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...academics, artists and writers wondering if China's intellectuals had once again been misled. In 1956 Mao launched the Hundred Flowers campaign, which invited criticism of party policies. The program took its name from the ancient Chinese slogan, "Let a hundred flowers bloom, and a hundred schools of thought contend." Those who dared to speak, however, became the targets of official wrath once the government line turned conservative. Chinese intellectuals fear they may again have been encouraged to stick out their necks, only to find that their heads will be chopped...
...overcome and the bugs worked out of the electronic warfare system. "There are always problems with new aircraft," explains Lieut. General William Thurman, commander of the aeronautical systems division responsible for the B-1B. "There's nothing wrong we won't be able to fix." But many observers contend that the fundamental shortcomings of weight and fuel consumption will permanently limit the utility of the airplane. Even Air Force insiders doubt the ability of the troubled electronic jamming system to assure the B-1B's mission to penetrate Soviet airspace. In particular, the black boxes are designed to protect...
...pressure on controllers can vary from place to place. A few in low- traffic regions or in centers that are adequately staffed contend that they fight boredom rather than stress. That was not at all true of a frantic controller at the Los Angeles center at Palmdale, who, according to one airline captain, announced on a smoggy day: "There is more traffic than I can point out to you. Please be careful out there...
Many of these ideas have been floated before -- and sunk -- on Capitol Hill. So opposed has Congress been to the sale of regional power-marketing administrations that the lawmakers last year passed a bill forbidding the White House even to study the subject. Critics contend that the Government is not really bolstering its revenues through sales of assets, since the transactions result in the loss of future income like interest payments on loans. Says Rudolph Penner, head of the Congressional Budget Office: "It's a one-shot deal that doesn't mean a long-run cut in the deficit...
...knit community of modest row houses and trim gardens, it is bordered by Jamaica Bay to the south, Spring Creek Park to the west, Kennedy Airport to the east and a highway to the north. Along Cross Bay Boulevard, the community's main artery, clam bars and pizza parlors contend for local business, while above the street sea gulls lazily flap their wings. Most of Howard Beach's inhabitants are Italians, and its older section feels more like a slightly run-down seaside resort than a corner of the nation's largest city. To ensure safety and enforce quiet, householders...