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Much has been made of the differences between Mao and Deng. Mao was massive; Deng is diminutive. Mao was an ideologue; Deng is a pragmatist. But they have had one shared frustration: arranging an orderly succession. First Liu Shaoqi and then Lin Biao disappointed Mao; Hua Guofeng, his last designated...
Democrats were somber in the face of difficult political decisions the report will force on whether to uphold their party's most visible official, who stands third in line of succession to the White House.
The Literature and English theses are due next, on March 15, followed closely by History and Science, due on March 17. Other department deadlines will then approach in rapid succession. For some seniors, there is little time to spare.
The Crimson came back late in the first period when they scored two goals in fairly quick succession. Tri-Captain Julia Trotman scored at 16:11 and Whyte scored the first of her three goals at 17:32. Whyte's second goal gave Harvard a 3-2 lead 6:03...
Yet a succession of appellate courts ruled that Bundy was not mentally incompetent to stand trial, as he repeatedly claimed. In 1987 a federal judge called Bundy "the most competent serial killer in the country . . . a diabolical genius." His decade of imprisonment and endless appeals eventually cost Florida taxpayers more...