Word: leninistes
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...bear the Gorbachev seal. Both emphasize the rebuilding of obsolete factories and concentration on machine-tool production, consumer goods and computer technology. But Gorbachev's defense of the centrally planned Soviet economy indicated that, unlike China's leaders, he is not prepared to tamper with the foundations of Marxist-Leninist theory...
...generally fine job of putting things together. Narrations of events, particularly by the supporting female characters, are all wonderfully delivered in the distinctive style of PBS documentaries. Tempo is well controlled in a play whose tempo comprises half of its humor, from the saltry, seductive delivery of Marxist-Leninist philosophy to the back and forth of limmerick-style banter. Nothing is really seriously screwed...
With private briefings as well as speechmaking, the Administration last week began the difficult job of persuading congress to authorize $100 million in military and economic aid for the contras seeking to overthrow the Marxist- Leninist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Administration officials also confirmed in congressional testimony that the CIA will funnel some $15 million in covert aid to rebels fighting the Cuban- and Soviet-backed government of Angola. This week the President will go on national television to plead for public support for his massive defense buildup, which is threatened by the deficit cutters on Capitol Hill. Reagan...
...scribbled a bit of lyric poetry. Shevardnadze and his wife Nanuli, a journalist, have a daughter Manana, in her 30s, and a son Paata, in his late 20s, but as Nanuli once confided to Borodin, family life takes a backseat to her husband's work. "He's a true Leninist," she said of Eduard Shevardnadze, "a dedicated Communist...
...venturing beyond the confines of Maoism over the past eight years, Deng's great undertaking has, perhaps predictably, come in for some rough challenges. Disagreement lingers between the reformers, who are experimenting at the very margins of Marxism, and conservatives wedded to Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy and Maoist collectivism. Communes have been abolished, central planning reduced, party and government bureaucrats replaced by technocrats. Deng's innovations, rooted in the premise of "building socialism with Chinese characteristics," have stirred apprehension among China's Old Guard that the Communist Party's dominance could eventually be endangered. How much ideology can a country shed...