Word: chu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guide, here the two blue enamel boxes in which he carried his records on the Long March; here is the charcoal pan at which, one day while he was writing, he was so absorbed his sandals began to burn. Next door is another little house, once shared by Chu Teh (with wife) and Chou En-lai (with wife) One notes: a private house for Mao, for his two closest companions a shared cottage. Here Mao lived until 1938, when the Japanese began to bomb Yanan and he moved three miles north to the cave encampment at Yangjialing...
...testimony, his superiors loftily replied that these were merely "historical" problems that Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger's cost cutters have brought under control. Moreover, they hinted that they would shortly have proof in the form of a new report on weapons costs. Spinney's boss, David Chu, promised the Senate Armed Services Committee "a pleasant surprise." The Pentagon unveiled the document last week, and the chief surprise turned out to be how clumsy it had been in practicing accounting sleight of hand...
...money that they steal is not being stolen from a faceless government; it is being stolen from their honest neighbors who as a result must pay not only their own taxes but the taxes that the cheaters did not pay. "It's no game," says Roderick Chu, New York State's commissioner of taxation and finance. "As more people evade, we either have to raise taxes or cut programs. People ought to think about that...
...David Chu, Spinney's boss, who had tried to prevent him from testifying, sat next to Spinney at the felt-covered witness table and listened warily. When it came his turn to speak, Chu argued that Spinney's analysis did not really apply to the Reagan defense budget. Said Chu: "Those charges ignore the various steps this Administration has taken ... to deal with these problems on a systematic and decisive basis. I urge patience." Did Spinney agree, Senators asked, that the initiatives taken by the Administration would bring costs under control? Spinney was cautious about criticizing his superiors...
...analysis. After learning of the study, the conservative Republican called Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and asked to meet with its author. To Grassley's surprise, Weinberger refused. So the Senator got into his car and drove out to the Pentagon to find Spinney. He was met there by Chu, director of the Program Analysis and Evaluation office, who told him that Spinney would not be available to give any briefings...