Word: mao
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...they made a statement. They were quirky windows into our souls, expressions of our kicky individuality. Michael J. Fox sported one in Back to the Future; Wham had a few dozen pinned to their blousy satin suits. They even made it big in China during the Cultural Revolution when Mao-adorned pendants were the symbol of revolutionary coolness. Then the multinationals, elementary schools and junior athletic leagues took over and un-cooled the button. They became big and plastic, and their messages lost out to corporate hype and photo badges of 8-year-old softball players. Until...
...John's wort came into its own in 1984, when the German government classified it as an MAO inhibitor, on the basis of in-vitro studies, and approved its use as a mild, natural antidepressant. Sales took off both in Germany, where St. John's wort easily outsells prescription drugs like Prozac, and in the U.S., where concoctions of the herb, sold under such labels as Mood Support and Brighten Up, became flagships of the booming alternative- medicine industry. Before last year's warnings that St. John's wort could interfere with other medications--notably AIDS treatments, antibiotics, cardiac drugs...
...commies vs. capitalists, as during the 40 Years War with the Soviet Union, A.K.A. the cold war? There may be some of that, but it's hardly the main story in post-Mao China. The "capitalist-roaders" have won the day, and communism is but the fading red label on a gerontocratic regime locked in a desperate battle with the market forces it had itself unleashed in the era of Deng Xiaoping. The regime's message to the people is not about Mao and Marx but about money vs. might: enrich yourselves, but leave the driving...
Though authoritarian leaders are supposed to be immune to polls and popular will, Jiang also had to worry about the Chinese public. Anger at the U.S. could easily twist into fury at him for failing to defend the motherland. "If Mao Zedong were the leader today, he would have shot down the American plane," says Li Hua, a physics student from Shanghai, who counts KFC as her favorite takeout. "But our leaders now don't have the guts to get in a fight." At first this incident looked like a reprise of the Belgrade embassy bombing. Anyone watching the official...
...MBAs. But as China's economy and confidence grow, its young citizens are the ones most eager for Beijing to flex its muscle. Perhaps that's not surprising. This is the first generation in People's Republic history not to have suffered through the trauma of war. "If Mao Zedong were the leader today, he would have shot down the American plane," says Li Hua, a physics student from Shanghai, who counts KFC as her favorite take-out. "But our leaders now don't have the guts to get in a fight...