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...bitterness toward the regime, even among those who suffered terribly during the past two decades. Indeed there is an almost palpable desire among the Chinese to restore the greatness of their civilization. That kind of patriotism provides Premier Zhao, who also suffered during the Cultural Revolution, with a powerful asset as he sets himself to the chore of making China's "Four Modernizations" work...
Perhaps Eisenhower's greatest asset was his credibility with the American people. If they wished to doze off through the '50s, they counted on Ike to wake them when anything important came up. Reagan, for all of his crinkling swell-guy charm, says things that tend to keep people sitting bolt upright, with sweat on their palms...
...Executives are a company's largest corporate asset," says Chicago Security Specialist Norman Kiven. "In the past few years, corporations have become much more concerned." As evidence, membership in the field's professional association, the American Society for Industrial Security, has increased 133% in the past five years. A New York State chemical firm uses helicopters to move officials in and out of headquarters, both for business trips and commuting. Security at Houston's United Gas Pipe Line Co. was beefed up this year after a former employee armed with a loaded gun and a hand grenade...
...lessons of a Soviet education is that while one must know the Marxist-Leninist catechism, and party membership is a great asset, being a true believer is not necessary; it may even be a disadvantage in a society where power enjoys more respect and earns more reward than ideological purity. A British Foreign Office expert on the U.S.S.R. sees the country as "running out of ideological élan with which to face the many challenges of the future." Ideology is still an important, indeed inescapable, aspect of Soviet life. Its trappings are everywhere. The country is plastered with huge billboards...
...year, and George Shultz, a former Treasury Secretary. Other possibilities: Senator Paul Laxalt, campaign chairman, and former Nixon Aides Alexander Haig and Donald Rumsfeld. Sears urged Reagan to keep open the option of naming Henry Kissinger before the election in order to broaden his support. "Kissinger is quite an asset in terms of the credibility he maintains," says Sears. "He could be a great help to anyone who happened to be the Republican nominee." But Sears was fired in February, partly because his toying with such ideas offended Reagan's hard-core conservative supporters...