Word: mitterrand
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...distinction of his wife, Carla Bruni. Sarkozy's audacious Union for the Mediterranean summit in July 2008 in Paris, and his high visibility in his current six-month stint as President of the European Council, stand in striking contrast to the leaden final years of François Mitterrand's second term, or to the two mandates of Jacques Chirac. From the Caucasus to Damascus, it seems, France is back...
...terror. In 1992 a Rome court convicted Petrella in absentia for her role in the 1981 murder of a police inspector and the kidnapping of a judge. The following year, Petrella fled to France and an open-ended deal proposed in 1985 by French President François Mitterrand: amnesty for Red Brigades members who gave up their battle in Italy to lead law-abiding lives in France. So it was that Petrella set up house near Paris in 1993, raising her two daughters and working as a social services employee...
...pressure and protest from Italy led ruling French conservatives to scrap the Mitterrand amnesty in 2002, thus leaving Petrella and scores of other repented Red Brigades militants in France vulnerable to arrest under outstanding Italian warrants. That's precisely what happened to Petrella in August, 2007 following a routine police road check; she's been in prison ever since...
...announced that the other networks could air the opening ceremony remarks made by Hodel and Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca, who heads the foundation that raised funds for the statue's restoration. ABC's competitors will also carry the speeches of Navy Secretary John Lehman and French President Francois Mitterrand, as well as reaction shots of Reagan after he lights the statue. Finally, all four networks will carry not only the swearing in of 258 new citizens by U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger but also reaction shots of the audience. Only ABC, however, will air the Medal of Liberty awards...
With Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl recently installed as Chancellor of West Germany and Socialist Prime Minister Francois Mitterrand facing formidable opposition in France, the Tory triumph stirred talk of a rising conservative tide in Western Europe. The election is also heartening for Ronald Reagan, whose resolutely anti-Soviet foreign policy and free-market economic philosophy are shared by Thatcher. As he weighs a second term, Reagan cannot help noting that Thatcher scored points for bringing down inflation but did not seem to lose many for failing to cut the worrisome unemployment rate...