Word: ren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bombing, the small neo-Nazi movement in West Germany had stepped up its attacks on immigrant ghettos and Jewish memorials. In Spain, 18 people have been murdered by right-wing terrorists this year, and neo-fascist rallies have been attracting crowds of 20,000 to 30,000. French Historian René Rémond says these signs are part of "a contagion of violence...
When the voters of French-speaking Quebec rejected Premier René Lévesque's attempt to lead their province out of Canada in last May's referendum, the relief was palpable throughout the country. Yet few Canadians were under any delusion that the verdict would mean a return to business as usual. With support of the premiers of the nine other provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau made what he called "a most solemn commitment" in return for the non to separatism: "We will immediately take action to renew the constitution and will not stop until we have...
...Barbara Ward and René Dubos. Only One Earth...
...French interest in stocks began with Giscard d'Estaing's solid victory in 1978 over the Socialist-Communist opposition and grew with his efforts to deregulate industry. It has been stimulated further by the Monory Law, named after Finance Minister René Monory. The statute, which was passed in July 1978, lets people deduct up to $1,200 a year from their taxable income for stock investments, provided that shares are held for at least four years. In contrast, the U.S. Congress in March passed a bill that will increase the maximum individual tax exemption for stock earnings...
...WOOING OF EARTH by René Dubos Scribners; 183 pages...