He asked me not to come back for a day or two until the noise and commotion had settled down.

They were sustained by their belief that all this upheaval was part of an attempt to create a better society.

One feature that has survived all the upheaval is the traditional emphasis on rote memorization.

In any troubled times, the British tend to hark back to wartime days, when people helped each other in a friendly spirit.

It is not yet clear that China will be able to weather the global economic storm without major unrest. If it does it will emerge from the crisis immeasurably stronger.