Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vowed to do my duty and to gain the upper hand...
Probably most significant for the long run is the rapid growth of the Kabataang Makabayan, or Patriotic Youth, which is directly linked to the Maoist guerrillas. In just a year the K.M. has mushroomed to at least 30,000 members, many from upper-middle-class families. The youths who hijacked the Philippine Air Lines plane last week were later identified as K.M. members...
...taught at Texas and Columbia Universities. He has been a consultant to the RAND Corporation and to several federal agencies and is currently a member of the Social Science Advisory Board of the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. In addition to his research he has taught an upper level course on the economics of Eastern Europe and Socialist countries...
...soloists in the Passion were, for the most part, top flight. Karl Dan Sorensen, as the Evangelist, had a remarkable tenor voice of incomparable beauty, given a slight tendency to thin out in the upper register. Francis Hester as Jesus was beyond praise, giving a flawless performance of a beautiful part. Nancy Wilson, a sophomore called in at the last minute to fill in for the ailing soprano, did a splendid job, handling most of her role as if she knew it by heart. The choruses were in wonderful shape, as was the first orchestra which handled itself remarkably well...
...will emerge as the next party boss?or when. Perhaps it will be a now faceless regional bureaucrat or young technocrat whose name today is unfamiliar in the West. More likely, it will be someone who is not yet in his 60s but is already positioned in the upper reaches of the power structure. There are four Soviet politicians who fit this description particularly well. Three are the youngest members of the Politburo; the fourth is a rising newcomer who may well be given an alternate Politburo seat during the present Congress. The four...