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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freedom to keep the fruits of one's own labor, for example, is a freedom that the present reforms seem to be enlarging. We hope one freedom will lead to another." Aides left no doubt that Reagan was deliberately attempting to give a boost to Gorbachev, who faces key votes on further proposed reforms at a Communist Party conference beginning June 28. Reagan "believes that without Gorbachev there wouldn't be any of this" liberalization, says one adviser...
...seat Cort Theater, the kids assemble for a voice lesson under a maze of heating pipes and lighting wires. Take-out fried chicken, quarts of Tropicana are put aside. "Feel how loose your tongue is! Baaa, baaa, baaa," exhorts the teacher, an ivory- skinned redhead, hammering on a piano key with her index finger. The kids imitate the sound and start giggling. "Don't laugh at each other! We're here to learn!" scolds the redhead. Silence. Then a few whispers in Zulu. "Heee, heee, haaa, haaa!" sings the teacher. More giggles. When class is finally dismissed, the kids clatter...
...influenced by illegal union activities has brought into the spotlight the National Labor Relatioins Board (NLRB)--the federal panel which, in certifying all new unions, rules on such complaints. But some would say that in the many years of union organizing at Harvard, the board has always been a key player...
...these responsibilities, which most of her white peers do not share, detract from her own academic pursuits, Herron says. And scholarship is the key to tenure at Harvard. "If I only improved courses and didn't write a book, it would be academic suicide," she says, adding that she is currently working on a book. Other Black women faculty members are needed, Herron says, to help diffuse the responsibilities...
Truong says activism has not become any less important today, just more low-key. "It's a calmer type of activism, but it might be more effective," he says, pointing to the growing number of Harvard students joining the Peace Corps and PBH's own Worldteach, which sends graduates to teach in Kenya...