Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott was one of eleven journalists who had lunch at Blair House with the Vice Premier. "I guess I don't have to introduce myself since there has been quite a bit written," said Teng in the understatement of the week. Asked when U.S. publications would be able to open Peking bureaus, Teng referred to his meeting in Peking eight days before with Editor-in-Chief Hedley Donovan and Hong Kong Bureau Chief Marsh Clark. "I told them," Teng explained, "that they should move from Hong Kong to Peking, and we would welcome them...
...Army Band gave an equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair of politicians just nominated by a national convention, and there was little doubt about which man thought he was running at the head...
...life, because of his poor health, Chairman Mao was not able to remove some of these obstacles, so in this respect we cannot say that the Chairman was devoid of responsibility. But we are still building up our country according to the blueprint laid down by Chairman Mao and Premier Chou...
...deal had been thrashed out in a series of secret meetings last spring between Gyllenhammar and Norwegian Premier Odvar Nordli. But when Volvo shareholders found out about it, they protested that the terms were not nearly sweet enough, and a growing number threatened to vote no at this week's annual meeting. Late last week, faced with enough proxy votes to block the sale, Volvo's board of directors abandoned the effort to win approval of Gyllenhammar's plan. Ironically, that was good news for Norway's Nordli. His minority Labor government faced increasing protests...
...former President stayed at the Aswan Oberoi along with another tourist, the Shah of Iran. Ford, accompanied by his wife Betty, also stopped off in Israel. "I came as a private citizen," he said, and hence felt little compunction about beating a hasty retreat from a dinner with Premier Menachem Begin. After all, Private Citizen Ford had a date to watch the Super Bowl via a special satellite hookup...