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...Socialists and Communists; both parties are at odds, each accusing the other of betraying the "union of the left" that was formed in 1972. Giscard, however, has been subject to sniping from Gaullists within the ranks of his parliamentary majority; they fear that he may be abandoning his predecessor's foreign policy of "grandeur." Another critic is former Foreign Minister Michel Jobert; he is currently touring the country, both promoting his bestselling autobiography and accusing Giscard of doing too little to control inflation...
...widespread defeats of Republican conservatives will make the 94th Congress decidedly more liberal than its predecessor. In the Senate, Democratic Victors Wendell H. Ford of Kentucky, Gary W. Hart of Colorado and Richard Stone of Florida are all to the left of the men they will replace. More important, the moderately conservative House will now become almost as liberal as the Senate?on both sides of the aisle. Only one member of the Wednesday Group, an ad hoc organization of moderate and liberal House Republicans, was defeated. In contrast, 30 of the 70 members of the conservative House Republican Steering...
...letter, which will probably be about 30 pages long, is a major event in the Rosovsky administration. When Rosovsky's predecessor, John T. Dunlop, was dean of the Faculty there was no budget letter, only an oral presentation at a Faculty meeting, and last year's letter was one of the real crowd-pleasing moves during Rosovsky's first year as dean...
...lower abdomen. It is thought that the anticoagulant drugs he had been taking had caused a tendency toward prolonged bleeding, and he went into shock. His family gathered round in vigil, their photographed faces masked by now familiar anguish. President Gerald Ford sent red roses to his predecessor and offered prayers on Nixon's behalf...
This new twist to an old curl looks very little like its predecessor. Instead of tightening into frizzy ringlets, the hair strands fluff out in graceful waves or very floppy curls-what celebrated Coiffeur Vidal Sassoon calls a "marvelous, curly 'Greek boy' look." As another hairdresser puts it: "The difference between the old permanent and a careful unpermanent is the difference between your first dress and a Balenciaga...