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Whether Barre wins his gamble-that French voters will prefer his go-slow, common-sense policies to electorally inspired giveaways-will largely depend on external events. Will West Germany, France's largest trading partner, prime its economy sufficiently to create new jobs in France? Will Japanese exporters exercise enough restraint to prevent a trade war? Will the oil sheiks hold the line on prices at the end of the year? No one knows. But Barre, a former Common Market commissioner, has the advantage of at least understanding that France's economic destiny is not decided only in Paris...
...breathless attention to contemporary figures can lead to endless second-guessing. Why is Joe Namath given ten lines of biography, while only seven are accorded to the late Vladimir Nabokov? Why Walter Cronkite but not David Brinkley? If Capote rates an entry, why not Vidal? Such quibbles will depend on whose Gore is being axed. Still, the book changes browsers into learners. Whatever its flaws, the R.H.E. is a welcome invitation not only to the mind's eye but also to the eye's mind...
Patrick Centanni, Vellucci's administrative aide, said yesterday he received a similar response at city hall. Centanni said any changes in Vellucci's re-election plans would probably depend on the extent of the publicity stemming from yesterday's charges. He said he expects Vellucci to hold a press conference within the next few days...
Phyllis Keller, Harvard's equal opportunity officer, said yesterday Harvard fixes pay levels for associate and assistant professors, and individuals' salaries depend entirely upon their length of service...
...this vulnerability, by helping it set up plants to extract oil from coal, and look for oil. Most important, U.S. firms have invested heavily in South African oil refineries--more than doubling their investments in recent years--giving South Africa a hold over other countries in the region, which depend on South Africa for refined...