Word: term
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control of the legislature. The system was tailor-made to suit Charles de Gaulle and was established in reaction to the revolving-door governments of the Fourth Republic, which witnessed 26 Cabinets between 1946 and 1958. Now, however, the stability of the Fifth Republic may be ending. Mitterrand, whose term as President runs until 1988, faces the very real prospect of having to deal with a legislature controlled by the opposition. The upshot could be a leftist President, a rightist Premier--and general political turmoil...
...French call the pairing of a leftist President with a conservative legislature cohabitation, or, loosely, "living together." For all its colorful connotations, the term fails to answer certain fundamental questions. How much power, for example, would a conservative Premier have in foreign affairs, a field traditionally dominated by the French President? Would Mitterrand be compelled to relinquish any of his key powers, which include the right to dissolve parliament and the overseeing of national defense? Warns Jean Boissonnat, editor of the biweekly business magazine L'Expansion: "Unlike past elections, each of which brought a particular debate to a close, this...
Following in Herschel Walker's footsteps, the president of the University of Georgia has fueled a controversy by deciding to leave the school before his term has expired...
Upon hearing this I was immediately overwhelmed by a feeling of shame. I thought of my poor parents, long ago reduced to tenant farming in order to pay my term bills, and how I was throwing away more than $100 dollars of their hard-earned money each and every week...
...that, Marini seemed to believe that the Bulgarians were guilty. He rejected their alibis and complained of being denied access to key witnesses. He also came down hard on three Turks who are being tried in the case, asking life sentences for two and a 24-year term for the third. The Soviet Union, for its part, was jubilant over the call for the Bulgarians' acquittal. Radio Moscow said the recommendation proved that the conspiracy charges were fabricated by the CIA and its Western allies "to discredit Bulgaria and other socialist countries...