Word: mende
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time had come for a parting of the ways. Pierre Mendès-France wrote to his friend Guy Mollet, the Socialist Premier of France: "Any policy that ignores the feelings and the misery of the native population leads, step-by-step, to loss of the Algerian people, to loss of Algeria itself, and finally, inevitably, to loss of all our possessions in Africa...
...Mendès-France was leaving the government, after four months as a frustrated junior partner. He added: "I should like at least that my resignation should have the effect of a new. anguished appeal for the government to take the necessary decisions, however difficult they may be." Mendes (who was himself brought down as Premier last year over North Africa) was convinced that Mollet has never been the same since his trip to Algiers last February. There Mollet had been pelted by irate French colons, and in Mendès' view he had since given top much weight...
...France's time of crisis, Mendès' going was sad, full of mutual regret and surrounded with an uneasy sense of foreboding. Mendès made it clear that he was acting only for himself, insisted that the other 13 Ministers from his Radical Socialist Party remain in the government. "I think that the government that is now in power represents the best possible political formation," he said. "With all my heart, I wish [Mollet] success."One angry Socialist accused Mendes of "a low blow." Emotionally, the usually icy-calm Mollet defended...
...French Academy last year, he won the votes of traditionally anticlerical members. And when a small group of friends began a fund to buy him the academician's customarily ornate sword, they were swamped by almost 2,000 contributors-including five cardinals, twelve foreign ambassadors, former Premier Pierre Mendès-France, Movie Actress Claude Nollier, Dressmaker Pierre Balmain, the entire staff of the women's magazine, Marie-Claire, and a boy scout troop...
...team is Captain Al Gordon, who leads in the 440. Wilson terms him a powerful determined runner, who is as strong as an ox. In the last meet, he did the quarter in 50 seconds flat, but injured his ankle in the process. It has just begun to mend. Backing him up is another fine runner, Walt Belenky...