Word: raymonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Walpole state prison has been in turmoil since last December when Superintendent Raymond Porelle ordered a seven-week "lockup" of inmates while a search was made for weapons and other contraband...
There are a number of reasons for the French voters' apparent disenchantment with Gaullism. Many seem to be weary of Pompidou's arrogant exercise of presidential power. French Political Analyst Raymond Aron, a conservative, refers to Pompidou's style as "haughty, verging on the authoritarian." The low profiles presented by Mitterrand and Marchais may offer a welcome contrast. Moreover, a series of scandals involving Gaullist politicians has diminished the standing of Pompidou's party...
...Washington worries about a Socialist surrender of key Cabinet posts to the Communists and about France's internal stability if the leftists push for radical measures. For that reason, the U.S. is inclined to agree with Pompidou's prediction that France faces "chaos" if the Gaullists lose. Raymond Aron, however, has a trenchant comment: "If Pompidou keeps telling the French, 'It's us or chaos,' he is likely to provoke the reply, 'Let's take a peek at what chaos looks like...
...really? Cameraman Alan Raymond speculates that the filming may have served as a catalyst to the divorce, speeding up an inevitable break. "When a camera films things, people think about them more," he maintains. Sometimes, he adds, members of the family used the presence of the camera in their dealings with other members, knowing that the others would usually guard some responses-restraining anger, for example-with the all-seeing eye upon them...
Kids I spoke with who were connected with YRB were almost all vehemently critical both of Saravelas and his Bureau, though some liked individual staff members. "Raymond [a pseudonym for a former streetworker] introduced me to the Bureau, but the Bureau hasn't done shit," said one Dana Street kid. "The only thing that was done for me that was considered part of the Bureau was that Raymond got me a job at a gas station. And that was on his own time--he went down at night...