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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voice has been silenced. Despite their differences, the two men had managed to carry on something resembling a dialogue amid all the clamor at the Congress. Seven months have passed since the new parliament held its first meeting, more than half a year in which political change has outpaced progress in solving economic problems and ethnic tensions. At times last week, Moscow's maestro tried to orchestrate the debate, cutting off talk with a curt "That's all." Still, plenty of sour notes were struck. The Armenian delegation stormed out in protest, radical Lithuanians vented their mistrust of the Kremlin...
...Soviet system. My reading and discussions with a fellow scientist had acquainted me with the notions of an open society, convergence and world government. I hoped that these notions might ease the tragic crisis of our age. In 1968 I took my decisive step by publishing Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom. The book rejected all extremes, the intransigence shared by revolutionaries and reactionaries alike. It called for compromise and for progress, moderated by enlightened conservatism and caution. Marx notwithstanding, evolution is a better "locomotive of history" than revolution: the "battle" I had in mind was nonviolent...
...written is out of date. This provision entered the Soviet constitution only in 1977, at the height of what is now denounced as the "era of stagnation." Sakharov and other liberals have made the repeal of Article 6 a litmus test of the leadership's commitment to genuine progress. They have substantial support. The Supreme Soviet voted 198 to 173 last month to debate Article 6; only 28 abstentions kept the measure off the agenda of this week's session of the Congress of People's Deputies. Gorbachev recognizes that "the rates of perestroika in the party have thus...
...worldwide concern for the environment grows, and some promising initiatives take shape, TIME reports on recent progress and outlines a concrete agenda for action by the U.S. Government, companies and consumers. A look at the scientific naysayers who dispute forecasts of doom and gloom. A preview of Earth...
...microns by which progress toward peace in the Middle East is measured, last week's announcement by Egypt was a significant advance. With the Palestine Liberation Organization's approval, Cairo formally accepted in principle U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's five-point plan for talks between Palestinians and Israel...