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...Jean Elleinstein, deputy director of Paris' Center for Marxist Studies and the intellectual leader of the French party's "liberal" wing. He charged that the party's rule-from-the-top doctrine of "democratic centralism" is too central and insufficiently democratic. The party, he added, should loosen its ties to Moscow. "Socialism exists only in a very imperfect form in the Soviet Union," Elleinstein wrote, "and it is thus not a model but an antimodel...
Jimmy Carter picked Kahn to head the CAB because he seemed a logical choice to loosen its iron grip over fares, routes and almost all other aspects of the airlines' economic life. As a Cornell University economics professor who was also chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission from 1974 to 1977, Kahn has spent much of his career criticizing federal and state government for shielding inefficient industries to the detriment of consumers, who must pay more. Fully aware of the criticisms his deregulation drive would bring, he says: "No businessman protected from competition ever believed that...
When the Faculty approved the amendments--popularly known as the by-pass and "floater" proposals--it changed the script a bit. The new proposals would allow a new group of characters--standing committees--to experiment with a variety of options that may loosen some of the Core requirements slightly...
DSOC wrote a trial constitution for the initial meeting of COPSO, held last Monday. The constitution called for each progressive group in the college to send two representatives each. Those present at the meeting decided to loosen the structure of participation...
...roll around in the snow in our bathing suits, throw snowballs at each other. The cold doesn't hit you for about 15 seconds. Back in the tub your skin prickles all over--it's the greatest feeling." A hot tub might be just the thing to loosen up social activity around Harvard, Alexander says...