Word: flew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Witke had completed her manuscript, Correspondent Richard Bernstein, our China watcher in Hong Kong, flew to New York to read the galleys, select the most revealing excerpts for TIME and write an introduction. Bernstein was especially fascinated by the book's "prolonged glimpse into the kind of privilege enjoyed by Peking's leadership, even as they extol the virtues of egalitarianism...
...They [Lin Piao's Ultra-Left] set fires everywhere, and we acted like a fire brigade. [In 1971] Chairman Mao continually advised the Premier on how to deal with such clashes, but Mao's ideas were not easily carried out. During the peak of the crisis she flew to the side of the Premier several times to help "cool things down." Constant threats, divisiveness among the people, and conspiratorial actions made it almost impossible for them to work-even at their home at Chung-nan-hai, which had also become infiltrated by the enemy. Nor could they sleep...
...midst of the disapproving din, Margaret flew to New York City, and promptly disappeared from public view. Headed the same way, on a different flight, were Stones Lead Singer Mick Jagger and Guitarist Ron Wood. Newspapers raised their collective eyebrows at the coincidence. After two days of hubbub, Margaret calmly appeared in public in the company of Princess Yasmin Khan, at whose apartment she was staying. The two women arrived at the ballet to watch Mikhail Baryshnikov dance. All the frenzy, said Margaret, was nonsense. Said she: "Look, I'm a married lady. I love my husband...
...afternoon of Feb. 24, Bramlet flew back to Vegas from a one-day trip to Reno. Waiting for him at the airport, TIME has learned, were three men. Bramlet spoke with them briefly, then called union headquarters to tell his daughter Chris that he would be home in 30 minutes. He never got there. Several hours later, Bramlet phoned an official at the Dunes Hotel casino and asked that a $10,000 "personal" payment be made to a gambler. It wasn't, and Bramlet has not been heard from since...
...flew home the next day and had to be carried from the plane and taken to the emergency room of a Denver hospital, the letter continued...