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...benefited during a decade of madness not only have gone unpunished but are trying to make a comeback, and partly because a story that so vividly documents the triumph of the human spirit over inhumanity is always relevant. Nien Cheng, 72, born into a wealthy landowning family, met her husband, Kang-chi Cheng, in 1935 in England, where both were studying at the London School of Economics. The husband, a diplomat in the Kuomintang regime, was enough of an optimist to decide to remain in Shanghai with his wife and young daughter after the Communists overthrew Chiang Kai-shek...
...audience that I was the descendant of a big landlord family, that my father was a senior official of the pre-Kuomintang government. He said that I went to England and was trained by the British to be ''a faithful running dog'' in one of their universities. My late husband was described as a ''residue of the decadent Kuomintang regime'' who was fortunate to have died and escaped judgment by the Revolutionaries. Throughout his speech, the audience shouted slogans; a number accused me of being a ''spy.'' When he had finished speaking, the Red Guard who had led the others...
...into a crisis. Alex Tourk, Newsom's buddy and campaign manager, abruptly quit after confronting the mayor about having an illicit affair with his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, 34, who once worked as an appointment secretary to Newsom. Apparently, while in rehab for substance abuse, Rippey-Tourk told her husband about her affair with Newsom. Rumors about the apparently short-lived affair had been circulating for about a year, according to City Hall staffers. "I didn't pay that much attention," City Supervisor Tom Ammiano said. "I dismissed...
...TIME: That was your husband's Adminstration, wasn't it? Because I recall a lot of debate about it not having labor standards and environmental standards...
...TIME: But your husband was a free trader...