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Record 1 1991-08-07

English

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French

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OBS

désir irréalisable; chimère (comme ces éléphants de couleur rose qu'on dit apparaître en rêve).

OBS

Ainsi, dans les sondages, on a vu passer et disparaître aussi vite quantité d'éléphants roses : un "ticket Giscard-Rocard" avant 1978, voire un duo amoureux Giscard-Mitterrand après.

Spanish

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