Word: reform
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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City Councilor David A. Wylie said yesterday the convention is an attempt to achieve "greater unity and effectiveness on behalf of the reform or progressive side of Cambridge politics...
...group of Cambridge citizens has announced plans for a May 10 convention to nominate a "single reform slate" of candidates for the Cambridge City Council and School Committee...
STILL, THE ANNOUNCEMENT of an as yet undefined relationship between Harvard and Roxbury High School, made in the masters' plan, is a positive step for the University and the community. Harvard will assist the community in bringing about its own social reform by advising and working with Roxbury to improve the quality of education in its high school...
...that regard it is important now to watch Peru. Recent U.S. administrations have not hesitated to support military dictatorships in many parts of the world. The trouble with Peru is that its military dictatorship leans toward the left. It has nationalized several U.S. businesses, and has initiated reform programs to make Peru's economic life more independent. Peru is now under heavy pressure, perhaps even in danger of military attack. It shares borders with Chile. Bolivia and Brazil, all ultra-rightist regimes and all client states of the U.S. Also it has just been announced from Washington that the Administration...
...Rating. Still, Alexander is winning the respect of critics who have long accused the IRS of dealing gently with wealthy taxpayers represented by expert attorneys but taking a harsh line toward obscure individuals who are unaware of their rights. Louise Brown, an official of Ralph Nader's Tax Reform Research Group, says that Alexander "has been more responsive to the problems of average taxpayers than any other commissioner" - though she adds that the IRS "is just moving out of the ice age in perceiving the special problems facing millions of lower-and middle-income people." Alexander's rating...