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...reveal is that the CCP refused to compromise at every step. During the Politburo meeting held on May 13th, 1989, then-Secretary of the CCP Zhao Zhiyang proposed the retraction of an April 26 editorial in the People's Daily that had defined the student movement as "anti-revolutionary turmoil." The April 26 editorial was one of the two reasons listed by the students for their hunger strike, and it is not difficult to imagine that, had a retraction indeed taken place, the two sides might have arrived at a basis for future compromises. At that meeting, however, Premier...
...Almost from the get-go, however, the diminutive and nearly-blind president has struggled to keep his grip on power amid rampant corruption and political infighting, economic turmoil and the increasingly violent fracturing of Indonesia that followed last year's bloodletting in East Timor. Christian-Muslim violence continues to rage in the Moluccas, while the mineral-rich provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya press more forcefully for independence - a scenario as unpalatable to the military as it is to the nationalist Megawati...
There is a possible explanation for the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial ruling ending the Florida recounts and allowing Bush to prevail [PERSON OF THE YEAR, Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. Perhaps the court did this to spare the nation further turmoil. Many Americans were alarmed by the subjective nature of hand counts in selected Florida counties. The images of canvassing-board members squinting to discern voter intent is unfortunately burned in our memory. The court's ruling brought closure to chaos. RANDALL FOUTCH Farmington Hills, Mich...
...midst of this turmoil, the technical arts department lacks permanent leadership. Last Sunday, the school district officially posted a job listing for a new "executive director of vocational education," a post officials hope to fill this spring...
During the turmoil of 1969, Quine was a conservative voice on the Faculty...