Word: rying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...since 1968, when millions of students and workers erupted in a violent protest that brought France to a virtual standstill, had the Fifth Republic wavered so precariously on a political pinpoint. Challenging the center-right government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was the combined appeal of an alliance of Socialists and Communists. All the nation's polling organizations had predicted that the leftists would come out on top in the first of two Sunday rounds of parliamentary elections. Then, with the left having gained momentum from a first-round victory, the second round of balloting...
...first round. They would then have to put their combined weight behind the front runner, whether Communist or Socialist. Without such a deal, the leftist vote would be split in many districts, giving a strong advantage in the runoff to the center-right candidates led by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac...
...France's parliamentary election campaign came down to the wire, London bookies were offering 6-to-4 odds against a leftist victory. The franc ticked up in the international money markets, a mini-rally stirred the moribund Paris stock exchange, and President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Premier Raymond Barre privately predicted a center-right win-by a narrow margin. But the left still led the center-right parties by about 50% to 46% in the latest polls, and there were plainly still some Frenchmen who were ready to resort to the traditional Gallic suitcase defense...
...National Assembly seats. But only those who emerge with at least 12.5% of the votes of the registered electorate in their district may enter the second round, on March 19. Then the bigger parties will begin their horse trading. Candidates from the centrist parties backing President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing have already pledged to bow out in the second round in favor of Gaullist candidates who get more votes in the first round; the Gaullists have promised to do the same for centrist candidates who beat them...
...ry one loves...