Word: francoise
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In France, nuclear power produces 65% of the country's electricity, and it is solidly backed by Socialist President Francois Mitterrand and Conservative Prime Minister Jacques Chirac. Nonetheless, the French government has been forced to admit that radiation levels from Chernobyl were much higher than originally thought, and some farmers...
Haiti's ruling National Council of Government, which took power after Duvalier fled with his family to France last February, vowed to prosecute Baby Doc's henchmen who had abused their power. The decision to bring Jeremie to trial now has bolstered the council's credibility at a time when...
Call it the summit of good feelings. As the leaders of the seven major industrial democracies concluded their twelfth annual economic conference in Tokyo last week, their assessments of the meeting went beyond the typical rote claims of harmony. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone declared that the conference "reaffirmed mutual...
In a nationwide radio and television address, delivered partly in folksy native Creole, Council President Lieut. General Henri Namphy acknowledged that there was widespread discontent. Said he: "If you think it is grave now, I tell you it could be a lot graver if people don't return to work...
NOW THAT a weekend of parties and procrastination is over, the time has come to sit back, relax and enjoy a free ride through the life and times of Gargantua, the great and mighty giant of Francois Rabelais' imagination.