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Deng the Reformer has always been something of an enigma. He has strongly supported economic change while remaining wary of political reforms. Personal experiences during the chaotic Mao years, particularly the anarchy of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), convinced Deng that even a modest amount of dissent could rapidly spin out of control. Uneasily, he let his protege explore possible avenues of change. Under Hu, members of the Communist Party went so far as to question the party's right to rule, and they encouraged greater freedom of expression among artists and intellectuals...
...turning France more to private enterprise will be beneficial, infusing the economy with fresh dynamism. The unrest, though, is decidedly not leading to new growth. As usual, the French have a word for it. The strike situation, they say, has become so confused that it is downright bordelique, or chaotic. That, of course, very probably comes from the Italian bordello...
...segregated, state-run classrooms when the current troubles began in September 1984. The state of emergency declared last June only fueled the boycott. Of the 1.7 million school-age black children in urban areas, some 250,000 dropped out last year alone. Classes that continued to meet were often chaotic, and some black militants began offering alternative instruction, called "people's education," which provided little more than revolutionary rhetoric...
...hostages, like 13 other foreigners held by various extremist groups, were captured randomly in the chaotic city, and have served as unhappy pawns in the larger game of Middle East politics. Besides Jacobsen and Sutherland, American University's acting dean of agriculture, the Islamic Jihad had also captured Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press. The same terrorist group also took William Buckley, political officer of the U.S. embassy, and claims to have killed him, though no body has ever been found. As a price for freeing its captives, Islamic Jihad has demanded the release...
...Alabama, the chaotic three-way race for governor calmed a bit with Attorney General Charlie Graddick's decision to give up his faltering write-in campaign, leaving the field to fellow Democrat Bill Baxley and Republican Guy Hunt...