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...airliner tragedy is one of the thorniest problems yet faced by the pro-Moscow French Communists in their uneasy 28-month alliance with the Socialist-dominated government of President FrançMitterrand -and one that has again raised speculation that the Communists ultimately will leave or be invited out of the government. In past months the party has disagreed with its coalition partner on a variety of issues, from the government's strong support for NATO's plan to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Western Europe to French intervention in Chad. The attacks, however, tended to become muted...
...always so. In the mid-1970s the P.C.F. went through a Eurocommunist phase of relative independence from Moscow and established strong links with the Socialist Party. But in 1977 the hardline, pro-Soviet doctrines of the past reasserted themselves and the alliance with the Socialists was scuttled. The new coalition, forged in the 1981 elections, has sharpened party divisions between old-line Stalinists and moderates...
Soon after the U.S. and France had issued their warnings to the fighters in the mountains, Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt's political group, the Progressive Socialist Party, declared that its forces had decided not to shell military positions in which the Lebanese Army and the multinational force had a joint presence. That seemed to be good news, since it applied to a large number of military locations throughout the capital and could have freed Beirut from the constant threat of shelling from the mountains. That night, in fact, the city was peaceful for the first time in almost...
...eventually succeed, but they now 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...
...first Mouse, a student in the Russian Studies department and a fervent socialist, seemed capable of discussing only leftist politics, and displayed a conspicuous lack of curiosity about thinking and lifestyles different from her own. She lived and breathed socialism, yet when I suggested that she put her extensive political knowledge to practical use by working in government, she decried such work as "opportunistic" and stated emphatically her intent to remain in academics. When I asked her what appeal an ivory tower life held for her, she replied, "I want to be paid to think." It seemed...