Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...likely target for the CSS-2s is not Israel but Iran, whose leaders have repeatedly threatened Saudi Arabia. Israeli military experts do not disagree with the analysis, but are discomfited at finding themselves within range of Arab missiles. When asked about the Saudi arsenal, Yossi Ben-Aharon, the director general of the Prime Minister's office, replied ominously, "Israel has acquired a reputation of not waiting until a potential danger becomes an actual danger...
...economic reform, the disparities between the two Chinas are likely to become even more pronounced. One item on the agenda will be the proposed transformation of Hainan Island, now part of Guangdong, into a separate province with the mandate to become a capitalistic special economic zone. Both Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang and Acting Premier Li Peng called for further development of the coastal industrial cities and special economic zones, even at the risk of letting the rest of the country languish. Said Li: "We must persevere in our policy of permitting a part of the people to become...
Guangdong, burdened with fewer state-run plants than other regions to begin with, has proved especially congenial to the entrepreneurial spirit. In Beijiao, about 15 miles south of Guangzhou, Ou Jiangquan, 49, general manager of the Yu Hua Industrial Co., has seen his firm expand from a bottle-cap producer to a manufacturer of electric fans and microwave ovens for export. "It's not easy for state-run enterprises to compete against us," says Ou. "They have to carry out reforms, or they will have...
...reporters have no access to the front lines. In the first years after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, almost nothing was known about the course of the conflict, though thousands were dying. When reporters cannot be kept out, governments seem increasingly willing to resort to intimidation and sabotage. In Panama, General Manuel Noriega tried to solve the problem of a bad press last week by having troops harass a group of foreign reporters, breaking cameras and destroying film...
...message, Nesson, who supported Dalton's tenure bid, urged the faculty to attend a planning meeting for today and a general faculty conference for Saturday, April...