Word: plenum
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...staff to a notoriously headstrong, frequently whimsical and incontestably brilliant commander. More than once, Mao has set Sinologists to puzzling over a sudden switch in policy or a seemingly inexplicable action. Last week he had them at it again. Why had he been absent from both the Central Committee plenum and the Congress? "I did a double take when I read the communiqué-the lack of Mao was so striking," said one senior U.S. Government analyst. "We are so used to the dominance of Chairman Mao, and then suddenly he is absent...
...surprisingly not present at either the Congress or the Central Committee plenum that preceded it, though in the past he had played a conspicuous role at virtually all key meetings. While his role is not precisely known, it is clear that the Congress acted in harmony with his wishes. It was Mao, after all, who several weeks ago sanctioned the current move toward moderation. "The Cultural Revolution has been going on for eight years," he wrote. "It is now time for things to settle down...
Brezhnev's backers were expected to make their move at last week's plenum of the 240-member Central Committee...
Since the program was launched at a party plenum in December, the official press has been full of astounding reports: a ten-mile irrigation canal was dug in the Dibra district in eight hours, 49 five-ton tractor trailers were turned out of a truck plant in twelve hours, an "assault group" cut 1,137.5 cords of wood in seven days...
...completing the purge of deputies who remained loyal to Dubček. But the struggle is far from over. Some Czechoslovaks expect a bitter battle over economic issues next month, when the party's 135-man Central Committee, which is composed of 35% conservative extremists, holds its scheduled plenum...