Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Muttered Word. In the Fifth Republic of Charles de Gaulle, other voices may object but cannot prevail. The National Assembly is growing resentful of its constitutional impotence. Leftists are impatient over wage freezes and mad about state aid to church schools (a touchy issue that led to the Education Minister's resignation). Rightists charge that De Gaulle is liquidating France's colonial empire with indecent haste, and disapprove of his Algerian concessions. Many Frenchmen, left to right, are nervous about De Gaulle's attitude toward the Western alliance. Appeals to la gloire are no longer enough...
Considering the general ignorance and lack of interest that still prevail in this country, it can be no surprise that the State of the Union message contained no mention of Africa, and only the vaguest ideas relating to underdeveloped countries generally...
...workers covered by cost-of-living contracts, the price increase means an automatic hourly wage hike of from i/ to 3/. Despite predicted wage increases of 3% to 4%, economists for the National Industrial Conference Board this week said that "relative price stability" will continue to prevail during 1960. Other predictions...