Word: civic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political police, in a single night arrested an estimated 24,000 Chinese,dragged them off to concentration camps in Shanghai's outskirts. Among the arrested: former Kuomintang officials, schoolteachers,Christian churchmen, non-Communist union leaders, property owners, newspaper workers, factory managers, students. A committee of 24 Communist-appointed "civic leaders," called the Committee foi the Investigation of Counter-Revolutionaries, selected candidates for trial & execution. The New China (Communist) News Agency proudly reported that Shanghai high-school students marched beside the prisoners on their way to execution beating gongs and drums, and chanting: "Kill nice! Kill them well! Kill...
Arky got into the gang almost on a fluke. Up for a manslaughter charge, he drew unexpected mercy from Judge Greet, who made him his chauffeur. To Arky's surprise, Judge Greet, admired civic leader, was also the local racket boss. Out of loyalty, Arky became his trusted agent...
...which joint action, however limited, can be organized." In plainer English (but still based on the translation from the Russian), Dennis was telling the boys to soft-pedal all other party activities and get behind the phony peace campaign, to step up their infiltration of factories, labor unions, church, civic and neighborhood groups...
...Political Aspirations. Next day, standing before a sea of faces in San Francisco's Civic Center, MacArthur alluded for the first time to the controversy which had brought him home...
Cambridge faces gradual decay, civic leaders warn, unless it begins aggressive reform of its slums and misused land...