Word: freer
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Traditionally, most Jews who managed to obtain Soviet exit visas went to the U.S. -- 183,679 over the past 15 years. But as part of his reforms, President Mikhail Gorbachev is permitting much freer emigration than his country has ever seen. One of the unpleasant side effects of glasnost has been the rapid rise of anti-Semitism and right-wing Russian nationalism, which adds impetus to Jewish departures. A bill now before the parliament in Moscow will remove almost all limits on citizens who want to leave the country. At the same time, citing rising costs of resettlement...
...naive enough to think that if Harvard had a conservative campus then we would have freer debate. Every institution has its truths and standards against which everything else is measured, and as they go, PC is not bad. Imagine if our standard were football success, or keg parties, or sexual activity. I am quite sure it would be much worse than...
...growing rift between the N.R.A. and some police groups is another important reason lawmakers feel freer to resist gun-lobby pressure. Last year the N.R.A. went up against Texas police groups over its lobbying for a law permitting citizens to carry concealed weapons. "They're an 800-lb. gorilla with no finesse," complains Ronald DeLord, president of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas. "Every issue isn't the Alamo...
Thus the near future contains more questions than answers. Will the National Salvation Front win popular loyalty in spite of its domination by communists? Will the army lose patience with squabbling civilians and simply take over? Can peace be restored so that Rumanians can cooperate in constructing a freer political system? Does democracy stand a chance...
...union's help. During several weeks of so-called round-table discussions with the government, Walesa and other union leaders concluded that it was Poland that needed their help. They traded a tacit pledge to refrain from further strikes for legalization of the union, an amended constitution and freer elections than those that had been held since World War II. Solidarity turned itself into a political party -- the first true opposition in the Soviet bloc -- so it could contest all 100 seats in the new Senate and 161 of the seats in the lower chamber, the Sejm. In June Solidarity...