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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Last week's crash was preceded by several glitches involving the new model. The first A320 to be delivered to Air France suffered a failure in four of its five electrical circuits in March when a transformer failed just before takeoff on a demonstration run over Paris with then Premier Jacques Chirac on board. Air France says a backup system immediately took over and there was never any danger to passengers or the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airbus on The Spot | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

Reich said that he hopes to play a part in improving the intellectual atmosphere at the school and making it one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Reich Elected to Dartmouth Board | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

...President. Weekend polls gave the Socialists a projected margin of ten to 25 seats beyond the 289 needed for a majority. Although no one was ruling out the possibility of an upset by the conservatives, it appeared the Socialists were more successful at getting out the vote. For Premier Michel Rocard, a moderate Socialist whose government includes a few non-Socialists, a clear majority would mean that he could finally present the National Assembly with a legislative program intended to prepare the French economy for Europe's integrated market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Mitterrand's Short Coattails | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...weary of politics after three trips to the polls in six weeks and almost a year of campaign maneuvering. In the presidential balloting, the voters had thoroughly surprised the pollsters, pundits and politicians. Few had expected Mitterrand's solid 54%-to-46% victory over Chirac, who resigned as Premier following his presidential defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Mitterrand's Short Coattails | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...midst of campaigning for the first round of two-round legislative elections in France and triggered instant counterattacks from conservatives. "I find it absolutely lamentable that they want to use the army as a scapegoat," said Jacques Toubon, secretary-general of the Rassemblement pour la Republique, headed by former Premier Jacques Chirac, who authorized the rescue operation before he left office in early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: First Heroism, Now Homicide? | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

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