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...leaders of conservative parties, was expected. More surprisingly, French officials described François-Poncet's talks with Secretary of State Haig and Reagan as chaleureuses re-trouvailles (warm rediscoveries) of friendship. Relations between Washington and Paris cooled during the Carter years, and particularly so after President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing proved notably slow and mild in condemning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan...
...campaign to keep the process alive. Two weeks ago, he addressed the European Parliament in Luxembourg, where he solicited Europe's help in persuading both Israelis and Palestinians to accept "mutual and simultaneous recognition." Afterward, he stopped over in Paris for talks with French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Last week Sadat stoked the fires again: he renewed a long-forgotten, highly controversial proposal that Palestinians create a government in exile...
...plenty of places where Anwar Sadat is considered something of a model statesman. Last week the Egyptian President went to Western Europe and came away with bravos ringing in his ears. He was given a standing ovation by the European Parliament, then a red carpet reception by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
...plant before him. 'My family's always been in engineering,' he told me. Then he showed me his hands: 'You feel it. It's in your hands and your blood.' " Associate Editor Marguerite Johnson, who wrote the main story, and Reporter-Researcher Val Castronovo found themselves torn between admiration for Thatcher's bravado and sympathy for the plight of Britons. Says Johnson: "Thatcher's gamble has produced one of the most gripping political stories in Europe in years...
...described China's Deng Xiaoping as a breath of fresh air, a man who, in Carter's mind, could be trusted to keep his word. "He was not afraid to talk about his country's weaknesses," said Carter, "something the Soviets would never dare do." Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was the most powerful of all the Western leaders he had worked with because of the wide authority granted to the President by French law. Britain's Margaret Thatcher was a woman of strong opinions, forceful and dependable. He did not talk about Germany...