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| | TIME.com: The Party's Over -- Jul. 26, 1999 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | But the orgy of self-recrimination, as well as the unprecedented level of voter disenchantment, suggests that Gaullism itself may be a spent force in French political life. |
 | | Historically, Gaullism is rooted in the General's wartime role: his escape to London in 1940, his leadership of the Resistance, his success at forcing the Allies to include France among the four victorious powers. |
 | | His most concrete political legacy is the constitution of the Fifth Republic, based on a virtually omnipotent President drawing his legitimacy from direct popular election. |
| www.time.com /time/magazine/intl/article/0,9171,1107990726-29567,00.html (830 words) |
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