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...ennui was an ironic commentary on the confused French political scene, in which the center-right and the left-wing opposition were splintered into four competing groups, each trying to explain its quarrels to an increasingly indifferent electorate. As a result, the Frenchman's distrust of politicians deepened. "Left or right," shrugged the owner of a small porcelain shop in Paris' middle-class 18th arrondissement, "it's the same salad." Complained a nearby bistro owner: "The politicians always make a deal. Don't worry about that." In short, for many voters the campaign had become political Grand Guignol, masking power...
Second, the opposition's arrival to power would mean political impotence inside the country. It is hard to see how a government composed of Socialists and Communists, who have shown over the past few weeks that they cannot agree on the essentials and that they distrust each other, could govern France effectively. We should not forget, moreover, that the Communist Party possesses a powerful link, the C.G.T. [the Communist trade union], and that it would not fail with the backing of this union labor to place itself in a position of strength in relation to the Socialists...
...dirty words, the cold insolence of the students that really bother teachers," says Stanley Heller, president of the West Haven (Conn.) Federation of Teachers. The decay in decorum can be traced back to the mid-'60s, when the civil rights movement and Viet Nam protest sparked a general distrust of authority. "The unspoken sense of distance between teacher and student began to disappear, and students felt they had a license to behave any way they wanted," says Geraldine Han, who has taught social studies in New York City for 17 years. Han is recuperating from an attack last September...
...replaces. But for the moment the only discordant notes came from some American grumblers who think that Carter should have chosen a banker or economist rather than a corporate chieftain, and from the foreign exchange markets, where the dollar initially fell a bit further-not because money traders overseas distrust Miller, but simply because they know little about...
Faces covered with grit and hearts filled with distrust toward both union and company leaders, the nation's 165,000 male and 800 female unionized coal miners walked off their jobs last weekend, 48 hours before the expiration Monday midnight of the United Mine Workers' contract with the coal companies. (With so little time remaining, few miners felt compelled to work beyond the shift ending at midnight Saturday, and the companies were not scheduling Monday production.) Thus began what will probably be a long stoppage, perhaps twice as long as the 32-day walkout in 1974, over...