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  Long March
The Long March 2D was a two-stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, suitable for launching a variety of low earth orbit satellites.
The Long March New Generation Launch Vehicle series small launcher would use the 2.25 m diameter module as the first stage and a single upper stage of the same...
The Long March New Generation Launch Vehicle series medium launcher would use the 3.35 m diameter module and a new 3.35 m diameter second stage as the core vehicle....
www.astronautix.com /lvfam/lonmarch.htm   (1645 words)

  
 The Long March of the Communist Party of China
This is the story of the Long March of the Communist Party leadership and the Red Army from South China to Northwest China.
In the Long March it was the heighth of stupidity to take control away from Mao who was unsurpassed at guerilla warfare and give it to Otto Braum who was a complete dunce in the matter.
Deng commenced the Long March without much official status, but he was a strong supporters of Mao and when Mao rose in power during the Long March Deng returned to power along with Mao.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/longmarch.htm   (2669 words)

  
  Residency Program
The Long March residency program is run on a non-profit basis in conjunction between the Long March Foundation 501 (c)3 New York, and the 25000 Cultural Transmission Center Beijing.
The Long March believes that in an increasingly visual nature of social interaction that accompanies the globalization process, individuals working in the field of visual culture play a dynamic and important role in mediating, structuring and altering the debates on how these social relationships are shaped and how we understand our positions within the contemporary.
The Long March residency program is committed to providing a space and opportunity for creative individual to think about the historical consciousness and social nature of artistic creation and display, exploring how art connects with the broader masses, and how visual displays reveal their underlying political, social, economic, historical, geographical, and humanistic backgrounds.
www.longmarchspace.com /english/e-workshop.htm   (879 words)

  
 Long March rocket
As of 2003, the main stages of Long March rockets use storable propellants with UDMH as fuel and N2O4 as oxidizer as well as solid booster rockets.
The Long March rocket is related to early versions of the Dongfeng missile (note that Dongfeng is the generic Chinese name for all of its land ICBM's).
Long March launches also take place from the more military oriented Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province from which the manned Shenzhou spacecraft also comes from.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/l/lo/long_march_rocket.html   (379 words)

  
 ::The Long March 1934 to 1935::
The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang.
The Long March came about when the Chinese Communists had to flee a concerted Guomingdang attacked that had been ordered by Chiang Kai-shek.
The Long March is considered one of the great physical feats of the Twentieth Century.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /long_march_1934_to_1935.htm   (919 words)

  
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Claus Spahn: The long march to Beethoven - signandsight
Long Yu is conductor and artistic director of the Beijing Festival, which is hosting the Berlin Philharmoniker.
Long Yu pulls strings in order to create a classical music infrastructure connecting Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, making it possible to open new and larger concert halls, as was recently the case in Shanghai, and setting in motion a new market for international guest artists.
www.signandsight.com /features/478.html   (2984 words)

  
 March - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
march - the area of skin between the perineium and the vagina or scrotum, in which the Marchioness fungus grows in men of poor personal hygiene.
March is not as good as Wisbech, March in general is a bit rubbish.
March was first referenced in the Roman story of Caesar, where the emperor Augustus declared every third out of 12 months to be National Make Fun Of People Named March Month.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/March   (351 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- China holds grand ceremony to mark 70th anniversary of Long March
The Long March was a strategic military manoeuvre carried out by the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army from 1934 to 1936 led by the CPC in its fight with the Kuomintang Regime.
In his speech, Hu called the Long March a rarely-seen expedition in the history of human warfare in terms of the long time it took, the long route it traveled, the great disparity of force between the Red Army and enemy troops it witnessed, and the abominable natural conditions it experienced.
Long March is of great and profound significance to the development of the Party, the Army and the Chinese Nation, said Hu.
english.people.com.cn /200610/22/eng20061022_314194.html   (825 words)

  
 The Long March: 1934-1935
The March itself became legendary, and its survivors were given credit for having accomplished one of the greatest human feats in the entire duration of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
The Long March is also extremely significant in that during its course, Mao Tse-tung was officially given leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, an event that would solidify the party and greatly shape its future development as the Revolution continued to unfold.
In addition, the Long March was critical in that it ensured that the Chinese Communist Party would remain a contending force in the Revolution.
www.thenagain.info /Webchron/China/LongMarch.html   (614 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Long March rocket
The Long March family of rockets (長征火箭) is an expendable launch system designed and operated by China.
The PRC launched its first satellite, known as China 1 or Mao 1, to Earth orbit on its own Long March space rocket on April 24, 1970.
Most of the commercial satellite launches of Long March vehicles have been from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, located in Xichang[?], Sichuan province.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/lo/Long_March_rocket   (136 words)

