Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaigning on the promise to expel France's roughly 4 million immigrants and reimpose the death penalty, had undeniable grass-roots appeal, but his support had been expected to reach no higher than 11%. Instead it mushroomed across the country, reaching more than 20% in eight metropolitan departments. The burly ex-paratrooper grabbed 28.3% of the vote in Marseilles, France's second largest city, topping all other major candidates. A total of some 4.4 million citizens supported the ultra-rightist. As the dimensions of Le Pen's breakthrough became apparent, the National Front leader declared on television, "We have...
...professionals estimated that the President could also count on 3 percentage points from Le Pen's first-round total. That support, they thought, would come mainly from disenchanted Communists in working-class districts, where Le Pen sentiment was often strongest. Such voters had cast anti- immigrant protest ballots in the first round, but were expected to return to the leftist fold in the runoff. An additional 2 points of support was expected from Barre voters. All that would push Mitterrand over the top with nearly...
Badly handicapped as his candidacy appeared to be, Chirac simply could not be counted out. After Barre's public endorsement, former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing offered Chirac his support. In a television address, Giscard asked his followers to vote for Chirac because "we cannot pay the price of changing policy every two years, and . . . vote every six months." One of Chirac's attractions remains his past two years in office. The Premier already has a majority in the 577-seat National Assembly that he can use to govern if elected. On the other hand, Mitterrand, if re-elected, would...
Prestowitz describes exactly how Japan got the upper hand through government support and protection of industry. The basic story is familiar enough, but rarely has it been presented in such rich detail. The book tells, for example, what IBM went through in 1960 when it sought permission to make computers in Japan. The company had to follow the government's guidelines on the number and type of machines produced and get approval before introducing any new model...
Prestowitz does not suggest that the U.S. copy Japan's symbiotic relationship between government and industry. But he argues that Washington must offer limited support and protection to crucial industries. "At issue is not pure free trade or total protectionism," he writes, since "we have never had and never will have either one; but rather what combination of free and managed trade we will have." He suggests, for example, that military research and development might be redirected toward commercial applications that could lead to increased exports. Some of Prestowitz's prescriptions are vague and put too much faith in Government...