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...next May, when the Prime Minister must seek parliamentary approval to serve another two years. Reports circulating in Belgrade say Mikulic is seeking a successor to enable him to step down. Many citizens openly yearn for a leader with the vision to revamp the sclerotic Communist hierarchy and loosen controls over politics and the economy. That would follow the astonishing growth of press freedom and other rights that have blossomed since Tito's death. But no leader short of a new Tito may be able to advance bold new reforms or successfully end Yugoslavia's crisis...
...twelve-hour White House workday. Immerse yourself in the data and details so completely that you can discuss any of the issues with brilliance and complete authority. Line up congressional leaders for support, later send a message to the entire body. Loosen credit for business and agriculture...
Young, But Not Restless: The sophomores refuse to loosen their hold on the Harvard scoring leader list, with the frontfield trio of David Kramer, Derek Mills and Nick D'Onofrio pacing the team. Kramer's tally against UMass Wednesday gives him nine goals and two assists for 20 points. Racing from behind is Mills--last year's leading scorer--with six goals and one assist (13 points) and D'Onofrio...
...Salinas is both credited and cursed for President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado's austerity program. Salinas' task will be to guide Mexico's economy from the sleepy epoch of the sombrero into the dynamic age of the superconductor. At the same time, he faces mounting demands to loosen the P.R.I.'s grip on the country's political system...
...reaction, certainly, but one with uncertain and morally perplexing consequences. Koch has just announced that on Oct. 1 the city will begin the involuntary institutionalization of the homeless mentally ill who are incapable of caring for themselves. The new "self-neglect" rule, as one city official calls it, will loosen the current requirement that the potential patient be an immediate danger to himself or others. This tough standard is common around the U.S. To be accepted in crowded mental health facilities nowadays, says Jill Halverson, a Los Angeles activist, "a homeless person has to be either killing himself in front...