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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rothschild, rose to become chief administrative officer of France's Rothschild Bank in the 1950s. Without ever having delivered a public speech, joined De Gaulle's own party or stood for election, Pompidou, at 50, was appointed Premier by De Gaulle six years ago. From the start, he performed with grand personal style and only an occasional political misstep...
...Starting Out Slowly. While not a landslide, Trudeau's victory was conclusive. The Liberals captured 155 out of 264 seats in the Canadian Parliament -27 more than they had held before. The Conservatives, on the other hand, went down from 94 to 72 seats, lost some of their best parliamentary leaders and emerged as a party whose influence is now almost solely in rural areas. For the moment, the man who likes at times to stand on his head does not plan to stand Canada on its head. "The first months, perhaps even the first Parliament," he told Time...
...disciple is too busy to do any more books, though he still feels that Director Howard Hawks, the grand old man of the American western, deserves one. Truffaut has completed work on one new movie and plans to start filming another this fall. Each, in a different way, reveals the Truffaut genre: Stolen Kisses, which will soon open in the U.S., shows the rebel as before-but grown to maturity. Again, he is played by Jean-Pierre Leaud, the juvenile star of The 400 Blows. The new project, The Siren of Mississippi, is to be yet another salute to American...
Egypt meanwhile, hopes to start work on a 42-in. line of its own late next year with completion scheduled for the end of 1970-a full year after Israel's line is due to go into operation. Under plans drawn up by a British engineering firm, the $150 million line would carry 50 million tons per year from the Gulf of Suez to one of three terminals-Alexandria, Damietta and Port Said. Despite the greater distance involved, the Egyptians will most likely decide on the 190-mile Alexandria route on the theory that it would be more secure...
...reaching $47 million. At the same time, Continental's cost for such-things as crew training, landing fees and fuel have increased, and the company this year alone will take delivery of 20 new planes costing $89 million. In about four years, however, Six intends to start slowing down. Says he: "When I get to be 65, I want to stay active in the company, but I don't want to be on the firing line every day at that age. My Number One job will be to find a new president and build up Continental with...