  
 The Long March - Book Reviews - Books - Entertainment - theage.com.au
Her findings make an interesting and entertaining book that punctures many of the Long March myths, puts a human face on the sufferings and sacrifices of some of its participants, and yet reveals a heightened respect for the courage and endurance of ordinary individuals who found themselves bound up with extraordinary events.
The author discovered that covering the route of the Long March even today, using train and bus, involved considerable hardship and took her through villages and small towns that were little had changed since the time of the march.
Although the long marchers believed that they were heading north to fight the Japanese in a patriotic quest to save the nation, it is clear that the initial goal was to escape from a base area that was being militarily squeezed and had lost popular support, in search of another.
www.theage.com.au /news/book-reviews/the-long-march/2006/04/21/1145344265772.html   (986 words)

  
 The Long March
The Long March will also appeal to the President to use his powers to stop further devastation of the Valley and destitution of the people.
The Long March will start from the valley with thousands of people from both tribal area and the plains of Nimad, through different routes, will join together in Delhi on 11th November 2000.
The Long March will try to spread the message by holding rallies, public meetings, exhibitions, distribution of leaflets, holding press conferences etc. at different places, bringing out the ground reality regarding complete failure and impossibility of just rehabilitation of all the affected people.
www.narmada.org /sardar-sarovar/sc.ruling/march.html   (1014 words)

  
 Long March (Chang Zeng, CZ)
Long March rockets are descendants of ballistic missiles developed by China in the 1960s following the breakdown of Sino-Soviet relations in June 1959.
The most powerful Long March launch vehicle with a payload capacity of about 5,000 kg.
The standard CZ-3C fairing is 9.56 m long and 4.0 m in diameter.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/L/Long_March.html   (758 words)

  
 Long March Route, 1934 to 1935 - Map - MSN Encarta
Long March Route, 1934 to 1935 - Map - MSN Encarta
Pursued by KMT forces, the Communists trekked 9600 km (6000 mi) across rivers, mountains, and swamps in an escape that became known as the Long March.
From their new base at Yan’an in northern China, the Communists eventually defeated the KMT, winning control of China in 1949.
encarta.msn.com /media_461546320_761573055_-1_1/Long_March_Route_1934_to_1935.html   (74 words)

  
 On the Long march - News - www.realfooty.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Long wasn't so much urging Rioli to join his protest march from Melbourne to Canberra to highlight Aboriginal suffering, but, in effect, the game's departing elder was suggesting that his former Essendon teammate and fellow Territorean take the baton of leadership for indigenous footballers.
Of course, it's now easier to address these specific problems because Long and, before him, former Footscray and Brisbane player Michael McLean, have already fought - and largely conquered - racial vilification on both sides of the football fence, with Long spreading his campaign beyond footy into the political realm.
His motivation is as plain as the long bomb to Matthew Lloyd.
www.theage.com.au /realfooty/news/afl/on-the-long-march/2006/03/24/1143083991709.html   (1201 words)

  
 RTÉ News: "Long March" sets off from Derry without incident
The 10-day march is set to follow a roundabout route of over a hundred miles arriving in Portadown, County Armagh, on the eve of the Orange Order's Drumcree annual parade.
The so-called "long march" set off from outside the Guildhall in Derry this morning, heading for Limavady, where a rally will be held this evening.
The march, described by its organisers as "aimed at supporting Protestant civil and religious liberties", is due to arrive in Drumcree on July 4th.
www.rte.ie /news/1999/0624/march.html   (383 words)

  
 The Long March from Sandersville, Georgia continues   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When the term “long march” is mentioned or written, most minds go to Mao Zedong and the 130,000 of his Chinese countrymen who started with him on his long march across China.
We reflect on the beginning of the long march at the departure of his Teacher, Master Fard Muhammad, in May of 1934, after teaching him for three-and-one-half years and choosing him as the leader of the Nation of Islam.
In this phase of his long march, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad moved around the Midwest and the East Coast, protecting the light and the life his Teacher gave to him.
www.finalcall.com /artman/publish/article_2968.shtml   (530 words)

  
 Long March Summary
Although the Long March had set out from Jiangxi with about 100,000 followers and had gathered many new recruits along the retreat, by the time it had reached Zunyi in January 1935, half had been lost.
The Long March inspired increased Chinese nationalism that bolstered morale in the face of advancing Japanese troops, and it helped to transform and consolidate the CCP's position inside and outside China.
The Long March (Chinese: 長征; pinyin: Chángzhēng) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the armies of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army.
www.bookrags.com /Long_March   (2547 words)

