Word: runge
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over the next decade--or two or three--China will be at the top rung of American foreign-policy challenges. As a rising nation, like others before it, China is demanding respect in proportion to its strength. That would be reason enough for increased concern in the U.S.--and Asian countries--but Washington has a wider range of interests at stake where China is concerned...
...also building up its military. In 1979 Deng Xiaoping told the generals and admirals of the People's Liberation Army that they would have to wait 10 years before they could collect their share of the wealth created by modernization. With the military's needs relegated to the lowest rung in his grand reform scheme, the defense budget was effectively frozen, and manpower was pared down from 4 million to 3 million. "Now the bill has come due," says a Washington analyst, "and the post-Deng leadership is paying...
...often not-so-serious Harvard-Yale rivalry, it was based on what the author felt were legitimate distinctions between the two types of students. At one point, she suggested that "when it comes down to it, homo crimsonus is a different species from homo eli. The former stands one rung higher on the ladder of self motivation." While the author continued on to modify her position and offer several persuasive arguments, this remains a very arrogant statement and indicative of the article's general...
...solemnly melodic sound of the Lowell House bells, rung at 1 p.m. every Sunday, should be familiar to students and Cambridge residents who live near the river houses or the Yard...
Traditionally a reminder of Sunday brunches, the bells are also rung at special events, such as house dinners and Halloween, when they're are struck 13 times...