Word: ta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could be sent down. All universities, except for military research centers, were closed, some for three years, some for five, some for a full ten. And, as dogma drove the spike into the flesh of the country, even the revered ancients of the revolution were pushed to death. Li Ta, one of the original founding fathers of the Communist Party of China in 1921, was "struggled" against until he committed suicide. He Long, a Robin Hood peasant bandit who became a marshal of the Red Army and helped conquer south-central China for the revolution, had been a hero...
Hunan, on Mass Ave., Joyce Chen, on Mass Ave., and Lucky Garden, on Concord Ave. lead the pack in the hotly contested race for the hearts of Cambridge's sinophiles. Yenching, also on Mass Ave. Wei Ta, on Winthrop St., and Ta Chien, on Eliot are all adequate The Hong Kong is still for scorpion bowls, not egg footing, its routed new chef notwithstanding And Yung and Yee on Church St is still unknown by most Cantabrigians not without good cause...
...tickle your hot spot but Casa Mexico's a few doors up from hot spot Paco's offers the best burritos and enchiladas albeit at higher prices. The Iruna on JFK serves up sangria and other Spanish delicacies while sushi mongers can satisfy their gullets at Roka upstairs from Ta Chien on Eliot...
...cultural distance may also contribute to another problem many refugees cite--the difficulties they face in finding academic positions in America. Ta Wan Tai, a research associate at the Law School who came from Vietnam in 1975, says the only way a foreign scholar can get a permanent appointment is through the regular tenure route. At "a university of the highest prestige" like Harvard, he adds, "one scholar cannot easily carve out a niche...
...title is derisive. Humiliations are always relieved by pratfalls: Mark has been spending time on the psychiatrist's couch-unfortunately, Thelma is on it with him. Rachel's mother breathes her last, and when a nurse covers her with a sheet the old lady sits up, sings "Ta da!", checks out of the hospital and files for divorce...