Word: reform
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...wealthy traditional cattle-ranching family with very good credit in foreign banking circles. His comprehensive economic plan includes (1) a free exchange rate; (2) selling state enterprises to private investors; (3) letting prices rise to their market levels; (4) cutting down on the state bureaucracy; (5) a tax reform emphasizing a value-added tax; and (6) eliminating restrictions on corporate profit levels. The day after the coup, the IMF released $110 million of the $300 million that Argentina had been requesting...
...trouble began in 1974, two years after Miller's insurgent election victory over W.A. ("Tony") Boyle, who is now serving a life sentence for conspiracy to murder U.M.W. Reformer Joseph ("Jock") Yablonski. After his win, Miller purged the entire Boyle-appointed executive board. To his dismay, the new board turned out to be dominated by Boyle cronies, elected by the rank and file because they were better known than Miller's men. In addition, four board members endorsed by Miller deserted their sponsor, charging him with mismanagement. Finally Trbovich, Miller's reform-minded running mate, left...
What disturbs Miller most about the opposition is its chilling effect on his campaign to reform the U.M.W. In four years, the curt, pasty-faced Miller, a 22-year veteran of the mines and a victim of black-lung disease, has accomplished a lot. In 1974 he negotiated the richest contract in U.M.W. history, providing miners a 54% wage-and-benefit increase over three years. He has given members the right to elect board members and district officers, increased the union's safety staff, and lobbied toward passage in Congress a bill liberalizing compensation for black-lung sufferers...
Fanshen. A dramatization of William Hinton's account of the land reform movement in a Chinese village. It's a great book, but I'm not quite sure how anyone could reenact the story. Still, if you're interested, it's at the People's Theater (you couldn't guess?) at 1253 Cambridge St. in Inman Square, Thurs-Sat at 8:05 p.m. Tickets...
...Hartman dispute dates back to 1969, when the assistant professor--then prominent in a reform movement within the Design School and associated with the students who occupied University Hall--was told he would neither be reappointed assistant professor nor promoted to associate professor...