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...generation. This is an exceptional generation in our history. It can be compared almost to the biblical generation. I must not make any comparisons; it's forbidden. But whatever they in biblical times and we in our times achieved, was achieved through suffering and heroism. Therefore I contend that we are a quasi-biblical generation, and I want to write a book about...
This reactionary collusion between Washington and Peking has long been on the drawing boards of U.S. foreign policy makers. While Mao-loyalists contend that China's alliance with the U.S. was architected by "capitalist roader" Teng, following Mao's death and the purge of the "gang of four", this is simply not the case. It was Mao himself who feted Richard Nixon in Peking in 1971 as the American "Christmas bombings" ravaged Hanoi. Mao set the stage for Teng to receive Treasury Secretary Blumenthal as Chinese troops attacked the city of Lang...
...women, as Ellen Sachar put it, was "so naive as to think if she sat next to [Mobil Chairman] Rawleigh Warner at breakfast, he would invite her on the Mobil board at lunch." But what these women are telling corporate executives is that it is no longer valid to contend that there are not many qualified women for boards...
Industry spokesmen contend that bad weather and their own difficulties in deciphering the bill's complex regulations limited their drilling. But industry had little trouble untangling the complexities of the price deregulation. Natural gas prices have begun to climb. Government experts and gas company executives expect increases of 18% to 25% this year in Chicago, New York City, Memphis, Louisville and elsewhere. A similar rise is expected even in gas-rich Oklahoma over the next few months. The Department of Energy expects that the higher prices will cost U.S. consumers $1.7 billion to $2 billion...
...classic, and he was soon joined by a choir of enthusiasts. As Lottman notes, "Fame traveled by train in those times." It took some months for the author's reputation to reach beyond the precincts of Paris. By then, the Nazi-occupied city had other matters to contend with. Camus joined the Free French, writing for the underground newspaper Combat...