Word: reform
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...received a great deal of publicity. Whitlock has received more than 400 letters from college and university administrators across the country asking whether Harvard has come up with anything in its educational review. Many of the letterwriters are thinking of Harvard's traditional image as a leader of curricular reform when they write, Whitlock said. "Half the country thinks we've already solved the problems of undergraduate education and that all we have to do now is send a report...
...mixed are America's feelings that between 25% and 50% of the voters said they had no opinion about Carter's handling of most issues, ranging from welfare reform to curbing inflation -and the mood of the nation was worsening. TIME'S national mood indicator, based on a series of questions that measure Americans' confidence in their country, has slipped two points since March, to 45%- though it is still 2½ times higher than the Watergate level of about three years...
...nuncio to Senegal), he lacks the pastoral experience that he will gain as archbishop in his native Tuscany, as did Paul before he took the See of Milan. In a region long under Communist influence, Benelli will have to deal at firsthand with problems ranging from unemployment to abortion reform...
...quiet under-the-table symbiosis of promoter and athlete may be shattered for good by the IRS investigation, and out of it all could come pressure for reform-perhaps in the shape of open pro-am competition in track and field. But some athletes fear change will come too late for those already tainted by a corrupt system. Discus Thrower John Powell, for one, is worried that the IRS will put pressure on Stones to tell all he knows about other athletes. Says Powell: "Stones could turn out to be the John Dean of amateur track." Others cynically predict that...
...campaign pits incumbent President Arnold Miller, 54, a taciturn, pallid veteran of 22 years in the mines, against an old friend and an old foe. The former ally is Patrick, 46, a fiery reformer who helped Miller oust the corrupt regime of W.A. ("Tony") Boyle five years ago; Patrick is now U.M.W. secretary-treasurer. The longtime Miller opponent is Lee Roy Patterson, 42, a onetime crony of Boyle's and a member of the union's executive board. Miller appears to be the front runner; Patterson, benefiting from a split in the reform vote between Miller and Patrick...