Word: rying
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...NATO is far from moribund. Coming after the squabbling within the alliance last winter, the Ottawa meeting offered reassuring evidence of that fact. The meeting changed nothing except the atmosphere, but that in itself is of some importance. The new French government of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing seems much more committed to the alliance than its Gaullist predecessors, and Washington too seems more relaxed. The recent defeat in the Senate of attempts to cut U.S. forces in Europe unilaterally also helped NATO retain a measure of viability...
...ry Giscard d'Estaing promised to bring "change" to France. So far, at least, he is delivering. In a carefully staged show of disdain for the pomp of the Gaullist years, he walked rather than rode to his inauguration at the Elysée Palace, wore a business suit instead of tails, talked for a few minutes about a "new era" instead of delivering an oration about the glories of the past. Over the next few days he announced the first of several measures to "relax" French political life. He decreed an end to widespread wiretapping by government snoopers...
Last week Val&3233;ry Giscard d'Estaing signified the importance he puts on relations with West Germany by naming France's Ambassador to Bonn, Jean Sau-vagnargues, as his Foreign Minister. At week's end the new French President received the Federal Republic's new Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, in Paris for their first summit. The two merely outlined strategies for coping with economic and political problems, but nonetheless the modest effort raised guarded hopes in France that the flagging European Community might be revitalized. Reaction was similar in West Germany. TIME Bonn Bureau Chief Bruce...
When Helmut Schmidt moved into the Chancellor's office in Bonn's Palais Schaumburg, among the handful of photographs he placed next to his desk was an autographed portrait of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. It was not a public relations gesture but rather a symbol of their warm relationship, built up over years of monetary crises and European Economic Community negotiations. As Finance Ministers for their respective governments, they developed not only a solid respect for each other's ability to carry out official duties, but also a personal friendship. Speaking to each other...
Throughout France's recent election campaign, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was rarely without a member of his 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...