Word: premieres
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...conclusions. The Chairman-who still holds the title until the Central Committee takes it from him-had erred in disputing the breadth and speed of Deng's modernization program. Also a factor: his increasingly embarrassing connection with the discredited Cultural Revolution. It was Hua, after all, who as Premier suppressed a now celebrated demonstration against the Gang of Four in Peking in 1976. His slide from power may have been accelerated by the Gang of Four show trial, which concluded its hearings last week...
...quotations on propaganda posters all across the U.S.S.R. Yet so far he has avoided responsibility for chronic failures of the economy and agriculture. That onus he thrust upon other comrades, particularly his longtime partner Alexei Kosygin, who died in late December, less than two months after his resignation as Premier. Now more than ever, the gerontocratic leadership of the U.S.S.R. is dominated by Brezhnev appointees and protégés, with neither an obvious heir nor a challenger in their midst...
Alexei Kosygin, 76, pragmatic politician-engineer who, with Leonid Brezhnev, wrested power from Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 and served as Premier until, in failing health, he quit his post last October...
...prime defendant in the trial of the Gang of Four, Jiang Qing, with ammunition for her defense. Ever since the trial opened in late November, Jiang has claimed that her actions could not be criminal since they had the approval not only of Mao but also of esteemed Premier Chou Enlai...
Even if the courts decide to overrule the tax boycott, Trudeau's program will still face other obstacles in the West. In Alberta, the country's leading oil supplier, Premier Peter Lougheed warned that unless Ottawa negotiates a higher price for crude, the province will not only cut back production by 15% but will hold up construction of two new refineries...