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...number of arrests was the second highest of the many demonstrations that have been held at the plant, which has been a focal point for the anti-nuclear movement since construction began 13 years ago. Previously, more than 2,500 arrests had been made, including...
When the Cultural Revolution subsided, so many political jobs had been left vacant as a result of the struggle that by 1969 military officers held 40% of the Communist Party's key posts. By this time, though, Mao had a new threat to contend with: the ambition of Defense Minister Lin Biao, then his designated successor. The impatient Lin laid plans to oust Mao via the euphemistically named "571 Engineering Project," but his coup plot was discovered, and Lin died when the plane in which he escaped from Beijing crashed in Mongolia. After Lin's death, that most deft...
...been made of the differences between Mao and Deng. Mao was massive; Deng is diminutive. Mao was an ideologue; Deng is a pragmatist. But they have had one shared frustration: arranging an orderly succession. First Liu Shaoqi and then Lin Biao disappointed Mao; Hua Guofeng, his last designated successor, held power after the Chairman's death, from 1976 to 1978. In 1980 Deng put his approved team in place -- Hu Yaobang as party General Secretary and Zhao Ziyang as Premier. Seven years later, Hu was forced from power as a deviationist. Now Deng is purging Zhao and other liberals...
...powerful influence over his son until his death four years ago at 84. But in 1961 Washington's Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson hired Foley as a counsel to the Senate Interior Committee. In 1963 Jackson began urging his protege to run for the House. Foley agonized and held back for so long that in the end he arrived in the state capital to declare his candidacy just hours before the filing deadline. In November 1964, Foley was one of 67 new Democratic Congressmen who rode to Washington on Lyndon Johnson's substantial coattails, ousting a Republican who had served...
...trustees said last night that the search committee held several meetings in March and April to discuss other potential candidates for the post. Wilson's name was first put forward during those meetings, sources said last night. One official said her candidacy was discussed only after Rodin had declined the post...