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Split by factional strife and confronted by a clamorous, hostile public, the Communist Party leadership faced its most serious challenge in the state's 40- year existence. Every hour seemed to bring a fresh rumor, especially after the government ordered the restriction of China Central Television and the end of foreign television transmissions. Deng remained very much in charge, stripping power from Zhao Ziyang, the Communist Party leader who only days earlier had been host of a banquet for Gorbachev. Premier Li Peng assumed control of the party as well as the government, but the bond between the Chinese people...
...even as political activity enfolded the campus, day-to-day life continued. The Crimson's front-pages from 1969 are marked with conflict and court cases, bold headlines and political strife, but scattered throughout the old newspapers are play notices and sports stories, advertisements for movies and cars...
Last month Venezuela experienced three days of strife and rioting, when the government raised the price of gasoline by lowering the subsidy on the fossil fuel and increased urban bus fares by 30 percent. The chaotic days left 300 people dead, 2000 injured, and another 2000 in jail...
Evans says his book will focus on 1965 to 1977, the turbulent years when he was governor of Washington, overseeing years of Civil Rights strife Vietnam protests and pollution problems...
Catholic nationalists have been fighting for the independence of predominantly Protestant Northern Ireland for decades, but the most recent strife began in 1969. Northern Ireland is part of the British Commonwealth, while mostly Catholic Ireland gained independence from the Commonwealth...