Word: ingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair of politicians just nominated by a national convention, and there was little doubt about which man thought he was running at the head of the ticket...
...moment, American officials were pleasantly impressed by how smoothly Teng's visit had gone, and Teng Hsiao-p'ing, in his reserved way, seemed to share the mood of jubilation. Said he: "The honeymoon will continue." It was a beguiling prediction, for Teng is a beguiling man, but such prospects should not cause Americans to lose sight of their basic interests...
...been a coop. But it was the reconstructed kitchen of an Italian immigrant of the 1920s that elicited her greatest admiration. Although it was supposed to show the poverty and hardship suffered by America's immigrants, Cho Lin, the warm and plump wife of Teng Hsiao-p'ing, saw it quite differently. "They certainly had high living standards," she marveled...
...Minister of Science and Technology. The occasion was his announcement last year of China's audacious plan to overcome a lag of 15 to 20 years and by the year 2000 reach the scientific level of the advanced industrial world. Last week, while Teng Hsiao-p'ing politicked his way across the nation, Fang embarked on what was in effect his own separate tour of the U.S. technological landscape...
...having Teng Hsiao-p'ing around town, a truncated Vice Premier with a jack-o'-lantern face, who sees polar bears over his shoulder. The feeling was marvelous. The talk was good. The food was mediocre. The wine was awful. Since so much of what happens to all the rest of us hinges on how these top fellows get along, and since they made a go of it (despite the dreary champagne), it was worth the tab, conservatively estimated at $1 million, including the stops in the provinces...