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WATERGATE [1 record]

Record 1 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Relations internationales
OBS

Scandale politique retentissant qui entraîna la démission du président Nixon en 1974. Il a donné naissance au suffixe «gate» que les anglophone accolent à un mot pour marquer un scandale, par exemple : Irangate.

Spanish

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