Word: raymonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...race is the more nerve-racking because the government has chosen to run it slowly. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has entrusted direction of the economy to a respected but politically inexperienced professor, Raymond Barre, 53, whom he named both Prime Minister and Finance Minister in August 1976. The jovial, rotund Barre, who likes to describe himself as "a square man living in a round body," wrote the textbook used most often in French economics classrooms. Since he moved to his offices at the Hotel Matignon, Barre has applied textbook economics to France's problems...
...past years, there has been speculation about whether Radcliffe would benefit from having a woman coach. Peter Raymond, Graves's predecessor as the heavyweight skipper, said last spring he thought Radcliffe needed a woman coach because he found it difficult to "deal with some of the problems women athletes experience. Only another woman would understand them," he explained...
Policymakers of the European Community have begun promoting what they call "organized liberty of exchange"-an Orwellian euphemism coined by French Prime Minister Raymond Barre. It means negotiated agreements limiting imports during hard times. An American variant of that idea is the "orderly marketing agreement" (OMA), which is emerging as the Carter Administration's chief response to protectionist clamor...
...They blame it for inflation and unemployment and think it's time for a change." Political Scientist Raymond Aron concurred: "The left has not necessarily lost the election. The country is in a bad mood and tired of seeing the same faces in government. Indeed, the Socialists might even get more votes if they are not linked to the Communists...
...Alan Raymond, deputy press secretary for Governor Michael S. Dukakis, said yesterday past holders of state "no-show" jobs have been fired or suspended without pay. He added the state has rarely forced anyone to return their salaries or face criminal prosecution...