Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS IS not the first time that such allegations have been made. A few years ago, a French author wrote a book denying the existence of gas chambers in German concentration camps. Never before, however, has an historical revision of the Nazi period involved leading politicians as well as eminent intellectuals...
American Motors Corp. has long seemed to be a wreck waiting to happen. Despite a $689 million infusion over the eight years from its French partner, Renault, AMC's performance has gone from bad to worse. Last year's sales of 77,005 down 41% from 1985, were the lowest in 30 years. As AMC piled up 1986 losses of about $90 million, it captured only .7% of the U.S. car market, trailing eight brands of imports as well as Detroit's Big Three...
...current wave of unrest in Western Europe began last November, when students closed more than 50 French universities in an attempt to defeat a government-sponsored bill that would have tightened admissions requirements and raised tuition fees. Students criticized the changes as "elitist." In December they gained a dramatic victory when Premier Jacques Chirac withdrew the proposal. Part of their motivation was to continue the elitism they deplored: while total French unemployment is about 11%, only 3% of university graduates are jobless...
...Mexico, students at Mexico City's sprawling National Autonomous University (enrollment: about 400,000) share many of the same concerns with their French and Spanish counterparts. Last April newly appointed Rector Dr. Jorge Carpizo McGregor warned that government belt tightening would require an end to U.N.A.M.'s open admissions policy and a hike in tuition. Last week protests from Mexican students forced Carpizo to back down...
...Some observers believe the demonstrations are linked by a "secret network of the young" that involves the spontaneous sharing of goals and values among students in different countries, mainly through the media and exchanges of information. Indeed, French students have sent emissaries to meet with students in Spain, Italy and Canada. But their Asian counterparts, though perhaps inspired by events in Europe, have markedly different motives...