Word: deviationism
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Seventy-one percent agree that Gorbachev's reform program is encountering difficulties, and 20% think it has been braked, but only 1 out of 10 believes that perestroika is a deviation from Marxism-Leninism. Though 1 out of 4 says his material life has improved in the past three years...
In response to complaints about campus safety, Harvard installs a new voice-activated security system in each dormitory entryway. Those who wish to open a door must correctly pronounce "Nietzsche" and be able to compute the standard deviation of a set of data, which is changed nightly. "We knew the...
The most misconceived and disheartening of Han's suggestions, though, is that there exists at Harvard the notion that "intellectual prowess" and "athletic talent" are mutually exclusive. She, as an intercollegiate athlete herself, should know that there is not an inverse correlation between athletic talent and academic ability. President Bok...
That last touch -- the voice from Limbo -- is Davies' only deviation from strict narrative plausibility, and it is a minor one at that. Hoffmann cannot intercede in the proceedings; he is just another spectator along with the readers. Davies does not need spooks or disembodied souls to demonstrate that even...
Gorbachev lost no time in freshening the menu when he came to power in March 1985. He pensioned off Sergei Lapin, who for 15 years had been guarding the airwaves from ideological "deviation" as chairman of Gosteleradio, the State Committee for Television and Radio. With a vigor that invited comparisons...