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...death in September 1976 and the arrest of the Gang of Four a month later cleared the way for Deng's return to power the next year. Once again he was required to sign a letter of contrition, which he did largely for expediency. Says Parris Chang, professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University: "Deng is a man who knows when to bow and bend...
...more difficult to cool the tremendous energies that have been released by the boom. In a country where patience is a hallowed virtue and time a bountiful commodity, the people of Shenzhen are in an uncharacteristic rush. "The ringing of a doorbell makes me shudder," confessed a recent letter writer to a Shenzhen youth newspaper. He went on to complain about how the visits of his friends cut into his day. If Shenzhen has faltered partly because the Chinese expected too much too fast, the city also owes its very existence to that same impulse to get things done...
There has always been some difficulty with the name. An r frequently slides between the last two letters, especially in conversation, the extra letter making him seem like some merry, mischievous, vaguely magical creature out of Tolkien: Geldorf, the elf with the spiritual mission...
...their most sensitive military installations. Although Gorbachev's proposal was deliberately vague, the hint that the Soviets might be willing to lower their guard and allow on-site inspections persuaded Reagan to reconsider his flat refusal to talk about a test ban. Last week the President sent Gorbachev a letter, described by White House aides as "conciliatory," suggesting that experts from the two sides meet to discuss the verification issue...
...Charlie Wick's idea a year ago. The USIA director penned a letter to the chief Soviet spokesman, Leonid Zamyatin, about having their two leaders talk to the Soviet and American people directly over television. There was no answer from Moscow. At the Geneva summit eleven months later, Wick was walking offstage from a ceremony when he ran into Zamyatin, whom he had never met "I didn't answer your letter," Zamyatin confessed with a sheepish smile. Replied Wick: "I was wondering if you read your mail." Both men laughed. The spirit of the moment had seized them and, more...