Word: ued
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remarked of his agricultural experiments in China's Sichuan province, " 'When you cross the river, you grope for the stones' But you must cross the river. You cannot just jump over it." This week Zhao will apply that delicate maxim to the troubled waters of Chinese-U.S. relations, which until three months ago were in their most turbulent state since Richard Nixon's opening to China in 1972. As he left Peking for his first visit to the U.S. and talks with President Reagan this week, Zhao indicated a disarming willingness to help eliminate...
Institutional investors like pension-fund managers showed interest again in the eight new companies. Those stocks had not changed in value much since trading started in November, but they rose smartly last week. The biggest gainer was U S West, which climbed more than 7 points, to 63⅞. The other operating companies also showed handsome increases...
...freshman year, we were standing around the U-High cafeteria comparing grades. We were the same height, both of us played guard, and both of us planned to play varsity the next year...
Over Thanksgiving, while he was playing ball here, I went to see U-High's boys' basketball. I only knew a couple of the players. One of them asked what Duncan was doing and whether he still thought he would play pro. "He wasn't that good," the guy said, "but he was fun to watch...
Portly and unpredictable, Khrushchev left an indelible imprint on the American consciousness when he blustered his way across the U.S. in 1959, hobnobbing with New York multimillionaires, Hollywood stars and Iowa farmers. But in May 1960, before Eisenhower could return the visit, the Soviets shot down an American U-2 spy plane flying about 65,000 ft. above their territory. Khrushchev demanded an apology from Eisenhower; a few months later, he showed his anger by pounding his shoe on his desk at the U.N. General Assembly...