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THE OLYMPICSROMAN CATHOLICISM
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DAYS OF RAGE
5/24/68

The spirit of revolution, whose modern roots were struck in France nearly two centuries ago, reappeared with a vengeance last week and shook the Fifth Republic of Charles de Gaulle. It began with rebellious students, but it spread with ominous speed through the ranks of France's workers, creating a tempestuous alliance that has often had explosive consequences in the past. The convulsion was part carnival, part anarchist spree, increasingly spurred on by communists-but, more than anything, it was a spontaneous spark of national temper, a response to the pent-up suppressions and frustrations created by 10 years of orderly Gaullism. Next


REBELLION AND ANARCHY IN PARIS: FROM PENT-UP FRUSTRATIONS, A SPONTANEOUS SPARK OF NATIONAL TEMPER
PHOTO CREDIT: JACQUES PAVLOVSKY-RAPHO
FRENCH REBELLION
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