CHARLES DE GAULLE has always laid claim to an extraordinary, almost mystical empathy with the French people. As France lay gripped by the worst economic paralysis in its peacetime history and cries for his resignation echoed in the streets of every major French city and town, that claim seemed destined, along with his once-proud Fifth Republic, for the dustbin of history. But last week, summoning all his genius for leadership, De Gaulle once more commanded the French people to heed his will for France. Astonishingly, once again they listened.
In five tumultuous days, France...
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