Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following Mulroney's speech, Canadian television viewers heard a member of the New York audience quip, "I'm glad Canada is part of the United States again." The remark offended many Canadians and fueled arguments by Mulroney's opponents that he is selling out the country to the U.S. Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party, warned that Investment Canada will have the effect of enabling U.S. firms to buy up Canadian competitors and then close them down...
...original remark was attributed to a recent address by Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang, an impulsive speaker who has required public correction before, and reflects the thinking of Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping. The remark was misinterpreted abroad as a major ideological shift, evidently persuading Chinese reformers to qualify Hu's words for fear of inciting a back lash among party conservatives. "Such a fuss is the last thing we wanted," said a Chinese intellectual. "We need a quiet revolution...
...failure to articulate his own views. The best part of this section is the author's observation that the standard liberal dogmas of environmentalism, egalitarianism, and social engineering culminate in the politically unacceptable ideas and work of B.F. Skinner. Though Lasch does not develop the implications of this remark, this observation suggests a plausible way to apprehend the importance of Lasch's whole enterprise...
...next carver up, Jim Sprankle, offered no-nonsense instructions, going down deep into all the arcana of his craft. His listeners failed to notice the humor in his remark on concentrating on the head area of your duck. "As far as I'm concerned, that's the focal point. That's what draws you in. You don't look at someone's tail first, so to speak...
...first involves Harvard's ever-gingerly relations with the city of Boston. Efforts by Harvard students and administrators to counter the University's image as an elitist occupying army are badly undermined by squabbles such as this one: one condescending remark can make a far deeper local impression than any number of community initiatives...