Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...entrepreneurial energy. In the mid-'80s, while southern provinces like Guangdong and Hainan turned Deng's experiment in "special zones" into a capitalist boom, Shanghai's decrepit state industries stagnated, its infrastructure disintegrated, and its people sulked. The economic revolution wasn't reaching far beyond a few chosen cities. Recalls Li Bo, a Shanghai economist who runs a consulting firm for German companies: "The most popular expression in 1991 was 'Gao bu hao le'--everything's hopeless...
Deng's famous proclamation is usually interpreted as a defense of pragmatism. But it can just as easily be applied to his idea of leadership: not a cult of personality but a test of efficiency. The bottom-line challenge for his chosen heir, Jiang Zemin, is to prove he can carry on Deng's pragmatic work...
...program gives its clients two options: 45-minute massages at the Law School office of UHS or 10-minute "chair massages" at a site chosen by the client...
...United States condemned China's government for supporting military action against students in Tiananmen Square. In 1997, a mayor who has made the police department the private army of city hall with no accountability to the citizens of New York City remains popular among his constituents. They have conveniently chosen to disregard the lack of action against the police, even as three unarmed black men were killed between June 13 and July...
Election commissioners are the city's only paid officials who are chosen by committee members of a political party...