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...about him the air of restless energy and dedication that is characteristic of the breed, but his interest was slow to blossom. Son of a chemist from Canton, Mass., Scott Holmberg, 33, majored in English at Harvard. Then he joined the Peace Corps in 1971 and found himself working alone in the desolate villages of Ethiopia, struggling to learn Amharic, the country's language. It was there that the power of science changed his life. He vaccinated tens of thousands of people against smallpox as part of a team that effectively stopped the disease in the area. Many villagers...
...without Taiwan connections for the China run. At the same time, the CAAC letter took more direct action, terminating Pan Am's access to an air corridor from the Burma border across southern China to Hong Kong and rescinding the airline's emergency landing right at the Canton airport as an alternative to Hong Kong...
...penalties signaled a tough new approach by Peking to the whole matter of U.S. commercial links to Taiwan, but they were not as harsh as some U.S. diplomats had expected. Pan Am has never used the Burma air route, and the loss of Canton for emergency landings is not as dangerous as it sounds, since planes flying into the area always carry enough excess fuel to divert to another city if Hong Kong airport is closed. Significantly, Peking stopped short of terminating the 1980 Sino-U.S. aviation pact and unilaterally banning Pan Am from the mainland, a move that...
...Huron Canton, Ohio...
...unemployed salesclerk in Peking, nervously clutched her handbag as the crowded, dingy train lurched through the countryside. The bag contained more than 2,000 yuan (about $1,200), which she had borrowed from friends and relatives. Liu's destination: Canton, 1,400 miles and 36 hours away, China's gateway to Hong Kong and now a bustling center of free enterprise. Upon her arrival, she rushed from one street vendor to another, buying up an assortment of modern-style dresses, blue jeans, sandals and high-heeled shoes. Twelve days later, Liu was back in Peking. Within a couple...