Word: succession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remains optimistic. Amid all the shambles and contradictions of the Middle East, he met and worked beside Jews and Arabs who passionately want to live together in peace. Their will may be thwarted, by habit or history, but no one who reads this book can resist rooting for their success...
Other analysts read the elevation of a political neuter like Jiang as a signal that the succession battle between conservatives and liberals is not over. "He's manageable, and he'll serve as a placeholder until this power struggle is sorted out," said an Asian diplomat in Beijing. Still other observers thought Jiang owed his new job to a very recent success: his skillful "big lie" campaign aimed at convincing many Chinese that no civilian massacre ever happened...
...roommates thought the whole situation was great and envied my early-on success in the romantic front. I was not so sure, but their enthusiasm convincedme to have a good time at the formal and to continue our friendship. So, whenever he came over we would talk for hours, but I never mentioned my lack of passion; I guess he must have just thought things were moving a little slowly...
Mollie Yard, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), is already calling for a March on Washington next October, the month before the legislative elections. Given the high turnout at NOW's march this spring, it is likely that October's march will also be a success...
...outpouring of political rhetoric reflected the success George Bush had last fall visiting a flag factory in New Jersey and attacking Michael Dukakis for once vetoing a bill that would have required teachers to lead their students in the Pledge of Allegiance each day. "Flag burning is wrong -- dead wrong," Bush pronounced after the court's ruling...