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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...incident." In part, this may be because the Chinese word for tragedy implies that there must be a villain. As one close Chinese friend pointed out to me, no proud Chinese leader -- indeed, no national leader anywhere -- can ever admit that he is a villain. One top Chinese leader told me that any colleague who humiliated China in the world community by acting contrite did not deserve to be in office. Contrition may be an attractive characteristic in soap-opera stars, but not in leaders of great nations such as China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Advice from a Former President | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...just seeing them on television or hearing about them," he said. "I don't intend to stay, but we must have the possibility to come over here and go back again." The crowd erupted in whistles and cheers as a West Berliner handed Ryl a 20-mark bill and told him, "Go have a beer first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Freedom! The Berlin Wall | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Starr, who assembled the soul group New Edition (from which the superlative Bobby Brown emerged), has the musical credentials that the Kids still lack. "Our first album was a Svengali-type situation," Jordan Knight concedes. "But on the second," Jon Knight adds, "we told him stuff we wanted. We're from the streets. We like music that is funky, with heavy bass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fresh Faces from Beantown | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...family) for a five-month tour. Starr will show up only occasionally, so the fans, Donnie thinks, will finally learn that "Danny is a great songwriter, Jordan is a great keyboardist, that I am a drummer and singer and dancer." Four years ago, Jordan auditioned for Starr and got told, "Get ready to be great. You are going to be the biggest thing in the world." Replied Jordan: "All I want is a scooter." He got his wish, and then some. Just now, the New Kids on the Block are hell on wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fresh Faces from Beantown | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...evolving as it recognizes other accents, other rhythms, other struggles. There was a moment when certain East Coast urban men told us everything about the universe that we could know. Then the trade routes shifted. I think that the great mesa to stand on now is on the Pacific Coast. Not a mountain, but a mesa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KATE BRAVERMAN: From The Tropic of L.A.: Novelist and poet | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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