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...long from the outer world by an instinctive xenophobia and an admixture of reclusive Maoism, in 1978 began its Great Leap Outward, or what Peking's propagandists call the New Long March. The Chinese, their primitive economy threadbare and their morale exhausted by the years of Mao Tse-tung's disastrous Cultural Revolution, hope to have arrived by the year 2000 at a state of relative modernity, and become a world economic and military power. They may not arrive, or arrive on time, but their setting off is an extraordinary spectacle of national ambition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Visionary of a New China | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Numbers one and two Becky Tung and Cynthia Stanton both lost 3-0 to polished Brown adversaries. Nell Foreman absorbed a narrow 3-2 defeat after holding a 2-1 lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Slip by Brown, Stay Undefeated With 4-3 Win | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Playing number one. Becky Tung decisively defeated her opponent in straight games, 15-7, 15-4, 15-9. At number four, Nell Foreman also posted a three-game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Sink Wesleyan For Third Consecutive Win, 7-0 | 12/5/1978 | See Source »

...enemies. Wu Teh, the mayor of Peking at the time of the riots and one of Teng's principal adversaries, has already been sacked and replaced by Lin Hu-chia, a Teng ally. Ch'en Hsi-lien, commander of the Peking military region, and Wang Tung-hsing, head of the secret police, have also come under attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mao Tse-tung to the Wall | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...like Becky Tung displayed a devastating assortment of shots in the number-one slot, trouncing Tuft's Laurie Gallagher 15-7, 15-4, 15-9. "I was just hitting deep, cutting off the ball and trying to keep her off balance." Tung said following her masterful performance...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafsten, | Title: Racquetwomen Give Impressive Display Of Squash Power | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

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