Word: duhamel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...party "offered a third road-a new alliance between socialism and liberty." In the rural areas, the federation has lost the support of many of its backers because it is linked in an electoral alliance with the Communists. In a jet-hopping tour across France, Centrist Leader Jacques Duhamel pleaded: "Let us not break France in two." His solution, of course, was a government of the center in which moderate factions from right and left could participate. The danger for the centrists was that French voters might feel that any vote not cast for one of the two major parties...
Progress and Modern Democracy (P.D.M.) Leader: Jacques Duhamel, 43 Seats: 42 Candidates...
...middle is the confederation of centrist parties that is led by Jacques Duhamel, 43. Since there is a feeling among many French politicians that the right and left may fight to a standoff, the importance of the centrists has been greatly enhanced. They hope to add at least 20 new seats to the 40 that they held in the old Assembly, thus holding the effective balance of power between the two groups...
...wrong, at least for that day. Picking up eight votes from Jacques Duhamel's Centrist independents, the government of Premier Pompidou survived with eleven votes to spare. Socialist Guy Mollet discounted the results. "Outside this Assembly," he cried, "the censure has already been voted." In a way, Pompidou almost agreed. "Things will never be exactly the same again," he conceded...
...Their Eyes. "We will need a year to judge whether the scheme pays off," admits Duhamel. If he had any doubts, the 40 young employees (the oldest is 24) who packed their gear to return to Harnes last week had none at all. Some were already planning next winter's work and games. "I'd like to spend the whole winter skiing and working in this chalet," says 16-year-old Annabella Zozzolo. "All my buddies want to come to work for Duhamel's. I can understand why," said one of the group's four young...