Word: rules
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...based the campaign on the Taiwanese right to self-determination. Sometimes I even made crowds cry, reminding them of their history, how they had been invaded by the Portugese Spanish, Manchus, Japanese--all outsiders--and that it was much the same today. That the Kuomintang was not elected to rule us, that they were colonial rulers, too," she said...
...influence in their own government, Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) told the House of Representatives on Dec. 20, 1979. "The magazine became a focal point for opposition points of view and its organizational structure came to function almost as a pseudo-political party. It was critical of one-party rule on the island and urged greater opportunity for political freedom for the native-born Taiwanese, who constitute 85 per cent of the population," Leach said...
...Marxist regimes. During the '60s King Zahir Shah retained ultimate authority, yes, but he allowed a parliament to be chosen in elections quite free of political parties. Press freedom prevailed for newspapers that could pass the government censors. After his military coup in 1973, Mohammed Daud let dynastic rule continue, but he proclaimed a republic. He relaxed his dictatorial grip so much that his top ministers were authorized to spend up to 70 pounds without his personal approval. So popular was Daud that he was able to squish seven separate attempts to overthrow him before the Marxist coup...
...lighting) has influenced nearly all the hit musicals now on Broadway. Indeed, Choreographers Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line) and Patricia Birch (Grease, They're Playing Our Song), as well as Director Martin Charnin (Annie), worked as dancers in earlier productions of West Side Story. Though he does not rule out the possibility, it is unlikely that Robbins, now 61, is going to rejoin his progeny by doing a new show soon. "What interests me is a great challenge," he says, "like doing Uncle Tom 's Cabin as the Siamese might do it [The King...
...there is another aspect of the magazine's editorial policy that is not so widely applauded. Under the direction of Dr. Franz Joseph Ingelfinger, the Journal began refusing to publish papers that had received substantial coverage elsewhere, in either the general or medical press. Dubbed the Ingelfinger Rule, the policy has been extended by Relman. It now forbids researchers submitting articles to give interviews on their findings to reporters before the articles are published in the Journal. This restriction applies even when the results have first been presented at medical meetings open to the general press. Relman argues that...