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Word: wente (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...helping my studies had been in monasteries with Mongolians. They had talked about the destruction that had taken place since the communists came to Mongolia. We did not know anything about Marxist ideology. But we all feared destruction and thought of communists with terror. It was only when I went to China in 1954-55 that I actually studied Marxist ideology and learned the history of the Chinese revolution. Once I understood Marxism, my attitude changed completely. I was so attracted to Marxism, I even expressed my wish to become a Communist Party member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Journey: Exile | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...beginning, I had hoped that we could still find a peaceful solution. I even went to China to meet Chairman Mao. We had several good meetings. In 1955, as I was returning from China, I met a Chinese gentleman along the way. He was returning from Tibet. I recall telling him sincerely, "While I was coming on this road to China, I was full of suspicion. Now I am coming back, full of hope." But soon that disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Journey: Exile | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...begins to doubt Morris even when he describes events without resorting to dramatic trickery. His account of Reagan's summit meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland is so vivid as to make it seem Morris sat with the two leaders. In fact, Morris admits he was not there; he went to Iceland later and, relying on interviews, "enjoyed the scribe's traditional advantage of being able to recollect emotions in tranquility." Morris' brilliant portrait of Teddy Roosevelt's rise to the presidency was of course built from research embellished by his imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixing Fact and Fiction | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...Then we'll talk with him." Applin says he gave Naughton several opportunities to back out of their planned encounter; at one point, Applin even joked that he had told the L.A.P.D., FBI and CIA about the dirty pictures Naughton had put on display. The warning went unheeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooling Off Hotseattle | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Last weekend Morris accompanied his team to Yankee Stadium. He had thought about the place once, in 1982, when he was drafted by the Yankees in the 18th round. But the 18th round means never seeing Yankee Stadium, so he went to junior college for a semester instead. Then he was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers, only to spend three years playing minor league ball. So he went back to college and then on to teach high school physics and chemistry. He never watched major league baseball. Says his wife Lorri: "He would always see someone he played with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oldest Rookie | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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