Word: democraticizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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China analysts and even many Chinese citizens outside of the Communist party debate whether Beijing's reforms will be doomed without a Western-style democratic system, or whether the modernizing authoritarianism begun in the Deng era is essential to prevent the wheels from coming off the world's most populous...
Among the many issues candidates stressed in the forum, which was sponsored by the Cambridge Democratic City Committee, was the need to eliminate disparities in performance between students of different races and classes. Blacks and Latinos fail and dropout much more, incumbent Alice L. Turkel said.
"Our priority is not internal politics; it is electing Democrats in 2000," said Sanberg, who admits that his personal sympathies lie firmly with the Gore camp. "It's my job to promote the Democratic Party in a fair and equitable way."
* Katie Whelan, who recently resigned as executive director of the Democratic Governors' Association, where she worked from 1993-1999. She has served on a number of presidential campaigns and plans to offer a study group that draws on both sets of experience.
The Porcellian: Not to embarrass this little modest club by bragging on their behalf, but the Porcellian has won the award ten years running of "most democratic use of an endowment that exceeds $100 million." Members of this club can look forward to secret lunchesand secret community service. Other activities...