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Commissioner Roger Saunier, who heads the Ministry of the Interior's gambling police, hopes that the jailing of the 60 croupiers now awaiting trial will have a deterrent effect on future croupier capers. If not, the centuries-old call of the croupier, "Rien ne va plus!" (No more bets!), that rings out as the spinning wheel comes toward its heart-stopping halt, may prove to be the death knell of the French casino industry...
...California Assemblywoman Maxine Waters, 39, a black delegate from Los Angeles who led the minority women on their common resolution, and New York City Council President-elect Carol Bellamy, 35, and Seattle Lawyer Judith Lonnquist, 39, both of whom acted as floor leaders during the conference. Another was Ann Saunier, 31, human resources director of the papermaking Mead Corp. in Dayton, who won applause from all sides for her cool, impartial chairing of the conference's fourth session. In her private life, Saunier, who began using Robert's Rules of Order when she was in sixth grade, also offers...
...professors, vice-chancellors, and even university presidents have joined in condemning the reform. While the crisis does not really resemble May 1968--there has been little rioting, and few organized attempts to expand the movement's scope beyond immediate demands--continued governmental intransigence may escalate the conflict. Although Alice Saunier-Seite, secretary of education and the author of the reform, has offered minimal concessions while refusing to consider its repeal, it appears likely that the government will eventually be forced to abandon the reform or risk a rapid collapse of both its electoral position and its ability to govern...