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...ships or directly off the docks at Haiphong. Conspicuous consumption among Communist officials has become so flagrant that Premier Pham Van Dong felt it necessary to issue a prevailing order: "At a time when the people in several areas are experiencing privations and hunger, it is absolutely necessary to refrain from organizing wasteful celebrations and feasts. All sectors and all levels should uphold an exemplary spirit by practicing economy in production and a way of life that avoids all waste...
...American penchant for asking the individual Chinese citizen how he feels about things and how he would criticize the situation, etc., may not fit into the Chinese cultural environment. Visitors to China are supposed to stay out of local politics, but how can one expect red-blooded Americans to refrain from promoting human rights? Our 19th century promotion of Protestant Christianity in China made its contribution, and the spirit of proselytism for the American way is still latent in most of us. Experience abroad tends to draw it forth and we almost inevitably find ourselves as Americans announcing...
...street. As the first volleys of the surprise attack hit the building, Sullivan and Colonel Leland Holland, the defense attache, took up a position at a command post in Sullivan's second-floor office. The Marine guards, clad in flak jackets and under instructions from Sullivan to refrain from firing back with their shotguns, lay down a cloud of tear gas. Attackers, surging against the locked gate like a human battering ram, burst into the compound. Others scaled the embassy's 12-ft. brick walls. From their posts, the Marines appealed over walkie-talkies to Sullivan (code-named...
...common refrain in all this is a basic psychological truth: girls have far more trouble liberating themselves from Mother than boys do. At about 18 months, all children go through a deep conflict between a comforting sense of oneness with Mother and a strong drive to seek independence. For boys the crucial emancipating step is easier; they know their destiny is to be different−like Father. Says New York Child Psychologist Louise Kaplan: "The girl can't pull away without seeming to reject the model of what she will become−a woman...
...performers belt out the songs, pushing each other out of the spotlight in mock rivalry. If the mood suits them, they'll spring to their feet to tap out a furious rhythm, or languidly drape themselves across the piano-player on the stage, who frequently joins in the refrain. On more than one number, they exhort the audience to join...