Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Teng had once ranked fourth in the party hierarchy (behind Mao, Liu and Chou, and just ahead of the now-dead Defense Minister Lin Piao); he was party General Secretary and a member of the Politburo. Accused in the early months of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Teng confessed immediately, admitting that "my thought and attitude were incompatible Mao's thought." His return to at least a degree of prominence (he now seems to rank about 20th in the hierarchy, though he has not regained his party posts) is another indication of Mao's continuing effort to reunite...
Many U.S. senior officers and uncooperative prisoners of lower rank were held in solitary confinement. Navy Captain James Mulligan was kept alone for 3½ years, Colonel Robinson Risner for 4½ years, and Air Force Colonel Fred Cherry for two years-with an unattended infected shoulder. Said Mulligan last week, "You're isolated in a small cell, with no sound, no fresh air. I was kept like an animal in a solid cage, worse than an animal. I couldn't even see out. I didn't see the moon for four years...
Partly as a result of the corruption indictments, Mayor Daley has been increasingly criticized by rank-and-file Democrats. Several weeks ago, he called in heads of city departments and issued an ultimatum: either be loyal to Daley or be forced out. Some Democratic chieftains, noting that Thompson is increasingly talked about as a candidate for the mayor's job when Daley steps down in 1975, charge that his crackdown on corruption is politically motivated. The attorney convincingly denies the accusation. "I can't go out and hire Republicans to pose as defendants simply because...
...lessening light which produces strange crying shadows on the walls and floor. When she awakens, she will smell rather than see the dingy orange glow. The advent of the day's hour which always bring her wandering to it's unsatisfied end. The hour of streetlights and sharp rank neon. She will smell the colors, and the time, rather than see them...
...through patient haggling but during a secret meeting between Woodcock and GM Chairman James M. Roche, at which both resolved that the strike must be ended before Christmas. After terms had been accepted by the union leadership, GM Head Negotiator Earl Bramblett - doing what he could to get the rank and file to approve the deal - dutifully implied that it was extremely inflationary...