Word: correction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reach consensus on the formal ouster of party chief Zhao Ziyang, who had lost favor because he sympathized with the student protesters. Within the party rank and file, the hard-liners' attempts to brand Zhao a counterrevolutionary had met with silent resistance and even mutters of bu dui (not correct...
...Alfonsin government, which failed to act quickly enough to put Argentina's fiscal house back in order in 1983, when Alfonsin became the first civilian President in nearly eight years. The former human-rights activist valued political stability at the expense of wrenching but necessary economic changes to correct the country's low productivity, over-regulation, bloated public payroll and money-losing state- owned companies. By the time Alfonsin began pushing for economic reforms in 1985, his popularity had eroded, and the Peronist-controlled Congress was able to block his moves...
...didn't do it just to be provocative," says Granieri. "We did it because we didn't like the way the house was being divided between the p.c. [politically correct...
...They are two very respected scientists with worldwide reputations," Brophy continued. "They believe their work is correct...
...like a romantic tragedy, there are two actors present here whose flaws lead to disaster. Not only do students hide from challenges, but their university refuses to challenge them. Harvard no longer presumes to tell undergraduates what they need to learn, believing they will somehow find the correct education on their own. The University should win renown as the World's Greatest University, as well as the World's Worst Teacher...