Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That man seemed almost certain to be former Premier Georges Pompidou, a stocky, graying bon vivant who possesses perhaps more solid credentials of intellect and experience?if not on the historic scale of a De Gaulle?to take over his country than any other Western political peers. The engineer of most of De Gaulle's last triumphs, the administrator of France's return to order after last spring's chaos, Pompidou was unceremoniously dismissed from office by De Gaulle in July. From the role of rejected dauphin he moved skillfully to become a visible alternative to De Gaulle's rule...
...long ago determined whether fresh milk was available at the store, has become a subject of occasional levity. At Paris' Ca-veau de la République, a political cabaret near the Place de la République, performers last week managed to take the political news in stride. "Imagine if Premier Couve de Murville were to become President," groaned one. "Saying 'Vive De Gaulle' was easy enough, but what a time we would have shouting 'Vive Couve de Murville.' " Another, noting that Daniel Cohn-Bendit, leader of last spring's student rioting, had been out of action lately, shrugged...
...manager of De Gaulle's affairs. He handled the publication of the general's memoirs, administered the foundation in memory of the De Gaulles' retarded daughter Anne, and was in fact unofficial chef de cabinet for the exile in Colombey. When De Gaulle finally returned to office as Premier in the last days of the Fourth Republic, Pompidou took a six-month leave of absence from his job to serve as his official chef de cabinet. On inauguration day, De Gaulle ceremoniously offered a seat in the presidential limousine to Pompidou, and the two rode side by side away from...
...dossiers got a "D'accord," meaning that the matter was settled. Pompidou began to enjoy politics with a gusto, and it showed even in his complaints. "I am bombarded with daily problems," he said one day. "I handle dossiers of a burning actuality. Everything is urgent at Matignon [the Premier's office]. But when I arrive at the Élysée, time no longer marches in the same step. Only the topics chosen voluntarily by the general as important are evoked...
Karami decreed a state of emergency, and the army slapped a curfew on seven Lebanese cities where disturbances had occurred. The casualty toll rose to 17 dead and 150 wounded as demonstrations broke out anew, and both pro-and anti-fedayeen forces pressed the Premier to take a stand. "The government can not take any side without splitting the country," said Karami, abruptly submitting his resignation. That presented President Charles Helou with the task of finding someone to form a government of "national unity" to end the unrest. But the only way to accomplish that would...