Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recently, when Deng Xiaoping's economic liberalization in China began to spill over into the political sphere, hard-liners rose up and forced the ouster of reformist Communist Party Chief Hu Yaobang early this year. Even if such internal party opposition does not stop Gorbachev, how far can he push change without unleashing democratic forces that could ultimately destabilize Soviet society? Mindful of that danger, Gorbachev warned the editors and propagandists that openness "is not an attempt to undermine socialism...
...Progressive Party lawmaker in the Legislative Yuan: "I can't deny that basic human rights will be better off than before." Last week 23 prisoners and political dissidents were released. Still, the Progressive Party, which claims to speak for the native Taiwanese, is not about to slow its push for greater Taiwanese participation in government. Chiang, however, is unlikely to accept demands that undercut the near monopoly on political power held by his ruling party, the Kuomintang...
...push to recategorize the leopard is based on a five-month study, conducted in 23 countries by Rowan Martin, chief ecologist for Zimbabwe's department of national parks and wildlife management, and Belgian Biologist Tom de Meulenaer. The pair used eyewitness accounts and statistical computer modeling to estimate Africa's leopard population at a healthy 700,000 to 850,000. The 75- to 150-lb. cats have even been sighted recently on the outskirts of Nairobi. The biologists went so far as to recommend the resumption of international trade in leopard skins. The best approach to leopard management, they argue...
...billion to build a lightweight fighter that will become the backbone of its air force in the late 1990s. Japan is debating whether to spend up to $10 billion on its proposed FSX fighter or buy comparable U.S. versions for as little as half the price. France continues to push ahead with its $5.8 billion Rafale fighter even though German, British and Italian companies are collaborating on a similar plane...
...tribute to Chun's "keen perception of history," Roh on June 10 was formally chosen as the Democratic Justice Party's candidate for President in a national election set for later this year. It was Roh's nomination ceremony, which many South Koreans viewed as an arrogant attempt to push a Chun crony into the presidency, that touched off the largest protests...