Word: lien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...others: Li Hsien-nien, a jowly, rumpled former Finance Minister, whose current role is overseeing economic development plans; Chang Chun-chiao, thought to be a member of Mme. Mao's leftist clique, who could take over many of Chou's day-to-day office duties; Chen Hsi-lien, a bull-like army commander and the most likely candidate for Defense Minister in any post-Chou lineup...
...Patrick Tisdale of Columbus, Ga., father of five adopted South Vietnamese girls. A widowed physician with five sons, Tisdale met his second wife Betty in 1967 while he was an Army doctor in Viet Nam and she was bringing supplies to an orphanage at An Loc. Their oldest girls Lien, 7, and Xuan, 8, are in second grade in Columbus and doing well in school, though they still have some trouble with English. Because schools in South Viet Nam are so overcrowded and understaffed that they are forced to hold triple sessions starting at 7 a.m., "the kids are crazy...
...Soviet border testified to continuing Chinese concern over the Russian troop buildup in the area. But there was speculation that his transfer north was also designed to loos en his grip on Peking and at the same tune dismantle the network of personal loyalties built up by Chen Hsi-lien, 60, the military commander of the northern region for more than 14 years. Chen was sent to Peking as commander of the capital military region. Another powerful Politburo member, Hsu Shih-yu, 67, was uprooted from the comfortable Yangtze barony of the Nanking military region he had held...
...flat-rate manuals" that list labor charges based on highly inflated estimates of the time it takes to do each job. If the repairs are finished in half the stipulated time, the fee remains the same-and the garage may hold the car against a "mechanic's lien" if the owner refuses...
...takes a lien for the few dollars owed and orders the protester's bank to turn over the money, for which some banks charge the depositor $5 to $20. If a bank account cannot be found, the IRS looks for other assets. In Boulder, Colo., Bob Marcus owed $ 1.25 in phone tax, whereupon the IRS seized his Volkswagen, auctioned it for $277, deducted the tax, and gave him the balance...