Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours of the Chinese invasion, evaluating what data could be obtained from military communiques and by satellite observation of the battle scene. In Moscow, strategists were equally attentive to the broader implications of the war. How well the People's Liberation Army does in its first real combat test since the Korean War nearly 30 years ago could provide clues to its capability against Soviet armies on China's northern border. Arrayed against the PLA was a formidable military instrument forged by Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, the conqueror of Dien Bien Phu, whose forces had defeated French...
...convention--most American voters want to see a federal government cut on taxes and spending, and they're willing to go to the foolhardy length of writing their wishes into the Constitution to make themselves heard. Most likely, fears of constitutional crisis will not come to a test; Congress will either propose the amendment itself or, preferably, persuade voters it will take spending cuts seriously...
...idiosyncratic crew of a fledgling radio station in the Midwest struggle to prosper in the competitive and loony radio business. Well-paced and actually funny at times, WKRP benefits enormously from an engaging small cast. But like all situation comedies, the show's writing will provide the true test of whether it can survive. Howard Hesseman, the Martin Mull look-alike who plays D.J. Dr. Johnny Fever, radiates good-natured egomania and could become a real star...
...thousand-room tourist hotels without creating latter-day echoes of the foreign concession areas where the Western and Japanese visitors enjoyed a glimpse of Chinese culture and society before the Revolution? One can only conclude that the forthcoming American assistance in the modernization of China will be indeed a test of the continued vitality of the Revolution. The Chinese leadership will have to set close limits on the influence of American money, and police the projects for which they are enlisting the help of American firms...
Surprisingly, the patients remained free of acne, except for an occasional surface pimple, as long as 16 to 24 months after the test ended. Exactly how the drug achieves that miracle remains somewhat speculative, but studies by Dr. John S. Strauss and colleagues at the University of Iowa indicate that it inhibits oily secretions from the skin's sebaceous glands...