Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nominal power rests almost wholly on his ability to read China's swirling political winds correctly. The 63-year-old former mayor of Shanghai perfectly mirrors the party line of the moment -- slower economic reform coupled with rigid political orthodoxy -- as he made clear last week in his maiden address. Jiang skipped lightly over his long-standing commitment to open-door economics in favor of defending the wave of repression that has followed the crash of the democracy movement. Said the party boss: "We shouldn't have an iota of forgiveness...
...openly disclose their sexual orientation because prejudice remains so deeply embedded in the U.S. About 25 million Americans are gay, but society's institutions, from government to the church and the press to advertising, virtually ignore their existence. "America is not only reluctant to recognize news events or address public issues concerning gays, it also refuses to educate citizens on the nature of homosexuality itself," write the authors. Americans, they hold, continue to harbor distorted perceptions. Among them: people choose to be gay, homosexuals are kinky sex addicts and child molesters, they are untrustworthy and antifamily, and they are suicidally...
...Commencement address delivered at Harvard on June 8th, Ms. Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, set a high moral tone by pleading the case for freedom, liberty and human rights worldwide. These are universal values which every nation must uphold, argued Ms. Bhutto, and she paid glowing tribute to the peoples of Argentina, Brazil, Panama, the Phillipines and her native Pakistan who stood up in defense of these values...
...will eventually boast 140 stores, restaurants and nightclubs -- as well as dozens of security guards meant to reassure the suburbanites and tourists who are essential to the downtown's revitalization. Critics charge that the city's money could be better spent elsewhere. Protesters disrupted Mayor Andrew Young's opening address by chanting "Atlanta keeps the homeless underground." But if the project succeeds, it will create 3,000 new jobs and generate $5 million a year in additional tax revenues...
...School's grading system gives as much weight to class participation as to exams, discouraging reticence while rewarding those who contribute to class discussions. As a result, students say they often address the ethical elements of a case study only in last-ditch attempts--called "chip shots" in B-School parlance--to offer a relevant comment before class time elapses...