Word: lost
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...Communists, it was the worst showing since the 1958 elections, when De Gaulle first returned to power. Though remaining Frances second largest political party, the Communists lost 603,675 voters; their share of the total vote fell from 22.5% to 20%. The Communists' allies, the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left, dropped 23%. This setback seriously dented the prestige of the federation's leader, François Mitterrand as a national political figure. The centrist coalition, led by Jacques Duhamel, dropped from 13% of the vote...
...promises to bring about sweeping changes in France's archaic institutions. Stricken by inflationary wage settlements, France's economy has been seriously weakened; and De Gaulle has been forced to resort to drastic measures to protect its ailing industries (see BUSINESS). The country has recently lost $1 billion in foreign exchange. Unemployment is rising, and some people in Paris are already saying "Ça va recommencer en octobre"-"The whole thing will begin again in October." They mean the barricades, the street fighting, the strikes-and perhaps even worse...
...debut in Parliament turned out to be no less remarkable; he lost his entire first Cabinet in a fight over a constitutional amendment proposing direct popular election of the President-the first and only time a Fifth Republic government has lost a confidence vote...
...spite of all Trudeau's popularity, the campaign was marked by considerable bitterness, including an outpouring of hate literature. There were even the expectable innuendoes based on his backing of the homosexual reform bill and his bachelor status. But Trudeau never lost his temper or became flustered, coolly shrugged...
Starting Out Slowly. While not a landslide, Trudeau's victory was conclusive. The Liberals captured 155 out of 264 seats in the Canadian Parliament -27 more than they had held before. The Conservatives, on the other hand, went down from 94 to 72 seats, lost some of their best parliamentary leaders and emerged as a party whose influence is now almost solely in rural areas. For the moment, the man who likes at times to stand on his head does not plan to stand Canada on its head. "The first months, perhaps even the first Parliament," he told Time...