Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quavering voice, Sakharov urged the more than 2,000 parliamentarians to change the agenda of the meeting and discuss deleting articles from the constitution that stand in the way of urgently needed economic reforms. Disapproving murmurs rumbled through the hall. Was Sakharov trying to derail the proceedings? Why was he wasting time with such matters? An impatient Gorbachev finally cut Sakharov off in mid-sentence: "I have the impression that you don't know how to realize your suggestions -- and we don't either...
Fifteen TIME journalists met with five experts on European affairs in Brussels last week to discuss the changes sweeping across the East bloc. "The situation is so volatile that even journalists have trouble keeping up," says assistant managing editor Karsten Prager, who originally scheduled the one-day session for January but then decided that sooner would be better than later. "The conference helped establish some sense of where things might be heading...
...First, we need to discuss with all the parties concerned the implications of change in Central Europe, and also of change in Germany, because the two are related. We cannot end the division of Europe without also, in some fashion, ending the division of Germany. We are past the day when the future of Europe could be shaped either by us or by the Soviets alone, or even by us with the West Europeans. We now need to talk in equal depth with the Russians, with our allies, the West Europeans, and with our friends, the Central Europeans...
Henry C. Moses--the dean of first-year students--and Christine Hughes--an attorney who represented the University for the general counsel's office in the suit--also gave presentations at Thursday's meeting. Hughes declined to discuss the issue yesterday, and Moses could not be reached for comment...
...sporadic meetings and cute publicity-generating events, such as the tea party in the freshman dormroom that he attended last week. Bok's isolated efforts to receive student input are inadequate. He was willing to collect a college-wide survey on general issues in 1988, but unwilling to discuss current issues with the students when the decision-making process is in action...