Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hofheinz does not expect jockeying for positions within the leadership to become particularly intense in the near future, though he concedes that such maneuverings have long been obscured by the aura of mystery maintained by the Chinese. "China cannot afford internal turmoil--tendencies toward unity will be much tighter than most Western reporters anticipate--but there will be confusion. That is, there is a possibility of general paralysis, with very deleterious effects, especially economic." Hofheinz believes polarization along the radical-moderate lines could occur only outside the leadership that the foreign press is so fascinated with. "There is an outside...
...tide the country over rough patches, and those now wielding the well-worn aphorisms of the past may imbue them with distorted meanings. The most curious response to Mao's death may come from China's younger generation, which has never known another leader or system or experienced the turmoil and deprivation endured by Chinese in the era of imperialism and during the socialist revolutions--the same generation that, in other nations, has often stood in awe of Mao Tse-tung...
...kind of education offered to undergraduates, has fragmented a community once built around common academic involvement. The main goal of the College dean and of other undergraduate advisors should be, he suggests, to recreate as much as is possible the sense of community he believes was lost in the turmoil of the late '60s, without sacrificing the positive aspects of greater diversity...
While princes and politicians wade through the debris of the scandal, Lockheed itself is flying high. Despite fears that the turmoil overseas might endanger the survival of the company, which had accumulated $645 million in bank debts by 1974, the corporation's post-scandal business appears to be thriving-particularly its foreign sales. These amounted to $1.7 billion in the first six months of 1976, putting this year's sales at the largest annual rate in Lockheed's 44-year history. Overall 1975 sales were $3 billion, and the corporation's 24 major banking creditors have...
...after all, under severe pressure at the moment. At home, he has been hurt by the current turmoil. To the north, he is challenged by Marxist regimes in Angola and Mozambique. His strategy now is to reduce interracial pressure on South Africa by finding political solutions in Rhodesia and Namibia-but in such a way that his country's security is not jeopardized. In so doing, he hopes to buy South Africa enough time to fashion a genuine détente with black Africa...