Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such stories spread all over the country in 1964 when an "Emulate the PLA" campaign began. The tales tailored for public consumption tole of modern army heroes who had glorified themselves by losing their lives in some courageous act, conveniently leaving behind a diary full of prayers...
...observers thought Lin had settled years ago. In the late 1950's, many professional officers, including the Defense Minister at that time, P'eng Tehhuai, complained that the PLA was asked to spend too much time bringing in harvests and building dams. The officers wanted to build a crack modern army and felt too little time was left for military training. China, they thought, should swallow its pride and a little ideology and accept Russian help in building modern weapons stockpiles, including atomic bombs...
...manufacturing." The author, George Grotz, 44, started out as a spare-time furniture refinisher, steeped himself in the subject for 15 years, wrote several books as well as a $1 pamphlet, From Gunk to Glow, the sales of which have reached 800,000. Grotz (rhymes with gloats) maintains that modern-day "antique manufacturers" can be found not only in Italy, France and Hong Kong. There are plenty in New England and Manhattan. Mostly they are carpenters and cabinetmakers. More than a few are dealers...
...lollygag along a branch line, and Director Sidney Lumet (The Group) has either miscast or misdirected some of his principals. Mason and Signoret, however, are pathetically impressive as a couple of mice wandering in a maze designed for rats. And as a whole, the film convincingly elucidates in a modern instance why Dante consigned traitors to the very pit of hell. Le Carre similarly perceives treason as a spiritual attitude underlying the political act. His traitors are liars who live out their lie. His meaning of treason is the loss of self...
That being the case, it is hardly likely that passive pro-pots alone will be able to summon the energy to outargue the active anti-pots. The President's Crime Commission is expected to submit recommendations soon on modern izing law enforcement; it is conceivable that the commission might propose making marihuana legal. Until then, The Marihuana Papers will have to be regarded strictly as a puff...