The Press: Vive le Sport!

"Call up the editor," Charles de Gaulle instructed an aide, "and suggest that he ought to be very severe in tomorrow's editorial." Was De Gaulle demanding yet another Paris-Presse blast against U.S. foreign policy? Not that day. Having just watched the televised national rugby finals degenerate into a brawl, France's President yearned to convey his outrage to the country. He appealed to L'Équipe, the Paris-based sports daily—and got his editorial.

Mongolian Monitor. L'Équipe (meaning "team") is the world's finest sports newspaper. It devotes almost half its space to athletic events that take place...

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