Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleges paraded 25 miles from the university belt in northwestern Beijing to Tiananmen Square in the city's center. It was the latest and by far the largest in a series of protests that began when students gathered on April 16 to mourn the death of former Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang, whose tolerance of demonstrations two years ago precipitated his downfall. The marchers, divided into well-organized ranks according to their school, chanted and waved red and white banners. When they tired of singing the Internationale and the national anthem, the students launched into homemade ditties...
...principal gets in trouble. Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze. Former Attorney General John Mitchell's wife Martha took to telephoning reporters and was forcibly sedated. Rita Jenrette, whose husband John was convicted for taking bribes in Abscam, used her 15 minutes of celebrity to pose in Playboy, reveal that she and John had known each other very well on the steps...
...Congressman Norman Lent, sought approval of the ethics committee to vote on telephone legislation. Lawyer Marc Miller, author of Politicians and their Spouses' Careers, says, "Full disclosure and making sure the spouse got the job for her own talents help resolve the conflict." When Debbie Dingell, a lobbyist for General Motors, married Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell in 1981, she switched to an administrative job. "I'm sensitive to conflicts," says Dingell. "Fortunately, GM is large enough that I could change jobs...
...called him Panama's top narcotraficante, indicted him in Florida and vowed to depose him. But General Manuel Antonio Noriega still runs the country, and even though he will not be standing for election on May 7, he looms as the power behind the throne. Polls show that Noriega's handpicked candidate for President, Carlos Duque, trails opposition candidate Guillermo Endara by more than 2 to 1. Yet U.S. officials and opposition leaders are convinced Duque will steal the election. They charge that evidence of government chicanery already abounds: manipulation of voter rolls to keep opponents from the polls, coercion...
...Reagan policy vacuum has carried over into the Bush era. Once again the State Department and the Pentagon are at odds, and what passes for policy shows little promise of dislodging the general. At a meeting convened by Bush in early February, State argued that Noriega is a danger to U.S. security; Defense countered that Noriega is a lesser evil than any of the underlings likely to succeed him as commander in chief. "Bush was very surprised to see that there was no unity," says an official. "He ended the meeting by telling everyone he would make up his mind...