Word: junes
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China last week was not the China of freedom banners and victory signs. That China perished on June 4. The new China brutally rejected the demands for change that are sweeping the Communist world. But in ordering the bloody suppression of the democracy movement, the government lost much of its authority, leaving itself isolated and condemned at home and abroad. There are even fears that Chinese Communism may be reaching backward for a discredited tool. Warned a Western diplomat: "Everything that has gone on has been preparation for Stalinist terror. Deng Xiaoping is an old Communist who , believes that when...
...From June 4 to June 8, as the leadership was enveloped in an unseen struggle for power, the world searched for signs of reason amid the turmoil. The country's rulers finally began to re-emerge, but not reason and not humanity. First came Premier Li Peng, 60, the front man for the regime's hard-line faction, giving the lie to rumors that he had suffered a gunshot wound. On TV he praised the soldiers who had killed and maimed to wrest the capital from the demonstrators. "Comrades, you must be exhausted," Li said. "Thank you for your hard...
...GRAPES OF WRATH. Grittier than the movie, as panoramic as Steinbeck's novel, this 35-actor adaptation by Chicago's Steppenwolf troupe lights up California's La Jolla Playhouse stage on the way to a late-June run at London's National Theater...
COAST TO COAST (Showtime, June 17, 11 p.m. EDT). Singers Kenny Loggins and Linda Ronstadt, country stylist Lyle Lovett and jazz pianist Harry Connick Jr. provide eclectic sounds for a summer night in this edition of the occasional music series...
FIRING LINE SPECIAL DEBATE (PBS, June 19, 9 p.m. on most stations). "Resolved: The Cold War Is Not Coming to an End." Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. is joined by former Secretary of State and NATO chief Alexander Haig in arguing the pro side. Former presidential contenders George McGovern and Gary Hart disagree...