Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kingdom and the Power, Talese...
...where a two-thirds vote is necessary for passage, and many Senators oppose any measure that will reduce their states' leverage in presidential elections. Even if approved by the Senate, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states, some of which are understandably reluctant to give up political power that is often far out of proportion to their population. The amendment does have the support of President Nixon, who has said he will sign it if it reaches his desk-although he doubts that it will get that far. His doubts have failed to discourage proponents of electoral reform...
...decision-making in Peking was being handled by a triumvirate: Defense Minister Lin Piao, officially designated by the party last spring as Mao's heir; Premier Chou Enlai; and Ideologue Chen Pota, one of the main figures in the Cultural Revolution. The report hinted that a Chou-Lin power struggle was expected-and made clear a preference for Chou...
...momentous era. Mao took a fragmented, warring nation, plunged it into the crucible of a Communist revolution, and for two decades thereafter used persuasion and terror to keep it from falling apart. He restructured the social order of the world's most populous nation and made China a power to be reckoned with. Within China, Mao's departure could result in a further loosening of Peking's central authority, already curtailed in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. It could also lead to a relaxation of the zealous, puritanical quality of Maoist Communism. Outside the country, there...
Junior Partners. Out of power since 1930, during the Weimar Republic, the Social Democratic Party (S.P.D.) has been the runner-up to the Christian Democrats (C.D.U.) in every federal election since 1949. Only 33 months ago, the Socialists left the opposition benches and became junior partners in a Grand Coalition under Christian Democratic Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger. This year their pre-election showing has been the most formidable ever...