Word: rying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...school supplies, children's clothing, ham, yogurt, sausage and other common goods. No one expects the widely publicized program to have anything but a cosmetic effect on France's severe economic difficulties. A more fundamental attack on inflation was launched several months ago when President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing restricted credit by imposing high interest rates. Recognizing the hardship the measure inflicted on most Frenchmen, Giscard has urged his countrymen: "Do not give in to discouragement." Nonetheless, forecasts indicate that this winter widespread strikes and business failures could sweep France...
Though his protean athletic skills include hunting, soccer and skiing, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing joined thousands of his countrymen by packing up his wife and four teen-age children for a vacation at the beach. While his constituency fought for space in the sand, however, Giscard enjoyed some swimming, tennis and boating in the privacy of a Cote d' Azur estate bor rowed from Prince and Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne. "My vacation I devote especially to my children," declared Giscard to a French reporter, then came...
...Energy Conference organized by Henry Kissinger, had to shelve its plan for a conference between countries that produce and consume oil because the Arab governments do not want to risk a confrontation over prices. And while France has been warming toward the ECG since the election of Valêry Giscard d'Estaing, and even quietly participating in some of the group's projects, it still refuses to join. Though far from ironclad, the agreement indicates that unity among the world's main oil consumers is more than a pipe dream...
Beate, who has dual French-German citizenship, finally was tried, convicted and sentenced on narrowly legalistic grounds last week in a Cologne courtroom. Presiding Judge Victor de Somoskeoy, ignoring an expression of concern from French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, gave her two months in jail. Not even the prosecution had sought a jail term; it had urged that Beate be put on probation for six months. Though the sentence has some support in Germany, it set off protests in both Israel and France: Davar, a leading Israeli daily, criticized the court for "sticking...
Changes of government are not in themselves a discouraging sign. On the contrary, they may signal the emergence of fresh leadership. In France, Georges Pompidou was succeeded by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, whose narrow victory over Socialist opposition marks the end of Gaullism but may mark the beginning of a new, more human exercise of power that will test whether France can exist short of "grandeur" without lapsing into disorder. West Germany's Willy Brandt resigned amid scandal; yet even in resigning he displayed a sense of responsibility that is itself an element of leadership. He was succeeded...