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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this a university which, in many respects, has lost sight of its intellectual mission. The Faculty now spends its energy fighting with the administration about converting a gas station site into a hotel or offices. More effort seems to be spent on improving the return on the University endowment than on ensuring that undergraduates are receiving the proper education...
...There still are Oliver Barret IV's who have grandfathers who give whole buildings to Harvard...and unfortunately there are still very few of them," Bok said. "And the Harvard hockey team still beats everyone in sight...
...fading, temporarily at least, there was little in the way of solid analysis. After declaring martial law on nationwide TV, Premier Li Peng was not seen in public for five days; Deng Xiaoping and party leader Zhao Ziyang, the other key players in the power struggle, remained out of sight even longer. During this period of uncertainty, solid information was the scarcest of commodities in China, and wild rumors abounded. There were even reports that Deng was fleeing into retirement in the U.S. Protesters in Shanghai, Xian and Lanzhou staged memorial services for Beijing hunger strikers, although none had died...
...people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes with police and troops. On one side of Beijing, flatbed trucks were seen filled with soldiers armed with AK-47 assault rifles. As military helicopters, a rare sight in the city, swooped overhead, people below looked up and shook their fists. Any attempt to disperse the crowds and end the demonstrations would seem to require massive firepower. The protesters waited, one minute hoping that Deng would come to his senses and call off the troops, the next minute dreading...
...sight was enough to give a Soviet advanceman heartburn. There, in the Great Hall of the People, was a long table set up with microphones and teacups. The rows of chairs were filled with hundreds of journalists, all of whom had to dodge banner-waving marchers, speeding ambulances and mazes of bicycles in Tiananmen Square to make what was supposed to be a 5:45 p.m. press conference by Mikhail Gorbachev. Then, just at showtime, came the news: the session was being moved five miles away to the state guesthouse where Gorbachev was staying in the Diaoyutai compound...