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...family by his side. One of his two sons, Henri, 17, and Louis, 16, usually carried the notes for his speeches. Younger daughter Jacinte, 14, became one of the most familiar faces in France; her picture appeared on thousands of her father's election posters. Pretty Valérie-Anne, 20, surprised and delighted a crowd of 100,000 Parisians at an election rally when she suddenly kissed her father on both cheeks just as he was about to begin his speech. Equally visible was Giscard's shy, fragile wife, Anne-Aymone, 41, who flew...
...interests is in encouraging career education for women. She has had some experience in that herself, having studied economics in the past two years in order to "keep up with the economic-oriented discussions in the family." Indeed, it probably takes some doing to keep up with Valérie-Anne, a student at the prestigious Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris, and Henri, who is studying economics at the University of Nanterre. The two younger children are enrolled in private Catholic schools in Paris...
...presidential campaign changed much of this. Politics became a consuming topic. Not only did the children accompany their father on campaign trips, but Henri and Valérie-Anne sold the now famous Giscard à la Barre! (Giscard at the helm) T shirts, planned bicycle tours of Paris and organized sing-ins at the Etoile. Mme. Giscard was constantly on call for press interviews. While she realizes that the presidency will intrude on the family's private life, she hopes that it will be "as little as possible. I hope I won't be obliged to cloister myself...
...fleet by the British-sprang from De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria. That policy led to the creation of the militant terrorist group known as the Secret Army Organization (O.A.S.), one of whose principal goals was to kill De Gaulle for having betrayed Algérie française. The authors, Pierre Démaret, 31, who once belonged to the O.A.S., and Christian Plume, 48, a journalist, interviewed former O.A.S. leaders and obtained access to the French Interior Ministry's records. The result is an extraordinary tale of mad zeal, abominable planning and incredibly...
...Junior Rie Rojas led Harvard to a sweep in the mile with a 4:12.6, then came back to win the 1000 in 2:15.1. Rojas also ran a leg on the victorious two mile relay team...