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Seven weeks ago, French President Jacques Chirac impetuously decided to call a snap election, hoping that unhappy voters would give him a new mandate to push ahead on the tough economic reforms aimed at making his country ready to join the European common currency in 1999. But the French instead took the opportunity to slap Chirac and his austerity program, demolishing the right-wing majority in the National Assembly and installing rival Socialist Lionel Jospin as Prime Minister. Now the white-haired, square-jawed Jospin will share power with Chirac in an arrangement the French charmingly call "cohabitation...
Lieut. Sweeney, a stickler for good order and discipline, demanded a crisp salute from enlisted men. Whenever he approached a group of us, we would assign one person in the group to salute lefthanded. A thicket of arms would snap up in the regulation manner, accompanied by an enthusiastic chorus of "Good morning, SIR!" Sometimes, Lieut. Sweeney would pause after he passed us, look puzzled for a moment and then shake his head and move on. But the notion that we could have an impact on his mental health was wishful thinking...
...union and the euro into existence. For its own good, he believes, Germany must be anchored in a strong European Union and not left to throw its weight around between East and West. Chirac demonstrated his commitment to monetary union, if not his political smarts, when he called the snap election in hopes of securing control of his parliament for the next five years. The Benelux countries are on board the money plan, and Ireland, Spain and Finland are eager. In an interview last week Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi told TIME, "The euro must happen on time," that...
...downplaying, the stigma of number three was too difficult to wash away in a snap. Many students were baffled that the home of Crimson Cash, The Tasty and Cornel West '74 was not the hands-down winner...
...Louis, Mo., at the end of June. Gephardt's taste in music interests no one in Washington, but his ability to sing for his supper does. The event is for Gephardt's congressional-campaign coffers, which of course can be converted to a presidential war chest in a snap. Gephardt is determined to show the smart money in Washington that he can compete with AL GORE at fund raising. The event is a very early test for those who are serious about Campaign 2000. The effect, says a Gephardt adviser, is to send a signal that Gephardt "is capable...