Word: hang
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...screened on Soviet television showed Chinese officers shouting frenzied battle cries, while fanatic soldiers performed such smashing kung-fu stunts as breaking bricks with their fists and foreheads. Pravda and Tass described alleged Nazi-like atrocities committed by Chinese in the war zone. According to Literary Gazette, "Chinese soldiers hang the wounded, cut open women's stomachs, drown children in swamps, tear babies apart...
Though it was scarcely any comfort for the Shah, a number of observers in Middle Eastern capitals now were beginning to wonder about the life expectancy of the Bazargan government. In Cairo, Egyptian officials were speculating that the Tehran regime might hang on for six months, but then would be toppled by leftists. Only time and events will tell whether Iranians can be persuaded that their new rulers have indeed "saved Iran...
...tremendous pressure on the Government to step up spending for pet programs." Adds Beryl Sprinkel, executive vice president of Chicago's Harris Bank: "The key question is, what happens when unemployment starts moving up to 7% or 7.5%? Will the Administration have the guts to hang in with a moderate policy that provides some long-term hope that we will get inflation down...
...Manhattan headquarters of the Girl Scouts of America has officials earning their merit badges just figuring out how the computer phones work. Says Mary Burke, business operations director of the Girl Scouts: "You've got to play with the phones for about two weeks to get the hang of them. Some of the lines don't always work as effectively as they should in the beginning...
...Brooke Library: Out of the Senate, Ed is casting about for a place to hang his shingle. Objection: What sort of example for students is a politician who can't get reelected...