Word: westerner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years the U.S. has demanded just such a withdrawal as a precondition for the normalization of relations between Washington and Hanoi. Viet Nam hopes that diplomatic recognition by the U.S. and removal of the trade embargo will end its isolation and lead to an influx of Western aid, trade, credits and technology. Many Vietnamese recognize that their political and economic system is a shambles. Some officials admit privately that they can run wars but not countries...
...foreign journalists underwent a tight security check at the entrance to the Great Hall of the People. Inside the meeting room, those selected to ask questions were planted within easy view of the men on the dais. As the six members of the Politburo Standing Committee filed in, wearing Western business suits and fixed smiles, one stood out as the first among equals. "Good morning," Jiang Zemin said in English, waving gamely to his audience...
...with phrases from China's Stalinist past. "Failure to stick to the socialist road, while using the blood and sweat of laborers to fatten the capitalist class, will plunge most of the Chinese people into extreme poverty once again," he warned. Referring to sanctions imposed on China by some Western nations, he vowed never to "give up our national independence in exchange for alms...
Even as the occupiers marched off, Cambodians attacked one another along the western border shared with Thailand. At dawn on Saturday, 5,000 fighters from the non-Communist resistance group linked to former Prime Minister Son Sann launched an offensive that thrust as deep as 30 miles into northwestern Cambodia, claiming to capture several towns along Route 69 in a test of strength against the army of Phnom Penh. As for Viet Nam's soldiers, they left behind more than 50,000 dead and returned home to a nation demoralized by poverty, unemployment, food shortages, corruption and continuing status...
...recent exhibition. "Present Works" features visiting artists in the Harvard-Radcliffe community. Among those whose works are on exhibit include Priscilla Smith Bracket, with "A Different Vision: Landscape Painting", Barbara Elam-Dimock, with "Interiors of the Northeast". Lynn M. Randolph with "A Return to Alien Roots. Painting Outside Mainstream Western Culture, and Anne Seelback with "Industrial Relics." The Bunting Artists Show is open daily at the Institute Gallery from...