  
 70th anniversary of Long March marked
The Long March was a famous military manoeuvre conducted by the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1934 to 1936 to combat the then Kuomintang regime.
Hu recalled the history of the Long March, describing it a rarely-seen expedition in the history of human warfare and referred to the long time it took, the perilous route it traversed and the great disparity of force between the Red Army and enemy troops.
Hu said the Long March was a crucial turning point for the Chinese Revolution which ushered in a new dawn and opened up a bright future for the Party to unite and lead the people to defeat Japanese aggressors; and strive for building a new country.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /china/2006-10/23/content_714134.htm   (522 words)

  
 :: Xinhuanet - English ::
¡¡¡¡"Long March" carrier rockets have a payload capacity of 12 tonsfor the launch into the low earth orbit and 5.2 tons for the launch into the geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).
¡¡¡¡"Long March" carrier rockets can launch satellites into any desired orbits, with the precision orbiting reaching advanced levels in the world.
¡¡¡¡"Long March" carrier rockets started to offer commercial launches on April 7, 1990 when "Long March" CZ-3 successfully senta communications satellite into space for the US Hughes company.
news.xinhuanet.com /english/2003-10/15/content_1124836.htm   (269 words)

  
 A long march: Ireland's peace process | openDemocracy
A march by the Orange Order through Ireland's capital is more than an exercise in the politics of memory, says Conn Corrigan; it is an opportunity to take the measure of the country's post-1998 peace process.
But the march on 25 February is not simply a local event, nor a regional one; its implications and its symbolism stretch beyond the streets of Dublin, reverberating north and south of the island.
As recently as 2000, a march in Dublin was cancelled, after the then-Lord Mayor, Mary Freehill, faced a barrage of criticism for inviting the Orange Order to the capital.
www.opendemocracy.net /democracy-protest/march_3297.jsp   (3199 words)

  
 The Long March -- Kathryn Kolata
This trek, later to be known as the Long March, began after Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist armies (the Kuomintang) thwarted the fledgling Communist organization in Southeast China.
This paper argues that the Long March galvanized commitment to the communist cause and thus was the key precursor to the eventual victory of the Communist Party in China in 1949.
At the end of October 1935, the troops that survived the Long March arrived in the town of Wuchichen in the northern Shensi soviet area.
www.iusb.edu /~journal/1999/Paper8.html   (6317 words)

  
 Long March
On 12th March 1925, Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the Kuomintang died.
The conditions under which the Long March began could not have been worse, with totally inadequate food supplies, much cumbersome and useless baggage, no battle plans in relation to enemy troop movements.
It had to be crossed, for now the "plan" was to march straight across Hunan and then northwest, to join the base of the Second Front Army, although by then the bulk of the Second Front Army was elsewhere.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /CHINAlong.htm   (4132 words)

  
 Ricardo Alarcon - The Long March of Justice
During this long period the U.S. public has only been allowed to know minor details of this issue, and information available to those living in other allegedly democratic societies has been equally scant.
Posada claims that he has a right to U.S. citizenship, and is using as his main argument precisely his unspeakable crimes, which, according to him, were committed at the service of the United States government, with its backing and patronage.
Attacking a civilian airliner was qualified, a long time ago, as an unpardonable act that all nations are obliged to prevent, and when the case occurs, to punish severely.
www.mltoday.com /Pages/Cuba/Alarcon-TheLongMarch.html   (1764 words)

  
 RTÉ News: Unionist and Loyalist groups announce plans for 120-mile march
Unionist and Loyalist groups in the North have announced plans for a 120-mile march from Derry to Portadown to highlight what they claim is a lack of civil and religious liberties for Protestants.
The so-called "Long March" is to begin on Thursday week in Derry and will take ten days to reach Portadown, arriving in time for the start of the contentious Drumcree Orange Order Parade on Sunday, 4 July.
However, they claim that this is not just a Drumcree support march, but has the aim of restoring civil and religious liberties, which they say have been denied to Protestants in the North over the past thirty years.
www.rte.ie /news/1999/0616/longmarch.html   (326 words)

  
 Living Revolution | The Long March
The Long March (October 1934 –; October 1935) was an historic journey of 6,000 miles, in which Communist army forces fled their bases in Jiangxi province in south China.
Mao Zedong eulogized the Long March in a poem:
We answer that the Long March is the first of its kind in the annals of history, that it is a manifesto, a propaganda force, a seeding-machine.
www.morningsun.org /living/longmarch/index.html   (337 words)

  
 China's long march to capitalism – Part One   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But so long as the bureaucracy was developing the productive forces a relative stability was guaranteed to the Stalinist regime.
As long as the main levers of the economy remain under state control, under the guidance of the plan, these methods can be used to stimulate and develop the economy in an isolated workers' state.
These were acceptable so long as state power remained in the hands of the working class and this state maintained control of the commanding heights of the economy.
www.marxist.com /china-long-march-capitalism021006.htm   (6260 words)

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