Word: commanders
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...Call it the language of capitalism or pragmatism or Deng but the vocabulary is different: market forces, decentralization, small-scale enterprise, "special economic zones." If you listen to the speeches long enough, the sounds coming from the Great Hall resemble a Raytheon board room more than a conference of command economy planners. "The only test now is whether it works," one young party member told a visiting journalist recently. "We couldn't care less about ideology...
...technical level, the Stones are better than ever. Jagger has acquired wonderful command of his voice; he sings with nuance and a remarkable adaptability to different lyrics and styles. He is our Sinatra. Watts now reigns as undisputed King of the Skins; his jazz- and reggae-influenced drumming is the band's gasohol. Watts single handely saves at least two songs on the album from mediocrity and lifts one to brilliance. The bass playing is at times superb, and probably Ron Wood's; elsewhere it is merely workmanlike, and probably Bill Wyman's. Over the years the Stones have acquired...
...obscure major general before the assassination of President Park Chung Hee last October, Chun rose to prominence and power in December. As head of the Defense Security Command, he abruptly arrested some 40 senior military officers in connection with Park's death; the round-up amounted to an effective coup. The former paratrooper quickly consolidated his power, reducing President Choi Kyu Hah to a figurehead. Choi finally stepped down on Aug. 16, and a week later General Chun duly resigned his commission, in legalistic conformity with the constitution, which bars military men from the presidency. "He was the only...
Perhaps nothing has alarmed whites and heightened racial tensions more than he controversy surrounding General Walls. He resigned his command last month in the midst of a crucial effort to fuse the white-officered Rhodesian forces with the two guerrilla armies that had opposed them during the seven-year civil war, Mugabe's ZANLA and Home Affairs Minister Joshua Nkomo's ZIPRA. When Mugabe asked Walls to head the new integrated army in March, the Rhodesian-born soldier, 54, accepted the assignment with apparent enthusiasm; but he suddenly quit after less than four months and went on preretirement...
...fools for Christ's sake" because God has "made foolish the wisdom of the world." They discern multilayered analogies between the clown and Christ: the clown's joy in living and mimed delight in simple things, like the scent of a flower, for instance, recall Jesus' command to "consider the lilies of the field, how they grow." The simplicity and childlike persistence of the clown can have a special meaning for Christians. "The clown refuses to accept the limits of the possible," explains Tim Kehl, a professional clown and magician who is also a United Church...