Word: chen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opened a torrent of talk. She knew of the international gossip about the circumstances of her marriage to Mao, but was not unduly concerned by it. [According to the gossip, Mao was so smitten with the young actress that he banished his third wife * Ho Tzu-chen. Also banished was another actress, Lily Wu, who had been close to Mao before Chiang Ch'ing arrived. Rumors also claimed that Mao's marriage to Chiang Ch'ing was opposed by other party leaders who agreed to it only on condition that she stay out of politics.] Most...
Other qualifiers for Harvard were Dan Pierce (231), Tony Maranto (225), and Richard Chen (208). Yale's scores of 242, 239, 238, and 216 revealed their superior depth and subsequent victory...
...followers and offspring of Mao, including his widow, Chiang Ching, who is usually described as an uppity and outspoken woman, while the less inscrutable moderates are made out to be relatively uninterested in ideological purity when economic efficiency is at stake; one moderate name that seems bandied about is Chen Hsi-lin, commander of the Peking military region. Hua Kuo-feng has managed to elude being tied into either parcel so far, and the press seems to have settled for a draw, granting him the position of issue straddler and compromiser: Fox Butterfield of The New York Times suggests...
...finally, there is an almost mystical quality that suffuses his relationship to music. Through it, Chen has found moments of seemingly transcendent illumination. "It's like when you are trying to focus a camera. So you strive to have that moment again, but you can't make it every time...
...Chen is not shy in his bearing or self-conscious in his responses to questions. Nor is he at all condescending, yet he leaves the impression of a man aloof from others, immersed in his art, pursuing a solitary vision...