Word: nordli
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...myself on French soil, the school where I was taking a course offered an orientation movie for its newest arrivals. The film was sweet; three interwoven plots presented the theme "Discovering Paris" by tracking three sets of starry-eyed tourists from their arrival at the Gare du Nord through their respective monument studded days. The most romantic segment followed a beautiful blonde model from Copenhagen en route to a day's shooting. Arriving early in the morning, the model wandered happily up the Champs Elysees, down the busy thoroughfares...paused at outdoor boutiques to finger exotic clothes...turned her impressive...
...Etoile du Nord...
...Laboring under a three-month-old austerity program that has increased taxes, slashed government spending and ignited street protests by groups ranging from farmers to travel agents, the French economy will actually shrink 1% this year, according to Jean-Marie Chevalier, professor of economics at the University of Paris Nord. Said he: "That is the price we now have to pay for the 1.5% growth in 1982, which was the highest of any major Western industrialized country...
FRANCE. Despite skepticism inside the country and abroad, the Socialist government's decision to impose price and wage controls last June has been "a sort of success," in the view of Jean-Marie Chevalier, professor of economics at the University of Paris Nord. As a result, he was less pessimistic about the French economy than he was six months ago, now predicting a growth rate of about 1% for 1983 along with a continuing fall in inflation. The rate of price rise in the economy has already been slowed from 12% to 9.8% during 1982, and Chevalier expects further...
FRANCE. Despite the efforts of France's year-old Socialist government to stimulate growth, Jean-Marie Chevalier, professor of economics at the University of Paris Nord, says he is being optimistic in foreseeing a 1% increase in the G.N.P. this year. One of the main effects of the government's effort to foster public consumption has been a rush of imports. The most dramatic example was foreign automobiles, which in May accounted for 32% of all new sales. French exports, on the other hand, have declined 3% so far this year...