Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young man on the videotape appeared pale and tired, but his identity was unmistakable. He was Wuer Kaixi, 21, the former Beijing Normal University freshman who emerged as the most charismatic leader during the student uprising in China, then disappeared after the massacre in Tiananmen Square. He evidently spoke from hiding in Hong Kong, where he is believed to have fled in mid-June through Macao. Thanks to an effective underground of sympathizers, only six of the 21 most-wanted student leaders have been apprehended. Wuer's friends say he may go to the U.S. to organize an alliance...
Official Washington too was caught up in the paroxysms of patriotism. The Senate voted 97-to-3 for a resolution by majority leader George Mitchell and minority leader Bob Dole that expressed "profound disappointment" in the decision. "I will join the efforts of other members of Congress in rectifying this action, including supporting a constitutional amendment, if necessary," Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn declared...
...camp, Club Med saw its customers growing up and recognized that many baby boomers did not want to have to choose between their travel fantasies and time with their children. By introducing Baby Clubs, Mini Clubs and children's programs at 40 locations worldwide, Club Med has become a leader in family vacations. Other luxury resorts have followed suit. The Village at Smugglers' Notch in Vermont even offers a money-back guarantee: "If your child for some reason doesn't enjoy all the activities we have planned, we will refund that portion of your package...
...sponsored by an unlikely pair: liberal Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and the archconservative Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah. Hatch has been vilified as a traitor by conservatives for supporting the bill, which Senate Republican leader Bob Dole denounces as a "money-eating bureaucratic sinkhole." He attacks ABC provisions that would encourage state governments to establish standards for day-care centers as an unwarranted intrusion by Washington. Hatch counters by insisting that conservatives should be as responsive as liberals to the needs of families. Says he: "Should we continue to ignore the problem just because some...
Although Communist party leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski has attempted to draw Solidarity into a coalition, the trade-union movement insists it will remain in opposition until completely free elections are held. Solidarity has agreed to cooperate on pressing matters such as economic reform, but seems unlikely to support Jaruzelski's candidacy for the newly created presidency. Solidarity is hoping that the Communist party will avoid a showdown on the presidency by nominating someone other than Jaruzelski. Said an aide to Lech Walesa: "There has to be someone they can put up who is acceptable to both sides...