Word: helmsman
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...Reagan headed for the country of the Great Helmsman-Mao-he kept calling himself "the great salesman." Indeed, both sides were most aggressive about pushing the commercial side of international chumminess. "The Pacific Basin is one of our fastest-growing markets," Reagan said at Honolulu's Hickam Field, using the geographical buzzword of the week. "We must work with our friends to keep the Pacific truly peaceful-an ocean for commerce, not conflict...
...stretched the procrustean bed of Maoism to fit his own needs. By adapting such Maoist phrases as "seeking truth from facts" and "the mass line" to his own purposes, he has given the impression that he has been more faithful to "the thought of Mao" than the Great Helmsman himself...
...dedication be your only helmsman...
...however, the Americans' 8-sec. lead turned into a deficit of three or four lengths as Australia II streaked upwind on a starboard tack and Liberty went to port. After the first crossover, Aussie Skipper John Bertrand committed the cardinal sin of leaving his opponent uncovered. Liberty Helmsman Dennis Conner took the left side of the course for his own and by the first mark had opened a 29-sec. lead. It looked to many as if he had the race in his sail...
...official Red Flag journal billed it as "a brilliant book marking a period of great historical change." Its publication, declared the people's daily, was "a major event in the political life of the party." From across the country, provincial leaders sent messages extolling the author as "the Helmsman" and "the Chief Architect," encomiums that were once reserved for Mao Tse-tung. In bookstores Chinese readers snapped up 2 million copies on the first day of sale, and the first printing of 12 million quickly sold...