Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...where free enterprise thrives in factories and shops, have found no retreat from the reforms. To emphasize that the political furor in Peking has left them largely unaffected, local officials cite a Chinese maxim: "The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away." Even in the capital the pace of change seems unabated. The Bank of China last week agreed to link its Great Wall credit card with New York-based MasterCard International operations. The move came just two weeks after the Chinese bank said it would issue Visa International cards later this year...
That rapid-fire sequence occupies roughly half of the first act, which is nearly two hours long. The show continues at a pell-mell pace but shifts from incident to soliloquy -- seven characters have long solos, most on a bare stage -- and to grand effects, including a doomed 1832 uprising complete with six tons of barricades, eventually heaped with the bodies of the rebels. The nature of the intended revolution remains more than a little sketchy, as does the alliance that binds together the likes of the streetwise urchin Gavroche (Braden Danner) and the idealistic student Marius (David Bryant...
...Both teams actually looked a little sloppy but it's understandable in a game like that," said Coccoluto. "The first quarter was really NBA pace and when you're moving that fast and the pressure is on you don't play as sharp as you might when you can take your time and tell yourself, 'Well there's always tomorrow...
...furious pace of ticket-buying reminded many of a similar scene four years ago when Harvard played Michigan State in the NCAA quarterfinals at Bright, although there were a few differences. "[The students] were outside at seven in the morning," said Eric Barron '85 of the ticket sale...
...economic and political reforms, prompting China watchers to question whether Leader Deng Xiaoping, 82, is still in charge. Secretary of State George Shultz flew into the Middle Kingdom to see for himself during a ten-day Asian trip and found the Chinese bent on convincing him that only the pace of reform had slowed. At one point, however, Deng showed that the best defense was a good offense. He tweaked Shultz by alluding to Iranscam and the Tower report, saying, "By engaging in politics and by running the government, one has to meet with some troubles and difficulties. We have...