Word: forbidden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peking was unwilling or unable to clear up the strange events that had overtaken the regime on the eve of its most important annual celebration. Most outside experts were still convinced that the mystery reflected a struggle for power within the Forbidden City, one that could eventually affect China's new outward-looking foreign policy, or Richard Nixon's trip, or other developments in progress. Instead of falling into place, however, the pieces of the Chinese puzzle seemed only to multiply...
...seeding attempt-Project "Cirrus" by a General Electric group in 1947-the storm suddenly reversed course and slammed into Savannah, Ga., wreaking extensive damage. Although the seeding probably had nothing to do with the change in course, Georgians were so outraged at the scientists that the Government has since forbidden any tampering with hurricanes that are within 18 hours' striking distance of land...
...regional governments formed and the Federal Government restructured. Or, after the economic freeze, a new, domestic Marshall Plan to rebuild the cities. None of these vistas is much more implausible than that of Richard Nixon waving to a million smiling Chinese as he glides through the gates of the Forbidden City in Peking...
...several days, the Chinese had everyone wondering just what was going on in the Forbidden City. The parade had evidently been canceled because the leadership was unwilling or unable to present itself for inspection, but beyond that no single explanation seemed to answer all the questions raised by Peking's mysterious behavior...
Gerardo Mendez, chancellor of the Mexican consulate in Boston, said that even if a lawyer helps Hyland get released on bond, he will be forbidden to leave Mexico City before his trial. He added, however, that under Mexican procedures it will be increasingly difficult to win release on bond as time goes...