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...entries in a Chinese Who's Who. Among them: Chi Haotian, 59, Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army and son-in-law of President Yang Shangkun; Li Tieying, 53, a rising Politburo member whose father was Li Weihan, a founder of the Communist Party; and State Councilor Zou Jiahua, 62, son-in-law of a famed army marshal...
...council reduced important policy issues to clown-show theater. Councilor Tom Danehy ridiculed some of Cambridge's most dedicated and hard-working citizens. Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci wasted much time rambling about mud in basements and textbooks for schoolchildren, as if these topics were pertinent to the issues at hand...
...official Xinhua News Agency has remained silent about the quake since issuing a late-night statement Monday that Premier Li Peng expressed sympathy to the victims and that State Councilor Song Jian had been dispatched to oversee rescue work...
During the first weeks of the protest, police threatened to arrest Homefront '88 members until a city councilor intervened. But it was only two weeks ago that representatives of the group began meeting with city officials...
This has hardly amused British patriots. Lectured the Times of London: "National anniversary festivities should properly be concerned with projecting myths, not recording facts." In Sir Francis' hometown of Plymouth, City Councilor Reg Scott fumed, "It's outrageous of them to play down Drake's role. I was raised to think of this as a great victory...