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...soldiers seem very young, and they are: the average age is 20. One night Keith Lewis, 19, and three companions were savoring field-ration brownies in their bunker when a shot rang out near by. They leaped to their feet, then started giggling, realizing they had nowhere to run. "It's weird in the dark," says Lewis. "We get to laughing a lot." The men are, however, aging quickly. Captain Paul Roy, the company commander, gathered his troops a few days ago in a memorial service for two of the Marines killed in action. He read eulogies to them...
...make fewer claims about its potential as a simple solution for unemployment. Says Finance Minister Jacques Delors: "Work sharing should not be considered the principal instrument in the struggle against unemployment but rather an important tool." Concurs Michel Sailly, a spokesman for the pro-Socialist Confédération Française D&3233;mocratique du Travail, France's second largest union: "We realize that continuing on our path to the 35-hour week is not the only answer to unemployment, but it is still an important part of the solution...
...concentrate on creating jobs. Jean Poperen, the party's deputy leader, last month charged that the government was losing its "popular support" and called for a return to the "class struggle" as the Socialists' central theme. Edmond Maire, leader of the Socialist-dominated Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail, has repeatedly criticized the government for failing to consult the unions before making unpopular economic decisions...
Rightists and leftists reacted with rare unanimity. "Freedom has taken a vacation," declared the opposition daily Le Quotidien de Paris. Complained the leftist Libération: "They have stolen our liberties for a fistful of dollars." In Paris, more than 3,000 people marched to the Finance Ministry, chanting, "Vacations! Liberty...
...more advantageous position regarding communication with the faculty than we were a year ago." Cecil McNab, president of the Third World Coalition, said yesterday. "We're not at the same level of trust ration...