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Although Zimbabwe is deeply in debt, it put on a flashy show for its visitors. Many of the 2,000 delegates were put up in houses and apartments especially constructed for the conference, while others lived in the homes of wealthy Zimbabwe whites. Fleets of Mazda, Peugeot and Ford cars were rushed off local assembly lines for the visitors. Zimbabwe officials were embarrassed, though, to admit that many of the goods to run the conference, ranging from jet fuel to computer printouts, had to come from neighboring South Africa, a country whose racial policies were roundly and regularly condemned...
...public event, Gorbachev traveled to the Arc de Triomphe for a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As the 28-car motorcade moved up the Champs Elysees, the General Secretary raised his hand and gave an occasional wave out of the window of his armor-plated Peugeot 604 limousine. There were precious few people to wave back. For blocks along the route, only a few of the insatiably curious leaned against police barricades...
Afterward, while Raisa continued to give Paris a taste of her brand of Soviet chic (see box), Gorbachev made contact with France's working class. Accompanied by French Foreign Trade Minister Edith Cresson, he journeyed to a Parisian suburb for an hour-long tour of a highly roboticized Peugeot auto factory. The Soviet leader tried out the latest model sedan, then donned protective goggles to inspect the plant and chat with workers about wages and factory conditions. So determinedly upbeat was the visit that Soviet Ambassador to France Yuli Vorontsov jokingly told a Peugeot executive, "You're getting so much...
...evening early last week, a neatly groomed 65-year-old man emerged from his office at 72 Rue de Varenne on Paris' Left Bank, climbed into his Peugeot and was driven 150 yards to No. 57, the Matignon palace. There he was quickly escorted to a second-floor office, where, on a Louis XV desk, in front of Premier Laurent Fabius, he placed a folder containing 29 typewritten pages. After a 20-minute conversation, the man left, and the Premier began studying the document. The 17-day labor of Bernard Tricot, Charles de Gaulle's former chief of staff...
...styling has not been seen in an American auto since he designed the Ambassador and Healey models for the Nash Motor Co. in the early 1950s. His work is far more widely known to car buyers in Europe, where his firm regularly creates models for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Peugeot. The Rolls-Royce Camargue (list price: $150,600) was designed by Pininfarina, who has also styled every Ferrari built since 1952. His 1946 Cisitalia coupe is the only car on permanent display in New York City's Museum of Modern Art. It was chosen by the museum...