Gang of Fourin a sentence
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The degree to which the Gang of Four acted independently or followed Mao's instructions is not clear.
Gang of Four = four people blamed for the Chinese Cultural Revolution after Mao's death
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- Only a few people were watching at first, and half of them were Heck's Angels, a roving tricycle gang of four— and five-year-olds.† (source)
- There, in the playground, they would be waiting for her-the gang of four or five boys, blond, snotty-nosed, freckled-faced.† (source)
- All were full of propaganda and all were controlled by the Gang of Four.† (source)
- He accepted all — to do otherwise would have been rude, and since most of the Gang of Four had lost not only their faces but their heads, rudeness was out, except for the border guards.† (source)
- He was a follower, a puppet of Mao and the Gang of Four.† (source)
- The Gang of Four were removed quickly and easily.† (source)
- Madame Mao was arrested along with the other members of the Gang of Four.† (source)
- During these three weeks a campaign to apprehend the followers of the Gang of Four started.† (source)
- I could sense a huge tide of resentment developing against the Gang of Four.† (source)
- The Gang of Four immediately organized a "Denounce Deng Xiaoping" campaign.† (source)
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- I am, like so many people in China, still amazed at how badly I was manipulated and betrayed by Mao and the Gang of Four.† (source)
- Even I, who had read a few books about America since the downfall of the Gang of Four and didn't totally believe what I had learned in the past, was still suspicious and apprehensive.† (source)
- But politics was constantly changing around us—Mao knew the Gang of Four was incapable of managing China's economic affairs and by 1974 Mao felt increasingly threatened by Deng Xiaoping's popularity.† (source)
- After a few hours of almost unbearable anticipation, the moment arrived: Chairman Mao, Madame Mao and the rest of the Gang of Four, the premier of China, Zhou Enlai, and many other central government leaders, appeared on the podium of the Gate of Heavenly Peace.† (source)
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