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...represent the working class, which is the ruling class in China.'' The man with the tinted spectacles assumed a severe tone of voice. ''Where have you hidden your gold and weapons?'' ''What gold and weapons?'' ''You know what gold and weapons!'' ''I have no gold or weapons. The Red Guards have been here. They did not find any gold or weapons.'' ''You hid them. Our Great Leader told us that the class enemies are secreting gold and weapons. He can't be wrong.'' The Revolutionaries ripped open mattresses, cut the upholstery of the chairs and sofas, removed tiles from...
...late afternoon of Sept. 27, I was taken to the same school building I had gone to in July. This time I was the object of the ''struggle'' meeting, attended not only by the Red Guards and the Revolutionaries who had come to my house but also by the former staff of Shell. The man with the tinted spectacles was in charge. He was quite a fluent speaker. He started with the Opium War of 1840, giving a vivid description of how the invading fleet of Britain bombarded the Chinese coast. He spoke as if it were...
...cope with whatever was coming. After tea, I went downstairs slowly, deliberately creating the impression of composure. When I entered the living room, both men were sprawled on the sofa. Qi stood up from force of habit, but when he saw that the other man remained seated, he went red in the face with embarrassment and hastily sat down again. It was a calculated gesture of discourtesy. In 1949, not long after the Communist army entered Shanghai, the new policeman in our area came unannounced to our house. He marched straight into the living room and spat on the carpet...
...team a stunning 65-64 win over Cornell at Lavietes Pavilion. Just 24 hours earlier, the Crimson (10-10, 3-3 Ivy) had been blown out by Columbia, but on this night, the game was close throughout and it would be Harvard that made the final play. After Big Red guard Louis Dale made one of two free throws with 8.6 seconds left to give his team a 64-63 lead and cap a 6-0 run, Crimson sophomore guard Drew Housman drove the ball up the court. With his main option, captain Jim Goffredo, covered, Housman went right...
...Friday, Cornell was the hot team of the 2007 Ivy season and was looking to prove that it belonged in the league championship conversation. Having won four league games without a loss, the Big Red seemed primed to turn last season’s surprise fourth-place finish into a serious run for the Ancient Eight crown. But how quickly things change in the Ivy League. The next night, Cornell had not only suffered its first league setback—a 60-56 loss to Dartmouth Friday night—but also found itself watching the Crimson pass...