Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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China's new generation of student leaders undoubtedly had their rebellious predecessors in mind when they chose to conduct the first protest in the latest round of outbreaks on Dec. 9. The date is a revered one: 51 years ago, during the "Dec. 9 movement" of 1935, thousands of students took to the wintry streets of Peking and other Chinese cities to protest the expansionist designs of Japan, which had established a puppet state in Manchuria. The ) demonstrations helped weaken the government of Chinese Leader Chiang Kai-shek and paved the way for the comeback of Communist forces after...
...week's end a three-judge federal panel reportedly chose an independent counsel to look into all aspects of the arms-contras affair. He is Lawrence Walsh, 74, a former prosecutor, judge and president of the American Bar Association who was also an American negotiator in the Viet Nam peace talks. Walsh said only, "I absolutely can't comment on anything...
Fred Grandy '70 of Iowa, Amory Houghton Jr. '50 of New York, Thomas C. Ballenger of North Carolina, Frederick S. Upton of Michigan, and Ernest L. Konnyu of California chose to rub elbows with the young politicos instead of accepting other invitations...
...chose to sign as a free agent with the Bengals, basing his decision on the teams' recent seasons. "I decided I'd have a better chance with Cincinnati since they were coming off a bad year," he says...
...Meese chose a select team of three assistants, including Charles Cooper, who assembled and read documents Friday night. On Saturday they began their questioning. The Attorney General called on Secretary of State George Shultz at home and talked with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and CIA Director Casey as well. Other investigators questioned Poindexter and his predecessor, Robert McFarlane, who had begun the contacts with Iran. Meese's assistants pored over North's papers in his office from early Saturday morning until late into the evening, then summoned North to Meese's office in the Justice Department on Sunday...