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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goes wherever Hart leads his surreal campaign. His supporters are more curious than committed. He draws large, enthusiastic crowds only where they count least -- in shopping malls and on college campuses. Young boys on bicycles in Jackson, Ga., know his name...
...they will check the coffeemaker, open up the doors and wait for their fellow Republicans to arrive. When the greetings are over, they will bring the caucus to order and ask their neighbors to cast the secret ballot that is the crucial straw vote on the presidential candidates. The count will be tallied and then beamed around the world. "It's a pretty amateurish affair," says Mrs. Hoy. "We sort of stumble through it, but it seems to work." The story of these United States...
...late President. Communist Party Chief Zhao Ziyang noted approvingly that Chiang "had upheld a 'one- China' policy." Taiwan's geopolitical status is also a matter of concern for Washington, which ceased to recognize Taiwan diplomatically in 1979 but continues to sell arms to the country and to count it as the fifth largest U.S. trading partner. President Reagan sent a personal message of condolence to Taiwan, and Washington praised Chiang as a "respected leader...
...then beyond? Or was he in fact an aberration? Often, besides, eccentrics may simply be weirdos in possession of a VIP pass, people * rich enough or powerful enough to live above convention, amoral as Greek gods. Elvis Presley could afford to pump bullets into silhouettes of humans and never count the cost. Lesser mortals, however, must find another kind of victim...
...Majesty did not count on the reaction of the thousands of expatriate doctors, engineers and other skilled workers. Upon hearing the news, for example, the entire medical staff at a Riyadh hospital threatened to resign. Within 48 hours, Fahd had rescinded the decree. Although the door was left open for a future income tax, the Saudis seem to prefer losing the money rather than the labor...