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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the flowers they had placed in Chou's honor at the Martyrs' Monument in T'ien An Men Square had been removed. In protest, tens of thousands of citizens marched on the square, but were repulsed by militiamen. The incident erupted into the most remarkable public demonstration in Peking in 30 years: before it ended, angry marchers had set fire to automobiles and a nearby building. Countless protesters were bloodied and hustled off to jail. Mao was outraged by the affair and blamed it on Teng; the Chairman insisted that Teng, a protege of Chou...
Disregarding Jimmy Carter's pleas to both sides that they refrain from publicity blitzes and rhetorical upstaging, Sadat decided to force the timetable issue by going public. He authorized Cairo's semiofficial newspaper al Ahram to publish the text of the peace treaty, apparently in an effort to show Sadat's suspicious Arab colleagues that Egypt was attempting to bargain for the good of all the Arab states. The immediate effect was to prompt the U.S. State Department to release the official American version of the draft to the press (see box). Washington also released the text...
...Premier is seated at a table in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Opposite him are three grim labor leaders. They want an immediate $34 monthly pay increase for hospital workers; failing that, 2.5 million public employees will stage a sympathy strike, followed by a crippling one-day general walkout. After six hours of fruitless talks, the Premier has had enough. "No!" he declares angrily. The nation's inflation rate is at 12%. To breach wage guidelines with yet another raise for a major union would destroy the government's efforts to stabilize the economy. Startled by the Premier...
...outlined its case, Thorpe (then, as now, the Liberal M.P. for North Devon) befriended Scott in 1961, took him to Thorpe's mother's house, and initiated an affair. It lasted "at least until 1963." But by 1965, a restive Scott was threatening to make the relationship public...
...calling for severe restrictions on food additives and for more detailed product labeling. Nebraska Republican Congresswoman Virginia Smith, expressing a view common in the farm belt, protested: "Carol Tucker Foreman, one of agriculture's biggest enemies, is at work right now discrediting the meat industry and causing the public to lose confidence in American farm products." The meat industry has sued to block her order that nitrite levels in bacon must be sharply reduced, from 150 parts per million now to 40 parts per million next year. Still, Nader found the order too weak and roasted her for caving...