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Although Secretary of Education Bennett announced that the report will not influence administration policy, we have to wonder how many policies Mr. Baker's mind has influenced and what kind of damage has resulted. And how many other small-minded and irresponsible petty bureaucrats infest Washington? Norths and Bakers do...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe., | Title: A New Beginning? | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

FEW MEMBERS of this community object to the University's insistence on freedom of speech and movement for all visitors, no matter how controversial the visitors' views. But at times proponents of these high-minded principles fail to consider individual situations in a practical and reasonable manner. Citing the necessity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protesting Apartheid | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

The warring factions have since settled into an uneasy standoff, as Deng has sought the middle ground. That was clearly evident last week when Premier Zhao Ziyang, a leading Deng disciple, delivered the Congress's opening address. While some reformers "are not sober-minded enough," Zhao declared in his 1...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Settling for A Stalemate | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Deng's task now is to put the Humpty-Dumpty coalition back together again. Unlike his predecessor, Mao Tse-tung, Deng has never striven for absolute dominance but instead has shown himself a master at finding the center of the shifting political debate. Foreign observers expect him to remain in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Settling for A Stalemate | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

In Chicago, Aleen Zimberoff Bayard is one of the growing number of people returning to social activism but demanding "more bang for the buck." As Bayard says firmly, "People don't tolerate giveaways anymore." In 1985 Bayard and several friends started the Entertainment Action Team, whose mission is to "end...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Reagan Administration... A Change in the Weather | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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