Word: present
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exchanges between China's two top leaders may have been, it is unlikely that Deng acted impetuously over a clash of wills. In pushing Hu from the No. 2 spot, Deng knew he would destroy his own carefully crafted succession scheme and fuel a conservative backlash that could present serious obstacles for his economic reforms. Deng's move may have been defensive, a pre-emptive strike designed to stop conservative forces, which were revving up to exploit the student demonstrations by seeking to roll back the economic and social reforms. In short, it is quite possible that Deng simply sacrificed...
...film The Philadelphia Experiment, a youth is hurtled from the 1940s into the present. He finds solace in a motel, watching Abbott and Costello reruns. Then he switches to a Reagan press conference. "Allison," he says to a friend, "I know this guy. Is this another movie?" Her answer: "No, David, this is not a movie...
...push for an increase in the minimum wage during this Congress. In the House, New York Democrat Mario Biaggi has submitted a bill to raise the current rate to $5.05 an hour over a five-year period and index it after 1991 to half of average hourly earnings. The present minimum is less than 38% of average...
...imported had currency with pseudo gourmets, Fisher is now tiring of all the hype about native food. "If I hear any more about chic Tex- Mex or blue cornmeal, I'll throw up. And I've always hated goat cheese because it tastes like dirt," she says. About the present wave of young American chefs, she observes, "Of course they should be encouraged, but most are too young to be so famous. I think it takes twelve years of experience after graduation from a culinary school for a man or woman truly to be a chef. Many of those young...
...well aware of that last week as they talked with Anglican Envoy Terry Waite, who was in Beirut again to seek the release of foreigners held by Islamic terrorists. Asked which hostage Waite was trying to free, Marchand jokingly pointed to himself and Auque and replied, "All the hostages -- present and future...