Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emerged as De Gaulle's major rival is nearly as unusual as le grand Charles himself. In a Roman Catholic country, Defferre is a Protestant. He is a co-owner of a prosperous newspaper, Le Provencal, and though a convinced Socialist, possesses one of those conspicuous bourgeois appurtenances, a yacht. An antiCommunist, Defferre nevertheless gets Communist support at elections...
Even if he finally emerges as the only major rival of De Gaulle for the presidency, Defferre's chances of winning do not seem bright. As a Protestant, he is obviously considered suspect by many of the Catholic center. But he can be depended upon to make lively what might have been a dull campaign and to ask questions that trouble even Gaullist Frenchmen, questions about European policy, the independent nuclear deterrent, and, especially, about inflation. "The general bears the entire responsibility for the deterioration of our financial position," Defferre charges. "You can't deny De Gaulle...
...take the chill off après-swim, there is always the all-encompassing shift. But Catalina has produced a rival that it calls the Sponge-a bright-colored, V-necked sweater of Antron, so stretchy that it slips easily down over the shoulders when the sun comes out -or the move seems desirable...
...built not for efficiency but for the glory of, respectively, God and Mammon, and are not forced into egg-cratery by the economic demands of multitudinous offices in little space. Modern churches now come in all shapes, from fishes to flying saucers. But recently, new banks have begun to rival new churches in variety, elegance, and novelty...
...realm of fashion, Vogue remains unsurpassed. As a "provider of discontent" (the Times reviewer again), Vogue features the slightly unattainable fashions, but its choices are still credible, unlike rival Harper's Bazaar, which is really too far out, and serves mainly to index the absurd and the extreme...