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THE BIG GAME IN PARIS IS A MARCHING BAND OF STUDENTS.(News)

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From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
Date: 19981020
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Midmorning recess at Paris' Victor Hugo High School: usually a time for gossip, a few laughs and a cigarette. But it wasn't that way yesterday.

``What are you hanging around for, girls? There's a strike meeting in the courtyard!'' 16-year-old Adrian Partouche shouted to his friends Vanessa and Mong-Houei.

They may be angry about their schools, but these French teen-agers have clearly learned one lesson from their elders - when no one seems to be listening, strike.

Recent walkouts in this strike-happy nation have earned major concessions for truckers, transport ...

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