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...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 my home described its ''luxury.'' Another Red Guard told how I had tried to ''undermine'' their ''revolutionary activities'' by fighting...
...innocent stupidity, I said, ''Honestly, I still don't understand what Chairman Liu Shaoqi did wrong.'' ''You are not allowed to refer to a traitor as 'chairman'!'' they all shouted. When they quieted down, I said, ''I wonder if the material on which the Central Committee based its judgment was reliable. You know how easily people can be frightened into making false confessions.'' I couldn't resist this dig. I was sure they at least suspected that the case against Liu was manufactured. (After Mao's death an official Central Committee document described how activists selected by Jiang Qing...
...that Jewish settlers in the territories would be permitted to shoot rioters attacking them with gasoline bombs. There was prescience in Chaim Weizmann's declaration in 1949: ''I am certain that the world will judge the Jewish state by what it will do with the Arabs.'' The world's judgment this year is sometimes harsh, at least on the question of what the Israelis have done in regard to the Arabs in the territories. And the conflict there, considered in light of Israel's history in the past decade -- the invasion of Lebanon, the de facto annexation of the territories...
...hastily organized press conference at City Hall. "Everything you have heard and read is true," Newsom told reporters, responding to a story that was first broken by the San Francisco Chronicle. "I am deeply sorry." The 39-year-old-mayor also accepted responsibility for his "personal lapse of judgment." Then, he pledged to work hard at "reconciling" and regaining the trust of citizens and his staff. The briefing lasted just minutes. No questions were taken leaving pundits, politicos and regular San Franciscans shaking their heads wondering about what's next for Newsom. Will he resign? How will this homegrown scandal...
...well-placed official who works closely with Newsom. "It's what this has done to the internal organization. Alex Tourk is a very popular, well-regarded figure throughout City Hall. There is the loyalty question now that we all know this is true." Then, there's the judgment question - what, exactly, was the mayor thinking...