Word: li
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gary Theater- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. 131 Stuart St., near Tremont. LI...
Saxon Theatre-Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy. 219 Tremont St. LI...
...supreme headquarters, slamming his fist on a conference table. Manteuffel, a dedicated bridge player, suggested that Hitler was trying for a grosser Schlag, a grand slam. Why not, he proposed to Jodl, settle instead for a more attainable kleiner Schlag, or little slam, by advancing only as far as Liège? Jodl was unmoved...
...reputation as a Mao enthusiast, Li differed with the chairman on several occasions. One was in 1958 over the ill-conceived Great Leap Forward. Another was in 1962, when Mao decided to send party cadres to work among the peasants. "Damn it," he reportedly complained, "we have not even completed our revolution in Peking. How can we make progress if we weaken our organization by sending cadres down to labor...
Such tough-mindedness was bound to get Li into trouble with fervent Maoists. During the Cultural Revolution, Red Guards threatened to "bombard" and "burn" him. Protected by Chou, one of his closest associates, Li survived. With strong links to the army, government and party, he is in a position to rise still higher, in spite of his personal crudeness. A man who loves spicy food and hot chili peppers as much as he despises table manners, Li was once addicted to opium. Since breaking the habit, he has become a heavy cigarette smoker...