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THERE should be a powerful advocate for issues of concern to women on campus, such as sexual harrassment and female tenure. But in these crucial areas Radcliffe has not served its constituency. Radcliffe has not fought aggressively for women's concerns on campus. This year the Radcliffe Board of Trustees refused to endorse efforts to make the final clubs co-ed. In the past, Radcliffe did not fight for the creation of a Women's Studies Department...
...Soviet women while she was a student at the State Pedagogical Institute in Leningrad. "Today Soviet women are earning higher salaries, and some are able to take advantage of flexible work hours that allow them more time for family responsibilities," says Donnelly. "I think Gorbachev realizes that women are crucial to his economic reforms." Soviet women, including a certain TIME reader we know, probably couldn't agree more...
...issue during the June meetings will be the future pace of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness), the twin towers of Gorbachev's ambitious program of internal reform. It is crucial to him that the 5,000 delegates to the party conference represent what he likes to call "new thinking." U.S. analysts note that the Soviet leader has achieved remarkable success in shaking up a hidebound leadership. According to one estimate, during his three years in office Gorbachev has replaced 40% of the Central Committee, 90 of the 157 regional first secretaries and 72 of 101 members of the Council...
...part, Moscow is intent on placating its foreign antagonists because Gorbachev would rather spend his energy on reforms at home. As the meeting with Reagan drew nearer, Soviet leaders were preoccupied with an even more crucial domestic summit, the Communist Party Conference set for June 28. Last Thursday the Politburo decided to call a plenum of the 307-member Central Committee to discuss the party conference...
...giving some to wonder, What is to protect the majority from Helms? His arsenal is primitive but effective: adding on dilatory amendments, filibustering, running hapless nominees through his congressional paddling machine. Some call it "porcupine power." As the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, he stands at a crucial thoroughfare. Again and again, he has turned the path of legislation and confirmation into his private turnpike -- pay Jesse's toll or wait forever. Last week he was at it again. In an effort to stall the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement, he even questioned Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev...