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...Great Leap Forward, which marked a disastrous setback for China, particularly in agriculture. In the Leap's aftermath, Teng, who was then general secretary of the Party, introduced a gradualist agricultural reform program designed to undo the damage. In a 1962 speech that was to haunt him later, Teng declared that ideology came second to results: "For the purpose of increasing agricultural production, any by-hook-or-by-crook method can be applied. It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice...
...wrong, so they tend to be glib and platitudinous." Yet many Government officials say that CIA experts are much more explicit and insightful when they make verbal assessments-in meetings or on the phone-and do not have to write and file reports that could come back to haunt them...
...English ticket out of the working classes. But the long bus rides, the harsh school regimen, the summers spent working as a farm laborer are only the downpayment on his escape; the price for fulfilling his parents' dream is one that Colin, severed from a past which lingers to haunt him, must keep right on paying...
Morton Zyzford is the only members of our class to join no organizations, have no honors grades, receive no mail and no telephone calls, and establish no connections for later life. His sole distinction in our class is as last student listed alphabetically and even this has come to haunt...
...current state law sets down a maximum penalty of a six-month jail sentence, a mandatory six-month probation for first offenders, and a $500 fine for simple possession of marijuana. Under HB-4914. offenders would be liable for a maximum $50 fine, but no criminal record would haunt them in future years...