Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...name at the top of the party roster reads Jiang Zemin, but power in China still rests in the hands of a few octogenarians. So it made sense for them to choose as party General Secretary a man known as "the weather vane." Jiang is the consummate apparatchik, whose rise to nominal power rests almost wholly on his ability to read China's swirling political winds correctly. The 63-year-old former mayor of Shanghai perfectly mirrors the party line of the moment -- slower economic reform coupled with rigid political orthodoxy -- as he made clear last week in his maiden...
...their clients. But why should anybody break the law to bet money that could just as easily be wagered legally? Well, the numbers operators sell tickets for as little as 25 cents, in contrast to $1 for state lottery tickets, and the illegal game offers better odds. In general, odds in the state lotteries are the worst of any type of gambling. Atlantic City casinos, for example, are required by New Jersey law to return as winnings 75% of the money bet, but state lotteries generally return only...
Through two days of testimony, Major General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez sat with his head bowed, absently fingering his uniform, his downcast eyes glazed with an expression that suggested dejection or resignation. He neither smiled when the tribunal of 47 generals and admirals praised his past acts of military valor in places as far-flung as Angola and Ethiopia nor frowned when it branded him a traitor and called for his execution. When Ochoa finally rose to speak, he denied none of the charges: consorting with international drug dealers, illicitly trafficking in everything from cocaine and diamonds to ivory and sugar...
Another big name, Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Stanley Cavell, teaches "Moral Perfectionism," one of the few Moral Reasoning classes that is being taught this year...
...were Robin Hood, then Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 would be Little John. Of course, Bok does not go around robbing rich people (unless you count fund-raising), and Steiner is more likely to stun opponents with a deft thrust of the law than the blow of a quarter staff...