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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MAO ZEDONG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Oct. 17, 1994 | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...Chairman Mao Tsetung, the architect and chief engineer of Communist China, had a randy, raunchy side, according to his doctor and confidant. Physician Li Zhisui writes in his 663-page memoir, "The Private Life of Chairman Mao," that the iconic leader was a decadent, selfish cutthroat who enjoyed nightly massages, orgiastic romps and extramarital sex with young girls. Among the other grisly details: the doc says Mao didn't care about spreading a sexually-transmitted disease, stayed in his bathrobe weeks at a time and drank green tea in lieu of brushing his teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE EMPEROR, WITHOUT HIS CLOTHES | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...confidential guide to courses described Nye as "godfather and possessor of the most dedicated cult of personality since Mao...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Senate Confirms Nye For Defense Dept. Post | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...immensely popular professor who is best known for teaching the core course "Historical Studies A-12: International Conflict in the Modern World." He was described in the 1993 Confidential Guide to courses as "godfather and possessor of the most dedicated cult of personality since Mao...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Nye Will Resign From Harvard, Take New Post | 9/14/1994 | See Source »

...when he heard about the first / border clashes between North and South in 1950. "We'll give them to you. You must strike the southerners in the teeth." Still, Stalin warned, "if you should get kicked in the teeth, I shall not lift a finger. You have to ask Mao for all the help." Kim went to Beijing, where he convinced Mao that Stalin believed a Korean war was winnable. The Chinese leader allowed himself to be persuaded, and he promised to stand by his new ally. But Kim had miscalculated. The U.S. intervened, forcing him to flee Pyongyang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Hard-Liner: Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) | 7/18/1994 | See Source »

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