23 MAY 1981, page 11

Some Sink, Others Swim

Sam White Paris It's a rush for the lifeboats by Giscardiens and Communists following the wreck of their hopes and illusions in the presidential election and in the face of the......

One Hundred Years Ago

The Americans are beating us again. This time, they have invented a pencil which will make an indelible mark. The lead in the pencil is not plumbago, but a composition; it......