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...secrecy, and inefficient economic planning. The key here, he reiterates, is guan-xi, or connections. Tying together China's millions are invisible threads of relation between friends and acquaintances. "It's who you know. . .if you do something for him...then he'll do something..."--this sort of backdoor agreement is the lifeblood of the system, and the real avenue for getting things done in China, he says...
...practical terms, the scheme for a backdoor invasion calls first for British landings at remote beaches on West Falkland, where few Argentine troops are believed to be. That would give the British naval task force a land base for its vertical takeoff Harrier fighters. The plan also calls for the placing of radar on high ground on West Falkland to prevent a recurrence of the surprise Argentine air attack that destroyed the Sheffield...
...with maintaining the judicial propriety and his skill at perpetuating the "myth of judicial seclusion" kept Frankfurter's lobbying publicly unknown for so long. That--and his tacit ability to harm the careers of those who threatened to buck his will by revealing his extraordinary lobbying efforts through his backdoor to Congress and his ties with Roosevelt administrators...
Reaching South of the Border via Rte. 74 from Charlotte--a backdoor route--meant missing most of the billboards. 74 starts out in suburban Charlotte, limping from stop light to stop light past shopping mall after shopping mall. Slowly it slips into nondescript country-side, the same scrubby hills that grow up beside most highways. Finally, it flattens and straightens past rolling fields, and a few flimsy shacks sag at every edge. Out of nowhere comes the I-95 interchange; turn on to the highway and suddenly the road is exactly the same as it is in northern Maine...
After following the save with the usual controlled passes, Mike Davis found Gary Pedroni and the attackman notched the first part of his hat-trick with a backdoor shovel shot. Davis picked up the assist on this...