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Birth of a Tiger Cat. The rise of Lin Piao to the penultimate rung on the Peking ladder of power is itself the story of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. No one in his native Hupeh province would have expected him to become a guerrilla leader 19 years after he was born in Twisting Dragon Hill, the son of a felt-factory owner. In Manchu China, boys would be soldiers: off to Canton's Whampoa Military Academy went Lin, where he studied under Chiang Kaishek, in the company of such revolutionary notables as Chou...
...that by assuring to everyone the fruits of his own labor," he said, "we made him a productive force of untold power. He became subject to the most exacting of all employers-namely himself." Perhaps the most notable feature of social justice, he added, is the knowledge that "the ladder upward is not so crowded that there is no room...
Step up the Ladder...
...spite of the official optimism, many people were more concerned than elated over our tactical coup. Some felt it was another step up the ladder of escalation in a futile war. Others were worried over headlines indicating that North Korea had pledged support to the Viet Cong and that Great Britain, until now one of our staunchest allies, drew the line at attacks on civilian centers...
...cent of the people not in clubs are terribly unhappy about it." It is no doubt true that non-members are far more content than the undergraduate who wants to get into the Porcellian Club but is forced to settle for a club farther down the ladder...