Word: populars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinese character instinctively believes that life constantly swings between extremes, that the law is always change, reversal. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the most popular classical and historical novel in China, begins this way: "They say that the momentum of history was ever thus: the empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." In any case, the Chinese leaders, preparing for a reversal of nearly everything that Mao Tse-tung taught, have proceeded by subtle indirection to prepare the masses for de-Maoification...
...announced that the government was increasing the defense budget and stepping up a development program for major weapons. Since the U.S. was terminating its 1954 mutual defense treaty with Taiwan, said Sun, the republic had no choice but to "establish a more self-sustaining defense industry." It was a popular move. In front of the main Buddhist temple in Taipei, nuns began collecting contributions for national defense from passersby. In just a week the public donated a total of $17 million to the government for the purchase of weapons...
...value. Five-year-old Atlanta-based Kaleidoscope Inc., which mailed 1 million catalogues, a weight of nine tons, found that an increasing number of women bought not only presents for other people but also a few gifts for themselves. Among Kaleidoscope's bestsellers: china, glasses, flatware, tablecloths. Also popular were luggage and other travel items. Several cataloguers reported an upsurge in sales of packaged cheese and fruits. A $5 chocolate bar divided into sections marked with their calories and called Sweet Revenge sold well, as did a $600 chocolate Monopoly...
...tell the difference between Al ("We're for the people") Gore and George W. ("I trust the people") Bush? Take a look at what each candidate says at this week's debate about how to "save" Social Security. You have probably heard that the popular program will go bankrupt soon, but that's not exactly true. The real problem is that as the baby boomers retire and then live longer than previous cohorts, aid to the elderly will take up more of the budget, leaving little room for other priorities like health care or education. The solution we choose will...
...Clintons' secret is that they live in a morally discontinuous universe - events do not have consequences, and what happened 15 minutes ago has no connection to what happens now. Beware of power when it masters the secret of popular amnesia...