Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quincy-South matchup has to be counted as the afternoon's premier contest, since the two squads have met for the championship in each of the last two years...
Though it was the first nationwide walkout since March 27, last week's action seemed much like the countless other strikes that have punctuated more than a year of Polish labor unrest and political turmoil. But there was one key difference: General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the nation's Premier, who had just taken over the party leadership, had sent soldiers throughout the country to guard against economic disruptions and "provocations...
...resort to "extraordinary means of action for the protection of citizens and the state." He seemed to refer to imposing martial law. The legislators responded with a cautiously worded resolution calling for "an end to all protest actions" and warning of possible "legal measures" against disorder. In addition, the Premier announced a government reshuffle that brought five new ministers and a Deputy Premier into his Cabinet. Two of the new appointees were nonCommunists, a move to broaden participation in the administrative hierarchy...
...Mitterrand has no intention of changing France's unique relation ship with NATO: although an original member, it has retained an independent command over its military forces since 1966. Still, NATO planners have always assumed that the French would close ranks if war came. Indeed, Premier Pierre Mauroy pledges: "France intends to remain faithful to its allies, with the U.S. in the front row." Hernu argues that, ironically, France's withdrawal from the com mand structure of NATO, a move that gravely strained ties with the U.S., now makes France a stronger ally. "If France were fully inside...
When first word of all this got out during the debate on nationalization, the Socialists accused Paribas Chairman Pierre Moussa, 59, of what Premier Pierre Mauroy called a "shocking lack of civic spirit." In the ensuing scandal, Moussa was forced to resign...