputies were favorably disposed towards Bidault, President Auriol's third Premier-designate in three weeks. After the action-demanding appeals of Reynaud and Mendès-France. Bidault seemed like a tired juggler, but one who would not miss a throw...
...balance, were impressed. When it came to the vote, Bidault had the support of 313 Deputies -just one short of the number required to make him Premier. This too was an example of balance. The short vote had been carefully calculated by the Radical Socialist Party, whose candidate, Mendès-France, Bidault had voted against. The Radicals split their votes and altered or withdrew them as the balloting went on, so that Bidault would almost, but not quite, make...
...Hand. "These debates will not be without a tomorrow," said Mendès-France. Conservative Figaro was inclined to agree with him: "Many of the young ... by giving their votes to this man whose words will echo in the political life of tomorrow-if only because he has made the Socialist Party come out of its solitude-have shown above all a desire for a change and renewal... A page has been turned." Like Aneurin Bevan, promising Mendès-France had the air of being "the next Premier...