Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only part of the Soviet economy that works, essentially because of the emphasis placed upon it and the greater, market-type flexibility it is allowed belies this. But Goldman's analysis sheds light on a complex country that gets more out of its perceived national interest than through ideological fervor...
Liang married an American, with whom he co-wrote his memoir, and he presently studies at Columbia University, but he clearly has not abandoned socialism His expressions of the fervor of past political movements can be excessive, but they reveal an undercurrent of loyalty. The influences shaping this loyalty started at birth. Heng's original given name (in China the family name comes first) was Dien-Jie, or "Good news from Dienbienphu", celebrating the Vietnamese victory over the French in 1954. The political naming of children is the first step in a long process of indoctrination centering on Mao which...
This general fervor has miraculously persisted in China through years of ideological flux. The Chinese government's efforts to form a model communist state are thwarted for the same reason Liang's father could not fulfill the communist ideal: the ideal keeps changing. Liang follows his father's tribulations with a deep filial love that prevents acrid criticism. With the same concern, he describes China's painful progress through successive "revolutions", criticizing particular people and policies, but never attacking the system that allows such "revolutions...
...change in name, from the Dental School to the School of Dental Medicine, and along with it, a new five-year curriculum towards both the M.D. and dentistry degrees. But as Goldhaber explains it, the armed forces disapproved of the time-consuming double degree and, with a military fervor sweeping the country, the school decided to change its program once again...
Reagan's conciliatory tone was part of a calculated effort to rein in his ideological fervor. But the restrained Reagan of Tuesday night had flowered right back into vintage Reagan by Wednesday. He traveled to Boston to show his commitment to job-training programs that help the disadvantaged and prepare the nation's labor force for the transition to high-technology industries. After visiting the Eire Pub "men's bar" in the Dorchester section of Boston (he took just one sip of his Ballantine ale) and discussing business problems with a group of executives, he uncorked...