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...worried about the wish of a fairly largeproportion of the people in this hall to reversethings, so as to clamp down on things and returnto the old order," Toome told Soviet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbachev Criticized; Meetings Continue | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

...people into the streets last Monday, three party secretaries signed a declaration promoting a more open dialogue. In Dresden party functionaries met with 20 opposition representatives. Encouraging as these moves may be, there is always the possibility of a reversal. If the state decides to clamp down, it is hard to predict whether the opposition forces will turn out to be marathoners, like the Poles, or easily winded sprinters, like the Panamanians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Lending an Ear | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

BUSINESS: A drive to clamp down on auto exhaust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 134, No. 16 OCTOBER 16, 1989 | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...former NBC News president Larry Grossman--a visiting lecturer at the Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public policy--said a government clamp down on visas had also kept South Africa out of the news in the U.S. He added that he thought recent action in the African nation was "no longer newsworthy...

Author: By Elaine Lum, | Title: Media Bored With Apartheid | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...unclear whether the decision will have a broader effect on Catholic higher education in the U.S. Curran thinks it might, "given the current atmosphere" of John Paul's campaign to clamp down on errant theology teachers in seminaries and universities. But Sister Alice Gallin of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, emphasizes Catholic University's unusual status and expects no spillover effect. She adds, however, that the case is "a warning that faculties must protect academic freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pope Wins in Court | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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