Word: hards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long after, agreement between Gorbachev and Jakes was reached on the plan for a Politburo purge. But October came and went with nothing done. In mid-November, hard-line ideology chief Jan Fojtik traveled on short notice to Moscow, where he met with Georgi Smirnov, chief of the Moscow Institute of Marxism-Leninism. Smirnov said that a document condemning the 1968 invasion had been approved by the Soviet Politburo, and he warned that with the Malta summit approaching, the document would soon be published...
...past six months, Strougal, who is still a member of the Central Committee, and Adamec had conspired to take advantage of just such a moment. They agreed that Adamec would publicly call for reform while Strougal used his influence within the Central Committee to oust Jakes and other hard-liners in the Politburo. ) Strougal rallied a core group of 20 moderates within the Central Committee to their cause. "In the main hall, everything looked calm," says a participant. "Behind doors all around it, people were negotiating like crazy, shouting and threatening...
...They may not be the most talented team, butthey worked hard," John Weisbrod said. "When pushcomes to shove and when its tight, we've got torise to the occasion...
...hundreds of thousands of East Germans began taking to the streets in October to demand free elections and other democratic reforms, the hard-line Honecker was forced to resign on October...
...After a hard day's work, even the Board of Overseers, Harvard's alumni-elected governing body, gets taken out to dinner. Sunday's meeting, which was attended by newly-elected Overseer Desmond M. Tutu, was followed by a four-course meal in the Divinity School's Andover Hall. Although Tutu was unable to attend the gala affair, one inside source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the other overseers were treated to butternut squash curry soup, salmon with dill and red pepper sauce, glazed carrots, new red potatos and salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing...