Word: ral
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chaban rally outside Paris, TIME Correspondent George Taber noted: "Over the auditorium hung an aura of nostalgia and past triumphs. The audience was made up of a generation old enough to respond enthusiastically to Chaban's frequent references to the glories of le Général and the Resistance. Yet a new generation has grown up in France in the 30 years since the Resistance, and it has been five years since French voters ousted De Gaulle. Chaban's campaign seems to be running out of steam...
...Escrienne. During their chat, D'Escrienne asked the general to repeat the name of a politician he had mentioned. "So you plan to write a book about me some day," said De Gaulle. Last week D'Escrienne's book, Le Général m'a dit . . . (The General Told Me), was published in Paris. It contains no major political revelations, but abounds in illustrations of an extraordinary personality. A sampling...
...gift to take on his visit to Pope Paul VI. Culture Minister André Malraux suggested three abstract paintings. One was titled The Holy Face. On looking it over, De Gaulle inquired: "Where is the Holy Face?" An embarrassed adviser replied: "Eh bien, mon général, if you stand here, in a certain light . . ." De Gaulle interrupted: "No, you won't make me offer that to the Pope!" The Pope got a tapestry instead...
...pilgrims have journeyed to the general's off-white marble grave, where he lies beside his daughter Anne. The people come with flowers and handmade crosses of Lorraine, plaques and crude placards reading "To our leader," "notre grand chef" "to our liberator," "notre grand général." They come in battered deux-chevaux, creaking farm wagons, sleek Citroëns, by chartered trains and buses. General Jacques Massu, who was once sacked for his split with De Gaulle over Algeria and later won his way back into favor, came on horseback...
...plaintiff, Controleur Général de Police Michel Gonzales, was confident that no judge would uphold the defendant. In polite society, after all, one never even says merde outright but le mot de Cambronne, a reference to the same word used by a Napoleonic general when the British suggested that he surrender at Waterloo...