Word: taber
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Power Grab. "I can understand why people up to now lack confidence," Economics Minister Vasco Vieira de Almeida told TIME Correspondent George Taber. "It is up to the government to create it." Creativity, however, is not exactly helped by the patchwork makeup of the 15-member Cabinet, which includes Socialists and Communists as well as nonpolitical technocrats, centrists and a lieutenant colonel. Last week, typically, the Cabinet set aside three days to discuss a series of sweeping economic decisions; the meeting broke up in disarray after the first day, and further discussion was postponed for a week...
...magic moment when the candidate and the public merged came at the end of the first week of the campaign," reported TIME Correspondent George Taber. "The curious crowds suddenly turned into rabid fans, and voters began reaching out to touch his tailored sleeves. The man who had been a cool and respected Finance Minister suddenly found himself carried on a wave of popular enthusiasm for the first time in his career. He responded with a warmth that had been rarely seen in public. His plunges into the crowd became a ritual. With almost disbelieving delight, he told a crowd...
...with the gifts of good looks and intellectual brilliance from a patrician background. Almost effortlessly, he rose to become one of France's youngest and most powerful Finance Ministers. A few days before his election as President of France, Giscard granted an exclusive interview to TIME Correspondent George Taber. Relaxing over a snack of Roquefort cheese and champagne aboard the Mystere executive jet that he used during the campaign, Giscard discussed his foreign policy and the goals that he has set for France under his presidency...
...Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. As the symbol that will appear beside his name on the ballot, he has chosen De Gaulle's emblem, the cross of Lorraine-a reminder of Chaban's key role during the Resistance. After attending a Chaban rally outside Paris, TIME Correspondent George Taber noted: "Over the auditorium hung an aura of nostalgia and past triumphs. The audience was made up of a generation old enough to respond enthusiastically to Chaban's frequent references to the glories of le Général and the Resistance. Yet a new generation has grown...
...Ideas. In an interview with TIME's Taber, Giscard noted last week, "In my campaign I have two fundamental ideas: to make France a fair, democratic society and to contribute to European unity. While the latter can be done through monetary and political cooperation, the organization of European institutions is not yet ripe for rapid initiatives. [In domestic affairs] French presidential elections are the beginning of change. The style of French politics will, I think, be profoundly modified. It seems indispensable that the center parties be represented in the government. President Pompidou modernized economic life, and I want...