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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...face of what political observers labeled "Pompidoulist" strength, however, Poher showed no inclination to retire from French politics as quickly -or as quietly-as he entered. "I became a candidate in the first place to avoid a confrontation between Gaullism and Communism, and I succeeded because I came in second," he explained. What is more, he intended to step up the fight, abandoning his earlier tactic of campaigning only by TV and press conference in favor of a jetliner tour of twelve cities in five days. His determination remained in spite of editorials in the prestigious Le Monde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FRANCE: THE BIRTH OF POMPIDOULISM | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...performed best on the personal level, assuring listeners that, as a onetime Catholic, he "understands the spirit" of believers. Duclos was the first Communist ever to run for chief of state in popular elections. Though his success was primarily a personal triumph, he proved that the Communists' strength in legislative elections can translate into national contests-a discovery that could well increase their stature among other leftists. More important, Duclos' campaign was another step toward French Communism's overriding goal: respectability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FRANCE: THE BIRTH OF POMPIDOULISM | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

Conservative romanticism has been with us for a while--an example is any form of hero-worship, the idea that the best government is that which in an orderly fashion gives strength to the best governor...

Author: By Peter D. Kramer, | Title: I Am Frightened (Yellow) | 6/12/1969 | See Source »

...these matters had created great ferment and new tensions within the University community. The fact remains that none of these tensions led to any fundamental breach of civility on the part of most students or to any serious break with the commonly accepted rules of University life. The strength of the Harvard community had by no means been dissipated. None of this directly caused the forcible seizure of University Hall on April 9, even though those who initiated that seizure were counting heavily on the widespread discontents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen's Report on the Crisis | 6/11/1969 | See Source »

...even though students will not be able to wish the problems away miraculously, Pusey said, their "commendable impatience with evil and unusual indignation about wrongdoing" may be a source for "creative strength and for society great and good...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Pusey Tells Seniors To Redirect Energy And Try to Reform | 6/11/1969 | See Source »

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