Word: turning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...student protesters in Tiananmen Square contributed to his ouster in late June. Near the top of the tiled column is a photograph of Zhao -- with Tommy Quan standing at his side in his Seattle Seahawks cap. "Zhao made it all possible," says Quan. "He showed people that incentives can turn China around. Now that he is out of favor, my friends think I should tear my monument down. No way. I am keeping the faith. Eventually, Zhao will be vindicated. There's no turning back over the long run. The emperors in Beijing won't change the label. They...
...anticorruption campaign -- and given the regime's track record, there is little reason to believe it is -- it means only that, like leaders everywhere, China's rulers reflect their culture's values. So, just as the people engage in pretense when dealing with the government, the leadership in turn expends considerable time and energy of its own in going through the motions...
...point that Communism doesn't work, that it tries to change human nature. He got the point about incentive. The problem is that many of the other old guys don't like his views and never have. And right now they are trying to force a serious turn back, and they're using the ammunition of a faltering economy. Well, the macroeconomic numbers are indeed bad, but most people have conveniences they have never had and never dreamed they would have. The stores are full of goods, and you still see many people buying. But most want more, and having...
...prospects for peace. Though they clearly remain divided on important issues, each man spoke without rancor of his enemy and acknowledged that a fight to the end is no longer feasible. "It's time to look for an agreement and forget about ((past)) accusations," said Cristiani. Villalobos, in turn, conceded that a prolonged war "no longer corresponds to the reality of the world. If a revolutionary asked me today what to do, I would say, 'Conspire to launch a short-term...
...F.M.L.N. would now be willing to embrace a "multiparty system." Asked if he could coexist with the right, Villalobos responded, "Of course," but went on to say of ARENA, "After you reaffirm your legitimacy in an electoral contest in which we all participate, you have every right to turn back every reform you wish and to do with the country what you will...