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That fact alone represents one of the most astounding personal turnabouts in recent history. A few years ago, Teng, rather than standing in line for the premiership of China, was in deep and seemingly irremediable disgrace. In the early 1960s, before the cataclysmic Cultural Revolution, Teng was Secretary-General of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful figures in China. But in 1966 he was ruthlessly attacked by the Red Guards and the radical factions in the party that spurred on the Cultural Revolution. In accordance with China's political style, Teng was not officially denounced by name...
...most important man in the Israeli Cabinet, has emerged as his country's leading hawk on the crucial question of how to negotiate with the Arabs. He is thus a man that Premier Yitzhak Rabin (not to mention Kissinger) must reckon with. Peres almost defeated Rabin for the premiership last April, and is a plausible candidate to replace him if Rabin should falter...
...Soviet Union that is China's enemy." Although some Western experts argue that Teng is overrated and that his power depends almost completely on Chou's patronage, most feel that if Chou's health should deteriorate further, Teng will be the front runner for the premiership; if a collective leadership should follow Mao's meeting with Karl Marx, Teng will almost certainly be a major participant...
...only two L.D.P. elders, both with the backing of strong factions within the party, had a chance of succeeding Tanaka: Finance Minister Masayoshi Ohira, 64, who enjoyed the outgoing Premier's support, and former Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda, 69. Although he had previously been a candidate for the premiership, Miki (see box following page) could count on the backing of only a minor bloc within the party. Moreover, he had the reputation of being too idealistic and outspoken in his advocacy of internal party reform to be altogether acceptable to many of his party colleagues...
...sport for the upper classes, those proper conservatives who went to the elite schools and enjoyed the right connections. Premier Kakuei Tanaka, 56, son of an indigent horse trader and a self-made millionaire, was a striking ex ception. Boasting nicknames like "the Computerized Bulldozer," he swept into the premiership 28 months ago with promises of "decision and action" and an expansion of trade with China. Last week he proved to be a victim of his own hard-driving success...