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...Maoist, tells him at one point to "never give your opinion on anything...even if you're asked directly. "Liang's book may present an inglorious picture of China's past, but political changes after Mao's death make such a picture politically safe for the author. Deng Xiao-Ping, the new premier, entered office with a movement to discredit the "leftist" policies of Mao's widow, Jiang Qing, and her "Gang of Four", Liang sees those policies as the source of the problems he narrates, and properly disassociates the new from the old regime. Significantly, the book shows almost...
Dingman added that the total of $1500 in grants--which Currier Chairman Alan A. Khazei '83 said will be spent for the purchase or repair of pool tables, ping pong tables, and exercise equipment--will be financed from Q-RAC's unused maintenance and staffing budgets. Each House had requested a stipend...
...compete in Moscow for the first time in 16 years. In September two Soviet track stars ran in Peking's annual international marathon. For the Chinese, sport can be politics conducted by other means, as the U.S. discovered in 1971 when an American table tennis team instituted Ping Pong diplomacy by leading the way for Nixon's visit to Peking...
...years ago at a convention of bankers in Boca Raton, Fla., when he lashed out at regulations that for bid a bank from doing commercial busi ness in another state. But despite those rules, New York's Citicorp has forged ahead in its ambitious plans to begin tap ping the $833 billion pool of consumer deposits held by American savings and loan institutions. Citicorp, the second largest U.S. bank holding company (assets...
...summer of alienation right there. Others talk only about science fiction, and some boast prodigious drug habits. These are the kids who read the newspapers and know every hatted of the Vietnan War. Many come from Bronx High School of Science, where they win debating trophies or excel at ping pong...