Word: reform
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...University faces the impending problem of propelling these women from junior to senior-level positions. Faculty members say Harvard must continue to reform its tenure system--and general attitude--which is skewed in favor of "upperclass white males with wives at home to take care of the children," in the words of one Junior faculty member...
...page text bore a cumbersome title: Ideology of Renewal for Revolutionary Perestroika. But Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at last week's Central Committee plenum was a spirited defense of the ambitious economic and social reform policies that he has championed under the banner of perestroika, or restructuring. On topics ranging from party doctrine and Soviet history to cultural freedom and foreign policy, the General Secretary called for continued change while identifying his own innovations with the Communist ideals of Lenin. "We are striving," he declared, "to revive the Leninist look of the new system...
Even as he pounded the drum of reform, Gorbachev sounded some notes of caution. Addressing the problem of simmering nationalism among the country's diverse and far-flung ethnic groups, he called for a Central Committee meeting to review policies toward the Soviet Union's 136 million non-Russians. Speaking only two days after Soviet authorities prevented most of the independence rallies in the Baltic republic of Lithuania, the General Secretary sternly declared that "any manifestations of nationalism are incompatible" with the ideal of "Soviet patriotism...
...party plenum was also the occasion of Boris Yeltsin's ouster from his nonvoting seat on the ruling Politburo. A former Gorbachev protege, Yeltsin had been relieved as head of the Moscow party organization last year after delivering a harsh speech criticizing the slow pace of reform. Elevated to Yeltsin's former Politburo rank were two technocrats closely allied with Gorbachev: Georgi Razumovsky, 52, the Central Committee secretary in charge of personnel, and Yuri Maslyukov, 50, the State Planning Committee chairman. They are now the youngest members of the 21-seat Politburo, a distinction held until last week...
Boost taxes on the highest incomes. The top marginal tax rate could be increased from 28% to a uniform 33%, which is already paid by some upper- middle-income households. That is still far less than the 50% top rate that prevailed before tax reform. $14.1 billion...