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DIED. YAO WENYUAN, 74, the last surviving member of China's Gang of Four, the ring of radical Maoists?led by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing?who directed the jailings, beatings and purges of legions of perceived enemies during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s; of diabetes; in a location undisclosed by Chinese officials. Arrested a month after Mao's death, Yao spent 20 years in jail before being released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...DIED. YAO WENYUAN, 74, the last surviving member of China's Gang of Four, the ring of radical Maoists?led by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing?who directed the jailings, beatings and purges of legions of moderates and other perceived enemies during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s; in a location undisclosed by Chinese officials. Arrested a month after Mao's death, Yao spent 20 years in jail before being released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...last time a leader, active or retired, provided such insightful answers with the candor, wisdom and honesty that Lee gave TIME. Not once did I feel the slightest hint of prevarication or evasion from Lee. Different people will have different measures of a leader's success, and names like Mao, Deng and Gandhi will always inspire debates about comparative greatness. But the mere fact that Lee can be mentioned in the same breath as those leaders is proof enough of his greatness. That Singapore is small does not diminish the feats of Lee Kuan Yew. To me, he will always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth student who said he was visited by federal agents after attempting to borrow Mao Tse-Tung’s “Little Red Book” through an interlibrary loan has admitted that his story was a fraud.The bogus tale, first reported by The Standard-Times, a local newspaper in New Bedford, formed the basis for a front-page article in The Crimson on Dec. 19. News that the story had been discredited came too late for the flurry of critics, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54, D-Mass., who had already...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UMass Student Admits Inventing ‘Little Red’ Tale | 1/3/2006 | See Source »

...University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth student who said he was visited by federal agents after attempting to borrow Mao Tse-Tung’s “Little Red Book” through an interlibrary loan admitted last Friday that his story was a fraud...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UMass Student Admits Tale of Snooping Agents Was Fabricated | 12/30/2005 | See Source »

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